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The #53 Nkayi Festival is firing up again for an eight-day run. This second edition aims to push local music, develop talent, and open doors for artists across Nkayi District. The event was created by musicians themselves, including Intombi Yabelungu, Precious Diana Indlovukazi, Collen Moyo, and...

The government is throwing a massive pile of cash at two huge dam projects next year. They have earmarked four hundred million in ZiG currency to finish Lake Gwayi-Shangani and Kunzvi Dam, aiming to solve major water shortages in Bulawayo and Harare. Kunzvi Dam, currently sixty-five percent...

The City of Harare is done playing around with people who do not pay their bills. Starting next year, they are kicking off a major crackdown across every district to collect unpaid rates. Council spokesperson Stanley Gama put out a statement saying a bunch of residents have not paid a cent in...

A chef from Victoria Falls is locked up after a really dumb attempt to hide a gambling loss. Elias Ncube, a forty-eight-year-old from Mkhosana, totally blew through twenty two hundred dollars that was not even his. The money belonged to a local stokvel group, one of those community savings...

Matabeleland South is getting a major infrastructure push because it is hosting the national Independence Day event. This comes from the Minister of State for the province, Albert Nguluvhe. A huge part of the plan involves building forty new science labs in schools across the region. The main...

Traffic is absolutely bonkers at the upgraded Beitbridge border post right now. The Zimborders Consortium, which runs the place under a seventeen and a half year deal with the government, says light vehicle numbers have exploded for the holidays. Usually, they see about three hundred passenger...

The UAE is doubling down on being a tourist and money magnet. They are pushing a bunch of new perks and a big national plan to make tourism grow faster and greener. This comes from a local news agency. The country already has a lot going for it, like its spot on the map between major regions and...

A traffic stop on the Birchenough Bridge road near Mt Selinda turned up a huge drug haul. Police in Manicaland found over thirty-one kilograms of mbanje hidden inside banana sacks on a bus. Provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka said the cannabis has a street value...

Businessman Wicknell Chivayo promised a bunch of new cars and two million dollars for charity programs. He posted about giving ten new Toyota Land Cruisers and a million dollars to a special welfare fund. Two other funds would each get five of those same vehicles and half a million dollars. He...

Webuycars got slapped with a big fine and has to pay people back. The used car seller agreed to a settlement with the National Consumer Commission. They are on the hook for two point five million rand and another three million in customer refunds. The NCC spokesperson, Phetho Ntaba, stated that...

The Education Ministry put out a giant list of C3 county schools for the next Grade 10 class. These institutions are spread across many counties like Baringo, Bomet, and Bungoma. The list includes regular schools and ones for learners with special needs. These are the places that will take...

The Kenya Rural Roads Authority is hiring for over three hundred jobs. This includes a single top job for Director General and many other senior roles like Deputy Director across several departments. They are also looking for drivers, accountants, and office administrators. Paul Tungwarara is...

A political advisor in Manicaland province hosted a different kind of Unity Day event. Paul Tungwarara, a presidential investment advisor, dished out a bunch of cash and goods. He gave twenty-five thousand dollars to local lawmakers from three areas, Mutasa North, Mutasa Central, and Mutasa...

Kenya says it's pushing for a digital society focused on regular people, aiming for cheap and secure internet for education, healthcare, and the economy. The pledge came from Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo's office during a major U.N. summit in New York reviewing global internet progress. The...

The Kenyan government brought home over a hundred citizens tricked into working for online scam centers in Southeast Asia. A statement from the State Department for Diaspora Affairs confirmed the return of 119 people from Myanmar, while hundreds more remain stranded in Myanmar, Thailand, and...

A major breach on a canal in Whitchurch, Shropshire, stranded several boats in a large cavity after the bank collapsed. Fire crews responded early in the morning, deploying about fifty personnel to the area called Chemistry. Two narrowboats sank into the hole, estimated at fifteen feet deep...

Ntsiki Mazwai just threw some serious shade into the Pearl Thusi drama. The poet and activist commented on the ongoing uproar about Pearl's speech at DJ Warras's memorial service. Pearl faced major backlash for remarks about their close relationship, including a statement that the late DJ wanted...

Police in Gauteng have brought in two people for questioning about the murder of DJ Warras. SAPS spokesperson Athlenda Mathe confirmed the development, noting this followed a promise from the national police commissioner for a case breakthrough. The suspects are being interviewed by detectives...

Minnie Dlamini is paying back lottery money after an investigation. The actress and media personality settled with the Special Investigating Unit, agreeing to return fifty thousand rand. She received the funds in 2016 through the Mshandukani Foundation, a nonprofit that got millions from the...

Inno Morolong is trending again after showing off another plastic surgery. The South African reality star and club host posted hospital videos on Instagram, detailing her latest procedure. She called it a Christmas gift to herself, thanking her surgeon, Dr. Deon Weyers, for giving her what she...