BUSINESS NEWS

One-stop border post at Beitbridge

Zimbabwe and South Africa are accelerating plans to establish a One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Beitbridge, a development expected to boost regional integration and improve trade efficiency along one o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2025

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Unifreight shifts focus towards cross-border

Transport and logistics group Unifreight Africa Limited (Unifreight) has reduced its reliance on the less-than-truckload (LTL) business from 87% of revenue in 2021 to about one-third in 2025, as the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Cross borders 4ED boasts of Presidential protection

Allegations of abuse of power and potential facilitation of smuggling have surfaced after the Cross Borders for ED association's leadership openly claimed its members enjoy immunity from law enforcem...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

POLITICS

Zimbabwe army major implicated in cross-border car theft syndicate

A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) major has been implicated in a cross-border vehicle theft syndicate after the recovery of a stolen Toyota Fortuner in Mozambique, exposing what authorities say is a sop...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 August 2025

AFRICA NEWS

Zimbabwe tightens Mpox surveillance at borders

Zimbabwe has intensified disease surveillance and screening at all ports of entry in response to renewed global outbreaks of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, even though no new local cases have been...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025

Beitbridge Border Post traffic movement resumes

Cross-border traffic between Zimbabwe and South Africa resumed on Monday night following a temporary shutdown at the Beitbridge Port of Entry (PoE), after a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tanker fell of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Pharmaceutical industry grapples with border smuggling

Zimbabwe's pharmaceutical industry is battling a cocktail of systemic challenges that are stifling growth and jeopardising public health, sector leaders have warned.At the third annual Community Pharm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Crossborder4ED condemns smuggling

The Crossborder4ED Association has condemned the smuggling of goods into Zimbabwe but voiced concern over what it described as excessive and repetitive roadblock searches faced by cross-border traders...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe, SA approve tourists only border crossing

Zimbabwe and South Africa have jointly approved a seasonal tourism-only border crossing linking Kruger National Park and Gonarezhou National Park via the Pafuri-Sengwe corridor, in a groundbreaking in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mukuru named among top cross-border payment providers

Mukuru, a leading next-generation financial services platform, has once again secured its position among the world's most influential cross-border payment providers, earning a spot on the 2025 FXC Int...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Border gridlock as Zimbabwe's new cement tax faces legal challenge

Over 50 haulage trucks loaded with white cement have been stranded at the Chirundu Border Post after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) began enforcing a newly introduced 30 percent surtax on impo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

AFRICA NEWS

South Africa shows off new border patrol drone tech

Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has unveiled the Border Management Authority's (BMA) new drones and body cameras that will be piloted over the Easter weekend to enhance border security.Schreib...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

POLITICS

Protesters plan Beitbridge Border Post shutdown

Zimbabweans in South Africa are mobilizing for protests that could disrupt operations at the Beitbridge border post, the country's busiest crossing, in response to concerns about Zimbabwe's disputed A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2023

POLITICS

Massive border fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, government is to erect a 40km fence within a month to ensure that no undocumented or infected persons cross the border into South Africa from Zimbabwe and vice ve...

By SA News | Published: 19 March 2020

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt urged to expedite one-stop border concept at Beitbridge

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development has challenged Government to expedite the implementation of the One Stop Border Post (OSPB) concept at Beitbridge to e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Maize ban triggers Zimbabwe - Zambia border stand-off

Some Zimbabweans without proper documentation were denied entry into Zambia last week as the neighbouring reacted to the confiscation of maize by Zimbabwean authorities following the introduction of S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

SMES generate $1million in taxes daily at border

SMALL to medium enterprises (SMEs) are generating an average of $1 million a day at the Beitbridge Border Post through payment of taxes, according to Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterpr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Art Corporation looks beyond borders

ART Corporation is looking to allocate US$3 million for capital expenditure this year as it aims to manufacture 50 000 batteries whilst strengthening its export position in the regional market.In full...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Travellers hail Beitbridge border post authorities

ZIMBABWEANS and travellers from South Africa have commended authorities at Beitbridge Border Post for embracing border efficiency management systems which has resulted in improved service this festive...

By staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Efficient border management system pays dividends

Cross border travellers using the Beitbridge Border Post have commended authorities on the Zimbabwean side for embracing the border efficiency management system that has seen a marked improvement in t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Facelift and toll road for Beitbridge border post

The Beitbridge border post will be upgraded to improve traffic movement between South Africa and Zimbabwe‚ the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) said on Thursday.Sanral spokesperson Vusi Mona said t...

By TimesLive | Published: 27 July 2018

POLITICS

Gunshots at Beitbridge border as omalayitsha rampage

SOLDIERS manning Beitbridge Border Post had to fire warning shots yesterday to quell a potentially volatile situation after a rowdy crowd charged at customs officers after refusing to comply with bord...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

'Mugabe stalled border upgrade'

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo has disclosed that former President Robert Mugabe stalled the multi-million-dollar Beitbridge Border Post upgrade after the project was l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 July 2018

POLITICS

'Sibanda helped Mnangagwa skip the border'

Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda helped in the safe escape of President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he was fired as Vice President last year, Vice President Dr Constantino...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Beitbridge upgrade to speed up border efficiency

The upgrading and modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post will speed up the processes culminating in the implementation of the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) concept between South Africa and Zimbabwe, Tr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018
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