Farai Dziva|MDC secretary for International Relations, Gladys Hlatywayo has castigated Emmerson Mnangagwa for masquareding as a political messiah.

See Hlatywayo’s statement below :

MDC is concerned about Mnangagwa’s attempts to mislead regional leaders on the situation in our country.

This follows a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa where he indicated that he had been briefed by Emmerson Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe is now on the
road to recovery.

This was despite the fact that he had gone with a begging bowl to South Africa for electricity as a result of the incessant and crippling power cuts bedeviling the nation. It is our considered view that contrary to Mr Mnangagwa’s view, Zimbabwe is far off the road to recovery.

If anything, the situation has gotten worse.

The economic situation has deteriorated as evidenced by skyrocketing prices, shortages of basic commodities including bread and fuel, power cuts, water rationing and the erosion of salaries owing to hyperinflation. Our young people are without jobs and the public healthcare system has
collapsed whilst the private healthcare system is now beyond the reach of many.

The democratic space is shrinking by the day as the current military government is moving in to thwart dissent. A record breaking 21 opposition, labor and civic leaders are currently facing trumped up charges of subversion. This is the first time since independence that such serious charges have been so generously dished out.

In August 2018, the regime shot and killed seven unarmed citizens. In January 2019, the same government killed several unarmed citizens during protests. Impunity is the order of the day as perpetrators of these human violations have not been brought to book as recommended by the
Mothlante Commission.

The MDC asserts that the socio-economic challenges are a manifestation of the crisis of legitimacy, borne out of the 2018 disputed elections that failed the credibility test.

The MDC therefore strongly insists on the urgent need for a political solution anchored on genuine, inclusive, mediated dialogue that is underwritten by the international community. Such a dialogue must ensure the return to legitimacy, a comprehensive reform agenda, economic recovery, a national healing program and international re-engagement. It is only when the above mentioned requisite measures are put in place that Zimbabwe can be on the road to recovery.

MDC: (1999 -2019) Celebrating 20 Years of Tenacity and Courage

Gladys Hlatywayo
Secretary for International Relations

Farai Dziva|One of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lawyers, Tinomuda Chinyoka, has said there is nothing treasonous about Job Sikhala’s remarks.

Chinyoka also slammed the arrest of Sikhala.

Chinyoka has also insisted that Job Sikhala should not have been arrested or charged with treason for statements he made at a rally because they are protected by free speech.

He also said that there was nothing treasonous about Sikhala as the statements were not sinister but were made in an excitable state.

Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has accused Emmerson Mnangagwa of claiming credit for the hard work done by the opposition party in Harare.

Said Chamisa:”Why should Mnangagwa come to open a local authority institution, in fact, this is an effort of the council.

But if he is coming, he is welcome because he must also come and see evidence of good leadership at the local level.”

“That’s the problem. Success has many parents and failure seems to be orphaned, there is a failure at ZESA, ZINWA, there is a failure in the roads which are now death traps but we are not seeing him there.

Then there is now this child from our local authorities, he wants to come here. He should address the problems faced in government.”

Farai Dziva|A caller from Liverpool has revealed that the Zimbabwe Netball players have been instructed to purchase their own “Asics” professional shoes for the Vitality World Cup starting today (Friday).

Zimbabwe faces Sri Lanka today, Friday.

The gems’ trip to the United Kingdom has been mired in controversy as government apparatchiks abused the funds donated by well-wishers to support the team.

As ZimEye.com aptly reported, thousands of dollars were squandered by government officials leaving the players stranded.

The gems were forced to camp at a substandard hotel while the government apparatchiks were ensconced in luxurious rooms.

“The food the players are eating is pathetic.

To make matters worse, the girls have been instructed to buy shoes for the tournament,” said the Liverpool caller.

Well-wishers have pledged to raise money to purchase the Asics professional shoes for the players.

Meanwhile, experts have explained that Asics are needed to enhance the players’ game. The high sides mean these are very comfortable and supportive, especially on ankles, which can be a player’s weak spot. The gel system is based on a special kind of silicon that enables optimal shock absorption, meaning jumping in these trainers is a breeze. The natural bounciness of the sole helps you to feel  light on your feet. The extra-ribbed sole provides essential grip, which results in good performance on slippery outdoor courts as well as indoors.

The Combined Harare Residents Association mourn the passing on of its Board Member and CHRA Ward Branch Chairperson for Ward 14 Mr Davies Hove.

Mr Hove died on the 7th of July 2019 and will be laid to rest on the 13th July 2019 at Glen Forest Cemetery.

Mr Hove and the late Mbuya Monica Chokuwa and others founded Kambuzuma Residents Association.

During the CHRA transformation phase between 2005-2006, Mr Hove became the CHRA Coordinator for Ward 14 Kambuzuma.

At the time of his death he was serving as the Chairperson for the Welfare Committee and a Board Member of the Association.

His unwavering selfless service in community development to the Association and the Kambuzuma Constituency was outstanding and will be remembered.

Mr Hove was a peace builder and negotiator, an art that helped him to assist the poor masses of Kambuzuma in water reconnections when the City unleashed brutal debt management strategies through abitrary water disconnections for ratepayers who owe the City of Harare.

May his soul rest in peace.

There is Always Darkness Before Dawn

To all of our sisters, brothers in the MDC and affiliate unions I join you in solidarity with MDC Vice Chair Hon. Job Sikhala and Youth SG Gift Ostalos Siziba.

We must continue to fight for what we believe is right. Freedom must come in our lifetime.

I am currently not around on work business but my heart and thoughts are with Hon. Sikhala and Gift Ostalos Siziba.

These incomprehensible selective arrests and detention of leaders of the opposition members fills us all with deep pain. But we are reminded again that acts like this only strengthen us. Together to the end. In God we trust.

I thank you all who are in solidarity with our leaders

Lynette Karenyi-Kore
MDC Vice-President

Back from college: In turmoil and tenacity, we continue to fight.

Fellow Zimbabweans, members of the democratic change, Africans and the world at large, You have afforded me, yet again the opportunity to be alive and post on this platform.

In 2016 l spent more than a month in Chikurubi Maximum Prison and with your solidarity and support l managed to survive Robert Mugabe’s house of terror.

Today, l got a glimpse of Mnangagwa’ s new dispensation having been accused of inciting public violence.

I thank you all fellow countrymen and country women for the unprecedented act of Solidarity and revolutionary love.

We are all committed to the establishment of a democratic Zimbabwe. A society whose key values are Justice, Freedom, Solidarity, Openness and Transparency.

Painful as it might be, we continue to fight!

Until victory, Aluta Contra
Moi!

Cde Ostallos
Secretary General (MDC Youth Assembly)

By A Correspondent- MDC-Alliance president, advocate Nelson Chamisa, has said that party supporters must not be confused by the party’s inaction saying that they have a solid plan to rescue the country from political and economic crises.

His remarks come at a time when MDC supporters are demanding party leadership to nod to protests against arrests of party members.

He said:

We are thought leaders, but beyond being thought leaders we are actors. So when we think, we also act. We have two courages, the courage to think and the courage to act. So when you have seen us not acting, it’s because acting, its moment has not come. But when it comes, we will act.

I say this because i know … eeh takamirira signal, eeh takamirira signal. No! there will be no signal, you’re the signal. (I say this because I know some are saying we’re waiting for the signal. No! there will be no signal, you’re the signal).

The youthful leader said that giving a signal will only alert the ZANU PF party. He also said that the MDC will implement democratic measures in its endeavour to take power away from the ZANU PF. He said that peaceful demonstrations were constitutional.

He warned however that a democratic and peaceful process was painful but necessary. He said he was convinced that Zimbabwe was heading for disaster, but, a paradigm shift was the only way forward.

He observed that the removal of Mnangagwa was not enough if the system remained the same.

The South African National Defence Force will be deployed in violence-riddled communities in Cape Town, the office of Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Thursday.

The areas include Bonteheuwel, Delft, Hanover Park and Philippi East.

On the weekend at least 11 people were shot dead in Philippi East.

There were seven murders in Delft and two in Hanover Park since last Friday.-EWN

By A Correspondent- The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) on Wednesday boycotted a feedback meeting following a meeting held on Tuesday between the Apex Council and government representatives.

PTUZ secretary-general, Raymond Majongwe, confirmed that his union did not attend the feedback meeting saying that they have lost confidence in the Apex Council.

However, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) president, Richard Gundani said that unions should speak with one voice.

He said:

The issues that PTUZ are raising have always been raised.

We should be able to find a way that is acceptable so that we have a strong body that will not be challenged.

It is important that we speak with one voice. There are these small things that end up dividing workers.

At the moment we have no choice because Apex Council and NJNC are the legal bodies that provide a platform for bargaining.

The Apex Council is a body comprising of 15 trade unions representing civil servants from across Government departments and only nine sit in the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC).

The NJNC is the platform that brings together trade unions under the Apex Council and government representatives to negotiate conditions of service for civil servants.-StateMedia

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By A Correspondent- Bulawayo residents have expressed fears over the possibility of a cholera outbreak with the city going for more than 8 days without water.

The council shut down its Criterion water treatment plant for refurbishment last week and residential areas have largely been dry since then.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) acting co-ordinator Emmanuel Ndlovu called for the powers that be to declare a State of Emergency in the city.

He said:

Bulawayo is, therefore, in the utmost danger of cholera and typhoid outbreak. This reflects poor planning and management of water resources by BCC.

Given the continued failure to finalise the project and scanty information from BCC and the failure by BCC to provide Plan B, BPRA is calling for a shutdown of schools until the situation returns to normalcy.

BPRA is further calling for heads to roll in council and for relevant powers to declare the State of Emergency in Bulawayo.

Meanwhile, Bulawayo mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni has apologised to residents and stakeholders over the water situation.

He said:

The rehabilitation of water treatment and pumping infrastructure under the African Development Bank’s BSWIP grant continues.

There are times when we must take the pain to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of water delivery to our people.

We apologise to our residents and stakeholders for the seven days of dry taps.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- A traditional court has fined six men 16 cattle and 4 goats after they were convicted of practising black magic on women.

The men, who are from Chiweshe, were hauled before Chief Makope’s traditional court on Sunday on allegations that they were using “mubobobo” after 63 women’s undergarments were found at a graveyard in Nzvimbo village in May.

Chief Makope told NewsDay that the six suspects pleaded guilty to the charge and implicated a 70-year-old man as the ring leader.

The alleged ring leader reportedly fled before the judgement was handed down.

Said the Chief:

After the prophet from Bulawayo (Madzibaba Sejiby) identifying the culprits five of them said they were initiated into the mubobobo syndicate by the villager who fled after they were given small sticks which they used when going to bed.

Five of the culprits wept in court, pleading guilty to witchcraft so I fined them 16 cattle and four goats since they were initiated unknowingly.

Chief Makope has called for prophets from outside his jurisdiction to come and “vet” the villager who pleaded not guilty to using mubobobo.

According to a report, Mubobobo is a kind of black magic whereby a man can supposedly have sex with a woman from a distance and without her consent.

In effect, it refers to a magical remote sexual intercourse, metaphorically called ‘blue tooth sex’, as it generally ‘connects’ perpetrator and victim within an eye-shot distance or even beyond.

It refers to the magic for engaging in sexual intercourse without consent and physical contact. As such one could not lose virginity or contract HIV because there is no physical contact.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- President Mnangagwa has bemoaned the high maternal mortality rate in the country, calling for investment in strengthening the skills of midwives and doctors as well as the supply of essential medical equipment to avert such deaths.

“We remain concerned with the high maternal mortality in Zimbabwe with 651 deaths for every 100 000 live births.

As government, we take note of this and we are committed to ensuring safe motherhood through a number of ways including investing in strengthening the skills of midwives and doctors, the supply of essential medical equipment to avert such deaths,” he said.

More to follow…

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has retrenched 38 employees, saying it is adopting a leaner, more efficient and cost effective human resource base.

The employees, from different departments and offices across the country started receiving their letters on Tuesday afternoon, it has emerged.

This retrenchment comes after a staff audit carried out by the authority, early this year.

ZTA Corporate and Communications manager Godfrey Koti said he will give details this afternoon.

This is a developing story. More details to follow

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, has been suspended.

The state media alleges that Dube was suspended for allegedly blocking councillors’ ‘intrusive’ activities and ‘overstepping their boundaries’ in the running of council affairs.

He was suspended by Bulawayo Acting Mayor Tinashe Kambarami, a day before a meeting requested by councillors to discuss the conduct of senior managers at the local authority.

Cncllr Kambarami is reported to have handed to suspension letter to Mr Dube in person.

The Chronicle reports that Kambarami was being accompanied by another person who was recording a video while they shoved the Town Clerk out of his office.

Meanwhile, Bulawayo Mayor, Solomon Mguni, is away on study leave.

The publication further notes that there was a plot to suspend Mr Dube on Friday in the meeting after he blocked their intrusive activities and breaching their boundaries in the running of council affairs.

By Own Correspondent- One South African man died and the other was injured after being attacked by a group of women who accused them of stealing their laundry on the lines. 

“We got tired of seeing our laundry disappearing from washing lines all the time,” the angry woman told Daily Sun.

“We were forced to sit outside guarding our washing all the time or run the risk of losing it.” The women vowed they would teach the men a lesson they’d never forget once they caught them.

Stones, knobkerries and sjamboks rained down on them as the angry women from Tamboville in Wattville, Ekurhuleni, South Africa vented their anger. One man died and the other managed to run away. The women said they were frustrated because the cops weren’t helping them.

“We try to be patient, respect the law and hand them over to cops but it doesn’t work for us,” said one of the women who witnessed the beating. “The thieves are arrested but a few days later they are back on the streets. Where’s the justice?” Another woman said they were guarding their washing with their lives.

“We spend the whole day watching it and waiting for it to dry. But the washing still disappears and we end up crying,” said another woman. “It is better that their families cry as well. Not just us.” But the families of the victims are sad and angry.

Thembeka Majwete (43) said the people who killed her nephew Esethu Majwete (20) didn’t know the full story. “Esethu was mentally ill. He went around begging for food. There was no way he could steal their clothes or their bathtub.

“We are hurt, especially after learning that the people who killed my nephew were women.” Neighbour Sylvia Lekoape said the women were heartless.

“How can women who gave birth themselves beat another woman’s child as if they never raised their own?” she asked. “Instead of killing him, why didn’t they bring him here and tell their parents to pay them back?”

Captain Pheello Mothapo said a murder case was opened at Actonville Police Station but said no arrests have been made as cops are still investigating. “We’ll be making an arrest soon,” he said.

National power utility ZESA Holdings says it is seeking a government exemption to charge mining companies and other exporters in United States dollars to guarantee power supplies.

ZESA wrote to the Ministry of Finance after Professor Mthuli Ncube banned the use of foreign currency as legal tender in Zimbabwe repealing the 2009 law that introduced multi currency system in Zimbabwe.

The move by ZESA received widespread condemnation form Z8imbabweans who feel it is insensitive and exposes the folly of Mthuli Ncube’s statutory Instrument.

Professor Jonathan Moyo remarked, “What? “And other exporters”. Name them. An exemption for some must be an exemption for all. Great job in exposing the folly of Mthuli Ncube’s 142/19!”

Exiled business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere said, “Exceptions are the mother of all evil and distortions.”

Posting on Twiitter Public Policy analyst  Joseph Mhlanga said, “What’s to stop my local supermarket from seeking a government exemption to charge its customers in US$ to guarantee grocery supplies?”

Agents|MDC female Vice President Lynette Karenyi-Kore has urged MDC supporters to continue fighting for the freedom of the people of Zimbabwe regardless of the arrests that are being conducted by the state on MDC officials.

Karenyi-Kore who is out of the country said, “I am currently not around on work business but my heart and thoughts are with Hon. Sikhala and Gift Ostalos Siziba.These incomprehensible selective arrests and detention of leaders of the opposition members fill us all with deep pain. But we are reminded again that acts like this only strengthen us. Together to the end. In God we trust.”

She further urged all MDC supporters to remain in solidarity with arrested lawmaker Job Sikhala and Youth Secretary General Gift Siziba.

“To all of our sisters, brothers in the MDC and affiliate unions I join you in solidarity with MDC Vice Chair Hon. Job Sikhala and Youth SG Gift Ostalos Siziba. We must continue to fight for what we believe is right. Freedom must come in our lifetime. I thank you all who are in solidarity  with our leaders.”

Sikhala who was transported to Masvingo on Wednesday is facing a  charge of plotting to subvert a constitutionally elected government and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Bulawayo Acting Mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reportedly suspended Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube a day before a meeting requested by councillors to discuss the conduct of senior managers at the local authority.

Kambarami is said to have gone to Mr Dube’s office to hand the letter of suspension accompanied by another person who was recording a video while they shoved the Town Clerk out of his office.

This was done in the absence of the Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni who is away on study leave and is not aware of his deputy’s actions.

This paper had reported a plot by MDC Alliance councillors to suspend Mr Dube on Friday in the meeting.

More to follow

Agents|MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti who is one of the party’s vice chairperson Job Sikhala’s lawyers in his treason case has revealed that the police locked them behind a steel door so that they could not have access to him.

Sikhala was arrested on Tuesday over statements he made at a rally in Bikita, Masvingo province at the weekend threatening to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the end of his reign.

Sikhala’s lawyers were initially told that he would appear at the Rotten Row magistrates courts in Harare on Wednesday but he was taken to Bikita.

Biti said the behavior of the police showed that the government is not sincere about rebranding the country.

“They call themselves a new dispensation but today (Wednesday) when they whisked away Job Sikhala a from Law and Order Department, they locked us (all the lawyers present ) behind a steel door to prevent us from trekking same. T his is an absolute fascist regime presided over by predatory fascists,” said Biti.

There was panic among opposition circles when Sikhala failed to appear at the Harare courts with some speculating that security agents had abducted him.

The Ministry of Information on Wednesday night issued a statement that Sikhala was being transferred to Bikita where the alleged crime was committed.

Arrested MDC Vice Chairperson Job Sikhala according to his lawyers has also indicated he wants to sue both government and specific officers who abused him while in detention.

There was confusion on Wednesday after it emerged Sikhala was initially supposed to appear in court in Harare before the jurisdiction issues were raised.

Authorities then decided the Zengeza West MP would appear in court at Bikita leaving MDC supporters who had gathered at the Rotten Row Magistrates Court Wednesday afternoon seething with anger.

Reports claim that Sikhala was blind folded as he was being transported from Harare to Bikita.

Sikhala was remanded in custody for the next two weeks on allegations that he told party supporters in Bikita that the opposition was planning to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa before scheduled elections in 2023.

“We will overthrow Mnangagwa before 2023. This is not a joke,” Sikhala reportedly said.

MDC spokesperson Daniel Molokele said the opposition had been dismayed by the ruling.

“We are not happy with the decision and our lawyers will be appealing to the High Court,” said Molokele.

MDC President, Nelson Chamisa, has today officially launched the party’s Road to Economic Recovery, Legitimacy, Openness And Democracy (RELOAD) at Harare Gardens.

Chamisa said that the party will be guided by a five-point road map in its endeavour to dislodge the ruling ZANU PF from power. Below is the Five-point road map:

1. Diplomatic and Political pressure on this govt: Chamisa said that the party will exert both political and diplomatic pressure on the government so as to reclaim its July 30, 2018, elections victory. He said that the party will be “radically-peaceful” in terms of the constitution, that is, peaceful protests. He called upon other stakeholders including church leaders, women, political parties, and war veterans to the MDC and “reason.” Chamisa also reiterated the party’s intention to push for the Zimbabwean agenda to be discussed at regional groupings including SADC.

2. National Dialogue: Chamisa said that there must be a genuine national dialogue. He said that the party was against the use of violence to resolve issues saying that even after an armed struggle, there is still need to sit down and dialogue. He said that the MDC believes that a Civilised community resolves issues amicably. Chamisa added that the dialogue must discuss the legitimacy issue which is the source of the problems affecting the nation. He also said that a legitimate and credible dialogue needs to be facilitated by international adjudicators. He also said that the dialogue has to have timelines so as to measure achievements.

3. National Transitional mechanism: Chamisa said that the dialogue will result in the establishment of a national transitional mechanism to lift the country from the crises. He also said that another mandate of the NTM will be to usher Zimbabwe into new elections.

4. Comprehensive reform agenda: Chamisa also said that there are a number of areas that need to be reformed for democracy to prevail in the country. He, however, said that he would not preempt the party’s plan on reforms as he fears that the ZANU PF would start implementing the MDC’s ideas.

5. Free and fair elections: Chamisa also said that there is need for electoral reforms before the nation goes to the elections. He said that there won’t be elections if the current Zimbabwe Electoral Commission team is in place as it is biased towards the ZANU PF.

Chamisa concluded saying that the party will not be pushed into prematurely launching its strategic plan by the ZANU PF because it knows their rivals’ evil plans

Farai Dziva|MDC deputy spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka has said the arbitrary arrests of opposition members confirm that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is a “brutal continuation of Robert Mugabe’s dispensation.”

Two MDC officials, vice chairperson Job Sikhala and youth assembly secretary general, Gift Ostallos Siziba were arrested in as many days for “plotting to overthrow the government.”

ZimEye.com asked Tamborinyoka about the selective persecution of opposition members :

Government sympathizers are attacking Hon Sikhala from all angles any response to the matter?

Tamborinyoka Luke responded: “It only confirms Mnangagwa is not in any way a new dispensation. He is a brutal continuation of Mugabe’s dispensation.

In other words there is no Second Republic. It is a continuation of the First…”

In Harare, ZLHR lawyers have secured the release on $1 000 bail of MDC Youth Assembly Secretary-General Gift Ostallos Siziba charged with incitement to commit public violence. Magistrate Elijah Makomo ordered Ostallos to report three times per week at Harare Central Police Station. Ostallos returns to court on 24 July 2019.

Farai Dziva|Lawyers representing MDC vice chairperson, Job Sikhala have filed an urgent application for bail pending trial.

“At Masvingo High Court, ZLHR lawyers have failed a bail application seeking the release of Zengeza West MP Hon. Job Sikhala after he was remanded in custody at Bikita Magistrate Court by Magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.

Bail application was successfully filed at15:30pm.

The High Court will sit on the 15 July 2019 at 9:30am to hear Job Sikhala’s bail application,” the MDC has said in a statement.

At Masvingo High Court, ZLHR lawyers Jeremiah Bamu and Tinomuda Shoko have filed an application seeking the release of Zengeza West MP Hon. Job Sikhala on bail after he was remanded in custody at Bikita Magistrates Court by Magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.

More to follow…

Farai Dziva|A caller from Liverpool has revealed that the Zimbabwe Netball players have been instructed to purchase their own Asics shoes for the mega tournament.

The gems’ trip to the United Kingdom has been mired in controversy as government apparatchiks abused the funds donated by well-wishers to support the team.

As ZimEye.com aptly reported, thousands of dollars were squandered by government officials leaving the players stranded.

The gems were forced to camp at a substandard hotel while the government apparatchiks were ensconced in luxurious rooms.

“The food the players are eating is pathetic.

To make matters worse, the girls have been instructed to buy shoes for the tournament,” said the Liverpool caller.

Well-wishers have pledged to raise money to purchase shoes for the netball players.

MDC Youth Assembly Secretary General Gift Ostallos Siziba has been granted ZWL$1000 bail, ZimEye has learnt.

Siziba was arrested yesterday on charges committing to incite public violence.

MDC Youth Assembly Chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole confirmed the court decision to grant Siziba bail.

Meanwhile MDC vice Chairperson Job Sikhala has been denied bail and taken to Masvingo Prison but his lawyers have indicated that they will appeal at the High Court.

Farai Dziva|MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has described the RELOAD Policy document as “pure milk” implying that it contains vibrant ideas for nation building and economic development.

Speaking at the launch of the RELOAD Document, in Harare, Chamisa said:”This is an excellent document, mukaka chaiwo…

This document consists of vibrant ideas for economic development,” said Chamisa.

“I would like to thank party leaders who crafted the document.

This shows we are very serious as a party.If we are able to come up with such a document it means we have the potential to transform the country’s economy.”

Farai Dziva|The brother of the man who allegedly murdered a university student has disclosed how the grisly offence was committed.

Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT)student Angela Dapi, was brutally murdered at the Elizabeth Hotel in Harare.

According to H-Metro the alleged killer Richard Nenohwe’s brother Munyaradzi and his two uncles Rufasi and Wellington, were well received by Angela’s family for the gesture they had undertaken.

Speaking to H-Metro, Richard’s brother Munyaradzai said:
He (Richard) informed me through a text message. He said we had an argument, and I asked why, and he said he (Richard) had cheated on his girlfriend.

I asked him again on what transpired for that argument to result in this situation, and he just typed again saying they just had an argument.

He said due to this, it was no longer necessary for him to live anymore.

…After doing what he did, he sent his workmate and friend Tinashe in Shurugwi a message saying: ‘I have killed my girlfriend and I cut myself and I’m bleeding to death’
But for myself, he once called me and I recorded that call.

He was just asking saying, ‘do you want to know?’
And I kept asking him, ‘to know what’?
And he just said, I have cut my wrist and I am bleeding to death. I asked him where he was and why he cut himself and many other questions, but he just said: ‘I will tell you when I am about to die’.
So I did not know what to do then.

After that, that’s where I got the message and I started looking for Tinashe’s uncle, their boss.
That was when we started looking for Richard. We then went to the police and told them that we were receiving disturbing calls and messages from someone who was not telling us his whereabouts.

We heard he sometimes goes to Hotel Elizabeth, but he had booked using a wrong name, so the police gave up looking for him.

Another shift manager came and checked in his hotel booking records and also confirmed that Rich ard was not booked in.

He then said to us: “There is a receipt here. Maybe they used the wrong surname during the printing.”
That was when we saw Richard’s phone number. He was booked in Room 108, Hotel Elizabeth. That was when we and the police rushed to that room, trying to open the door. The police were shouting: ‘Open the door, open the door!’
Richard was answering saying, “Mukudei ndatadze chiyi?”
So I was now just quiet wondering what was happening inside.

The police eventually opened the door and I could immediately tell that Richard was drunk.
We then saw the girl’s lifeless body on the bed and she was naked. Richard had cut his throat so he was bleeding profusely.
I did not focus on him from then as we were now hunting for the Dapi family and worried about how to approach them.

I haven’t paid much attention to him even up to today though when I last talked to him, he was talking faintly, but he seemed like he was recovering”

Farai Dziva|One of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lawyers, Tinomuda Chinyoka, has said there is nothing treasonous about Job Sikhala’s remarks.

Chinyoka also slammed the arrest of Sikhala.

Chinyoka has also insisted that Job Sikhala should not have been arrested or charged with treason for statements he made at a rally because they are protected by free speech.

He also said that there was nothing treasonous about Sikhala as the statements were not sinister but were made in an excitable state.

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