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Bulawayo shoppers fall victim to fraudulent 'runner' scheme
Bulawayo residents were left reeling after falling victim to a fraudulent scheme involving a self-proclaimed South African-based "runner" who lured unsuspecting shoppers with promises of delivering go...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:22hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed smuggling goods from Botswana
A 30-year-old Bulawayo man was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday after he was caught smuggling goods at Mphoeng border post.Thembani Malvin Ndebele was slapped with a $400 fine ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 12:22hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimra goes after buses smuggling goods
Crews and owners of buses caught smuggling goods across the border at Beitbridge face rising fines and the possible seizure of the bus involved as Zimra step up compliance of customs and increasingly ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA tighten screws on border crimes
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened screws on border crimes along the Limpopo River and at the Beitbridge port of entry, where cases of irregular migrations and smuggling of prohibited goods are ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zacc intercepts smuggled goods
TWO men were yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje for smuggling goods worth thousands of dollars from South Africa.Samuel Matengu (37) and Taurai Mhlanga (37) were ar...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutare man arrested for smuggling
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 40-year-old Mutare man on charges of smuggling goods into the country.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrest o...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border drivers up for smuggling goods worth over US$52,000
TWO cross-border truck drivers have appeared in court on charges of smuggling goods worth over US$52 000 or $5 million through Beitbridge Border Post from neighbouring South Africa.The pair, T...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transporter drags 'bullying' Zimra to court
A HARARE-BASED transporter has challenged the seizure of his vehicle by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on allegations of smuggling goods into the country.In papers filed at the High Co...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
632 arrested as Zimbabwe - South Africa tighten border security
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened security along the Limpopo border to thwart illegal activities, especially smuggling and the irregular movement of people between the two countries, with over ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler bus driver attacks cops and flees
POLICE in Bulawayo on Wednesday last week arrested one driver while another escaped and is reportedly still on the run after they were busted with a haul of smuggled goods that included groceries, hom...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
50 000 arrested for cross-border crimes
ABOUT 50 000 people have been arrested since January for various cross-border crimes, particularly smuggling, a lucrative business that reportedly prejudices the country of hundreds of millions of dol...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 buses intercepted in a smuggling goods bust
POLICE intercepted two buses in Masvingo that were carrying smuggled goods worth about R150 000. In their twitter page the police said the two buses were intercepted at the 41 kilometre peg al...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Broad daylight smuggling
GOVERNMENT continues to lose millions of dollars in potential revenue as unrelenting smugglers and border jumpers continue to defy Covid-19 lockdown regulations by escalating their illegal activities ...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators defiant
SOME bus operators in Bulawayo have resorted to playing cat and mouse with authorities as they remain defiant, smuggling travellers and goods into the country to and from South Africa despite the clos...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South African truck driver fined for smuggling
A SOUTH African truck driver was yesterday fined $80 000 for smuggling goods worth $2,3 million through the Beitbridge Border Post last week. Kenneth Phila Vilakazi (38) was convicted on...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
+35 000 apprehended for cross-border related crimes
POLICE have this year arrested nearly 35 000 people for cross border related crimes.Police on January 7 launched operation "no to cross border crimes/ amacala kawaphele emingceleni elizwe/ mho...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff writer
30 000 up for smuggling
OVER 30 000 people have been arrested in the past three weeks for smuggling goods into the country, as well as border jumping, police said yesterday.The smuggling of goods, including luxury ve...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA army busts Zimbabwe vehicle smuggling racket
THE South African National Defence Forces (SANDEF) on Monday busted vehicle smuggling racket, intercepting two sports utility vehicles which were being smuggled to Zimbabwe through a sandy beach....Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to auction smugglers' vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has resolved to sell impounded vehicles used to transport smuggled goods in and out of the country as the entity escalates its fight against corruption.I...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
54 buses intercepted with smuggled goods
FIFTY-FOUR buses transporting smuggled goods worth over US$20 million have been intercepted since the beginning of March.As a result of the smuggling, the country has been losing millions of d...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 16:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Errant cross border transporters fined US$200,000
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has intensified the crackdown on errant cross border transporters who are smuggling goods from neighbouring countries, mostly South Africa during the Covid-19 in...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
8 buses seized in smuggling racket
EIGHT conventional buses have been impounded along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo and BeitbridgeHarare highways since last week for allegedly aiding the smuggling of goods from South Africa, NewsDay reported...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thousands are arrested for border jumping
OVER 8 000 people have been arrested so far across the country as police intensify their fight against border jumpers at a time the nation's entry points remain closed in a move aimed at curbing the s...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's porous borders 'now a security threat'
ZIMBABWE's porous borders are posing a serious security risk as they expose the country to a litany of illegal activities, including smuggling and criminal syndicates roaming undetected, a damning rep...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers intercepted
At least 38 people have been arrested in Beitbridge in separate incidents on allegations of crossing into South Africa illegally before attempting to smuggle various goods worth over R156 000 into the...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses 30 tonnes gold to smuggling
ZIMBABWE has reportedly lost between 30 and 34 tonnes of gold which was smuggled to South Africa last year in a new wave of illicit financial flows (IFFs) that are affecting the country, the Zimbabwe ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Killer soldiers arrested as angry villagers burn down house
The two soldiers who shot and killed two men in Chisuma area just outside Victoria Falls have been arrested while angry villagers allegedly torched a house belonging to a businessman who they accused ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
11 in court for smuggling
ELEVEN PEOPLE have appeared before a Mutare magistrate in connection with smuggling of goods from Mozambique following an incident in which a bus carrying more than 400 packs of Coca Cola drinks was i...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption officials accused of theft
THREE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officials have been hauled before the courts on allegations of stealing cash and groceries belonging to a Mutare court official.The trio, Tawan...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police make 'progress' in minister's shooting case
DEPUTY Home Affairs minister Obedingwa Mguni could find himself in court answering to allegations of shooting at a motorist, as police had made progress in the case, Southern News was told yesterday....Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 13:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Government urged to urgently deal with smuggling at borders
The gains of imports control measures put in place by Government through Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 will soon be eroded unless measures are put in place to stop smuggling of goods through designa...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Smuggling syndicate busted by police
Police in Manicaland have burst another syndicate involved in smuggling goods and groceries from neighbouring Mozambique and recovered 151 bales of second hand clothes.The Forbes Border Post c...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fit all public buses with speed governors'
All public buses must be compulsorily fitted with devices that stop them going over speed limits as a road safety measure to cut deaths from road accidents, the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (Paz)...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 12:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Smuggling crippling industrial viability'
POOR infrastructure along the country's borders has a crippling effect on local industry revival as it fuels smuggling, which compromises business viability, a legislator has said.Chairperson ...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra slaps hoteliers with $3,8m tax bill
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has slapped hoteliers with a US$3,8 million tax bill from outstanding obligations that accrued from the 15 percent value added tax (VAT) on food sold to fore...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cross border transporter fined $100 for smuggling
A Zimbabwean cross border transporter Mandisi Ncube (36) has been fined $100 for smuggling goods worth $1740, 65 and failing to pay a duty amounting to $39, 88.He pleaded guilty to the charges...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Transport operator nabbed for smuggling goods from Botswana
A transport operator has been arrested while driving along the Plumtree road to Bulawayo carrying goods allegedly smuggled into the country from Botswana.Martin Muzamba (36) a cross border tra...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Pelandaba resident in trouble for smuggling goods from Botswana
A man from Bulawayo's Pelandaba suburbs is in trouble after he allegedly smuggled goods worth $200 from Botswana.Wisdom Shumba (23) was not asked to plead to smuggling when he appeared before ...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Man fined $50 for smuggling goods from Mozambique
A man from Cowdray Park has been fined $50 for smuggling goods worth $200 from Mozambique into Zimbabwe.Actine Nyathi (52) pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Bulawayo magistr...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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Mphoko threatens to unleash soldiers
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said the government would in future use the military to deal with violence during protests."We will look at our own ways of solving such problems…...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggling surges after Zimbabwe ban
Beitbridge - Smuggling operations into Zimbabwe from South Africa's border town of Musina have increased following that country's import ban on basic food stuffs.Business formations in Musina ...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 17:14hrs | | by ANA Reporter
Zimbabwe secures drones to hunt smugglers
The government has secured funding to buy unmanned aircraft (drones) to help curb smuggling at the country's borders, a Cabinet minister has said.Speaking during a tour of Magure Farm in Wedza...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps a police officer
A BULAWAYO man allegedly kidnapped a police officer who was trying to arrest him for smuggling goods at Plumtree Border Post, a magistrate heard yesterday. Gift Moyo, 43, of Cowdray Park subur...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 09:00hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Plumtree police ordered to release impounded bus
A court has ordered police in Plumtree to release a Botswana businessman's bus, which was impounded two weeks ago.Kaiser Dhliwayo Saungweme, who runs Saungweme Buses, turned to the court a...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Porous Zimbabwe border posts will deal Chinamasa huge blow'
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Mike Bimha says a raft of policy changes recently made by the government to stop the importation of cheap goods are unlikely to bear much fruit due to smuggling at the c...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man in court for smuggling second-hand clothes worth $30,000
A 30-YEAR- OLD Harare man, Tinashe Saurombe, yesterday appeared at the Mutare Magistrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling goods worth $31 207 from Mozambique.Magistrate ...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Security forces fingered in smuggling
Security forces operating along Zimbabwe's national boundaries are fingered in massive smuggling of various products as well as assisting smugglers to pass without apprehension. Criminals that ar...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 14:37hrs | 3 | by Suitable Kajau
Man (46) in court for smuggling goods from SA
A 46-YEAR-OLD Beigbridge man pleaded guilty to smuggling goods worth $1 082 from South Africa in contravention of Section 182 of the Customs and Excise Act Chapter 23:02 when he appeared in the Beigbr...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 07:49hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
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