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Zimbabwean man brutally murdered in Limpopo

Police in Limpopo have launched an investigation into a suspected mob justice incident after the body of a man, believed to be a Zimbabwean national, was discovered in Mooihoek, Driekop. The victim, who is thought to be in his 30s, was fou…

Published: 10 Sep 2025 at 08:58hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans in deadly fight over a Limpopo woman

Two Zimbabwean brothers accused of hacking a man to death with an axe and severely injuring a woman in a Limpopo village have appeared in court and were remanded in custody.The brothers, Johannes Makhura, 20, and his elder brother, Jonas M…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:40hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

South Africa water experts clear Limpopo River water of contamination

Water experts from Vhembe District Municipality have confirmed that the Limpopo River, which forms the natural border between South Africa and Zimbabwe, is free from contamination following recent laboratory tests.The river provides domest…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:12hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe eyes price relief towards end of 2025

After years of persistent inflationary pressures, Zimbabwe is approaching the latter half of 2025 with cautious optimism, as recent economic indicators and government policy measures point towards a potential decline in the prices of goods…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo man in court for stealing TV, selling it on WhatsApp

A 31-year-old man from Njube suburb appeared in court facing charges of unlawful entry and theft after allegedly breaking into a house in Entumbane suburb and stealing a 43-inch plasma television and a decoder.Jordan Ncube appeared before …

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:53hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter

Kenya scraps visa requirements for African countries

Kenya has officially removed visa requirements for all African nations and most Caribbean countries, in a bold step aimed at fostering intra-African trade, tourism, and integration. The move is part of a wider continental push to enhance c…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:53hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter

Chinaman in court for possession of crystal meth in Harare

A Chinese national, Zheng Chunping, appeared in court over the weekend following his arrest on allegations of dealing in dangerous drugs, specifically crystal methamphetamine (commonly known as crystal meth).Chunping appeared before Harare…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:52hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter

Teacher arrested for sexually assaulting 3 learners

The doctrine of in loco parentis, which entrusts teachers with the care and well-being of their pupils, is being severely tested as A 43-year old Mwenezi's Choruvonga Primary School teacher, Emmanual Chikati, recently arrested on six count…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:51hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe ranks 2nd globally for HIV-related stigma

Zimbabwe has been ranked as having the second highest proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who reported experiencing stigma while seeking health services, according to the latest UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2025. The report draws on …

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:50hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe fears HIV setbacks despite global praise

Zimbabwe has earned widespread international praise for its achievements in the fight against HIV, with the latest UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2025 placing the country among a select group on track to meet the ambitious 2030 target of ending…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:49hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter

Man forced into 'ritual cleansing' sex

A 38-year-old man was reportedly kidnapped and coerced into having unprotected sex with his ex-girlfriend at a lodge in Highfield on Saturday, in a case that has shocked the local community.Linos Gapanga was startled when his ex-girlfriend…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:48hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe investigates contamination of Limpopo river water

The Civil Protection Committee in Beitbridge is conducting thorough investigations following reports of water contamination in the Limpopo River caused by an unknown substance.In a public statement, Mrs. Sikhangezile Mafu, Chairperson of t…

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:48hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter

Gauteng-Limpopo bullet train takes another giant step

The planned "bullet train" between Gauteng and Limpopo has taken another step towards its eventual completion.The project, which was first announced in 2023 and is titled the Limpopo-Gauteng Speed Train Project, plans to connect Pretoria t…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 13:08hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter

Limpopo police nab three illegal Zimbabwean miners

The fight against illegal mining is intensifying as the Sekhukhune District Vala Umgodi Task Team successfully arrested three Zimbabwean nationals during a targeted raid at the Spietskop Mine, portions 6 and 7, in Limpopo province.Police s…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:07hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter

Limpopo police nab man with stolen SUV linked to smuggling operation

Members of the Provincial Flying Squad in Limpopo have apprehended a 31-year-old man found in possession of a stolen vehicle.Police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba said that on May 16, while conducting routine patrols, the Limpopo P…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:22hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter

Zimra raids smuggling points along Limpopo, destroys boats

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), in a groundbreaking drone-led operation, raided several smuggling points along the Limpopo River on Tuesday, confiscating and destroying boats used to illegally cross the crocodile-infested waters. T…

Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 16:27hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter

Limpopo river flows still high

The flow rate of the Limpopo River, a crocodile-infested waterway that forms a natural border between South Africa and Zimbabwe, has stabilised at 754.216 cubic metres per second (mÂ³/s) as of midday today. Known at its source as the Croco…

Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 18:46hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans brave flooded perilous Limpopo river

Desperate times continue to drive Zimbabweans into life-threatening risks as they attempt to escape the country's prolonged political, economic, and social crisis. Many are risking their lives crossing the crocodile-infested Limpopo River,…

Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:46hrs | 876 | by Staff reportetr

4 smugglers marooned at the Limpopo rive

The Beitbridge Civil Protection Unit (CPU) successfully rescued four suspected smugglers who had been stranded for over 10 hours on an island in the Limpopo River after a sudden rise in water levels. The group of 11 individuals, returning …

Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:10hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter

Seasonal spike in smuggling and illegal crossings along Limpopo river

Communities along the Limpopo River, near Musina on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe, are witnessing a seasonal surge in illegal crossings and smuggling as the riverbed dries. This phenomenon, which intensifies during the festi…

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 12:53hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter

Illicit cigarettes seized after being smuggled from Zimbabwe to Limpopo

A multidisciplinary team managed to seize illicit cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country in Limpopo.The provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, said the high-density Operation Vala Umgodi took place on…

Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:25hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter

'You see skeletons' - the deadly migrant Limpopo crossing

The men who raped Portie Murevesi did not care that she was visibly pregnant. They attacked her with glass bottles too, she told us, pointing to a large and jagged scar on her forearm.Now, her pregnancy almost at full term, she is recoveri…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

SA authorities launch 'Operation Vala Umgodi' along the Limpopo River

THE smuggling of goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa has become a perennial headache forcing authorities in both countries to tighten screws on crime and at times running collaborative operations.The most smuggled goods into South Afri…

Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Gayton McKenzie takes his anti-immigrants vigilantism to the Limpopo River in Beitbridge

Recklessly xenophobic South African opposition Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie and members of his right-wing party took their anti-immigrants vigilantism to the Limpopo River in Beitbridge bordering South Africa and Zimbabwe…

Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 09:31hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: South Africans will start crossing to Zimbabwe for survival

Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation Luke Dzviti says South Africa maybe going the Zimbabwean way and at this rate, it would be worse than its neighbour.He says it won't be surprising to see South Africans crossing the Limpop…

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 18:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Notorious Limpopo armed robber nabbed

A 21-year-old man from Zvishavane who is alleged to be part of an armed robbery gang that has been terrorising illegal migrants and smugglers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River was yesterday arraigned before a Beitbridge …

Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter

Limpopo doctor's Nazistic remarks despicable

An ANC official and senior medical officer for Limpopo province spews Nazistic and hypernationalistic sentiments that go beyond the ideals of the medical profession against a stricken patient waiting to receive medical attention simply bec…

Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:47hrs | 3 | by Sapien Sapien, Harare.

Mnangagwa's govt must fix healthcare system

THE Zimbabwean government has been challenged to fix the country's ailing healthcare system, which has forced citizens to cross the border to neighbouring South Africa to access better health services.This follows a disturbing video clip o…

Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabweans not to blame for Limpopo health system problems'

SOUTH Africa's National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) says the problems the Limpopo public health system faces can't be blamed on Zimbabweans seeking treatment in the province.The union said the whole provincial heal…

Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo

DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge border.It is 2pm on a blazing Tuesday and M…

Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Crossing the Limpopo River

NKANYEZI Dube is a 25-year-old young woman from Lubhangwe in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South. She attended Lubhangwe primary and secondary schools. She did not qualify to proceed to university or any institution of higher learnin…

Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 6 | by Pathisa Nyathi

11 Zimbabweans feared dead after makeshift boat capsizes in Limpopo river

AT least 11 Zimbabweans who attempted to cross the crocodile-infested Limpopo River into South Africa are feared dead after a boat transporting them capsized, while three others were swept away in different incidents.Beitbridge Police Dist…

Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:09hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Shelters in Limpopo overwhelmed by stranded Zimbabweans

Shelters for displaced foreign nationals in and around Musina, Limpopo, say they are overwhelmed with requests to take in stranded Zimbabweans.The Beitbridge Border Post has experienced heavy congestion as thousands of travellers return to…

Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Woman falls into Limpopo as border jumper escapes crocodiles

Business nearly came to a standstill at Beitbridge Border Post on Wednesday morning when a suspected illegal migrant slipped and fell into the crocodile-infested Limpopo River, while walking on an engineer's track under the Alfred Beit-Bri…

Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

What is Mthwakazi? - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle

So much has been said about Mthwakazi, largely incoherent and inconsistant. This rumbling has generated both interest about Mthwakazi, and disgust alike. Let us be frank, for the generality of the people, any discussion about Mthwakazi sou…

Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 09:19hrs | 15 | by Kernan Mzelikahle

Zimbabweans risk life and limb to cross into South Africa

Jumping into a swimming pool is an insurmountable task for many - but Sithembile Moyo (34)* dares crocodiles and other dangerous reptiles found in the Limpopo River at least four times a month as she illegally crosses into South Africa in …

Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 10:04hrs | 2392 | by Staff reporter

Watch out what you follow

Zimbabweans would do well if they draw some lessons from a bizarre incident that recently took place across Limpopo in which a self proclaimed prophet set himself and 21 church members on fire while trying to perform a miracle.Simangaliso …

Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 10:09hrs | 1707 | by Tafara Shumba

Zimbabweans lost their jobs after asking R10 for 5 hours overtime: Stranded and abused away from home

The total emasculation of the migrant farm worker's labour, social and economic power has been complemented into a plan stratagem which inevitably beyond any reasonable doubt, trims down the farm workers' economic status to the level of St…

Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 11:13hrs | 5 | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya

50+ Zimbabweans arrested in SA - WhatsApp update

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number.12:15pm, 24 Aug - â€ª+27 74 *** ****â€¬: Zimbabweans working in South Africa ,Limpopo P…

Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 15:35hrs | | by SA Resident

'Very soon we wil see potholes on Limpopo Bridge' - WhatsApp update

 Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number.12:07pm, 16 Jun - â€ª+27 73 *** ****â€¬: Limpopo Bridge:Am afraid if this bridge …

Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 14:04hrs | 2 | by Concerned Citiszen

3 drown while trying to cross Limpopo - WhatsApp update

10:37am, 28 Apr - â€ª+27 7* *** ****â€¬: Hie10:41am, 28 Apr - Bulawayo24 News: Yebo10:42am, 28 Apr - â€ª+27 7* *** ****â€¬: I dont know can this be known to the relatives of pple who drowned in Limpopo river yesterday mng coming from Byo t…

Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 09:49hrs | 4356 | by Diasporian

Zim border jumper trying to make his way home shot dead by SA soldier

A Zimbabwean man who was attempting to go home for Christmas was shot dead on December 24 by a South African soldier patrolling the border near the Limpopo River after he had allegedly stabbed the soldier.It is alleged the soldier, togethe…

Published: 05 Jan 2014 at 04:38hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwean man to appear for double murder in South Africa

Thabazimbi - A man is expected to appear in the Thabazimbi Magistrate's Court on Thursday in connection with the murder of a farming couple who were stabbed and burnt to death on December 16 - the Day of Reconciliation.Brighton Mafanedza, …

Published: 21 Jan 2011 at 01:32hrs | 740 | by Byo24NEWS

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