President Emmerson Mnangagwa will launch the privatization of Harare's water supply next month under a public-private partnership model, according to Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe. The minister announced on Wednesday that private entities will manage the capital's water infrastructure, supply systems, billing, and wastewater operations after years of municipal mismanagement. The government also signed a memorandum of understanding with private companies for waste management services.
Garwe presented the Construction Contractors Bill 2025 at a stakeholder workshop, describing legislation that has been under discussion since 1980 as ready for enactment. The measure will regulate contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers while...
Zimbabwe eliminated the single-sitting requirement for nursing school admission after officials determined the policy failed to measure academic ability. Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora told legislators on Wednesday that the government discovered some students could not afford to register for five subjects simultaneously, rather than a lack of capability. The ministry implemented a quota system in 2024 requiring nurse training institutions to accept at least 50 percent of students from local communities.
Mombeshora acknowledged that demand exceeds capacity at the nation's 73 nursing schools. The government introduced e-learning at 23 institutions to address teaching staff shortages, but WiFi access and equipment remain inadequate...
Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube requests to remain in his position until age 70 under revised government retirement policies. Dube submitted a confidential letter on September 30, asking the mayor and councillors to reconsider their 2024 decision to extend his contract only until November 2026. The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works raised the retirement age for local authority chief executives from 65 to 70 through Statutory Instrument 198 of 2024.
Dube bypassed the General Purposes Committee after it failed twice to achieve quorum on Sept. 29 and Sept. 30. He assumed the town clerk role in October 2016 following the death of Middleton Nyoni. The council previously extended his initial four-year contract before its...
A leaked audio recording implicates former Zanu-PF MP Temba Mliswa in allegations that fuel magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei controls Zimbabwe's military through financial patronage. Businessman Bopela Masiyakurima released the recording on Thursday after declining to participate in a campaign supporting Tagwirei. Mliswa allegedly claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa positioned Tagwirei as his successor by securing military loyalty through the distribution of vehicles to Zimbabwe Defence Forces personnel.
The recording suggests hundreds of vehicles given to military commanders originated from Tagwirei rather than government sources. Mliswa allegedly states that ZDF commander Gen. Philip Valerio Sibanda shows deference to Tagwirei...
Senior ZANU PF officials allegedly orchestrated a scheme to oust Vice President Constantino Chiwenga at the party's national conference by using a young member, Tawanda Mukodza, to propose a no-confidence motion. Party chairpersons who reportedly received $100,000 each and Land Cruisers selected Mukodza as their representative due to his loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his history with the Tsholotsho Declaration attempt against Robert Mugabe. The group planned to have Jabulani Sibanda second the motion while positioning themselves to represent war veterans and Matebeleland interests.
Mukodza expressed safety concerns but received instructions to disappear after presenting the motion. Political analysts questioned why senior...
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to recall Victor Matemadanda from his diplomatic role in Mozambique and reinstall him as ZANU-PF national political commissar. The decision follows a broader reorganization that includes demoting Obert Mpofu and Patrick Chinamasa, moves that analysts view as efforts to diminish Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's influence. Sources within the party's Midlands faction suggest that Matemadanda's return represents a strategic repositioning rather than an advancement.
Political observers describe the shuffle as a response to perceived weaknesses in current commissariat leadership under Munyaradzi Machacha. Matemadanda's selection stems from his perceived controllability rather than capability...
Chosen World Ministries removed Baba Harare from the Hallowed 2025 gospel conference lineup after the Zimbabwean artist announced his return to performing Jiti music. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at the ministry's Johannesburg location. Organizers said his shift back to secular music conflicted with the conference's spiritual focus.
Baba Harare had transitioned to gospel music in July 2024 but reversed course in September 2025. In a Facebook statement, he expressed disappointment with the decision but said he respects it while criticizing what he described as double standards in the gospel industry. He clarified that returning to Jiti does not diminish his Christian faith.
The artist maintains he can balance his...
Researchers at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, developed LatentCSI, a system that converts Wi-Fi signal reflections into photorealistic images of indoor spaces. The technology maps Channel State Information into latent space and uses a modified version of Stable Diffusion 3 to generate detailed room reconstructions. The artificial intelligence system requires initial training with photographs of a specific location before it can interpret live wireless data to show occupant positions and spatial layouts.
The method cannot function in untrained environments, but it demonstrates advances in wireless sensing capabilities that surpass previous blurry imaging attempts. Motion-sensing features are already present in some consumer routers...
Aqua Computer will begin shipping Ampinel in mid-November at $93.58 before taxes and shipping costs. The German cooling equipment manufacturer designed the device to prevent 12VHPWR connector failures on graphics cards by actively balancing the current across six 12-volt lines, each rated at 7.5 amperes. A microcontroller and six-channel load balancer redistribute electrical current when imbalances occur, and an OLED display shows real-time current measurements while RGB lighting and an 85-decibel alarm provide warnings.
The device operates independently of software through an eight-level alarm system configurable via Aquasuite. Users can program responses from application shutdowns to complete power cutoffs when thresholds are...
