Manufacturing bigwigs told Zimbabwe's government to pump more cash into factories after the sector hit 15 percent of GDP but still got tiny budget scraps. Busisa Moyo from United Refineries said neighbors are throwing heavy support at industry while local funding sits at maybe eight percent of what private companies actually need, and he wants that gap closed before the country falls behind regional competition.
Credit to manufacturers barely scratches five to eight percent of GDP compared to India's 50 percent rate, which makes scaling up production rough when energy costs and capacity problems keep hitting. Foreign investment brought in around three billion through Zida, but getting to double-digit growth means needing closer to 15...
Filabusi rapper Sindiso Moyo is dropping a recording studio in his hometown while prepping for a festival appearance with DJ Tira from South Africa. The guy rebranded from Jaycee Rapaddict to Mr Vhuu after locals started calling him that, and he wants the new spot to help artists who never got industry access before.
The studio launch hits before his Chivas Festival gig alongside acts like Zhezhingtons and Baby Girl. Moyo says performing for his community hits different than sharing stages with continental names like AKA or Black Coffee because these are the people who raised him. His evolution went from one-track wonder to holding crowds for hours straight.
The artist dropped a collab called Korobela with Blaq Major and has more...
Zimbabwe locks in half a million bucks just for showing up at AFCON, and CAF dropped a $32 million prize pool that rewards teams whether they flame out early or push deep into the knockout rounds. The Warriors, under captain Marvelous Nakamba, could bump that to $700k for finishing third in the group stage or hit $800k by making the round of 16, which would be historic since they never got past groups before.
Performance analyst James Makoni got called back to the technical setup after working with the squad through the qualifiers. The 27-year-old has ties to MK Dons youth academy and Gulf United, and his data work apparently caught attention from bigger clubs. Zimbabwe apparently ran without a dedicated analyst until recently, but the...
A weather observer in Bulawayo got hit with the realization that summer basically sneaks up on people down there. The jacaranda trees dropped their purple flowers everywhere, and the guy's mom in Botswana finally noticed the same thing after years of walking past them without paying attention. Zimbabwe sits close enough to the equator that seasons blur together hard, and spring plus autumn get lost between the dominant wet and dry periods.
The job tracking clouds at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport gets way busier when convective storms start popping off. Cumulus formations roll through daily once the heat kicks in, and decoding messy skies for air traffic control turns into proper work instead of watching empty haze. Summer...
The Rural Infrastructure Development Agency dropped over 150 boreholes across Matabeleland South this year while fixing up 600 kilometers of back roads and throwing together 14 bridges. Agency boss Christopher Shumba said the whole push fits with government development plans that target communities that got ignored before, and provincial minister Albert Nguluvhe backed the approach as something other departments should copy.
Projects like the Halisupi and Gonde-Matiwana water schemes, plus the Fakanye Dam, got finished, alongside road work connecting remote villages to markets and clinics. The agency ran solar installations in Ntunungwe and handled drilling operations that boosted water access for households and irrigation setups...
Benjamin Follet-Smith topped the Zimbabwean crew at the Alfred Dunhill Championship after finishing tied for 56th at Royal Johannesburg's East Course, and rain cut the whole thing short from four rounds down to three. The guy wrapped up five under par alongside countrymen Kieran Vincent and Stuart Krog, who both made the weekend but landed further back at two under.
Follet-Smith bounced around par territory through his rounds with mixed birdies and bogeys before closing level in the final session. He banked some Order of Merit points for his trouble and came in fresh off locking down his DP World Tour card for next season. Vincent and Krog posted similar scores across their three rounds but couldn't crack the top positions.
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Sikandar Raza carried Sharjah Warriorz to their first league win after dropping three of their opening four games, and the Zimbabwe captain grabbed player of the match honors with bat plus ball against the Mumbai Indians Emirates. The squad posted 174 runs with Raza chipping in 29 before he snagged two wickets to hold the opposition to 168, which locked up a six-run victory.
Johnson Charles hammered 77 off 53 balls after opening with Tom Kohler-Cadmore, who added 30 from his 32 deliveries. Raza walked in at three and faced 22 balls before getting caught on the final delivery, then flipped things around by removing Jonny Bairstow and Muhammad Waseem during his bowling spell that finished at 2/15 across four overs.
Nicholas Pooran led...
Kwekwe officials are locked in a $50 million spending plan for next year that bumps things up from the current $47 million setup, and the whole thing needs sign-off from the national government before it kicks in. Council rep Alex Senge laid out the numbers at a town meeting, and the budget targets better services while trying not to crush residents with fees during rough economic times.
The plan throws money at stuff like building classrooms at Mbizo 21 Primary, fixing water infrastructure, and upgrading valves across the city. Revenue collection apparently jumped from 60 percent to 63 percent after some reforms, and officials say they want to cut interest rates on late bills from five percent down to three percent, based on...
Matabeleland South's provincial minister, Albert Nguluvhe, wants locals stepping up to handle gender-based violence after warnings that the problem tanks economic progress and messes with Zimbabwe's development targets. His deputy read remarks at Marubamba Shopping Centre during anti-GBV activism events, and the official pointed out how online harassment creates real-world damage that costs the country serious cash while wrecking half the population.
The ministry rep, Marjorie Sikhundla, backed him up, saying digital abuse usually leads to physical attacks and needs year-round attention from tech companies plus government agencies. She pushed for better healthcare access, legal help, and counseling resources since women catch the worst...
