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Stakeholders express discontent over NAMA awards
Enzo IshallAudrey GalawuThe 22nd edition of the National Arts Merits Awards which took place over the weekend have been widely criticised for being biased and failing to award “deserving” artists.This...
Japan extends US$1m through WFP to tackle impending food crisis
Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, left and WFP Representative and Country Director, Francesca ErdelmannThe Government of Japan has extended a crucial lifeline through the United Nations World Food Prog...
Mabvuku/Donnybrook Housing Consortium chairperson, secretary in court over 13 counts of fraud
Michael MashiriMabvuku/Donnybrook Housing Consortium chairperson and the secretary have been arraigned before the court, facing thirteen counts of fraud.Lloyd Maungira, 48, of Crowbrough North, and Mu...
Karoi inferno kills three
Zim Now WriterThree people died at a house in Chikangwe, Karoi following a fire incident caused by an explosion of fuel in a room used for storage, the police have confirmed.The three male victims of...
Biti to pay US$300 fine for assault
Tendai Biti Michael MashiriSenior Citizens Coalition for Change official, Tendai Biti has been sentenced to six months in prison or to pay a US$300 fine.Biti was arrested in 2020 accused of verbally a...
Man who threatened to kill ED, disowns video
Zim Now WriterThe man in a video circulating on social media, threatening to kill President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has disowned the clip, claiming that his account was hacked by opposition officials to t...
Health workers threaten job action over poor remuneration
Zim Now WriterThe Heath Apex panel has threatened to go on strike, calling for an upward review of their salaries and allowances as well as other working conditions.In a February 26 letter addressed t...
Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council warns of contamination of borehole water
Oscar J JekeThe Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council has warned residents in its sub-catchment of another cholera outbreak owing to the contamination of borehole water.This comes as that a water qualit...
Mliswa’s 20-year-old daughter arrested for illegal drug possession
Zim Now WriterTemba Mliswa’s 20-year-old daughter, m’Diwa Mliswa Chanetsa was arrested last week after she was found with methylenedioxymethamphetamine.M’Diwa was arrested by detectives together with...
At least 15 worshippers killed at Burkinabe church
 At least 15 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church in the village of Essakane in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso, a church official said in a statement.“We bring to...