Govt targets US$200m from tollgates
The planned increase in the number of tollgates is expected to more than double revenue from tolling feesTHE planned increase in the number of tollgates is expected to more than double revenue from...
View ArticleHolland hounded out of MDC Renewal
Former party colleagues have been exerting pressure on her to choose between the party and her project.FORMER MDC Renewal Team interim president, Sekai Holland, who suddenly quit the political outfit...
View ArticleZSE share prices plummet
The dominance of bears on the ZSE confirms why 11 firms exited the liquidity-strapped bourse last year alone.AN erosion of share prices has continued to rock Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed...
View ArticleVAT eroding Zim’s tourism competitiveness
In 2013, Africa received 56 million tourists up from 26 million in 2000.THE introduction of the 15 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on foreign accommodation may not help grow the tourism cake and neither...
View ArticleGovt begging everywhere
From 2000 to present, Zimbabwe’s economy has been on a slippery slope.FOR the first time in many years, Zimbabwe appears seriously committed to breaking the economic isolation jinx that has haunted the...
View ArticleSDGs: Will they make a difference?
HARD on the heels of the hardly successful United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), come the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a raft of propositions that seek to take humanity to a new...
View ArticleKnives out for Ndanga
“I have not seen any bishop approaching me with any complaint. My office is open to anyone with complaints”.CHRISTIAN Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president, Johannes Ndanga, has come under fire from...
View ArticleWill yuppies save the church?
Cleflo Dollar found a way to appeal to these Yuppies.THERE was an upsurge in baby making after the Second World War. The post-war generation was called the baby boomers. They are the last of the normal...
View ArticleExtended my well-deserved rest, Cdes
We really wonder why Cuthbert Dube should not try his hand in politics where a bad record and incompetence are the requisite qualifications. Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I have decided...
View ArticleUS$1,4 bn funding for Hwange Power Station
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, who will be in South Africa around that time for the Sino African Summit, will grace the signing ceremony in Harare.GOVERNMENT is expected to achieve financial closure...
View ArticleGovt, mines mired in suspicion
Relations between the sector and government had been soured by unfounded suspicions.FORMER Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) president, Alex Mhembere last week dismissed allegations by government of...
View ArticleDevelopment, reconciliation, the African Renaissance
Africa’s success over the next few years will depend crucially on whether it will be able to deal effectively with the scourge of violent conflict that persists in various hotspots across the...
View ArticleEDITORIAL/Resuscitate industries
ZIMBABWE’S economic troubles, as epitomised by the demise of the industrial sector and the informalisation of the economy, have perturbed government as much as it has disturbed the general public....
View ArticleEDITORIAL/Where is the govt in all this?
EARLY every inch of the capital has been invaded by vendors. From downtown to uptown, there is no escaping the ugly sight of vendors who have annexed the central business district (CBD) in order to eke...
View ArticleTelecel finally starts promoting its bundles, but the service has one flaw
By Nigel Gambanga Econet messed up with a price adjustment and product fix on its social media bundles. Telecel has finally responded to this by promoting its own bundles. The only problem is Telecel...
View ArticleEconet hires former Rocket Internet CEO to head e-commerce division
By L.S.M Kabweza TechCabal dedicated an article to tracking where ex-Rocket Nigeria CEOs are now and in the post they reveal that Econet hired James Gibson, the former MD of Hellofood, Rocket’s food...
View ArticleWhat lies beneath: 3 tools for figuring out how that awesome website was built
By Garikai Dzoma Ever wanted to figure out how any awesome website was put together? Here are some tools that will help you take a peek under the hood of any website and understand the insides on your...
View ArticleThe quick shall inherit the Earth: Startup lessons from inside Facebook
By Nigel Gambanga Facebook employees all get a little red book that pretty much sums up what the social media giant is about, and what it stands for. There was an expose on parts of that book, and it...
View Article‘Baba Jukwa’ freed
Asijiki – we will neither relent, back down nor surrender.EDMUND Kudzayi and his brother Philip, who were accused of being behind the Facebook character Baba Jukwa, were on Friday freed after the State...
View Article3 announcements from Google I/O 2015 that mean something for Zimbabwe
By Nigel Gambanga Google I/O 2015 Conference happened last night, and there was quite a bit of geek fodder. What caught our eye? Some, not all of the stuff, so here’s what the Average Zimbabwean might...
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