Below are highlights of MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa’s address to Bulawayo last week.

Chamisa extended a heartfelt thank you to the people of Bulawayo for their show of support with a huge turnout for the MDC Alliance rally on Saturday at the White City Stadium.

Chamisa said “It was a heartening sojourn into the city of Kings and Queens at the weekend as the ambience and camaraderie amply testified to a city ready to step into a new country.

The crowd was huge, the atmosphere at the White City Stadium was electric and
scintillating, arguably our biggest crowd so far.”

“The huge crowd that turned up at White City stadium on Saturday in its own unique way answered its own questions and stood testimony to the successful rebranding that the party has undergone and the growing confidence and faith that the people continue to repose in our democratic movement.

“I saw the old and the desperate, the young and the impatient, the restless and the carefree all ready to walk into a novel moment-a new Zimbabwe. Bulawayo
showed it was a city all set to step out and meet a new destiny. I saw a people ready
and prepared to shake the hand of destiny and to behold the new,” Chamisa
added.

Addressing the throng, Chamisa said in a new dispensation, the MDC wants to make sure that it is compulsory for national leaders to speak all the major languages in Zimbabwe.

“We do not want language imperialism in a new Zimbabwe. We do not want language
cleansing, where you dwarf other people’s language but you want to advance your
own. We are correcting that. It starts with your President,” he said.

“We do not want the Zanu PF culture of bastardising other communities,” he
added.

Chamisa spoke of a new governance culture in which civil servants are
not victimized for serving under an administration. He said it is the politicians
whose terms of office are altered by the people who elect them, not the civil
servants.

“Politicians are the ones who are elected, not civil servants. In a new government our
civil servants will know that their service is service to the people and not to a party.
Zanu PF does not know the difference.

Party and government are different. We need to ensure this distinction is in place.
No one should be victimized for serving in government at any given point,” he said.

He added that in the month of April, which the MDC has declared to be independence
month, it is important to redefine why that struggle was fought and how the new
generation can embrace the celebration of independence as equals knowing they too
fought for the independence of this nation.

He said independence was attained so that people could lead a better life, not the constant struggles people endure in this generation.

“We did not attain independence to see the problems we face this day. We did not
attain Independence for the suffering and fracturing we are seeing in this country. We
did not attain independence to victimize people,” Chamisa said.

He added that devolution of power was a constitutional requirement that need to
be upheld in order for the nation to start developing.

The current government has failed to implement and respect the provisions of
the constitution.

“We want areas like Matopo to be elevated to town status. It is possible. We want
devolution. Let us devolve power and authority. Devolution is our revolution.

We want to ensure Bulawayo returns to its status as an industrial hub,” he said.

Chamisa took a swipe at the government interference in the Khumalo
throne saying the government should allow communities to deal with their chieftaincy
alone according to their cultures.

“Leave the Khumalo clan do what they know best according to their culture. Leave
them alone. We must respect our culture.

Going forward, we want Matopo to be the center of annual cultural celebrations,” he
said.

Chamisa also took time to visit the Joshua Nkomo memorial museum as part of the party’s thrust to commemorate Independence month.  – Changing Times

By Own Correspondent| MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed why he became emotional when he visited Silveira Mission Hospital which is near Masvingo.

Chamisa was mocked on micro-blogging website, Twitter on why he visited the hospice and in particular why he became emotional to the point of laying hands on a young boy hospitalised there(praying for the lad).

Unbeknown to many, Chamisa was in fact born at the hospital 40 years ago in 1978.

Chamisa told ZimEye.com, “During my visit and tour to hospitals and clinics in Bikita this weekend I had occasion to pray for this young boy who is anaemic at Silveira hospital I was born at this hospital in 1978 on the 2nd of February.”

President Mnangagwa has appointed Deputy Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Retired Colonel Christian Katsande Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

The appointment was announced by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda in an Extraordinary Government Gazette published on April 10, general notice 184A of 2018.

“It is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has, in terms of section 110(2)(i) and 204 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act, 2013, appointed Rtd Colonel Christian M. Katsande as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,” said Dr Sibanda.

Col Katsande, a retired soldier, is a former military attaché to Britain, where he served as a
diplomatic green-horn in the 1980s.

Relations between Zimbabwe and Britain are set to improve following the new dispensation led by President Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe has been invited to the Commonwealth Heads of State Summit that begins in Britain today and ends on Sunday, albeit on observer status ahead of planned re-admission into the bloc before year-end.

Recently, British Prime Minister Theresa May was impressed by statements made by President Mnangagwa on economic and political reforms, which have sent important signals around the world about the country’s readiness for investment.

Prime Minister May sent her envoy Mr Rory Stewart, who was then Minister of State for Africa, to meet President Mnangagwa a few hours after his inauguration on November 24 last year.

In February, Prime Minister May sent another envoy, Mrs Harriet Baldwin, who succeeded Mr Stewart as Minister of State for Africa, to meet President Mnangagwa.

Mrs Baldwin said Zimbabwe and Britain were on the cusp of a major diplomatic breakthrough that could see the two countries soon engaging in various investment ventures underpinned on mutual benefit and interest.

She was in Zimbabwe making her first overseas official visit following her appointment as Minister of State for Africa in a Cabinet reshuffle.

Mrs Baldwin held a meeting with President Mnangagwa and discussed wide-ranging issues on mutual relations and the new era in Zimbabwe.

Rtd Col Katsande has been serving as deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President responsible for policy formulation, analysis and co-ordination.-state media

Terrence Mawawa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of influencing the decision to appoint one Langton Mupeta the District Administrator for Shurugwi.

Mupeta is a declared Mnangagwa apologist, according to government sources.

Mupeta has been serving as the acting DA for the past few years and Mnangagwa is behind his ascendancy, according to government sources in the area.

“Mupeta will play a key role in campaigning for the President and the ruling party.

Mupeta is an ex-soldier so he has been elevated in a calculated political strategy meant to drum up support for Zanu PF,” a government source claimed yesterday.

Mupeta was not immediately available for a comment on the matter.

Expensive brand new cars are seen being moved through the borders.

Expensive brand new cars are seen being moved through the borders. They are already painted in ZANU PF colours in preparation for the upcoming elections. They’re part of a large fleet being imported by the ruling party as it gears for the polls.

Zanu PF has refused to disclose the source of millions of dollars oiling its campaign machinery ahead of crucial elections later this year after former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo exposed the ruling party’s abuse of State resources to fund its participation in previous polls.

Moyo, who fled Zimbabwe in November last year when the military moved to topple former president Robert Mugabe, revealed that in previous elections, Zanu PF spent a staggering $70 million buying campaign regalia from China and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The former Zanu PF strategist claimed the money was diverted from diamond revenues and warned similar manoeuvres were already being made to bankroll President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s campaign.

This was after Zanu PF commissar retired Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje revealed that the ruling party had bought 15 million T-shirts, 15 million caps and two million body wrappers for women.

Moyo claimed Mnanagwa used the trip to China to get campaign materials and State funds were abused. According to Zanu PF’s own records, the party is insolvent.
Last year, Zanu PF had a $19 million debt and membership card sales, its key revenue source, were down by a 75%.

The ruling party had a $1,2 million outstanding telephone bill and its companies were insolvent.
Zanu PF secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa dismissed Moyo’s claims that the party was diverting money from State coffers to bankroll its campaign, but refused to disclose the source of the millions of dollars used to buy the regalia.

“That [Moyo’s claim] is obviously a lie. It’s false anyway,” he said. “That [source of funds] is confidential, but obviously we are on a fund-raising mission to raise the money to fund our elections.
“That we always do, but I am not in a position to give details of that.”

Obert Mpofu, the Zanu PF secretary for administration, also brushed aside Moyo’s allegations, but said he did not know where the money for the previous election campaign came from.
“It’s an allegation [$70 million diverted from sale of diamonds to fund the 2013 campaign] that will remain an allegation,” he said.

“I am not aware of that and the party has always mobilised its resources for its programmes.
“I have been secretary for finance of the party although by that time I wasn’t.

“I have no record whatsoever to confirm what he is saying.

“He was a member of the politburo, but I don’t think he was privy to the operations of the finance department.

“If he has evidence to that effect, let him provide it than to speculate on something that he has no record of.”

Mpofu said Zanu PF relied on its members to fund election campaigns. He said the party had already secured funds for this year’s campaign.

“We have resources and we are ready for the elections. All that needs to be done will be done. I can assure you the resources are not from any institution of government,” the Home Affairs minister added.

“We mobilise for elections like any other party does. Our system is very efficient. We always mobilise for our programmes and actually we have a very big membership in the country and our members alone contribute a substantial amount of our operational budget and no one should worry about that.

“[Moyo] was a politburo member and was also making contributions to the party. We have the biggest membership in the country and we have the biggest number of well-wishers in the country and even outside the country.”

Besides the regalia, Zanu PF has also bought top-of-the-range cars and buses to use ahead of the watershed elections. Mpofu could not be drawn into revealing how the vehicles would be used during the campaign.

“We have not yet publicly announced our programmes,” he said.“We are coming up with a big function to launch our manifesto and our roadmap and it is then that you will be told what Zanu PF intends to do in preparation for the elections.”

Former Finance minister Tendai Biti said Zanu PF had always abused State institutions during election campaigns.

“This shows that Zanu PF is a criminal party. It is a predatory party that has captured state institutions so these institutions have also become predatory and it’s a problem,” he said.
“It’s a criminal political party that has commodified the state. The state is now a commodity, the state can now be sold and this is what they are doing.

“This is why there are a lot of fights in African states because it’s a commodity open to the highest bidder. He who has money will capture the state.”

Biti, who is the leader of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, said the only way to end the abuse of state resources by the ruling party was to send those at the forefront of the looting to jail.
“The way forward is to send them to Chikurubi [Maximum Security Prison],” he charged.
“We should also make sure that there is genuine change in Zimbabwe so that these institutions become independent and serve the people of Zimbabwe, not a tired, old and bankrupt political party.”
His sentiments were echoed by MDC-T spokesperson Tabitha Khumalo, who said there was nothing new about the theft of government funds to fund Zanu PF activities.

“Zimbabweans are aware that Zanu PF has been looting resources of this country. This started soon after gaining independence. These people must be brought to book and be accountable,” she said.
“As the incoming government, we will make sure that those that have committed those crimes must pay back.

“We are sick and tired of living like nomads in our own country when others are munching into the national resources. This is so unacceptable,” she said.

Dewa Mavhinga, a political analyst, said nothing would stop Zanu PF from repeating the 2013 tactics in this year’s elections.
“Unfortunately, Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption institutions are either too weak or too partisan to effectively deal with such problems, leaving the door wide open for Zanu PF to again do the same in the 2018 elections,” he said.

Harare-based activist Patson Dzamara said there was need to build strong institutions to protect the country’s resources from plunder by selfish politicians.

“Since the attainment of independence, Zanu PF has plundered the resources of this nation on avarice and greed,” he said. “It’s totally repugnant how that party has treated Zimbabwe and its resources as its private property,” he said.

“There is just, but one way to stop this madness: we must vote Zanu PF out. Zimbabweans must resoundingly vote for a better Zimbabwe this year. We cannot afford to prolong our suffering.”
Harare Residents’ Trust director Mfundo Mlilo said the failure to separate the ruling party from the State was the root cause of most of Zimbabwe’s problems.

“The conflation of the state and party is a major political problem in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“There is widespread abuse of state resources both at the centre and even peripherally in state enterprises and even local authorities.

“It is the Achilles heel of the reform movement and opposition in the coming elections. It is a clear sign that the new administration is not new after all.”

Farai Maguwu, who rose to prominence while campaigning for transparency in the mining of Chiadzwa diamonds, said the $70 million figure raised by Moyo could be an understatement.
“We all know Zanu PF doesn’t run a single thriving company and yet they run very expensive campaigns,” he said. “They have bought hundreds of vehicles for the party and chiefs to ensure they win the forthcoming elections.

“Where is the money coming from? Is it part of the missing $15 billion stashed somewhere whilst our hospitals have become death traps?”

Former president Robert Mugabe once alleged $15 billion worth of diamonds were looted from Chiadzwa, but has since recanted the claims, saying he only threw in the figure to illustrate the extent of the plunder. Standard

By Own Correspondent|   MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has spoken concerning his visit to Silveira Mission Hospital.

Chamisa was mocked on micro-blogging website, Twitter on why he visited the hospice and in particular why he became emotional to the point of laying hands on a young boy hospitalised there(praying for the lad).

Unbeknown to many, Chamisa was in fact born at the hospital 40 years ago in 1978.

Chamisa told ZimEye.com, “During my visit and tour to hospitals and clinics in Bikita this weekend I had occasion to pray for this young boy who is anaemic at Silveira hospital I was born at this hospital in 1978 on the 2nd of February.”

A legal expert writes indicating that the expelled former MDC-T Deputy President Thokozani Khupe still has legal armoury which could easily see her winning against her former boss, Nelson Chamisa.

Khupe was on Thursday kicked out of parliament in running events following her expulsion two weeks ago.

The following day her lawyer failed to turn up at court. That development made it appear as if she is now history

But in the below piece published on his website, Lloyd Msipa says Khupe has full rights to legal recourse:

By Lloyd Msipa|  The MDC-T feud has escalated with the Mr Chamisa led faction asking the speaker to recall Dr Khupe from parliament as she is part of the trio ‘fired’ that include Obert Gutu and Abednico Bhebhe. A few days ago we had the ZEC chairperson writing to the Chamisa faction advising them of the notice put forward by the Khupe faction with the intention to use the MDC-T name in the elections. Khupe has hired constitutional law expert Lovemore Madhuku to defend her. The stage is now set for a brutal legal battle.

The matter of who is the legitimate leader of the MDC-T will soon come under the spotlight. The courts will be asked to interpret the MDC-T constitution and pronounce who the legitimate leader is in terms of the MDC-T constitution following the death of Morgan Tsvangirai. The controversial rise of Mr Nelson Chamisa will soon be interrogated. In the event of the court’s ruling against him, this may mean surrendering everything associated with the MDC-T registered name which may include but not limited to the palm symbol, the colour Red, the vehicles and maybe harvest house. This case will be of public international interest and hence the courts have to demonstrate absolute impartiality. Interesting times ahead.

Mr Chamisa has so far scored some legal victories against Dr Khupe – winning the Bulawayo offices in fact it is an interim relief, and there some unconfirmed reports that his faction has also been given the funds under the Political Finance Act.  It is expected that the Chamisa faction which approached the courts in Bulawayo will also respect Dr Khupe’s right to seek the court’s intervention in the matter of legitimacy. The MDC-T is a legal person that can sue and be sued and it is in their constitution.

By refusing to Congress Mr Chamisa took a very high risk strategy ahead of elections and he was helped to interpret the constitution generously by his supporters who seemed to have vested interests. Democracy is on trial in the MDC-T and the rule of law has been the MDC-T’s mantra so it cannot escape the courts.

There are very interesting scenarios that we must brace as the drama unfolds. Firstly, should the Courts decide as many argued that the congress elected Dr Khupe as the Deputy President while Mr Chamisa was a mere appointee reporting to the now President of the party and decide that in terms of the party constitution Dr Khupe is the acting President then Mr Chamisa has to form another party. The problem becomes complicated when it comes to the current MPs as they would have to either work with Dr Khupe or be recalled at a time the electoral laws are being debated in preparation of the 2018 harmonised elections.

Even more interesting, the decision would have found Mr Chamisa as someone who cannot even uphold his own party constitution and it will cast aspersions on his suitability to be elected as the President of the country because how will he be entrusted to defend the constitution of the republic

The other big challenge for Mr Chamisa should he loose will be the issue of all the bank accounts and the party resources and symbols. This will mean that Mr Chamisa will have to start afresh and the implications will be serious on the MDC Alliance because it means they will be forced to ditch the MDC-T.

The situation will be difficult for the MDC funders as they need to be sure that they are funding a democratic project so against the court case has the potential to chase away funders. The resources that should be used to oil Mr Chamisa’s campaign are now being used to fight a court case, and the money that should have been used to fund the congress are now being used to fund a court case.

Meanwhile Dr Khupe is planning on holding her Congress this weekend which means that if the congress elects her the party president then she will approach court challenging Mr Chamisa as unelected leader. Mr Chamisa made the fatal mistake of being anointed and not being elected.

Dr Khupe can however still loose the case and sink into oblivion, but that is what her fight is about. If at least she cannot win the party presidency she needs to win the argument that Mr Chamisa illegitimate and is the one who should be recalled together with his supporters and facilitators of the illegality.

Douglas Mwonzora and Mr Mudzuri are not happy with the situation and the way Mr Chamisa rose to power, although they quickly adapted to save their political careers but all that can now create a problem as they will be called as witnesses or even defendants. Dr Khupe has nothing to lose after all she has been abused terribly while fellow party members stood aside and looked. Douglas Mwonzora and Mr Mudzuri may soon be compelled to take positions consistent with the impending reality.

By Farai D Hove| Former President Robert Mugabe’s son in law, Simba Chikore never owned Zimbabwe Airways, company documents show.

This comes despite the fact that Chikore is the one who flew the jet into Harare during the week.

There are only four people who have been on the records and none of them include Mr Chikore (see pictures).

doc source – Hopewell Chin’ono

The man who announced Robert Mugabe’s removal LIVE on television last year, who is now the Foreign Affairs Minister, is flying to the United Kingdom to an event that is set to see the re-admission of Zimbabwe into the Commonwealth. The event will be historic as the former colony begins to be recognised 15 years after it pulled out of the powerful block of countries.

State Media – Zimbabwe has been invited to the Commonwealth Heads of State Summit that begins in Britain tomorrow and ends next Sunday, marking the latest high-level sign of thawing of relations between Harare and London.

Zimbabwe will have observer status, ahead of planned re-admission into the bloc before year-end.

Before the Summit, there will be an official call on the United States, where Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo will meet American government authorities.
Following the mission to the United States, Dr Moyo leads his delegation to Europe, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration builds bridges with countries that were hostile to Zimbabwe because of the previous regime’s policies.

In an interview with The Sunday Mail, Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Joey Bimha said the Commonwealth invitation was an indication of reciprocity to Zimbabwe’s re-engagement efforts.
“The minister has been invited by his British counterpart for a visit. He is going to attend the (Commonwealth) meeting, but he will not participate,” he said.

“We are not privy to the agenda of the Summit since we are not participants . . . But this shows that our re-engagement exercise is working,” he said.

After London, Dr Moyo heads to Brussels where he is scheduled to meet European Union head of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Ms Federica Mogherini.

Ambassador Bimha said Zimbabwe’s re-engagement missions had been going well.
“The President has been on record as saying we should make overtures to woo the West again following a long period of isolation. I think the exercise is going on well. We have been to Japan, UK Portugal, China and Spain.

“To signal the level of reciprocity Zimbabwe has been enjoying from the West, delegations have visited the country from the European Union, the UK, the US and other countries,” he said.
President Mnangagwa’s first foreign visitor following his inauguration was then British Minister for Africa, Mr Rory Stewart.

UK minister for Africa in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, Mr Harriet Bladwin also visited him in February.
Last month, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa was in Britain where he met Foreign Minister Boris Johnson.

A fortnight ago, a five-member delegation of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee visited Zimbabwe and met President Mnangagwa; and last week EU International Development Commissioner Mr Nevin Mimica also paid him a visit.

By Talent Gondo| Embattled former MDC T Vice President, Thokozani Khupe, who is leading a splinter faction of the party has taken MDC T President and Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa to the Constitutional Court challenging recent developments where she was recalled from parliament.

Khupe’ s lawyer, Professor Lovemore Madhuku revealed in an interview with the national broadcaster, ZBC that his client is approaching the Constitutional Court to seek redress over her dismissal from parliament.

“She is in parliament representing the people who elected her into office and it is unconstitutional for the party to recall her from parliament,” said Professor Madhuku.

“It is obvious that the party has split, but parliament must not take sides and it is not a court, ” he said.

Madhuku accused parliament of favouring the other faction of MDC T over his client since it had headed calls to recall her despite Khupe’ s communication to the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda that the party was facing leadership challenges which were to be addressed through the party’ s internal process of holding a Congress.

“There is need to look at the Constitution seriously,” said Professor Madhuku, emphasising that political parties had no mandate recalling parliamentarians from parliament since they were elected by voters.

“Political parties must not play with the electorate. We are not even sure who wrote that letter to parliament so for parliament to say Know was recalled is unconstitutional, said Madhuku.

In a related development, Khupe disclosed that she was still the acting President of the party.

“I am the constitutionallv elected acting president and until we go to Congress I am leader of the MDC T,” said Khupe.

By Own Correspondent| The so called “Mugabe backed” National Patriotic Front(NPF) party has sideswiped ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa, becoming the first Zimbabwean party to feature in the South African television media at the late Winnie Mandela’s burial.

The NPF dispatched a three-member delegation to attend the burial of former South African First Lady and anti-apartheid struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela Mandela.

As ZimEye.com reveals, even Mnangagwa’s arch enemy Sarah Mahoka is there. (see picture below)

The party reveals that a delegation, comprising the party’s National Chairperson, Hon Eunice Sandi-Moyo, Women’s League Secretary, Hon Sarah Mahoka and the National Spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire, was welcomed by top ANC Women’s League officials who facilitated the trio’s accreditation to attend the event.

Hon Sandi-Moyo described the passing on of Winnie as a saddening event which, however, reopens discussion on the principles of self-determination, building of a just and equitable society and there turn of natural resources to black indigenous South Africans, and indeed to all Africans whose heritage was looted by colonialists during the colonization of Africa.

“We remember Winnie as a sister in the struggle, and an incorrigible freedom fighter who defied all odds to fight for the end of apartheid while single handedly raising a family, after her husband, Nelson Mandela, was incarcerated.

“In the face of intermittent arrests and brutal attacks by the racist colonial regime….. REFRESH PAGE TO CONTINUE READING…

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa duped the whole nation.

Speaking at Jerera Growth Point, Chamisa said Mnangagwa played with sweet words when he in November announced that his administration has brought a New Dispensation.

Chamisa’s speech signifies a radical departure from his earlier position. Since the November coup, he had been saying the Mnangagwa regime is better than Robert Mugabe’s.

This time addressing over a crowd of over 6,000 supporters, Chamisa screamed into the microphone pejorative statements against Mnangagwa’s political slogans.

The rally was one of many others being held around the country under the MDC Alliance banner.

He said, “Some are calling this a new dispensation while some are saying we have a new leadership. We cannot have a new dispensation with someone who has been around for 38 years who suddenly returns declaring that they are now new. Who baptised you? Whatever was done by Mugabe you were also approving it. Him being a pastor, you being a deacon. Now you want to criticise and lie to us saying ‘this church was a bad one it had a bad pastor’ but you were the one endorsing him. You are not fools you people of Zimbabwe, you cannot be lied to or deceived,” he said.

He also added saying, “we hear you saying Zimbabwe is open for business. Who had closed it?”

Said Chamisa:

Some are calling it a new dispensation. Some are saying we have a new leadership. We cannot have a new dispensation with someone who has been around for 38 years who comes and declares they are now new. Who baptised you? Whatever was done by Mugabe you were also approving it. Him being a pastor, you being a deacon. Now you want to criticise and lie to us saying ‘this church was a bad one it had a bad pastor’ but you were the one endorsing him. You are not fools people of Zimbabwe. You cannot be lied to or deceived. We hear you saying Zimbabwe is open for business. Who had closed it?

By Terrence Mawawa| Despite attacks on his reputation concerning the Masvingo hospital visit on Saturday morning, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa received a bucket of support from the community and below were some of the reactions:

...from the past..

Below is a moving picture of prof Jonathan Moyo with Presidential advisor Chris Mutsvangwa’s wife, Monica, as the two met the late Winnie Mandela in South Africa. Back then no one fathomed that Mutsvangwa would years later organise a whole national army to remove the man who is on the left side. So what happened then? The answer is perhaps very simple: “Mugabe happened”. PICTURE –

The two are now arch enemies.

By Dorrothy Moyo| The Sunday Mail’s former editor, Edmund Kudzayi has thrown daggers at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa.

Writing on Saturday morning while commenting on Chamisa’s hospital visit to Silveria Mission hospice yesterday, Kudzayi mocked Chamisa’s act of laying hands to pray for a sick child. He referred to Chamisa as “a political animal’ Zimbabwe’s voters are now set to react to.

In the same thread, he also at another point compared Chamisa to Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife, (Amai)Auxillia who has also been visiting hospitals and has received numerous negative reactions.

Kudzayi appeared to be dancing on the famous Shona proverb- Kugocha Kunoda KwaAmai (Amai is always right), but in this case, the antithesis is Kudzayi’s point which is, “Kugocha kunoda kwaChamisa.”

Kudzayi’s point appeared thus to say when Auxillia does it, it is wrong, but when Chamisa does the same, it is all okay.

Below was his comment…

Eager to see how an electorate pumped up on prophets and superstition responds to this strange political animal. pic.twitter.com/kHo0vctyGf

— Edmund Kudzayi (@EdmundKudzayi) April 14, 2018

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday visited Silveira Mission Hospital soon after his rally. When he entered the hospital, Nero as he is affectionately called, took time to pray for a young man currently under care there. PICTURES:

Vice President Kembo Mohadi failed his appearance at parliament yesterday morning. The Chair of the parliamentary portfolio for Mines And Energy, Temba Mliswa spoke on the flop as he announced that the hearing has since been postponed to the 19th April. SEE BELOW THE BELOW SHORT VIDEO COVERAGE.

The Central Intelligence Organisation( CIO) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), were assisted by the former mines minister Obert Mpofu to loot diamonds an masse, parliament was told.

In long parliamentary grillings covered by ZimEye.com, former CIO boss Happyton Bonyongwe and the current ZRP bosses, spoke on disturbing alleged activities the security bodies were engaged in in Mutare.

In the LIVE first video coverage below, CIO operative Bonyongwe explains what happened.

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Meanwhile, it was told how the two bodies reportedly muscled their way into the Gye Nyame Resources (Pvt) Ltd diamond project in Marange diamond fields in order to finance their operations and for the personal benefit of top officers, documents show.

Documents in the Zimbabwe Independent possession submitted to parliament, show that Mpofu, currently serving as Home Affairs minister, instructed Gye Nyame to work with the ZRP in the diamond project, although the police did not contribute any capital.

The police later took a valuable diamond box containing gems worth millions of dollars.

Sources told the Zimbabwe Independent that ZRP’s involvement was necessitated by the need to grab the company for personal benefit and fund ZRP during former Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s reign.

Gye Nyame was originally a joint venture company between the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) and Bill Minerals (Pvt) Ltd. The company was given diamond mining rights over Block G of Marange Diamond fields.

The document reveals that upon signing the joint venture, the parties involved were then instructed by Mpofu to work with ZRP even though this was not part of the JV.

“In November 2011 upon signing of the JV, we were instructed by the then minister of mines that ZRP through some investments vehicles will be part of the joint venture and Commisioner (Grace) Ndebele, Commisioner (Mekia) Tanyanyiwa and Assistant Commissioner (Naison) Chivayo would be part of the management team,” reads the documents.

“We (were) instructed to give them a 5% shareholding initially, but then further instructions increased the shareholding to 20% without capital contribution. There was no official written instruction to that effect from either the Ministry of Mines or ZMDC.”

Sources say after grabbing the company the ZRP went to the Companies Registry and amended the CR14 document to add its own directors.

“The CR14 is the only document linking the ZRP to the Gye Nyame diamond project. The minister’s instruction for the ZRP to be part of the deal was verbal,” the source said.

A copy of the CR14 shows ZRP put representatives as the first directors and pushed down the directors of Bill Minerals and ZMDC. The police bosses imposed as directors were Charles Mfandaidza, Justice Chengeta, Tanyanyiwa, Grace Ndebele and Samson Siziba.

Chengeta, Tanyanyiwa and Ndebele were retired in January.

Government has constantly argued that the seizure of the diamond mine was necessitated by the fact that it failed to renew its mining licence, that it did not have an exploration report and that Bill Minerals and Gye Nyame did not have a bank account.

However, information at hand proves otherwise. It turns out that it was not Bill Minerals’ obligation to renew its licence as the mandate was given to ZMDC. The company also had an exploration report which was signed in Parliament.

The agreement between ZMDC and Bill Minerals states that by virtue of being a holder of special grants, ZMDC or its nominee had the right to, inter alia, prospect and mine diamonds at the concession areas.

Furthermore, government’s claim that the companies involved did not have bank accounts also turns out to be untrue as evidence show that Gye Nyami held a bank account with MetBank and Bill Minerals had an account at Ecobank.

Ecobank financed operations of Gye Nyame to the tune of US$3,7 million. MetBank provided US$4,5 million capital expenditure and US$1,5 million working capital.

The government also seized the company claiming there was no production. However, officials say the productivity of the mine was proved beyond doubt by the diamond box which was grabbed by police.

“It was said that the mine was not productive, however there was a diamond box which contained 1 000 diamond stones which was stolen. The gems are called the octahedral gems and are worth millions of dollars, proving that the mine was productive,” a source said.

Although government also claimed that the company did not have working capital, documents show that Gye Nyame managed to secure funds from Eco bank and MetBank for their operations.

“When local component of the investors comprising of Itayi Munyeza and Blessmore Chanakira invited the Ghanaians to form Bill Minerals it was with the understanding that they would secure funding externally. However, this did not go according to plan resulting in the local shareholders securing funds in Zimbabwe so that the operations would not be hindered.

“The decision to raise money locally was done mutual with the Ghanaian. The funds secured locally were used in the development stage of the mine,” reads a report submitted to parliament.

The report states that some of the Ghanaian investors allegedly engaged in illegal gold activities and eventually left the country, although one of them was convicted of the crime.

“ZRP attempted to impose a new investor, Soleil Investments, a suspected investor from South Korea, represented by one William Muza into the project. The ZRP went to South Korea to undertake a due diligence on Soleil Investments without any mandate,” the report reads.

ZRP, documents say, had created parallel structures at the mine which report to them, making the management of the company difficult.

The police also attempted to remove the company’s chief executive, Munyeza, but did not manage to and ended up removing the Ghanaians from the site using the illegal gold dealing case.

“ZRP abducted and obtained dot box keys by force from Munyeza. This resulted in removal of all diamonds from the dot box and to date no one really knows what happened to the diamonds except a few stones handed over to ZMDC,” reads the report.

According to a letter written by Gye Nyame’s lawyers Musunga and Associates to Mpofu, Chihuri, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda and former director general Central Intelligence Organisation Happyton Bonyongwe, the grabbing of the dot box was done on the evening of July 11 2013.

“The heavy-handed approach of the police and the manner in which the dot box keys were taken has exposed bad faith in this arbitration process. Additional reporting – Zimbabwe Independent

By Farai D Hove| A rumour circulating on Friday that Robert Mugabe’s son in law Simba Chikore was raided by the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption unit is not true.

Simba Chikore was neither raided by intelligence agents, contrary to the rumour.

An Anti Corruption Officer told ZimEye the below rumour taking rounds Friday is not true.

“To the best of my knowledge none of this is true,” the female officer said.

The rumour which was followed by a video showing bags of money being offloaded inside an office, read: “Zimbabwe Anti-corruption unit raided Simba Chikowore’s residence, Mugabe’s son in law and discover 89million US dollars in lockers.”

By Terrence Mawawa| A Shurugwi Magistrate has strongly condemned paedophilia following an incident in which an elderly man raped a mentally challenged minor.

Jacob Mupetiwa(78) of Kadodo Village in Shurugwi allegedly raped the minor(15) after promising to marry her.

Mupetiwa appeared before Shurugwi Magistrate Sangster Tavengwa last week facing rape charges.

“Mupetiwa met the minor and proposed love to her.He also told the minor he wanted to marry her.

Mupetiwa later met the minor at Magumba Dam in the same area.

He then took the minor to his house where he had sex with her.

When the girl’ s uncle heard the matter, he went to the police and filed a report leading to Mupetiwa’ s arrest,” the court heard.

The trial of the matter will proceed next week.

Mary Chiwenga, Vice President Gen Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, has grabbed the farm belonging to the Agriculture Rural Development Authority (Arda).

In an investigation which also quotes her directly, she is said to have even taken over the seeds at the 300-hectare property and armed men who are protecting the property said,

“Arda Seeds is(sic-are) no longer here; this is now the vice-president’s property”

The farm is located just outside Harare along Domboshawa Road and has for years been used to produce crop seed for farmers.

Another property near the place is used by the Ministry of Agriculture to develop the Zero Tillage technology.

A report in the weekly independent says Mary reportedly claimed that she wanted to build a school at the location after failing to get the property in 2013.

The report quotes a former worker who said,

“On 15 February, they took over Arda Seeds. Mary said to workers ‘this is our farm.’ It was not the first time that Chiwengas came to the farm. In 2013, they came and said they wanted to build a school.”

Mary Chiwenga hails herself as the Second Lady of Zimbabwe.

When she was contacted, she said the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement was fully aware of the matter. She said, “the best I can do is to direct you to the ministry. They know everything about this matter. You can speak to the director of lands.”

“Friday the 13th. That day again!,” wrote Nelson Chamisa’s spokesman, Luke Tamborinyoka.

By Farai D Hove| As she received backing from Harare based activist Linda Masarira, the expelled MDC Deputy President Thokozani Khupe today slapped her former boss, Nelson Chamisa with a lawsuit over use of the party name.

Khupe was de-robed and simultaneously expelled from the MDC-T party after nearly 8  months or bitter fights with the late Morgan Tsvangirai and later Chamisa who is now Tsvangirai’s successor.

CHAMISA vs KHUPE who is winning today?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) April 13, 2018

Masarira last night criticised Chamisa saying, “this was the worst decision made by the Chamisa faction. At this juncture I am forced to follow the voice of reason to support constitutionalism and to protect the interests of a woman politician. Zimbabwe Women In Politics condemns this move and will stand in solidarity with Dr Thokozani Khupe.”

Following that outrage, Khupe has today, Friday the 13th, sued Chamisa. Khupe’s spokesman, Witness Dube last night told ZimEye.com Dr. Khupe is erecting her barbs against Chamisa.

The expelled former Deputy President of the MDC party, Thokozani Khupe’s spokesman spoke to ZimEye.com just after her removal from parliament. – CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN-

Earlier on Dube said in writing,

“MDC-T Acting President, Hon Dr Thokozani Khupe, finds her recall from parliament as a malicious act of interfering into the internal matters of a political party, considering that she had long written to parliament notifying them of a leadership crisis in the party. This leadership crisis is currently awaiting settlement before the High Court of Zimbabwe, and it is therefore difficult to understand what legal criteria the Parliament of Zimbabwe used in taking sides with the other faction of the party. The Acting President has instructed her legal counsel to seek legal relief on this matter.”