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5 Zimbabweans escape from South Africa's Lindela repatriation camp
SIXTY-NINE foreign nationals, among them five Zimbabweans, on Wednesday escaped from Lindela Repatriation Centre - under South Africa's Department of Home Affairs– where they were staying while awai...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:38hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mourns 15 SA crash victims
The Government yesterday extended its condolences to families of the 15 Zimbabweans who died in a road accident when a Simlex Transport and Logistics (Pvt) Limited cross-border bus collided with a hau...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tour guide trampled by jumbo in South Africa
A 36-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean tour guide based in neighbouring South Africa, David Kandela, was trampled to death by a charging elephant on Sunday at Gondwana Private Game Reserve.Kandela, from Kar...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:15hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Mix up at South African mortuary, 2-year body swap resolved
IN September 2021, then-31-year-old Bongani Ngwendu was attacked by a vigilante group in a suspected xenophobic attack at an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, where he was burnt to death ...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested after Zimbabwean man murdered in England
Five people have been arrested in Barnsley, United Kingdom, after a 26-year-old Zimbabwean man was stabbed to death on February 21.Lazarus Makono, who worked as a health care assistant, was fo...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 17:40hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 725 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
War vets leader pushes for reburials
A war veterans' leader Sam Parerenyatwa has petitioned Parliament to exercise its powers to cause the repatriation and reburial of the remains of thousands of Zimbabweans buried mostly in mass, ...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:13hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK enter new trade era
THE influential Westminster Africa Business Group has expressed its interest to set up camp in Zimbabwe and open doors for British investments to come into the country.This comes as Zimbabwe h...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Rising sudden death cases among newly arrived diasporans - medical expert speaks
MICHAEL Mawema had barely been in the United Kingdom (UK) for two months when he died suddenly in December last year, explained a GoFundMe appeal launched to raise funds for repatriation of his body t...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 3005 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in Diepsloot vigilante killings
TWO victims out of the seven men who were burnt to death in an apparent vigilante attack against criminal activity in one of South Africa's crime-ridden townships are reported to be Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:17hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants Rahman Gumbo state-assisted funeral
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accorded late Rahman Gumbo a state assisted funeral as Zanu-PF appeared Wednesday to have hijacked the Zimbabwe national football team and Highlanders legend's funeral...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
ZACC and Zimra net 19 000 civil servants in corruption probe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), is conducting investigations into approximately 19,000 cases of corruption involving civil...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 14:37hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Plans to develop Zimbabwe's biggest mine near Bulawayo
Caledonia Mining is exploring options to raise US$250m to develop its Bilboes project into what could be Zimbabwe's biggest gold mine.The company, which also owns the Blanket gold mine in Zimb...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
50 Malawi nationals languish in Zimbabwe prisons
Approximately 50 Malawian nationals have been held in Zimbabwean prisons for over three months due to a lack of funds for their repatriation. Most of these individuals were arrested while attempting t...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family buries four Boksburg gas victims
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed Lushongwe Village in Gwanda as relatives and friends of four family members who were part of the 17 people who died from gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksbu...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Remittances anchor Zimbabwean economy
THE World Bank recently released global diaspora remittance statistics, which show that expatriates from low and middle-income countries sent over US$647 billion to their home countries in 2022....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:52hrs | 24 | by Victor Bhoroma
Multichoice believes Zimbabwe may prove a better market than Nigeria
Multichoice, which is banking on economic and monetary policy reforms in Nigeria to offset exchange rate losses, considers Zimbabwe an important market that is better than its West African counterpart...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 09:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ex - Dynamos and CAPS United player dumps newly born baby , wife and kids
IT was an emotional scene at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday when the players from the Archford Gutu Boys Academy, who have been stranded in the United Arab Emirates after a ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 13:04hrs | 12 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwean man, pregnant daughter found dead a week apart in Cape Town
The death of a 49-year-old Zimbabwean man and his 23-year-old pregnant daughter in the small Eastern Cape Town of Makhanda has sent shockwaves through the community, where police have since opened a m...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 19:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prisoners in SA want to be paroled and repatriated
A campaign has kicked off to repatriate thousands of Zimbabwean prisoners eligible for parole.A letter sent by attorneys representing the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:22hrs | 13 | by Ciara Ryan
Are investors in African equities poised for wins amidst global turmoil?
It has been a tumultuous first quarter of 2023, and African equities have not been spared.Global markets started the year on a very positive note, with the S&P 500 up 9.0% at its peak in e...Published: 12 May 2023 at 11:17hrs | 21 | by Rami Hajjar, portfolio manager of the Allan Gray Africa ex-SA Equity Fund
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders fail to make request to facilitate their return home
None of the almost 180 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders have made a formal request to the Zimbabwean Embassy to facilitate their return home yet.This as the permit, which affords ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 100 Zimbabweans evacuated from Sudan
Over a hundred Zimbabweans are being evacuated from Sudan, according to the government.The nationals, which also include 31 embassy employees, their families, and 70 other people, have been tr...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 20:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean street vendor shot dead in SA
The body of 37-year-old Lloyd Bhebhe, shot dead while trying to sell fruit in an Alberton North business complex, was repatriated to Zimbabwe at the weekend.Activists from the African Diaspora...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:39hrs | 9 | by Kimberly Mutandiro
Zimbabwe govt ramps up anti-human trafficking efforts
What seemed to be a good escape from poverty back home in Zimbabwe quickly turned into a nightmare for Chipo* when she landed in Oman in 2022.Like many economically impoverished citizens, Chip...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls stiffer penalties for human traffickers
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has revealed that the country will impose stiffer penalties for human traffickers who he accused of robbing the nation of human capital in the name of recruiting pr...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans returning from SA battling to make ends meet
The Zimbabwean government says it has put in place a range of measures to help Zimbabweans returning from South Africa. But many say they are battling to make ends meet.Faced with the expiry o...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to headline London Zimbabwe capital markets conference
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, is next month expected to headline the Zimbabwe Capital Markets conference in London which seeks to showcase the opportunities and br...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to become Africa's Dubai
Zimbabwe plans to set up an offshore financial center in the resort city of Victoria Falls that the government hopes will emulate the likes of Dubai and the Isle of Man to attract foreign investment....Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 08:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt for human trafficking suspect
Police have launched a manhunt for Jacqueline Takure nee Chikukwa, 45, who is a suspect in a case of human trafficking.According to police, sometime in 2022, Takure posed as an employment agen...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:51hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ups stakes to assist SA returnees
ZIMBABWE has started to deploy high-level teams comprising Government officials, diplomats and consulate staff to all nine provinces in South Africa to register Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in FrancistowÂn, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dangles US$20m for lithium battery plant
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says the Government is ready to put forward US$20 million to partner investors willing to invest in a lithium battery manufacturing pro...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe aims for top spot in carbon steel production
ZIMBABWE is now on a sustainable economic growth path following a number of interventions and is set to become one of the top carbon steel producers in sub-Saharan Africa in the next three years on th...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Car crash ends 10-day marriage
PAINFUL wails and heart-wrenching sobs filled a local mortuary hall in Bulawayo yesterday as two families that were brought together through marriage 10 days ago said their goodbyes to the couple that...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive ex-killer cop repatriated back to Zimbabwe
FORMER Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer, Jaison Muvevi, who shot and killed three people in Wedza last Friday before his arrest in Mozambique Tuesday, is now custody of the Zimbabwe Re...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tough foreign exchange regime suffocating economy
Zimbabwe's broad money supply has grown from just under ZW$364,60 billion as of September 2021 to more than ZW$1,920 trillion as of September 2022. This represents growth of over 426% over a period of...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:02hrs | 11 | by Victor Bhoroma
Human trafficker in court
GOVERNMENT has rescued three female human trafficking victims after they were "unknowingly" transported to Oman for labour and sexual exploitation, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday.This eme...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimate...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos investors at AfDB organised forum
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has invited investors who graced the recently held Africa Development Bank (AfDB) organised event to tap into the country's agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe optimistic of IATA re-admission
THE country's national airline, Air Zimbabwe, is optimistic of being re-admitted into the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as Government has cleared 90 percent of its debt to the interna...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:29hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe seeks suitors for long-haul aircraft
AIR Zimbabwe, the country's State-owned carrier, is courting potential takers to lease out its long-haul aircraft, as part of efforts by the national airline to consolidate its revenue base as it emer...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK can't find Nehanda's skull
London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.The fresh stateme...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff rporter
84 Malawian migrants languish in Zimbabwe prisons
EIGHTY-FOUR (84) Malawian migrants arrested in Zimbabwe for lack of travel documents are languishing in prisons while awaiting deportation.The majority of the immigrants had no intention of st...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
128 trafficked women return home
SENATE President Mabel Chinomona says 128 women who were victims of human trafficking have been repatriated to the country from several countries.Many Zimbabweans, especially women, have been ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
4th Zimbabwean die from anti-immigrant violence in South Africa
The death toll from violent attacks on immigrants last month in Chavani village outside Elim in Limpopo has risen to four.Zimbabwe Consul General Melody Chaurura confirmed Monday that Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is rising again, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is a giant that is now awake and ready to take its pride of place among the fast-developing countries, regardless of the sanctions imposed by the West, President Mnangagwa has said.Ad...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo, after 3 are burnt beyond recognition
Zim government has sent a consular team to Limpopo to investigate and help repatriate the deadThe Zimbabwean government has expressed its dismay after three of its nationals were burnt beyond ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe locks up 550 Malawian migrants
ABOUT 550 Malawian citizens are languishing in Zimbabwean prisons after being arrested in the country en route to or from South Africa without adequate travelling documents, The NewsHawks has establis...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region of that country which is under the "illegal" control of neighbouring Turkey....Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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