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Zanu-PF indaba reinforces party supremacy over Zimbabwe govt
At its recent Annual National People's Conference held in Bulawayo, ZANU-PF resolved to reinforce the principle of party supremacy over government functions, ensuring that party objectives directly in...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:33hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to digitalise magistrates courts
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) marked its 14th anniversary by launching a campaign to digitalize all magistrates courts nationwide. This initiative aims to improve access to judicial in...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch rail fibre optic project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to launch the second phase of the National Rail Fibre Optic Project today in Somabhula on the outskirts of Gweru, Midlands Province, as the country scales up the moment...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital title deeds on the cards
THE Presidential Title Deeds programme will soon unveil a digitalised and securitised document that is tear and water proof as the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa moves to curb cases of fra...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital borders to go online in first quarter
ZIMBABWE will start the full implementation of the digitalised border concept this first quarter with a target of transforming all ports of entry into electronic gates by the end of the year.O...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Powertel inks US$100m network upgrade deal
PowerTel Communications, a subsidiary of State power utility Zesa Holdings, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and non-disclosure agreement with Ghanaian company Vobiss Solutions Limited for a U...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on tenders
CORRUPTION in the awarding of tenders will now be a thing of the past following the launch of the Electronic-Government Procurement (e-GP) system by President Mnangagwa yesterday.The Electroni...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digitisation in 'Stone Age'
GOVERNMENT says Zimbabwe's dream to fully digitalise is so many years behind with only 18 transmitters currently digital compliant.Outgoing Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services dep...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses more than US$23b through IFFs
Zimbabwe lost more than US$23 billion through illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 1980 and 2018, a new report compiled by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows.Other sources, however, s...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Drones to control Tsetse flies, quelea birds in Zimbabwe
Drones are now part of efforts to control infestation of tsetse flies and quelea birds, as the Government moves on to step up ways to digitalise the economy.Authorities are making efforts to m...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe continues to digitalise passport application
THE Government is putting in place a cocktail of measures to ensure easy access to travelling documents and is expecting services to decentralise to all districts by year-end while efforts are being m...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 13:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
100 hectares for Figtree smart city
Bulilima Rural District Council has offered a 100-hectare farm for the development of Figtree into a smart city whose transformation will be anchored on digitisation and adoption of green energy....Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls creation of Smart cities
FIGTREE in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, has been identified as one of three places in the country to be transformed into a digital and green energy smart city.Announcing the plan in ...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Touts resurface at passport office
CORRUPT syndicates that wake up early morning to join the queue at the passport office in Harare have resurfaced and are targeting impatient applicants whom they are charging between US$10 and US$20 t...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe E-passport now in use
The new electronic passport (e-passport) is now acceptable as an official document at all ports of entry and travellers can safely use it for their foreign trips, the Immigration Department has said....Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
JSC commissions virtual court
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday officially launched the virtual court system to speed up the completion of cases.This was after some prisoners failed to turn up in court due to...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's e-passport comes on stream to ease travel
FROM next Monday e-passports that were launched by President Mnangagwa in December last year will be accepted as an official travel document at all ports of entry, the Civil Registry Department (CRD) ...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 800 schools to receive laptops
INFORMATION Communication Technology and Courier Services (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere today launched ICT laboratories at Harare schools as part of efforts to digitalise the education sector in the c...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank retrenches workers
Steward Bank, Zimbabwe's largest bank by customer base, says it is reviewing its structures and operations to adapt to technological changes in a move that will see the institution rationalise its sta...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
NetOne grows subscriber base
NetOne has increased its mobile subscription base by at least 500 000, figures from the regulatory authority reveal.This was contained in statistics released by the Postal and Telecommunicatio...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe's e-passport
A nationwide campaign to issue primary identity and registration documents will be launched next year, coinciding with the voter registration blitz ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mn...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges professionals
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged local professionals to continuously play a part in building the economy through good corporate governance and accountability, as he reiterated the importance of coll...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands accountability
All Zimbabwean professionals must play a part in building the economy through good corporate governance and accountability, President Mnangagwa said yesterday as he reiterated the importance of collab...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Investing in Zimbabwe open to all'
ZIMBABWE does not discriminate against any form of investment and companies wishing to invest in the country should make hay while the sun shines as the Second Republic remains open for business with ...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in banking sector
ZIMBABWE'S banks, under siege from prolonged market turbulences and the Covid-19 scourge, fired almost 300 workers during the seven months to July, continuing a carnage sparked by the worldwide migrat...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZACC moves to seize US$6m ill-gotten assets
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants to see the corrupt both jailed and stripped of their ill-gotten gains and so has this year so far referred 76 cases to the National Prosecuting Aut...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
France to upgrade Great Zimbabwe monument
France has pledged to upgrade Great Zimbabwe monument in Masvingo and the National Archives of Zimbabwe (NAZ) as re-engagement efforts by the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa continue to bea...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
FCB set to retrench employees
FIRST Capital Bank (FCB) is set to retrench workers as the business restructures in the face of the hyperinflationary environment and the need to digitalise.In a letter dated November 12, FCB ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Election time - 'All Lupane schools to have computers'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima has said Government is mobilising resources to digitalise all schools in Lupane district as part of a countrywide exercise to improve lea...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC secretary-general hopefuls speak out
The MDC today enters into a crucial week in which it holds its elective congress. Several positions are up for grabs and many officials are jostling - fair and foul - to fill them up. One of t...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe still committed to migration to digital analogue'
ZIMBABWE is still committed to migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting but scarcity of foreign currency is hampering progress, a Cabinet Minister has said. Giving a public lecture at G...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa building Zimbabwe block by block
The fascination with negativity and self-hate is creating an artificial but widely accepted false narrative that everything in Zimbabwe is going backwards and that Zimbabwe is at its worst time....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Digitisation project gathers momentum
THE $173 million digitisation programme that is expected to help improve the quality of the country's broadcasting services is now 35 percent complete and is anticipated to be over by 2021, an officia...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to digitalise 3 500 schools
GOVERNMENT targets to fully digitalise about 3 500 schools countrywide within five years in an effort to enhance e-learning and quality education, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Pa...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe education minister court Google and Facebook executives
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Paul Mavima last week said the Government was close to luring American multinational technology companies ,Google and Facebook, to assist in digitising the cou...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
454 schools in Mashonaland West go digital
AT least 454 schools in Mashonaland West Province have so far gone digital as Government is adopting new ways of learning that will lead to the transformation of the country's economy. This is in line...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga is not dying'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that he once considered throwing in the towel, but changed his mind after he was persuaded by his new boss.Last year Ch...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Protect personal data breaches
SOMETHING that has become very worrying for me is the misuse of personal information since the election period and in this edition, we consider the importance of this and steps to be taken to minimise...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Paul Kaseke
Bulawayo public schools go digital
PUBLIC schools in Bulawayo have pioneered digitalisation with about 80% of them having embraced the technology as part of the government's plan to digitalise all schools to improve the education syste...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The top 5 party manifestos
We are continuing with our analysis of the top five manifestos this week. Last week, we focussed on some general traits, but also considered on overall ranking. We left off with the MDC -T being ranke...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
Govt introduces digital cattle tracking system
THE Government has introduced a sophisticated digitalised cattle tracking system to curb stocktheft and quicken the process of cattle clearance in the country.The system, which is linked to th...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls introducing new television players
ACTING Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has said Government is working on introducing new television players in a bid to break the Zimbabwe Broadcas...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to break ZBC monopoly
ACTING Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has said Government is working on introducing new television players in a bid to break the Zimbabwe Broadcas...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
No room for media polarisation, says Khaya Moyo
ACTING Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Simon Khaya Moyo has said media polarisation has no room in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Moyo said media repressio...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Minister denies ZBC only covers Zanu-PF programmes
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe yesterday refuted allegations that the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation only covered Zanu-PF programmes, saying other pol...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushohwe defends ZBC
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe yesterday refuted allegations that the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation only covers Zanu-PF programmes, saying other poli...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe universities can prepare for the future of work
How do you transform a dinosaur into an automated machine? This seems to be the question that universities in Zimbabwe will increasingly face in preparation for the future of work vis-Ã -vis the explo...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 11:13hrs | | by Richard Mugobo
Bulawayo City Council avails 5,000 housing stands
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has availed more than 5 000 housing stands in the city as they push towards addressing the ever ballooning housing backlog, a senior council official has said.T...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 17:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch e-passport
Plans to launch an electronic passport in the country are at an advanced stage, a development that is anticipated to usher in robust standards of travel documents and international security....Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Radio brings immense benefits'
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe addresses guests during commemorations to mark World Radio Day at Takashinga Cricket Club in Highfield yesterdaySp...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Christopher Mushohwe
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