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Zimbabweans enjoy border digitisation gains
The digitization of the Beitbridge port of entry through the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZESW) platform is significantly improving trade facilitation and clearance efficiency. Introduced in 202...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man arrested in South Africa over Thabo Bester escape
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been arrested in South Africa in connection with the escape of Thabo Bester from a South African prison.According to the South African media, the man's identity was not re...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa cop arrested during attempt to book Frank Buyanga out of jail
A detective constable will appear in court, on charges of defeating the ends of justice. He was arrested by the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation Unit as he tried to book out Zimbabwean businessm...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thabo Bester's R3,5m Mercedes still stuck in Beitbridge
THE Mercedes Benz worth at least R3,5 million that is understood to have been used by captured South African murder convict and escapee Thabo Bester is still stuck at Beitbridge Border Post after it w...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Wanted SA rapist Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe?
Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security prison where he allegedly paid R5 million to at least nine prison warders who helped him escap...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA loadshedding triggers Beitbridge border chaos
Continued loadshedding in South Africa with delays in delivering diesel for the South African back-up generator has seen commercial cargo piling up at Beitbridge Border Post with trucks stretching in ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra sets up crisis management team at border
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said it is setting up a crisis management team to be on the ground around the clock at Beitbridge Border Post to ensure efficiency and avoid congestion and d...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra cracks whip at border
Trucks arriving at Beitbridge without the proper paperwork and without pre-clearing their cargoes, so taking up parking space and causing delays, are now being charged penalties, Zimbabwe's Border Eff...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commercial cargo piling up at border
Commercial cargo continues to pile up on both sides of the Beitbridge border post where truck drivers are passively protesting over the poor service delivery at the border and the introduction of rela...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cargo transportation firms have collapsed
SEVERAL Zimbabwean cargo transportation firms have collapsed under the weight of punitive taxes and fees charged by State agencies manning trunk roads, as hundreds of northbound foreign haulage trucks...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
31 shipping agents released without charge
THIRTY-ONE shipping agents arrested in a combined operation between the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority were released on Tuesday without c...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lockdown reprieve for customs clearing agents
Government has revised lockdown regulations and classified customs clearing agents and freight forwarders operating inland and at the country's ports of entry/exit as essential service providers in a ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Curfew affects cargo movement across borders
Tight enforcement of the Zimbabwean and South African curfews has been delaying cargo traffic at Beitbridge, with freight forwarders prevented from moving trucks across the border during curfew hours,...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zweli Mkhize called on to intervene urgently in Beitbridge backlogs
With several deaths already recorded at the Beitbridge border post, the transport and freight forwarding industries have called for urgent intervention saying "a humanitarian disaster is unfolding"....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Escaping inmate's genitals stuck in barbed wire fence
THEY planned to escape from prison but didn't think how tough it would be to get over the barbed wire fence, or the damage it could do to a man's 4-5!The SunTeam has seen a 50-second video of ...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
The life of Misheck Velaphi Ncube: Connecting the dots
ORBITUARYMisheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on May 9, 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the libe...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:49hrs | | by Ernest Malandu, Vivian Siziba and Strike Mkandla
Misheck Velaphi Ncube Obituary: Connecting the Dots
Misheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at Heroes Acre in Harare on 9 May 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the liberation and independence of Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 20:59hrs | 2 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zimra system fails
FREIGHT shipping and forwarding agents have reverted to manual clearing after the Customs and Excise Automated System for Customs Data (Asycuda) failed to convert recently introduced duty regimes, New...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC chair denied access to detained party members
MDC national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo has claimed that Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officials on Saturday denied her and party members permission to visit colleagues detained ...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive prisoner arrested
Police have arrested one of the three hard-core criminals who escaped after they allegedly assaulted prison officers while in transit, before jumping off a moving prison truck. Timothy Muhari ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soccer stars lost to the war
THE liberation struggle was an inevitable development in the history of the country.So many sporting talents were lost to the war because of the call to serve. Football was among the biggest l...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Dube
'That man is my wife,' - rapist inmate tells court
An inmate serving 18 years for murder and rape stunned a packed courtroom with the above statement after he was accused of sodomising a fellow inmate serving 15 years for rape at Khami Maximum Prison....Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 12:43hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Prisoners, wardens in sexual abuse storm
COMMUNITIES in the western peri-urban parts of Bulawayo accuse guards and inmates at Khami Prison of sexually abusing vulnerable girls and women.Prison officers and imprisoned criminals are al...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison warders probed over dangerous criminals' escape
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has reportedly launched a probe on nine Karoi Prison officers accused of facilitating the escape of three murder and robbery suspects in November ...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA wary of Kasukuwere - Malema link
SOUTH Africa's ruling ANC wants Zimbabwe to rein in Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere over his alleged links with Mr Julius Malema, it has emerged.Our Harare Bureau under...Published: 14 May 2017 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara narrates Zanu-PF horror attack
He might have dodged bullets during the war of independence in the 1970s and escaped enemy wrath - but retired brigadier general and former diplomat Agrippah Mutambara was last Sunday caught betwe...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pistorius on suicide watch
Jailed murderer Oscar Pistorius has been put on suicide watch following mysterious wrist injuries that landed him in hospital earlier this month, media reported yesterday.Prison officials ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Gay inmate gets special cell
THE South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move a gay prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orient...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
21 Zimbabwean fishermen jailed for straying into Zambian waters
THE Siavonga Magistrates Court has passed two controversial judgements in a case involving 21 Zimbabwean fishermen who were arrested for straying into Zambian waters on Lake Kariba.Daily Natio...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt must address chaos at Beitbridge Border Post
People visiting Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (zimra) offices across the country are welcomed by banners at the reception inscribed "We Are Here To Serve" and workers wearing T-shirts inscribed "I am not...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Analyst raps govt for failing to take care of civil servants
A political commentator Tafadzwa Chinheya has rapped the government for failing to take care of its civil servants.He said other countries take care of their civil servants and prisoners....Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 08:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Huge win for Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West prisoner in athletics
HUNDREDS of prisoners went on the run this week, and all the warders did was stand around and watch."It was hard but, I made it. It is an achievement for me," Gloria Moagi, 25, from Polokwane,...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prisoners complain over officers' abuse
INMATES at St Alban's Prison in Port Elizabeth in South Africa have complained of bad treatment from authorities.Daily Sun reported that the prisoners claim to have been assaulted with batons ...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drugs, money, weapons seizedf at prisons
PRISON officials at the Sun City Prison near Soweto in South Africa have reportedly unearthed large quantities of drugs, money and weapons suspected to be belonging to some prisoners.Daily Sun...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Insanity of the confused Confucius Peace Prize - PDP
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary general Gorden Moyo has said his party is utterly disgusted that President Robert Mugabe was awarded by China the Confucius Peace Prize on grounds of his ...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 07:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The insanity of the Confucius Peace Prize - PDP
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) is utterly disgusted that Robert Mugabe was awarded the China's Confucius Peace Prize in the name of his management of the economy in Zimbabwe and promotion of peac...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 18:21hrs | 27 | by Dr Gorden Moyo
'Vampire killer' terrorises Khami Prison inmates
A MAN, dubbed the vampire killer, who sent police officers fleeing from Mvuma Police Station after vomiting blood and licking it up a few months ago is reportedly terrorising inmates and warders at Kh...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Oliver Kazunga
Mugabe appoints two ministers
President Mugabe yesterday appointed Clifford Sibanda as Minister in Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office while Tabitha Rudo Kanengoni-Malinga becomes Minister in VP Phelekezela Mphoko's office....Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 06:29hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Bongani Mafu escorted from the dressing room by anti-riot police
Whawha 1-0 HighlandersUNDERFIRE Highlanders' coach Bongani Mafu had to be escorted from the dressing room by anti-riot police as Bosso fans bayed for his blood after the Bulawayo giants were h...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 08:24hrs | | by Lovemore Zigara
Bosso end win less streak
Highlanders 2 - 0 WhawhaWASTEFUL Highlanders' four-match win less streak in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League at Barbourfields came to an end yesterday with Obadiah Tarumbwa and Knox Mu...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:05hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Chikurubi's Friday the 13th prison riot
Two more Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison inmates died yesterday due to injuries sustained during the food riot that rocked the correctional facility on Friday.D Class prisoners Pedzisai Nota...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's alleged chief usher commits suicide in Botswana prison
A Zimbabwean woman identified as a chief usher with the Harare based Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries church led by Prophet Walter Magaya was last week reportedly found dead at the ...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prisoner spills the bins, exposes Khami rot
A Khami Remand Prison inmate facing charges of armed robbery and attempted murder yesterday spilled the bins and exposed senior officials for allegedly inciting 30 prison guards to assault him....Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murdered man asks murderer to tell his relatives that he killed him
A MAN serving jail term for murder at Khami Maximum Prison on Monday stunned the court by confessing that the person he killed was now haunting him in prison.Trymore Ndlovu (30) of Njube m...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison officers cash-in smuggling drugs, mobile phones to inmates
ZIMBABWE'S prisons have now become a hotbed of corruption with allegations of abuse, bribery and even contraband smuggling by warders, according to claims from inmates and some prison guards....Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 03:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Moyo to rot in SA jail
PRETORIA - Bongani Moyo, who is known for robbing banks and escaping from custody, may not appeal against his latest sentence of a 62-year imprisonment, a High Court in Pretoria judge ruled yesterday...Published: 20 Sep 2013 at 04:16hrs | | by Sapa
Three Zimbabweans escape from Botswana prison
Three Zimbabweans serving lengthy jail terms reportedly escaped from Gaborone Central Prison in Botswana last week.The three are from Bulawayo, Marondera and Masvingo.According to medi...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Econet Wireless walks away with two Gold awards
At least 33 Zimbabwean companies yesterday received awards from a South African-based consultancy firm, PMR Africa. The awards were based on points that the companies accrued in a survey that...Published: 15 May 2013 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Serial jail escapee and bank robber, Bongani Moyo, to spend 62 years in prison
Serial escapee Bogani Moyo and a fellow bank robber were handed lengthy prison terms on Monday for robbing six banks in six weeks.The High Court in Pretoria sentenced Moyo, 30, to 62 years im...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 16:44hrs | | by Sapa
Dembare off to a winning start
Dynamos 3 - 0 Lesotho Correctional ServicesUGANDAN international Boban Zirintusa scored on his Dynamos debut as the Harare giants cruised to an easy Champions League preliminary round, first ...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 06:02hrs | | by Sports reporter
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