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Pit-bull mauls 9-year-old to death
 Bridget MabandaZimbabweans are asking for stiff penalties or the ban of pit-bull rearing in the country after a 9-year-old Harare girl died from injuries sustained in an attack.In a statement the pol...
Edd Branson and Priscilla Matsambire represent Zim at inaugural Afri50 Trailblazer Awards
 Bridget MabandaChurch leader Dr. Edd Branson and entrepreneur Priscilla Tatenda Matsambire have been named on the list of the inaugural Afri50 Trailblazer Awards to be held in Johannesburg, South Afr...
Seh Calaz compels Ndunge Yut to apologise for vulgar lyrics at school event
Ndunge YutZim Now WriterThe fierce uproar on social media over young Zimdancehall chanter Ndunge Yut’s performance where he sang profanities to students at a school event has forced the artist to issu...
13-year-old girl in bar, mother attacks fellow drinker
Zim Now WriterA man from Mazowe was attacked with an axe handle and open hands by a 13-year-old girl’s mother and another man after he made the girl sit on his lap at a bar in the mining town.James Ma...
Hwange Unit 7 output rises to 335 MW
Zim Now WriterHwange Power Station’s new Unit 7, which was synchronised with the national grid on March 20, achieved full generation capacity of 335 MW on Thursday.This was revealed by the contractor...
MSU set to publish science textbooks in local languages
Zim Now WriterGovernment has unveiled US$174 000 to The Midlands State University has received US$174 000 to fund the publication of science literature and textbooks in local languages, the Minister o...
Harare firm loses US426k to armed robbers
Zim Now WriterA Harare company, which is based in the Willowvale industrial area, lost US$26 301 and $36 000 cash to armed robbers on Wednesday.Police have since launched investigations into the robbe...
Marlborough Polyclinic to avail low-cost maternity services to low density suburb
Bridget MabandaMarlborough is set to be the first low density suburb to have a polyclinic which is going to be constructed alongside a Fire Station and an Early Childhood Development Centre as Harare...
Women in agric challenged to use new technologiesWomen in agric challenged to use new technologies
Tofara Chokera Patricia MashiriWomen in Agriculture have been challenged to use new technologies to market their products to the world so that they will reach greater audiences and transform from bein...
Zacc arrests Harare traffic officers over US$20 bribe
 Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has said it has arrested Bertha Gondo and Gabriel Mukoka, who are City of Harare traffic officers, for extortion.In a statement, ZACC said the ac...