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Trump suggests Canada should become the 51st US State
US President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that Canada should become the 51st US state unless it manages to halt the flow of illegal migrants and drugs across its border with the US, Fox News repor...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 11:05hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana reaffirm no passports deal
ZIMBABWE and Botswana will forge ahead with eliminating passport requirements for citizens travelling between the two countries in line with regional and continental aspirations of facilitating the fr...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators ferrying illegal immigrants into and out of SA to lose permits
Bus operators who consciously transport illegal immigrants across South Africa's ports of entry could have their permits revoked by the Border Management Authority (BMA).The border law enforce...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
73 000 Bulawayo residents based outside Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said it is difficult to provide accurate statistics of locals based in diaspora with official data from the 2022 Population and Housing Census rep...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
United Kingdom gets tough on foreigners, … to ship them to Rwanda
In a recent press statement, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak highlighted significant progress in addressing illegal immigration, particularly focusing on reducing small boat crossings to the UK. Since outl...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 06:49hrs | 25 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe debunks Motsoaledi's 443 intercepted minors in a day fiction
THE Department of Immigration, working closely with the police, has tightened screws to curb irregular migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe following an increase in travellers using the Beitbri...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe immigration tightens screws as festive season begins
THE Department of Immigration, working closely with the police, has tightened screws to curb irregular migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe following an increase in travellers using the Beitbri...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
South Africa intercepted 443 children being 'trafficked' through Beitbridge
South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) said it intercepted 443 unaccompanied children allegedly being trafficked into the country from Zimbabwe on Saturday night.The children are bei...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 18:32hrs | 10 | by Sytaff reporter
'Zimbabwean truck drivers based in SA with valid permits cannot be fired'
Zimbabwean truck drivers notched up a victory this week in the Durban High Court, which ruled they cannot be fired if they have a valid permit, such as the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).Ea...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking global migration - Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 13:14hrs | 35 | by Lansana Gberie
Zimbabwean truckers head to court to stop unlawful 'purging' by SA employers
Several Zimbabwean truckers rushed to the Durban High Court this week seeking an urgent interdict to stop their employer terminating their employment on the grounds that they are illegal immigrants....Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
35,000 arrested while sneaking into South Africa; Zimbabwe tops list
The recently established Border Management Authority (BMA) in South Africa has reported that 35,000 individuals have been arrested while attempting to enter the country illegally since April 1, with Z...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man caught with R12 million smuggled cigarettes in SA
A 43-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man has been arrested by the North West Provincial Anti-Corruption Investigating Unit (ACIU) in South Africa for allegedly trying to smuggle a contraband of cigarettes worth m...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why is South Africa not renewing 160,000 Zimbabwean work permits?
Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa face an uncertain future and possible deportation before a June 2023 expiration of their work permits, following an announcement by the home government ...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA gives in on migrants
ZIMBABWE's general elections are looming large on the horizon. Political parties have started rolling down their candidate selection processes. In the mix was South Africa threatening to send back hom...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Notorious Limpopo armed robber nabbed
A 21-year-old man from Zvishavane who is alleged to be part of an armed robbery gang that has been terrorising illegal migrants and smugglers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River was y...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA mob burns three Zimbabwean men in Limpopo
Three Zimbabwean men were on Saturday burnt to death by a mob in Mashamba area under the Makhado policing area in South Africa's Limpopo Province.It is reported that the men who had bought a s...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day South Africa closes the border
THE past two decades have seen over 1,5 million Zimbabweans migrate to South Africa as economic refugees. Most of the refugees are unskilled and, therefore, directly compete with locals for menial job...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Phophi slams Mnangagwa's allies for seeking private hospitals in South Africa
Under fire MEC for Health in Limpopo, Phophi Ramathuba has defended her fierce rants at a Zimbabwean patient and further slammed Zimbabwe government officials for brazen free spending on their own tre...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - SA relations turn frosty in the wake of an immigration crisis
POST-2000, millions of Zimbabweans have migrated to the United Kingdom, Australia or the United States, but estimated millions more have trooped to South Africa in search of greener pastures and safet...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Politicians are fuelling hate crimes
ONLY hate and barbarism could have produced the sort of spectacle the world witnessed a few weeks ago when a baying mob of South Africans moved from house to house in Johannesburg's Diepsloot slum to ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 2 | by Addy Kudita
Botswana jails 3 Zimbabweans for rape, robbery
THREE Zimbabwean men are in Botswana's remand prison to answer robbery and rape charges.Desmond Khupe (19), Lucky Dube, (23) and Calvin Maphosa (43), who are all illegal migrants, were not ask...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA Afrophobia: Mnangagwa should speak out
THE image of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean immigrant's burning body on a Johannesburg street jolted the collective minds of Zimbabweans to the dark age of 2008 Afrophobia attacks in South Africa....Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 3 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The political agency of xenophobia, violence in SA
SOUTH Africa is home to millions of immigrants, mainly from Lesotho, Nigeria, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The regional giant has played an immense role for more than a century in attracting labour for it...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Tatenda Mazarura
Cigarette smuggler busted over R10 000 bribe
A cigarette smuggler landed in even hotter water when he tried to bribe an army officer with R10 200 to release his vehicle which had been intercepted laden with crates of South Africa-bound Remmingto...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Expelled Ndebele chief challenges SA on Zimbabwe crisis
United-Kingdom-based former Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has challenged South Africa to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis as sporadic xenophobic attacks start simmering again...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks resurface in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS in neighbouring South Africa are living in fear of xenophobic attacks following a wave of violence targeting foreign nationals in that country.There have been reports of violence a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA police intercept vehicle with 14 illegal migrants from Zimbabwe
Gauteng Police stopped a bakkie with 14 illegal immigrants, mostly women, from Zimbabwe to Gauteng.The illegal immigrants alleged that they each paid the driver R1500 to transport them to Joha...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa laments Zimbabwe, SA migration crisis
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has lamented the ongoing migration crisis between Zimbabwe and South Africa saying his party would ensure there is a vibrant economy which will allow Zimbabweans to ...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe arrests 600 illegal immigrants crossing into South Africa
The Zimbabwe National Security Task Force has arrested more than 600 illegal migrants who were illegally crossing into either Zimbabwe or South Africa along the Limpopo River on Sunday. Accord...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 14:35hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Police won't relent in smuggling fight'
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police says it is descending hard on bus operators that are being used as conduits to smuggle goods and migrants into the country, depriving the State of millions of dollars in r...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested three men believed to be part of armed gangs that are terrorising villagers, motorists and illegal migrants in Beitbridge.The trio of Victor Ndou (27), Wonder Ndou (23) an...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
80 border jumpers arrested daily
ABOUT 80 border jumpers are arrested daily at Beitbridge Border Post as the Department of Immigration working with other border agencies is tightening screws to minimise cases of illegal migration bet...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens vetting at border post
The Department of Immigration, working with other border agencies at Beitbridge Border Post, is tightening vetting of travellers to curb illegal migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa. ...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Children of illegal migrants face statelessness
THERE is a growing population of stateless children born to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign countries, new study reveals.The study, titled Cursed with Statelessness: Consequences of D...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
IOM rescues stranded illegal migrants
ABOUT 100 Malawians stranded in Beitbridge were recently rescued by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which facilitated their safe return to their country.Zimbabwe has for yea...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
South Africa now feeling the consequences of its own myopic irresponsible policies towards Zimbabwe
Each and everyone of us has a family, has friends, and lives in a community - and, there is one common thread between all these: a strong sense of peer review, as we have a responsibility towards one ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman falls into Limpopo as border jumper escapes crocodiles
Business nearly came to a standstill at Beitbridge Border Post on Wednesday morning when a suspected illegal migrant slipped and fell into the crocodile-infested Limpopo River, while walking on an eng...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister genocidal utterances condemned
Dear Editor, Your paper deserves the support of all Zimbabweans and indeed the world for being a truthful platform for the voiceless and defenceless. Siyabonga. As a former ZPRA ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | | by Lungisani Ndlovu Gatsheni
The right man to convene Mnangagwa-Chamisa dialogue revealed
As I was reflecting upon the Republic of Zimbabwe and the news headlines about Zimbabwe a Bible verse came into mind :John 1:46 - King James BibleAnd Nathanael said unto him, Can the...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
South Africa court says illegal foreigners should be deported
A Gauteng court has ruled that over 400 illegal immigrants who were nabbed during the recent raids in Johannesburg Central Business District must be deported to their home countries. South Afr...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 11:11hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Xenophobic arrests and raids in the so called 'multi-pronged Approach'
The Constitution of South Africa enshrines the right to Human dignity, equality of treatment before the law and in the enjoyment of all rights, the freedom and security of the person which includes no...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:14hrs | 3 | by V Sibanda
192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Zimbabwe dilemma
As Zimbabwe's economic and political situation teeters on the verge of chaos, SA takes a disjointed approach. By Ringisai Chikohomero for ISS TODAY.First published by ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:28hrs | 3 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
ED proud 'elections were peaceful' - but even he dropped 'free, fair and credible'
Tyrannical regimes are hard to change because they not only brainwash the populous but worse still they brainwash themselves - they start to believe their own lies and propaganda - making it next to i...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 14:16hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabweans unsettled as SA police launch 'Operation Fiela 2'
South African Police began the second phase of the crime fighting program "Operation Fiela" on Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands of undocumented Zimbabweans living in that country terrified and ...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 11:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian slavery victim interviewed by CNN in Libya spotted in TB Joshua's church
Victory Imasuen, the slavery victim whose story on CNN sparked a global outcry about human trafficking in Libya, has finally returned to Nigeria.The Edo State indigene, whose emotion-laden int...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 17:33hrs | 7 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
MWA-SA Statement on the extension of ZSPs
The Migrant Workers' Association-SA (MWA-SA) is grateful but is not fully satisfied with the decision by the South African government to limit the extension of permits to the holders of Zimbabwe Speci...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 21:02hrs | 1 | by Butholezwe Nyathi (Acting Chairperson - MWA-SA)
Botswana police and chiefs brutalising Zimbabweans
Botswana police and chiefs are allegedly brutalising Zimbabweans who enter that country illegally before deporting them. Presenting a report of the thematic committee on Peace and Security on ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trump compared to Hitler
Mexico City - Mexican ex-president Felipe Calderon tore into US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and blasting him as a racist. Calderon, a member...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 06:24hrs | | by Agencies
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