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GMB appoints new CEO
Zim Now WriterThe Grain Marketing Board has appointed Clemence Guta as the acting chief executive officer, taking over from Rockie Mutenha who retired last month.Guta’s tenure began on April 1, 2023.M...
Lavish weeding couple on drugs-related wanted list
Zim Now WriterA celebrity couple who had a lavish wedding in Zimbabwe, Daniella Simba Allen and Igho Ubiriho are on the run in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering.The couple is on th...
N’anga nabbed over pangolin skin
Zim Now Writer A n’anga who is based at Makokoba Market, popularly known as eMkambo, in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly possessing a pangolin skin. The n’anga claimed that his ancestors instr...
Acie Lumumba apologises to lawyer Lunga over defamatory statement
Acie LumumbaZim Now WriterLumumba William Gerald Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, has apologised to lawyer Zweli Lunga who had expressed intentions to sue him  for defamation of character a...
SA fugitive believed to be hiding in Zimbabwe
Zim Now WriterThabo Bester, a South African fugitive who is on the police wanted person list, Â is believed to have skipped into Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security pr...
Student commits suicide after dating married woman
Zim Now WriterA young student from Chinhoyi University of Technology who committed suicide at a Norton farm is believed to have been driven to take his life by the fact that he had dated a married wom...
Disability body fundraises for Cyclone Freddy affected Malawians
Zim Now WriterThe African Union Disability Council Zimbabwe Chapter is launching a resource mobilisation campaign to support people with disabilities in Malawi who are among those affected by tropical...
Harare parking bosses up for US$5 bribery
Zim Now WriterTwo parking supervisors from the City of Harare on Friday appeared before regional magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro for allegedly bribing a motorist.The two, Bertha Gondo and Gabrie...
Detectives nabbed over US$1 000 extortion
Zim Now WriterTwo detectives from CID Bindura were arraigned before the court last week on allegations of extorting money from a suspected armed robber they had helped secure bail.The two then started...
Zimra officer robbed, murdered
Zim Now WriterPolice in Beitbridge are investigating the death of a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority official whose body was found dumped along the Beitbridge-Harare highway near a fast foods outlet with mu...