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Bulawayo set for major transformation
BULAWAYO is experiencing a renaissance as investor interest is surging, reindustrialisation efforts taking root and multi-million dollar projects underway, signalling a promising future for the city....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Drones and fast cargo scanners deployed at the Beitbridge Border Post
Drones and fast cargo scanners have been deployed by the Government at the Beitbridge Border Post as it intensifies the use of modern technologies to curb invasive leakages and smuggling through ports...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may starts lithium car batteries production
Zimbabwe may start commercial production of lithium batteries for passenger vehicles next year following headway by the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) which has already purified lithium phosphat...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard introduces hi-tech CCTV farm monitoring system
Safeguard Security has introduced a hi-tech solar powered closed-circuit television (CCTV) security system that is ideal for monitoring what is happening on the farm 24 hours a day from anywhere where...Published: 09 May 2023 at 12:55hrs | 16 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Drones help NRZ recover stolen equipment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recovered the bulk of its stolen equipment following the massive capacitation of its loss control unit in terms of human resources and acquisition of drones...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane Provincial Hospital takes shape
THE 250-bed Lupane Provincial Hospital, which is set to improve the provision of health services in Matabeleland North is taking shape, with key stakeholders hopeful that there will be significant pro...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:42hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's US$500m Zim Cyber City 'murky' investor exposed
MULK International, the United Arab Emirates-based company roped in by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to build a US$500 million Zim Cyber City in Harare, secretly bought Nigeria's National Theatre for U...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Harare's US$500m Cyber City to feature 250 townhouses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week broke ground to launch the $500 million Zim Cyber City, a hi-tech park near capital Harare, that is being developed by UAE-based diversified industrial conglomer...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:04hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinese Parly building complete
Epitomising magnificence, the imposing six-storey circular Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the picturesque surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislati...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe criminals go hi-tech
ZIMBABWEAN criminals are not being left behind by technology. They are using technology to enhance their trade, just like everybody else.Technology is a useful tool as it can bend to the whims...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:37hrs | 17 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa's son partners Chinese in mining project
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son Collins has partnered with Chinese Investors to pursue a gold mining project in Mutoko.Radnor Mine, which sits on some of the country's best goldfields in th...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to empower Zimbabwe military with hi-tech hardware
THE Second Republic will continue equipping the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) with the latest technological equipment that responds to emerging threats threatening existing peace and stability in the ...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Mauritius example on economic development
Mauritius is ranked by the World Economic Forum as the most competitive economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and high income country with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$12,740 (Sub-Saharan Af...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Port Louis Riverfront, Mauritius
Zimbabwe engages SA over border commercial chaos
THE Government is formally engaging South Africa to speed up the clearance of both commercial and light vehicles at Beitbridge Border Post. Truckers are experiencing long delays before crossin...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Security beefed up at border post
THE Government is beefing up security at Beitbridge border post to curb smuggling and other illegal activities which authorities believe could be costing the country over US$1 billion annually in unpa...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 447 HIT graduates
A total of 447 students at Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) graduated yesterday at a colourful ceremony in the presence of HIT Chancellor President Mnangagwa. The bulk of the students grad...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Jonathan Moyo survived Chiwenga's killers
Professor Jonathan Moyo's escape story from the then Commander Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga's killers in November 2017 is a candidate for a Hollywood script. While Prof Moyo is ye...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 12:56hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police acquire latest surveillance equipment
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has acquired the latest surveillance equipment to aid officers execute their duties in line with international standards. Deputy Commissioner-General Learn N...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Bulawayo patients
Corporate24 Hospital on Friday launched a medical aid scheme in Bulawayo incorporating low-income earners and the informal sector that is absorbing thousands of people as companies close shop....Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne to launch hi-tech billing, support system
STATE-OWNED mobile operator, NetOne, is set to launch a state of the art converged billing and business support system which will offer seamless services to all the end users.NetOne says the l...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Zimbabwe's Per capita income up?
Zimbabwe has a very bright future which is being bolstered by growing investor confidence that has seen the country's per capita income shooting from $900 in December last year to $1 011 by May this y...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
New tariffs for mobile sector on the cards
Government will soon announce new tariffs for the mobile telecommunications sector, and plans are underway to begin imposing hefty fines on industry players that offer substandard services such as dro...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to launch national geo space agency
GOVERNMENT will soon launch the country's first National Geo Spatial and Space Agency aimed at harnessing satellite technology to solve problems.The agency is being pioneered by the Ministry o...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
During Easter, Nelson Chamisa Must Learn Some Humility
Easter is a special festival in the Christian calendar. It is about resurrection, new life, new beginnings, hope, and great love.Above all, Easter is about loving your fellow man. Jesus came t...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Mike J, Harare
Chamisa's new path: High modernism and patriotism
Before we even reflect on MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa's political messaging at rallies, let us look at his appearance. He has a savvy hi-tech gadget and a Zimbabwean flag which sums it up. Some form o...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
Econet goes hi-tech in customer experience
Listed telecoms and tech giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ), has taken the lead in the use of artificial intelligence to manage its customer services support in a move set to significantly improve ...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZETDC under fire
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings has come under fire from prospective employees for demanding the "expensive" Samsung J7 smartphone...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists made to pay $3 entry fee at Entumbane Complex
A motorist Michael Mdladla Ndiweni has expressed some shock after he was ordered to pay $3 parking fees at Entumbane Complex Park."On Friday I drove my old Corolla 16 Value into Entumbane Comp...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zim in rice production plans
Local firm Life Brand Agriculture Services plans to put 10 000 hectares of rice in Masvingo – a project set to showcase Tokwe-Mukosi Dam's humongous impact on farming.Zimbabwe imports over 9...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
188 years in jail
THREE notorious armed robbers who terrorised miners and businesspeople in the Midlands province and Bulawayo getting away with more than $25 000, a vehicle and six rifles, have been sentenced to a com...Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe challenges scientists
President Mugabe urged scientists to come up with new technologies and innovations that are essential to the country's industrialisation and development thrust.He said this while officiall...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt paranoid #ThisFlag could weaken Zanu-PF strong holds in rural areas
The state media on Sunday accused #ThisFlag movement by the citizens of Zimbabwe of plotting to instigate civil disturbances in rural areas.This comes as state media continues its smear campai...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 09:00hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Blitz on smuggling welcomed
Smuggling has become an albatross around the country's economy as leakages of goods in and out of the country on our borders and illegal points of entry has impacted negatively on our efforts to resus...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 13:35hrs | | by Tapiwa Maware
Chinese ZTE to open 50 branches in Zimbabwe
Chinese telecoms equipment and handset manufacturer, ZTE is set to open 50 branches in Zimbabwe this year which will also include a technical and repair centre for all its products. In the past ZTE us...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Zimbabwe to create its own Facebook, Twitter look-alike
Social media use will soon be regulated in Zimbabwe, with the State already drawing up legal and policy instruments to govern information communication technologies.Local web developers are al...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Hand scanners introduced at Beitbridge Border Post
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has introduced mobile baggage scanners at Beitbridge Border Post to reduce incidents of smuggling and intrusive leakages.The hi-tech mobile scanners were...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 05:45hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Safeguard continues to invest in local security industry
The Safeguard Security Group has bought new buildings on Telford Road, in Graniteside, as it continues to invest in buildings, vehicles and a large range of electronic security devices and to expand t...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 14:34hrs | | by Business Reporter
Zimbabwe rolls out hi-tech computerised cars
THE government will this week roll out hi-tech computerised cars that will, at the touch of a button, fish out unregistered vehicles and those without valid radio licences from the country's roads, a ...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:42hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
3 Zimbabwean buses burnt in South Africa
Three Zimbabwean cross border buses and two trucks were yesterday burnt in the Newton area of Johannesburg, South Africa. Buses belonging to Munhenzwa, Elite and Hi-Tec coaches were reduced to shells ...Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 08:06hrs | 6 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Mujuru spying used state money
Zanu-PF stepped up its surveillance of internal enemies ahead of the party's December 2014 congress so as to amass evidence against the faction led by Joice Mujuru, according to reliable sources....Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya is no different from the apostolic sects he attacks
Walter Magaya of PHD Ministries wrote a 4 000-word-long thesis attacking the white garment apostolic churches. Despite the length of the thesis, he raised two points against the white garment apostoli...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 09:05hrs | | by Tinashe Shamuyashe
'Vapostori sect are demonic,' - Prophet Magaya's full sermon
Prophet Walter Magaya recently stirred a hornets' nest by referring to the vapostori sect as being possessed by marine spirits. Below we reproduce the sermon in full . . The subject of marine ...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 11:49hrs | | by Prophet Magaya
Mujuru crushed through hi-tech
VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru's political career was wrecked through a well-coordinated and systematic operation of communication surveillance and recordings, including voice cloning and video morp...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Joburg bound bus accident, 17 injured
Seventeen people were injured - seven of them seriously -when a Johannesburg-bound Hi-Tech Trans Motors bus veered off the road and landed on its right side on Thursday, some 33km before Beitbridge to...Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 08:32hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Council, police use hi-tech system to pick cars owing fines
THE BULAWAYO City Council and police have launched a blitz targeting motorists with outstanding tickets for various traffic offences using a newly computerised system to bust offenders.Council...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra introduces hi-tech equipment to reduce corruption
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority introduced modern technology in its operations to reduce corruption and smuggling of goods through the country's borders, a senior official has said. It is u...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 02:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
All politicians are ugly
When you really want to stoke the furnace of misanthropy, the thought-ages to visit are the Augustans and the Romantics. But that is to reckon time by way of literary movements, something decidedly es...Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 07:18hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Emirates sets giant challenge for Arsenal trio
Three Arsenal players have swapped their usual airline passenger seats and courageously stepped into the cockpit of an Emirates' A380 for the landing of their lives.Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain...Published: 28 May 2013 at 12:09hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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