A SOLDIER based at Mbizo Barracks in Bulawayo allegedly ran amok and assaulted three police officers, who tried to arrest him after accusing them of being thieves.
This was heard by Bulawayo magistrate Sithembiso Ncube on Wednesday when Richard Mjumi (22) appeared before her, charged with undermining police authority, assaulting and resisting a police officer.
Mjumi pleaded guilty to the charge and the magistrate remanded him to Wednesday next week for sentence.
The court heard that on October 28 this year, Mjumi was playing snooker at Mpilo Central Hospital when a police officer, Solomon Dzingirai, passed by in the company of other officers, only identified as Constables Tabinga and Taruvinga.
The court heard, when Mjumi saw them, he labelled them thieves, in Shona, questioning their presence in the area.
“You are thieves, you want to disturb us from playing snooker. People are being killed and have their property stolen, while you are here,” Mjumi is said to have remarked.
“If you remain here, I will hit you with stones.”
After the brief confrontation, the three police officers approached him intending to arrest him, but he became violent and attacked them with fists and booted feet.
The officers sustained injuries, but eventually managed to arrest him.-SouthernEye

Former Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa has dismissed a State Media report that quotes him making a passionate plea to return to the Grace Mugabe controlled party.
Mliswa described the below report as “rubbish..” He did not deny that he is asking to be forgiven by ZANU PF as he is quoted in the article.
He however told ZimEye.com “read the whole story and have it recorded where I am saying I wouldn’t due to the violence.”
FULL TEXT OF THE Herald Report:
MLISWA BEGS ZANU PF FOR RETURN
Former Hurungwe West legislator Temba Mliswa has made a passionate plea to Zanu-PF to accept him back following his ouster last year after being linked to a cabal that sought to unconstitutionally unseat President Mugabe.
Mr Mliswa was touted as a vital cog in the intended putsch whose quashing claimed several scalps, including that of former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru, the leader of the rebels.
Mr Mliswa was the first party provincial chairman to be sacked and since then he has been a wondering spirit hobnobbing with the opposition and has also tried to reclaim his Hurungwe West seat, but lost to Cde Keith Guzah in June.
But Mr Mliswa, who has fallen out with the Dr Mujuru-linked People First project, says his heart is with Zanu-PF.
He told The Herald about the dim prospects of People First which up to date does not have structures and is a “newspaper and social media party”. He claims that the rebellion in Zanu-PF and the People First Project had withered on the vine because its mastermind and Dr Mujuru’s husband, Solomon, had died. “You see, the truth of the matter is you are giving prominence to something which is not even registered,” he said.
“I mean, Jim Kunaka said what he said representing People First, as who? I tried to go around looking for the constitution, they have no constitution, they have no office. Who is the leader of the party? It’s speculative, it’s in the paper. “And the truth of the matter is I have never known of a party which has no leader and which has no address . . . You see for me to waste time on people speculating on a newspaper party, on a social media party, I am not like that.“I believe politics is by going to the ground. Even the BUILD document that they put together, who endorsed it?
“They are saying that Zanu-PF is very dictatorial. At least one thing that Zanu-PF does is call for a conference and a congress and it make resolutions. They (People First) did not even call for a conference to hear from the people and for the people to endorse it.”
He said if People First had a constituency, it should have fielded candidates in the intervening by-elections. “David Butau is People First, why did he not stand as People First in Mbire? Bhasikiti was Mwenezi and he claims to be People First but he is allowing his constituency to go to Zanu-PF but he is People First. I have never understood such politics. Politics is about people.”
He explained: “The other issue is that who was the brains behind this (putschist agenda)? It was her husband the late General Mujuru who was the strategist, who was the driver of this. He is no more unfortunately. So who can replace him? No one. So you know when a project has a strategist and the strategist is not there, why continue with it?
“You are in a war and the commander is not there, he knows the route, do you continue with the war or you abandon the struggle? And if you can’t beat them you join them and you surrender,” he said.
Mr Mliswa is itching for a return to the ruling party. “(I)f it is true that this country is about us being a better people and being a better people means the political party (Zanu-PF) being stable, why can’t the political party extend a hand of reconciliation and say a lot happened?” said Mr Mliswa.
“Especially for me, I wrote a letter to say but my suspension was not fair. As much as people would what they want, I wrote because I did not believe I had done anything wrong. I believe that it was in the interest of the party that if I am wrong it (disciplinary action) is done properly and I go back to the people who elected me and say I am no longer in the party because I was found guilty of ABCD.
“I have never been given an opportunity to explain my side other than talking to you in an interview, that’s the only time that I talk about that…I mean Zanu-PF forgave the white man who they went to war with and killed. I am not a white man. I never even went to war and killed anyone. But they fail to forgive me!” he bemoaned.

Statw Media-Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura’s youngest and 11th wife on Wednesday appeared to be pregnant as she attended her husband’s trial at the Harare Magistrates’ Court.
Bester Runyowa (25) appeared at the court with a visible bulge on her stomach, almost two years after Gumbura’s incarceration.The bulge follows revelations in the same court that her husband had unfettered freedom in prison that included his own private corner,bodyguards, a secretary and unquestionable permission that allowed his wives to bring in 960 bricks of cigarettes.
The bulge has heightened speculation on whether Gumbura is also enjoying his conjugal rights while in prison.Gumbura was sentenced to an effective 40-year jail term on four countsof rape involving three women and possessing pornographic material in February last year.
Runyowa was spotted when she came to attend her husband’s jailbreak trial in which he is accused with eight others of masterminding a foiled jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Prison on Wednesday.
During the jailbreak trial, State witness Claudius Mutizwa told the court that Gumbura is regarded as a “godfather” and prison officers beg for food from him.
Gumbura’s brother, Wilson, vehemently denied that the pregnant woman is one of Gumbura’s wives.
“The pregnant woman is not one of Gumbura’s wives. She is just a member of the congregation. Remember that a lot of people stay at Gumbura’s house at No. 6 Helena Close in Marlborough, Harare.
“All the 11 wives are there and still waiting for him.”
However, about seven wives are religiously following their husband’s trial.Gumbura went to jail, leaving behind his 11 adoring wives.Three of his wives, who were pregnant at the time he was jailed, have since given birth. State Media

The Bulawayo High Court has ordered suspended Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi to surrender his official car and the mayoral regalia. The provisional order delivered by Justice Martin Makonese on Tuesday following an urgent chamber application filed by the Gweru City Council aimed at compelling Kombayi to surrender the property.


In court papers, Gweru City Council which is being represented by Jumo Mashoko and Partners is the applicant while Kombayi appeared as the respondent. Hamutendi has 10 days to file a notice of appeal and opposition with the registrar of the High Court if he intends to challenge the order. “Pending the confirmation of the provisional order, the respondent be and is ordered to return the vehicle Mazda BT 50, within 12 hours of service of the order.
The Court also ordered the suspended Mayor to surrender the mayoral regalia within the same period, failure of which the Sherriff, will seize the mentioned properties and return them to the council.
According to affidavits in the court’s possession from the town clerk, Kombayi was served with several letters ordering him to return the said property, but ignored and never bothered himself with any response.
Kombayi, who is still the legal Mayor of Gweru, was suspended by Minister Saviour Kasukuwere together with 11 Councillors, and they have since taken action against their suspension, through their lawyer, Chitere Chidawanyika and Partners.

According to suspension letter signed by the Minister of local government Kasukuwere, Kombayi and the 11 Councillors are not going to receive any salaries or allowances, during this period.

Efforts to get a comment from the suspended mayor were fruitless by the time of going to press, as his mobile kept ringing with being picked.

Zanu PF youths have cash-bombed Kariba, raiding the resort town with demands of $6 each mandatory contributions from the public towards fund raising for the fractious party’s annual conference to be held in Victoria Falls in December.
“They are ordering each person to give them $6 which they claim is for the conference which we will never attend, and they are saying they will deal with those who would not have donated,” said an elderly man from Nyamhunga Township.
A Mahombekombe high density suburb woman who declined to be named confirmed that hoardes of Zanu Pf youths were visiting them and forcing “us” to contribute.
“They are moving with books in which they are recording ID numbers and names of people who would have paid including those who are not complying,” she said.
One of the Youths told ZimEye.com that they want “our” party members to fundraise for the conference as opposed to forcing companies.
“It is not true that we are forcing people to contribute. All the people we are approaching are our party members who we are asking to contribute towards the conference,” she said.
“We have over the years been accused of extorting companies and this year we have taken it upon ourselves that our party members raise funds for the event”.
Simon Khaya Moyo could not be reached to establish if it was the party’s official position to extort the public in the name of fundraising for the conference which has been slated for 7 and 8 December. The party on Thursday held a fund raising dinner in Harare for the conference which they said needs $1 million for its success.

FOLLOWING Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent remarks in an interview with the London-based New African magazine that the current army commanders are junior and do not pose a threat to his succession bid, it has emerged Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Constantine Chiwenga is now firmly backing the veteran politician to succeed President Robert Mugabe.
At separate briefings this week, senior Zanu PF leaders said initially Chiwenga was vacillating between two camps, one led by Mnangagwa and the other by First Lady Grace Mugabe, because as an appointee of the President as commander-in-chief he has to maintain loyalty to him, and by extension to his wife who is now vastly influential, for survival.
They also said he at the same time also needed to remain loyal to Mnangagwa, a long-time ally and boss dating back to the days of the liberation struggle.
At a rally in March, Mnangagwa described Chiwenga as “our commissar”, apparently referring to his role during the struggle, although it also sounded like a coded message to refer to his current manoeuvres behind the scenes.
“The person I want you to meet is our commissar. Do you know Chiwengwa? … Stand up Chiwengwa so that people can see you,” Mnangagwa said.
Zanu PF’s current political commissar is Saviour Kasukuwere. However, by choosing to support Mnangagwa, Chiwenga has reportedly put his career on the line as Mugabe, now hugely influenced by his increasingly powerful wife, has powers to extend his tenure or terminate his contract.
“Since the December congress last year, there has been a new realignment of forces in Zanu PF and state actors: Chiwenga now firmly supports Mnangagwa, while (Vice-President Phelekezela) Mphoko and others like Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi are leaning towards Grace. Other senior army commanders however don’t agree with Chiwenga and thus support Grace to remain aligned with the commander-in-chief. Chiwenga is loyal to Mugabe, but by supporting Mnangagwa he risks being seen as anti-Grace, something which currently is politically suicidal,” a senior ruling party official said this week.
“Even if Sekeramayi is known to be an ally of Mai Mujuru (the ousted former vice-president Joice Mujuru replaced by Mnangagwa), he is now slowly but surely aligning himself with Grace to find a new lease of political life after surviving those ruthless purges before, during and after congress. There are also endless others shifts and changes behind the scenes; the two main rival factions are recruiting frantically, while party officials are also ever-changing, seeking safe accommodation. The internal dynamics are very fluid.”
This comes as the First Lady is intensifying her nationwide campaigns whose purpose remains unclear and subject to speculation, although it is widely understood within Zanu PF that she is campaigning to raise her national profile, thus positioning herself to succeed her increasingly frail husband, now 91.
“Grace and her allies’ strategy is to build an alliance spanning Mashonaland and Matabeleland provinces to isolate Mnangagwa to Masvingo and Midlands, and perhaps Manicaland which is up for grabs,” another official said. “That way he won’t have a national profile and electoral grip, leaving him vulnerable to defeat. But Mnangagwa knows that and he is fighting to stop that plan.”
Grace, who is also the Zanu PF secretary for Women’s Affairs, is expected to address a party rally tomorrow in Mnangagwa’s heartland of Masvingo where she will face a stern test to prove she has a strong political following to challenge the veteran politician, one of the three survivors, together with Mugabe and Sekeramayi, from the Zanu PF 1977 Chimoio congress.
Mnangagwa’s appearance at Mucheke Stadium in Masvingo in April did not attract a huge crowd as was expected, although the province and Midlands region are his strongholds. Grace will also be under media and public scrutiny to see whether she will persist to brazenly abuse state resources for political gain.
Initially it was believed that Chiwenga had presidential ambitions, but latest information shows he has dropped that agenda firmly throwing his weight behind Mnangagwa’s camp. “What is now clear is that two factions have crystalised in Zanu PF post-congress. There is now the Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe factions, which replaced the traditional Mnangagwa versus Mujuru camps,” another senior ruling party official said. “No amount of denials and protests by anyone can change this: we have factions and they are action, sometimes publicly, daily.”
Chiwenga’s latest position comes after Mnangagwa, in an interview with the New African magazine in August, said: “The current army commanders were very young at the time (during the liberation struggle), and I can guarantee you that there is nobody in the army who is of our generation. Those who are heading the military now were junior officers during the struggle because all their commanders have either died or retired.”
Insiders say the Mnangagwa camp is associated with people who believe in a transitional arrangement in which Mugabe should not be a candidate in 2018.
They say Mnangagwa faction’s strategy is to approach the current situation in Zanu PF as a transitional phase. So it has positioned its leader to stay ready to take over from Mugabe if he leaves offices before the expiry of his term in 2018. The faction strongly believes he will leave before 2018.
However, while the Mnangagwa camp is preparing its leader to take over anytime, the clear message from Mugabe and those around him has always been that he is going nowhere.
Insiders say Grace’s G40 group, which includes senior party officials like Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere and Patrick Zhuwao, by contrast, believes it is premature to talk about transition from Mugabe’s rule when he is just two years into his new five-year tenure. Moyo has been fearlessly attacking the Mnangagwa group as the battle for political turf and control escalates.  Independent

By Tinoonga Mawere Chiredzi | Former Masvingo Provincial governor, Titus Maluleke’s son, George Hatilani Maluleke, who is a medical doctor has been dragged to court by a Chiredzi woman for maintenance.
Maluleke whose father was the governor for Masvingo province at the height of political tension and mass victimisation of opposition supporters, allegedly impregnated Suzzy Pennot who was an upper six student at the time. Maluleke reportedly coerced the girl at that time by giving her money and presents.
The former governor’s son however denied the allegations claiming the child was not his. Maluleke also told Chiredzi magistrate Gerald Mutsotso he could not afford the $360 which Pennot -now 22 demanded. Maluleke is a beneficiary of the controversial land reform programme since he was allocated a farm by his father.
However it is understood there is virtually no activity at his farm-indicating the chaotic land reform exercise has destroyed meaningful production in the country. Meanwhile Mary Chipo Saidi who is a local advocacy officer for an Non Governmental Organisation concerned about Children’s rights, condemned paedophilic behaviour.
She said girls were falling prey to older men because of pressing social commitments and economic hardships. She added the current social instability has eroded the moral fabric in the country. “We are worried about the increase in the number sexual abuse involving school girls and older men. This is mainly attributed to social and economic problems. We are even disturbed by the fact that a medical doctor is involved in such issues,” said Saidi.

A SECURITY guard at Hwange Colliery Company recently strangled a medical doctor in his surgery after accusing him of writing a wrong report about his previous illness.
This was heard by Hwange magistrate Portia Mhlanga Moyo, when Stephen Gwasha (57) of Baghdad, area in Empumalanga, Hwange appeared before her yesterday charged with assault.
He denied the charge and the matter was remanded to November 9 for continuation of trial.
The complainant, Dr Didymus Ngorora of Airport Crescent, Hwange, is employed as a medical officer at Hwange Colliery Hospital.
It is the State case that on October 12 this year at 11:45am, Ngorora was at work attending to patients when Gwasha came to his office. He accused Ngorora of writing a wrong report about his previous illness, but the doctor denied the claim and asked Gwasha to sit down and clarify his problem.
Gwasha allegedly became violent and Ngorora tried to run out of the office, but Gwasha grabbed him by the neck choking him in the process before pushing him back into the office. Patients who were waiting to be attended heard the scuffle and rescued the doctor. Ngorora sustained bruises on the left arm and was treated at the Hwange Colliery Hospital.
Gwasha was then arrested and charged with assault.SouthernEye

Tendai Biti the leader of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the troubled Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana should be jailed for refusing to prosecute Zanu PF activists who murdered over 200 opposition supporters in the run up to the bloody 27 June 2008 Presidential runoff election.
According to the MDC over 200 of their supporters were maimed by known Zanu PF activists and security agents.
The party also claimed that thousands more were displaced as a result of the terror which was unleashed on them by President Robert Mugabe’s militia.
The then security chief in the MDC-T Kisimusi Dhlamini compiled a dossier of such victims and names of perpetrators which he presented to the police but was instead arrested.
Last week Tomana was sentenced to 30 day in prison for refusing to release prosecution certificates for Munyaradzi Kereke a Zanu PF MP who is facing charges of raping a minor girl.
He was given the same sentence for also refusing the prosecution of former Telecel chairperson and Jane Mutasa who defraud the telecommunications company $1, 7 million in airtime vouchers.
On Wednesday the state media reported that Tomana was also in trouble for causing the acquittal of Charles Nherera, the former Zupco board chairperson after he was convicted and sentenced for two years.
Tomana and Nherera had worked together at the state enterprise where the he (Tomana) was the company’s legal advisor before the latter committed the crime.
In a statement Wednesday Biti said Tomana must be pressed to compile dockets for the June 2008 political violence perpetrators.
“Tomana refused to act on evidence produced by victims of that year’s political violence, to investigate and compel the police to open criminal dockets to claims the victims made of kidnappings, assault, injuries that were perpetrated by known state security agents and the Zanu PF militia ,”said Biti.
 

President Robert Mugabe’s nephew and one of the key leaders of the secret G-40 grouping, Patrick Zhuwao, has threatened to beat up a vice President Emerson Mnangagwa aide.
Zhuwao made the threats during the launch of the launch of the $10 million Youth Fund in Harare Wednesday, where he was tasked to introduce Tabeta Malinga Kanengoni the Minister of State in vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s office.
No Tuesday, a youth grouping linked to Mnangagwa the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform, said it was going to humiliate the G-40 team which include Zhuwao Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, politburo member Jonathan Moyo and Zhuwao in public.
The Mnangagwa sponsored youths said the three were also disrespecting war veterans and needed to be disciplined.
“You have not been sent by war veterans, do not come tell me that you have been sent by war veterans, if they are genuine war veterans they will come and speak to me as they have always done.
“Do not think that you can come here and threaten me especially at a press conference; if you are courageous come here and I will deal with you.
The Mnangagwa allies said they will bar the G-40 from attending state factions including the National Heroes Acre.
“You say you will not allow me to visit the Heroes Acre where my mother Sabina was buried, are you serious?,” lashed Zhuwao.
“Go back and tell those who you are representing that they should come here to me and I will deal with them,” he said.
Zhuwayo, Kasukuwere, Moyo and Philip Chiyangwa are pushing for Grace Mugabe to succeed her 92 year old husband President Robert Mugabe.
They are fighting against Mnangagwa and Chris Mutsvangwa who lead another faction.

State Media-Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana is at the centre of another storm for allegedly abusing the court process to rubber-stamp the acquittal of former Zupco board chairman, Professor Charles Nherera, who was charged with corruption.
The abuse reportedly occurred at the time when Mr Tomana was the Attorney General. Prof Nherera was acquitted by the High Court in November 2009, barely a year after Mr Tomana was appointed to the post of then AG.
He had served a two-year prison term. Following his acquittal, Prof Nherera sued businessman Mr Jayesh Shah for malicious prosecution and demanded damages to the tune of $400 000.
But Mr Shah, through his lawyer Advocate Lewis Uriri, applied for absolution from the instance.
Justice Nicholas Mathonsi, in a judgment delivered yesterday, accepted Adv Uriri’s argument that Prof Nherera was “crucified and resurrected by the same office”, and allowed the application.
Mr Tomana invoked provisions of Section 35 of the High Court Act to quash Prof Nherera’s conviction. Under the Act, the quashing of an appeal is made upon the prosecution consenting to the appeal.
“This is a notice that was given by an Attorney-General’s Office under the leadership of someone very close to the case,” said Justice Mathonsi.
The judge noted in his judgment that Prof Nherera was convicted by the criminal court. The conviction, he said, was supported by the prosecution on three separate occasions when Prof Nherera escalated his effort to secure his liberty.
The court noted that Mr Tomana, who is now the PG, was the legal advisor to zupco, which was involved in the criminal prosecution of Prof Nherera at the time, as well as his legal representative in addition to being a board member of zupco.
Further, Justice Mathonsi noted that Mr Tomana testified in defence of Prof Nherera during trial and made it clear that he had no case to answer.
“Despite his spirited efforts, plaintiff was still found guilty and sentenced aforesaid,” he said.
Justice Mathonsi said Mr Tomana was elevated to the position of the then AG in 2008 and when Prof Nherera’s appeal came to the High Court in 2009, he was now in charge of prosecutions.
He said what made the case exceptional was the fact that at the trial court, the prosecution was successful.
The failure, he noted, came at the appeal stage when the State decided to make an about-turn and refused to support the conviction, depriving the appeal court a chance to make its own view on the merits of the appeal.
“The concession came as a surprise because the prosecution had, prior to that, strenuously opposed the appeal on the basis that it was devoid of any merit. The prosecution successfully argued that point before the trial magistrate when bail pending appeal was sought. It also succeeded before the High Court when bail was launched. An effort by plaintiff at the Supreme Court was also successfully repelled by the prosecution.”
Justice Mathonsi also made a finding that even before Prof Nherera was charged, Mr Tomana had in his capacity as a board member made up his mind about the former’s guilty or otherwise.
The judge said Mr Tomana in his capacity as Prof Nherera’s legal counsel sued Mr Shah on behalf of Prof Nherera in HC157/06 for defamation.
“Now as the Attorney-General his office was tasked to defend the interest of the State and protect a conviction the State had fought tooth and nail to accomplish,” he said.
Justice Mathonsi said justice should not only be done but should be seen to be done in this case.
“It cannot be seen to be done in the circumstances under which the appeal was conceded.”
He said for the appeal to proceed in terms of Section 35 of the High Court Act (Chapter 7: 06) it relies on the notice given by the Attorney-General that he does not support the appeal. The judge said the section of the Act did not provide what the judge “should do when he or she does not agree with the notice”.
But then the notice, said the judge, was given by someone very close to the case and who should not have participated at all.
“Accordingly, the involvement of Tomana in that process has tainted the outcome of the appeal to the extent the requirement that the prosecution must have failed cannot be said to have been satisfied.”
In his case, Prof Nherera, who was represented by Adv Thembinkosi Magwaiba, claimed Mr Shah maliciously caused his arrest, prosecution and imprisonment on unfounded corruption charges.
He wanted $100 000 for malicious prosecution and $300 000 for malicious arrest and detention.
Prof Nherera was in 2006 jailed for two years effective for corruption and after completing his sentence, the High Court heard his appeal and quashed the conviction.
He was being charged for allegedly soliciting for a bribe from Mr Shah, who operated Gift Investments, so that his company could be awarded a tender to supply Mazda Swaraj buses to zupco. herald

Three journalists from The Sunday Mail, arrested Monday for publishing an article alleging a senior police officer was involved in poaching activities, posted $100 bail each Wednesday after the State failed to provide compelling reasons to keep them in custody.
In granting them bail, Magistrate Tendai Mahwe ordered Sunday Mail editor, Mabasa Sasa, Investigations Editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo, not to interfere with police investigations, reside at their recorded home addresses and report to the police once week until 27 November when their case will be heard.
Their lawyer, James Muzangaza, was elated by the Magistrate’s ruling to free his clients on bail.
“We are obviously excited by the ruling. We were confident that they were going to be granted bail because the charges, as laid out by the State, were wishy washy,” said Muzangaza.
He said h’s proceeding to challenge the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Codification Act, under which the journalists were charged.
MISA-Zimbabwe national chairman, Kumbirai Mafunda, attended the hearing. He says the ruling confirms what the media watchdog has always said were frivolous charges being brought against journalists by the state.
“This goes to confirm what we had said as MISA-Zimbabwe that this was just persecution of these journalists,” said Mafunda. “We are happy about the ruling, especially when we now have a trend developing of journalists being targeted for doing their work.”
National Assembly media and information portfolio committee member, Nelson Chamisa, said it is sad that journalism profession in the country is being criminilised.
The three journalists’ case attracted the attention of colleagues from both the private and public media who thronged the courts Monday in solidarity.
Herald Editor Ceaser Zvayi and senior editors from the Zimpapers group and their reporters, Daily News Editor, Stanely Gama and dozens of reporters from various newspapers, local and international organizations were also in attendance as were MISA officials and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists executive members.
Meanwhile, another Zimpapers Editor, Takunda Mawodza, was yesterday arrested for allegedly asking for a bribe from wealthy businessman Sam Levy. Mawodza was investigating a story in which he alleged Levy was financially bankrolling former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s People First.VOA

Harare businessman and friend of Professor Jonathan Moyo, Phillip Chiyangwa, claims the Higher Education Minister’s daughter Zanele’s body had witchraft concoctions done on it before being handed to the parents.
Chiyangwa forwards this postulation as it emerged that her body was released incomplete the heart for instance having been taken out.
Moyo’s daughter, Zanele, was buried without a heart, The State Media reports. Just days after Zanele was laid to rest in Harare, the Higher and Tertiary Education Minister’s family has been plunged into fresh agony following the disclosure.
A crack team of Zimbabwean detectives probing the student’s death last month in Cape Town broke the news to the minister and his family last week following a second post-mortem conducted in Harare.
President Mugabe and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko have called for an urgent and thorough investigation into the 20-year-old’s tragic death.
Sources close to the investigation say the family is “extremely distressed” by the findings of Dr Gabriel Alviero Gonzalez and Dr Tsungai Victor Javangwe, both forensic pathologists at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, who conducted a post-mortem examination of Zanele’s body on October 22.
The post-mortem, conducted at the insistence of the family which suspects foul play in Zanele’s death, was the second following another conducted by Dr Sipho Mfolozi at the Salt River Forensic Pathology Laboratory in Cape Town on October 19.
Zimbabwean investigators now believe Zanele’s heart was removed by pathologists during the autopsy in Cape Town and never placed back inside her body before it was released to her family.
Zanele’s body was found lying face-down in the bathroom of her third floor Cape Town apartment on October 17.
She was buried at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare on October 23, but the family was only told of the discovery of the missing heart days later after Dr Gonzalez and Dr Javangwe handed their findings to the Criminal Investigations Department, which is leading the Zimbabwe investigation.
Salt River Forensic Pathology Laboratory manager Wayne Mitten declined to comment, after earlier requesting questions to be sent to him through e-mail.
Constable Noloyiso Rwexana, a spokesperson for Western Cape Police, responding to e-mailed questions over their investigation into Zanele’s death, said: “Kindly be advised that this office is not in a position to give you a comment at this stage as the investigation is yet to be finalised.”
Zimbabwe’s national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said: “It must be understood that the investigation into Zanele’s death is being conducted by South African police. We don’t have extra territorial jurisdiction but what we’re doing is to assist our colleagues in South Africa. They’re best positioned to comment on the issues you’re raising.”
Zimbabwean investigators have ordered rape, toxicology, histology as well as alcohol and drug tests from samples obtained from Zanele’s body during the second post-mortem in their bid to establish what caused her death.
Zanele’s missing heart has disturbed seasoned doctors who described it as “unheard of”.
Dr Solwayo Ngwenya, the clinical director at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, said: “I’ve never heard of a whole body part that is removed and not placed back.
“The only time that a whole body part is removed and not taken back is when it’s used for teaching purposes or for organ donation and of course this is always done with the consent of relatives of the dead person.”
Dr Solwayo, who has been practising for 19 years, explained that when a post-mortem examination is carried out, small amounts of tissue samples are taken from body parts such as the brain, liver, heart, kidney and bowels.
“The tiny samples are put in a small container with water and taken to the lab for the autopsy. It’s almost impossible to see that any body part has been tampered with because the tissue samples are tiny. Every body part should be just as it was before the examination,” he said.
Prof Moyo declined to comment, but family friend Philip Chiyangwa said: “We can’t wrap our heads around what has just happened. We’re still trying to unravel what killed Zanele, and now we must worry about who took her heart and for what reason?”
He said they were battling with several possible scenarios, including negligence by the Salt River Laboratory, an attempt to conceal evidence or even witchcraft.
Described by her sister, Lungile, as a “very happy person who loved to make people laugh” and “very wise for her age”, Zanele was a second-year student at the University of Cape Town and 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, 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 said, pulled Zanele’s body along the floor leaving a trail of blood smear on the bathroom floor.
A small amount of cannabis was also found in one room.
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, according to Chiyangwa, believes Chitobolo holds the answers in solving the mystery of her death.
Investigators in Cape Town have, however, told the family that results of toxicology tests can take up to six years – by which time if criminality is established, it could be near impossible to find suspects and witnesses.
The Salt River Laboratory receives between 10 and 15 bodies daily – around 3 300 bodies a year. This explains the inordinate amount of time it takes to get toxicology test results, a state of paralysis that has made Cape Town an attractive destination for “murder tourism”.
Zanele’s family has also expressed concerns with the police investigation in South Africa after they neglected to ask the laboratory to establish the time of death, which resulted in October 17 – the day her body was found – being listed in her death certificate as the day she died. The fact that when her body was found she was dressed in the clothes she was last seen wearing on October 14, according to her family, makes the conclusion that she died on October 17 an absurdity.
Top Harare lawyer Terrence Hussein, who accompanied Prof Moyo to Cape Town to bring Zanele’s body home, said last week: “It would’ve been better to ascertain [the time of death] scientifically. It gives you an accurate picture of what took place and also when connecting individuals to a scene.
“Now, if you want to question people they can simply escape by saying they weren’t there when Zanele died. You literally immunise all suspects, you give a defence. It’s inconsistent with the strict requirements of a criminal investigation, which this one is.”-State Media, Chronicle

The Zimbabwe Republic Police have charged the  Sunday editor Mabasa Sasa,  and his two reporters Tinashe Farawo and Brian Chitemba with contravening Section 31 (a) (ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23) for allegedly publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the State.
According to their lawyer, Tuesday, the journalists are expected to appear in court on Wednesday.
The scribes were arrested on Monday after they had published in the weekly a story which fingered top police in the killing of elephants at Hwange National Park.
The police claimed that the journalists published or communicated false statements with the intention or realising that there is a real risk or possibility of adversely affecting the defence or economic interests of Zimbabwe.
THE Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) acting chairperson Njabulo Ncube condemned the arrests saying they are barbaric.
“We urge the police to investigate and not to arrest in order to investigate. It is unhelpful and smacks of repression to arrest editors and journalists on issues that are not criminal but is part of their legitimate work, in this particular case, to expose the rot in our society,” said Ncube.
“The police must not cover up for its failures to protect Zimbabwe’s wildlife by threatening the media”.
“There are better and more civilised ways of dealing with such cases than arresting and detaining journalists, for instance, the police could have lodged a complaint with the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe, or sought to engage the editor and his staff for the right of reply ostensibly to set the record straight.
 

Zanu PF Chegutu East law maker Dexter Nduna has been dragged to the courts by the

Zimbabwe United Passenger Company Limited (ZUPCO)  for failing to pay  US$25 000 he owed the  struggling state enterprise for hiring  27 buses he used  during his 2013 election campaign.
ZUPCO filed summons at the High Court claiming US$25 000 allegedly arising from the hiring of buses by Nduna between June and July 2013.
ZUPCO alleges that Nduna requested for 27 buses which he intended to use for transport purposes during his campaigns.
Nduna was expected to pay the hiring fees which varied from trip to trip depending on the distance covered but failed.
Court papers say on the 24th of June 2013, Nduna allegedly hired six buses for Chegutu constituency for a total cost of US$8 000 before hiring six more buses for a rally in Chinhoyi for a total cost of US$9 000 on the 18th of June 2013.
On the 25th of July 2013, he hired seven buses in Chegutu and on the 31st of July 2013, he hired eight buses.
For the 27 buses, he hired he was charged US$34 000 but allegedly paid US$9200 only, leaving a balance of almost US$25 000.
ZUPCO seeks the outstanding US$25 000 plus interest at the prescribed rate of five percent per annum with effect from date of demand until date of payment in full plus costs of the law suit.
 

ZimEye is receiving the latest details from the investigation on how the horrific fire which gutted the Great Zimbabwe monument was started yesterday afternoon.
Well placed officials at the scene have fingered a council employee who they say threw some burning charcoal at three lodges. This instantly set the property aflame and the fire began spreading to the national treasure that is the Great Zimbabwe ruins while simultaneously gutting the workers’ houses. The fire brigade battled to extinguish the fire for hours yesterday.
The accused council employee is reportedly from the local Nemanwa (RDC) Rural District Council. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE –

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• 20 workers operate in each ward

By Tinoonga Mawere | Masvingo Controversial politician and Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao has declared ghost workers in his ministry will remain at work despite mounting pressure to flush out shadowy civil servants.
Impeccable sources at the ministry’s provincial offices here revealed Zhuwao who is President Robert Mugabe’s nephew, was in Masvingo recently and addressed a closed-door meeting where he reportedly vowed to shield all ghost workers in the ministry.
The government is under pressure from local and international financial institutions -including IMF to cut the number of civil servants in order to get monetary aid. The majority of the ghost workers in the youth ministry are Zanu PF activists being rewarded for campaigning for the ruling party in the past elections.
Zhuwao was reportedly addressing the grievances experienced by the Zanu PF activists who work as ward officers in the ministry since they were afraid of losing their jobs. The treasury is struggling to pay civil servants mainly because of a large salary bill and some government workers including teachers have gone for several months without pay.
A youth officer who spoke to ZimEye.com yesterday said Zhuwao said all ghost workers in the ministry would get maximum protection. “The minister(Zhuwao) …told us everything is under control and nobody will be sacked.
He said the whole issue is about the role played in the past elections .”
 
Although the Provincial Youth Ministry head identified as Mr Machako could not be reached for comment, insiders insist Zhuwao was in Masvingo to address some grievances.
The Youth Ministry reportedly harbours the highest number of ghost workers and up to 20 workers operate in each ward .The treasury is battling to cope with the high number of civil servants but Zhuwao’ s declaration indicates government’s lack of commitment towards purging ghost workers, analysts say.
Thousands of civil servants have even failed to receive their monthly salaries in the past months.

A police officer’s wife yesterday was dragged to court together with three armed robbers whom she is accused of supplying her husband’s uniforms and firearms while acting as their manager. Silethokuhle Nare (37) is jointly charged with Dominic Tichaona (35), Jabulani Nyoni (33), Wonder Mahuni (36), David Hausi (37) and Justice Ndlovu (33). They are facing armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearm charges.
Magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe remanded them in custody to November 9 for trial. Prosecutor Ms Sharon Mashavira alleged that sometime in October, Tichaona, Nyoni, Mahuni and Nare arranged with accomplices William Vry and Dennis Musochera to rob Charity Mbanje. Nare allegedly knew that Mbanje was to receive $14 000 between October 6 and 9 from members of a social round table club.
They hatched a plan. Nare allegedly stole two sets of her husband’s police uniforms and gave them to Musochera and Nyoni. It is alleged that on October 5 Nare showed the suspected armed robbers Mbanje’s house and how to execute their robbery. The following day, the suspected armed robbers pounced on Mbanje wearing police uniforms and armed with an FN pistol while the others wielded knives.

They threatened Mbanje and her family and force-marched her to her bedroom demanding the cash. They stole two Samsung Note 4 cellphones, Mobicel tablet and three cellphones. After failing to get the money, they allegedly locked Mbanje and her family in the house and fled.
On a separate occasion on October 25, Nare provided Tichaona and Mahuni with her Toyota Raum (registration number ADH 0955) to rob Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs chief accountant Morees Chalasa Mbewe.
Tichaona, Mahuni and Musochera teamed up and proceeded to Mbewe’s neighbourhood armed with an FN Browning pistol, Okapi knife and machete. They allegedly waited for him when he returned home and forced his family to lie down at gunpoint. They threatened to rape his wife and children if he failed to surrender cash.
They stole $2 560 and several valuables worth $1 960. After locking up the family, the accused slashed Mbewe’s vehicle tyres and fled.
Between September 28 and October 26, detectives received information of cases of armed robbers targeting fuel service stations. The information led to the arrest of Musochera, who was in possession of an unlicensed FN Browning pistol loaded with three rounds of ammunition.
He implicated Nare who had obtained the firearm from Wilfred Jaure and Tatenda Gadzikwa. Musochera  lateranaged to escape from Machipisa Police Station custody and went to  with his accomplices and this led to their arrest.
Nare is represented by her lawyer, Mr Tungamirai Chakurira. – State Media

Furious Members of Parliament from Matabeleland have protested the “ban” of Ndebele in Parliament arguing that it is unacceptable for Ministers to claim they are not conversant with Ndebele which is one of the country’s official languages.  This comes after several occasions when National Assembly Members and Senators who speak Ndebele have been forced to make their contributions in English and now they have complained that this is unfair as their Shona-speaking colleagues are allowed to use their mother language.
Annoyed MPs said since they were being forced to use English, they were doing so in protest. Some MPs and Senators said it was unjust to be forced to contribute and discuss issues in English when Shona-speaking lawmakers were allowed to express themselves better in their own languages.
Recently, Bulawayo Senator Angelina Masuku (Zanu-PF) was forced by Deputy Senate President Chen Chimutengwende to speak in English while posing a question to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joram Gumbo.
Chimutengwende said it was improper for Masuku to ask questions in Ndebele since the minister is not a Ndebele. Masuku protested why she was being forced not to use her preferred language.
“Mr President, I will do that in protest because this is a Zimbabwean Parliament and for us as legislators to come here and promote a foreign language and yet we have been voted in by Zimbabwean people phandle laphana besesikhangelana lama ministers (outside there, we would be staring at each saying our ministers) who are Zimbabwean who say they cannot communicate in a Zimbabwean language,” said  Masuku.
“I will do that but in protest and I will request Mr President that our ministers make an effort to be truly Zimbabweans.” Matabeleland South proportional representation MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has faced the same problem s everal times, when she was ordered to speak in English, the most recent time being last Wednesday.
During the National Assembly’s question and answer session, the legislator asked the Minister of Energy and Power Development  Mr Samuel Undenge a question, but the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda ordered her to use English.

“I will just agree, but, it’s painful. I understand Mr Speaker but others speak in Shona and it’s never a problem,” said Misihairabwi-Mushonga.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga told The Chronicle that Parliament should employ translators if it wants to solve the issue of free language expression in the legislature. She said what was surprising was that some ministers who were saying they could not speak Ndebele went to school in Matabeleland.
Mishairabwi-Mushonga said some Ministers were deliberately refusing to speak in Ndebele because they did not want to accommodate other languages. “I have insisted that I will speak in Ndebele and I have realised that some of the Ministers now try responding in Ndebele,” she said.
The legislator said as a matter of principle, ministers should be able to communicate in all indigenous languages. She cited Canadian system of governance saying ministers serving in the government speak French although English is the main language. Mr Mudenda brushed aside the whole issue saying parliament does not force Ndebele-speaking legislators to present their questions in English.
“If they ask in Ndebele we only ask them to repeat the question in English. We don’t force them to speak in English and that is done for clarity purposes,” said Mr Mudenda. The country has 16 official languages.
In July, the former Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Obert Mpofu was involved in another language storm when he  responded to a question that was posed in Shona in Ndebele.
Mr Mpofu now the Minister of Macro-economic Planning and Investment Promotion had been quizzed in Shona by Zanu-PF legislator Monica Chigudu on what progress was being made regarding the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge Road.
Mr Mpofu responded in Ndebele saying, “Honourable Chigudu ubuze umbuzo oqakathekileyo. Kunzima ukulungisa imigwaqo yonke sikhathi sinye kodwa ngiyathemmbisa ukuthi iMasvingo iyabe siledual road ngesikhathi esifitshane.(Honourable Chugudu you asked a very important question. It’s difficult to fix all roads at once but I promise Masvingo will have a dual carriageway soon).”
After that, Mr Mpofu was told to revert to English for the benefit of other lawmakers. -Chronicle

A 28-year-old woman has appeared in court for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy claiming they are a couple. Precious Sibanda appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya charged with two counts of aggravated indecent assault. Mr Mujaya remanded her to today for trial continuation. In her defence, Sibanda told the court that the boy made romantic advances to her by passing flirtatious comments about her.
“We had consensual sex. I did not force him to sleep with me and we used protection both times we had sex. This boy has an insatiable appetite for sex which led me to believe he was of age. The only reason why he ended up reporting the matter was due to pressure he was subjected to by his parents,” she said.
Prosecuting, Mr Ephraim Mujaya alleged that sometime in January this year, Sibanda lured the boy into her room. The court heard that Sibanda forced the boy to have sexual intercourse with her using protection. It is alleged that Sibanda threatened the boy not to say anything concerning the matter.
It is the State’s case that in September Sibanda invited the boy again to her house and forced him to have sex with her, this time without protection. The State further alleged teachers at the boy’s school noticed changes in the boy’s behaviour as he had become withdrawn. They allegedly sent the boy back home so his parents could help him.
The boy revealed to his parents that he had indulged in sex with Sibanda and that it had affected him. The boy’s parents reported the matter to the police leading to Sibanda’s arrest. Meanwhile, a Harare man who absconded court after signing summons acknowledging he would appear before it has been ordered in absentia to stop abusing his wife in any way, reports Ivan Zhakata.
The ruling was granted by Harare Civil Court magistrate Mrs Ruth Kamangira after Andrew Nyakabau failed to come to court. His wife, Ennia Mutambirwa, who was seeking a protection order, told the court that Nyakabau physically and verbally abused her and threatened to kill her. “He assaults me and rebukes me using obscene language and starves me of my conjugal rights. I am afraid of going home because he might kill me as he has made several threats to eliminate me,” Mutambirwa said.
She also told the court that Nyakabau was not buying food for the family. Nyakabau was not present to answer to the allegations although he had signed court papers admitting he was aware of the court case. Mrs Kamangira delivered a default judgment ordering Nyakabau from abusing his wife.

Three schoolgirls from Chamboko Village in Seke near Dema Growth Point drowned in Hunyani River where they had gone to swim.
The girls are said to have left home to wash their clothes in the afternoon and decided to swim afterwards.
While swimming, one of the girls realised that her friends were drowning and rushed to the village to alert the elders.
An uncle who rushed to the scene found the girls already drowned.
With assistance from other villagers they managed to retrieve the bodies and alerted Dema police who attended the scene and conveyed the bodies to Chitungwiza Hospital mortuary for post mortem.
ZRP Mashonaland East spokesperson, Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the incident and appealed to the public to avoid letting children playing on water bodies like dams, rivers or wells without supervision.
The deceased have been identified as Bridget Takawira (14), Natasha Charakupa (9) and Beauty Banola (9).
The girls were all students at Marikopo Primary School.-State Media

The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association says Health Minister David Parirenyatwa is plotting a coup against President Robert Mugabe by sabotaging his economic blue print ZIMASSET through denying  the promotion of public health.
The doctors who held their Annual General Meeting in Harare at the weekend  said by looting PSMS funds and ignoring concerns of the country’s  medical sector Parirenyatwa wants nurses and doctors to stage massive demonstrations against government and  cause “genocide”  in hospitals.
They said by so doing the Health Minister was working against his boss, President Mugabe who in his economic blue print Zimasset projects political and economic growth and stability.
“Doctors have suffered for a long time and it now time to say no to slavery and the Association will make sure that no doctor will subsidize the government’s failure to attract and retain medical doctors through working extra unpaid hours,” said the ZHDA in a statement.
The doctors resolved that Parirenyatwa should be forced to resign for abuse of office.
“The minister of Health and Child Care David Parirenyatwa must resign over his failure to address issues affecting doctors and as well as the recent PSMAS saga”.
“Doctors will mobilise for a nationwide petition that shall be submitted to parliament to put pressure on Dr Parirenyatwa and his cabal”.

Masvingo Ousted Zanu PF Provincial chairman Paradzai Chakona who was accused of being expelled Joice Mujuru’s “barmy” has refused to hand over party assets as intra party fighting intensifies.

Chakona who was booted out last week after being accused of being a member of the Gamatox team is reportedly in possession of three party vehicles among other assets.
 
The heated meeting was held at Victoria Primary School last Sunday and party officials spent several hours locked in the meeting- to the shock of junior party members and residents of the ancient city who expected the meeting to address hunger and drought issues currently dogging the community.
 
While the Zanu PF leadership spent several hours fighting along factional battles they to date have done nothing to address problems faced by villagers shifted from the Tokwe Mukosi area. Meanwhile Chakona vowed he would not surrender the assets since he was entitled to them.”
 
There are small minds in the party. I was entitled to those assets but there are people who pre-occupy themselves with trivial issues, said Chakona. According to insiders who attended the meeting Minister of State for Masvingo Province Shuvai Mahofa accused Chakona of being a Mujuru ally.
 
Chakona accused senior party officials of failing to concentrate on productive issues.Brighton Ramusi a local social analyst said the entire nation had been stalled by the anti-Mujuru mantra with nothing in sight as remedy for the economic abyss. “We have had enough of the anti-Mujuru mantra but it is ideal for the ruling party to focus on key issues affecting the nation,”said Ramusi.

HIGHER Education minister Jonathan Moyo says he will pursue a law degree in honour of his late daughter Zanele who had always wished to become a lawyer.
Zanele (20) died under mysterious circumstances in Cape Town a fortnight ago. She was pursuing a Political Science, International Relations and Gender Studies degree at the University of Cape Town.
However, the Tsholotsho North legislator tweeted on Friday that his daughter had wished to become a lawyer and following her death he had decided to study law to honour her wish.
“As one of the three things in Zanele’s honour and because she ultimately wanted to be a lawyer, I’m embarking on an LLB to do what she wanted done,” Moyo tweeted.
“It is food for thought to reflect on the implications of the fact that the only title which God shares with human beings is that of Father!”
At the weekend, Zanu PF National Commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere posted pictures of him with Moyo in a lecture room.
Moyo, Kasukuwere and President Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao have enrolled for a law degree with the University of Zimbabwe.
On Thursday, Moyo tweeted that he believed everything happened for a purpose.
“From my faith everything happens for a reason and from my education everything has a cause but in both cases some questions have no answers!” he said.
Speaking at his daughter’s graveside in Harare, Moyo also said he would give his life to God after the devastating loss of his daughter.-SouthernEye

Ten provincial chairpersons were yesterday dazzled by aspiring Zifa presidential candidate Phillip Chiyangwa’s flamboyance and possibly his manifesto as they unanimously endorsed him for the December 5 election during a meeting held in the capital.
The endorsement came barely a few days after Chiyangwa was endorsed by the four regional chairs.
The meeting, as expected, was held at Chiyangwa’s offices along Enterprise Road in Harare and was attended by all the 10 provincial chairpersons, with his campaign strategist Farai Jere also making a surprise visit to address the councillors.
Chiyangwa and Jere took turns to give the councillors a road map of how they intended to breathe life into Zimbabwean football, which is now reeling in intensive care unit.
Speaking after the meeting, Midlands province Zifa chairman Brian Chishanga said they had endorsed Chiyangwa as their presidential candidate.
“We have agreed as provincial chairpersons that we endorse Chiyangwa as our next football leader. We have taken a position that we are all going to vote for Chiyangwa. Remember, there are four votes for our area zones which translate to 14 votes that Chiyangwa has already bagged,” Chishanga said in a telephone interview.
Meanwhile, Chiyangwa told Standardsport that he would need 90 days if elected into office to deal with Zifa debts.
He said his election would be a stepping stone to bigger posts at the continental football body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the world football motherbody, Fifa.
“I have no intentions whatsoever to stay as Zifa boss for more than the two years that I have talked about. My aim is to use this as a stepping stone for a bigger post in CAF and Fifa, that’s what I am aiming at. I want to put Zimbabwe on the international map by holding an influential post either at Caf or even at Fifa,” Chiyangwa said.Standard

Mystery hangs over the death of a Bulawayo doctor who was on Thursday night found dead in his car.
The surgeon, Dr Phinot Moyo, 58, employed at Mater Dei Hospital, was discovered by police officers on patrol.
Dr. Moyo’s car was parked on the road-side with one of his legs outside the vehicle.
ZRP Officers say they spotted the car while passing through the area according to State papers.
When they opened the car they found only Dr Moyo inside who they pronounced dead at the scene.
Such deaths are rare in the city and members of the public have expressed doubts that it was of a natural cause.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango told the State Media investigations are on course.
“I can confirm that our officers found a body of an adult man in his vehicle. Investigations are underway to establish what could have killed him. We’re waiting for a postmortem report to direct us how we should proceed with the matter,” said Insp Simango.
She said when police found Dr Moyo’s body, his vehicle’s hazard lights were on.
Dr Moyo’s brother and family spokesperson Liveson Moyo said he was informed about his death at about midnight.
“I received a phone call from the police who inquired if I knew the person whose phone they were using to call me. At first I didn’t realise that it was my brother’s as I was fast asleep but when they called for the second time I realised it was his phone. They then told me that he had passed away and I started calling around informing other family members,” said Moyo.
He said Dr Moyo’s death came as a shock to the family as he did not have any medical condition that could have claimed his life.
“I even asked family members when I came here whether there was anything bothering him but everyone said he was in perfect condition,” he said.
The vice president for Zimbabwe Medical Association Matabeleland region, Dr Wedu Ndebele said the country had suffered a devastating loss.
He described Dr Moyo as a dedicated philanthropist who had a passion for children and development.
Dr Moyo was a children anaesthetist.
“He was a disciplined, hard-working doctor. He was very selfless. You would call him at any time of the day and he would be there to offer his service. His death is a big blow to Bulawayo and the whole southern region as there aren’t so many specialists like him,” he said.
He is survived by a wife and four children, three girls and a boy.
Mourners are gathered at house Number 13 Founders Road, Richmond.

A Zimbabwean man suspected to have raped a donkey told the court on Wednesday that appearing every 14 days was a waste of time as he wants to be sentenced.
He said that if at all he has committed an offence he would rather be sentenced for it sooner rather than later.
Vee Mulilo, 23, is accused of unlawfully having carnal knowledge of a donkey on August 27 at Phuduhudu lands. The donkey is the property of one, Mmoloki Neo.
The state alleges that Mulilo left the donkey with some knee injuries as he had tied it to a tree prior to allegedly raping it. Mulilo told Palapye magistrate, Gofaone Mosweu that it was not possible for him to wait for another 14 days in prison.
“I am always told to wait for 14 days to appear in court and this is a bit tiring as well as frustrating me. I just want things to be done and completed, the whole process is just a waste of my time. Furthermore, I do not know the reason why I am in prison. I want to be sentenced as soon as possible if at all there is something wrong that I have done,” said Mulilo.
Mulilo was denied bail because he is in Botswana illegally and does not have travelling documents. In addition he has been working in Botswana without a working permit since August 2014. State prosecutor, Inspector Ditsapelo Emmanuel, applied for Mulilo to be further remanded in custody while still waiting for the results from the forensic laboratory.
Emmanuel said: “We are still waiting for the results from the forensic laboratory, we expect them to be ready by November 2, 2015. So we apply
for the accused to be further remanded in custody. We are hopeful that we will be ready with the results after 14 days”.
Mosweu explained to the accused that it was not possible to sentence him while the investigations are still ongoing. She said the results from the forensic laboratory are part of the investigations so the court could not go on with sentencing him without such evidence.
“It will also be unlawful to skip other court procedures and jump into sentencing you without even taking your plea. Let’s wait for the results, that is when we will take your plea and continue with case management and then trial,” she said.
In another matter, yet another Zimbabwean national Raymond Mafuta, 34, accused of rape, pleaded with magistrate Mosweu to allow him bail so that he can go and re-assemble his clients’ car gearboxes.
He said he left them in pieces hence his customers are unable to get their cars back as they lack other parts.
In response to his plea, Mosweu told Mafuta that it was not possible to release him from prison only because he wants to complete his personal things.
She said it would mean that all accused persons who have been remanded in jail would also be released to go and complete their works. Mosweu advised Mafuta to make an application to the High Court if he was not satisfied with the answer.
Both accused persons appeared in person and they will appear again for mention on November 11, 2015. Mmegi

A 56-YEAR-OLD man who is a father of 11 children stole 22 poles valued at $110 from his 91-year-old neighbour in a bid to raise money to pay school fees for his children.
But owns 20 cattle
Nhlanhla Siwela of Dombodema area in Bulilima told the court that his children were being continuously sent home from school and he was struggling to raise the money.
Siwela who also revealed that he owned 20 cattle said eight of his children were at school while the other two were not employed.
“I stole the poles as I wanted to sell them in a bid to raise money for my children’s school fees. I earn a living through piece jobs which I perform as a builder but the money is hardly enough for me to sustain my large family.
“My children were being persistently sent home from school and I needed the money urgently. I have 20 cattle but they are with a relative who stays far from my homestead which made it difficult for me to access one on time,” said Siwela.
He pleaded for the court’s leniency after citing that he was the sole breadwinner at his homestead.
Siwela was convicted by Plumtree magistrate, Mr Gideon Ruvetsa for theft. Mr Ruvetsa sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment of which six months were suspended for five years on condition that he does not within the period commit an offence of the same nature. The remaining six months were further suspended on condition that he performs 210 hours of community service at Dombodema Clinic.
Prosecuting, Mr Clemence Shawarira said Siwela stole 22 metal poles belonging to Moses Ngwenya on 8 October in the middle of the night and nothing was recovered.-SundayNews

Minister Obert Mpofu’s property in Newlands was raided yesterday morning by unknown men.
The same people are also understood to have attacked a High Court judge’s house as well. One person has been arrested. Details are still sketchy but sources close to Mpofu said two police details were injured and hospitalised due to the attacks, the first of which was at the minister’s premises in Newlands, Harare.
Indications are several men, using BMW and Toyota Mark II vehicles, gained entry into Mpofu’s premises after duping a police guard into allowing them in. They assaulted the officer before allegedly proceeding to the High Court justice’s house, where they again assaulted a cop stationed there.
Investigations are going on.-Sundaymail

A BULAWAYO motorist has been hauled before the courts for labelling police officers at a roadblock as “uneducated, silly and empty-headed.”
Shepard Mandi (33) of Entumbane was not asked to plead to the charge of undermining the authority of a police officer when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Charity Maphosa on Wednesday.
The court heard that on October 13 at 9:15am Mandi was driving his Honda Fit along 3rd Avenue Extension into town when he was stopped at a road block by a police officer who asked him to produce his driver’s licence.
Mandi said he had lost it and the police officer asked him why he did not have temporary identification in place. The accused then allegedly went ballistic and started shouting at the police officer telling her that she was an uneducated officer who does not know what she was doing, but just wanted money from him.
Another police officer, who was in charge of the team approached Mandi trying to control the situation.
But Mandi allegedly shouted at her saying she should get away and was a “silly” police officer.
He allegedly went on to say police officers wearing uniforms had “nothing in their heads” and are just animals.
He was later arrested.-SouthernEye

Staff Reporter | King Bhunane 3 of South Africa and members of the Zulu royal family this morning quietly made their way into the country via Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport in Bulawayo.
Sources at the international airport confirmed to media that the King of the Hlubi people of South Africa who are subjects of Zulu king Goodwill, Zwelithini sneaked into the country as Zwelithini’s emissary. Media was recently a awash with news that King Zwelithini was on his way to the country an issue which was met with massive resistance from Zimbabweans following the king’s sentiments about the influx of foreigners in South Africa leading to xenophobic attacks against foreigners by South African nationals.
The resistance by Zimbabweans caused the organisers of the trip to abandon the king’s trip to Zimbabwe. It is also believed that the Zimbabwean government was not in a position to sanction Zwelithini’s visit to the country after Zwelithini described President Robert Mugabe as a failed father who can not take care of his children as Zimbabweans flock into South Africa in millions as economic refugees.
The royal families are believed to be in the company of Gwanda born South Africa based business tycoon Justice Maphosa who is bank rolling the Gwanda Gospel Extravaganza at a cost running into millions of Rands.

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There is no more miracle cash, and miracle babies have suddenly become a thing of the dreaming human imagination – Harare preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa has been left with an egg of his face after his so called ‘miracles’ vanished and are no longer happening.
In 2012-13, Makandiwa shot to fame raking millions of dollars in donations after thousands of Zimbabweans flocked to his meetings when told they could receive instant miracle cash. The frenzy even caught Zimbabwe’s former Reserve Bank Gideon Gono who himself ended up joining the prophets, going to the extent of passing his seal of approval.
But soon after journalists began investigating the incidents and started interrogating the preachers, two years later there is not a single mention of any such miracle.
In the same vein, a miracle baby Makandiwa claimed to have been born 3 days after sex, died and the preacher conducted a secret burial for him where journalists were barred from filming. This reporter followed up with Makandiwa and was for several days kept waiting as his staff members blocked any contact with the man of the cloth.
In June ZimEye.com exposed another scam by Makandiwa which involved fake fat belly miracles. Soon after that the Kwekwe woman Makandiwa used to stage one of the acts, evaded questions when asked for her medical records to prove she had indeed been healed and that she had of a truth suffered from a fat belly condition. “Don’t you have any other stories to investigate?,” she said.
She continued,
“It seems you are now spending your life studying Mai Muza,” Betty Muza said much to Makandiwa’s humiliation.
The development has seen prominent theologian, elder with 25 years of ministry experience and upstanding church founder, Dr. Noah Pashapa blasting Zimbabwe’s fake prophets.
Episode 5 of Tonight With Zororo (Makamba) focused on the evolution of the church in Zimbabwe, and Zororo started off by recounting his personal experience after visiting one of the popular Pentecostal churches in the country.
“When Papa would say something that resonated with his audience, members of the congregation would spontaneously stand up, and splash money on the stage,” Makamba said.
He went onto close his animated monologue by saying Prophet can now easily be mistaken for the word profit.
In the last few years, Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe have grown tremendously. The three religious leaders at the centre of the growth are Prophets Emmanuel Makandiwa of UFI Ministries, Walter Magaya of PHD Ministries and Spirit Embassy founder Ubert Angel.
When describing the character of his religious counterparts Pashapa said they lacked a depth of understanding in a number of things.
“They (prophets) lack philosophy of religion, training in theology and understanding of the polity of the church.
“’These chaps are briefcase church leaders who have spent a few weeks, months at most, in ‘theological’ school,” he said.
Many workers and companies are feeling the pinch of the current economic hardships and have flocked to the church in pursuit of a change in fortune.
The gospel of prosperity has been the underlying message for many of these charismatic churches.
“Theirs is a gold spell of prosperity, gold being the underline. It takes from the poor to enrich the teachers.
“They engage in superficial care and concern activities, whilst robbing from the poor and enriching themselves,” Pashapa said.
Critics have argued that churches have become money-making schemes. The churches have become synonymous with miracles, healings, signs, wonders and prophecies. In 2013, Makandiwa and Angel boasted of Miracle Money which would see subscribers of this claim having extra money in their bank accounts and wallets.
During the interview with Zororo, Bishop Pashapa also recalled a conversation he had with one of the church leaders.
“He and his wife take the offerings and I remember hearing one of the chaps boast that they count the money until they were tired,” he said.
“They have a very myopic understanding of the church. Just their little group is the only authority on the church and everyone else is wrong.
“Just their brand of Christianity subscribes to one strand which is the gospel of prosperity message which focuses on material items of wealth.”
When asked how to spot a fake prophet Pashapa said church goers must raise eyebrows if the leader becomes the focus of the message.
Pashapa, who has been ministering God’s Word for the past 25 years, said, at the end of the day, you are bound to have light and shadow and the church is no exception because it’s run by human beings.
This episode also saw comedians P.O Box making their debut in a hilarious skit. Afro-Pop singer Tinashe Makura closed out with a performance of his latest single Love & Laughter on the Coca-Cola sound stage. Previous episodes of Tonight with Zororo can be found at www.twzshow.com

Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has slapped in the face Zimbabwe’s pentecostal prophets led by Emmanuel Makandiwa and Walter Magaya saying the “anointed” preachers must prophesy-out what happened to abducted democracy activist Itai Dzamara.
Dzamara, a journalist and political activist, disappeared on the 9th of March 2015 and government’s notorious CIO has been blamed for it all.
But Mnangagwa denied this saying government is also looking for what he said is a mere “answer”.
Mnangagwa told the Zanu PF Midlands Provincial Co-ordinating Committee meeting that everyone regrets what happened to Dzamara and the government is looking for answers.
The Vice President said every single citizen must be protected by the state and security agents including the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) are all out trying to find out what could have happened to Dzamara.
“We all regret what happened to Itai Dzamara and as government we have no answers. Both the police and the CIO are all out to try and find out what happened. Every single citizen must be protected by the state,” said Mnangagwa.
He then added that prophets must join and prophesy out what on earth is going on.
“We appeal to churches, including prophets (Magaya, Makandiwa), who can assist in finding Dzamara to do so as everyone is worried and concerned about him,” he added.
The High Court has since ordered state to regularly report to Dzamara’s lawyers and family about the progress made in the search and the investigation into his disappearance.

Patients at the Gwanda Provincial Hospital are having no time to concentrate on their recovery process as they have to fight off marauding stray cats in the wards.
A source recently admitted at the hospital revealed to ZimEye.com that patients can hardly get their rest as the marauding cats run around the wards in search for food at the patients’ lockers. According to the source the cats now said to be witchcraft agents, are so cunning that they do not have to wait until night time to scavenge for food inside the wards.
“You can’t take time to relax because the moment you relax you hear things falling apart on or inside the lockers the cats stealing food stuff,” he said. “It’s just the same whether it’s at night or during the day.”
“The hospital staff appear to have given up the fight against the cats as they are not doing much to fight them off,” added the source in a WhatsApp tip off to the media.
Following up on the matter, several patients and members of staff within the hospital confirmed the menace of the cats to ZimEye.com. According to the sources within the hospital, the problem is more profound in the Female Ward and the hospital kitchen than anywhere else in the hospital.
“It’s a little better here in the male ward which is close to the busy Out Patients area,” said an employee at the hospital. “The situation is very bad at the female ward which is slightly to the back of the hospital where the cats easily sneak into the ward from the rear windows,” he added.
“These cats are so troublesome that they even get into cars parked within the hospital area searching for food,” said an official. “The only good thing about them us that they have eliminated the problem of rats and mice we experienced some years back.”
A quick tour around the hospital complex by the ZimEye.com correspondent revealed that the hospital is indeed a home to scores of stray cats. The animals were seen walking randomly around the hospital grounds without any restriction nor fear.
A visitor to the hospital identified as Lynette Dube lamented bitterly at the influx of the cats in the hospital calling on the authorities to get rid of the animals as they are a menace at the hospital and likely to carry infections into the hospital.
“My husband has been at the male ward for a while now and we can’t leave him extra food for him to eat later when he is hungry because the moment he falls asleep the food is stolen by the cats,” she said.
“It’s even getting very expensive for us because we now have to visit the hospital three times a day to bring him food,” said the relative.
Comment could not immediately be obtained from the hospital administrator but workers at the hospital confirmed and expressed their disgust at the animals claiming that the hospital has conceded loss in the fight against the cats.
An official within the hospital wards urged relatives of the sick not to bring too much food stuff for the patients as the excess food attracts the cats into the wards.
“Where possible I would urge relatives to bring in just enough food stuff for the patient to eat and finish and maybe just a little extra which can be put away easier as lots of food packed on the lockers attracts the cats.”

“Spotting A False Prophet,”  By Dr Noah Pashapa
There are simple ways of detecting a false prophet, prominent church founder, academic and theologian, Dr. Noah Pashapa says in a development that has seen Prophets Emmanuel Makandiwa, and Walter Magaya publicly fingered for the manner in which they dabble in crafted miracles and cash takings. “All Bishop’s words point at Makandiwa and Magaya, how can Zimbabweans forget for instance the fake fat belly miracle?” scholar Andrew Dube said on Tuesday.
Speaking to TV presenter Zororo Makamba, Dr Pashapa said there are signs that are easy to see which instantly display a false preacher. The preacher who has been behind the pulpit for over 25 years, said, “there are indicators in the Bible but one of the most critical ones is anyone who begins to focus on themselves: their whole message, the whole organisation revolves around them. They have become a personality cult.  They have become “the” important component. That is your indicator number one, because John The Baptist said Jsus must increase, I must decrease. I am not even fit to tie the thread of his sandals.
“Number 2 – You judge them by the fruit, their character. If some is out to milk, is out to manipulate. He is using the power of suggestion. People are told I have prayed for you you are healed, stop taking your medication…In Jesus’ time he heals the people who have leprosy,  he says to them go consult the doctors because the priests of the day were the doctors.
“So he says to the ten lepers you go consult with the priests who will confirm you have been healed for sure. But these chaps don’t do that. In fact they say to people you don’t go to the doctors. I am telling you you are healed instantaneously, and completely. There is no room for partial gradual healing. And there is no room for no healing…”
“A lot of these people are now looking for medical attention when it is too late.”
Pashapa said spiritual deception has become rampant due to the Zimbabwean political environment for over 35 years continuing to impose a “very terrorised mentality” in the people.

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MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai once fled Zimbabwe to hide in the house of the new SADC head Botswana’s President Ian Khama while running away from President Robert Mugabe. This time Tsvangirai has hinted his colleague, Khama  is going to slam into Mugabe and deal with his regime,  now that he has the powers as the new SADC chairman.
All this is because the entire SADC region is being suffocated by Mugabe, Tsvangirai graphically pointed.
Addressing journalists on a wide range of issues, Tsvangirai said that Mugabe’s “destructive” Presidency seen to continue into his 94th birthday, is going to make the Tsvangirai ally, Khama, to do something on on the aged leader.
He said this when asked if he thinks Khama will act on Mugabe. He replied in part, “the Zimbabwean crisis is pivotal in the economic progress of the whole region, so the crisis at the central affects the whole region.
“What it means is that SADC must say look we have a situation where the regime is unstable, it’s imploding… so you have three issues that are of concern to SADC that they need to address,” Tsvangirai said [SEE from time code 16:35]. FULL PRESS CONFERENCE:

• He would pleasure himself on the woman from midnight all the way up to 9am
• “Holiness”
• “It’s me Papa.”

The MDC Renewal Team is this weekend holding its elective congress which will see the party electing its substantive leaders as insider reports suggest that Tendai Biti, the secretary general has been nominated unopposed and will take over the party as interim leader Sipepa Nkomo deputises him.
The splinter group from the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC will at the three day long congress which starts on the 21st of august up to the 23rd is also going to adopt and unveil the Party’s name, symbol and logo.
“We are also going to unveil the Party’s Key Policies and our much awaited economic blue print we have called Holistic Program for Economic Transformation (HOPE) which proposes real solutions to challenges that Zimbabwe is facing today,” Jacob Mafume the party’s spokesperson told ZimEye.com on Monday.
While avoiding the Biti issue, Mafume continued saying, “this is the platform which the party is going to unveil all its democratic process such as the Party’s Constitution we will unveil the our electoral demands document an Agenda for the Restoration and Rehabilitation of Electoral Sustainability (ARREST ) and the roadmap we are going to follow as a way forward”.
Mafume said the congress will run under the theme Reclaiming Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile a report that Biti is taking over the party gripped the movement and as at Monday afternoon, insiders were jostling for posts.
“We know Advocate Biti is taking over and no one can question that,” one male member said. Their claims were not officially corroborated at the time of writing. Efforts to reach Mr Biti for a comment were fruitless at the time of writing.

Fugitive preacher and abuser of women, Uebert Angel is dying of HIV AIDS, the preacher’s church staff members claim.
This follows an exclusive investigation by ZimEye.com for over several months into the man of the cloth now fully revealed as really a “man of the broth” as ZimEye.com prepares to offload a full video documentary expose’ on him.
Angel, real name Mudzanire has avoided journalists seeking his comment on the explosive matter.
His former Chief of Staff Terrence Madiro has however laid bare issues secretly discussed among members behind church walls.
Madiro tells a woman allegedly abused by Angel, “We will just hope that you earlier girls are well and we assume that perhaps that you were banged during the time he was still safe.” She (NN) reveals to Mr Terrence Madiro, (TM) she has something private she needs to tell the man. FULL INTERVIEW:
TM: We will just hope that you earlier girls are well and we assume that perhaps that you were banged during the time he was still safe.
NN: Safe, what are you trying to say?
TM: LAUGH
NN: Are you saying he is not well or what?
TM: I just said safe, I never said that he is not well.
NN: So which safe are you talking about then?
TM: Safe in that you can appease yourself that since he started on you, you were not touched by later dangers.
NN: What exactly?
TM: I mean catching the great disease, you never know.
NN: PAUSE. It’s very difficult and hard.
Terrence I have something to tell you but I am not sure if I can trust you.
TM: If you fail to trust me, remember I once looked for you at 3am, could I turn again to compromise you?
NN: I did say remember as I was shocked if you had come to threaten me, or you have come to talk to me.
TM: Hah no way, I never said or did anything to hurt you.
NN: By the way tell me about those messages we hear which are floating on Whatsapp. What’s going on?
TM: Which messages now?
NN: Someone is laying out several points on Angel.
TM: I haven’t see it. Let me in on it
NN: Ah the person is even saying she wants to write a book.
TM:Who is it?
NN:I don’t know but the person is from Spirit Embassy.
TM: What about the issue you want to reveal to me?
NN: Ah I hear that Bev has grown thin, what’s going on?
TM: Bev is it not an issue of stress? She has tended to watch her weight.
NN: Mhn!, I don’t think the level it has reached is still one of watching her weight.
TM: Is it now one of the great disease?
NN: I don’t know.
TM: Don’t speak to me in riddles.
NN: LAUGH.
TM: I am not playing up Terrence, I am asking you in all honesty as I am really concerned.
TM: Ah no, you just want to play with me here. Just tell me what you know. Why do you have to hide something that is now being talked the world over?
NN: You can say that again my friend there is nothing more someone like me Nyarai can still say, this person has blown everything into the open on his own.
TM: Yes..
NN: He used to lose his mind and pour everything out..
TM: You people used to be told about the Ruvimbos and the like.
TM: But you would then go and then leak to Lewis.
NN: Oh no I am telling you the truth. Who else was close?
TM: Mai Mutasa? Who else?

Dead end for the croc that ate the hippo?
Staff Reporter
Running to Mutare full of bubble hoping to get a thunderous reception of thousands of people, Vice President, Emmerson “Ngwena” Munangagwa was shocked to find only a handful of ZANU PF supporters waiting for him.

South Africa and Zulu King Zwelithini plots to secretly sneak into Zimbabwe for his brother’s wedding, ZimEye.com can reveal.
Up until the State Media broke the news that Zwelithini was on his way to Zimbabwe, the South Africa based organisers of the king’s trip to Zimbabwe thought they had it all under control.
Information appearing in South African media points to the direction that indeed a South Africa based Zimbabwean business man was undergoing the process of bringing the controversial king to grace his brother’s wedding in Gwanda at the end of August. Confirmed media reports from South Africa highlight that the businessman Mr Justice Maphosa had indeed approached the Zulu King with an invite to give his brother’s Gwanda wedding a royal blessing.
However, according to the New Age newspaper of South Africa the organisers of the King’s visit to Zimbabwe wanted the matter to be kept a secret and made a low profile visit. While the South African based organisers were still undergoing the process of clearing the king’s visit, local based organisers of the visit led by Pastor Sipho Mhizha of the Gwanda Brethren In Christ Church who will be presiding over the wedding disclosed to the local media that the Zulu King was on his way to Zimbabwe before all the diplomatic procedures to clear the king’s visit were completed.
The Zimbabwean media scoop appear to have muddled up all the preparations of the targeted secret visit of the king as Zimbabweans reacted angrily to the possibility of the King coming to Zimbabwe. Though received with mixed reactions, a majority of the people were against his coming to Zimbabwe following statements he made about foreigners in South Africa which led to very bloody xenophobic clashes in South Africa as citizens wanted foreigners out of their country in support of the king’s statement.
The angry reactions by the people of Zimbabwe prompted the King’s office in South Africa to deny the possibility of the King coming to Zimbabwe. Contacted for a comment by the New Age newspaper after the Royal Office’s decline of the rumours, Pastor Mhizha is said to have changed his previous confirmation that the king was indeed coming to Zimbabwe.
At the time of going to press it remains still unclear if King Zwelithini would still be able to make his way to Zimbabwe amid the resistance exhibited by the people of Zimbabwe. It is still yet to be established if the country’s foreign affairs ministry will clear the King to visit Zimbabwe after he directly blame President Robert Mugabe for the migration of Zimbabweans into South Africa describing him as a failed father.
South African music group, Freshly Ground, was recently refused entry into the country after they recorded a song which described President Robert Mugabe as a failed leader.

Six people are feared dead after a bloody accident occurred near an army barracks along the Harare road, Bulawayo.
The accident was all caused a police chase as ZRP cops pursued the driver for a spot fine, ZimEye.com can reveal.
The accident scene is on the outskirts of Park Lanes close to the dreaded Bred Barracks and soldiers were at the scene taking “selfies”.
The whole road was blocked on Thursday morning as police battled to rescue the casualities.
The accident was caused by a police chase after a Toyota Ipsum sped from marauding cops.
The Toyota tried to make a U-turn in front of a haulage truck while being chased by the police resulting in the horrific crash.
Witnesses told ZimEye.com the ZRP cops are “brooding for cash and in a short road distance of less than 8 kilometres they have mounted over  six road blocks.”

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ZBC has laid off close to 300 workers without any severence pay: The entire ZBC Gweru Radio Station called Voice of Zimbabwe and the Channel 2 based at Pockets Hill has been axed.
Sources at the state controlled Broadcasting station’s Pockets Hill head offices told ZimEye.com Wednesday that they suddenly received employment termination letters mid day Wednesday.
“It is true that there are some who have been given termination of employment letters, but I have not had the chance to see one (letter),” said a reporter who was in the Central Business District Wednesday afternoon.
In a statement to its members Wednesday the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists ZJU said
“Dear Comrades, unconfirmed reports indicate that more than 200 colleagues at ZBC have received three month notice termination letters”.
The dismissal of the ZBC employees is a result o f the July 17 Supreme Court ruling which gives the right to employers to terminate contracts of their employers on three months’ notice.
Sources at the Ministry of Information said the recommendations to trim the Parastatal’s workforce were done by the former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo.
ZBC spokesperson Gladman Bandama was not available for comment.

Philanthropist Jairos Jiri has been with us all this while more than 29 years after his recorded death, according to Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede’s office.
According to the office, the man only died 29 years later, in 2011 .

Robbers who used what residents described as “a bomb” to force break into a Zimpost and TELONE building in Binga last month have been nabbed.
Four suspects were arrested at the Binga tollgate on Friday afternoon on their way driving out of town.
The four are the ones suspected to have broken into the Binga ZIMPOST and TELONE security fence, further broke the burglary bars of the ZIMPOST window using a grinder gaining access. What residents thought was an accident was a violent raid by the robbers at around 3am on Monday 27th July, when they heard what they described as a loud dynamite explosion breaking off the cash safe.
The thugs got away with US$16,400 and left the security guard tied to a tree unhurt.
– See more at: http://www.zimeye.com/bomb-explosion/

THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has embarked on a recruitment drive of teachers in the Bulawayo Metropolitan province to fill vacant posts in five districts. Scores of job seekers thronged the CSC offices at Mhlahlandlela building in Bulawayo last week to submit their applications. Officials said about 100 posts were up for grabs.
The recruitment is expected to reduce the shortage of teachers and beef up the delivery of quality education in the province. Among the applicants are university and college graduates with teaching or non-teaching qualifications. Retired teachers were also encouraged to apply.
Bulawayo Provincial Education Director, Dan Moyo, said on Friday that the vacancies were created following the transfer of some teachers to other provinces.
“A number of teachers have been cleared to transfer to other provinces. This has created vacancies which need to be filled. We need about 100 teachers in our five districts,” said Moyo.
According to an advert dated July 27, 2015, the recruitment is prioritising university graduates with teaching degrees, retired teachers, university graduates with non-teaching degrees, candidates with higher national diplomas and candidates with non-teaching diplomas.
The commission indicated that it would not recognise candidates who hold O and A-Level certificates only.
“Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill relief, temporary and permanent teaching posts that have arisen in the Bulawayo province’s five districts,” reads part of the vacancy announcement.
Applicants were advised to submit applications indicating one district of their choice before August 21, 2015.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education reported that there was a critical shortage of teachers in the country, which has triggered a surge in the pupil to teacher ratio, especially in the rural areas.
The ministry also said there were more qualified teachers for languages than for Mathematics and Science subjects at secondary school level.
However, teachers’ unions have expressed concern on the over 3,000 qualified teachers who quit their jobs at the height of economic problems who are unemployed despite applying for re-employment in the civil service.

THREE gold panners were crushed to death at Geelong Mine in West Nicholson while the fourth one was seriously injured during an ill-fated search for gold in a 400 metre deep mineshaft. The bodies of the three men were retrieved yesterday at around 11AM following their death around midnight on Saturday.