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Opportunity for Zimbabwean Film Industry Professionals
Submissions have opened for the third Creative Producers Indaba (CPI), a film producers' development programme presented by the Realness Institute, in collaboration with EAVE, International Film Festi...Published: 16 hrs ago | 75 | by Agencies
The International Criminal Court a ridiculous organisation
The world has recently been surprised to hear that the ICC has issued a ‘warrant of arrest' for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The central charge against him is that he is responsible for the abd...Published: 19 hrs ago | 842 | by Ian Beddowes
EcoCash posts $4,76bn loss
ECOCASH Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (EHZL) has posted a $4,76 billion loss for its financial year ended February 28, 2023 owing to monetary exchange losses worth $30,1 billion linked to its failure to r...Published: 20 hrs ago | 231 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blames Mnangagwa for soaring prices
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa has blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube for Zimbabwe's runaway inflation that has seen prices of basics g...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:56hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Low tariffs chew into Econet earnings
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) has posted a near $17 billion loss for the year ended February 28, 2023, owing to a 317,14% increase in exchange losses during the period as the local currency tumbled....Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
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Hustlescasino: Highest rated online casino - 2x your deposit up to 50k Rand or $2000 ...Published: 31 May 2023 at 16:03hrs | 103 | by Staff Reporter
BCC clarifies Roadworks notice
The Bulawayo City Council has said while noble, the efforts by the public to patch and repair roads, such should be done above board and involve the local authority.This seems to be a major cl...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
New radar system for Gabriel Mugabe Airport
A new state-of-the-art radio navigation system capable of communicating with at least 200 airplanes at a time has been installed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as part of the US$153 mi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:09hrs | 343 | by Emmanuel Koro
Robert Chapman's name 'missing' from ZEC voters roll
DEMOCRATIC Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) president, Robert Chapman has red-flagged inefficiencies of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s voter registration system after failing to find his entry among eli...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:41hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to establish weighbridges along highways
GOVERNMENT is installing weighbridges along major highways, mainly those leading to mining areas in a bid to curb continuous degradation of roads by heavy duty and overloaded trucks, a Cabinet ministe...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 709 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mthuli Ncube tours Bulawayo shops, chides business for hiking prices
Continued unjustified fluctuation of prices of goods in supermarkets will force people to import basic commodities from outside the country, Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has stated....Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:52hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube honoured on global stage
Gweru-based businesswoman and philanthropist, Dr Smelly Dube was among seven businesspeople from across the globe who were recently honoured at the 2023 Leaders Without Borders annual business summit ...Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:54hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Zimbabweans in SA
Two civil society organisations have made a last minute request to the South African government to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (Zep), which are due to expire on June 30.South Afric...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 2639 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube confronts Osiphatheleni
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building, which houses the Bulawayo Magistrate Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pr...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
4 rogue firms' accounts frozen
BANK accounts belonging to four major basic commodity distributors have been frozen for suspected economic sabotage, while unscrupulous manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies also face the same co...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 40 under-40 leaders named
MINISTRY of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos and his Permanent Secretary Dr John Basera have been named among 40 most influential leaders w...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:58hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Jail sentence for motorists who illegally remove clamps from their vehicles
Bulawayo City Council has issued a stern warning to motorists who evade paying parking fees by removing wheel clamps from their vehicles, noting that the offence attracts a jail sentence.This ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 18:19hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi youths threaten to close borders and airports to curb gold smuggling
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Youth League has threatened to close all borders and airports before the August elections in order to combat gold smuggling, which the party claims is carried out by...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:53hrs | 497 | 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 | 1137 | by Staff reporter
'Monitor all Zimbabwe mega infrastructure deals'
ANTI-corruption watchdog, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) has urged government to monitor contracts of all mega infrastructure deals to curb financial leakages."There is a need to c...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
NGO insists on reforms ahead of polls
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has implored government to implement electoral reforms in line with regional best practices ahead of the country's August polls.Zimbabwe's election...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 87 | 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 | 305 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | 492 | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Bitcoin's role in the rise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has taken the world by storm in recent years, with more and more investors turning to blockchain-based financial systems to take advantage of the numerous benefits they pr...Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:38hrs | 265 | 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 | 101 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe retailers dumping goods on the streets?
Vendors in the country's major cities and towns have literally invaded all strategic points, including verandas of big retail shops, selling a variety of goods including basic commodities in foreign c...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Living the Mthuli Dream in Cowdray Park
MISS Nobuhle Nyathi has lived in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park for the entirety of her life and has always longed for meaningful development as some parts of the suburb resembled rural areas.Today, ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disappointed by some members of the business community
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is disappointed by some members of the business community whose conduct continues to frustrate Government efforts to stabilise the economy and the current wave of price increases o...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 228 | 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 | 275 | 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 | 158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is poor because of IMF
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s programmes have come under fire from civil society, which claims they have lasting repercussions on public service delivery, development, and poverty.Th...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Burglar targets top cops
Who will guard ordinary citizens from criminals now that the Zimbabwe Republic Police are also in need of protection from criminals?This is the question Beitbridge residents are asking themsel...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
PowerTel committed to bridging rural digital divide
INTERNET service provider, PowerTel Communications (Pvt) Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zesa has reaffirmed its commitment towards bridging the digital divide riding on the infrastruc...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt takes price madness head-on
Government, whose responsibility is to protect the consumer and ensure stability, will "take all measures necessary", including painful ones if need be, to ensure price stability, the President has sa...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Only 3% of Zimbabwe's school have a web presence
Schools in Zimbabwe opened on the 8th May 2023 and our schools are looking for the best way to communicate between the school and the parents/guardians and stakeholders. In Zimbabwe the statisti...Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:00hrs | 144 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Econet apologizes over network challenges
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has apologised over network challenges experienced over the past week, and said it was now confident the challenges had now been fully resolved. "We sincerely regret t...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:24hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud culprits warned
A NETWORK aiding academic fraud charging up to US$1 000 to do dissertations for individuals has been unearthed with Government warning students participating in the scam will be disqualified.A...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel finally returns to Britain
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel - who fears being thrown under the bus should he return to Zimbabwe, because of the starring role he played in Al Jazeera's investigative Gold M...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:29hrs | 3281 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa now worthh $2-billion
FOLLOWING a surge in the market value of his publicly listed companies on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, Zimbabwean billionaire businessman Strive Masiyiwa has once again joined the exclusive group of A...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu sponsors Bulawayo Investment Guide
Bulawayo Business Network has compiled The Bulawayo Investment Guide dubbed The BIG.The Investment Guide has a cocktail of Investment opportunities available for investors interested in Bulawa...Published: 15 May 2023 at 12:26hrs | 616 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Upcoming Zimbabwe, DRC polls a bellwether for Sadc, African democracy
IN the era of democratic decline, signs of hope persist. One example in our region is the Electoral Support Network — Southern Africa (ESN-SA) which comprises domestic civic organisations of the 16 ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:23hrs | 360 | by John Stremlau
Bulawayo musician, poet releases song on Gukurahundi
Bulawayo musician and poet, Comfort Ndlovu, recently released a powerful song and music video titled "Qiniso", aimed at encouraging healing and reconciliation among young Zimbabweans still hurting ove...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
'5G technology won't offer quick fix to Zimbabwe's digital divide'
US technology expert and founder of artificial intelligence company Omelas, Evanna Hu A UNITED STATES technology expert and founder of artificial intelligence company Omelas, Evanna Hu, h...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson brokers gamechanging global media deal
Barely 2 months after his appointment as Chairman of the AfriUSA Business Initiative, Edd Branson has hit the ground running with a 100 million USD telecom deal that will transform the GSM network spa...Published: 11 May 2023 at 07:21hrs | 997 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 755 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Econet technical challenges resolved
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe on Wednesday said the technical challenges that affected its voice services have been resolved.Yesterday [Tuesday] Econet said it was "experienci...Published: 10 May 2023 at 16:20hrs | 769 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa breaks 23-year diplomatic stand-off with UK?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's engagement and re-engagement drive has broken a 23-year-old diplomatic stand-off between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, a development that bodes well for bilateral relations an...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Highway pothole patching begins
GOVERNMENT has started rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway starting with badly damaged sections that will be resurfaced. Bitumen World, which is already on site,...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:56hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
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