Uganda cops want everyone slowing down after another nightmare year on the roads left over 4,400 people dead. The traffic directorate guy is pushing for highways to drop from 100 to 90 km/h, but the actual signs won't change until the transport ministry gets around to swapping them out. They're also rolling out some electronic penalty thing to catch speeders and lane-hopping drivers.
The whole campaign got sparked by some absolutely brutal crashes, like that Kampala-Gulu disaster that killed 46. One commenter backed up the new limits by sharing how he almost pancaked a boda rider who cut across traffic, and he was only doing 25 km/h at the time. The police spokesperson keeps hammering the same line about how pedestrians hit at slower...
Museveni hit up Ibanda District and promised coffee growers a processing plant that would help them make more cash through value addition. The president was stumping for votes at Kagongo Demonstration School while touring the Ankole region, telling farmers the government would keep handing out free seedlings from state nurseries and his personal stash at Kisozi.
Local officials said the district grows over 28,000 acres of coffee that brings in around 178 billion shillings annually, but people need better drying and hulling gear at parish level. One farmer testified he pulls over 40 million shillings per season from his eight-acre plot, which backs up the president's claim that coffee exports hit two billion dollars yearly for Uganda...
South Africa's National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza said the SADC parliamentary meeting in Durban will zero in on how climate disasters are hitting women and young people across the region. The gathering lets member countries swap notes on handling environmental crises, and Didiza picked KwaZulu-Natal as the host spot because the province has gotten hammered by extreme weather events.
The forum theme centers on what parliaments can actually do to reduce climate damage while addressing gendered impacts of environmental breakdown. Didiza mentioned the symposium format gives politicians a chance to learn from each other's policy responses to shared regional challenges.
Sudan's generals are still going at it hard while millions of people get caught in the crossfire between the army and the RSF paramilitaries. The RSF grabbed control of el-Fasher back in late October and has been massacring civilians while burying bodies in mass graves to cover up what aid groups are calling straight-up genocide. Famine got officially confirmed in multiple spots across Darfur and Kordofan while nearly 14 million displaced people are stuck with nowhere safe to go.
The RSF boss Hemedti claimed his forces accepted a cease-fire proposal from mediators and announced some three-month humanitarian pause, but attacks kept happening anyway. Army chief al-Burhan rejected the whole deal outright and called out the UAE for backing...
Namibia's ICT minister told content creators they are basically carrying the whole country's international reputation at the MTC awards ceremony in Windhoek. Emma Theofelus said digital producers help shape how people abroad see Namibian culture and talent, while MTC's corporate affairs guy backed her up by emphasizing that local storytelling gets serious value from the telecom company.
The event handed out trophies across 21 categories, with winners getting hyped about industry recognition. David Johannes grabbed videographer of the year and said getting acknowledged feels amazing after grinding behind the scenes, while comedy creator Tate Matondo admitted he did not expect to beat people he actually looks up to. Jamie-Lee Loss...
Some Namibian voters got blocked from casting ballots because they moved between constituencies after registration closed, and the Electoral Commission's rules would not let them vote anywhere except where they initially signed up. Dina Gases registered in Katutura East but had to relocate suddenly to John Pandeni, and when she showed up at her new local polling station, they turned her away and told her to trek back to her original spot. She could not afford taxi fare to get there and had work starting in the afternoon, plus her disabled family member got stuck in the same mess.
The Popular Democratic Movement called out the whole election setup as poorly planned, with some stations opening late and running out of materials, which...
Political parties are freaking out because the magistrates' strike means nobody can swear in the newly elected councillors, and voters might get screwed over. Job Amupanda from Affirmative Repositioning fired off a letter asking the president to step in since administrative assistants filling in for magistrates have zero legal training or judicial credentials, which basically makes their work constitutionally sketchy.
The Swapo coordinator for the ||Kharas region pointed out that councillors cannot do their jobs without getting sworn in first, and service delivery is going to tank if this drags on. Multiple party leaders are begging the justice minister and the magistrates to work something out fast because regional governance is about...
Old Mutual Malawi threw a family gathering at the KUHeS sports grounds in Blantyre, and the whole point was getting employees and their relatives together because management thinks home life affects work performance. Benard Chiluzi from the company basically said workers barely see their families since most hours get eaten up by office time and sleep, and bringing everyone together helps keep the support system solid.
The event had games for kids and adults, plus live music from Zeze Kingston, while the company pushed the idea that stable households create better employees. Old Mutual apparently ballooned from around 300 staff to over 730 across the country, and they want families connecting with the workplace culture their people...
Connie Ferguson posted up online to mark what should have been her 23rd wedding anniversary with Shona, and the whole thing hit people right in the feelings. She dropped a video of them together with some emotional words about how their relationship became this huge inspiration for everyone watching from the outside.
The two got married back in 2001 and basically turned into one of South Africa's power couples before Shona died a few years back. Ferguson Films was their baby, cranking out shows that basically defined local TV for ages. People in the comments were all over her post with support and respect, talking about how she keeps his memory alive while still moving forward.
