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Mobile internet data usage increases throughout Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans consumed a staggering 97.2 billion megabytes of mobile internet data in the final quarter of 2024, marking a significant surge in digital activity across the country, according to the late...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:45hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Poaching fears resurface in Hwange National Park
Wildlife authorities have launched a probe following the discovery of a male elephant carcass with a missing tusk in Hwange National Park. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPark...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:13hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP calls for improved network coverage in rural Matebeleland
Gwanda South legislator and Deputy Minister of Information, Dr Ompile Marupi, has urged Zimbabwe's telecommunications companies to adopt infrastructure sharing models to address persistent network con...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:42hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
4 arrested with 41 elephant tusks in Harare
Detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last Friday arrested four suspects found in illegal possession of 41 elephant tusks weighing a total of 237 ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telecom companies hike tariffs
Zimbabwe's major telecommunications companies have announced long-anticipated increases in the prices of voice, data, and SMS bundles following regulatory approval by the Postal and Telecommunications...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:55hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Telecel Zimbabwe faces scandal over disappearance of generators
Telecel Zimbabwe, one of the country's three mobile telecommunications companies, is embroiled in a scandal following the alleged theft of 20 generators used to provide backup power to its network tow...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:20hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
NetOne doubles data traffic
NETONE recently made headlines with a 93.99 percent surge in data traffic, according to the first quarter report released by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:13hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Sim card scammers arrested with dozens of mobile phone lines
Four individuals, including a husband and wife, were arrested for fraud and money laundering, having scammed three people out of ZWG223,000. The suspects - Rumbidzai Tsongora (24), Tranos Taurai Muzan...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:14hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
NetOne doubles data traffic
NetOne, a leading telecommunications company, has recently made headlines with a remarkable 93.99% surge in data traffic. This was revealed by the first quarter report by the Postal and Telecommunicat...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 21:32hrs | 2233 | by Paul Ndou
'Mutapa Investment Fund mustn't become conduit for looting'
AS prevalence of public sector corruption reaches alarming levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has demanded that Zimbabwean authorities ensure the newly-established Mutapa Investment Fund (M...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:09hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobile phone usage climbs up
ZIMBABWE'S mobile phone usage has shot up with active subscriptions surging 6% in the third quarter to reach a record 14,79 million, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe ...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:15hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Econet leading in mobile data and voice traffic
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)'s sector performance report for the 3rd quarter of 2023 has revealed that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe extended its market leade...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:36hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobile penetration rate now over 97%
In its sector performance report made available yesterday, POTRAZ director general, Dr Gift Machengete said active mobile subscriptions during the third quarter covering July, August and September rea...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:25hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Elon Musk's Starlink eyes Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S telecoms sector faces massive disruption with the anticipated entrance of SpaceX's Starlink, the global satellite internet service giant linked to US tech billionaire Elon Musk into the cou...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MSU student fingered in fake Zimsec examination scam
ZIMSEC has revealed that a number of people have been arrested for examination fraud, from advertising fake papers to smuggling answer sheets out of the exam room.In a statement, Zimsec said t...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Potraz approves two-fold tariff rise for telcos
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has given its approval for a twofold increase in the tariffs of the country's telecommunications companies when billed in Zi...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mobile telecom firms expand LTE network
Zimbabwe's telecommunication firms are drifting away from older-generation mobile technology in favour of faster fourth-generation wireless technology, which offers high capacity, faster download and ...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Telecel, NetOne lose subscriptions
TELECEL and NetOne`s active subscriptions have been consistently declining over the past five quarters, resulting in the mobile penetration rate in the country falling by 1,6% to 92,6%, a new report h...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mobile network operators now frequently adjusting tariffs
ZIMBABWE'S mobile network operators have reviewed their tariffs in local Zimdollar currency as the sector battles to offset rising costs and maintain operations in the face of inflationary pressures t...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Telcos hikes Zimdollar tariffs
ZIMBABWE'S mobile network operators have reviewed their tariffs in Zimdollar as the sector battles to offset rising costs and maintain operations in the face of inflationary pressures triggered by the...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Johannes Marisa
Mangwe, Bulilima villagers go online
VILLAGERS in Mangwe and Bulilima districts are reaping immense benefits from infrastructural development spearheaded by the Second Republic's philosophy of leaving no place and no one behind.O...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Telecel employees declare incapacitation
TELECEL Zimbabwe employees have declared incapacitation, citing the country's deteriorating economic situation which has seen them failing to afford transport fares to and from work.Speaking o...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Master of High Court backs Telecel rescue
THE Master of the High Court has backed the application by the Communications and Allied Workers Union (CAWUZ) seeking to place the cellular services company, Telecel Zimbabwe, under corporate rescue,...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | 8 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Econet data market share drops 2,1%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe posted a 2,1% decline in its market share for data and internet traffic during the final quarter of 2022, according to the Postal and Telecommunicati...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in desperate need of national leaders not Mafia bosses and gang leaders!
It was the most heartbreaking sight - as images of a collapsed primary school in my home city of Kwekwe made the rounds across the country. In fact, the stab to my heart was made more excrucia...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:17hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Potraz licences new mobile operator
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted a licence to a mobile virtual network operator, Dolphin Telecoms.This will make Dolphin Telecoms the fourth ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Telecel set for corporate rescue
Telecel Zimbabwe, the smallest of the three mobile phone operators in the country, is set to be placed under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection, due to serious financial distress....Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
New parastatals on cards, restructuring continues
GOVERNMENT will continue to restructure and partially privatise parastatals including establishing new ones in order to buttress the ongoing economic transformation drive in line with Vision 2030....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ian Smith was an archangel compared to Mnangagwa
No one must come to Matabeleland bragging that they fought in a war that brought about Zimbabwe independence. The Zimbabwe independence struggle produced the tribal Shona supremacist government that i...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:47hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 17 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Postal, telecoms sector revenue up
TOTAL revenues for the country's postal and telecommunications sector increased by 11% to $43,5 billion during the first quarter of this year, despite depressed consumption, inflation, foreign currenc...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he is no longer free
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official open...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Strike paralyses major hospitals
WORKERS from other sectors have started joining a tools down job action by health personnel and teachers who are demanding United States dollar salaries.The strike entered its third day yester...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet Zimbabwe to hike data, SMS, voice bundles
ZIMBABWE's mobile network operator, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced a review of SMS, voice and data charges effective May 19.Due to the galloping inflation in Zimbabwe, mobile network o...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Telecel to sell promotional airtime in US dollar
Mobile Network Operator Telecel Zimbabwe has announced that it will be selling promotional airtime in US dollars.In a statement, Telecel said in a promotion called "Dollar on us" a customer ca...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:26hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Telecel charms market with 'Dollar on Us'
TELECEL Zimbabwe says it is introducing United States dollar-indexed airtime.The product, which will be on promotion, will be called "Dollar on Us".A statement from the firm said the p...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Telecel introduces US-dollar products
MOBILE operator, Telecel Zimbabwe, has introduced a new US$1 promotional recharge bundle that has various packages that offer more convenience and greater airtime purchase options for customers....Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:29hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Muswere commissions 10 TelOne LTE in Chitungwiza
INFORMATION Communication and Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere today launched 10 TelOne Blaze LTE service Base Stations in Chitungwiza which are set to service at least 6000 clients.Th...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Telecel still viable, says Potraz
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says Telecel Zimbabwe remains a viable business entity as long as it accesses foreign currency timeously.Potra...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Misa advocates for low data tariffs
MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has joined civic groups in a campaign for low data tariffs to enable citizens enjoy cheap internet services.Misa legal and information commun...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
High operational costs choke Telecel
TELECOMS outfit, Telecel Zimbabwe has revealed that it is battling "spiralling operational costs".Company spokesperson Zitha Dube said the telecommunications firm required urgent capital injec...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Data tariffs need regulation'
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has called for regulation of mobile data tariffs to protect poor citizens.The Zimcodd statement came after mobile service providers las...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Telecel's monumental collapse
TELECEL Zimbabwe's troubles have continued to mount with indications that the telecoms firm is now recruiting graduate trainees to plug the staff exodus necessitated by the company's unsustainable deb...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Telecel denies closure rumours
TELECEL Zimbabwe yesterday denied that it was facing closure despite rumours that it had shut down its operations after its subscribers failed to access data services or make voice calls for several d...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwinyai Chingoka dies
FORMER Zimbabwe Davis Cup tennis team player, Gwinyai Chingoka, has died.Chingoka, the son of the late former Tennis Zimbabwe president and ex-president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, Paul...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Econet raises bundle prices
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator (MNO) yesterday adjusted its promotional bundle prices by at least 20%.The adjustment, which does not include the headli...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
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