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A Harare family rolled up to Chief Mutasa's court asking for help because they think some spiritual curse has them locked down. The Mugayi siblings told the chief that none of them can stay married and one sister hit her 40s without ever getting hitched, while everyone keeps getting sick. They...

Budiriro locals are hyped after cops finally raided a sketchy spot at Current Shopping Centre that had been operating as both a drug den and a brothel. The shutdown happened after residents flagged the mess during some anti-drug campaign, and when authorities rolled through, they found the place...

A Zimbabwean court told Karoi Town Council they blew their chance to fire their acting town secretary because they took way longer than the law allows to wrap up his disciplinary case. The judge said the council broke the mandatory 14 working day deadline under some 2006 statute and also...

Zimbabwe's finance minister dropped a new tax that hits people pulling US dollars out of banks. The government wants to push everyone toward digital payments because physical American cash makes up most transactions and lets people dodge taxes easier. Individual withdrawals under $500 monthly...

Eight miners died after floodwater rushed into an illegal shaft beneath a Penhalonga residence when heavy rainfall hit the area. The victims were working underground at a home on Rizende Road in Redwing Mine when water from a connected tunnel system trapped them. Recovery teams spent two days...

A Harare magistrate just tossed fraud charges against NetOne's chief executive engineer, Raphael Mushanawani, after prosecutors claimed he ran a sketchy US$1.2 million scheme. Regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa said the company knew about every system upgrade he handled and there was zero...

A primary school teacher from Selbourne got busted for jacking cash from her ex and landed herself doing community service hours at Wilkins Hospital instead of straight prison time. Patricia Yusufu swiped over five grand from Mike Charles, and magistrate Nyaradzo Manokore handed down a suspended...

Zimbabwe cops are calling that Ecobank heist from October an inside operation after figuring out the perpetrators had help from security personnel at the company. Commissioner Paul Nyathi dropped the update while explaining that authorities are grinding to get the Vumbunu brothers extradited...

Morogoro District Commissioner Mussa Kilakala just told everyone at a regional trade fair that keeping the country stable matters way more than people realize since development basically dies without it. The fair runs at Jamhuri Stadium and pulls together government offices, NGOs, and business...

Zanzibar Electoral Commission boss George Kazi told stakeholders that running elections properly requires everyone to pitch in rather than dumping everything on his organization. The review session happened in Pemba at Makonyo Hall after their general election wrapped up, and Kazi said the...

People living across six regions near Lake Victoria are pretty stoked after hearing the government finally stopped dragging its feet on the Ngono River project. Former Agriculture Deputy Minister David Silinde told Parliament the feasibility studies are done, and contractors are getting lined up...

Zanzibar's Second VP Hemed Suleiman Abdulla just told contractors working on the new passenger and cargo ports that everything better be wrapped up before the year flips. He checked out Maruhubi port, the inland container depot, and the Mangapwani project while demanding digital systems for...

East African Community member countries just wrapped up a virtual summit in Dodoma, where they hammered out which big infrastructure builds are getting the spotlight. Tanzania showed up with a crew of deputy ministers since the main bosses were apparently busy elsewhere. The gathering pulled...

Kilombero Sugar Company just teamed up with Ifakara Bakery and the Free Bread Initiative for a three-year deal that will pump over 23 tons of sugar into a program that feeds vulnerable people across the district. The bakery operation has been running since 2001 under the Franciscan Sisters of...

Tanzania just wrapped up training for 120 people who will be working in alternative childcare, and the government bigwig, Dr John Jingu, basically said this gig needs to be seen as a calling rather than just a paycheck. The program was run by SOS Children's Villages with backing from a Danish...

MJUMITA boss Rahima Njaidi just scored major recognition at the Tusk Conservation Awards in London after putting Tanzanian villagers front and center in forest protection work. Prince William handed out the hardware and basically said local communities are the real MVPs when it comes to keeping...

Zanzibar's president showed up with a bunch of other heavy hitters to bury Ali Ameir Muhammed after the veteran politician died while getting treated at a hospital in Dar. Hussein Mwinyi hit up the funeral prayers at a mosque before telling the family to stay strong through the loss. The dead...

Tanzania's trade minister gave props to BRELA for going digital and raking in 82 billion shillings in government dividends while speeding up how fast businesses get registered and licensed. Judith Kapinga visited the agency in Dar es Salaam and said better innovation will help hit 2050 targets...

The Kilimanjaro Premium Lager International Marathon hits year 24 after blowing up from 500 casual joggers to over 13,000 runners from 60 countries who show up to race under Africa's tallest peak. Kili Premium has backed this thing since 2003 and pumped the prize pool to 34 million shillings...

Tanzania's deputy minister for public service basically told HR people and legal staff to stop screwing up employee discipline cases because the government keeps bleeding cash whenever workers win their appeals. Regina Qwaray said most of these losses happen because officers can't draft proper...