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These critics need more help than cyclone victims
CYCLONE Idai has brought out the good and the ugly in people.Many Zimbabweans have, commendably, risen to the occasion to assist fellow human beings, while others are using this as an opportun...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | 325 | by Conway Tutani
Strive Masiyiwa, US charity fight tropical diseases in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's billionaire Strive Masiyiwa and the US's End Fund are tackling neglected diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of Zimbabwe's poorest people, but many are shunning treatment du...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 15:56hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube should learn from Masiyiwa
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's United States jaunt last week was always expected to yield what it yielded - an empty basket. It's no rocket science.In an article published in this column last...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:08hrs | 4333 | by Brett Chulu
Embargoes throttle Zimbabwe's financial system
Earlier this month, United States President Donald Trump extended the economic sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year, claiming that new Government's policies continue to pose an "unusual and extraordin...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:50hrs | 326 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
If 'Trump is just a phone call away'
. . . what does this tell us about Chamisa? A few days ago while addressing his supporters on International Women's Day, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Cha...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:48hrs | 2698 | by Prosperity Mzila
Ecocash apologises
EcoCash (Pvt) Ltd has apologized to its clients who have been facing a horrible service from the Ecocash money transfer services in the past weekes.Technical challenges that the users were fac...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:54hrs | 4060 | by Mandla Ndlovu
EcoCash loses bid to block search
Strive Masiyiwa's EcoCash (Pvt) Ltd, whose computers had been targeted for search and seizure by Dr Dish (Pvt) Ltd in the on-going $1, 7 million debt dispute, has lost its bid to interdict and restrai...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa buys back controlling stake in Botswana's Mascom
MTN Group Ltd. announced the disposal of its share in a Botswana joint venture as Africa's biggest wireless carrier by revenue kicks off a drive to raise at least 15 billion rand ($1.1 billion) from a...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:55hrs | 5144 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's team clash with Masiyiwa and Mthuli Ncube
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's team is unhappy with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Econet Wireless Boss Strive Masiyiwa accusing the duo of failing to attract investments, Professor Jonathan Moyo h...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 08:30hrs | 16471 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe drifts towards online darkness
One year after jubilant residents celebrated on the streets of Harare when Zimbabwe's army removed Robert Mugabe from power, the country is in darkness.In January, after days of protests over ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:26hrs | 894 | by Ray Mwayera
Gwisai roasts 'capitalist' Masiyiwa for faking national interest
ZIMBABWEANS must not be fooled by Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa when he talks about national interest as he was only concerned about profits, International Socialist Organisation (ISO) leader and fir...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 3332 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe - Missed opportunity after missed opportunity
The best opportunity was presented after the demise of Robert Mugabe. This was a golden opportunity to start afresh and bring a semblance of democracy and simultaneously revive the economy. November, ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 826 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Capernaum Scholarship 2019 unveiled
Capernaum scholarship is now open for new applicants. Apply online using your smart phone, laptop or desktop on www.higherlifefoundation.orgTap and select Scholarships then Capernaum...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 16:28hrs | 2501 | by Capernaum
Meet Strive Masiyiwa and Chanakira's funder
Andrew Young, Jr has been noted as one of the major people who funded Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa and Banker Nigel Chanakira, it has emerged. Shadowy Twitter character Mmatigari revealed thi...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 14:28hrs | 7775 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Strive Masiyiwa to become Vice President?
Billionaire and Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa might land himself a top job in the government of Zimbabwe, Fidelis Fengu of Fidelis Fengu and Associates a Think-tank based in Harare said.In a p...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | 28687 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Solar energy is the future: Masiyiwa
Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa says mini-power grids based on solar energy are the solution to Africa's energy problem.Masiyiwa made the prediction at a global conference of investors in Abu D...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:01hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to speak at CEOs conference
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officiate at the 6th Africa Round Table, which ends here this afternoon. According to the programme, the President is expected to give a keynote add...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Econet injects $45 million in solar project
UGESI Energy, a pan-African company within the Econet Energy Group, is targeting to invest $45 million in the first phase of its community solar programme launched in Bulawayo yesterday, an official h...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:21hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba's ally blasts Strive Masiyiwa's bank
Fresh In A Box founder and William Mutumanje's close ally Kuda Musasiwa has slammed Steward Bank and Ecocash for the transaction charges that are charged by the two entities.Steward Bank and E...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:09hrs | 4663 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Only Chamisa has the economic keys to revive the Zimbabwean economy?
When Nelson Chamisa opines alongside foreign interests that nothing has changed since November 2017, the idea is to defeat today's ZANU-PF by psychological association to the leadership of former pres...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 1192 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mthuli Ncube engages US over reforms, Zidera
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to leave for the United States of America next month to apprise that country's government officials on positive developments the...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:42hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland to get $25m of the $100 from Econet
Matabeleland provinces will get 25 percent of the $100m Econet Challenge Fund announced this week by the firm's founder and executive chairman Mr Strive Masiyiwa and his wife Tsitsi to support rural e...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa must find each other now
THIS is for the two protagonists of Zimbabwe's national politics — President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa: stop with the procrastination, swallow your pride and get with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:11hrs | 368 | by Gabriel Manyati
Econet to stimulate employment in Bulawayo
Econet Wireless will set up the centre of its energy subsidiary in the City of Bulawayo to provide employment opportunities in the city, Econet Energy CEO Norman Moyo, has said.In a statement,...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:32hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
Econet eyes Bulawayo as renewable energy centre
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Econet Wireless has chosen the City of Bulawayo as the centre of its renewable energy business in Zimbabwe in order to stimulate employment opportunities in the country's seco...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Econet energy company to have HQ in Bulawayo
According to Econet Coporate Communications, Bulawayo is going to be the home of their solar energy business, Distributed Power Africa (DPA), ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:16hrs | 2058 | by TechZim
'I will never apologise for POSA and AIPPA' says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has vowed that he will not apologise for the enactment of two laws that are largely repressive in Zimbabwe; the Public Order and ad Security Act and t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 18:21hrs | 5970 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA calls for removal of sanctions laudable
The calls for the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA) to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe by prominent African leaders that include Rwandese president Paul Kagame and South African pr...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1038 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
Economic sanctions against Zimbabwe must be lifted
The opposition parties in Zimbabwe, MDC in particular, civil society organisations and other Government detractors have been unreasonably claiming that there are no sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by th...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:20hrs | 435 | by Chido Chikuni
Economic sanctions against Zimbabwe must be lifted
The opposition parties in Zimbabwe, MDC in particular, civil society organisations and other Government detractors have been unreasonably claiming that there are no sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by th...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 11:37hrs | 840 | by Chido Chikuni
Ramaphosa's call for lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe laudable
The call by the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, for sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to be lifted is progressive and worth celebrating.Ramaphosa joins Rwandan President Paul Kagame and ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 11:24hrs | 940 | by Ashley Kondo
Chiwenga opens internet but closes social media
The Minister of State Security under Acting President Chiwenga's government Owen Mudha Ncube has instructed all Internet Service Providers to open up internet access save for specified social media ap...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:32hrs | 5823 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Zimbabwe restores internet connectivity
Mobile networks and internet service providers in Zimbabwe have restored internet connectivity after a blackout that lasted more than 24 hours, ...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:29hrs | 6676 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa speaks on Internet blackout
Embattled Econet Wireless Boss Strive Masiyiwa has taken to Facebook to explain why his company complied with government directive to shut down internet the whole of Zimbabwe.Masiyiwa said whe...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:26hrs | 11447 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo must be puking as Strive Masiyiwa's fortune rises to US$2.3bn
exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo last week made a jibe on telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa saying that Masiyiwa is a Bond-note billionaire, a reference to the local currency th...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:25hrs | 2646 | by Staff reporter
Good Violence is good for Zimbabwe's progress - Tsvangirai turned in his grave
I hate bad violence but I support good violence. There are two kinds of violence namely, good violence and bad violence. Bad violence is the one that was engineered by ZANU and ZANU PF against the mur...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:23hrs | 2981 | by Don Chigumba
Masiyiwa family philanthropic efforts get thumbs-up
YOUTH economic pressure group Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs Youth Action (Zeya) had urged local youths to emulate the philanthropic efforts of of global telecommunications group Econet Wireless founder and C...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:57hrs | 238 | by Staff rpeorter
Jonathan Noyo exposes Madhuku, Madhuku exposes Jonathan Moyo
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who turns 62 yesterday, may have had a birthday he would want to quickly forget after Professor Lovemore Madhuku exposed him for stretching...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:44hrs | 7913 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF, Jonathan Moyo, Strive Masiyiwa, Lovemore Madhuku, Jealousy Mawarire pentagon gangsters of evil
I am not amused by the discord between, Jonathan Moyo-Strive Masiyiwa, Jonathan Moyo-Lovemore Madhuku, Jonathan Moyo-Jealousy Mawarire that had been engineered by ZANU PF style of leadership. I hate J...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 14:59hrs | 7192 | by Don Chigumba
'I have US$ 13 Billion businesses' Masiyiwa responds to Jonathan Moyo
Telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa has responded to a jibe by exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo that he is a Bondnote billionaire, a reference to the local currency that is used i...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 13:11hrs | 19144 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo sells his soul to the devil
Not to put words in his mouth, in 2016, self-exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo had this to say on the issue of sanctions: "All levels of the alleged incidences of intimidation are heaped on ZANU-PF, what...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1229 | by Prosperity Mzila
Mnangagwa tried to deport Beatrice Mtetwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa led a ZANU PF election war room team that tried to deport to prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to her country of birth Swaziland during the height of the 2013 ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 07:19hrs | 5980 | by Mandla Ndlovu
It's cold out there Jonathan Moyo
Those living in glass houses should not throw stones! This should have been a guiding adage to Prof Jonathan Moyo before he tried to expose the so called skeletons in Strive Masiyiwa's closet....Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5532 | by Brightface Mutema
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
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Professor Jonathan Moyo, a failed project
Self-exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo is nothing but a failure whose political fate is sealed. I am struck by the fact that a man of such high academic astute could allow his sense of reason to be e...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2180 | by Ashley Kondo
Linda Masarira attacks Jonathan Moyo
MDC-T National Spokesperson Linda Masarira has attacked exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo calling him a thief who failed to use his brains to improve the livelihoods of Zimbabweans."It's obnoxiou...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:48hrs | 4776 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ED Mnangagwa will not hatch chickens from fried eggs
President Emmerson Munangagwa managed to openly rig the forgone polls, in a daylight robbery. All his political life after independence crocodile has waited patiently, worked meticulously carving his ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1638 | by Zanda Shumba
Strive Masiyiwa's call on Zimbabwe sanctions justified
The MDC and other mean-minded elements continue to exhibit highly disingenuous thinking where anyone who is against Western sanctions against Zimbabwe and calls for their removal, is automatically vie...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:40hrs | 385 | by Christopher Makaza
Jonathan Moyo slapped with lawsuit
Econet Founder Strive Masiyiwa has reportedly slapped Professor Jonathan Moyo with a lawsuit and has instructed his lawyers in Kenya to serve him.This was revealed by Exiled business man Mutum...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 14:35hrs | 9969 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sanctions must go: Zimbabwe's 2019 clarion call
On 21 December 2001 as the sun was directly overhead of the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere during the December Solstice, President George W Bush of the United States of America sealed ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 13:36hrs | 1183 | by Elijah Chihota
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