Zimbabwe just saw its inflation crash from 82.7% down to 19% over three months, and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee announced that Governor Dr. John Mushayavanhu expects single-digit inflation by early 2026. The ZiG local currency is stabilizing at a rate the country hasn't seen in decades, with officials projecting inflation will hit somewhere between 15% and 17% by the end of this year.
Foreign currency reserves surged past $13 billion through October, which gave the ZiG about $1 billion in backing and helped the foreign exchange market run smoothly. The committee decided to keep the Bank Policy Rate at 35% and maintain a tight monetary policy to lock in these gains before loosening anything up.
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Kaizer Chiefs are getting cooked after dropping points in the CAF Confederation Cup and fumbling their league campaign. The squad keeps dealing with injuries and defensive mistakes that are exposing how thin their roster actually runs. Teenage midfielder Mfundo Vilakazi hopped on social media to tell supporters that better times are ahead and asked everyone to stay positive through the rough patch.
Vilakazi has been turning heads with his dribbling and creativity since breaking into the first team, but he knows he still needs development time. Fans ate up his message and started gassing him up in the replies, with people comparing him to Lamine Yamal and telling him to be more selfish with the ball near the box. Some supporters want...
Two security guards got popped for murder after gunning down somebody at a mine in Matabeleland North. Cops grabbed Mbekhezele Ngwabi and Elisha Matsvai after they allegedly shot Thabo Ngwenya and Nkosikhona Moyo at DGL5 Mine in Inyathi. Ngwenya died from chest and neck wounds before reaching the hospital, while Moyo caught rounds to his eye and arm. The mine owner, Francisco Marconitti, told everyone his guards were only supposed to be using rubber bullets and called the whole thing completely unacceptable.
The local community absolutely lost it after the shooting went down. Villagers and artisanal miners raided the mine site, blocked police from taking the body, and looted gold ore before forcing officers to back off. They even...
Highlanders dropped a statement just before midnight after businessman Wicknell Chivayo pitched them on bringing Benjani Mwaruwari in as coach. The club thanked him for backing them, but said they need to follow proper hiring rules since they are already wrapping up talks with someone else. They promised an announcement about replacing Pieter de Jongh would come out soon.
Fans got confused about why the club posted at such a weird hour on Facebook. Some wondered if somebody was working late at the office or just hitting send from home. Others joked about how painful it must be working for Highlanders if they are firing off statements at 11 pm.
A woman from Rusape is facing up to a decade in prison after authorities say she dodged electricity payments for over two years by rigging her meter. Monica Mubaya got busted when a loss control inspector showed up at her place in Tsanzaguru and found the alleged bypass setup. Prosecutors claim she ran free power from mid-2023 through late 2025 without anything showing up on the meter readings.
This comes right after another Rusape resident got slapped with the full 10-year sentence for doing basically the same thing. That guy physically rewired his house to skip the meter completely, and the court threw the book at him under the Electricity Act. The power company is running inspections everywhere and warning people that more busts are...
Zimbabwe's stats office is getting a major digital facelift after the director general said the country needs better ways to track development goals and handle data requests. Tafadzwa Bandama told a technical working group that they're rolling out an upgraded Open Data Portal by early next year that'll hook everything up to AI tools and modern analytics.
The agency already launched a platform for monitoring sustainable development goals and hit around 85 percent availability on priority indicators. Bandama pushed for more partnerships with local governments to fix data gaps, especially when planning frameworks need super detailed breakdowns for national strategy work.
Zimbabwe's human rights watchdog is sounding alarms about online abuse targeting women after stats showed around 9 million women globally have dealt with digital violence since they turned 15. The commission pointed out that female journalists, activists, politicians, and younger women keep getting hit with harassment, sextortion, doxing, and other garbage that sometimes escalates into real-world attacks or even murder.
The country has laws on the books against cyber abuse, but enforcement is basically nonexistent. Women are self-censoring to dodge the trolls, which kills their voices in politics and public life. The commission wants better reporting systems, more funding for anti-violence programs, and actual training for cops and...
UK businesses basically froze up before the Budget dropped because everyone was freaking out about potential tax hikes. The Confederation of British Industry found that private sector confidence tanked to negative 27 points, and companies put investment and hiring decisions on ice while waiting to see what Chancellor Rachel Reeves would announce. Output fell at the fastest rate since the pandemic started, and pretty much every industry got hit.
The Treasury kept leaking anonymous warnings about a massive 30 billion pound hole in public finances, which turned out to be exaggerated after the Office for Budget Responsibility checked the numbers. Business leaders are still spooked even after the Budget came out, with over half planning to...
Argos dropped over 2,000 workers and still managed to rack up losses topping 223 million pounds after revenue slid and shoppers stayed away from their stores. The retailer got hammered by weak demand for general merchandise, and rainy weather killed their summer sales before things picked up later when they started slashing prices hard. Parent company Sainsbury's briefly flirted with selling the whole operation to Chinese retail giant JD.com but ditched those talks almost immediately.
The business went from making a decent profit to bleeding cash while cutting staff from 12,000 down to under 10,000 people. Online traffic tanked early on before recovering when Argos went heavy on promotions, and they eventually clawed back to growth by...
