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Zimra cracks whip on staff
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is cracking the whip on officers suspected of prejudicing the taxman millions of dollars in potential revenue, in the wake of reports of an elaborate illegal veh...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:04hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Botswana to repatriate 620 Zimbabweans
ABOUT 620 victims of Gukurahundi and post-independence political violence who are sheltered at Dukwe Refugee Camp in Botswana will be repatriated back home at the end of the month, the Southern Eye on...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2427 | by Staff reporter
On the run Zimra official in court for fraud
A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who had been on the run for days before her arrest on Tuesday for alleged fraud appeared in court yesterday.It is alleged that she was a member of...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer on the run
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer Sekelwe Maphosa who is part of a gang that defrauded the authority of millions of dollars in a fraudulent vehicle cleara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Another ZIMRA official arrested for fraud
POLICE have arrested one of two Zimra officials who were on the run after being fingered in a fraud case involving a syndicate that allegedly smuggled vehicles worth millions of dollars into the count...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
WANTED PERSON: Sekelwe Maphosa
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Plumtree has announced that they are keen to interview one Sekelwe Maphosa in connection with a case of Fraud involving clearance of vehicles into the ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:35hrs | 1352 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra official denied bail
A 29-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official accused of defrauding his employer of US$433 000 and $1,5 million while stationed at Plumtree Border Post was yesterday denied bail by a Bulaw...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:27hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official forges Customs papers
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested for allegedly forging customs documents to facilitate the smuggling of 50 cars into the country, preju...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimra loses US$430k to employee
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested on charges of defrauding his employer of over US$430 000 and over $1,4 million.Norest Ushe (29...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders the acceleration of roads tarring in Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the acceleration of roads development and tarring in Matebeleland, among them the 92km Plumtree-Maitengwe Border Post stretch.Transport and Infrastruct...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
'We don't eat Nationalism' says Mthwakazi President
So many people in Zimbabwe particularly shonas and some of our Ndebele speaking people do not really understand or comprehend with what is meant by the term "Nationalism". To Shonas, nationalism means...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1270 | by Mqondisi Moyo
ZCTU 'disowns' shutdown
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has distanced itself from a national shutdown called by some pressure groups to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) to address the deteriorating ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers wreak havoc in Plumtree
PLUMTREE villagers say they are being terrorised by gangs involved in the smuggling of goods from neighbouring Botswana who rob them of their valuables.The smugglers, who operate from illegal ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers assault police informant
A POLICE informant from Bulawayo was allegedly assaulted by soldiers manning the Plumtree border post for exposing smuggling syndicates involving politicians, security agents and Zimbabwe Revenue Auth...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims snub repatriation offer
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army Veterans Association on Sunday held a meeting to lobby government to facilitate the return of their exiled colleagues who fled the country in the 1980s at the ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Zimra taken to court over forex duty
A BULAWAYO man has taken the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to court challenging its decision to charge him duty in foreign currency for his imported vehicle. The vehicle, a Toyota Hilux w...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exiled Gukurahundi survivors return
Hundreds of survivors of Gukurahundi atrocities and political violence who have been living at a refugee camp in Botswana were yesterday expected to return to Zimbabwe after decades of residing in the...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe refugees return home
THE first of group of 335 Zimbabweans who sought refuge in Botswana a few years ago is set to arrive in the country today through Plumtree Border Post in an initiative being championed by the Governme...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 15:31hrs | 1976 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF groomed economic criminals...
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said Zanu PF groomed economic criminals are becoming a pain not only on the side of the nation but also to their creator Zanu PF.He said these people kno...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 11:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Woman externalises $6m to Botswana
A BULAWAYO businesswoman, who had been on the police wanted list for allegedly externalising more than $6 million to Botswana, appeared in court yesterday. Delny Deanna Ashley Davies (41) of M...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plumtree police station gold theft saga deepens
THE Prosecutor-General's office yesterday deployed deputy chief magistrate Elijar Makomo from Harare to hear a case in Bulawayo, where a Plumtree regional magistrate and prosecutor face charges of unl...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Top lawyer arrested over 'smuggling'
A TOP Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya was arrested yesterday while allegedly trying to smuggle gold out of the country through the Plumtree Border Post.Acting Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet blew cover on $1m gold theft
A self-proclaimed prophet blew the cover on police constable Dingumuzi Ncube (35), who has since been arrested for theft of gold worth nearly $1 million from an armoury at Plumtree Police Station in M...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: $1 million gold heist cop arrested
A police constable has been arrested while a manhunt for a senior officer has been launched in connection with the case in which gold worth nearly $1 million vanished from an armoury at Plumtree Polic...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP holds rally in Plumtree
Mthwakazi Republic Party campaign team descended in Plumtree on Friday to address a rally which was reportedly well attended."The people's party held a very successful road show around the tow...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cop jailed for theft of $5 000 fines monies
A PLUMTREE police officer was yesterday sentenced to 24 months in prison for stealing more than $5 000 collected as fines at Plumtree Border Post.Aaron Chamunorwa (28) of 23165 Pumula South in...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:36hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe Affidavits on use of cars by son
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe 'Gucci Grace' had authorised her son Russell Goreraza and Tinashe C Munautsi to use her expensive cars, which ended up being held at Plumtree Border Post on Friday...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 08:54hrs | 4249 | by Staff Reporter
UPDATE: Grace Mugabe's son detained at border post
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's son Russell Goreraza was yesterday detained for hours at the Plumtree Border Post before driving into Botswana on transit to South Africa with three luxury vehicles....Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 08:44hrs | 6015 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe's son 'arrested' at border post
The arrest of Grace Mugabe' son Rusell Goreraza has caused a stir at the Plumtree border post according to reports.Goreraza's arrest come in the wake of government rounding up all top official...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 13:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Botswana Express Train resumes Francistown-Bulawayo service
THE Botswana Express Train has announced plans to resume the Francistown-Bulawayo route service on trial basis as it evaluates the business viability of the business.The train is expected to a...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 23:26hrs | 6199 | by Staff Reporter
Long queues at border posts
LONG queues have resurfaced at the country's border posts amid reports that staff were manually processing import and export documents following a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Customs and Excise...Published: 18 Dec 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mphoko faces charges of defeating the course of justice
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko who arrived in the country on Friday through Plumtree Border Post amid reports that he might have been detained upon his e...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mlala resurfaces after Zimbabwe military coup
THE self-proclaimed war veterans leader, Mr George Mlala, who had disappeared from the country's political radar following the launch of Operation Restore Legacy by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces a few w...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 10:33hrs | 12800 | by Staff reporter
Where is Mphoko?
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko who arrived in the country on Friday through Plumtree Border Post amid reports that he might have been detained upon his e...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko deported from Botswana?
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who returned to Zimbabwe from Botswana yesterday caused a dramatic 45-minute spectacle at the Plumtree Border Post as he tried to evade the media.Mr Mp...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:28hrs | 2393 | by Staff reporter
Border posts beefed up for Christmas period
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has introduced an electronic Temporary Import Permit (E-TIP) to accelerate clearing of motorists arriving for the festive season with close to 100 officers set t...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corrupt cops fail to dodge sentence
THE High Court has rejected an appeal against sentence and conviction by two fired police officers from Plumtree who were each jailed for 24 months after they were caught on camera extorting $20 from ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Team MRP invades Plumtree
Mthwakazi Republic Party is set to hold four party's campaign rallies in Plumtree, as it gears up for an outright win in Mthwakazi's all council and Parliamentary seats available.Party spokesp...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 09:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZRP intensify patrols along Plumtree Border Post
POLICE have intensified patrols along the Plumtree Border Post as most of the fuel that is being sold on the black market is being smuggled into the country through undesignated entry points along tha...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 12:00hrs | 3690 | by Staff Reporter
Audrey Chimwanda is a gukurahundi genocide denialist says Dr Mhlanga
On the 12th September 2017, Audrey Chimwanda the host of the ANN7's Africa Tonight show interviewed the duo of Siphesakhe Youth Organisation Mr Ayanda Manala and Mr Yanga Mhluzi. Siphesakhe is best kn...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1070 | by Thulani Nkala
Snail smugglers nabbed with R26 million haul
TWO Mozambicans have been arrested at Plumtree Border Post while allegedly smuggling R26 million worth of sea snails weighing almost two tonnes.A third unnamed accomplice allegedly escaped aft...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra struggles to curb smuggling
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it desperately needs partnerships with other stakeholders to fight rampant smuggling and corruption at the ports of entry and along the country's borders....Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:27hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck operators shun Beitbridge border post
Bottlenecks in documentation processing and poor infrastructure at the Beitbridge border post are throwing spanners in the government's initiative to ease the way of business as several haulage truck ...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected gold smuggler acquitted
A Harare man who was arrested while allegedly trying to smuggle 11,4 kilogrammes of gold through the Plumtree Border Post, is now a free man after he was acquitted of the charges.The gold was ...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mistress dupes lover
A 31-YEAR-OLD city woman is standing accused of squandering and duping her United Kingdom-based lover of cash which was meant for settling a bill accrued during their three-month stay at a Harare hote...Published: 01 May 2017 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border officials ready for holiday travellers
AUTHORITIES at the Beitbridge and Plumtree border posts have started implementing a raft of measures to deal with increased traffic during the Easter holidays.The Assistant Regional Immigr...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus company drags tout to court
A PLUMTREE court has ordered a tout to stop interfering with the business operations of Leighwood Bus Company or harass its passengers.This was after Leighwood Bus Company dragged the tout...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for smuggling vehicle from SA
A 35 year old man is in trouble after he was arrested for trying to smuggle a vehicle from South Africa through the Plumtree border post.Farai Manja Katiyo was denying the charge when he appea...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-CIO sucked in money laundering case
A Harare man who imported a BMW vehicle into the country on behalf of his United Kingdom-based cousin testified in the case of a former district intelligence officer, Mbereki Mbizo Nyathi, who is ...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxi 'thief' remanded in custody
A MAN from Gwanda allegedly hired a Plumtree taxi driver in the middle of the night and connived with two other men along the way to rob him of his car.Zibusiso Ndlovu (28) from Zhukwe Wes...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
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