In an exercise which opposition parties have tagged “Fools for Work” a ZANU PF official has told villagers in Matobo to continue working for government in the Food for Work Programme even without getting the promised food aid (reward) as they will be compensated by obtaining an exemption from paying subscriptions for their ZANU PF membership cards and other local levies raised by the party.
The Villagers in the Mbembeswane area of Matobo district who are involved in the ongoing government Food for Work programme have been promised a year’s exemption from forced ZANU PF membership subscription.
Villagers in the Mbembeswane area of Matobo claim that they were recruited by ZANU PF district officials in the province to do the food for work. As payment the villagers were to be paid with a bag of maize for work done.
However, after working for almost (15) fifteen days repairing a road in the area, the villagers have not been assured if they will be get their promised payment. Instead an unnamed ZANU PF district official has told the villagers that they will be given exemptions from paying the compulsory ZANU PF card subscriptions.
According to the villagers, ZANU PF officials responsible for the project refused to assure the villagers that they will get their bag of maize as promised.
The villagers say they approached the local councillor seeking assurance and the latter referred them to District Development Fund authorities who neither would assure them of their grain gain.
The villagers have since threatened to quit the programme unless they get assurance of payment as agreed.

Turning to Zaoga leader Ezekiel Guti, Grace Mugabe said he was in many ways like her husband, President Robert Mugabe.

“When I look at you every time, you remind me of my husband…” – Grace

Report by Newsday |FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday made security agents and sound engineers run after she complained about the poor sound quality just before stammering through her prepared speech at the official opening of the ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries-owned Mbuya Dorcas Hospital (MDH) in Harare.
State security agents moved behind the public address system controls and started giving sound engineers instructions after Grace expressed unhappiness over the echoes coming from her microphone.
“I don’t like the microphone, it’s making echoes,” she said, sending her contingent of security officers into action.
Grace stumbled through words such as “casualty” and “indigenisation” as she read her prepared speech, but later became animated when she started speaking off the cuff.
Turning to Zaoga leader Ezekiel Guti, Grace said he was in many ways like her husband, President Robert Mugabe.
“When I look at you every time, you remind me of my husband. You are such a neat person, very well presented and a very meticulous person and you always glow, you glow because of the thoughts you carry in your heart,” she said.
Although the First Family is renowned for seeking medical attention outside Zimbabwe, after touring the medical facility, Grace said it had world-class medical equipment.
MDH, which has two wings — one for medical health care and the other for spiritual healing, a first of its kind in Zimbabwe — was mooted 50 years ago in the mind of Guti as he preached at Harare Central Hospital.
MDH opened its doors in 2012 and has a state-of-the-art laboratory, A-Grade intensive care unit, maternity ward and paediatric ward.
Health deputy minister Aldrin Musiiwa said while government had moved to accept traditional medicine, it was yet to incorporate spiritual healing into the health care system.
Grace, who arrived amid tight security, was accompanied by daughter Bona Chikore.
Also in attendance were Bona’s husband Simba Chikore, together with their child Simbanashe, who appeared in public for the first time after Bona’s recent return from Singapore, where she had gone to give birth about two months ago.

 
Simbanashe, President Mugabe’s first grandson, yesterday made his maiden public appearance with his parents Bona and Simba Chikore, while accompanying First Lady Grace Mugabe at the official opening of Mbuya Dorcas Hospital in Waterfalls, Harare.
Although Simbanashe did not follow the official proceedings with his parents at the high table, Zaoga Forward In Faith church co-patron Dr Eunor Guti took the platform to congratulate the First Family for the safe arrival of Simbanashe to this world.
Dr Guti said she hoped Simbanashe would grow up to become a doctor and provide his services to Mbuya Dorcas Hospital.
“I want to take opportunity of this platform to congratulate you on the safe arrival of your grandson. I know how it feels to be a grandmother.
President Mugabe cradles his grandson, Simbanashe Chikore, in Singapore at the weekend while First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe and proud mother Bona (partly obscured, right) look on. (Picture by Presidential photographer Joseph Nyadzayo.
President Mugabe cradles his grandson, Simbanashe Chikore, in Singapore at the weekend while First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe and proud mother Bona (partly obscured, right) look on. (Picture by Presidential photographer Joseph Nyadzayo.
“I hope one day he will grow up and be a doctor who will work here at Mbuya Dorcas Hospital and say that I was here before with my grandmother when I was young and I am here again to save lives,” said Dr Guti, to the applause of the gathering.
“You might take it lightly just as an ordinary talk, but it may actually be a vision,” said Dr Guti who is wife to Archbishop Professor Ezekiel Guti.
Amai Guti, who is a nurse by profession, also told the gathering that Professor Guti shared the vision of a Zaoga FIF administered hospital to her and her five colleagues years ago when she was still working as a nurse at Harare Central Hospital.
She said then, she thought she and her friends would be part of the nurses who would be working at the hospital. Fifty-nine years later, Professor Guti’s vision is fulfilled. -state media

Terrence Mawawa, Zvishavane| A Zvishavane man stunned all and sundry when he killed his mother following an argument over food.
Hardlife Mukwari(25)murdered his mother, Juliet Nhokwara, after accusing her of failing to give him food in time.
Mukwari appeared before Zvishavane Magistrate, Peter Madiba last week, facing murder charges. Mukwari hit his mother with a pestle several times on the head and left arm, accusing her of failing to give him food.
On May 23 in Hove village, Mukwari went to his mother’s house and demanded food saying he was hungry. His mother could not give him food since she had already washed the plates. She then went to wash her feet at the back of the house.
Incensed by his mother’s response, Mukwari took a pestle and followed her where she was cleaning her feet and struck her several times. She collapsed on the spot.
Nhokwara’s severely battered body was discovered by passersby who tried to resuscitate her and Mukwari admitted to killing her.
Local villagers then took Mukwari to Zvishavane Police Station where he was immediately arrested.
The magistrate has since ordered doctors to examine Mukwari’s mental condition. The was briefly adjourned to allow the medical doctors to prepare a comprehensive report.
Shocked villagers said the entire community has been shaken by the tragic incident.

Zanu PF has apparently ratcheted up its “political programme” to frustrate and cause the implosion of former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s fledgling Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party.
Reliable sources within the ruling party claimed to the Daily News that chaotic scenes around an alleged leadership contest, the many recent acts of intimidation and thuggery targeted at ZPF supporters as well as officials were all “well-orchestrated”.
“I can tell you that before 2018 People First will be history. Many of the people in that party have skeletons in their closets and just watch this space to see what will happen to them,” one of the sources said.
Another insider said the current Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) drive was also meant to “rattle” some ZPF officials since they were once in government and several key parastatals.
“As you may know, Mujuru herself has a file hanging over her head, detailing her transgressions. There is gnashing of teeth in that little party,” the Zanu PF bigwig said.
This latter claim tallied with what Mujuru herself said soon after launching her party in February, when she alleged that Mugabe had a file on each of his ministers, which kept them on a string like “puppets”.
And as the charade unfolds, ZPF deputy spokesperson Kudzai Mbudzi confirmed that senior officials were under the gun.
“That is lamentable because we think that corruption should be dealt with not as a tool to fix political opponents. Zimbabweans think that if there is really the political will to genuinely deal with the scourge of corruption, the blitz should star with (President Robert) Mugabe himself who should justify his current economic might that has seen him establish the businesses he owns,” he said.
The ex-senior army officer also admitted that Zanu PF, through State security agents, had infiltrated ZPF.
“We know that Zanu PF has no capacity to infiltrate us on its own but . . . are doing so through the security system. Members of the security sector must be warned, however, that the man they are protecting is in the political departure lounge and they will have to answer for their crimes come 2018,” Mbudzi warned.
Academic and researcher Pedzisai Ruhanya said both the Movement for Democratic Change and ZPF must be wary of infiltration.
He said the two parties must realise that a “broad coalition of meaningful political parties is the way to go”, but warned that such a structure without addressing institutional reforms cannot defeat Zanu PF.
“They (MDC and ZPF) must also do their research because they will be elements, particularly in MDC and People First, who will work day and night to make sure that MDC and PF and the general meaningful parties are not united. It is not in the interests of Zanu PF for such a coalition,” he said.
“They will be people who will be vehement and virulent in opposing a coalition because they will be doing it for Zanu PF and there are some who are doing it for positions within those parties. Zanu PF will invest through the State security to kill prospects of unity between the MDC and PF,” Ruhanya said.-Daily News

A report claims ZRP cops have arrested civil and political rights activists currently staging a 16 day and night protest demanding for the restoration of the rule of law and the economy in Africa Unity Square.
Those who were reportedly arrested and are said to be detained at Harare central police station are Itai Dzamara’s young brother Patson, Makomborero Haruzivishe, Pride Mkono , Oliver Chikumba, and Tatenda Mombeyarara .
Linda Masarira, the spokesperson of the coalition of youth organisations staging the historic demonstration where they are also demanding for the safe return of the abducted human rights activist Itai Dzamara, said that her male counterparts were nabbed in the early hours of Thursday after the police had earlier attempted to disperse them.
“At exactly 23:30 pm three police officers tried to disperse us and we told them they had no constitutional right to disperse us. After 20minutes of heated argument with the police officers they walked away,” said Masarira.
“At exactly midnight two women showed up walking towards us from the corner Third Street and Jason Moyo Avenue and as they approached us I noticed that they were wearing the same hats black and white striped hats, carrying Tshangani bags. They passed us and stopped 10m away and inquired where 4th street was purporting to have disembarked a Kombi from Murehwa. I told them to go where they were going as we were aware of their intentions,” she said.
Masarira said the women who had asked them the directions were the same who claimed that they had been robbed by her colleagues, who had not even moved from “our gathering”.
“The two women came back running screaming mbavha mbavha (thieves thieves). We just watched them as they ran past us. Instead of going straight to Jason Moyo they cut across the park into the dark and we saw three policemen jumping from the hedge. The women accused Patson Dzamara and Makomborero Haruzivishe as the men who followed them and took their filthy, torn Tshangani bags,”she narrated.
She said  “we” see this as a ploy by the state security agents to frustrate “our” demonstration.
“We are not stupid. We will not be abused. We are sick and tired of a partisan police force that serves the interest of ZANU PF. These stage managed shows show that this government has ran out of ideas,” she said.

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— Larry Moyo (@larry_moyo) June 8, 2016

A Gwanda based ZRP cop currently in trouble for abusing vendors, has fallen into a court “dead end” after reports were made that he allegedly assaulted his wife.
Pictures seen by ZimEye.com strongly suggest that Tinashe Gono (24) bludgeoned his wife in an inhuman way.
Tinashe Gono and Takura Mataruse (28) are already under serious charges of extorting vendors. They were allegedly caught in the act demanding so called “protection taxes” from Gwanda vendors. ZimEye.com has previously exposed other accomplices (pictured) at markets in Harare.

 
Poor security at the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) has resulted in the theft of a GOLD coated spear and artefacts belonging to the last Ndebele King, Lobengula.
The spear, measuring 1,2m, was stolen from the historic site on the outskirts of Bulawayo where other artefacts of the Ndebele Kingdom are kept. The incident was discovered on Sunday by a caretaker at Old Bulawayo. Sources said the caretaker, Stanley Gwebu, discovered that the spear, a 45cm black fly-whisk and a small brown clay pot which were placed near King Lobengula’s statue, were missing at around 1:45pm while conducting his chores and reported the matter to the police.
Police chief national spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident saying police were looking into the matter.
“I can confirm that there was a burglary at Old Bulawayo where some artefacts were stolen. But I don’t have the finer details on the matter. However, police are investigating the matter,” said Snr Asst Comm Charamba.
King Lobengula’s descendent, Prince Zwide Khumalo, expressed shock at the incident saying the family had not been notified of the theft. Khumalo rapped the NMMZ for failing to provide adequate security at the historic site saying royal artefacts deserved to be kept in a more secure place.
“It raises a lot of concerns within the family, the Ndebele speaking people as well as other Nguni ethnic groups whose history was being kept at Old Bulawayo. There is something grossly wrong with the security at the national museums. This is not the first time there has been a break in at the museums meaning there is a weakness in their security system,” he said.
Khumalo said the museums should remember that they are custodians of people’s cultures.
Social commentator Cont Mhlanga echoed Khumalo’s sentiments saying the break in exposes NMMZ for its recklessness in preserving culture.
“This is not the first time such an incident has happened. There was a break in four or five years ago. Mahachi (Godfrey director of NMMZ) must address this issue. This falls right on his door step,” said Mhlanga.
He said it was baffling that a cultural site like Old Bulawayo was neglected yet it held priceless artefacts. “It doesn’t make sense that a heritage site of that status can have a single caretaker. There is supposed to be more than one caretaker so that they can work in shifts,” Mhlanga said.
He said there were other cultural sites that are also neglected such as Mhlahlandlela and Entumbane which house King Mzilikazi’s grave and artefacts.
Mahachi was not reachable for comment yesterday.

ONE person died while eight others were injured, four critically, after a Nissan March and a commuter omnibus collided at the intersection of 12th Avenue extension and Park Road in Suburbs, Bulawayo, yesterday.
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango confirmed the accident. “Eight people were injured in an accident that occurred along 12th Avenue extension and Park Road which involved a pirate taxi and a commuter omnibus.
‘‘The pirate taxi was carrying six passengers while the kombi had two people on board,” said Insp Simango.
She said both the driver of the pirate taxi and owner of the vehicle would be charged.
“The driver of the pirate taxi will be charged with culpable homicide and the owner for operating without an operators’ licence.
“We’re appealing to members of the public not to board these pirate taxis and urge all drivers to observe traffic rules and regulations,” said Insp Simango.
Witnesses said Lawrence Mahachi, 20, the driver of the pirate taxi which plies the City-Hillside route, allegedly failed to give way and turned in front of oncoming traffic resulting in the collision.
A woman, believed to be a student teacher at Hillside Teachers’ College, was trapped together with another passenger in the Nissan March and died on the spot.
According to a witness, Megan Williams, the Nissan March came speeding, swerved and collided with the commuter omnibus which was heading towards the city centre.
“It seems the Nissan March driver panicked and tried to swerve to avoid ramming the vehicle ahead of him resulting in the collision.
Passers-by had to use an axe to prise through the body material of the Nissan March in an attempt to rescue two passengers who were trapped in the vehicle before the fire brigade arrived.
Another witness, Khumbulani Moyo, said the Nissan March was speeding as it approached the intersection, while there was another vehicle ahead of it which was waiting to make a turn and drive along Park Road.
“The Nissan March swerved into the opposite lane as the driver was attempting to apply brakes and avoid ramming the vehicle from behind, only to be hit by the on-coming Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus which was in the opposite lane. The kombi dragged the Nissan March for a few metres until it came to a stop,” Moyo said.
Acting Fire Brigade chief fire officer Edward Mpofu said they received a call of the accident at around 7:50AM and rushed to the scene to rescue some passengers who were trapped in the Nissan March.
“A Nissan March from the city centre reportedly turned right in front of an oncoming commuter omnibus. Two people were trapped in the Nissan March and the Fire Brigade extricated the trapped persons although one of them died on the spot,” he said.
Mpofu said eight people were ferried to United Bulawayo Hospitals by different ambulances.
Motorists and residents expressed concern and called on the local authority to erect speed humps or traffic lights at the intersection.
“A week doesn’t pass without an accident occurring here… it has become a black spot particularly on weekends.
‘‘There is a curve which many drivers fail to negotiate resulting in collisions,” said a motorist who declined to be named.
Others blamed the police for being lenient with pirate taxi operators whose driving conduct has left many wondering if they are licensed at all.
“The police are always keen on harassing drivers with all documents but these pirate taxis
have become a law unto themselves.
‘‘Most of them don’t even have licences but they drive around the city putting lives of not only themselves but all other road users at risk,” said Mehluli Mpofu.- state media

A panic stricken Zanu PF politburo on Wednesday sought to find measures to arrest the cash crisis currently frustrating the country’s citizens.
Zanu PF announced after a Politburo meeting that government is working on a raft of measures, including withdrawal limits and increased use of plastic, to address the obtaining cash crisis.
According to the party’s secretary for Information and publicity Mr Simon Khaya Moyo said the measures sought to restore market confidence.
These measures are expected to catalyse the implementation of the economic blueprint, Zim-Asset, which seeks to transform the country’s economic fortunes by 2018. It is hoped that once the measures are implemented, the cash crisis would soon be under control. He said Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa, who is also the party’s secretary for legal affairs, had given a comprehensive report on measures being implemented by Government to address cash shortages.
Mr Khaya Moyo said Mr Chinamasa also briefed the Politburo on progress made on re-engagement efforts with multi-lateral lending institutions.
“The secretary for legal affairs, Mr Patrick Chinamasa, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development updated the Politburo on the implementation of Zim-Asset with emphasis on measures to address the cash crisis,” said Mr Khaya Moyo.
“These include use of plastic money, charges and fees on the of point of sale machines, Real Time Gross Settlement and mobile banking platforms, cash withdrawal limits, export bonus scheme and enhanced interbank market foreign exchange management.
“He ( Mr Chinamasa) gave a very clear detail on this but I am sure you will be hearing more from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on these matters. He has already addressed them but certainly the situation will soon be under control.
“The aim of course, of this brief by the Minister of Finance is to restore market confidence. The Reserve Bank governor has been having meetings with key stakeholders on this matter.”
Khaya Moyo said the Politburo received a report from the party’s national commissar Mr Saviour Kasukuwere on the state of the party.
He said Mr Kasukuwere reported that the party was stable in almost all provinces and provincial structures remained the same, adding that the reported changes of provincial structures in Masvingo province were null and void.
“The national commissar Mr Savior Kasukuwere gave a comprehensive report on the status of the party provinces throughout the country,” said Mr Khaya Moyo.

Six children died yesterday morning when a baptism ceremony along Mutorahuku stream in Sadza area, Mashonaland East ended up in disaster.
National Police spokesperson senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said two other children who survived the baptism are admitted at Sadza district hospital and are in a serious condition.
The six had been taken for baptism by Maud Dzuke (30) and Jane Ruvinga (34) who have since been arrested and charged with culpable homicide. newsday

HIT-AND-RUN kombi driver, Wadzanai Mabika, who last month fled the country after fatally knocking down a Form Four Girls High School pupil, Jocelyn Gomba has been sentenced to an effective jail term of six years, eight months.
Mabika (41) was sentenced by provincial magistrate Tendai Mahwe yesterday after he pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and five traffic offences.
Mabika was charged with culpable homicide, failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident within 24 hours, failing to ascertain if any person is injured or killed after an accident, failing to render assistance after an accident and reckless driving.
He was arrested in Polokwane, South Africa, on Sunday.

Harare – ZimEye.com is receiving reports of a horrific accident at Mvuma (Fairfields) on Wednesday morning, involving a Toyota Hilux and a haulage truck.
One (1) person was killed and two injured, ZimEye.com sources said.
The accident happened at Fairfields, close to Mvuma on the main highway to Harare.
The Toyota Hilux was overtaking a gonyet when it failed to return back int lane”, ZimEye is told.
Fuller details of the circumstances were not clear at the time of writing, and the identity of the the deceased and those of the injured also not released.
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Terrence Mawawa, Chiredzi | A Triangle based cop made a false police report claiming he lost $21 960 and a vehicle in a robbery incident at his house in a bid to avoid payment of debt.
Constable Admire Magodhlo was arrested last week after making the false robbery report at Triangle Police Station since he had accrued an astronomical debt.Magodhlo owns several Ecocash outlets in Triangle and Chiredzi. Magodhlo connived with one Philip Kwangware who works at one of his shops to make the false police report. He told Kwangware he would leave the door at his house open.
Kwangware was also asked to drive Magodhlo’s Honda Stream vehicle to Nuanetsi range where he dumped the car.Magodhlo also instructed Kwangware to apply engine oil on the steering in order to avoid the detection of fingerprints.
The cop promised to pay Kwangware $ 200 after the fake robbery report. However police detectives interrogated Kwangware who disclosed what had transpired, leading to Magodhlo’s arrest.
“The said officer made a false police report in a bid to avoid payment of debt. However after comprehensive investigations we discovered that the whole story was fabricated.We are finalising investigations on the matter,” a Triangle based cop told ZimEye.com

Terrence Mawawa, Gweru | A man from Mkoba 6 who brutally murdered his father has escaped a jail term after doctors discovered he was a mbanje addict and he was mentally unstable at the time he committed the gruesome offence.
Cloud Alick Banda of Mkoba, Gweru, killed his father Alick Dary Banda on December 8 2012 following a heated argument between the two.
Cloud Banda appeared before High Court Judge, Nokuthula Moyo last Monday facing murder charges.
On the fateful day Cloud Banda returned home late resulting in an argument with his father. He proceeded to take an iron bar and hit his father four times on the head.
His father fell to the floor, bleeding profusely and died instantly.
Cloud Banda went to Mkoba Police Station where he met Constable Muzumbi. He narrated how he had assaulted the deceased.
A post mortem concluded that he died of a massive subarachnoid haemorrhage.
In passing sentence, Moyo noted that Cloud Banda was examined by a psychiatrist who indicated that the accused was suffering from “a mental disorder, epilepsy, alcohol and cannabis abuse”.
Moyo therefore passed the verdict of not guilty because of insanity.
Cloud Banda escaped imprisonment and he was taken to Mlondozi Special Institution for people with mental disorders-where he is being treated.

Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni, who was on Monday reinstated by the acting Local Government Minister Jonathan Moyo, has been removed again.
Manyenyeni was this morning given marching orders by the same minister who lifted his suspension on Monday, this time for not instituting an audit on City Park and Harare Sunshine Holdings.
“I have been suspended again for not carrying out the corruption audit for City Parking and Harare Sunshine Holdings,” the Harare Mayor told Newsday.
Manyenyeni was last month suspended by Local Government Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, on allegations of illegally appointing banker, James Mushore, to the position of a Town Clerk.
He challenged the suspension in court but

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo| An unidentified man was brutally killed at the weekend, sending shock waves across the ancient city of Masvingo.
The man was found murdered near Mucheke bus terminus on Sunday Morning.
The man was found lying half naked with a deep cut on his left ear and police are yet to establish the motive of the murder. The man’s body had other deep visible marks strongly pointing that he was brutally killed.
Masvingo Provincial Police spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the incident and said the police were carrying out investigations on the matter.
“We are investigating the matter and we are yet to confirm the name of the deceased.We therefore advise people who are missing a male relative to check with the Police at Chikato Camp,” Mazula told ZimEye.com.
The body of the deceased was discovered by Joseph Deredza. The murdered man wore a blue t-shirt and his body was taken to Masvingo Provincial Hospital for a post-mortem.
Masvingo Province has recorded the highest number of murder cases in the past few years with a shocking 3 fatal attacks every month.
With the socio-economic hardships the nation is currently experiencing, cases of ritual murders have also increased. Shocked residents of Mucheke suburb appealed to the police to intensify investigations on the matter. “We hope the police will act swiftly to bring the culprits to book. It is a disturbing incident,” said a local resident.

CHOPPIES Zimbabwe director Siqokoqela Mphoko says businesses and ordinary Zimbabweans should embrace the proposed bond notes and rally behind the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya in stabilising the financial services sector.
The central bank has indicated the notes – set for circulation in October and backed by a $200 million bond loan from Afrexim Bank – would be indexed at par with the US$ value to improve liquidity and buttress the multiple-currency system.
As Zimbabwe grapples with a biting cash crisis which has seen banks reducing daily withdrawal limits, some to $50, leaving scores of depositors stranded, the proposal has sparked widespread debate.
Introducing bond notes, to Mphoko, is a progressive stance and a long overdue necessity.
“Bond notes are a necessity in this country and I personally welcome the move.
‘‘Zimbabwe is using a multi-denominated currency system but what’s happening of late is that everybody has shifted to using the US$ only.
“This has attracted a lot of externalisation of money by foreigners and businesses who take the hard currency out,” said Mphoko. “I’m happy that the bond notes would run alongside the US$ backed by the $200 million loan. ‘‘Mangudya is a very seasoned person; he would not print more than that amount.
‘‘He knows what he’s doing and Zimbabweans should support him.” Mphoko dismissed fears that adoption of bond notes would be an inconvenience to business saying the move was actually healthy in controlling abuse in the handling of cash.
“The coming in of bond notes means that business would continue banking their money in US$ terms and if they want to import or procure something outside the country they’ll have to apply to the central bank stating their need and be given the required cash.
‘‘This is a normal procedure in other countries,” he said. “It’s up to us now as Zimbabweans to have faith in bond notes. ‘‘This system will curb externalisation. People have been coming here to externalise funds and that’s why we’ve $15 billion that can’t be accounted for.”
Mphoko said there was no way the RBZ would gamble with the economy given that it has successfully rolled our bond coins, which have been embraced by all and are positively impacting on the economy.
“The government has proved it with bond coins so we’ve to trust them. ‘‘Moreover, bond notes would assist in improving liquidity and recapitalisation of companies. ‘‘People will have more buying power and small businesses stand to benefit as well. ‘‘The accompanying five percent incentives is also a plus,” he said.-state media

The state broadsheet media, the Herald says the alleged Itai Dzamara picture released by the abducted activist’s brother last week is a mere artistic impression officially commissioned by an NGO two months after the man’s disappearance. FULL TEXT: 
The release of an effigy alleged to be that of missing MDC-T journalist-cum-activist Itai Dzamara by his family last week was meant to coincide with the Occupy Africa Unity Square Movement that has since flopped.

The National Prosecuting Authority has filed an appeal to the High Court contesting the recent acquittal of a soldier Borman Ngwenya on allegations of attempting to throw petrol bombs at the First Family’s Alpha Omega Dairy Farm.
Ngwenya was last month freed by a Harare magistrate on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove a case against him.
The magistrate, Ms Fadzai Mthombeni ruled that from the trial, it was clear that Ngwenya was a spy working for the military and that his arrest was not justified. Ngwenya was facing two counts of possessing weaponry for sabotage and money laundering.
In the notice of appeal filed at the High Court on May 27 this year, Ngwenya and the trial magistrate Ms Mthombeni were listed as respondents. In the filed papers, the Prosecutor-General wants a re-trial, accusing the trial magistrate of failing to properly deal with the matter.
The prosecution argued in appeal that the magistrate erred in throwing out the case on the basis that Alpha Omega Farm was a private property.
“The second respondent erred in fact in holding that the intended target for sabotage or terrorism is a private property when evidence from police witnesses and Owen Kuchata clearly proves that Alpha Omega Dairies is a property owned by the President,” read the papers.
A chief law officer in the NPA Mr Justin Uladi deposed an affidavit supporting the appeal.
Mr Uladi’s analysis of the matter suggested that the magistrate did not properly handle the matter. “I have noted that the evidence led by the State is largely uncontroverted. The evidence against the first respondent is that the first respondent was found in possession of explosives, and that he had actually purchased the material used to make or manufacture the explosives, and that the explosives were intended for use in acts of terrorism,” read the affidavit.
Mr Uladi said the judgment by Ms Mthombeni was flawed. “My view of the second respondent’s judgment is that it is flawed. I say so because the second respondent failed to grasp the fact that at all relevant times, the intended target was the property of the President of Zimbabwe.
“The first respondent’s co-accused who testified as a State witness clearly stated that (they) targeted Alpha Omega Dairy Farm, because it belongs to the President,” said Mr Uladi.
The State wants the magistrate’s decision to be set aside.
It is also the prosecution’s request that the court must order a fresh trial in the matter before a different magistrate.
Ngwenya was arrested together with Solomon Makombe and Silas Pfupa, who both have links with the military, and Owen Kuchata, leader of the little known Zimbabwe People Front political party.
It was alleged that on January 22, at around 4pm, police received a tip-off that the four were planning to bomb Alpha Omega Dairy’s processing plant and a tuckshop during the night.
Acting on the tip-off, police proceeded to the farm and laid an ambush about 100 metres from the quartet’s target.
At around 10pm, the detectives saw the men approaching the dairy’s processing plant and immediately arrested them.-state media

A Harare woman who was allegedly raped and impregnated by her father when she was 14-years-old in 2010 suffered double tragedy after she was also raped by her grandfather three years later, who claimed an inducement for him not to report an incest case to the police.
The woman is now 20-years-old and her father is on the run after one of her brothers reported the abuse to the police through the suggestion box.
The grandfather (70) was arrested and appeared before Mr Tendai Mahwe who remanded him in custody with instructions to apply for bail at the High Court.
When she was raped by her father, the woman, now aged 20, reported the abuse to a relative and the matter was “solved” at family level without involving the police.
When the grandfather raped her, he also tried to convince the family members to solve the matter without reporting to the police.
The prosecutor Mr Sebastian Mutizirwa alleged that sometime in 2013 the complainant was at home with her child and her grandfather in Epworth.
The grandfather, it is alleged, called her inside the house and ordered her to sit on the bed.
The accused who was also sitting on the bed, reminded the complainant how she had been raped and impregnated by her father who is his son in 2010.
He then requested to have sexual intercourse with her saying it was a way of buying his silence. He said the only way to silence him was to have sexual intercourse with her or else he was going to report an incest case to the police against her and her father.
The complainant was holding her baby and was told to let him go outside and play.
According to the State, out of fear, the complainant gave in and her grandfather raped her.
The complainant later ran away from home and went to stay with her aunt in the same neighbourhood, before moving to Hopley in Harare where she stayed with her brother.
She then told her brothers what had happened and they approached the accused person demanding an explanation.
The accused pleaded with the complainant’s brothers not to report the matter to the police. However, one of them reported the matter to the police through the suggestion box.-state media

Local Government Minister was on Monday left agape as Harare Mayor Ben Manyenyeni who he had suspended bounced back into office.
Below was Manyenyeni’s celebration message:
Back on God’s yoke in the service of the City of Harare.
I returned to Town House this morning on the expiry of the 45-day deadline prescribed by Justice Dube following my legal challenge.
I have a mandate to serve.
I will respect and accept its compelling nature and the undeserved honour of office.
I am most grateful for the support during this turbulence (which may continue!).
Some people were unbelievable in their commitment to this matter – I thank you.
As the last batch of prayer warriors were leaving the mayor’s parlour this afternoon I was handed a letter from the Acting Minister of Local Government Prof. Jonathan Moyo reinstating me as Ward 17 Councillor and Mayor of the City of Harare.”

A ZVISHAVANE man allegedly kidnapped his neighbour’s teenage daughter and raped her in an eight-day hostage ordeal. Victor Beta, 36, of Kofi village under Chief Masunda in Zvishavane appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Shepherd Munjanja facing kidnapping and rape charges.
He pleaded not guilty, saying he had consensual sex with the 15-year-old girl. “Your worship l didn’t rape her. She agreed to have sex with me on the basis that I was going to give her bus fare to Harare. “It’s unfortunate that she says I raped her, but every time I had sex with her it was by consent,” said Beta.
He was remanded in custody to Friday for the continuation of trial. Prosecuting, Talent Tadenyika said Beta found his victim in a nearby bush crying some time in May. Upon inquiry, the victim told him that she had been chased away from home by her father and her stepmother and she needed $15 to go to her biological mother in Harare.
“Beta then took the girl to his home where he raped her on seven occasions in eight days,” said Tadenyika. The court heard that the matter came to light after the girl’s parents reported to the police that she was missing.
The police then received a tip off from a villager that Beta was living with an underage girl whom he had turned into his wife. state media

A principal lecturer at Hillside Teachers College in Bulawayo who was fired four years ago for allegedly receiving a $200 bribe from two desperate applicants who sought to secure places to train as teachers, has taken Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo to court challenging his dismissal.
Maxwell Kumbirai Jahwi, who is the appellant, has filed an appeal at the Bulawayo Labour Court citing Prof Moyo as the respondent.
Jahwi is alleged to have received $40 and R400 from Tinashe Madava in October 2011.
Between November 4 and December 28, 2011, Evidence Zhou deposited $150 into Jahwi’s bank account.
Madava and Zhou had applied for the January 2012 intake to train at Hillside Teachers College and Jahwi had offered to help them secure the places in return for money.
Madava reported Jahwi to the college principal after the deal failed to succeed.
Jahwi was fired after he was found guilty of charges of misconduct (violating provisions of the Public Service Regulation 2000) following a disciplinary hearing.
In his grounds of appeal, Jahwi said the disciplinary authority erred by holding him accountable, arguing that there was no evidence linking him to the offence.
He said the money that exchanged hands was not a bribe, but was held in trust waiting to be deposited with the college’s admissions office.
“I am aggrieved by the penalty prescribed by the board that convened my hearing for misconduct. Although I was not found to have received a bribe, the board nonetheless went ahead and prescribed the ultimate penalty of dismissal. I therefore seek to have the penalty set aside,” argued Jahwi.
Bulawayo Labour Court judge Justice Mercy Moya-Matshanga removed the matter from the roll to allow the Registrar to serve the notice of response to the respondents.

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo| The Ministry of Information is facilitating a meeting between President Robert Mugabe and a demon possessed woman so that the spirit can help revive the ailing economy, ZimEye.com can reveal.
A government employee who claims to be a spirit medium says the said “ancestral” spirit possessing her has instructed her to meet President Mugabe to unveil a strategy for economic revival.
In a case synonymous with the infamous Chinhoyi diesel incident that embarrassed senior government officials, Tsitsi Munyuki who is a civil servant says the Munyuki ancestral spirit has instructed her to meet Mugabe so that she can perform miracles for economic revival.
Zimbabwe’s economy is currently on its knees.
The Ministry of Information has engaged Munyuki for an appointment to meet the veteran leader, who has been blamed for the current economic mayhem the country is experiencing. “I am possessed by the Munyuki ancestral spirit which hails from the Chirumhanzu area, ” she said.
She continued, “the spirit continuously torments me for ignoring the country which is experiencing perennial drought spells and serious cash shortages.
“I must please it by meeting the President. If I meet the President, the economy will be immediately revived,” she said.
She continued saying, “in addition,the country will also receive normal rains.”
She also claimed she left the Johane Masowe Apostolic sect a few months ago after receiving instructions from the same spirit.
“The spirit which reveals itself in the form of a python strives to turn the economy into a source of national pride. I receive frequent instructions to meet the President for the betterment of the country’s economy,” she said.
While government officials at Benjamin Burombo Building confirmed their facilitation on the woman’s journey to Harare, it was not clear at the time of writing if the schedule to meet the president is succeeding and a direct comment from state house not possible at the time of going to press.

Terrence Mawawa, Gutu | A man from Mnangagwa Village in Gutu who was released from prison under the Presidential amnesty programme has committed suicide after suspecting that his wife had boyfriends while he was in prison.
Ishmael Zinyoro who was released from Mutimurefu Prison under the Presidential amnesty programme killed himself on the second day after his release from prison last week. He arrived home last Wednesday after being released under the Presidential amnesty programme.
Zinyoro hanged himself around 9 pm after his wife had gone to fetch water from a nearby well.
It is understood Zinyoro had a heated argument with his wife and he accused her of having several boyfriends. He also accused her of failing to visit him while he was in prison.
Villagers who spoke to ZimEye.com said Zinyoro was overtaken by emotions and took his life without seeking advice.
“It is very sad because the man took his own life without verifying what actually happened while he was away. We do not know what happened while Zinyoro was away but he was overtaken by emotions,” said a local villager.
Masvingo Provincial Police spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the incident.
Zinyoro was released under the Presidential amnesty programme after being convicted of unlawful entry and housebreaking.
He was buried last Friday in Gutu.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe could have clocked over 200 000km in the air and used over $80 million in flight travel this year alone according to information gleaned from close government sources.
Mugabe has visited Singapore nearly 10 times this year alone covering a total distance of over 160 000km. Mugabe frequents Singapore reportedly to get medical attention.
In April Mugabe covered more than 25 062km to and from New York, making the distance longer by a stopover in Singapore. This was after he had just jetted in from a 25 358km trip to Japan.
In less than a week, Mugabe flew to South Africa, then Singapore to pick up his wife and grandchild landing in Zimbabwe only to proceed to Papua New Guinea covering a distance of 24 350km return.
Mugabe has also been to Uganda for the swearing-in of fellow strongman Yoweri Museveni. He has also been to Russia, India, Ethiopia and Equatorial Guinea tagging along huge delegations.
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti recently told a Crisis In Zimbabwe meeting that each time Mugabe left the country, he carried with him $4 million in cash.
“President Robert Mugabe’s appetite to travel has put a strain on government recurrent expenditure because every time he leaves the country he carries with him $4 million which is physically taken from the RBZ RTGS system and, therefore, worsening the liquidity crunch,” he said.
MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said the travels have effectively bankrupted the country and cost Air Zimbabwe millions of dollars.
“President Robert Mugabe enjoys travelling, air travel is his number one hobby. This year alone, he has clocked more than 100 000 air miles and in the process, his endless travels have cost the bankrupt national Treasury a whopping $80 million. He is arguably the most travelled leader in the whole world,” he said.
Jacob Mafume of the People’s Democratic Party said Mugabe was in fact at the centre of externalising the scarce foreign currency in the country.
“One of the biggest sources of externalisation of the US dollar has been the President’s travels, therefore, instead of creating bond notes they should stop the President’s plane from travelling,” he said.
Gutu said if Mugabe stops the travels the money could be useful in meeting part of the government wage bill, among other obligations.
“Of course, this is a national tragedy because it is a notorious fact that the national coffers are dry and that the government is even struggling to pay civil servants every month. However, Mugabe always makes sure that his numerous and entirely purposeless foreign trips are adequately funded. He carries with him no less than S$4 million on each foreign trip,” he said.
Mugabe’s unending foreign trips have been linked to the biting cash shortages that have forced the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to introduce bond notes.
First Lady Grace, on the other hand, has also travelled immensely. Insiders claim all those travelling on government business take with them huge sums of cash and in the process have contributed to the crippling cash shortages that have forced fiscal authorities to announce the impending introduction of “bond notes”.
Tourism minister Walter Mzembi, Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Patrick Chinamasa (Finance) and Oppah Muchinguri (Environment) also join a list of top foreign travellers who have turned into visitors to Zimbabwe.
Mzembi is currently flying across the world canvassing for support on his bid to be secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
Mugabe reportedly travels with a delegation of no less than 40 people.
Mugabe early this year embarrassingly travelled to India for what was dubbed a “road show” before aborting the trip over “security concerns” in a cloud of dust.
Biti said Mugabe and his delegation hardly use plastic money and the country will have little reserves of cash to service the economy with the rate of trips continuously increasing.
“At the end of the day our problems are economic and rooted in failure of leadership more than anything else. Mugabe is siphoning out of Zimbabwe $4 million for every trip and this in cash,” Biti said.
Opposition MDC-T policy chief Nelson Chamisa said the cash shortages were an artificial construction by Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies to send people on a wild goose chase
“When Mugabe and ministers travel the tragedy is they want to travel in the expensive business class. The best way to stop externalisation is to avoid all unnecessary foreign travel. Externalisation is not done by ordinary people, but by the high and powerful and is exacerbated by extravagance,” Chamisa said.
A former Cabinet minister during the Government of National Unity from 2009 to 2013, Chamisa said top government officials bleed the country on allowances.
“Nobody can deny it because if I am not mistaken each time a minister travels they are given not less than $5 000 in allowances and they have turned it into a cash cow, some form of business. There is no better form of economic sabotage than this. Our country has become a danger to investment and capital. Ordinarily it should not be criminal for people to spend their money where they want. Instead we should be criminalising those who have bastardised our economy and turned it into a danger to capital,” Chamisa added.
The Kuwadzana East lawmaker’s claims corroborate revelations by former National Healing co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu who told a recent public discussion that opposition officials joined the gravy train and also partook in bleeding the country’s coffers. -Newsday

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo| There is confusion at Chivata Secondary school following the disappearance of US $2020 examination registration fees from the school coffers.
According to details released by the police in Zaka, there is evidence the person behind the crime is familiar with the school system.
It is understood there were no signs of burglary since the door was opened, indicating staff members at the school could be behind the crime.
Angry parents also accused the staff members at the school of clandestinely stealing the examination fees cash. “There is clear evidence that the person who stole the cash is familiar with the school.
There is evidence that the person used spare keys to open the door leading to the room in which the cash box was placed. We hope the police will speed up their investigations so that the culprit will be brought to book.We toiled to raise the examination fees for our children so we also expect the money to be recovered. We are shocked because some keys were used to gain access into the office. The culprit is among the staff members,” said one parent who declined to be named.
Zaka District Education Officer,James Mahofa, confirmed the incident and said the police were investigating the matter.
“The police are investigating the matter and we difinitely hope whoever did that will be arrested,” said Mahofa.

First Lady Grace Mugabe silenced former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Olivia Muchena from discussing her controversial doctorate in public, Zanu PF politburo minutes seen by the Zimbabwe Independent show.
Grace was awarded a controversial PhD by the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in September 2014, in what was widely seen as an unprecedented academic scandal of monumental proportions in Zimbabwe. She was among the 3 274 graduands capped by her husband President Robert Mugabe, who is also the chancellor of the UZ, with a PhD in Social Studies.
The Independent then unearthed that the First Lady was awarded the doctorate despite not fulfilling procedures which PhD candidates go through as her records were not available. Her thesis was also not available at the UZ library unlike other candidates, including former vice-president Joice Mujuru, who graduated on the same day with Grace.
According to minutes of a Zanu PF politburo meeting held on October 30 2014, seen by the Independent, Muchena, who was also the Zanu PF secretary for science and technology, was silenced by the First Lady after she made moves to clarify the matter.
According to the minutes, Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, then a committee member, expressed concern over private media’s reportage of Grace’s dubious PhD which he even tried to defend in public.
“On a different note, he (Moyo) said that the private media was on a smear campaign to demonise the First Lady. He urged the secretary for science and technology to correct some of the misconceptions surrounding the academic qualifications of the First Lady,” the politburo minutes read.
However, Muchena, responding to Moyo’s request, said efforts to clarify the degree had hit a brick wall as Grace did not want the issue to be discussed.
“In her comments, the secretary for science and technology reported that efforts to put into correct perspective issues surrounding the First Lady’s doctorate were halted after consultations. She said that the First Lady had instructed that the matter should not be discussed in public,” the minutes say.
The decision to award Grace a PhD was strongly criticised by academics, including UZ lecturers, students, the civil society and ordinary Zimbabweans.
Soon after her graduation, the Zimbabwe National Students Union called for a thorough investigation into how she acquired the PhD and demanded the resignations of those involved in the decision, including UZ Vice-Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura who failed to explain the scandal.
The student’s body also wrote a letter to the Parliamentary Portfolio Select Committee for Higher Education, which was copied to the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Muchena and Nyagura asking for investigations into the circumstances under which Grace was awarded the doctorate.
Academics such as Dr Ibbo Mandaza said Grace’s controversial PhD would damage UZ’s reputation, its academics and its alumni. He challenged the UZ to explain how the First Lady was awarded the doctorate. Neither Muchena nor Nyagura responded to media queries and the public demand for an explanation. It has since emerged that Grace ordered officials to remain silent over the issue hoping the protests would just die down and the scandal forgotten.
Information obtained by the Independent at the time showed Grace initially registered for an MPhil in 2012, but was upgraded by her supervisor to a DPhil programme.
This implies that when Grace registered as an MPhil student, she must have had a good pass in an honours degree with at least an upper second class (2.1) pass. Those close to the issue said after failing at the University of London a few years ago, she enrolled with a Chinese university and obtained an undergraduate degree.
But considering Grace’s poor performance at the University of London where she was eventually deregistered after failing most of her (BA English) examinations in 2004, it is highly unlikely she had an honours degree with quality grades to qualify for an MPhil.
In terms of UZ requirements, for an MPhil a candidate must have a good pass in an honours degree with at least an upper second class or an approved equivalent and the minimum duration of study is two years for a full-time student and three years for a part-time student.
A DPhil candidate requires a good master’s degree. An MPhil student who excels can, however, have his or her studies upgraded to DPhil. This only happens in exceptional circumstances where the student is distinguished.
Even then the minimum for a DPhil full-time student is three years and four years for part-time studies. Senior academics at the UZ said Grace did not meet the requirements, while she also did not spend the basic minimum time studying at UZ, making her acquisition of the PhD unprocedural and fraudulent.
Grace completed her first degree in Chinese Language in 2011 after four years of distance learning with the People’s University of China. independent

An estate dispute between two surviving wives has raised questions in the Supreme Court on what constitutes a marriage, a case that is likely to spark debate about the country’s marriage laws. This follows a case in which a woman abandoned her lawful husband for 23 years and got married twice. Ella Munjeri, whose marriage to the third man still subsists, now claims to be the only surviving spouse of the late Bookwet Jonathan Munjeri.
She was declared the surviving spouse in the High Court. Ella prevailed in the lower court because the judge accepted her claim that she was still married to the late Bookwet Munjeri in terms of the monogamous marriage at the time of his death.
But Supreme Court judge Justice Tendai Uchena, who presided over a chamber application for condonation of the late noting of an appeal, raised questions over Ella’s conduct. “The way she conducted herself prior to his death, and after she registered his estate, tells a different story,” he said.
Justice Uchena allowed the application by the executor, Ms Patricia Darangwa, acting for the late Juliet Munjeri who was Bookwet’s third wife under customary law marriage.
The other surviving spouse is Gladys Gweshe who is cited in the case as the fifth respondent. Justice Uchena concurred with Advocate Garikayi Sithole who was acting for Ms Darangwa that the case should proceed on appeal considering the circumstances around the dispute.
“I am satisfied that this case should be allowed to proceed on appeal and for its importance as it raises serious questions on whether a spouse who abandons or divorces the other for 23 years, and thereafter gets married to two other spouses, can on the death of the abandoned/divorced spouse claim to be the deceased’s surviving spouse and inherit the abandoned/divorced spouse’s estate,” said Justice Uchena.
Ella, who was being represented by Mr Sikhumbuzo Mpofu of Munangati and Associates, abandoned Bookwet between 1979 and 1980 and married a Mr Mupfumira with whom she had a daughter.
That union was terminated in 1985.
It was succeeded by her marriage to Mr David Dzvova with whom she is staying and has children with. Bookwet died on October 13, 2002.
After the death of Bookwet, Ella registered his estate as the sole surviving spouse, but abandoned her claim when the late Juliet Munjeri sent an affidavit to the Master of the High Court challenging her status.
Subsequent to Juliet’s affidavit, Ella waived her rights saying she was no longer interested in the estate. She communicated this in writing to the Master of the High Court after she was invited to edict meetings.
Thereafter, the late Juliet Munjeri registered the estate and administered it until its distribution account was confirmed by the Master of the High Court on September 1, 2006.
Ella kept her silence until soon after Juliet’s death on July 13, 2013, when she resumed her claim to Bookwet’s estate.
During Bookwet’s life time, Ella wrote him letters complaining about him allowing their children to visit her at her matrimonial home with Mr Dzvova. She, on a number of occasions, reminded him of their divorce and her being someone else’s wife. She advised him to go back to court where he had been granted custody if he no longer wanted the children.
In the High Court, Justice Hlekani Mwayera declared Ella the surviving spouse on the grounds that her marriage to the late Bookwet had not been dissolved by a competent court.
“In the absence of the legally-sanctioned marriage being dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction, the parties who made a choice to have their issues of emotions regulated by monogamous type of marriage regime remained so married,” she said.
Justice Mwayera noted in her judgment that both Bookwet and Ella were living in adulterous relationships. They did not formally divorce up until the time of Bookwet’s death. She said it was clear from documents filed of record and submissions, that the marriage between Ella and Bookwet was contracted first before the subsequent customary unions.
The situation which obtained until the death of Bookwet, Justice Mwayera ruled, did not bring the marriage under the general law at the same footing with the customary marriages for inheritance purposes.-state media

ZimEye.com explores: What truly happened to former ZANU PF empowerment activist, Acie Lumumba, following the embarrassing sex video expose with an unnamed woman. In this exclusive, ZimEye probes hot issues raised by newsreaders which are:

• Was Lumumba’s house truly broken into by the ZRP cops?
• When did this happen and why did he not make it public on the day of the breach.
• Who is this woman Lumumba is seen in the video with and in particular how old is she? Is she not a minor who was abused by the then powerful ZANU PF politician?
• Among these things at the crown of legal matters is the alleged ZRP break in. Lumumba in the interview reveals there is no defacement at all outside his property at the access doors to show proof that his house was forcibly invaded. Lumumba argues however saying the evidence exists rather on the internal door to his office. When queried on this and in particular so he should supply pictures of that said internal door to the office, Lumumba replies ZimEye.com Simba Chikanza saying he is not at home at present.

Below was the snap interview: