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Zimbabwe faces new threat from AI voice cloning scams

Last month, a disturbing case emerged from Canada where fraudsters used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of elderly Americans' grandchildren. Between 2021 and 2024, the ring targeted seniors across 46 states, using near-perfect …

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Econet reports 44% surge in voice calls

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has reported a remarkable 44 percent year-on-year increase in voice call volumes for the quarter ended May 31, 2025, defying industry expectations that traditional voice services are in decline. This surge accompan…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:20hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

Shona, 14 other African languages added on Google's services

Google Speech, in partnership with the research team based at the AI Research Center in Accra, Ghana, has announced the launch of Voice Search, talk-to-type on Gboard and voice input on Translate for 15 more African languages.The new langu…

Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:51hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter

Econet leading in mobile data and voice traffic

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)'s sector performance report for the 3rd quarter of 2023 has revealed that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe extended its market leadership in the local mobile telecommunica…

Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:36hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's Lobengula joke generates bad taste

Calling Zanu PF political heavyweight Obert Mpofu "Lobengula" as his nickname within the party circles is beginning to generate a bad taste and negative vibe as some people now say Mpofu and President Emmerson Mnangagwa must immediately st…

Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 22:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Use your voice: Use your vote

As the elections in Zimbabwe draw near, there is a sense of excitement and anticipation that grips the nation. For many, this is a chance to choose a leader who will steer Zimbabwe into the future. It is an opportunity to make a difference…

Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:16hrs | 5 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

SA opposition adds voice to ZEP saga

SOUTH Africa's opposition African People First (APF) party has backed calls to renew Zimbabwe exemption permits in that country who hail from Matabeleland citing historical ties.APF said this after Mthwakazi Royal Kingdom representatives f…

Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Is the voice of people really the voice of God?

VOX populi, vox Dei is a common Latin phrase loosely translated to mean "Voice of the people is the voice of God". Sometimes this same conjecture is replicated as the will of the people is the will of God.This expression was first used by …

Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:30hrs | | by Tendai Makaripe

Bulawayo-born Thando wows judges on The Voice Australia 2022

Thando Sikwila, also known by the mononym Thando, is a contestant in The Voice Australia. Her blind audition performance of the Chaka Khan hit I'm Every Woman has wowed all the four judges.Let's take a look at the singer's career and biogr…

Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Teachers must speak with one voice

THE fight for better pay by teachers appears to be losing steam, three weeks into the new term, with no pay rise, bruised egos and the still incapacitated educators on the ropes.Last week, the largest union, the Zimbabwe Teachers Union (Zi…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:52hrs | 12 | by Richard-Gundane

'Fascist Mthwakazi denying people a voice' - we must remove dictators and stop fascists

"A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply," wrote Nomazulu Thata. "We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of mass-shallow graves in this region. We demanded t…

Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:14hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori

The voice of the people is the voice of God

Writing to Zanu PF members and the greater Zimbabwean population from exile, President Emmerson Mnangagwa coined the now popular slogan "voice of the people is the voice of God".ED, as Mnangagwa is popularly known, must have reflected so d…

Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by Munyaradzi Ziburawa

Rejecting the voice of people is mocking God

1 Thessalonians 4:7-8: For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.Blessed Sunday to you al…

Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Micheal Mhlanga

The voice of people is the voice of God

IN the tense moments of Zimbabwe's transition on November 20, 2017, then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrote a letter to his former boss, President Robert Mugabe, from an undisclosed location turning down the latter's offer to return h…

Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Munyaradzi Ndovuyako Ziburawa

Amakhosi shelve Voice Izwi act, Kapfupi to feature at Elite 400

Voice Izwi,one of the shows that had been scheduled to premiere at Amakhosi Elite 400's winter season,  has been shelved after failing to meet Amkhosi's required standards.Voice Izwi was set for 29 and 30 June.Amakhosi director, Cont …

Published: 06 Jul 2011 at 04:53hrs | | by .

Zimbabwe's new mobile operator, Spiritage, to deploy 4G WiMAX

Encouraged by earlier successful African 4G projects, the start-up Spiritage is about to enter the data and voice telephony network market in Zimbabwe and plans to take on its competitors. For over a decade, the Zimbabwean market has been …

Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 06:14hrs | | by Moyo Roy

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Background remover for corporate videos that impress clients

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You can leave the ghetto, but you can't remove the ghetto inside - Same with apartheid

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Churches pray for Mnangagwa's continued rule

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