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By Wisdom Mumera The gazetted Cyber Bill is the culmination of frantic efforts by the government to get a good grasp of the slippery social media angle in a country in which they already have an iron hold on the mainstream media. Just like the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and …
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By MISA Zimbabwe Introduction The advent of the Internet and related technological developments have been celebrated for providing platforms for widespread and ‘unrestricted’ exercise of freedom of expression and access to information rights and conducting of transactions online among other aspects. Indeed, Africa in general, and in Zimbabwe in particular, has witnessed growth in internet …
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By MISA Zimbabwe Introduction The advent of the Internet and related technological developments have been celebrated for providing platforms for widespread and ‘unrestricted’ exercise of freedom of expression and access to information rights and conducting of transactions online among other aspects. Indeed, Africa in general, and in Zimbabwe in particular, has witnessed growth in internet …
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Legislators who will be attending Parliament on Tuesday have been urged to bring their Samsung tablets so that they can go under software configurations. The tablets are part of a move towards a Paper-less Parliament as the legislature moves to curb printing costs for its various documents especially the Order Papers. Parliament has not been …
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Government has finally gazetted the much-awaited Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill 2019 which seeks among other things to consolidate cyber-related offences in Zimbabwe. Although Cyber laws are important as the use of internet and technology increases in the world, some analysts are sceptical that some governments might take advantage to criminalise the use of …
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OpenParlyZW hosted a Virtual Hackathon (#Hack4Covid) from the 27th to 30th of April, where young web developers aged 18 to 35 years took part in trying to come up with cost effective tools that could help reach as many people as possible with COVID-19 information. #Hack4Covid attracted about 77 teams, composed of 150 participants who …
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Government has revealed that there are many other Chinese companies besides Huawei Technologies that are exempted from paying tax in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe announced a few weeks ago through a Statutory Instrument 25 of 2020 that Huawei Technologies was exempted from paying tax backdated to 2009, however, the announcement was received with mixed feelings by members …
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IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has, in terms of section 46 of the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06], approved the following regulations made by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe …
By Takunda Mandura Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Kazembe Kazembe has appointed the ZimPost Board and added board members to NetOne Cellular and Potraz boards. The youthful minister said the appointments have been authorized by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and they are with effect from 1 June and have tenure of 4 years. …
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