State Media|FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says Government will this year pay its workers the 13th cheque right on time, this month, because public finances are now in a healthier state than before thanks to austerity measures.

He said previously reckless Government spending through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe overdraft window and Treasury Bills wasted resources, creating the surplus electronic dollars within the market that increased demand for and caused the acute shortage of US dollars.

Zimbabwe does not print US dollars and must export to generate significant inflows of any hard currency, which the economy currently has constrained capacity to do although fundamentals remain good, apart from other sources.

The Treasury chief said this during a presentation to parliamentarians during a National Budget seminar with the lawmakers, at Elephant Hills in Victoria Falls, ahead of the presentation of the 2020 fiscal plan, which is scheduled for November 14.

Minister Ncube said under expenditure management, being done in terms of the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), a lot had been done to contain Government expenditure, enabling the Treasury to plan and time its financial obligations with a lot more ease than before.

“You remember there was a time when civil servants didn’t know when they would get paid, they didn’t know. Now, they know they will get paid on such-such a date, it is published and we will stick to that date.

“Also there was a time when civil servants didn’t know whether they will get a bonus or not, but now they will get a bonus every November as promised and that is what will happen at the end of this month.

“We have a biometric system, which is clearing up all the ghost workers. We are cleaning all of that up, and we are containing Government waste.

“On the revenue collection front, again our (revenue) collection systems are getting better every day; we are tightening up every day. Zimra is working hard to make sure our systems get better and all of this has resulted in better finances. That’s what austerity for prosperity has achieved; that is what it was designed to achieve,” he said.

Minister Ncube said between January and August this year, Treasury had consistently operated in surplus position, however, pointing out that after August the public finances entered some deficit position.

Nonetheless, the minister expressed strong conviction that with about two months still to go before year-end, the public finances were expected to end the year in a surplus and healthy state.

“We will still end the year on target within 4 percent of GDP in terms of our deficit target, so I can assure you Mr Speaker Sir and colleagues the (Government) finances are well managed and they are sound.

“I also confirm that we have stopped using the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe window; you recall at the end of 2018 in the last Budget we had an exposure of about $3,5 billion that central Government, through Treasury, was borrowing from the central bank.

“That era is over. Since January 2019, we have not borrowed a cent from the central bank and it should be like that and that also gives the central bank a bit more independence,” Minister Ncube said.

While the fiscal deficit was now under control, Minister Ncube said the external position of the country, defined in terms of the state of the current account, was equally under control, which augurs well for efforts to stabilise the Zimbabwe dollar.

“The external deficit, which is your current account and so forth, is also under control. So what has happened is that the gap between exports and imports (trade deficit) has narrowed, if you compare 2018 and 2019 and the previous years.

“You need that when you are reforming. Why? Because if your deficit on the external front is huge it becomes an additional risk to your currency.

“It means you are living beyond your means in terms of demanding other people’s goods other than your goods and exporting to them and that is not healthy.”

He said because austerity measures had achieved their objective, it was now time to transition to productivity across all sectors and overall economic growth.

The Treasury chief pointed out that the containment of public expenditures and the declining current account deficit was what gave authorities the confidence to re-introduce the local currency.

“Those were key risks to introduction of a domestic mono-currency; that gave us confidence to do so,” he said. “Zimbabwe first introduced local currency, under the multi-currency regime, in February this year through Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019 and then totally removed the foreign currencies on the 24th of June through SI 142 of 2019.

“But, in doing that we also realised that we had a challenge in terms of store of value for ordinary citizens, including myself, so we needed to allow the citizens to retain the foreign currency accounts.

“Those foreign currency accounts should not be touched by the Government. We have to make that commitment; we have made that commitment,” he said.

Philanthropic works by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, which have spread across the length and breadth of the country, have helped to shine a light on living conditions of most Zimbabweans, prompting Government to intervene to complement her efforts in some cases, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.

Addressing guests at State House on Friday during an appreciation dinner hosted by the First Lady for partners who worked with her philanthropic arm, Angel of Hope Foundation, the President said he was “touched” by some of the work that the foundation has done so far.

President Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation, spent the better part of Friday in Botswana to witness the inauguration of that country’s fifth President, Mokgweetsi Masisi.

“My dear wife said I should attend. I was in Botswana and had to rush here soon after landing. Looking at the audience here, I feel very much touched by the work Angel of Hope is doing. It is only slightly more than a year since it was founded,” said President Mnangagwa.

“When my wife discussed with me about it, I have a principle in my life that you do not stand in the way of ideas by people — good or bad. It turned out that this was something else. Possibly, she must have chosen a good team also,” he said.

The First Lady, he said, always had a passion for philanthropic work and within a short space of time, her foundation has been to places where he, as a politician, had never visited before.State media

A memorial service for the late former President, Mugabe, was secretly held on October 19 by a section of his family, but many of his close relatives, including his sons, did not attend.
The majority of chiefs from the Gushungo clan snubbed the event.

The former president died on September 6 in Singapore and was buried 22 days later at the family rural home in Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province.

Just as the nation was left waiting on where and when the late founding father of Zimbabwe would be interred, there were equally questions on when the memorial service would be held.

However, it has since emerged that the former First Family actually held a memorial mass in Zvimba and distributed Mugabe’s belongings in accordance with traditional custom.State media

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SOMVUBU High School headmaster Khumbulani Sibanda thought he had saved a life when he responded to a sudden call for help to ferry a collapsed player to Mpilo Central Hospital using his personal car only to be told the devastating news that the 18-year-old promising star had long died when they arrived at the health institution.

The player was Mpopoma High School pupil Cedric Dube who at the time of his collapse was playing for Talen Vision in a Zifa Bulawayo province Division Three league match against Bulawayo City at Barbourfields Stadium’s outside grounds.

“Cedric was chasing the ball and he just fell and there were calls for me to assist carry the boy to the hospital since I was the only spectator with a car close by.

I drove my car to the centre of the field and together with team manager Jacqualine Ngwenya and one Khulekani Siziba we carried the boy and put him in my car,” said Sibanda.

He said he quickly drove to Mpilo Central Hospital where upon arrival they asked for a stretcher as they frantically tried to save a young life.

“At that moment I was convinced the lad would soon be with us again. We were attended to by a female doctor with a Moyo surname and after a few moments, she came back with the most devastating news.

She told us that she tried all she could but the boy was already dead when we put him on a stretcher from my car. Inyembezi zendoda ziphelela esifubeni but that day it wasn’t the case with me. It didn’t matter that the boy was not my relative as I was only a spectactor because of my love for the game but surely why would he die just like that. I thought of his peers, his parents who at that time knew nothing of the tragic turn of events,” said Sibanda.

He said Ngwenya later called Talen Vision bosses and the now deceased’s mother using his mobile phone since they had left theirs at the ground.

“I also could see sympathy in the eyes of the young doctor who probably thought she will be blamed for failing to save a life but it was clearly not her fault. The boy was gone and I was to later learn that he was also a student at Mpopoma High School and was their Under-20 captain,” said Sibanda.

Nicknamed Spoonky, Dube was recruited to the Highlanders Under-14 side by Dumaza Dube before crossing the floor to join Talen Vision. At the beginning of the year, he trained with the Bosso developmental side that is coached by Melusi Mabaleka Sibanda but his grandfather Caleb Sibanda advised him to stay in junior football for another year before he could further his football career.

It was never to be.
Dube was laid to rest last Wednesday at Athlone Cemetery at a moving funeral attended by scores of people who included high profile soccer personalities and pupils from different schools.
— Herald

A TEACHER at Coghlan Primary School in Bulawayo allegedly hanged herself in her bedroom.

Ms Sibhekinkosi Moyo (35) from New Magwegwe suburb was found hanging from a roof truss by her father on Thursday.

Sources close to the incident said yesterday that Ms Moyo had not been feeling well for some time and had been on sick leave.

She recently suffered a stroke.
According to a close family source Ms Moyo told her daughter a day before she was found hanging that she would leave and not come back.

“She told her daughter on Wednesday that she was leaving and was not coming back” said a close family member on condition of anonymity.

The source said on the fateful day Ms Moyo woke up in the morning and did household chores without showing any signs of distress.

At around 9AM Ms Moyo’s father was shocked to find her hanging from a roof truss in her bedroom. He immediately alerted neighbours before reporting the matter to the police.

Ms Moyo is survived by two children.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious Simango confirmed Ms Moyo’s suspected suicide by hanging.

Teachers at Coghlan Primary School declined to comment on the issue and referred the news crew to the Bulawayo Provincial Education Director Mrs Olicah Kaira.

Mrs Kaira confirmed that Ms Moyo who lived with her father, two siblings and her two children, was not feeling well.

She said increasing cases of suicide by teachers and pupils was a cause for concern and urged those facing challenges to seek counselling.
“We received two cases of suicide in the city in one week and I urge those suffering stress or depression to seek counselling,” said Mrs Kaira.

On Tuesday, a Form Two pupil at Maranatha High School in Bulawayo’s Nketa suburb was found hanging at his home in Nketa 7 in a suspected case of suicide.

Nqobile Lusinga (15) allegedly hanged himself from the roof trusses of the family’s bedroom in the afternoon after his teachers questioned him about money and a cell phone that he had brought to school.

It is suspected that Nqobile stole $100 from his aunt and bought the cell phone.
When his parents were summoned to the school, he was sent home to collect the rest of the money.
Instead of returning to the school, he allegedly committed suicide.
— Chronicle

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

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

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

James Mandeya appeared before Rusape magistrate Mr Gift Manyika on Saturday facing murder charges. He was not asked to plead and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.

Mr Binoni Makuwire prosecuted.

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

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

“Out of rage, James picked up a stick and repeatedly smashed his father with it on the head until he was unable to move and ran away. Headman Kwanda, who was passing-by Mandeya’s homestead, heard him screaming for help and rushed to investigate. He arrived when Mandeya was motionless on the ground and called others villagers for help. They took him to the hospital,” said Mr Makuwire.

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

-ManicaPost

@edmnangagwa vs RUSSIA'S @DimitryMedvedev | TODAY MNANGAGWA BLOCKED A ROAD FOR A 1 HOUR IN MASVINGO.

No guns or sophistication as Russia's PM passes by.

@MdcMasvingo @ZANUPF_Official pic.twitter.com/GfqoCBgc03

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 2, 2019

By Own Correspondent| ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa caused a major traffic jam in Masvingo Saturday. Mnangagwa blocked a whole road for 50 minutes just so his convoy could pass. Unlike Mnangagwa, the late President Robert Mugabe’s traffic disruptions would last less than 10 minutes.

Motorists rushing about for business were stranded for nearly an hour in a never-seen-incident described by some as “totally insane.” 

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Complaints came from far and wide with the MDC saying, “those who thought Mnangawa is a People’s President were opened their minds today as security forces closed roads for 50mins so that ED may pass. ED is not a People’s Leader, just a Dictator.”

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Following South Africa’s rugby world cup victory in Japan, Africa has joined hands to congratulate the triumphant Springboks and among a host of the who is who includes President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his nemesis Nelson Chamisa.

Mnangagwa took to Twitter to congratulate South Africa for lifting the World Cup for the record third time.

By Own Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred various degrees and diplomas to 4936 graduates this Saturday at the Great Zimbabwe University graduation ceremony.

Among them was ZANU PF Youth League Assembly deputy secretary, Lewis Matutu who graduated with an MBA.

Said the Ministry of Information:

By A Correspondent|Opposition MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has told supporters in a Facebook live-streamed video that the party leadership was taking a cocktail of measures to solidify the party.

Among other things, he said that the party was targeting grassroots support and capacity building which the party intends to achieve through the Morgan Tsvangirai School of Thought (SOLID).

The optimistic Chamisa said that victory was certain considering that president Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to deliver to the public.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Newsday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Zimbabwe Independent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-TellZim

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-StateMedia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Tendai Biti

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enter Billy Rautenbach and his Green Fuel into the mix.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Newsday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TellZim

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Newsday

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

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

Watch video of the interview downloading below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Manica Post

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Perhaps in many years, this is the first time Zimbabweans are getting a feel of how to buy power at emotionally viable costs, the question is, how many will keep their lights on?
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