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Mnangagwa's govt allocates set top boxes to Binga chiefs
Authorities in Matabeleland North province are intensifying efforts to distribute set top boxes to villagers in Binga, aiming to enhance radio and television reception in the district. Traditional lea...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Binga still does not have TV, radio signals
Chief Sikalenge, also known as Cannius Muleya, expressed frustration over the prolonged absence of radio and television signals in Binga district, despite promises from the government to connect ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt imports 50 000 TV decoders
Government has imported 50 000 decoders for sale to Zimbabweans at US$15 for them to access local television stations for free.This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Serv...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police raid and seize decoders
Police have seized dozens of pieces of illegal television equipment in the latest series of raids on content piracy operations.The recent operation in Harare saw eight retail outlets being rai...Published: 24 May 2022 at 15:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans arrested for owning OpenView decoders
Eleven people were arrested, and dozens of illegal decoders were seized during police raids over the past two weeks, as police broke a TV-decoder smuggling ring.The cross-border smuggling ring...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 19:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2 soldiers to appear in court for murder, US$40 000 robbery
TWO soldiers are due to appear in court today facing charges of murder and armed robbery after they got away with US$40 000 in heist at a Hatfield house in Harare.Lameck Kabara from the Zimbab...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Notorious armed robbers nabbed
POLICE yesterday arrested three notorious armed robbers involved in a spate of armed robberies committed between September 8 and November 29.Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi identified the arme...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Digitalisation to usher 12 new TV stations in ZImbabwe
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa says the transformation of the media landscape from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting will improve signal ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid lodge, make off with US$11,000
ARMED robbers stormed a Bulawayo lodge last Wednesday night and made off with cash and property worth US$11 630, including US$9 050 belonging to an Ethiopian gold dealer.The Ethiopian and a co...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo's 16 house-breaking spree ends
Police have arrested two suspects on allegations of breaking into 16 houses in and around Chitungwiza and Harare, targeting various electrical gadgets and property. Investigations have reveale...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Burglary hotspot suburbs revealed
POLICE in Bulawayo have identified six western suburbs as hotspots for burglary and theft cases while revealing that some of the break-in incidents are leading to rape cases. The criminals are...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Decoders to access new TV stations
MEMBERS of the public are not going to be able to view newly licensed television stations using their analogue television sets and will have to buy decoders which will enable access, the Broadcasting ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Electricity cuts, lifestyles and modified behaviour in Zimbabwe
Electricity and access to it is a big issue in Zimbabwe at the moment. Not least by admission of our own government, but more importantly by the lived realities of many urban-based Zimbabweans, civil ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Transmedia boss grilled over DStv subscriptions
TRANSMEDIA chief executive officer Florence Sigudu yesterday appeared before the Prince Dubeko Sibanda-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information and Media where she was grilled over the iss...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC partner fights eviction order
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been taken to court by Blackbury Enterprises after the national broadcaster allegedly clandestinely sought to evict the company despite an agreement to ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents dump looted goods in bush
SOME Bulawayo residents who looted groceries from shops in last week's riots have resorted to dumping them in bushes around the city as police investigations intensify. Police investigations h...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed 12 years for robbery
A HWANGE-BASED junior police officer, who was recently rearrested while attempting to skip the border into South Africa, has been slapped with a 15-year jail sentence.Three years of the senten...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange cop up for 12 counts of theft
A HWANGE-BASED junior police officer facing 12 counts of unlawful entry and theft after going on a housebreaking spree, which included stealing from his colleagues' homes, has been denied bail....Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to have 24 TV channels in the next 3 months
Information and Publicity Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana has revealed that the State-owned broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is set to increase its television empire to six stati...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice Zim brings World Cup cheer to St Joseph's
MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe on Thursday brought smiles to St Joseph’s Home for Boys in the capital after they donated decoders and provided full installation for the home to facilitate the broadcast of the...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Kwese Tv boadcasters
We welcome the Advent of our own son's initiative to bring Kwese TV in Zimbabwe and beyond it's borders. You really snatched us from the jaws of DStv who were no longer accepting bond notes when they ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Nkomah Isaac
Zimbabwe government to open airwaves
GOVERNMENT will soon craft a law that will accommodate new broadcasting players as well as protect content producers in the new digital era, a senior official said yesterday. Speaking at the e...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to have 24 TV channels
ZIMBABWE is poised to have up to 24 television channels as the country embraces new technology for its broadcast spectrum which will create employment in the industry.This was said by the Perm...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV offers free Facebook access
Aggressiveness could be the key strategy for Zimbabwean telecom and media company Econet Wireless, whose Kwese pay television platform is offering free Facebook access and a subscription package for c...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV licence limbo sparks unease
Econet Media has reportedly activated its "contractual termination clause" with Dr Dish, the licence holder on the back of whom they were running their Kwese TV services in Zimbabwe.This has h...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's wife urges unity, hard work
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has challenged Zimbabweans to work hard in unity if Zimbabwe is to accrue benefits from the new political dispensation prevailing in the country.Addressing hundre...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Just Net TV plans to set up shop in Bulawayo
BOTSWANA-based free-to-air television station Just Net Television is planning to set up shop in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and will host a Gospel Talent show around the country which has a grand prize money o...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman fined for forging DStv logo
A 37-YEAR-OLD businessman was yesterday fined $300 or five months' imprisonment by a Harare magistrate for forging a DStv logo on receipts and advertisements, thereby deceiving Multi-Choice and custom...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
BAZ seeks another order to bar Kwese TV
THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) this week approached the High Court again seeking to bar Kwese TV from broadcasting.Kwese TV received a major boost last week after Dr Dish's appli...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV switched off in Zimbabwe to refund clients
The government of Zimbabwe, through the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe, have managed to suspend Kwese TV from broadcasting following their Supreme Court appeal against the initial High Court rulin...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
OpenView HD a hit in Zimbabwe
MORE television viewers who were used to MultiChoice's DStv service appear to have found solace in the OpenView HD, a free-to-air satellite TV service meant for the South African market that provides ...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese TV seeks permission to operate
Dr Dish (Pvt) Limited, which recently partnered Econet Media Limited (Mauritius) to distribute Kwese TV satellite content to the Zimbabwean viewership, has filed an urgent chamber application seeking ...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Kwese TV's Zimbabwe licence
KWESE TV has partnered local player, Dr Dish in a content distribution deal that will see the Econet media owned company beam in the country. However, there is confusion as the Broadcasting Authority ...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'licenses' Masiyiwa's Kwesé TV to compete with DStv
GOVERNMENT has licensed telecommunications guru, Strive Masiyiwa's Kwesé TV, a development which will bring competition to MultiChoice's Digital Satellite Television (DStv).Econet Wireless Zi...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over DStv payments
A number of banks are demanding the elusive United States dollar and an extra commission to process DStv subscriptions for locals as more plastic money payment avenues are being closed, sidelining a n...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Prophet Chiza to construct a multi million dollar complex in Bulawayo
Dr Prophet Blessing Chiza is planning to build a multi million dollar complex in Bulawayo which will offer thousands of jobs to the residents.Nobuhle Mkhwebu a resident in Bulawayo said ...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
DStv gets cheaper competitor in Zimbabwe
Chinese-backed pan-African pay TV provider StarTimes is set to launch in Zimbabwe under the StarSat brand, according to local reports.StarTimes country manager Brenda Matshazi told local n...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 16:34hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zim artist pens a guitar manual book
JOHANNESBURG - The versatile Nkayi born and Bulawayo bred guitarist Mthabisi Moyo who dropped a hot gospel album last year in November has penned a new book that will be used as a manual for gui...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
DStv fires 'all' Bulawayo staff
MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe has asked six employees who were working from its Bulawayo office to resign for alleged misconduct.The six, including the regional manager, allegedly signed resignatio...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
West behind attempted mobile data tariff hike, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I notice that an ever-alert Cde Supa had to do a lot of fire-fighting after the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, which is u...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by CZ
Region Five sports assets to remain in Bulawayo says Hlongwane
SPORTS and Recreation Minister Makhosini Hlongwane says movement of equipment bought for the Africa Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games is limited to office furniture and not sportin...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Sports Reporter
AUSC equipment transfer contradicts games’ legacy
SENIOR officials in the Ministry of Sport and Recreation want to move to Harare furniture and other equipment acquired for the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games held in Bul...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Tezvara resurfaces as Sekuru Kaguvi
National broadcaster, ZBCtv has come under fire after they mistakenly used comical footage of a spirit medium – Mbuya Nehanda standing next to Internet sensation 'Tezvara' instead of her husband, Se...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Danisa Masuku
7 years jail for serial robber
A 29-YEAR-OLD man who is believed to be part of a house breaking syndicate that has been terrorising Beitbridge residents has been jailed for nine years in connection with 26 cases of unlawful entry a...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
List of NAMA Award winners
THEATRICAL production - Chimbwido Girl of War - was the biggest winner at the 2015 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) held at 7 Arts Theatre in Harare at the weekend. Voted as last year's outstanding t...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | 14 | by Melissa Mpofu
Rape suspects further detained
POLICE were yesterday granted permission to further detain nine rape and armed robbery suspects who allegedly wreaked havoc at Luveve High School and Cowdray Park suburb, gang raping women and stealin...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo/ Nqobile Tshili
9 rapists held, suspect shot while trying to escape
BULAWAYO police are preparing charges against nine men after two teachers and a third woman were raped at Luveve High School on Saturday night. Police raided several properties - including one...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Zimbabwe Digitalisation: The full story
Zimbabwe has been preparing to make the inevitable switch from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television in keeping with International Telecommunication Union requirements. We now have s...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 15:09hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi and Lincoln Towindo
Govt imports 400 000 decoders from China
Zimbabwe has started importing 400 000 television set-top boxes from China to enable locals to continue watching TV after switching from analogue to digital. A set-top box enables the rec...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe complies with ITU's digital TV deadline
Zimbabwe has fully complied with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) requirements for the digitisation of television broadcasting ahead of the deadline on 17 June. There had b...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 09:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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