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35% Zimbabweans not connected to internet
Zimbabwe's Internet connectivity remains inaccessible to a significant portion of its population, with at least 35% lacking access due to a combination of technical constraints and foreign currency sh...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 17:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Western duplicity over criminal law amendment
WHILE Zimbabwe's promulgation of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act has sparked criticism from Western forces, a similar law has been silently embraced in the United Kingdom, exposing the ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Hypocrites: Britain's new 'Patriotic Act'
The UK government has enacted a National Security Act which creates a host of draconian offences for unpatriotic conduct against Albon's homeland, criminalising, for example, the engagement by its cit...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:43hrs | 8 | by Jonathan Moyo
Artificial intelligence and robotics: Great expectations and daunting existential risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both exciting and challenging. There are opportunities and dangers. There are fascinating possibilities and existential risks.The starting point is to understan...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Arthur Mutambara
Zimbabwe in race to introduce digital currency
Zimbabwe is in the race to become one of the first African countries to introduce a central bank digital currency (CBDC).Nigeria became the first country in Africa to issue a CBDC, the eNaira,...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ANC identifies migration as issue that threatens SA's peace & stability
The African National Congress (ANC) has identified migration as one of the issues that threaten peace and stability in the country.In its briefing on the subject on Thursday as the ANC unpacks...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
US double standards exposed
The United States government has been rapped for its continued meddling in the country's affairs after its local embassy last week hosted an online talk-show where participants took turns to paint a n...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullies are Cowards
Am I the only one receiving cyber attacks on social media? What can you do if you are a target of cyberattacks? In this paper, the author would define what cyberbullying is and what cyberbullies a...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Etiwel Mutero
Zanu-PF denies attacking Zambia
Zanu-PF has dismissed reports indicating it was working against Zambia's newly elected president, Hakainde Hichilema.This comes after Hichilema's United Party for National Development (UPND) p...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hachilema's party claims to be under Zanu-PF attack
ZAMBIA'S ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has accused Zanu-PF of launching cyber-attacks against its leadership, which it says could sour relations between the two neighbours....Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans careless online'
ICT experts in Zimbabwe say there is need to train workers and the general public on the dangers of Cyber-attacks as the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the need to work remotely. This has increased t...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a Cyber Court for online crimes
As more and more Zimbabwean businesses increasingly recognise the Internet as a place where commercial dealings can take place, the legal system will need to be equipped to not only understand the Int...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Jacob Mutisi
Team to counter cyber-terrorism in pipeline
Plans are underway to set up a National Computer Incidence Response Team (NCIRT) to improve issues surrounding cyber terrorism, data theft and any breaches of privacy. This was said yeste...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
US demands free 2023 Zimbabwe elections
THE United States yesterday said Zimbabwe should complete its electoral reform process to set the stage for free and fair 2023 general elections.The US also castigated Zimbabwe for indefinitel...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa describes sanctions as 'weapons of mass destruction'
THE West's sanctions on Zimbabwe are like "weapons of mass destruction" which are hurting ordinary people, with the potential to undermine the country's unity and peace, President Emmerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low turnout for anti-sanctions march
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday observed the Anti-Sanctions Day, with a handful of Zanu-PF supporters in different parts of the country marching in support.Mnangagwa, in hi...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa offers olive branch to UK, US
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has repeatedly accused the US and UK of pushing for regime change in Zimbabwe, on Sunday offered an olive branch to the two countries pleading with them to accept his...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda
Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-at...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
Pauline claims cyber-attacks
MUSICIAN Pauline Gunduza yesterday said she had been subjected to abuse and insults on social media after filing a police report against Edzai Isu Trust director Tafadzwa Muzondo who allegedly fondled...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe banks join in money laundering fight'
CENTRAL bank governor John Mangudya says local banks have reached acceptable levels in the implementation of Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act requirements.Government put in place the...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets support from DA to attack Zimbabwe?
The events of the last weeks have been knee shacking and deeply depressing. The peaceful demonstrations in Zimbabwe were hijacked by the regime change financiers. The onslaught Zimbabwe received from ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Black propaganda peddled against Zimbabwe'
Zimbabwe is under attack from "black propaganda" being peddled by Western forces and opposition political parties in a bid to weaken the cohesion in Government, Zanu-PF and the country's security esta...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anonymous takes down Zimbabwe govt websites
GLOBAL hacktivist collective, Anonymous, hacked and took off-line several Zimbabwe government websites on Saturday.The ‘cyber freedom fighters' confirmed that they had joined the internation...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 6 | by newzimbabwe
Professor Jonathan Moyo, a failed project
Self-exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo is nothing but a failure whose political fate is sealed. I am struck by the fact that a man of such high academic astute could allow his sense of reason to be e...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 16:44hrs | 8 | by Ashley Kondo
China, Russia and Iran helping Zimbabwe to set-up own NSA
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe is reportedly on the brink of setting up a powerful multi-million dollar sophisticated surveillance system facility, said to be similar in function to the National Security Agency (...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 23 | by Itai Mushekwe
North Korea's cyber army the real threat not nuclear missiles
The global informational space joins particular people the military as well as civil infrastructure. Nowadays there is no regulation in this sphere.This situation creates perfect conditions fo...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's government burns through cash
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government has run up a cumulative budget deficit of more than $3 billion since 2014, funded through local borrowings which have fuelled inflation and compounded a foreign cu...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe most hackable country'
ZIMBABWE was listed as the most hackable country in the world out of 183 countries on the back of having many internet protocol (IP) addresses that are still using an outdated protocol leaving firms s...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's brazen attempt to steal 2018 polls
A fortnight ago, the nation was startled to hear that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), a supposedly independent commission, had allowed the Zanu-PF government to hijack the Biometric Voter...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:23hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai
Red flag over Zimbabwe's biometric voter registration
Zimbabwe must not rush to implement nationwide biometric voter registration (BVR) before a pilot project, given the threat of hacking on technological infrastructure and the financial pitfalls tha...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 08:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Punish Grace Mugabe for looting, says Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday called on First Lady Grace Mugabe to be punished for using goods confiscated by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to allegedly buy votes ahead of next...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Politics, Social Media and the bane of fake news
Truth is often subjective. Technology in the form of social media has made truth even more subjective. Judging by recent events, espionage, cyber-attacks, misinformation, conspiracy and fake news have...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 10:25hrs | | by Richard Mugobo
US election rigging, Wisconsin prepares for vote recount
Officials in Wisconsin are preparing to conduct a full recount of the votes from the US election in the state, which was narrowly won by Donald Trump.A formal request for the recount was f...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 16:49hrs | | by BBC
Potraz targets Baba Jukwas
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Zimbabwe (Potraz) acting director-general Alfred Marisa told Parliament yesterday that they have started crafting security laws to curb abuse of ...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
China hit by 'largest ever' cyber-attack
China has been hit by the "largest ever" attack on its internet structure, crashing the country's .cn servers, according to a government-linked agency.The national domain name resolution servi...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 00:04hrs | | by Tech Reporter
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