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Thousands of people got absolutely wrecked at Beitbridge border crossing trying to get into Zimbabwe from South Africa, with some drivers sitting in lines for nine hours just to get temporary import permits for their vehicles. Travelers claimed touts were cutting the line after slipping cash to...

South Africa is tweaking its black ownership rules after the telecom minister decided satellite internet companies like Starlink need an easier path to set up shop. The government used to force foreign communications firms to hand over 30 percent equity stakes in their local operations to...

Johan Muller runs Cricket Namibia and is handling tournament director duties for the U19 Men's World Cup his country is throwing with Zimbabwe. The guy sat down with 3-mob.com in Harare to break down what Namibia has cooking for the event, which apparently matters for getting ready for the...

The ICC tapped Tatenda Taibu as the brand ambassador for the U19 Men's Cricket World Cup happening across Zimbabwe and Namibia next month, and the guy basically checks every box for the job. Back when he was a teenager competing in the same tournament, Taibu absolutely crushed it by snagging...

Hardrock just hired Zambian coach Kelvin Kaindu after he kept Dynamos alive in the top flight and helped them hold onto the Chibuku Super Cup. The newly promoted squad is loaded with cash and grabbed Kaindu for his third Zimbabwean gig in roughly 12 months after bouncing around between...

Hope Masike threw down her first performance at Alliance Francaise de Harare after coming back from Kenya, and she basically turned the whole thing into a healing ritual with her mbira setup. She rolled with a three-piece band that eventually became four people, and the vibe was all about...

Paul Enest Mzenge Zhou got nailed as the head guy of a cross-border robbery crew that tried hitting multiple targets in Harare and Kwekwe with his South African buddies Ndiafhi Makhado, Andrew Reabetore Masubelele, Emmanuel Makam, and two other gang members who are dead. The National Prosecuting...

The Biden administration shoved Zimbabwe into the worst tier of its AI chip export rules, which means the country gets zero access to fancy Nvidia chips like the H100 and A100 that everyone uses for serious AI work. A single H100 runs about 31 grand, and building something like xAI's Colossus...

Zimbabwe is cracking down on drivers who mess with their phones behind the wheel, and cops in Harare have been handing out $30 fines like candy. Deputy Minister Joshua Sacco and Harare Provincial Affairs Minister Senator Charles Tawengwa showed up at a workshop put together by the Traffic Safety...

The UK government dropped 283 million pounds to train builders, coders, and engineers, but businesspeople are saying it is basically pointless. Around 100 million is going to metro mayors and local leaders to expand construction courses at colleges with a goal of getting 60,000 extra...

UK companies hit the brakes on hiring for the second straight month, as job postings tanked by over 14 percent between October and November, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. The drop is pretty wild considering retail and hospitality usually ramp up before the holidays...

A former government economist is calling out the UK Treasury for some wildly optimistic math around non-dom tax reforms. Chris Walker from ChamberlainWalker says the government is betting on nearly 16 billion pounds showing up over three years from wealthy people bringing overseas money back to...

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett just made 59 lawyers into partners, which is their biggest promotion class ever. The New York firm bumped up way more people than last year, when only 44 got promoted, and nearly half of the new partners are women. Most of them work out of New York, but they have also...

Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca bumped 12 lawyers to partner across Madrid, Mexico City, and Bogotá while tapping corporate attorney José Luis Romeu to run its London office. The promotions hit corporate hard with six new partners, while tax grabbed two spots, and the rest got split between...

Securitize grabbed Jerome Roche as its new general counsel after the spot sat empty since Tom Eidt bailed earlier in the year. Roche comes from PayPal, where he ran legal for digital assets and helped launch their PayPal USD stablecoin while racking up over two decades of experience across...

Eugene Modise grabbed another term leading the ANC's Greater Tshwane Region without anyone challenging him at the party conference near Pretoria, even though fraud accusations keep hanging over his head from a security contract mess. The deputy mayor and finance boss got hit with a forensic...

Gauteng's education department says almost every Grade 1 and Grade 8 kid finally scored a school spot for next year, with over 342,000 learners placed out of roughly 358,000 applicants by mid-December. About 15,000 students still need slots, mostly Grade 8 kids in packed districts like...

Gauteng High Court judges tossed the Information Regulator's attempt at blocking matric results from appearing in newspapers, ruling that listing exam numbers instead of names does not violate privacy laws under POPIA. The full bench called the regulator's argument about students figuring out...

Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo rolled through Mankweng Police Station in Limpopo's Capricorn District to check how cops are handling holiday crime surges and road safety during festive operations that run through mid-January. Provincial Commissioner Thembi Hadebe and Transport MEC Violet...

People living in Tumahole finally got taps working after going two decades without reliable water, thanks to Municipal Manager Futhuli Mothamaha pushing upgrades through the Free State township. The pilot borehole project in the Mandela section brought immediate relief alongside a nearly...