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Man regrets affair with 'married' woman
A 31-year-old man from Chitungwiza, Tatenda Makosa, says an affair with a woman he believed was married has turned his life into a legal nightmare - leading to arrests, time in jail, and a string of a...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:57hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
2 Zanu-PF activists convicted of cyber bullying and harassment
Two Zanu-PF activists, Lovemore Reketai Dhingaka and Bernard Tsotsi, have been convicted of cyber bullying and harassment for targeting the party's aspiring candidate for the Gweru Urban constituency,...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:46hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Hate attacks on Zimbabwe magistrates condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern and urged the public to desist from conducting hate campaigns against judges and magistrates as this not only endangers the judicial o...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:55hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Acie Lumumba back in the news
Harare lawyer Zweli Lunga has demanded a public retraction from Acie Lumumba who claimed this week the legal practitioner had a love relationship with his wife leading to the couple's messy break-up....Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 17:09hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Berita opens up on walking away from her marriage to Nota
Gugulethu "Berita" Khumalo has opened up about what made her walk away from her marriage to Nhlamulo "Nota" Baloyi.Since Berita revealed she separated from Nota and left their marital home in ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activist arrested for insulting Mnangagwa
A KADOMA Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Emmanuel Manguda has been charged with posting an image deemed derogatory to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Manguda, an interim CCC Kadoma dis...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly summons Ziyambi
PARLIAMENT has summoned Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to present a Bill that criminalises having sex with minors under the age of 18.This follows the ...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army chief 'cyber bullied'
FORMER military commander Anselem Sanyatwe and his wife Chido have been victims of cyber bullying after a Nyanga district man reportedly harassed them in a WhatsApp chat group.The man, Raymond...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC in battle of Zimbabwe for bragging rights
THE ruling Zanu-PF faces a tough challenge as it locks horns with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in tomorrow's by-elections, which were delayed by two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt hunts social media offenders
IN A move which shows the government's growing concern with the rising abuse of social media in the country, authorities will treat all such cases as a threat to national security.Giving a lec...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 15:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police targets Mnangagwa critics
THE Zimbabwe Re-public Police (ZRP) yesterday threatened to clamp down on social media users who "cyber-bully" government officials, which critics say is meant to muzzle critics of President Emmerson ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
Mnangagwa's govt target internet users
Government is set to put in place social media abuse laws amid revelations that there is an upsurge in internet abuse and the proliferation of illegal websites.This comes on the back of a rise...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullying and Cyber Harassment
I was approached by a fellow executive on how he could legally pursue and remove malicious information that is online. For years, Zimbabwe high profile individuals, executives and business owners have...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Linda Masarira blames journalists
Zimbabwe cannot reform if fundamental rights like freedom of expression are being violated.Citizens' freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, are key fundamental rights enshrined...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by Linda Masarira
Cyber bullying: A growing menace
It is common nowadays for those that use social media platforms to wake up and discover unusual posts on their accounts.Some of the posts might be nasty, disrespectful and abusive, creating gr...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:57hrs | 9 | by Emmanuel Kafe
Public consultation on Cyber Crime Bill to be conducted
A PUBLIC consultation process will be conducted for the Cyber Crime and Cyber Security Bill after the festive holidays, the Information and Communication Technology Parliamentary Portfolio Committee h...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF spends $1 million on 'War Room'
ZANU PF invested more than a million dollars in funding a media 'war room' comprising of young people with expertise in social media and public relations to launch an 'aerial battle' durin...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Full Text: Zimbabwe Gender Commission Preliminary Election Monitoring Report on the 2018 Harmonised Elections
INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is one of the five Independent Commissions established in terms of Section 232 and 245 of the Constitu...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jah Prayzah fights back cyber bullies
AWARD-WINNING musician, Jah Prayzah unleashed his dark side on Saturday afternoon, while responding to Twitter critics who had taken him to task over spelling errors on a post he made last Thursday....Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Social media real threat to governance
SOCIAL media are as important as they are dangerous to human life. Like the Central Nervous System which helps the body function by processing information from all its parts as well as the outside wor...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Zimbabwe government clarifies Cyber Security Bill
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services says the Cyber Crime and Cyber Security Bill is a comprehensive legislation that is expected to address abuse of...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
My life is in danger - Priscila Misihairabwi-Mushonga
MDC Proportional representation house of Assembly member for Matabeleland South Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has expressed fears that her life is in danger after her interview with the Zimpapers ra...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 12:44hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Sungura singer pose as sangoma, thoroughly assaulted
A sungura musician with ten albums under his belt, Obvious Mutani, was left for dead after he was thoroughly assaulted by unsuspecting clients after he was exposed for masquerading as a sangoma....Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
There is need for reduction of cost of ICTs- Chamisa
MDC-T MP Nelson Chamisa told parliament that there is a need for the reduction of cost of ICTs in general, particularly internet and the broadband."The first one being the cost of ICTs in Zimb...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
12-year-old girl commits suicide after cyber bullying
Washington - A 12-year-old Florida girl who suffered months of ruthless cyberbullying from other girls committed suicide this week, authorities say.Rebecca Ann Sedwick of the town of Lakeland ...Published: 15 Sep 2013 at 04:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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