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Honour your parents so it can be well with your souls
On the 22nd of April 2025, just after a few days after celebrating my yet another 'another sunset birthday', we had the sad and unfortunate event to hold a NYARADZO for our dear late mother GOGO Eliza...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:40hrs | 434 | by Tondo Murisa
45 years of vending & border jumping
Being a former Zimbabwean police officer and a patriot passionate about the history and people of Zimbabwe and our region, my heart bleeds when I see the way our country is being led. 45 years...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:36hrs | 478 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF notes Zimbabwe, South Africa border management operational challenges
The Zanu-PF Economic Development Cluster embarked on a critical fact-finding mission yesterday to inspect several illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, as the Government ramps up efforts to...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:47hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers heighten patrols along South Africa-Zimbabwe border
The South African Defence Forces (SADF) have ramped up security measures along the Malaladrift area, which borders Zimbabwe, as part of a heightened effort to curb cross-border smuggling and prevent i...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:07hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shot at Botswana illegal gold mining site
A 22-year-old Zimbabwean man, Mbongeni Mkandla, is in Botswana police custody after allegedly being shot by Botswana soldiers during his arrest for illegal gold panning activities in the Matsiloje are...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:00hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Bus crew, passengers arrested for possessing mbanje
Police have arrested the crew and two passengers of an Inter Africa bus after discovering 62 kilograms of dagga (cannabis) in their possession at a security roadblock along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Roa...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:51hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia border jumping spikes
The illegal movement of immigrants between Zambia and Zimbabwe has increased due to the receding water levels in the Zambezi River, a result of the ongoing drought caused by the El Niño weather patte...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 14:06hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe debunks Motsoaledi's 443 intercepted minors in a day fiction
THE Department of Immigration, working closely with the police, has tightened screws to curb irregular migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe following an increase in travellers using the Beitbri...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe immigration tightens screws as festive season begins
THE Department of Immigration, working closely with the police, has tightened screws to curb irregular migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe following an increase in travellers using the Beitbri...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
567 arrested in Beitbridge Border post immigration crackdown
Over the past week, the Department of Immigration's regional compliance and enforcement unit has apprehended 567 suspected criminals at Beitbridge Border Post as part of an intensified effort to comba...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fight against cross-border crimes intensifies
SOUTH Africa's Department of Transport and Community Safety in collaboration with other key stakeholders in Zimbabwe and other neighbouring countries is rolling out an operation to promote road safety...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
20 e-passport centres opened
With 20 e-passport centres already commissioned and with plans to ensure every district gets such a registry centre, that will offer all the other documentation that people need in the modern world, t...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
e-passort centre relief for Beitbridge residents
THE new e-passport bio-enrolment centre in Beitbridge opened last month has brought relief to the Beitbridge community and thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa who used to incur costs trave...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge passport office cuts long trips for residents
A passport issuing office has been opened in Beitbridge town as the Government presses ahead with plans to decentralise critical services nationwide and most people in the area reckon that with passpo...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
SA tighten screws on border crimes
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened screws on border crimes along the Limpopo River and at the Beitbridge port of entry, where cases of irregular migrations and smuggling of prohibited goods are ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
161 arrested in anti-crime border operation
The Department of Immigration's Regional Compliance and Enforcement Unit has intensified operations at the Beitbridge Border Post to prevent illegal migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa....Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
150 000 arrested for border crimes
POLICE have arrested over 150 000 people in an operation targeting border crimes.In January last year police launched operation "No to cross border crimes" to fight border related crimes such ...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Border jumping, smuggling between Zimbabwe, SA persist
ILLEGAL travel between Zimbabwe and South Africa has persisted, despite joint efforts to thwart the practice by both countries, it has emerged.The two governments recently launched a joint ope...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Hwange gets passport office
Government is committed to ensure citizens access national documents with ease hence the decentralisation of services so that there are as close as possible to citizens.Officially commissionin...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:37hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Border jumping Chief fined $40 000 for trying to bribe a cop
Chief Maranda, born Brighton Maranda (46) of Mwenezi area was today fined $40 000 for trying to bribe a police officer who had arrested him for border jumping.The accused was arrested on Monda...Published: 12 May 2022 at 20:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA, Zimbabwe round up border jumpers, smugglers
Zimbabwe and South Africa border officials on Friday conducted a joint operation to clean up the border area of smugglers and irregular migrants.Scores of people were arrested going either sid...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette smuggler busted over R10 000 bribe
A cigarette smuggler landed in even hotter water when he tried to bribe an army officer with R10 200 to release his vehicle which had been intercepted laden with crates of South Africa-bound Remmingto...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans risk police, crocodiles in desperate bid to reach SA
A BUSHY pathway leads to the crossing points along the Limpopo River that are the most treacherous part of the journey for Zimbabweans seeking a better life in neighbouring South Africa.The ri...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 18:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA at war over border jumpers
ZIMBABWE and South Africa are at war over border jumpers, with the neighbouring country's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi accusing local security forces of taking bribes to let undocumented imm...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
632 arrested as Zimbabwe - South Africa tighten border security
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened security along the Limpopo border to thwart illegal activities, especially smuggling and the irregular movement of people between the two countries, with over ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on drive to reduce influx of illegal Zimbabweans
THE Home Affairs Department has set up a series of roadblocks in an effort to address the challenge of undocumented immigrants near the Beitbridge Border Post.Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motso...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 19:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police destroy 23 shacks used by border jumpers
POLICE and other security forces in Beitbridge dented the operations of a syndicate that facilitates border jumping when they destroyed shacks that are used as halfway houses for people who illegal cr...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs raise Covid-19 alarm
CHIEFS have raised alarm over Zimbabweans sneaking into communities from neighbouring countries where they are based amid strong suspicions that some of them are border jumpers who are evading Covid-1...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Schools hit by COVID-19 outbreak
A NUMBER of private boarding schools have closed down and sent students home after an alarming increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases at the learning institutions.According to situational report...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border bus drivers protest against 'corrupt' traffic cops
BUS crews carrying voluntary returnees from South Africa yesterday abandoned their vehicles in Beitbridge in protest over alleged corruption by security officers who were reportedly demanding bribes o...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA police arrest Zim man for smuggling R30m worth of cigarettes
Zimbabwean arrested for smuggling R30m worth of cigarettes - NewsDay ZimbabwePOLICE in South Africa have arrested a 52-year-old man believed to be Zimbabwean for smuggling R30 million worth of...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Senior cops jailed over smuggling
TWO senior police officers in Beitbridge have been jailed for 25 months each for assisting smugglers in a bid to evade the law.Effectively Inspector Elias Mawomba (47) and Assistant Inspector ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hats off to security forces at Beitbridge Border
MEMBERS of the security forces deployed along the Zimbabwe/South African border deserve praise for their efforts towards the eradication of crime at the two countries' boundary.To date, police...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
55 000 arrested for border crimes
In January police launched operation "No to Cross Border Crimes/ Fhasi Ngamilandu Yamukanoni Yamashango/Mhosva Pamiganhu Ngadzipere/Amacala Kawaphele Emingceleni Yelizwe" in a bid to combat border rel...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
80 border jumpers arrested daily
ABOUT 80 border jumpers are arrested daily at Beitbridge Border Post as the Department of Immigration working with other border agencies is tightening screws to minimise cases of illegal migration bet...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens vetting at border post
The Department of Immigration, working with other border agencies at Beitbridge Border Post, is tightening vetting of travellers to curb illegal migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa. ...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers shoot border jumper dead
A suspected border jumper believed to be in his early 20s was shot and killed after encountering armed robbers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River yesterday. The man was...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Broad daylight smuggling
GOVERNMENT continues to lose millions of dollars in potential revenue as unrelenting smugglers and border jumpers continue to defy Covid-19 lockdown regulations by escalating their illegal activities ...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
100 Congolese refugees escape from Zimbabwe refugee camp
AT LEAST 100 Congolese migrants, including children, are reportedly being detained by immigration authorities after they were discovered at a house in one of Bulawayo's low-density suburbs.The...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
+35 000 apprehended for cross-border related crimes
POLICE have this year arrested nearly 35 000 people for cross border related crimes.Police on January 7 launched operation "no to cross border crimes/ amacala kawaphele emingceleni elizwe/ mho...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff writer
Bulawayo rolls out jabs for all adults
BULAWAYO Province is today expected to start mass vaccination of all adults. The jabs will be accessed at all council clinics and hospitals across the city as the country received two million Sinovac ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggler buses disappear from highways
CROSS-BORDeR buses that had been playing cat-and-mouse with the police as they smuggled travellers into and back from South Africa have disappeared from the highways following the recent ban on inter-...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
30 000 up for smuggling
OVER 30 000 people have been arrested in the past three weeks for smuggling goods into the country, as well as border jumping, police said yesterday.The smuggling of goods, including luxury ve...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
25 Malawian border jumpers intercepted in Beitbridge
THE Department of Immigration's Compliance and Enforcement Unit this morning intercepted 25 Malawian border jumpers who were travelling to South Africa. A source within the department said thi...Published: 13 May 2021 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
13 000 border jumpers, smugglers nabbed at Beitbridge
A COMBINED security forces blitz at Beitbridge Border Post has led to the arrest of 13 288 suspected border jumpers and smugglers between January and to date.National police spokesperson Assis...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 000 border jumpers arrested
At least 182 border jumpers were arrested over the weekend countrywide bringing the total number so far to 8 299 of suspects nabbed under the ongoing operation as the police continue to increase patro...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Border Jumpers arrested
At least 182 border jumpers were arrested over the weekend countrywide bringing the total number so far to 8 299 of suspects nabbed under the ongoing operation as the police services continue to incre...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thousands are arrested for border jumping
OVER 8 000 people have been arrested so far across the country as police intensify their fight against border jumpers at a time the nation's entry points remain closed in a move aimed at curbing the s...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 cops, soldiers descend on Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe National Army have deployed more than 400 officers from outside Beitbridge in a major clampdown that has seen hundreds of people arrested and fined in the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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