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Zimbabweans in the UK living with the aftermath of Covid-19
Many Zimbabweans in the UK who contracted COVID 19 have recovered. This brought joy and hope not only for the recovered but for the world at large. While the vast majority of those who contract Covid-...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1526 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe bodies repatriation crisis
Zimbabweans dying in South Africa have been caught up in an industrial dispute that has already stopped the repatriation of Zimbabwean bodies.An average of 70 bodies are sent home by road each...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:08hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: South Africa opens borders
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has opened borders for travelers who want to visit and leave South Africa. In a statement on Wednesday, Ramaphosa said his country will be open...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 10014 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe mobile phone penetration rate down 6.4%
Zimbabwe's mobile penetration rate was down 6.4% in the second quarter to 87.8% from 94.0% recorded in the first quarter according to statistics released by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulator...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Circumcision a racist experiment on black boys, says Study
CRITICAL appraisal has dismissed World Health Organisation ( WHO)-recommended campaigns to circumcise millions of African boys and men to reduce HIV transmission as mere systemic racism and "neo-colon...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation eases to 761%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation rate for the month of August eased to 761,02% from 837,53% reported in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said. "The year-on-year inf...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
CR17 donor scores R1.5 billion Eskom contract
The Competition Commission has been criticised for approving a deal that would result in two dominant players in the resources market that supplies coal to Eskom.The South African Energy Forum...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
18 000 dead voters struck off roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) struck off the voters' roll, more than 18 000 deceased people between January and December last year. ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1168 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
US$23m 'vanishes' from NRZ
A top National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) official has been accused of misappropriating US$23 million in what insiders say could be a glimpse of the financial rot at the struggling parastatal....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:25hrs | 2239 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Solusi University fees hike
Solusi University international students are up in arms with the university's management for increasing fees saying they have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.The university reportedly i...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:21hrs | 4150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe divorce law spurs women's fight for property
When Smangele Tshuma got divorced after five years of marriage, her in-laws forced her out of the home that she had been living in with her husband in southwestern Zimbabwe and took the three donkeys ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 2052 | by Reuters
SA deports to Zimbabwe municipal manager with fake papers
The Rand West City municipality senior manager who was arrested for working in SA illegally has been deported to Zimbabwe.Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi's spokesperson Siya Qoza sai...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:31hrs | 3129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa okays early census
There will be an early population census allowing a new delimitation of constituencies by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) before the 2023 harmonised elections after President Mnangagwa approve...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shocking details on abducted MDC ladies emerge
The saga involving three arrested MDC officials Joana Mamombe, Cecelia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova has taken a new twist with a video disputing their abduction reports going viral on the internet. ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 19:14hrs | 7667 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa creates 235 635 jobs for Zimbabweans
The Ministers of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and Industry and Commerce, and Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development informed Cabinet on job creation trends in ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 13:14hrs | 8099 | by Mandla Ndlovu
200 000 enter formal job market
More than 200 000 formal jobs have been created between November 2017 and the end of last month boosting employment by 20 percent backed by 235 000 more now earning in the informal sector. Fur...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
How to stay cybersafe when working from home amid coronavirus pandemic
With so many people working from home and kids doing schoolwork on the same internet connection, chances are your WiFi is getting a workout. And hackers see an opportunity. They're looking for ways to...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 18:55hrs | 317 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF deploys social media warriors
Jittery about the increasingly influential role of social media in the formation of public opinion, the ruling Zanu-PF party plans to deploy activists in every district to counter online narratives th...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 21:56hrs | 3357 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa acquires Standard Bank's data centre
ZIMBABWE telecoms businessman Strive Masiyiwa has completed a transaction which will see one of his companies owning Standard Bank's Johannesburg data centre.Data centres are locations in whic...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 9593 | 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 | 604 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ministerial briefings continue
THE governing party, ZANU-PF, will continue briefings with Cabinet ministers as it tries to add impetus to ongoing efforts to grow the economy.The consultations are part of the party's thrust ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:47hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
What tourists should know about gambling in Zimbabwe
A lot of people have thought about visiting Zimbabwe. Their reasons for doing so are diverse and immense. Some people want to visit the area because they want to see its amazing national parks. Others...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 21:21hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Econet to release GPS data in abduction saga
THE High Court has given Econet Wireless a 48-hour ultimatum within which to re-lease cellphone records pertaining to the three MDC activists' movements, tracked through their mobile phones on the day...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 8849 | by Staff reporter
10 Top Takeaways from the August 2020 Protein Challenge Webinar
The disruption precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has driven the world virtual. Digital meetings and webinars (seminars on the web) are now the new normal.While there are now webinars fo...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 20:29hrs | 467 | by Staff Reporter
Legislation changes are a boon to the online gaming industry in the US
In May 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Professional and Amateur Sports...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 18:56hrs | 452 | by Staff writer
Econet hikes mobile data tariffs
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet), the country's largest mobile telecom operator, has adjusted data bundle tariffs by 60 percent after receiving the go-ahead from the industry regulator early this mon...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:35hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by drug resistance
ZIMBABWE is experiencing a high burden of drug resistance to common antibiotics, a situation which has made disease control difficult and too expensive for the poorly resourced country.Also kn...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:23hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
MDC slams govt over social media law
THE MDC Alliance has slammed the government's plans to fast-track the Cyber Bill, which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once i...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:09hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda
Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-at...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 276 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Autonomous drones to patrol SA's borders
State-owned company Sentech, which distributes broadcast signals for radio and television, is in the market for sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to patrol South Africa's borders.U...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:49hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus blocks ex-Wenela US$300m gratuities
Thousands of Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines during the 1960s may have to wait longer to receive their compensation for respiratory diseases contracted while working in the mines af...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fast-tracks social media law
AMID rising tensions in the country, authorities plan to fast-track the Cyber Bill which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once ...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:30hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Next-Gen Gaming Shaking Up Platform Exclusivity
In console gaming, exclusive titles per system have always been par for the course. For many gamers, these releases would serve as the ultimate deciding factor of which console out of the crop would g...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 20:34hrs | 1062 | by Staff writer
Econet mulls data bundle tariff adjustment
Zimbabwe's largest mobile telecommunications company Econet Wireless is understood to be considering a data bundle price adjustment in the wake of mounting costs and rising inflation.A source ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2768 | by Staff reporter
What is an XSS vulnerability and how tester cannot miss it?
Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are one of the few vulnerabilities on the Top 10 Web Application Security Threats list published by all OWASP or Open Web Application Security projects.Cro...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:40hrs | 696 | by Staff Writer
Govt accounts shambolic: Auditor-General
GOVERNMENT'S books of accounts are in a shambolic state amid revelations it has no balance sheet, making accountability for its assets impossible with some civil servants being promoted without the pr...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter
Econet abolishes mobile money agents
ZIMBABWE'S telecommunications giant, Econet, has abolished mobile money agents and reduced to a maximum of $5000 per day all individual EcoCash transactions in compliance with a directive from the Res...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:39hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Parliament sits for only 20 minutes
PARLIAMENT yesterday sat for less than 20 minutes and further adjourned to September 1, 2020 with less than 30 legislators in attendance.Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Tsitsi Gezi pre...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a trillion dollar economy'
The Mid Term Monetary Policy Statement from the Reserve Bank is well worth a read. This is the first overall review following the formation of the Monetary Policy Committee in August 2019. I was privi...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:33hrs | 10149 | by Eddie Cross
RBZ 'bans' bulk payments of salaries, wages
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has restricted the payment of salaries and wages through bulk payments and mobile money agents as part of measures to curb illicit transactions.The move by t...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:34hrs | 8334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's consumption poverty rises by 37%
THE amount of money an average household of five requires to purchase both food and non-food items, commonly referred to as the total consumption poverty line (TCPL) has risen by 37,4 % to $15 572,85 ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:39hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money limits due for review
The level of inflation in the country, which reached 837 percent in July, should be used as an indicator that mobile money limits at $5 000 are now due for review. The latest data from the Zim...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 884 | by Satff reporter
Zimbabwean born executive takes over as MTN's President and CEO
MTN has announced the appointment of Zimbabwean born Ralph Mupita as its new group CEO. Mupita will be taking over from Rob Shuter, who is set to step down at the end of August. Mupita, the gr...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 10:11hrs | 11806 | by Staff reporter
SABC, eNCA journalists accused of being in bed with G40
SOUTH African media houses brazenly misled viewers on the situation obtaining in Zimbabwe by using file photos and videos to back their biased reportage, something that even contravenes that country's...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2184 | by Staff reporter
How to search for an email database
First of all, let's establish that one of your biggest assets, as a company, is having a strong email database to work with. It's a critical aspect that stays on your mind the whole time and there is ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 19:51hrs | 900 | by Staff writer
A comprehensive language policy will solve the street naming conundrum in Zimbabwe
I wish to add my voice to the recurrent debate over the naming and renaming of geographical places, particularly streets, in Zimbabwe. The debate over the renaming of physical infrastructure such as s...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1018 | by Dr Vincent Jenjekwa
Zimbabwe divisions deepen as activists decry 'rampant abuses'
Facing high triple-digit inflation, a currency capitulation and corruption allegations, Zimbabwe has become fertile ground for civil unrest.a government crackdown on peaceful protesters and th...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:29hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Decolonisation of Zimbabwe Part 2
In achieving further steps towards the decolonisation of Zimbabwe and completely emancipating Zimbabweans from the brutal and savage after-effects of the racist colonial settlers' regime, this Zanu-PF...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 21:42hrs | 1863 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
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