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Rainy season not yet with us: MSD
 Audrey GalawuThe Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said we are not yet in the rainy season, despite the showers that fell across the country, including in the capital Harare on Monday.Mete...
School bursar remanded in custody over US$6,3k
Zim Now WriterA bursar with Avondale Primary School on Saturday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of theft of trust property after she allegedly convertedUS$6 300 of the le...
Invest in medicinal cannabis: ZIDA
Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA), which has issued 57 cannabis cultivation licences to date is calling on investors to inject funds into medicinal cannabis in order to e...
E-bikes a plus for anti-poaching teams
Audrey GalawuTransportation in the African bush requires specific features, especially for park rangers responsible for catching animal poachers.The award-winning Save Valley Conservancy anti-poaching...
Zim year-on-year inflation falls
Zim Now WriterFor long the economy’s major challenge, Zimbabwe’s year-on-year inflation has fallen to 268.8 percent in October from 280.4 percent in September, according to the Zimbabwe National Stati...
Man on community service uses provincial magistrate to fake court order
Zim Now WriterA fraudster who was ordered to do work at the provincial magistrate’s office as part of his community service showed that efforts to correct him while out of custody was not paying.This...
Government taking care of majority of food insecure 3.8 million, says WFP
Audrey GalawuThe Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and the World Food Programme say they are there to complement government and that the state is taking responsibility for the ma...
Church sues government for US$900,000 in cash and land as payment for New Parly property
Inside the new Parliament building. Photo credit: China Aid ZimbabweOne Way Ministries is demanding that government pays up a total value US$900,000 that it agreed to as compensation for the land whic...
‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies after taking his first bath in decades
Iranian eccentric, who has died aged 94, had avoided taking showers for half a century before villagers took him to a bathroom for a wash  Amou Haji would smoke several cigarettes at the same time. Ph...
10 year old boy cut with machete over his father's affair with a married woman
Zim Now WriterPolice in the Midlands Province have launched a manhunt for one Pilate Ruvengo (40) who ambushed a juvenile and attacked him with a machete claiming his father was dating his wife.The 10...