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Mass deportation still Gayton McKenzie party's top priority
The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is not backing down on the call for mass deportation of illegal immigrants, despite them being featured in the Government of National Unity (GNU).The PA’s deputy ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:25hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans jailed 65 years in SA
Four Zimbabwean nationals and one Mozambican have each been sentenced to 65 years in prison by the Polokwane High Court in South Africa for a series of violent crimes, including murder, robbery, attem...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Armed SA man arrested while transporting 23 undocumented Ethiopians from Zimbabwe
Police at Sebayeng in Limpopo have arrested 25 undocumented foreign nationals for contravention of the Immigration Act.The group of men, aged between 20 and 44 years, were arrested at Solomond...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
600 illegal immigrants deported
NEARLY 600 illegal immigrants were arrested and deported to their countries between January and June this year, while 71 are being investigated for forging police clearances and educational qualificat...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners 'invade' retail space reserved for Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established.Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by In...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF legislator in human trafficking storm
ASPIRING Zanu-PF party Hurungwe constituency legislator Pax Muringazuva was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to human trafficking charges.He is accused of ...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$1,5m biscuit plant opens in Bulawayo
AGRO-PROCESSING factory, Flynote Investments Private Limited, has channelled more than US$1,5 million towards the establishment of new biscuit and stockfeed manufacturing units.Flynote Investm...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Bean' causes huge 'rivalry' between Zimbabwe and Pakistan
A Twitter spat between Pakistan's cricket team and a Zimbabwean user on the platform is snowballing into a "rivalry" between the two nations.Most astonishing of all is that the cause of the di...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stuns Pakistan
Zimbabwe pulled off a stunning one-run upset over Pakistan on Thursday to put the Asian giants in danger of an early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.Zimbabwe were restricted to 130-8 after el...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chevrons target Pakistan upset
FROM one big test to another, the Zimbabwe national cricket team are today set to continue with their search of a big scalp at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup when they face former champions Pakistan at t...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs nails only 500 fake South African passports
The Department of Home Affairs has identified 500 fraudulent passports in the last three financial years - with 185 documents blocked in 2022 alone.Responding to a written parliamentary Q&...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:37hrs | | 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
6 Zimbabweans arrested for abducting Indian man in South Africa
Six Zimbabweans have been arrested for kidnapping an Indian man Mannan Abdul in Pretoria An operation conducted by the SAPS rescued the man from his abductors. According to South African media...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 12:38hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa flagging fake IDs, passports
The net is closing in on syndicates manufacturing and selling fake South African passports and IDs.Following the arrest of a kingpin who allegedly sold fake IDs and passports, the Department o...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zambia arrests 436 illegal immigrants
Zambian Immigration department has arrested 436 foreign nationals from different African countries for being in Zambia without papers.Ruling UPND Spokesperson Joseph Kalimbwe has condemn...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 10:46hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe Airport 'now a human trafficking hub'
"A lot of things happen here at the airport. It all depends on the money on offer," an immigration official at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport said.In October 2021, Roselyn Dun...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airport security screener 'stole US$2 million'
It was the perfect crime. Almost.Roselyn Dunga, a 31-year-old woman working as a security screener at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport was close to the end of her shift sometime...Published: 07 May 2022 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Census in bumpy ride
THE past seven days of the 2022 national population and housing census have been bumpy for some Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (ZimStat) enumerators who have been reportedly threatened and mugged in the ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Respondents beat census enumerators in Zimbabwe
THERE are fears that data being collected from the ongoing census could be heavily compromised amid reports that enumerators are heavily disgruntled and have encountered violent hostilities from...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mass protests in Pakistan against 'US imported' government
Ex-PM Imran Khan said the country is headed for a new "freedom struggle," blasting his ouster as "US-backed regime change"Massive demonstrations rocked multiple Pakistani cities, including the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pakistan strikes key deal with Russia to buy gas and wheat
Pakistan has signed a major agreement with Russia on the import of natural gas and wheat, media outlets reported this week, citing Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.Khan reportedly said that...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How quick Chamisa would win with a "Robot" party name?
A quick innovative miracle is needed in choosing Chamisa's new party name. The explorative process must consider ease to remember name, punch, humour, cross-age acceptability, cross-tribe acceptabilit...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 14:48hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Zimbabweans abroad shun fellow countrymen's businesses
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom shun businesses of their countrymen there.Why do Zimbabweans always trust everybody, but their own?Someone asked me this question again.You ca...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Pakistani gets 'Sibanda' surname, ID, passport in one day
IN a shocking revelation that has exposed deep rooted corruption at Lupane Provincial Registrar's Office, a Pakistan national was issued with a Zimbabwean National Identity Card bearing a common local...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ probes Pakistani tycoon's gold licence
RESERVE Bank Governor John Mangudya Monday said the central bank would investigate circumstance under which controversial Pakistani tycoon, Ali Mohamad managed to renew his gold-buying licence at a ti...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent medical practitioner Shah succumbs to Covid-19
PROMINENT medical practitioner, Dr Bilal Shah, who succumbed to Covid-19 at a local hospital yesterday has been buried at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare.Dr Shah (67) was buried within 24 hour...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 08:08hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Ali Mohammad gets passport back
PAKISTANI business tycoon, Ali Mohammad, accused of attempting to smuggle gold out of the country along with Henrietta Rushwaya and three others, today temporarily got his passport back to allow him t...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya granted $10,000 bail
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president and former ZIFA CEO Henrietta Rushwaya was today granted $100,000 bail by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna. As part...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State queries suspension orders in Rushwaya case
THE STATE has cast doubt on the authenticity of suspension orders served on two police officers, Superintendent Douglas Shoko and Detective Chief Inspector Paul Chimhungu, in custody on suspicion of t...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya claims discrimination after failed freedom bid attempts
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was Thursday up in arms with the courts for granting bail to Ali Muhammad, her foreign co-accused, while she continued to langui...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya to spend another weekend behind bars
Henrietta Rushwaya will spend another weekend in remand prison after the High Court reserved ruling on her appeal for bail pending trial on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four go...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Senior CID officers denied bail
HIGH Court judge Justice Felicia Chatukuta has dismissed the bail application by two senior Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers who are linked to the gold smuggling case involving suspend...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya's bid to have seized phones back hits brickwall
MAGISTRATE Ngoni Nduna yesterday dismissed an application by suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya and Pakistani businessman Ali Muhammad to have their seized phones ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court reverses army takeover of RioZim chrome mine
Listed mining company RioZim has won a Supreme Court battle with Zimbabwe's military after one of its mines was forcibly taken over through a ministerial decree.Defence minister Oppah Muchingu...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail ruling date set
THE bail hearing for Henrietta Rushwaya and her four alleged accomplices in the gold smuggling case concluded yesterday with the State insisting that the five had committed a serious offence and were ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya, accomplices bail ruling moved
HENRIETTA Rushwaya, Pakistani businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation operatives Stephen Tserai and Raphios Mufandauya and miner Gift Karanda, will spend another five nights in cust...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Deleted CCTV exonerates me,’ says Rushwaya
A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation operative who is implicated in suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggling case yesterday told magistrate Ngoni Nduna that th...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'CIO operative deleted facts on Rushwaya docket'
A SENIOR investigating police officer yesterday told the court that Stephen Tserayi, one of the five accused persons in suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggli...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dirty tactics used to get Rushwaya freed'
The investigating officer in the case in which Henrietta Rushwaya and four others reportedly attempted to smuggle 6kg gold out of the country yesterday dismissed the alleged bid by one of the ac...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya too invested in Zimbabwe to run away if granted bail'
Henrietta Rushwaya on Wednesday told a court that she was too invested in Zimbabwe to run away if granted bail.The Harare Magistrate's Court heard that the Zimbabwe Miners Federation president...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 21:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya exonerates Mnangagwa's wife
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday exonerated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and claimed ownership of the gold that was seized from her at the airport.R...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
I picked wrong bag, says Rushwaya
HENRIETTA Rushwaya is now stating that she picked up the wrong bag with four gold bars weighing 6kg, instead of a similar bag with her clothes when she went to the airport over a week ago and that her...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police clear Auxillia Mnangagwa, son
The Zimbabwe Republic Police absolved first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and her son, Collins, of any involvement in a gold smuggling ring after she issued an extraordinary demand.Zimbabwe Miners F...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pakistan to name full strength squad for Zimbabwe
Pakistan coach Misbahul Haq has hinted that there may not be major changes his squad for the upcoming cricket home series against Zimbabwe, saying that the team already had young players.Durin...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Raja tears into 'venomous' Grant Flower
TV pundit Ramiz Raja has lashed out at former Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower for saying that security was a problem during his six-year stint as the Pakistan cricket team's batting coach. Flowe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musina residents 'reject' their police
RESIDENTS of Musina, South Africa's northernmost town bordering Zimbabwe, last week demonstrated against their police's alleged general dereliction of duty in the wake of rising crime such as murder a...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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