Climate Activists Want AFCON Title Sponsor Kicked Out Over Pollution
Various civil society organizations on the continent have teamed up to push for TotalEnergies withdrawal from the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) sponsorship. The continent-wide campaign led by Africa Climate Change activists is targeting the tournament’s main sponsor, TotalEnergies..
Africa Cup Of Nations Begins Under The Shroud Of Oil And Gas
In a few hours, the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) begins in the Ivory Coast. The biennial tournament is the continent’s largest celebration of men’s international soccer. However, the festive occasion is being undermined by concern about the tournament’s main sponsor; TotalEnergies.
WhatsApp has come in to fill the void
WhatsApp has come in to fill the void”: In Zimbabwe, the future of news is messaging. In Zimbabwe, multiple internet blackouts enforced by the government amid protests the week of January 19 brought the country’s social media sites and cities to a halt. Chatter in WhatsApp groups became eerily still in an online social landscape where almost half […]
For Tweet Mocking Mugabe, New Jersey Woman Could Face 20 Years in Prison
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A young American woman living in Zimbabwe will be tried on charges of attempting to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe with a tweet mocking President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state. The arrest of the woman, Martha O’Donovan, 25, has raised fears that the Zimbabwean government is stepping up efforts […]
Amid Reported Coup, Zimbabwe’s National Police Continue to Crack Down on Free Speech
Even as Zimbabwe’s army seized power in the nation’s capital of Harare earlier this week, placing President Robert Mugabe under house arrest, the country’s national police force continued to go after dissidents who criticize the dictator, who has been in power for 37 years. Comedian and rapper Samm Monro, co-creator of the progressive Magamba Network, announced via Twitter […]
Satire is booming after Robert Mugabe’s fall
Now Zimbabwe’s comedians want to ensure that the gags keep rolling” Read More
Zambezi News Comedians
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is notorious for several reasons. First, as a mouthpiece for the Zanu-PF party, whose 91-year-old president Robert Mugabe recently fell over at a press conference, causing a worldwide avalanche of memes and a more localised effort to suppress the original evidence. Second, for its appalling technical glitches. And, third, for its ingenious spoof by […]
Laughing at power in Zimbabwe.
Comrade Fatso, the co-founder of the Magamba Network, reflects on how satire, hip hop and youth activism are paving the way for democracy in Zimbabwe. Read More
Magamba TV produces political satire for a social media-connected generation.
“On the one hand, we know that quite a few government ministers actually watch our stuff….So these dudes, they do watch it, to get a sense of what young people are thinking. Read More
