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Harare City Council plans to clear street sellers from downtown yet again tonight. The council asked the Zimbabwe Republic Police to help remove these sellers from city streets. Housing director Addmore Nhekairo mentioned they discussed zero selling downtown with the local government ministry...

Knowledge Musona has decided to play soccer again for Zimbabwe after stepping away from the national team. The former captain, aged 34, will join the Warriors for their next matches against Benin and Nigeria as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Musona left the international competition...

Folks in Marondera are mad about paying five bucks every year just to ride bikes. The local government announced on March 11, 2025, that anyone cycling without this new license will face fines. They posted this rule on their X page for everyone to see. Many citizens think this money grab feels...

Police arrested Tendai Mafunya, a 59-year-old Zimbabwean domestic worker, in Pretoria after finding weapons and vehicles connected to the murder of a highway patrol officer. Officers took her to Lyttleton police station, where she remains under guard. The arrest happened because several police...

Police caught a robbery suspect after a daylight theft near Mutsa Lodge, but his armed partner escaped. Farai Magobo, age 33 from Mukotosi Village under Chief Madhlangobe in Chivi, faced the Beitbridge Magistrates' Court charged with robbery. The National Prosecuting Authority called it a...

A court in Lilongwe, Malawi, said Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary must return to South Africa. They face multiple charges, including fraud, rape, and escaping during their bail period. Bushiri runs the Enlightened Christian Gathering church, where he claims to be a prophet. He made...

Harare residents are facing a growing water crisis that has recently worsened. Many people are forced to use unsafe water from open wells and boreholes because they have no other options. This creates serious health risks for waterborne illnesses like cholera and typhoid. Neighborhoods such as...

Amber Rose recently discussed why Kanye West likes his girlfriends to show their bodies on the Club Shay Shay podcast. She shared details from when they dated years ago. Rose claimed West enjoys it when other guys look at his partners and dream about them. Rose made these statements after...

Wicknell Chivayo recently married Lucy Muteke, but his former spouse, Sonja Madzikanda, has created problems around their celebration. Madzikanda sent messages saying she might tell everyone private facts about Chivayo unless he paid what they agreed upon. She wrote directly to him that she...

South African finance minister Enoch Godongwana gave his budget speech Wednesday. He talked about raising taxes and continuing financial help for people struggling with money troubles. The government decided to bump up the sales tax by 1% over two years instead of hiking it all at once. They...

Tomorrow marks the auction of three Windhoek properties tied to Zimbabwean banker Enock Kamushinda. He failed to return N$140 million taken from the closed Namibian Small and Medium Enterprises Bank. Lawyer Corlia Maritz confirmed the auction plans. She represents the SME Bank liquidators Bruni...

Starting April 1, 2025, civil servants traveling across Namibia will receive higher daily payments. The highest official, Cabinet Secretary, jumps from N$969 to N$2,500 per day. Executive directors boost their pay from N$899 to N$2,300 daily. Regular government workers earn N$1,780 for the same...

Frans Kapofi agreed that the Defense Ministry spent more money than allowed, according to 2019 reports. He promised lawmakers his team would track expenses better from now on. Kapofi made these statements Wednesday during a National Assembly meeting when he addressed concerns from the...

Health officials found the first cholera case in ten years within the Kunene region. Ben Nangombe from the Ministry of Health and Social Services shared this news yesterday. A woman aged 55 came to Opuwo District Hospital on March 2, 2025. She had watery diarrhea for two days before arriving at...

A 28-year-old farm worker admitted yesterday he killed his boss. Rodney Hoxobeb told the Windhoek High Court he murdered Christof Mungunda, age 65, back in September 2022. The crime happened at a farm near Tallismanus, northeast of Gobabis. Judge Philanda Christiaan heard the confession during...

Water levels went up across dams throughout central and southern Namibia during the past seven days. The Namibia Water Corporation shared this news Monday as part of their regular updates about water storage across the country. Numbers show that Naute Dam near Keetmanshoop gained the most water...

Residents of Warmbad took action Monday by protesting through their streets. They feel both the government and the Bondelswarts Traditional Authority have forgotten about their settlement located in the //Kharas region. Charles Laberloth, speaking for the group, says people living in communal...

Matjandjara Tjihuura-Katurota from Opuwo Town Council says people desperately need houses and prepared land in Opuwo. She talked about these problems with The Namibian newspaper at Ondangwa. Folks with small or medium paychecks want homes but face disappointment because the town lacks...

Namibia's parliamentary committee on natural resources has warned that the Affirmative Repositioning bill might clash with the country's constitution and scare away investors. The committee gathered feedback from government officials, community groups, farmers, and traditional leaders before...

Right after Namibia became free, leaders thought about building a dam on the Fish River. The government waited until 2010 to finish studying whether this plan made sense. They figured it would cost about N$2.4 billion. The dam would water about 5,000 acres of land for growing fruits and...