Nkosikhona Polo Sibanda

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[Post On Sunday @PostonSunday1]

@misazimbabwe has taken the stage at the ongoing Data Privacy Symposium in Bulawayo, running under the theme:"Privacy as the Default:A Foundation for Trust & Innovation in a Digitalized Economy."The symposium is hosted by @Potraz_zw. Journalists are not spared. @InfoMinZW @MoJLPA

[Post On Sunday @PostonSunday1]

@misazimbabwe has taken the stage at the ongoing Data Privacy Symposium running under the theme: privacy as the default: a foundation for trust & innovation in a digitalized economy, run by @Potraz_zw in the second capital, Bulawayo. Journalist are not spared. @InfoMinZW @MoJLPA

[Nkosikhona Polo Sibanda @PoloSibanda]

@BigInduna @SerapaSaGodimo 😂😂😂😂😂😂lol this response

[Zenzele @zenzele]

Polls close at 7pm, with voter turnout still below 20%. Despite significant resources and incentives invested in Nkulumane, participation has remained low. Historically, low turnout in by-elections tends to favour ZANU-PF.

[Nkosikhona Polo Sibanda @PoloSibanda]

@MLephollet70883 He looks guilt asf*😂😂😂😂

[Nkosikhona Polo Sibanda @PoloSibanda]

My phone is about to power off but I just had to give this album a listen before it switchs off. My favourite song so far. This is great piece of work @MbuyiseniNdlozi 🙏🙏

[MISA Zimbabwe @misazimbabwe]

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/zsF9RBlTJ8

#IDEI
#IDEI25
#Resolution522
#TFGBV

[MISA Regional @MISARegional]

𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/CflxAEnWtM

#IDEI
#IDEI25
#Resolution522
#TFGBV

[Jeremy @Jeremybtc]

The scammers are evolving 💀

[MISA Regional @MISARegional]

𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐬: 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐈

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/de9P2WZ4ug

#SLAPPs

@Follow_SALC @misamalawi @misazimbabwe @EswatiniGovern1 @CanHCMozambique

[willard shoko @WillarShoko]

Starlink 🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Chakanaka Chakanaka

Mini is now going for $160 on the Starlink Website

[MISA Zimbabwe @misazimbabwe]

𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐦𝐰𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/uVXF5WvSCK

#JamesJemwa

@MISARegional @misamalawi @misazambia1

[MISA Regional @MISARegional]

Today: 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚.

The meeting had representatives from MISA Zambia, Law Association of Zambia, MISA Malawi, Legal practitioners from Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

#MediaLawyersNetwork

[MISA Zimbabwe @misazimbabwe]

𝐀𝐌𝐇 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://t.co/Oo63cx9Smt

#JournalismIsNotACrime

@NewsDayZimbabwe @FaithZaba @kholwaninyathi @thestandardzim

[Dr. Tendai Masunda Zengeni @DrZengeni]

As a New Semester begins today, things have changed a bit from last year. I am no longer just a lecturer but l have new responsibilities as the new Head of Department (H.oD) for the Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering and Computer Science Department. So help me God.

[TheNewsHawks @NewsHawksLive]

#HungweGetsPhDInLawInNewJourney
#FromJournalistToLawyerToAcademic
Zimbabwean journalist-turned-lawyer -and now academic - Brian Hungwe recently graduated with a degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in law in the Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dr Hungwe's thesis, submitted in February last year, was in Intellectual Property Law.
His supervisor was Malebakeng Forere, a professor of Intellectual Property Law and International Investment Law at the University of the Witwatersrand Law School.
Hungwe initially trained as a journalist at Harare Polytechnic in late 1990s with colleagues who now run the media, then studied law at the University of Zimbabwe, and subsequently practiced for a brief period at Harare Law Chambers under the tutelage of former Prosecutor-General Ray Goba.
He then left for South Africa in 2020 for further studies where he eventually obtained his PhD.
Prior to that, he had worked for many years as a journalist mostly at the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, SABC and BBC, as well as with some freelance media platforms.
Hungwe is now going to join the University of South Africa - the largest open distance learning institution in Africa - focusing on research postgraduate examination supervision and lecturing intellectual property law.
In his thesis, Hungwe, who went to Chegato High School in Mberengwa, Midlands province, writes:
"The advent of the Internet and digital technology, often called the Information Age or Digital Age inexorably facilitated the migration from analogue technology creating substantial ramifications on copyright law and its industries.
The Digital Age’s technology capabilities are a double-edged sword; both promising and harmful to creative content producers and end-users.
On one hand, the downside of the digital devices is that they facilitate harmful infringement patterns by their ease of storage, rapid dissemination of creative expressions to millions of end users, and this done at a negligible cost without any copy deterioration of quality.
This makes it difficult for content producers to maintain their framework for limited exclusive rights, in particular, the making available right.
The upside is, inter alia, information availability systems encompassing social connectivity, communication speed andlow-cost learning opportunities for end users.
The existing copyright tensions now require statutory interventions to create market equilibrium.
A fair balance between rightsholders’and end users’ interests is necessary because the Digital Age has created grim prospects of indigence for many South African copyright holders’ owing to its relentless facilitation of the exploitation of online content without corollary statutory compensation.
The rightsholders’ remuneration interest affected by the digital technology varies from musicians, filmmakers, literary arts (authors), producers, publishers, media proprietors/journalists and performers.
South African artists’ songs are being downloaded and shared on WhatsAppplatforms without accompanying compensation at alarming levels.
While some of the creative expressions distribution on such digital platforms is for non-commercial purposes, Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) reports that the sharing of content on unsanctioned digital platforms is depriving musicians their hard-earned money..."

[BrightoNcube @Realbeefactor]

This is not proper. #Zimbabwe

[Werner @Werries_]

Congratulations to Hashim Amla who has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame

[Nkosikhona Polo Sibanda @PoloSibanda]

@mhofuyemukono84 @easp2 @babusibanda @Shadaya_Knight You raise very Important concerns but at the same time if we don't rely on studies, research, empirical or tangible evidence. What are we left with to make sense of everything happening around us because our opinions only won't suffice.

[Manchester City @ManCity]

Pep Guardiola has been awarded an honorary degree by The University of Manchester, recognising his extraordinary contribution to our city over nine years on and off the pitch! 🩵