MDC President Nelson Chamisa will next week drop a hope of the nation address. The man made the announcement on Saturday afternoon in the below live video address. He assured the nation that his party is not lying idle while people suffer.

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The Zimbabwe Energy regulatory Authority has announced fuel prices for week starting 4 November with petrol going down by nine cents, in what is likely to be respite for hard pressed citizens now used to endless price hikes.

According to ZERA, petrol will be sold at $16.66 while diesel will be going for $17.43.

Watch video below. ..

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and his Labour ministry counterpart Sekai Nzenza are in a quandary as civil servants yesterday declared a massive demonstration next Wednesday over unfulfilled promises by government.

The Apex Council leadership said yesterday they have had enough of unfulfilled promises by government on salary demands.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s broke government has repeatedly said it could not afford the demand while the International Monetary Fund warned that a civil servants’ salary hike would trigger inflation.

Apex Council organising secretary Charles Chinosengwa told NewsDay that the workers’ body had already given notice to the police of the strike, where they also expect all 16 civil service unions, including the health professions to join in.

Currently, Ncube is in Victoria Falls where he is discussing 2020 budget proposals with legislators and other stakeholders.

The civil servants plan to march to his offices on Wednesday next week.

Chinosengwa said civil servants now want the lowest paid to be remunerated US$475 equivalent at the prevailing intermarket bank rate in the face of the spiralling cost of living, where the bread basket for a family of six is now pegged at $4 000.

“The Apex Council met yesterday (Wednesday) and the main agenda was to discuss on lack of feedback by government on our demands, whereby the employer promised to come back to us within two weeks, but there has been no response,” he said.

-Newsday

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing enormous pressure from senior Zanu PF officials and the military to reshuffle cabinet and fire some senior government officials for failing to stem the economic crisis, the Zimbabwe Independent can report.

He is also under pressure to reshuffle the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) by injecting young blood and people with fresh ideas, sources said.

Mnangagwa, who swept to power through a military coup in November 2017 which toppled long-time late leader Robert Mugabe, is struggling to steady the ship and reverse the economic implosion.

This comes amid growing agitation within the Zanu PF hierarchy which fears the party could lose the 2023 general election if the ongoing economic decline persists.

As reported by the Independent last week, senior Zanu PF officials, who fought in Mnangagwa’s corner in the race to succeed Mugabe, led by secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, two weeks ago resolved to pile pressure on Mnangagwa to allow them to superintend over ministers presiding over critical economic portfolios as they feel that cabinet ministers are failing to deliver.

Mpofu has been chairing weekly meetings attended by heavyweights such as Simon Khaya Moyo, Patrick Chinamasa, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and Paul Mangwana, who were deployed to work full-time for Zanu PF although they preferred cabinet posts.

Mnangagwa’s cabinet has served for over one year and critics say ministers have already proven their ineptitude by failing to turn around Zimbabwe’s fortunes.

In response, sources said Mnangagwa has been meeting some of the targeted ministers individually over the past month to enquire about their plans, including Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi, Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu.

“Although Mthuli (Ncube) is liked by Mnangagwa, he appears to be the one targeted the most by Zanu PF officials. They seem to have lost all faith in him. The army has also been giving out very negative reports about his economic policies of late. He however enjoys support from the President himself as of now,” a senior government official said.More in Home

“Chasi has also been summoned by the President a few times to explain his plans, especially in light of these crippling power cuts. He is also under fire over how he has handled the Zesa board issue. You remember he dissolved the board as soon as he became minister in May and he is yet to appoint a new board five months on.”

Matiza has been under pressure to deliver on key projects that fall under his purview, chiefly the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project and the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway.

Instead of implementation, he has revoked the NRZ project amid self-interest and corruption allegations, coming under immense scrutiny.

The Ministry of Information has been giving Mnangagwa headaches and might undergo a shake-up as officials, including minister Monica Mutsvangwa and her deputy Energy Mutodi, who have been engaged in public squabbles since their appointment while permanent secretary Nick Mangwana is largely viewed as out of depth.

Mutsvangwa refused to comment on the developments, saying the appointment and dismissal of ministers or senior government officials was solely Mnangagwa’s prerogative.

“I don’t know anything like that. In fact, you should not be asking me about those things because the appointing authority is the president and only he can know if there is anything like that,” Mutsvangwa said.

Sources described the developments as a mirror reflection of the wider Zanu PF factional fights pitting Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.

As reported by the Independent last week, a clique of Zanu PF members is reportedly plotting to unseat Chiwenga on grounds of incapacitation as part of the intensifying factional fights.

There is also pressure for Mnangagwa to elbow presidential spokesperson and OPC Deputy Chief Secretary George Charamba out of office.

The situation got worse this week after Charamba posted what appeared to be a pornographic video on his Twitter account, on which he uses the @jamwanda handle.

He had also stirred the hornet’s nest by posting on the same account pictures of Mnangagwa eating boiled cattle hooves, while aboard a luxurious private jet on his way from attending Uganda’s 54th independence anniversary last month.

“There is serious jockeying and shadowboxing taking place in the OPC and in the information department. On one hand there is Mangwana who is extremely unpopular with officials in that office for employing guerrilla tactics to run the department.

So he thinks he is being sabotaged by Charamba. Nick came here and brought changes which have not gone down well with everyone. For instance, he sends information officers on reporting assignments, something which was not done before. So the environment there is poisonous,” a senior government official said.

“So when Charamba made those tweets, they seized the opportunity to lobby intensely for his sacking. I am sure you noticed that he at some point disabled the Twitter account before bringing it back up a couple of days later. That was the time when the situation had deteriorated.

So there were high-level meetings over the issue last week, some of which involved the chief secretary (to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda). He got solid backing mainly from the army guys in the OPC and the case fell apart, but you can bet they will come back again,” the source said.

Efforts to get comment from Sibanda, Charamba and Mangwana were fruitless.

— Zimbabwe Independent

The controversial Zion Christian Church (ZCC) leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has blasted MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s presidential bubble saying the young politician is a puppet of the West who are using him as a front to recolonize the country, while ordaining President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the rightful king send by God.

Speaking during the Chief Nhema senatorship festival recently, Mutendi said there is a difference between a king and a rightful king saying the latter comes from God.

Mutendi, whom many questioned whether his message was coming from the spiritual realm or his head, said that Chamisa still has a long road to travel to be the rightful king for the country as he lacks the merits of a true leader.

“The whites are still bitter that we took our country from them. They have for long tried to make their way back into the country but have failed so they have now devised a new strategy to retake our country using a puppet Chamisa.

“Do not be fooled by the opposition because they are being used by the whites who have a hidden agenda. They know they will not be able to have their way in this country with Zanu PF in power which is why they have chosen Chamisa.

“This is why we have sanctions and all these problems which are being caused by Chamisa. Do not blame the government because it is trying to better the lives of its people though it will not happen overnight,” said Mutendi.

Mutendi said the people of Zimbabwe have faith in the ruling Zanu PF party and have shut out Chamisa because they know he is not right for the country.

“The people of Zimbabwe know that MDC is a project of the West which is why they fail to win elections. The people do not want Chamisa to rule the country because they know the whites will come back and occupy our land.

“For person to be a right king, he should learn first the history of the country and appreciate it from those in power. Chamisa does not know the history of this country and cannot be the right king,” said Mutendi.

Mutendi said the reason why the opposition has failed to take over power from Zanu PF is because no man can fight what God has chosen and be successful.

-TellZim

By Alice Majola| Zimbabwean youth, the time is now for us to rise up against Zanu PF. It is our future which is at stake here. If we don’t do anything, these old men will leave us a cesspit of a country. Mnangagwa is 77 years old, he barely has one more decade on this planet. The Zanu leadership are in their late 60s early 70s – those old men do not have long either. But the damage they are doing to our country will last for generations. We simply cannot stand aside and watch our future being destroyed by these cruel men.

The youth need to rise up. If a revolution is to happen in Zimbabwe, it will be the youth leading the charge. This has always been the case in history. During the Rhodesian era, the current Zanu leadership were in their youth and they stood up against racist colonialism. They were fighting for their future. Today’s youth, we should be doing the same for it is our future which is at stake. No one will fight on our behalf, no one will serve us a functional democracy on a platter, we have to go out and get it.

The time for a revolution is now. But before we rise up against Zanu, we need to be organised and united. We need to use the tools at our disposal. We need to make use of technology. We need to collect intelligence. We need to identify the Zanu crooks who are ruining Zimbabwe and then do everything in our power to sabotage their corruption. We have to start small. A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Forget the military for now, let’s go after the ministerial crooks. We need to create a database of ministers’ business interests. We want to know where they bank their money, how much they earn per month, what businesses they own and where they are sending their children overseas for education. We need to campaign for western restrictions on these politicians because their corruption is facilitating human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. If we find out that Minister X is stealing public money to finance his supermarket businesses, we should demonstrate forthrightly against the minister where ever he goes. We need to make it uncomfortable for these people to carry on as per usual. We need to create inconveniences in their lives just like they have done to Zimbabweans in the last 39 years.

By A Correspondent| A promising soccer star reportedly collapsed mid-match in Bulawayo and was rushed to the hospital by the school head only to be pronounced dead on arrival.

18-year-old Mpopoma High School pupil Cedric Dube was on the day in question playing for ZIFA’s Bulawayo province division 3 Talent Vision match against Bulawayo City when his life abruptly ended.

The headmaster who carried Cedric to Mpilo hospital narrated the ordeal and said:

Cedric was chasing the ball and he just fell and there were calls for me to assist carry the boy to the hospital since I was the only spectator with a car close by. I drove my car to the centre of the field and together with team manager Jacqualine Ngwenya and one Khulekani Siziba we carried the boy and put him in my car,

At that moment I was convinced the lad would soon be with us again. We were attended to by a female doctor with a Moyo surname and after a few moments, she came back with the most devastating news. She told us that she tried all she could but the boy was already dead when we put him on a stretcher from my car. Inyembezi zendoda ziphelela esifubeni but that day it wasnt the case with me.

It didnt matter that the boy was not my relative as I was only a spectactor because of my love for the game but surely why would he die just like that. I thought of his peers, his parents who at that time knew nothing of the tragic turn of events.

-StateMedia

By Farai D Hove| Zanu-PF’s secretary for Youth, Lewis Matutu, was last night arrested while trying to force his way into a Zvishavane night club where Selmor Mtukudzi was playing.

The incident saw Matutu allegedly assaulting a police officer while announcing that he is a politburo member who must be given free access into the night club.

Contacted for a comment, Matutu responded briefly saying “I am under attack.”

Without denying outrightly, he then said he was on Saturday morning in Masvingo, an hour’s drive from Zvishavane.

“I’m actually in Masvingo for my MBA graduation,” he said.

Writing Friday night, Daily News editor Stanley Gama said Matutu was arrested, after assaulting a police officer. I’m told he wanted to force his way into a night spot without paying where Selmor Mtukudzi is playing right now. He was arrested just before midnight.

A source said Matutu, displaying thuggish behavior demanded to enter the show without paying saying as a politburo member, he could do whatever he wanted. But the police would have none of it and barred him from entering and in a fit of rage, assaulted the officer.

Matutu is being held at a Zvishavane police station. The behavior he displayed is common among Zanu PF officials throughout the country who are in the habit of threatening pple demanding free services and goods. A few days ago, Matutu threatened to storm the US embassy.

The latest information on him is that he was released into the custody of Zvishavane lawyer Tichaona Chivasa in the early hours of this morning. He was released purportedly to seek medical attention as the cuffs had reportedly lacerated him.

According to infor at hand, Matutu’s lawyer negotiated with police for his release saying besides seeking medical attention, the foul mouthed seeking Zanu PF youth leader wanted to attend an important event in Masvingo this morning. The lawyer profusely apologized to Dispol.

Gama concluded saying, “it’s not clear yet if Matutu was charged or not but the cop who was assaulted and others who witnessed the violence had reportedly completed their statements nailing the bullying youth leader. Whether this is the end of the case or not, Matutu, lawyer & the cops know.”

The MDC is a pro-poor people’s movement whose idealism remains firmly rooted on the principles of Social Democracy.

The people’s party would like to confirm that all its legislators who are currently attending the annual pre-budget workshop at Victoria Falls, have the full mandate from the people’s party.

They are attending the workshop to both strategically represent and also promote the interests of the long suffering masses of Zimbabwe.

Each of the MDC legislators is actively articulating the people’s pro poor and strong social strategic approach towards our national budgeting process

Indeed, previous pre-budgetary workshops have been used by our MDC legislators to effectively promote the people’s party pro-poor agenda especially in such sectors as Health, Education, among others.

Further, it is also through the active influence or effectiveness of the people’s party deployees at Parliament that the 2020 budget is clearly going to be influenced heavily by the SMART policy document that was launched prior to the 2018 elections.

The MDC is appealling to all people’s party leaders and members who have any issues of concern to use the appropriate internal channels and structures.

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Own Correspondent|MDC National Executive Member, Lillian Timveous has shared with ZimEye.com that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is misleading the nation that fuel shortages hitting the country are caused by sanctions.

In a post on ZimEye.com Facebook page, Timevous shared as follows:

“The President is daily blaming sanctions for everything including fuel shortages.

“But here is the truth about the fuel cartels run by his close business associates and companies linked to himself.”

By Tendai Biti

ZIMBABWE’S fuel is being sourced exclusively through Trafigura, the Singapore-based commodity brokerage firm with ties to Sakunda Holdings.

In the past, Zimbabwe through NOCZIM purchased its fuel directly from oil producing countries such Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Kuwait, though, was the main source.

In recent years, NOCZIM or NOIC as it is now known, has lost its pivotal procurement role to middlemen, particularly Sakunda boss Kudakwashe Tagwireyi and his partners from Singapore.

Trafigura is of course imposing serious fees and commissions on this. So, Zimbabwe’s fuel is expensive because of cartels, not the so-called sanctions.

Then you have the fuel pipeline from Beira, which nominally is leased to Glencore but in reality another cartel directly linked to very senior people in the Zanu PF hierarchy controls it.

A few months ago, Zimbabwe rejected an offer by a South African company to construct an alternative pipeline from Beira.

Then you have the fuel retail sector which essentially is monopolized by two key players, ZUVA and PUMA. The shareholding of these two companies is fascinating.

The pipeline cartel controls ZUVA, and PUMA Zimbabwe is a marriage between Tagwireyi’s Sakunda fuel outlets and Trafigura’s global fuel retailing franchise PUMA (no relation of course to the German sportswear manufacturer using the same name).

Enter Billy Rautenbach and his Green Fuel into the mix.

Zimbabwe is the only country in the world that has both demand side and supply side monopoly on blended fuel.

By operation of a dubious 2013 Statutory Instrument which was challenged in court in 2014 (the Constitutional Court is still to hand down judgment), ethanol can only be purchased from a company that is in a joint venture agreement with the government. That in fact is a euphemism for Rautenbach.

Then, contrary to the position in most countries, consumption of blended fuel is also compulsory. Rautenbach charges around US$1.20 per litre for his product, yet one can import from Brazil a litre of ethanol for US$0.50 Free On Board.

Once again the sanction issue is just a ruse. An instrument of deflection, diversion and deception.

Evidence received before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee is that fuel importers, a euphemism for Tagwireyi and his lot, are receiving heavy subsidies from the RBZ.

Whilst every importer is purchasing US$ from the central bank at the interbank rate (truth is there is no interbank market and everyone is operating from 4th Street), fuel companies are being offered US$ at premium rates way below the interbank or street rate. That preferential rate has been ranging between 1:8 and 1:13.

The sad thing is that the fuel subsidy to Tagwireyi and his lot can easily ensure that Zimbabwe purchases the 400 MW required to eliminate the primitive 18-hour load shedding.

The suggestion that the authorities should simply dollarise all fuel transactions in Zimbabwe to eliminate arbitrage and rent behaviour has flatly been rejected. This is for the simple and good reason that if the market were to operate normally, the cartels would collapse.

The truth, however, is that with dollarisation there will be both price and supply stability. So with great respect, the sanctions argument cannot and does not sell or sail.

Tendi Biti is the MDC vice president and MP for Harare East

By A Correspondent| An Indian family members and a Zimbabwean have appeared before a Harare Magistrate on charges of defrauding a British national his £67 400 in a scam involving their travel agent.

It is the state’s case that the 4, Musa Ahmed Yousaf (83), former director of Carefree Travel, Musa Akil Yousaf (51), Yousaf Aisha Musa (80), former managing director of Carefree Travel, as well as Rutendo Berejena (44) in September 2017 made the complaint Mohammed Ahmed. to believe that their Travel agent, needed capital in order to finance a facility which they claimed to have with Emirates Airlines.

The facility they told Ahmed would enable them to sell tickets to their customers at a discount, Ahmed injected his £67 400 into their travel agency and lost all his money and never recovered anything.

-Newsday

By Farai D Hove| Zanu-PF’s secretary for Youth, Lewis Matutu, was last night arrested while trying to force his way into a Zvishavane night club where Selmor Mtukudzi was playing.

The incident saw Matutu allegedly assaulting a police officer while announcing that he is a politburo member who must be given free access into the night club.

Contacted for a comment, Matutu responded briefly saying “I am under attack.”

Without denying outrightly, he then said he was on Saturday morning in Masvingo, an hour’s drive from Zvishavane.

“I’m actually in Masvingo for my MBA graduation,” he said.

Writing Friday night, Daily News editor Stanley Gama said Matutu was arrested, after assaulting a police officer. I’m told he wanted to force his way into a night spot without paying where Selmor Mtukudzi is playing right now. He was arrested just before midnight.

A source said Matutu, displaying thuggish behavior demanded to enter the show without paying saying as a politburo member, he could do whatever he wanted. But the police would have none of it and barred him from entering and in a fit of rage, assaulted the officer.

Matutu is being held at a Zvishavane police station. The behavior he displayed is common among Zanu PF officials throughout the country who are in the habit of threatening pple demanding free services and goods. A few days ago, Matutu threatened to storm the US embassy.

The latest information on him is that he was released into the custody of Zvishavane lawyer Tichaona Chivasa in the early hours of this morning. He was released purportedly to seek medical attention as the cuffs had reportedly lacerated him.

According to infor at hand, Matutu’s lawyer negotiated with police for his release saying besides seeking medical attention, the foul mouthed seeking Zanu PF youth leader wanted to attend an important event in Masvingo this morning. The lawyer profusely apologized to Dispol.

Gama concluded saying, “it’s not clear yet if Matutu was charged or not but the cop who was assaulted and others who witnessed the violence had reportedly completed their statements nailing the bullying youth leader. Whether this is the end of the case or not, Matutu, lawyer & the cops know.”

ZAKA – The controversial Zion Christian Church (ZCC) leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has busted MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s presidential bubble saying the young politician is a puppet of the West who are using him as a front to recolonize the country, while ordaining President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the rightful king send by God.

Speaking during the Chief Nhema senatorship festival recently, Mutendi said there is a difference between a king and a rightful king saying the latter comes from God.

Mutendi, whom many questioned whether his message was coming from the spiritual realm or his head, said that Chamisa still has a long road to travel to be the rightful king for the country as he lacks the merits of a true leader.

“The whites are still bitter that we took our country from them. They have for long tried to make their way back into the country but have failed so they have now devised a new strategy to retake our country using a puppet Chamisa.

“Do not be fooled with the opposition because they are being used by the whites who have a hidden agenda. They know they will not be able to have their way in this country with Zanu PF in power which is why they have chosen Chamisa.

“This is why we have sanctions and all these problems which are being caused by Chamisa. Do not blame the government because it is trying to better the lives of its people though it will not happen overnight,” said Mutendi.

Mutendi said the people of Zimbabwe have faith in the ruling Zanu PF party and have shut out Chamisa because they know he is not right for the country.

“The people of Zimbabwe know that MDC is a project of the West which is why they fail to win elections. The people do not want Chamisa to rule the country because they know the whites will come back and occupy our land.

“For person to be a right king, he should learn first the history of the country and appreciate it from those in power. Chamisa does not know the history of this country and cannot be the right king,” said Mutendi.

Mutendi said the reason why the opposition has failed to take over power from Zanu PF is because no man can fight what God has chosen and be successful.

TellZim

Own Correspondent|Government has for ages denied the fact that soldiers and other state security agents deployed in the Marange Diamond Fields are looting the precious gem.

In an exclusive interview with ZimEye.com in Marange on Friday, highly placed authorities within the diamond mining sector confirmed that the soldiers and state security agents are working in cohorts with some illegal diamond miners known as Magweja to loot the diamonds for personal benefits.

Zimbabwe Diamonds and Aligned Workers Union leader Ms Billian Matambo told ZimEye.com that the soldiers engage the illegal miners into the fields to mine diamonds and thereafter share the loot.

Watch the full interview with Mr Matambo in the video downloading below:

By A Correspondent| A Media defence lawyer Chris Mhike has drawn parallels between ED and Mugabe when it comes to harassing journalists and has said the 2 dispensations are the same in reference to the harassment of journalists.

Mr Mhike was speaking on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists yesterday in Harare when he said:

We also want to take note of the fact that the statistics of violence against the media leave a lot to be desired. There have been too many arrest of journalists and assaults. We have seen journalist also being threatened by all sorts of players, not just government.

As a legal defence attorney, I have been extremely busy, particularly in the period 2018-2019. The incidents of harassment of journalists have been rising phenomenally and we are constantly referring to the second republic doing things differently.

We will not be able to achieve that dream to differentiate the second republic from the first republic, with the recent statistics that we have been hearing in the past months or in the past two years in particular.Mr Mhike’s remarks are coming a few days after the police harassed a female journalist in Harare and she had to seek medical attention.

-Newsday

Own Correspondent|Villagers in Marange communal lands have warned government that they will soon lose patience over unresolved issues of concern in the diamond mining fields within their area.

Speaking to ZimEye.com in an exclusive interview on Friday in Marange, community leader Moses Makwada said that villagers are giving government up to March next year to attend to several issues that have been presented over the years but never attended to.

Watch video of the interview downloading below:

St THERESE High School has expelled nine students who were recorded in a video clip passionately kissing and caressing in pairs in the four corners of a classrooms at the school located 60 km outside Rusape.

The video, which has gone viral on social platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook, captures moments when the male and female students were fervently cuddling each other. This has set tongues wagging, with mostly parents and education authorities berating the school authorities for laxity of supervision.

Commentators have strongly blamed the school authorities for failing to stamp down authority and maintaining high disciplinary standards, leading to the disgusting behaviour by the students.

St Therese High is a partial boarding institution in Makoni West. The school introduced a girls boarding wing in a move that saw it becoming the first boarding institution in Makoni West in 2016.

The institution was established in the 1960s as a teachers’ training college before being turned into a day secondary school after independence in 1983.

In the 1:38 seconds video clip that was shot using a cellphone, the deeply involved students were captured kissing, caressing and cuddling in the classroom.

The students were clad in school uniform and it is clear the video clip was shot in broad daylight with the full knowledge of the students. 

One of the female students is clearly heard chuckling and commenting that “Siyana neni iwe” (leave me alone). The comment was directed at the person recording the video.

When reached for comment on Wednesday this week, the school head Mrs Euphrasia Mudiwa refused to entertain questions. She referred questions to responsible authority education secretary Mr Lawrence Chibvuri and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.

“I cannot talk to you. Instead, you should talk to the education secretary Mr Lawrence Chibvuri in Mutare. St Therese High School belongs to the church, and he is the one empowered to talk to you. You can also ask officials from the parent ministry in Rusape,” said Mrs Mudiwa.

Makoni district schools inspector (DSI) Mr Nathaniel Machini said he was in a meeting, when contacted for a comment.

However, the provincial education director (PED) Mr Edward Shumba said he was aware of the video, which was now all over social media.

“Yes I am aware of it (the video), and it is still under investigation to verify if it’s true or false. I haven’t received a full report yet,” said Mr Shumba.

However, a source at the school said that the students caught in the romance debacle have since been sent packing by the school.

“The students featuring in that video clip have since been expelled from the school. Some were boarder students and others were day scholars.

‘‘Those writing exams are the ones only coming to school but are coming from their homes.

‘‘All the boys in the video clip are Form 4s. Two of the girls were in Form Two, one was in Form Three and two were Form Four boarders,” said the well placed source.

Manica Post

In a shocking crime of passion, a Mutare man is alleged to have fatally stabbed his fiancée’s lover and later doused his girlfriend with acid after he caught them seated in a compromising position.

The murder and assault occurred over the weekend in Bindura where the fiancée, Rumbidzai Mangandu (21), was studying for her law degree at Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University.

Mashonaland Central acting police spokesperson, Tonny Nyandoro, confirmed the murder of Hugh Chivingwa Makumbe (24) of Bindura’s Chiwaridzo high-density suburb.

The suspect, Chengetai Trinity Jimu (24), of Toronto Forestry Commission in Mutare disappeared after committing the crime.

“I can confirm the murder case, which happened in Bindura where a Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University student was reportedly killed in a love wrangle by a Mutare man who is still at large. Investigations are still in progress,” Nyandoro said.

Mangandu and Jimu were engaged and staying together in Mutare but at the time of the murder and assault, Mangandu was at school in Bindura.

Jimu is said to have suspected that his fiancée was having an affair with the deceased.

He subsequently made a surprise visit to Mangandu’s Bindura residence where he found his fiancée and the deceased seated together.

Jimu lost his cool, attacked the deceased and fatally stabbed him twice with an unknown object.

He shifted his rage and went on to pour a bucket of acid on Mangandu accusing her of cheating on him while he was in Mutare.

A witness, Koga Gatsi, said the now deceased was stabbed on the forehead and neck. The couple’s Mutare neighbours who requested anonymity said they were having problems since Mangandu enrolled at the university in August 2018.

“They were having problems and Jimu was the one who was paying all her rentals in Bindura and footing other bills. Someone must have tipped Jimu of the affair.

That is why he made the surprise visit armed,” said the neighbour.
Mangandu’s mother, Felistas Dodzo was not available for comment when The Manica Post tried to reach her.

Mangandu is battling for her life at a hospital in Bindura from the burns she sustained from the acid attack.

Incapacitated government hospitals doctors are likely to receive varying judgments depending on circumstances surrounding each case, amid failure by the first batch of 81 to attend disciplinary hearings convened by the government on Friday.

Sources close to the issue claimed that most of the doctors were likely to get first warnings, while others who already had warnings are likely to be dismissed, with some having salary forfeitures.

The hearings went ahead at all central hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo, despite the absence of the junior doctors.

Health Services Board chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikosana yesterday said as alluded to previously, Government was following all due processes as provided for in the Labour Act.

“They (doctors) didn’t turn up for the hearings, but as alluded to yesterday (Thursday), we are following the right procedure which provides for going ahead with disciplinary hearings whether the doctor is present or not,” he said. Dr Sikosana said the board was not at liberty to disclose the outcome of the hearings that would be communicated directly to each doctor.

Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) acting secretary-general Dr Tawanda Zvakada said as indicated in their official communication earlier, they were not going to attend the hearings. He said while some doctors were scheduled to appear for the hearings yesterday, others were to appear on November 7.

Some did not receive the notices for the hearings, said Dr Zvakada.

Junior doctors stopped reporting for work on September 3, citing incapacitation.

Efforts by Government to negotiate with the doctors to return to work were fruitless as the doctors insisted they wanted their salaries to be pegged at the prevailing interbank rate.

Senior doctors also joined in the strike in support of their juniors, also demanding their on-call allowances to be pegged at the interbank rate.

A 42-YEAR-OLD man – suspected to be mentally challenged – allegedly murdered his father for failing to prepare his meal on time so that he could take his prescribed medication.

The accused, James Mandeya, of Yorkshire 7B, Headlands struck his father Collius James Mandeya (73) with a hockey stick several times on the head, leaving him bleeding profusely on the ground.

Manicaland provincial spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringa Kakohwa confirmed the death of Mandeya.

“I confirm that the late Collius Mandeya was brutally assaulted on October 25, 2019 at his homestead and later died at Rusape General Hospital,” he said.

James Mandeya appeared before Rusape magistrate Mr Gift Manyika on Saturday facing murder charges.

He was not asked to plead and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
Mr Binoni Makuwire prosecuted.

Mr Makuwire told the court that the accused assaulted his father seven times on the head with a hockey stick, accusing him of failing to prepare food on time.

“The late Collius Mandeya had an argument with his first born son James, who wanted his breakfast so that he takes his medication, but was told to wait until the meal was ready.

“Out of rage, James picked up a stick and repeatedly smashed his father with it on the head until he was unable to move and ran away.

Headman Kwanda, who was passing-by Mandeya’s homestead, heard him screaming for help and rushed to investigate. He arrived when Mandeya was motionless on the ground and called others villagers for help. They took him to the hospital,” said Mr Makuwire.

Members of the public are urged, especially those living with mentally challenged relatives, to help them take their medication on time to avoid such incidents. The matter was remanded to November 11, 2019.Manica Post

The congestion in a Zupco bus could not stop a man’s sexual hormones from surging at the sight of a 32-year-old woman in front of him.

Even Dube (55) was allegedly left with nowhere to hide after attention from the busy bus shifted to him when Nothabo Moyo screamed and exposed him for allegedly rubbing his erect manhood on her buttocks and caressing her privates with his hands.

Record has it that on 21 October at around 7am in Nkulumane 12, Dube and Moyo boarded the same bus and couldn’t get seats so they were standing next to each other facing the same direction headed for the city centre.

Moyo, it is alleged, suddenly felt Dube’s erect manhood rubbing her buttocks but she tried to ignore it since the bus was full, leaving no space for one to freely move.

“He went on to caress the top of my privates with his hand and I instantly rebuked him and asked what he was doing,” stated Moyo.

Dube reportedly apologised to Moyo who was already fuming at the old man.
When the bus got to town, it is reported, Dube had already dropped off along the way, making it difficult for Moyo to locate him to initiate legal action.

However, he was spotted the following morning by Moyo in a bus queue and she quickly reported Dube for indecent assault to a police officer that was patrolling the bus queue leading to his arrest.

Appearing before Bulawayo magistrate Jokoniah Ncube last week, Dube denied the charges of indecent assault and said he never saw Moyo in the bus on the day of the incident although he confirmed being in the bus going to town at that time.

He was remanded out of custody on $300 bail and is set to appear in court on Friday for continuation of trial.B-Metro

You are probably wondering why money that used to buy you electricity enough for a month can barely scratch the surface now. It is a long story, but in short Zesa Holdings increased their tariffs and the days of power subsidies seem to be fast flying past us. Well, at least in part.

Zesa are taking a cost reflective approach to power supply, which is the only way they can afford imports from Mozambique and South Africa which are coming at a high cost of US$15 million per month.

But that is besides the case, what many want to know is what is going on with Zesa?
A lot of households are struggling to understand how much they should devote to keep their lights on.

The new billing model by the country’s power utility has brought confusion as to how much money is needed by households to last a month.

Zesa is implementing a stepped domestic tariff, this is a costing formula they say promotes fair usage. Under the formula, the amount a household pays will be directly proportional to the scale of power usage.
Power purchases have been stratified into three tariff bands.

Because access to electricity is considered an essential need, there is a heavily subsidised first component.

This is referred to as the lifeline tariff, the 50 units of power which every household is sold to at a heavily subsidised rate of 41 cents per kWh.

Every household is entitled to these 50 units which according to Zesa are supposed to power a two plate stove and five lights for a single calendar month. The lifeline tariff was crafted to cater for low income households.

So when people buy electricity, their first $20.50 falls under this category. The second band is where Zesa believes 80 percent of their household customers fall and they consider it to be the optimal use level.

Under this tariff category, electricity costs 91 cents per kWh and here the subsidy is there but relatively lower.

Households are only allowed to purchase 150 kWh which adds to the initial 50 kWh to make up 200 kWh which are considered to be enough for a household using power optimally.

At the current cost, this band costs the electricity buyer $136.50. Those who go beyond the first two bands are considered to be heavy users.

At this point there is no subsidy and Zesa relays the unfiltered cost of electricity to the consumer at the rate of $3.87 per unit.

Under this tariff band, there is no limit to what one can buy, as long as the capacity is there on the purchaser’s part.

When a single power purchase is made in a household, this kicks in at $157, anything above that is premium rated.

Allegorically, say there are cakes being sold, but the authorities want to regulate how much a person consumes in a single month.

This is to help them ensure everyone gets a fair chance to eat. Assuming all purchases are being made with a credit card, they track the number of slices bought.

The first five slices, are sold at a very low cost of $1. After the five slices, they then increase the price to $5, but one can only buy 15 slices.

The authorities’ research would have shown them that a normal human being needs 20 slices of cake in a single month. For those who want to exceed the recommended amounts, they have to pay a high price of $20 per slice.

Here, the assumption is the authorities have failed to regulate them but the price will.

The principle used by Zesa in crafting the model has traces of the economic law of diminishing returns. The law of diminishing returns is when the continued acquisition or consumption of a product brings reduced benefit with each extra unit.
Is buying a lot of units at once a solution?

Under the current scheme it is easily the worst idea. One simply needs to know the amount of power they need every month and buy exactly that.

Going beyond what you need, will have you placed under a heavy use and the money loses its purchase power with each extra unit outside the fair use threshold.

It is not true that power is cheaper when bought on the first day of the month, but it is definitely cheaper on the first purchase regardless of which day it is made on.
There is nothing otherworldly on this new cost structure though.

Countries that are selling us electricity use it, maybe it is time we copy a good pattern.
In Mozambique, the EDM one of the companies selling power to Zimbabwe price their tariffs cumulatively.

From 0 to 200 kWh, households in Mozambique pay 6.63 Metical (USD 11 cents).
Those who exceed and use between 201 and 500 kWh incur 9.39 Metical (USD 15 cents) per unit.

Heavy users who go beyond 500 kWh pay 9.85 Metical (USD 16 cents) for each kWh consumed.

Perhaps in many years, this is the first time Zimbabweans are getting a feel of how to buy power at emotionally viable costs, the question is, how many will keep their lights on?
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Farai Dziva|MDC vice president Tendai Biti has said Emmerson Mnangagwa must resign with immediate effect.

“He(Mnangagwa) must step down or constitutional process must remove him,” tweeted Biti.

“The illegitimate government has gone nuts. How does a government change currency three times in a year? A fresh talk of adopting the Rand.

“They went through the original Zimbabwe Dollar, then they brought, then the bearer cheques which they again bastardised. Then they went through the USD, the bond note and the RTGS$.

They can bring 100 other currencies but it will not help. There is no confidence in them and no one trusts them,” he added.

“That a country can introduce three currencies in a year is criminal economics. The consequences from a planning, accounting and economic view point are catastrophic.”

MDC spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka has expressed doubts on claims that president Emmerson Mnangagwa is a trained lawyer.

Tamborinyoka says that decisions made by the president so far are indicative that Mnangagwa is not learned.

He said:

For Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only content-free, despite claiming he is a lawyer. I have surmised in a previous installment that it is highly likely the guy underwent some paralegal course at a backwater college in the Copper-belt region in Zambia and returned home claiming to have a Law degree.

For how could a leader of substance, with proper legal aptitude, appoint more than the required number of non-constituency MPs, only to fire them hours later as he did to the likes of Chris Mutsvangwa soon after he pilfered his way into office in 2017?

Tamborinyoka further observed the lack of rationality in a number of other decisions which the president made saying a legal expert could not have done what he did.

He added that Mnangagwa who is “not politically charming” will “leave behind a legacy of emptiness” as already seen at the New York when he addressed an “empty auditorium” at the United Nations General Assembly and during the anti-sanctions march where “he once again indigenized the emptiness.”

Some of former Vice President, Joyce Mujuru’s property shall on the 6th of this month be auctioned off over debt.

See the full text below.

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing enormous pressure from senior Zanu PF officials and the military to reshuffle cabinet and fire some senior government officials for failing to stem the economic crisis.

He is also under pressure to reshuffle the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) by injecting young blood and people with fresh ideas, sources said.

Mnangagwa, who swept to power through a military coup in November 2017 which toppled long-time late leader Robert Mugabe, is struggling to steady the ship and reverse the economic implosion.

This comes amid growing agitation within the Zanu PF hierarchy which fears the party could lose the 2023 general election if the ongoing economic decline persists.

As reported by the Independent last week, senior Zanu PF officials, who fought in Mnangagwa’s corner in the race to succeed Mugabe, led by secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, two weeks ago resolved to pile pressure on Mnangagwa to allow them to superintend over ministers presiding over critical economic portfolios as they feel that cabinet ministers are failing to deliver.

Mpofu has been chairing weekly meetings attended by heavyweights such as Simon Khaya Moyo, Patrick Chinamasa, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and Paul Mangwana, who were deployed to work full-time for Zanu PF although they preferred cabinet posts.

Mnangagwa’s cabinet has served for over one year and critics say ministers have already proven their ineptitude by failing to turn around Zimbabwe’s fortunes.

In response, sources said Mnangagwa has been meeting some of the targeted ministers individually over the past month to enquire about their plans, including Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi, Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu.

“Although Mthuli (Ncube) is liked by Mnangagwa, he appears to be the one targeted the most by Zanu PF officials. They seem to have lost all faith in him. The army has also been giving out very negative reports about his economic policies of late. He however enjoys support from the President himself as of now,” a senior government official said.

“Chasi has also been summoned by the President a few times to explain his plans, especially in light of these crippling power cuts. He is also under fire over how he has handled the Zesa board issue. You remember he dissolved the board as soon as he became minister in May and he is yet to appoint a new board five months on.”

Matiza has been under pressure to deliver on key projects that fall under his purview, chiefly the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project and the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway.

Instead of implementation, he has revoked the NRZ project amid self-interest and corruption allegations, coming under immense scrutiny.

The Ministry of Information has been giving Mnangagwa headaches and might undergo a shake-up as officials, including minister Monica Mutsvangwa and her deputy Energy Mutodi, who have been engaged in public squabbles since their appointment while permanent secretary Nick Mangwana is largely viewed as out of depth.

Mutsvangwa refused to comment on the developments, saying the appointment and dismissal of ministers or senior government officials was solely Mnangagwa’s prerogative.

“I don’t know anything like that. In fact, you should not be asking me about those things because the appointing authority is the president and only he can know if there is anything like that,” Mutsvangwa said.

Sources described the developments as a mirror reflection of the wider Zanu PF factional fights pitting Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.
As reported by the Independent last week, a clique of Zanu PF members is reportedly plotting to unseat Chiwenga on grounds of incapacitation as part of the intensifying factional fights.

There is also pressure for Mnangagwa to elbow presidential spokesperson and OPC Deputy Chief Secretary George Charamba out of office.

The situation got worse this week after Charamba posted what appeared to be a pornographic video on his Twitter account, on which he uses the @jamwanda handle.

He had also stirred the hornet’s nest by posting on the same account pictures of Mnangagwa eating boiled cattle hooves, while aboard a luxurious private jet on his way from attending Uganda’s 54th independence anniversary last month.

“There is serious jockeying and shadowboxing taking place in the OPC and in the information department. On one hand there is Mangwana who is extremely unpopular with officials in that office for employing guerrilla tactics to run the department.

So he thinks he is being sabotaged by Charamba. Nick came here and brought changes which have not gone down well with everyone. For instance, he sends information officers on reporting assignments, something which was not done before. So the environment there is poisonous,” a senior government official said.

“So when Charamba made those tweets, they seized the opportunity to lobby intensely for his sacking. I am sure you noticed that he at some point disabled the Twitter account before bringing it back up a couple of days later. That was the time when the situation had deteriorated.

So there were high-level meetings over the issue last week, some of which involved the chief secretary (to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda). He got solid backing mainly from the army guys in the OPC and the case fell apart, but you can bet they will come back again,” the source said.

Efforts to get comment from Sibanda, Charamba and Mangwana were fruitless.

-TheIndependent

By A Correspondent- Former Radio Zimbabwe presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has described Minister Sithembiso Nyoni as a heartless woman.

Read Sibanda’s full text below:

Disgraceful, shameful and cruel Minister of Women’s Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Sithembiso Nyoni has caused resentment and anger lying that his ministry has failed to employ Ndebele people in rural Matebeleland as Ward Coordinators because they don’t have O levels.

What an insult to the people of Matabeleland from this old goat, a crazy heartless and insensitive woman. The horrible speech to Mps attending Pre-Budget seminar in Victoria Falls and read on her behalf by Acting Minister of Women’s affairs, Hon Joram Gumbo, the out of touch, clueless & irresponsible minister exposed her naivety and stupidity of the highest order. It answers why people from Matabeleland are denied jobs and opportunities because of people like her.

This was said by a lazy Minister that has never attended any government seminars or parliamentary questions and every time when there is a pre-budget seminar she travels away, obviously too dumb to answer any questions on how her ministry spends its allocated budget. This is the most useless ministry run by one of the worst ministers which delivers nothing for the people of Zimbabwe.

Decades of Sithembiso Nyoni running the same ministry but Zimbabweans yet to see any tangible projects. She is simple one of the biggest flops and useless ministers ever seen in Zimbabwe and God knows why she is still in that position.

You wonder which small business is her ministry supporting? What happened to the Women’s bank? Which women or women’s groups have been empowered or benefited from her ministry? What has she done for Girl Child? Lets say her stupid claims are true, what has she done to help Matabeleland kids go to school or get scholarships in 25 years in Government?

Her disgusting statement is embarrassing and l am happy both sides of the isle angrily condemned her stinking speech. MDC and Zanu PF Mps were really aggrieved by her reckless statement and lies. I am willing to give her over a 1000 jobless people from each province with 5 or more O levels in 15 minutes if she wants.

With the exit of Mugabe, whose administration had been associated with recycling ‘deadwood,’ corruption, dictatorship, many forms of injustice and inequalities, most Zimbabweans expected new blood and ‘fire’ in the new administrations but sadly deadwood like Sithembiso Nyoni who is nearly 70 years old are hanging up there with nothing to offer the country.

Zimbabweans also expected ministers chosen on merit and from across the board, a more representative cabinet and a government moving away from the heavy-handedness, divisive, corruption, discrimination, tribalism, nepotism associated with Mugabe’s administration. Sithembiso Nyoni should be forced to resign for misleading the parliamentarians, the people & the country!

By A Correspondent- None of the 81 doctors turned up for disciplinary hearings that where scheduled to start at respective Central hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo today.

HSB board chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikosana who confirmed the development said hearings, however, proceeded in absentia.

“The outcomes of the hearings are confidential hence we wil communicate to individuals,” said Dr Sikosana.

However, further investigations by The Herald on the outcomes indicate that all those who were supposed to go for the hearings today were fired. The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association President De Tawanda Zvakada said some hearings were scheduled for the 7th of November while others did not even receive the disciplinary hearing notices.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- Former Botswana President Ian Khama was in no show at the second inauguration of his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi.

Masisi took his second oath as the fifth president of Botswana on Friday morning, flanked by his wife Neo.

The inauguration in the capital Gaborone was also attended by former President Festus Mogae, Zambian President Edgar Lungu and Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa.

South Africa was represented by Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu.

The Botswana Democratic Party won 38 of the 57 constituencies, giving it another mandate to govern.

Masisi will lead the country for five more years.

“…and diligently discharge my duty and perform my functions in the high office as president of the Republic of Botswana.”

And he’s wasted no time with his promise to transform the economy.

“As trade is the lifeblood of all nations and the global economy, the diversification of our economic base is imperative.”

Unsurprisingly, Khama – who last week announced he had voted for the Botswana Patriotic Front – did not attend today’s proceedings.

This was the first time in the history of Botswana that a living former president did not attend an inauguration.

Khama, the BPF and main opposition UDC alleged grand rigging of the election.

-EWN

By A Correspondent- A Kwekwe Primary School’s headmaster is in hot soup following allegations he forced the school matron to divorce her husband after promoting her.

Joseph Machingura reportedly forced Tracy Dzapasi, who had recently been promoted from the laundry department to become the school matron, to divorce her husband of more than 10 years if she wanted to keep her job.

As a result, Dzapasi left her husband, Courage Ncube, together with their two children.

According to sources close to the happenings, all hell broke loose when Dzapasi was promoted from the laundry department to assume the position of matron.

“From that time she was ordered not to go to her home and stay at school. The husband was also barred from entering the school premises and this did not go down well with him. He approached the school authorities seeking clarity on why she was no longer allowed to come home,” said the source.

At one time Ncube became violent after he suspected that his wife was having an affair with one of the staff members.

“He became violent after he saw some messages in his wife’s phone indicating that she was seeing some staff member. It later turned out the man was a close friend to the school head,” he said.

This led to the head advising the woman to seek a peace order from the courts barring the husband from accessing the school premises, literally dismantling the marriage.

Reached for comment, Ncube declined comment saying he was trying to fix his marriage.

Dzapasi was not reachable.

By A Correspondent- Acting President Kembo Mohadi has participated at this month’s national clean-up exercise held at Fife Avenue Shopping Centre in Harare.

In his address to the crowd gathered for the exercise, Acting President Mohadi said a clean environment was critical for the conservation of ecology for the benefit of future generations.

The clean-up exercise was launched last year and is running under the theme, “Zero Tolerance to Litter: My Environment, My Pride.”

The development comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Botswana for the inauguration of Botswana’s President elect Mokgweetsi Masisi.

-StateMedia

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By A Correspondent- A South African woman’s efforts to salvage her marriage already in shambles by sprinkling love of potion in her husband’s meal backfired after her gluttonous father-in-law showed up unexpectedly and dished up for himself. As a result, the hapless father-in-law has fallen head over heels for his son’s wife.

According to South African online publication, Daily sun, Nthabiseng Mthembu (33) regrets her scheme to dose her husband with love potion after her 63-year-old ingested the portion and consequently, fallen in love with her.

She even added korobela as she thought it would be a meal for her and her husband.

“He ate and even licked his fingers. He gave my cooking the best compliment, saying I was a true makoti,” she said.

Now the babazala is crazy in love with Nthabiseng Mthembu.

She regrets what she did as her husband didn’t even eat because he had a kota after church. The 33-year-old from Daveyton in Ekurhuleni told Daily Sun the babazala started calling her a week after the incident.

“My husband even asked why his father was checking up on me so much,” she said.

She said the babazala then visited her while her husband was away.

“He told me he loved me and asked me to leave his son.

He told me he couldn’t stop thinking about me,” she said.

“I was so disturbed. I realised he ate the korobela that was meant for my husband.”

Nthabiseng then went back to her sangoma, who told her the korobela had hit hard and she should bring him to get it out.

“I called my husband and confessed everything. He was angry but understood and forgave me,” she said.

Nthabiseng’s husband Isaac (39) said he begged his father to see a sangoma, but he refuses.

“I even tried to trick him, but when we arrived at a sangoma’s house he ran off.

“I’ve stopped him from coming to my house, but he comes anyway. We need help,” he said.

Babazala Amos (63), who hasn’t had a girlfriend since his wife died seven years ago, said Nthabiseng was his wife-to-be.

“Me and the makoti are meant to be. There’s nothing else I can say. I’m not removing any korobela,” he said.

Sangoma Dungamanzi said: “He’s had it in his system for long so it needs more attention.”

Daily Sun tried to get hold of the sangoma they consulted but couldn’t interview him.

By A Correspondent- Eight alleged gold panners went on the rampage at a bar in Magwegwe, stoned the bar and seriously assaulted two bouncers after they were kicked out of the premises for rowdy behaviour last Saturday.

According to sources the gold panners went to the bar on Friday night and drank all night. It is alleged that after midnight they started overturning tables in the bar and threaten to beat up bouncers that sought to bring them to order. 

The bouncers chased them away from the bar because of misbehaviour but the panners started to stone the bar in the early hours of Saturday.

“We chased them away from the bar because of their bad behaviour and they started to throw stones and bottles while they were outside.”

According to a source it is alleged that the gang of eight gold panners, which included an alleged member of Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services from Nkayi Prison, hit one of the security bouncers, Alfonso Antony Raphael, with a bottle on the head. The bouncer was rushed to the hospital.

The gold panners also stabbed one of the bouncers, Edmore Mushai with a bottle on the right ear.

Witnesses said the situation was so bad that reinforcements were called from anti-riot police who rescued the bouncers and saved the bar from further attacks. 

“We give thanks to members of the riot police who came all the way from Central Police Station to liberate defenceless bouncers here,” said one of the witnesses, James Phiri.

A report of public violence was made to the police at Magwegwe Police under case number 12 /90 /91. Efforts to get a comment from the police were fruitless at the time of going to print.

-StateMedia 

By A Correspondent- A woman from Old Magwegwe shocked a court when she revealed that she was tormented by her son who alleges that she makes him sleep with goblins. 

Maria Ndlovu said Xolani Ncube always made these claims whenever she tried to reprimand him. 

As if that was not enough, Ncube goes on to tell neighbours that Ndlovu was a witch and she owned goblins which slept with him at night.

During her first days of being insulted Ndlovu sought assistance from close relatives but efforts to tame Ncube’s strange behaviour were all in vain.

As months went by Ncube turned out to be extremely violent and he constantly threatened to kill Ndlovu. Fearing for her life, Ndlovu sought help from the Western Commonage courts.

“I am applying for a peace order against my son. He regularly abuses me verbally and emotionally. I wish relevant offices to assist me as I now fear for my life because he is now threatening to kill me. He insults me saying that I am a witch and I make him sleep with goblins. He is saying that I am the one who killed my deceased children. I no longer want him to live with me so it would be much better if he moves out of my house,” said Ndlovu.

In his response Ncube admitted that he once abused his mother and said he would move out.

“She is accusing me of things that I did some time back and I was once arrested concerning this matter. After I was released she told me that I should move out of the house. So I have decided to vacate by the end of the month,” said Ncube. 

Magistrate Urgent Vundla ordered Ncube to refrain from emotionally and verbally abusing his mother.

By A Correspondent- A 17-year-old Form Two boy from Zvishavane has been slapped with a five-year prison term for having sexual intercourse with his minor girlfriend which resulted in pregnancy.

The teen impregnated his 14-year-old girlfriend, also from the same area in Zvishavane town.

He pleaded guilty when he appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga facing one count of having sexual intercourse with a minor.

Passing judgment, Wochiunga said the accused had no right to sleep with the complainant as she was still young to consent to sex.

“You had no right to sleep with the complainant even though you two were dating. She is still young therefore she cannot consent to sex.

“You are therefore sentenced to five years in prison for the crime you committed. The sentence is, however, wholly suspended on condition that you do not commit a similar crime in five years,” he said.

In mitigation, the teen told the court that he was not aware that he was committing a crime when he had sex with the complainant.

“Your worship, l admit that l had sexual intercourse with her, but l did not know that I was committing an offence,” he said.

Circumstances surrounding the matter are that, sometime in June this year, the teen proposed love to the complainant and his proposal was accepted.

The two started dating and had sexual intercourse on several occasions up to the month of September 2019. The complainant later discovered that she was pregnant but did not tell anyone.

On September 25, the complainant opened up to her mother about the pregnancy after a confrontation.

The complainant’s mother then made a police report and a medical examination was made. Taurai Muzvinwe represented the State.

-StateMedia