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Top lawyer withdraws from trial amid police intimidation claims
A prominent Harare lawyer, Musindo Hungwe, has sensationally withdrawn from representing one of the suspects in the high-profile trial of armed robber Godknows Machingura, citing threats from police o...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge bus robbers jailed 84 years each
Two armed robbers who terrorized passengers on a Beitbridge-bound bus in July have each been sentenced to an effective 84 years in prison by the Chiredzi regional court. Ashton Siziba (26) of Peterwen...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:51hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
3 family members buried together
In a heart-wrenching scene at Umvutsha Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday, a family of three - Lorenzo Palu (36), his wife Forgive (31), and their three-year-old son Lwandile - were laid to rest side by s...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to cover costs of repatriating SA bus accident victims
Zimbabwe's Consul-General in South Africa, Eria Phiri, says that the government of Zimbabwe will carry the costs of repatriating the bodies of the people that died in a bus accident in Louis Trichardt...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:14hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mzansi bus accident snuffs out young family
At just three years old, Lwandile Palu's life was full of simple joys and potential, with dreams of becoming whatever he wished - be it a doctor, footballer, or something else. Tragically, his...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:14hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabweans die in SA bus crash
At least 10 passengers have died in an Mzansi Express bus accident which took place at 3 Miles, on the N1 freeway around Makhado (previously Louis Trichardt) in Limpopo province.The bus was tr...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:00hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Massive rot hits RDCs
SEVERAL rural district councils (RDCs) across the country have come under the spotlight amid allegations of rot following audits by relevant authorities.The Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commissi...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Calls for urgent repair of Victoria Falls, Tsholotsho, Nkayi roads grow louder
MATEBELELAND North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Richard Moyo, has urged the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development to speed up the rehabilitation of the ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Freeman questioned over links to robbers
Zimdancehall musician Freeman, real name Emegy Sylvester Chizanga, was yesterday questioned and released by police over allegations of associating with armed robbers accounted for last month after a g...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
South African robber no match to Zimbabwean police, shot dead
A South African national was one of two suspected criminals killed in a shootout with detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Arcadia, Harare.State media in Zimbabwe, The Herald ...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 15:54hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Congestion expected at Beitbridge border to Zimbabwe
As Christmas day draws nearer, traffic authorities in Limpopo on Saturday issued a warning of heavy traffic still expected to hit the N1 freeway northbound towards Polokwane, Makhado, up to Musina....Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's gun amnesty fails to bring down violent crime
A PRESIDENTIAL amnesty on illegal firearm holders has done little to stop violent crime as Zimbabwe continues to witness armed robberies.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year de...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
1 South African shot dead, 3 arrested in Harare for robbery
Two suspected armed robbers were killed in a shootout with detectives in Harare on Tuesday, including a South African national, police said.Four other men, three of them South African and one ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 12:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe policeman arrested for car theft
A Beitbridge police officer and a collaborator have been apprehended on allegations of car theft. They were discovered in a bush with a South African-registered vehicle for which they could not provid...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans killed in Limpopo cash-in-transit shoot-out
Hawks have identified 16 of the 19 people killed in the recent Limpopo cash-in-transit (CIT) gang shoot-out. Guns were blazing at a luxury home in Makhado on Friday when the Hawks raided the p...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in SA shootout
TWO Zimbabweans are believed to be among 19 people killed in a shootout with police in Makhado, South Africa over the weekend.Although South African police have not released details of the inc...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean owned house where 19 cash-in-transit robbers were killed
A 19th body has been found inside the lavish house in Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) were alleged cash-in-transit robbers were killed during a shootout with different police units on Friday....Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cigarette smuggler, SA police in shootout
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean was nabbed in Musina, South Africa, following a shootout with police on Sunday after attempting to smuggle local cigarettes worth ZAR348 000 to the neighbouring country....Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Small progress on Beitbridge, Bulawayo -Victoria Falls road
SMALL progress has been recorded in the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo- Victoria Falls Road with the contractor expected to complete about 20km of newly surfaced road within the next two we...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
25km Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road rehabilitation excites motorists
THE ongoing rehabilitation of badly damaged sections of the Bulawayo- Beitbridge Road has ignited excitement among motorists who had to endure the difficulties of navigating one of the country's busie...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misses out as Beitbridge renames suburbs, streets
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has completed the process of renaming streets, suburbs and business centres in line with its modernisation drive.The exercise which involved the consultation of residents a...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge traditional leader Headman Tshinoni dies at 81
BEITBRIDGE senior traditional leader, Headman Tshinoni, born Samuel Dube (81) has died following a long illness.The soft-spoken leader from Old Nuli area under Beitbridge east died on Saturday...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's late unsung hero
DEATH has robbed Bulawayo of one of its finest sons Bulisani Ncube who passed away on June 3 afternoon at Mpilo Hospital.Chris Raymond posits that as much as good men may die, death cannot kil...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Edwin Ndlovu
ZRP transfers 228 cops as smuggling hits Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has in one of the most massive transfers, moved all 217 Police officers from Beitbridge Rural and 11 from Beitbridge CID following the arrests of five cops over R54 ...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call to speed up rehabilitation of Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road
Matebeleland North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Richard Moyo has expressed concern over the slow pace in the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway and implored authoritie...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bound bus overturns in SA
ABOUT 40 Zimbabweans escaped death by a whisker after a Bulawayo-bound bus they were traveling in overturned along the N1 highway near Makhado town in Limpopo province South Africa on 18 June....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Highway pothole patching begins
GOVERNMENT has started rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway starting with badly damaged sections that will be resurfaced. Bitumen World, which is already on site,...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 6 Zimbabwean prisoners escape in South Africa
Six Zimbabweans who were being transported by members of the South African Police Service escaped this morning after a group of heavily armed criminals attacked and shot at the officers in Makhado are...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed 15 years for dealing in explosives in SA
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for an effective 15 years for illegally dealing in explosives in South Africa.Luckmore Harunashe was sentenced to imprisonment at the Musina ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA registered car caught trying to ferry stolen cattle in Zimbabwe
A South African registered car has been caught trying to transport stolen cattle from Mberengwa. According to a message circulating on social media, it is believed the cattle were stolen in th...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former ZNA captain sues for unlawful detention
THE Bulawayo High Court will on October 11 hear the case of former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain and chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, Solomon Ndlovu who sued businessman Osfael Mazibuko for loss...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo, after 3 are burnt beyond recognition
Zim government has sent a consular team to Limpopo to investigate and help repatriate the deadThe Zimbabwean government has expressed its dismay after three of its nationals were burnt beyond ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA police intercepts R1,5 million smuggled cigarettes
South African security officials have intercepted a contraband of cigarettes and a truck all worth R1,5 million believed to have been smuggled through the Beitbridge Border Post.Two immigrants...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 20:23hrs | | 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
My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain
The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join the...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa commissions new-look border post
A NEW era beckons for Beitbridge District in Matabeleland South as President Mnangagwa is expected to visit the border town today where he will officially commission some of the completed works under ...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South agric show roars to life
THE 64th edition of Matebeleland South Agricultural Show will run from August 18 to 20 with the major attraction being the artificial insemination programme for cattle breeders.Matebeleland So...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa making efforts to tackle xenophobia
SOUTH Africa has adopted multi-pronged approaches to tackle the scourge of xenophobia through community dialogues and soccer matches between foreigners and locals, among other interventions, a governm...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Female village head breaks new ground
Twenty-five-year-old, Ms Ketumile Nare broke new ground after being installed Headman Mahopolo at a colourful ceremony presided over by the area's paramount Chief Tshitaudze (David Mbedzi) at the Mali...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara owned bus crash victims rise to 7
The number of people who died in a road accident in South Africa when a Harare-bound bus overturned near Makhado in Limpopo Province last week has risen from five to seven after two more people succum...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 17:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Brilliant architecture refreshes Zimbabwe's Beitbridge border
A REFRESHING atmosphere greets a discerning traveller upon arrival at the new look Beitbridge Border Post, a world class facility whose upgrading under the Second Republic, has reached the final stage...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Godfrey Gomwe appointed CEO of SA top mining company
Zimbabwean Godfrey Gomwe has been appointed CEO of South Africa's coal company MC Mining. Gomwe takes over as MC Mining pushes to start its delayed flagship project, the US$35m Makhado coal mine in Li...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 18:17hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA delegation calls for Musina/Beitbridge synergies
A SOUTH African delegation on a tour of Beitbridge has called for synergies between the Beitbridge and Musina municipalities to promote economic growth in the two border towns.The delegates fr...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean smugglers abandon R1.7m worth of illicit cigarettes in Limpopo
Members of a cigarette-smuggling syndicate transporting illicit cigarettes worth almost R2 million in a four-car convoy abandoned their vehicles and ran away from members of the SAPS in Limpopo....Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans jailed 50 years for robberies in SA
TWO Zimbabweans have been jailed for a total of 50 years for a series of armed robberies in Limpopo province, South Africa.Thabang Moyo (26) and Steven Matamba (29) were tried separately by th...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Riky Rick dies?
South African hip hop star Ricky Rick has died aged 34 from an apparent suicide, the Sunday World newspaper reports. Riky Rick has the whole of South Africa concerned with a cryptic message he...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 09:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on drive to reduce influx of illegal Zimbabweans
THE Home Affairs Department has set up a series of roadblocks in an effort to address the challenge of undocumented immigrants near the Beitbridge Border Post.Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motso...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 19:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cigarettes worth R2,6m intercepted in SA
South African police yesterday intercepted R2,6 million worth of cigarettes that were being smuggled into the neighbouring country through Beitbridge Border Post.Four people were arrested in P...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Jailed army cleric found not guilty by High Court
A FIRED senior army cleric, who successfully challenged his six-year prison term at the High Court following his conviction on charges of stealing a car belonging to a business partner and stripping i...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Livestock rustler caught with 11 beasts, 2 donkeys
POLICE have recovered 16 cattle and seven donkeys after a weeklong operation against cattle rustlers in Gwanda District that have terrorised farmers and villagers over the last few months.A su...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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