Normz

| meme artist | human | scholar | unequal systems | here for fun

[Normz @drnormz_]

How I turned up at Mugabe's state house in search of a girl. Issa thread...

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@Shadaya_Knight For a Vessel driver, imbomirai Alpha

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@Mathuthu What if he had a mil bucks stashed there waiting for future collectors? Bro would just chill and declare some 15k lol

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@mutami_susan @jahman_adamski No ways

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@WillarShoko @Sir_Ford007 Tinenge tichitamba neteam rinomganyira ku commenter 🤣🤣🤣

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@ManzunzuN 😂😂😂

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@matigary @PoliceZimbabwe Small small things. Our tourists deserve better.

[willard shoko @WillarShoko]

The Local ISP Internet Challenge in Zimbabwe.

Starlink was meant for Rural and underserved areas where there is no fibre and 4G/5G but in Zimbabwe, Starlink is outperforming both fibre and 4/5G in terms of speed and affordability.

How did we get here?

For more than a decade local ISPs have not increased speeds on their packages. The price of dedicated corporate fibre is as high as $300 per 1Mbps. Starlink's business package with priority starts at $71, comparing 1Mbps by 1Mbps Starlink's internet service is more than 1000 times cheaper than corporate fiber in Zimbabwe .

More than 90% of Zimbabwe's internet is served at an IXP in Johannesburg located at Teraco's Isando campus where local ISPs peer for FREE connecting to CDNs and Hyperscalers e.g Whatsapp, Tiktok, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Netflix etc.
NAPAfrica is a non-profit IXP founded in 2012 to improve the internet experience and make it more affordable.

A tiny proportion of the undersea cables is used, less than 1% is used especially now that Equiano and 2Africa are live.

The end consumer is now more knowledgeable and knows exactly what they want from an internet connection down to latencies and speeds. The new consumption of the internet is experience.

Loca ISP needs to provide a better internet experience and this can be done by delivering High speeds and lower latency at affordable prices.

Smartbiz tried this a few weeks back and the response was very positive.

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It did

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@Makomborerol Do you think that's gonna happen

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@Hon_Kasukuwere @56 Happy birthday sir. More years, more wisdom.

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This is why I agree with @matigary that something needs to be done to our higher education. Not sure where and how but we have a problem. This is an extract off a UZ journal paper. Some embarassing methodological mix-ups which went through editors and reviewers to publication.

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@kmugova You probably might have contributed to the movement, without knowing it. What we see today might be a mutation of an idea that started then.

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@TereraiSithole @Real_Mr_Whatsit The last question was missed.

[Lewis Uriri @lewisuriri]

Dear Wicknell,

Thank you for your generous words about my professional work and for your kind acknowledgment of my wife. I appreciate your recognition of the dedication with which I discharged the briefs entrusted to me.

My wife and I have carefully considered your announcement and must respectfully decline the vehicle and both cash gifts.

For clarity, we last spoke in June 2024, and I have undertaken no professional work for you since then. The historical work to which your tribute refers was performed in my professional capacity and paid for in full. My remuneration was for services actually rendered.

Your announcement came as a complete surprise, without prior notice or discussion. Given the distance that has developed between us since our last conversation, the substantial nature of the gifts, and their express connection to past professional services, I must approach this gesture with particular care.

Zimbabwe’s Legal Practitioners’ Code of Conduct requires us to preserve our integrity, safeguard our professional independence and maintain public confidence in the profession. The International Bar Association’s principles and the International Commission of Jurists’ writings likewise emphasise that a lawyer’s professional judgment must remain independent and free from conflicting personal interests.

Applying those standards to these circumstances, I consider it necessary to decline benefits that could reasonably create a perception of personal financial obligation extending beyond a concluded and fully remunerated professional engagement. My wife and I attach great importance to preserving both our professional standing and public confidence in our independence.

The independence reflected in your generous tribute is a responsibility I must continue to uphold.

Please receive our decision in the respectful spirit in which it is conveyed. We appreciate the generosity expressed and your acknowledgment of my past work. Our decision is nevertheless firm: we will not accept the vehicle or either of the cash gifts.

We wish you well and trust that you will understand and respect our position.

Advocate Dr Lewis Uriri

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They cooking mentor there by Facebook

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@matigary Institutions are in survival mode. We are likely headed for (if not already in) degree inflation. Varetutsa degree paZim.

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@kwenzo_dbn @KMutisi This is a more important conversation.

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@HillaryMusarurw Interesting. These institutions seem to have an Act: UZ Act, MSU Act etc. Section 7 speaks to the nexus between the President and position of Chancellor.

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Tricky times are here. Our parents are not on X. 😂😂

[Gift Murapa @MurapaG]

What's the safety margins here

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@advocatemahere @ZANUPF_Official In Masvingo we use ka, svi, zi and all. Kamfanha aka, svikomana izvo, Zigomana iro. Nothing out of the ordinary.