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Why buy a ZBC license when the broadcaster doesn't speak for suffering Zimbabweans?
The state-controlled broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has published its radio and television licence fees. This was one of the most outrageous lists I have seen a long...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:34hrs | 529 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Time to revisit the laws of radio and television licencing in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, the landscape of broadcasting and media consumption is undergoing rapid and profound changes, primarily driven by advancements in technology. The debates surrounding the Zimbabwe Broadcas...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:36hrs | 994 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Intermediated Money Transfer Tax reduced from 4 to 1%
Mobile money customers are happy that the government has reduced the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transactions from 4% to 1%.The reduction, which was an...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite starts transmitting data
ZIMBABWE'S first earth-observation satellite, ZimSat-1, has started collecting data from space after undergoing successful orbital stabilisation.The satellite, which is monitored from the Mazo...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tycoon set to get US$139 million refund from Bank of Zambia
THE HIGH Court of Zambia has ordered the country's central bank to pay back US$139, 191, 386 seized in 1998 to Zimbabwean business tycoon, Jayesh Shah, and his company Al Shams Building Materials Limi...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzi Khumalo urged to dispose of Zimbabwe mines
SOUTH African mining magnate Mzi Khumalo is under pressure to dispose of Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manica- land province and Mazowe Gold Mine in Mashonaland Central as the mines have become hotbeds ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor at centre of Grace Mugabe farm 'gift' charged with medical misconduct; risks being struck off by tribunal
A doctor at the centre of a 2016 farm seizure row in Zimbabwe is appearing before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over allegations of mistreating patients.The tribunal, un...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 of 6 new ZBC channels go live
THE national broadcaster ZBC recently launched six new channels as part of its mantra to grow the broadcasting sector with three of them now operational.The channels are Jive TV, Shasha, Danda...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
More convenience for citizens as Steward Bank launches domestic USD remittance service
Steward Bank, the country's largest bank by account holders, has launched a US dollar domestic remittance service that is set to ease the burden for millions of Zimbabweans who need to safely and secu...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 17:49hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe TV goes digital
ZIMBABWE will soon have free-to-air digital television services through 12 stations following the successful and historic switch-over yesterday, from the analogue signal to Digital Terrestrial Televis...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demand for rand disbursements spurs Access Forex
MONEY transfer services firm, Access Forex, says it has positioned itself to expand business in response to overwhelming demand for rand cash disbursements mainly in Matabeleland provinces and parts o...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 spawns courts backlog
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has bemoaned an increased backlog in cases owing to the suspension of court operations during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns which stalled trials.In his ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils stamps
President Mnangagwa yesterday unveiled commemorative stamps conveying the "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra at a function held at his Munhumutapa offices. The stamps were issued by Zimpos...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZITF needs overhaul
ECONOMIC analysts have called for the sub-division of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) into sector-driven fairs as the business exhibition is struggling to attract big international corpor...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique threatens Zimbabwe over delayed wheat import payments
BEIRA port officials have threatened to stop Zimbabwe wheat cargo from using the terminal after inordinate delays in payment and collection of bonded consignments.Zimbabwe, through the Grain M...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages hit money transfer agencies
Money transfer agencies mainly Western Union, have become latest victims of foreign currency shortages as it emerged they are failing to access hard cash from local banks for onward transfer to receiv...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in panic mode, solution needed
LAST Saturday, I attended the Mbira Festival which was organised by my friend, Albert Chimedza, at Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare.It was an awesome venue for a traditional music festival with a ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:11hrs | | by Debbie Peters
Mutsvangwa hands over radio receivers
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has called on Zimbabweans to use information as a tool to foster unity and development than abuse it to denigrate each other...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe strikes fear in Mnangagwa
Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa ducked a tricky question in the National Assembly on Wednesday which had the potential to aggravate his fallout with First Lady Grace Mugabe, currently in New York,...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF on propaganda overdrive
For the past months Zanu-pf has been on the overdrive, upping the ante, roping in a motley of academics and political writers in a desperate bid to propagate the narrative that change in Zimbabwe will...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum
Insufficient financial inclusion, unbanked masses and financial literacy are increasingly attracting investors When she needed to transfer money to a f...Published: 30 May 2017 at 21:28hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Biometric voter registration system: A technical synopsis
A LOT has been said by experts about the pros and cons of biometric voter registration (BVR).I do not intend here to offer a brief lecture about the BVR system that will be used to register el...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:00hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Rural dwellers to get free TV signal receivers
GOVERNMENT will distribute set top boxes free of charge to people in rural areas and charge a very minimal fee for urban folks upon finalisation of the digitalisation programme, a Cabinet Minister...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ fails to meet bond notes target
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has failed to meet its target of $75 million bond notes to be in circulation by end of last year as only $72,9 million have been injected.The central bank in...Published: 06 Jan 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Airlines flying to Zimbabwe to accept bond notes
GLOBAL and regional airlines plying the Zimbabwe route are on board with respect to using bond notes, a top airlines official has said.Chairperson of the Board of Airlines Representatives ...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt affirmed ZBC mandate as a public service broadcaster
On July 20 2016, the constitutional court (ConCourt) clarified that it was mandatory for Zimbabweans in possession of a gadget capable of receiving broadcast services to pay the Zimbabwe Broadcast...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 11:06hrs | | by MISA ZIMBABWE
ZBC producing Zanu PF, Mugabe news only- analyst
A political commentator Rejoice Ngwenya has bemoaned the move by the constitutional court to issue a ruling that all people with radio receivers are compelled to pay ZBC licences despite the fact that...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 09:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chaos to break out over radio licence
Harare Residents Trust has predicted that there will be serious chaos over the ZBC radio licences following the court ruling that people must pay ZBC when ever...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 08:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Arrest for U-18s lobola receivers
Government is coming up with a cocktail of laws, among them making it an offence for parents and guardians who accept lobola for children below the age of 18 as it steps up efforts to clamp down on un...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Solar powered wireless access
Background Some time in March 2010 ,. the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) made an announcement t...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 21:08hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Supper that smells too doggy
Zimbabwe: Assassins without gunsOctober 31, 2015 Shingirai Huni Features, Opinion & Analysis, Headlines, Nathaniel ManheruJoram NyathiNathaniel ManheruI will part w...Published: 31 Oct 2015 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
MoneyGram in partnership with Standard Bank launchies Direct Send to Ecocash
Johannesburg - Today the International money transfer brand MoneyGram together with partners Standard Bank launched the Direct Send to Ecocash in Zimbabwe product giving Zimbabweans in South Africa, t...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Zanele Ndlovu
Mugabe quakes in his boots, we are told
IT has been an eventful week, quite eventful. On my way home last Saturday, I ran into an everlasting convoy of MDC-T supporters. Their vehicular beeline pointed beyond, passing through and past Chivh...Published: 19 Sep 2015 at 11:24hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
If I were to deliver a "Rhodes Memorial" public lecture at UCT, South Africa
At a child-trafficking 16years of age, history records that an unaccompanied minor called Cecil John Rhodes was sent here in Africa by his own parents to stay for a longer time if not forever, o...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 14:09hrs | | by Fbr Mthokozisi Ndiweni
NetOne buys lucrative frequency from ZBC for $200 million
NetOne has purchased analogue- based broadcasting frequency that was being used by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and Transmedia for $200 million, the National Assembly heard on Wednesday....Published: 31 Jan 2015 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Zimra battles to recover $240m
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority may fail to recover about $240 million in unpaid taxes as it emerged that some of the companies owing the authority have closed.According to a report by the Au...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Express Links Money Transfer and Kenya Airways to Sponsor ZIMAA UK 2014
As we approach the final stretch for the 4th annual Zimbabwe Music and Arts Awards UK (ZIMAA UK) to be held on 29 November 2014 at Adams Park Conference Centre, High Wycombe, the organisers of ZI...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 14:07hrs | | by Masimba Makasi
Mobile phone users to buy ZBC listeners licences?
Technological advancements have rendered sections of the Broadcasting Services Act requiring ZBC listeners to buy a receiver's licence outmoded as that would mean mobile phones that receive radio ...Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 23:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T MP charged for 'smuggling radios'
GWERU - Police on Friday charged Gweru Urban House of Assembly member Sesel Zvidzai for allegedly smuggling hundreds of radio receivers into Zimbabwe.Zvidzai was charged after police from the ...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 04:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T MP arrested for importing over 800 radios in 2010
Former Deputy Local Government minister and MDC-T MP for Gweru, Sessil Zvidzai, has been arrested and formally charged for unlawfully importing over 800 wind-up radio stations in 2010. Today the M...Published: 16 Aug 2014 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Barclays Zimbabwe launches 'Cashsend Craze Campaign'
Barclays Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to send money for free to recipients in Zimbabwe through the ATM. The "Cashsend Craze Campaign" that will run until the September 30 2014 is aime...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African Critical Skills Visa List
South African Critical Skills Visa List, what you need to know according ...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 17:31hrs | | by Robbie Ragless
Radio Dialogue fined $100 for possession of unlicenced radios
BULAWAYO-BASED community radio, Radio Dialogue was yesterday convicted of possession of radio sets without listeners' licences.This was after the organisation's production manager Zenzele Ndeb...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Radio Dialogue boss' court case fails to take off
RADIO DIALOGUE production manager Zenzele Ndebele's case on a charge of possession of smuggled radios in contravention of Section 182 of the Customs and Excise Act, failed to take off yesterday after...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACRAS condemns arrest of Radio Dialogue manager
The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (Zacras) has condemned the continued suppression of media in Zimbabwe following the summoning by the courts of Radio Dialogue production manager Ze...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Smartphone app to give early earthquake warning
Rio de Janeiro - A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro.Resea...Published: 30 Nov 2013 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Backyard technicians 'reconnecting' SABC channels
BACKYARD technicians are cashing in on neighbouring South Africa's decision to black out its television channels from free to air decoders, charging up to $40 to "reconnect" SABC 1, 2 and 3. Scores o...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry of Finance to set up Recovered Assets Fund
The Ministry of Finance will soon set up a Recovered Assets Fund following the passing of the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Bill 2013 last week. According to the Bill, the funds will ...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 13:36hrs | | by finx
Google launches balloons to beam internet from near space
Christchurch - Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shi...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 11:55hrs | | by Tech reporter
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