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Diaspora community form Funeral and repatriation service fund
Gwanda North community members based in South Africa have formed a funeral and bodies repatriation services group fund due to desperation of some colleagues whenever death strikes across the Limpopo....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 12:54hrs | 628 | by Stephen Jakes
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean national found with US$153 000 at King Mswati III International Airport
A Zimbabwean national was found with foreign currency equivalent to E2.8 million cash at King Mswati III International Airport.Masiyakurima Agrippa Bopela (Masiya), a losing candidate for Nati...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ justifies gold miners' forex thresholds
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe reduced foreign currency retention thresholds for small- scale miners as a way of managing cash challenges the country is currently going through after foreign banks mainl...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among top property buyers in SA
In spite of a crippling foreign currency crisis ravaging the Zimbabwean economy, locals are finding the hard currency to buy real estate in South Africa.Interestingly, when it comes to splurgi...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Fin24
Mugabe's wealth exposed
Robert Mugabe has always been a well-kept secret with no one knowing exactly how much the Mugabes are worth. The only snippets has been the $1.35m diamond ring bought for Grace's wedding anniver...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
10 million rand 'fraudster' faces extradition to SA
PROSECUTORS in Victoria Falls have applied for the extradition of a Zimbabwean man who is wanted in South Africa for allegedly stealing more than R10 million from a company he worked for in the neighb...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
R10 million 'fraudster' arrested in Victoria Falls
A ZIMBABWEAN man who is wanted in South Africa on allegations of stealing more than R10 million from a company he was working for, has been arrested in Victoria Falls.Reginald Bernstein (61), ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans panic as permit deadline approaches
Following months of uncertainty surrounding their stay in South Africa, thousands of Zimbabweans are now fretting over bank threats to freeze their accounts this month-end when their permits expire....Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by CAJ News
Chiyangwa's son in court for fraud
THE son of the late businessman James Chiyangwa aka Jimmy Jimalo landed in the dock after he defrauded a number of people of over $15 000 in botched bank transfer deals through cloning bank cards....Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 11:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'FNB has been pandering to DA politics for some time'
COSATU calls for the reinstatement of four FNB employees dismissed for exercising their right to freedom of speech.The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) condemns the unfair dismi...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resilient FNB bank a jewel in SA
Johannesburg - First National Bank ("FNB") is a registered commercial bank and one of the biggest four banks in South Africa. It is the oldest bank in South Africa, having been established in 1838 and...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:20hrs | | by Vusumuzi Moyo
A motivational lesson I learnt from a bank
Some years ago I went to FNB (First National Bank) to open a bank account. The bank has two glass doors which are about one meter apart from each other. I opened the first door and thereafte...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Pilgrimage keeps Zezuru students out of school
The head teacher for Botshabelo Primary School, Malebogo Mthunzi has said that her school is faced with the challenge of pupils of Bazezuru tribe who abscond from school at the end of August until end...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean fraudster nabbed in Botswana
A Zimbabwean man in Botswana who allegedly used a P270, 000 stolen cheque to fraudulently buy three cars has been nabbed and brought to book.Jafet Chingaunda allegedly stole a cheque from ...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 06:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
2 Zimbabweans in US bankcards 'theft case' in Botswana
A Botswana court is left with only two witnesses in a case in which two Zimbabwean men allegedly stole money from American bank customers, says the prosecution. The state alleges that Tendai G...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 15:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash to start SA - Zimbabwe cross border remittances
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) now allows remittances into Zimbabwe using the EcoCash mobile money platform, Econet Wireless said late Thursday afternoon.According to ...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean charged with cheque fraud in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN national who claimed to be a businessman was refused bail when he appeared before a Botswana magistrate charged with cheque fraud last week.Prosecutors say Jeff Chigaundu, 48, pre...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter I Agencies
South African Banks to issue smart ID cards
Pretoria - Major banks will soon be taking applications for new smart card IDs, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday."There are several new innovations that are going to be intr...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 14:14hrs | | by Sapa
Can Africa produce another Mandela?
MTHATHA - As tributes continue to pour in for the departed global icon and great son of Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, I have been asking myself whether the continent will be able to produce anoth...Published: 19 Dec 2013 at 05:50hrs | 4 | by Thabo Kunene
Mpilo Hospital set to receive 1,000 blankets
Bulawayo's Mpilo Hospital is set to receive 1,000 blankets by this Christmas, thanks to a global social media campaign spearheaded by Canadian-based and Zimbabwean-born nurse. The blank...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 04:33hrs | 7 | by Sakhile Sibanda
Man jailed over fake debit card
A 45-year-old Bulawayo man was sentenced to an effective six months in jail for attempting to defraud a local supermarket by using a fake South African bank visa debit card to buy groceries worth abo...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Injiva to be extradited to SA for stealing R4m meant for ATMs
A BULAWAYO court has granted the application for extradition of a Zimbabwean man who four years ago allegedly disappeared with more than R4 million meant for Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in South...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 06:03hrs | 8 | by Court Reporter
Cash van robber fights extradition from Zimbabwe
EXTRADITION proceedings began on Tuesday against a Zimbabwean man who allegedly fled South Africa in 2009 with R4,6 million [about US$505,000) after robbing a cash van he was driving.Jethro Me...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 10:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
FNB, OK Zimbabwe launches SA-Zim instant cellphone banking
First National Bank launched a cellphone-based instant money transfer service between South Africa and Zimbabwe on Tuesday. "We have done extensive research into the cross-border ...Published: 09 Apr 2013 at 09:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
The story of two teen brothers who survived a fatal accident which claimed their dad's life, leaving them both crippled
As we enter the one bedroom flat in Berea Johannesburg, we are cheerfully greeted by two teen boys who are lying down on the couch watching wrestling on TV. The tiny living room is crowded with...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 21:22hrs | 2 | by MHCI
Econet appoints Ngwenya as new TN Bank CEO
Econet Wireless has appointed Mr Kwanele Ngwenya, a South African who was heading the operations of First National Bank (FNB) in Botswana, as the new CEO of TN Bank.Mr Ngwenya, a veteran ban...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 09:49hrs | | by Business reporter
Botswana frees Zimbabwean armed robber
The Botswana High Court has freed a Zimbabwean, Andrew Hlabangane, who is wanted by South African courts in connection with armed robbery charges.According to reports, Hlabangane was freed aft...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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