Thousands of young South Africans are sitting at home with qualifications but no jobs as 2026 kicks off. The brutal reality is sinking in: diplomas alone won't beat unemployment anymore, and even though graduate unemployment dropped to 10.4% in the third quarter of 2025, many young people remain stuck, frustrated, and losing hope.
Former Skeem Saam star Cornet Mamabolo, 35, best known as Tbose, said the pain cuts even deeper in rural areas. The director of Shandalea College said Limpopo's improved unemployment figures mask the real suffering happening on the ground. Sure, the numbers look better, but the poorest folks are still struggling hard. Many young people can work with their hands, but without papers, doors stay shut.
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Something remarkable is going down in the heart of Marrakech, Morocco. An all-women restaurant is quietly changing lives and giving dignity back to women society once tossed aside.
Al Fassia Aguedal Boutique Hotel and Restaurant, one of Morocco's most famous dining spots, gets run entirely by women from the kitchen to the front of house. Behind the tasty dishes and warm smiles sits a powerful story about empowerment, resilience, and hope.
A visionary woman founded the project in 1986, determined to protect young, uneducated women from exploitation. Her mission was simple yet bold: teach them professional cooking skills, provide stable jobs, and help them build independent lives. The first restaurant opened in the old medina of Fez...
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals' Adlam House nurses' residence and Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Ward in Harare will reopen next month after major refurbishment. The project represents the biggest rehab of the country's largest referral health center since it opened as Andrew Fleming Hospital nearly 70 years ago.
The nurses' residence aims to reopen around mid-February, while the maternity ward should be operational around mid-April, according to the government. Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga toured both facilities yesterday, checking progress on the work.
Guvamatanga said Treasury would start releasing extra funding for the project after talking with contractor Prevail...
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa says covenant bonds demand absolute respect as the ultimate commitment. He told the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) about his liberation war blood pact with the late Cde Stephen Zvinavashe, describing it as a lifelong duty he faithfully kept.
The agreement wasn't just symbolic but a binding deal that molded his sense of duty, loyalty, and responsibility long after fighting ended. Made during intense armed struggle, the pact required him and Cde Zvinavashe to care for each other's families if one died in combat, and he honored that promise without cutting corners. Cde Zvinavashe was the older brother of the late national hero and former Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Vitalis...
Zimbabwe's about to crack down hard on junk food marketing and sales. The authorities plan to restrict how unhealthy grub gets advertised and sold over the next five years through a bunch of legislative changes, targeting ultra-processed stuff loaded with sugar, salt, and fat that's been fueling obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems across the country.
The whole thing rolls out under the National Development Strategy 2. Officials want tighter rules around advertising, labeling, and distributing foods with excessive sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats, while increasing public awareness about healthier eating. They're planning to tweak several laws, like the Public Health Act, Food and Food Standards Act, Animal Health...
The guy accused of 19 killings just got hit with five more charges in Harare. Anymore Zvitsva, linked to Guruve and accused of a long string of deaths, went before Harare magistrate Ms Ruth Moyo as the case dumped more grim details into the record. Earlier, he was presented on a hospital bed facing eight counts, and he later got hauled in from remand jail while still dealing with a leg wound from getting shot during the arrest.
One allegation centers on Charity Chidhawu, age 20, at home with her two-year-old son. Prosecutors said Zvitsva pushed into the place with a machete, forced them into nearby scrub, tied Chidhawu to a tree, killed her with the blade, cut her up to fit a shallow pit, and covered it over. They said the child was...
A grocery store owner in Chiendambuya got busted running a drug operation out of her shop.
Evelyn Mafetuka, a 56-year-old businesswoman at Muswe Business Centre in Makoni district, got nabbed by detectives who found dagga stashed around her store. Cops rolled up to the Kumbukani shop after getting tipped off that she was dealing dangerous substances from the premises. They ID'd themselves, searched the place, and recovered one packet hanging in a dish on her bedroom wall, plus three more packets hidden in a box under the counter.
Authorities hauled Mafetuka and the contraband to the station, then weighed everything at ZIMPOST, where it clocked in at 0.130 kilograms. Prosecutor Faith Mutukwa laid out how detectives got the intel and...
Zimbabwe's government jumped in to referee the Chewore Safari Lodge mess after the Supreme Court torched the operator's lease.
The Environment Ministry said it's sitting down with everyone caught up in this drama, trying to hash out some kind of peace deal. The Supreme Court backed a High Court ruling that nuked the 2010 lease agreement and told the current operator to bounce by June. Justices George Chiweshe, Chinembiri Bhunu, and Joseph Musakwa delivered the judgment that basically ended the legal fight.
Terry Kelly's been running the fishing and tourism spot in the Zambezi Valley through Suscaden Investments, partnered with ZimParks, but the lease's been getting challenged for years. The courts found the 25-year deal was busted...
Lightning's getting people killed, and meteorologists are screaming at folks to get inside when storms hit.
The Meteorological Services Department laid out basic survival rules after deadly strikes kept happening. They're telling people to bail indoors the second lightning starts flashing and to quit standing under trees, utility poles, or random objects that attract electricity. Using farm machinery or riding open vehicles like tractors during storms is asking to get fried.
MSD warned everyone to stay out of open fields, skip showers and taps while thunder's rolling, and avoid wading into flooded zones. The agency's pushing people to check their updates regularly and pay attention to what the Department of Civil Protection drops...
