An explosion rocked this Avenues flat in Harare on Saturday. Shaken residents thought it might have been dynamite. Shattered windows but no injuries. – ZBC
Some explosion rocked this Avenues flat in Harare today. Shaken residents thought it might have been dynamite. Shattered windows but no injuries. @ZRP_Zim pic.twitter.com/lmzwY43K0H
— ZBC News Online (@ZBCNewsonline) November 16, 2019
Correspondent|A 19-year-old high school pupil has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing US$4 200 from a car that had been involved in a road accident last August along the Chivhu-Gutu road.
Tambaoga Dovi, a Form Four student at Chiriga Secondary School, has however appealed against both conviction and sentence at the High Court.
High Court Judge, Garainesu Mawadze heard that Dovi and one Jonathan Chikoromondo, on 21 August this year at around 0300 hours witnessed an accident along the Chivhu-Gutu road, in which a 41-year-old man was involved. The pair rushed to the scene, but did not help any of the injured persons.
Instead, the two opened the driver’s door and stole US$4 200 which they later shared. Nothing was recovered.
They were sentenced to 24 months in prison each, with six months imprisonment suspended for five years.
However, Dovi’s sentence was set aside on appeal by Justice Mawadze who ruled that he was still a pupil and it was also unwise for him to restitute the stolen money.
“What pricked my judicial conscience is the fact that the 19 year-old accused is not only a youthful first offender but is currently in form four at Chiriga Secondary School,” Justice Mawadze said.
“The implication of an effective prison term is that the accused is no longer attending school, thus ruining his future. Currently other pupils are busy writing their examinations.”
However Justice Mawadze said there was no doubt that Dovi’s moral blameworthiness was very high.
“The accused exhibited a very high degree of cruelty. He decided not to help the injured but to steal the money. Such conduct is immoral and deserves censure.
“Be that as it may, some degree of leniency was required. The accused is a youthful first offender. He is no longer attending school as he was incarcerated. There was an element of sudden temptation when he saw the cash,” the judge said.
Justice Mawadze added that the trial magistrate had conceded that he did not carry out proper inquiry to properly assess the sentence and this constituted a misdirection.
“Further, the sentence of 24 months imprisonment is rather severe in view of the accused’s age, the amount involved and other mitigatory factors.
“I shall direct the trial magistrate to immediately call the accused from prison and to carry out proper inquiry into community service. The trial magistrate should take into account the period that accused has already served from 9 September 2019 and also that he is attending school possibly writing examinations,” said the High Court Judge.
State Media|ONE person died on the spot while several others were hospitalised after an object believed to be a grenade exploded in their house in Silobela.
Silobela is one of the areas that was hardest hit by the highly armed 5th Brigade Gukurahundi Soldiers who were trying to track then notorious dissident Richard Gwesela.
The soldiers used almost full war time arms and equipment in the area as they butchered innocent citizens who were accused of hiding Gwesela.
Local residents in the area have in several documentaries confirmed that the soldiers would close people inside a but before bombing the hut with hand grenades.
The latest incident happened in Dambridge area Mtshogwe Village under Chief Malisa Silobela last Monday.
Police confirmed the death of a 19-year-old teenager when the object which was picked by one of the children while playing, later detonated and left the rest of the family members injured.
“For now, we do not have finer details as to what exactly happened, our officers are still on the ground but I can confirm that there is a suspected case of a grenade that exploded in Silobela area.
“More details will come as investigations continue,” said Midlands police spokesman Inspector Joel Goko.
Kwekwe Civil Protection Unit (CPU) chairperson who is also Acting Kwekwe District Development Co-ordinator Mr Fortune Mpungu also confirmed the incident.
“It is true, we received reports of a grenade that exploded within a homestead killing a 19-year-old student on the spot.
“Three other family members who were injured were rushed to Silobela Hospital while others were rushed to Gweru Provincial Hospital depending on the magnitude of the injuries,” said Mr Mpungu.
He said the grenade was picked up by a child who brought it home.
“I am told that it was a child who was playing who then brought the explosive home which later exploded causing the unfortunate loss of life. As the CPU we therefore urge villagers to avoid picking up strange things and bringing them home.
“Children should be closely monitored when playing,” he said.
He said they were in the process of engaging the services of the Zimbabwe National Army to assist in raising awareness as well as searching the area.
“This is not the first incident, just a few months back another grenade was picked up by the road side though it did not injure anyone.
“We are therefore engaging the ZNA to come and assist in raising awareness to the villagers not to pick anything up when playing. We also want the forces to conduct a search of some sort in the area as it seems to be infested with these explosives,” said Mr Mpungu.
Additional reporting: Paul Nyathi ZimEye.com
State Media |NOTORIOUS fortune seekers, mostly gold panners, have announced themselves on Harare’s door step.
The illegal miners have set up camp at Kintyre Estates, where they are tearing into a mountain supporting the walls of Lake Chivero.
As a consequence, they are increasing the pollution of an already toxic Lake Chivero through the use of chemicals such as mercury.
Harare Mayor Councillor Herbert Gomba confirmed this: “The illegal miners are discarding heavy chemicals such as mercury into Lake Chivero and as such have put the water body and human life at risk. We have referred the issue to both Government and the police so that they can be stopped.”
The gold panners and their supporting businesses have sought accommodation in nearby Norton, where they have invaded the usually sleepy town, which until recently enjoyed a low crime rate, affordable housing and prospects of economic prosperity.
Others have been operating in Hatcliffe Extension, where they are threatening anything that stands in their way — be it roads, entire suburbs, schools, Glen Forest cemetery and any other important infrastructure.
According to Chiedza Chipangura, an official with the Zimbabwe Miners Federation and a former chairperson of the Norton Miners Association, “gold is everywhere in Zimbabwe”.
This means if left unchecked, these fortune-seekers could soon be digging up buildings in Harare and disturbing the network of fibre optic, electricity cables and water pipes.
“As I speak, there is a gold rush in Chidamoyo, Hurungwe. Even Harare is sitting on top of gold and if the illegal miners are not tamed, we might wake up to see them digging up the streets,” Chipangura said.
Harare can actually learn from what these makorokozas have done to towns such as Shurugwi, Kwekwe and Kadoma, where they turned everything upside down in search of gold.
Chegutu and Norton are the latest victims of the marauding gold panners, who will stop at nothing to get the precious mineral.
Norton’s plea
Until recently, Norton was just a small town some 40km west of Harare, a bastion of tranquillity and economic growth. Strategically located near Lake Chivero, Harare’s major source of fresh water, Norton’s rich farm lands and vast organised mining activities came under attack with the arrival of the gold panners.
Founded in 1914, the town prides itself in having factories, a pulp and paper mill and even a brewery.
Thousands of people, the majority of them coming from Harare and Chegutu, flocked to Norton. Among those that fell in love with the town included the late national hero and music superstar, Oliver Mtukudzi, who called Norton his home until he breathed his last.
However, the town’s reputation as one of the fastest growing and safest urban settlements came to a screeching halt when illegal gold panners began scouring for the precious metal in areas surrounding the town.
The influx of the machete-wielding miners has resulted in some of the residents regretting their decision to set base in this town.
As a result of all the bad things associated with the violent panners, Norton has, to a larger extent, become an undesirable destination for many.
Among the prime farming areas that have been invaded by the panners are Kent Estates, Westband and Donnington farms, thereby reducing agricultural land to dangerous pits and gullies.
The panners, among them the feared “Mashurugwi” gangs, are travelling from as far afield as Shurugwi, Silobela, Gweru, Gokwe and Mutare. Apart from stealing and forcibly taking ore from mines, the panners are also wreaking havoc at shopping centres.
Most bars are now no-go areas for locals, as the panners, who have a penchant for violence, attack locals at the slightest provocation. Rival illegal panners often take their feuds to the drinking spots, resulting in some of the locals being caught up in the crossfire.
Many locals are believed to have lost both life and limb.
As news of the miners’ violent activities become more frequent, distressed calls by Norton residents for authorities to put an end to this madness are growing louder by the day.
The burning down of a house in Norton Ward 12 by a gang of panners who were fighting over a commercial sex worker has proved to be the final straw.
Civic and political leaders, farmers, miners and the residents have since joined hands as they moot ways of ending this menace.
Laston Tachiona, the Norton Ward 12 councillor, is regretting the residents’ decision to rent out accommodation to the illegal miners.
“This is a disaster. Since the miners are our fellow brothers and countrymen, we embraced them and rented out rooms to them. It appears we are now being punished for being compassionate,” Tachiona said.
Ward 12 covers the high-density suburbs of Maridale, Kingsdale and Garikai, where the majority of the panners are living. Tachiona says as a result of the panners’ violent dispositions, the residents are now observing a curfew of some sort.
“We are telling locals not to patronise the drinking spots that are frequented by the miners. We are also encouraging them not to drink late into the night. As residents, we need to stay away from these people whose motives are always dangerous,” said Tachiona.
Letwin Nyagano, vice-chairperson of the Norton Development Association, said the presence of the violent panners is bad for both social and economic development.
“They come here, forcibly take gold ore and beat up beerhall patrons. The gold they forcibly take is channelled towards the black market and we are not in any way benefiting from associating with the illegal miners,” Nyagano said.
Her counterpart, Liziwe Musevedza, the chairperson of the Norton Residents Development Trust, echoed the same sentiments.
“All they do is drink and fight. They are not adding any value to our community,” Musevedza said.
Temba Mliswa, Norton House of Assembly member, has been very vocal on the issue, calling upon authorities to find ways of dealing with the panners.
Mliswa even suggested that locals take up martial arts as a way of defending themselves from the dangerous miners.
Mululeki “Mayor” Ncube, a Norton-based journalist, said the local authority has seemingly run out of ideas in their efforts to bring sanity to the town.
“The panners are a law unto themselves and the residents are distraught and helpless. Something must be done urgently,” Ncube said.
Chipangura, who represents the Zimbabwe Miners Federation in Mashonaland West Province, said the problems that are associated with illegal gold miners are not only confined to Norton.
“There are people holding on to mining claims and are not productive, resulting in panners invading such claims. If those that own claims can be productive, we can do away with such problems,” Chipangura said.
The illegal miners have also encroached onto farming land in nearby Zvimba East.
Ruzai Muchaurawa, the Ward 25 Councillor in the Zvimba Rural District Council, confirmed the presence of artisanal miners in Zvimba.
“The illegal miners are coming from Norton and are giving us sleepless nights. Something should be done urgently,” Muchaurawa said.
With the gold panners’ foot already in the country’s capital city Harare, will authorities finally take notice and curb this marauding force of brutality, destruction and thievery?
Only time will tell.
By Farai D Hove| The same person who embarrassed herself endorsing the recent rigged Mozambican elections, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has been appointed to lead a SADC Observer Mission (SEOM) to Namibia, for presidential and legislative elections scheduled for November 27.
The Mozambican polls were marred by clear vote rigging filmed on camera with the incumbent, hiring buses to carry non Mozambican nationals to vote at polling stations outside the country, in places as far as Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
Oppah was appointed by her boss, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The state media reported saying her appointment is in line with Mnangagwa’s mandate as the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation chairperson.
The revelations are contained in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade statement which the spokesperson, Mr Sheperd Gwenzi said Munchinguri will be accompanied by an Alternate Head of Mission Patrick Chinamasa and other Government officials.
Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri is expected to launch SEOM in Namibia tomorrow before releasing a preliminary election statement on Friday.
“Zimbabwe as chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation will lead the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to the Republic of Namibia’s presidential and National Assembly elections to be held on 27 November 29,” said Mr Gwenzi.
“As mandated by His Excellency, President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa, the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, Hon Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs will lead the SEOM to Namibia covering the period 13 November 2019 to 4 December 2019,”
He added that the team would ensure that the elections are held in a transparent manner.
“The core mandate of the SEOM shall be to determine the adherence of the Republic of Namibia to democratic values and principles envisioned in the SADC Treaty, the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation; the provision of the Revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections,” he said “Elections will be observed based on three-phases, the pre-election phase, the election phase and the post-election phase.”
UK issued Linda Masarira with a visa denial | WAS THAT FAIR?
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Paul Nyathi|President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA) into law making the end of the Public Order and Security Act, POSA.
The Companies and Other Business Entities Act was also assented to by the President last week.
Mnangagwa told people who attended an anti-sanctions rally in Mahusekwa yesterday of the new development.
“We now have a new law. We have removed POSA and it has been replaced by what we call MOPA. I signed MOPA into law just last week,” the President said.
In addition to granting the right to protest, the new law also regularises the way the military is deployed to assist the police in maintaining law and order.
On the Companies and Other Business Entities Act, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Permanent Secretary Mrs Virginia Mabiza said new Companies Act was major milestone for business.
“It combines the private business corporations and companies into one. It also introduces electronic registration and transactions. This was not present in the old Bill, now we can do electronic transactions from wherever we are, even company registrations or any other company transactions,” she said.
“There is also a provision of mergers and takeovers, something that was not provided for in the old Bill. Above all, in line with our ease of doing business reforms, the new Act replaces criminal liabilities with civil penalties. You find that we have substituted wherever we had criminal penalties with civil penalties that are implemented through the office of Chief Registrar of Companies.”
She said the new Act also compels directors to be more transparent and disclose any issues to do with conflict of interest.
Mrs Mabiza added: “It also provided for re-registration of companies. This is important in that there is going to be a grace period in which companies are going to be re-registered and this will be coordinated through our companies’ office.
“We are in the process of finalising regulations for implementation of the Act.”
Over a year and 2 months ago, the US government funded Voice Of America journalist, Marvelous Mhlanga Nyahuye signed a contract to work for the man who has killed more blacks than apartheid South Africa, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
As late as October this year, Mnangagwa was found boasting on camera at a business meeting in Bulawayo that he will end the lives of critics.
The job was to do social engineering work, and create PR packages for Mnangagwa. A year later she would be found interrogating a distraught, disturbed, and terrified victim of torture, Dr Peter Magombeyi leading to his arrest in September this year.
Added to this revelation, official communications sent ZimEye.com by VOA itself have confirmed that they as an organisation are behind the secret contract with Mnangagwa. Are we safe?
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Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law a new POSA, igniting heavy criticism from analysts.
The state media reports saying the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA), which has been signed by Mnangagwa into law, is expected to open up democratic space by entrenching the right to demonstrate and present petitions, among other far-reaching freedoms that Government is determined to promote.
The Companies and Other Business Entities Act was also assented to by the President last week.
MOPA replaces the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), which the President previously described as symbol of the old Zimbabwe.
In a bid to entrench democratic values and freedoms in line with Vision 2030 of achieving an upper middle income economy, Mnangagwa’s leadership has implemented a raft of reforms designed to transform the political and economic environment.
Mnangagwa told people who attended the anti-sanctions rally in Mahusekwa yesterday of the new milestone.
“We now have a new law. We have removed POSA and it has been replaced by what we call MOPA. I signed MOPA into law just last week,” he said.
In addition to granting the right to protest, the new law also regularises the way the military is deployed to assist the police in maintaining law and order.
Experts believe the signing of MOPA by the President is a key milestone in the opening up of robust re-engagement with countries that viewed the law as somewhat draconian and out of sync with the opening up of democratic space in the New Dispensation.
Besides opening and deepening diplomatic engagement, the experts say MOPA will be in sync with provisions contained in the new Constitution that include the elargment of civil liberties to citizens.
On the Companies and Other Business Entities Act, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Permanent Secretary Mrs Virginia Mabiza said new Companies Act was major milestone for business.
“It combines the private business corporations and companies into one. It also introduces electronic registration and transactions. This was not present in the old Bill, now we can do electronic transactions from wherever we are, even company registrations or any other company transactions,” she said.
“There is also a provision of mergers and takeovers, something that was not provided for in the old Bill. Above all, in line with our ease of doing business reforms, the new Act replaces criminal liabilities with civil penalties. You find that we have substituted wherever we had criminal penalties with civil penalties that are implemented through the office of Chief Registrar of Companies.”
She said the new Act also compels directors to be more transparent and disclose any issues to do with conflict of interest.
Mrs Mabiza added: “It also provided for re-registration of companies. This is important in that there is going to be a grace period in which companies are going to be re-registered and this will be coordinated through our companies’ office.
“We are in the process of finalising regulations for implementation of the Act.”- state media/Sunday Mail
During the day, he looks like any other inmate at his new home — Harare Central Prison, but when the lights go out, he knows no peace.
Joram Siwela, a former Chaplin High School student and professional football player, was jailed for murder 21 years ago.
That was after he got into a fight over a girl, resulting in him brutally stabbing and killing his schoolmate.
Memories of the day he butchered his friend before handing himself over to the police are still fresh in his mind.
Serving a life sentence with hard labour is excruciating, but for Siwela it is worse as he claims to be tormented by an avenging spirit.
He says almost every night for the past 21 years, he has had to be woken up by his cellmates who say he throws punches, screams and argues with unseen forces in his sleep.
Siwela says he constantly has violent nightmares, and images of the murder he committed back in 1998 also flash in his sleep.
Since his incarceration, Siwela feels that something needs to be done spiritually. He says his family and that of the victim needs to perform some ritual.
“When my father visited me sometime in 1999, I tried to raise the issue with him but he said ‘you are still too young, you will not understand this’. I had just turned 20 then,” recalls Siwela.
However, according to Siwela’s father Sahluko, that door has since been closed. This is because another tragedy hit the family of Siwela’s victim a few months after his incarceration.
“Barely three months after Joram’s incident, a lot happened in the victim’s family, thereby complicating everything. The victim’s father and sibling were also murdered.
“Another uncle, whom they lived with, vanished without a trace. Since then, we have failed to locate any other relatives.
“I feel that knowing all this will be too much of a burden for Joram, which is why I have never been able to tell him,” said Sahluko.
He said he still hopes to see his son free one day.
Now 21 years later, Siwela’s parents are old and frail — unable to visit him. Siwela now fears that his parents will die before helping him out of his situation.
“They are both old now and cannot visit, especially using public transport. I wish there was a way.
“I need to talk to them. There is so much they need to help me understand,” said Siwela with tears rolling down his face.State media
PRESENTED with another opportunity to go on top of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table, Chicken Inn fluffed as inconsistency manifested again when they were held by relegation-threatened Hwange at Luveve yesterday.
Maximum points would have seen the former champions shoot back to the top of the log, but their performance was nowhere near that of a championship chasing team.
The stalemate yesterday was their eighth in this campaign.
They have accumulated 53 points from 31 games and sit a point behind leaders CAPS United.
CAPS United could, however, increase the lead when they face Yadah at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon.
Joey Antipas, who doubles up as the national team and Chicken Inn coach, was on the bench for the Gamecocks a day after taking charge of the Warriors in their goalless draw with Bo- tswana.
His side opened the scoring through a George Majika beauty in the 20th minute.
Majika’s effort was from the top drawer. The winger unleashed a powerful strike from 25 yards. It left Taimon Mvula, in goal for Hwange, clutching the air.
It was Hwange, however, who would enjoy a good spell after that goal.
The visitors, through veterans Felix Chindungwe and Gilbert Zulu, enjoyed the lion’s share of possession as the coal miners sought an equaliser.
They were rewarded in the 71st minute when Ernest Gwatima converted from the penalty spot to salvage a point for Chipangano.State media
Zimbabwe’s economy will rebound next year, as Government has set a solid foundation for growth despite being plagued by the worst drought in four decades in the 2018/2019 season, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
He warned cash barons who were abusing the newly introduced $2 and $5 notes, adding that authorities have since identified some of the culprits, who will soon face justice.
Government’s bold decision to reintroduce a new currency, he said, will help to industrialise the economy and create jobs.
Speaking at an anti-sanctions rally after commissioning a state-of-the-art hospital in Mahusekwa, Mashonaland East, President Mnangagwa said the country’s economic progress was unique since it was being undertaken without support from international financial institutions.
“We are happy that when we instituted austerity measures, yes, the economy went down by minus 6,5 (percent) in terms of growth. But when everything has stabilised, through what we call fiscal consolidation of expenditure and revenue, next year, which is just the month after next, our economy will start to rebound from minus 6,5 (percent) in 2019 to plus 3 percent in 2020,” he said.
“There are other countries that are undergoing economic and political reforms, like we are doing ourselves. Egypt got US$12 billion, Argentina got US$100 billion, Greece several billions to resuscitate their economy, but not a single cent has been given to Zimbabwe in the process of reforming our economy.”
Notwithstanding the teething challenges experienced in transitioning from a multi-currency system to a mono-currency, he added, a local currency was a prerequisite for development.
“Firstly, there is no single country which has developed its economy, which has industrialised its economy, without its own currency.
“You go to SA, they have the rand; Botswana they have the pula. In Zambia, they have the kwacha. All these countries suffer good and bad times with their currencies and they forge ahead.
Should we continue with other people’s currencies? No! We should have our own. That is why we said let us take the brave route.”State media
By Dr Masimba Mavaza
The medical personnel industrial action in Zimbabwe is blamed on the country’s crumbling healthcare service, poor governance and corruption.
The lack of response of the international community to the emergency posed by the crisis, is knee shaking.
Prior to the downing down tools thousands of people were dying every month from simple, treatable health conditions, which because of poor diagnosis, inadequate resources, and inappropriate treatment, degenerated into complex and life threatening diseases.
Compounded by acute shortage of clean, safe drinking water, poor sanitation and lack of access to electricity, most hospitals in the country had themselves become death traps. But that was pre strikes by nurses and doctors.
Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to transform and build the resilience of the country’s healthcare service, today information from the.ground contains disturbing evidence of very poor standards of care in the country is now fast sleep-walking into its pre iron age era. Why? These are the disturbing findings of the People investigation into conditions in hospitals and community healthcare centres across the country.
Devastating impact of service failure across the health care sector in the country is unbelievable. It seems as though there is ministry of health functioning at all.
Almost all hospitals nurses report for duty twice a week because they are not paid enough even for transport. If this does not move the minister of health what then can move him.
It can be said that failure in service provision, implementation of misguided health policies, plans and projects; and above all corruption, have had a devastating impact on the health care sector in Zimbabwe.
Healthcare problems in Zimbabwe range from inadequate policy monitoring, mistreatment of patients, shortage of drugs and medical supplies in public health institutions, poorly equipped health centres, lack of labs, lack of modern medical equipment, scattered storage facilities for drugs, to proliferation of poorly constructed health centres with no water facilities.
We are also aware that even with these limited resources, the problems are further compounded by rampant corruption, impeding access to quality, equitable and effective health services.
there is stagnation in the growth and development of administrative staff, disregard for policy and authority and poor work ethics among frontline health workers.
most of the drugs supplied from the Central Medical Stores to sub-medical stores across the country and selected Peripheral Health Care Units are either expired or close to expiration .
It is sad to note that Government-owned hospitals in the country inflict more pain on patients and their relatives, than the ailments that take them to the hospitals.
Nearly all the public health facilities in lack basic modern medical equipment.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations is the global expression of the rights of every human being and it includes the right to adequate healthcare.
The Republic of Zimbabwe Constitution echoes this where it states that The State shall recognise, maintain and enhance the sanctity of the human person and human dignity”.
This means that there should be adequate medical and health facilities for all persons.
In view of the above, people believe that it behoves them to bring the following to light and urge the Government to take the necessary steps to address them and fast.
Reports onHospital Mortuaries revealed that dead bodies have already surpassed the freezing capacity. The facility can no longer accommodate the daily influx of dead bodies.
Bodies are laid on the bare ground because there is no available space left in the freezing room.
At the outpatients department, there is a culture of laissez faire and corruption by nurses and paramedical staff who often turn down appeals to treat dying patients because they cannot pay bribes.
Nurses speak to their patients in very harsh tones and would not attend to them on time if none of them knows or is related to them.
Nurses in some hospitals collect money from patients before issuing them registration cards and deceive people into believing that it is a normal and legal practice.
The Intensive Care Unit, where sick people rely on electricity for their survival, often experience power cuts and the stand by generator is often without fuel.
The water facility within the hospital complex is not sufficient.
In major Hospitals there is no free health care, no water supply, very few beds and few medical personnel.
Huge numbers of pregnant School girls between the ages of 14 to 18 always flood the Centre for treatment that they don’t receive. The country has gone back to traditional midwives. The whole system has leaped backwards a thousand years.
Government Hospitals has less than Twenty-five Nurses who respond to thousands of patients from communities within that area, according to their register. Their toilet facility is in bad shape, with poor water and sanitation facilities.
There is rampant bribery for treatment , mostly perpetuated by the Nurses. Nurses have no choice because they are not paid enough even for bus fare.
The few Nurses assigned to the Centre often show up late for duty and sometimes do not show up at all.
It is observed that it is due to negligence on the part of the Ministry of Health who have deliberately refused to motivate the Nurses, especially the volunteers.
In most hospitals there are insufficient bedding facilities. The facilities are highly congested, with Pregnant and Lactating mothers sleeping side-by-side on a single bed and two to three children sometimes put on a single bed to sleep.
For the last six months, some women lost their babies during delivery and as a result of botched caesarean operations. There are only no specialist gynaecologists at the hospital and they do all the operations.
The patient population is far beyond the available staff. Although a shift system has been introduced by the Ministry of Health , giving the right to nurses to report for work on a shift basis that is twice a weekqi.e. in the morning, afternoon and night, there are still challenging issues as some nurse still do not show up for duty.
some night duty nurses never show up. Some come to the hospital in the morning to register, only to leave after a few minutes, pretending that they worked overnight.
This brings the conclusion that the number of nurses reported by the ministry to be attached to that hospital is untrue.it is believed that if a physical verification of nurses is requested, it will reveal that there are still ghost health workers in the system. Considering that Zimbabwe has the highest number of trained but jobless nurses in Africa it only means someone is benefiting from the plight of the nurses.
children are never given free medical treatment.in Zimbabwe.
Whenever a sick child is taken to the hospital for treatment, the senior nurses would pretend the required medicines for the treatment are not available. This is done so that the parents will be directed to pharmacies which pay the nurses for the referrals.
Zimbabwe has lot its fibre
It is true that after a certain prescription is issued to patients at the hospital, the nurses will claim that such drugs are not available. If their relatives have the money to procure the medicines, they would be made to wait for several hours on the pretext that the medicines are sold at a far distance.
The Ministry of Health is one of the largest ministries of government in terms of its budgetary allocations and operational activities.
It is responsible for the overall formulation of national health policy and the supervision of health facilities, among other functions.
it bears the greatest responsibility for this decadence and should be made to account for all the anomalies and be forced to make the changes where they are due and very fast.
The attitude of the ministry to simply ignore the plight of the nation Our health system has gone to the dogs.
Zimbabwe deserves better than this.
By Rujeko Hither Mpambwa
Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio- Political Correspondent
Kariba residents furiously expressed their sentiments over maize seed which they claim was being distributed on a partisan basis since Monday.
Abundance of people were heard complaining that they were being discriminated politically on seed distribution which they say ZANU PF supporters were the sole beneficiaries of the project.
On Monday soon after distribution, a pseudo named figure, Pengere, posted on a WhatsApp platform that he witnessed Mr Samu Mawawo and his crew distributing seed using ZANU PF structures. Pengere went further saying ZANU PF leadership was walking around ward 3 where Farai Mageva of MDC is the councillor, with registers under their armpits visiting their party members’ houses.
In another note, a woman who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that ZANU PF leaders were engaging in whirlwind tours charging the already poor people $3s prior to receipt of maize claiming that these were for transport to ferry the seed.
“Vana Mugumbate, Musokota naSichaya varikufamba vachinyora vanhu vachivabhadharisa ma$3 vachiti ndeetransport ekutakurisa mbeu yacho,” she exposed.
Many elderly people in ward 5 and 6 have not managed to get in touch with logic and the rationale connecting this seed distribution to those distributing it! What raises many’s eyebrows is that distributors are those who lost the July 2018 elections!
However, Kariba constituency Member of Parliament Hon. John Houghton challenged the practise saying that distribution of food aid and farming inputs on a partisan basis was in violation of the constitution of Zimbabwe and the humanitarian charter!
The MP, this afternoon, went further articulating on social media that benefiting from the government was everyone’s right! And it is therefore, a criminal offence to bar a citizen to access such benefits.
The MP requested to be furnished with names attached to such politically discriminatory activities so that the matter could be investigated and any alleged culprits be brought to justice.
Supplementary to the above, His worship, Mayor George Masendu also spoke on the matter saying he had called the Agritex officer regarding the issue of partisan distribution of maize seed but was directed to the District Administrator. The mayor then turned to call the DA, who promised to call back. Last Monday, the DA was notified that the seeds were being distributed in wards but took no response.
According to the Mayor, the DA was just buying time by putting him on hold since when he called him again as a follow up he went mute.
Mr Masendu also confirms that a ward meeting was held in his ward 4 where Mr Dickson Magombedze, a ZRA worker and a ZANU PF leader was seen chairing without the councillor’s knowledge. The meeting resolved that neither an MDC member nor supporter was ever to get the maize seed.
In response to the MP’s concerns on the maize seed issue, Mr Mawawo, being a residents association chair lamented over how the MP was more concerned with maize seed in a town where residents were going for dozens of days without water. He even insulted the MP calling him bad names but the Hon. member did not throw back a word. Instead, just went on leave!
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Below are pictures released by the exiled Prof Jonathan Moyo of him and colleague Savious Kasukuwere during the coup moments they were fleeing Gen Constantino Chiwenga in Nov 2017. Announcing the release, Jonso said:
November2017CoupMoments.
Sight after crossing Ruya River into Mozambique. At this time Trevor Ncube was lying on @Twitter & to readers of his newspapers that we were under arrest at KGVI barracks. The other gentleman is a Mozambican. Details are in a coup story, yet to be told!
Former Warriors internationals David Kutyauripo and Dumisani Mpofu have castigated Pokello’s visit to the Warriors camp ahead of the goalless draw with Botswana on Friday.
The socialite was allowed to enter the camping venue and spent some time with national team.
As per the football norms, no outsider is allowed to hang out with the players during the camp as it’s believed it may bring distractions.
But Pokello had the privilege to socialise with the Warriors on the eve of the crucial Afcon qualifier.
The visit, however, sparked outrage with the two former players voicing their disapproval and slammed the technical team for allowing her into the camp.
Speaking during the match build-up on Classic263 FM, Kutyauripo said: “During our playing days we never encountered anything like that. A woman is not allowed in the men’s camp. It takes away the focus.”
Mpofu agreed to Kutyauripo’s comments, saying: “This kind of visit bring distraction to the players. We don’t know who brought Pokello to the camp.
“Whether it’s the manager or the coach, this is not good.”
Warriors coach Joey Antipas, meanwhile, says he is not aware who allowed the socialite into the camp ahead of the game.Credit Soccer 24
Warriors interim coach Joey Antipas walked off the National Sports Stadium pitch to a hostile reception from fans who had thronged the giant venue to watch the AFCON 2021 qualifier between the hosts and Botswana.
The game ended 0-0 with very little to talk about in terms of clear-cut goalscoring opportunities, a scenario which irked some fans considering the quality in the Warriors setup.
Disappointed fans who spoke to Soccer24 after the final whistle had no kind words for the Chicken Inn coach.
“Antipas is to blame for this result, the team has got quality players but his tactics leave a lot to be desired,” said one fan who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Others belive the coach’s decision to let Amazulu midfielder Ovidy Karuru stay for that long on the pitch was a “very poor” one.
“Ovidy was supposed to be the playmaker, the decision to start him was a strange one but as soon as the coach realized he was not having a good game, he ought to have taken him off because the whole attack revolved around him,” said a Dynamos fan who only idenitified himself as Tinashe.
During the course of the game, fans could be heard singing and chanting insulting songs towards Antipas, as the frustration boiled over.Soccer 24
MDC Youth Assembly yesterday chose a packed National Sports Stadium to express anger and disgust towards Emmerson Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship which has plunged the nation into a hellhole because of the economic meltdown.
With Zimbabwe Warriors searching for a goal against a tactically disciplined Botswana Zebras team, MDC Youths housed at Bay 13 raised placards calling for a substitution.
The message was very loud and clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed, hence should be red carded.
Some placards read, “Economy 2-ED 0” while others were screaming for the need for change in the political field.
The MDC Youth Assembly made it clear that there is need for a crucial political substitution or better still a political red card to a man who is the architect of our problems from every facet.
Clearly there was no motivation from a Warriors team whose key players ply their trade in Europe and SA but were made to face reality back home when they were offered a valueless currency in allowances.
If Marvelous Nakamba needed an explanation on the ongoing tiff between government and civil servants, a poorly run ZIFA gave him a micro of the macrocosm about the state of affairs in our country.
From every facet be it economics, politics and sport, the country is in a comatose.
As the MDC Youth Assembly we are very clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa is the source of our problems hence should be substituted from the political arena.
Only a player with pro-poor policies and a social contract with masses can steer the country forward.
Just like in football, a team can only win by scoring and not conceding goals.
Sadly the team running the affairs of this country are conceding own goals through elitist austerity policies and command politics.
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
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MDC Youth Assembly yesterday chose a packed National Sports Stadium to express anger and disgust towards Emmerson Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship which has plunged the nation into a hellhole because of the economic meltdown.
With Zimbabwe Warriors searching for a goal against a tactically disciplined Botswana Zebras team, MDC Youths housed at Bay 13 raised placards calling for a substitution.
The message was very loud and clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed, hence should be red carded.
Some placards read, “Economy 2-ED 0” while others were screaming for the need for change in the political field.
The MDC Youth Assembly made it clear that there is need for a crucial political substitution or better still a political red card to a man who is the architect of our problems from every facet.
Clearly there was no motivation from a Warriors team whose key players ply their trade in Europe and SA but were made to face reality back home when they were offered a valueless currency in allowances.
If Marvelous Nakamba needed an explanation on the ongoing tiff between government and civil servants, a poorly run ZIFA gave him a micro of the macrocosm about the state of affairs in our country.
From every facet be it economics, politics and sport, the country is in a comatose.
As the MDC Youth Assembly we are very clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa is the source of our problems hence should be substituted from the political arena.
Only a player with pro-poor policies and a social contract with masses can steer the country forward.
Just like in football, a team can only win by scoring and not conceding goals.
Sadly the team running the affairs of this country are conceding own goals through elitist austerity policies and command politics.
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
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Daily News|THINGS took a turn for the worse in the warring MDC on Tuesday when party hooligans stormed a meeting that was being chaired by its leader Nelson Chamisa, threatening to deal with former secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora in full view of the party’s big guns, the Daily News reported.
Tuesday’s ugly developments were confirmed by both Mwonzora and the MDC itself – badly exposing the folly of some of the main opposition’s officials, including Chamisa’s spokersperson Nkululeko Sibanda, who have ridiculously accused journalists of writing falsehoods about the party’s upheavals.
A senior party official who attended the Tuesday meeting told the Daily News yesterday that had Chamisa not intervened and asked the thugs to leave – before ordering MDC security personnel to escort Mwonzora after the meeting – the former SG would have been “mincemeat”.
Molokele also confirmed Tuesday’s incident, which came hard on the heels of an attack on Mwonzora’s car by some MDC youths during last weekend’s meeting of the national executive council (Nec).
This comes as there is growing animosity towards Mwonzora by some party officials. This week, in a move which has seen its former SG’s political future coming even more under the spotlight, the MDC said it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him — fuelling growing suspicion that the party’s bigwigs are pushing him to the exit door.
Mwonzora, a widely respected member of the MDC’s Nec, has never been forgiven by some officials after he expressed interest in challenging Chamisa for the leadership of the MDC ahead of the party’s congress which was held in Gweru in May this year.
MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende fuelled the talk that the country’s biggest opposition is readying itself to jettison Mwonzora when he said this week that the party’s leadership is taking allegations by the youths against his predecessor very seriously, and would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him.
Mwonzora has had a love-hate relationship with some MDC bigwigs and youth assembly members since he expressed his interest to contest Chamisa at the party’s Gweru congress.
The Zimbabwe Power Company has advised that it was making progress as far as restoring power at Hwange Power Station is concerned.
This follows the rolling out of stage 2 of load shedding which connotes about 18 hours of power cuts after a fault at the power generation plant.
Posting on Twitter last night, ZPC urged patience from consumers. The power company said:
We are pleased to announce that we are making great progress with restoring power at Hwange Power Station. Units 4 &2 were successfully synchronized onto the grid. Please bear with us as we continue to work flat out to restore all viable units within the next few hours.
Zimbabwe has a huge power deficit and the electricity which is being imported from Mozambique and South is not enough to meet the demand.
Local power generation is on low keynote due to shrinking water levels at Kariba Dam and ageing equipment at Hwange Power Station.
Information coming from Matabeleland North indicate that Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nhlambabaloyi has been removed as Chief by the Matabeleland North Provincial Chief’s Council.
Reports that were obtained by this reporter indicate that Chief Ndiweni was removed because his appointment was not in accordance with the Traditional Leaders Act because he was not the first born in the family.
The motion was said to be moved by a Chief from Binga.
After much discussion the motion sailed through the council.
The decision has been sent to the National Chief’s Council for it to be adopted at national level.
The Traditional leaders Act says the President shall appoint chiefs to preside over communities inhabiting Communal Land and resettlement areas.
(2) In appointing a chief in terms of subsection (1), the President—
(a) shall give due consideration to—
(i) the prevailing customary principles of succession, if any, applicable to
the community over which the chief is to preside;
After the death of the paramount Chief Khayisa Ndiweni his eldest son Joram Khayisa filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court in Bulawayo 5 years ago seeking to block his brother Nhlanhla Felix, from being installed as substantive chief.
In the application Bulawayo lawyer Sindiso Mazibisa formerly of Cheda and Partners Legal Practitioners, Umguza District Administrator Ennety Sithole, Nhlanhla Ndiweni and the former Minister of Local Government Public Works and National Housing Dr Ignatius Chombo were cited as the first, second and third respondents.
Thambo Joram, who is based in the United Kingdom, was seeking an order stopping the installation pending determination by the courts on who should be substantive chief Ndiweni.
Commenting on the matter Ibhetshu likaZulu Secretary General Mbuso Fuzwayo said, “It is very unfortunate that chiefs are allowing themselves to be abused by politicians especially ZANU PF. Chief Ndiweni was becoming a thorn in the flesh of the oppressive regime. His independence and political tolerance to divergent views was threatening the oppressive regime n was going to liberate other chiefs.”
Some Zimbabwean nationals demonstrated against president Emmerson Mnangagwa during the Zimbabwe-Botswana 2021 Total AFCON qualifier match played at the National Sports Stadium, Harare last night.
Some were placards branded “ED IS A DICTATOR”, “SUB REF ED OUT!”, “ED = ECONOMIC DISASTER”. See pictures below.
There were four 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers across the continent on Friday evening with most of the 48 nations having now played one game each.
It was a frustrating opening round for both Morocco and Zimbabwe as they were held to 0-0 draws at home to Mauritania and Botswana respectively.
The Atlas Lions dominated the group E clash in Rabat, but were guilty of missing several gilt-edged chances as their recent struggles continue. In all, a disappointing competitive start for new head coach Vahid Halilhodžic as the North African’s now switch their focus to Burundi.
Zimbabwe also failed in their quest to find the back of the net against their southern African rivals. Boasting a team with several South African-based stars – including Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat – the Warriors were strong favourites, especially on home soil.
But it would turn out to be a frustrating day at the office and with Algeria and Zambia completing a very competitive group H, it could prove to be a very costly result.
Elsewhere, Saif-Eddine Khaoui and Wahbi Khazri scored a brace apiece as Tunisia kicked-off their campaign with a 4-1 win over Libya. The perfect start for the Eagles of Carthage who managed a fourth-placed finish in Egypt earlier this year.
Group J rivals Tanzania also got their campaign off to a winning start, coming from behind to beat Equatorial Guinea in Dar es Salaam.
Full list of results:
Tanzania 2-1 Equatorial Guinea
Zimbabwe 0-0 Botswana
Morocco 0-0 Mauritania
Tunisia 4-1 Libya
Controversial South African Evangelist Angus Buchan who recently made controversial remarks that only Jewish and Afrikaners shared a covenant with God was born in Bulawayo before moving to Zambia.
The Televangelist who is known for calling rain to fall down received widespread condemnation over his remarks in the past week.
He has since cancelled a prayer session that was due to take place in February 2020 at Loftus Versfeld.
The Bulawayo born Buchan apologised at a press briefing held in Centurion on recently and said he was very sorry for his remarks and asked the nation to forgive him.
“I am very sorry for what has taken place. I apologise, I repent and I renounce the idea of any special nation. I, therefore, ask your forgiveness,” he said.
Buchan expressed his anxiety over the current drought gripping South Africa and went a step further to explain that his comments were made due to his frustrations over intense dry conditions.
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By A Correspondent- Heavy winds struck Shashe community in Beitbridge, Matebeleland South Province on Thursday leaving two people injured and some houses, schools, churches and some structures at the business centre uninhabitable.
The storm also destroyed solar panels at Shashe clinic, a development that will affect the storage of medicines especially vaccines that need temperature control.
ZBC News reported that the winds also blew away the roof of a classroom block at Shashe High school while some teachers’ houses were also affected.
The publication also reports that Electricity pylons were also brought down, leaving the business centre and the school with no power, while some shops were also badly damaged.
Beitbridge District Administrator, Kelibone Ndou and his team have since gone to assess the situation on the ground.
Meanwhile, Manicaland Province was also affected by the storms leaving some classroom blocks without roofs whilst a grade 1 pupil died in Lupane as the violent storm struck the school.
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MDC Youth Assembly yesterday chose a packed National Sports Stadium to express anger and disgust towards Emmerson Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship which has plunged the nation into a hellhole because of the economic meltdown.
With Zimbabwe Warriors searching for a goal against a tactically disciplined Botswana Zebras team, MDC Youths housed at Bay 13 raised placards calling for a substitution.
The message was very loud and clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed, hence should be red carded.
Some placards read, “Economy 2-ED 0” while others were screaming for the need for change in the political field.
The MDC Youth Assembly made it clear that there is need for a crucial political substitution or better still a political red card to a man who is the architect of our problems from every facet.
Clearly there was no motivation from a Warriors team whose key players ply their trade in Europe and SA but were made to face reality back home when they were offered a valueless currency in allowances.
If Marvelous Nakamba needed an explanation on the ongoing tiff between government and civil servants, a poorly run ZIFA gave him a micro of the macrocosm about the state of affairs in our country.
From every facet be it economics, politics and sport, the country is in a comatose.
As the MDC Youth Assembly we are very clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa is the source of our problems hence should be substituted from the political arena.
Only a player with pro-poor policies and a social contract with masses can steer the country forward.
Just like in football, a team can only win by scoring and not conceding goals.
Sadly the team running the affairs of this country are conceding own goals through elitist austerity policies and command politics.
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga’s military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and are said to be a step closer in launching another military operation to relieve Mnangagwa of his duties, Spotlight Zimbabwe, has been told.
The reports come hard on the heels of news last week, that the Chinese government and leadership have reportedly told Mnangagwa that his time to vacate office is up, and he should either retire or resign, or risk facing unspecified political action from Beijing, despite continuing to wear a brave face in public and making a symbolic cabinet reshuffle.
Some of the top generals in cabinet who include foreign affairs minister, Sibusiso Busi Moyo, who according to speculative media reports has been suddenly taken ill for treatment in South Africa this week and lands and agriculture minister, retired Air Chief Marshal, Perence Shiri, are said to be now at odds with Mnangagwa’s leadership and appalling statecraft, which has seen the economic situation deteriorating to stratospheric levels.
There are also growing fears around minister Moyo’s family circles, that he might have been poisoned just like VP Chiwenga, who has survived his alleged poisoning through the skin of the teeth, after undergoing special medical operations at a military hospital in China.
Defence ministry sources said another quartet of generals forced to retire and take up ambassadorial postings by Mnangagwa early this year, are understood to “have declared war against Mnangagwa” and want him removed following alleged damning intelligence, that his political faction in government and Zanu PF could be responsible for the spate of poisoning affecting influential military leaders.
The four retired generals include: retired Lieutenant Generals Martin Chedondo, Douglas Nyikayaramba, Anselem Sanyatwe and Air Vice Marshal Shebba Shumbayaonda.
Mnangagwa removed them from their posts in February and “promoted” the quartet to diplomatic service, while Chiwenga was absent in India for treatment, resulting in suspicion that Mnangagwa was taking advantage of Chiwenga’s absence to coup-proof himself by purging the VP’s close allies in the armed forces, all who were pivotal during Mugabe’s ouster.
“There is a damning military intelligence document with information, that Mnangagwa’s backers and faction in government and the ruling party could be responsible for the spate of poisoning affecting influential leaders in the army,” a senior official close to defence minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri’s office said.
“VP Chiwenga’s advisor, former Ethiopian ruler, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who also had an advisory hand in Operation Restore Legacy two years ago, after getting worried about Chiwenga’s health advised the military to conduct investigations into the VP’s poisoning, and it appears that almost all the generals involved in Mugabe’s coup have been exposed to poisoning of some sort, including minister Moyo, although the official line is that he is suffering from a kidney ailment.
“So it’s basically an all out war, and we are nudging towards another putsch. Those generals are angry, and the operation itself now depends on Chiwenga giving the greenlight.”
Mnangagwa himself suffered ice-cream poisoning in Gwanda in August 2017, and was ironically rushed to South Africa for treatment via air, through Manyame Air Base upon instructions from an alert Chiwenga, who was still Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, at the time.
A September report in a wide circulating British newspaper, reported that Mnangagwa is so afraid of being poisoned by rivals that he no longer eats in public.
Spotlight Zimbabwe, first reported in May this year, that a hardline military faction backing Chiwenga’s political doctrine and ambitions, was on the verge of booting Mnangagwa out of office, through another subtle military intervention, allegedly called ‘Operation Restore Economy’, and the operation might have started to slowly be in motion, so it might seem.
Further compounding the situation for Mnangagwa is defence minister, Muchinguri-Kashiri’s tacit admission that the country’s 30,000-strong defence force is hungry, sick and ill-equipped.
“We are expected to host other defence forces but no-one wants to come here because of these conditions,” she told parliamentarians at a conference to plan for finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s budget speech last Thursday.
“We can’t beg for food for soldiers. These are people who have sacrificed themselves. We need food rations, as we are expected to provide 30 items, but we are only giving them 10.
“We are expected to provide four sets of uniforms but they have only one. You can identify a Zimbabwean soldier by their worn-out uniforms,” said Muchinguri-Kashiri, in remarks published by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper.
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By A Correspondent- Zimbabwean born Al Jazeera reporter, Harugumi Rozabela Mutasa has posted a controversial post on Twitter in which she suggested that she thinks she was going to die young.
She posted:
I think I am going to die young …. there I said it. Don’t be shocked when it happens . Don’t know why, just a feeling.
It is not known why she tweeted such a negative post but others have suggested that she was depressed.
On 15 October 2019, Mutasa announced on Twitter that she was leaving twitter due to cyber bulling on the platform.
Whilst several studies have shown that usually, depressed people are likely to commit suicide, a number of Haru’s followers on Twitter urged her to seek professional help whilst urging Al Jazeera to assist her.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has heaped rare praise on former cabinet Minister Sydney Sekeramayi saying he comes a long way with the once powerful politician.
He was speaking in Mahusekwa in Mashonalanda East where senior party leaders led by Sekeramayi were in attendance.
Speaking on Saturday Mnanagwga said, “Their journey together started in Lusaka, then Mozambique and in government. He said the last time he was in Mahusekwa was when Dr Sekeramayi brought him to the villages when they were both much younger and today they stand together.”
In 2017 Mnangagwa side-lined the former defence minister when he left him out of the cabinet when he took over power from the late Robert Mugabe.
Sekeramayi’s name was thrown into the then ZANU PF succession fight by exile Professor Jonathan Moyo
Moyo had made stark comparisons between Mnangagwa and Sekeramayi, arguing the latter was more senior and more suited to be successor to Mugabe.
Said Moyo then, “The notion peddled by the so-called Team Lacoste that its leader (Mnangagwa) is the only one who is above or senior to everyone else below President Mugabe is false and that falsehood should stop. There are others that are senior to the leader of the so-called Team Lacoste.
“One of them, by way of an important example, is Dr Sydney Sekeramayi whose loyalty to President Mugabe, the party and country; whose liberation credentials, experience, consensus-style of leadership, stature, commitment to the nationalist project and humility have no match.”
Before he died President Mugabe announced that he wanted to handover power to Sekeramayi.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has heaped rare praise on former cabinet Minister Sydney Sekeramayi saying he comes a long way with the once powerful politician.
He was speaking in Mahusekwa in Mashonalanda East where senior party leaders led by Sekeramayi were in attendance.
Speaking on Saturday Mnanagwga said, “Their journey together started in Lusaka, then Mozambique and in government. He said the last time he was in Mahusekwa was when Dr Sekeramayi brought him to the villages when they were both much younger and today they stand together.”
In 2017 Mnangagwa side-lined the former defence minister when he left him out of the cabinet when he took over power from the late Robert Mugabe.
Sekeramayi’s name was thrown into the then ZANU PF succession fight by exile Professor Jonathan Moyo
Moyo had made stark comparisons between Mnangagwa and Sekeramayi, arguing the latter was more senior and more suited to be successor to Mugabe.
Nick Mangwana@nickmangwana
President says him & Dr Sekeramayi go back a long way. Their journey together started in Lusaka, then Mozambique and in Govt. He says the last time he was in Mahusekwa was when Dr Sekeramayi brought him to the villages when they were both much younger. Today they stand together.
Said Moyo then, “The notion peddled by the so-called Team Lacoste that its leader (Mnangagwa) is the only one who is above or senior to everyone else below President Mugabe is false and that falsehood should stop. There are others that are senior to the leader of the so-called Team Lacoste.
“One of them, by way of an important example, is Dr Sydney Sekeramayi whose loyalty to President Mugabe, the party and country; whose liberation credentials, experience, consensus-style of leadership, stature, commitment to the nationalist project and humility have no match.”
Before he died President Mugabe announced that he wanted to handover power to Sekeramayi.
Zim Mail
MDC Youth Assembly yesterday chose a packed National Sports Stadium to express anger and disgust towards Emmerson Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship which has plunged the nation into a hellhole because of the economic meltdown.
With Zimbabwe Warriors searching for a goal against a tactically disciplined Botswana Zebras team, MDC Youths housed at Bay 13 raised placards calling for a substitution.
The message was very loud and clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed, hence should be red carded.
Some placards read, “Economy 2-ED 0” while others were screaming for the need for change in the political field.
The MDC Youth Assembly made it clear that there is need for a crucial political substitution or better still a political red card to a man who is the architect of our problems from every facet.
Clearly there was no motivation from a Warriors team whose key players ply their trade in Europe and SA but were made to face reality back home when they were offered a valueless currency in allowances.
If Marvelous Nakamba needed an explanation on the ongoing tiff between government and civil servants, a poorly run ZIFA gave him a micro of the macrocosm about the state of affairs in our country.
From every facet be it economics, politics and sport, the country is in a comatose.
As the MDC Youth Assembly we are very clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa is the source of our problems hence should be substituted from the political arena.
Only a player with pro-poor policies and a social contract with masses can steer the country forward.
Just like in football, a team can only win by scoring and not conceding goals.
Sadly the team running the affairs of this country are conceding own goals through elitist austerity policies and command politics.
*Stephen Sarkozy Chuma*
_MDC_ _Youth_ _Assembly_ _National_ _Spokesperson_
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By Dorrothy Moyo| The eloquent spiritist preacher, Talent Chiwenga who once attacked MDC leader Nelson Chamisa alleging that he is making money from church work, has this time opened fire on truck drivers and construction workers.
Truck drivers are the pillar of the World's Largest economies:
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 16, 2019
1. UK is in limbo because of the Truck Driving profession which will suffocate billions of pounds upon Article 50 expiry.
2. Ian Smith's govt was ended not by gunfire, but by Truck Drivers blocked at Mesina. – FACT pic.twitter.com/m3qbfESLiE
Addressing his congregation, Chiwenga offloaded a large cluster of 343 words describing the noble profession which sustains the world’s largest economies, as lazy. He literally said the profession is no profession a sane person could do.
Below was his full speech dedicated to attacking truck drivers. Said Chiwenga:
“Greeting the person and then you’ll see that their hands are in such a terrible shape, hardened like a tortoise’s backside, and you ask yourself: are these real human hands?
“And the person literally thinks that they have a career, handling bricks. They will not be able to reach 40 years, the bricks destroy your back; it is just the same thing as driving a truck from DRC to Zimbabwe. This is hard labour, when you see a person reaching 10 years while doing such a job as a truck driver; they are a lazy, nyope.
“They don’t want to think. That (truck driving) is not a profession, a person could confidently say that they are a truck driver. For a person to do this job for over 10 years, travelling 5000 km, 5000 km 5000 km, sitting behind a big steering wheel like this, driving a mere gonyimbi(haulage truck).
“People are lazy but that laziness manifests itself in three dimensions: there are some people who are lazy because they do not have energy to work, they are weak people. I personally saw such people while growing up. To hold a simple plough, they are hit by a plough like this, while failing to bring it down. They end up nearly killing someone’s child and you tell them to stand up and go and sit somewhere else. If you tell them to lead the cows, the whip hits them from behind, it goes the other way.
“They do not have ability to see the thing; they don’t have the excellency that some of us have. We used to finish everything using one hand; The other hand doing the driving, while my father would be saying, hurry up there is more field work tomorrow. We used to do it better than the person who is pulling.
“So now, you can end up being lazy, you are at loss of physical power. Or you can have physical power and you are at loss of mental power; now that one (the latter) is a serious disaster.”
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Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu.
Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez, was on the police wanted list allegedly for spearheading most of the machete-related crimes here.
He was said to be the leader of the dangerous gang called “Team Barca”.
Chegutu District Development Coordinator Mr Tariro Tomu told The Herald yesterday that about seven people had been injured in machete wars between artisanal miners during the gold rush, while 33 had been arrested by Thursday.
“Gold was discovered on 12 November at a dumpsite near David Whitehead in a trench,” he said.
“There was a rush of miners. A total of seven people are said to have been injured in the attacks between the gold panners armed with some machetes.
“Police managed to disperse the gold panners and had to camp on the site. On Monday, there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and groups of artisanal miners.
“One person was shot on the leg and abandoned the vehicle, but was rescued by his colleagues who took him to Kadoma for treatment at a private clinic.”
Mr Tomu said police had engaged Chegutu RDC chairman Councillor Tatenda Gwinji to assist with equipment to close the pit, a mission that was accomplished on Wednesday.
“Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead during the gunfire that took place between the group and police on site, and so far more than 33 people have been arrested and five vehicles recovered.”
Chegutu West MP Cde Dexter Nduna called upon artisanal miners to be patient and desist from violence while the authorities were working on paperwork to regularise their operations.
Zimbabwe Miners Federation youth chairman Mr Timothy Chizuzu condemned the use of machetes by artisanal miners and called for stiffer penalties on perpetrators.
“As ZMF youths, we condemn the use of machetes on other citizens and fellow miners,” he said.
“This has tarnished the image of all miners and is against our ethics.
“Sanity should prevail in our mining industry as we support Government in boosting investor confidence. We appeal to Government to consider putting stiffer penalties for perpetrators.”
Mr Chizuzu proposed that perpetrators should not be granted bail, but get no less than five years in jail.
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has warned corrupt councillors and council officials who convert public funds to personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish them.
Addressing delegates during an Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) annual conference yesterday, President Mnangagwa said he was concerned with the level of corruption in local authorities.
“I am concerned by appalling levels of corruption and mismanagement of public funds and properties by both councillors and council officials who play hide-and-seek with Government officials in the process of financial management.
“Those who are prone to corruption, the sun is setting. As public servants, your duty is to protect such public assets in your local authorities for the improvement of the welfare of your communities.
“I exhort you to guard against putting self-interests ahead of serving the electorate and those who engage in corrupt activities shall be punished. Forewarned is forearmed.
You must monitor the activities of your fellow councillors and council officials in order to get rid of councils and indeed our society of this cancer of corruption.”
President Mnangagwa said under the Second Republic, there was need to build a legacy of good governance, accountability and transparency for the prosperity of the country.State media
Information coming from Matabeleland North indicate that Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nhlambabaloyi has been removed as Chief by the Matabeleland North Provincial Chief’s Council.
Reports that were obtained by this reporter indicate that Chief Ndiweni was removed because his appointment was not in accordance with the Traditional Leaders Act because he was not the first born in the family.
The motion was said to be moved by a Chief from Binga.
After much discussion the motion sailed through the council.
The decision has been sent to the National Chief’s Council for it to be adopted at national level.
The Traditional leaders Act says the President shall appoint chiefs to preside over communities inhabiting Communal Land and resettlement areas.
(2) In appointing a chief in terms of subsection (1), the President—
(a) shall give due consideration to—
(i) the prevailing customary principles of succession, if any, applicable to
the community over which the chief is to preside;
After the death of the paramount Chief Khayisa Ndiweni his eldest son Joram Khayisa filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court in Bulawayo 5 years ago seeking to block his brother Nhlanhla Felix, from being installed as substantive chief.
In the application Bulawayo lawyer Sindiso Mazibisa formerly of Cheda and Partners Legal Practitioners, Umguza District Administrator Ennety Sithole, Nhlanhla Ndiweni and the former Minister of Local Government Public Works and National Housing Dr Ignatius Chombo were cited as the first, second and third respondents.
Thambo Joram, who is based in the United Kingdom, was seeking an order stopping the installation pending determination by the courts on who should be substantive chief Ndiweni.
Commenting on the matter Ibhetshu likaZulu Secretary General Mbuso Fuzwayo said, “It is very unfortunate that chiefs are allowing themselves to be abused by politicians especially ZANU PF. Chief Ndiweni was becoming a thorn in the flesh of the oppressive regime. His independence and political tolerance to divergent views was threatening the oppressive regime n was going to liberate other chiefs.”
Source: Byo24
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HARARE ward 44 councillor Renias Masunda has died.
Masunda died at a local hospital in the capital yesterday after a long illness.
Confirming the death, Harare MDC provincial chairman Wellington Chikombo said the party had lost one of its dedicated cadres who has been in the struggle since the formation of the opposition party in 1999.
“We have lost as Harare province and the MDC family. We have lost a vanguard of the struggle. He was a member of the party since its formation in 1999. He was councillor from 2008 to date,” Chikombo said.
“He came up with various programmes in his ward. He ran the Masunda Foundation, where he was doing philanthropic work. He had a burial society and as you can see, he was a hard worker and not a spectator.”
Other councillors described Masunda as a dedicated city father who had endeared himself to his ward, which he represented since 2008.
Masunda’s ward covered Kuwadzana and Kuwadzana Extension, where he was known for his philanthropic work.
— NewsDay
ZIMBABWE’S Warriors turned up too ordinary for the start of their 2021 AFCON football qualifiers last night as they toiled aimlessly in a drawn match against a tactically disciplined Botswana at the National Sports Stadium yesterday.
The goalless draw last night left coach Joey Antipas and his men with a lot to ponder on ahead of the second game of the campaign against Zambia on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe needed a bright start at home after Group H rivals Algeria had destroyed Zambia 5-0 the previous day to go top of the table.
But it appeared the weight of expectation took a huge toll instead of inspiring the Warriors in front of their supporters, who left the stadium angry and hurling all kinds of insults at the team, after braving the threat of rains that always hung over the night sky.
Zimbabwe still failed to stamp their authority against this largely home-grown Zebras side despite fielding an array of foreign-based internationals like Marvelous Nakamba, Marshall Munetsi and Teenage Hadebe who are all playing at the highest level in Europe.
Zimbabwe suffered greatly from the lack of creativity. There were no clear cut chances as they struggled to find holes in the well-organised Botswana defence.
The Zebras kept good shape the whole evening and the point they collected away from home was actually a win for them judging by the way they went about their business.
Before this match Zimbabwe had indicated they wanted quick goals in the first half but things did not go according to plan with the bumpy surface at the giant stadium not helping their cause.
Zimbabwe’s first chance came after 17 minutes but it was not clear-cut. Nonetheless, Knox Mutizwa did well to shield his marker but his shot rolled across the face of goal.
Botswana then responded with a swift counter attack through Mpho Stephen Johanes but Teenage Hadebe made a timely interception at the back post.
Warriors captain Knowlede Musona, whose inclusion was a huge subject for debate because of his lack of game-time at his Belgian side Anderlecht, had a chance to redeem himself at the half hour mark but his dipping free- kick was pushed over the bar by goalkeeper Kabelo Dambe after Marshall Munetsi was brought down just outside the box.State media
HARARE town clerk Hosea Chisango has questioned the competence of directors at Town House, accusing them of failing to deliver to the expectation of the local authority.
Chisango, a former director of water, was appointed town clerk in 2018, replacing former banker James Mushore, whose appointment was mired in controversy.
It emerged that Chisango told councillors during a recent meeting of his displeasure at the performance of some bosses at Town House and has got full backing of councillors to push for competence.
“The town clerk drew the attention of the Environmental Management Committee to its inquiry regarding whether he was happy with the performance of some managers,” the committee heard.
“The town clerk reiterated that, just like council, he was not impressed with the performance of some managers. He had accordingly met with all the heads of department at Town House, where he had expressed concern at the performance of some heads of department and the managers as well as warning them of dire consequences of dereliction of duty.”
The committee is said to have applauded Chisango’s stance, with several councillors saying they were impressed with his approach to work and his push for competence.
“The committee applauded the town clerk for the action he had taken and urged him to strongly stamp his authority,” parts of the minutes of the meeting read.
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu.
Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez, was on the police wanted list allegedly for spearheading most of the machete-related crimes here.
He was said to be the leader of the dangerous gang called “Team Barca”.
Chegutu District Development Coordinator Mr Tariro Tomu told The Herald yesterday that about seven people had been injured in machete wars between artisanal miners during the gold rush, while 33 had been arrested by Thursday.
“Gold was discovered on 12 November at a dumpsite near David Whitehead in a trench,” he said.
“There was a rush of miners. A total of seven people are said to have been injured in the attacks between the gold panners armed with some machetes.
“Police managed to disperse the gold panners and had to camp on the site.
On Monday, there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and groups of artisanal miners.
“One person was shot on the leg and abandoned the vehicle, but was rescued by his colleagues who took him to Kadoma for treatment at a private clinic.”
Mr Tomu said police had engaged Chegutu RDC chairman Councillor Tatenda Gwinji to assist with equipment to close the pit, a mission that was accomplished on Wednesday.
“Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead during the gunfire that took place between the group and police on site, and so far more than 33 people have been arrested and five vehicles recovered.”
Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna called upon artisanal miners to be patient and desist from violence while the authorities were working on paperwork to regularise their operations.
Zimbabwe Miners Federation youth chairman Mr Timothy Chizuzu condemned the use of machetes by artisanal miners and called for stiffer penalties on perpetrators.
“As ZMF youths, we condemn the use of machetes on other citizens and fellow miners,” he said.
“This has tarnished the image of all miners and is against our ethics.
“Sanity should prevail in our mining industry as we support Government in boosting investor confidence.
We appeal to Government to consider putting stiffer penalties for perpetrators.”State media
HARARE ward 44 councillor Renias Masunda has died.
Masunda died at a local hospital in the capital yesterday after a long illness.
Confirming the death, Harare MDC provincial chairman Wellington Chikombo said the party had lost one of its dedicated cadres who has been in the struggle since the formation of the opposition party in 1999.
“We have lost as Harare province and the MDC family. We have lost a vanguard of the struggle. He was a member of the party since its formation in 1999. He was councillor from 2008 to date,” Chikombo said.
“He came up with various programmes in his ward. He ran the Masunda Foundation, where he was doing philanthropic work. He had a burial society and as you can see, he was a hard worker and not a spectator.”
Other councillors described Masunda as a dedicated city father who had endeared himself to his ward, which he represented since 2008.
Masunda’s ward covered Kuwadzana and Kuwadzana Extension, where he was known for his philanthropic work.
— NewsDay
Former Warriors internationals David Kutyauripo and Dumisani Mpofu have castigated Pokello’s visit to the Warriors camp ahead of the goalless draw with Botswana on Friday.
The socialite was allowed to enter the camping venue and spent some time with national team.
As per the football norms, no outsider is allowed to hang out with the players during the camp as it’s believed it may bring distractions.
But Pokello had the privilege to socialise with the Warriors on the eve of the crucial Afcon qualifier.
The visit, however, sparked outrage with the two former players voicing their disapproval and slammed the technical team for allowing her into the camp.
Speaking during the match build-up on Classic263 FM, Kutyauripo said: “During our playing days we never encountered anything like that. A woman is not allowed in the men’s camp. It takes away the focus.”
Mpofu agreed to Kutyauripo’s comments, saying: “This kind of visit bring distraction to the players. We don’t know who brought Pokello to the camp.
“Whether it’s the manager or the coach, this is not good.”
Warriors coach Joey Antipas, meanwhile, says he is not aware who allowed the socialite into the camp ahead of the game.Credit Soccer 24
Harare town clerk Hosea Chisango has questioned the competence of directors at Town House, accusing them of failing to deliver to the expectation of the local authority.
Chisango, a former director of water, was appointed town clerk in 2018, replacing former banker James Mushore, whose appointment was mired in controversy.
It emerged that Chisango told councillors during a recent meeting of his displeasure at the performance of some bosses at Town House and has got full backing of councillors to push for competence.
“The town clerk drew the attention of the Environmental Management Committee to its inquiry regarding whether he was happy with the performance of some managers,” the committee heard.
“The town clerk reiterated that, just like council, he was not impressed with the performance of some managers. He had accordingly met with all the heads of department at Town House, where he had expressed concern at the performance of some heads of department and the managers as well as warning them of dire consequences of dereliction of duty.”
The committee is said to have applauded Chisango’s stance, with several councillors saying they were impressed with his approach to work and his push for competence.
“The committee applauded the town clerk for the action he had taken and urged him to strongly stamp his authority,” parts of the minutes of the meeting read.
-Newsday
Former Warriors internationals David Kutyauripo and Dumisani Mpofu have castigated Pokello’s visit to the Warriors camp ahead of the goalless draw with Botswana on Friday.
The socialite was allowed to enter the camping venue and spent some time with national team.
As per the football norms, no outsider is allowed to hang out with the players during the camp as it’s believed it may bring distractions.
But Pokello had the privilege to socialise with the Warriors on the eve of the crucial Afcon qualifier.
The visit, however, sparked outrage with the two former players voicing their disapproval and slammed the technical team for allowing her into the camp.
Speaking during the match build-up on Classic263 FM, Kutyauripo said: “During our playing days we never encountered anything like that. A woman is not allowed in the men’s camp. It takes away the focus.”
Mpofu agreed to Kutyauripo’s comments, saying: “This kind of visit bring distraction to the players. We don’t know who brought Pokello to the camp.
“Whether it’s the manager or the coach, this is not good.”
Warriors coach Joey Antipas, meanwhile, says he is not aware who allowed the socialite into the camp ahead of the game.Credit Soccer 24
By A Correspondent- Zengeza West legislator Job Wiwa Sikhala has come out guns blazing accusing speaker of parliament of cheap politicking adding that Jacob Mudenda must “stop using parliament as a ladder to the pinnacle of his political ambitions”.
Sikhala said the speaker’s ruling against opposition legislators who boycotted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attendance at parliament during the 2020 Budget presentation (Thursday) reflected that Mudenda was not only violating Parliamentary Standing Rules and Orders but his “obsequious rulings based on the laws of the jungle aimed at turning Parliament into a Stone Age forest”.
He accused the speaker of being a “hater of democracy” who turned a blind eye to ministers and Zanu PF legislators who are in the habit of boycotting parliament but only come when their leader was attending parliamentary sessions.
Below is the full statement by the MDC National Vice Chairperson:
In life when you see someone hating you without any cause or foundation you have got two or at most three options available to deal with the problem.
The first one is to ignore the bastard and go about your business without giving attention to the fool.
Secondly, is reciprocity. Giving back in equal measure. The third one is not so important. The deontological parcelling of reciprocity and business as usual attitude, that is, application of the two.
The third option is born out of moral value system where human beings understand by nature that such people exist and are among ourselves on a daily basis.
Ignoring a hater is a model that has been used by the most successful in life. They don’t have space in their life for the narrow minded self-pain inflicting moron.
These are characters who do not want to be detracted from their dreams or goals in life by negativists popping up or around them in their lives. These are people who dream big. People who turn a misfortune into gold. Those who keep the eye on the ball.
This group of people avoid, people of negative mind disposition near them. They just greet you and pass. They avoid engagement in an meaningful debate with you nor need your advice in their dreams.
This group is congested with the most successful ones in life. Their focus is to achieve the goal of their dream.
The reciprocity theorem, is drived from the old testament theological point of view. Eye for an eye. If you hate me, I hate you back ten fold. The borne of contention from the grounds that you hated me first without having injured you or crossed your path at all from the beginning.
I have been struggling for sometime now to locate which of the three options above deserve to be given to the Speaker of Parliament of Zimbabwe Jacob Mudenda in light of developments that have been taking place in recent past.
In my three term periods as a Member of Parliament, I have had an experience to carry out my Parliamentary business under three different Speakers.
From 2000 to 2005, Emmerson Mnangagwa was the Speaker. From 2005 to 2008, John Landa Nkomo presided over Parliamentary business. Despite Emmerson Mnangagwa’s illegitimacy as the current head of the Executive, if you ask anyone who was in Parliament would tell you that he would not treat us, the opposition Legislators as trash.
Some of us were young and exuberant, but he avoided open hostility with whosoever was in Parliament. At no particular point would he give rulings that would left the entire civilised world in shock.
John Landa Nkomo was carefree. Would allow diversity to manifest. Would not frown at the existence of the opposition or trying to appease Mugabe with ridiculous rulings which are not supported by any Standing Orders and Rules of Parliament nor any statute or law.
The conduct of business in Parliament was in full conformity with the doctrine of separation of powers. The Legislature is an independent arm of government as confirmed by the Founding Values and Principles of the Zimbabweans constitution and is governed in terms of its rules called the Standing Orders, as the judiciary is governed by its own rules of the Court from the Magistrates Court rules to the Constitutional Court rules.
The Standing Orders and Rules of Parliament have been couched in the manner to be in tandem with international best practices where Parliaments should be protected from the inquisitive appetite of the Executive to overreach its authority.
It is reported that the Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe ruled that he is going to punish the MDC MPs who absented themselves from Parliamentary business on the day of budget presentation by Mthuli Ncube.
Sometimes, you feel like laughing and then you will come to the conclusion that, this is not a laughable joke or a laughing matter at all.
I dare Mudenda to try it. Under which rule of Parliament or a constitutional violation or which Statute of Zimbabwe is he depending upon to make such silly rulings.
Even judgement of the Courts including those of the Constitutional Court which is the highest Court on the land, are prone to intellectual scrutiny and criticism so as to avoid the tyranny of the judiciary.
The devoid view by the Speaker that his rulings are not subject to criticism are without foundation in the jurisprudence of Parliamentary democracy.
Decisions that frowns our constitution will not be let go and must be dealt with as they come. Of the two thirds of ZANU PF MPs in Parliament a quarter of them have been absenting themselves from Parliament all way round.
Ministers who in terms of the Constitution and the Standing Orders should present themselves for question time, have been absenting themselves without leave ad infinitum.
There are MPs who only appear when the 21 consecutive days is about to clock and we never heard Mr Speaker Sir raising a finger or him talking of punishing them.
The Parliamentary attendance register shows that a large number of ZANU PF MPs are not attending Parliament. They only come when Mnangagwa is coming to show face.
And this Speaker of ours make such obsequious rulings based on the laws of the jungle and try to turn Parliament into a Stone Age forest.
Some of us who are adherent disciples of the rule of law and constitutionalism will resort to reciprocity if the Speaker becomes the center of converting Parliament into an institution breaking the constitution of Zimbabwe.
The Speaker of parliament must not create his own rules to seek appeasing his masters in the Executive.
I have discovered that the Speaker hates all tenets of democracy and does not respect upholding the fundamental rights enshrined in our constitution. Gloves are off for reciprocity Mr Speaker.
If his misapplication of the law is based on his political ambitions in his political outfit he must be warned that as legislators we are not going to fold our arms when he wants to use his abuse of our fundamental rights as a ladder to the pinnacle of his political ambitions.
These political ambitions can only be fulfilled is he demonstrate to his master Mnangagwa that he has been dealing with the MDC MPs on his behalf.
Such is cheap politics. The era of abusing certain segment of the society is late in this 21st century. This will be resisted. Enough is enough Mr Speaker Sir.
Zanu PF legislators yesterday walked out of a Tendai Biti-chaired Public Accounts Committee sitting, where Sakunda Holdings was expected to give oral evidence regarding about US$3 billion advanced to the company for Command Agriculture without parliamentary approval.
The boycott was in retaliation to the refusal by the MDC MPs to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and occasionally walking out of Parliament each time the Zanu PF leader attends Parliament.
After the boycott, the meeting, which was supposed to clear the air on the abuse of money under the government’s ambitious Command Agriculture programme, was aborted for lack of a quorum.
The MDC has refused to recognise Mnangagwa as the legitimate leader, accusing the Zanu PF leader of stealing last year’s elections.
MDC MPs walked out on Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, following a similar incident in September last year.
Earlier this year, they snubbed Mnangagwa again when he graced Parliament for the mid-term budget presentation by Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube.
The boycotts forced Mudenda to withdraw their allowances for five months and ban them from asking questions during the question-and-answer sessions.
But on Thursday, the opposition MPs were at it again, snubbing Ncube’s budget presentation which was graced by Mnangagwa, insisting that they would continue to snub Mnangagwa because he was an illegitimate leader.
But Zanu PF yesterday hit back, walking out on Biti and forcing the abandonment of the much-awaited questioning of Sakunda executives, claiming there was no justification to attend a meeting addressed by someone who does not recognise Mnangagwa.
Sakunda Holdings chief executive Chitambo Mberikwazvo said he only found out the meeting had been cancelled soon after arriving.
“I arrived here at Parliament at precisely 11:29am and was told to wait in the sitting lounge.
About 10 minutes later, I was told that the meeting had been cancelled. I was told that I will be notified on when I should come back. I was told I should expect to come back on November 25,” Mberikwazvo told journalists.
Speaking to journalists after the snub, Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) said Zanu PF MPs were justified to walk out of the meeting as long as the opposition MPs refused to recognise Mnangagwa.
“They asked why they were supposed to be compelled to sit for the meeting when their counterparts could not recognise the President of the country. They concluded to wait for the resolution to be made by the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders,” he said.
Mliswa said Parliament should not be used for political agendas, but ought to be used as a space where discussions on development of the country were topical.
“My position on this issue is very clear: Parliament should not be used as a war zone between politicians. Even Americans and the European Union recognised President Emmerson Mnangagwa and, therefore, this continued rift should stop,” he said.
“Even the much-needed dialogue in the country cannot happen under these circumstances. Legitimately, Zanu PF has got a strong reason for what they did today, but the strategy being used by MDC is not working.”
Meanwhile, the MDC has come under immense criticism for boycotting the budget presentation by
Ncube after participating in the pre-budget seminar in Victoria Falls, earning huge amounts in allowances.
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda said due process would be followed on the matter, but refused to shed more light on the kind of action he was going to take.
“There is a process that has to be followed and we are following that process and that is all I can say for now,” he said.
Zanu PF said the action by the MDC was self-defeating and an embarrassment to those who voted them into Parliament.
“Such action is immaturity of the highest political order. One wishes to advice MDC-A that Zimbabwe is not a charity nation. We must all focus on productivity, growth and job creation. The time for political Lilliputians is over. Zimbabwe is, indeed, not for sale,” Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo said.
Political analyst Alexander Rusero said the MDC parliamentarians would regret their antics at some stage, describing their action as shameful.
But analyst Ibbo Mandaza said the boycott by the MDC was successful in irritating Mnangagwa as well as hyping the legitimacy issue.
He said it was best to highlight the legitimacy issue because Mnangagwa “lost” in last year’s polls.
-Newsday
Warriors defender Alec Mudimu has reacted to last night’s disappointing 0-0 draw with Botswana in an AFCON 2021 qualifier.
The two sides met in a Group H fixture at the National Sports Stadium with the Warriors having few clear chances in front of goal, much to the disappointment of scores of fans who had have braved the rains in Harare to watch the country’s flagship football team.
Mudimu, who had a decent game in central defence alongside Turkey-based Teenage Hadebe, took to microblogging site Twitter to express his thoughts on the game.
“Difficult to put into words the outcome of only earning a point today, we dominated the full game and are very unfortunate to only come out with a draw. But these things happen in football. The key is we stay united, regroup and move on to the next challenge in Zambia,” posted the Cefn Druids defender.Soccer 24
Warriors interim coach Joey Antipas walked off the National Sports Stadium pitch to a hostile reception from fans who had thronged the giant venue to watch the AFCON 2021 qualifier between the hosts and Botswana.
The game ended 0-0 with very little to talk about in terms of clear-cut goalscoring opportunities, a scenario which irked some fans considering the quality in the Warriors setup.
Disappointed fans who spoke to Soccer24 after the final whistle had no kind words for the Chicken Inn coach.
“Antipas is to blame for this result, the team has got quality players but his tactics leave a lot to be desired,” said one fan who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Others belive the coach’s decision to let Amazulu midfielder Ovidy Karuru stay for that long on the pitch was a “very poor” one.
“Ovidy was supposed to be the playmaker, the decision to start him was a strange one but as soon as the coach realized he was not having a good game, he ought to have taken him off because the whole attack revolved around him,” said a Dynamos fan who only idenitified himself as Tinashe.
During the course of the game, fans could be heard singing and chanting insulting songs towards Antipas, as the frustration boiled over.Soccer 24
ZIMBABWE Liberation Platform, a splinter group from the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), has chickened out from confronting shortcomings of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, and now exonerates him from any wrongdoing.
Addressing a Press conference, yesterday Wilbert Sadomba, former ZNLWA secretary for education, said Mnangagwa was the only good man in his government.
“He is doing his best and he is upholding the Constitution, but as the President, he can’t be everywhere. In the military, finance or education, he appoints people and these people are letting the nation down. There is high corruption in the country and it is causing our people much suffering,” he said.
ZLP was launched end of October, at a Press conference, where the war veterans came out guns blazing alleging that Zanu PF had been hijacked and had lost its moral compass that fuelled the liberation war.
The war veterans accused Mnangagwa of running down the economy.
“We did not fight the war so that we can have political violence or corruption. We fought for democracy and to get out of oppression at the hands of (Ian) Smith, but not to continue under a Zanu PF government. The Zanu PF we knew during the war is not the same we know now,” Sadomba said at the time.
He was later to claim that he had been summoned by Central Intelligence Organisation operatives
for a two-hour meeting, although he refused to divulge the details.
ZLP yesterday said they were coming in with a view to contribute solutions to the crisis, which has seen the economy tumbling, disposable incomes evaporating and social services collapsing.
“We have a serious problem of polarisation. National issues have failed to get attention owing to political differences and, as war veterans, we need to take a stand and find a solution that changes the course of our country,” Sadomba said.
“We are clear that this cannot be done by war veterans who are servants of a particular political party.”
Political parties have been battling for the support of war veterans, who have been the force behind Zanu PF’s stay in power.
-Newsday
By A Correspondent- A woman from Emakhandeni suburb, left many hearts sore and eyes teary when she revealed that her grandson insults her endlessly at midnight and threatens to assault her.
This came out at the Bulawayo magistrates’ court when Evelyn Khumalo said in most instances Petros Mthethwa comes home drunk at midnight and then starts insulting her for no apparent reason.
She is so tired because she has not been able to sleep peacefully for several weeks now.
As if that is not enough Mthethwa also insults neighbours. Now people in the community fear him because of his abusive nature.
Efforts to reprimand Mthethwa have been fruitless as he is said to be very violent to anyone who attempts to discipline him.
In order to protect herself Khumalo decided to seek justice from the courts.
“I wish to apply for a protection order against Petros who is my grandson. The respondent usually comes home drunk at midnight, and he starts insulting me for no apparent reason. At a time when I should be sleeping peacefully I fail to do so because of the noise he will be making.
He just lacks respect for me. He also threatens to assault me or anyone who dares to discipline him,” said Khumalo.
She added: “The respondent usually steals my groceries and sells resulting in me starving. May the court assist me so that the respondent moves out of my house and stays somewhere else. I wish to live peacefully.”
Western Commonage magistrate Urgent Vundla granted an interim order pending a final decision.
-StateMedia
By A Correspondent- There is strong suspicion that a 26-year-old woman from Chief Magombedze’s area in Gutu who slipped and drowned in a river met her tragic end as she tried to wade off a prophet’s attempts to rap_e her.
Priviledge Mabasa was found firmly clutching the self-styled prophet Benson Mutuzungara’s shirt in her hands when her body was retrieved by the Police from Mutorahuku River on Thursday last week.
A family spokesperson said elders agreed to bury Mabasa with the shirt clutched in her hands after they failed to remove it.Masvingo Province Police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the matter and urged the public to conduct baptizing activities at safe places and in the presence of life savers.
Emotions were high at Mabasa’s burial at Rwambiwa Village under Chief Chitsa in Gutu with her parents accusing Madzibaba Benson of rap_ing and murdering their child.
Mabasa came from Rwambiwa but was married to Brighton Chimbeu of Magombedze.
The late’s uncle and family spokesperson Team Shereni Mabasa said Madzibaba Benson failed to explain why he removed his shirt when he was baptizing the deceased.
He also failed to explain why it was his wife Irikidzai Mhlanga who first discovered the floating body in the river.
Efforts to get a comment from Madzibaba Benson were fruitless but in an audio shared by Mabasa, the prophet says the deceased and her sister-in-law Tendai Chimbeu put up at his place on Sunday while waiting for baptism on Monday.
He said that a strong wind blew as he baptized the deceased and she slipped out of his hands, fell into the river and disappeared.
He said he reported the matter to the village head and the deceased’s family.
“We suspect that Madzibaba Benson did something to Privilege because she died whilst holding his T-shirt in her hands and Madzibaba cannot explain why he removed the T-shirt.
“We buried her with the T-shirt because we failed to pull it out of her clutching hands,” said Mabasa.
Mabasa added that they buried Privilege in a body bag because her body was in an advanced state of decomposition.
A distraught Privilege’s husband Chimbeu said his wife had asked him to accompany her somewhere but did not say where. He said she later left with his sister while he was away to an unknown destination.
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By A Correspondent- Six men including a soldier, police officer and a ranger have been arrested after they were found in possession of firearms and various wildlife trophies for different animals.
Mascot Mbabavi (35), a police officer stationed at Fairbridge outside Bulawayo and is attached to the ZRP Support Unit Delta Troop, Anymore Sikuka (37), a soldier stationed at 1.2 Infantry Battalion in Hwange, Kissmore Munsaka (32), a ranger as well as three Victoria Falls residents who all reside in Mkhosana suburb — Vester Chimidzi (43), Buuya Sikuka (48) and Munashe Marumisa whose age was not given, were arrested after police were tipped off that they were selling a lion head and skin.
The six were found in possession of rounds of ammunition and guns after a swoop at their places of residence.
They appeared before Hwange magistrate Mr Gift Dube facing charges of hunting and selling animal products without a permit, possessing firearms, using Class One wire snares as well as theft. They were denied bail after the prosecutor Mrs Sithabile Daka-Mungombe told the court that they were a flight risk considering the gravity of their offences.
The prosecutor said the accused may abscond as they know they may go to jail if convicted. The magistrate remanded them in custody to November 27.
Mbabavi, Sikuka and Chimidzi were arrested following a tip-off. They then implicated their accomplices.
“On the 10th of November information was received that the accused were selling a lion skin and head without a permit. A trap was made leading to arrest of Mbabavi and the other two,” said the prosecutor.
Marumisa and Munsaka were found with impala horns and skin, four Class One wire snares and a combined 33 rounds of ammunition.
A kudu skin and two warthog teeth were also recovered.The value of the trophies was $25 000.
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By A Correspondent- USA-based preacher, Passion Java has dismissed the Gorindemabwe Frontier 100 most influential Zimbabweans under 40 list saying he deserved to be first.
Java said it is sad that Mambo Dhuterere was nominated ahead of people of great influence including Winky D and Jah Praysah.
Below is the list.
By A Correspondent- Secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association (ZHDA) Dr Mthabisi Anele Bhebhe has regarded first lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa’s “endorsement” of a traditional midwife as taking the nation backwards.
Posting Twitter, Dr Bhebhe said:
They’re taking us back to (the) dark ages. Kwatirikuyenda ndokwatabva. (We’re headed where we came from).
He speaks after Mrs Mnangagwa yesterday visited popular Mbare-based traditional midwife Ms Esther Zinyoro, also known as Mbuya Gwena after reports suggesting that she was helping pregnant women to deliver babies at her home.
This is happening when health caregivers in public health institutions are on the 76th day of salary and better working industrial action which left patients stranded.
The first lady donated groceries to Mbuya Gwena which made some to conclude that she was endorsing traditional midwifery at the expense of formal health institutions.
MDC Youth Assembly yesterday chose a packed National Sports Stadium to express anger and disgust towards Emmerson Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship which has plunged the nation into a hellhole because of the economic meltdown.
With Zimbabwe Warriors searching for a goal against a tactically disciplined Botswana Zebras team, MDC Youths housed at Bay 13 raised placards calling for a substitution.
The message was very loud and clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed, hence should be red carded.
Some placards read, “Economy 2-ED 0” while others were screaming for the need for change in the political field.
The MDC Youth Assembly made it clear that there is need for a crucial political substitution or better still a political red card to a man who is the architect of our problems from every facet.
Clearly there was no motivation from a Warriors team whose key players ply their trade in Europe and SA but were made to face reality back home when they were offered a valueless currency in allowances.
If Marvelous Nakamba needed an explanation on the ongoing tiff between government and civil servants, a poorly run ZIFA gave him a micro of the macrocosm about the state of affairs in our country.
From every facet be it economics, politics and sport, the country is in a comatose.
As the MDC Youth Assembly we are very clear that Emmerson Mnangagwa is the source of our problems hence should be substituted from the political arena.
Only a player with pro-poor policies and a social contract with masses can steer the country forward.
Just like in football, a team can only win by scoring and not conceding goals.
Sadly the team running the affairs of this country are conceding own goals through elitist austerity policies and command politics.
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
By A Correspondent- ZANU PF legislators yesterday walked out of a Tendai Biti-chaired Public Accounts Committee sitting, where Sakunda Holdings was expected to give oral evidence regarding about US$3 billion advanced to the company for Command Agriculture without parliamentary approval.
The boycott was in retaliation to the refusal by the MDC MPs to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and occasionally walking out of Parliament each time the Zanu PF leader attends Parliament.
After the boycott, the meeting, which was supposed to clear the air on the abuse of money under the government’s ambitious Command Agriculture programme, was aborted for lack of a quorum.
The MDC has refused to recognise Mnangagwa as the legitimate leader, accusing the Zanu PF leader of stealing last year’s elections.
MDC MPs walked out on Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, following a similar incident in September last year.
Earlier this year, they snubbed Mnangagwa again when he graced Parliament for the mid-term budget presentation by Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube.
The boycotts forced Mudenda to withdraw their allowances for five months and ban them from asking questions during the question-and-answer sessions.
But on Thursday, the opposition MPs were at it again, snubbing Ncube’s budget presentation which was graced by Mnangagwa, insisting that they would continue to snub Mnangagwa because he was an illegitimate leader.
But Zanu PF yesterday hit back, walking out on Biti and forcing the abandonment of the much-awaited questioning of Sakunda executives, claiming there was no justification to attend a meeting addressed by someone who does not recognise Mnangagwa.
Sakunda Holdings chief executive Chitambo Mberikwazvo said he only found out the meeting had been cancelled soon after arriving.
“I arrived here at Parliament at precisely 11:29am and was told to wait in the sitting lounge. About 10 minutes later, I was told that the meeting had been cancelled. I was told that I will be notified on when I should come back. I was told I should expect to come back on November 25,” Mberikwazvo told journalists.
Speaking to journalists after the snub, Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) said Zanu PF MPs were justified to walk out of the meeting as long as the opposition MPs refused to recognise Mnangagwa.
“They asked why they were supposed to be compelled to sit for the meeting when their counterparts could not recognise the President of the country. They concluded to wait for the resolution to be made by the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders,” he said.
Mliswa said Parliament should not be used for political agendas, but ought to be used as a space where discussions on development of the country were topical.
“My position on this issue is very clear: Parliament should not be used as a war zone between politicians. Even Americans and the European Union recognised President Emmerson Mnangagwa and, therefore, this continued rift should stop,” he said.
“Even the much-needed dialogue in the country cannot happen under these circumstances. Legitimately, Zanu PF has got a strong reason for what they did today, but the strategy being used by MDC is not working.”
Meanwhile, the MDC has come under immense criticism for boycotting the budget presentation by Ncube after participating in the pre-budget seminar in Victoria Falls, earning huge amounts in allowances.
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda said due process would be followed on the matter, but refused to shed more light on the kind of action he was going to take.
“There is a process that has to be followed and we are following that process and that is all I can say for now,” he said.
Zanu PF said the action by the MDC was self-defeating and an embarrassment to those who voted them into Parliament.
“Such action is immaturity of the highest political order. One wishes to advice MDC-A that Zimbabwe is not a charity nation. We must all focus on productivity, growth and job creation. The time for political Lilliputians is over. Zimbabwe is, indeed, not for sale,” Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo said.
Political analyst Alexander Rusero said the MDC parliamentarians would regret their antics at some stage, describing their action as shameful.
But analyst Ibbo Mandaza said the boycott by the MDC was successful in irritating Mnangagwa as well as hyping the legitimacy issue.
He said it was best to highlight the legitimacy issue because Mnangagwa “lost” in last year’s polls.
-Newsday
By A Correspondent- The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has ordered investigations into the eviction of a Chinhoyi farmer, Mr Gary Bruce Hensman, from Gyppslander Farm.
The OPC has asked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate allegations that a Government official within the Ministry of Lands, Water and Rural Resettlement deliberately withheld an offer letter addressed to the permanent secretary of the same ministry communicating decisions of the Mashonaland West provincial lands committee recommending the allocation of Gyppslander Farm to Mr Hensman.
The office urged ZACC to also investigate other acts of corruption related to the issuance of offer letters for a number of farms.
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement has been further directed to resolve the allocation of Gyppslander Farm, taking into account recommendations of the Mashonaland West provincial lands committee of April 2019.
In a statement on Thursday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said:
“The eviction of Mr Hensman was the ultimate culmination of a High Court process in which Hensman’s legal practitioners consented to the judgement that consequently led to his eviction from the said farm.
“The reference for the High Court order in question is case Number HC8798/18.
“Mr Hensman’s eviction was not a Government-sponsored, racially-motivated or land invasion as depicted on social media and in various fora by sections of some Zimbabweans both at home and in the Diaspora.
“The Government’s policy on land allocation is premised on a non-racial and non-partisan basis. The current situation on Zimbabwean farms vindicates the Government on this fact.
“The Office of the President and Cabinet has received reports to the effect that the manner in which Mr Hensman was evicted, though driven by a legitimate High Court order, was carried out in a manner that went beyond the bounds of lawfulness, with property belonging to Mr Hensman being vandalised and some of it stolen.”
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By A Correspondent- Harare town clerk Hosea Chisango has questioned the competence of directors at Town House, accusing them of failing to deliver to the expectation of the local authority.
Chisango, a former director of water, was appointed town clerk in 2018, replacing former banker James Mushore, whose appointment was mired in controversy.
It emerged that Chisango told councillors during a recent meeting of his displeasure at the performance of some bosses at Town House and has got full backing of councillors to push for competence.
“The town clerk drew the attention of the Environmental Management Committee to its inquiry regarding whether he was happy with the performance of some managers,” the committee heard.
“The town clerk reiterated that, just like council, he was not impressed with the performance of some managers. He had accordingly met with all the heads of department at Town House, where he had expressed concern at the performance of some heads of department and the managers as well as warning them of dire consequences of dereliction of duty.”
The committee is said to have applauded Chisango’s stance, with several councillors saying they were impressed with his approach to work and his push for competence.
“The committee applauded the town clerk for the action he had taken and urged him to strongly stamp his authority,” parts of the minutes of the meeting read.
-Newsday
By A Correspondent- The first lady on Friday took the time to visit the famous Gogo Gwenya who is delivering babies in Mbare and has so far delivered 100 babies in 8 days.
Auxillia visited Gogo Ngwenya and presented her with a few provisions to make her job easier.
Speaking to the old lady whom she found delivering her 6th baby that day Auxillia asked if health officials had visited Gogo Ngwenya and was told no.
Dai zvichibvira vanoona nezvehutano vauyawo pano vaonawo mabasa amurikubata aya nemagariro amakaita pano. It is important for them to assess your work and if possible give you a midwifery certificate
Hospitals in Zimbabwe remain short stuffed as doctors remain on strike with some nurses joining them.
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By A Correspondent- A special UN rapporteur is expected to visit Zimbabwe on a fact finding mission on the right to food.
Hilal Elver will be in Zimbabwe between 18 and 28 November.
Speaking about his impending visit Elver said:
The objective of my visit is to engage in constructive discussions to identify good practises as well as challenges to the enjoy- ment of the right to food in Zimbabwe, and provide useful recommendations to the gov- ernment and others.
I will consider the increased challenges posed by the economic crisis, as well as the role of the private sector, the impact of climate change, natural disasters and drought on food security and people’s livelihoods, and the issues related to nutrition and food quality in both urban and rural areas.
Zimbabwe experienced the worst drought ever in 2019 with an estimated 8 million people in need of food aid.
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Guest Columnist| EcoCash this week announced a system upgrade that will result in the mobile transacting platform being off-line on Saturday night and Sunday during the day.
The notice about the upgrade has been largely well received, presumably because it was given well in advance, giving the public ample time to transact before the 24-hour downtime. It is also being widely publicized on multiple media channels and via SMS, a commendable effort by EcoCash and Cassava Smartech, the parent company of EcoCash, to ensure that everyone is not taken by surprise.
There is also a sense that any scheduled downtime to upgrade or improve the system must be a good thing, that it is necessary medicine to ensure the platform performs better and, as the company said in its statement, to improve security – a big thing for any financial services system.
Yet perhaps the convenience that EcoCash has brought to people’s way of live, whether at a personal or business level, is something Zimbabweans have now come to take for granted. It is only in moments like this weekend, when the service is temporarily down, that people can sit back and reflect on the opportunities that the popular platform has created for Zimbabweans, as they eagerly wait for the service to resume.
It used to be a big headache when one wanted to send money to their mother in the villages, to a colleague stranded at the border, to a friend who has run out of fuel or has had a flat tyre somewhere in the middle of night.
But that was then.
Now, from the convenience of one’s phone, all that is needed is to click a few buttons and the much needed financial relief is instantly delivered to one’s mother, or a stranded friend is bailed out in a matter of seconds!
With EcoCash payroll, paying thousands of workers all at once – from wherever they are – is now as convenient as ever for large corporations. The same applies to NGOs, church or charity organizations needing to remit donations, wages or designated funds to people who are geographically spread across the country.
Businesses themselves have had life made much easier by EcoCash, from being able to securely settle commercial payments, to the ability that EcoCash brings to audit the trail of funds allocated to staff or used by their employees for business.
For the 10 million Zimbabweans registered on the EcoCash platform, the ability to pay for goods and services anywhere in Zimbabwe, to settle hospital bills, pay school fees, buy Zesa tokens or pay tollgate fees in transit can easily be taken for granted.
The EcoCash platform is supervised by the RBZ which is understood to have visibility of every transaction that takes on the platform. This enhances the Central Bank’s ability to better enforce AML and FICA laws and policies, due to the transparency that EcoCash provides, compared to cash.
Even for Central Government, EcoCash greatly enhances its ability to collect revenue because of the inclusion of the informal sector into formal financial services.
The integration of EcoCash with all banks, which was an EcoCash initiative, is one innovation that elevated what was just a mobile money transfer platform into a truly financial transacting platform. It allowed EcoCash to become a full payments platform and has brought unparalleled personal and collective convenience at a scale not imagined just a few years back.
Rwanda, the Central African country acclaimed for its resilience, fast progress, strong leadership and business friendly policies, was recently quoted in media reports as considering tax incentives to businesses for the use of electronic payments. The report said the government of Rwanda had set a target of achieving 60% electronic payments usage by 2024.
But in Zimbabwe – thanks to EcoCash – as of mid 2019, the RBZ was already reporting that over 80 percent of all local payments in Zimbabwe were electronic, and that EcoCash contributed to over 85% of the volume of electronic transactions.
This goes to show that other countries, even those considered most progressive, are battling to get to where Zimbabwe has been already been.
And it is fair to say it is a measure of the extend to which EcoCash has helped propel the country to levels only dreamt of by the governments and monetary authorities of many countries around the world.
By A Correspondent- Two Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers who ordered a Zambian man to swim across Zambezi River with his son (4) on his back causing their death have been sentenced to 12 years in jail for culpable homicide.
Jefrey Munkuli (39) and Benjamin Nhidza (38) were punishing Abel Ngandu who was aged 30 and his countrymen for poaching fish on the Zimbabwean side of the river.
Ngandu had gone fishing with his little son Dennis.
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa who is on circuit in Hwange found Munkuli and Nhidza guilty of two counts of a lesser charge of culpable homicide.
He sentenced the duo to 12 years for both counts before suspending four years for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The judge said the duo acted negligently and caused the death of Ngandu and his son.
He, however, said they were lucky to escape with a lighter sentence after the court considered that they had spent 10 years before being tried which robbed them of their right to fair trial within a reasonable time.
Munkuli and Nhidza were still employed by ZimParks when they appeared in court yesterday.
“While no physical force was used, there is no doubt that the accused acted unreasonably leading to loss of two lives. The accused should not in any way have acted in the way they did. What the witness Nicholas Makaya witnessed resembled Friday the 13th movie seeing his four-year old cousin being agonisingly swept by water while he was clutching on a rock fighting for safety as well. As officers of the law you shouldn’t have acted recklessly regardless of the nationality of these people that you had arrested,” said the judge.
He said it was clear that Munkuli and Nhidza forced the deceased to swim across the crocodile infested river.
Justice Mabhikwa said Munkuli and Nhidza were negligent by failing to stop the deceased and their colleagues from entering the river, saying the court does not believe the deceased jumped into the water on their own accord as claimed by the accused.
Two Zambian witnesses Joseph Masuku (26) and Nicholas Makaya (25) who were (then) aged 17 and 16 years respectively testified as they narrated the events of the fateful day.
Munkuli and Nhidza’s pro-deo lawyer Mr Givemore Mvhiringi had pleaded for a suspended sentence saying this was a unique case.
Prosecutor Mr Bheki Tshabalala said the duo showed no contrition as they did not attempt to help the deceased especially the four-year-old boy who slipped off his father’s back as the two were being swept downstream.
The incident happened on October 16, 2010.
“The accused were on patrol on Chomuzi Island Zambezi River when they saw five Zambians who had crossed into Zimbabwe illegally and were poaching fish in the river. They arrested Ngandu and took away a canoe, fishing nets and fish before ordering them to swim back to their country,” said the prosecutor.
The court heard that Ngandu carried his son on his shoulders and attempted to swim across but both drowned in the process. Their bodies were later recovered on the Zambia side.
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Former Warriors internationals David Kutyauripo and Dumisani Mpofu have castigated Pokello’s visit to the Warriors camp ahead of the goalless draw with Botswana on Friday.
The socialite was allowed to enter the camping venue and spent some time with national team.
As per the football norms, no outsider is allowed to hang out with the players during the camp as it’s believed it may bring distractions.
But Pokello had the privilege to socialise with the Warriors on the eve of the crucial Afcon qualifier.
The visit, however, sparked outrage with the two former players voicing their disapproval and slammed the technical team for allowing her into the camp.
Speaking during the match build-up on Classic263 FM, Kutyauripo said: “During our playing days we never encountered anything like that. A woman is not allowed in the men’s camp. It takes away the focus.”
Mpofu agreed to Kutyauripo’s comments, saying: “This kind of visit bring distraction to the players. We don’t know who brought Pokello to the camp.
“Whether it’s the manager or the coach, this is not good.”
Warriors coach Joey Antipas, meanwhile, says he is not aware who allowed the socialite into the camp ahead of the game.Credit Soccer 24
By A Correspondent- Fidelity Life Assurance has warned the public against buying stands from bogus land barons selling stands at Langford Estates which they acquired in 2015.
In a statement issued by the insurer, Fidelity said those that had already bought land from these land barons should demand their money back.
The statement issued by Fidelity reads:
2Fidelity Life Assurance Zimbabwe wishes to advise members of the public that no stands are available for sale at Langford.
Anyone who has paid for any land at Langford Estates must demand their money back from these bogus sellers.”
-DailyNews
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Liberation Platform, a splinter group from the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), has chickened out from confronting shortcomings of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, and now exonerates him from any wrongdoing.
Wilbert Sadomba, former ZNLWA secretary for education, said Mnangagwa was the only good man in his government.
“He is doing his best and he is upholding the Constitution, but as the President, he can’t be everywhere. In the military, finance or education, he appoints people and these people are letting the nation down. There is high corruption in the country and it is causing our people much suffering,” he said.
ZLP was launched end of October, at a Press conference, where the war veterans came out guns blazing alleging that Zanu PF had been hijacked and had lost its moral compass that fuelled the liberation war.
The war veterans accused Mnangagwa of running down the economy.
“We did not fight the war so that we can have political violence or corruption. We fought for democracy and to get out of oppression at the hands of (Ian) Smith, but not to continue under a Zanu PF government. The Zanu PF we knew during the war is not the same we know now,” Sadomba said at the time.
He was later to claim that he had been summoned by Central Intelligence Organisation operatives for a two-hour meeting, although he refused to divulge the details.
ZLP yesterday said they were coming in with a view to contribute solutions to the crisis, which has seen the economy tumbling, disposable incomes evaporating and social services collapsing.
“We have a serious problem of polarisation. National issues have failed to get attention owing to political differences and, as war veterans, we need to take a stand and find a solution that changes the course of our country,” Sadomba said.
“We are clear that this cannot be done by war veterans who are servants of a particular political party.”
Political parties have been battling for the support of war veterans, who have been the force behind Zanu PF’s stay in power
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By Dorrothy Moyo| The eloquent spiritist preacher, Talent Chiwenga who once attacked MDC leader Nelson Chamisa alleging that he is making money from church work, has this time opened fire on truck drivers and construction workers.
Truck drivers are the pillar of the World's Largest economies:
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 16, 2019
1. UK is in limbo because of the Truck Driving profession which will suffocate billions of pounds upon Article 50 expiry.
2. Ian Smith's govt was ended not by gunfire, but by Truck Drivers blocked at Mesina. – FACT pic.twitter.com/m3qbfESLiE
Addressing his congregation, Chiwenga offloaded a large cluster of 343 words describing the noble profession which sustains the world’s largest economies, as lazy. He literally said the profession is no profession a sane person could do.
Below was his full speech dedicated to attacking truck drivers. Said Chiwenga:
“Greeting the person and then you’ll see that their hands are in such a terrible shape, hardened like a tortoise’s backside, and you ask yourself: are these real human hands?
“And the person literally thinks that they have a career, handling bricks. They will not be able to reach 40 years, the bricks destroy your back; it is just the same thing as driving a truck from DRC to Zimbabwe. This is hard labour, when you see a person reaching 10 years while doing such a job as a truck driver; they are a lazy, nyope.
“They don’t want to think. That (truck driving) is not a profession, a person could confidently say that they are a truck driver. For a person to do this job for over 10 years, travelling 5000 km, 5000 km 5000 km, sitting behind a big steering wheel like this, driving a mere gonyimbi(haulage truck).
“People are lazy but that laziness manifests itself in three dimensions: there are some people who are lazy because they do not have energy to work, they are weak people. I personally saw such people while growing up. To hold a simple plough, they are hit by a plough like this, while failing to bring it down. They end up nearly killing someone’s child and you tell them to stand up and go and sit somewhere else. If you tell them to lead the cows, the whip hits them from behind, it goes the other way.
“They do not have ability to see the thing; they don’t have the excellency that some of us have. We used to finish everything using one hand; The other hand doing the driving, while my father would be saying, hurry up there is more field work tomorrow. We used to do it better than the person who is pulling.
“So now, you can end up being lazy, you are at loss of physical power. Or you can have physical power and you are at loss of mental power; now that one (the latter) is a serious disaster.”
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By A Correspondent- Controversial prophet Apostle Talent Chiwenga has said truck drivers and builders are lazy people who will die before 40 because of the nature of their work.
He mocked the texture of truck drivers and builders’ hands likening them to the backside of a tortoise’s backside.
Said Chiwenga:
“Greeting the person and then you’ll see that their hands are in such a terrible shape, hardened like a tortoise’s backside, and you ask yourself: are these real human hands?
And the person literally thinks that they have a career, handling bricks. They will not be able to reach 40 years, the bricks destroy your back; it is just the same thing as driving a truck from DRC to Zimbabwe.
This is hard labour, when you see a person reaching 10 years while doing such a job as a truck driver; they are a lazy, nyope. They don’t want to think. That (truck driving) is not a profession, a person could confidently say that they are a truck driver.
For a person to do this job for over 10 years, travelling 5000 km, 5000 km 5000 km, sitting behind a big steering wheel like this, driving a mere gonyimbi(haulage truck).
People are lazy but that laziness manifests itself in three dimensions: there are some people who are lazy because they do not have energy to work, they are weak people. I personally saw such people while growing up. To hold a simple plough, they are hit by a plough like this, while failing to bring it down. They end up nearly killing someone’s child and you tell them to stand up and go and sit somewhere else.
If you tell them to lead the cows, the whip hits them from behind, it goes the other way. They do not have ability to see the thing; they don’t have the excellency that some of us have. We used to finish everything using one hand; The other hand doing the driving, while my father would be saying, hurry up there is more field work tomorrow.
We used to do it better than the person who is pulling. So now, you can end up being lazy, you are at loss of physical power. Or you can have physical power and you are at loss of mental power; now that one (the latter) is a serious disaster.”
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By A Correspondent- Media Institute of Southern Africa-Zimbabwe Chapter director Thabani Moyo has called on internet governance stakeholders to move their focus from geographical to continental approaches when fighting the clampdown of online platforms by the State and its apparatus.
In January this year, during protests over a 150% fuel price increase, the government responded by shutting down the internet to restrict access to information.
Addressing a regional multi-stakeholder workshop in Harare yesterday, Moyo said there was need for stakeholders to strengthen their voices in fighting internet freedom rights violations as a collective rather than in isolation.
“Sadc has set out parameters through its cyber security model laws and the African Union model laws on data protection, among others, which our respective member States are utilising or adopting to strengthen their stranglehold on the internet. Therefore, the countries of southern Africa are speaking to and advising each other on how to shrink online space,” he said.
“This requires that our focus as stakeholders moves from geographical centric interventions by taking a bird’s eye view towards regional or continental approaches of galvanising voices that stand in solidarity when attacks of online platforms are emerging. That movement needs to be strengthened because when democracy is on retreat that is the only solidarity that is the first line of defence.”
Moyo said there had been a shift by African governments from shutting down of the internet to use of high costs to minimise the number of people who access the internet on the continent.
“Going forward, we believe that the three As are critical. The issue of availability of the platforms, we need to be galvanised to be a defence line against wanton shutdown or threatening of the internet, issues of affordability. From the reports that are emerging, it shows that there is a strategic shift from wanton shut downs to high costs to inhibit usage of online platforms,” he
said.
Moyo said to ensure that people remained online, there was need for multi-stakeholders including those from the academia, government, civil society groups, regulators and the media to come up with effective strategies that recognise the significance of the internet to democracy in the country.
According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, there has been a decline in the use of the internet in the country. In December 2018, there was 62,9% of the country’s population that had access to the internet and that had dropped to 57,2% by June this year.
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By A Correspondent- Four Shamva gold miners were yesterday fined $300 each by Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera for setting their employer’s shed ablaze in a dispute over gold.
Ranganai Bvumbu (58), Tobias Masiya (36), Tinashe Mavhu and Dzikamai Kagonda, all from Annandale Farm, Shamva — were fined for malicious damage to property after trial.
Failure to pay the $300 fine would attract a 20-day jail term for each.
Prosecutor Vincent Marunya told the court that on October 25, the quartet stormed Kadisi Mining Syndicate offices in Shamva looking for their employer, Fore Joana (47), whom they accused of duping them of huge sums of money realised from the sale of gold.
They shouted at Joana before uprooting a pole and grass shed on the mine.
In a fit of rage, Kagonda set the shed on fire and went away.
Joana subsequently filed a police report, leading to their arrest.
In their defence, the quartet said the fire was caused by juju, which they said they had sought from a sangoma in Nyamapanda to boost their business.
The magistrate did not take their defence and convicted them.
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Paul Nyathi|GOVERNMENT has designated Gwanda District’s Mlambapele as an official port of entry.
Mlambapele connects Zimbabwe and Botswana via Gwanda South. The place was for years being used as a border jumping spot for smugglers and illegal immigrants between Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. During the liberation war, the area also served as an exit spot for people being recruited to join the PF Zapu backed ZIPRA forces.
Presenting the 2020 national budget on Thursday, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said the Mlambapele official port of entry status will be effective from next month.
“In recognition of increased flow of commercial goods imported through Botswana, Government in 2016 commissioned Mlambapele for use as an official entry and exit point. In order to regularise the commissioned border post, thereby enforcing compliance of customs formalities as well as enhancing convenience to travellers, I propose to designate Mlambapele as a Port of Entry, with effect from 1 December 2019. The Port of Entry shall operate from 7.30AM to 4.30PM daily,” said Prof Ncube.
He said Government has set up four dry ports to reduce congestion at Beitbridge Border Post in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South and Forbes Border Post in Mutare, Manicaland.
“Congestion, particularly at Beitbridge and Forbes Ports of Entry, remains one of the major constraints to trade facilitation. This is due to infrastructure bottlenecks, hence the Ports can no longer cope with increased flow of commercial traffic,” he said.
“In order to address this challenge, Government has adopted the Dry Port Concept, whereby commercial cargo is consigned to specified inland facilities pending final clearance. I, therefore, propose to designate Customs Dry Ports in Masvingo, Bulawayo, Makuti and Mutare, in order to relieve pressure on Ports of Entry.”
Prof Ncube said Government is also setting up a Gwanda Customs House. He said the Gwanda Customs House would increase the ease of doing business for mining companies operating within the district. “Furthermore, imports and exports companies that include Blanket Mine, Vumbachikwe and Portland Cement are currently processed in Bulawayo, thereby increasing the cost of compliance. In order to facilitate Ease of Doing Business, I propose to appoint a Customs House in Gwanda, with effect from 1 December 2019,” said Prof Ncube.
Additional reporting: State Media
By Dorrothy Moyo| The controversial eloquent motivational preacher Talent Chiwenga who once attacked MDC leader Nelson Chamisa alleging that he is making money from church work, has this time opened fire on truck drivers.
Truck drivers are the pillar of the World's Largest economies:
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 16, 2019
1. UK is in limbo because of the Truck Driving profession which will suffocate billions of pounds upon Article 50 expiry.
2. Ian Smith's govt was ended not by gunfire, but by Truck Drivers blocked at Mesina. – FACT pic.twitter.com/m3qbfESLiE
Addressing his congregation, Chiwenga offloaded a long pile of 343 words describing the noble profession which sustains the world’s largest economies, as lazy. He literally said the profession is no profession a sane person could do.
Below was his full speech dedicated to attacking truck drivers. Said Chiwenga:
“Greeting the person and then you’ll see that their hands are in such a terrible shape, hardened like a tortoise’s backside, and you ask yourself: are these real human hands?
“And the person literally thinks that they have a career, handling bricks. They will not be able to reach 40 years, the bricks destroy your back; it is just the same thing as driving a truck from DRC to Zimbabwe. This is hard labour, when you see a person reaching 10 years while doing such a job as a truck driver; they are a lazy, nyope.
“They don’t want to think. That (truck driving) is not a profession, a person could confidently say that they are a truck driver. For a person to do this job for over 10 years, travelling 5000 km, 5000 km 5000 km, sitting behind a big steering wheel like this, driving a mere gonyimbi(haulage truck).
“People are lazy but that laziness manifests itself in three dimensions: there are some people who are lazy because they do not have energy to work, they are weak people. I personally saw such people while growing up. To hold a simple plough, they are hit by a plough like this, while failing to bring it down. They end up nearly killing someone’s child and you tell them to stand up and go and sit somewhere else. If you tell them to lead the cows, the whip hits them from behind, it goes the other way.
“They do not have ability to see the thing; they don’t have the excellency that some of us have. We used to finish everything using one hand; The other hand doing the driving, while my father would be saying, hurry up there is more field work tomorrow. We used to do it better than the person who is pulling.
“So now, you can end up being lazy, you are at loss of physical power. Or you can have physical power and you are at loss of mental power; now that one (the latter) is a serious disaster.”
By A Correspondent- A 39 year old Guruve woman was arrested on Friday after she allegedly fatally struck her husband several times with a club on the head in a domestic dispute.
Yvette Dirau (39), of Katsiru village, is assisting police with investigations following the murder of her husband Victor Zirore (34), from the same village.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the incident.
“I can confirm a murder incident in Guruve, where a woman allegedly murdered her husband in a domestic dispute and investigations are underway,” he said.
Allegations are that the now-deceased had a misunderstanding with his wife over an undisclosed dispute and he picked a club, which he used to strike his wife.
Dirau is said to have wrested the club from Zirore and fatally struck him on the head. He allegedly lost a lot of blood, resulting in his death on the way to the hospital.
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The controversial preacher Passion Java on Saturday held a special meeting.
Java addressed a small group of 10 individuals and spoke out his motivational toasts. On social media the preacher had over 78 people watching. The session was held between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. British time. Java is recovering from a storm in which he was accused of being a false prophet.
Below were the live scenes –
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By A Correspondent- One of the machete welding gangs’ leaders in Chegutu was shot dead by the police in a gun exchange that occurred near David Whitehead.
The deceased, Taurai Mutandwa, also known as Kwedaz who was a leader of a machete welding gang called Team Barca, was on the police wanted list for crimes he had committed around that area.
Speaking about the incident Chegutu District Coordinator said:
Gold was discovered on 12 November at a dumpsite near David Whitehead in a trench. There was a rush of miners. A total of seven people are said to have been injured in the attacks between the gold panners armed with some machetes.
Police managed to disperse the gold panners and had to camp on the site. On Monday, there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and groups of artisanal miners.
Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead during the gunfire that took place between the group and police on site, and so far more than 33 people have been arrested and five vehicles recovered.
Machete-wielding gangs, popularily known as Mashurugwi, have terrorised people in gold-rich areas across the country.
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The Mirror|A worrying number of families are left facing a battle every week to afford even the most basic food needs in the United Kingdom.
UK food banks have previously warned that its users are “on the brink of starvation” as demands for their services soars and supplies run low.
The reality of what some children are facing reduced one teacher to tears after a simple question from one of her young pupils.
Writing on Facebook , Brooke said: “Today I cried at work. Not because I hate my job, or that it is just too hard (it really is). Today I cried for a child, a child who so innocently talked about food, and the lack of it.”
Brooke was caught off when the boy asked when the “lady that puts food in his backpack is coming”.
He was referring to the school’s guidance counsellor and the teacher explained, unsure of what he needed, that she didn’t know when the lady he was looking for was in. When the student told her he was out of food at home and needed more, Brooke was taken back.
She asked him what was in the bag that he liked so much. Was it the macaroni bowls? The crackers? She asked if it was spaghetti Os he liked. “He laughed and told me no, that they didn’t have those,” she wrote.
“Then it happened. He looked at me and said “those little Os (as he made a small circle with his hand).
“We don’t have those at my house, but when I do have them they give me a warm belly and help me sleep’
“I lost it, I cried in front of 20 little people. No kid should ever be hungry, ever.”
Heartbroken Brooke sprang into action and sent a message to the teacher chat group, who all chipped in to put a bag of food together for the boy to take home – including a tin of spaghetti Os.
The school in Jacksboro, United States, is now starting a food pantry for its students to ensure they will be able to get food and hygiene products whenever they are needed.
The post has since had 29 000 shares and 4 700 comments — and Brooke said she has had an outpouring of texts, calls and messages from people wanting to help.
“I did not write this for anyone to get praise, nobody did it for the praise,” said the teacher.
“Some days we get frustrated and feel overwhelmed, but today we did what was best for a child. Will it show on a test score? Nope! Do we care? Nope!
“It’s a crazy rollercoaster of emotions being a teacher, but today it was worth every tear that fell to see him light up when that bag was put into his backpack.”
HON. T. MLISWA: Mr. Speaker Sir, good afternoon to you and in fact good afternoon to Ministers. We hardly see them; we only see them when the President is here. Mr. Speaker Sir, I stand before you as a worried citizen. On the right side I have colleagues, Members of Parliament belonging to the opposition. They are not here today and I am now starting to doubt their agenda. Are they for the people or they are for themselves? – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] –
This institution is an institution that belongs to the people of Zimbabwe. When we come here, national interest is first. We were elected by the people to come and represent them. There was an election which was disputed; it went to the Constitutional Court and a decision was made. His Excellency, Cde. Mnangagwa won the matter and as such, the process that was carried out allowed him to be the Head of State, which really means he is the head of the three pillars of the State; Parliament, Judiciary and the Executive.
I am worried that the councilors from the same party that also contested the same election appear before the very same President whom they do not respect. The decision that they make seems to be a decision which is not consistent with even their resolution that they passed. They say that they passed a resolution at their party conference to say that they will not respect the President but how come their councilors do the same? I thought that Members of Parliament were more mature, senior and they would be able to do what is expected of them.
Mr. Speaker Sir, time has come that this institution comes up with rules that will empower you to be able to deal with any Member of Parliament who behaves in a manner which is not befitting of this institution – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] – We have national issues at hand. Mr. Speaker Sir, with the hypocrisy that they exhibit, they contribute to every Bill in this Parliament and that Bill ends up with the President signing. So, when the President is signing the Bill and they are contributing, who do they expect to sign that? It shows that they are aware that the President signs the Bills. They contribute to the bills and the bills are signed by the President, so how then can they not be part of this. They have been complaining about reforms in many ways and they are expected to be in this House to address the very same reforms that they say are not moving the country forward.
This event today is a critical event in terms of the country moving forward. The Minister of Finance and Economic Development will present the budget which equally they contributed to. We were in Victoria Falls together – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] – Mr. Speaker Sir, we were in Victoria Falls together and the Ministers who were presenting their papers were appointed by the President. So, how can you separate a Minister appointed by the President? They are willing to listen to the Ministers but they are not willing to listen to the President. Whoever is giving them a strategy certainly is not a good a strategist, it is not sustainable – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] –
They need to go back to the drawing board as Zimbabweans and review their strategy because for four years they cannot sustain this. It is impossible. I see a day when they will be sitting down here and respecting the President. What will the nation say of them? What is the nation saying of them today with the inconsistencies of having councilors respecting the President and them not respecting him? The Office of the President must be respected and when we come to this institution politics must be outside. They can go and campaign and say whatever they want about the President but when we come to this institution, it is a sacred institution.
Mr. Speaker Sir, I would like you to take corrective action to ensure this does not happen. I am the one who got up the last time to plead for a rescission on the judgement that you had made that they must not ask Ministers. Today, I am equally one with my constituents who are saying that they are not sincere and as such wakuda shamhu in munyu chaiwo chaiwo Mr. Speaker Sir, I want to say you are the head of Parliament and as such, we submit to you and we must show respect. I think they are disrespecting you by pushing you to the edge. You are a reasonable leader who forgives, we have seen that but I think they have really pushed you to the edge. It is a pity I am not in that seat, otherwise I would have done things – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] – Mr. Speaker Sir, I want to really implore my colleague Members of Parliament wherever they are that I think you are losing the plot. This nation is bigger than any individual, so is this institution.
Let me lastly say that I was a bit worried when I read that my colleague Cde. Julius Malema had mentioned that he wanted to mediate in the G40. Let me say this to Hon. Malema, that there is a law in this country. As much as he fights against corruption in South Africa, we equally fight against corruption. The best that he can do to mediate is talk to his fellow friends to come and face the laws of this country. They committed a crime and as such, there is no political matter which is stopping them from being here other than that they committed crimes which are well known and they must face the courts of this country because we are a law abiding country.
He is misinformed by thinking that there is any political motive on that. It is purely a law issue which can only be addressed by the courts, so the mediator is already, there being the courts. We do not need him to mediate in matters which are before the courts in this country. May he stick to his principles of being an Hon. Member of Parliament who fights corruption in his country and allow us to fight corruption in this country. If he has decided to be an external affairs officer for the G40 then he must come out in the clean. I thank you.
THE HON. SPEAKER: Order, order. I want to thank Hon. Mliswa for his observations. I do not want to be prophetic about that “shamhu” but I can assure you it is coming – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] – I cannot say in what form, it would be reviewed at the appropriate time because enough is enough – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.]
By A Correspondent- The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has warned corrupt public officials against engaging in underhand dealings saying that those who engage in corrupt activities shall be punished.
He said that public officials must serve the interests of the general populace who voted them into the office rather than being self-aggrandising.
He said:
I am concerned by appalling levels of corruption and mismanagement of public funds and properties by both councillors and council officials who play hide-and-seek with Government officials in the process of financial management.
Those who are prone to corruption, the sun is setting. As public servants, your duty is to protect such public assets in your local authorities for the improvement of the welfare of your communities.
Mnangagwa was addressing delegates during an Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) annual conference on Friday.
Despite setting up and empowering the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Zimbabwe is still ranked amongst the countries with high corruption levels and Mnangagwa’s critics have said the president is paying lipservice to the fight graft.
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State Media|A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Esigodini has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping his 14-year-old niece after claiming to be in love with her.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, pleaded not guilty to rape when he appeared before Gwanda regional magistrate, Mr Mark Dzira.
He was convicted and sentenced to an effective 20 years in jail.
Prosecuting, Mr Khumbulani Nyoni said the man raped his niece on August 24 after he met her in a bushy area while she was on her way home from a neighbour’s homestead.
“On 24 August at around 8AM, the complainant was sent by her mother to deliver a bucket of maize at a neighbour’s homestead.
“On her way she found her uncle sleeping on a rock but she passed him and proceeded on her way. On her way back at around 1PM on the same day, she found her uncle still on the rock but he was now awake.
“The accused person approached the complainant and shook her hand as a way of greeting her. He then dragged her and told her that he had loved her for a very long time,” he said.
Mr Nyoni said the accused person dragged the complainant into a nearby bush and raped her.
He then warned her against reporting the matter to anyone.
The prosecutor said the complainant went home and reported to her mother what had transpired. The matter was reported to the police resulting in the arrest of the accused person.
In his defence, the accused person denied raping his niece and accused his relatives of fabricating the allegations to spite him.
“I didn’t commit the offence Your Worship as alleged.
“I never met the complainant on the day and I didn’t go anywhere near the place they say I committed the offence.
“The complainant is my niece and therefore I see her as my own daughter as she is my brother’s child and there is no way I could have done such a terrible thing to her.
“Her family is just fabricating the allegations in order to get back at me for a misunderstanding I had with them,” he said.
By Talent Gondo- Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has said that members of the public must not be concerned about the safety of public funds since they are in good hands.
His remarks come when some observers have said that the government was prioritising luxurious goods at the expense of basic public goods.
Speaking during a post-2020 National Budget breakfast meeting in Harare jointly organised by Zimpapers and ZBC, Ncube dismissed allegations that austerity measures under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) were only targeting the ordinary citizen saying that Cabinet ministers were yet to receive some of their benefits.
He added:
“Government finances are in order; they are actually in good hands. I declare Government finances are in good hands. The deficit is under control. I think we have achieved a miracle; to achieve the twin-deficit target without external support, who does this? Only us, without external support.”
Government critics, however, ridicule Ncube’s claim that Zimbabwe registered a surplus when he also claims that the country has a deficit.
They also say that the alleged surplus which is in the local currency must be converted into United States dollars since the country had a USD Budget.
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By Own Correspondent| Jacob Mudenda came to me, I never harassed him, said ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza during an 1873FM discussion on Friday.
Chikanza was commenting on the 13th October interview upon which Mudenda reported him to the central intelligence organisation and classifying him as a security threat.
Mudenda responding to the revelation on Tuesday blamed the involvement of the CIO on the Serbian security services.
Watch full video posted above.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=icZkpAPnVX0%3F
State Media|AT least 380 Zimbabweans and Malawians were recently arrested in South Africa for allegedly violating the immigration laws.
They failed to produce documentation authorising their stay in South Africa when police raided a 21-storey building they were occupying at Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
South Africa Police Services (SAPS) established that the 21-storey building in question had since been hijacked from the rightful owner by three criminals.
SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said that three suspects — two women and a man — were arrested for hijacking the building.
Brig Peters said the arrested Malawians and Zimbabweans were taken for processing and verification of their stay in SA.
“A total of 380 (353 males and 27 females) undocumented nationals from Malawi and Zimbabwe, including those found during roadblocks and in other operations, were taken in for processing and verification of their stay in the country,” he said.
“To this end, six Malawian nationals — four juveniles and two pregnant women — were released pending their appearance before immigration authorities to prepare for their direct deportation.
“Meanwhile, police were also able to trace 124 suspects on whom warrants of arrests were executed for a range of crimes.”
Brig Peters said roadblocks were mounted at strategic points in all the five districts in the province and saw a few unroadworthy cars being impounded and fines issued for contravention of road traffic regulations.
At least 2 865 Zimbabweans were arrested in South Africa for committing various criminal offences between 2016 and this year, a situation that left Zimbabwe with the highest number of arrested nationals in the neighbouring country.
According to statistics by the Johannesburg Metro Police Department posted last weekend, Zimbabwe had the highest number of arrested nationals during the past three years.
The statistics were posted recently by the outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba.
SAPS arrested the 2 865 Zimbabweans in the period in question, while Nigerians were second with 765 arrests.
SAPS also arrested 420 Malawians, 334 Tanzanians and 91 Ugandans.
The highest number of Zimbabweans were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, while others were arrested for theft and possession of counterfeit goods.
At least 691 of the Zimbabweans were arrested for murder, while 37 were nabbed for bribing South African officers.
Meanwhile, more than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were also rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga Province where their captors used them as sex slaves.
According to reports, the Zimbabweans were part of a group of 50 victims, among them males, from other countries which included the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
Mirror|A plane which had just landed in Egypt burst into flames minutes after landing while carrying 196 passengers and crew.
Passengers on board the Ukrainian plane had just arrived at Sharm el-Sheikh airport on Saturday when the plane’s landing gear caught fire.
Footage shows the Boeing 737-800 aircraft parking on the airport ramp according to the crew’s guidelines.
Shortly after, the left tyre catches fire and is then engulfed in flames.
Thick smoke billowed from the back of the plane as the airport’s protection and rescue personnel rushed to the aircraft.
They immediately put out the flames and stopped it from spreading to the rest of the plane.
An Egyptian Aviation Ministry official confirmed the plane belongs to the Ukrainian low-cost airliner SkyUp Airlines.
An initial investigation report indicated that the fire started as a result of hydraulic oil leak on the plane’s tyres.
The aircraft reported an issue while landing in the popular Egyptian Red Sea resort on Saturday.
The fire lasted about a minute before fire crews controlled the situation.
A total of 189 passengers and all seven crew members were disembarked without injury, reported Flight Global.
A spokesperson for the Egyptian civil aviation ministry said the fire ‘could have turned into a disaster’ and it would have spread to other parts of the aircraft had the staff not acted ‘professionally’.
The captain of the SkyUp Airlines flight praised the crew at the airport for their professionalism in dealing with the fire, in particular their speed of response and support in extinguishing the fire and bringing the passengers to safety.
Paul Nyathi|The International Criminal Court, ICC, has adopted a stance that it will prosecute anyone who commits crimes against humanity anywhere in the world whether or not that country is a signatory to its conventions.
Will the court go a step further than was expected on former President Robert Mugabe, and arrest incumbent Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa? Join our weekend live discussions on the matter right here on ZimEye.com.
Watch a precursor to the discussion on the video downloading below:
Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye: ED Mnangagwa: When Zimbabweans mistook brass for gold
By Luke Tamborinyoka|We are in the crucial month of November. Two years ago to the month, Zimbabweans across the political divide united and forced Robert Mugabe to resign after 37 years in office. In typical Jominian strategic execution, we mobilized ourselves in a huge mass, in a combined effort, against the decisive point and forced the dictator out.
Mugabe had become the decisive point—the nodal point, in the typical parlance of Jominian strategic thought. (Carl von Clausewitz calls it the centre of gravity). Apart from the House of arrest, there was an imminent impeachment motion, as the august house in its diversity morphed into a great mass of forces, in a combined effort, to decisively act on Mugabe as the decisive point.
Soon after we pastured out Robert Mugabe, with the nation still drunk in the hope that we were now under a truly new dispensation, I gave a chilling warning to Zimbabweans of their mistaken optimism on the incoming regime.
In November 2017, I wrote the following piece; giving the stark warning that we should not mistake brass for gold. I warned that Mr Mnangagwa and his incoming acolytes were not in any way an inspiring lot. Today—–as we suffer the ignominy of ED’s cluelessness and the plumbing depths of his incompetence—–remember I had warned you beforehand.
Today, I reproduce my treatise in 2017 in which I counselled the nation against investing any form of trust on Mr. Mnangagwa. The following piece, published under the headline “Where have Mugabe’s supporters gone?” was prophetic about this murderous and incompetent lot that is now (mis) running the affairs of the State.
ED Mnangagwa: When Zimbabweans mistook brass for gold
By Luke Tamborinyoka
It had to happen while I was right in the place of my birth. The time was six o’clock in the evening and, as if of significance, the day was Tuesday, 21 November 2017, exactly 10 days after the 52nd anniversary of The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI).
I was at Chirodzero business centre in Domboshava, popularly known as pa Showground.
And then the radio blurted it out: President Robert Mugabe had finally resigned. This growth point in my area of birth suddenly burst to life—cars hooting, people shouting, touts whistling and vendors leaving their wares unattended.
I just felt numb, savouring the eerie scene around me in typical journalistic wonderment.
A vendor selling cucumbers suddenly developed a sudden bout of generosity and started moving around dishing these freshly fruits for free. That is how the news was received at this rural growth point, some 36 kilometers north-east of the capital city.
Barely an hour earlier, I had accompanied President Morgan Tsvangirai to a rally at Africa Unity Square just outside Parliament building in Harare. My boss had just been invited by the war veterans to address the burgeoning crowd, reflecting the inclusive atmosphere and the national convergence that had inadvertently developed in the country on the eve of Mugabe’s departure.
The euphoria and wild scenes of celebration that rippled in all the cities and rural growth points at the news of Mugabe’s resignation had a ring of irony to them. Mugabe had finally achieved with his departure what he had failed to do in 37 years of incumbency—he had finally united a divided nation. if nation-building is the immediate task of a newly-installed national leadership, then Mugabe ironically united the nation on the day he left office.
The kaleidoscopic atmosphere of people of all political colors charging into the streets and celebrating in unison was an unprecedented national marvel. It gave life to those sacred words in the preamble to our Constitution; “We, thepeopleofZimbabwe, unitedinourdiversity……….”
For a nation torn by hatred and intolerance, this was a marvelous scene to watch. This national celebration had been building up in the last hours of Mugabe’s tenure, starting with the massive demonstration attended and addressed by both ruling party and opposition leaders on Saturday, 19 November 2017 in Harare; a first in the history of the country.
Never again, one hopes, should one man and his family be allowed to capture the State to fertilize their profligate disposition; what with the recent reports of the former First Lady splashing scarce foreign currency buying plush properties across the world. The former President’s sons were a notorious lot known for wild binges and it is no wonder that the younger of the Mugabe sons, Bellarmine Chatunga, recently splurged US$60 000, buying a trendy wrist watch at a time whole families in the country are surviving on less than US$1 per day.
The country deserves to start afresh, even though, if the truth be told, the signs are not encouraging.
The army played midwife to this so-called new dispensation, having unconstitutionally held the President under house arrest for over a week. Moreover, some of the characters presumed to take over the running of country are not themselves without any blemish as they have been the cogs of Mugabe’s long stay in office.
I do not wish to dampen the nation’s carnival atmosphere through needless pessimism but the incoming lot also has a bloody past. Unless and until they take advantage of this new day to break away from their dark past, there could be no reason for celebration.
This could be a dim and unpopular view in a country drunk with hope amid this the euphoria of the departure of an icon-turned-villain. Yet this should be a moment for sober reflection so that as a nation, we don’t wander in the same terrain ever again.
Suddenly, everyone was against Mugabe and the man appears to have had no sympathizer in the country. For a man who claimed to have won past elections and whose rallies, including the ones held only a few weeks ago, were filled with mammoth crowds, one question still lingers unanswered: Where are those mammoth Mugabe crowds today?
Or is it a chilling realization that we could be a nation of hypocrites, who lie and fawn at politicians when we do not mean it? Had this man suddenly become so unpopular in a matter of days, even in his own party?
Judging by the huge celebrations and the impression that everyone was in the opposition, the question still remains; Where have the millions of Mugabe’s supporters suddenly disappeared to?
Why have all those chants of “Gushungo chete chete” suddenly turned into a sonorous national chorus of “Gushungo kwete kwete?
In one fell swoop, the man’s so-called mammoth support has suddenly ebbed into a shocking nothingness.
Lastly, let us not, in the drunken stupor of this euphoria, forget what needs to be done—poising the country for legitimacy, growth and prosperity.
It all starts with a leadership that can give Zimbabweans a reason to hope again.
Given the huge expectation of the man expected to take charge, one hopes that his unrepentant supporters who appear to have so much faith in him, including some prominent diplomatic missions have not committed the cardinal error of mistaking brass for gold!
In the meantime, help me find the supports of the one center of power, which early this week turned into the sole center of implosion.
Luke Tamborinyoka is the Presidential spokesperson and the Director of Communications in the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai.
Paul Nyathi|A member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) who is also the chairman of Alpha Media Holdings, Trevor Ncube has expressed sadness over the “cash withdrawal scandal” in the country.
Posting on Twitter after all the drama, Ncube said that the scandal represented the egocentric mindset of the nation as a whole. He said:
His remarks come after pictures of huge amounts of new coins and notes which were withdrawn from Ecobank and CBZ made rounds on social media this week with some alleging that the banks were feeding cash into the parallel market.
The central bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe conducted investigations which implicated the two banks who revealed that the cash was legally withdrawn by their customers.
Meanwhile, some depositors are, as per the RBZ regulations only allowed to withdraw a maximum of $300 which is insignificant considering that the economy is inflationary.
NewsDay|ZIMBABWE Liberation Platform, a splinter group from the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), has chickened out from confronting shortcomings of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, and now exonerates him from any wrongdoing.
Addressing a Press conference, yesterday Wilbert Sadomba, former ZNLWA secretary for education, said Mnangagwa was the only good man in his government.
“He is doing his best and he is upholding the Constitution, but as the President, he can’t be everywhere. In the military, finance or education, he appoints people and these people are letting the nation down. There is high corruption in the country and it is causing our people much suffering,” he said.
ZLP was launched end of October, at a Press conference, where the war veterans came out guns blazing alleging that Zanu PF had been hijacked and had lost its moral compass that fuelled the liberation war.
The war veterans accused Mnangagwa of running down the economy.
“We did not fight the war so that we can have political violence or corruption. We fought for democracy and to get out of oppression at the hands of (Ian) Smith, but not to continue under a Zanu PF government. The Zanu PF we knew during the war is not the same we know now,” Sadomba said at the time.
He was later to claim that he had been summoned by Central Intelligence Organisation operatives for a two-hour meeting, although he refused to divulge the details.
ZLP yesterday said they were coming in with a view to contribute solutions to the crisis, which has seen the economy tumbling, disposable incomes evaporating and social services collapsing.
“We have a serious problem of polarisation. National issues have failed to get attention owing to political differences and, as war veterans, we need to take a stand and find a solution that changes the course of our country,” Sadomba said.
“We are clear that this cannot be done by war veterans who are servants of a particular political party.”
Political parties have been battling for the support of war veterans, who have been the force behind Zanu PF’s stay in power.
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Paul Nyathi|Government on Friday met with representatives of striking hospital doctors, some of whom have since been dismissed by government, to map a way forward on ending the ongoing impasse.
Present were representatives of the junior, senior and specialist doctors awaiting licensure. Although no agreement has been reached as yet, it is understood that the doctors presented their minimum conditions for them to return to work, which Health and and Child Care Minister, Dr Obadiah Moyo is expected to forward to relevant authorities for approval.
Should approval be given, a joint statement is expected to be released by the Ministry.
The Minister is expected to release the statement as a matter of urgency after doing his consultations.
TWO Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers who ordered a Zambian man to swim across Zambezi River with his son (4) on his back causing their death have been sentenced to 12 years in jail for culpable homicide.
Jefrey Munkuli (39) and Benjamin Nhidza (38) were punishing Abel Ngandu who was aged 30 and his countrymen for poaching fish on the Zimbabwean side of the river.
Ngandu had gone fishing with his little son Dennis.
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa who is on circuit in Hwange found Munkuli and Nhidza guilty of two counts of a lesser charge of culpable homicide.
He sentenced the duo to 12 years for both counts before suspending four years for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The judge said the duo acted negligently and caused the death of Ngandu and his son.
He, however, said they were lucky to escape with a lighter sentence after the court considered that they had spent 10 years before being tried which robbed them of their right to fair trial within a reasonable time.
Munkuli and Nhidza were still employed by ZimParks when they appeared in court yesterday.
“While no physical force was used, there is no doubt that the accused acted unreasonably leading to loss of two lives. The accused should not in any way have acted in the way they did. What the witness Nicholas Makaya witnessed resembled Friday the 13th movie seeing his four-year old cousin being agonisingly swept by water while he was clutching on a rock fighting for safety as well. As officers of the law you shouldn’t have acted recklessly regardless of the nationality of these people that you had arrested,” said the judge.
He said it was clear that Munkuli and Nhidza forced the deceased to swim across the crocodile infested river.
Justice Mabhikwa said Munkuli and Nhidza were negligent by failing to stop the deceased and their colleagues from entering the river, saying the court does not believe the deceased jumped into the water on their own accord as claimed by the accused.
Two Zambian witnesses Joseph Masuku (26) and Nicholas Makaya (25) who were (then) aged 17 and 16 years respectively testified as they narrated the events of the fateful day.
Munkuli and Nhidza’s pro-deo lawyer Mr Givemore Mvhiringi had pleaded for a suspended sentence saying this was a unique case.
Prosecutor Mr Bheki Tshabalala said the duo showed no contrition as they did not attempt to help the deceased especially the four-year-old boy who slipped off his father’s back as the two were being swept downstream.
The incident happened on October 16, 2010.
“The accused were on patrol on Chomuzi Island Zambezi River when they saw five Zambians who had crossed into Zimbabwe illegally and were poaching fish in the river. They arrested Ngandu and took away a canoe, fishing nets and fish before ordering them to swim back to their country,” said the prosecutor.
The court heard that Ngandu carried his son on his shoulders and attempted to swim across but both drowned in the process. Their bodies were later recovered on the Zambia side.
State Media|The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), which introduced a raft of cost-cutting measures, has helped stabilise the economy and thrust it on a growth trajectory anchored on productivity and job creation.
This was said by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday during a post-2020 National Budget breakfast meeting in Harare.
Prof Ncube said it was a “miracle” that Government had contained fiscal and current account deficits without external support.
He said belt-tightening measures under the TSP were experienced by both ordinary citizens and Government officials.
“If you think there was no austerity in Government, just ask the Minister of Information (Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa),” said Prof Ncube, while fielding questions which suggested austerity was for ordinary people alone.
“She (Minister Mutsvangwa) still hasn’t received her ministerial car. We are meeting the people of Zimbabwe halfway. This is why you see these results (containing deficits and recording budget surpluses).
“Government finances are in order; they are actually in good hands. I declare, Government finances are in good hands. The deficit is under control. I think we have achieved a miracle; to achieve twin-deficit target without external support, who does this? Only us, without external support.”
Since the introduction of TSP, a short-term economic blueprint that runs from October 2018 to December 2020, the implementation of fiscal consolidation reforms saw consistent monthly Budget surpluses that reached $1,4 billion between January and August this year.
Similarly, the current account delivered a positive balance of US$116,4 million during the first half of the year, which “all pointed to positive signs for restoring the much-needed macro-fiscal stability and elimination of the twin deficits”.
Prof Ncube said he worked hard on external engagement and there was now a “very clear roadmap” on clearing arrears with external financiers.
“We know that clearing those arrears will unlock financial support,” he said.
Prof Ncube said linking prices to the US dollar exchange rate was causing “mayhem on pricing and productivity”.
He said moving out of that practice would not be easy.
“That is exactly what is causing inflation, US dollar price indexing,” said Prof Ncube.
“It’s very difficult to de-dollarise. Very few countries have done this successfully, but we will be very successful in that.
“I think no country has de-dollarised in the last 30 years. Now we will be the test case to de-dollarise. But the trick to completely delink the prices from the US dollar is exchange stability.”
Prof Ncube said keeping the exchange rate stable will help in ensuring that prices were not indexed to the US dollar.
It is expected that the interbank market, which is still in its infancy, will stabilise the forex rate.
The interbank market is still being fine-tuned.
