Terrence Mawawa
Zanu PF aspiring MP for Gutu North Constituency, Yeukai Simbanegavi says she is ready to fight tooth and nail in her quest to reduce the impact of male chauvinism in her area.
Simbanegavi acknowledged the task would not be easy because of negative stereotypes and stigmatisation of women and girls.
In her Facebook message Simbanegavi said:
“Vote for an MP who will build your future.
For empowerment of women and economic prosperity, Cde Simbanegavi is your suitable candidate.”
The two men accused of bombing ZANU PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa two weeks ago, have been released.
The two, John Zulu and Douglas Musekiwa, were held on terrorism charges over the June 23 bomb blast at White City stadium in Bulawayo.
They were on Monday afternoon released without charge.
Police had since Saturday fought to keep the two in detention. But since no charges were laid, the two had to be released. – MORE TO FOLLOW…
By Own Correspondent| ZimEye brings our valued readers and viewers the latest update on Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba’s accident yesterday. See the LIVE satellite map:
Cde Chinoz, whose phones were still unreachable at the time of publishing, was involved in a car accident in the south-eastern town on Sunday.
He was driving a Sprinter.
As details were coming ashore, experts told ZimEye.com the vehicle lost control and veered off the road; In the process Cde Chinoz suffered injuries at his face.
He was then admitted at Birchenough Bridge Hospital late afternoon. But ZimEye can reveal that by midnight, Chinoz had been discharged.
“He was attended to for injuries to his face… But when he was later discharged, he walked out complaining about his back,” an impeccable family source told ZimEye.com
Meanwhile, the man last appeared online just after the accident at 4pm Sunday afternoon.
Attempts to reach him via phone failed as it would not go through.
ZimEye sent him a message via WhatsApp which was still unopened at 2pm Monday afternoon.
– This is a developing story – REFRESH THIS PAGE FOR THE UPDATES –
Terrence Mawawa
Businesspeople in the ancient city of Masvingo have slammed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya for failing to address the real factors affecting the country’s economy.
Speaking at a business forum in Masvingo at the weekend, the entrepreneurs said poor policies were affecting economic growth.
“The RBZ is deliberately skirting the issues that are affecting our economy.The central bank must address the root cause of the cash crisis,” said a Masvingo based transport operator.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has temporarily
frozen the issuing of US dollars for
individual customers to banks in a bid to ease cash woes.
Mangudya claims un
scrupulous individuals are holding onto wads of cash,fuelling the black market in the process.
By MISA| Last week POTRAZ and the Ministry of ICT and Cyber Security announced an almost 60% reduction in out-of-bundle mobile data.
This was welcomed as a progressive move that would promote Internet access in the country. With effect from 1 July 2018 out-of-bundle mobile data will be going for 5 cents per megabyte. This short article seeks to determine whether this revised rate is affordable and what the reduction will mean for the average consumer.
Internet access has become an important part of social and professional life. It is, therefore, normal that in Zimbabwe the bulk of communication occurs via Internet-based services such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, and general email.
The amount of Internet access in any specific place relies on a number of factors such as network infrastructure, availability of power, and most importantly the cost of accessing the Internet. POTRAZ sector performance reports consistently show that the majority of Internet users in Zimbabwe access the Internet by means of mobile devices, usually mobile phones, and tablets.
The high uptake of instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp and Facebook has increased demand for mobile data in Zimbabwe. This high demand for instant messaging and social media services have directly influenced how mobile network operators package and sell their mobile data.
It is cheaper for a consumer to buy a social media bundle that only gives access to WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter or a combination of social media services. On average, consumers across Zimbabwe’s three Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) pay an average of $5 for a 30-day social media bundle. The cost of these social media bundles remains unchanged by the reduction announced last week.
Other services such as email and general websites are not accessible through mobile data bundles. A consumer must, therefore, buy mobile data at out-of-bundle rates that are far more expensive when compared to bundled data. A natural consequence of the current pricing regime is that the majority of consumers will opt for bundled data as opposed to the more expensive out-of-bundle data.
This means the reduction in out-of-bundle data will not benefit as many consumers as initially thought because most consumers do not use out-of-bundle data anyway.
The discussions around the price reduction also showed how hard it is to measure the affordability of Internet access. One common way is to take a comparative look at what other countries in the region charge for mobile data.
An example of such a comparative approach is the RIA Africa Mobile Pricing Indices (RAMP). According to RAMP, Zimbabwe has the fourth most expensive mobile data in Africa. This is based on the average cost of $30 for 1 gigabyte of out-of-bundle data.
One major disadvantage with the comparative approach is that it does not cater to unique market forces that determine the cost of mobile data within the different countries compared in the research.
For example, Zimbabwe’s MNOs state that the reason their mobile data prices are high is that they are still paying off their network capitalisation costs. The case is probably different for MNOs in more developed African countries.
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has come up with a formula that caters to each country’s unique conditions. The A4AI argues that Internet is affordable if 1GB of mobile out-of-bundle broadband data is priced at 2% or less of average monthly income.
If for example, the Zimbabwean average monthly income is $400 a month, then 1 gigabyte of mobile data must cost less than $8. Under the new data price regime, 1 gigabyte of out-of-bundle data will cost a minimum of $50. This is much higher than the A4AI threshold, a clear indicator that Zimbabwean mobile data is still exorbitant.
MISA Zimbabwe has in its engagement with government and POTRAZ always pushed for the reduction of Internet access costs. The current reduction in out-of-bundle data is a positive step, but MISA urges the government to act on the price of bundled data which is more widely used than out-of-bundle data.
Limiting the reduction of mobile data only to a specific class of data that is only used by a minority of the market will not improve Internet access in any significant and meaningful way.
By A Correspondent| The Nelson Chamisa led MDC has announced it is set to boycott the upcoming elections due to mal-practices by the Zimbabwe electoral commission.
This was made known by senior party official, Mr. Jameson Timba Monday morning at the party’s headquarters.
He was being grilled on the sidelines of their presser.
(see timeline 32.00 to 35:00)
Said Timba, “we are calling a special meeting (musangano) with other parties. If vaMnangagwa as another candidate is allowing this…I believe his party will also attend that meeting. In that same meeting we will take up one request and take it up…
“Tati izvi kana zvisina kugadziriswa izvi, musi wa 30 July kunenge kusina election…my young brother, we said if these things are not fixed on the 30th July there will be no election. There is no communication in Shona that is clearer than what I have told you my young brother.”
Splinter Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Deputy President Obert Gutu reports that the mainstream MDC-T led by advocate Nelson Chamisa has withdrawn from the High Court roll the matter against leaders of the splinter group on the use of the MDC-T name.
According to Gutu, the withdrawal makes the Khupe led splinter the genuine MDC-T which Chamisa was contesting.
Gutu wrote on his Facebook page on Monday shortly after the court sitting.
Our erstwhile comrades,h ave this morning i.e.Monday.July 02,2018, applied to have their matter against Thokozani Khupe, Obert Gutu and Abednico Bhebhe removed from the High Court roll. The matter was heard before Honourable Justice Dube in chambers.
Our lead Counsel, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, consented to the matter being removed from the roll with costs being in the cause, because, essentially, our erstwhile comrades have thrown in the towel and realized that their case against the three (3) of us was ill-advised and unwinnable.Our erstwhile comrades were represented by Advocate Thabani Mpofu.
What this essentially means is that the MDC-T led by Hon.Dr.Thokozani Khupe continues as the legitimate and lawful MDC-T.
Three chiefs here have been granted a peace order against Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and nine others they accuse of unleashing a reign of terror against them.
The trio — Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni, Neville Ndondo and Deli Asher Mabhena — allege the minister was throwing spanners into their work and social life.
Some of the respondents cited as respondents by the traditional leaders include Zanu PF provincial chair who is also the Umguza aspiring MP Richard Moyo, David Moyo, Moses Siphuma, Jonathan Sibanda, Remigious Kombani, and Beverly Sibanda, among others.
Yesterday, magistrate Adelaide Mbeure ruled in favour of the chiefs, immediately stopping Mpofu from interfering with their works.
“I hereby order that the respondents should cease to threaten the applicants in any way and not communicate in any way that is threatening abusive and vulgar. Respondents should hold their peace towards the applicants,” Mbeure ruled.
In their court application, the chiefs — represented by lawyer Dumisani Dube of Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers — accused Mpofu of targeting them.
“The first respondent ‘Mpofu’ who is local member of Parliament and minister of Home affairs has abused his office and authority by constantly throwing spanners into the chiefs’ work using his agents and thugs who include the second to the tenth respondents,” Ndiweni said.
“He has verbally attacked the applicants in various political and social fora at York House in Bulawayo and in Umguza District. Sometime back he sent bandits of thugs and hoodlums to harass and torment the applicants and villagers who refuse to dabble in his succession politics,” he said.
Ndiweni further noted that through his direct control of 17 out of the 19 wards in Umguza District, Mpofu intimidated and harassed the applicants through “derogatory insults, threat of violence, abduction and extermination as he is a feared and very powerful politician”.
He also indicated that attempts to report the minister to police had yielded nothing “as police officers are afraid of the politics”.
Ndiweni concluded: “I accordingly, implore this court to order the respondents to stop threats against our lives or being abusive to us. Respondents must also stop using vulgar language towards us or inciting threats death or harm to us.”
Daily News
By Paul Nyathi|Opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has declared that he has the full backing of former President Robert Mugabe and is assured of his vote in the upcoming elections.
Addressing thousands of his party supporters in Mvurwi Mashonaland Central province over the weekend, the youthful opposition presidential aspirant disclosed that the former Zanu PF strongman Mugabe had endorsed his candidature.
“How can we lose an election to a disjointed ruling party? Mugabe pledged to vote for me. So if you do not vote for me, Mugabe will do so. Hence, if I happen to lose, I will know that it is you, not Mugabe, since I already have his vote,” he told the rally.
Chamisa also called on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take a break from politics, saying the former military commander had failed to find his feet in the country’s fast-shifting political terrain.
“Chiwenga is a military man. He should relax and leave us the young people to govern the country. Recently, he said people of Zimbabwe should not worry about cash. Honestly, how can he say that cash is not important? Give me a chance in government and enjoy life,” Chamisa pleaded.
He took the opportunity to endorse MDC-T aspiring legislator Tulani Ndlovu ahead of MDC Alliance candidate Tinashe Muchenje.
“We know you had problems with your candidates here, but we have seen that Ndlovu is more popular and with him, we are assured of winning the seat. He stands a better chance against the incumbent MP Martin Dinha (Zanu PF),” he said.
By Paul Nyathi|President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF have told the High Court that the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T has no legal right to challenge the electoral processes as the party is not taking part in the elections.
The party said this responding to an MDC court application seeking to compel the ruling party from alleged interferrence with the independence of traditional leaders ahead of the harmonised election.
Advocate Lewis Uriri of the Temple Bar (Inns of court) instructed by Mr Aston Musunga are representing the President and the ruling party in the matter.
The lawyers argued that the Chamisa-led MDC party had no locus standi to file the election-related challenge because it did not register to participate in the forthcoming election. Only the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and the MDC Alliance led by Chamisa are participants in the elections.
“The fact is that, for purposes of the election in issue, it (MDC) has not registered its intention to participate,” the lawyers said.
“Only two parties with the prefix “MDC” have indicated their participation. These are the MDC-T led by Dr Khupe and MDC Alliance led by Mr Chamisa.
“The applicant (MDC) is neither of these. It clearly has no interest in the election in its capacity as a participant.”
The respondents further argued that the MDC just filed a frivolous application to lay the basis for filing of petitions after the elections.
“The second object is to create one of several intended bases for election petitions after the applicant’s demise at the forthcoming polls,” reads the response.
An order has since been issued against Chief Fortune Charumbira and the Chief’s Council in another High Court matter, to stop meddling in politics, but the MDC last week filed a fresh application seeking almost the same order.
The Chamisa-led MDC party argued that President Mnangagwa had early last month urged his party’s candidates in the harmonised elections scheduled for July 30, to offer trinkets to chiefs and traditional leaders to procure their support in the elections.
The opposition party argued that President Mnangagwa’s utterances, which were made on June 9, 2018 to Zanu-PF party supporters in Mutoko in Mashonaland East province, motivated some ruling party members to engage in corrupt practices for the purposes of vote buying ahead of the elections.
TWO pupils from Inyanda Secondary School in Bulawayo’s Gwabalanda suburb are in trouble after a steamy video with sexual acts that was seemingly recorded behind classroom blocks at the school leaked and has gone viral.
Bulawayo Provincial Education Director Mrs Olicah Kaira said she saw the video and they were investigating the matter.
“I can confirm that there is video of two pupils suspected to be from one of our schools. We are investigating the matter and will be able to give more details once we conclude the investigations,” she said.
Mrs Kaira decried moral decadence among young people as pupils across the country have recently made news for immoral behaviour.
“I don’t know what is wrong with our children nowadays. We are having a serious case of some pupils showcasing behaviours that are not synonymous with childhood and it becomes a challenge when we think of what kind of disciplinary measures we need to take on the pupils as we need to address the root cause. Some of these children may be in need of counselling,” said Mrs Kaira.
She described the video as gross, highly immoral and appalling.
“I saw the video myself. The acts of the pupils are highly immoral, despicable and cannot be associated with Ordinary Level pupils. They are very embarrassing and such public indecency is just unacceptable, especially in our schools. We just cannot have such happening,” said Mrs Kaira.
Media is in possession of the video in which two pupils, a boy and girl, whose names have been withheld as they are both minors, are seen touching each other’s genitals in a sexually explicit manner. The boy is fondling the girl’s breasts and buttocks and she is making “sexual” sounds while another pupil can be heard cheering them on in the background.
Residents who spoke to the media after seeing the video said the girl stayed with a close relative who operates a shebeen at her home near the school.
Neighbours alleged that the shebeen queen often forced the girl to engage in sex with her patrons in exchange for money, but that could not be verified immediately.
A neighbour whose name has been withheld for fear of victimisation said the shebeen queen is often raided by police but the woman is defiant as she continues to sell beer from home.
“The shebeen is just a cover up for prostitution that takes place at the residence. It is so bad because she is exposing her own child to sexual abuse as she is only interested in money,” said the neighbour.
State Media
By Paul Nyathi|Buoyant Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Deputy President Obert Gutu says that the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T is chickening out of the court case over the use of the name MDC-T and the party symbol.
Writing in his Facebook page over the weekend, Gutu said that the Chamisa led faction is developing cold feet on the case as they realise that they can not win the case.
Wrote Gutu:
Our erstwhile comrades,have,once again,developed cold feet.Their lawyer,Advocate Thabani Mpofu,is not at all keen to represent them in the High Court trial since he seems to appreciate that his clients have got a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the case.Accordingly,our erstwhile comrades are virtually chickening out of the High Court legal battle.
The case was supposed to commence this morning ie Sunday,July 01,2018 before Honourable Justice Dube at the High Court in Harare.As we expected,our erstwhile comrades are certainly in no mood to have the case kick off.Therefore,our lead Counsel,Professor Lovemore Madhuku,will be approaching Justice Dube in her chambers on Monday morning,July 02,2018,to seek directions on how to proceed with the matter since the Applicant is now playing hide and seek and is apparently no longer keen to prosecute its case to finality.
It’s the Applicant who is dominus litis and as such,they’re legally obliged to prosecute their case to finality.They have got an unwinnable and utterly hopeless case both on the facts and on the law.We have got the Applicant exactly where we want them to be ie in a legal cul de sac out of which they cannot successfully manouvre themselves.In the Shona language,we say “kana wadenha mangwiro,wotokwinya” simply meaning that if you start a fight with a tough opponent you have got to be resilient.We’re prepared and indeed,more than ready,to fight this case to the bitterest end.
In the meantime,we are urging all the MDC-T candidates and party cadres to continue with their campaigns peacefully and without any stress.We have now entered the homestretch.
FRESH details have emerged showing that former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore (whose official surname on his identity and travel documents is Mutsahuni) is certainly not an aviation captain, but a first officer although he has publicly claimed that he is one.
Chikore’s false claims to be a captain also comes as it also surfaced that dodgy airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) hired an expatriate, Ionica Radicanu, as a manager in charge of quality and safety, when she is not registered with the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe — hence not qualified for the job.
As the ZimAirways saga takes another twist, two of the airline’s Boeing 777 planes could be impounded in Malaysia due to delays by the Zimbabwean government in paying over US$1 million maintenance fees incurred over the last two years.
Contrary to reports that the recently purchased ZimAirways Boeing 777, which had already been delivered to Zimbabwe, had left Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for the south-eastern Asian country on Africa Day for “A Check” routine service, investigations by the Zimbabwe Independent have shown that the aircraft left Harare after senior management advised government that it would incur more costs while parked at the airport. The two planes — Z-RGM which was delivered in April and the yet-to-arrive Z-NBE — now risk being impounded as the airline wallows in debt.
Sources said the decision to fly back the controversial plane to Malaysia came after Transport minister Joram Gumbo last month summoned senior Air Zimbabwe officials to his offices following the national airline’s refusal to accommodate the Boeing aircraft in its hangars citing risk, among other issues.
Aviation industry sources privy to developments told the Zimbabwe Independent that while ZimAirways consultant and de facto chief executive Chikore was in the United Kingdom undergoing three-week simulator training, the plane was flown back to Malaysia for storage until all the registration and paperwork has been completed.
This decision, however, infuriated Chikore who was expecting to carry out his line training using the same aircraft, confirming earlier reports by this paper that he was not a full captain. Boeing Captain Mark Pierce, according to sources, was supposed to oversee Chikore’s line training.
Sources said Chikore was in the UK between May 3 and May 28 where he attended a Boeing simulator training school in London. The training, sources added, cost US$40 000.
“Since purchasing the plane, maintenance costs accrued to Advanced Air Traffic Systems (AAT) of Malaysia have reached US$1 million and now the plane risks being impounded. The company is owed US$644 000 for maintenance and components for Z-RGM and the US$500 000 for Z-NBE. AAT can hold the planes as surety. The decision to take it back to Malaysia was arrived at after technical personnel realised that nothing much had been done by government in terms of making sure that the plane was secure when it was taken delivery of in April,” an aviation source said.
“Engineer Martin Gwafa would write weekly reports on what needed to be done when the plane landed at Robert Mugabe airport, but little progress was made so management advised minister Gumbo to fly back the plane to reduce the costs.”
The sources said to keep up with its maintenance programme, some of the requirements that were required while the plane was in Harare included daily maintenance, fly 100 hours a month, a hangar and Boeing 777-rated engineers.
Efforts to get comment from ZimAirways were in vain. Contacted for comment on whether or not Chikore had attended simulator training in London, a terse Gumbo said there was nothing amiss with that.
“I cannot be reporting every day about what my officers are doing every day. That is not my mandate,” said Gumbo.
“Who doesn’t know that Simba is a pilot and that he can also undergo training? Who doesn’t know that officers who operate trains also undergo training? Please give Simba some peace, he is also human.”
Gumbo and Chikore got entangled in a US$70 million aircraft purchase scandal which involves state-owned Air Zimbabwe and ZimAirways.
The saga has also sucked in Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa who tried to clear the air over the issue, together with Gumbo, although their intervention only managed to provoke more questions than answers.
Gumbo and Chinamasa’s explanation was that the four Boeing 777-200 planes were bought from Malaysia Airlines through their sole agent PricewaterhouseCoopers Kuala Lumpur, but are now being leased to ZimAirways via the Zimbabwe Aviation Leasing Company (ZALC). They claimed ZimAirways and ZALC are owned by government. Prior to that and to the contrary, Gumbo had always maintained these are private companies owned by Zimbabwean diasporans.
Zimbabwe Independent
By A Correspondent| The Buhera South legislator, Joseph Chinotimba was yesterday involved in a horrific car accident in Birchenough Bridge.
ZimEye was first to break the news early Sunday evening.
While the full extent of the damage to his car including his own injuries were not revealed at the time of writing, Cde Chinoz was admitted at the Birchenough Bridge Hospital last night, sources confirmed.
He was admitted at the hospital late in the afternoon, a source told ZimEye.
They described the damages to his vehicle as serious.
Other details were sketchy and this is a developing story.
Meanwhile the man was last seen online at 4pm Sunday afternoon.
Attempts to reach him via phone failed as it would not go through.
ZimEye sent him a message via WhatsApp which was still unopened at 4am the following morning Monday.
ZimEye was at the time of writing searching for his whereabouts. This is a developing story – REFRESH THIS PAGE FOR THE UPDATES –
Dear Editor.
This ZANU man was caught tearing down Nelson Chamisa’s posters. It seems ED is a little serious on restoring law and order. Hameno!
President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF have described as mere political grandstanding, an application by the MDC seeking to compel the ruling party from alleged interferrence with the independence of traditional leaders ahead of the harmonised election.
An order has since been issued against Chief Fortune Charumbira and the Chief’s Council in another High Court matter, to stop meddling in politics, but the MDC last week filed a fresh application seeking almost the same order.
The Chamisa-led MDC party argued that President Mnangagwa had early last month urged his party’s candidates in the harmonised elections scheduled for July 30, to offer trinkets to chiefs and traditional leaders to procure their support in the elections.
The opposition party argued that President Mnangagwa’s utterances, which were made on June 9, 2018 to Zanu-PF party supporters in Mutoko in Mashonaland East province, motivated some ruling party members to engage in corrupt practices for the purposes of vote buying ahead of the elections.
Responding to the urgent chamber application, President Mnangagwa, through Zanu-PF’s secretary for legal affairs Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, urged the Electoral Court to dismiss the application.
He said it was a way of undermining the elections before they were even held.
“It is pure grandstanding,” said Mangwana. “It does not have, as its object, a judicial pronouncement in the interest of the democratic process. It is meant to make a political statement for the benefit of external forces thought to have an impact in the conduct of international relations, bearing in mind that international relations are based primarily on the principle of recognition.
“The object of this application is to find a basis for undermining the recognition of the Government of the people that will be elected on July 30.”
Advocate Lewis Uriri of the Temple Bar (Inns of court) instructed by Mr Aston Musunga are representing the President and the ruling party in the matter, while Mr Alec Muchadehama is acting for MDC.
The respondents further argued that the MDC just filed a frivolous application to lay the basis for filing of petitions after the elections.
“The second object is to create one of several intended bases for election petitions after the applicant’s demise at the forthcoming polls,” reads the response.
The lawyers also argued that the Chamisa-led MDC party had no locus standi to file the election-related challenge because it did not register to participate in the forthcoming election. Only the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and the MDC Alliance led by Mr Chamisa are participants in the elections.
“The fact is that, for purposes of the election in issue, it (MDC) has not registered its intention to participate,” the lawyers said.
“Only two parties with the prefix “MDC” have indicated their participation. These are the MDC-T led by Dr Khupe and MDC Alliance led by Mr Chamisa.
“The applicant (MDC) is neither of these. It clearly has no interest in the election in its capacity as a participant.”
Mangwana urged the court to dismiss the application with costs on a higher scale.
The respondents also argued that the law did not allow a sitting President to be sued in his personal capacity in matters of that nature and that the court should simply refuse to hear the matter.
They argued that the MDC-T leadership wrangle was still pending before the High Court and that Mr Chamisa and his faction cannot be allowed to hold themselves out as the legitimate MDC before determination of matter.
“The Chamisa faction cannot seek to undermine the pending litigation by holding itself out in these proceedings as the legitimate MDC,” the respondents argued.
On the merits, President Mnangagwa denied ever encouraging candidates to bribe traditional leaders.
“By the applicant’s own admission, the first respondent does not state that aspiring candidates must proceed to bribe traditional leaders,” reads the papers before the court. “He does not make that encouragement. He does not direct traditional leaders to take bribes nor does he threaten them. The words attributed to him must be understood in their everyday grammatical sense.” – state media
FOUR people including three football players and a member of the Nembudziya FC technical team died after a lorry they were travelling in ploughed into a herd of cattle in the early hours of yesterday.
The three soccer players, whose team plies in the Zifa Midlands Division 2B league, died on the spot while the fourth person is said to have succumbed to injuries sustained in the accident on admission to Gokwe North District Hospital.
The lorry had 45 people on board and 38 people who suffered various degrees of injuries are admitted to Gokwe North District Hospital. Mr Austin Brian Chishanga, the Zifa Midlands chairperson, confirmed the accident which he said happened at around 12:30 am in the Kuwirirana area.
He said Nembudziya FC was returning to Gokwe following a fixture they had fulfilled against BM Academy from Redcliff Town on Saturday afternoon.
“It is with profound sadness that I have to inform you that Nembudziya FC were involved in a road accident while travelling back to Nembudziya from a league game against BM Academy. Four people lost their lives and four other people who are critical have been transferred to a Harare Hospital. The others are admitted to Gokwe District Hospital, “he said.
Mr Chishanga said they were saddened by the loss of lives, adding that the team was an integral part of the league and was developing football in Gokwe in particular and the Midlands Province at large.
“We will give a full report as soon as details are received. We as Zifa Midlands are very sorry, our deepest condolences to all families who have lost their beloved ones. May their souls rest in lasting peace,” he said.
Mr Chishanga said indications were that the fatal accident happened at around 12:30 am.
“As they were approaching Nembudziya, the lorry, which had 45 passengers on board, ploughed into a herd of cattle that was on the road allegedly following a brake failure resulting in the death of the players while others were injured,” he said.
According to Mr Talent Moyo, the Nembudziya FC team manager, the accident happened in Kuwirirana near Nembudziya Growth point.
“We were travelling from Gokwe town centre to Nembudziya from a match against BM Academy which we won three zero. On the approach to Kuwirirana there is Gokwe mountain. As we descended, the lorry’s brakes failed. The driver tried to control the vehicle but to add to the danger were cattle lying on the road. The truck hit the cows before spilling the passengers and overturning once,” said Mr Moyo from his hospital bed at Gokwe North District Hospital where he and other team members are admitted.- state media
Already, on her social media pages, she has appended Tytan’s surname to hers even though this was not the “actual wedding”, but a small ceremony to legalise their relationship.
Pictures of the union started circulating on social media late Friday afternoon showing the couple with beaming smiles as they put pen to paper.
Some of the pictures were of the couple’s marriage certificate which was a Chapter 5.11, according to the Marriage Act of Zimbabwe.
Comedian Tyra ‘Madam Boss’ Chikocho, who was at the ceremony, featured in most pictures and convinced many that she was Olinda’s best girl. However, Olinda set the record straight that her sister Tsitsi Zireva was her best girl.
While thousands sent congratulatory messages to the newlyweds, Olinda’s ex-lover’s girlfriend – Dion Chasa – seemed a bit jealous as she posted saying she was waiting for the couple’s divorce.
Olinda swiftly replied to her and said: “May you wait till kingdom come. Taiti kuroya requires rusero, tudhori and being stark naked. I guess even kuroya has evolved in 2018.”
As for Stunner, he posted: “Finally I’m free” on his Facebook page. This drew as much laughter and criticism from fans with some saying the message was not directed at Olinda and Tytan while others said Stunner was pained that his ex-wife had found happiness after their tumultuous marriage.
However, Stunner, responding to comments on his post, said he meant that he had finished recording his latest album and was now free to do as he pleased.
Away from the Stunner and Dion shade, Olinda said the real wedding is set to happen soon. Though the dates for the wedding are yet to be advised as the two are keeping tight lids on their plans, Olinda has already given her friends and family tasks to do.
At her wedding, she said, she wants VIP Hosting luxury wedding planners to do the decor before honeymooning at a beach and then having a baby with Tytan.
“I want a full big wedding with thousands of guests. I want a custom made wedding dress with Tendai Kevin Zhou, Craig Zoowie and Lungi Dlodlo doing some out of this world decor with upside down hanging from the ceiling cakes.
“The honeymoon will be somewhere with blue water and white beaches. I want an amazing baby shower with an out of this world gender reveal,” posted Olinda.
Olinda and Tytan have been grabbing headlines with people questioning their relationship considering their age difference.
In March this year, the duo was in the limelight with social media users claiming that Chapel had given Tytan money to pay for her lobola. – state media
In real movie style, a notorious murderer sentenced to 25 years over the death of a policewoman, has escaped from prison in France using a helicopter.
The chopper was armed.
French police yesterday began a manhunt for Mr Redoine Faid, 46.
This is not his first time – in 2013 he literally blasted his way out of prison with explosives concealed in tissue paper, only to be arrested at a hotel six weeks later.
Officials said Redoine Faid’s escape only took “a few minutes” on Sunday and no-one was either injured or taken hostage.
It was reported “an armed commando landed in a helicopter in the courtyard as the prisoner was in the visiting room” of Reau Prison, south of Paris.
The man’s first case was that of armed robbery.
More to follow…
By Dorrothy Moyo| In what could be the Mnangagwa administration’s latest achievements, the government has slashed the cost of blood to $0,00.
It was not clear at the time of writing how and why this sudden change was arrived at. It was neither clear what the source of funding for the upkeep and maintenance of the blood will be. For years the Zimbabwe Blood Transfusion services has argued that they have to charge for blood in order to cover for the cost of maintenance. Below was the letter which reveals that the move is with effect from yesterday 1st July 2018, 30 days before the upcoming polls.
https://youtu.be/_B4GYC-OiZg
By Own Correspondent| The Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba was last seen online at 4pm Sunday afternoon, as rumours swelled claiming that he has been involved in an accident.
ZimEye was told the accident happened near Birchnough Bridge.
Attempts to reach him via phone failed as it would not go through.
ZimEye sent him a message via WhatsApp which was still not opened by 10pm Sunday.
ZimEye was at the time of writing searching for his whereabouts. This is a developing story – REFRESH THIS PAGE FOR THE UPDATES –
30 days left, Lumumba says Chamisa is in trouble… IS HE TELLING THE TRUTH?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 1, 2018
The below report is false and misleading. No such letter was written by the deputy finance minister, ZimEye reveals.
By Own Correspondent| Pindai Dube of the South Africa based e-NCA television station arrested in Mozambique Saturday was released late on Sunday.
Dube was arrested by Mozambique police while on course of duty investigating military uprising in the country.
Appeals were raised to President Emerson Mngagwagwa as well as EU ambassador, international news organisations and local news, media organisation to help Dube to be released without being charged.
This is developing story…. – REFRESH THIS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS
There was traffic chaos on Sunday in Harare at the very same spot where the Rhodesian government planned to build massive spaghetti road junctions in 1959 that would have seen Zimbabwe outpacing Great Britain on its spaghetti innovation the Colonial power later completed in 1972 (Birmingham).
Wrote journo Privilege Musvanhiri,
The new gvt & local authorities after July 30 hve a lot to do on redoing the road infrastructure & network. The traffic jam in Hre has become unbearable. Is it abt bad driving? The Mbudzi traffic circle is one example. Currently stuck for an hour. Traffic into Hre is not moving. pic.twitter.com/ssXLoUqLGI
— Privilege Musvanhiri ?? (@Musvanhiri) July 1, 2018
“The new gvt & local authorities after July 30 hve a lot to do on redoing the road infrastructure & network. The traffic jam in Hre has become unbearable. Is it abt bad driving? The Mbudzi traffic circle is one example. Currently stuck for an hour. Traffic into Hre is not moving.”
By Redley Mugabe| President Emmerson Mnangagwa photobombed an African Union photoshoot with his scarf of numerous colours. Mnangagwa can be seen below a loner conspicuous by his neck fabric. The head of state has been before caught on camera wearing the same scarf in the hell flaming temperatures of Qatar, over 41 degrees Celsius. PICTURES:
Terrence Mawawa
Spain have joined the list of soccer giants who could not progress to the World Cup quarter finals after losing 4-3 to hosts Russia in a penalty shootout.
The match ended 1-1 after extra and Russia were hugely inspired by their vociferous fans throughout the game.
Yesterday Argentina lost 4-3 to France while Portugal bowed out of the World Cup Tournament following a 2-1 loss to Uruguay.
By Farai D Hove| President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not sleep at all inside the African Union meeting as has been supposed on social forums.
Some Zimbabweans circulated grainy pictures of the president amid allegations that the head of state fell asleep yesterda. But Mnangagwa did not at all collapse. SEE PICTURE BELOW.
A day after the meeting he said, “last night I addressed the African Union Peace and Security Council in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
“As a new member of the body, I assured our African brothers and sisters that the new Zimbabwe is peace-loving, safe and determined to chart a new destiny for the benefit of all our citizens.”
Terrence Mawawa
Javier Mascherano has confirmed his retirement from international football after Argentina were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup.
The 34-year old told reporters after the heartbreaking 4-3 loss to France: “It’s time to say goodbye, it’s time to support from outside. I hope that in future these boys can achieve something.”
Mascherano won more caps (147) for Argentina than any other player in history.
The player is now plying his trade with Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super League after leaving Catalan Giants Barcelona earlier this year.
Terrence Mawawa
Castle Lager Premier Soccer League( PSL) action will resume on July 7
Three matches will be played on Saturday with Harare City hosting CAPS United at Rufaro Stadium while log leaders FC Platinum entertain ZPC Kariba at Mandava. Herentals and Ngezi Platinum Stars will round up the day with a clash in the capital.
On Sunday, Dynamos take on Chicken Inn, Highlanders will visit Black Rhinos and Shabanie Mine have a date with Triangle United.
Fixtures:
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Harare City vs CAPS United (Rufaro Stadium)
FC Platinum vs ZPC Kariba (Mandava Stadium)
Herentals vs Ngezi Platinum Stars (NSS)
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Dynamos vs Chicken Inn (Rufaro Stadium)
Black Rhinos vs Highlanders (NSS)
Shabanie Mine vs Triangle United (Maglas Stadium)
Chapungu vs Bulawayo City (Ascot Stadium)
Bulawayo Chiefs vs Yadah (Luveve Stadium)
Mutare City vs Nichrut (Vengere Stadium).
Seeing this video, Chiyangwa will win this time, DO YOU DENY?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 1, 2018
By Dorrothy Moyo| More than 50 Zimbabwean students have been arrested in China over drug trafficking.
ZimEye.com is investigating on the matter as the Chinese police carry out their raid on more students alleged to have been connected to the activities.
The development comes barely a year after other Zimbabwean students were arrested in Cyprus on allegations of similar charges amid revelations that a number of Zimbabwean students studying in in Asian countries are being forced into crime and prostitution after being offered fake university scholarships. – CONTINUE READING
This was revealed by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee chairperson on Foreign Affairs, Kindness Paradza while addressing the Bulawayo Press Club.
The names of the arrested we’re not available at the time of writing. Details of where they are being held were also not disclosed.
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By Own Correspondent| National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) President Professor Lovemore Madhuku has revealed that he is not expecting to win this year’s presidential elections but use the opportunity for eventual victory in 2023 and beyond adding that State presidents do not grow their stature overnight.
Prof Madhuku indicated that he was using his participation in this year’s elections as a stepping stone for eventual victory in 2023 and beyond arguing that leaders of political parties do not become State presidents overnight but grow their stature through various political processes including elections.
“President Mnangagwa was not President on day one, so it will be very unfair for Zimbabwe and the NCA to expect Madhuku and the NCA to be dominating Parliament, and to have a president winning on day one,” said Prof Madhuku.
“There is more to an election than winning, an election has several components. The first one is promoting democratic culture in your country. It’s about creating a situation for you to build on. We might not be taking this election, we are praying more for life, and if we are here in 2023, here in 2028, then you will see what we are going to get but it starts in 2018.”
He said his party should not be expected to perform like Zanu-PF and the MDC in the coming elections as it is a new entrant.
He, however, said his party was confident of winning in some of the constituencies and will bring development and prosperity as promised by other political parties.
Prof Madhuku is one of the 23 presidential candidates contesting in the country’s harmonised polls and has 72 out of 210 candidates running for the National Assembly seats.
The constitutional law expert said his party was also contesting some council seats but did not have statistics for contesting candidates. Prof Madhuku said his campaign strategy will consists of small meetings and door to door campaigns as his party does not command too much following to be calling for rallies.
He said NCA just like any other party, is promising development and prosperity to the people of Zimbabwe.
“We stand for development and prosperity of the people of Zimbabwe, which is what every party will claim to be standing for.”
At a time when it was well known that Zimbabwe had modern systems of government superior to western society, and scientific levels that allowed the blacks here to proudly engage in commerce and trade shoulder to shoulder with the Portuguese and other westerners, there was somewhere in Mazowe, one
Nehanda Nyakasikana A BLESSING or CURSE to modern Zimbabwe?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 30, 2018
By Own Correspondent| There was drama at the magistrates court yesterday when two men arrested in connection with a grenade attack allegedly targeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a rally in Bulawayo on June 23 were whisked away by police officers over disagreements on how to proceed with the highly sensitive case.
The duo, whose names were revealed as Douglas Musekiwa and John Zulu were supposed to appear before a Bulawayo magistrate facing “insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism” charges, but the case failed to take off under unclear circumstances.
However, the two men whose ages were not given, were whisked away by police officers following disagreements over how to proceed with the case involving court officials.
Public prosecutor Charles Danda professed ignorance about the alleged suspects’ whereabouts when magistrate Adelide Mbeure called out their names to appear before her at the Tredgold court.
Sources said police tried to get warrants to further detain Musekiwa and Zulu without them appearing in court, but they were reminded that suspects must be produced in court within 48 hours after their arrest.
According to an application for further remand signed by a Chief Superintendent Moyo, the two were arrested without a warrant because there were “reasonable grounds of suspicion” that they committed “a crime of C/S 23(1)(c)(i)(ii) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23”.
Sources said the police had tried several times to convince court officials to grant the application for further remand without Musekiwa and Zulu appearing in court, but without success.
“In terms of the law, that sort of application cannot be granted without the suspects appearing in court,” a court official said.
After failing to prevail on the court officials, the detectives whisked the suspects away. However, a local publication reported that Zulu and Musekiwa were walking with great difficulty.
Sources said the detectives later tried to apply for further detention at the Western Commonage Magistrates Court in Mpopoma high-density suburb, but failed. The claim could not be independently verified.
Other sources however claimed that a crackdown had since been launched mainly targeting members of the Central Intelligence Organisation and other security departments following the alleged assassination attempt.
According to the sources, Musekiwa and Zulu could have CIO links, if they were not operatives. A third suspect who is said to have received some form of military training is said to be in detention in Harare.
Although police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba was not picking up calls yesterday, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said law enforcement agents were still investigating the matter and the culprits would be brought to book.
Chiwenga was addressing a Zanu PF rally in Harare Central constituency.
This is satanic. We lost innocent lives, innocent people. Why would you want to take somebody’s life as if you are going to live forever? Anyway, we condemn this act and move forward. This should give us the zeal and power to move forward,” he told the rally.
A source said Zulu and Musekiwa could be part of a group behind the grenade attack, but authorities believed the main suspect had a military background.
“The prime suspect was picked up by members of the military intelligence and another one was arrested on Thursday night but nobody knows if the police would be involved in the interrogation of the suspect,” said a source.
But generally, all security details suspected to have knowledge or involved in what happened in Bulawayo are being questioned again and again and they have been placed under surveillance.
“The prime suspect is a young male whose age we are told is 25 and was positioned at the end of the VIP tent throughout.
“He seems to have security training and was working with a clique whose extent and motive we are yet to establish.”
The attack has allegedly caused tension among various security departments amid counter accusations over the failure to provide Mnangagwa and his VPs with proper security.
Sources said security meetings held on Saturday night — soon after the attack at Bulawayo State House — Sunday evening in Harare as well as on Monday and Wednesday afternoon concluded that laxity by security details, tension and infiltration made the attack possible.
The insiders said the missile could not have been detected due to sloppy security arrangements and lack of coordination.
“This is a clear case of neglect, a sloppy security system and a coordinated clique of individuals who had done a reconnaissance on the president’s rally as well as the response of the security details to the crowd,” a source close to the investigations quoted minutes of one of the briefings.
They suggested that Mnangagwa survived the attack by a whisker as the grenade — thrown from a 15m-radius within the tent where VIP delegates were seated — could have landed three metres from where he was. The Zanu PF leader could have been a casualty had the missile not hit a rope on the VIP tent ; redirecting it two metres away from its intended landing.
“The deflection it took saved the president. In fact, the security wall around president was created late,” another source said.
The sources said information gathered so far showed that the grenade could have been pineapple shaped which is more cylindrical with small squares on the side to assist the assassin in gripping it, hence its greater accuracy rate.
STATEMENT: The Police are looking for Mr. Charles Godwin Chanetsa Kuyeri (pictured) – wanted for serious fraud. Anyone with information is asked to please inform nearby police or CID Breaside Police Station 0771604094. He was last seen in Budiriro Harare. Picture below –
Terrence Mawawa
Teachers in Masvingo are secretly celebrating the High Court ruling that bars Zanu PF from forcing teachers and pupils to attend its rallies.
High Court Judge Justice Joseph Mafusire last week ruled that the ruling party should not force teachers and pupils to attend its political gatherings.
Teachers in the city of Masvingo told ZimEye.com the landmark ruling had brought relief to school authorities, parents and pupils.
“When Mnangagwa came to Masvingo three weeks ago, we were forced to suspend all learning activities and his rally disrupted our daily rhythm.
We are happy with the High Court because our learning programmes will no longer be affected by Zanu PF rallies,” said a Masvingo based primary school teacher.
“We would like to thank the High Court of Zimbabwe for instructing Zanu PF to desist from forcing teachers and pupils attend its political rallies,” said a student teacher who identified herself as Linda.
Terrence Mawawa
The main opposition party, MDC is determined to take on Zanu PF in rural constituencies generally regarded as ruling party strongholds.
Below is MDC Alliance Masvingo Province’ s statement:
In Zaka East, Masvingo, MDC Alliance provincial chairperson Mr James Gumbi was the guest of honour at Zion Church yesterday morning.
Later in the afternoon, Mr Gumbi launched the Zaka East youth soccer tournament.
In Chiredzi the campaign teams were very busy yesterday. Aspiring MP for Chiredzi West Constituency, Mr Temba was satisfied with the campaign programme.
Terrence Mawawa
A woman who filed court papers claiming she had been raped by a magistrate stunned the court when she later changed her statement and said she had sex with the accused by consent.
According to the State outline Penia Mugota(22) had filed a report claiming she had been raped by her sister’s husband, Edwin Marecha(former Gutu District Resident Magistrate).She however changed her statement and said she had sex with Marecha by consent.
In her initial report Mugota claimed Marecha forced her to have sex with him.
Marecha was acquitted of two counts of rape by a Harare 
Magistrate last week.
Terrence Mawawa
Ruling party Zanu PF honchos who have been sitting on their laurels have realised that they have a daunting task to accomplish before the July 30 elections.
The ruling party has deployed former freedom fighters to different parts of the country in a desperate bid to drum up support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, House of Assembly and local government candidates before the elections.
Impeccable sources in the ruling party told ZimEye.com on Friday war veterans were instructed to campaign rigorously for the ruling party in all the 26 constituencies in Masvingo
Province.
“War veterans are moving around the province campaigning peacefully. Like all the citizens of this country, war veterans also have the right to participate in national processes,” Zanu PF sources said.
FORMER Zanu PF Harare South MP, Shadreck Mashayamombe was on Wednesday reportedly kidnapped by suspected Zanu PF supporters who demanded that he withdraws his candidature from the constituency before taking his Parliament-issued Chevrolet vehicle and dumping it along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.
Mashayamombe narrated his ordeal to the media on Saturday, claiming he was waylaid at Avondale Shopping Centre on Wednesday evening around 10pm by three armed men and one woman in a Honda Fit without registration plates.
“Three men came out of the Honda Fit, demanded my car keys and forced me out of the car. They blindfolded me and drove off with me in my car. They parked the car and told me they had an instruction to dump me in Kariba Dam if I don’t want to withdraw my candidature against the President’s nephew. They later removed the blindfold and I saw one man with a gun, the other one with a metal rod, while the other two were unarmed. I could not recognise any one of them,” he said.
Mashayamombe was expelled from Zanu PF last November after the military operation that ended former President Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule. He will contest the July 30 election on an MDC Alliance ticket against Zanu PF’s Tongai Mnangagwa and several other candidates from various political parties.
Mashayamombe has been on a collision course with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who told a rally recently the former Zanu PF member was as good as finished.
Mashayamombe said after hours of emotional torture, one of the men said he was against the idea of killing him, advising others to only take his money and set him free.
“After they realised that I did not have money, they took my other cellphone and groceries, gave me $5 for transport and drove off in my car. I called a taxi and went home and at around 3am, someone called me and told me to go and take my car along Bulawayo Road near N Richards shops.
They told me they had left the keys inside. I could not go there during the night for fear of an attack and went to the scene at daybreak and indeed, I recovered my car.”
Mashayamombe said he did not report the matter to the police because he had reported several cases since November last year when he was kidnapped by the military, after his home was raided and money stolen from his car business; and when his clothes were stolen, but no action was taken. “Why should I waste my time when I have reported many cases, giving evidence, names of perpetrators and even vehicle registration numbers and nothing happened?” Mashay- amombe asked.
“I am now living in fear, but I don’t have anywhere to turn to for protection.”
But police national spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said if Mashayamombe was not happy with the way he had been served by the police, there were always mechanisms for redress and these included reporting the matter to the officer-in-charge, officer commanding district or go straight to the complaints desk at the Charge Office.
“I cannot comment on the many cases he is referring to because I don’t have the records,” Charamba said.
Newsday Weekender
Terrence Mawawa
A Zanu PF MP believed to be sympathetic to former First Grace Mugabe is being haunted by members of the intelligence unit, it has emerged.
Chiredzi West MP , Darlington Chiwa, a declared G-40 member, is being trailed by members of the Central Intelligence Organisation who are determined to block his political activities in the area.
Police sources in Chiredzi have disclosed there is a plot to arrest Chihwa a few days before the polls in a move calculated to prevent him from contesting in the Chiredzi West Constituency Parliamentary election.
“The plot is very simple, perceived G-40 members will not be allowed to contest in the coming polls.
There is a plot to arrest Chihwa before the July 30 elections.He is not the only MP under the spotlight.We are working with instructions from Harare,” police sources in Chiredzi said last week.
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has hauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling ZANU PF party to court in the hunt for an order compelling them not to engage in electoral malpractices by seeking to procure the support or assistance of traditional leaders and making them to act in a partisan manner or further the interests of their political party or cause.
In an urgent chamber application filed in the Electoral Court on Tuesday 26 June 2018 by Jeremiah Bamu of Mbidzo, Muchadehama and Makoni Legal Practitioners and supported by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC party argued that President Mnangagwa had early this month urged his party members contesting in the harmonised elections scheduled for 30 July 2018 to offer trinkets to chiefs and traditional leaders to procure their support in the elections.
The MDC party argued that President Mnangagwa’s utterances, which were made on 09 June 2018 to his ZANU PF party supporters in Mutoko in Mashonaland East province, motivate some ruling party members to engage in corrupt practices for the purposes of vote buying ahead of the elections scheduled for 30 July 2018.
The opposition party said President Mnangagwa’s utterances also invite chiefs and other traditional leaders to engage in intimidatory practices and coerce their subjects, who will be voters in the forthcoming elections, to cast their vote in favour of candidates sponsored by ZANU PF party including but not limited to President Mnangagwa.
The MDC party argued that President Mnangagwa’s utterances constitute a threat to the free expression of political will and undermines the possibility of holding a free and fair poll on 30 July 2018.
President Mnangagwa’s actions, the MDC party said, are in direct violation of the Constitution, the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) and the Traditional Leaders Act (Chapter 29:17).
The opposition party also protested against the attendance of traditional leaders at partisan political gatherings such as at the political rally held in Mutoko in Mashonaland East province arguing that it is a direct violation of the constitution and electoral laws.
Such attendance the MDC party said, confirms fears that traditional leaders are partisan and pander to the whims of ZANU PF party. The MDC party said should such conduct persist, it will be impossible to hold a free and fair poll on 30 July 2018.
Besides barring President Mnangagwa, the MDC party also wants the Electoral Court to order Chief Fortune Charumbira in his capacity as President of the National Council of Chiefs to circulate the obtained provisional court order widely through the auspices of the National Council of Chiefs and Provincial Assemblies of Chiefs.
In addition, the MDC party wants the Electoral Court to bar all traditional leaders under the purview of the National Council of Chiefs led by Chief Charumbira not to engage in partisan political activities such as attending partisan political rallies and/or uttering partisan political statements.
The MDC party also complained about the conduct of Chief Zvimba, known as Alfred Tome, who on 4 June 2018 2018 in Zvimba South, in Mashonaland West province addressed a ZANU PF rally and publicly chanted the ruling party’s political slogans and openly declared support for President Mnangagwa and ZANU PF party before his subjects.
The MDC party’s lawyers argued that public endorsement of political candidates by traditional leaders constitutes a violation of the Constitution and the Act which governs them and more so in an election period such as the one Zimbabwe is currently in.
Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
Terrence Mawawa
The country’ s largest opposition party MDC is concerned about ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba’ s shenanigans with Presidential 
advisor Chris Mutsvangwa.
The party has pointed out that Chigumba’ s sincerity regarding the holding of free and fair polls is questionable.
Below is a statement that has been posted on the party’ s Facebook page under the name Nelson Chamisa for President:
On a very serious note, why did Priscilla Chigumba go to Russia with
Chris Mutsvangwa and in what capacity since
Mutsvangwa doesn’t work for the government but
for Zanu PF?
Are we a bunch of gullible cowards? Why do we always accept mediocrity with both hands as long as it comes from Zanu PF?
Hello Editor, please hide id.
Admin I work at KG6 and please inform Nelson Chamisa about that yesterday there were two tanks which came to Zimbabwe from Russia carrying bullot papers for ED to rig elections but they lied that it was money for RBZ.
Right now the ballot papers are about to be placed at Fidelis Printers, but the problem is there is a tight security so that they are trying to pull everyone away.
There is a trench which passes to Fidelis printers so that it will be easier for them to mix ballot papers now that things are not going well.
All things will be done at night when the observers are asleep, but I will try by all means to expose all they are doing; But please I beg you don’t expose my name my job will be over.
Please don’t think Chigumba is at home now; she is planning to do what she is instructed to do by Chiwenga don’t take this as a joke. I am a senior worker at KG6; take it or ignore it.
GodIsInIt
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The Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement has announced that it will be demonstrating against MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in London this month.
Below was their statement in which they made a series of allegations against Chamisa and the current president Emmerson Mnangagwa:
By Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity | The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement’s (1893 MHRRM’s) UK Chapter hereby announces that it will be holding another Matebele “Gukurahundi” Genocide Demonstration against the Zimbabwean government on the 28th July 2018. The Demonstration will take place outside Zimbabwe’s UK embassy, the Zimbabwe House, located at number 429 Strand, London, WC2R 0JR from 1pm to 5pm.
The Demo will be denouncing the following:
• Zanu PF Government’s Matebele “Gukurahundi Genocide” and its on-going systematic Human Rights violations of the Matebele people using state security apparatus like the intelligence, army, war-veterans, ethnic militia youth groups and the police as well as using civil servant leadership, traditional leaders, leadership in institutions of academia and corporate businesses to enforce these Human Rights violations.
• The importation of violence, bombs and terrorism acts into Matebeleland by the genocidal Zanu PF government of Zimbabwe and the full scale deployment of the security apparatus of the state of Zimbabwe that includes the army, para-military intelligence, the intelligence and the police after the Zanu PF leadership wrangle inspired bombing incident at the White City Stadium in Bulawayo on the 23rd June 2018. This bombing incident draws parallels with the abduction and killing of White Tourists in Matebeleland in 1982 that was blamed on the Matebele, selling a dummy to the International world that Matebeleland was engaging in acts of terrorism while the real culprits were Zanu PF whose agenda was to unleash a genocide on the unsuspecting and peace-loving Matebele people.
• The importation of violence into Matebeleland by the MDC-T Chamisa faction party using its youth militia called “The Order of The Vanguard” that has descended into Matebeleland targeting Nkosazana Khuphe and the Matebele and shedding blood in the process.
• The elections that are being conducted in a heavy cloud of terrorism, full scale deployment of the security apparatus to intimidate the people and send shock waves across Matebeleland and elsewhere in Zimbabwe.
The Demo will also be calling on:
• SADC, ECOWAS and the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe to prevent the country sliding quickly into a civic war.
• The International Community, particularly the United States of America, the former colonial power of Zimbabwe, Britain and the West to show leadership and avoid assisting and supporting Genocide-loving “strong man” leadership of Africa to continue to spill African blood wantonly while Africans suffer and emigrate, in large numbers to other African countries and Europe, whom Europe shuts out while at the same time contributing hugely to the problems they face in their countries of origin.
All human rights defenders are therefore invited to attend the Demo on the eve of the already rigged Zimbabwean elections.
Released by the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement’s Information and Publicity Department
Nehanda Nyakasikana A BLESSING or CURSE to modern Zimbabwe?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 30, 2018
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Open letter to Unicef Harare – Mnangagwa must bestopped in his wicked abuse of children
Dear Unicef Harare Resident Representative,
Unfortunately, the United Nations seems to ignore the abuse of children by Zanu PF. Now that the High Court has made a ruling to bar Zanu PF, Emmerson Mnangagwa’s party, from frog marching children to attend rallies addressed by Emerson Mnangagwa when Unicef had been paying a blind eye since the days of Robert Mugabe, now does Unicef Harare in particular, UNICEF Global and the entire United Nations system account for its role in preventing the political abuse of children?
As a 14 year old growing up in Chinhoyi, I used to enjoy attending Zanu PF rallies, back in the mid-1980s. I attended the rallies willingly, without being forced by anyone. I loved politics from that tender age, and it was good. I recall the speeches by the likes of the late Swithan Mombeshora, the late Provincial Governor Mudhomeni Chivende, Comrade Katyamaenza (not sure if he is still alive), the late Robison Manyika, the late Mayor Urimbo among others.
However, when the Mugabe regime started losing control, especially after the coming on to the political scene by the Tsvangirai led Movement for Democratic Change, Zanu PF started forcing people to support it, and this extended to forcing school children to attend its rallies, and indoctrinating children with political poison. It is unfortunate, Emerson Mnangagwa has continued on the Mugabe path in this regard. Shame on you Emerson Mnangagwa and your Zanu PF.
If Emerson Mnangagwa has really changed to what he wants people to believe, and if he was not aware that his officials were abusing children by forcing them to attend his rallies, then he must investigate those who were responsible, and heads must roll. Failure to do that, Emerson Mnangagwa has exposed himself for what he really is, that crocodile which sheds false tears.
The one thing that this should tell all Zimbabweans, the entire Zanu PF system is rotten and must go. Vote them out come 30 July 2018. Zimbabwe needs a new beginning.
My appeal to the United Nations, especially Unicef Harare Office, please monitor political parties’ rallies to ensure that school children are not forced to attend. It is very easy to tell when children are forced or have willingly attended a rally. When they attend willingly, they are joyful, as opposed to the children abused by Zanu PF who sometimes come with clothes in the bags as they are most of the times bused from far away districts as Mnangagwa wants to give a false impression that he has the support by showing off numbers at rallies.
While this an open letter that I have also sent to the media, I need an official response from Unicef on this, failure which I will make more noise in the media.
As I do not have Emmerson Mnangagwa’s email account, I have copied this email to the Speaker of Parliament and the Clerk of Parliament who I kindly request to forward my open letter to UNICEF to Comrade President.
Mnangagwa, please just STOP IT.
Kennedy Kaitano
By Own Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said any changes to the current administration should come through the ballot box instead of violence or bloodshed.
Mnangagwa’s statement follows an incident at White City Stadium in Bulawayo where a hand grenade was thrown at him and senior party officials just after he had finished addressing Zanu-PF supporters at a rally.
Said Mnangagwa:
“We will not allow the use of violence to mould our thoughts, ideology or politics. The only instrument for change will be through the ballot box, and not the gun, the explosives or other tools of violence and bloodshed.
Those who tried to hurt me are not my enemies, they are the enemies of our new Zimbabwe which we are striving together to reach. The forces of peace, progress and democracy cannot be stopped.”
Mnangagwa, is however on record implicating Generation 40, a faction within Zanu Pf which was fronted by former first lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, former Zanu Pf National Political Commisser Saviour Kasukuwere and self exiled former minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo among others to be behind the attack which claimed 2 lives and left 47 others injured.
They have come to embody football in this modern era, almost outgrowing their clubs and countries to be whole global entities of their own, but within six hours both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were on Saturday booted out from the 2018 World Cup.
The ramifications of this for both men individually is pretty huge. As Messi and Ronaldo have reached the latter, ever-so-slightly post-peak stages of their career, their shared sole objective has been to outdo the other, and to earn the right to sit one place higher in history’s mythical “greatest ever player” leaderboard.
But now, confirmation has almost certainly arrived that neither man will win a World Cup. Ronaldo will be 37 in four years’ time and Messi — who has history of prematurely retiring from the Argentina side and is tipped to do so again in the aftermath of this tournament — will be 35.
Neither has scored a goal in the knockout stages of the World Cup in their careers. Messi has played in one final, Ronaldo one semi-final, but this major honour, the medal that was supposed to rule all medals and definitively end the debate once and for all, has eluded both of them.
They will be crushed by that. But for us, the regular football fan who has just seen the game’s two modern greats eliminated three games short of a final, the fun is just getting started.
This has been a thrilling World Cup so far, featuring drama and quality and gripping storylines on a daily basis. Messi and Ronaldo have made their sporadic marks, but this is a World Cup not at all reliant on the superstar pair — and it is better for it.
You can take Saturday as an example. While Messi grew increasingly despondent as N’Golo Kante thwarted his every move, keeping his contribution only to assists and nothing close to match-defining, Kylian Mbappe was confirming that his name will soon be filling Balon d’Or ballots for a decade or more.
While Ronaldo ran down blind alleys and bewildered only himself with his stepovers against Uruguay, Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez were combining their incredible work rates with understanding and brilliant technical quality to great effect.
Perhaps the aura has grown too big, that no team — certainly no international team with its limited preparation time and decreased chemistry — can handle the weight of such giants and expect to be able to keep moving forward.
Because aside from the snap moments of individual brilliance, Ronaldo did not make Portugal play better, and Argentina spent its whole tournament desperately trying to find a system that Messi would be happy with and could thrive in, and failed.
This is not going to be a tournament where one player puts his team on his back and carries them to the crown. Neymar has been overshadowed by Philippe Coutinho for Brazil, Harry Kane’s goals don’t come without the overall excellence of England’s attacking movement, and it’s almost impossible to pick one single key figure for Spain or Belgium.
The best players at this World Cup — players like Luka Modric, Isco and Juan Quintero — fit into their teams and make them better. Neither Messi or Ronaldo have done that in Russia.
And so the show must go on, with or without its supposed headline acts. Some salivated over a potential Ronaldo v Messi quarter-final battle between Portugal and Argentina, when in truth France against Uruguay really is a much more tantalising game in nearly every way.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has temporarily stopped giving US dollars to banks for withdrawal by individuals, as the latter are said to be at the centre of black market currency dealings.
The central bank has been importing cash to ease shortages, but the money is quickly diverted to the black market.
The RBZ is now concentrating on funnelling money to productive sectors to increase production for exports and boost foreign currency earnings.
In an interview with The Sunday News, RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya said, “Even if we put a lot of money into ATMs, people will take the money and go and sell it because the US dollar is being looked to as an investment as opposed to being a medium of exchange.
“So what makes people take money from the ATM is that they want to sell it 50 cents above its value … it has become an industry of selling money but we need to sell products.
“… should we put more money into ATMs for people to get money or should we put more money into the industry, which is employing people? It’s better to go for the latter.”
Dr Mangudya said the apex bank would continue advocating for the multiple-currency regime until macro-economic fundamentals were addressed.
“Currency reforms require that we address the challenges that the economy is facing, which are your fiscal deficit, which is the major source of money in the market.
‘‘That fiscal deficit also affects the current account deficit because it feeds into more money even into the people’s pockets thus it increases the demand for imports.
“So the major economic challenge we are facing is that we need to first of all deal with fundamentals. Our issue is not a currency phenomenon. It’s about a production phenomenon. It’s about dealing with the fiscal deficit so that we bring the economy into balance,” said Dr Mangudya.
The central bank boss expressed satisfaction with the impact of the RBZ’s export incentive scheme.
He said several companies had increased exports by more than 70 percent and capacity utilisation by over 80 percent.
“We are quite happy that the export incentives that we are giving to the industry or to the economy are paying plenty of dividends. If you check all companies that are exporting now, they will tell you that the export incentive scheme was and is the panacea for increasing exports in Zimbabwe,” said Dr Mangudya.
He said the new political dispensation’s ease of doing business reforms were bearing fruit.
“If you put policy measures against capital people won’t invest because they will be skeptical that they will channel their investment for an empty cause but right now Zimbabwe is open for business.
‘‘These are the fruits of opening up the economy for business, just imagine it’s only six months (since President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed office).
“Right now we feel we have done very well as a country under very difficult circumstances but we are not saying there are no challenges.
‘‘We need to celebrate that success as opposed to undermining ourselves, because companies have improved and people are getting employed,” said Dr Mangudya. – state media
The War Veterans of the Liberation Struggle (Rights and Benefits) Bill is ready, and consultations to increase war veterans’ monthly pensions are underway.
The Bill – which seeks to provide a legal basis for vetting war collaborators, nationalists and non-combatant cadres so that they can receive compensation from Government – is likely to be be tabled in the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe.
Currently, the War Veterans Act and the Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees and Restrictees Act provide the framework for administering war veterans’ affairs.
The new Bill seeks to recognise war collaborators, non-combatant cadres and nationalists who may not have been at the war front but made immense contributions to Zimbabwe’s Independence.
In an interview with The Sunday Mail, principal director for war veterans in the Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Major-General (Retired) Richard Ruwodo said: “We drafted the new Bill and presented it to the Cabinet Legal Committee last September, and the Bill went before Cabinet for considerations which are now waiting for the approval of the Vice-Presidents.”
Government has been vetting war veterans, ex-political prisoners, detainees and restrictees for the past 21 years.
The Constitution prescribes the provision of pensions and access to basic healthcare to veterans of the Second Chimurenga.
The War Veterans Act also stipulates that a board should superintend over administration of war veterans’ issues.
The term of the last board, which was led by Cde Dumiso Dabengwa, ended last year.
The board that will be put in place after the enactment of the new law will cover previously excluded groups such as collaborators, non-combatant cadres and nationalists.
“Since the process of harmonising the Constitution and the two Acts started, we are waiting for the Bill to sail through so (that) we can include representatives from the other three groups.
“The Minister (of Defence and War Veterans’ Affairs) will make recommendations to the President on who should be part of the new board to be formed post passing of the Bill,” said Rtd Maj-Gen Ruwodo.
In addition, Government is working on on upward review of war veterans’ pensions.
“In terms of how what percentage increase we are talking about, it hasn’t been finalised yet. But we have been given a task to come up with some figures which we will present,” Rtd Maj-Gen Ruwodo said.
War veterans currently get a little above $200 in monthly pay-outs, and the figure was last adjusted in 2014.
At a meeting with war veterans in Harare on May 11, 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave an assurance that pensions and other living conditions would be improved. – state media
A fleet of unmanned aircraft will be sent out on manoeuvres to improve the security of the president and his officials, it has emerged.
Zimbabwe’s security cluster has activated robust anti-terrorism measures which will see police introduce special anti-terror personnel, drones and other monitoring mechanisms commensurate with the magnitude of all political gatherings countrywide.
The measures come as police boost security ahead of the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections, and follow the June 23 attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s life soon after addressing a rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo.
The attack has been roundly condemned locally and internationally, and President Mnangagwa has said it will not stop elections from going ahead as constitutionally scheduled.
In an interview in Harare last week, Zimbabwe Republic Police Commander for the 2018 Harmonised Elections Committee, Senior Assistant Commissioner Erasmus Makodza said at least 45 000 specially trained police officers had been tasked to handle security countrywide.
“There will be increased vigilance and increased police visibility at all rallies. We will also ensure that we deploy more plain clothes police office amongst the crowds and we shall be using drones to monitor activities at rallies and capture what is going on.
“As of our deadline which is 30 June 2018 (yesterday), we expect to have officially trained 45 000 officers ahead of the elections.
“Our training is focusing on management of harmonised elections, the Electoral Act, public order and disorder training, and human rights.
“We also have a manual that we have produced for all officers involved. It basically contains the key elements of the Electoral Act which the police will be using during the elections.”
Snr Asst Comm Makodza said police district and provincial commanders were in the process of issuing bans on dangerous weapons, a process that would culminate in a national prohibition order.
“In terms of the bans on dangerous weapons, officers commanding in districts that include Masvingo, Mashonaland Central, Manicaland, Midlands, Mashonaland East have already started issuing the bans that make certain weapons illegal prohibited weapons are catapults, knobkerries, bows and arrows, knives, machetes, axes and spears.
He said the environment was relatively calm with cases of intra-party violence having been recorded mostly during party primary elections.
Snr Asst Comm Makodza said most cases of intra-party violence had not gone to prosecution as those involved opted for out-of-court settlements.
“The ZRP acknowledges that the nation has heeded the call by His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa to carry out elections campaigns in a peaceful environment,” he said.
“Besides the Bulawayo incident, which we have come up with practical measures to prevent in the future, this election is very peaceful. We are confident the call for peace has been received by most Zimbabweans.
“During our assessment in the provinces, on the state of preparedness for the elections, we note traditional and religious leaders are in line with us, they agree that the elections this time are peaceful, compared to the previous polls.” – state media
By Dorrothy Moyo| The Zimbabwe Republic Police have managed at a grant for further detention of the two Suspects in the White City bombing case.
The police during the day, Saturday applied to the sitting magistrate at the Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo.
Their application for a warrant authorising them to further detain John Zulu and Douglas Musekiwa, was granted.
The two are the main suspects in the genade attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF rally at White City the 23rd June 2018. – More to follow…
Was Laizah Marimo Assassinated?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 1, 2018
By A Correspondent| The late Laizah Marimo was likely assassinated, it has emerged.
“I’ve received a disturbing letter from the late Laizah Marimo’s family. They believe her death was politically motivated & that ZANUPF members may be involved. I’ll be taking up the matter with Zim Human Rights Commission whilst investigations take place,” wrote Norton MP Temba Mliswa in response to the below letter. FULL TEXT
This was after Masarira issued the below public statement having reported Nelson Chamisa’s MP to the police. Below was the statement-
By Linda Masarira: These levels of intolerance are sickening. I would expect this kind of behavior from ZanuPF. Pulling down posters is a criminal offence. All candidates signed electoral code of conduct and when one wants to use vulnerable youthies to pull down posters and replace them with theirs I will deal with them legally.
On Thursday my posters were pulled down at Braeside Musika and some at Braeside shops and I engaged the current sitting MP Murisi Zwizwai after being informed that the removers of the posters were chanting that this is a Zwizwai area. I had a conversation with Hon. Murisi Zwizwai and he advised me to get all those pulling my posters down in his name. Ignorance is not an excuse in a court of law.
Tolerance of differing political opinions is key in our quest to have credible elections. I have reported the Montagu case to Harare Central Police Stations and investigations commence on Monday.
Nehanda Nyakasikana A BLESSING or CURSE to modern Zimbabwe?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 30, 2018
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Can You Be ZANU PF And Be A Christian At The Same Time?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 30, 2018
Nehanda Nyakasikana A BLESSING or CURSE to modern Zimbabwe?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 30, 2018
ZANU PF Twerkers Will Never Enjoy Foreign Medical FlyOuts Like Oppah & Mohadi?
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By Farai D Hove| Vice president Constantino is in Harare’s Arcadia preparing to officiate a rally here.
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"G40 Will Never Vote Chamisa" – Wafawarova
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Kripper Peter Mliswa(Shumba)
Today, 30th June 2018, is a somber day that marks exactly one year since my father passed on. It is also one month before the upcoming elections set for the 30th July 2018 where both my sister Mary and myself will be contesting. This is a first for our family and as I reflect on the teachings of my father, I have no doubt that we will prevail and make him proud.
It will also be a striking victory where one, myself and the other Mary are both Independent and ZANUPF respectively.
Whilst celebrating a life well lived and in anticipation of success, it is an emotional time as I would have loved for TATA to have been here to share the experience. I am however grateful for the lessons learnt and the legacy that he left with us. I dedicate this election to my father and we are where we are because of his way of doing things. He was a free man who allowed us the freedom to be ourselves which is the reason why I focussed on my passion for sport. At that time it was a field that many indigenous parents shunned in favour of the more academic subjects. However with my parents support I had the confidence to explore the sports territory to my great satisfaction and success.
One of the things I vividly remembering him sharing with me was his sense of dedication and responsibility. He was ill and lying on his hospital bed but despite me saying that I wanted to stay by his side, he urged me to go and attend my meetings in Norton as I could not let down the people who had elected me. He stressed that it was more important for me to go to Norton than to see him lying there and I should prioritise my responsibilities in Norton.
His passing before he had the opportunity to visit Norton upon his return from England is a source of great regret but I know that his heart was in Norton.
I remember that during the Kingsdale saga, when things were at a peak, he was unwell but he insisted that I should go and fight for the people. I remember that vividly…”Go and fight for the Kingsdsle people” and I further remember recounting the incident to the residents of Kingsdale that my father had said that I must come and fight for you. When we triumphed he was happy and his words always ring in my ears and are a great source of motivation that keeps me fighting for the people with all my heart, soul, body and mind.
Norton will never be the same again because of that spirit in me. Whenever things may get tough and thoughts of quitting filter through my mind, I hear Baba’s voice echoing in my head……. “Go and fight for the Kingsdale people!” and my resolve is set, *I AM HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE NORTON PEOPLE and Zimbabwe at large*
That’s my contribution to my dad, Kripper Peter Mliswa, losing him is tough but that’s reality and I have kept on working hard to uphold his memory. He can be assured that we are looking after mum and I have stepped up my family responsibilities. We look forward to the unveiling of his tombstone on the 21st July 2018 where we will celebrate the life of a great man. His favourite song that has been playing in my head, “Munoziva kusasimba kwangu” the popular Methodist hymn makes me smile.
One year….thank you dad you were a great man Tat whose spirit lives on in your children and thus we can never fail.
*Temba Peter Mliswa*
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Mauritania for the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) summit.
The President landed at Oum Tounsi International Airport early Saturday morning, accompanied by Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development Minister Dr Mike Bimha, permanent secretaries Mr George Charamba and Ambassador Joey Bimha and senior government officials.
Mnangagwa was received by Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Algeria Cde Edwin George Mandaza, Zimbabwe Permanent Representative to the AU in Addis Ababa and Mauritanian government officials.
President Mnangagwa left Harare for Mauritania late last night.
He joins other continental leaders for the AU mid-year summit which is focusing on fighting corruption on the continent and sharing experiences on how it can be eradicated.
It is widely believed that corruption has stifled development and economic growth on the African continent with resources meant for economic growth and uplifting standards of life being diverted by some of the leaders, hence the choice of the theme of this summit.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Retired Lieutenant General Sibusiso Moyo travelled ahead and was already in Nouakchott for the Executive Council Meeting of the AU summit which prepares for the gathering of the continental leaders.-state media
By Mangosuthu Mbele| A toad doesn’t run in the day light for nothing. It’s either its running away from a scotching sun or it’s looking for the coolness of a shade, whichever way the toad has to move.
The Saturday “firecracker” explosion on people at White City stadium is no different. Someone somewhere is responsible and stands to benefit one way or the other. Before we even get carried away, lets remove any suspicion on the Colonel, opposition, political extremists for the arson. They are simply not capable.
There are four possible scenarios in existence then- First: the country executive knew nothing about the attack; Second: The executive knew and did nothing to stop it; Third: Either Gen knew and did nothing; Fourth: ED knew before hand and did nothing.
First scenario: The very thought of the country executive knowing nothing about such an attack is unsettling to say the least. As a nation it makes us uncomfortable to know how ignorant our leaders are as far as the security of the country is concerned. We have the CIO, PISI, MI as top dogs in detecting any threats to Zimbabwe, both of internal and external origin. If genuinely the executive was in the dark then the Directors of our security units must be fired on the spot for incompetence.
Second scenario: It’s also possible that the executive actually knew and orchestrated the whole fire cracker incident to get sympathy vote. That’s how much Zanu-PF cares less about lives of the citizens. Zanu-PF can maim the whole family just to gain one vote. That’s how dangerously desperate it can get once it’s cornered. Its overtly clear Chamisa has ED cornered in these 2018 elections and Zanu-PF knows fully well it is at its weakest point with ED at the helm.
Remember ED is the most “sought after and harassed” politician in Zimbabwe. Talk about the cyanide attacks, unsolved break ins in offices which have 24 hr surveillance, border jumping and now “firecracker attack” conveniently 40 days before the elections. The guy is an expect when it comes to milking the sympathy vote from voters.
Hitler once said there is nothing called “bad publicity”. Publicity is publicity. Good or bad. This whole week the talk on Zimbabwe has been how an innocent president survived a terrorist attack!…..No one is talking about how ZEC is planning on rigging the elections. We are now concerned about how many explosives were detonated and who planted them instead of concerning our selves about the 130 000 polling officers (teachers and police) who will not be allowed to vote come the 31 of July.
ED is a master on political survival tricks. Remember how we cleansed and converted a bloodthirsty predator into a harmless fluffy teddy bear just by a single lick of an ice-cream in Gwanda? We had to remove a sitting president so that the “innocent” ED takes over. We marched the streets of Harare to fight for our beloved border jumper and office break-in victim. The Master of manipulation at his best.
It’s one thing to plot a coup, it’s another to trust a General who orchestrated a coup once you take over the reigns. ED is definitely not comfortable with the General. What with the reports that the General still uses his ZDF offices? To secure himself, removing the Gen from the picture is most prudent thing to do for ED. He could have not only known but actually put the Gen at the centre of the cross hairs. With the Gen gone, ED gets the sympathy vote and also gets the threat from his back. Double jackpot.
It’s also possible, though to a smaller extent, that ED was a genuine victim of gen political maneuvers. But why would Gen want to do that?
See Gen knows ED is not comfortable about having a 2IC who orchestrated a coup. He knows that once ED gets elected into power, there are chances of the Gen being left out of the presidium or cabinet. If ED loses, he may gracefully step down for most probably Chamisa who will obviously protect his home boy but will throw the Gen under the bus. So whether Ed loses or wins, Gen is not guaranteed of a job. The only way Gen can get job security is if he takes over the presidency.
If Ed had been incapacitated by the firecracker, obviously Gen takes over (don’t worry about the Colonel, he is a place holder), but his major problem is that the nomination court has closed. This means come 31 July ruling party may not have a presidential candidate. That’s a tricky situation.
So once the Gen takes over power, he will most likely institutive a state of emergency, renewable every six months. Parliament will likely be suspended, elections postponed, media throttled…… for those still in the dark m describing a military state.
Military autocratic state is the only way the Gen can survive. He had/still has motive. He has military connection capabilities. He is not safe from the list of suspects.
Now whether ED or Gen or both are suspects in this case doesn’t matter, just know that Zanu-PF does all in its capacity to make sure it retains power, even it means shedding blood of its own supporters. This election is our only opportunity to remove this blood thirsty animal from power before it devours us all.
Make sure you are registered to vote and armed with knowledge. Voting anyone from Zanu-PF or any of the Zanu proxy candidates is tantamount to digging your own grave. This is the only availed chance to remove ED and Zanu-PF by voting Chamisa. Zanu-pf is at its weakest with ED at the helm. Lets bury it once and for all.
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By Paul Nyathi|The Minister of Water and Climate Affairs Oppah Muchinguri has rubbished media reports suggesting that she is undergoing re-constructive medical operation on her breast following injuries sustained at a bombing incident on Saturday last week.
Highly reliable sources close to the Minister told ZimEye.com that the Minister was shocked to read the news that she ruptured a breast in the bombing incident at White City stadium last week.
Media reports on Friday indicated that Muchinguri, who was airlifted to South Africa after the bombing incident, was recovering from an operation to restore one of her breasts which was completely ruptured when a bomb went off in the VVIP area at the end of a ZANU PF rally in Bulawayo last week.
“Minister Muchinguri is shocked by the report,” said the source.
“She sustained chest injuries but definitely didn’t rupture a breast as reported by the media, we don’t know where they are getting that sensational Information,” She said.
Some social media reports also claimed that Vice President Kembo Mohadi who is also in South Africa was amputated on the leg following the bombing. ZimEye.com could not substantiate the claims as sources close to the Vice President declined to comment on the matter.
A bomb was thrown at the top ZANU PF officials as they were walking out of White City Stadium in Bulawayo last week in what is suspected to have been an assassination attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The President escaped unharmed but 49 other people including Muchinguri and Mohadi were injured. Two have since died.
