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Zimbabwe running out of Zimbabweans
Botswana is battling an influx of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, as Harare struggles to overcome a deep economic crisis.Gaborone appears to be losing the battle, as those who are deported a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:49hrs | 3480 | by VOA
Mozambican faces deportation for overstaying
A SUSPECTED Mozambican diamond dealer was nabbed in Mutare for overstaying in the country and is now facing deportation.Lebbe Ninema (29), who was represented by Mutare lawyer Farai Matinhure,...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
South Africa court says illegal foreigners should be deported
A Gauteng court has ruled that over 400 illegal immigrants who were nabbed during the recent raids in Johannesburg Central Business District must be deported to their home countries. South Afr...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 11:11hrs | 3197 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans flock back home from SA
The Beitbridge border post was a hive of activity yesterday as thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa arrived in the country for the long weekend.Motorists complained that Zimbabwe Nat...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:25hrs | 7347 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy in SA monitors Johannesburg situation
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is monitoring the situation in Gauteng province mainly Johannesburg where police in that country have been rounding up foreign immigrants in the wake of recent c...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12636 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge govt workers plead for accommodation
Civil servants in Beitbridge, who are facing accommodation challenges, have raised concern over favouritism in the allocation of 176 government houses in the border town.Some potential benefic...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents want soldiers probed
BEITBRIDGE residents have urged the government to investigate the conduct of soldiers deployed into the border town following a spate of criminal activities including the recent killing of a worshippe...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe benefit from boris johnson's ascendents to power?
Boris Johnson, Britain's prime minister, is the quintessential nostalgic leader. Since the Brexit referendum, in order to make Britain's future outside the European Union appealing, he has playe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1479 | by Masimba Mavaza
$80 000 in back pay for suspended immigration officers
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema has been ordered to direct his ministry to pay more than $80 000 in back pay salaries and benefits for eight Victoria Falls immigration officer...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Staff shortages hits Zimbabwe Immigration dept
GOVERNMENT's job freeze policy, which is part of a wider policy to reduce recurrent expenditure, has negatively affected the Immigration Department with one officer having to clear 5000 travellers at ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:00hrs | 618 | by newzimhbabwe
Legislative reform agenda buttresses Mnangagwa's sincerity
This is the second part of a trilogy of articles that I am writing outlining the reform agenda being pursued by President Mnangagwa in the Second Republic. In the previous article I dwelt on political...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:16hrs | 82 | by Nick Mangwana
Mozambique warns Mnangagwa over beer ban
ECONOMIC relations between Zimbabwe and Mozambique seem to be heading for the rocks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration banned various products from the neighbouring country including ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 3118 | by newzimbabwe
Fake passport lands teacher in court
A teacher at Mandressa Islamic School, who was arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for possessing a fake passport recently, was on Monday convicted and fined $500. Failure ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3828 | by Staff reporter
Starving police officers exposed to corruption
HOME Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya on Monday warned that security forces, who are deployed to man the country's border posts without receiving allowances, are prone to corruption and underhand dea...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:57hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
The role of Zimbabwe's diasporas in economic development
This article was 1st published on engineeringnews.co.zw. Zimbabwe is battling a water, fuel, forex and electricity crisis. Can diaspora funds save us? ...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 23:06hrs | 753 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zinara faces Parliament grilling over operations
PARLIAMENT will today question the Zimbabwe Nationals Road Administration (Zinara) over the state of affairs at the parastatal which has, of late, hogged news headlines because of corrupt practices....Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo flies out to Lusaka on Friday
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo is expected to attend the 21st Ministerial Committee of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Lusaka on Frid...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1766 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Singapore on economic development
Singapore is a tiny island-city state in Southeast Asia with a total area of 718km2 (543 times smaller than Zimbabwe) and part of the four Asian Tigers (Others include Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Kore...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1321 | by Victor Bhoroma
5 things to know about the upcoming immigration raids in major U.S. cities
A series of immigration raids is expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, according to President Donald Trump.It's part of the Trump administration's crackdown on...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:47hrs | 808 | by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic
Zimbabweans must condemn the violent protest by MDC in the UK
The peace loving Zimbabweans must condemn the violence and destruction that has accompanied the visit of the minister of Foreign Affairs by the misguided elements of the opposition in the UK.V...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:22hrs | 890 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
America to deport immigrants on Sunday
America's media has reported that immigration officials will begin raiding and deporting illegal immigrants beginning this Sunday. The surprise operation comes after U.S. President Donald Trum...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 13:59hrs | 4786 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Project delays costing RG’s Office'
THE Registrar-General (RG)'s Office has been incurring huge costs for unfinished district registry office projects, whose prices have since doubled or trebled due to late implementation.This w...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe returns to Fifa World World Cup after 2018 ban
ZIMBABWE's Warriors are likely to avoid the preliminary round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers after Caf revealed they will be reverting to an old format based on Fifa rankings. The Warr...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens screws at Beitbridge border post
The Department of Immigration Services has tightened screws on wheeler dealers, human traffickers and border jumpers at Beitbridge border post in line with Government's thrust on the ease of doing bus...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:40hrs | 7581 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora woman sues mother
A BULAWAYO woman who is based in the United Kingdom is locked in a legal battle with her mother whom she accuses of duping her of a house in the affluent Suburbs in the city. Ms Prisca Banda a...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Graft: Whistleblowers need full legal protection
On June 17, 2019, one of the lead stories in The Herald was "President rescues ZESA whistleblowers". The article was in reference to the well-intended intervention by President Mnangagwa on th...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 198 | by Willard T. Mugadza
The future of Zimbabwe's economic growth through proper collection of taxation and diaspora taxation
Zimbabwe is a country that is coming out of three decades of of economical abyss The Zimbabwean economic challenges are many and addressing them will not happen overnight. Security situation has...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 18:50hrs | 792 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
It will be easier for Zimbabweans to emigrate to the UK
The UK's Home Office has published more details about its future skills-based immigration s...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 22:56hrs | 11056 | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 8959 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
'Married' Zambian woman faces deportation from Zimbabwe
A ZAMBIAN woman married to a Zimbabwean man was yesterday fined ZWL$100 or 10 days in prison for overstaying in the country for 15 months. She will be handed to the Immigration Department for deportat...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs complete transformation, not patchworks.
"In a world of conspicuous institutional failure, one entity that still offers some important lessons for the practice of governance is Singapore." Kent CalderZimbabwe is experiencing a struct...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:13hrs | 323 | by Dr Gus Manatsa
High Court blocks teacher deportation
THE High Court has temporarily blocked the deportation of a Canadian expatriate teacher at John Tallach High School in Ntabazinduna pending the resolution of issues to do with the refusal by immigrati...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:28hrs | 3746 | by Staff reporter
JUST IN: Apostle Chiwenga speaks out...says it was an assasination
Controversial preacher Apostle Chiwenga has released a video from the hospital bed amidst rumours that he had passed on. Chiwenga who was involved in an accident which claimed his wife a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 14:46hrs | 24522 | by Mandla Ndlovu
School sues Minister Cain Mathema over deportation
John Tallach High School has taken Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema to court challenging the looming deportation of its Canadian expatriate teacher following the refusal by imm...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Beitbridge after system collapse
SCORES of travellers between South Africa and Zimbabwe were stranded at Beitbridge yesterday when a systems failure hit the South African immigration office affecting biometric processing of arrivals ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 3087 | by Staff reporter
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 338 | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
Kasukuwere brother's appeal dismissed
The High Court has dismissed incarcerated former Zanu PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson Itai Dickson Mafios' application for bail pending appeal.Mafios was early this year slapped ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter
Biti's aides acquitted on border jumping charges
MDC vice-president Tendai Biti's three aides, who were accused of border jumping following the July 30, 2018 disputed polls, have been acquitted by Karoi magistrate Sam Chitumwa.Biti's lawyer ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Good news to immigrants in UK as May ends
Theresa May's announcement that she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June paves the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. But most interestingly her departure brings joy to the immigr...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:02hrs | 8138 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe pilot's bail bid hits snag
A Zimbabwean pilot involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on the Port Elizabeth beachfront allegedly hoodwinked his colleagues into believing he was in SA legally.Judgment in Kelvin Zirema's...Published: 30 May 2019 at 18:48hrs | 3015 | by Staff reporter
SA hospital reports foreign residents to Home Affairs
Robertson Hospital confiscated the passport of a 25-year-old Zimbabwean woman on 19 May after she went there to seek treatment.Chiedza* said that on the first day she sought treatment she was ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:00hrs | 4433 | by GroundUp
Bright Matonga in court for fraud
FORMER Information deputy minister Bright Matonga appeared in court yesterday facing charges of duping a Malawian national of US$10 000 in a botched deal to supply demonetised Zimbabwe trillion dollar...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 2274 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army hunts for Tajamuka leader
Former student leader and Spokesperson of Tajamuka Promise Mkwananzi says Military Intelligence Department has flagged his name at all borders and immigration officers have been given strict instructi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:43hrs | 5528 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Anti-drug laws for students abroad
For many students, going to study abroad will be the first time of being far away from home. While this can be very exciting news, moving to a new city and a new country can be a nerve-wracking experi...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:50hrs | 160 | by Cleto Mhuru
EXTRACT: The men who helped Chiwenga to execute the coup
Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers is the thrilling story of a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixe...Published: 20 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 16218 | by Douglas Rodgers
Zimbabwe warns visitors of fake visa websites
The Zimbabwe immigration department has warned visitors to be aware of bogus websites that promise to process their visas to visit the country, ...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:11hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Fake Canadian immigration scams targeting Zimbabweans
Beaver Immigration Consulting is warning Zimbabwean national to be aware of an online hoax that claims Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is "begging" African leaders, from Nigeria, Kenya and Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2854 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about the 'new dispensation'
Grace Mugabe is like a civet cat's stench. It's so strong it will burn your nostrils. And it doesn't go away in a hurry. Now, that disgraceful smell is hanging around President Emmerson Mnangagwa's se...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 387 | by Tawanda Majoni
Tshinga Dube speaks on military communication
Rtd Col Tshinga Dube speaks on military communication Military radio communicationToday we continue with our interview with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the former Zipra chief of communicatio...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in limbo
The much anticipated national and provincial elections in South Africa can put a dent on the prospects of many Zimbabweans residing and anticipating to reside in South Africa.For the incumbent...Published: 09 May 2019 at 17:24hrs | 2215 | by Daniel Itai
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