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Byo to endure two days without water
Zim Now WriterThe Bulawayo City Council has announced that the city will not have water for two days starting today as the local authority installs protective relays for its electric transformers.The...
Zinara official jailed for US$168k fraud
Zim Now WriterA Zimbabwe National Roads Administration employee, Patricia Chikowore, 47, has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing US$168 458 from the parastatal on 258 separate occasion...
Sekuru Tsuro vows to revive career
 Nobert Kudenga, aka Sekuru TsuroZim Now WriterForgotten Chitungwiza-based mbira musician, Nobert Kudenga, popularly known as Sekuru Tsuro, has set his sights on reviving his faltering career through...
Sex worker assaults colleague over HIV status
Zim Now WriterA sex worker based in Mazowe appeared before magistrate Joshua Nembaware at the Concession Magistrates courts after she allegedly slapped a colleague at a bar for revealing her HIV statu...
No announcement to be issued from Kimberley Process meeting in Vic Falls
The Kimberley Process inter-sessional meeting in Victoria Falls that began early this week ends this Thursday with no announcement expected.“Here in Victoria Falls we are having an inter-sessional mee...
Carbon credit market regulation to curb greenwashing
Zimbabwe's government will now closely regulate voluntary carbon offset trading in a bid to curb greenwashing and ensure benefits for local communities."We are determined to make sure that climate fin...
Vigilante quartet jailed 10 years each for murder
Mike MashiriHigh Court judge, Justice Lucy Mungwari, sentenced two men and two women to 10 years imprisonment for beating to death a man they accused of being a thief.Justice Mungwari convicted Bridge...
Man, nephew and second wife murder first wife, bury her in shallow grave
A 42-year-old man from Gwelutshena in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North province colluded with his second wife and nephew to murder his first wife and buried her in a shallow grave after she failed t...
Greater Harare to close unlicensed food sellers as cholera case spike
Zim Now WriterHarare Metropolitan Provincial and Devolution Permanent Secretary Mr Tafadzwa Muguti has announced that the province is implementing prevention measures including the closure of all unli...
Accommodation seekers pay US$3200 rentals for none-existent houses
Michael MashiriTwo men who were instructing people to pay deposits of rents for houses that do not exist and created several false Facebook pages claiming to real estate agents have been arrested.Muda...