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Zimra workers claim incapacitation, mull industrial action
Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and Allied Workers Trade Union has petitioned their employer demanding three-day working slots per week arguing that their salaries have been eroded and he...
Prophet on the run after raping girl, 16
Zim Now WriterA prophet from Art Farm in Mt Pleasant, Madzibaba Stepnaje, is on the run after he allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl while temporarily staying with her family.The prophet had been condu...
Rising demand from traditional healers and church leaders threatens vultures with extinction
Zim Now WriterSpecial birds, especially vultures, face extinction in the face of spiking demand on the illegal market as traditional healers and church leaders rush to purchase them, a survey has reve...
Ministry must drop CALA, parents plead
Zim Now WriterParents across the country have pleaded with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to drop the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities component in the competence-based curri...
Woman strikes hubby with cup over lover’s text message
Zim Now WriterA Beitbridge woman who struck her husband with a cup after reading a text message from an alleged lover telling him to settle a lodging bill has been freed by magistrate Vavariro Gabi.No...
Artisanal miner pours cyanide on colleague in conflict over US$1
Zim Now WriterAn artisanal miner based in Chiweshe is battling for life at a local hospital his colleague poured cyanide poison on him following a dispute over US$1.The matter came to light at the Con...
Psychiatric evaluation for Muvevi after he pleads mental instability
 Accused serial murderer, Jaison Muvevi is set to undergo examination by two psychiatrists to assess his fitness to stand trial.Through his lawyer Muvevi pleaded insanity in virtual court before a Har...
Intoxicated boy sells off suspected drug dealer
Michael MashiriA Bluffhill suspected drug dealer, who was ratted out by a boy whom he was supplying following his arrest for destroying property at home and threatening his mother, acts suspected to h...
NSSA introduces US dollar partial pension pay-outs
Zim Now WriterThe National Social Security Authority has introduced partial pay-outs in US dollars in a move meant to achieve value retention as well as protect pensions from the country’s spiking inf...
Police probe Chitungwiza murder
Zim Now WriterPolice are investigating the murder of a 53-year-old man, Wilson Muchimwe, who was found dead at a house in Zengeza 5, Chitungwiza following an attack by unknown assailants on Tuesday.Ac...