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Child killed for crying
A BEITBRIDGE man is on the run for allegedly beating his three-year-old stepdaughter to death because she was crying when he wanted to catch some sleep on Wednesday morning.Mulaleli Sibanda sn...Published: 6 hrs ago | 244 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs fingered in Chiweshe gold rush
A GOLD rush involving some powerful political figures in the country has erupted in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province, prompting the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to deploy state securi...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1192 | 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 | 1424 | by Staff reporter
US$300m for Beitbridge Border Post upgrade
THE ZimBorders Consortium has secured nearly US$300 million for the upgrade and modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post, the country's busiest inland port of entry and one of the region's key transit ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jailed 15 years for smuggling explosives into SA
A Musina magistrate on Tuesday jailed two Zimbabwean men for 15 years for smuggling explosives worth R470 000 into South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post.Patson Banda (25) and Life Mb...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 10:13hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
Sector priorities for NDS implementation
Zimbabwe launched its new 5 year economic blueprint called the National Development Strategy (NDS-1) on 16 November 2020. The new plan succeeds the Transitional Stabilization Programme (TSP) that ends...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 09:17hrs | 661 | by Victor Bhoroma
Fuel smugglers, tax evaders warned
Government has issued a stern warning to fuel smugglers and tax evaders, as it moves in to plug revenue leakages that have been negatively impacting the country's economic growth.A post-budget...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 18:28hrs | 675 | by Staff Reporter
Smugglers intercepted
At least 38 people have been arrested in Beitbridge in separate incidents on allegations of crossing into South Africa illegally before attempting to smuggle various goods worth over R156 000 into the...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens security at SA border
Zimbabwe has tightened security along its border with South Africa, where cases of illegal crossings had become rife at the peak of the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began in March. Borders...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe meets Motsoaledi ahead of the re-opening of Beitbridge border post
Home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe met with his South African counterpart Aaron Motsoaledi in Beitbridge on Friday ahead of the re-opening of the border to normal traffic on December 1.The ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya claims gold being tampered with
HENRIETTA Rushwaya today complained in court that her 6kg gold was being tampered with at Fidelity Printers and Refiners saying it has since lost three grams in weight and also lost 6 percent of its p...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:05hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to save trapped miners as flood halts rescue
Hope is fading by the day for 40 informal gold miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Zimbabwe for more than 48 hours ago after rescue operations were stalled due to flooding.The disused mine c...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:02hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold smugglers shipping over US$1,5bn a year
GOLD worth over US$1,5 billion is smuggled out of Zimbabwe every year, depriving the cashstrapped economy of crucial foreign-exchange revenues, according to research organisation International Crisis ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's aide arrested
Ex-HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo's former aide was yesterday arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office for allegedly illegally facilitating issuance of visas to gold dealer, Ali Muhamad and hi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga, SB Moyo wrestle for Zim gold sector control
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, locked in a vicious duel to wrest and consolidate state power, are manoeuvring to control the ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Former Health Minister's PA arrested
A former personal assistant to sacked Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested yesterday on allegations of criminal abuse of office. Gideon Mapokotera was picked at 2.30pm yest...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:52hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
2020 vehicle imports marginally surpass 2019 despite COVID-19 shutdown
Vehicle imports marginally increased to 40,052 units between January and October this year up from 40,016 units recorded during the same comparative period last year despite the advent of the Covid-19...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2068 | by Staff reporter
Govt to liberalise gold sector
The Financial Gazette reports that Zimbabwe is seriously contemplating to liberalise its gold sector, as part of measures to stem black market leakages and attract capital into the key mining industry...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Failed economic blueprints
The status of paralysis in which Zimbabwe has slipped throughout the past 40 years might be traced back to the early 1980s.A number of economic policies have been formulated and subsequently i...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 10:27hrs | 1350 | by Leonard Koni
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail battle rages on
HENRIETTA Rushwaya has approached the High Court challenging the magistrates' court decision to deny her bail on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four gold bars weighing 6kg were f...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans live in fear of terror attacks from Mozambique
A POLITICAL science student from the University of Zimbabwe, Jethro Ngara, sees doom and gloom as his country dares to wade into Mozambique's war on terror.Ngara, 25, said he is too young to d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:53hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIO boss relative fired
TICHAFA Victor Hwacha, a deputy director with the Counter Intelligence unit of the Central Intelligence Organisation was fired on Wednesday this week for allegedly working with a cartel in the gold se...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 5827 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a flight risk, says Rushwaya
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya insists she will not interfere with witnesses and is not a flight risk after applying for bail at the High Court in her 6kg gold smugglin...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | 3412 | by Staff reporter
'Too many taxes fueling gold smuggling'
A raft of cumbersome taxes, including refining and royalty payments totalling nearly 18 percent, could be one of the major reasons why people continue to smuggle gold, although Fidelity Printers and R...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya appeals for bail at High Court
THE suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has approached the High Court appealing for bail after she was denied the same by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.Rush...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
'Border jumpers fuel spike in COVID-19 cases'
THE Department of Immigration has reduced its staffing levels at border posts to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid a rise in the number of travellers using illegal entry points to dodge scrutiny at the...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1640 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe looks underground for golden economic revival
REELING from decades of economic mismanagement, Zimbabwe is banking on gold to shore up revenue and tackle the upshots of rampant hyperinflation, corruption and coronavirus restrictions.Global...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo structures push for Masotsha's expulsion
Suspended MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial women's assembly chairperson, Tendai Masotsha, has been described as a dangerous person who has struck fear into the hearts of the party members, an internal...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi secrets revealed
The late Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure was naughty, cunning and a shrewd businessman who thrived on unconventional means to achieve what he wanted, his relatives and friends have revealed.Ginimbi...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:26hrs | 13350 | by Staff reporter
Call on govt to expedite whistleblower law
ANTI-CORRupTION watchdog Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has said the government should expeditiously enact legislation that protects whistleblowers, who lift the lid on massive corruption c...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son's name-dropped in R30 000 fraud
THE name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tafadzwa Sean, has been dropped in a case where an alleged conman duped a Gweru businesswoman of R30 000 in a yet-to-be revealed deal.The conman...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 5013 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans survive on second-hand undergarments
ZIMBABWEANS mainly in urban areas are relying on second-hand undergarments smuggled into the country and sold at flea markets across the country as economic hardships continue to take a toll on the po...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
9 tankers intercepted smuggling fuel worth R3 million
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post are tightening screws on the movement of commercial cargo following the interception of nine tankers last week carrying fuel worth nearly R3 million that was bein...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forces Newsday to apologise
THE Office of the President and Cabinet has challenged a privately-owned newspaper, NewsDay and a syndicate of online publications to provide evidence that link the President with Tarirai David Mnanga...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:37hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stands in solidarity with Chin'ono
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he stood in solidarity with people who fight to promote professionalism at the courts.Chamisa yesterday attended the bail hearing at the Harar...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 5519 | 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 | 734 | by Staff reporter
Security forces intercept 51 border jumpers
Beitbridge Border Post security personnel last night intercepted a South Africaregistered bus carrying 51 Zimbabweans who were being transported to the neighbouring country illegally. The grou...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 557 | 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 | 213 | 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 | 2291 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative suspects foul play in Rushwaya gold smuggling scam
Central Intelligence Organisation operative Steven Tserayi, who is facing charges of smuggling and unlawful possession of gold together with Henrietta Rushwaya, suspects those in charge of investigati...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:39hrs | 4996 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' in court over attempted smuggling
Self-styled Johane Masowe eChishanu apostolic church prophet and leader, Lazarus Simbarashe Nengomasha, known as Madzibaba Simba yesterday appeared at Harare magistrates court on allegations of attemp...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
I didn't know bag had gold, Rushwaya insists
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, insists she did not know the bag she was carrying when she was arrested at Robert Mugabe International Airport contained gold, ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:42hrs | 2977 | by Staff reporter
Sanction Auxillia Mnangagwa and Freeze her foreign bank accounts
The first family must command respect, not demand it. This, they should do through leading by example. "Julius Caesar's wife must be above suspicion". The first lady should not be seen throwing her we...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 12:28hrs | 18479 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa's Minister sucked into gold mine wrangle
THE Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has been sucked into a gold mine ownership wrangle in Chegutu amid reports he could have abused his office to a...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 3231 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono lawyer wants magistrate arrested
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyers yesterday said magistrate Ngoni Nduna should be arrested and face trial for querying why the State did not oppose bail in Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggling cas...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya wants her gold back
Henrietta Rushwaya says she wants her day in court to clear her name and recover her US$333 000 worth of gold which is kept at Fidelity Printers and Refiners pending her trial and acquittal.Ru...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 20:59hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi dies
Popular fuel trader and socialite Genius Kadungure was killed in a fiery high-speed car crash early on Sunday.He was 36. He is the owner of Pioneer Gas and PIKO Group.Kadungure was re...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 13214 | by Staff reporter
Another weekend in prison for Rushwaya
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, who was arrested together with businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives Steven Tserayi and Raphios Mufandauy...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 22:10hrs | 1957 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to dock teachers' salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's underfire government has ordered provincial education directors to name teachers who failed to report for duty since the reopening of schools in September, as it moves t...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 3905 | by Staff reporter
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