by Taurai Shava The recent move by the Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) in directing mobile service providers to scrap various promotions, which they have been giving subscribers, has raised concern that government is trying to...
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Net Neutrality unboxed: What proponents in Zimbabwe fail to appreciate
Lately there has been increased interest, interference, regulation and policy pronouncements in the Zimbabwean telecommunications arena; while some of these initiatives at face value seem beneficial to the consumer, there is need to unpack them to understand their...
Analysis of ConCourt ruling on ZBC licences
On 20 July 2016 the constitutional court clarified that it was mandatory for Zimbabweans in possession of a gadget capable of receiving broadcast services to pay ZBC license fees. The ruling was made in a matter dating back to 2012 involving two applicants, Bernard...
Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe accused of bias, monopoly, tribalism
A prospective private broadcaster, Carryslot Investment (Private) Ltd, yesterday filed an Administrative Court challenge against the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ)’s decision to issue broadcasting licences to State-linked companies only. Carryslot was among...
Police assault journalists
Members of the riot police on 3 August 2016 assaulted freelance journalists Lawrence Chimunhu, Christopher Mahove and Tendai Musiya as they covered demonstrations against the Zimbabwe government’s plans to introduce bond notes in the wake of the deteriorating...
Number of unique mobile subscribers in Africa surpasses half a billion
More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to mobile services as the continent continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks, reveals a new GSMA study. ‘The Mobile Economy: Africa 2016 study was published at the GSMA Mobile 360 Africa...
Achieving the right cybersecurity balance
A worldwide explosion of apps and e-commerce sites has created a disjointed control over data that is shared between organisations, leading to security breaches. Furthermore, personal information disclosed on social platforms and via unsecured channels has created a...
Daily News journalist assaulted at Zanu PF headquarters
MISA-Zimbabwe Media Alert 27 July 2016 Daily News journalist Mugove Tafirenyika was on 27 July 2016 reportedly assaulted by Zanu PF supporters while covering a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare. Stanley Gama, editor of the Daily News...
Completion of digitisation and licensing of community radios in limbo
On July 21 2016 ministers of Finance and Media Information and Broadcasting Services, Patrick Chinamasa and Dr. Christopher Mushowe, respectively, appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media Information and Broadcasting Services to update on the...
Citizens should pay ZBC fees – ConCourt
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ruled that citizens should pay the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) licence fees. In its ruling the ConCourt said citizens were not being asked to pay for services provided by the ZBC, but for possession of gadgets...