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Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER enjanjamangezi@dailynews.co.zw THE Diabetics Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) is urging local health authorities to prioritise vulnerable groups with underlying ailments that expose them to Covid-19 when it starts rolling out vaccines against the deadly respiratory disease. In an interview, Daz spokesperson Keith Vitrino told the Daily News that people with underlying…

  ZIMBABWE Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has urged the government to stop sending people to prison and holding cells for minor offences, saying this exposes suspects to Covid-19. ZimRights said the arrest and detention of citizens must only be a last resort to reduce exposure, infections and deaths from the virus, following reports of the…

Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO CHURCHES in rural areas must team up with the government to raise Covid-19 awareness as the novel virus is now claiming lives in the countryside. Brethren in Christ Church leader Sindah Ngulube said church leaders are the immediate authorities that villagers have, hence they should be in the forefront conscientising people…

FIVE members of the radical Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were recently dragged to court, ostensibly for disrupting court proceedings and violating lockdown restrictions. Bulawayo provincial magistrate Shepherd Mjanja heard that Welcome Moyo, 33, Nqobani Moyo, 36, Mongameli Mlotshwa, 35, Kelvin Dube, 32, and Mcebisi Mgutshini, 36, allegedly interrupted a court session of a fellow member…

LITIGANTS are no longer required to physically attend court when filing applications in superior courts following a directive issued by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC). This comes as the government has scaled down to 10 percent the number of staffers that report to work in their respective ministries and organisations as the nation intensifies its…

A GANG in Mufakose, Harare, allegedly assaulted police officers who arrested a drug dealer who lives in the neighbourhood. The incident has led to the arrest of a 32-year-old man, a brother of the drug dealer, who was allegedly part of the gang. Prince Samuriwo was not asked to plead to allegations of obstruction of…

  THE High Court has dismissed an abduction case of a Mabvuku woman who went missing on January 6 after she was allegedly arrested by unidentified uniformed soldiers for breaking Covid-19 lockdown laws. In an application before the court for the unconditional release of Evelyn Kanamo, 27, Justice Pisirai Kwenda ruled that his hands were…