Mount Darwin will host top-tier soccer for the first time after Agama Football Club captured the Northern Region Division One title and earned promotion to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. Coach Paul Chimalizeni guided his squad through 24 consecutive matches without defeat before sealing the championship with a 4-0 victory against FC Oden in the season's concluding fixture.
Long-time leaders N'ombeyawora dropped to second place following a 1-0 loss to MWOS U-19 in their final match, allowing Agama to claim the top position. The promoted side will compete alongside FC Hunters, Hadrock, and Bulawayo Chiefs in the Premier Division next season.
Agricultural authorities in Zaka District delivered maize seed, cotton seed and fertilizer to communal farmers through the Presidential Inputs Scheme as Zimbabwe prepares for the 2025/26 growing season under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa Programme. Stanford Musvini from Runoona Village said participation over four years enabled his household to construct housing, support children's education and establish poultry operations while preparing four fields for the current planting cycle.
Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Davis Marapira cautioned recipients against misusing supplies by selling inputs and emphasized that the distribution reflects government's commitment to rural food production. Headman...
SPL expanded its BiG 500-series stereo widening technology into a full-size rackmount processor that incorporates tube-based harmonic generation circuitry. The BiG [Studio] Stereo Image Bigger Maker derives difference signals from stereo inputs and processes them through analog filter networks before blending results with original audio, maintaining mono compatibility without phase issues or signal cancellation.
The single-rack-space unit retains Range and Stage parameters from the compact version while adding controls for overall processing intensity and optional low-frequency enhancement derived from the manufacturer's IRON Mastering Compressor design. An exclusive Tube Harmonics section uses valve components to apply adjustable...
Initial Audio released version 1.2.7 of SourceLab with features including single-click morphing wavetable creation and a phaser effect module. The update allows installation of Heat Up Expansions independent of Heat Up ownership by dragging expansion files into the preset browser's bank section.
The software modified tag selection behavior to activate single tags by default while enabling multiple selections through control or command key combinations. Interface refinements accompanied the release.
The patch resolved audio clicks occurring when loading Heat Up presets in mono mode with note overlap. Developers also corrected a granular pitch issue where pitch remained fixed to root notes when maintain speed mode was active.
Tantalum Audioware released version 2.4.1 of Live Multitrack, a multi-track audio and video player designed for stage performances rather than studio production. The software handles unlimited songs and tracks within customizable set lists while providing integrated mixing capabilities, parametric equalization, dynamics processing, metronome functionality and timeline management with markers and events.
The latest update supports up to eight simultaneous MIDI outputs for routing timeline events to various devices. Users can now assign names to markers, adjust marker positions through timestamp or bar and beat entry, and duplicate complete marker configurations across multiple points. Additional enhancements include an optional...
Zimbabwe connected more than 35,000 households to electricity infrastructure in 2025 while bringing power access to 94 percent of health facilities nationwide, Energy and Power Development Minister Edgar Moyo disclosed at a pre-budget conference in Bulawayo. The expansion effort delivered electricity to 69 percent of primary institutions and 82 percent of secondary schools, with Powertel Communications tasked to provide internet connectivity through existing power line networks.
Moyo directed the state utility to waive upfront connection charges that had prevented schools from activating ready infrastructure for as long as five years, allowing billing to begin only after usage commences. The government completed 344 electrification...
Zimbabwe has sustained economic growth under President Emmerson Mnangagwa despite Western sanctions, according to a recently launched publication examining the country's response to punitive measures. The book, unveiled during Anti-Sanctions Day Commemorations at the Museum of African Liberation Village, documents how the administration established dialogue platforms and reconciliation mechanisms since 2017 to counter the effects of restrictions like the 2001 Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act.
Mnangagwa created the Political Actors Dialogue forum in 2019, bringing together 17 candidates from the 2018 presidential election, and revitalized the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission to address historical divisions. The...
Zimbabwe's Civil Registry Department issued 440,000 documents from 456,000 applications submitted in 2025, representing a 97 percent completion rate despite budget constraints, according to Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe. The processed materials included birth certificates, death certificates and identification cards.
Speaking at a pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo on Friday, Kazembe credited mobile registration programs for the achievement, noting that 23 outreach campaigns delivered services to underserved areas this year. The ministry opened a new provincial registry office in Manicaland and established additional sub-offices.
Construction of modern registry facilities will continue in Masvingo and...
Construction at Semwa Dam in Mashonaland Central Province has reached 45 percent completion following the deployment of a 1,000-kilowatt solar facility that enables continuous aggregate crushing operations. The climate adaptation project, funded entirely by the government under President Mnangagwa's development program, employs more than 250 workers from surrounding communities.
Francis Dzenga, assistant resident engineer with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority, reported that crews were strengthening the foundation with dental concrete while simultaneously advancing seven of 12 spillway apron blocks. Contractor Makomo Engineering installed the solar array to eliminate power disruptions that previously halted quarry processing.
The...
