Dealing with parties at fault in a bank failure and fraud in deposit insurance

The 2007/2008 Global Financial Crisis was partly caused by the improper behavior by bankers and bank-affiliated parties resulting in the deterioration of national financial systems. Concerted efforts have been instituted at national and international levels to strengthen banking supervision and resolution regimes, strengthening existing deposit insurance systems (DIS) and introducing new powers in relation to fitness and probity for bank directors and officers and their responsibility for wrongdoing.

De Jongh lays down the law

THE new Highlanders technical manager, Hendrik Peter de Jongh, has emphasised the need for discipline in his camp as he seeks to transform the Bulawayo giants into a competitive unit again.

Chief Zvimba apologises

Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter CHIEF Zvimba has apologised to President Mnangagwa for inconsistencies in the burial arrangements of the country’s late founding father and former President Robert Mugabe who was…

Taking a glimpse into Michelangelo’s mysteries

In 1475 in Caprese, Italy, a boy was born into a family of small-scale bankers and a name was given to him in this order, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.

Fidelity Life in major revenue boost

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed insurance concern Fidelity Life Zimbabwe posted a 143 percent jump in revenue to $62,5 million for the half year to June 30, 2019, compared to $25,8 million achieved over the same period in 2018.

Why mandatory sentences do not benefit wildlife

In 2011, under pressure to show that it was serious about tackling poaching and the illegal wildlife trade, Zimbabwe amended its Parks and Wildlife Act to introduce for the first time something called a mandatory minimum sentence.

Agric revolution upon us, says Haritatos

Government is committed to ensuring improved access, availability and appropriateness of agricultural financing to farmers.

Native intelligence: Who owns knowledge?

Kalundi Serumaga Correspondent If knowledge is the accumulation of material from the universal commons, privatising it as invention — the cornerstone of capitalist wealth — is the starting point of…

S1 212: Legal perspective

Government has taken steps to stop unscrupulous businesses from quoting, charging and accepting payments in United States dollars or any kind of foreign currency.

How megaprojects are driving cities

Megaprojects are reconfigured spaces in which the role of the local, regional, and national elites, as well as the role of national and sometimes transnational capital, is usually prominent. They can include urban regeneration schemes, transport and energy infrastructure, industrial corridors, city clusters, new towns, innovation districts, science and technology parks and sports infrastructure.

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