Mastercard enables real-time card payments, starting in South Africa

Source: Reuters. Through product innovations, enhancements to its network and strategic partnerships, Mastercard will enable acquiring banks to process real-time card payments. For the first time, all merchants in South Africa who accept Mastercard payments will receive faster payouts, empowering businesses with better cashflow management and faster funds availability. This, in turn, provides merchants with…

Read More

Chibaya bail hearing continues

Court hammer CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Amos Chibaya’s bail hearing continued yesterday with the State opposing the former opposition lawmaker’s freedom, claiming that he is a flight risk. Chibaya has been in detention since his arrest last week on charges of inciting anti-government protests. He is represented by lawyer Chris Mhike. The State,…

Read More

Teachers suffer setback in salary demands

TEACHERS TEACHERS have suffered a huge blow in their push for better salaries after the High Court dismissed their application for improved working conditions. In a joint application, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and Educators Union of Zimbabwe had sued government over poor salaries and…

Read More

Mighty Warriors rekindle rivalry with Mozambique

Mighty Warriors ZIMBABWE senior women’s soccer team are set to rekindle their rivalry with Mozambique after the two teams were drawn in group D of the 2024 Hollywoodbets Cosafa Women’s Championship scheduled for South Africa later this month. The tournament is scheduled for October 22 to November 2. Lesotho is the third team in Group…

Read More

More details emerge in Harare stands scandal

Harare City Council MORE details continue to emerge on the Harare City Council housing stands scandal as the Registrar of Deeds office cannot find title deeds to the allocated stands. The council in May this year appointed a seven-member sub-committee to investigate circumstances leading to the occupation of stands 154 to 166 in Amby Township,…

Read More

Theatre group speaks out against GBV

HILLARY Tafadzwa Gregory Indi HILLARY Tafadzwa Gregory Indi, leader of Elysium Magna Dance Theatre group, says their yet-to-be televised production, Shinga Ndozvinoita Imba, intends to provoke conversation against gender-based violence (GBV). Indi said GBV has left the victims with scars and some die in silence as they endure abuse due to societal misconceptions that tolerate…

Read More