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© Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed mobile network service provider Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is the network of choice for 88 percent of corporate consumers in the country, according to a survey commissioned by the telecoms regulator, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe(Potraz). [GoogleAd] The consumer satisfaction survey, for the period ending December 2018, conducted by…

© HARARE City Council (HCC) has come under fire for allegedly authorising residential construction on wetlands in areas surrounding Greencroft suburb as residents raise fears of disease outbreaks and tampered electricity connections. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Combined Residence and Ratepayers Association (Zicorra), Maxwell Kadzinga and Muchaneta Chimbandi have escalated the matter to the High Court and cited…

© THE Zimbabwean government has met with the European Union (EU) for the first time in 15 years, following the Cotonou Agreement, which is a partnership between the European States and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of States on political and economic issues. [GoogleAd] The agreement has been ratified by 79 countries from the…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned that violence must never be used as a tool to gain advantage over another as threats of demonstrations by opposition parties, labour bodies and the civil society against economic meltdown intensify. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa made the remarks while commissioning the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) Act in Harare at a function…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to consider about four opposition officials to serve as commissioners in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after Parliament nominated them among 38 candidates shortlisted, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] On the list of nominees released by Parliament are senior opposition figures including top MDC officials Blessing Chebundo who…

© THE two-day 9th Annual Buy Local Summit set to take place on June 13, in Bulawayo has been postponed due the non-availability of guest of honour President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [GoogleAd] According to the event organisers, the summit, which will run under the theme ‘‘Enhancing Local Production, Preference and Market Access,’’ has been tentatively moved…

AS THE government battles to contain growing uneasiness among ordinary people and its workers, the nation’s biggest teachers’ union — the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) — has warned that things could get worse in schools if today’s planned talks fail to yield positives, in what could be yet another setback for the under-pressure authorities. [GoogleAd]…

TOUGH-TALKING MDC vice president, Tendai Biti, has warned of an imminent implosion of the country if President Emmerson Mnangagwa doesn’t engage in talks with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. This comes as many Zimbabweans have been calling for urgent dialogue between the two men, who lead the country’s biggest political parties — to save the burning…

THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry has expressed concern over the ever-declining rate of fees payment in schools in and around Bulawayo with government officials urging parents to come in handy in the provision of quality education. [GoogleAd] Addressing stakeholders in the education sector, Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo said parents should meet schools halfway….