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African countries must scrap passports, abolish border restrictions
Colonisation created a divided Africa.Even when King Leopold II ravaged the present day Democratic Republic of Congo, he didn't envisage that Africa would have independent states one day....Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 336 | by Evans Mathanda
Botswana mulls scrapping passport requirement with Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe and Botswana citizens will soon be using national identity cards as travel documents amid indications that Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi has hinted on scrapping use of passports betwee...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 05:50hrs | 2091 | by Staff reporter
Why SA is destination of choice for asylum seekers
CURIOUSLY but not surprisingly, post-apartheid South Africa has turned out to be one of the preferred destinations for political exiles.The country has played host to many prominent political ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 221 | by Dr Sizo Nkala
Botswana threatens to sever ties with diamond giant De Beers
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has warned that his country may sever ties with diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate a sales deal prove unfavorable to his government.Masisi al...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Botswana court upholds arrest warrant for ex-president Ian Khama
A Botswana court on Friday dismissed an application by former President Ian Khama to have an arrest warrant against him struck down.The warrant was issued by a...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 12:18hrs | 2121 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's ex-President Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant
Botswana's former president Ian Khama has filed an urgent court application seeking to strike down an arrest warrant issued against him by a magistrate last week.Court papers released on Thursday ...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:07hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of Arrest for Botswana President
The government of Botswana has issued a warrant of arrest for its former President Ian Seretse Khama.In a statement issued on 29 December 2022, the Botswana Government accused Ian Khama of unl...Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 20:18hrs | 3510 | by Desmond Nleya
SA man jailed for stealing 6 cars from Ford dealership and trying to smuggle them into Zimbabwe
A 36-year-old Limpopo man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for breaking into a Ford dealership and stealing six new vehicles valued at more than R3 million.Tsununu Ahmad Maphosa, 36, w...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
4 die of suspected poisoning
POLICE has confirmed the death of four family members due to suspected poisoning after complaining of severe stomach pains at Musisinyani village in Mwenezi."The ZRP reports a sad incident whi...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 4036 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off to Egypt
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today joins fellow world leaders in the two-day Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit, the first part of the high-level segment for Heads of State and Government, here at t...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Sadc dismisses targeted sanctions claim
SADC chairperson and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, has reiterated calls for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some Western countries saying the...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:51hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions increase cost of doing business in Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West hamper the free movement of funds across international borders, and therefore can raise the cost of doing business, or at least make investors worry a...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Will the removal of sanctions restore democracy in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions imposed by the West on the government of Zimbabwe has always been sparking a debate across the country with mixed feelings.At the UNGA 77th President of Senegal Macky Sa...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:42hrs | 2140 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF congress to give Mnangagwa mandate
THE Zanu-PF's 7th National People's Congress whose preparations are ongoing is going to endorse and confirm President Mnangagwa as the party's Presidential candidate for next year's harmonised electio...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:54hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe's leading human rights violator'
Zimbabwe's governing party Zanu-PF, which claims to have fought for freedom and democracy within the broad liberation movement, remains the country's leading human rights violator – a role it has ma...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 17:39hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa-Masisi alliance bad for democracy'
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi clearly have many things in common — the hounding of political foes out of the country and the silencing of cri...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 17:38hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Botswana, Namibia discard passports
NAMIBIA and Botswana nationals will no longer be using passports when travelling between the two countries after the countries' Presidents agreed to open their borders to each other.President ...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Colonial hangover will never end as long as racially brainwashed Mnangagwa regime in power
So, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime is over the moon over the two or so second handshake with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair!In fact, the president did not waste any time pos...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 666 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Botswana opposition blasts Masisi over Zimbabwe anti-sanctions removal call
Opposition Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi's blind calls for scrapping of sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe by the west while ignoring what brought the measures ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 07:33hrs | 4631 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect leader mobilises for Mnangagwa
Johanne Masowe Wechishanu WeAfrica International Church leader Andby Makururu is moving around the country encouraging his members to vote for the ruling Zanu-PF party in elections expected next year....Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Masisi proves ruling elite out of touch with suffering ordinary citizenry as he enjoys life in ivory tower with Mnangagwa!
I perfectly understand that life in the ivory tower of power and wealth is so lavish and comfortable!I am similarly aware that - living an ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:31hrs | 508 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Masisi hail Mnangagwa's stance
BOTSWANA President Mokgwetsi Masisi has hailed his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's resolve to curb stocktheft and spread of animal diseases like foot and mouth along the two cou...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique railway line on cards
ZIMBABWE, Botswana and Mozambique are working on plans to establish a railway line to connect the three countries with a gateway to the sea, President Mnangagwa has said.Further, Zimbabwe and ...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Botswana amplifies call for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
LLEGAL sanctions imposed by Western countries on Zimbabwe are not only affecting Zimbabweans but the whole Southern African Development Community region and their removal will ensure economic growth, ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Botswana President to open Zimbabwe Agric show
BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi is expected in the country tomorrow to officially open the 112th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) on Friday, Cabinet announced yesterday. President Masisi, who...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Massive NRZ partnership coal deal takes off
Zimbabwe has actualised its railway partnership agreements with Botswana and Mozambique for the enhancement of regional trade among the three countries through the movement of coal from Botswana via Z...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Ian Khama fails to bury sister...watches funeral on TV
Former Botswana President of Botswana Ian Khama failed to attend the burial of his only sister Jacqueline Khama who died last week and was buried in Serowe today after fears that the government would ...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 11:20hrs | 6385 | by hama
Zimbabwean man arrested after shooting two dead in South Africa
The National security Task Force (NTF) has arrested a 28-year-old Zimbabwean man who was on the run after killing two people in Limpopo Province. Tawanda Simango, whose given address was Masis...Published: 25 May 2022 at 17:46hrs | 2299 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to headline AfCFTA talk at Davos
President Mnangagwa, in Davos attending the World Economic Forum, is today expected to contribute to and co-chair a breakfast discussion around Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).The ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Botswana rejects Iant Khama's 'outrageous' claims of assassination plot
The Botswana government has dismissed as "outrageous" claims by former President Ian Khama that his family is under siege and that there is a plot to assassinate him.Khama, who left Botswana i...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:57hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Khama accusses Botswana Government of killing Prison Boss
Former Botswana President Ian Khama has accused the Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi leds government of being behind the death of former Commissioner of Prisons and Rehabilitation Colonel Silas Motlal...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1112 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Ian Khama speaks out after being charged with stealing weapons
Former Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama has responded to reports that he is a fugitive in South Africa after being charged with theft of firearms in 2016. Speaking to SAB...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 15:11hrs | 3971 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We are not harbouring 'fugitive' Ian Khama; Ramaphosa says
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says his country is not seen as habouring a fugitive after former Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama has been holed up in the neighbouring country since...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 17:57hrs | 4475 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe mobilises funds for Kazungula project
GOVERNMENT has mobilised funds to conduct detailed engineering designs for the construction of a bridge at Kazungula One Stop Border Post (OSBP), which will service Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana as pa...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda, Beitbridge, Botswana villagers beat up, kill rustlers
A GROUP of 23 villagers from Gwanda and Beitbridge districts allegedly ganged up with 11 Botswana nationals and brutally assaulted seven suspected stock thieves, killing one of them during skirmishes....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabweans in Botswana jails
BOTSWANA and Zimbabwe are set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see prisoner exchanges between the countries.Zimbabweans serving jail time in Botswana will be able to compl...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler cops arrested
GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on police officers linked to organised cattle rustling syndicates that operate along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border leading to the arrest of some suspects and their s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana extradition treaty comes into effect
The Extradition Treaty of criminal suspects between Zimbabwe and Botswana is now in force after Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe gazetted the text recently as the two countr...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa lands top Sadc role
Zanu-PF Secretary for Finance and Economic Development and former Cabinet Minister Patrick Chinamasa and diplomat Ambassador Dr Andrew Hama Mtetwa have been appointed to the Southern African Developme...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Masisi stands tall in fight to remove illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has reiterated that his country will always call for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries over 20 years ago.He told...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Masisi, Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for bi-national commission
President Masisi has arrived in Victoria Falls where he found his counterpart President Mnangagwa waiting to welcome him.The two Presidents briefly watched a performance by a local traditional...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:29hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: America panics over ZANU PF...funds #OperationDudula
As Zimbabwe continues to neutralize the 22 year illegal USA sponsored sanctions propelling the Americans into a frustration mode, a despairing America is turning to ex-convicts, fraudsters, gold digge...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 17:13hrs | 6925 | by Nathaniel Sibanda
Botswana imposes stiff penalties for the unvaccinated
Returning Botswana citizens unwilling to be vaccinated for Covid-19 face a fine of P5 000 (R6 500), a year in prison, or both, as the government worries about vaccines that will expire in April this y...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Masisi bolster ties
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday had an extensive bilateral engagement with his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi in the resort city of Victoria Falls with the two leaders committing to intensify co...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
RevivED, on course, CompletED
FULFILLING a century-old dream, President Mnangagwa in February this year commissioned the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, which will come with a 245 km water pipeline to Bulawayo and put an end to the se...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:39hrs | 209 | by Fungi Kwaramba
No to drugs, indiscipline, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday implored children to be disciplined, hardworking, respectful and also abstain from drugs and wayward behaviour if they are to be competitive in a globalised world....Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:07hrs | 22 | by Staff Reporter
Latest on Ian Khama's 'suspicious' trip to South Africa
The Seretse Khama Ian Khama Foundation has issued a statement refuting reports that for Botswana strongman Lt Gen. Dr Seretse khama Ian Khama has fled the neighbouring country to South Africa. ...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 12:39hrs | 221 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Ian khama flees Botswana to South Africa?
Reports coming from Botswana indicate that former Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama allegedly fled the neighbouring country after a court order for him to relinquish his weapons to the Direct...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 12:22hrs | 210 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Denying that there sanctions against Zimbabwe now a discredited position
All is primed for the observation of the Anti-Sanctions Solidarity Day which was declared by Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to take place every 25 October.The day this y...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 6 | by Lovemore Chikova
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