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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Zim’s pension funds flex muscle, power growth from within

    Two major savings funds for civil servants are becoming important forces for investment and economic stability. The Government Employees Mutual Savings Fund, a voluntary scheme started a few years ago, now manages four hundred forty million ZiG in assets. It has over a hundred twenty thousand...
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    Deputy minister tells festive folks - peace, not parties gone wild

    A government official warned people against letting holiday fun turn into dangerous behavior during a police anti-violence event in Bubi District. Deputy Minister Simelisizwe Sibanda told the community that celebrations are not an excuse for violence, substance abuse, or crime. He acknowledged...
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    Zim’s new timber kiln dries wood, not dreams

    A new timber drying kiln just opened at Forest Hill in the Gwaai Forest, marking a big step for rural industry in Matabeleland North. The high-tech facility, commissioned by officials from the Forestry Commission and the Environment Ministry, is meant to help local businesses add value to raw...
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    Teacher walks free, state botches road death case

    A Victoria Falls man walked free from a culpable homicide charge after the state could not prove his driving caused a passenger's death. Victor Sibanda, a forty-seven-year-old deputy head at a local primary school, had been accused of a Nissan NP300 rollover accident last August along the Cross...
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    Man torches wife, baby on back, gets seven years hard time

    A Zvishavane man received a nine-year prison sentence for trying to kill his wife by setting her on fire. Innocent Nyamandi, who is fifty-one, was convicted of attempted murder after pouring petrol on his spouse, Sibongile Chikozho, and igniting it with a lighter during an argument. Their...
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    Zifa drops truth bomb, dual registration is dead wrong

    A top soccer official used a league awards event in Dete to call out a worsening issue with players signing up for multiple teams. Busani Dube, a board member for Zifa in Matabeleland North, warned that dual registration messes with the sport's fairness and integrity. He said the practice, like...
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    Zim farmers get tech glow-up, AIRS to spill the data tea

    A bunch of agricultural groups met up in Harare to talk about building a new central data system, called the Agricultural Information Repository System or AIRS. The Agricultural Marketing Authority, which is running the project, says right now all the farm data in Zimbabwe is scattered across...
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    Guard steals tennis balls, gets 12 months in Bulawayo

    A security guard in Bulawayo got an eighteen-month sentence for stealing from the school he was supposed to protect. Nhlanhla Mkhwananzi, who is forty seven and worked for Fawcett Security Company, was convicted of unlawful entry and theft by magistrate Vimbayi Chirayi. He broke into Carmel...
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    US slaps sanctions on ICC judges, cites Israel probe

    The U.S. just slapped sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges, Gocha Lordkipanidze from Georgia and Erdenebalsuren Damdin from Mongolia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio put out a statement saying these sanctions, under an existing executive order, are because the judges helped...
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    ECJ rules Danish ghetto law may be discriminatory

    The European Court of Justice issued a critical ruling against Denmark's so-called "ghetto law," finding its provisions may violate EU anti-discrimination directives. The court determined the law's criteria, which target areas for intensified housing interventions based partly on the percentage...
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    Syria sees returns but recovery stays fragile, warns UN

    Over a year following the fall of the Assad regime, UN officials report a fragile and uneven recovery inside Syria. While acknowledging tangible progress, including the return of over two million internally displaced persons and more than one point three million refugees, they detailed severe...
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    UN slams Spain eviction, 400 migrants left homeless

    UN human rights experts condemned the forced removal of over four hundred residents from a major informal migrant settlement in Catalonia. The eviction at the Badalona 9 site left the vast majority without any provision of adequate alternative housing, a move described as a potential violation...
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    Judge Dugan convicted, blocked ICE arrest in courthouse

    A Wisconsin state judge was convicted by a federal jury for obstructing a federal immigration proceeding. Judge Hannah Dugan faced charges after allegedly interfering with an ICE arrest attempt at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The jury found her guilty of felony obstruction but acquitted her...
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    Masemola claims Mchunu axed task team, alerted Ramaphosa

    National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola testified before the Madlanga Commission that he personally warned President Cyril Ramaphosa about Police Minister Senzo Mchunu's directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team. According to Masemola, the President expressed surprise at the...
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    Motsepe launches Nations League, Afcon goes quadrennial

    Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe announced a new annual tournament called the African Nations League, set to launch in 2029. The competition will involve all fifty-four member nations divided into four geographic zones, with matches scheduled during the September and...
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    DA denies UAZA cash ties, R10m grant claims swirl

    Leaked financial records allege the Democratic Alliance funneled over ten million rand in city grants to the Ukrainian Association of South Africa. These documents, circulating ahead of local elections, conflict directly with UAZA's own audited statements showing income under two million rand...
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    Six dead in R57 head-on crash, kids among victims

    Six people are dead after two cars hit each other head-on along the R57 route connecting Petrus Steyn and Heilbron in the Free State. The victims include four adults and two young children who were declared dead at the scene. Two critically injured survivors were transported to Tokollo Hospital...
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    Anti-Gang Unit officers, held over death in custody

    Eleven cops from the Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit are stuck in custody awaiting a bail ruling on charges including murder and torture. The officers are implicated in the death of Manenberg resident Wade Prince, who died during an interrogation earlier this month related to a double murder near...
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    Johannesburg's raids hijacked building, chaos in Marshalltown

    A major hazardous building in Johannesburg's Marshalltown area got inspected by a multi-agency team led by Public Safety MMC Dr Mgcini Tshwaku. Officials from emergency services and environmental health assessed the illegally occupied structure, believed to be the Zambezi Building, for severe...
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    Nkabinde gets triple life, murders shock Mpumalanga

    Mthunzi Gifties Nkabinde received three life sentences in the Middelburg High Court for murdering three family members. The forty-four year old man shot his father-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law at their home in Bethal's Emzinoni Township during a violent argument. He also attempted...
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