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Swipe machines now mandatory in Zimbabwe
The Consumer Protection Commission has launched an enforcement blitz against businesses refusing to accept Point-of-Sale (POS) machine transactions, making it mandatory for all businesses to comply wi...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:41hrs | 3183 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of ZiG coins, notes affects Bulawayo vendors
Informal traders in Bulawayo are grappling with significant challenges due to the scarcity of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) notes and coins, which has severely impacted their ability to conduct business effecti...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans complain over ZiG cash shortage
Business operators and residents in Gweru are expressing concerns about the scarcity of the new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), and are urging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to increase the availab...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold-backed tokens enter market
Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), the digital tokens backed by gold, has gained approval as a legitimate means of payment for domestic transactions, effective immediately. Transactions involving ZiG will be proces...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police redflags rampant armed robberies at schools
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has expressed alarm regarding a series of robberies that transpired at three schools in Harare and Goromonzi. Armed gangs targeted security personnel and absconded with su...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube confronts Osiphatheleni
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building, which houses the Bulawayo Magistrate Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pr...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube threatens crackdown on businesses
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building that houses the Bulawayo Magistrates Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pro...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police descend on money changers
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned members of the public to desist from illegally dealing in foreign currency as they will face the full wrath of the law.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abe...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police raid illegal forex dealers, retrieve 11 POS machines
POLICE in Bulawayo have raided illegal foreign currency dealers and arrested six suspects linked to the abuse of Point of Sale (POS) machines to carry out illicit transactions.Bulawayo provinc...Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe retailers dumping goods on the streets?
Vendors in the country's major cities and towns have literally invaded all strategic points, including verandas of big retail shops, selling a variety of goods including basic commodities in foreign c...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money changers hijack POS machines for big transactions
DECKED out in trendy designer wear, clutching energy drink cans and munching take-aways while engaging in high-pitched conversations, illegal money changers, popularly known as osiphatheleni who have ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe economy has dollarised'
CROSS border traders yesterday say a move by government to lift an import ban on basic commodities will boost their business, but pointed out that they were not to stabilise the local currency....Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Zimsec exams deadline
THOUSANDS of pupils and parents throughout the country are in panic mode after failing to secure registration fees for the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations whose deadlin...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools complain over exam fees collection
SCHOOLS are left financially poorer every time they collect examination fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) through bank and transport costs charges and have appealed t...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells citizens to borrow to pay police spot fines
GOVERNMENT has said motorists must borrow from colleagues to pay for on-the-spot road traffic offenses if they do not have cash, and said it would not introduce alternative means of payment as it was ...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
No negotiations over spot fines at roadblocks
MOTORISTS must pay spot fines at road blocks and if they do not have money, they can borrow from their friends or relatives as police cannot follow up offenders who say they will pay at a later date....Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists face nightmare in Tollgates
Motorists are facing a nightmare in tollgates, it is just so frustrating, motorists get delayed trying to navigate in the heavy rains, they then face horror at tollgates when are told swipe machines a...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 05:53hrs | | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Prison officer thrown 6 years in jail for looting
A prison officer based at Whawha Medium Security Prison in Gweru, who went on the rampage together with other looters during violent MDC-Alliance demonstrations in January, has been sentenced to six y...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panicking Zimbabwean shoppers besiege supermarkets
Hundreds of panicking shoppers yesterday thronged supermarkets and engaged in panic buying after some of the country's leading retailers opened their doors to the public following three da...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 40 000 pupils enrolled at council's 30 schools in Bulawayo
The Director of Health Services reported that the year 2018 will go down as the one where the enrolment in the thirty (30) Council Schools reached the 40 000 mark with the total number of pupils being...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 12:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cash shortages now Zimbabwe's major election issue
The leader of Zimbabwe main opposition party, Nelson Chamisa, alighted from his car, grabbed a microphone and made a bold promise to scrap bond notes if he wins the July 30 presidential election to st...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents in last minute school rush
HORDES of parents were in a last minute buying spree yesterday as they prepared for their children's opening of schools' second term.Winter uniform prices have risen according to a survey cond...Published: 08 May 2018 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahomed Mussa denies cash stashing allegations
Mahomed Mussa, arguably one of Zimbabwe's largest wholesalers, has denied allegations it stashes cash "under the pillow," saying it deposits its cash with local banks in line with the country's moneta...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Banks have right to refuse opening accounts'
FINANCE deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has said banks have the right to refuse opening accounts for new clients as they are private enterprises.Responding to MDC-T legislator Bacilli Majaya i...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP exposes price cheats
MPOPOMA-Pelandaba legislator Joseph Tshuma on Tuesday made surprise visits to Bulawayo businesses, a move that unearthed unjustified price increases in the city.The MP said he decided to embar...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally blasts Indian business community
MINISTER of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mandi Chimene has read the riot act to the Indian business community in Mutare for failing to take part in developmental projects in the city. She w...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
POS machines for schools
Government is making frantic efforts to ensure schools have Point of Sale machines to enable parents pay fees without challenges, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has said. ...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso acquires swipe machines
HIGHLANDERS have decided to move along with technology by acquiring swipe machines for use by their members and patrons for ease of doing business in view of the prevailing cash crunch in the country....Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools management software system launched
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora, has launched a schools management software system to improve the administration of schools, with more than 6 000 institutions expect...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to command financial sector to reduce charges
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has again called on the financial sector to reduce charges on the use of debit and credit cards to ease the cost of transacting in the country, in view of the current...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe orders police to reduce roadblocks
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, two weeks ago, reportedly ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to reduce the number of roadblocks, saying they were becoming an inconvenience to motorists and the travel...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to scrap spot fines, roadblocks
THE issue of spot fines will soon be a thing of the past as police are now implementing new technologies to deal with offending motorists, Home Affairs Deputy Minister Obedingwa Mguni has said....Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Swipe machines replace cash for lobola payments
JORDAN Mbanga (35) still has memories of how he left $3 500 cash in the hands of his in-laws on that Friday night in Bikita.It was in 2012, when he and his friend moved around the tuckshops in...Published: 27 May 2017 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prostitutes die as a result of police brutality: Claims
Following unverified reports that many sex workers have died at the Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) as a result of police brutality, prostitutes have relocated to the Premier Tobacco Auction Floors....Published: 13 May 2017 at 20:06hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
POS machines for Highlanders,Dynamos game
Thousands of Highlanders, Dynamos fans and neutrals will be able to use point of sale machines at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow.The POS machines will be deployed at four tur...Published: 13 May 2017 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe airport tax to shoot up 100%
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has proposed a 100 percent increase in Aviation Infrastructure Development Fund (Aidef) – an airport tax - to enable it to repay a loan for the upgrad...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri warns cops against graft
POLICE Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri yesterday said some of his officers mounting road blocks are corrupt and a number has been dismissed from the force, but blamed motorists for offering...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri admits cops are corrupt
Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri yesterday said some of his officers mounting roadblocks are corrupt and a number has been dismissed from the force, but blamed motorists for offering ...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops get POS machines
POLICE have finally embraced plastic money transactions by introducing Point of Sale machines at selected police stations countrywide for payment of fines for traffic and other offences while the ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roadblocks to take plastic money
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is set to introduce swipe machines to traffic police in line with government directive of promoting the use of plastic money insiders have confirmed.Accordin...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Winding queues as banks struggle with payment of school fees
The opening of schools has brought headaches in parents and school pupils who now spend better parts of their day in meandering bank queues in a bid to pay tuition fees.Parents who spoke to Bu...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 14:33hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Schools ordered to acquire swipe machines
All schools have been instructed to acquire point of sale machines to facilitate smooth payment of fees and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is ready to provide.Schools open on Tuesday....Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fuel service stations reject plastic money, bond notes
SOME service stations in Bulawayo have stopped accepting plastic money and bond notes from motorists when buying fuel.In light of the current cash shortages, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka demands swipe machines at toll gate
Social movement #Tajamuka/Sesijikile has demanded that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) facilitates the installation of point-of-sale (POS) machines at tollgates dotted along the country's highw...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe traffic cops to use swipe machines at roadblocks
Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday said plans to computerize the Zimbabwe Republic Police's (ZRP) operations, including management of roadblocks, were at an advanced stage, with the gover...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
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