Bob Marley made reggae music very popular worldwide. Although he died in 1981, his songs about peace are still important today.
Marley played a big show in Germany in 1980. He had cancer but still sang with power. Less than a year later, he died. He would have been 80 years old in 2025.
Marley's music spread far and wide. UNESCO even put reggae on a special list of important cultures. In 2024, a movie about his life came out, "Bob Marley: One Love."
Reggae music is closely tied to the Rastafari religion. Marley started to learn about it when he was 22. Rastafari began in Jamaica in 1930, when Haile Selassie I became the Emperor of Ethiopia.
Rastafari teaches people to live close to nature. It says to love others and treat everyone...
Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa heads SADC. He says SADC and EAC must help the DRC government control all of its land.
The two groups will meet in Tanzania on Friday. For the first time, they will discuss peace and safety in DRC. Ms. Barbra Lopi works for SADC and said this meeting is the first of its kind.
President Mnangagwa said the DRC needs one strong government voice. Different groups in the country say different things. This is not good. All sides in the fighting should come to the big meeting.
There has not been a strong DRC government in the east since 1998, making the area unsafe. Armed groups and rebels move freely, fighting over land and power. Many people have had to leave their homes, which is a big problem for the...
Patchy rain has not helped the main crops much in most parts of the country. The crops still need more rain, especially in the north.
Conex says there is less rain than normal in more places now. The rain has been uneven, and dry air higher up has not let it combine.
Some high areas have had the most rain, but crops have been hurt, especially in the north of Mashonaland. There will be less maize because of pollination problems, and burnt tobacco will not be as good.
The Department of Conservation and Extension made a report for the two weeks up to February 2. It says the fields and grass are different in different places. But there is not enough grass everywhere.
In some places, the grass is drying up. It needs rain. There may not...
South Africa marked a key change as President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the land law. This helps fix old wrongs from past times when others took land from black people.
The African National Congress made this big move. They want to give land back to the people who lost it long ago. The ANC leads many fights for freedom in Africa.
Some groups oppose this law. The Democratic Alliance and VF Plus say it will hurt business, and they want to keep things as they were.
Numbers tell a clear story. A 2017 report shows white people own most good land. They make up nine in every hundred people. Yet they have seven in ten bits of the best land.
Those who fight the law point to Zimbabwe's past moves to take back land. They say it failed. But others...
Zimbabwe plans to grow strong in a new trade deal that lets African lands work as one. This deal, the African Continental Free Trade Area, opens doors to 1.3 billion people. These buyers could spend US$3.4 trillion.
The nation improves its power plants to help trade grow. It also lets private firms make and sell power, which helps mines and shops produce more goods to sell.
Zimbabwe has many earth gifts, like lithium and copper. Instead of selling these raw materials, the land wants to turn them into better things. It aims to make items like car power units, which will generate more money and create jobs.
The country needs better ways to send things through computers. It builds more phone lines. It helps small shops send goods far...
The Second Republic aims to grow money for all people across Zimbabwe. The nation wants to achieve its Vision 2030 plan to become a richer land.
The Government helps areas far from the capital grow by sending building money to small towns. This lets local people pick what they need most, and these areas often find more help to make the money work better.
State Ministers for areas play a big part in this work. They lead teams with top helpers. These teams ensure that towns talk with the central Government. They also help business people, towns, and Government offices work as one.
Their work keeps growing wider. President Mnangagwa wants these Ministers to stay close to their areas. He needs them to know what happens there. People...
A top farm group gave new machines to the Gwebi College of Agriculture. The gift helps farmers make better crops faster.
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre sent a tractor, a spray tool, a field tool, and other farm aids. Professor Obert Jiri took the machines to the school on Wednesday.
"Research drives growth," Jiri said. "We need strong farm research to make our land more rich. We thank the Centre for this gift."
Jiri worked with the Centre in 1996. The group has helped Zimbabwe share crop plans with other lands. They teach workers in Zimbabwe, Mexico, and Kenya.
The new machines cut hard work in the fields. They help more women join farm research. The tools make crops work better.
It takes seven years to...
Gold kept in Bank of England rooms sells for less than gold in other places. The price stands more than US$5 under the normal rate, say people who know the trade.
This price drop comes as traders rush gold to the United States. They fear Donald Trump might add new taxes on gold coming into his land. The rush made long lines at the Bank of England. People must wait weeks to take their gold out.
The Bank of England holds gold in its rooms next to other banks in London, like JPMorgan Chase and HSBC. Most times, all gold in London sells at the same price. Small price changes in the past came from central bank trades. These changes were less than a dollar per bit of gold.
Trump has not said he wants to tax gold yet. But he talks of...
A High Court judge warned new lawyers about bad acts in their field. Justice Tawanda Chitapi expressed his worry about lawyers' wrongdoings.
The judge shared his thoughts as four new lawyers took their jobs. He said these problems harm people's perceptions of courts and law work.
Mr. Brian Kashangura joined three others - Ngonidzashe Chiware, Keisha Hunda, and Kudakwashe Nhari - as new lawyers. Kashangura's path stood out. He lives with a health problem, yet he did well. Last year, President Mnangagwa gave him his paper at the University of Zimbabwe.
Kashangura worked hard for 31 years as someone who investigated wrongdoing. He earned three big papers from school. First, he received his business paper from Bindura University in 2016...
