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UNHCR to expand Tongogara Refugee Camp
Zim Now WriterThe Tongogara Refugee Camp, near Chipinge in Manicaland Province, an estimated 420km from Harare, is expanding its irrigation scheme from 50 to 150 hectares to improve food security.The...
ZRA reduces 2023 power generation allocation by 10bcm
Zim Now WriterThe Zambezi River Authority has said that Zimbabwe and Zambia must stick to their stipulated water usage policies and can only use 30 billion cubic metres this year.This is down from 40b...
Dubious allocation of stands on public open space lands Chitungwiza director in court
 Suspended Chitungwiza Municipality housing and community services director Hazel Sithole has appeared in court for allegedly creating and allocating stands on open public space.Sithole stands accused...
PSMAS bosses accused of US$700 000 theft through gold deals
 Michael MashiriPremier Service Medical Aid Society bosses allegedly used society funds to make a small fortune for themselves by diverting funds meant to ensure viability through diversification of r...
COH faces mammoth task in eliminating cholera by 2028
 Munyaradzi DomaThe City of Harare faces a major challenge of eliminating cholera by 2028 because the rehabilitation works which are supposed to be carried out to repair the dilapidated water and sewe...
Zinara enforcing standards on contractors delivering shoddy roads
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority has said it is going after some private companies contracted by government to rehabilitate national roads to ensure they fix terrible workmanship.“But now what we...
4 years in prison for Tynwald High School bus driver
 Zim Now WriterThe Tynwald High School bus driver who was involved in an accident in Nyanga last in which six students and one teacher died has been convicted and sentenced to five years in prison.Cha...
Pay back loans, wheat farmers told
Zim Now WriterWheat farmers have been told to honour their commitments by paying back loans from financial institutions that funded their production. "When it comes to the issue of loans between farme...
Ngarivhume convicted, to be sentenced today
  Zim Now WriterHarare Magistrate Mrs Feresi Chakanyuka yesterday found Transform Zimbabwe leader, Jacob Ngarivhume guilty of inciting the public to join an illegal demonstration using his Twitter han...
Death toll in Zebra Kiss accident rises to 14
 Zim Now WriterFourteen people were killed in an accident involving a Zebra Kiss bus that occurred along Mutare-Masvingo road on Tuesday night.In a statement, police said one Cephas Muringani aged 46...