President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told ZANU-PF politburo members to start executing the party conference decisions, which apparently means pushing through the 2030 agenda that keeps him in power two extra years past his constitutional end date in 2028. Party insiders think the whole thing is designed to block Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from taking over, and businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei might also be eyeing the top spot.
Mnangagwa wants department heads to make sure everything gets done with actual timelines and deadlines, and he reminded everyone to stick to party rules while staying disciplined. He also complained about social media causing beef within the party ranks and said officials need to keep their behavior...
Retired General Philip Valerio Sibanda might be getting tapped to replace Vice President Kembo Mohadi after President Mnangagwa pushed him out of his Commander of the Defence Forces gig and gave it to General Matutu. Political analyst Chipo Musarurwa Siziba thinks this personnel shuffle is part of some deeper ZANU-PF succession drama heating up in Zimbabwe, and Sibanda's military credentials could make him a unifying figure when the party inevitably tears itself apart over who gets power next.
Siziba dropped some cryptic stuff about Sibanda being the prophetic fourth swimmer that party insiders have been whispering about for years, which apparently means his rise was predetermined by some historical rhythm or whatever. She warned that...
Moses Mpofu told the court he feels bad about the Presidential Goat Scheme flopping and apologized to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, while his partner, Mike Chimombe, is offering to pay back the government. The two businessmen got convicted for scamming the state out of millions through their fake company Blackdeck, which was supposed to deliver 85,000 goats but only managed 4,000 after scoring an $87 million contract.
Mpofu admitted his company ran on bogus tax paperwork but tried claiming the company was responsible rather than him personally, and he says he has zero cash to compensate anyone. Chimombe's lawyer says his client has over a million bucks in assets, including an $800,000 house in Borrowdale, and could use those...
The Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road rehab project has employed over 800 people, with more than 80 percent coming from nearby towns and villages along the route. Minister Richard Moyo and Engineer Joy Makumbe from the Transport Ministry said contractors are hitting their deadlines, and the quality looks solid. Village Head Joseph Moyo from Bernice said the work has basically revived his area.
Workers are picking up new construction skills while earning steady paychecks, and contractors confirmed they're mostly hiring locals except when they need specialized expertise. The highway connects South Africa through Beitbridge up to Zambia via Victoria Falls and Kazungula, and some finished sections are already open for traffic.
Zimbabwe's central hospitals just got hooked up with some legit emergency room gear like fiber-optic video laryngoscopes and multi-parameter monitors, according to Dr. Jonah Kasule at Chitungwiza Central Hospital. The equipment drop also brought blood warmers, fluid infusion pumps, and syringe pumps that let doctors give precise doses to both adults and kids without constantly babysitting IV drips.
Hospital Equipment Manager Elizabeth Nyemba confirmed the facilities received multiple units of each device back in September, and they're already getting used across different wards. Doctors are hyped because the new tech means diabetic patients don't have to clog up ICU beds anymore, since regular medical wards can handle them with the...
Zimbabwe came back from the RUFORUM Annual General Meeting in Gaborone feeling pretty good about itself after locking down some solid partnerships with other African universities. The summit brought together academic bigwigs and researchers to figure out how colleges can help fix the continent's food problems, and the Zimbabwean crew was apparently everywhere networking like crazy.
AI and agricultural tech were huge talking points at the conference, with Martha Chikowore from Africa University mentioning that schools like UNISA want to collaborate on their new Food Security and Sustainable Agri-foods Systems master's program. The Zimbabwean institutions think these connections will help them scale up their research game and contribute...
Simeon Petrov got arrested during the Sofia protest chaos while carrying 30,000 leva in cash, but he says the police totally misunderstood the situation. Cops found the money with street names written on notes and assumed he was paying rioters, but Petrov claims those streets are where his rental properties are located, and he was literally just heading to a bank ATM to deposit rent payments and insurance money.
He got stopped near the Triangle of Power while filming TikTok content, and officers tackled him even though he warned them about the cash. Petrov says he can prove everything with rental contracts and denied knowing Bozhidar Bobokov, who allegedly funded protesters.
Some dude named Iliyan Barzev got his license yanked after speed cameras caught him going over the limit in the emergency lane on Trakia highway, but his engine had seized up, and he was literally just trying to get off the road without causing a massive pileup. Traffic police in Stara Zagora slapped him with a fine and took his license even though he had paperwork from roadside assistance, his insurance company, and witnesses proving his car was dying.
Barzev tried appealing and pointed out that there are no clear rules about how fast you can go when your vehicle is actively having a mechanical breakdown. Police eventually realized they had messed up and gave him his license back.
Social psychologist Rosen Yordanov told Radio Focus that extremist groups linked to the president and sketchy oligarchs basically hijacked what started as a legitimate protest. He says right-wing Euro-Atlantic political parties are actually sabotaging eurozone entry despite their TikTok propaganda aimed at young people who don't realize what's really going down.
Yordanov called out President Rumen Radev for pointing out problems without offering any real solutions, and he thinks actual leaders should get out there and create political parties with actual ideas. The government screwed up communication when Finance Minister Assen Vassilev exposed questionable spending, but then nobody bothered debunking the lies floating around. GERB let...
