Zimbabwe just dropped regulations blocking foreigners from running businesses in thirteen different sectors, like barbershops, bakeries, taxi services, estate agencies, and artisanal mining operations. The government also slapped massive investment requirements on retail and wholesale ventures where foreign operators need to drop at least twenty million dollars and hire two hundred workers to get in the game, while haulage companies face a ten million dollar barrier with one hundred employees.
Existing foreign-owned shops in the banned categories got three years to sell off seventy-five percent of their stakes to Zimbabwean citizens at a rate of twenty-five percent annually. The policy lets international brands operate in some...
Uzalo star Gugu Gumede posted birthday pics with her kid on Instagram after turning 34, giving followers a peek into her life while still keeping her daughter's face hidden like she always does. She thanked God for the peace and blessings over the past year and dropped a Bible verse about seeking first the kingdom.
Fans and other celebs jumped into the comments, hyping her up for the wholesome content and respecting how she protects her child's privacy while sharing the vibes. People were calling the photos beautiful and telling her she looked younger than her actual age.
Springbok Franco Mostert hit his 10th wedding anniversary with his wife, Juan-ri, while he was away from home because schedules got messy this year. The 33-year-old lock forward and his partner celebrated early with friends and family before he had to bounce, which Juan-ri posted about on Instagram, saying she never imagined they would spend the actual day apart.
The couple has been together for two decades total and raised three kids while moving across three different countries. Juan-ri credited their faith for keeping everything solid through the ups and downs of professional rugby life and constant relocations.
She wrapped up her post by thanking God for the blessings and showing love to her husband, highlighting that Mostert...
Zimbabwe defender Jordan Zemura dropped an emotional message after getting ruled out of AFCON because his body gave up right before the tournament kicked off. The Udinese fullback was supposed to link up with captain Marshall Munetsi to anchor the Warriors in Morocco, but both players ended up sidelined through injuries at the same time. Zemura wrote about grinding through training sessions and pushing his limits to rep his country, only to have everything fall apart when it mattered most.
He referenced scripture while promising to bounce back stronger and eventually captain the squad down the line. Zemura apologized to supporters and asked them to get loud for the team in Morocco while he watches from home.
Fans flooded the comments...
Chalton Hwende from the Citizens Coalition for Change just told parliament that MPs are basically broke and starving right before Christmas, which is wild considering he spent November demanding US$150,000 housing loans for every single legislator. The Kuwadzana representative wanted to pause the entire Finance Bill until politicians got their money sorted because, apparently, nobody can focus on the national budget when they are this hungry.
Government Chief Whip Pupurai Togarepi clapped back hard and said Hwende was trying to hold the finance minister hostage instead of doing his actual job representing constituents. Togarepi pointed out that payments were already getting processed for coupons and allowances, plus all the...
South Africa brought Zimbabwean performance analyst Tinashe-Shingai Mukandatsama onto their technical staff for the Africa Cup of Nations, kicking off in Morocco. The guy works at Mamelodi Sundowns and helped the South African Under-20 squad win their continental championship before heading to the youth World Cup with them.
The appointment puts him in a weird spot because his birth country, Zimbabwe, got drawn into the same group as Bafana Bafana alongside Egypt and Angola. He will be crunching opposition data and building match strategies against the Warriors while representing the team that gave him his break.
People online had mixed energy about it, with some Zimbabweans hyping up his success and others joking that he will catch...
South African cops want to extradite Evans Sivechere from Botswana after people opened three fraud cases against him at Midrand police station for running an international jobs scam through Diamond Migration. The guy promised work permits and placements in Hungary and Ireland, but handed out fake documents or ghosted clients completely after they dropped serious cash.
A bunch of influencers caught heat for promoting his operation to millions of followers, like Madam Boss, Tytie, and Kiki, plus the Nyathi family and some others who made the whole thing look legit. One victim named Yvonne said she lost almost R50,000 because she trusted these social media personalities and figured they would not advertise scammers publicly.
The...
Zimbabwe's top cop, Stephen Mutamba, told drivers to stop slipping cash to traffic officers and just report them instead because paying bribes makes you part of the problem. He was rolling out five new Ford Rangers for highway patrol when he dropped this message, and every officer in those trucks gets a body camera for the electronic traffic management system.
The festive season deployment covers roadblocks and stop-and-search operations everywhere from highways to shopping districts. Mutamba said liquor stores breaking their hours are getting hit, and smugglers need to declare everything at border crossings or catch charges.
He threw in the usual safety lecture about avoiding night drives because visibility sucks and not picking up...
Zimbabwe dropped a locally built traffic light system that runs on solar power and uses AI to handle congestion instead of just following dumb timers. The Intelligent Traffic Controller from Global Sun Tech watches how many cars are piling up at intersections through sensors and cameras, then gives longer green lights to whatever lane needs it most, according to Engineer Emmanuel Mungofa.
The whole setup lets different intersections talk to each other and create coordinated routes where one main controller tells the others what to do. Engineers can check everything remotely through the cloud, mess with the timing when things get backed up, and pull data to figure out where roads need work later.
Multiple intersections can link up to...
