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Women at Risk International Foundation kicked off their annual anti-violence march campaign across multiple cities worldwide, with events planned for Lagos, Abuja, and 16 other locations. The organization has been running this No Tolerance March for seven years straight, and last year, they...

Premium Times scored the gender-based violence reporting prize at the ReportHer Awards in Lagos for their investigative work on reproductive justice and policy coverage. The ceremony recognized media outlets that actually put effort into gender equity and women's issues, with Women Radio and...

Jairos Mahlangu got named Small Scale Farmer of the Year for running a successful Brahman cattle operation in Mbalabala village at Hlango Ranch. The guy basically proved you can breed pedigree cattle in communal areas, which is pretty unusual since most successful breeders in Matabeleland work...

Chris Mtungwazi grabbed the ZIFA Southern Region chairman spot after pulling nine votes against former national team striker Zenzo Moyo, who managed four. Ex-chairman Lloyd Munhanga got a single vote, while Tawanda Tali picked up two in the contest. Tafadzwa Mutowa crushed the vice-chairman...

President Mnangagwa sat down with Afreximbank president George Elombi at State House to talk about dumping cash into road projects and mineral processing facilities across the region. The pan-African lender came through to check out their almost-finished African Trade Centre in Harare, which...

Moses Mpofu apologized to President Mnangagwa and the entire country after getting convicted for wrecking the Presidential Goat Scheme when prosecutors grilled him about showing zero remorse during his pre-sentencing hearing. The guy admitted he screwed up but tried deflecting blame onto...

Zimbabwe scored a massive cultural flex when Raphael Chikukwa from the National Gallery got voted onto the board of CIMAM, which is basically the global museum committee that runs contemporary art programming worldwide. Harare has already locked down hosting rights for the annual conference next...

A Bulawayo resident ended up doing community service at a primary school after she blew through her husband's cash on card games around town. Simeleni Dube from Nketa 8 got handed 105 hours of cleanup duty when she admitted to losing the entire stash, and the magistrate suspended part of her...

Zimbabwe ditched the nightmare queues at toll plazas by rolling out an electronic payment system that lets drivers breeze through checkpoints without stopping for cash transactions. Transport official Joy Makumbe and the Zimbabwe National Road Administration teamed up with tech partner Instatoll...

Highlanders FC from Bulawayo basically torched their chance at becoming loaded when they publicly shut down businessman Wicknell Chivayo's proposal to install former national team captain Benjani Mwaruwari as head coach. The rejection cost them access to serious transfer market cash that would...

Bulawayo writer Chioniso Tsikisayi just snagged first place at the Harare Review of Books Zimbabwe Speculative Poetry Competition with her piece Alternative Transport, even though she admitted dystopian sci-fi stuff isn't really her lane. The judges went wild over how she mixed Zimbabwean...

Zimbabwe's national rugby squad got slotted into Pool F alongside England, Wales, and Tonga after the draw wrapped up in Sydney for the 2027 tournament. Former players like Silethokuhle Ndlovu and Ruben Kumpasa told reporters the team needs to grind out prep work immediately if they want any...

Gospel artist Xolani Donga from Bulawayo dropped his fourth album on his birthday after switching careers from international trade to full-time ministry following some intense spiritual experiences. The guy studied economics in China's Zhejiang province before claiming angels started feeding him...

Zimbabwe and other African countries are rolling out robots and automated systems across factories, warehouses, and customer service operations to boost efficiency, but the shift is creating anxiety about job losses in places where unemployment already hits hard. Jacqueline Ntaka from Mviyo...

The Southern Region of Zifa is holding elections with four people fighting for the chairman position, and nobody has a clear lead going into voting day. Former national team player Zeno Moyo is running against current chair Lloyd Munhanga, plus candidates Tatenda Mtungwazi and Tawanda Tali, with...

Deputy Minister Omphile Marupi told people at Sengezane Primary School in Gwanda South that communities need to step up and build science labs plus computer facilities if the Heritage-Based Curriculum is going to work. The government dropped cash to rebuild a classroom block after last year's...

Starbucks basically invented fall vibes back in 2003 when Peter Dukes and his team cooked up the Pumpkin Spice Latte at their Seattle headquarters. The drink started as a seasonal test run in Vancouver and Washington, DC, before spreading across North America, and it became such a massive hit...

African Bush Cups pulled off a wild fashion shoot at their Somalisa Camp in Hwange, where staff members like guides and waitresses ditched their work uniforms and modeled custom outfits designed by Victoria Manase. The whole thing went down to celebrate World Safari Day, and the designer spent...

Mzansi Magic is throwing a massive get-together at a Fourways venue in Johannesburg for Big Brother Mzansi fans, and it's the first time they're combining housemates from two different seasons into one reunion show. Season 3 winner Akhonamathemba Mbele and Season 4 champ Siphephelo Zondi will...

Nedbank Zimbabwe teamed up with Dzikwa Trust to stick over 100 trees in the ground around Dzivaresekwa for the country's annual tree-planting celebration. Dzikwa works with orphaned and at-risk kids by helping them with school stuff, food, health care, and cultural programs, and the bank dropped...