Standard|A coalition of civil society groups from Matabeleland that struck a deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa that paved the way for a government intervention on the Gukurahundi killings is disintegrating amid allegations that it has been hijacked.

The government in March announced plans to address concerns surrounding the killing of over 20 000 civilians in Midlands and Matabeleland by the North Korean trained Fifth Brigade in the 1980s after Mnangagwa met the groups coalescing under the Matabeleland Collective banner.

Mnangagwa pledged that the government will facilitate reburials of victims of the atrocities and access to national identity documents for survivors, but the initiative is already facing collapse.

One of the founders of the Matabeleland Collective, Dumisani Nkomo resigned a fortnight ago citing frustration over the direction the initiative was taking.

Nkomo, who was the head of the secretariat, co-founded the Matabeleland Collective alongside Women of Zimbabwe Arise leader Jenni Williams.

According to insiders, the coalition has in the past few weeks been rocked by disputes fuelled by suspicions that it has been heavily infiltrated by State security agents and ruling Zanu PF moles.

Nkomo confirmed that he had resigned from the Matabeleland Collective and hinted that all was not well.

“I felt I had done my part and no individual should privatise the institution,” he said. “I was also worried about our increasing propensity for silence in the face of injustice.

“The Collective as we envisaged it was a good idea because it brought together civil society from Matabeleland for the first time in order to have a common position among players in the region.”

There were several efforts dating back to 2010 to unite civil society groups in Matabeleland, which culminated in the formation of the Matabeleland Consortium.

It included organisations such as Habakkuk Trust, Radio Dialogue, Christian Legal Society and the National Development Trust, among others, which pushed for solutions to problems facing the region.

In 2012, the consortium pushed for the implementation of devolution ahead of elections the following year and the Matabeleland Collective was viewed as a significant leap in efforts to advance regional issues.

“[The Matabeleland Collective] is a key player that must be protected and preserved,” Nkomo said. “It is critical for the Collective to continue to fight against infiltration, state capture, personal ambitions and avarice.

“I pray for the success of the Collective and deliverance from circling wolves, vultures and other political predators.”

The Matabeleland Collective is made up of over 50 civil society groups and some members complained that the alleged infiltration by the state showed that the government was not sincere in addressing the Gukurahundi issue.

Manangagwa last month met chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands in Bulawayo where Gukurahundi topped the agenda.

The chiefs submitted a document to the president where they advised him to apologise for the atrocities before seeking solutions to a number of issues that arose after the killings.

Mnangagwa was also told that he could not be a neutral arbiter in the matter because of his involvement in the atrocities. The president was the State Security minister at the time.

By Own Correspondent- Energy and Power Development Minister, Fortune Chasi, said that the government feels let down by Wicknell Chivayo’s Intratek Zimbabwe Private Limited’s failure to deliver on the Gwanda Solar Project.

Chasi revealed that the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has incurred losses of up to US$50 million because of the delays in implementing the project.

Speaking to State media after visiting the site on Friday, Chasi said:

“I can’t explain the level of depression that I’m experiencing right now given the power situation in the country, my expectation was to see some magnificent amount of work.

As a ministry and Government we feel let down and we are now going back to look at this situation.

I know that there has been mitigation and the project owner has won but what I need are megawatts.

I’m also focusing on Zesa itself to understand why there was a delay.

This project started a long time ago and we can’t afford the luxury of taking extended periods of time in project implementation. I need to see a project here generating 100 megawatts as we were promised.

That’s a significant amount of power, right now all I see is firewood and we can’t put firewood in the transmission system of Zesa.

Chasi said the country is exploring opportunities of importing power from other countries.

Girls who fall pregnant during the course of their studies are set to enjoy ‘maternity vacation’ before returning to continue with their education after giving birth.

The privileges are provided in the Education Bill that is currently under debate in the National Assembly, where legislators are showing support for the clause.

Advocates of girl child rights have also hailed the proposals they describe as positive in affording the girls a chance to continue with studies.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima recently told legislators that allowing the girls to take a vacation and continue with studies was in line with the National Constitution that advocates non-discrimination.

“There is an issue that has generated a lot of interest among the parliamentarians; and this is the issue of exclusion on account of pregnancy, and the fundamental basis of the inclusion of this issue is premised on Section 75 of the Constitution, which speaks against discrimination,” said Minister Mavima.

“The current practice in our education system has it that if two form four learners have an affair and end up impregnating each other — the male student can continue with his education, but the female student cannot, yet section 75 of our Constitution bans discrimination on the basis of gender or sex and it is the basis upon which this item was included in our Bill.”

A number of pregnant girls drop out of school because of current policies that bar them from studies whilst expecting.

Parliament instituted public hearings on the Education Amendment Bill with various stakeholders seconding the provision to allow pregnant learners to take a break and resume studies after birth.

MDC-T Bulawayo National Assembly proportional representation member Ms Priscilla Misihairambwi-Mushonga told The Sunday Mail that; “All we are doing is to give a chance not only to the girl, but to the unborn child.

“Those who impregnate, are usually your older selfish predatory males who go scotfree and never help with anything.

She added that society must move away from entirely blaming and punishing the pregnant learners.

Shamwari Yemwanasikana executive director Mrs Ukenia Chifamba-Chidodo said education was key in fighting inequalities between girls and boys.

She welcomed the move to afford pregnant school girls a chance to education.

“With such high records in teen pregnancy, it means we are losing so many girls as they often drop out from school because of pregnancy,” said Mrs Chifamba-Chododo.

“We believe education is the most important right that should be a source of weapon to fight any form of inequality.

“Girls always bear the burden of carrying the pregnancy and dropping out of school while the boy child is safe and continues with education.”

According to a Ministry of Health and Child Care, United Nations Population Fund and Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council latest report, 19 percent of female adolescents between 15-19 years are pregnant.

Lawyer and gender equality activist Ms Jessie Majome hailed the move of maternity leave for school girls.

“It is a positive development that goes beyond paying lip service to the constitutional guarantees to the rights to education, of the child, and to equality and protection from discrimination.

Zimbabwe has recorded the highest teen pregnancy rate in Sub-Saharan Africa with figures of between 500 000 and 700 000 annually in 2017 statistics.

After ZimEye.com ran a series of revelations of Prophet Walter Magaya’s continuous abuse of women in his church, State Media has also come into the fray revealing further extremely incriminating details on the PHD Ministries leader.

A week after ZimEye.com exclusively interviewed members of the Maenzanise alleging that their daughter had been raped, more women are coming out to make allegations of improper sexual behaviour against the man-of-cloth state media reported on Sunday.

The latest allegations come from Charity Dlodlo and Sarah Maruta, both former church members of Prophet Magaya’s Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD).

At the centre of the allegations by the Maenzanises were the insinuations that Prophet Magaya, the leader of PHD, might have had an improper sexual relationship with their daughter, which resulted in a child being born.

But as the nation digested the latest round of sexual allegations against Prophet Magaya, who is no newcomer to such allegations, the Maenzanise daughter poured water on the story.

In a video released on Facebook last weekend, she denied ever having been raped by the prophet.

But the Maenzanise interview opened the floodgates and by mid-week, a number of women were opening up on the several improper sexual encounters they have had with Prophet Magaya.

Two prominent politicians, whom we cannot name as they are still weighing their options — whether to go public or not, were also allegedly sexually abused and harassed. One of the politicians’ daughter was also sexually abused.

“I am coming out not because I have any scores to settle with Magaya, nor that I want his money but because I want justice to be done. I am doing this for the girl child, many of whom were sexually abused at the church and who might not be strong enough to stand up to him,” said Charity Dlodlo on Wednesday.

She travelled from Malawi, where she is currently based as a swimming coach, to file charges against the prophet.

“This is not the first time that I have been raising these allegations but previously no one would listen to me. The police were compromised and so were most of the journalists, but I am hoping that the opening up by the Maenzanises will go some way in bringing closure to the many sexual allegations against Magaya,” she said.

Dlodlo, who gained fame on Studio 263 as Mai Madziva, said she joined PHD Ministries on August 2, 2015, “a date that I remember so well because I manifested on that very day”.

Probably given her fame from the soap opera, her manifestation caught the eye of the prophet. And when she checked into the Marlborough guest house for a one-on-one session with the prophet, she was invited to the main church for further “deliverance”.

As someone who was witnessing the power of the prophet first-hand, she did not see anything amiss with the invite and the subsequent offer of ministry work. Later on, offers to financially help with her rent came.

“When the offer to pay my rent came, I saw nothing amiss as I thought this was the man of God living up to his word. I accepted the money and didn’t see any ulterior motive,” narrated Dlodlo.

Then a year into the church, rumours of the various allegations against the prophet started circulating. “Then I did not take the allegations seriously as someone who had witnessed the power of Magaya,” she said.

As part of her voluntary ministry work, for which she was paid just a stipend, Dlodlo would help a class with acting lessons. She would also vet testimonies that would later be aired on Yadah TV, the PHD Ministry’s television channel.

“Through the vetting exercise, I came face-to-face with the work of Prophet Magaya, and every testimony that I came across emboldened my faith and trust in him.

“Then the day Prophet Magaya went to Israel, Sarah Maruta, whom I had become close to during the acting lessons, phoned to say she wanted to talk to me. We met in town and after some lunch, when I was about to say my goodbyes, she opened up. She told me she had been raped by Prophet Magaya.”

Dlodlo’s initial reaction was to deny the allegations on behalf of the prophet, telling Maruta that a man of Magaya’s stature would not stoop so low.

“Earlier on, the prophet had told me to appraise him if any girl had opened up to me about any problems, whatever problem. So when the prophet came from Israel, I approached him with Sarah’s allegations, which he flatly denied and asked me to keep him in the loop of what Sarah was saying to me,” recounted Dlodlo.

So it was in keeping with that spirit that Dlodlo would forward to the prophet all the communication between her and Sarah.

In the meantime, it is said the prophet was keeping Dlodlo pampered, making sure she got all the financial help that she wanted.

But when she was asked to steal Maruta’s cellphone, that is when she realised she was playing for the wrong team.

Then her moment came.

She was asked to come to the Prospect offices where she knelt before the prophet, as per church tradition. When the man of cloth rose from his chair, she assumed he was coming to pray for her, possibly with his hand placed on her head.

But instead, he kissed her and touched her breasts. In response, Dlodlo cried out loud, possibly attracting the attention of those who were nearby.

This encounter came after several WhatsApp messages from the prophet to Dlodlo, some which included pornographic videos, she further alleges. She said after that encounter, the prophet made efforts to keep her close — as well as pampered, financially.

But Maruta was not as lucky as Charity, as she claims she was raped at a house in Borrowdale (address withheld), not once, but twice. The second rape incident resulted in her getting pregnant.

The pregnancy, she further alleges, was forcibly terminated at one of the biggest hospitals in Harare, again at the instigation of the prophet.

“Mai Chibhero (name changed by this publication) is at the centre of most of the sexual abuses happening at PHD, she acts more like a pimp for the prophet, and she is the one who accompanied me to hospital and made sure my pregnancy was terminated. She also accompanied me to a shopping trip to South Africa, a trip which I strongly believe was arranged to kill me,” further accused Maruta.

She claims that when she found out that she was pregnant, especially a pregnancy borne of a rape encounter, she could not stomach it and attempted suicide. When she was admitted at the said hospital due to the attempted suicide, she was drugged and chained to a hospital bed.

She claims that it was in that drugged stupor that her pregnancy was terminated.

And then the hush money started pouring in, with Mai Chibhero, Admire Mango and a prominent Harare lawyer involved in the negotiations for the settlement.

After a letter of demand was written to Prophet Magaya, a copy of which is in our possession, the prophet agreed to settle out-of-court so that Maruta would not press any charges against him.

“Financial help continued to come towards my rentals, general upkeep and he even advised me to start cross-border trading”, said Maruta.

The money that was advanced to Maruta comes close to $100 000.

“This money was paid at different stages and times, some of it in hard currency, some through bank transfers from his church account into my personal account and some of it as RTGS dollars,” claimed Maruta.

She said she is not surprised that Mrs Maenzanise’s daughter has denied that she had been raped, as possibly she could have been paid off.

“Everyone at PHD knew about her case and we are not surprised that she has turned against her mother, chances are she was paid off,” she said.

“In fact, there are many girls at the church who have been sexually abused. There is Teclar, Caroline, Petronellah, Precious and Diana, to name just a few of these girls. I know these girls because there came a time when we opened up to each other and we would openly discuss these issues.

“Besides, there came a time when we went to church and we knew every girl who was being handed an envelope, we knew what it meant — she would have slept with the prophet.”

She even alleges that some of the girls, on discovering these improper sexual liaisons with the prophet, would become jealous of each other.

“But the weird thing is, when we discussed our encounters with him, most of us professed of having had weird dreams. At times you would dream having sex with a snake, kissing a snake or something weird. And what made it even worse was that he would ask if we had dreamt about him,” narrated Maruta.

She also alleged that whenever an announcement was made in church that the prophet was looking for 17-year-olds or university student girls to employ, “we knew what it meant, he was looking for new girls”.

Efforts to talk to Prophet Magaya on Friday proved fruitless as he was said to be out of the country, together with his spokesperson, Admire Mango. Both were not reachable.

When reached for comment, Mai Chibhero said she could not speak on church issues and referred all questions to Mango.

The lawyer, who was involved in the hush money settlement, said he could not speak to the Press as he has a confidentiality clause with his client. He also could not speak on behalf of the church as he is not the church’s spokesperson.

State Media|In the next two weeks, legislators are expected to take delivery of new vehicles under the Parliamentary vehicle loan scheme amid reports that some of the lawmakers have been using public transport to carry out their duties.

Each lawmaker has been handed a US$50 000 cap from which they can purchase more than one vehicle.

Indications are that the bulk of the vehicles will be imported, a factor that has worried domestic automobile industry players who say they have the capacity to produce top of the range off-road vehicles.

In an interview clerk of Parliament Mr Kennedy Chokuda said delivery of the vehicles is imminent.

“We are finalising the arrangements and we expect that within a week or so, the MPs will have their vehicles. We are in constant communication with Treasury over the matter and they have been giving us assurances.

“The scheme, as has been the norm, is a loan payable over a period of five years.”

Mr Chokuda said the MPs need the vehicles to service their constituencies in line with their roles of representing the people.

Asked if Parliament had struck a deal with local vehicle assemblers for the supply of the vehicles, Mr Chokuda said: “It is really up to the individual MPs and the types of vehicles they want. They are free to negotiate their contracts with the local industry players.”

MDC chief whip Mr Prosper Mutseyami said most Members of Parliament from his party were struggling to reach their constituencies due to lack of vehicles.

“There are some MPs who are using public transport to get to the people. This makes it very difficult for them to do their work,” he said.

“It also makes them lose their dignity if we have a situation where an Honourable Member of Parliament disembarks from a commuter omnibus to be received by the community,” he said.

Mr Mutseyami implored Parliament to also address other matters pertaining to the welfare of the legislators.

“It is not only about the vehicles, but other matters such as allowances and the Constituency Development Fund,” he said.

“We are not receiving our allowances on time and we are also worried that the ($50 000) CDF has been eroded by inflation. lt will not do much to uplift our constituencies.”

Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi, who has been on record saying the party is prepared to do without the vehicles, advised his party’s MPs to take the vehicles only if they need them.

“We are glad that Treasury has managed to source the funds to purchase the vehicles for the MPs. We encourage those that need the vehicles to take advantage of the scheme, but if there are others that already have worthy vehicles, we encourage them not to take-up the vehicles if they do not need to,” he said.

Quest Motors managing director Mr Tariq Adam said he was disappointed that no firm deal had been struck with his company to supply the MPs with locally assembled vehicles.

“There has been nothing from them in terms of local production support,” he said

Newly appointed Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission chairperson Loice Mtanda Moyo has rubbished ongoing claims of conflict of interest in her appointment as Zacc chairperson at a time when her husband — Dr Sibusiso Moyo — is Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

“Why didn’t you raise the issue of conflict (of interest) when he was appointed Minister since I was already a High Court Judge?

“My marriage and job are two different things. I have been married to him for a long time. I am not marrying him today that I should be influenced by him. He is not the one who has mandated me to lead Zacc.”

Justice Matanda Moyo is a judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe. She was appointed by the former President Robert Mugabe in 2013 and was sworn in on the 14th of July 2014.

Before her appointment as a High Court judge, Justice Matanda Moyo was the president of the Labour Court. At one stage she was the Director of Public Prosecution in the Attorney General’s office.

Emmerson Mnangagwa disbanded the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in February amid claims that it had become a white elephant, with some of the members allegedly involved in corrupt activities, while others were dabbling in factional politics.

State Media|Zesa will this week add 160 MW of electricity to the national grid following the successful refurbishment of Unit 5 at Hwange Power Station (HPS), while a further 160MW from Unit 6 is expected within the next three months, it has been learnt.

Unit 6 has been down since March.

The addition of power from Unit 5, which is expected to ease the current heavy load-shedding, will take the total generation at HPS to 660MW.

In addition, President Mnangagwa is today expected to engage his South African counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa to explore the possibilities of imports from Eskom.

Zesa spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira said the utility is currently engaging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to help raise the £3,3 million (US$4,1 million) needed to refurbish Unit 6.

“Hwange Unit 5 is expected to be back in service during the course of this weekend and it will inject 160MW. Thus Hwange will generate an average of 500MW,” said Mr Gwasira.

“Unit 6, which has been out from March 2019 owing to the generator earth fault, requires up to £3,3 million to be fixed. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the Ministry of Finance are making efforts to assist Zesa in raising this amount.”

However, he warned that generation at Kariba Power Station might be further reduced by the continued decline of water levels in Kariba Dam.

“Owing to the drought experienced in the upstream of the Kariba reservoir, the lake levels are now about 27 percent.

“Kariba South Hydropower Station is expected to further reduce the plant’s current average output from 580MW to the recommended 358MW.

“Failure to adhere to the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA)-recommended 358MW may result in the plant shutting down by October 2019. This is a situation we have to avoid by taking the correct remedial action in line with the noble recommendations.”

According to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), load-shedding has increased outside the published schedule due to soaring demand in excess of 1800 MW against generation of about 1100 MW.

Zesa is failing to compensate the shortfall with imports as it owes significant amounts to suppliers in South Africa and Mozambique.

Meanwhile, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has said all Government ministries will be metered to ensure responsible use of electricity.

At national level, Mr Fullard Gwasira said 656 000 prepaid meters have been installed in domestic premises so far.

“The installation of prepaid electricity meters is ongoing, although the rate of connection was affected by the current shortage of foreign currency.

“Since the inception of the programme in 2012, ZETDC has connected 656 000 prepaid electricity meters in domestic premises and small institutions countrywide.”

Mr Gwasira says the development has greatly empowered customers to manage their own consumption as well as guarantee the power utility’s revenue collection.

Private players were licensed to supply meters to speed up the process, which resulted in 48 000 additional consumers being connected to the grid. Zesa expects to connect a further 135 000 customers to the grid once the foreign currency supplies improve.

THE Government has with immediate effect directed all non-governmental organisations operating in the country who were giving aid in the form of foreign currency to either buy food using the money and donate to the beneficiaries or give out local currency.

This comes after Government outlawed the multi-currency regime and restricted domestic transactions to local currency through Statutory Instrument (SI) 142 of 2019, in an effort to enhance the affordability of goods and services by the majority.

The Government recently had a meeting with the World Bank and United Nations representatives as well as embassies in the country through which humanitarian aid comes to deliberate on the matter and ensure that SI 142 is fully implemented.

In an interview, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo said the Government had a meeting with the World Bank and United Nations representatives as well as embassies in the country to discuss the matter.

“As you are aware I am the chairperson of the inter-Cabinet Committee that deals with disaster and climate change, recently we had a meeting with World Bank and United Nations representatives as well as embassies.

The Minister of Finance (and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube) was there, the Minister of Public Service (Labour and Social Welfare Dr Sekai Nzenza) was there as well as other ministries.

“We discussed how best we can get help as a country. We told them that non-governmental organisations should stop giving beneficiaries US dollars or any other foreign currency. If they so wish to give them money, they should give them local currency.

The argument was we have removed the multi-currency regime and restricted domestic transactions to local currency and most people in rural areas to which most of the aid goes will not be able to use the money,” he said.State media

Dear @fortunechasi

Since your ministry can no longer supply electricity to the bulk of its consumers, can you kindly push for the removal of duty on solar panels and battery's. 17-19 hours load shedding is not sustainable for business and students studying for exams. Zvanyanya!

— Linda Tsungirirai Masarira (@lilomatic) July 4, 2019

By Own Correspondent- Former President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s special advisor Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa told Former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa  Zuma that if Grace Mugabe took over as the President of Zimbabwe she might lead the army to invade South Africa. 

Mutsvangwa told the information to Zuma at the height of the bloody coup that ended 37 years of President Robert Mugabe’s iron rule. 

Mutsvangwa said Grace and the former G40 members were close to Julius Sello Malema and hence they might unite in invading South Africa. 

The revelations are contained in a book called Two weeks November written by Douglas Rogers. 

Read paragraphs containing the incident below:

Well, consider that Wednesday morning, suspecting a coup has taken place in Zimbabwe, Zuma, in his capacity as SADC chair, dispatches an envoy to Harare to meet with the beleaguered Mugabe. Zuma has phoned Mugabe, who has told him he is fine, but confined to his home. The envoy – South Africa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula  is going to see for herself. 

Meanwhile, Alpha Condé, the AU Chairman, has also said that what has happened “looks like a coup”.

So Mutsvangwa takes his pitch to Zuma’s aides into overdrive. He appeals to the liberation war blood bond between the ANC, Zimbabwe’s military and war veterans such as himself and Zuma. (Zuma was head of the ANC’s military wing.) Grace and the G40 cabal are not part of that bond, he warns. They did not fight. They have a different ethos. They represent a corrupt “oligarchy capitalism”, which is dangerous to the region. You saw how she beat that poor South African girl Gabriella in that hotel, he tells them. You know of the ties between G40 and Julius Malema, the usurper who is a threat to you here? For good measure he adds that old staple: that Jonathan Moyo, the brains behind G40, is a CIA asset. You don’t want these people in charge of the country and its military to the north of you, do you?

Warming to his theme, he spells out what he says would be the dire consequences for South Africa’s security if Mugabe’s wife were to gain power.

“You maybe have a situation where Grace is in command, Kasukuwere is in command, Jonathan Moyo is in command and then the Zimbabwean army comes to the Limpopo River,” Mutsvangwa warns. “Then your [South African] army will be on the other side of the Limpopo River. This would happen because these people, they do not have the same ethos [as us] and you can’t allow that.”

It sounds absurd – he’s saying there may be a regional war – but he has a way with words, Mutsvangwa. They flow like mercury off his tongue. And he has credentials too. He’s educated, an intellectual, a blue blood, a liberation fighter, an ambassador. He’s persuasive.

Does it work?

To a point. Mostly it buys them time. When Zuma makes the public announcement on Wednesday that he is sending his envoys to Harare to meet with Mugabe, he adds that he has “managed to get the briefing about the situation”, and “given the seriousness, I have taken the decision to send an envoy to contact the leader of the Defence Forces, and to meet with President Mugabe to get a more clear picture.”

It’s the opening Mutsvangwa needs. Indeed, when the envoy lands in Harare she will be met not by government officials loyal to Mugabe, but by military officers. And instead of meeting with Mugabe and Grace privately at the Blue Roof, to hear their sad tale, the meetings will now take place at State House, the President’s official residence, with Chiwenga and the representatives of the military present.

The driver of the haulage truck involved in an accident now known as the Featherstone Disaster has been charged with 19 counts of culpable homicide.

Jeremiah Haisoswi (30) of Epworth appeared before Magistrate Rufaro Panavanhu and was charged with having caused the death of 19 passengers in a commuter omnibus travelling from Murambinda to Harare.

The haulage truck that Haisoswi was driving encroached onto the lane of the kombi, resulting in the accident which killed 16 people on the sport, while the other three died on admission at Chivhu hospital.

He was remanded out of custody on free bail to the 16^th of this month for trial.-StateMedia

By Own Correspondent| Former Zanu Pf heavyweight and cabinet minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo has blasted finance minister Mthuli Ncube and AMH Owner, Trevor Ncube for charging their “chit chat” on the economy.

Prof Moyo described Trevor Ncube as PAC’s chief lier, saying their move to charge zw$400 for their exclusive conversation as the “whole pfeee thing gone to the dogs”.

Said Professor Moyo:

In what must be a first of its kind, Zimbabwe's embattled finance minister, @MthuliNcube, is charging $400 for people to listen to him chit chat with Trevor Ncube, #PAC's chief liar, about Mnangagwa's doomed economic & currency policies. The whole pfee thing has gone to the dogs! pic.twitter.com/vxYrL4tqtT

— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) July 6, 2019

'The issue of Gukurahundi if left unresolved it is going to be a sad & difficult issue for young people that did not see what exactly happened in particular those whose parents & relatives were victims of Gukurahundi. It must be resolved. It should be resolved' – Dr Dabengwa pic.twitter.com/DfNy80ycm5

— Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation (@DDabengwaFdn) July 6, 2019

Watch video- President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives in Niger for the AU Extraordinary Summit pic.twitter.com/IxnTR7KYBF

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 6, 2019

By A Correspondent- Analysts here have blasted General Sibusiso Busi Moyo’s wife Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo for wading into Zanu Pf factional fights and being used to support the move by the ZANU PF Youth League who are accusing senior government and party officials of corruption.

During a press conference last week Matanda-Moyo said as the Anti-Corruption Commission, the ZACC is ready to investigate the corruption allegations brought by the Youth League against senior party heavy weights including Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu, Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira and Jorum Gumbo among others.

Professor Jonathan Moyo said it is wrong for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to use Matanda-Moyo for the hatchet job.

“It’s wrong for Mnangagwa to capture a state organ like ZACC by appointing a wife of a top ally to head it, and for the appointee to start her assignment by using ZACC to purge Mnangagwa’s political rivals. Society must not allow a corrupt process to be used to fight corruption!”

“The politicization of the state and its organs is not an infant story. What may be interesting is the connection between Temba Mliswa and the idea that ED is surrounded by corrupt people. This idea is premised on isolating ED as the only clean guy. This is not new at all.”

Busisness tycoon Mutumwa Mawere said this is not the first time that state institutions have been politicized.

The Youth had initially banned Politburo member Obert Mpofu from setting foot at Jongwe house. The decision was overturned by Mnangagwa who said he will set up a Commission of inquiry.

By A Correspondent- City of Harare has warned people buying stands in the suburb of Westlea, Harare that they are being cheated.

The council said the land that was being sold belonged to the local authority and no-one had the mandate to allocate it to anyone.

The City of Harare advised those who had already paid land barons for the land in Westlea to demand their money back or report the land barons to the police.

Said the city fathers:

People buying residential land along Kirkman Road in Westlea are being cheated. The land belongs to council and will be properly allocated by council. Anyone who has bought land from land barons should claim their money back and even report to police.

FORMER Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa’s vehicle and generator will go under the hammer next week to settle US$26 000 in legal fees owed to lawyers Nyakutombwa and Mugabe Legal Counsel.

The legal firm represented him in a 2015 court case in which he challenged his expulsion from Zanu-PF, together with Temba Mliswa and Rugare Gumbo.

A notice of seizure and attachment of property from the High Court dated July 3, detailed that Mutasa’s property that will go under judicial attachment will include a Toyota Fortuner registration number ADV 4142, worth US$25 000, and a yellow Kipor generator, worth AUS$5 000, in order to settle legal costs which have now accumulated to US$26 919,25.

Tafadzwa Mugabe, one of the lawyers that represented Mutasa, yesterday confirmed to NewsDay that Mutasa’s property would be removed on Monday July 7, so that it is auctioned to pay for the legal costs owing.

“In 2015, we represented Mutasa, Gumbo and Mliswa after their expulsion in Zanu-PF and since then, we have not been paid US$26 000 legal costs, which have also accumulated interest,” Mugabe said.

“We first attached his property in 2017 and he stopped the execution at the High Court and succeeded, but in May this year, the Supreme Court then threw away his appeal and so his
property will be auctioned to cover for our legal costs.”

Mugabe said it is Mutasa’s property that is going to be auctioned because he sued on behalf of Gumbo and Mliswa and, therefore, was the one at default as he said he was also representing them.

The three were expelled from Zanu-PF in February 2015 during former President Robert Mugabe’s tenure on various charges, including undermining the party and its leadership.

The decision to expel Mutasa, his nephew Mliswa and Gumbo was made by the Zanu-PF national disciplinary committee, which was then chaired by former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, and announced by Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo.

Mutasa was accused of making disparaging remarks against Zanu-PF and its leadership, and described as unrepentant and plotting to illegally unseat and/or assassinate Mugabe.

Mliswa and Gumbo were also chucked out of the party on accusations of disloyalty, denigrating leaders, insubordination and several other crimes.

The youthful leader took to his twitter account to openly attack the ‘untouchable’ giant service provider for using the mobile financial service platform Ecocash. The Zanu PF Youth League deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has gone guns blazing on giant network provider Econet for allegedly using its Ecocash platform to sabotage the economy.

“@econetzimbabwe please stop what you are doing to our economy through the abuse of your Ecocash facility,” read his tweet.

The attack also comes at a time when this publication reported that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) moved in to thwart Econet’s suspected default aid in money laundering which was acting as a conduit for promotion of illegal foreign currency dealings through Ecocash.

The RBZ Financial Intelligence Inspectorate and Evaluation Unit (FIIE Unit) last month ordered Ecocash to suspend some agent lines which they dictated to have irregular transaction patterns with some trading as much as RTGS$200 000 to RTGS$1million in a single day. Hundreds of forex dealers had their agents lines suspended and they battled to recover their money running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The RBZ governor John Mangudya reiterated that “Ecocash like any other financial institution was supposed to be accountable hence the FIIEU cracked a whip on Ecocash.”

The attack comes after the youthful leader led in a crusade against corrupt individuals, naming and shaming them at a press conference. Big names that were lined up for the guillotine include Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu who has been accused to have played an instrumental role in the looting of diamonds in Manicaland during his tenure as Minister of Mines and Minerals.

The list ripped apart top government officials among them, minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira, minister of State for Presidential Affairs in charge of Implementation and Monitoring Joram Gumbo, Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and youthful transport and logistics mogul Tinoda Machakaire.

General Sibusiso Busi Moyo’s wife Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has come under fire from political analysts after she came out supporting the move by the ZANU PF Youth League who are accusing Senior government and Party officials of corruption.

During a press conference last week Matanda-Moyo said as the Anti-Corruption Commission they are ready to investigate the allegations brought by the Youth League.

Professor Jonathan Moyo said it is wrong for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to use Matanda-Moyo for the hatchet job.

“It’s wrong for Mnangagwa to capture a state organ like ZACC by appointing a wife of a top ally to head it, and for the appointee to start her assignment by using ZACC to purge Mnangagwa’s political rivals. Society must not allow a corrupt process to be used to fight corruption!”

“The politicization of the state and its organs is not an infant story. What may be interesting is the connection between Temba Mliswa and the idea that ED is surrounded by corrupt people. This idea is premised on isolating ED as the only clean guy. This is not new at all.”

Busisness tycoon Mutumwa Mawere said this is not the first time that state institutions have been politicized.

The Youth had initially banned Politburo member Obert Mpofu from setting foot at Jongwe house. The decision was overturned by Mnangagwa who said he will set up a Commission of inquiry.

 By Own Correspondent| Zanu Pf Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu is a victim of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s insecurities about an impending coup that might remove him from power it has emerged.

A highly placed source in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation stationed at the Bulawayo State House revealed that Mnangagwa was jittery about the power that Mpofu was wielding at Jongwe house.

“The current incidents happening in the party should not shock any student of politics and history, “the source said on Friday.

“What you are having now is a situation where Number  1 is occupying that position due to the work done by two key people namely  Number 2 (Vice President Chiwenga) and Dr Mpofu. If you commit to memory you will remember that Mpofu chaired all the political proceedings including the Central Committee that fired RG and installed Number 1 as Party President. While the military was engaging RG through mediated government processes under the leadership of Number 2, Mpofu led the political process.

“You will also be aware that Mpofu is a godfather in Matabeleland North hence the speaker of Parliament is credited for chairing a joint sitting that almost impeached RG.

Being a student of politics Number 1 is moving swiftly to remove and isolate all those people who implemented the transition to the second republic. He wants to make sure that they pose no threat to him.

The mistake that he did at the beginning of his reign was to push the all-powerful Mpofu to HQ. Now he has realized that Mpofu wields more power in the party and he is moving in to pacify that.

“What I assure is that the youths are playing a well-written script meant to deal with perceived enemies on Number 1. The interesting part is that the wife of Cde Sibusiso has been activated via the Anti-Corruption Commission and she will be very instrumental in the operation as it is being unrolled.”

Secretary-General of Ibhetshu lika Zulu Mbuso Fuzwayo said the decision by the ZANU PF Youth League to single out Obert Mpofu shows that there is a hidden hand behind their actions.

“The Youth League can not single out Mpofu as the most corrupt ZANU PF official. Yes, there are allegations but those are just allegations. What the youths should have done is to concede that the whole top hierarchy of their party is corrupt and they submit evidence to ZACC so that the whole top leadership is investigated. Their press conference and ZACC response clearly show that this is not about corruption but some other agendas being pushed.”

Wezhira Munya| Hundreds of MDC Masvingo Province invades Bikita East ward 31. There will be a by election next week 13th July 2019.

MDC will be represented by Mr Moses Maposa who will battle it out with candidates from ZANU PF and National National Constitutional Assembly.

Mr Dangazela said: “MDC is ready to win. All systems are in place. MDC will win this ward.”

National Organiser Amos Chibaya: “Encouraged Bikita East residence to vote for MDC candidate in the forthcoming by election.”

Masvingo MDC Provincial chairperson Mr James Chafungamoyo Gumbi said: “He was impressed by the preparations they have done so far. The MDC cadres has done 3 rallies. National Chairperson Hn Thabitha Khumalo and hn Chibaya were guests at our first rally. The second rally was addressed by National youth chair Mr Obey Sithole, other National youth leaders and vice national organiser Hn Happymore ‘Bvondo’ Chidziva few days ago. Today, hn vice chairperson hn Job ‘Wiwa’ Sikhala and Hn national organiser Chibaya are key note speakers. We also had door to door campaigns. Masvingo has great team work.”

Masvingo provincial deputy Treasure Mr Chidaushe said: “Our Masvingo provincial chairperson Mr James Gumbi has given us $1000 to pay Bikita East polling agents, many provincial members gave different amounts of money, fuel and food. Our provincial youth and women also financiallt assisted. Its a collective work. We thank them.”

MDC Masvingo provincial deputy information and publicity Ms Lee Mahachi said: “Masvingo MDC dedicated cadres are not afraid of Zanu PF. Bikita East MDC cadres are ready to defend their votes. We are going to vote and protect our vote. Victory is certain.”

Currently, hn Job Sikhala is giving a keynote speech, encouraging MDC cadres to come out in numbers and vote for MDC candidate Mr Moses Maphosa. He said, President Nelson Chamisa trust Bikita East cadres to win this by election.

Masvingo MDC is facing four by elections, Zanu PF Zaka East member of parliament passed away early this month, Masvingo North Zanu PF member of parliament died last month, Bikita East Zanu PF also died in April 2019. In Chiredzi North, Zanu PF councillor is critically ill and failed to attend council meeting, Mr Mtubuki said: “There will be by election in Chiredzi North soon, because the councillor is incapacitated.

Jane Mlambo| Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has offered to pay tea for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa if they happen to meet for dialogue.

Mliswa was responding to top cleric and a member of the Presidential Advisory Council Shingi Munyeza who urged the two political leaders to meet and have a cup of tea at a mutually convenient venue with each one bringing own tea and cookery and exchange niceties which are not political.

Great tweet coming from a member of PAC. Let it be at Mugg n Bean n I’ll swipe lol https://t.co/ynMt9IKqmh

— Sabhuku Temba P. Mliswa (@TembaMliswa) July 6, 2019

GOVERNMENT has suspended Mashonaland Central provincial mining director Mr Malcolm Mazemo and nine Ministry of Mines and Mining Development officials on allegations of corruption.

Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando announced the suspensions at a news conference in Harare yesterday.

He said eight of the 10 suspended officers were based at the Mashonaland Central provincial office. This has resulted in Government temporarily suspending all services as investigations continue.

Services will only begin after pooling human resources from other stations. Two other suspended officials are surveyors from Mashonaland West.

Minister Chitando declined to shed more light, save to say the officials were facing allegations related to the administration and allocation of mining claims.

“The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has been seized with a lot of complaints from stakeholders over service delivery, especially from its provincial offices,” he said.

“As a result, and in line with the ‘Zimbabwe is Open for Business’ mantra and in line with the thrust for zero tolerance for corruption by His Excellency, the President . . . the ministry had been and will be investigating all complaints of malpractices by its staff.

“Such investigations have resulted in the suspension of surveyors at its Mashonaland West provincial mining office. Similar investigations have resulted in the simultaneous suspension of duty today (yesterday) 5th of July, 2019 of most of the technical staff at the Mashonaland Central provincial office including the provincial mining director.”

He said due to the suspension of several of the technical staff at the Mashonaland Central provincial office, it became necessary to temporarily suspend all services offered by that office from lunchtime yesterday until July 10, 2019 to allow the ministry to put in place measures to enable sound service delivery while investigations are in progress.

Minister Chitando added that Government will be following up and investigating all allegations of malpractice by stakeholders against its officials as it seeks deliver the best service.

-State Media

Jane Mlambo| Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has shockingly praised controversial businessman Genius Kadungure saying his big heart for people should make him a Member of Parliament in 2023.

Mliswa and Kadungure met in Durban where they posed for a picture which the former Zanu PF legislator posted on his Twitter timeline.

Mliswa ran out of superlatives to describe Kadungure who is known by many as a dubious business operator with multiple cases of corruption before the Harare Magistrates court.

“He’s a great warrior with unbelievable tenacity & a big heart for people who should stand as an MP in the next elections,” said Mliswa.

With @GeniusKadungure in Durban. He’s a great warrior with unbelievable tenacity & a big heart for people who should stand as an MP in the next elections pic.twitter.com/Vye69fSnl9

— Sabhuku Temba P. Mliswa (@TembaMliswa) July 6, 2019

Zimbabwe has rejected preconditions set by the US government to access a US$60 billion facility availed to the African continent at the recent US-Africa Summit held in Mozambique.

This was said by President Mnangagwa while addressing Domboshava residents during yesterday’s clean-up campaign held at Showgrounds.

The President said an offer to vote alongside the US at the United Nations was dangled when he met US officials at the summit as part of the preconditions to access money from the fund. The money is meant to counter an arrangement agreed between Africa and China during last year’s Forum for Africa China Cooperation Summit (Focac) held last year, where the Asian giant made a similar offer to African countries.

President Mnangagwa said while in Maputo two weeks ago for the US-Africa Summit, he met US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Mr Tibor Nagy and asked; “ . . . you have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, what have we done wrong to you?

“You have prevented Zimbabwe from accessing support from (the) World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund), what have we done against you?

“There’s not time in history that we have done anything wrong against you, so what is it? There’s no time that Zimbabweans have done wrong against you, so what is it?”

President Mnangagwa said the US had brought US$60 billion “just like what China did, but China did not put preconditions”.

“They just said submit your projects and if they are accepted, you will be supported.

“But the Americans’ money comes with preconditions, they said when it’s time to vote at the UN (on any issue), you vote alongside us to access the US$60 billion, but we rejected that. When we vote, we are guided by our national interest of Zimbabwe.

“We are a full member of the UN and we can’t sell out. If the money has no such preconditions, we can get it, but if it does have preconditions to sell out, then we don’t,” said President Mnangagwa.

However, President Mnangagwa said the country was willing to engage and re-engage with any country in the world under the new thrust of the Second Republic.

While US officials insist that its sanctions regime imposed on Zimbabwe is not targeted at ordinary citizens, the embargo has prevented the country from accessing lines of credit from global financial institutions, which would have been used to boost technologies to enable Harare to fully exploit its abundant resources.

The US says the sanctions are only targeted at 64 individuals and 56 entities, a bizarre claim considering that the 56 companies have employees and firms such as the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) that are struggling to access spare parts due to sanctions.

President Mnangagwa also said Zimbabwe had vast natural resources and a good climate capable of turning around the fortunes of the economy.

-State Media

SUSPENDED Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Simon Taranhike, who is facing criminal charges of abuse of office, has again been dragged to the High Court by a local property owner, S Nyahokwe Hand Made Jewellers (Pvt) Ltd, after he failed to settle a US$169 325 debt for rentals and utility bills.

According to court papers, Taranhike is the director of Firmside Management, which was trading as Wimpy.

The once popular food outlet, which is now defunct, used to operate at Shop number 1, Keystone Building, 21 George Silundika Avenue in Harare, a property owned by S Nyahokwe Hand Made Jewellers.

The dispute between Taranhike and the property owners started way back in 2011, with the applicant instituting proceedings in the High Court, seeking Taranhike’s eviction from the building after failing to pay rentals and utility bills.

“The first defendant (Wimpy) was ordered by High Court judge Justice Charles Hungwe (now Supreme Court judge) to vacate plaintiff’s (S Nyahokwe Hand Made Jewellers) premises on or before February 13, 2014, which they did on the said date,” the property owner said.

“Upon moving out of the premises, the first defendant did not pay utility bill; US$20 149 being outstanding electricity bill and US$21 966 being outstanding water bill. Also, first defendant did not pay its outstanding arrear rental of US$127 210.”

The property owner said it tried to engage Taranhike to settle the outstanding bills, together with rental arrears, but all its efforts failed to yield desired results, prompting a decision to approach the court for recourse.

However, Taranhike has since requested the property owner to provide him with a detailed statement, indicating the rentals and the utility bills outstanding and payable by him per month per year, starting 2011 until the year he was evicted from the premises.

“Further, in the case of the utility bills, defendants request copies of the bills received by plaintiff from the relevant local authorities and proof of any correspondence by the plaintiff to first and second defendants, regarding demand and any other request for payment for the alleged outstanding rentals and utility bills,” Taranhike said in his request for further particulars.

The matter is set to be heard before Justice Clement Phiri on Monday.

-Newsday

Suspended Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Mudzingwa Simon Taranhike yesterday appeared in court facing charges of releasing 1 800 litres of fuel coupons without due process.

Taranhike, who appeared before magistrate Barbara Mateko, was released on free bail and was given August 5 and 6 as his trial dates.

Allegations are between April 1 to 3 at Zinara’s Highlands offices, Taranhike abused the Zinara fuel facility and authorised the issuance of 1 800 litres of petrol (Redan Puma) coupons to a State journalist.

It is alleged Taranhike did not follow Zinara’s due procedures, thereby causing his employer to be prejudiced fuel worth RTGS$6 354.

The prosecution alleged he acted contrary to his duties by showing favour to the State journalist.

Nothing was recovered.

Sebastian Mutizirwa appeared for the State.

-Newsday

Addressing journalists outside the correctional facility yesterday, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said the activists, Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere, told him tales of horror in the prison.

“I have seen the prisoners of conscience, political prisoners. They are in good health. They are in high spirits. They are optimistic. They know that they are innocent, of course,” he said.

“We acknowledge that they still have an appeal process that has to be heard and we are going to expedite that the matter be heard. They told me that there are about 2 600 inmates. They are getting almost 10 000 litres of water per day. So, every inmate gets about four litres for drinking, bathing and washing clothes. So, it’s quite a dicey situation for all the inmates. They also told me, that there is a huge crack to the prison building, so their safety is compromised.”

Prison cells that are supposed to hold up to 12 prisoners are now home to 45 inmates, while power outages also blight the complex, leaving inmates drowning in darkness most of the time.

Chamisa said his party would continue to stalk the corridors of justice in an effort to get the two activists released, saying their conviction was political.

The two have, according to Chamisa, lodged an appeal against both conviction and sentence, but there have been delays by the courts to hear the appeals.

Chamisa had to wait for hours outside the prison gates before he was finally cleared to visit the MDC activists as prison officers at the main gate made call after call, seeking the nod from their superiors to allow him passage.
The MDC leader slammed the slow process to clear him, saying it was the height of “dictatorship and tyranny”.

“The unfortunate thing is I have had to come here and spend almost three hours waiting for a clearance. I understand that they were indicating that I had to get clearance,” he said.

“So, they had to inform their head office. It is undesirable and very unfortunate. I am a lawyer and I have rights as a lawyer to visit any client which I wish to visit. I am also a leader of a political party, a legitimate political party.

“So if I wish to visit any person I should also be allowed. I am not asking for any privilege. I am not asking for any special treatment. I am only asking for ordinary treatment to be able to have access. Now, when you have dictatorship around entry into a prison gate, there is no better dramatisation of undesirable circumstances of tyranny.”

-Newsday

Law enforcement agents will now have powers to question people leading flamboyant and swanky lifestyles from inexplicable sources of income, as the Government moves in to curb corruption, money laundering and tax evasion, among other vices.

Those who fail to explain or hide useful information pertaining to the source of their wealth will be jailed up to two years, while the tainted property will be forfeited to the State.

This comes as Government yesterday gazetted the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Bill (2019) that seeks to give the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) powers to seek explanations from people who flaunt wealth without the means of obtaining it.

The Bill, which was published in the Government Gazette yesterday, will amend the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act [Chapter 9; 24].

“The statutory instrument gives powers to Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to solicit explanations from people who exhibit great wealth without having any apparent lawful means of obtaining such wealth.

“The amendments were initially effected under the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Amendment of the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act) Regulations 2018, published in Statutory Instrument 246 of 2018, on the 9th November 2018 and according to the provisions of Section 6 of the Presidential Powers(Temporary Measures) Act [Chapter 10;20] the regulations expired on the one hundredth and eighty first day following the date of commencements of the regulations which was the 9th of May 2019.

“As such it is expedient to enact an Amendment Bill re-enacting the affected provisions (some proceedings were already commenced under the Regulations,” read the SI.

The amendments will further strengthen the provisions in the law to combat corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing and ensure members of the law enforcement are effective in carrying out their mandate.

“The part will be inserted in the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act providing for unexplained wealth orders issued by the High Court at the instance of ZACC, ZIMRA or ZRP. These orders will require the addressee to explain his or her wealth and provide supporting documentation therefor,” read the SI.

According to the SI, the High Court may, on an ex-parte application made by an enforcement authority, issue an unexplained wealth order when it is satisfied that the requirements for such an order would have been fulfilled.

An application for that order must specify the property in respect of which the order is sought and specify the person whom the enforcement authority thinks holds the property (the respondent) and the person specified may include a person outside Zimbabwe.

In deciding whether to make an unexplained wealth order the High Court must be satisfied that there is reasonable cause to believe that the responsible hold the property and the value of the property is greater than US410 000 or its equivalent in nay currency.

“The High Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the known sources of the respondent’s lawfully obtained income would have been insufficient for the purpose of enabling the respondent to obtain or hold the property.

“The High Court must be satisfied that the respondent is a politically exposed person or there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the respondent is or has been involved in serious crime whether in Zimbabwe or elsewhere or a person connected with the respondent is or has been is involved. Where the respondent fails without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements imposed by an unexplained wealth order in respect of any property before the end of the response period, the property I to be presumed to be tainted property for the purposes of any proceedings taken in respect of the property under this Act, unless the contrary is shown,” stated the SI.

A person who makes a false statement in response to unexplained wealth shall be guilty of an offence and maybe jailed for a period of up to two years.

The court also has the discretion to impose a fine of up to US$65 000 or the equivalent in Zimbabwe dollars at the prevailing interbank rate of exchange.

-State Media

I wish to congratulate Ms. Emma Madziva from #Zimbabwe for her work sensitizing the population about gender-based violence while serving as @UNPOL with @UNMISSmedia. The medal earned is a symbol of her dedication to improving lives in #SouthSudan. #WPS https://t.co/MsXPdFKGQH pic.twitter.com/K2SP8WzOhn

— Jean-Pierre Lacroix (@Lacroix_UN) July 3, 2019

By A Correspondent- CITIMED Hospital in Chitungwiza has launched its first ever Computerised Tomography (CT) scanning equipment in collaboration with Diagnostic Radiology and MRI Centre.

A CT scan combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles of one’s body and uses computer processing to create cross-sectional images of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside the body in an effort to provide more detailed information than what plain X-rays do.

Officially launching the new equipment recently, Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo commended the hospital for its corporate social responsibility programmes that include free breast cancer screening using the Mammogram Machine during its open days.

“Not only do they focus on cancer screening, but they also do cleft lip and palate programmes, cataract extractions and provision of sunscreen to people with albinism,” he said.

Diagnostic Radiology and MRI Centre head Dumisani Ndlovu said the CT scan would improve the diagnosis process of patients towards establishing the correct treatment for them.

“The advantages of the CT scan we have here is that it is a very advanced machine which gives a lot of clear detail inside the human body. When you have correct details, it helps in prescribing the correct treatment for patients,” he said.

“The CT scan deals with different difficult cases, with examples of stroke or tumours or fractures showing the scans clearly without any doubt so that the patient can receive the correct treatment.”

Ndlovu said the treatment costs could not be clearly established because of the current economic crisis in the country.

The CT Scanning equipment will improve women’s health clinic services at the CITIMED Hospital.

“The cost of the scan cannot be established considering the state of the economy, but in terms of the US dollars, it would cost a few hundred dollars for the service. We already did the first phase, which was free of charge about a month ago for about 40 patients,” he said.-Newsday

By A Correspondent| The Zimbabwe government officials on Friday night kicked the World Cup Netball players out of their hotel in Liverpool. They put them into a hostel, contrary to what the Netball President President Leticia Chipandu had told ZimEye just an hour before (See LIVE broadcast, timeline 22:30).

She said reports of the players getting a paltry 50bond allowance were false.

As the team walked out of the VIP exit gate, their counterparts, Ireland had only 18 travelers, including players. A full netball team has 7 players. Zimbabwe’s delegation was a whopping 54, and appearing on camera, 43 predominantly non-netball members. 4 were government ministers, the rest, unidentified.

As they walked out of the gate area, an unidentified elderly woman was filmed screaming to sky heaven, celebrating, “Bhora rakanaka razotiunzawo kuEngland”, instead of thanking the hard-working girls, she thanked Netball, the game.

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In the brief interview, Mrs Chipandu said, “there is nothing like that, no 50 Bond, no nothing. We will show you the contract when we settle. As I am telling you right now the government has already paid for the accommodation where we are going. The money was wired through our embassy, the balance has all been paid. Things are almost, I can say the under control. What I can say is…(interruption)”

Are they going to be in a hotel not a hostel?, Simba Chikanza asked. To this she replied saying, “no they are going to ibis, which is very close to the arena, yes. So I would wish people could look for the correct information, rather than rely on the viral things that go on social media, which are not true. I am here as the president, you ask me questions I will give you answers,” she said.

Within minutes of that promise however, Leticia Chipandu had shifted position.

The Zim Netball players were pushed into a dingy student housing facility called, Liberty Living Accommodation, as ZimEye reveals.

ZimEye quickly rushed to the scene at just after midnight. (See our LIVE broadcsdt below)

It was also revealed that 4 hotel rooms have been reserved for government ministers.

At around 1am Saturday however, following pressure, the team was successfully relocated. By that time however, many team players had already slept on empty stomachs, tired and worn out.

The Netball leadership and some officials had spent hours back at the Hotel Ibis in some sort of a meeting.

ZimEye arrived at the Liberty Accomodation property where we toured the area and were told by property officials that the netball team had complained of room conditions and were successfully relocated. ZinEye could not ascertain if all players had been moved.

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ZimEye then rushed to Hotel Ibis where we carried out a news review. WATCH the full 49 minute review below:

By A Correspondent- Vice-President Kembo Mohadi said generators of waste must follow their products from manufacturing up to disposal by adopting the extended producer responsibility as a means of addressing waste management.

VP Mohadi said this in a speech read on his behalf by the Minister of State in his office, Davis Marapira.

“It is about time that industries adopt the extended producer responsibility principle which calls upon all generators of waste to follow their products from manufacture up to disposal so as to define a clear chain of custody.

“It would be disheartening to find post-consumer waste from companies to constitute litter without effort to follow it up. Companies should, however, incentivise communities to take back the post-consumer waste through a deposit system or running competitions,” he said.

VP Mohadi said Government will continue to pursue productive partnerships with the private sector in order to ensure inclusivity and greater action across the whole economy.

He implored citizens to practise sustainable waste management, adding that illegal dumping and littering must stop henceforth.

“I am happy to note that monitoring mechanisms of this programme are effectively being implemented in order to ensure intended results are achieved,” he said.

“I want to call upon those in law enforcement to intensify compliance monitoring against littering and dumping of waste in undesignated places.

“In this regard, I urge EMA to work closely with the police to enforce compliance. It is not fair for some of us to come out to clean in this manner while others continue to dump litter indiscriminately.”-StateMedia

By Own Correspondent- Vice President Constantino Guvheyo Chiwenga has urged law enforcements agencies to intensify their efforts in arresting those who litter and dump waste at undesignated places.

In a speech read on his behalf by the permanent secretary in his office at Ruwa Shopping Centre in Harare, Godfrey Chanakira, Vice-President Chiwenga said there is need for Zimbabweans to take the clean-up campaign programme seriously by adhering to the country’s laws.

“To complement the voluntary compliance of our citizens and keep our environment safe and clean, our law enforcement agencies must intensify their efforts in compliance monitoring against littering and dumping of waste at undesignated places as some among us will not voluntarily comply.

“Without enforcement of the law, all our efforts to preserve and keep our environment clean may sadly be fruitless,” said VP Chiwenga.

He called for the preserving and protection of the environment for the future generations.

“Our national Constitution provides every person with fundamental rights to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being. The environment must be protected for the benefit of present and future generations through legislative and other measures that prevent pollution and ecological degradation, promote conservation and secure ecologically sustainable development of natural resources while promoting economic and social development,” he said.

“Let us all commit to practising sustainable waste management. We must willingly and collectively bring illegal dumping and littering to a quick end. As a nation, we need to seize all opportunities to buttress our economic development by proper waste management as we strive for upper-middle income status within the next 10 years.”

A GWANDA taxi driver has appeared in court for assaulting a municipality police officer for clamping his car.

Soviar Moyo (30), who operates the Gwanda-West Nicholson route and stays in Spitzkop suburb, pleaded not guilty to assault but was convicted due to overwhelming evidence by Gwanda magistrate, Miss Lerato Nyathi.

He was sentenced to three months imprisonment which was wholly suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within the next five years.

In his defence, Moyo said he did not assault the complainant, Mr Lawrence Tshuma. He said Mr Tshuma was the one who grabbed him by his shirt.

“I left home and drove into town so that I could check on the loading queue but I was not loading any passengers.

“When I parked my vehicle and disembarked, the complainant, who was driving past with his workmates, came to me and I told them that I wasn’t loading,” Moyo said.

“I went back into my vehicle and as I tried to drive off I realised that my wheel had been clamped. I went out to talk to the complainant but instead he held me by the shirt and I also held his.

“One of his workmates grabbed my leg while another grabbed my shirt from the back. Some people who were in the area then restrained us and that’s when they let me go. I didn’t assault him as alleged but I held his clothes as he was also holding me.”

Prosecuting, Miss Faith Mutukwa said Moyo assaulted Mr Tshuma on April 16 at around 10PM.

She said Mr Tshuma was on duty with his workmates conducting a patrol in Gwanda CBD when Moyo parked his vehicle at a no stopping zone.

Miss Mutukwa said Mr Tshuma tried to clamp the vehicle but this did not go down well with Moyo who then grabbed him by the collar.

She said Moyo further punched Mr Tshuma twice on the face. Mr Tshuma’s workmates then restrained Moyo.

-State Media

By Own Correspondent| The Zimbabwe government officials on Friday night kicked the World Cup Netball players out of their hotel in Liverpool.

At around 1am Saturday, following pressure, the team was successfully relocated but by that time however, many team players had already slept on empty stomachs, tired and worn out.

The Zimbabwe Gems were put into a hostel, contrary to what the Netball President President Leticia Chipandu had told ZimEye just an hour before(See LIVE broadcast, timeline 22:30).

She said reports of the players getting a paltry 50bond alllowance were false.

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“There is nothing like that, no 50 Bond, no nothing. We will show you the contract when we settle. As I am telling you right now the government has already paid for the accommodation where we are going.

The money was wired through our embassy, the balance has all been paid. Things are almost, I can say the under control. What I can say is…”

Are they going to be in a hotel not a hostel?, Simba Chikanza asked. To this she replied saying,

” No they are going to Ibis which is very close to the arena, yes. So I would wish people could look for the correct information, rather than rely on the viral things that go on social media, which are not true. I am here as the president, you ask me questions I will give you answers,” she said.

Within minutes of that promise however, Leticia Chipandu had shifted position.

The Zim Netball players were pushed into a dingy student housing facility called, Liberty Living Accommodation, as ZimEye reveals.

ZimEye quickly rushed to the scene at just after midnight. (See our LIVE broadcsdt below)

It was also revealed that 4 hotel rooms have been reserved for government ministers.

The Netball leadership and some officials had spent hours back at the Hotel Ibis in some sort of a meeting.

ZimEye arrived at the Liberty Accomodation property where we toured the area and were told by property officials that the netball team had complained of room conditions and were successfully relocated. ZinEye could not ascertain if all players had been moved.

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ZimEye then rushed to Hotel Ibis where we carried out a news review. WATCH the full 49 minute review below:

By A Correspondent- Government yesterday gazetted the Freedom of Information Bill, which seeks to repeal the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).

The Bill, which seeks to give effect to Section 62 of the Constitution which provides for the right to access to information as enshrined in the Declaration of Rights, is part of the Second Republic’s efforts to fulfil the reform agenda aimed at seeing the country pursuing a new trajectory in its domestic and foreign policies.

The Bill sets out the procedure of access to information held by public institutions or information held by any person, which is necessary for exercise or protection of a right. It also sets out considerations for making available on a voluntary basis by entities, certain categories of information thereby removing the need for formal requests for such information.

It also sets out the scope of limitations on the right of access to information, the rights of third parties, the role of principle officers of entities and information officers in its implementation, procedures for internal and court appeals in respect to requests for access to information and the time limits within which these processes must be carried out.

It also sets out additional functions of the Human Rights Commission with respect to the right of access to information, which are to be exercised in the normal course of its role as the guardian of human rights.

Part Two of the Bill which deals with providing access to information, bestows in Clause 4, a duty on entities to maintain the information of entities in a manner that facilitates the exercise of the right to access information.

“Every responsible person or holder of a statutory office shall cause to be created, kept, organised and maintain information, in the interests of public accountability or in the exercise or protection of a right,” reads Clause 4 of the Bill.

Clause 5 of the Bill requires public entities, public commercial entities and holders of statutory bodies to disclose information which is in the interest of the public accountability and in the interest of protection of a right.

However, Clause 6 states that the Act will not apply to information from Cabinet and its committees, with respect to judicial functions.

Part Three deals with the process of requesting for access to information.

In the event the request relates to information necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, the information officer’s determination whether to grant access must be made within 48 hours.

“Where a request relates to information which reasonably appears to be necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, the responsible person or holder of a statutory office shall, within forty-eight hours of the submission of the request determine whether or not the request may be granted and notify the applicant of the decision whether to grant the request in writing and if the request is granted, give the applicant access to the information within the same forty-eight-hour period,” reads Clause 8 of the Bill.

The Bill also requires responsible persons to make annual reports to the Human Rights Commission on the numbers of requests received, granted, refused or appealed.

Part Five of the Bill sets out various grounds upon which a request for access may be refused for the purpose of protecting other rights and interests, which may be superior to the right of access to information.

Clause Six of the Bill repeals AIPPA (Chapter 10:27).

“Subject to subsection (2) the AIPPA (Chapter 10:27) is repealed. All statutory instruments or made under the AIPPA Act (Chapter 10:27) shall remain in force as if they had been made under the appropriate provision of this Act and may be amended, replaced or repealed accordingly.”

The Bill will go through Parliamentary debates and public hearings.

As part of President Mnangagwa’s reform agenda, early this year, Cabinet also approved the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill, which seeks to repeal the Public Order and Security Act (POSA).

The repeal of AIPPA and POSA is expected to pave way for the opening of the democratic space and the enjoyment of freedoms and rights, moving away from the previous era before the advent of President Mnangagwa’s administration.-StateMedia