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By Nigel Gambanga Whenever we talk about the issue of paying for your ZESA prepaid electricity everyone remembers how Econet was shut out from an integration with ZESA for mobile money payment leaving...
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Govt to formalise small-scale miners
THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) registered over 40,000 small-scale miners last year as government moves to formalise activities of artisanal miners who now deliver over half of the country’s gold...
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Floods expose govt’s lack of preparedness
GOVERNMENT’S capacity to deal with floods has been brought into question following its dismal failure to mitigate against the floods that wreaked havoc around the country in the last few weeks when...
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Whither Psychomotor ministry?
Minister of Psychomotor, Josiah HungweWITH the ongoing curriculum review by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education seeking to make education in the country more inclusive by introducing the...
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Clogged drains expose City Fathers
Harare City mayor, Bernard ManyenyeniTHE clogged drainage systems in the cities, particularly Harare, which have seen streets become impassable during rain spells have shone the spotlight on the...
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Harare prejudiced by parking marshals
THE City of Harare (CoH) is losing thousands of dollars to corrupt parking marshals who are demanding bribes from traffic offenders, an audit has revealed. An internal audit commissioned by the city’s...
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Govt, civil servants on collision course
THE ZANU-PF government is on a collision course with its employees as the cash-strapped administration moves to trim its labour force, estimated to number over 250 000. Finance Minister, Patrick...
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All eyes on Saviour
THE newly-appointed ZANU-PF secretary for the commissariat, Saviour Kasukuwere has an arduous task ahead of him in the New Year, as the ruling party faces the challenge of pulling itself together in...
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Govt loses millions in graft
Former Vice President, Joice Mujuru is accused of high level graft.WIDESPREAD graft and mismanagement in government and State-owned institutions has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars, at a...
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Expulsions loom in ZANU-PF
THE net is closing in on ZANU-PF officials suspected of corruption with party insiders saying those caught on the wrong side of the law would, apart from being prosecuted, lose both party and...
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Utseya shock inclusion in cricket squad
OFF-SPINNER Prosper Utseya yesterday earned a surprise call to the Zimbabwe Cricket Team for the upcoming World Cup despite the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s restrictions on his bowling after...
View ArticlePositives, contrasts and illusory dreams
THE ZANU-PF conference came and went. We are now left to deal with both the aftermath and with what it missed out.The party conference was held in the usual pomp and fanfare that has always graced such...
View ArticleAbout Zimbabwe’s fledgling tech startup economy – a view from outside
By L.S.M Kabweza Zimbabwe’s tech startup ecosystem is young. Counting the startups that look like they’re onto something on the fingers of your hand is a sure way to realise that the human hands have...
View ArticleHow expensive is it to go online in Zim?: An overview of prices for internet...
By Nigel Gambanga 2015 started off with mobile subscribers celebrating the good news that as had been promised the voice tariffs for the country’s mobile network operators had been reduced....
View ArticleKwanele Ngwenya, CEO of the Econet owned bank, steps down
By L.S.M Kabweza Several reports from yesterday say that Kwanele Ngwenya, CEO of Econet owned financial institution, Steward Bank, has been forced out. The bank itself confirmed Ngwenya’s leaving in a...
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Fuel prices must be reviewed – Mzembi
TOURISM Minister Walter Mzembi has questioned why Zimbabwe has not benefited from the plunge in global oil prices saying had he been in charge of the energy portfolio he would order an immediate...
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Allied Bank finally shuts doors
THE RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe on Thursday announced that it had cancelled Allied Bank’s operating licence after determining that the financial institution was no longer in a safe a sound condition.“The...
View ArticleHere’s why POTRAZ is appealing to Government for new licensing in telecoms
By L.S.M Kabweza Sharing infrastructure in the telecommunications industry is a very complicated matter. The Reason boils down mostly to: I invested so much in expanding my infrastructure so that I...
View ArticleEconet expands into primary school education. And no this is not EcoSchool
By Nigel Gambanga If job adverts are anything to go by It looks like Econet is working on another new product, this time as part of their drive to modernise education. In the last part of 2014 an...
View ArticleEconet expands into primary school education. And no this is not EcoSchool
By Nigel Gambanga If job adverts are anything to go by It looks like Econet is working on another new product, this time as part of their drive to modernise education. In the last part of 2014 an...
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