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Around 100 senior citizens from the Midlands got free eye screenings, treatments, and cataract surgeries through a partnership between Old Mutual, Eye Institute of Zimbabwe, and Midlands Private Hospital. Eye Institute founder Ronald Mhizha said the program targets elderly people who cannot...

Gweru Urban MP Josiah Makombe wants Parliament to turn the Chitepo School of Ideology into a national institution instead of leaving it under Zanu PF control. The opposition legislator chairs the higher education portfolio committee, and he thinks passing actual legislation would make everyone...

Nkulumane Constituency Development Committee is throwing a massive candidate forum at Nkulumane Hall, where nine people running for parliament have to answer questions from over 1,000 voters from Wards 22 and 23. Chairman Andrew Ndlovu said this whole thing is about letting residents actually...

City Link Coaches dropped full tuition sponsorships for six top students at Mhali Primary School in Bulawayo, and Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia, Joe Tapera Mhishi, is pushing other companies and alumni to follow suit. The kids getting their fees covered are Ntombikayise Donga, Charles...

Nkayi South MP Jabulani Hadebe says cement supplies have dried up in his district because truckers are refusing to drive the busted-up Nkayi Road, which has gotten even worse with the rainy season hitting. The rehabilitation project on a 20-kilometer stretch past the Ngwigwisi River has been...

After sitting idle for almost ten years, the Empumalanga West Housing Project in Hwange is finally moving forward with construction set to kick off before the year wraps up. Town secretary Ndumiso Mdlalose confirmed that Phase I will deliver over 2,000 residential plots to low-income families...

The Beitbridge-Musina crossing linking Zimbabwe and South Africa ranks as a major criminal hub, according to a report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. Smugglers move migrants through the official checkpoint with help from corrupt officials, and local gangs called...

Bulawayo's mayor, David Coltart, showed up to hand over a brand-new early childhood classroom block at Queen Elizabeth II Primary School that got built through a partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The facility is worth over 70,000 US dollars and includes everything...

An ex-Zipra fighter named Pilate Ndebele went off on Zanu PF for trying to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's time in office past 2028. The guy said the constitutional tweaks trash everything the liberation war supposedly stood for, and he called out the government for tossing bicycles at...

A pharmacist in Bulawayo told diabetes patients to cut back on starch during dinner and load up on protein plus fiber instead. Dean Bandile Dube from Diamond Pharmacy spoke at a Zimbabwe Diabetes Association meeting and said evening carbs should stay palm-sized at most. Leonard Moyo from the...

Zimbabwe's provincial minister, Ezra Chadzamira, said the artificial insemination grant from Indonesia worked out pretty well during a visit from Ambassador Arief Hidayat. The program got nearly 90 percent success rates on checked farms, and Chimombe farm alone ended up with 27 pregnant cows...

London's ancient meat and fish markets just dodged permanent closure after the City of London Corporation picked Albert Island in the Docklands as their next spot. Smithfield and Billingsgate were almost toast when budget overruns killed a previous relocation plan to Dagenham, but the...

Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey dropped a warning that tech companies are basically YOLOing into massive debt to build AI infrastructure, and if the bubble pops, it could wreck financial markets harder than people think. The central bank figures companies need to drop around 5 trillion...

Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who got convicted of smuggling 400 tons of coke into America over two decades. The guy walked out of a West Virginia prison after serving part of a 45-year sentence, while the US military has been blowing up boats in the Caribbean...

Federica Mogherini got hit with fraud and corruption charges after European prosecutors accused her of rigging a tender process while she ran the College of Europe in Bruges. The former EU foreign policy boss allegedly knew about the selection criteria before a training program contract went...

Human Rights Watch wants Cameroon to figure out what actually happened when opposition leader Anicet Ekane died while locked up at a State Defense Secretariat facility. Ekane led the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy party and got arrested after the sketchy presidential...

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution telling Russia to send back all the Ukrainian kids who got deported since the war kicked off. The vote landed at 91 for it, 12 against it, and 57 countries sitting on the fence. General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said Russia is breaking...

The UK government dropped plans to ditch jury trials for crimes carrying sentences under three years because the court system has a massive backlog that could hit 100,000 cases. Justice Secretary David Lammy said victims are stuck waiting years for their day in court, and these swift courts with...

Skadden jumped in to rep Walkers while Freshfields backed Vitruvian Partners on a deal where the private equity shop is co-investing in the offshore law firm's corporate services arm. Walkers Professional Services does back-office stuff for hedge funds and CLO managers, and the partnership means...

Incyte brought in Richard Hoffman as their top lawyer to replace Sheila Denton, who's bouncing after the holidays. Hoffman was grinding at Goodwin as a partner handling biotech stuff out of Boston, and he'll be running legal and compliance while sitting on the executive squad at the Delaware...