Over one thousand (1,000) elephants have been killed in Zimbabwe in less than 4 years 2008 to 2012, it has been reported. But this number is way below that of South Africa where in just twelve months elephants of the same number were slain by poachers.

“Let me turn to the issues of ecological disaster that you might have read with respect to lacing of water holes and salt licks by cyanide in Hwange National Park, which is part of the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area. The KAZA is the biggest wildlife sanctuary in the world with the largest population of elephants. Ordinarily, that makes wildlife a magnet for tourism development. However, the current trend of wildlife poaching using biological chemicals, present a huge challenge for us as a country and the Southern African region. It will undermine tourism economic growth. To this end, the death of more than 100 elephants in Hwange National Park, following collapse of conservation programmes due to underfunding and withdrawal of support by the international financial markets has created a huge gap on environmental security and sustainable biodiversity conservation in Zimbabwe.

“I wish to state that even when countries are in frosty relations, this should not affect the wildlife we hold so dear to our hearts as our global commons. The wild elephants, the rhinos, the buffaloes, the leopards, the lions, just to mention the Big Five, know no political differences and political boundaries. However, the question is, should we allow political differences to play game while biodiversity and conservation of our pristine flora and fauna are being decimated? I wish to share with you that the death of elephants in Hwange National Park of Zimbabwe, is a tip of the iceberg. We need to address the issues together to protect our ecosystems and all that is in it. Africa is suffering huge haemorrhaging and pillaging of wildlife resources due to increase demand of wildlife products in foreign markets in Asia, here in Europe and the Americas. In fact, there is indisputable empirical evidence, which show that biodiversity and wildlife in Africa face enormous threats. Consequently, these undermine tourism as a quick-win to stimulate accelerated development in Africa whose tourism is known to be dependent on pristine flora and fauna. The situation looks ruinous, take for example, the case of elephant population in Africa. According to Elephant Action League (www.http://elephantleague.org/the-ivory-curse/), by the beginning of the 19^th Century, Elephants in North Africa were at 27 million, this number went down to 5 million at the beginning of the 20th century, dropped further to 1.3 million elephants in 1981, 700,000 in 1988, 600,000 in 1990 (when the international ban on ivory trade was then implemented), 500,000 by 1998, 400-500,000 now (with 35-40,000 elephants estimated to being killed each year). This trend of elephant carnage, as well as that of rhinos depletion, is solely due to poaching that reverses overall positive population growth in the long-term, which had been realised since ivory ban in 1990.

COUNTRY	NUMBER OF ELEPHANTS KILLED	YEAR
1.      Cameroon	500 elephants in Bouda N’Djida National Park were wiped off within a month.	From January-February 2012
2.      Sierra Leone	The entire elephant population was confirmed wiped out in 2011.	2011
3.      The Democratic Republic of Congo	In 48 hours in March 2012, 22 elephants were rounded up in Garamba National Park during helicopter-borne attack by professional poachers. (The use of helicopters is not new since this is suspected to have occurred in Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe in 2011).	2012
4.      Tanzania	Reports from research say poachers kill 30 elephants a day.	Day average
5.      Kenya	187 elephants were poached in 2010, 289 in 2011 and 384 in 2012. Encounters with poachers resulted in the killing of rangers including a pregnant ranger, F. Hadia Abae in 2012 who was in her line of duty.	2010, 2011 and 2012,
6.      South Africa	Prominent poaching targets mainly rhinos and elephants. In 2013, close to 1000 elephants were killed and for rhinos 333 were killed in 2010, 445 in 2011, 668 in 2012 and 637 as at 13 September 2013).	2010, 2011, 2012 and 13 Sept 2013
7.      Zimbabwe	Over 100 elephants were laced to death from June-August 2013, over 1000 elephants were killed from 2008-2012, and between 2009-2012, and 300 buffalos, 42 rhinos and 21 lions were also killed.	2013,2008-2012 and 2009-2012

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Medvedev-junior Nelson Chamisa are grounded after the party for the first time refused to fund their trips both international and local.

The reasons for the funding crisis are centred around Tsvangirai’s failure to coordinate diaspora structures who have been a vital source of revenue, it has emerged.

When Tsvangirai flew to the United Kingdom last month a trip funded rather by Oxford University, he was meant to have traveled together with Nelson Chamisa which trip failed after Harvest House failed to raise the money. An appeal was then made to the UK province which is headed by chairman Tonderai Samanyanga who responded with an embarrassing negative. The UK province used to stock tranches of tens of thousands of British pounds sterling in its accounts and that money dwindled after a money laundering scandal emerged which appointee Sam Sipepa Nkomo investigated whose contents were never made public.

When reached for a comment, Mr Samanyanga refused to comment saying it was an internal issue as he confirmed, but refused to shed light any further.

“All I can tell you is the President had an invitation to go to Oxford University,

“The coming of Chamisa you will need to talk to him about it. I only follow directives from my leadership.”

“Its an internal issue., ” he said.

 
 
 
Tsvangirai grounded.

According to the weekly paper The Standard Morgan Tsvangirai is grounded as it emerged Saturday the party is refusing to finance his countrywide tours.

This comes as calls intensify for Tsvangirai to step down from the helm of the party after a crushing defeat to President Robert Mugabe.

Of late some senior officials have come out calling for leadership renewal to revive the party ahead of the 2018 elections.

Sources within the party claim the officials seeking leadership renewal have been responsible for sourcing money to fund party activities, but have since stopped because Tsvangirai has refused to step down.

Exiled MDC-T treasurer general, Roy Bennett has been the link between MDC-T and the donor community.

Through him, the party was pampered with money to bankroll its activities in Zimbabwe, hoping that it was going to form the next government.

In Zimbabwe former Energy minister, Elton Mangoma, who is said to be spearheading the quest to “renew and re-invigorate the party”, has been the party treasurer and controls the finances.

“Mangoma has refused to fund the tours claiming they were not budgeted for. The tours are essential to thwart any leadership renewal calls. This is in contrast to what he should be doing. Once the national executive makes a decision he is obliged to do so, however this time around he didn’t,” said a senior party official.

“It is shocking that Tsvangirai is funding the visits from his own pocket, and that is the reason they had to reschedule the trips.”

The Standard was told Saturday there have been concerted efforts to destroy MDC-T from within, in the run up to the elections through under funding.

“Money used for campaigns was less than US$100 000. T-shirts printed were less than 200 000, which means each district got a paltry 800,” a senior party official said.

The official said the recent retrenchment in the party was done to flush out people sympathetic to Tsvangirai.

The official said Tsvangirai was sabotaged even during the negotiations, when the party negotiators allowed Zanu PF to prevail.

MDC-T spokesperson, Douglas Mwonzora said he had not heard of the allegations, adding that anything to do with Tsvangirai’s itinerary was best handled by secretary-

general, Tendai Biti and organising secretary, Nelson Chamisa.

Chamisa and Mangoma referred all questions back to Mwonzora as the party spokesperson.

Mwonzora’s number was unavailable on our second attempt to contact him.

Sources claim the senior party officials are holding secret meetings to force an early extraordinary party congress to be held in March next year to effect leadership change.

In their plans as reported by our sister paper, The Zimbabwe Independent, former Harare mayor Elias Mudzuri is tipped to take over as party president in a line-up that

also comprises former ministers in the coalition government with Zanu PF which ended in July after four years.

Writing in The Standard recently, Mudzuri proffered five scenarios to rescue the party.

He suggested that the status-quo remains and MDC go for the 2016 Congress with the current leadership.

Mudzuri said there could be an extraordinary congress before 2016 to choose new leaders.

As scenario three, Mudzuri said Tsvangirai and the whole team are contested at the 2016 Congress and a new leadership emerges in the MDC.

In scenario four Tsvangirai becomes the godfather of the party. He steps down ceremoniously and a new leader is elected. He becomes a “Mandela” of the party. Structures are re-engineered including the party constitution, which will limit the future party president to two terms only.

Lastly, Mudzuri proffered that Tsvangirai does not step down. He keeps the support base and those unhappy can form their own party or join the various sprouting political outfits in the country.

Tsvangirai is digging in, riding on the massive support he enjoys among MDC-T supporters and his camp insists the former trade unionist will secure another nomination to contest the 2018 polls.

MDC-T Secretary General, Biti said MDC-T had no money and was retrenching.

“The party does not have money and that is why we are retrenching. It is a fact that we get money from government through Political Parties Finance Act and the government is broke,” Biti said. “We don’t have diamonds like other political parties.” (The Standard/ additional reporting ZimEye)

Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister has taken a swipe at Ephraim Tapa’s Zim Vigil protesters who raised placards against him advocating for the perpetuation of sanctions on Friday outside the think-tank London’s Chatham House where the Minister was delivering a speech.

Speaking during an address to the diaspora community a few hours later, Minister Mzembi said he was shocked to see the group who held out placards written: ‘Who poisoned the elephants?’, ‘Who is destroying the forests?’ and ‘Who is stealing the diamonds?’

They cannot be true Zimbabweans, and if they are, their brains are certainly remote controlled by aliens, Minister Mzembi hinted.

” When I looked out to see who was out there, there were (just) five people (standing) who were clearly choreographed to hold posters and placards, placards of all sorts,” said Mzembi.

Mzembi called upon people in the diaspora to launch counter-campaigns against western sanctions.

“You can use your (own) placard network, social platforms your Facebook work to highlight your country’s plight …” said Mzembi.

Efforts such as the Vigil’s represented by a few individuals are not Zimbabwean at heart and are futile, hinted Mzembi.

But in a statement the leading campaigner of the Vigil protest, Fungai Mabhunu appeared to dismiss the Mzembi’s statements although not denying that they were just 5 people outside Chatham House.

“The particular kind of protest we were making was not a violent one, we were only dishing out leaflets to people as they enter,” said Mabhunu.

When asked what the Vigil’s position is on sanctions, Mabhunu said that sanctions against Zimbabwe should remain in place.

For the past 11 years, western countries have imposed what they termed smart sanctions on Zimbabwe intended to affect only Robert Mugabe and a few other members of the ruling elite. But many of the sanctions actually do affect ordinary people and more than a decade later, local Zimbabweans cannot perform basic international business activities such as operating a Paypal account, and sending money via US companies such as Western Union from within Zimbabwe. In the same vein, small businesses wishing to advertise on big companies such as the US based social platform Facebook, are struggling since they have blocked Zimbabwe demographic data which are vital for e-commerce operations.

The MDC-T deputy national chairperson Senator Morgen Komichi who was yesterday sentenced to 350 hours of community service, is to rely on a dossier on election rigging to assist in his appeal, it has emerged.
The MDC-T party has announced that Komichi “is innocent and that he is being victimised for exposing electoral fraud”, spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said yesterday.
Komichi was charged in July for fraud and contravening the Electoral Act after he was reportedly given a stray ballot paper found in a bin at the Harare International Conference Centre, and handed it over to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission senior officials evidence which he said proved that the election was rigged.
But the prosecution fought him saying he had actually illegally dabbled into election materials with the intention of discrediting the elections.
The MDC-T party has however announced a dossier on election rigging it argues proves that Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party utilised the armed forces to illegally influence the election outcome.

But ZANU PF has dismissed the vote rigging claims saying they have no basis of fact. Below was a long argument by ZANU PF’s UK chairman Nick Mangwana in his rebuttal titled :“Response to MDC‐Elections Defeat” :

“Initially they spoke of a mutating paper. Now we don’t hear it anymore. A sci‐fi idea which they abandoned possibly because of its embarrassing nature.

•They mention $100m allegedly used to rig without even saying at what point this money was used to affect the electoral process. The fact is not whether there was a $100 m or not ( which they still have to prove) but how it subverted the electoral process.

•Then they mention multiple voting by individuals. Really? How about the indelible ink? If the ink was not indelible for real we would have seen and had a melodramatic song and dance from some of these guys showing how much they can wash off the ink. But no it was taking 2 weeks. If you remove the issue of the ink out of the equation, you remove multiple voting and automatically undermine a big part of their frivolous so‐called dossier.

•Regarding Nikuv, which country has never contracted or outsourced a service? Why should that be an issue. As you know Nikuv specialises in Data bases.

•This whole thing is a ploy do unlock donor funds as well as giving a life line to their failed leadership. If you go on the ground in Zimbabwe and speak to people, ask them whether they would vote Tsvangirayi, the vast majority would still laugh at you. Every objective poll demonstrated ZPF romping home with a landslide. Now the chickens have come to roost. You sow to the wind, you reap a whirlwind.

•We cannot continue to have this outfit holding the country at ransom affecting the country’s credit rating and investor confidence with redundant questions of legitimacy in a bid to appease their handlers.”

In addition to his sentence, Komichi spent a total 97 days in remand at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison while awaiting trial.

An MDC-T vehicle was on Thursday afternoon seized after it was found that the youth leader driving it, Costa Machingauta is not authorised to drive it.
Further reports were made that Machingauta who is the party’s deputy Youth Assembly chairman actually does not have a drivers’ license.

This led to Council police swooping in and having been directed by Parliament authorities to impound it.
“It was being abused by the Assembly’s deputy chair Costa Machingauta and wrongly parked it outside parliament,” a senior source told ZimEye Thursday afternoon.
“Under normal circumstances it is a breach of party rules for party officials to drive party vehicles.
Only party drivers are allowed by the party to drive party vehicles.”
The incident occurred after an MDC parliamentarian had reported the alleged breach.

A yet to be named school girl was run over in Harare Drive on Thursday morning while heading to school.
Reports say the accident occurred along Harare Drive close to the traffic light which demarcates Ashdown Park and Cotswold Hills.
“It is with great shock and sadness that I have learnt of the tragic death of a school girl who was run over this morning along Harare Drive,” announced Harare West MP Jessie Majome.
“Barely a month after another fatal accident on Harare Drive which claimed the life of Dr. Chironga and earlier in the year we lost a Hallingbury Grade 7 pupil Delan Dzimunya, Majome said.
“One life lost, is one life to many and here before the year ends 3 lives taken. The issue of Traffic safety needs to be addressed along Harare Drive. The traffic light just before Ashdown Drive needs to be repaired and the 2 zebra crossings on Harare Drive repainted.
“My prayers are with her family at this sad and difficult time,” she added.

Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister HON Walter Mzembi was ‘humiliated’ and reportedly treated in a manner similar to ANC’s Tokyo Sexwale after he was detained by a junior civil servant of the UK Border Agency and interrogated after landing in London at the weekend, ZimEye can reveal.
Minister Mzembi confirmed this during a Chiyangwa function on Saturday night which he attended while nursing tiredness from the airport ordeal. Phillip Chiyangwa could not attend that same meeting after he was denied permission to fly his private jet into the UK.
Mzembi said he was detained for more “than an hour,” while being questioned on various issues connected to sanctions without elaborating on exactly what those questions where.
During the meeting on Saturday, Mzembi also said that he is allowed into the UK only once a year and this in (the sacred month of the goat) November, as a part of British smart sanctions against him and several members of Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party.

While Mzembi was lamenting about his ordeal, just 50 miles away, MDC-T’s MP for Bulawayo East Thabitha Khumalo was simultaneously celebrating in an Oxford meeting that she had been granted a long five year-stretch multiple entry visa to visit the UK at any time of her choice.
Phillip Chiyangwa’s daughter Stephanie has hinted to ZimEye that the reason her father was denied entry into the UK (and possibly why Mzembi was detained) was because certain people resident in the UK complained to the British government expressing their hatred and disapproval of Chiyangwa’s function.
Mzembi however implored diasporans to unite.
“The only thing that we know about is that you hate yourselves in the diaspora, and we then say to ourselves how do we help you if you are unable to find each other here,?” said Mzembi.

(Canberra, Australia)The case in which Zimbabwe’s controversial ambassador to Australia Jacqueline Zwambila is suing a journalist for defaming her following an allegation that she stripped naked before embassy staff members began yesterday Monday morning.
BACKGROUND:
Zwambila reportedly stripped her clothes in front of embassy staff in protest that they were leaking information to the state media. She however managed to bring an Australian newspaper that re-published the news to its knees as she snatched an out of court settlement of at least 60,000 dollars.
The major reason used for pulling down the Australian paper was that their journalists failed to obtain her personal comment before publishing the story. But not long after that, she triggered greater suspicion as she ironically ignored and continued to snub journalists seeking consultation on the same matter.
As for another journalist targeted by Zwambila, the Australia based journo Reason Wafawarova, he had assisted a Harare correspondent in writing the first story on the alleged stripping news breaker.

A new Zwambila controversy soon sprung shortly after the alleged stripping incident which is believed now validates that she had truly stripped naked before junior embassy staff. News broke that she had allegedly lured and then abused her own butler who is a loyal long serving member of her MDC-T party. Various evidence pieces were presented before her in an inquiry on the matter but she instead attempted to threaten to sue instead of responding to the media questions, sideswiping the national value of her reputation in which she represents the Zimbabwean nation instead of just her party.
ARGUMENTS:
Meanwhile several arguments with a burden of evidence were presented to judges during yesterday’s preliminary hearing. Ms Zwambila however has several impediments in her way with which she will have to prove first of all, that in the event that she looses she will not refuse to pay applicable court cost awards. Another key matter is on the issue of jurisdiction since the alleged act was done on Zimbabwean soil (Embassy in Canberra.
There are also two official letters revealing the incident was recognised at government level and was clearly adopted into foreign affairs discussions. The first is a letter written by a diplomat complaining to Harare about the incident, and the second is a letter written by the ministry from its Harare office in response to the report.
 
The hearing continues on 30th November.

A bright young Zimbabwean lass based in Leeds, has won the prestigious Channel 4 Writer in residence award for classical theatre writing.
Announcing her success, a reading on West Yorkshire Playhouse website stated:”We are delighted to say that Zodwa Nyoni has been awarded a Channel 4 Writer in residence award. Hundreds of theatres nominate writers for the scheme and only 5 are chosen after application and interview. The (very impressive) interview panel of
Sir Richard Eyre (Chairman)
Catherine Johnson

Indhu Rubasingham
Sue Summers
John Tydeman OBE
Piers Wenger (Head of Drama, Channel 4)
were all extremely complimentary about Zodwa’s writing and I’m happy to say awarded her one of the residencies.
The residency begins on 1 January 2014 and we’re sure Zodwa will be very involved in many aspects of the Playhouse’s activities. Look out for news in the future.
Zodwa came to the Playhouse via a group of young writers in residence at the I Love West Leeds Festival in 2010. She was then Young writer on attachment at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2011. She studied for a BA (Hons) in Art, Event and Performance at Leeds Metropolitan University before doing the MA in writing for Performance and Publication at Leeds University in 2013; along the way performing at West Yorkshire Playhouse as part of Speak Women Speak and as a Writer in Paines Plough’s Come To Where I’m From. Now coming back to the Playhouse with the Channel 4 award. Thus a please illustration of the importance of grass roots community arts activity (I Love West Leeds) and good connections with our regional universities.”

Flamboyant businessman Phillip Chiyangwa was last week barred from entering the UK, his daughter has revealed.
Chiyangwa who was meant to fly his private jet together with performing artists Lloyd Tevedzai, Kapfupi and Marabha for his daughter’s book launch function, was told at the last minute he would not be allowed to fly his jet following complaints that he was to hold a political meeting there, his daughter Stephanie said.

Stephanie who lives in London had advertised the function with her father’s face on the front cover of brochures as the main guest of honour.
But the brochures also included Strive Masiyiwa’s name as well. Masiyiwa who is perceived to be a supporter of the opposition MDC party never turned up reasons for which were neither declared nor known publicly at the time of writing.
It was only three artists performing at the function who were allowed after anonymous callers reportedly telephoned the UK Border Agency complaining that Chiyangwa was to hold a political meeting there. Stephanie said the same callers also telephoned the hotel threatening attacks on the building because of Phillip Chiyangwa’s presence.
According to Stephanie, the reason why her father’s journey was blocked is because of the threats.
‘Someone called the Home Office and the hotel threatening and saying that we were going to conduct a political meeting,’ she said. During the July elections she remotely campaigned from her UK home for her father to win the Chinhoyi constituency.
When the event was finally held on Saturday night, the only high profile person present was Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi.
Meanwhile it was claimed that Chiyangwa has finally been granted a UK visa after an appeal and will be arriving in London on Friday, reports which have remained unverified for validity.

MDC party leader Prof. Welshman Ncube has moved to tighten screws of discipline in his party which has experienced numerous desertions in recent days.
Ncube yesterday met with members of the party’s Matabeleland South provincial leadership in a robust but cordial and progressive atmosphere.
The meeting was the first of a series of engagements which the president and leadership of the party will undertake in the province for purposes of sharing views, interrogating various opinions and finally arriving at a global understanding and constructive conclusion on all issues pertaining to the province.
According the party’s spokesman Nhlanhla Dube, yesterday’s meeting was attended by a broad representation which included the province’s main wing, women and youth assembly.
The provincial leadership reiterated its commitment to strict adherence to party protocol in all matters of the party and as such the province will only communicate its decisions through the provincial spokesperson, any other voice would be regarded as an individual’s opinion not representative of the provincial position, said Dube.
The provincial leadership further noted and accepted that the national disciplinary committee had, acting within its constitutional mandate, taken a decision in the matter regarding the former provincial chairman Mr. Petros Mukwena.
The members of the provincial leadership then made an undertaking that after further consultations within the province, a follow up meeting will be held with the party president and national leadership within the month of November 2013 to continue with the internal engagement process, Dube said.

Former ZBC DJ and aspiring MP, Eric Knight is in a secret affair with a 19 year old girl which has disturbed family members, ZimEye can reveal.
Mr Knight, a political chancer who fell from grace in an embarrassing-thud for Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC when the party mysteriously catapulted him to become a special parliamentary candidate outside rules, and soon lost the recent elections for the Mbare constituency before spinning again and joining ZANU PF overnight, is in love with 19 year old Ayanda Shekede.
Ayanda, who lives with her parents in the prestigious Mandara suburb of Harare, confirmed the affair before linking our reporter with Eric on Sunday evening.

Having ‘been intimate’ with Eric recently, she told our reporter she is not looking to get married to him as she is in a private affair, ” This is a private affair I am not looking to become a celebrity’s wife,” she said adding that she also knows Knight is married.
When she was asked why she both appeared and sounded dejected while talking about Eric she responded staggeringly: “Really? I am okay. Not really. Not exactly hey, I am okay, I am okay.”
Mr Knight is reportedly 46 years old (having been born in 1967), while Ayanda(born in 1994) is 19.
Mr Knight claimed to Ayanda that he has various business investments in the UK, a source who requested anonymity claims.
Ayanda’s Facebook account is facebook.com/ayanda.shekede .
At the time of writing, Mr Knight was still to phone back editors as the phone was abruptly cut.
 

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s dossier on alleged vote rigging during the just ended harmonised elections, lists a pile of (9) nine army generals, it has emerged.
The exclusive dossier Mr Tsvangirai at the weekend said, reveals how Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party used army structures to create a favourable election outcome for Mugabe and his party.
The document includes by name: Retired Major V Rungani, listed as Coordinator, Brig General Sibangumuzi Khumalo, Retired Air Commodore M Karakadzi, Brig General S Moyo, Brig General D Sigauke, Brig General E Shungu, Major Gen. E Rugeje, Vice Marshall A Basutu, Col C Sibanda. Mr Tsvangirai says the generals among other things co-ordinated the stashing of fake ballot papers in Manicaland and other provinces.
Mr Tsvangirai’s full dossier is yet to be made public.
Meanwhile, ZANU PF has viciously dismissed the vote rigging allegations saying that they are unfounded.
 
ZANU PF’s response:
Below was a short response from ZANU PF-UK interim chairman, Nick Mangwana as he denied the report. The rebuttal was titled: “Response to MDC‐Elections Defeat” :

“Initially they spoke of a mutating paper. Now we don’t hear it anymore. A sci‐fi idea which they abandoned possibly because of its embarrassing nature.

•They mention $100m allegedly used to rig without even saying at what point this money was used to affect the electoral process. The fact is not whether there was a $100 m or not ( which they still have to prove) but how it subverted the electoral process.

•Then they mention multiple voting by individuals. Really? How about the indelible ink? If the ink was not indelible for real we would have seen and had a melodramatic song and dance from some of these guys showing how much they can wash off the ink. But no it was taking 2 weeks. If you remove the issue of the ink out of the equation, you remove multiple voting and automatically undermine a big part of their frivolous so‐called dossier.

•Regarding Nikuv, which country has never contracted or outsourced a service? Why should that be an issue. As you know Nikuv specialises in Data bases.

•This whole thing is a ploy do unlock donor funds as well as giving a life line to their failed leadership. If you go on the ground in Zimbabwe and speak to people, ask them whether they would vote Tsvangirayi, the vast majority would still laugh at you. Every objective poll demonstrated ZPF romping home with a landslide. Now the chickens have come to roost. You sow to the wind, you reap a whirlwind.

•We cannot continue to have this outfit holding the country at ransom affecting the country’s credit rating and investor confidence with redundant questions of legitimacy in a bid to appease their handlers.

Former Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has spoken further concerning his ‘exclusive’ vote rigging dossier of the just ended elections saying that ZANU PF utilised the army to both stash and control the voting process beginning chiefly with Manicaland.
Mr Tsvangirai said that ZEC chairperson Judge Rita Makarau cannot be blamed for many things such as printing of ballot papers and the distortions in the voters’ roll.
In a highly gripping oration, Tsvangirai spoke to his UK leaders on Saturday explaining why the MDC failed to win the just ended election which loss he also blames on the Chinese Communist party.
He said the blame for the printing of fake ballot papers could not be laid on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission but rather on the army and (CIO) Central Intelligence Organisation.
“Not even ZEC could control those ballot papers,” he said.
He added:
“There were three million extra ballot papers put in the system especially in Manicalanad, in Matebeleland and in Masvingo where the MDC has very substantial representation,” he said.
 
Even Makarau Did Not Have Voters’ Roll
On voter registration records, Tsvangirai added that the army was in control and “even Makarau did did not have access to the electronic voters’ roll. Even the voters roll itself right up to the end even the chairperson of ZEC did not have access to the electronic voters’ roll one day before the election; Even right up to the end.”
“The other area was the question of the youth militia. The Chinese Communist party trained 35,000 youth militia who were deployed in various military bases, I can give you the figures but in Inkomo there so many youths. In Bharabhara there were so many youths and this there were so many youths. What was the purpose of the youth militia was actually to mark extra ballots, to stuff them and to move those youths around the country.
“The other area was the question of traditional leaders. Traditional leaders were used to frog march people in their various villages. By saying this village is going to vote from time to that time, the next village is going to vote from this time to that time. And the role of traditional leaders was very effective on the ground to undermine the people.
“The other issue was the question of assisted voters. I know in Muzarabani there were 10,500 assisted voters in a voting population of 17,000. Even teachers and headmasters claimed ignorance about voting. When it comes to the question of the deployment of military leaders we now are aware that each province had a commanding officer and that at every voting station, every registration centre there was either a CIO, a ZANU PF activist and all. Now lets look to ZEC itself. ZEC was not an independent body.
“The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission did not control anything because everything was controlled by the military and by the CIO.
“Right (now) as I speak the ZEC does not know the total number of the people who voted. That was the basis of our electoral challenge. We withdrew it because they would not give us the full details of those people who voted and the outcome of the voted.”
The MDC leader added that this was clearly not an election but a mere act.
“This was not an election and anyone who will tell that this was an election is actually misrepresenting the truth. This was Mugabe and his military commanders that they were not going to give up power. Because they knew. They knew that on the ground if people were allowed to vote, the outcome was going to be an overwhelming victory for MDC,” said Mr. Tsvangirai.

(ANALYSIS)Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Jonathan Moyo’s announcement that Zimbabwe’s Criminal Defamation statutes are now to be repealed so that the country falls well in line with the new constitution, is in actual fact an opportunity for the opposition as they prepare for the next elections in 2018.
Below was an analysis by political commentator Julius Mutyambizi:
“This paradigm shift is among some pragmatic steps that some are taking to re-brand themselves. ZANU PF is clearly changing and setting a different paradigm from which future political debate can be fought.
“It is wiser for the opposition to notice this ahead of the 2018 election. In future elections will not be fought on the platform of human rights abuses but it will be fought on a completely new turf. Formidable opposition positions itself as an alternative government, ready to govern, with an alternative into the posterity and not the past, the past is relevant only when it represents unfinished business but you cannot base your alternatives and narratives entirely on the past.
“Good planners will start now, notice what your competitors are doing, build on new competencies, discard old, obsolete narratives and reinvent new ones to reignite legitimate debate and stay relevant to the electorate in your own way through offering alternatives on the future that can entrench themselves in people’s minds and resonate with them until election time.”

Shocking Obasanjo Claim By Tsvangirai in London
Former Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai made a shock statement in London on Saturday when he contradicted himself announcing that on election eve this year(30 July), he was fully convinced the election would be an obvious scandal.
He said he confronted both Robert Mugabe and the African Union’s representative, Olusegun Obasanjo, and clearly told the 89 year old ruler beforehand that the elections would not be free and fair because of a flawed voters roll a few hours before going into election

Tsvangirai told a delegation of his UK leaders that a day before elections he knew very well that the voters roll was flawed with serious irregularities such that from day one he knew that the election was a sham.
Mr Tsvangirai said, “On the night before the election I went and saw Mugabe with Obassanjo. And I went with the voters’ roll of Mount Pleasant.
“I said ‘President, how do you go to an election with this voters’ roll? With over 254 names all born on the same day, how do you justify that? This is a voters’ roll that is being denied people how do you justify…
“So I am telling you whatever the outcome of this election is not going to be legitimate.’ Obasanjo was there, Mugabe was there and I told them. So I just want to say, ladies and gentlemen this was not an election. We went through some exercise of voting and before the election we stated that Mugabe was looking peaceful but rigged outcome. It was obvious.”
Tsvangirai’s statements however contradicted his own confident predictions on election day when he clearly said that he is confident of a resounding poll victory which would set him as Zimbabwe’s incoming President despite the flawed voters roll. Casting his own ballot paper at Mt Pleasant flanked by his wife, Tsvangirai indicated this was a historic moment for whole of Zimbabwe. When asked on his projections, he said his victory would be “quite resoundingly, I must say.”
“This is a very historic moment for all of us,” he added.
 
Several cadres coming out of the Croydon meeting said they were shocked to hear what Tsvangirai said. “If what the President said is true as it seems, then he possessed full knowledge or a perception of what was taking place, ” said one member from London Grays branch who refused to be named.
 

Morgan Tsvangirai’s right hand woman Thokozani Khupe on Saturday attended Arnold Tsunga’s Dangamvura parliamentary victory celebrations. Tsvangirai has been against Tsunga’s candidacy and had his own preferred person for the constituency, Giles Mutsekwa.
It was for this reason that Tsunga was facing disciplinary action for going into the election against Tsvangirai’s instructions. But today (Saturday) senior leaders from provinces were present at the function. These also included National executive members in Elton Mangoma, Clifford Hlatyayo, Abdenico Bhebhe and Amos Chibaya.
Tsunga a lawyer by profession said he decided to leave his legal profession for politics because he found it very difficult to bring justice to the people of Zimbabwe without changing the political system in Zimbabwe which was dominated by ZANU PF for over 3 decades. Fighting for the people from within the political system was the only option though still committed to be a human rights defender in the legal system, hinted Tsunga.
Other guests include Bishop Bakare of the Anglican church who gave the opening prayer. Pictures:

 
 

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The German and French governments yesterday carried out emergency meetings and have begun preparing to send their intelligence officers to the US after several documents were said to have leaked to Europe revealing US surveillance operations and directed spying on German chancellor Angela Merkel.
Several German intelligence officials are now heading to the US to assess how far and how much spying the US have been carrying out.
The development came also as the French government announced it would take actions of protest against the US government over the leaks.
The leaks came about after former NSA officer Edward Snowden leaked a chunk of documents reportedly ‘revealing’ US government activities Snowden says are unethical and unacceptable.

ZimEye has been requested by the family of the Chadzimura’s to publish the photo of Mr Jairos Chadzimura who was killed in an inferno in Pomona, Harare on Sunday after police officers attending the scene left his body unattended overnight despite discovering it in good time for all procedures needed on Sunday afternoon.
Police officers attending the scene on Sunday were blasted after they allowed Mr Chadzimura’s body to stay unattended to overnight saying that investigations needed to be carried out.
“We told them and even complained to them, but they said they wanted to take photos and carry out investigations first,” said son, Mr Emmanuel Chadzimura.
Even when they stayed on through the night, the cops guarding the place stayed at a distanced several hundred metres away,” he added. The full names of the police officers in charge could not be obtained at time of writing.

 
The Harare fire brigade struggled to put out the fire which needed several helicopters to handle but they had none. Eye witnesses say that the fire was started by people who were attempting to get rid of some rubbish at the site area which sits on a square kilometre designated for dumping by the city council. To date there have been no arrests by the Police despite investigations which commenced on Sunday.

Mutare’s four councillors led by the controversial new mayor Tatenda Nhambarare, on Monday once again came under the spotlight after they defied their party leader Morgan Tsvangirai uniting with ZANU PF in the setting up of local committees as they openly elected ZANU PF committee chairpersons for departments ahead of their own party cadres.
The MDC-T is now in the minority in the committees.
Council is run by committee chairpersons, the mayor, town clerk and heads of departments, and the councilors today met to elect the committee.
The committees are for the following departments: Finance, Housing, General Purposes, Audit committee, Procurement, Health, Environment.
The committee chairpersons together with the mayor and town clerk are collectively responsible for the day to day running of the city. MDC with its majority of 13 councillors against 9 of ZANU PF are supposed to land all the positions but 4 mdc councilors joined with ZANU PF to give the latter an advantage of 10 to 9.
The below is the preliminary table of positions as made available :
Finance  – Kenneth Kagoro ZANU PF
Audit      – George Jojo Zanu pf
General Purpose  – Mwanyara Jusa ZANU PF
Public works  – Richard Mupfura MDC rebel
Procurement  – Farai Bhiza MDC rebel
Environment Pamella Mutare MDC rebel
Housing Tandi Blessing MDC after spoiled votes
 
Last month the councilors shocked their party when they elected a deputy mayor from Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party.

A family man died on Sunday afternoon in Pomona during the fire blaze which has engulfed Vainona.
The Pomona fire claimed the life of Mr Jairos Chadzimura (whose age was not known at the time of writing.) The man was killed while trying to recover his goods as his house went under the flames.
The Harare fire brigade struggled to put out the fire which needed several helicopters to handle. Eye witnesses say that the fire was started by people who were attempting to get rid of some rubbish at the site area which sits on a square kilometre designated for dumping by the city council.

The deceased comes from Mukombe village in Buhera and is survived by ten (10) children and several grandkids.
At the time of writing, another disturbing incident occurred after police attending the scene said that they would guard the deceased’s body over night and would collect it on Monday morning.
Exactly what caused the fire? Watch this space for an exclusive investigation on what sparked the fire. More to follow..

A huge fire engulfed Harare from the city’s Vainona surbub on Sunday morning.
A huge ball of smoke continued to rise out of Vainona Pomona two hundred metres above ground and could be seen from as far as Mt Pleasant. The cause of fire was not known just as the fire brigade was failing to combat the fire.
Meanwhile there was speculation that the fire may have been caused by someone trying to destroy rubbish heaps at a nearby dumping site.

A comment could not be obtained from the fire service at the time of writing as servicemen were struggling to stop the furious fumes.

Zimbabwe is threatened with imminent total darkness across the country as a result of the Hwange Colliery company’s workers downing tools in protest over unpaid salaries.
Information reaching ZimEye reveals that Hwange Colliery company has just closed down its main underground number 3 and open cast.
The situation has worsened after workers protesting over their unpaid salaries have been expelled from work through a memo issued on Friday the 18th October, leaving operations understaffed.
“The resultant effects of the shut are that once a stock pile at a power station is exhausted, the country will plunge into total darkness as these 3 units will stop functioning no need to mention the coke battery which require a temperature above 1 500 degrees,” a source told ZimEye on Saturday.
He continued,

“Yesterday temperatures were already 1 500. Workers are demanding their salaries from March to September, no single cent was paid in between.  Zesa may take down a unit or two to remain with one,” the source added.
ZESA’s failure to pay workers comes at a time when the company was struggling to meet the electricity demands of the country and the parastatal was last month ordered to scrap debts of all residents.

Chief Chiendambuya in Manicaland Friday afternoon gladly attended an MDC-T rally held at the local business centre in Makoni North.
The respected chief took front roll seat while dressed in his red coloration uniform which threaded well with the official MDC colours.
The Manicaland chairman Julius Magarangoma addressed the rally today.
MDC-T senior official Elton Mangoma was also there to deliver a speech.
During the rally Magarangoma urged the MDC-T supporters to remain united and focus on 2018 elections.

He said “election period is over, it is no longer time to mourn about the stolen vote but get organised to win the next election.”
He has also castigated ZANU PF for always singing evils songs about the western countries when nearly all their leadership go for western goods, food , clothes and cars.
“Willowvale motor industries is almost broke due to viability challenges when the entire government is driving foreign manufactured cars,” said Magarangoma.
The chief paid tribute to Elton Mangoma for always being with the people of Makoni during trying times. He also thanked Mangoma for the Hospital mortuary he constructed in ward 5 at Weya Hospital which had been neglected since 1980.
Mangoma constructed a mortuary at Weya Hospital last year from his personal resources. The mortuary accommodates 15 bodies and serves Makoni North and Headlands districts.
In the past people used to travel long distances of up to 80 km with dead bodies to the nearest funeral poular in Rusape Elton Mangoma addressing
Speaking during his turn, Mangoma said ZANU PF rigged the elections using a number of methods such as assisting literate people to vote. He said “in one ward the MDC secretary who used to write our minutes was assisted to put an x. Some people were deleted from the voters roll,” he added.
He said his own son was told he was not in the voters roll, yet he was there, it took an alert sister behind to identify his name in the voters roll.
Mangoma challenged ZEC to produce the protocol register of polling proceedings if they did not rig the election.
He said “there were already glaring shortcomings of this government, massive power outages, closure of companies. The government is doomed with these people who have a decorated record of abusing public resources,” charged Mangoma.
He said the fact that there are no ZANU PF victory celebrations shows that they stole the vote.
He also indicated doubts if civil servants will manage to get their bonuses in November Zanu PF is illegitmate.

The MDC-T’s Spokesman Douglas Mwonzora has acknowledged a High Court case filed by a Mr. David Muzhuzha, against the party demanding $300,000 as payment for the use of the name “Movement for Democratic Change” he claims he personally crafted in 1999 when the party was formed.
Mr Mwonzora said the claimant is unlikely to win the case.
Muzhuzha claims that he was not duly rewarded for coining the name and the papers filed by his legal representatives Joseph Mandizha of Mandizha and Company, claims that he crafted the name while he was in the information department of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions then led by trade unionists, Gibson Sibanda and Morgan Tsvangirai. He cited MDC Party, Mr. Toendepi Shonhe and Mr. Douglas Mwonzora as respondents.
In an telephone interview from Harare on Thursday, Mr. Mwonzora dismissed the lawsuit as baseless. He singled out the late Learnmore Jongwe and Belgium based journalist and human Rights activist Grace Kwinjeh as the brains behind the MDC brand.
Asked whether Grace Kwinjeh was honoured in any form by his party for the role she played in naming the movement, Mr. Mwonzora said Kwinjeh never received any financial award, but a trophy was received on her behalf.
Kwinjeh acknowledges the recognition by the MDC-T party on its 12th anniversary celebrations held at Gwanzura Stadium in 2011.
Mr Mwonzora went on to reveal that the naming of the MDC was part of a three movement convention namely, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), ZINASU and the ZCTU.
Mr Muzhuzha , the author of a book “A Travesty of Democracy”, published in 2010, has been a fiery critic of MDC leader and Founding President Morgan Tsvangirai. There are unconfirmed reports that he is also a beneficiary of controversial Zanu-PF land reforms, in which he acquired two farms.
“Our view is that this is part of the legal harassment of the MDC-T”, said Mr Mwonzora.

Kariba: There were shockwaves sent through the community in the Kariba area yesterday when it emerged a sewage pipe has been broken down for several weeks and is flowing straight into the lake.
The leak is at Nyamasura where the pipe line crosses the main Kariba road.
It was reported that the town council have been aware of the leak for several days with nothing being done.

While a comment could not obtained from the council at the time of writing a community advocacy was launched with people complaining about the mishap.
“All people using Lake water east and west of the sewerage works, south of the power lines outside Nyamunga, are advised to be aware that the effluent pump that pumps effluent to the Nyamasura via a pipe line that crosses the main Kariba rd has broken down and has been for some time(trouble started over a month ago. Effluent is now going straight into the lake),wrote one Cavan Warren.
“Surely the least we could have expected from the relevant authorities was a public warning and some assurance on the health aspect of this distasteful discharge into the lake,” he said.
Lake Kariba is one of Zimbabwe’s top tourist destinations.

MDC-T Youth leader Solomon Madzore has dimissed reports that he or his wife received money from ZANU PF’s former Indigenisation Minsiter Savior Kasukuwere.
Madzore speaking to ZimEye on Wednesday morning described the reports as “rubbish.”
He also said that claims that his brother Paul has received land under the land reform program are equally not true.

“It is rubbish. That is all I am going to tell you,” he said.
Madzore’s denials come after a report came in the state media that MDC officials have received farm lands from ZANU PF.
 

Zimbabwe’s Information and Media Minister Jonathan Moyo who last week launched an engagement tour of various media houses in Zimbabwe, has reportedly appointed the UK based journalist Mduduzi Mathuthu to head the government’s largest Bulawayo newspaper, The Chronicle.
As junior journalists from The Chronicle began openly referring to Mr Mathuthu as their incoming editor, Zimbabweans received news at the weekend that the once feared Prof Moyo is providing a soft landing to prominent journalists.

While a comment from Mr Mathuthu was not forthcoming at the time of writing, his colleagues at NewZimbabwe.com professed ignorance on the exaggerated rumours splashing across the internet since Sunday.
Mathuthu is the founding editor of NewZimbabwe.com which is based in the United Kingdom.
However when contacted on Monday NewZimbabwe chief executive Jeff Madzingo, said he does not know of any appointments made to Mathuthu and the latter “has neither resigned from NewZimbabwe”. This rebuffed claims that Mathuthu was actually starting work at the Chronicle today Tuesday the 15th October as claimed by some which also turned out to be untrue.
Other rumours also flying across media houses claimed that NewZimbabwe.com had been bought by the government of Zimbabwe and was now part of the Zimpapers stable. It was further claimed that the chief executive together with the Deputy Editor Gilbert Nyambabvu had travelled to Zimbabwe where they were entertained at Meikles hotel and the handover performed there. However when contacted NewZimbabwe.com staff said Mr Nyambabvu did not travel to Zimbabwe at all and it was only Mr Madzingo who did so but it was a mere holiday visit and none of the things claimed ever transpired as they said. ZimEye can reliably confirm that Mr Nyambabvu did not travel to Zimbabwe as claimed.
 
Comment:
Whichever way the facts are, the reported appointment of Mr Mathuthu is believed to be a strategy to re-engage media personnel from various social persuasions rather than fighting them. In recent his weeks Jonathan Moyo who has returned into the front line of Zimbabwe politics has toured ZiFM, State Media offices and to the surprise of many The Daily News offices, a media house once bombed allegedly by state agents at a time when he was minister. Mathuthu himself was at the time a journalist for the same paper. Minister Moyo has been at the core of the ZANU PF government which has labelled private media houses as Western sponsored to destabilize Zimbabwe. However a recent survey has found that 60% of the online portals are independently funded by their private individuals who aspire to create and provide an alternative news platform to State controlled media.

There was an outrage this past week in Mutare after it emerged the city council’s 2000 strong work force has gone for a record five(5) months without pay and there are no signs of them getting paid any time soon.
This is despite the fact that council collects nearly a million dollars in rates and other services every month, and senior management are paid regularly in full. Figures disclosed to ZimEye state that the town clerk is paid a whopping 15,000 per month of which he is reportedly paid in full to date.
Workers were last paid their normal salaries in March and a surprise pay in July only came courtesy of a local bank which had agreed to give the municipality a line of credit.
The workers are still unpaid for the months of April, May, June, August and September. They are also yet to receive their November 2012 bonuses
The Town Clerk Obert Muzawazi has never bothered to address workers on their plight, workers have charged. The new Mayor Tatenda Nhambarare has not been forthcoming on the same cause and had not responded to calls at the time of writing.

Payments of the workers’ premiums to funeral policies and medical aid have since been stopped.
Workers are now being evicted from their rented properties because they cannot pay.
Workers are complaining that while they are not paid their salaries all senior managers are paid on a regular basis. The managers also embark on a lot external trips to get huge allowances, complaints forwarded state. The least paid worker gets 200 dollars while the highest worker, the Town Clerk reportedly gets 15 000 dollars a month and get it regularly plus other handsome perks like four(4) company cars , a free house, free fuel, fees for his children and a holiday allowance once a year.
 
Infectious Hospital also failing.
The Mutare city council infectious hospital has also completely run out of food for patients, it has emerged.
The only things available at this clinic are water and drugs. The town clerk is in the salary grade 15 and is said to earn a whopping $15000 per month, while an ordinary nurse in grade 9, earns a paltry $900 per month.
In the picture: TB patients outside the hospital without food.
 
Auditing not done since 2008
The Mutare city council has also not been audited since 2008 and attempts to perform this task, resulted in the previous mayor, Brian James being expelled by Local Government & National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo.

Meanwhile it was claimed that their workers committee is more loyal to the management and do not competently advocate for workers’ rights.

Purging of Critics: ZANU PF Boasts It Is ‘Better Than MDC-T’
President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF has taken a swipe at Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party which has in recent days been suspending party cadres on allegations of undermining the authority of the leader, Tsvangirai.
Commenting on the suspension of former Marondera MP Ian Kay, and also that of Mbare youth leader Alex Nyamande, ZANU PF officials said the MDC-T is still very far from real democracy.
ZANU PF’s interim chairman for the UK, Nick Mangwana hinted that the MDC-T was a mockery to what they profess to be.
“This movement should start by embracing Democratic Change from within.  They are dictating everything including imposing mayors on the populace. They should stop pontificating as they have already shown how poor they are at exercising democracy,” Mangwana said.
“They purge all voices of dissent. Look at us ,Dzikamayi Mavhaire is in the Politiburo and a minister despite his history with uncanny utterances,” he added.
Meanwhile ZANU PF’s Deputy Director of Information, Psychology Maziwisa has said that Ian Kay’s suspension is “haunting” him.

Zimbabwe:MDC-T On Warpath as It Purges More Critics
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party was on Monday slammed by critics when it emerged it has suspended another official for merely voicing survey findings on the party’s reported waning support and the need for Tsvangirai to up his act.
Mr Alex Nyamande a youth leader in Mbare was suspended after he voiced during a provincial meeting survey findings that Morgan Tsvangirai had lost touch with the people. This was during a meeting attended two weeks ago in Harare.
His suspension announced by youth leader Solomon Madzore comes around the same time that the party also suspended former Marondera Central MP, Ian Kay, who has been calling for Morgan Tsvangirai to step down as party leader.
He told ZimEye, “they are actually quoting a statement I used in a provincial council where I said in reference to the events that transpired during the run up to the elections. I was actually referring to the fact that at the moment or at that time he was not reachable. And I said it in this way, at this time we used to see MT coming down to the ground when we have problems, even up to constituency level, but for the past so and so months, we could not reach him. It was just said he is busy, he is busy. And then I said he is doing what, he is doing nothing.”
Nyamande said that is the statement that landed him in hot soup.
He added that his statement was then twisted by other cadres to mean that Tsvangirai was spending time with women instead of doing his job.
When contacted, national youth leader Solomon Madzore’s phone went on ringing without being answered.
The suspension has been met with muted protests within the party.  More to follow…

Is Russia’s President Vladimir Putin assisting Morgan Tsvangirai to remove Robert Mugabe in 2018? ZimEye can exclusively reveal that Morgan Tsvangirai is in a move to handover power in a classical Vladimir Putin-inspired strategy to defeat Robert Mugabe by appointing young populist Nelson Chamisa as his successor.
What then will happen to Tendai Biti now who was long promised he would be President on Tsvangirai’s departure?
Chamisa who is 35 at present, will be exactly 40 years old during the next elections in 2018 making him the best fit to challenge Robert Mugabe who will be a 94 year old nonagenarian at that time.
Why Chamisa is key to a takevoer from Tsvangirai? The strategy already openly discussed at other times during the Grace Kwinjeh-Simba Makoni fracas when it was initially named “Agenda 2016,” is to handover to Chamisa this year in preparation for the 2018 elections with the hope that the young darling after reviving the party will later play a Medevedev loyale in the year 2023. There are several reasons why Chamisa has risen to become a top favourite. He is highly educated, knows how to control his mouth, has relations to top army personnel, and is a cross party favourite, and a cross cultural darling of nearly every urban Zimbabwean to date.
 
 
10 Years for Tsvangirai as President of Zimbabwe
To date Chamisa has already revealed his own plan to retain Tsvangirai as MDC leader for a further two terms. He recently told ZimEye in an exclusive interview that Tsvangirai will without question be given a further 10 years to rule the MDC as President of Zimbabwe whenever that is possible. Through this Putin-Medvedev torpedo, the MDC party will be saved from a total fall away and be able to defeat ZANU PF, it is hoped. The leadership line-up allegedly involves Chamisa as President, Douglas Mwonzora as Secretary General, and Obert Gutu as spokesperson. Said Chamisa, “Once president Tsvangirai gets into government, we then start counting – But in government, not in the party.”
At this juncture, our reporter then asked “What if you never make it into government?,”
Chamisa replied: “But that’s an assumption. We cannot work on an assumption…”
 
Is he really a snake?
He is however rumoured to have risen to Tsvangirai’s bosom via treachery and top MDC cadres label him a snake which has spent time spying on other officers (including Tendai Biti) to Tsvangirai allegedly earning him the title: serpent.
“The snakes, cups, and the kitchens, have ravaged our party”, one top MDC cadre who is chairman for Manicaland, Julius Magaramombe voiced recently also referring to other officials who are in a tag team with Chamisa. When contacted by ZimEye on these allegations, Chamisa did not answer a word but deflected the whole discussion resorting to talk about how popular his party has become and how it is recruiting journalists for parliamentary posts.

 
 
A true Christian
But whichever way, Chamisa is an automatic successor to Tsvangirai because of this powerful ‘Putin-Medvedev’ relationship with the latter. In Russia, Dmitry Medvedev was President Vladimir Putin’s handpicked successor, who became President in 2008, only to handover power back to Putin at the end of his term.
Chamisa as ‘a principled Christian’ will likely help to reinvent Tsvangirai’s battered public image due to the latter’s immoral escapades with various women which has been a major speculated reason for the MDC-T’s fall from grace as a party-whole. To date there is no record of Chamisa being weak on moral grounds and it is believed this will play well into the party’s favour. While being popular across several age groups, he is also popular with many in ZANU PF and carries a sting of favour with the majority of Christians whichever party they are. On his Facebook profile, Chamisa daily splatters Bible scriptures which are constantly followed by hundreds of amen responses.
 
“A Dreadful Mistake”
But top political analyst and University of Huddersfield Lecturer, Dr Nkululeko Sibanda has said placing Chamisa as head of the MDC-T may actually be a dreadful mistake and will rather cause greater divisions which will rope in Secretary General Tendai Biti who has for years been tipped to take over from Tsvangirai creating a silent faction under his own name.
“Tsvangirai will be naive to think that Chamisa will give back to him like Medvedev,” said Sibanda.
He added: “Chamisa is more ambitious than Medvedev. He is extremely ambitious he will build his own empire and whether or not he will have a lot of respect I don’t know but putting Chamisa and Mwonzora is fanatically stupid. Mwonzora can’t be a leader he needs to be led. Mwonzora makes no sense,” said Sibanda.
He also added:
“It is weakening the party more than in one way. What they needed to do was to find somebody who is external to the factions that are within the MDC now and try to build that person into the party which was going to be difficult, but to strengthen one faction over the other is just to weaken the party even further.”

The owner of this car is lucky after he came out of this accident without scratch in Mutare today (Friday afternoon).
The accident occurred along the Mutare- Chimanimani road, near Mutare Teachers college.

His car overturned several times before landing on its side before the man crept out of the damaged vehicle assisted by witnesses. The motorists’ name could not be identified at the time of writing as he had left the scene.
 

Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party was yesterday caught between the teeth when it demonstrated discrimination allowing jobless guru’s also known as cash cows, to bulldoze their way for the remunerated posts of House of Assembly Chief Whip, and Women’s Caucas positions.
The shameful scramble involves former cabinet ministers now jobless who include ex-Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe. The lucrative posts will  raise the successful members to levels where government pays them lump sum amounts for special parliamentary work. Parliament has been dragged further as the MDC-T struggles to provide final names due to the infighting.
In an emergency meeting yesterday, the party brought forward a list of several women (including Thokozani Khupe) who are challenging for the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus Vice Chair position presently held by Crecencia Chabuka from Manicaland. This is the only post they have chosen to hold by-elections for. The other two are for the parliamentary Chief Whip positions they however chose not to hold any by-elections deciding rather to retain the previous office holders.

 
Flying to Europe and earning numerous allowances
The people who have entered the fray for the women’s caucus position include Thokozani Khupe,  Sibusiso Masara, and Pauline Mpariwa.
The position involves flying to western destinations such as Europe and earning numerous allowances from the government.
 
“Tribal War Against Manicaland”
The decision to hold by-elections to replace Chabuka is believed to be of an evasive motivation against the party’s Manicaland province where several cadres are from who are calling for Morgan Tsvangirai to step down. Others from the same have also gone against Tsvangirai’s imposition of candidates. These include the Treasurer General Roy Bennett, James Magarangoma(on canditate imposition), and Arnold Tsunga (on candidate imposition).
The positions which the party has chosen not to contest for Chief Whip of House Of Assembly are held by Innocent Gonese who is deputised by Dorcas Sibanda.
The MDC-T to this day has not communicated a reason for the change, and when approached there was not a single written position statement on the matter.
An official comment form the MDC-T’s spokesman Douglas Mwonzora was not forthcoming at the time of writing as he was said to be in a meeting.

We will work with the expelled MDC-T Mayors, vows Chombo
There was consternation in the city of Mutare last week Thursday when the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC elected mayor of Mutare, Tatenda Nhamarare who has since been expelled from the party, openly celebrated Robert Mugabe’s presidency.
In what is interpreted as an open display of defiance against Tsvangirai, Nhamarare who Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has vowed to continue recognising as mayor, issued a printed press statement (pictured) both celebrating and congratulating Robert Mugabe for his announced victory in the just ended national elections.
Nhamarare had never been fielded by the party for the mayoral position and only crept in after the councilors had completed their secret ballot.
In the elections Robert Mugabe was announced as winner with 61,09 percent of the presidential votes cast, while Mr Tsvangirai managed only 33,94 percent. Zanu-PF took over 197 seats in the National Assembly, while MDC-T managed only 70, MDC two, with one independent completing the list. Apart from these results,remained those of local government where the MDC-T managed to take over several other towns and cities Mutare and Harare included but there have since been reports of alleged ZANU PF vote buying for mayoral positions in which Mutare was noted for among others even electing a ZANU PF deputy mayor when the majority of councilors were MDC-T.

In his celebratory message, Nhamarare said he was proud to be associated with President Mugabe and Vice President Joice Mujuru’s political leadership.
“The mayor, Councillor T Nhamarare, councillors, council officials and the citizens of the city, would like to express our warm and heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency, the President of the sovereign Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde R.G Mugabe and indeed the Honourable Vice President Cde Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru for resoundingly winning the harmonised elections conducted on 31 July 2013,” his statement said.
It added: “The citizens of Mutare take great pride to be associated with such outstanding, God-given and principled political leadership with unparalleled contributions to both our struggle for our liberation and focus on nation-building, unity, empowerment for social and economic development.
“We sincerely wish them every success in the quest to indigenise, empower and improve the status of all Zimbabweans as a nation.”
Meanwhile, the MDC-T remained quiet on the matter and its spokesman Douglas Mwonzora did not respond to inquiries. But the party’s spokesman for Manicaland, Pishai Muchauraya however protested that Nhamarare’s is not even fit to qualify for mayor since he is not yet 40 years of age as stipulated in the new constitution.

LIVE FROM HARARE: More than 500 people have converged in Harare on Saturday at the National Constitutional Assembly’s annual congress.
The organisation seeking to fill the political space, has resolved to morph itself into a new political party.

By 1430Hrs, longtime NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku had been unilaterally endorsed as the interim leader of the new party which will continue to use the name NCA until another congress slated for March 2014.
The crowd many were not bused, but came at their own expense.
The party is Pan-Africanist and upholds social democracy as its ideology.
Most MDC officials did not attend. Observers however included Job Sikhala, and leaders from PTUZ, ISO, PYD, ZCTU organisations.
The party resolved that the current national taskforce, top four (4) from the regional executive committees plus the 120 constituency chairpersons and others are to be co-opted into leadership
The leadership structure has seventeen (17) members subject to review. Each branch will have a minimum of 50 and maximum of 100 members.

The National Constitutional Assembly today converges in Harare for its congress which comes soon after the passing of the new constitution and the just ended harmonised elections.
ZimEye is reliably informed that on the cards is a the forming of a new party to challenge Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party which lost the recently announced election results.
The NCA is expected to morph into a new party today, a colleague of Madhuku told ZimEye last week.

Professor Madhuku is als speculated to be the leader of the new party.
MDC-99 leader Job Sikhala is said to be an invited speaker at the function which will be held at Bumbiro House in the capital.
Announced Sikhala on Friday afternoon: “Tomorrow l will give 30 minutes of my time from 1100hrs to 1130hrs away from my sick father to give my solidarity speech at the NCA congress at Bumbiro House. It’s unfortunate that l will only be able to spare that 30 minutes alone and we wish the NCA a successful congress and hope that everything will pass without problems as we gathered that rivalries are plotting to disrupt the congress. Our culture of hatred to political pluralism is so sickening that it’s not long before people engage in a civil war. “

AN appeal has been made for assistance for a boy suffering from hernia.

Hernia is a horrific abnormality where an internal part of the body pushes through a weakness in the muscle or surrounding tissue wall.

The below announcement was made by MDC-T spokesman for Manicaland Pishai Muchauraya:

“The boy pictured above Finance Gamera (10) doing grade 3 at Mbeure primary school in Chipinge is appealing for financial help to undergo medical operation.

“He has a hernia problem. The boy is an orphan and staying with a maternal grandmother who is jobless and surviving on handouts from other villagers.

“Well wishers can get hold of Mbuya Jambaya on 0776469993 /0716263055 or alternatively pay through any medical surgion in Harare or Mutare.”

President Ian Khama’s government of Botswana successfully worked on and managed to stop civil war in Zimbabwe after the 2008 election, a scientific study argues.
The paper titled “Botswana and Pivotal Deterrance in the Zimbabwe 2008 Political Crisis,” argues that had it not been for Botswana’s deliberate actions, Zimbabwe would have plunged into civil war following the 2008-9 era.
The paper was researched and written by scholars at the University of Botswana: Obonye Jonas, David Mandiyanike, and Zibani Maundeni.
This article seeks to explain the pivotal role that Botswana played in the light of the Zimbabwe political crisis after the 2008 election. It argues that Botswana was able to apply pivotal deterrence in Zimbabwe between the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) that claimed to have won the March 2008 presidential election and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU PF) that claimed to have won the June 2008 presidential re-run election in which Robert Mugabe stood alone. This article deploys the theory of ‘pivotal deterrence’ to investigate the influence that Botswana had over the MDC and ZANU PF.
The enduring amity of Southern Africa was nearly disrupted in 2008, when Zimbabwe nearly slid in a civil war following the disputed elections which returned Robert Mugabe to power after his arch-rival Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the presidential race citing escalating state-sponsored violence. Read the full paper here

The headmaster of the school built and reportedly ‘owned’ by flamboyant businessman Phillip Chiyangwa has spoken for the first time and in an attempt to dismiss reports by the faceless social-network cult guru Baba Jukwa that teachers have not been paid for five months to date.
The headmaster may have demonstrated that Baba Jukwa last week played the crucial role of forcing the school to pay the teachers.

The school head Mr Christopher Tapera told ZimEye in an exclusive interview the reports of his school delaying the salaries of teachers for five months are not true. Although he invited our reporter to the school offices to see documentation, he admitted that there have indeed been delays in paying teachers’ salaries but said that these were for the month of August which have only been paid today as per his words. The timing of the payment may show that Baba Jukwa’s pressure on the matter forced Chiyangwa’s management to release the needed funds.
“Going by what was written in the ZimEye Saturday, Sunday it is incorrect. Teachers were paid up to end of July and as I speak to you right now we have already paid them their August salaries. So we don’t owe teachers at all it is unfortunate that when this article was published we were not accorded an opportunity to air our side of the story,” he said.
On the matter of overcharging parents, Mr Tapera said that his school’s fees are slightly over USD1300, and so are actually lower than many other schools which charge at least USD2800 per term.
He further dismissed reports of Mr Phillip Chiyangwa being in control of the school saying that the school is managed by a directors’ or trustees’ board. When asked further about the board membership, he however admitted that the board is actually headed by a certain Mr Edmund Chiyangwa, and the board of trustees has two Chiyangwa’s at the helm.
Watch this space for the full interview which will be published by Midnight Tuesday.

ZANU PF now a British party? Just about exactly!
(London)President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party has been given the all clear to begin operating in Britain, ZimEye can exclusively reveal.
This development follows an expose’ by this publication on ZANU PF’s operations in the UK in recent months as they prepare to meet Prime Minister David Cameron.
The move is a revival of the historic relationship Mugabe’s party enjoyed with The Iron lady, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 80s.
ZimEye can further reveal that ZANU PF will now be recognised just like any other local British party and may soon open a bank account among other things.
” There would be no bar on your activities here in the UK, providing they do not contravene UK law, as is the case for any political party,” Foreign and Commonwealth Office, MP Mark Simmonds said in a statement.
A meeting is now to be held with ZANU PF’s chairman Nick Mangwana in the next few days where the latter is expected to air ZANU PF’s concerns.
Commenting on the development top Huddersfield University Lecturer Dr Nkululeko Sibanda said the development speaks a lot about ZANU PF than it does the opposition MDC.
“I think the indication is that this says more about MDC than it says about ZANU PF, ” said Sibanda. He added, “it is an indication that the MDC is losing ground considerably. Because once it was difficult for ZANU PF to operate in the UK, you would then say that ZANU PF is gaining considerable ground launching a massive international offensive.”
But Sibanda also voiced that the British government has not been consistent in their international policy of condemning ZANU PF while at the same time cooperating with the party. “At the same time it is an indication that the British are not consistent as they are literally now opposing themselves. ZANU PF operatives are going to be free to operate in here and spy on people. I think its a step backwards,” he said.
But political analyst George Shire said there have never been any intelligence operatives in the UK.
“There never were ZANU PF operatives,” said Shire. He added:
“ZANU PF hasn’t got enough money to pay anyone to be an operative you know. For ZANU PF to be interested about someone in Britian, they must be doing something of use and people are not. Its an illusion for people to think they are bigger than ZANU PF.”
Shire said the development has no significance at all as ZANU PF has never been banned in the UK and so the real matter at hand is the issue of sanctions which must be removed.
“The issue with the British government should be whether or not the sanctions are in place. By virtue of them being in place, it means that we cannot operate freely. Its not that we are not ready to put those structures in place, the sanctions should go first,” he said.

A storm is brewing between JOMIC officials and government following a directive from Dydmus Mutasa ordering all JOMIC officials to return the 4×4 vehicles given to them by government for purposes of executing their duties during the life of the Government of National Unity.
JOMIC liason officers from the three political parties in Manicaland have vowed to keep on to their vehicles despite calls by the chief secretary of the President and cabinet for the immediate withdrawals of the vehicles by the 20th of September.
Last week a press statement was issued calling for the withdrawal of the vehicles. The vehicles are to be surrendered to the nearest CMED Deport. Jomic has 7 vehicles in each province and each party has two.
In his memo to JOMIC vehicle users, the chief secretary to the President and cabinet said the role of JOMIC ended with the demise of GNU. However, a survey in Manicaland has indicated that all individuals using the vehicles are still holding on to them arguing that they should be given the cars as exit packages. Those interviewed said the government was being very unfair and insensitive to them by withdrawing the vehicles when they allowed government ministers to go with their vehicles.
 

 
They are arguing that most senior civil servants and head of government departments normally are given the option of buying the vehicle on book value at the end of the contract. All the ministers in the just ended inclusive goverment were given the option of buying their vehicles at book value.
 
A visit to the CMED Provincial headquarters this afternoon has shown no sign of any vehicle that has been surrendered.
One of JOMIC Provincial cordinators who declined to be named told ZimEye that the National cordinator Patience Chiradza has told through a MEMO all JOMIC officers to hold on to their vehicles until they get a communication from the National Co_Chairpersons: Elton Mangoma, MDC T Nicholas Goche Zanu pf and Priscillah Musihairambwi MDC N.

Former PM Morgan Tsvangirai has assumed a full time job at Harvest House but now gobbles up 400 litres of petrol at a time when he is retrenching workers, giving them a paltry 2 months salary package.

It has emerged the party is bankrupt to the bone and this is the reason why Treasurer General Roy Bennett has been calling for Tsvangirai’s immediate resignation.
Tsvangirai now starts work at 9am and knocks off at 5pm Monday to Friday. He uses three vehicles which consume an average of 400 litres of fuel a week. The standing committee sits every Wednesday and each of those 12 members need allowances for food and transport.
Harvest house has embarked on a massive retrenchment plan called Soft Landing. Each department is going to remain with three staffers. The retrenchments will also cascade to provinces. There will be one admin worker in the province, one driver and one security guard. Press officers in the provinces have been given notice to look for alternative employment. As exit packages those affected would be given two months salaries. The MDC-T wage bill is currently standing at $94 000 a month and mainly funded by the Political Parties Finance Act funds but will now be lower than before since their numbers in parliament have gone down.
It is also because of the donor fatigue that the party summoned all workers to Harvest house on Tuesday to warn them of the retrenchment plan code named Soft Landing. The Organising Department which used to have over 20 workers will now have only 3 workers just like any other department. Information which has Robert Mandeya, Lawrence Paganga, Yvone Mashie, one only known as Abigail, and the office assistant will also have to to remain with three. The choice of who remains lies with the Director General Mr Toendepi Shonhe.
There were unconfirmed rumours that Tsvangirai’s personal advisor Alex Magaisa has since relocated to the UK following the election defeat but Magaisa appeared to dismiss them.
It is believed that a big percentage of the money which will be received from government will go towards some allowances of the big people in the party who are now jobless after the GNU. The Party Treasurer general Roy Bennett told his colleagues at Harvest house that the party is broke and cannot continue looking for money without proper accounting and there is a disturbing fatigue in the donor community to fund the party.
 

(Mutare)Four rebel councilors who rebelled against a Tsvangirai directive and ‘nikuved’ their own party by secretly electing a ZANU PF deputy councilor, have been expelled.
They will no longer be councilors with immediate effect.
MDC-T Manicaland spokesman Pishai Muchauraya confirmed to ZimEye Wednesday afternoon that the notorious team are now on the streets, jobless having served barely 24 hours of service.
The four rebel councilors are Richard Mupfura ward 16, Tatenda Nhambarare ward 8, Farai Bhiza ward 11 and Pamella Mutare ward 2.
“The provincial executive has expelled the four from MDC with immediate effect.
“We are now in the process doing the papers to ZEC so that they cause by-elections in those wards,” said Muchauraya.
More to follow…

Manyenyeni-Harare & Mutare New Mayors’ Violence Aftermath
New twist as Police arrive to stop violence
As Harare and Mutare, accepted their new mayors, the MDC-T Councilors in Mutare who rebelled against Morgan Tsvangirai by installing a ZANU PF deputy mayor were hauled before a disciplinary tribunal on Wednesday morning.
Drama and unease as Police are called to settle people down at MDC-T meeting

While a statement was awaited at the time of writing, ZimEye can reveal that a disciplinary committee was convened this afternoon in Mutare. But there was drama when MDC-T youths began shouting, charging, baying for the blood of four councillors who voted for a ZANU PF deputy mayor.
At the time of writing, police officers had arrived in Santana trucks at the site where MDC-T supporters were.
Thomas Nyamupanedengu(pictured) was installed by Morgan Tsvangirai to be mayor of Mutare but later on Nikuved by the four MDC-T councillors working with Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party.
The four rebel councilors are Richard Mupfura ward 16, Tatenda Nhambarare ward 8, Farai Bhiza ward 11 and Pamella Mutare ward 2. The fate of the 4 rebel councillors is being debated today at a provincial executive meeting.
A statement from the party is expected anytime soon.

The European Union has performed a U turn on Zimbabwe by lifting sanctions on the Zimbabwe Diamond Company, a report states.
Although an independently verifiable person could not be reached on Tuesday, Europe based reports stated that a yet unamed EU official has said the body is now lifting sanctions on Zimbabwe.
The report quoted the unnamed official saying the EU has “begun the process of delisting” Zimbabwean persons from the Mugabe-targeted sanctions which were meant to influence democratic reforms. This came at a time when the country’s recent elections were slammed by the same body. It is thus believed that the EU has contradicted itself since two months before elections it had stated that sanctions would be reviewed upon credible elections being held in the country.
Huddersfield top lecturer and political commentator, Nkululeko Sibanda has said that there appears to be desperation on the EU’s position to lift sanctions.
“As  a matter of fact the EU is impatient to lift the sanctions on Zimbabwe necessarily because the main parties are arguing ….that the sanctions are no longer necessary or effective in achieving democracy in the country. And therefore it would seem to me though that they are looking for an excuse. Which raises an excuse to remove them. It raises the question as to whether or not all along they saw them as an effective tool for promoting democracy at all, rather than just a political gimmick on their side.  It certainly raises eyebrows as to why a mere referendum would be seen as important in determining democracy in Zimbabwe…,” he told ZimEye earlier in the year.
 

Is this evidence that Morgan Tsvangirai is still popular with the masses? Thousands gathered at Sakubva stadium in Mutare on Saturday afternoon. Below is a photographic coverage of the rally.

(ANALYSIS)He once bludgeoned Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa in parliament right before onlookers, and his party know him to be a frank no nonsense person – MDC-T Treasurer General Roy Bennett has this week fearlessly turned his ‘body’ on his boss Morgan Tsvangirai saying he must immediately resign and handover to others.
Bennett told reporters Tsvangirai has had his time, fought well, and stood on, but must now resign to save the party from total collapse.
His comments come as top Tsvangirai confidante Nelson Chamisa revealed that party heavyweights actually want Tsvangirai to continue ruling for another 20 continuous years. He told ZimEye soon after our reporters queried with Chamisa on the MDC-T’s announced plans to retain Tsvangirai until he is an octogenarian (80 years old and above), “that question you raised with Chamisa is crucial and important because I was there when they changed the constitution,” he said of the time when MDC-T bosses secretly signed a deal to lengthen Tsvangirai’s presidency without informing the rest of the party.
In another interview this week with a South African publication BDLive, Bennett further burst out dismissing Tsvangirai’s leadership relevance after the July 2013 elections.
“Mr Tsvangirai has served two terms and is nearly completing a third,” Mr Bennett said. “Deep introspection needs to be undertaken by our national collective leadership, not for purposes of looking for scapegoats, but for our party to reinvigorate its leadership with a leadership which reflects the will of our people,” said Bennett.
He even suggested that the only reason why Tsvangirai is hanging on is because of a small ruling elite in the central committee whose positions will be affected by a leadership change. “Regrettably some within our leadership, as in the case with many political parties, do not wish the grassroots democratic will of the people to prevail,” he said.
Bennett’s calls were this week part of a hot topic on leadership succession which trended with thousands flooding on social websites but which was dominated with talk on Tsvangirai’s future as leader of the MDC-T party as many began saying the former trade unionist should pass the baton. Meanwhile some top MDC-T cadres who spoke on condition of anonymity voiced that an attempt by Tsvangirai and close allies to stay on will only give more power for ZANU PF to continue ruling as this automatically demotivates the democracy spirit which the party claims to subscribe to.

Below is the latest on Cabinet appointments released by President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday afternoon in which controversial ZANU PF information spin doctor, Prof Jonathan Moyo bounced back as Information Minister.
The cabinet has been reduced from 33 to 26
Didymus Mutasa – Presidential Affairs.

Ministers and their Portfolios:
Ministers hold their letters of appointment.
Here are the ministers and their portfolios:
Ignatius Chombo – Local Government
Emmerson Mnangagwa – Justice and Legal Affairs
Patrick Chinamasa – Finance
Dzikamai Mavhaire – Energy and Power Development
Francis Nhema – Indigenisation
Douglas Mombeshora – Lands
Jonathan Moyo – Information
Sydney Sekeramayi – Defence
Walter Mzembi – Tourism
Andrew Langa – Sport, Arts and Culture
Webster Shamu – Information and Communication Technology
Savior Kasukuwere – Environment
Lazarus Dokora – Primary and Secondary Education
Olivia Muchena – Higher and Tertiary Education
David Parirenyatwa – Health
Kembo Mohadi – Home Affairs
Oppah Muchinguri – Women’s Affairs
Mike Bimha – Industry and Commerce
Nicholas Goche – Labour
Walter Chidhakwa – Mines
Obert Mpofu – Transport
Sithembiso Nyoni – Small and Medium Enterprises
Simon Khaya Moyo – Senior Minister without Portfolio
Joseph Made – Agriculture
Flora Buka – Minister of State for Presidential Affairs
Josiah Hungwe – Minister of State for Vocational Training
Sylvester Nguni – Minister of State in Vice President Mujuru’s office
Cabinet has been reduced from 33 to 26
 
Mugabe also appointed 5 non-constituency ministers in terms of the new constitution. They are Prof Jonathan Moyo, Lazarus Dokora, Dr Joseph Made, Martin Dinha
 
Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs:
Bulawayo – Eunice Moyo
Harare – Miriam Chikukwa
Manicaland – Chris Mushowe
Mash Central – Martin Dinha
Mash West – Faber Chidarikire
Mash East – Simbaneuta Mudarikwa
Masvingo – Kudakwashe Bhasikiti
Matebeleland North – Cain Mathema
Matabeleland South – Abednico Ncube
Midlands – Jason Machaya
Deputy Ministers:
David Murapira and Paddy Zhanda – Deputy Ministers of Agriculture
Dr Sekeramayi has no deputy at the moment
Ziyambi Ziyambi – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Alice Mabuwa – Deputy Minister of Industry and commerce
Munacho Mutezo – Deputy Minister of Energy
Simon Musanhu – Deputy minister of Environment
Dr Samuel Undenge – Deputy Minister of Finance
Dr Paul Chimedza – Deputy Minister of Health
Tendai Savanhu – Deputy Minister of Lands
Biggie Matiza – Deputy Minister of Local Government
Novert Mukonora – Deputy Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises
Tabeth Malinga – Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
Petronella Kagonye – Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development
Abigail Damasane – Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs

A Zimbabwean man’s passport has been found.
Mr Tawanda Mhlanga and anyone who knows him have been asked to telephone a certain Mr Calvin Mutyere on 0027738321548 in order to obtain it.
Mr Mutyere sent the message via the ZimEye Social Networking Portal.

Outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s personal advisor, Dr Alex Magaisa has laid into a pseudo-journalist who wrote a story claiming that he has given up his job as Tsvangirai’s advisor.
In a strongly worded message, Magaisa offloaded his disgust at the ‘idiot’ journo’s behaviour which he described as base ‘gutter.’
Magaisa who is on holiday in the UK, was shocked to read his name in the story published in a website which claimed to even quote him stating he had quit his job for the sake of his family.
Below was his short statement he issued from his social networking portal:

 
Normally, I would not comment on items from the gutter press. But I am aware friends, colleagues, relations and supporters of the party who might otherwise believe every word they read on the internet may be in need of clarification. In doing so, one runs the risk of dignifying creations of hands and minds that belong to the gutter; imaginary stories in which a pseudo-journalist (because that individual cannot properly lay claim to the title of being a journalist) makes no attempt whatsoever to get a comment from the subject of his/her story. But on this occasion, I must do so nevertheless.
The story that you may have come across in recent days, apparently alleging that I have quit my advisory role, is completely false and without foundation. No one has spoken to me and how they come up with such nonsense is beyond me. Unfortunately, in the age of “copy and paste” journalism, I observe that even websites that might otherwise claim some iota of credibility have joined the race to the bottom to publish nonsense without verifying.
Friends, you will probably see more of this nonsense as time goes by. Normally, I would not comment on items from the gutter press. But I am aware friends, colleagues, relations and supporters of the party who might otherwise believe every word they read on the internet may be in need of clarification. In doing so, one runs the risk of dignifying creations of hands and minds that belong to the gutter; imaginary stories in which a pseudo-journalist (because that individual cannot properly claim to the tile of being a journalist) makes no attempt whatsoever to get a comment from the subject of his/her story. But I must do so nevertheless. The story that you may have come across in recent days, apparently alleging that I have quit my advisory role, is completely false and without foundation. No one has spoken to me and how they come up with such nonsense is beyond me.
Unfortunately, in the age of “copy and paste” journalism, I observe that even websites that might claim some iota of credibility have joined the race to the bottom and publish nonsense without verifying. You will probably see more of this nonsense as time goes by, all in the name of propaganda. If it persists, one may have to consider legal options.
All I can advise is be a critical reader; you will save yourself from swallowing the garbage served in the name of journalism. If some idiot wakes up one bad morning and announces to the world that Magaisa is now a woman, I am not going to run around naked to prove that I am still a man.

The 10 YEAR OLD GIRL from Buhera South, Noria Musapukira, who was on Tuesday attacked by a stray hyena, is in a critical condition, ZimEye has been exclusively told.
The local MP HON Joseph Chinotimba revealed this as he told ZimEye he has managed to secure the funds for the victims from the powerful Mbada Diamonds company.
Earlier reports had suggested that Noria had merely lost her right eye following the attack.
But MP Chinotimba while on his way from Parirenyatwa told ZimEye on Thursday afternoon, Noria is in a critical condition at present having suffered several other wounds. When asked when Noria could be leaving the hospital Chinotimba replied:

“I wouldn’t say anything about her because I am not a doctor, ma doctor ndivo vanoziva kuti achabuda rinhi. What I know is she is in a  critical position. But I can not rule when pa achabuda; I wouldn’t tell you anything about that.”
Chinotimba revealed more details on Noria’s condition:
“Ari pa critical condition because anga arumwa musoro ka. Ndobva abviswa rimwe ziso. I cannot rule when she is going out.”
Chinotimba also revealed that he managed to secure funding from the Mbada Diamond company to cover all the bills  for 5 of the villagers attacked by the animal yesterday.
Chinotimba said he has since appealed to the National Parks and Wildlife government department to extend its coverage to Buhera since the area’s villagers are under attack from wild animals including lions.
The new MP of Buhera South also said the reason why ferrocious animals are straying into human habitations is because there is no more animal prey in the area.
“Hakuchina mhuka ku Buhera,” said Chinotimba.
At 5PM on Tuesday the hyena attacked the Grade 5 pupil at Muchuwa Primary School in Chief Nyashanu area. The state broadcaster, ZBC reported that the injured girl’s mother, Mrs Musapukira said Noria and her elder sister were coming from the market around 5.30pm on Tuesday when they saw something which they suspected to be a baboon but they soon noticed that it was a dangerous animal when it made a laughing sound and started charging at them. She is said to have fallen while trying to runaway from the hyena, which then pounced on her. Other villagers and passersby ran to her rescue but the damage had already been done.
The same hyena also attacked four other people.

Below is the full text of interview of Kenyan Prophet-Maxillar Mumo with ZimEye following a second prophecy concerning elections in Zimbabwe and what the prophet says will be MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s sudden ascendancy to become President of Zimbabwe.
ZimEye put the prophet to task to clarify and explain further his utterances for easy understanding for the readers at large to which the prophet agreed.
 
INTERVIEW:
Prophet-Maxillar Mumo
I have been waiting for you. Send your questions right here! They should only be 5 questions. I only have time for 5 questions.
Question:

1. Man of God, some Zimbabweans have criticised you and dismissed your prophecies. Could you cite two or three other prophecies you have made in the past which have come to pass? Thank you
Question:
Please feel free if you are not comfortable on this one.
Prophet-Maxillar Mumo
QUESTION 1 ANSWER: The blog that every prophesy I make is posted can answer your question on what prophesies have come to pass. They are many I have lost count. Infact what I know is God can make a news bulletin better than most media houses when it comes to speaking concerning the future. I have seen God show me of what shall be in the news the next day internationally, posted it and seen it together with anyone who cared out there as they came to pass.
http://www.prophetmaxillarmumo.blogspot.com/.
When God speaks just like in the bible in the old times, you will have people ignoring what God is saying or dismissing it. But what they forget is to look up and see God while focussing on the man; me and putting me on the cross only for what is imminent!
I do not carry my own voice, and since I began prophesying, I have spoken only of what God sends me to. He worries about the coming to pass of such prophesies. He worries of what to do with such people as those who nullity, mock and disregard His voice.
You see prophesy is only a Word first when it is send out. It’s power when it comes to pass holding those who accepted it safe and holding those who disregarded it to destruction.
While many think prophesy is so you can become famous, count or have a record of what comes to pass and not and brag with it; GOD CONSIDERS ME CALLED ONLY TO SPEAK HIS VOICE. THE REST I LIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE GOT NOTHING TO DO. ALL MY TIME IS SPEND IN PRAYER.
 
Question:
Thank you sir. 2. In the first part of your prophecy for Zimbabwe and reference is made to the one released on or around the end of July 2013, you stated that Morgan Tsvangirai is anointed to lead Zimbabwe. Do you have projected date when this should happen?
Prophet-Maxillar Mumo
ANSWER TO QUESTION 2: God calls and anoints leaders. Only Him knows the reason why He chooses a certain leader and dismisses another. I have seen God appoint leaders many a times before and they all end up ruling.
Now there are many things that come to play when God appoints a leader. First of all the nation must accept the leader appointed for them. Of course if they refuse such a leader, trouble befalls them. And it’s always trouble that is designed to pave way for the leader appointed of God to rule.
Secondly, when the accepts such a leader, then when the time comes or according to their procedures they must appoint such a leader to office. In the event they refuse to do so. God will still work and bring the ordained leader into power.
When I spoke of Tsvangrai, I said God is concerned whether the people of Zimbabwe will work to put the leader into power when the time comes and it is written in record that I did say that. Now I said this because what God was showing is that in the time He gave which was a 5 and 5 events, there was a threat to this leader’s life which still stands and so many people want to see him gone. But the biggest problem I have seen that brought the second prophesy was the people around him.
They were all plotting to put him in power through another kind of act and not that of God. And that set God releasing a warning of these people around him that were plotting of such a move that if they did it, then it will be the end of him ever finding the leadership of the country.
I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, IT WAS NOT TSVANGRAI PERFORMING THIS ACT BUT I SAW PEOPLE PERFORMING IT FOR HIM SO THAT HE ASCENDS TO POWER. BUT GOD SAID, IF THEY DID IT, THEN IT WAS THE END OF HIS ASCENSION TO LEADERSHIP OF YOUR COUNTRY.
Question:
Thank you sir. 3. Will the Tsvangirai power takeover be peaceful, and will there be peace after that?
 
Prophet-Maxillar Mumo
CONTINUED ANSWER TO QSN 2: There are things I am allowed to speak of and others I am allowed to hold to myself. In terms of the exact time; I CANNOT OPEN MY MOUTH BEYOND THE 5 but be sure it is nothing as people are trying to DECODE it! THE SECRET IS WHAT IS THE WEAPON OF BRINGING THIS PROPHESY TO COME TO PASS! THE DEVIL CANNOT KNOW WHAT THE TIME MEANS, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE TIME MEANS EXCEPT GOD! THAT IS HIS WEAPON!
BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT WILL BE PLAIN TO YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE WHAT THE 5 MEANT!!!
Question:
Thank you sir. 3. Will the Tsvangirai power takeover be peaceful, and will there be peace after that?
Prophet-Maxillar Mumo
ANSWER TO QSN 3: If these people accept to listen to God and do not perform this SACRIFICE so that their leader can take power through evil ways because God has chosen him for Zimbabwe already, then you will see with your eyes Tsvangrai take power and rule Zimbabwe and because He is chosen of God the rulership shall be peaceful!
If they go on and do the sacrifice, it is over for them and their leader. They will never lead Zimbabwe BECAUSE WHAT GOD TOLD ME IS HOW CAN PEOLE DISPISE HIS WORD AND CHOICE FOR THEM AND DECIDE TO PERFORM ON BEHALF OF THE ONE I HAVE CHOSEN SUCH A THING. GOD IS ENEMY OF IDOLS AND IDOL WORSHIP! SO these people should let God take care of how Tsvangrai comes to power.
I WANT TO ADD HERE TODAY EXCLUSIVELY TO YOU EVEN BEFORE IT IS POSTED ON MY BLOG: That if these people perform the sacrifice; GOD TOLD ME; HE SHALL RAISE A LEADER FROM ZIMBABWE FROM THE CHURCH. HE WAS ONCE A PAGAN BUT SHALL BE SEEN AS TO COME FROM THE CHURCH WHEN HE RISES AND SHALL BE A GREAT HELP TO THE CHURCH!
Question:
Thank you Sir for clarifying who the persons are who you refer to as plotting to do child sacrifice.
5. Do you have any other prophecies on Zimbabwe which have not been made known to date?
Prophet-Maxillar Mumo
Only what is on my blog. That is all. I have ministered to many people from Zimbabwe and God has performed for them greatly and mightly from miracle children, lost people being found, healings, winning business deals, finding spouses, receiving financial breakthrough to anything you can think of.
What God has done for me is RAISE me differently in these last days to decry the church which instead of being His voice to nations has become mediocrity because it is considered a place of the lost.
WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOUR NATIONS AND MANY OTHER NATIONS is to RESTORE HIS CHURCH, HIS VOICE and to make people TURN TO HIM!!!
I DO NOT SEEK FAME, I DO NOT SEEK ATTENTION!!! GOD SEEKS TO RESTORE HIS CHURCH!!!
I have done my best to bring you message of God as He gives it to me!
I have spoken with you in utter justice of God’s Word and I hope everything God has told you elevates your thinking and does not make you blind to your own destiny!
I do not carry my voice that is why I am able to speak and nations can listen. It is because I carry God’s voice. I am not interested in the when they happen all I know is everything I have spoken in the past has come to pass and I cannot take credit of any! Only God can! I am not worried if what I say comes to pass or not; because I know God worries about that.
In whatever happens, I represent my God with utmost and ultimate OBEDIENCE! I cannot think less of Him any day of my life! I WILL STAND WITH HIS WORD FOREVER!
Thank you and regards!
Question:
Thank you very much for your time prophet Mumo. We look forward to hearing more of your works soon. Regards.
 

The Kenyan Prophet Maxillar Mumo whose utterances have in recent weeks sparked intense controversy in the Zimbabwean community has spoken following his prediction in which he says that some Zimbabweans(not Tsvangirai) were thinking of attempting a child sacrifice in order to create the presidency for Morgan Tsvangirai.
Prophet Mumo insisted to ZimEye in an exclusive interview on Wednesday night, that Morgan Tsvangirai is God’s anointed President of Zimbabwe who will be installed soon after Robert Mugabe has died a natural death. Tsvangirai’s ascension to the State House will be effortless for him, hinted Mumo.
On the mystical matter of the so called “child sacrifice”, Mumo said in part:
“They were all plotting to put him in power through another kind of act and not that of God. And that set God releasing a warning of these people around him that were plotting of such a move that if they did it, then it will be the end of him ever finding the leadership of the country.”
When however pressed on the authenticity of his prophecies and why people should rely on them Mumo replied: “I have spoken with you in utter justice of God’s Word and I hope everything God has told you elevates your thinking and does not make you blind to your own destiny.
“I do not carry my voice that is why I am able to speak and nations can listen. It is because I carry God’s voice. I am not interested in the when they happen all I know is everything I have spoken in the past has come to pass and I cannot take credit of any! Only God can! I am not worried if what I say comes to pass or not; because I know God worries about that.
“In whatever happens, I represent my God with utmost and ultimate obedience. I cannot think less of Him any day of my life. I will stand with his word forever.”
Watch this space for the full interview which will be published at exactly 7am (Zim Time)on Thursday 5th September.   Full interview now available Click Here to read 

An MDC-T cadre, and medical student in South Africa, Isabel Mkhosi has died.
The MDC-T announced on Wednesday morning its shock at the death of Isabel whose untimely departure comes barely two weeks after she complained of chest pains.
 

An announcement by the party’s Youth Assembly spokesperson, Tapiwa Shumba, reads:
“We have learnt with great shock, disbelief and sadness the death of Isabel Mkhosi Moyo. She died this morning in Harare. Isabel Mkhosi was the Secretary of the MDC South Africa Provincial Youth Executive. She was also studying towards a medical degree at Witwatersrand University.
“She complained of chest pains during her trip to Zimbabwe and was subsequently admitted at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare about two weeks ago. Although she kept on asking for prayers and indicating that she was in the Intensive Care Unit; it remained unthinkable that she would succumb to that illness.
“We have known her as the Iron Lady, soft but politically acute. It is sad that she has gone without realising her dream for a free Zimbabwe.
“This is a great loss for all of us. It is a loss for the young people that have fought side by side with Leader Isabel. She was a brave and determined young lady.
“We say Rest in Peace our dear Leader. You fought and you played a very big part. You will forever remain in our hearts. Our memories of you will continue to give us strength towards our quest for freedom and a just, fair and free society for all.
“Further details and funeral arrangements will be made available in due course.”

Zimbabwe:2.2 Million Zimbabweans Face Massive Food Shortages, United Nations Says
The United Nations’ WPFP program estimates that 2.2 million Zimbabweans will go hungry within the next 4 months.
The body says one in four of the rural population- expected to need food assistance during the pre-harvest period early next year.
This is the highest since early 2009 when more than half the population required food support, the report says.

A Harare woman is in a hot search for her father who “ran away from home in 1996”.
Ms Antonia Maposa says she has heard that Mr Leonard Maposa has bee seen in Karoi in recent days.
Below was her request for information.

“I am a lady looking for my father. His name is Leonard Maposa or Jerifanos. We once heard that he is staying in Karoi. Please help he ran away from home since 1996.
He left 7 children behind.”
Antonia Maposa can be found on social networking website Facebook under the name Antonia Maposa.

The Chinhoyi University of Science & Technology has begun investigations on a lecturer by name Mr Turmore Machipisa following a Baba Jukwa ‘tip off’ on Monday.
Allegations against Mr Machipisa who is married are that he has been obtaining sexual gratification from female students in exchange for a leaking of exam papers. ZimEye has verified that Mr Machipisa who has since switched off his phones is indeed a lecturer at the Chinhoyi University of Technology’s Business Faculty.
He is alleged to have leaked more than two exam papers and at least two students were named as victims. Some ‘concerned’ members of the university then forwarded the complaint through social networking guru, Baba Jukwa.

The Chinhoyi University’s Registrar General, Thomas Bhebhe told ZimEye an investigation was commencing on Wednesday following the reports.
“I can assure you that investigations will be carried out,” said Mr Bhebhe as he concluded his interview with ZimEye on Wednesday morning.
Part of the unedited complaint reads:
He proposes love and sex from students in exchange for exam papers ask R*********** or D************** on their Facebook page vakatopasiswa because of this.
Turnmore Machipisa nicknames himself ‘Yoz Trully’ and he lectures Advanced Taxation and Advanced Financial Reporting modules to accounts students. Atove ne3 semesters achi leakser maexams ake neevamwe vekuAccounting dptmnt. This guy even went to the xtnt of coercng a pregnant woman into having sex with her threatening that if she refuses he will make her fail the exams… The lady is on blok release and is in 4.2! Though evidence was gotten from C********** ******** (when she recorded him proposing her and threatening kuti anomufoirisa, zvinova zvaakazoita) he was not even suspended or kudzingwa basa!
This man arikufoirisa vakomana vese vanodanana nevaxna vaanooda.

(Harare)Senior ZANU PF politburo member and one of Robert Mugabe’s top ranking officials, Kumbirai Kangai has died.
ZimEye can exclusively reveal that Mr Kangai died on Saturday morning of a heart attack at his Glen Forest house.
At the time of writing mourners were heading to his house in Borrowdale. More to follow…
 

President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party has declared the former National Railways General Manager, Retired Commodore Mike Karakadzai, together with ZANU PF Co-Founder Enos Nkala, National Heroes.

This followed an earlier expose’ by ZimEye that ZANU PF concluded national hero status for the controversial Karakadzai on the same day following a horrific car accident in Matebeleland.
Enos Nkala died the following day of a long illness believed to be of old age. He had been hospitalised at Avenues Clinic for several days until his death.
Meanwhile Air Cdre Karakadzai (Rtd)’s, who was the National Railways of Zimbabwe general manager’s body was on Friday flown from Bulawayo to Harare’s Manyame Air Base for a military parade.
It is believed that the two are to be buried at the same time in the coming few days. At the time of writing it was not clear when exactly this would be.

One of the key founding fathers of Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party, Enos Nkala has died.
His death announced on Wednesday morning comes after he was admitted into the Avenues Clinic two weeks before on the 7th August.

On Tuesday the family spokesperson who is Nkala’s nephew, Herbert Nkala, appealed for prayers as his condition deteriorated.
“This is a very distressing period for the entire family. We are, however, grateful for the amazing work doctors and nurses are doing here. At this juncture we are appealing to all Zimbabweans to pray for him,” he said.
Nkala served as the Minister of Finance after independence in 1980 and passed the baton to Bernard Chidzero in 1983. He then became the Minister of National Supplies until 1985, and subsequently Home Affairs and Defence after the 1985 election.
Apart from his work as founding member of ZANU PF in 1963, Nkala was a close confidante of Robert Mugabe who according to former Chronicle and Daily News Editor Geoff Nyarota, was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi massacre of Ndebele people in the eighties. He denies this.
In the years running up to today, Nkala was the major subject of news stories as journalists regularly quoted him regarding his private conversations with Robert Mugabe which included one in which Mugabe allegedly said he wished to quit serving as president.
Nkala’s full age was not known at the time of writing.

A senior Zimbabwean historian, Diana Mitchell who alone foretold the downfall of the former Ian Smith Rhodesian government way back in 1977 has spoken against thoughts in the wait for an uprising that is being engineered on social networking website Facebook by the faceless MDC character and Zanu PF de-filer, Baba Jukwa.

Mitchell signalled that an Egyptian style revolution is not possible in Zimbabwe where she has had a wealth of experience analysing complex political forces for the past 40 years.
The statement comes after the faceless character began coordinating a campaign known as Vapanduki (insurgents) on the website. The campaign is a grouping of people who are all opposed to Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF party.
Mitchell is credited for her outstanding work in canonising Zimbabwe’s liberation war heroes at a time when they were internationally regarded as terrorists in the 70s.
Below was her full argument:
Any Zimbabwean, at home and abroad could or should have predicted with absolute certainty that Robert Mugabe and his acolytes would never allow power to slip from their hands. One wonders if the masses of red-clad MDC supporters seen at rallies in the major cities truly believed that their visible numbers and their wishful thinking could somehow vanquish the old dictator. They have learned, once more, as we former `white liberals’ learned in our past, anti-Rhodesian Front struggles, that a `level playing field’ is the first requisite for electoral success in a developing country.
Ian Smith taught Robert Mugabe that control of all the institutions of government – which included the incorporation of the national media – was all that was needed to ensure perpetual rule for the incumbent government. It was the horrific deaths among a relatively few civilians and a miniscule, white-led military, along with a lot of external support for African nationalist freedom fighters, which succeeded in overturning 88 years of white minority rule.
Without weapons or powerful external support, how could free Zimbabweans in the MDC or its leadership have forgotten those lessons of the recent past? So recent are those lessons for now, Zimbabweans will cling to peace as a preferred option. The flames of the Arab Spring’s violent revolutions are not an attractive model for change right now.

In a shocking case of extreme election violence, President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party has come under the spotlight after a party youth freely invaded the home of a frail 87 year old granny’s home, the eldery lady who is being accused of supporting the MDC led by Welshman Ncube.
Mbuya Jestina Guwaya born in July 1924, was singled out by ZANU PF youths after she refused to be associated with pre-election cells in which the party would identify who supports it or not.

She aqcuired her house in 80s together with her late husband who died in the 90s and the couple had only one child, Vengai Mangwiro.
Her house which is in in Joburg Lines, Mbare, was however in June invaded by a certain Andrew who is not even related to her in any way but began claiming to be related to her late husband.  He reportedy received help from one Modern Chirwa (chairman of Joshua Nkomo District Zanu PF) & Florence Mutokota (mai Rodrick).
When the matter was reported to the local police, they kept promising to visit the property but have never done so ever since and neither opened the case into files as is officially required. They further stated that this is a political matter which is difficult for anyone to handle. Even after it was again escalated to Matapi Police Station, the police said they were coming last Friday around 8am, but they did not come, as has been revealed by one of the parliamentary candidates for Mbare, Jabulani Charlie who was standing for the MDC led by Welshman Ncube.
Several ZANU PF bigwigs have since been contacted who include the new MP for Mbare, Tendai Savanhu who has given neither comment nor sign of action on the matter.
“ZANU PF does not tolerate victimisation of anyone on the grounds of political positions. If this is true, it can ony be an overzealous person,” said ZANU PF’s UK party chairman, Mangwana
Mbuya Jestina has been receiving handouts of food from well wishers in the area coordinated by the MDC’s Jabulani Charlie.
A comment from South African President Jacob Zuma who recently claimed the just ended elections were free of intimidation and violence was awaited at the time of writing.

There was shock in the satelite town of Chegutu on Tuesday morning when residents discovered numerous identity cards many belonging to deceased people and some to those who migrated into the diaspora.
“Every second I am getting calls of people discovering abandoned IDs that were used to rig this election in Chegutu 85% of the IDs in this picture are dead people and a good number in the diaspora. What a Shame to Zuma for endorsing this Fraud,” said MDC-T election candidate for the area, Charlton Hwende.

It was not immediately clear at the time of writing how the names on the ID cards have been linked to the people who actually voted in the election.
ZimEye is currently awaiting a full stock count of the IDs discovered by Chegutu residents. More to follow…

There was shock last week when it emerged some members of the persecuted MDC-T Youth Leader Solomon Madzore who has been in prison for over a year, actually voted for ZANU PF supremo Robert Mugabe.
ZimEye in this series of articles will reveal as has been told that even Madzore’s own 19 year old niece who admires her uncle Solomon, yet ignored MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, and placed her precious X aside Robert Mugabe’s name on the ballot paper last week Wednesday.
What is it that would make a family that has been negatively affected by Robert Mugabe’s security so badly actually choose to vote for the same man who has imprisoned their loved one every year since 2001?, our reporter asked Madzore’s sister, Ellet.

“It is all because of Tsvangirai’s shameful affairs and abuse of women that he has lost much steam with voters,” she told ZimEye.
She added
“Just ask anyone. Do your own survey among especially women across the country. You will see that Mugabe gained popularity over the recent 4 years all because of Tsvangirai’s careless blunders. Do you not recall how he treated Locardia (Tembo)? and how he would jump from one woman to the next after impregnating another?
“Check for instance in Dzivarasekwa. How is that ZANU PF which in 2008 barely had any votes and this year yet was able to encroach Solo by just over 1000 voters?,” she said of the results in which Solomon Madzore beat ZANU PF’s 6591 to 5402 votes.
Ellet however stated that she hopes Mr Mugabe will remove charges against her brother in which the government has been claiming that more than twenty MDC-T members murdered a police officer in Glen View two years ago.

Below are the official ZEC the just ended presidential elections in Zimbabwe in which Robert Mugabe was on Saturday afternoon announced as winner with 61 percent followed by MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai:
Mugabe 2 110 434 (61%)
Ncube 92 637 (2.68%)
Tsvangirai 1 172 349 (33.94%)
Dabengwa 25 416, (0.74%)
Following the announcement, Morgan Tsvangirai issued a statement that he is to sue the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on the grounds that the election had gross irregularities.

New Zimbabwe Leader Should Create Democracy, Says US Govt
The new Zimbabwean government’s leader and his government should facilitate democracy and civilian freedoms, the United States government has said.
In a statement the United States said onerous task of charting a way forward that will give the people of Zimbabwe the opportunity to express their most fundamental democratic right in a free and fair environment, a government statement read as it also revealed concerns on the legitimacy of the poll.
 
The statement read issued by the Secretary of State, John Kerry read in full:
Zimbabweans voted in their country’s first national elections this week since the violent and disputed polls in 2008. These elections were an opportunity for Zimbabwe to move forward on a democratic path and provide a foundation for growth and prosperity.
The people of Zimbabwe should be commended for rejecting violence and showing their commitment to the democratic process. But make no mistake: in light of substantial electoral irregularities reported by domestic and regional observers, the United States does not believe that the results announced today represent a credible expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people.
Though the United States was restricted from monitoring these elections, the balance of evidence indicates that today’s announcement was the culmination of a deeply flawed process. There were irregularities in the provision and composition of the voters roll. The parties had unequal access to state media. The security sector did not safeguard the electoral process on an even-handed basis. And the government failed to implement the political reforms mandated by Zimbabwe’s new constitution, the Global Political Agreement, and the region.
We urge the Southern African Development Community and the African Union to address their concerns with the electoral process, as well as those raised by domestic monitoring groups. The Government of Zimbabwe needs to chart a way forward that will give the people of Zimbabwe the opportunity to express their most fundamental democratic right in a free and fair environment. We further call on all parties to refrain from violence during this period.
The United States shares the same fundamental interests as the Zimbabwean people: a peaceful, democratic, prosperous Zimbabwe that reflects the will of its people and provides opportunities for them to flourish. For that to happen, the Government of Zimbabwe should heed the voices of its citizens and implement the democratic reforms mandated by the country’s new constitution.
Only then will Zimbabwe truly embark on a path towards democracy that reflects the aspirations of its people.

Zimbabwe: Exclusive Video Showing Zim Vote-Rigging Shames ZANU PF
A video of alleged vote rigging in Harare’s Mt Pleasant area shot on Wednesday morning has continued to haunt ZANU PF despite their celebrated win of the just ended elections.The video which shows the outgoing Finance Minister Tendai Biti exposing youths bussed in from distant areas in Manicaland provinces as evidenced by the bus screamer-tags.
In the video, MDC-T Secretary-General Tendai Biti boldly confronts ZEC officials for address verification details of hundreds of ZANU PF youths bussed from Manicaland’s Honde Valley using Zupco buses to a Mt Pleasant polling station, and the ZEC official fails to answer while agreeing that the youths are clearly not on the voters’ roll. Biti then telephones a colleague to launch an urgent chamber application to declare a cancellation of the special vote process.
In detail, the four-minute clip shows the young people disembarking one of the buses and hiding their faces upon seeing cameras as the join voters in a queue where they are given priority access.
Biti then questions the bus driver who claims he brought the bus from the nearby Belvedere surbub.
But when asked where he picked up the youths, the driver then lifts a finger asking Biti if he is threatening him.
The driver tells Biti he doesn’t trust his question when asked where these people are from.
In anger Biti then makes the phone call.
“We need to file a court application so that their ballots are disqualified. It’s unbelievable… some of them are dispersing now,” he says.
Commenting on the developments, Mavambo Kusile Dawn leader in the UK, Lloyd Nembaware said ZEC clearly has damaged its reputation.
Said Nembaware:
“Obviously the MDC will lay very heavily on that. Don’t forget that Zuma was saying he needs evidence from Tsvangirai  to say the election was rigged so clearly that they can use as evidence. Whether Zuma can go by that I am not sure but that’s a clear piece of evidence they probably could use.”
“But they might have to substantiate that, don’t forget that the presiding officer there was refusing as well saying these guys have official slips.
Nembaware said the ZEC has damaged its image for credibility.
“Unfortunately for ZEC, it has had its reputation tarnished because of a number of irregularities. We saw the fiasco that occurred during the special vote and also questions are abound about the voters roll,” he said.
He added:
“It should have been in ZEC’s interest to make sure the result is not disputed. To not publish the list of polling locations a few days before the elections is atrocious. There clearly is prejudice about this. Zanu PF need not worry too much as the dysfunctional opposition has cleared the way for it by squabbling about posts. We need serious leaders in Africa not those driven by greed, materialism and petty positions.”
Meanwhile the ZEC as expected to finalise its final result announcement on Friday afternoon and it was projected that Mugabe would win by a landslide.

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has refused to speak on Zimbabwe’s contentious elections despite the country’s evident failure to uphold its own Electoral laws amid widespread allegations of vote tampering reported by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network(ZESN).
While some reports stated South Africa’s President actually said the MDC parties must prove their claims of vote rigging, Zuma’s spokesman Mac Maharaj, told ZimEye in an interview Thursday night, Pretoria will comment only after receiving the SADC team’s full assessment report on the elections.

“You are aware that there is an official SADC observer mission. We are part of the SADC community; we have a component in the SADC and we are part of the SADC observer mission. We need to get a proper report from them before we make any announcements. It would be premature for us to make any pronouncements at this stage. So we are noting developments and we will wait for the SADC report. ”
Zuma’s response came just after Zimbabwe concluded its national elections which have been disputed after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission withheld the voters’ roll only releasing a paper copy at the last minute amid various reports of youths being bussed to polling centres. Other problems note were on alleged duplications in the voters’ roll.

Despite a dodgy and disputed voters roll being used in the elections, outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said that he is confident of a resounding poll victory which will set him as Zimbabwe’s incoming President.
Casting his own ballot paper at Mt Pleasant flanked by his wife, Tsvangirai indicated this was a historic moment for whole of Zimbabwe. When asked on his projections, he said his victory would be “quite resoundingly.”

His comments however came at the same time as many across the country were denied the right to vote despite having been registered, and also the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(ZEC) came under fire from analysts on Tuesday night when the organisation refused to release the voters roll in electronic format only releasing it on hard-paper and also at the last minute.
Tempers flared up when Zimbabweans found out that ZEC misled people on Saturday after claiming that the voters roll had been released to provinces at the weekend which has now turned out to be untrue. A paper copy was later released to various parties and circulated late on Tuesday night. ZimEye has revealed that there are numerous systematic duplications in the voters roll despite vigorous revision work having been performed earlier.

Other critical concerns raised by voters on Wednesday morning were that many people were failing to vote. At around 10am, a group of 23 people was denied the chance to vote in the very same Mount Pleasant area where Tsvangirai was physically casting his vote. They were told that their names did not appear on the voters’ roll even though they had registration slips.
In other parts of the country, widespread reports of people with IDs and voting slips being turned away were made. These included for instance at Bulawayo polling stations where people were told to rather go to what was termed “command centers”. It was not clear what these command centres are, and a comment from ZEC was awaited at the time of writing.
More to follow…

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16:00H In Bulawayo, Thula Sibanda says he is at the polling station and the situation is very cool, ‘such a situation has never been experienced’.
1500H MDC-T’s Tendai Biti highlights Disturbing Voting Issues-Cases of assisted voters are alarming despite high literacy rate in Zimbabwe, many have been told to plead illiteracy in order to be assisted to vote.
Watch Press Video Below

1350H – ZEC Press Conference currently underway at the National Command Centre at Rainbow Towers, Harare. ZEC Chairperson Makarau says the Commission is investigating reports of a high number of assisted voters especially in rural areas
11:25H Voting is slowly picking in Chipinge South with only Checheche Secondary School polling station starting at 7am. This is due to the fact that the parliamentary ballots had to be returned to Harare for reprinting as there was an error in the pictures of candidates,Meki Makuyana (MDC-T) and Wilson Tarugarira Khumbula (ZANU Ndonga) whose parties were mixed up. Ballots arrived at 0630HRS this morning.

As Zimbabwe awaited the disputed Voters Roll on Monday night, ZimEye revealed in this article that the long document already contains a string of duplicated names varied only by a sophisticated alteration of names, ID and other descriptive details.
The massive duplicated entries are found in areas that are clearly ZANU PF strongholds which are largely in Mashonaland rural areas.
In this article ZimEye reveals how a carefully constructed programming SQL script was run on the voters roll to make a linear duplication and subtle alteration of digit and name details on the voters roll which favours only one political party.
Many of the duplicated entries are in places such as Mt Darwin, Sanyati, Kwekwe, Mutare, and Rushinga which are ZANU PF strongholds.

“We have uncovered massive fraud that gives people the right to cast multiple votes sometimes three, four, to six times through a sophisticated plethora of duplicated ID and address details per person cast over thousands of individuals in a clearly systematic way,” Mguni told ZimEye on Monday morning.
However a further analysis by ZimEye has revealed the computed figures of distortions actually rise to 2.3million duplicate voters which is close to half of the entire voters’ roll.
ZimEye attached a short analysis sample compiled by ZAPU. What varies at other sections in the tables are single digits or letters for the ID number, and at others, just a single alpha-letter difference for a physical address with everything remaining exactly the same with the name and date of birth remaining intact.
When confronted on Friday, ZEC’s Deputy Chairperson Mrs Joyce Kazembe said the commission was investigating the allegations.
“We are trying to establish these concerns and we are already looking into it. Zec has already met with the African Union on our preparedness,” she said.
Kazembe said it would be premature to make a statement on whether a new voter registration exercise would be conducted when just a few days remained to elections without verifying the allegations.
 
“As I have said, these are not facts but allegations,” she said.
ZAPU’s President Dumiso Dabengwa, has since issued the below statement following the find:
“After successfully challenging the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission with court action into publishing,
and making available to the general public the Voter’s Roll, ZAPU got the ZEC to allow us to purchase the said Voter’s Roll as at May 2013.
We then set-out to analyse the said Voter’s Roll.
Here is our abridged and rather incomplete analysis of the Roll: (refer to the attached)
The first comment I have to make is that the previous list contained 317 000 odd entries. The current list  we interrogated now has 40 000.
To us as ZAPU, the two lists raise a lot of suspicion and call for an investigation.
The fundamental point is that without a completely new voter’s registration and a completely new voter’s roll, it is pointless having elections in our country.
If ZAPU had the resources, it would certainly take these matters to the Constitutional Court to draw attention to what we have long been saying, that there is a serious flaw in the voter’s roll and the    result of these elections can never be considered as free and fair.
We wonder why other Parties involved in these elections do not take this issue as serious.
Our ZAPU Vice President presented this concern to the OAU Chairperson earlier today.”

ConCourt gives Zimbabwe voters reprieve. After several weeks of waiting, Zimbabwe’s final voters roll has been released to provinces, albeit in pieces.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced on Saturday afternoon that the final voters roll is now on its way to Zimbabwe’s various provinces. This came amid concerns that the ZEC has breached the Electoral Act by not availing the voters’ roll for inspection in good time.
While all other non-ZANU PF parties were clueless on the development, a ZEC official approached by ZimEye confirmed the voters roll had been sent to the provinces but Harare was still outstanding by 5PM Saturday. “It has been sent out to the provinces,” he said.
Harare is however the area with the largest population figures according to informal reports.
The MDC led by Welshman Ncube’s Deputy Spokesperson, Kurauone Chihwayi said his party is currently monitoring developments.
“I heard on the radio that they have dispatched the voters’ roll to provinces except Harare. The MDC is seriously monitoring ZEC’s activities,” he said.
When asked about why the ZEC has delayed releasing the roll for Harare province, Chihwayi said: “No satisfactory answer is being given, But it is all to do with ZEC’s lack of capacity to run credible elections. Zimbabwe is heading towards seriously disputed elections, the MDC will name and shame those involved in the dirty rigging exercise if there is any. Our eyes and ears are very wide open.”
 
ZEC Has Breached The Electoral Act
According to analysts, ZEC Has Breached Section 21 of the Electoral Act. Argued top lawyer and MDC Legal Affairs Secretary, David Coltart on Wednesday:
“Section 21(4) of the Electoral Act states “within a reasonable period of time after the calling of an election, the Commission shall provide, on payment of the prescribed fee, to every political party that intends to contest the election, and to any observer who requests it, one copy of every voters roll to be used in the election, either in printed or in electronic form as the party or observer may request.”
The MDC has repeatedly asked the ZEC to provide us with a voters roll. Last Friday we wrote to the ZEC asking for a copy of the roll. Today we were advised that we may get a copy of the roll tomorrow but we are concerned that this will not happen.
A “reasonable period of time after the calling of an election” means just that. The election was called on the 13th June and 6 weeks have since elapsed – and yet we still do not have a copy of the voters roll. 6 weeks to supply a voters roll is not a reasonable period of time. Worse than that is the 5 days left before the election is conducted – that is a grossly unreasonable period of time left to study and use the voters roll.
“Voters rolls are meant to be used by political parties the world over to analyse who is in particular constituencies so that they can be spoken to and encouraged to vote. That opportunity is now denied us. Furthermore in the Zimbabwean context where rigging has abounded in the past it is critically important that parties be given sufficient time to analyse and audit the voters roll. That right has now been denied us.
“No satisfactory explanation has been given by the ZEC for their failure to comply with the law and to that extent its credibility as an organisation has been severely tarnished by this very serious breach of the law.
“We can but hope that the voters roll in analysable digital electronic format will be supplied as promised tomorrow.”

A driver who was officially assigned to drive Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai from 2005 is in ZANU PF’s top hierarchy, ZimEye can reveal.
This publication can reveal that Mr Liberty Mupakati based in Leeds, a former top executive in the MDC-T structures in the UK, is actually among top echelons of ZANU PF’s UK structure, a development which has shocked many MDC-T leaders.
ZimEye can reveal that Mr Mupakati is part of ZANU PF’s leadership which is currently seeking audience with the  British government for official recognition in what is a revival of ZANU PF’s 1980 relationship with the Conservative party. As at Wednesday,  they were already planning to approach the British Prime Minister David Cameron once they have been given the go ahead from Harare.

Mr Mupakati once drove around Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in 2005 when the MDC-T leader officiated a crucial meeting in Leeds. See CORRECTION: Mr Liberty Mupakati Morgan Tsvangirai’s UK Leeds Driver in 2005
Former chairman “Ephraim Tapa was approached and clearly knew that Mupakati had strong links to ZANU PF and Tapa however did not do anything about it and continued even campaigning together with Mupakati. I think even now the MDC-T remains infiltrated,” a concerned MDC-T leader added.
Meanwhile other people named in ZANU PF’s UK structure included the Glasgow based former top MDC-T activist, Silence Chihuri and the controversial Tichaona Mutyambizi who is reportedly currently facing rape charges back in Zimbabwe but is leading as the Senior Secretary for Commissariat.
The latest meetings and discussions held this month have had Mr Mupakati being elected Vice Secretary for Commissariat, and Chihuri being provisionally assigned for the Vice Provincial Chairperson post.
 
Already at each others throats.
But before they meet David Cameron, the ZANU PF leaders are already at each others throats. This week Mr Tichaona Mutyambizi was blasted after he fired some of the committee members.
“Let me be very clear with Cde Tich. He has no mandate whatsoever to dismiss me from the Party. When the time comes for me to leave I will do so voluntarily. Zanu PF is not his private property for goodness sake,” said one member who was fired earlier this week.
 
Silence Chihuri.
Of Chihuri, it has been said the latter has been a member of just about every party. Up to 2005 he was part of MDC-T. When the split occurred, he then joined Welshman Ncube’s faction where he was a treasurer, before soon leaving and becoming an executive of Mavambo Kusile Dawn, afterwhich he then moved to start his own party, The Zimbabwe We Can, which later flopped within less than 8 weeks.

Zimbabwe’s most followed Facebook mole-leaker, Baba Jukwa, has been blasted by ZANU PF’s Fidelis Fengu who the former on Thursday night accused of coordinating the transportation of ballot boxes in unmarked vehicles for the purpose of vote rigging ahead of next week’s general elections.
Fengu fired back dismissing Jukwa saying even the number plate he provided for a vehicle which listed as having six digits, is fake as it does not represent a valid Zimbabwean number plate.
Baba Jukwa yesterday said Fengu is spearheading the transportation of ballot boxes to a Highlands location. “Zimbabwe as I speak right now ballot papers are being transported in six unmarked cars to another secret location in Highlands spear headed by Fidelis Fengu. There was a leak discovered at KG6 that there were ballot papers there so now they are being moved to the location I mentioned in Highlands the house where torture of people occur at the hands of the CIO.”  Baba Jukwa then added that a vehicle having diamonds for a Russian buyer and with number plate ‘ABD 116 429’ was last night at 11PM driven to Harare International airport.
But Mr Fengu on Friday said the number plate Jukwa published is not even of valid Zimbabwean origin since Zimbabwean plates have four digits. “It is amazing that an individual thinks that I can assume the role and responsibility of ZEC. This is the same individual who once said I had rebelled against the party. We are dealing with a delusional and bored individual who is desperately seeking to justify his party’s subsequent defeat in the polls. Looking at the attendance to the rallies anyone opposing Zanu pf would start making excuse for the defeat of their party.
“Last night after the rally in Masvingo I decided to spend the night there , after all I got there a bit late as I had other issues to deal with in Gweru.
“By the way did you notice that the ABD number plate he gave is wrong Zim plates have only 4 letters. Vana veZimbabwe musaitwe kunge mabharanzi,” he said.
Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans this week began to prepare for national elections due next week Wednesday in which there are five contestants with Robert Mugabe, Welshman Ncube, and Morgan Tsvangirai are leading presidential contestants.

Zimbabwe:Outrage as ZEC Refuses To Release List of Polling Stations
There was outrage on Thursday afternoon after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission refused to release the list of polling stations across the country.
According to the ZEC the list should be released on the very day of voting. A statement released on Wednesday stated that the polling stations would be made public next week Wednesday.
But the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, ZESN, the various polling stations must be known to the public and to political parties in good time to enable smooth monitoring.
The ZEC has however released the full count of polling stations as 9670 which will be set up on the 31st July.
In a statement, the ZESN said it “appeals to ZEC to release the list of polling stations in advance as part of international good practice and, in order to enhance transparency and accountability of the whole electoral process. ZESN feels that the last minute publishing of polling stations would make it problematic for stakeholders to engage with ZEC to address any problems related to the distribution of the final list of polling stations
“ZESN also encourages ZEC to ensure that polling stations are adequate to avoid long queues that may discourage potential voters from voting.
“ZEC should distribute the polling stations based on demand and the potential number of voters in each ward in order to avoid the concerns raised after the March 16 Referendum on the inadequacy of polling stations in highly populated areas,” the statement read.
Meanwhile Mavambo Kusile Dawn leader in the UK, Lloyd Nembaware commented saying the ZEC has tarnished its reputation. He told ZimEye on Thursday,
“Unfortunately for ZEC, it has had its reputation tarnished because of a number of irregularities. We saw the fiasco that occurred during the special vote and also questions are abound about the voters roll.
“I understand the opposition parties still haven’t inspected the final roll less than a week before the elections. It is in ZEC’s interest to make sure the result is not disputed. To not publish the list of polling locations a few days before the elections is atrocious. There clearly will be prejudice about this as it is likely to create chaos come polling day. Zanu PF need not worry too much as the dysfunctional opposition has cleared the way for it by squabbling about posts. We need serious leaders in Africa not those driven by greed, materialism and petty positions.”

Zimbabwe:AU Boss Arrives to pave way for Zimbabwe’s Regime Change, Obasanjo Blocked
Africa’s most powerful body, The African Union’s chairperson Mrs Nkosazana-Dlamini Zuma flew into Harare yesterday afternoon to see to preparations for Zimbabwe’s imminent regime change due after next week’s historic elections.
This came at a time when the African Union’s assigned elections monitor, Olusegun Obasanjo was blasted by the Pan African Forum for being (allegedly) already biased towards Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party.
Soon after her arrival Mrs Nkosazana Zuma said it was up to Zimbabwe to accept or reject Obasanjo.

“I think he will come. If he is allowed he will come. They allowed me to come, that is all I’m saying,” she said.
She added that there have been no concerns whatsoever on Zimbabwe’s preparedness to hold credible elections.
“Siyayithola imbiko kulaba akade bafika. Okwamanje kukahle imbiko esiyitholayo ayikasenzi ukuthi sibenovalo kodwa sifuna ukuzobona nje nathi ukuthi kuqhubekani. (Those who came earlier said all was well and as of now everything is proceeding well. Nothing gives us any cause for alarm),” she said.
Dlamini-Zuma added that she is being briefed about the situation in the country by a 10-member observer team that has been in the country since July 15.
“We are here as the African Union observer mission, but, as you know, our team has been here for quite some time . . . they have been sending us reports, so we are fairly informed, but we felt that it was important to come and see for ourselves before the elections.”
But Mrs Zuma expressed interest tomeet political stakeholders to get first-hand information on what was transpiring regarding the electoral process.
Speculation has been rife in recent days that Mrs Zuma’s body might trigger a successful regime change through the work of Obasanjo who it is claimed, is aligned to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

Zimbabwe:Sadc backed ZEC is a Farce, says UK MP
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which the regional SADC body backed for conducting a peaceful special vote process, has been condemned by a prominent British legislator, James Duddridge, who labelled it as conducting illegal operations and one that is working to prop back President Robert Mugabe after the upcoming July elections.
The ZEC is in “complete defiance of constitutional law,” writes Duddridge.

His comments come after SADC at the weekend issued a statement calling “upon all political parties to co-operate as fully as possible with Zec in order to ensure that it is able to meet these challenges.
“Summit encouraged the government, all political parties and leaders to continue with these commendable efforts which will help realise credible elections.”
But writing on the Conservative party official blog, Duddridge bemoaned Zimbabwe’s preparedness for credible elections:
“Last weekend, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted a special voting process to allow those members of the police forces and security sector who will be deployed elsewhere during the polling to vote. It was claimed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission that 69,000 police officers have applied for special voting, yet there are only about 40,000 police officers registered in the country. Who are these extra 29,000?
“Despite the recent removal of the names of many deceased individuals on the electoral roll, including that of the former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, the list is still estimated to contain the names of at least an extra one million citizens who are now dead. With an extra two million ballot papers reported to have been printed by the ZEC, the expectation is that many of these papers will be stuffed into the ballot boxes using these ghost names.
“The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has behaved in a manner that is unacceptable, illegal and in complete defiance of constitutional law. President Mugabe and his ZANU-PF have once again openly and blatantly distorted Zimbabwean law, ignored binding demands for social and legal reform in the country by the South African Development Community (SADC), thwarted a free and open media, and dashed genuine initiatives to enable a fair-and-free election in Zimbabwe.
“The future of another generation of Zimbabweans looks depressingly bleak unless the international community doe verything in their power to hold President Mugabe and General Chiwenga, the head of the armed forces, accountable for their actions,” he concludes.

Zimbabwe:MDC-T Gurus Wrestle Each Other For Makoni Central Seat
Simba Makoni has no more than 20 supporters
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was fooled by Mavambo Kusile Dawn leader Simba Makoni and has since caused more chaos in the bitter Makoni Central fracas by imposing Makoni to take over that constituency, MKD insiders have revealed.
More consternation is expected in the MDC-T party this week after Tsvangirai went into a secret pact with Makoni and will be addressing a joint rally in Rusape tomorrow. This is so despite the fact that the constituency was duly won by Patrick Sagandira through a normal voting process which was approved and endorsed by the party last month. Disturbances had already taken place at the time amid allegations that party echelons had rigged the election against the Europe based Grace Kwinjeh in favour of Sagandira who was then imprisoned on spurious charges of committing violence.
Tsvangirai was however fooled by Simba Makoni when the latter spirited an abrupt coalition with Tsvangirai’s party. MKD insiders have recently revealed that when Tsvangirai rushed to the camera to announce a coalition with Makoni, the latter had become unpopular and did not even have 20 supporters. “MKD does not even have a supporter base of 20 people,” a top cadre who requested anonymity told ZimEye last week.
But when contacted yesterday, Simba Makoni told reporters, “Tomorrow (today) Tsvangirai and myself will be addressing a joint rally at Vhengere Stadium in Rusape and if there was no support for my candidature, we would not be addressing the rally together.”
Sagandira however said, “I was in prison when the three parties formed the coalition for change. When I came out of prison, the MDC-T never communicated to me that I was supposed to withdraw for the MKD candidate Makoni. Therefore, as far as I am concerned I am still the MDC-T candidate and I am campaigning. I also met Tsvangirai at a rally in Mutare and he asked me how my campaign was going, which means I am still the candidate.”
When Sagandira finally came out of prison two weeks ago, he told ZimEye,
“Yes I can confirm that I was in prison for trumped up charges and managed to obtain bail and the people of Makoni Central should not worry themselves since their desired candidate is now free and should go and go and register to vote. Thank you so much for registering your displeasure on the imposition of candidates as has been the game in the last 2 terms.this time around you will not be disappointed since I’m a resident MP. All the best in completing the real change.”
With barely 9 days before elections, more confusion is expected in Manicaland after party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora contrary to the party’s own earlier position, claimed the Dangamvura-Chikanga seat is only reserved for Giles Mutsekwa when previous reports revealed the MDC-T had fielded two candidates, Arnold Tsunga and Mutsekwa.
“There is only one party candidate (Mutsekwa) and this has been made known by party president Tsvangirai. These other candidates are being imposed by Muchauraya and I do not know what their agenda is, but I think they are trying to split the party,” Mwonzora said.

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Goes After Lindiwe Zulu
South Africa on Sunday reversed comments a facilitator to the GPA, Lindiwe Zulu was said to have made on Friday.
President Jacob Zuma’s spokesman, Mac Maharaj described the comments as ‘unfortunate’.
The Presidency has noted with great concern, recent unfortunate statements made on the situation in Zimbabwe, which have been attributed to a member of the technical team supporting the Facilitator, President Jacob Zuma, the statement read.
On Friday Lindiwe Zulu was quoted by the APF news agency saying that there were challenges leading up to the July 31 elections in Zimbabwe, following problems with early voting.
She was commenting after thousands of Zimbabwean security forces failed to vote with polling stations opening late, and lacking indelible ink, stamps, voter rolls, ballot papers, and boxes.
“If things didn’t go right in the special vote, those things need to be looked into by the time of elections on July 31,” said Zulu.
But Zuma’s spokesman, Mac Maharaj said only President Jacob Zuma is authorised to make comments on the Zimbabwean situation and no one else.

“The Facilitator, President Jacob Zuma, appointed a three person facilitation team to provide technical support. The team comprises Mr Charles Nqakula, High Commissioner to Mozambique as the Head, Mr Mac Maharaj, Special Envoy and spokesperson to the President and Ms Lindiwe Zulu, International Relations Advisor to the President. The technical team supports the Facilitator and cannot impose its views on Zimbabwe nor make public pronouncements. Only President Zuma has the mandate to speak on Zimbabwe on behalf of SADC on facilitation issues.
“A number of statements have been made during the facilitation process which have been unauthorised and which are regrettable and unfortunate. Some of the utterances have also been inaccurate.
“The Presidency wishes to correct in particular the reports this weekend that President Zuma telephoned President Robert Mugabe to express his unhappiness about preparations for the Zimbabwean elections. No such telephone call has been made. The report is incorrect.
“President Zuma has also been alerted to inappropriate postings in the social media on the Zimbabwean situation.
“South Africa remains fully committed to the warm historical relations with the Republic of Zimbabwe and wishes the people of Zimbabwe well as they prepare for the elections. ”
This development came after President Robert Mugabe vowed to complain to Zuma about Zulu’s conduct.
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Zimbabwe: Gono’s Farm Goes Up in Another Fire Attack
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gideon Gono’s farm just outside Harare has been blazed by a mysterious fire barely 4 weeks after a warning posted by Facebook ZANU PF top de-filer, Baba Jukwa four weeks ago.
Property and equipment items worth at least USD33,000 were reduced to a crisp in minutes after the unexplainable flames gutted the farm’s key production section including a large patch of grazing land after 3 PM Thursday. This is the second mysterious attack in the last 23 months after the first one gutted property worth more than USD130,000 and Gono’s family had to flee for refuge after it was unexpectedly set alight.
Workers at the farm described the fire as having a yellow to a strong blue coloration at base level alleging that it was clearly not a normal fire. They said they immediately made a report at Borrowdale police station. Said Velenjani Lupankwa, a senior executive with TD Holdings, a subsidiary of Lunar Chickens, “We are still assessing the damage, but our preliminary investigations have shown that property worth more than US$30 000 has been destroyed,”
“Considering the fact that the fire has coincided with the visit by our auditors from Europe we are suspecting foul play because the cause of fire is not known and this is the first time we have fire breaking out.
“(We are aware that) not everyone is happy with what we are doing, but we are still investigating, but our preliminary investigations have shown that there was a hand behind the fire.
“We have lost some of our electronic motors and some of grazing land is gone, but the good thing is fire brigade arrived on time and they have managed to control the fire before much harm was done to these projects.
“We have lost some of our electronic motors and as you can see some of grazing land is gone, but the good thing is fire brigade arrived on time and they have managed to control the fire before much harm was done to these projects.”
Babab Jukwa Warning:
After the death of former Mines Minister Edward Chindori Chininga, last month, ZANU PF de-filer, Baba Jukwa warned Gideon Gono that he could be assassinated anytime soon.“I wonder still as well why Gideon Gono is not heeding my warning. Funeral wake is going to visit his family very soon if he doesn’t take drastic measures to save his precious life.
“They want your head in the platter. Saviour Kasukuwere, Nicholas Goche, Sydney Sekeramayi, Dick Mafios and the evil crew are responsible for Hon Chindori Chininga’s death and are also responsible for an attempt on the life of Mashonaland Central Governor Martin Dinha,” Baba Jukwa alleged.

Harare:There was chaos and pandemonium Tuesday afternoon when a fire broke out at Roadport bus station gutting several cars in its way in a way that even the fire brigade could not salvage.
Initial reports coming to ZimEye state that the fire was caused by a burning tyre whose fire soon latched onto a patch of the vehicle which had open petrol liquids. The fire soon spread across the field area causing thick dark fumes to scatter filling up the airspace 160metres above ground.
When the fire service arrived, they did not have any water in their tanks. As the situation worsened, people were seen fleeing in terror at seeing the fast approaching fumes.

At the time of writing, fire servicemen were attempting an emergency water supply. More to follow…

The woman who ZANU PF party secretary Didymus Mutasa accused of stealing President Robert Mugabe’s cattle, Dorothy Mabika was yesterday cleared of the charges with Mutasa later labelling as ‘nonsense’ all allegations which claimed he had made sexual advances towards her.
Mutasa on Tuesday morning told ZimEye the allegations that he made sexual advances are utter nonsense.
“I don’t want to discuss that at all. Its nonsense mazvinzwa – did you hear me? You know it well yourselves that it is nonsense and I don’t know why you should follow that nonsense,” he said.
The ruling passed yesterday by Mutare magistrate Sekesai Chiundura follows another recent verdict on a similar charge of stocktheft in which she was jointly accused together with provincial chairman Mike Madiro which case the courts ruled should be dealt with rather through the party’s internal procedures and structures.
Magistrate Chiundura yesterday said there was no evidence at all linking Mabika to the alleged crimes.
Mabika was facing charges of stealing six bull calves donated to Zanu PF by Chipinge farmer Dawid Herculus Joubert and attempting to tamper with party documents to conceal the crime, a key matter which blew the case into a heated controversy after reports claimed the offences were committed on September 7 2012 at Mabika’s Chipinge farm.
During the trials Mabika maintained that she was a victim of political persecution.

Zimbabwe Election Offensive as Welshman and Dabengwa Strike Unity
The MDC and ZAPU parties today announced a historic unity deal which is likely to see the parties fielding only one candidate for the presidency.
The result of the pact is that the parties will not be at each others throats in constituencies and in some circumstances each party shall mobilise support for the other.
Below was the joint Communiqué:
 
Joint Communiqué from ZAPU and MDC
5 July 2013
This communiqué serves to notify the public that the MDC and ZAPU having met on various occasions have agreed as follows:
a) That in any constituency and or ward where one party has not fielded a candidate, the other party will mobilise its members and supporters to vote for the other party’s candidate.
b) That the parties would not discuss or enter into any pact or coalition with any other party other than with each other, namely, MDC and ZAPU (save in circumstances where an agreement would have been reached between the two parties).This was in recognition of previous discussions that had established that the two parties shared common values and principles.
c) With respect to the issue of the two parties’ Presidential candidature, the parties expressed the desirability of consolidating their share of votes by not splitting the vote. They however acknowledged the complexity of the issue and undertook to consult their respective executive committees to get guidance.
d) It was further agreed that the political parties would work towards the expansion of the level of cooperation after the forth coming elections.
The decision was today signed by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, Prof. Welshman Ncube, Mrs. Emelia Mukaratirwa (ZAPU Deputy), and Priscila Misihairabwi – Mushonga of Ncube’s MDC party.

A historical breakthrough has lately been rumored as having emerged among the political forces in Zimbabwe. This has been triggered by the failure of the MDC parties to legally defer the election date further than 31 July 2013, ZimEye can exclusively reveal. In the light of that ruling where the upcoming election could be mired by irregularities that have remained hanging despite diplomatic attempts to iron them out, the opposition has emerged with a strategic counter move that will strengthen its position and secure a guaranteed victory without any doubt.
Such developments, if proven to be true, could send the ruling party into jitters and nightmares.
A senior and trusted source who chose to remain anonymous revealed to this publication that there is a major development today  after yesterday’s “frustrating” Constitutional Court judgement for elections now officially slated for 31 July 2013.

“It is a major development,” the source said without going into further details which shall become fully known around midday today(Friday).
It is believed a deal has been reached to unite all three opposition forces MDC-T, MDC and ZAPU which shall tentatively be led by Morgan Tsvangirai, seconded by Welshman Ncube. In the same venture Dumiso Dabengwa is designated to head the Defence Ministry in a new government if the coalition succeeds. It has been further claimed that current MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe is said to have bitterly opposed the proposed arrangement, insisting she was elected by the party’s congress, but was allegedly overruled by Tsvangirai.
“Tsvangirai feels more vulnerable than ever due to his love scandals, growing divisions in his own party and opinion polls that point to possible defeat in the elections, hence the alliance with one of his most visceral critics in Ncube,” said an observer clued into the negotiations.
Some analysts and commentators see this deal as the only assured way to eliminate any Zanu Pf antics to still hang on to power. With all the loopholes that include an opaque voters roll with deceased names and many non-existent people, a combined force could be the inevitable clash of Titans that could see a solid opposition grab power with minimum hassle.
In case this deal goes through as noted, Zanu Pf could be sent into the abyss this 2013, marking an end to a 32 year reign that has seen many irregularities and economic meltdown coupled with corruption, ballot stuffing and defined power hunger.
But when reached for comment, senior members of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party confessed ignorance to the development and a comment could not be obtained from either Welshman Ncube or Dabengwa
Disclaimer: ZimEye however wishes to advise our valued readers that this report is still on the rumour mill and is unconfirmed (at the time of writing). There are chances that the news articles claiming this unity deal as official could be unfounded or misleading.
 
 
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Zimbabwe Elections on 31 July: MDC-T Blasts Court for Being “Political”
The MDC-T led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said  that the court decision to go ahead with elections on 31st July reveals  the court has indulged itself in politics rather than aligning itself with the law.
The party’s spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said the court decision was political and not legal.
Mwonzora said the ruling is not surprising and accused the judges of showing bias in favour of Mugabe. “This was a predictable ruling by the constitutional court because it was clear it was going to make a political decision rather than a legal decision.
“This application was destined to fail anyway because it was poorly written by the Minister of Justice who wanted this particular outcome.”
Mwonzora told SWRadio Africa that the reason why the MDC-T wanted a postponement was so that people would be given ample time to register and inspect the voters’ roll.
All other requests for the election date to be removed were also turned down.
Mwonzora said the court did not take seriously the applications by ‘alien’ Mariah Phiri and human rights activist Nixon Nyikadzino, who also appealed for a delay saying their rights would be violated if elections are held this month.  “All that has been sacrificed because the Constitutional Court did not want to displease the emperor,” Mwonzora added.
 
Zimbabwe’s elections are set to go ahead on the 31 st July as decreed by the Court earlier, despite SADC resolutions that they should be delayed by two weeks to 14 August, a recommendation platooned and seconded by the two MDC parties at the recent Extra Ordinary SADC Summit in Maputo.
Chief Justice Chidyausiku who earlier ruled that President Mugabe should announce election dated no later than 31 July, yesterday re-announced  that elections have to proceed in accordance with president Mugabe’s earlier proclamation.
“For the avoidance of doubt, elections should proceed on the 31st of July in terms of the proclamation by the president of Zimbabwe in compliance with the order of this court,” Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku said.
The reasons for the verdict were not immediately available at the time of writing with the court promising to send them at a later time.
Before yesterday, many analysts had concluded that it was too late and would be difficult president Mugabe to change the 31st July date  as it would amount to political defeat for Mugabe to accept SADC recommendations.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had applied for a 25-day delay from the July proclamation by Mugabe last month.
But the court said Thursday that Tsvangirai should have sought the delay soon after the judgment instead of waiting for Mugabe to announce the date.
“He left it to the President to do want he wants or else he could have come to the court sooner,” said one of the nine-judge court, Justice Luke Malaba.
Malaba said Tsvangirai’s reluctance to approach the courts earlier “meant he was happy with the date.”
Still, Tsvangirai’s spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka said the MDC-T leader would abide by the court ruling.

Six Zimbabwean male youths have been named among a group of 34 top arrested drug dealers in the United Kingdom’s Leicester, ZimEye can reveal.
The Zimbabwean young men were caught and arrested after a police Operation Nutmeg, was launched a year ago to target street dealers who were openly selling class A drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine.
One of the boys is a nephew to a known Zimbabwean pastor based in Nottingham. [Watch this space for Part 2 – Investigation by ZimEye in Leicester.]
Residents had complained to police that the dealing was leading to increased amounts of anti-social behaviour and making their lives a misery.
A community group which uses its own covert cameras to record crime on the St Peter’s estate in Highfields said street dealing has reduced since the operation.

Albert Berer, spokesman for St Peter’s Neighbourhood Monitoring, said he recognised several of the dealers.
Mr Berer said: “We have filmed some of these people openly selling drugs in the street, often in daylight.
“There would be queues of users waiting to buy from them.
“It is important to point out that a lot of these dealers don’t live in this neighbourhood and the users aren’t from here either.
“St Peter’s became the venue for their commerce and we suffered as a result.
“It has cleaned up a lot since the police dealt with these men but there is always the prospect others will follow them and try to fill the space that has been left.
“Our cameras are always watching and any film of a crime being committed will be passed to the police.”
Mohammed Dawood, councillor for Spinney Hills, said: “Drugs blight communities and it is good news the police have taken action against these people.
“They would have known the implications of what they were doing, but they made a decision to sell drugs because, presumably, they thought they wouldn’t get caught.
“A lot of them appear quite young so I think we still have a lot of work to do with young people to address the misuse of drugs.”
Police began gathering intelligence on the dealers a year ago before launching two waves of raids on homes, making arrests in May, June and October.
The raids yielded thousands of pounds in cash, mobile phones, drugs paraphernalia and cannabis.
Detective Superintendent Andy Lee said: “In all of the cases the evidence gathered was so strong that the offenders pleaded guilty.
“There is no place for illegal drugs in our communities and by working together we have proved that we can stop it.
“We would urge residents to continue to work with us to keep Leicester a safe place to work and live.
“I hope the results of this operation will send a clear message to those who deal in illegal drugs in Leicester – we will find out who you are, we will arrest you and you will be brought to justice.”
Police published the following details of Operation Nutmeg:
• Raymond Abbott Moore (Date of birth 23/06/1988 No fixed abode) – 3 x supply offences – Two years
• Shaub Ali Ahmed (20/05/1988 St Stephens Road, Highfields– supplying a controlled drug – Five years and seven months
• Nazmul Ali (02/04/1991 Attlebridge Close, Hamilton – 5 x intent to supply heroin, possession with intent to supply a class B drug, 2 x proceeds of crime offences – Two years
• Yayha Benkhelifa, (06/12/1992) Park Vale Road, Highfields – 3 x supplying heroin, suplying cocaine, concerned in supply, burglary, GBH and robbery – Nine years
• Carlton Blessing Chofuka (17/03/1991) Norwich Road, Beaumont Leys (1 x supplying a controlled drug, 21 x concerned in supplying a controlled drug – Four years
• Nigel Anedu Chibwana (05/11/1990) Ganton Road, Braunstone Frith (2 x supplying copntrolled drugs) 16 months
• Munyaradzi Chigodora (31/08/1990) Ganton Road, Braunstone Frith – 1 x supplying a controlled drug; Two-and-a-half years
• Courage Chitsenga (11/04/1990) 5 x supplying a controlled drug – Two years
• Abdul Dossani (23/05/1975) Mensa Close, St Peters – 3 x supplying cocaine – Two and a half years
• Zakariya Etarghi (25/04/1994), Dunblane Avenue, Rushey Mead, – possession of a class B drug, 7 x supply class A drugs, burglary, GBH and common assault – jailed for nine years
• Luke Ferguson (11/08/1980) of Iona Close, Beaumont Leys – supplying a controlled drug – Three years
• Ravel Francis (28/05/1992) Pluto Close, St Peters – 1 x supply of a controlled drug, 10 x concerned in supply of controlled drugs, 1 x supply of controlled drugs – Three years in a young offenders institute
• Granville Grant (19/06/1957) Wyvern Court, Leicester – 2 x supply of heroin, supply of cocaine, assault and ABH – Two years
• Shaun Griffiths (03/05/1980) Checkland Road, Thurmaston – 5 x supply of controlled drugs – Six months in prison, suspended for two years
• Ejaz Gul (27/09/1991) Berners Street, Highfields – 2 x supply of heroin, offer to supply heroin and 6 x concerned in supply of heroin – Three years
• Tariq Gul (31/12/1991) Apollo Court, St Peters – Supplying heroin, offering to supply heroin, 2 x concerned in supply of heroin, 2 x proceeds of crime offences – 30 months in a young offenders institute
• Osman Hanif (11/01/1987) Buxton Street, Highfields – 4x supplying heroin – 15 months
• Billy Hussein (06/07/1987) Braybrooke Road, Northfields – 2 x supply of heroin, supply of cocaine, concerned in the offer to supply – Four and a half years
• A 17-year-old who cannot be named because he is a juvenile – 1 x supply controlled drugs, 2 x offer to supply controlled drugs and 1x attempting to supply controlled drugs – 18 month supervision order.
• Daniel Jones (25/04/1987) Belton Road, Loughborough – 2 x supply, concerned in the supply of heroin, possession of cannabis – 16 months
• Ahmed Khatib (13/06/1993) Roslyn Street, Highfields – 6 x supply of heroin, supply cocaine, possession of cannabis –Three years in a young offenders institute
• Nehemiah Laudat (24/04/1993) Naseby Road, Northfields – 5 x supply controlled drugs, 2 x being concerned in supply of controlled drugs – Two year detention and training order.
• Devery Lewis (28/12/1991) Earl Howe Street, Highfields – 6 x supply of heroin, 1x proceeds of crime offence – Three years
• Olson Murrain (24/04/1982) Everest Court, St Matthews – 4 x supply of crack cocaine – Three years
• Gariki Clayton Musamba (24/03/1987) Northampton Street, Leicester city centre and Cowdall Road, Braunstone – 2 x supply controlled drugs – 12 months
• Abdi Osman (11/01/1987) Maidstone Road, St Peters – 4 x supply crack cocaine, 3 x concerned in supply of heroin, concerned
in supply heroin, 2 x proceeds of crime offences. Five years and seven months
• Akbar Pathan (28/04/1984) Mount Avenue, Spinney Hills – 3 x supply heroin, supply of cocaine, 2 x offering to supply – Three years
• Sayeed Sakhi (04/11/1970) Evington Lane, 2 x supply of heroin – Three years
• Daniel Smith (13/07/1985) Goscote House, Leicester 3 x supply cocaine, supply heroin, 2 x offer to supply – Two years
• A 16-year-old who cannot be named because he is a juvenile 3 x supplying cocaine 12 month youth rehabilitation order.
• Jordan Thelwell (16/05/1993) Oxford Avenue, Highfields – 2 x possession with intent to supply, 10 x supplying controlled drugs and 1 x escape from lawful custody – Four and a half years
• Tahir Vali (20/08/1989) Asfordby Street, Spinney Hills, Leicester – Possession with intent to supply heroin and cocaine, 4 x concerned in supply and 4 x offering to supply – 18 months
• A 16-year-old who cannot be named because he is a juvenile; six months youth detention
• Ayalle Youssouf (01/07/1994) Lyme Road, Evington – 4 x supplying heroin and concerned in the offer to supply

Zimbabwe: New Twist as Grace Kwinjeh is Abruptly Removed From Manicaland Post
The crisis in the MDC-T party regarding election candidate imposition, took a twist on Monday when the party’s Chairman for Manicaland, James Magarangoma who blew the whistle on gross electoral irregularities, was interrogated by the party on charges albeit unsustainable.
Magarangoma who last week broke ranks to challenge senior leaders after popular cadre Grace Kwinjeh was shockingly elbowed out after being mysteriously told she had lost the election, was on Monday dragged into a heated interrogation session where he was quizzed on allegations that he had refused to sign nomination papers for councilors who had won primaries.

He was on Monday interrogated by the entire party leadership allegations which have since failed to bring any merit or evidence of truth. Some of the people he was being interrogated on included those from Buhera West where no primary elections were held. Instead they imposed the candidates who include the current MP for the area. It also emerged the leaders wanted Magarangoma to sign papers for those who had either lost the primaries, been suspended or expelled from the party.
There were rumours on social networking website Facebook that Magaramombe had gone into hinding.
But MDC-T organising secretary, Nelson Chamisa rubbished the rumours.
Said Chamisa:
“…He is busy in the constituency campaigning in Manicaland so that we win the election, why will he be in hiding, hiding from who? Perhaps hiding away from ZANU PF, not from the people in MDC.
Chamisa said he had actually been physically with Magaramombe on Tuesday:
“I discussed a lot with and from me it didn’t look like he is in hiding.
“He is actually riding the MDC campaign not hiding,” Chamisa said.
 
Although there have been denials by Minister Chamisa, reports reaching ZimEye have said that Kwinjeh was elbowed out by a faction led by controversial Home Affairs minister Theresa Makone. It also emerged that attempts to soften Kwinjeh by offering her a vacant womens post in Manicaland, have since failed dismally and a battle continues to rage under the wooden desks at Harvest House.
Chamisa revealed that Kwinjeh may now be deployed elsewhere.
“The posts for women [in Manicaland have [already] been taken by [others[,” he said.
He also added that Grace may be deployed elsewhere saying the positions for deployment are many.
“Grace is a senior party leader, she one of our most dedicated leaders…
“Strategic deployment would be done by the leadership of party and it is my full knowledge that Grace takes the priority. She is on the list for deployment somewhere but I am not at liberty to say where. There are many positions for deployment are many,” said Chamisa.
It emerged that Grace Kwinje was initially nominated by the party’s Manicaland province under the proportional representative MPs ticket, but her name was mysteriously removed.
“Grace Kwinje was initially there (on the list), but was taken off mysteriously, and new names put through. All the people that were recommended on that list were just thrown out, no explanation, thus the outcry right now for people in Manicaland,”a party cadre said.

Persons previously catagorised as aliens can now apply for appropriate Zimbabwean citizenship in accordance with the new Constitution,The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said, urging those previously classified as ‘aliens’ to apply for national identity documents reflecting the changed status.
Zec statement reads:
Certain persons previously categorized as “aliens” are now entitled to Zimbabwean citizenship in terms of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. If such a person is the holder of a National Identity Document which reflects that he or she is an alien, he or she can apply to be issued with a National Identity Document that reflects that the person is a Zimbabwean citizen. There are two categories of such persons
a) Person born in Zimbabwe who has a Zimbabwean parent
In terms of section 36 of the Constitution a person is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth if the person was born in Zimbabwe and when he or she was born either their father or mother was a Zimbabwean citizen or any of that persons grandparents was a Zimbabwean citizen by birth or registration.
In order to effect this change in status from alien to Zimbabwean citizen, he or she must bring the following documents—
 a National Identity Document reflecting “Alien”; and
 a full original Zimbabwean birth certificate to establish that he or she was born in Zimbabwe and one of their parents is Zimbabwean.
This process of changing status from alien to citizenship is free of charge.
b) Person born in Zimbabwe of parents from a SADC country
Section 43(2) of the Constitution provides that every person who was born in Zimbabwe before the publication date (22 May 2013) is a Zimbabwean by birth if –
 one or both of his or her parents was a citizen of a country which became a member of the Southern African Development Community established by the treaty signed at Windhoek in the Republic of Namibia on the 17th August, 1992; and
 he or she was ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe on the publication day.
In order to effect this change in status from alien to citizenship, he or she must bring the following documents—
 a National Identity Document, if any; and
 the full original Zimbabwean birth certificate; and
 proof of residence or affidavit
This process of changing status to citizenship is free of charge.
Any queries can be directed to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission officials who will be at the Registration and Inspection centres. If the assistance given is not satisfactory, please contact ZEC District Offices or
Provincial Offices or ZEC Head Office on the following numbers:
Head Office :-(04) 770340 /759130/774095
E-mail :- [email protected]

US President Barack Obama has said that Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections must take place even if they are delayed.
Addressing University of Johannesburg Soweto Campus delegates of the Young African Leaders’ forum, Obama said it despite the slow growth in the economy, Zimbabwe’s polls must be conducted as soon as is possible.
Said Obama:
“Zimbabweans have a new constitution. The economy is beginning to recover. So there is an opportunity to move forward.”
“[Elections must take place]… But only if there is an election that is free and fair and peaceful …so that Zimbabweans can determine their future without fear of intimidation and retribution. After elections there must be respect for the universal rights upon which democracy depends.”
Obama also hinted in another speech address to the press that he has agreed with President Jacob Zuma that reforms must move forward for the democratisation of the country.
“We agreed that the harassment of citizens and groups needs to stop, and reforms need to move forward so the people of Zimbabwe can cast their votes in elections that are fair, and free, and credible,” he said.
Since the government of national unity was formed in 2009, the MDC parties have been calling for a number of reforms including security and media changes. But analysts speculate that the outstanding and chief ones will no longer be possible at present since parliament was dissolved at the weekend and president Robert Mugabe now rules by decree until after election time July 31.
Constitutional law expert Professor Lovemore Madhuku hinted that Mugabe merely has to invoke presidential powers until election time.
“If there is an urgent law to be passed, the President has to invoke Presidential powers until we have a new Parliament.
“This is the more reason why we have been saying elections must be held as soon as possible,” he said.