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Manhunt launched for smuggling truck driver
POLICE in Victoria Falls have launched a manhunt for the driver and owner of a United Kingdom-marked container truck that was intercepted along Kazungula Road on Friday last week loaded with a Honda C...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1883 | by Staff reporter
Border accident exposes smuggling racket
TRAVELLERS at Beitbridge Border Post were on Sunday treated to a free movie when dozens of bottles of smuggled Broncleer cough syrup, with a street value of $500, fell off the front fenders of a Botsw...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Gonyeti used to smuggle UK car
POLICE in Victoria Falls have intercepted a smuggled container truck fully loaded with a Honda Civic vehicle, 105 bales of second hand clothes and a variety of other goods with an estimated combined v...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 3767 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over racist South African writer’s toxic article on Zimbabwe
A VICIOUS article penned by a South African freelance white cricket writer, describing Zimbabwe as a "fascist'' country whose national team should not be allowed to compete against their international...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 510 | by staff reporter
Zimbabwe military not involved in Biti arrest
THE Zimbabwe National Army has nothing to do with the arrest of MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, a senior police officer said yesterday.Chief Superintendent Jealous Nyabasa made the remarks...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 15:56hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers cash in on porous Beitbridge border
SMUGGLING across the dry Limpopo riverbed has never been this high. Queues of vehicles loading goods illicitly brought into the country have turned dirty village road networks into busy streets....Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe Presidential Election through the barrel of a gun
HARARE - Caretaker leader, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, is all but almost certain to be announced the winner of today's historic presidential election, by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by lu...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 11976 | by Mary-Kate Kahari- Zimbabwe Editor
Be sober and vigilant on this day!
The end of this month is like no other month end, it is a defining moment for everyone.This could be the silver lining we all been hoping for, this could be the demise of Zanu-PF. This month end could...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 19:42hrs | 709 | by AT Kadada
Smuggled blankets suffocate Waverly
ZIMBABWE's remaining blanket manufacturer, Waverly Blankets, faces collapse as its operations are being suffocated by an influx of smuggled blankets allegedly from China. It is understood that once th...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:48hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
It's a hoax - Pakistan contaminated rice message false
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has scoffed at a message circulating on social media about Dana, a rice brand, allegedly imported from Pakistan contaminated with an unnamed virus.Zimra'...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | 207 | by Staff rpeorter
Impact of illicit financial flows on socio economic development
While the "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra is good in attracting foreign investors the government of Zimbabwe need to step up efforts to curtail illicit financial flows (IFFs) by enforcing anti ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 15:04hrs | 216 | by Davison Kaiyo
Tax amnesty 2018 in respect of motor vehicles
IN an effort to encourage our valued clients to regularise their tax obligations, the Government has, through the Finance Act No. 1 of 2018 published on 15 March 2018, made provisions for granting of ...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1021 | by zimra
Is multi-tier pricing the problem or symptom?
As Zimbabwe's central bank tries to calm the problem it caused in the market through the introduction of bond notes in November 2016, questions have been raised on whether the multi-tier pricing syste...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | 408 | by Victor Bhoroma
Impact of illicit financial flows on socio economic development
While the "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra is good in attracting foreign investors the government of Zimbabwe need to step up efforts to curtail illicit financial flows (IFFs) by enforcing anti ...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 212 | by Davison Kaiyo
FreeZim wins t-shirts wrangle with ZRP
THE High Court has ordered Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to immediately release 50 000 campaign T-shirts which were seized from an opposition political party by police at Beitbridge Borde...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe loses millions to smuggling syndicates
THE government could be losing millions of dollars in revenue via its north-eastern port of entry at Forbes Border Post due to under-declaration and false classification of goods by importers to evade...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Day-old chicks shortage hits industry
THE production of hatching eggs in Zimbabwe is projected to remain depressed until the last quarter of this year, necessitating the continued high dependence on imports to satisfy demand for day-old c...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:40hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
5 bust with 150 smuggled bales of 2nd hand clothes
A suspected cartel of five people was brought before Chiredzi magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso last week charged with smuggling 150 bales of second-hand clothes from Mozambique into Chiredzi.Repr...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 16:26hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
We played your game for too long
As present day events unfold in front of me, I enviously look back at my past, and characters that were around me when I grew up. The picture of my late grandmother, (Mbuya Chikaka) flashes vividly in...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 17:34hrs | 3861 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Zimra boss quizzed over 'smuggled' Zanu-PF campaign material
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general, Faith Mazani was yesterday grilled by MDC-T Chitungwiza North legislator, Godfrey Sithole, who demanded to know if Zanu-PF had paid import duty...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
$135 000 drug bust
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men found with a consignment of khat - a dangerous drug - with a street value of $135 000 which was destined for the United Kingdom.Detectives arrested a U...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Cross border vehicle theft kingpin's trial date set
THE trial of a 31-year-old Zimbabwean man who is believed to be the kingpin of a cross-border vehicle theft syndicate, has been set for June 27 at the Musina Magistrate's court.Frank Dube and ...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:15hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Fist fight over Mukupe's alleged rigging
VIOLENCE broke outside the New Government Complex in Harare yesterday when Zanu-PF youths aligned to Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe clashed with students from various tertiary institutions who...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:45hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa paid a $2,000 bribe in Mozambique
After he fled Zimbabwe in October last year and crossed into Mozambique, the then fired vice-president and now Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed an armed member of Renamo about $2000 (R25...Published: 23 May 2018 at 11:13hrs | 12676 | by Staff reporter
Investigation: Cocaine, Meth, and other banned drugs flood Zimbabwe
"Cocaine, crack cocaine, meth, codeine, diazepam… it just depends on the kind of high a person is looking for"This is Crispen. No. That's not his rea...Published: 21 May 2018 at 20:10hrs | 1909 | by Maynard Manyowa and Prince Butawo (Khuluma Afrika)
Zimbabwe / SA launch joint crime-busting operation
ZIMBABWE and South Africa last week launched a multi-disciplinary joint crime-busting operation targeting cross-border criminals.The operation, code-named Cross-border Operation Basadi (basadi...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Off-duty cops arrested over contraband
Two Kariba-based police detectives were arrested on Monday on allegations of smuggling illicit medical substances after one of the vehicles carrying the contraband was involved in an accident in Norto...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
R1 million Zimbabwe cigarettes haul in South Africa
THE SOUTH African Police Services (Saps) has intercepted close to R1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes of Zimbabwean origin stashed at a house in Louis Tritchardt where a 30-year-old woman was arre...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | 576 | by Staff Reporter
Smuggling cops nabbed
Two detectives stationed at Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Kariba were reportedly arrested yesterday together with their accomplice for smuggling illicit substances after one of the vehicles that carr...Published: 16 May 2018 at 11:55hrs | 2596 | by Simbarashe Sithole
VP Aspirant - Senatorial Aspirant- Bekithemba Mpofu - the Opportunist
Chamisa's personal friend, Bekithemba Mpofu wrote on his Facebook page that he was elated to be on the final MDC-T senatorial list. What a shame. The other article on Bulawayo24.com went on to say the...Published: 06 May 2018 at 21:29hrs | 1828 | by Thandekhile Dhlamini
Industry challenges Mnangagwa
LOCAL industry says government should create a conducive environment for the sector to up capacity utilisation.The call was in response to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who recently exhorted "...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:12hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Story of Zipra field commander
GROWING up in the arid district of Beitbridge in Matabeleland South after his family had been removed from the rich soils and good pastures in West Nicholson, Joseph Mbedzi pseudo name Joseph Sibuko h...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Six more Zimbabwean kids to be deported from SA
SIX more Zimbabwean children who were smuggled to South Africa by omalayitsha through Beitbridge Border Post will be repatriated back to the country on Thursday as the governments of the two neighbour...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:49hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy is not only dying, it's stuck in near-stagnation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faced growing pressure yesterday over remarks made by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament that government never promised to solve the current cash crisis in 100...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 15:23hrs | 1655 | by Staff reporter
SA to deport more smuggled children
THE government has said that six Zimbabwean children who were smuggled into South Africa without adequate documentation, are expected back in the country on April 19, in a move meant to clampdown on t...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Paraffin shortage hits Zimbabwe
PARAFFIN, a key energy source for low-income households, is currently in short supply and mostly available at higher prices on the black market.A snap survey by The Herald Business revealed th...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bused crowd divides opinion
MDC president Nelson Chamisa's massively attended Bulawayo rally has divided opinion, with some saying the crowds were bussed.Last Saturday, Chamisa invaded his rival Thokozani Khupe's homegro...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 15:31hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Police tighten noose on Grace Mugabe
Police have intensified investigations into a case in which former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe allegedly smuggled ivory worth millions of dollars to underground foreign markets.Sources close t...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:42hrs | 2558 | by Staff reporter
Felix Magagela Mafa Sibanda's philanthropic works exposed
It is often said that the good that man do lives after them and for sure Felix Magagela Mafa Sibanda's deeds have followed him since time immemorial. As teacher, a trade unionists, a human rights acti...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 08:19hrs | 667 | by Henry Madiro
Prices of basics remain high
PRICES of basic commodities have remained high in Zimbabwe as businesses continue defying a recent directive by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop unnecessary price increases, a survey conducted by ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:13hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa externalisation saga: Badly executed plan
The list released by President Emmerson this week, which contained the names of companies and individuals accused of "externalising" money from Zimbabwe, generated a lot of chatter but, quite predicta...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 19:43hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
Exam cheats lose court challenge
THE High Court yesterday dismissed an application by 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged cheating....Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:15hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Gold heist gang jailed
FOUR injiva linked to an organised syndicate of armed robbers who raided shops in Bulawayo and terrorised residents, seizing about $7 200 in cash and 18 grammes of gold, were yesterday jailed for a co...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is still playing power politics
"Zimbabwe is topsy-turvy,'' Robert Mugabe is telling me. And from where I sit, facing the fallen leader from across his broad desk, in a lavishly appointed reception room in his sprawling mansion on t...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:00hrs | 455 | by ITV
Europeans are major smugglers of Southern African reptiles
The European Union is a major destination for illegally smuggled live snakes, lizards and tortoises from southern Africa, posing a serious threat to their conservation. Wealthy EU citizens are big col...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 10:00hrs | 2069 | by Adam Cruise
Parents of deported Zimbabwean kids arrested
FIRST their children were taken away from them‚ now Zimbabwean parents living in South Africa are behind bars.Eight children were repatriated last week‚ marking the end of a legal battle b...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 13:42hrs | 5420 | by Staff reporter
How diamond smuggling is thriving in Zimbabwe
SITTING under a shade with eyes glued on a road in Mozambique's Manica town's affluent suburb, a group of five young men scans all directions for potential suppliers of diamonds.The street is ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1116 | by Wealth of Nations
Zimbabwe raids shops for SA cold meats
Government has dispatched teams to inspect ready-to-eat cold meats, particularly those imported from South Africa, that are being sold in supermarkets and the informal sector following the ban on cold...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:25hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Cops throw spikes, cause accident
SUSPECTED gross negligence by police on Monday caused an accident which injured five people after the cops threw spikes on a pirate taxi which was ferrying passengers from Forbes Border Post into Muta...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Date set for hearing for Zimsec exam 'cheats'
THE hearing of a matter involving 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged examination cheating has been set...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
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