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US warns Zimbabweans against misusing visas for 'birth tourism'
The United States Embassy in Harare has issued a stern warning to Zimbabweans against misusing its visa system, particularly for engaging in "birth tourism" - the practice of travelling to the U.S. to...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 16:19hrs | 2467 | by Staff reporter
Grade 5 learner allegedly abused by Guardians taken to Zimbabwe
A Grade 5 learner from Skeen Primary School, who is allegedly a victim of abuse by her guardians, has been secretly taken to Zimbabwe, causing a significant delay in the investigation as critical evid...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's online visa system now fully operational
Zimbabwe's Online Border Management System (OBMS) is now fully operational, ushering in a new era of digitised immigration services that allow travellers to apply for visas and complete border formali...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:12hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA approve tourists only border crossing
Zimbabwe and South Africa have jointly approved a seasonal tourism-only border crossing linking Kruger National Park and Gonarezhou National Park via the Pafuri-Sengwe corridor, in a groundbreaking in...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa critic seeks SA asylum
Wellington Masiiwa, popularly known by his activist name Nyokayemabhunu, has formally applied for asylum in South Africa as he fights extradition to Zimbabwe, citing fears of political persecution....Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:12hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Trump adds Zimbabwe to list of countries facing US travel ban
Zimbabwe is one of 36 countries whose citizens could be banned from travelling to the United States over alleged identity documentation fraud and visa violations, the Washington Post reported on Sunda...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 12:28hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean dies after xenophobic attacks in Addo
A 24-year-old Zimbabwean man, Apology Mandiudza, died last Tuesday in hospital, nine days after a brutal mob attack in Valencia, Addo. He was the fourth immigrant to lose his life in a wave of xenopho...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:58hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders secure legal victory in SA
Zimbabwean immigrants living in South Africa under the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system have won a major legal reprieve after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed an attempt by South Africa's M...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:12hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shielded from arrest in South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed with costs the Department of Home Affairs' attempt to overturn an interim interdict, previously granted in favour of the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation, prot...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:02hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
2 die after collapsing at Beitbridge Border post
Two individuals died in separate incidents at the Beitbridge Border Post between Friday and Saturday after collapsing while undergoing customs and immigration formalities, authorities confirmed....Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:36hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services: A disturbing trend in Hillbrow
A disturbing trend has emerged in Hillbrow, where police are targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services, arresting them, and demanding bribes ranging from R1500 to R3000. This practice has left...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 762 | by Anonymous
New Zimbabwe permit court showdown looming in South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday dismissed South Africa's Home Affairs Minister's attempt to set aside an interim court order protecting Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders from arres...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:04hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court could reshape the legal status of Zimbabweans in SA
In a landmark ruling that could reshape the legal status of thousands of Zimbabwean nationals in South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has rejected an appeal by the Minister of Home Affairs ...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:37hrs | 2834 | by Staff reporter
South Africans languish in Zimbabwe prisons
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has told IOL that scores of South African nationals are languishing in Zimbabwe's Harare Remand Prison, awaiting deportation, after they were arrested for breachin...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deploys drones along Mozambique border
The Zimbabwean government has intensified efforts to clamp down on smuggling along the country's porous eastern border with Mozambique through the full-scale deployment of drone surveillance technolog...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:44hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Cruise company bans recruitment of Zimbabweans
Princess Cruises has suspended shore leave privileges for all Zimbabwean crew members aboard its vessels docked in Canadian ports, following a series of desertion incidents that have raised security a...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:25hrs | 1738 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among 7 African countries blacklisted by Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed a sweeping travel ban on citizens from seven African countries, citing threats linked to terrorism, inadequate identity verification, and high levels of visa ov...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:11hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa activist fights extradition from South Africa
A South African court last week became the stage for a dramatic and tense confrontation as Zimbabwean activist Nyokayemabhunu, also known as Wellington Masiiwa, fought extradition back to Zimbabwe. Th...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:10hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland firms shine at ZNCC awards
Mr. Hafiz Muhammad Naeem of Evergold was the star of the evening on Friday as he took home the Overall Winner and Businessman of the Year awards at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) 202...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:57hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in traveller movements
Zimbabwe is strengthening its reputation as a leading destination for migration and investment in the region, with a notable increase in traveller movements recorded in the first quarter of 2025....Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:50hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners face deportation from South Africa
South Africa has arrested over 400 illegal miners, including Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals, during a large-scale operation targeting illicit artisanal mining activities across the country. T...Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Nyokayemabhunu case in dramatic twist
The extradition case of Zimbabwean activist and outspoken government critic Wellington Masiwa, known as Nyokayemabhunu, took a dramatic and politically charged turn last week at the Randburg Magistrat...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:10hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Rwandan refugees in Zimbabwe accused of fuelling anti-Kagame agenda
Zimbabwe is harbouring a covert network of Rwandan refugees opposed to President Paul Kagame's government who are accused of engaging in clandestine operations aimed at sabotaging diplomatic ties betw...Published: 21 May 2025 at 11:16hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans escaping economic hardship trapped in the UK care visa crackdown
Zimbabwean professionals seeking a way out of their country's prolonged economic crisis are facing fresh hurdles as the UK government moves to permanently scrap care worker visas, a route many had use...Published: 16 May 2025 at 09:42hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
UK closure of care work visa to hit Zimbabweans hard
The United Kingdom's decision to permanently shut down its care worker visa route has sent shockwaves across Zimbabwe, where the scheme had offered thousands a much-needed escape from economic hardshi...Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:33hrs | 9531 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean exemption permits saga returns to South African court
The legal saga over the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) returns to court on Tuesday as the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) hears the Department of Home Affairs' appeal against a ruling that temporaril...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:22hrs | 10303 | by Staff reporter
UK will no longer be recruiting care workers from Zimbabwe
THE United Kingdom (UK) will no longer be recruiting care workers from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the Home Secretary has told the BBC.Yvette Cooper sai...Published: 12 May 2025 at 17:52hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces online visa applications
Zimbabwe has launched a new online visa application system, allowing travellers from countries requiring a visa to apply electronically, in a major move to modernise the country's immigration processe...Published: 12 May 2025 at 14:02hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Burundians arrested for illegal entry into Zimbabwe
Two Burundian nationals were last week convicted at the Karoi Magistrates Court after being caught illegally entering Zimbabwe through the Chirundu Border Post without proper documentation.The...Published: 11 May 2025 at 15:51hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Man calls lover's hubby to tell him he is dating his wife
A two-year secret love affair between an immigration officer and a police officer's wife has erupted into scandal after the jilted lover exposed the relationship to his girlfriend's husband - in a dra...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:45hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF succession politics plays out in SA
The intensifying succession war within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF has taken a dramatic cross-border turn, with one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's fiercest critics, Wellington Masiiwa - better known ...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:20hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
South Africa arrests Nyokayemabhunu, Zimbabwe seeks extradition
Wellington Masiwa, a vocal critic of the Zimbabwean government known by his social media alias Nyokayemabhunu, is facing possible deportation from South Africa after Zimbabwe issued an international a...Published: 01 May 2025 at 12:33hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans and Zambians stage counter-protests at Chirundu Border Post
Trade and commercial activity ground to a halt on Monday, 28 April, at the Chirundu Border Post as Zimbabwean and Zambian nationals staged rival protests, escalating tensions at one of Southern Africa...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 08:52hrs | 2670 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian man in court over forged Zimbabwe spousal permits
A 52-year-old Nigerian national, Kelechi Godwin, has appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court facing four counts of fraud after allegedly forging spousal documents to obtain Zimbabwean residenc...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 21:12hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Drones help intercept over 1,000 undocumented migrants at Beitbridge
Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato has praised the use of drones in helping intercept more than 1,000 undocumented migrants attempting to enter South Africa illegally ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:38hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
South African hospital faces legal action for refusing liver transplant to Zimbabwean teen
Bureaucratic red tape is standing between 15-year-old Vanessa Mafu and the liver transplant that could save her life.Diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis that has progressed to liver cirrhosis,...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 08:02hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt spy, accomplices in court for airport human trafficking
The trial of government spy agent Moses Mutambai and his four alleged accomplices is set to begin on April 16, 2025, following charges of facilitating the illegal entry of undocumented Ethiopians into...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:07hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
17 Malawians to spend over two weeks in Zimbabwe jail
Seventeen Malawian nationals arrested on Sunday for entering Zimbabwe without valid travel documents have been remanded in custody until April 16 as authorities seek a Chewa interpreter to assist with...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
SA extends visa, permit deadline for Zimbabweans
South Africa's Ministry of Home Affairs has granted a temporary reprieve to thousands of foreign nationals, including Zimbabweans, by extending the deadline for visa and permit holders whose documents...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:54hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
UN judge from Uganda is convicted in the UK of forcing a woman into slavery
A British jury on Thursday convicted a United Nations judge of forcing a young woman to work as a slave after tricking her into coming to the U.K.Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe made the Uganda...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:44hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
CIO charged with human trafficking
A member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Moses Mutambai, along with six co-accused individuals, was denied bail yesterday when they appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court facing ...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:20hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean who crossed twice illegally from Canada into Washington State
Tatenda Banga, a 30-year-old citizen of Zimbabwe, pleaded guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two federal felonies related to his illegal border crossing and subsequent actions in ...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 07:04hrs | 2065 | by Staff reporter
Zambian couple arrested for attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children
A Livingstone couple has been detained after allegedly attempting to smuggle three Zimbabwean children, aged between 4 and 12 years into Zambia.Humphrey Likando (62) and Maggie Phiri (51) of D...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 12:39hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri and his wife ordered to be extradited to SA
The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Malawi has ordered that self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary Bushiri, be extradited to South Africa.Minister of Justice and Const...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 16:45hrs | 6274 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains 'restrict' cross border smuggling
SOUTH AFRICA Border Management Authority (BMA) says although four of its border gates remain closed due to flooding, the weather phenomenon actually serves as a natural deterrent to illegal crossings ...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:36hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men are raising non biological children
Recent data from Global DNA Zimbabwe has unveiled startling findings regarding paternity testing in the country. According to the latest statistics, an astonishing 72% of paternity tests conducted hav...Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 03:56hrs | 4243 | by Staff reporter
South Africa launches countrywide blitz on illegal immigrants
South Africa has announced a nationwide campaign to flush out illegal immigrants, citing economic pressures likely to be worsened by recent sanctions imposed by Donald Trump's United States government...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 14:03hrs | 2374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deports nuisance illegal immigrant
A 34-year-old man from Equatorial Guinea, who has been living in Zimbabwe without a valid permit since 2014, has been sentenced to pay a fine of US$100 and will be deported to his home country. The in...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:37hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Buyanga in critical condition
Lawyers representing incarcerated businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi have raised concerns over the impact of his continued detention on his health. Reports from South Africa indicate that Buyanga has fa...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:03hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Over 2,000 Zimbabweans were nabbed trying to skip border into South Africa
Over 2,000 Zimbabweans were apprehended while attempting to illegally cross into South Africa through the porous Beitbridge Border Post before, during, and after the recent festive season, South Afric...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:57hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
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