Plea negotiations for Robert Mugabe's son hit a snag because a senior prosecutor wasn't available to finalize the deal.
Bellarmine Mugabe's court appearance
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe appeared at Alexandra Magistrates' Court.
Co-accused Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze stood alongside him.
Their March 17 plea got pushed to March 24.
Negotiations are reportedly 98 percent done already.
Seven charges on the table
Attempted murder tops the list of charges filed.
Firearm possession and ammunition counts are stacked on.
Defeating justice and Immigration Act violations got added.
Theft and pointing a firearm round everything out.
Backstory on the incident
An employee was reportedly shot at their Hyde Park home.
Both men are allegedly in South...
A mid-flight mechanical failure sent a small plane nose-first into trees in rural Masvingo Province, killing the pilot on impact.
The crash in Nyoka Village, Zaka
A plane went down on March 15 around 11:00 am.
It was flying from Komani Aerodrome to Chipinda Pools.
A mechanical fault triggered unusual sounds mid-flight.
The aircraft swerved, dropped fast, and caught fire.
Pilot dies, wife badly hurt
Occupants were a married couple, per confirmed sources.
His wife tried parachuting out before the crash.
Her chute snagged on the wings and ripped apart.
She survived with broken legs and severe injuries.
Villagers rushed in to help
Jairos Nyoka and Jeffrey Nyoka helped recover the body.
Wreckage was still burning when locals first...
A ZiG-only supplier payment rule spooked Zimbabweans, and the central bank rushed out reassurances that the multicurrency system isn't dying.
What triggered the panic
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced ZiG-only local payments.
His March 13 statement applied to all public-sector suppliers.
Black-market currency fears immediately started swirling.
Inflation anxiety spiked over potential exchange-rate chaos.
RBZ Governor steps in to cool things down
John Mushayavanhu issued a calming statement on March 17.
Multicurrency system is not going anywhere yet, he stressed.
Suppliers can still access USD on the interbank market.
Foreign currency reserves hit US$16 billion in 2025 receipts.
Inflation and stability benchmarks look solid...
Backdated pay bumps just landed for Zimbabwe's horticulture workers, and the new minimums kick in from May 2025.
New minimum-wage breakdown
The lowest grade A1 climbed from US$94 to US$99 monthly.
Top-tier C2 jumped from US$186 to US$196.
Other grades got bumps between US$5 and US$10.
Statutory Instrument 48 of 2026 made it official.
How the payment structure works
Eighty percent gets paid in US dollars.
The remaining twenty percent converts to ZiG at interbank rates.
Employers with capacity can pay fully in USD.
Wages are backdated to May 1, 2025.
Allowances and extra perks
Accommodation allowance rose from US$38 to US$42.
Fuel bumped to US$13 and light to US$9.
Dog or firearm handlers score an extra 5% monthly.
Employers still...
A proposed constitutional overhaul in Zimbabwe just got flagged to the UN and SADC by a local anti-amendment coalition.
What the amendment bill actually changes
Presidential and parliamentary terms jump from five to seven years.
Parliament would pick the president, not voters directly.
ZEC loses voter-roll control to the Registrar-General.
The 2013 Constitution faces its most drastic rewrite yet.
DCP fights back through international channels
Jameson Timba convenes the Defend the Constitution Platform.
Letters went out to SADC, the AU, and the UN.
Timba framed it as preventive diplomacy, not meddling.
Monday's Harare presser laid out their whole strategy.
Core political clash over the process
ZANU-PF insists no national referendum...
A sibling squabble over stolen cash got a fugitive heist suspect dragged out of hiding after five years on the run.
ZB Bank heist suspect finally nabbed
Alfred Shumba got arrested after his brother snitched.
Shumba had been hiding in South Africa since 2021.
Their falling-out over the leftover loot triggered everything.
Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa handled his Monday appearance.
How the 2021 heist went down
Seven cash boxes worth US$2.7 million were the target.
Crew member Fanuel Musakwa allegedly leaked movement details.
The gang ambushed the transit team at the 60km peg.
Gerald Rutizirira drove the getaway red Toyota Hilux.
Cash was headed to ZB Bank branches
Chinhoyi, Kadoma, Kwekwe, and Gweru were on the route.
Bulawayo...
A university lecturer put a dancehall star on blast for trashing Ghana's royalty's body while allegedly cashing their checks.
Dr. Arhin calls out Shatta Wale
Dr. Benjamin Oduro Arhin teaches at UEW's music department.
He claims Shatta Wale pocketed GH¢50,000 from GHAMRO in 2016.
Publicly bashing the org while collecting feels hypocritical.
Asempa FM hosted the fiery callout.
A bigger issue with Ghanaian musicians
Many artists refuse to join MUSIGA due to inactivity claims.
They still quietly accept payments from these bodies.
Foreign distribution deals limit GHAMRO's local payout ability.
Platforms in the USA, Germany, and South Africa collect instead.
Shatta Wale's side of the story
Wale previously complained about unpaid...
A rapper compared Ghana's biggest music awards process to street food because nobody sees it getting made.
Kwaw Kese roasts the TGMA system
Kwaw Kese dragged the nomination process on X.
His March 16 post compared TGMAs to gob3.
Nominees just appear without anyone knowing the timeline.
Transparency around submissions and criteria is basically nonexistent.
27th TGMA nominees already out, though
Shortlist dropped on March 14, 2026.
Black Sherif, Sarkodie, and Stonebwoy all got nods.
Medikal and Gyakie landed multiple nominations as well.
Fans and industry watchers zeroed in on the picks.
A childhood accident and relentless industry gatekeeping never broke Stonebwoy because quitting literally wasn't in his playbook.
Stonebwoy opens up about rejection
Stonebwoy says he has faced rejection his whole life.
A hospital stay at 13 lasted nearly a year.
He missed his year group and joined the next.
Methodist Day Senior High in Tema let him adapt.
Music became his only real path
Stonebwoy felt he had zero fallback options.
His talent was the one card worth playing.
Quitting without alternatives is just wasted time, he argued.
A master's degree in 2024 proved his academic grind.
Industry politics still sting at the top
Favoritism keeps pushing him aside for big gigs.
People shove you into corners hoping you'll quit...
