Amma Abena dropped her second EP and basically turned it into a seven-track therapy session about whether any of us actually know where we're headed. Paddle to Your Resting Place kicks off with someone literally sprinting toward an unclear finish line while wondering if heaven even wants them, and then bounces between anger at people who ghosted her and the realization that we all neglect our inner kid while chasing basic survival.
The middle tracks permit you to forget your problems on the dance floor before reality smacks you back with doubt that gets repackaged as hope. She wraps up by admitting life swings wildly between grateful and barely functional, and the closing song reminds everyone that we came from dust and we're going...
President Mnangagwa gave Emmanuel Matatu his full General stripes and told him to keep tabs on global security shifts since warfare keeps changing with tech advances and terrorism threats. The commander-in-chief said Matatu needs to transform the Zimbabwe Defence Forces into a world-class outfit that handles peacekeeping across SADC and beyond while staying disciplined and professional.
Matatu pledged to modernize the military and chase the middle-income economy goal by 2030, and he said he'll stick to what the Constitution demands. Later that same day, Matatu turned around and pinned Lieutenant General Asher Walter Tapfumaneyi with his new insignia as the Zimbabwe National Army boss after the guy spent years climbing ranks since the...
John Muyambo's kid, Nigel Tendai, is planning to keep the legendary drummer's whole vibe alive after the old man eventually hangs it up. The son works as a prison officer and plays drums for the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service Band, and he's teaming up with colleague Mthokozisi Ncube to run anti-drug campaigns through music and theater.
Tendai has been helping inmates who are into the arts while they serve time, and he wants to push out videos and performances across the region. The guy says music brings people together, and he's proud to carry forward what his father built.
Spirit of Praise packed out ZIEC Hall 3 in Bulawayo with over 5,000 gospel heads showing up for the Next Level Tour and the local drop of their Volume 11 project. The South African crew brought heavy hitters like Ayanda Ntanzi, Dumi Mkokstad, Zaza Mokhethi, and Sindi Ntombela, while Zimbabwean artists Everton Mlalazi and Canaan Nyathi joined the lineup with Pastor Mthunzi Namba as the guest of honor.
Local groups Vocal Ex and Dunamis Men warmed up the crowd before the main cast hit the stage and ran through performances until Mkokstad closed out the night with Lomhlengi. He promised the ensemble would definitely come back next year after the wild reception they got from the city.
Police locked up two security guards after a fatal shooting near DGL5 Mine in Bubi District left a 31-year-old man dead and another person wounded. Thabo Ngwenya got hit three times in the chest while walking past the mine to hit up a shop, and Nkosikhona Moyo caught a bullet in the arm after his mom sent him out for errands. Cops say the guards Mbekezele Mbeki and Elisha Mastwayi were beefing with miners who wanted their buddy released from detention for trespassing.
The community went absolutely wild after the shooting, blocking police from taking the body and burning tires at the mine entrance because they figured the whole thing would get buried. Zanu-PF Central Committee member Lot Mbambo eventually talked everyone down after...
Bulawayo threw its annual Carols by Candlelight thing at the Amphitheatre, and around 500 people showed up to kick off the holiday season with singing and charity vibes. Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu repped for Mayor David Coltart and mentioned the tradition has been running for almost 70 years through a partnership between the city and the Rotary Club. Kids from local schools did the caroling backed by the Salvation Army Brass Band.
Rotary rep Melisa Matshazi said all the cash and donations collected will go toward supporting vulnerable children at homes across the city that don't have much sponsorship. The event started in Australia back in the 1930s when radio guy Norman Banks dreamed it up, and it eventually landed in Bulawayo through...
The head honcho from the World Intellectual Property Organization landed in Zimbabwe for the first time and promised to help craft a national IP strategy. Director General Daren Tang met with President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare, and they talked about protecting homegrown innovation, from musicians like Jah Prayzah to agricultural products like Chipinge coffee and Shona stone sculptures. WIPO plans to graduate 50 small and medium-scale entrepreneurs who got mentored over the past year.
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the government wants to work with WIPO to unlock IP value and make sure creators can actually commercialize their ideas. Tang emphasized that intellectual property protection matters most for grassroots...
Bulawayo poultry farmers are getting squeezed by a day-old chick shortage right before the holiday rush, and some shady suppliers are allegedly making smallholder operations buy feed just to access the birds. The Competition and Tariffs Commission called out the practice as a market distortion that hurts small-scale producers. Zimbabwe Poultry Association chair Tizai Faranisi explained that breeders are keeping stock levels conservative because raising parent chickens costs around 25 bucks per bird before they even start laying eggs, and most hatcheries refuse to scale up production for a three-month demand spike since they'd get stuck with losses afterward.
Hamara marketing manager Bridget Rungu said the Christmas rush is winding down...
This entrepreneur-slash-academic guy, Tedious Ncube, wrote about how China basically flipped the script on the whole development model that Western powers spent decades pushing on everyone else. He points out that lifting 800 million people out of poverty while building advanced tech systems on their terms is a massive middle finger to the old imperial playbook that kept African countries stuck exporting raw materials and taking orders from outside.
For Zimbabwe, partnering with China through stuff like the Belt and Road Initiative means they can dodge the sanctions and pressure campaigns while getting actual infrastructure upgrades at places like Hwange Power Station and Robert Mugabe International Airport. The catch is that African...
