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Zimbabwe subscribers push Starlink to limit
THE overwhelming demand for cost-effective internet services is pushing newcomer, Star Link, to the edge with consumers experiencing unexpectedly slow speeds this week, especially in Harare, due to co...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 3029 | by Staff reporter
Starlink users in Zimbabwe experiencing slow speeds
The Starlink internet service experienced significant slowdowns in Harare on Tuesday, with experts attributing the disruptions to high demand and congestion. Many users reported connectivity issues th...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 16:55hrs | 7404 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over Al Jazeera exposé telling
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, rarely has Zanu-PF and the said new dispensation been in jitters as they are now. Contrary to their characteristic obstinacy, they are un...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Keyona TV, great vision, poor execution
ON 17 December, Bulawayo's own Keyona TV, a commercial broadcaster licensed under Fair Talk Communication started airing and it was given room to be part of Azam TV, a digital terrestrial television p...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Langalakhe Mabena
Road accident injures two
Two men were injured this evening when the driver failed to negotiate a curve at Mazowe Citrus farm along the Harare-Bindura highway.According to witnesses, the two were heading towards Bindur...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 18:59hrs | 10 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Zimbabwe eyes US$4m Japanese avocado market
Zimbabwe has the potential to earn over US$4 million annually from exporting avocados to Japan if the Asian country removes its restrictions on the importation of fresh fruits and vegetables from Afri...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We used juju to evade arrest'
A NOTORIOUS five-member gang of Mozambican armed robbers who broke into several houses and raped women on 21 different occasions in Mutare's low-suburbs used juju to try and evade arrest and foil dog ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Falling In Love – part 2
Late at night, Patie and I would call each other and talk for hours, until we fell asleep or our phone batteries mutinied. Once a month, I would book a room at a hidden-away bed and breakfast in Famon...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:53hrs | 23 | by Jera
Man follows maid wife to work, kills her, hangs self
A MAN from Insuza, Matabeleland North, allegedly killed his wife at her employer's house in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb, before hanging himself yesterday.Munyaradzi Moyo, said to be about 35-...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Technite jobs on standby as Kwese awaits licence
As debate rages on whether Kwese TV will be licensed in the country if given the green light, Econet Media's offering could unlock thousands of new jobs for satellite installers in the country....Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt should audit police lifestyles
EDITOR,The reported $14 million raised by the police from roadblocks is way below the mark.It is a tip of the iceberg.Most police officers have at least two cellphones each, la...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Mlobiseni Mhlokotshiyane
Zimbabwe runs out of cash to complete analogue-to-digital transition
COMPLETION of analogue-to-digital transition by year-end is no longer possible due to financial logjams, The Sunday Mail Society has learnt.The digitisation programme is being carried out by t...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 22:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Boer, donkeys and Zimbabweans
Over the Easter holiday, while most good Christians were looking up in the sky, I went home in Mberengwa.That journey would take me as far as Bulawayo, along the Beitbridge Highway, from the s...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Joram Nyathi
Just pay them their bonuses, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I only discovered this week that bonuses for our hard-working civil servants have not been paid since last year. I really cannot understand why this...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by CZ
'Tired of ZBCtv', man steals satellite parts
A 26-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who was caught red-handed trying to steal a component of a digital satellite receiver has told a Bulawayo magistrate that he committed the crime because he could not sta...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A Zimbabwe judge hung by the robe barely survives
The Zimbabwe judiciary system has been sentenced to death by political interference, politicisation and corruption that has left Zimbabweans without an effective recourse to justice in particular when...Published: 19 Nov 2016 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Zimbabwean student wins DStv Eutelsat Awards
Mutare Boys High School student, Mallon Marume won the 2015 DStv Eutelsat Awards for the poster category at continental and country level.Mallon's triumph means that for the second year in a r...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 13:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nust student blows fees, hangs self
A NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) student hanged himself in his father's house after blowing his college fees with a woman he met in a nightclub.George Bonomali, 26, of Mk...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Solar powered wireless access
Background Some time in March 2010 ,. the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) made an announcement t...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 21:08hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Married man finds lover in rival's arms, jailed for assault
A married 33-year-old Dangamvura man has been jailed for 40 days after assaulting his extra-marital lover using a satellite dish holder after catching her pants down with a new lover. Masimba ...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Pastor blamed for tower light suicide
A MAN from Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb who jumped to his death from a tower light, killed himself allegedly because a pastor accused him of stealing about $2,000 and cell phones.Tshuma commit...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Patient Sibanda
Zimbabwe digitalisation process on course
Engineers are working flat out to ensure the digitalisation process becomes a reality in the next few weeks.The process begins with the installation of a nine meter satellite dish which will c...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 19:14hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo24 launches satellite TV services
Bulawayo24 News has partnered with international content providers to launch Bulawayo24 TV - a digital satellite TV service which competes directly against Multichoice Zimbabwe's DStv.Th...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 18:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's aide hits back
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's aide Ray Ndhlukula is resisting eviction from Centenary Farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South, arguing that the Zanu PF leader personally gave him the farm.Ndhlukula, ...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mortuary attendant steals from the dead
A MORTUARY attendant and a nurse at Liteta District Hospital who were appearing in court for stealing from the Zampost bus Chibombo accident victims last year have been sentenced to nine months each w...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
ZTV taken off DStv
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation signal on DStv was de-actived on Thursday at the instructions of Fifa to prevent people from watching the World Cup for free.The tournament started in Bra...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman proposes employee, beats up husband for protest
A PROMINENT hotelier in Victoria Falls, Edgar Farai Mhere, his wife, son and two workers, allegedly teamed up to flog a man with a stick for complaining about the businessman's sexual advances to his ...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 15:17hrs | 10 | by Leonard Ncube
Gotv subscribers surrender decoders
Scores of people thronged Multichoice offices in Avondale yesterday to surrender their non-functioning GOtv decoders. Queues of people with the decoders formed at the offices following an ann...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 11:19hrs | 1 | by Brenda Phiri
DStv subscription fees increased
MultiChoice will increase the monthly cost of its various DStv bouquets from April with the satellite pay-TV platform's most expensive offering, DStv Premium, set to rise from R625 to R665, but wit...Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 12:42hrs | 2 | by Channel24
Technician electrocuted while assembling a satellite dish
A 24-year-old satellite dish technician from Masvingo died after being electrocuted by a naked power cable while assembling a satellite dish at a house in one of the suburbs.Moses Robert of To...Published: 24 Dec 2013 at 03:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in satellite dish theft attempt
A Bulawayo man fell to his death on Thursday night when neighbours raised alarm while he was trying to steal a satellite dish from a rooftop in Nketa 9 suburb.Brighton Moyo, 23, slipped as h...Published: 16 Jul 2013 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe the 'big winner' in SABC channels cuts
Following Monday's decision by the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation to disconnected its channels on the free to air decoder users, political analyst are saying this move will deprive Zimbabwean ...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 04:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Backyard technicians 'reconnecting' SABC channels
BACKYARD technicians are cashing in on neighbouring South Africa's decision to black out its television channels from free to air decoders, charging up to $40 to "reconnect" SABC 1, 2 and 3. Scores o...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fakes a divorce certificate, dragged to court
A 34-year-old Bulawayo man forged High Court documents and manufactured a divorce order in order to ditch his wife and marry a second one.Milton Mlauzi, of 7290/01 Pumula North on Tuesday appe...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 04:24hrs | 4 | by Court Reporter
Zimra impounds Harare-bound bus for smuggling
POLICE and officials from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority on Friday evening impounded a Harare bound bus whose passengers are alleged to have smuggled goods worth thousands of dollars through the Zimb...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Go TV begins test run
Zimbabwe's first terrestrial television channel, Go TV, which is set to revolutionise broadcasting by offering affordable international television channels to all Zimbabweans, has begun test-runs in ...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malawian citizen jumps off moving bus, dies in Zimbabwe
A Malawian citizen died on the spot last week after jumping off a moving bus through a broken rear windscreen. Enoch Kadamanja (28) died on the spot after jumping off the bus, which was enroute to Mal...Published: 08 Jan 2013 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officers living in disused holding cells
Police officers and their families at Mbembezi Police Station in Matabeleland North are living in disused police holding cells due to acute accommodation shortages."It is embarrassing that so...Published: 12 Oct 2012 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Summary of Zimbabwe All Media Products Survey findings
TelevisionOverall there has been a two percent increase in television viewership for any channel. Viewership of ZBC Channel 2...Published: 27 Sep 2012 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T stunned by the 'Change and 'New' Politics in Zim - Survey Report 2012'
The Movement for Democratic Change has been stunned the Freedom House survey ...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 15:18hrs | | by Ndou Paul
PM Morgan Tsvangirai's statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day
It is with sadness that I join you on what is supposed to be a celebration of Press Freedom day.On Tuesday, I joined the workers on May Day to mark another hollow day and expressed my fear t...Published: 04 May 2012 at 06:17hrs | | by MDC-T
Corrupt CIO agents arrested at Plumtree border post
Police at the Plumtree Border Post have complained about corrupt members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) whose alleged activities — including sm...Published: 31 Mar 2012 at 14:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
24-hour porn channel for South Africa in January 2012
Cape Town - A new 24-hour sex channel will be available on satellite TV from January 2012 – and there's nothing South African authorities can do to prevent it.The channel, ...Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 15:40hrs | 8 | by -
BAZ radio licences illegal and illegitimate - MDC-T
MDC-T has dismisses the awarding of two free to air licences by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) to Zimpapers and Supa Mandiwanzira's AB Communications as a political farce.MDC-T s...Published: 25 Nov 2011 at 13:56hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Farai Rwodzi charged with espionage
TWO Africom Holdings bosses and a Harare businessman yesterday appeared in court on espionage charges after they reportedly illegally set up satellite communication equipment and leaked official...Published: 29 Oct 2011 at 05:21hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Nato bombs Libyan satellite dishes in Tripoli
Nato said on Saturday it had bombed and disabled three Libyan satellite dishes in the capital Tripoli in order to prevent leader Muammar Gaddafi from using television to terrorise civilians....Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Reuters
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