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 signed the UN convention, which helps nations chase down dirty money and prosecute fraudsters through cross-border cooperation.
The administration launched an anti-corruption strategy a few years back and has since processed around 2,500 investigations that led to over 800 prosecutions, with about 60 percent ending in convictions. Authorities clawed back more than 20 million bucks worth of assets purchased with stolen funds, and the president gave...
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 opened a fresh office building at the Mbare District headquarters meant for chaplains and intelligence officers.
Chikunguru credited residents for helping drop crime rates through partnerships with church groups and business associations. The new facility got funded entirely by community donations without government cash involved.
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 American money plus close to 200 thousand South African rand. Prosecutors say they promised residential plots to buyers but never came through, which left complainants stuck holding the bag.
The case got pushed back until late next month for indictment proceedings. Magaya has another trial starting mid-month involving five rape allegations that run separately from the fraud stuff.
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 rampage that left multiple people dead.
The spree kicked off when he showed up at a religious gathering and shot a preacher in the head before taking off. Police tried stopping his vehicle on the highway, but he opened fire and killed the station commander plus wounded another officer. He then drove to a business center and killed someone else after chatting briefly before heading to a school where he fired shots but missed his target...
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 vulnerable households through some presidential scheme. They walked off with the cash advance but only delivered like 4,208 goats out of the 85,000 they were supposed to supply, which left communities hanging while the money got laundered through black market currency trades.
Justice Pisirayi Kwenda handed down the sentences after calling the whole operation premeditated and calculated. Prosecutors are appealing because they wanted a harder...
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 patronage by saying people showed up waiting for the party elites to hand out resources, and he called out leaders who keep benefits for themselves while regular folks get nothing.
Special Presidential Investment Advisor Paul Tungwarara rolled up in a helicopter to announce the revolving fund, and Political Commissar Munyaradzi Machacha laid out the full package of handouts tied to voting for the ruling party. The event marked a pretty open celebration...
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 dad and son as backup. She supposedly offered a residential stand as collateral and walked away with the cash after signing paperwork that promised monthly payments.
Mutunga tried getting his money back for months before pushing for a court order to sell the property. Turns out the stand was tied to a deceased estate, and the person she said was her father had been dead for years before the whole thing went down. Police grabbed her at work, and...
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 hospitality and retail sectors. International tourists made up about 18 percent of the three million people who showed up to watch digital versions of the Swedish group perform at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Visitors dropped an average of 224 pounds per day around London beyond ticket costs, and local boroughs near the venue accounted for roughly 19 percent of total economic activity. The show scored sustainability certification and reported...
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 weeks, which marked the first time the genre ever topped its yearly premiere rankings.
Sabrina Carpenter crushed the US premiere market with Manchild, pulling over 7 million domestic views in 14 days. The platform said viewers ate up content from everywhere this year, with stuff ranging from Hanumankind out of India to Kendrick Lamar collabs showing diverse tastes. British audiences kept streaming Lola Young and Chappell Roan videos from last year...
