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Sex 'booster' takes Harare by storm
THIRTY-TWO-year-old Takunda Dube says he has been battling erectile dysfunction and decreased libido since he was 21.The condition is common, but can be a frustrating and embarrassing experien...Published: 4 hrs ago | 836 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man jailed 15 years for smuggling explosives into South Africa
A 44-year-old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for 15 years by a Musina Magistrate Court in South Africa for smuggling explosives worth R110 000 into the neighbouring country.Wilfred Nhamo...Published: 19 hrs ago | 58 | by Staff reporter
Harare sex toy vendor denied bail
A suspected sex toy vendor, Ayanda Unity Mponda, who goes by the moniker @Ayiie-Juicy on social media platforms, was Wednesday denied bail by a Mbare magistrate who ruled that she is a flight risk....Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:46hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi readies for court battle
WARRIORS forward Kudakwashe Mahachi has denied allegations of scalding his four-year-old son with boiling water and has threatened legal action in a bid to be allowed access to the boy.Mahachi...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1728 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested smuggling R3, 5 million vehicle into Zimbabwe
A 36-year-old man from Beitbridge has been arrested for trying to smuggle into the country a Mercedes Benz worth R3,5 million.Sicelo Ndlovu was busted by border authorities on Monday after he ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:03hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zacc, Zimra impound 17 buses
Over the last three weeks, 17 long distance buses and three haulage trucks have been impounded at Beitbridge Border Post and their owners made to pay $26,3 million in fines plus $19,8 million in unpai...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:09hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Zimra installs automated systems to curb corruption
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority has installed four automated systems in various entry and exit points of the country to curb corruption.ZIMRA ICT Director Shamu Moyo recently said they were making ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 15:13hrs | 1952 | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Gold branding necessary in anti-smuggling fight, says ZACC
Zimbabwean gold needs to be branded so it can be positively identified once smuggled out of the country, to enable easy identification, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said....Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans arrested for owning OpenView decoders
Eleven people were arrested, and dozens of illegal decoders were seized during police raids over the past two weeks, as police broke a TV-decoder smuggling ring.The cross-border smuggling ring...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 19:09hrs | 5620 | by Staff reporter
Politicians are fuelling hate crimes
ONLY hate and barbarism could have produced the sort of spectacle the world witnessed a few weeks ago when a baying mob of South Africans moved from house to house in Johannesburg's Diepsloot slum to ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 197 | by Addy Kudita
Zimra introduces automated systems to curb corruption
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has introduced automated systems as some of the country's entry points in efforts to curb corruption which is said to be rampant at the country's borders....Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:47hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean smugglers abandon R1.7m worth of illicit cigarettes in Limpopo
Members of a cigarette-smuggling syndicate transporting illicit cigarettes worth almost R2 million in a four-car convoy abandoned their vehicles and ran away from members of the SAPS in Limpopo....Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:57hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Zacc goes after Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday said it was going after officials at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, who it accuses of fuelling corruption at the borders.The anti-graf...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
ZACC vows to recover ill-gotten wealth even after jail
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), which is targeting to recover US$50 million worth of assets believed to be proceeds of corruption, has said it will strip criminals of their ill-gotten ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
ZACC investigates border corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has launched investigations on Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials and security forces at the borders following the recent interception of nine buses f...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Operators, Zacc clash over impounded buses
BUS operators have accused the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) of arresting "soft" targets in their blitz against smuggling in an operation that has so far netted nine buses.Some op...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business people involved in potatoes smuggling in Botswana
ZIMBABWEAN business people are reportedly involved in the alleged smuggling of potatoes syndicate with South African farmers and Botswana business men fol...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 07:00hrs | 4467 | by Stephen Jakes
Zacc intercepts smuggled goods
TWO men were yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje for smuggling goods worth thousands of dollars from South Africa.Samuel Matengu (37) and Taurai Mhlanga (37) were ar...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Villager Shot by ZNA officer
A-BEITBRIDGE villager Knowledge Sibanda was last Thursday shot and injured by a soldier as he was driving near the now defunct River Ranch Diamond Mine.When police officers attended the scene,...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders and FBC Bank enter into partnership
THE Cross-Border Traders Association (CBTA) and the FBC Bank have entered into a deal that will see the financial institution issuing MasterCards to infor...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 00:30hrs | 858 | by Staff Reporter
All Zimbabweans must benefit from mineral Resources: Zimcodd
THE Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development has reported that in the week under review, Zimbabwe registered a big milestone in the mining of Platinum Group Minerals (PGMs) with the addition o...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 11:08hrs | 788 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe targets 40 tonnes of gold
Gold deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), the country's sole authorised buyer of the mineral, jumped 137 percent in the first two months of 2022 to 5,1 tonnes from 2,17 tonnes in the sa...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over bribe-taking cops
POLICE have raised concern over reports of corruption involving its officers deployed at the country's borders.This comes after 17 special security agents were last month arrested by the Zimba...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:00hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Sheriff fired
Divorce orders obtained fraudulently by some greedy men with a view to stripping their spouses in the Diaspora of matrimonial property, are now on the increase amid reports that a Deputy Sheriff was r...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:56hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy urgently needs tax reforms
For the fourth consecutive year, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has been exceeding budgeted quarterly and annual revenue targets (in ZW Dollar and in US Dollar terms). Even though the economy ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:40hrs | 1447 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mutare man arrested for smuggling
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 40-year-old Mutare man on charges of smuggling goods into the country.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrest o...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:53hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Zimra implements strategic plan
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is in the process of implementing various projects that are part of its five-year strategy to transform service delivery, ease of doing business as well as plugging reve...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bus fined US$28,000 over passengers without passports
Zimbabwe-based Rimbi Travel and Tours Bus Service has been fined more than R400 000 by the South African Department of Home Affairs after some of its passengers were caught attempting to enter the cou...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:42hrs | 2372 | by Staff reporter
US collects US$18bn fines from corrupt firms
THE United States of America (US) has collected over US$18 billion in fines from companies engaging in various corrupt activities across the globe since 2015.The companies were charged under t...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:21hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Concerns raised over unaccompanied and separated children migrants
CHILDREN'S rights groups are worried over Unaccompanied minors and separated children that have become a common feature at the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa amid concerns over rampant smugg...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1049 | by Stephen Jakes
SA car jackers arrested in Bulawayo
THREE men believed to be carjackers have been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of stealing three vehicles — a Toyota Prado, Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Hilux — from South Africa before smuggli...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:41hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss says corruption will collapse the Zimbabwe economy
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) acting Commissioner-General Regina Chinamasa yesterday said corruption was threatening to collapse the comatose economy, adding that the tax authority had the politi...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 823 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe police bust luxury vehicles smuggling racket
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday busted a vehicle smuggling racket, arresting three suspects and recovering three luxury vehicles, which were smuggled into Zimbabwe via Limpopo River.The three sus...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling crackdown nets 15 buses
The National Security Taskforce has intensified the crackdown on smuggling between Zimbabwe and South Africa and intercepted 15 buses carrying contraband worth thousands of dollars.The buses w...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Cops flee roadblock
SPECIAL security forces on an operation against smuggling and illegal cross-border travel yesterday fled a roadblock just outside Beitbridge after a raid by officials believed to be investigating corr...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | 5461 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on unregistered cars continues
Police this week arrested more than 640 drivers of unregistered, plate-less and unlicensed vehicles, and impounded 784 vehicles, as the ongoing operation continues to round up criminal elements and ma...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono bail conditions removed
Award-winning Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono who was arrested in for obstructing justice and contempt of court, after being accused of breaching his bail conditions by tweeting about the cour...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 11:56hrs | 1224 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Contractor caught in cigarettes smuggling ring
AN employee of a company sub-contracted to upgrade Beitbridge Border Post, Raubex (Pvt) Ltd has been accused of smuggling cigarettes from Zimbabwe to South Africa.This came to light when South...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette smuggler busted over R10 000 bribe
A cigarette smuggler landed in even hotter water when he tried to bribe an army officer with R10 200 to release his vehicle which had been intercepted laden with crates of South Africa-bound Remmingto...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border drivers up for smuggling goods worth over US$52,000
TWO cross-border truck drivers have appeared in court on charges of smuggling goods worth over US$52 000 or $5 million through Beitbridge Border Post from neighbouring South Africa.The pair, T...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver up for smuggling alcohol
A 35-year-old man was arrested in Bulawayo on Sunday on allegations of smuggling a South-African haulage truck, two trailers and a cargo of nearly 3 000 cartons of different brands of alcohol into Zim...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
RBZ freezes 4 firms' accounts
Bank accounts of four private companies under investigation for possible money laundering have been frozen by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's investigations arm, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'second Republic' as scandal-prone as Mugabe's govt
THERE is no difference between the administration of former president Robert Mugabe and that of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa when it comes to public procurement as the two republics are marred by ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Trucker arrested for smuggling water
POLICE has arrested Abraham Mutakwa (42), a trucker for entering the country using illegal means and routes with 39 660 litres of water, which he purported was diesel destined for Zambia.Mutak...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans risk police, crocodiles in desperate bid to reach SA
A BUSHY pathway leads to the crossing points along the Limpopo River that are the most treacherous part of the journey for Zimbabweans seeking a better life in neighbouring South Africa.The ri...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 18:22hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
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