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Chicken Inn hired ex-players for technical and office roles
Chicken Inn is recycling club DNA, slotting ex-players into backroom roles while quietly rebuilding the whole machine. Senior team analytics shakeup Tafadzwa Kutinyu joined Chicken Inn as a senior team performance analyst. Previously played for GameCocks and Tanzanian side Singida. Shifted into data and performance analysis after a career-ending injury. The development side gets familiar faces Guide Goddard was named head coach of the developmental squad. The former club captain previously served under Joey Antipas. Assisted by Ben Nyahunzvi and Danny Phiri. Team competes in the Zifa Bulawayo Province Division Two League. Front office and compliance moves Tavengwa Hara said structures are shifting toward FIFA licensing standards...
Paul Tungwarara criticized Kudakwashe Tagwirei in Manicaland
Looks messy, but this feels like another Zanu PF setup where someone talks loudly, takes heat, and tests internal power lines. Paul Tungwarara stirring party nerves Paul Tungwarara, a presidential investment adviser, took public shots at Kudakwashe Tagwirei. Sounded isolated inside Zanu PF, like someone drifting off-script. Looked inexperienced, poking heavyweight interests early. Sparked chatter about a risky internal misstep. Why the outburst feels scripted Comments landed at a rally in Manicaland province. Zanu PF culture rarely allows random freelancing. Reads like a trial balloon to gauge reactions. Smells less impulsive, more tactical. Old habits inside the ruling party Robert Mugabe-era insiders described pre-planned...
Elisabeth Valerio to host ELISA Business Summit in Hwange
ELISA is dragging African business talk out of conference halls and into the wild, forcing cross-border deals to get real or get exposed. Summit location and timing ELISA is staging its 2026 summit in Hwange during March. Set at Gwango Heritage Resort beside Hwange National Park. Chosen to push action over polite panel chatter. Framed as execution-first, not policy theater. Who is behind it The Enterprise, Leaders, and Innovators Society for Africa is hosting. Denzel Mhepo confirmed plans as ELISA communications coordinator. Elisabeth Valerio spoke as co-founder of the ELISA Business Network. Voices focused on fixing stalled continental progress. What the summit targets Pulls Pan-African founders, operators, and ecosystem builders...
Zagreb offers a free site for the new European Customs Agency
Zagreb is pitching itself as the no-nonsense, low-cost EU Customs Agency base while flexing safety, location perks, and a government-covered bill. Zagreb bid basics Zagreb is proposed as the European Customs Agency headquarters candidate. Pitched as ultra-safe with serious logistics reach. Leaning hard on transport corridors and border access. Framed as a practical EU-wide operational play. Who sold the pitch Davor Božinović outlined security, geography, and cost angles. Argued for the multilingual training potential. Pointed out zero existing EU agencies in Croatia. Claimed the move fixes geographic imbalance. Money and the building Mario Demirović broke down the Novi Zagreb site offer. Located at Radoslava Cimermana 88 with five...
Fanan Team slays with Villain as a free saturation plugin drops
Free console grit just dropped, zero paywall, one knob, ten flavors, and it is clearly aimed at people tired of overdesigned saturation junk. Plugin drop basics Fanan Team released Villain as a free plugin. Runs on Windows and macOS. Ships in VST3, AU, and CLAP formats. What Villain actually is Villain focuses on console-style saturation. Built around ten analog-inspired algorithms. Targets harmonic color, not surgical cleanup. Saturation models under the hood Covers transformer, Class-A, tube, and tape behaviors. Each model uses measured harmonic profiles. Dynamic response varies per algorithm. Control philosophy Single mix knob drives intensity and coloration. Turning right increases harmonics and drive. No parameter jungle to...
Novation Launch Control XL 3 slays with HUI support and MIDI glow up
Launch Control XL 3 just leveled up hard, grabbing more DAW control, smarter MIDI tricks, and workflow fixes that should have shipped day one. Firmware drop and scope Novation pushed firmware v1.1 for Launch Control XL 3. Update lands through Novation Components. Framed as the first major post-launch refresh. DAW control expansion HUI support unlocks deeper DAW integration. Works out of the box with Pro Tools. Reaper and Studio One also slot right in. Better hybrid MIDI setups USB-to-DIN passthrough got more flexible. Merged control data is easier to manage. Channel filtering helps tame messy rigs. Faders and encoders get smarter Encoder acceleration curves are adjustable. Fader pick-up prevents value jumps. Transitions feel...
DBE slays xenophobic cap as foreign learner stats flop
Anti-immigrant school panic fell apart when numbers dropped, and the data did not back the outrage. The education department shuts it down The South African Department of Basic Education says foreign pupils sit at 1.8 percent. Confirms 98.2 percent of learners are citizens. Calls takeover claims misleading and irresponsible. Protest and pushback in Durban March and March protested outside Addington Primary School. Alleged foreigners jump school queues. Accusation rejected outright by officials. What officials say is really happening Overcrowding frustrates parents in popular schools. Funding and capacity gaps drive placement stress. Foreign learners are not the pressure point. Warning against scapegoating kids The education...
Obert Mpofu ghosts ZANU-PF after Jacob Mudenda ate his role
Once a party heavyweight, Obert Mpofu got sidelined, checked out, and has barely surfaced since the reshuffle bruised his standing. Politburo reshuffle fallout Obert Mpofu lost the secretary-general job after a party shakeup. Shifted into an ICT brief, seen as weaker. Analysts broadly read it as a demotion. Who filled the power gaps Jacob Mudenda stepped in as secretary-general. Patrick Chinamasa took over the party finances. Ziyambi Ziyambi grabbed the legal secretary role. Low profile after the switch Stayed mostly in Bulawayo. Skipped regular duties at Harare headquarters. Public appearances dropped sharply. Attempts to pull him back Party emissaries were sent more than once. Senior directors tried another push. All outreach...
Telecel flops as John Mangudya and MIF curve the takeover trap
Telecel is limping, MIF is cautious, and nobody wants to inherit a money pit without fixing the mess first. Telecel slide and market reality Telecel Zimbabwe shrank to roughly 305,000 active users. Holding an estimated three to four percent market share. Ranking dead last among mobile operators. Who is eating its lunch Econet keeps expanding subscriber numbers. NetOne also shows steady growth. The competitive gap keeps widening. MIF stance before any takeover John Mangudya says problems must be fixed first. Rejects absorbing losses without viability checks. Frames rescue is process-heavy, not automatic. Ownership snag complicating matters The government holds a sixty percent stake. The remaining forty percent blocks clean...
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