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By Wisdom Mumera Google has begun the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts on its Google+ social network platform following the failure of the application to meet expected goals. The move brings to an end Google’s attempt to directly compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter. The Verge reported that, “the …
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By Staff Reporter On the occasion of the Press Freedom Day the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has urged the government to comply with regional and continental instruments as the sine qua non to the ongoing media law reform processes. Government has been repealing some laws deemed undemocratic and contrary to the democratic agenda …
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By Staff Reporter Chad has just clocked the record for the longest social media blackout in Africa after reaching a year since March 28 2018 when the government instituted the move aimed at fighting its opponents. Cameroon is second with its 230 day blackout covering the entire internet not just social media. The shutting down …
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By Staff Reporter At time the country is facing acute challenges across all sectors it has found much needed support in the form of Japanese assistance that has been coming in different forms ranging from financial to technical. Former allies, the West and Europe have gotten fed up with Zimbabwe and now we are saddled …
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By Wisdom Mumera The gradual erosion of living standards has finally reached the idyllic island of social media where many vent their anger and frustrations by attacking, ridiculing and undressing the clearly lost high offices in the land. With Econet increasing the cost of data and social media bundles following in the footsteps of NetOne …
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By Staff Reporter Today is Independence Day but very few social media Twimbos appear happy about the day. Instead many have chosen the ugly and dark side. Going through posts on Twitter has shown a steady stream of angry souls hating on everything about this 39th birthday for Zimbabwe. Whilst some of the statements are …
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The recent hike of bread prices has been met with the now usual combo of anger and derisive humour from the Zimbo public. The public has lately resorted to mitigating the pain of hardships by immersing in humorous banter. Social media has been awash with such as people try to come to terms wirh the …
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By Wisdom Mumera State media, in one of its vaunted hallucinations predicted/promised or prophesied that come April the prices of basic good would have gone down. April is here and bread has paved the way by leaping to $3.50 a loaf. A host of prices have done the obvious and gone South. This is the …
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The country’s leaders have been running around searching for money or promises of such. This past week the Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube went to Washington DC where he was meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) honchos during the Spring Meetings. The aim according to state media: “Solicit for international financial support to reconstruct Cyclone Idai-ravaged …
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By Tafadzwa Muranganwa The recent hike in mobile tariffs is increasingly becoming detrimental to agriculture which is the backbone of the country’s economy. According to agriculture and tech expert Charles Dhewa the cost of communication is now chewing up most of the revenue realised from this sector. “At the moment, if a Zimbabwean farmer wants …
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