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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Room EQ gets sharper, 4k support and new tricks

    MathAudio pushed out a major refresh of its Room EQ software, bringing it up to version 3.0.0 for a hundred bucks. The audio plugin gets native support for high-resolution displays and lets users stretch the interface by grabbing the corner. CLAP format compatibility arrives alongside a manual...
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    Mnangagwa hands Youth Ministry new cars, targets empowerment

    President Mnangagwa dropped off 35 vehicles at State House for the Youth Empowerment Ministry with plans to send 72 total rides to district officers around the country. Minister Tino Machakaire grabbed the keys and said that better transportation means youth programs can actually reach...
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    Mutarisi pulls plug on NashTV, artists left reeling as gossip swirls

    Tinashe Mutarisi shut down his entertainment company's music division while riding in a car headed to a funeral, which left artists like Nisha Ts devastated and turned Zimbabwean social media into a total mess. The businessman said he wanted to pivot toward mentoring entrepreneurs instead of...
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    Fertiliser scam busted in Beitbridge, six nabbed in inputs crackdown

    Six people got busted in Beitbridge after flipping government fertilizer meant for local farmers through the Presidential Input Scheme. The National Anti-Corruption Association spotted folks buying the subsidized bags from scheme beneficiaries and reselling them for profit around the border...
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    Church land grab standoff brews, Chief Mugabe vows families won’t budge

    The Reformed Church in Zimbabwe wants to boot roughly 2,000 families off two massive farms near Great Zimbabwe Monuments after people squatted there starting back in the early 80s. Owen Shayawabaya from district lands called a meeting with church reps and Chief Mugabe to announce the plan, but...
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    Mnangagwa vows zero tolerance, targets corruption with new courts

    President Mnangagwa dropped his annual anti-corruption speech, saying his government stays locked in on Vision 2030 goals while keeping zero tolerance for sketchy dealings that mess with development plans. Zimbabwe marked the International Day against corruption alongside other countries that...
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    Police tout e-dockets and drones, vow to stamp out bribery

    Police in Harare Province are rolling out drones to watch traffic patterns and track criminal stuff while Commissioner Maxwell Chikunguru says they will shift everything over to digital docket processing that cuts out opportunities for cops taking bribes. The tech gets deployed as authorities...
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    Magaya fraud case heads to High Court, separate rape trial set

    Prophet Walter Magaya and his wife, Tendai, are getting bumped up to the High Court for fraud charges tied to their companies, Planet Africa and Yadah Connect. The couple got hit with 78 separate counts after allegedly running a sketchy land scheme that took people for around 49 grand in...
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    Muvevi faces trial, court rules murder suspect fit after treatment

    Jason Muvevi is heading back to court after doctors cleared him for trial following his stint at Chikurubi psychiatric ward, where he landed after getting diagnosed with mental illness back in 2023. The former cop faces five murder counts and three attempted murder charges from a wild shooting...
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    Fraud duo jailed in $7m goat scheme, State calls for tougher sentence

    Two Zimbabwean businessmen caught a combined 27 years behind bars after running a massive government scam that grabbed over seven million bucks meant for poor rural families. Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu set up a fake company called Blackdeck Livestock to score a contract that promised goats to...
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    Zanu PF woos Nkulumane, rally rains gifts and cash

    Zanu PF threw everything at voters in Nkulumane during a rally for Freedom Murechu's campaign, promising 30 tons of rice, cash grants worth 100 grand, borehole drilling, transformer fixes, computers, and WiFi gear. Youth Minister Tino Machakaire basically admitted the whole thing runs on...
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    Bank worker faces court in $96k loan scam, ‘ghost father’ claim unravels

    A Crown Bank staffer got arrested after allegedly running a loan scam on the Dairibord finance boss for 96 grand using property that belonged to a dead guy. Susan Shamiso Charewa from Aspindale Park showed up at Leonard Mutunga's place asking for money and brought two dudes she claimed were her...
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    ABBA Voyage fuels UK economy, London cashes in on pop

    The hologram ABBA show running out of London pulled almost three billion bucks into the British economy over three years since launch. Craig Hartenstine leads ABBA Voyage as CEO and mentioned the concert added over 1.5 billion to the capital while generating close to 10,000 jobs across the...
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    Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars rule Vevo, K-pop shakes charts

    Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars hit almost a billion views on Vevo with Die With a Smile even though the track dropped back in 2024, and it stayed the most-watched video through this whole year. JENNIE from K-pop broke records by landing the top premiere spot globally with 33.4 million views in two...
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    Strawberry Festival heads to the US, Modern Sky joins Steel Wool

    Modern Sky from China teamed up with Steel Wool Entertainment out of California to bring the Strawberry Festival stateside. Kevin Morrow runs Steel Wool and used to handle touring stuff at Live Nation New York before starting his company over a decade ago. The deal stays vague on money but...
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    Craig Kallman takes chief music role, WMG taps A&R legend

    Warner Music Group moved Craig Kallman into a Chief Music Officer spot after he spent almost 35 years at Atlantic Records, where he ran things as Chairman and CEO for two decades. The guy will keep signing artists to Big Beat, which he started back in the 80s, and those acts will get worked by...
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    Believe nabs ampd Method, new CMO brings data fire

    Believe just scooped up ampd Method and brought its founder, Darya Pourshasb, on board as Chief Marketing Officer. She used to run premium content stuff at Spotify, where she apparently crushed over 300 campaigns for indie artists and labels, plus she did streaming partnerships at Sony before...
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    Spotify rolls out music videos, premium users get first look

    Spotify finally brought music videos to Premium subscribers across the US and Canada after testing the feature internationally since March. Charlie Hellman from the company said the rollout gives fans a better discovery experience while creating extra revenue for publishers and songwriters. The...
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    KATSEYE tops TikTok, Connie Francis goes viral

    TikTok crowned KATSEYE as their Global Artist of the Year after the girl group pulled 30 billion views and 12 million user creations on the platform. The HYBE and Geffen joint project got Grammy nods recently, and HYBE's CEO said it proves their K-pop production system works outside Korea. Their...
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    beatBread tops $100 million, indie artists cash in

    beatBread just hit the 100 million dollar mark after funding over 1,700 deals with artists and labels spread across 42 countries since 2020. The platform gives advances on catalog music and unreleased stuff, with artists paying back from their streaming revenue on whatever timeline works for...
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