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"Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law a contentious bill that requires all motorists to buy a radio licence before acquiring vehicle insurance.

"There has been an outcry from some motorists as they will now have to pay $92 (£68) annually in order to listen to the radio in their vehicles. …

"Critics have been calling for the scrapping of the fee, accusing ZBC of biased coverage in favour of the governing Zanu-PF."
bbc.com/news/articles/clw0z990

Two cars at a junction on a main road in Zimbabwe.
www.bbc.comZimbabwe president approves radio licence fee for motoristsThe measure sparks criticism from motorists and opposition, who see it as an extra tax burden.

finished reading Nervous Conditions 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Tsitsi Dangarembga.

Becoming a familiar refrain in African literature: girl fights for education & freedom against patriarchy & colonialism. This one, set in pre-independence Zimbabwe, might be the original (?) and the best, with carefully crafted & evolving characters. Ends very suddenly, though.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Zimbabwe #AfricanLiterature

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

ReviewDB BookNervous ConditionsA modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, this novel brings to the politics of d
Sitting on a bus between Harare and Bulawayo traveling 7 hours through the countryside of #Zimbabwe and sending instantly settled money from my somehow self-hosted Misty @9711d1ab wallet to my self-hosted Lightning wallet @a9c1bad0 and back. On mobile data.

It still baffles me how it - compared to the traditional systems - is fast, cheap, secure and permissionless.

I‘m living in the future. I hope to see it coming into general use.
The bus driver just did a very risky maneuver. https://image.nostr.build/601257b29866e8ea903a0645233d96a82b0c19ba34323fd84df94fa7ec572c0b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a4faf9e2ee99e658602b21adfd20ccace42d7d01fefada6e71659625ad543311.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3857ca2b221769ea1bca271a93a71cb173017f61df13292bb79e4cb872cffae0.jpg

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