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Cousins' feud over stolen thatching grass
A long-standing feud between two Nyanga cousins has escalated into a troubling series of allegations involving theft, violence, and abuse, with the matter now before Chief Saunyama's community court. ...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:19hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Report: Starlink's Entry into Zimbabwe Shakes Up Telecom Market
Introduction The recent launch of Starlink, a satellite internet constellation, in Zimbabwe has brought relief to consumers who have long been exploited...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 21:29hrs | 3761 | by Nkomah Isaac
Zanu PF never helped ANC/Umkhonto wesizwe during Apartheid: MRP tells Ramaphosa
MTHWAKAZI REPUBLIC PARTY has corrected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for thanking Zanu PF and Zimbabwe for helping South Africa during the liberation war indicating that it was not Zan...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 22:35hrs | 1772 | by Stephen Jakes
NetOne Unveils OneBusiness Package: A Streamlined Communication Solution for Businesses of All Sizes
NetOne has unveiled the OneBusiness Package, a comprehensive communication solution designed to empower businesses of all sizes. This innovative package offers a range of features to enhance connectiv...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 10:15hrs | 625 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe content creator found murdered following a hijacking in Delft
A digital content creator and pastor who graduated just days ago has been found murdered following a hijacking in Delft.Marshall Ganyau, 30, was pictured smiling in his graduation gear after c...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 08:05hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Fawcetts vault get away with $111,000 and R1.2 million
Armed robbers went away with US$111,000 and R1.28 million after targeting a Fawcetts Security facility in Chipinge early Wednesday, police said.Investigators believe at least five armed men we...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 11:55hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Coltart prepares BCC engineering department for privatisation?
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has unbundled its engineering services department and created a stand-alone water utility department in a move aimed at improving efficiency in the management of the city's...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:48hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
NetOne is on a revival trajectory
Engineer Raphael Mushanawani, NetOne Group Chief Executive Officer is steering the NetOne ship in the recovery direction Ever since the leading government-owned mobile telephony giant, Netone had stab...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 21:36hrs | 1177 | by Paul Ndou
Suspected bus robbers apprehended
Three of the five suspected armed robbers who attacked a Beitbridge-bound Blue Circle bus near Rutenga, stealing over R60,000 and about US$8,000 from passengers and the bus crew, were quickly apprehen...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:53hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
NetOne's lying, incompetent, and thieving ways!
All those who are close to me know fully well how much I detest incompetence and ineptitude.The only other thing I loath more is lying. One can, therefore, only imagine how I would fee...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:22hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Congolese magician up for fraud
Jean-Piere Kingombe, a Congolese man aged 49, was denied bail by Harare provincial magistrate Dennis Mangosi on fraud charges. Kingombe stands accused of defrauding Nyasha Masoka of US$100,000...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Congolese magician up for fraud
Jean-Piere Kingombe, a Congolese man aged 49, was denied bail by Harare provincial magistrate Dennis Mangosi on fraud charges. Kingombe stands accused of defrauding Nyasha Masoka of US$100,000...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZiG needs to be backed by RBZ discipline
According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), a structured currency is a currency that is pegged to a specific exchange rate or currency basket and backed by a bundle of foreign exchange assets lik...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 18:04hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
Zimbabwe banks, service providers successfully configure systems, processes to ZiG
OVER 90 percent of banking institutions and mobile bank service providers have successfully configured their systems and processes in line with the new monetary policy guidelines, paving the way for s...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs political change, not currency change
ZIMBABWE NEEDS POLITICAL CHANGE NOT A CURRENCY CHANGE.... A currency is a bundle of trust and confidence. A currency is not a currency without confidence and value. Money represents a collecti...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 11:02hrs | 16 | by Nelson Chamisa
Econet platforms switch to new currency
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe yesterday suspended trading in Zimbabwe dollars to facilitate the changeover to the new ZiG currency on its various product platforms.The ZiG was unveiled on Friday wh...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet announces preps for changeover from Zimdollar to ZiG
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced that it has suspended trading in the ZWL currency as it works to configure the changeover from ZWL to the new ZiG currency on its various product platforms. ...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz clears air on Starlink
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) yesterday said its doors are open for Starlink to operate in Zimbabwe following an expression of interest by the United Stat...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Starlink has not applied for operating licence in Zimbabwe
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) said internet service provider Starlink has not applied for an operating licence, amid allegations that the government intends t...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unwittingly creating a future president in Sikhala through his persecution!
This morning, my eyes could not move from the image of opposition activist Job Sikhala as he disembarked from a prison truck. This was on his arrival for his conviction hearing two days ago, w...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 19:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe probes extra-judicial rendition of truck driver to Zambia
Zimbabwean police are investigating the extra-judicial rendition of a truck driver to Zambia after he was abducted in Harare on October 28 last year.Tasara Hwata, 47, was abducted and tortured...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet costs surge
When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed....Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised
COUNTRIES whose environments are not ideal for food production, but have resources like minerals and oil can afford to use those resources to import food and living a healthy life. Such countries are ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 12 | by Charles Dhewa
Parents protest over US$ school fees in Zimbabwe
PARENTS and guardians with school-going children are up in arms with the government after it gazetted tuition fees in United States dollars ahead of the schools opening next week.Primary and S...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
NetOne is now a danger to life and security!
I am one of those who have been faithful subscribers to Zimbabwe's second largest mobile network operator (MNO) NetOne.Over the years, I have become endeared to the state-owned entity, in spit...Published: 02 Jan 2024 at 17:54hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Econet leading in mobile data and voice traffic
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)'s sector performance report for the 3rd quarter of 2023 has revealed that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe extended its market leade...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:36hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobile penetration rate now over 97%
In its sector performance report made available yesterday, POTRAZ director general, Dr Gift Machengete said active mobile subscriptions during the third quarter covering July, August and September rea...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican hustlers take over Harare streets
In the bustling heart of Harare, with towering skyscrapers and vendors hawking wares amid the honking symphony of traffic, a unique brand of entrepreneurship thrives.Young Mozambican men, thei...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mambo Dhuterere hits out at cyberbullies, again
Gospel musician Mambo Dhuterere, real name Darlington Mutseta, says deliberate attempts to inflict harm on his marriage through manipulation and damaging of his character online will not destroy his m...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Student leader abducted in Chinhoyi' Mahere says
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere took to X (formerly Twitter) to report the alleged abduction and torture of Valentine Ziko, a student at Chinhoyi University of T...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 03:34hrs | 11 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Data bundles, hotspoting won't destroy my marriage: Mambo Dhuterere vows
Gospel supremo, Mambo Dhuterere (real name, Darlington Mutseta) has once again trashed claims which were recently peddled on social media linking him to infidelity and gender-based violence vowing tha...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 16:50hrs | 43 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Government spends lavishly on Leader of Opposition in Parliament
Leader of the opposition in Parliament, Amos Chibaya is living large as he is drawing huge perks from Government. He has become the envy of all within the CCC. His conditions of service, as the leader...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 14:59hrs | 9 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Beitbridge robbers strike again
ARMED robbers struck again in Beitbridge on Tuesday morning and robbed a family in the Kwalu section of Dulivhadzimu high-density suburb of about US $1 300 and several mobile phones.Three mask...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt defends mobile phone tariff hike
The 100 percent tariff increases approved by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) will still see Zimbabweans enjoying cheaper data compared to the regional cost,...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Potraz blocks US$ tariff increases
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has prohibited mobile service providers from adjusting tariffs in United States dollars (USD). Potraz, which recent...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporte
Econet doubles its tariffs
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator has with effect from today (Tuesday) doubled its data bundles.50-gigabyte wi-fi now costs whopping ZW$1 012 212, up from...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Market rejects ZWL$50 notes
Several informal traders and public transport operators are now refusing to accept the ZWL$50 note as Zimbabwe's local currency continues to depreciate against the US dollar.The ZWL$2, ZWL$5, ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zec bungled a crucial poll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s move to sideline Printflow in favour of Fidelity Printers and Refiners to print ballot papers backfired during this week's crucial poll, the Zimbabwe Independ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Eye on the vote: Counting notes for polling agents
MOST Zimbabweans believe that elections in the country are rigged but they don't know how the rigging is done, yet they think there is one rigging formula that the ruling authorities apply to every el...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 18:46hrs | 10 | by Jonathan Moyo
NetOne adds more value for money USD bundles
NetOne, Zimbabwe's leading digital solutions mobile network operator, has announced the launch of new WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram bundles, denominated in US dollars. The move is ...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters torch headman's home
Headman Siabbubi of Chabwidi area under Chief Siabuwa in Binga and his family reportedly cheated death by a whisker when three assailants who are suspected Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) supporte...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Does propaganda work in a nation of enlightened citizens?
Of late, there has been a lot of noise, most notably from the ruling ZANU PF camp, to the effect that opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa threatened to displace those who benefited under Zimbabwe's l...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 20:53hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CIO linked FAZ abducts village head over cement
Three men from Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) on Wednesday allegedly abducted and threatened to kill Munamati Village head in Ward 8 Gutu Central, Wilfred Munamati, for receiving ten bags of cement...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean business fears its government will interfere with the exchange rate
ZIMBABWEAN businesses fear that President Emerson Mnangagwa's administration, which is blaming foreign companies of inflating prices ahead of a key election in August, could resort to interfering with...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mobile network operators now frequently adjusting tariffs
ZIMBABWE'S mobile network operators have reviewed their tariffs in local Zimdollar currency as the sector battles to offset rising costs and maintain operations in the face of inflationary pressures t...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business jittery as electioneering goes a gear up
The business community fears that the government could resort to exchange rate control to manage inflation and price increases. Picture: Shepherd TozvirevaZimbabwean businesses fear that Presi...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telcos hikes Zimdollar tariffs
ZIMBABWE'S mobile network operators have reviewed their tariffs in Zimdollar as the sector battles to offset rising costs and maintain operations in the face of inflationary pressures triggered by the...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Johannes Marisa
Econet increases tariffs again
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator has with effect from today (Tuesday) hiked data bundles by up to 300 percent."We are reviewing our ZWL data and SMEs bun...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Econet hikes tariffs
ECONET will tomorrow, 20 April 2023, increase data and SMS bundle tariffs.The company, without giving figures, revealed the development through a statement posted on Twitter on April 19, 2023....Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne hikes tariffs
TELECOMMUNICATIONS company NetOne will tomorrow, April 7, increase tariffs.The company revealed the development through a statement posted on social media platform Twitter on April 6."...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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