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BCC goes paperless
BULAWAYO City Council has gone paperless and will be distributing statements via SMS, with ratepayers who have access to the internet viewing their accounts online.Town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:09hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
The Ecocash heist - A modern tale of irresponsible corporate behaviour
Sometime in 2013, I applied and became an Ecocash Agent (Agent), and immediately set shop in at least two locations within Harare CBD. The setup and running costs for me as an Agent were high, but the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6147 | by Tendayi Mudhadha
Zanu-PF aspiring MP in adultery storm
ZANU-PF Wedza parliamentary aspirant, Enock Mutonho, has been dragged to court over adultery damages after allegedly confessing that he had an intimate relationship with a soldier's wife for almost a ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2596 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash suspends agent, bulk payer lines
DOMINANT mobile money service provider, EcoCash, says all of its agent and bulk payer lines have been suspended until further notice in compliance with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directive. ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Car thief arrested
A MAN from Entumbane in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing charges of stealing US$9 000, R11 200 and $5 700 from a parked vehicle.Candy Nyathi (28) was not asked to plead to the charges whe...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
RBZ confirms mobile money ban but keeps platforms open for small transactions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has suspended all money agents from mobile financial transactions but the general public can still continue to transact using the platforms.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Govt suspends EcoCash, 3 other platforms
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended all monetary transactions on mobile money platforms "to deal with malpractices, criminality and economic sabotage perpetuated by the wolves in sheep sk...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:03hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money services banned
THE Government has suspended phone-based money transactions with immediate effect as investigations into allegations that they fuel black market transactions that have caused runaway inflation gather ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends phone based mobile money transactions - Fulltext
The Statement of Suspension on Monetary Transaction on Phone-Based Mobile Money TransactionsThe government of Zimbabwe has with immediate effect suspended all mobile money services and trading...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:41hrs | 7685 | by Staff reporter
Stampede as office burns at NRZ 24-storey building
A WOMAN was yesterday rushed to hospital after inhaling smoke while scores were evacuated from the 24-storey National Railways of Zimbabwe's Parkade Centre in Bulawayo's city centre following a fire i...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:56hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
ZIMBOCASH activates payment platform with over 13,000 transactions in the first 2 days
ZIMBOCASH has enabled payments of its native token ZASH for Zimbabwean users. In the first two days following the launch, the platform has had 13 000 transactions and over 2 400 account activations on...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 3678 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park police brutality case postponed to July
The case in which six police officers are accused of brutally assaulting two Cowdray Park women for allegedly violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations is now to set to commence on July 13.This ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:58hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Teenage wife stabs hubby to death
A Harare woman appeared in court yesterday for fatally stabbing her husband during a domestic dispute over a telephone call that the latter had received after they had retired to bed. Paidamoy...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
POSB defrauded $158m
A People's Own Savings Bank (Posb) employee is accused of conniving with a senior police officer and a vendor to tamper with the bank's system and transferring different amounts defrauding the bank of...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
6-man robbery gang released on bail
THE High Court has released on bail a gang of six men that allegedly attacked five small-scale miners with machetes and metal bars before robbing them of gold and over $23 000, all in one day. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe murderer jailed for life
A MAN who waylaid two lovers in Bulawayo while they were out for an evening stroll before striking them with a brick resulting in one the victims succumbing to the injuries has been sentenced to life ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Maid vanishes with employer's child, day after starting work
A 32-YEAR-OLD maid reportedly vanished with her employer's daughter and various wares a day after assuming employment.Vimbai Taonezvi appeared in court answering to the allegations and she wil...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:27hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Zimra targets unscrupulous traders
Zimra is upgrading its audit and mandatory data gathering to combat unscrupulous traders using multiple personal mobile money lines to avoid paying income tax, VAT and withholding taxes by hiding thei...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
No exit packages directive for mayors, councillors approved
GOVERNMENT has said mayors and councillors will not receive any exit packages and gratuities at the end of their terms. Councils have been at loggerheads with residents over hefty packages giv...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:41hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance members ordered to surrender their passports
THE state has granted the application for variation of bail conditions for Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe of the MDC-Alliance and two of his party colleagues Cecilia Chimbiru and Netsai Marowa....Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 17:40hrs | 3251 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe, accomplices want to flee'
MDC legislator Joanna Mamombe and her alleged accomplices Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who were charged for allegedly violating lockdown regulations by participating in a demonstration are plann...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 17:27hrs | 2894 | by Staff reporter
Teen drops cap at crime scene, arrested
AN 18-year-old teenager from Filabusi has been arrested for allegedly robbing a 44-year-old woman who was with her daughter at her homestead before attempting to rape them, before dropping his cap as ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
SA minister hijacked, forced to draw cash
South Africa's deputy minister of home affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, was hijacked by at least two gunmen on Thursday afternoon, police confirmed on Friday.National police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Na...Published: 29 May 2020 at 11:21hrs | 3803 | by Staff reporter
Man strangles woman (81), steals $1 000 groceries
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North province allegedly strangled an 81-year-old woman before ransacking her home and stealing money and groceries worth $1 000.This was heard by Bulawayo mag...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:27hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Thief steals car from fuel queue
A DARING thief allegedly stole a car from a petrol queue at a filling station in Harare after tricking the owner that he could refuel easily. Prosper Makono of Chitungwiza has since appeared a...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Duo in soup for housebreaking, theft
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects for theft of property worth over $1,5 million.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said Cuthbert Mnyandi (18) and Gamuc...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:46hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested over Covid-19 fake news
ANOTHER Bulawayo woman who allegedly peddled fake news on WhatsApp and shared with her daughter a false Press statement bearing President Mnangagwa's fake signature announcing the extension of the loc...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Police probe MDC activists' case
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and two other MDC-Alliance activists, who reportedly went missing on Wednesday after a flash demonstration in Warren Park, Harare were on Thursday night found in B...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Cornered robber surrenders
A cornered robber, who was allegedly part of a gang that stole US$59 000 from a businessman after posing as police officers enforcing lockdown regulations in Harare city centre, surrendered himself to...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:06hrs | 2786 | by Staff reporter
Man taken to court for disclosing another's status
In the first case of its kind, a Harare man has been taken to court for disclosing another person's Covid-19 positive status on a WhatsApp group in contravention of the Public Health Act, which provid...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:06hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Pair up for $1m armed robbery
TWO Bulawayo armed robbers have appeared in court facing charges of stealing property and cash worth $1 041 996 in two house raids.Peter Ngwenya (52) and Thulani Ncube (39) were not asked to p...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Judge's 'murderous' son granted bail
HigH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora on Friday released, on $3 000 bail, Masvingo-based Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, who is facing allegations of murdering a Harare cellphone dealer....Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi: What is in this name?
I ALWAYS monitor what people discuss on social media to educate myself on new ideas. This other day I was surprised when a group of Kalanga educationists said that the Mthwakazi are the Nguni and the ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 19:56hrs | 1660 | by Cont Mhlanga
Are undocumented Zimbabweans stranded in South Africa?
The developments of the past three (3) months have exposed the vulnerable people of communities around the world to unprecedented suffering. COVID-19 is a disease that has exposed how the systems of t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 18:35hrs | 5950 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Reprieve for Mnangagwa fake press release-accused
HIGH Court judge Jacob Manzunzu has freed on $1 000 bail a Chitungwiza man, who is accused of generating a fake press statement in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, announcing a 13-day extensi...Published: 02 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver makes false theft report
A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus driver was involved in an accident after diverting from his route without his employer's knowledge and abandoned the vehicle at the scene before making a false police repor...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in police uniform vanish with US$59 000
A gang of robbers, fed with information by an inside accomplice, robbed a Harare businessman of US$59 000, by pretending to be police officers enforcing lockdown regulations and then two of them squan...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa arrested for undermining police authority
FIREBRAND independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa was arrested yesterday for undermining the authority of the police.Mliswa was captured on video, which went viral on social media, alle...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:53hrs | 3087 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in police uniform vanish with US$59 000
A gang of robbers, fed with information by an inside accomplice, robbed a Harare businessman of US$59 000, by pretending to be police officers enforcing lockdown regulations and then two of them squan...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:58hrs | 4218 | by Staff reporter
State wants judge's son's tried by retired judge
THE Prosecutor-General's Office yesterday demanded that High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, Munyaradzi's bail application must not be heard by any sitting judge of the High Court, but ra...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:28hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Cops up for stealing 7t of gold ore
TWO police officers have been arrested after they allegedly used an AK-47 rifle to rob two gold panners of seven tonnes of ore in the Wimpy area on the outskirts of Masvingo. The officers - Pi...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Trio arrested for car break-ins
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three men, who took advantage of the lockdown, to go on a car break-in spree in the city.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube yest...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Man remanded in custody for circulating fake news
A Chitungwiza man who allegedly authored and circulated a fake statement bearing President Mnangagwa's signature announcing the extension of the lockdown period was arrested on Saturday. The f...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:06hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Harare man arrested over fake Mnangagwa lockdown statement...faces 20 years in jail
A leaked docket form the Republic Police indicate that one Lovemore Zvokusekwa has been arrested for publishing a fake statement alleging that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had extended the lockdown da...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3964 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mpopoma boy arrested for attempting to steal cellphone
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that a teenage boy from Mpopoma has been arrested after he tried to implement a movie-style theft act on a 25-year-old woman. In a statement issued o...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 14:11hrs | 1109 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robber loses bail application
THE High Court has dismissed an application for bail pending trial by one of the eight armed robbers who allegedly raided a Chinese-owned mine and several houses in Bulawayo, robbing their victims of ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
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