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Namibia's president dropped the news that anyone trying to get into the military, police, or prisons better have their National Youth Service certificate ready because that's the only way in from here on out. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah told over 1,000 graduates at Rietfontein that the cabinet wants...

Pankratius Kondjamba took office as mayor of Oranjemund and told council members they need to get serious about helping residents find homes and build businesses. The Swapo politician laid out plans to grow infrastructure and attract investors while his deputy mayor, McCrailly Walters...

Thai and Cambodian troops kept blasting each other hours after Donald Trump announced both sides agreed to stop fighting, and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said his country would only back down once Cambodia pulled out completely and cleared border landmines. The renewed clashes killed...

Eritrea just bounced from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development after accusing the East African bloc of working against member states like itself, and the foreign ministry said the organization stopped caring about its original mission. The country claims IGAD favors Ethiopia during...

Namibia landed the number five spot for the safest African country when it comes to money laundering and sketchy financial stuff, according to the Basel AML index that just dropped. The Financial Intelligence Centre boss, Bryan Eiseb, said their score kept getting better over three years, going...

Malawi Vice President Jane Ansah told people at Kaporo Primary School Ground in Karonga District that anyone caught flipping government relief maize to vendors will get prosecuted, along with whoever buys it from them. She dropped the warning while handing out food supplies under the Lean Season...

Julius Ng'oma from CISONECC dropped some reality checks about Malawian farming communities getting wrecked by climate shifts during a recent stakeholder meeting in Salima, and he pushed agroecology as the main path forward since most households depend on crops for survival. The coordinator...

Hot 97 just threw Funkmaster Flex into the morning slot after Ebro in the Morning got axed without warning, and the station confirmed he'll hold it down temporarily while they figure out what comes next. Ebro Darden ran mornings with Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez for over ten years before...

Time Magazine crowned a bunch of tech executives as their Person of the Year for basically building the AI revolution that took over everything in 2025. The list featured Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, OpenAI head Sam Altman, Elon Musk from xAI, plus leaders from Softbank, Baidu, Meta, AMD, DeepMind...

Pooh Shiesty told XXL he studied Gucci Mane's whole post-prison glow-up while locked up himself, and the Memphis rapper said watching his mentor get healthy plus stay disciplined gave him a roadmap for bouncing back. Gucci dropped some real talk on him early about experiencing heavy stuff at 20...

Sungura legend Nicholas Zakaria got buried at Chavhakaira Village in Chiweshe following Islamic funeral practices, and the whole thing blew up online after people saw videos of him getting laid to rest wrapped in a white cloth instead of staying in the casket. The 68-year-old musician died after...

City Parking dropped an update about their Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras after people freaked out online, and the company clarified that the tech just logs cars sitting without payment instead of actually handing out tickets. The system works like a digital parking attendant that...

DJ Tira just dropped that he's done hosting FACT Durban Rocks after running the New Year's Eve festival for 14 years, and the trademark's going up for sale in January for anyone who wants to keep it alive. The final event under his crew happens on New Year's Eve from 2 pm to 2 am, which will be...

ZIFA threatened to drag people to court after secretariat staff got hammered with death threats and harassment over Marshall Munetsi getting left off the AFCON roster. The association made it clear that admin workers have zero say in who makes the squad, and they called out how official Kudzai...

Councillor Denford Ngadziore crushed the competition to become the new ZIFA Northern Region Area Zones boss after Moses Chikoti stepped down following 25 years running things. The election took down at Harare International Conference Centre, and Ngadziore beat out three other people who wanted...

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority dropped stats showing that 13 people died from animal encounters across Matabeleland between January and November, with nine fatalities happening in the northern province and four down south. Matabeleland North also logged 10 injuries while the...

Australian outfit Ariana Resources dropped some updates about their Dokwe gold project over in Tsholotsho, and the drilling campaign has hit the halfway point with 2,411 meters done out of a planned 4,000-meter run. Managing director Kerim Sener mentioned the geological models they had before...

Bulawayo City Council just extended the deadline for the Egodini Redevelopment Project after developer Terracotta Trading finally handed over funding proof, a performance bond, updated project plans, and a work schedule that the local authority had been demanding. The contractor avoided getting...

A baby elephant, around 18 months old, got rescued near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe after people spotted him wandering by himself close to Zambezi National Park. The calf named Winston was super skinny and dehydrated when Wild is Life teams found him with help from ZimParks and IFAW, and hyenas...

Genesis drops new episodes on weekdays over on Mzansi Magic channel 161 at 7:30 pm. This week brings some wild storylines that have fans talking. Bishop Hlophe gets himself in legal trouble after defending his daughter, while Mpumi lets her ego mess up potential deals, and Ismael makes a tough...