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Accident in close proximity to site of another recent one kills 3
 Three people, including a 19 year-old woman and her two-year old daughter, died in an accident after a pirate taxi veered off the road along Rusape-Wedza Highway on Sunday evening. The accident has b...
LPG association makes appeal to Zera for extension of deadline
 LP Gas traders have warned of gas shortage following the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority order for wholesale players to have their own branded 48kgs gas cylinders by 31 July 2023 or have their l...
OK Grand Challenge winner refutes use of black magic
Clement Muhle Clement Muhle, the serial OK Grand Challenge winner has refuted claims that he is using some form of juju to strike gold.Muhle insists that he is a God-fearing man who has just mastered...
Growing Ruwa eyes town status
Zim Now WriterRuwa is set to be granted town status amid as its local board is sitting on an investment portfolio worth US$1 billion that includes property and industrial expansion.Part of the propose...
2 die in Harare-Mukumbura road accident
Zim Now WriterAt least two people were killed while two others were injured in a fatal road traffic accident on Saturday when a Toyota Corolla Axio vehicle with three passengers on board veered off th...
Chitown prophet up for terminating pregnancy
Zim Now WriterA Chitungwiza prophet, Moses Chitara, was arrested for forcing his girlfriend to terminate her pregnancy.Chitara, 36, forced his pregnant girlfriend to take three tablets which resulted...
Parly approves Electricity Amendment Bill with harsher penalties
Zim Now WriterThe National Assembly has approved the Electricity Amendment Bill, which introduces harsher penalties for the illegal abstraction or diversion of electricity and removes the option to pa...
Artisanal miner fatally stabbed during dispute
Zim Now WriterA 25-year old man from Mazowe appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi, facing a murder charge after he allegedly stabbed a fellow artisanal miner during an argument.Tatenda Chid...
Conflict over girlfriend turns tragic
Zim Now WriterA five-man gang from Esigodini under Chief Sigola has been arrested for allegedly killing a villager following a misunderstanding over a girlfriend.Matabeleland South provincial police s...
What it means to say Covid-19 no longer a public health emergency of international concern
Dr Trevor Kanyowa, left and Dr Lincoln CharimariPatricia MashiriOn May 5, 2023 the World Health Organisation declared that Covid-19 was no longer a public health emergency of international concern aft...