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Border jumper robbed $40
A Plumtree-based suspected robber is in trouble after he allegedly robbed a border jumper of her $40 at Plumtree border post.Gift Chagonda (29) was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts where...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 10:53hrs | 460 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe gets first medal at the Africa Senior Athletics Championships
Triple jumper Chengetayi Mapaya has won Zimbabwe's first medal at the ongoing Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Doula, Cameroon.The 25-year-old who is making his debut at the ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 10:08hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Chris Brown fired back at Tinashe
In typical Chris Brown fashion, the R&B star has fired back at singer Tinashe after she expressed her regret at featuring the controversial Brown on her 2015 single, 'Player'."We all wante...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 19:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Teen electrocuted while stealing Zesa cables
A MARONDERA teenager (15) was electrocuted on April 17 while attempting to steal Zesa copper cables from a 200kV transformer.A police memorandum dated April 17 seen by NewsDay stated that the ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers shoot smuggler dead
A SUSPECTED border jumper was shot and killed after allegedly confronting armed robbers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River. Sources close to the case said the man was shot in...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 21:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers shoot border jumper dead
A suspected border jumper believed to be in his early 20s was shot and killed after encountering armed robbers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River yesterday. The man was...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Rugby United
IN 2023 France will host the tenth edition of the rugby World Cup. Twelve teams have already qualified for the showpiece event courtesy of finishing in the top 3 of their respective pools at the 2019 ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Mike Madoda
Border jumper drowns in Limpopo River
Police here have recovered the body of a suspected border jumper who drowned in the Limpopo River while illegally crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The body was found in an advanced ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | 3 | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers exchange gunfire with cops
POLICE in Beitbridge yesterday arrested two suspected armed robbers after a brief exchange of gunfire.The suspects, Admire Songora popularly known as Pele Pele, and Brian Moto also popularly k...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Jonathan Moyo survived Chiwenga's killers
Professor Jonathan Moyo's escape story from the then Commander Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga's killers in November 2017 is a candidate for a Hollywood script. While Prof Moyo is ye...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 12:56hrs | 16 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Border jumper jailed for stealing wheelchair
A 40-YEAR-OLD man from Zhombe has been sentenced to 30 months in jail by a Victoria Falls magistrate for border jumping and stealing a wheelchair and a cellphone in Botswana. Siphosami Sibanda...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'You will never rule Zimbabwe,' Mnangagwa once told Kembo Mohadi
When VP Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions cropped up at a Zanu-PF rally in Mvuma on 10 Feb 2018, Mnangagwa dismissed it with a joke that was not a joke. He told VP Mohadi that in order to be...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Mohadi to replace Mnangagwa
Many people view Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as next in line to succeed President Emmerson Mnangagwa the other vice president, Kembo Mohadi has shown keen interest for the top job, saying his ...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny killer sentenced to death
A BEITBRIDGE man, who waylaid a 65-year-old flea market trader in the driveway of her house in the border town before fatally stabbing the woman and robbing her of two cellphones, was yesterday senten...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's costly lie
The biggest lie last week was that the violence in urban areas were protests over fuel prices in particular and living costs in general, when in fact the protests were enforced by a small bullying min...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police denies abducting Tendai Biti
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday blamed immigration officials for handing over MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti, arguing they were the ones who took the accused from the Zambian authorit...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
The bones that haunt Mnangagwa
At the bottom of a crevice in the rocks - just as the eyewitness had said - was a parcel of bones, wrapped in a shirt. It was a shirt just like the one Fanta Ndlovu was wearing when he went missing 33...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by BBC
Border jumper killed by hippopotamus
A 43-YEAR-OLD woman has been found dead near an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River in Beitbridge amid fears that she was killed by a hippopotamus.The woman from Chitungwiza was fou...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Mudenda get Mnangagwa praise
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday paid tribute to Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu and Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda's roles in the political transition that ush...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa recounts poisoning incident
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday recounted the day he was poisoned while attending a Zanu-PF rally in Gwanda last August.Mnangagwa who was then the Vice President, had to be airlifted to...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
I hold no grudges, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa yesterday said he will never seek retribution against those who tormented him before he was temporarily hounded out of Government in November last year, saying he will continue to ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:40hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa will win 2018 polls'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's dramatic rise to power last year was mainly driven by former freedom fighters, who were working closely with the military.As Mnangagwa prepares for the biggest t...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preaches peace, forgiveness
Zimbabweans should remain united and focus their energy on building a prosperous nation, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.The Head of State and Government said oneness and forgiveness wer...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Prof Moyo demented'
When one envisions Professor Jonathan Moyo, one imagines a person of high moral and academic brainpower and quickly assumes, that the person is capable of analysing situations independent of their emo...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 14:23hrs | 4 | by Prosperity Mzila
Mohadi cannot be president, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has jokingly said his Deputy Kembo Mohadi's ambitions of being the president of Zimbabwe are now in vain after saying he would fail to go the four steps that Mnangagwa wen...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 19:57hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Diarrhoea outbreak at London games
Athletes staying at one of the team hotels for the World Championships in London have gastroenteritis, event organisers have confirmed.Public Health England say 30 athletes and support staff h...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 12:23hrs | 3 | by BBC
Zimbabwean earn USA scholarship
New junior African record holder in triple jump, Chengetai Mapaya has earned himself a scholarship to study in the United States of America (USA) following his record-breaking performance at the just-...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sportsman gets US scholarship
ST GEORGES' College triple jumper and footballer, Chengetai Mapaya, has been granted a scholarship to study at Texas Christian University in the United States, courtesy of Payne Global Sports Manageme...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 08:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Border jumper killed for forcing others to attack armed SA soldiers
THREE suspected border jumpers are set to appear today at the High Court seeking to be remanded out of custody on a murder charge in which they are accused of killing their colleague who allegedly for...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
My first trip to South Africa as a boarder jumper
Before I came to SA I worked as an HIV/AIDS workshop facilitator for three N.G.O's Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), CWGH and Zimbabwe National Family Planning council.The Zim government always ...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 16:13hrs | 5 | by Nobuhle Virgie
Men dig with bare hands, rescue toddler completely buried under rubble - Video
A toddler completely buried under rubble in Syria has been pulled out alive by rescuers who dug with their bare hands.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m_IgNakiXcThis video, posted on Y...Published: 31 Jan 2015 at 11:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Botswana soldiers savage Zimbabwean border jumper, leave him for dead
PLUMTREE - A ZIMBABWEAN border jumper was shot and wounded by Botswana soldiers who then dumped him bleeding profusely in a bushy area .Alters Ndebele, 23, of Tshankwa area in Bulilima, was ...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 15:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zim athletics record poor show
ZIMBABWEAN athletics have this year not fared well in the international arena with only three being able to record a fair performance.Marathon runners Cuthbert Nyasango and Cephas Pasipamire w...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 06:55hrs | | by Sports reporter
Zim border jumper trying to make his way home shot dead by SA soldier
A Zimbabwean man who was attempting to go home for Christmas was shot dead on December 24 by a South African soldier patrolling the border near the Limpopo River after he had allegedly stabbed the...Published: 05 Jan 2014 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Suspect escapes from police custody in underwear
THERE was drama when a robbery suspect, who was recently admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) under police guard, escaped from his bed while the police officer was taking a nap and fled in...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 03:16hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Zimbabwean murderer extradited to Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN man, who was wanted in Botswana for the murder of a 79-year-old Francistown pensioner, has finally appeared at a magistrates' court in the neighbouring country.Authorities have b...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 05:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bogus soldier nabbed along border
A BOGUS soldier, clad in army regalia and brandishing a fake home-made AK 47 assault rifle will forever rue the day he waylaid an illegal border jumper after he got a thorough hiding when his cover wa...Published: 05 Jun 2013 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Immigration official rapes border jumper
An Immigration official in Beitbridge allegedly raped a border jumper who had been deported from South Africa. The incident occurred at around 1 am on Monday at the International Organisation ...Published: 26 Mar 2013 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Ajax Hotspurs is a team on a mission,' says Dube
AJAX Hotspurs director Siphambaniso Dube has insisted that his team is not going into the Zifa Southern Region Division One League to fill in the numbers but in there to compete with a view of one day...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 06:09hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Border jumper drowns in the flooded Limpopo River
A 32-year-old suspected border jumper drowned in the flooded Limpopo River while attempting to illegally cross into Zimbabwe near Musetshe area in Beitbridge last Friday. Musetshe is about 60km east ...Published: 24 Oct 2012 at 06:09hrs | | by Beitbridge Bureau
Border jumper commits suicide
A 25-YEAR-OLD suspected border jumper from Zaka area in Masvingo committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree using a rope, police said yesterday.The acting police spokesperson for Matabe...Published: 10 Oct 2012 at 06:03hrs | | by Beitbridge Reporter
'Uniformed officer' rapes border jumper
A MUTARE man, believed to be a member of the uniformed forces is on the run after he last week waylaid and assisted an unsuspecting woman to cross the Zimbabwe-Mozambican border through an illegal cro...Published: 09 Jul 2012 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pensioner (78) breaks Vic Falls bungee jumping record
A 78-year-old pensioner from the United Kingdom is the new record holder for an elderly person to bungee jump off the historic Victoria Falls Bridge.Mr David Roberts' jump defied the myth that...Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 09:11hrs | | by Victoria Falls Reporter
Zim Security forces cashing in on border jumpers
Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit and Soldiers manning the Limpopo Bridge are allegedly cashing in on undocumented Zimbabweans entering and leaving the country through Beitbridge Border Post...Published: 30 Dec 2011 at 23:14hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Five Zimbabwean athletes ready for London 2012 Olympics
Swimming icon and Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry leads a list of five Zimbabwean athletes who have already secured qualification for next year's Olympic Games in London, the Daily News reported....Published: 25 Nov 2011 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean wins bronze in long jump at the IAAF Champions in Daegu
The Zimbabwean long-jump record holder Ngonidzashe Makusha won bronze in long jump at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday.The Florida State University student, 24, j...Published: 03 Sep 2011 at 08:07hrs | 6 | by Moyo Roy
Caster Semenya to grace World Athletics Championships
Johannesburg - Controversial world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya have been included in South Africa's 26-member squad for the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, at the end of A...Published: 08 Aug 2011 at 09:12hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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