social media

By Bridget Mananavire Government’s directive compelling mobile telephone network operators to increase prices for Internet access was prompted by a loss of $4 million in taxes in 10 months, ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira said yesterday.…
Read More...

By Elijah Mangwengwende Why Zizi the Owl only comes out at night. Once upon a time Zizi used to go around during the day, like other animals. Every day he ordered all the birds in the forest to go look for food (e.g. worms, frogs etc)…
Read More...

By Blessing Vava For the past two months, Zimbabwe has been dominating the regional and international news headlines following a “wave” of protests, mainly in the capital city Harare. Most significant are the events of July 6, which many…
Read More...

The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rapped government’s new tendency to view social media activists as terrorists.
Read More...

By Takura Zhangazha Zimbabwe’s Commissioner General of the Police Service, Augustine Chihuri recently told a pass out parade that he is worried about the negative impact that social media is having on peace in our society.  While…
Read More...

HARARE - Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has lifted a social media ban imposed to disrupt the communications of party dissidents recklessly attacking the opposition party’s leadership.
Read More...

Zimbabwe’s social media landscape has seen political rivalries being overshadowed by ‘bread and butter issues’, with more Zim citizens using the platforms to seek answers to the social change they want to see.
Read More...

HARARE - A lot can change in a year – especially in Zimbabwe. In 2011 very few of Zimbabwe’s established brands seemed to have a presence on Facebook (Twitter “didn’t exist” yet).
Read More...

Spending hours a day at local Internet cafés, many youth in Zimbabwe say they feel out of touch if they don’t check their Facebook accounts regularly. Some admit to spending as much as $3 per day in order to keep up to date with their…
Read More...