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How can developers properly protect their copyrights?
It doesn't have to be THAT revolutionary - as long as you've created something original, you have the right to protect your work against someone else from altering, claiming, or selling it without you...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:56hrs | 290 | by Staff Writer
From desert to business hub_Dubai economic story
Dubai is the capital city of the Emirate of Dubai, which in itself is one of the seven emirates (states) that form the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The emirates are former British colonies which got in...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 14:01hrs | 2362 | by Victor Bhoroma
Tongai Moyo Jnr chides brother Peter in new song
Obert Tongai Moyo Jnr has taken the gloves off for a bare-fisted brawl with his elder brother Peter after he recently released a single titled Cain and Abel.Plucked from the biblical scripture...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 4761 | by Staff reporter
Digital library implementation and roll out - Case for Zimbabwe
There are basically 2 routes to do this. Do it your self or hire a pro. Which ever way you opt for a few things remain the same;(1.) If you choose to implement your own library, the first step...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 223 | by Robert Ndlovu
Bridging the digital divide - Digital libraries - Case for Zimbabwe
"If you can't visit the Web, the Web can be brought to you. "The challenges that face ICT development in Africa have to be tackled at the same level at which they occur .The digital divi...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 187 | by Robert Ndlovu
Kenyan musician violates Tuku's copyright
Kenyan musician, Pastor Antony Musembi, has torched a storm after using elements of the late Dr Oliver Mtukudzi's composition "Todii" for his Covid-19 awareness song without seeking permission from co...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
ZBC sued for $6m for copyright
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been taken to the High Court by a businessman, who is claiming $6 027 000 from the national broadcaster for using his original audio-visual works....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Zenzo Moyo gets calls of 'his death'
NO one wants to wake up and read that they are dead. Football legend Zenzo Moyo spent the week inundated by phone calls, some from fans, former teammates and ex-employers as news circulated on social ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 2056 | by Staff reporter
A Christmas book gift from a Villager
In my village, villagers don't write books. They queue for food aid from the State and NGOs to stay alive so that they can go and vote for Zanu PF in the next election. Writing books in my country is ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:52hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa advocates for culture diplomacy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday challenged Zimbabwean ambassadors to promote the country's arts and culture in their host countries as part of cultural diplomacy.Mnangagwa made the re...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 112 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe's future is in new blood and new faces
IT is not possible to spend a couple of hours touring the USS North Carolina (one of the most decorated battleships of World War II and a marvel of engineering built over 80 years ago) without being r...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:39hrs | 1201 | by Noah Manyika
The future is tech, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and other local universities to become centres of economic revival leveraging on technology. He said it was im...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 2705 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family decision to strain Grace, Mnangagwa relationship
Robert Mugabe's family has prevailed and Zimbabwe's former president will be buried in his rural home.This is a final snub to his former comrades. It is not unprecedented: other national heroe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:18hrs | 3137 | by BBC Africa
Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe
The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a dece...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 303 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Gospel singer and pastor is jailed for stealing hit song
A musician was jailed for two months on Tuesday with the option to pay a fine after he was convicted of stealing a song.Harare provincial magistrate Learnmore Mapiye also ordered radio station...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 3364 | by Staff reporter
Seagirl swims into copyright storm
After having a "bitter and sweet" musical year, coupled with awards, massive radio spins and also being pelted on stage on two occasions by her home fans, Bulawayo songstress Novuyo "Seagirl" Dube mig...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:22hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
How to watch US Netflix in South Africa?
Who doesn't love Netflix? It's the leading name when it comes to online streaming services, with a whopping 150 million paid subscribers worldwide. It has a massive catalog of TV shows, documentaries,...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1615 | by Staff Writer
Counterfeit goods threaten Zimbabwe economy
The Anti-Counterfeit Watchdog has said counterfeit, illicit and fake goods on the local market have become a formidable threat to businesses and the country's economy.In a statement to mark th...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
When is torrenting illegal?
Peer-to-peer sharing P2P (peer-to-peer) sharing is built upon the network of ‘peers’ that function both as clients and servers, allowing for a decentralised system of dat...Published: 29 May 2019 at 12:03hrs | 1468 | by Staff Writer
'We are entrenching unity,' says Mnangagwa
Peace is an integral part of local cultural norms that could be used to forge national unity, which, in turn, is necessary to springboard the country to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said y...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
ZIBF calls for papers ahead of this year's book fair
ZIMBABWE International Book Fair (ZIBF) interim chairman Jasper Maenzanise yesterday said this year's edition of the book fete will present stakeholders an opportunity to celebrate the milestone achie...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Musician taken to court for 'stealing' song
A MUTARE-based gospel diva Tsitsi Goba-Kavhukatema last week dragged to court upcoming Harare-based artiste, Tinotenda Katsande for releasing her track titled "Handitongwe nedzinza" without seeking co...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 17:40hrs | 888 | by Staff reportwr
Mnangagwa reads riot act
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged universities to stop taking pride in high enrolment figures and glamorous infrastructure and focus on providing answers to the country's aspirations. He said t...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3336 | by Staff reporter
English made easy by the Language Coach
NOVEMBER ENGLISH EXAMS STUDY CORNERHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2018.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels. This week...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1319 | by Kwinji the Language Coach
ZBC settled Vambe's payment, says Zimura
THE Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) has cleared the air over speculative reports that the late proficient drummer Douglas Vambe — who created the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) n...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1367 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Mr PresidentThere is no doubt you will win the July 30 election. Even Thomas in the Bible would believe that if he were here today. Though my vote is supposed to be private, you may want to e...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | 632 | by Staff writer
Chamisa opts to Jameson Timba as his election agent
What an incongruous title to use in describing politics of the Savannah! Yet such is the beauty of communication: yoking together things that are violently dissimilar, all to drive home a key point. A...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:42hrs | 386 | by Igomombe
Zimbabwe channels 1% of GDP to research, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that the government is channelling 1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to science development in line with the 2007 call by African Union Heads of State an...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Fight over song spills into court
Tazoita Cash Records wheel-spinner, DJ Tawaz, has appeared in court for allegedly stealing a song.Born Tawanda Marimbe, 25, the entertainer appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande ch...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 19:12hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Khupe looks beyond the Horizon
AS the mainstream MDC T parties ways with Dr Thokozani Khupe, many, including the party's friends and foes, have wondered why she has chosen this path. In Zimbabwe political circles, pund...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 20:46hrs | 7465 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Mutambara in plagiarism storm
FORMER Oxford University scholar and one of the country's finest academics, Professor Arthur Mutambara, is accused of defrauding the Global Fund of US$191 000 after his Mutambara Science and Technolog...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:06hrs | 3562 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Mandela's golden hand casts sell for $10m in bitcoin
Canadian crypto-currency exchange firm Arbitrade bought four casts from South African businessman Malcolm Duncan ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Gold castings ...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:44hrs | 294 | by APO
Chamisa can be Zimbabwe's Obama
AS Zimbabwe goes into the next elections in July/August this year, the nation awaits with bated teeth as it ponders on which leader it will elect to be the country's leader for the next five years....Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 22:55hrs | 5081 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Obert Mpofu calls for tougher laws against piracy
Home Affairs and Culture minister Obert Mpofu is calling for tougher laws to stop piracy, saying it was undermining the business of cultural production more than ever.Mpofu said the poli...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 18:18hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD an 'academic fraud'
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe's controversial University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Doctor of Philosophy degree, which was finally published last week almost four years after graduation, has been described as ...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 15:56hrs | 6881 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's False Dawn
After 37 years of Mugabe's rule, Zimbabwe finally had a forced transition through a mixture of people power, political pressure and military intervention. The forced transition gave birth to the...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 23:45hrs | 6699 | by Darlington Nyambiya.
Comic MP Chinotimba inspires book of jokes
Member of Parliament for Buhera South constituency Joseph Chinotimba's popularity as a 'humorist' has inspired a young author to publish a book of jokes titled "Chinotimba Jokes/Masasi aChinoz: Volume...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:06hrs | 1802 | by Staff reporter
Over $3 billion externalised, excluding the $15 billion
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are worsening over massive capital flight amid indications corporates and business tycoons have externalised $3 billion between 2015 and June 2017 mainly to Mauri...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 05:05hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
English made easy by the Language Coach - November English exams study corner
Hello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2017. I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels. This week we shall look at how to write a speech. F...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 20:15hrs | 922 | by Language Coach
'Baba Jukwa' exposed as man behind Mnangagwa politburo video
Zanu PF apologist, and former head of the party's online propaganda tool, Edmund Kudzayi 'Baba Jukwa' has been revealed as the man behind the famous anti-Vice President Mnangagwa video that was played...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 00:52hrs | 11925 | by Maynard Manyowa
Tendai Biti suffers another setback
THE Tendai Biti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) suffered another setback yesterday, after Simon Chabuka, one of the party's chosen 100 candidates for next year's parliamentary elections, turned do...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:55hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe takes swipe at Zanu-PF factionalists
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday took a swipe at Zanu-PF officials fanning factionalism in the fractious ruling party, claiming such actions were making fallen heroes turn in their graves.Spe...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
English made easy by the Language Coach
JUNE ENGLISH EXAMS STUDY CORNERHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2016.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels.This week we s...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 13:52hrs | 532 | by Theodora Chirapa
Mnangagwa's command agriculture: A ploy for the 2018 elections
ZANU-PF has been successful in exploiting and suppressing Zimbabweans for nearly four decades because the nation has always been blindsided by the ruling party's divide and rule tactics.In ord...Published: 24 May 2017 at 18:02hrs | 530 | by The Solutions Tower Staff
Eminem sues New Zealand governing party
Eminem has taken New Zealand's governing party to court over a music track it used for a campaign ad.The US rapper says the song, used in the 2014 advert by the National Party, was an unlicens...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:45hrs | 317 | by BBC
Caps United 'player' in piracy storm
A Harare man-Brian Mapute who claimed to be a CAPS United player, appeared in court on Friday after being found in possession of 700 pirated DVDs.Mapute pleaded guilty to contravening the Copy...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 08:54hrs | 643 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Makandiwa's church dragged to court for copyright theft
United Family International Church (UFIC) has been taken to the Harare Civil Court for alleged copyright infringement and refusing to pay a man $5 000.The church, based along Fife Avenue, ...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:25hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders seek compensation from bank
HIGHLANDERS Football Club have approached the People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) seeking compensation over the use of its copyrighted trademark in an advertisement without prior permission.The f...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 07:27hrs | 1413 | by Staff Reporter
The Paradox of a President Grace Mugabe
As Zimbabwe's Opposition continues to be in disarray and President Mugabe is gradually forced out of power by old age, it looks more likely that Mugabe's successor will emerge from the Zanu PF success...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 09:21hrs | 4274 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Zimbabwe International Book Fair Call for Abstracts
On behalf of the Executive Board of The Zimbabwe International Book Fair Association, I wish to advise that the approved Theme for 2017 is – "Making the Book Pay!". We are, therefore, pleased to ann...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 13:31hrs | 187 | by Mr Blazio Tafireyi
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