In separate cases today, a magistrate court in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, released from police custody a top newspaper editor and a leading lawyer working in defense of journalists. Both were formally charged, however, according to local sources.

Youth militia descended on the home of a village head in Ward 8 Shamva and attacked the traditional leader and his wife with axes. Our correspondent Simon Muchemwa said Sabhuku Elias Madzivanzira, who was over 70 years old, died on

A former cabinet minister has said the country is under military rule, following Robert Mugabe's defeat in the harmonised elections on 29th March.

The two top leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) were on Monday denied bail by a Harare magistrate.

We received a report that the MDC MP for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka, was arrested Sunday morning at Penhalonga Police Station. He had gone there looking for one of the MDC Youth members who had been abducted and detained by

Violence between locals and foreigners broke out again in South Africa on Sunday night, leaving 2 foreigners dead and 4 seriously injured.

State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare.

The Presidential Religious Working Group and President Thabo Mbeki have noted with concern the current violence in Zimbabwe.

THE following legal briefing is published by The Zimbabwe Guardian to keep readers up to date with developments during the election period.

THE International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has described as "laughable" claims by a senior Zimbabwean government official that the arms shipment carried by a Chinese ship had made its way into that country.

THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return to Zimbabwe Monday to begin campaigning in a run-off presidential election as expected, a spokesman from his camp has indicated.

THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC-T) said on Sunday that regional peacekeepers will be needed for the presidential run-off election to ensure a peaceful voting process.

There has been an increase in pregnancy complications in Binga district after the training of traditional midwives was stopped a couple of years ago, a district health officer has said.

One of the ways health may be affected, for good or ill, is by processes or actions that the individual, or even the community does not immediately associate with disease or "going to the doctor".

THE Government's ward-based food distribution programme has gathered momentum in Bulawayo with residents expressing satisfaction over the system which has seen hundreds of people buying basic commodities on the formal market for the first time in a long time.

Sandra Ndebele and her newly assembled 20-piece-all-female dance group Izintombi Zomqagala (Breast Calabash) will embark on their maiden tour of Russia in July.

Botswane-based disc jockey, Otis "The Flow" Frazer says his first ever compilation album will be out later this year featuring some of his hottest house music productions.

Warriors coach Valinhos has rung a few changes from the squad that faced Namibia in the African Nations Championship last Sunday for the return leg in Windhoek next weekend.

A Hardware shop at Kandeya Shopping Centre in Mount Darwin belonging to a Zanu-PF supporter Mrs Sarah Mudzengerere was on Wednesday petrol-bombed by suspected MDC-T thugs.

They are domestic football's cash cows but when the time came for Dynamos and Highlanders to look for a helping hand - from some old friends and traditional partners - the two giants got nothing.