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The prison service headquarters is moving back to Zomba on schedule. Malawi Prison Service spokesperson Steve Meke confirmed the transition from Lilongwe is going smoothly. He pointed to great teamwork between every group involved. Strong government backing is keeping the process on track. Meke...

Malawi's government is paying for five musicians' funerals after a awful crash. The artists were part of the Hive Band, backing singer Eli Njuchi. They died traveling to a year-end show in Lilongwe. President Arthur Peter Mutharika and the First Lady, Gertrude Mutharika, called the loss...

A jailed artist just became South Africa's top Spotify stream. The musician known as Shebeshxt, a lekompo hitmaker, hit number one on the platform this year. He reached this milestone while locked up and denied bail. He faces serious charges, including forging a signature. His music still...

Candiace Dillard Bassett just publicly dumped Nicki Minaj as a fan. The former Real Housewives of Potomac star went off on her Undomesticated Podcast. She reacted to Nicki's appearance at the Turning Point USA AmericaFest event. Nicki shared a stage with Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative...

Joe Budden and Charlamagne might actually squash their beef. The two media personalities have a long history of public arguments. Charlamagne recently spoke about their relationship during a chat with Angie Martinez. He said he has not talked to Joe in a while, but holds no real problems. He...

The Rob and Chyna ship has officially sunk. Angela Renee White, the artist formerly known as Blac Chyna, just declared herself single. She shut down months of reunion rumors with her ex-fiancé, Rob Kardashian. She made the announcement directly to her followers online. Speculation started after...

A TikToker killed a guy during a livestream. Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, known as Tea Tyme online, got arrested in Zion, Illinois. Cops charged her with reckless homicide and using a device while driving. She allegedly struck and killed Darren Lucas, aged fifty-nine, who was crossing the street...

Hot 97 just trolled everyone with that new host announcement. The station posted about three people, Ronndell Smith, Lana Harris, and Million, calling them new hosts and sparking instant backlash. Listeners and figures like Joe Budden and Funk Flex assumed they were replacing the recently...

Amanda Seales says Erykah Badu had her fired from a writing gig. The actress and comedian made the claim during a Christmas Eve livestream, alleging Badu's romantic partner, a head writer on an unnamed show, axed her after a misunderstood comment. Seales said she called Badu crazy in a...

That Craig Mack AIDS story just got a dark new twist. The late Bad Boy rapper's ex-wife, Roxanne Alexis Hill Johnson, claims his illness was no accident. In a new interview, she alleges someone intentionally infected Mack with HIV. The Flava In Ya Ear artist, the first breakout star on Diddy's...

Broos is still talking big after that Egypt loss. The South African coach says his team's confidence is untouched despite a narrow defeat that snapped a long unbeaten streak. Hugo Broos blamed the officiating in the match, claiming bad calls have actually motivated his squad two hundred percent...

Knowledge Musona just bagged a wild record for Zimbabwe. The Warriors captain and Scottland FC striker became the first player from his country to score in three separate Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. He netted against Angola at AFCON 2025, adding to his goals against Tunisia in 2017 and...

This bail ruling looks totally sideways. Judge Ngoni Nduna at the Bulawayo High Court let the actual shooting suspect, a mine guard named Mbekezeli Ngwabi, walk out on an eight-hundred-dollar bail. But the same judge kept the guard's boss, Italian businessman Francesco Marconati, locked up. This...

The Bulawayo Arts Awards finally came back after a two-year break. The eighth edition happened at the ZITF Hall 3, celebrating local artistry and honoring several late legends. Five major awards were renamed for contributors Sihlangu Dlodlo, Pathisa Nyathi, Ishmael Muvingi, Babongile Sikhonjwa...

Zimbabwe is apparently hosting a major global art museum conference. The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, known as CIMAM, will hold its annual meeting there in 2026. This marks the first time the event will happen on the African continent. The National Gallery...

Zimbabwe's networks absolutely tank every Christmas. Users on Econet and NetOne face dropped calls, crawling data, and delayed WhatsApp messages when the holidays hit. This annual connectivity meltdown happens because system designs buckle under predictable festive pressure. The core issue is a...

A soccer legend says the national team needs to finish better. Former Zimbabwe Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari stated the current squad must sharpen their scoring to advance in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The team has only netted two goals across two matches, earning a single point...

Two home invaders got locked up for a Christmas Eve robbery. Harare magistrate Artwell Sanyatwe sentenced Moffat Nyateka and Fact Kunzekutema to effective prison time after they admitted to armed robbery in Gletwin. The men, aged forty and twenty-two, used a knife and a screwdriver to break into...

Cops are hunting a serial killer terrorizing a rural district. Police in Zimbabwe are searching for Anymore Zvitsva, a thirty-two-year-old man suspected of murdering twelve people in Guruve since October. Authorities are using drones, dogs, and tactical teams in the manhunt and have offered a...

Cops pulled two women from a flooded river after four days. Police divers from the Fairbridge unit rescued a forty-eight-year-old woman and a twenty-three-year-old woman who were stranded at the merging point of the Shashe and Simukwe rivers in Matobo District. The Zimbabwe Republic Police...