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57 Magistrates Appointed for Elections

LUKE MALABA

State Media- In a move meant to ensure fair, peaceful and credible elections, Chief Justice Luke Malaba has designated 57 magistrates to expeditiously handle cases of politically-motivated violence and intimidation in the country’s 10 provinces.

A special court was gazetted under General Notice 379 of 2018 with a view to ensure the nation of a free, fair and credible 2018 election. This year’s harmonised elections will be held on July 30.
According to the notice issued by the judiciary boss, who is also chairman of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the courts sit during the pre-election, election and the post-election period.
“It is hereby declared that the Judicial Service Commission, in terms of Section 133 J(3) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13), has designated the magistrates listed in the schedule below to try cases of politically motivated violence and intimidation in the provinces under which their names appear before, during and after the harmonised elections for President, Members of the National Assembly, Senators and Councillors scheduled to take place on Monday 30th July 2018,” said Chief Justice Malaba in the Gazette.

JSC acting secretary Mr Walter Chikwana said the special courts would expeditiously deal with all cases brought before them.

“The special courts were established in compliance with the Electoral Amendment Act,” he said. “Such courts will try and finalise criminal cases brought before them with expedience.
“The setting up of the courts, according to the law, follows the proclamation of the election date by the President.”

The recently signed Electoral Amendment Act prohibits politically motivated violence and intimidation.
Part of the Act reads:
“No political party or any of its members or supporters and no candidate, any of his or her supporters and no stakeholders may —
a) Use violence or threaten violence or incite or encourage the use of violence, against anyone on account of his or her political opinions or membership or support of a political party or participation in the election;
b) Intimidate, or incite or encourage the intimidation of anyone on account of his or her political opinions or membership or support of a political party or act in a way that may provoke violence or intimidation.”

The Act also prohibits the use of violence or threats to force others to refrain from voting for a candidate of their choice.

It also prohibits forcing people to vote for a candidate they do not like.
Bribing an election official to induce him or her to make a false entry in the voters’ roll or to alter election results will attract a penalty.

Use of hate language which incites violence through songs, speeches and slogans is also prohibited.
Publishing false or defamatory allegations about a party or its candidates is also not allowed under the Act.

Carrying weapons at political meetings, marches, demonstrations or rallies is prohibited.

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Schools To Close Early For Elections

Minister Mavima
Government yesterday hinted on schools closing early for the second term to accommodate harmonised elections scheduled for July 30.
The schools opened on May 8 for the Second Term and are supposed to close on August 9.
In an interview on the sidelines of the official opening of Bulawayo Book Fair, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima said elections have a disruptive impact on schools.

The book fair was attended by educationists, school heads, publishers and booksellers.
Minister Mavima said he will seek an approval for an early closure of schools at the next Cabinet meeting.

President Mnangagwa on Wednesday proclaimed July 30, 2018 as the country’s harmonised election date.

“We know that it will be disruptive for elections to run when schools are open. This is something that we are going to present to Cabinet. Maybe we can close schools a week or so before elections since most of our schools are polling stations,” said Prof Mavima.
He said the Ministry will find a way of compensating learners for the lost learning time.
“We will deal with that in an administrative way. Our Permanent Secretary (Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango) will be working on that. We may close a week before the elections and then work out how we can compensate the pupils for the lost time,” he said.

Many teachers are likely to be engaged as polling officers which again will disrupt the pupils’ learning. “In the event the schools close early, they will have to open early for the Third Term to compensate for the lost time.” – state media

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ED’s Crying Doctor Suspended

The Council of former NEC members of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association has noted with great concern the recent developments pertaining to the meddling of ZHDA office bearers in activities of political parties. Specifically, we note the indecorous conduct and utterances made by Dr P Mugoni at a ZANU PFrally in Gweru where he conflated his political opinions and those of all government-employed doctors.

Whilst we acknowledge the said doctor right to freedom of assembly, speech and association we are enraged by the politicization of the ZHDA. The ZHDA is a professional body that represents the interests of all government-employed doctors regardless of political party affiliation. We join Zimbabweans across the country who have in their different forums deplored such conduct and strongly encourage the present leadership at the ZHDA to immediately take stern disciplinary measures against Dr P Mugoni.

To restore the confidence of the members of the ZHDA we advise you suspend, investigate and if found guilty discipline Dr P Mugoni for bringing the association name and its entire brand into disrepute. As pastleaders of the ZHDA, we dissociate ourselves from such conduct and advise the current ZHDA to develop a code of conduct that guides the actions of its office bearers and members to avoid a repeat of such episodes in future. ZHDA is founded on firm principles of representation and should at all times remain apolitical!

We will be following up with your esteemed office soon to hear of the latest developments.

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Chamisa Wins As UK Tells Mnangagwa No Commonwealth Access Unless You Hold Free And Fair 2018 Elections

 

“The step on that journey to re-join the Commonwealth will be the election you will have in July.”

The United Kingdom has told president Emmerson Mnangagwa his administration will only be accepted into the Commonwealth after conducting free and fair elections.

The bold message was conveyed soon after a meeting between thee government and two British MPs who last month had met MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.

One of them works for Britain’s most influential official, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

While the state media claimed that the MPs spoke positively about the upcoming elections, the sharp message from the UK government is that there will not be acceptance into the Commonwealth if Mnangagwa does not hold free and fair elections.

British Labour Party Member of Parliament Ms Kate Hoey and Conservative Party Member of Parliament Mr Cornor Burns personally met Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa Offices.

Ms Hoey is also chairperson of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe while Mr Burns is a parliamentary private secretary to Mr Boris Johnson, who is a Member of Parliament and British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Ms Hoey described the meeting with President Mnangagwa as fruitful.

“We had a very interesting and useful meeting,” she said.

Ms Hoey said they were in the country to look at how election processes were going and hear about the issues Zimbabwe had raised with Britain.

“We want to hear about issues raised with us,” she said. “I think we find it to be the most useful visit. We are hoping very much that you are going to have a free and fair election and that we can really start to re-engage with Zimbabwe again as British Parliament and British government.

“I think we would all like to see a successful election and we can do what we can to make sure that it is monitored properly. We are pleased by that. I have been here a number of times and I have seen a number of changes which I welcome already.”

Ms Hoey said elections would not be possibly free and fair if they had witnessed violence like what happened with previous polls.
She warned political leaders to be wary of soft violence.

Ms Hoey said President Mnangagwa had assured them of a credible election.

Mr Burns said the British government welcomed Harare’s intention to re-apply for membership of Commonwealth, saying the move was a powerful signal to the world about the change in the country.

“It is a very important journey,” said Mr Burns, who is visiting Zimbabwe for the first time. “The step on that journey to re-join the Commonwealth will be the election you will have in July.

“We welcome the commitment by the President that elections will be free and fair. We also welcome the Government position to invite international observers from all over the world, from different organisations and countries to come and see that process.

“We would love you back in the Commonwealth. It will be very good for Zimbabwe, it is very good for the Commonwealth.”

Ms Hoey and Mr Burns would be in the country for a few days and they are expected to travel to Bulawayo today where they will also meet other political players, civil society, churches and organisations, as well as talking to people in the streets.

Mr Burns paid tribute to the people of Zimbabwe for their hospitality saying they had so far met a number of schoolchildren.

“They were neat and tidy and incredibly polite when we were speaking to them as we were going around. They are a great tribute and a great hope for the future of this country.”

President Mnangagwa this week proclaimed July 30 as the date for harmonised elections to choose the President, National Assembly members and councillors.

He also fixed September 8, 2018 as the date for the Presidential election run-off if it becomes necessary while the nomination court will seat on June 14.

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Donald Trump Lies 35 Times During One Single Rally – CNN

The top American broadcaster, CNN says the US President Donald Trump has lied on several things during his rally speech.

The editorial article begins with the line that states that: “All politicians exaggerate. All politicians hedge facts to suit their arguments. But practically no politician has ever stretched the truth to — and past — the point of breaking more than President Donald Trump.”

The Washington Post’s Fact Checker says, Trump has said more than 3,200 partially or totally inaccurate things in his first 497 days in office. That’s 6.5 mistruths a day; every day.

The CNN editor says during Trump’s campaign rally for Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s Tennessee Senate campaign on Tuesday night, Trump said 35 things that weren’t true. 35! (I went through that speech line by line.) READ MORE ON IT HERE…

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Jonso Spills The Beans, Claims: Mnangagwa Has Blown Money Hiring 30 Planes Carrying 4200 Tonnes Regalia

The exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has claimed that President Mnangagwa’s leadership has blown money flying 30 jets to import 4,200 tonnes of regalia. He wrote, ” 1/2 Through the govt & at public expense, as did Abel Muzorewa in 1980, Zanu PF’s HURAYADZO election campaign is busy air freighting (duty free) regalia (in the process smuggling other goods) whose payload is 4,200 tonnes using 30 cargo planes, each with a payload of 140 tonnes!

“2/2 In 2013 Zanu PF used 7 cargo planes, each with a payload capacity of 140 tonnes, to air freight 980 tonnes of election regalia. The 4,200 tonnes of regalia being air freighted by 30 cargo planes for the 2018 poll is unprecedented; even by the senseless HURUYADZO standards!”

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“Zanu PF is the Only Democratic Party,” Boasts Mnangagwa – Nonsense, You’re Yet To Hold Free Elections

indepth...Wilbert Mukori

By Wilbert Mukori| The contemptuous arrogance of President Mnangagwa is soaring to new dizzying heights!

“Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is the only demo

indepth…Wilbert Mukori

cratic party!” screamed the headline.

“PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday thousands of ruling party supporters at a Zanu-PF youth convention in Gweru that Zanu-PF was the only democratic party in the country that allowed people to freely choose their candidates without any form of coercion,” said the report.

How many “democratic” parties in history does President Mnangagwa know of that have to resort to “a military assisted transition”, known to everyone else other that the Zanu PF coup plotters simply as a military coup, to remove its leader?

Zanu PF is using coercion to win these elections. The party has paid the Chiefs their bribe, a new twin cab truck each, and the other traditional leaders to coerce rural voters to attend Zanu PF rallies and, ultimately, vote for the party. It has deployed Chris Mutsvangwa’s rogue war veterans backed up by 5 000 Army personal to campaign for the party, reminding the populous that the violence that swept the nations in 2008 will return if Zanu PF should lose these elections.

Zanu PF is not using blatant violence this year, preferring to rely on its reputation as a party of ruthless thugs. This is operation harvest fear! “Kurova imbwa wakaviga mupini!” as the Shona would say.

President Mnangagwa and his coup putsch know their regime is illegitimate by virtue of having seized power unconstitutionally. They had no choice but to promise to hold free, fair and credible elections (promising is one thing delivering is another) just to take the sting out of those who were going to demand action to be taken again the regime. Using blatant violence would have been a dead give-away for one claiming the elections are free and fair.

There five basic reasons why Zanu PF has decided to put its thugs on even shorter leashes this year than in 2013:

1) The people were very pleased to see the back of Robert Mugabe and to be saved from the nightmare of having his erratic and scatter brain wife’s taking over; they hugged and kissed the coup plotters for the deliverance. President Mnangagwa and his junta have milked their new found heroism for all its worth and hope this will propel them to electoral victory. The truth is the people have a very short and selective memory; a serious fault with equally serious disastrous consequences.

Mnangagwa and his junta are the individuals who are responsible for imposing Zanu PF and Mugabe on the nation for the 37 years of the tyrant’s long stay in power. It was Mnangagwa and his junta thugs who have carried out the bulk of the vote rigging, looting and wanton violence to establish and retain the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is common knowledge that it was the junta who forced Mugabe to stay in power after his heavy defeat in the 2008 elections and they then carried out all the blatant cheating and violence that followed.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Perence Shiri, Constantino Chiwenga and all the other Zanu PF thugs have shed the blood of the over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans murdered in Zanu PF’s 38 years reign of terror. Shine the light of justice on them and they will glow like scorpions under ultra-violet light!

Contrary to junta’s propaganda spin portraying the November coup as a fight to save the nation from “state capture and to remove criminal elements” from Zanu PF. The coup was about wrestling political power from Mugabe and giving it back to the junta, who are the heart and soul of the Joint Operation Command, the shadowy junta and the real power behind Mugabe all these years!

In their myopic “Mugabe must go!” fixation the people have mistaken the demise of the dictator as the end of both the dictator and the Zanu PF dictatorship. Mnangagwa and the junta are only too glad for the chance to masquerade as “new dispensation”, even “the only democratic party”. When the people finally open their eyes and see that the corruption, the vote rigging, etc. has not ended and the party’s new-found popularity start to wane the junta will revert to its tried and tested ways to retain power.

The removal of Mugabe was no more than a black mamba shedding its old skin. Just because Zanu PF has not used it hallmark wanton violence does not mean it has lost its black mamba fangs and venom!

2) The junta has inherited the Zanu PF dictatorship complete with its control of State institutions such as ZEC and the security services and therefore the carte blanche powers to rig elections. In the 2013 elections, Zanu PF showed that the party could use other subtle vote rigging schemes, other than using violence, and had the great fortune of have the unfettered access to public resources and the billions of dollars of looted public wealth to bankroll its schemes.

The junta has promised free and fair elections but has pointedly refused to implement any meaningful democratic reforms designed to end the party’s influence and control of ZEC, Army, public media, etc. The junta has certainly toned down on the use of blatant violence and it is hoping the nation and the international elections observers will consider this sufficient for the elections to be judged free and fair.

3) President Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is open for business!” call was a welcome reassurance. With the country’s economy is such a mess that unemployment had soared to 90%, ¾ of the people lived on US$1.00 or less a day, etc.; it was wonderful to hear a political leader putting economic recovery firmly on his national agenda. Many Zimbabwean voters are willing to vote for the junta just to give “ED a chance!” But once again, the people’s short and selective memory is playing tricks on them.

The people are forgetting that Mnangagwa and his whole team have been senior members of the Zanu PF governments all these last 38 years; why did they do nothing to stop the country going to the dogs, if they are as competent as they now claim to be. Worse still, the junta’s “Zimbabwe is open for business!” has already failed to attract the flood of foreign investors.

Investors are shrewd lot, they have looked ED in the eyes and they saw the same old Zanu PF thug of yesteryears who is claiming to be a democrat, to con the naïve and gullible! Zimbabwe is still a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs; investors do not do business with thugs!

4) Zanu PF has suffered greatly from the time the party booting out of former VP Joice Mujuru and her supporters to the dramatic events of last year’s coup throwing out Robert Mugabe and the G40 members. The party has fractured and imploded. The only reason the party is still here is that it is a party of thugs whose only true allegiance is to whoever is in a position to give them power and wealth. For the time being, Mnangagwa and his junta has emerged as the powerful faction and as long as the junta is able to feed the insatiable appetite for power and wealth of the party members – an impossible task given the ever worsen economic situation – there will be peace in the party.

The junta is hoping the truce in the party last throughout the elections and not result in another 2008 “Bhora musango!” in which Mujuru supporters voted for Zanu PF parliamentary candidates but voted for MDC presidential candidate.

5) Ever since the GNU, Zanu PF has never been more susceptible to pressure to abandon its dictatorial powers than it is now. The party has just imploded, members know the truce following the coup will not last long, the air is heavy with mistrust and intrigue. The junta promised free, fair and credible elections with no intention of keeping that promise, even with the present favourable political environment the junta was not going to risk losing power by holding free and fair elections.

Lucky for the junta, the opposition is fractured and there is confusion and pandemonium in their camp. The opposition is not only unable to take advantage of Zanu PF’s vulnerability, but they are so disorganised and incompetent the opposition presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, is making Emmerson Mnangagwa look “mature, responsible and wise,” as the BBC HardTalk presenter aptly put it.

Ever since this nation started talking of the need for democratic change in the late 1990s the nation’s priority was to dismantle the de facto one-party, Zanu PF, dictatorship. By refusing to implement any democratic reforms, President Mnangagwa has just proven beyond all reasonable doubt that although the dictator, Mugabe, has gone the obnoxious dictatorship itself is still very much alive and continues to rule the roast! These elections must therefore be about rejecting Zanu PF and thus finally deliver the democratic changes the nation has been dying for all these years!

The people should not be fooled by this year’s relatively peaceful elections into believing Zanu PF is now a democratic party, it would have implemented the reforms and given up its dictatorial powers if it was. Many of the things that made it easy for the junta to tone down on the need for blatant violence to win the elections this year will not be there in future elections and the regime will revert back using violence.

As long as we have done nothing to dismantle the dictatorship the will be no hope of holding free, fair and credible elections!

Compared to the nightmare elections of 2008, all the junta has done is rollback on the naked violence; and for that we, the electorate, are expected be impressed and show our gratitude by voting for President Mnangagwa and his junta on 30 July. But just to be absolutely certain Zanu PF wins with the usual landslide victory the party has retained all its other vote rigging powers – no public media, no verified voters’ roll, etc.

“Zanu PF is the only democratic party!” roared President Mnangagwa. Yeah right! The only democratic party yet to hold free, fair and credible elections after 38 years of rigged elections!

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Blow For Warriors As Star Player Pulls Out Of COSAFA Cup

Terrence Mawawa

Warriors star defender Costa Nhamoinesu has pulled out of the COSAFA
Cup after his Czech club Sparta Prague barred him
from taking part in the tournament.

Nhamoinesu was named in the Warriors squad but
had to drop out of the team after his club blocked his quest to play in the tournament.

“My club was reluctant in having me play in this
tournament, but I convinced them and came here.

Last night they called me saying I should report back
as soon as possible,” said a dejected Nhamoinesu.

“I missed some games because of
injury and the club wants me to go for some
treatment in Germany. So I am cutting short my stay
here. These are the things that happen
in our professional world.”

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Warriors Likely To Clash With Botswana Zebras

Botswana National Soccer team the Zebras

Terrence Mawawa

Zimbabwe Warriors Coach Sunday Chidzambwa and his assistants are paying special to attention to Botswana with the hope they might face the improving Zebras in the quarter-finals of the 2018 COSAFA Cup.

The two teams met in April in a friendly match to celebrate Zimbabwe’s Independence Day and Botswana stunned Zimbabwe 1-0.

The Zebras are currently leading Group B with four points and could seal a quarter-final berth with a win over Mauritius today.

Warriors team manager Wellington Mpandare told COSAFA.com that Chidzambwa and his assistants Lloyd Mutasa, Rahman Gumbo and Brenna Msiska were eager to face Botswana.

“Botswana have kept the same squad in place for a long time and we noticed that there are just one or two changes to the team that came to Harare and our coaches have been monitoring not only their matches but all the teams in Group B.

The Group B log shows that it’s going to be a tight competition again this year- but from our perspective it looks like Botswana are the favourites and we just have to be ready for them,” Mpandare said.

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I Smoke Mbanje To Ease Anxiety,ZRP Cop Tells Magistrate

Terrence Mawawa

A Zimbabwe Republic Police(ZRP) Cop had the entire court gallery in stitches when he told the magistrate it was necessary for him to smoke mbanje to manage stress
and anxiety.

Constable Prince Chiwawa of Nkayi was found with twists of mbanje in his bag after he had refused to pay bus fare from Bulawayo to Masvingo.

Chiwawa was arrested and appeared before Zvishavane Magistrate Shepherd Munjanja last week.

The court heard that Chiwawa boarded a Masvingo bound Joma Bus and when the conductor approached him for payment of bus fare he refused to oblige.

A police report was made leading to Chiwawa’ s arrest.

Chiwawa pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a dangerous drug and refusal to pay bus fare.He was ordered to pay $ 200.

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Holding Elections A Bridge Too Far For ED

Holding free elections is a bridge too far for ED – declared, illegitimate junta must accept 2008 reforms writes Wilbert Mukori.

Below is Mukori’s opinion piece regarding electoral reforms in Zimbabwe.

After seizing power in the military coup in November 2017, President Mnangagwa and his putsch junta promised to hold free, fair and credible elections.

Even they knew that the coup was an unconstitutional act and per se their regime was from the word go illegitimate and still is to this day.

The junta’s promise to hold free, fair and credible elections was, in itself, a tacit acknowledgement by the regime that it is illegitimate and a promissory undertaking to return to legality. There is a mountain of evidence to prove that President Mnangagwa and his junta are not going to deliver of their promise to hold free, fair and credible elections. It is the duty of every thinking Zimbabwean out there to make sure the junta delivers on this one promise and not allowed to get away with another rigged election, if it fails.

Zimbabwe is in a serious economic mess; unemployment has soared to dizzying heights of 90%; ¾ of our people are now living in abject poverty whilst the few, ruling elite, are filthy rich; basic services like health have all but completely collapsed, the ruling elite routinely travel to SA, Singapore, etc. for all their health needs; etc. The root cause of this mess is the country’s failure to hold free and fair elections.

The nation has been stuck with this incompetent, corrupt and murderous Zanu PF dictatorship for the last 38 years because the regime rigged elections to stay in power.

Our ticket out of this economic and political hell-on-earth that this de facto one-party, Zanu PF, dictatorship has landed us is holding free, fair and credible elections. This is why implementing the democratic reforms necessary for free and fair elections is Zimbabwe’s holy grail. Nothing of any substance can ever be accomplished until we exorcise the dictatorship devils, implement the reforms and hold free and fair elections.

The primary task of 2008 to 2013 GNU was to implement the democratic reforms agreed in the Global Political Agreement and signed by Robert Mugabe, on behalf of Zanu PF, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, on behalf of the two MDC factions. President Thabo Mbeki of SA signed on behalf of SADC leaders, who were the guarantor of the agreement.

Throughout the five years of the GNU, SADC leaders nagged Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends to implement the reforms but were ignored at every turn. When it was clear to SADC leaders that, with no reforms in place, Zanu PF was set to rig the elections they made one more desperate bid to have the elections postponed.

“Of course, they (elections) can be postponed. In June 2013, before the elections, the Maputo Summit was all about having the elections postponed – the SADC summit. I went there.” Dr Ibbo Mandaza, director of SAPES Trust, told Violet Gonda in a detailed interview.

“I was there at the Summit and Mugabe pretended to agree to a postponement of the elections. If you recall, the postponement was based on the need to reform at least electoral laws.
“And after that Summit, Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube, all of them were called to a separate meeting by the Heads of State of SADC in the absence of Mugabe, that same evening. And they were told; I was sitting there outside the room with Mac Maharaj; they were told, ‘If you go into elections next month, you are going to lose; the elections are done’.

“And we came back on a Sunday and that Monday we had a SAPES Policy Dialogue to discuss the Summit and lo and behold, whilst we were discussing it, the court papers arrived calling the MDC to court to show reason why the elections should be postponed. Mugabe had done a volte-face against the decision of the Summit. Mugabe went on TV and threatened to leave SADC – ‘who is SADC, we can leave SADC anyway’.

“And so, under some pretext of a court application by Jealousy Mawarire, which others claim was really a ZANU PF ploy, the elections were held.

“And 3 or 4 days before the election Morgan Tsvangirai was lamenting that he had evidence that the election was already rigged. But they were warned like they are being warned again now. But blindly, they cannot make any excuses now, they going into elections again.”

The staging of the November coup has put Zanu PF, now under the management of the coup plotters, under renewed pressure to hold free and fair elections. President Mnangagwa as Mugabe’s right-hand man; especially on such matters as vote rigging, political violence including intimidation and murder and looting to bankroll the party’s vote rigging schemes and shenanigans; knew what the democratic reforms agreed in the GPA were and, if he so wished, would have implemented them after the November coup. He did not.

Indeed, instead of implementing the reforms he has continued to dismiss those calling for reforms as barking.

“Zanu PF ichatonga! Igo tonga! Imi muchingovukura! Nokuvukura!” (Zanu PF will rule! And rule! Whilst you (calling for reforms) bark! And bark!) Was the first thing President Mnangagwa told his Zanu PF supporters after the coup, to reassure on his commitment to the party’s no-regime-change mantra. This was Mnangagwa’s favourite boast before the coup and he wanted everyone to know he had not changed.

Just as SADC leaders had predicted in 2013, this year’s elections too “are done”. There is no free public media, the voters’ roll is in a shambolic state, Zanu PF has unfettered access to public resources and to billions of dollars of looted public wealth to bankroll it vote rigging juggernaut, etc., etc.; these elections are not going to be free, fair and credible.

In their bid to regain their lost legitimacy, President Mnangagwa and his junta; extended the official invitation to observe the elections to many other nations and organisations including USA, EU, Commonwealth, etc. besides the usual ones SADC, AU, China, Russia, etc. The task of every thinking Zimbabwean is to make sure the international observers judge these elections honestly and truthfully.

The basic tenets for free, fair and credible elections; free media, verifiable voters, transparent party funding, etc.; are the same the world over. If these tenets are missing, then the observers must declare these elections null and void. That is all we are asking, and it is not too much to ask!

President Mnangagwa and his junta were never going to hold free and fair elections, risk losing power by giving up the party’s carte blanche dictatorial powers to rig elections; that was a bridge too far for these seasoned thugs!

By failing to keep its promise to hold free elections the junta has failed to redeem its illegitimacy following the November coup and opened a great opportunity to revisit the 2008 GPA reforms.

It is for us, the people of Zimbabwe, to demand that the illegitimate Zanu PF junta must step aside to allow the appointment of an interim administration that will be tasked to implement the 2008 GPA reforms, hold free elections and thus finally get this great nation out of this hell-hole!

We know that Zanu PF is rigging these elections, they “are done”, as SADC leaders aptly put in 2013. Our main task now is to make sure the whole charade is declared null and void so we can go back to implementing the reforms!

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MP’ s Chauffeur Stabbed In Zanu PF Intraparty Violence

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo

Gutu South Constituency MP Berita Chikwama’ s chauffeur, Zvaoma Muusha was stabbed by Zanu PF activists last month in the wake of intraparty battles in the ruling party.

Muusha was attacked by two Zanu PF activists who were not happy with Chikwama’ s victory in the primary election in the constituency.

The two appeared before Gutu Magistrate Victor Mohamadi last week.They were charged with assault.

The court heard that Edmore and Tinashe Marwizi entered Muusha’ s shop at Ching’ai Business Centre on May 17 and assaulted him.They allegedly stabbed Muusha with an okapi knife on the fore finger.

They also struck Muusha with a metal bar.The two were granted $ 100 bail each.

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MDC Alliance To March To Mnangagwa

By Own Correspondent| The MDC Alliance will on June 5 2018, march to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s offices to demand for electoral reforms.

Speaking at a press conference at Morgan Tsvangirai House in Harare today (Friday), Tendai Biti who was standing in for the Alliance spokesperson Welshman Ncube said the protest was a peaceful demo which aimed at pushing President Mnangagwa to impliment electoral reforms ahead of the July 30 election.

“The MDC Alliance has thus resolved to mobilize its members in terms of
Section 59 of the Constitution to cause ZEC and the government to accede to our legitimate demands in the spirit of Constitutionalism, justice and most importantly, Zimbabwe.

The demonstration will take place on the 5th of June 2018,” Hon Tendai Biti, one of the Alliance Principal has said.

Hon Biti said that the people will march from the Africa Unity Square to the ZEC offices, then proceed to the Munhumutapa building and wind back to Africa Unity Square where they will be addressed by the Alliance leadership.

“Of concern to us is the absence of reforms to ensure a free, fair and credible election that will set the country on a sustainable path to recovery,” Hon Biti said

Among the issues highlighted in the MDC Alliance’s Peace document launched in March this year, the principals are demanding a clean voters’ roll in an analyzable and searchable format.

“We need a copy of the voter’s roll in its analyzable form,” he added.

Adding on, Hon Biti said there is an undeniable need for a voters’ roll audit by a credible audit firm in order to deal with all the fictitious and non-existent names that marred the previous election.

“We need an audit of the voters’ roll because the voter inspection
period between 19th and 29th of May had two processes.

There was a process of fresh registration of voters and a process of massive transfer of voters from one constituency to another. That means we need another inspection period before the election of 30 July.

“We need an external audit to do three things, establish the legitimacy of the people sitting in that voters’ roll.

The audit should establish the credibility of this voters roll vis a vis the 2013 voters’ roll. Our fear is that they have contaminated the 2018 voters’ roll with the corrupt voters’ roll that was used to steal the 2013 election.

Thirdly, we need the external audit to be married with the data in the Registrar general’s office, so that the register of birth and death must marry with the voters’ roll so that we do not have phantom voters in the voters’ roll,” he added.

The Alliance further highlighted that polling stations have been increased by 1 500.

“We are concerned about polling stations. ZEC has unilaterally increased polling stations to 11 500 from 10 000. This is illegitimate because when the voter registration exercise took place, it was polling station based.

When people went to register to vote, immediately a person was given a polling station from where they will cast their ballot on the 30th of July so to unilaterally establish more stations is detrimental to the voter and prejudicial to the system as it is opaque, its illegal and meant to frustrate the efforts for the holding of free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe,”

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Is Mnangagwa A Typical Product Of Robert Mugabe School Of Politics?

 

Terrence Mawawa

By merely watching President Emmerson Mnangagwa’ s grand entry into Pfupajena Stadium today, one would have been compelled to believe that the country’s former leader, Robert Mugabe is still in charge.

In typical Mugabe style, Mnangagwa entered Pfupajena Stadium today.

There is no doubt that Mnangagwa is a product of Mugabe’s political orientation, according to analysts.

Surrounded by a team of men in dark glasses and members of the Presidential Guard, Mnangagwa and the First Lady Auxillia, disembarked from the back of a branded party vehicle after waving at the crowd in typical Mugabe style.

Mnangagwa himself who has never attacked Mugabe in public, opting to circumvent issues involving his former boss, has also literally admitted there is no love lost between the two strongmen.

In his speech Mnangagwa declared that the ruling party would romp to victory in the coming elections.

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Military Junta Is Running Zimbabwe- Mohadi

Kembo-Mohadi

Terrence Mawawa

Vice President Kembo Mohadi has admitted the military junta is totally in control of political affairs in the country.

Speaking at a Zanu PF star rally at Pfupajena Stadium in Chegutu today Mohadi said Zimbabweans should not be amused by the government structure running the country.

“We hear a lot of names out there but that will not bother us.

Some people say the military junta is running the country and that is very correct.

We are all trained and it is our time to rule so you have to understand how the government is operating,” said Mohadi.

“Everyone knows that we are trained soldiers- yes that is very correct and we cannot deny it,” added Mohadi.

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MDC-T “Bhora Musango” Coalition Candidate

Settlement Chikwinya

MDC Alliance coalition big brother partner the MDC-T members have openly called for the rejection of the Mbizo constituency, candidate who is seconded into the constituency by Alliance partner the PDP led by Tendai Biti.

The MDC-T structures are reportedly opposed to having the seat allocated to the PDP parliamentary candidate, Settlement Chikwinya.

MDC-T supporters are resisting Chikwinya’s candidature, and have been circulating fliers in the constituency calling on the electorate not to vote for the MDC Alliance candidate before the issue has been addressed by the alliance leaders.

“Chikwinya is the enemy of Mbizo. You sold out Zimasco workers. You betrayed MDC and donated the seat to Zanu PF. You want to impose yourself on Mbizo. Mbizo structures will never vote for you,” read some of the fliers being circulated in the city.

The fliers carry an MDC-T logo.

Chikwinya, however, claimed the smear campaign was being funded by other forces outside the MDC Alliance.

“These things are not coming from within the MDC Alliance. External forces are pushing this agenda because they know I am the strongest candidate in the race to win the Mbizo seat and I am being targeted so that the Zanu PF candidate can capitalise,” he said.

MDC-T council candidate, Morison Chinwada said he supported Chikwinya’s candidature.

“We are guided by our leadership and our president Nelson Chamisa, taking vision from the late leader Morgan Tsvangirai is committed to respect the alliance pack, so will we,” he said.

Contacted for comment, MDC-T national chairman, Morgan Komichi said: “I am working 24/7 because our members feel strongly that we should field candidates in all constituencies and we are mindful that if we were to have primary elections in all constituencies our alliance partners will not get a single seat. But we have to provide leadership and make sure the agreement is respected.”

Newsday

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Mnangagwa To Repossess Mugabe’s Farms

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken for the first time on plans to take back farms from owners of multiple properties.

The revelations come after the Ministry Of Lands And Agriculture pointed directly at former President Robert Mugabe’s properties.

In January, officials in Gen Perrance Shiri’s office told a publication, “Minister Shiri has ordered, through our directors, that we compile a full list of the former First Family’s farms and we are already doing it.”

This time Mnangagwa yesterday confirmed the development although without mentioning Mugabe’s name.

The President told over 40 000 youths at a convention in Mkoba that his government is repossessing land from multiple farm owners and will soon redistribute it to the youths and other Zimbabweans yearning to venture into farming.

Mnangagwa said Government was also downsizing farms to benefit those who did not have land.

“There is a land audit committee underway,” said President Mnangagwa.

“The committee is discovering that there are people with more than one farm and we are taking those farms and leave you with one. We have also discovered that some farms are very big farms exceeding what is recommended depending on the region. We are downsizing those farms and you have requested that when we redistribute, we must think about the youths,” he said.

“That message is very clear. We do not want one individual to disadvantage others. We want fairness in the distribution of land. On that request we take it on board by making sure that the land we are getting back as a result of people with many farms we are going to take, some we have already repossessed, and some of that we are going to downsize, we will give our people.” – state media/additional reporting

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Kasukuwere Arrested Full Text

Below is the state media full text over the arrest of former ZANU PF National Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere’s police encounter today:

Former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has been picked up by the police and arraigned before a Harare Magistrate facing charges of violating the Immigration Act by unlawfully exiting the country.

Kasukuwere, who returned last week after more than six months in self imposed exile outside the country, was picked up this morning for questioning.

Kasukuwere is among members of the G40 cabal that went into hiding outside the country following Operation Restore Legacy that was instituted by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.

Another member and Kasukuwere’s brother, Dickson Mafios, was on Wednesday sentenced to 11 months in prison with an option of a fine over the same offence.

Mafios (51) of Plot Number 2, Insingizi Farm, Bindura, was convicted on his own plea of guilty when he appeared before Bindura magistrate, Mrs Vongai Guwuriro yesterday.

He was eventually sentenced to six months in jail with an option to pay a fine of $300, while the other five months were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.- ZBC

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LIVE PICTURES: Mnangagwa Chegutu Rally

State Media – Government has opened floodgates of economic opportunities to empower youths in all sectors as President Mnangagwa’s administration intensifies efforts to reconstruct the economy towards a middle-income country by 2030. If fully seized upon, the opportunities can significantly reduce the rate of unemployment among youths.

 

President Mnangagwa told a youth convention organised by the Zanu-PF Youth League here that young people should grab these opportunities with both hands to transform their lives.

 

He said young people were the future leaders and it was incumbent upon the Government of the day to lay the foundation for their lives. President Mnangagwa said Government now prioritised business and economics.

 

He said in the past five months, his administration secured US$16 billion in investment commitments some of which were already being implemented. “The youths are the future,” said President Mnangagwa.

 

 

 

“If you are the future, you must be empowered now for you to be good leaders tomorrow because you have been empowered at the correct age. You should not remain poverty stricken when you are young because when you come our age you will not value the young who come after you. But if we empower you, you shall have the same benevolence to empower the youths who will come after you,” the President said.

 

“You have talked about the Empowerment Bank. We have given it US$12 million from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe so that you can access funds for whatever project you want to do,” he said.

 

“It is important that as young people you do projects as groups and start small. We have put aside funds to support you. If you are focused in no time you become middle companies. These are the things that you must take advantage of because we have put aside funds for such purposes,” he said.

 

“In mining sector, we have said there are funds but the minister thinks that you must congregate as groups so that we can give you machinery.” President Mnangagwa also urged youths to venture into agriculture.

 

 

 

“There is now a programme for livestock. There is now a programme for fisheries. In the livestock sector, we have given them some money so the youths can also come together and approach Government and say we want to do our livestock project either breeding or cattle fattening,” said the Head of State.

 

“Come forward as groups and be supported. Those who want to do poultry, goats, or sheep, all these things are wanted in the Middle East. The point is as long as you have a piece of land come forward, there are funds for that. If you want to do fish (project) Mai (Oppah) Muchinguri-Kashiri will give you free fish and you create your own ponds. In six months or less they will have grown and you start to sell and all those projects are suitable for young people who are willing to do business on their own,” he said.

 

The President also urged the youths to consider venturing into industry and commerce. “You can also go into industry and commerce. Again, Government has created windows for you where you can access money.”

 

He said his administration was a listening Government that focused on addressing the concerns of the people. “Under the new dispensation, we have brought back the party to move forward following the correct line of the revolution.

 

“What is the correct line of the revolution? The correct line of the revolution is where the revolutionary party continues going to the people, continues to listen to the people, continues to address the challenges and concerns of the people and this is what we are doing,” he said.

 

“We are here to receive your challenges and we are here as your Government; we must address your challenges. We must address the challenges that you face. The new dispensation is back on rail and the Government itself is now on rail because it must address the needs of the people. It must address issues of the economy and it must fight corruption day and night,” he stressed.

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BREAKING- Zanu Pf Youths Who Perished Along Harare- Bulawayo Road Named

By Own Correspondent| Zanu Pf youths who died near the round about in Selous along the Harare Bulawayo road while coming from a rally addressed by their leader Emmerson Mnangagwa in Gweru have been identified.

The two youth leaders from Mbare 3 reportedly died on the spot after the Kombi they were travelling in was side swiped by a haulage truck on their way to Harare last night.

ZimEye is with holding publishing their names until their next of kin have been advised.

This is a developing story. Refresh the page for Updates.

 

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BREAKING IN PICTURES: Kasukuwere In Court For Border Jumping

By Own Correspondent| The former ZANU PF National Commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere is appearing before the magistrates court to answer for charge of border jumping.

Scoffing at the development, the exiled prof Jonathan Moto tweeted, “why was Mnangagwa not charged for violating immigration laws on 6 Nov 2017 when he jumped the border with an LV briefcase & thousands of dollars? Instead he’s been boasting about it & recommending border jumping as a prerequisite for the presidency!”

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Welshman Ncube In Health Scare

By Own Correspondent| The MDC Alliance Spokesman Professor Welshman Ncube is unwell.

This was announced Friday morning at the Morgan Tsvangirai House.

MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti said Ncube is unwell and that is the reason the press conference started late.

“Prof is our spokesperson…. prof is unwell,  and I stood up for him, so sorry that we failed to start on time,” said Biti.

It was not clear at the time of writing what the man is suffering from. (This is a developing story)

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LIVE – Chamisa Holding Mass Protest Tuesday

“The MDC Alliance will on the 5th of June 2018 hold a peaceful demonstration in Harare. This demonstration will be over the failure by the government and @ZECzim to implement key electoral reforms. Zimbabweans must come in their numbers. ”

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Clergyman Claims Devil Influenced Him To Rape Own Daughter

Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Sibongile Msipa-
Marondedze sentenced a 49-year old Bishop
(name withheld) at Church Ways of Salvation
Apostolic to 21 years in prison.

The Bishop was
convicted on three counts of rape and indecent
assault after the court heard that he started
raping his now 19-year-old daughter when she
was 14.

The abuse started after the
child had been raped by a neighbour.

The
Bishop would claim that he was acting on
instructions from God.

Said the magistrate in passing sentence:
“The accused person’s
blameworthiness is very
high due to the fact that he
is the complainant’s
biological father. Accused
person is a danger to the
society and to himself.

People like him should be
taken out of the community
and be jailed for a long time.”

The bishop tried to blame the devil saying he
was not responsible. He will serve 17 years in
prison after the magistrate suspended 4 years
on condition that he does not commit a similar
crime – Chronicle

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Zanu Pf Youths Perish In Accident While Coming From ED Gweru Rally

By Own Correspondent| An unconfirmed number of Zanu Pf youths have died and others left seriously injured after their kombi was side swipped by a haulage truck near Halfway Selous round about along Harare- Bulawayo road.

The youths, were coming from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s youth interface rally held in Gweru yesterday (Thursday).

Efforts to get a comment from the police was futile.

This is a developing story. Refresh this page for updates.

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MDC T To Hold Presser

The MDC T will today hold a press conference at Morgan Tsvangirai House in the capital Harare whose agenda has not been specified.

ZimEye will be live streaming proceedings as they happen on our Facebook Page.

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Mahere Raises Flag Over Vote Buying

By Own Correspondent| Zanu Pf legislator for Mt Pleasant, Jason Passadi is reportedly capitalising on people’s poverty and dishing out rice in a move which has been described as vote buying.

Aspiring legislator for Mr Pleasant, Advocate Fadzai Mahere made the claims on Twitter where she accused Passadi of using people’s poverty to coerce them to vote for him.

Efforts to get a comment from Passadi were futile.

 

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“Rural Areas No Longer Zanu Pf Strongholds”: Chamisa

By Own Correspondent| MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa has dismissed previously held misconceptions that rural areas are Zanu Pf strongholds revealing that the MDC T was guaranteed of victory come July 30 2018.

On his facebook page after completing day one of his four day tour of Mashonaland East, Chamisa appreciated the huge turnout of people at his rally in Mutoko adding that victory was certain for his party in the forthcoming harmonised elections.

“It is a lie, the most rotated lie that rural areas are strongholds of Zanu Pf.

We have taken over and our winning is guaranteed mainly because we are fighting God’s battle,” he wrote.

Chamisa yesterday started his four day rallies blitz in Mashonaland East province where he held a rally at Mutoko centre.

Today,  the people’s president will be at Masasa in Chikomba before proceeding for another rally at St Mary’s in Hwedza on Saturday. He winds up his tour with a rally on Sunday at Mahusekwa centre.

“President Chamisa is prioritising the rural areas in this year’s campaign, where the majority of Zimbabweans live,” said presidential spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka.

He said Chamisa is using his rural campaign tours to articulate the incoming government’s innovative policy programme that will positively transform the lives of the people.

:Zimbabweans in the rural areas have fallen in love with his comprehensive plan to uplift the lives of rural people through an innovative programme dubbed DURA-Development and Urbanisation of Rural Areas.

The popular presidential candidate’s policy programe is anchored on the tripod pillars of Transformation,Opportunities and Prosperity (TOP),” he said.

Tamborinyoka said President Chamisa, fellow MDC Alliance principals and the party’s national leadership are all over the country spreading the incoming government’s innovative programme that will create jobs, devolve power and authority to local communities and improve people’s lives.

“Behold the new and brace for change that delivers!” he said.

 

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Mnangagwa Cancels Mat South Rally

President Emmerson Mnangagwa 

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will not hold a Zanu-
PF star rally in Matabeleland South
tomorrow as earlier announced.
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Cde Simon
Khaya Moyo yesterday said the Matabeleland
South rally would be held at a date to be
advised.
He made the clarification following media
reports claiming that the President would
visit Matabeleland South tomorrow to
monitor projects and hold a star rally.
“The National Political Commissar
Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje
(Retired), advises that the media reports
stating that His Excellency, the President and
First Secretary of Zanu-PF Cde ED
Mnangagwa, will be visiting projects and
addressing rallies in Matabeleland South
Province this weekend (Saturday) are
misplaced,” said Cde Khaya Moyo.
“The said visit to Matabeleland South
Province will be advised at a later date.”
Cde Khaya Moyo said Zanu-PF had set its
sights on resoundingly winning the
harmonised elections.
He said for the party to achieve its goals,
party members should start mobilising votes
for Zanu-PF.
“Campaigns for the President and Zanu-PF
candidates for the coming harmonised
elections to be held on 30 July 2018 must be
in full swing from now onwards, as Zanu-PF
must win resoundingly like it did in 2013,”
said Cde Khaya Moyo.
“Unity and peace are the watch words.
Forward to total victory.”
Zanu-PF on Tuesday and Wednesday this
week held a healing and reconciliation
workshop for the party’s winning and losing
candidates in Harare.
During the workshop, President Mnangagwa
urged Zanu-PF members to work towards
delivering an election victory for the party.
In an interview, Matabeleland North
provincial chairman Cde Richard Moyo said
the workshop was crucial for party
supporters as the primary elections had left
Zanu-PF divided.
Cde Moyo, who is the party’s candidate for
Umguza Constituency, said provinces were
set to hold Provincial Co-ordinating
Committee meetings to relay the President’s
message to grassroots supporters.
“We learnt a lot through the workshop,” he
said.
“It was important for the party as we
prepare to campaign for the party. It made us
understand that we have to put the party
first in all our programmes and our personal
interests later.”
Matabeleland North provincial chairman Cde
Rabelani Choeni, who lost the Beitbridge
Senatorial seat primaries, said the workshop
paid dividends as the party prepare for the
elections.
He said members would be more united
while campaigning for the party – State media.

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FULL TEXT: Mugabe’s NPF Fumes At Chiwenga, Mnangagwa Over Leaked Diamonds

Mliswa and his portfolio committee should leave President Mugabe alone.

Harare—31 May 2018-The National Patriotic Front (NPF) wishes to register disquiet over the abuse of parliament and parliamentary procedures by Honourable Temba Mliswa and his parliamentary portfolio committee on mines and energy.

Honourable Mliswa has been abusing his position as chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee to harass former President Robert Mugabe through a fake process aimed at obfuscating debate around the abuse of diamonds and diamond revenue through illegal mining activities by Zimbabwe’s security ministries, namely Home Affairs, Defence and State Security.

As a starting point, it is quite cynical for Hon Mliswa and the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe to interrogate President Mugabe over anything when the same parliament participated in the ignoble November 15 2017 coup that unconstitutionally removed his incumbency.
Hon Mliswa and his portfolio committee members, by participating in an attempted impeachment process against President Mugabe, which was an apparent artifice to legitimise the November 15 2017 coup, have no moral ground to conduct any genuine parliament business because their hands are dirty and are as illegal as the regime and the President they are desperately trying to cleanse.

The activities of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee and Hon Mliswa are clearly contrived and meant to exonerate President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from allegations of looting diamonds by creating a sideshow involving the former president.

Despite public knowledge that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, under its then commander, General Chiwenga, and then Minister of Defence, Mnangagwa, mined diamonds through a company called Anjin in partnership with some Chinese nationals, Mliswa’s committee has avoided questioning the duo’s role in the looting of the country’s diamonds.

It is inconceivable that such common knowledge is lost to the committee and its chairperson that they feel it is not necessary to question why the army, under the direct command of the duo, mined diamonds in the first place.

Mliswa’s committee has been tepid on interrogating Mnangagwa and Chiwenga yet very fervent in its grandstanding and duplicitous attempts at dragging President Mugabe before it.

While it is not our duty to give terms of reference to the portfolio committee, it is within our purview, as one of the biggest political parties in the country, to voice concerns over what is happening in our extractive sector.

We believe that the looting of diamonds in the country has its genesis in the corrupt manner in which the company to partner the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) was chosen.

We believe that the Mliswa committee should interrogate why Minister Obert Mpofu, despite written communication in the “ZMDC Due Diligence Memorandum” went on to award the right to partner ZMDC to mine diamonds in Marange to an undeserving company against available information to the contrary.

Despite available information in the memorandum which pointed out that Reclam, the company that later partnered ZMDC to form Mbada and mine the Marange diamonds “is not a mining house and is currently not involved in diamond mining”, the minister went ahead to bless the partnership.
Even the fact that Reclam had “no diamond mining equipment” and that the company had “no diamond mining as part of its vision and growth strategy,’ did not dissuade the minister from blessing the joint venture and one wonders what sort of ‘gain’ the minister realised for awarding such an undeserving company a piece of this important national resource when the company was bringing in no expertise, equipment nor strategic vision to such an important national venture.

The Mliswa committee should investigate why Reclam sold its shares to Transfrontier resulting in a convoluted ownership structure in Mbada through multiple nominee shareholders which betray an intricate web of unscrupulous business dealings. The Effective Ownership

Interests of Nominee

Shareholders in Mbada, before its dissolution, included Lesley Chang 12.50%, Billy Li (6.25%), Express Agents (3.13%) and Leisure Star Limited (3.13%)

Lesley Chang and Billy Li are Hong Kong residents who own CLHL Secretaries, a company that provides services setting up anonymous, offshore shell companies mainly used in money laundering and other unscrupulous business dealings.

We therefore believe that Mliswa and his committee should get down to real business investigating how our diamonds were looted not playing games through sideshows meant for expediency and outright political skulduggery.
In fact, Mliswa is not fit to chair the committee after allegations that he connived with a businessman he is now attacking through parliament, to dupe the government of Zimbabwe into selling Bokai mine for $100million then went on to sell the same company for $1 billion within a month of their purchase.

It is the duty of every Zimbabwean to front the fight against corruption but we can’t afford to let the narrative determined by unscrupulous individuals whose past is littered with questionable deals.

Together we can fight for what is good.
lwe neni tine basa, umsebenzi 10 umkhulu
God bless you all.
Asante Sana
Jealousy Mawarire
National Spokesperson

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CHIHURI DEATH RUMOUR: Latest Details Suggest He’s Simply In Hiding, Ducking

By Own Correspondent| The development that saw fears being raised over the health of former police boss, Gen. Augustine Chihuri last week Friday have been dismissed.

The riveting rumours came after a well known close source claimed Chihuri died last week.

The trouble with dying in rural Malawi is that you can be buried without a death certificate: people are culturally buried on the very day of passing on and once you are gone you are gone, an analyst told ZimEye.com.

Relatives have spoken albeit under strict anonymity, bringing their contributions to what is really going on. Their statements, drifting from the Friday core claim, have however brought to light that there could be underhand motives in The Rumour which circulated last week.

One female kin yesterday unequivocally told ZimEye.com of the purported death, ” that is a whole load of nonsense, nothing like that happened.”

Another source who is in senior government ranks also said the man is alive. This flood of talk came at a time when the various family members continued causing confusion on the alleged plight of the former police boss.

To somewhat add fire to the twisting tail, another relative 2 days ago provided a totally contradicting testimonial as she said that the man died on Tuesday.

Last week the original source who would not be named as they claimed “sensitive disclosure,” took social networks by storm claiming that the man has passed on.

Chihuri has been unwell in the last 18 months.

Augustine Chihuri one of his picture moments a few months before the coup

The man briefly disappeared mid November last year at the time of the coup and then resurfaced around the time of Robert Mugabe’s resignation.

He later on disappeared when Parliament began investigative hearings on his alleged role in the 15 billion diamond scam.

The parliamentary committee’s chairman Temba Mliswa was told Chihuri last week was hospitalised and was struggling with his health in Malawi.

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY – refresh this page for the updates

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LIVE – BREAKTHROUGH: ZEC Dishes Out Voters Roll (2018) For The First Time Since MDC Was Formed In 1999

By Dorrothy Moyo| A breakthrough has been reached with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission – for the first time since the MDC was formed in 1999, as ZimEye reveals: the ZEC has promised to dish out the electoral roll soon after the 14th June 2018. Article continues below VIDEO : 

The development is set to empower both politicians and voters with knowledge and access to a level playing field.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that previous elections were not free and fair. One of the areas has been the voters roll which has been edited so to favour ruling party contestants. That is set to be a thing of the past if the declarations by the ZEC can be relied on.

The ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has promised that every candidate will obtain a copy of the roll.

Justice Chigumba who has been albeit accused of travelling to Russia to learn vote rigging tactics said, “we have said we will give the voters roll to everyone who wants it as soon as we have the final copy, what we have at the moment is work in progress; In fact, each candidate that will be successfully nominated we also receive a free copy of the voters roll, every one of them and it will be at ZEC’s expense.”

She also added saying the roll will be accessible in all requested formats, paper and eletronic. “So whether it’s Presidential candidate, Parliamentary or local authority as soon as you are nominated you will get a copy of the voters’ roll of the area you are contesting,” she said.

She continued adding that, “anyone who wants it can still come and get them for a fee at our offices in the various formats,” she said.

See Justice Chigumba’s recent video interviews below:

 

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Hubby Sues Wife For Maintenance

A Bulawayo man is suing his wife for maintenance.

The ma approached the Bulawayo magistrate court seeking for a discharge in spousal maintenance.

Gumbuka Mhlanga yesterday dragged his ex-wife Ms Maselina Mhlanga to court applying to stop paying spousal maintenance for her.

Mhlanga is paying $80 for spousal upkeep.

Mhlanga brought his wife and three minor children to court and two of the children were dressed in school uniform.

He said he now has another family.

Mhlanga also said Ms Mhlanga was now staying with another man.

“Your worship, I am applying for discharge in spousal maintenance. I am no longer employed, I am a pensioner. The money is being garnished and I am losing my entire pension to her. We separated in 2003 and I have not seen her for the past 17 years. She is staying with another man. I also have a wife and three minor children. There is my wife and our children, two of them are in school uniform because they are supposed to be at school,” he said.

Ms Mhlanga denied that she has re-married.

Bulawayo magistrate Miss Rachel Mukanga dismissed the application for discharge in spousal maintenance.

“The application before this court is dismissed. You cannot prove that she is staying with another man therefore she might not have re-married. Come back to court when you have proof that she is married,” she said. – state media

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Election Observers Accredited But Blocked From Monitoring The Actual Casting Of Votes

Elections observers accredited by yesterday, Thursday, do not have permission to monitor the actual casting of votes, it has emerged.

The more than 1 000 local observers who passed up for the country’s pre-election season to assess the Biometric Voter Registration and Voters Roll Inspection, will need a 2nd level of accreditation, it has been revealed.

The Zec acting chief elections officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, was quoted by the state owned Chronicle saying more than 1 035 local observers were accredited for the voter registration and inspection programme.

“The commission accredited 41 observers during the inspection exercise and the 994 observers accredited during the Biometric Voter Registration exercise were also free to observe the inspection exercise,” said Mr Silaigwana.

The state media says their activities include organising voter registration campaigns which include road shows and music concerts.

The report continues saying:

One of the local observers noted that while Zanu-PF was visible on the ground, opposition parties were lacking due to squabbles.

Mr Silaigwana said ZEC was yet to invite local election observers for the actual elections.

 “We have not yet started to accredit those who are going to observe the elections. It’s a new exercise all together. We are going to call for the accreditation of these observers through the Press. We are infact going to advertise,” he said.
Zec has promised to deliver a free, fair and credible election saying its system was tamper proof and rigging was out of the question.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has also reiterated the need for the country to have undisputed polls.
His Government assured the nation and the international community that the country will hold free, fair and credible elections.
Government has invited international observers to observe this year’s elections. President Mnangagwa said holding of free, fair and credible elections will be important for his Government’s re-engagement with the international community.

 

International and continental bodies have so far expressed satisfaction with the country’s election road map.

 employed by ZEC for 2018 elections, Utoile
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Chamisa On Sharp Speech Arrows: “I’m Not Muzenda!”

MDC-T leader, Nelson Chamisa during the day fired back at critics who claim that he needs to stick to prepared speeches.

Cynics attack him for his recent statement on promises of economic support from the Donald Trump administration, something alter proven to be accurate because Trump’s administration did of a truth meet Chamisa and passed the promises.

The latest attack this week has been on Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, assisting him with his ICT policy, which were later proven to be accurate and Kagame’s written denials disproved.

Chamisa was speaking in Mutoko on Thursday when he said, “Some people are saying ‘Chamisa speaks at a rally without a written speech’. Well I do not do things like those old men who read like (Simon) Muzenda saying ‘erm because of’, ah ah; I would have practiced and memorised the speech beforehand,” he added.

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Sten Zvorwadza (aka Tsuro Magen’a) May Be A Very Good Example Of A Political Coward

Sten Zvorwadza has betrayed the vendors struggle and dumped them in the middle of the ” Red Sea” writes Don Chigumba.

Below is his opinion piece.

I was shocked by allegations from the media that Sten Zvorwadza has started warming up towards ED and ZANU PF, I am not trying to limit the freedom of speech and politics of Sten here but just to advise him that he left the vendors of Zimbabwe in the middle of the ‘RedSea’.

Sten Zvorwadza swore before the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe support that he would take them to Canaan. This piece aims at asking Sten Zvorwadza on whether ED and the recycled ZANU PF is the Canaan he meant during the sworn in ceremony before the vendors (majority of them being university graduates).

I am now forced to believe that Hunzvi was better than Sten Zvorwadza, Chenjerai Hunzvi (with colleagues) started the land reform program and was consistent and died after grabbing the land from the whites and killing some ‘very few people’. He never changed his position like the current government that seems to be reversing the original objective of their (ZANU PF) land reform.

If Sten Zvorwadza could have survived during the liberation struggle, I have no doubt that he could have been [REDACTED] because of betraying the struggle (should ask Rugare Gumbo once alleged to have been thrown in a pit like Daniel for some days during the struggle). The aim of the struggle was to get political independence and the aim for Zvorwadza was to liberate the vendors on and from streets to the ‘four wall’ of formal employment.

Zvorwadza initiated the formation of the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe because he wanted to inform Mugabe and ZANU PF that only ‘street vendor industry’ was the only viable industry left in Zimbabwe, hence it was to be promoted until the economy starts to perform.

Zvorwadza should have learnt from Madhuku, instead of (running away or leaving) NCA as an organization calling for constitutional change, he turned NCA into a political party because his aim was to take his followers to Canaan (though law practice/the love of money pulled him from his initial vision of serving the masses).

Zvorwadza should know that, the organization is more powerful than an individual, that is why some organizations kill, throw in boiled cooking oil or chase leaders who go against its founding principles. What I want to tell you is that, just like the split in the MDC (because of violations of their founding objectives of 1999), your organization will definitely follow suit.

Another original vendor will rise up like Joshua and take over from where you left. Just like Nelson Chamisa (who rose up) to take Zimbabweans to Canaan, another vendor will take your place and deliver vendors home.

I do not want to castigate Sten too much, because his contribution to the struggle shall be remembered even after our deaths but he should agree with his soul that he sold the struggle. What I want Sten to do is to give another person the button, he should not go to the extent of being forced to give the button like what happened to Mugabe.

Zvorwadza should have finished the journey, he is still young to go, however, I wish him well in his endeavors (if he is warming up for ZANU PF) ED should take him at Satan’s risk because he has demonstrated that his support is from the winds and the love of money.

May the evil spirits of Zimbabwe leave Zvorwadza alone.At one point in time when Ndabaningi Sithole was asked on who killed Chitepo, he said ‘the revolution has eaten its own children’, I am still hopeful Zvorwadza has ‘not eaten the revolution’ because the revolution is always dangerous to swallow and keep in the stomach. It is better for the revolution to eat him.

Don Chigumba is a mixed methods research specialist. He can be found on twitter @Donchigumba

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MDC T Youth Wing Threatens Mass Protest Over Electoral Reforms

By Own Correspondent| The MDC T youth wing has threatened to mount a massive demonstration on 5June to protest and urge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to heed calls for electoral reforms.

Speaking at a press briefing held at Morgan Tsvangirai House today (Thursday), Secretary General of the MDC T Youth wing, Lovemore Chinoputsa said there was general consensus among the youths within the party to embark on this demonstration as a strategy of ensuring that young people played their role of defending their vote.

“We are upping our calls for electoral reforms because we believe that there shall be no election without reforms.

We want to know where the voters’ roll is. If inspection can be done, why is it difficult to show interested stakeholders the preliminary voters roll,” said Chinoputsa.

Click on the video above for this and more.

 

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Water Disconnections In Harare’s Ardbennie

Statement: The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) met with Ardbennie suburban committee to educate them on their roles and responsibilities and to discuss some issues affecting the neighbourhood. This media update highlights that the residents are unhappy with the water from the City of Harare, water disconnections, their elected representatives are not effectively representing them and the establishment of a neighbourhood watch committee since the crime rate has been increasing over the recent years. They complained that the water they were receiving for the past half a week was not conducive for them to drink. It has visible impurities. They added that there was illegal water closure for nearly a week starting from 28 May 2018. The HRT is investigating to establish the true situation on this allegation and the suburban committee will engage the Waterfalls District Officer so that they map a way forward and try to stop these water disconnections. Resident also were not sure if it’s their duty to give to council workers food, who are deployed to do work in the suburb such as unblocking sewage or repairing burst pipes.

Speaking on neighbourhood watch committee, residents expressed concern about the crime rate in their neighbourhood. Residents indicated that previously Ardbennie had a neighbourhood watch committee which received financial help from other external organisations and also material help from the residents. Therefore, as a suburb they are thinking of engaging volunteers to conduct night patrols and during the day with the help of Zimbabwe Republic Police to minimise crime rate and increasing drug abuse.

Residents indicated that they have managed to engage the Department of Works of the City of Harare on the issue of erecting humps in Waterfalls Road at Ardbennie Primary School. However, they were notified that they have to revisit since the humps were put at places where they are not necessarily needed. Therefore, if the engagement succeeds there will be a new problem that commuter omnibus will change the route and use routes that are inside the suburb and they will be over-speeding through the roads. This carelessness by the drivers puts the lives of young children at risk. Therefore, residents need both roads to have humps to deter high speed.

Lastly, Ardbennie, being part of Ward 23, in Waterfalls, say they have been very unfortunate in that their elected representatives, both Member of Parliament and Councillor have never bothered to come and meet them to hear their issues. Elected representatives take the area as small and irrelevant therefore they neither visit them nor send representative, which makes them poorly
represented.

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Mukupe And Mai Titi’s Secrets Leaked

The doors have been flung open!

By Ndaba Nhuku| Zimbabwe has endured 7 days filled with drama, shock and intrigue. The hypocrisy of Zimbabweans again – Terrence Mukupe abused a so called HIV positive man, and here now a woman has abused another so called HIV positive man, and Mukupe is demonized while Mai Titi is praised and consoled, she even makes lots of money out of it.

The doors have now been flung open for all Mukupe, Mai Titi and their kind now to at any time whenever annoyed, to shoot LIVE videos to destroy their social enemies. In the way Tendai Biti was not given a chance to state his side of the story, Baba Titi, Tapiwa Mutikani has been bullied by millions of Zimbabweans as he is labelled an HIV spreader. The damage is worse for the rest of the population affected by the HIV pandemic, they will they now be labelled HIV spreaders without any evidence whatsoever of their alleged deliberate spreading.

What if Mai Titi was lying in the same way she did a few months ago when she claimed she has a doctor’s note diagnosing her for cancer, shortly before she was healed by Emmanuel Makandiwa? So far she has claimed she reported her ex husband for deliberate infecting with HIV, but there is no date, no police reference and no court file number, not even the name of a single lawyer or prosecutor she has given.

Furthermore, will Mai Titi apologise to the many HIV positive people killed inside Makandiwa’s church through her lies that she was healed of cancer in August least year? The videos are there online for all to watch.

Meanwhile, she has also gone on to claim she was sentenced to 6 months for merely sending messages demanding maintenance. Which court verdict was that and which magistrate passed such a bizarre decision? No one asks.

So far it is already known that it is a crime in Zimbabwe to reveal someone’s HIV status. And yet many Zimbabweans are not interested, they just believe this woman.

What Zimbabwe as we setting ourselves for with the Mukupes and the Mai Titis?

These two crooks, their power lies in the pit of hell, and they will destroy Zimbabwe henceforth while we watch. WATCH THIS SPACE!

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Mnangagwa Says MDC Councillors Are Corrupt, Uncooperative

President Emmerson Mnangagwa 

Terrence Mawawa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described MDC councillors as very corrupt and uncooperative.

Addressing a Youth Interface Rally in Gweru today Mnangagwa said the ruling party would take control of all local authorities after winning the coming polls.

“MDC councillors are difficult to work with in local
government which has resulted in chaos in
some towns,” said Mnangagwa.

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Mnangagwa Belittles Opposition

Terrence Mawawa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is regarded by many observers as a calm and composed man betrayed his vast political experience today when he publicly uttered derogatory comments on the opposition.

Mnangagwa has been commended by political neutrals for digressing from hate language after taking over power from former President Robert Mugabe.

However today Mnangagwa was a bundle of nerves as he desperately attempted to discredit his youthful political foe, Nelson Chamisa at an Interface Rally in Gweru.

Mnangagwa attacked the youthful politician, describing him as a novice.

“We are running this country and we have no reason to lose sleep.

They are trying to provoke but we will not be dragged into amateurish battles.

The opposition will never defeat us.Vanongovukura vachingovukura isu tichingotonga(the opposition leaders are barking like toothless dogs but we will remain in power,” said Mnangagwa.

“I do not even remember the MDC’ s proper name, does anyone know the correct name by the way?
I know their leaders are very corrupt,”Mnangagwa said.

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VIDEO: Chamisa Holds Rally In Itai Dzamara’s Home Area

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa today held a rally in the abducted activist Itai Dzamara’s home area, Mtoko.

Announcing the meeting, his spokesman said Chamisa will spend four days campaigning. FULL TEXT:

Adv. Nelson Chamisa today is holding a four-day rallies blitz in Mashonaland East province which begins with a rally at Mutoko centre today.

Tomorrow, the people’s president will be at Masasa in Chikomba before proceeding for another rally at St Mary’s in Hwedza on Saturday. He winds up his tour with a rally on Sunday at Mahusekwa centre.

President Chamisa is prioritising the rural areas in this year’s campaign, where the majority of Zimbabweans live. He is using his rural campaign tours to articulate the incoming government’s innovative policy programme that will positively transform the lives of the people.

Zimbabweans in the rural areas have fallen in love with his comprehensive plan to uplift the lives of rural people through an innovative programme dubbed DURA-Development and Urbanisation of Rural Areas.

The popular presidential candidate’s policy programe is anchored on the tripod pillars of Transformation, Opportunities and Prosperity (TOP).

President Chamisa, fellow MDC Alliance principals and the party’s national leadership are all over the country spreading the incoming government’s innovative programme that will create jobs, devolve power and authority to local communities and improve people’s lives.

Behold the new and brace for change that delivers!

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Chidzambwa Announces Warriors COSAFA Squad

Terrence Mawawa

Zimbabwe Warriors head coach Sunday Chidzambwa has named the final 20 man squad to play in the Cosafa Cup.

Warriors star forward Knowledge Musona has been ruled out of the tournament due to an injury- joining Marvelous Nakamba who pulled out due to an injury.

Mamelodi Sundowns forward Khama Billiat is part of the squad while in-form Sweden based striker Tinotenda Kadewere is also part of the final squad -as well as Czech based defender Costa Nhamoinesu.

Zimbabwe will take on the winner of Group B in the quarterfinals of the tournament that is already underway in South Africa.

Meanwhile the team will travel to South Africa on Thursday.

The Warriors final squad for Cosafa Cup 2018:

George Chigova

Talbert Shumba

Edmore Sibanda

Costa Nhamoinesu

Jameson Mukombwe

Kevin Moyo

Alec Mudimu

Marshall Munetsi

Tinotenda Kadewere

Talent Chawapiwa

Ovidy Karuru

Khama Billiat

Abbas Amidu

Richard Hachiro

Tafadzwa Kutinyu

Terence Dzvukamanja

Takudzwa Chimwemwe

Evans Rusike

Leeroy Mavunga

Devine Lunga

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Billiat To Remain At Sundowns?

 

Terrence Mawawa

Mamelodi Sundowns have reportedly tabled a new lucrative deal for Zimbabwe international striker Khama Billiat in a bid to keep him at the club, it has emerged.

Billiat has less than a month left on his contract, and the winger has already been linked with moves to several clubs.

According to Soccer Laduma, a South African football website, Sundowns have offered the player over R5 million per annum – including bonuses and signing on fees.

With Percy Tau also strongly linked with a move abroad, indications are that Sundowns want to avoid losing two of their key players at the same time and have upped the ante in trying to keep Billiat at the club.

Billiat has been influential to the success of the Pretoria-based side, and the Tswane Giants are eager to keep him in their plans for the new season, as they seek to retain the Absa Premiership title and continue their fight in the CAF Champions League.

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MDC Heavyweight Suddenly Pulls Out Of Primary Election

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo

A political heavyweight in the Movement for Democratic Change has suddenly pulled out of the Masvingo Urban Constituency Primary election.

Prominent businessman and MDC National Executive member Takanayi Mureyi stunned all and sundry yesterday when he unexpectedly announced his decision to pull out of the Masvingo Urban Constituency primary election.

” I have decided to pull out of the race because of pressing commitments.I have decided to give other candidates a chance to contest in the primary election.

As you know, I am a member of the National Executive so I have to attend to more challenging tasks,” said Mureyi.

However party sources claimed the politician chickened out of the race because he was afraid of being humiliated in the election.

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‘Force Mugabe To Speak On Missing $ 15 Billion’

Terrence Mawawa

Former Radio and Television presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has urged Parliament to force former President Robert Mugabe to disclose the truth on the missing $ 15 billion.

Mugabe hinted that there was rampant looting at Chiadzwa resulting in the theft of precious stones valued at $ 15 billion.

“Robert Mugabe has failed to turn up in parliament again
to answer questions on the missing $15 Billion.

This arrogant man needs to be forced to tell
Zimbabwe what happened to the diamonds and the
money.

He should also be indicted for genocide and
many other crimes against humanity,” wrote Sibanda on Facebook yesterday.

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Defiant Mukupe Attends ED Rally Without Regalia

Minister Terence Mukupe

Terrence Mawawa

A defiant Terrence Mukupe has featured at the Zanu PF Youth Interface Rally in Gweru without party regalia.

A relatively calm Mukupe was spotted by ZimEye.com fidgeting with his mobile phone as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga addressed the rally.

Mukupe, seemingly calm and unfazed by the pressure mounting on him from angry Zimbabweans, is Mnangagwa’ s blue-eyed boy, according to party sources.

Mukupe has been mired in controversy over the past few weeks due to what political observers have described as his carefree attitude towards key national issues.

Mukupe torched storm when he charged that the army would not allow popular MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to rule the country.

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Togarepi Taunts Chamisa, Claims He Will Never Rule Zimbabwe

 

Terrence Mawawa

Zanu PF Secretary for Youth Affairs, Pupurai Togarepi has taunted MDC Alliance Presidential Candidate Nelson Chamisa whom he described as a shameless liar.

In a scathing attack on the youthful MDC leader at a Zanu PF Youth Interface Rally in Gweru today, Togarepi said Chamisa would be humiliated in the coming polls.

” The young man will never rule Zimbabwe, he is a pathetic liar and he has become a huge embarrassment to the nation.

He claimed he had a meeting with Trump and we later discovered that it was a blue lie.

Now he is at it again, we are fed up with his lies,” said Togarepi

” The young man will quit politics after losing the coming polls.Let him send his sister to school- instead of giving her to our President,” added Togarepi.

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Mnangagwa Didn’t Pay Me, Chamisa MDC Betrayed Me – Zvorwadza

Zimbabwe Vendors Association leader Sten Zvorwadza has said he was not paid a penny by ZANU PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Explaining why he has chosen to back ZANU PF, Zvorwadza pointed at the opposition which he said has betrayed him- in a direct inference to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s administration the party of which he was a member, and a parliamentary candidate as well.

He was quoted by the Daily News saying, “If there is a person who gave me money for the things I was doing they can throw the first stone, but if there is none then I am clean. In Zanu PF — when we are knocking on their doors — no one is talking politics. We gave the MDC a platform in 2014, 2015, 2016 but they declined to give us a voice.

“The MDC-T were even telling their people not to attend our demonstrations. In essence, at every point, the MDC-T was fighting processes that they purport to stand for.  As an organisation, we stand for the truth. If a Zanu PF person is beaten up, we stand by that person. We should not be seen as standing by a particular political party. We stand for all vendors.”

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Zinedine Zidane leaves Real Madrid after third successive Champions League victory

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane has stepped down as manager of Real Madrid.

The 45-year-old led Real to their third successive Champions League triumph under his stewardship by masterminding victory over Liverpool in Kiev on Saturday.

But speculation has been rife about Zidane’s long-term future at the Bernabeu and the Frenchman announced at a press conference on Thursday afternoon that he would be leaving the club.

Appearing alongside Real president Florentino Perez, World Cup winner Zidane said: “I have taken the decision to not continue going into the next season.

“For me and for everybody, I think the moment to change has arrived. It was not an easy decision.

“I will be close to this club for the rest of my life. I want to thank the fans, who always supported me both as a coach and a player.

“There were tough moments during the season and although I was sometimes whistled at, I want to thank the fans.

“This is a beautiful moment as we have just won a third straight Champions League and I have now reflected and made this decision. Even the players need this change, I must thank them too.”

Pere added: “This was a totally unexpected decision, Zidane informed me of his choice yesterday. I thank him for the work he has done.”

Zidane, the former Real, Juventus and Bordeaux midfielder, was understood to be under contract in Madrid until 2020.

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MDC T Youth Wing To Hold Presser

By Own Correspondent| The Youth wing of the MDC T will today hold a press conference whose agenda has not been clarified.

ZimEye will be live streaming the presser on our Facebook Page.

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Mnangagwa Replaces Makarau

By Paul Nyathi|President Emmerson Mnangagwa has on Thursday sworn in Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and Dr Vincent Hungwe as Commissioners of the Judicial Service Commission.

Former Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Rita Makarau resigned from her position as secretary of the Judicial Service Commission in February and had still not been replaced.

The swearing in ceremony was witnessed by the two Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi among other officials.

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“Disband Women’s Quota To Accomodate War Veterans And The Disabled”: Mliswa

By Own Correspondent| Temba Mliswa who is independent legislator for Norton yesterday torched a storm in parliament after suggesting that the number of seats allocated to women under the proportional representation (PR) quota should be reduced to include war veterans and people living with disability.

Mliswa called for the reduction of the seats arguing that most of the women in parliament had not participated meaningfully in the august house.

He said some of the women’s PR seats should be allocated to war veterans and disabled people.

Below is Mliswa’s submission.

“The issue of the elections in this country is very important and I want to touch on this in terms of the war veterans.

This will also touch those living with disability, why can this country not have a quota for them because we have a quota for women, 60 women are in Parliament.

“Most of them do not do anything, the only thing that we have seen coming off them is having nice makeup and nice wigs so the proportional representation of 60 women Members of Parliament has actually made us lose money because if you now take stock of what they have done, most of them have done nothing…it is my suggestion that out of the 66, 20 of them go to war veterans, 20 go to people with disability because if you see contributions in the Hansard which is a record of Parliament, they have absolutely said nothing. Some of them have even lost primary elections without even saying nothing.”

Female legislators however came out guns blazing against Mliswa’s submission to parliament reminding him that the proportional representation was a Constitutional provision which should be adhered to.

MDC-T’s Thabitha Khumalo had to be escorted outside by the Sergeant-at-Arms after she became angry and continued interjecting Mliswa ‘s submissions.

“…you were given birth to by a woman, Mr Speaker. You must respect women,” said Khumalo.

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“I Am Still Running As Independent”: Majome

By Own Correspondent| Harare West legislator, Jessie Majome has denied claims by the MDC T National Chairperson, Morgen Komichi that the party had reached out to her offering her alternative leadership positions in order for her to remain in the party.

Majome, who last month declared her intentions to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming polls slated for July 30 2018, withdrew from the MDC T primary elections citing gross irregularities.

In an exclusive interview with a ZimEye reporter, Komichi revealed that his party could not afford to “lose hardworking and valuable cadres such as Majome” hence the party had engaged her and placed her on the senatorial list to prevent her from leaving the party.

“We value Majome because she is hardworking and an effective legislator and the party cannot afford to lose her,” said Komichi.

“The ball is in her court because we are in dialogue with her. We have positions such as that of Senator or Member of Parliament for Harare PR and we are offering them to her,” he said.

Responding on Twitter, Majome said,

“What Sen. Komichi said yesterday is as much news to me as it is to you. I decided to run as an independent candidate for the Harare West National Assembly seat because of, on one hand the gross irregularities of the party’s primary elections and my desire to represent my community.”

 

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MDC T sued over $286k debt

File picture of mdct property being attached over a debt

The MDC-T has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay back $286 000, advanced to it by a local firm in 2016.

According to court papers, sometime in 2016, the MDC-T borrowed $331 800 from Ishline Investments (Private) Limited) and undertook to repay the debt that same year.

But having made some part payment of the debt, $286 000 remained due and owing to Ishline.

“Despite demand, defendant (MDC) has failed, refused to repay the outstanding $286 000,” the court was told.

Ishline is the applicant in the matter, while the MDC is cited as the respondent.

Besides the amount, the company is also demanding interest at the prescribed rate from the date of the summons to the date of full payment, as well as the cost of the suit.

The country’s largest opposition political party has not yet responded to the court summons, which were filed before the court last Thursday.

According to the summons, the MDC has 10 days within which to file a response.

“If you wish to oppose any of the plaintiff’s claims, you must, enter an appearance to defend by making an appropriate entry in the appearance book kept in the office of the registrar of the High Court of Zimbabwe at Harare within 10 days after service of this summons (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays are not counted as part of this 10-day period, nor is the day on which the summons was served).

“If you do not enter appearance to defend, the plaintiff’s claims will be heard and dealt with by the High Court without further notice to you,” reads part of the summons.

The matter has not yet set down for hearing. 

DailyNews

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Give Me A Chance, Am As Good As My Father: Tsvangirai’s Daughter

Vimbai’s late parents Morgan and Susan Tsvangirai

Vimbai Java, daughter of the late MDC-T founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has said she had the same leadership qualities as her father and is ready to transform the lives of residents of Glen View South constituency if she wins the upcoming general elections.

Java contentiously won the ticket to represent the opposition party in Glen View South, with her rivals claiming she imposed herself on the constituency.

“I am not new in politics. I represented the party (MDC) in Australia during my time in exile after an attack by Robert Mugabe’s agents at gun point. I have been involved in helping my father mobilise resources for the party, as well as working with him informally in MDC,” she said.

Java said she had already lined up a number of economic empowerment projects for women and youth in the constituency.

“I will pursue projects to empower the youth and women through, vendors’ clubs, road and sewage maintenance and new water pipes such that everyone will have access to clean water so as to curb diseases like typhoid and cholera. These are some of my major priorities,” she said.

“As a pastor, I am prepared to work with the community to create employment for all and turn their plight and take action to solve them for their benefits.”

Java said her wish was to develop the constituency, before dismissing as malicious allegations that she was imposed on the constituency.

“I am the chosen candidate for Glen View South constituency, it’s only that some former MDC members tried to confuse people,” she said.

Java urged Zimbabweans to vote for MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, a youthful politician with the wherewithal to take “Zimbabwe to Canaan”.

Newsday

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Elections 2018, A Comparison Of Lies

By Frederick Muchaiwa| Elections in Zimbabwe are fast approaching and campaigning is also getting even faster and furious with politicians selling their promises and ideas in exchange for votes.

The election atmosphere is turning out to be a funfair for Zimbabweans who seem to be enjoying lies and deceptions they are subjected to by politicians.

Let’s forget about the other candidates in the presidential race and pay attention to two clear contenders, the incumbent Mnangagwa and the fierce challenger Nelson Chamisa.

If both candidates are lying, whose lies would you think could have an influence in your decision to make a choice? Lies from the sitting government and have been lying for almost four decades or lies from the opposite bench whose lies have not been measured as yet. Mnangagwa was part of the old dispensation with a bad and measurable record of lies. Technically he inherited the old lies, the same old cabinet and above all the ZANU PF banner.

Six months down the line, a basic performance audit fails to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) for the period between November 2017 to date. Mnangagwa has shown no signs of a new President in a new order but remained the same old self. The promises and pledges he made on his inauguration speech have virtually failed to materialise which clearly suggest he is the same Mnangagwa of the same old system that lied in the previous elections in 2013 and beyond. He is indeed a tried, tested and approved liar.

Since November 2017 when he took over, nothing has changed for the better, there is nothing to talk about that can swing votes in his favour. Renaming of army barracks has no bearing on peoples’ lives. Living standards are in actual fact deteriorating with prices of food, fuel and most basic commodities going up in recent weeks and queues for cash still visible. Mnangagwa is nowhere near an actor but a specialist in cheap talk.

Nelson Chamisa who was a minister of ICT in the inclusive government, has come under vicious attack on social media, in Mnangagwa controlled The Herald, The Chronicle, ZBC & ZTV. Chamisa has been labelled all sorts by his critics for his vision for a better Zimbabwe. His ideas and promises are deemed fictitious, unrealistic and a pack of lies. I find the criticism and memes on social media as patently absurd, unjust and he is being judged outside the leadership arena.

At his age and where he is today, Chamisa has shown great strides towards good leadership and stewardship and therefore deserves a chance. He has been nurtured by his desire to be a servant not dreams of becoming a king. He has natural ambitions to serve his country, not driven by personal glory. He has witnessed and now well aware of all the wrongs that have ruined our motherland and he is determined to fix our country. His hands are clean, he served in the GNU and discharged his duties duly as a servant.

When his party joined hands with ZANU PF to form the GNU, Zimbabweans had a reprieve from adverse poverty within months of the formation. Hope was restored, livelihoods began to show signs of functionality after years of deprivation. It was not magic, no. That marriage between MDC T and ZANU PF brought discipline in the fiscal policy in government. The new government was now spending according to its income with Tendai Biti as Minister of Finance.

Before 2009, Zimbabwe was going downwards faster than a bullet train. Every Jack, Jill and Tawanda was a millionaire due to hyperinflation running into trillion percentage points. Food was scarce with wheelbarrows of cash chasing non-existent food and services on the market. Zimbabweans are so quick to forget how that change came about, who made that change possible and who made lives worth living during that period between 2009 and 2013.

Chamisa is now regarded as a joke, his ideas and wishes for a better Zimbabwe are considered as unreal and fictitious. Frankly, is it fiction to build multi-lane carriageways and spaghetti junctions? Is it fiction to build airports in resort/mining towns and cities across the country? I fail to understand what is impossible in that dream? What are the requirements for improving and building our infrastructure across the country? This is achievable under a good and transparent management of our resources and in partnership with the developed world. Our own human capital is adequate if supported by foreign expertise and technology.

If our $15 billion (asset capital) was put to good use, imagine what could have been done with those diamonds. Marange would have been a development beacon of Zimbabwe with projects expanding across the country. Those government projects at a massive scale guarantee employment for our people. Let me ask this question again. Is building and improving our infrastructure like road/rail/air network in Zimbabwe impossible if we put our human and asset capital to good use?

England recently commissioned a smart motorway stretching from Northampton to Leicester for a cost of around £200 million approximately US$265 million to build M1 junction 19 also known as The Catthorpe Interchange.

See below.

How many of these can be built by $15 billion or even $7 billion for argument’s sake? How many single runway airports, railway facilities, tarred roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, etc? How much is needed to restore confidence in our banking and financial system? At least $750 million will avert the shortages and this figure is only 5% of $15 billion.

In Zimbabwe it is possible and acceptable to see government officials accumulating wealth over night, build mansions and drive top of the range cars with the unemployed majority clapping hands, praising and worshipping. Leaders are caught pants down in corruption scandals and walk away with no action against them.

I personally think we are a joke as a nation. We have no hope, no vision, no innovation and yet we claim to be an educated lot. How educated are we when we cannot believe in ourselves first and foremost? I don’t think so because education and innovation do not create poverty but create development, prosperity and self sustainability.

We have created leaders who have adopted a culture of self satisfaction, corruption, self improvement and self enrichment. Leaders who when elected into public office think they are kings not servants. We have put ourselves in self destructive mode and not willing to change. We have accepted poverty to be normal and believe that those inflicting severe physical and mental suffering are the ones who are going to save us.

Pafungei anhu woye!!

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British Lord Meets Mnangagwa

British Labour Party politician and former Cabinet member Lord Peter Hain has hailed President Mnangagwa’s re-engagement with the international community, commitment to good governance and credible elections under the new political dispensation.

The re-engagement effort, says Lord Hain, brings the country back on the global map and will open foreign capital streams.

Lord Hain, who served under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown was recently appointed advisor and ex-officio board member to one of the largest foreign investors in Zimbabwe — Moti Group — on Tuesday met President Mnangagwa, Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga, Kembo Mohadi and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo at a State House dinner on Tuesday.

Lord Hain said President Mnangagwa discussed his agenda for the country including how he intends to rejoin the Commonwealth, open up to the world, attract foreign investment and ensure there is good governance.

“As he says, he wants to make sure the elections are free and fair. He assured me that they would be free and fair. He told me that he would be inviting international observers not just from the SADC area, but from Europe and elsewhere to observe the elections and I think all that is very encouraging,” said Lord Hain in an interview with The Herald, adding 20 years of isolation had damaged Zimbabwe.

“Obviously there is a long way to go and Zimbabwe has been in a very bad place for the past 20 years with the people suffering economically and the reputation of the country being badly damaged abroad.

“For example, the President would like to re-apply to join the Commonwealth which will be good for Zimbabwe to be standing tall again instead of being an isolated nation as it was under President Mugabe. I was very encouraged,” he added.

He said progress on governance, election credibility and fighting corruption is the first step towards re-branding Zimbabwe positively and attracting international capital.

“The key thing is good governance so we are starting with the elections which the world is watching with interest because the world wants to support Zimbabwe. There are businesses which want to invest in Zimbabwe, but it starts with good governance and they are watching,” he said.

Lord Hain also discussed the potential for debt relief and agricultural support from International Financial Institutions, in particular Britain, after credible elections.

He proposed that Zimbabwe takes advantage of its climatic conditions to establish solar power projects and provide electricity in remote areas with a view to improve communication, education and health services.

He also noted the potential for massive water purification and conservation projects to maximise value on the country’s resources.

He also hailed President Mnangagwa for opening his door to the world and taking ideas and constructive criticism from everyone with a view to improve the livelihoods of his people.

“This is my first visit to Zimbabwe. I was not made welcome here by former president Robert Mugabe who attacked me and criticised me and I am very pleased to be here in what I think is a new dawn for Zimbabwe to try and encourage that, support it.

“As an advisor of the Moti Group, which is the biggest foreign investor in Zimbabwe at the moment, I want to help build good relations with the people of Zimbabwe so that’s why I am here,” he said.

Lord Hain is expected to meet Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando to discuss Moti Group’s further investment plans in Zimbabwe..

“The Moti Group is, through ACF, is expanding its investment and therefore, creating more jobs. We are around 1 500 and we are going up to 2 000 very soon and there will be more jobs created after that. This is all being done absolutely transparently, Moti Group pays taxes, there is full accountability and obviously that’s important to me so we will be discussing other areas where Moti Group might consider moving into investing in Zimbabwe as well,” Lord Hain he said.

His strategy for the Moti Group is premised on ensuring the company creates more jobs in Zimbabwe, bringing prosperity to shareholders and the community. – state media

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Kagame Proved A Blue Liar On Chamisa Meeting

As it is customary with most politicians, the game of claiming to be an originator of innovations continues. President Paul Kagame who yesterday claimed he has never met Nelson Chamisa and never engaged in a discussion on ICT with him, met his match when he Chamisa fought back with evidence.

Several pictures were pulled out revealing a well known forum meeting in Switzerland. President Kagama’s speech at the function was also retrieved.

Adding to this Chamisa wrote on his twitter handle; “Your Excellency, you’re not expected to remember everything. We met at a conference a few years back & you requested your ICT DG to get a copy of a presentation I had given. There’s a generational consensus across Africa that your leadership of Rwanda is progressive & inspiring”

Another supporter, Arnold Musana, @ArnoldMusana1 wrote ; “I thought Kagame tweeted also? So Chamisa was supposed to do what? Go to zbc? Kagame made the first mistake of taking the issue to twitter. If Chamisa lied, Kagame should have just ignored because its not necessary.”

Added Phillip Kucherera writing under @phillipkuch; “thank you Mr. President for wishing us well. May your voice rise in calling for democracy in Africa and beyond. By making such a call, your energy could have been more useful.”

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Kasukuwere’s Brother Jailed For Border Jumping

Former ZANU PF National Commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere’s brother Dickson Mafios has been sentenced to 11 months in prison.

Mafios’s sentencing has an option of a $300 fine for border “jumping” in contravention of the Immigration Act.

The other five months were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.

Mafios is former Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson and was a key member of the G40 faction.

He pleaded guilty when he appeared before Bindura magistrate, Mrs Vongai Guwuriro.

The court heard that in November 2017, Mafios exited Zimbabwe through Nyamapanda Border Post into Mozambique following Operation Restore Legacy. On November 25, 2017 Mafios flew from Mozambique to South Africa where he was supposed to stay for three months.

He returned to Zimbabwe after three months through Beitbridge Border Post before returning to South Africa through a place and date unknown to the State between February 20 and April 7, 2018. On April 8, Mafios left South Africa and entered Zimbabwe through Beitbridge Border Post, where his passport was stamped by the country’s Immigration Department. On May 10, 2018, police detectives received a tip-off that Mafios had left Zimbabwe through an illegal point. He was questioned and failed to give satisfactory answers leading to his arrest. – state media

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Mysterious Month Mnangagwa Is Holdings 2018 Elections | WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW?

By Farai D Hove| The month of July President Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen to hold elections, has a curious history. This is the same month when the man’s predecessor, Robert Mugabe was for the first time in history suddenly told he must hand over power to Mnangagwa: this was July 2016.

A year later, it was the same month when Mugabe’s wife, Grace, began her downward fall in the events that saw her husband being removed in November.

Yesterday Mnangagwa gazetted a proclamation setting the dates for the forthcoming general election. 

Writes Veritas: In Proclamation 2 of 2018 (SI 83 of 2018), the President fixed the following dates:

Nomination day:

Thursday 14th June, 2018, for all elections (presidential, parliamentary and local authority elections)

This is the day on which nominations of candidates for election are processed by nomination courts presided over by nominations officers appointed by ZEC.

The places where the nomination courts will sit are listed in the proclamation.

Polling day:

Monday 30th July, 2018, for all elections (presidential, parliamentary and local authority elections)

Polling day will be a public holiday by virtue of section 38(2) of the Electoral Act.

Run-off presidential election

Saturday 8th September, 2018, when a run-off presidential election will be held in the event that none of the candidates for the office gets 50 per cent or more of the votes in the election held on 30th July.

Election of Senator Chiefs

Wednesday 11th July, 2018, when the provincial assemblies of chiefs will meet to elect representatives to the Council of Chiefs, which is the national body representing all chiefs in Zimbabwe.  The places where the provincial assemblies will meet are listed in the proclamation.

Wednesday 18th July, 2018, when the Council of Chiefs will meet in Harare to elect a President and Deputy President of the Council.  The two persons elected will become Senator Chiefs by virtue of their office.

Wednesday 1st August, 2018, when the eight provincial assemblies of chiefs will meet as electoral colleges to elect Senator Chiefs to represent them.  Each provincial assembly will elect two chiefs.  Again, the places where the electoral colleges will meet are listed in the proclamation.

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Why Is Penny Penny Fighting Bank?

Penny Penny
Tsonga disco king Penny Penny is embroiled in a nasty fight for money with one of the big four banks.

The legendary musician, whose real name is Eric Nkovane, is angry with Standard Bank, which owes him money after he signed a contract worth R1-million to act as an ambassador for its Gold Master Card competition.

Penny Penny accepted a R100000 payment made to him yesterday but said he will still pursue a R200000 fee for cancellation of the contract.

According to the contract, which Sowetan has seen, Penny Penny was supposed to be paid 50% of the R1-million before starting work in February.

“They wanted to promote their gold card and then I signed an agreement with their agency,” he said.

“They invited me to their launch and never paid me for accommodation and travel costs for that.

“They also said that when I sign the contract they will give me 50% of the money on the contract and they never did.

“They had to pay me for the work that I already did and for the costs I paid during travelling to promote their work. According to the contract they are supposed to give me R500000 for signing. I have missed out on other gigs of a similar nature because of them,” he said.

The Papa Penny Ahee reality show star’s deal with Standard Bank was mediated by a Johanneburg-based agency called Collective ID, which was communicating with the star through his PR manager Thabang Mnisi.

Mnisi said they were approached by the agency to have the star feature in the campaign, which was presented by television star Thembisa Mdoda and comedian Mashabela Galane.

Mnisi said: “They were interested in Penny Penny because of his song Goldie Bone, which was in line with their gold card. Even though his roles were not properly defined at the time, they said he will be part of their social media advert using his Goldie Bone song.”

Mnisi added that Penny Penny attended a staff meet-and-greet event at Urban Brew studios earlier in the year where he familiarised himself with the bank before shooting the advert.

“What is frustrating is that they [Collective ID] kept pushing us to complete the paperwork and when it was done, they started running around telling us they were waiting for the client to come back to them. I think the client then changed their mind,” he said.

Mnisi said the two parties agreed to pay Penny Penny R100000 for the work he did for them in February, accommodation and travel costs.

Collective ID’s Sue Tyler said Standard Bank had cancelled the contract with the star and blamed Mnisi for not relaying the news to his client.

After Sowetan made an enquiry to the bank, a quick payment was made to the star yesterday.

Magna Carta, a PR agency representing the bank, confirmed that Penny Penny was paid during the day.

“We got Papa Penny’s invoice today and the full amount of the invoice was paid today,” Inga Sebata said.

Penny Penny also confirmed that R100000 was paid to him.

“They have just paid me R100000. They are not saying anything about a cancellation fee, if indeed the contract was cancelled. They have not sent me a cancellation letter and they are not saying anything about the 50% I was supposed to receive after signing the contract,” he said.

“I did not want to do things through the courts at the moment because I have other deals with another bank in the pipeline and I will be coming to Joburg on Monday for a meeting on that,” he said. – Agencies

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ZEC Says We’re Fully Prepared For Elections

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it is fully prepared to run the 2018 harmonised elections thanks to the support from government and co-operating partners.

Other stakeholders, among them journalists, aspiring voters and politicians expressed mixed sentiments over the development.

Following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s proclamation in an extraordinary Government Gazette released today, setting the 2018 harmonised polls for the 30th of July 2018, ZEC said it is fully prepared for the exercise.

ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba said electronic voter’s rolls will be availed to candidates who make it at the nomination court at no cost.

Justice Chigumba also said they had identified an unnamed regional company for the printing of the ballot paper and ink.

Critical stakeholders among them journalists raised concerns over the payment of accreditation fees to ZEC.

People said they are eagerly awaiting to exercise their democratic right to select leaders of their choice, while Zimbabwe Development Party president Kisinoti Mukwazhi said they have petitioned Chief Justice Luke Malaba challenging their application seeking political parties’ funding.- state media

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Mnangagwa Flies Back Smith Files From South Africa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday officially received records mainly Cabinet minutes and security reports that were unlawfully removed from public offices and exported to South Africa by former Rhodesian Prime Minister Mr Ian Douglas Smith towards independence in 1980.

The documents were kept at the Rhodes University in South Africa as part of the Smith family documents.

Receiving the documents comprising of 73 boxes at State House Wednesday afternoon, President Mnangagwa said the event marked a major victory in reclaiming the country’s history.

“This event therefore, is a historic occasion in the reclamation of our history and culture,” he said.
“History and culture in their broadest sense are fundamental pillars for national pride and identity as well an important ingredient to the vitality of all communities as it involves the tangible and intangible attributes from past societies that are maintained and valorised in the present and handed over to future generations.

“Properly leveraged on a people’s history and cultural heritage thus provides the most reliable and sustainable building blocks for social and economic development through creation of vibrant communities.”

President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe’s story and the struggle for independence would be incomplete without a comprehensive narrative of the colonial history.

As such, President Mnangagwa said, under the new dispensation Government had reconfigured the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage which was mandated to leverage on Zimbabwe’s past.

“These archival material we gather here to receive this constitute integral and crucial evidence of our history,” he said.

“I am therefore privileged to receive these records on behalf of the people of Zimbabwe, those departed, still with us and indeed for future generations. Our diverse cultural heritage resources tell the story of our shared past and fostering social cohesion.”

Said President Mnangagwa: “During the transition to independence, particularly between 1978 and 1979, substantial amounts of public records, mainly from Cabinet Office and the security services, were unlawfully removed from public offices and illicitly exported to South Africa.

“These were discovered in 1980, dispelling fears that most of the records had been burnt by Rhodesian security elements. Some of the records were subsequently returned from South African institutions following Government to Government negotiations during the post-apartheid era. Further negotiations have culminated in this return of the “Ian Smith Papers” from Rhodes University which we are gathered to receive today.”

The President said there were some collections from the independence transition period still privately kept in South Africa and Australia.

He said another considerable collection of military and intelligence records were also in private hands in the United Kingdom.

“In addition, there are missing philatelic treasures from its (UK) special deposit collection which consist of 30 rare Southern Rhodesian stamps that went missing during the 1979-1981 periods,” said President Mnangagwa.

“Furthermore, there are remains of the heroes of the First Chimurenga, waged in 1896-97, which ended up in foreign capitals as war trophies. My Government will continue to pursue the return of such important records and remains through diplomatic channels.”

President Mnangagwa said Government was also seized with the identification and promotion of liberation sites in foreign lands that hosted the country’s liberation movements.

“My Government through the Ministry of Homes Affairs and Cultural Heritage, will indeed safeguard this important part of our heritage and further ensure the completion of the necessary administrative procedures in line with standing instructions for the retention and disposal of such records,” said President Mnangagwa.

The two Vice Presidents Dr Constantino Chiwenga and Cde Kembo Mohadi, Cabinet Ministers and several Government officials witnessed the official receiving of the records. – state media

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ZANU PF Recalls Three MPs

Godfrey Gandawa

By Paul Nyathi|The ZANU PF politburo has passed a resolution to recall three of its Members of Parliament from the house with immediate effect.

The three include controversial Kwekwe Central parliamentarian Masango “Blackman” Matambanadzo.

Matambanadzo was over the weekend paraded as a new member of the ZANU PF breakout political party National Patriotic Front.

Other dismissed parliamentarians are Deputy Minister of Higher Education Godfrey Gandawa and Beatrice Nyamupinga.

Announcing the recalls, the ZANU PF Secretary for Informariom and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo said the politburo found the three guilty of wayward behaviour.

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EXPOSED: ZANU PF MPs Plotting To Impeach President Mnangagwa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that there is a plot currently underway to impeach him in the next few weeks.

Mnangagwa made the revelations Wednesday afternoon during a session at the party’s headquarters.

He said he has received clear intelligence of this underhand strategy to depose him.

For a while there has been a large floating media report that many who belong to the so called military faction do not want him to proceed beyond August. It was not clear at the time of writing if the head of state was referring to mere media news articles or real and hard intelligence data.

Mnangagwa said, “I got intelligence that some of those who have won this primary election have two minds, they have gone to join the Zanu-PF wagon using various means, money included, to be elected with a possible view once in parliament they will band together and move a motion of impeachment.

“There are two things that those among you here need to know what happens. First, you must realize that the constitution provides the basis of impeachment and such basis must be fulfilled before impeachment proceedings begin.

“Secondly, our constitution (Zanu-PF’s) provides an instrument to chuck out from parliament any member whom we think is not Zanu-PF anymore. So you and your angel, as well as your spirit medium, should know where you stand before bad things happen.”

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Lloyd Mutasa Bounces Back As Dembare Head Coach

 

Terrence Mawawa

Lloyd Mutasa has bounced back as the Dynamos
head coach after the board rescinded its decision to
relegate him to the ceremonial post of technical
director.

Mutasa was pushed out after losing to Harare City
some weeks ago – with his assistant Biggie Zuze being
elevated to the hot seat.

However after Zuze failed to steer the te

 Lloyd Mutasa

am out of the quagmire, the board decided to recall
Mutasa together with goalkeepers’ coach Zondai
Nyaungwa and fitness trainer Tendai Chaipa.

Mutasa, Nyaungwa and Chaipa were in charge of
training yesterday- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

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“Voter Registration For 2018 Elections Closes Friday”: ZEC

ZEC Chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba

By Own Correspondent| Voter registration for those wishing to vote in the forthcoming harmonised elections slated for July 30 2018 will officially end this Friday, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced.

ZEC Chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba revealed that all those who register after Friday will not be able to vote in the 2018 harmonised elections. However, voter registration will continue although those who register after the Friday deadline will only vote in the post 2018 elections.

The country’s elections body made this announcement at a press conference in Harare (Wednesday).

The announcement follows the proclamation of the election date by President Emmerson Mnangagwa through a government Gazette published (Wednesday).

“There has been an amendment to the law; two days after announcement of election dates is the deadline to register. That gives us sufficient time to prepare the final voters’ roll…

The next port of call is the gazetting of the provisional voters roll by the President. Fourteen days after proclamation of election dates, the nomination court will sit and we will be able to give the final voters’ roll to political parties,” said Justice Chigumba.

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Kadewere Joins Warriors Camp For COSAFA Cup

 

Terrence Mawawa

Zimbabwean International striker Tino Kadewere who scored four times in the 11th round of the Swedish Premier Soccer League over the the just ended weekend joined the Warriors camp for the COSAFA Cup yesterday.

Kadewere scored four of Djurgaden’s goals and set up another in a 5-1 bashing of Sirius on Sunday to maintain his side’s winning streak and a lofty place- on 4th, six points behind leaders Hammarby.

Meanwhile Kadewere will be hoping to continue with his scoring form in Zimbabwe’s quest for COSAFA Cup glory.

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Chamisa Breaks Silence Over Kagame Tweet

Rwandan President Paul Kagame

By Own Correspondent| MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has responded to Rwandan President, Paul Kagame’s tweet clarifying that the duo had met at a conference a few years ago.

President Kagame tweeted and said he does not know the opposition leader, Chamisa neither was there a discussion between the two.

“Rwanda’s ICT projects and programs started before MDC formation and politics,” said President Kagame.

In his response, Chamisa acknowledged that it was highly unlikely for President Kagame to remember everyone whom he meets, adding that there was general consensus in Africa that his (Kagame’s) leadership was progressive and inspiring.

“We met at a conference a few years back and you requested your ICT DG to get a copy of the presentation I had given,” said Chamisa.

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City Council Ignores High Court Ruling On Water Disconnections

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo

Masvingo City Council has professed ignorance of the provisions under the High Court ruling on water disconnections.

The High Court last week ordered local authorities seeking to disconnect water supplies for defaulting residents to obtain a court order before doing so.

The High Court has ruled that under Section 77 of the country’ s Constitution, local authorities are prohibited from disconnecting water supply without a court order.

“The High Court ruling prohibits local authorities from disconnecting defaulters without a court order,”a Masvingo based lawyer said yesterday.

However Masvingo Ciry Council Officials have indicated they are oblivious of the ruling.

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Man Skips Court Trial After Stealing Pair Of Shoes

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo

A local barber entered a shop in the city centre and stole a pair of shoes valued at $ 120.

According to State Prosecutor Edmore Mapope,
Richard Magwekwa, the local barber entered Edgars Shop on May 25, took the pair of shoes and as he walked towards the exit, a security guard intercepted him.

“Mwagwekwa entered Edgars Shop in Masvingo and stole a pair of shoes valued at $ 120 dollars,” the court heard.

However Magwekwa did not attend the trial.

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“You Wont Remember Everything,” Chamisa Tells Kagame

Nelson Chamisa and Paul Kagame

By Paul Nyathi|Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa has hit back at Rwanda President Paul Kagame telling him that he will never remember meeting him and asking for his ICT policy.

Kagame made a sensational Twitter outburst on Chamisa’s claims that he had assisted the Rwandan government develop its country’s ICT policy.

Chamisa made the claims while addressing a rally in Beitbridge on Saturday. The youthful leader who was Zimbabwe’s Minister of ICT during the 2008 to 2013 Unity Government claimed that he had met with Kagame in Geneva where the Rwandan President fell in love with his well articulated ICT policy which he asked for.

“Your Excellency, you are not expected to remember everything. We met at a conference a few years back and you requested your ICT Director General to get a copy of a presentation I had given,” said Chamisa on the Twitter thread.

“There’s a generational consensus across Africa that your leadership of Rwanda is progressive & inspiring,” he added.

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Mnangagwa And His Ilk Used Us To Achieve Sinister Objectives

President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Terrence Mawawa

The country’ s main opposition party, MDC has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cronies of using the people of Zimbabwe to achieve sinister objectives.

In a message posted on the party’ s Facebook under the name NELSON CHAMISA
PRESIDENT 2018, the party said Zanu PF mandarins would never pay attention to the people’ s grievances.

“This new dispensation has only benefitted Victor
Matemadanda and Chris Mutsvangwa who had been expelled by Robert Mugabe.

We were cajoled by Mnangagwa and his allies.
Where are we going with this government ?

Lets vote for people
who can deliver real change,” read the statement.

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Why Mnangagwa Will Not Persecute Kasukuwere

Saviour Kasukuwere

Terrence Mawawa

Prominent social media analyst Antony Taruvinga believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa will never persecute Saviour Kasukuwere because of his involvement in unorthodox deals.

In his hard-hitting Facebook message yesterday, Taruvinga accused Mnangagwa of plundering state resources.

“Well, we are very aware that a thief cannot arrest
another thief. Which crime did Kasukuwere commit that Mnangagwa did not commit?

Actually,
Mnangagwa is the worst of them, he stole the Chiadzwa
diamonds, sold them, got 15 billion proceeds, shared
with Chiwenga and deposited his share in foreign
accounts.

Ndomari irikutenga campaign cars,
regalia as well as financing rigging,” claimed Taruvinga.

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BREAKING – Chamisa Proves President Kagame Wrong #ChamisaChallenge

By Own Correspondent| MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has risen up to disprove Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame’s claim that he has never met him (Chamisa).

Kagame had said this in response to the MDC leader’s reference at his Saturday Beitbridge rally where he said Kagame was assisted with his (Chamisa’s) ICT.

Kagame denied ever meeting Chamisa.

But pictures and videos in Switzerland in 2009 show Kagame clearly engaged in a discussion forum with Chamisa inside. Others show the two shaking hands.

Writing in response, Chamisa said, “@PaulKagame Your Excellency, you’re not expected to remember everything. We met at a conference a few years back & you requested your ICT DG to get a copy of a presentation I had given.

“There’s a generational consensus across Africa that your leadership of Rwanda is progressive & inspiring. https://t.co/AamOUAX2Ju ”

At the time of writing, Kagame had not responded. He had neither responded to inquiries by ZimEye sent in earlier in the morning.

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Crucial Dates On Upcoming Elections

Nomination day:

Thursday 14th June, 2018, for all elections (presidential, parliamentary and local authority elections)

This is the day on which nominations of candidates for election are processed by nomination courts presided over by nominations officers appointed by ZEC.

The places where the nomination courts will sit are listed in the proclamation.

Polling day:

Monday 30th July, 2018, for all elections (presidential, parliamentary and local authority elections)

Polling day will be a public holiday by virtue of section 38(2) of the Electoral Act.

Run-off presidential election

Tuesday 18th September, 2018, when a run-off presidential election will be held in the event that none of the candidates for the office gets 50 per cent or more of the votes in the election held on 30th July.

Election of Senator Chiefs

Wednesday 11th July, 2018, when the provincial assemblies of chiefs will meet to elect representatives to the Council of Chiefs, which is the national body representing all chiefs in Zimbabwe.  The places where the provincial assemblies will meet are listed in the proclamation.

Wednesday 18th July, 2018, when the Council of Chiefs will meet in Harare to elect a President and Deputy President of the Council.  The two persons elected will become Senator Chiefs by virtue of their office.

Wednesday 1st August, 2018, when the eight provincial assemblies of chiefs will meet as electoral colleges to elect Senator Chiefs to represent them.  Each provincial assembly will elect two chiefs.  Again, the places where the electoral colleges will meet are listed in the proclamation. – Veritas

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Shakespear Mukoyi Snubs ZiFm Interview

Shakespeare Mukoyi

By Own Correspondent| Following indications that he would “spill the beans” publicly,  commander of the MDC T’s Vanguard militia, Shakespear Mukoyi last night did not show up at ZiFMStereo where he was set to be interviewed by Larry Kwirirayi.

Mukoyi’s mobile phone was however not available to say why he failed to present himself for the interview which he had earlier on confirmed.

 

Citizens took to the social media to express their sentiments with others likening the development to former President Robert Mugabe’s actions where he leaves people guessing and speculating.

“Mukoma Mukoyi vatirova Asante Sana yekwaMugabe chaiyo.Takamirira nzeve takarodza meaning brother Mukoyi has behaved like former president Mugabe where he appeared on national televiaion during the military takeover and said Asante Sana while we were hoping for him to announce his resignation,” said Percival Takundwa.

During a press conference held at Morgan Tsvangirai House in Harare (Tuesday), National Chairperson of the MDC T, Morgen Komichi said the party would deal accordingly with its rogue members who engaged in violence and other acts which tarnished the party.

“We will deal with those use violence to push their own agendas,” said Komichi.

 

 

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ZEC Prints Sample Ballot Paper With 129 Political Parties

ZEC Chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba

By Own Correspondent| The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has printed its sample ballot papers which has 129 political parties, ZEC Chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba has said.

Justice Chigumba said her organisation printed the sample ballot paper with 129 political parties to access the feasibility of including all the contesting parties on the ballot paper

She revealed that the printing of the sample ballot paper was in response to indications by more than 129 parties of their intention to contest the forthcoming polls.

“There has been concern from the public on how we’ll handle the high number of political parties and prospective candidates for the forthcoming elections.

We’ve printed a sample of the ballot paper with all the 129 parties that have so far indicated their intention to participate in the elections. It’s therefore possible to have all the parties appearing on the ballot paper although it’s going to be in form of a booklet.

Justice Chigumba however indicated that the eligibility of some of these political parties to contest the forthcoming elections would be determined by how many of them meet the requirements at the nomination court.

“The number that we have now, which is likely to increase is not the measure of those going to participate given the rigorous vetting process done by the nomination court.

We, however, printed a sample of the ballot paper with the current number so that we’re prepared,” said Justice Chigumba.

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Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Scoffs At Chamisa

 

Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo

By Own Correspondent| Despite clear evidence of an open discussion in 2009 with Nelson Chamisa among others, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Louise Mushikiwabo has reacted attacking the MDC Alliance president on his sentiments in Beitbridge at the weekend.

However, the tweet by Mushikiwabo drew mixed reactions. Below are some of the sentiments from Zimbabweans on Twitter.