NVIDIA's latest play is fixing motion blur instead of chasing higher numbers. They announced G-SYNC Pulsar, a new monitor tech aimed at competitive gamers. The whole idea is to make fast motion look clearer by changing how the screen's backlight works. Normally, an LCD screen refreshes its pixels line by line while the backlight stays on, which causes blur during those transitions. Pulsar uses a rolling backlight that flashes in sync with the refresh, only lighting up each section after the pixels have settled. NVIDIA claims this makes a huge difference in motion clarity, cutting down on smearing during quick turns or fast action in games like Counter-Strike 2.
The first monitors getting this tech will be 27-inch panels with a 1440p...
Talk about a cop who decided to become his own best customer. Knowledge Maphosa, a thirty-two-year-old police officer in Gwanda, got busted for running a weed spot out of his room at the actual police station. Detectives received a tip that the lawman was storing illegal stuff in his quarters. They raided his room the next day and found dagga worth about a hundred and twenty Zimbabwe Gold dollars, along with a glass pipe used for smoking meth.
Maphosa was arrested right there, turning his personal space into a crime scene. He later stood in front of a magistrate and was convicted of having dangerous drugs. The court fined him three hundred American dollars. If he does not pay that fine, he will spend three months in jail. The case was...
Another day, another government workshop in a hotel conference room. Owen Ncube, the Midlands province minister, kicked off a strategic planning review in Bulawayo. Officials from the President's office and other provincial stakeholders were there. Ncube told the room that the province should use the last national development plan, called NDS1, as its model for the next five-year stretch.
He mentioned that NDS1 led to some big project completions in areas like mining and agriculture. The minister also said the workshop goals match the President's recent call to keep up whatever momentum they claimed to have built. Ncube gave a shout-out to the province's civil servants for their hard work, crediting them for Midlands reportedly having...
Liberation hero's widow dies abroad, far from home. Nokuthula Bokwe was seventy eight years old when she died in her sleep at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her daughter, Noluthando Fikelephi Bokwe, confirmed the death and said the family is handling the loss of their matriarch. She stated her mother dedicated her life to social work and helping war veterans.
The family plans to bring her body back to Zimbabwe for burial, with details coming later. She leaves behind two children, Sonwabo and Noluthando, and two grandchildren named Sifiso and Mxolisi. She was the widow of Artwell Nelson Bokwe, a national hero and former welfare director for the Zapu party.
Born in Eswatini, she moved to Zambia for university. She...
ZB and FBC building societies just had their licenses yanked, but it's not a meltdown. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe cancelled them for two different reasons. ZB Building Society gave up its license voluntarily because its parent company, ZB Financial Holdings, decided to shut it down and stick with just its regular bank, ZB Bank Limited. Meanwhile, FBC Building Society lost its license because it got merged into FBC Bank. The central bank's registrar, Phillip Madamombe, put out the notices.
For ZB, this is a managed shutdown. They told their customers months ago that accounts would close. People could move their money to ZB Bank Limited or another bank. Anyone who did not do that will get paid back through a liquidation process. The...
A suspected serial killer’s court hearing revealed a year of pure horror in rural Zimbabwe. The details came out as Anymore Zvitsva, a thirty-three year old man, faced charges in Harare Magistrates Court. He is accused of killing nineteen people across eight murder counts, plus rape and attempted murder. Appearing from a bed at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, he was remanded in custody by provincial magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe. He did not enter a plea and was told bail requests must go to a higher court. His case was pushed to next year for official indictment.
The prosecutor, Lawrence Gangarahwe, laid out a brutal timeline starting in March. In Rangwani Village, Zvitsva allegedly broke into a home, chased Jane Dube into a cornfield...
Zimbabwe tries to fix rural schools with tech while also telling teachers to stop being corrupt. The government there is handing out a bunch of gadgets to poor rural areas next week, starting in Manicaland province, then hitting Matabeleland South. Their education minister, Torerai Moyo, said this is part of pushing a mix of regular and digital teaching. The stuff includes over eight hundred laptops, more than seven hundred projectors, and over two thousand tablets from UNICEF.
This is targeting one hundred thirteen specific schools that already have solar power, because you need electricity to run the gear. The places getting the first wave are districts like Buhera, Chipinge, and Nyanga in Manicaland, plus Beitbridge, Gwanda, Matobo...
This agricultural boom seems almost too good to be true. Heavy rains have farmers reportedly optimistic across Zimbabwe, with crops flourishing and livestock health improving due to better grazing. Officials warn that those same rains bring flood risks, yet the mood is largely positive. Early-planted crops, especially tobacco, are in great shape.
Livestock farmers see fewer diseases, crediting increased tick control. Authorities still caution about problems like foot rot from muddy conditions and nutrient leaching in fields. One farmers' union former vice president suggested adding salt to feed to combat soil nutrient loss.
Multiple government farming initiatives are running alongside the favorable weather. A women farmers group...
Zimbabwe's trafficking crisis keeps feeding on desperation. A woman named Martha Murehwa returned home after being trapped in domestic servitude in Oman, her passport seized, following false promises of a hotel job. Her story is common, with many citizens lured to nations like Oman, the UAE, and Kuwait only to face forced labor.
Economic struggle and few legal options make people easy targets. Traffickers now use online ads and encrypted apps to recruit and operate. Victims often end up in agriculture, construction, or hospitality work. A Harare court recently jailed a woman for thirty years for trafficking nine people to Oman.
The country launched migration resource centers to fight back. These ZIMIRC hubs, run with an international...
