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Rogue touts harass passengers at Roadport in Harare
Scores of passengers were harassed at the Roadport bus terminus in Harare on Saturday in an incident that has drawn widespread condemnation. Several passengers, who had boarded a bus heading to Mutare...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 11:12hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Last-minute back-to-school shopping rush hits Harare
As the new school term approaches, parents and guardians in Harare are grappling with skyrocketing costs for uniforms and stationery, as retailers seize the opportunity to profit from last-minute shop...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
NRZ Main Station to become cross-border bus hub
Bulawayo's traffic congestion, caused by illegally parked cross-border buses, may soon be alleviated with a new initiative by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and Bulawayo City Council (BCC). T...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 06:58hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Roadport licence faces cancellation
Harare City Council will terminate its agreement with Roadport (Pvt) Limited for operating the cross-border bus terminus on Fifth Street, as the deal has not benefited the council, announced Mayor Jac...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:43hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Detained robbery suspect claims police denied him food for three days
A robbery suspect who seized a truck from a Harare man at knife point last week has told court he was denied food and water for three days and two nights while in police custody.Mandla Mpofu, ...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lets approach all crimes with the same zeal
While we are focusing on drug dealers and drug pushers, we should put in the same effort to stop the collaboration between criminals at our bus stops and the ZRP who look away while travellers are bei...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:13hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Police descend on touts ahead of Christmas
POLICE has launched a countrywide operation at bus termini to monitor touts who usually harass travellers during the Christmas holidays.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Use tech to stop tout menace
Zimbabwe's crime hot spots are bus stops and bus ranks where we catch our long distance buses and the biggest criminals are the touts that take advantage of innocent travellers by insulting, harassing...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
RBZ strangles street money changers
They don't know what has suddenly hit them. It is no longer business as usual for most, if not all, illegal street money changers.They used to call the shots in the last few months, de...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Border jumping, smuggling between Zimbabwe, SA persist
ILLEGAL travel between Zimbabwe and South Africa has persisted, despite joint efforts to thwart the practice by both countries, it has emerged.The two governments recently launched a joint ope...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Public transport system normalises?
THE public transport system has improved after the Government liberalised the sector while Zupco contracted private companies with kombis and increased their daily payments by over 100 percent....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini developer changes tune
A South African engineering firm that was awarded a tender to turn the Egodini bus terminus into a mall, has scoffed at criticism over its failure to complete the project on time, saying the delays do...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to dollarise by June'
A TOP economist has warned that Zimbabwe's economy could dollarise by June.Gift Mugano, a leading economist and executive director at Africa Economic Development Strategies, spoke as Reserve B...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses: smuggling conduits
Zimbabwe could be losing millions in potential revenue through smuggling perpetuated by connected bus crews who have devised survival tactics in the face of the existing ban in cross-border travel. ...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cross border bus operators continue to smuggle travellers
GREEDY and selfish cross border bus operators are placing the lives of many at risk as they continue to smuggle travellers from neighbouring countries.This is in direct violation of Covid-19 l...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggler buses disappear from highways
CROSS-BORDeR buses that had been playing cat-and-mouse with the police as they smuggled travellers into and back from South Africa have disappeared from the highways following the recent ban on inter-...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money changers camp outside shops
Illegal money changers in Harare and other parts of the country are now hanging around and even inside supermarkets that might have a reasonable number of shoppers using foreign currency offering to p...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's perpetual struggle with forex black market
AS Zimbabwe continues battling a boisterous foreign currency black market, there are strong signs that a parallel goods markets will soon emerge.Notwithstanding the distinguishable history of ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by P Masamha
Dating scam exposed
Efforts to find a lover on a local dating site have backfired for several women leading to loss of valuables.Yesterday, police arrested a suspect, Micheal Tapfumaneyi in connection with attack...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed robbers face fresh charges
THREE armed robbers recently jailed to 35 years for robbing buses were last week back in court, charged with another two counts of robbery.Jobson Shonhe (39) of Gokwe, Samuel Moyo (29) of Chip...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware booking Eagle Liner Coaches online
On the 19th of January 2019, a ticket was bought for me from South Africa to board a Eagle liner coach from Harare to Joburg for 10 a.m and unfortunately I missed 10:00 a.m departure time. I had earli...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Citizen
Smart Express owner speaks on juju use
STRONG talk doing rounds in the public sphere via social media claim that the recent spate of accidents involving Smart Express buses was a result of black magic or juju, which has now turned sour....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 robbers arrested in Harare police shoot-out
Police have arrested eight suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that was terrorising people in and around Harare, stealing cash and valuables as the force declares war on criminals. ...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers attack money changer, steal $2 000
A 29-YEAR-OLD Domboshava woman is lucky to be alive after four armed robbers attacked her before getting off with her belongings, including $2 000 bond notes and a chicken.Police in Chinamhora...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ, fat cats rule the black market
Someone must do the right thing, grab the office keys from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, and take him to a job that he actually deserves. Because he looks and acts like a...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Armed robbers wreak havoc in Mashonaland East
Two men reportedly lost their vehicles and valuables in a space of two days as armed robbers wreaked havoc in Mashonaland East province early this week.Provincial acting police spokesperson As...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's colourless phishing joke
I miss Gideon Gono. That's only because John Mangudya, his successor at the central bank, is that turtle you can't pick out from the rocks, which when it strays onto the road, looks and sounds like a ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Why Zimbabweans should not vote for ED Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have suffered a lot for the past 38 years with nothing tangible to show. Some say it was all because of Robert Mugabe while feeling sorry or empathising with ED Mnangagwa. I have no good w...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:19hrs | 2 | by Tendai Mazenge
Forex dealers get free rein
The Zimbabwe Republic Police says it is finding it difficult to bring cash vendors to book because there is need for an officer of the law to witness an illegal transaction before effecting an arrest....Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes in free fall as US$ premiums rise
Premiums on the United States dollars have risen to 70% on the back of increased demand from companies sourcing foreign currency from the parallel market amid fears the continued depreciation of the b...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimene feared Mugabe's axe
Outspoken Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister - Mandiitawepi Chimene - has revealed that she feared losing her job during President Robert Mugabe's recent Cabinet reshuffle due to the rampant smugg...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
$60,000 seized from cash dealers in police blitz
THREE Chinese nationals and 19 illegal money changers have been arrested in Harare since the gazetting of regulations criminalising cash vending with police recovering $55 000 worth of bond notes, US$...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
22 illegal money-changers jailed
THREE Chinese nationals and 19 illegal money-changers have been arrested in Harare since the gazetting of regulations criminalising cash vending, with police recovering $55 000 worth of bond notes, US...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 25 touts
Police in Harare yesterday arrested more than 25 touts as they stepped up efforts to restore sanity at bus terminuses and ranks in the city. This follows the death of a Harare man, Mr Mathias Gore, la...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
There is no currency crisis in Zimbabwe, claims minister
Fears of a return to the hyperinflation era that preceded the introduction of the multi-currency system in 2009 were heightened in the past fortnight when the value of bond notes tumbled on the parall...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 08:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to raid service stations
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will soon swoop on fuel dealers who reject coupons.The apex bank has accused the dealers of sabotaging the economy as well as causing artificial commodity shortage...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans, be careful what you wish for!
In the main, Zimbabwe's economic challenges are rooted in the lack of confidence on the part of locals and foreigners alike, which confidence evaporated because of the country's toxic politics....Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 11:12hrs | | by Hama Saburi
Mujuru's prophecy on Bond Notes becomes reality
National People's Party supporter has claimed that his leader Joice Mujuru's Prophecy on Bond Notes has become a reality today as the economic crisis escalated this month.Jeffryson Chitando Na...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:03hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Forex dealers rule the roost amid cash crisis
ILLEGAL foreign currency traders - popularly known as osiphatheleni - are flourishing in Bulawayo, as desperate Zimbabweans flock to them in attempts to access cash.While police descend on the...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Cash for prayers' pastor up for fraud
A Latter Glory Ministries International pastor has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding a Chitungwiza couple of $1 000 after he demanded payment to pray for them.Gibson Nyambayo appeared...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crippling economy pushes 'hookers' out of Zimbabwe
Many Zimbabwean sex workers in the capital are opting to relocate to neighbouring countries in search of greener pastures Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Sex workers who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said...Published: 02 May 2017 at 07:37hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'No more bond notes,' says Chinamasa
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa last week said no additional bond notes would be released into the market to ease the cash crunch, saying the only solution lay in increasing exports.Chi...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Survivor relives Mvuma horror crash
MVUMA - Alice Hodzi could not wait to see her husband after several months apart and she was very anxious when she boarded the Johannesburg-bound Proline bus on April 5.Her husband works i...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bond notes need fresh impetus?
Howdy folks!Have you noticed how there is a thriving market for currencies in the streets out there?If you throw a stone at areas around Harare's Roadport, it will hit a money-changer!...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Clemence Machadu
Chikurubi prison officer in spate of armed robberies
A prison officer at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison who is accused of stealing ammunition from his workplace before teaming up with armed robbers in a spree of robberies in Harare pleaded not gu...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bond notes hold ground
BOND notes, which were introduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in November to fund export incentives meant to boost domestic production, have so far defied predictions of creating a catastrop...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans die while panning for gold in SA mine
Three Zimbabweans died after inhaling toxic gasses while working in a disused mine shaft at Langlaagte Gold Mine in South Africa and an undisclosed number are feared to have also succumbed to the toxi...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Cross-border traders strike deal with govt over import permits
ZIMBABWE Cross-Border Traders' Association (ZCBTA) says it has struck an agreement with government to facilitate bulk permit licences on behalf of its members.The agreement between ZCBTA a...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stop the rot at border posts
The recent transfer of police officers from Beitbridge district and the impending transfer of officials from other departments over alleged corruption at the border came as good news to the majority o...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:28hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Zimbabwean govt probes role of third force in Beitbridge protests
Government is investigating the extent to which external parties were involved in the violent protests that rocked Beitbridge town last Friday leaving property worth hundreds of thousands of dolla...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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