Two feminist groups kicked off a big protest campaign at Rezende Rank in Harare after a 13-year-old got raped there back in July, and they want the City Council plus police to actually do something about the constant violence and harassment at commuter stations. The Dura Organisation and Loud Silence put up public art and collected stories from women who say touts grope them and threaten them every single day, while authorities just look the other way.
Women using the ranks said the harassment wrecks their mental health because they deal with insults and fear on top of just trying to get home, and vendors complained they watch the abuse happen but can't stop it since the perpetrators brag about having connections. The groups demanded...
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti absolutely torched the 2026 budget that Mthuli Ncube dropped, calling the whole thing unconstitutional and basically designed to squeeze money out of broke people. Biti says the plan claims Zimbabwe has a $52 billion economy when everyone living there knows that number is fake as hell, and the World Bank already confirmed 42% of the country was dealing with extreme poverty back in 2023.
The tax stuff is apparently brutal. VAT went up to 15.5%, and they added a 2% charge just for pulling out US dollars in cash. Biti thinks these changes punish regular people while the government hides a ton of debt and unpaid bills totaling over $2 billion. He pointed out that the Mutapa Investment Fund operates with...
Cairo jumped from eighth spot straight to number one on the new African Cities Attractiveness Index after Gulf countries and China dumped massive cash into the place, and they started building the wild New Administrative Capital project. Kigali stayed put at second for being super clean and well-run, while Nairobi climbed to third because the tech scene there keeps expanding with all the infrastructure work happening. Cape Town dropped from first to fourth, and Moroccan cities basically invaded the top ten with Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, and Marrakech all making appearances.
The ranking mixed survey responses from almost 8,000 people living across African cities with foreign investment data from the past few years. Port cities and...
CAPS United used to run Zimbabwean football but got humbled hard when mining-backed clubs like Ngezi Platinum and FC Platinum started throwing cash around, and newer teams like Mwos and Simba Bhora jumped into the mix with serious funding. The Green Machine barely dodged relegation this season, and fans are getting nervous about whether the club can even survive without better money and structure.
The problem is pretty straightforward. Rich teams grab all the good players, build actual systems, and stay stable while CAPS United scrambles with whatever they have left. Everyone keeps asking if they can bounce back, but it takes investment and solid leadership to compete against clubs bankrolled by mining operations.
People want both...
Siya Kolisi just got back from another Springboks tour, and his kid absolutely lost it when they spotted each other across a field. The double World Cup-winning captain dropped everything and sprinted toward his son, and they basically tackled each other with one of those emotional hugs that makes everyone around them feel like third wheels. Afterward, they went horse riding, with Siya keeping a steady hand on the animal while his nervous but excited kid sat in the saddle.
He posted the whole thing on Instagram with just a heart emoji as the caption, and fans went wild over how present he is as a dad despite the constant travel. People in the comments kept saying stuff about how he sacrifices for the country but always shows up for his...
Zimbabwe officials are cracking down on truck drivers who keep wrecking freshly fixed roads by hauling way more weight than they should. Engineer Joy Makumbe from Transport and Infrastructure Development says the Vehicle Inspectorate Department can hit violators with serious fines, and the government wants private companies to build weighbridges on major routes to catch people breaking the rules.
The Bulawayo to Victoria Falls Highway project is still moving along, with all eight contractors getting stuff done. Fossil Contracting finished about half of their piece, and the whole thing is supposed to create jobs for local communities.
Makumbe told everyone to stop being reckless because the road upgrades cost serious money, and...
A guy from Cowdray Park got busted for wrecking underground copper cables near the ZNA Khumalo Barracks when he tried to steal them from ZETDC. Busani Ncube showed up in court but didn't enter a plea, and the magistrate sent him back to jail until his trial starts mid-December.
Ncube and some buddies allegedly dug a massive trench with picks near an airstrip, then hacked through the cables that power a bunch of suburbs like Khumalo and Paddonhurst. Army patrols spotted them, and everyone scattered when the soldiers showed up, but Ncube got caught while his crew vanished.
The whole mess caused around $1,250 in damages to the power network that connects the Marvel substation to local neighborhoods.
Smelly Dube grew up in rural Mberengwa in Zimbabwe's Midlands province and turned into a major business leader, but she never forgot her roots. She started the S & M Hand of Compassion with her husband, Mncedisi Dube, through their River Valley Group to help young people, women, and marginalized communities. The charity pays school fees for 500 students across the Midlands, supports disabled people, mentors young entrepreneurs, and empowers girls trapped by poverty.
Dube believes talent exists everywhere, but opportunity doesn't. Her foundation focuses on building independent leaders instead of just handing out aid. She adopted a whole special-needs class at Hwida Primary School in Shurugwi and covered everything until they graduated...
Zimbabwean businessman Danny Mavura Huruyadzo locked down infrastructure contracts in Mozambique and petroleum deals in South Africa worth around $19 million through his company Hibernic Energy. The deals mark a comeback after he settled a messy $65 million dispute with former South African partners at Cashfields last year, which he called a painful but necessary move to protect his remaining $90 million in assets.
Hibernic Energy's South African office hyped the contracts as proof that local firms can hang with regional competition and deliver legit results. The recapitalization should help the company hit international benchmarks while Huruyadzo expands his footprint across southern Africa. A business analyst said the strategy shows...
