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GEF to Roll Out Wildlife Conservation Bonds Across Africa
The Global Environment Facility, the world’s oldest multilateral climate change fund, plans to launch a new round of wildlife conservation bonds aimed at helping African nations protect endangered spe...
Snake Bite Toll Hits 3,018 With 10 Deaths Reported
 Zim Now WriterZimbabwe continues to grapple with a range of public health challenges, according to the Ministry of Health and Child Care’s Weekly Disease Surveillance Report for the week ending 6 Jul...
Six Artisanal Miners Killed in Hoist Accident
 Zim Now WriterA devastating mining accident at Starlake Mine in Mazowe has claimed the lives of six artisanal miners, with four others injured, according to a press statement released by the Zimbabwe...
Hurungwe RDC CEO Jailed 34 Years for Fraud
Zim Now ReporterHurungwe Rural District Council Chief Executive Officer, Luke Kalavina, has been sentenced to 34 years in jail by the High Court after being convicted on three counts of fraud involvin...
Hatipfeke Junkie Proprietor Sentenced to 4½ Years’ Imprisonment
ZimNow Reporter Hatipfeke Junkie proprietor Jeff Nyamuchengwa, who was facing charges of theft of trust property, has been sentenced to 50 months’ imprisonment by Harare magistrate Wnfilder Tiyatara.N...
Another Arrest Made in US$4.4 Million Ecobank Robbery Case
Zim Now WriterPolice have apprehended another suspect linked to the daring US$4.4 million armed robbery that occurred at an Ecobank branch in Bulawayo in October 2024.The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP...
Chinese National Caught with US$246K Worth of Rhino Horns and Ivory
Munyaradzi Mashiri- Court CorrespondentA Chinese national has been apprehended and charged with violating the Parks and Wildlife Act after being found in possession of three rhinoceros horns and four...
WHO Endorses Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection
Rutendo Mazhindu - ZimNow ReporterThe World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the use of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) as a new HIV prevention method administered twice a year, unveiled at the 13th In...
SADC Hosts Regional Leather Forum in Bulawayo
Rutendo Mazhindu - ZimNow ReporterThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) will host its inaugural Regional Leather Forum on 22 July 2025 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in a move aimed at boosting in...
High Court quashes Chief's "irrational" order: Villager Spared 12-Beast Compensation
 Rutendo MazhinduZim Now ReporterA Mazowe villager, Christopher Chisango, can breathe a sigh of relief after the High Court in Harare overturned a ruling by Chief Nemakope that had ordered him to pay...