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Security guard robs bank he was guarding, makes off with US$130,000
A security guard who was on duty at a Sanyati banking hall robbed the same bank he was guarding, escaping with more than US$134,000 in cash.Police confirmed the bizarre incident and appealed f...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 14:18hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Mayoress promises to tame corruption in council
The newly elected Masvingo City Mayoress Shantiel Chiwara has promised to arrest corruption in council as one of her major goals during her term following her election as top leader of the house....Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police probe ZB Bank Vic Falls robbery
SEVERAL bank employees have been questioned by the police following a theft when a lone armed robber pounced on ZB Bank branch in Victoria Falls last week, entering the banking hall a few minutes befo...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lone gunman robs Victoria Falls bank
A LONE gunman robbed the ZB Bank Victoria Falls branch on Wednesday afternoon and made off with an undisclosed amount of money – a source from the bank however said more than US$100 000 was stolen....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe pilot appointed Mangwe headman
HIGHFLYING Air Zimbabwe pilot Captain Simon Thalon Moyo has been appointed as Godzi headman under Chief Tjanguluba in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province.The pilot has flown President...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree pilot defies racial attitudes to pursue dream
FORTY years and still counting years of flying different aircraft types, heads of States, the late Prince Philip; husband to the late Queen Elizabeth II, and roles spanning basic flying, advanced flyi...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Motorists bemoan police roadblocks
Last month, President Mnangagwa announced the country's Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown to curb the Delta variant, which was first detected in India and has found its way to Zimbabwe and other parts of the ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash agents make a killing
ECOCASH agents have turned their booths into illegal selling points of cash at exorbitant premiums ranging from 30 to 40 percent. For one to get bond coins and notes from EcoCash agents, he or...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A lot of US dollar buyers, but no sellers over low rate set by RBZ
Zimbabwe's new currency will be backed up with fiscal discipline, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday, adding that the government would allow the RTGS dollar to fluctuate but would manage exc...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Zimbabweans demand more after Mugabe coup
As the country marks exactly a year since the military rose up against former president Robert Mugabe by way of a popular coup, long-suffering Zimbabweans say they want President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's currency options
IT goes without saying that pursuant to the adoption of the multi-currency system in Zimbabwe in January 2009 until about 2015, one could withdraw up to US$5 000 from an automated teller machine. Over...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | 13 | by Colls Ndlovu, Economist
Zimbabwean man nabbed over 16 US bank heists
A Zimbabwean man living in Boston, United States of America, has spent more than eight months in jail after he was arrested on allegations of robbing 16 banks.Albert Taderera (36), of Brighton...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 09:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
RBZ unearth malpractices in banks, tellers under fire
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has unearthed malpractices in the banking sector that could be fuelling cash shortages in the country.RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday said a recent bank in...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police, RBZ descend on cash barons
POLICE have arrested three people on allegations of externalising more than $7 million through Botswana in a blitz that is involving the Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission and the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bank card criminals invade Bulawayo
CRIMINALS who replicate Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and go on to clean out people's accounts have hit Bulawayo, police have warned.The crime, also known as card cloning or card skimmi...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate orders woman to pay back illegally taken $800
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who betrayed the trust bestowed on her by a friend and withdrew $800 from two accounts before squandering the money in violation of a trust agreement, has been given up to We...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indecent pictures land bank teller in the dock
A STANBIC Bank teller in Victoria Falls has been arrested after he allegedly sent indecent pictures of himself through WhatsApp to a married woman who had visited the financial institution to with...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I am not from Norton but I won'
Former Zanu-PF Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa (TM) is still basking in glory after winning the Norton Constituency by-election against the ruling party's Ronald Chindedza. Last week he spoke to our rep...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Facebook wrecks two marriages
A FACEBOOK chat left open recently exposed an illicit affair between a Braeside ZRP School headmaster and a married bank teller.Chief Inspector Nyashadzashe Museki, 39, and his alleged mar...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 15:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds stranded as touts run riot
POLICE yesterday arrested more than 30 people in Harare following chaotic scenes caused by touts and rank marshals protesting against what they regarded as too many police roadblocks on the roads....Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police rein in rowdy touts
Police yesterday arrested more than 30 people in Harare following chaotic scenes caused by touts and rank marshals protesting against heavy traffic police presence on the roads. Commuter omnibus o...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will be History if we Protest as angry Zimbabweans outside any Party
Time has come to free our country from Mugabe's Shenanigans, but, lets do it right this time. Lets not miss the opportunity by repeating the mistakes we have been doing sinc 1985. The model of com...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:24hrs | | by Rakanga Danble
Devious maid steals $3,000 from sick boss
A MAID from Bulawayo appeared in court yesterday for stealing nearly $3,000 from her ailing employer. She was captured on Closed-Circuit television (CCTV) committing the crime.Samukeliso N...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:24hrs | 6 | by Tanaka Mrewa
Mobile payment service introduced in South Africa
Unbanked South Africans in rural communities and townships can now access a variety of financial services through MobiCash, a recently introduced mobile payment services platform.According to ...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by MobiCash creates wider channels for users to transact without withdrawing funds, says MobiCash's Donald Mudenge.
Long queues jam Zimbabwe banks
Despite ongoing valiant efforts by Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya to mitigate Zimbabwe's biting cash crisis and assure wary citizens that all will be well, long and winding bank queues abounded a...Published: 22 May 2016 at 17:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Money dealers fold Zimbabwe
Despite valiant efforts by reserve bank governor John Mangudya to mitigate Zimbabwe biting cash crisis ,huge challenges remain a situation that has seen illegal foreign currency dealers resurfacin...Published: 13 May 2016 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nun's indecent picture of shame
Regina Mundi High School headmistress, Sister Concilia Jangara's indecent pictures saga has sucked in a CABS bank teller who stands accused of conniving with three fake B-Metro reporters to extort mo...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 12:33hrs | 17 | by Faith Mabuto
Zimbabwe's ATMs allow cardless transactions
Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless has switched on airtime purchases and cardless mobile money transactions on automated teller machines (ATMs) owned by Steward Bank, which it controls, ...Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 15:06hrs | | by Fin24
Former bank employees up for $65,000 fraud
THREE former ZB Bank workers allegedly defrauded their employer of more than $60 000 after conniving to convert clients' deposits to their own use, a Bulawayo court heard.The trio, Yevai A...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 11:40hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Gun-totting robbers hits Bulawayo filling station, get away with $160 000
BULAWAYO - THREE armed robbers pounced on a Trek Petroleum filling station in Bulawayo on Monday morning and got away with $160,000 in cash at gunpoint.The robbers have since been arrested bu...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Bank teller theft cases rise
Zimbabwe's financial services sector has been hard hit by white collar crime, with several bank tellers accused of stealing thousands of dollars.Several bank tellers have been dragged before t...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 16:19hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
$200 withdrawal limit for AfrAsia depositors
AFRASIA Bank depositors are grappling with limited cash withdrawals imposed by the bank as it struggles with liquidity problems. Depositors have been left stranded as maximum withdrawal...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I urinate in my hubby's tea'
Help me please imba yangu isati yaparara. I love my husband so much but ndaingotyawo kuti angaitewo sevamwe varume vanonetsa. Ambuya vangu, mukadzi wasekuru, hanzvadzi yaamai gave me this tip kuti if ...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 22:05hrs | 5 | by Mai Chisamba
Prophet helps lover elope to another man
A Chitungwiza prophet reportedly escorted his lover when she eloped to another man. Jennifer Mavhimira, 19, was forced into marriage with Spencer Ngwerume, 21, by her relatives on Monday after coming ...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 13:31hrs | | by Arron Nyamayaro
Mutare banks run out of cash
There was panic in Mutare on Tuesday as hordes of clients from Metropolitan Bank and the First Bank Corporation (FBC) in the eastern border city failed to get their money due to what bank officials sa...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 15:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Residents beat up knife wielding bank robber
A knife-wielding thief in Gweru staged a solo bank robbery when he walked into the local branch of Agribank on Tuesday afternoon and snatched $2 000 from a teller.The suspect, Nelson Mavengah...Published: 16 Oct 2013 at 17:57hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Safeguard introduces revolutionary new note-counting safe
Safeguard Engineering has introduced a revolutionary new automated safe that counts cash in any denominations, deposits the money into a removable bag locked securely inside it and issues a receipt fo...Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 06:19hrs | | by Chris Chinamhora
Bank teller jailed for stealing $118 000
STEALING $118 000 from the Central African Building Society earned a Chipinge bank teller a five-year jail term last Thursday.Remember Maboko (27) of Maunganidze, Chief Mutema's area was convi...Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 23:05hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zim customer care poor: Survey
Local companies, especially those in the services sector, have been urged to embrace the need to train their staff in customer service or any related staff developmental programmes to improve service ...Published: 21 Jun 2013 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bank teller jailed for theft, collapses after sentencing
A FORMER chief teller with the First Banking Corporation (FBC) was slapped with a five-year jail term last Friday for defrauding Zimpapers of over $30 000 in a well-organised scam dating back to Sep...Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Court reporter
Zimbabwean armed bank robber seeks plea bargain in SA
Pretoria - Serial escapee Bongani Moyo is seeking a plea bargain with the State on charges resulting from a series of armed bank robberies in Gauteng and the North West in 2011.Moyo, 29, Khumb...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chombo bullies cops to release detained council officer
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development minister Ignatious Chombo has been fingered in interfering with the cause of justice by telling police officers in Tsholotsho to release a fraud suspect....Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 07:05hrs | | by Divine Dube
Bank teller arrested for stealing clients' money
A 24-year-old Bualawayo (ZB Bank) BANK teller, Mayibongwe Mthombeni has been arrested for allegedly stealing clients' money from their accountswithout their consent and using it for personal business...Published: 02 Jun 2012 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Zim bank employees fake cash heist
THE alleged armed robbery that occurred at ZB Bank in Colleen Bawn has taken a new twist on the first appearance of suspects in court with revelations that two bank employees might have faked the heis...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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