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Chimutashu on the run after botched US$30 000 car deal involving late deputy minister's daughter
Malven ChimutashuZim Now WriterPolice are on the hunt for Malven Chimutashu, a suspected fraudster who has since disappeared during his trial after he sold a new Mercedes Benz C200 for US$33 000.The v...
Church caretaker kidnaps, drugs and rapes teenager
Zim Now WriterA Bulawayo church caretaker has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, drugging, and raping a 15-year-old girl.Mkhululi Ndlovu, 42, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo...
Cyclone Freddy disaster, Malawi appeals for assistance
H.E Dr Mwayiwayo M PolepoleZim Now WriterThe Embassy of the Republic of Malawi is appealing for assistance from individuals or organisations of goodwill in material or finances to help people affected...
Rogue police officer implicated in B/dere armed robbery case
Zim Now WriterA rogue police officer recently appeared before the Harare Magistrate courts on initial remand in connection with an armed robbery which occurred in Belvedere, Harare, on February 26.Con...
NSSA board chair Percy Toriro resigns
Percy ToriroZim Now WriterNational Social Security Authority board chairman, Percy Toriro, has offered to resign, citing his prolonged physical absence from the country.Toriro becomes the fifth to lea...
Prayer warrior sells off copper cable thieves
Zim Now WriterA man who was praying in a bushy area near Greenlands farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North Province spotted copper cable thieves hiding their booty.Bulawayo police said the incident happen...
Govt bans use of Blair toilets
Zim Now WriterResidents of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo are in a quandary following government’s banning of Blair toilets which are widely used in the second city’s suburb.This comes as over 9 300 out of...
Manager fakes accident, claims $66 000 insurance cover
 Michael MashiriA Ruwa man who insured an already damaged car and staged a road accident claiming US$66 059 32 for insurance has been arraigned to court.Never Makova, 50, of Damofalls, Ruwa, was at th...
Business woman Jane Mutasa loses US$4 000 in residential stand deal
Jane MutasaMichael MashiriAn Eastview man has been arraigned before the courts to answer to charges of  selling a non-existing stand.Peter Mubare, 53, of Eastview, Harare appeared before magistrate De...
Lobels Biscuits boss case: rape victim collapses while giving evidence in court
Andrew DinhidzaZim Now WriterThe trial of Lobels Biscuits’ chief operations manager in Bulawayo Andrew Dinhidza has been postponed to March 22, 2023 after one of the five victims in the rape trial col...