Six Corrupt Beitbridge Zimra, immigration & police officers Arrested After Being Caught On Covert CCTV, Taking Bribes

Six Corrupt Beitbridge Zimra, immigration & police officers Arrested After Being Caught On Covert CCTV, Taking Bribes

THE $600 000 security upgrade at Beitbridge Border Post is fast paying dividends with six corrupt Zimra, immigration and police officers having already been arrested after being caught on Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) collecting bribes. The Government secured the equipment, which also includes lie detector machines, to curb corruption at the border post and ensure maximum revenue collection. The CCTV equipment was installed in July at points unknown to border personnel. Two immigration officers based at the country’s…

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‘Temporary Shutdown of Beitbridge Border Post On Monday Planned Across Social Media To Pile Pressure On Mugabe’

‘Temporary Shutdown of Beitbridge Border Post On Monday  Planned Across Social Media To Pile Pressure On Mugabe’

A temporary shutdown of Beitbridge Border Post is planned for Monday to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe to step down. On July 1, cross-border traders turned violent and briefly closed Beitbridge Border Post in protest over the import ban, before setting ablaze a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) warehouse. A total of 31 arrested protesters are currently on bail.Mobilization on social media is currently underway. “From August 8, 2016, we will close down all commercial…

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Panic On SA Side At Bbridge Border Post As, Over 50 People, Including SA Home Affairs, Arrested For Fraud, Corruption & Human Trafficking

  Over 50 people including South African Home Affairs officials have been arrested on their side of the Beitbridge border post in a development that has left Zimbabwean officials in panic mode. The 50 were arrested for fraud, corruption and other illegal activities and it is suspected that some of the crimes are committed in cohorts with Zimbabwe Government workers at the border. Masvingo Mirror reported that the suspects, who include senior SA immigration officers…

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Broke Zimbabwe Government Hikes Vehicle Import Duty

Broke Zimbabwe Government Hikes Vehicle Import Duty

  THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has unilaterally increased import duty on second hand vehicles at all the country’s borders.   Since Tuesday last week, duty for a range of vehicles increased by between $300 and $1,000.   In June last year, Zimra also increased duty by the same margins.   Revelations are that where an importer used to pay $1,920 duty for a Honda Fit (GD1) 2002 model, one now needs to fork out…

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Journalist Charged Under Non-Existent Law, Is Freed

Journalist Charged Under Non-Existent Law, Is Freed

  PROSECUTORS have withdrawn charges against a journalist who had been charged under a non-existent law. Wellington Mukhanhaire, 26, employed by The Messenger weekly newspaper, had been charged under section 83 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (AIPPA) Act, “Unaccredited journalist.” The section was repealed in 2007. He was arrested on February 11 while covering a tour of the Beitbridge Border Post by Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo. The State led by…

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MDC-T , Maridadi Arrested At Beitbridge Border For Filming Situation

TOP MDC-T official and Mabvuku legislator James Maridadi was arrested in the early hours of the morning at Beitbridge border post around 4am today. His crime was for shooting videos of customs officials and other travellers visiting the country through the border. Maridadi was also accused of entering through the border post without a passport or a valid travel document. According to the Chronicle, Maridadi went to the border post in the company of a…

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South Africa to deport , illegal Zimbabwean immigrants every fortnight

South Africa to deport ,  illegal Zimbabwean immigrants every fortnight

The South African government will soon be deporting Zimbabwean illegal immigrants every fortnight as they heighten efforts to decongest Lindela Transit Holding Centre in Johannesburg, an official has said.Zimbabwe’s Consul General to South Africa, Batiraishe Mukonoweshuro made the revelations on Friday after assessing the deportation processes of the second batch of 800 Zimbabweans who arrived in the country via the Beitbridge Border Post by train. The all-male group arrived on a 13-coach train escorted by…

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