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Mnangagwa fingered in $1million Potraz fraud
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa instructed disgraced former Minister of ICT Supa Mandiwanzira to transfer $1million to Zimbabwe Football...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 10:45hrs | 5817 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Illegal $1m Potraz loan to Zifa under scrutiny
FORMER Cabinet ministers Makhosini Hlongwane (Sport) and Supa Mandiwanzira (ICT) are both set to be summoned to appear before Parliament, where they will be quizzed over loans that were advanced to th...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Foreign suppliers threaten TelOne services over $18m debt
STATE-OWNED telecoms operator, TelOne, has been threatened with service disruption by critical foreign suppliers, who include West Indian Ocean Cable Company (Wiocc) and China-EximBank, among others, ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt unveils parastatal reform strategy
Government has rolled out detailed plans for the restructuring of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), with 41 entities lined-up for privatisation, departmentalisation and listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs throng Harare court
It was an extraordinary week at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that saw four high-profile figures appearing in court on the same day, facing various charges.It was therefore a hive of activity...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:30hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Matapi cells were uncomfortable for Mandiwanzira
FORMER ICT minister, Supa Mandiwanzira yesterday described his night at Matapi police cells in Mbare as uncomfortable.Mandiwanzira, who is facing two counts of abuse of office, spent the night...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:04hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira granted $2,000 bail
The Former Minister of Information and Communication Technology has been granted $2 000 bail after spending yesterday night at Matapi Police Station in Mbare pending trialHe is bei...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:41hrs | 1905 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs flood Harare court
It was a hive of activity on Tuesday at the Harare Magistrate courts with ZANU PF heavyweights appearing for routine remand on various corruption charges allegedly committed under the era of Robert Mu...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 10:08hrs | 9497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Supa Mandiwanzira spends night at Matapi
Nyanga South Member of Parliament and former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira was yesterday arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office and sp...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira accused of abuse of office
Former cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been charged by the police for allegedly contracting Megawatt Company to do consultancy work for Net-One without going to tender.Mandiwanzira is f...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 15:01hrs | 2862 | by Staff reporter
Children of War Vets bay for Masiyiwa's blood
Children of War Veterans Associations has came out guns blazing accusing Strive of corruption and manipulating shareholding of a number of companies in a dubious manner. Read the full open letter to M...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 3820 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Brian Mteki dares Mnangagwa
African roots music singer, sculptor-cum-businessman Bryn Taurai Mteki, popularly known as Sekurutau, says Zimbabweans will regret not voting for him in the July 31 election where he was among the 23 ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:44hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Potraz to host innovation drive workshops
Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) is calling for ICT Innovators to attend its innovation Drive workshops to be taking place this week and next week in Bulawayo an...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 20:28hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Govt clarifies issuance of new broadcasting licences
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has not issued new licences, but has registered service providers with existing licences and who in any case enjoy freedom of establishment in terms of the...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
16 State enterprises to be privatised
The government is undertaking a raft of State enterprise reforms under which 16 entities will be privatised, 13 parastatals merged while two others will be liquidated, State Enterprises Restructuring ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 15:22hrs | 2675 | by Staff reporter
Aiden Mhere declared Chartered Secretary of the Year
Hippo Valley Estates acting chief executive officer, Aiden Mhere, has been declared the 2017 Chartered Secretary of the Year. The runner-up is Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimb...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:57hrs | 971 | by Agencies
Aiden Mhere declared Chartered Secretary of the Year
Hippo Valley Estates acting chief executive officer, Aiden Mhere, has been declared the 2017 Chartered Secretary of the Year. The runner-up is Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimb...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:23hrs | 394 | by Agencies
Potraz sets up Internet Protocol Version 6 Testbed
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has completed setting up a regional Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Testbed.The Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 18:28hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mobile data charges second highest in Africa - report
Zimbabwe has the second most expensive mobile data in sub-Saharan Africa after Equatorial Guinea at $25 for one gigabyte, a technology report released last week has shown.Despite the spread of...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Potraz in countrywide customer awareness campaign
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has continued fulfilling its mandate of ensuring that users of telecoms services know their rights through their countrywide...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:11hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Villagers could soon use mobile phones to track cattle
Villagers from Murewa and Uzumba burst into laughter as a Cabinet minister told them that government anticipated the use of latest digital technology in herding cattle and doing some household chores ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Zimra adopts conciliatory approach
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it has dumped its combative tax administration tactic in favour of a conciliatory approach whereby tax payers willingly comply with the dictates of the coun...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls for caution in mandatory postal tracking implementation
ZIMBABWE has called on the international community of postal regulatory authorities to be cautious before implementing a planned blanket mandatory tracking system on parcels, arguing it could hit oper...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Prosecutor-General
Dear Acting Prosecutor-GeneralMy heartfelt congratulations on your recent appointment, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi, as the Acting Prosecutor-General. Hopefully in the long run the appointment will be tu...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:02hrs | 86 | by Garikai Mazara
'Airtime tax hurting consumers'
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general, Dr Gift Machengete, has called for increased collaboration between policymakers and operators towards further ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Maitengwe finally gets mobile connectivity
THE era of reliance on mobile connectivity from neighbouring Botswana is over for Maitengwe community in Bulilima West constituency following yesterday's official commissioning of a shared base statio...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Seizing opportunities in Zimbabwe's new era
As Zimbabwe courts investors and ramps up efforts to create a business-friendly environment, connectivity and communication will be key to forging a path towards the country's digital future, says Nev...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 13:31hrs | 1508 | by Never Ncube
Chiwenga embraces Chamisa's 'spaghetti roads'
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday unwittingly embraced MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's "spaghetti roads" idea saying they were the only viable solution to the country'...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabwe to reject MDC Alliance
President Mnangagwa yesterday called on Zimbabweans to reject ploys by MDC Alliance to foment instability and chaos ahead of the harmonised elections, saying focus should be on modernising, industrial...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3895 | by Srtaff Reporter
Zanu-PF taken to court
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it is in working on a High Court Chamber application challenging the sending of mobile phone text messages to individuals by political parties canvass...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:11hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office speaks on sophisticated SMS campaign
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has said the text-messaging campaign that debuted this week was part of the ruling Zanu-PF's sophisticated online campaign that had absolutely nothing to do with ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:21hrs | 6046 | by Staff reporter
Nuisance campaign messages
RECENTLY, we discussed privacy and data protection within the context of the voters' roll and certain events of the past week appear to have confirmed some peoples' worst fears. Zanu-PF sent election ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:48hrs | 195 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'Hackers downloaded voters' personal data'
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cyber Security ministry has said personalised, unsolicited campaign messages sent to potential voters' mobile phones by the ruling party could ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:09hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
Zec beefs up voters' roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has pulled another shocker by adding new names on its biometric voters' roll (BVR) weeks after releasing what it claimed was the final version.In its la...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:47hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pushing for full-scale SMS-Gate investigation
The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country's opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 5068 | by Staff reporter
Econet strengthening industry lead
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)'s 2018 first quarter (Q1) sector report shows Econet Wireless maintained its customer and revenue market share lead on the b...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 297 | by Staff rpeorter
Fresh row over Zimbabwe voters' details
A fresh row has erupted between the MDC Alliance and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over the release of voters' cellphone numbers - after Zanu-PF allegedly sent text messages to people solici...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:18hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
Mobile telcos' revenue down 5,8%
Zimbabwe's mobile telcos' revenue for the first quarter of 2018 decreased by 5,8 percent to $244,7 million compared to $259,711 million recorded in the same period last year as consumers continue to o...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Where did Zanu-PF get voter cell numbers?
It is ILLEGAL for any mobile network to provide user data to third parties without the users' express authorization. 1. Govt must investigate where Zanu PF got voter...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 17:18hrs | 4145 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Econet cheats clients - Customer complaint
It's very disappointing to grasp the fact that a big organization like Econet is trying by all means to cheat it's clients. When Econet clients want to buy data bundles, they are given a combi...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1122 | by Isaac
EcoCash glitches: POTRAZ seeks answers
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has engaged Econet to seek clarification over the breakdown of their mobile transaction platform that plunged business to a ...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 15:55hrs | 2529 | by Staff reporter
Mobile phone network operators slash data tariffs
MOBILE Network Operators (MNOs) have slashed mobile data tariffs from 12,5 cents to five cents per megabyte in compliance with a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe directiv...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
The 'ED effect' is already boosting our economy and saving us money
Since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office, he has brought a new way of thinking to the Zimbabwean economy. He has touted free trade principles and opened up the country to unprecedented inve...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:51hrs | 2209 | by Mike Tawanda
Govt slashes e-payment charges
Government yesterday slashed unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) charges by more than half to 5 cents per session effective July 1, as it moves to accelerate the use of e-payments.U...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Econet unveils Ecocash business wallet
Econet's mobile money service Ecocash, has unveiled the Ecocash Business Wallet to cater for both formal and informal businesses, becoming the first in Africa to have an enterprise transaction service...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Banks set to cut transaction costs
The cost of mobile and internet-based financial services is set for a significant drop after Government directed that the charge for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), the technology plat...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:47hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Data charges reduced
Postal Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has directed telecommunications companies to slash data charges from US$0.12 cents to US$0.05 cents per megabyte.POTRAZ anno...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 12:24hrs | 2428 | by Byo24News Reporter
Zimbabwe slashes mobile data costs from 12.5c to 5c per MB
Mobile data tariffs in Zimbabwe have fallen from 12.5 cents to 5 cents per MB, with the internet expected to play a key role ahead of harmonised elections slated for July 30 this year.The Post...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:10hrs | 6802 | by Staff reporter
Close digital divide, says POTRAZ
THERE is a need to upscale the utility of wireless resources to close the digital divide in Zimbabwe and other African countries, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 11:22hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
New tariffs for mobile sector on the cards
Government will soon announce new tariffs for the mobile telecommunications sector, and plans are underway to begin imposing hefty fines on industry players that offer substandard services such as dro...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:34hrs | 1078 | by Staff Reporter
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