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Beitbridge Border users toast to improved efficiencies
Users of Beitbridge Border Post, principally truck drivers and cross-border traders, are excited that the automation of arguably the largest and busiest border in Southern Africa, has considerably red...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports agency beefs up security
ZIMBABWE'S airports authorities are planning to roll out multi-pronged systems enabling them to beef up security at porous exit and entry points, businessdigest was told this week.Previously, ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:57hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business people involved in potatoes smuggling in Botswana
ZIMBABWEAN business people are reportedly involved in the alleged smuggling of potatoes syndicate with South African farmers and Botswana business men fol...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 07:00hrs | 4540 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimra implements strategic plan
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is in the process of implementing various projects that are part of its five-year strategy to transform service delivery, ease of doing business as well as plugging reve...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
ZRP facing collapse
ZIMBABWE'S police service could collapse if no urgent action is taking to lift the morale of police officers through better pay, fixing key infrastructure and providing modern operational tools, a cro...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:24hrs | 4616 | by Staff reporter
Zimra scales up automation
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will beef up its automation systems to ease pressure at the country's border posts and introduce drones to monitor smuggling at unauthorised entry points....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:40hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changing its passport by 2023
Zimbabwe's passport prices will double from US$60 to US$120 after the government awarded a passport production contract to a corruption-linked Belgian firm.President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tues...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:51hrs | 1862 | by Staff reporter
Zimra sets up crisis management team at border
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said it is setting up a crisis management team to be on the ground around the clock at Beitbridge Border Post to ensure efficiency and avoid congestion and d...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to revamp airports security
Security systems at Zimbabwe's airports are set for a major upgrade over the next 24 months in a development that will see state-of-the-art scanners replacing physical searches among other key issues,...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New-look Beitbridge border post excites residents
The new-look Beitbridge Border Post that is shaping up following the completion of the first phase under its ongoing US$300 million modernisation programme has ignited excitement among the border town...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Banks to roll out incentives for depositors
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the banking sector are coming up with the nuts and bolts of interest payments on demand deposits to encourage people to deposit money in banks, rather than bury it und...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling suspect denied bail
A member of the security services suspected to have dodged security checks at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while assisting in the smuggling of 13kg gold worth US$783 000 was yesterday d...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling: Heads to roll at airport
POLICE will leave no stone unturned in establishing how a gold smuggler sneaked out of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport undetected, only to be arrested in South African. Home Af...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Reckless drivers to lose licences
RECKLESS drivers who routinely violate road regulations will have their driver's licences revoked under a new system set to be introduced by the Government soon.Authorities are preparing to ro...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested in SA over explosives
POLICE in South Africa yesterday arrested a 27-year-old Zimbabwean national allegedly caught with 115 units of blasting cartridges and 100 units of explosive accessories.The explosives were packed...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a flight risk, says Rushwaya
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya insists she will not interfere with witnesses and is not a flight risk after applying for bail at the High Court in her 6kg gold smugglin...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa symbolises a failed leadership
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa symbolises a failed leadership. When a leadership fails to provide basic services such as clean water, shelter, food, jobs and power, that leadership deserves urgent repla...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Chief Muzivikanwi
Rushwaya exonerates Mnangagwa's wife
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday exonerated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and claimed ownership of the gold that was seized from her at the airport.R...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
I picked wrong bag, says Rushwaya
HENRIETTA Rushwaya is now stating that she picked up the wrong bag with four gold bars weighing 6kg, instead of a similar bag with her clothes when she went to the airport over a week ago and that her...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dumps bodyguard
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has jettisoned one of his bodyguards who was implicated in an alleged gold smuggling racket.Stephen Chenjerai Tserayi, a member of the Close Unit, was suspended fo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya on the rack
THE court yesterday heard that the controversial president of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), Henrietta Rushwaya, was part of a wider smuggling syndicate that allegedly involved intelligence ope...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggler Rushwaya expected in court today
Transnational car dealers, Ali Japan 786, have been fingered in a suspected gold smuggling racket exposed yesterday following the arrest of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrieta Rushwaya at Ro...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya arrested for gold smuggling 6kg of gold
Former Zimbabwe Football Association chief executive officer Henrietta Rushwaya was this afternoon arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on allegations of trying to smu...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Scanners cause border delays
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has since July been forced to manually enforce customs regulations on commercial imports coming into the country through Beitbridge following a major breakdown o...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is missing out on gold's rally
Gold might have rallied to a record high above US$2 070 this year, but policy missteps by the Zimbabwean authorities saw the southern African country missing out on the uplift.Zimbabwe, which ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zambia travel borders officially open
Zambia travel is open to foreign nationals, however, according to the US Embassy in Zambia, the Government of Zambia has suspended all tourist visas until further notice. Travelers arriving with a vis...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 13 | by Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor
Mnangagwa secures himself with Briefcase guns, drones and bulletproof vests
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived at the National Sports Stadium for a ceremony to mark Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day on Tuesday, he was sandwiched between men in dark suits carrying briefcases....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:10hrs | 9386 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa wears bulletproof vest to clinic opening
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wore a bulletproof vest to the opening of a clinic in Harare on Thursday, pictures reveal.Mnangagwa delivered a World Population Day speech at the official opening...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 5928 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa wears bulletproof vest to clinic opening
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wore a bulletproof vest to the opening of a clinic in Harare on Thursday, pictures reveal.Mnangagwa delivered a World Population Day speech at the official opening...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:11hrs | 19989 | by ZimLive
Smuggling: the new corruption frontier in Zimbabwe
As the Zimbabwean economy rapidly slides into hyperinflation induced recession, the levels of smuggling at the country's border posts has reached alarming levels. Cross border traders, foreign nationa...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
PROPHECY: Armed people to hijack buses in Zimbabwe
Divine Kingdom Ministry Pastor Ian Ndlovu has sent a strong warning to the government of Zimbabwe and Somalia that armed persons will begin to hijack long distance buses.He said the armed peop...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 12:34hrs | 16860 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Men with beard have more germs than dogs
Men's beards carry more germs than dogs do in their fur, a study has found. Scientists looked at the levels of bacteria lurking in 18 men's facial hair and 30 dogs from different breeds. 'Th...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 00:19hrs | 38503 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra cracks down on tax avoidance
Zimbabwe's tax agency is cracking down on tax avoidance in both the public and private sector via underhand deals to try and recoup millions in lost State income, the head of the Zimbabwe Revenue Auth...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:31hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens his security
In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force per...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:16hrs | 14180 | by Staff reporter
Protests leave businesses wallowing
NOT even his military training and war experience could help David Moyo protect his shop from "looters" during recent skirmishes.Moyo, a 58 year-old ex-combatant, tried without success to defe...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to set up virtual border posts
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is targeting to establish virtual border posts where travellers and their cargo will be cleared in less than five minutes.This was said by Zimra Commissi...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff reportet
South Africa borders ready for festive season
South Africa Home Affairs Minister Siyabonga Cwele has announced that ports of entry are ready for the festive season."The department would like to confirm its readiness to handle increased vo...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 10:46hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra to acquire modern liquid testing devices
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will acquire advanced testing equipment to monitor liquid imports in a bid to curb smuggling.At the moment, the department cannot monitor the liq...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls for caution in mandatory postal tracking implementation
ZIMBABWE has called on the international community of postal regulatory authorities to be cautious before implementing a planned blanket mandatory tracking system on parcels, arguing it could hit oper...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe stalled border upgrade'
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo has disclosed that former President Robert Mugabe stalled the multi-million-dollar Beitbridge Border Post upgrade after the project was l...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:52hrs | 1549 | by Staff reporter
Truck drivers, soldiers clash at Beitbridge border post
INTERNATIONAL haulage truckers and Zimbabwe National Army officers clashed at the Beitbridge Border Post on Tuesday after the former blocked a section of the customs and excise yard over delays in cle...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zim will not recover missing $15bn diamonds revenue'
THE Mines Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Thursday ruled that it would be difficult for Zimbabwe to recover its missing diamond revenues from some of the people implicated in the scam. The commit...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing the product counterfeit war
The unchecked growth of counterfeit (fake) products dumped in the Zimbabwean market has reached alarming levels. Although the country's official import bill shows that imports into the country have sl...Published: 18 May 2018 at 17:38hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
PSL mull e-tickets for matches
THE Premier Soccer League is considering introducing e-tickets for its matches as a way of plugging leakages at all stadia.Faced with a number of people gaining free entry to league games ther...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra aim to enhance efficiency
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (zimra) has started working on new strategies to plug corruption and speed up the movement of cargo through the country's ports of entry, an official has said.Sp...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra implements new strategies
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started working on new strategies to plug corruption and speed up the movement of cargo through the country's ports of entry, an official has said.Sp...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers to be deployed to Beitbridge Border Post
THE Government will soon deploy soldiers to Beitbridge Border Post to help eradicate criminal activities during the festive season cross-border movement.During peak periods such as the festive...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 05:19hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
Black Friday frenzy Sale to Zimbabwe
Hundreds of shoppers yesterday thronged Edgars and OK stores countrywide for the Black Friday bargains that saw some prices being slashed by as much as 75 percent.Black Friday is an informal n...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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