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2 arrested for possession of US$1 500 in counterfeit notes in Zimbabwe
Two Bulawayo men, Pardon Chinhengo (29) from Barharm Green suburb and Clifford Sidingani Ndlovu (49) from Nketa 7 suburb, appeared in court on Wednesday after being found in possession of US$1,500 in ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:21hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Duo hack Access Forex system, steal $220, 000
A Mutare man and his accomplice appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of hacking into the Access Forex system and fraudulently withdrawing US$220,000 last year.Ngonidzashe Lison Dhubi...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:31hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
2 arrested for allegedly manufacturing fake money
Two men have been arrested for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit US dollar and rand currency from a house in Pretoria.Jude Yaya Oka and Evans Akor Tiku were arrested on Tuesday by the Pretor...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:42hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma in soup over fake money in Zimbabwe
Misheck Ncube, a Bulawayo traditional healer, faced court charges for possessing counterfeit USD and South African Rand notes at his Cowdray Park residence. Allegedly, Ncube deceived clients d...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Fake US$20 notes surfaces
A 29-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man who went on a beer buying spree using fake US$20 notes in Matebeleland South province's Matobo area last week appeared before magistrate Joshua Nembaware facing robbery and ...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unfortunately, you can now buy counterfeit money online
DUE to the Covid-19 outbreak counterfeiters of United States dollars and South African rands have now moved from the streets to online.There is now always a website that is ready to sell and d...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 17 | by Jacob Mutisi
Top-rated South African online gambling sites
Online casinos give everyone a great opportunity to earn real cash while enjoying playing favorite games. South African online gambling sites offer high-quality safe entertainment that allows gaming a...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:49hrs | 18 | by Staff Writer
3 Chivhu men jailed over fake US$ notes
THREE Chivhu men were on Thursday jailed for 12 months each for possessing US$30 fake notes.Tafadzwa Mudzingwa (29), Pilani Moyo (24) and Edinos Jakwi (23) pleaded guilty when they appeared be...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ photocopies Bond notes?
An image of 3 Bond Notes sharing similar serial numbers has resurfaced online. The notes with serial number AE 0600737 have generated speculation that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has resorted to mass...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 08:52hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fake money backfires
A Harare woman appeared in court for allegedly trying to use fake RTGS to buy groceries in TM Pick n Pay supermarket in the central business district (CBD). Sikhangele Moyo (24) was foun...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Mnangagwa's PR bid a futile exercise, say analysts
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to employ a public relations consultancy firm to lobby for the scrapping of United States sanctions is futile as the real solution lies in imp...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 14 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Trump punishes Mnangagwa over Zimbabwe coup
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been pushing for re-engagement and better relations with the United States, seems to be faltering in his bid after the western country extended sanctions against ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EFF calls for sanction removal in Zimbabwe
Following their inclusion into the Institutional Framework Committee (IFC) of the National Dialogue spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has underline...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 16:49hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
EFF calls Zimbabwe govt to declare a national Economic disaster to save the country
We as ZIM EFF and on behalf of the majority of our people and together with the poor, downtrodden and disposed people of Zimbabwe today declare that we are real victims of Zanu PF's mismanagement of o...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:46hrs | 1 | by Innocent Ndibali
Robbers undressed, baptised with beer
TWO suspected robbers became a spectacle of shame and pity after they were caught stealing from a car that was parked in the Central Business District of Bulawayo.The robbers, Dominic Zulu and...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 3 | by Tartira Zwinoira
Tsvangirai assaulted over 6-year-old grudge
A BULAWAYO man who held a six-year-old grudge against a police officer who investigated his case in 2012 for allegedly dealing in fake money has appeared in court for assaulting the cop in an act of r...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake bond notes on streets
Zimbabwe's money market has been hit by counterfeit bond notes largely found on the parallel market where unscrupulous cash dealers are preying on unsuspecting cash seekers.The prevalence of t...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF's use of force and coercive legal instruments ill advised
A dark cloud has once again enclosed the motherland; misdirected decisions have been taken by the government as a reaction to the current crisis.The People's Democratic Party restates that an ...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 10:33hrs | | by Jacob Mafume, PDP Spokesperson
Three cops arrested while trying to buy beer using counterfeit $5 bond note
Three Zimbabwe Republic Police cops were arrested in Masvingo after producing a counterfeit $5 bond in a bid to buy beer at Makododo bar in Zaka.Sources privy to the development allege Gift Mw...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fake currency dealer's death, 5 appears in court
FIVE Harare men appeared in court yesterday charged with murder after they allegedly fatally assaulted a man who had supplied them with fake South African rand.The accused - Clement Radzokota ...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fake US$, bond notes hits the market
FAKE United States dollars and bond notes are flooding the streets of Mutare, with the peddlers targeting unsuspecting taxi drivers, barmen shop attendants and Eco-cash agents.This has prompte...Published: 26 May 2017 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa - It's all fake
Hey, happy new year everyone. I wish you an awesome year; wealthy and healthy, I mean, really wealthy, not fake wealthy. How did you manage gifts for your loved ones under these trying economic times,...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Tsvangirai to deliver Christmas message
Movement for Democratic Change leader, Morgan Tsvangirai will today deliver a Christmas message to the Harare MDC-T structures at the Harare Showgrounds.Tsvangirai will address his supporters ...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 09:35hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Brace for hard times in 2017- Tsvangirai
Movement for Democratic Change leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has warned people to be brace for hard times in 2017 with the economy at the edge of a cliff.Addressing a press briefing at the end of ...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 15:24hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's statement to the press following a meeting of the national council
IntroductionWelcome to this press conference that we have called after robust meetings of the national executive and the national council. The national executive met yesterday and the national...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Dr Morgan Tsvangirai
Juju man found with hyena nose in undergarments
A 34-year-old Dete man from Mansisiya Village was found in possession of a hyena nose and tail in his undergarments.The man, Ability Mhlanga claimed it was juju protecting him from any danger....Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mangundla a dead man walking: Bond notes are a recipe for disaster
Reserve Bank governor John Mangudla is a dead man walking.A very bad policy maker in a very important position.The man has failed to help President Robert Mugabe and his party Zanu pf on s...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 10:45hrs | 3 | by Gugugu Magorira
Rename Zimbabwe - need for rebranding !
Preparing for the end of Mugabe and ZanuPF As the end of Mugabe's grip on power is inching disastrously to an end, Zimbabweans need to start thinking...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 17:06hrs | 3 | by Sipho Phani Sibanda
RBZ colluding with Zanu-PF govt to steal our money - analysts
Political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has colluded with the government of Zanu PF to steal people's money by introducing the bond notes which are yet to be distr...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
From the bleeding heart of a Zimbabwean
The scale of corruption by the most powerful and connected in Zimbabwe has reached a crisis point. Of course corruption happens in every country and in every culture but this level of corruption a...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Sipho Phani Sibanda
Only powerful will remain with real money, poor will suffer with bond paper - Hosiah Chipanga
An outspoken musician Hosiah Chipanga has lamented that while those in power will remain with the real money, the majority poor Zimbabweans will suffer as they are to be given useless localised Bon...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man arrested with $400 fake notes
A Nkulumane 5 man in Bulawayo has been nabbed after he used a $100 note to buy clothing from a vendor at Egodini Flea Market leading to him being searched and found in possession of $400 fake notes....Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Amnesty beneficiary buy clothes with fake money from Mujuru
A beneficiary of last weeks Presidential amnesty has been arrested for attempting to buy clothes using fake $1,200.Khuphekani Sibanda, 32, was nabbed hardly 24 hours after his ...Published: 30 May 2016 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hoocker paid in fake note for whole night session
A Bulawayo prostitute - Cinderella Moyo aged 20 was paid by a client with a fake $10 note for a whole night session.Moyo had charged Fortune Dube $20 but later begged for half price saying he ...Published: 23 Jan 2016 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda businessman swindled $150 in fake notes Eco-cash cash in
A Gwanda Businessman identified as Siziba has been swindled of $150 through a fake fifty dollar notes cash in in which the money was discovered as fake when he wanted to use it to order some goo...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Sepp Blatter showered with fake cash at FIFA press conference
As Sepp Blatter prepared to formally announce at a press conference that FIFA was planning to hold presidential elections on Feburary 2016, British comedian Simon Brodkin, better known by the alias L...Published: 20 Jul 2015 at 16:40hrs | | by Youtube
Mugabe sculptor a conman
A Zvishavane man, Effort Musandinane (39) who caused a stir in February for making a huge statue of President Mugabe has been jailed for conning the public using fake US$ notes.Musandinane was...Published: 24 Apr 2015 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man adds zeros to $5 note
A 32-YEAR-OLD man will spend three months in jail for adding a zero to a $5 note to make it $50.Godness Owen Godha, of no fixed abode was arrested as he tried to buy a pint of beer using the f...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Fake US dollar notes dealer arrested
A FAKE money dealer was last week nabbed at a local Eco-cash agent booth when he tried to use $150 fake notes.Appearing before senior Mutare magistrate Mrs Sekai Chiundura, Admire Zvidzai Sak...Published: 24 Jan 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Tinasher Hazvide
Fake dollars hit Mutare
SOME residents in Mutare have fallen prey to cunning fake money peddlers who have offloaded thousands of dollars in counterfeit notes in recent weeks, targeting mostly Ecocash agents and informal busi...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 12:30hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Counterfeit notes hit Bulawayo
A WOMAN from Nguboyenja suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested after allegedly trying to buy groceries using fake $100 notes, with police sources saying there has been a proliferation of counterfeit...Published: 22 Dec 2014 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Mbongeni Msimanga
Police seize 20kg of $100 fake notes in Hwange
HWANGE - POLICE have reportedly seized 20kg of $100 counterfeit notes at the coal mining small town on Tuesday evening and arrested four men connected to the 'dirty' deal.The four member g...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF supporter Makandiwa is taking people for a ride' - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 28 Sep 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Concernced Citizen
Woman collapses in court, wakes up in a cell
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Njube suburb collapsed in court after the magistrate remanded her in custody. Tibora Nyamutsona woke up later and found herself in the cells. ...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fake money conmen on the prowl
POLICE are hunting for three conmen who conned two fuel service station attendants with fake $100 notes.The three conmen who are driving a Toyota Spacio are on the prowl in Mutare targeting fu...Published: 22 Mar 2014 at 07:46hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
3 men arrested for circulating fake US dollar note
Police last week arrested three men, who are suspected of circulating fake American dollars, in and around Macheke.The suspects - Itayi Mutandwa (28), Nelson Makondo (43) and Tendai Taonezvi ...Published: 06 Oct 2013 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple arrested over fake $5 note, fined $100
A COUPLE that tried to purchase bananas using a fake $5 note has been fined $100 or two months imprisonment by a Gwanda magistrate.Sindiso Nkala (38) and his wife Nonhlanhla Ndlovu (31) of Ho...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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