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Great Zim Monument gets systems upgrade
THE Great Zimbabwe Monument has installed modern security surveillance equipment under the US Embassy funding towards cultural preservation.
ZPC move to acquire more surveillance drones
Zimbabwe Power Company reportedly introduced drone surveillance to help curb theft cases.
Chinese firms are driving the rise of AI surveillance across Africa
Artificial intelligence is proliferating fast across the world and is being deployed in applications from speech recognition to monitoring traffic congestion.
MDC Alliance security agents confiscate journalist’s camera
Unidentified MDC Alliance security agents confiscated a camera belonging to journalist Ari Goldstein during the party’s rally in Glen View.
Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill commentary now available!
We have just published a detailed Commentary on the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill, complete with recommendations on further improvements that can still be made on the Bill before it is passed into law.
Journalist summoned to police station
Officers in the President’s department this morning, 29 August 2019, invited 263Chat journalist Lovejoy Mutongwiza for an interview at the Harare Central Police station.
Journalist arrested while filming teachers demo
Leopold Munhende a journalist with NewZimbabwe.Com was on 23 August 2019 reportedly arrested at the New Government Complex in Harare while covering a demonstration by members of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ).
Bustop TV comedian abducted
On 21 August 2019, a group of unidentified, masked and armed men abducted Bustop TV comedian Samantha Kureya, popularly known as Gonyeti from her Mufakose home.
Police officers assault journalist while covering protests
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) anti-riot officers assaulted Talkmore Fani Mapfumo a local journalist with online publication Zim Morning Post today, 16 of August 2019, in Harare for filming the police officers when they were dispersing protestors in the Central Business District (CBD).