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TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

21 January 2025

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The forgotten genocide in the Congo.

King Leopold II's private rule over the Congo Free State killed an estimated 10 million people between 1885 and 1908, a history still under-taught today.

28 July 2021

African Car Company Mureza Launches First 100 Cars.

Mureza announced its first 100 Prim8 SUVs for Zimbabwe and South Africa in 2021, here's what actually happened to that promise in the years since.

20 July 2021

Zim Hip Hop in 2020

A rundown of the moments that shaped Zimbabwean hip hop in 2020, from the Gze/Noble Styles beef to Holy Ten's breakout and Cal_Vin's tragic death.

29 June 2021

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TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

TikTok's US ban saga is over. Here's how the January 2025 shutdown played out, and how an Oracle-led ownership deal settled things for good.

21 January 2025

Instagram Kids never launched, here's what Meta built instead

Facebook paused its under-13 'Instagram Kids' app in 2021 over backlash. It never came back, here's what Meta did instead, up to its $18bn 2026 settlement.

27 September 2021

Resident Evil 4 VR launched on Oculus Quest 2, here's how it turned out

Resident Evil 4 VR hit its October 21, 2021 launch date on Quest 2 and went on to win Best VR/AR Game at The Game Awards. Here's where it stands now.

27 September 2021

Soul Pick

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Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer Album review

Our review of Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer, its emotion picture, and its Album of the Year Grammy nomination, plus what she's released since.

28 May 2018

Soul Pick: Khalid

Our 2017 pick on 19-year-old Khalid's debut, American Teen, plus his 2025 album After the Sun Goes Down, his first since coming out publicly.

29 May 2017

Soul Pick: Anderson Paak

Our 2017 pick on Anderson .Paak's genre-blending soul and songwriting, plus what he's done since, from Silk Sonic's Grammy sweep to a 2025 NxWorries win.

19 May 2017

Did You Know?

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The Amazing Story of Elsa Majimbo

Elsa Majimbo went from lockdown comedy videos to Valentino campaigns and a modeling career in LA, proof the internet can make you a star overnight.

6 November 2021

Did You Know: Tongayi Chirisa

From Studio 263's Detective Davies to voicing Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows, the Hollywood career of Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Chirisa.

23 March 2021

Did you Know: Sibongile Mlambo

Sibongile Mlambo is a Bulawayo-born actress who's starred in Black Sails, Teen Wolf, Lost in Space, and Freeform's Siren.

16 August 2018

Future Talk

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Unlocking the Value In Waste Management

Waste-to-energy could be a real opportunity for Africa, but Harare's own Pomona dumpsite deal shows how badly it can go if it isn't handled transparently.

2 July 2021

How drones are now becoming mainstream.

Drone delivery has gone from novelty to real infrastructure, from Zipline's medical drones across Africa to Amazon Prime Air's US expansion.

26 March 2021

3D Printing and how its changing the world.

3D printing has moved well past prototypes, it's now building rockets, entire housing communities, and early transplantable human tissue.

9 March 2021

Game On

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Clash Royale: A Strategic Card Battle Game

A category-by-category review of Supercell's Clash Royale, a mobile game that's now passed 1.9 billion lifetime downloads and had a huge 2025 comeback.

6 March 2024

Netflix Games: what happened after the 2021 announcement

Netflix confirmed free games back in 2021, here's what actually shipped, from 100+ mobile titles to its 2026 push into cloud gaming on TVs.

22 July 2021

Quick Tech

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Quick Tech - SpaceX Starlink Launch

A look back at an early Starlink satellite launch, and how far SpaceX's internet constellation has grown since, past 12 million subscribers worldwide.

14 March 2021

The Real Reason Behind the South African Protests

The July 2021 South African unrest had an immediate trigger, Jacob Zuma's jailing, but its deeper roots were unemployment and inequality.

14 July 2021

Boom Box

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Introducing BOOM BOX

Welcoming our new Boom Box series with a reaction to Winky D's Ragga Msambo trilogy, the Zim Dancehall King's answer to fans' late-2020 demands for new music.

10 February 2021

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