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'Gay exorcism' church with roots in Zimbabwe sets sights on expansion across Scotland
The Forward In Faith Church International Incorporated (FIFCII), notorious for its endorsement of "gay exorcism" as conversion therapy and belief in witchcraft, is advancing its reach in Scotland....Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 12:40hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Unveiling the Treasures of the Red Sea: Diving, History, and Culture in Jeddah
The bustling Red Sea coast city of Jeddah serves as both the business hub of Saudi Arabia and the entry point to the Mecca and Medina sacred sites. This vibrant city offers visitors a wide range of ex...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:06hrs | 56 | by Staff Reporter
Richard Branson enjoys Zimbabwe's wildlife during two week visit
British billionaire Richard Branson – the founder of the Virgin Group – and his family spent considerable time touring Zimbabwe's prime wildlife resort areas during his visit to the country....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp allows users to edit messages
WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features - the ability to edit messages."For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messa...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unhealthy methods that many South Africans use to deal with poverty
South Africa is a country that has been grappling with poverty for many years. According to the World Bank, more than 20% of the population lives below the poverty line, which means that they survive ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:58hrs | 35 | by Staff Reporter
WhatsApp will allow users to send messages in internet blackouts
WhatsApp will allow users to send messages in internet blackouts.The instant messaging app is planning on allowing peoples to connect to proxy servers to remain online if the internet is barre...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Rwanda relations put to test again
ZIMBABWE'S diplomatic relations with Rwanda face a new test as it emerged a prominent Zanu-PF and anti-sanctions activist has launched a tirade against President Paul Kagame.Apart from denounc...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe toe-selling 'joke' misses the mark in Nigeria
An apparent social media ruse in Zimbabwe about people selling their toes for large amounts of money is being taken more seriously elsewhere in Africa.The unfounded story that suggests Zimbabw...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Qualities to look for when choosing a digital marketing agency
Qualities to Help You Pick the Right Digital Marketing AgencyA business thrives when it has a larger consumer base. A business requires exposure in the ...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 21:15hrs | 32 | by Staff writer
Top 3 Considerations for the Best Slot
The popularity of online slots has recently witnessed a surge. Many gamblers consider the opportunity to be among the best choices ever to make. From relieving various life stressors to making the ext...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
7-tips to grow your blog using email marketing
There you are! You have managed to set your website well, identified a niche and went ahead to make blog posts on it. What remains of you, is just monetizing your website to start earning from various...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:11hrs | 3 | by Staff Writer
How Acie Lumumba fixed himself
In the past few years, Acie Lumumba has been nothing of a branding genius and a social media user extraordinaire. I should say off the bat that I don't like him much, as a person and as a political fi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 15:14hrs | 3 | by Brighton John Musaidzi
5 important parts of a blog post
Looking to start up a blog? Whether it be for personal reasons, to sell something, or promote your business, a blog is an excellent way to reach a wide audience. You can connect with your readers on a...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | 15 | by Jeremy Biberdorf
Anti-Mnangagwa global campaign launched
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has launched a global campaign seeking to pressure the Zimbabwean government to stop its clampdown on trade union rights in the troubled country....Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by newzimbabwe
UK using Zimbabwe govt officials to interrogate failed asylum seekers
The Home Office has been inviting Zimbabwean government representatives to interview asylum seekers who have fled political persecution in the country, in what has been branded a "corrupt" exercise....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by The Independent
Condemning Israel is not hate speech, SA Appeal Court finds
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) this week delivered a judgment that provided much needed clarity about the meaning of "hate speech" as prohibited in the Equality Act. Understanding wha...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Wilmien Wicomb I GroundUp
Online gambling in South Africa - A new dawn of gambling
If you think that gambling in South Africa is about the hooves on the turf at the Durban July, Montecasino in Johannesburg's affluent Fourways suburb, or about exciting gambling mixed with a safari ex...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere clash
LEADERSHIP wrangles in the ex-President Robert Mugabe-backed National Patriotic Front (NPF) have triggered a nasty fallout between former G40 kingpins, who are reportedly the party's founding members....Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
With or without Khupe, red army will march on
Alex Magaisa, in a blog post titled The day after Tsvangirai, rightly pointed out that what is currently obtaining in the MDC-T is purely politics.I share the same view.I believe these...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
MDC-T succession wrangles: Behave or ship out
Mukoma Alex Magaisa in his blog post titled The day after Tsvangirai rightly pointed out, that what is currently obtaining in the MDCT is purely politics. I too share the same view. I believe these MD...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 12:21hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Mugabe's nephew warns Mnangagwa
Robert Mugabe's nephew says he plans to travel to Davos, Switzerland to thwart efforts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to lure investors to Zimbabwe.In a blog post published on New Zimbabwe we...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Facebook pauses WhatsApp data sharing
London - Facebook agreed to suspend its planned use of data from UK users of its WhatsApp messaging service for advertising purposes, the nation's privacy watchdog said as it vowed to "keep pushin...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 10:35hrs | 3 | by Bloomberg
Bond notes 'are being printed in Zimbabwe,' says MDC-T
If Zimbabwe's little-liked bond notes aren't being printed in Germany or South Africa, where are they being printed? Zimbabwe, of course, say opposition officials.Until recently, the Reser...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's plane movements used as barometer for his health
It is an indirect clue at best, but it is often all they can get: Many Zimbabweans have taken to divining the state of their increasingly frail 92-year-old leader's health from the movements of his pr...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono and Norimitsu Onishi | New York Times |
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - Time Management Tactics Every Musician Must Know
Today asixoxe ngokubaluleka kukogcin' isikhathi. Am sure you've paid to get into a certain show or an event kodwa amashow organiser akhombis' ukwedelela ngokungahloniph' isikhathi sabantu. Iv'e seen t...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by DJ-Sticha
WhatsApp ditching BlackBerry
Instant messaging application WhatsApp over the weekend announced plans to discontinue support for several older and fringe smartphone mobile platforms.In a blog post titled 'WhatsApp supp...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 15:26hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp to kill support for BlackBerry, Nokia
Instant messaging application WhatsApp plans to discontinue support for its service on older smartphone systems such as BlackBerry and Nokia.In a blog post on the weekend, WhatsApp said it wil...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 09:10hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp drops $1 annual fee
Popular instant messaging application WhatsApp is doing away with its $0.99 (R16.59) annual fee as it explores new services.WhatsApp founder Jan Koum made the announcement at the DLD confe...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Half of the mighty Victoria Falls appears to have dried up'
Low water levels aren't just a problem in Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba - nearly half of the mighty Victoria Falls appears to have dried up, locals say.Spectacular photos taken recently from the air ...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean black rhino named after Britain's Prince George
Rangers in southern Zimbabwe say a black rhino calf born at about the same time as Britain's Prince George really is a boy and can now be "officially" named George, ...Published: 22 Sep 2015 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Google unveils its new logo design
Search giant Google has unveiled a major redesign of its logo, which went live on its landing page across the globe on Tuesday.Google said its new logo, which features a cleaner sans-serif typ...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Google changes name to Alphabet
Google is to become a new company called Alphabet.However, user won't have to start 'alphabeting' things to look them up on the internet.While Google Inc owns many companies (of which ...Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Moyo attacks Bill Gates' critique
American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor Bill Gates is not a fan of Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo. Responding to a question about Moyo's book Dead Aid, w...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joice Mujuru's fate sealed
THE writing is on the wall for Vice-President Joice Mujuru as not even the Constitution or any law can stop President Robert Mugabe from firing her, a development that is increasingly likely with each...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's goodbye imminent
WILL she leave in a week's time? The writing is on the wall for Vice-President Joice Mujuru as not even the Constitution or any law can stop Preside...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 03:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe nephew post points to suicide
JOHANNESBURG - A blog post believed to be written by President Robert Mugabe's nephew Takudzwa Wesley Goronga reveals that the 20-year-old's death could have been an act of suicide.Goronga was...Published: 18 Nov 2014 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gmail now in isiZulu - isiNdebele
Google has announced 13 new languages for Gmail, including isiZulu which is related to isiNdebele.The additions push the number of supported languages on the Gmail platform to 71."Gma...Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Missing Malaysian plane: CIA, Boeing accused of cover-up
Kuala Lumpur - Missing Flight MH370 did not crash and its current whereabouts may be known to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Boeing aircraft company, Malaysia's influential former prime minis...Published: 20 May 2014 at 17:31hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
No longer a curse? - African leaders take action that may transform the mining
The Hollywood blockbuster movie, Blood Diamond, tells a gripping story of how diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war which erupted in 1991. It depicts kidnappings, use of child so...Published: 17 May 2014 at 07:39hrs | 9 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Light at the end of the tunnel
Much ado over Africa's power sector Apapa is the industrial hub of Lagos, Nigeria's bustling commercial capital that's home to some 17 million peo...Published: 03 May 2014 at 07:41hrs | 7 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Five reasons Politicians fail at Social media
I'm based in Zimbabwe, the battleground of one of the last few decades' most divisive national elections, and the first one where Social media is arguably playing a big part. Political parties have hi...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 18:05hrs | | by Sailas Chawira
Govt requests for Twitter user info on the rise
Washington - Government requests for Twitter user information is on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more transparency."Over the past 24 months, w...Published: 09 Feb 2014 at 08:47hrs | | by AP
Microsoft begins sending out new revamped Windows
San Francisco - Microsoft on Tuesday began sending a revamped version of Windows to makers of computers, smartphones or tablets powered by the software."We've hit an important milestone for Mi...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 08:42hrs | 68 | by Tech Reporter
Facebook launches 'graph search'
San Francisco - Facebook on Monday began rolling out a tool for US English language users to mine the social network's trove of experiences for anything from restaurant choices to photos of far-off p...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 21:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Facebook bug exposes users' contact information
Los Angeles - Facebook says a bug in its system led to users' contact information - such as email addresses or phone numbers - to be accessed by other users who either had some contact information abo...Published: 22 Jun 2013 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Tech Reporter
Twitter boosts security for its users after attacks
REUTERS - Twitter Inc. unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and ...Published: 23 May 2013 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Tech Reporter
Man Held in Powerful Internet Attack
Dutch authorities say they have arrested a man they believe was connected to an online attack on a spam-fighting site that snarled the Internet last month. While the authorities did not ...Published: 26 Apr 2013 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Twitter confirms hackers gained access to nearly 250,000 passwords
Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as 250,000 user accounts, the microblog revealed late on Friday.Twitter ...Published: 02 Feb 2013 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Facebook makes effort to get rid of fake 'Likes'
San Francisco - Facebook ramped up efforts on Friday to get rid of "Likes" that aren't from people genuinely interested in giving a virtual thumbs up to pages at the world's leading social network....Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Google to sink rankings for websites hit with piracy complaints
San Francisco - Google on Friday said it is tweaking its search formula to give higher priority to legal content and sink rankings for websites hit with piracy complaints."Starting next week, ...Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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