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MDC Alliance MP-elect for Zengeza West Constituency Job Sikhala has been accused of wrecking a marriage as he made his way back to the house of assembly recently.

Sikhala however, denied the claims.

“I don’t know anything about that. If there is anything relating to that (alleged love affair) make it known.

“I don’t know about it,” said Sikhala when contacted for comment.

Wiwa, as he is known in political circles, allegedly quenched his sexual appetite with Lydia Nyamidzi during 2018 harmonised election campaigns.

Lydia, 24, is a mother of two and married to Obey Bangizai, 28.

Sikhala said he did not know the woman although there are messages where a person understood to be him acknowledges knowing the woman.

In some of the messages, from a number known to have belonged to Sikhala, the person knows that Lydia was married when they refer to Bangizai as of low standing in society.

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Lydia on Monday said she owed no one any explanation while threatening this journalist as well as sources of information.

“I don’t owe anyone any explanation. I will deal with you and your source,” she said.

Asked to comment on her request for ‘maiguru’s things’ from Sikhala, she said: “It is none of your business.

“I will deal with you.”

Bangisai and Lydia stays in Zengeza 2 which falls under Zengeza West Constituency where Sikhala was campaigning for the House of Assembly seat.

When the allegations surfaced, Lydia left her matrimonial home and went to the rural areas together with the couple’s two children.

Bangizai said his wife Nyamidzi had been having a secret phone at home where she would connect with Job and meet at Mubaiwa Hotel (formerly Hotel Nyamutamba) in Chitungwiza’s Zengeza 2 suburb.

“My wife could have met Job during campaigns and I later realized that my wife would go for campaigns with Job in the constituency.

“I firstly never knew what was happening because I would be at work,” said Bangizai who plaits hair for a living.

He said when he got wind of what was happening, Lydia confessed to have had been in love with Sikhala where they indulged in sex several times at Mubaiwa Hotel and at a lodge in town while Bangizai and Nyamidzi’s children were in Sikhala’s car.

“It is disheartening that my wife would go and meet Sikhala while I was at work and I used to respect Sikhala not knowing that he was seeing my wife behind my back.

“I took Job as a leader but he has ruined my marriage,” said Bangizai.

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MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti is challenging his appearance before the Zimbabwean courts arguing that he was abducted from Zambia and there is a valid High Court order from Zambia where his matter for asylum was supposed to be heard.

Chief Law Officer Michael Reza led the arresting officer Chief Superintendent Nyabasa who maintained Biti was lawfully handed over to the police by ZIMRA officials after his repatriation from Zambia.

The matter continues tomorrow morning from 11am where the arresting officer will be cross-examined by Ms Beatrice Mtetwa.

Biti is being charged for contravening Section 36 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9.23 for public violence and also contravening Section 66 (a) (1) of the Electoral Act Chapter 2.13 for announcing unofficial results.

Last week Wednesday he crossed into Zambia in a bid to run away from justice and sought asylum which he was denied by the Zambian government that said his grounds were not worth the relief he sought.

He appeared in court on Fiday 10 August and was granted $5000 bail.

As part of his bail conditions, Biti was ordered to report twice a day to CID Law and Order and directed to surrender title deeds to his Chisipite house. – state media

Christine Hallquist, a former utility executive from Vermont, a Democrat, made history of her own. She became the first transgender candidate to be nominated for a governorship by a major party, beating three other candidates in Vermont’s Democratic primary, according to The Associated Press.

“Tonight, we made history,” Ms. Hallquist said, addressing supporters at an election night party in Burlington. She added, “I am so proud to be the face of the Democrats tonight.”

It is a remarkable milestone, even for an election year already dominated by an influx of women and a record number of candidates who identify as lesbian, gay, transgender or queer.

“Christine’s victory is a defining moment in the movement for trans equality and is especially remarkable given how few out trans elected officials there are at any level of government,” said Annise Parker, the chief executive of the L.G.B.T.Q. Victory Fund, which trains and supports gay and transgender candidates, in a statement on Tuesday evening.

“Yet Vermont voters chose Christine not because of her gender identity, but because she is an open and authentic candidate with a long history of service to the state, and who speaks to the issues most important to voters.”

Ms. Hallquist was not the only transgender candidate on the ballot in the country in recent days. In Hawaii on Saturday, Kim Coco Iwamoto, a lawyer, lost her bid to be the Democrats’ nominee for lieutenant governor.

And more transgender candidates will be on the ballot soon, including Alexandra Chandler, a former naval intelligence analyst who is running in Massachusetts’s Third District.

Ms. Chandler is trying to differentiate herself in a crowded congressional primary in early September by emphasizing both her national security bona fides and the historic nature of her candidacy. “I’m running for Congress,” she said in a recent campaign video, “to be a voice for trans kids out there.”

The Democratic primary in Vermont was a fairly sleepy affair, with no big-name contenders to block a first-time candidate like Ms. Hallquist. But from here, her path to the governor’s office could be a narrow one, even though she is a Democrat running in a deeply progressive state. She faces a Republican incumbent, Phil Scott, who is running for his second term with history on his side — Vermonters have not thrown out an incumbent governor since 1962. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the seat as “solid Republican.”

Mr. Scott’s popularity fell, however, especially among conservatives, after he signed gun control measures this year. Still, a poll in July by public media organizations in the state found two-thirds of Vermonters supported the law, and nearly half of Democrats had a favorable opinion of Mr. Scott. Only 18 percent of Democratic respondents in the same poll said they had a favorable opinion of Ms. Hallquist, and 55 percent did not yet know who she was.

That may change now that Ms. Hallquist is the nominee, and she is likely to draw national attention — and fund-raising dollars — because of the historic potential of her candidacy. “She’ll raise more money and her message will get out there more,” said Eric Davis, an emeritus professor at Vermont’s Middlebury College. “Even if she doesn’t get elected governor, the greatest contribution of her campaign could be to raise awareness about the issues transgender people face.”

Before she ran for governor, Ms. Hallquist spent 12 years as the chief executive of the Vermont Electric Cooperative, an in-state power utility that she helped to bring back from near ruin. Her transition from male to female took place in 2015, while she was at the helm of the company, and was the subject of a documentary film made by her son.

As a candidate, she made it part of her stump speech, drawing knowing laughs from her female supporters at a fund-raiser this summer as she talked about what it was like to experience life as a woman for the first time.

“I remember the first time after transitioning, a stranger walking by told me to smile — I’m like, ‘Who the heck are you to tell me to smile?’” Ms. Hallquist said. “What my transition has taught me is just how far we have to go.”

But she also emphasized her experience with energy and infrastructure, and made speeding up internet access, which lags in some rural parts of the state, a key campaign pledge. Previous governors have made similar promises, but failed to fully deliver. On Tuesday night, she also called for progressive keystones like universal Medicare and stemming climate change.

Ms. Hallquist — who voted for Mr. Scott in 2016, according to the newsweekly Seven Days — also sought to tie her victory to the broader Democratic backlash against President Trump.

“This,” she said, “is a reaction to 2016.”

With 96 percent of precincts reporting by late Tuesday night, Ms. Hallquist had easily beaten a Democratic field of other little-known candidates, including Ethan Sonneborn, a 14-year-old who garnered 8 percent of the vote.

In a statement, the Republican Governors Association posted an image of Ms. Hallquist and called her “wrong for Vermont.”

Vermont is a socially liberal state that in 2000 became the first in the nation to establish civil unions, and Ms. Hallquist’s gender identity seemed to fade into the background for many voters.

Deborah Billado, the chairwoman of the state’s Republican Party, suggested it would not figure into the general election in a major way.

“I’m not sure why that plays a part in this — we’re talking about two human beings that are running for an office,” Ms. Billado said, referring to Ms. Hallquist and Mr. Scott. “I think that’s as far as the conversation should go.”

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CAPE TOWN – The Northern Cape High Court has handed a triple life sentence to a child rapist.

Moses Monnapula, aged 45, was found guilty of two counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.

In 2015, Monnapula held two children, aged six and eight, captive in his shack in Galeshewe, in Kimberley.

He held them for over 24 hours and raped them. Community members rescued the girls the following day, after receiving a tip-off on their whereabouts.

During sentencing proceedings, Judge Vernon Smith said Monnapula showed no remorse for his crimes.

The police’s Olebogeng Tawana says: “As the police, we’ll leave no stone unturned regarding the suspects who traumatise and persecute women and children. We’re putting measures in place to ensure women and children are safe and protected.

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President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the Shop Licenses Amendment Bill, 2018, into law.

The new law will enable local authorities to issue shop licences quickly and efficiently thereby encouraging domestic and foreign investment as well as revenue collection.

Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda gave notice of the enactment of the law in Friday’s Government Gazette.

“The following law, which was assented to by His Excellency the President, is published in terms of section 131 (6) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe — Shop Licenses Amendment Act, 2018 (No. 8 of 2018),” reads the gazette.

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Former Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda had on July 26 given notice that the Shop Licences Amendment Bill, 2018, had been transmitted to Mnangagwa for his assent and signature.

The Act amends the Shop Licences Act so that any person who operates more than one vending machine on any premises, the licensing authority shall issue one vending licence in respect of the vending machines on such premises.

The Act also relaxes duration of licence, fees and penalties.

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By Own Correspondent| Zanu Pf President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legal team this morning successfully filed their opposing papers to Nelson Chamisa’s presidential poll petition challenging the July 30 results which declared Mnangagwa as winner.

MDC Alliance leader, Chamisa has approached the Constitutional court alleging that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) manipulated the presidential election results in favour of President Mnangagwa.

After filing the notice of opposition, Zanu-PF’s secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangawana said that the Chamisa’s challenge was based on speculation and not facts.

He also said that the application did not comply with the results of the Constitutional Court and promised to make the opposition eat humble pie.

One of the lead members of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s defence team, Advocate Lewis Uriri descibed Chamisa’s application as “political rhetoric packaged in an affidavit” which will be dismissed.

Said Uriri,

“They are no more than clowns coming to court to play a game that ought to be played elsewhere.

This is a waste of the time of the people of Zimbabwe, yet it is their right to be heard,”

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JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir last week promoted his wife Mary Ayen to the rank of a major general in the army, according to the military.

The order issued by President Kiir, who is also the commander in chief of the SPLA army, did not specify what duties the First Lady would have in her new assignment as an army general.

Two other women were promoted from Brigadier to Major General in the army.

SPLA army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang confirmed that the women were promoted on 27 July.

“The promoted female officers are from Shield One and Shied two in the SPLA. They actually joined the movement since 1983 and they are from the Women’s Battalion known as Katiba Banat,” Lul said.

“General Nyankiir and General Aluel have also been promoted to the rank of a Major General,” he added.

Lul further said the promotions were based on merit and capacity.” It is the first time for female officers to be promoted to the rank of a major general,” he said. – News Agencies

ZIMBABWEAN authorities have arrested two MDC Alliance party members taking the number of people arrested for allegedly participating in protests staged in Harare early this month over delays in announcing the results of harmonised elections to 31.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers arrested Last Vambe on Saturday 11 August 2018 and Jeff Chaitezvi on Monday 13 August 2018 and charged them with public violence as defined in section 36 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

Prosecutors accused Vambe and Chaitezvi, who appeared at Harare Magistrates Court on Monday 13 August 2018, of participating in a demonstration held on 01 August 2018 in Harare to protest the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s management of the harmonised elections held on 30 July 2018, which reportedly resulted in the destruction of property and left six people dead after they were shot by some members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.

Vambe and Chaitezvi, who were represented by Gift Mtisi and Kossam Ncube of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights were granted $50 bail by Harare Magistrate Francis Mapfumo, who ordered them to report once a week at Law and Order Section at Harare Central Police Station, reside at their given residential addresses and not to interfere with state witnesses.

The arrest of Vambe and Chaitezvi brings the number of people arrested in connection with the elections protest to 31 including Tendai Biti, one of the MDC Alliance party leaders, David Zvavamwe Shambare, Shadreck Mashayamombe, Tapiwa Joni, Ngonidzashe Makazhu, Michael Mheta, Simbarashe Mujeye, Judith Chacha, Lilian Mahosi, Anna Chezhira, Angeline Mukoki, Agatha Mubaiwa, Chancellor Nyamande, Livenice Kachana, Tichaona Daniel, Farai Nyamhunga, Mercy Mataramvura, Munyaradzi Chibanda, Samson Nerwande, Raymond Machakaire, Tapiwa Naume Khamu, Tendai Torerwa, Christopher Nikisi, Tonderai Chakona, Justin Mugashu, Simbarashe Zvobgo, Trymore Mubaiwa, Searchmore Mutegude and Kudakwashe Katunhu, who are all out of custody on bail.

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights

Gweru Residents Forum Statement|The Gweru Residents Forum notes with concern the outbreak of typhoid in some of areas of high density of Mkoba which has claimed over 9 lives so far and over 300 have received medical attention .In this context the outbreak has been experienced in areas of Mkoba 13, 15, 18, 19 and 20. Reports emanating from Gweru City town house points to the notion that the source of the Typhoid outbreak cannot be clearly pointed out. However some unconfirmed reports from the Town house suggest that there was contamination of one of the council pumped water pipes in Mkoba which mixed with raw sewerage and hence people drank that sewerage and the water which was now fed with excess chlorine which has led to the current state of affairs that we are currently grappling with in Gweru.

They are high expectations that in the typhoid crisis that we are currently experiencing there be a coordinated approach towards addressing the problem between Gweru City council(GCC), Ministry of Health and child welfare(MOHCW) ,technical partners ,residents’ associations and the communities. What we are witnessing now is the issue of finger pointing and blame game between the council and the government (Ministry of Health) which is worrisome considering the magnitude of the problem beforehand. The public service delivery infrastructure including water roads, sewerage and refuse collection that Gweru City council is using cannot cope with the urban housing expansion that has been witnessed over the last five years. Equally state land that have been parceled out by land hawks for expansion purposes without the involvement of Gweru City as land sale revenue has greatly contributed to the crisis .This has led to the failure by Gweru City Council to cope with the demand for public services because the resources to expand the service delivery infrastructure was not availed to the local authority .The GRF is of the conviction that there was need for central government to parcel out the land to Gweru City Council for proper planning and investment in public services infrastructure to avoid such challenges and to expand the public service infrastructure in line with the population and housing development within Gweru City.

The GRF urges the central government through the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare and Gweru City council and all stakeholders to find common ground and tackle the typhoid crisis head on and desists from accusations and counter accusations on the responsibility of the current situation that we find ourselves as residents. This should be done in line with the provisions in Part II, III, V, VI of the Public Health Act Chapter 15:09

The GRF reiterates the position of the general citizens of Gweru that:

– No to prepaid water meters
– No to arbitrary water disconnections by council employees
– Increase public health awareness programs in partnership with residents associations in sensitizing the residents on the typhoid outbreak.
– Improve public engagement forums to disseminate accurate information to residents rather than the speculation on vital health information that is currently being experienced.

Source: Gweru Residents Forum

FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is yet to receive his pension, despite government undertaking to settle it four months ago.

Mphoko’s lawyer Welshman Ncube said his client, who still has his State security aides and government vehicles, has not yet been paid his monthly benefits, despite the State acknowledging that it was obliged to pay him.

“The irony of this issue is that what they had agreed to pay; they are not paying, but what they had refused to take responsibility for, they are doing it. I am talking about security details and the likes and yet they are still to pay him his pension, which is equivalent to a salary of a sitting Vice-President. We will take up the matter once these election issues are over,” Ncube said.

Mphoko lost his post last November after the military deposed former President Robert Mugabe and since then, his lawyers have been fighting to get the State to pay his pension.

Section 102 of the Zimbabwe Constitution stipulates that: “A person who has ceased to be President or Vice-President is entitled to receive a pension equivalent to the salary of a sitting President or Vice-President, as the case may be; and such allowances and other benefits as may be prescribed under an Act of Parliament.”

Section 103 adds that: “The President and Vice-Presidents, and any former President or Vice-President, must not, directly or indirectly, hold any other public office or be employed by anyone else while they are in office or are receiving a pension from the State as former President or Vice-President, as the case may be.”

Besides his fat monthly pension payout, Mphoko is entitled to State security, an office and a government vehicle.

His former boss, Mugabe, has been given his constitutional benefits, but the latter claims that his pension benefits were far below expectation.

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Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya has been further remanded to August 27 for the setting of his trial date on allegations which include abuse of office.

He appeared before Gweru magistrate Ms Charity Maphosa on Friday last week.

Machaya is on $1 000 bail.

The State’s case is that Machaya, who was employed as the Minister of Provincial Affairs for Midlands Province by the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, thus being a public officer, did and inconsistent with his duties intentionally allocated State land totalling 17 799 stands to land developers. This was despite the fact that he did not have any lawful responsibility to allocate State land to the developers in question, which is the sole responsibility of the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing.

Machaya, the court heard, further received 1 791 commonage stands from the land developers which constituted 18 percent of the total stands on the allocated State land.

It is further alleged that he did and inconsistent with his duties, disposed of 1 185 of the commonage stands, which could only be allocated and distributed by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing.

Machaya allegedly further allocated 192 commonage stands to the Apostolic Christian Church of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) when he did not have the power to do so.

Mr Andrew Marimo appeared for the State.

Appearing before the same court were the now Mashonaland West provincial administrator, Cecilia Chitiyo, who was Midlands provincial administrator, Gweru district administrator and five other senior Government officials from the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing for Midlands province facing charges of criminal abuse of office.

Chitiyo (50) is being accused together with Matilda Manhambo (59), Sherpard Marweyi (48), Sifelani Moyo (59), Ethel Mlalazi (65), Chisainyerwa Chibhururu (47) and Everest Nyamadzawo (33).

The seven, who are all on $200 bail each, have applied to be removed from remand.

Ms Maphosa deferred the case to Wednesday for judgment.

It is the State’s case that Chitiyo allegedly intentionally allocated State land totalling 4 469 stands to land developers by co-signing the offer letters for the transaction.

Manhambo, who is employed as the provincial projects officer by the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing for Midlands province, also allegedly intentionally allocated 2 000 stands to land developers.

Similarly, Marweyi, who is the district administrator for Gweru, allegedly intentionally allocated 5 199 stands to land developers. – State Media

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa reneged on his earlier pledge to attend all State functions, and chose to stay away from both the Heroes’ Day and Defence Forces Day commemorations in the past two days, saying he was “mourning” alleged theft of his election victory.

Chamisa, who took over from Tsvangirai, announced that they would be attending State functions, a complete shift of policy from his predecessor, the now late Morgan Tsvangirai who accused Zanu PF of conflating State events to Zanu PF functions.

Chamisa went on to attend the Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in April this year and also encouraged his supporters countrywide to also attend national events. However, after the July 30 harmonised elections, Chamisa boycotted the Heroes’ Day and the Defence Forces Day celebrations.

Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda said the current situation, emanating from the disputed elections, had made them shelve their policy for now.

“We are in the middle of a disputed election and, as such, the things we can do are conditioned by that, our context. When conditions allow, the president will maintain his decision. We are monitoring the environment and it doesn’t allow for that,” he said.

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Zimbabwean former president Robert Mugabe’s late wife Sally and his sister Sabina’s graves were reportedly “abandoned” after “no single relative appeared to have turned up to visit them” on Monday during the country’s Heroes Day celebrations.

The two graves used to be the “centre of attraction” during the annual National Heroes’ Day commemorations presided over by the now ousted leader.

Thousands of Zimbabweans gathered at the country’s national shrine the Heroes Acre in Harare on Monday, as they celebrated the men and women who fought for the liberation of Zimbabwe, SABC reported.

The all-important day for the southern African country was the first not to be presided over by Mugabe, and took place after Zimbabwe’s historic 2018 elections.

The former ruler’s absence at the event was visibly seen, as the grave of his late wife Sally – who died in 1992 – was among the deserted ones.

In previous years, Sally and Sabina’s graves were at the centre of the country’s Heroes Day commemoration as the Mugabes would take time to visit and lay huge bouquets of flowers while his aides cheered.

It remained unclear whether the Mugabes would chose a different day to honour their loved ones as the former leader had made it clear that he was unhappy with the country’s new leadership.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the main speaker at this year’s commemorations.

Mnangagwa called on the country to move on from its disputed election, despite his victory being challenged in court over alleged fraud and his inauguration delayed.

“It’s now time to put the election period behind us and embrace the future,” the president-elect said.

“The task facing us today is a great one,” he added.

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Zanu PF Marondera Central losing parliamentary candidate Cleopas Kundiona yesterday stunned residents and motorists as he went around mounting fresh campaign banners for President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa along the Harare-Mutare Road, saying they should remain visible long after the July 30 polls.

The educationist-cum-politician moved around town with some youths and erected canvas banners inscribed ED Pfee and #EDHasMyVote along the highway and on the way to Rudhaka Stadium where people gathered for the Defence Forces Day commemorations.

Kundiona, who lost to opposition MDC Alliance’s Caston Matewo, said he would continue marketing Mnangagwa even after the polls.

“This is about the Heroes Day holidays, ED (Mnangagwa) is the leader, and he is the President. The ED Pfee juggernaut is not going to stop, it is here to stay, it is moving,” he said.

Kundiona and Zanu PF’s Goromonzi South candidate Petronella Kagonye, were the only ruling party candidates who lost the election in Mashonaland East province, where the party won 23 constituencies.

NewsDay

The late former Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Thokozile Mathuthu’s burial is set for Sunday at the National Heroes Acre.

According to a provisional programme availed to the media, the body of the late Mathuthu is expected to arrive at the Colliery Stadium from the capital on Thursday, then to her Hwange house in Mpumalanga Township of Hwange where it will lie in state ahead of a church service and body viewing scheduled for Bulawayo on Friday.

The body will then be flown back to Harare ahead of its burial on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Matabeleland North Province has welcomed the national heroine status accorded to the late former Minister of State as a befitting honour for her immense contribution to the province and entire country during the war of liberation and after independence.

Speaking at the Defence Forces Day celebrations at Somhlolo Stadium in Lupane today, Matabeleland North Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ambassador Cain Mathema said the province feels honoured by the conferment of the national heroine status to the late Mathuthu and pledged the province’s commitment in ensuring that her dreams about the community will be achieved.

“Our former governor our former deputy minister, member of the Central Committee is no more. She has been declared a national heroine by His Excellency. We are together with the Mathuthu family and will forever be with family because she is one of the heroines of the liberation struggle,” he said.

Other government officials and senior Zanu PF party members said the country has been robbed of a patriotic, hardworking and unwavering cadre who spearheaded several developmental projects in the province.

Mathuthu died on Monday the 13th of August, after a long battle with cancer.

She was 61.

Zbc

Churches in Zimbabwe should continue praying for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was chosen by God to lead the people of Zimbabwe. This was said by leader of the Apostolic Faith Church of Portland Oregon in Southern Africa, Reverend Richard Sibanda during a crusaders camp meeting in Bulawayo.

Rev Sibanda said Christians were not supposed to question God’s choice of a leader, but pray for Him to help their leader.

“Our duty is not to question God’s will,” he said. “Let us pray for our President Emmerson Mnangagwa so that the Lord can open his eyes and help him through the way. We know he is going through a tough time and as Christians, our duty is to support him with prayer.”

Rev Sibanda said President Mnangagwa was chosen by God and no man could fight God, adding that all the battles that President Mnangagwa was going through were minor before God.

“In the Bible we have so many examples of people who wanted to fight the men of God, but they fell by the wayside the moment God intervened,” he said. “President Mnangagwa was chosen by God to steer the Zimbabwean ship forward, let us support God’s will with prayer.”

Rev Sibanda said only Zimbabweans could determine their future through prayer.

“What Zimbabwe needs is prayer and nothing else,” he said. “We can try all we can but nothing beats prayer. No matter what challenges we face, let us unite as a country and pray and things will work out for the good.”

The call comes at a time when opposition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has filed a court application challenging the results of the Presidential election, which Mnangagwa was declared to have won with 50,8 percent of the total votes against Chamisa’s 44,3 percent.

The MDC-Alliance leader alleges that the elections were rigged and the application has temporarily stalled President Mnangagwa’s inauguration.

State media

DIVISIONS have reportedly rocked President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legal team after it emerged that some of his lead lawyers gave him a wrong interpretation of the operations of the law regarding MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s Constitutional Court (ConCourt) presidential election challenge.

Highly-placed sources in the legal fraternity told independent run Newsday newspaper on Tuesday that Mnangagwa had pencilled his inauguration on August 12, following advice from one of his lead counsels and was now seeking to argue before the courts that Chamisa’s petition was filed out of time.

“These arguments are embarrassing to the legal team, clear misreading of the law and misinformation being given to the President as advice is now frustrating other members of the team,” the source said.

The discrepancies were highlighted in a 17-page document prepared for Mnangagwa by Lewis Uriri, titled Ex Parte: Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, in which he urged his client to disregard findings by the instructing lawyers.

“Whether my instructing attorneys are correct in their interpretation that in view of rule 3 of the ConCourt Rules (2016), the last day of filing of a petition challenges, my consultant’s election as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe is the 16th August 2018,” Uriri wrote.

He added: “Whether my instructing attorneys are correct in their view that no election petition is filed, inauguration day would be Monday the 20th August 2018.
“My opinion and advice: A petition challenging my consultant’s election as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe has the effect of delaying his inauguration up until the 25th of August 2018. He must, in any event, be sworn in no later than the 26th of August 2018”.

The memo showed that the initial advice was that Mnangagwa’s inauguration could only take place on August 20 and the technicality issue being raised by Zanu PF legal affairs secretary Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana that the court papers were filed out of time was reportedly based on Uriri’s interpretation.

Uriri told Mnangagwa that his inauguration date was supposed to be August 12, while Chamisa’s deadline for filing the challenge was August 10, instead of August 16.

“The time for any challenge to my consultant’s election as the President of Zimbabwe lapses at midnight on 10 August 2018. Inauguration day, in the event that no petition is filed, is Sunday the 12th of August 2018,” Uriri said in his advisory note to Mnangagwa.

His legal opinion, which informed the decision by the Zanu PF legal team to present itself at the Constitutional Court on Monday, a public holiday, was that section 93 of the Constitution did not relate to week days.

“Section 93 of the Constitution does not relate to seven week days, it relates to seven days. If the intention was to exclude Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, the legislature would have said so by using appropriate language. The simple reference to seven days is a reference to calendar days and includes weekends and public holidays,” Uriri said.

Contacted for comment on his advisory note yesterday, Uriri said he was not at liberty to discuss his client’s confidential matters with the Press.

“I note you have attached what purports to be an opinion allegedly given by me to Messrs Mutumbwa, Mugabe and Partners. I neither confirm nor deny that the said lawyers sought my opinion. My relationship with my clients is strictly privileged. I do not and will not discuss their affairs with unauthorised third parties, and certainly not with the Press,” he said.

But law lecturer Valentine Mutatu said if the interpretation by Uriri and Mangwana was correct, they should have filed their responses by August 13.

“If Mangwana and company are correct in their counting of days, if the application was served on Friday the 10th, then the last day of filing opposing papers was the 13th, but that cannot be because the courts, which don’t count the weekends and holidays, are closed. The court can, therefore, not count a day in which it is not possible for you to file papers,” Mutatu said.

Chamisa filed his court application on August 10 and managed to serve Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) on the same day, according to his chief election agent Jameson Timba.

A lawyer, who refused to be named for professional reasons, said Mnangagwa risked being misled by his legal team.

“It’s clear that the President is being misled by his legal team. He needs to replace them, especially (his point persons). If you look at the history of some of them, besides the case where they are a litigant, you won’t find any case they argued and won that’s worth nothing. The one time they attempted to go to the ConCourt recently ended in a disaster. They misfired procedure,” the lawyer said.

Mangwana approached the ConCourt in case 02/14 representing Boas Mapuva and Zishe Chizani, which case was dismissed on a technicality in judgment CCZ 6/2015.

The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza, admonished Mangwana for failing to follow proper procedure by bringing the matter in an improper manner.

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Ali Phiri, a Form One pupil at Batanayi High School in Redcliff, was snatched from the jaws of the daring crocodiles by community members, but it was too late as he was already dead.
Ali’s three friends escaped with minor injuries.

The disturbing incident took place on Sunday afternoon. Family spokesperson, Mr Munyaradzi Munikwa who is also newly elected ward 2 councillor confirmed Ali’s tragic death.

“He was swimming in Kwekwe River together with his three friends. We then saw the other two boys coming in a huff informing us about the reptiles having attacked Ali,” narrated Mr Munikwa.
“We had no option but to jump into the water to rescue the hapless boy from the crocodiles which were by now drawing the body into the water.”
The family was still at pains, he said, to learn of the tragic death of the boy who had a promising career in football.

“As a family we are still trying to come to terms with the incident. We are still shocked because Ali died a painful death which was not at all expected,” he said.

About six crocodiles are said to have been spotted in the river and to date they are said to have claimed more than six lives.

“We are calling upon the Parks and Wildlife Department to intervene and do something about these crocodiles before they claim more lives,” Mr Munikwa said.

Burial arrangements were still to be announced . Midlands Provincial Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mkwende said she was yet to receive a report on the matter.-state media

A 43-year-old Barclays Bank employee appeared in court facing two counts of forgery and two counts of fraud after he allegedly transferred money from a client’s account into his family’s in order to convert it to personal use.

The complainant in the matter is Barclays Bank.

Cuthbert Kumire appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Milton Serima last week, charged with forgery and fraud. He was ordered to pay $100 as bail and was remanded to August 21.

Prosecuting, Ms Ropafadzo Bosch alleged that on July 25, Kumire, who was on duty at Barclays Bank Msasa forged an inter-account funds transfer document in Yunus Ebrahim Omerjee’s name.

Kumire then allegedly transferred $7 500 from Omerjee’s account number into the one for his cousin, Brighton Moyo’s. From July 26 to July 31, Kumire allegedly transferred the money from Moyo’s account into Agnes Kumire and Gift Chitiyo’s accounts.

On August 1, Kumire allegedly forged another inter-account fund transfer document in Omerjee’s name.

He allegedly transferred $12 500 from Omerjee’s account into Moyo’s account.

From August 2 to 5, Kumire allegedly transferred more money from Moyo’s account into Agnes and Chitiyo’s accounts. – state media

By Local ZimEye Correspondent| There was drama when Chief Chamutsa from Buhera South was chased away from the District Heroes Celebration centre.

The fracas happened in ward 28 near Murambwi river in the afternoon.

During the meeting, Chinotimba caused a stir when he rapturously rose from nowhere and began screaming before the crowd of onlookers.

He then accused Chief Chamutsa and other men present of being sellouts.

Chinotimba publicly announced that all who were supporting independent  candidates be chased away. The elder Chamutsa was humiliated by Chinoz as he was swiftly whisked away by gun wielding police officers.

Among those singled by Chinos were the Chairman of War Veterans in Buhera Cde Mahamba who is from Murambinda, and Cde Chapeyama who is from Mutiusinazita.

The event turned up to be a Zanu PF function as no other parties were allowed there.

Things only calmed down when Chief Nyashanu rose up to condem Chinoz.

While giving his vote of thanks, Chief Nyashanu said, “we strongly condemn Cde Chinotimba’s behaviour as it incites public violence during this period.”

By A Correspondent| Bailed alleged “fraudsters” who are still on the dock for a brazen attempt to defraud a local Chinese national of land and other assets, have shown no regards of the law, defiantly interfering with the complainant’s business and the property in question.

Earlier in May, Frera Washington(38), Tom-Baris Vincent(57) and Ngoshi Norman(42) were arraigned before Magistrate Ms Tilda Mazhande on allegation of faking agreement of sale papers, Company registration documents and a non-existent mine claim in bid to defraud of Ms Yan Yu of her and late husband’s company Shomet Industrial Holdings (Private) Limited and its assets. They are on bail with weekly signing at the CID Harare, among other stringent conditions.

The trio are alleged to have filed a fraudulent Change of Directors with the Company Registrar’s office sometime after the death of Zhaosheng Wu, resigning the other Directors without resolution and or their knowledge and authority in bid to take over ownership of Shomet Industrial Holdings (Private) Limited.

The trio, now with the assistance of one Mr Blesert Tawodzera, a briefcase land developer and Witness J Zamanga aka Thumelo who owns Hayes Constructions and alleged to have had been awarded the development contract at the time the trio hatched a plan to defraud Ms Yan Yu despite being on bail for the fraud and with all evidence stacked against them continue to interfere with Shomet Industrial business and brazenly used the same forged documents to try to convince Waterfalls ZRP Police they are the owners of one of Shomet’s properties.

A white Toyota Hilux Double cab belonging to Tawodzera has frequented the site and he alongside Zamanga and the accused trio made numerous threats to Shomet Industrial Holdings (Private) Limited’s handyman at the Prospect property.

Tawodzera and Zamanga have been linked in numerous foiled projects in the past, including a land development project in Norton where
they committed a landowner to a development contract when they neither had nor could prove capacity to meet the contract resulting in them losing the contract through a court nullification. In mitigation, Shomet has approached the Commercial Crime CID who are liaising with the
Prosecutor General on merits of having the criminals’ bail conditions reconsidered. A cautionary Notice has been issued to the public who may have any dealings with the above individuals to report to the Harare CID Police immediately.

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“General vanotaura zvakachangamuka pane zvirikuitwa nemuDhara wepaKwekwe,” said Frank Partson.

“Hakuna president akadai!,” wrote Nyamasvisva Jaure Wacho.

“After all the practice he still cannot read. Is this the president you want Zimbabweans? Wake up mhani,” added Gheetah Patel.

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By Farai D Hove| President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday blamed the massacre of civilians in Harare (on the 2nd August) on MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa.

Mnangagwa was speaking at the national heroes acre while commemorating the Heroes Day.

Said Mnangagwa: “We however condemn the MDC Alliance inspired violence, post our free and fair elections, which resulted in the death of innocent citizens.

“May their souls in eternal peace. I have instructed a commission of enquiry to investigate the matter.

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The exiled Prof Jonathan Moyo has indicated he is soon dropping a bombshel expose’ that shows that ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has tampered with judicial independence.

Wrote Moyo: “B.S.There’s no separation of powers PR they are selling here. It’s a disaster. Wait until you read a scandalous confidential opinion given to Mnangagwa by Lewis Uriri & which, because #godisinit, has found its way into the public domain. They have tied themselves up in knots!”

Below was his tweet:

B.S.There's no separation of powers PR they are selling here. It's a disaster. Wait until you read a scandalous confidential opinion given to Mnangagwa by Lewis Uriri & which, because #godisinit, has found its way into the public domain. They have tied themselves up in knots! https://t.co/PeqsIxlqgU

— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) August 13, 2018

By Paul Nyathi|Government has appointed a three-member commission to preside over the affairs of Harare City Council before the swearing in of a new council. The caretaker commission was appointed in terms of section 80 of the Urban Councils Act.

The commission is chaired by Bella Manyakara. The other two members are Shingai Mutumbwa and one C Kampila.

“The commission will preside over Harare on an interim basis until the new council is sworn in. The commission will not make any far reaching decisions on behalf of council without consulting Government and shall not engage in land/ stands allocations,” Harare City Council said in a notice.