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Police on drive to wipe out shebeens
Zim Now WriterPolice have launched an operation to weed out shebeens during their campaign against drug and substance abuse.The police are currently engaged in an operation to arrest drug peddlers in...
Education sector stakeholders meet over violence, drugs in schools
Zim Now WriterStakeholders in the education sector, who include school heads, teachers, Primary and Secondary Education Ministry officials, pupils, police, church organisations and civil society organ...
Weakened Cyclone Freddy effects to bring heavy rains, says MSD
Zim Now WriterThe Meteorological Services Department yesterday said Cyclone Freddy had weakened, warning of the effects of heavy rainfall that is still expected in parts of the country.MSD senior mete...
Govt, civil servants on collision course over USD salaries
Paul MavimaZim Now WriterAs teachers across the country are planning to embark on a strike tomorrow, demanding that their employer pays their salaries 100% in US dollars, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trad...
Govt calls out land barons over wetland settlements
Daniel GarweZim Now WriterGovernment says it will soon impose harsh measures against land barons as they have continued to cause land degradation and exploiting home seekers.Speaking at a Press confer...
Nedbank donates incubators to UBH
Zim Now WriterFinancial institution, Nedbank, has donated two incubators to the United Bulawayo Hospitals – a referral hospital which services Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midland...
Storm kills two in Mash West
Chief ChunduZim Now WriterTwo people identified as Alec Mbomboya,24, and Owen Kawara,20, of Kahumwe Village under Chief Kazangarare in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West province, were struck by lightning whi...
Sodomiser subjects minor to 4 year rape ordeal with threats of lightning strike
Zim Now WriterA 38 year old man repeatedly sodomised a minor for 4 years, telling the boy that if he reported the abuse, the victim would be struck by lightning. It is the state’s case that in 2019 wh...
Civil servant defrauded US$716 in stop order scam
Zim Now WriterA KUWADZANA man, Wylie Ligomeka, 41, was yesterday remanded out of custody to April 20 on $50 000 bail after appearing before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to charges of def...
Man murders sister's hubby over mangoes
 Zim Now Writer A fight over mangoes ended fatally when a brother killed his sister’s husband following a misunderstanding over the fruit.John Munjanja, 52, from Bhudhe Village in Chirumhanzu struck h...