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Zimbabwe authorities step up crackdown on smuggled goods
The Zimbabwean government has ramped up efforts to combat smuggling and the influx of counterfeit goods as part of a broader strategy to protect domestic industries and enhance their competitiveness....Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:11hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF suspends 16 members for supporting independent candidates
Sixteen Zanu-PF members have been suspended for five years after being found guilty of supporting independent candidates during the 2023 National Assembly and local authority elections.Fifteen...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:31hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt gets thumbs up for DBOT for roadworks
Economists have asserted that adopting the Design, Build, Operate, and Transfer (DBOT) model for road infrastructure development in Zimbabwe is crucial to curbing corruption and ensuring quality workm...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:46hrs | 6156 | by Staff reporter
Stunner assaults daughter's friend
Musician Desmond Chideme (Stunner) appeared at the Mbare Magistrates' Court on allegations of assaulting his daughter's nine-year-old friend. Chideme, represented by Dumisani Mtombeni, faced c...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Zimra warehouses full of smuggled goods
State warehouses at Beitbridge Border Post are overflowing with intercepted goods as security officials continue to crackdown on smugglers along the border.The use of drones, commercial and ba...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:31hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1844 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
2 more in court over spate of armed robberies
Two more suspects, Thembinkosi Matutu (47) and Batsirai Hutsi (21), appeared in court yesterday in connection with a series of armed robberies in Harare. They joined 11 other accomplices already on re...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:15hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police decimate notorious armed robbery gang
A gang of suspected armed robbers who were behind the widely publicised J and P Security robbery, among other movie-style thefts, are now behind bars after they implicated each other one after another...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:32hrs | 2303 | by Staff reporter
Passion Java's mother dies
Christine Java nee Rambanepasi, the mother of United States-based Zimbabwean preacher Passion Java and founder of Tabernacle of Grace Church, Apostle Batsirai Java, passed away at the age of 65. She w...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:47hrs | 2840 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diaspora remittances up 17%
In the first quarter of the year, diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe surged by 17%, reaching US$490 million compared to US$420 million during the same period in 2023. This increase in remittances is see...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:41hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's new system speeds up border vehicle clearing
The Government's introduction of an automated system to clear foreign-registered vehicles, known as eTIPs (electronic Temporary Import Permits), has significantly reduced congestion and improved compl...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to modernise more border posts
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is moving forward with plans to modernize border posts, including Chirundu, Victoria Falls, and Forbes, aiming to streamline business operations and facilitate r...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Forbes Border Post could surpass Beitbridge
The Forbes Border Post in Mutare, Manicaland province, is poised to potentially surpass Beitbridge Border Post in handling commercial traffic in the coming years, according to Batsirai Chadzingwa, the...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:15hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber arrested
One of the suspected armed robbers involved in the break-in at Newcastle Group of Schools in Harare, where electrical gadgets worth US$2,500 were stolen, appeared in court yesterday on armed robbery c...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere ghost haunts Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cracked the whip on errant Zanu-PF top officials whom he either suspended or expelled from the party accusing them of backing former political commissar Sa...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's special envoy embroiled in bizarre 'extortion' plot
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy and self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel is being accused of engineering a smear campaign to extort money from a prominent church leader....Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Forbes Border Post starts 24-hour service
FORBES Border Post just outside Mutare will be running 24 hours from Monday to cope with the growth in haulage truck traffic and use of Beira port, Zimbabwe's closest access to the sea.Forbes ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Terrifying Robbery Unfolds in Manyanda Business Centre, Binga
Binga, November 21 - Angeline Batsirai, a 49-year-old businesswoman, faced a harrowing ordeal in the early hours of Tuesday as four unidentified men executed a robbery at Manyanda Business Cen...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | | by Peter Matuka
Sikhala absolved by witness
THE trial of former St Mary's legislator Job Sikhala, in a case in which he is being charged for disorderly conduct continued yesterday with a witness Shupikai Rusere absolving him of wrongdoing....Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Windi kills passenger for paying with torn $1 note
A tragic incident occurred when a commuter omnibus conductor confronted a passenger who had paid the fare using a torn US$1 note. The confrontation escalated when the conductor, Tawanda Pindu (25), sl...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra under attack over poor service
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is facing criticism from the industry for its poor service delivery, leading to customs clearance delays that result in daily losses for businesses.Durin...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mater Dei Hospital sues Zimra
MATER Dei Hospital in Bulawayo has taken the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to court for rejecting its application for a rebate of duty on imported medical equipment and consumables that were oste...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere out of the race'
Zanu-PF yesterday vowed that exiled former party commissar Saviour Kasukuwere will not be part of this year's presidential race unless he has been cleared by the police and Judiciary.Kasukuwer...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge modernisation winds up
THE US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation project has reached its final stage with contractors now winding up construction works, ZimBorders Consortium general manager, Mr Nqobile Ncube ...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Modernisation of Beitbridge border enters homestretch
The Zimborders Consortium says it is now at the final stage of the construction and transformation of the Beitbridge Border Post.The Government and the consortium have been transforming the po...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post automation a game-changer, says Mthuli Ncube
THE automation of services and the implementation of traffic separation at the Beitbridge Border Post have ushered in a new era of efficiency at Zimbabwe's busiest port of entry. Professor Mthuli Ncub...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra commits US$2,4 million to anti-smuggling equipment
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has committed a total of US$2,4 million on the acquisition of hit-tech equipment to enhance security at the country's ports of entry to curb crimes such as smugg...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns journalists
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned journalists against "selling their motherland for little pieces of silver" ahead of this year's general elections.Speaking during the burial of fo...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills brother over firewood
POLICE in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 36-year-old mental patient who allegedly stoned his biological brother to death following an altercation over firewood.Batsirai Jon...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra pledges partnership with media in fight against corruption
THE ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) has pledged to strengthen partnership with the media in the fight against corruption.Speaking at a media event held under the theme Zimra Transformation ...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes after buses smuggling goods
Crews and owners of buses caught smuggling goods across the border at Beitbridge face rising fines and the possible seizure of the bus involved as Zimra step up compliance of customs and increasingly ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife acquitted
Harare magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye has acquitted former Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife Marry Mubaiwa on charges of assaulting her maid.Mubaiwa through her lawyer Mrs Mtetwa had...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare youth kills girlfriend over 'mutoriro'
A HARARE man is accused of murdering his lover in cold blood for allegedly stealing his friend's hard drugs, crystal meth, commonly referred to as mutoriro.Batsirai Chirume (28) appeared befor...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP struggles to read English text; cheered when he switches to Shona
Zanu-PF's Mutoko North legislator Rambidzai Nyabote struggled to read a statement written in English statement during a Question and Answer session in parliament on Wednesday. After Speaker Ja...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 convicted for saying police are Mnangagwa's dogs
FOUR people were on Friday convicted for insulting police officers, saying they were President Emmerson Mnangagwa's dogs.Nobody Makoni, Kudzai Sachiwo, Jacob Chigodora and Batsirai Sorawere we...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorist fined ZW$100,000 for offering traffic cop US$2 bribe
A HARARE motorist has appeared in court following his arrest for attempting to bribe a police officer at a checkpoint.Jameson Manjokota (23) of Southview in Harare was dragged before Chinhoyi ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife causes a rumpus at the Forbes border post
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) staff were left "shaken" after first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa caused a rumpus at the Forbes border post, including having her aides grab a manager by his belt, ZimLiv...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, wife issued with warrant of arrest
FORMER Local Government minister Savior Kasukuwere's younger brother Stanley and his wife Martha Batsirai Bakare were yesterday issued with warrants of arrest after failing to appear in court to...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga estranged wife's assault case postponed
THE trial of Marry Mubaiwa on charges of assaulting her family maid was yesterday postponed to next month, this time because the magistrate presiding over the matter is on leave. Mubaiwa's tri...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangles trinkets to chiefs
LOCAL Government deputy minister Mariam Chombo has disclosed that government is planning to splash on traditional leaders to cushion them against economic turbulences.Chombo, who said she was ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Missing truck' driver charged with copper cables theft
A truck driver who was reported missing after an alleged ‘attempted hijack' has been dragged to court charged with stealing copper cables valued at US$750 000.The Biltrans Transport driver M...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet the new ZANU PF Youth leadership
The ruling ZANU PF party has elected a new leadership in the recently held youth conference. The Conference saw all your familiar figures like Tendai Chirau and Mabutho Moyo stepping down at the expir...Published: 06 May 2022 at 12:50hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctor testifies in Marry Mubaiwa assault case
MAXILLO and oral-facial surgeon Dr Wayne Manana yesterday told a Harare court that the woman who was allegedly assaulted by Marry Mubaiwa incurred a slight movement on her tooth because of the trauma ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son pulls out of Zanu-PF youth race
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Kudakwashe, has pulled out of the race for Zanu-PF top youth leadership posts at an elective party youth conference slated for next month in the capital.The...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange leader burial today
JOHANNE Marange Apostolic Church leader Noah Taguta Momberume will be buried today, three days after congregants were said to be camping in Manicaland's Marange communal lands anxiously awaiting his r...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Chiwenga's estranged wife
The verdict is scheduled for today for Marry Mubaiwa on her charge of breaching the Marriages Act by allegedly misrepresenting that her then husband Vice President Constantino Chiwenga consented to so...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dogs is a compliment, says lawyer
"MAN's best friend" is a common phrase used to describe domestic dogs, particularly referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship and companionship with their human...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dogs comment lands CCC activists in court
SIX Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists appeared in court facing a charge of insulting police officers calling them President Emmerson Mnangagwa's dogs.Nobody Makoni (51), Batsirai S...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 more cyclones forecast to hit Zimbabwe
At least six more tropical cyclones that will develop in the south-west Indian Ocean this season are expected to reach Zimbabwe during the current rainy season, although there are no predictions of th...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Batsirai death toll rises to 80
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 80, Madagascar's authorities said Wednesday, releasing data from the regions hardest-hit by the storm that left bodies buried under their col...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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