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Undocumented migrants bolster indigenous truck owners' businesses
THE refusal by bigger companies like Botswana Couriers, Sprint Couriers, Skynet Couriers, UPS, TNT Express and FedEx to accept parcels from individuals without identity documents has created an opport...Published: 8 hrs ago | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army deserters fight deportation from Botswana
AT LEAST 300 Zimbabwean political refugees, some of them army deserters, are fighting imminent deportation from Botswana.They fled to Botswana in 2008 during a violent election season that for...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean refugees forced out of Botswana
Scores of Zimbabwean refugees living in Botswana have lost their bid to remain in the country and now face deportation if they do not voluntarily leave.The nearly 300 refugees fled Zimbabwe du...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pilot makes waves in US
GROWING up in the dusty streets of Highfield in Harare more than 40 years ago, Felix Chiota would gaze in awe at the sky each time an airplane flew over his neighbourhood. At a young age, Chio...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2348 | by Staff reporter
Violent Chinese miner deported from Zimbabwe
A CHINESE man, who was recorded while assaulting his employees was last week, was ordered to leave the country by Bulawayo magistrate Mr Stephen Ndhlovu, for unlawfully and intentionally remaining in ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gold dealer missing for 3 months turns up in Tanzanian jail
Just after 6.30AM on October 27 last year, Lyle Smith's rented BMW, with the driver's door open, was found idling in the driveway of his Khumalo home in Bulawayo.There was no trace of the 26-y...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 19:23hrs | 8655 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabweans survive South Africa's anti-immigrant drive?
South Africa's strong and extensive ties with Zimbabwe are buckling under the strain of COVID-19 economic challenges and migration. The nearly 500 undocumented migrants arrested on a daily basis tryin...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:29hrs | 1596 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
23 disappear pending deportation
Authorities are investigating a case in which 23 Malawian border jumpers disappeared from Beitbridge main police station while awaiting transportation to Harare, pending deportation. Two of th...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:47hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warns of 'no Covid-19 negative certificates' deportations
GOVERNMENT has threatened deportations and compulsory quarantine on both foreigners and returning locals who enter the country without having undergone the mandatory Covid-19 tests confirming they did...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic tensions surge in South Africa
As the coronavirus outbreak has slammed the South African economy and pushed unemployment to a 17-year high, it's awakened a recurrent social demon: xenophobia.Anti-immigrant groups have stage...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:28hrs | 1949 | by Staff reporter
Immigration ready for festive traffic
The Department of Immigration is reviewing its operations to expeditiously clear increased volumes of human and vehicular traffic expected starting this weekend.The organisation's Head of prot...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:41hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Bushiri's case (an analysis)
Prophet Bushiri was right to flee persecution from South Africa. From what I gathered, there is an impending danger to his life and that of his family(, wife and children). lf one is facing such probl...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 08:40hrs | 3979 | by Njabulo
Zimbabwean healthcare workers facing deportation after saving lives during COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland
CNN - Lily was taking her lunch break at the Dublin nursing home where she works when a friend called with the news that an official-looking letter had arrived for her. She asked the friend to open it...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 09:07hrs | 5328 | by CNN
SA Home Affairs, DA denounce violence against foreigners
South Africa's Home Affairs Department and that country's main opposition political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday denounced the violence by some locals targeting foreign nationals in D...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:06hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abroad treat each other badly
One would think that Zimbabweans look after each other in foreign lands, yet it is painful that people of the same nation find pleasure in tormenting their own. You might be tempted to think t...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1399 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Conmen targeting Zimbabwe nationals in South Africa
Zimbabwe's Consulate in South Africa has warned people seeking its services to avoid engaging third parties whom in most cases have turned out to be conmen.The consulate said in a public notic...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:36hrs | 3881 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabweans edgy over planned anti-foreigner demo
ZIMBABWEAN migrant workers based in South Africa yesterday expressed fears after South Africans circulated videos of a planned demonstration to force their government to kick out foreigners whom they ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Mass demonstration for deportation of foreigners in South Africa set for 16 October
A certain section of South Africans under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst will stage a demonstration in Pretoria calling for the immediate deportation of foreigners from the Southern neighbouring...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 15:15hrs | 4171 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Illegal Indian immigrants takes over Zimbabwe's borehole drilling industry
A group of illegal indian borehole drillers met in Harare today to strategise on how they can take over the entire country and share it among themselves.The illegal immigrants are drilling bor...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 20:32hrs | 12507 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA deports to Zimbabwe municipal manager with fake papers
The Rand West City municipality senior manager who was arrested for working in SA illegally has been deported to Zimbabwe.Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi's spokesperson Siya Qoza sai...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:31hrs | 3141 | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabweans stranded in Lindela...Embassy blocks ther deportation
About 400 Zimbabweans are reportedly stranded at Lindela Repatriation Centre in South Africa after the Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is said to be refusing to assist to verify them so that th...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 06:07hrs | 3935 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinese immigrant up for forging Zimbabwe particulars
A SUSPECTED illegal Chinese immigrant is alleged to have fraudulently acquired Zimbabwean identification particulars and used them to attain 51 percent share ownership in investment deals.This...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 17:14hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt blasts 'genocidal, evil-minded' bishops
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has come out guns blazing against the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), describing the bishops as genocidal and e...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:16hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa attacks Archbishop Christopher Ndlovu
Statement by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Hon Monica Mutsvangwa (Senator) on August 15, 2020TOMORROW (today) is Sunday, a holy day on the weekly Christian c...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1089 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
What's in a name? From Gukurahundi to Murambatsvina, Mugabe to Mnangagwa
THERE'S something strangely fascinating about the Venda culture in relation to the names given to people. It all sounds so idiosyncratic that I recently found myself reflecting on it during a discussi...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 10:00hrs | 413 | by TSHILIDZI MARWALA
Wife murderer deported, arrested
A MAN who allegedly split his wife's head open with an axe and fled to neighbouring Botswana has been arrested for murder following his deportation last week.Lebuwang Ndlovu (40) from Mawaza V...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 20:20hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
South Africans after Peter Ndoro's job?
South Africans want their unemployed Journalism graduates must go replace Zimbabweans at the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) because reading news is not a critical skill. A shadowy ...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 20:20hrs | 12166 | by Staff reporter
South Africans want Ramaphosa to cancel special visas for Zimbabweans
A shadowy organization called #PutSouthAfricansFirst is organising a nationwide mass demonstration on the 29th of August to call for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants in South African and the...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:10hrs | 3561 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe pleads with SA to suspend deportations
Zimbabwe's immigration department is engaging its South African counterpart with a view to suspend mass deportations of citizens domiciled there until the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. South Afr...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 5173 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweansMustFall trending in South Africa
OVER a month ago, a social media campaign under the hashtag #ZimbabweansMustFall trended as South Africans urged their government and companies to get rid of Zimbabwean citizens at workplaces and put ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:17hrs | 3963 | by Staff reporter
Thousands return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the COVID-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:00hrs | 3256 | by Staff reporter
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:26hrs | 436 | by Staff Reporter
Over 1,000 Zimbabwean students face return from US
Many of the more than 1000 Zimbabwean students at American universities may have to return home following a US Government decision that foreign students at universities that now teach online with no f...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2551 | by Staff reporter
ICAC petitions SA President Ramaphosa over calls for massive deportation by political pressure group
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) a civic organisation represented in Southern, Eastern and West Africa has petitioned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the calls...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2820 | by Stephen Jakes
SA deports 273 more Zimbabweans
South Africa will, between today and tomorrow, deport a total of 273 Zimbabweans who have been arrested for breaking its immigration laws.The move is part of the neighbouring country's efforts...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:54hrs | 3000 | by Staff reporter
400 Covid-19 positive cases from South Africa
RETURNEES from South Africa have accounted for more than 70 percent of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country after 400 locals who were domiciled in the neighbouring country tested positive s...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Prolonged detention a Pakistani national raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe is still holding a Pakistani national in remand prison seven months after he paid a fine for breaching immigration rules, The Standard, working together with the Information Development Trust...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Troops deployed to guard Covid-19 centres after 148 returnees escape
SOLDIERS have been deployed to man Covid-19 quarantine centres around the country and also track down people who have escaped from the facilities, a senior government official confirmed.As of ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirmed Covid-19 cases spike to 56
THREE Malawians who were intercepted at the Beitbridge border post after illegally entering into Zimbabwe from South Africa, are part of two ‘Zimbabweans' who tested positive to Covid-19 Friday, bri...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Money laundering Zimbabweans face deportation
TWO of the five Zimbabweans who were recently arrested for money laundering involving R142 300 and possession of unregistered medicine in South Africa were yesterday warned and cautioned by a Makhado ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 17:34hrs | 2148 | by Staff reporter
South Africa deports 476 Zimbabwean prisoners
The neighbouring South African government has deported more than 400 former prisoners who had gone to look for greener pastures.Secretary for Information Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana said the depo...Published: 09 May 2020 at 15:53hrs | 10076 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2 Botswana deportees fined
TWO deportees from Botswana who escaped from Bulawayo Polytechnic isolation centre a few days before the end of their mandatory 21-day quarantine period, have each been fined $800. The two wer...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa holds online meeting with Ramaphosa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Friday, held a follow-up Virtual Summit of Select SADC countries, chaired by South Africa's President Ramaphosa. According to Presidential Spokesperson George ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 11:28hrs | 6401 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fugitive fuel thief arrested after quarantine
A TAXI driver from Victoria Falls who fled to Botswana after being sentenced to one year imprisonment for draining fuel from two vehicles to refuel his taxi, was arrested soon after release from a loc...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:30hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi, Gandawa quit People's Party amid terrorism set-up fears
Exiled former tourism minister Walter Mzembi on Wednesday quit the fledgling People's Party which he founded citing what he called unresolvable "internal contradictions".Mzembi's deputy, Godfr...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:47hrs | 2260 | by Staff reporter
2 deportees escape quarantine, fined $800 or 3 months in jail
TWO men who were recently deported from Botswana were last week fined $800 each for escaping from quarantine at Bulawayo Polytechnic.Moses Gondo (41) and Silas Zimunya (44) pleaded guilty to t...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi worried about Botswana returnees
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said the deportation of Zimbabweans from Botswana was not being done procedurally as the neighbouring country was not giving the Government a notice when carrying out t...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:07hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man saved by his HIV+ status from UK deportation
UK Home Office efforts to deport an HIV-positive Zimbabwean man because of his lengthy criminal record have been blocked after the supreme court ruled removing him would breach his human rights....Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 16:06hrs | 4355 | by Staff reporter
15 Ethiopians face deportation from Zimbabwe
FIFTEEN Ethiopian illegal immigrants who were recently arrested, while hiding at a homestead in Swisha, Gwanda have been released from prison pending deportation. Police raided their hide-out, at a ho...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:45hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
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