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Zimbabwe running out of Zimbabweans
Botswana is battling an influx of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, as Harare struggles to overcome a deep economic crisis.Gaborone appears to be losing the battle, as those who are deported a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:49hrs | 4544 | by VOA
120 illegal foreigners arrested in Hilllbrow on Wednesday
At least 120 illegal immigrants were nabbed at the notorious Hillbrow suburb on Wednesday night during a joint SAPS and JMPD operation targeting condemned buildings. In a statement on Friday J...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 4528 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 3209 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Foreigners in SA panic as police besiege Hillbrow
Reports coming from South Africa's notorious Hilbrow suburb indicate that there was massive inflow of police cars from all over Gauteng that were descending at the local police station on Tuesda...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 17:31hrs | 5257 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Foreigners demonstrate in South Africa
Some foreigners in South Africa under the banner of The African Civil Revolutionary Movement have staged a demonstration against the South African government for its crackdown on illegal foreign...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 10:49hrs | 5152 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean poet blasts SA govt
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean poet and musician, Bongani Mncube has blasted the neighbouring country's government of leaping into the deference of the local government by denouncing that the planned A...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 2075 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Baba Tencen of the 'Kuripwa Kugara' fame arrested for fraud in SA
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean comedian Baba Tencen of "Kuripwa Kugara" fame was on Saturday nabbed in Johannesburg after he was reportedly found in possession of dozens of passports he allegedly ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2893 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy in SA monitors Johannesburg situation
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is monitoring the situation in Gauteng province mainly Johannesburg where police in that country have been rounding up foreign immigrants in the wake of recent c...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12654 | by Staff Reporter
Foreigners arested in Johannesburg
South African home affairs and police services on Wednesday engaged in an offensive to arrest illegal immigrants in Johannesburg Central Business District. Reports coming from South Africa ind...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | 14412 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joy as man reunites with family after 44 years
ENOS Samupinya Ndou was on the verge of giving up any hope that he will ever see his Zimbabwean family again after starting a new life in South Africa 44 years ago.Ndou, who was born in Beitbr...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:15hrs | 1793 | by Staff reporter
EFF condemns beating of police by foreigners in South Africa
The Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters says it is appalled by the violence that was unleashed on police officers by some foreigners in Johannesburg on Thursday. In a statement issued on Friday...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:51hrs | 4448 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Will Zimbabwe benefit from boris johnson's ascendents to power?
Boris Johnson, Britain's prime minister, is the quintessential nostalgic leader. Since the Brexit referendum, in order to make Britain's future outside the European Union appealing, he has playe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1483 | by Masimba Mavaza
Does Boris Johnson bring good news to immigrants in the UK
After the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, what this mean to the immigrants in the UK. The British public has a negative thought about immigrants. But ironica...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 15:05hrs | 3029 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Johnny Clegg dies
Music legend Johnny Clegg has died.The local singer's death was confirmed to Channel24 via a statement released to the press by Johnny's longtime manager Roddy Quin.In the statement Ro...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:30hrs | 3404 | by Channel24
5 things to know about the upcoming immigration raids in major U.S. cities
A series of immigration raids is expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, according to President Donald Trump.It's part of the Trump administration's crackdown on...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:47hrs | 809 | by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic
Panic as South Africa deports foreigners enmasse
Illegal foreigners living in South Africa are living in fear after hearing reports that Home Affairs officials and police officers are currently conducting a stop and search operation in Johannesburg ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 15:31hrs | 24111 | by Mandla Ndlovu
America to deport immigrants on Sunday
America's media has reported that immigration officials will begin raiding and deporting illegal immigrants beginning this Sunday. The surprise operation comes after U.S. President Donald Trum...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 13:59hrs | 4789 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Project delays costing RG’s Office'
THE Registrar-General (RG)'s Office has been incurring huge costs for unfinished district registry office projects, whose prices have since doubled or trebled due to late implementation.This w...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
'20% of Soweto births are Zimbabwean children,' says Biti
ZIMBABWE's economic and political crisis is putting pressure on South Africa's ability to deliver services to its people, MDC vice president has claimed.Biti was speaking in a panel discussion...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1784 | by newzimbabwe.com
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 8971 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
Surprise Home Affairs operation for foreigners in Johannesburg
There are reports that South Africa Home Affairs officials will be conducting surprise door to door visits in Yeoville and Hillbrow from Saturday up to Sunday. A circulating says the officials...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 21:59hrs | 24979 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe tainted rights record stains regional police chairmanship
Zimbabwe has assumed the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) chairmanship amid growing human rights concerns and arbitrary arrests of members of civil society or...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 15:29hrs | 926 | by Gibson Nyathi
Good news to immigrants in UK as May ends
Theresa May's announcement that she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June paves the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister. But most interestingly her departure brings joy to the immigr...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:02hrs | 8138 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SA hospital reports foreign residents to Home Affairs
Robertson Hospital confiscated the passport of a 25-year-old Zimbabwean woman on 19 May after she went there to seek treatment.Chiedza* said that on the first day she sought treatment she was ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:00hrs | 4433 | by GroundUp
Fake Canadian immigration scams targeting Zimbabweans
Beaver Immigration Consulting is warning Zimbabwean national to be aware of an online hoax that claims Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is "begging" African leaders, from Nigeria, Kenya and Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2854 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in limbo
The much anticipated national and provincial elections in South Africa can put a dent on the prospects of many Zimbabweans residing and anticipating to reside in South Africa.For the incumbent...Published: 09 May 2019 at 17:24hrs | 2215 | by Daniel Itai
Incredible demographic and social concepts
It's clear that the human population changes daily where there are those being born and others are dying. And this makes it hard to get the exact records of composition, spatial distribution, and size...Published: 04 May 2019 at 11:16hrs | 969 | by Staff Writer
Prophet Lukau's Zimbabwean web, 2 arrested in connection with Elliot's resurrection
BRIGHTON "Elliot" Moyo might be buried in an unceremonious grave in Dandanda Village, Lupane, but the story of his "death", "resurrection" and death again continues to grab headlines, as it has emerge...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:41hrs | 3770 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans leave after xenophobic attacks in Vuwani
"I miss my fellow Zimbabweans. We used to stay as a family but we are now scattered in Limpopo"A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, h...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 22:30hrs | 3410 | by GroundUp.
40 million Americans live in poverty
America is known for flash. But all that glisters is not gold, according to the latest United Nations report on President Trump's country. From the outside, America is heaven, "God's own country" they...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Time to close South Africa's borders
Fellow South AfricansOur border posts, such as the one near here at Jeppes Reef, are meant to protect South Africa...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:09hrs | 9562 | by Mmusi Maimane
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo village after xenophobic attacks
A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, have moved to other areas of Limpopo or returned to Zimbabwe after xenophobic violence erupted last mont...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | 3905 | by GroundUP
Zimbabwean students reduced to beggars in Algeria
ZIMBABWEAN students studying on State scholarships in Algeria have, for the umpteenth time, made an impassioned plea to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to look into their welfare, which is now dire, as t...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Ellio...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | 45491 | by Staff reporter
Businessman calls on Zimbabweans in SA to invest 'back home'
Reviving the ailing Zimbabwean economy requires considerable input and cooperation from the millions of its citizens based abroad, particularly in South Africa, according to Johannesburg-based Zimbabw...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 13:17hrs | 868 | by African News Agency (ANA)
Why Xenophobia attacks in South Africa always happens during election time?
Unity stands for peace in the presence of conflict, love in the presence of hatred, and forgiveness in the presence of injury. Unity stands for peace in our lifetime, harmony /agreement, freedom, happ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 13:28hrs | 4228 | by Enos Denhere
David Coltart and Jonathan Moyo clash over xenophobia
Former Cabinet Ministers Professor Jonathan Moyo and David Coltart have clashed over statements by South Africa's Julius Malema condemning xenophobic attacks against Africans in the neighbouring count...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 10:47hrs | 7130 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Malema takes aim at Mnangagwa
SOUTH African opposition leader Julius Malema, has taken aim at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded that the Zanu-PF leader respects human rights in Zimbabwe.Malema was speaking at the l...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:07hrs | 14762 | by newzimbabwe
Britain to deport a Zimbabwean man blinded by a British prison
Sikhonzile Sibanda a Zimbabwean man who became blind while he was in prison in England is due to be deported from the UK on the fifth of April 2019. Sikhonzile who arrived in the UK IN 1998 was senten...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 08:25hrs | 6448 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
African leaders responsible for xenophobia in South Africa
We condemn xenophobia currently underway in South Africa in the strongest terms it deserves, it cannot be justifiable. We have been watching some of the gruesome murders, maiming, and attempted murder...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 13:30hrs | 4624 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
SA Home Affairs conducts door to door search for foreigners
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is reportedly engaging in a surprise door to door search for undocumented immigrants who are residing in the country illegally. A notice at Ponte City...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 58234 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean driver battles for life after fresh SA xenophobic attacks
A ZIMBABWEAN truck driver is battling for life at a hospital in Durban, KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa after he was caught up in suspected fresh xenophobic attacks in the neighbouring country....Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2119 | by Staff reporter
3 die in fresh SA xenophobic attacks after Ramaphisa threat
SUSPECTED fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa have resurfaced in some parts of Limpopo province and Durban in KwaZulu Natal, leaving three people dead and several houses burnt to ashes. T...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 4903 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to monitor Zimbabwe's economic affairs
IN an unprecedented move, Zimbabwe has agreed to allow South Africa - the continent's most developed economy and powerhouse - to sit in official Ministry of Finance meetings to oversee Harare's debt c...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:15hrs | 2240 | by Staff reporter
SA to sit in next critical Zimbabwe Treasury meetings
IN an unprecedented move, Zimbabwe has agreed to allow South Africa - the continent's most developed economy and powerhouse - to sit in official Ministry of Finance meetings to oversee Harare's debt c...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:24hrs | 3525 | by Staff reporter
SA plans border drone patrols to keep illegal immigrants out
SA may soon turn to drones to help it to protect its porous borders from illegal immigrants.Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Sunday the country could consider using the unmanned ae...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 486 | by TimesLive
Mugabeist G4Os and their aging geriatric could not even read the signs
In November 2018, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, boldly declared the open and unrelenting warfare against the evil of endemic corruption."In the Second Republic, we wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 2316 | by Christopher Mutsvangwa
Sadc seized with Zimbabwe crisis, claims Tendai Biti
THE Zimbabwean crisis continues to exist in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) corridors despite efforts by regional leaders to portray the ugly scenes that rocked the country in recent...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:18hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Anti-Mnangagwa demo in Beitbridge border
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Beitbridge border showing solidarity with the leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions who ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:30hrs | 12678 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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