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Man Kills Ex-Wife With Hammer in Custody Dispute
AI generated imageMunyaradzi Mashiri- Court CorrespondentA 31-year-old man from New Mabvuku has been dragged to court after allegedly murdering his ex-wife in a brutal hammer attack following a disput...
Zimbabweans Ignore Geza’s Calls for Mass Stay-Away
 ZimNow ReporterCalls by war veteran Blessed Geza for Zimbabweans to stage a mass stay-away on April 22 have been largely ignored, as most formal and informal workers opted to go about their business...
Beer Dispute Turns Deadly in Kuwadzana
Munyaradzi Mashiri- Court CorrespondentA 41-year-old man from Kuwadzana 7, Harare, has been arraigned before the courts facing a murder charge after allegedly stabbing his friend to death during a dis...
Man Crafts Fake Sale Agreement to Defraud US$18K Stand
Munyaradzi Mashiri- Court CorrespondentA man from Hopely has been brought before the courts for allegedly defrauding Livre Investments Private Limited of a stand worth US$18 436.Timothy Mariwo, 46, ap...
ARDA opens 2025 Winter Wheat Credit Scheme for farmers
 ZimNow ReporterThe Agricultural and Rural Development Authority has opened registration for its 2025 Winter Wheat Contracting Scheme, offering farmers access to inputs on credit and guaranteed market...
Gvt signals crackdown on social media as dissent against Mnangagwa rises
  ZimNow ReporterThe Zimbabwean government has issued a stark warning about impending legal action against social media users accused of spreading “disruptive messages” and “alarm and despondency,” as...
Time for the first Black pope?
  ZimNow ReporterThe succession battle is on, just a couple of days after U.S. Senator JD Vance blessed the Vatican with his Ohio-flavored holiness and Pope Francis tragically succumbed to… divine ove...
Ne Zha, the box office demon child slaying Hollywood records & western hegemony
   Monica Cheru-Managing EditorDisclaimer: I prefer my pixels silently shaped into words with a glass of dry red wine, not the multicolored version that comes with a lot of surround system noise and b...
Colonial Brutality Cast in Stone as Zimbabwean Sculptors Celebrate British Crumbs
    ZimNow ReporterIn September, Oxford University’s Oriel College will host an exhibition of Zimbabwean stone sculptures confronting the brutality of British colonialism.These aren’t just art pieces—...
Pope Francis Passes Away at 88
 Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, has died at the age of 88. He passed away at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.Born Jorge Mario Be...