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Dzvukamanja dumps Orlando Pirates
THE speculation surrounding Terrence Dzvukamanja' future in South Africa's DStv Premiership was resolved yesterday after it was confirmed the Zimbabwe international was leaving Soweto giants Orlando P...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Chris Maroleng appointed chief executive of Good Governance Africa
Zimbabwean-born South African public policy analyst and communication expert Chris Maroleng has been appointed the international chief executive of Good Governance Africa, a research and advocacy non-...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:13hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Dzvukamanja to remain at Orlando Pirates
Orlando Pirates striker Terrence Dzvukamanja will remain at the club and is in talks over a fresh new contract with the club.The 29-year-old looked set to leave Pirates at the start of the 202...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and SA telcos hit hard by worsening energy crisis in the region
Telecommunication companies have been hit hard by the worsening energy crisis in the southern Africa region, which has seen daily national power grid electricity outages of up to 16 hours.The ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cowboy country
I DO not get away very often but right now I am in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, which is my wife's home base. We have not been here for seven years and the changes and challengers are very visible....Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:26hrs | 7 | by Eddie Cross
Edd Branson mobilises $100 million for African telecoms sector
Zimbabwean businessman and investor Edd Branson has entered the mobile telecommunications space with a 100 million fund to buy equity in African GSM operators.Branson and his consortium are ey...Published: 11 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 6 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA business group unhappy with rise of Zimbabwean expats
THE appointment of Sitholizwe Mdlalose as chief executive of South Africa's telecoms giant Vodacom has triggered xenophobic reactions after the country's Black Business Council (BBC) demanded that loc...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Picking Zimbabwean Sitho Mdlalose as Vodacom SA boss raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwean diaspora seems to ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 07:13hrs | | by Gugu Lourie
Kaitano Tembo fired
The news that Kaitano Tembo has been relieved of his duties by SuperSport United have been confirmed and the club has also announced who will take over in the interim.Tembo will depart with im...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 13:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo tipped for Zebras' top job
FORMER Warriors' coach Rahman Gumbo has been tipped to be the next Botswana national team head coach, taking over from interim coach Teenage Mpote.Mpote is serving The Zebras on an interim bas...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans jailed for 7 years each in SA for stealing cell tower batteries
Two Zimbabwean men have been jailed for seven years in South Africa for stealing cell tower batteries.Munyaradzi Kachingwe, 32, and Cosmos Ziwande, 38, were arrested in July and charged with p...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Roki signs landmark deal with South African telecoms giants
Zimbabwean man of the moment Roki has bagged two major endorsement deals with MTN and Vodacom through his latest hit song Screenshot.Roki has become the first Zimbabwean artist to clinch a hug...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Telcos target rural population
Telecommunication companies are exploring new and cheap ways of connecting marginalised areas in support of the Government's agenda to develop a digital economy.Under the National Development ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 best MiFi routers available in Nigeria in 2021
We are living in a digital world where everything is connected online and requires online interactions and that is why everyone wants a fast internet connection to browse the web quickly and get every...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 15:39hrs | 4 | by Staff Writer
Loga now in a better mood
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, is hoping his players will get the game time they badly need to put them into fine shape for the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopi...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women can use PrEP- study
PREGNANT women who are HIV negative can use the Dapivirine ring and oral Truvada as a means to prevent HIV infection in the last stages of their pregnancies, a recent study has revealed.It is ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mahachi to return to Sundowns
WARRIORS and SuperSport midfielder Kuda Mahachi could make a return to Mamelodi Sundowns with reports from South Africa suggesting that the swap deals could be concluded during this transfer window....Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Katsande set for Chiefs exit
FORMER Warriors skipper, Willard Katsande, is among a group of players who could move away from Kaizer Chiefs, at the end of the season. South Africa's glamour football club are trying to find a way o...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Katsande deserves legendary status: Tovey
SOUTH African soccer legend Neil "Mokoko" Tovey believes former Warriors captain Willard Katsande has earned legendary status at Kaizer Chiefs, but accepts that it will be up to the club and its suppo...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Work permit delays ground Madhananga
FORMER FC Platinum midfielder Farai Madhananga is still grounded as he awaits the issuance of a work permit for him to return to action for his South African club Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM)...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia, Nigeria retaliate to xenophobic attacks
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa seem to be scaling on despite government's attempts of trying to stop them.As a result of the ongoing xenophobic attacks which many are now terming Afrophobi...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 23:01hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Ramaphosa closes South Africa embassy in Nigeria
South Africa has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria following reprisal attacks by Nigerians triggered by xenophobic violence in South AfricaSince Sunday, in South Afri...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 17:58hrs | 2396 | by BBC
Mnangagwa's govt condemns violent SA attacks
Government has condemned flaring attacks on citizens from other African countries in South Africa which have so far left five people dead, shops looted and property burnt down. Botswana,...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MTN, MultiChoice shut branches in Nigeria amid protests over SA attacks
South African television group MultiChoice has shut its offices and branches in Nigeria and Zambia, according to its head of corporate affairs Joe Heshu. This follows protests at the group's N...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blood of foreigners flow in South African streets as locals swim in joy
If one can not be angered by the animalistic sadistic killings of our people in South Africa then one has a heart of a stone. Please be angry with me as we moan the patriots who are slaughtered like a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 22:34hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
South Africans and their companies given 7 days to leave Nigeria
South Africans and their companies operating in Nigeria have been given seven days to pack up their bags and leave Nigeria by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) following an increase...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Nigerians set MTN office on fire in Lagos, destroy Shoprite
One of the MTN offices in Apapa, Lagos, has been set on fire by Nigerians protesting the recent xenophobic attacks....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash bureau de change launch to spur financial inclusion in Zimbabwe
THE recent launch of a bureau de change by Zimbabwe's leading mobile money service provider EcoCash after approval by the country's central bank is likely to help channel more remittances through form...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Econet launches digital mobile bureau de change
ECOCASH has launched a digital mobile phone-based bureau de change in a move set to increase competition in the foreign currency exchange business. The innovative facility, a first by a mobile...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa panics
Reports from South Africa indicate that the country's President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa's lawyers have accused the public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane of unlawfully obtaining financial information fr...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 11:34hrs | 9185 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa funded Ramaphosa's campaign with R500 000
Former MTN group CEO and Eskom board member Sifiso Dabengwa funded the South Africa President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign with a whopping R500 000. President Ramaphosa is accused of be...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 10:38hrs | 28359 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt to cede TelOne, NetOne majority shares by year-end
GOVERNMENT is moving to complete the sale of its majority shareholding in fixed telecommunications company TelOne and mobile operator NetOne by year-end, businessdigest has learnt.There has be...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Epic start for Kaitano Tembo
Its been a long and stressful journey for the Zimbabwean born gaffer of Supersport United who has managed to anchor the Matsatsantsa a Pitori as they are affectionately known by their fans to the sixt...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:18hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Strive Masiyiwa plots Botswana Mascom listing by October
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa plans to list part of his Botswana telecoms operator Mascom by October this year, he said on Tuesday, in what he expects to be one of the biggest flotations on t...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked Chris Maroleng fired by SABC
The SABC board has terminated the contract of employment of its Chief Operations Officer, Chris Maroleng, with immediate effect, Zim Techreview reported.This announcement followed "due conside...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 21:13hrs | 9020 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born Mupita gets R22.5-million payday
MTN Group has released its Integrated Report for the year ended 31 December 2018, detailing how much its executives get paid, Zim Tec...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Price, tariff tragedy of regulated sectors
OVER the past year or so we have seen inflation pressures escalating in Zimbabwe. The latest figure of 59,39 percent for January has invoked fears among Zimbabweans who do not want a repeat of the las...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young Bulawayo artistes land MTN, Vodacom caller tune deal
IN the infancy of their careers, up-and-coming Bulawayo hip-hop artistes Redbee, Ravan and Shanga have landed a caller tune deal with South Africa's giant telecommunications service providers MTN and ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa buys back controlling stake in Botswana's Mascom
MTN Group Ltd. announced the disposal of its share in a Botswana joint venture as Africa's biggest wireless carrier by revenue kicks off a drive to raise at least 15 billion rand ($1.1 billion) from a...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:55hrs | 5993 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa stole Econet share, his lawyer responds
Prominent businessman and formerly Strive Masiyiwa's lawyer Tawanda Nyambirai has issued a lengthy and heated response to the allegations that the Zimbabwean dollar billionaire should not have ended u...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen cellphone tower items found on Zimbabwe bound bus
Several cellphone tower solar panels and batteries believed to have been stolen from around the Nelson Mandela Bay area were confiscated after police pulled over a bus travelling to Zimbabwe.T...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets black market
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set his sights on illegal currency trading, describing it and related illicit financial activities as a threat to national security.In the first installment of...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Workforce experiences to match customer experiences: the next frontier for telco success
Since GSM was first demonstrated in Cape Town in 1993 and the first GSM networks launched the next year, the telco industry has fundamentally transformed every country on the African continent. As som...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 12:16hrs | | by Mariam Abdullahi, Telco Industry Lead at SAP Africa
Khama Billiat best player in PSL, says Kaizer Chiefs coach
Cape Town - Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas gave high praise to Khama Billiat on the weekend, saying he is the best player in South Africa.Billiat scored Amakhosi's first goal in their 2-...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Africa's customer experience experts descend on Cape Town
Cape Town, July 27, 2018: Africa's top customer experience experts are gathering Cape Town for the 7th annual Customer Experience Management Africa Summit, held at the Cape Town International Conventi...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Agencies
MTN executive quits
MTN today announced the resignation of Stephen van Coller, Vice President of Digital Services, Data Analytics and Business Development with effect from 31 August 2018. Stephen has resigned to take up ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
MTN increase LTE coverage and download speeds
MTN increased its coverage and improved the customer experience on its network between January and May 2018, according to chief technology and information officer Giovanni Chiarelli.Speaking d...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 13:32hrs | | by MyBroadband
Supa Mandiwanzira moots lowering tariffs
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, has said government is undertaking research to ascertain the real cost of data in the country following an outcr...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
More Bosso/NetOne activations coming
HIGHLANDERS' newly found all-weather partner, NetOne, have revealed that more Bosso fan activations will be done in Bulawayo and surrounding areas in a bid to help the club continue reaching out to it...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
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