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Anti-trafficking experts expose traffickers' tactics
Local anti-human trafficking experts have urged Zimbabweans to exercise caution when considering job offers abroad, particularly those that appear too good to be true. This follows the recent Sierra L...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:25hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jailed for human trafficking in Botswana
Three Zimbabweans and two Batswana have been sentenced to two years in prison each after being convicted of human trafficking in Botswana. The group was arrested in Tonota while transporting 10 undocu...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Govt, Bulawayo turn abandoned buildings into drug rehab centres
The government, in collaboration with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), has embarked on an initiative to identify and renovate abandoned buildings for use as rehabilitation centres for drug abusers. Th...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
UK Indian ex-PM's Rwanda asylum project scrapped
Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since wi...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 11:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gafa boys shaved by Ribexy FC
Music icon, Winky D's social league team, Vigilance FC was left in interaction disarray where their prospects of dominating social media and fight against drug abuse in communities through sport was t...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 13:41hrs | 33 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Harare
Zimbabwe govt ramps up anti-human trafficking efforts
What seemed to be a good escape from poverty back home in Zimbabwe quickly turned into a nightmare for Chipo* when she landed in Oman in 2022.Like many economically impoverished citizens, Chip...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls stiffer penalties for human traffickers
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has revealed that the country will impose stiffer penalties for human traffickers who he accused of robbing the nation of human capital in the name of recruiting pr...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches anti-trafficking plan
Zimbabwe is richly endowed, has a conscientised populace and its leadership is driving the country towards development thus the citizenry shouldn't be easy prey to human traffickers, Vice President Dr...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heavy police deployment during Easter
Police are being extensively deployed countrywide during the Easter holidays to protect the public from criminals and to ensure traffic rules and regulations are enforced to keep the roads safe. ...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt for human trafficking suspect
Police have launched a manhunt for Jacqueline Takure nee Chikukwa, 45, who is a suspect in a case of human trafficking.According to police, sometime in 2022, Takure posed as an employment agen...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:51hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
27 men believed to be migrants found dead along road in Zambia
Twenty-seven bodies, believed to be of Ethiopians or Somalis, have been found dumped along a road in the Meanwood Khosi Area in Lusaka, Zambia, after apparently suffocating in a container used by huma...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 00:49hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Foreign nationals arrested in Zimbabwe over drugs
THREE foreign nationals have been arrested at the country's airports between September and this month while trying to smuggle heroin to India with a combined street value running into millions of doll...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drug cartels turn Zimbabwe into a hub
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a destination of choice for smugglers of dangerous drugs such as heroin, with police saying syndicates involving locals and foreigners were on the loose.The country h...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens border security to curb trafficking
ZIMBABWE is tightening security at all border points in a bid to end unauthorised crossings from organised criminal gangs, including child traffickers, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said....Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe fails to combat human trafficking'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked lowly for failing to fully meet the minimum elimination of human trafficking standards, despite making concerted efforts to do so.Last week, the United States released...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dozens trafficked Zimbabweans stuck in Turkey
A FRESH human trafficking scandal involving the Turkish embassy in Harare has rocked the country following revelations that dozens of Zimbabweans are now trapped in Turkey where they have been turned ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK Rwanda asylum-seeker flight cancelled after European court ruling
A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.The number ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 7 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anti-human trafficking efforts hit snag, says Minister
THE government has accused law enforcement agents in countries such as Oman of refusing to co-operate with local police to curb human trafficking.Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told Ne...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives US$1 billion through diaspora remittances
GOVERNMENT has advised citizens wishing to travel to other countries to look for jobs to make due diligence prior to travelling so as to minimise chances of being trafficked and exploited.Chie...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:48hrs | 10 | by Enos Denhere
The heartbeat of a lost nation!
The first time I visited freedom park in 2009, I had mixed emotions about the past, the present and the future. The selfless sacrifices of the fallen heroes left me speechless. At that point I knew th...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 11:59hrs | 7 | by Eric Shikobela
Police bust Uzumba bronco syndicate
POLICE in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, have arrested three men for illegally distributing a cough mixture, Bron Cleer.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Simon Chazovachii yeste...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
IOM rescues stranded illegal migrants
ABOUT 100 Malawians stranded in Beitbridge were recently rescued by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which facilitated their safe return to their country.Zimbabwe has for yea...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police bust marijuana traffickers
POLICE in Nyamapanda, Mashonaland East province, on Monday intercepted an ox-drawn scotchcart laden with marijuana crossing from neighbouring Mozambique, and arrested two suspects.Obert Katsan...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZRP joins Interpol in drug trafficking operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police was among countries in Africa and the Middle East that recently participated in an International Police Organisations (Interpol)'s operation code-named "Lionfish" which wa...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police on high alert
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will descend heavily on traffic offenders and violators of Covid-19 regulations during the Easter Holiday.This comes after President Emmer...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge's 22 unofficial ports of entry give Zimbabwe headaches
There are at least 22 unofficial entry points along the 200 kilometre Beitbridge borderline between Zimbabwe and South Africa, which poses a huge risk of Covid-19 cross border infections because of th...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:33hrs | 7 | by Tumelo Nare
Zimbabwe firm battles to recover 'sanctions' blocked funds
Gweru-based Fuest Industrial Supplies is battling to recover US$33,414 export proceeds blocked by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) seven years ago....Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
SA soldiers facilitating illegal entry of Zimbabweans
Some rogue elements within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are ripping off Zimbabwean business people by demanding huge bribes to facilitate their entry into South Africa for the purp...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-police commissioner spills the beans on corrupt top cops
A LEAKED police internal correspondence has exposed how top police fat cats are frustrating criminal investigations by allegedly shielding criminal cartels in return for money and gold.The let...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
26 trafficked gorillas from DR Congo recovered in Zimbabwe
At least 26 great apes illegally removed from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been seized in Zimbabwe, where four suspected traffickers have been arrested, authorities in both countries said Fri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warns citizens against applying for international jobs
The Zimbabwean government has warned its citizens against applying for international jobs as they may fall into traps of criminal syndicates disguising as employment agents.This follows recent...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Human trafficking ring exposed
Government has exposed a human trafficking ring of individuals domiciled in Canada and believed to be working with local fraudsters who are luring Zimbabweans to apply for non-existent jobs in North A...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa bans 2 officials
ZIFA has banned two of its officials in Masvingo for five years and ordered them to pay back over US$5 000 to four Ghanaian players whom they swindled after promising them employment at a "highly-payi...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens screws at Beitbridge border post
The Department of Immigration Services has tightened screws on wheeler dealers, human traffickers and border jumpers at Beitbridge border post in line with Government's thrust on the ease of doing bus...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police deploy for holiday
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)has deployed officers on all the country's major roads and residential areas to ensure that Independence Day and the Easter holidays are accident and crime-free. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman escapes sex slavery after defying SA 'traffickers'
A Zimbabwean woman escaped a life of sex slavery after "refusing to be submissive" to two men who allegedly trafficked her from Johannesburg to Cape Town.The Hawks' anti-human trafficking team...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Xenophobia attacks in South Africa always happens during election time?
Unity stands for peace in the presence of conflict, love in the presence of hatred, and forgiveness in the presence of injury. Unity stands for peace in our lifetime, harmony /agreement, freedom, happ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 13:28hrs | 9 | by Enos Denhere
Zimbabwe passport office has backlog of 200 000 documents
CECILIA Majanyuke flips through the pages of her passport everytime it is stamped by immigration officials.She pays particular attention to the number of free pages in her travelling document ...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Growing role of Zimbabwe's Embassy in China
ZIMBABWE and China have excellent relations that date back to the pre-independence era. During the visit by His Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa, in April 2018, relations were elevated to the highes...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Mr Chikawa
Drug trafficking in Zimbabwe on the rise
Drug trafficking in Zimbabwe has risen as criminal networks groom mules to smuggle packets of hard drugs into the country, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) and ZRP CID drugs and narc...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials lambast trafficking middlemen
VILLAGERS who use their homes in the vicinity of the country's borders with other countries to facilitate human trafficking have no respect for human life and must face the full wrath of the law, a se...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rhino poaching drop may mean we're running out of rhinos
A strategic report on poaching just released by the Department of Environmental Affairs shows that fewer rhinos but more elephants are being killed. Of concern, however, is what it leaves out....Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 09:36hrs | | by Janine Avery
Zimbabwe roadblocks to continue
HOME Affairs Minister Cain Mathema has said police roadblocks will continue in the country's major highways as they help prevent criminal activities and bring a semblance of sanity on the roads....Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Calibre of Councillors elected for Bulawayo City Council are mere debt collectors
_ _ _mayor must be appointed from outside elected councillors Ex Zipra cadre Max Mkandla has said the calibre o...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
SA immigration BVR system under attack for business slump
BUSINESSMEN in Musina, South Africa, have vowed to take on their government over the Immigration Department's poor and slow service at Beitbridge Border Post, which they say is ruining their businesse...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Struggle on my beloved country
I wanted to title this article Cry My Beloved Country. After all we recently had cholera outbreaks and our political parties are competing to demonstrate proximity to the West. It does not seem to mat...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dangerous and addictive drug hits Bulawayo streets
A DANGEROUS and addictive drug called diazepam - popularly known as "dypapa" or "amangemba" in street lingo - has hit the streets of Bulawayo, with anti-drugs campaigners raising the red flag....Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana cops hunt for Zimbabwean baby snatcher
POLICE in Bostwana are on the hunt for a Zimbabwean man who allegedly kidnapped his two-year-old-daughter and is suspected to have sold the toddler to human traffickers.According to media repo...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 14:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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