The Supreme Court freed Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya from all charges after he appealed a lower court decision. The court had tried to punish him for supposedly blocking justice during a gold theft case that involved someone else. Justices George Chiweshe, Chinembiri Bhunu, and Hlekani Mwayera agreed with his appeal. They said the lower court made a mistake in its ruling.
The judges also cleared Magistrate Timeon Makunde of any wrongdoing. Previously, Rubaya had helped client Jefat Chaganda beat gold smuggling charges in a case Makunde handled. After Chaganda went free, Makunde told officials to give back the gold to him. The government then accused everyone involved - Rubaya, Makunde, a prosecutor, and a minerals police officer - of...
Fastjet has added a new flight route connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia through their capital cities, Harare and Lusaka. The award-winning airline will start these flights on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. They plan to fly three times weekly - every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Planes will leave Harare at 6 AM and land in Lusaka by 6:55 AM on those days.
Passengers traveling from Lusaka can board at 7:25 AM and arrive in Harare by 8:20 AM. The company announced Tuesday that it will use a 50-seater Embraer ERJ145 aircraft for these trips. This plane type provides the right capacity for regional networks and offers comfortable seats with extra legroom. Fastjet Zimbabwe spokesperson Nunurai Ndawana expressed excitement about linking these two...
Nearly 70,000 South Africans want to move to America after the US said it would take in people from the Afrikaner community. The South African Chamber of Commerce in the USA told everyone that thousands signed up on their website asking for more details. President Trump wrote up rules in February saying Afrikaners could come as refugees because they faced unfair treatment due to their race. These Dutch settler descendants first came to South Africa hundreds of years ago.
America and South Africa have grown apart since Trump became president earlier this year. The South African business group handed over all the names to the US embassy in South Africa. An embassy worker told news reporters they did receive this list. According to Neil...
Safaricom plans to kick off the second round of its Spark Accelerator program soon. They want to help smart business founders grow faster. This program teams up Safaricom with M-PESA Africa, Sumitomo Corporation, and iHub. They aim to change lives by backing new companies with great ideas.
The program helps startups in three main ways. First, it offers product creation and tech help. Second, it connects startups to customers. Third, it helps startups find money to grow. These supports speed up new ideas and growth by linking startups with experienced business leaders.
The first group of startups did really well. It included Health X Africa, Vunapay, BlackRhino VR, Twiva, Chpter, Churpy, Nobuk Africa, Faidi Hr, and Chumz. The second...
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen promised help to the mother of a young man who vanished when fishing at Lake Nakuru. The woman had walked up to Murkomen during his talk in the Shabab neighborhood of Nakuru, asking him to step in. Murkomen shared that he met with Elizabeth Auma Ogega later that day after first talking with her at the launch of the National Mobile Registration Outreach Programme. He told her the government would do everything possible to find her missing son, Brian Odhiambo.
Brian, age 31, disappeared on January 18. His mother and other witnesses say they watched him being arrested and forced into a vehicle. New information suggests he might have been killed and buried inside Lake Nakuru National Park. Auma...
The African Union Commission leader Mahamoud Ali Youssouf praised Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi for joining peace talks set up by Qatar. They met with the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha on Tuesday. This marked their first meeting since M23 rebels ramped up fighting and grabbed the key city of Goma in eastern DRC.
Officials report that rebel attacks since January have killed about 7,000 people. Youssouf liked what he saw at the Doha meeting. He thanked both leaders for showing true leadership toward fixing the crisis peacefully. "Their engagement shows real leadership, and they both know peace and security must exist for their countries and the Great Lakes area to do well," said the...
Deputy Chief Justice Mwilu blasted advocate Nelson Havi because he said the Chief Justice controls judges who might hear petitions about their removal from office. Through her lawyer, Julius Kemboi, Mwilu called these comments an attack on the judicial oath. She made it clear that the CJ doesn't control the judges she picks for a bench to handle court matters.
Mwilu responded to objections from Havi, who claims the High Court cannot hear petitions filed by Supreme Court judges fighting their removal. On Wednesday, he told Justice Bahati Mwamuye not to send these cases to the CJ for a bench. He insisted the cases don't raise big enough constitutional issues to justify this step.
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Kenya Power just informed everyone about planned electricity cuts across eleven counties on Wednesday. They posted this news Tuesday evening. The company needs to fix and maintain parts of its power grid, which means no electricity from morning until afternoon for specific areas.
People living near Kiwanja and parts of Kenyatta University in Nairobi should prepare for power cuts. The outages will affect places like KM, Kiwanja, Rubis, and Ola gas stations on the Northern Bypass. Nyayo Estate and the KU School of Economics will also lose power. These areas will experience nine hours without electricity starting at 9 a.m.
Residents of Huruma Estate in Uasin Gishu County need backup plans from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The electricity company...
Turkish cops took the Istanbul mayor into custody right before he could become a presidential candidate. Ekrem Imamoglu belongs to the secular Republican People's Party. Many view him as the strongest rival against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The prosecutors called him a criminal group leader, accusing him of helping terrorists.
Police grabbed about 100 people during this investigation, including other politicians, reporters, and business leaders. The Istanbul governor ordered four days of restrictions across the city. Imamoglu posted online that nobody can silence what people want. He filmed a video message with police outside his home saying he stands firm for Turkish citizens and democracy supporters worldwide.
After they...
