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Mthuli Ncube sets privatisation timelines
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has set timelines for the disposal and partial privatisation of a number of state-owned enterprises, as part of a raft of measures to revitalise Zimbabwe's fragile econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 4407 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally retreats on Strive Masiyiwa threat
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services and MDC-Alliance legislator for Kuwadzana East Mr Charlton Hwende today beat a...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:49hrs | 6750 | by Staff reporter
MDC plots Econet boycott?
MDC's Treasurer General Charlton Hwende has come under fire on Twitter for suggesting that MDC supporters boycott Econet service provider.In a Tweet on Thursday Hwende said, "What if MDC encou...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:42hrs | 7437 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare extends discount offer
Harare City Council has provisionally extended to October 31, the window within which ratepayers who settle their debts will enjoy a 50 percent discount of the amount paid following a request from res...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Zesa seeks to evict Telecel
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Pension Fund has petitioned the High Court of Zimbabwe seeking an order to evict Telecel Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd from its Beitbridge premises, accusing the la...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tourizim App launched
As Zimbabwe embraces ICT in its growth and development, Afronom Media a group of young Tech Entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe have come up with an ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 16:05hrs | 278 | by Trynos Maeresera
Telecel gives away over $30 000 worth of cash prizes
Mobile Operator Telecel Zimbabwe gave away over $30 000 worth of cash prizes for the ongoing Cash Galore promotion, Check and Win promotion as well as the just ended Footie Trivia challenge.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 15:58hrs | 1205 | by Agencies
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
Telecel launches new weekly data bundles
Mobile Network Operator Telecel Zimbabwe, which is reputed for leading the market in giving subscribers best value for money has done it again and announced the launch of another exciting data offerin...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 09:10hrs | 1422 | by Agencies
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 | 326 | 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
'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
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
EcoCash crash shows the vulnerabilities of going cashless
Although mobile money has become the leading transaction platform in Zimbabwe, its weaknesses came into focus this week after the dominant EcoCash network in Zimbabwe went down for two days, and left ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 18:49hrs | 2935 | by Tawanda Karombo / qz.com
C-Trade to ease ZSE transactions
Escrow Group will tomorrow officially launch a mobile and online trading platform which allows investors to directly trade on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), a move that is set to deepen the capita...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:58hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo member narrowly escaped death
ZANU-PF Politburo member Absalom Sikhosana (69) narrowly escaped death after a vehicle sped over a kerb dividing a road and collided head-on with his along Khami Road in Bulawayo.The driver of...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | 520 | 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
Chiyangwa clones customers' debit cards, siphons thousands
THE son of late businessman James Chiyangwa, popularly known as Jimmy Jimalo, has been arrested for the third time on allegations of cloning debit cards belonging to various people before splashing th...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 09:06hrs | 3430 | 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
Mliswa urges Mnangagwa to deal with corruption
Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, has urged president Emmerson Mnangagwa to act against corruption. "President ED has to be seen to be acting against corruption & the newly formed departmen...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 21:45hrs | 1207 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Telecel ownership storm brewing
A STORM has rocked Telecel Zimbabwe over its ownership structure, as two directors James Makamba and Gerald Mlotshwa, are both claiming chairmanship of the country's third largest telecoms group....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:54hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Makamba says EDHasMyVote
BUSINESSMAN and Telecel Zimbabwe chairman, Dr James Makamba, has showered praises on President Mnangagwa for championing economic reforms, which have laid a solid foundation for national development....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
'James Makamba remains in charge of Telecel'
AS the Telecel Zimbabwe ownership wrangle rages on co-founder, Dr James Makamba, has refuted media reports that he has exited the country's third largest mobile network operator, saying he remains in ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:50hrs | 307 | by Staff repprter
Makamba hits back at media lies
A RENEWED ownership wrangle has erupted over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe, following the return of self-exiled businessman and co-founder James Makamba after 1...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 10:48hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in-law boots Makamba out
An extraordinary general meeting of Telecel Zimbabwe on Thursday finalised Makamba's exit after decades as chairman.New chairman Gerald Mlotshwa, president Mnangagwa's son-in-law, said it was ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 11:44hrs | 3305 | by Staff reporter
ABSA bank set to seize James Makamba's mansion
Top Mugabe ally owes Absa $4.5-million for home loan, credit cards and car paymentsJames Makamba's sprawling Johannesburg property could soon be confiscated by Absa bank to recover a $4.5-mill...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 11:40hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Ray Goba risks losing his job
PROSECUTOR-general Ray Goba risks losing his job after the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) asked him to give reasons why a tribunal should not be set up to investigate his suitability to hold offic...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:47hrs | 951 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe wanted to kill Makamba over Grace
FORMER Telecel Zimbabwe boss and businessman, James Makamba, yesterday revealed that he fled the country and remained in self-imposed exile for 13 years after former President Robert Mugabe threatened...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:55hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
OneMoney reaches 1million subscribers
THE country's second largest mobile network service provider by subscriber base, NetOne, says up to one million subscribers are now transacting through its OneMoney mobile money platform.Chief...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Covert recordings: The undoing of Zanu-PF big names
Throughout history, covert recordings have brought down big names worldwide, whose audios or even videos in awkward positions are then leaked into the public arena.On the Zimbabwean political ...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:31hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 34694 | by WikiLeaks
James Makamba faces the boot
Telecel Zimbabwe will convene an extraordinary general meeting by next Friday to effect the removal of James Makamba as a shareholder and director of the country's second-largest mobile firm. ...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 10:00hrs | 2403 | by Staff reporter
Makamba trying to push Mlotshwa out of Telecel Zimbabwe
A NASTY fight has erupted in Telecel Zimbabwe as it emerged that one of the shareholders and Empowerment Corporation (EC) chairman, James Makamba, is allegedly trying to push out prominent lawyer Gera...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:52hrs | 706 | by Staff rpeorter
Zec sends text messages to 3m registered voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday revealed that it has sent text messages to more than three million people confirming their registration to participate in the coming elections....Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:50hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira moots lowering tariffs
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, has said government is undertaking research to ascertain the real cost of data in the country following an outcr...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:34hrs | 3724 | by Staff reporter
Makamba going into self-imposed exile once again?
It never rains but it pours for businessman, James Makamba.Less than five months following his return to his motherland, analysts fear that Makamba could be contemplating going into self-impos...Published: 06 May 2018 at 12:14hrs | 4007 | by Staff reporter
Econet gets broadcasting licence
GOVERNMENT has awarded Econet Media a broadcasting licence allowing the giant telecoms firm to offer web casting, content distribution and video on demand services."Take notice that Econet med...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:21hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash registering subscribers from other networks
EcoCash, a subsidiary of the country’s leading mobile network, Econet Wireless is now open for registration to subscribers from other networks, a development likely to wipe away the competition ways...Published: 03 May 2018 at 10:49hrs | 1331 | by B24Tech
Makamba comeback ends in shame
Businessman James Makamba made a triumphant return to Zimbabwe last year after years in exile and the crowning glory would have been him being allowed to stand on a Zanu-PF ticket in the upcoming elec...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 3546 | by Staff reporter
Econet and the mystery of disappearing data
REPORTS have emerged of increased disappearing data from Econet Wireless's mobile subscribers on the telecom company's daily and weekly data packages, which the company blames on subscribers' mobile p...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 3435 | by Staff reorter
LISTEN: Makamba's attempt to recruit Lumumba backfires
Editor,James Makamba's latest attempt to recruit former Star FM current affairs presenter Acie Mutumanje aka Lumumba has backfired with the famous blogger rejecting the offer and exposing the ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | 6819 | by H. Sithole
Makamba exposed in leaked audio
Businessman James Makamba, who ended 12 years of self-imposed exile four months ago, has been exposed for plotting to bring down Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and Cyber Security ministe...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 3526 | by Staff reporter
Makamba plotting a smear campaign against Supa Mandiwanzira?
After failing to get a controlling stake in Telecel Zimbabwe, businessman Mr James Makamba is plotting a smear campaign against ICT and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira.Mr Makamba cla...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:59hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira's 'Supa' corruption exposed
It is amazing how we get animated with factional fights and ignore relationships that are generally corrupt and affect us as a people.The biggest threat to the state and its survival is the co...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 14:46hrs | 5348 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
James Makamba on the ropes
Brainworks Capital founder and former director George Manyere has moved to claim $2,75 million owed by businessman Dr James Makamba's investment vehicle Kestrel Corporation, which was securitised by s...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 4896 | by Staff reporter
Makamba, Mnangagwa's son-in law bury hatchet
PROMINENT Lawyer Gerald Mlotshwa and businessman James Makamba are said to have resolved their differences over the Empowerment Corporation (EC) 40% shareholding in Telecel Zimbabwe which a cabinet mi...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to sell shares in state-owned firms as part of reforms
Zimbabwe is looking to sell shares in 35 state-owned firms, including telecoms and mining entities in the latest step to revive the economy under new political leadership, Finance Minister Patrick Chi...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:35hrs | 677 | by Reuters
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