Bulawayo leads Zimbabwe with the best education rates. A major health survey from 2023 to 2024 shows almost everyone there can read and write. The city has 99 percent literacy for women and men. Rural areas lag behind cities across the country. Only 68 percent of rural women and 70 percent of rural men finished high school.
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency talked to nearly 14,000 people for this study. They visited homes from December through May to gather facts. Urban residents do much better than rural folks at school. About 91 percent of city women and 92 percent of city men went to high school or college.
Radio and TV reach many people but not everyone listens or watches regularly. About half of all women never use any...
HELIDRIVE National Air Rescue Service helps sick people across Zimbabwe. The program saves lives through a partnership between Zimbabwe and Russia. Since last year, helicopters have carried 485 patients to hospitals. Many came from remote areas where roads are bad and hospitals are far away. About 40 percent were children who needed urgent medical care.
The service reaches patients within one hour. Before HELIDRIVE started, people from places like Binga and Tsholotsho often died because they could not reach doctors fast enough. Bad roads made travel dangerous and slow. The air ambulance changes everything for families who live far from cities.
Dr Major Mhondiwa works with the helicopter team. He says the service helps many people from...
Empty Vessel raised 11 million dollars for their first game called DEFECT. The studio was started by people who worked at id Software and other major game companies. These developers helped make famous games like Doom, The Last of Us, Call of Duty, Borderlands, and Uncharted. The new money came from a series A funding round that just finished. NCSOFT, 1AM Gaming, and Black Phoenix Games led the investment.
The extra cash lets Empty Vessel grow their team and work on console versions of DEFECT. Right now the game focuses on multiplayer action but they want to add single-player modes. NCSOFT already gave money to the studio before this funding round happened. Studio boss Emmanuel Palalic said the support shows their developer-first...
Resolution Games will launch Demeo x DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Battlemarked later this year. The digital fantasy tabletop game comes to PC, PlayStation 5, and VR platforms like SteamVR, Meta Horizon, and PSVR2. The new title takes place within the Forgotten Realms setting. The company previously created the original Demeo game. This latest version adds much more story content than before.
Company founder Tommy Palm explained how they changed their approach for the D&D version. Past Demeo games focused mainly on tactical battles rather than deep storytelling. The new game balances combat with narrative elements through dramatic scenes, better dialogue, and meaningful player decisions. These changes represent the next step forward for their...
The Popular Democratic Movement plans to cut 16 jobs because money problems hurt the party after losing big in 2024 elections. Party leader Manuel Ngaringombe told workers that wages eat up 60 percent of all money coming into the party. The party lost 11 seats and kept only five seats in parliament after the election defeat. President McHenry Venaani said talks about job cuts continue and nothing has started. He would not answer questions about the layoffs and sent reporters to talk with Ngaringombe instead.
Documents show the party faces total money collapse without quick action to fix spending problems. Management wants 16 regional workers and three group leaders to take three months off without pay. After that break they would come...
The Umkhonto Wesizwe Party kicked out Floyd Shivambu from his job as secretary general. Party leaders said he broke party rules when he traveled to Malawi without permission. He went there to visit Shepherd Bushiri at his church. The party held a meeting on Tuesday in Durban to announce this decision. Nathi Nhleko spoke for party president Jacob Zuma at the event.
Shivambu left the Economic Freedom Fighters last August and joined the MK Party. His trip to Malawi caused problems for months after that. Party officials met on Sunday to talk about what happened. They decided his actions went against Section 3j of the party constitution. This rule stops members from taking international trips that hurt the party.
The Malawi court said...
Keetmanshoop's electricity company wants 148.2 million dollars for next year. The budget represents a 17 percent jump from the current spending plan. Lee Mwemba leads the electricity unit and explained the money breakdown to community leaders. Most funds will pay NamPower and other national electricity groups. Salary costs take another chunk of the proposed budget.
The company earned 122 million dollars during the past financial year. Officials plan major network upgrades and automation improvements across the city. Street light installation projects will receive one million dollars from the total budget. Municipal surcharge fees account for about six million dollars of spending. Electric grid improvements need 27 million dollars to...
Namibia University of Science and Technology joined a major partnership to help southern African schools work together better. Vice-chancellor Erold Naomab leads the Association of African Universities Southern Africa Regional Office Board. He signed the deal with Southern African Regional Universities Association during a meeting held across Zambia. The agreement brings together about 60 universities from 38 different countries around Africa. Officials want schools to share ideas and solve problems affecting the whole region.
The partnership focuses on creating new technology and supporting sustainable development throughout southern Africa. Universities must respond quickly to changes happening across economics, technology and...
Outjo leader Jaco Labuschagne denies claims that the Sophia Shaningwa Fire Station lacks power. The acting chief executive says people spread false information about emergency services. He told reporters the station works fine with prepaid electricity meters installed months ago. Labuschagne feels angry about wrong stories damaging the town's reputation.
The fire station operates normally except for one night when garage doors stayed closed due to low electricity credits. Workers opened the doors by hand and used all vehicles for emergency calls. The municipality runs training sessions and meetings at the facility regularly. Staff never stopped working during the temporary door problem.
Thieves broke into the station and stole fuel...
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