People in Nkulumane are telling wannabe politicians to ditch the party gear and campaign noise as they gear up for a special election to replace their dead representative, Desire Moyo. The local development committee chair, Andrew Ndlovu, said voters want actual progress instead of empty promises, and they plan to make every candidate pitch their ideas before deciding. He mentioned they're already working on solar-powered water pumps and school upgrades through constituency funding, and whoever wins needs to keep that momentum going.
Nine candidates are fighting for the seat, ranging from Moyo's widow, Esther Auxillia Zitha, to comedian Mothusi Madlela running for the Tshabangu faction of CCC, plus a bunch of smaller party reps and two...
Bulawayo city council members are catching heat for obsessing over the town clerk's contract while their city falls apart around them. Christopher Dube's deal might get pushed all the way to 2030, even though Mayor David Coltart is against it and residents are pissed that basic services keep getting worse. Local activists are calling the whole thing a circus that should just be handled like any normal employment matter instead of turning into some political drama.
Word on the street is that some CCC guy named Sengezo Tshabangu is threatening to recall councillors who don't back the extension, and apparently, some Harare power players want a piece of the city's big money projects. Deputy mayor Edwin Ndlovu completely flipped his...
Norman Mapeza just signed a two-year contract to coach Scottland FC, the freshly minted league champs who just canned their title-winning manager because apparently winning isn't enough when you've got bottomless pockets. The 53-year-old legend inked the deal at sponsor Wicknell Chivayo's fancy offices, with club owner Scott Sakupwanya watching his latest big-money hire pose for photos. Mapeza's marching orders are pretty wild: win the CAF Champions League within two seasons or bust.
Chivayo's the energy mogul who dropped a million bucks on Scottland's championship run and is keeping the cash flowing for their continental push. The guy's been flexing hard lately, meeting with presidents across Africa while flying around in his private...
CAPS United just brought in Takesure Chiragwi to run their squad after they limped to ninth place last season. The guy's coming from Ngezi Platinum, where he had a rough time that ended with the league suspending him and hitting his wallet for smacking one of his players. He'll be working with Ian Bakala, who basically saved the team from getting relegated.
Chiragwi used to play left back for United back in the day, and he's dragging his whole crew from Ngezi with him. Tinashe Nengomasha, who repped the Warriors, got the team manager gig, while Cloudious Gundudza takes the goalkeeper coaching spot. A bunch of Ngezi players are jumping ship to Harare as well. Defenders Nyasha Gurende and Kudzwai Chigwida are making the move, along with...
The NetOne boss who got hauled in on fraud charges just got cut loose after a magistrate said prosecutors had zero evidence tying him to anything shady. Raphael Mushanawani walked out of court after his legal team convinced the judge that anti-corruption investigators literally didn't understand how computer systems work. The whole mess started when authorities claimed he approved a system overhaul without getting the board's blessing first.
His lawyers came with receipts showing the company's old software was about to lose vendor support completely, and they said board minutes proved everything was signed off properly. Defense argued that investigators got confused between two totally separate tech projects, one being a full platform...
Guinea-Bissau's military just installed General Horta Inta-a as their new junta boss after booting out President Umaro Sissoco Embaló following a sketchy election where both candidates claimed they won. The deposed leader bounced to Senegal on a government-chartered flight while the army banned all protests and locked down the capital. Inta-a used to be the army chief of staff and was tight with Embaló before flipping on him.
The opposition thinks Embaló faked the whole coup to dodge an election loss, but the military said they grabbed power because politicians were trying to rig results with help from some drug kingpin. ECOWAS and the African Union are both losing their minds over this and demanding that everyone get released...
Workers at the KP Snacks factory in Billingham voted to strike after management dumped extra responsibilities on them without bumping their wages. The GMB union says 85 percent of process operators backed the walkout, and the plant cranks out Hula Hoops plus McCoy's and Pom-Bears. KP responded by blocking all holiday requests while they figure out strike damage, and the union is getting lawyers involved because that move looks sketchy.
GMB organizer Paul Clark says the company had better negotiate fast, or supermarket shelves go bare during the holiday rush. The Billingham site handles production for some of Britain's biggest snack brands, and any strike action hits retailers hard when festive sales peak. KP management hasn't commented...
Revolut just hit a 75 billion dollar valuation after letting employees dump shares to some massive investors like Nvidia's venture arm, and the fintech company basically leapfrogged Barclays in terms of what it's worth on paper. The secondary sale let workers offload up to a fifth of their equity at around 1,381 bucks per share, and heavyweight funds like Coatue and Fidelity jumped in hard. CEO Nik Storonsky keeps bragging about building the first real global bank while his platform serves 65 million users across payments and crypto trading.
The British fintech outfit still can't launch full banking services in the UK because regulators are being super careful about approving them after three years of waiting. Revolut got stuck in the...
JP Morgan just dropped plans for a massive office tower in Canary Wharf that will cost around three billion pounds and fit 12,000 workers when it finishes construction. The building gets designed by Foster and Partners, and it becomes the biggest office space in Britain when completed. Chancellor Rachel Reeves called the project a major confidence boost for the economy after her budget this week avoided hitting banks with extra taxes.
The American banking giant already locked down a 999-year lease on the construction site back when the financial crisis hit, and the tower takes about six years to build once approvals come through. An economic study says the development could pump nearly ten billion pounds into the UK economy while...
