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Zim illegal mining kingpin a flight risk: SA prosecutors
  The alleged illegal mining kingpins have been proven to be foreign nationalsProsecutors at Oberholzer Magistrate’s Court in Carletonville, South Africa have argued that Zimbabwe’s illegal mining kin...
Gender Commission relaunches Magaya sexual crimes probe
 Walter Magaya Church leader Walter Magaya’s bid to foil investigation into allegations of sex crimes against him has been thrown out by the court, opening the way for the Zimbabwe Gender Commission t...
Legislators empowered to deliver better hygiene and sanitation for the people
 Audrey GalawuThe Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) on Thursday October 20, 2022 launched an international handbook for Parliaments and parliamentarians titled "Water and Sanitation: Realising Human...
Call for Zimsec overhaul as exam paper leaks get of hand
  Bridget MabandaStakeholders in the education sector and parents of exam candidates say integrity of the whole Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council 2022 O Level examinations is now questionable afte...
Zim’s manufacturing sector to grow 3,7 percent
ZIMBABWE’S manufacturing sector is expected to grow at an average of 3,7% this year after government put in place various measures to stabilise the economy and create a conducive environment for busin...
Wigs committee set up to decide on “colonial relics”
  The Judicial Services Commission has announced that a Judicial Wigs Committee has been set up to investigate help decide on fate of the hairpiece worn at official functions by judges of higher court...
Family of ZB US$2,7m mastermind Njowa arrested
Harare police have arrested the family of Shadreck Njowa, the mastermind behind the ZB Bank US$2,7 million and $43 000 heist which occurred in January last year at Gwebi River Bridge along the Harare-...
Burley-based music teacher launches crowdfunder for Zimbabwean woman
  Women from Mucherengi Village. Right-Joelle Braithwaite Joelle a music teacher from Burley, UK visited Africa with friends from her church.Recently another UK teacher-now retired- was in Zimbabwe vi...
IT techie swindles US$1 million from Harare organisation
 Police last night arrested a Harare man who has been on the run after swindling his employer of money estimated to be worth around USS 1 million.Kundai Charles Mahachi who was employed as an Informat...
US concedes pressure over sanctions on Zimbabwe
Ambassador James O'BrienZim Now Writer At a briefing with a select group of African journalists on Wednesday, US Department of State sanctions coordinator, Ambassador James O'Brien, admitted that the...