ZESA says the lights should mostly stay on over the holidays and during the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament. Their spokesperson, George Manyaya, claims power generation has been better this year.
He credits fixes at the Hwange plant, along with solid output from Kariba Power Station. Extra juice is also coming from smaller local producers and some imports from neighboring countries. Demand usually drops a bit when factories close for the break, which helps the grid.
They know everyone will be watching the Warriors play Egypt, Angola, and South Africa. The power utility claims it has backup plans ready to limit blackouts for all those TV viewers. Their contact center and repair crews will be working around the clock just in case.
They just opened a bigger, tech-heavy Norton Toll Plaza. The Transport Minister, Felix Mhona, said it is supposed to fight traffic jams and make roads safer. Cash from the tolls will supposedly get pumped back into fixing highways and bridges.
This is not just for collecting money, though. They are also putting ambulances with crews right at the plaza. The idea is to get crash victims to a hospital faster, aiming for under an hour to maybe save some lives. Mhona called it part of a bigger plan for dealing with accidents after they happen.
The plaza is also the first spot in the country to test all-electronic payments. Drivers would not have to stop. Officials claim this will cut down on lines, reduce vehicle emissions, and push people...
ARDA, that agricultural authority, is going huge on summer crops. Their plan covers a hundred thousand hectares. The goal is to shore up the national food supply for next season. The breakdown involves thirty thousand hectares of irrigated corn and sixty thousand dedicated to traditional grains like sorghum or millet. These harvests are meant for both the national grain reserve and commercial buyers.
They are throwing resources at this. Farmers linked to the program are getting fertilizer, pesticides, and special drought-resistant seeds. The corn planting is already finished. Nearly ninety percent of the traditional grain fields are in the ground too. This is happening everywhere, from ARDA's own farms to outgrower schemes and...
Man, remember Redfall. Another total flop that got its studio axed, just like that Concord mess. The director, Harvey Smith, recently said the whole thing might have gone differently. He claims that the big final patch, update 1.4, basically fixed the game. Launching with that version could have saved Arkane Austin.
He straight-up disagreed with shutting the place down. They had a solid team known for great single-player stuff, forced into making a co-op vampire shooter. That last update finally got the game close to its original vision. Smith thinks that with that start, Redfall might have actually survived, maybe even done okay.
Worse, he hinted they were starting work on a Blade Runner game. The studio closure killed that, and who...
Zapu, the opposition party, just marked 64 years since it started. Its president, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, called the entire history one long stretch of getting persecuted. He said the party, founded back in 1961, faced it from colonial rulers and then, way worse, from Robert Mugabe's Zanu government after independence.
Nkomo spelled out a brutal list. Leaders got jailed, killed, or forced to flee. Their stuff got taken. Regular supporters were targeted just for backing Zapu. He pointed directly at the early 80s, calling that time a genocide against people linked to his party, a clear reference to Gukurahundi. He claims the current government, under Emmerson Mnangagwa, is just running a cover-up by using traditional leaders for so-called...
Esrom Nyandoro, that old Mamelodi Sundowns legend, just called Tinashe Nengomasha his best midfield partner ever. These two guys, who used to battle it out in the PSL for Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs, ended up forming Zimbabwe's legendary engine room. They were the key reason the national squad, led by coach Sunday Chidzambwa and featuring guys like Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari, finally made it to the Africa Cup of Nations back in 2004 and again in 2006.
Nyandoro said their whole thing was built on being absolutely allergic to losing. He admitted they did not click at first. But they realized they were the same kind of insane competitor. Losing a simple training drill would piss them off. That identical brutal mindset is what made...
Looks like Highlanders FC is doing some serious managerial shuffling. Their new head coach is supposedly Thabo Senong, a guy from South Africa who used to run the Lesotho national team and their U-20 squad. He is not working alone. Club icon Benjani Mwaruwari is being slotted in as technical director, a move apparently meant to keep major club backer Wicknell Chivayo happy. Senong's assistant will be former Bosso player Mkhokheli Dube, and he is bringing his own analyst, who will also coach. Another club legend, Zenzo Moyo, will be the team manager.
The whole situation reeks of internal politics. Chivayo, the money man who bailed them out before, apparently wanted Mwaruwari as the top boss. The club shot that down because they were...
The junior women's hockey team placed twenty-third at a recent World Cup in Chile. They beat Namibia two to one in a playoff match to secure that spot. Namibia took an early lead, but Zimbabwe answered with goals from Nyasha Bvute and Panaka Kambaza.
The tournament was tough for them from the start. Their group stage matches were rough, with heavy losses to Argentina, Belgium, and Wales. That put them in the lower bracket. The host nation, Chile, then beat them decisively. They showed grit in a close match against Malaysia, losing only in a penalty shootout after a draw. The Netherlands won the championship, defeating Argentina in the final. Zimbabwe's last win over Namibia ended a difficult campaign on a slightly positive note.
An international para volleyball tournament is coming to Bulawayo next April. The president of Zimbabwe Para Volleyball, Oripa Mubika, announced the sub-zonal club event. Teams from Zambia, South Africa, and Mozambique are confirmed, with Kenya also showing interest.
The tournament is sponsored by the Hands Open Development Trust. Their representative, Mikel Nharo, said they are gathering resources and want to raise public awareness about the sport. A local sports coordinator, Sam Simba Dzwimbu, expressed confidence in the organizing committee that was recently trained. He also encouraged more local clubs to form, hoping the event would inspire greater participation. This marks a major step for the sport in the country.
