In form Hwange goalkeeper Taimon Mamvula thwarts another Dembare raid.
DYNAMOS goalminder Simba Chinani was the Fall Guy at Rufaro yesterday as the Harare giants threw away their lead to lose a Castle Lager Premiership football match they thought they had in the bag to Hwange in what boiled down to a tale of two goalkeepers experiencing contrasting fortunes at Rufaro yesterday.
Chinani had a bad day in the office while Hwange’s Taimon Mvula made a series of match-winning saves, including a last gasp bicycle kick by DeMbare skipper Edward Sadomba, to ensure that the Premiership returnees went home with maximum points.
Ted Ndlovu scored the winner for Hwange moments after he was introduced after Eddie Nkulungo had cancelled out Tawanda Macheke’s opener for Dynamos shortly after the hour mark.
Although DeMbare’s performance was a notch above their display in their season opener when they beat newboys Mushowani last week, goalkeeper Mvula was the striking difference between this vastly improved Dynamos and a Hwange side who came fighting for their lives.
The 25-year-old goalkeeper practically overshadowed the hosts, who on many occasions showed their might in a game that they also fielded their impressive Cameroonian players Claude Junior Ngahan and Vincent Hevre Mbega for the first time.
DeMbare had the most chances in both halves but Mvula literally kept them at bay.
“He was excellent that was one of his best games that I have ever watched. I thought he was outstanding and everyone could see that he is a good goalkeeper,” said Hwange assistant coach Brian Njovu.
The coal miners, who opened their campaign with a 2-0 home win over Yadah last weekend, were excited by the result. Njovu said they had not expected they would come back after they had conceded first in the 61st minute and gave credit to their men for their fighting spirit.
“I thought we did well to come back, it was a difficult match. You know Dynamos are one of the biggest teams in Zimbabwe and it’s not easy to play them in their home ground and I thought we were brave enough to come back from a game down to actually take the three points,” said Njovu.
Mvula was not intimidated by the vociferous Dynamos crowd after the giants got off to a flying start, denying Emmanuel Jalai and defender Munyaradzi Mawadza, who prodded home a loose ball from a corner early in the first half.
Still DeMbare enjoyed greater possession and created the most scoring chances despite some occasional forays by the visitors.
There were many exciting moments for the hosts and the highlight of the day was when Cameroonian Ngahan rode over a couple of tackles just after the break into the box but Hwange remained resolute.
All the while Mvula was always in the centre of the things.
But Macheke broke the ice with a fine finish just over an hour played when he controlled a pass from Tinotenda Muringai and coolly slotted the ball between the keeper’s legs. DeMbare’s celebrations were short-lived as Hwange hit almost instantly from a free-kick after goalkeeper Chinani fumbled a ball to the near post in the 63rd minute. Then defender Jimmy Tigere needlessly lost possession in the box and they were duly punished when substitute Ncube fired a low shot into the bottom corner. Again Chinani could have done better although the ball had taken a slight deflection.
On the other end, DeMbare could have got a late equaliser but Mvula kept frustrating them after scooping the ball from the line when Sadomba had connected with a low bicycle-kick from close-range.
The Glamour Boys coach Lloyd Chigowe chastised his players for going to sleep at the wrong moments.
“We were not that bad in terms of our overall performance. Hwange defended for their lives and at times they were defending in numbers and they took their chances. I would like to say we went to sleep at the wrong moments of the game.
“We also had some sloppy defending and we gave away two gift goals. I am not very happy especially with the way we defended. We could have scored more goals had we not gone to sleep in defence,” said Chigowe.
Teams
Dynamos: S. Chinani, A. Maliselo (J. Selemani, 76th minute), T. Muringani, M. Mawadza, J. Tigere, V. Mbega (T. Chisi, 46th min), E. Jalai, T. Moffat, T. Macheke, E. Sadomba, C. Ngahan (N. Katawa, 83rd minute)
Hwange: T. Mvula. K. Matake, N. Chinyerere, F. Chindungwe, G. Ndlovu, E. Nkulungo, A. Banda, A. Ndlovu (T. Ncube, 65th minute), S. Gadzikwa, E. Gwitima (G. Zulu, 90th minute), D. Maphosa
A-27-year-old Chimanimani man left the gallery at the Mutare Magistrates’ Court in stitches after he told magistrate Nyasha Kuture on Saturday that he cultivated dagga after a friend told him that the drug had been legalised.
Farai Musiyazviriyo (27) from Maonzani village under Chief Mutambara pleaded guilty to the charge and was remanded in custody to tomorrow for sentencing.
“My Lord, I was cultivating dagga because there was a friend who told me that it has been legalised,” he told the court.
The court heard that on April 5, 2019, police detectives in Chimanimani got a tip-off that Musiyazviriyo was cultivating dagga at his family home.
Police raided his bedroom and recovered a packet of processed dagga and later recovered 19 plants of dagga, measuring one metre-long.
South Africa’s government is still failing to acknowledge why its people attack other Africans.
Once again South Africa’s government has been caught off guard by a spate of attacks by locals on foreign African nationals. And once again it is scrambling to draft a plan to tackle the problem — seemingly without grasping why several past plans have failed.
The latest attacks happened mainly in the eastern province of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Though facts are hazy, it seems two South Africans were killed while attacking foreign-owned shops. In retaliation locals went on the rampage against a nearby settlement of foreigners, mainly Malawians, causing about 300 to flee for their lives.
Concerned African ambassadors met cabinet ministers — international relations minister Lindiwe Sisulu and police minister Bheki Cele — and drafted a joint plan to tackle the problem. But why will this plan succeed where previous ones didn’t? Attacks on foreigners — mainly Zimbabweans and Mozambicans — have occurred often since before the deadly 2008 spate. Attacks spiked again in 2015. And last week’s violence showed signs of expanding.
A sinister message put out on social media and sent directly to many, including some African ambassadors, threatened that all foreigners would be attacked “mercilessly” unless they left the country by May 13.
After each spike in attacks, Pretoria has drafted plans to address the problem. In 2015 it assembled an inter-ministerial committee to tackle it. And ironically the Department of Justice posted the latest plan, the National Action Plan to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, on 25 March — a day before the latest attacks.
Loren Landau, an expert on migration, xenophobia and diversity at the University of the Witwatersrand, says in The Conversation that the plan “offers frail remedies to poorly diagnosed problems”. He says it “relies on perceptions and politics rather than facts” and that it “almost totally” overlooks xenophobia.
The plan rehashes “familiar — but empirically questionable — claims that inequality and economic competition breed resentment and attacks on foreigners. But nowhere does it describe the local business interests, gangs, community leaders and political officials who typically foment xenophobic attacks”. Landau says it also fails to condemn the local, provincial and national politicians “who regularly blame foreigners for their own failures to deliver services as well as economic and physical security.”
That might be changing. African ambassadors say they persuaded Sisulu and Cele to instruct Cele’s deputy Bongani Mkongi to recant a vicious xenophobic statement about foreign Africans committing “economic sabotage’’ and threatening to overrun the country. The ambassadors said that although he made the statement two years ago, the video remained viral and he had never repudiated it, so it still incited xenophobia.
Mkongi had warned that it was unacceptable that 80% of a South African “city” — by which he meant Johannesburg’s rundown Hillbrow suburb — was “foreign national” and that if nothing was done about it, the whole country would become “80% foreign national” and the country’s president would eventually be a “foreign national”.
Mkongi insisted that his remarks weren’t xenophobic, which seemed to symbolise the whole government’s failure to recognise that xenophobia was behind many of the attacks on foreigners. This denialism seems to lie at the root of its failure to address the problem.
And next month’s national elections only seem to be fuelling the problem. Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa told an election rally that government would crack down on undocumented foreigners. The opposition Democratic Alliance is no better. Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has been condemning foreign immigrants for years and his party has an election platform of getting tough on them.
After meeting the African ambassadors last week, Sisulu said Ramaphosa and the ruling ANC both believed the problem was “pure criminality”. However she also hinted that government might now take a wider view, after hearing the ambassadors who clearly believe the attacks are motivated by xenophobia — or “Afrophobia” as some call it, as most victims are African.
“While the ANC may not want to admit it, there is a very real problem of xenophobia in SA”, says Gareth Newham, head of the Justice and Violence Prevention programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). He said a 2017 paper by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation on Social Cohesion between South Africans and African foreigners found that South Africans lacked trust in people from other African countries — 56% didn’t trust African foreign nationals; 17% did.
Around 40% of South Africans said they would stop foreign nationals from starting businesses or accessing services in the areas where they lived. About 20% supported the government removing all foreign nationals irrespective of their legal status.
Newham said attacks continued partly because South Africans know they can get away with it, as the police rarely act against perpetrators. He said short-term interventions could include politicians and influential people — such as local musicians, actors, celebrities and the media – speaking out against xenophobia and promoting cohesion with African foreigners.
Police should be more active in gathering intelligence to pre-empt attacks, and arrest and prosecute perpetrators. “There also needs to be efforts to address the xenophobic attitudes held by many police officials and action must be taken against them”.
Stephanie Wolters, Senior Research Fellow at ISS, says xenophobic eruptions over the years “have already done substantial damage to South Africa’s reputation in the rest of Africa”. Coupled with restrictive visa policies, this has discouraged many highly skilled African immigrants from settling in and travelling to South Africa — with significant economic implications.
Ramaphosa implicitly acknowledged the harmful economic impact, promising after last week’s attacks that police would crack down on perpetrators. He said “our economy and society benefit from our extensive trade and investment relations with partners on our continent”, many of whom were living in South Africa and “making important contributions to the development of our country”.
“African development depends on the increased movement of people, goods and services between different countries for all of us to benefit. We will not allow criminals to set back these processes,” Ramaphosa added.
Loren says the government must stop scapegoating foreigners for its own failure to deliver services and economic opportunities to its people. The experts agree that South Africa can’t wait for economic equality before tackling xenophobia. In fact, it is often xenophobia that is hurting economic opportunity, especially in our vital African markets. – ISS
Harare civil court granted Vamwene the protection order against Muroora.
Correspondent|A Harare woman allegedly beat up her mother-in-law after an altercation had broken out between the two over household chores.
The two women who are at daggers drawn appeared before the court at Harare Civil Court yesterday.
Patience Pakanai dragged her daughter-in-law Nunurai Tambu to court, applying for a protection order against her, whom she sensationally accused of physically assaulting her.
The court heard that Tambu was in the habit of physically and verbally assaulting her mother-in-law, whenever she was instructed to do house chores.
Tambu did not deny the allegations but conceded to the charges, stating that her actions were justified because of her mother-in-law’s ill behaviour.
” I assaulted her because she was forcing me to do the house chores for her yet I live in my own room. She insults me with her friend that is why her son is nolonger talking to her because of her behaviour,” she said.
Pakanati told the court that her efforts to solve the issue amicably were in vain since she was no longer in talking terms with her son.
” I tried to engage my son over his wife’s behaviour, but he told me that his wife and I should fix our own issues without including him. She refuses to do any duties yet she uses the toilet and now my tenants are nolonger doing house hold duties because of her,” she said.
Pakati also added that she wanted the two to be evicted from her house since they were no longer able to reside together peacefully.
In response, Tambu challenged Pakatis wishes stating that the reason why the two were staying at her house because they could not afford to rent elsewhere.
Presiding magistrate Tafadza Miti granted the protection order in Pakati’s favour and sternly ordered Tambu not to assault her mother-in-law.
“It was one of the most gruesome sights I have ever seen.”
These were the words of Bester Maree from ACSU Security as he recalled a vicious scene in which a 20-year-old Ermelo resident was attacked and killed by his own dogs.
Ruan van Staden died at around 11:00 on Thursday.
“There was blood all over the yard and he was lying in a pool of blood”, he continued.
He saw that the two dogs had their jaws clutched around Van Staden’s neck and head.
Maree ran home, got his hand weapon and fired a shot to try and chase the dogs away.
The dogs apparently let go and fled, but after a short while they continued. When ACSU arrived at the scene, the dogs were dragging Van Staden’s motionless body around the yard.
Paramedics could not get to him because they feared they would also be attacked.
Van Staden had serious wounds to his head and throat. All his clothes had been torn off.
Maree and his colleague, Hennie Engelbrecht, shot and killed the dogs. Maree said it was still a mystery why the dogs unexpectedly turned on their own owner. Van Staden was a trailer builder by trade and ran a small business where he would sell and rent out trailers from his house. – AFP
Emmerson Mnangagwa being sworn in as president after the court ruling.
Correspondent|NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has said the Constitutional Court put the issue of Mnangagwa’s legitmacy to rest, and anything else will not change that fact.
Speaking to the Standard, Madhuku said: “Mnangagwa’s legitimacy is not derived or conferred by an individual, but by law.
“The legitimacy of the president or government is not derived from you and me, but from the law.
“The day the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson announced that he had won the election and declared him as such, his legitimacy was dealt with.
“He is not a legitimate president just because (Nelson) Chamisa or MDC Alliance supporters have said so. He is a legitimate president by operation of the law.
“To make matters worse, he was confirmed a legitimate president by the Constitutional Court and Chamisa is the one who took the matter there.
“It was going to be a different matter had he not taken the matter to court. But he decided to take the matter there and a decision was made.
“We are a constitutional democratic country and therefore we abide by whatever decision the law makes.
“You have to understand that at all times people have their preferred leaders and it is normal, but the rule of law is supreme. So we are not there to deal with any legitimacy question.”
On the issue of dialogue, Madhuku said it must not be mistaken for power sharing. He said the political parties are dialoguing with the ruling party to resolve issues in a mature way as well as bring forth the much-needed electoral reforms ahead of the 2023 elections.
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“If you look at the agenda of our meetings, it is all about Zimbabwe and how we could take it forward.
“We are dealing with how to grow our economy, share ideas and views.
“These ideas are not measured by the number of people who voted for us.
“We are all Zimbabweans and we have to share ideas and see if we can make Zimbabwe better.
“We are also dealing with political reforms so that we can make the 2023 election better.
“We are raising issues we believe can make us a better people come 2023 and have improved elections.”
Madhuku argued that the opposition parties have already made some headway in their dialogue with the ruling party.
He said: “I can give an example, at our first meeting as opposition parties, we demanded that soldiers who were on the streets should go back to the barracks as we felt it was wrong.
“Remember we held this meeting at a time when we had soldiers conducting roadblocks and we said it was not good for Zimbabwe.
“Within 48 hours, the military was withdrawn from the streets and we are happy that this was done through engagement, in a respectable manner.
“We also agreed and now speak with one voice on the issue of sanctions. This is not a Zanu PF issue.
“We have said sanctions are no longer necessary and they have to go.
“We have made a resolution to say, we should talk about sanctions as Zimbabweans and we shall speak our minds.
“This is not being influenced by Zanu PF, but looking at the reality, sanctions do not work.
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“The more recent issue is the visit to Chimanimani. You don’t know the significance of the visit we made as a team there and its impact on families.
“You should go to Chipinge or Chimanimani and ask how they feel after seeing a collective response from all political leaders on the national tragedy.
“People feel comforted. It is unfortunate that some people think they are the ones who must go and mourn with bereaved families, it is sad.
“We are Zimbabweans and share a lot together and in this case, we shared the burden as leaders and shared ideas on how to help the victims.
“More importantly, we have laid down a framework on how to tackle the issue of political reforms as we prepare for 2023.”
Madhuku was speaking in an interview with the Standard.
CHIEFS from Matabeleland region have lamented lack of respect they are given in their areas yet they are held in high esteem far away from home.
Speaking during the installation of Mbusi Bekithemba Ncube as chief Dakamela in Nkayi district last Friday, Chief Siansali of Binga said chiefs are forced to queue for fuel but when they are in Harare they are recognised by their badges and are allowed to jump queues.
“In Bulawayo they will not allow a chief to jump a queue. They will insult you with unprintable words even when you are in full chief’s regalia. In Harare when I go on Parliament business they don’t even ask my area of jurisdiction but once they recognise Iam a Chief, they ask me to go straight to the front to be served,” said Chief Siansali.
He said it was time locals respected their traditional leaders as is the case in other areas.
He said while respect should never be demanded from people, the behaviour by locals was forcing them to plead for respect.
Nkayi South MP Cde Stars Mathe said in other areas Chiefs were highly respected and the same should happen in Matabeleland.
“I have been to many provinces of the country and I have observed that chiefs are highly respected but here in Matabeleland we are not giving them the dignity they deserve. I wish to see a change when it comes to respecting our Chiefs especially here in Nkayi,” she said.
Meanwhile, Chief Siansili also urged Government to urgently address some of the challenges facing people of Matabeleland North province such as the issue of poor road network.
By Own Correspondent| Independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa will today appear before the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Priviledges where he will answer to corruption charges levelled against him.
Mliswa, who is set to appear with other legislators namely Gokwe Kabuyana’s Leornard Chikomba, Magwegwe’s Anele Ndebele and Binga North’s Prince Dubeko Sibanda.
The Priviledges Committee of Parliament is set to conduct the oral evidence sessions from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 April 2019.
The purpose of the oral evidence sessions is to afford witnesses an opportunity to elaborate on issues raised in the statements and for the Committee to seek clarifications on the same.
A Kadoma ZANU PF leader who was captured on social media video assaulting Pedzisai Mangisi of Chief Nemangwe area in Gokwe South for stealing from him in a 45 second video that went viral, has been convicted of the assault.
Litten Chikoore (35) of Waverley in Kadoma was convicted by Kadoma magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba on Friday last week after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was remanded out of custody to April 10 for sentencing.
Gwazemba however remanded Chikoore out of custody claiming that Chikoore was a suitable candidate to be remanded out of custody as he had handed himself to the police in the company of his lawyer Mr Ignatius Murambasvina of Murambasvina Legal Practice.
Mrs Gracious Chaminuka for the State told the court that Chikoore assaulted Pedzisai Mangisi of Chief Nemangwe area in Gokwe South several times all over the body with a baton stick on an unknown date sometime in November last year at his mine in Kadoma.
She said Mangisi sustained serious injuries following the assault and a medical report was produced in court as an exhibit. Mrs Chaminuka said Chikoore deserved a custodial sentence as he was a potential criminal with previous three cases at the court which were all withdrawn before trial.
The cases included a 2014 attempted murder case under CRB number 12/06, pretending to be a policeman under CRB number 12/08 and allegedly contravening the Mines and Mining Act in 2016.
Mr Murambasvina, however, pleaded with the court to give Chikoore a non-custodial sentence arguing that he was a first offender who had co-operated with the police when he handed himself and assisted them to locate the complainant.
He also said Chikoore was sole breadwinner for his two wives and six children and the complainant did not suffer serious injuries as shown by the medical report.
Mr Murambasvina said his client first handed Mangisi to the police after discovering that he had stolen 400 grammes of gold from him but they were advised to have an out of court settlement which infuriated him leading to him assaulting the complainant.
He further argued that Chikoore had already suffered psychological trauma as the matter had received too much attention on social, local and international media.
ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored offers from ask South Africa’s army to rescue his own citizens only to resurface a week later to beg the neighbouring country for sniffer dogs to retrieve their corpses – but he has been conferred an award for a successful rescue operation.
Mnangagwa together with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) were this Sunday (today) honoured with special commendation awards in recognition of the good work done in response to the devastating Cyclone Idai which hit Manicaland and other parts of the country.
Mnangagwa was handed the award by his own prophet, the disgraced Andrew Wutaunashe whose church recently split following a shocking adultery scandal.
He is also the same man who last year flew all the way to the United Kingdom to campaign for Mnangagwa using the churches in what many saw as the worst insult to the victins of the 1 August massacre.
The state broadcaster, ZBC reports how Mnangagwa and the ZDF were awarded by Wutaunashe at a special church service held in Ngangu today, Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe thanked Mnangagwa for working tirelessly to ensure relief aid reach all areas affected by the Cyclone Idai.
“Together we can conquer all obstacles if we unite for a purpose”, was the message by Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba who expressed gratitude to the church for the spiritual comfort and groceries donated to the attendees at the service.
Ministers present at the service who included Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Cde July Moyo and Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Retired Air Chief Marshal Perrence Shiri said the church plays a central role in bringing people together, promoting love and unity.
The Faith for the Nation campaign pledged to build at least 10 houses for the Cyclone Idai victims, 5 in Chimanimani and 5 in Chipinge and has since committed to rebuilt damaged infrastructure such as schools and clinics.
Meanwhile, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) over the weekend donated two truck-loads of groceries towards Cyclone Idai survivors in Chimanimani, Masvingo and Bikita.
By Own Correspondent- National Constitutional Assembly president Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said that the current MDC is no different to Zanu-PF.
Madhuku was speaking to the Standard in the Big Interview.
He said that MDC members are now loyal to the leadership instead of being loyal to ideas.
He had been asked how he compares the MDC of 1999 (which he was a founding member of) and the current MDC. Said Madhuku:
The MDC of 1999 is long lost and what we have now is something else, a replica of Zanu PF.
When the MDC was formed in 1999, it was a social democratic party and was the voice of the working people, but now, it is a voice of business.
Look at the structure, it proposes to have three VPs, way beyond what the constitution of the country provides for. How do you justify that?
This MDC of today is driven by individuals and loyalty is measured by being loyal to the leader and not the idea and belief.
This culture is known in Zanu PF. For 38 years we had Gushungo kuphela and now in Zanu PF they have ED Pfee, what is that?
In the MDC they have Chamisa Chete Chete, nothing different from what we opposed when we formed the MDC.
So I believe the MDC is now a different party with a different idea and path different from what we had in 1999.
As the political leader of the NCA, Madhuku is participating in the dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chamisa has refused to participate saying that Mnangagwa has no mandate to call parties to dialogue with him as he had not won the 2018 elections. Madhuku said the dialogue is not about Mnangagwa’s legitimacy but about building a new Zimbabwe and ensuring that the 2023 elections are free and fair.
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Farai Dziva|Zanu PF Secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, says the party is making effective changes and accepting its lost sheep.
“You will be seeing the new dispensation arrangement where we have fulltime members of the party, you will see a different Zanu-PF in terms of operations and effectiveness because we are not closing anyone out, we have agreed that all members who were expelled from the party or who left the party should come back.
“We have been approached by all the parties and now Mujuru (Joice) is coming back to Zanu-PF, Ambrose Mutinhiri has come back and many others have come back. This is not politicking but reality, I am getting a lot of appointments with opposition party members wanting to come back and it’s enough pointer that President Mnangagwa is a unifying leader,” Mpofu said.
Mpofu also said the restructuring that was going on within the party had seen members that have been expelled tracking back as they were still interested in working for the party.
“This restructuring exercise has actually given the members that sympathise with us some hope of participating in the party they love. The previous system was so restrictive that members were not allowed to exercise their democratic right to participate in the party. So this is one of the benefits and results in the last few weeks following the dissolution of Bulawayo Province for one,” he said.
Looking at the 2023 elections, Mpofu said the victory of the party in the Bulawayo by-election was a tiny portion of what was yet to come.
By Own Correspondent- Four more children have stepped forward as it has been revealed that Oliver Mtukudzi died without a will.
Of the four, two are male and the other two are female, all with different mothers. This brings the number of the late Dr Mtukudzi’s official and unofficial children to 10.
Said a member of the Mtukudzi family:
“There are the four girls — Sandra, Selmor, Samantha and Sybil.
Then there is the official out of wedlock son, Selby, whom you may be aware has a birth certificate. Then there is the young woman from Bulawayo to make them six.
“With the arrival of these four, the number now rises to 10. Some of them have actually been Kuma D (the Old Highfield home where Mtukudzi grew up). Vana tete vanoziva vazukuru vavo.
Vese vanosvikira pa 3081 (the aunts know their nephews and nieces. The new kids go to the family home first),” a close family member told the state media.
Meanwhile, the issue of “personal Tuku belongings” versus Tuku Music property (the company assets) has already caused an uproar in the family after Norton-based artiste, Mbeu, played Tuku’s acoustic guitar at the Cape Town Jazz festival last week.
Culturally, a deceased person’s belongings should not be touched for a specified period until certain rituals are done followed by the distribution of the property to various family members.
Tuku’s eldest daughter, Sandra, expressed anguish that her father’s guitar had been given to a “stranger” to use before the necessary observances were done.
“A lot of activities were put on ice because of this weekend’s ceremony. Why should Mbeu play our father’s guitar? This is a stranger and already he is being given our father’s property.
By Own Correspondent- In a perhaps nasty development which may leave thousands of customers of the late popular Chipinge traditional healer in anguish, Sekuru Ndunge born Charles Makhuyana Ndunge reportedly foretold his own death and warned people with any of his paraphernalia to return it before he died.
Sekuru Ndunge died on Monday from diabetes complications and he allegedly said this two weeks before his death.
James Muchemei, a senior member of a local apostolic sect told a local publication:
“It is less than a month now since he came to our church. He was seeking assistance from one of our senior prophets. That is when he was given a chance to speak to us. He openly told us that he would be dying soon.
During the same speech, he also told us that anyone who still has his paraphernalia must surrender. He meant that they should surrender before he dies but now that he has died I am not sure what will they those who have not surrendered) do.”
His eldest surviving son, Jabulani Makhuyana Ndunge, also told a local publication:
“He actually called some of his children and told us that he no longer has much time on earth. We took it lightly at that moment and we never knew it would be fulfilled so soon.
It is true that those who owe him must feel free to come and we go through the requisite rites so that they do not face any challenges in life.
Thousands of people came to pay their respects to Sekuru Ndunge who was buried on Wednesday.”
Farai Dziva |Cornered MDC A Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora allegedly held a secret meeting with Members of the Masvingo Provincial Executive Committee yesterday.
See a report compiled by the party’s intelligence department yesterday:
Masvingo Provincial Executive Committee held a private meeting with Mwonzora at Cllr Collen Maboke’ s office in Masvingo City today(yesterday).
Gumbi dumped the president (Nelson Chamisa) after he was undressed for dismally failing to drive Masvingo to victory in the 2018 harmonised elections.
Masvingo won only one seat out of 26 constituencies.
Masvingo Mayor Collen Maboke ‘s offices are being used as Mwonzora’s information centre.
Today (yesterday)Provincial chairman James Chafungamoyo Gumbi,Derek Charamba,Muranganwa Chanyau,Peter Chigaba,Simon Ziki and several others gathered at the office as they planned to launch Mwonzora’s presidential campaign.
Masvingo Provincial chairman Gumbi resolved to nominate Mwonzora for the presidency, Amos Chibaya as national chairman and Eng Elias Mudzuri as vice president.
Cllr Collen Maboke was ordered by president Chamisa to resign from the post of Mayor two weeks ago but has refused to obey party orders . It’s not surprising that the party’s meetings have been moved from the Rhodene party offices to Cllr Collen Maboke’ s offices.
Mwonzora also held a private meeting with Gumbi at Flamboyant Hotel.
This is the second meeting in a space of 4 days the Secretary General has held private meetings with the Masvingo Provincial leadership.
The District Congresses in Masvingo were all rigged and manipulated in favour of Gumbie.
Farai Dziva|Zanu PF Secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, says the party is making effective changes and accepting its lost sheep.
“You will be seeing the new dispensation arrangement where we have fulltime members of the party, you will see a different Zanu-PF in terms of operations and effectiveness because we are not closing anyone out, we have agreed that all members who were expelled from the party or who left the party should come back.
“We have been approached by all the parties and now Mujuru (Joice) is coming back to Zanu-PF, Ambrose Mutinhiri has come back and many others have come back. This is not politicking but reality, I am getting a lot of appointments with opposition party members wanting to come back and it’s enough pointer that President Mnangagwa is a unifying leader,” Mpofu said.
Mpofu also said the restructuring that was going on within the party had seen members that have been expelled tracking back as they were still interested in working for the party.
“This restructuring exercise has actually given the members that sympathise with us some hope of participating in the party they love. The previous system was so restrictive that members were not allowed to exercise their democratic right to participate in the party. So this is one of the benefits and results in the last few weeks following the dissolution of Bulawayo Province for one,” he said.
Looking at the 2023 elections, Mpofu said the victory of the party in the Bulawayo by-election was a tiny portion of what was yet to come.
Farai Dziva|Fiery social media analyst, Antony Taruvinga has accused MDC A Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora of working with Zanu PF to destroy the opposition party.
Taruvinga has pointed out that Maridadi, who has been offered a diplomatic post by Emmerson Mnangagwa, is also closely working with Mwonzora to disrupt MDC A activities.
See Taruvinga’s statement:James Maridadi, a friend to Mwonzora has been appointed ambassador by ED.
Rewinding to 2018 general elections, despite losing primary elections to James Chidhakwa, Mwonzora signed Maridadi’s papers as his preferred candidate and caused double candidature in Mabvuku Tafara just like what he did in Cowdry Park.
Mwonzora is actually aware of an embarrassing loss at Congress, what he is pushing for right now is an infliction of maximum damage to the party and president before he takes the Maridadi route.
Farai Dziva|Controversial war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda was last week humiliated by former freedom fighters in Masvingo Province.
The war veterans openly accused Matemadanda of presenting fake liberation credentials. Matemadanda was in Masvingo Province last week where he officiated at a farming project.
Matemadanda was forced to leave the event in a huff as the few war veterans who attended the event hurled insults at him.
“Angry war veterans threatened to beat up Matemadanda for dragging their association into the mud.The former freedom fighters openly accused Matemadanda of lying about his liberation war history,” a government source said on Wednesday.
Olivine Industries Private Limited, has shut down its margarine plant.
The latest revelations are that Olivine has not been operating its margarine manufacturing plant since January this year.
The crisis was caused by shortage of foreign currency. Investigations by ZimEye for a 2 year period reveal that the forex problem emerged after the former Reverse Bank governor Gideon Gono was hired by the government to manage reserve allocations.
In December 2017, several cooking oil companies’s bosses who spoke to ZimEye complained saying they were on the brink of shutting down because of low forex-oxygen(as it were). Contacted for a comment, RBZ governor John Mangudya told ZimEye he is “not aware of such a thing.”
In the latest development, the Olivine acting chief executive officer, Mr Sylvester Mangani, has told the state media of a closure of its margarine unit.
Mangani said this was as a result of persistent shortage of foreign currency in the economy.
“There is a shortage of our buttercup margarine in the market. The margarine plant is closed from January 2019 due to shortages of raw materials,” he said.
Mr Mangani said margarine requires very special and patented flavours, which are imported.
He could not disclose how much foreign currency was needed a month but said apart from vegetable fats, all the other inputs were imported on a regular basis because the ingredients had a short shelf life.
“The company is failing to import raw materials because it has not received forex from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) since October last year,” Mr Mangani said.
Mr Mangani said before 2016, Olivine was a loss making company but that has become a thing of the past as the firm has successfully turned around under the new management and partnership with Surface Wilmar. He however said there was an urgent need to address the issue of forex shortage so that the company can continue with its expansion plans.
Last year Government disclosed that it was considering selling part of its 35 percent stake in Olivine to Surface Wilmer in order to raise foreign currency towards recapitalisation. Surface Wilmer is the largest producer of edible oils in the country and is the major investor in Olivine. – State Media – Additional reporting ZimEye
By Own Correspondent. HARARE- The embattled University of Zimbabwe chancellor who is facing court case of awarding a dubious degree to former first lady Grace Mugabe, Prof Levi Nyagura has retired.
In a public notice Doctor Anxious J Masuka who is chairman of University of Zimbabwe council said Prof Nyagura formally left the institution on 31 March 2019. Masuka said, ” We wish to inform University of Zimbabwe Community, stakeholders and the public that Prof Levi M Nyagura retired as Vice Chancellor of UZ with effect from 31 March 2019.”
Prof Nyagura joined on 2 April 1978 as a lecturer in Department of Curriculum and Arts Education, Faculty of Education. He rose through the ranks to become Deputy Dean of Faculty of Education (1982-1983), chairperson of Department of Curriculum Studies (1986- 1989) Pro Vice Chancellor (1995-2002) and later Vice Chancellor, post he held for 16 years. He was instrumental in establishment of Bindura University of Science and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Masvingo University College into Great Zimbabwe University among others, added Masuka. However, he has been replaced by Professor Paul Mapfumo as acting Vice Chancellor while the hunt for a substantive Vice Chancellor is appreciated. Prof Mapfumo has by acting since 16 August 2018 after Prof Nyagura was suspended following his court case where is accused of awarding a fake doctorate to Grace Mugabe. The case is pending in courts.
NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has defended his participation in the dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he is contributing to nation building and laying the groundwork for credible elections in 2023.
Madhuku (LM), who is one of the losing candidates of the 2018 elections in talks with Mnangagwa, told our senior reporter Xolisani Ncube (XN) in an interview yesterday that the dialogue was already yielding positive results.
He said Zimbabwe must move away from a perpetual election mode and called for Western countries to lift sanctions against the country.
Below are excerpts from the interview.
XN: Many people have questioned the logic of your participation in the national dialogue given the number of votes you got in the July 30, 2018 election. How do you justify your involvement in the talks?
LM: This is not a power-sharing dialogue, we do not seek to share or form a government of national unity, but we are exchanging ideas on national issues.
I see people trying to give a new definition for the word dialogue.
Those are not power-sharing talks, but a platform to share and exchange ideas with government.
As opposition, we are using this to ensure we raise our demands in terms of economic reforms and political reforms in a civilised manner.
So those who are saying we have no numbers are misplaced. It is not a game of numbers, but ideas and nation-building, having a shared vision for a better Zimbabwe.
XN: Some are saying these talks are meant to legitimatise Mnangagwa’s regime and you as opposition parties with very few supporters are being used to do that. How do you respond?
LM: Let me say this in a very clear and simple way: Mnangagwa’s legitimacy is not derived or conferred by an individual, but by law.
The legitimacy of the president or government is not derived from you and me, but from the law.
The day the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson announced that he had won the election and declared him as such, his legitimacy was dealt with.
He is not a legitimate president just because (Nelson) Chamisa or MDC Alliance supporters have said so. He is a legitimate president by operation of the law.
To make matters worse, he was confirmed a legitimate president by the Constitutional Court and Chamisa is the one who took the matter there.
It was going to be a different matter had he not taken the matter to court. But he decided to take the matter there and a decision was made.
We are a constitutional democratic country and therefore we abide by whatever decision the law makes.
You have to understand that at all times people have their preferred leaders and it is normal, but the rule of law is supreme. So we are not there to deal with any legitimacy question.
XN: What is really the agenda of the dialogue if it is not about power since politics is about power?
LM: If you look at the agenda of our meetings, it is all about Zimbabwe and how we could take it forward.
We are dealing with how to grow our economy, share ideas and views.
These ideas are not measured by the number of people who voted for us.
We are all Zimbabweans and we have to share ideas and see if we can make Zimbabwe better.
We are also dealing with political reforms so that we can make the 2023 election better.
We are raising issues we believe can make us a better people come 2023 and have improved elections.
XN: Do you think you are achieving the intended purpose of this dialogue and do you have tangible results so far to show the world that a dialogue is really necessary?
LM: Oh yes, we have done more than what we really think we should have achieved.
We have really made strides in setting the ground for political reform and we are speaking with one voice on issues that we think bring us together.
I can give an example, at our first meeting as opposition parties, we demanded that soldiers who were on the streets should go back to the barracks as we felt it was wrong.
Remember we held this meeting at a time when we had soldiers conducting roadblocks and we said it was not good for Zimbabwe.
Within 48 hours, the military was withdrawn from the streets and we are happy that this was done through engagement, in a respectable manner.
We also agreed and now speak with one voice on the issue of sanctions. This is not a Zanu PF issue.
We have said sanctions are no longer necessary and they have to go.
We have made a resolution to say, we should talk about sanctions as Zimbabweans and we shall speak our minds.
This is not being influenced by Zanu PF, but looking at the reality, sanctions do not work.
The more recent issue is the visit to Chimanimani. You don’t know the significance of the visit we made as a team there and its impact on families.
You should go to Chipinge or Chimanimani and ask how they feel after seeing a collective response from all political leaders on the national tragedy.
People feel comforted. It is unfortunate that some people think they are the ones who must go and mourn with bereaved families, it is sad.
We are Zimbabweans and share a lot together and in this case, we shared the burden as leaders and shared ideas on how to help the victims.
More importantly, we have laid down a framework on how to tackle the issue of political reforms as we prepare for 2023.
XN: Some are saying this dialogue is a process to enrich you through allowances, while Zanu PF is using it to portray itself as a party that is open and democratic. What is your reaction to such accusations?
LM: We are not paid anything to attend those meetings outside assistance to some leaders with transport and accommodation when need be.
We are political leaders and we have our independent parties. Why should we be paid?
In the case of us visiting Chimanimani, there was no way we could have visited the affected areas with our own transport resources given the state of the roads.
The state came in and provided transport to take us to those areas so that we could see and have a better understanding of this national disaster, which demanded a collective response.
By the way, this is not Zanu PF money, but state resources. So those who are saying we are getting paid are wrong.
XN: Some believe that you have a personal vendetta against the MDC given that in 2009 you were against the party joining the inclusive government and the constitution-making process.
LM: I still oppose the idea of a government of national unity and I will never support a constitution made by politicians.
I believe a true constitution should be made by the people, not driven by politicians.
I am in this dialogue to ensure that the question of the constitution is looked into and I can tell you, don’t be surprised to see the constitution being reviewed because we shall raise all these issues in a better and mature manner.
Do you know that in 2008 I was the person tasked to campaign for the MDC in Chipinge and we managed to win four seats out of five in the March 2008 elections?
(Morgan) Tsvangirai never visited this area because he gave me the sole mandate to do so and I brought a convincing result.
After the March elections, it is a well-known fact that my home area was destroyed by Zanu PF and my parents and relatives were subjected to torture by Zanu PF.
I disagreed with the MDC guys in 2009 when they decided to join the inclusive government, more so, the constitution-making process.
I strongly believe that the manner in which the constitution process went through is wrong. The MDC betrayed the struggle.
We can’t talk of the MDC we formed in 1999 anymore. The struggle for the poor is long lost.
XN: How come you are holding talks with Zanu PF, but you were against MDC joining hands with the same party?
LM: This dialogue is about the future of Zimbabwe, not power as I said.
We have to talk about 2023 and demand reforms starting now and the best process that we have is through this.
XN: What is your relationship with Chamisa?
LM: I have a good relationship with him that is in two ways. In 1999 when we started the MDC, I worked with Chamisa as a young brother of mine and I treat him like that. He treats me the same.
I worked with him together with Learnmore Jongwe and that relationship has never suffered until today.
He is my young brother whom I worked with so well.
Secondly, I have this relationship with him as my student at the University of Zimbabwe.
He was my student of law and that relationship also is still intact.
So I really have no animosity towards him. We have these two longstanding relations that cannot be broken down by politics.
XN: Politically, how do you relate?
LM: I relate with him as a person and my differences with the MDC are not with the people or personalities, but ideas.
My differences with them have to do with how they view issues.
The way they like to sympathise with Western countries on the issue of sanctions and this attitude to keep the country in an election mode.
I don’t believe we must continue being in an election mode. We must move forward.
The elections came and we have to move forward.
XN: Do you believe the 2018 elections were free and fair?
LM: The fundamental reason we are in the dialogue is to push that we do better come 2023.
We strongly believe the elections were not free and fair, but we need to move on and strategise for 2023.
We cannot perpetually keep our people in that mood of voting forever.
We need to focus on our economy and work on things we can agree on.
XN: How do you compare the MDC of 1999 and the current party?
LM: The MDC of 1999 is long lost and what we have now is something else, a replica of Zanu PF.
When the MDC was formed in 1999, it was a social democratic party and was the voice of the working people, but now, it is a voice of business.
Look at the structure, it proposes to have three VPs, way beyond what the constitution of the country provides for. How do you justify that?
This MDC of today is driven by individuals and loyalty is measured by being loyal to the leader and not the idea and belief.
This culture is known in Zanu PF. For 38 years we had Gushungo kuphela and now in Zanu PF they have ED Pfee, what is that?
In the MDC they have Chamisa Chete Chete, nothing different from what we opposed when we formed the MDC.
So I believe the MDC is now a different party with a different idea and path different from what we had in 1999.
XN: How do you react to allegations that you are a Zanu PF agent, especially following your participation in the Motlanthe Commission?
LM: To be in the commission of inquiry I was appointed based on my experience as a legal person and it is something good that the president appointed me to that team based on merit, not nepotism.
In the dialogue, I am there because I lead a political party, which is serious about politics and the future of Zimbabwe.
Let me tell you something, the MDC Alliance refuses to be in dialogue yet they participate in parliamentary business. What kind of hypocrisy is that?
Lucky to be alive, Magashule’s poisoned right-hand man
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s right-hand man has survived an attempt to poison him — a plot that has helped fuel a climate of fear in the Free State that those suspected of leaking information about Magashule will be “dealt with”.
Chris Ackeer — who was released from a Johannesburg hospital on Friday two weeks after being admitted — is the second person with links to Magashule to have been poisoned.
Sandile Msibi, a Magashule ally who was head of the Free State department of police, safety and transport, died in December 2017 after being poisoned.
“I thought it was just an allergy,” Ackeer said after being discharged on Friday. “I would not know what and where I ate this, but it was confirmed that it was poison.”
Ackeer, from Bethlehem, has been close to Magashule since his time as Free State premier and is Magashule’s strategic manager at Luthuli House.
“I am not out of the woods yet but am getting better,” he said.
Ackeer declined to say if he had any suspicions about who might want him dead or if he would open a case with the police.
“Fortunately for me it was detected but I can’t really pinpoint what really happened.
Glad that I survived and I am home now,” he said.
Free State government officials say Ackeer is lucky to be alive.
“This poisoning was very quick and he ended up in hospital in a very serious condition. He’s lucky … here in the Free State no one survives poisoning,” one said.
“Msibi died a slow, painful death after there were allegations of corruption that were levelled against him. He was not going to go down alone as the Hawks were investigating the allegations. The best way was to kill him,” the source said.
Msibi was a senior official in several Free State municipalities before joining the safety and security department.
At Msibi’s funeral in January last year, Magashule told mourners that Msibi had been “murdered”. He said he and former North West premier Supra Mahumapelo had sought help from the then president Jacob Zuma in arranging for Msibi to be flown to Russia for treatment.
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Magashule said Msibi died a few days after plans for the trip were finalised, but before he could get on the plane.
Msibi was being investigated for allegedly channelling millions of rands’ worth of provincial legal consulting contracts to his personal attorney.
Another senior Free State government official told the Sunday Times that some officials have been living in fear after being accused of leaking information to the media. “ANC senior members including the SG would come to the province and we would have late-night meetings at his Free State house where we would be questioned about those who are leaking information,” this official said.
“This is getting scary. We are accused of leaking information to the media about the SG. We were told that individuals that are known were being investigated and they would lose their jobs.
“The Free State has turned into a very scary province to work in. We are called spies.”
Ignatius “Igo” Mpambani, known as Magashule’s bagman, was murdered in Sandton two years ago. He was allegedly connected to Magashule via a R230m asbestos slush fund.
Pieter-Louis Myburgh, in his recently released book Gangster State, quotes sources in the Free State close to Magashule as saying Ackeer was “a fixer of sorts”.
“Ace first brought Ackeer into the ANC to try and get more support from coloured voters in the Free State. Then he gradually started to work for Ace. Later he started doing Ace’s dirty work. He would pick up money for Ace or do other things that Ace couldn’t do with the people from his official bluelights security team,” according to the book.
Ackeer denied the allegations. “I am not the SG’s fixer and I don’t collect cash from other people on his behalf.”
Attempts to get comment from Magashule and his chief of staff, Justice Pitso, were unsuccessful by the time of going to print.
Legendary actress and wedding planner Sophie Ndaba, now Lichaba, may be planning her future outside her home in the ritzy suburb of Featherbrook Estate in Joburg.
Sunday World can reveal that Mercantile Bank applied for a judgment in the South Gauteng High Court in Joburg on Tuesday to attach the former Generations’ Queen Moroka star’s multimillion-rand manor in the luxury secured estate.
According to documents seen by Sunday World, Ndaba and her company, Sophla Trading, who were cited as the first and second respondents respectively, obtained a R2.2m home loan from the bank to purchase the house on September 15 2016.
They were required to pay R22,347 in monthly instalments for 20 years.
But the former Isidingo thespian failed to honour the contract when she defaulted for about four months and was more than R80,000 in arrears.
Ndaba confirmed that she was on the cusp of losing her house. She said she fell behind with her monthly instalments because the tenants she rented the house to defaulted on their rental payments.
“I rented the house to some people who converted the house into an office space. The lease agreement between me and the tenants states that they should pay the rental money into the bond account but they failed to do so for several months,” she said.
She said on learning of the application for a default judgment to take her house she contacted the bank officials who told her that they struggled to get hold of her because she had changed her contact details.
“But I have engaged my lawyers to write to the lawyers of the tenants to address this matter.
“My lawyers have also written to the bank’s lawyers to inform them of our intention to oppose the judgment. But remember, it is the bank’s house and it can do whatever it wants to do with it,” she said.
Ndaba said the bank would not have dragged her to court had she not changed her contact details.
“These tenants defaulted before and the bank contacted me immediately and I resolved the matter swiftly by making sure that they pay the rent money into the bond account.”
But it looks like Ndaba’s bond arrears is not her only woe as she was also taken to court before for another debt.
On September 28 2017, KLM Setati Food Services obtained a judgment in the South Gauteng High Court against Ndaba and her company.
They had failed to pay KLM Setati more than R150,000 for food it supplied after they won a school feeding scheme tender in Gauteng.
According to the papers we have seen, Sophla Trading, represented by Ndaba, signed papers acknowledging that they owe R151,178 to KLM Setati. Ndaba agreed to pay them R50,392 in three equal instalments between December 2016 and February 2017 but failed to do so.
“In breach of the said agreement, the defendants failed to pay any of the instalments in terms of [the] acknowledgement [of] debt agreement,” read the papers.
Ndaba said late payments by a department she expected funds from made it difficult for her to pay her creditors.
“We signed a cession agreement with the department to pay the suppliers but late payments made it difficult for us to pay the creditors, that is why they obtained judgment against us.
“But the matter was resolved with the lawyers of the said supplier and my understanding is that they will soon apply for recision of the judgment they obtained against me,” said Ndaba.
Paul Setati, manager of KLM Setati, confirmed that Ndaba owed the company money for services they rendered but declined to comment further.
“The relevant person to talk to about this is out of the country at the moment. You can call on Monday,” Setati said.
The company’s lawyer, Mike Ngomane, also declined to comment.
Mercantile Bank could not be reached for comment at the time of going to print.
Mnangagwa discussing with former colleague Saviour Kasukuwere
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused by a Zanu PF-aligned union of ignoring the plight of workers “to please his neo-capitalist friends”, in another sign of fissures in the ruling party.
Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Union (ZFTU) secretary-general Kennias Shamuyarira said the union was giving Mnangagwa seven days to deal with their grievances or face protests.
“The president, no matter how good the vision he tries to project to the people is, as long as it does not involve the workers, as long as it does not involve the generality of Zimbabweans, surely it remains a dream,” he said.
“It is an open secret that the president is now being surrounded by a cartel of monopoly capital.
“These people have been monopolising the market and causing an increase in the prices of basic goods for personal gain.
“This cartel makes wanton increases of prices of basic goods and services, which are not justified.
“But because they are the close buddies of the president, the poor people now suspect that he is part of that cartel.”
Shamuyarira said only a few individuals with access to Mnangagwa were benefiting from the economy, while the majority was wallowing in poverty.
“These people are misleading the president, busy telling him lies on the state of the economy and surely, we can’t keep quiet or else by August, if we don’t act now, we will all be dead due to stress-related illnesses,” he said.
“If the president still wants our backing as the labour movement, he must remove these capitalists near him.”
In January ZFTU’s rivals, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), organised a three-day stay away demanding that Mnangagwa addresses the workers’ plight.
The ZFTU leadership said this time around, the “entire working class” would organise if Mnangagwa did not meet them.
“Since he took over he has met business, he has met traditional leaders, and he has met war veterans, but not us as organised labour,” Shamuyarira said.
“Why? We want the minister of Labour to start by calling for the Tripartite Negotiating Forum and then call for an all- stakeholders’ meeting so that we could meet the president.
“We have engaged the minister and nothing has happened.
“These are the issues, which we believe may end up causing people to dem- onstrate; not responding to requests from the citizens.
“Why is it that the president is being pushed around like this by the same peo- ple who are self-serving leaving the foot soldiers behind? Whose interests is he serving?”
He added: “Workers have sacrificed a lot in this country. Some workers are going for months without salaries. Those who are being paid, they are getting peanuts.
“Why? This is all because we have capitalists who are there to fleece and get eve- rything around.”
The ZFTU boss also criticised the recent arrest of ZCTU leaders, saying the clamp- down was meant to intimidate labour from demanding better working conditions for their membership.
“When you try to strike, you are arrested and put in jail,” he said.
“You have seen that this government arrests trade union leaders just because they have spoken out. But for how long shall we keep quiet while we suffer?”
Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba could not be reached for comment yesterday.
However, Information ministry permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana de-fended the president’s approach to issues raised by workers, saying his focus was on job creation.
“There is no better service to workers than ensuring that workers have job security and companies don’t close down,” he said.
“There is also no better service to workers than ensuring that there is job creation and more people get employed. This has been President Mnangagwa’s focus.
“That said, the president has met all groups of Zimbabweans, which reached out to him, including a number of trade unions even those perceived to be hostile to him.
“He believes in the engagement of the Zimbabwean people with their leadership. He is one of the most accessible leaders in the region.
“The ZFTU need to just invite him and if his diary permits, the president will meet them.”
The ZFTU was formed during former president Robert Mugabe’s reign and was meant to counter the ZCTU.
Zanu PF’s outspoken Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba was the union’s inaugural leader. The union has always fought in the ruling party’s corner.
Factionalism has resurfaced in Zanu PF only a year after Mnangagwa’s Lacoste faction prevailed over G40 with the help of the army, which toppled former president Robert Mugabe in 2017.
ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa together with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) were this Sunday (today) honoured with special commendation awards in recognition of the good work done in response to the devastating Cyclone Idai which hit Manicaland and other parts of the country.
Mnangagwa was handed the award by his own prophet, the disgraced Andrew Wutaunashe whose church recently split following a shocking adultery scandal.
He is also the same man who last year flew all the way to the United Kingdom to campaign for Mnangagwa using the churches in what many saw as the worst insult to the victins of the 1 August massacre.
The state broadcaster, ZBC reports how Mnangagwa and the ZDF were awarded by Wutaunashe at a special church service held in Ngangu today, Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe thanked Mnangagwa for working tirelessly to ensure relief aid reach all areas affected by the Cyclone Idai.
“Together we can conquer all obstacles if we unite for a purpose”, was the message by Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba who expressed gratitude to the church for the spiritual comfort and groceries donated to the attendees at the service.
Ministers present at the service who included Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Cde July Moyo and Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Retired Air Chief Marshal Perrence Shiri said the church plays a central role in bringing people together, promoting love and unity.
The Faith for the Nation campaign pledged to build at least 10 houses for the Cyclone Idai victims, 5 in Chimanimani and 5 in Chipinge and has since committed to rebuilt damaged infrastructure such as schools and clinics.
Meanwhile, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) over the weekend donated two truck-loads of groceries towards Cyclone Idai survivors in Chimanimani, Masvingo and Bikita.
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa faces the prospect of being challenged by two party heavyweights in his bid to succeed the late Morgan Tsvangirai after his deputy Elias Mudzuri declared he was ready to challenge anyone.”
The party’s provincial congresses begin today with Matabeleland South making its nominations for standing committee members and Harare will be the last on April 16.
Mudzuri, who has kept his ambitions a closely-guarded secret, yesterday opened up on his bid saying he would contest any position, including the presidency, if he is nominated.
“If nominated, I am prepared to challenge anyone,” he said.
The former Energy minister dismissed reports that he had struck a deal with Chamisa where he would have backed the party’s 2018 presidential candidate to lead the country’s main opposition party.
“The news report that made emphatic claims about a supposed deal between myself and Advocate Chamisa, is wholly untrue,” Mudzuri said.
“No such understanding has been considered, much less reached.
“The story could have only originated from a very mischievous tale bearer, seeking to engineer and manipulate public discourse to fit in a personal scheme.”
Mudzuri joins MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, who has also declared that he would challenge Chamisa if nominated.
The MDC is currently holding branch, ward and district congresses ahead of the main congress to be held next month.
The process has been marred by violence pitting Chamisa and Mwonzora’s backers.
Mwonzora’s backers are claiming some party bigwigs are manipulating grassroots votes to ensure only those aligned to Chamisa would vote for the president at congress, a claim rejected by MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya.
Mudzuri yesterday condemned the violence and called for unity in the party.
Meanwhile, the MDC has ordered officials eyeing various positions at its upcoming congress to stop using “pictorial advertising” campaign posters before they have been officially certified as nominated.
Social media has been awash with posters of aspiring candidates vying for certain positions even before they have been officially nominated, forcing the MDC national organising department to step in to stop the practice.
“At a meeting of the standing committee held on April 3, 2019, it was resolved that all aspiring candidates must with immediate effect cease using pictorial advertising to market themselves,” MDC Alliance deputy national organising secretary Bekithemba Sibanda wrote in a memo dated April 4.
The memo is copied to MDC standing committee members, national executive and provincial executive members.
“Aspiring candidates can only do so after they have been officially certified as nominated at the relevant congresses,” Sibanda added.
MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume said the directive was necessary to avoid a shambolic campaign process ahead of the congress.
“We are saying, you cannot have people just waking up to put campaign posters, some for various positions ahead of being nominated, it’s shambolic,” Mafume said.
“Aspiring candidates have to be nominated first.”
According to the template, a candidate is eligible to contest for any position from ward up to national levels if they have served in the party for at least five years while branches have a minimum of two years.
The MDC has been holding branch and district congresses that have, however, been marred by violence and allegations of vote-rigging, among other malpractices.
Victimised in full view of the police, Tambudzani Mohadi
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has not been censured for allegedly threatening to his kill his ex-wife and damaging her property because no police report has been made a week after the shocking incident, it has been revealed.
Mohadi allegedly stormed Senator Tambudzani Mohadi’s Beitbridge home where he hacked three doors using an axe before towing away his former wife’s three cars.
At least 25 police officers witnessed the incident, but refused to take a report from the under- siege senator.
The Beitbridge senator argued she would only sign, as both witness and victim, a statement by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers who were present during the violent attack on her person and property on Saturday last week.
She said what police were requesting her to do was like a policeman who sees someone being killed and waits for a report from the victim.
“They were the witnesses, they have an eyewitness account. They must take action based on that. A crime was committed in their presence,” she said in an interview.
Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi referred all queries about the Mohadi case to the Information ministry.
Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni said she would not comment on the matter, which she said was private.
“I was out of the country when this happened, but it is a private family thing. It also involves the VP,” she said.
“I have no comment.”
Meanwhile, on Friday the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) demanded that Mohadi be held accountable.
“We are outraged by the reports of violence perpetrated by the VP against Tambudzani Mohadi,” the coalition said.
“It has also been reported that such shocking acts were committed in the presence of members of the ZRP.
“We believe that these are very serious allegations, which require investigations and due process of the law.”
WCoZ said the VP showed lack of respect for both the supreme law of the land and women.
“The battle against violence perpetrated on women and girls can never be won when the perpetrators are men in whom the people have vested the authority and trust to lead the nation,” the statement added.
“The VP of a nation should always be above reproach when it comes to violence and women’s rights issues.
“The VP, being a servant of the people, therefore must be reminded that the very foundation of our democracy and freedom is that this case should be treated as exemplary to all those who abuse their power to inflict pain and suffering upon women.”
The women also urged the police to act speedily and investigate the case.
“In addition, we call upon the judiciary to treat all cases of violence against women and girls as high priority and ensure that justice is served at all times,” read the statement.
“The failure by the ZRP to promptly address the issue raises concern over the failure by critical institutions to adequately provide redress to survivors of violence and thus there should never demonstrate laxity in responding to such cases.”
Meanwhile, former Harare West legislator Jessie Majome said it was wrong for people to always expect only women’s groups and activists to protest when women are abused.
“Why should the women only make noise when it is clear no one is listening or making an effort to act?” she said.
Majome described Mohadi’s case as a litmus test for the police and the judiciary.
“We were let down by the police, where is accountability in all this? Impunity at the highest level,” she said.
Former Zanu-PF Goromonzi West legislator Beatrice Nyamupinga called for Mohadi’s arrest.
“For a whole number two in the country to be so disrespectful to women is grossly unacceptable,” she said.
“If he respects himself, he must resign. How do we end gender-based violence when those who are supposed to champion the end to gender-based violence are actually on the forefront of being perpetrators?
“This is a clear case of abuse of power, and domestic violence and as such, he must be arrested.”
Mohadi divorced his wife early this year and the two are embroiled in a dispute over property.
By Wilbert Mukori| “They say you can only know the true state of a car when you lift its bonnet and look inside. And so it was back in September, when I was appointed Minister of Finance, and got to take a look at the true state of our nation’s finances,” wrote Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube.
It is not everyone who claims to be a car mechanic who knows what they are doing. It is not all who see who perceive and it is not all who hear who understand.
Yes Minister Ncube, you opened the bonnet, looked inside but sadly came up with the wrong diagnosis and thus wrong cure.
“The budget deficit was huge, and growing at a rate of hundreds of millions of US Dollars per month, causing spiralling domestic debt and inflation with negative spillovers to the rest of the economy,” continued Minister Ncube.
“If we were to have any chance to resurrect the Zimbabwean economy and build a better life for the people of this country, we would have to take tough decisions, and fast. What was required was to cut unnecessary spending, while at the same time seeking new revenue sources.
“One of the key elements of our strategy to get our finances back on track was the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), popularly referred to as the 2 percent Tax, which we introduced six months ago in October 2018, to replace the previous flat tax of 5 cents per transaction.”
What touch decisions did you make to cut unnecessary spending such as the endless and expensive overseas trips for health care, begging, etc. by the ruling elite? The minister was himself on the high power entourage accompany President Mnangagwa on the 10 day jaunt to Asia and Europe in January 2019 in a hired 787-8 Dreamliner Jet costing the nation US$25 million.
Indeed, Mnangagwa announced the150% fuel increase, tough on the impoverished majority, before jumping on the luxury jet. When the people protested the fuel increase, the regime ruthlessly crashed the protests.
The 2% tax Minister Ncube is boasting about above, was specifically targeting the 90% unemployed who were not paying income tax.
Most of these people are subsisting as vendors earning a misery US$30 per month or less in a country with the Poverty datum line set at US$ 650 per month. Minister Mthuli Ncube wanted his cut from their meagre earning, his pound of flesh, just like the William Shakespeare’s Shylock.
“Government policies in Zimbabwe are worsening the country’s economic crisis, causing immense hardship to those less well-off, and crushing the human rights of those who dare complain, a group of UN experts* has warned,” report The Zimbabwean, quoting the ReliefWeb.
“We are gravely concerned that, as the situation in Zimbabwe deteriorates, the Government is pushing people further into poverty,” the experts said.
“We are not aware of any Government measures to provide even minimal safety nets for those who are already living on an economic cliff-edge and who will suffer the most from these regressive policies.
“The impact of economic reforms on human rights must be assessed against international norms and standards, in line with the Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of economic reforms.”
Zanu PF rigged last year’s elections, corruption is rampant in Zimbabwe, there is brutal repression, there is criminal waste of resources by the filthy few rich ruling elite who are not democratically accountable to the filthy poor masses, etc.
These are economic and political realities behind Zimbabwe’s economic mess and anyone who thinks the country can ever achieve any meaningful economic recovery without addressing these problems first is naive.
Professor Mthuli Ncube has pointedly refused to accept the elections were rigged, that corruption is rampant, etc. He is naive but, worst of all, he is arrogant!
“In just six months, the 2 percent tax has helped us to cut the deficit, invest in vital infrastructure, and put aside a sizeable sum that is being used to mitigate the effects of Cyclone Idai,” boasted Minister Ncube.
“We knew that the actions we needed to take would not necessarily make us popular, but they were necessary nonetheless.
“I was comforted in this realisation by the wise words of Albert Einstein, who famously wrote that “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
Einstein’s ‘right’ was based on sound scientific observation, logical analysis and even then was subjected to constant and vigorous peer review at all time. Your economic policies defy basic economics and common sense, they are voodoo economic imposed on a reluctant nation by a corrupt and tyrannical regime.
After 38 years of these foolish Zanu PF voodoo economic policies the people know they will never work and that is why the policies and the dictatorial regime are unpopular.
What is right is not always popular, that is true; still that does not meaning everything that is not popular in right! Your 2% tax and all the other policies are not popular and they will never bring about the economic recover because they are wrong.
As for you, Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube, you are not Zimbabwe’s Albert Einstein genius of economics or anything!
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has not been censured for allegedly threatening to his kill his ex-wife and damaging her property because no police report has been made a week after the shocking incident, it has been revealed.
Mohadi allegedly stormed Senator Tambudzani Mohadi’s Beitbridge home where he hacked three doors using an axe before towing away his former wife’s three cars.
At least 25 police officers witnessed the incident, but refused to take a report from the under- siege senator.
The Beitbridge senator argued she would only sign, as both witness and victim, a statement by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers who were present during the violent attack on her person and property on Saturday last week.
She said what police were requesting her to do was like a policeman who sees someone being killed and waits for a report from the victim.
“They were the witnesses, they have an eyewitness account. They must take action based on that. A crime was committed in their presence,” she said in an interview.
Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi referred all queries about the Mohadi case to the Information ministry.
Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni said she would not comment on the matter, which she said was private.
“I was out of the country when this happened, but it is a private family thing. It also involves the VP,” she said.
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AFRO-FUSION singer Mbeu, real name Ashton Nyahora, has distanced himself from the “toxic” fights in the Mtukudzi family, which have seen him being accused of trying to appropriate the birthright of the late national hero’s children.
This follows Mbeu’s decision to lead the The Black Spirits, the late Dr Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi’s band, at the Cape Town Jazz Festival in South Africa last weekend, a role many believe should have been given to one or all of Dr Mtukudzi’s daughters.
There is massive talent in the Mtukudzi family. Tuku’s daughter Selmor, for instance, is believed by many to be his natural heiress while Samantha, another daughter, performed with her father as a backing vocalist for three years. However, Tuku’s widow, Daisy, last weekend entrusted Mbeu not just with the lead role in The Black Spirits, but also gave him the late superstar’s guitar.
This move angered many music followers particularly Tuku Music fans, who expected to see his popular and talented daughters leading the band and fulfilling their father’s shows.
Criticism, particularly on social media, was targeted at both Daisy, the Mtukudzi family matriarch, and Mbeu, for their role in seemingly trying to deny Selmor and Sandra inheritance of their father’s legacy. Samantha was at the Cape Town Jazz festival show but merely as a backing vocalist. In an interview with The Sunday Mail Society, Mbeu denied inserting himself into the Mtukudzi family feud and trying to steal anyone’s inheritance, saying people had just misunderstood his position. “I am my own man. I am Mbeu and I lead my own band, Mhodzi Tribe. I have no interest whatsoever of abandoning my solo career or my band to join anyone,” declared the “Mavanga” hit-singer.
“I grew up at Pakare Paye Arts Centre. I believe I am one of the centre’s products that have managed to stand on their own two feet. I know Mtukudzi’s music in and out, and have a good relationship with all the Mtukudzi family members. After Mdhara Tuku’s death, we did two shows with Selmor, here in Zimbabwe and in South Africa.
‘‘And when Walter (The Black Spirits manager) came asking me to assist at the Cape Town Jazz Festival show, I obliged. This means I have worked with both parties,” explained Mbeu. The young singer, who hails from Norton and was groomed at Pakare Paye Arts Centre, said he had no intention of picking sides.
“Selmor is my big sister. Daisy is my mother, she has cooked for me. I was simply helping. I love my band Mhodzi Tribe and intend to build a legacy that I will bequeath to my own children. The fights in the Mtukudzi family are their own. I’m not involved and I have no intention of doing so.”
On how he got hold of Tuku’s guitar, Mbeu said on his acoustic guitar he plays steel strings while Tuku’s has nylon strings, which is why he had to settle for Tuku’s guitar to ensure the sound came out right. “It wasn’t even my decision. That guitar is scary man.
The figure that thrilled millions of fans using that guitar is too big for me to even contemplate fitting into his shoes.
For me it was an honour and I enjoyed every minute
of it, but I’m sorry if it caused anguish to some.”
Even at the age of 70, Arshid Kazunga is a restless man.
His soul is tormented.
He constantly scratches his unkempt grey hair while aimlessly staring in space, as if he is somehow waiting for a solution to his woes to fall from the skies.
In 2015, he was sentenced to 20 years at Chikurubi Maximum Prison for a crime of passion that is unexpected for a man of his age – murdering his fourth wife.
But doing time is the least of his worries and reason for his sleepless nights.
“If I am lucky to walk out of this place alive, I will be 87-years-old,” he says as he uses his pale, old, shaky fingers to gesture for emphasis.
“However, I have accepted that I might die in here.
“What gives me sleepless nights is the blood on my hands.
“I am afraid of avenging spirits.
“The spirits might not affect me since I do not have many years left to live, but I have children. I do not want them to be punished for my sins.
“My wish is to settle this matter with my in-laws before I die.
“However, I am stuck in this place for many years, how will I do that?” Kazunga says.
As a sworn polygamist, his family had readily accepted his life choices.
In 1997, when he was 28-years-old, Kazunga married his first wife and sired five children.
Sixteen years later, he married his second wife and the couple also had five children.
A third wife was added to the ever-expanding family in 2000, but unfortunately, she died after two years.
It was, however, his marriage to a fourth wife, Juliet Kembo, in 2006 that turned his life topsy-turvy.
The fated union only lasted nine years.
Life-changing Twist
The Chikurubi inmate, who professes to be a hard worker that always provided for his expansive brood, forever rues that fateful day in 2015.
In fact, he is still locked in a time capsule.
The former Mount Darwin-based Kazunga reportedly dutifully visited his first wife in Guruve for a few days.
After making an unannounced return to his Mt Darwin home, which he shared with Juliet, he made a painful discovery that any man dreads – he walked in on his wife being intimate with an unidentified man on their matrimonial bed.
An altercation, which heatedly degenerated into a fist fight, ensued, but Kazunga was overpowered by his rival suitor, who subsequently made good his escape.
Kazunga – who had suffered a double whammy of being humiliated and thumped – succumbed to his bruised ego.
In an inexplicable moment of deranged rage, he then stabbed his wife twice on the neck, killing her instantly.
When he came to himself, Kazunga fled and sought refuge at his daughter and son-in-law’s house.
The latter alerted the police of the heinous crime, leading to Kazunga’s arrest.
“I loved Juliet, to tell you the truth,” he said during the interview.
“I remember I had paid ZW$1,4 trillion as a lobola, and although we never had children together, I loved her so much.
“The moment I saw her lying next to another man, I could not bear it, I got furious. She was mine.”
He reckons if he could turn back the hands of time, he would not harm his beloved Juliet.
“Although I loved her, it was not worth it,” he added.
“I should have just let her go with her lover. I am sure by now I would have forgotten about her and moved on with my life.
“I am now an old man, in prison, with no family and with a dead woman’s spirit hanging above my head for the rest of my life.
“My life should serve as lesson to all men out there. If you ever find your wife or partner with another man, let her go. Do not kill her. Do not try to teach her a lesson, just let her go.”
Final Wish
Kazunga’s final wish is to meet with his family, especially his in-laws.
“I rarely get visits from my family. The last time I got a visit was from my daughter in 2017,” he said softly.
“I am appealing to my family and in-laws to visit me so that we can settle the matter before I die. I have a few beasts that I can give them as compensation.
“I think this is one thing that will ease my mind and help me find rest even in death.”
With his hands folded behind his back, he lowly hangs his head and drags his feet back to his cell.
He looks up the huge thick walls that surround him, probably praying for his loved one beyond to come and help lift the burden he carries.
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), expected to be reconstituted under a new law currently in the works, will be required to delegate some of its regulatory powers to an independent body of media practitioners in a development that is set to entrench self-regulation within the profession.
The Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill is set to scrap Government regulation of the industry while introducing co-regulation of the media between the ZMC and an independent professional body constituted by the industry.
The ZMC Bill is one of the three laws set to replace the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa), scheduled for repeal soon.
DIVISIONS continued to rock the family of the late national hero, Dr Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, as several family members, including daughters Selmor and Sandra, snubbed the “sham” memorial held in Madziva, Mashonaland Central, yesterday.
There was tension in the run up to the memorial, with a number of family members saying they had been kept in the dark insofar the programme of the ceremony was concerned.
Sandra and Selmor, Tuku’s daughters with first wife Melody, were conspicuous by their absence as well as other important figures like aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces.
Sekuru Patrick, who was supposed to represent Tuku’s father since he is the last surviving member, was also a no-show, as was a representative of Tuku’s mother, who was only identified as Gogo Veli.
Tuku’s nephew, Kabila, as well as his out-of-wedlock son, Selby — who were spotted by this publication’s reporters in Harare on Friday night — also stayed away.
Sources close to the family said most family members decided not to pitch up in protest over the way Daisy, Tuku’s widow, had handled the memorial.
“The girls could have made it in the morning, but they were stopped by other family members. The issue is that Daisy did not follow protocol in informing the relevant people about the memorial.
“She and her children carried the deceased (Tuku)’s items on their own without informing the family. They slaughtered a cow on Wednesday without the other family members’ involvement. She wanted them to be passengers at their son’s, father’s or brother’s funeral. They refused,” said our source.
After the memorial, the family was set to gather and distribute Dr Mtukudzi’s personal belongings (kugova nhumbi), as is the cultural norm, but that process hung by a thread last night, with indications that it could not proceed without all the family representatives as dictated by tradition. A close family member, who refused to be named, warned that tempers could flare if Daisy “arrogantly” continued doing things her way.
“Things cannot continue like this. We need to sit and map a way forward. As we speak, this ceremony is a non-event, it’s a sham,” said the family member.
A nephew to Dr Mtukudzi, Victor Rukainga, who was a close friend as well as a confidante of the late national hero, said his uncle would never rest in peace as long as the family remained divided.
“If you were listening closely, the pastor touched on this issue. He quoted Tuku’s song in which he sang ‘kana ndefa deedzai vana vangu’,’ said Rukainga.
“We do not know why they did not come, the children as well as some of Tuku’s sisters and relatives. But this is not the way to handle things. If there are problems in the family, they should have a round-table and address the issues,” he added.
The event, which kicked off at 10.25am with the raising of the national flag at Dr Mtukudzi’s grave by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in honour of the late national hero, ended just after 1pm.
In her speech at the ceremony, Daisy equated herself to an elephant, saying naysayers were like barking puppies that cannot do anything to her.
In apparent reference to the divisions, she said what was happening had always been the case when her husband was alive and so nothing had changed.
“I will keep quiet. I will not tarnish my husband’s image after he was honoured by the country as a national hero and mourned by the whole world,” she said.
Sculptor Dominic Benhura and singer Bob Nyabinde spoke glowingly about Dr Mtukudzi and offered words of comfort to Daisy and the family. A representative from the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation also comforted the family and asked them to continue with the work Dr Mtukudzi started, especially at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton.
Throughout the event, Daisy and her daughter Samantha remained the closest relatives of Dr Mtukudzi in attendance.
Unlike at the funeral, where thousands thronged the National Sports Stadium, Tuku’s Norton home and his rural homestead in Madziva, attendance at the memorial was largely underwhelming.
A handful of cars were parked outside, while a marquee set up for hundreds had many empty chairs, with the majority of people at the event being members of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe, the late Tuku’s church.
DYNAMOS coach Lloyd Chigowe is set to turn to captain Edward Sadomba as the obvious replacement for in-form striker Ngandu Mangala, whose availability is in serious doubt after he picked up a knock against Mushowani last week.
The Glamour Boys host coalminers Hwange in another tricky encounter against a team coming from Division One at Rufaro this afternoon.
Mangala saved an unconvincing DeMbare the opening day blushes last week with two well taken goals in the second half before limping off with an ankle injury later on.
The Glamour Boys may have celebrated too soon midweek announcing that the striker from the Democratic Republic of Congo was back to full fitness before the player aggravated the injury during Thursday training.
Chigowe was praying for positive news from the medical team on Friday, but the club has remained mum on Mangala’s availability for the Hwange tie.
But the veteran coach celebrated the return of Sadomba to full fitness while expressing confidence that there were capable replacements in the squad.
“The team captain, Edward Sadomba, is back to lead his troops. His availability is a morale booster, he’s the leader of the pack.
“The question mark still hangs over Mangala, but the medical team is going to advise us tomorrow otherwise we have a squad where everybody is prepared to do duty.
“We will take it on from what the medical team says, but definitely we will field a side that will fight for three points,” Chigowe said after Thursday training.
However, the coach’s mobile phone went unanswered the entire day yesterday while the club’s communication officer Tinashe Farawo had no news on Mangala’s availability by the time of going to the press.
Without Mangala, Chigowe has a decision to make on who partners Sadomba upfront between Tawanda Macheke, who supported Mangala well last week, and highly-rated Cameroonian Ngahan Claude Junior.
Junior and compatriot Herve Vincent Mbega missed the opening match of the season last week as their papers were not in order.
The two could make their debuts for Dynamos this afternoon while Sadomba makes an emotional return to the club that gave him fame close to 10 years ago.
Mbega is sure to start in midfield to replace versatile Young Warriors defender Tawanda Chisi, who impressed in the middle of the park last week.
The Dynamos coach is wary of the danger posed by Hwange, boasting of lots of premier league experience, who beat struggling Yadah FC at the colliery last week.
“Hwange are not newcomers to the league. Probably what might have changed is that they could have introduced one or two new players. But Hwange remains Hwange, traditional powerhouses in Zimbabwean football and we will treat them as such. If we put on a good shift and fight, we are good to collect the three points,” he said.
Dynamos will be looking for a positive start to the season and be in a position to compete for the league title after fighting relegation last season.
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ZVISHAVANE-based sungura musician Gift “Case” Amuli (pictured above) says he is on the mend from the injuries he suffered after his vehicle was involved in an accident in Gweru early this year.
The Wamatuka singer cheated death after his car overturned, and last week he told Standard Style that he was on the road to recovery although he still uses mobility aids.
He refuted claims circulaiting on social media that he had hit hard times and was failing to foot hospital bills.
“My car was severely damaged and it’s now a write-off,” Amuli said.
“My right arm was fractured and it is in a plaster cast, but I am recovering.”
Amuli was born in Zhombe in 1974 and began his music career in Zvishavane, where he was a member of the Shabanie-Mashava Mines sponsored outfit Zvishavane Sounds, which was led by the late Joseph Mutero. The group is famed for the hit Mutongi Gava.
Zvishavane Sounds members were employed on full-time basis by the mining company’s social welfare department. However, in 2002, Amuli went solo and released a five-track album titled Wedangwe, which was poorly recieved.
After a lengthy sabbatical, he released the album By Ginya, which carried the hit Amai Vevana, but his turning point was in 2013 when he dropped the album Munozvigona Sei, which had the chart-busting Wamatuka.
His other albums are Machena, Yave Munesu, Bhora Mberi and Masvingo.
The musician said the accident was a drawback to his career and bemoaned piracy.
“l promise to make a comeback soon because l have realised that l am starving my fans in terms of new music. I won’t disclose the exact dates, but this year l will do something for my fans,” he said.
“As artistes, we have been negatively affected by piracy to such an extent that we are disheartened to continue releasing music. I hope the government will put in place policies and laws to cushion musicians so that they get proceeds from selling their music.”
Jane Mlambo| Opposition MDC Deputy President has trashed media reports that he brokered a deal with his party leader Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party congress set for May this year.
Mudzuri said the story could have emanated from some mischiveouos tale bearer who wanted to manipulate public discourse.
Commenting in The Standard, Mudzuri said;
“The story could have only originated from a very mischievous tale bearer, seeking to engineer and manipulate public discourse to fit in a personal scheme.”
Jane Mlambo| Controversial National Patriotic Front Spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire has charged that whenever President Emmerson Mnangagwa opens his mouth, he says the wrong things.
This comes after Mnangagwa said the death of people due to cyclone idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge was a blessing in disguise.
Mawarire blasted Mnangagwa saying; “Whenever @edmnangagwa opens his mouth, stuff meant for the sewer end oozes out.”
Zimbabweans have reacted angrily to Mnangagwa’s remarks with Nkosana Moyo’s APA saying the President was out of his depth and completely tactless.
“You are out of your depth, completely tactless, soulless and a downright embarrassment. The scary thing is you are oblivious to your failings like a giddy school boy.”
Barely a week after her dismissal from Dr Thokozani Khupe’s MDC, Linda Masarira has jumped to sing praises for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa congratulating her for scooping the 2019 African Phenomenal Women of the Year Award.
Posting on Twitter, Masarira said;
“Chakanaka chakanaka mukaka haurungwe. Congratulations to Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa for scooping the 2019 African Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her philanthropic work in Zimbabwe,” said Masarira.
Chakanaka chakanaka mukaka haurungwe. Congratulations to Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa for scooping the 2019 African Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her philanthropic work in Zimbabwe.#philanthropy#Zimbabwepic.twitter.com/EocRaiaHEf
— Linda Tsungirirai Masarira (@lilomatic) April 6, 2019
Jane Mlambo| Opposition MDC Secretary General has once again fired salvo against Deputy President Professor Welshman Ncube and Deputy Chairperson Tendai Biti whom he accused of trying to drive a wedge between him and party leader Nelson Chamisa.
Posting on Twitter this morning, Mwonzora accused Ncube and Biti of splitting from the party, taking money away while the late party leader Morgan Tsvangirai all sorts of names before retracing their steps back into the party.
“they split from the party, took money away from the party & called the late Pres MT all sorts of names & now they’ve come back to the party. We accommodated them & what they are now trying to do is to drive a wedge between myself & Chamisa as a way of getting an accommodation”
Mwonzora who is gunning for the party presidency has since the announcement of congress dates caused a lot of debate as he seeks to push his way to get a nomination.
By Own Correspondent- A Bulawayo man, Lawrence Dube is on the run after burning his wife for planning to leave him.
Joan Zvaodzamoyo, 32, suffered serious facial burns when she was allegedly doused with paraffin and methylated spirit before being set alight by her husband when he discovered that she was planning to leave him.
Zvaodzamoyo from Mzilikazi suburb is admitted at Mpilo Central Hospital where she is receiving treatment.
The incident occurred at around midnight on Tuesday last week.
Narrating the tear-jerking incident in an interview with a local publication, the woman’s father, Fortune Mawanga, said the incident happened after her daughter’s husband Dube (41) found out that she was planning to move out after failing to cope with marital problems they were having, which he said were allegedly caused by the husband’s sister’s abusive behaviour towards his daughter. The two have three children together.
Zvaodzamoyo was burnt on her face in her sleep when her husband allegedly sprinkled paraffin and methylated spirit and then lit her. He went on to cover her with a blanket before running way. He is still at large.
“The couple has been living together for over 14 years although Dube never paid lobolato the family,” said Mawanga.
He said the couple’s relationship was rough sailing for the better part of the past few years and Zvaodzamoyo had decided to quit the marriage.
“What hurts the most is that her children are the ones who saw what happened and had to go through such a traumatic experience of seeing their mother being burnt by their father, having to go out and look for help in the middle of the night while Dube’s sister was there in the house sleeping, acting as if she did not hear the screams,” said Zvaodzamoyo’s sister, Bekezela Kawiro.
After allegedly burning her, the husband is said to have stolen her money and left. The husband was reportedly not taking care of the children and it had become the woman’s duty to pay school fees for them. The case was reported to the police.-StateMedia
By Own Correspondent- Industry and Commerce minister has said Government felt betrayed by the business community which is in the habit of increasing prices to satisfy profiteering at the expense of the consumers in a development which exaggerated the country’s economic crisis.
Minister Nqobizitha Managaliso Ndlovu said government will not hesistate to take punitive measures against such businesses who inflate price increases basing on the ever changing black market rates of the RTGs currency against the United States dollar.
Speaking to a local publication, Ndlovu said the businesses kept effecting price increases despite government efforts to create a conducive operating environment.
Ndlovu’s statement comes after the country has over the last two weeks witnessed an upsurge of price hikes especially basic commodities.
Minister Ndlovu said the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has shied away from introducing price controls as part of its efforts of minimising interference on the operations of the private sector.
“We have tried our best in avoiding interfering in the pricing system but we are realising that they (businesses) are not helping Government’s efforts in trying to revive this economy.
“All we do is to create an environment for them (to operate) but I believe the same is not passed onto the consumer because the consumer is the hardest hit. Government has done a lot, if I can tell you the number of subsidies that we are giving the business community and the expectation being that they will keep their prices within reasonable limits, but what’s happening (price hikes) doesn’t make sense.
“Prices should not really be a reflection of the exchange rate. This is not a foreign exchange market we are talking about.
“We are talking about our economy and we are busy subjecting our people to abuse on this basis . . . we have this mentality of wanting to import everything so we want to price our products on what we believe will be the rate when one is importing,” he said.
“A retailer by just going to buy from a wholesaler and stocking is making three times more profit than somebody who is actually paying rent in a factory and manufacturing, this is the ill-discipline that has crippled into our private sector and I challenged them when we met on Monday (last week) that they need to police themselves because when Government then comes in it might be viewed negatively but we would certainly stand with the people,” he said.
“I asked (business) people about why they were increasing prices, they told me about black market rates while people are selling 100 percent local products, so I don’t know if at all they are affected.”- StateMedia
By Own Correspondent- An explosive administrative disaster is looming for the upcoming 2023 elections as it emerges that a provision in the electoral law may not allow the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) enough time to redraw constituency boundaries in time for the polls.
The Constitution obligates Zec to draw up new electoral boundaries every 10 years, immediately after a national population census, which is due in 2022. But the three onerous obligations — financing the 2022 population census, the delimitation exercise and the 2023 harmonised elections — would also present a mountain-sized challenge for Treasury.
Zec is actively pushing for the amendment of Section 161 (1) of the Constitution to delink the delimitation exercise from the census. Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said it has since opened lines of communication with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the envisaged changes.
“You are aware that we conducted the last elections on the basis of the delimitation that was done between 2007 and 2008. There has been a lot of movement of people from one area to another and new settlements have developed since the last exercise. The Constitution says we should do delimitation immediately after the population census, which is due in 2022, with the elections following a year later.
“Now, do we have the time to have the census report in order to do the delimitation that will lead into the elections? Clearly, we do not have the time. Probably the legislators did not foresee that problem. We think there needs to be a revisit to that provision that links delimitation to the census so that there is a delink between the two.”
There are also fears that the financial outlay that is needed to bankroll the census, the delimitation exercise and the elections might be unsustainably burdensome for Treasury. It is believed that amending Section 161 (1) of the Constitution and parts of the Electoral Act in order to delink delimitation from the census will help repeal a provision that makes it mandatory for the elections management body to redraw constituency boundaries, particularly in cases where the delimitation is concluded six months before an election.
Zec has already prepared a concept note outlining the essential legislative changes required to avert the potentially disastrous administrative missteps. But the delimitation exercise — which Zec says is supposed to be conducted 18 months before the elections in order to have adequate time for public awareness campaigns and for political parties and candidates to chart campaign strategies that are in sync with the new boundaries — is likely to be contentious in the 2023 election cycle.
The mushrooming of peri-urban settlements, most of which are overlapping administrative boundaries between urban and rural local authorities, will likely make it difficult for the elections management body to properly map the areas. Most streets in these settlements are nameless, which presents additional difficulties for the planning process. Zec fears that it might end up being bogged down by the elaborate process of mapping the areas, a process which ordinarily should be conducted by local authorities.
Most challenges, he said, are expected from settlements lying on administrative district boundaries such as Goromonzi, Mount Pleasant Heights, Umguza and Caledonia.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi told our Harare Bureau that Government was amenable to the proposed changes.
“One of the things we need to do when we are amending the Constitution is to delink delimitation of constituencies from the census. The Constitution speaks about delimitation being done immediately after a census; now if you look at our situation, our census is done a year before elections and delimitation exercise needs more than a year to make it meaningful. This means it cannot be done a year before an election,” he said.
However, even if the delimitation exercise – which largely depends on the number of registered voters in an administrative jurisdiction – is delinked to the census, it will mean that jurisdictions with low voter registration statistics will witness a reduction or merging of existing constituencies.
A recent research conducted by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), a non-governmental organisation, established that using the legally established threshold for delimitation, National Assembly constituencies should have an average 27 000 voters.
By implication, this would mean a “decrease in constituencies” in areas such as Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South and Masvingo. Conversely, it would also mean more constituencies in Harare, Manicaland, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central, according to ZESN. The number of constituencies in Mashonaland East province and Midlands will, however, remain unchanged.
In essence, the number of constituencies in Bulawayo, which has 257 924 registered voters, would be revised from 12 to 10, while in Harare, constituencies would rise from 29 to 33. Mashonaland Central, which boasts of 531 310 voters, will have 20 constituencies, up from 18, while two more constituencies would be added to Mash West constituencies to make them 24.-StateMedia
By Own Correspondent| Former Vice President Joice Mujuru who is leading a splinter faction of the National Patriotic Front has trashed reports that she will soon be rejoining Zanu Pf.
Mujuru emphasised that she would never join her former party revealing her allegiance to “her son and the President” whom citizens have said is opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa.
She said it was backward joining Zanu Pf adding that she was not that desperate.
“I will NEVER rejoin ZanuPf. Im not desperate. There’s my son to support! He’s the president. The only way forward is forward not backwards.”
By Own Correspondent- A Bulawayo woman, Joan Zvaodzamoyo from Mzilikazi suffered serious facial burns after her husband allegedly doused her with paraffin and methylated spirit and set her alight for planning to leave him.
The woman, is currently admitted at Mpilo Central Hospital where she is receiving treatment.
The incident occurred at around midnight on Tuesday last week.
Narrating the tear-jerking incident in an interview with Sunday News, the woman’s father, Fortune Mawanga, said the incident happened after her daughter’s husband Lawrence Dube (41) found out that she was planning to move out after failing to cope with marital problems they were having, which he said were allegedly caused by the husband’s sister’s abusive behaviour towards his daughter. The two have three children together.
Zvaodzamoyo was burnt on her face in her sleep when her husband allegedly sprinkled paraffin and methylated spirit and then lit her. He went on to cover her with a blanket before running way. He is still at large.
“The couple has been living together for over 14 years although Dube never paid lobola to the family,” said Mawanga.
He said the couple’s relationship was rough sailing for the better part of the past few years and his daughter had decided to quit the marriage.
“What hurts the most is that her children are the ones who saw what happened and had to go through such a traumatic experience of seeing their mother being burnt by their father, having to go out and look for help in the middle of the night while Dube’s sister was there in the house sleeping, acting as if she did not hear the screams,” said Zvaodzamoyo’s sister, Bekezela Kawiro.
After allegedly burning her, the husband is said to have stolen her money and left. The husband was reportedly not taking care of the children and it had become the woman’s duty to pay school fees for them. The case was reported to the police.-StateMedia
By Own Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed the relationship between Zimbabwe and Rwanda adding that he was pleased that the ruling Zanu-PF and its Rwandese counterparts were fostering re-engagement and engagement efforts through a number of exchange programmes with the world.
Mnangagwa said this at his Sherwood farm in Kwekwe during a familiarisation tour by Rwandan Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ambassor James Musoni.
He said:
“It is true that we have a re-engagement and engagement policy as a Government, but I am pleasantly surprised that the Zanu-PF business wing is here as represented by Minister (Sithembiso) Nyoni as well as the Rwandese ruling party as represented by the ambassador.
I am briefed that they have clinched several deals between them in both trade as well as in corporate and marketing spheres. The two parties have a business agreement in trade.
They are also cooperating in manufacturing as well as providing facilities in Kigali where products from Zimbabwe are marketed and they are also doing likewise in Zimbabwe.”-StateMedia
Jane Mlambo| Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has reminded government of the need to resolve the gukurahundi issue which he said would help in establishing a genuine national healing process.
Commiserating with Rwanda which is commemorating the 1994 genocide which saw the slaughter of over 800 000 tutsi, Chamisa said this is a stark reminder of Zimbabwe’s unresolved gukurahundi question which is still a cause for conflict in the country.
“Our hearts & minds are with the great people of Rwanda who commemorate the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 genocide which saw the slaughter of over 800 000 minority Tutsis.This reminds us all in Zimbabwe to resolve the Gukurahundi massacres for true national healing,” said Chamisa.
By Own Correspondent- MDC-Alliance legislator for Mpopoma-Pelandaba Charles Moyo has been hauled to court facing charges of assault.
Moyo is accused of assaulting the party’s deputy chairperson of the gender representation structure, Tsitsi Mutereki.
Moyo initially appeared in court on Saturday and was remanded out of court on his own cognisance to 15 April.
It is the State’s case that on 3 April, Moyo, during a party meeting held at the party headquarters in Bulawayo, assaulted Mutereki.
The court heard that Moyo assaulted Miss Mutereki for defying an order for the youth wing not to interfere with an election process for Ward 10, Entumbane–Emakhandeni.
It was further stated that Moyo together with councilor Mlandu Ncube of Ward 1 hijacked the election process, leading to the youth revolting against the decision for the pair to influence or impose a candidate they did not want.
It was during the meeting that Mutereki, after realising the intension of the pair that she left the boardroom, where the election process was being held. As she made her way to the exit she was restricted from leaving by Hon Moyo, resulting in a scuffle.
It was during the scuffle that Moyo is alleged to have pushed Mutereki and then slapped her on the face.
Soon after the assault Mutereki is said to have lodged a complaint with the police, leading to Moyo’s arrest.-StateMedia
By Own Correspondent- Industry and Commerce minister has revealed that Government felt betrayed by the business community which is in the habit of increasing prices to satisfy profiteering at the expense of the consumers.
Minister Nqobizitha Managaliso Ndlovu said government will not hesistate to take punitive measures against such businesses.
Speaking to a local publication, Ndlovu said the businesses kept effecting price increases despite government efforts to create a conducive operating environment.
This statement comes after the country has over the last two weeks witnessed an upsurge of price hikes especially basic commodities.
Minister Ndlovu said the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has shied away from introducing price controls as part of its efforts of minimising interference on the operations of the private sector.
“We have tried our best in avoiding interfering in the pricing system but we are realising that they (businesses) are not helping Government’s efforts in trying to revive this economy.
“All we do is to create an environment for them (to operate) but I believe the same is not passed onto the consumer because the consumer is the hardest hit. Government has done a lot, if I can tell you the number of subsidies that we are giving the business community and the expectation being that they will keep their prices within reasonable limits, but what’s happening (price hikes) doesn’t make sense.
“Prices should not really be a reflection of the exchange rate. This is not a foreign exchange market we are talking about.
“We are talking about our economy and we are busy subjecting our people to abuse on this basis . . . we have this mentality of wanting to import everything so we want to price our products on what we believe will be the rate when one is importing,” he said.
“A retailer by just going to buy from a wholesaler and stocking is making three times more profit than somebody who is actually paying rent in a factory and manufacturing, this is the ill-discipline that has crippled into our private sector and I challenged them when we met on Monday (last week) that they need to police themselves because when Government then comes in it might be viewed negatively but we would certainly stand with the people,” he said.
“I asked (business) people about why they were increasing prices, they told me about black market rates while people are selling 100 percent local products, so I don’t know if at all they are affected.”- StateMedia
MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: ARREST OF MEMBER FOR SUSPECTED THEFT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 113 OF THE CRIMNAL (CODIFICATION AND REFORM) ACT CHAPTER 9:23 OF GOODS DONATED FOR CHIMANIMANI AND CHIPINGWE VICTIMS OF CYCLONE IDAI AT RUSAPE TOLLGATE, RUSAPE ON 03/04/19 AT AROUND 1100 HOURS
Complainant: The State
Accused: Edward Dhumukwa aged 32 years Bus: Chikurubi Urban Support Unit, Harare Force No: 087099X
Circumstances
On the 3rd day of April 2019 Inter-Africa bus registration number AEU 4868 was on its way from Chipinge to Harare and being driven by Mark Huruva NR 18-072599 D 18 aged 45 years of house number 2877 Southley Park, Harare and the conductor being Ityamari Watadza NR 08-759599 C 26 aged 37 years of Hopely Park, Harare.
On approaching Jopa Bus stop, Chipinge along Chipinge Mutare road the accused flagged down the bus to stop. After the bus had stopped the accused person then offloaded from a white Kombi registration numbers unknown; 07 white sacks, 01 Red bag and 01 Black large bag containing various goods and 08 Waverley blankets which he loaded into the bus intending to go to Harare.
Police from Rusape acting on tip-off stopped the bus at Rusape Tollgate and commandeered it back to ZRP Rusape where a search was conducted leading to the recovery of 08 Waverley blankets, 7 white sacks, 01 Red bag and 01 Black large bag containing the following property;-
20x400g Boom paste, 10x400g Ideal spaghetti, 5kg Meso Kapenta, 4x2kg Maq washing powder, 20x500g Sugar beans, 20x2kg White sugar (Goldstar), 1x3kg Wave washing powder, 1x2kg Surf washing powder, 4x2kg Surf washing powder, 4x2kg 2 in 1 Sunlight washing powder, 6x6x400g packs of candles, 10x500g Mega Rice, 6x2kg Mariana Rice, 1x2kg Excella Rice, 2x2kg Red Seal Rice, 1x2kg Probrand Rice, 1x2kg Ideal Rice, 2x12x375ml Dovi (Mama), 4x1kg Iodised Red Seal salt, 1x1kg Probrand salt, 1x1kg Mega iodised salt, 1x1kg Royal salt, 10 Double Blade shaving machine, Smooth Air clinic set, 2x12x2l Zimgold cooking oil, 10x2kg Probrand Rice, 12 Meiban tissues, 1 Khakhi short, 4 White drying towels, 52 Assorted pairs of ladies shoes and eight Warverly blankets.
7 Jackets, 26 pairs assorted female shoes, 16x200g tablets FA bathing soap, 3 dark brown shoe polish, 2 jerseys, 12 T-shirts (mixed), 1 pair of Shorts, 2 Ladies jacket, 1 Checked blouse, 1grey striped Tie, 1 Black cap, 1x250ml Vaseline Blue Seal, 5x100ml Vaseline bottles, 01 Shoe brush, 1x50ml Colgate, 1x375ml Dovi
Constable Dhumukwa is currently deployed at Silver Stream Cyclone IDAI base, Chimanimani on Relief and Aid duties. He was supposed to be at Silver Stream on duty according to his command at ZRP Support Unit Changadzi.
Upon being interviewed the accused insisted that he bought the goods from people he can no longer identify in Chimanimani.
The accused person who is still assisting with investigations is being held at ZRP Rusape Central. ZRP Rusape Central RRB 3856126.
Any further developments will be communicated in due course.
The MDC Cyclone Task Force, this week made a donation of food, blankets and clothing to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani East areas of Copper and Dzingire.
By Own Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is battling to prevent a potentially explosive administrative disaster during the 2023 elections as it emerges that a provision in the electoral law may not allow the elections management body enough time to redraw constituency boundaries in time for the polls.
The Constitution obligates Zec to draw up new electoral boundaries every 10 years, immediately after a national population census, which is due in 2022. But the three onerous obligations — financing the 2022 population census, the delimitation exercise and the 2023 harmonised elections — would also present a mountain-sized challenge for Treasury.
Zec is actively pushing for the amendment of Section 161 (1) of the Constitution to delink the delimitation exercise from the census.
Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said it has since opened lines of communication with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the envisaged changes.
He said:
“You are aware that we conducted the last elections on the basis of the delimitation that was done between 2007 and 2008. There has been a lot of movement of people from one area to another and new settlements have developed since the last exercise. The Constitution says we should do delimitation immediately after the population census, which is due in 2022, with the elections following a year later.
“Now, do we have the time to have the census report in order to do the delimitation that will lead into the elections? Clearly, we do not have the time. Probably the legislators did not foresee that problem. We think there needs to be a revisit to that provision that links delimitation to the census so that there is a delink between the two.”
There are also fears that the financial outlay that is needed to bankroll the census, the delimitation exercise and the elections might be unsustainably burdensome for Treasury. It is believed that amending Section 161 (1) of the Constitution and parts of the Electoral Act in order to delink delimitation from the census will help repeal a provision that makes it mandatory for the elections management body to redraw constituency boundaries, particularly in cases where the delimitation is concluded six months before an election.
Zec has already prepared a concept note outlining the essential legislative changes required to avert the potentially disastrous administrative missteps. But the delimitation exercise — which Zec says is supposed to be conducted 18 months before the elections in order to have adequate time for public awareness campaigns and for political parties and candidates to chart campaign strategies that are in sync with the new boundaries — is likely to be contentious in the 2023 election cycle.
The mushrooming of peri-urban settlements, most of which are overlapping administrative boundaries between urban and rural local authorities, will likely make it difficult for the elections management body to properly map the areas. Most streets in these settlements are nameless, which presents additional difficulties for the planning process. Zec fears that it might end up being bogged down by the elaborate process of mapping the areas, a process which ordinarily should be conducted by local authorities.
Most challenges, he said, are expected from settlements lying on administrative district boundaries such as Goromonzi, Mount Pleasant Heights, Umguza and Caledonia.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi told the state media that Government was amenable to the proposed changes.
“One of the things we need to do when we are amending the Constitution is to delink delimitation of constituencies from the census. The Constitution speaks about delimitation being done immediately after a census; now if you look at our situation, our census is done a year before elections and delimitation exercise needs more than a year to make it meaningful. This means it cannot be done a year before an election,” he said.
However, even if the delimitation exercise – which largely depends on the number of registered voters in an administrative jurisdiction – is delinked to the census, it will mean that jurisdictions with low voter registration statistics will witness a reduction or merging of existing constituencies.
A recent research conducted by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), a non-governmental organisation, established that using the legally established threshold for delimitation, National Assembly constituencies should have an average 27 000 voters.
By implication, this would mean a “decrease in constituencies” in areas such as Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South and Masvingo. Conversely, it would also mean more constituencies in Harare, Manicaland, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central, according to ZESN. The number of constituencies in Mashonaland East province and Midlands will, however, remain unchanged.
In essence, the number of constituencies in Bulawayo, which has 257 924 registered voters, would be revised from 12 to 10, while in Harare, constituencies would rise from 29 to 33. Mashonaland Central, which boasts of 531 310 voters, will have 20 constituencies, up from 18, while two more constituencies would be added to Mash West constituencies to make them 24.-StateMedia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and family are also believed to be running mining activities in the area.
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands — President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home province — as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity.
Last month, ZimEye carried out an investigative which revealed that the Kwekwe gang, AlShabbab has taken over the white owned gold mine, Gaika. “As long as I live, these whites will never be able to take over this mine!,” said Mnangagwa frontman Vongaishe Mupeperi in the below short video.
@edmnangagwa 's Kwekwe gang takes over white owned gold mine, Gaika. "as long as I live, these whites will never be able to take over this mine!," says frontman Vongaishe Mupeperi pic.twitter.com/k6pi1b5eDC
This time, a four-month long investigation carried out by The Standard, in collaboration with Information for Development Trust (IDT), has revealed that the police have largely failed to stop or control the violence.
The police openly admitted their helplessness — and fear too — as they implicitly blamed ruling Zanu PF politicians who have become the godfathers of most of the militias.
“I am not at liberty to comment on those issues (gang violence) due to their political nature,” said Midlands police spokesperson. Inspector Joel Goko.
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) that operates from the Midlands mining town of Kwekwe, which also happens to be Mnangagwa’s hometown, fears that the violence may be hard to manage.
“As a country, we are nursing a problem that will be very difficult to contain. Already we have so many victims, including deaths due to machete attacks,” said Obert Chinhamo, the ACT-SA director.
The armed violence has spun out of Kwekwe to neighbouring rural and urban centres such as Silobela, Kadoma and as far as Gwanda, according to Chinhamo.
The church is alarmed too, with the Interfaith Council for Justice and Peace Trust (ICJPT) that also operates from Kwekwe last February releasing a statement in which it said it was “gravely concerned that…Kwekwe and surrounding areas are no longer safe”.
The several armed terror gangs that operate in urban and rural areas are well-known to the authorities, said ICJPT. According to ACT-SA’s Chinhamo, they “operate from mines either owned or have been forcefully taken over by politically connected persons”.
Kwekwe, for more than a decade, has been the cauldron of armed violence and houses the politically connected barons who have entrenched interests in the illegal mining of gold and, of late, chrome.
The sprawling suburb of Mbizo in the Midlands city is home to arguably the most notorious gang—Al Shabaab — whose base is at Black Wadada and Gaika Mine is their main territory.
A rival group, Anaconda, is headquartered in Amaveni, one of the biggest and oldest suburbs in Kwekwe.
Feeder gangs are striking almost daily in surrounding but largely rural vicinities where they maim, rob and kill for gold ore and concentrate as well as territory.
These groups, once in a while, team up with their urban counterparts against rivals.
For years and as late as March 2019, there have been waves of violence in the Dhakeni area of Zhombe East, which borders with Kwekwe where several groups operate.
They include the Mazero from village head Gideon’s area and the Zviuranda from Uranda and Mashanda rural areas.
Sithekutheku, a group dominated by the Fengu sub-ethnic community, conducts regular raids in the Mathe community while in Chiundura, also close to Kwekwe, is the Maketo gang that periodically bands up with Al Shabaab.
In addition to machetes, the gangs also use homemade spears, bows and arrows, improvised swords, axes and knobkerries.
Quite often, the violence breaks out as rural-based groups fight to settle family feuds and land disputes that have existed for decades.
This version of terror has resulted in the burning down of homes, killing of livestock and destruction of crops, often resulting in the displacement of hundreds of families, and children dropping out of school.
The much-feared Mashurugwi are originally from the small mining town of Shurugwi.
They are currently getting chrome and gold claims in the district allegedly with the help a senior Zanu PF politician.
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance lawmaker Settlement Chikwinya, the Member of Parliament for Mbizo where Al Shabaab is based, says he has lived with the militia violence for a long time.
“I have seen so many victims of machete violence in Kwekwe, including some who lost their lives,” Chikwinya told The Standard.
Chikwinya gave a historical background of the urban machete violence that he said began in Kwekwe around 2009.
“Initially the violence started as a gold war with youths from different camps fighting for the control of gold deposits, especially at Gaika Mine (in Kwekwe) which has rich ores. The fights did not have anything to do with politics at that time,” he said.
“The problem came when Zanu PF senior politicians wanted to control the same gold fields.
“They would then use these youths as foot soldiers to invade rich claims and take control.
“In turn, they provided immunity against arrest. This made the youths untouchable since even the police were under the control of the Zanu PF chiefs.
“The impunity escalated towards elections. Now victims range from fellow gold panners, night club revellers, sex workers, cross-border traders and political opponents.
“The thugs, if they run short of money, are now literally robbing people.
“The Zanu PF politicians now want to disown the thugs but it’s too late because the cancer has spread.”
Even artistes deemed to be “politically incorrect” are not being spared.
A machete-wielding gang led by a stocky man, who claimed they had been sent by top Zanu PF members in Kwekwe, stormed a Thomas Mapfumo musical show at Gweru Golf Club on December 7, 2018.
The US-based Mapfumo is an internationally acclaimed Chimurenga music icon who is well-known for lyrics that are critical of the ruling Zanu PF and government.
The militias forced open the main entrance into the venue and ordered the organisers to let people in for free yet kept accusing Mapfumo of being a rebel for his songs.
There was a heavy presence of riot police details, but they took no action against the gang despite complaints from the organisers.
A day before Christmas, the same gang violently disrupted a Winky D dancehall show in Kwekwe, again despite tight security that included 21 bouncers, 15 police officers with dogs and 10 soldiers.
Winky D, currently one of Zimbabwe’s chart toppers, had just released a song — Kasong Kejecha — that seems to urge revenge against alleged electoral theft.
The gig organisers alleged the gang searched every room at the venue before setting up an illegal roadblock along the Harare-Bulawayo highway so as to ambush them on their way back to the capital, but the band used a different route.
On January 5 2019, the same group invaded Kudzanayi Bus Terminus in Gweru and forced buses that pass through the city-controlled bus terminus to surrender money to its members.
Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe, condemned police inaction after the violence and the opposition MDC-Alliance lawmaker for Chiundura, Livingston Chimina was arrested for trying to restrain the gang.
ACT-SA last year produced a dossier detailing the violence perpetrated by the named militias in recent months and, in almost all the cases, the gangsters are linked to Zanu PF.
Militias, victims and residents who were interviewed said the guns that the militias often used to threaten their victims were being sourced from influential politicians. They also admitted that some of the perpetrators were falsely claiming to be getting them from their political godfathers so as to instil fear in others.
Gaika Mine in Kwekwe is an epicentre of the violence where influential artisanal miners use rival militias to fight each other for control of gold.
The police often conveniently classify murders that occur there as “sudden deaths”, making the weapons non-criminal cases.
On January 30 machete gangsters based at Gaika Mine tracked down a team of illegal gold miners that had made a fortune in rural Zhombe and met up with the latter at Empress, which is home to disused gold mines.
The Gaika gang demanded the gold from the other illegal miners and machete fights ensued, resulting in serious injuries and the death of one gangster.
Bloody violence also frequently erupts in the Empress area and recently, there were several deaths that occurred in the nearby Magandanzara area over gold claims.
One prominent name that keeps popping up as the armed gang violence spreads is that of Owen Ncube, the State Security minister, with most of the militias that spoke to The
Standard describing him as their godfather.
He is popularly known as Mudha, which is a shortcut for “Mudhara”, a street moniker for “Old Man” or “Elder”.
He is a long-time ally of Mnangagwa, who last year surprised many by elevating him from a provincial minister to his current position, inviting anger from the opposition MDC-Alliance, which described Ncube as a “thug”.
Mnangagwa has in the past been accused by his political opponents and civil society of being the mastermind of Al Shabaab, in addition to running an illegal gold mining cartel in Kwekwe, but he has repeatedly denied this.
Ncube dismissed the allegations against him as the work of his political enemies and gave a blanket denial of his alleged involvement.
“I don’t know anything about those machete wars. My enemies are bribing journalists to tarnish my image,” he said, and would not respond to specific questions.
Illegal gold miners said Ncube operated full-time from the Kwekwe Zanu PF offices — where the violence is reportedly planned — before his elevation, ensuring that the gangs were protected from arrest and prosecution.
The militias testified that they give the “chefs” royalties in the form of gold and foreign currency, in addition to acting as dogs of war, but also fight against each other away from their handlers.
Tapiwa Muto, the alleged Al Shabaab leader and a Zanu PF youth leader, once took care of Ncube’s property called Jessie Lodge that is located at the Mbizo 4 shopping centre, investigations revealed.
Al Shabaab has allegedly masterminded an illegal gold mining syndicate that operated in areas like Maluview, Sherwood and Gaika near Kwekwe.
The gang would reportedly raid other miners’ loot and share it with the “chefs” through the Al Shabaab leader.
While Muto could not be tracked down for a comment, some 2013 correspondence by a senior Zanu PF functionary, Retired Captain David Mutinyi Juro, and legal records outed his links with Ncube.
Juro wrote to the then Zanu PF national commissar, Webster Shamu, accusing Muto and Ncube of running the Al Shabaab terror outfit which he said undermined the party’s reputation.
Ncube was the party’s secretary for security in the Midlands province and, together with Muto and another party member, Moses Murada, demanded $30 000 in damages from Juro through their lawyer, Valentine Mutatu.
The parties, however, agreed on an out-of-court settlement.
The Kwekwe offices are now controlled by the Zanu PF Midlands spokesperson Cornelius Mupereri, who numerous sources accused of coordinating the militia terror after Ncube’s departure.
He, however, flatly denied any involvement in the machete wars. “There are people who are using my name to get away with crime and make a living out of it. We have been working with the police to ensure that we bring closure to the violence,” said Mupereri.
Vongaishe Mupereri, younger brother to Cornelius, represented Zanu PF in the 2018 parliamentary polls but lost to Chikwinya who he is alleged to have terrorised.
Investigations showed that he owns some mines in Kwekwe from where he allegedly hires thugs to punish political opponents.
But the younger Mupereri also denied any links to the militias. “Those are MDC stories. There is nothing like that,” he said.
Kwekwe Central Member of Parliament, Masango Matambanadzo, a former senior Zanu PF member who is now with the National Patriotic Front, corroborated Chikwinya’s claims that the machete militias are controlled and sponsored by top Zanu PF officials.
“I am a former MP of that party and I know that the machete guys are running boys for top Zanu PF officials here in Kwekwe.
“I was frustrated out of the party partly because of the youths who were harassing me and taking orders from the top officials,” he said, adding that he raised the matter in Parliament.
Investigations revealed that the police are not only afraid of the political bigwigs that sponsor the gangs, but senior to low-ranking officers are in many cases accomplices in the militia terror.
They get bribes to turn a blind eye to the violence, but in some cases they are part of the illegal mining syndicates, taking sides with their preferred gangs and causing the arrest of their rivals.
Several members-in-charge at the Empress Police outpost have been transferred over the years forinvolving themselves in the gang wars and making rich pickings from illegal gold dealings, involved militias readily confessed.
At Empress, a new member-in-charge is quickly “initiated” into the locally dominant Mukwade gang through a named local female businesswoman who is reported to lure the police heads into love affairs first.
Locals at Empress accused respective police station heads of being driven in vehicles owned by members of the Mukwade militias.
ACT-SA made similar allegations, saying that “the rank and file of the police receives bribes in order to turn a blind eye to the violence cases”.
A few cases of grievous bodily harm go to court, but, according to sources, they are often dismissed for “lack of evidence” while the police reportedly suppress reports of murder.
In early January, Chief Justice Luke Malaba acknowledged that corruption in the judiciary was a “scourge” that was undermining socio-economic development.
In Zhombe, a well-known militiaman identified as Hwami is said to kill at the slightest provocation. Villagers reported, often boasts that money protects perpetrators of violence.
“He moves around threatening people and telling us that the distance between a murderer’s freedom and jail is only a thousand American dollars. He says that money is enough to ensure no action is taken against him and others,” said one source, a man in his 40s who claimed he was a former gangster.
Victims of the armed violence often seek help from hospitals without the required requests for police report that are supposed to be issued by the police who refuse to issue the documents so as to avoid opening dockets, a senior nurse at Kwekwe Central Hospital said.
“A person with a gushing wound can just come here and say I was hit by machetes but the police will refuse to take my report or issue me with a police report for treatment. We end up just treating the people to save lives,” she said.
Another nurse revealed that they get threats for treating machete violence patients from the perpetrators.
Authorities at the hospital referred questions to the Midlands provincial medical director, Solomon Nyamutumbu, who however, said he was not aware of the threats or the claims that patients were being attended to without the mandatory requests for treatment.
Jane Mlambo| The opposition MDC’s United States of America branch has snubbed the party Deputy Chairperson Tendai Biti on their nomination list ahead of the elective congress set for the 24th to the 26th of May.
According to a list in possession of ZimEye, MDC-USA branch nominated current leader Nelson Chamisa, Welshman Ncube, Lilian Timveos and Morgan Komichi for the presidium.
Tabitha Khumalo and Happymore Chidziva have been nominated for the position of party chairperson and deputy respectively while Charlton Hwende emerged as the Secretary General.
Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora who is set to challenge Chamisa as the party congress has also been excluded from the list which also misses his compatriot Engineer Elias Mudzuri.
Is that why they never travel with their wives? SADC leaders.
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti, has sensationally claimed that regional power bloc Sadc, occasionally provides Heads of State with “temporary First Ladies” at summits where they would not have travelled with their wives.
Biti was addressing students at the British Council in Harare last week, at which he gave a brief on his days in the Government of National Unity (GNU). The MDC vice national chairman said he was in the process of writing a book on his experiences between 2009 and 2013.
“I was embarrassed. I will tell you my embarrassment, on the 29th March 2009, there was an extra-ordinary meeting that was called on Zimbabwe, at Lozita Palace in Swaziland,” Biti told the students Thursday night.
“That’s when I discovered that these Heads of State are very naughty. None of them had brought a wife. I asked but where are the First Ladies?Then I was told there are temporary provided. You should see why I have to complete my book. I have done 75 000 words on my experiences in the GNU because and there are a lot of these amazing things.”
Biti added, that he was of the belief that he had been set up to fail, when he took over as Treasury chief in 2009.
“I will tell you a story that happened to me during my four and half year stay in the inclusive government. I started work on the 16th February 2009, there was no one to welcome me at the Ministry of Finance and people were peeping from corridors, saying here comes a monster.
“And after greetings with the permanent secretary Willard Manungo and Pfungwa Kunaka, the latter told me it was government workers needed to be paid the following day. I asked how much we needed and the answers was US$30 million dollars,” the former Finance Minister said.
“I also asked how much we had in the bank and to my shock government only had US$4 million and I was supposed to perform some miracle so we could raise the remaining US$26 million in a day.”
Biti added: “And I realised from that day that I had been set up for failure. I went to my office and held a Bible and said God you can’t bring me from my thriving law firm to fail here.
“I actually prayed. So that very same Monday we started working on what became known as the Short Term Recovery Programme (Step) and we finished it in two weeks.”
Biti is credited with stabilising Zimbabwe’s economy during his tenure as head of Treasury.
By Own Correspondent- Bulawayo will during the internationally-acclaimed exhibition, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) receive adequate fuel supplies to ensure the smooth running of the show, officials have said.
ZITF Company chairperson Ruth Ncube said they had written a letter to the Government and also engaged private fuel players to increase the supply of the commodity into the country’s second largest city during the showcase as it plays an integral role in marketing the country as an investment and tourist destination of choice.
“Pleasingly, we have written to Government through the Ministry of Energy (and Power Development). We have also engaged private suppliers who have responded and actually allocated fuel to exhibitors. I think we have been given 10 000 litres already and one of the garages is Petrode in Matshobana.
“We are just left with communicating with exhibitors in terms of availability of fuel but we have sensitised big suppliers in a big way and they have committed. It’s a risk area that we were aware of. They (exhibitors) will register here and take a special card to the recommended garages, in fact one of them said they will be a tank inscribed ZITF exhibitors only,” she said.
Ncube said the ZITF Company had also held talks with various entities to ensure uninterrupted service deliveries during the showcase.
Asked to comment on the efforts being done by the Government to ensure improved fuel supplies to Bulawayo during ZITF, Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu could only say that Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has assured adequate deliveries of the commodity.-StateMedia
Battle of the titans. Highlanders and CAPS United square off at BF today.
Whenever Caps United clash with Highlanders, as is the case today at Barbourfields stadium in Bulawayo, fans expect a thriller of a match.
Fireworks are expected at Emagumeni as Makepekepe and Bosso clash in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match day 2.
A lot is at stake as both teams are sponsored by NetOne Cellular.
Netone has offered fans 50% discount if they pay using One Money facility.
Fans will be in for a treat and a full house is expected at BF.
The mobile network giant has dangled a hard to resist offer for fans who will pay using One Money Mobile Money to pay half price to watch the match.
Fans cant wait to watch the game as they still have memories of the past clashes between the Green Machine and Amahlolanyama.
A Bosso fan Mzitho Bongani Mkhize said he will never forget the Caps/Bosso clash in the 1986 Chibuku trophy final.
“The 1986 Chibuku trophy final was my best.
“Highlanders won the match via a 35m drive by midfielder David Phiri. The talent on the park from both sides was unbelievable,”he said.
Cad Abbito concured that the 1986 Chibuku Trophy was a ‘game and half.’
“That was a game and a half, in that year we had a clean sweep trophy wise.
“I think Dynamos won the League only, the rest was Tshilamoya,” wrote Abbito, a Highlanders supporter.
Another Tshilamoya faithful, Freedom Sibanda wrote that the BP Cup won by Makepekepe in the year 2002 was a match made in heaven.
“The BP Cup in 2002′ won by Caps United after Gary Mashoko injured Ngodzo in the first 10 minutes was great.
“(On that day) Dembare supporters supported Caps United because they hated Bosso after that 4 year League dominance where Bosso took the League for four successive years,” wrote Sibanda.
Even when one forgets the exact year the game was played, Josiah Kashiri vividly remembers the outcome of his best match between Makepekepe and Bosso.
“There was a 2-2 draw at Babourfields where Gift Lunga Snr and Joe Mugabe scored a brace each.
“What a match this was,Blessing Makunike fired from all cylinders,” posted Kashiri.
Both coaches understand what it means when these two teams clash.
Makepekepe coach Lloyd Chitembwe is a former Caps midfielder while Madinda Ndlovu is a Bosso son.
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is battling to prevent a potentially explosive administrative disaster during the 2023 elections as it emerges that a provision in the electoral law may not allow the elections management body enough time to redraw constituency boundaries in time for the polls.
The Constitution obligates Zec to draw up new electoral boundaries every 10 years, immediately after a national population census, which is due in 2022. But the three onerous obligations — financing the 2022 population census, the delimitation exercise and the 2023 harmonised elections — would also present a mountain-sized challenge for Treasury.
Zec is actively pushing for the amendment of Section 161 (1) of the Constitution to delink the delimitation exercise from the census. Zec chief elections officer Mr Utoile Silaigwana said it has since opened lines of communication with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the envisaged changes.
“You are aware that we conducted the last elections on the basis of the delimitation that was done between 2007 and 2008. There has been a lot of movement of people from one area to another and new settlements have developed since the last exercise. The Constitution says we should do delimitation immediately after the population census, which is due in 2022, with the elections following a year later.
“Now, do we have the time to have the census report in order to do the delimitation that will lead into the elections? Clearly, we do not have the time. Probably the legislators did not foresee that problem. We think there needs to be a revisit to that provision that links delimitation to the census so that there is a delink between the two.”
There are also fears that the financial outlay that is needed to bankroll the census, the delimitation exercise and the elections might be unsustainably burdensome for Treasury. It is believed that amending Section 161 (1) of the Constitution and parts of the Electoral Act in order to delink delimitation from the census will help repeal a provision that makes it mandatory for the elections management body to redraw constituency boundaries, particularly in cases where the delimitation is concluded six months before an election.
Zec has already prepared a concept note outlining the essential legislative changes required to avert the potentially disastrous administrative missteps. But the delimitation exercise — which Zec says is supposed to be conducted 18 months before the elections in order to have adequate time for public awareness campaigns and for political parties and candidates to chart campaign strategies that are in sync with the new boundaries — is likely to be contentious in the 2023 election cycle.
The mushrooming of peri-urban settlements, most of which are overlapping administrative boundaries between urban and rural local authorities, will likely make it difficult for the elections management body to properly map the areas. Most streets in these settlements are nameless, which presents additional difficulties for the planning process. Zec fears that it might end up being bogged down by the elaborate process of mapping the areas, a process which ordinarily should be conducted by local authorities.
Most challenges, he said, are expected from settlements lying on administrative district boundaries such as Goromonzi, Mount Pleasant Heights, Umguza and Caledonia.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi said that Government was amenable to the proposed changes.
“One of the things we need to do when we are amending the Constitution is to delink delimitation of constituencies from the census. The Constitution speaks about delimitation being done immediately after a census; now if you look at our situation, our census is done a year before elections and delimitation exercise needs more than a year to make it meaningful. This means it cannot be done a year before an election,” he said.
MDC-Alliance Mpopoma-Pelandaba Member of Parliament Honourable Charles Moyo has appeared in court facing charges of assault.
Hon Moyo is accused of assaulting the party’s deputy chairperson of the gender representation structure —Tsitsi Mutereki. Moyo initially appeared in court yesterday and was remanded out of court on his own cognisance to 15 April this year.
It is the State’s case that on 3 April this year that Moyo, during a party meeting held at the party headquarters in Bulawayo, assaulted Mutereki.
It was stated that Moyo assaulted Mutereki for defying an order for the youth wing not to interfere with an election process for Ward 10, Entumbane–Emakhandeni.
It was further stated that Moyo together with Clr Mlandu Ncube of Ward 1 hijacked the election process, leading to the youth revolting against the decision for the pair to influence or impose a candidate they did not want.
It was during the meeting that Miss Mutereki, after realising the intension of the pair that she left the boardroom, where the election process was being held. As she made her way to the exit she was restricted from leaving by Hon Moyo, resulting in a scuffle.
It was during the scuffle that Hon Moyo is alleged to have pushed Miss Mutereki and then slapped her on the face.
Soon after the assault Miss Mutereki is said to have lodged a complaint with the police, leading to Moyo’s arrest. The matter was presided over by Mr Jechonia Ncube, while Mr Leonard Ncube presented the case for the State.
DIVISIONS continued to rock the family of the late national hero, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, as several family members, including daughters Selmor and Sandra, snubbed the “sham” memorial held in Madziva, Mashonaland Central, yesterday.
There was tension in the run up to the memorial, with a number of family members saying they had been kept in the dark in so far as the programme of the ceremony was concerned. Sandra and Selmor, Tuku’s daughters with first wife Melody, were conspicuous by their absence as well as other important figures like aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces.
Sekuru Patrick, who was supposed to represent Tuku’s father since he is the last surviving member, was also a no-show, as was a representative of Tuku’s mother, who was only identified as Gogo Veli.
Tuku’s nephew, Kabila, as well as his out-of-wedlock son, Selby – who were spotted by this publication’s reporters in Harare on Friday night – also stayed away. Sources close to the family said most family members decided not to pitch up in protest over the way Daisy, Tuku’s widow, had handled the memorial.
“The girls could have made it in the morning, but they were stopped by other family members. The issue is that Daisy did not follow protocol in informing the relevant people about the memorial. She and her children carried the deceased (Tuku)’s items on their own without informing the family.
They slaughtered a cow on Wednesday without the other family members’ involvement. She wanted them to be passengers at their son’s, father’s or brother’s funeral. They refused,” said our source.
After the memorial, the family was set to gather and distribute Dr Mtukudzi’s personal belongings as is the cultural norm, but that process hung by a thread last night, with indications that it could not proceed without all the family representatives as dictated by tradition.
A close family member, who refused to be named, warned that tempers could flare if Daisy “arrogantly” continued doing things her way.
“Things cannot continue like this. We need to sit and map a way forward. As we speak, this ceremony is a non-event, it’s a sham,” said the family member.
A nephew to Dr Mtukudzi, Victor Rukainga, who was a close friend as well as a confidante of the late national hero, said his uncle would never rest in peace as long as the family remained divided.
“If you were listening closely, the pastor touched on this issue. He quoted Tuku’s song in which he sang ‘kana ndefa deedzai vana vangu’. We do not know why they did not come, the children as well as some of Tuku’s sisters and relatives. But this is not the way to handle things. If there are problems in the family, they should have a roundtable and address the issues,” he added.
The event, which kicked off at 10.25am with the raising of the national flag at Dr Mtukudzi’s grave by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in honour of the late national hero, ended just after 1pm.
In her speech at the ceremony, Daisy equated herself to an elephant, saying naysayers were like barking puppies that cannot do anything to her. In apparent reference to the divisions, she said what was happening had always been the case when her husband was alive and so nothing had changed.
“I will keep quiet. I will not tarnish my husband’s image after he was honoured by the country as a national hero and mourned by the whole world,” she said.
Sculptor Dominic Benhura and singer Bob Nyabinde spoke glowingly about Dr Mtukudzi and offered words of comfort to Daisy and the family. A representative from the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation also comforted the family and asked them to continue with the work Dr Mtukudzi started, especially at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton.
Throughout the event, Daisy and her daughter Samantha remained the closest relatives of Dr Mtukudzi in attendance.
By Own Correspondent- Government will not hesistate to take punitive action against unscrupulous businesses who are in the habit of wantonly increasing prices of basic commodities for the sole purpose of profiteering, a senior government official has warned.
Speaking to the state media recently, Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu said the Government was feeling betrayed by the business community’s audacity to unnecessarily increase prices of commodities despite its efforts to create a conducive operating environment.
This comes after the country has over the last two weeks witnessed an upsurge of price hikes.
Minister Ndlovu said the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has shied away from introducing price controls as part of its efforts of minimising interference on the operations of the private sector.
“We have tried our best in avoiding interfering in the pricing system but we are realising that they (businesses) are not helping Government’s efforts in trying to revive this economy.
“All we do is to create an environment for them (to operate) but I believe the same is not passed onto the consumer because the consumer is the hardest hit. Government has done a lot, if I can tell you the number of subsidies that we are giving the business community and the expectation being that they will keep their prices within reasonable limits, but what’s happening (price hikes) doesn’t make sense.
“Prices should not really be a reflection of the exchange rate. This is not a foreign exchange market we are talking about.
“We are talking about our economy and we are busy subjecting our people to abuse on this basis . . . we have this mentality of wanting to import everything so we want to price our products on what we believe will be the rate when one is importing.
“A retailer by just going to buy from a wholesaler and stocking is making three times more profit than somebody who is actually paying rent in a factory and manufacturing, this is the ill-discipline that has crippled into our private sector and I challenged them when we met on Monday (last week) that they need to police themselves because when Government then comes in it might be viewed negatively but we would certainly stand with the people.
“I asked (business) people about why they were increasing prices, they told me about black market rates while people are selling 100 percent local products, so I don’t know if at all they are affected.”-State Media
By Own Correspondent- Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, has expressed concern at the shortage of chartered accountants in the government.
Launching the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Implementation Strategy Plan in Harare recently, Guvamatanga revealed that Zimbabwe has only one chartered accountant.
He said this shortage of skilled human capital makes it hard to deal will compliance issues throughout government.
He said:
For a company to be listed on the ZSE, there is a requirement that it should have a chartered accountant within the skills set of the organisation.
We then have the biggest organisation in the land which is the government of Zimbabwe, you have been told that I was a banker before, I used to run an institution which had a balance sheet of $500m and we had 17 chartered accountants. I come to the government and I’m asked to run a $10bn balance sheet with one chartered accountant.
Guvamatanga added:
“When Honourable Tendai Biti calls me and says you’re not complying, where is this report? Honourable Biti, you should understand that it cannot be delivered with just one accountant, and there is really an issue with skills.”
Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter FORMER Highlanders player, Gabriel “Granvia” Nyoni makes a quick return to Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon when his new team, Caps United clash with Bosso in what promises to be an exciting match.
Nyoni, a Highlanders player from July 2013 decided to part ways with Bosso at the end of last year when he did not renew his contract. For someone who was part of the Highlanders leadership and had his best season ever with Amahlolanyama last year when he scored six league goals, it certainly will be an emotional moment for him.
Remembered for removing his shorts to reveal black and white boxer shorts when he scored his first ever goal for Highlanders in a league encounter against Monomotapa at Barbourfields in September 2013, Nyoni was nicknamed “Granvia” by Bosso fans because of his speed.
The speedy winger is not the only former Bosso player at Makepekepe with striker Newman Sianchali, a Highlanders player last season who also found the target six times in the league now at Caps United. Nyoni, Sianchali join another former Highlanders son, Joel “Josta” Ngodzo at Caps United.
Emotions aside, the three have a point to prove against Highlanders and have a huge part to play as Caps United plot to walk away with the three points from Emagumeni. On what part could Nyoni and Sianchali play in the downfall of Highlanders this afternoon, Bosso first team coach, Bekithemba Ndlovu feels that with the game evolving, they have no fears that the two could give away Amahlolanyama’s game plan.
“Game plans and strategies always change, they were here we were using them, now we are using different strategies and game plans so they would not know what we are doing,” Ndlovu said.State media
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru is set to rejoin Zanu-PF as the party moves to embrace defectors and members that were expelled from the party by the previous party administration led by former President Mugabe, Sunday News can exclusively reveal.
Speaking on the sidelines of victory celebrations for Zanu-PF councillor, Cde Kidwell Mujuru who won Bulawayo’s only council seat in last week’s by-election in Cowdray Park, Secretary for Administration, Dr Obert Mpofu, said the party was making changes and accepting its lost sheep.
“You will be seeing the new dispensation arrangement where we have fulltime members of the party, you will see a different Zanu-PF in terms of operations and effectiveness because we are not closing anyone out, we have agreed that all members who were expelled from the party or who left the party should come back.
“We have been approached by all the parties and now Mujuru (Joice) is coming back to Zanu-PF, Ambrose Mutinhiri has come back and many others have come back. This is not politicking but reality, I am getting a lot of appointments with opposition party members wanting to come back and it’s enough pointer that President Mnangagwa is a unifying leader,” he said.
Dr Mpofu said the restructuring that was going on within the party had seen members that have been expelled tracking back as they were still interested in working for the party.
“This restructuring exercise has actually given the members that sympathise with us some hope of participating in the party they love. The previous system was so restrictive that members were not allowed to exercise their democratic right to participate in the party. So this is one of the benefits and results in the last few weeks following the dissolution of Bulawayo Province for one,” he said.State media
Farai Dziva |Cornered MDC A Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora allegedly held a secret meeting with Members of the Masvingo Provincial Executive Committee yesterday.
See a report compiled by the party’s intelligence department yesterday:
Masvingo Provincial Executive Committee held a private meeting with Mwonzora at Cllr Collen Maboke’ s office in Masvingo City today(yesterday).
Gumbi dumped the president (Nelson Chamisa) after he was undressed for dismally failing to drive Masvingo to victory in the 2018 harmonised elections.
Masvingo won only one seat out of 26 constituencies.
Masvingo Mayor Collen Maboke ‘s offices are being used as Mwonzora’s information centre.
Today (yesterday)Provincial chairman James Chafungamoyo Gumbi,Derek Charamba,Muranganwa Chanyau,Peter Chigaba,Simon Ziki and several others gathered at the office as they planned to launch Mwonzora’s presidential campaign.
Masvingo Provincial chairman Gumbi resolved to nominate Mwonzora for the presidency, Amos Chibaya as national chairman and Eng Elias Mudzuri as vice president.
Cllr Collen Maboke was ordered by president Chamisa to resign from the post of Mayor two weeks ago but has refused to obey party orders . It’s not surprising that the party’s meetings have been moved from the Rhodene party offices to Cllr Collen Maboke’ s offices.
Mwonzora also held a private meeting with Gumbi at Flamboyant Hotel.
This is the second meeting in a space of 4 days the Secretary General has held private meetings with the Masvingo Provincial leadership.
The District Congresses in Masvingo were all rigged and manipulated in favour of Gumbie.
GOVERNMENT will not hesitate to take punitive measures against unscrupulous businesses with a penchant for effecting unjustified price increases on basic commodities to cause public suffering, a Cabinet Minister has warned.
Speaking to The Sunday Mail, Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu said Government felt betrayed by some businesses driven by greed. This comes in the wake of an upsurge in prices of basic commodities in the recent weeks.
Said Minister Ndlovu; “We have tried our best in avoiding interfering in the pricing system but we are realising that they (businesses) are not helping Government’s efforts in trying to revive this economy.
“All we do is to create an environment for them (to operate), but I believe the same is not passed onto the consumer because the consumer is the hardest hit. “Government has done a lot, through subsidies to the business community and the expectation being that they will keep their prices within reasonable limits, but what’s happening (price hikes) doesn’t make sense.”State media
Farai Dziva |An 82 year Zambian man is now paralysed following an attempt to enlarge his manhood using some concoctions.
Gibson Banda of Linda Compound, Lusaka- is paralyzed from the waist to his ankles, following a failed attempt to enlarge his manhood and improve his libido.
Banda can hardly move other than drag himself in a sitting position with the help of his hands.
According to The New Vision, his son is extremely concerned about his father’s condition.
By Own Correspondent- In an editorial article for a state owned publication, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the government had raised $449 million from the 2 percent tax introduced in October 2018.
The minister revealed this while announcing that $100 million of that money has been allocated to cyclone Idai relief efforts.
Said Ncube:
One of the key elements of our strategy to get our finances back on track was the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), popularly referred to as the 2 percent Tax, which we introduced six months ago in October 2018, to replace the previous flat tax of 5 cents per transaction.
The purpose of this tax was twofold. First, it was intended that the 2 percent tax would raise significant revenue to be used to balance the budget and finance various priority development programmes. The tax’s performance in this regard has exceeded all expectations, and to date, we have collected $449 million.
This money has helped to cut the monthly budget, for example from a US$242 million deficit in November to a surplus of US$733 million in December, and has also gone towards key projects such as dualisation of Norton strip of the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.
The second goal for this tax was to give government the ability to fund inescapable and unforeseen expenditures, without recourse to debt creating instruments such as Treasury Bills, through the establishment of a dedicated and ring-fenced fund.
We are well aware that we live in a region in which natural disasters are becoming sadly ever more common, and that therefore, government must have the ability to respond to such events without creating further debt.
The ongoing Cyclone Idai disaster is one such event.
The tax has been fairly unpopular with Zimbabweans but Ncube said today that though unpopular, it’s introduction was the right thing to do.
Taming prices of basic commodities will be the major talking point when Government meets industry tomorrow to discuss how implementation of the fuel rebate system, which was effected on March 22, will benefit consumers.
The rebates for excise duty on fuel effectively guarantee refunds for businesses in the productive sectors of the economy — manufacturing, agriculture, mining and transport — for the extra cost they incurred after the new prices became effective on January 13.
Industry believes the effective implementation of the rebate system will enable them to downwardly adjust prices. Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu told The Sunday Mail that tomorrow’s meeting will also discuss challenges faced by manufacturers. “When we put a rebate, the whole idea was to provide relief to the customer and the people, not to business. That relief is through affordable prices, and that was our expectation.
“We are going to have a meeting with industry on how this impacts on their cost structures and result in price reductions for ordinary people,” he said. Although Government was mooting the idea of “People’s Shops”, he said, it remained conscious not to “intervene too much in the market”. State media
KIGALI – VICE PRESIDENT Dr Constantino Chiwenga arrived here yesterday for commemorations to mark the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, which saw Ethnic Hutu extremists slaughter over 800 000 minority Tutsis in just 100 days in 1994.
VP Chiwenga — who was met at Kigali International Airport by Zimbabwe’s charge de affairs at the Tanzanian Embassy Ambassador Martin Tavenyika and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade director for Africa, Asia and the Pacific Ambassador Alice Mageza — will take part in the commemorations before Zimbabweans join the people of Rwanda during an inaugural reflection, which will be held at Arrupe Jesuit University in Harare on Friday.
President Paul Kagame is this morning expected to light a remembrance flame at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where more than 250 000 victims are buried.
President Kagame, who led forces which defeated the extremists, will thereafter preside over a ceremony at the Amahoro National Stadium.State media
State Media – The recent European Union announcement of $5,5 million funding for non-governmental organisations (NGO) calls for serious conversations regarding the role of non-state entities in Zimbabwe.
In a statement released last Tuesday, the EU said the fund is meant to capacitate civil society organisations to contribute meaningfully towards good governance and accountability.
The EU’s top diplomat in Zimbabwe, Timo Olkkonen, said the fund was meant to “strengthen civil society organisations and local authorities in partner countries with the aim of fostering an enabling environment for citizen participation and civil society action and co-operation.” While one bears no rancour for the EU’s largesse in feeding the insatiable NGO sector, it is telling that such generosity comes after USAID terminated its contract with some civil society organisations operating in the country over greed.
The groups that had their contracts terminated include the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), the Counselling Services Unit (CSU) and the Election Resource Centre. The US embassy’s acting public relations officer at the time, John Taylor, said: “We can confirm allegations of misuse of US funding by local Zimbabwean partners. Attempts to divert US funds from their intended use are unacceptable under any circumstances.”
The embarrassing admission of possible fraud in some NGOs by the US calls for a conversation among citizens; why is the EU still pouring huge sums of money into some of the same truant organisations? State media
By Own Correspondent- Opposition MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri will not be contesting Nelson Chamisa for the top party post as had been widely expected, after the two politicians agreed to work together to reduce tensions in the country’s largest opposition party.
This leaves MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora as the only presidential hopeful to challenge Chamisa at the party’s congress scheduled for May 24 to 25.
It will be the first congress to be held since the death of the party’s founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, early last year.
The Daily News can exclusively report that the ex-Harare mayor who was also expected to challenge Chamisa for the MDC presidency, has been persuaded into an arrangement whereby he, along with his backers, would throw their full weight behind the 41-year-old advocate.
In return, Chamisa and his entire campaign team will ensure that the 62-year-old Sierra Leone-trained engineer retains his position in the party. The Daily News is reliably informed that the deal was engineered by Chamisa’s allies in Masvingo Province, among them James Gumbi and Takanayi Mureyi.
Contacted for comment yesterday, Gumbi who chairs the province, declined to divulge details of what they agreed on, saying curtly: “You can get in touch later for the information you want because I am too busy at the moment”
The Daily News can, however, reveal that Mudzuri, who could not be reached for comment at the time of going to print, met with Mureyi – an MDC national executive member representing Masvingo Province – and Gumbi at the former Warren Park legislator’s home in Milton Park, Harare, two weeks ago.
At the meeting, it was agreed that Masvingo Province would nominate Chamisa for president, and Mudzuri as his deputy.
Mudzuri’s allies in Masvingo who include James Mushonga, Peter Imbayarwo, Silas Mangono and Dereck Charamba are now expected to campaign for both candidates as part of the deal.
MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume told the Daily News yesterday that Chamisa and Mudzuri had always enjoyed a cordial relationship.
“There was never a hatchet to be buried in the first place because one’s ambition to contest a position cannot be referred to as a hatchet in a democratic party like ours but what I can confirm is that the two have always had a cordial relationship,” Mafume said.
Today, MDC’s provincial structures will start their nominations for national positions ahead of the party’s elective congress next month.
Since the death of Tsvangirai on February 14, 2018, Chamisa has had an on-and-off relationship with Mudzuri.
Following the former trade unionist’s death due to cancer of the colon, Mudzuri was left unimpressed by the manner in which Chamisa outmaneuvered his colleagues in the MDC succeed Tsvangirai. But unlike Thokozani Khupe who opted to create another political home for herself, Mudzuri stayed put and continued as one of Chamisa’s three deputies.
On several occasions, Chamisa has had to come to Mudzuri’s rescue. For instance, it was the MDC leader who emerged to save Mudzuri’s skin after he had angered party faithful by attending a meeting of Parliament leaders with President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his State House offices without the MDC’s blessings.
Recently, agitation for Mudzuri’s ouster reached fever pitch within the MDC’s standing committee, the executive committee and the national council where his rivals were demanding that the former Energy minister steps down. The motion to de-stool Mudzuri was ironically raised by Masvingo Province but Chamisa rescued his beleaguered deputy after reportedly telling his party’s national council that it would be unfair to discuss the MDC vice president’s case while he was absent.
By Own Correspondent- Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) is offering its depositors a paltry $100 once a week as the cash crunch bites.
Civil servants who spoke to ZimEye expressed dismay at the amount they are getting from the savings bank.
Said one Blessing Chauke:
“They give us only $100 bond notes weekly and by the time you finish withdrawing your salary, you would have been paid the following month’s salary. We are at the bank every week.”
Added another POSB depositor:
“Government should address the issue of access to local currencies, We are tired of the long queues for money at bank
By Own Correspondent- In an editorial article for a state owned publication, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the government had raised $449 million from the 2 percent tax introduced in October 2018.
The minister revealed this while announcing that $100 million of that money has been allocated to cyclone Idai relief efforts.
Said Ncube:
One of the key elements of our strategy to get our finances back on track was the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT), popularly referred to as the 2 percent Tax, which we introduced six months ago in October 2018, to replace the previous flat tax of 5 cents per transaction.
The purpose of this tax was twofold. First, it was intended that the 2 percent tax would raise significant revenue to be used to balance the budget and finance various priority development programmes. The tax’s performance in this regard has exceeded all expectations, and to date, we have collected $449 million.
This money has helped to cut the monthly budget, for example from a US$242 million deficit in November to a surplus of US$733 million in December, and has also gone towards key projects such as dualisation of Norton strip of the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.
The second goal for this tax was to give government the ability to fund inescapable and unforeseen expenditures, without recourse to debt creating instruments such as Treasury Bills, through the establishment of a dedicated and ring-fenced fund.
We are well aware that we live in a region in which natural disasters are becoming sadly ever more common, and that therefore, government must have the ability to respond to such events without creating further debt.
The ongoing Cyclone Idai disaster is one such event.
The tax has been fairly unpopular with Zimbabweans but Ncube said today that though unpopular, it’s introduction was the right thing to do.
Senator Lilian Timveos, Senator Douglas Mwonzora and MDC President, Advocate Nelson Chamisa…..
By Lionel Saungweme| Zvishavane Senator, Hon Lilian Timveos handed over a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance camera to MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa at the party headquarters in Harare yesterday. The CCTV was bought by a team led by the interim United Kingdom MDC Chairman, Chrispen Chamburuka, after holding a successful fundraising dinner in the UK on 16 March.
Dubbed “The MDC Business Dinner 2019,” party members including MDCA President, Nelson Chamisa’s spokesperson, Dr Nkululeko Sibanda and gender rights activist Betty Makoni, among many other luminaries, met at Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Coventry to hear their guest Senator Lilian Timveos speak at the fundraising dinner.
More than 60 guests attended the £50 per head fundraising dinner, which netted more than £2000. Organisers also collected £I220 or USD$1584 from the sale of Morgan Tsvangirai’s biography At the Deep End and Elliot Pfebve’s Zimbabwe My Home My Frustration: Articles of Defiance, which was published in 2012.
“This money will be used to paint Harvest House, which we renamed Morgan Tsvangirai House after the death of MDC founding president on 14 February 2018. However, more is needed because the damage was too much,” said Senator Timveos.
The purchase is an initiative by Senator Timveos and party supporters in the UK led by the MDCA ambassador for UK and Ireland, Elliot Pfebve.
“They felt that … Harvest House would not have been burnt if we had the CCTV camera to see the thugs. We could have solved the issue faster,” said Senator Timveos.
Speaking at the handover ceremony held at Morgan Tsvangirai House yesterday Advocate Chamisa implored MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora, to “… write a letter to the UK structures to appreciate the good work that was done.”
“This is really good work. We thank God for the kindness,” continued Advocate Chamisa.
The idea of acquiring a CCTV is a response to the “petrol-bombing” of Morgan Tsvangirai House by suspected Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members on the night of 14 January 2019.
On that day, the front part of the MDC Alliance offices in Harare were burnt by men in balaclava in what seemed like Government’s response to a peaceful stayaway called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions to protest the steep fuel price hike.
A few days after the arson attack on Morgan Tsvangirai House, the Zanu PF government shut down the internet, allowed the army to shoot dead innocent civilians, unleashed the anti-riot police, brutalised the people including children in the townships and arrested over a thousand adults and minors nationwide on false charges of looting.
State media misinformed its audiences by saying that the looting was inspired by the MDC despite the fact that all opposition leaders arrested over charges of looting were acquitted by the courts of law.
“I am excited and happy. Morgan Tsvangirai House will be protected. If those Zanu PF thugs come again the CCTV will capture them. We thank our supporters for organising the fundraising dinner,” said Senator Lilian Timveos who was guest speaker.
The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa has scooped the 2019 African Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her philanthropic work in Zimbabwe.
Amai Mnangagwa received the honour at the African Women in Leadership Organization awards ceremony in Rwanda.
The African Women in Leadership Organization recognises women leaders excelling in uplifting others and changing the narrative of women leadership.
Angel of Hope Foundation Board Chairperson, Mrs Molly Dingani who received the award on behalf of the First Lady in Rwanda said the award is a challenge to Amai Mnangagwa and the Angel of Hope Foundation to continue with their humanitarian work and empowerment programmes in the country.
The First Lady has been working with marginalized communities across the country in an effort to change their lives for the better.
Tens of thousands of protesters joined in fresh anti-government marches across Sudan on Saturday in what organisers said was one of the largest turnouts in more than three months of demonstrations calling for embattled President Omar al-Bashir to step down.
The demonstrations began in December over price hikes and food shortages, and quickly escalated into calls for al-Bashir’s resignation, posing one of the biggest challenges yet to his nearly 30-year rule.
The rallies are being led by the Sudanese Professionals Association, an umbrella group of independent professional unions.
Sarah Abdel-Jaleel, a spokeswoman, said on Saturday’s protests were one the biggest in the current wave of unrest. “Definitely, the rallies are one of the biggest in more than three months,” she told The Associated Press.
‘No amount of beating could make us stop’
Women in Sudan are joining protests against President Omar al-Bashir in large numbers.
Footage posted online showed thousands of protesters, mostly young people, marching toward the military’s headquarters in the capital city of Khartoum demanding the army’s support and chanting: “One people, one military,” and “Freedom”. They also chanted: “The people want the fall of the regime,” echoing the popular slogan of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings that briefly defied despotism in the region, but never made it to Sudan.
Abdel-Jaleel said they have started a sit-in around the military’s headquarters they hope to keep in place until al-Bashir’s resignation. In some videos, troops were seen using tear gas to disperse demonstrators.
Rallies took place across the country. Footage showed dozens of people marching in front of a UN refugee camp in the Darfur region and shouting, “just fall”.
The large opposition Umma Party said security forces arrested four of its leaders ahead of planned marches in the province of Sennar, around 360km east of Khartoum.
Authorities did not release any statements on the arrests, and a government spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Saturday’s marches marked the 34th anniversary of the overthrow former President al-Nimeiri in a bloodless coup.
The military removed Nimeiri after a popular uprising. It quickly handed over power to an elected government. The dysfunctional administration lasted only a few years until al-Bashir — a career army officer — allied with Islamist hard-liners and toppled it in a coup in 1989.
Al-Bashir has banned unauthorised public gatherings and granted sweeping powers to the police since imposing a state of emergency last month, and security forces have used tear gas, rubber bullets, live ammunition and batons against demonstrators.
Security forces have responded to the protest movement with a fierce crackdown, killing at least 60 people according to Physicians for Human Rights, a New York-based rights group.
The government has said that 31 people have been killed, but hasn’t updated its tally in weeks.
A woman from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo threw her six-month-old baby and jumped together with her mother from their first floor room when it caught fire at Sizinda Flats yesterday morning.
The baby escaped without a scratch after a neighbour Ms Betty Phiri managed to catch her before she hit the ground but the two women fractured their legs. The incident occurred at about 9AM.
The woman and her mother were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital where they are admitted. Ms Phiri said the woman did not warn anyone that she was throwing the child through the window.
“I can’t say I planned to catch the child because I was coming from the neighbourhood when I saw smoke coming from the window of their bedroom.When I was still trying to comprehend what was happening, I heard screams coming from their room as the baby’s mother shouted that they were being consumed by fire,” said Ms Phiri.
She said that when she looked up, she saw the mother dangling the infant by the window and then seconds later she released the child.
“I don’t know how I reacted but I just saw the child in my hands and up to now I don’t know how I did it. It was really a miracle that saved the child and I’am still shocked with what happened,” she said.
Ms Phiri said after dropping the child, the child’s mother and her own mother jumped through the same window and they both sustained fractured legs. She said the three were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital while neighbours assisted the Bulawayo Fire Brigade to put out the fire. Reporters tracked the family members to Mpilo Central Hospital but they refused to speak about the issue saying it was a private matter. They also refused to give their names.
Bulawayo acting Chief Fire Officer Mr Edward Mpofu said the two women panicked after the fire broke out hence they jumped through the window instead of using the door to escape. He said the fire was started by a boy who could be three years old who used a stick of matches to torch some clothes in the wardrobe.
TWENTY-EIGHT bank tellers working for Nedbank Zimbabwe have been arrested and dragged to court on Saturday morning to answer to charges of fraud and money-laundering.
The tellers are from the bank’s Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare branches, and their arrests have been effected with the help of the bank management, according to Pindula.
While finer details pertaining to the circumstances of their arrests are not yet available, Pindula News reports that some senior Nedbank managers were sent on forced leave recently and that this could be associated with a big scandal that the management is trying to put a lid on.
MBCA Zimbabwe in March last year changed its name to Nedbank Zimbabwe after the registrar of companies approved the change of its corporate identity as part of efforts to spur growth.
Nedbank Zimbabwe is a commercial bank in Zimbabwe. It is a subsidiary of the Nedbank Group headquartered South Africa, itself a subsidiary of Old Mutual Group.
The Nedbank Group is the fourth largest bank in South Africa by market share and customer numbers.
BULAWAYO police on Friday, arrested four Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) officials and three foreign nationals for an as yet to be established offense.
The four MRP activists were arrested in Cowdray Park, at party Bulawayo provincial secretary for security Andrew Dube’s house.
The party’s parliamentary candidate for Gwanda North during last year’s elections, Mcebisi Dube confirmed the arrest. Nikiwe Ncube Tshabalala, the lawyer representing the activists also confirmed the arrests.
“I have just been assigned to go to Bulawayo Central Police station to represent the arrested persons.
“Right now, I am preparing to go there and hear what charges are they facing,” said Tshabalala in a telephone interview with newzimbabwe.Com.
According to Mcebisi Dube, a group of police some in uniform and others in plain clothes stormed Andrew Dube’s house, arrested him along with Njabulo Ngwenya, the party’s secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mthokozisi Mhlanga and the three foreigners one from Zambia and two from Namibia. It was not clear what the foreigners had been doing at the house.
Correspondent|MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri will not be contesting Nelson Chamisa for the top party office as had been widely expected, after the two politicians agreed to work together to reduce tensions in the country’s largest opposition party.
This leaves MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora as the only presidential hopeful to challenge Chamisa at the party’s congress scheduled for May 24 to 25. It will be the first congress to be held since the death of the party’s founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, early last year.
The Daily News can exclusively report that the ex-Harare mayor who was also expected to challenge Chamisa for the MDC presidency, has been persuaded into an arrangement whereby he, along with his backers, would throw their full weight behind the 41-year-old advocate.
In return, Chamisa and his entire campaign team will ensure that the 62-year-old Sierra Leone-trained engineer retains his position in the party. The Daily News is reliably informed that the deal was engineered by Chamisa’s allies in Masvingo Province, among them James Gumbi and Takanayi Mureyi.
Contacted for comment yesterday, Gumbi who chairs the province, declined to divulge details of what they agreed on, saying curtly: “You can get in touch later for the information you want because I am too busy at the moment”
The Daily News can, however, reveal that Mudzuri, who could not be reached for comment at the time of going to print, met with Mureyi – an MDC national executive member representing Masvingo Province – and Gumbi at the former Warren Park legislator’s home in Milton Park, Harare, two weeks ago.
At the meeting, it was agreed that Masvingo Province would nominate Chamisa for president, and Mudzuri as his deputy.
Mudzuri’s allies in Masvingo who include James Mushonga, Peter Imbayarwo, Silas Mangono and Dereck Charamba are now expected to campaign for both candidates as part of the deal.
MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume told the Daily News yesterday that Chamisa and Mudzuri had always enjoyed a cordial relationship.
“There was never a hatchet to be buried in the first place because one’s ambition to contest a position cannot be referred to as a hatchet in a democratic party like ours but what I can confirm is that the two have always had a cordial relationship,” Mafume said.
Today, MDC’s provincial structures will start their nominations for national positions ahead of the party’s elective congress next month.
Since the death of Tsvangirai on February 14, 2018, Chamisa has had an on-and-off relationship with Mudzuri.
Following the former trade unionist’s death due to cancer of the colon, Mudzuri was left unimpressed by the manner in which Chamisa outmaneuvered his colleagues in the MDC succeed Tsvangirai. But unlike Thokozani Khupe who opted to create another political home for herself, Mudzuri stayed put and continued as one of Chamisa’s three deputies.
On several occasions, Chamisa has had to come to Mudzuri’s rescue. For instance, it was the MDC leader who emerged to save Mudzuri’s skin after he had angered party faithful by attending a meeting of Parliament leaders with President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his State House offices without the MDC’s blessings.
Recently, agitation for Mudzuri’s ouster reached fever pitch within the MDC’s standing committee, the executive committee and the national council where his rivals were demanding that the former Energy minister steps down. The motion to de-stool Mudzuri was ironically raised by Masvingo Province but Chamisa rescued his beleaguered deputy after reportedly telling his party’s national council that it would be unfair to discuss the MDC vice president’s case while he was absent.
Correspondent|It took Zion Church strings strapped around a man’s wrist and waist for a Gwanda woman to realise that the man she was making love to was in fact a rapist and not her partner.
When she cried out for help [NAME REDACTED] ran away leaving behind his black pant and red shorts with green stripes.
The 31-year old woman from Lubhangwe Village in Sun Yet Sen left the court in stitches when she told the magistrate that she did not realise that the man who had entered her hut at night and then went on to have sex with her was not her boyfriend.
Nkosilomusa Ncube (26) was convicted of rape by Gwanda Magistrate Mark Dzira and sentenced to 16 years in jail with three years suspended on condition that he does not commit the same offence in the next five years.
The complainant told Magistrate Dzira that she realized her sex partner was not her boyfriend when she felt some Zion ropes on the accused’s naked waist. She then lit the candle and realized that it was her neighbor and she screamed for help.
On October 10, 2018 at 2am the complainant was sleeping alone in the hut when Ncube entered.
The accused removed his clothes and entered into the complainant’s blankets and caressed the latter who did not stop him as she thought it was her boyfriend Ndaba Ncube. The accused went on to remove the complainant’s undergarments and had sex with her.
All hell broke loose when the complainant felt some Zion strings around the accused’s wrists and waist and she lit a candle and pulled away.
The accused ran away leaving behind his black pant and red shorts with green stripes. The matter was reported to the police leading to the arrest of the accused.
A teenager from Zhombe was fatally shot in the head by a farm security guard after he allegedly trespassed onto a farm while looking for stray cattle.
Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the incident which occurred on Tuesday at around 9pm at Hopton Sub-Division 3 Farm, Sessombi, Zhombe. She said Blessed Dube allegedly trespassed onto the farm with three other men looking for their stray cattle.
“I can confirm that we are investigating a matter in which Blessed Dube of Village Mloyiswa, Chief Ntabeni, Zhombe was found dead with a wound at the back of his head. He was searching for cattle at Hopton Farm with Worship Ncube (18), Walter Dube (19), Vine Dube (20),” she said.
Asst Insp Mukwende said the four men had lit a fire to prepare food when they were seen by the security guard.
“The four lit fire to prepare food at about 9pm and the fire was noticed by the accused David Stefano (47), who is a security guard at a the farm,” she said. “Stefano, who was on duty, approached the four armed with a shot gun. Stefano fired two shots towards them and they fled in different directions, leaving their satchels and pots at the spot.”
Asst Insp Mukwende said the other three did not know about the whereabouts of Blessing until the next morning when they returned for their belongings and found him dead.
“The other three later regrouped at Bobs Business Centre, Zhombe and slept there, but they did not know the whereabouts of Blessed,” she said.
“The next morning around 7am, Walter returned to the farm to collect their belongings and discovered the body of Blessed near the place where they had lit the fire.
“The matter was reported to the police, who attended the scene and took the body of the deceased to Zhombe Hospital Mortuary for a post-mortem.”
Asst Insp Mukwende said police are still investigating the matter, adding that Stefano is in police custody. She appealed to members of the public to be cautious when using firearms.
Correspondent|A new Presidential periodic magazine called The Voice has been released and will be hitting the streets soon.
Announcing the new project ZANU PF activist Tafadzwa Mugwadi said, “It’s refreshing that President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa himself has written the foreword for this Inaugural issue which he has called it His authoritative and accurate voice.
“Zimbabweans will have an opportunity through this Magazine to understand President Mnangagwa’s vision, position and beliefs on how to take the country forward.”
President Mnangagwa said the magazine will articulate the issues that relate to his government.
“The Voice is a monthly publication which has been launched to accurately and authoritatively articulate on the key political, economic and social issues that confront the Second Republic,” Mnangagwa said.
The Voice will be a new addition to wide platforms that ZANU PF is creating to communicate its programs and the programs of its government.
