In this edition of The Brief Bulletin, the Bulawayo City Council has received official approval to begin building the long-awaited Glassblock Dam on the Mzingwane River, aiming to ease the city’s chronic water shortages. Human Rights Watch reports that at least 130 civilians, mostly ethnic Fulanis, were killed in March by Burkina Faso government forces and allied militias near Solenzo. The first group of 49 white South Africans, granted refugee status by the Trump administration, has departed for the U.S., sparking controversy.
