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Another day, another story about the industry eating its own. Soap star Mahlalaentabeni from the Moja Love show Umndeni kaMaseko is dead, an apparent suicide. People at the channel, like Fezile and Pastor Moloi, confirmed it. Reports say she left a note, and she had been very public about her...

Egypt gets fined for dodging the press at AFCON. The Confederation of African Football slapped Egypt with a five-thousand-dollar fine after their team skipped mandatory post-match media duties. Players and staff walked past reporters following their opening win against Zimbabwe, violating...

Businessman's Maldives trip sparks envy and debate. Wicknell Chivayo and his wife celebrated Christmas at the luxury Waldorf Astoria resort in the Maldives, sharing photos from an overwater villa. The images showed the couple in matching blue and white outfits on a private deck, with a caption...

Bafana fans are furious over a no-call late in a loss. South African supporters feel robbed after a late handball appeal was denied in their AFCON defeat to ten-man Egypt. In the eighty-seventh minute, a shot by Teboho Mokoena hit the arm of Egyptian defender Yasser Ibrahim as he slid. After a...

A devastating crash claims a doctor and his wife. Dr. Godknow Machadu, a Bulawayo-based physician, and his wife, Sakhile Moyo-Machadu, a pharmacist, died in a Christmas Day car accident after their vehicle left the road and hit a tree. Their child survived the crash. Photos of the wrecked car...

Warriors' AFCON hopes are on life support. Zimbabwe drew with Angola one to one, leaving their knockout stage chances extremely thin. They needed a win after an earlier loss to Egypt, but only managed a single point. The team started strong, with Antonio hitting the crossbar early, but Angola...

Mining company drops major donations in rural district. ZimWin Mining donated a solar-powered borehole, school supplies, and a ten-thousand-dollar fee package for students in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe. The handover happened at Chipawa Primary School, with area MP Karimazondo Tichawona Makuwi, Chief...

A broken X-ray machine is forcing patients to pay up. Chipinge District Hospital in Zimbabwe has been without its only X-ray unit for roughly nine months, leaving roughly twenty patients a day to seek services elsewhere. The machine broke down in April, and the district medical officer, Dr. Ozzy...

Horrific Christmas crash kills two drivers on South African highway. A Delta passenger bus bound for Zimbabwe collided head-on with an Isuzu truck on the N1 29 road near Musekene in Limpopo Province. The provincial transport department said the Isuzu driver attempted an illegal overtake across a...

Lawmaker pushes for a new tax to help silicosis victims. Kwekwe Central MP Judith Tobaiwa called for a dedicated Silicosis levy to fund treatment and support affected families, comparing the crisis to the early days of the AIDS epidemic. She noted sixty-five patients in her constituency, with...

The medical community is mourning a tragic loss. A young doctor and his wife, both healthcare professionals, died in a Christmas Day car crash in Bulawayo. Dr. Goodnow Tanaka Machadu and his wife, Sakhile, a pharmacist, were killed when their vehicle hit a tree, with images of the severe...

Content creator clashes with police over deepfake claims. Social media figure David Nhunzva has demanded a retraction and public apology from the Zimbabwe Republic Police, or ZRP, calling their accusations false. The police invited Nhunzva to report for questioning about allegedly creating and...

Poundland needs emergency cash after a terrible Christmas. The discount retailer is set to draw on a thirty-million-pound overdraft facility from former owner Pepco, following worse-than-expected holiday sales. This comes months after the chain was rescued for one pound by turnaround firm Gordon...

UK farmers are furious about a flood of Aussie meat. British producers say surging imports of Australian beef and lamb are undercutting them, thanks to a free trade deal that took effect in 2023. Official data shows beef imports from Australia skyrocketed, rising nearly two hundred percent in...

The court catches the parcel guy in a forgery scheme. A British entrepreneur named Jacob Corlett, along with his mother Tamara Gregory, forged documents to try to steal control of the Yodel delivery company, a High Court judge ruled. Mr Justice Fancourt said the share warrant papers were fakes...

A museum dedicated to epic fails is opening in Britain. The traveling Museum of Failure will launch a UK location next spring, founded by Dr. Samuel West. The collection celebrates botched inventions and corporate disasters, aiming to reframe failure as a necessary part of innovation. British...

Think tank says UK economy is set to jump a spot by 2040. A group called the Centre for Economics and Business Research, or CEBR, forecasts Britain will become the world's fifth-largest economy, passing Japan. They predict the UK's total economic output will grow from under four trillion dollars...

US hits ISWAP in Nigeria with airstrikes. American forces from AFRICOM conducted strikes in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto state, targeting ISWAP fighters, according to a command statement. President Donald Trump claimed personal responsibility on Truth Social, calling the Christmas Day operation a...

UN rights chief calls out Guinea's pre-election crackdown. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, told Guinean authorities to stop intimidating people and open up the political space before the upcoming presidential vote. He cited severe restrictions and a climate of fear...

Dude, a religious killing has everyone rattled. The Indian government officially condemned the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, named Dipu Chandra Das, who was killed in the Mymensingh district. A spokesperson for India's foreign ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, called the persistent attacks on...