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Man caged 15 years for raping brother’s wife
Zim Now WriterHarare regional magistrate Letwin Rwodzi sentenced a 29-year-old man from Chinamhora, Mashonaland East Province, to an effective 15 years in jail on Tuesday for raping his brother's wife...
ZEC tender scandal: Two suspects not available for Zacc interviews
Zim Now WriterTwo suspects in the US$40 million Zimbabwe Electoral Commission tender scandal, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, have claimed they are currently abroad and unable to present themselves for...
Africa urged to embrace AI to drive development, empower continent's workforce
 ADDIS ABABA, Xinhua - The African continent has been urged to harness the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence to drive economic growth and empower its abundant workforce.The call was m...
9-year jail term for US$107K theft house helper
Michael MashiriZim Now CorrespondentThe Highlands house helper, who stole US$107 000 from her Chinese boss together with her police officer boyfriend, was sentenced to nine years in jail, with two yea...
Trio in court for faking cooperative documentation, trying to regularise 178 residential stands
Michael MashiriZim Now CorrespondentThree people, who formed a cooperative, Sunungukai Housing Co-operative using fake documentation, reportedly with the intention of defrauding 178 residential stands...
DPRK top leader meets with visiting Russian president
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea President, Kim Jong Un and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir PutinSEOUL, Xinhua - Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, greeted vi...
Court grants Kaseplan Grand Industries joinder application in land dispute case
Justice Maxwell TakuvaNyashadzashe NdoroChief ReporterThe High Court of Zimbabwe has granted Kaseplan Grand Industries (Pvt) Ltd’s application for joinder in a long-standing land dispute case.Kaseplan...
CVR employees arrested for alleged vehicle registration misconduct
Zim Now WriterTwo Central Vehicle Registry employees, Natalie Mazhero (26) and Chiraswa Nyagumbo (44), appeared in court on Monday facing charges of criminal abuse of office. Harare regional magistr...
Fake magician dupes friend, promised US$300,000 but delivered empty box
 Zim NowA Harare man, Nyasha Masoka, has been left empty-handed after a botched attempt to magically multiply his US$100,000. The man he trusted, Jean-Piere Kingombe, 49, from Congo Brazzaville, alleg...
South Africa's GNU now has five parties, ANC says
 SA President, Cyril RamaphosaTimesLIVE - South Africa’s new government of national unity has five parties in it so far, representing more than two thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, and ta...