One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close allies and Zanu-PF Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has salted the state media for blacking out the names of Sakunda boss Kuda Tagwireyi whose company accounts were frozen last Friday for alleged money laundering.

The Sakunda accounts were frozen by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe after the company allegedly “poured” money in the black market to mop United States Dollars in a development that saw the exchange rate between the Zimbabwean and United States dollar shooting up to US$ 100 = Zim $2500.

While other media houses, in covering the story mentioned Sakunda and Tagwireyi, the State media withheld the name of the business man also with close links to Mnangagwa.

Commenting on the issue, Wadyajena alleged that some senior people in the state media were given fuel coupons in order to withhold Tagwireyi’s identity.

“Dodgy censorship by state/public media in the explosive story on economic saboteurs manipulating our currency. H.E Emmerson D Mnangagwa himself spoke on the thieves and frozen accounts

yet one corrupt charlatan instructs newsrooms to black out names and take down stories in exchange for fuel coupons,” said Wadyajena.
ZBC on Friday posted the story on the freezing of Sakunda accounts but quickly pulled off the story from its website and social media platforms.

NewsDay|FIFTEEN National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students were arrested yesterday for staging a demonstration at the college campus.

The students were protesting against the continued industrial action by lecturers who are demanding a pay hike. Only two of the arrested students had been released last night, sources said.

Bulawayo acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele declined to comment on the matter yesterday.The students last week tried to stage another demonstration which was thwarted by police.

Their concern was lecturers were not attending to them for the past three weeks.The most affected students were the parallel classes that have reportedly not been learning since the beginning of this semester.

Student Representative Council president Dennis Mwashita yesterday told Southern Eye that anti-riot police swamped the campus in the morning and crushed the demonstration before arresting some of the students.“Dogs were set loose, students were heavily assaulted and taken into custody,” he said.

“The demonstration is still going on (as at 9am), other students have been displaced, but we are still trying to gather them around. We have been trying to contact the administration, but they are not available or they are not interested.”

In a statement, the SRC president earlier on had said it was now clear that their administration had failed to deliver quality education.

“We regret to inform the authorities that if the official and principal business at a university is denied, we are demanding the halting of any activity on campus.

We must remind the authorities that they have forced us out of class and, indeed, we shall stay out of class unless resolute action is taken to end this crisis,” read the statement.

“It has become clear that our administration has failed to deliver its sacred mandate to provide quality learning in a conducive environment. It is with uncertainty that students are frustrated by the persistent strike by the teaching staff. For about three weeks now, Nust students have not been learning, particularly the parallel students.”

The SRC said ongoing lecturers strike had become a heavy burden on students paying exorbitant prices in rentals, food and transport, but being turned down every day because there were no lectures.

Contacted for comment, Nust spokesperson Felix Moyo said: “On Friday last week, we had agreed with NUSTEDA (Nust Educators Association) to continue with the lectures, we are trying to understand what is going on,” he said.

A memorandum released by Nust administration yesterday read: “This serves to confirm that management has committed to settle obligations arising from the above on a monthly basis, as semester progresses.”.

UPDATED – 26th Sept

If you ever dreamt that the Mugabe family would hand the former Zanu PF legend’s burial ceremony to Emmerson Mnangagwa, keep on hallucinating. It’s too late. 

By Own Correspondent| President Robert Mugabe’s traditional skin (hide) was buried in his rural home area, Zvimba in the wee hours of Tuesday last week.

ZimEye has photographic evidence. The burial was done exactly as President Mugabe’s nephew, Leo, had told ZimEye days before. Speaking to ZimEye, Leo said no journalist would be invited when Mugabe is buried. ZimEye then published a string of explosive exclusives from his own words which state media outlets local and international failed to fathom. So dilligent was the capturing by ZimEye of the family’s exact statements such that on the prior Friday, Leo introduced his press address by mentioning ZimEye by name as the pivot of what was needed to be unraveled and understood by the whole world. It was an important juncture or pointer in the entire burial program. It was thus because of the indepth expose’ by ZimEye that the whole program was altered and the Sunday Heroes Acre burial was cancelled.

Speaking before the SABC and other international outlets at the Mugabe family’s Blue Roof residence, Leo cryptically said, “our ZimEye I’m sure, they are distorting things that we are talking about, but I understand why…cause there is some various misunderstanding arising out of the function that was supposed to happen on Sunday.

“And on my trying to understand, from the questions that you asked me, I then took those questions forward to try and understand exactly what that is supposed to achieve. Eeeeh, and now I have a bit more clarity, that there is no-oooooooo, Heroes on Sunday. Okay?

“And the fact that, the chief and traditional leaders went to the heroes acre to show each other President Mugabe is going to be buried, the place will take about 30 days to be complete, so, what that means is the burial will take that long. The actual burial. So I thought I must make that clarification so that everybody…”

Did the family finally bend to the demands by ZANU PF? Leo was very clear and seen repeatedly on camera declaring that there would be two burials, a government one done according to modern dictates in which unequivocally said “they will be burying something else,” and secondly, a traditional one, done secretly, in which the real corpse will be laid to rest. (see video) – ARTICLE CONTINUES

https://twitter.com/schikanza/status/1172457294057103361?s=19

THE BURIAL
It was a secret operation done by chiefs according to royal tradition. President Mugabe was buried at a small hill cave, in Dombwe Zvimba.

ZimEye reveals the photograph of his resting place.

The area is a secret eternal sanctuary for chiefs and no woman is allowed near there. There is a traditional belief that a woman who is on her periods can end up literally disappearing due to her “spiritual” uncleanness. In the same vein, a woman who has just been intimate will be deemed unclean and suffer the same fate. She will vanish and never be found.

Present at the scene were some of Mugabe’s cousins (vazukuru), including one surnamed and only known as “Tagwirei” known for being extremely vocal. He is seen holding a special spiritual book in which are the secrets of the area. The book also has instructions on burial processions pointing to where Mugabe had to be rested.

The men, at least five in number are seen standing inside the wetland where the cave’s hill sits.  

VIDEO LOADING BELOW (continue reading) …

His wife Grace was excluded from the burial ceremony. ZimEye could not obtain a convincing explanation why she was excluded and the closest that could-be inferred was what the late 95 year-old’s nephew had said when he communicated a week before that everything will be done in private, you will not know anything about it. We do not want to see you anywhere near there.

When being buried, Mugabe will be buried whole body out, without a coffin. His body should never be found, in the same fashion treated the last King of Zimbabwe, Lobengula.

Meanwhile, the Mugabe family is on video sounding out the special role ZimEye has played to expose plans to seize the former President’s body in what strongly appears to be a fight for legitimacy.

Efforts to get the latest comment from Leo were fruitless at the time of writing as he was unreachable, but he last week assured ZimEye that reports that the family had agreed to hand over Mugabe’s body were both false and misleading.

This development, that is the secret burial, is a slap in the face and puts an eternal seal against attempts by Emmerson Mnangagwa to seize Mugabe’ body while publishing in the state media allegations that Mugabe never backed Mnangagwa’s nemesis, Nelson Chamisa.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTO & VIDEO HOVER THE AREA-

ZimEye is releasing details of the geographical location only to our subscribers and the evidence is be released in two grades:

Subscribers (Twitter &FB): – Picture of the burial place.

Supporters: – Picture + Video Hover over the cover area Google satellite footage (3km square radius), + a LIVE engagement over the matter due to take place at 4pm Tuesday. In addition to the picture evidence, should we also drop the exact coordinates?

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FORMER Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarous Dokora’s ex-wife, Mercy Hanyani (31), has been issued with a warrant of arrest over malicious damage to property as their divorce case rages on.

According to court papers, on August 5, Hanyani went to Dokora’s house in Harare, broke the door to the cottage, spilled some mealie-meal on the kitchen floor and vandalised some household goods.

The State alleges that the incident occurred when Dokora had left for work at the University of Zimbabwe, where he is a lecturer.After Dokora was gone, Hanyani is said to have gone to the cottage armed with a metal object.

She allegedly tried to open the cottage door, but failed since it was locked.Hanyani then damaged the lock using a metal object and managed to gain entry.

She allegedly spilled some mealie-meal and mahewu around the kitchen floor and also hid a single gas stove plate.

The prosecution alleged that at times, Hanyani would pour water on the fire, while the family was preparing meals.

State Media|Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri has despatched a team of auditors to Cyclone Idai-hit Chimanimani to take stock of food aid.

The auditors held meetings with responsible offices in Chimanimani last week.

The audit comes as it recently emerged that food items worth thousands of dollars donated to Cyclone Idai victims are rotting in warehouses in Chimanimani East and reports that the foodstuffs were being looted by political leaders.

The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) exposed the massive looting for personal gain by someone entities and individuals.

Mr. David Jamali, the Chairperson of ACT-SA which campaigns against corruption in Southern Africa asked the Zimbabwean authorities to promptly investigate this matter and bring all those involved to book.

“Sometimes one might run out of words to explain how evil and inhuman some individuals can be. You can not imagine one stealing food and clothes meant for the people who are on the verge of starvation. Just imagine how donors feel when they hear that their support is not reaching intended beneficiaries. As a way forward, President Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the Anti-Corruption Unit in the Office of the President and other authorities must urgently investigate this matter to its logical conclusion and bring the culprits to book.” he says

In an interview, Mrs Chiri confirmed sending auditors to Chimanimani.

“We are just looking at the whole thing,” she said. “We are gathering information, but it is not in particular about that (decaying donations). We are auditing the whole system of food aid to find out its status. We are at the preliminary planning stage.”

Mrs Chiri did not specify when she expected the process to be completed.

“It depends on the complexity of the issues,” she said.

The team from her office also visited warehouses in Chimanimani East where food that was donated by well-wishers is rotting. Their report is largely expected to capture the state of affairs in the warehouses.

The audit by the AG’s office is also expected to paint a picture on the status of the food situation in Chimanimani, six months after it was hit by Cyclone Idai.

The cyclone killed hundreds, destroyed food reserves, fields and infrastructure worth over a billion dollars.

Harare City Council yesterday cut water supplies to the entire Harare metropolitan area, citing the shortage of critical treatment chemicals.

Speaking at a Policy Dialogue Forum organised by the Community Water Alliance, following the shocking developments in Harare, Combined Harare Residents Trust Director, Ms Loreen Mupasiri Sani, immediately called on government to declare water a national disaster in the country.

Mupasiri – Sani lamented poor economic performance coupled with lack of financial capacity in the City of Harare and Central Government to arrest the water crisis hence, the need to declare water a national disaster to allow other players to assist in water provision.

The government of Zimbabwe allocated a paltry ZWL$37million when the local authority required US700million to rehabilite water infrastructure for the improvement of water supplies into the capital city and surrounding metropolis.

Council spokesman Mr Michael Chideme said Harare’s water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray, had stopped pumping water because council was incapacitated.

“As we speak, Morton Jaffray is not operating, we ran out of the critical chemicals early this morning (Monday) and the plant had to be shut down so we have to run around to try and get supplies from even suppliers whom we do not have contracts with.”

Mr Chideme said firms could only supply water chemicals after 24 hours, being time for delivery.

“They (chemicals) have to be imported so right now they are busy trying to organise the shipment of the consignment into Zimbabwe and subsequently to Harare so that we can resume treatment of water,” said Mr Chideme.

“If you have been following our arguments on water, even if the chemicals were to come today we cannot exceed our treatment capacity of around 300 million litres a day now, because of the poor quality of the raw water in our dams and also the dwindling levels of water in the dams in Lake Chivero and Lake Manyame.”

He also cited drought as the major cause of water shortages.

“We have also shut down one of our water treatment plants, Prince Edward because Seke and Harava dams are dry. There is no longer any water to treat so we are in a drought season.

“The only solution that will allow everybody to get water is the construction of new additional water bodies,” he said.

Harare City Council acting Mayor, Councillor Enock Mupamawonde said the situation has reached alarming levels.

“It is quite stressful. We do not see the situation improving if nothing is done very soon. It is the reason why we make the appeal to central Government to avail at least $20 million to procure chemicals,” he said.

Currently the $1billion RTGS debt owed to the City of Harare for water, 45% of the debt is owed by the government of Zimbabwe.

Councillor Mupamawonde pleaded to the government of Zimbabwe to give heed to the calls by City of Harare, Civic Society and Residents Associations to declare Water a National Disaster.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana confirmed that the Government released the $37,4 m to Harare City Council and pointed out that the city’s incapacitation had everything to do with the local authority’s management.

“I can confirm that the Government has released funds to Harare City Council,” Mr Mangwana said.

“The move was initiated by the Government and not the council. The Harare City Council’s billing has not been functioning for the past five months that is the reason why they are broke. It is an inefficient council putting the life of the residents at risk. The Government will not fold its hands,” said Mr Mangwana.

“We cannot have a council politicking. We cannot politicise the issue of water. There is no need to play around with residents lives,” he said

Harare Residents Trust director Mr Precious Shumba said the city fathers had failed hence the central Government should intervene.

“Its high time the Government sent a clear message to errant councillors who are failing to provide clean water to residents,” he said.

“There is lack of planning and sensitivity in the part of the city fathers. They should not blame the central Government using Kunzvi dam as scapegoat

“I understand 60 percent of treated water was leaking during the distribution network process, illegal connection of water by the Harare City Council engineers, hence the City council is responsible,” he said.

Nearly 200 leaders from across the globe will converge on the world’s most prominent diplomatic stage the United Nations General Assembly this week but none of them appear to have scheduled appointments to meet with troubled Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe is currently the focus of the world for its continued gross human rights violations with more concerns around abductions and arrests of opposition political leaders and human rights activists.

The world is also focusing on Zimbabwe following the death of long-time dictator late former President Robert Mugabe at the beginning of the month.

While expectations were high that Mnangagwa would have had several leaders want to meet him on the sidelines to probably discuss Zimbabwe’s fortunes post Mugabe, the Zimbabwean President is set to meet with a number of representatives of countries, international bodies, multilateral agencies and business persons and none of the leaders.

His schedule will see him address the General Assembly on Wednesday.

Today, President Mnangagwa will attend the official opening of the summit by UN secretary-general Mr Antonio Guterres before holding bilateral discussions with United Kingdom Minister of State for Africa Mr Andrew Stephenson.

On Saturday evening, the President hinted that discussions with the British Minister will centre around illegal sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe by UK and her allies.

The President has also lined up a meeting with Mr Guterres, during which he will raise the issue of the illegal embargo imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and European Union (EU).

Another crucial bilateral meeting President Mnangagwa is expected to have is with Commonwealth secretary-general Mrs Patricia Scotland.

President Mnangagwa indicated at the weekend that his meeting with Mrs Scotland would focus on Zimbabwe’s desire to rejoin the group of former British colonies.

He said it was high time Zimbabwe rejoined the Commonwealth given that the reasons why Harare had withdrawn had been overtaken by events in that the land reform programme aimed at correcting historical land imbalances was now complete.

A group of renowned international media gurus has been lined up to hold meetings with President Mnangagwa on the sidelines of UNGA 74.

President Mnangagwa is also expected to hold a business meeting with captains of industry from the Middle East. He will be joined by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya.

Other meetings will be on the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals, mainly in the area of health and Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo is expected to attend.

President Mnangagwa is scheduled to deliver his UNGA 74 address on Wednesday and he has already indicated that the issue of sanctions will be one of the highlights of his message to world leaders.

The only opportunity Mnangagwa will have to meet with other leaders is during breakaway meetings and debates that he is expected to attend during the summit where the world leaders will reflect together on critical challenges facing the globe and certainly have no room for his sanctions song he took over from Mugabe.

A SENIOR pastor with Upper Room Ministries, Reverend Berry Dambaza yesterday died after apparently committing suicide by throwing himself from the third floor of Rezende Parkade in Harare.

Details and circumstances of the incident were not immediately clear, amid speculation that he had financial problems, while unconfirmed reports pointed to infidelity.

Dambaza died on the spot and people had to call the police to attend the scene.

The body was taken to a local mortuary for post-mortem.
Investigations to ascertain the circumstances leading to his death were still in progress yesterday.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“We can confirm that a church pastor allegedly jumped from the last floor of Rezende Parkade and died.
“We are currently investigating the case to establish the motive or the reasons behind this suicide,” he said.
Dambaza was married to Sithembeni Dambaza an assistant pastor at the church.

They have two daughters (Oreen and Oretha) and two sons (Osborne and Oracle).

Reverend Dambaza graduated in 1984 from the Pentecostal Bible College now known as Pan African Christian College (PACC) in Harare.State media

Farai Dziva|Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that government will continue to collect the 2% tax from hard-pressed citizens.

Mnangagwa also shot down the High Court ruling on the matter.

Speaking at a Zanu PF North America briefing the Mnangagwa said government would continue to collect 2% because a single judge cannot overrule a law.

“Academically, they won the case, but factually they lost the case because we were clever enough. When they went to court they said it was introduced under a Statutory Instrument, but when the Minister of Finance put his Finance Act, we tucked in the provision and it went through Parliament and is now an Act of Parliament.

It cannot be overruled by a judge sitting alone. So, it is now law and the minister will continue collecting the money
Mthuli Ncube introduced the controversial 2% tax per electronic transactions above $10 at the infancy of his days as the Finance Minister,” said Mnangagwa.

Farai Dziva|MDC national chairperson Job Sikhala has said there is overwhelming evidence to prove that Dr Peter Magombeyi was tortured.

See Sikhala’s statement below:There is no single doubt both in my conscience and my heart that Dr. Peter Magomeyi was savagely tortured by societal outcasts in our country this 21st century.

Having listened to the telephone conversation between Dr Mugomeyi and the Studio 7 reporter after reports that he had been dumped in Nyabira, the traits of a tormented soul as manifested to me after my torture on the 13th of January 2003 together with Advocate Gabriel Shumba, Taurai Magaya and Charles Mutama was clear. It is important to share with everyone and the whole world what happened to me and others I mentioned above from the practical victim knowledge.

On midnight of the 12th of January 2003, myself, my lawyer Advocate Gabriel Shumba, Taurai Magaya, Charles Mutama and Bishop Shumba were raided by a joint operation team of the military, Central Intelligence Organization, the Criminal Investigation Department (Law and Order) at Nyamutamba Hotel. They came with a battalion and convey of motor vehicles and stormed into our rooms at the hotel during midnight of the day in question. We were initially taken to St. Mary’s Police Station briefly I think it was for their administrative purposes. We were then driven to Matapi Police Station were they dropped Taurai Magaya into the holding cells. We proceeded to Mbare Police Station were they detained Adv Gabriel Shumba. Myself and Charles Mutama were taken to Harare Central Police Station.

Then around 6pm of the 13th I and Charles Mutama were taken out of Harare Central Police Station holding cells. We were taken out by 6 members from the Law and Order section who were Garnet Sikhova, Chrispen Makedenge, Matsvimbo, Mhashu and 2 others who are now dead whose names can not be remembered in the immediacy because of the lapse of time. We did not notice that the two of us were taken out at the same time. It was only after we were brought back to the holding cells that we shared what happened, that we noticed that we were taken out at the same time with Charles Mutama. Unbeknown to us, was that, Advocate Gabriel Shumba who was my lawyer and Taurai Magaya had a torrid day of torture before they were returned back. They were blind folded and taken to an unknown destination which we later understood to be Kabri Barracks after some torturers came to confess to us after having been haunted by unknown spirits.

After having been taken out of the holding cells I was led into a cream dark windowed Toyota kombi parked at the Harare Central Police Station parking area, near the internal fuel station in the police station. The kombi had no seats inside save for one which the most cruel one sat. As we entered the kombi, they in a flash, blindfolded me with a hood and asked to sit down violently.

Initially, you are gripped with fear of the unknown but as you will ponder going forward you will tell yourself that if it is God’s way that he has apportioned that way as a route you will leave this earth, you end up coming to resignation and say, let your wish be done. I was driven around for almost 45 minutes. These people were giving each other instructions to turn left or right. But what was surprising me was that we were not coming out of roads with robots. We only left the robots areas after the car had cruised for about 15 minutes. Then one of them shouted for the gate to be opened. After the gate opened I felt that we crossed a grid through the sounds of the wheels on the road.

The kombi was parked and I was asked to disembark. They asked me to follow them for about 20 metres and was warned to step carefully. I felt I was walking steps downwards. We completed the first batch of steps. They ask me again to step carefully, taking another batch of steps further downwards. After completing the second batch ,I was asked to sit down and they remove the handcuffs and undressed me naked to the underwear. They started tying my hands and legs using ropes. They then push my arms around my legs to effect what we popularly know as mbiradzakondo.

They started beating me under the feet interrogating where I come from. The name of my father and mother. Their contact details. Name of my wife and where she comes from. The number of children and their names. The name of schools and the university I attended and the degree I did and the name of the schools and university my wife attended. Where my wife works. And places drinking I patronize. They questioned everything concerning my private life.

Then the next phase was a threat that if I still need my life, I must tell them where I have hidden the guns which they said I intended to use to fight the government. They also alleged that I was training the Red Army on the St. Mary’s cemetery.

Replying them that what they were alleging was a story to me and that I was hearing it for the first time, led to the emergency of the demon of cruelty. Still blindfolded, they tied electric cables around my toes of both feet.

They switched on their electric gadget for a period of between 10 to 30 seconds. While screaming in agony and pain they will be belowing laughter of threats and satisfaction. They repeated electrocuting my toes endless times asking the same questions all over again.

Unsatisfied by the pain inflicted they inflicted on me they went for my genitals. They tied electric cables around my penis and another one around my balls. Don’t think they had released those tied on the toes. They switch on the electric gadget, genitals being burnt and the toes being shocked. The electric shocks on the genitals made me to see a million stars. Unfortunately, for me my penis got burnt and because of my thin skin my testicles get swollen. There is no way the evil perpetrators would run away from it. They did it in sessions allover and over again until I passed out.

My last recall before passing out was a voice saying “lets go and throw him into the dam because he is dead. After a while I felt something being dropped on my body which I was later told was a resuscitation chemical that was dropped on me.

During the torture sessions I was hearing Charles Mutama from the other end of the underground bunker screaming in agony calling for God to come to his rescue and help. I was hearing him shouting “ndofa wo kani Mwari huyai mundibetsere” repeatedly. That’s why I understand him that soon after our acquittal by Magistrate Anne Chigumira of the charge of subverting a constitutional government, he ran away into exile in the USA. After resuscitation, they asked me where they should drop me. I told them to drop me home because I wanted to go and see my wife, only for them to drop me at Harare Central Police Station where they took us from. I was strongly warned not to talk to Geoff Nyarota and his Daily News or to talk to anyone about what happened.

Before leaving the torture bunker, they said, “please phone Chamisa and tell him that politics has changed that he is going to lose Kuwadzana by-election”. They gave me something into my hand and said it was my cell phone after asking for my pin number. It truly rang loudly like a cell phone on loud. The moment I put it on my ears, I was hit by an unprecedented wave of electric shock that went right straight into my brains. They said, it was a parting shot so that I will know what was coming my way if I tell anyone about what happened.

After gaining my conscious I heavily urinated and they asked me to wipe all the urine by drinking it from the floor. It was to be realised later by the doctors who treated me in SA and Denmark that there was a poisonous substance in my blood.

After having been dropped back at the Harare Central Police Station, I found Charles Mutama already back in the cells, Advocate Gabriel Shumba and Taurai Magaya were also in and told me that they were shifted from Mbare and Matapi holding cells to Harare Central after their torture . I found them groaning in pain squashed on a corner and quickly suspected that they were done what was done to me and Charles Mutama. When they saw me they started crying. This trauma has affected Magaya up to this present day. He just cries without provocation despite medical treatment he obtained after the torture. Anongotanga kungovovora kana zvamubata without anything done to him.

It is not only stupid but idiotic, inhumane, animalistic, wild life disposition and fatally flawed for agencies of the State to claim that Dr. Mugomeyi is feigning abduction. What could have possible happened :

1) The Dr was abducted and kidnapped by the same people who abducted Itai Dzamara
2) Unlike on Dzamara where their recklessness could have led to a fatality, Dr. Mugomeyi was tortured admistering electric shocks which could just inflict pain but if the victim has a strong skin can not show visible outward marks.

3) Not that Dr. Mugomeyi was released because of citizen pressure both locally and internationally, these idiots presiding over Zimbabwe today dont care about it. The mission was to inflict maximum fear into him as the leader of the indignant constituency that is getting slave wages, wages not able to even rent a decent accommodation without looking into other responsibilities.

4) The state used his abduction as a case building mechanism against the opposition and embassies that are regarded as hostile to the regime. Hence the persistent incoherent allegations that he was hidden at the US embassy. This kind of information is intended for the gullible domestic political market to discredit both the opposition and perceived hostile nations at the same time.

5) To generate insecurity to the public so that they don’t challenge this evil regime. It incalcates into an average mind that if a Dr can be abducted what about an ordinary citizen.

The truth of the matter is that Dr Mugomeyi was severely tortured and needs a strong support for him to be able to get over it and start to open up. I still remember in the the cells, Advocate Gabriel Shumba tried to persuade us not to say anything about our torture when we were being taken to Court. He was of the view that we will only say it after escaping to SA as soon as we are given bail. I strongly held a contrary view told him that we can not keep quiet on such evil and savage torture that we went through. I also told him that it was irresponsible to run to SA and pronounce the torture if we fail to mention it here. I reminded him that we were going to fall foul as what happened to Basildon Peta after he announced his abduction and torture in SA. Basildon Peta pronounced his abduction and torture after boarder jumping into SA. The regime mauled him as a lier because he was threatened that if he discloses what happened to him he was going to be killed.

My experience of torture is that it needs someone with a strong character to come out in the open. Torture kills all the human feelings someone might have. It needs serious counselling and rehabilitation.

Job Wiwa Sikhala
MDC National Vice Chairman.

Farai Dziva|Unconfirmed reports say Senior Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe Pastor, Berry Dambaza threw himself from the balcony of his church in Harare died on the spot.

I have just learned with heaviness of heart the passing on of Pastor Berry Dambaza of Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe a few moments ago.

The news has hit me hard and the circumstances surrounding his death are still not clear to me. He was a man whose powerful ministry I admired. The last time I was with him was in June .

We were sitting together at the EFZ heads of denomination quarterly meeting. I wish I had created more time with him as we had planned together. I pray for the comfort of GOD on the family and church,” said Bishop Magaya.

“So sad to note that Pastor Dambaza fell from the balcony of his church in town and died on the spot- I
Am shocked.

Farai Dziva|Norton MP Temba Mliswa is furious after being barred from entering the Blue Roof today.

Mliswa said security officers at the Blue Roof entrance told him Grace was not available and they also took his identity card.

“They took my ID and then told me she was not available…

I am disappointed because I was not expecting Grace Mugabe to treat me like that.

Grace has 5 farms in my constituency.

Above all I did it under all sincerity, I was not expecting that,” said Mliswa.

By A Correspondent- Briefing Zanu-PF supporters during an interactive meeting in North America recently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government had outsmarted saboteurs bent on destabilising the country on the political and economic fronts.

He said:

“On the monetary side, yes, we have introduced one currency. For the first six weeks it remained stable, but then our people are intelligent. We have people who found ways to fight that (stability of the currency) and undermine it, but yesterday (Friday) we also became smarter than them and so we took some action. 

“We have now arrested the galloping rate which was galloping from about eight, within few days it had gone up 10, and 20, by the time we left it had gone down and I think today it is about 14.”

The meeting was attended by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya and Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo.

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has broadened the tax-free threshold to $3 500 with effect from August 1, 2019 from $700 in a bid to improve disposable incomes in the face of rising prices.

The tax agency has also lowered the highest taxable bracket from 45% to 40%.

It also entails that civil servants, who were recently awarded a 76% salary increase which saw the lowest payed worker in this dimension earning about $1 023 will be able to take all their salaries tax- free.

In a notice, Zimra said the necessary amending of the highest rate will be publicised in due course.

“The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority hereby notifies its valued clients that the highest tax rate on taxable income earned from employment which was gazetted in the Finance Act (7) No 2 of the 2019nis being corrected to 40%,” Zimra said.

“The necessary legislation amending the highest rate from 45% to 40% will be promulgated in due course and will be with effect from August 1, 2019.”

Employees earning $3 500 and below will not be taxed, while those earning $3 501 to $15 000 will be taxed at a rate of 20%. Those earning between $15 001 and $50 000 will be taxed at a rate of 25% while a salary of between $50 001 and $100 000 will attract 30% tax; those earning between $100 001 and $150 000 will attract 35% tax, and salaries of $150 001 and above will be taxed 40%.

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube previously indicated that the tax-free bracket was going to be increased for those paying income tax and pay as you earn (PAYE).

He said the move was designed to give relief to those earning below the Poverty Datum Line because of the rising in inflation.

The abuse of prescription drugs especially opioids have become the in thing among the youths and parents and care givers seem to be having a tolerance on this, ignorant of the effects. Some youths are now common faces at the schools sick bay and there they get some of these opioids for free.

What are prescription opioids? Prescription opioids, sometimes called prescription painkillers, are now one of the most commonly misused substances among school youth. 

When used appropriately, they can be very effective in treating severe pain. But opioids can also produce a state of euphoria, making them prone to misuse.

They are two type of opioids pills the over the counter which at most contain codeine and also those that have to be prescribed by a doctor or a dentist, the likes of Tramadol, OxyContin and others.

Many parents do not realise the extent of prescription opioid misuse (use without a prescription) among youth, and the effects and risks of this non-medical use. 

In recent years, prescription opioids used non-medically have replaced tobacco as the third most commonly used drug among teens, behind alcohol and marijuana. Younger students, particularly those are misusing opioids in far greater numbers than marijuana.

What should I be concerned about? Many young people mistakenly believe that prescription opioids are safer than street drugs.

They think that because opioids are prescribed medicines, using these drugs is not as dangerous as using drugs such as cocaine or methamphetamine. 

This is a myth. Opioids are powerful medications, and misusing them can be harmful for a variety of reasons: Opioids can be addictive. This may include physical dependence; where over time a person’s body gets used to the drug and develops tolerance to some of its effects. 

This means that the person needs to take more and more to get the same feeling. As the amount taken increases, so does the risk of overdose.  Teens who are dependent on opioids may experience withdrawal if they suddenly stop using the drug. 

The symptoms of withdrawal include intense restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhoea, vomiting and cold flashes. 

The experience of withdrawal can lead to depression and suicidal feelings, resulting in a cycle that can end with suicide or unintentional overdose.

When opioids are combined with alcohol and or some other prescription or over-the-counter drugs, the risk of overdose increases.   Opioids can impair decision making and may result in risky decisions that lead to teens being injured or killed due to fighting, having a car crash or attempting suicide.

Isn’t use of street drugs more harmful? Misuse of prescription opioids can be at least as harmful as using alcohol or street drugs. Also, it is illegal for anyone without a prescription to possess, use or share prescription opioids. If they are found in a student’s locker or bag, the person can be charged with possession of drugs.

– Mthandazo Ndlovu is an Accredited Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Specialist, Addictions Counsellor, Adolescent Counsellor, Professional Counsellor. For more information and help call or WhatsApp +263772399734 or email [email protected].

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A ZANU PF youth on Friday heaved a sigh of relief after he was acquitted on a charge of allegedly using President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name to extort a woman of US$12 000.

Blessed Mushando (27) of Bulawayo had pleaded not guilty to fraud when his trial started before Bulawayo magistrate, Tinashe Tashaya.

In acquitting him, the magistrate noted that the State had failed to prove its case beyond any reasonable doubt.

He was being represented by Byron Sengweni.

Leonard Chile, who represented the State, said on March 24, Mushando allegedly drove a Zanu-PF branded vehicle to Shangani, where he met the complainant, Priscilla Ncube, at Tobo mining syndicate.

It was stated that he misrepresented himself, telling Ncube that she should pay US$12 000 to Mnangagwa for her to secure the mine.

It was heard that on the same day, Mushando extorted Ncube of US$2 000, after telling her that he had the capacity to assist her in securing the mine. He reportedly told her that the mine had been targeted by the President’s Office in turning around the economy, as it was rich in gold.

Mushando was allegedly given the money by one Dumisani Ndlovu on behalf of Ncube.

On March 26, Mushando allegedly contacted Ncube, while he was in Harare telling her that she needed to pay the balance to conclude the deal. Ncube is said to have paid the US$10 000 with the hope that the mine would, indeed, be secured.

However, she later realised that she had been duped, as the mine had been taken over by someone else, and made a police report, which led to Mushando’s arrest.

-Newsday

The Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) has issued a preliminary statement on the Zaka East National Assembly and Insiza RDC Ward 15 local authority by-elections.

The Zaka East National Assembly seat was won by a ZANU PF candidate, who received 7 119 votes while an Independent candidate won the Insiza RDC Ward 15 by-election with 287 votes. Below is part of the ZESN preliminary statement:

Analysis of by-election results

ZANU-PF retained the Zaka East National Assembly having garnered 7119 votes. In the by-election, the party got 1736 fewer votes than it got during the 2018 harmonised elections in the same Constituency.

The MDC Alliance garnered 2286 fewer votes than it had in the National Assembly election in the 2018 harmonised elections. In 2018, the MDC Alliance lost to ZANU-PF by a margin of 5051 votes and in the by-election, the margin widened by 550 more votes.

The valid votes cast decreased by a significant 4398 between the harmonised elections and the Zaka East Constituency by-election. For the Insiza RDC Ward 15 by-election, Independent candidate, Juta Shepard won with
287 votes.

The number of valid votes cast indicates that turnout was very low. While in 2018 a total of 2264 valid votes were cast, only 639 valid votes were cast in the by-election – a difference of 1625 votes. Juta beat the second leading candidate by 124 votes in the byelection.

ZANU-PF’s votes in the Ward decreased by 1135 between the harmonised and the by-election while the MDC Alliance’s votes decreased by 584.

Conclusion

ZESN is concerned with the conduct of traditional leaders who openly supported ZANU-PF, mobilising voters to support the party and even acting as party agents. The network is also worried about the low voter turnout observed in by-elections, particularly for local authorities.

Recommendations

ZESN makes the following recommendations:
1. Political parties should shun all forms of intimidation and allow people to freely associate and assemble;
2. Traditional leaders should desist from engaging in partisan politics in violation of the Constitutional provisions for the non-partisanship of the institution of traditional leadership;
3. Political parties should not compel support by politicising, withholding or threatening to withhold, government aid;
4. CSOs should embark on civic and voter education that emphasises the importance of, and encourage the electorate to participate in, by-elections;
5. There are a need for political parties to deliberately emphasise the importance of, and mobilise their supporters to participate in, National Assembly and Local Authority byelections.
6. ZEC’s number of days for VE needs to be increased and VE should be continuous
7. Political parties should desist from any form of violence or violent actions. In cases where disputes arise amongst political party supporters, ZESN encourages the use of available election dispute resolution mechanisms such as Multi-Party Liaison Committees and the Electoral Court.

By A Correspondent- In a move meant to strike ghost workers off the government payroll, civil servants have been advised to register on the biometric registration exercise by Monday next week.

Failure to meet the deadline will result in the non-conformists being struck off the payroll. Public Service Commission chairperson Vincent Hungwe said:

The PSC in conjunction with its technical partner, the World Bank, is pleased to advise all its stakeholders of the progress to date of the biometric authentication project.

The bulk of the civil servants have now been registered for the biometric authentication project and we are now doing a mop-up exercise which should be completed by 30th September 2019.

We wish to advise those civil servants who have not registered on the biometric system to do so by 30 September 2019 at their district offices, failure of which they will be taken off the Salary Service Bureau payroll.-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- Students at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have staged a demonstration at the campus in protest against lecturers’ failure to come for parallel lectures.

The students blocked the university’s main entrance in a bid to prevent staffers/lecturers from entering the campus.

About 20 students were reportedly arrested.

By A Correspondent| Police are investigating a case of alleged suicide which occurred at Rezende Parkade on Harare around 1230hours today.

In a statement issued Monday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said the 59 year old man allegedly jumped from the last floor and died.

Said the ZRP:

“Police are investigating a case which occurred at Rezende Parkade, Harare this afternoon at around 1230 hours where a 59 year old man allegedly jumped from the last floor and died. Police are yet to get the motive behind the suspected suicide.”

In an earlier report, ZimEye revealed that a pastor at Pentecostal Assemblies of God reportedly committed suicide today (Monday) afternoon.

Unconfirmed reports alleged that the pastor “fell” from the fourth floor after he discovered his wife in a compromising position with another man in the church office.

Pastor Berry Dambaza is said to have jumped to his death from the fourth floor at the Upper Room ministries in Rezende street, Harare. He reportedly died 30 minutes later.

Fellow pastors and netizens took to social media to express their shock at the untimely death of a humble man of God.

Said Bishop David David:

“Life is a mystery Church leaders needs more prayer than attacking them because we do not really know what they fight. We lost a general in the Kingdom Dr Berry Dambaza and what pains me is the way he lost his life. Even Elijah at one time was haunted by suicidal spirit. Oh how the mighty have fallen Lord keep his family and the body of Christ.”

Said Bishop Ancelimo Magaya:

“I have just learned with heaviness of heart the passing on of Pastor Berry Dambaza of Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe a few moments ago. the news has hit me hard and the circumstances surrounding his death are still not clear to me. He was a man whose powerful ministry I admired. The last time I was with him was in June . We were sitting together at the EFZ heads of denomination quarterly meeting. I wish I had created more time with him as we had planned together. I pray for the comfort of GOD on the family and church.”

Ps Precious Matope said:

How the mighty one has fallen…
No no no i am in pain…..sad Ending…
BreakingNews Pastor Berry Dambaza is alleged to have thrown himself from the 4th floor and died on the post at Ruzende Parkade. The crowd went off to witness the body of the dead pastor. I used to pray at upperroom…i talked with him at rev shumbambiri’ s funeral heaven is far

By A Correspondent- Congregants at the Minana Ya Jehovha Church in Ushe Village under Chief Nyashanu in Buhera fled in all directions when a man wielding an axe invaded the church beating up people and cutting down branches of a tree under which they were sitting.

Tafadzwa Ushe (35) of Ushe Village under Chief Nyashanu is locked in a land dispute with Bernad Murombo (38) the bishop of Minana Ya Jehovha. He stormed the church wielding an axe, shouting obscenities and threatening to kill everyone.

It is the State case that in August 2019 at around 1pm the accused went to the church and started taking pictures of members and disturbing their church activities. He breached a peace order earlier issued against him.

On the second count, on August 13, at 12pm the accused again went to the church holding an axe and threatened members with it. He climbed up a tree and cut down some branches insulting members ordering them not to congregate at the place.

He threw stones at them sending them fleeing in all directions. He allegedly assaulted Shupikai Manondo a sick patient who had come for healing at the church.

Ushe appeared before Murambinda resident magistrate Gylmax Kuhudzai facing charges of breaching a court order and assault.

— Mirror

By A Correspondent- The British royals have embarked on a trip to Africa where they will visit African countries both as a family and on some occasions Prince Harry will visit alone.

The royals will travel together to SA while Prince Harry will continue to Angola and Malawi alone. Prince Harry will also visit Botswana while on the tour.

The Duke’s itinerary was not publicised but the Birmingham Palace said  the trip will focus on “community, grassroots leadership, women’s and girls’ rights, mental health, HIV/AIDs and the environment” 

The Prince will, according to the state media hit the ground running in Cape Town at a yet-to-be-disclosed township and in following days, meet the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as well as a number of charities and causes the pair hold dear.

The couple and their 4 months old son will travel to Africa on a commercial flight.

-StateMedia

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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Commander in Chief Julius Malema has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the manner his administration treated the late former President Robert Mugabe in his last days.

Malema was in Zimbabwe today where he visited Mugabe’s Blue Roof mansion to pay his condolences to the family following the death of Mugabe on the 6th of September in Singapore.

Malema said Mugabe was tormented by the people who were now trying to hide their shame by declaring him a national hero and wanting him buried at the National heroes acre against his wishes.

The firebrand politician had no kind words for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration saying they denied him his benefits including medical care resulting in his death in a foreign hospital in Singapore.

“I came to send my condolences and I did that on behalf of the people of South Africa on the people of EFF and to thank Mrs Mugabe for taking care of President Mugabe until the last minute we were here to tell her in person that we are very proud of her and she serves as an inspiration to a lot of us and that she must protect President Mugabe’s legacy with everything against any form of opportunism which will want to hide behind the legacy of President Mugabe even if they tormented him to the last day and we were giving her our support that we really support her and the family and we respect the last wishes of President Mugabe and that in our African tradition the words of the deceased cannot be undermined by anyone it doesn’t matter how powerful you think you are.

“There are certain things that the family would have agreed with the authorities about how President Mugabe will be looked after especially after office including provision of medical care, medical team and commitment to a certain benefit of former head of state and it didn’t happen, many of those didn’t take place,” said Malema while addressing journalists.

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ZimEye is about to go LIVE concerning the supposed killing of a 25 year old Zimbabwean in JoBurg yesterday on Sunday, Tapiwa Svosve. Concerns have been raised that the story lacks evidence. There is no visual evidence of the corpse, no details of the place of murder, ans neither details of the incident time. Further concerns havebbeen raised because the UK based announcer rushed to ask for donations Monday afternoon without providing adequate evidence. IS THIS DEATH GENUINE? IF IT IS, HOW CAN CLEARER DETAILS BE OBTAINED?

There are reports that the Messenger of Court and his team have turned up this morning at opposition politician, Brian Mteki’s Greendale home after he failed to pay a debt.

The team is set to clear his house of goods if he does not pay.

Mteki is an african roots music singer, sculptor-cum-businessman.

He is also well know for the song Nora, a duet he did with late Zanu-PF commissar Elliot Manyika.

In 2018 he challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the presidential elections and he got a paltry number of votes.

Contrary to early morning news reports that late former President Robert Mugabe was already buried in his rural Kutama home, pictures of his body in cascade emerged late Monday afternoon after a visit to the family home by Julius Malema leader of the South African opposition party EFF.

Economic Freedom Fighters leaders Julius Malema and Leigh-Ann Mathys represented their party in paying their last respects to late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe at his house on Monday. The party’s official account shared the pictures on social media with captions.

“The CIC @Julius_S_Malema together with TG @LeighMathys visited Mama Grace Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe today to offer EFF condolences on the passing of our Hero & Icon Robert Mugabe. #Gushungu #EFFAtBlueRoofThe EFF leadership, led by CIC @Julius_S_Malema also had lunch with the Mugabe family on their visit to pay respects & pass condolences. We reiterate our heartfelt and revolutionary condolences on the passing of our Hero & Pan-Africanist Robert Mugabe. #EFFAtBlueRoof #Gushungu.”

Mugabe passed on earlier this month at a hospital in Singapore after battling cancer, according to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Last week, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it planned to take action against Malema for his “social media utterances” in which he extensively quoted Mugabe following his passing.

The body was referring to tweets from Malema consisting of an EFF-branded slide show of quotes from Mugabe, including one which read: “The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.” This caused outrage and calls for intervention from the SAHRC.

Other quotes included: “What we hate is not the colour of their skin but the evil that emanates from them”; “It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones”; and “Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy.”

Amid mounting outrage, Malema took to Twitter to share a screenshot showing that someone had reported the tweet, and that Twitter “could not identify any violations of the Twitter rules”. He shared this along with the caption “Stratcom”, which was once an apartheid-era unit tasked with spreading misinformation and is now used which by the EFF and others as a term for members of the media that they see as enemies.

The quote was indeed said by Mugabe and was included in a list of his “most eccentric quotes” in UK publication The Independent which also quotes the late liberation icon-turned-dictator as infamously saying homosexuals are “worse than dogs and pigs”.

EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi ignored requests for comment.

South African opposition politician, Julius Malema, said the wishes of the family of the late former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe’s should be respected.

Malema was speaking at the Mugabe family’s Blue Roof Mansion in Borrowdale, Harare on Monday where he offered his condolences to the Mugabe’s widow, Grace Mugabe. Said Malema:

Part of protecting his legacy first and foremost is to respect the wishes of his family.

It is absolute nonsense that you think declaring a person a national hero takes away the right of the family over the deceased.

Every little detail of what we want to have around a dead body should be consulted with the family.

There is a very strong surviving spouse here, which is not easily broken by arrivalist, so they ought to respect the wishes of this woman.

By A Correspondent| A pastor at Pentecostal Assemblies of God reportedly committed suicide today (Monday) afternoon.

Unconfirmed reports alleged that the pastor “fell” from the fourth floor after he discovered his wife in a compromising position with another man in the church office.

Pastor Berry Dambaza is said to have jumped to his death from the fourth floor at the Upper Room ministries in Rezende street, Harare. He reportedly died 30 minutes later.

Fellow pastors and netizens took to social media to express their shock at the untimely death of a humble man of God.

Said Bishop David David:

“Life is a mystery Church leaders needs more prayer than attacking them because we do not really know what they fight. We lost a general in the Kingdom Dr Berry Dambaza and what pains me is the way he lost his life. Even Elijah at one time was haunted by suicidal spirit. Oh how the mighty have fallen Lord keep his family and the body of Christ.”

Said Bishop Ancelimo Magaya:

“I have just learned with heaviness of heart the passing on of Pastor Berry Dambaza of Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe a few moments ago. the news has hit me hard and the circumstances surrounding his death are still not clear to me. He was a man whose powerful ministry I admired. The last time I was with him was in June . We were sitting together at the EFZ heads of denomination quarterly meeting. I wish I had created more time with him as we had planned together. I pray for the comfort of GOD on the family and church.”

Ps Precious Matope said:

How the mighty one has fallen…
No no no i am in pain…..sad Ending…
BreakingNews Pastor Berry Dambaza is alleged to have thrown himself from the 4th floor and died on the post at Ruzende Parkade. The crowd went off to witness the body of the dead pastor. I used to pray at upperroom…i talked with him at rev shumbambiri’ s funeral heaven is far

Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has appointed Professor Welshman Ncube as the acting MDC President from Sunday 22 September to Wednesday 25 September.

An MDC internal memos seen by this publication said:

“The purpose of this memo is to inform you that I have appointed you the Acting President of the Movement for Democratic Change during the period of my absence.I wish you all the best in this capacity,” reads Chamisa’s memo to Ncube.

Chamisa Will be out of the country on diplomatic business during the period while the party will be preparing for its 20th birthday celebrations set for Rufaro Stadium on on the 28th of September.

An independent candidate upstaged both Zanu-PF and MDC to win the Insiza Rural District Council ward 15 by-election.

Shepherd Juta took 287 votes to claim victory. Zanu-PF’s Zenzo Moyo placed second with 163 votes, independent candidate Ndumiso Ndlovu was third with 89 votes and the MDC’s Ronald Mugadza came fourth with 86 votes. Bertha Jambwa of the NPF had 14 votes.

Juta’s victory is a massive swing from Zanu-PF which had comfortably won the seat last year before the death of councillor Thembinkosi Ngwenya, a former chairman of the Insiza Rural District Council.

Ngwenya had polled 1,298 votes with the MDC’s Bhekimpilo Sibanda second on 670 votes and Somandla Sibanda of NPF third with 224 votes.

The council seat is in Filabusi town. Juta is a local businessman who operates grocery stores.

ZANU PF youths in Mashonaland Central province went on the rampage last week, destroying property as they clashed with artisanal miners in Glendale and Bindura.

On Thursday, the violent clashes resulted in two commuter omnibus hired by artisanal miners to escape from the area being burnt.

In Bindura, the youths had a meeting with Zimbabwe Republic Police officers before going into sex workers houses driving them away, vandalising houses and destroying property in the process.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the law enforcement agents were investigating the violent incidents and 12 suspects had been arrested.

Zanu PF provincial chairperson Lans Ruwizhi Farando confirmed the incident, saying they were protecting defenceless residents from violent artisanal miners, popularly known as MaShurugwi.

“Indeed, we are driving MaShurugwi away from our province because they are causing unrest,” Farando said.

“The so called MaShurugwi are raping women, stealing vendors’ goods and illegally mining on private properties. That is not tolerated at all in the province because we are defending our President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legacy by maintaining peace.”

Meanwhile, artisanal miners who spoke to NewsDay blamed the youths for attacking them because they were no longer paying homage to their leaders.

“What the youths are doing is very unfair. We use to pay tribute to Farando and his colleague John Ngwenya, but we decided to stop after they started demanding too much gold and money, hence they mobilised youths to attack us, but we will not fold our hands while being attacked because they have declared war and the battle lines have been drawn,” an artisanal miner, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

Farando distanced himself from the corrupt activities, saying some Zanu PF officials were in that habit and were now trying to tarnish his image.

“That is not very correct, yes, we have officials in our party, who are in that habit of collecting tribute, but I am nowhere near that. The guys are just trying to tarnish my image since I am the youth leader,” he said.

Bindura South legislator Remigious Matangira (Zanu PF), who is known for leading artisanal miners in Mt Darwin, bemoaned the attack saying the youths were actually attacking the President since he comes from the Midlands province.

“These attacks are not necessary. By simply driving another artisanal miner away simply because he or she comes from Midlands is nonsensical, considering that our President comes from Midlands. So in other words, the youths are actually attacking the President,” Matangira said.

Source: Mash Central Zanu PF youths attack ‘MaShurugwi’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe September 23, 2019

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Farai Dziva|Unconfirmed reports say Senior Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe Pastor, Berry Dambaza threw himself from the balcony of his church in Harare died on the spot.

I have just learned with heaviness of heart the passing on of Pastor Berry Dambaza of Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe a few moments ago.

The news has hit me hard and the circumstances surrounding his death are still not clear to me. He was a man whose powerful ministry I admired. The last time I was with him was in June .

We were sitting together at the EFZ heads of denomination quarterly meeting. I wish I had created more time with him as we had planned together. I pray for the comfort of GOD on the family and church,” said Bishop Magaya.

“So sad to note that Pastor Dambaza fell from the balcony of his church in town and died on the spot- I
Am shocked.

Farai Dziva|Norton MP Temba Mliswa is furious after being barred from entering the Blue Roof today.

Mliswa said security officers at the Blue Roof entrance told him Grace was not available and they also took his identity card.

“They took my ID and then told me she was not available…

I am disappointed because I was not expecting Grace Mugabe to treat me like that.

Grace has 5 farms in my constituency.

Above all I did it under all sincerity, I was not expecting that,” said Mliswa.

By A Correspondent- Independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa has expressed disappointment over how he was treated at the Blue Roof as he sought to pay his condolences to the Mugabe family following the death of the former President Robert Mugabe on September 6.

Mliswa said security details took his identity card before telling him that the former first lady Grace Mugabe was not available hence he could not proceed to pay his condolences to the former first family.

In an exclusive interview with ZimEye, Mliswa said:

“They took my ID and then suddenly told me she is not available… It is disappointing that (Grace Mugabe) would treat me like this. The former first lady Grace has 5 farms in my constituency.”

While Mliswa was barred from paying his condolences to the Mugabes, EFF leader Julius Malema arrived at Robert Gabriel International Airport this morning and is currently at the Blue Roof paying his condolences to the Mugabe family.

Farai Dziva|Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that government will continue to collect the 2% tax from hard-pressed citizens.

Mnangagwa also shot down the High Court ruling on the matter.

Speaking at a Zanu PF North America briefing the Mnangagwa said government would continue to collect 2% because a single judge cannot overrule a law.

“Academically, they won the case, but factually they lost the case because we were clever enough. When they went to court they said it was introduced under a Statutory Instrument, but when the Minister of Finance put his Finance Act, we tucked in the provision and it went through Parliament and is now an Act of Parliament.

It cannot be overruled by a judge sitting alone. So, it is now law and the minister will continue collecting the money
Mthuli Ncube introduced the controversial 2% tax per electronic transactions above $10 at the infancy of his days as the Finance Minister,” said Mnangagwa.

By A Correspondent- A Zanu PF youth heaved a sigh of relief after he was acquitted on a charge of allegedly using President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name to extort a woman of US$12 000.

Blessed Mushando (27) of Bulawayo had pleaded not guilty to fraud when his trial started before Bulawayo magistrate, Tinashe Tashaya.

In acquitting him, the magistrate noted that the State had failed to prove its case beyond any reasonable doubt.

He was being represented by Byron Sengweni.

Leonard Chile, who represented the State, said on March 24, Mushando allegedly drove a Zanu-PF branded vehicle to Shangani, where he met the complainant, Priscilla Ncube, at Tobo mining syndicate.

It was stated that he misrepresented himself, telling Ncube that she should pay US$12 000 to Mnangagwa for her to secure the mine.

It was heard that on the same day, Mushando extorted Ncube of US$2 000, after telling her that he had the capacity to assist her in securing the mine. He reportedly told her that the mine had been targeted by the President’s Office in turning around the economy, as it was rich in gold.

Mushando was allegedly given the money by one Dumisani Ndlovu on behalf of Ncube.

On March 26, Mushando allegedly contacted Ncube, while he was in Harare telling her that she needed to pay the balance to conclude the deal. Ncube is said to have paid the US$10 000 with the hope that the mine would, indeed, be secured.

However, she later realised that she had been duped, as the mine had been taken over by someone else, and made a police report, which led to Mushando’s arrest.

-Newsday

Farai Dziva|MDC national chairperson Job Sikhala has said there is overwhelming evidence to prove that Dr Peter Magombeyi was tortured.

See Sikhala’s statement below:There is no single doubt both in my conscience and my heart that Dr. Peter Magomeyi was savagely tortured by societal outcasts in our country this 21st century.

Having listened to the telephone conversation between Dr Mugomeyi and the Studio 7 reporter after reports that he has been dumped in Nyabira, the traits of a tormented soul as manifested to me after my torture on the 13th of January 2003 together with Advocate Gabriel Shumba, Taurai Magaya and Charles Mutama was clear. It is important to share with everyone and the whole world what happened to me and others I mentioned above from the practical victim knowledge.

On midnight of the 12th of January 2003, myself, my lawyer Advocate Gabriel Shumba, Taurai Magaya, Charles Mutama and Bishop Shumba were raided by a joint operation team of the military, Central Intelligence Organization, the Criminal Investigation Department (Law and Order) at Nyamutamba Hotel. They came with a battalion and convey of motor vehicles and stormed into our rooms at the hotel during midnight of the day in question. We were initially taken to St. Mary’s Police Station briefly I think it was for their administrative purposes. We were then driven to Matapi Police Station were they dropped Taurai Magaya into the holding cells. We proceeded to Mbare Police Station were they detained Adv Gabriel Shumba. Myself and Charles Mutama were taken to Harare Central Police Station.

Then around 6pm of the 13th I and Charles Mutama were taken out of Harare Central Police Station holding cells. We were taken out by 6 members from the Law and Order section who were Garnet Sikhova, Chrispen Makedenge, Matsvimbo, Mhashu and 2 others who are now dead whose names can not be remembered in the immediacy because of the lapse of time. We did not notice that the two of us were taken out at the same time. It was only after we were brought back to the holding cells that we shared what happened, that we noticed that we were taken out at the same time with Charles Mutama. Unbeknown to us, was that, Advocate Gabriel Shumba who was my lawyer and Taurai Magaya had a torrid day of torture before they were returned back. They were blind folded and taken to an unknown destination which we later understood to be Kabri Barracks after some torturers came to confess to us after having been haunted by unknown spirits.

After having been taken out of the holding cells I was led into a cream dark windowed Toyota kombi parked at the Harare Central Police Station parking area, near the internal fuel station in the police station. The kombi had no seats inside save for one which the most cruel one sat. As we entered the kombi, they in a flash, blindfolded me with a hood and asked to sit down violently.

Initially, you are gripped with fear of the unknown but as you will ponder going forward you will tell yourself that if it is God’s way that he has apportioned that way as a route you will leave this earth, you end up coming to resignation and say, let your wish be done. I was driven around for almost 45 minutes. These people were giving each other instructions to turn left or right. But what was surprising me was that we were not coming out of roads with robots. We only left the robots areas after the car had cruised for about 15 minutes. Then one of them shouted for the gate to be opened. After the gate opened I felt that we crossed a grid through the sounds of the wheels on the road.

The kombi was parked and I was asked to disembark. They asked me to follow them for about 20 metres and was warned to step carefully. I felt I was walking steps downwards. We completed the first batch of steps. They ask me again to step carefully, taking another batch of steps further downwards. After completing the second batch ,I was asked to sit down and they remove the handcuffs and undressed me naked to the underwear. They started tying my hands and legs using ropes. They then push my arms around my legs to effect what we popularly know as mbiradzakondo.

They started beating me under the feet interrogating where I come from. The name of my father and mother. Their contact details. Name of my wife and where she comes from. The number of children and their names. The name of schools and the university I attended and the degree I did and the name of the schools and university my wife attended. Where my wife works. And places drinking I patronize. They questioned everything concerning my private life.

Then the next phase was a threat that if I still need my life, I must tell them where I have hidden the guns which they said I intended to use to fight the government. They also alleged that I was training the Red Army on the St. Mary’s cemetery.

Replying them that what they were alleging was a story to me and that I was hearing it for the first time, led to the emergency of the demon of cruelty. Still blindfolded, they tied electric cables around my toes of both feet.

They switched on their electric gadget for a period of between 10 to 30 seconds. While screaming in agony and pain they will be belowing laughter of threats and satisfaction. They repeated electrocuting my toes endless times asking the same questions all over again.

Unsatisfied by the pain inflicted they inflicted on me they went for my genitals. They tied electric cables around my penis and another one around my balls. Don’t think they had released those tied on the toes. They switch on the electric gadget, genitals being burnt and the toes being shocked. The electric shocks on the genitals made me to see a million stars. Unfortunately, for me my penis got burnt and because of my thin skin my testicles get swollen. There is no way the evil perpetrators would run away from it. They did it in sessions allover and over again until I passed out.

My last recall before passing out was a voice saying “lets go and throw him into the dam because he is dead. After a while I felt something being dropped on my body which I was later told was a resuscitation chemical that was dropped on me.

During the torture sessions I was hearing Charles Mutama from the other end of the underground bunker screaming in agony calling for God to come to his rescue and help. I was hearing him shouting “ndofa wo kani Mwari huyai mundibetsere” repeatedly. That’s why I understand him that soon after our acquittal by Magistrate Anne Chigumira of the charge of subverting a constitutional government, he ran away into exile in the USA. After resuscitation, they asked me where they should drop me. I told them to drop me home because I wanted to go and see my wife, only for them to drop me at Harare Central Police Station where they took us from. I was strongly warned not to talk to Geoff Nyarota and his Daily News or to talk to anyone about what happened.

Before leaving the torture bunker, they said, “please phone Chamisa and tell him that politics has changed that he is going to lose Kuwadzana by-election”. They gave me something into my hand and said it was my cell phone after asking for my pin number. It truly rang loudly like a cell phone on loud. The moment I put it on my ears, I was hit by an unprecedented wave of electric shock that went right straight into my brains. They said, it was a parting shot so that I will know what was coming my way if I tell anyone about what happened.

After gaining my conscious I heavily urinated and they asked me to wipe all the urine by drinking it from the floor. It was to be realised later by the doctors who treated me in SA and Denmark that there was a poisonous substance in my blood.

After having been dropped back at the Harare Central Police Station, I found Charles Mutama already back in the cells, Advocate Gabriel Shumba and Taurai Magaya were also in and told me that they were shifted from Mbare and Matapi holding cells to Harare Central after their torture . I found them groaning in pain squashed on a corner and quickly suspected that they were done what was done to me and Charles Mutama. When they saw me they started crying. This trauma has affected Magaya up to this present day. He just cries without provocation despite medical treatment he obtained after the torture. Anongotanga kungovovora kana zvamubata without anything done to him.

It is not only stupid but idiotic, inhumane, animalistic, wild life disposition and fatally flawed for agencies of the State to claim that Dr. Mugomeyi is feigning abduction. What could have possible happened :

1) The Dr was abducted and kidnapped by the same people who abducted Itai Dzamara
2) Unlike on Dzamara where their recklessness could have led to a fatality, Dr. Mugomeyi was tortured admistering electric shocks which could just inflict pain but if the victim has a strong skin can not show visible outward marks.

3) Not that Dr. Mugomeyi was released because of citizen pressure both locally and internationally, these idiots presiding over Zimbabwe today dont care about it. The mission was to inflict maximum fear into him as the leader of the indignant constituency that is getting slave wages, wages not able to even rent a decent accommodation without looking into other responsibilities.

4) The state used his abduction as a case building mechanism against the opposition and embassies that are regarded as hostile to the regime. Hence the persistent incoherent allegations that he was hidden at the US embassy. This kind of information is intended for the gullible domestic political market to discredit both the opposition and perceived hostile nations at the same time.

5) To generate insecurity to the public so that they don’t challenge this evil regime. It incalcates into an average mind that if a Dr can be abducted what about an ordinary citizen.

The truth of the matter is that Dr Mugomeyi was severely tortured and needs a strong support for him to be able to get over it and start to open up. I still remember in the the cells, Advocate Gabriel Shumba tried to persuade us not to say anything about our torture when we were being taken to Court. He was of the view that we will only say it after escaping to SA as soon as we are given bail. I strongly held a contrary view told him that we can not keep quiet on such evil and savage torture that we went through. I also told him that it was irresponsible to run to SA and pronounce the torture if we fail to mention it here. I reminded him that we were going to fall foul as what happened to Basildon Peta after he announced his abduction and torture in SA. Basildon Peta pronounced his abduction and torture after boarder jumping into SA. The regime mauled him as a lier because he was threatened that if he discloses what happened to him he was going to be killed.

My experience of torture is that it needs someone with a strong character to come out in the open. Torture kills all the human feelings someone might have. It needs serious counselling and rehabilitation.

Job Wiwa Sikhala
MDC National Vice Chairman.

By A Correspondent- Harare City Council has shut down its water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray waterworks, due to incapacitation.

The move was announced by Acting Mayor, Councillor Enock Mupamawonde, on Monday morning.

On Sunday, Harare City Council announced that closure of Morton Jaffray was imminent as Council had run out of water treatment chemicals. The statement read:

DEAR RESIDENTS
Harare City Council has run out of key water treatment chemicals and is at the moment stretching the little available amounts to treat limited supplies of water.

If no urgent bailout is given between today and Tuesday, management will be forced to shut down Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant.

Council is buying foreign currency on the runaway interbank exchange market against a stagnant and inflexible budget.

By A Correspondent- Congregants at the Minana Ya Jehovha Church in Ushe Village under Chief Nyashanu in Buhera fled in all directions when a man wielding an axe invaded the church beating up people and cutting down branches of a tree under which they were sitting.

Tafadzwa Ushe (35) of Ushe Village under Chief Nyashanu is locked in a land dispute with Bernad Murombo (38) the bishop of Minana Ya Jehovha. He stormed the church wielding an axe, shouting obscenities and threatening to kill everyone.

It is the State case that in August 2019 at around 1pm the accused went to the church and started taking pictures of members and disturbing their church activities. He breached a peace order earlier issued against him.

On the second count, on August 13, at 12pm the accused again went to the church holding an axe and threatened members with it. He climbed up a tree and cut down some branches insulting members ordering them not to congregate at the place.

He threw stones at them sending them fleeing in all directions. He allegedly assaulted Shupikai Manondo a sick patient who had come for healing at the church.

Ushe appeared before Murambinda resident magistrate Gylmax Kuhudzai facing charges of breaching a court order and assault.

— Mirror

Jane Mlambo|Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has been barred from entering the late former President Robert Mugabe’s Blue roof mansion to pay his condolences to the family following the death of the firebrand nationalist on the 6th of September.

Mliswa took to Twitter to break the news saying upon arrival, he was told the former first lady was not in.

This is despite the fact that South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema will also be visiting the family to pay his condolences.

The firebrand former Zanu PF Mash West chairperson said;

“I went to go & pay my respects to the family of the late RGM this morning at “the Blue Roof”. Unfortunately a few minutes after producing my ID as requested I was informed that the former First Lady wasn’t in. Nonetheless, the family is in my thoughts & prayers.”

Jane Mlambo| South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare and has left for the late former President Robert Mugabe’s Blue roof mansion to pay his condolences to the family.

Malema did not speak to the press upon arrival but posed for a few photos with airport staff before he was whisked away.

Malema was expected to attend Mugabe’s funeral service at the National Sports Stadium but did not turn up.

He has openly saluted the late iconic leader as a pan African whose contribution to the development and emancipation of the African continent should be honored.

By A Correspondent- The British royals have embarked on a trip to Africa where they will visit African countries both as a family and on some occasions Prince Harry will visit alone.

The royals will travel together to SA while Prince Harry will continue to Angola and Malawi alone. Prince Harry will also visit Botswana while on the tour.

The Duke’s itinerary was not publicised but the Birmingham Palace said  the trip will focus on “community, grassroots leadership, women’s and girls’ rights, mental health, HIV/AIDs and the environment” 

The Prince will according to the state media “hit the ground running in Cape Town at a yet-to-be-disclosed township and in following days, meet the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as well as a number of charities and causes the pair hold dear.”

The couple and their 4 months old son will travel to Africa on a commercial flight.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- An American man has died after proposing to his girlfriend underwater during a vacation in Tanzania.

Steven Weber and Kenesha Antoine were staying in a wooden cabin with a bedroom submerged beneath the surface of the water off the east coast of Africa when the incident occurred.

Weber proposed Thursday by swimming underwater, holding a handwritten note against one of the bedrooms windows.

“I can’t hold my breath long enough to tell you everything I love about you. BUT…Everything I love about you I love more EVERY DAY,” the note read in part. Weber then failed to return to the surface, Antoine wrote in a post on Facebook.

“You never emerged from those depths, so you never got to hear my answer, ‘Yes! Yes! A million times, yes, I will marry you!!’ ” she wrote

Jane Mlambo| About 20 NUST students have been arrested for staging a demonstration at the university’s main entrance. The students attempted to block staffers/lecturers from entering the campus.

The students were protesting in support of their parallel class counterparts who have not been attending lectures as lecturers have not been turning up.

Jane Mlambo| With the Zimbabwe economy on the brink, former Zanu PF senior member Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has told the Zimbabwe National Army to take responsibility of the suffering of the people as they are the ones who imposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa through a military coup in November 2013.

Writing on Twitter, Bhasikiti told the army to remove their imposed leader to allow Zimbabwe to move forward.

ZNA should take full responsibility of people's suffering in Zimbabwe.They imposed ED through a coup,retained him after being beaten by Nero 30July 2018.Remove your imposed leader&Zimbabwe will move forward.Hand over power to the people,simple.

— DR.K. BHASIKITI (@KbhasikitiGmai1) September 22, 2019

Former President, Robert Mugabe, has reportedly already been buried in secret at a mysterious location, in his rural home of Zvimba, Spotlight Zimbabwe, reports.

Mugabe died on 6 September at Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore, from advanced prostate cancer, which he failed to recover from after a six-month stay in the Asian country, where he received treatment, state media reported yesterday.

However citing a U.S. diplomatic cable, whistleblower and news leaks website, WikiLeaks, as far back as 2011, was the first to reveal that Mugabe had prostate cancer that had spread to other organs and was urged by his physician to step down in 2008.

In the cable dated June 2008 and written by James D. McGee, the former U.S. ambassador in Harare, former Central Bank governor Gideon Gono was quoted as saying the cancer could lead to Mugabe’s death in three to five years.

“Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, told the ambassador … that President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that has metastasized and, according to doctors, will cause his death in three to five years,” the cable said.

According to a close relative of the Mugabe family, the late veteran politician was laid to rest last week, during a night burial ceremony at a hidden location in Zvimba only known to traditional chiefs, his wife Grace and immediate family.

“The whole thing about a mausoleum construction was a tactical diversion,” said the relative, who also served in Mugabe’s administration at one point.

“The president made it clear that he wanted to be buried in his rural home, and that his body be interred by chiefs in the area, at a location only known to them and his immediate family.

“Yes, there shall be a private event at Heroes Acre in Harare, when the mausoleum is complete, but it’s all going to be symbolic. That is not Mugabe’s final resting place, but as a founding father of our country, it made sense to have a mausoleum built for him on top of the hill at the national shrine.”

Government said construction of the mausoleum is envisaged to be complete in about 30 days. Local online reports say the contract to construct the mausoleum, at an estimated cost of over a US$1 million was awarded to a Chinese company, Shanghai Construction Group, which is currently building the new Parliament of Zimbabwe in Mt Hampden.

Before his death sometime in August, Mugabe is said to have told his family that he does not want President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies to take custody of his body as it might be used for ritualistic and occultic purposes, reports in local private media said.

Mugabe also indicated that he did not want to be associated with Mnangagwa, because he feared there was a huge risk the ruling Zanu PF leader, could use his body for rituals, to consolidate and maintain power.

To that effect, Mugabe’s family had refused to allow Mnangagwa’s government to take Mugabe’s body to One Commando Barracks or any other mortuary as they believed that his enemies wanted to take his organs and use them for occult rituals to enhance their powers.

The occult is a collection of beliefs and practices founded on the premise that humans can tap into a supernatural world. Once connected to this other realm, various rituals and special knowledge are used by those involved to allow a person to gain abilities and power they would otherwise not possess. These powers include controlling the nature world or other people.

“President Mugabe is now resting in peace. It is true that he was buried in Zvimba last week. What you have at his blue roof mansion, is a dummy coffin, for a dummy burial upon the completion of the mausoleum at the Heroes Acre, which will definitely take more than 30 days.

If they are fast enough, they’ll need at least two or three months to finish, because the site is new and an engineering feat of its own,” said a senior official with the Department of Museums and National Monuments last night.

Spotlight Zimbabwe