By A Correspondent- A report has claimed that government is aware of clandestine plans by rogue opposition activists and the civil society to infiltrate and capitalise on the anti-sanctions campaign scheduled for October 25 to engage in criminal activities.

Speaking during a Zanu-PF rally at Stanley Square in Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb yesterday, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said police will be deployed in numbers to maintain law and order and ensure public safety during the march.

“As Government, we have got information that there are covert plans by some members from the opposition and the civil society who want to take advantage and infiltrate. In fact, they want to engage in acts of violence and looting shops like what happened in January. It is therefore important for police to be ready and they should be out in full force to deal with such elements,” he said.

Sadc has declared October 25 as the solidarity day against illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and resolved to conduct various activities in their respective countries on the day to resoundingly call for the immediate removal of the sanctions.

Zanu-PF national political commissar Cde Victor Matemadanda said the party has lined up a number of programmes to accommodate all political parties.

VP Mohadi said the United States, the UK and their allies imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe because of the land reform programme.

“We took back our land because it is our wealth. The land is the anchor of our nationhood and that is why we repossessed our land, which is why the British decided to impose sanctions against us,” he said.

“As long we are still there as your leaders, we will overcome the sanctions because we liberated this country without any help from the West. I therefore urge the people of Zimbabwe to be patient because I know we have so many doubting Thomases. We are going to turn around this economy whether they like it or not on our own volition.”

VP Mohadi said the Government has started engaging and re-engaging other countries to drive the economy in line with President Mnangagwa’s Vision 2030 of achieving an upper middle-income status.

“Things are going to change economically because through our re-engagement and engagement efforts we are raking in billions through foreign investments hence we want every citizen to live a better life by 2030. We want our per capita to be at least US$1 000 or more a month and we are going to do that. We have got all the plans in place to achieve that,” he said.

VP Mohadi said the Government anticipates to rake in US$12 billion from the mining sector in the next four years.

He said the Government is aware of the plight of citizens and efforts were underway to address economic challenges.

He urged Zimbabweans to unite and shun tribalism, saying Zimbabwe is a unitary State under one flag and National Anthem.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM) has justified why his party joined POLAD arguing that opposition parties should engage new tact in fighting Zanu Pf.

Said Madhuku in an interview with a local publication:

“The system has to be fought and we continue to fight it, but we have to change the methods. So there are people who are totally lost when they look at us adopting a different method as if we have given up. Why would we give up? We have created massive movements.

Those in MDC Alliance believe that the person who is fighting for democracy is the person in the MDC Alliance. That is nonsense. What you have to take into account is what are people doing in their various stations. When we fought against Zanu PF, we were fighting against one-party domination and we will also fight against a two-party domination.

Domination and oppression does not change because you have increased the number of players. Where I stand, I am contributing to a situation where we have a real genuine multi-party environment of more than three parties.”

— NewsDay

By A Correspondent- The government has come under fire for allegedly awarding magistrates with large salaries and allowances when health workers are on strike over paltry salaries and poor working conditions.

For some analysts including Alex Magaisa, a former adviser to the late Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, increasing salaries and allowances of members of the judiciary at this particular moment in time is indicative of a government that does not care about the health sector.  Magaisa posted on Twitter saying:

Revelations that government clandestinely awarded magistrates hefty wage increases as opposed to its treatment of doctors & other civil servants are signs of a desperate & paranoid regime which is obsessed with buying justice & preparing for repression.

The regime doesn’t care much for doctors & nurses because the leadership does not use the local health system. But it needs the magistrates on its side because they are in charge of the justice system. It’s typical of authoritarian regimes to want to capture the justice system.

Doctors have been on strike since the 3rd of September this year asking the employer to increase their salaries which they say were eroded by inflation long ago.

Nurses have also joined the strike also citing incapacitation.

-NewsDay

By A Correspondent- A Harare woman got the shock of her life after she discovered that she was registered as dead at the registrar general’s office.

The woman, identified as Mirriam whose identity was reportedly stolen by one Innocent Chitauro, who works in the Defence ministry after he processed his late wife’s death certificate using the woman’s identity card narrated to ZimEye how the development had left her traumatised

She revealed that she discovered this when she visited the registrar general’s office seeking to renew her passport. She also said she is currently without any identity documents as her national ID and birth certificate were with held at the registrar general’s office pending investigations.

Said Mirriam, while narrating her ordeal to ZimEye:

“The man who processes his wife’s death certificate using my name is called Innocent Chitauro of 2323 St Marys in Chitungwiza and he works in the ministry of Defence. Chitauro is currently stationed in Gutu. The deceased woman was named Pauline Dzakata who died on March 20 2010 and she reportedly died at Chitungwiza General Hospital.

She was reportedly buried in Makoni district, Rusape under Chief Tandi. On the death certificate there is a phone number belonging to one Alice Manjera who revealed that she is based in Masvingo.

The death certificate bearing my name was issued at Makoni registry offices in Chitungwiza.

Innocent Chitauro is busy enjoying his life after he ruined my life by stealing my identity to process his wife’s death certificate. The same for his dead wife who is resting in peace while i am suffering to reclaim my stolen identity.

I want to know why they did this to me…but before that i want my identity back.”

watch the video loading below for the full details of how Mirriam discovered that she was “dead”.

By A Correspondent- A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) sergeant stationed with the Masvingo Provincial Legal Services is on the run after revelations that he repeatedly rap_ed his now 16-year-old daughter since 2017.

The 36-year-old police officer, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victim, was staying at ZRP Zimuto Camp and is now understood to be now on the run.

Efforts to get a comment from Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Charity Mazula were fruitless as she was said to be out of office and busy with preparations for the agricultural show.

Sources said in March 2017, the police officer rap_ed the girl at their one-roomed Rujeko lodgings after her mother went to their rural home, leaving her and her younger sibling in the care of their father.

The police officer went on to rap_e his daughter six more times on different occasions between April and May 2017, all the time threatening the victim against revealing the abuse to anybody.

During the previous school holidays (August 2019) the girl’s mother again went to the rural areas and left the victim with her father at their Zimuto Camp house where they now stayed.

The cop then asked the girl to accompany him to fetch some firewood in the bush along the Masvingo-Mutare Road where he rap_ed her again.

The victim, however, gathered enough courage this time around and revealed the abuses to her two uncles who stay at 4 Brigade army barracks but again cannot be named here to protect the identity of the victim.

A police case under RRB Number 4150566 has since been opened against the offending officer and the victim was referred to Masvingo Provincial Hospital for medical examination.

A few weeks ago, another senior police officer who stayed at Phoenix Base fled after many years of rap_ing his step-daughter who is still in secondary school.

-TellZim

By A Correspondent| Mitchel Chibwe, a man who reportedly bought the recently discovered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) helmets has allegedly finished a meeting with the police.

Reports suggest that the police on Monday 14 October had seized opposition MDC Headquarters, Morgan Tsvangirai House formerly Harvest House) over the matter since the Robinson House where the helmets were discovered is within the HQ’s vicinity.

Posting on Twitter, Kudzai Rangarirai a lawyer who is representing Chibwe said:

Leaving Central Police now with my client Mitchel Chibwe. We had a meeting with Law and Order team in connection with 210 police helmets found at Robinson House. The meeting was cordial but too long. We started at 14:30. Mr Chibwe has not been charged and is heading home now.

Now that the so called Zimbabwe Heroes Acre has been exposed as a satanic ritual site, starting with Joshua Nkomo and uMama uMafuyane who was poisoned by Zanupf Women’ s League members, all Matabeles buried there against their will or otherwise, must be urgently exhumed and reburied in Matabeleland.

Thanks to Mugabe it has come to light that Heroes Acre is not a holy place as many are made to believe. Corpses buried there are mutilated for the purpose of harvesting body parts to be used by Zanupf top leaders to appropriate power through black magic to exercise control over the masses.

The cult cum political party, Zanupf, has been painting Zimbabwe red with human and animal blood since the days of the struggle through its blood letting rituals that involve slaughtering of human beings and animals to use blood and body parts to feed the demons in exchange of black magic generated power to control the masses. They even composed a song “Zimbabwe Ndeye Ropa” Zimbabwe was born of blood.

Regardless of this senseless and inhuman spilling blood, Zimbabwe remains a cursed country facing an imminent split that would give birth to the Republic of Matabeleland. It remains a failed state without its own currency and the blood of innocent people and animals has failed to resuscitate the economy that remains in the ICU.

These pure acts of barbarism which are imbedded in the Shona culture of witchcraft are usually performed in secrecy. But if you want to know each and every detail of them, just wait still and patiently until a fight breaks out between Shonas. Before you know it the very people who perform these bizarre rituals under the cover of darkness will run one by one to the media to reveal everything.

The disintegration of Zanupf into three political splinter groups ie NPP, NPF, ZANUPF and multiple factions that do not see eye to eye has provided the mine field to those who are patient.

Joyce Mujuru bare- breasted rituals.

It was late President Mugabe who revealed this one at the height of G40, Lacoste and Gamatox factional battles.

To boost her chances of becoming the first female President of Zimbabwe, Joyce Mujuru consulted Nigerian witch- doctors. They asked her to kill 10 chickens and these were named after top Zanupf leaders. Mugabe, Grace and Mnangagwa topped the list. The witch- doctors told Mujuru that when the chicken bearing the name of Mugabe is slaughtered, he will automatically fall to his death and the others who had their names given to chickens were to face the same fate as the birds were slaughtered. Mujuru, it is said, performed the rituals while in a semi- nude state, with her breasts uncovered. Poor Chickens died a painful death but Mugabe and others did not die and Mujuru was unceremoniously fired from Zanupf.

Zanupf keeps witch- doctors and other occultists at its party headquarters.

This juicy story came via exiled Patrick Zhuwao who wrote in his weekly column:
“Furthermore, it is important to note that liberation movements such as UNIP of Zambia, MCP of Malawi and KANU of Kenya have not been able to survive the departure of their founding fathers. In the case of ZANU PF, the violent and humiliating ouster of President Mugabe makes it even worse as explained to one Vera, whose job description at ZANU PF Headquarters includes consulting spirit mediums and the occult. The poor lady is currently grappling with how she can inform Mnangagwa that, on her latest visit to the spirit medium, he was given only five months to go”. Patrick Zhuwao, Mike Kasukuwere and Jonathan Moyo are main G40 strategists that were forced into exile after the Zimbabwe coup.

Zanla forces killed white people to extract blood to give to spirit mediums.

The commander of the first wing of Zanla known as Crocodile Gang, Enock Muteveri Sithole, once told the The Sunday News that his gang killed white people to extract fresh blood which was put in bottles which were then sealed and taken to spirit mediums.

“We were told to kill a white man touya nemusiya wake ( and extract some blood). If I have the opportunity to meet President Mnangagwa, I will tell him of certain rites that we undertook before we killed the white man. For now all what I can say is that we performed a short traditional ceremony under a certain tree in Chimanimani after bringing the white man’s blood.” said Enock Muteveri Sithole.

The above gory stories which are just a tip of the iceberg, confirm the culture of witchcraft which was  brought by Shonas from Burundi where they were chased away for performing the same satanic rituals. It is the same reason that Sekuru Kaguvi, a spirit medium who killed innocent people with lightning was hanged by white colonists. The dark culture is passed from one Shona generation to another.

The above events strongly support the latest humiliating occasion where late President Mugabe refused to be buried at National Heroes Acre fearing that ritualistic Mnangagwa would remove his teeth, nails and other body parts to use them to enhance his political fortunes as well as to obtain power to control people.

We urge Matabeles who have relatives that are already buried at the Heroes Acre to exhume the bodies and rebury them in Matabeleland. They will never rest in peace as their body parts and souls are used to oppress Matabeles. No one in Matabeleland must allow their relatives to be buried at Heroes Acre as the bodies that are buried there are mutilated by Zanupf “madzura moyo”, spirit mediums and witches to run the country and oppress Matabeles.

We implore all Matabeles to unite and restore the statehood of Matabeleland and leave Shonas alone to practice witchcraft which is their special gift from the devil himself. Let them slaughter each  other in the name of rituals until the whole population is wiped out, who cares Their farther in hell will reward them with political positions and riches which they value more than human life.

Izenzo kungemazwi!

MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs

By A Correspondent- Eleven constables from different police stations, were last week arrested in Borrowdale while trying to extort money from a businessman they accused of illegally dealing in foreign currency and gold.

One of the 11 was on suspension for misconduct, but had just been roped in to execute the plan. The gang reportedly stormed the premises of Mr Vaya Sanjay Keshavji (48) in Borrowdale on Thursday afternoon, while driving in two unregistered vehicles.

The 11 are: Tafadzwa Chidawa (31) who is currently on suspension, Prosper Chimbumu (28), John Gwinyai Matandaware (34), Thomas Nyika (35), Archby Mano (26), Daniel Mwanadi (31), Simbarashe Ndungwa (31), Doit Kunyumbe (33), Levison Nhongo (34), Walter Mapfumo (30) and Francis Kudzai Munatswa (25).

Three of them were wearing riot police uniform while eight were in plain clothes.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was still checking the details of the case.

Sources close to the investigations yesterday said on Thursday at around 1400 hours, the 11 teamed up and went the premises while driving in two unregistered vehicles, a Black Nissan Caravan and a cream Nissan Sunny.

They reportedly introduced themselves as officers from Harare Central operations section.

They allegedly indicated to him that they had received information that he was illegally dealing in gold and foreign currency before demanding to see documentation authorising him to operate.

It is alleged that the businessman became suspicious and told the suspects to remain at the reception before he went into his office where he alerted the police.

A reaction team comprising of a strong team from the Criminal Investigations Department and Support Unit then swooped in where they arrested the 11.

The 11 policeman contended that they had received information from Chidawa that there was a person who was dealing in ivory in the CBD. They then reacted to the information using Chidawa’s vehicle and made a follow up to the businessman’s premises.

According to police, the 11 further alleged that they demanded to carry out a search within the businessman’s premises, but they were prevented from doing so.

The matter is being investigated under case number RRB 4105407.

Police investigations established that there was no special operation of that nature and that the team had not been assigned to investigate the case. It was also established that the businessman had all the relevant papers needed to trade in gold.

The 11 are likely to be charged with extortion and face disciplinary action for the conduct.

Chidawa was stationed at ZRP Highlands, Chimbumu (ZRP Harare Central Operations), Matandaware (ZRP Harare Central Patrol Unit), Nyika (ZRP Harare Magistrates’ Court), Mano (ZRP Harare Central Operations), Mwanadi (ZRP Warren Park attached, but Harare Central Operations), Ndungwa (ZRP Harare Central Operations), Kunyumbe (ZRP Harare Central Pec Admin, but on suspension), Nhongo (ZRP Harare CBD Traffic), Mapfumo (ZRP Harare Central Operations) and Munatswa (ZRP Harare Central Patrol Unit).

Investigations are still in progress.

— StateMedia

By A Correspondent- Opposition National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM), who is accused of dining with Zanu PF for financial gains, said he is working to ensure that come 2023, neither Zanu PF nor the MDC will be anywhere near the corridors of power.

Below are some of the excerpts of the interview.

ND: You attended the funeral of former President Robert Mugabe, a man you spent half your life fighting, but at the funeral wake, you spoke glowingly about him, what motivated you?

LM: Well, opposition was not to Robert Mugabe the person, but opposition was to the politics of Zanu PF and Mugabe merely happened to be the leader of the party. We were making a distinction between Mugabe the person and the Zanu PF system that was led by Mugabe.

ND: Of late, you have been accused of dinning with Zanu PF, the party you have fought against all these years. This has seen some people describing you as a sell-out. Can you comment?

LM: I don’t know what is meant by dining with them, but I am sure you are referring to being in Political Actors Dialogue (Polad). It is not about dining with anyone. Polad is a national dialogue process where political players come together to debate issues to do with Zimbabwe; that is nothing to do with Zanu PF

ND: It’s not only Polad, but you have been in the Motlanthe Commission of inquiry into the August 1, 2018 shootings, is that not dining with Zanu PF when you are getting financial benefits?

LM: There were no financial benefits in the Motlanthe Commission. The commission was very important for our country; it was the commission that found out that the army and police were responsible for killing six civilians on August 1 2018. That was a point that was made by the commission. We recommended that it should never happen again that government is irresponsible in terms of how it deals with demonstrations. We even recommended compensation, so why should the Motlanthe Commission be seen as dining with Zanu PF? The commission was the building block to the future of the country.

ND: You said you were fighting the system. Has the system shifted since Mugabe was removed as President in 2017?

LM: There is no shift, but what has changed is the method of how to deal with the system, dialogue is now the way to go. When we fought the system 15 years ago, we focused more on massive engagements and demonstrations, those things no longer work at this particular time. We need dialogue.

The system has to be fought and we continue to fight it, but we have to change the methods. So there are people who are totally lost when they look at us adopting a different method as if we have given up. Why would we give up? We have created massive movements. Those in MDC Alliance believe that the person who is fighting for democracy is the person in the MDC Alliance. That is nonsense. What you have to take into account is what are people doing in their various stations. When we fought against Zanu PF, we were fighting against one-party domination and we will also fight against a two-party domination.

Domination and oppression does not change because you have increased the number of players. Where I stand, I am contributing to a situation where we have a real genuine multi-party environment of more than three parties.

ND: Is there a new dispensation in Zimbabwe?

LM: There is no new dispensation. Currently, there is a dispensation that has been going backwards. They have gone behind what we had in the 1980s. Our current leaders are trying to learn the bad portion of their old days. The bad portion of the old days were characterised by the mysterious disappearance of people, the heavy deployment of police and army at the smallest excuse; the old days where you found people in government who had no clue on how to turn around the economy, which is what we have at the moment. We don’t have a new dispensation.

ND: What can be done to change this facade as you call it?

LM: We must invest heavily in conscientising the majority of the people. The way forward is to make people alert of our situation. Those in government still have supporters, you go into a by-election you find out that the majority of the people who turn up to vote still vote for them notwithstanding the economic hardships, notwithstanding political repression – that is the problem we have in the country. It is not just about turning around and making this work, but it is about educating and conscientising our people so that they realise that they have a solution when the election comes.

ND: There are people who thought that burying Mugabe would also be burying the old habits, do you agree?

LM: Not at all. We buried Mugabe the individual, not the system. We know that his departure has no relationship whatsoever with the changing fortunes of our country. The change of fortunes of our country depends on how we deal with the system.

ND: Some say that the opposition is too divided – we have a lot of opposition parties – this is why they cannot dislodge Zanu PF; talk of a multiplicity of parties, how do we reconcile that?

LM: That is ignorance, it is not about the number of political parties, it is not about divisions; divisions take place when people cast their votes. But that again depends on the campaign. When people are given four, five or six choices and they have convincing arguments, they will be able to vote correctly. You need parties so that we avoid only having Zanu PF and its policies that are not working and the MDC Alliance, on the other hand, that is made up of arrogant leaders.

ND: Do you think Zanu PF is capable of solving Zimbabwe’s socio-economic problems?

LM: Zanu PF is not capable of solving the current socio-economic problems; we are only talking with Zanu PF because we have a fact of elections that places Zanu PF in the leadership of the country. We are working with Zanu PF in Polad not because we believe Zanu PF has the solution, but because the people have forced us to work with them.

— NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Opposition NCA President Lovemore Madhuku has said Zanu Pf has no capacity to solve the country’s economic woes adding that his party was only in POLAD because the people had forced the party to work with Mnangagwa’s administration.

Said Madhuku in an interview with a local publication:

“Zanu PF is not capable of solving the current socio-economic problems; we are only talking with Zanu PF because we have a fact of elections that places Zanu PF in the leadership of the country. We are working with Zanu PF in Polad not because we believe Zanu PF has the solution, but because the people have forced us to work with them.”

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- In a development likely to inspire changes in the proposed Marriages Bill that seeks to have unregistered customary law unions itemised, a High Court judge has called for a countrywide database of married individuals to reduce bigamy.

Bigamy occurs when a legally married person enters into a second marriage contract with another without dissolving the first.

Currently, individuals wishing to marry are required to provide passport size colour photographs of their images and fingerprints to discourage bigamy.

However, Justice Sylvia Chirawu-Mugomba said this was not enough in this era of technology.

She said there was nothing that prohibited the Registrar of Marriages from having a real-time online database for all married persons.

“Every marriage officer must be mandated to search the database whether or not the person intending to marry is free from other legal impediments,” said Justice Chirawu-Mugomba.

“Additionally, or alternatively, every person who intends to marry must produce a certificate of ‘present status’ obtained from the Registrar of Marriages as a form of clearance.”

The judge made the remarks while handing down judgment in the case in which a widow, Ms Susan Mobape, was suing Master of the High Court Mr Manyadzwa Kamuchira N.O. and Ms Cynthia Chaitezvi, over maintenance from the deceased estate.

Justice Chirawu-Mugomba’s remarks come against the backdrop of the proposed Marriages Bill and even proposed criminal sanctions for those found lying under oath.

She said the Registrar of Marriages could also consider obtaining affidavits from intending spouses declaring that they are nor married to anyone else under customary law (including unregistered customary law unions) or general law in addition to a certificate of present status.

“Those found to have lied under oath about their marital status must face the wrath of the law,” the judge said. “Perhaps these measures will reduce the number of bigamous marriages.”

Ms Mobape had approached the High Court seeking a review of the Master of High Court’s decision to dismiss her application for maintenance in the estate of her late husband Lovemore Mobape.

The Master of High Court threw out Ms Mobape application on the basis that she lacked the required legal footing in terms of Section 2 of the Deceased Persons Family Maintenance Act.

She was asking for a combined US$1 380 maintenance to cover herself for groceries, salaries for drivers, two security workers, church meetings, car maintenance and licensing fees.

The couple had lived together as husband and wife for 42 years under unregistered customary law union until the demise of the former in November 2017.

During the subsistence of their unregistered customary law marriage the couple had founded a church, New Gospel Church of God. But at the time of his death, Mr Mobape was still married to Ms Chaitezvi under civil law (Marriage Act (Chapter 5: 11).

The Master of the High Court had ruled that Ms Mobape was not entitled to an award of maintenance from the deceased estate in question.

In her ruling, Justice Chirawu-Mugomba upheld the decision by the Master of High Court saying Ms Mobape was not qualified to be a dependent in the estate of the deceased.

“In the final analysis, the applicant (Ms Mobape) has failed to show that she is dependent as contemplated in Section 2 of the Deceased Persons Family Maintenance Act,” she said.

Justice Chirawu-Mugomba directed the registrar of the High Court to distribute her judgment to the attention of the Master of the High Court, executive secretary of the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ)and chairperson of the Estate Administrators Council of Zimbabwe as well as the registrar of marriages.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- Doctors here have ignored government’s calls to return to work instead calling on their employer to address their plight urgently adding that failure to address their plight would worsen the already crippled health delivery system.

Speaking at Parirenyatwa hospital Monday morning, Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association Dr Masimba Ndoro urged their employer to be forthcoming with a solution to the doctors’ genuine grievances.

He said in an interview with ZimEye:

“It’s unfortunate that the 48 hour ultimatum has lapsed but doctors have not been able to return to work. They remain incapacitated.

It’s unfortunate that the employer has ignored doctors’ genuine grievances.”

Speaking on whether the doctors would appeal a Labour Court ruling which gave striking doctors a 48 hour ultimatum to return to work, Dr Ndoro said his association was still consulting their legal team on the way forward.

He said:

“…..regarding whether we will appeal or not, we will make consultations with our legal advisors with how to make the next step forward.

…However, let me hasten to say that, if they fire us, it won’t solve the health crisis. But we must be confident with our employer that he will capacitate us. If they do decide to fire us, they will be firing approximately 1600 doctors who work in public hospitals.”

Paul Nyathi|MDC vice president Welshman Ncube says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party are not in total control of the country but the military was calling the shots. 

Speaking during victory celebrations for Mutasa South legislator, Regayi Tsunga in Tsvingwe, Penhalonga on Sunday, Ncube said young people in the country led by MDC president Nelson Chamisa will have the responsibility to take the army back to the barracks where it belongs.

Tsunga defeated Zanu-PF candidate Misheck Mugadza during last year`s harmonised elections with a landslide margin.

“There is need to strengthen the party at all levels including the branches,” Ncube said. “We need unity, unity, unity. As long there is no unity in the party you cannot defeat, not just Zanu-PF but the military.

“Zimbabwe is not governed by Zanu-PF but military, never forget that. Never forget that you are now required to defeat the military because you defeated Zanu-PF and Mugabe long back. What you need to do now is to defeat the military.” Ncube said the MDC old guard will not be responsible for removing the military but the youths in the country led by Chamisa.

“The late Joshua Nkomo (ex State VP) many years ago said this country will never die but young people will save it. The process of saving this country has started because we chose President Nelson Chamisa as our leader at the congress. This country is not going to die no matter how we will suffer because you as young people you are going to save it.

“Cde Gonese, isusu abadala (we the older ones), we are not the ones who will defeat the military. The young people led by President Nelson Chamisa will defeat the military and take them to the barracks so that the politics will come to the civilians,” said Ncube.

He pointed that the party lost a considerable number of house of assembly seats to Zanu-PF in Manicaland during the 2018 elections due to infighting as cadres jostled for positions. In 2008, MDC won 20 out of 26 parliamentary seats in the province but now controls only seven constituencies.

“Cde Mutseyami, in 2008 you had 20 seats and Zanu-PF was reduced to just six. Today we are now seven we have reversed, the challenge why we are seven is we forgot who the enemy was.

“We started to think the fight was about positions. Everyone wanted to grab a position. Going forward, this must stop. You can fight for position when the military is back in the barracks,” said the vice president.

Ncube said by strengthening party structures, it was the only way to ensure that Chamisa goes to State House to stop poverty and hunger.

He also told the party supporters that it was their responsibility to inform people in their communities that Mnangagwa was the source of their current economic misery.

“I know in your communities there are people who still support Zanu-PF despite the hardships we are facing.

“It does not make sense when someone says Pamberi naED (President Mnangagwa) when the economy is collapsing. Some of them behave as if they were bewitched. It’s your responsibility to remind them that ED was their source of misery,” said Ncube.

He said Mnangagwa was a conductor in former President Robert Mugabe bus but stole it without a valid driver`s license and the country was now stagnant.

“We are not going anywhere because ED doesn’t possess a valid driver’s licence for him to be eligible to drive the bus he stole from his boss. The bus does not have wheels and even a steering wheel to control it,” said Ncube.

Source – Bulawayo 24 News

Zanu-PF bigwigs fighting over Mnangagwa-Chamisa talks. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA), Chris Mutsvangwa, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to bury the hatchet for the sake of the country’s economy.

Outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has accused unnamed party bigwigs of working to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and stopping him from engaging in much-needed political dialogue with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.

And in making this sensational claim, Tsenegamu joins a plethora of voices from within and outside Zanu-PF who are pressing for direct talks between Mnangagwa and Chamisa, seen as the only sure way of extricating Zimbabwe from its deepening political and economic crises.

Speaking in Harare on Thursday at a discussion forum on the role of the State in safeguarding human rights convened by Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), Mutsvangwa said: “Why can’t Nelson (Chamisa) and Mnangagwa say we can quarrel about our differences but let’s get on a plane, go to London, Beijing, Washington and Tokyo and seek capital as Zimbabweans.

“Never in one day do they want to talk about that. I want to tell you that this economy does not wait for our quarrels … we are continuing to slide into poverty. Ironically, both Mnangagwa and Chamisa have reiterated the need for dialogue but the bone of contention has been the platform for, and convenor of the talks.

Mnangagwa said Chamisa should join the “losers’ club” the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), while the latter has insisted on bilateral talks mediated by a neutral convenor. The European Union (EU) is also ramping up pressure on President Mnangagwa to hold much-needed talks with opposition leader Chamisa.

This comes as Mnangagwa is battling to put back on track his re-engagement efforts with western powers, following growing concerns about human rights violations in the country, which are blamed on the government.

Mnangagwa, whose legitimacy has been questioned by the opposition MDC since he was announced winner of the presidential election by a water-thin 50,6 %, has indicated that an all-inclusive national dialogue was imperative in addressing Zimbabwe’s unrelenting economic crisis.

Presidential spokesperson George Charamba said Mnangagwa was sincere in his invitation for dialogue with the opposition, among other stakeholders, but warned that organising violent protests could blight the prospects for dialogue to discuss the economic crisis gripping the country.

“President Mnangagwa’s concept for dialogue is wider. Soon after elections, he asked for dialogue,” Charamba said.

“What Zanu-PF and this government will not countenance is someone who asks for dialogue while pointing a gun at the head of the government. And metaphorically the gun in this sense is queuing hooligans on the streets to terrorise and destroy property and cause mayhem.”

He said the onus was upon MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to formally engage Mnangagwa on the need for dialogue while spelling out issues that needed to be thrashed out at the negotiating table. “The first interlocutor for dialogue would have been Chamisa. For the first time, we saw ED referring to Chamisa by his first name. So now Chamisa is now ripe for dialogue. For now, he (Chamisa) is really pushing for it,” Charamba said.

“He is the one who has the issues, so he must tell us about those issues. He is the one who is feeling discomfort so he is the one who has to tell us about why he wants us to dialogue.” MDC has since crafted a framework to guide the direction of the dialogue if the talks ever materialise.

The “five-point plan” spells out the need to address Mnangagwa’s legitimacy, the unrelenting economic crisis, and atrocities committed in the past, nation building as well as crafting a shared common national vision.

It also entails discussing a “comprehensive reform agenda and platform with a view to constructing both a sustainable state with a culture which serves the interests of the masses as opposed to serving a few presiding elites and those connected to them.”

MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said the five-point plan was endorsed by the party’s national executive council last year. He, however, said the envisaged dialogue would not only be restricted to discussing the five points raised by the MDC.

“The national executive council resolved that MDC will explore dialogue to address Zimbabwe’s problems,” Mwonzora said. “As MDC, we have raised five issues which should guide the dialogue which include legitimacy and national healing, among others. The dialogue must be genuine and unconditional. We are not saying these are the only issues to talk about.”

He said there was consensus within the MDC for the need to engage in dialogue, amid reports that some top party officials were opposed to unconditional talks with Mnangagwa. “There is consensus on the need to engage in dialogue. No one has approached us for the need for dialogue,” he said, noting that the talks should not exclusively feature MDC and Zanu-PF.

Source – Bulawayo 24 News

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By Wilbert Mukori- Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country’s opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship.

It is pleasing to note that many people are now opening their eyes and asking the opposition leaders the hard questions. 

“You attended the funeral of former President Robert Mugabe, a man you spent half your life fighting, but at the funeral wake, you spoke glowingly about him, what motivated you?” asked NewsDay senior reporter, Blessed Mhlanga.

“Well, opposition was not to Robert Mugabe the person, but opposition was to the politics of Zanu-PF and Mugabe merely happened to be the leader of the party,” came the feeble reply from Professor Lovemore Madhuku, leader National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). “We were making a distinction between Mugabe the person and the Zanu-PF system that was led by Mugabe.”

Each time Madhuku opens his mouth, he has left no one in any doubt that he is a sell-out, a dimwitted sell-out at that! 

The only political dialogue that counted for anything is the elections. 

Madhuku cannot deny that Mnangagwa did not keep his promise to hold free, fair and credible elections.

“The electoral commission lacked full independence and appeared to not always act in an impartial manner. The final results as announced by the Electoral Commission contained numerous errors and lacked adequate traceability, transparency and verifiability,” stated the EU Election Observer Mission final report. 

“Finally, the restrictions on political freedoms, the excessive use of force by security forces and abuses of human rights in the post-election period undermined the corresponding positive aspects during the pre-election campaign. As such, many aspects of the 2018 elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet international standards.”

ZEC failed to produce something as basic a verified voters’ roll, for Pete’s sake. A verified voters’ roll is a legal and common sense requirement. How anyone; much less a candidate contesting the elections, to say nothing of the said candidate being a Law Professor as is the case with Madhuku; would participate in an election in which they do not know who is on the voters’ roll and so cannot trace and verify anything, beggars belief! 

The only rational reason why Nelson Chamisa, Lovemore Madhuku and all the other 20 presidential candidates, the 130 political parties, and God knows how many independent candidates participated in the flawed and illegal elections last year is greed.

They all knew that Mnangagwa and Zanu PF would rigged the elections but they also knew the party would give away a number gravy train seats as bait to entice the opposition to participate. 

Worse still, the opposition knew that by participating in the flawed and illegal elections they gave the process the modicum of credibility, as David Coltart, MDC senator, readily admitted in his book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of tyranny in Zimbabwe.

“The worst aspect for me about the failure to agree a coalition was that both MDCs couldn’t now do the obvious – withdraw from the (2013) elections,” explained Senator Coltart.

“The electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility.”

Of course, Nelson Chamisa and his MDC party, Lovemore Madhuku and NCA party and all the other opposition candidates who participated in last year’s flawed and illegal elections sold-out. As long as Zanu PF news there are sell-out like Chamisa, Madhuku, etc. who will participate in elections even if the ZEC fails to produce something as basic as a voters’ roll Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections. 

And without free, fair and credible elections, the country will never ever have a competent and accountable government. 

“Of late, you have been accused of dinning with Zanu-PF, the party you have fought against all these years. This has seen some people describing you as a sell-out. Can you comment?” Blessed Mhlanga followed up, driving the point home.

“I don’t know what is meant by dining with them, but I am sure you are referring to being in Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD). It is not about dining with anyone. POLAD is a national dialogue process where political players come together to debate issues to do with Zimbabwe; that is nothing to do with Zanu-PF,” came the reply.

It is parliament that should conduct all national dialogue and not for some extra numeral body like POLAD with no legal basis or power to discuss anything. By participating in flawed and illegal elections the opposition has made it impossible for the nation to elect competent leaders as president, MP, senator, etc. and are offering the superfluous POLAD to govern! 

So we are have an opposition busy destroying democracy and replacing it with autocracy and we are expected to view that as progress. How nauseating!

Zimbabwe has been stuck with this corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship for the last 40 years because the party rigged elections. How much longer Zimbabwe sell-out opposition’s political credibility will last! 

“Kana muonde wodonhedza mashizhe, chirimo chazvika!” (When the fig tree start shedding its leaves, it is autumn!) as one would say in Shona.

People are now openly calling Madhuku, Chamisa et al “sell-outs”; proof the opposition’s political credibility is wearing thin and fast. 

Zanu PF rigged last year’s elections rendering the regime illegitimate. Mnangagwa’s legitimacy is still a big issue because he has failed to sell the election as credible process because the opposition was not credible! 

Armed police have laid siege at the MDC headquarters starting early this morning in what is clearly a choreographed attempt to clamp-down on the peaceful people’s movement.

First was a story in the Zanu PF-controlled media in which the police said they had discovered anti-riot and municipal helmets at Robinson House in Harare which they are surprisingly trying to link to the party headquarters.

For the record, the MDC is a peaceful and non-violent political movement with a Constitution that clearly stipulates the peaceful manner in which the party will always prosecute its democratic struggle.

A few months ago, the police purported to have discovered catapults and stones again near the MDC headquarters. Today’s attempt is the second attempt in the past few months to link the people’s peaceful movement with a primitive, barbaric and Stone Age political script that involves stones, bricks and catapults.

The illegitimate regime is getting desperate and all these are frantic attempts to ban and proscribe legitimate political activity; just as they have done with peaceful demonstrations. For the record, we are a peaceful, law-abiding political party that poses no danger to human life. Available evidence points to the fact that in the past 12 months, it is the Mnangagwa regime that has killed people, both in August 2018 and in January 2019 and the perpetrators have not been brought to book.

It is this regime that poses a threat to the safety of citizens and any attempt to implicate the MDC will not wash. Zimbabweans know that it is Zanu PF that is violent and it is Zanu PF that has a blood-soaked history.

Instead of clamping down on prices, a deteriorating economy, unemployment and power and fuel shortages, the ED regime has thought it prudent to clamp down on a legitimate political party going about its business.

[email protected]: Celebrating courage, growth and the people’s victories.

Luke Tamborinyoka
Deputy National Spokesperson

We write to you as concerned party members from Mashonaland Central. We have tried to seek an audience with your office to no avail. ZANU PF Mashonaland Central is burning and the current provincial executive is inexperienced to put out the fire.

Mashonaland Central is Saviour Kasukuwere territory, the divisions in Mash Central are causing us a lot of embarrassment. The Kazembe Kazembe executive was given the task of uniting the party and has failed dismally at this complex task. People on the ground are now begging for the readmission of Saviour Kasukuwere, Dickson Mafios and others into the party as they were the engine and glue that held Mashonaland Central together.

In 2013 ZANU PF secured a total of 335 895 votes from a total 568 600 registered voters under the Webster Shamu Commisariat.

Saviour Kasukuwere and Dickson Mafios worked hard to ensure that the party had more registered voters and it was their hardwork and effort which saw Mash Central increase its votes to 366 785 in 2018 up from 335 895.

However, the Kazembe Kazembe leadership is squandering these numbers and failing to mobilise people for party programs. The turnout at grassroot meetings has been pathetic.

The Kazembe executive’s failure to mobilise supporters had resulted in President Emmerson Mnangagwa dumping at the last- minute two important events, a “Thank You Rally” in Bindura in February and the highly-anticipated smart agriculture conference, where he was supposed to officiate in May. We are embarrassed as a province and call upon your office to intervene immediately.

Kazembe Kazembe is sabotaging the work of Political head of the Province retired Air Marshall Perence Shiri. The poor leadership displayed by Kazembe  has a negative impact on the political head of the province in the Politburo.

We seek your intervention and a restructuring exercise is necessary before the Annual People’s Conference. We have young capable cadres who understand the intricacies of the Province such as Godfrey Tsenengamu who can lead the province and mobilise people far much better than the political novice Kazembe.

Matemadanda we implore you to tour Mashonaland Central and consult the people before you make a case to the Politburo. Claudius Mswaka is a more popular candidate for Provincial Chairman who doesn’t have the financial muscle yet has the Charisma and needs of the people at heart to rejuvenate Mashonaland Central. Fortune Chasi is another popular horse that is suitable and well positioned to replace Kazembe Kazembe.

The party has 2 options in Mashonaland Central, either we readmit Saviour Kasukuwere and allow him to start at branch level and help us rejuvenate Mash Central or we replace Kazembe Kazembe with a more capable and experienced provincial chairman who is equal to the task. If your office ignores these calls then you will wake up to dwindling support in Mashonaland Central. Kazembe Kazembe will cost you crucial votes in 2023. We have suffered enough humiliation from an executive that is divisive and incompetent. Dissolve them now.

War veterans have written to you and the National Chairperson over Mash Central several calls have been made and yet there is no action to remedy the issues.

Mwana asingachemi anofira mumbereko. We are now writing to you through the media and hope that you will respond and take action to unite, and rebuild ZANU PF Mashonaland Central.

Utete
Muzarabani
Mashonaland Central

MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende has reported that the Morgan Tsvangirai House has been sealed by police officers who have blocked the officials from accessing it.

The move by the police comes a day after the police arrested 12 suspected MDC members who were engaged in a fight with police.

Said Hwende, “Our head office has been sealed by riot police. Our staff unable to access it to do their work. The MDC as a party that is represented in Parliament must be allowed to operate without State interference. This is the reason why the country is isolated internationally.”

On Sunday Professor Jonathan Moyo warned that the police and the military might be all over the Harare CBD after 256 police helmets were discovered at a Harare building.

“Word from the deep-state is that a massive crackdown by police with embedded army units is set for Harare tomorrow. The pretext is to pre-empt anticipated protests; the objective is to show force to instil fear, given rising tensions. Take care vanhu vamwari in Harare tomorrow.”Moyo posted on Twitter on Sunday.

ZLHR is legally assisting the arrested persons

Paul Nyathi|Former First Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly been issued with a court order to cede part of the land under her family Blue Roof Mansion.

According to the reports, the Deputy Sherriff’s office issued Grace Mugabe with a warrant of ejection on part of the property in favour of Farai Nigel Chitsinde and Nyasha Amanda Chitsinde by Wednesday this week.

Zanu PF bought the land and donated it to Mugabe in 1999 who in turn bought 5 other adjacent properties to make his vast residence. The Chitsindes who made the court application were evicted when construction at the blue roof began to pave way for the construction.

The Chitsindes demanded return of their property through court in June this year and were awarded return of the land an order the Mugabes ignored.

The warrant of ejection sent to Grace on 4 October reads:

Now therefore you are required and directed to eject … all persons claiming through it, its goods and possessions from and out of all occupation and possession whatsoever of the said premises, and to leave the same, to the end that the said Farai Nigel Chitsinde and Nyasha Amanda Chitsinde duly represented by Constance Tsitsi Chitsinde may peaceably enter into and possess the same, and for so doing this shall be your warrant.

The International Cricket Council on Monday afternoon lifted sanctions it had imposed on Zimbabwe Cricket over the alleged government interference.

Posting on Twitter, Zimbabwe Cricket said:

BREAKING NEWS: @ICC has lifted @ZimCricketv‘s suspension, restoring all our rights as a Full Member. The decision was made at @ICC board meeting in Dubai on Monday after @ZimCricketv had fully complied with the conditions for reinstatement.

The suspension meant that Zimbabwe was barred from participating in any ICC sanctioned event and was also no longer eligible to receive funds fro the Council.

The suspension of Zimbabwe affected careers of Zimbabwe cricketers with Solomon Mire and captain Hamilton Masakadza resolving to resign from international cricket.

There were female cricketers who were also blocked from the global development squad as a result of the suspension.

By A Correspondent- Doctors here have called on their employer to address their plight urgently adding that failure to address their plight would worsen the already crippled health delivery system.

Speaking at Parirenyatwa hospital Monday morning, Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association Dr Masimba Ndoro urged their employer to be forthcoming with a solution to the doctors’ genuine grievances.

He said in an interview with ZimEye:

“It’s unfortunate that the 48 hour ultimatum has lapsed but doctors have not been able to return to work. They remain incapacitated.

It’s unfortunate that the employer has ignored doctors’ genuine grievances.”

Speaking on whether the doctors would appeal a Labour Court ruling which gave striking doctors a 48 hour ultimatum to return to work, Dr Ndoro said his association was still consulting their legal team on the way forward.

He said:

“…..regarding whether we will appeal or not, we will make consultations with our legal advisors with how to make the next step forward.

…However, let me hasten to say that, if they fire us, it won’t solve the health crisis. But we must be confident with our employer that he will capacitate us. If they do decide to fire us, they will be firing approximately 1600 doctors who work in public hospitals.”

Farai Dziva|The Vice President of Guinea Conakry has described the shooting of civilians by the military as totally unacceptable.

In the video footage below the Guinea VP clearly points out that killing of civilians should not be tolerated in any African country…

Watch video below. ..

Opposition MDC Treasurer-General, David Coltart, has revealed the owner of police and municipal helmets unearthed at a basement office in the city centre.

According to Coltart, the helmets were bought at an auction with the owner allegedly planning to start a security company.

Below is Coltart’s Twitter thread;

It has been alleged that the owner of the helmets is a man called Mitchel Chibwe. His company – so it is alleged – lawfully bought them at an auction conducted by ABC Auctioneers wanting to start a security company. It is alleged the ZRP instructed ABC auctioneers to sell them.

Perhaps @nickmangwana@ZBCNewsonline@HeraldZimbabwe & indeed the ZRP would like to investigate these allegations & confirm whether they are true or not. If the allegations are true perhaps they would like to put the record straight & end the ZRP siege of the #MDC HQ.

By A Correspondent- Former Education Minister (during GNU era) who is also the treasurer-general of the opposition MDC Alliance, David Coltart, has posted on twitter saying it has been alleged that the police helmets which were recently discovered near Morgan Tsvangirai House in Harare CBD were bought from the ZRP at an auction.

See Coltart’s twitter thread below.

It has been alleged that the owner of the helmets is a man called Mitchel Chibwe. His company – so it is alleged – lawfully bought them at an auction conducted by ABC Auctioneers wanting to start a security company. It is alleged the ZRP instructed ABC auctioneers to sell them.

Perhaps @nickmangwana@ZBCNewsonline@HeraldZimbabwe & indeed the ZRP would like to investigate these allegations & confirm whether they are true or not. If the allegations are true perhaps they would like to put the record straight & end the ZRP siege of the #MDC HQ.

By A Correspondent- Imagine waking up and finding out that you are registered as dead at the registrar general’s office.

This was the shock a 51 year old Harare woman experienced as she visited the registrar general’s offices to renew her old passport.

The woman, who told ZimEye that the development has left her traumatised said she is currently without an identity as all her particulars have been with held at the registrar general’s office pending investigations.

Said Mirriam, while narrating her ordeal to ZimEye:

“The man who processes his wife’s death certificate using my name is called Innocent Chitauro of 2323 St Marys in Chitungwiza and he works in the ministry of Defence. Chitauro is currently stationed in Gutu. The deceased woman was named Pauline Dzakata who died on March 20 2010 and she reportedly died at Chitungwiza General Hospital.

She was reportedly buried in Makoni district, Rusape under Chief Tandi. On the death certificate there is a phone number belonging to one Alice Manjera who revealed that she is based in Masvingo.

The death certificate bearing my name was issued at Makoni registry offices in Chitungwiza.

Innocent Chitauro is busy enjoying his life after he ruined my life by stealing my identity to process his wife’s death certificate. The same for his dead wife who is resting in peace while i am suffering to reclaim my stolen identity.

I wonder why the late Pauline Dzakata’s family agreed to have their daughter’s death certificate processed using my name. Why did Chitungwiza hospital, the national registry office issue a death certificate bearing my name for someone with a totally different name? What really happened, I need answers. But above all, i just want my identity back.”

Listen to Mirriam telling her story….

OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM), who is accused of dining with Zanu PF for financial gains, last week told NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga that he is working to ensure that come 2023, neither Zanu PF nor the MDC will be anywhere near the corridors of power. Below are some of the excerpts of the interview.

ND: You attended the funeral of former President Robert Mugabe, a man you spent half your life fighting, but at the funeral wake, you spoke glowingly about him, what motivated you?

LM: Well, opposition was not to Robert Mugabe the person, but opposition was to the politics of Zanu PF and Mugabe merely happened to be the leader of the party. We were making a distinction between Mugabe the person and the Zanu PF system that was led by Mugabe.

ND: Of late, you have been accused of dinning with Zanu PF, the party you have fought against all these years. This has seen some people describing you as a sell-out. Can you comment?

LM: I don’t know what is meant by dining with them, but I am sure you are referring to being in Political Actors Dialogue (Polad). It is not about dining with anyone. Polad is a national dialogue process where political players come together to debate issues to do with Zimbabwe; that is nothing to do with Zanu PF

ND: It’s not only Polad, but you have been in the Motlanthe Commission of inquiry into the August 1, 2018 shootings, is that not dining with Zanu PF when you are getting financial benefits?

LM: There were no financial benefits in the Motlanthe Commission. The commission was very important for our country; it was the commission that found out that the army and police were responsible for killing six civilians on August 1 2018. That was a point that was made by the commission. We recommended that it should never happen again that government is irresponsible in terms of how it deals with demonstrations. We even recommended compensation, so why should the Motlanthe Commission be seen as dining with Zanu PF? The commission was the building block to the future of the country.

ND: You said you were fighting the system. Has the system shifted since Mugabe was removed as President in 2017?

LM: There is no shift, but what has changed is the method of how to deal with the system, dialogue is now the way to go. When we fought the system 15 years ago, we focused more on massive engagements and demonstrations, those things no longer work at this particular time. We need dialogue.

The system has to be fought and we continue to fight it, but we have to change the methods. So there are people who are totally lost when they look at us adopting a different method as if we have given up. Why would we give up? We have created massive movements. Those in MDC Alliance believe that the person who is fighting for democracy is the person in the MDC Alliance. That is nonsense. What you have to take into account is what are people doing in their various stations. When we fought against Zanu PF, we were fighting against one-party domination and we will also fight against a two-party domination.

Domination and oppression does not change because you have increased the number of players. Where I stand, I am contributing to a situation where we have a real genuine multi-party environment of more than three parties.

ND: Is there a new dispensation in Zimbabwe?

LM: There is no new dispensation. Currently, there is a dispensation that has been going backwards. They have gone behind what we had in the 1980s. Our current leaders are trying to learn the bad portion of their old days. The bad portion of the old days were characterised by the mysterious disappearance of people, the heavy deployment of police and army at the smallest excuse; the old days where you found people in government who had no clue on how to turn around the economy, which is what we have at the moment. We don’t have a new dispensation.

ND: What can be done to change this facade as you call it?

LM: We must invest heavily in conscientising the majority of the people. The way forward is to make people alert of our situation. Those in government still have supporters, you go into a by-election you find out that the majority of the people who turn up to vote still vote for them notwithstanding the economic hardships, notwithstanding political repression – that is the problem we have in the country. It is not just about turning around and making this work, but it is about educating and conscientising our people so that they realise that they have a solution when the election comes.

ND: There are people who thought that burying Mugabe would also be burying the old habits, do you agree?

LM: Not at all. We buried Mugabe the individual, not the system. We know that his departure has no relationship whatsoever with the changing fortunes of our country. The change of fortunes of our country depends on how we deal with the system.

ND: Some say that the opposition is too divided – we have a lot of opposition parties – this is why they cannot dislodge Zanu PF; talk of a multiplicity of parties, how do we reconcile that?

LM: That is ignorance, it is not about the number of political parties, it is not about divisions; divisions take place when people cast their votes. But that again depends on the campaign. When people are given four, five or six choices and they have convincing arguments, they will be able to vote correctly. You need parties so that we avoid only having Zanu PF and its policies that are not working and the MDC Alliance, on the other hand, that is made up of arrogant leaders.

ND: Do you think Zanu PF is capable of solving Zimbabwe’s socio-economic problems?

LM: Zanu PF is not capable of solving the current socio-economic problems; we are only talking with Zanu PF because we have a fact of elections that places Zanu PF in the leadership of the country. We are working with Zanu PF in Polad not because we believe Zanu PF has the solution, but because the people have forced us to work with them.

— NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe have issued a statement on their first day of industrial action saying that they are incapacitated to execute their duties and responsibilities.

The teachers are demanding interbank indexed salaries. They also said that they will not take it to the streets, but will just stay at their homes until their grievances have been addressed.

Below is the Union’s statement in full…

Farai Dziva|The former First Lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe is set to lose part of the Blue Roof yard.

According to Daily News, the High Court ordered Grace to surrender part of her Blue Roof yard.

The Sherriff reportedly issued Grace with a warrant of ejection that she should surrender the property she is holding onto by Wednesday.

The warrant of ejection sent to Grace on 4 October reads:
Now therefore you are required and directed to eject … all persons claiming through it, its goods and possessions from and out of all occupation and possession whatsoever of the said premises, and to leave the same, to the end that the said Farai Nigel Chitsinde and Nyasha Amanda Chitsinde duly represented by Constance Tsitsi Chitsinde may peaceably enter into and possess the same, and for so doing this shall be your warrant.

We have noted with deep shock and anger a notice put up by the Midlands State University arbitrarily forcing poor students to defer their studies for having failed to meet registration requirements in this economic hell.

Even by MSU standards, this is not only inconsiderate and insincere but diabolically inhumane. This criminalization of poverty should not have seen the light of day, considering what ordinary students have been through already this semester.

We have paid humongous amounts of money for rentals (in some instances in foreign currency), forced to consume undeservedly expensive food which has made the clinic the most visited place on campus, to paying large for a medical aid plan that never delivers service beyond paracetamol. This was the last thing the students needed.

We demand that the Admin retracts this ill thought and insincere decision that should never have been. Let the students write exams like before and they surely shall pay. They have incurred far too big a cost for them to be sent away now.

We hope and are expecting in all sincerity a public retraction before Wednesday the 16th of October 14:00hrs, failure of which we shall seek refuge in the Constitution of Zimbabwe and explore all avenues therein to raise our displeasure and make our anger registered with clarity. If any student is chased out of a lecture, there surely shall not be a single lecture at MSU.

In pursuit of the right to accessible education.

For and on behalf of the Zimbabwe National Students Union Midlands Province

The current bank exchange rates for the ZWL$ today are as follows:

USD = ZWL$15.3376
ZWL$ = RAND0.9608
Data according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Black Market Rates:

USD = ZWL$19.10 zimrates
USD = ZWL$18.80 zwl365 [11 October 2019]
USD = ZWL$18.50 bluemari
USD = BOND12.40 zimrates

There is a heavy anti-riot police presence in Harare central business district following reports of the discovery of 256 helmets and threats of protests over deteriorating economic situation in the country.

A snap survey by ZimEye has shown that First street in the CBD has hundreds of police officers who are seated in groups of 10s while some are on patrol holding batton sticks in what is meant to instill fear among citizens against protesting the worsening economic crisis that has seen prices of basic commodities going up by over 500 percent

Earlier on, MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende wrote on Twitter that the police had blocked access to their headquarters at Harvest house.

The President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration has so far portrayed itself as worse off than the late former President Robert Mugabe regime in terms of human rights abuses and over reliance on State apparatus to crush opposing voices.

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MDC secretary general Charlton Hwende on Monday said police had sealed off their headquarters following the reported discovery of 256 police and municipal helmets at Robinson House.

“According to the police, anyone breaking the law in the CBD is MDC? Our head office is Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House at the corner of Nelson Mandela and Angwa Street. We have no office or basement at Robinson House. Our offices were attacked early this year by known Zanu PF thugs and to date no one was arrested,” Hwende said on Twitter.

Police spokesman Paul Nyathi said: “A group of rowdy elements attacked a police officer who was about to meet his relative at Robinson House. These elements have declared the area a no-go area for police.

“Some officers who were nearby came to intervene but were also attacked, forcing them to call for back-up from Harare Central Police Station. When the hooligans saw that they were now being overpowered, they ran into the basement with the officers in pursuit.

“It was during the chase that they came across the helmets stashed in one of the rooms in the basement.”

The late former President Robert Mugabe came close to divorcing his wife Grace on allegations of infidelity, the DailyNews reports.

According to the publication, a close Mugabe relative said that former Vice President Joice Mujuru had to intervene at one point to stop the marriage’s collapse.

Said the relative:

“There were marital problems that emanated from infidelity. At some stages, Mai Mujuru had to intervene to stop the collapse of the marriage.

“A few years later, Mugabe used this wise counsel from Mai Mujuru to stop the marriage between an army general and his wife from breaking up.

“It was public information within the security circles that it was not all roses in the late president’s marriage.”

Mugabe died on 6 September this year and declared a national hero. However, his family chose not to have the body buried at the National Heroes Acre, instead choosing to have the remains interred at his rural home.

– DailyNews

State Media|Former Econet Media’s partner Dr Dish’s fears that the mobile company could conceal or destroy accounting statements it needed to confirm any payments due to it warranted the intervention of the court, the High Court has ruled.

Dr Dish, which is owed over $6,8 million by Econet Media as part of their revenue sharing deal when Kwese TV was launched, won its case early this year.

It had applied for an Anton Pillar award, which empowered it to raid the premises of Econet and two other companies to retrieve the information.

Justice Edith Mushore said Dr Dish established a prima view basis for the intervention which comes with an Anton Pillar award.

“Accordingly, I grant the relief sought,” she said in her reasons for the judgment granting Dr Dish an order to search premises belonging to Cassava Smartech and Econet, early this year.

Econet wanted the reasons for the court’s ruling to enable it to prosecute its appeal in the Supreme Court.

The parties are quarrelling over the supposed claim by Econet that they only had 38 Kwese TV subscribers in Zimbabwe during the subsistence of the multimillion deal and hence the money owed to Dr Dish was a paltry US$58 000.

However, in her ruling, Justice Mushore noted that Econet Media, Kwese TV and Cassava Smartech have the information, which Dr Dish requires.

“The accounts detailing the subscriber fully paid up revenue form the basis of applicant’s potential claim for its five percent fee are in respondents’ custody,” she said.

“It is also not far-fetched for the applicant to entertain a fear that the respondents may hide the documentation.

The judge also noted that all the points required for the Anton Pillar award to succeed were present in the Dr Dish’s case.

Dr Dish had in its application claimed that Econet never gave them subscriber records as their agreement required. This prompted the company to apply to the High Court for relief in February this year and it was granted.

When they went to the Cassava Borrowdale offices with the Sheriff of the High Court to execute that order, the sheriff was stopped and asked to leave mid-way through the search on EcoCash records.

After that the sheriff went to police to report a case of obstruction of justice against Econet and Cassava. Econet on their part, filed an urgent application at the High Court against the order.

In their argument they said the records that were being perused by the sheriff when they stopped him were EcoCash records and not Cassava records.

They went on to issue media releases to the same effect. Dr Dish’s lawyer, Mr Clement Kwirira argued against the position by Econet and Cassava that EcoCash was separate and excluded from the court order that was issued. But the court agreed with Dr Dish saying EcoCash as a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Cassava Smartech and could not be separated from its parent.

Movement for Democratic Change vice-president  and  Public Accounts Committee chairman Tendai Biti is to square it off with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe this morning when he hears oral evidence from the central bank on payments it made to the Presidential input scheme and the command agriculture programme.

The Harare East legislator in August grilled treasury officials over US$1.03 billion that was paid to Sakunda which is owned by Kudakwashe Tagwirei, one of the advisers to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Biti queried why the Ministry of Finance had paid such a hefty amount to the company since 2017 when there were no vouchers to show what goods or services had been delivered.

Sakunda was fingered by the central bank as one of the companies that were fuelling the foreign currency black market and had its accounts frozen.

It has, however, reportedly been roped in in the current command agriculture programme though the government said that the finances for the programme would now be handled by commercial banks.

Biti, who was yesterday reported to be a better MDC leader than current president Nelson Chamisa, is likely to grill central bank officials and score political points for himself as a no-nonsense guy.

Though a darling of the West, Biti has no political base and may be forced to play second-fiddle to Chamisa because he has the numbers.

Former Zimpapers projects manager and Capitalk radio presenter Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa has joined the ZBC, according to ZimLive.

The 31-year-old is joining the monopoly TV broadcaster’s news and current affairs division, just over a year after she was pushed out of Zimpapers.

The daughter of former cabinet minister and Zanu PF’s secretary for health David Parirenyatwa, Ruvhi – as she is known by her fans – is expected to host a current affairs interview programme and join the team for live broadcasts.

Parirenyatwa was forced out of Zimpapers in August last year after her guest on her Capitalk show, National Patriotic Front spokesman Jealousy Mawarire, criticised Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and the former British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing.

The incident illustrated the Zanu PF government’s control of the public media, which is even firmer at the ZBC which is wholly-owned by the state.

Last week, Ruvhi hosted the YouthConnekt Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, where she got the opportunity to introduce President Paul Kagame.

The summit, which is the largest youth gathering on the continent, attracted some 8,000 delegates from across the continent and beyond. Participants were drawn from 91 countries.

Parirenyatwa declined to be interviewed, as did the ZBC’s acting CEO Wisdom Hombarume.

State Media|President Mnangagwa has appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo to lead the Sadc Election Observer Mission for Botswana elections to be held tomorrow.

The President made the appointment in his capacity as chairperson of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade spokesperson Mr Shepherd Gwenzi confirmed the appointment of Minister Moyo, adding that Patrick Chinamasa would be the alternate head of the mission

“The Republic of Zimbabwe, as Sadc Chair on the Organ of Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation will lead the Sadc Elections Observer Mission to the presidential, provincial and legislative elections to be held on October 15, 2019 in Botswana.

“His Excellency, President Mnangagwa, the Chairperson of the Sadc Organ of Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation mandated Lieutenant-General Dr S.B Moyo (Retired) the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to lead the SEOM to the Republic of Botswana from the period running from 9-30 October, 2019.

“The Head of Mission will be accompanied by Cde Patrick Chinamasa who will be the alternate Head of Mission and senior Government officials,” Mr Gwenzi said.

He added that the team would ensure that the elections were held in a transparent manner.

“The core mandate of the SEOM shall be to determine the adherence of the Republic of Botswana to democratic values envisaged in the Sadc Treaty, the Sadc Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, the provisions of the revised Sadc principles and guidelines governing Democratic elections (2015), the Constitution and the Electoral Act of Botswana.

“Honourable Moyo will work closely with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the elections are conducted in accordance with the domestic and Sadc relevant statutes. Elections would be based on a three-phase approach, the pre elections phase, the elections phase and the post-elections phase.”

Minister Moyo is expected to officially launch the SEOM today and will release the preliminary statement on the polls on October 25.

According to Sadc’s preliminary statement, Botswana is ready and prepared to conduct the elections as scheduled.

Paul Nyathi|Not only was President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s faction preferred candidates defeated at the all important ZANU PF District Coordinating Committee(DCC) elections for Harare over the weekend, but the much revered nephew of the President was also embarrassed.

Controversial former ZANU PF terror leader Ephraim Fundukwa defeated Mnangagwa’s much fancied nephew Tongai Mnangagwa polling 2 163 votes against the younger Mnangagwa who polled 1652 for the chairmanship of Zone 6 district.

Tongai Mafidi Mnangagwa is currently the Member of Parliament for Harare South constituency and the only ZANU–PF MP representing Harare Province.

Some former provincial executive members who were previously rejected for suspected disloyalty to President Mnangagwa also emerging victorious.

Notables who won the elections include former Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairman Godwills Masimirembwa, former provincial youth chairman Godwin Gomwe, Fundukwa, Kudakwashe Damson and Rosemary Bwititi

Former President Robert Mugabe’s blue eyed boy, broadcaster Robson Mhandu and also found his way into the leadership of the party grassroots in the capital together with Betty Kaseke and businessman Gilbert Muponda.

Masimirembwa won the Zone 4 chairmanship after garnering 475 votes against Stalin Mau-Mau’s 252. Gomwe landed the Zone 2 chairmanship after getting 1 270 votes against Martin Mambo’s 490.

Other chairmen are Damson (Zone 5), Mafuratidze Goodwell (Zone 1) and Chiminhi George (Zone 3).

Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda hailed the election results and urged members to put the interests of the party ahead of their own.

Addressing those who took part in the exercise yesterday, Matemadanda said: “Those elected into positions should take it as an assignment to coordinate, drive the party policy and ideology to the people. Of late DCCs were used by some members as a money-making machine through imposing candidates who pay bribes to get either Parliament or council positions.

“No one owns a person. Stop the imposition of candidates. The upper organ of the party is superior than the lower organ. The majority is superior than the minority, so you should be not caught off guard. Zanu-PF is a people’s party, so those elected should be driven by the will to save the people and be loyal to the President and the party,” said Matemadanda.

He said the party used the democratic process to ensure it comes up with the right candidates.

Speaking at the same occasion, Zanu-PF secretary for Security Lovemore Matuke said DCC elections were meant to strengthen the party.

“The setting up of DCCs will coordinate party programmes from cell to provincial level. They are not meant to create factionalism. Factionalism has no room in the New Dispensation. Members should be driven by the party ideology and policy.

“We want development in Harare. We should stop sloganeering but put more focus on development for the betterment of the people,” he said.

He urged party members in other provinces stop canvassing support for DCC elections before getting instructions do so by the party.

Paul Nyathi|Police claim to have recovered 210 anti-riot and 46 municipal police helmets stashed in the basement of Robinson House at the corner of Kwame Nkrumah Avenue and Angwa Street in Harare on Saturday, according to state media.

The police also claim to have recovered stones, bricks and sticks stashed together with the police attire adding that they believed that the loot was earmarked for use in street violence.

The police have not yet explained how the helmets that are kept as a security item at police stations had been collected.

According to state run media, the cache was stumbled upon after police pursued a group of alledged thugs that had attacked a police officer who reportedly was waiting for someone at the building.

National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said police tried to aid the poor officer but the rowdy youths only retreated into the basement after additional reinforcements arrived.

“A group of rowdy elements attacked a police officer who was about to meet his relative at Robinson House, these elements have declared the area a no-go area for police,” he said.

“Some officers who were nearby came to intervene but were also attacked, forcing them to call for back-up from Harare Central Police Station. When the hooligans saw that they were now being overpowered, they ran into the basement with the officers in pursuit.

“It was during the chase that they came across the helmets stashed in one of the rooms in the basement,” Asst Comm Nyathi said.

He said 12 people have since been arrested in connection with the incident.

“Those who were arrested are Helton Tamangani (29), Evans Chinganga (39), Tichaona Maziya (22), Petros Kaesa (44), Adoration Tafadzwa Madziwa (23), Lovemore Chitengo(42), Terrence Nyadundu (24), Robson Mutseta (31), Hillary Nyawasha (29), Wambo Denford (41), Blessing Chirodza (41) and David Tawanda Tedere (35).”

Ast-Comm Nyathi said they were carrying out investigations to ascertain the origin of the helmets.

Police recovered 210 anti-riot and 46 municipal police helmets stashed in the basement of Robinson House at the corner of Kwame Nkrumah Avenue and Angwa Street in Harare on Saturday.

Also recovered were stones, bricks and sticks believed to be earmarked for use in street violence.
It was not immediately clear how the helmets had been collected and for what purpose.

The cache was stumbled upon after police pursued a group of thugs that had attacked a police officer who reportedly was waiting for someone at the building.State media

THE Government is aware of clandestine plans by some rogue opposition activists and the civil society to infiltrate and capitalise on the anti-sanction campaign scheduled for October 25 to engage in criminal activities, Vice-President Mohadi has said.

Speaking during a Zanu-PF rally at Stanley Square in Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb yesterday, VP Mohadi said police will be deployed in numbers to maintain law and order and ensure public safety during the march.

“As Government, we have got information that there are covert plans by some members from the opposition and the civil society who want to take advantage and infiltrate.
“In fact, they want to engage in acts of violence and looting shops like what happened in January.

“It is therefore important for police to be ready and they should be out in full force to deal with such elements,” he said.

Sadc has declared October 25 as the solidarity day against illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and resolved to conduct various activities in their respective countries on the day to resoundingly call for the immediate removal of the sanctions.

Zanu-PF national political commissar Cde Victor Matemadanda said the party has lined up a number of programmes to accommodate all political parties.

VP Mohadi said the United States, the UK and their allies imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe because of the land reform programme.

“We took back our land because our land is our wealth. The land is the anchor of our nationhood and that is why we repossessed our land, which is why the British decided to impose sanctions against us,” he said.

“As long we are still there as your leaders, we will overcome the sanctions because we liberated this country without any help from the West.

“I therefore urge the people of Zimbabwe to be patient because I know we have so many doubting Thomases. We are going to turn around this economy whether they like it or not.”State media

A Masvingo-based policeman is battling for life in hospital after he was accidentally shot in the lower abdomen by a colleague last week.

The police officers had just recovered a firearm from a suspect and wanted to verify whether or not it was licensed.

Sources close to the case said a cop at Masvingo Central Police Station accidentally pulled the trigger of the pistol before a stray bullet hit his colleague.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the incident occurred at Jazira Shopping Centre in Rujeko C at around 9.30am.

He said the names of the police officers would be released in due course.
“We are investigating a case in which a police officer was accidentally shot in the abdomen by a colleague while on duty. This occurred when our officers confiscated the fire arm during interrogation,” said Asst-Comm Nyathi. “It was during interrogation process that he pulled the trigger and accidentally hit a colleague on the lower part of the abdomen.

Names of the injured policeman and the other four will be released in due course once investigations are complete.”

Asst-Comm Nyathi said while on patrol at Rujeko A Shopping Centre, five police officers came across a man armed with a pistol.

He said the team followed the man to Jazira Business Centre in Rujeko C, where they accosted him before searching and discovering a firearm from his pair of denim trousers’ pocket.

Asst-Comm Nyathi said the police details then took the loaded pistol intending to confirm its certification.
“One of the police officers accidentally pulled the trigger which hit his colleague on the lower part of the abdomen leaving the bullet inside,” he said.

The victim, he said, bled profusely from the wound and was rushed to Masvingo General Hospital where his condition is reportedly critical.State media

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday received an Honorary Doctorate in Peace and Governance from Bindura University of Science and Technology (BUSE) for his role in promoting peace and development.

The honour was bestowed at BUSE’s 18th graduation ceremony in Bindura yesterday.

The university said it had accorded the President with the doctorate for policies that promote the rule of law, deepen democracy and strengthen international cooperation.

BUSE applauded President Mnangagwa for his “intellectual dexterity to steer the State with unparalleled skill”, as well as for being a reformer who has opened the country to business and investment.

In his acceptance speech, President Mnangagwa dedicated the doctorate to peace-loving Zimbabweans for promoting harmony in the country.

“I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to the Bindura University of Science and Technology for the conferment of Honorary Doctor (Honoris Causa) in Peace and Governance. I humbly dedicate this award to all Zimbabweans who have, over the years, remained committed to peace, security, unity and stability of our beloved country.”

President Mnangagwa said his administration will continue to promote peace and stability, as these are key ingredients to develop the country.

“Rest assured that my Government, under the Second Republic, will continue to entrench these tenets as we strive for sustainable economic development and prosperity.

“In addition, the strengthening of strong, transparent, accountable and ethical institutions will remain key as we deepen democracy in our country, building the Zimbabwe we all want.”

The Second Republic, he said, tolerates divergent views that are relayed without threatening the country’s peace and stability.

“All our activities across the socio-economic and political spectrum must therefore be underpinned by unity of purpose, love, peace, harmony, as well as an environment where divergent views are accepted and tolerated.”

The President implored the successful graduates to be patriotic and aim to develop the country though the knowledge and skills attained at the university.

“Love your country, serve your communities and families with humility and compassion. Be patient, bold, confident, upright and courageous.

Our future is bright. No matter the challenges you may encounter, be strong and persevere; the knowledge and skills gained from this great institution – Bindura University of Science and Education – are invaluable and will surely lead to your success, when appropriately applied.”State media

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has issued a price circular effective tomorrow 14 October 2019 which shows the price of fuel did not increase byt remained at last week figures.

Last week, ZERA shocking the motoring public after announcing a price hike of fuel from around $12 to $15.

During the course of the week, there have been countless fake circulars announcing that the price of fuel was set to get to around $18, though ZERA dismissed the announcements as fake.

Below is the new ZERA circular;