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South Africa tightens security on Zimbabwe borders
SOUTH AFRICA says it will make use of drones and other technologies to tighten security at its borders to stop Zimbabweans and other foreigners from illegally crossing into the country.The cou...Published: 12 hrs ago | 4165 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi longs for apartheid-era electric fence on Zimbabwe border
South Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says removing apartheid-era electric fences to secure the border was a "terrible mistake."Motsoaledi spoke on Monday as he expressed his e...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:14hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Malawian border jumpers deported
The 28 Malawian border jumpers who were rounded up on Saturday while hiding at a house in Beitbridge are now facing deportation to their country after a local court found them guilty of violating Zimb...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
28 Malawian border jumpers to be deported from Zimbabwe
The 28 Malawian border jumpers who were rounded up on Saturday while hiding at a house in Beitbridge are now facing deportation to their country after a local court found them guilty of violating Zimb...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:14hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
IOM programmes benefit 4 800 returnee migrants
OVER 4 800 Zimbabwean returnees have been offered cash-based assistance, while over 1 200 of them have been trained in conservation agriculture gardening to enable them to be self-sustaining during th...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Police step up border anti-smuggling patrols
As legislators call for modern technology, including drones, at border posts to help immigration officers identify wanted criminals and prohibited immigrants trying to enter Zimbabwe, police are stepp...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:11hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Massive bloc thrusts Zimra under spotlight
GOVERNMENT says the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) must be prepared to play a crucial role in facilitating the shipment of bigger cargo volumes as regional trade grows under the African Continenta...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Border corruption distresses minister
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has bemoaned the rampant corruption being experienced at Zimbabwe's ports of entry, which he says is prejudicing the country of billions of dollars.The Treasury c...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
'174 000 Zimbabwean migrants have returned home'
OVER 174 000 migrants have returned to Zimbabwe since the onset of COVID-19 due to loss of employment and deportation.This was revealed by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in ...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:55hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's porous borders 'now a security threat'
ZIMBABWE's porous borders are posing a serious security risk as they expose the country to a litany of illegal activities, including smuggling and criminal syndicates roaming undetected, a damning rep...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Passports hoax triggers panic
THE government has described messages circulating on social media claiming that passports for people that applied for the travel document in 2019 are now ready for collection as a hoax.A messa...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3655 | by Staff reporter
Returnee immigrants face psychological distress
ZIMBABWEAN returnee immigrants face psychological distress induced by lack of jobs, poverty and the harsh economic climate, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said.A number...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 leaves Zimbabwean immigrants stranded in SA
Zimbabwean relief organisations are struggling to keep up with the demand for food help from immigrants in South Africa who have been floored by the Covid-19 pandemic.Though the special R350-a...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 13:55hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
South Africa goes after foreigners, to review permits/visas for all foreigners
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has appointed a five-member committee to review permits and visas issued to most immigrants who have been in that country since 2004. He s...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 3125 | by Staff reporter
No COVID-19 jab, no jobs, says Mnangagwa
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a coterie of punitive measures designed to coerce citizens to undergo COVID-19 vaccination following a low uptake of the jab since the launch of the programme...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:39hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
SA re-opens 20 land borders including Beitbridge
South Africa will reopen 20 land borders tomorrow, the country's Cabinet decided yesterday.The border crossings between South Africa and Botswana, Lesotho, eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique and Zi...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:34hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners hail SA govt on inclusive COVID-19 vaccination
ZIMBABWEAN immigrants in South Africa have hailed the government in the neighbouring country for disclosing that its COVID-19 vaccination policy will not discriminate against foreigners.This w...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa administration: Comedy of errors
GENESIS 3 v 9-11 (NIV), "But the Lord God called the man, where are you? He answered: I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."This is the first time in the B...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:06hrs | 445 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
South Africa shuts illegal immigrants from Covid-19 vaccination roll out
South Africa, which will take delivery of its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from India on Monday, has sparked controversy after declaring it will exclude millions of undocumented immigrants from it...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:47hrs | 3924 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean seeks refuge back home - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
A young Zimbabwean woman who says her family 'fled' to the UK in 1996 as gone back to Zimbabwe, where she says she will be better off. In a scathing attack on the British government, publ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 13:43hrs | 1595 | by mVigil
Majority of Zimbabwe returnees' illegal immigrants UN agency
EIGHTY percent of returnees into the country during the current Covid-19 health crisis came back from South Africa with the majority of them constituting citizens without travel documents, Sunday Sout...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:35hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Illegal immigrants struggle in the UK
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the UK jobs market has changed substantially, take a look at what this means for recruitment and occupational shortages, as well as serious implications for people's...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1048 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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 | 1603 | 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 | 451 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2586 | by Samantha Power
Africans have last laugh
Africans are responding to the chaos at the US Capitol with irony, sarcasm and humour. #Trump started trending on Twitter in places like Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya as the platform blocked the US ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens screws at Beitbridge border
Security has been tightened at Beitbridge Border Post to prevent wheeler dealers, conmen and illegal immigrants from accessing the port of entry. Criminals have since Sunday evening, flocked t...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown without safety nets difficult to observe
WE are fighting the spread of COVID-19 through a lockdown, which is a good thing. But beneath the crisis, there is greater crisis of all time.Beitbridge Border Post is flooded with Zimbabweans...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:01hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Chaos ahead of lockdown
THERE was chaos at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday as thousands of Zimbabweans made last-minute attempts to cross into neighbouring South Africa.In cities and towns, thousands of travellers f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:28hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
South Africans nabbed for violating Zimbabwe immigration laws
TWO South African nationals were arrested at Forbes Border Post in Mutare on New Year's eve for trying to smuggle 15 illegal Malawian immigrants out of Zimbabwe.Edward Mojafefa (41) and Isaac ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:26hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
SA declares war on Zimbabwe immigrants
DESPERATE Zimbabweans attempting to illegally sneak into South Africa for greener pastures face a formidable challenge after the neighbouring country started deploying military personnel and helicopte...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 4777 | by Staff reporter
SA's clueless minister concerned about corruption on Zimbabwe side of Beitbridge border
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has expressed concern about "corruption on the Zimbabwe side of the Beitbridge Border Post" regarding the issuing of COVID 19 certificates. Mot...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 08:49hrs | 3333 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: At least 500 undocumented Zimbabweans are arrested daily in South Africa
South Africa is arresting more than 500 illegal Zimbabwean immigrants at the Beitbridge border every day, eNCA reports citing SA Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The country has de...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 12:48hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter
Trump extends immigrant and work visa limits into Biden presidency
President Trump on Thursday extended a pandemic-era suspension of certain immigrant and work visas, ensuring that his sweeping limits on legal immigration will remain in place when Joe Biden is sworn ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border chaos could fuel Covid-19 infections
Several truck drivers and other motorists have described as a nightmare, their experience at Beitbridge Border Post where they spent Christmas after getting stuck for days on the South African side of...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:27hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge's 22 unofficial ports of entry give Zimbabwe headaches
There are at least 22 unofficial entry points along the 200 kilometre Beitbridge borderline between Zimbabwe and South Africa, which poses a huge risk of Covid-19 cross border infections because of th...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2863 | by Tumelo Nare
Corruption, laxity rife at Beitbridge border
It is easy to go to and from South Africa through the official border post without a valid passport and a Covid-19 certificate, legal requirements on both sides, thanks to corrupt officials in both co...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 547 | 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 | 1962 | by Staff reporter
SA Home Affairs probes close to a million 'blocked' ID documents
The Home Affairs Department is investigating close to a million "blocked" identity documents that were found to be suspicious, duplicate or fraudulently issued with falsified supporting documents....Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3546 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Ministers of Home Affairs discuss the fate of Zimbabweans in South Africa
The South African Broadcasting Corporation has reported that Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Kazembe Kazembe are in a closed meeting at the offices of the Musina...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 13:52hrs | 4057 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Solving youth unemployment problem in Zimbabwe by leveraging digital economy
Zimbabwe is renowned the world over as a top tourist destination in southern Africa and one of the African countries with a vast natural resource endowment. Tourism and agriculture have been the count...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 237 | by Staff writer
Govt blames Covid-19 spike on border jumpers
The government has blamed the spike in Covid-19 cases in Bulawayo to illegal immigrants as fears of a second wave of the outbreak of the respiratory disease in Zimbabwe grow.Health and Child C...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:19hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Security forces intercept 51 border jumpers
Beitbridge Border Post security personnel last night intercepted a South Africaregistered bus carrying 51 Zimbabweans who were being transported to the neighbouring country illegally. The grou...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans await US election with apathy, anticipation
THE upcoming vote could mark a major shift in American politics, but it's unclear how the outcome will affect the two nations' frosty relationship.Whether the issue is the coronavirus pandemic...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2648 | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge faces myriad of challenges'
HE Beitbridge Border Post faces a host of administrative problems centred around archaic infrastructure which has rendered the facility insecure and vulnerable to security breaches particularly this f...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
ANC MP slams De Lille over Beitbridge border fiasco
Calls for decisive action against Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille are growing louder as lawmakers adopted a damning report on her involvement in the Beitbridge border fiasco...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 20:02hrs | 1815 | 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
South Africa police in R1 million cigarettes haul
THE South African Police Service (Saps) has arrested three people for illegal possession of 707 620 cartons of cigarettes valued close to R1 million all of Zimbabwean origin.The arrest was mad...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:42hrs | 478 | 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 | 4179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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