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Nyanga Man Faces Community Service for US$8K Illegal Power Connection
Munyaradzi MashiriZim Now Court CorrespondentBright Maturura, a 34-year-old resident of Nyanga, received a fully suspended 12-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally tapping electrici...
Flood alert issued as rains come down
Zim Now ReporterThe Department of Civil Protection has activated emergency response systems to assist communities in vulnerable, low-lying areas and warned people to stay safe as heavy rains hit diffe...
Woman arrested over "sexual healing" of teen boy with disabilities
Munyaradzi MashiriZim Now Court CorrespondentA woman who claimed to be a spiritualist has appeared in court, accused of raping a 17-year-old teenager with disability under the guise of offering spirit...
Grade 3 girl killed, 14 learners injured as rains wreak havoc in Mberengwa
AI generated imageZim Now Reporter A Grade 3 girl from Mberengwa died this past Monday when a grocery store she had taken refuge in collapsed, trapping her under rubble.The Mahindi Primary School pupi...
SA cops arrest 2 with smuggled Zim cigarettes worth US$55 000 cigarettes
IOL-Police in Limpopo have arrested two foreign nationals, aged 25 and 31, for possession of illicit Remington Gold cigarettes valued at approximately R1 million (around US$55 000).Provincial police s...
Garise says he will not accept Chitungwiza's 2 ZiG termination package
  Philemon JambayaZim Now Editor Chitungwiza Town Council's resolve  to offer a dismissed worker a termination package of  ZWG$2.06, equivalent to 22 cents for each of his 14 years of service is likle...
Defence Forces HQ and Pari drawn into US$4k bread swindle
Munyaradzi Mashiri Zim Now Court Correspondent A 36-year-old man accused of repeatedly charging Innscor Africa Private Limited customers for bread he allegedly failed to deliver has appeared in court....
Sakhile Dube eyes Miss Universe Crown
  Zim Now Writer ZIMBABWEAN beauty queen, Sakhile Dube, is among the 130 peagants who will battle it out for the coveted Miss Universe crown in Mexico this Saturday. The wait is almost over with reign...
Elon Musk Tapped to Lead New Department of Government Efficiency in Trump Admin
Oscar J Jeke Zim Now Writer United States President-elect Donald Trump has appointed billionaire Elon Musk to co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency, alongside entrepreneur Vivek...
Azerbaijan President Defends Oil and Gas as "Gift of God"
 Oscar J. JekeZim Now ReporterAzerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, defended his country's fossil fuel industry at the COP29 climate summit, calling oil and gas a "gift of God" and asserting that nati...