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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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.
Details were sketchy and an official statement from the police unfruitful. DID YOU ALSO WITNESS THIS ACCIDENT? Send in your video, pictures and details of your experience right now to +447426863301

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:

A CHIKURUBI Maximum Security Prison Old Camp officer allegedly stole ammunition from his workplace, teamed up with armed robbers and shot a security guard manning Deputy Police Commissioner Olga Bungu’s house.
Warren Hazvienzani Katiro (35) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe on Wednesday facing attempted murder charges or alternatively contravening the Firearms Act.
He was remanded in custody to June 15. Prosecuting, Mr Sebastian Mutizirwa alleged that sometime in May this year Katiro stole a number of 9mm live ammunition from the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services.
He allegedly supplied the ammunition to his accomplices, Allan Mutemachanai and Rodwell Joe, who are still on the run. Katiro teamed with the pair and went to Arcturus Mine where they acquired a pistol from Samuel Butao.
Armed with the pistol, the trio went to 241 Samora Machel Avenue in Belvedere on May 18 at around 10pm where they approached Yeukai Chimhanda who was guarding Dep Comm Bungu’s home.
Chimhanda was armed with an AK 47 rifle and the trio called him by name. As Chimhanda went outside they opened fire. They allegedly shot him once on the left side of the chest and fled.

A MAN from Madlambudzi in Bulilima District yesterday appeared in court for allegedly raping two pupils after giving them biscuits. Prince Maisa, 23, allegedly raped the Madlambuzi primary school pupils after calling them to his room.
He pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape before regional magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze. Maisa complained about his lengthy remand period following his arrest in December last year.
“I didn’t commit the crime and I pray that the court deals with this matter soon as possible. I’ve spent a lot of time on remand for something I didn’t do,” he said.
Magistrate Msipa-Marondedze remanded him in custody to June 8 for trial.
Prosecuting, Concilia Ncube alleged that sometime in November last year, Maisa asked the two girls, who are friends, to clean his room.
“The girls swept his room and were given biscuits. One of the girls aged 12 left his room first, leaving behind her friend also aged 12. Maisa then called her into his room and promised to give her another biscuit and the girl complied,” said Ncube.
“Maisa closed the door, grabbed the girl and raped her once. The girl went away and narrated what had happened to her friend.”
Ncube said Maisa called the second girl to his room and proposed love and was turned down.
“On another day, Maisa called the same girl to his room and the girl agreed. When she got in, he lifted her and the girl started screaming. Maisa then reached for a kitchen knife which was on the table and threatened to kill her if she made any noise,” she said.
Ncube said Maisa undressed the girl and raped her once.
“The girl went away and told the first complainant about the incident. The first complainant told her mother when she visited from South Africa on December 17 and they made a report.
“Her friend also opened up to her aunt on the same day and the girls were taken to Plumtree Hospital for medical examination,” she said. -state media

A MAN from Chiredzi allegedly fatally assaulted his mother, 87, in the presence of his father, 101, during an argument over pastures. Daniel Mazvuma, 50, of Village 1 Wana Extension, struck Chenhare Mazvuma with a log on the legs, head and several times on the abdomen leading to her death some hours later. Daniel allegedly accused Chenhare of letting neighbours destroy their pastures.
During cross examination, Daniel who was represented by Dumisani Hwacha of Hwacha and Ndlovu Legal Practitioners denied having used excessive force to assault his mother.
“While I agree that I assaulted my mother following a misunderstanding over thatching grass I didn’t use excessive force. Chenhare insulted me and I got angry leading me to committing the crime but I had no intention of killing her. I had to pick a bigger log and assault her twice as she also fought back. I was also drunk after drinking five litres of traditionally brewed beer,” said Daniel.
Appearing before Justice Joseph Musakwa sitting with assessors Eliphas Gweru and Samuel Mutomba, Daniel pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
He was remanded in custody to today for judgment and sentence. For the State, Elson Chavarika, said sometime in May, 2014, at around 3PM Daniel arrived home from a beer drink.
“Upon his arrival Daniel found the father Fambisai Mazvuma, 101, and mother Chenhare home. There were some villagers, including his aunt Tsitsi Muzodziwa at the homestead, storing their thatching grass. This did not go down well with Daniel and he started accusing Chenhare of letting villagers destroy their pastures,” said Chavarika.
He said Daniel hurled insults at his mother including some of the unprintable words while demanding that she reprimands the villagers for cutting their grass.
Chavarika said at around 9PM, Daniel allegedly pulled a log from a pile of firewood before assaulting his mother while his father watched.
His father, the court heard, attempted to restrain him from further assaulting his mother, but Daniel would not listen and continued striking her.
After realising that she was unconscious, Daniel stopped and briefly disappeared into the darkness. The old woman was pronounced dead on admission to Chiredzi Hospital. -state media

ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) welcomes the opening of a permanent High Court in Masvingo by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Monday 30 May 2016.
The decentralisation of the High Court is long overdue, and will go a long way in facilitating access to justice by many previously disadvantaged vulnerable people residing in Masvingo and other surrounding provinces.
Its proximate location, is particularly compelling as it will further alleviate challenges such as exorbitant travel, upkeep costs that were incurred by potential litigants, witnesses as well as other players interacting with the justice system at this level.
Most people had to travel for long distances to Harare and Bulawayo to access the services of the High Court.
From an administrative perspective, once fully operational, the Masvingo High Court will also help to reduce backlog of cases, minimise delays and hopefully expedite the determination of cases.
The new court will contribute to improving the efficiency of the justice system as a whole as there was substantial pressure on the limited permanent High Court facilities – located in Harare and Bulawayo due to the number of users who previously had no options.
ZLHR encourages stakeholders to offer necessary and relevant support for a functional and effective Masvingo High Court as this will boost public confidence in the justice delivery system. People living within the jurisdiction of this court are also urged to fully utilise its facilities for protection of their social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights provided in the 2013 Constitution. The JSC must continue to work with strategic partners to establish additional permanent High Courts in other provinces such as Manicaland and Midlands.
As a law based organisation that is committed to fostering a culture of human rights in Zimbabwe, ZLHR will continue through its various interventions to promote awareness of the existence of the High Court in Masvingo, and fully utilise this new court in order to advance the protection of human rights.
ENDS
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
6th Floor, Beverley Court

PDP position on the on-going ZESA saga

Minister Samuel Undenge must resign or be fired

It is not new for ZANU (PF) Ministers to interfere in the running of state enterprises which fall under their mandate, in fact that is all they ever do as they scheme on how to make money from any tenders, projects or contracts that are currently in play.
As we at PDP have stated before, in Zimbabwe we have a ZANU (PF) looting machine whose sole business is to plunder our resources with no remorse at all. This looting machine is primarily operative through state enterprise projects where dubious loans are procured clandestinely and project costs inflated so that those in the looting chain can get paid off.
To qualify to be in this chain, you must blindly support the party and Mugabe and never challenge his competency or decisions. That is why all state enterprises CEO’s must be approved by him in the first place and they must also of course continually pay homage to him and wish him long life as their President. Some have even openly confessed how they owe their “rise” to Mugabe.
It is evident to us at PDP that the current shenanigans at ZPC and ZESA are a microcosm of the broader economy which has ceased to be productive, but is now characterised by a ZANU (PF) secret economy of corruption and quick deals. This is why Zimbabweans continue to be shocked at the amount of wealth in this booming ZANU (PF) cabal secret economy, while the majority of citizens have to scrounge on daily basis in order to survive.
The Zimbabwean taxpayer, for generations to come, is already burdened by ZANU (PF) corruption and will continue paying dearly for state enterprise “loans” for the next twenty to thirty years. That will be
the legacy of Mugabe and his predatory cabal whose insatiable greed and profligacy must be funded by poor Zimbabweans.
As PDP we must express our utmost disgust at the failure by Minister Undenge of taking full responsibility of the continuing corruption at ZPC and ZESA. We demand that he resigns or be fired immediately for corruption and undue and unethical interference in the normal course of business at these companies. This is the cancer of corruption that we speak of which can only be addressed by cutting off those limbs that are causing the rot.
Although this is our position, we know that nothing will be done by Mugabe because he would have to fire his whole cabinet and also resign himself because he must also ultimately take responsibility for the
sins of those he has appointed.
We are, however, pleased to note that management at ZPC have now decided to tell it as it is and we expect that the Minister takes full responsibility for his deeds than to continually blame them for the rot.
PDP continues to stress that without substantive economic reforms and the replacement of the ZANU(PF) looting team from government, Zimbabweans can only expect a worsening economic climate characterized by increasing unemployment and therefore decreasing disposable incomes and wide spread poverty.
As the economic situation worsens, we are certainly bound to see more creativity from the looters and their kin as the pressure to maintain their conspicuous lifestyles in the midst of poverty increases. They are all beyond redemption. ZANU (PF) has plundered and bankrupted Zimbabwe and it is now time for us to put a stop to the rot.
We therefore once more call for the immediate resignation of the shameless looting machine called ZANU (PF) from government and the establishment of a national transitional technical council (NTTC) to arrest the socio economic decline and to begin to revive the economy.
Its mandate must include dealing with the emergency social needs now, addressing the liquidity issues and stabilising the financial services sector, dealing with the public debt issue, dealing with corruption within state enterprises, reviving agriculture and industry to create jobs, attracting new long term investment into the country, reducing recurrent government expenditure and doing whatever it takes to stabilise the macro-economic environment.
In our view, this is the only way we can immediately stop the rot and save Zimbabwe from these habitual looters.

Another Zimbabwe is possible!!!

Vince Musewe

PDP Secretary for Finance and Economic Affairs