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Chamisa, Mnangagwa to pay $20,000 to ZEC
YESTERDAY marked the closing of voter registration for the upcoming harmonised elections, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).As part of the nomination process, individuals vy...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
ZEC to rectify anomalies
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has assured the public that it would rectify all anomalies that were observed during the voters roll inspection exercise.In a statement today, ZEC's Chi...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 20:38hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
ZEC speaks on voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:43hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
ZEC assures voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
NetOne threatens to blacklist dealers for overpricing
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator, NetOne, has embarked on a drive to intensify its distribution channels countrywide in a bid to neutralize parallel market speculators and make its SIM card readily availab...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took the lead to inspect the voters' roll ahead of today's scheduled announcement of the election date.The voter inspection exer...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
O'mari takes on EcoCash
FINANCIAL services giant, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited (OMZL), through Old Mutual Digital Services (OMDS), has launched O'mari, a business unit that will provide mobile money services, insurtech, inves...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
CCC demand credible, auditable voters roll
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded an accessible, auditable, and credible voters roll ahead of Zimbabwe's 2023 Harmonized elections.The announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral...Published: 24 May 2023 at 18:35hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Telecel denies corporate rescue proceedings
EMBATTLED telco, Telecel Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (Telecel) has dismissed its placement under "corporate rescue proceedings" first announced in a notice in the Government Gazette dated May 12, 2023....Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Zec urges people to inspect voter's roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged members of the public to inspect the voter's roll when the exercise starts on Saturday at 1 594 inspection centres countrywide as the country gears fo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
ZEC opens voters roll for inspection by electorate
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the opening of the voters' roll inspection period set to run from May 27 to 31, 2023.The exercise is one of the processes that shall pave ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:17hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
NetOne allays SIM card shortage fears
Mobile network provider, NetOne Cellular, has dismissed allegations that it is short of SIM cards those touts and dubious agents trying to sell SIM cards for US$4, four times the official price of US$...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Starlink rattles Zimbabwe internet service providers
The era of hanging emails, failed file downloads, and unstable internet will soon be a thing of the past if Starlink's global satellite internet service is rolled out in Zimbabwe. Elon Musk's Starlink...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | 3969 | by Staff reporter
NetOne upgrades Victoria Falls network
TELECOMMUNICATIONS service provider, NetOne, has started to beef up network connectivity in Victoria Falls ahead of the Transform Africa Summit (TAS) that kicks off on Wednesday.Close to 3 000...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:49hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Govt's broken promises over Chilonga Bridge irk community
In 2000, Cyclone Eline caused severe damage to the Chilonga Bridge in the Lowveld region resulting in its collapse.This bridge connected the town of Chiredzi to rural communities including Chi...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Econet data market share drops 2,1%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe posted a 2,1% decline in its market share for data and internet traffic during the final quarter of 2022, according to the Postal and Telecommunicati...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:07hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
NetOne hikes tariffs
TELECOMMUNICATIONS company NetOne will tomorrow, April 7, increase tariffs.The company revealed the development through a statement posted on social media platform Twitter on April 6."...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 21:16hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Mnangagwa texts to voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire for allegedly leaking voters' mobile numbers to the ruling Zanu-PF party, which is now using the numbers to solicit for votes using short me...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1952 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe data, among world's costliest'
INFLATION and a deteriorating economy have seen data costs in Zimbabwe spiking upwards compared to other countries in the region, information communication technology (ICT) experts have said.C...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
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 | 796 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in desperate need of national leaders not Mafia bosses and gang leaders!
It was the most heartbreaking sight - as images of a collapsed primary school in my home city of Kwekwe made the rounds across the country. In fact, the stab to my heart was made more excrucia...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:17hrs | 288 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Disillusioned American girl says 'Zimbabweans aware Chinese investments don't really benefit them'
A nominee for the United States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe post, Pamela Tremont, claims Zimbabweans are acutely aware that Chinese investment in the country does not really benefit them as she spoke ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1283 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'I-Bosso yakhiwa ngabaniniyo'
FEBRUARY is significant in the history of Zimbabwean football as it is the month the country's oldest football club Highlanders was formed.Established at royal level, Highlanders have overcome...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:59hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
300 base stations set for installation
GOVERNMENT has purchased equipment for 300 base stations which will be installed across the country as part of efforts to address connectivity challenges especially in rural areas.Information,...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:39hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Four steal $500 million airtime
POLICE have arrested four people for allegedly stealing pinless credit airtime from NetOne cellular (Private) Limited worth over $500 million.The suspects are Primrose Maireti (32), James Mwan...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 20:49hrs | 894 | by Staff Reporter
NetOne loses $16m to Zinara cashier
A ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) tollgate cashier appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing a $16 million theft charge involving point-of sale machines.Tongai C...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade up 30%
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China went up by 29,9% to US$1,7 billion between January and September this year.The statistics were revealed by Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun during a...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos hike bundle prices
Zimbabwe's telecommunications sector has reviewed its bundle prices, both in domestic (ZW$) and United States dollars (US$), to align with rising operation costs.This comes two weeks after the...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:26hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
NetOne, ex-CEO residence case postponed
HIGH Court judge Justice Samuel Deme has postponed a matter where NetOne and its former chief executive officer (CEO) Lazarus Muchenje are locked in a legal battle over a residence that the latter is ...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
NetOne continues fight over plush Harare house with former CEO
A LEGAL battle in which NetOne is seeking to evict its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lazarous Muchenje from his lavish company house is set to continue later this month at the High Court....Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter
ZEC claims hat voters roll is accessible to all and affordable
ANY registered voter can walk into the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) offices and inspect the voter's roll free of charge while for a soft copy of the national roll any individual or organisation...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Potraz licences new mobile operator
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted a licence to a mobile virtual network operator, Dolphin Telecoms.This will make Dolphin Telecoms the fourth ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3124 | by Staff reporter
New Parliament Building handover ceremony coming soon
China and Zimbabwe are both at a critical stage of national development and rejuvenation as the handover of the New ParliamentBuilding, National Pharmaceutical Warehouse and 500 boreholes beckons....Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 14:22hrs | 1592 | by Mandla Ndlovu
China pledges more investment support to Zimbabwe
MORE Chinese companies are expected to invest in Zimbabwe if high quality products are introduced, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said last Friday.Addressing delegates in Harare a...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Kangai's bid for NetOne severance package rejected by court
SPIRITED efforts by former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai (pictured) to get his severance package have been further delayed after the High Court dismissed his application in which he sou...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
High Court throws out ex-NetOne boss application
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has dismissed an application by ex-NetOne chief executive Reward Kangai, where he was seeking to declare a provision in the Labour Act unconstitutional in his ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC snatches 2 out of 3 seats from Zanu-PF
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has won two out of the three wards in Saturday by-elections held in Bulilima.Bulilima Rural District Council Wards 1, 14 and 16 fell vacant f...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:18hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter
NetOne fails to fix abuse of US$1m Covid-19 fund
MOBILE network operator NetOne has failed to properly account for a US$1 million fund the organisation was mandated with distributing to vulnerable citizens whose livelihoods were adversely affected b...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc data costs prohibitive'
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has castigated the high cost of data in southern Africa as an assault against freedom of expression."The cost of accessing the internet r...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:10hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
New parastatals on cards, restructuring continues
GOVERNMENT will continue to restructure and partially privatise parastatals including establishing new ones in order to buttress the ongoing economic transformation drive in line with Vision 2030....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister donates sanitary wear to marginalised girls
Deputy Minister for ICT, Hon Dingimuzi Phuthi donated sanitary wear to marginalised rural girls in his constituency while also giving away food hamp...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 20:57hrs | 381 | by Desmond Nleya
Zinara CEO scoops top IODZ gong
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration's (Zinara) rebranding exercise is yielding positive results, with the parastatal's chief executive Mr Nkosinathi Ncube winning the Director Of The Year award ...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:38hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Government connects 400 schools to the internet
GOVERNMENT has connected 400 schools to the internet in all the country's 10 provinces as part of an ongoing programme to accelerate the implementation of the national e-learning strategy.The ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 497 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Postal, telecoms sector revenue up
TOTAL revenues for the country's postal and telecommunications sector increased by 11% to $43,5 billion during the first quarter of this year, despite depressed consumption, inflation, foreign currenc...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
ZEC opens voter's roll for inspection
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday opened the national voter's roll for public inspection ahead of the imminent delimitation of constituencies with more than 11 000 inspection centres e...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:17hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
NetOne apologises for network disruptions
NetOne subscribers say they continue to face network challenges following the recent system upgrade. The company has since apologised for the challenges. In a statement today, NetOne s...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Backlash over Chinese loans
ZIMBABWE'S debt-stricken administration last year struggled to access fresh loans to scale up ambitious plans to revamp key infrastructure projects after accumulating significant arrears on lifelines ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
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