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Owners to pay daily fines for roaming livestock in Plumtree
Zim Now Writer Livestock impounded after being found roaming around Plumtree Town will now cost the owners penalties of up to US$ 10 a day per animal, the local authority has decreed.“Farmers and the...
Netizens call for arrest of vigilante employer + video
Screen grab shows “Boss” in the middle of assaulting a tied up womanZim Now WriterTwimbos have called for the prosecution of man caught on video while beating two tied up women.Watch videohttps://www....
Govt must act tougher with sex offenders
Philemon JambayaStakeholders have called for stiffer penalties on those found guilty of sex offences.Cases of sexual assault have been spiking recently with the perpetrators taking advantage of the lo...
Optic fibre network expansion project enters second phase
 Zim Now WriterA second phase of a fibre-optic network expansion project linking Somabhula and Harare and covering 360km is on the cards according to one of the partners in the project, Dandemutande....
Truck stolen from Murehwa recovered near Mozambique border
Zim Now WriterThree men, who hired a truck from Murehwa on the pretext that they intended to transport mining equipment from Buhera and later hijacked the vehicle after assaulting the driver, are bein...
Zim to get 3 575 tractors from Belarus starting this year
Gilbert Munetsi Zimbabwe is set to benefit from a fleet of 3 575 tractors over a period of one year from Belarus courtesy of a strategic partnership between Belarus' Minsk Tractor Plant and its local...
Vic Falls intensifies anti-litter drive
Zim Now WriterThe Victoria Falls waste management taskforce is intensifying efforts to ensure the resort city remains clean by ticketing litterbugs.The Pristine Victoria Falls Society initiative, whic...
Beitbridge man gets 10 years for copper cables theft
Zim Now WriterBeitbridge regional magistrate Innocent Bepura has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years in prison for stealing copper cables at the border town’s duty-free shop.Prosecutor Claude Tadz...
Man in court over US$51 000 theft
Michael MashiriA Tynwald man stands accused of stealing US$51 546 in an illegal black market currency deal.Gerald Pondai, 30, of Tynwald North, Harare appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi at the...
Muzadzi finds new home at Real Betis
Gift Muzadzi (R) with Gerald SibandaZim Now WriterVeteran goalkeeper Gift “Umbro” Muzadzi has joined soccer academy Real Betis as a goalkeepers’ coach.The announcement was made by Betis director Geral...