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Idolisation of champions of corruption
We are just two days away from celebrating Zimbabwe's independence from the shackles of colonialism. For some painful years, we have been trying to decide how best we can fight the cancerous worm of c...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 233 | by Sharon Hofisi
Digitalisation to usher 12 new TV stations in ZImbabwe
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa says the transformation of the media landscape from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting will improve signal ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe TV goes digital
ZIMBABWE will soon have free-to-air digital television services through 12 stations following the successful and historic switch-over yesterday, from the analogue signal to Digital Terrestrial Televis...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ calls for Ministry of labour's intervention over threatened strike
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) and United federation for food and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe are meeting the minister of Public Service labour and Social Welfare Paul Mavima to...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 13:10hrs | 972 | by Paul Ndou
Econet warns against identity theft
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says it is working with the police to bring to book perpetrators who have been involved in identity theft and defrauding its customers.The se...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:32hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema agrees with Mthwakazi
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has reiterated the need for children in primary school to be taught by teachers conversant in local languages which is a rallying point for Mthwak...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
We're coming for you: Mnangagwa warns financial sector sharks
GOVERNMENT is going to decisively deal with sharks in the financial sector who are profiteering at the expense of the public, President Mnangagwa has said. In an interview ahead of the country...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga commissions NetOne Base Station
Nachulwe Base station in Binga has been commissioned by the country's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga giving credence to government's developmental th...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1089 | by Shelton Muchena in Binga
Improve mobile phone network connectivity, says Chiwenga
MOBILE phone operators have been called upon to play their part in ensuring network connectivity in the country so as to bring inclusivity to the previously marginalised communities.Speaking a...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:42hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Econet warns of cases of identity theft to defraud customers
Warning: Cases of Identity Theft to Defraud CustomersPlease note that we have received isolated complaints from some of our customers, of their mobile l...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 20:04hrs | 874 | by Agencies
Millers declare looming workers strike illegal
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has warned employees representatives of the milling industry that their threats to embark on a nationwide...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 807 | by Paul Ndou
Crisis looming in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 polls
THE once prosperous Zimbabwean economy is now at its weakest point, with low investment, low exports and massive debts. Corruption is ripping the country apart with little effort to eradicate it....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:36hrs | 346 | by LK
A political crisis looming in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 election
The once prosperous southern African country's economy is now at its weakest point with low investment, low exports and very high debts. Corruption is ripping the country apart with little effort bein...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:05hrs | 402 | by Leonard Koni
MDC devises new ways of milking Harare
The chicken thief does not listen to the chicken's prayer! This adage clearly brings out life at Harare City Council's Town House where the MDC-Alliance led council officials seem to have devised new ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:41hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
81 million condoms distributed in Zimbabwe last year
A STAGGERING 81 million condoms were distributed in Zimbabwe last year as the country strives to achieve global HIV testing and condom use targets by 2030. Zimbabwe ranks number five in Africa...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates new Tanzania President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday congratulated new Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan after she was sworn in on Friday following the death of President John Magufuli.President Hassan became ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:27hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Danger lurking at passport offices
HORDES of people have resumed camping outside the capital's passport offices, raising the spectre of coronavirus infections, as standard health protocols are not being strictly observed.Since ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:17hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
'Biti must not be expelled from Parliament'
Zanu-PF is determined to establish a one-party state similar to the Chinese model, former People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Gorden Moyo said on Thursday.Moyo spoke a day after ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:31hrs | 3464 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC devises new ways of milking council
MDC-ALLIANCE'S Harare City councillors are now devising new ways of milking the cash-strapped local authority to fund their party after their traditional cash cows, including land sales, have been c...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Passports hoax triggers panic
THE government has described messages circulating on social media claiming that passports for people that applied for the travel document in 2019 are now ready for collection as a hoax.A messa...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3654 | by Staff reporter
RG's office dismisses fake passport news
THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has dismissed as fake news, reports circulating on social media advising people who applied for passports from February 2019 that their travel docume...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dominates Sadc remittances
ZIMBABWE received the largest remittances in southern Africa, underpinned by high migration of citizens who fled a two decade-long economic crisis, the latest African Development Bank (AfDB) data show...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
SI 50: Govt flops legal litmus test
FOLLOWING an avalanche of Statutory Instruments gazetted by government in recent months, another controversial SI 50 of 2021 failed a litmus test of constitutionality, as it flagrantly violates Sectio...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Nzenza warns CZI to brace for stiff competition
GOVERNEMT has warned industries to brace for stiff competition against other African manufacturers as the region removes trade barriers, following a historic trade pact that came into effect in Januar...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
China donates US$1,2m medical supplies to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE in the past year managed to reduce maternal deaths in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts by 46 percent following interventions by the Government in partnership with the Chinese Government and...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:01hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic sets up remote branches for tobacco season
Harare - 09 March 2021 Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank, has set up nine remote branches at tobacco auction floors throughout the country to enable ease of access to funds for toba...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 14:39hrs | 561 | by Agencies
What Zimbabweans must know about Retail Forex Trading
The forex market is the largest financial market in the world surpassing even the global stock markets. The BIS triennial survey of 2019 states that the global forex market generates nearly 6.6 trilli...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 05:21hrs | 620 | by Staff writer
Journalism, a new form of activism!
A polarised political environment breeds microcosms across all other subsectors of the community.As the old truism would put it, "a fis...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 00:56hrs | 441 | by Shelton Muchena
Do morals require a code of conduct for politicians?
Tongues were sent into overdrive in the recent past weeks amid revelations of a multitude of trysts of Zimbabwe's the third in command, Vice President Kembo Mohadi with numerous married. What started ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 21:40hrs | 727 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2358 | by Yvonne Ncube
Huawei partners NetOne to launch mobile broadband services
Leading global provider of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and infrastructure, Huawei, has partnered local telecommunications service provider NetOne, to improve Zimbabwe's ICT techno...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Bid to bring Chelsea Legends to Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Chapter of registered fans of English Premiership giants, Chelsea, have embarked on an audacious bid to bring the London club's legends to come and play in this country. The suppo...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lots of excitement among farmers intending to produc...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 203 | by Obert Chifamba
Zimbabwe's $50 note imminent
Zimbabwe announced on Thursday that it would shortly introduce a $50 note, while raising cash withdrawal limits to Z$2,000 per day from Z$1,000.The central bank also lifted its main lending ra...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:30hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
Constructive criticism of leaders needs courage
The Honourable Vice President KEMBO Mohadi's Shenanigans have touched a gas cylinder there by creating a social media blast. Many people have urged party ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 19:58hrs | 785 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 190 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwean expats keep country afloat, remits $1 billion
Diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe jumped a record 58 percent from US$635.7 million to US$1 billion in 2020, the central bank said on Thursday, highlighting the key role played by expatriates in keeping...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:24hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest lockdown extension keeps Zimbabwe travel ban in place
South Africa may have reopened its biggest land borders on Monday 15 January, but Zimbabwe's decision to extend its lockdown for another two weeks prohibits travel between the neighbouring countries t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 11:06hrs | 2790 | by Staff reporter
Wide Econet data network keeps businesses, communities going under lockdown
THE COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdowns have underlined the importance of reliable data services in keeping people, communities, busin...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:44hrs | 682 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 response not informed by science
ON January 2, 2021, the government of Zimbabwe made an abrupt pronouncement of a 30-day lockdown with tightened restrictive measures in reaction to a record increase in Covid-19 infections.Thi...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:30hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed until further notice, government says
The government has moved to squash unsubstantiated rumours confusing parents about opening dates of schools around Zimbabwe. The opening of schools will remain deferred until further notice, the gover...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:07hrs | 1189 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Gold deliveries plunge 61%
Gold deliveries plunged by more than half to 0.99 tonnes in January from 2.54 tonnes recorded in the same month last year weighed down by heavy rains which slowed mining activity, Fidelity Printers an...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Econet unveils AI-powered Chatbot 'Yamurai' to enhance customer experience
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched a customer service enhancing Chatbot named Yamurai, to empower its customers and improve their customer experience.Econet said the Artificial Intelligence...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 17:42hrs | 770 | by Agencies
President's wide powers on mining fuel extractive resources corruption
THE excessive, wide and discretionary powers of the President of Zimbabwe and Minister of Mines over the country's vast mineral resources and their allocation is perpetuating rampant corruption in the...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
What types of casinos are available in the UK
Numerous people in Europe are already delving into digital channels to enjoy their favorite forms of entertainment such as watching movies or playing online games. When it comes to the latter, ev...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 15:52hrs | 121 | by Staff writer
No date yet for schools opening
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said there is no date yet for the opening of schools, while the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) says there will be no public exam res...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Delta lager volumes up 48%
Delta Corporation reported a buoyant Christmas quarter with the key lager beer volumes rising 48% against the comparable year ago period, due to positives arising from the payment of end of year bonus...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 17:38hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries slump to lowest since 2014
Gold deliveries slumped to their lowest since 2014 falling 31% in 2020 as the sub sector marked a tumultuous year where the country failed to take advantage of a record rally on the price of the yello...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:07hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic outlook for 2021
Zimbabwe's economy ended the year 2020 on a fairly stable note due to the return of the multi-currency regime and decline in general inflation levels in the market. Headwinds caused by incessant power...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 1327 | by Victor Bhoroma
Econet data traffic volumes up 90%
LISTED telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) has registered a 90% upturn in data traffic on the backdrop of shifting Covid-19 linked work patterns by locals.Zimbabwe has bee...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
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