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Zimbabwe is set to get Starlink before South Africa
AN apparent standoff over licensing rules in South Africa means the country's impoverished northern neighbour is set to get Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet first.It has emerged that Zi...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:41hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe likely to approve Starlink
Zimbabwe has received Starlink's application for a licence to provide satellite internet services and it is likely to be approved, information minister Jenfan Muswere said on Monday.Muswere, w...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:00hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Plot to subvert 2023 Presidential elections foiled
The arres tof thirty-nine (39) activists from the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), on 23 August 2023, foiled a plot to subvert the 23 August 2023 Presidential elections.Reports from a...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 14:30hrs | 3489 | by Joice Munemo
France backed Ali Bongo overthrown by the military
A group of senior military officers has gone on national television in Gabon saying they have seized power because elections held over the weekend were not credible.The officers, appearing on ...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 07:41hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: CCC 23:00 update
Good evening. As we head into election night and the count begins, dozens of polling stations have still not opened for voting to commence. Urban areas such as Harare and Bulawayo are particularly bad...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1549 | by Charles Kwaramba
Zimbabwe Election: 13:30 CCC update
Good afternoon. In the past few hours, CCC presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa cast his vote at Kuwadzana primary school in Harare. Meanwhile, I gave an update to the press on voting irregul...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 16:30hrs | 131 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Citizens unite - Zimbabwe decides
Polls have now opened on the most important election day in Zimbabwe's modern history. An estimated 6.6 million Zimbabweans will cast their votes today in presidential, parliamentary and council elect...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 07:21hrs | 534 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
State of the race - Two days to go
There are just two days to go before voting commences in Zimbabwe's harmonized general elections. Polls open at 07:00 on Wednesday 23 August and close at 19:00. 6.6 million Zimbabweans are expected to...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 13:47hrs | 13 | by Dr. Tapiwa Shumba
Ghost voters haunt Zimbabwe elections
On election day in Zimbabwe this month, Tendai and his wife will leave home and head in opposite directions.The couple, from the central town of Kadoma, live under the same roof but have been ...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC supporters besiege murder site
MURDERED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter Tinashe Chitsunge's 27-year-old wife Dzidzisai broke down in tears as reality struck, her husband was now just a memory, another statistic on Zim...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election disinformation spreads on WhatsApp
From doctored photos making small crowds big to posts praising government accomplishments that never were, WhatsApp has become the channel of choice for disinformation in Zimbabwe before this month's ...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Econet in massive base station upgrade
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has announced plans to upgrade 500 of its base stations and deploy equipment to 300 additional sites by the end of the year, a move aimed at expandi...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZEC unfit to run free, fair elections - Study
A NEW study on Zimbabwe's electoral politics, processes and institutions has found that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is deeply distrusted by voters, hence cannot be trusted to preside over ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Powertel to invest US$50m towards network expansion
POWERTEL Communications, a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has revealed plans to invest in excess of US$50 million towards network expansion and rural datafication, as it increases connectivity across th...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Senegal restricts internet access
The action is necessary to stop the spread of "hateful messages" on social media following an opposition figure's arrest, the Communications Ministry has saidThe government of Senegal has temp...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 19:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bussing supporters to Matebeleland North star rally tomorrow
President Mnangagwa headlines a star rally in Nkayi, Matebeleland North Province, tomorrow as Zanu-PF continues to prove its popularity and huge following among voters.The rally, the sixth one...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Social Media and Activism in Zimbabwe: Harnessing the Power of Digital Networks
As the political climate in Zimbabwe intensifies with the approaching elections, it becomes increasingly crucial to reflect on the role of social media in shaping activism within the country. In a nat...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
30% of marriages collapse within five years
KEEPING marriages intact has seemingly become a mammoth task for newlyweds, if statistics provided by the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) are anything to go by.At least 30 percent of new ma...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicide now associated with cyber-bullying
Worldwide cyberbullying has been associated with suicide among school children in several recent cases, a phenomenon that has been newly termed cyberbullicide. With access to modern technology and the...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:23hrs | 8 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zanu-PF councilor provides free WiFi
Mvurwi ward three aspiring candidate for ZANU PF Shingirai "Boss Shungers" Rungangah has provided free WiFi in his ward.The youthful candidate appreciates technology and is hoping that the you...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 18:13hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
ZOU part-time lecturers sing the blues
ZIMBABWE Open University (ZOU) part-time lecturers have gone for two semesters without being paid their allowances, NewsDay has established.The lecturers have not received their allowances for...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for selling fake birth certificates, asylum documents
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) apprehended a 41-year-old Zimbabwean man suspected of possessing fraudulent documents in the Tsakane area.According to EMPD spokesperson Lieutenan...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Internet Marketing Is An Engine Of Economic Growth, How It Helps Industries Revealed
Amid record internet penetration rates in Zimbabwe, it's important to understand what the internet does for industries all over the world. Having been called an engine of economic growth, the internet...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 09:13hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
New technology used in gaming
The video game industry has been growing and adapting for decades thanks to the availability of new gaming platforms and other technological innovations.Even though many of these fads didn't l...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 5 | by Nevanji Madanhire
74 estate agents blacklisted over dodgy deals
The Estate Agents Council of Zimbabwe (EACZ) has blacklisted 74 real estate companies operating in parts of the country for failure to register with the council and crimes such as fleecing unsuspectin...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 19:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube gives CCC headaches in Cowdray Park
ZANU-PF's aspiring MP for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo, Professor Mthuli Ncube is fulfilling his promise of modernising the sprawling suburb and transforming it into a smart neighbourhood with the tarring...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vote Zanu-PF for improved livelihoods, says Kazembe
Zanu-PF is seeking support from small-scale miners and small-scale farmers as the party looks at winning the Mazowe West Parliamentary seat and the wards of the Mazowe Rural District Council covered b...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Elections can lead to conflict if they are not free and fair
At least two dozen presidential, national, regional and local elections are held across the African continent each year.The sometimes fierce electoral competition, a history of violence or vot...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by The Conversation
Umzingwane MP embarks on roads rehab to unlock tourism, agriculture potential
ZANU-PF aspiring candidate for Umzingwane constituency Brigadier General (Rtd) Levi Mayihlome has embarked on a road rehabilitation programme targeting five prime roads which he says will unlock the t...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Turn social media into tools for peace not violence
Technology has always had a big influence on international politics with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s adoption of the radio and John F. Kennedy making the use of television to bridge the communication ga...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
ZBC launches digital system
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has launched a new digital internet protocol and multi-channel transmission system aimed at generating technical capacity and improving the quality of service as ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet penetration rate on track to hit 75% by 2025
During 2022, a report by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) indicated that the country had a 63% internet penetration rate. It represented a higher increase (2...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 12:14hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
President Mnangagwa's ZANU PF neutralizes Chamisa's CCC
The opposition movement in Zimbabwe needs to be reformed. The leadership of all political opposition in Zimbabwe, whether it be MDC, CCC, ZIP, etc. is wooden, sclerotic, senile, and out of touch with ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 22:55hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Telecel, NetOne lose subscriptions
TELECEL and NetOne`s active subscriptions have been consistently declining over the past five quarters, resulting in the mobile penetration rate in the country falling by 1,6% to 92,6%, a new report h...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo splurges US$140,000 on Catholic parish
Wicknell Chivayo's spending spree shows no signs of abetting after the controversial businessman donated US$100,000 cash, a home solar system and a US$40,000 Toyota Hilux D4D to the Roman Catholic Chu...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC trench excavation- motorists beware
THE Bulawayo City Council will be digging trenches across 15th Avenue between George Silundika Street and Fife Street as internet service provider Utande will be laying optic cables.In a state...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
From baba to daddy; the epic transformation of our time
SUNDAY was Fathers' Day. In our days, the father in the home was called baba/ubaba. Today, the children call him daddy. They also call me daddy in my own home but I grew up in the era when the father ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa was desperate to see the back of Tendai Biti?
THE beleaguered CCC party is teetering on the brink of another split just a few hours before the Nomination Court sits ahead of the 23 August harmonised elections.Fissures, for long papered by...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's female politicians moan over cyber-bullying
ZIMBABWEAN female politicians have complained of cyber-bullying ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections, saying they are subjected to greater scrutiny and criticism than their male counterparts wh...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
23 August 2023: Our chance to make a difference?
Fellow citizens, ladies, and gentlemen, It is a great honour and with real humility that I write you today. I am morbidly aware that I am writing you at a very difficult time in the history of...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:12hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje
SADC countries except South Africa scrap roaming charges
Mobile users in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana will no longer be charged extra when they cross borders. The initiative in the four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countrie...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 17:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South residents miss out on govt jobs due to internet challenges
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern that a few people in Matebeleland South are utilising its online portal for government jobs.The concern was contained in a report tabled ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 19:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC calls for Sikhala's release as he marks one year in prison
Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala, has completed a full year in remand prison with members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) demanding his release.Sikhala was arrested on June 14 l...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Econet to upgrade 500 base stations, extend coverage to 300 new sites
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator, has announced plans to upgrade 500 of its base stations and deploy an additional 300 new base stations across the country over ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VPN will allow citizens to by-pass government internet censorship
On the 23rd of August 2023, Zimbabwe will be having its national election and history indicates that Zimbabwe's elections are marred with violence, intimidation and censorship. With over four bi...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:09hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
The Sad State of Zimbabwe: A Nation in Crisis
You know it's bad in our country Zimbabwe fellow citizens wax nostalgic for the time when they were governed by a white, racist elite.This is a country that was once the breadbasket of Africa,...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:16hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Susan Mutami asking Themba Mliswa for a father's day gift?
Susan Mutami has resurfaced on Twitter, guns blazing against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa, saying he is neglecting their son.She says Mliswa pretends to be a good father on the internet whil...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 13:33hrs | 5 | by Erick Matotoba
Corporate24 boss in the dock for fraud
Corporate24 Medical Centre founder and CEO, Mike Joka Tuesday appeared before a Harare magistrate accused of swindling Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) of ZW$108,860 in 2021.Joka is...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 18:55hrs | 6 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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