In this exclusive sequel, ZimEye reveals the death threats issued by Zimbabwe’s deputy minister of Justice, Obert Chaurura Gutu on a woman (name withheld) he took advantage of and obtained sexual gratification from after promising her government funds as scholarship for tertiary education.
Two of the death threats’ full text received last Wednesday read:
“You destroy me, consider yourself DEAD! And I am damn serious! (0747Hours Wednesday)
If I don’t get you, I wl get your mom and your kids! I am an orphan and I don’t fear death! ” (0751Hours Wednesday)
Another message received from Minister Gutu’s phone at 0852Hrs on the same day reads:
“I know where you mom& kids stay! I am not as nice as I may look!’
Following a report on the death threats issued last week Minister Gutu has begun claiming that this matter is not true and is only a political smear campaign against him and his MDC-T party. He has simultaneously embarked on an unjustified Facebook response personally directed against an Editor of this publication.
This latest development seems bizarre as analyzed from the mixed responses and reactions by the Minister regarding the issue, moreso given the exact verbatim of the threats as associated with the Minister’s personal mobile phone number that ZimEye called back to check and verify the owner who emerged as the Minister answering the phone. Once the phone was confirmed, the Minister was initially speechless and tried hard to distance himself from the threats but the link was so bold and obvious that a denial was simply absurd and unreasonable.
Speaking to ZimEye last week, the Minister stated that he had to issue the threats because the lady was trying to extort money from her during the affair. Such an explanation sounded remote and far-fetched given the reasoning capacity and professional calling of the Justice Minister, leaving the broken affair as the most probable reason for the animosity. Resultantly, the latest outburst has escalated the issue into greater heights as a trigger has been created to expose the basis of the threats by the Minister.
Instead of the Minister apologizing for the threats that have been confirmed through his mobile phone number text message, he has assumed an accusatory role to silence ZimEye, hence adding more insult to the violated lady and starting an unnecessary fight with ZimEye. Such misconduct has generally been interpreted by the ZimEye Editorial team as resembling a blatant attempt to cover up the unbecoming behavior by a supposedly respectable politician who is a lawyer, a father, a married man and a Minister of Justice. Many would wonder why a Minister of Justice who is married would bear such wild prurience and also behave like a street thug, issuing such unsettling and outrageous death threats to a defenseless lady that he dated under a false pretense to bring her scholarships.
In fear of further potential reports, the Minister has now embarked on a ridiculous damage-control mode. He has started slapdash and unfounded accusations through which he has labeled one of the ZimEye Editors an agent on a mission to destroy the MDC. To quote the exact verbatim, the Minister has written back through Facebook,
“…I will never admit to doing something that I didn’t do. More particularly, I will not apologize to you or anyone else for that matter. You can proceed with your malicious and slanderous campaign against me but then one thing is clear, you will NEVER succeed to destroy both myself as an individual and the MDC as an institution. My investigations have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have a very strong connection with certain political and intelligence organs that are determined to tarnish the image of the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.”
The words follow his earlier message after the death threats were broached by ZimEye. Having been caught red-handed through the text message generated from his mobile phone, the Minister gave a weak response using the words,
“I consider this matter closed. I am neither vindictive nor vengeful. I have done nothing wrong and I put my fate in the Almighty God.”
With that weak defense, the facts remain clear as follows: The Minister, dated a lady and promised her scholarships that he never delivered. He issued threats after sexually taking advantage of a lady who hinted on plans to make a public outcry over the abuse. As we write, the named lady has had her phone line inundated with threatening calls just to bug and scare her following the first report by ZimEye. In light of all facts pointing to the Minister’s unbecoming conduct, his only scapegoat now has been to embark on a smear campaign against ZimEye. This paper reported the facts as reported and used the confirmed text message that threatened the complainant. Many will recall that this Deputy Minister of Justice has in the past written extensively through online publications pointing fingers at corrupt officials and the need for social justice and equity in wealth distribution. This is the very man looked unto for hope and guidance by many as a Minister of Justice. Now that he has been caught on the wrong side of the law, he decides to switch on a smear campaign. The truth remains that, he corruptly dated a lady when he was married. He promised scholarships that he never delivered. He sexually took advantage of this lady who opened up to him hoping to get the scholarships. With that he raises extortion as a lame defense instead of apologizing to the unfortunate lady who now lives in fear because the Minister has the potential to even hire thugs in crime-infested South Africa to harm the lady since he knows her whereabouts.
The conclusion is that Minister Gutu, and not ZimEye, is the one tarnishing the image of the MDC-T because he has failed to live to the “party of excellence” mantra. He can’t publicly misbehave and blame the complainant and the media. Our duty as ZimEye is to report social injustice, development, progress and any news of interest so that Zimbabwe remains seized with news on developmental issues affecting her. We report facts and will never campaign for any political party because we are independent, neither are we sponsored by an political outfit. Among the Zimbabwean political players, whoever is found on the wrong side of history or ethics will be truthfully exposed because these figures as leaders remain publicly-accountable to Zimbabwean masses. Minister Gutu is not an exception in this case. Our statement is simple: Mr. Gutu together with all others who breach ethics using political tickets and platforms will not be handled with velvet gloves by the media once they flout ethics. As a politician and a public figure, it’s either one reforms or perishes with a self-made concoction.
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so you say let us be a nation without morals. Do you know how much our country is losing through AIDS and broken marriages.
If you want to destroy a country easily destroy the family and marriages. We don’t have capital so our comparative advantage must include social efficiency. Stronger marriages and. healthy families contribute to national productivity and reduce government expenditure on welfare.
Marriage is an institution, failed instutions from lowest level to highest level result in failure at national level.
Governments observing morals and family values are prudent enough to create wealth and save for future generations.
Ignore morals as you say and you will see the better Zimbabwe you seek will remain a mirage.
Even the former head of IMF was affected by a moral failure. The lesson was you might be a leading economist but without morals how can you be trusted to impart discipline on national economies.
We are competing with other countries, families serious about leaving something for future generations. Without morals we can have a field day, formalising small houses to please our indulgence, in the end we destroy ourselves, those who depend on us. Ultimately we are destroying our country through this cancer of infidelity. Democracy without morals is any easy way to run a country down.
Akwigwa iraki OR munyama wake. As far as I am concerned Gutu and Chematama can kwira as many women as they like as long as they remember to work up in the morning and work for Zimbabwe. There are so many mhombwes leading successful businesses, churches, municipalities etc. and their shareholders never bother to find out who they sleep with. Mhombwes are found everywhere – you do not spend a day without buying a product or eating food prepared by one – so hitting your head on concrete just because another Mhombwe has been discovered is a complete waste of time. As Chinotimba says “If Mugabe did it why should Gutu didn’t do it.
After reading the story and the first 72 comments I concluded that the Minister is innocent. Vanhu vanoda kumusvibisa chete
You have a colonial mentality that knowledge and wisdom is the preserve of the few.
I do not need certification from you @greyhora
Give me Zimbabwe for a month and i will give you a Finland.
You cannot take anything from me because i am self affirmitive. I will listen to you criticism though because i am motivated by criticism.
Just one word to you, don’t trample on the defenceless because i will fight your attitude and your system until you are not the only one with a monopoly for judging what is right or wrong.
You are so scared that an ordinary citizen is speaking out, you think its the Emory Arvold policy where you taught us to just look for jobs and never to us the skills to start something as entrepreneurs.
Let it be known to you, even a 14 year Zimbabwean kid has more knowledge about how unequal our country is and they know we are stuck where we are because some of us are selfish to claim they have solutions for the day when they don’t care about interests of the common man. I may not speak about it because your voice is louder but you know it well one day people open their eyes and even if they could not waffle before they will stand up to oppression in all its forms. That includes oppression from those who think everyone else is less equal.
@ Anastacia, doing great sweety, don’t worry about Blambi Diki Miki, the jealous forum fool.
Blambi Diki is bitter because the Hon Gutu rightfully rejected him as a friend on facebook, why did you even aspire to be the Hon Minister’s friend in the first place, so that you can spy on his facebook activities?
@JZero continue waffling about equality that you seem to have no clue about. You write about running a 21st century country yet you have no appreciation of Investment in relation to economic growth. The China that you mention as a glowing model has benefited immensely from this economic model, so why are you loathe of the same for Zim? Zanu PF has taken us backwards into the 1960’s. The Zim of 1990 you talk about was far better economically and socially than the Zim of 2013, in spite of our modest economic growth of the past few years. In any case, what has all that waffling got to do with Gutu’s text messages? If it is a crime, as you say, then let the matter be reported to the police by that woman and may Hon Gutu be prosecuted, you might want to shed light on which law is to be used, since you want to pretend to be knowledgeable!
Again, I repeat. We have seen worse than this. If Gutu has a case to answer then may it be brought through the right channels, not through Zimeye. Charamba practiced his karate kicks on his wife and Chiwenga used some of his military training on his former wife Jocelyn, WOZA women are arrested almost on a weekly basis for fighting for peace and love, but you are silent on that and you then resort to rambling over equality, modern societies and good governance, which you seem to have no clue about!
Gutu should stop the double life and just be a responsible dad.this is embarrassing.
This story is true, i know gutu, blaz anoda vakadzi. Gutu sleeps with students, prison wardens etc. he acts christian, principled etc, dont be faked, imboko full time. he has a dark side to his life. he loves beche and kusvira too much. he is a big BIG flirt, and uses his legal firm to woo young ladies and pples wives.
when the MDC was formed, he never wanted to be near it, when others had done the dirty work, he came to enjoy the fruits.
MDC must fire Gutu now.
Bla Miki so are you not CIO??Senator Gutu blocks trash.Ok back to this story , why is the term scholarship(s) in plural? How many did the woman want?I also read somewhere where it suggests she has kids?Also this so called woman is based in S. Africa??We all know how South African women are like and how last year Job Wiwa Sikhala was also dragged into muds almost identical to these after a few romps with another South African woman.You see when you do it once with them and they know that une a few dollars muhomwe they get on your back and threats such as these are normal, it dont mean senator Gutu would kill her or burn her mothers hut down with kids sleeping inside like what the other party did to the Maisiris and thousands other families.We all know kusvi.ira kunonaka and kana wotunda you can even tell bhebhi kuti ndokutengera planet Mars, Va Gutu vakazongokanganisa pakuita mention zve party chete asi i know he was pushed to because CIO vultures saw this as an opportunity and were already salivating.
Sasha I don’t know your level of understanding English but this reporter highlights the factorial he/she spoke to gutu who at first denied then admitted sleeping with the woman who in this case is the victim. Journalists have the right to protect their victims or sources as far as I know.
We all have weaknesses and failures, its part of being human. However it doesn’t mean we condone absolute failure of those governing innocent souls. Some people are walking long distances to get to work, its not an easy day for an ordinary citizen. so when ministers wake up for duty its also important to think about suffering of masses. It may help us to have a human touch in our governing.
Its not good to vilify one another, however if some people stand shoulder to chest with unjust behaviour we will be forced to price apart unjust acts from man of honour
I dont envy the once respectable”s minister’s situation. I feel emphathy for him.
I condone his practice for its a barometer of how low our society has fallen. Is it that we are also under moral sanctions? I believe not since our country is more than 90% christian.
My advice to the minister, retract your threat, apologise to your victim and repent of such behaviour. You may get the best out of this if you resign, if you really have Zimbabwe at heart when you are ready to focus on justice you may find you could come back to government with better purpose. For now dont let anyone support you on what is wrong.
Let us learn to aspire values that guide a nation, if we settle for less we are selling Zimbabwe for less and history will refer to us as those who took Zimbabwe backwards.
The fact that Zanu Pf has had its own fair share of some love scandals does not make Gutudog smart. Those who divorced their wives went through the correct processes of the honorable courts and were granted permission to divorce their spouses without SMS threatening deaths to one another. Agreed Gutudog is not the first person to have an extra marital affair but it seems he is the first minister of justice, a sworn in deputy minister who undertook to protect and defend the constitution of Zimbabwe, the same minister who is always crying loud about what he perceive as miscarriage of justice in Zimbabwe is the same person threatening an innocent and defenseless woman. Gutudog had no right to threaten another citizen of this country with death. He therefore should be made answerable the hard way of his stupid actions.
Ha-aaaa, never knew this Anastaciagoat Steeledog is so horny. How can you miss Gaydog, a gay whose partner Mukadog has been silenced since morning by this shameful and deceitful act by the Junior minister of justice Obert dog Gutuskirt?
l salute you JZ for being factual in this matter which is a further embarrassment to the party of sexellency. Facts are very stubborn. Look, the victim did not approach Obertgay but it was this dog of a deputy minister who proposed love AND THEN PROMISED THE UNFORTUNATE LADY MOON FROM HEAVEN. HE IS THE ONE DURING THAT PROPOSAL WHO PROMISED HER A SCHOLARSHIP and not the other way. l met Gutu the other day while “having a nice day” a Bon Marche, Sam Levy Village. l was so embarrassed to realize that his name tag was still stuck on his chest pocket, just to let everyone see that this is minister gutudog…..kuda kuzivikanwa….ana pazerwe….bonga remunhu.
Gutu is very incompetent just like his boss Morgan as evidenced by another incident which took place while he was touring prisons last year. While at Chikurubi, he assured armed robbers, rapists, murderers and fraudsters freedom immediately after the MDC T got into power. He said all these people were being wrongly accused as the real criminals were within Zanu Pf itself, how weird?
l also do not want to forgive this lavatory headed Gutudog for blocking me as a facebook friend after l had queried a certain article which was regrettably coming from such a public office bearer, details of which l shall not discuss here. Before blocking me, he wrote on my wall accusing me of being a CIO operative, how stupid.
MDC T is full of such people like Gutudog and mark my words, he is not the only one in this. The next person now is this Timba, maybe father to Sean kikikikikikiki! ZIMEYE, MAKE AN UNRESERVED FOLLOW UP TO THIS HUMILIATING SCANDAL, GO ON AND EXPOSE HIM UNTIL JUSTICE IS DONE. YOUR WEAPON IS THE TRUTH and the truth shall prevail.
Ohh my living God, listern to the morons who follow blindly no matter what. Hear what the moron Gaygodzva, Mukadog, Makwembeimbwa, Anastaciadog, Firosofabveni and many other homosexuals had to say? Doesn’t make any sense at all.
Mama Mia!!!! Pius Ncube demon!!
You have to wonder at women like Anastacia Steele. They rejoice when another woman gets ‘shafted’ and call her names even while you are getting shafted as well kikiki
Unfortunately Hon Kurira doesnt work with allegations.These are cheap allegations to try to soil my fellow Hons name.TO HELL WITH THE WOMAN.
Let those men (and women) who are clean, cast the first stone. Now, be very careful ladies and gentleman, because when it comes to sexual immorality, things become very interesting. Big brother is watching!
@Greyhora How are you doing babe? Missed you earlier.
xoxoxo
The gist of this story is that hapana utsi husina moto. Gutu is answerable in this case and how can a Minister of Justice, married, sink thus low. Like father like son. He has followed his boss steps kuda pakati. Manje deche rinouraya. Ranhasi i poison, unofa harisi rekutimba kunge gurunematumbu. Kusiya mkadzi mumba kunotsvagana nepfambi minister of justice without ethics. This is a disgrace. He must resign. So this is one of the people wanting to rule Zimbabwe, faking human rights and behaving like imbeciles. Nxa!
Aaaah iyi forum iri biased! nxaaaa
@greyhole in a technological advanced society, sending a threatening text or tweet is a crime.
which world do you belong to for you not to know this is not a trivial offence. if the minister had threatened PM with a text it may have been less of an offence because the PM can defend himself.
this is of interest because if a party with an agenda to protect vulnerable people trashes the same then what really do they stand for? giving us jobs? You bet they know how to create one.
I agree with all who are calling for Gutu to resign but as valid as your cries are, why make so much noise about someone having extra marital affairs maybe with abuse of office and call for their resignation while we sit back and watch while Zanu PF thieves, rapists, murderors and thugs are allowed to do as they please?! Name one Zanu PF public office holder who has not dabbled their hands in unbecoming, criminal and outright corrupt behaviour which calls for their resignation if not arrest. In as much as Gutu is wrong and should definatetly resign and the prime minister should make a stand, this is just not a gloating point for any misguided Zanu PF supporter out there.
Mazvionaka, zvitai tai zve MDC T zvakubuda pachena. Kumirira marights evanhu wakavandira kuponda. Dhemeti, batai Gutu!
Exturpi causa non oritor actio-‘of an illegal cause, there can be no action.’ Supposing this story is true, if at all (remember text messages can be doctored or manipulated), the agreement between the two bordered on illegality from the onset. Offering sex to a married man in return for any kinds of favours is wrong and unlawful. The affected woman is not a victim in this and should not be treated as such. She is a consenting adult who knew axactly what she was agreeing to and now wants to play the victim. This woman was playing with fire from the very beginning and she was bound to get burnt. As for the deputy minister (again, if the story is true at all), we expect better from him. The ZimEye team on the other is not being impartial considerin they are taking sides with the affected nameless woman and going ‘carte blanche’ on the deputy minister. Just report facts as they are and leave the rest to the court of public opinion. We can think for ourselves, thank you very much!
I am not the voice of the voiceless. I stand for myself. You make assumptions about people that’s why Zimbabwe cannot easily become a better place.
People support anything without looking at the bigger picture. Greyhole, i know more about MDC than you know, i know more about Zanu Pf than you know.
If you want me to follow politicians without making sense of what i am following i am sorry i am not that kind of person.
You still feel you have the authority you had long ago to shut down people. You must know democracy also gives room to criticise.
MDC is not a party of angels, they must know they are scions of ZANU PF with a colonial deja vu. They should be doing more to change things but instead they seem to bring the worst of yesterday combined with the least of today.
I have never put my hopes on MDC because i know they are opportunists. I have watched Tsvangarai from the time he appeared on the nation saying if people support me i will fight for change.
But his agenda has changed, instead of fighting for real change he is fighting to keep Zimbabwe as it was in 1990. We all know the truth, to run a country in 21st century is a big ask for a man who is used to collective bargaining and boycott politics.
Why are we hoping that only foreign direct investment can save us, if MDC cannot embrace an equality agenda then they will have no place in a future Zimbabwe. Democratic change cannot bring economic growth, democracy is just a fight for sovereignty that’s real democracy. What brings real change is a national order for high productivity, look at China and you will know democracy only has a place after economic growth. You cannot say there is democracy when there is inequality.
If Tsvangirai had a strong equality agenda he would be president by now. If he does not ensure justice, transparency or equality he will never be president of this country. Zimbabwe has a history, its either you make sense of our people’s history or you keep day dreaming thinking you can call the shots online. The future of Zimbabwe belongs to those who care about equality in as much as they care about economic growth and democracy. You cannot destroy such a legacy.
I have freedom to speak about my country as given by the sacrifice of many who fought an unjust system and i am prepared to die for the freedom of future generations. I am a Zimbabwean who is mindful that some of my colleagues where mercilessly murdered during Rhodesia.
I still have to go through the current constitution to see how much freedom it gives me to speak against acts of terror or acts of oppression .
You cannot teach me how to be a free citizen. I am not handled by anyone, i make my own comment from my own experience of being a Zimbabwean. A minister threatened a person is same type of oppression we have had in Zimbabwe for years.
So you want me to support bitter wine in a new bottle. Come on can’t you see that our country is being run by egotists who are prepared to make the ordinary citizen to suffer so
May the Jumpdonkey know that we already know what it’s going to neigh before it even opens its smelly mouth with smelly rotten teeth!!!
JZero, the sermon on text messages is not necessary, we all know what text messages are.
You devote so much energy in advocating for the prosecution of Hon Gutu over text messages, allegedly sent to this unknown woman, but never have we seen you here condemning actual crimes, murders and rapes, perpetrated by some of your handlers.
You have then upgraded the text messages to “acts of violence”, even comparing them to Kim Jong Un’s recent utterances over nuclear war, yet you do not even know the context under which those messages were allegedly sent. Stop the hyperboles and narrow-mindedness.
And do not misquote to further you own arguments… A text can be used as evidence in modern day law in special cases but that’s not my argument. I said sending a text message to threaten someone is not a crime… Do you understand the difference?
There are real crimes out there, like the unlawful detention of Beatrice Mtetwa, that have happened recently and you have said absolutely nothing!!! Yet you want to pretend to be the defender of the defenseless and voice of the voiceless.
Fair enough, if ZACC members are still in office, presuming they are not running scared from another text message.
We would like to know how many scholarships were issued or delayed by the department of bunga bunga scholarships.
I never knew even under the GNU politics has remained a very dirty game. To all citizems if we do not clean this mess Zimbabwe will always be a folklore to tell our children.
Lets not let anyone Zanu Pf or MDC-O get away with taking citizens for granted. Takavapinza kuti vaite basa kana muoffice musina chekuita ngawaende kunotsvaira mastreets achene.
This woman should join her fellow bandits at Zanu pf who produce penile enlargement medicines. She will get a better scholarship.
@Greyhora, just a text message? if you care about rule of law you should know. its not about if a minister sends a tweet, a text or a facebook post. it is about nature of message.
You cannot overlook a death threat considering its not just a personal threat but a threat extended to next of kin. This is a serious failing for a person in office.
If you care you must be asking your minister, did he or did he not send a text like we all read above.
If he did you know well he did it while in office. Nothing against deputy minister not because i fear him but because he must be respected as another human being.
However for us to assume a text is harmless is to assume a 29 year old North Korea leader with a nuclear arsenal ready to destroy fellow South Koreans at the click of a button is harmless.
In the crucible of making a new Zimbabwe we must accept nothing but exemplary democratic behaviour from a justice deputy.
How do you feel if i text you now and i say i know where you are. Thats not a death threat, i am not a minister of justice and i will never send you such a text.
It is context and not just text here. It is about acts of violence by a person in office who has capacity to annihilate a woman who cares for her life and is now scared.
This we must not put to opinion polls, a text is good enough evidence in mordern day low. A text is part of democracy in mordern day politics. Its not just a text anymore
Let us be vigilant citizens not to judge or just for mendacity. Let us be vigilant citizens because when man of honour and those entrusted with powers of our nation issue death threats against citizens we must stand up and remind the minister. He is just another citizen accountable to other citizens. This is a social contract between those who are elected and those who remain out of office. No one was born holding more power than any other citizen.
Honourable Greyhole, it is our respect that makes you an honourable, if you send us a negligent text to show us you have no respect for citizens we will show you, yes we are just citizens but a dog will show its teeth when kicked. Never again in Zimbabwe, never again shall so many be massacred by sanctions or death threats or texts at the prerogrative at those who are quick to subjudgate women at any given chance.
Pholisopher, from my understanding of the story gutus osiris about abuse of power chete..
Look how the zanu pf perverts reacts to sex stories. Its really a pity when people gathers all their energies commenting on silly and masterbatory articles like this one.the country is bleeding through corruption,nepotism,chicanery,injustice,killings to mention a few but what we get is total silence.what has Gutu escapedes have anything to do with bread and butter issues.i will rather vote for a sex addict than a killer.ZIMEYE You are wasting your time.Actually i was wrong about you.
Makwembere you claim to know guru are you always with when he goes bed hopping. You are an idiot to protect him. I bet you do threats thing and use gutu to protect you. Hapana chisingapere
. Obert Gutu was right to threaten this bandit otherwise his life was also at risk.Zimeye please if you have an agenda with this deputy minister do not smear campaign him.You should also remember that it is not illegal in own culture to date a women when one is married. We are not English mind you. As for this Zanu Pf bandit she should date the likes of Chando Kupusa and other Zanu pf bandits.
MDC folks should be very careful out there Zanu used women to strip for international dignitaries and now they are using them to embarrass MDC officials.
JZ, your concerns are misdirected, why are you making so much noise over text message threats, when there are those in power practicing actual murder? Have you stopped to ask yourself what the hoe stands to gain? Sending a txt msg, albeit a threatening one, is not a crime. Tyson threatened to eat Lennox Lewis’s children, did that automatically make him a murderer and cannibal? No story here, no crime here, nothing. If there was any scruwing involved, the Hon Minister just has some explaining to do at home, but that’s just about it!!
This hogwash is coming from justice minister who belongs to a party that claims to uphold the rule of law. Worse a party that claims to be victims of violence yet they’re the ones who unleash violence to defenceless citizens.
@willowdog your rush to label this woman shows you attitude towards women. so if she is bad as you say does this mean her right to life must not be protected?
What makes you feel this woman is equally culpable in this case when she has received a serious death threat. Lets not defend bad acts by putting labels on women.
She received a death threat as a person and look at it that way. There is another day to debate on her morality for now you need to make sure she is safe from a minister who is abusing his power and whose powers must be stripped ASAP.
re not here to victimise Gutu, we seek to protect the woman from abuse of power. And we seek to prevent power bestowed on those in office being used to make life of an ordinary citizen hell. This gangster politics must come to an end, we are issuing Zimbabwe with a death threat each time we keep misdirected elements in the helms of governance. This is far from good governance, this is chaos governance meant to destroy Zimbabwe of its sovereignty
Its time to protect citizens and the minister must know a citizen is more powerful than those in office because our history tells you, Zimbabwe thrives only when citizens are powerful and safe from those who have illusions about how power must be used.
All ministers using their office to denigrate citizens must run scared because in Zimbabwe citizen justice has just begun against those who for long have pretended to care while at night they plunder our country. We gave you power to protect us, if you fail to do so we leave no stone unturned to take back the power we gave you. From the lowest to the highest office you must know, the power you have now was borrowed from citizens in trust.
Why all this hullabaloo about a hoe that was being scruwed for financial gain? Do the txt msgs prove that Hon Gutu is a murderer? Yes, he used strong words but words have never killed. This hoe was not abused in any way, there is no corruption on the minister’s part, the so-called scholarships never materialized. Bitter women are erratic when they get dumped. If she felt in any danger, she should have reported this matter to the police, not to go to tabloids for sensationalism!!!
Two adults entered into a patently illegal agreement and one of them is crying foul and pretending to be a victim. Women should respect their bodies and stop using their butts to get mileage. Strictly speaking both of them do not deserve and sympathy – when thieves fall out we do not even want to hear about it or take sides. Zimeye grow up and stop trying to protect that woman who sold her body to get an unfair advantage.
As long as the zanoo militia have not opened up a docket or Gutu been dragged to the zanoo kangaroo courts then I can gladly disappoint this zanoid wankfest for now.
Thank you so much Zimeye for bringing this scandal into the limelight. Editor, reading your headline on your initial article, no any other person came into my mind other than Obertdog Gutu. Your story is very true and considering that most of your articles are pro mdc and anti Zanu Pf, it would be sheer madness to suggest that you are suddenly on a smear campaign against MDC T. Now its up to the MDC T to decide what they want to do with their Justice Minister. Imagine Editor if this investigatiö would have been carried by the police and Gutu being arrested. You would have been screaming about how biased the police force is and his lawyer, Beatrice Mtethwa as usual would have called the police a Zanu Pf police. The whole world would have been told that human rights abuse and political persecutions are on the rise in Zimbabwe. Worse more, the victim would have been suffering silently. Gutu is a fool. He likes his presence tn be felt everywhere he goes. Tsvangidog cannot comment, its not even newsworthy to him. He introduced this scandalous behaviour into his party and must therefore bear the brunt.
I hate this Jukwa Zanu pf idiot. what do you have against our minister? Gutu is innncent period and you Zanu CIOs are nothng but nutcases. What bout Chombo and Chiwenga?
idiots!!
I hate this Jukwa Zanu pf idiot. what do you have against our minister? Gutu is innncent period and you Zanu CIOs are nothng but nutcases. What bout Chombo and Chiwenga?
idiots!
@ JZ we need a name to shame this joki rakatizira kuSA. Otherwise we know her and she knows that we know her nechi pfambi chake why hide the woman’s name.
Gutu is the one who is destroying our party. why dragging the party’s name in his personal mess.this has nothìng to do with MDC as an instution,if Mugabe took someone’s wife can we say Jonathan Moyo is also a womaniser lets focuse on Gutu and i think he is in this alone not with MDC.
@ Graffiti. She could have been just killed without going thru the threating process
No need for name of woman to be revealed. If you harass this woman you will stop any other vulnerable person coming forward. For now she needs to be protected and deputy minister needs to resign for abusing his office
none of this is true I knw the honorable minister and I’ve known him for several years he is not the type of person who would of said that please please please this is not true. this man could easily be the future president of zimbabwe, icho!
Lucky that was a death threat if it were Zanu pf bandits we could be preparing for her memorial.
My edited words were joki in other words
So the lady wanted something for sex. Which means ihure. Saka hure mabasa aro hamumazive here haikona kutinetsa. Esp mahure ari musouth africa aya aka realiser kuti une mari they want to milk you and if you refuse its either they report you to the police as being raped and in this case hure iri rakaona kuti rakwirwa naminister rikati rawanirapo mari yemusana. What schoolership would she need she is a fucken liar. Tokuzivai mahure emu SA
UGreyhole uhlutshwa yisisu, udle kakhulu iporridge yeMethodist Church, isisu siqumbile yikho engekho lamhlanje.
This sex addicted bandit must just resign from his post , he is no longer good for the job, he is useless and stupid like his boss Tsvangiskirt, angeke sibe le Deputy Minister ehamba idlala ngabantwana babantu.
A minister of justice who is supposed to protect the people becomes a source of terror against defenceless citizens. He should resign today unless he is sure he doesn’t know this woman.
I support democracy and i believe Tsvangirai started on the right path, now MDC and Zimbabwe politics has been infiltrated by opportunists who protect their interests and suppress people’s interests. A people”s revolutionary is coming to clean up these impostors.
Gutu anetsa mu harare
Wena Anastacia Steele, this Shona girl has already reported the matter to the police did you not read that paper last week?
Stop eating rat meat and start eating beef girl!
Is it because you are Tonga/Shona that you can’t read? Why do you disgrace your tribe like this?
Gutu could easily be a Gukurahundi bandit!
What worries me is that there is no message written by the said lady,because as readers we can assess the tone of the said dialogue. Senator could have issued these threats, but my question is, how did Zimeye receive or access these messages, because forwarded text messages can be edited. It makes me uncomfortable to note that the lady in question was promised a scholarship in exchange of sex, it is disturbing. Also there is mentioning of recording by the lady in question, to me it suggests there was a plot to destroy the senator.
If Zimeye wants to be fair should disclose the name of the lady concerned as well as the dialogue from both parties.
While I don’t think Gutu’s behaviour should in any way be excused, this “victim” wanted to get material gain for providing sexual considerations….. We have several words for such people.(I’m sure Bla Miki will gladly furnish these) Editor, I think you’re also guilty of treating this woman like she couldn’t think for herself. How do we know she’s not a calculating manipulative cow? Maybe you ‘staff reporter’ have been compromised too? Has ZimEye reported the death threats to SAPS or are you just using her for your own ends? What kind of protection is ZimEye giving her?Either way the poor girl has been shafted… pun intended…
Greyhole! Greyhole! where are u hiding u sellout bandit!
Action needs to be taking by morgan. Tsvangirai needs to suspend his woman abuser who has the potential of bringing mdc down, failure by tsvangirai shows that he is supporting him. He needs to investigate the whole issue, from the way things are going they will get shamed and one man will prove that mdc are rotteen eggs. Gutu must go on forced leave, that’s what a normal leader would do.
Come on tsvanggison am sure you have advisers to help you see sense, this looks serious.
Lets not forget that sometime ago the the same disgraced Deputy Minister not Minister was involved in another corrupt case where he asisted someone to forge a will of the dead. I think he is a corrupt mafia lawyer. He is an embarassment to the nation
Ha ha ha Gutu vakiti. MDC-T guys taking after their presidents, no respect for women at all. Surprisingly vakadzi vacho havazvione. A party full of thugs, mbavha, male prostitutes, wife abusers. Hapana zviripo, haasi Gutu ega. From Tsvangirayi with his girlfriends and marital dramas to the last hwindi in their office, they all the same. Tichaona if anything will ever be done to this Gutu! Because vose vakafanana nothing will befall Gutu. Asi newewo mukadzi wacho unonyepawo, you are just venting revenge. You were also bribing Gutu ne sex kuti uwane scholarship. Gutu didnt rape you. Tibvire apo.
Deputy Minister of justice threatens to off a chick he’s been doing means MDC-T is Corrupt. In the same week Minister of Justice tells the Brits on HardTalk that white Zimbabweans are not considered people under land law….. The line gets blurred. We need not only transparency from our leaders but accountability. Mr Tsvangirai needs to launch an investigation (yes even one just for show) to prove that people in the MDC are not above the law. Gutu must be censured publicly like bob did with Shuvai Mahofa. Surely, the MDC-T President can’t expect us to live in a world where bob is seen to be a better leader than Morgan!!!
Noooooo! The horror!!!!!!
Please, Mr Tsvangirai handle this!
Thomas Chiangwa you are Tsvangirai booklicker manje rwendo rwuno hamulume chinhu. The truth is always painful my friend. Tsvangirai is finished come election time you will sink with.
Twoboy uri benzi mhani. We are talking about death threat and the man is of course minister Gutu. So why did u bring the Tsvangirai matter here. Tsvangirai has nothing to do with this death threat and if Tsvangirai stolen the money then take him to court. We have courts in Zim. Don’t we?
Thank your Mr editor for publishing this story. Don’t be bullied by this people like this corrupt Gutu. We are. behind you.
Nothing surprising here, who does not know that MDC T is a party of sex addicted bastards ? These people are very dirty ,they only think of sex all the time, i don’t think any normal person can associate himself or herself to this evil party.
I note with great concen that this gutu deputy minister is a nuisance, how could he do that? Ndanyara his days are numbered. Am sure god is not sleeping, I bet many women he has done this to will come forward just like they did with the scandal concerning his boss morgan tsvangirai. This is abuse of power and should not go unchallenged.
Gutu whatever you say we are not going to listen to you, you are very corrupt you don’t deserve to be where you are now. Leave the journalists to do their job to expose corruption. We don’t care about you lodging a court case we know you will lose.who are you to say everyone who exposes corruption is CIO, you are a crazy man. We have noticed that you are power hungry and a bully. Thank God this GNU is coming to an end very soon you will be un employed
I saw this gutu guy with my friend who was lied to in this case, the man has no. Shame, its a. Good thing is that my friend has recordings of the crime and the fake promises he made. Gutu imbudzi yemunhu manje this time atsika pasingatsikwe.
He Is not a full Minister, he Is only a mear Deputy.
I have not bothered one iota by this false,malicious and slanderous campaign against me by ZimEYe.One Simbarashe Chikanza,whom I understand is the author of these slanderous and false stories against me, as a confirmed agent of an intelligence service closely linked to a certain political party in Zimbabwe.He is desperate to denigrate anyone and anything that he thinks brings added value to the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai.I have no access to State scholarships and as such,it would be absurd for me to seek to organize scholarships for a stranger’s child when I am paying college fees for my own kids.I cannot even access State scholarships for my own children.My conduct in both government and in my private life has been beyond reproach.As a public figure,all contact telephone details are easily accessible to all and sundry through my Facebook page.I have absolutely nothing to hide and as such,I will not and indeed,I shall not be intimidated by small minds who have been bought by a few pieces of silver.I challenge ZimEYe not to hide behind the anonymity of cyberspace.I hereby invite them to furnish me with their full contact details wherever they may be based and then,I will make this issue a massive court case.Who is ZimEYe anyway? Where are they based? Whose is their sponsor? I will not give in to their scare tactics and smear campaign.Aluta continua! Victoria acerta!
This man Obert Gutu was nowhere near when MDC was formed in 1999.He took advantage of the MDC split in 2006, through desperation Tsvangirai gave him a top post from nowhere, Thats corruption at its best. So by joining MDCT after the split he only wanted to enrich himself Thats why he is going around proposing love to every woman promising them heavens and earth. He is not a Christian he. Is a pretender.Tsvangirai and MDCT will never rule Zimbabwe. Its a corrupt party. Where is the $2.6 billion which Tsvangirai was given as PM of Zimbabwe which was meant for suffering Zim people and and was also meant for all GNU ministers salaries? No money was received by GNU government Tsvangirai took all the money. We thank the the friends. For Zimbabwe for revealing this. So Tsvangirai is now history with his henchmen like Gutu and Co
This is the greatest scandal of all time. How can a Minister of Justice issue death threats? What is the PM saying? Any comments? Why the silence?
Why is Tsvangiskirt silent on this matter? Could this not be a sign they are in this together?
Ana Obert Gutu minister of Justice my foot!
Kukara pakati kuchakudonhedzai anaGutu