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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

Terminate licence fees to expose ZBC's failures

A time has now come for the scrapping of television and listeners' licence fees, as they serve no purpose and are an anachronistic relic of the past.The government and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) have proved to be intransig…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 12:13hrs | 769 | by Nqaba Matshazi

ZBC licence Inspector loses cash in office break-In

A Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) licence inspector lost more than US$7,000 to thieves who broke into his office over the weekend.The inspector, identified as 30-year-old Tinashe Mushore, reported for duty on Monday morning and fou…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:06hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter

US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strategic minerals. The Bill, introduced las…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:12hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter

ZBFH to surrender building society licence by year-end

Financial services group ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) has announced its intention to comply with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) conditions to surrender the licence of its building society unit by the end of 2025.The central bank requ…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 08:40hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter

10 rich countries non-committal on Zimbabwe's $2.6b bridge financing appeal

Zimbabwe is yet to secure any firm pledges of financial support from the 10 countries it appealed to in its ongoing bid to settle long-standing debt arrears.The southern African nation is burdened with a $21 billion debt, which has shut it…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 12:47hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter

Jonathan Moyo calls for repeal of outdated car radio licence law

Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has called on the Zimbabwean government to scrap the car radio licence law he helped introduce in 2001, describing it as outdated in the face of rapid digital transformation.Moyo made the…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter

Chin'ono criticises Mnangagwa's new radio licence law

The Zimbabwean government has introduced a new regulation requiring all motorists to purchase a radio licence before renewing their vehicle road tax, a move that has drawn widespread condemnation from journalists, civil society groups, and…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:42hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter

Opposition activists free at last

The High Court has upheld an application for review filed by three opposition activists, Denford Ngadziore, Makomborero Haruziviishe, and Jonah Matoratora, who were charged with disorderly conduct in 2019. The three were arrested while ent…

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:49hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter

Heavy rains destroy Gokwe's Sesame Bridge again

Sesame Bridge in Gokwe South, which was rebuilt by the Ministry of Transport after being destroyed by heavy rains in December 2023, has been washed away once again due to the recent downpours.The bridge, located in a region that has faced …

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:48hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi, CCC speak out against ED2030

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has strongly opposed a Zanu-PF faction's attempt to amend the Constitution and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term until 2030, calling it an unconstitutional and treacherous move.Mnangagwa has cons…

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:47hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF team monitors Beitbridge operations

The ruling ZANU-PF party has deployed senior members of its Economic Development Cluster on a two-day working visit to Beitbridge Border Post to assess the implementation of economic development policies and trade facilitation efforts at t…

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:43hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter

Electronic form 1 boarding school enrolment opens November 1

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will open the electronic enrolment process for Form One pupils seeking boarding school placements on Friday, November 1. The enrolment system, managed through the Electronic Ministry Applicat…

Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 12:35hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo man arrested for flying a drone without a licence

Bulawayo police have arrested a 32-year-old man from Newton West for illegally operating a drone near a local lodge. The incident occurred on October 23, 2024, when police officers stationed on guard duty noticed a drone flying from the lo…

Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 12:18hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter

400 000 cars dodge licence fees

Only 800 000 out of 1,2 million registered vehicles are being compliant in terms of licencing, indicating a compliance rate of approximately 60 percent, reports the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA).Speaking on Wednesday, Zina…

Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga should act on health licence fees

REGULATORY authorities are some of the major cost drivers of health service delivery in our country.With health financing mainly out-of-pocket, achieving universal health coverage (UHC) becomes a pipe dream.Health service providers are lef…

Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Johannes Marisa

Biased ZBC defends licence fees

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has defended its steep licence fees saying they are necessary to meet operating costs.The State broadcaster, which has often come under fire from listeners and viewers for biased programming charges …

Published: 13 Jul 2012 at 10:16hrs | | by Entertainment Reporters

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