I’ve had numerous run-ins with Econet Wireless over their unsolicited SMSs. This culminated in various tweets, emails back and forth and phone calls (from them) assuring me I would stop receiving any promo texts. Ever. Today I received this, from someone named 30440 who ain’t no friend of mine. Your Tuesday will never be the same again. Buy a medium / large pizza at any Pizza Inn outlet and get

Ed Masau had a terrible experience at the hands of BancABC. In his own words: I got the shock of my life on Sunday 24 March 2013 when l had ordered some grocery for breakfast just before going to church. I was in a supermarket and l intended to use my BancABC card to buy the groceries. I had left $50.00 of my hard earned money in my account for

We just got a very disturbing letter about OK Greencroft. This is, of course, hot on the heels of the pie saga. According to The Daily News, a Harare woman is demanding over $10 000 from one of the country’s leading supermarket chains, claiming a $1 pie she bought in October 2011 from the shop was contaminated. According to the news item, OK Zimbabwe Limited have no knowledge of her claims,

According to The Daily News, a Harare woman is demanding over $10 000 from one of the country’s leading supermarket chains, claiming a $1 pie she bought in October 2011 from the shop was contaminated. Silindeni Gangarabwe filed a High Court application against OK Zimbabwe Limited, seeking damages she suffered as a result of the firm’s negligence. She claims after taking the pie she developed acute gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis is an infection

Updated below People have been complaining about Utande this morning, apparently it’s been slower than a nineties dial-up. @joeblackzw so our ISP says some cable was damaged off the coast of Egypt. Surely they should have back up plan as a contigency measure? — Tinashe(@1ttakura) March 25, 2013 According to ITWeb, this problem might take a while to fix. The company says it has optimised the IP network to relieve

According to NewsDay, “Following public outcry over high service charges, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and banking institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which provides guidelines for the determination of interest rate margins and bank charges.” From the article: Banks are now required to pay an interest of 4% for time deposits of $1 000 and above held over a period of at least 30 days. The MOU

Deck Magazine posted this photo on their Facebook page earlier today. I, literally, have no words for the amount of … creative inspiration … Econet took here. Imitation – the sincerest form of flattery. * Click the image for the full glory Update – TechZim did a story on this in 2011. I even commented on it. I guess it’s still pretty shocking (thanks 3-mob for the reminder)

I got a copy of The Herald from my workmate today, and this full-page is on Page 3. Who approved the copy for this PowerTel ad? Get yours today or reactivate from the following areas & enjoy whole night surfing if you don’t mind sleeping? What does that mean? Click the image above to see the ad