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Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | 5297 | by Staff reporter
CIO takes over running of Zimbabwe elections from the military
ZIMBABWE'S Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has secretly taken over the running of national elections — designed to manipulate the process in favour of the incumbent President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa - Kamala Harris Zambia secret meeting raises eyebrows
Information trickling from Lusaka, Zambia indicate that Strive Masiyiwa, founder and chairman of Econet Wireless Global Ltd and first female and black US Vice President Kamala Harris held a secret mee...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 13:53hrs | 6038 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Cyber scams on the rise in Zimbabwe
CYBER scams are on the rise in Zimbabwe with experts saying people must be vigilant as hackers can steal identities so that they commit crimes.Lately, hackers have been on the loose in Zimbabw...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
United States mulls fresh bid to strangle Zimbabwe
IN what could pan out to be a reincarnation of the diabolical Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera), the US is mulling enacting legislation that will impose stiff penalties on African ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Zambia acting as a strategic hub for US military operation in the region
Investigations have revealed how President Hakainde Hichilema was forced to agree to set up the controversial AFRICOM office in Lusaka by the Brenthurst Foundation.Highly placed diplomatic sou...Published: 10 May 2022 at 08:45hrs | 2904 | by Staff reporter
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Hakainde Hichilema speaks on American Army base in Zambia
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has broken the silence over the controversial setting up of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) office in the neighbouring country. Writing on Twitt...Published: 05 May 2022 at 10:33hrs | 7418 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Setting up of US military base in Zambia divides opinion
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said Zimbabwe stood guided by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (AU) on reports that the United States Africa Com...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | 3350 | by Staff reporter
AMERICAN ARMY IN ZAMBIA: Ruling party UPND speaks out
Over the past days, there has been a serious agenda to paint Zambia and our leader as Western Sponsored using the false US Military Base existence narrative within our borders. The propaganda being pe...Published: 02 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 8093 | by Joseph Kalimbwe
Zambia's ruling UPND party leader blasts Jonathan Moyo
Zambia's ruling UPND Publicity and Information Secretary Joseph Kalimbwe has accused Professor Jonathan Moyo of having a hand in the destruction of Zimbabwe during his days at the core leadership of Z...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 17:01hrs | 8622 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: ZANU PF wins big at Trade Fair
The ruling ZANU PF party has won the Small to Medium Enterprises Category at the Zimabbwe International Trade Fair exhibitors awards. ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 16:20hrs | 2528 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Former Minister Makhosini Hlongwane talks tough
Former Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Makhosini Masumpa Matiwane Hlongwane has weighed in on the controversial opening of the United States Africa Command office in Zambia. In...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 13:48hrs | 8293 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Hakainde Hichilema blasted for opening American army office in Zambia
Zambia's opposition the New Heritage Party led by Chishala Kateka has condemned the move bythe Zambian government to open the office of the United States Africa Command ( AFRICOM) sayi...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 12:40hrs | 4177 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panic as America army opens military office in Zambia
Political analysts have raised alarm over the announcement by the United States of America Embassy in Zambia that the infamous United States Africa Command is opening an office in Zambia. On M...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 11:17hrs | 18393 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zec in server storm
THE embattled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is once again entangled in a rigging storm amid allegations by some data experts that the electoral body's servers are being hosted by Africom, a comp...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2428 | by Deutsche Welle
Zimbabwe Communist Party says to the USA, NATO and their allies hands off Russia!
Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has challenged the right of the USA to implement regime change through the use of extremist groups, terrorism and media manipulation and then establish ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:46hrs | 1610 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Govt urged to promote digital rights
GOVERNMENT has been urged to promote digital rights by ensuring that voices that call for transparency and accountability in the management of public funds and resources are protected.In a sta...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Govt curtails internet freedom
THE Zimbabwean government has maintained a tight grip on internet control, curtailing the basic rights to freedom of expression and information, a report has revealed.According to the Freedom ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
ZEC rubbishes Jonathan Moyo's voter fraud book claims
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on Friday forced to address the damaging allegations raised by Professor Jonathan Moyo, who in his newly-published book, offers a gripping account of the el...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Telecoms sector reviews tariffs to hedge inflationary pressures
THE country's telecommunication companies have reviewed voice, data and SMS tariffs to keep up with rising production costs. The latest adjustment, which was approved by the industry's regulat...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
US regime change in Zimbabwe getting brazenly silly
Some of us were not surprised because there was really nothing to be surprised about! When Job Sikhala announced his party would remove constitutionally elected President Mnangagwa before 2023, we kne...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 785 | by Isdore Guvamombe
SB Moyo was a Director at Africom & Fernhaven before the NSSA loan
There has been lots of talk around the NSSA loan and how Africom was involved as their army boss now minister Sibusiso B Moyo and husband to ZACC chairperson, was both director at Africom and Fernhave...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 21:51hrs | 2838 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabe military clarifies NSSA role in Afreximbank loan
Africom wishes to state facts on the Africom Afreximbank loan of 15m after having noted that certain elements of the media continue to misrepresent the contents on the recently published Forensic Audi...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | 3182 | by Africom
ZACC boss says 'no-one above law' as husband sucked into NSSA scandal
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) boss Loice Matanda-Moyo said "no-one is above the law" after her husband Sibusiso Moyo was sucked into the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) corrupti...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 19:06hrs | 2608 | by ZimLive
Patrick Zhuwao talks tough
Zimbabwe sadly remembers its heroes and heroines whilst the World commemorates the United Nations International Youth Day. The liberation struggle that dismantled the yoke of colonialism was executed ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 18:18hrs | 5959 | by Patrick Zhuwao
SB Moyo implicated in NSSA looting?
A company linked to Zimbabwe's military establishment was involved in the looting of funds belonging to the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) the forensic audit report by BDO Zimbabwe Chartere...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | 4070 | by Staff Reporter
Zacc boss faces integrity test
NEW Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo faces her first big test over allegations of wrongdoing involving her husband, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy needs free-market policies to grow
The introduction of the foreign exchange interbank market by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in February 2019 was a major milestone towards free market economics. Even though there are fears of gov...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 17:59hrs | 579 | by Victor Bhoroma
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 4964 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Africa doesn't need this thing called Africom
Back in the village, the best men are known to ring-fence their interests and defend them to the last stain of their blood. There, the best man is he who, against all odds, crafts a policy tha...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 380 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Consumer rights group to lobby Parly over data bundles costs
A CONSUMER rights' watchdog has launched a campaign against high mobile data costs, after recent reports showed that Zimbabwe had some of the most expensive data tariffs on the continent.This ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Network disruptions to continue
DISRUPTIONS to telecommunication networks will continue because operators owe millions of dollars to foreign firms for maintaining and upgrading their infrastructure due to the unavailability of forex...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves parastatal reforms
CABINET yesterday approved a litany of measures meant to strengthen under-performing parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe, the Grain Marketing Board and Zesa Holdings.Addressing journalists soon a...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
'Internet shutdown is unconstitutional,' says Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's mobile phone networks and internet were partially shut down, with one industry source saying the systems had been jammed and many users were complaining of severely limited access.J...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:01hrs | 3880 | by Ndou Paul
Exposed: The sprawling network of US military bases in Africa
The other CSL, in the remote smuggling hub of Agadez, is set to become the premier US military outpost in West Africa. That drone base, located at Niger's Airbase 201, not only boasts a $100m construc...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt unveils parastatal reform strategy
Government has rolled out detailed plans for the restructuring of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), with 41 entities lined-up for privatisation, departmentalisation and listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
16 State enterprises to be privatised
The government is undertaking a raft of State enterprise reforms under which 16 entities will be privatised, 13 parastatals merged while two others will be liquidated, State Enterprises Restructuring ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 15:22hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
Wake up Africom there is no AMPHLOPE
Wake up Africom do not create any none existant words, there is no AMPHLOPE in IsiNdebele....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:33hrs | 3013 | by Social media
Government restructures Zesa
GOVERNMENT will not appoint new boards for Zesa subsidiaries after the expiry of their terms today (June 11, 2018) in line with reforms taking place in State-owned enterprises and parastatals, a Cabin...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa must deal with graft first
The proposed parastatal reforms unveiled by the government on Friday were yet another bold step by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in cleaning up the economic mess created by Zanu-PF ove...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:14hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must deal with graft first
The proposed parastatal reforms unveiled by the government on Friday were yet another bold step by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in cleaning up the economic mess created by Zanu PF ove...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt moves to cut internet costs
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has launched the Zimbabwe Internet Exchange Point (ZIX), which will cut internet costs by using already established networks...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 05:50hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Powertel goes for weeks without internet connectivity
Low cost internet provider, Powertel Communications' internet connectivity has been down for a week, with the parastatal remaining mum over the disservice.The blackout has affected Powertel's,...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 11:03hrs | | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Liquid Telecom rolls out network all-over Zimbabwe
LIQUID Telecom has started rolling out its fibre optic network in the southern and eastern parts of Zimbabwe to meet the growing demand for internet services, an official said.The project,...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 06:03hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Fare thee well Osama, sorry Obama
An askari sat in the Oval Office at the White House for eight years, and did not want to disappoint the white establishment standing guard over his every action. And he made sure he left a lasting imp...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:09hrs | 404 | by Joram Nyathi
Post mortem of 'Data Prices' increase drama
IT is very easy for people to reach wrong conclusions on certain matters because they would have been fed with wrong information. The first point to understand some of these items before drawing emoti...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Of data tariffs and social media sanity
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe's (POTRAZ) surprise directive to have data charges raised astronomically has brewed the expected anger from the public who had s...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 06:55hrs | 395 | by Tawanda Musariri
Dictators panic as Donald Trump wins US election
HARARE - Donald Trump's stunning victory in the American presidential election, despite losing the popular vote, has sent shock waves around the world, with African leaders cautiously welcoming his un...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 14:40hrs | 3207 | by Staff Reporter
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