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Illegal immigrant fined and deported

A 39-year-old woman from Eswatini, Precious Luphoko, has been  convicted by the Gwanda Magistrates' Court for unlawfully entering and remaining in Zimbabwe without proper documentation.National Prosecution Authority in a report noted …

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 20:08hrs | 1025 | by Stephen Jakes

Chinese nationals deported for abusing mine worker in Zimbabwe

Two Chinese nationals have been deported for abusing a mine worker at Makanga Mine in Bindura. This action followed the circulation of a video showing the worker tied up and hanging from a loader bucket. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry…

Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 18:07hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter

Deportees get lifeline at Zimbabwe's points of entry

Thirty-six-year-old Thantabantu Dumani looks lost in thought as he finds his way into a Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) office in Beitbridge town.Dumani is among the "early birds" that have been frequenting this office for the past week hoping t…

Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

US spies busted, deported

FOUR United States nationals contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly sneaked into the country last month without notifying the authorities as per protocol and proceeded to hold unsanctioned a…

Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

CCC activist deported from UK on time to go and vote in Zimbabwe

LAWYERS representing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Tafadzwa Chivaura, confirmed Sunday that he was due for deportation in the evening,Chivaura, former MDC youth treasurer for the United Kingdom and Ireland, is on…

Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mounts global bid for UNSC seat

Zimbabwe has launched a global campaign to secure a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member, with the country's candidature likely to be endorsed by the African Union (AU) early next year.Zimbabwe is bi…

Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:19hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

600 illegal immigrants deported

NEARLY 600 illegal immigrants were arrested and deported to their countries between January and June this year, while 71 are being investigated for forging police clearances and educational qualifications, latest statistics show.According …

Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter

Deported Nigerian journalist who wanted to enter Zimbabwe was using Ghananian documents

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba, has defended the deportation of Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin, saying he was an "agent provocateur."Hundeyin said he was detained on Wednesday at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport a…

Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

150 Zimbabweans to be deported from the UK

Human rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger.The flight, scheduled for July 21, comes after the British government reported…

Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:46hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Tich Mataz on his rise to the top in South Africa, and then calamity

At the height of his fame in South Africa, Tichafa Matambanadzo had a garage teeming with 25 sleek, top of the range vehicles while he also had at least nine properties dotted around Mzansi.This was in the 1990s, when a recently freed Sout…

Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean criminals in UK must stop blaming government over deportations

Mavis Matapo is 17-year-old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents' house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice. Her life crumbled into pieces the day she attended a birthday party i…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives

Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison.  Many opposition groups in the UK have made so much noise and…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home

AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Only 14 out of a possible 50 people touched down at the …

Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga must be deported back to Zimbabwe

DISGRUNTLED Zimbabweans living in South Africa yesterday ratcheted up pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to deport Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was reportedly admitted to a Cape Town hospital after he fell ill l…

Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean to be deported from Philippines

THE Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) indicated Tuesday that United Methodist missionary Tawanda Chandiwana from Zimbabwe had overstayed and engaged in political activities violating his missionary visa provisions.According to BI Spoke…

Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko deported from Botswana?

Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who returned to Zimbabwe from Botswana yesterday caused a dramatic 45-minute spectacle at the Plumtree Border Post as he tried to evade the media.Mr Mphoko had been holed up in Botswana since the Zi…

Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Top Zimbabwean executive deported from SA over fraudulent documents

The South African department of home affairs deported Bongani Mhlanga, the Mvunonala group's founder and group chief executive, back to his home country, Zimbabwe, the City Press reported.Home affairs spokesÂperson David Hlabane said Mhla…

Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 18:48hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter

Deported Joyous Celebration member, immigration clears air

THE Department of Immigration says Sphumelele Mbambo - a member of South African gospel outfit Joyous Celebration Choir - was refused entry into Zimbabwe last week because she did not have a work permit.Mbambo was a noticeable absentee at …

Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Bongani Ndlovu

Hifa promises to bring deported Freshlyground again

THE Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) organisers yesterday broke their silence, saying they were also puzzled by the Immigration Department's decision to bar South African music outfit Freshlyground from performing as the cl…

Published: 08 May 2014 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Many Zimbabweans struggle to survive in Johannesburg

TOO weak to sit, or even hold up his head, Prince Sibanda is slowly starving to death. The baby is almost two but his tiny body resembles that of an infant of five months.He is severely malnourished because his Zimbabwean parents, who, lik…

Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 12:01hrs | 2 | by Saturday Star

96-year-old Zim man dragged out of Botswana hospital bed and deported

SELEBI-PHIKWE: There was drama at Selebi-Phikwe Government Hospital when Immigration officials dragged a 96-year-old man believed to be a Zimbabwean from his hospital bed. The patient put up some resistance against the officials and h…

Published: 15 Aug 2013 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabweans deported from South Africa struggle at home

Maxwell Zimbume, 37, left his job at a beverage company in Harare, at the height of the country's economic crisis in late 2008. His salary was not being paid regularly and had become almost worthless due to hyperinflation. Like hundreds of…

Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 14:14hrs | | by IRIN

13 000 Zimbabweans deported from Botswana

Some 13 199 Zimbabweans were deported from Botswana between January and September this year.During the same period last year 18 387 illegal Zimbabweans were kicked out from the same country.However, Botswana is expected to send more Zimbab…

Published: 17 Nov 2012 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Humanitarian groups will assist Zimbabweans expelled from SA

Humanitarian groups have begun implementing contingent plans to assist Zimbabwean migrants, who may be forcibly expelled from South Africa after the end of a 2-year moratorium on deportations of illegal immigrants from its neighbour. The m…

Published: 10 Oct 2011 at 07:29hrs | | by -

UK deported Zim woman arrives in Zimbabwe in handcuffs

A 26-YEAR-OLD woman who was deported from Britain arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday in handcuffs after she allegedly assaulted some immigration officials.The woman (name withheld) came through Kenya and was escorted by three Britain Immigratio…

Published: 08 Sep 2011 at 04:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

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