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UNITED Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian coordinator to Zimbabwe Edward Kallon says the increasing human-wildlife conflict in the country is worrying and must be urgently addressed. This comes at a time the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) recently revealed that it was concerned with the increasing cases of human-wildlife conflicts which have…

POLITICIAN Job Sikhala accused of obstruction of justice, is not giving up the fight for his freedom despite the courts throwing out his applications. Sikhala is alleged to have recorded a video and uploaded it online while addressing mourners at one Moreblessing Ali’s funeral in Seke, Nyatsime, claiming that she had been murdered by Zanu…

SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association executives continue to put pressure on the State to put them on trial or let them go. Felton Kamambo, Philemon Machana, Stanley Chapeta, Joseph Mamutse and Bryton Malandule are alleged to have written letters on Zifa letterhead purporting to be executive committee members yet they were on suspension.The five have described…

HEALTH authorities in Zvishavane were on Sunday moving around churches conscientising people about the measles outbreak in the country. This comes at a time Zimbabwe has been hit by a measles outbreak which has so far killed 80 people while there are 1 036 suspected cases.Health personnel who spoke to the Daily News said they…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is intensifying efforts to work with the government of Zimbabwe in improving the country’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as well as ensuring that all people have access to quality health services. This comes as statistics by WHO show that the country has only 46 percent of its needed…

Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE HIGH Court has reserved its judgment in an urgent chamber application filed by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Trust challenging the legality of the police’s action to block their prayer rally which was scheduled for Friday last week. The application was heard before Justice Owen Tagu yesterday and he reserved judgment.In…

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to leave Harare this morning for the Democratic Republic of Congo for the 42nd ordinary Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government. The annual summit taking place tomorrow and Thursday would be held under the theme: “Promoting industrialization through, agro-processing, mineral beneficiation, and regional value…

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his party supporters to ditch nonperforming MPs and councillors when the outfit chooses its representatives for next year’s elections. Speaking during a thank you rally in Masvingo yesterday, Chamisa said his party would not use the traditional primary elections method to select its candidates. “I…

THE government has offered over US$560 000 to a firm affected by the expansion of Mbudzi roundabout after it threatened to halt the construction for the second time after alleging that authorities started the construction arbitrarily without notifying it. Metropolitan Development (Private) Limited, the affected party, owns a subdi-vision of Marshlands of Delft of Hopley…

Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw MARONDERA Country Club has successfully reclaimed its land after the High Court temporarily ordered Metro Peech to stop construction at the club until finalisation of the land dispute which implicates the Marondera Municipality. In a recent judgement, Justice Catherine Bachi-Mzawazi granted an interim relief in favour of the country club….