MARKETING & MEDIA Importers abandon merchandise as duty payments soar[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwean importers were caught off guard last week after customs duty payments went up by almost 6,700% following the floatation of Zimbabwe's domestic currency on the official market. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA SMS news for Zimbabweans[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Radio journalists broadcasting news about Zimbabwe have turned to bulletins via mobile phones in order to beat the censors, the UK-based website Media Helping Media reports - an example of what independent media in Zimbabwe are desperately doing in order to disseminate news and information to concerned Zimbabweans, especially to an estimated four million living abroad. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Trevor Ncube's Zim citizenship saga[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Robert Mugabe's government's decision to strip Trevor Ncube - publisher of the Standard and Zimbabwe Independent - of his Zimbabwean citizenship signals the beginning of the end of independent media in Zimbabwe and marks the darkest period for the country's media, Zakeus Chibaya, secretary-general of Cross-border Association of Journalists (CAJ), told Bizcommunity.com. |