Cash gets rushed out, and borders lock down to keep Foot and Mouth Disease away from Botswana’s livestock economy.
FMD threat near Botswana borders
David Tshere confirms Foot and Mouth Disease near Botswana’s borders.
Cases sit close to South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Livestock risk gets treated as immediate, not hypothetical.
Farmers’ livelihoods get framed as directly exposed.
Emergency funding and state response
The government sets aside 97 million Pula for containment.
Funding targets rapid response and prevention.
Livestock protection gets framed as economic defense.
Agriculture sector stability drives the spending logic.
Animal movement bans in border areas
Ministry blocks cloven-hoofed animal movement in Ramotswa.
Restrictions...
Youth get framed as doers, not trainees, with the government nudged to stop lecturing and start building alongside them.
Youth are framed as core economic drivers
Ndaba Gaolathe says youth already solve problems, not waiting for titles.
He points at education, digital reach, and creativity as real leverage.
Botswana gets pitched as shaped by youth input, not someday leadership.
The tone pushes agency over applause.
Ideas pipeline and responsibility push
Ndaba Gaolathe cites submissions from the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme call.
He frames those ideas as proof of initiative and accountability.
Dependency gets side-eyed in favor of entrepreneurship and stewardship.
Taking control gets sold as national progress fuel...
Amazon’s God of War keeps zigging, Patinkin grabs Odin, fans side-eye canon, and the Norse roster keeps filling out.
Big casting curveball
Mandy Patinkin joined the God of War TV cast.
He takes over Odin, not the game voice actor.
Richard Schiff voiced Odin in Ragnarök, not here.
This keeps the show on its own path.
More gods locked in
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson landed the role of Thor.
Ryan Hurst is set as Kratos.
Teresa Palmer plays Sif.
Max Parker steps in as Heimdall.
Rumors versus reality
A leak hinted that Alastair Duncan would return as Mimir.
That rumor nailed several castings already.
Fans want Duncan back badly.
No confirmation yet on that role.
Still-missing heavy hitters
Baldur casting remains unknown.
Freya has no...
Game devs use GenAI everywhere behind the scenes, hate it more each year, and mostly keep it away from players.
GDC report lays out the split
The Game Developers Conference released the State of the Game Industry Report 2026.
Over 2,300 industry workers answered the survey.
Topics covered: layoffs, tools, platforms, and GenAI.
Opinions landed all over the place.
Studios use it even if devs don’t
35 percent said they do not personally use GenAI.
52 percent said their studio uses GenAI tools.
78 percent said their workplace has GenAI rules.
Only 15 percent reported no policy at all.
What GenAI actually gets used for
Most studios lean on LLMs like ChatGPT.
Research and brainstorming ranked highest.
Daily tasks like emails and code...
Apple printed money again, iPhone demand went feral, supply chains are sweating, and Tim Cook sounded very confident.
Blowout quarter backs big promises
Apple posted massive first fiscal quarter results for 2026.
Total revenue hit $143.756 billion.
Year-over-year growth landed at 16 percent.
Results cleared Wall Street expectations.
iPhone carried the whole show
iPhone revenue jumped to $85.269 billion.
Growth clocked in at 23 percent year over year.
Tim Cook called the demand overwhelming.
The installed base crossed 2.5 billion devices.
Other product lines tell mixed stories
Mac revenue slipped 7 percent year over year.
iPad revenue rose 6 percent.
Wearables and accessories dipped slightly.
Services climbed strongly to $30.013...
Top cop shows up in South Africa, links arms with regional police bosses, and pushes harder for cross-border teamwork.
Regional police summit appearance
Dinah Marathe traveled to Bloemfontein for a regional policing event.
She attended SAPS Excellence Awards and Police Day.
The visit ran from January 26 to January 28, 2026.
The focus stayed on regional security cooperation.
Southern African police heavyweights gather
Dinah Marathe joined commanders from the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation.
Police leaders came from Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The turnout signaled a shared crime-fighting stance.
Coordination across borders took center stage.
The...
Apostolic heavyweight dies at 111, court battles settled, burial plans locked, and Zimbabwe closes another chapter of old-guard church power.
Church confirms the death of its leader
Aaron Munodawafa died aged 111.
Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church confirmed the passing.
He died at a son’s home in Gokwe.
The church said old age caused his death.
Final years and condition
Aaron Munodawafa had lost his sight before death.
Family members cared for him full-time.
Church leaders described the passing as peaceful.
His death ended decades of spiritual authority.
Rise to leadership and legacy
Aaron Munodawafa became bishop in 2019.
He succeeded founder Tadeau Mugodhi.
Followers viewed him as a stabilizing figure.
His leadership spanned...
Highlanders and Thabo Senong are stuck in a messy contract standoff, with permits, roles, and paychecks all tangled up.
Settlement talks stall around paperwork
Highlanders Football Club entered payout talks with Thabo Senong.
Thabo Senong signed a two-year deal.
Work permit approval still blocks everything.
One month's salary is the number being floated.
Why the job never started
Thabo Senong could not coach without legal clearance.
The permit application stayed unresolved.
His duties never officially began.
Payment depends on that approval.
The technical reshuffle changed the plan
Benjani Mwaruwari moved up to head coach.
Thabo Senong got offered an assistant role.
He reportedly rejected the downgrade.
That move stalled any...
Man kills wife over Instagram jealousy, then asks court for pity based on the wreckage he personally caused.
Jealousy-fueled killing reaches sentencing phase
Murad Awadh Mbarak asked for a lighter sentence after killing his wife.
He framed himself as isolated after the death he caused.
The plea landed before the High Court.
Prosecutors rejected mercy outright.
Instagram obsession cited as trigger
Murad Awadh Mbarak fixated on his wife joining Instagram.
Witnesses said the account fueled possessive anger.
The dispute escalated into a planned attack.
Control issues dominated testimony.
Murder details laid bare
Murad Awadh Mbarak was convicted in November.
Nuru Ibrahim was stabbed at their Kilifi County home.
The killing happened on...
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