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Man convicted for damaging property on suspicions of wife's infidelity
 A 26-year-old man from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province, Dumisani Mathuthu, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for three counts of  malicious damage to property, assault and threats to...
70 year-old grandpa jailed 13 years for rape of minor, 10
  A 70-year-old man who was a caretaker in Bulawayo’s Montgomery plots was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.The mag...
Zimwa switches to USD indexed tarrifs
 The Zimbabwe National Water Authority has announced that it is implementing United States Dollar indexed tariffs effective from June 1, 2023.ZINWA cited exchange rate fluctuations that have resulted...
6 Zimbabweans jailed 16-20 years in SA for rhino poaching
 Six members of the Chitiyo Rhino Poaching Gang from Zimbabweans were given sentences ranging from 16 to 20 years for rhino poaching by SA judge Gerald Bloem in the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda...
Zesa ordered to pay US$20 000 compensation to negligence victim, 11 years later
 Twelve years after having suffered life-changing injuries due to electric shock caused by negligence by Zesa workers, a 22-year old man will now get compensation of US$20 000 from the power utility.I...
Men beat vendor to death for "overpricing" razor blades, cigarettes
Zim Now WriterTwo Bulawayo men fatally beat a vendor with a hammer and sticks, arguingt hey were punishing him for his high prices, resulting in his death after he was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospit...
59 year old man uses suicide threat to repeatedly rape daughter, 13
Michael MashiriAn Ushewekunze father, who was in the habit of raping his 13-year-old daughter claiming that if she did not agree he would kill himself, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje.Rob...
Byo man hangs himself in toilet
Zim Now WriterA girl from Nketa in Bulawayo got the shock of her life when she stumbled on her brother’s body in a toilet, after he allegedly committed suicide.Sydney Mano, 32, was found by his younge...
Rustlers abandon car laden with stolen meat
Zim Now WriterA Silobela farmer lost three head of cattle last week to rustlers who slaughtered the beasts in a nearby bush and deboned them.The suspects fled from police and left a vehicle laden with...
Supreme Court reserves Wicknell Chivhayo Gwanda Solar project fraud dismissal
Wicknell ChivayoZim Now WriterJudgement on the High Court ruling, which found Harare Businessman Wicknell Chivayo not guilty of contravening contractual agreements with Zesa Holdings subsidiary, the Z...