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Zim migrants feared dead in SA

South African Police are investigating murder cases after six bodies, all with gunshot wounds and believed to be illegal miners, were found in an open veld next to a railway line in Benoni, Ekurhuleni. There are fears that among the deceased were Zimbabweans as the area is known to be frequented by foreigners who engage […]

Botswana police arrest 8th Zimbo who escaped from prison

Police in Botswana have arrested the eighth Zimbabwean who escaped from Gerald Estates Centre Prison recently. The man was arrested last week. This was after 18 prisoners breached prison security and disappeared. Of the 18, 15 are Zimbabweans. According to media reports, Botswana Prison Service with the assistance of the police, army and other state security […]

13 still on the run January

Police in Botswana have arrested a fifth escapee who is part of the 18 Zimbabweans and B0tswana who fled from lawful custody at Gerald Estates Centre for illegal immigrants last week. According to media reports in that country, 13 of the escapees are still at large and police are still in the hunt for them. […]

Another Zimbabwean jail breaker nabbed in Botswana

By Pamela Shumba Police in Botswana have arrested another Zimbabwean who escaped from prison in the neighbouring country on Saturday. This brings to four the number of inmates who have been apprehended after escaping from a jail in Francistown. A manhunt was launched soon after the prison break in the neighbouring country for 15 Zimbabwean criminals, […]