Donald Trump stopped US aid money, which hit healthcare really hard in the Mukono district. Doctors and nurses lost their jobs, and public health places can barely function anymore. The Makerere University Walter Reed Project had to fire most workers after its funding disappeared. This health program came from the US Department of Defense but currently struggles to stay alive.
Elizabeth Namanda runs the administration in Mukono and says Walter Reed once hired 236 health workers. Only 32 had permanent jobs there. After money dried up, they kept just 36 people working. Everyone else lost their paychecks during the program review period. The problems spread beyond Mukono to nearby areas like Kayunga, Buikwe, and Buvuma, where Walter Reed...
Kenya's top diplomat in Uganda plans to chat with General Muhoozi Kainerugaba about a news story that upset folks. Joash Maangi told everyone at a party Wednesday night he'd handle this mess. He shared his thoughts with Balaam Barugahara, who works as Uganda's kid and teen affairs minister and hangs out with the general plenty.
Our news team heard Maangi say he felt bad about what happened. "I am meeting the CDF tomorrow; we will talk about it. Unfortunately, it happened," he told Barugahara at the event. Maangi called the article "unfortunate and very bad" but hoped talking might fix things between their countries.
The two men stepped away from other guests for a serious five-minute talk. Barugahara did most of the talking while...
Eleven cops showed up at Vereeniging court recently. They face serious trouble for stealing booze and money from a store during COVID-19 times. Two of these officers held high-ranking positions. The group stands accused of taking stuff that didn't belong to them, plus forcing people to give them cash.
The story goes that these police folks claimed a shop broke pandemic rules by selling alcohol. Then, they grabbed drinks worth R600,000 plus R700,000 cash from the register. They even took the security camera hard drive. The shop owner and his dad couldn't move as officers tied them up somewhere inside the building.
These cops messed up big time, though. A backup camera system caught everything on tape. The footage shows them carrying...
Popular Zimdancehall music maker DJ Fantan has asked everyone for help finding his former wife and kids. Gamuchirai Nemukuyu disappeared with their two little ones, Rufaro and Ruvheneko Kamudyariwa. Nobody has seen them since March 5, when they vanished from Mbare. The worried dad says tips suggest Mom planned to take the children outside Zimbabwe.
Fantan, whose real name is Arnold Kamudyariwa, fears they might cross borders without proper papers. He wants anyone who spots them to call the police right away. The dad has already filed a missing persons report. He shared phone numbers where people can reach him directly about his six-year-old daughter Rufaro and five-year-old Ruvheneko.
The music producer shared his urgent message...
Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU PF, has kicked out eight more members right after they booted Blessed Geza. Patrick Chinamasa, the secretary for legal affairs, shared this news on Wednesday, March 5, after their big meeting in Harare. He made these announcements straight from the 381st regular Politburo meeting.
The party axed Gifford Gomwe from Mashonaland West because he started a WhatsApp group they claim hurt party unity. They also tossed out Kudakwashe Gopo from Masvingo Province for messing up committee meetings and running another problematic chat group. Benjamin Ganyiwa lost his spot as Gutu East MP for trying to kick out six district chairs without following rules. He also ran unauthorized meetings where people criticized...
Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa recently addressed concerns from fellow religious leaders about his famous million-dollar prophecy challenge. He first invited both prophets and traditional healers to his church, offering them a chance to win $1 million by correctly guessing what he kept hidden in his pocket. The invitation created quite a stir on social media platforms. Many church leaders seemed hesitant to accept the invitation to his United Family International Church located in Chitungwiza.
Makandiwa spoke directly to those who expressed doubts about the fairness of his challenge. He suggested a different approach for anyone feeling uncomfortable coming to his church. His team could travel to any place chosen by the participants...
People underestimate how much money flows through South Africa's street vendors and small shops. Recent numbers show these businesses make around R750 billion yearly, but almost nobody pays taxes on this cash. Small operations sell everyday items and fix broken stuff everywhere across the country. Your local spaza store, the taxi that drives you to work, the corner tavern, and the guy who repairs your phone all belong to this massive hidden economy.
Small businesses pop up fast in countries with high jobless rates. Folks without fancy degrees or connections start these ventures to feed their families. The scrappy entrepreneurs running these places help reduce poverty across South Africa by creating jobs where big companies don't bother...
Border officers caught a Toyota Quantum minibus trying to cross from South Africa into Zimbabwe with hidden drugs. The vehicle looked like it carried funeral items but actually smuggled large amounts of codeine cough medicine. Officers found bottles of BronCleer, known as Bronco, along with Benylin containing codeine. People often abuse these medicines because they make users feel high. Smugglers placed the illegal bottles under funeral flowers and blankets, hoping nobody would check a vehicle during such a sad time.
Something seemed wrong about the papers and how people acted inside the van, which made the border guards look more carefully at everything. One officer explained that the group expected nobody would question a funeral...
Brad Sigmon faces death by gunfire tomorrow evening in South Carolina. The prison plans to execute the 67-year-old man at six PM local time. No one has died by firing squad anywhere across America since 2008. South Carolina found Sigmon guilty back in 2001 for attacking David and Gladys Larke with a baseball bat until they died.
The murdered couple had a daughter who dated Sigmon previously. After killing her parents, Sigmon forced his ex-girlfriend into his car at gunpoint. She managed to run away later. Officials gave Sigmon three death method choices - he picked bullets over deadly drugs or electricity. He believed shooting might hurt less than the alternatives. Several botched needle executions plus medicine shortages pushed states...
