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Woman Demands Goat As Compensation For Rape
Zim Now WriterA 40-year-old Matobo woman is refusing a US$40 cash settlement, demanding a goat instead as compensation for rape The woman claims the she was raped while she was unconscious from consum...
Wife Takes Hubby To Court For Using Her Clothes As Toilet Paper
Zim Now Writer A Harare man, Ernest Musawa who is husband to Rudo Takalumusi, appeared at the Harare  Civil court for allegedly using his wife’s clothes as toilet paper, a habit his wife says has been...
Vee Kativhu, 26, sets record as Braford;s youngest honorary Dr
AudreyGalawu Assistant EditorUnited Kingdom-based, Vee Kativhu has attained a doctoral degree from Bradford University, establishing a milestone as the institution's youngest recipient of an honorary...
El Niño Plunges More Than 7 Million Children Into Poverty In Southern Africa
Oscar J JekeZim Now ReporterUNICEF has revealed that over 7.4 million children are living in child food poverty as a result of the El-Niño induced drought in Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimba...
Looking back at the innovative opening ceremony at Olympic Games 2024 in France
 Agather MeyerZim Now Reporter in Paris  Friday July saw the opening of the 33rd Olympic Games in Paris. The Olympic flame lit up the capital at 10:34 p.m., with Céline Dion's voice rising to Edith Pi...
Worst drought in 100 years and only half of needed aid raised so far: WFP
 eThe current drought is the worst in the last 100 years to hit southern Africa  and only half of needed resoucces marshalled so far to secure the 27 million people in the region on the brink of hunge...
Mutapa injects US$10m in Invictus' Cabora Bassa Project
 Audrey GalawuAssistant EditorNational sovereign fund Mutapa is now a shareholder in the Cabora Bassa Project after injecting a $10 million investment.Invictus CEO Scott Macmillan announced the develo...
Granny burned to death in veldt fire
John MurwiraZim Now corrspondentFollowing the death of a 74 year old woman in Kadoma, police has urged communities to structure fire committees that can coordinate responses during outbreaks so as to...
August set to be the busiest month in 2024
Oscar J JekeZim Now ReporterNational calendar events set for August have set the month to be the busiest in the country, with National Heroes’ Day on the 12th, Defense Forces Day on the 13th, together...
Armed robber killed in shootout, teen arrested
Zim Now WriterA daring armed robbery gang has been dealt a significant blow following the arrest of two of its members and the fatal shooting of a third during a shootout with police. The gang, allege...