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EFF Zim blast UK over Malema visa denial
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has described the United Kingdom's denial of a visa to South African opposition leader Julius Malema as a sign of his growing influence and status as a key...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | 299 | by Stephen Jakes
Julius Malema denied UK visa
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has accused British authorities of attempting to silence dissent after he was denied a visa to the United Kingdom, just hours before he was schedul...Published: 07 May 2025 at 15:11hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Over 600,000 used the SA-Zimbabwe border during festive season
A total of 645,590 travellers used the Beitbridge Border Post during the recently concluded 2024 festive season, according to an announcement made by South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) o...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:52hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala: Ramaphosa, the missing millions, and the phantom buffalo deal
As the Constitutional Court mulls its judgment in the Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) legal challenge this week against Parliament's decision to dismiss an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ra...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:43hrs | 615 | by Hope Ntanzi
Kadewere injured, again!
The Zimbabwean national football team, the Warriors, is set to regroup in Polokwane today for a critical 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Kenya this Friday. However, the squad will...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:39hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Khama Billiat excited to be back in South Africa
Khama Billiat never imagined that he would be back in South Africa representing Zimbabwe's national team when he left the neighboring country in February. The 33-year-old forward had retired from inte...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:21hrs | 15087 | by Staff reporter
FastJet introduces additional flights between Bulawayo & Johannesburg
FastJet has announced an expansion of its flight schedule, adding more services between Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport and Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport, startin...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:13hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet to ramp up flights from Johannesburg to Bulawayo
Zimbabwe's privately owned airline, Fastjet, will scale up its services between Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport and Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.Fastjet ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:21hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Mwale to be buried in Bulawayo
Former footballer Ephraim Mwale, who passed away recently in South Africa at the age of 58, will be laid to rest tomorrow at Bulawayo's Umvutsha Cemetery. His sister, Cecilia, confirmed that all the n...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Mwale to be buried in Bulawayo
Former footballer Ephraim Mwale, who passed away recently in South Africa at the age of 58, will be laid to rest tomorrow at Bulawayo's Umvutsha Cemetery. His sister, Cecilia, confirmed that all the n...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:30hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resumes Harare-Joburg flights
Air Zimbabwe resumed flights between Harare and Johannesburg yesterday. Flights will operate every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday between Harare's Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport an...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:24hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors in SA for World Cup battles
All players called up for the Warriors' 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and South Africa, starting this week, are expected to arrive in South Africa today.The team will face Les...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:03hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa beef up border teams
ZIMBABWE and South African border authorities have beefed up their teams in preparation for increased human and vehicular traffic during the Easter holidays.South Africa has deployed 400 addit...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | 13 | 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....Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
New South African airline to service Harare - Joburg route
AN independent South African airline, CemAir, is set to launch flights between Johannesburg and Harare starting next month.The service will operate four times a week and aims to enhance passen...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators ferrying illegal immigrants into and out of SA to lose permits
Bus operators who consciously transport illegal immigrants across South Africa's ports of entry could have their permits revoked by the Border Management Authority (BMA).The border law enforce...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fastjet adds additional daily flights between Johannesburg and Bulawayo
FastJet introduced additional flight frequencies from Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Monday, in time for the busy Christmas ...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 17:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporte
Clarkson, May and Hammond filming The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe
Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond recently embarked on the filming of an episode of The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe. The popular Amazon motoring show is entering its fifth season after a hiat...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet adds new flight between Bulawayo, Jo'burg
Fastjet Zimbabwe (Fastjet) has increased the frequency of its flights from the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, b...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya spared govt gold crackdown
WHILE the Zimbabwean government says it has taken measures to freeze accounts of the gold mafia and investigate the gold smuggling, money laundering and corruption, one of the kingpins, Henrietta Rush...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport now a gateway for smugglers
AFTER watching gold smugglers and money launderers breezing through Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare travelling to and from Dubai to deliver the proceeds of corruption in Al Jazee...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:28hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera exposé: Mnangagwa should step down for enabling corruption
A CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabweans say they feel gutted after watching the first of a four-part Al Jazeera exposé on money-laundering and gold smuggling activities implicating President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man found with 23 gold bars at airport fined R40,000 only
A Zimbabwean man found with 23 gold bars concealed in a box of whisky at South Africa's OR Tambo International Airport has been sentenced to a fine of R40 000 or two years' imprisonment....Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa forfeits Zimbabwe smuggler's R9m gold contraband
A SOUTH AFRICAN court has ordered the seizure of 23 pieces of gold, worth R9 million, that were smuggled by a Zimbabwean man, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire, into the neigbhouring country in May last year....Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
R9 million gold smuggled from Zimbabwe by Rushwaya driver forfeited to SA
Gold worth R9 million (US$506,000) which was smuggled from Zimbabwe has been forfeited to South Africa following an application by that country's elite specialised crime investigation agency, the HAWK...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Henrietta Rushwaya implicated in Mazowe gold fields plunder.
CONNECTED syndicates linked to Zimbabwe Miners' Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya (pictured) are plundering rich gold fields in Mazowe, a fresh report has revealed. Mazowe is locate...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
FastJet introduces Joburg-Vic falls flight
FASTJET Zimbabwe yesterday introduced a second daily flight service from Victoria Falls to South Africa's OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.The airline recently introduced flights b...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gold branding necessary in anti-smuggling fight, says ZACC
Zimbabwean gold needs to be branded so it can be positively identified once smuggled out of the country, to enable easy identification, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said....Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 1 306 over precious minerals
POLICE this year arrested about 1 306 people for illegally dealing in precious minerals and elephant tusks, recovering millions of dollars' worth of contraband, a senior officer said on Saturday....Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Is South Africa ready for a white president?
SOMETIME in October this year, there was a leaked audio purportedly recorded in 2019 at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport in which the Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chair Helen ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:10hrs | 11 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Fastjet to link Vic-Falls with SA's Kruger Airport
LOW-COST Zimbabwean airline, Fastjet, will soon introduce direct flights linking Victoria Falls to South Africa's Kruger International Airport, which is located in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province....Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truckers face Beitbridge chaos
When it was controversially awarded a US$240 million contract to upgrade the Beitbridge border post in 2018, the Zimborders Consortium said it would provide "world class border facilities that optimis...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ghana arrives earlier than Warriors
THE Warriors are set to arrive back home for the return fixture of their 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Ghana hours after the visitors touch down in Harare.Ghana were expected to arrive...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resuscitation scandal explodes
EFFORTS to resuscitate the troubled national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), are effectively dead in the water after the exposition by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) of a systemati...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Loga gets SA visa
WARRIORS' coach Zdravko Logarusic will join the rest of the squad in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) after securing his South African visa on Tuesday morning.Loga was detained at OR Tambo I...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans paying more than necessary for Covid tests
ZIMBABWEANS are forking out way above what should be logically reasonable, up to over 100% more than their neighbouring South Africans for similar Covid-19 tests.Laboratories and some private ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | 2 | by staff reportr
ZACC widens dragnet to curb minerals smuggling
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has widened the scope of its investigations into the smuggling of minerals out of the country, with the anti-corruption watchdog adopting a collaborative...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Harare Airport emerges as major smuggling gateway
THE Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is emerging as a gateway for mineral smugglers, particularly gold, with state security agents at the centre of the criminal syndicates.In the la...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling suspect denied bail
A member of the security services suspected to have dodged security checks at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while assisting in the smuggling of 13kg gold worth US$783 000 was yesterday d...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matanga summoned over gold smuggling
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Defence, Security and Home Affairs together with Mines and Mining Development have summoned Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga to ap...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa very weak in fighting corruption
The recent appointment of controversial Delish Nguwaya at AAG is a very sad development in the history of fighting corruption. Even those who thought President Emmerson Mnangagwa was serious in fighti...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:52hrs | 8 | by Leonard Koni
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling case: Police rope in Interpol
Police have widened investigations into the smuggling of 23 gold pieces worth US$783 000 by a Zimbabwean who was arrested in South Africa, and are waiting for a detailed report from Interpol officials...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament summons Kazembe
Parliament has summoned Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe to give a ministerial statement on the security situation at the country's borders following the arrest of a Zimbabw...Published: 11 May 2021 at 16:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$780k gold smuggler linked to Rushwaya?
ZIMBABWE'S lax security at ports of entry and airports has come under spotlight again after Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya's ex-aide was arrested at the OR Tambo Interna...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Henrietta Rushwaya fingered in another gold scandal
Zimbabwean based Tashinga Nyasha was allegedly arrested at OT Tambo International Airport in South Africa for reportedly possessing 23 pieces of gol...Published: 10 May 2021 at 22:07hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwean man gets R100,000 bail for smuggling gold into SA
A 33-year-old Zimbabwean man who was yesterday arrested while smuggling gold worth R11 million into South Africa has been granted R100 000 bail by a Kempton Park Regional Court, in Gauteng province....Published: 10 May 2021 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya denies links to OR Tambo Airport gold smuggler
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya on Monday denied links to smuggled gold worth R11 million which was seized by South African authorities at OR Tambo International Airport last S...Published: 10 May 2021 at 17:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man nabbed at airport with R11m in gold pieces
A 33-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Kempton Park regional court today after being arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport with 23 pieces of gold worth an estimated R11 million in...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fastjet to increase Vic-Falls, Joburg flights
LOW-COST airline Fastjet Zimbabwe plans to increase daily flight frequency between Victoria Falls and Johannesburg in South Africa in response to demand, starting next month.The airline operat...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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