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Zimbabwean appointed Deputy Chair of GSMA Board
The GSM Association (GSMA), a leading global organisation in the telecommunications sector, has appointed Zimbabwean-born Ralph Mupita, the President and CEO of MTN Group, as the deputy chair of its b...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 06:50hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa to be buried in South Africa
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former CEO of MTN Group and Eskom board member, will be laid to rest in Johannesburg on Saturday. Dabengwa, 66, passed away o...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:09hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa dies
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former president and CEO of telecoms giant MTN Group and a board member of Eskom, has passed away at the age of 66.Da...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 15:52hrs | 6667 | 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 | 22 | by Staff reporter
Time for our nation to celebrate Dr Strive Masiyiwa and apologize for past government mistakes
Dr Strive Masiyiwa thank you for serving the telecommunications, financial services, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with ultimate distinction. Some describe you as the son of the...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:02hrs | 13 | by Eng. Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
CR17 donor scores R1.5 billion Eskom contract
The Competition Commission has been criticised for approving a deal that would result in two dominant players in the resources market that supplies coal to Eskom.The South African Energy Forum...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him'
A political analyst has said the leaked emails and financial statements from the CR17 campaign have shown how President Cyril Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him."These guys ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa rewarded Maria Ramos for her donation by PIC appointment?
The Sunday Independent revealed some of the funders to the CR17 campaign, which included eNCA director and owner of Hosken Consolidated Investments, Johnny Copelyn, who reportedly donated R2m, while f...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:31hrs | 1 | 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 | | 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 | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa gets top post in South Africa
South African Media reported on Wednesday that Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa would be leading the operations of Multimedia giant Naspers in South Africa. The position has been newly created and sh...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 20:08hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Leaked - Chamisa's Cabinet
Before reading: Please note that these are Sam Wezhira's views and they do not represent those of Bulawayo24.com...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 20:09hrs | 4 | by Sam Wezhira
Dabengwa named in new Eskom board
Telkom Chairperson Jabu Mabuza will chair Eskom's board as part of a host of measures announced on Saturday by government, to "stabilise management" at the power utility.Government has also re...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 16:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Comrade Chihuri and Justice Makarau: Will Zimbabwe ever be big enough for big dreamers?
I developed problems with my left front wheel about nine hours into my journey from Johannesburg to Harare. I had left home at five in the morning and made it past Masvingo by three o'clock. But the t...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
List of future interim government ministers and president suggested on social media
The zeal by Zimbabwean citizens to see things change for the better in the near future has seen a proliferation of suggestions for who should hold the interim government ahead of a democratic elected ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Unregistered mobile phone SIM cards fuel criminality
Some mobile phone SIM card traders in Harare are selling lines without registering purchasers, fuelling telecommunications violations and criminality. Though all three cellular service provide...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Harmony Agere
Mpopoma High to hold fund raising dinner in April
MPOPOMA High School, one of the best secondary academic schools in Bulawayo, will in April hold a fundraising dinner dance to raise funds for the expansion of the school.The school, which has ...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 12:13hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
Dabengwa resigns as MTN CEO with immediate effect
Chief Executive Officer of the biggest mobile operator in Africa, MTN, Mr Sifiso Dabengwa has resigned with immediate effect. In a statement, MTN said, "MTN wishes to inform the market that MT...Published: 09 Nov 2015 at 05:12hrs | | by MTN
MTN CEO quits
MTN Group today announced the resignation of Ahmad Farroukh, CEO of MTN South Africa, which is effective 31 July 2015.Farroukh replaced Zunaid Bulbulia at the end of July 2014."This w...Published: 06 Jul 2015 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff Writer
MTN workers want Zim born CEO to go back to Zimbabwe
STRIKING South Africa mobile provider MTN workers have demanded that their Zimbabwe born Group President and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa to return to his country.Dabengwa is accused of dissecting hum...Published: 20 May 2015 at 12:33hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
MTN tight-lipped on reported expansion to Zimbabwe
THE MTN Group is tight-lipped over the reported acquisition of Zimbabwe's embattled Telecel's operating licence.Approached for comment on the said deal, MTN Group Executive for Corporate Affai...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Savious Kwinika
MTN on the verge of expanding into Zimbabwe
THERE are strong indications the MTN Group is on the verge of expanding to Zimbabwe where government has recently cancelled the operating license of the second-biggest mobile network operator....Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Savious Kwinika I CAJ News
Dabengwa's massive R28 million salary less than Dube's
MTN Group has released its annual report for 2014, revealing how much its top executives got paid in the last financial year.MTN Group president and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa took home a total sum o...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
MTN scours Zimbabwe telecoms market
SOUTH Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, MTN, is scouring the Zimbabwean market for opportunities after a failed bid for the purchase of a stake in a government-owned telec...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa highest paid CEO in SA
MTN Group president and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa is again topping the list as the highest paid CEO in telecoms and tech, MyBroadband reported on Sunday.Dabengwa ended the 2012/'13 financial year R2...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by fin24
Dabengwa rules the roost
JOHANNESBURG. - MTN Zimbabwean-born president and chief executive Officer Mr Sifiso Dabengwa is the highest paid executive in South Africa’s mobile cellphone sector. This is ...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 04:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribalist NUST: Heads must roll
The situation at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), calls for the immediate dismissal of the Vice chancelor, Mr Lindela Ndlovu, together with his entire university council .. T...Published: 12 Jun 2012 at 19:31hrs | | by Mncumbatha
Dabengwa looks to make his mark at MTN
The success story of telecoms multinational MTN isn't over just yet a new chapter has begun under a new author, Sifiso Dabengwa. He took over as the group CEO six months ago a...Published: 22 Aug 2011 at 05:57hrs | | by .
MTN still keen on Net-ONe
South African mobile-phone giant MTN is keen to acquire 60% of Net*One, although Zimbabwean officials insist it is impossible for foreign suitors to exceed the stipulated 49%-telecoms ownership thresh...Published: 17 Apr 2011 at 10:29hrs | | by Byo24News
MTN wants to buy into Netone
Zimbabwe's state-owned mobile operator NetOne is in talks with South Africa's Sifiso Dabengwa led MTN and other African mob...Published: 09 Mar 2011 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
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