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Mpofu appointed The Tree Foundation Communications Director
 Zim Now WriterGreen Ambassador at the Environment Ministry and the City of Harare Dereck Mpofu has been appointed Programmes and Communications Director at The Tree Foundation. In a statement release...
Man caught raping neighbour's goat
Zim Now WriterA Chivhu man appeared before magistrate Ayah Kagwere facing bestiality charges after he was caught red-handed “raping” a neighbour’s goat.Anymore Chipara, 25, from Madhibha village, unde...
Chikurubi prison escapee rearrested while sleeping at his house
Zim Now WriterAn escapee from Chikurubi Farm Prison, Panashe Chinyama, 24, was arrested around 1am at the weekend by members of the Special Tactics Unit while sleeping at his house in Whitecliff, Hara...
DJ Loshto charged with domestic violence
In happier times: Dj Loshto and Jacquline ChikuviraZim Now WriterAs the nation was celebrating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence under the theme “UNITE! Activism to End Violence Agains...
Hospital, farmers count losses as storm ravages Bindura
Zim Now WriterA violent storm swept through Bindura last Thursday, uprooting trees and knocking down electricity poles in the process while the X-ray room at Bindura Hospital was damaged as the roof w...
Harare family loses US$50k, car to robbers
 Zim Now WriterFour brothers from Epworth, Paul, Sign, Partially and Simon Makamelo, teamed up with Tonderai Norest Chibvongodze, Christopher Sithole, Kelvin Zimomo and Innocent Kaso and robbed a fami...
Photos expose insurance scam to steal US$90 000 from Old Mutual
 Michael MashiriAn attempt to defraud an insurer into paying for damage that happened prior to insurance was foiled because the would-be scammers failed to sync accident photos with the tow company th...
Gold panners close school classrooms
Zim Now WriterGlobe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwekwe has been forced to decommission classroom blocks fearing that illegal mining activities taking place underground could lead to the buildings co...
Habitual insurance fraudster in yet another scam
Michael MashiriThe Harare Magistrates’ Courts are seized with two cases involving the same accused who stood in the dock to answer to two other separate but related breaches of the Criminal Codificati...
Chamisa election age sentiments court wrath of netizens
 Zim Now WriterA cross section of social media followers have taken to twitter to respond to Citizens of Coalition Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa’s sentiments pertaining to age and governance ahea...