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Forcing car owners to buy a biased state radio license is a state-sponsored shackle. Zimbabwe's human rights commission just slammed the mandatory ZBC fee in their latest report. They called it a constitutional violation, arguing it bankrolls a partisan broadcaster. The law ties your vehicle...

Rural councils are now charging babies a head tax, breaking already struggling families. Authorities swapped a flat household fee for a per-person levy, hitting every citizen, even newborns. Families with ten members face bills over twenty bucks, a huge sum where cash is scarce. Village heads...

ZEC is making people vote again next month, filling five empty council seats. The commission set a by-election date for late February. They confirmed the vacancies this week after four ward councilors passed away. Another seat opened up because that councilor got locked up for over half a year...

FC Platinum is totally reloading after their longtime coach bounced, snagging nine new guys for this year’s season. The club brought in former Highlanders midfielder McKinnon Mushore, who just became a free agent. He follows his old gaffer, Joel Luphahla, over from Simba Bhora. Several other...

Some dude just got jail time for swiping gear from a broadcast van last month. Elton Ndlovu, twenty-three, hit an unlocked ZBC vehicle parked in Bulawayo. He made off with a bag full of tech between the early morning hours. The haul included two laptops, audio equipment, and a bunch of cables...

That Cash App you use is getting flooded with scammers fishing for PINs. EcoCash just put out a fresh warning about fake deals and loan offers popping up everywhere. Fraudsters craft messages that look legit, pushing promotions that seem way too good to pass up. Their whole game is tricking...

Zimbabwe just did the diplomatic shuffle instead of calling out Uncle Sam for invading Venezuela. The country stayed quiet after US forces grabbed President Maduro over the weekend. While neighbors like South Africa slammed the operation, Harare pointed to bigger groups for cover. A...

A cop got his ear bitten off after a kombi crew decided to kidnap him over a traffic ticket. This wild scene went down in Harare last weekend. Officer Shadreck Jongwe pulled over a white Toyota van for a routine stop. The driver, Shepherd Kazingizi, was told to head to a lot to settle a fine...

South Africa just threw its neighbors under the bus for letting people skip across the border. Officials claimed this week that neighboring countries, Zimbabwe specifically, are not lifting a finger to stop illegal migration into South African territory. A border commissioner bluntly stated they...

A cop gets popped holding drugs inside his own police station, proving the irony truly never dies. Officer Knowledge Maposa, a 32-year-old based in Gwanda, caught a fine for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs last year. The Gwanda Magistrate’s Court gave him a choice between a...

That impossible sequel nobody asked for just dropped this week, and its star is hyping the writer like a messiah. Tom Hiddleston basically claimed David Farr pulled off a miracle with this new Night Manager season, a follow-up crafted without any source novel from John le Carré. Hiddleston...

A legendary singer just gave a music icon the ultimate birthday shoutout this week. K S Chithra, a national award winner, posted a warm message for A R Rahman. She hoped his life's rhythm would continue matching his melodic tunes. Chithra also asked him to keep taking hearts with his musical...

Another prestige actor mines male sadness for awards, framing grief as a bizarre horror show. Benedict Cumberbatch chatted about his new film The Thing with Feathers, arguing it tackles vulnerable masculinity. The project adapts Max Porter's novella, following a widowed dad and his kids whose...

An old TV script suddenly feels like a creepy documentary reel. A clip from the Jack Ryan series, where John Krasinski lectures about Venezuela, blew up this week after Nicolás Maduro got captured. Online crowds are losing it, calling the fictional CIA rant weirdly accurate, given recent...

Another celebrity age-gap saga hits the one year mark, complete with tropical PDA and a carefully managed Instagram timeline. Channing Tatum and model Inka Williams marked their anniversary with a beach getaway in Costa Rica this week, photographed sharing a kiss while on vacation. Their trip...

That director from Tumbbad is finally back, and the hype might be real. Rahi Anil Barve dropped his second feature called Mayasabha after all that waiting, teasing a mix of heavy symbolism and straight-up suspense. He got Jaaved Jaaferi and Mohammad Samad leading a cast diving into messed-up...

Fatima Sana Shaikh recently faced a very literal leap of faith off a cliff. The Dangal actress posted a video where she hesitated for twenty full minutes before finally jumping. She described that awful stretch of time in the air before hitting the water, calling the stomach drop sensation both...

Kishore is trading his cop badge for a gym teacher's whistle this year. The actor known for gritty roles got weirdly emotional about his new film, Mellisai. He admitted the project left a deep mark on him, which is not something you usually hear from hardcore action stars. Kishore plays a...

Diljit Dosanjh just dropped a surprise collab with J Balvin for his birthday. The Punjabi star, who celebrated turning 42 last Tuesday, teased the track called Senorita on his Instagram. He gave a shoutout to his Colombian big brother, sending fans of both artists into a complete frenzy. This...

A Ugandan court just booted a businessman from a prime Kampala property after a wild ownership saga. The High Court ruled that Shukla Mukesh and his companies illegally occupied part of Shumuk House on Colville Street. They have until March 23rd to vacate or face forced eviction. The decision...