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Panic grips Zimbabweans in SA
Two civil society organisations have made a last minute request to the South African government to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (Zep), which are due to expire on June 30.South Afric...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 2645 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | 497 | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Zimbabwean jailed 16 years for bringing unauthorised explosives into SA
The Musina Regional Court in Limpopo sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for bringing unauthorised explosives into the country as well as missing a court appearance.Prosper Takunda Henry Mum...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:12hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Can Afrikaners save South Africa?
I AM not a South African, so I venture into their space with trepidation because I know how sensitive these things are. But I am an African and a keen observer of events that affect all of us who live...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | 342 | by Eddie Cross
Arrests on perpetrators is not political
As the nation draws closer to the much-awaited 2023 harmonised elections, whose date President Mnangagwa is yet to announce, Government detractors who consist mainly of opposition parties such as the ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man killed at Limpopo Bridge
BEITBRIDGE border security officials are investigating another case of murder after a Zimbabwean man known only as Welly, was killed at the Old Limpopo Bridge on Thursday morning on the South African ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
SA can turn into another Zimbabwe, hallucinates Mozambique linked Mashaba
Prominent South African opposition politician Herman Mashaba says he is fighting to stop the neighbouring country from turning into another Zimbabwe because of failed leadership.Mashaba (HM), ...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:58hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing control over lithium - Report
ZIMBABBWE's lithium is being smuggled at far worse rates than previously estimated, a new report said this week, blaming foreign cartels.In a report titled ‘implications of the lithium minin...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:32hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic xx-Jo'burg mayor says he is not xenophobic
PROMINENT South African opposition leader Herman Mashaba, who was verbally pelted for linking foreigners to criminal activities in South Africa, says he made the remarks in the hope of fixing pro...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean wins Two Oceans Marathon
ZIMBABWEAN long-distance runner Givemore Mudzinganyama celebrated the biggest win of his professional career after winning the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday....Published: 15 Apr 2023 at 21:02hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Jonathan Moyo statement on Gold Mafia
Now that three of its four episodes have been – and notwithstanding the fact that the fourth episode might have bombshells in the form of controversial or shocking utterances by its main interlocuto...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 17895 | by Jonathan Moyo
41 Zimbabweans arrested for illegal mining South Africa
SOUTH African police on Tuesday arrested several illegal miners, among them 41 Zimbabweans and recovered chrome worth more than R1 million in the Mecklenburg in Limpopo province.In addition to...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:10hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 527 | by Bruce Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe Exemption Permit termination a positive move,' says Motsoaledi
The termination of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit programme is for the benefit of the permit holders themselves, according to the Home Affairs Department.The government will terminate the permi...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:04hrs | 12251 | by Staff reporter
Unhealthy methods that many South Africans use to deal with poverty
South Africa is a country that has been grappling with poverty for many years. According to the World Bank, more than 20% of the population lives below the poverty line, which means that they survive ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:58hrs | 705 | by Staff Reporter
Lesotho demand its land from South Africa
Lesotho's parliament has debated a motion to claim huge swathes of territory from its much larger neighbour, South Africa.An opposition MP wants to declare Free State and parts of four other p...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 17:17hrs | 1688 | by BBC
I left Zimbabwe to live in South Africa. I want to go back. This is why it's hard
Many South Africans wonder why so many of us Zimbabweans came to be settled in their country, and wonder why we do not simply return to our homeland.This is my story - about my rural homestead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Why did Al Jazeera even bother about Zimbabwe looting?
AS I was walking in Kwekwe's central business district last Friday, I came across an avid reader of my articles, whom I know very well.He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposi...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | 872 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
This and that with Mal'phosa: Ngayende ngabude! What?
Malema is very crafty, just like that red fox, neh? He has outsmarted everyone this time around. He can hide behind load shedding, rise in crime, Phalaphalagate etc as reasons he wants Ramaphosa gone....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:34hrs | 1532 | by Clerk Ndlovu
What's there to say about 'Gold Mafia' if Zimbabweans can't stand up for themselves?
As I was walking in the Kwekwe CBD, this past Friday, I came across a loyal reader of my articles, whom I know very well. He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposing corruption...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:06hrs | 1168 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds stranded at Beitbridge
THERE was chaos at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday as hundreds of Zimbabwean cross-border traders had their goods confiscated after they were caught up in a rush to leave South Africa amid growing di...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:46hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
'West should have lifted sanctions after 2017 coup!' ANC maintains. Nonsense, Zimbabwe was and remain a pariah state.
One of the most obnoxious things appoint white racism is the how the whites denied the blacks a voice. "Our blacks are very happy it is the Russian and Chinese communists how are agitating for black m...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 21:51hrs | 1149 | by Wilbert Mukori
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | 250 | by @Jamwanda2
Underperforming ANC hell bent on stopping regime change in Zimbabwe; it's fiddler crab strategy
"South Africa has a Zimbabwe problem - and no one is willing to help it, said African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula as he called for an end to long-standing sanctions agains...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 07:33hrs | 1925 | by Wilbert Mukori
Beitbridge to enhance Zimbabwe - South Africa one stop border
The modernisation of the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million will pave way for the implementation of a one-stop border between Zimbabwe and South Africa.Government and the Zimbo...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 21:04hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Operation Dudula leader threatens to arrest Julius Malema
Activist and former Operation Dudula movement leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini has threatened to "arrest" EFF leader Julius Malema if he "does not work within the boundaries of the law" on March 20. ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:21hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: South Africans will start crossing to Zimbabwe for survival
Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation Luke Dzviti says South Africa maybe going the Zimbabwean way and at this rate, it would be worse than its neighbour.He says it won't be surpr...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 18:37hrs | 5897 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's money laundering scandal, South Africa greylisted
South Africa, whose President Cyril Ramaphosa has been implicated in money laundering scandal, has been greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that sets global...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 20:28hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Why are online casinos growing in South Africa?
Across Africa, but particularly in South Africa, online gambling is a growing market segment. By 2026, South Africa's casino games market is projected to ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 14:09hrs | 219 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Shock as Ramaphosa tears Thabo Mbeki speech apart
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa shocked South Africans during his 2023 State Of the Nation Address when he began hi opening remarks by tearing apart the "I Am an African" speech that ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 10:45hrs | 4388 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA faces largest exodus of Zimbabweans
A country which was once looked at as a place of refuge and possible safe haven for Zimbabwean nationals, is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest exoduses of Zimbabweans this year....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:42hrs | 17251 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Stop chasing people from South Africa' Jeys Marabini says
Award winning musician Jeys Marabini has used an impromptu rendition with Ivory Sikepe to plead with Africans to unite and realise that they are a beautiful people with a wealth of inheritance. ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 11:41hrs | 2184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Britain based NGO says Zimbabwe voters favour Chamisa over Mnangagwa
Results of a British organisation survey of Zimbabwean voters show that Nelson Chamisa will defeat ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2089 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula takes to streets over Zimbabwe permit extension
Members of Operation Dudula demonstrated outside the high court in Pretoria on Monday in opposition to the Zimbabwe exemption permit (ZEP) extension.The lobby group wants to join a court appli...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 2720 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cyril Ramaphosa accepts David Mabuza resignation letter
South Africa Vice President David Dabede Mabuza has for the first time told South Africans that he has tendered his resignation to President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in a bid to pave way for ANC Deput...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 17:50hrs | 1380 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTO: Mphoko mocks South Africans for staying in shacks
Siqokoqela Mphoko who is a ZANU PF member and son to former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has kicked the hornet's nest after tweeting a picture of tin shack slums in South Africa and caption...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 3803 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean children denied schooling in South Africa
In yet another case seeking to protect the rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa, the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) is asking the Gauteng High Court to set aside what it says i...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diaspora in SA forms consortium to spearhead migrants' development
THE Zimbabwean diaspora community has collaborated with other African countries to form a consortium called African Development Consortium (ADC), which will initiate and run developmental programmes f...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans targeted by Operation Dudula members
Members of Operation Dudula have been chasing away immigrants from the Jeppe Clinic in central Johannesburg. The provincial department of health says it is not aware of this.On Monday, GroundU...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:45hrs | 4964 | by Johannes Marisa
Third World Underdevelopment - a forced condition
Underdevelopment in Africa, Latin American and much of Asia is not a condition of being several centuries behind the various kinds of transformations experienced in the capitalist centre but a conditi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 431 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Ramaphosa hell bent on granting vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy - sacrificing povo to gratify Zanu PF
"The ANC supports the calls for the lifting of punitive sanctions against Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Zimbabwe and elsewhere where such sanctions have been imposed unilaterally and unjustifiably, ca...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 10:32hrs | 1347 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zuma dares Judges to apply double standards
Jacob Zuma says his urgent court application to interdict his private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa will test "whether Lady Justice has removed her blindfold in South Africa"."There...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:19hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions the reason Zimbabweans are flooding SA, says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an end to sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying that is one the reasons those citizens flood into South Africa.South Africa has seen an influx of Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:54hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Soul Brothers' visible footprints in Bulawayo
THEY adopted Zimbabwe, Bulawayo in particular, in the mid-80s as "expatriates" seeking refuge in the country, running away from the rigid apartheid rule by Pieter Willem Botha the then South African p...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:35hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to ANC; ZANU PF: Leave Biden alone!
I write this letter to the ANC and ZANU PF because they are one and the same thing. I wish to express my disappointment with the ANC, a party which should be the torch bearer for all people aspiring f...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 15:56hrs | 935 | by Mischeck Faro Nyamayaro
Plot to take out Ramaphosa's deputy David Mabuza?
A number of South Africans are wondering if there is a plot to take out ANC Deputy President David Mabuza, who is also known as the "CAT".Mabuza's convoy was involved in a freak accident in Mi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 12:35hrs | 2312 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans head to court to stop 'harassment' by SA banks and schools
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) heads to court next week seeking an urgent interdict to stop banks and schools in South Africa from harassing Zimbabweans who are under threat...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3358 | by Ciaran Ryan for Moneyweb SA
Be patriotic, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will remain for Zimbabweans and outsiders intending to contribute towards developing the economy should do so without dictating the path for citizens, who have the rights to do that themselve...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Zuma's persecution by courts painful and unnecessary, says top ANC official
ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize has weighed in on former president Jacob Zuma's impending return to prison, describing it as painful and an unnecessary punishment for an 80 year old.Mkhi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
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