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The new PVO law is a sign of a government that fears its own people
The Zimbabwe government has always been afraid of its own people.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signing of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act, 2025, into law marks yet ano...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:27hrs | 80 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe backtracks on fines for ordinary WhatsApp group admins
The government has clarified that WhatsApp group administrators who do not gather personal information from members for commercial purposes are exempt from obtaining a licence from the telecommunicati...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:40hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's IT Minister denies claims that WhatsApp Group Admins will need licenses
Information Technology Minister Tatenda Mavetera has issued a statement rejecting claims circulating on social media that WhatsApp group administrators will soon be required to obtain government licen...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:26hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Call for transparency and Stakeholder Consultation on New Cyber and Data Protection Licencing Regulations
The recent implementation of the Cyber and Data Protection Licencing regulations (S.I. 155 of 2024) by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has sparked significa...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:44hrs | 114 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
How smartphones have changed gaming
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't carry a smartphone with them everywhere they go. Smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily lives and have become much more than tools...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 11:33hrs | 210 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe bolsters security at Mugabe Airport
The government has enhanced security at Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) International Airport following the installation of advanced air navigation aids. The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) re...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:03hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defense Forces embark on nationwide recruitment campaign
The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has launched a comprehensive recruitment drive to bolster its ranks within the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ).The ZNA is see...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:42hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe public transporters install speed limit devices
Transport operators have begun installing speed tracking and limiting devices in buses to comply with Statutory Instrument 118 of 2023, which enforces a maximum speed limit of 100km/h for buses on ope...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:31hrs | 22 | by Staff reporte
New radar system for Gabriel Mugabe Airport
A new state-of-the-art radio navigation system capable of communicating with at least 200 airplanes at a time has been installed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as part of the US$153 mi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man runs away with wife after killing her lover
There is clearly no limit to strange things people do in the name of love. A Harare man recently allegedly murdered his wife's lover and ran away with this cheating wife. This is not a movie script. ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
$3.1bn for Zimbabwe air traffic control system
Government has moved to avert safety and security concerns at the country's airports by providing ZWL$3.1bn on the procurement and installation of an air traffic control system (ATC) following years o...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
$3 billion for RG Mugabe Airport upgrade, amid faulty radar system
THE upgrading of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has been allocated ZW$3.1 billion by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as fears mount that the port of entry has become a major c...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's main airport finally gets radar system from China
Zimbabwe's main airport is finally getting a radar system after taking delivery of equipment as part of a US$153 million upgrade.Air traffic controllers at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe Internatio...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:07hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Massive reshuffling looms at ZETDC
ZESA Holdings subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) plans to reshuffle staff at various work stations across the country by the end of August this year, Ne...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru blasted for employing 225 Shona and Chichewa speakers in SA
Financial services company Mukuru will have to revisit its employment policy after the Western Cape High Court lambasted it for ignoring South Africa's employment laws in favour of hiring foreigners i...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zinara improves tollgate efficiency
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has introduced site managers to improve operational efficiency and plug revenue leakages at tollgates.Further, the road fund manager has also...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe upgrading radar system
The Government, through the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ), is working on upgrading air traffic control communication systems at the country's seven airports.CAAZ is implementing ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's airports operate without radar systems
THE PARLIAMENTARY Portfolio Committee on Transport says the country's airports are operating without radar systems exposing the country's security aviation systems.During a post-budget consult...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Alarm as private aircrafts sneak in, out of Zimbabwe undetected
PRIVATE aircraft have been sneaking in and out of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) International Airport and other Zimbabwean flight ports without detection due to poor air traffic control, investigati...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Scary details on Mnangagwa helicopter crash emerge
NEW details have emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official helicopter crash-landed due to a technical problem triggered by a faulty power system and flat battery, The NewsHawks reported....Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Bill sails through Parly Committee stage
THE Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill (2019) last Thursday sailed through the Committee Stage in the National Assembly and is now before the Parliamentary Legal Committee for scrutiny.If...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC fixes vandalised traffic lights
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has repaired all the traffic lights that were destroyed during the violent opposition instigated demonstrations in January 2019 at a cost of over US$60 000.The viol...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parly okays scrapping running mate clause
The Second Bill to amend the Constitution sailed through the National Assembly yesterday after it got an overwhelming two thirds majority vote required for its passage. At least 191 MPs predom...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm snatches lucrative aviation deal
GOVERNMENT has awarded a multi-million dollar tender to a Chinese firm to replace a redundant aviation system following pressure exerted by the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to award the deal to a co...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara mulls tolling voucher as gridlocks mount
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it is planning to introduce a tolling voucher as part of a broad strategy already underway to ease congestion throughout its system.Ult...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara to introduce e-tolling
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is working on introducing an e-tolling system that will ease congestion at some tollgates that has resulted in delays for motorists.During th...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimra reverts to manual clearance
Zimra is now implementing manual clearance as a temporary reprieve for transporters and clearing agents waiting for their required online profiles from the authority so they can use the automated e-ro...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top 5 PS2 ISOS to play with friends you can get right now
Do you remember a retro game with nostalgia? Or are you looking to relive the golden age when you used to wipe the floor with opponents on Soulcalibur?If that sounds like you, then you might b...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 16 | by Staff Writer
Vimbai Zimuto Decoded
A deep and through analysis of Vimbai Zimuto reveals that she is a deliberate and unapologetic exhibitionist.From a legal perspective, her exhibitionism is called indecent exposure....Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:27hrs | 2 | by Concerned Citizen of Zimbabwe
Missing Malaysia's MH370 plane location to be revealed in Harare today
The Media Centre in Harare has invited journalists to a media briefing today (Monday) to be addressed by Prophet Forgiveness Nyakuweka on the location of missing Malaysia airplane. The Centre ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 10:39hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
In memory of Zimbabwe's Independence
On 18th April 1980, Zimbabweans celebrated their Independence both from Britain and from the Ian settler state. The celebration was rather muted because it was the little headmaster, Robert Mugabe, wh...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 11:46hrs | | by Ngqabutho Mabhena
'Zimbabwe local authorities failing to cope with population explosion'
MOST local authorities are failing to keep pace with the population explosion in urban centres, hence their failure to provide adequate services such as water and sewer reticulation, Auditor- General ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe air travellers figures increase
MORE than one million passengers have travelled by air in Zimbabwe in the first nine months of the year, latest statistics have revealed.According to a report by Air Traffic Controllers Associ...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$2m surveillance cameras for Harare
Harare City Council and its parking unit, City Parking, have embarked on a $2 million programme of installing surveillance cameras at traffic lights in the central business district (CBD) to deal with...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kenyan, Mauritian experts address Zimnat trade credit conference
A high level conference on the role of trade credit insurance in promoting and supporting increased trade will be held on June 8 at Cresta Lodge in Harare.The conference, which has been organi...Published: 23 May 2018 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Chamisa: From BBC to Alice in Wonderland
Chamisa shifted uncomfortably in the chair that suddenly looked too big for him and he blinked uncontrollably as if to say hamuwoniwo ndichi mudiki, zvakwana.It's very rare for politicians to ...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:34hrs | 2 | by zimpapers
Civil Aviation Amendment Bill faces rejection by MPs
LEGISLATORS have threatened to reject the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill demanding that Transport minister Joram Gumbo should first attend to the decaying infrastructure at the country's airports to gu...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hires luxury Swiss plane to China
President Emmerson Mnangagwa opted to hire a luxurious private plane to travel to China, abandoning the struggling national airliner Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), which has a plane of the same size albeit wi...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Ndebeles are divisive
Over a 1000 years ago three of my distant relatives who were tribal leaders on the Scottish Border with England, were taken prisoner by English troops and hanged for treason. Their crime? Supporting R...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Eddie Cross
Reflections on tribalism in Zimbabwe
OVER a 1000 years ago three of my distant relatives who were tribal leaders on the Scottish Border with England, were taken prisoner by English troops and hanged for treason. Their crime? Supporting R...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:04hrs | 3 | by Eddie Cross is MDC MP for Bulawayo South
New twist to Mugabe dairy 'bombers' case
The case of two suspects accused of attempting to bomb President Robert Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairies has taken a new twist after the duo told the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) that they are members...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ster-Kinekor Bulawayo vacancy notice
AFTER announcing in May that they will be setting up a movie house in Bulawayo, Ster Kinekor are now searching for workers that will man the stations when the movie house opens in the city next month....Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by online
Open Letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, As I pen this letter to you my fellow Mthwakazians who, like myself, are based in Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries, a lot of events that have a direct bearing on our future ar...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Nkonzo ka Mathanda
Zifa do not have a properly constituted appeals committee
Highlanders could have an unlikely escape route, in their appeal against a fine and the awarding of their abandoned match against Dynamos to the Harare team, after it emerged that Zifa do not have a p...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe pilots working under appalling conditions
Air Zimbabwe pilots are working under appalling conditions, Parliament has been told.Presenting a parliamentary portfolio committee report on Transport and Infrastructural Development, cha...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defiant protesters dare Mugabe
Pro-democracy activists have vowed to continue holding protests against President Robert Mugabe and his under-fire government, despite increased State thuggery and human rights violations by secur...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The last days of Robert Mugabe
This is a moving, evocative and strangely tender book. It is a 349-page love letter to Zimbabwe and it is also a book of mourning. Godwin mourns his father and his parents' past life in Zimbabwe; he m...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 16:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may not be able to monitor her air space
Air traffic controllers say lack of modern equipment, staffing challenges and lack of training are some of the challenges they are grappling with and Zimbabwe may not be able to monitor her air space ...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet mulling a major restructuring exercise
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) is believed to be mulling a major restructuring exercise through which a sizable chunk of its workforce will be laid off while some business units will be consolidated i...Published: 17 May 2015 at 10:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe founded company appointed as a Ruckus Wireless Top Dog Reseller
ProComm has been appointed as an official Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Top Dog reseller and service partner of all Ruckus Wireless products in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia - the first African Top Dog partn...Published: 07 May 2015 at 15:11hrs | 7 | by Fezile Africa
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