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Zim now region’s breadbasket – says govt
Dr John BaseraZim Now WriterAgriculture Permanent Secretary Dr John Basera has said Zimbabwe is now the breadbasket of the Southern African region following a raft of measures that government has impl...
Police hunt for US$134k mine claims fraudster Zim Mow Writer A man who defrauded his employer of over US$134 000 is being hunted by Gweru police. Gerald Takunda Machimula, 40, from Westview in Kadoma was employed by Geo Associates Private Limited a
Insp Emmanuel MahokoZim Mow WriterA man who defrauded his employer of over US$134 000 is being hunted by Gweru police.Gerald Takunda Machimula, 40, from Westview in Kadoma was employed by Geo Associat...
BCC in tough stance on littering
Zim Now WriterThe Bulawayo City Council has said the distribution of flyers and other promotional materials in the second city was not only “annoying” but also affected the general appearance of the c...
Health hazard looms in Kwekwe as city pump station is vandalised
Zim Now WriterA health hazard is looming in Kwekwe City following vandalism of the city’s pump station infrastructure.Speaking during a recently held full council meeting Kwekwe, Acting Chamber Secret...
Is it a case of a prophet not celebrated by his own?
 Garikai MazaraMy first time in Bulawayo, I was in transit to Victoria Falls, so I never got to feel it.Those were the days of Blue Arrow, so we dropped off from the Harare bus and were given, must ha...
12 family members hospitalised for suspected food poisoning
  Zim Now WriterA family of 12 from Village Two in Umguza District, Matabeleland North region, are fighting for their lives due to food poisoning after consuming contaminated sadza on Tuesday evening....
Church caretaker jailed 18 years for drugging and sexually abusing teenager
 Zim Now WriterMkhuli Ndlovu, a 42-year-old church caretaker in Bulawayo, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga for drugging and raping a 15-year-old...
Zanu PF Beitbridge youth leader’s two cars burnt in intra-party violence
Zim Now WriterZanu PF Beitbridge youth political commissar, Lawrence Mbanje’s two Mercedes Benz vehicles were last night torched at his home in Dulivhadzimo, in suspected intra-party violence.This com...
Foundation forks out US$40k tuition fees for the underprivileged
Tumelo ZamangaZim Now WriterAs most parents in Glen View North continue to find it difficult to send their children to school, the Tumelo Foundation, which is led by Witness Tumelo Zamanga, has chippe...
Herdboy jailed 12 years for raping 11-year-old girl
Zim Now WriterA herdboy from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North Province, has been sentenced to an effective 12 years behind bars for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl who later suffered a mis...