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Bulawayo Grapples With Teenage Pregnancies, Churches Pledge to Help
  Zim Now ReporterMore than 500 teenage pregnancies have been recorded in Bulawayo since the start of the year, prompting urgent appeals for stronger partnerships between government and faith-based or...
Inspector Mandizvidza Denied Bail
Zim Now WriterA Harare magistrate has refused bail for Simbarashe Mandizvidza, the police officer who shot to notoriety after declaring himself the new head of the Zimbabwe Republic Police.Mandizvidza...
Kenyan Police Exhume 5 New Graves in Cult Tragedy
 Police in Kenya have begun exhuming 27 newly discovered shallow graves in Kilifi County’s Chakama Ranch, part of the notorious Shakahola Forest, where one of the world’s deadliest cult-related traged...
Audit Office Starved of Funds, MPs Warn of Oversight Collapse
Audrey Galawu- Assistant EditorLegislators have raised alarm over the underfunding of the Auditor-General’s Office, warning that Treasury’s decision to allocate only 10 percent of its required budget...
Neighbourhood feud turns bloody
Munyaradzi Mashiri- Court CorrespondentA neighbourhood dispute in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb escalated into violence, leaving one woman seriously injured.Mavis Mupingwa, 37, of Waterfalls, appeared be...
Four-Man Gang Accused of Violent Robbery Spree Across Harare
Munyaradzi Mashiri- Court CorrespondentA four-man gang accused of masterminding a spate of violent robberies across Harare has appeared in court, facing charges that span attacks on a church, business...
524 Businesses Shut for Non-Compliance
Zim Now WriterThe Harare City Council has intensified its crackdown on businesses and property owners in the Central Business District, closing down hundreds of operations that failed to meet municipa...
CHEF health insurance to start in Mbare and Hopley + Explainer
ZimNow News DeskGood news for families in Harare. The City of Harare, working together with ZB Bank and the United Nations Population Fund, has started a new health plan to help poor people get treatm...
Boy Runs for His Life as Rampage Leaves Five Dead in Bulilima
A teenage boy sprinted for his life on Wednesday afternoon, narrowly escaping a man believed to be mentally challenged who went on a killing spree that left five villagers dead in Bhelasi area, Madlam...
UNDP Reaffirms Support for Zimbabwe’s Development Agenda
ZimNow News Desk  President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with United Nations Development Programme Acting Administrator Haoliang Xu on the sidelines of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Deve...