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23 arrested for grocery smuggling through Limpopo river
TWENTY-THREE people have been arrested and $1,5 million worth of groceries seized from smugglers who bring in the contraband through the Limpopo River while 21 vehicles were impounded by the authoriti...Published: 2 hrs ago | 130 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for 'killer' woman
A BEITBRIDGE woman is on the run after allegedly hiring hitmen to kill and mutilate her husband for suspected ritual purposes. Police have launched a manhunt for Khathutshelo Moyo after the bo...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Parallel market rates a bubble, says Mangudya
The rapid rise in parallel market foreign currency exchange rates is symptomatic of a bubble as it lacks any fundamental basis and could lead to economic depression, says Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gove...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
SAPS arrest 5 for smuggling cigarettes
South African police have arrested a Zimbabwean woman (35) along with four others aged between 28 and 42 whom they found with smuggled cigarettes worth thousands of Rands along the N1 highway in Limpo...Published: 25 May 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1742 | by Victor Bhoroma
Copper smuggling women caught in Beitbridge
Beitbridge - Two women from Karoi farming town we're arrested at Beitbridge border town on Thursday as they tried to smuggle copper using a donkey cart.According to Beitbridge police s...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:29hrs | 2203 | by Naume Muza
Violent crimes rear ugly head in Matebeleland South
POLICE in Matebeleland South have recorded a case of man who was bludgeoned to death at his estranged wife's Beitbridge home, another of a violent machete attack on a miner in Gwanda and yet another o...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Are the West suckers for cheap propaganda?
ONE question that people who accuse the Government of Zimbabwe of complicity in the alleged abduction and torture of citizens have not attempted to answer is: For what benefit?What does the Go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 241 | by Nick Mangwana
8 arrested for smuggling groceries
EIGHT people have been arrested in Beitbridge for smuggling groceries, blankets and electrical equipment from South Africa. Police are still to assess the value of the smuggled goods. ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge cross-border transporters seek exemption
THE Beitbridge Cross-border Transporters Association has written to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) asking for its members to be allowed to traverse across Zimbabwe and South Africa for procure...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
23 escape from quarantine centres
Nineteen people escaped from quarantine at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) Hotel in Beitbridge on Monday night, with five others absconding mandatory quarantine at Rupangwana Isolation C...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:51hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana Boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19.According to Habakkuk Trust report villagers who are engaged...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:45hrs | 927 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19. Local villagers, who are engaged in menial jobs as maids and herd b...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 307 | by Habakkuk Trust
Zimbabweans arrested for beer smuggling in SA
Four Zimbabweans have been arrested for smuggling alcohol into South Africa. The quartet separately crossed into South Africa with bottles of whisky through the Beitbridge port, but after a tip-off. S...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Second-hand clothes ban sparks outrage
NOMORE Nsingo has for the past eight years been surviving by selling second-hand clothes at one of Mutare's busiest informal markets.Nsingo, like most Zimbabweans running informal businesses, ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Trucker arrested for smuggling
A truck driver and two passengers were arrested in Beitbridge for allegedly smuggling groceries from South Africa. Police manning a security check point along Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road discover...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:15hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Zimra deport
DARING armed robbers raided a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) container depot in Bulawayo and went away with a consignment of 148 boxes of Broncleer, a cough mixture which was banned over abuse as ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:37hrs | 4025 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube explains stimulus package
THE foreign currency earning sectors of manufacturing, tourism and mining will receive just $4,52 billion, the shorter end of the $18 billion stimulus package despite the impact of COVID-19 being more...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Ban on second-hand clothes to be enforced
The ban on second-hand clothes imports must be strictly enforced after Cabinet was briefed on smuggling rackets in south-eastern Zimbabwe that could see more Covid-19 cases as a result. ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses its first quarter revenue performance by 10,42%
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has surpassed its first quarter revenue performance by 10,42 percent to $13,88 billion underpinned by the implementation of the Government's Transitional Stabili...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled goods worth R83 500 seized at border
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested two men for allegedly smuggling an assortment of groceries worth R83 446 from South Africa. The pair's vehicles were impounded by police while the groceries ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
Security beefed along Zimbabwe, South Africa borderline
POLICE and other security forces have intensified patrols along the Limpopo River to curb cases of border jumping and smuggling between Zimbabwe and South Africa. National police spokesperson ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 23:51hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Omalayitsha team up with villagers to smuggle goods through Limpopo river
Cross border couriers (Omalayitsha) have teamed up with some Zimbabweans, suspected to be villagers from Beitbridge, to smuggle goods from neighbouring South Africa through the Limpopo River. ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 12:50hrs | 3713 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police intercept smuggled goods
Police in Beitbridge last week intercepted a pick-up truck laden with smuggled groceries and arrested a passenger who was in the vehicle. The driver escaped when police approached them and it ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling has reached alarming levels along the Limpopo river
In the photo above, villagers from Beitbridge form a beeline across Limpopo River as they carry boxes of groceries from the South African side into Zimbabwe. Far in the sandy bed of the Limpopo River ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 09:17hrs | 3084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked into US$60 million Covid-19 tender storm
The Zimbabwe government is funneling US$60 million to a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, in a murky coronavirus drugs deal.A little-known company called Drax Cons...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 796 | by Agencies
Millions of coronavirus dollars funneled to Mnangagwa-linked company
The Zimbabwe government is funneling US$60 million to a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, in a murky coronavirus drugs deal, ZimLive reported.A little-known compan...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:44hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Zimbabwe made cigarettes smuggled into SA, trio arrested
Three men have been arrested in northern KwaZulu-Natal after they were caught transporting 20,095 packs of cigarettes from Mozambique on Thursday.Police spokesperson Capt Nqobile Gwala said an...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 14:11hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
'Recovering looted offshore funds taxing'
RECOVERING billions of dollars spirited away to foreign jurisdictions by corrupt syndicates will be a lengthy and painstaking process, although anti-graft authorities are determined to recover the loo...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cigarettes lands man in trouble
A Malawian man has been arrested in Botswana for possession of 84 boxes containing 4 200 cartons of Chele Chele cigarettes suspected to have been smuggled through Zimbabwe. The cigarettes are ...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:28hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
64 Ethiopians found dead in container in Mozambique
MORE than 60 suspected undocumented migrants from Ethiopia were found dead on Tuesday in a cargo container in Mozambique's northwest Tete province, a hospital official said."A truck transporti...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:38hrs | 3429 | by AFP
Pastor 'smuggles' dangerous drugs
A PASTOR from Bulawayo allegedly smuggled heroin, morphine and codeine weighing more than one kilogramme and worth $130 000, wrapped in a parcel that contained a small Bible, bottles of holy water and...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels cost Zimbabwe US$1bn
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is studying an explosive dossier compiled by a regional anti-corruption institution detailing how the tax collector could have been prejudiced an estimated US$1 ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:42hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in US$15 000 swindle
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer in Beitbridge allegedly ganged up with a customs clearing agent and swindled a Harare businessman of US$15 000 after fraudulently clearing his imported car...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:38hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus knocks on Beitbridge doors
THE situation at Beitbridge has remained lull despite the dreaded COVID-19 virus knocking on the border town’s doors following the arrival in Limpopo province of 122 South Africans repatriated from ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:11hrs | 4554 | by Staff reporter
Whistleblowers help Zimra recover $90 million
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered about $90 million in unpaid taxes through the whistleblower facility over the past 10 years as it makes concerted efforts to mop up revenue from no...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:45hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga appears in court for 'smuggling'
An outspoken preacher who is critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's has appeared in court accused of smuggling.Talent Chiwenga, a popular street preacher who survived a car crash that kill...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Zera elbows out small petroleum players
Zimbabwe's energy regulator has announced stringent regulations for the petroleum sector that could elbow out new entrants amid concerns that this could result in the emergence of an oligopoly, Busine...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 10:00hrs | 2887 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi - Zimra in out of court settlement
Flamboyant businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's case where he faces over $3,8 million in unpaid taxes, will not be heard amid reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is only interested in gett...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga up for smuggling
Outspoken Zimbabwean preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga was arraigned before a Mutare Magistrate Nottbuglar Muchineri today facing smuggling charges.Muchineripi granted Chiwenga ZWL$400 bail to ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 15:04hrs | 5879 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
2 Zimbabweans steal fuel worth R3 million in South Africa
Two Zimbabweans charged for alleged theft of fuel worth R3 million in South Africa have been denied bail at the Warden Magistrate court and their trial has been postponed to March 24.Owen Mute...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
Pacific Cigarettes Company criticises NewsDay for linking it with smuggling
Pacific Cigarette Company has raised strong objections to a newspaper report linking it to smuggled cigarettes that were intercepted in South Africa.The Harare headquartered company which expo...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
GMB suspends Bulawayo managers
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has suspended the Belmont depot manager in Bulawayo together with his four subordinates for allegedly diverting subsidised mealie-meal and other Silo Foods Industries p...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Zambian army arrest Zimbabwean Pastor for drug smuggling
Zimbabwean born Pastor of Mount Zion Christian Centre in Zambia Kyka Ncube (also known as David Ncube) has been caught in the eye of the storm after he was dramatically i...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 16:03hrs | 4973 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Assessing the latest Monetary Policy Statement
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) delivered its first monetary policy statement for 2020 (On 17 of February 2020) with an impetus on stabilizing prices and the exchange rate. The central bank deliver...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 427 | by Victor Bhoroma
177 immigration officials convicted of corruption
CORRUPTION at the country's border posts is said to be rampant with statistics presented to Parliament by the Immigration Department showing that 177 officers were convicted of graft last year....Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi offers Zimra $400 000 monthly out-of-court settlement
SOCIALITE and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, who is facing charges of tax evasion and smuggling, has offered a $400 000 monthly out-of-court settlement deal with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authorit...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:39hrs | 3919 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surges 44%
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surged 44% to 2.54 tonnes in January from 1.77 tonnes during the same period last year on the back of increased fuel allocations to miners.Experts said the country's...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Maize 'cartel boss' snubs Parly committee
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday snubbed the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands, Agriculture Water and Rural Resettlement when it visited hi...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:48hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Why Prof Mthuli Ncube and John Mangudya must resign
In this dossier I am challenging the Finance Minister, Mr Mthuli Ncube, and his RBZ counterpart Mr Mangudya to resign with immediate effect citing their combined failure to fulfil their objectives and...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:19hrs | 1245 | by Magugu Benard, ZAPU NPC member (Midlands province)
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