The Government last week approved a US$5 million budget for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct the by-elections to fill nine vacant seats in the National Assembly that were prompted by the expulsion of the opposition legislators last month.

ZEC deputy chairperson Ambassador Rodney Kiwa told The Sunday Mail that the approved budget also covers funding for the Gutu West by-election scheduled for Saturday. Voting in the constituency was postponed following the death of a duly nominated candidate, Cde Christopher Rwodzi, before the August 23-24 harmonised elections. Kiwa said:

The budget required for the 2023 by-elections is US$5,3 million, equivalent to $35 billion.

The commission is prepared to conduct the by-elections comfortably without any challenges.

We began preparations for the Nomination Court when President Mnangagwa proclaimed dates for the by-elections.

We have authorised signatures (of party officials) from the parties that we will use to receive nomination papers from prospective candidates.

Kiwa announced that each National Assembly candidate will need to pay a nomination fee of US$1,000. Only those who registered to vote before October 25 will be eligible to vote in the by-elections. The voter registration system is ongoing, but the voters’ roll for the by-elections closed two days after the proclamation of the elections on October 23.

The Nomination Court will meet on Tuesday to receive nomination papers from candidates for the December 9 by-elections. The way is clear for the by-elections to proceed after the High Court rejected an application by 23 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members who wanted to overturn their recalls from Parliament. The recalls were made by CCC’s self-proclaimed interim secretary-general, Mr. Sengezo Tshabangu.

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is now finalizing preparations for the elections, which will be held in Beitbridge West, Binga North, Bulawayo South, Cowdray Park, Lobengula-Magwegwe, Lupane East, Mabvuku-Tafara, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi and Nketa.

The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has failed to pay farmers the outstanding ZWL$54 billion several months after they sold grain to the parastatal.

With the 2023/24 summer cropping season just around the corner, GMB’s failure to pay farmers has likely hampered preparations for the new season.

Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) executive director Paul Zakariya said the issue of delayed payments has negatively impacted farmers’ cash flow. Business Times quoted Zakariya as saying:

We are at a stage where farmers would require to ensure that cash flows continue to be positive on the farms and that they meet other expenses like labour costs and repairs to machinery and equipment as well as ensuring that the farms are ticking so these delayed payments have actually become quite a bother on many operations.

Last week, GMB finance director Clemence Guta told Parliament that of the outstanding payments, ZWL$ 21 billion was for maize deliveries. Said Guta:

We have an outstanding balance of ZWL$54bn of which ZWL$21bn relates to maize deliveries and we got US$ 25mn which is outstanding as well about US$ 8.7mn relates to traditional grains with the balance being for wheat deliveries…

We are continuously pursuing the Treasury so that they release funds so that our farmers are able to go back to the fields.

He also said the GMB has started inputs for the Presidential input scheme but was lagging behind in terms of payments to transporters.

A Harare based police officer has appeared in court on allegations of forming a bogus commuter omnibus association which facilitated the operation of commuter omnibuses without requisite documents and requirements.

Shepherd Jaricha was facing criminal abuse of office charges when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi.

He was released on US$100 bail.

It is the State’s case that on an unknown date to the prosecutor, but during the month of October, Jaricha who is a member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and therefore is a public officer, intentionally formed a commuter omnibus operators’ association named KR JARICHA, which facilitated the operation of commuter omnibuses without requisite documents and requirements in terms of the Road Traffic Act and the Road Motor Transportation Act.

The commuter omnibuses were allegedly plying several routes around Harare into the Central Business District.

The court heard that Jaricha would also provide information on traffic police operations to members of his bogus association, thereby defeating the efforts of the police in bringing sanity to the roads in Greater Harare.

His actions were allegedly contrary to or inconsistent with his duties as a public officer.

Jaricha allegedly took part in the management or control of a private voluntary organisation KR JARICHA, knowing that the organisation was carrying out activities and seeking financial assistance from members of the association which was not registered. The Herald

By A Correspondent- Former State Security minister Didymus Mutasa is embroiled in a land grab storm at the 700 hectare Zingondi farm in Rusape where he is seeking to evict 39 land permit holders.

The farmers have accused Mutasa of threatening to grab their land despite them having permits.

Mutasa, who was once regarded as the Zanu PF godfather in Manicaland at the height of his political career, also has his own permit that gives him ownership of the largest part of the farm he was allocated when he was the Lands minister.

The 39 permit holders have five hectares each.

The land is said to be held by Muungwe Investments Private Limited and being developed by Brobondo Private Limited.

The affected plotholders told this publication that Mutasa, through land developer Brobondo Private Limited, has threatened to evict them.

The former Zanu PF politburo member is said to be planning to turn the land into a residential area.

“After the 2023 elections, a grader came to service the area for the purposes of developing residential stands at the farm, but we were told that they are going to come to our areas,” said one permit holder who refused to be named.

“We have the backing of Chief Tandi who is saying the land belongs to us yet Mutasa wants to take the land that belongs to us.”

Mutasa on Friday did not deny the claims and said he bought the land some years back.

“Part of that is true, l bought that land,” Mutasa said.

“I want to redevelop that land into residential stands.

“We want to build low density suburbs for them, and we want to build good houses for them.

“l don’t think there is anything wrong with building good houses for people.”

The project, known as Brobondo, will compromise 2 000 low density stands, a hotel, recreational spaces, schools, service stations according to Makoni Rural District Council.

The land in question falls on the boundary of the two local authorities across Rusape Dam and along the Rusape-Wedza Highway.

Servicing of the stands has already started.

Mutasa was expelled from Zanu PF in 2015 at the height of factional fights under the late strongman Robert Mugabe.

He has since been readmitted into the ruling party. The Standard

By A Correspondent- Leading retailer, OK Zimbabwe Limited has commended the central bank for scrapping the 10% limit on the exchange rates saying such a move will go a long way to spur the group’s recovery.

Presenting a trading update during the OK Zimbabwe 22nd Annual General Meeting Friday, the top retailer commended authorities for the policy position.

“The Group further welcomes the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee’s recommendations on removing the 10% limit on the exchange rate used by formal retailers and the removal of IMTT on bank card transactions.

“We await the promulgation of the necessary legal instruments to effect these positive changes; macroeconomic stability will be critical in helping the Group recover lost volume base,” the retailer said.

The retail giant also commended the government for taking a bold stance in extending the US$ usage up to 2030.

The policy directive allowing the usage of the greenback was due to expire in 2025, prompting many banks and financiers to withhold the extension of US$ loans amid speculation that the government intended to re-introduce a ZWL mono-currency system.

But President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week moved to announce the extension of the US$ usage to 2030 in a development which restored confidence in the economy.

“The group welcomes the move by the President of the Republic to extend the multicurrency system to 2030. The certainty of the currency system will aid in renewing market confidence and assist in business planning processes,” the retail giant added. NewZimbabwe

By A Correspondent- A Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Matabeleland South senior member has been issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to attend court last week.

Solani Moyo, the CCC interim provincial chairperson, is facing charges of disorderly conduct after he allegedly snatched Zanu PF cell registers on election day and drove away.

Moyo was expected to appear in court last Thursday, but did not turn up forcing Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware to issue the warrant of arrest.

According to court papers, on August 23, Moyo saw six Zanu PF officials seated near Mazalingwe Secondary School and approached them.

He allegedly asked them what they were doing near a polling station and they ignored him.

Moyo, who was in the company of other CCC activists, allegedly seized the Zanu PF cell registers and drove off. Southern Eye

By A Correspondent- Police in Harare have said they are yet to complete investigations into Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (Artuz) leader Obert Musaraure’s 2016 murder case.

Masaraure is alleged to have killed activist Roy Issa at a city hotel on June 1, 2016 following a beer-drinking spree.

The State alleges that to conceal the offence, Masaraure and his accomplices claimed that Issa jumped off the hotel window, resulting in his death.

Yesterday, magistrate Dennis Mangosi postponed the matter to November 7 after police said investigations were not complete.

Masaraure, who is being represented by Doug Coltart, opposed the postponement saying it was not justified.

Coltart said police had initially said investigations would be completed before July 19, 2022.

“Surely how could the police take seven years to investigate? There is no evidence before the court,” Coltart argued.

“The application for postponement is not necessary. The police can simply summon the accused when they are ready.”

The defence filed written submissions opposing the application for postponement of the case, saying the court should make a ruling on the application on the next remand date.

An inquest into Issa’s death ruled out foul play and the case was closed.

However, Masaraure was arrested at Harare Central Police Station last year where he had gone to fulfil his routine bail conditions for another case.

Zebediah Bofu represented the State. NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Former deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on Friday urged Zimbabwean students to apply for scholarships at established universities across the world to mingle with the best around the globe.

Mutambara made the remarks in an interview with Standard People in Harare where he was honouring two Zimbabwean students Brendon Mahere and Nyasha Mukonoweshuro who were awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships to study at Oxford University.

There are slightly over 100 scholars, who are selected around the world and of these two are Zimbabweans.

 “This is an opportunity for our youngsters to go to Oxford to mix and mingle with the best in the world,” said Mutambara, a distinguished Rhodes scholar himself.

“These two are in a unique position because they will have a chance to be at Oxford. l am urging university students at University of Zimbabwe, Africa University, Midlands State University and so forth to apply

 “We are not getting enough applications from local universities, so we are going there to raise profile of the scholarship among the local students

 Mukonoweshuro is a former Dominican Covenant student in the capital while Mahere is currently studying engineering at a Moroccan University.”

 Mutambara, who has played a key role in selecting Zimbabwean students said: “

We select on the basis of criteria, focus on academic excellence, demonstration of leadership, and characters well.”

 Mahere and Mukonoweshuro were all smiles and said they were determined to  fly the country’s flag high.

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By James Gwati- The Emerson Mnangagwa-led administration has scheduled the Nomination Court to convene on Tuesday to receive nomination papers from the December 9 by-election. 

This follows President Mnangawa’s allocation of US$5 million budget to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct by-elections to fill empty seats in the National Assembly. 

These vacancies arose following the expulsion of several opposition legislators last month.

Challenges have emerged as CCC President Nelson Chamisa criticized the move, branding the upcoming by-election as illegitimate due to his party’s alleged non-involvement in the recall of any MPs.

The decision comes in the aftermath of the High Court’s dismissal of an appeal filed by 23 members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) seeking to overturn their recalls from Parliament.

Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim secretary-general of CCC, instigated the recall of 14 legislators, including six elected through proportional representation, alongside nine senators and 17 councillors. 

In response, the legislators approached the High Court, but their application was dismissed by Justice Munamato Mutevedzi, who found their evidence insufficient to challenge the recalls.

Consequently, the electoral process is now set in motion, with ZEC in the final stages of logistical preparations for the scheduled polls.

 The by-elections will take place in Beitbridge West, Binga North, Bulawayo South, Cowdray Park, Lobengula-Magwegwe, Lupane East, Mabvuku-Tafara, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi, and Nketa constituencies.

Speaking to The Sunday Mail, ZEC deputy chairperson Rodney Kiwa confirmed that the approved budget also includes funds for the Gutu West by-election, delayed due to the untimely passing of a nominated candidate, Christopher Rwodzi.

 Kiwa specified, “The budget required for the 2023 by-elections is US$5.3 million, equivalent to $35 billion. All other necessary materials such as ballot papers, stationery, tents, lights, and ink are readily available. The commission is fully equipped to manage the upcoming by-elections without any impediments.”

Additionally, the Nomination Court’s requirements have been duly met, as confirmed by Kiwa, who stated, “We have authorized signatures (of party officials) from the parties that we will use to receive nomination papers from prospective candidates.” Each National Assembly candidate is expected to pay a US$1,000 nomination fee.

Moreover, only those who registered to vote before October 25 will be eligible to cast their ballots during the by-elections. 

The voter registration system remains open, with the voters’ roll for the upcoming by-elections having closed two days after the proclamation on October 23.

Justice Mutevedzi’s ruling underscores the importance of a political party’s constitution, highlighting the potential risks associated with the absence of a proper framework. The judgment emphasized that the power of recall from Parliament, as per the Constitution’s Section 129(1) (k), lies with the concerned political party. Consequently, a recalled Member of Parliament cannot challenge their recall without the involvement of the respective party.

The CCC, in response to the ruling, announced that its legal team is currently analyzing the judgment and will issue a comprehensive statement in due course.

• State media 

By James Gwati-The Zanu PF government has given the green light for a substantial US$5 million budget to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct by-elections to fill empty seats in the National Assembly.

These vacancies arose following the expulsion of several opposition legislators last month.

Challenges have emerged as CCC President Nelson Chamisa criticized the move, branding the upcoming by-election as illegitimate due to his party’s alleged non-involvement in the recall of any MPs.

Emphasizing the urgency, the Emerson Mnangagwa-led administration has scheduled the Nomination Court to convene on Tuesday, facilitating the receipt of nomination papers from potential candidates.

The decision comes in the aftermath of the High Court’s dismissal of an appeal filed by 23 members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) seeking to overturn their recalls from Parliament.

Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim secretary-general of CCC, instigated the recall of 14 legislators, including six elected through proportional representation, alongside nine senators and 17 councillors.

In response, the legislators approached the High Court, but their application was dismissed by Justice Munamato Mutevedzi, who found their evidence insufficient to challenge the recalls.

Consequently, the electoral process is now set in motion, with ZEC in the final stages of logistical preparations for the scheduled polls.

The by-elections will take place in Beitbridge West, Binga North, Bulawayo South, Cowdray Park, Lobengula-Magwegwe, Lupane East, Mabvuku-Tafara, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi, and Nketa constituencies.

Speaking to The Sunday Mail, ZEC deputy chairperson Rodney Kiwa confirmed that the approved budget also includes funds for the Gutu West by-election, delayed due to the untimely passing of a nominated candidate, Christopher Rwodzi.

Kiwa specified, “The budget required for the 2023 by-elections is US$5.3 million, equivalent to $35 billion. All other necessary materials such as ballot papers, stationery, tents, lights, and ink are readily available. The commission is fully equipped to manage the upcoming by-elections without any impediments.”
Additionally, the Nomination Court’s requirements have been duly met, as confirmed by Kiwa, who stated, “We have authorized signatures (of party officials) from the parties that we will use to receive nomination papers from prospective candidates.” Each National Assembly candidate is expected to pay a US$1,000 nomination fee.

Moreover, only those who registered to vote before October 25 will be eligible to cast their ballots during the by-elections.

The voter registration system remains open, with the voters’ roll for the upcoming by-elections having closed two days after the proclamation on October 23.

Justice Mutevedzi’s ruling underscores the importance of a political party’s constitution, highlighting the potential risks associated with the absence of a proper framework. The judgment emphasized that the power of recall from Parliament, as per the Constitution’s Section 129(1) (k), lies with the concerned political party. Consequently, a recalled Member of Parliament cannot challenge their recall without the involvement of the respective party.

The CCC, in response to the ruling, announced that its legal team is currently analyzing the judgment and will issue a comprehensive statement in due course.

-State media

By A Correspondent- A 43 year old Plumtree man has been fined US$200 by magistrate Joshua Nembaware after being found guilty of engaging in bestiality.

Njabulo Moyo, from Togotsvebu village, was caught sexually abusing a villager’s two goats leaving one dead.

The accused, who is employed as a domestic worker, was initially slapped with a three-month jail term before two months were suspended on condition of good behaviour.

The court heard that on October 1 at around 3am, the owner of the goats, Michael Ncube, was awakened by the bleating sound of his goats before going out to investigate.

Ncube then found Moyo sexually abusing his goat and asked him what he was doing.

The accused threatened to assault Ncube, who fled from the scene.

Ncube returned to the pen after three hours and found one of his two goats dead.

A police report was filed, leading to Moyo’s arrest. NewsDay

By A Correspondent- A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student has been charged with rape after he allegedly forced himself on a colleague.

Panashe Mazhazhate (22) was remanded out of custody to November 30 on US$100 bail by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week.

Prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that on an unknown date in October this year and at the UZ’s NC1 hostel, Mazhazhate allegedly had sexual intercourse with the complainant without her consent.

On another day during the same month, Muzhazhate allegedly had sexual intercourse again with the complainant without consent in the same room .

The matter was reported to the police leading to his arrest. The Standard

By A Correspondent- Sengezo Tshabangu, who claims to be the interim Secretary-General of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has stated that he has no issues with party president Nelson Chamisa and considers him the “face of the struggle.”

Tshabangu has faced criticism for recalling 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) and some councillors, claiming they no longer belong to the party.

He denies allegations of working with the ruling party ZANU PF to destroy the main opposition in the land and says he is fighting against mismanagement and wants individuals from Bulawayo to represent the province. He refused to blame Chamisa for party chaos, but rather blamed “criminals around the president.”

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By A Correspondent- Two pirate taxi drivers and habitual armed robbers have been jailed 22 years each after they were found guilty of 12 counts of armed robbery by a Harare magistrate.

The duo of Admire Sachoto aged 33 and Clever Sachoto 43 from Zengeza one in Chitungwiza went on a robbing spree, waylaying and robbing unsuspecting victims after pretending to be genuine pirate taxi operators.

The Sachoto siblings started their criminal voyage in October this year in which they committed more than 12 counts of robbery.

Among the convicts’ victims is one, Ethel Mubaiwa, who was robbed at knifepoint after boarding their taxi intending to go to Chinhoyi along Lomagundi Road on the 8th of last month.

The court heard that another victim, Danai Willie lost more than US$3000 at knifepoint after boarding the criminals’ Toyota Runx vehicle, which was pirating along King George Road in Avondale, Harare.

The duo was convicted on 12 counts of robbery and initially sentenced to 22 years behind bars.

However, they will serve an effective 15 years each after five years were suspended for good behaviour and two on condition of restitution. ZBC

Harare lawyer, Elatane Bonongwe has been arrested on allegations of masterminding a robbery which saw alleged accomplices snatch over US$30,000 worth of property and cash from a Bindura home.

Bonongwe, 54, of Bonongwe and Partners Legal Practice, appeared before Bindura magistrate and was remanded in custody after being advised to seek bail at the High Court.

He is jointly charged with his uncle, Musa Gandi, 42, Agness Kunaka, Raby Gwenya and Tafadzwa Obrey Chipashu.

Four other accomplices are reportedly still at large.

The five face seven robbery counts.

According to prosecutors, sometime in October, Bonongwe called his uncle, Gandi and asked him to assemble a team which could break into a home belonging to one Emson Chitsungo from Mt Darwin.

It is alleged he then led the suspects to Chitsungo’s home where he left them at midnight to perform the heist by scaling the security wall.

“Whilst inside, they assaulted the complaints with iron bars, clapped them and burnt Chitsungo with a hot iron whilst demanding cash and other valuables.

“The accused ransacked the whole house and stole various clothing, various electrical gadgets worth over US$20,000 and cash amounting to US$1,600.

“The accused then went away driving towards Harare,” prosecutors allege.

Court further heard luck ran out of the suspects when they drove into a police roadblock on their way to Harare.

An attempt by police to search their vehicle saw the suspects escape on foot into the night darkness.

Police manning the roadblock fired warning shots forcing Gandi, Kunaka, Gwenya and Chipashu to give in while four other accomplices managed to escape.

Bonongwe was arrested on the following day after he was sold out by his alleged accomplices. Zimlive

By A Correspondent- A 72 year old man removed his 8-year-old granddaughter clothes and fondled her private parts on many occasions, a Bulawayo court has heard.

For the alleged offence, Joseph Manyota was charged with indecent assault.

Manyota was granted US$100 bail by a Bulawayo magistrate on Friday.

It is the State case that Manyota, on countless occasions, sexually violated the minor who lives under his care during the period extending from June to October 28, 2023.

The court heard that within that period, on countless occasions and dates the minor could not recall, Manyota would approach her in the living room when she came from school and remove her clothes, touch her private parts and buttocks.

During the incidents, the court heard, Manyota would tell the girl in Shona, “ndokuti ukurumidze kukura”, implying that fondling her privates will help boost her growth.

The matter came into light on October 28 when the granddaughter defied his grandfather’s threats not to tell anyone about her experience by confiding in her grandmother.

The minor narrated how her predatory grandfather would take advantage of her while the grandmother was in the garden on a regular basis when she came back from school.

Magistrate Nomalanga Maphosa remanded Manyota out of custody to November 9, 2023.

As part of his bail conditions, Manyota was ordered not to continue residing within the same house with the girl and to report at Mzilikazi Police Station once every fortnight. Zimlive

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has accused Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Takudzwa Ngadziore, of faking his own abduction and forging a Zanu PF signature.

Ngadziore, who doubles as CCC national taskforce co-ordinator, was allegedly abducted in Harare early this week, tortured and later dumped in Christon Bank, Mazowe. The alleged abductors, one of whom was captured on camera, have been linked with the Central Intelligence Organisation and are said to be operating from Harare Central Police Station.

Writing on his X account @dhonzamusoro007 yesterday, Charamba, however, described Ngadziore’s alleged abduction as a sideshow after it emerged that he was on list for forging Speaker of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda’s signature and that of Zanu PF.

On October 12, Mudenda received a letter from Tafadzwa Manyika, who claimed to be Zanu PF’s interim secretary-general, recalling the party’s 70 legislators.

Charamba said the letter was forged by Ngadziore as well as CCC interim organising secretary Amos Chibaya.

“Many have already rubbished the false chase of Ngadziore by some person wielding an assault rifle. I am still trying to understand why the Triple C script needed the prop of an AK assault rifle, as if the puffing and blowing fat Ngadziore needed dire interventions. Ngadziore, alongside Chibaya and Farai Chinobva, are on the wanted list in respect of allegations of forging two signatures,” he said.

“Drama or no drama, the long arm of the law will collect them eventually! Their next false drama is targeting the attention of the European Union (EU) and America when heads of election observer teams for the EU and Carter Center return to present and submit their final reports.”

According to Charamba, the circumstances are that Ngadziore and Chinobva, who is reportedly a director in Chamisa’s office, under the alleged direction of Chibaya forged a letter recalling Zanu PF MPs.

“They allegedly wrote a letter for that contrivance, which was on Zanu PF letterhead and signed by Manyika, a phantom character created for the purpose. Ngadziore was tasked with delivering the recall letters to Mudenda, which he abortively did on two occasions,” he said.

“On both occasions, Ngadziore was intercepted by Parliament security easily because Triple C has announced a disengagement from Parliament, thus subsequently inviting a ban for six sittings by the Speaker. They were thus not expected at Parliament, which is why Ngadziore’s materialising at the said building raised the eyebrows of security personnel.

“With his plans to deliver the ‘recall’ letters frustrated, Ngadziore, Chibaya, and Chinobva jointly decided to release their letters plus a ‘signed’ acknowledgment of receipt, ostensibly by staffers at Parliament. Of course, the signature was a forged one. There was pressure to put the documents in the public domain ahead of the hearing of the case against (self-proclaimed CCC interim secretary-general Sengezo) Tshabangu.”

CCC spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi said: “In the first place, Charamba is not the police. If there are recalls in Zanu PF, that’s none of our business.”

Efforts to get a comment from national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi were fruitless.

Despite rolling out a massive campaign in his unsuccessful bid to win the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube will not be running in the December 9 by-election.

Ncube, who retained his post as Finance Minister despite losing in the August elections, had done notable development work in the run-up to the polls, including rehabilitating roads, installing public internet, and sinking boreholes.

There was a general feeling that he would throw his hat in the race once again after the seat fell vacant following the recall of CCC legislators.

However, Zanu PF director for Information and Publicity Farai Marapira confirmed to CITE that Ncube will not be running in the by-elections because he has already been appointed as a non-constituency Member of Parliament.

“After the 2023 elections, President Mnangagwa appointed Prof Ncube as a non-constituency Member of Parliament,” Marapira said. “He is currently busy and seized with his work as Minister of Finance. If he were to run again, it would defy his appointment already by the President. It was therefore seen fit to let other party members run for the Cowdray Park seat in that particular constituency.”

The ruling party’s National Political Commissar, Mike Bimha, announced Thursday, that the party primary elections will be held on November 4.

The vacant constituencies are Beitbridge West, Binga North, Bulawayo South, Cowdray Park, Lobengula-Magwegwe, Lupane East, Mabvuku-Tafara, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi, and Nketa.

Bimha said the primary elections would be conducted at Ward Centers, which will serve as polling stations.

For Cowdray Park Constituency, the candidates are Eddington Mpofu, Tholakele Ndlovu, Japhet Phuti, Arthur Mujeyi, and Tripod Muyengwa.

Mpopoma-Mzilikazi constituency has Admire Masikati, Dzingai Kamamba, Nehemiah Tsoliwa, and Violet Mhute.

Lobengula-Magwegwe constituency has Godwin Mugumba, Butholezwe Ndlovu, Enock Madzimure, and Menziwa Dube.

Lupane East constituency has Thubelihle Nkomazana, Phathisiswe Masanu-Dube, Mbongeni Dube, and Dumaza Moyo.

Bimha said there will be no primary elections in Bulawayo South and Nketa constituencies in Bulawayo Province. CITE

European Union and US embassies in Zimbabwe have both condemned and further urged thorough investigation into the shock abduction and torture of CCC MP Tafadzwa Ngadziore by gun-toting men captured on phone footage charging at the youthful lawmaker.

Ngadziore was seized from his Harare home moments before leaving for parliament Tuesday.

He would later be taken to hospital by colleagues to nurse assault and torture injuries suffered during his ordeal.

The incident, bravely captured by the first-time legislator in a 7-second video of his own attack, has sparked wide condemnation from the public and renewed spotlight on the Zanu PF led government’s battered human rights profile.

Among prominent voices to condemn the act was EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann who called for an immediate investigation into the matter.

“I am deeply disturbed by the abduction and torture of MP Takudzwa Ngadziore,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.

“Such acts are in stark contradiction to the principles of freedom, security, and dignity that every individual rightfully deserves.

“I hope that the authorities will immediately investigate and ensure that justice prevails.”

The US Embassy to Zimbabwe also called for respect on the constitutional rights of citizens by government.

“The United States is deeply disturbed by continued reports of violence, assault & abductions of opposition members in #Zimbabwe.

“We urge respect for constitutional rights & the fundamental freedoms that underpin them,” said the embassy.

Coincidentally, both EU and the US slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe over alleged rights violations, among other reasons, which Harare dismisses as untrue.

Posting on X Thursday, police said they were yet to take action on the matter as “no such case has been reported”.

“The ZRP has been keenly following an allegation of abduction and torture on social media.

“The police informs the public that no such case has been reported.

“We are trying to make contact with the alleged victim so as to elicit the facts beyond what is on social media,” police said. Zimlive

A ZUPCO conductor was Thursday brought before a Bulawayo magistrate charged with fraud following cases in which he issued passengers with blank tickets while pocketing the fares.

Tredgold Magistrates’ Court was told Tichaona Chitera, 40, on September 17, 2023, was deployed as a conductor on a bus that was travelling to Gokwe.

Along the way, the bus picked up five passengers and he issued them with blank tickets.

The scam was discovered by ZUPCO inspectors, Desire Kabanda and Margaret Mugadza.

The tickets totaled US$10 in value.

Chitera also pleaded guilty to three other counts in which it is alleged that on October 3, he issued another passenger aboard a Chinhoyi-Kasimure bus with a blank ticket and pocketed US$2.

On October 5, court further heard, Chiteka again gave blank tickets to eight other passengers while pocketing US$14.

He did it again on October 8, issuing blank tickets and taking US$16 as his own.

ZUPCO was represented in court by its security officer Atanasiyo Tapera while magistrate Nomalanga Maphosa presided over the matter.

Chitera was granted US$40 bail. Zimlive

By A Correspondent- The remains of two Zimbabwean nationals who were burnt beyond recognition in South Africa have been identified through DNA tests.

The remains are being repatriated back home.

The August 31 fire incident in Johannesburg claimed the lives of more than 70 people, among them Zimbabwean nationals.

While other victims, including five Zimbabwean nationals, have already been buried, the identification of those who were burnt beyond recognition is continuing with initial DNA tests establishing that two victims are from Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s Consular General in Johannesburg, Mr Eria Phiri confirmed processes to repatriate the remains.

“We have been in communication with the South African government with regards to the identification of the burnt victims being done via DNA and results are now coming out. So far, 7 of our nationalities have been identified and 5 have been buried and the other two latest to be identified are set to be repatriated to Manicaland province this week,” he said.

DNA tests on more than 30 other victims are still being carried out.

An inquiry into the fire has begun and is being overseen by a three-member panel led by South Africa’s retired Constitutional Court Judge, Justice Sisi Khampepe. The inquiry is aimed at establishing the cause of the fire and consider whether anyone should be held responsible for the deaths.

More than 80 people were injured, including many who sustained broken limbs and backs after jumping out of the building’s windows to escape the fire. ZBC

Tinashe Sambiri

CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged the Zanu PF regime to end terrorism.

In a statement on Friday, President Chamisa castigated the Zanu PF Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa for unleashing terror on hapless citizens.

Below is President Chamisa’s statement..

END THIS TERRORISM…

The terrorism against citizens and this latest brazen attack on a Member of Parliament, Hon @ngadziore by those identified terrorists is barbaric and unacceptable. Zimbabwe’s politics needs urgent fixing.

The perpetrators of these crimes against humanity and rights abuses must be prosecuted.

This impunity must end. We must build a Zimbabwe #ForEveryone

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Chiefs’ Council Manicaland provincial chairman, Chief Makumbe has died.

Chief Makumbe of Buhera died in Harare yesterday.

Permanent Secretary for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mr Abiot Maronge confirmed Chief Makumbe’s death.

“Yes, I can confirm Chief Makumbe’s untimely death. He was not feeling well, but his condition deteriorated this week. He passed on in Harare yesterday. Burial arrangements will be announced later as we are still consulting his family over the issue.

“His death is a big blow to Manicaland as he was a development champion and also spoke strongly against early child marriages,” said Mr Maronge.

In a tragic development, the body of a young man was found dead in Harare CBD today in the morning. The now-deceased man was brutally murdered last night.

The man, whose identity is yet to be established, died on the spot after he was reportedly attacked with a bottle on his neck. The incident occurred at the corner of 6th Street and Samora Machel.

At the time of reporting, details pertaining to the murder case are still sketchy, and the Zimbabwe Republic Police has yet to shed more light on the circumstances.

The untimely demise of the young man has ignited a storm of reactions on social media. While some expressed their heartfelt condolences to the victim’s family, others couldn’t help but critique the condition of the police vehicle dispatched to collect the deceased’s body, along with the rusty, antiquated coffin in which he was put in.

This tragic incident has not only raised questions about the safety of the community but also the condition of law enforcement vehicles and equipment in the country.

By A Correspondent- Kidnapped and tortured CCC legislator Takudzwa Ngadziore has formally reported his ordeal at the hands of suspected state agents.

Ngadziore captured his abductors live on camera where one of them was wielding an AK47 riffle. The man was positively identified by netizens as a state agent based at Harare central police station.

Said Denford Ngadziore in a tweet:

In our ongoing pursuit of justice, last night at Mabelreign Police , together with ZLHR Lawyers we formally reported the *Kidnapping* and *Torture* case of @CCCZimbabwe *MP Takudzwa Ngadziore* RRB 5679176 @nelsonchamisa

By A Correspondent- The world over and in the Zimbabwean culture, there is general respect for the dead, often their bad deeds forgotten and publicly overlooked.

The Shona people actually have an adage, wafawanaka, which loosely means the evil that people do should be ignored after their demise.

Graveside or funeral wake eulogies deliberately omit all evil deeds and more often than not, the dead are showered with praises.

The deceased’s good deeds are amplified to trigger empathy and often repeated.

But for a Beitbridge man, William, affectionately known as MaWidzo, who died last week, residents described his death as good riddance.

He died a lone man at Masvingo General Hospital, far away from Beitbridge where he was well known only for his seemingly evil life.

There was no funeral wake in his last residential town or anywhere else.

His relatives did not even want to associate with his remains, which were until burial day yesterday kept at the government morgue.

People did not even ask where mourners were gathered.

Yes, most people celebrated his demise and his numerous stories of hard crime, including raping men and women and violent robbery in his territory of Beitbridge and Musina.

MaWidzo was posted on several social media groups in Beitbridge and every other comment frowned at his life and treatment of fellow residents he robbed at will.

One of his most infamous stories was how he found his girlfriend, a commercial sex worker, with someone and he raped both the woman and the man.

“That was MaWidzo for you, a larger than life character. He was rough to the core and a hard criminal who never repented,” a Beitbridge man close to him said.

“He operated between Musina and Beitbridge and his diminutive stature was deceptive. Inside that small stature was a hardened man, crude and as rude as they come. He was central to most robberies in Musina and the areas around Beitbridge,” the man said.

Well known as a pickpocket and rapist who did time for the offence, William survived by vile means and created enemies at every turn.

He frequented the Beitbridge Border Post, where he preyed on unsuspecting travellers with a gang of other nimble-fingered men since the 1990s.

“He raped his newly-found girlfriend who mistook him for a genuine person, but he was rough with her on the very first date and she reported the matter to the police. He was jailed for the offence,” another Beitbridge resident said.

“He was a bad guy, he lived in a bad way and not even the prison term changed him. In fact, he got worse,” the resident added.

Born and bred in Masvingo, MaWidzo later moved to Beitbridge, where he joined other pickpockets who frequented the border post.

Inept security and conniving with unscrupulous officials earned him and his teams big money and they spread operations to Musina targeting those going for shopping.

He later settled in Musina, but would occasionally return to Beitbridge and was regular at an old nightclub at the Mashakada shops of Beitbridge.

Later, he fled Musina, where he was responsible for harassing and robbing fellow Zimbabweans.

His flight from Musina came after he fell out with his live-in lover, after he raped her daughter.

A wanted man in Musina, MaWidzo relocated to Beitbridge, where he eventually became sick and his health deteriorated each day.

His colleagues took him to Masvingo, where his relatives, who all along knew and detested his lifestyle, abandoned him in hospital to die lonely.

“His own relatives refused to accept his remains at their homes. It took his younger brother who came from South Africa to convince relatives to bury MaWidzo. He was rejected by his very own even in death,” a man close to him said.

“His life was sad. He was a criminal no one liked and was laid to rest at a mission cemetery,  not his home. Relatives believe spirits of people he wronged should not follow him to their home. In Beitbridge, mixed feelings of his posthumous treatment created a buzz, but generally, he was condemned to the last.

In 2019, chaos broke out at the Beitbridge Border Post when a mob of cross-border drivers attempted to burn a Toyota Quantum carrying the body of a gang leader accused of unleashing a reign of terror against them in Musina.

Border authorities had to call anti-riot police to quell the potentially volatile situation when people tried to violate the remains of Knowledge Mukachana (32) being transported to Chief Chimombe area in Gutu for burial.

The High Court has dismissed the application by 14 opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators and 9 senators seeking reinstatement in parliament after being recalled by self proclaimed party interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu.

More to follow

By A Correspondent- Opposition CCC president, Nelson Chamisa has called on the state to take action and end terrorism against its own citizens.

Said Chamisa in a tweet:

END THIS TERRORISM..The terrorism against citizens and this latest brazen attack on a Member of Parliament, Hon @ngadziore by those identified terrorists is barbaric and unacceptable. Zimbabwe’s politics needs urgent fixing.

The perpetrators of these crimes against humanity and rights abuses must be prosecuted. This impunity must end. We must build a Zimbabwe #ForEveryone

By A Correspondent- Police in Mashonaland Central province are being accused of torturing robbers who allegedly robbed Pfura rural district council engineer Emson Chitsungo.

The robbers are Musa Gandi (42) of Buhera, Agness Kunaka (41) of Chiweshe, Raby Gwenya (39) of Nyazvidzi, Android Tafadzwa Obrey Chipashe (35) of Chiweshe.

They implicated prominent Mount Darwin lawyer Elatone Bonongwe and four others who are still at large.

Appearing at Bindura magistrates courts before a Harare magistrate Mrs Chimangu the suspected robbers lawyer Rynos Gumbo said his clients were torchered by the police.

“Your worship l have a complainant against the police my clients were torchered and passed out while in the hands of the police their health is deteriorating,” Gumbo told the court.

The magistrate remanded them in custody to November 13 and advised them to apply for bail at High Court.

Prosecutors alleged on October 5, Bonongwe schemed to rob Eng Chitsungo using a gang called in by his uncle.

The gang armed with an AK47 bayonet and two sharp iron bars drove to Mt Darwin in a Sienta Redan and met Bonongwe who showed them Eng Chitsungo’s house and left them.

The gang scaled a precast wall at Eng Chitsungo’s house and while inside they slapped him and burnt his behind with a hot iron while demanding cash and valuables. They ransacked the house and stole clothes, electrical appliances and US$1 600.

But as the eight drove towards Harare, they were stopped at a roadblock near Mazowe and the police demanded to search the car. The gang fled but a Support Unit back-up fired four shots and so police were able to arrest the four who appeared in court while the other four escaped.

After a search, the police recovered some of the stolen property and weapons used in committing this crime.

During interviews, accused Chipashe implicated Bonongwe and showed WhatsApp chats and text messages between Bonongwe and his uncle Gandi tasking him to assemble a team to rob Engineer Chitsungo.

A man from Matebeleland has been sent to jail for stabbing a Shona-speaking man in Plumtree.

Daniso Dube (22) was sentenced to two years in jail by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware.

Nembaware conditionally suspended one year.

Prosecutor Selestine Madziwa told the court that on October 13 Dube followed the complainant Great joy Sibanda at Kweneng village where he was fetching water.

Upon arrival, Dube grabbed Sibanda by the collar accusing him of daring since he is a Shona speaking person.

He started to assault him all over the body before pulling an okapi knife and stabbed Sibanda on the left leg.

He bled profusely and a police report was filed leading to the arrest of Dube.

European Union and US embassies in Zimbabwe have both condemned and further urged thorough investigation into the shock abduction and torture of CCC MP Tafadzwa Ngadziore by gun-toting men captured on phone footage charging at the youthful lawmaker.

Ngadziore was seized from his Harare home moments before leaving for parliament Tuesday.

He would later be taken to hospital by colleagues to nurse assault and torture injuries suffered during his ordeal.

The incident, bravely captured by the first-time legislator in a 7-second video of his own attack, has sparked wide condemnation from the public and renewed spotlight on the Zanu PF led government’s battered human rights profile.

Among prominent voices to condemn the act was EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann who called for an immediate investigation into the matter.

“I am deeply disturbed by the abduction and torture of MP Takudzwa Ngadziore,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.

“Such acts are in stark contradiction to the principles of freedom, security, and dignity that every individual rightfully deserves.

“I hope that the authorities will immediately investigate and ensure that justice prevails.”

The US Embassy to Zimbabwe also called for respect on the constitutional rights of citizens by government.

“The United States is deeply disturbed by continued reports of violence, assault & abductions of opposition members in #Zimbabwe.

“We urge respect for constitutional rights & the fundamental freedoms that underpin them,” said the embassy.

Coincidentally, both EU and the US slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe over alleged rights violations, among other reasons, which Harare dismisses as untrue.

Posting on X Thursday, police said they were yet to take action on the matter as “no such case has been reported”.

“The ZRP has been keenly following an allegation of abduction and torture on social media.

“The police informs the public that no such case has been reported.

“We are trying to make contact with the alleged victim so as to elicit the facts beyond what is on social media,” police said. Zimlive

Six armed robbers raided a house in Pomona before stealing US$10 000 cash and a Toyota Landcruiser after attacking the owner, her son and a security guard.

The six were armed with pistols, an iron bar and a bolt cutter when they raided the house.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“Police in Harare are appealing for information which may assist in investigating another case of robbery which occurred at a house along Kikaldy Road in Pomona.

“Six robbers who were armed with pistols, an iron bar and a bolt cutter attacked a security guard who was on duty at the house as well as the complainant and her son before stealing US$10 000 cash, a laptop, a cellphone and a Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle, registration number ADP 0448,” he said.

Police in Harare are also investigating a case of murder which occurred on Thursday at the intersection of Samora Machel Avenue and 6th Avenue at around 3 am.

Three suspects who were travelling in a Mazda Duet vehicle, registration number ACY 4313, allegedly stabbed the victim Panashe Nyamurowa (26) on the left ear with an unknown sharp object.

The victim bled profusely to death.

Police said the victim had confronted the suspects for allegedly stealing US$90 from a commercial sex worker.

Meanwhile, Police in Kadoma are investigating a case of murder in which Shame Fireyi died upon admission at Kadoma General Hospital after being stabbed in the back with unknown sharp objects by three assailants.

The motive behind the murder is unknown. The Herald

By Farai D Hove | In a turn of events, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa finds himself at the center of intense scrutiny as he lands in Luanda, Angola, to attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit. The summit’s focus is on addressing the security situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violent rebels have displaced over 260,000 people. Still, it also includes discussions about the alarming security situation in Zimbabwe.

The shocking revelations center on President Mnangagwa’s alleged deployment of soldiers to manipulate election results since 2018, a practice that he has even publicly announced on Zimbabwean state television, ZTV. These military deployments to influence elections have led to a dire economic collapse in Zimbabwe, with losses amounting to a staggering USD 16 billion, according to figures from the Finance Ministry. This disturbing strategy was openly acknowledged by ZANU PF Spokesman Christopher Mutsvangwa, who outlined the Zimbabwe Defence Forces’ role in changing election outcomes.

The 2023 election witnessed further military deployments and the commission of grave crimes against humanity, raising serious concerns about Zimbabwe’s political landscape. Unlike the situation in the DRC, where rebels are responsible for the violence, Zimbabwe’s turmoil appears to be directly attributed to the actions of its President.

With Zimbabwe’s predicament seemingly worse than the violence in the DRC, it becomes inevitable for SADC to address this pressing issue during the summit. The meeting is set to commence in the afternoon, and the international community eagerly awaits the outcome.

However, Mnangagwa’s state media vehemently denies these allegations, asserting that Zimbabwe is not on the summit’s agenda. The state media alleges that reports of Zimbabwe’s inclusion are mere misinformation spread by certain officials associated with the CCC (Citizens’ Coalition for Change) on social media. According to the state media, an extraordinary summit should focus solely on one issue, which, in this case, pertains to the security situation in the DRC.

Furthermore, there are claims that any attempt to include Zimbabwe on the agenda would be deemed mischief and could be instigated by a Zimbabwean working within the SADC Secretariat, who is believed to have close ties to CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and is allegedly paid by the European Union. These allegations are met with skepticism, as it remains unverified whether this individual is indeed funded by the EU.

Senior government officials emphasize that the said individual was not seconded to SADC by Zimbabwe but followed the standard application process. They assert that this individual acts on behalf of various parties from SADC, the EU, and the United States, all of whom seek to maintain constant pressure on Zimbabwe.

The SADC Extraordinary Summit is a continuation of previous virtual meetings and is expected to culminate in a meeting of Heads of State, where President Mnangagwa will likely face probing questions regarding Zimbabwe’s security situation. The summit’s proceedings come after several meetings involving Chiefs of Defense, senior government officials, and ministers from SADC member states. These developments underscore the gravity of the situation and the urgent need for a diplomatic resolution to the crises unfolding in the region.

By-The opposition Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) has dismissed speculative reports that it is planning to hold an elective congress soon to weed out party bigwigs considered as a threat to Nelson Chamisa’s leadership.

Interim national organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, told NewsDay yesterday that the party was busy with parliamentary business and will not be pushed into holding a congress.
“I am not even aware of the congress. I saw it on social media platforms and I have been asked about the issue several times but there is nothing like that at the moment, we are busy in Parliament now,” he said.
“We are not fighting anyone. People just say what they want to say but it’s wrong. On the issue of recalls of our party members, we have approached the courts and I don’t want to comment at the moment and we will see how it goes.”
Former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo recently torched a social media storm after claiming that Chamisa was organising a “crash congress”.
“The party is already looking for funds to finance the congress and the party wants to make sure that the congress will go ahead,” Moyo posted on his X handle.
Chamisa is being accused of plotting to purge senior party members including former Finance minister Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube for allegedly disapproving of his leadership style.
Chamisa has been accused of singlehandedly running the party after “refusing” to hold an elective congress since the formation of the movement in January last year. Newsday

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said the alleged abduction and torture of CCC MP Takudzwa Ngadziore yesterday has not been reported at any police station.

In a short statement posted on their X page on Thursday evening, Police said they are trying to contact the victim to gather facts about the alleged abduction. Reads the statement:

The ZRP has been keenly following an allegation of abduction and torture on Social Media. The Police informs the public that no such case has been reported.

We are trying to make contact with the alleged victim so as to elicit the facts beyond what is on social media.

Ngadziore, who is a CCC’s Youth Quota MP, was allegedly abducted and tortured by heavily armed suspected State agents on Wednesday, 01 November.

Ngadziore recorded his abduction live on Facebook before he was reportedly taken to Mazowe where he was tortured before being stripped naked and dumped.

EXCLUSIVE: By Own Correspondent | ZimEye |  As she gets the Zim Miners Federation President Henrietta Rushwaya jailed, First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has rushed to book for an expensive central London hotel stay where she will sleep in the same premises with the nation’s married male ambassador, Christian Katsande, ZimEye can reveal.

Auxillia is scheduled to fly into London for a still to be explained sadza cooking completion to be held on the 7th,8th,9th, and 10th November inside the embassy.

She is flying with 10 women who won the cooking competition from the country’s the 10 provinces.

They will all be using a chartered flight that will have another 50 people traveling with the First Lady, who will be the only audience for the function together with 10 bodyguards.

The 10 cooking contestants are going to compete against themselves. The judge will be the First Lady. The audience will be the 50 people she is bringing, aboard a chartered flight costing USD500,000 per every 3 days.

What is the logic of flying 50 people to UK to compete against themselves in your own embassy in front of your own audience you flew in from Zimbabwe, and blow USD3million, yet the government could not buy ballot paper in the 2023 elections?

The development is coming at a time a doctor died because the government could not afford a helicopter to fly him from Mutare to Harare. The money could be used to buy a helicopter for emergencies.

What is the logic of the First Lady to go to England with people who will compete against themselves?

Coming to run a competition which could be done back home, and blow USD3mil.

The First Lady this year alone in her philanthropic work has become more travelled than former First Lady Grace Mugabe.

2 weeks ago she was in Spain. The previous week she was in Russia, and she was also in Switzerland. In July, she was in the US, from where she flew to UK, and then on to Russia, then Zimbabwe.

She briefly sat down for elections before setting off again.

In a year so far she has done over 58 trips. Above all these trips she is flying over to England to convene a function at the embassy where the employees have not been paid since May 2023.

The ambassador Christian Katsande has been booked into the same hotel buiding with thr First Lady, where the government is laying GBPLP1,000 per day for him alone, in addition to the GBP8,000 per month being paid for his private residence at a time when the embassador’s official house co tiniest without an occupant.

After the last ZimEye article 2 years ago exposing the ambassador’s extravagance which story later spilt to the Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, the renovation bill for the ambassador’s house was suddenly dropped from GBP1,240,000 down to GBP300,000.

This is not the first time the ambassador is doing good this and on Auxillia’s last visit, the ambassador abandoned the house he is paying GBP8,000 per month, to rent her hotel premises where he was paying GBP1500 per day.

Ambassador Katsande was reached for a comment over these issues.

Why is the ambassador doint this, when he has a house that is so large that it has conference rooms?

Why would the ambassador travel to spend nights in a hotel building with the First Lady alone in her husband’s absence?

The spending does not stop here. When the First Lady arrives in UK, the ambassador is hiring a bullet proof car from a friend of the his who is charging the state GBP1,000 per day. The car is one of 10 other vehicles.

The other 9 cars are being hired from the same supplier who also last supplied Mr Mnangagwa at the COP26 Climate Change Conference.

The ambassador confirmed the Auxillia Mnangagwa meeting in a recent public meeting.

– Meanwhile, for painting the embassy building, the ambassador gave the contract to his nephew, who is walking away with GBP122,000 for paint works to the small The Strand property.

When Auxillia last visiter UK, ZANU PF members, one of them, Dr Masimba Mavaza deceived activists, saying she was addressing people in Wales, only to find out that she was in Cambridge.

ZimEye can reveal her hotel is a posh London one that costs nearly GBP1,000 per day.

Efforts to get further comment from the ambassador were fruitless as he did  not return calls for over 2 weeks. Mrs Mnangagwa was neither taking calls. Both however did receive questions that centre around why they are both booking into the same hotel, and why her visit is blowing over GBP3million for a function that could have been held in Harare.

Henrietta Rushwaya conviction. 

Her flight comes at a time, the Miners Federation Presidemt Henrietta Rushwaya has been jailed over gold smuggling, and multiple impeccable sources told ZimEye the prosecution has nothing to do with the rule of law, it is an opportunity Auxillia has pounced on to get Rushwaya put out of the scene. ” You need to understand that whatever Auxillia says, goes, as she’s the one running things now,” said one source. 

It could not be obtained at the time of writing why on earth Mrs Mnangagwa is after Rushwaya when she is touted in various circles as a niece relative of Mr Mnangagwa’s. 

Another went on to allege that Axullia is not responsible for just the downfall of Rushwaya, buy also of former Energy Minister Fortune Chasi, and in the last few weeks, the classy businessman, Tinashe Mutarisi, who has posted many cryptic messages around the time his factory building was burnt down. It was claimed that the reason he was targeted is because he did not donate enough money to her Angel Of Hope Foundation.

A small peep into Auxillia Mnangagwa’s personality is reflected in Al Jazeera’ GoldMafia part 1 to 4 documentary which has the controversial ambassador Uebert Angel announcing that she is the one in charge. Zimbabwe’s lengthiest expose’ of Auxillia is a videocall she made by mistake to Simba Chikanza on 14 May 2022, shortly before she received community protection from the activist Hopewell Chin’ono, who threatened Chikanza claiming she had been blackmailed.  

The late President Robert Mugabe’s party spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire briefly touches on this development saying: 

ZimEye

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police has said they are keenly following allegations of abduction and torture of opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change member of parliament Takudzwa Ngadziore.

Ngadziore was abducted by AK47 wielding men in broad daylight before he was tortured and dumped.

Said the ZRP in a tweet:

The ZRP has been keenly following an allegation of abduction and torture on social media. The police informs the public that no such case has been reported. We are trying to make contact with the alleged victim so as to elicit the facts beyond what is on social media.

By A Correspondent- Former Zanu PF heavyweight, who is in self imposed exile Professor Jonathan Moyo has exposed abduction and torture acolyte, Abraham Pasi.

Said Prof Moyo on twitter:

“ABRAHAM “MUDHARA” PASI, a Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO), is the #CIO‘s Officer-in-Charge Media and the Ferret Force’s hitman for the sector.

He is a trusted abduction and torture acolyte of the Harare Provincial Command; and is thus a permanent feature of ferret operations!”

By A Correspondent- Opposition CCC has bemoaned the wanton lawlessness that has gripped Zimbabwe following the abduction and torture of one of its legislators, who is Zimbabwe’s youngest member of parliament Takudzwa Ngadziore.

CCC Spokesperson, Promise Mkwananzi called on SADC to facilitate a transitional authority to restore law and order in Zimbabwe.

Said Mkwananzi:

Hon@ngadziore, (the youngest Parliamentarian in Zimbabwe) was on his way to parliament when he was abducted by these rogue men. In the midst of the storm, he was brave enough to record & expose them.

We salute his courage & quick thinking under near fatal circumstances. A Police report will be made. This is yet another example of the ongoing wanton lawlessness that has gripped Zimbabwe since the advent of the sham election of the 23rd of August 2023. The only way to proceed is for

@SADC_News to facilitate a Transitional Authority that will restore law & order in Zimbabwe & work towards the consummation of a fresh, free & fair election. The continous targeting of prominent @CCCZimbabwe is designed to instill fear among the generality of the populace.

They know they did not win, they know the people are not happy & might rise & all this is meant to demobilise the people. But they will not succeed.

The people of Zimbabwe demand their vote back, they demand, change, they demand respect, respect of themselves as a people, respect of the rule of law, of the national constitution & institutions.

It also appears that the regime is preparing to defy SADC outcome if it is not favourable to them by turning into a totally rogue regime.

By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF, has once again enlisted the assistance of its controversial affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), to coordinate campaign activities for the upcoming by-elections on December 9.

These by-elections were triggered by the recall of 15 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators and 17 councillors by Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim secretary-general of the CCC. Critics argue that Tshabangu is a creation of FAZ, aimed at destabilizing the opposition and bolstering the ruling party’s prospects.

The CCC has refused to participate in the by-elections, calling the recalls “fraudulent.” Instead, they are demanding fresh polls supervised by the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

FAZ, a shadowy organization associated with the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO), was involved in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-election in the previous polls. Several observer missions reported FAZ’s involvement in electoral malpractices, such as voter intimidation.

Zanu-PF’s involvement with FAZ has raised concerns of potential election rigging. Some analysts believe FAZ’s presence at the polls will intimidate voters and suppress dissent.

The Sadc election observer mission reported that the rural vote was compromised by intimidation attributed to FAZ during the previous elections.

This situation underscores concerns over the transparency and fairness of Zimbabwe’s electoral processes.

Political analyst Romeo Chasara expressed concerns about the ruling party’s intentions and its relationship with FAZ, which had played a significant role in the controversial elections.

Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust executive director Ignatious Sadziwa criticized Zanu-PF for its association with FAZ and questioned the party’s judgment.

This development has raised questions about the credibility of the upcoming by-elections and the level of transparency in Zimbabwe’s political landscape.

By Dorrothy Moyo | The government spokesperson, Mr. Nick Mangwana, found himself trapped in an embarrassing situation that sent shockwaves through the nation. His exact words, which he and his boss, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, had been using for over 40 years, from 1983 to 2023, were suddenly exposed in a police report concerning the abduction of CCC party MP Takudzwa Ngadziore.

It was a crisp morning when the news broke that these phrases, synonymous with denial and deflection, had resurfaced in a most unexpected context. As the nation demanded answers about the disappearance of MP Takudzwa, the police claimed ignorance, stating they had only seen the case on social media. But what caught everyone’s attention was the uncanny resemblance between Mr. Mangwana’s statements and those of President Mnangagwa during critical moments in the country’s history.

In 1983, during the Gukurahundi massacre, Mr. Mnangagwa had said, “I’ve never heard of that… except reading of it in the press,” a phrase etched into the nation’s memory. Now, as the spotlight fell on MP Takudzwa’s abduction, Mr. Mangwana had seemingly echoed the same words. It was as if history was repeating itself, and the public was quick to draw parallels.

The déjà vu continued in 2019 during a crackdown condemned by UN experts. Mr. Mnangagwa’s statement, “We see all this on social media, but we’d want to see evidence,” was hauntingly familiar when, once again, Mr. Mangwana employed an almost identical phrase to respond to the public outcry.

The nation was left bewildered, their skepticism growing stronger as the spokesperson’s language seemed to mirror that of his boss, creating an uncanny pattern of denial and deflection. The credibility of their responses was under scrutiny, and the pressure on both Mr. Mangwana and President Mnangagwa to address the situation was intensifying.

As the nation awaited answers, they couldn’t help but wonder whether history was repeating itself, or if there was a deeper connection between Mr. Mangwana’s words and the actions of the government. The truth was elusive, but the people’s demand for transparency had never been stronger.

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