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Victoria Falls airport shatters passenger records

Victoria Falls International Airport (VFIA) is experiencing an unprecedented boom, smashing pre-pandemic records and cementing its status as a leading regional aviation hub, thanks to a surge in Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events…

Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:52hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo community radio aspires for licence

Bulawayo-based aspiring community radio station, Youth Broadcasting (Y-FM), has expressed frustration over the latest call for community radio applications issued by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz), citing concerns over the co…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 12:15hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's local flights are too expensive

The air distance is about 364 kilometres, and a one-way ticket can be found for around USD 135.00, sometimes less on promotion. That should thrill us, but should also make us impatient.Domestic flyers know the math too well. A Bulawayoâ€“H…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 12:17hrs | 1465 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Mozambique's President to open ZITF

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo will officially open the 65th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), set to run from April 21 to 26 in Bulawayo, with this year's event attracting a significant rise in exhibitor interest…

Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:18hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter

South Africans in danger of losing access to SABC

If South Africa follows through with the 31 March analogue switch-off deadline, a date being challenged in court today, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) risks losing a quarter of its viewership at the end of the month.This…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:45hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean innovator showcases self-powering vehicle to Mnangagwa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed Zimbabwean innovator Maxwell Chikumbutso for his groundbreaking invention of self-powering vehicles and motorbikes that run on radio waves, describing the feat as a testament to the country's immense…

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:45hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter

Why should vehicle owners pay for a Radio License for non-functional or non-existent radios?

44 years on, The Zimbabwean liberation struggle was fought to end the exploitation and marginalisation of the majority. Central to this was the pursuit of fairness, equality and the eradication of unjust systems that disproportionately bur…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:31hrs | 7984 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Zimbabwe's aviation sector soars with 24.8% passenger traffic surge

Zimbabwe's aviation industry is showing strong signs of recovery, with passenger traffic surging by 24.8% in the first half of 2024. The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) revealed this positive development, which reflects the sec…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:36hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter

Motorists cheat deaths; as haulage truck overturns

At least two motorists survived an accident in Chipembere area yesterday when a haulage truck overturned at the 60-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway.According to witnesses, the haulage truck driver was reportedly coming from Mutare…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 14:36hrs | 926 | by Gideon Madzikatidze

5 reasons why Zimbabwe is a popular destination

According to the latest data from Zimstat, Zimbabwe saw a staggering 83.2% increase in tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same period last year, with South African travellers showing a notable 35% year-on-year i…

Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 07:48hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter

Binga still does not have TV, radio signals

Chief Sikalenge, also known as Cannius Muleya, expressed frustration over the prolonged absence of radio and television signals in Binga district, despite promises from the government to connect the area to Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporatio…

Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Advertising, distributing and using Starlink internet is illegal in Zimbabwe

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has warned individuals and companies who are caught distributing and advertising Starlink Internet Services' gadgets that they will be arrested.Some are advertisin…

Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's open skies policy gets continental recognition

ZIMBABWE's open skies policy has won the country an award from the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) during the recently held 24th Yamoussoukro Decision Day (YD) anniversary in Abuja, Nigeria.Zimbabwe's Open Skies Policy, which enh…

Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe air traffic volumes surge

As Zimbabwe continues to experience the benefits of liberalizing air transport, such as improved service quality and increased air traffic, which in turn facilitates tourism, trade, investment, and growth in various sectors of the economy,…

Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Fastjet adds additional daily flights between Johannesburg and Bulawayo

FastJet introduced additional flight frequencies from Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Monday, in time for the busy Christmas holidays travel.The airline, which prev…

Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 17:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporte

19 airlines fly into Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has witnessed a significant increase in airline connectivity, with 19 local and international carriers now operating in the country. This expansion has provided greater convenience and options for both business and leisure travele…

Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 08:08hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Fastjet adds new flight between Bulawayo, Jo'burg

Fastjet Zimbabwe (Fastjet) has increased the frequency of its flights from the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, by adding a morning service to the sched…

Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Anti-Zimbabwe' journalists blocked from covering elections

Zimbabwean authorities have barred Voice Of America (VOA) journalists from covering Wednesday's general election in yet another incident involving purging of foreign media viewed unfriendly to the Zanu-PF led administration.The VOA crew ha…

Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 18:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

FlySafair announces flight prices to Zimbabwe

SOUTH African low-cost airline, FlySafair has released its prices for the Harare and Victoria Falls flights, which are far cheaper than those of other operators.For the Johannesburg to Harare flight, the budget airline will charge the equi…

Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

CemAir launches first flight to Zimbabwe

SOUTH African carrier, CemAir, yesterday announced its presence in Zimbabwe by introducing its Johannesburg-Victoria Falls flights.This move is part of the airline's strategic growth plans aimed at tapping into the flourishing regional tou…

Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

FlySafair, Cemair enter Zimbabwe market

THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has approved applications from the South African low-cost carriers FlySafair and Cemair to start flying into Harare and Victoria Falls.The aviation regulator issued both FlySafair and Cemair …

Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Fastjet launches new domestic routes

ZIMBABWE'S fastjet has expanded its domestic route network by launching additional flights to Kariba and Hwange National Park.With the addition of these routes, the airline will now be flying to five destinations in Zimbabwe.The move is pa…

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe registers 10 new air routes

ZIMBABWE has secured at least 10 flight routes over the past two years, as the government moves to revive the sector to pre-Covid 19 pandemic era levels, a senior official said on Thursday.Addressing a stakeholder's meeting held to discuss…

Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

2 more airlines to ply Zimbabwe route

THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has granted Foreign Operator Permits (FOP) to Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) and Zambia Airways to operate passenger and cargo services in and outbound Robert Gabriel Mug…

Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

SA's FlySafair gets nod for daily flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Harare

South African airline FlySafair says it will start daily flights to Harare from Johannesburg and Cape town later this year after obtaining permission from the International Air Services Council.The airline, which submitted its application …

Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe Airport expansion 85% complete

THE US$153 million expansion and upgrading of the terminal at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare is now 85 percent complete, as Zimbabwe's "Open Skies Policy" also continues to attract more airlines into the country and …

Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's 24 500km road network to be revamped by 2025

THIS week Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) business reporter, Freeman Makopa caught up with Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona (FM) to discuss updates in the progress of crucial infrastructural development projects tha…

Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe newspapers struggling

GOVERNMENT has admitted that the local print media industry is struggling to raise revenue to meet operational costs and guarantee decent salaries.Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa said this yester…

Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's airline passengers to rise 80%

AIR passenger numbers into Zimbabwe's airports will rise above pre-pandemic levels this year, as traffic improves in the aftermath of hard lockdowns globally, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) director general Elijah Chingosho to…

Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Germany's biggest airline dates Victoria Falls

ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest leisure chains yesterday predicted a dramatic upswing in arrivals, as Germany's biggest airline prepared for its maiden adventure on the Windhoek-Victoria Falls route today.Eurowings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Gro…

Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe seeks to boost ties with UAE

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has moved a motion for ratification of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which is expected to increase internation…

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Victoria Falls trudges back to pre-pandemic levels

CONFIDENCE in Victoria Falls ticked up in the past year, underpinned by improved global sentiment and rigorous efforts towards combating the COVIDâ€“19 scourge, a new survey has indicated.The tourism promotion group, We are Victoria Falls,…

Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Air Zimbabwe says to to take delivery of new aircraft by April

Air Zimbabwe will take delivery of new aircraft during the first quarter of this year enabling it to launch additional regional flights as well as a new intercontinental route, an official has said.Air Zim chief executive officer Tafadzwa …

Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 17:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Air Zimbabwe to take delivery of new aircraft

Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) will take delivery of new aircraft during the first quarter of this year, enabling it to launch additional regional flights as well as a new intercontinental route, an official has said.Airzim chief executive officer …

Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

'Continuous lockdowns to hit Zimbabwe's literacy rate'

REPEATED lockdowns due to COVID-19, leading to continuous closure of schools, is impacting education in a hard way in landlocked Zimbabwe.On the eve of International Literacy Day, which is being observed today, experts in the southern Afri…

Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

â€˜Qatar moves Zimbabwe markets'

QATAR Airways' entry into the Harareâ€“Doha route will give impetus to Zimbabwe's export strategy, with connection problems previously faced by investors coming to an end, ZimTrade, the country's export trade promotion body, said on Tuesda…

Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

The quandary of reopening schools

It is a fact that schools closed in early June and attempts to open for second term have been futile due to the escalation of Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe. Recently the government announced that schools must prepare for reopening. It also ur…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Takavafira Zhou

PTUZ demands data bundles for teachers

GOVERNMENT has been urged to avail free data bundles for teachers to enable them to conduct virtual lessons in the absence of face-to-face learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused havoc globally.The calls were made by the Prog…

Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

BCC frets over recurrent

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over the recurrent sewer pipe bursts which it blamed on the ageing infrastructure that is also strained by population growth.Presenting a report on a local development plan on Thursday, BCC…

Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Lufthansa's Eurowings announces flights between Victoria Falls and Frankfurt

German airline Lufthansa will connect the Victoria Falls to Europe with three-times-a-week flights to the tourism hub starting in March 2022.The flights - with a connecting stop in Windhoek, Namibia - will be undertaken by Lufthansa's new …

Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

US$137m loss sinks run-down Air Zimbabwe

NATIONAL flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), chalked over a US$137 million loss in four successive years which helped sink the airline deep into the abyss under the yoke of corporate malfeasance, incompetence, government interference and …

Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Air Zimbabwe admin tables a fresh revival plan

ADMINISTRATORS of Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) have persuaded government to roll out a foreign currency funding model under which industries would be directed to deploy United States dollars into the broke airline and prop up its flagging fortune…

Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:03hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 exposes Zimbabwe education sector

Last year, Zimbabwe recorded the lowest Grade Seven public examination pass rate in five years.At 37,11 percent, the national pass rate was down from the 46,9 percent recorded the previous year and the 52,08 percent in 2018.Predictably, th…

Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:16hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter

Airlink plans daily Harare-Cape Town flights

SOUTH African airline, Airlink says it is looking beyond three weekly frequencies when it launches its Harare-Cape Town flights on March 3.Managing director, Rodger Foster said this week plans were already underway to increase flight to da…

Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

How Zimbabwe is fighting to win back tourists

ZIMBABWE'S tourism sector is working around the clock to adapt to the new normal.This means working out a strategy that attracts back foreign tourists into the country following a full year of challenges caused by the emergence of the COVI…

Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

More radio stations coming, says BAZ

Zimbabwe's media reforms are moving swiftly forward with the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) now verifying information and carrying out fact-finding missions in the communities that submitted applications for radio licences to hel…

Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

6 Zanu-PF linked TV stations get licences

Six new free-to-air private television stations will go live in Zimbabwe within the next 18 months, joining ZBCTV, after the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) yesterday issued licences, ending the 64-year monopoly enjoyed by the Sat…

Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:15hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Emirates shakes up fares

Dubai-Headquartered airline, Emirates said on Monday it had reviewed fares on the Dubai-Lusaka-Harare route as part of efforts to recapture a market that had been grounded by COVID-19-induced lockdowns. The airline became one of the first …

Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt to issue 40 community radio licences, claims Mangwana

Government has started working on licensing 40 community radio stations countrywide as it steps up efforts to achieve total broadcasting coverage, an official has said. Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick…

Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

fastjet Zimbabwe receives approval for additional frequencies

fastjet Zimbabwe, a low-cost airline, has received approval from the government to operate flights to new regional routes, civil aviation authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) Joshua Mqabuko International Airport manager, Passmore Dewa confirmed.Am…

Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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