Farai Dziva|Social media analyst Antony Taruvinga has said the ruling party Zanu PF is an impediment to economic recovery.

See Taruvinga’s statement :

You celebrate budget surplus, of the money that you get from taxing to death the poor. That is not an indicator of a ticking economy. Hospitals are an eye sore and roads have become death traps.

Prices are sky rocketing daily and industry is dead. Stealing from people to get a surplus in the budget isnt a way to turn around this economy. The other day, ED was talking of the possibility of having a new currency. What’s the sense of introducing a new currency on a dead economy? It will be eroded of any of its value in no time.

That money they call surplus isnt going to be injected into the economy in any meaningful way, its getting squandered by Zanu pf politicians. They are celebrating that dollars have come to their households. You will not know where it went.

This economy, or its remains, needs discipline in the way goverment manages people’s money. There is too much leakage of dollars. Corruption is rampant and real burden. No one in Zanu pf can arrest anyone for corruption which means they can steal as much as they wish.

Misplaced priorities is a disease with Mnangagwa. Hiring very expensive planes, flying people overseas for treatment, financing the abduction of dissenting voices, financing the infamous POLAD are all examples of wrong priorities. Less important if not unimportant things are financed first and pressing issues like drugs in the hospitals get no cent.

Production and extraction industry must re open, thus creating employment and at the same time exporting to get foreign currency and cure trade deficit. There cant be an economy that relies on importing everything. Industries must produce smoke and farms must be green. There has to be a beehive of activity.

How does that happen? Farms must be re allocated to farmers not chancers in Zanu pf. White commercial farmers, preferably citizens, who were chased away must be given an opportunity to either own land or lease land in Zimbabwe. A farmer must be a farmer and a banker must be one.

We have a political crisis in Zimbabwe. A crisis emanating from a rigged election. A rigged outcome that gave people a president they did not vote for. The people hate and distrust this government and the government turns to forceful means to cow people into submission, making it worse. A killer government can never deliver! All the three, Mnangagwa, Mohadi and Chiwenga, are uninspiring. By mere looking at them, one gets no hope. There are all clueless. And the “all talk and no action” finance minister Mthuli Ncube completes the circus. Always exuding nonsense as if he lives outside Zimbabwe.

This political crisis augmented with army killings and discouraging investment laws has chased away Foreign Direct Investment. Investors can not trust with their money a government whose legitimacy and legality is questionable. Investors are not donors, they are pushed by the desire to make profits.

Without a true political dialogue, its another term of misery and there is no guarantee that the next election will be free and fair. Actually, signs are showing as evidenced by MOPA BILL that seeks to replace POSA that Zanu PF aims at cosmetic fake reforms.

Farai Dziva|Norton MP Temba Mliswa has accused the police and a Chinese man who allegedly assaulted Chief Chivero of conniving to bribe the traditional leader.

Chief Chivero was reportedly assaulted by the Chinese national on Tuesday.

Chief Chivero is being pushed to withdraw the charges and hold a joint press conference with the Chinese man, it has emerged.

“It would appear that some sort of corruption is going on between the Chinese and police in the Chief Chivero matter.

I have it on good authority that the Chief is being persuaded to withdraw the matter and will be having a press conference with the Chinese at Sunny Yi Feng Tiles.

I’m not sure what they’ve got planned but at the end of the day, there are so many more matters that the Chinese there are in violation of that it will not end here.

As an example look at the one meal a day they’re being given. Is this how to treat your employees?
This matter will go to the very bitter end,” Mliswa said

Farai Dziva|A Mutare man, Tinashe Dembo is being persecuted for merely commenting on the economic challenges in Zimbabwe.

Dembo was arrested for allegedly accusing Emerson Mnangagwa of being a fool.

Although Dembo denied the allegations, he was denied bail when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe on Friday.

He shall appear again in court on June 28.

The bail was denied after the state opposed the application on grounds that the accused who had other pending cases was likely to flee.

The state further argued that Dembo was also likely to interfere with evidence.
The state alleges that on June 12, 2019, the Dembo was at Villa Sports Bar, where he allegedly made an abusive statement concerning Mnangagwa.

A Chitungwiza pregnant woman was burnt to death while trying to save essentials, popularly known as preparation, for her unborn child.
Primrose Panganai, 23, of Unit P in Chitungwiza was burnt to death on Monday night following a fire that spread after a suspected gas leak.

Narrating the ordeal, the father of the deceased, Norman Panganai said the gas leak had not been noticed and when Primrose lit a match stick there was a sudden ball of fire engulfing the whole house.

“I came back from work around 7pm and my wife asked Primrose to warm my food in the kitchen, which was also used as a bedroom.
“She did not realise that the gas was leaking and when she lit up the matches the fire started.

“It spread to the washing basket before it burnt the blankets and the bed.
“The fire spread to the whole house but we managed to rescue our little children, who sustained minor injuries.

“Primrose was the first one to get outside but to my surprise she went back trying to take out her bag of preparation,” he said.
He added:
“She was pregnant and she was trying to rescue her baby’s clothes as well but when I saw her I instructed her to get outside and leave everything.

“Since we were all busy I thought she went out but she went on to take her preparation bag but to no avail.
“She was then engulfed by the fire which destroyed the whole house as you can see.”

Panganai said everyone in the house was injured due to the fire.
“Everyone sustained injuries due to this fire and I have injuries on my hands as I was burnt trying to take out my children and also rescuing my wife.

“One of the children was burnt on the leg, honestly it was a horror of my life.”
Some witnesses said that the family could have been keeping petrol in the house which then became a catalyst to spread the fire.
“I think Panganai was keeping petrol in the house, that’s the reason behind this disaster.

“It’s sad that Primrose lost her life while pregnant,” said one neighbour who refused to be named.
Some neighbours said the family did not get enough support.
“We tried to stop the fire using water with the little resources we had.
“We also seek support from the responsible authorities to be readily available in times like these.

“The numbers of fire brigade should be available so that they are reachable in time of need.”

“No one bothered to take them to the hospital yet they sustained injuries which requires medical experts.
“They have burns and they are overlooking their health at the expense of the deceased.”

Expert’s comment (gas) but refused to be named:
LPG has an added odour which should be used as a security feature as you should make sure you use LP Gas in well ventilated places only.
Cylinder valves should be checked regularly and one can use liquid soap foam to test for leaks and bubbles will foam when the valve is closed to indicate leaks.

Gas stoves and cooker tops should be serviced regularly and a cylinder should be stored at upright position to make sure the gas cylinder valve is tightly closed when not using it.
After cooking never switch off the gas stove but rather switch off by closing the cylinder valve first.

This allows all the LP gas in the hose pipe to burn and the stove should then extinguish on its own.
More emphasis should be on entering a room with an LP Gas filled cylinder were one should try to detect traces of the smell, LP Gas is odourless.
The smell was specifically added, in order to act as a signal of presence in the atmosphere.

Once you detect the smell you open all the windows and check the cylinder valve and never ignite a naked flame once you detect a leak.
Children usually play with cylinder valves by letting out LPG and pressure into the atmosphere. It is advisable to store away from children.

Some with financial stamina can use metal fabricated screens and lock them up outside the room, only the stove and hose can be allowed inside.
ZESA Spokesperson Fullard Gwasira’s comment.

It is indeed a sad development and we offer our condolences on behalf of ZESA but however we cannot do anything about it because electricity supply outage is beyond our control.
The reason why the country does not have sufficient electricity is because there’s no enough power to supply the whole country.

If people decide to use other means of power supply they should take safety precautions to avoid dangerous incidents like the one that has happened in Chitungwiza which we regret.

Load shedding will not end anytime soon because the country does not have enough power supply so people should try to be safe when it comes to power sources be it fire, gas or generators.

A Chitungwiza pregnant woman was burnt to death while trying to save essentials, popularly known as preparation, for her unborn child.
Primrose Panganai, 23, of Unit P in Chitungwiza was burnt to death on Monday night following a fire that spread after a suspected gas leak.

Narrating the ordeal, the father of the deceased, Norman Panganai said the gas leak had not been noticed and when Primrose lit a match stick there was a sudden ball of fire engulfing the whole house.

“I came back from work around 7pm and my wife asked Primrose to warm my food in the kitchen, which was also used as a bedroom.
“She did not realise that the gas was leaking and when she lit up the matches the fire started.

“It spread to the washing basket before it burnt the blankets and the bed.
“The fire spread to the whole house but we managed to rescue our little children, who sustained minor injuries.

“Primrose was the first one to get outside but to my surprise she went back trying to take out her bag of preparation,” he said.
He added:
“She was pregnant and she was trying to rescue her baby’s clothes as well but when I saw her I instructed her to get outside and leave everything.

“Since we were all busy I thought she went out but she went on to take her preparation bag but to no avail.
“She was then engulfed by the fire which destroyed the whole house as you can see.”

Panganai said everyone in the house was injured due to the fire.
“Everyone sustained injuries due to this fire and I have injuries on my hands as I was burnt trying to take out my children and also rescuing my wife.

“One of the children was burnt on the leg, honestly it was a horror of my life.”
Some witnesses said that the family could have been keeping petrol in the house which then became a catalyst to spread the fire.

“I think Panganai was keeping petrol in the house, that’s the reason behind this disaster.
“It’s sad that Primrose lost her life while pregnant,” said one neighbour who refused to be named.
Some neighbours said the family did not get enough support.

“We tried to stop the fire using water with the little resources we had.
“We also seek support from the responsible authorities to be readily available in times like these.
“The numbers of fire brigade should be available so that they are reachable in time of need.”

When H-Metro crew arrived the injured were yet to be medically examined.

“No one bothered to take them to the hospital yet they sustained injuries which requires medical experts.
“They have burns and they are overlooking their health at the expense of the deceased.”

Expert’s comment (gas) but refused to be named:
LPG has an added odour which should be used as a security feature as you should make sure you use LP Gas in well ventilated places only.
Cylinder valves should be checked regularly and one can use liquid soap foam to test for leaks and bubbles will foam when the valve is closed to indicate leaks.

Gas stoves and cooker tops should be serviced regularly and a cylinder should be stored at upright position to make sure the gas cylinder valve is tightly closed when not using it.
After cooking never switch off the gas stove but rather switch off by closing the cylinder valve first.
This allows all the LP gas in the hose pipe to burn and the stove should then extinguish on its own.

More emphasis should be on entering a room with an LP Gas filled cylinder were one should try to detect traces of the smell, LP Gas is odourless.
The smell was specifically added, in order to act as a signal of presence in the atmosphere.

Once you detect the smell you open all the windows and check the cylinder valve and never ignite a naked flame once you detect a leak.
Children usually play with cylinder valves by letting out LPG and pressure into the atmosphere. It is advisable to store away from children.

Some with financial stamina can use metal fabricated screens and lock them up outside the room, only the stove and hose can be allowed inside.
ZESA Spokesperson Fullard Gwasira’s comment.

It is indeed a sad development and we offer our condolences on behalf of ZESA but however we cannot do anything about it because electricity supply outage is beyond our control.
The reason why the country does not have sufficient electricity is because there’s no enough power to supply the whole country.

If people decide to use other means of power supply they should take safety precautions to avoid dangerous incidents like the one that has happened in Chitungwiza which we regret.

Load shedding will not end anytime soon because the country does not have enough power supply so people should try to be safe when it comes to power sources be it fire, gas or generators.H-Metro

A Chitungwiza pregnant woman was burnt to death while trying to save essentials, popularly known as preparation, for her unborn child.

Primrose Panganai, 23, of Unit P in Chitungwiza was burnt to death on Monday night following a fire that spread after a suspected gas leak.

Narrating the ordeal, the father of the deceased, Norman Panganai said the gas leak had not been noticed and when Primrose lit a match stick there was a sudden ball of fire engulfing the whole house.

“I came back from work around 7pm and my wife asked Primrose to warm my food in the kitchen, which was also used as a bedroom.

“She did not realise that the gas was leaking and when she lit up the matches the fire started.
“It spread to the washing basket before it burnt the blankets and the bed.

“The fire spread to the whole house but we managed to rescue our little children, who sustained minor injuries.
“Primrose was the first one to get outside but to my surprise she went back trying to take out her bag of preparation,” he said.

He added:
“She was pregnant and she was trying to rescue her baby’s clothes as well but when I saw her I instructed her to get outside and leave everything.
“Since we were all busy I thought she went out but she went on to take her preparation bag but to no avail.

“She was then engulfed by the fire which destroyed the whole house as you can see.”
Panganai said everyone in the house was injured due to the fire.

“Everyone sustained injuries due to this fire and I have injuries on my hands as I was burnt trying to take out my children and also rescuing my wife.
“One of the children was burnt on the leg, honestly it was a horror of my life.”

Some witnesses said that the family could have been keeping petrol in the house which then became a catalyst to spread the fire.
“I think Panganai was keeping petrol in the house, that’s the reason behind this disaster.

“It’s sad that Primrose lost her life while pregnant,” said one neighbour who refused to be named.
Some neighbours said the family did not get enough support.
“We tried to stop the fire using water with the little resources we had.

“We also seek support from the responsible authorities to be readily available in times like these.H-Metro

Farai Dziva|MDC Councillor for ward 7, Masvingo Urban Constituency, Richard Musekiwa has castigated Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira for claiming Nelson Chamisa will never rule Zimbabwe.

Chadzamira told Zanu PF supporters in Chivi at the weekend Chamisa would never rule Zimbabwe.

Chadzamira’ s remarks have sparked widespread criticism from concerned Zimbabweans.

Commenting on Chadzamira’s utterances, Musekiwa said: “Chadzamira, who are you to tell us who qualifies to lead Zimbabwe?You are not God so please keep quiet”

Statement – On Tuesday night the US public broadcaster, Voice Of America published a story which communicates falsehoods to the Zimbabwean public and potentially demoralises victims of violence. The story concludes with two comments which state Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

1. What is suspicious is how the VOA journalists made a rushed report and sped to interview a ZANU PF minister, on a fake story and yet failed to do a simple Google search with the ICC reference number, as this will lead to the identity of the complainant and the case outline. Within seconds, the details VOA they failed on, will be found. So what was the rush?

The facts are:

2. At least one VOA journalist (Marvelous Mhlanga) was involved in an employment relationship with Emmerson Mnangagwa. She is even on camera presenting her CV to Mnangagwa begging for a job to do social engineering work for the ZANU PF government. The video is in the public domain and was filmed LIVE within 2 months of the fatal shootings last year.

3. Did VOA truly communicate with the ICC? The producer, Mr Ray Choto makes a false claim that the case was reported to the ICC by a protest group. That is totally false. The identities of the complainant in the ICC case is in the public domain.

In his article, Mr Ray Choto also claims the ICC case seeks to get Emmerson Mnangagwa prosecuted. Who told him that, the ICC? That can only be false as the contents in the report are clear.

– ZimEye is following up with the Voice Of America Directors.

MDC President Nelson Chamisa has made key appointments following a National Council meeting held at the party headquarters in Harare Wednesday afternoon.

Jacob Mafume was removed from the MDC spokesperson post and is now the Secretary for Elections, a newly created role.

The Lawyer and Hwange MP Daniel Molokele was appointed the new MDC spokesperson. Molokele lost in the race for Secretary-General to Chalton Hwende.

Other key appointments are as follows:-

Organising Secretary: Amos Chibaya

Deputy Organising Secretary: Happymore Chidziva

Deputy Treasurer: Murisi Zwizwai

Spokesperson: Daniel Molokele

Deputy Spokesperson: Luke Tamborinyoka

Secretary for Elections: Jacob Mafume

Meanwhile, Nelson Chamisa has also created new portfolios and made the following appointments.

Secretary for Planning in the President’s Office: Morgen Komichi

Secretary for Local Government: Elias Mudzuri

Secretary for International Relations: Gladys Hlatshwayo

Deputy Secretary for International Relations: Douglas Mwonzora

A Chitungwiza pregnant woman was burnt to death while trying to save essentials, popularly known as preparation, for her unborn child.

Primrose Panganai, 23, of Unit P in Chitungwiza was burnt to death on Monday night following a fire that spread after a suspected gas leak.

Narrating the ordeal, the father of the deceased, Norman Panganai said the gas leak had not been noticed and when Primrose lit a match stick there was a sudden ball of fire engulfing the whole house.

“I came back from work around 7pm and my wife asked Primrose to warm my food in the kitchen, which was also used as a bedroom.

“She did not realise that the gas was leaking and when she lit up the matches the fire started.
“It spread to the washing basket before it burnt the blankets and the bed.

“The fire spread to the whole house but we managed to rescue our little children, who sustained minor injuries.
“Primrose was the first one to get outside but to my surprise she went back trying to take out her bag of preparation,” he said.

He added:
“She was pregnant and she was trying to rescue her baby’s clothes as well but when I saw her I instructed her to get outside and leave everything.
“Since we were all busy I thought she went out but she went on to take her preparation bag but to no avail.

“She was then engulfed by the fire which destroyed the whole house as you can see.”
Panganai said everyone in the house was injured due to the fire.

“Everyone sustained injuries due to this fire and I have injuries on my hands as I was burnt trying to take out my children and also rescuing my wife.
“One of the children was burnt on the leg, honestly it was a horror of my life.”

Some witnesses said that the family could have been keeping petrol in the house which then became a catalyst to spread the fire.
“I think Panganai was keeping petrol in the house, that’s the reason behind this disaster.

“It’s sad that Primrose lost her life while pregnant,” said one neighbour who refused to be named.
Some neighbours said the family did not get enough support.
“We tried to stop the fire using water with the little resources we had.

“We also seek support from the responsible authorities to be readily available in times like these.H-Metro

By A Correspondent| The controversial “pastor” turned businessman, Frank Buyanga has lost again in the High Court today.

Buyanga was suing his girlfriend, Chantelle Muteswa for the custody of the couple’s only son.

Chantelle Muteswa ‘s lawyer, Munyaradzi Bwanya spoke to ZimEye just after coming out of court revealing that this “was an urgent chamber to stop the removal of the child from Zimbabwe.”

The development comes barely days after the business man had tried to get  the mother of his child jailed over the same bone of contention.

Commenting on the court win, the popular Social Worker and women’s rights activist,Betty Makoni praised the lawyer while saying, “firstly, I would like to appload the work that has been done by the legal expert Mr Bwanya, who managed to secure an interim order so that Chantelle can have custody of her child. These cases as you know, they are painstaking in Zimbabwe. We are looking at situations where hundreds of women, are having their children taken away from them no maintenance paid, and just to think about the hustle of going through courts… is something that a woman doesn’t want to get herself into.

“So just to know that today there is victory, for a woman with the assistance of a good lawyer actually set a good precedence, because these cases are not just of child custody, these cases are of domestic violence, public violence, harassment, which leave a lot of women’s lives devastated, so I am glad the court has made a good decision.

“What I would like to strongly recommend to the court is we want to see the role of social workers…also to monitor the situation of the child, because normally when the High Court gives such good orders, when we go to family level, people [sometimes] also start…out of court settlements, or tack-ticks in order to take that child, so I think I am celebrating this is victory.

“And I would like to say this is something positive about Zimbabwe’s court given all the criticism that we give them… we want to see much more… women must be protected by the law, children must be protected by the law.”

– MORE TO FOLLOW

Farai Dziva|Norton MP Temba Mliswa has accused the police and a Chinese man who allegedly assaulted Chief Chivero of conniving to bribe the traditional leader.

Chief Chivero was reportedly assaulted by the Chinese national on Tuesday.

Chief Chivero is being pushed to withdraw the charges and hold a joint press conference with the Chinese man, it has emerged.

“It would appear that some sort of corruption is going on between the Chinese and police in the Chief Chivero matter.

I have it on good authority that the Chief is being persuaded to withdraw the matter and will be having a press conference with the Chinese at Sunny Yi Feng Tiles.

I’m not sure what they’ve got planned but at the end of the day, there are so many more matters that the Chinese there are in violation of that it will not end here.

As an example look at the one meal a day they’re being given. Is this how to treat your employees?
This matter will go to the very bitter end,” Mliswa said

Farai Dziva|Social media analyst Antony Taruvinga has said the ruling party Zanu PF is an impediment to economic recovery.

See Taruvinga’s statement :

You celebrate budget surplus, of the money that you get from taxing to death the poor. That is not an indicator of a ticking economy. Hospitals are an eye sore and roads have become death traps.

Prices are sky rocketing daily and industry is dead. Stealing from people to get a surplus in the budget isnt a way to turn around this economy. The other day, ED was talking of the possibility of having a new currency. What’s the sense of introducing a new currency on a dead economy? It will be eroded of any of its value in no time.

That money they call surplus isnt going to be injected into the economy in any meaningful way, its getting squandered by Zanu pf politicians. They are celebrating that dollars have come to their households. You will not know where it went.

This economy, or its remains, needs discipline in the way goverment manages people’s money. There is too much leakage of dollars. Corruption is rampant and real burden. No one in Zanu pf can arrest anyone for corruption which means they can steal as much as they wish.

Misplaced priorities is a disease with Mnangagwa. Hiring very expensive planes, flying people overseas for treatment, financing the abduction of dissenting voices, financing the infamous POLAD are all examples of wrong priorities. Less important if not unimportant things are financed first and pressing issues like drugs in the hospitals get no cent.

Production and extraction industry must re open, thus creating employment and at the same time exporting to get foreign currency and cure trade deficit. There cant be an economy that relies on importing everything. Industries must produce smoke and farms must be green. There has to be a beehive of activity.

How does that happen? Farms must be re allocated to farmers not chancers in Zanu pf. White commercial farmers, preferably citizens, who were chased away must be given an opportunity to either own land or lease land in Zimbabwe. A farmer must be a farmer and a banker must be one.

We have a political crisis in Zimbabwe. A crisis emanating from a rigged election. A rigged outcome that gave people a president they did not vote for. The people hate and distrust this government and the government turns to forceful means to cow people into submission, making it worse. A killer government can never deliver! All the three, Mnangagwa, Mohadi and Chiwenga, are uninspiring.

By mere looking at them, one gets no hope. There are all clueless. And the “all talk and no action” finance minister Mthuli Ncube completes the circus. Always exuding nonsense as if he lives outside Zimbabwe.

This political crisis augmented with army killings and discouraging investment laws has chased away Foreign Direct Investment. Investors can not trust with their money a government whose legitimacy and legality is questionable. Investors are not donors, they are pushed by the desire to make profits.

Without a true political dialogue, its another term of misery and there is no guarantee that the next election will be free and fair. Actually, signs are showing as evidenced by MOPA BILL that seeks to replace POSA that Zanu PF aims at cosmetic fake reforms.

Farai Dziva|Timothy Chiguvare, the leader of the People’s Progressive Party has described Masvingo State Minister Ezra Chadzamira’ s claims that Zanu PF will rule forever as unfortunate.

Chadzamira told Zanu PF supporters in Chivi opposition members should join the ruling party as it would continue to win elections.

Chiguvare said:” CHANGE IS INEVITABLE AK47 riffles and Tanks can’t stop it if it so decides to happen because it’s in GOD’s control , ask Idi Amin, ask Compaore ; ask Mobuto Sese Seko ; President Yahya Jammeh ; Laurent Gbagbo Oluwaseun ask ask ask ask ask, research and use your brains! Imminent is RADICAL CHANGE in Zimbabwe it’s only GOD who can replace Kings, Presidents and rulers.Mr Chadzamira wake up and smell the coffee.”

By Wilbert Mukori- “American government are reported to have snubbed efforts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lobbyists to bring Cabinet ministers to a US-Africa Summit currently underway in Maputo, Mozambique,” reported a local publication. 

“Reports from ZANU PF headquarters indicate that Mnangagwa’ government wanted to take the opportunity to initiate direct conversation with the World Super power so that they can understand first-hand the situation in Zimbabwe.

Mnangagwa blatantly rigged last year’s elections and now that his regime is safely in power he thinks he can sweet talk everyone into forgiving him! He will promise to implement the reforms, he is very careful not to give away any details on what these reforms are, especially since he insists last year’s elections were free, fair and credible.

When it comes to implementing the democratic reforms leading to free, fair and credible elections, we can all talk until we are jet-black in the face; as long as Zanu PF remains in power, the party will never ever implement any meaningful reforms.

The nearest Zimbabwe came to holding free, fair and credible elections was in 2008 and Zanu PF had to pull all the stops to stop MDC taking over power. The party is not going to allow that to happen ever again, not if it can help it.

“A year on from the coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe remains perched between piecemeal reform and old ways that are as intractable as they are destructive. That’s because the country is ruled by a clique with a partial and conditional commitment to change—and a total, obdurate determination to retain and enjoy power,” wrote Stuart Duran in ASPI Strategist.

“The ‘new’ regime can be viewed from different angles, but the nub of it is this: there’s a recognition that the economic fiasco of the last 20 years was suboptimal, but Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fellow travellers will burn the house down if they feel it necessary.

Make no mistake, their will to power is every bit as intense as Mugabe’s—as is their belief that they own the country’s choicest fruits by right of conquest.”

 Stuart was spot-on there, Mnangagwa et al will rather burn the whole country down than give up power. Face with a clique with such an iron resolve to retain power at all cost those seeking to challenge the regime’s hold on power will have to match it and more.

Those seeking to bring meaningful democratic change in Zimbabwe must a crystal clear understanding of the nature of the beast, Zanu PF, what they need to do to defeat it and a Spartan “no retreat, no surrender” resolve to see the task through! 

The breathtakingly incompetent and corrupt Morgan Tsvangirai, and now Nelson Chamisa, and his equally incompetent and corrupt MDC friends were no match for incompetent and corrupt but, more notably, cunning and utterly ruthless Robert Mugabe, and now Emmerson Mnangagwa, and his Zanu PF thugs. It is not surprising that MDC leaders have failed to get even one meaningful reform implemented in the party’s 19 years on the political stage.

The very fact that Mnangagwa is trying to pull wool over the Americans is a measure of how naïve he is but also how desperate he is to end the country’s worsening economic meltdown. The Americans have already said Mnangagwa failed to keep his promise to hold free, fair and credible elections and, as punishment, they will not lift the sanctions nor re-engage with Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown is now so serious the nurses have announced they will now report to duty 2 days a week; their wages as so poor they cannot afford transport cost for the remaining 5 days. There are reports the country is running out of wheat. The economic situation is unsustainable.

As much as Mnangagwa and his cronies would like to maintain their iron grip on political power, it is increasingly clear that power is slipping away. There are reports the regime has deployed the Army and is threatening to use brute force to suppress all dissent. These are just the last kicks of a dying horse.

The worsen economic meltdown has emboldened the long-suffering people to demand change, on the one hand, whilst on the other hand it has slowly but surely worn out the regime’s iron will to resist change. The cup is full to overflow, change, regime change, is now as certain as the sunrise!

Farai Dziva|MDC Councillor for ward 7, Masvingo Urban Constituency, Richard Musekiwa has castigated Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira for claiming Nelson Chamisa will never rule Zimbabwe.

Chadzamira told Zanu PF supporters in Chivi at the weekend Chamisa would never rule Zimbabwe.

Chadzamira’ s remarks have sparked widespread criticism from concerned Zimbabweans.

Commenting on Chadzamira’s utterances, Musekiwa said: “Chadzamira, who are you to tell us who qualifies to lead Zimbabwe?You are not God so please keep quiet”

STATEMENT- A story circulated on WhatsApp networks on Wednesday claiming Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has resigned, and claiming to have been published on ZimEye.com

We announce that this story is false and misleading and was never at any time published on ZimEye servers.

Farai Dziva|The MDC has attacked Zanu PF for attempting to twist former President Thabo Mbeki’s remarks.

See the MDC statement :

Zanu PF’s intention to spin remarks by President Mbeki are baseless and an act of desperation to find endorsement where none exists.

In essence President Mbeki recognises that a win which Mnangagwa claims to have obtained has failed to create sufficient consensus and should therefore be cured by National dialogue. He also recognises that the reservations the MDC has in the ongoing dialogue must be attended to.

More importantly the point of departure is that the basis of Dialogue is that there was Electoral fraud, triumphalism in which the “winner” takes everything and runs towards the mountain will not work. It is therefore mischievous to have a couple of people gathering around a table and agreeing that the election was credible and therefore there is no need to talk about it.

The current crisis is a reflection of election results which are not reflective of the people’s will. President Mbeki makes that point quiet clearly. His interview is an indictment on both the Judiciary and ZEC, a point we have always made.

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Farai Dziva|Crisis Group’s Senior Consultant for Southern Africa, Piers Pigou has lamented the erosion of civil servants’ salaries as a result of inflation.

Writing on social media on Wednesday, Pigou said: “If you have the USD, and only a select do, prices of goods and services are in fact very reasonable; BUT the majority are reliant on this “funny money”, the RTGS $ whose value continues to erode and every day most Zimbabweans see their cost of living climb. Is there an end in sight?”

Journalist and political analyst Hopewell Chin’ono also said:
“To fully understand what is happening to Mthuli Ncube’s economy daily, you should look at the price of goods and the exchange rate.
Bread is now at RTGS$7, that means a teacher’s salary is now worth 49 loaves of bread or 15 bottles of Mazoe.Tomorrow it will be worth fewer loaves!”

Farai Dziva|A Mutare man, Tinashe Dembo is being persecuted for merely commenting on the economic challenges in Zimbabwe.

Dembo was arrested for allegedly accusing Emerson Mnangagwa of being a fool.

Although Dembo denied the allegations, he was denied bail when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe on Friday.

He shall appear again in court on June 28.

The bail was denied after the state opposed the application on grounds that the accused who had other pending cases was likely to flee.

The state further argued that Dembo was also likely to interfere with evidence.
The state alleges that on June 12, 2019, the Dembo was at Villa Sports Bar, where he allegedly made an abusive statement concerning Mnangagwa.

State Media|THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is not an extension of any political party and will continue carrying out its constitutional mandate independently, a senior Government official has said. 

Speaking after the Bulawayo provincial peace committee was constituted yesterday, the director in Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s office Mr Milton Ndou said the NPRC will always be independent.

 “The office of the Vice President falls under the Cabinet committee on peace and reconciliation. The NPRC then is an independent commission which falls under the office of the Vice President and that is the reason why we support them during meetings,” he said. 

Mr Ndou said the commission receives resources, and management oversight from the VP’s office only. 

“We are avoiding a situation where people allege that NPRC is a Zanu-PF entity, no it was formed through the constitution. We’re then saying if as Matabeleland we do not open up about Gukurahundi and participate through the NPRC forum, then which other institution are we going to use in Zimbabwe?” he asked.

Mr Ndou said people can now freely discuss Gukurahundi. 

“As Matabeleland and Bulawayo in particular let us converge and look into this thing called peace and reconciliation. All along we have not been addressing these issues, we were fragmenting them and there was no convergence,” said Mr Ndou. 

He said people in Matabeleland should not complain forever but must engage in dialogue to bring development to the region. 

“Today the seed has been planted and it is now the role of the people of Matabeleland to ensure they create a conducive environment for the seed to germinate. If they do not own up surely no one from elsewhere will do it for us,” said Mr Ndou. 

The Bulawayo committee will be chaired by NPRC head of the peace subcommittee Commissioner Lesley Ncube and he will be deputised by Ms Nokuthula Dube and Mr Johnson Mnkandla.

Ms Dube runs the National Peace Trust Zimbabwe while Mr Mnkandla is a former magistrate and teacher. 

Mr Ncube said the Bulawayo committee will also have two members from each political party. 

“We will have two representatives of each political party joining the committee, an official from the Ministries of Primary and Secondary Education and that of Social Welfare. We will also have two youths, representatives of people living with disabilities, war veterans and traditional leaders,” said Mr Ncube. 

He said the committee will also have members from the police and someone from the office of the Mayor. 

Mr Ncube said the commission has already set up similar committees in Matabeleland North, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland West and Matabeleland South provinces. 

“We will move on to Manicaland and Midlands in the coming weeks and we hope to engage all relevant stakeholders,” said Mr Ncube. 

“We will create district and ward peace committees after covering all provinces so that there is total engagement from all Zimbabweans.”

Government should revisit provisions in the Education Amendment Bill, in particular clauses that seek to ban corporal punishment and the exclusion of pregnant pupils from school, legislators have said.

Contributing during the Second Reading of the Education Amendment Bill, the legislators said some of the provisions had the potential of reversing the high standards that Zimbabwe had achieved in education.
Bikita West MP Elias Musakwa (Zanu-PF) said there was need to relook the clause that banned corporal punishment from schools as a way of instilling discipline.

He said allowing pregnant pupils to continue with studies had the effect of undermining the desire to uphold the country’s moral fabric.

“As Parliament, we will be judged harshly,” said Musakwa.
“We have a value system as a country and society. We are all products of corporal punishment and abandoning it in favour of other forms of punishment, I do not think it will help us.”

Musakwa said Zimbabwe was renowned as a country with a high literacy rate, a sign of high morals.
“Zimbabwe is one of the few countries with literacy rates above 90 percent,” he said.

“It shows moral intactness of our moral fabrics. Condoning child pregnancy in schools is tantamount to reversing the gains we have achieved.”

Shurugwi North MP Ronald Nyathi (Zanu-PF) said outlawing corporal punishment in schools was not sustainable.

“I am visualising a situation where a pupil misbehaves, what do you expect the teacher to do? We are showing mistrust in our teachers,” said Nyathi, who quoted some biblical verses to support his argument.

He said outlawing the exclusion of pupils for non-payment of school fees ought to be relooked.

“This is because not all schools are Government owned,” said Nyathi. “In boarding schools, a child ought to pay for his or her upkeep like food.”State media

A 43-year-old Chipinge man has been arraigned before the courts on murder charges after he reportedly assaulted his brother’s son with a log following a heated argument.

Zaphania Muyambo appeared before Mutare High Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera and pleaded not guilty.

He said he had no intention of killing his nephew, Joel, arguing that he had struck him in self-defence during a heated argument.

The trial was postponed to June 27, 2019.
State counsel Mr Jonathan Chingwinyiso heard that in October 2018, Zaphania went to his brother’s homestead and accused Joel of disrespecting his father by accusing him of being a wizard.

He slapped Joel and struck him with a log until he became unconscious. Joel was later taken to St Peters Hospital in Chipinge where he died on admission.

In his defence, Zaphania said he had a heated argument with his nephew after he assaulted him with a stick and called his father a wizard. He said he had used the log to strike Joel in self-defence. A relative, Etaso Muyambo testified that she saw the pair quarrelling on her way to the borehole and had unsuccessfully tried to restrain Zaphania from hitting Joel.State media

A NUMBER of elderly women from the sub-region took to the ramp to showcase their modelling skills over the weekend, thanks to Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries.

Dubbed “Women of Valour”, the contest was organised by Tendai Magaya, wife to Prophet Walter Magaya and saw various age groups taking part in catwalk and fashion modelling.

Among the guests who witnessed the historic modelling was the Prince and Princess from the Royal Kingdom of Eswatini.

Prophet Walter Magaya said the competition was part of deliverance saying many people suffer because of failing to find time to relax and laugh.

“Laughter is healthy to both the body and mind and this is what we wanted to achieve,” said Magaya.
“I spent the better part of the day laughing at how the elderly people showcase their talents and teaching youth to remain faithful and respect their parents to live long.

“In deliverance it is not the laying on of hands alone but some need to be asked to stand up, run or laugh in order to release them from the bondage,” said Magaya.H-Metro

SKELETONS are tumbling out of Botswana headquartered Choppies’ closet ahead of the completion at month-end of a forensic probe into the group, with multiple sources claiming the findings will rock the regional grocer to its core.

Sources privy to the ongoing probe claim that investigators are battling to untangle a complex web of ownerships and overlapping historical transactions involving senior executives that could have prejudiced the group and shareholders.

Choppies has been in crisis since last September when the Botswana and Johannesburg stock exchanges halted trading of its shares and requested clarification on the reasons for a delay in results for the year ended June 30, 2018.

In its last reported results, being for the year ended December 2017, Choppies posted after-tax profits only in Botswana and Zimbabwe, with the rest of the operations in other countries making losses.

Choppies’ subsequent clarification triggered an average 76 percent share price drop on both exchanges, after the group said its new auditors were reassessing historical figures related to business acquisitions, value of inventory, property and others.

The board has since suspended its CEO, Ramachandran Ottapathu, pending the outcome of forensic and legal probes into the group, which boasted revenues of about P9 billion in 2017 from operations in eight countries.

BusinessWeek has learnt that of major concern to the investigators is the issue of related-party transactions involving numerous registered companies that supply Choppies and the alleged ownership of some of these by group executives and their associates.

Affected executives allegedly did not disclose their stakes in the companies, giving rise to a host of suspected corporate governance failures and misconduct.

The ownerships are reportedly hidden beneath layers of company registrations and proxies that investigators have been battling to unravel.State media

A Masvingo man fatally struck his father with a stone after missing his target in a beer brawl, police have confirmed.

Levison Mbiti, 29, of Mucha Village under Chief Murinye killed Cephas Mbiti (69) with a stone intending to strike his nemesis, Trust Gono (25) of Mahlenyika Village following a dispute during a beer drink at Dikitiki Business Centre.

Masvingo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Charity Mazula said the incident occurred on Thursday at around 3pm.

She said the deceased’s body was taken to Morgenster Mission Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
“I can confirm receiving a report of murder involving a son and his father.

“The son had a dispute with a fellow patron after which he picked a stone intending to hit him but missed the target and fatally struck his father.

“The suspect has since been arrested and is assisting with investigations. He is expected to appear in court soon for murder,” said Chief Insp Mazula.
She said on the fateful day, Levison was drinking beer with his father and Gono at Dikitiki Business Centre.

While drinking beer, she said, Levison had a misunderstanding with Gono and the dispute degenerated into a fight.

She said this saw Levison picking a stone and hurling towards Gono but missed his target n and struck his father who was sitting down on the forehead.

The father allegedly fell unconscious and was rushed to Morgenster Mission Hospital but died after a few hours while admitted at the hospital.
Police have warned members of the public against use of violence to resolve conflicts.

“As police we urge members of the public to desist from taking violence as a way to resolve disputes. The use of violence is never good as it has the potential of ending precious lives. People should seek wise counsel from elders, relatives, churches or even the police,” she said.H-Metro

Government has stepped up efforts to address electricity challenges obtaining in the country, but signalled that collective efforts are required for a long-lasting solution.

Addressing a press conference on the 21st Cabinet Meeting Decision matrix yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the long hours of load shedding being experienced by domestic and some commercial consumers of power were a concern to Government.

She said Cabinet had received a status report on the electricity situation from Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi.
“The report showed that the fuel supply situation remained fairly stable,” she said.

“Concern was, however, expressed over the long duration of electricity power supply load shedding schedules, which was hurting both domestic and business consumers. Government has stepped up efforts to service its power imports debt arrears so as to ensure continued power supplies.

“As part of demand-side management measures, Government ministries and Government agencies should install meters to help them to closely monitor their power usage. All local authorities and other consumers are called upon to settle their bills with Zesa so as to improve the power utility’s viability.”

Minister Chasi said the issue required all Zimbabweans to work together to resolve the matter through paying their bills to ensure Zesa operated viably.

He said there was need for stakeholders to discuss the tariff charged by Zesa because the current rates were now below market rates.State media

Smallholder farmers here are concerned with intermittent power cuts and high electricity bills they owe the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), which is likely to affect both the winter wheat and maize crops.

The farmers said yesterday that they have started counting their losses as their crops are now wilting due to lack of irrigation water.

“Irrigation farming requires electricity to pump water from the dam into canals, but we spend the whole day without electricity and working in the middle of the night (when there is electricity) makes our lives difficult,” said Mr Takawira Magara, a farmer at Nyatare irrigation scheme.

Mrs Juliet Moyo said inflated power bills were a headache for most plot holders.

“Every month, we collectively pay up to $1000 and that is affecting us as we are not producing much due to crop failure linked to power outages.

“Recently, we incurred huge losses after our sugar beans crop wilted because of irrigation water shortages,” said Mrs Moyo.

Zaka’s head of Agriculture Extension Services, Mr Kennedy Pedzisai said recurrent power cuts were an impediment to irrigation based farming in the area, especially at Mabvute and Nyatare projects.

“The plot holders there have continually expressed concern over the sudden increase in daily load shedding schedules which forces them to work in the middle of the night.State media

Farai Dziva|A renowned consultant has described Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri’ s remarks as wrongly timed and out of order.

Piers Pigou, a senior consultant at the International Crisis Group (ICG) said:
“This is a highly-irresponsible statement by the Minister and reinforces an impression that Mnangagwa’s government is locked into a militaristic mindset that has totally ignored the recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission.

Protests are not unconstitutional and the police are responsible for internal security. It is precisely this kind of belligerence that leads people to think that this is a military government with a civilian mask.”

Muchinguri had said “the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) posture on national defence and security is defensive in nature, hence the organisation trains to meet both internal and external security threats.

Judging from the negative private press reports, including adverse social media reports, it is true that frantic efforts are being made by opposition political parties, supported by some non-governmental organisations, to tarnish the good image of the ZDF.”

Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo has failed in his appeal to get his passport returned to allow him to travel abroad to seek medical attention.

His passport was allegedly recently seized by a State security agent at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as he was about to fly to South Africa for a medical review.

Through his lawyer, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, Chombo appealed to the Supreme Court seeking an order to compel a Harare Magistrates’ Courts clerk to release his travel document, to enable him to proceed with his journey.

He had previously unsuccessfully appealed to the High Court, which ruled that he needed to exhaust alternative remedies available to him first before approaching the court for relief.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court’s three-member bench, led by Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza was unanimous in its dismissal of the appeal, citing lack of merit.

The other members of the bench were Justices Antonia Guvava and Chinembiri Bhunu.

Announcing the decision, Justice Gwaunza said the court had made due consideration in rejecting Chombo’s appeal.

“The appeal lacks merit,” she said. “It is the court’s view that the appeal ought to be dismissed and full reasons of the order will follow in due course.”

Chombo’s passport was seized last month and handed back to the Harare Magistrates Courts under unclear circumstances.

He was about to check-in into a South African-bound Fastjet airline when the passport was seized.

Speaking after the court ruling, Prof Madhuku said the decision of the court was binding and they accepted it. “That is the end of the matter regarding the passport issue,” he said.

“It means the taking away of the passport at the airport and taking it back to the Clerk of Court is acceptable according to the courts.

“So we accept the ruling, we are bound by it. This is the highest court as far as that matter is concerned.”

Prof Madhuku, however, said in any case his client was supposed to return the passport this Friday.

Chombo’s appeal at the High Court was dismissed and he was ordered to go back to the lower court and exhaust all alternative remedies, including filing for contempt of court charges against the Clerk of Court, who is alleged to have refused to release his passport despite an extant order.

Mr Addington Chinake, who acted for the respondents that included the Clerk of Court and the Judicial Service Commission , asked the court to reject the appeal, arguing that Chombo had alternative remedies to deal with his case other than seeking the intervention of the superior courts.-state media

Members of the Zviratidzo ZveVapostori yesterday marched to Mutare Rural police camp to register their grievances in protest against their leader, Bishop Richman Nyamombe, whom they are accusing of bedding church members among a litany of several other allegations.

The protesters waved placards singing church songs calling for the ouster of the cleric together with his sibling Lovemore.

They said the duo was bringing the church’s name into disrepute because of their actions.

Efforts to get a comment from Nyamombe were fruitless.- state media