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Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE and MDC Alliance supporters yesterday engaged in running battles outside the courts where party vice chairperson Job Sikhala was challenging his placement on remand after his arrest on allegations of inciting public violence last Friday. Police fired teargas to disperse the protesters from the Harare Magistrates’ Court and several…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is soon expected to launch a documentation programme for Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland South province. This was revealed by the leader of the Matabeleland Collective, Jenni Williams, soon after meeting Mnangagwa at State House over the weekend. Williams said a number of programmes have been underway in preparation…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) has warned that Zimbabwe is not yet out of the woods in terms of controlling the spread of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) despite the decreasing number of active cases in the country. This comes as the Covid-19 active cases dropped to 903 as…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF yesterday came out guns blazing, blasting South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) chairperson of the sub-committee on international relations Lindiwe Zulu for insisting that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe that needs the intervention of the regional powerhouse. This comes after Zulu last Friday called for…

ASSISTANT EDITOR ZIMBABWE Election Support Netwwork (Zesn) this week received numerous reports of running battles between police and vendors from its Long Term Observers (LTOs) resident in the 210 National Assembly Constituencies. Zesn said many of the vendors have since resorted to selling their wares in their backyards for fear of arrest. “However this is…

POPULAR preacher Nixon Chibuzor Ohizu, 46, the leader of Empowerment Ministries Church along Seke Road, Harare, has been arrested on allegations of bribery. He allegedly tried to bribe National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) officials to reverse the cancellation of a lease agreement between his church and NRZ. Ohizu was not asked to plead to the…

UNITED Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has appealed for US$70,9 million to help Zimbabwe deal with a worsening humanitarian crisis. The international organisation mandated to provide humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, said as of July 31 funding totalling about US$30,7 million, about 30 percent of the total 2020 funding requirement, had been received from…