“Who Runs the Algorithms?” Hub UnConference takes aim at Africa’s digital power
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Africa’s digital future will come under scrutiny next week as Zimbabwe’s Hub UnConference returns with a blunt question, “who really controls the algorithms shaping young people’s lives?” Dubbed “Unruly Algorithms”, the 12th edition of the annual two-day digital media, civic technology and creative economy event will see techies, creatives, journalists and […]
Zimpapers Group fires 154 workers as Varakashi live large
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited Group is immediately retrenching 154 workers across its newspapers, radio stations and television operation, with employees being issued individual letters outlining their severance packages from Wednesday. Affected operations include The Herald, The Sunday Mail, Chronicle, Star FM, Diamond FM and the group’s television operation, as the state-owned […]
HSP REALTY taps Nashie Zim to drive property brand push
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Award-winning property company HSP REALTY has appointed musician and creative Nashie Zim as its brand ambassador in a partnership aimed at taking property investment to a younger and wider audience. The deal, signed on September 2, will see the two brands collaborate on marketing campaigns, property showcases, digital content and public […]
“It would be easier for Chamisa to oust Zanu PF than Garwe to evict vendors” — Masaraure
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) leader Obert Masaraure has delivered a brutal verdict on Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe’s latest attempt to clear Harare’s streets. Masaraure said Garwe’s crackdown would do little more than clear the streets temporarily if government failed to tackle the unemployment, low […]
‘A scar on the conscience of the world’ — Britain turns on Israel as Gaza death toll passes 70,000
By Marshall Bwanya LONDON — More than 70,000 Palestinians are dead, at least 20,000 of them children, millions have been displaced and Gaza has been reduced to a landscape of shattered homes and broken families. For British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, the devastation has become impossible to reconcile with years of Western declarations in support of […]
Human rights commissioner Muduva dies after wife’s axe attack
By Staff Reporter HARARE — Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) commissioner Dr Martin Muduva has died after his wife allegedly attacked him with an axe in Dzivarasekwa Extension, in a suspected domestic dispute. Muduva, who doubled as a Midlands State University lecturer, died on Wednesday morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, where he had been receiving […]
Govt gives e-hailing operators five-month reprieve amid regulatory overhaul
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — Cabinet has given Zimbabwe’s fast-growing e-hailing industry a five-month moratorium as government moves to tighten regulation of services such as Bolt, InDrive and Tap & Go, amid concerns over passenger safety, tax compliance and the lack of a coherent regulatory framework. Information minister Soda Zhemu said after Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting that […]
Garwe orders fresh crackdown on Harare vendors
By Victor Fanuel HARARE — Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe has ordered a fresh crackdown on illegal vending in Harare, declaring that the deterioration of urban order is no longer acceptable. However, the latest enforcement drive risks repeating a cycle of evictions and returns that has persisted under successive governments. Garwe’s order follows […]
ARTUZ warns of two-day teaching week as schools reopen
By Naledi Nyoni HARARE — The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has warned that teachers may limit classroom instruction to Mondays and Wednesdays, citing low wages and the rising cost of living as schools prepare to reopen for the third term on Tuesday. In a Monday press statement, ARTUZ said the government was shifting […]
Harare Housing Department accused of allocating 31 stands on wetland
By Marshall Bwanya HARARE — The City of Harare Housing Department has been accused of masterminding the controversial allocation of 31 residential stands on a gazetted wetland in Marlborough. Inside sources allege that the department facilitated the sales despite outstanding planning and environmental requirements. The stands, at the corner of Taormina Avenue and Newstead Road, next […]