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tired cadre 

 minister matevera makutambiswa front yakadhakwa muchatsvagirwa mhosva nevarikukutumai kanna kuurawa

vano penga i have bout like 2 international grps with bout 800+ ppl and in the admin so do i have to pay to open a grp . crazy

PVC 

Ari kutsvagawo kwekudyira. Huntie Barbra Rwodzi aka proposer kuti every civil servant abatirwe kamari kekuti azoonawo nzvimbo dzinoyevedza dzemuno nekuti mari yake haikwane. Kutsvaga pekudyira. Vanenge varikunzi ministry yega yega ngaitsvage painozomorawo.

DukeOFLTI

What's next on their list? Regulating the air we freaking breathe?

Rudeboy 

African Observer 

Nyika kuve mamvemve taka tarisa idi.this is very saddening indeed to see we are led by such morons.but it won't work simple.

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Ini ndirikupindura uyo arikutaura kuti nyika kumawere .iwe ukuti ukazvixandira ungarwadxiwa nei chingoteredzera zviripo wanku this story like diclay card 

Anonymous

Tanga tichiti tawana mabasa sa whattsApp admin hezvo ndozvafungwa na Mavetera izvi kkkk

annie

and a tax for those like me for living beyond 75 years of age

@Vhedza 

The million dollar question is :- Where we're our MPs when the said data protection legislation was made and passed? Did they read it and understand what it means before it comes to be law? It's unfair to blame the Minister for enforcement of the country's laws. Blame should be to our legislators who made this law.

Rhodesian Independence 

kkkkk in other words these guys are saying independent thinking is subversive and undermines the so called "Zimbabwean" state which is just a failed banana republic 

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Magroup ayya kkkkkk wakanga wazviona kut zvichazodai

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SADC CHAIRMAN

Inyaya yenyu ma chairman kuisa munhu we marketing kuICT. ndipo panosungwa vanhu nema nurse police iripi

Dambudzo

MaCCC chete here ari kuona msg iyi. So chiri kundinetsa 2028 Zanu  inovhoterwa munofunga here vanhu vanosapota zanu

$50 - $2500 from a product that is not theirs. Kkkkkkkkk. We wait see how they are going to implement it.

It's actually all to do with CID/CIO/Police capturing your phone numbers and listening to your conversations, so that they can quickly arrest potential anti-govt  individuals. But it all wont work because you can belong to a foreign chat group who will not abide by these **** rules. Somebody is very very scared.

Dollarboy

Professor L 

does Meta play a part in this laundering scheme.Probably no.Has this ever been done in another country?How are those funds going to be used to develop telecommunications infrastructure in the country,if to do so any reassurance on the well use of that money

LOOTMORE

pavarikuda kusvika hamusi kupaziva imimi yatove strategy ya2028.

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Black-Scorpion 

These guys they don’t own WhatsApp  ,so how do they supervise or manage that and on top of that WhatsApp is end to end encrypted, so how do they see that I'm an admin,, are they going to employ vanhu vanojoina magroup ese vachivhunzaa maAdmin kutii makabhara here, okay no problem I'm going to change my whatsapp number to SA number.... toona anohwina apa

Boyze

Pfungwa dzaMavetera ndedzemunhu akapinda basa neMusana. Anekaringe anorohwa zvinhu na Manyengavana. 

Ini Zvangu

My question is, do they have the means to enforce and monitor the s i t u p i d idea?

Mujubheki

vanhu vakaenda kuhondo vakafira mahara shuwa chii chakadero chinenge ngozi chatinoitirwa neZanu 

Anonymous 

shurushuru 

does the cabinet sit and digest such issues in good faith or kuseterana mabhomba bazi bazi. I believe there are presidential advisors who scrutinise such things before they are put on public domain. honestly taxpayers' money is going to waste with  this redundant minister 🙄 

Chamisa for President. These edots only think of taxing and banning only. Did you debate it in parliament who came up with such ediotic thinking 

mirai muone henyu rambai muchiyedza kukamaa mombe yakarumuraa muzone kukaavaa kwachooo

Use Signal

for free secure messaging (for mobile or desktop) use  Signal. It does it all: group chat, voice chat, video chat, and mandatory end-to-end encryption. And it does it with software for not just Android and iOS (you need one of those to register for Signal), but also Windows, Mac, and Linux. Perhaps best of all, it’s owned by a non-profit with no incentive to sell off your data. 

I think this misisfer is not a Zim citizen 

Haasi murume, mukadzi uya aiva musikana pamazuva estudio 263

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aaaaah kkkkkkkkkk imagine comrades aripa general meeting for ICT with other ministers all over the world .Yet his presenting a  speech and highlight that 
"I managed to introduce payments to be done by whatsapp admins"

they will mock him till the conference ends, with such minds do you think they could be ever a ICT conferences that will be hosted  in the nation.
kutira mvura pa tank remota ye petrol uku 

I bet Meta is feeling like a boss after this.Of all the social media apps that exist on this ball of dirt WhatsApp has been singled out as the one fitting to be taxed by the government.I believe that very soon an ordinary civilian will need a license in order to use  WhatsApp.

Trump

Zimbabwe has no updated technology,even knowledge too trace group admins..Minister angoita ka statement law kunzi anzi arikushanda..

more Dum and Dummer daily

damn, this "Acting" Minister of ICT and the rest of these zarnoo clowns are really getting more greedy and more **** by the hour....  wait till next year, you will be paying a starlink "license" annually for using your starlink kit .... the time will come when you buy a new pair of shoes you will have to pay for an annual  license to walk around in the new shoes ...  no shoe license, they will be confiscated and you will pay a fine ... dont laugh, the longer these bum clowns are in power the more they will steal through licenses and taxes etc etc to fund their lifestyles !!!!

Shona haugoni, chikiwa haugoni, taura nerurimi rwa mai vako

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varume musanyadzise nyika yedu zvakadayi tomanyira kupi newurongwa unofanirwa kuitiwa nema grade 7's thus dusgrace to the world of IT.
i wonder what is Mark thinking right now with such happening on his own invention i bet his laughing out loud.


like serious how can a minister whose suppose improve enforncement on network coverage and fair prices by network providers rally for social media app admins. Zvimwe kurstidza kutadza kwe munhu MP heres a job fir you to debate on parliament , MPs remember you were placed st parliament by people who voted for you.
These is not supposed to be over looked.
Come on waking up early morning entering office, then call other subordinates and discuss about penalizing whatsapp admins 🤣🤣🤣
Year end achievement accomplished, thus a failure truth be told we need people who are serious not this.
We could be talking about improvement of network services now since real competition is there from SpaceX but thinking about whatsapp admin fees aaaah lets be for real

Chihwerure

Of all the people that have commented so far not even one is in support of that law.

Sir African

Its we we stand ttogether and show this extractive government the way out.A minister who has not done anything to improve the internet taxs the already improvished nation.

Its time we push back these people.

Mukadota

Mimwe mitemo iyi ichakonzeresa.it will backfire

Amanda 

ko maadmins ari diaspora how far? saka ndobhadhara kuti nditaure nefamily yangu mugroup here, madhótí chaiwo 

Tintin 

if you really want cash go the way every sane country goes 
INDUSTRY 

some ordar

Zimbabwe nedzidzo yatakawana nezvatiri kuitirana. Hazviratidzi huchenjeri. Saka family whatsapp group inofanira kuva ne ****nse?. 
Kana zvadaro varikunze kwenyika ndivo vanongoita maadmins simple

admin3

@ /// waseka zvako haaa zvinonyadzisa mufunge .ini ndanyara nazvo.apa unenge uri admin ku 3 grps.or even more

ZimSketch

I heard that Barber shops will be required to pay $300 usd tax monthly or annually i am not sure but come 28 November we will have all the information

jah d

I once read that one of the reasons that lead to war agast the whites was unnecessary taxes.is this not the the same thing that the govt is repeating.house,dog,cattle NXT it will be wife tax kkkkk

man 

ecocash to the resvue

they will have to pay in usd via ecocash diaspora

So,  if they don't pay does that mean that POTRAZ/CIO/CID  will close that group down???????

what about those groups that have admins residing outside the country 

Wanzwa here 

jah fp

jah d

BigBwana The Boss

Awa ndiwo mahumbwe chaiwo,hakuna kwatinosvika be senyika.

Tambaoga

@Tambaoga bhadarai mitero makanyara nyika inovakwa nevene vayo.

Mutiro

Bt zviribho tanzwa nekuedherwa muzvimagroup izvi tisingade ngavabhadhare maraisenzi kkk

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Zimbabwe’s Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) now mandates that administrators of WhatsApp groups within the country must secure a license to operate.
The licensing fees vary from $50 to US$2,500, depending on the nature of the WhatsApp group, as part of a new regulatory framework introduced by POTRAZ.
The government has justified this move as necessary for strengthening data security and privacy protections for Zimbabwean citizens.
Information Communications Technology Minister Tatenda Mavetera confirmed that all WhatsApp group administrators will soon be required to register with POTRAZ and obtain an official license.
In addition to the licensing requirement, administrators must also appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO), who must be trained and certified by POTRAZ to ensure compliance with Zimbabwe’s Data Protection Act.
Mavetera said the move is aimed at enforcing the Data Protection Act, which governs the handling of personal data, including phone numbers shared within WhatsApp groups.
The new requirements will impact not just businesses, but also community organizations, churches, and any other groups that collect and manage personal data through WhatsApp. Said Mavetera:
<blockquote>
The time is ticking for organisations that collect first-party data, as you are required by law to have a data protection licence and the license fees range from $50 to $2500.
Furthermore, a data protection officer(DPO) who is trained and certified by POTRAZ should be appointed by such a licensee and the appointment should be communicated to POTRAZ.
Even churches that collect personal data ought to have such a licence and appoint a DPO.
Whatsapp group admins are not spared too, if your groups are meant for business, you should as well obtain a licence. Failure to comply attracts penalties.
</blockquote>
The fees are structured in four tiers:
Tier 1: For groups with a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 1,000 people, the annual fee is $50, with no application fee.
Tier 2: For groups with 1,001 to 100,000 people, the annual fee is $300, and an application fee of $30 applies.
Tier 3: For groups with 100,001 to 500,000 people, the annual fee is $500, with a $30 application fee.
Tier 4: For groups with more than 500,000 people, the annual fee is $2,500, with a $30 application fee.
The law right now says “personal, family or household affairs” are exempt from licensing. 
Also exempt are law enforcement and journalistic, historical or archival purposes.
Responding to Mavetera, Chipo Sibongile Mapungwana, said the regulations will further impoverish Zimbabweans. She wrote:
<blockquote>
Good day, Minister. Zimbabwe people are getting more and more impoverished. How does your Ministry justify licensing WhatsApp groups that are meant to keep family members in the loop and business people, staff members etc communicating with each other or clubs and churches sending messages to their members?
We are the worst-taxed nation in the region, and your Ministry and POTRAZ want to add Whatsapp group fees to overburdened citizens.
In what other country are WhatsApp group made to pay a license?
This is not a Citizen friendly regulation and it will just anger people against your Ministry and POTRAZ…
It seems that the ICT Ministry and POTRAZ want to make billions of dollars yearly from poor Zimbabweans.
We are taxed by the Ministry of Finance for every transaction we make, we are taxed by shops, we pay exorbitant data fees, and Vehicle and ZBC licences and taxed by ZIMRA.
Now your Ministry wants to make us pay for WhatsApp Groups?
</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Pindula News

WhatsApp group admins in Zimbabwe now need a license to operate. The government says it will help protect people's data and privacy. The fees for the license depend on the size of the group, ranging from $50 to $2,500. Administrators also need to appoint a Data Protection Officer who is trained by POTRAZ. Businesses, community organizations, and churches must comply with these new rules. The fees are structured in tiers based on the number of people in the group. Some activities like personal or family affairs are exempt. However, some people believe these regulations will make life harder for Zimbabweans.

WhatsApp Group Admins Now Require Data Protection Licence In Zimbabwe

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