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Cereal imports ban looms in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has recommended a ban on cereal imports in a move aimed at boosting the local grain market and strengthening Zimbabwe's food ...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:18hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest lockdown extension keeps Zimbabwe travel ban in place
South Africa may have reopened its biggest land borders on Monday 15 January, but Zimbabwe's decision to extend its lockdown for another two weeks prohibits travel between the neighbouring countries t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 11:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's corona deaths, infections keep soaring
CONCERNED medical experts have implored the government to follow the example of South Africa and close all its land borders, to curb the alarming spread of coronavirus in the country.Speaking ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa made a mistake by closing the borders'
Wits University's Health and Social Security Sytems specialist, Professor, Alex van den Heever, has slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for having closed all the land borders on Monday evening.A...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:00hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai, Johannesburg, South Africa
SA chickens out on closing borders under lockdown Level 3
South Africa is not closing its land borders under new Covid-19 lockdown Level 3, but will deploy more staff to improve the flow of human and vehicular traffic in the first two weeks of January, SA Ho...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa not closing borders under lockdown Level 3
South Africa is not closing its land borders under new Covid-19 lockdown Level 3, but will deploy more staff to improve the flow of human and vehicular traffic in the fist two weeks of January, SA Hom...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Africa's supply chain remains under pressure despite ease of lockdowns
The measures that countries have adopted around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have had an unprecedented effect on trade this year as a result of a unique combination of shocks to both...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:33hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
#MugabeMustFall protesters threaten Beitbridge border post shutdown
The #MugabeMustFall campaign heads to Matabeleland South province where organisers have threatened a "temporary shutdown" of Beitbridge Border Post on Monday to ratchet up pressure on President Ro...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post shutdown protests set for Monday
A temporary shutdown of Beitbridge Border Post is planned for Monday to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe to step down.On July 1, cross-border traders turned violent and briefly closed ...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 08:59hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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