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Zimbabwe's power company just announced they're installing prepaid meters in Hwange's Ingagula suburb and residents are absolutely livid about it. The electricity folks framed it as an upgrade from bulk metering, but locals see it as the government giving up on moving them out of a zone that got...

A traditional healer in Bulawayo named Gogo Chihoro has been pulling crowds to her Woodville Park place every weekend. People show up dealing with business problems, family drama, false accusations at work, and mysterious health issues that doctors can't figure out. A Gweru guy said his poultry...

Bulawayo residents want their associations registered with the Consumer Protection Commission because they need funding to actually fight back against bad service. Winos Dube from the United Residents Association said people keep getting slammed with massive water bills during shortages when...

Zimbabwe lawmaker Discent Bajila from Emakhandeni-Luveve told Parliament to stop sitting on bills that have been collecting dust forever. He called out how the Persons with Disability Bill has been stalled and said ministers need to actually show up and push these things through instead of...

Opposition party Zapu went after traditional leaders over their wild demands for running Gukurahundi hearings in Matabeleland. Chiefs apparently wanted monthly cash payments, hitting 4k USD plus massive fuel allowances and Starlink kits for their houses, which got shut down by the government...

Zimbabwe cops are telling traffic officers to back off after motorists got heated about vehicle seizures over petty stuff. Commissioner Paul Nyathi held a press conference in Bulawayo and said nobody authorized police to impound cars because drivers forgot their emergency triangle or reflective...

Rachel Reeves capped the National Insurance breaks from pension salary sacrifice at 2k per year and experts are saying this basically nukes a savings system that tons of UK workers and businesses depend on. The Treasury wants to grab 4.7 billion but financial planners and HR people think it...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves dropped a new road tax that hits electric vehicle drivers with a 3p charge per mile starting in 2028. The government wants to replace fuel duty money that keeps shrinking as people ditch petrol and diesel cars. Shane Pither from Select Car Leasing said the policy...

Financial tech keeps flipping the script on how people handle their cash and investments. Banks went digital and started cutting overhead by ditching physical branches, which let them offer better rates and zero-fee accounts through slick mobile apps. Blockchain tech showed up and basically said...

Twenty states, plus DC, are suing HUD over changes to a massive homelessness program that they say breaks federal law. The feds slashed funding for permanent housing from 87 percent down to 30 percent and added weird requirements about certifying binary sex definitions. The lawsuit hits HUD for...

Amnesty International dropped a report showing how Cuban authorities systematically target women activists and journalists with gender violence tactics. The practices range from invasive strip searches to threatening family members, with marginalized groups like racial minorities and single...

State attorneys general from both parties are telling Congress to keep AI moratorium language out of the defense spending bill. They dropped a letter warning that federal preemption could stop states from dealing with AI risks like scams and chatbots messing with kids. House Republicans might...

A journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo keeps getting threatened by a mayor after his reports criticized her office. The Committee to Protect Journalists wants authorities to step up and protect Michael Tenende, who covers news in Kabinda province. Mayor Anne-Marie Tshiabu started...

Amnesty International went after Germany on Monday for dropping its arms export limits to Israel, saying the move could make Berlin legally complicit in genocide and war crimes. The human rights group pointed out that Israel keeps hammering Gaza while blocking aid, making the German government's...

The EU court just told Poland they have to recognize gay marriages from other member countries, even though Polish law does not allow same sex unions. The ruling came after two Polish dudes got married in Germany and tried getting their marriage registered back home but got shut down because...

Senior associates at UK law firms are the most miserable lawyers around, according to a Chambers report that surveyed over 1600 people. Only 61 percent said they were happy, compared to trainees and partners who both clocked in around 75 percent satisfaction. Two out of five associates want to...

Big law firm Weil Gotshal promoted 17 people to partner with most of them coming from the corporate side. Seven women made the cut, which is about 40 percent of the group and better than their overall gender split. They also bumped 57 lawyers to counsel level. The promotions got spread across...

Opposition figure Tombong Saidy from Unite Movement for Change is calling out the government for lying about how bad the debt situation actually is. Information Minister Ismaila Ceesay basically laughed off concerns when he asked what the big deal was about 2.2 billion dollars worth of debt on a...

Two Gambian forestry officials flew to China for meetings about keeping forests sustainable and went to the big industry conference happening at the same time. Ebrima Jawara and Sisawoh Sabally linked up with reps from other developing countries under a cooperation program funded by the Chinese...

Nigerian businessman Sunday Ainbgaoso got slapped with theft charges for allegedly jacking cosmetics, jewelry and hair shipments worth over a million dalasis from the airport. The guy pleaded not guilty at the Brikama court and posted bail for one million dalasis with three Gambian sureties...