Dwight Howard just got roasted for suggesting mandatory national service. The former NBA player tweeted a "random" policy idea that Donald Trump should enforce a required year of service for every American citizen, claiming it would build discipline and structure by following other countries' models.
The internet response was brutally dismissive, with critics highlighting the irony of a wealthy athlete advocating for forced labor and challenging him to enlist first. Howard replied by posting an AI-generated picture of himself in military gear, which did little to calm the furious backlash from users who universally panned his proposal.
Some guy on the internet tried to shame Claressa Shields for buying her own Louis Vuitton. Instagram creator mrskinnytv posted a video critiquing the boxer's holiday shopping flex, questioning her circle, criticizing her appearance, and bizarrely suggesting it would be more impressive if a man bought the items for her instead of her spending her own earnings.
Shields fired back hard, publicly telling him he looked sick and needed a doctor before sliding into his direct messages for a more detailed confrontation. In those DMs, she defended her success and autonomy, shutting down his assumptions and making it clear she does not need validation for how she spends her money. The viral exchange sparked a wider debate about women facing...
A Chinese investor got struck by lightning after a minister visited a disputed cement plant. The man died following the incident in Magunje, Mashonaland West, which occurred shortly after Minister Marian Chombo toured the site of a contentious US$700 million Chinese-backed project by WIH-ZIM, a development locals fiercely oppose for displacing families and threatening water sources. Activist Farai Maguwu reported the event, claiming the sky was clear except for a small cloud, and stated the individual was taken to Magunje Hospital, then Karoi Hospital, where he passed away.
Online reactions exploded with dark humor and symbolic interpretations, with many users linking the freak event to community resistance. Comments ranged from...
Somebody is finally trying to use AI to stop African road accidents before they even happen. Zimbabwean-born entrepreneur Tendai Joe, founder of RoadMind AI based in Cape Town, is developing predictive systems that analyze road surfaces and hazards to provide risk insights for governments, insurers, and fleet operators. His multidisciplinary team, including CTO and civil engineer Athenkosi Nzala, has already built a minimum viable product and is creating hardware to capture real-time road network data, with initial surveys done in Pretoria and Cape Town.
Joe, who has over a decade of experience and past collaborations with Intel and major tech firms, deliberately built his career on the continent. He argues that African-led innovation...
A huge water project is finally fixing a chronic crisis for thousands in Binga. A major rehabilitation of a sixty-five-kilometer pipeline in Mlibizi, led by the Zimbabwe government and the United Nations Development Programme with UK support, now delivers clean water to over forty thousand people, ten schools, and two rural health centers in one of the country's most climate-vulnerable districts.
The impact is transformative, especially at places like Siansundu Rural Health Centre, where staff previously begged patients to fetch water from boreholes. Nurse Gideon Muzamba explained that running water in wards and the labor room has revolutionized hygiene and infection control. At schools like Bunsiwa Primary, students have clean...
That parking meter money actually went to feeding people in Bulawayo. The city's parking system operator, Tendy Tree Investments, distributed food hampers to thousands of vulnerable residents last week through a council partnership, with managing director Lizwe Mabuza stating the five-year-old initiative is funded directly by motorists' parking fees.
The handover at the Mpopoma Housing Office followed a vetting process conducted by the Bulawayo City Council's housing department, which identified beneficiaries across all city wards. Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu, representing the mayor, praised the company for both restoring order to the streets and for its community investment, noting TTI is unique for employing an entirely local...
A local ward just handed out donations to its most vulnerable residents. Councillor Aleck Ndlovu and his Ward 25 Compassion Team distributed gifts of clothing, linen, food, and essential goods during a ceremony at Mgiqika Primary School, attended by community leaders, church groups, and residents.
Ndlovu expressed deep gratitude to the donors and team members, stating the items would make a significant difference for those in desperate need. He emphasized the initiative as proof of a community’s power when it unites, noting the effort was not a one-time Christmas event but an ongoing program to collect and distribute donations transparently as they come in.
Bulawayo had a brutally slow year for getting anything done. Mayor David Coltart explained that the city's 2025 service delivery was crippled by a massively delayed budget approval, endless bureaucracy, and broken funding promises from higher levels of government. Key projects like the Glass Block Dam and the Egodini development failed to launch, with the only real achievement being a citywide cleanup effort that faced significant obstacles.
The water shortage remains the biggest crisis, with promised central government funds never arriving. While some pump station upgrades have reduced water shedding from 130 to 96 hours, major solutions are stalled. Funding for the Glass Block Dam from the African Development Bank and Standard Bank...
British officials briefly considered invading Zimbabwe to oust Mugabe. Declassified documents from 2004 reveal the UK government, under Prime Minister Tony Blair, debated extreme options for dealing with Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, who was seen as "depressingly fit" at age eighty despite the country's crisis of hyperinflation, violent farm seizures, and rigged elections. The discussion was prompted by a memo from departing High Commissioner Brian Donnelly in Harare, who warned that Mugabe's expected victory in the upcoming parliamentary elections would demand a radical response to save Zimbabwe from further decline.
The option of military intervention, likened to the recent removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, was detailed in a...
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