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Zanu-PF admits employing internet trolls to attack opponents

Zanu-PF has confirmed that it employs a group of internet trolls under the Varakashi4ED Social Media Unit to attack its opponents and amplify its messages, according to a document obtained by ZimLive.The unit, which is reportedly led by th…

Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 11:42hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter

TelOne jumps on Starlink train

TelOne, one of Zimbabwe's largest fixed internet providers, has announced its partnership with Starlink, becoming an authorized reseller of the satellite internet service. This move comes in response to the recent entry of Elon Musk's Spac…

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe blocks Starlink services

Zimbabwe's telecoms regulator says it has told Elon Musk that his SpaceX should first submit a licence before its Starlink can be allowed to operate in the country.On Friday, Starlink blocked services to users in Zimbabwe, where customers …

Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's internet costs surge

When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed."I used to get at least five customers a we…

Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter

Starlink: A Potential Lifeline for Rural Zimbabwe

In a world where connectivity is a lifeline for information, education, and economic opportunities, the promise of Starlink, SpaceX's ambitious satellite internet project, shines brightly for rural and unconnected regions in Africa. Howeve…

Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 04:50hrs | 521 | by Robert Ndlovu

Starlink rattles Zimbabwe internet service providers

The era of hanging emails, failed file downloads, and unstable internet will soon be a thing of the past if Starlink's global satellite internet service is rolled out in Zimbabwe. Elon Musk's Starlink is regarded as one of the greatest inn…

Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'50% of Zimbabwe's population has no access to the Internet'

HALF of Zimbabwe's population has no access to the internet, a cabinet minister has said, warning that digital exclusion reinforces and deepens existing economic and social exclusion.ICTs minister Jenfan Muswere said although internet pene…

Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's internet penetration rate increases

ZIMBABWE'S internet penetration rate has increased with broadband network extension remaining an issue, Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Dr Jenfan Muswere has said.Speaking at the commemoration …

Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Lockdown internet demand boosts TelOne

STATE-OWNED telecoms operator TelOne last year realised inflation-adjusted revenue growth of 147% to ZW$4.7 billion compared to the corresponding period in 2019 due to an upsurge in the demand for broadband.In 2019, the revenue stood at ZW…

Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

The rise of global freelancing

Did you know that over a third of American workers are freelancers? Their numbers are rapidly increasing, and soon more than half the population is expected to be working this way. What's more, American companies are increasingly commissio…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff Writer

Zimbabwe was right in shutting down the internet

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took the government to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter was closed. Lawyers agued that The shutdown was a…

Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:52hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities

When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of clowns pretending to be ruling Zimbabw…

Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni

Legality of blocking the Internet simplified

TODAY, we discuss the legality of the recent shock total blockade of the Internet and subsequent limitation of service to the exclusion of social media sites Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter, among others. If ever there was somethin…

Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 10 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Africa Day: internet freedoms, a way to democracy

As we are in the spirit of embracing our 'Africaness', we must not forget the key tenets to democracy.  Democracy entails citizen's participation in public affairs, with respect for different points of view. Living in a continent wher…

Published: 24 May 2018 at 15:10hrs | | by Patience Sibanda

Cheaper broadband coming to Zimbabwe!

Cheaper and accessible broadband a real possibility "The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude to the problem" - Captain Jack Sparrow Imagine a Zimbabwe where 90% of the population can afford and have access cheaper inte…

Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Vince Musewe

The case for Internet regulation

The Internet is not only a conduit of nefarious activities but a domain of sophisticated crime which any nation would need to regulate. Other countries have already addressed this by putting in place some kind of governance to that problem…

Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Nick Mangwana

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