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A housemaid is facing theft charges after allegedly stealing fourteen thousand dollars' worth of items from her employer's Borrowdale home. Fifty-eight-year-old Alice Padzinza appeared in Harare Magistrates' Court for the incident dating back five months. The complainant, Radoslav Mlandenov...

A recent human rights report recorded over one hundred and thirteen violations across Zimbabwe last month. The Zimbabwe Peace Project states these abuses impacted more than six thousand people, predominantly women, through systematic intimidation and political coercion. A major incident...

Bulawayo City Council had to seek a donated compressor for its fire brigade due to slow local procurement rules. The equipment, used to charge breathing apparatus sets, broke down some time ago. Operation Florian, a UK-based firefighter charity, provided the replacement through a donor. The...

A police constable from the Criminal Investigations Department in Nkulumane and three accomplices appeared in court for attempted armed robbery. The accused, Wellington Ndoro, Felias Mvula, Julius Mugwagwa, and Silence Kwangwa, faced a Bulawayo magistrate following a failed home invasion in...

The Council of Churches in Africa is trying to stop fake prophets from using its name. Church president Rocky Moyo stated their goal is to unite congregations and promote genuine religious work. The group recently ordained twenty-six new bishops in Bulawayo, including women, to encourage...

Zambia's parliament has passed a controversial constitutional amendment bill with overwhelming support. The legislation, known as Bill 7, introduces significant changes to the electoral system ahead of next year's national vote. The new law increases the number of parliamentary seats and shifts...

The Zimbabwe national football team has revealed its official formal attire for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations. Designed through a collaboration between team partner 4May International and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, the bespoke outfits aim to showcase national pride off the pitch. ZIFA...

Controversial businessman and ruling party donor Wicknell Chivayo has gifted 1.8 million dollars to members of his church in Marondera. Each of the six thousand congregants will receive three hundred dollars cash and two gift hampers for Christmas. This is the latest in a series of extravagant...

Newly promoted Premier League side HardRock FC has appointed Kelvin Kaindu as their head coach. The Zambian manager joins from Dynamos, having just secured their top-flight survival. He signed a two-year deal with the Kwekwe-based club. Kaindu expressed his honor at joining the ambitious club...

Zimbabwe's main medical aid industry group, the Association of Healthcare Funders, is dealing with major reputational damage. Its assets were recently seized by court officials over an unpaid unfair dismissal award exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars. The case involves two former employees...

Zimbabwe is hosting a warm-up cricket tournament against Afghanistan and Pakistan for their under-19 teams. The series starts this month in Harare. According to Zimbabwe Cricket director Givemore Makoni, these matches offer vital practice ahead of the larger ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup...

DStv's SuperSport is unlocking a month of top football for subscribers starting December 18th. This promotion includes expanded UEFA Champions League and Premier League coverage on channels like SS Football Plus for customers on the Access package and above. It serves as a lead-up to the 2025...

The roadside assistance firm AA is exploring a potential sale or public listing. Private equity owners Warburg Pincus, TowerBrook, and Stonepeak have hired advisers JP Morgan and Rothschild for the review, valuing the business around five billion pounds. This follows a similar evaluation by...

New FCA data shows crypto ownership in Britain is dropping. Just eight percent of UK adults now hold digital assets like Bitcoin, down from twelve percent last year. This suggests the retail crypto boom is fading amid market swings and unclear rules. Those still invested, however, are...

City Minister Lucy Rigby claims the UK can absolutely compete with the US to become a global crypto hub. This follows the government's introduction of long-awaited legislation to regulate digital assets like Bitcoin. The proposed framework aims to provide regulatory clarity by 2027, with the...

The UK employment tribunal system is buckling under a massive backlog. Active claims have ballooned to 515,000, with employment tribunal cases alone hitting 52,000. This crisis raises major questions about enforcing Labour's proposed Employment Rights Bill, which would grant new protections to...

McKinsey is reportedly planning significant job cuts, targeting its own non-client-facing departments. The global consulting giant is considering reducing those internal teams by up to ten percent. These cuts, potentially numbering a few thousand roles, could roll out over the next couple of...

The UK jobless rate just hit 5.1 percent, according to new ONS figures. That's the highest mark seen since early 2021. Payroll employment also shrank, dropping another 38,000 positions last month. Younger workers, those between 18 and 34, are getting hit hardest with an 8.7 percent unemployment...

quietformat dropped a new plugin called Cassette LT-1. It's basically a cassette tape simulator for your digital audio workstation. This thing models the wobble, noise, and muffled highs of old tapes. It comes in at under fifty bucks normally, with a cheaper intro price. You get four main tape...

HoRNet Plugins dropped a new bus processor called ZeroBus. This plugin does two things automatically: applying a thirty-one-band EQ and a smart compressor to glue a mix together quickly. It targets common problems like muddy lows and harsh mids on the master bus. The tool works in two steps...