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2 weeks ago ZimEye caught up with the original Crocodile Gang leader William Ndangana’ s Secretary Patience Olivier (PO) in the UK. Below were excerpts of the interview:

QN: Guess who we are with today: this is the original crocodile gang leaders secretary. This is the original crocodile, garwe gang. To those who are young and have been studying history you have heard of the crocodile gang, you have heard Emmerson Mnangagwa describing himself as a crocodile, this lady is none other than William Ndangana’s secretary.

PO: She is here, William Ndangana’s secretary is here!

QN: But now if Emmerson Mnangagwa hears that William Ndangana’s Secretary is here won’t he get enraged?

PO: Even if he gets angry what can he do because William is now dead they killed him.

QN: but then once again the crocodile seems is still here and is standing right next to me!

PO: the Croc is truly still alive and it is now screaming: Chinja, Maitiro!

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we said Mnangagwa if you misbehave, we will go to the https://t.co/6DKzwo5Pmz one voted for nangagwa that is why we went to the constitutional Court, no one voted for him, his presidency was created by the court, not the votes, says @nelsonchamisa LIVE ON https://t.co/RMz9FsvEJW pic.twitter.com/4jsFPHr3FT

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Addressing hundreds of citizens gathered for the memorial service for the late MDC founder Morgan Tsvangirai at his rural home in Buhera, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said the late icon was a true democrat who never faltered.

Narrating the journey he travelled with Tsvangirai, Chamisa said the late founding President of the opposition Movement never kept a grudge and was a unified.

Said Chamisa:

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By Own Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to visit the Mbare Flats in Harare. The flats, which are owned by the Harare City Council, are some of the most dilapidated and overcrowded accommodation flats in the country.

Said the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting today:

By Own Correspondent- Despite being encouraged to do so by the party’s National Council, no MDC senior official has withdrawn from the race to become one of the 3 Vice Presidents of the party.

A council meeting last weekend encouraged nominated to build consensus and minimise friction. Ideally, they are supposed to talk amongst themselves with the objective of some of them withdrawing from the race.

However, none of the 8 candidates for the VP positions has withdrawn. The 8 are Welshman Ncube, Elias Mudzuri, Paurina Mpariwa, Tendai Biti, Morgen Komichi, Lynnette Karenyi Kore, Lilian Timvoes, and Tracey Mutinhiri.

Said party spokesperson Jacob Mafume to the Daily News:

We are still waiting for people to make withdrawals but so far no one has withdrawn maybe because Wednesday was a holiday. But if there is no consensus then there will be elections.

All nominees had been given up to Tuesday (last week) to accept nominations or to withdraw. Where more than two candidates accept the nomination, they are encouraged to discuss in the spirit of consensus building. Since there are no agreements we are now going for contestation,-DailyNews

By Own Correspondent| Speaker after speaker revealed how the late MDC icon Morgan Richard Tsvangirai placed the nation first ahead of personal interests at the ongoing memorial service for the MDC founder currently underway at his rural home in Buhera.

Watch the video below to hear this man recite a poem in memory of Tsvangirai:

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Own Correspondent|MDC President Nelson Chamisa, now officially elected unopposed as founding President Morgan Tsvangirai’s successor has assured MDC supporters and affiliates that he has not diverted the party in any way from the late Tsvangirai’s vision.

Opening his address at the memorial service of the late democracy and human rights fighter, Chamisa assured the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Secretary General Peter Mutasa that the opposition party is still very much a labour party born out of the Workers Unions.

Chamisa’s sentiments came after Mutasa challenged the MDC leadership to take the MDC back to Its founding values and objectives.

The opposition MDC was founded in 1999 by the leaders of the ZCTU then Gibson Sibanda and Morgan Tsvangirai.

The memorial services is being held at the Tsvangirai homestead in Buhera where he was buried in February last year.

Thousands of MDC supporters from across the country are attending the service which is under ZimEye.com Livestreaming on Facebook.

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Own Correspondent|Daughter to the late MDC founding President Morgan Tsvangirai, Vimbai Tsvangirai has declared his late father as a God fearing man who gave his all for the people of Zimbabwe.

Speaking at the on-going memorial service of the MDC founder who died on Valentine’s Day last year, Ms Tsvangirai said that his father is resting comfortably in Heaven after dedicating all his life for a worthy cause.

The memorial services is being held at the Tsvangirai homestead in Buhera where thousands of MDC supporters have gathered dressed in the party regalia regardless of the Tsvangirai family requests for people not to wear political party regalia.

The service is being run live by ZimEye.com on Facebook.

By Nelson Chamisa|Yesterday I was in Gutu for the Sikhala memorial. Today, I am at Humanikwa village as we remember a Democrat who gave his all to all for a better Zimbabwe.We’re in Buhera at Dr MT’s rural home in memory of an outstanding African statesman, a great leader,a revolutionary,veteran trade unionist & humble family man whose legacy we forever cherish.Salute!!

Correspondent|National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has defended the decision by MDC to elect Shadreck  Mashayamombe who is former Zanu-PF Harare province secretary for commissariat to the position of  secretary for mobilisation committee in the MDC and Jappy Jaboon who was the ruling party’s Masvingo province secretary for commissariat for the position of  secretary for strategic projects (intelligence committee).

The MDC has recently come under fire from its fierce critics who are accusing it of being  captured by the ex-G40 members.

Said Mawarire, “The Cdes have done NO WRONG. They haven’t abandoned the fight for democracy but just changed stations. Iconic freedom fighters like General Mujuru crossed floors from Zapu to Zanu but remained steadfast in fight for a free Zim. We wish cdes Jaboon and Mashayamombe well in their new positions.”

Mashayamombe and Jaboon are former members of NPF.

Some MDC members are saying the election of the two violates the party’s constitution. For anyone to assume a position in the party, they must have served at grassroots level for more than five years.

Party spokesperson Jacob Mafume said that constitutional provision does not apply because Mashayamombe and Jaboon are coming in as alliance partners.

“They are coming in as alliance partners, remember they were candidates for MDC in last year’s harmonised election and if they were good enough to sit in Parliament representing MDC they are also good enough to be in structures,” Mafume said.

State Media|President Mnangagwa yesterday took Chitungwiza Mayor Lovemore Maiko and the MDC run municipality to task over perennial water shortages which are affecting residents and production in nearby industries.

The Head of State and Government also took a swipe at some Government officials for not taking part in the national clean-up exercise, saying they did not deserve to serve under his administration.

President Mnangagwa was in Chitungwiza yesterday for the monthly clean-up exercise where companies and residents complained that they were getting tap water only two days a week. He later took part in a clean-up exercise in St Mary’s.

He first toured Flysterv, a company that recycles plastic waste to produce materials used in making polyester and employs people from Chitungwiza. Flysterv officials complained to President Mnangagwa in the presence of Mayor Maiko that the never ending water shortages were affecting production.

President Mnangagwa told the Mayor to approach his office for assistance as concerted efforts were needed in solving problems bedevilling residents.

“The challenge they presented to me Cde Mayor is that they are getting water twice per week,” he said.

“I don’t know the reason. I appeal to you Mayor, because you haven’t appealed to me, to find a day when you are free and come and sit with me down and present your challenges. What we can do to end the crisis we can, what we are unable to do we will tell you. Don’t just be quiet because if they were getting enough water every week they would produce and employ more people.”

He urged council officials to find sites where residents can deposit their garbage before city trucks come to collect it. Mayor Maiko welcomed President Mnangagwa’s invitation, admitting that the municipality was failing to deal with the water shortages.

“The issue of water is something critical in waste management Mr President,” he said. 

“Chitungwiza, with its population of around 400 000 people, does not have its own source of water. That’s why we are trying to appeal to your highest office. We have a project that we have lined up and we need your support such that this project comes into fruition. Since you have invited me, I will be knocking on your door.”

On Government officials not taking in the clean-up campaign, President Mnangagwa said: “Before I came here, I checked in some Government departments and saw some seated, forgetting that the President has said every first Friday of the month civil servants should come out and clean their surroundings. Vanga vakatogara zvavo kuti tekeshe (They were relaxing). I said let me go because you don’t want to be clean but as someone advocating for cleanliness, I foresee myself remaining in Government with those who want a clean environment.”

President Mnangagwa urged more companies to emulate waste recycling being done by Flysterv, saying such projects were reducing the country’s import bill.

“This excellent project besides helping to clean our cities and municipalities is giving jobs to our people at household level,” he said.

“Our people can pick up waste, bring it here and earn some income. Beyond that, this factory processes waste into new products which again reduces our import bill. I am glad that this technology has come to Zimbabwe. More companies should venture into this business and spread across the country.”

He called on the people to continue embracing the monthly clean-up exercise, adding Harare had transformed immensely owing to the programme.

“It doesn’t mean it is Government but it is because of those people who have heeded the call to clean our environment,” he said.

President Mnangagwa was accompanied to the clean-up exercise by Ministers Prisca Mupfumira (Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry), Owen Ncube (State Security) and Obadiah Moyo (Health and Child Care).

State Media|THE Zanu-PF Youth League is yet to receive a formal resignation notice from its political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu following his social media statements highlighting his departure from the youth wing last week, an official has said.

Zanu-PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu yesterday said the party will not act on social media statements and will wait for formal communication from Tsenengamu.

He said the party has been keenly following Tsenengamu’s shenanigans as he has been defying the party’s polices by going against the leadership’s stand point on a number of issues on social media.

Tsenengamu is popular for once declaring that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was ordained by God to lead the country.

He said disciplinary action will be taken against him. Matutu refused to comment on the rumours that Tsenengamu risks expulsion from the party. “We are yet to receive an official communiqué from Cde Tsenengamu who took to social media and resigned from his commissariat post in the Youth League. Until we do so, we will stand guided by the party policy on such matters,” he said.

“Besides his unofficial resignation, the party has been following with interest the series of social posts challenging party policies, for example on land redistribution, compensation of white farmers and most recently his call for elderly party members and leaders to ‘open up space’ for young people.

“This on its own shows that Tsenengamu has no respect for party leadership and its policies and if found guilty, disciplinary action will take place. I can however not comment on rumours on the street that he will be expelled or not. That’s for the party to decide.”

Tsenengamu is said to be the face behind the dismissed vote of no confidence which almost toppled the top five youth league leadership.

His recent post read: “Am 36 and ready to move on from youth into the main wing. After six days of work creating earth, our God took time to rest, even some of our madalas (old guard) must rest and pave way for the young. Makarwa kurwa kwakanaka chizororaiwo tiwanewo pekupinda (you have fought a good fight, open up the space for us). It’s time to blend youth with experience.”

In a Press statement by the Youth league on Tuesday, warning shots were sent to Tsenengamu.

“We note with concern social media statements attributed to the secretary for the commissariat in the Zanu-PF youth league Cde Godfrey Tsenengamu. Our leader and President ED (Emmerson Dambudzo) Mnangagwa’s pronouncements reflect the thinking in Zanu-PF as a whole. With respect to the voice of the majority, any expression to the contrary is in our view rebellious and thus warrants due censure or punishment,” read part of the statement.

“Grandstanding and strutting like a peacock is a cheap political gimmick, meant to grab attention from corrupt renegades and also pursue selfish agendas . . . it is unfortunate that our own can be found among the greedy lot who are now selling out the party.”

In the statement the Youth League suggested Tsenengamu might have turned mole as part of a plan by a faction that was active in the party and aligned to former President Mr Robert Mugabe known as G40.

“We are aware that we have the likes of G40 in our midst but even so because of our vigilance we will not lose the fight but rather the axe will descend mercilessly on counter-revolutionaries and their foreign handlers,” the statement added.

“We are the vanguard of the party and it is therefore our duty to make sure that the party is safe from infiltrators and informers, those who have ears to hear take heed.”

The Youth League called for members to respect the leadership and use proper channels of communication to air their views.

Manica Post|BEREAVED families were duped thousands of dollars by unscrupulous undertakers and administrators at Mutare’s Yeovil Cemetery who sold them graves at the burial ground at exorbitant rates in a scandal believed to have started some years back.

Officially, the main Yeovil Cemetery is considered fully occupied but mourners with fat pockets were asked to fork out up to $3 000 to have their departed ones laid to rest at the exquisite graveyard.

After greasing the palms of undertakers and administrators, graves were dug out in carefully left out portions of the yard and the burials were done clandestinely.

To hide the vice, another grave is selected and paid for to council outside the main cemetery at very low rates which will be simultaneously filled up at the same time the actual burial will be taking place in the prime grave yard.

In council records, the deceased is said to be buried outside the main cemetery.

Town Clerk Mr Joshua Maligwa said the grave that was filled up with no corpse will be dug up again and sold to another family and the money pocketed once again.

“At the end of the day what we have in our records regarding the graves, their numbers and the deceased does not match. Complications then arise in situations whereby a family comes years later to locate a grave. In the absence of markers which might be removed by wild animals, families end up erecting tombstones on wrong graves in the event that they seek assistance from the office because the records are wrong,” he said.

Mr Maligwa said the local authority has gathered enough evidence and those implicated will soon face the music.

“A lot of people are involved in this scandal. We have collected evidence and we are working on the modalities. Some of the people who are involved in this filthy enterprise of defrauding mourners did not want to go on leave.

“They did not want to take annual leave days because they feared that if they go away, the scum will be exposed. Instead of comforting relatives who would have lost their loved ones these people actually stole from them. That’s un-African,” he said.

HARARE-BASED church leader and losing presidential aspirant in the 2018 elections Emmanuel Moyana, who is founder of the Emmanuel Global Ministries International and Multi-People’s Democratic Party (MPDP), is at the centre of controversy amid revelations that he allegedly preys on young successful women.

Moyana, who is also leader of the Emmanuel Embassy Ministries International in Botswana, is accused of flirting with temptation by not walking his talk as a man of God.

Bishop Moyana courted controversy when he reportedly left his family to co-habit with a Harare woman (name withheld for ethical reasons) who made headlines in 2004 after being allegedly paid to enter into a marriage of convenience with a Nigerian who wanted to secure a residence permit.

The woman in question who is also a hairdresser openly confirmed to B-Metro that she dated Bishop Moyana for more than two years before their love boat hit its turbulent waters.

“I know him as my ex-boyfriend. We started dating in 2017 and separated in February this year. During that time I was also aware that he was dating another woman in Victoria Falls and they had a child together but that didn’t affect me much since the two of us didn’t have a child together.”

She said the last straw was when she discovered that the two, Moyana and the Victoria Falls-based woman, were planning to marry.

In a complaint document, sent to B-Metro by some aggrieved parties suspected to be members of his church, Moyana is also alleged to have used Holy Scriptures to prey on a Victoria Falls-based woman who is also a pastor and employed by one of the safari companies in the resort town.State media

THE Zanu-PF Youth League is yet to receive a formal resignation notice from its political commissar Cde Godfrey Tsenengamu following his social media statements highlighting his departure from the youth wing last week, an official has said.

Zanu-PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu yesterday said the party will not act on social media statements and will wait for formal communication from Tsenengamu.

He said the party has been keenly following Tsenengamu’s shenanigans as he has been defying the party’s polices by going against the leadership’s stand point on a number of issues on social media.

He said disciplinary action will be taken against him.

Matutu refused to comment on the rumours that Tsenengamu risks expulsion from the party. “We are yet to receive an official communiqué from Cde Tsenengamu who took to social media and resigned from his commissariat post in the Youth League. Until we do so, we will stand guided by the party policy on such matters,” he said.State media

By A Correspondent| Angers flared yesterday when the Chitungwiza mayor broke party protocol to title the man who unleashed the military on innocent civilians and killed 7 people just so to change election results, Emmerson Mnangagwa on the 1st August last year, President. Mnangagwa is on the state broadcaster ZBC’s LIVE broadcast presiding over the declaration by his office to use the military to change poll results.

Mayor Lovemore Maiko (MDC) said this while speaking of the water crisis in the dormitory town. This was during Mnangagwa’s visit to the town.

Maiko said Chitungwiza does not have its own source of water, exacerbating the crisis. He said,

“The issue of water is something critical in waste management Mr President.

“Chitungwiza, with a population of around 400 000 people, does not have its own source of water.

“That’s why we are trying to appeal to your highest office. We have a project that we have lined up and we need your support such that this project comes into fruition.

“Since you have invited me, I will be knocking on your door.”

Commenting on the development, analyst Chris Chidarikire said the mayor must be fired. He told ZimEye,

“I think the Chitungwiza mayor shud be recalled and disciplined for calling Dambudzo HE. He is not president unless MDC position has changed. I am a soldier and discipline is vital. Words have consequences.

“MDC position is clear on stolen presidency if he doesn’t know it then he is not part of the movement.

“It’s either the party in my opinion states that we have lost the claim of presidency. That is why l am against Congress; Because at the moment Dambudzo was cornered , Congress is a distraction. By nature congress is divisive even in a democratic party because people campaign against each other while enemy is re energising and reinventing.

“As a soldier if you have your enemy pinned to a corner you don’t retreat and send soldiers to rest and holiday . You continue when the enemy falls dont get him up finish him coz when you turn your back he will stab u in the heart.

“Sometimes democracy does not work Chamisa needed to be brutal like what he did to Khupe. He needed to be dictator in pushing for regaining presidency or pressuring Dambudzo to negotiation table. Least he can get is prime minister but with Executive powers.”

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent an 11-member team led by Zanu-PF secretary for finance Cde Patrick Chinamasa to observe the South African national elections to be held next Wednesday. 

In a statement yesterday, party secretary for information and publicity Cde Simon Khaya Moyo, said the team includes former Senate President Cde Edna Madzongwe, Zanu-PF deputy secretary for youth affairs Cde Lewis Matutu, secretary for business liaison Cde Sithembiso Nyoni.

 
Other members of the delegation are Cdes Amon Murwira, Mike Madiro, Monica Mavhunga, Fortune Chasi, Mail Nkomo and Caroline Tsitsi Mugabe. “The delegation leaves for South Africa tomorrow (today),” said Cde Moyo. 

The ruling ANC has won the majority vote since the country attained independence in 1994 under the late Nelson Mandela who became the country’s first black President. 
A record 48 political parties will be contesting in this year’s polls.

 The most prominent challengers to the ANC are the Democratic Alliance (DA) led by Mr Mmusi Maimane and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) fronted by Mr Julius Malema.State media

Farai Dziva|Team Pachedu wants Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to disclose how much Auxillia Mnangagwa is spending on her countless trips.

“@MthuliNcube
What is the total budget that you reserved for the now countless activities of Mrs. Mnangagwa in 2019?

She was flown to Chimanimani using state resources. We are the tax-payers and we demand answers,” posted TeamPachedu on Twitter.

Five family members from Taderera Village in Buhera and an as yet to be identified fellow passenger died in a road accident when a Toyota Grand Hiace they were travelling in failed to negotiate a curve and overturned at the 106-kilometre peg along the Chivhu–Nyazura Road.
The accident occurred on Thursday morning.

The vehicle was carrying 11 passengers.
Police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.
He said five of the deceased from Taderera Village, Chief Makumbe in Buhera, had been identified.
“The deceased are Erina Masisimani (29), Mukudzei Masisimani (3), Peter Masisimani (38), Beauty Masisimani (12) and Elias Masisimani (25),” he said.

Asst Comm Nyathi said the accident occurred around 11.30am when the 32- year-old driver failed to negotiate a curve and lost control of the vehicle.
“The vehicle than veered off the road and overturned twice before landing by the roadside on its wheels. Two people died on the spot, three on admission at Murambinda Hospital while the other one died at Mutare General Hospital,” he said.

Asst Comm Nyathi said the driver and five other passengers sustained serious injuries and were admitted at Murambinda Hospital.

“The ZRP urges motorists to negotiate road curves patiently and reduce speed accordingly. They should also take into consideration the state of the roads and be able to safeguard lives,” he said.State media

By A Correspondent| Angers flared yesterday when the Chitungwiza mayor broke party protocol to title the man who unleashed the military on innocent civilians and killed 7 people just so to change election results, Emmerson Mnangagwa on the 1st August last year, President. Mnangagwa is on the state broadcaster ZBC’s LIVE broadcast presiding over the declaration by his office to use the military to change poll results.

Mayor Lovemore Maiko (MDC) said this while speaking of the water crisis in the dormitory town. This was during Mnangagwa’s visit to the town.

Maiko said Chitungwiza does not have its own source of water, exacerbating the crisis. He said,

“The issue of water is something critical in waste management Mr President.

“Chitungwiza, with a population of around 400 000 people, does not have its own source of water.

“That’s why we are trying to appeal to your highest office. We have a project that we have lined up and we need your support such that this project comes into fruition.

“Since you have invited me, I will be knocking on your door.”

Commenting on the development, analyst Chris Chidarikire said the mayor must be fired. He told ZimEye,

“I think the Chitungwiza mayor should be recalled and disciplined for calling Dambudzo HE. He is not president unless MDC position has changed. I am a soldier and discipline is vital. Words have consequences.

“MDC position is clear on stolen presidency if he doesn’t know it then he is not part of the movement.

“It’s either the party in my opinion states that we have lost the claim of presidency. That is why l am against Congress; Because at the moment Dambudzo was cornered, Congress is a distraction. By nature congress is divisive even in a democratic party because people campaign against each other while enemy is re energising and reinventing.

“As a soldier if you have your enemy pinned to a corner you don’t retreat and send soldiers to rest and holiday . You continue when the enemy falls dont get him up finish him coz when you turn your back he will stab u in the heart.

“Sometimes democracy does not work; Chamisa needed to be brutal like what he did to Khupe. He needed to be dictator in pushing for regaining presidency or pressuring Dambudzo to negotiation table. Least he can get is prime minister but with Executive powers.”

President Mnangagwa has once again come to the rescue of the family of former Prime Minister and MDC founder, the late Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, by providing financial and logistical support for the latter’s memorial service in Buhera today.

Government yesterday dispatched two graders to clear the road linking Murambinda Road to Mr Tsvangirai’s homestead and will provide food for over 5 000 people expected to throng Humanikwa Village for the memorial ,service.

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the assistance was consistent with President Mnangagwa’s commitment to unity and peace.

“It is in the spirit of oneness that President Mnangagwa is showing this gesture. You might also need to know that the Tsvangirai family invited President Mnangagwa to the memorial service and obviously he will respond appropriately just as he did during the funeral wake when he sent me and Cde Oppah Muchinguri to represent him,” said Mutsvangwa.State media

Chitungwiza Mayor Cllr Lovemore Maiko (MDC-Alliance) yesterday showered praises on President Mnangagwa for spearheading the national clean-up compaign and visiting the town where he came face-to-face with challenges affecting the municipality.

The Head of State and Government officiated in Chitungwiza where he toured a waste recycling firm before getting his hands dirty in the business of cleaning in St Mary’s.

President Mnangagwa flanked by Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira pick up some garbage into a truck during a national clean up campaign in Chitungwiza yesterday.

Mayor Maiko presented a myriad of challenges facing his council to the President, chief among them a critical shortage of water and refuse collection trucks.

“Your Excellency, allow me to thank you and everybody gathered here for making this clean-up awareness campaign a huge success. While this is a responsibility field day, for all of us, it is a moment we have gathered to create awareness on waste management in our municipality.

“I would like to thank you, Your Excellency, for actually visiting or experiencing  first hand or coming to the fore with some of the challenges that we grapple with on a daily basis in Chitungwiza,” he said.

“We are appealing to your esteemed office and I am glad that you have actually invited me and I will make use of that opportunity. I will take the opportunity to say out all the challenges we are facing in Chitungwiza.” State media

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– Zimbabwe will receive $75 million for social welfare programmes for cyclone victims. – Mozambique will use the funds to rebuild water supply systems and damaged public infrastructure, among other things. 

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The World Bank will extend more than half-a-billion dollars in grants for cyclone-ravaged southern African countries, its chief announced Friday as he concluded a visit to Mozambique, the worst affected country.

A total of up to $545 million (just over R7.8 billion) will be disbursed to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi – the three countries hit by Cyclone Idai in March.

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“Cyclone Idai caused catastrophic damage earlier this year that affected millions of people,” the Bank’s group president, David Malpass, said after he visited the central city of Beira.

“And this tragedy has been compounded by Cyclone Kenneth,” another cyclone that hit Mozambique six weeks later.‌

Cyclone Idai devastated the port city of Beira and its surrounding areas when it hit on March 14, causing huge floods and killing more than 600 people.

Weeks later a fresh massive storm, Cyclone Kenneth, lashed the northern coastal regions of Mozambique, 1,000 kilometres from Beira, and killed 41 people.

Mozambique, which received $350 million of the grant, will use the funds to rebuild water supply systems and damaged public infrastructure, among other things.

Part of the funds will also go towards disease prevention programmes in affected areas in and around Beira, where nearly 5,000 people have been infected with cholera, resulting in four deaths.

Malawi, which suffered floods before the storm made landfall, will get $120 million for agriculture and infrastructure.

Zimbabwe will receive $75 million for social welfare programmes for cyclone victims.

By Dorrothy Moyo| The same man who brutally axed his way into his ex wife Tambudzani’s house, nearly killing her, Kembo Mohadi has embarked on a nationwide peace building program.

Last week ZimEye telephoned Mohadi and briefly grilled him on his violent conduct. A trapped Mohadi responded by asking who he was speaking with and avoided answering the question. He later on hung his phone up. (WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW)

This time the state owned Chronicle quotes Mohadi speaking during a presentation of his paper on the topic “National Healing and Reconciliation’s Contribution to National Security” to students attending a National Defence Course 07/18 at the Zimbabwe National Defence University in Harare yesterday.

VP Mohadi is responsible for the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio in the Government. The portfolio ensures that peace building and conflict resolution are given the prominence they deserve nationally. 

He said people who live in peace and tolerate each other and reconcile after disputes would do it to move the country forward.

“People who are at peace with each other and reconcile after disputes are not a threat to national security. The threat to national security in such a social environment is from external forces and an element, as there is peace and tranquillity within,” he said.

He said in the Second Republic, national healing and reconciliation was a vital block to peace building.

“National healing and reconciliation is a major building block in the national peace building architecture which contributes to preservation of national security.

“In the new dispensation, the national peace building architecture originates from the Zimbabwean Constitution. Chapter 1 gives the founding values and principles of Zimbabwe which is a unitary, democratic and sovereign republic”, said VP Mohadi.

The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) pre-supposes that there have been conflicts in the past and the Government strives to ensure post-conflict justice healing and reconciliation as well as developing and implementing programmes to promote national healing, unity and peaceful resolutions to disputes.

The Government of the new dispensation has clearly articulated its peace building architecture which is part of Vision 2030.

Meanwhile VP Mohadi said he would embark on a peace building programme in the country’s eight provinces starting with Mashonaland Central province.

“I am going to engage in dialogue with our traditional leaders. As I carry out my outreach programmes with chiefs in the provinces, a consensus on the traditional building blocks of peace and conflict resolution will emerge.

“A template on peace building and conflict resolution that is based on our tradition and culture which is inclusive will be crafted”, he said.

He said he would be accompanied by the President and Deputy President of the Chiefs Council and leaders of Provincial Assemblies.

In Bulawayo Ukuthula Trust has said it is ready to assist families of Gukurahundi victims rebury their loved ones as part of efforts for them to find closure and ensure national healing.

The expert organisation in the field of pathology and exhumations last week assisted in the exhumation of the remains of a couple that was killed in Tsholotsho during the height of the disturbances in 1983.

The exhumation was done at Nkwalini Village in Sipepa, Tsholotsho. – Additional Reporting State Media

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Farai Dziva|Social commentator Antony Taruvinga has claimed Douglas Mwonzora’ s political career is over.

Taruvinga added Mwonzora would fall at the coming MDC A Congress.

” The pattern in the nomination process indicates that the priority is on loyalty.

The MDC is a party that, in the past, suffered numerous setbacks in form of Zanu PF assisted breakaways.

This has to be cured, once and for all. The Big names who have been trouble causers will fall by wayside. One in Mwonzora has already fallen. The guy sabotaged Chamisa’s campaign programme in an effort to depopularise him. But what I know for certain, is that these leaders, Morgen Komichi, Lilian Timveos, Happymore Chidziva, Tapiwa Mashakada have stood with the president times of need,” said Taruvinga.

Correspondent|Nandos restaurant is well known for its cutting edge adverts which are up to date with the latest trends and current affairs and they have recently capitalised on the ‘it will work, no it will not work’  gaffe by Vice-president Constantino Chiwenga that has taken the internet by storm.

The video of VP Chiwenga making confusing remarks which he claimed to be simple, has been making rounds on social media.

The Vice-president made the remarks at the 13th Zimbabwe International Business Conference in Bulawayo, whilst he was giving a  chilling warning to businesses that are wantonly increasing prices of basic commodities.

Below is what the VP said in verbatim…….

”We will make sure this will work,

Will not work,

no,

it will work,

you will not work, simple.”

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Own Correspondent|POLICE say they have arrested nine people, five of them teenagers, in Harare who were found stealing National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ) wagon wheels on workers day.

The nine were caught loading NRZ wagon wheels and couples into a lorry at Workington marshalling yard in Harare at 02.30 AM a police statement revealed.

“At the time of their arrest, the nine suspects had already loaded 13 wagon wheels and a coupler into a Volvo lorry which they were using.

According to current statutes set up during the colonial era anyone found tampering with railway equipment is liable to life imprisonment.

The section reads: “Contravening section 38 of the Railway Act with intend to obstruct, upset, overthrow, injure or destroy any locomotive, rolling stock or other vehicle using a railway or to endanger the safety of any person travelling or being upon a railway, takes up, removes or displaces any rail, sleeper or other matter or thing shall be guilty of an offence and liable to be sentenced to imprisonment for life.”

The gang was remanded in custody to the 9th of April.

President Mnangagwa has once again come to the aid of the family of former Prime Minister and the late MDC-T founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai by providing financial and logistical support to the memorial service of the former opposition leader to be held in Buhera tomorrow.

Government today dispatched two graders to clear the road linking Murambinda road to Tsvangirai’s homestead and will provide food for more than 5 000 people expected to throng Humanikwa village, in Buhera where the memorial service will be held.

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the assistance Government was providing to the Tsvangirai family was consistent with President Mnangagwa’s commitment to unity and peace in the country.

“I do not have the actual detail of what has been given to the Tsvangirai family but what is critical is that President Mnangagwa will continue supporting the family because Mr Tsvangirai worked well with us as Government when he was Prime Minister during the inclusive government. It is also in the spirit of oneness that President Mnangagwa is showing this gesture. You might also need to know that the Tsvangirai family invited President Mnangagwa to the memorial service and obviously he will respond appropriately just as he did during the funeral wake when he sent me and Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to represent him,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.

Farai Dziva|The MDC A will lead proceedings at the memorial service for the party’s founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.

According Mbizo legislator Settlement Chikwinya the MDC shall lead the Tsvangirai memorial service.

This might spark tension between the party and the Tsvangirai family.

“We have been invited to headline the vigil where we will be singing party songs and dancing in celebration of the life of the late icon.

He is the man who was the face of the MDC and led the party and became the man he was because of his position in the party. It will be, therefore, amiss not to recognise his work because he is dead.”

Chikwinya also claimed that the daughter of the late former trade unionist, Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java had advised the party to come in their regalia and honour the late MDC legendary leader.

Farai Dziva|After pulling out of the MDC A, Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has urged his supporters not to attend the Nelson Chamisa led party’s May Congress.

Ngarivhume said his party would pursue its own vision.

“The idea was that if the alliance succeeded in dislodging (Zanu PF), the parties would form a coalition government in terms of the agreed criteria; if it did not succeed, the parties would engage to agree on the way forward,” Transform Zimbabwe said in a statement.

“It is common cause that the alliance did not succeed to dislodge the military-backed Zanu PF government and by operation of law, the alliance was dissolved, with each party reverting to its position prior to August 5, 2017.”

“Negotiations were opened for the amalgamation of the alliance partners into one political formation. This would entail the alliance partners dissolving their party structures and joining into one party under the name and style of MDC.”

“The Transform Zimbabwe national executive committee met to consider the various options and resolved not to participate in the amalgamation process. It was resolved that the party pursues its founding vision and continues to champion the cause of democratisation of Zimbabwe outside the MDC formation.”

Farai Dziva| Auxillia Mnangagwa has accused NatPharm of stealing essential drugs.

Auxillia Mnangagwa has criticised the decision by the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) to withhold medicines whilst clinics around the country are said to be out of stock.

After touring NatPharm on Thursday (today), she said:

“We have had of a leakage medicines, how did that happen? Why are there such leakages? Are you aware that people are suffering out there?

Why is it that clinics are complaining that there is no medicine yet you have boxes piled here, what are the donors going to say, why are all these boxes stocked? I went to Mashonaland Central and found some pharmacies empty. The situation on the ground is untenable and I want to understand where medicines are going, it is theft…”

Farai Dziva|MDC A president Nelson Chamisa has responded to claims by Zanu PF that he is a careless leader.

Chamisa has hit back at the ruling ZANU PF party for suggesting that he was “careless” during his Workers’ Day address.

Writing on his Twitter handle on Friday morning, Chamisa rhetorically asked ZANU PF to prove his carelessness.

“How is giving kind advice and wise counsel on the need to resolve people ‘bread and butter’ survival issues through genuine and credible dialogue a careless gesture?
What is carelessness is failing to take caution when one is being given fair advice on how to save a country!”

By Own Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidency is hanging by the thread amid indications that China has dropped him as their political point man in Zimbabwe preferring to deal directly with the military brass, a local publication has revealed.

According to high level diplomatic sources in the country and officials close to the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) citing a plethora of reasons, Beijing has reportedly resorted to silently deal directly with the country’s top military brass and leadership instead, as the Asian economic powerhouse moves ahead to prepare for an aftermath administration in Harare, as the ruling Zanu PF party’s first secretary’s reign is now hanging by a thread.

This publication reported last week that, militaristic vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has become the country’s de facto head of state, after Mnangagwa was allegedly stripped off of significant executive powers and functions by the army, thus effectively becoming a leader in name only pending his imminent departure from office.

We also revealed in March, that Mnangagwa’s days as president are numbered, following a meeting which a special delegation of senior military officials are said to have held with Chinese generals behind closed doors, a few days before former leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office in a coup in November 2017, where it was indicated that Mnangagwa’s reign will expire in 2020.

The officials close to OPC said their boss will soon be out of power because for some unclear reasons and disagreement, China has decided not to give Mnangagwa a multi-billion economic bailout package he had hoped to use in turning the economy around, when he stealthily took over from Mugabe.

Mnangagwa had high hopes of securing an initial US$2 billion bailout from President Xi Jinping in September 2018, soon after controversially winning presidential elections a month earlier, when he visited China, to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) summit, but nothing significant and tangible came out of the trip.

Finance and central bank officials have for some time been negotiating for a loan in vain, from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the Export-Import Bank of China, without any breakthrough.

“China was supposed to have assisted his (Mnangagwa) presidency with an economic package of up to US$10 billion,” the OPC officials said. “This is one of the major reasons the new dispensation has failed to fix the economy. The money they expected has not come, and it has to do with dynamic power play in government, as the military now has oversight over the president.

A little bird has told us that elements in security establishment are the ones who prevented the bailout from coming through, because it was likely going to buy Mnangagwa a full two term mandate. China is now dealing directly with the military on Zimbabwe’s affairs. It is the military which has a better chance of securing the bailout package in question, but first they have to name a new leader to takeover.”

However diplomatic contacts in Harare said apart from the economic bailout, which has not been granted by Jinping’s government, China was angry with the levels of corruption in Mnangagwa’s government and that he had named China as responsible for looting cash in Zimbabwe, including the externalisation of funds by her companies, therefore: “They have since dropped him as their political point man in Zimbabwe, in favour of the Joint Operations Command or military leadership.”

Chinese nationals, retail and mining companies dominated a list of alleged cash looters released by Mnangagwa a few months after the November 2017 coup, who externalised over $1,3 billion during Mugabe’s era, and it did not go down well with Beijing.

Following the expiry of a 104-day moratorium then, Mnangagwa said the bulk of the money was externalised through non-repatriation of export proceeds, payment for goods not received in Zimbabwe or funds externalised to foreign banks in cash or under spurious transactions.

As if to admit the scourge of graft in his own administration, and confirming China’s position, Mnangagwa last month said that the Chinese leader told him about corrupt activities in Zimbabwe that he was personally not aware of, during a special Independence Day interview with the state braodcaster ZBC.

Mnangagwa said money from China was corruptly spent at the Harare City Council and that Jinping had told him about it.

“We had a loan extended to Harare City Council by the Chinese for sanitation and water reticulation. That money was then used to buy cars and other luxuries. It didn’t address the issues for which the money had been given. So when I met my brother and colleague President Xi Jinping and discussed about this loan, I wasn’t aware that had happened and so I said, ‘Mr President, the loan was fully disbursed’, and he said, ‘my brother, the money was not used for what we had given you for.’ I was not aware people bought cars, some having workshops which had nothing to do with sanitation. Those who spent the money are not in office anymore, but they are likely to be followed.”

Another envoy who just returned to Zimbabwe, after visiting his country on official duty said at the heart of Mnangagwa’s falling with China was his government’s growing relations and proximty to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and campaign to mend ties with the U.S at Beijing’s economic expense.

“Zimbabwe is a big diplomatic prize for all of us,” he said. “There are many competing interests in this country between foreign nations, which I believe you already know are playing out in the mining sector. China is not comfortable with your president’s proximity to the IMF where they have recently cleared outstanding debts, with the view of applying for fresh loans. Re-engagement with the U.S is also naturally a threat to their interest in this country.”

Meanwhile, intelligence information provided to us last night, suggests that the military does not want to remove Mnangagwa from power through another coup, and will force him to resign as president whether he likes it or not.-SpotLight Zimbabwe

By Own Correspondent- Zanu Pf Secretary for Youth Lewis Matutu has warned economic saboteurs whom he accuses of holding the country captive while enriching themselves.

Recently Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said business people who are increasing prices are economic “terrorists” warning them that government would come after them as a move aimed at protecting consumers and ordinary citizens.

Said Matutu:

“We must free ourselves from economic saboteurs who are enriching themselves at the expense of the suffering Zimbabwean people. It is the people who are made to endure harsh economic conditions whilst a few are enjoying and this must come to an end. It’s time to look each other in the eyes for the good of our great nation.”

The Youth leader appealed to anyone with information about corrupt activities to send him the information.

“If you have any information about any corrupt behavior please expose it regardless of who is involved.”

On Thursday the Zimbabwe Republic Police said, “it wishes to express its utmost appreciation and sincere gratitude to members of the public who are supplying  information on criminal movements, abuse of office by errant government officials and also the recovery of stolen property in the last three weeks.”

By Own Correspondent- An enraged Racia Zenda from Bulawayo’s Njube suburb dumped her live-in boyfriend Mandla Nyoni accusing him of being a “diseases’ willing transporter” because of his constant flirting with hordes of women from the suburb.

Besides being a diseases’ willing transporter, who was also sexually attracted to different women from the suburb, Zenda claimed Nyoni was also an irresponsible man who was failing to look after his children.

She said for the past three years they had been staying together, she gave him the best years of her life and had been with him through thick and thin.

“I had been co-habiting with Mandla Nyoni for four years and for those years he had been abusive. I was solely taking care of him and his two children since he is unemployed. He is really an irresponsible and ungrateful man and has many children all over the suburb.

“He is going around sleeping with a lot of women thereby putting my life at the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. I have since decided to take my property and move out of the house because of his behaviour of sleeping around the suburb,” said Zenda.

Zenda was responding to Nyoni’s accusations that she was constantly harassing him.

This was after Nyoni in his application for a protection order claimed Zenda once threatened to chop off his head with a hoe if she found him with another woman.

“I was customarily married to (Racia Zenda) from 2014 and we separated in December 2018. This was after she unceremoniously dumped me after I had gone to my rural home in Nkayi. During my absence she took her belongings. When I came back she told me that she was now looking for another husband and I told her that I was also looking for another wife.

“Sometime in January, she came back to my house and found me with my new girlfriend and she threatened to chop off my head with an axe before she hangs herself. She also shouted at my girlfriend and as a result I am longer living in peace because she comes to my house at any time and without my consent,” complained Nyoni.

He further said following a misunderstanding, Zenda threatened to beat him up before she ordered him to send a message to his new girlfriend saying he no longer loved her.

In a bid to maintain peace between the two parties, in her ruling the presiding magistrate Rachael Mukanga ordered them not to verbally, physically and emotionally abuse or threaten each other in any way.