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Truck driver convicted of trafficking, smuggling and rape of minors
A Haulage truck driver has been convicted of human trafficking, human smuggling and rape of two female teenagers.James Mahachi, the magistrate ruled, had exhibited no intention of taking the girls to...
Motoring public urged to render first aid and report accidents to police
 Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe Republic Police is imploring motorists to stop, render first aid and report accidents to the police.This follows a surge in the number of hit-and-run road traffic accidents...
Bashed for denying conjugal rights to STI-infected husband
 Zim Now WriterA woman from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo, Petronilla Mpofu, was granted a protection order by magistrate Sikhethile Moyo against her husband Denford Mpofu who has been beating her.This c...
11 POS machines seized from forex dealers in police sweep
Police in Bulawayo arrested six suspects and confiscated 11 Point of Sale machines suspected to have been used to carry out illegal forex exchange transactions.“Police warn members of the public to de...
Gweru urban police bans carrying of dangerous weapons
 Zim Now WriterGweru Urban Chief Superintendent Tambudzai Gumpo has signed a prohibition order banning the carrying of dangerous weapons in public as cases involving the use of such weapons are now wi...
Six killed, 7 injured in head-on collision
 Zim Now WriterSix people died while seven others were injured on Sunday at the 15-km peg along the Kwekwe-Gokwe Road. The accident happened around 1800hr when a Nissan NP300 was involved in a head-on...
Farmers welcome 85% forex retention as the 2023 cotton marketing season begins
 ZBC online - Government has launched the cotton marketing season, with the foreign currency retention being increased from 75 to 85 percent.Cotton growers who spoke to ZBC News welcomed the 85 percen...
14 year-old implicated in two Kwekwe murders
 Zim Now WriterA Fourteen-year-old boy is alleged to have been part of a five-member gang that allegedly murdered a former Kwekwe-based educationist and a yet-to-be-identified woman.The boy, who canno...
Operation Sunshine Three nets 500 pirate vehicles
Assistant Inspector Webster Dzvova Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe Republic Police are clamping down on illegal taxis as part of efforts to combat cases of kidnapping and murder involving pirate vehicles.T...
Good Samaritan-turned rapist and abductor sentenced to 17-year prison term
 Zim Now Writer43-year-old Kadoma man has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a rural girl on the false promise of a job in the city.Dananayi Mutero of Government Farm, B...