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Real Estate or Real Fraud? Lecturer Uses Same Property to Seal Deal and Secure Loan
 A female University of Zimbabwe lecturer faces fraud charges after allegedly selling a house to a local businessman before using the same property’s title deeds to acquire a loan.She appeared in cour...
Woman jailed for conspiring with divorce lawyer to fraudulently sell house
Zim Now WriterA Mutare woman connived with the now deceased lawyer who handled her divorce to fraudulently sell a house to businessman and sungura musician Brian Samaita.Seclean Kadawu, 42, appeared b...
Explosives Found in Passenger's Luggage En Route to Johannesburg
 A 38-year-old bus passenger was arrested in the early hours on Friday for alleged illegal possession of explosives.Hawks spokesperson Col Katlego Mogale said the man was travelling to Johannesburg fr...
Bulawayo airtime vendor murdered
Patience MuchemwaA 39-year-old Bulawayo man, Calisto Muzumbi, was murdered on Tuesday evening by three unknown men.The incident occurred at Muzumbi’s house in Entumbane where the murderers stabbed him...
Historic Move: Deaf Zimbabwe Trust Commends Government on Disability Bill
Audrey Galawu Deaf Zimbabwe Trust has applauded government for prioritising the Disability Bill in the First session of the 10th Parliament opened on Tuesday.The Trust said the tabling of the bill wil...
Justice Matanda-Moyo Steps Up: Meet Your New Prosecutor-General
New Prosecutor-General, Justice Loice Matanda-MoyoZim Now WriterJustice Loice Matanda-Moyo has, with immediate effect, been appointed the new Prosecutor-General, according to a Memo dispatched by the...
Call to action: Gender sensitive approach needed for disaster risk reduction
Monica MutsvangwaPatricia MashiriStakeholders have increased calls for gender sensitive approach to disaster risk reduction as women and girls are the most affected during disasters.This call also com...
Historic Armed Blitz in Harare Recovers 450 Bottles of Illegal Medicines
 Michael MashiriThe Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has seized 450 bottles of illegal cough syrups after conducting a blitz at Old Trafford Flat in Belvedere, Harare, Wednesday. In a press sta...
Famed Harare Lawyer Norman Mugiya Hit with Second Theft Accusation
Norman Mugiya Senior Harare lawyer Norman Mugiya has, for the second time within a year, appeared in court facing allegations of theft of trust property.In the latest matter, he was brought before mag...
Jailhouse Blues for Mastermind & Accomplices of $2.7M ZB Bank Heist
 The mastermind behind a ZB bank cash-in-transit heist totalling US$2,7 million together with his two accomplices have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Shadreck Njowa, Tendai Zuze and Neverso...