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Hawks get forfeiture order on cigarette smuggling truck
South Africa's elite crime-fighting unit, the Hawks, working in conjunction with the National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), has secured a court order to permanently forfeit a co...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:48hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man's R14 million cigarette smuggling case in SA
The case against a 44-year-old Zimbabwean man, Jaint Janos Bimha, who was recently arrested for smuggling Remington Gold cigarettes worth R14 million into South Africa, has been postponed for formal b...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 06:58hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
SAPS arrest 4 Zimbabwe men with R313,000 smuggled cigarettes
South African authorities have arrested four Zimbabweans aged between 25 and 45, in the Modjadjiskloof police area, for possession of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth R313 050 as they clamp down on...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
9 robbers shot as cops name 20 most wanted criminals
NINE suspected robbers sustained injuries after they were shot by police in Harare on Thursday in a crackdown, while the hunt is on for 20 suspects whom detectives have named as Zimbabwe's most wanted...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZRP unveils Top 20 most wanted criminals in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released a list of the country's top 20 most wanted criminals. The individuals on this list are suspected to be involved in a range of criminal activities, from ...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:12hrs | 3333 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Truck driver arrested for cigarette smuggling
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested a 28-year-old Zimbabwean truck driver for smuggling cigarettes stashed in a gas tanker.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Jonathan Moyo statement on Gold Mafia
Now that three of its four episodes have been – and notwithstanding the fact that the fourth episode might have bombshells in the form of controversial or shocking utterances by its main interlocuto...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
SA courts get tougher with Zimbabwean cigarettes smugglers
TWO people, one of them a Zimbabwean, were last week jailed in South Africa as the neighbouring country gets tough on cigarette smugglers.Prosecutors in that country are calling for stiffer pe...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
11 Zimbabwean men, 10-car cigarette smuggling convoy intercepted in SA
South African police have intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe via Beitbridge and illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, seizing five vehicles and cigaret...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Saps in joint cross-border operation
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the South African Police Services (Saps) have embarked on a joint cross-border operation against crime between their two countries.This follows a spate o...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA soldiers confiscate illicit Zim cigarettes worth R1m
SOUTH African soldiers have confiscated cigarettes worth R1 million smuggled from Zimbabwe.Reports indicate that smuggling cartels work in cahoots with immigration officials and security agenc...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man's R1,6 million cigarettes deal goes wrong in SA
A 37-year-old Zimbabwean man believed to be part of a cigarette smuggling racket has been arrested in Musina with a contraband worth R1,6 million rand.The man was also found in possession of a...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette cartels in Zimbabwe are a tax threat in SA
A recently released report on powerful cartels in Zimbabwe has exposed how cigarette companies are illegally infiltrating the South African market, while dodging the local taxman at the same time....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette tycoon rubbishes Maverick Citizen bigotry
Businessman Adam Molai has denounced allegations that his Pacific Cigarette Company is part of powerful cartels accused of plundering Zimbabwe's economy and impoverishing the country's population....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa goes after Kembo Mohadi again
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has attacked Vice President Retired Kembo Dugish Campbell Mohadi after the later was accused of attempting to kill his wife Senator Tambudzani Mohadi.M...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 10:30hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Zimbabwe's dictatorship has played out
While 2016 ominously came to a close with long bank queues nationwide owing to egregious economic mismanagement by the Robert Mugabe regime, 2017 is set to be another annus horribilis for Zimbabwe, pr...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Paul Simon
Cigarette smuggling truck driver fined
A MAN from Gutu has been fined R21,000 for attempting to smuggle 275 boxes of export quality cigarettes worth $27,500 to South Africa through the Beitbridge Border post. Tawonga Maponga, 32, of Chief ...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Elite police aide cigarette smuggling
An elite police unit has been escorting vans belonging to multinational cigarette company British American Tobacco at taxpayers’ expense.A City Press special investigation reveals that the p...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
3 Zimbabweans arrested in SA for smuggling
THREE Zimbabweans and a South African were arrested in Limpopo province for allegedly teaming up and smuggling cigarettes worth $200,000 into the neighbouring country.The Zimbabwean trio, Tak...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Mugabe's niece linked to cigarette smuggling
Johannesburg - A prominent Zimbabwe tobacco company, with ties to President Robert Mugabe, is suspected of smuggling millions of rands worth of illegal cigarettes into South Africa in what is thought ...Published: 29 Dec 2013 at 04:07hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's death will be the next major political event in Africa
Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills say that while the Zanu-PF leader remains in power little is going to change.With the dust slowly settling from the disputed July 2013 Zimbabwe election, attenti...Published: 12 Dec 2013 at 16:20hrs | | by Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills
Five men arrested smuggling TVs, umbrellas from SA
Police detectives in Bulawayo on Tuesday impounded a South African-registered vehicle and arrested five men on charges of allegedly smuggling beer, television sets, bar lights and umbrellas from the ...Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 03:01hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
SA cops tackle Zimbabwe cigarettes smuggling
THE South African Police Service (Saps) is today convening a multi-sectorial summit in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, to deal with rampant smuggling of cigarettes into that country by Zimbabweans....Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 09:47hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
SA cops arrest Zimbabwean man over R1m cigarette smuggling
Police in South Africa's Limpopo province have arrested a Zimbabwean man for allegedly smuggling cigarettes worth R1 million.Police spokesperson for Vhembe District, Major Mashudu Malelo conf...Published: 29 Jul 2013 at 19:13hrs | 4 | by Sapa
SA 'police spy' killed by cigarette smuggling syndicate
Police have intensified patrols along the Limpopo River following the killing of a 25- year-old man at Dite on Saturday by 15 men who operate a cigarette smuggling syndicate in the area.The ga...Published: 01 Jun 2013 at 06:33hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Woman nabbed for smuggling R500 000 cigarettes
SOUTH African police in Thohoyandou on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old Zimbabwean woman for allegedly smuggling cigarettes worth half a million rand into that country.Police spokesperson for Vh...Published: 26 Apr 2013 at 03:45hrs | | by Beitbridge Reporter
Cigarette smuggling syndicate bust
POLICE in Beitbridge have uncovered a suspected cigarette smuggling syndicate and recovered about 700 boxes of cigarettes worth around $74 000.Following a tip-off, police also arrested two peo...Published: 20 Apr 2013 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP smash cigarette smuggling syndicate
Beitbridge police have smashed what appears to be a well-organised smuggling syndicate when they raided a local businessman’s homestead in Tshapfutshe village and recovered more tha...Published: 03 Nov 2012 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimra resort to sniffer dogs to curb smuggling at entry points
Zimbabwe is set to use sniffer dogs at all entry points to curb rampant smuggling of goods especially drugs in and out of the country.Ten imported breeder dogs from South Africa to be used by ...Published: 30 Apr 2012 at 10:51hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
The lavish lives of the dictators' wives
Safia Gaddafi ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwean man appears in SA court for cigarette smuggling
A Zimbabwean man, Shoriwa Admire, 34 and a South African man, Elliot Aifheli Mathavha, 32 of Tshikuwi village in Dzanani, appeared before the Dzanani Magistrate's Court on Friday in connection with c...Published: 29 Aug 2011 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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