Lupane By elections
Mpofu polling Station in Gwamba ward 18

1. Zanu Pf Dube Mbongeni 49
2. MDC Alliance Khumalo Dalumuzi 80
3. MDC- T Given Ncube 2
4. Others 0

61 Polling stations to go

"Victoria Falls Town Clerk, Ronnie Dube sells 15k hectares of land to himself" pic.twitter.com/P199dxIQGI

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 3, 2019

Farai Dziva|The price of fuel has gone up again triggering panic stations across the country.

The maximum pump price of petrol is now $9.01 and that of diesel is now $9.06.

The fuel price has effectively increased twice in the same week with the last increase having been announced on 30 July .

Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority announced the new increase on Twitter .

Before this increase, the price of petrol was Petrol $7.55 and diesel was pegged at $7.22.

“Please be advised that the new fuel prices effective Saturday, 03 August 2019 are as follows:
Diesel (ZWL/Litre) Blend E20 (ZWL/Litre)
FOB 0.6052 0.5888
Exchange Rate 7.5000 7.5000
Duty (ZIMRA Exchange Rate – 9.0938) 2.4883 2.7323
Oil Company Margin 0.4796 0.4767
Dealer Margin 0.5930 0.5895
Maximum Pump Price 9.06 9.01
The changes in the fuel prices are due to the FOB price movements and the revised duty regime (SI 161 of 2019).”

THE transfer of funds from mobile money transfer agents to recipients will now be subjected to taxation as Treasury moves to plug out rampant illegal foreign currency deals being conducted via the cash-in and cash-out facility.

Although Government has established the interbank foreign currency market to stabilise the financial services sector, illegal foreign currency deals remain stubborn with the parallel market still exerting pressure on the formal trading platform.

In his 2019 mid-year budget review statement presented in Parliament on Thursday, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube tracked the remnant illegal forex deals to the abuse of the cash-in and cash-out facility.

He said while legislation obliges financial institutions to deduct intermediated money transfer tax on the transfer of money by any means other than by cheque, mobile money transfers by agents to recipients were left out of the tax bracket. The existing regulations apply to taxation on money transfers between two persons, from one person to two or more persons or from two or more persons to one person.

“However, cash-in and cash-out transactions conducted through mobile money transfer platforms do not fall within the above criterion hence the tax is not deductible,” said Prof Ncube.

He said most illegal foreign currency transactions were being conducted through this platform thereby evading payment of tax and sustaining parallel market activities.

“I, therefore, propose to levy tax on the transfer of money from mobile money transfer agents to recipients,” said Minister Ncube.

Government introduced the intermediated money transfer tax (IMTT), popularly known as the ‘2c tax’ in October last year. The tax is pegged at 2c per every dollar transacted as part of measures to widen the revenue base. It replaced the previous tax of five cents per transaction.

Prof Ncube said the bulk of the revenue from this tax head was being used to finance critical infrastructure projects such as roads. Since its introduction, the tax head has performed very well and has become one of the top revenue head contributors, according to Zimra.

In his budget review statement, Prof Ncube announced a further review to the IMTT citing changes in the macro-economic conditions.

“I propose to review the tax-free threshold from the current ZWL$10 to ZW$20 and the maximum tax payable per transaction by corporates from the current ZWL$10 000 to ZW$15 000 for transactions with value exceeding ZWL$750 000. Furthermore, I propose to exempt additional transactions from IMTT in order to eliminate double taxation,” he said.

Individual tax payers and corporates have complained that the 2c tax has increased the cost of doing business and is draining consumers.

Prof Ncube has said the revenue enhancing measures are meant to boost domestic resources to support the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), a major building block towards attainment of an upper middle income economy by 2030.

“It is therefore time to really focus on production, productivity, growth, poverty reduction and development, given that the fiscal and monetary policy issues are under control,” said Prof Ncube.

— Chronicle

Sports minister Kirsty Coventry has promised to watch the English Premier League side Aston Villa play following their signing of Zimbabwean midfielder Marvellous Nakamba.

Nakamba was officially unveiled as an Aston Villa player this week and Zimbabweans have been ecstatic at the prospects of watching a warriors player rubbing shoulders with the world’s best players in England.

Coventry could not be left out of the celebrations saying she will be watching more of Aston Villa games in celebration of Nakamba.

Below is Coventry’s tweet in response to Aston Villa’s announcement of Nakamba as their player.

I will definitely be watching more @AVFCOfficial games!! #MarvelousWelcome #Marvelous #AstonVilla #Zimbabwe https://t.co/fFCiCVNya8

— Kirsty Coventry (@KirstyCoventry) August 3, 2019

Below is a statement from the National Patriotic Front on recent pronouncements by Finance Minister Prof Mthuli Ncube which effectively ended the 51-49 ownership pattern in the mining sector.

The former President Robert Mugabe backed party said they believe the liberation struggle was fought in order to restore Zimbabweans rights to their God given resources which the new dispensation seeks to do away with to impress investors.

Jealousy Mawarire who released the statement said he believes the removal of the indigenization policy is a reversal of the gains of the liberation struggle.

Below is the full statement;

By Own Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed four new ambassadors to replace those who either retired or have been recalled.

Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, made the announcement in a notice in a Government Gazette published on Friday.

The appointments, as Sibanda indicated, were made in terms of Sections 110(2) (i) and 204 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) 2013 Act, 2013. Below are the appointments which the president made.

1. Dr Emmanuel Runganga Gumbo – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Sudan. He replaces Ms Hilda Mafudze, who had served in Khartoum from 2009 to date
2. Engineer Jetro Ndlovu – Inaugural ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
3. Ms Mietani Chauke – Ambassador to the Republic of Italy, replacing career diplomat Mr Godfrey Magwenzi.
4. Air Marshal (Retired) Shebba Shumbayawonda – Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, replacing Mr Christopher Mapanga

GOVERNMENT has come to the rescue of about 600 farmers at Mt Olympus in Goromonzi who were being threatened with eviction by former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe to pave way for residential developments.

The farmers, more than half of whom have government-issued offer letters, have been living at the farm since 2000 until this year when Mukupe, through his company Farmtel Investments, claimed that he was offered the same piece of land by the Local Government ministry then led by Saviour Kasukuwere.

On Thursday, Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Aplonia Munzverengi, who was accompanied by top officials from the Lands ministry visited the farmers and assured them that they would be spared eviction while authorities try to find a lasting solution to the impasse.

Munzverengi said the land in question falls under Mashonaland East province and that those seeking to allocate residential stands should look somewhere else for land.

“I came here to talk to you after learning of all the problems you are facing. This land falls under Mashonaland East; you have offer letters, meaning that you belong here. We looked into the matter and we are still on the table with relevant authorities for a permanent solution. However, you belong here and continue with your activities here. Do we have to turn each piece of land into residential stands? They should look elsewhere not here,” she said.

Mt Olympus Farm, also known as KwaProton, has a total hectarage of 5 700 hectares with more than 250 resettled farmers yet to get their offer letters.

Recently, Mukupe who had visited the farmers to distribute eviction notice, reportedly left in a huff as the angry farmers drove him off the farm.

The farmers’ spokesperson, one Musungo, said Mukupe had become a problem, threatening to take over the land despite most of the farmers being productive.

“We have been farming on this land since 2000 until this year when some land barons came to disturb our peace by claiming that the land is theirs. We have more than 324 farmers who were given offer letters in 2010 by the responsible ministry. This has been our home and we have been very productive. We participated in command agriculture and we did well among other projects,” he said.

Most of the farmers are currently on the command poultry programme that was launched by the local legislator Ozias Bvute last year.

According to government documents, in 2016 Mukupe’s company, Farmtel Investments was given 100ha in Chishawasha B, with other companies reportedly belonging to government heavyweights like Nettfields Investments (Pvt) Ltd and Mahlaba (Pvt) Ltd and Elephant Trust also getting pieces of the farm which lies along Arcturus Road.

Former Zanu-PF youth league boss Kudzanayi Chipanga was also one of the beneficiaries.

-Newsday

Zodwa is sticking by her decision to call off her wedding and vowed to “never go back” to her former bae Ntobeko.

The couple were set to tie the knot this past weekend but cancelled the ceremony at the 11th hour. Zodwa told TshisaLIVE earlier this week that the wedding is off “for good” and she had broken up with Ntobeko.

Although she was shy to share what caused the split, she hinted that fame had driven a wedge between them and claimed Ntobeko did not “fight” for her.

Ntobeko refused to comment on the couple’s relationship and said Zodwa knew the reasons for the split

The couple’s relationship was on and off several times in the build-up to the wedding but speaking to TshisaLIVE again on Wednesday, Zodwa shut down suggestions that the couple could get back together.

“I will never get back to Ntobeko. Never.”

Zodwa added that she was “bored and tired” of the whole relationship and had been working hard.

Despite the heartbreak, Zodwa said she still believed in love and would fall in love again, given the chance.

“I still believe in love and will be in a relationship in the future, but not with Ntobeko.”

-timeslive

ABOUT 15 Chivhu war veterans on Tuesday demonstrated against alleged maladministration by the district development co-ordinator Michael Mariga and locked him out of his office.

The war veterans accused Mariga of allocating land without following proper procedures, which had caused some misunderstandings among land owners in the district.

They also accused Mariga of disrespecting them and sidelining them from the affairs of the district.

The war veterans gathered at Mariga’s office at the Range offices, some 15km from Chivhu town, waving placards, singing and chanting slogans.

They then put key blockers on his office locks.

“The office is ours. Chivhu is ours. You are a mere employee, so you can’t disrespect us. You must go,” they sang.

Some of the placards were written, “Mariga, why do you hate war vets that much?”, “Why don’t you want war vets in lands meetings?”, “You wrote a letter to the political commissar lying that war vets were selling State land. Prove it.”

Mariga could not be reached for a comment as he continuously dropped calls from NewsDay Weekender.

Chikomba War Veterans Association chairperson Joachim Chivandire said he was attending meetings in Marondera and could not comment.

“I am in Marondera for some meetings. I will get in touch when I get back to Chivhu,” he said.

A war veteran, who participated in the demonstration and agreed to comment on condition of anonymity, said there was bad blood between the freedom fighters and Mariga which had been derailing development in the district, hence they had to organise a demonstration to alert higher authorities.

“We tried several means to amicably resolve our differences with Mariga, but to no avail. We couldn’t let the situation continue like that, so we had to lock him out of his office,” she said.

Early this year, a war veteran, Justice Munhapa, was fined $30 at the Chivhu Magistrates’ Courts for insulting Mariga and calling him a liar during a lands meeting.

-Newsday

The family of the missing journalist Itai Dzamara has set the 7th of August as the date for the launch of the Itai Dzamara Trust in honor of one of former President Robert Mugabe’s fierce critic.

Brother to Itai, Partson said the launch coincides with his birthday.

“We are launching the Itai Dzamara trust on his birthday on 07 August next week. The dream is alive. Thank you all for your support and you are invited. Mega blessings.”

Dzamara was abducted by unknown assailants in 2014 and has not been seen to this day, with countless theories pointing to the state hand.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government would soon unveil new notes and coins to complete the cycle of the introduction of the new currency put in motion through the banning of the multi-currency system.

Speaking during his traditional national clean-up exercise in Mount Pleasant, Harare, Mnangagwa said the country did not, as yet, have its own currency despite having banned the use of the multi-currency regime.

“You know that on the aspect of currency, we banned the multi-currency regime and said we want our own money. We are yet to have our own currency, but we banned the other currencies,” he said.

“What we have left is the RTGS and swipe. In the future, money will come that will have our own features of Zimbabwe so that we can hold our heads high.”

Before the introduction of the new Zimbabwe notes and coins, the local currency is already taking a beating after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in his Mid-term budget review on Thursday introduced measures that could trigger inflation.

Ncube increased prices of most government services and electricity tariffs, pushed up taxes on alcohol and fuel.

Mnangagwa acknowledged the downside of the economy, telling Zimbabweans that they should confront the hardships head-on.

““We have problems, but we must not avoid them. We are supposed to face them head-on. In that process, we have to go through hard times until we surmount those challenges,” he said.

In anticipation of the looming price hikes, the Zanu PF leader warned business people, saying he could soon introduce laws to arrest those who increase prices of their commodities but failing to increase salaries of their workers.

“Prices in this country are just going up and going up, but the business owners, who are increasing prices, are not increasing salaries of their workers, who are selling their goods in the shops,” Mnangagwa said.

“What is happening to the money that you are taking from your consumers? Yesterday, the good was $3, today it’s $7, the next day, it’s up to $10. Have you done the same for the worker? No, you have not. Well, it’s good, we will see between me and you who has power. I have the law and I have handcuffs to arrest you. We will see who will arrest the other. We need laws to deal with this.”

Mnangagwa, facing threats of impeachment and demonstrations from the opposition, said he was doing everything within his power to improve the livelihoods of the general citizenry.

“Your government is doing all it can day in, day out so that we have a better life tomorrow. The journey is difficult, but where we are going, there is hope for good things. I think by the end of the year, we will remove austerity measures because things will be well,” he said.

UNITED African National Council (UANC) president Gwinyai Muzorewa (pictured) has rubbished claims that his party fielded two candidates for the forthcoming Glen View South constituency by-election, saying the other candidate registered in his party name belonged to a splinter group.

Muzorewa, who is currently in the country to conduct campaign rallies for the party candidate Ellah Zisani, said the anomaly had since been rectified by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).

Zisani is among nine contestants seeking to replace the late Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java of the MDC Alliance, who succumbed to road accident injuries in June this year.

Some of the candidates are Vincent Tsvangirai (MDC Alliance), Offard Machuwe (Zanu-PF), Maxwell Kasema (Independent), Phillip Ndengu (Independent), Rosemary Nyamayedenga (FreeZim Congress), Crispen Rateiwa (Zapu), Edwin Million (Lead) and Parlington Pikelele of another faction of the UANC.

The election will be held on September 7.

“The UANC fielded one candidate, Ellah Zisani. However, there is a stray handful of people who are moving around calling themselves UANC. Zec has since rectified the anomaly and we are happy about that,” Muzorewa said.

He added that they would soon roll out rallies in the high-density suburb as they seek to make history by pulling it against big political parties, the MDC Alliance and Zanu-PF.

“The UANC will conduct its first rally early August to announce its candidate and another one just before the election day. We do not need to ferry supporters from outside the constituency and our candidate is a resident there. As a mother, Zisani knows the plight of the electorate in Glen View, hence we are confident in her as the candidate,” he said.

-Newsday

For some people, being sent to jail is more like a death penalty, in most cases resulting in one being ruled out, as for lovers history has it, that would mean the end of it.

But for Brickz, real name Sipho Ndlovu, and aspiring rapper Cazo Cas (35) the fire of love is still burning.

Cazo knows why the ‘Sweety My Baby hitmaker’ Brickz is locked up in prison, he opened up about the matter to her, when they first met, and she believed him.

Speaking through a close family member, Brickz opens up to DRUM; “She knows everything about me and has really brought a smile to my face.”

For him, the burden of losing freedom as he serves a 15 year jail term at Krugersdorp Correctional Services, for rape is being made bearable by the love between him and Cazo, they are always in prayer spirits together, despite the geographical location.

Brickz, (37) was convicted of raping his niece at his home, west of Johannesburg, in November 2013, and was sentenced to 15 years behind bars. But Cazo firmly stood by him during trial, not caring what other people would think, she tells DRUM.

“It’s not like we just started dating now, we know a lot about each other. We’ve been together for three years now.

“I was attracted to him because of his personality. He’s a very good person.”

The two met for the first time in 2015, by chance of having had attended a same event together, where she asked him if he had indeed committed the crime, he told her he never committed the crime, and it is the way he answered that made her to believe him. He even went as far as telling her other secrets she did not know about the case.

They started as friends, he opened up to her, since then the fire of love started burning, she being there for him when chips were down. She began to see the type of person he is.

What makes Cazo’s love for Brickz unique is that it didn’t shake, even after he was found guilty and jailed.

She opens to DRUM; “I feel like all relationships have their ups and downs and we’re just going through a downhill right now. I can’t leave him because times are hard right now. We’ve had beautiful times together so why should I leave him because he’s going through a dark phase?”

She keenly awaits the day the prison gates would open for him, and can’t wait seeing him walk out to freedom again. She is optimistic, and full of hope that only one day he will wave goodbye to prison walls and join her, live together happy ever after.

Though such kind of dating is not easy, the couple keep their chambers of love glowing through love mails, and she regularly visit him at the prison every Sunday, making the day their favourite.

Before he was convicted, the two lovers were staying together at his grandmother’s house, giving each other emotional support. Cazo takes her lover’s incarceration, as if he has gone on a long journey, were he would come back home one day. She doesn’t view it as if he has died, the only that guarantees no return.

According to those who know Cazo better, she is not trying to ride on Brickz’s fame. No. Though she is yet to make a mark of her own in the entertainment circles the humble aspiring rapper and model just loves him.

Cazo is a strong character who puts herself in Brickz’s shoes, try to understand his situation and offer emotional support.

BRICKZ was found guilty of raping his then 17-year-old niece at his rented house in 2013, was sentenced to 15 years in jail, he was released on R80 000 bail in April 2018 pending an appeal against conviction.

However, he lost the appeal and was sent back to the Krugersdorp prison to proceed serving his term. He may qualify for seven and half years parole in 2023.

Cazo’s family and friends stood with the two in their relationship, though those who were not real friends walked away. She refers to such people as part-time friends, and says their walking away helped strengthening her.

For Brickz, being incarceration is not the end of the road, he is currently working on his music, while also making use of the prison’s educational facilities, as he prepares for his freedom once again.

Those who are close to him tells DRUM that he doing his best, and has since taken up all the subjects available there, studies hard and recently, passed his Maths exams with 62% and is expected to graduate in August.

-Celebgossip

VARIOUS workers’ unions have slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s decision to hike charges for government services without adjusting civil servants’ salaries.

On Thursday, Ncube presented his mid-term budget review in Parliament and piled more misery on already burdened Zimbabweans, with tollgates fees and electricity tariffs rising sharply as well as other services from the Vehicle Inspection Department.

Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo told NewsDay Weekender that the mid-term budget review showed that Ncube was out of touch with reality.

“Ncube did not ask for our input when he put together his mid-term budget. We could have highlighted the plight of the workers with his austerity policies.
Probably it was deliberate that he never sought our views because he wanted to go it alone and continue to impoverish the most vulnerable people like workers,”
he said.

For the past week, ZCTU has been threatening to organise mass demonstration against President Emerson Mnangagwa’s government over the rising costs of living.

Moyo said this time around, some action against the rising cost of living was imminent.

“The magnitude of increases is frightening when you compare with stagnant salaries. Obviously, the workers would have to show their disappointment through some
form of action,” he said.

Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe leader Obert Masaraure said the review showed government’s disregard of worker’s welfare.

“Ncube had the audacity to increase prices of government offered services by up to 500%, but is not prepared to do the same with our salaries. Civil servants
should realise that we are dealing with a devil determined to throw us in a living hell,” he said.

Masaraure said it was high time civil servants become brave enough to come face-to-face with the government to push it to consider their welfare.

“Under such circumstances, we can no longer afford to keep on shadow boxing. We have to step into the ring and declare that enough is enough. Our teachers are
already on early holiday in protest against underpayment. It will be folly to open schools in third term if our salary is not restored,” he said.

Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said teacher representatives were at Parliament following up on their petition
focusing on their salaries and conditions of service.

Zimbabwe Teachers Association chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu said the mid-term budget would not improve the welfare of government workers.

“That budget, in real terms, is only awarding us about 43% which is short of our expectations. It is disconfirming what they gave us in July. They are giving us almost half of it. Prices have gone up and they will continue to go up until the year end. There is no joy for us as civil servants,” he said.

MDC deputy secretary for policy and research Miriam Mushayi said the mid-term budget was a clear statement that government had failed to run the country.

-Newsday

VARIOUS workers’ unions have slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s decision to hike charges for government services without adjusting civil servants’ salaries.

On Thursday, Ncube presented his mid-term budget review in Parliament and piled more misery on already burdened Zimbabweans, with tollgates fees and electricity tariffs rising sharply as well as other services from the Vehicle Inspection Department.

Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo told NewsDay Weekender that the mid-term budget review showed that Ncube was out of
touch with reality.

“Ncube did not ask for our input when he put together his mid-term budget. We could have highlighted the plight of the workers with his austerity policies.
Probably it was deliberate that he never sought our views because he wanted to go it alone and continue to impoverish the most vulnerable people like workers,”
he said.

For the past week, ZCTU has been threatening to organise mass demonstration against President Emerson Mnangagwa’s government over the rising costs of living.

Moyo said this time around, some action against the rising cost of living was imminent.

“The magnitude of increases is frightening when you compare with stagnant salaries. Obviously, the workers would have to show their disappointment through some
form of action,” he said.

Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe leader Obert Masaraure said the review showed government’s disregard of worker’s welfare.

“Ncube had the audacity to increase prices of government offered services by up to 500%, but is not prepared to do the same with our salaries. Civil servants
should realise that we are dealing with a devil determined to throw us in a living hell,” he said.

Masaraure said it was high time civil servants become brave enough to come face-to-face with the government to push it to consider their welfare.

“Under such circumstances, we can no longer afford to keep on shadow boxing. We have to step into the ring and declare that enough is enough. Our teachers are
already on early holiday in protest against underpayment. It will be folly to open schools in third term if our salary is not restored,” he said.

Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said teacher representatives were at Parliament following up on their petition
focusing on their salaries and conditions of service.

Zimbabwe Teachers Association chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu said the mid-term budget would not improve the welfare of government workers.

“That budget, in real terms, is only awarding us about 43% which is short of our expectations. It is disconfirming what they gave us in July. They are giving us almost half of it. Prices have gone up and they will continue to go up until the year end. There is no joy for us as civil servants,” he said.

MDC deputy secretary for policy and research Miriam Mushayi said the mid-term budget was a clear statement that government had failed to run the country.

-Newsday

Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has refuted claims by former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo that he does not have shares in Metbank saying he acquired them through a proxy.

Mliswa said Chombo owns Metbank shares through Kamushinda.

1/ But of course on paper he doesn’t, this’ll always be the case as his ownership is through proxy… it’s believed Kamushinda is that proxy. It’s common knowledge that lawyers have ways&means to draft addendums that aren’t necessarily made public but are enforceable at law https://t.co/GhX6YHPkXH

— Hon. Temba P. Mliswa (@TembaMliswa) August 3, 2019

Farai Dziva|Political analyst Anthony Taruvinga has said Zanu PF wants to eliminate MDC Youth Assembly leader Obey Sithole for speaking out against the regime.

“For the second time within a space of less than 60 days, Mnangagwa’s agents have attempted to kill Chairman Tererai Obey Sithole without success.
They still want him dead.

Now, my worry is not about the murderous behaviour of Zanu PF agents because we have known them as murderers.

We urge President Nelson Chamisa to give Obey the protection he urgently deserves. The party must give him bodyguards.

This is very serious. He has become the target mainly because he commands the largest portion of the population, which (the youths) and has done well in the campaigns,” said Taruvinga.

By Court Correspondent| Contrary to Constitutional lawyer Lovemore Madhuku’s expert comment that Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira does not have any window for bail until after 21 days, the High Court has ruled that magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi misdirected himself in refusing her a release.

Mupfumira is on trial for corruption for over $95 million NSSA money allegedly paid out on her verbal orders.

Magistrate Mutevedzi last week ruled that Mupfumira will stay in remand prison for over 21 days as per a certificate presented by the prosecution. To this expert, prof Lovemore Madhuku said the minister has no window of opportunity under the law to appeal unless via the Constitutional Court. He made these comments to the broadcaster, ZBC and reiterated them to ZimEye (interview below).

But in an appeal presented by Mupfumira’s lawyer, on Friday, Lewis Uriri, High Court Judge, Erica Ndewere has ruled that Mutevedzi misdirected himself.

Justice Ndewere said, “we are dealing with an unusual case where there is an appeal before this court now being treated like a fresh bail application. We have a situation where a judicial officer refused to entertain the issue of bail which I have already said was a misdirection. The issue of bail was not well ventilated, so it is fair that I allow the State to call the IO.

“This will give the defence an opportunity to cross examine him because this court doesn’t want to repeat the same mistake.

“We ended up having a one-sided case in which the issue of the certificate only was entertained,” she said Ndewere.

She postponed the matter to Monday for continuation of bail hearing.

Jane Mlambo| Energy minister Fortune Chasi has invited Zimbabweans to apply to sit on the soon to be constituted ZESA board.

Chasi fired the previous board put in place by former energy minister Joram Gumbo accusing them of misplaced priorities after perusing their minutes of meetings which never discussed the crippling loadshedding.

Chasi though he will not be able to appoint everyone, he said some will actually make on the important that will superintend over the affairs of the parastatal.

ZESA board: MaZimba thank you all for the interest in the ZESA board. That is as it should. This coming week the Ministry will flight the advert. Please lookout for it and respond. The advert will hav all details. All our parastatals will be there. Hamu kwane zvenyu mese but Some

— Fortune Chasi (@fortunechasi) August 3, 2019

A yr after Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power in Zim after the July 31 disputed polls, debate on who was/is a better leader btwn ED & his predecessor Mugabe has taken centre stage. Who was/is a better leader between former president Robert Mugabe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 3, 2019

Farai Dziva|In a development that is likely to punctuate the hullabaloo in the Zanu PF camp, the UK has insisted on genuine political reforms.

According to SADC News, the UK has urged the President of Zimbabwe to deliver on “genuine” political and economic reforms in order to ensure a brighter future for the country.

Newly elected Prime Minster of the UK, Boris Johnson, also asked Emmerson Mnangagwa to implement recommendations by the Motlanthe Commission, which was set up after demonstrators were shot and killed in 2018.

Zanu PF sympathisers last week claimed the UK Premier, indicated willingness to discuss diplomatic issues with Mnangagwa.

Farai Dziva|MDC Organising Secretary, Amos Chibaya was yesterday remanded to October 4.

” The MDC Secretary for Organising, Hon. Amos Chibaya, appeared at the Gweru Magistrates court yesterday.

Chibaya, who is already out on bail; was further remanded to the 4th of October 2019.

Hon Chibaya is facing charges of subversion,” the party said in a statement.

Jane Mlambo| Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned the continuous regression of the Zimbabwean economy saying in the past 30 years, other countries have progressed while Zim remained stagnated.

Chamisa said the quality of life in Zimbabwe is painful as it is moving in reverse instead of going forward.

Chamisa posted the message on Twitter. Find it below;

The quality of life in Zim is painful.
For the last 30 years other countries have progressed but Zimbabwe has not just stagnated but even regressed.We have moved in reverse.We are going down everyday! https://t.co/ZohSdbnyQc

— nelson chamisa (@nelsonchamisa) August 3, 2019

State Media– Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira is a flight risk who holds two passports and has properties in the United Kingdom, a High Court judge heard.

Mupfumira, who was arrested by the recently-constituted Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), will spend the weekend in remand prison after Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday deferred her bail application to Monday.

Justice Ndewere postponed the matter to allow the State to call the investigating officer to give evidence during the bail application. Mupfumira is facing criminal abuse of public office charges involving US$95 million.

She was detained last week after the State invoked Section 32 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, which allows it to seek the further detention of a suspect up to 21 days to conduct further investigations.

The State led by Mrs Sharon Fero challenged Mupfumira’s bail application at the High Court yesterday, arguing that there was already a certificate which was tendered to the Prosecutor-General that bars any court from entertaining her before the stipulated 21 days lapsed.

“An aggrieved part can only approach this court when an inferior court had made a determination in relation to bail,” said Mrs Fero.

“I submit that the magistrate did not entertain the issue of bail. He was never asked to make a determination. He did not refuse to grant the applicant bail, so, for that reason the appeal ought to be struck off the roll.”

Mrs Fero accused Mupfumira of trying to take her bail application to the High Court through the back door.

“This court has no right to hear a case which is being brought via the back door,” she said.

Mupfumira, through her lawyer Advocate Lewis Uriri, who is acting on the instructions of Mr Charles Chinyama, said they had a right to be heard, arguing that they were rightly before the court.More in Home

Justice Ndewere ruled that the court had jurisdiction to hear Mupfumira’s bail application.

The State then opposed that Mupfumira be granted bail, arguing that investigations into the matter were still in progress.

Mrs Fero said Mupfumira had two passports and properties in the United Kingdom, leaving room for her to abscond trial. She said there was need for the investigating officer to testify to that effect.

Adv Uriri denied that Mupfumira had properties in the United Kingdom, saying being a holder of two passports did not mean that she will not stand trial.

He said Mupfumira had once travelled out of the country late in July and returned with full knowledge of the allegations she is facing.

Justice Ndewere deferred the matter to Monday for continuation of the bail application where the investigating officer is expected to testify before the court.

-State Media

Independent member of parliament for Norton Constituency Temba Mliswa, has showered praises for disgraced Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Retired Air Chief Marshal Perence Shiri for apologising for his unwarranted slur on opposition members of parliament on Wednesday.

Mliswa shockingly described Shiri as a principled man who stooped too low to apologise for his shocking behaviour.

Mliswa gave his praises in parliament on Thursday ahead of the presentation of the supplementary budget by Minister Mthuli Ncube.

Mr. Speaker Sir, let me also recognise and appreciate Hon. Shiri’s remarks.  It is real magnanimity for him to do that.  It is not many leaders of his level: he was a commander of the liberation struggle, ZANLA in the Tete Province, that he can stand up and make such an apology.  That is something that has humbled me and because of, that I would want to be schooled by him on how to do things.  

I do not know if he can agree to be my mentor, though late but I think that is something I have never thought a man of his stature would stand up to do that.  There is a lot that we can learn from him.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has acknowledged the downside of the economy, telling Zimbabweans that they should persevere and confront the hardships head-on.

“We have problems, but we must not avoid them. We are supposed to face them head-on. In that process, we have to go through hard times until we surmount those challenges,” he said.

Speaking during his traditional national clean-up exercise in Mount Pleasant, Harare, Mnangagwa said the country did not, as yet, have its own currency despite having banned the use of the multi-currency regime.

“You know that on the aspect of currency, we banned the multi-currency regime and said we want our own money. We are yet to have our own currency, but we banned the other currencies,” he said.

“What we have left is the RTGS and swipe. In the future, money will come that will have our own features of Zimbabwe so that we can hold our heads high.” 

Ncube increased prices of most government services and electricity tariffs, pushed up taxes on alcohol and fuel. 

Before the introduction of the new Zimbabwe notes and coins, the local currency is already taking a beating after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in his Mid-term budget review on Thursday introduced measures that could trigger inflation.

In anticipation of the looming price hikes, the Zanu PF leader warned business people, saying he could soon introduce laws to arrest those who increase prices of their commodities, but failing to increase salaries of their workers.

“Prices in this country are just going up and going up, but the business owners, who are increasing prices, are not increasing salaries of their workers, who are selling their goods in the shops,” Mnangagwa said.

“What is happening to the money that you are taking from your consumers? Yesterday, the good was $3, today it’s $7, the next day, it’s up to $10. Have you done the same for the worker? No, you have not. Well, it’s good, we will see between me and you who has power. I have the law and I have handcuffs to arrest you. We will see who will arrest the other. We need laws to deal with this.” 

Mnangagwa, facing threats of impeachment and demonstrations from the opposition, said he was doing everything within his power to improve the livelihoods of the general citizenry.

“Your government is doing all it can day in, day out so that we have a better life tomorrow. The journey is difficult, but where we are going, there is hope for good things. I think by the end of the year, we will remove austerity measures because things will be well,” he said.

While thousands of aged National Social Security Authority pension beneficiaries went for months with no pay, the authority’s records show a classic case of a teacher in Wedza whose monthly salary was recorded as $48 000.

The shambles in the NSSA membership records were revealed in the much-awaited forensic audit report which was tabled in Parliament, with Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Sekai Nzenza saying it will be used to “bring the guilty to book” and recover looted funds.

The report — which was commissioned by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri —covered the period from January 2015 to early 2018.

Parliament is now expected to debate the report and make necessary recommendations to Minister Nzenza arising from the report.

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has impounded two Kwekwe City Council ambulances for circumventing import tax, as investigations into the tax fraud involving former Director State Residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet Douglas Tapfuma deepen.

The ambulances, which were donated to the local authority by Vongaishe Mpereri during his tenure as a Member of Parliament for Mbizo, were brought in from South Africa, and ZIMRA has queries on clearance of the vehicles upon entry into the country.

Tapfuma was allegedly involved in importing the ambulances together with 81 other vehicles without paying tax.

Mpereri said the ZIMRA officers had some investigations to make regarding the clearance of the vehicles.

“We bought the ambulances in South Africa using the CDF funds, so the officers have questions on the clearance of the vehicles,” he said. “But I am told that the investigations are almost complete and the vehicles will be returned to council in a few days. We are not there to block the authorities from carrying out their duties.”

Contacted for comment, ZIMRA head of corporate communications Mr Francis Chimanda confirmed the probe, but declined to give more details citing secrecy provisions.

“Please note that the query relates to an individual’s clearance and in terms of the secrecy provisions in both the Revenue Authority Section 34A and the Customs and Excise Act, Section 210, we are not in a position to provide a response,” wrote Mr Chimanda in response to e-mailed questions.

Acting Kwekwe Town Clerk Dr Lucia Mnkandla said council officials were in the dark over the seizure of the ambulances.

“I can confirm that ZIMRA took away two of the ambulances that were handed over to council by Mpereri,” she said. “We are, however, not aware of the reasons behind the seizure of the vehicles.”

Dr Mnkandla said the local authority’s ambulance fleet had been left depleted and only one ambulance was functional.

“We have been left in dire straits as we are left with only one ambulance that is up and running,” she said. “Two others are down, so the ambulances had helped to ease the situation in the town.”

State Media|Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira is a flight risk who holds two passports and has properties in the United Kingdom, a High Court judge heard.

Mupfumira, who was arrested by the recently-constituted Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), will spend the weekend in remand prison after Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday deferred her bail application to Monday.

Justice Ndewere postponed the matter to allow the State to call the investigating officer to give evidence during the bail application. Mupfumira is facing criminal abuse of public office charges involving US$95 million.

She was detained last week after the State invoked Section 32 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, which allows it to seek the further detention of a suspect up to 21 days to conduct further investigations.

The State led by Mrs Sharon Fero challenged Mupfumira’s bail application at the High Court yesterday, arguing that there was already a certificate which was tendered to the Prosecutor-General that bars any court from entertaining her before the stipulated 21 days lapsed.

“An aggrieved part can only approach this court when an inferior court had made a determination in relation to bail,” said Mrs Fero.

“I submit that the magistrate did not entertain the issue of bail. He was never asked to make a determination. He did not refuse to grant the applicant bail, so, for that reason the appeal ought to be struck off the roll.”

Mrs Fero accused Mupfumira of trying to take her bail application to the High Court through the back door.

“This court has no right to hear a case which is being brought via the back door,” she said.

Mupfumira, through her lawyer Advocate Lewis Uriri, who is acting on the instructions of Mr Charles Chinyama, said they had a right to be heard, arguing that they were rightly before the court.

Justice Ndewere ruled that the court had jurisdiction to hear Mupfumira’s bail application.

The State then opposed that Mupfumira be granted bail, arguing that investigations into the matter were still in progress.

Mrs Fero said Mupfumira had two passports and properties in the United Kingdom, leaving room for her to abscond trial. She said there was need for the investigating officer to testify to that effect.

Adv Uriri denied that Mupfumira had properties in the United Kingdom, saying being a holder of two passports did not mean that she will not stand trial.

He said Mupfumira had once travelled out of the country late in July and returned with full knowledge of the allegations she is facing.

Justice Ndewere deferred the matter to Monday for continuation of the bail application where the investigating officer is expected to testify before the court.

GOVERNMENT yesterday summoned the United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols over the placement on sanctions of Zimbabwe’s Ambassador-designate to Tanzania, Anselem Sanyatwe and his wife, Ms Chido Machona on allegations that the former violated human rights.

Ambassador Sanyatwe is a former Commander of the Presidential Guard.

In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade spokesperson Mr Shepherd Gwenzi said the Ministry’s permanent secretary Ambassador James Manzou met Ambassador Nichols yesterday.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on 2 August 2019 summoned the Ambassador of the United States of America to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Brian Nichols. He met the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ambassador James Manzou and the purpose of the summons was to express displeasure of the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe over the public designation of His Excellency Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Anselem Sanyatwe, currently Zimbabwe’s Ambassador-designate to the United Republic of Tanzania and former commander of the Zimbabwe National Army’s presidential Guard Brigade, by the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo under section 7031(c) FY 2019, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programme, Appropriations Act (Div.F.P.I.116.6), allegedly for gross violations of human rights related to the August 1, 2018 post-election incident,” he said.State media

Zimbabwe welcomes foreign investors into the country but will not accept investments that come with conditions attached.

This was said by President Mnangagwa after taking part in the ninth edition of the National Environment Cleaning Day at Ashbrittle Shopping Centre yesterday.
He also said there must be unity and peace among Zimbabweans if the country is to develop.

“We want a better future, we want the next generation to live a better life than ourselves and to do so the current generation should be united as a country, as a people and we must put our heads together and shoulders on the wheel to develop, to modernise, to industrialise our country,” President Mnangagwa said.

“We can do that and achieve that on our own, depending on our resources but alas, the pace at which we develop would be very slow. That’s why we have said ‘Zimbabwe is open for business’ in order to attract foreign direct investment into the country and assist us to develop the various sectors of the economy: agriculture, mining, tourism, manufacturing, infrastructure development and ICTs.

“But when FDIs come into the country, they must come at the dictates of ourselves; no political ties, no conditions. The conditions should only be those which we want and this can only be achieved if we remain united, when we remain peaceful, when each one of us strives to do one’s best in whatever they are doing.”

President Mnangagwa said Government had embarked on the re-engagement process so that the country re-joins the community of nations.State media

A Maphisa woman has shocked villagers in the area after her two male lovers settled to stay with her in the same house for two months since neither of them could let her go.

At first Pretty Mangwende and her two lovers, Simbarashe Mukupe and the other only identified as Oliver seemed to be living peacefully in a section of the growth point, commonly known as Garikai.

However, it is reported that trouble began when Mangwende got a job at Velakuhle Bar. What had seemed to be a mutual arrangement between the two men turned to a battle ground.

Oliver and Mukupe reportedly quarrelled incessantly over who should continue to stay with Mangwende until Oliver decided to go and report at Mangwende’s workplace that she was staying with him and Mukupe and this resulted in Mangwende being fired.

When B-Metro contacted Mangwende she opened up about the issue before dropping the phone.
“Yes, I was dating the two men and I was living with both of them. The thing is they had different rooms but we lived in the same house and so I don’t see anything wrong with that”, raged Mangwende.

She added: “What I can tell you is that at the moment I am no longer living with them because things did not just work out. It is not true that we had any misunderstandings or quarrelling. I was not even fired at work because of that issue. I cannot tell you more because I have never seen you and you have no business asking about my life”.

Efforts to get a comment from Oliver and Mukupe were fruitless. However, residents of the area are still shocked at Mangwende’s guts.

“We just cannot believe that a woman can stay with two men in the same house. It is our first time to hear about it and we do not know how she managed to do that, maybe she used juju ”, said a bewildered man who only identified himself as Sibanda.

A source close to this issue spoke on condition of anonymity: “I used to live close to them and it was just weird to witness Mangwende staying with the two men. I cannot even say they were desperate for shelter because they both work.”

The Maphisa woman’s case comes hot on the heels of another similar case in which a woman from Lupane left her community shocked last month after it emerged she was married to two men and had children with both of them.State media

SOME Hwange residents and villagers have called for the erection of a Marvelous Nakamba statue at his rural home Dinde in Hwange district along Victoria Falls road as an honor of becoming the first player from the district to play in the English Premier League.

Nakamba penned a five year old deal with EPL returnees Aston Villa this week, joining other iconic stars like Bruce Grobbelaar, Peter Ndlovu and Benjan Mwaruwari, ironically all with roots to Bulawayo giants Highlanders.

While Nakamba played organised junior football for Highlanders and later on Bantu Rovers, he was born in the coal mining town of Hwange 25 years ago when his father Anthony, was an assistant goalkeeper to Johannes Tshuma at Hwange FC.

His rural home is Dinde about 35km from Hwange town, under Chief Nekatambe.State media

Farai Dziva |A picture of students at a high school in Masvingo- having tea with boiled dry maize has gone viral on social media.

Commenting on the picture, prominent journalist and filmmaker, Hopewell said :”
This broke my heart. This is … High School.

I went to Fletcher High School in Gweru, a Government school where we had pudding, fruits, tea at 10.

What we are seeing here is a direct result of corruption and theft of public funds by political elites to fund their lifestyles.”

By A Correspondent| A Maphisa woman has shocked villagers in the area after her two male lovers settled to stay with her in the same house for two months since neither of them could let her go.

At first Pretty Mangwende and her two lovers, Simbarashe Mukupe and the other only identified as Oliver seemed to be living peacefully in a section of the growth point, commonly known as Garikai.

However, it is reported that trouble began when Mangwende got a job at Velakuhle Bar. What had seemed to be a mutual arrangement between the two men turned to a battle ground.

Oliver and Mukupe reportedly quarrelled incessantly over who should continue to stay with Mangwende until Oliver decided to go and report at Mangwende’s workplace that she was staying with him and Mukupe and this resulted in Mangwende being fired.

When B-Metro contacted Mangwende she opened up about the issue before dropping the phone.

“Yes, I was dating the two men and I was living with both of them. The thing is they had different rooms but we lived in the same house and so I don’t see anything wrong with that”, raged Mangwende.

She added: “What I can tell you is that at the moment I am no longer living with them because things did not just work out. It is not true that we had any misunderstandings or quarrelling. I was not even fired at work because of that issue. I cannot tell you more because I have never seen you and you have no business asking about my life”.

Efforts to get a comment from Oliver and Mukupe were fruitless. However, residents of the area are still shocked at Mangwende’s guts.

“We just cannot believe that a woman can stay with two men in the same house. It is our first time to hear about it and we do not know how she managed to do that, maybe she used juju”, said a bewildered man who only identified himself as Sibanda.

A source close to this issue spoke on condition of anonymity: “I used to live close to them and it was just weird to witness Mangwende staying with the two men. I cannot even say they were desperate for shelter because they both work.”

The Maphisa woman’s case comes hot on the heels of another similar case in which a woman from Lupane left her community shocked last month after it emerged she was married to two men and had children with both of them.

Ms Siphathisiwe Mkandla (48) of Manansa Village in Malunku ward cohabited with Mr John Mpala (55) and Mr Dolete Mlotshwa for the past three years.

Mr Mpala collapsed and died at their matrimonial home in June after complaining of chest pains and was buried at his uncle’s homestead in Sindombe area in the same ward. Mr Mlotshwa is a gold panner in Inyathi.-BMetro

Today, on the first anniversary of the tragic death of civilians following the 2018 harmonised elections, @CanEmbZimbabwe calls on GoZ to fully implement recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry and continue implementation of political and economic reforms.

— Canada in Zimbabwe (@CanEmbZimbabwe) August 1, 2019

By A Correspondent| Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe, son to former President Robert Mugabe, said that he is not the bad guy as some people want to make him appear to be.

Chatunga was recently implicated in a bar brawl with an upcoming female musician. He is accused of having sent assailants to assault Shashl last weekend.

In an interview with Harare tabloid, H-Metro, Chatunga claimed that people are framing him.

He said:

Even if someone says to me ndakauraya munhu its fine. If you go on Internet, I used to spend a day and see nyaya dzinobuda ipapo.

Pane dzimwe nyaya dzinobuda ipapo but I can’t go one by one spending my day, you end up depressed, it’s now a thing I am used to.

You can’t tell everyone, one by one to say no this happened and this didn’t happen.

If people like me, they like me and if they don’t like me, I can’t force them.

I’m not trying to be impressed.

How sad it is. Today, if you were to be my friend, whatever you do you get to be scrutinised, now your family gets scrutinised because you are my friend, that’s a bit unacceptable

That’s is why I got few friends, less than five because no one knows …even if I have a party, they are the only people invited, you can check on the guest list because I don’t have friends.

Those were the only people, I had invited, there were people who were relatives, even if I am in South Africa.

By A Correspondent| The ongoing National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) public hearings have been characterised by victims of the Gukurahundi genocide expressing their grief and anger over what they experienced and witnessed.

The NPRC was in Entumbane this week, a suburb that witnessed ferocious fighting between Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) and Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) guerrillas.

The two liberations armies clashed on February 11, 1981, while authorities were in the process of integrating the fighters into the regular army.

Speaking during the NPRC public hearings in Entumbane, this week one of the participants reportedly said:

You are playing and wasting time. For how long must we continue talking about this while you keep on investigating? Is there anyone with doubts that Gukurahundi occurred or anyone who doesn’t know?

The NPRC commissioner responsible for Victim Support, Gender and Diversity, Netty Mushanhu, conceded that people were extremely emotional and angry.

She said:

From our meetings, people have shown that they are extremely emotional and are angry. The meetings taught me that we have left it too long but I think we have an opportunity to engage.

If we don’t do anything about this, we may create a very difficult future for ourselves.

… The stories I heard here are heart-breaking, no one deserves to go through what women went through. A lot of women are afraid to talk about what they have gone through; they fear the unknown and also fear what is known.

I think as a nation; we owe it to our children and ourselves to make sure we have safe spaces for truth-telling. We need to engage with our violent and emotional past.-DailyNews

Health minister Obadiah Moyo’s daughter, Ashleigh, was recently assaulted and left unconscious at a popular Harare night club, Pabloz, by her friend and a South African woman believed to be the girlfriend of former President Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga.

The friend, Godfrey Utsiwegota (21), appeared before magistrate Learnmore Mapiye yesterday charged with assault. Utsiwegota’s lawyer, Cathew Manyani, filed a complaint against the court officials and police, saying his client was detained at the holding police cells for no apparent reason.

Manyani said it appeared as if there was interference in the matter after his client was released by court officials on Monday at Harare Magistrates Court, only to be called to come to court. The magistrate released Utsiwegota on free bail and remanded the matter to August 15.

It is the State’s case that on July 26 this year at around 11pm, Ashleigh was at Pabloz Night Club recording her music. After recording, she left the club and walked towards her car, but was allegedly punched by Ovio Mgijima, a South African national.

Utsiwegota allegedly joined in and assaulted Moyo until she fell unconscious. A medical report was obtained and will be produced in court as exhibit.

SOME Hwange residents and villagers have called for the erection of a Marvelous Nakamba statue at his rural home Dinde in Hwange district along Victoria Falls road as an honor of becoming the first player from the district to play in the English Premier League.

Nakamba penned a five year old deal with EPL returnees Aston Villa this week, joining other iconic stars like Bruce Grobbelaar, Peter Ndlovu and Benjan Mwaruwari, ironically all with roots to Bulawayo giants Highlanders.

While Nakamba played organised junior football for Highlanders and later on Bantu Rovers, he was born in the coal mining town of Hwange 25 years ago when his father Anthony, was an assistant goalkeeper to Johannes Tshuma at Hwange FC.

His rural home is Dinde about 35km from Hwange town, under Chief Nekatambe.

More to follow…..

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday summoned the Ambassador of the United States of America Brian Nichols to express Zimbabwe’s displeasure over the imposition of sanctions on the country’s Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Tanzania Lt General (Rtd) Anselem Sanyatwe.

In a statement issued on Friday the Ministry said, “The decision by Washington is regrettable as it comes at a time that government is intensifying the implementation of political and economic reforms including the Motlanthe Commission’s recommendations.”

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Former President Robert Mugabe’s last born son Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe has opened up lamenting that he receives a lot of hate from people, most of whom, he has never met in person.

Chatunga who has a reputation as a party animal and bad boy said that he had very few friends as a result because people associated with him end up getting a lot of public scrutiny.

In an interview with Takawira “Photovet” Dapi of H-Metro, Chatunga said,

Even if someone says to me ndakauraya munhu its fine. If you go on the internet, I used to spend a whole day and reading nyaya dzinobuda ipapo.

Pane dzimwe nyaya dzinobuda ipapo but I can’t spend my day going through the stories, you end up depressed, it’s now a thing I am used to.

You can’t tell everyone, one by one to say no this happened and this didn’t happen. If people like me, they like me and if they don’t like me, I can’t force them…I’m not trying to impress.

How sad it is. Today, if you were to be my friend, whatever you do you are scrutinised, your family gets scrutinised because you are my friend, that’s a bit unacceptable.

That’s is why I have a few friends, less than five because no one knows…even if I have a party, they are the only people invited. You can check on the guest list because I don’t have friends.

Those were the only people, I had invited. Some people were relatives, even if I am in South Africa.