Fresh ZiG banknotes are dropping on 7 April as Zimbabwe's government pushes citizens to back the gold-linked currency harder.
Daniel Garwe's pitch for the ZiG
Daniel Garwe called the ZiG a national pride thing.
Gold, platinum, lithium, and forex reserves back it.
Garwe blamed weak-currency vibes on public attitude.
Neighboring countries flexing their own money got cited.
New banknotes are hitting circulation
Denominations of 10, 20, and 50 ZiG come first.
Higher 100 and 200 ZiG notes follow later.
Where Garwe made the remarks
Garwe spoke while commissioning gear at IRDC.
He framed Zimbabwe as past its hyperinflation era.
A suspected electrocution killed a five-year-old boy while he played under a shaded area in Masvingo.
Ashley Pavari's death in Mucheke D
Ashley Leroy Pavari collapsed near an electric socket.
Other kids started screaming after he went down.
His aunt, Makaita Murombe, found him unconscious.
Pavari was pronounced dead at Masvingo Provincial Hospital.
What was happening at the time
Happison Mukoneri was bathing when it happened.
The remaining family members were chilling inside the house.
An exposed socket sat right in the play area.
ZRP investigations are still trying to pin down the cause.
A fuel tanker flipping onto a packed van killed all 12 passengers near Sebakwe River on the Harare-Bulawayo highway.
Silas Mazipethela's sentencing
Silas Mazipethela got 24 months for culpable homicide.
Magistrate Matuvi suspended six months conditionally.
His license was yanked on top of everything.
Mazipethela also caught five months for reckless driving.
How the crash went down
Mazipethela swerved to dodge an oncoming lorry.
His fuel-loaded tanker flipped onto an AD van.
All 12 people in that van died instantly.
The victims
James Ncube, Emily Mpofu Mucheuki, and Reward Nyatsongo perished.
Farai Bisendi, Emmanuel Mangomana, and Maria Jasi died.
Marvellous Mapanzure, Joshua Muza, and Sarudzai Moramasaka lost their lives.
Beauty...
Floodwaters have claimed 134 lives since Zimbabwe's 2025/26 wet season kicked off, with 237 schools wrecked and 56 people stranded.
Shangani Bridge gridlocked by flooding
Traffic froze at Shangani Bridge on the Gweru-Bulawayo Highway.
Tarisai Mudadigwa confirmed it had never flooded there before.
Rain dumped 170-plus millimeters in nine hours.
Schoolchildren visiting a sanctuary stayed one extra day.
ZINWA dam spillage alerts
ZINWA dropped a public warning on dam overflows.
Tugwi-Mukosi, Mutirikwi, and Manjirenji got flagged.
Rescues and losses across the rivers
Sixteen gold panners escaped Zvishavane's Muchingwe River.
Four men got snagged from Chiredzi's Runde River.
ECD twins from Utete Primary drowned in Muzarabani.
Gokwe's...
One-way extradition deals that only ship suspects to Western countries are a hard no for Ghana, according to the Deputy Attorney General at a global fraud summit.
Ghana drew a line at the UN summit
Justice Srem Sai rejected any lopsided extradition framework.
UNODC and INTERPOL convened the Global Fraud Summit.
Sai demanded reciprocal mechanisms for African nations.
Faster return of stolen assets to Africa got prioritized.
Two live extradition cases frame the stakes
Ghana wants former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta back from the U.S.
Frederick Kumi, a.k.a. Abu Trica, faces a U.S. extradition request.
Wire fraud and money-laundering charges underpin Kumi's case.
Gbese District Court rules on a preliminary objection on March 25.
Abu...
Every Ghanaian who wanted out of Israel is back home safely, with the evacuation wrapping up as Middle East tensions keep spiraling.
Ablakwa confirmed the full evacuation
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced the operation on March 19.
All nationals who requested help got brought back.
Some diplomatic staff from Tel Aviv were pulled out.
A skeleton embassy crew stayed for consular services.
Military escalation triggered the whole thing
Coordinated strikes involved the U.S., Israel, and Iran.
Iran's Supreme Leader was killed in the initial February 28 strike.
Retaliatory attacks followed and ramped up regional instability.
Safety concerns for Ghanaians abroad spiked immediately.
Cooperation made the logistics work
Israeli and Egyptian...
Youth-focused agencies just got completely cut from Ghana's GHS 8.7 billion development fund, and the Ghana Youth Federation is not having it.
GYF calls the exclusion straight-up unlawful
Sherif Ghali condemned dropping YEA and NYA from the 2026 DACF.
Both agencies exist through actual Acts of Parliament.
Ghali rejected any excuse of technical oversight or admin error.
The Federation labeled it a direct policy contradiction.
Youth unemployment pressure is already visible
Massive application surges hit security-service recruitment recently.
GYF tied that desperation to gutted youth-support funding.
Young people lack employment and skills-training pipelines.
The disconnect between government promises and spending is glaring.
Two...
A 2027 deadline just got slapped on the Jinijini-Sampa road project, with President Mahama personally guaranteeing asphalt-surfaced completion.
Mahama is locked in the 2027 finish date
President Mahama inspected the roadwork on March 19, 2026.
Asphalt surfacing is confirmed for the finished product.
Years of delays plagued the project before this intervention.
Bono Region residents got a direct commitment from him.
Big Push keeps racking up job numbers
Kwame Governs Agbodza cited nearly 500,000 jobs created.
Some contractors employ over 1,000 workers per operation.
Local hiring of masons, carpenters, and cooks got emphasized.
Agbodza framed community benefit as the real legacy.
Road carries serious economic weight
Jinijini-Sampa...
Round-the-clock legal help is about to become a phone call away for vulnerable Ghanaians, thanks to a new call center from the Legal Aid Commission.
A 24-hour call center is in the works
Legal Aid Commission of Ghana plans a nonstop hotline.
Edmund Amarkwei Foley signed off on the announcement.
Alternative Dispute Resolution access is the primary focus.
Poor and vulnerable populations are the target beneficiaries.
The commission wants backup from the government
Financial, infrastructure, and staffing support got requested.
Operations currently run under serious resource constraints.
Free legal services already exist at regional and district offices.
Foley framed innovation as essential for modern justice delivery.
Collaboration...
