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The ruling party is putting its own MPs on report. ZANU-PF's provincial chairman for Matabeleland South, Mangaliso Ndlovu, announced a full review of parliamentary members from the area to check their accountability. Ndlovu, who also works as the Industry and Commerce Minister, stated that...

Dam levels are way up, but watch out downstream. The national water average has hit seventy eight percent across Zimbabwe, with many major dams like Manyuchi and Zhovhe completely full after heavy rains. The Zimbabwe National Water Authority warned communities living below these reservoirs to...

Airports are getting swanky, and the planes are coming back. Zimbabwe's aviation scene is making a serious comeback, centered on a major one hundred fifty-three million dollar upgrade to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport that finished recently. That project, along with new systems...

Facebook live drama leads to cyberbullying charges. A businesswoman from the UK named Olinda Chapel had to go to court in Harare over accusations she bullied her boyfriend's ex-wife online. The case involves Desmond Chideme's former partner, Dyonne Tafirenyika, who was allegedly targeted in a...

A language champion just got laid to rest. Murunwa Siphuma, an 85-year-old education pillar from Beitbridge, was buried at his Tshapfutshe area home following his death. This former headmaster spent decades fighting for the TshiVenda language, pushing hard to get it added to the national school...

Haiti's prime minister just declared an all-out war on gangs with no deals on the table. Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, visiting the national police headquarters in Clercine near the Port-au-Prince airport, said the state will never negotiate with criminals destabilizing the provisional government. He...

A brutal overnight attack near the capital has left nine people dead, shocking a normally peaceful nation. Police in Suriname confirmed five children and four adults were killed on the outskirts of Paramaribo, with a sixth child and another adult wounded. Officers arrested a male suspect after...

A legendary Jamaican sports media voice has died suddenly. Veteran journalist and broadcaster Donald Oliver passed away after a medical emergency, leaving a massive legacy across radio and television. He was most recently the Senior Producer at SportsMax Limited in Kingston, shaping their...

Cops are cracking down hard on illegal fireworks for New Year's in Trinidad and Tobago. The police service announced full enforcement of newly proclaimed laws, restricting launches to very specific times unless someone gets a permit directly from the Commissioner. Officers will be ticketing...

A civil society group is defending a massive, controversial security contract handed out by the tax agency. The Citizens for Justice and Equity backed the Malawi Revenue Authority's decision to award deals worth four billion kwacha to three local firms: Master Security Service, Kamu Guard...

An insurance giant is throwing retirees a major lifeline with a huge payment bump starting next year. Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Malawi announced a sixty percent hike in annuity payments beginning in 2026, plus a single bonus worth six months of income paid this December. Managing...

A political group is telling a former president to snitch on alleged government saboteurs. Joseph Peshi, leading a wing of the Economic Freedom Movement, publicly called on ex-President Lazarus Chakwera to hand over the names of people supposedly sabotaging public services like the National Oil...

An analyst is blaming the country's constant road and bridge failures on the chopped down forests. Social commentator Joseph Kandiyesa directly linked Malawi's recurring infrastructure collapses, like a recent bridge failure in Kasungu and damage on the Nkhotakota road, to widespread...

Kids showed up soaked and ready to play at a major new soccer academy launch. A group of twenty-nine children under twelve, some coming from as far as Area 25, braved overnight rain to attend the first day of the Play Soccer Malawi Academy at Bingu National Stadium. The program is run under FIFA...

An MP is sounding the alarm over roads wrecked by rain, stranding patients, and jacking up taxi fares. Mzimba Perekezi Constituency legislator Fikani Ulunji Nyirenda says heavy rainfall has severely damaged roads around Mzimba Boma, making travel to places like the district hospital difficult...

A soccer club's board member just promised seven straight titles after locking down their star players. The Mighty Wanderers, fresh off winning the TNM Super League and ending an eight-year drought, have secured key contributors with new deals. Midfielders Mphatso Kamanga and Dan Kudomto are now...

A five-day blackout is crushing a Malawian district with no end in sight. Residents and businesses across Phalombe District, including Phalombe Boma and Chiringa Trading Centre, are stuck without electricity, wrecking livelihoods and stressing hospitals. Barber Peter Moyenda says his income is...

A youth group is calling out brutal, unregulated mining that's literally tearing apart a Malawian hillside. The Muumoza Youth Organization, led by Bathoromew Shaba, is raising the alarm over the rapid destruction of Kamlindeni Hills in Senior Chief Mabulabo's area of Mzimba District. They report...

Malawi is scrambling to fix its sketchy overseas work deals before more citizens get trafficked. Foreign Minister George Chaponda, attending a Russia-Africa forum in Cairo, confirmed the government is urgently rewriting its labor export agreements with countries like Israel, Qatar, Oman, and...

An analyst gave the president a positive review for his first ninety days in office. Political expert Wonderful Mkhutche commended Malawi's leader, Arthur Peter Mutharika, for early performance, noting that citizens see improvements in areas like fuel shortages and foreign currency scarcity that...