BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo transport system nears breakdown

Bulawayo residents are facing a deepening public transport crisis marked by lawlessness, weak enforcement and steep fare increases, according to a recent report by the Bulawayo City Council.Deliberati...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 April 2026

BUSINESS NEWS

WhatsApp ban risk

Meta Platforms risks a temporary European Union ban on the rollout of new policies over how its AI features in WhatsApp, after being hit by the latest probe into Big Tech's alleged dominance on the c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2025

POLITICS

ZACC probes disappearance of US$4,5 million

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating the disappearance of US$4,5 million from Harare Quarry, a subsidiary of the Harare City Council, amid growing public outcry over the all...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 November 2025

POLITICS

Sikhala remains in SAPS custody

Zimbabwean opposition leader Job Sikhala will remain in custody in South Africa after his criminal case was postponed to Wednesday for a formal bail hearing.Sikhala, a former member of Parliament for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 November 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

SAPS seizes 40,000 litres of ethanol bound for Zimbabwe

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has intercepted a tanker carrying 40 000 litres of ethanol, valued at an estimated R11 million, suspected to be destined for Zimbabwe's illegal liquor market...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 August 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were "linked to criminal scam centers" targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week.The account deletions, which ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 August 2025

POLITICS

Harare's disappearing hills

From a distance, the jagged ridgelines cutting across parts of Harare might appear to be natural geological remnants — monuments of the city's ancient terrain. But up close, these formations tell a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

WhatsApp stops working on older iPhones

More than two billion WhatsApp users worldwide rely on the app daily, but a recent update has left owners of older Apple devices in the digital dark.As of yesterday, WhatsApp has officially stopped wo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Good news for MTN WhatsApp users in South Africa

MTN has partnered with WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms to enhance the quality of video and voice calls on the instant messaging application across 12 of the network's markets.The mobile operator says th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

POLITICS

'Devolution a disappointment'

The huge public expectations raised by devolved government in Zimbabwe have turned into disappointment, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has said, after government failed to av...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa relishes WhatsApp engagements

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has received tens of thousands of messages from Zimbabweans after he opened a WhatsApp chat platform last week to connect with the people and promote dialogue.He started engaging c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

POLITICS

Chaos reigns as Zimbabwe police disappear

The Zimbabwe Passenger Association (PAZ) has bemoaned the reduced police presence on the roads, saying the vacuum has resulted in an upsurge in unlicensed drivers that contribute to the high rate of a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa opens official WhatsApp platform

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has opened a WhatsApp chat platform to connect with the people of Zimbabwe and to promote dialogue.For one to join the WhatsApp chat group, he or she should send a message on Econe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

OPINION

Was abandoning of structural adjustment export wise?

THE political economy of  misunderstood patriotism and sovereignty led the old political dispensation and former Government to abandon the structural adjustment export-driven economic model that ...

By Bongani Ngwenya | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

SA police in explosives haul at border

THE South Africa Police Service (Saps) last week arrested seven suspected Zimbabweans after they were allegedly found smuggling 60 explosives through the Beitbridge Border Post.The suspects were belie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2018

AFRICA BUSINESS

SAPP gets fresh mandate

THE Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) will construct a new facility in Zimbabwe to expand its existing home and cater for increased staff after getting a new mandate from its 12-member electricity pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018

POLITICS

Zec dismisses WhatsApp video

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has dismissed reports that it is employing serving members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces following a recording circulating on WhatsApp of someone claiming to b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF, MDC-T in same violence WhatsApp group

Peace building civic group - the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) - has reported an increase in political violence, which it said was being perpetrated by both the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC.In its first ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2018

OPINION

Chamisa, Grace Mugabe 'same WhatsApp group'

THERE was a time when former president Robert Mugabe said Nelson Chamisa was a "supersonic" minister. Some have speculated why this was so, given that Chamisa was from the opposition.It has been sugge...

By Tinomudaishe Chinyoka | Published: 22 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

TIMB closes Rusape auction floor

THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has stepped in to stamp its authority by shutting down Agritrade Leaf Tobacco (ALT) operations in Rusape following allegations of corruption, duping and ill-tr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

We're clean on disappearing data, says Econet

ECONET Wireless yesterday maintained that its subscribers are not facing disappearing data problems on their network and advised clients experiencing the challenges to contact the company.In a stateme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet and the mystery of disappearing data

REPORTS have emerged of increased disappearing data from Econet Wireless's mobile subscribers on the telecom company's daily and weekly data packages, which the company blames on subscribers' mobile p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

SAP sets a solid foundation for Wilmar Zimbabwe

With consumers more empowered than ever thanks to the convergence of technologies creating a hyperconnected world, businesses need to be flexible enough to adapt to changing customer needs. Since ente...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 February 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa Cabinet disappoints

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet received an overwhelming thumbs down, with observers saying it was neither inspiring nor capable of changing the country's fortunes and instead he had chosen...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 December 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's new cabinet 'disappoints'

Zimbabweans have been reacting on social media to the new cabinet announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Some have criticised the new list which includes two army generals who played a major role i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 December 2017
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