Enrolment of pupils into Form 1 next year will be conducted on December 4 countrywide using Grade Seven results, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has said.
In a statement yesterday, Dr Dokora said this year’s enrolment had been set for December 4, but in future education authorities would provide dates.
“The ministry noted that some schools were enrolling learners into Form 1 through application of their own entrance tests and assessment,” read the statement.
“The enrolment shall be on a working day, seven days after the Grade 7 results are officially announced by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) or as determined by the secretary every year. The 2016 Form 1 enrolment shall be Friday, 4 December 2015.”
This follows an outcry by parents over the cost of entrance tests who criss-cross the country in search of Form 1 places each year while being fleeced of thousands of dollars by unscrupulous headmasters and school authorities.
Schools sometimes conduct entrance tests for 500 pupils at $20 each when they require only 100 pupils. Dr Dokora stated that the practice of entrance tests and non-refundable fees was “discriminatory”, adding that in response, Government had issued a circular as part of comprehensive corrective measures.
“Representations have been received to the effect that parents were being subjected to unnecessary financial burden through the payment of the non-refundable entrance test fees or travelling from school to school,” he said.
“This practice is discriminatory and violates the provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Number 20 of 2013 Section 563) and the Education Act Sections (4) 1) and 4) (2) (b).
“In response to these representations, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education produced the Secretary’s Circular Minute Number 13 of 2015 which provided guidelines on enrolment into Form 1. Enrolment of learners into Form 1 shall be based on Grade 7 results and shall be conducted on a specific date each year across the country,” the statement said.
He added that parents and pupils were advised to identify and approach a school of their choice for Form 1 on the enrolment date.
“Heads of secondary schools should advise their District Education Officers within two days of the enrolment date of any shortfalls in Form 1 enrolment to facilitate advice to parents and pupils accordingly.
“Provincial Education Directors, District Education Officers, Heads of Secondary schools, Responsible Authorities, Church Education Secretaries, Teachers Associations, and Trust Schools must respect the letter and spirit of these guidelines,” said Dokora.-State Media

THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has charged Gokwe regional magistrate Shepherd Munjanja for unbecoming behaviour following his much publicised court case involving a Harare prostitute.
According to the charge sheet, Munjanja’s court case which was extensively covered by the media brought the judiciary into disrepute.
“You’re charged with unbecoming behaviour likely to bring the commission into disrepute,” reads part of the letter to Munjanja, 34. He was given 14 days to respond to the charge.
Chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe told The Chronicle yesterday that he was in Victoria Falls and would not be able to tell the exact charge preferred against Munjanja.
Sources close to the matter said Munjanja was served with the letter yesterday. Melody Hamandawana, who confessed that she was a prostitute faced charges of robbing Munjanja of $156, a phone, his driver’s licence and bank cards.
However, Harare provincial magistrate Vakai Chikwekwe acquitted her saying the State had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. The state alleged that the 21-year-old lady of the night and her friends used violence and threats to induce Munjanja to surrender his money and other possessions.
She denied the charges and told the court a different story. She said the magistrate was a long-time client who would hire her for sex each time he came to the capital. She said Munjanja had not paid her.
Prosecutors alleged that Munjanja was sitting in his car around 7AM on October 26 when he was approached by one unidentified man who was carrying a rim and two tyres which fit the magistrate’s car.
The man then persuaded the magistrate to buy the tyres and further lured him into Treckered Court, a brothel, claiming he owned an office on the second floor.
Upon arrival at the alleged office, the man then allegedly shoved Munjanja into a room. There were two men inside and Hamandawana suddenly emerged from an inner room in the company of her two friends only identified as Chipo and Tafadzwa.
The trio then accused Munjanja of having raped one of them some time ago and started assaulting him while searching his pockets.
They allegedly took $156, bank cards, driver’s licence, 20 litre Redan fuel coupons, a notepad and Ecocash debit card.
The court further heard that they then demanded that Munjanja go to his bank under their escort to withdraw more money.
Hamandawana and her friends then hired a taxi and escorted him to Stanbic Samora Machel branch where he managed to escape and sought safety at Harare Central police station.
On October 27, police were tipped that Hamandawana was at Treckered Court and organised an ambush, leading to her arrest.
The total value of the property stolen was $336 and only $180 was recovered, but magistrate Chikwekwe acquitted the girl.-State Media

Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru has reportedly approved a proposed People First (PF) project constitution, setting in motion plans to launch the party, which has been on the cards for several months now.
While a local daily says Mujuru appended her signature as leader of the new opposition party last Tuesday, paving way for a massive recruitment exercise, ZimEye.com is reliably informed

Mujuru will remain underground until around mid December. The move is to allow her to complete the necessary preparations for the final launch after Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF conference enabling her to bookmark against the 91 year old leader.
PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo is quoted by Newsday confirming that the document was with Mujuru, although he was unsure whether she had signed it.
“I am not sure about signing. As far as I know, it has not been signed, but we have generally agreed that it is a good document. We are still consulting with our sympathisers and supporters,” he said. “We need them to give input before the final document, but so far we are happy with what we have.”
It is expected that the party’s constitution will be founded on Blueprint to Unlock Investment and Leverage for Development (Build), a policy document Mujuru publicised about two months ago. Mujuru has for several months kept people guessing on her next political move, making subtle hints she was on the verge of forming a party, although she has been publicly coy.
On Tuesday, she issued a statement berating President Robert Mugabe for continuously accusing her of plotting to kill him, yet he was yet to present evidence to back his claims.
In forming her party, Mujuru has the support of Gumbo, former Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and former ministers Dzikamai Mavhaire and Kudakwashe Bhasikiti.
They are among a number of several Zanu PF members who were axed from the party on allegations of plotting to oust Mugabe and fanning factionalism. Sources claim PF has undertaken an intensive recruitment drive across the country’s provinces, targeting disgruntled Zanu PF and MDC-T activists in the process.
“They are on a massive recruitment drive and are attracting former MDC-T and Zanu PF activists, who have been dumped or are disillusioned. Zanu PF is aware of this and that is why you have (First Lady) Grace (Mugabe) panicking,” an insider said.
Last week, Grace called on Zanu PF youths to be vigilant and watch former Marondera Central MP Ray Kaukonde’s activities in Mashonaland East closely. She claimed the former Zanu PF provincial chairman and Gumbo were giving youths, some as young as 15 years old, cash to be part of their project ahead of the 2018 elections.
Gumbo said Grace’s accusations should be dismissed with the contempt they deserved.
“We are no longer members of Zanu PF, why should she be worried about how we conduct ourselves?” he asked.
“We are organising and getting ideas from people. We believe that any transformation will have to come from the people.We do not believe in the Zanu PF thinking of one centre of power. It is a feudalistic, primitive and monarchical understanding that does not have a place in modern societies.”

Staff Reporter| PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday demanded for an immediate demolition of a residential settlement near the Harare International Airport.
Taking swipe at the Ministries of Transport and of Local Government, Mugabe demanded to know why the settlement which started off in 1980 was allowed to develop.
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and his Transport and Infrastructural Development counterpart Dr Joram Gumbo could not give satisfactory answers.
The settlement is being administered by a housing co-operative calling itself Nyikavanhu Housing Cooperative, but gives a view of a haphazard “squatter camp” as it is largely composed of makeshift houses. President Mugabe, who was cutting the ribbon to officially open the first phase of the Harare International Airport Road, looked at the settlement and was not impressed.
He said the settlement tarnished the image of the country and the settlers should be immediately relocated. After cutting the ribbon, the President asked Dr Gumbo about the legal status of the settlement. Dr Gumbo said he was not sure about its status and referred questions to Minister Kasukuwere, who was not immediately available.
When Minister Kasukuwere was eventually called to explain, he said the settlement was a housing cooperative. Said President Mugabe: “Ko izvo zviri kubuda uko zvii? Apa hapaite kuti mupe vanhu nekuti panhu panopfuura nemavisitors. Haisi land yeexpansion yeairport here?”
Minister Kasukuwere concurred that the land was for airport expansion. President Mugabe then added:“Vanhu vari apa ngavabve.” Legislator for Harare South, which forms part of the settlement, Shadreck Mashayamombe, who was also present when President Mugabe made the order, said the area would be cleared within 14 days.
He agreed that the area was reserved for airport expansion and other related services such as construction of hotels. Mashayamombe said a delegation led by Harare Metropolitan Provincial Minister of State Miriam Chikukwa would visit the area today to inform the residents that they should move out.
He said some of the occupants were illegal settlers who invaded the land in 2000. Mashayamombe said the settlers were offered alternative land in Stoneridge Park, but some refused to vacate. “They settled themselves on that land in 2000 and in 2013 Government ordered them to move to Retreat Farm in Harare South where they were offered 2 000 stands,” he said.
“About 700 complied and some resisted and regrouped with other new occupants to expand the settlement. We are already in the process of relocating them, but now that the President has raised concern over the settlement we are going to speed up the process.
“In 14 days the place will be clear and tomorrow (today) we are visiting the area with the Minister of State (Miriam Chikukwa), provincial administrator (Mr Alfred Tome), Harare mayor (Bernard Manyenyeni) and the district administrator of that area to inform the residents of this development.”
Some of the residents who spoke to media said the area was cleared for residential occupation. One of the residents, who only identified himself as Mr Jena, said they were given an offer letter as Nyikavanhu Housing Co-operative in 2006. He said they were also in possession of a letter from the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe clearing them to build houses on that land.
“We have all the paperwork to build houses here under Arlington Subdivision E,” said Mr Jena. “The sub-division is of 500 stands measuring 2 000 square metres.” Mr Jena said since 2010 they had paid instalments amounting to $4 000. One of the residents who refused to be named said he bought his stand from a member of the cooperative through an estate agent for $22 000.
“I am not sure of the legal status of this area because I bought this stand through an estate agent for $22 000,” he said. “As it stands right now, I am stopping all the developments I am carrying out until I have a clear picture of where this is going.”

The South African Government has extended the deadline for the issuance of the outstanding special permits to Zimbabweans in South Africa to january 31, 2016, throwing a lifeline to those that had not yet received them.
The department of home affairs had initially said the xtension would not run into next year.
The permits are valid for three years. Chairman Solomon Chikowero of the Global Zimbabwe Forum is welcoming the move.
The Home Affairs Department also announced that rejected permits which stood at 12,000 had now been revised to 25 giving more Zimbabweans a chance to legally stay in South Africa.
“We are excited about this announcement it gives hope to some of those who had initially been rejected and those that had not yet received their ZSP permits a longer time to finally have closure and stay in South Africa legally,” said Chikowero.
Chikowero said his organisation and others that promote immmigration rights in South Africa met with South African government officials on November 4, recommending an extension and he is happy that they fulfilled this recommendation giving more Zimbabwean a chance to stay in South Africa legally.
meanwhile, more than 500 nigerians deported from the united kingdom today arrived home amid concern by some Zimbabweans living illegally in that nation that they may also be sent back home soon.
According to the daily post of nigeria and press reports in london, the deportees were sent home due to expired immigration papers.
Indications are that britain is planning to deport more than 29,000 nigerians.
Some Zimbabweans who spoke to Studio 7 said most of the people without proper documents are panicking, thinking that they may be the next targets. The number of zimbabweans living illegally in the united kingdom is unknown.
Immigration authorities and British parliamentarians linked to Zimbabwean issues declined to comment.-VOA

Two men from Beitbridge yesterday appeared in court charged with assault and robbery.They were each given an effective six years for breaking into a police detective’s house, handcuffed and assaulted him before stealing property worth $1,412.
24-year-old Simon Machato and Lovemore Taurai Sam Ruvengo, 32, both  from Dulibadzimu suburb, were convicted on their own plea of guilty when they appeared before magistrate Innocent Bepura.
Russell Tanaka Wamiridza,23 who is the 3rd accomplice and also resides in the same suburb, is expected to stand trial today after he denied the charges. Machato and Ruvengo where slapped with five and one year imprisonment sentences for the two counts of robbery respectively.

He said at around 1AM on October 8, Machato and his two accomplices broke into the premises after creating a hole in the security fence.
The court further heard that when the trio got into the yard, they smashed a window to the kitchen and gained entry. They then sprayed Nyoni, who had been awoken by the noise of breaking glass, with pepper spray.
He said they then dragged him to his bedroom where they handcuffed him from behind using his handcuffs they found in his wardrobe.
Machato and Ruvengo then assaulted the detectives while Wamiridza stood guard outside.
They then took away property including a television set, five cell phones, a laptop and digital video player. The property was worth $1,374.
The duo later proceeded to a room where the house maid was sleeping and took away a cell phone worth $38 after threatening to beat up the woman if she screamed to alert people.
They then disappeared into the darkness but were arrested two days later. All the property was recovered.

By Tinoonga Mawere, Chiredzi |A 35 year old Chiredzi Hospital nurse was allegedly found with drugs stolen from the government hospital stashed at her house.
 
Moreblessing Makwangwaudze who is based at the giant government hospital appeared before magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso facing charges of contravening the Medicines and Allied Control act.
Makwangwaudze allegedly stole the drugs while on night duty.
After commencing night duty she took 22 x 100 milligrams vials of the pethidine drug and hid them in her handbag.
As the other nurses on duty requested the same drug,it was discovered only a few packets of the medicine were left. A police report was made and her house was searched leading to the discovery of several other drugs she hid in the ashes in her house. She was also found in possession of 5 x 100 milligrams of the Diazepam drug and 4 ampoules of Pethidine.
Makwangwaudze ‘s case reflects the state of desperation among the country’s medical professionals who are surviving on paltry salaries.
Zimbabwean doctors have gone on strike since they are unhappy with the paltry salaries they are getting .The country has suffered a huge brain drain trend especially in the health sector with nurses and doctors leaving the country to seek greener pastures.The lack of motivation on the part of medical staff is also jeopardising the health standards in the country.
It is understood Makwangaudze intended to sell the drugs at the black market at inflated prices . There are reports that government hospitals are running out of essential drugs and this could worsen the situation for people living with chronic illness.

A WOMAN hit her ex-husband with a water glass on the head when she found him in bed with two alleged prostitutes, a court heard.
Simiselo Khumalo, 26, of Nkulumane suburb admitted to magistrate Abednico Ndebele she assaulted Never Sibanda, 31. Ndebele cautioned and discharged Khumalo.
She said although she had separated with Ncube, the two had an on and off relationship.
Khumalo told the court she had been under the impression that they were working things out with Sibanda, adding she got violent because she was angry and she loved him.
“He paid my bride price and he was my husband. But we separated after we had a misunderstanding and my parents took me back home. Even though we split, we have been seeing each other from time to time,” said Khumalo.
“When I saw him with the two naked women in bed I lost it and the two ladies fled. I then assaulted him because I was very angry.”
Sibanda, however, said the women Khumalo found in his room were his aunts who had visited.
“The women found in my room were not my girlfriends. We were not in bed together but I was sleeping on the floor,” said Sibanda.
Ndebele warned Khumalo not to use violence to solve her problems and urged the two to resolve their issues amicably.
“Go and resolve your problems without fighting. If you resort to violence over a man, next time I will send you to prison,” said Ndebele. Stewart Madzore prosecuted.-State Media

Despite the widespread belief among many Zimbabweans that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a powerful man in the warring post-congress Zanu PF, he is, like other party bigwigs, surviving solely on President Robert Mugabe’s benevolence, a local think-tank has said.
Commenting on the goings-on in the ruling party and the country in a recent report, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) said Mnangagwa would also depend on the benevolence and goodwill of Mugabe if he was to ever become Zimbabwe’s next leader.
According to the report titled “Complexities around Zanu PF succession: State and party constitutions”, Mnangagwa’s ruling party foes, the ambitious Young Turks known as the Generation 40 (G40), also controlled‘VP surviving on Mugabe’s charity’ critical party structures — which worked against his interests.
Thus, for Mnangagwa to power ahead and overcome these constraints, he needed the intervention of Mugabe, who was the ultimate puppet master.
“Despite the possibilities, the vice president’s mere occupancy of the position does not mean that he will be automatically nominated in the event of Mugabe’s death, resignation or incapacitation.
“As a presumptive heir, instead, this will depend on Mnangagwa’s successful exercise of his position as state vice president, and those positions as the second in command of Zanu PF, to consolidate power, and not his colleagues’ acknowledgement that they must obey him because he occupies these offices.
“Thus, Mnangagwa needs to use these positions to institutionalise his authority in order to entrench himself within the party system if he is to stand a better chance at winning the party’s nomination,” ZDI added.
The report also points out that due to the concentration of power in both the party and the country in Mugabe’s hands, Mnangagwa had a significant disadvantage as he did not possess the necessary powers that he needed to consolidate his authority over the party in preparation for the departure from office by Mugabe.
“As head of the party, president Mugabe has immense powers that allow him control of the main organisational and appointment machinery of the party.
“This is at the expense of other party institutions such as the central committee, the politburo and the office of his deputy, Mnangagwa,” ZDI said.
The Pedzisai Ruhanya-led think-tank also believed that analysts had prematurely concluded that as vice president Mnangagwa was better positioned to take over the party leadership than other party bigwigs, which was not entirely true.
“Unlike the president of the party, Mnangagwa cannot bump enemies from influential positions within the party, and replace them with allies.
“For example, he cannot re-assign his opponent Saviour Kasukuwere from the influential position of political commissar, nor can he have Jonathan Moyo booted out of the politburo, thereby weakening the powerbase of the G40,” it added. Daily News

While ZANU PF bosses and ministers who looted millions of dollars worth of diamonds from the Chiadzwa fields walk scot free, a Chinese national, Li Chengping (57), was yesterday jailed for an effective 10 years in prison for illegally possessing gold and emeralds amounting to a little over $300.00
The sentencing came despite the defence counsel’s spirited efforts to have the convict spared a jail term.
Chengping was arrested at Harare International Airport on November 17 this year while on his way back to China in possession of 2,94 grammes of gold valued at $105,70 and three pieces of emeralds valued at $240,70 without being a holder of a licence or permit which allows him to deal in the minerals.
Mahwe, in sentencing Chengping, said he applied his mind to the law and the circumstances of the convict.
“After taking into consideration all the factors, for possession of gold, you are sentenced to five years in prison, and for the second count of emeralds possession, you are sentenced to another five years. This effectively makes them 10 years in prison,” Mahwe said.
“I take that you broke the law while being aware of what it says about minerals since you are involved in mining at Zvishavane.”
Breach of the Minerals Act attracts a custodial sentence within the statute.
Chengping’s lawyer Tich Muhonde had last Friday implored the court to be lenient with his client, whom he said was a first offender, and sentence him to a fine equivalent to double the value of the minerals found on him.
Muhonde had argued that the fact that he pleaded guilty was a special reason why he should not be given a custodial sentence in addition to being a first offender.
“The accused is a foreigner, unsophisticated and non-conversant with the mineral laws of this country, who intended to use these stones as souvenirs. This, coupled with the negligible value of the emeralds and gold, should weigh in his favour,” he said. (Additional Reporting/.Newsday)

Some war veterans in Manicaland say they want to be part of an open debate on President Robert Mugabe’s succession.
The former freedom fighters say an open debate will curb the worsening political crisis in Zanu PF.
One of the liberation war veterans and Zanu PF member in the region, Ivan Mbengo, told Studio 7 the issue of leadership renewal in the ruling party has to be debated openly to avoid political machinations in the party that continue to grow due to a closed debate that does not include all stakeholders.
Mbengo said by not opening the debate to war veterans in particular, irreparable damage is being done to the party.
He said President Mugabe and other war veterans in the government should not let down the thousands of freedom fighters who lost their lives in the liberation struggle.
“On the issue of succession if we war veterans and our commander in chief President Robert Mugabe fail to leave Zimbabwe with a legacy of united party, united country, peaceful nation and prosperous and well governed, we will have failed our fallen comrades.”
Mbengo, who said he is speaking on behalf of many veterans of the 1970s liberation struggle concerned by the goings-on in Zanu PF currently, added that Zanu PF should hold conferences and open debates that should objectively look at who can succeed the president without undermining his authority.
“The issue of succession must be debated first by all war veterans openly and meeting held all over the provinces and hold conferences to even choose who would succeed our iconic leader comrade Mugabe when the time arrives, even when you look at the USA, those that take the reins are mostly Vietnam veterans.”
Mbengo, a holder of a doctorate in Policy Studies and International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe, and current Zanu PF Ward Eleven chairperson in the City of Mutare, said war veterans should be given a greater say in the succession debate.
“We war veterans should be given that allowance to choose who would lead Zimbabwe. It has to be done openly to avoid cases of factionalism that are haunting the party as we speak. Open debate does away with what we are seeing; the fights for positions.”
The former liberation fighter said nothing tangible normally comes out of large gatherings such as the forthcoming Zanu PF conference in Victoria Falls.
“What we have is a conference where there are more than 700 people and we cannot meaningfully discuss such serious issues with such a huge crowd.”
He stressed that leadership renewal is crucial for Zanu PF’s survival.
“The people who call the shots should be given a chance to air their views. We believe in organisational and leadership renewal because if we fail to do so we are faced to imminent death of a party and a movement called Zanu PF.”
His sentiments were echoed by other war veterans like Systems Machipanda, also of Mutare, who said the succession and leadership renewal debate in Zanu PF should be open.
Machipanda said Zanu PF stakeholders have a role to play in the political chess game that will produce the person to succeed their 91-year old leader who turns 92 in February.
Alex Muchena, a war veteran from Muchena village in Old Mutare, agreed, adding only things that are done in secret have the potential of destroying their beloved Zanu PF.
The succession issue has divided Zanu PF into factions as groups try to position themselves in the event Mr. Mugabe decides to retire.
President Mugabe’s wife, Grace, incensed many at the weekend by saying her husband could run Zimbabwe until he turned 100 and even if he was in a wheelchair or blind.-VOA

As President Robert Mugabe squanders $80 million on foreign trips, the strike by Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) doctors entered its second day yesterday amid indications that the health insurer was awaiting the release of funds from Government to ease the situation.
Despite the countrywide health scare, Mugabe’s Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira reported saying she is not aware of the strike.
Doctors attested to PSMAS institutions that are administered by its investment wing PSMI, began an industrial action on Monday protesting over unpaid salaries stretching over six months.
But there was no immediate end in sight to the strike action with the PSMAS board indicating yesterday that it was pinning hopes on Government paying part of what it owes in order for the organisation to pay its workers.
Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira said she was not aware of the strike and was only reading about it in the newspapers. The authorities at PSMAS, she said, had not briefed her on the prevailing situation.
“Today we were supposed to meet with board of PSMAS, but I had a Cabinet meeting,” she said.
“The meeting was supposed to take place after the Cabinet meeting, but for some reasons they did not come. As you know, a strike is an emergency issue but I have not been briefed about it.
“We are still waiting to be briefed. Obviously we are concerned and we will sit down with our principals to chat the way forward.” Minister Mupfumira said as Government, they were aware of the challenges facing the medical aid society.
“As Government, we are concerned about the contributions made by the members and payments to service providers. That is where our interest is.”
PSMAS board chairman Mr Jeremiah Bvirindi said they were expecting payment from Government and would pay the doctors their salaries thereafter.
“We are doing all that we can to make sure that our clients get access to our health facilities. All those who owe us money should bring back our money for us to make a way forward. We have not received money from the Government, we are still waiting for it,” Mr Bvirindi said.
The strike has also forced the closure of some PSMI clinics resulting in PSMAS members having to use cash to access medical attention.
The strike also comes against the background of a petition by the Medical Professional and Allied Workers Union last week Friday seeking Minister Mupfumira’s intervention to help improve the plight of workers at PSMAS and PSMI.
The union’s national organising secretary Mr Lancelot Mpofu said PSMI workers who had salary arrears which were up to two months had not been informed on what progress was being done to remedy the discrepancy.
“We wrote the letter because there has been insensitivity to the workers problems. The workers are now living in a state of job insecurity given the information that is circulating that the board and directors of the two institutions have resolved to retrench 300 workers who are linked to some individuals,” said Mr Mpofu.
“At the moment junior staff want to join the strike but they have been threatened that if they do that they will be given dismissal letters. Clinics especially in Harare have closed and they referred their patients to West End Hospital which is failing to cater for the patients because there are a few doctors,” Mr Mpofu told the State Media

A Harare woman allegedly killed her six-month-old baby after she mistakenly scalded him with water she meant to burn her husband with after coming across a video of a naked woman in his laptop.
The infant, Munesuishe, was sleeping on the same sofa with his father Owen Mironga (32) when the incident happened.
Fortune Vutete (27) was facing two counts of physical abuse and culpable homicide when she appeared in court yesterday before magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe.
Mr Mahwe granted Vutete $50 bail with the State’s consent. She will be back in court on December 8.
Allegations are that on November 15 at around 5pm, Mironga received a WhatsApp massage from Vutete telling him that he had a visitor and was supposed to come back home.
It is alleged that Vutete also sent a WhatsApp massage to Mironga’s brother, inviting him to their home saying she had come across a video of a naked woman in Mironga’s laptop.
The court heard that Mironga went back home in the company of his brother and upon arrival he asked to see the visitor and Vutete told him that she was not going to say anything unless his brother’s wife was also called.
It is the State’s case that a messenger was sent to call Mironga’s brother’s wife while Vutete locked herself in their bedroom. The court heard that Mironga and his brother sat on the sofas in the sitting room while Munesuishe slept on the sofa.
After a few minutes, it is alleged that Vutete came out from the bedroom accusing Mironga of taking her for a fool while heading towards the kitchen.
The court heard that Vutete proceeded to the kitchen, picked up a pot that was on the stove with boiling water and poured it on Mironga’s body.
It is alleged that Mironga reacted swiftly and jumped from the sofa and had his right arm burnt in the process and it is alleged that the rest of the water meant for Mironga burnt Munesuishe, who was fast asleep on the sofa.
The State further stated that the two were rushed to Parirenyatwa Hospital for treatment where they were both admitted. It is alleged that Munesuishe died on Monday at around 2am.

Axed Vice-President Joice Mujuru yesterday implored Zanu PF to stop denigrating her by continuing to make false allegations that she plotted to kill President Robert Mugabe in the same manner the late Democratic Republic of Congo leader, Laurent Kabila, was assassinated in 2001.
By Staff Reporter
In a statement, quickly becoming her favoured means of responding to brickbats from her former colleagues, Mujuru said after she was accused of plotting to unseat Mugabe and consulting witch doctors, she challenged her accusers to take her to court, but they had not done so almost a year since she was fired on those allegations.
“When I denied the allegations a year ago, I challenged the authorities to take action in a court of law. This is still to happen,” she said.
“I was accused of plotting to overthrow the President, I was accused of visiting witchdoctors for assistance and that I had betrayed the ethos and the values of the liberation struggle. I did nothing wrong.”
Mujuru, believed to be at the forefront of the yet-to-be-launched People First party, said, now that she was no longer part of the ruling party, she should be allowed to be free to do as she pleased, without Zanu PF being obsessed with her.
“Lately, I have been said to be a part of People First, as if it is a crime. I am free to do whatever I choose to do with my life outside Zanu PF,” she said.
“It is part of the freedom I fought for when we went to war. This is enshrined in our State Constitution. We should desist from thinking and believing that any other political party is illegal or unconstitutional for that matter.”
Mugabe at the weekend claimed Mujuru had plotted to kill him in the same manner Kabila was assassinated by aggrieved aides.
He said they had fought the liberation war together with Mujuru, but she had rebelled, accusations Mujuru has strenuously denied.
“Let’s put our People First and avoid focusing an entire nation’s energy on denigrating a poor widow, who is quietly, lawfully and constitutionally pursuing her own wishes outside Zanu PF,” Mujuru said in response to Mugabe’s allegations.
She instead urged her former boss to spend his energies on dealing with electricity shortages, the economic crisis, poverty and mitigating the potential drought “bedevilling our nation”.
In messages pregnant with innuendo, Mujuru signs off by saying: “Let us Build Zimbabwe together by putting the People First.”
Build is an economic blueprint she publicised a couple of months ago, while People First is the party she is reportedly expected to lead.
“Zimbabweans are free to choose whom they want or wish to lead them or what party they want or wish to join or support,” she said.
Mujuru has for the better part of the year kept the nation guessing on her political plans, although most believe she is readying up for a challenge against Mugabe.
There is no love lost between the two since the President’s wife First Lady Grace Mugabe last year vehemently and repeatedly accused Mujuru of plotting to oust him, accusations that led to her being fired as Vice-President.Newsday

TWO soldiers stationed at 1 Commando in Harare ganged up and assaulted a police officer who had waved down a commuter omnibus they were travelling in, the court heard last Thursday.
Prosper Mageza (25) and Homora Homora (29) appeared before Mbare magistrate Ms Gladys Moyo charged with assaulting a police officer and defeating or obstructing the course of justice.
The two were remanded to December 8 on $50 bail.
Prosecutor Mr Fanuel Madanire alleged that on November 17 around 7:30am, Marcus Mbenge was on patrol in civilian clothes arresting drivers of commuter omnibuses picking up passengers at undesignated zones.
It is alleged that Mbenge arrested a driver dangerously parked at Matererini Flats in Mbare.
Mbenge allegedly ordered the driver to drop off all the passengers as he wanted to take him to the police station.
Allegations are that Mageza, in army uniform, barred Mbenge from entering the commuter omnibus by grabbing his belt and dragging him from the door. Mbenge identified himself to Mageza.
The State alleged that the kombi driver managed to escape from police custody during the scuffle and that Homora then joined in and punched Mbenge in the face.
Mageza allegedly drew a dagger from its sheath and hit Mbenge on his forehead with the handle, the court heard.
Mbenge sustained a deep cut on his forehead. The matter was reported to the police leading to the pair’s arrest.

A general hand at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals’ Annexe Hospital allegedly raped a mental patient in the institution’s toilet.
It is alleged that Tafadzwa Chitaunhike (32) of 4261 Dzivaresekwa 1, Harare, fondled the 20-year-old woman while she sat on the toilet seat before raping and forcing her to perform oral sex on him.
Chitaunhike appeared before Mr Tendai Mahwe facing two counts of rape and aggravated indecent assault and was remanded in custody to December 7.
Prosecuting, Miss Sharon Mashavira alleged that on November 17, the victim visited the toilet around 7pm and Chitaunhike followed her. He started caressing her, telling her how much he loved her, the State alleged.
The woman told Chitaunhike that she was not interested and when she tried to escape, he allegedly kicked and tripped her and she fell down.
He then raped her before forcing her to perform oral sex on him. Chitaunhike allegedly ordered his victim not to tell anyone, but the woman reported the matter to a nurse who later advised her superiors, leading to Chitaunhike’s arrest.
Meanwhile, a 26-year-old house- maid is before the courts on allegations of sexually abusing her employer’s four-year-old grandson.
It is the State’s case that Spiwe Chigurupati performed oral sex on the minor on several occasions.
On August 13, the minor visited his grandmother for the holidays. Chigurupati is employed as a maid by th e grandmother.
During the same month when the minor’s grandmother was away, Chigurupati called him to her bedroom.
She ordered the victim to lie on the bed while she performed oral sex on him. Chigurupati repeated the act on several occasions whenever the minor’s grandmother was away. After each act, Chigurupati, the court heard, ordered the boy not to tell anyone and threatened to send snakes to bite him if he revealed the sexual abuse.
The offence came to light when the minor went back to his parents’ home. The mother noticed that the minor would always cry with pain when urinating or when she was bathing his privates.
A medical report confirmed the abuse. In another case, the chairman of the Chipiwa Sugarcane Farmers’ Association in Chiredzi, has appeared in court charged with raping his two-year-old daughter, reports George Maponga.
The man (60), who cannot be named to protect the minor’s identity, is a divorcee. The victim now suffers complications of her urinary system following the attack. The accused was not asked to plead when he appeared before Chiredzi magistrate Ms Geraldino Mutsoto.
He was remanded in custody to December 2. The farmers boss allegedly visited his daughter on September 27 this year. The daughter was staying with her grandmother at Mkwasine Estates. It is alleged the man ordered the daughter to sleep on the sofa.
He subsequently removed her clothes and raped her. The man threatened to kill the minor if she told anyone about the abuse. The grandmother later noticed that the victim was having problems in passing urine.
The minor opened up when the grandmother interrogated her. She reported the matter to police leading to the man’s arrest. Mr Liberty Hove prosecuted.State Media

Three members of the Johane Marange Apostolic Church were killed by lightning while at their church gathering in Munetsi Village under Chief Nyamukoho in Mudzi on Sunday.
Rachel Magasu (22), Emmanuel Magasu (2) and Cathrine Mavhengera (24), had gone to worship at a place popularly known as Masowe, when they were struck by a bolt of lightning while in the tent hiding from heavy rains that pounded the area on the fateful day.
After the lightning struck, the victims’ two colleagues, all from Nyahuni Village, who had stayed behind when the three got into the tent, noticed smoke filling the tent before discovering lifeless bodies in there.
A report was made at Suswe Police Station, who attended the scene. Post-mortem was waived and the bodies were taken to the village for burial.
Mashonaland East Police Spokesperson, Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the incident.
This is the third disaster to occur in Mudzi within four days. On Thursday, a complex housing 25 vendors was gutted by fire, destroying goods worth tens of thousands of US dollars before 15 members of the African Apostolic Church (Mwazha) were killed on Friday night when their vehicle was involved in an accident along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway at Kachimana turn off.-State Media

• 18 000 graduates offloaded onto the dusty jobless streets in 2004 alone
  
• Mugabe installs Professor Kuipa

By Sydney Barson, LUPANE | President Robert Mugabe capped 644 graduands Monday, and installed Professor Pardon Kusaziwa Kuipa as the inaugural Vice Chancellor of Lupane State University.
Kuipa, a Shona, becomes the first Vice Chancellor for the University.
The 91 year old from Zvimba was accompanied by Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo, his deputy Dr. Godfrey Gandawa and the Minister of Provincial Affairs, Matebeleland North Cain Mathema.

In his acceptance speech, Kuipa promised to make Lupane State University a world – class high education provider.
Both Mugabe and his spin doctor, Higher Education Minister said nothing about the official opening of Lupane State University which still operates from rented apartments in Bulawayo almost a decade since construction began in Lupane.
The 6th graduation attended by thousands of hungry people from Lupane included the most visible bussed ZANU PF supporters in full regalia from all over Matebeleland North.
In 2014 alone Mugabe capped 18 000 graduates from all universities in Zimbabwe. Today’s graduands join rest of unemployed professionals topping Zimbabwe’s unemployment index.
With the ongoing infighting in the ruling ZANU PF and the dwindling economic situation, graduates face a hopeless homeless and jobless future.

6 months unpaid salaries as Mugabe watches.
The corruption ridden Public Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) doctors have hit Robert Mugabe’s administration going on strike over 6 months unpaid salaries.
The strike on Monday left the PSMAS hospitals in Harare paralysed with patients struggling for their lives.
The striking doctors said PSMAS management were rather threatening them with dismissal whenever they tried to engage with them over their dues.
They (doctors) say the parastatal’s senior management are busy awarding themselves hefty salaries and buying luxurious cars at the expense of the struggling doctors and patients the latter who are failing to get medical assistance.
The striking doctors wrote a letter to the PSMAS management before the job action when they requested for a meeting.
“We have collectively decided that we cannot continue to work in the absence of payment for work from previous months,”
“We have made previous communication to this matter and have been promised payments which until now have not materialized and any move towards payment of our salaries will promptly encourage us to get back to work as zealously as we have always done”.
The latest move is a blow to Robert Mugabe’s credibility as the 91 year old prepares for upcoming 2018 elections at a time when his party is battling to survive under factionalism.

A senior army captain, Faster Gono who is based in Chiredzi came under fire at a recent Zanu PF ward election meeting where a rowdy crowd allegedly called him ngochani (gay).
Captain Gono has since reported MP for Chiredzi West Darlington Chiwa at Triangle Police Station for calling him a gay.
Chiwa confirmed the issue and said he (Chiwa) failed to attend Vice President Mphoko`s meeting at Mkwasine because he was at the Police station where he was making a statement.
He said Gono made a report to the Police that he insulted him by calling him a gay in public.
However, Chiwa said the gay allegations were not new and he had in the past written to the army commander to investigate Gono on gay accusations.
When asked for comment, Gono said Chiwa can say whatever he wants about him.
“I was summoned to Triangle Police Station last Thursday by Inspector Masiya who is the officer in Charge. A warned and cautioned statement was recorded from me.
Those gay allegations are not new, they were brought to me by several people in my constituency and l was only saying that they should be investigated. I wrote a formal complaint to the Army Commander for them to investigate those allegations,” said Chiwa. Mirror

OPPOSITION parties and analysts have demanded that First Lady Grace Mugabe should explain the source of clothes and goodies she and her son Russel Goreraza have been dishing out in large quantities to Zanu PF supporters.
Grace, has of late been staging rallies in different provinces, where she has donated food and clothes, including suits to traditional leaders, a move that has raised the ire of opposition parties, who yesterday queried the source and motive behind the hand-outs.
Goreraza donated 3 000kg of salt, 3 000kg of sugar, 3 000kg of bathing soap and 1 000 litres of cooking oil in Murewa on Saturday, after making almost a similar donation in Mbare and Mberengwa.
Grace gave suits, shoes and shirts to chiefs over and above bicycles for their security personnel.
The First Lady also donated 8 000 litres of cooking oil, 150 tonnes of maize, 105 tonnes of rice, secondhand clothes weighing 3 184kg, maize seed and fertiliser to people in Murewa.
Among the donations were also soccer kits donated to eight secondary schools in the province.
MDC-T said Zanu PF was not treating people fairly, amid suspicion the goods Grace and her son donated were looted goods.
“It just goes to prove that both Grace and her son, Russell, have an extremely low and contemptuous opinion of the people of Zimbabwe as well as our traditional leaders,” MDC-T spokesperson, Obert Gutu said. He said they were treating people like beggars, who should survive on the benevolence of the First Family.
“This is in extreme bad taste. Zimbabweans are a very proud and hardworking people, who don’t deserve to be treated in such a disgraceful, patronising manner.
“Those groceries are, obviously, looted property. Those people have got absolutely no shame. How can a country be run on hand-outs from the First Family? We are not surprised, however, because dictatorship thrive on the pauperisation of the masses.”
People’s Democratic Party spokesperson, Jacob Mafume said Grace and her son should disclose the source of the goods.
“It is primitive politics, where a leader of a party can donate goodies without disclosing where they come from. We are seeing a worst case of abuse of State resources at an unprecedented rate,” he charged.
“It would appear as if Mugabe and his family destroyed the nation so they could be able to buy things for people. How does a First Lady of a suffering people show so much wealth?”
Political analyst, Takura Zhangazha, described the dishing out of goodies as a strategy to patronise the recipients, describing it as sad for Zimbabwean politics.
“It’s the politics of materialism with the intention of winning hearts and minds of poorer citizens and voters. It essentially means their intention is to move away from value-based politics, to that of patronage. In this case, only those with money or access to vast resources will qualify to be political leaders and it’s a sad development for Zimbabwe politics,” he said.newsday

Exams cancelled because of Grace

By Tinoonga Mawere, Mberengwa|A Geography teacher at Vurasha Secondary School left pupils stranded after bunking lessons to attend Grace Mugabe ‘s rally at Mataga Growth Point.
Sources reveal that the teacher, who did not excuse himself for the absence, told pupils anyone who wanted an explanation on his absence should call the First Lady.
Grace’s rallies have courted controversy across the country and the recent development may suggest Mrs Mugabe’s influence among a few in the Midlands godfather Vice President Mngangagwa’s home province.
Sources at the school told ZimEye.com some end of term papers had to be cancelled because of the teacher’s absence.
It is said authorities at the school are afraid of instituting disciplinary procedures against him due to the highly political nature of the incident.
“There is a staff member who left the school to attend the First Lady’s rally without notifying the authorities .We are still compiling information but it is difficult to proceed with such matters. These are political matters because the teacher was clad in Zanu PF regalia when he addressed pupils .This is a sensitive matter and please do not mention any names,” said a staff member at the school.
Mrs Mugabe was accompanied by Mnangagwa and Saviour Kasukuwere now seen as the First Lady’s blue-eyed boy.
Mberengwa remains a Zanu PF stronghold such that the Vurasha teacher reportedly chants Zanu PF maxims right in the classroom. Despite the fact of Mberengwa District being under the biting economy, people in the area have remained loyal to Mugabe.
Meanwhile teachers in other places have been forced to attend Grace’s rallies and in Murehwa for instance, they were ordered to travel over 50 kilometres to the venue at their own expense. Sources told ZimEye.com teachers who failed to attend the SAturday rally are now fearing reprisals.

Nigerian billionaire, Tony Elumelu, whose networth is close to $1,6 billion is said to have jetted into the country today in pursuit of investment treasures.
He is said to be exploring possible investment opportunities in the fields of agriculture, financial services, insurance and healthcare, among many other business ventures.
Elumelu, is expected to hold several meetings with First Lady Grace Mugabe and various captains of industry, including Reserve Bank Governor, John Mangudya.
Elumelu is an economist, investor and philanthropist, who has massive investments across Africa and is the chairperson of several firms including Heirs Holdings and Nigeria’s largest conglomerate Transcorp.
Elumelu’s visit, sources said has been facilitated by the television personality, Josey Mahachi and her Nigerian husband, Jide, who were instrumental in bringing Nigerian cement magnate Aliko Dangote.(State Media/Bulawayo24)

A National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer, David Foya, has lost movable property at his house in Parklands to foot $3 000 adultery damages to the husband of a female student he bedded during her time at the institution.
Foya, a lecturer with the Faculty of Business Studies, had a sexual relationship with his married student, Judith Moyo.
After discovering his wife’s adultery, Moyo’s husband, Bongani Ngulube, approached the Bulawayo High Court seeking $40 000 damages but Justice Martin Makonese only granted him $3 000.
In his ruling, Justice Makonese said the amount Ngulube was asking for was too much and in terms of case laws the highest amount which was given as damages for adultery in the country was only $5 000.
Ngulube was awarded $2 500 for contumelia damages (a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect) and $500 being damages for loss of consortium.
The judgment came after Ngulube had applied for a default judgment against Foya after the lecturer reportedly failed to file his plea in the stipulated time in terms of the High Court rules.
However, on 4 November he obtained a writ of execution giving him the green light to attach Foya’s movable property at his house.
“To the Sheriff of Zimbabwe or his Lawful Deputy. You are required and directed to take into execution the movable property of David Foya of 16325 Parklands Mews, Parklands, Bulawayo, of the same cause to be realised the sum of $3 000 (three thousand dollars) for the above mentioned Plaintiff (Ngulube) which it recovered by Judgement of this court dated the 1st of October 2015, and also other costs and charges of the Plaintiff in the said suit besides your costs thereby incurred. Further, pay the to the said plaintiff or his Legal Practitioners the sum or sums due to it with costs as above mentioned and for your so doing shall be your warrant,” read the writ.
Ngulube had said he had lost love, warmth and affection for his wife because of Foya.
He also declared in his papers that he lost the support and “services” of his wife as a result of her romantic affair with the lecturer.
The judgment came at a time when Nust recently crafted a gender policy that addresses the issue of sexual harassment of students by lecturers at the institution.
Details of the affair were exposed after Ngulube stumbled upon a string of messages on his wife’s WhatsApp application which she was exchanging with Foya.
In some of the chats, Foya, demanded “hot, sexy” sessions with Ngulube’s wife.
Some of the WhatsApp messages which Ngulube filed in court as evidence are that of Foya and Moyo inviting each other for sex and deciding where to be intimate.
In his suit, Ngulube declared that he was still married to Moyo adding that Foya fell in love with his wife when she was his student at Nust.
“The defendant (Foya) has ridiculed and laughed at the plaintiff (Ngulube) in public on diverse occasions and the affair has caused plaintiff much discomfort and pain. The plaintiff has been greatly humiliated and demeaned by the defendant’s conduct, which conduct has embarrassed plaintiff among his friends, family and members of his church,” reads part of his court papers.

FORMER Zanu-PF chairman for Mashonaland West Province Mr Temba Mliswa has quit politics. Mr Mliswa told journalists in Bulawayo yesterday that he would never run for public office again or vie for a political post in any of the political parties in the country.
Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club, Mr Mliswa said he was now concentrating on “nurturing” future leaders through his Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard), a youth initiative he recently founded.
The former Hurungwe West legislator was fired from Zanu PF early this year, together with several other party members who were backing former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s putschist maneuvers.
Following his expulsion, Mr Mliswa declared that he would “bounce back” to the political fold and contested as an independent candidate in the by-election which followed his expulsion and recalling from Parliament, but lost to Zanu-PF candidate Cde Keith Guzha.
The controversial politician, who has evidently lost his way in political wilderness, has been linked with several opposition political parties and at one point was pushing for a grand coalition of opposition parties, albeit hitting a snag.
Mr Mliswa has been linked with the Mujuru led People First party, links that he and the party have both dismissed.
He has also been linked with the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC, and was again recently reported to have expressed desire to return to Zanu-PF.
Yesterday Mr Mliswa, seemingly frustrated by his mundane attempts to “bounce back”, dismissed any possible chances of him returning to politics, claiming that he was now too old to hold public office.
He bragged that he was capable of winning in any election in any part of the country if he was to return to politics, but had decided to retire to give younger people an opportunity.
“I will not go back to politics, never again. I’m done, I’m so done. I say so honestly and I never go back on what I say. I’m out of politics, totally,” he said
“I want to see young people occupying that space, that’s my passion. You cannot be a legislator at 48 and yet there are younger people who can actually do better.
“I’ll win any election any time. I’ll go back to Hurungwe West and I can win, anywhere I want to stand I’ll still win an election because I work hard and I’m passionate about what I do. I’ve said to myself what about this generation, we are eating their time.”
Mr Mliswa is going around the country meeting youths as he tries to set up structures for his youth organisation.
He dismissed any chances of the youth organisation turning into a political party.

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe’s has said that women wearing miniskirts cannot blame anyone if they are raped.
Grace’s statement has been condemned as irresponsible.
Grace told a Zanu PF rally in Mberengwa on Friday that miniskirts were a sign of moral decadence.
Grace Mugabe adressing a rally in Rushinga yesterday
She said women should wear long dresses like she did or put on trousers to avoid being raped.
Fungisai Sithole from Harare said the statements were irresponsible as they, in a way, justified sexual violation of women.
“No one deserves to be raped for whatever reason or [under whatever] circumstances,” she said.
“Her comments are diversionary, yet we have ministers from her party Zanu PF who go around distributing sex-enhancing drugs.
“The danger is that after some people take these drugs, they can be prone to rape.
“The real issue that the First Lady should talk about is the economy, and not miniskirts.
“It is surprising to see a mother who cannot stand by her daughters.”
Women’s Affairs minister Nyasha Chikwinya last month allegedly distributed sex-enhancing pills at a Zanu PF event in Gokwe.
Chikwinya has since denied the allegations.
Harare lawyer Nqobile Munzara said Grace’s comments betrayed her ignorance as Zimbabwean fashion was an infusion of many cultures.
“A 2015 woman can express herself in many ways: in how she dresses, choosing from trendy print outfits to those outfits seen on the runways of the Paris or London or New York Fashion Week,” she said.
“Once dressed, a woman does it for herself, whether she is in her teens, 20s or 50s.
“Those men who make excuses for raping women are degenerates in themselves.
“Hiding behind a woman’s dressing is not only barbaric, but cruel and out of touch with societal norms.”
James Katso from Bulawayo described the First Lady’s statements as “disrespectful to women and their rights”.
“The Constitution protects the rights of everyone, including women’s rights to wear as they please,” he said.
“Men also have their rights to walk the streets without their tops or shirts.
“The First Lady must have learnt from the recent judicial ruling that imposed severe punishment to overzealous touts that stripped naked a woman in the streets of Harare, that women have rights.”
A number of women rights activists who spoke on condition of anonymity said the remarks were “dangerous” and could lead to violence against women.
Zimbabweans also took to social media to express their outrage over the statements.
Grace’s disapproval of miniskirts is well-known; last year she expressed her disgust that then vice-president, Joice Mujuru had (so the First Lady said) worn a short skirt.
“Victim blaming perpetuates the problem,” tweeted @mtchikawa on Friday, complaining that the First Lady was “offside”.
“I wonder where she got the empirical evidence to support this claim!!” said @ArtherChatora.
Said @LynnBlaze: “Leaders excusing rape are part of the problem.”
The mother-of-four’s comments are in contrast to those of her husband, President Robert Mugabe, who two months ago said his government was “seriously” considering castrating rapists.
“Don’t say Mr Mugabe is becoming cruel because we want to protect our women. So men, take care,” the 91-year-old told MPs during a luncheon to mark the opening of Parliament.
— Additional reporting by News24, Standard

Police allegedly shot and seriously injured a Kadoma mine manager when they fired at him and his colleagues without warning and under unclear circumstances, it has emerged.
The victim, Mr Norbert Mangena, sustained abdominal injuries, when a bullet hit his back, exiting through the front.
He is now suing police for US$513 750 for “unlawful arrest, pain and suffering, loss of amenities and medical and transport expenses incurred”.
He alleges that police abused their power and privilege as they wanted to kill him.
Papers filed at the High Court in April 2015 show that Mr Mangena and three of his colleagues enjoyed an outing in Kadoma’s Central Business District on the night of March 23, 2014.
Later, they drove to Rimuka suburb to drop one of their companions at home. As the vehicle pulled back onto the road, Mr Mangena, the papers say, saw five men — two of them in police uniform —on the roadside.
Suddenly, several gunshots were fired in the vehicle’s direction, prompting the driver to switch to top gear.
Mr Mangena was shot in the lower abdomen and left arm and rushed to Kadoma Central Hospital where doctors demanded a police report in order to treat him.
At the police station, Mr Mangena and colleagues had to seek intervention from a senior cop after failing to secure the report from the junior officers on duty.
The documents read, in part: “. . .due to the seriousness of the injuries, he was referred to Parirenyatwa (Group of Hospitals) for immediate attention and surgery. When he arrived in Harare, he was further attended to, but at 0900hrs, two police officers arrived, saying they had instruction to arrest him.
“Despite his desperate medical condition, he was chained to the hospital bed and kept under armed police guard. . . Fortunately, the operation was a success, (but the plaintiff was) unaware of the charges he was facing. On 4 April (2014), Detective-Sergeant Chidzenga and Det-Sgt Chikorondo came to the hospital where they formally informed the plaintiff that he was facing charges of assaulting with bottles one Sgt Eric Salim, a police officer who is stationed at Chakari Police Station.”
The papers continue,”It was also alleged that the plaintiff had stolen Sgt Salim’s pistol that had four rounds (of ammunition). A warned and cautioned statement was recorded where the plaintiff denied the charges, stating that he was not even in Chakari on that date, and that the police were fabricating the charges so as to cover up the unlawful shooting.
“Prior to this, the plaintiff’s legal practitioners had formally complained of the shooting and the manner in which the plaintiff had been treated by the police with the Complaints Desk at Police General Headquarters. The attitude of the police was that the plaintiff was a suspect, implying therefore that the shooting and treatment was justified.”
In its defence, the ZRP argues that Mr Mangena’s case falls away as “the Police Act states that civil proceedings must be brought within eight months of the commission but summons were issued 11 months after the incident”.
“Section 70 of the Police Act (Chapter 9:10) clearly states that all civil proceedings instituted against the State or member in respect of all claims arising out of an act or omission by a member such as the defendants should be brought within eight months of the omission or commission,” reads the defence.
“The cause of action arose on the 23rd of March 2014. Summons were issued on the 5th of March 2015, 11 months after the cause of action had arisen. The plaintiff’s claims have thus prescribed as they were instituted out of prescribed time.
“Wherefore, the defendants pray that the plaintiff’s claims be dismissed with costs.”
Yesterday, Mr Mangena’s lawyer, Mr Tazorora Musarurwa of Mambosasa Legal Practitioners, told The State Media: “They were supposed to be humane and at least assist with medical bills, for example, or apologise to Mangena.
“Instead, they brought up fabricated charges. The charges do not have merit as it is now more than a year and the person is still to appear before the courts.”
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba could not be reached for comment yesterday afternoon as her cellphone went unanswered.
The High Court is still to rule on the matter.State Media

Talking to the humble Nkwali as a person, you are talking to a normal girl next door, but then, listen to her as an artist singing, you are left wondering where the euphonious super human voice has come from.

On Thursday Lindela Ndlovu’s family elders chased away the National University Of Science and Technology (Nust) Council Chairman, Mike Ndubiwa, citing that he was not welcome at Prof Ndlovu’s funeral church service.
Ndlovu passed on Wednesday after suffering from diabetes. Prior to his death he was not happy about the way he was treated following the non-renewal of his contact. Ndlovu caused a stir at Mr Lawton Hikwa’s funeral, leading to everyone thinking that he was drunk.
Sources say after this incident as normal, Ndlovu prepared a speech that he was supposed to deliver at the 21st graduation ceremony at the University, but to his surprise,he was told his contract which expired in August could not be renewed.He was replaced by Professor Samson Sibanda as the Vice Chancellor.Prof Ndlovu was not happy about the way he was informed.
Mr Tymon Mabhena,who is Prof Ndlovu’s family spokesperson,said Ndubiwa is not welcome at the funeral of the late Vice Chancellor.
“He came yesterday (Thursday) for the funeral service and the family elders chased him away. They said they didn’t want to see him anywhere near the proceedings. They said they don’t want anything to do with him,” said Mabhena
Mr Mabhena could not state why Ndubiwa was unwanted at the funeral proceedings. Ndubiwa himself could not be reached for a comment.
Nust’s spokesperson Felix Moyo refused to shade light on issue saying Ndubiwa was the right person to comment on all matters concerning the late vice-chancellor.

“He knew that his contract could either be terminated or renewed but the Nust council ill-treated him in his last days and he didn’t make that a secret hence the family’s stance.” said a family source
Prof Ndlovu will be buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery after the church service which will be held at the Amphitheatre.
 
 
 
 

 
A businessman working with Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa and his wife, Ruth, Enrico Sibanda, is in court for serious fraud.
Sibanda who calls himself by the title “Doctor,” is being tried for fraudulently contracting for the holding of his functions one of which Makandiwa’s wife, Ruth was seen fully participating in.

During that same function, the preacher’s wife gleefully participated while dressed in red robes. She staged herself to receive a doctorate certificate. Investigations revealed however that even the so-called doctorates among many others the businessman dished out, are fake.
Sibanda is due to appear on December 10 as the trial continues.
Prosecutors narrate that the Zimbabwe Business Awards Council owned by Sibanda approached Crown Plaza on February 13 this year and booked for a breakfast meeting for 50 people. He was charged $1 000. But the man took in an additional 200 people on the day of the event.
He then promised that he would pay the required $3 000 after the event but did not only to once again promise he would avail the money on the 27th of that month.
His actions led to the hotel making a police report.
That function is one of many and Sibanda would soon fraudulently contract Holiday Inn on March 11 booking for 100 people. The charge was $1,500 but he only paid $600.
Sibanda then approached another company bMega First and booked for another event for which he was billed $1,500.
The host companies were prejudiced in total $5,900 as a result.
The case will be heard on the 10th December and Magistrate Batanai Madzingira is presiding.
 

Within weeks after he was publicly labelled “gay,” all because of his support for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena has lost an $18million lawsuit.
State Media:Logistics Private Limited, a company owned by Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has lost its $18 million claim for breach of contract against Sakunda Energy, after the High court ruled that the two had no valid agreement.
Wadyajena signed an agreement with an employee of Sakunda Logistics for Mayor Logistics to be the sole local transporter and distributor of fuel on behalf of Sakunda Energy Private Limited.
It later turned out that the employee who signed the agreement, Mr Archie Ngwenya, had no authority to sign on behalf of Sakunda Energy.
While Sakunda Energy sought the nullification of the said agreement , Wadyajena filed a counter-claim for the petroleum firm to pay him damages for loss of business to the tune of $18 million.
After a full hearing and convincing arguments by Sakunda Energy’s lawyer Mr Wellington Pasipanodya of Manase and Manase law firm, High Court judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba dismissed the $18 million claim and declared the purported agreement null and void.
“It is my view therefore that the plaintiff (Sakunda Energy) is entitled to the declaratur that it seeks because the evidence has shown that the signatory to the agreement that is in dispute did not possess the actual or ostensible authority to bind the plaintiff as he did by entering into the agreement of December 6, 2012 on its behalf,” said Justice Chigumba.
“The agreement was void ab initio based, a nullity. The defendant did not adduce sufficient evidence to prove its counter-claim, which was based on estimates of the loss of income allegedly incurred and not actual figures. In light of the finding that the agreement was null or void, the counter-claim is dismissed for lack of legal basis and merit.”
Wadyajena, who testified as a witness, said he had a long association with the founder of Sakunda Energy, Mr Kuda Tagwirei. He indicated that he started transporting fuel for Sakunda Energy in 2010 based on verbal agreements. In 2012, Wadyajena said, Mr Tagwirei asked him to be the sole transporter within Zimbabwe because of his efficiency.
Wadyajena said his fleet of trucks was growing while Sakunda was incurring losses. He said he communicated with Sakunda about the deal via email and Mr Tagwirei delegated Mr Ngwena to sign the agreement on the company’s behalf.
He told the court that Sakunda later reneged on the agreement by failing to hand over its entire distribution department to Mayor Logistics as agreed.
But Sakunda Energy representatives disputed the claim, saying the agreement signed by Mr Ngwenya had nothing to do with the company because he had no authority to do so.

First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday took a swipe at some elements within and outside Zanu-PF seeking to pit her against Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying she had great respect for the man and had a lot to learn from him.
Speaking barely 24 hours after being quoted by the State Media stating that she harboured no other ambition apart from leading the Women’s League to which she was accosted and elected, Grace said she enjoyed cordial relations with VP Mnangagwa, adding that Zanu-PF and the country’s Constitution were clear that either of the two Vice Presidents would assume leadership should President Mugabe fall ill.
Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at Mataga Growth Point in Mberengwa, Midlands Province, Grace said she was conversant with the provisions of the Constitution and would not usurp powers of either of the VPs.
She was responding to a spirited campaign in the private media that sought to cast her nationwide rallies as a pitch for one of the VP posts, ostensibly VP Mnangagwa’s, at Zanu-PF’s 15th Annual National People’s Conference slated for next month in Victoria Falls.
VPs Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko attended the rally. “Ndanga ndichiti (during a closed briefing) vanhu vanoda kuabuser VaMnangagwa neni. VaMnangagwa is my close friend, my best friend.
“Kubva kudhara ndisati ndatombonzi First Lady ndichidya matomatoes kubva kwavari. Vachinditumira zvinhu kuState House, ini ndichivapawo mapotatoes nemanhanga. Handityi kudya zvinhu zvinobva kwaVaMnangagwa.
“I have respect for this man,” said Grace to wild applause from the crowd.
“President Mugabe ndivo President. Vice President mutevedzeri wavo. Makambonzwa rimwe zuva baba vakaenda (outside the country) ndikasara, makambonzwa kuti amai ndivo varikuactor? Haa, nonsense mhani! Hatidi kutaura zvisina nebasa rese (President Mugabe is the President, the Vice President is his deputy. Have you ever seen me act as President whenever the President travels? What utter nonsense!)”.
Grace said there was no way she would gun for the VP’s post because the country’s Constitution was clear when it came to national leadership.
“Constitution yenyika ina President pamusoro, kwakuenda maVice President — kuna VaMnangagwa kwozouya VaMphoko. Ataura (political commissar Saviour) Kasukuwere pano zvinonzwika. Ndovatungamiri vedu. Nyangwe nhasi zvikanzi Mugabe arwara, Constitution inotaura kuti ava (VP Mnangangwa) kana kuti vanga vagere apa (VP Mphoko) ndivo vanofano kubata tsvimbo. Hapana pakanyorwa kuti nekuti ini ndiri mukadzi wavo, ndinosheya mubhedha navo, ndinodya mundiro navo, hapana pakanyorwa kuti Mai Mugabe ndivo vanoita take over. Tiri vanhu vemutemo. Tinotevedzera mitemo. Ndiri munhu akadzidza mhani ini. Ndinonzi Dr Mugabe ini! Ndinoverenga Constitution ndichinzwisisa. Vanoda kundiita sechimunhu chisina zvachinoziva. Handiite usurp mapowers evanhu,” Grace said to applause from the thousands in attendance.
She said all the work she was doing nationwide had the blessing of the three leaders.
“Ndingoriwo neprivilege yekuti kana tichigara muPolitburo ndinogarawo kumberi navo chete. Ndoprivilege yandinayo iyoyo otherwise ndiri pasi-pasi apo ini. Ndiri mutsva muZanu-PF. Vanhu vari kungotaura zvisipo. Ndichiri kudzidza. Ndinoda kudzidza. Ndinoda kudzidziswa. Ndange ndichitaurira nababa VaMnangagwa nababa VaMphoko kuti ndidzidzisei makabva kure imi. Mune experience yandisina inini. I want to learn from you.”
Grace said she did not want her good working relations with the two Vice Presidents to be spoiled.
“Kune vamwe vanoda kutarisa tsotso iri muziso reumwe munhu asingaoni iye zidanda riri muziso make. Tanga iwe wabvisa danda iwewe riri muziso mako wouya wobvisa tsotso iri muziso mangu — ndokunge ndakubvumidza nokuti rako zidanda unenge usati wapedza naro. MuZanu-PF tine gwara ratinotevedza.
“Saka ini ndiri munhu wegwara. Ndinoda kuti Mwari vandibatsire kuzvininipisa ndiri munhu akazvininipisa. Ndinogara nemunhu akazvininipisa. Ndakaona nyange tiri kumameetings havaite zvekuti iwe handikuteereri. Ndozvinoita wisdom, ndozvinoita leadership — ari kutaura zvine musoro, ari kutaura zvisina basa unongoteerera.”
Mugabe said she was entitled to meet the people as Zanu-PF Secretary for Women Affairs or even in her capacity as First Lady, listening to their challenges and assisting in the best way she could.
Mugabe described the trio of President Mugabe, VPs Mnangagwa and Mphoko as hardworking people adding some people were so blind not to recognise hardworking leaders.
“Baba ava vari apa ava (VP Mnangagwa) vanoshanda ava. Zviuya zvakawanana vari three vakamira kudai. Vanoshanda varume ava. Vanotishandira nemoyo yese. Hongu ndange ndichitaura history yaVaMugabe. Ivava vane history tsvene, tsvene ava. Vakarwa hondo ava. Hapana anga zviramba izvozvo. Ndakambotaura ndikati baba ava munhu akazvibata vagere apa.”
Mugabe said the forthcoming Zanu-PF conference was not an elective one, but a meeting to take stock of the party’s activities throughout the year, adding the Congress held after every five years chose leaders.
“But every five years ndopanonosarudzwa maleaders. Ndiri correct here baba (referring to VP Mnangagwa)? Hanzi correct nababa. Ndapiwa 100 percent! Ndopanosarudzwa utungamiri ipapo. Saka before taenda kuma elections 2018 tichaita Congress yedu baba. Ndopachasarudzwa maleaders. Apa (forthcoming conference) hapanei nekuti uyu, munhu ari muchigaro chake anongogara ipapo tozoenda after every five years ndopanosarudzwa new leadership.”
The First Lady slammed some elements that claimed that she was angling to takeover as one of the Vice Presidents, adding such people wanted to retard Zanu-PF’s development agenda.
“The war we have is an economic one. So you see, we follow our constitution, everything that we do is written down. There is nowhere written that once you become secretary for Women Affairs you automatically become Vice President. Its not true. Musafurirwe inhema. Ndingori Secretary ini weWomen Affairs ini — ndobasa rangu randakanzi ndiite.’’
She said there was nothing wrong with the two VPs taking notes during her meetings because she would be presenting them challenges from the Women’s League and Zimbabweans at large in her capacity as the leader of women.
She said while she stayed with President Mugabe, it was not easy to tell him all the problems that she got from people, hence her decision to convey some of the challenges to his VPs.
Before addressing the rally, Grace attended a briefing of senior party officials where, according to sources, she told party members that she consulted both VPs before she agreed to lead the Zanu-PF Women’s League.
Grace, according to the source, said there was no way she could be in an antagonistic relationship with the two VPs since they both endorsed her to lead women after members of the Women’s League had approached her to do so.
“She told the briefing that they even exchange milk between her and VP Mnangagwa and you know milk is such a sensitive product and that shows the faith and respect that exists between them,” said the source.
In her two hour address, Grace urged people in Mberengwa to be wary of former Zanu-PF Politburo member, Mr Rugare Gumbo who was expelled from the revolutionary party for being part of the Mujuru putschist cabal to join a political outfit called People First being led by Dr Joice Mujuru.
Grace latter handed over agricultural mechanisation equipment to two irrigation schemes in Mberengwa, several tonnes of rice, maize, soap to the villagers.
The event was attended by Government ministers, senior Zanu-PF officials, traditional leaders, and other senior Government officials.(State Media/Additional reporting).

Zanu-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday rapped the party’s provincial acting chairperson for Midlands Province Kizito Chivamba for failing to pronounce his name during introductions at a campaign rally in Mberengwa.
This happened during a rally that was addressed by First Lady Grace Mugabe at Mataga Growth Point, Mberengwa District in the Midlands Province.
Chivamba had initially been asked to introduce members of the Zanu-PF provincial executive and had made reference to Amai Mugabe, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and VP Mphoko during salutations.
During his address, Chivamba was interjected by Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, who asked him to correctly pronounce VP Mphoko’s name following the expression of reservations by VP Mphoko.
This was after Chivamba had pronounced the VP’s name as “Mboko.” When VP Mphoko was eventually asked to give a brief address and introduce Amai Mugabe, he first made a go at Chivamba.
VP Mphoko first invited Chivamba, who was also on the top table, to come to the podium.
“Are you the chairman? Wanditukaka iwe. What does Mboko in Shona mean? You do not deserve to be the chairman,” said VP Mphoko.
The two were later seen together as Chivamba accompanied VP Mphoko who left the event earlier.
First Lady Grace Mugabe, appeared to later diffuse the tension when just before her address jokingly chided VP Mphoko for failing to know her MaNcube totem.
VP Mphoko had referred to the First Lady’s totem as VaChihera. In his speech, VP Mphoko castigated tribalism.
“Tribalism is the mother of corruption. For you to be a tribalist, you must be a fundamentalist. This country will not tolerate tribalists. President Mugabe is not a Zezuru, he is the President of this country.”
“Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not a Mukaranga, he is the Vice President of this country. I am not a Ndebele, but a leader of this country,” said VP Mphoko to rousing applause.
Speaking at the same occasion, VP Mnangagwa commended Amai Mugabe for her good work to the people of Zimbabwe.
He said people had not only benefitted from agricultural mechanisation equipment and the foodstuffs that she had distributed, but also to the exhorting words that she delivered.
“We have been convening meetings here for the past 35 years, but none of them have been well attended as today’s meeting,” said VP Mnangagwa. State Media

A NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard yesterday shot and injured one of seven suspected robbers who were trying to target the parastatal’s Mpopoma suburb’s sub-station. The suspect escaped but was arrested when he turned up at Mpilo Central Hospital seeking medical attention.
The security guard Washington Masasi, 38, is alleged to have fired three warning shots before shooting one of the suspects who was advancing towards him wielding an iron bar.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango said the injured suspected armed robber was arrested after he struggled to escape and ended up seeking help from members of public.
“He escaped but because of bleeding he was forced to ask for assistance from members of the public. They took him to Mpilo Central Hospital resulting in his arrest. He is admitted under police guard,” Insp Simango.
She said property worth over $1,000 which had been targeted by the suspects was recovered.
Insp Simango said police were still looking for other suspects who are on the run.
NRZ public relations manager Fanuel Masikati said the incident happened at about 3AM yesterday.
Masikati said the security guard was forced to shoot one of the suspects as they had intended to attack him.
“He fired three warning shoots but the suspects advanced towards him wielding iron bars. He then shot one of the suspects on the leg,” said Masikati.
He said the robbers wanted to steal some of the company’s equipment at the sub-station.
Masikati said NRZ premises were out of bounds for members of the public.
“The NRZ premises are prohibited to members of the public. We understand the suspects wanted to steal some iron bars at the premises,” said Masikati.
He bemoaned vandalism on NRZ infrastructure saying it was worsening the challenges the parastatal is facing. State Media

DAYS after President Robert Mugabe embarrassingly read the wrong speech during the official opening of parliament in September, a war of words through popular social media application Whatsapp exploded between War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa and Presidential spokesperson George Charamba.
Mugabe in September re-read a speech which he had delivered in his state of the nation address in August, with Charamba explaining the humiliating fiasco as a mix-up in the president’s office secretariat. However, this triggered a fierce slanging match — a prolonged exchange of insults — between Mutsvangwa and Charamba via Whatsapp.
Mutsvangwa yesterday confirmed the clash, although Charamba refused to comment.
Throughout the acrimonious invectives, Charamba accused Mutsvangwa of being ignorant of how the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) works, intellectually-challenged and having an inferiority complex.
Mutsvangwa returned fire, attacking Charamba while describing him as a parasite on the state feeding trough with no discernible liberation war credentials as he was merely a mujibha (war collaborator) and “cattle herd boy”.
“Sir, I thought you knew who does what in the OPC,” wrote Charamba.
Apparently you don’t, except to let blind anger lead your better judgment and pose as the only flawless one. Do better next time Sir.”
This angered Mutsvangwa who furiously shot back: “No one has any business embarrassing our political icons and the state we created. No brooking to whatever incompetence for whichever reason or excuse.”
Charamba responded by lashing out at Mutsvangwa: “Get back your youthfulness you super war veteran, the Rambo who won the war single handedly. You have a horrible complex. An acute deficiency that overpasses your meagre personality.
“… For far too long we have allowed you to hide behind the parapet of struggle as if you are the only fighter in town. We will pluck those feathery horns if you take matters too far.”
Mutsvangwa hit back saying he respected war veterans, not those “ensconced in the material comfort of a state we created”.
Charamba would not be outdone, accusing Mutsvangwa of going about extorting “genuflection from the whole society” which he said was being held hostage by the minister’s revisionist history.
“What do you know about the workings of the OPC,” Charamba fumed. “I am not like you who knows no boundary. I keep my sphere of work, and not pretend to be a self-appointed prime minister. You hoped to be the minister of information. Which is why you were dishing out orders to me as if I answer to you? Go hang on a banana tree.”
“I get judged by qualified civil servants not pseudo super performers. What have you done for war veterans since (the late war veterans leader Chenjerai) Hunzvi? A minister who behaves like a trade unionist!”
Charamba also ridiculed Mutsvangwa for having nothing to show since his ministerial appointment except empty noise. “Does a genuine tiger proclaim its tigritude?” he asked.
But Mutsvangwa would not let up saying: “Those who feed in the trough of the material opulence born by our blood, sweat and tears. On what pedestal does your pumped up arrogance stand; a presidential sinecure of a state created by others. Even after war survival, I have spent half of my life on my means, not state handouts.”
Mutsvangwa denied ever having ambitions to be Information minister, saying if offered he would have turned it down the same way he did an ambassadorial position in Germany after his posting to China.
Mutsvangwa also accused Charamba of rumour-mongering and being a “gossiper” on a global scale after he called him an “out and out coward” and a “pitiable creature quite unfit to be where you are” as minister.
Charamba threatened to expose Mutsvangwa over his dirty activities in China. But Mutsvangwa said he was removed from China because of “gamatox” (referring to former vice-president Joice Mujuru’s faction).
The two also challenged each other’s academic qualifications in egotistic ways.
Mutsvangwa said: “Publish your embellished cryptic CV peer to peer with mine and test proper judgment.”
To which Charamba reacted: “Are you piqued by my educational achievement? Are you aware two of my degrees are attained after independence, two well after independence through self-paid distance education when you were messing up things at ZBC, another when you were pretending to be busy in China.”
Charamba accused Mutsvangwa of “hobnobbing with the Americans and Europeans” and asked him why he was not on the sanctions list.
“Americans and Europeans belong to this earth to the global community,” Mutsvangwa replied.
“… They gave you the GSM switch you are using for your sms and the internet backbone you use/abuse …”
Then Charamba said: “I don’t buy my membership to Zanu PF. You don’t hold the book to membership to the club, you are a puny creature of low intellect.”
Contacted for comment yesterday, Charamba did not allow this reporter to ask any questions, saying: “I don’t do last minute paragraphs. I don’t want to comment on something that you want on your last day of publication.”
Mutsvangwa said the polemical exchanges came after a strategic seminar of war veterans in Kariba around the time when Mugabe delivered a wrong speech in parliament.
The minister said “sloppiness” around Mugabe by the likes of Charamba should not be tolerated and appeared to attack the Mujuru faction when he blasted an “extended family oligarchy from Mash(onaland) Central planning a fascist putsch straight out of Hilterite Germany”.
“Disconcerting dissonance!” he said. “They wallow in the opulence of a corrupt and amoral proximity to power. By the same token they despise the warts of pain, hunger and sufferance, a long signpost of the tortured ascendancy of the guerrilla leader, Mugabe, to power and global statesman … a reckless infantile attempt at plain robbery of the soul, tradition and substance of the Zimbabwe revolution.”- Independent

Kill me if you want to stop me – Grace
Staff Reporter | First Lady Grace Mugabe has challenged all those trying to stop her from going up the ZANU PF hierarchy to shoot her as nothing else will stop her.
Grace Mugabe said this while addressing about 10 000 ZANU PF supporters in Mbare Harare yesterday. The First Lady told the gathering that she is aware of sectors within the ruling party that are against her holding the women’s affairs secretary position and even holding the nationwide rallies she is undertaking.
“I come to you as the wife of the state president who you all love and as secretary for women’s affairs of the party and I have work to do which no one must think of stopping me,” she said.
“I will not keep quiet when people destroy the party. I will speak and no one will silence me. If you want to silence me come and shoot me,” said the First Lady in a loud cheer from the crowd.
A section of the liberation war veterans loyal to Vice President Emmerson Munangagwa have vowed not to accept the ascendency of Grace Mugabe to the helm of the party. On the other hand, the women’s league and the youth league have expressed their backing for the First Lady as the battle to succeed President Mugabe intensifies.

Staff Reporter| Former Gwanda mayor, Lionel de Necker has been dragged to the magistrates’ court to answer fraud charges, after he allegedly sold a commercial stand to two prominent Gwanda businessmen at the same time.
De Necker briefly appeared before Gwanda magistrate Sheila Nazombe, who remanded the matter to November 30 for trial to allow the former mayor’s legal representative, from Phulu and Ncube Legal Practitioners, time to go to court, as he was said to be tied up elsewhere.
According to court records, from December 2013 to August 2015, De Necker approached Joseph Mutiyeni, proprietor of Growly Enterprises, and advised him that he was selling a commercial stand, Number 635 Soudan Street, which he had bought from council.
The two entered into a deal and the stand was sold for $15 000, with Mutiyeni initially making a deposit of $5 200 and later settling the balance.
De Necker allegedly later went to Charles Tshuma, proprietor of Oasis Hardware, and sold the same stand for $20 000.
Mutiyeni became suspicious in August last year when he realised that his stand was being developed by Tshuma and reported the matter to the police, leading to De Necker’s arrest.
Mutiyeni, Tshuma and Mandlenkosi Moyo, the economic development officer at the municipality, will be called as State witness.
De Necker is pleading not guilty on the matter.

Staff Reporter|A teacher at a high school in Gwanda wrote an O’level mathematics paper for a pupil.
The pupil has failed the subject for the last 6 years running and the aforementioned is also a lecturer teaching at a local college.
Information availed to ZimEye.com by sources within the school narrates the teacher who runs private mathematics lessons, connived with the lecturer who has been failing Mathematics for the last six years to have him write the paper for him at the cost of $250.00.
The teacher went into the examination room on the date and pulled a copy of the question paper and answer sheets which he took to his office and wrote the exam with the candidate’s name and details on the answer sheets.
Towards the end of the examination the teacher is said to have worked in cohorts with the invigilator and got the papers to the candidate who in turn handed them in to the invigilators at the end of the examination as his.
The development comes as the Public Service Commission recently warned that it will retire all civil servants working without a pass in mathematics in areas where mathematics pass is a requisite qualification. A number of civil servants particularly those engaged in the period up to the turn of the century were hired without a mathematics pass on condition that they will study and pass it while at work. Most of them never even attempted doing the studies but remained at work.
The Public Service Commission audits have caused a huge panic amongst the government employees affected who have gone on a fast trek bid to pass mathematics. The urgency to get the maths pass is what could have pushed the perennial maths failing lecturer to resort to buying his way through.
The sources revealed that the headmaster of the school is aware of the incident but did not take action. The sources allege that they have a strong conviction the headmaster is part of the syndicate in which more incidents of this nature in other subjects are the norm at the school.

AN investigation into the death of Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo’s daughter in South Africa last month has been “elevated to the most senior ministerial levels in both governments”, it was announced yesterday.
South African President Jacob Zuma dispatched his Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi to Harare this week to take control of what has become an ugly and messy affair after Prof Moyo’s family voiced disquiet with the way investigators in Cape Town were handling the unexplained death of 20-year-old Zanele, found dead in her apartment on October 17.
President Robert Mugabe and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko both called for a thorough investigation in the days shortly after Zanele’s death.
Dr Motsoaledi yesterday met Prof Moyo’s family in Harare in the presence of his Zimbabwean opposite number, Dr David Parirenyatwa, after which the two ministers pledged to “expedite and take the matter to finality” in a joint statement.
The two ministers said they met the family “to discuss the puzzles around the unfortunate death of Zanele Moyo”, a second year student at the University of Cape Town.
“The issues discussed were pertaining to concerns surrounding the events of the investigation and the manner in which the postmortem was handled,” Dr Parirenyatwa and Dr Motsoaledi said in their statement.
“After a thorough discussion, the three parties agreed that since the matter involves two sovereign states and due to the problems and confusion encountered thus far, it was decided that the matter be elevated to the most senior ministerial levels in both governments.”
They also agreed, they said, “that a process be set up between the Minister of Health in South Africa and his Zimbabwean counterpart, with the help of relevant authorities and experts from both countries, to expedite and take the matter to its finality.”
The process, the ministers said, would involve a review of the investigation and progress made to date; an examination of postmortem procedures and conclusions as well as the repatriation of the outstanding remains.
After Zanele’s body was repatriated to Zimbabwe, a second postmortem conducted at the request of her family and conducted at Parirenyatwa Hospital revealed that her heart had been removed — it is thought during the first postmortem conducted by Dr Sipho Mfolozi at the Salt River Forensic Pathology Laboratory in Cape Town.
Zanele was laid to rest at the Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare on October 22. Her family was informed of the missing heart after burial, prompting them to write to both South African police and the Salt River lab seeking answers — which have so far not been forthcoming.
The Moyo family lawyer Terrence Hussein, in a letter of complaint, said the discovery that Zanele’s heart was missing “had only compounded the grief that they have had to endure”, adding: “At no point did our clients consent to the removal of any organ, nor were they even informed of this.”
He said the Moyo family felt “their beloved daughter had been disrespected and violated” in ways that “seriously violate their cultural beliefs and sensitivities.”
Both the Salt River lab and South African police have so far declined to comment. But in off-the-record briefings with the South African media, police appeared to suggest Zanele could have died from alcohol poisoning.
The New Age newspaper quoted a source close to the investigation as stating: “The preliminary autopsy report has been concluded and ruled out any foul play. Her death might have been caused by alcohol poisoning. “We’re also looking into reports that she tried to commit suicide twice and ended up in rehab last year as a result of alcohol abuse. We are just waiting on the toxicology report.”
Another unnamed source told the same paper: “It remains unofficial that some internal organs burst as a result of excessive drinking.”
The reports deeply upset Zanele’s family, who were told in the early stages of the investigation that toxicology test results which hold clues to the cause of Zanele’s death could take up to five years owing to the huge amount of murders the Salt River Laboratory handles. The lab receives between 10 and 15 bodies daily — around 3,300 bodies a year.
Now, following President Zuma’s intervention and the prioritisation of the case, Prof Moyo’s family hopes the toxicology tests will be expedited.
Described by her sister Lungile as a “very happy person who loved to make people laugh” and “very wise for her age”, Zanele was studying for a degree in political science, international relations, and gender studies. She lived off campus.
Her friend, Nicole Bento, last saw her on Wednesday, October 14, at her apartment. She was in the company of a Zambian man who has been named as Stephen Kenneth Newman Chitobolo, 29.
Nicole has told investigators that Chitobolo — whom she had earlier observed smoking cannabis — called her at about 9PM on that same day and said Zanele was “passing out”. He claimed he was leaving for Zambia because his father had died.
Nicole, a high school friend of Zanele’s, was unable to go over to her friend’s apartment because her mother had visited. She tried to reach Zanele on Thursday and Friday without success until Saturday, October 17, when Zanele’s mother, Beatrice, called from Zimbabwe and instructed her to find a locksmith and get inside the apartment.
Zanele’s door had been locked from inside. On finding her, she was dead and lying in a pool of blood. The building’s caretaker, it is reported, pulled Zanele’s body hoping to turn her over and administer first aid – leaving a trail of blood smeared on the bathroom floor. A small amount of cannabis was also found in one of the rooms.
It remains unclear if Cape Town police have been able to interview Chitobolo, who is thought to be the last person to see Zanele alive. Zanele’s family believes Chitobolo is a key figure in her death. chronicle

Zanu PF has shut down all talks on replacing President Robert Mugabe.
Zanu PF secretary for the youth Pupurayi Togarepi says the party will not tolerate President Robert Mugabe’s succession debate in his life time.
Mugabe (91) has been at the helm of Zanu PF since 1975 and has ruled the country since independence in 1980.
The aging leader has never allowed succession debate in the party and has  eliminated anyone who shows interests in  challenging his long stay in power.
Last year the veteran leader with the influence of his overzealous wife Grace expelled his deputy  Joice Mujuru on allegations of plotting to topple him from power.
Togarepi told reporters in Harare recently that  the party  wait for Mugabe to die for them discuss his succession.
“Our youths are given opportunities in politics, and I think you would agree with me that we have so many youths in government and in parliament,”said Togarepi.
“We give these people opportunities not because they are our friends or political allies but we give them as a strategy to learn from the leaders or elders so that when they are given this country tomorrow because there won’t be a platform when we are going to seat down and say now we want to give you the reins of power and here is a ceremony to do it no,” he said.
“As we mix with them, as we talk to them they will learn the skills and they will learn how to do it and there naturally they will fill up the posts as others retire or die”.
“So politically I think we have done well as a political party and as government, we try by all means wherever there are elections for legislature or something that we give youth and give them an opportunity”.

First Lady Grace Mugabe in two days’ time flies to Murewa, barely two days after her Harare (Mbare) rally.
Grace is expected to address Zanu PF factions in the area, ZimEye.com has learnt.
Grace who was last week blocked from doing the same by entering Masvingo last week, is accelerating her emotional rallies in good time before the crunch congress where she is expected to rise to the position of Vice President. Analysts say this will make her her husband’s automatic successor.
Murewa North MP, Tendayi Makunde, is expected to attend together with humiliated party stalwart Joel Biggie Matiza. More to follow…
 

MDC MP Nelson Chamisa interrogates Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in parliament over Grace Mugabe rallies. FULL TEXT:

HON. CHIBAYA: My question is directed to the Leader of the House, the Vice President, Hon. Mnangagwa. Hon. Speaker, is the Government able to deliver anything, given the vicious in-fighting and power struggle in the ruling party? I thank you.
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (HON. MNANGAGWA):I thank the Hon. Member for asking that question. You did not only help the people in this House, but the entire region, that Zimbabwe is among the most peaceful countries in the region. Zimbabwe is the most stable country we have in the region. We are so peaceful. Other parliamentary institutions in the world fight in parliament. We do not have that in here; we are so peaceful and dignified. I am so happy that this is the country which ZANU-PF rules – [HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections.] –
THE DEPUTY SPEAKER:Order Hon. Members, particularly those to my right. The Hon. Vice President is talking and we are busy shouting at each other, we should show respect.
HON. MNANGAGWA:The stability we are enjoying in this country is a result of ZANU-PF being in power.
HON. CHIBAYA:Hon. Vice President, I am talking about the in-fighting in ZANU-PF. Do you not think that this in-fighting in ZANU-PF will deter investment?
HON. MNANGAGWA:Madam Speaker, I understand that this side of the House (signaling to the right side of the House) is of the ruling party and the other side is of the opposition. A member of the opposition is talking about the ruling party. I am not so sure whether he has crossed the floor and has the knowledge of what is happening in the ruling party. We in the ruling party are not aware of any in-fighting. We are so united in our political party.
HON. CHIBAYA:Hon. Speaker, I think it is within my responsibility as a Member of Parliament to ask the Leader of the House. I belong to the opposition yes, but what I am talking about here is; one of the factors which is considered by investors when they want to invest is political stability. Therefore, what I am talking about here makes sense. We get worried when we hear that some people in Chitungwiza got killed whilst doing party business. This is a pertinent question Hon. Speaker and with all due respect Hon. Vice President, I deserve an honest answer.
HON. MNANGAGWA:Indeed, the Hon. Member deserves an honourable and honest answer. The honest answer in relation to the case he has mentioned is that some murder was committed, which is criminal. The person who committed the crime was arrested. This shows how the rule of law applies in this country. It does not matter which party you belong to, if you commit a crime, you will be arrested. Whatever type of crime you commit, you will get arrested.
However, we are so happy that this country is peaceful and stable. Committing of a crime where a person has been murdered cannot be the reason for anybody who wants to invest to stop investing. There is not even one single country you can point to me and say in this country, there has never been a murder. I thank you.
*HON. CHAMISA: Thank you Madam Speaker. I am surprised by the answer that was given by the Vice President. It is good that the country is peaceful. Hon. Vice President, from the time that you were elected into office, are you happy? Are you having a good night sleep because the First Lady has been moving around all over the country and the slogan has beenHandei naAmai, Handei naAmai –
*HON. CHINOTIMBA: On a point of order. My point of Order is that before the Vice President answers, let him respond to the fact that Hon. Chamisa is being insulted by the MDC-T. So, can he answer that as well?
THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: I do not think there is any need to keep on raising point of orders. Hon. Chamisa posed a question to the Vice President, can you please give a chance to the Vice President to answer that question.
*THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (HON. E. D. MNANGAGWA): I was asked by this boy –[AN HON MEMBER: What is muchinda?]- The Hon. Member who asked the question spoke in Shona. Honourable is not a Shona word. In the kings court, members are referred to as machindawhich is a Shona word which refers to a virtuous person. If he does not understand vernacular, then I will call him honourable because he does not know the vernacular word. He asked if I am getting a good night sleep. Do I look like someone who is not getting a good night sleep? – [Laughter] – He knows my wife is here and why did he not ask my wife if I slept well? You can even find out from my sister-in-law if I do get a good night sleep. If you are too shy to ask my wife, you can find out from my sister-in-law over there.
Coming to the second part of the question that was asked about the First Lady holding rallies across the country, the First Lady is conducting ZANU PF rallies and not MDC-T rallies. Why should you be bothered by that?
 

A male Prophet took sexual advantage of a 19 year old pregnant woman after promising her he would through the act amazingly alter the countenance of her unborn child.
Police in Mashonaland East have launched a manhunt for the 32-year-old self-styled Murewa prophet, who allegedly raped a 19-year-old pregnant woman on the pretext he wanted to perform a miracle on her.
Gilbert Chiwanza of Mutawatawa village, under Chief Mangwende, is allegedly on the run after fooling a fellow villager to lie down so he would perform a miracle to change the looks of her unborn baby, so that it would resemble the father.
Efforts to get a comment from Mashonaland East province police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo were fruitless yesterday, but reliable sources confirmed that the prophet had since fled after raping the woman.
It is reported that on November 11 this year, the complainant went to the prophet’s homestead for a prayer session. It is said that the accused told her that he wanted to perform a miracle that was going to change the image of her unborn child so it would resemble its father.
Chiwanza allegedly told the complainant to enter a room, remove her panties and lie on the white cloth that was spread on the floor so that he could perform the miracle.
The complainant complied before Chiwanza allegedly forced himself on her and raped her once.
The complainant allegedly screamed, but the prophet threatened to cast an evil spirit on her.
After the act, the complainant did not disclose the matter to anyone.
However, the matter came to light after her husband noted a change in her behaviour, prompting him to ask.
She spilled the beans and the matter was reported at Murewa Police Station.Newsday

Tinoonga Mawere, Gutu| A teacher at Majada Secondary School wrote a Mathematics examination paper for an  Ordinary level candidate last week, an incident that has exposed the Zimsec ineptitude. The teacher allegedly wrote the Mathematics paper 2 examination for a candidate who was absent from the examination room. He reportedly took two question papers out of the examination room and went to his house where he wrote the paper. He later returned to the exam room with answer sheets and attempted to leave the papers where the absent candidate was supposed to be sitting. He was then stopped from leaving the papers by one of the invigilators present.
The Zimsec blunders have continued unabated at a time the government claims to have revolutionised the education system for the better and educationists say the education standards have plummeted because of the local examination board’ s glaring errors.
Gutu District Education Officer Sonny Chirikure confirmed the incident and said the police were investigating the matter.”We have such an incident but the police are investigating the matter,” he said. When the government localised the examination process ,educationists were sceptical of the development and it has since been realised their projections were correct. The Zimsec system has created loopholes that have seen leakage of examination papers and corruption taking centre stage.Concerned educationists say the education standards have been compromised by Zimsec’s gross incompetence.

The main opposition Party leader Morgan Tsvangirai is holding a $500 per head dinner and  Zimbabweans,who wish to mingle and socialise with the former Prime minister,should pump out $500.00.
It has been revealed that Tsvangirai will today ( Thursday) host a fundraising dinner for his MDC-T party’s presidential campaign fund, where guests who will share a table and interact with the former trade union leader and his wife Elizabeth will  pay out $500 per head at the top presidential table where 10 chairs have been reserved.
Political tension has been rising in Zimbabwe as the country heads towards the  2018 general election.
The banquet will be hosted at Nomads Garden in Harare under the theme “embracing tradition as we enhance our health in fighting poverty” where organisers indicated that guests will be served with “typical Zimbabwean food”.
There are 130 chairs reserved for VVIP guests who are expected to fork out $100 per person and they will be sitting with the Standing Committee which is the party’s top leadership. Another set of  210 chairs is for the VIP section where guests are being asked to pay $50 per head.
Organisers have said the function is a fundraising initiative to boost the opposition leader’s presidential campaign fund.
Tsvangirai has recently been reaching out to his former allies to rejoin his MDC-T party to unite and aim to dislodge power from Mugabe and his Zanu PF.  He has succeeded in doing this as Job Sikhala, Joubert Mudzumwe and Edward Mkhosi have since rejoined him.
Zimbabweans at the moment are faced with various hardships ranging from high unemployment, poverty and company closures.