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By Pepertua Rojasi  POLICE commissioner- general Godwin Matanga has challenged senior members of the force to show professionalism and effective leadership in order to uphold the integrity of the law enforcement agency. This comes as the police force is still in a transition phase after years of alleged corruption and heavy handedness during former boss…

THE High Court has relaxed bail conditions for MDC Alliance youth leaders Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova following an outcry over delays in the commencement of their “fake abduction” trial. The prosecution is alleging that the trio violated peace regulations after staging a demonstration in the high-density suburb of Warren Park in Harare…

BEITBRIDGE has recorded an increase in teenage pregnancies and early child marriages, particularly in areas along illegal exit and entry points to neighbouring South Africa, a recent study has revealed. According to findings of a Population Mobility Mapping (PMM) study conducted in Beitbridge in October this year, numerous cases of early marriages and pregnancies were…

BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Christopher Dube-Banda has postponed to next week the urgent court application filed by expelled MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe. Bhebhe is seeking an interdict stopping the MDC from holding its elective extra ordinary congress set for this Saturday in Harare where the party is expected to elect a new leader…

Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw  ZIMBABWEAN dairy farmers should strive to ensure they maintain their genetically modified organisms (GMO)-free status which has seen their products in demand in regional markets, the Daily News reports. Veterinary Services Department deputy director Hardword Machakwa told a recent seminar in Harare on dairy products value chain addition that local products…

  Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THREE Chinhoyi men yesterday appeared before a Bulawayo court for allegedly selling “fake” gold worth US$70 000 to a mine company in Matopo, Matabeleland South Province.  Nyasha Marumahoko, Kudakwashe Pfavai, both 28, and Daniel Pfavai, 29, allegedly sold a two-kilogramme sack full of sand to Phinias Munda, a manager at…

Blessing Masakadza  SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A SENIOR police officer was yesterday arraigned before the courts on allegations of trying to escort two people with 41 kilogrammes of gold ore from the mining town of Mazowe to the capital. Busani Ncube is also alleged to have tried to interfere with the arrest of the two…