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SA man flees to Zimbabwe for cleansing after allegedly killing wife
South African police are on the hunt for 34-year-old Dakalo Nemangwele, who is accused of brutally killing his 29-year-old wife in the Free State province on Friday, January 17, 2025, before allegedly...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:22hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
5 killed as Zimbabwe-bound bus crashes in South Africa
Five people reportedly lost their lives, and an unspecified number were injured when a Tamuka Luxury coach crashed in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa, on Sunday evening.Media reports ...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:37hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
South Africans jailed after being caught driving stolen Toyota to Zimbabwe
Two suspects, Simphiwe Dhladhla, 32, and Siphiwe Sigasa, 31, were remanded in custody after appearing in court for possession of a stolen Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Hilux GD-6 bakkie.The duo...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 07:06hrs | 39 | 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 h...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:25hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy deploys to aid SA crash victims
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town has sent a team to the scene of an accident where 13 Zimbabweans were killed and others injured, including 12 still in hospital, when their coach collided with a ha...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
13 Zimbabweans die in Cape Town crash
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans were killed and 26 others injured when their coach belonging to Simplex Bus Company collided with a haulage truck on the N1 Highway near Hex River Pass in Western Cape, South Afri...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 vehicles stolen in Gauteng intercepted at Beitbridge border post
Four suspected criminals, aged between 28 and 64, have been arrested as Limpopo police recovered three stolen vehicles at the Beitbridge port of entry which separates South Africa and Zimbabwe....Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 10:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for foiled bid to smuggle Toyota Hilux stolen from SA to Zimbabwe via Beitbridge
A 33-year-old man, Vincente Sebastiao "Deco" Khoza, has appeared before the Modjadjiskloof Periodical Court after he was arrested by the Musina-based Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cigarette smuggler, SA police in shootout
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean was nabbed in Musina, South Africa, following a shootout with police on Sunday after attempting to smuggle local cigarettes worth ZAR348 000 to the neighbouring country....Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fight against cross-border crimes intensifies
SOUTH Africa's Department of Transport and Community Safety in collaboration with other key stakeholders in Zimbabwe and other neighbouring countries is rolling out an operation to promote road safety...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crash blocks SA - Zimbabwe Highway
TRAFFIC between Johannesburg and Beitbridge was on Sunday halted temporarily following an accident involving two vehicles that blocked the N1 Highway which links Zimbabwe and South Africa.The ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bound bus overturns in SA
ABOUT 40 Zimbabweans escaped death by a whisker after a Bulawayo-bound bus they were traveling in overturned along the N1 highway near Makhado town in Limpopo province South Africa on 18 June....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans feared dead in South Africa road crash
EIGHT people some of them believed to be Zimbabweans were killed when a Toyota Quantum they were travelling inn was involved in a road accident near Musina town on 1 April, 2023.The incident o...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 19:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed 15 years for dealing in explosives in SA
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for an effective 15 years for illegally dealing in explosives in South Africa.Luckmore Harunashe was sentenced to imprisonment at the Musina ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans die in Joburg tanker explosion
Four Zimbabweans have been confirmed to be among the 18 people killed when a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded in Boksburg, in South Africa's Gauteng province on Saturday morning....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 more Zimbabweans die in SA Christmas holiday accident
SIX more Zimbabweans were killed yesterday when a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a road accident in Musina area, South Africa.The incident occurred around Dorothy Farm, a few ...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 18:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara owned bus crash victims rise to 7
The number of people who died in a road accident in South Africa when a Harare-bound bus overturned near Makhado in Limpopo Province last week has risen from five to seven after two more people succum...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 17:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans killed, 56 injured in SA accident
Five people, believed to be Zimbabweans, were killed while 56 were injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned on the N1 North outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo on Wednesday evening....Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe travellers caught up in Musina demos
SCORES of Zimbabwe-bound motorists, haulage truckers and passenger buses were stranded in South Africa on Thursday when residents of Musina went on strike protesting poor service delivery by their mun...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border chaos cleared
BORDER authorities at Beitbridge have cleared last week's congestion at the port of entry when South Africa had to temporarily close its side of the post and trucks experienced delays of between two a...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 dead, 14 injured in SA crash
Six people, some of them believed to be Zimbabweans were killed in a road accident early this morning near the South African border when an overloaded Nissan Navara they were travelling in overturned ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Motsoaledi says over 70% women seeking maternity services in Musina are Zimbabweans
SOUTH African Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has claimed that over 70% women seeking maternity services in Musina, in the neighbouring country, are Zimbabweans, a development that exposes the ...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi accuses Zimbabwe military of aiding illegal border crossings
South Africa's military has accused the Zimbabwe Defence Forces of aiding illegal border crossings at Beitbridge.Tensions have been rising over the porous border, with South Africa's home affa...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Regional bus accident update: 3 dead, 70 injured
Three people were killed and 70 others injured after a Regional Premium Clas bus they were travelling in rolled on the N1 highway in the Matoks area, approximately 40km outside Polokwane in Limpopo on...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Regional bus involved in fatal accident in South Africa
A Regional Premium Class bus coming from Zimbabwe to South Africa was involved in a fatal accident in the early hours of Monday morning. ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sanity returns to Beitbridge
The movement of commercial cargo at the Beitbridge Border Post is gradually improving after the Border Efficiency Management Committee introduced a raft of measures last week.In the past two w...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean man arrested in SA over highway robberies
A Zimbabwean robber has been arrested along with three South Africans for unleashing a reign of terror on motorists using the N1 Highway. The N1 is a major commercial road that links South Africa with...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean driver brutally assaulted by SA traffic cops over bribe
A Zimbabwean cross-border bus driver was on Thursday last week allegedly brutally assaulted by South African traffic police in the Hammanskraal area after refusing to pay R2000 after being accused of ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers resurface with aid of spikes along N1
South African police have intensified patrols along the N1 highway in Limpopo province, where armed robbers are using spikes to pounce on motorists. The N1 highway is major commercial road tha...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 killed as Zimbabwe returnees' bus collides with kombi in SA
Four people were killed while 10 others were injured when a bus transporting Zimbabwean returnees collided head-on with a minibus early this morning between Musina and Makhado (Louis Trichardt) towns ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lengthy SA jail terms for recaptured Zimbabwean fugitives
A SOUTH AFRICAN court on Tuesday sentenced members of a gang of armed robbers, including two Zimbabweans, to 22-year jail sentences each.The notorious robbers had been implicated in several cr...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA army truck, soldiers arrested for smuggling
Two South African soldiers aged 27 and 38 were on Friday evening arrested along with a 30-year-old foreigner when using an army vehicle to transport 12 crates of cigarettes worth R160 000 smuggled fro...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trucker shot in SA border queue
A 38-year-old Malawian truck driver is battling for life at Musina General Hospital in South Africa after he was shot in the head early on Monday by two gunmen who pounced on his vehicle along the N1 ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
More trucks using Zimbabwe as transit route
THE volume of commercial trucks using Beitbridge Border Post has started to increase, with transporters now avoiding the Botswana transit route due to very strict Covid-19 screening measures.I...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chunga jailed for life in SA over highway crimes
A 41-year-old Zimbabwean man believed to be part of a syndicate of armed robbers who have been terrorizing motorists along the N1 highway between Musina and Makhado towns in Limpopo province has been ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 die at SA border in 3 days
The movement of travellers through Beitbridge Border Post has relatively improved after South Africa began addressing the causes of delays which saw people spending at least 48 hours waiting to be cle...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
23 Injured as Zimbabwe bound bus overturns in SA
Twenty-three people believed to be Zimbabwean nationals were injured when an Impala Tours bus they were travelling in overturned a few kilometres after passing Makhado town on Monday evening. ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Aafrica strike border deal
Zimbabwe and South Africa are working flat out to harmonise management and health systems at Beitbridge Border Post so that more people can cross the Limpopo during the festive season without health r...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA border blockade fails again
Organisers of a two-day demonstration that sought to block commercial traffic from entering and leaving South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post were left eating the dust from the cargo trucks driv...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
165 years imprisonment for Zimbabwe robbers in SA
A Musina magistrate on Monday sentenced two Zimbabwean nationals who had unleashed a reign of terror on hitch hikers along the N1 highway in South Africa's Limpopo province, to 165 years imprisonment ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA bus accident: Bodies arrive
THE bodies of 13 of the 14 Zimbabweans who died in a Marsmery bus accident in South Africa on May 6 arrived in the country yesterday through Beitbridge.Initially 10 of the 13 bodies were broug...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
13 Zimbabweans perish in SA bus crash
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans, including four children, died and 36 others were injured when a Marsmery bus they were travelling in overturned just outside Makhado town in South Africa's Limpopo province. ...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
13 Zimbabweans killed in bus accident in South Africa
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans were on Monday afternoon killed when a Masmery bus they were travelling in overturned outside Makhado town in Limpopo province.The incident occurred along the N1 highway....Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moots stop and search roadblocks
GOVERNMENT is considering introducing stop-and-search security roadblocks on roads following a wave of armed robberies targeting cross-border buses plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa route.A num...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cosatu's ShutDownBeitbridge demo flops, only 76 attends
A bid to block Zimbabwe and South Africa's border by the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday hit a brick wall after their request to protest inside the border area was turne...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA police intercept 44 undocumented Zimbabweans
THE South African Police Service (Saps) yesterday intercepted 44 undocumented foreign nationals, all suspected to be Zimbabweans, during an operation, marking the beginning of their festive season bli...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC senator dies in horror crash
MDC founding member and former Senator Sibangilizwe Msipha has died.Msipha (53) died in a traffic accident early Thursday morning along N1 highway in Limpopo Province on his way to Johannesburg, S...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 die, 40 injured in accidents
SEVEN Zimbabweans died yesterday in three separate accidents in Musina, South Africa and in Bulawayo as the country continues to witness a spate of road accidents that have claimed the lives of nearly...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road upgrades gather pace
THE modernisation of major roads, particularly the much-talked about Harare-Beitbridge highway, is gathering pace after Government officials met Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC)...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
2 more die at Intercape crash site
TWO more Zimbabwean minors were killed in a road accident in Polokwane on Sunday morning at the same spot where nine others, including a toddler, died in an Intercape bus accident on Friday last week....Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 00:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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