A debt collector from Bulawayo got busted after pretending to be an attorney and scamming someone out of 3,500 bucks. Simbarashe Dzingisayi told a guy with pending civil cases that he worked at a law firm and could handle his defense, then collected payment in chunks while dodging every single court date by making up excuses about being stuck at other hearings.
The victim eventually got suspicious after multiple no-shows and checked with the Law Society of Zimbabwe, which confirmed the dude was never actually a licensed lawyer. Cops arrested him after the complaint got filed, and he showed up in court denying the fraud charges while being represented by an actual attorney this time.
A former Zimbabwe soccer player is selling off some of his old game jerseys to fund school fees for kids in Bulawayo, with the auction going down at a fundraiser dinner in Johannesburg. Esrom Nyandoro plans to sell six shirts from his collection, and one of them is the Warriors kit he wore when he banged in a banger against Cameroon during the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Tunisia.
The guy started his charity thing during the pandemic by handing out hundreds of bags of cornmeal to people in his old neighborhood of Mzilikazi. After lockdowns ended, he pivoted to helping families pay for education since a bunch of parents got laid off and couldn't afford tuition anymore. Guests at the fundraiser dinner will need to drop about...
A health clinic for sex workers in Beitbridge has basically turned things around by teaching them how to stay safe and stand up for their rights when clients try to pull sketchy stuff. The program runs through the National Aids Council and helps workers get tested, learn about HIV prevention, and report abuse without getting hassled by cops. One participant said they used to deal with customers refusing condoms or dodging payment, but the wellness center showed them how to handle their business more professionally.
The border town has around 2,000 sex workers, and their HIV rates run three times higher than regular residents. Mobile night clinics let people get treatment discreetly after hours, while peer educators hit up hotspots to...
Zimbabwe's president just approved new legislation that sets up a compensation fund for people who get hurt or killed by wild animals, and the money comes from hunting fees plus a small cut of tourism revenue. The law kicks in when someone gets mauled or loses property because of wildlife encounters, but it specifically excludes poachers and anyone dumb enough to mess with animals on purpose. Claims have to get filed within a year of whatever happened.
The bill also creates a council to regulate wildlife professionals and make sure everyone working in the sector has proper credentials. Communities near wildlife areas are supposed to get a slice of the benefits under the new system, though lawmakers pushed back during debate about...
A retired theology professor and former nonprofit executive got scammed out of over 23 grand by some guys in Harare who were supposed to help him clear building materials from customs. Kingston Kajese hired his nephew's company to manage construction for an office park project, and the nephew brought in a clearing agent who claimed the shipment fees would run close to 24 thousand dollars. The professor wired the cash to a bank account, but the crew doctored all the import paperwork to make it look like farm equipment instead of construction supplies so they could dodge the actual duty payments and pocket the difference.
Tax officials showed up months later, asking why the bill said agricultural gear when the shipment clearly had...
Former national team captain Benjani Mwaruwari met with wealthy businessman Wicknell Chivayo over the weekend, and the football community immediately started buzzing about a possible coaching move to Highlanders. The Bulawayo club just dumped their Dutch manager after he barely kept them from getting relegated during a rough season, and they have gone without a championship trophy for almost two decades at this point.
Chivayo apparently offered to fund major parts of the operation and even throw in money for new players if someone takes the job. Benjani confirmed the meeting happened and admitted they talked about the sport, but he refused to get specific about whether he wants the gig. The ex-Manchester City striker currently works...
A businessman and farmer from Beitbridge got burned trying to save documents when his house caught fire in the middle of the night at Tshapfutshe village. Joseph Ndou Kutiraya is recovering at Beitbridge District Hospital with upper-body burns after getting his wife and kids out safely, and he said he's grateful nobody died, even though the property damage hit hard. The blaze apparently started in the room where his main solar setup was installed and then torched the rest of the place.
Residents showed up to help fight the flames and keep them from spreading to other buildings. The guy used to run a travel business before switching over to agriculture full-time, and he supplies vegetables to shops around town. Doctors told him he's...
India has been quietly switching up all the fancy colonial building names to something way less pompous, and it looks like the government is trying to make a point about public service instead of ruling over people. The prime minister started this whole thing back in 2016 when he ditched his bougie address for one called the Road of People's Welfare, and since then, a bunch of official spots have gotten makeovers.
The old Rajpath became Kartavya Path, which basically means duty instead of rule, and the Central Secretariat turned into the House of Duty. Even the bureaucracy headquarters got rebranded as the Pilgrimage of Service. Governor's mansions are getting renamed to People's House across different states, signaling that these...
Nepal hit the one million foreign visitor mark despite protesters torching a Hilton and trashing other major hotels back in September. The tourism board reported just over 1.06 million arrivals through the end of the fall, which barely edged out last year's numbers after a rough patch where visits dropped almost 20 percent following the demonstrations. Indians made up the biggest chunk of tourists at 262,000, but that number actually fell compared to the previous year, and Chinese arrivals tanked even harder with a drop of nearly 17 percent.
American visitors ticked up slightly while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka sent way more people than before. The Chinese tourist flow still hasn't bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, even though they...
