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SuperSport suspends Kuda Mahachi over child abuse allegations
WARRIORS forward Kuda Mahachi has been suspended by his South African club SuperSport over allegations of abusing his four-year-old son.The Pretoria-based outfit confirmed on Friday night they...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: ZANU PF wins big at Trade Fair
The ruling ZANU PF party has won the Small to Medium Enterprises Category at the Zimabbwe International Trade Fair exhibitors awards. ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 16:20hrs | 2504 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Julius Malema to help Zimbabwe truck drivers in South Africa
EFF leader Julius Malema has instructed the EFF KZN Provincial Chairperson Vusumuzi Khoza to attend to the plight of Zimbabwean truck drivers who have reached out to him seeking remedy which has remov...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 21:27hrs | 18958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South African minister orders Zimbabwe bus company ban
South Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has ordered officials to revoke the cross border licence of a Zimbabwean bus company found carrying undocumented immigrants.Motsoaledi was...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 09:25hrs | 3522 | by Staff reporter
Towards a market driven foreign exchange market
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank made a press statement on the 1st of April to address the depreciation of the local currency and manage the rate of inflation in the economy. Th...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:46hrs | 850 | by Victor Bhoroma
Cross Border Traders approach more banks for Master Cards
THE Cross Borders Association (Cba) yesterday said it had approached more banks to secure master cards and visa cards for cross borders traders.This comes after the CBA recently struck a deal ...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Money Transfer giant holds massive brand activation
Thousands of Hararians graced the Mumba Money brand activation roadshows that occurred around Harare suburbs. Mumba Money is a reliable and efficient financial services and solutions provider ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 13:06hrs | 1368 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wanted robber gunned down
A notorious robber, who has been on the police's most wanted list, was shot and killed last Thursday in Glen View 1, Harare, where he was hiding at his girlfriend's house.Decide Rice (52) had ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:55hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 45 000 unregistered cars
MORE than 45 100 motorists have so far been arrested for driving unregistered cars during the ongoing operation while over 1,6 million people were also nabbed countrywide for violating Covid-19 regula...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:35hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
New party dangles cash to informal traders
LITTLE-KNOWN opposition Ideas Party of Democracy (IPD) claims that it has provided financial aid and groceries to dozens of Harare informal traders who failed to recover from the effects of COVID-19 l...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Concerns raised over unaccompanied and separated children migrants
CHILDREN'S rights groups are worried over Unaccompanied minors and separated children that have become a common feature at the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa amid concerns over rampant smugg...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1049 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo serial rapist arrested after raping 16 women
A man suspected to be the serial rapist that sexually assaulted 16 women in Bulawayo's western suburbs has been arrested.Acting Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nom...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Russia expose West's double standards
Sanctions, whether targeted or not should be considered a crime against humanity, their impact is like that of a full-fledged war.Sanctions have the capacity to destroy a nation's infras...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 322 | by Prosperity Mzila
18 border security officials in court for corruption
EIGHTEEN security officials drawn from members of the national security cluster deployed to combat crime at the border with South Africa have been arrested on corruption related charges after an anti-...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling crackdown nets 15 buses
The National Security Taskforce has intensified the crackdown on smuggling between Zimbabwe and South Africa and intercepted 15 buses carrying contraband worth thousands of dollars.The buses w...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Border modernisation spillover excites Beitbridge
THE Zimborders Consortium that is modernising the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million is also constructing key infrastructure in the border town in line with its transformation into a m...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Has yuan become Russia's new dollar?
Russia could use the Chinese yuan to bypass the crippling sanctions and SWIFT payment ban imposed by the US and its allies.One rouble now buys less than one US cent, causing ordinary Russians ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Cross border bus armed robber arrested
One of the suspected armed robbers who was part of a three-man gang that recently robbed 66 passengers of R167 050 and $7 367 aboard a cross border MBT bus to South Africa along the Harare-Masvingo Hi...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver up for smuggling alcohol
A 35-year-old man was arrested in Bulawayo on Sunday on allegations of smuggling a South-African haulage truck, two trailers and a cargo of nearly 3 000 cartons of different brands of alcohol into Zim...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Over 30 000 unlicensed drivers arrested
POLICE have arrested over 30 000 motorists for driving without licenses and driving unregistered motor vehicles.Meanwhile, police have also arrested 113 683 people for cross border offences si...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:15hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Border officials ready for busy season
Authorities in Matabeleland South province where Zimbabwe shares borders with Botswana and South Africa have said they are prepared to handle an anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic fol...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders welcome reopening of borders
STAKEHOLDERS at the country's ports of entry have said they are adequately prepared to handle an anticipated surge in vehicular and human traffic following the reopening of borders to the vaccinated p...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Drones to monitor Zimbabwe's borders
Zimbabwe will soon deploy drones to monitor the country's borders in a bid to curb trans-national crime, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe K...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sucked into the SMM saga
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been dragged into the on-going fight between government and the Friends of SMM Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (FOSMM) over the hostile takeover of the asbestos mine in ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 2134 | by Staff reporter
When it gets cold outside Zanu-PF
Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former Zanu-PF members namely G40 kingpin, Saviour Kasukuwere, expel...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | 848 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Over 90 000 arrested in cross border crimes
Close to 100 000 people have been arrested for cross border crimes since the inception of an operation code-named No to Cross Border Crimes, according to the Zimbabwe Republic police (ZRP).In ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle number plates distribution decentralised
Twelve post offices and seven Zimra tax offices will today start distributing the bulk of the 12 183 sets of number plates now available, with just a small batch going through the Central Vehicle Regi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
10 reasons to consider African trade and investment opportunities in 2022
1. Visible green shoots – rising commodity pricesThe pandemic closed borders and stopped trade, other than for essentials, across the continent and was the principal reason for a decline in ...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:19hrs | 779 | by Lerisha Naidu
11 Zimbabweans feared dead after makeshift boat capsizes in Limpopo river
AT least 11 Zimbabweans who attempted to cross the crocodile-infested Limpopo River into South Africa are feared dead after a boat transporting them capsized, while three others were swept away in dif...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1319 | 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 | 2720 | 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 | 298 | 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 | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Rwanda sign deal to import teachers
Rwanda and Zimbabwe signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for Kigali to recruit teachers from the southern African country.The MOU signed by Zimbabwe's Public Service, Labour...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Underfunding irks Nyoni
SITHEMBISO Nyoni, the Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) minister, is one of Zimbabwe's longest serving Cabinet ministers. But she has the hardest assignment in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:40hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery cases increased in 2021
Cases of armed robberies increased countrywide this year with criminals targeting cash-in transit vehicles, individuals and business people with large amounts of cash.Schools and cross-border ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets hundreds of border jumpers in 1 day
POLICE Sunday arrested 427 people for various cross border crime violations under the operation "no to cross-border crimes".In a statement, National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner ...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:44hrs | 2594 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 travel restrictions frustrate cross border traders
THE renewed travel restrictions on the back of the emergence of the latest Omicron Covid-19 variant is a huge blow to cross border traders who are staring at loss of business during the festive season...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:01hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Robbers hit cross border bus, get away with R170,000, $7,000
SIXTY-SIX passengers aboard a cross-border MBT bus were last night robbed of R167 050 and $7367 after three armed robbers, who were disguised as genuine travellers in the same bus, suddenly drew out p...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 16:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fret over SA decision on permits
The decision by South Africa's Cabinet on Wednesday last week to discontinue the issuance of Zimbabwean special dispensation permits has raised anxiety among many locals living in that country who hav...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants making it big in South Africa
WHEN he made the decision to leave the country and cross the border into South Africa several years ago, his family and his peers tried to dissuade him, telling him he was putting his life in danger u...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
South African govt to ban foreign drivers?
The South African government will announce several policy changes for drivers following widespread protests in the truck and freight industry.Drivers are aggrieved about foreign nationals taki...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt considers another currency
THE Government is weighing options of adopting cryptocurrency as a legal payment service and is consulting various stakeholders on the merits of the virtual currency.Speaking at a Computer Soc...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:12hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette smugglers shoot cop at Limpopo River
A POLICE officer seconded to the national security task force that is enforcing anti-cross border crimes along the country's border with South Africa was yesterday shot and injured by seven cigarette ...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drone surveillance helps to nab smugglers
Drone surveillance at the Beitbridge Border Post led to the interception of a South African registered commercial truck carrying an assortment of groceries worth thousands of dollars.The truck...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal sanctions choking business
ILLEGAL economic sanctions imposed by the United States and her allies have negatively affected the business community, which cannot access loans, and even do straightforward transfers for their needs...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Special courts for black market forex dealers
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | | 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 | 1 | 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
22 motorists arrested over LED light bars
Police have arrested 22 motorists for fitting their vehicles with dangerous LED light bars while another 194 border jumpers have been arrested.National police spokesperson Assistant Commission...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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