Massive R4m (US$330 000) Ivory From Zimbabwe Seized At OR Tambo International Airport

Massive R4m (US$330 000)  Ivory From Zimbabwe Seized At OR Tambo International Airport

A SHIPMENT of ivory worth R4 million (US$330 000) was intercepted at Johannesburg airport on its way from Zimbabwe to Vietnam, South African officials said Friday, hailing it as one of the biggest recent finds. The 267 kilogram haul was hidden in boxes wrapped in plastic and labelled as handicrafts. “A full inspection of the boxes led to customs officials discovering ivory tusks amongst shredded paper,” the customs service said in a statement, valuing the…

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Car Goes Through House Roof Of Durban Home: Driver And Residents Unhurt

A car has flown off a road and smashed through the roof of a house in South Africa’s coastal city Durban, emergency services firm ER24 says. The driver said he drove over a ramp, and this led him to crash into the house in Kwamakhutha township, it said. He escaped injury, while a person sleeping in a room next to the one where the car landed was also unhurt, ER24 added. “It’s really kind of…

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Madziba’s House Set Ablaze In SA & Madzibaba Sure, Culprits Are Zimbabweans

Madziba’s House Set Ablaze In  SA & Madzibaba Sure, Culprits  Are Zimbabweans

PROPHET Madzibaba and his wife who are originally from Zimbabwe almost died when their house was set on fire by unknown people in South Africa. Daily Sun reported that the prophet said he won’t open a case as he believes his magic water will make the culprits come forward and confess. Prophet Madzibaba Rony (31) from Chris Hani, Hammanskraal, Tshwane had a bad dream. In his dream he said he saw four men come into…

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‘Mugabe Never Presided Over Massacre, Not A Tyrrant, or to Blame for Zim Problems’ -Malema

‘Mugabe Never Presided Over Massacre, Not A Tyrrant, or to Blame for Zim Problems’ -Malema

The problems in Zimbabwe are not caused by its long-serving President Robert Mugabe but by “capital”, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leaderRober said on Thursday. “President Mugabe is the only leader who knows for the real change to come, Africans will have to go through the necessary pain, exactly what Zimbabweans are going through now,” he told reporters in Johannesburg when asked about his relationship with Mugabe. “We don’t see what’s happening in Zimbabwe as anarchy. We…

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SADC to confront South Africa over new, stringent, new visa regime

SADC  to confront South Africa over new, stringent, new visa regime

Southern African Development Community member states are contemplating petitioning South African government over its stringent new visa regime. The new regulations require children under the age of 18 to produce an Unabridged Birth Certificate at all ports of entry, a senior Government official said. Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi has said the new system will pose myriad of problems to the region’s tourism since South Africa is the main port of entry for…

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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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3 Zimbabwean cross border buses and 2trucks burnt in Johannesburg, South Africa

Three Zimbabwean cross border buses and two trucks were yesterday burnt in the Newton area of Johannesburg, South Africa. Buses belonging to  were reduced to shells by fire believed to have emanated from a cigarette butt. The incident occurred at around 4pm in Newton, along Main Street, where most Zimbabwean cross border buses park before leaving South Africa for Zimbabwe. The trucks were carrying luggage destined for various towns in Zimbabwe, including Gweru and Harare….

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‘SA Police rob VP Mphoko’s wife of goods worth over R1million’

‘SA Police rob VP Mphoko’s wife of goods worth over R1million’

Men pretending to be police officers attacked and robbed the wife of one of Zimbabwe’s Vice-Presidents and other passengers of money and goods worth over R1 million in Johannesburg this weekend. Zimbabwe has two Vice-Presidents. The vehicle in which Laurinda Mphoko, the wife of Phelekezela Mphoko, was driving was stopped at the corner of Barry Hertzog Avenue and Empire Road in Parktown on Saturday. Mphoko was on her way to the Oriental Plaza in Joburg…

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