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Its game on! Zanu PF primaries next week
Zim Now WriterPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that the ruling party, ZANU PF, will hold its primary elections in a week’s time as it prepares the ground for harmonised elections slated for...
Women still lag behind in ICT access
Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency says that the gender gap in access to Information and Communication Technologies still exists, and this keeps women from realising the full potent...
Flashy lifestyles open Byo passport office staff to probe
Zim Now WriterBulawayo Passport Office staff have opened themselves to investigations following reports that some of them owned fleets of vehicles and were building mansions despite earning around US$...
Hwange battles malaria outbreak
Zim Now WriterHwange District has been hit by malaria with 600 cases being recorded in two wards of the Matabeleland North Province district.Addressing an emergency Department of Civil Protection meet...
Motorists cry foul over CBD clamping
Philemon JambayaHarare motorists have expressed disappointment with City Park officials who have of late been harassing them in the Central Business District.Recently, Council announced that it had re...
No flea market is being created on Park Street
Ngadziore warns vendors not to pay the four space baronsBridget MabandaThe Small to Medium Enterprises Committee is advising informal traders not to part with their money to space barons as the City o...
Man axes ex-wife to death, hangs himself
Zim Now WriterA man from Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central Province reportedly axed his ex-wife to death in a dispute before hanging himself on Monday.Brighton Justice, 28, of Madombwe Village in the Ch...
Police officer in court over vendor extortion racket
Michael MashiriA police officer and his two vendor partners have appeared in court for extortion of protection fees from illegal vendors on claims of saving them from arrest.Innocent Chiza, 40, Chakup...
Chitown litter bugs face US$30 fine
Evangelista MachonaZim Now WriterIn an effort to stem the development of dumpsites around the town, Chitungwiza Municipality has started enforcing a by-law, compelling litterbugs to pay a US$30 fine.T...
Two sisters die in house fire
Zim Now WriterTwo sisters were burnt beyond recognition in Beitbridge yesterday after the house they were sleeping in caught fire town in the Vhembe-view suburb.The cause of the fire is yet to be asce...