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Zuma arms deal persecution is weird, says Thuli Madonsela
Former public protector Prof Thuli Madonsela has dropped a bombshell that former president Jacob Zuma's prosecution regarding the controversial arms deal is a mystery. Her remarks came during ...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 09:30hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to open passport offices in US, UK and Zambia
The Cabinet recently approved the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage's Integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems Strategy, which aims to computerize government depa...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:03hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt websites are stuck in the stone age
Here is one odd fact you may not know; Zimbabwean government-linked websites under the domain gov.zw, all go to bed for the night. You cannot access them for about 10 hours from around 10PM to 8AM the...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:16hrs | | by Mike Murenzvi
'23 years of sanctions embolden Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE'S story is that of resilience, innovation, people-centred policies and the undying resolve to defeat illegal Western sanctions that have continued to pound the country for over 23 years....Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mixes politics with religion
Tony Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell, when the former British Prime Minister was asked about his faith, famously retorted that "we don't do God," illustrating the perceived perils of mixing ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 22:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
PSC rolls out biometric system
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) is working on rolling out a biometric system to all civil service offices as part of digital efforts to implement performance-based remuneration for Government work...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South residents miss out on govt jobs due to internet challenges
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern that a few people in Matebeleland South are utilising its online portal for government jobs.The concern was contained in a report tabled ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique bans Johane Marange Apostolic sect
The government of Mozambique has banned the Johane Marange Apostolic Sect for allegedly encouraging child marriage and disregarding health issues.The controversial religious sect, which has it...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga meets State entities
Fostering rapid economic growth towards the attainment of an empowered upper middle-income economy by 2030, demands that everyone including State entities, play their part, Vice President Constantino ...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Potraz accelerates govt services digitilisation
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has said it is accelerating its national digitilisation programme to enhance decentralisation of government functions through electronic ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
e-Gov drive goes up
The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services through Potraz has donated 160 computers to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare as the e-Govern...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government clears 180 000 passport backlog
GOVERNMENT has cleared the passport backlog which had reached close to 180 000 following the introduction of e-passports.President Mnangagwa launched the new secure electronic passport in Hara...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government steps up crime fighting technology
THE Government has stepped up efforts in the Safe Cities Project with much ground covered in ensuring that latest technologies are adopted for the concept.Information and Communication Technol...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecoms sector appeals for tax reduction
ZIMBABWE'S Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have appealed to the Government to reduce multiple taxes levied on the telecommunications industry to enhance operational viability and new investments....Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Potraz targets 1 500 schools, health centres
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has begun a project to connect 1 500 schools and 1 500 health centres to the internet to improve information dissemination....Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt considers another currency
THE Government is weighing options of adopting cryptocurrency as a legal payment service and is consulting various stakeholders on the merits of the virtual currency.Speaking at a Computer Soc...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:12hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda keen on Zimbabwean teachers
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said Zimbabwe and his country share a common history that gives impetus to current efforts to develop the two countries and consolidate existing relations.The...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 out of 22 ministries have websites
A survey conducted by the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights has exposed that 18 out of the 21 ministries have websites."The survey results established that:18 out of 21 government minist...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Oil deal strategic, says Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF-led Government has made considerable progress in delivering on developmental projects and other election promises outlined in its manifesto despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pa...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe can bust sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government could easily circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Harare by the West if the country makes use of its highly-skilled human capital to foster economi...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
CICs to offer online passport, e-government applications
THE establishment of community information centres (CICs) across the country is set to enhance ease of access to key Government services such as passports, birth certificates and identity documents wh...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt orders all Zimbabwe companies to re-register
GOVERNMENT is expected to rake in millions of dollars following the enactment of a law that requires all registered companies in Zimbabwe to re-register by March next year.All existing compani...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimra boss Pasi freed
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi was yesterday freed by a Harare magistrate who granted his application for refusal for further remand because the State stil...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil service undergoing massive overhaul
Public Service Commission (PSC) chairperson Vincent Hungwe has revealed that the civil service is under massive transformation to improve professionalism and efficiencies.In an exclusive inter...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Justice Matanda-Moyo: The new sheriff in town
FOR a long time people have been accusing Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa in particular of not doing enough to deal with corruption. These critics accused the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissi...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:20hrs | | by Khumbula Vodloza Sibanda
CICs turn communities into global village
John Mupangara (19) from Zaranyika village in Murewa is a delighted man.The establishment of a community information centre (CIC) at Murewa Centre is a blessing as he no longer travels to Hara...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa developing algorithmic surveillance system to spy on Zimbabweans
In a bid to attain political omnipresence and omniscience against unsuspecting citizens, the Zimbabwe government is reportedly working on a sophisticated algorithmic super surveillance system, said to...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Digital economy key for economic growth
Digitisation of the economy can immensely contribute to the country's growth and realisation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's vision for the country to attain an Upper Middle Income economy status by...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt committed to growth of ICT
INFORMATION Communication and Technology (ICT) minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the country was employing a litany of initiatives to create and promote an enabling environment for internet conn...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zimbabwe drivers to write licence test online
ASPIRING drivers will soon write provisional driver's licence tests online to reduce interface with officials and minimise cases of alleged corruption. In a telephone interview yesterday, the ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Optic fibre link - another feather in the cap for Zimbabwe
THE commissioning of the $23,6 million TelOne national backbone fibre link in Beitbridge is a game changer in the telecommunications sector at it will allow for faster, reliable, secure and cheaper in...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Beitbridge
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the multi-million-dollar TelOne fibre optic link in Beitbridge. The link connects Beitbridge with Bulawayo, Harare, Masvingo and the rest of...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 23:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge optic fibre project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow commission the multi-million dollar optic fibre link in Beitbridge, which connects the border town with South Africa and the rest of the country via Bulawayo and Masv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 7 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimra mum on Beitbridge warehouse inferno
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has declined to disclose the value of goods lost in three fire incidents in which its warehouses at Beitbridge Border Post were razed to the ground, saying the i...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICTs key to economic development, says Kazembe
INFORMATION Communication Technology Postal and Courier Services minister Kazembe Kazembe said Information and communications technology (ICTs) are animportant economic development catalyst that s...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pasi seeks removal from remand
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, has filed a notice before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Chitumbura, seeking r...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chiza says Chamisa will become President of Zimbabwe
Founder of Faith In God Eagle Life Assembly Prophet Blessing Chiza has issued a controversial prophesy that for Zimbabwe to be prosperous God is going to install Nelson Chamisa as President of the cou...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe lagging behind on cybercrime security'
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) management met over the weekend with the parliamentary committee on information communication technology in Kadoma to highli...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telecoms sector on growth path, revenues exceed $1billion
Zimbabwe's telecoms sector generated revenue in excess of $1 billion and contributed 7,2 % to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, the industry regulator has said.Postal and Tel...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to apply for passports at post offices
Government is working on measures that will allow citizens to obtain passports and other official documents at post offices across the country, it has been learnt.The latest development is lik...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss Pasi in court over an Information Management System
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general Gershem Takavada Pasi was on Thursday brought before the court on charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly engaged a third ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Online voting option for Zimbabwean in the Diaspora
Twenty-seven years ago, less than half of Estonia's population had a telephone. Today, the country could provide Zimbabwe with an ICT option for mulled Diaspora participation in elections back home: t...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK talks security cooperation
Zimbabwe and Britain could soon restore security cooperation agreements that fell through after diplomatic ties nosedived nearly two decades ago, while the United Kingdom is open to supporting Harare'...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Calls to combat Zimbabwe graft grow louder
INDICATIONS from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government currently show that he has taken a tough stance against corruption, a cancer that has done significant damage to the country's socio-economic...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube lays out his plan for Zimbabwe
The people of Zimbabwe will prosper only when Government can lay the foundation of a stable macroeconomic environment that will encourage investment from home and abroad.The key to creating su...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe’s expectations are high, justifiably so
Since November 24 last year when President Mnangagwa assumed office following the resignation of Mr Robert Mugabe, expectations have been high for him to change Zimbabwe's complexion and turn around i...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Vusi Nyamazana
Open letter to Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance
Firstly, I would like to extend my commiserations for the 'loss' that was not a loss in the Zimbabwe 2018 elections. Like most of the millions of Zimbabwe's Diasporas, I followed every detail of the e...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Trust Siguake
Chamisa promises smart government
MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa has promised the electorate in Gweru that his government if they elect him into power will bring back the executive mayors in cities to enables cities to operate without mu...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe will vote for Chamisa
MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was confident of getting at least one vote from former president Mr Robert Mugabe even if the whole country decides not to vote for him in th...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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