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Why Mnangagwa met Botswana's Boko
President Emmerson Mnangagwa used the platform of the regional World Children's Day commemoration in Victoria Falls on Saturday to hold a crucial meeting with newly elected Botswana President Duma Bok...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:51hrs | 4536 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers lose cattle due to damaged border fence
Villagers in Ward 16, Dombodema and Dombolefu areas of Bulilima District, Plumtree, are losing cattle due to a damaged fence on the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.The fence is believed to be comprom...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:29hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana forge ahead with eliminating passport requirement
ZIMBABWE and Botswana are forging ahead with eliminating passport requirements for citizens travelling between the two countries with the Government already working on fine-tuning the modalities and o...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army plays critical role in border control operations'
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has played a critical role in maintaining peace and security in Matebeleland provinces through border control operations, as well as combating stock theft, which were ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana reaffirm no passports deal
ZIMBABWE and Botswana will forge ahead with eliminating passport requirements for citizens travelling between the two countries in line with regional and continental aspirations of facilitating the fr...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passport removal could boost Zimbabwe-Botswana trade
The agreement between President Mnangagwa and President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana to allow passport-free travel between Zimbabwe and its western neighbour is a trade masterstroke, a political and ...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reservoirs from Beitbridge to Plumtree
GOVERNMENT working with its development partners is setting up water reservoirs along Shashe River stretching from Beitbridge to Plumtree border posts as part of efforts to control cattle movement bet...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana tighten noose on cattle rustlers
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have joined forces to deal with cross-border stocktheft.Speaking today at the mid-term review of the third session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC), ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Botswana reiterates call for sanctions removal on Zimbabwe
Botswana has reiterated calls for the removal of Western-imposed illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe saying they are impeding the country's efforts of becoming a middle-income economy by 2030.B...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree: A fuel smugglers paradise
FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potent...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masisi hail Mnangagwa's stance
BOTSWANA President Mokgwetsi Masisi has hailed his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's resolve to curb stocktheft and spread of animal diseases like foot and mouth along the two cou...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Seven nabbed for stealing 21 Donkeys in Botswana
Police in Plumtree on Monday arrested seven men for stealing 21 donkeys in and around the Zimbabwe-Botswana Border line, Bulawayo24.com has learnt....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Cattle rustling riles Botswana, Zimbabwe
CONTINUED cattle rustling activities along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border are baffling and riling authorities despite intensive joint police operations to curb the vice.Recently the two countrie...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border grocery shopping trips decline
THE number of locals travelling to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana to buy groceries has considerably gone down following a steady rise in capacity utilisation in the local man...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda, Beitbridge, Botswana villagers beat up, kill rustlers
A GROUP of 23 villagers from Gwanda and Beitbridge districts allegedly ganged up with 11 Botswana nationals and brutally assaulted seven suspected stock thieves, killing one of them during skirmishes....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops linked to cattle rustling syndicates
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South have raised concerns over the failure by police top brass to arrest and discipline officers accused of running organised cattle rustling syndicates in the provi...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler cops arrested
GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on police officers linked to organised cattle rustling syndicates that operate along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border leading to the arrest of some suspects and their s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccinates 40 percent of population
Zimbabwe has vaccinated over 40 percent of its eligible population against Covid-19 and also boasts a number of towns and cities that have achieved herd immunity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cops to sue Botswana govt for unlawful arrest
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police constables who were arrested and later acquitted on alleged theft in Francistown, Botswana early this month, want to sue the neighbouring country's Attorney General for un...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
350 litres diesel intercepted at border
Police have recovered 350 litres of diesel along the Zimbabwe-Botswana boundary near Ramakwebane Bridge, which was left by unknown people who intended to smuggle it into the country through an illegal...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Zimbabwe liberalises fuel importation
The government has with immediate effect liberalised the importation of fuel to large companies with free funds, reiterated its stance on the modernisation the mass public transportation system under ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Our Ponzi country Zimbabwe
A Ponzi scheme, for those unfamiliar with the term, is a way of creaming off money from deluded investors. They initially receive handsome returns but this does not come from profits on their investme...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwe-Botswana in diamond deal
Zimbabwe has struck a deal with Botswana to start processing its diamonds at the world-renowned Diamond Trading Company (DTC) in Gaborone, in a move that is expected to see the country get the maximum...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa explains national dialogue
President Mnangagwa says he has opened the avenue for dialogue with other political parties in Zimbabwe to ensure that they also have an input in the country's governance discourse. Further, t...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim-Bots co-operation commendable
The inaugural session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) Summit which ended yesterday in Harare presents both countries with mutual benefits that are set to improve the lives of cit...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Letty Mabhena
Zimbabwe-Botswana ties elevated
Zimbabwe and Botswana have taken the traditional long friendship and close ties to a higher level by holding the inaugural Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission in harare this Thursday with the two...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Botswana President arrives for meeting with Mnangagwa
The President of Botswana, Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi has arrived in the country for the inaugural Zimbabwe Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) with his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mortgages diamonds to Botswana
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government could be mortgaging the country's diamond deposits to Botswana, which has offered the struggling economy a US$500 million bailout backed by diamonds and a fur...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's Masisi heads for Zimbabwe as Mnangagwa ratchets up diplomatic re-engagement
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi will be in Harare this week for the inaugural Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC), as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration ratchets up dip...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's government owes Khama's government $800 000
ZIMBABWE owes Botswana US$800 000 for vaccines supplied by its neighbour to help control the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) two years ago.While Gaborone had previously provided Harar...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matter of fact - It was PCJ bus and not Tombs
Bulawayo24.com apologises for erroneously reporting that a Tombs bus had killed 18 cattle in an accident on Saturday. It was in fact a PCJ bus!Allbert Tsikira Tombs Motorways Human Resourc...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Senator condemns 'diabolic' Tswanas'
A member of Parliament's Peace and Security Thematic Committee, Senator Tapera Machingaifa (Zanu-PF), has condemned "diabolical Tswanas" for whipping and ill-treating Zimbabweans in Botswana.T...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndolwane villagers blast government
PLUMTREE - Villagers in Ndolwane, one of the most remote areas in Matabeleland, have blasted the government for what they termed "deliberate" neglect of their area.Ndolwane lies in the Bu...Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 11:01hrs | 8 | by Mxolisi Ncube
'Botswana prevented civil war in Zimbabwe' - Report
BOTSWANA'S active involvement in the internal affairs of Zimbabwe after the disputed elections of 2008, helped avert a potential civil war in the country, a recent research has revealed.The re...Published: 29 Sep 2013 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimra impounds Harare-bound bus for smuggling
POLICE and officials from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority on Friday evening impounded a Harare bound bus whose passengers are alleged to have smuggled goods worth thousands of dollars through the Zimb...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Botswana relations praised
The Botswana Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms Gladys Kokorwe says bilateral relations between her country and Zimbabwe continue to strengthen with several joint commissions sealed in the last two years....Published: 30 Sep 2012 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cold Storage Company has revived its Bulawayo abattoirs
Cold Storage Company has revived operations at its Bulawayo abattoirs with at least 1 000 beasts slaughtered daily due to the Zimbabwe-Botswana cattle import deal. Government signed a memoran...Published: 20 Sep 2011 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks R2bn from South Africa
The Zimbabwean Government is actively engaging South Africa on an earlier pledge by the latter to provide up to R2 billion in lines of credit to boost the country's economic recovery.&...Published: 28 Feb 2011 at 09:28hrs | | by Byo24News
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