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ZPC's commissioning of Hwange Unit 7 set to ease power outages
Zim Now WriterThe problem of power outages is expected to ease as the Zimbabwe Power Company on Monday installs and synchronizes Unit 7 at Hwange Power Plant into the national grid.In a notice, ZPC sa...
Two prisoners escape from Gokwe Prison, rob shop owner
 Zim Now WriterTwo inmates who were serving three-year sentences for unlawful entry on Saturday evening escaped from Gokwe Prison before robbing a shop owner at Gwehava Business Centre of goods whose...
Man commits suicide after wife bars him from taking second wife
Zim Now WriterA man from Mwenezi in Masvingo Province committed suicide by taking poison after his wife barred him from taking a second wifeMasvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe...
Raping stepdaughter, 9, earns Bikita man 36-year jail term
Zim Now WriterA Bikita man was last week jailed for 36 years following his conviction for raping his nine-year-old stepdaughter on several occasions.The paedophile repeatedly raped his daughter whenev...
Learner successfully sues school over US$300 debt
Zim Now WriterA Form Four learner successfully sued his school over the US$300 owed to him after he offered his services to the institution.The learner took Mweyamutsvene High School head, Grace Chibw...
Two jailed for defrauding land seekers of US$7.15k
Zim Now WriterTwo men from Mvuma were last week sentenced to one and a half years in jail each for defrauding two land seekers of US$7 150 when they appeared before magistrate Constance Mutandwa.Berna...
Long service employee eviction, Irvine's responds
Zim Now WriterIrvine’s (Pvt) Ltd has responded to allegations that former employee Brighton Chabayanzara whose wife, Merjury Jese Chabayanzara, died on Tuesday following eviction from a company house...
Parents welcome June exams registration extension
Zim Now WriterParents and guardians have welcomed the Zimbabwe School Examinations Counci's extension of the deadline for the June Examinations session from March 15 to Friday this week.In a statement...
Man sentenced 10 years for killing ex-wife's lover
Zim Now WriterA man from Mutasa district, Daniel Gumbu, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Mutare High Court Justice Isaac Muzenda for murdering his ex-wife’s boyfriend, Goodwell Mhlanga, in co...
ZMF boss Rushwaya's driver fined R40 000 for gold possession
Henrietta RushwayaZim Now WriterA former driver of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire, has been convicted of contravening the Customs and Exercise Act af...