54 buses intercepted with smuggled goods as Zimbabwe tightens border controls 54 buses intercepted with smuggled goods as Zimbabwe tightens border controls
distance buses in the car park
FIFTY-FOUR buses transporting smuggled goods worth over US$20 million have been intercepted since the begging of March.
As a result of the smuggling, the country has been losing millions of dollars in potential import revenue.
An official within the national security cluster said between March 1 and April 29, they intercepted 54 buses carrying an assortment of smuggled goods worth over $20 million.
“We have been intercepting some of the buses at security checkpoints between Beitbridge and Harare and Bulawayo,” said the official.
Amy Gibbings
The Department of Science and Technology is punching above its weight as it assists researchers to conduct cutting-edge research into the Covid-19 pandemic, writes
Blade Nzimade.
It has been a year since South Africa and the world embarked on the unprecedented step of imposing far-reaching lockdowns on many aspects of social, economic and political life.
For the first time in modern history, borders were closed, forcing international travel and domestic movement to shut down. Not since war times have societies had to endure curfews, prohibitions on social gatherings and other measures that have drastically curtailed socio-economic activity, such has been the impact of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.