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Independent candidates cleaned up in Namibia's Kavango regions during recent council elections, and political analysts say it happened because parties keep picking favorites instead of actual talent. Re-elected independent councillor Paulus Mbangu from Rundu Rural says voters are getting tired...

UNICEF and UNAIDS dropped some grim projections ahead of World AIDS Day, saying kids with HIV keep getting shafted on testing and treatment. If funding gets slashed in half, models show 1.1 million more children could catch HIV by 2040, and 820,000 could die from AIDS-related stuff. Even keeping...

More than 900 people are dead across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Thailand after massive flooding and landslides tore through the region, and rescue teams are still hunting for hundreds who went missing. Sri Lanka got hammered the worst by Cyclone Ditwah, with the death count hitting 334, and parts...

Africycle in Zomba just dropped 12 bikes worth K4 million to Faith Organization Shine Relief, and the gear is going straight to kids who have to trek forever to get to class. Suzen Zidana from Shine Relief said the donation showed up at the perfect time because orphans and teen moms they support...

Destiny College of Leadership and Development Studies in Balaka District handed out degrees and certificates to 203 graduates on Monday, and the main message from speakers was pretty clear: stop waiting around for jobs and start making them instead. Principal Bishop Andrew Mankhanamba told the...

Anthony Masamba from Malawi's Parliamentary Committee on Health told a bunch of policymakers and health people in Salima that the country needs to stop just talking about women's reproductive rights and actually do something about it. The Mchinji North East rep pointed out that Malawi keeps...

Promoter Patson Chimbodza managed to book both Jah Prayzah and Winky D for a New Year's Eve face-off at the National Sports Stadium's Hockey Stadium, and people are already calling it the show of the year. The two biggest names in Zimbabwean music have hardcore fan armies that constantly argue...

CDEDI just went off about billions of kwacha getting wasted on the Lumbadzi greenhouse project while the country got basically nothing back for it. Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa dropped receipts about how the previous government dropped USD 5 million on an Israeli company called Inosselia...

Nonku Williams and her boyfriend, Lungani Rammaledi, got into a cooking battle at his place, and the Real Housewives of Durban star posted the whole thing online for everyone to see. He made steak with lamb and veggies while she cooked fish with garlic cream sauce, and they had gospel music...

Prince Kaybee posted a thirst trap showing off his arms, and Lasizwe slid into the replies, asking the DJ out on a proper date while promising it would not turn into content for his YouTube show. The house music producer actually said yes and dropped a heart emoji back at him, which got the...

Lynn Forbes showed up to court in Durban and locked eyes with the two brothers accused of murking her son AKA and his friend Tibz outside a restaurant nearly two years back. Siyabonga Gezani and Malusi Dave Ndimande got dragged back from Eswatini after getting nabbed at a rental house in...

Influencer Nadia Jaftha got engaged after her partner pulled off a surprise proposal, and she posted pics showing herself looking shocked while flashing the ring. The content creator captioned everything with a line about saying yes to her favorite chapter, and the comment section filled up with...

The South African Music Awards dropped details about their upcoming ceremony with a theme built around giving artists their flowers while they can still smell them. Spokesperson Unati Gwija said the whole vibe centers on appreciating the musicians and producers who keep the country's sound...

Black Coffee dragged music executive Nota Baloyi to court after the guy spent weeks posting wild accusations online about the DJ hanging with criminals and doing shady financial stuff. The Grammy-winning producer wants the posts yanked down and is demanding a written apology that he gets to...

South African content creator Sabelo Hadebe went online to deny a bunch of sexual assault claims after someone named PIERRE-O and other anonymous accounts started dragging him. The guy said he has zero clue who any of these people are and never met them at university or anywhere else, and he...

DStv is pulling the plug on BET Africa, MTV Base, CBS Justice, and CBS Reality when the new year hits, and people who actually watch those networks are pretty upset about losing them after all this time. The pay-TV company confirmed the shutdown will happen right at the start of the year, and...

Disney just launched the Destiny cruise ship out of Fort Lauderdale, and the Tower Suite on board is basically a flex for rich families who want to blow 38 grand on a four-day trip. The two-story setup sits inside the forward funnel and fits eight people across four bedrooms, with the kids' room...

Toosii just locked in a spot with Syracuse football for their 2026 class, and the multi-platinum rapper is trading studio time for practice reps at age 25. The guy was born in Syracuse before moving to North Carolina as a kid, and he said Coach Fran Brown reaching out felt like divine timing. He...

Megan Thee Stallion won her defamation case against blogger Milagro Gramz in a Miami courtroom, and she kept it short when talking to reporters outside by just saying she felt happy. The jury decided Gramz was guilty of spreading lies and pushing a fake porn video while teaming up with Tory...

A jury in Florida sided with Megan Thee Stallion after she sued blogger Milagro Gramz for defamation, and the rapper walked away with a payout that got adjusted down to 59 grand. The case revolved around Gramz pushing fake stories about Megan and sharing a doctored sex tape to her followers...