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Zimbabwe dropped exam scores for nearly 400,000 seventh graders, and the national pass rate slipped to 48.49 percent from last year's 49.01 percent. About 189,000 kids cleared all six subjects out of the 390,000 who sat for tests. Girls absolutely crushed it with a 53.64 percent pass rate...

Springboks captains Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth rolled up to Franco Mostert's hotel room at the crack of dawn to serenade him for his 33rd birthday. The duo busted in while the lock was still half asleep, with Kolisi belting out tunes and Etzebeth clapping along like they were putting on a...

Zimbabwe's finance minister just cranked up taxes on the betting scene, with bookmakers getting slammed from 3 percent to 20 percent of their revenue, while punters are getting hit with a 25 percent cut on winnings instead of the previous 10 percent. Mthuli Ncube said operators have been dodging...

Zimbabwe's exam council dropped Grade Seven results, showing the pass rate dipped slightly to 48.49 percent after hitting 49.01 percent the previous cycle. About 189,000 kids out of 390,000 who sat for tests managed to clear all six subjects, which works out to a half-percent slide, according to...

Two guys from the Small Grains and Legumes Association Trust just walked free after a Harare magistrate tossed fraud charges over some busted farming deal. Oral Ntsona and Lousthaan Tapiwa Ngoshi got accused by lawyer Standa Sani, who claimed he dropped $13,000 on tilling work for a chia crop...

Zimbabwe's energy watchdog just went off on social media posts claiming the government wants to slap taxes on people running solar panels at home. ZERA dropped a statement calling the whole thing completely fake and said there are zero plans to charge anyone for residential solar setups. They...

Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector just became the biggest slice of the country's economy after some government number crunching showed it hitting 15.3 percent of GDP, and factory capacity jumped from 52 percent to over 57 percent. Industry minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu told a business...

Bulawayo's trying out a corporate-style water authority after city officials checked out how Zambia runs its utilities and came back impressed. Ward 25 councillor Aleck Ndlovu said the plan is to set up a standalone entity that stays fully city-owned but operates more like a business to attract...

Gweru's Go Beer Breweries dropped a one-liter bottle called Shikisha into stores as part of their push to grab more market share after reopening last December following a decade-long shutdown. Marketing manager Sam Ganjani said the name comes from Swahili, and the brew is aimed at younger...

Young women in Matabeleland South are getting hammered by HIV at rates higher than anywhere else in Zimbabwe, and a health official is pointing straight at poverty as the main culprit. The National Aids Council guy for that province said broke girls are ending up in sketchy relationships with...

People in Nkulumane are telling wannabe politicians to ditch the party gear and campaign noise as they gear up for a special election to replace their dead representative, Desire Moyo. The local development committee chair, Andrew Ndlovu, said voters want actual progress instead of empty...

Bulawayo city council members are catching heat for obsessing over the town clerk's contract while their city falls apart around them. Christopher Dube's deal might get pushed all the way to 2030, even though Mayor David Coltart is against it and residents are pissed that basic services keep...

Norman Mapeza just signed a two-year contract to coach Scottland FC, the freshly minted league champs who just canned their title-winning manager because apparently winning isn't enough when you've got bottomless pockets. The 53-year-old legend inked the deal at sponsor Wicknell Chivayo's fancy...

CAPS United just brought in Takesure Chiragwi to run their squad after they limped to ninth place last season. The guy's coming from Ngezi Platinum, where he had a rough time that ended with the league suspending him and hitting his wallet for smacking one of his players. He'll be working with...

The NetOne boss who got hauled in on fraud charges just got cut loose after a magistrate said prosecutors had zero evidence tying him to anything shady. Raphael Mushanawani walked out of court after his legal team convinced the judge that anti-corruption investigators literally didn't understand...

Guinea-Bissau's military just installed General Horta Inta-a as their new junta boss after booting out President Umaro Sissoco Embaló following a sketchy election where both candidates claimed they won. The deposed leader bounced to Senegal on a government-chartered flight while the army banned...

Workers at the KP Snacks factory in Billingham voted to strike after management dumped extra responsibilities on them without bumping their wages. The GMB union says 85 percent of process operators backed the walkout, and the plant cranks out Hula Hoops plus McCoy's and Pom-Bears. KP responded...

Revolut just hit a 75 billion dollar valuation after letting employees dump shares to some massive investors like Nvidia's venture arm, and the fintech company basically leapfrogged Barclays in terms of what it's worth on paper. The secondary sale let workers offload up to a fifth of their...

JP Morgan just dropped plans for a massive office tower in Canary Wharf that will cost around three billion pounds and fit 12,000 workers when it finishes construction. The building gets designed by Foster and Partners, and it becomes the biggest office space in Britain when completed...

The International Court of Justice dropped an advisory opinion saying countries have to actually follow through on Paris Agreement promises, and former UN climate guy David Boyd thinks this changes everything at the negotiating table. The ICJ shot down the argument from rich nations that climate...