Beitbridge
Zimbabwe’s Online Border Management System (OBMS) is now fully operational, streamlining visa applications and immigration clearance through a digital platform. Launched in January by the Department of Immigration, the system modernises border processes by allowing travellers to apply for visas online and pass through electronic gates (e-gates) with minimal delays. The OBMS is currently active […]
A 32-year-old police officer from Beitbridge, Ziggie Khonzani, has been sentenced to nine months in prison after assaulting a shopkeeper with an empty beer bottle during a dispute over change at a local butchery on May 5, 2025. The altercation began after Khonzani became agitated when the shopkeeper allegedly delayed giving him his change. In […]
27-year-old Arnold Ncube, from Thatsilikiti Village in Beitbridge, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for stealing three donkeys valued at US$300 from a local villager. The Beitbridge Magistrates’ Court found Ncube guilty of unlawfully taking the animals from 67-year-old Dowelani Mulaudzi of Masumpa Village in April 2025. He later sold the donkeys in […]
A 49-year-old Beitbridge man, Denny Mutariswa, has been sentenced to an effective 10 months in prison after being convicted of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs for dealing purposes. Mutariswa was apprehended on May 15, 2025, around 1:00 AM, during an anti-smuggling operation conducted by police officers at a roadblock along the Masvingo/Beitbridge highway. Officers stopped […]
Two men from Beitbridge, Quinton Sibanda (18) and Kamuelo Moyo (20), have appeared before the Beitbridge Magistrates’ Court facing charges of rape and murder. The court heard that on 9 May 2025, the two allegedly followed 21-year-old Marvelous Tlou, who was walking along a bushy path on her way to Whunga Business Centre for a […]
Police in Beitbridge have arrested Emmaculata Chikara at Dulibadzimu Bus Terminus for unlawful possession of unregistered medicines. Authorities seized 1,496 bottles of Broncleer syrup (100ml each) and nine boxes of smuggled chicken cuts. According to police reports, the arrest followed a tip-off, and investigations into the matter are ongoing. The suspect is currently in custody, […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed pride in the country’s economic progress, citing key achievements across various sectors. Speaking at the ZANU PF 125th Ordinary Session of the Central Committee, Mnangagwa noted that the country anticipates a bumper harvest, attributing it to the abundant rainfall received this year. On the mining sector, he pointed to the […]
A 32-year-old man, Moses Mukonowenzou, has been sentenced to 23 and a half years in prison for robbery and rape by the Regional Beitbridge Magistrate Court for the Western Division. According to the National Prosecuting Authority, the incident occurred on 9 January 2025 at a residence in Mashakada, Beitbridge. Mukonowenzou broke into the home, using […]
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa yesterday presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Xintai Palm River Energy and Metallurgical Industrial Park in Beitbridge, marking a significant milestone in Zimbabwe’s economic development. The project is a comprehensive energy hub that includes a coking plant with a 1 million-tonne annual coke capacity, a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired thermal power plant […]
A 23-year-old Beitbridge resident, Gerald Gumbodete, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for violently stealing two phones during a violent robbery in November 2024. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Gumbodete stabbed Avant Mugweva five times with an okapi knife before stealing his two cellphones. Police recovered the stolen phones along with […]
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