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Zimbabwean musicians gear up for 2024 Education Africa International Marimba & Steelpan Festival
Nine Marimba bands from Zimbabwe are set to participate in the 2024 Education Africa International Marimba & Steelpan Festival which is taking place at St Dominic's Catholic School for Girls in Bo...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 18:04hrs | 166 | by Agencies
Dear Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mushayavanhu
Dear Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, 1. Please hire a Comms team ASAP. 2. Part of fostering confidence is having timely, reliable, and accessible means of informing the public in advance of ...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Anonymous
Internet providers bemoan high taxation
ZIMBABWE'S internet access providers (IAPs) have raised concern about high taxes which they claim are impeding their ability to operate and forcing them to pass the costs to customers, Standardbusines...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet complainant takes fight to new ICT minister
HARARE-BASED information communication technology innovator and entrepreneur Ignatius Munengwa has escalated his fight with mobile network operator Econet to the minister of Information Communication ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The nightmare of hiking on 'Mushikashika' vehicles
Sure, here is the text in paragraphs:The alarm sound from my comms gadget wrenched me from the dream world. It's 3:30 am, time to get ready if one wants to board 'mushikashika' commuter cars, ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by TT Murisa, Chinehasha
Angry Zimbabweans throw brickbats at Mnangagwa top comms aide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top communications aide has come under fire after posting a seemingly innocuous tweet announcing procurement of a new presidential podium.Chief director responsi...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi angry over CCC butchering of Ndebele language
Historian and cultural activist Founder of Amagugu International Heritage Centre Pathisa Nyathi is an angry man after hearing an MP4 CCC campaign audio that has gone viral on the internet. ...Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 15:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: General Chiwenga arrives in Malawi using private jet
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has arrived has arrived in the neighboring Malawi to attend the SADC Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government....Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 10:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lake Gwayi-Shangani project shaping out nicely
CONCRETE placement is on-going at the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project in Matabeleland North Province as the Government races to meet project completion deadline by December this year.The Governmen...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 18:21hrs | 26 | by Staf reporter
Kapenta fish are not juniors but mature fish
Kapenta in tomato soup, choose medium size kapenta since bigger size may have a compromised taste due to near maturity innards. Too small kapenta, the cooking motions and manouvres may get the...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:04hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
RBZ raises red flag on forex demand
Daily demand for diesel has gone up by 20 percent to 3,6 million litres over the last four months as business and domestic consumers now heavily rely on the commodity to mitigate rolling power cuts cu...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecomms a new loss making business in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe mobile network operators have seen revenue decline and reporting break evens, in this highly inflationary environment. If this persists at this rate, they will be soon reporting loses as the ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pays Eskom US$10m in bid to ease Zimbabwe power shortage
Zimbabwe will this week pay US$10m to South Africa's power utility Eskom as part of plans to unlock at least 400MW to ease power shortages in the country.The southern African country, which ac...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreigners beat up police officers in Johannesburg
Some suspected Zimbabwean and Mozambican nationals on Sunday pelted police officers with rocks and other objects after a they raided and seized counterfeit goods in the Johannesburg inner city....Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 15:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Telecom firms bemoan high service costs
Zimbabwean telecommunication companies say the costs of delivering services are still excessively high despite a recent tariff hike which saw data and voice charges go up by as much as 150%.Te...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai kills 31, several displaced
At least 31 people have died in Manicaland's Chimanimani district as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm that began on Friday.There are fears that the death toll is much high...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces Mugabe-style coup - Report
COLOGNE/HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly behind the eight ball, amid disclosures that his presidency could be on the line, as the opposition and his closet internal ruling party f...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
'Army warns Mnangagwa' - Exclusive Report
COLOGNE – Hardline securocrats have reportedly warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently put the country's economic house in order, as they fear a possible popular uprising over his admini...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 05:16hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Teachers urged not to rely on information being peddled on social media
The Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango, has called on teachers not to rely on misleading information being peddled on social media as the ministry only uses officia...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimFirst leader nomination papers rejected
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba's nomination papers were on Thursday rejected by the Zoimbabwe Electoral Commssion on condition that some of his nominators were not in the voters roll.Shumba re...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Vacancy announcement
National Communications Consultant Personal Services Agreement Contract Three months (with possibility of renewal) Duty Station: HarareUnder the overall supervision of the FAO Subregional ...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 11:29hrs | | by FAO
Why did Rita Makarau resign from ZEC?
THE government must publicise the reasons why former Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau left office in a huff following the resignation of President Robert Mugabe, independen...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New Zimbabwe is coming'
In the most comprehensive policy speech of the presidential campaign, MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa has presented an opposition MDC Alliance vision of a growth and fairness economy, an economic ag...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt must now operationalise Peace and Reconciliation Commssion - Zapu
Zapu Spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa has urged the government to operationalise the Peace and Reconciliation Commission, now that the bill has been signed into law."Now that the Peace and Recon...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
NetOne data usage jumps
NETOne's data usage jumped 110 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 from the previous quarter, driven by internet promotion package (One Fusion), the Postal and Telecommunications and Regulatory ...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecomms rolls out 10 600km fibre across Zimbabwe
Liquid Telecomms has rolled out 10 600 kilometres of fibre across Zimbabwe since inception as the fibre company works towards consolidating its position as the leading internet serves provider in ...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire a cyber terrorist - police
Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst) national spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has become the first Zimbabwean to be charged with cyber terrorism.He handed himself over to the police Law and O...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 17:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe's ministers in Twitter wars
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's ministers took to micro blogging site Twitter to exchange harsh words with fellow netizens, as the social media platform turned into a war zone over the just ended Heroes' Da...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanziwa a 'clueless night school student' - Tendai Biti
ITC Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been described as a clueless "night school law student" by renowned lawyer and former Finance minister Tendai Biti.The pair exchanged harsh words on Twitter ...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 09:18hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
SA smart phone firm receives 50,000 export order for T-Touch
THULES Telecomms, South Africa's home grown product engineering company has received it's first export orders for a total 50,000 units for its ground breaking smart phone, T-Touch mobile.The o...Published: 03 May 2016 at 12:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - How Do I Get My Song on the Radio?
Question: How Do I Get My Song on the Radio? Answer:This question is a deceptive one - it seems straigh...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
Africa's first pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards
Journalists from across Africa have until the 29th February 2016 to submit their entries for the inaugural pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards ...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 10:28hrs | | by APO
Telecel Zimbabwe Chief quits
The Chief Commercial Officer at Telecel Zimbabwe, Mr. Nkosinathi Ncube, has quit. Bulawayo24.com sent enquiries to the company's Comms team to che...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
ZEC sets 30 polling stations for Nkulumane by elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commsision has set 30 polling station for the Nkulumane byelections set for December 19.Zanu PF candidate Killian Sibanda will battle it out with the Progressive Dem...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 14:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
CAAZ embarks on recruitment drive
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has embarked on a recruitment drive which will see eight people being engaged for various jobs in Bulawayo, Harare and Victoria Falls.In an advertisem...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 09:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MTN Nigeria fined $5.2 billion
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a landmark fine of N1.04 trillion ($5.2bn) against MTN Nigeria, the largest mobile network operator in the country for failing to disconnect sub...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Chima Akwaja
TechnoMag partners with Zimbabwe government on Tech@School
TechnoMag, a leading local online Technology Magazine has partnered the government of Zimbabwe to bring all the nation's higher and tertiary students studying Technology and journalism to converge at ...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala congratulates Qhubani Moyo on his appointment as commissioner
MDC-T senior official Job Sikhala has congradulated Qhubani Moyo following his appointment as a Commissioner in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commssion.Moyo was appointed by President Robert Mug...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare West MP challenge Gender Commission to be independent from Minister in charge
Harare West MP Jessie Majome has challenged the Gender Commsion to be independent from the minister of Women Affairs and gender is it is to execute its mandate according to the detects and demands...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 06:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt threatens Econet
Government last night gave Econet Wireless up to Friday to remove its telecommunications equipment that of its sister company Liquid Telecomms from State Infrastructure after the mobile operator r...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe calls for speedy facilitation of gender commision
Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Women's Day held on the 8th of March each year amid its call for the government of Zimbabwe to speedily f...Published: 09 Mar 2015 at 13:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
76% of Zimbabweans have no access to banks
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said at least 76 percent of the population in the country still remains with no access to financial services as formal banks have failed to expand their prod...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Ngonidzashe Chiutsi
Zim introduces extra telecoms licence fees
The government has introduced a range of additional licensing costs for privately owned telecoms companies in the country after missing its revenue targets for 2013 by 6%, local news agency IT We...Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 20:09hrs | | by TeleGeography
TelOne to switch on Victoria Falls fibre broadband link tomorrow
Zimbabwe fixed line operator TelOne announced its plans to launch high speed broadband services in Victoria Falls tomorrow, ahead of the United Nations (UN) World Tourism Organisation General Assemb...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet against fair and transparent business practice
NetOne managing director Mr Reward Kangai has dismissed claims that his company owes Econet Wireless more than US$20 million in interconnection fees alleging that Econet is against fair and transparen...Published: 26 Aug 2012 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hackers intercept UK Met police and FBI call and post it on YouTube
The hacking collective Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the Metropolitan police and the FBI, discuss ongoing investigations and court cases against alleged British hack...Published: 03 Feb 2012 at 22:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
People respond to Mbuya Nehanda the prophet of Satan
People respond to Mbuya Nehanda the prophet of Satan by Dudu Masaiti....Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 22:38hrs | 3 | by Matthews Estell
RBZ debt: The untold story
Introduction and background The past few days have witnessed a renewed interest in and discussion of the RBZ US$1,1 billion debt through forums such a...Published: 08 Nov 2011 at 12:19hrs | | by Gono
Kumbirayi K Chikowero is the official spokesperson of Girl Child Network Zim
Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe is concerned about continued media coverage by a woman called Vio Mak who writes and owns some bogus newspapers in United Kingdom and generates articles un...Published: 12 Oct 2011 at 10:32hrs | | by Girl Child Network Zimbabwe
Mubarak's regime 'hijacks' Vodafone network
Mobile operator Vodafone on Thursday accused the Egyptian authorities of using its network to send pro-government text messages to its subscribers, without clear attribution....Published: 03 Feb 2011 at 19:36hrs | | by Byo24News
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