By A Correspondent- A domestic dispute over money left in his custody while his wife was in prison, saw a 62-year-old Beitbridge municipal employee killing the wife with an axe last week in Dulivhadzimu suburb before driving off and later hanging himself from a tree at Lutumba, some 20km away.

Sources close to the case said Rosemary Dube (36) was a renowned foreign currency dealer and airtime vendor at the Beitbridge border post.

Before being sentenced to a three-month jail term over assault, Dube had left R78 000 and US$972 in the custody of her husband, identified as Muleya.

Upon her release on April 20, Muleya could only account for R6 000, telling her the rest had been stolen.

But Dube became suspicious since Muleya had not reported the theft.

Dube reportedly accused her husband of squandering her money while she was behind bars, resulting in a fight and her death.

The police officer commanding Beitbridge district, Chief Superintendent Tichaona Nyongo said the matter was still under investigation.about:blank

“So far, we have established that the couple were at their Dulivhadzimu home when they went to bed on Tuesday (last week) evening, while their 15-year-old son was sleeping in another room,” he said.

“Indications are that during the night, they had a fight resulting in the accused (Muleya) striking the woman to death with an axe.

“After allegedly committing the offence he fled from the scene in their vehicle. The body of Dube was found by their son in the morning when he went to fetch some items from the bedroom and he then alerted neighbours.”

Chief Supt Nyongo said the woman had been struck on the head and the axe was left next to her body.

He said while the police were attending the scene, they received information that Muleya had taken his own life at Lutumba Village.

“The blood stained axe was found next to Dube’s body whose head had a deep cut on the left temple,” he said.

Investigations by the police, Chief Supt Nyongo said, had revealed that Dube was released from prison on April 20, and upon asking Muleya about her R78 000 and US$972, he only managed to account for R6 000.

“She then threatened to report her husband to the police and gave him a week’s deadline to return the money. A fight later ensued resulting in the death of Dube,” said Chief Supt Nyongo.

“A suicide note indicating that Muleya had killed himself after killing Dube was found on the front seat of his vehicle.”

Chief Supt Nyongo said the two bodies had been taken to Beitbridge District Hospital Mortuary and that a post mortem on Dube’s remains was pending.

Post mortem for Muleya was waived by the local magistrate court.

The incident comes a few weeks after another local authority guard, Phillani Mukothamo, killed and burnt the bodies of his wife and her young sister in Vhembe view suburb following a domestic dispute.

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, or their associates and relatives, allegedly received $3 million from a controversial South African businessman, Zunaid Moti, during the 2017 coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe.

Moti has extensive business interests in Zimbabwe and was awarded controversial contracts towards the end of Mugabe’s reign. The information was obtained from confidential papers by The Sentry, a US-based investigative and policy organisation. The papers show that Moti moved up to $130 million into the accounts of 28 companies and four individuals in Zimbabwe from 2017, some of which took place during the coup.

The papers also reveal close ties between Moti and Zimbabwe’s highest-ranking politicians and evidence of dubious multimillion-dollar transactions.

ACF, Moti’s company, had formed a joint venture with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and hired Mnangagwa’s son as a consultant. Moti’s firms allegedly paid $130 million in 595 instalments to a mix of established firms, companies whose records are missing, and politically-linked entities in Zimbabwe. The Sentry reported:

In December 2017 and January 2018, the payments included $1 million to Mnangagwa’s farm and $2 million to a company controlled by Chiwengs’s’ investment manager’ and someone reported to be the retired general’s niece.

In a separate commercial transaction in February 2018, ACF also allegedly paid $100 000 to Justice George Chiweshe, as part of a wider deal to mine chrome in concession areas controlled by a firm he chaired.

The timing of the November 17, 2017, deal raises the question of whether there is a connection to the coup,” The Sentry reported.

Following Zimbabwe African National Union—Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) factional infighting throughout the year, Mnangagwa fled Zimbabwe after being fired as Vice-President by President Robert Mugabe on November 6, 2017.

In November 2017, Constantino Chiwenga, who was the head of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, took control of Harare and persuaded former President Robert Mugabe to step down.

After Mugabe’s resignation, High Court Judge President Chiweshe ruled that the military’s actions were constitutional and annulled the dismissal of Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for him to become president. Mnangagwa later named Chiwenga as his deputy. The military claimed that the coup was to remove criminals surrounding Mugabe, but few were arrested.

Recently, Al Jazeera aired a documentary alleging money laundering and gold smuggling by syndicates linked to Mnangagwa’s family.

By A Correspondent- Jonathan Moyo, a former Information Minister now in exile, claimed that the conviction and imprisonment of opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume signifies a regression of Zimbabwe’s judiciary system back to the Gukurahundi era.

The Gukurahundi era was a period of political violence from 1983 to 1987. The Zimbabwean military killed an estimated 10 000 to 20 000 people, mostly ethnic Ndebele, under the pretext of suppressing a rebellion by armed dissidents and due to political tensions between ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU parties.

Jonathan Moyo’s comments came after Jacob Ngarivhume was convicted of incitement to public violence and sentenced to four years in jail for a tweet he posted in July 2020. In the tweet, Ngarivhume called for a national shutdown to protest against poor leadership by the ZANU PF-led government.

In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, Moyo said it is disheartening that Jacob Ngarivhume was convicted and sentenced to effectively serve three years in jail for tweets he posted in July 2020, which called for constitutionally protected peaceful protests.

Moyo said the sentence was given by a Harare Magistrate who is obligated to uphold and protect the constitution, and Ngarivhume’s tweet and video posted on July 8, 2020, are still available on Twitter and require no interpretation.

Moyo added that considering sections 56, 58, 59, 60, and 61 of the 2013 Constitution, it is surprising that a magistrate would be deceived by political prosecutors into making a political decision to convict and give a harsh sentence to an electoral opponent of the sitting president, just three months before a general election. This decision undermines the judiciary and damages its reputation. He added:

Truth be told, the judiciary’s shocking mishandling of Bill of Rights cases these days is eerily reminiscent of the gukurahundi years, when the Rhodesian State of Emergency retained between 1980 and 1990 was ruthlessly enforced.

But there was an important difference then, now lost to the judiciary.

While government used a decade of the retention of the Rhodesian State of Emergency for political purposes against targeted political enemies – especially Zapu and the population in Matabeleland and parts of the Midlands – the judiciary then stood firm as the protector of the Bill of Rights and defender of human rights and freedoms.

Ironically, this was under a Lancaster Constitution whose Bill of Rights was in fact meant for the white minority and was entrenched only for 10 years precisely to give the white minority time to either take the gap to apartheid South Africa or the white Commonwealth countries, if not back to Britain itself.

The point here is that during the gukurahundi years – in which the order of the day was the Rhodesian State of Emergency whose effect was the obliteration of the Lancaster Bill of Rights – draconian convictions and sentences like the one imposed on Ngarivhume by Magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka were unheard of.

Moyo said it is a fact that individuals sacrifice their freedom when they join a group, as they must give up some rights for the common good. This means that threats to human rights usually come from the groups individuals belong to, and the worst threats come from the State and its government, as they hold a monopoly on violence.

Ge added that it follows, therefore, that all governments are a threat to human rights, but in constitutional democracies with a justiciable Bill of Rights, the judiciary, not the government, is responsible for protecting human rights. If the judiciary fails to do so, it is up to the people themselves to take action. Moyo concluded:

In Zimbabwe today the judiciary has tragically abdicated its constitutional responsibility and duty to guarantee and protect human rights and freedoms; hence the tragedy now happening to the Jobs (Job Sikhala) and Jacobs in the nation’s midst, which tragedy has exposed everyone’s constitutional rights and freedoms to jeopardy!

Zimbabwe is scheduled to hold harmonised elections sometime between July 26 and August 26 this year.

By A Correspondent- A Harare woman is in the eye of a storm after she lured an unsuspecting man to look after a child who was not his for FOUR years.

Annah Munzeiwa was exposed by her partner, only identified as Dakarai, after he decided to go for DNA tests after having taken care of the child for four years.

It was discovered that the child was not his.

Annah is now accusing Dakarai of domestic violence.

H-Metro is possession of the DNA results which confirm that the child is not Dakarai’s kid.

Efforts to get a comment from Annah were fruitless as her mobile number was not reachable.

Dakarai spoke to H-Metro.

She has been holding my family hostage claiming that I was the father of her child for the last four years.

“She made me take care of this kid and she even tried to kill the kid last year at our house claiming that the family dogs had bitten him.

“The cuts were not consistent with dog bites.

“So, we were back home for a memorial service and managed to do the DNA tests and it came out I am not the father.”

According to Dakarai, he was then accused by Annah of setting the dogs on the child.

She tried to blame it on my dogs after she had tried to get me arrested twice on false accusations.

“The child was injured and the blame was put on me.”

Dakarai said they met in 2018.

“We met back in 2018 when I used to come on holidays from the UK because I grew up and did my Form 1, University and work there but, because I inherited about four properties, I don’t see myself staying in the UK.

“At one point she left me, the baby for six or seven months.

“The second time she came to leave the baby through her mainini.

“All along I was thinking he was mine until the DNA results. I am the one who took her to the hospital to give birth and moved in together.

“I was always giving her US$150 every month for the boy.”

Dakarai’s sister said:

She was trying to put our estate in the kids’ name the whole of last year and men need to be warned about her in Harare.

“She got the results and now she is claiming that, maybe, the baby was swapped at birth and this happened after my brother started dat!ng another girl.”

— HMetro

By A Correspondent- A Gweru man has been arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his 76-year-old father to death with a walking stick.

The incident occurred on April 30, 2023, at Kurimakwakanaka Village. Police confirmed the case on their official twitter handle.

Police in Gweru have arrested Amos Tshuma (43) in connection with a case of murder that occurred on 30/04/23 at Kurimakwakanaka Village. The suspect hit to death his father, offinRemias Tshuma (76) with a walking stick indiscriminately all over the body. The victim had tried to stop the suspect from assaulting a neighbour,” read the tweet.

— Chronicle

By A Correspondent- The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has confirmed that Chinese diamond-mining company Anjin has begun the rehabilitation of deep gullies and slime dams in Chiadzwa which had sparked a malaria crisis in the area.

An investigation by The NewsHawks and Information for Development Trust, under a project meant to support investigative reporting focusing on the accountability and governance of foreign interests and investments in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, last month revealed that a serious malaria crisis had hit Chiadzwa after Anjin left unrehabilitated pits in the area it is mining.

The pits, which have collected water, are breeding grounds for mosquitos, resulting in a spike in malaria cases among local villagers.  

Some of the pits have also become death traps for humans, as people have slipped and died while fishing, while some villagers have committed suicide by drowning themselves in the deep pits.

During the investigation, Ema said it would ensure Anjin rehabilitates the pits to end the crisis.

Ema national spokesperson Amkela Sidange told The NewsHawks this week that Anjin had rehabilitated two hectares of land. The company has secured material to encircle the pits and produced an action plan for the rehabilitation of slime dams.

Sidange said Anjin has also submitted a comprehensive rehabilitation plan for other areas that were affected by degradation because of its mining operations.

“They have secured a fence to put on some pits. Work on rehabilitation of the slimes area is ongoing. So far two hectares have been done. Re-vegetation of the areas to start in June. They have produced an action plan to that effect which the Agency is monitoring,” she said.

Sidange explained that the rehabilitation plan specified how the company intends to rehabilitate damaged areas and the timelines for accomplishing the task.

The rehabilitation includes filling gullies with soil and draining stagnant water.

Shylet Mapindu of Tonhorai Village located in ward 29 of Chiadzwa who contracted malaria two times last year together with her three-year-old son Prosper Mapindu, said she had witnessed the rehabilitation of the slime dams which had enhanced the breeding of mosquitos in the area.

She was one of the villagers quoted by The NewsHawks during the investigation.

“We urge the Chinese company to speed up the process so that all the gullies that are breeding mosquitos can be filled with soil to save us from the mosquito bites,” she said.
Anjin spokesperson Special Matarirano said the company in its rehabilitation plan intends to cover a total of seven hectares. The area is also going to be populated with different fruit trees. Slime dams are continually being fenced. We are aware of the duty to preserve ecosytems and humans,” he said.

“The rehabilitation action plan will cover the hectarage we believe require immediate action on the gullies and it is seven hectares.”

James Mupfumi, the Centre for Research and Development (CRD) director, told The NewsHawks that the rehabilitation exercise by Anjin was commendable although short-term methods that directly help in reducing malaria cases are needed.

“The rehabilitation exercise by Anjin in Chiadzwa is commendable, but it will take a long time and so there is need for short-term action to reduce the prevalence of malaria. These may include the company funding health programmes of government in Chiadzwa where malaria cases are still rife. There is also need for the company to fund clinics in the area so that they are able to effectively fight malaria cases there.

“The company could also consider distributing mosquito nets to the local community. These interventions will have short-term impact on the health crisis of malaria,” he said.
Anjin Diamond Company is a joint venture between China’s Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company (AFECC) and Matt Bronze, an investment vehicle controlled by Zimbabwe’s military.

The firm began operating in Chiadzwa in 2010, but was ordered to shut down in 2016 when the government ceased the operations of all diamond companies in the area after the then president Robert Mugabe claimed there were serious leakages of the gems amounting to US$15 billion.

The ban led to the establishment of the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), which then took over operations.

When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over leadership of the country following a military coup in November 2017, he lifted the ban on Anjin’s operations, resulting in the company resuming full-scale diamond mining in Marange with an initial investment of US$38 million in 2019.

By A Correspondent- A Harare pastor with Bible Believing Grace Ministries has filed for divorce much to the surprise of his wife of 24 years.

Wonder Naruwade filed the case, in which he intends to divorce his wife, Spiwe Shupai Naruwade (nee Zulu).

The matter will be heard at the High Court, under case number HC 2205/23.

Spiwe was served with summons last week, much to her surprise and is expected to respond within 10 days.

The parties were married on April 2, 1994, in terms of the Marriage Act (Chapter 37).

Allegations are that Naruwade decided to divorce his wife after marrying another woman while his marriage with Spiwe was still subsisting.

In his arguments, Wonder claimed the marriage between them had irretrievably broken down to the extent that there were no prospects of the restoration of a normal marriage relationship.

He said the parties have not stayed together as husband and wife for more than five years.

“The parties have lost love and affection for each other and the parties have irreconcilable differences, have different interests and are incompatible with each other, this honourable Court has jurisdiction to grant a decree of divorce,” reads part of his submissions.

Efforts to get a comment from Naruwade were fruitless as he did not respond to questions.

Allegations are that Naruwade left his wife in February 2018, after he had married another wife, while his marriage was in existence.

“He left home around 2018, purporting to be going to school and he would come back here and there.

“He even paid lobola to the woman and they are blessed with one kid.

“I was surprised to see his summons that he wants a divorce.

“We are blessed with three children, than what he indicates in his summons,” said Spiwe.

A source said Spiwe was devastated by the developments.

“She got depressed, they started the church together and now the new wife has taken over.

“He was even at Spiwe’s house recently and she is disturbed,” said the source.

Spiwe’s sister said:

“I have been helping her a lot with prayers each and every time.

“She wasn’t expecting a divorce decree.”

By A Correspondent- A 1 Commando soldier has told the court that he is earning a meager salary which is not sustainable to effect the requested maintenance variation for one of his 3 children who is living with a disability.

The Zimbabwe National Army member Tichaona Chituu in his notice of opposition offered paying ZW$50 000 from the current ZW$30 000 that he has been contributing towards the upkeep of his minor child aged 4, who cannot walk, talk and is still using diapers. He had also been paying US$40 which he topped up with US$10.

The applicant Prisca Dausi had been seeking a maintenance variation of ZW$150 000 and US$100.

The magistrate granted the order in favour of Chituu.

In his respondent’s Notice of Opposition prepared by Pundu and Company Legal Practitioners, Chituu did not dispute that the general cost of living had risen.

He said:

“However, I beseech the court to consider that the cost of living has gone up for myself as well, and yet as my pay slip reflects, my earnings have not increased. The amount of money I earn on a monthly basis being as I am a duly attested member of the Zimbabwe National Army has not materially changed since the previous order for variation was granted.”

Chituu told the court that his financial circumstances remained the same as when the previous maintenance variation order was granted in September 2022.

“I remain a father of two other children of school going age. The general upkeep of those children including their school expenses, rentals and related expenses are covered by that same meager salary that I earn. I appreciate the fact that the economy is currently tumultuous and finances are generally hard to come by.”

The matter was heard at the Civil Court 6, Thursday 27 April 2023.

The applicant was being represented by a lawyer from Justice for Children Trust who was in no show.

By A Correspondent- In 2000, Cyclone Eline caused severe damage to the Chilonga Bridge in the Lowveld region resulting in its collapse.

This bridge connected the town of Chiredzi to rural communities including Chilonga, Chikombedzi, and Malipati, and the Sango Border Post.

Between early February and early March, Cyclone Eline brought unrestrained fury to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique, with wind speeds of 120km per hour causing widespread destruction

The storm’s impact on Zimbabwe included 136 fatalities.

According to the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), the cyclone caused extensive damage, including the destruction of 60 000 homes, 15 000 damaged toilets, and damage to 54 clinics and 538 schools.

After the carnage, Chilonga bridge, a low-lying narrow structure which is often submerged in floods or becomes impassable during the rainy season, was constructed, earning a place of infamy among communities.

In 2022, 14 people were swept away while trying to cross the low-level bridge, the CPU says.

At one time, the bridge was sealed off to save lives after a NetOne employee and a female colleague died when their car was washed away from the bridge.

The “killer” bridge is on a road that provides the shortest route to Chiredzi, the commercial capital for thousands of communal farmers in the area who rely on the town for goods and services.

The government has repeatedly promised to reconstruct the Chilonga bridge.

But 20 years later, there is no relief for communities in the northern and southern parts of Chiredzi District.

“We have been greatly inconvenienced by the low-lying bridge due to failure by government to replace and reconstruct a bigger bridge like the original one as we cannot cross to Chiredzi town where we get most of our services,” Tsakilani Mundau, a villager from Chipinda under Chief Chilonga said.

A 23-year delay has plagued the construction of Chilonga bridge and government authorities are yet to deliver on their promises.

Citizens whose lives depend on the bridge are caught in the middle of the failed promises.

Agnes Velemu from Velemu Village said some patients have lost their lives on their way to hospital after failing to cross the bridge during the rainy season.

“Sick villagers seeking critical medical attention have also died after failing to cross the river or due to delays while using the longer route of travelling to Chiredzi via Rutenga,” Velemu said.

Velemu said one must travel over 250 km on an inaccessible road to reach the town that is otherwise just 35km away via a shortcut where one has to contend with the dangerous bridge that is always submerged during the rainy season.

The construction of the Tugwi Mukosi Dam has not helped matters as the Runde River frequently bursts at its banks when the floodgates of Zimbabwe’s biggest inland water reservoir are opened.

In 2017, then Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo said the government was mobilising $200 billion towards the construction of the new bridge.

In February 2018, Gumbo toured the low-lying bridge and insisted that the central government would finance the building of a new all-weather structure.

Gumbo was later moved to the President’s Office before overseeing the construction of the bridge.

By April 2018, only $3 million was raised but only a paltry  $500 000 was paid for initial works at the site.

At the time, authorities said engineers had been deployed to do topographic surveys at the site where the bridge was to be constructed.

The claim was, however, refuted by former Masvingo provincial roads engineer Robert Mukome who said the central government was yet to provide funding for the project.

Mukome has since left the ministry of Transport and is now in the private sector.

Exiled opposition activist Makomborero Haruzivishe took the matter of Job Sikhala’s prolonged political imprisonment to the British Parliament on 19 April 2023, hoping to increase international awareness over the case.

Haruzivishe joined hands with Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom, who did a two-day vigil against corruption and politically motivated imprisonments, and on the second day he presented his case to British parliamentarians, hoping they can help secure the freedom of the jailed lawmaker.

“My message to the Parliament was you need to make it unequivocally clear that Job Sikhala must be freed because it happened before in such political cases in 2018 when Tendai Biti was arrested and the British government made its position clear, the international community made its position clear that he should be freed, Emmerson Mnangagwa tweeted that he personally oversaw the release of Tendai Biti and Biti was freed from jail and given his passport back and this is one of the other pleas we had to the British Parliament,” he said.

Sikhala has been in jail since 14 June 2022 for allegedly inciting public violence in Nyatsime through an interview that he allegedly did on ZimLive Youtube.

He has applied for bail more than 10 times at both the magistrates’ court and the High Court.

His applications have been repeatedly dismissed, with the state claiming it is ready to put the matter on trial, but this is yet to happen.

On Wednesday, Sikhala was charged with disorderly conduct, bringing the total number of charges to five.

Two charges pertain to alleged incitement to violence, one is on obstruction of justice, one on communicating falsehoods and another is on disorderly conduct.

Sikhala is not the only opposition leader who is before the courts answering to politically motivated charges and Haruzivishe says he urged the British Parliament to put pressure towards the release of every political prisoner.

“On Job Sikhala, it was to also highlight to parliamentarians how a fellow parliamentarian just like them is suffering simply because of his political beliefs and ideals. I sent the message that he is not a criminal but he is just a political prisoner who is being held illegally in prison. The judicial system has been weaponised against him and the opposition CCC by the ruling party. We have seen how the likes of Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were abused and are being abused and I am just naming them amongst a plethora of other opposition leaders,” he added.

In his address to the British Parliament, Haruzivishe also spoke about corruption in light of Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia exposé. He called for the arrest of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Ambassador-at Large to Europe and the Americas, Uebert Angel, who was implicated in the four-part investigative report.

“I participated in it now with fellow Zimbabweans because we have to take a stand and speak out clearly because now we have seen all the four episodes of the Gold Mafia which detailed how gold and mineral resources and also forex are smuggled out of Zimbabwe at industrial scale through government officials,” he said.

Angel is caught on video asking for bribes from undercover journalists posing as bogus tycoons with dirty money that needed to be cleaned. He is in the company of another British citizen Ricky Doolan, who is also caught on tape boasting of his proximity to President Mnangagwa and how he would make it easy for the “investors” to fly gold in and out of Zimbabwe.

Haruzivishe says the men caught on the Al Jazeera documentary are British citizens who have caused suffering to Zimbabweans, hence the government should take action.

“We had to take the Gold Mafia message there because the kingpin of the international money laundering which borders on the international financial terrorism is a British citizen, Ricky Doolan is also a British citizen and the British government must make sure it investigates its citizens who are committing crimes in other countries because the activities of this British citizen tarnish the credibility of financial institutions leading to more economic suffering for the ordinary Zimbabweans and so the best way to deal with it is to ensure that those who can be brought to book are brought to book,” he said. He adds that Angel has violated British law and should be held to account. “Under British law, Uebert Angel has bro ken laws and he can be brought to book. He is the closest that can practically be brought to book closest to Emmerson Mnangagwa,” added Haruzivishe.

By A Correspondent- A Harare pastor with Bible Believing Grace Ministries has filed for divorce much to the surprise of his wife of 24 years.

Wonder Naruwade filed the case, in which he intends to divorce his wife, Spiwe Shupai Naruwade (nee Zulu).

The matter will be heard at the High Court, under case number HC 2205/23.

Spiwe was served with summons last week, much to her surprise and is expected to respond within 10 days.

The parties were married on April 2, 1994, in terms of the Marriage Act (Chapter 37).

Allegations are that Naruwade decided to divorce his wife after marrying another woman while his marriage with Spiwe was still subsisting.

In his arguments, Wonder claimed the marriage between them had irretrievably broken down to the extent that there were no prospects of the restoration of a normal marriage relationship.

He said the parties have not stayed together as husband and wife for more than five years.

“The parties have lost love and affection for each other and the parties have irreconcilable differences, have different interests and are incompatible with each other, this honourable Court has jurisdiction to grant a decree of divorce,” reads part of his submissions.

Efforts to get a comment from Naruwade were fruitless as he did not respond to questions.

Allegations are that Naruwade left his wife in February 2018, after he had married another wife, while his marriage was in existence.

“He left home around 2018, purporting to be going to school and he would come back here and there.

“He even paid lobola to the woman and they are blessed with one kid.

“I was surprised to see his summons that he wants a divorce.

“We are blessed with three children, than what he indicates in his summons,” said Spiwe.

A source said Spiwe was devastated by the developments.

“She got depressed, they started the church together and now the new wife has taken over.

“He was even at Spiwe’s house recently and she is disturbed,” said the source.

Spiwe’s sister said:

“I have been helping her a lot with prayers each and every time.

“She wasn’t expecting a divorce decree.”

By A Correspondent- A 1 Commando soldier has told the court that he is earning a meager salary which is not sustainable to effect the requested maintenance variation for one of his 3 children who is living with a disability.

The Zimbabwe National Army member Tichaona Chituu in his notice of opposition offered paying ZW$50 000 from the current ZW$30 000 that he has been contributing towards the upkeep of his minor child aged 4, who cannot walk, talk and is still using diapers. He had also been paying US$40 which he topped up with US$10.

The applicant Prisca Dausi had been seeking a maintenance variation of ZW$150 000 and US$100.

The magistrate granted the order in favour of Chituu.

In his respondent’s Notice of Opposition prepared by Pundu and Company Legal Practitioners, Chituu did not dispute that the general cost of living had risen.

He said:

“However, I beseech the court to consider that the cost of living has gone up for myself as well, and yet as my pay slip reflects, my earnings have not increased. The amount of money I earn on a monthly basis being as I am a duly attested member of the Zimbabwe National Army has not materially changed since the previous order for variation was granted.”

Chituu told the court that his financial circumstances remained the same as when the previous maintenance variation order was granted in September 2022.

“I remain a father of two other children of school going age. The general upkeep of those children including their school expenses, rentals and related expenses are covered by that same meager salary that I earn. I appreciate the fact that the economy is currently tumultuous and finances are generally hard to come by.”

The matter was heard at the Civil Court 6, Thursday 27 April 2023.

The applicant was being represented by a lawyer from Justice for Children Trust who was in no show.

A 25-year-old Chiweshe man who is being accused of physically abusing his wife in a domestic dispute was yesterday issued a warrant of arrest after he defaulted court.

Shelton Mutaramu was set to appear before Concession magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware.

The state alleged on March 8 Mutaramu had a misunderstanding with his wife Rutendo Kufa (22) after his relatives told him that she was having a love affair with Simbarashe Chipondeni.

Mataramu became angry and assaulted his wife all over the body with open hands thereby injuring her.

CHIREDZI-Police in Chiredzi is appealing for information leading to the arrest of Takudzwa Chipfuwa (28).

Chipfuwa allegedly stole US$4 102 and ZAR12 483 from N. Richards Chiredzi, where he worked as a till operator.

Acting Masvingo Police Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Lorraine Ndhlovu confirmed to the Mirror.

She said the theft happened on April 10, 2023, and Chipfuwa disappeared.
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By A Correspondent- A self-confessed sex worker who recently gave birth to triplets and claimed that she had reformed is now back on the streets for flesh peddling after failing to take care of the infants.

In an interview with The Manica Post in January soon after giving birth to the two boys and a girl, Melody Muponda (32) of Hauna Growth Point in Mutasa said she believed that the triplets had opened an avenue to an honest and happy life for her.

However, three months down the line, she has reverted to sex work.

Recounting her story, Muponda revealed that before she fell pregnant, she offered her services in Manicaland and neighbouring Mozambique.

As fate would have it, a condom burst during a night of passion with one of her clients and that is how Muponda conceived her triplets.

However, she has no idea who amongst her clients is the father of the three children.

The infants, now three months old, require a lot of milk since her breastmilk is inadequate to keep them full.

On the other hand, Muponda owes her landlord four months’ rentals and is struggling to fend for her triplets.

Muponda says her predicament has forced her to go back into the world’s oldest profession.

However, clients are reportedly shunning her as they view her as highly fertile.

“At the moment I am not the most preferred sex worker at Hauna because the clients know that I have three very young babies. They are afraid that I might end up falling pregnant again, which is why I am appealing for help once again. Please help me so that I start a vending business and be able take care of my children,” she said.

Muponda told The Manica Post that she engages a reliable baby-sitter when she goes out for ‘night duty’.

The baby-sitters charge an average of US$3 per night, an amount that is beyond Muponda’s reach.

The mother of three believes that some people have let her down as no one honoured their pledges to help her take care of the triplets.

“Things are difficult for me and my little children as they are very demanding financially. I had told my landlord that I would get back to work by March.

“I thought by then the people who had promised to help me with capital to start a vending business would have walked their talk. Unfortunately, no one has done that. Now my landlord wants his dues.

“I also asked my fellow sex workers to help me financially, but that didn’t help either. Instead they advised me to look for a baby-sitter who can take care of the babies at night so that I get back into sex work.

“While this is not the environment that I want my children to grow up in, it is better than living in the streets as the landlord is already threatening to chuck us out. I have to do this dangerous work to feed them,” she said.

Muponda and her friends stay at a place christened ‘PaGirls High’.

Her rentals are US$15 per month.

However, I do not take my clients home as I fear for my children’s safety,” she said.

“When the triplets were still a month old, I thought it would be easy but it is now becoming increasingly difficult for me. Clothing and feeding three babies is not a joke.

“Every day I need a whole bar of soap to wash their napkins and clothes. I also need to be well fed to breastfeed them,” she said, adding that she has had to eat rotten vegetables and fruits thrown away by vendors.

“The long and short of it is that I desperately need help. Please help me. I have nothing, and my thinking was to quit prostitution and start a vending business,” she said.

“So far no man has come up to claim paternity and I do not think anyone will ever do that.

“I was trying to earn a living and take care of my mother, but unfortunately the condom burst while l was with a client and I fell pregnant.

“I just need to know the father of my children so that we can help each other to take care of them. Unless the man comes forward, I am afraid I will never know him,” she said.

Muponda is appealing to well-wishers to help her with decent accommodation and capital to start an income generating project.

She is also appealing for clothes and food for the children.

Her mother, Mrs Alice Mangofa, said although she wants to assist her in taking care of the triplets, she cannot do so due to lack of accommodation.

Those willing to assist Muponda can contact her mother on 0783626755.

Well-wishers can also drop off donations at The Manica Post Building any day or call this reporter on 0719580643 for drop-off arrangements. —Manica Post

MASVINGO-Regional Magistrate Bishard Chineka has sentenced a Gutu man to 20 years in jail after convicting him of raping a seven-year-old-girl.

Gilbert Shonhayi (41) of Mukwasi Village, Chief Serima in Gutu was handed the sentence on Wednesday and he will effectively serve 16 years.

Prosecutor Innocent Mudzingwa told the court that the grandfather caught Shonhayi raping the minor (name withheld) on December 27, 2022, around 2: 30.

He recovered a used condom from the back of the house where Shonhayi was raping the minor.

Circumstances are that the girl was playing in her grandparents’ backyard and Shonhayi approached and grabbed her by the hand.

He allegedly threatened to kill her if she made noise. He dragged her to a sink where he took off her clothes and raped her while wearing a condom…

A Mutare Farm Prison inmate who has been in jail for the past 17 years after being convicted of rape and is set to be released in June next year probably learnt nothing during his lengthy jail term as he molested an 11-year-old prison officer’s child on Independence Day.

Pangi Musira, aged 42, whose address was only given as Mutare Farm Prison, was now an A Class prison inmate at Mutare Farm Prison.

An A Class prison inmate, in local prisons and correctional terms, is one whose movement restrictions within the prison have been relaxed after serving the greater part of their jail term and is about to be released.

Manicaland police spokesperson, Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed that the case was reported at Hobhouse Police Station and investigations are underway.

“We received a report on the matter and investigations are underway before the matter is taken to court. Basically, the issue involves Pangi Musira of Mutare Farm Prison, aged 42, who is facing allegations of indecent assault after he forcibly kissed and fondled the breasts of an 11-year-old girl. The incident happened on April 18,” said Inspector Muzondo.

When The Manica Post visited Mutare Farm Prison late last week, the incident was the talk of the area.

One resident at the correctional facility, who could not be named due to issues of protocol, confided in this newspaper that the rape inmate invited the child to a secluded place behind the canteen and molested her thinking that no one was seeing him.

“What we have gathered is that the child came to the canteen. She wanted a pen. On her way back, the inmate invited her to the gazebo behind the canteen.

“When he thought no one was paying attention, he fondled her breasts and kissed her. I am sure even the child is narrating what happened to her,” said the source.

The matter is expected to appear in court soon. -Manica Post

Exiled opposition activist Makomborero Haruzivishe took the matter of Job Sikhala’s prolonged political imprisonment to the British Parliament on 19 April 2023, hoping to increase international awareness over the case.

Haruzivishe joined hands with Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom, who did a two-day vigil against corruption and politically motivated imprisonments, and on the second day he presented his case to British parliamentarians, hoping they can help secure the freedom of the jailed lawmaker.

“My message to the Parliament was you need to make it unequivocally clear that Job Sikhala must be freed because it happened before in such political cases in 2018 when Tendai Biti was arrested and the British government made its position clear, the international community made its position clear that he should be freed, Emmerson Mnangagwa tweeted that he personally oversaw the release of Tendai Biti and Biti was freed from jail and given his passport back and this is one of the other pleas we had to the British Parliament,” he said.

Sikhala has been in jail since 14 June 2022 for allegedly inciting public violence in Nyatsime through an interview that he allegedly did on ZimLive Youtube.

He has applied for bail more than 10 times at both the magistrates’ court and the High Court.

His applications have been repeatedly dismissed, with the state claiming it is ready to put the matter on trial, but this is yet to happen.

On Wednesday, Sikhala was charged with disorderly conduct, bringing the total number of charges to five.

Two charges pertain to alleged incitement to violence, one is on obstruction of justice, one on communicating falsehoods and another is on disorderly conduct.

Sikhala is not the only opposition leader who is before the courts answering to politically motivated charges and Haruzivishe says he urged the British Parliament to put pressure towards the release of every political prisoner.

“On Job Sikhala, it was to also highlight to parliamentarians how a fellow parliamentarian just like them is suffering simply because of his political beliefs and ideals. I sent the message that he is not a criminal but he is just a political prisoner who is being held illegally in prison. The judicial system has been weaponised against him and the opposition CCC by the ruling party. We have seen how the likes of Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were abused and are being abused and I am just naming them amongst a plethora of other opposition leaders,” he added.

In his address to the British Parliament, Haruzivishe also spoke about corruption in light of Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia exposé. He called for the arrest of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Ambassador-at Large to Europe and the Americas, Uebert Angel, who was implicated in the four-part investigative report.

“I participated in it now with fellow Zimbabweans because we have to take a stand and speak out clearly because now we have seen all the four episodes of the Gold Mafia which detailed how gold and mineral resources and also forex are smuggled out of Zimbabwe at industrial scale through government officials,” he said.

Angel is caught on video asking for bribes from undercover journalists posing as bogus tycoons with dirty money that needed to be cleaned. He is in the company of another British citizen Ricky Doolan, who is also caught on tape boasting of his proximity to President Mnangagwa and how he would make it easy for the “investors” to fly gold in and out of Zimbabwe.

Haruzivishe says the men caught on the Al Jazeera documentary are British citizens who have caused suffering to Zimbabweans, hence the government should take action.

“We had to take the Gold Mafia message there because the kingpin of the international money laundering which borders on the international financial terrorism is a British citizen, Ricky Doolan is also a British citizen and the British government must make sure it investigates its citizens who are committing crimes in other countries because the activities of this British citizen tarnish the credibility of financial institutions leading to more economic suffering for the ordinary Zimbabweans and so the best way to deal with it is to ensure that those who can be brought to book are brought to book,” he said. He adds that Angel has violated British law and should be held to account. “Under British law, Uebert Angel has bro ken laws and he can be brought to book. He is the closest that can practically be brought to book closest to Emmerson Mnangagwa,” added Haruzivishe.

The Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Chitungwiza Municipality Housing and Community Service Director, Hazel Sithole for corruption after she allegedly leased commercial stands to 30 beneficiaries on an area reserved as an open space in 2019.

Sithole has since appeared in court charged with Criminal Abuse of Duty as a Public Officer.

She was granted ZWL$100 000 and will be back in court on 31 July 2023. ZACC said in a statement:

ZACC has arrested Chitungwiza Municipality Housing and Community Service Director, Hazel Sithole for Criminal Abuse of Duty as a Public Officer.

In 2019, the accused used her authority to lease commercial stands to 30 beneficiaries in an area reserved as open space.

The accused person’s actions were in conflict with Chitungwiza Municipality Housing Policy which provides that commercial stands are offered with council resolution and through competitive bidding. Her actions were intended to show favour to the beneficiaries.
Hazel Sithole appeared in court and was given ZWL 100 000.00 bail. She will be back in court on 31 July 2023.
Criminal Abuse of Duty as a Public Officer is a criminal offence that is defined under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

It occurs when a public officer, such as a government official or civil servant, abuses their position of authority for personal gain or to cause harm to another person.

By A Correspondent- A 1 Commando soldier has told the court that he is earning a meager salary which is not sustainable to effect the requested maintenance variation for one of his 3 children who is living with a disability.

The Zimbabwe National Army member Tichaona Chituu in his notice of opposition offered paying ZW$50 000 from the current ZW$30 000 that he has been contributing towards the upkeep of his minor child aged 4, who cannot walk, talk and is still using diapers. He had also been paying US$40 which he topped up with US$10.

The applicant Prisca Dausi had been seeking a maintenance variation of ZW$150 000 and US$100.

The magistrate granted the order in favour of Chituu.

In his respondent’s Notice of Opposition prepared by Pundu and Company Legal Practitioners, Chituu did not dispute that the general cost of living had risen.

He said:

“However, I beseech the court to consider that the cost of living has gone up for myself as well, and yet as my pay slip reflects, my earnings have not increased. The amount of money I earn on a monthly basis being as I am a duly attested member of the Zimbabwe National Army has not materially changed since the previous order for variation was granted.”

Chituu told the court that his financial circumstances remained the same as when the previous maintenance variation order was granted in September 2022.

“I remain a father of two other children of school going age. The general upkeep of those children including their school expenses, rentals and related expenses are covered by that same meager salary that I earn. I appreciate the fact that the economy is currently tumultuous and finances are generally hard to come by.”

The matter was heard at the Civil Court 6, Thursday 27 April 2023.

The applicant was being represented by a lawyer from Justice for Children Trust who was in no show.

Zimbabwean science teacher Nkosana Butholenkosi Masuku has won the 2023 prestigious Cisco Youth Leadership Award, with a prize of US$250 000, reported TimesLive.

Masuku founded Phenomtech-Sciency to make science, technology and engineering (STEM) accessible to rural learners.

In his speech, as he accepted the award in New York this week, Masuku, who is an alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, said:

Sciency was started because when I was teaching in rural areas, I realised it was difficult for learners to comprehend practical science subjects. This was due to a lack of [study] aid materials.

The advantage of teaching them practicals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is that it enables learners to retain their knowledge thereby reducing the dropout rates.

Fran Katsoudas, a representative of Cisco, said:

Stem education is critical for opening doors of opportunity and Nkosana’s vital work utilising innovative technology to offer STEM learning to rural schools across Zimbabwe is transformative.

Investing in education reaps a lifetime of benefits, not only for children but also for their communities.

The work of young leaders like Nkosana is helping to usher in a more inclusive future by empowering youth in Africa and around the world to thrive in the digital economy.

On its website, the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award said:

Nkosana is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teacher with three years of experience at a rural school.

Nkosana created Sciency learning in reaction to shortage of resources for teaching STEM subjects in rural schools.

Sciency’s ecosystem goal is to offer applied/practical STEM education to pupils across Zimbabwe at a low cost, which would help in decreasing dropout rates and advancing STEM development in poor communities.

Nkosana is also an alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship and an award-winning entrepreneur.

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has warned members of the public against using some 48kg cylinders that are being brought into the country illegally and others whose brand identifications have been tampered with.

In a public notice, ZERA also warned LPG wholesalers who fill cylinders that do not belong to them, saying they will be penalised. Reads the notice:

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) wishes to advise the public that there are some 48kg cylinders that are being used unsafely and illegally for the distribution of LPG in the country.

This includes 48kg cylinders smuggled from neighboring countries and others whose brand identifications have been tampered with.

Such cylinders are unsafe as no one in the country bears responsibility for their maintenance and safety.

In terms of LPG regulations and for safety reasons, only brand owners of 48kg cylinders or their authorized agents, are entitled to fill and maintain them.

It is a license condition that LPG wholesalers own and refill their own branded 48kg cylinders or obtain permission from brand owners if they need to fill cylinders that do not belong to them.
ZERA will not hesitate to act against wholesalers violating this license condition.

Some of the cylinders shown below have no licensed owners in Zimbabwe and some were smuggled from South Africa and Botswana and are circulating in Zimbabwe without the owners’ consent and support.

• Reatile Wasaa
• Tswana
• Easigas
• Totalgaz
• Mendon
• Oryx
• Eiendon
• ORT
• Kasa
• Avedia
• ELF Gas
• BP

Owners of the above cylinders are not licensed to operate in Zimbabwe and as such, these cylinders have no maintenance support in the country.

For safety reasons, members of the public and LPG retailers are warned against using such cylinders because their owners cannot be held liable for accidents arising out of unauthorized use of these cylinders in the country.

Consumers are encouraged to approach licensed LPG wholesalers and retailers for good quality gas and safe cylinders.

ZERA is working with fellow regulators to eliminate the menace of smuggled cylinders in the market and urges LPG retailers and consumers to report any LPG wholesaler they find filling or selling smuggled 48kg cylinders.

LP Gas can be dangerous if not handled properly. Some potential dangers associated with LP gas are fire and explosions, carbon monoxide poisoning, burns, and asphyxiation.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken delivery of a US$54 million presidential jet – a Dassault Falcon 7X.

According to a ZimLive report, the aircraft was delivered in March, but it was not put into service until this week.

The jet, bearing the registration P4-SIM, appears brand new and its first known flight, according to tracking service FlightRadar24, was a flight from Paris in France to Johannesburg, South Africa, on 01 March.

Mnangagwa (80) used the aircraft for a flight to Victoria Falls on Wednesday where he hosted the Transform Africa Summit attended by four other African leaders.

He again flew on the aircraft to Bulawayo on Friday for the official opening of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). ZimLive quoted a source as saying:

The aircraft arrived in early March and initially landed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.

It was subsequently flown to the Air Force of Zimbabwe’s Manyame Airbase where it is being kept.

Mnangagwa has reportedly also approved the acquisition of four “VIP transport helicopters”.

By A Correspondent- The National Aids Council (NAC) has donated more than ZWL$300 million to the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM).

The donation was handed over by NAC chief executive officer Bernard Madzima to Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Lovemore Matuke on Friday at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).

He said the money is for the payment of school fees and covering expenses for the vulnerable children so that they continue attending school thereby reducing the risk of contracting HIV. Said Madzima:

I am honoured to hand over our contribution towards BEAM for 2023. This financial assistance is coming from the Nac Trust fund generally known as Aids levy.

As a country, we have achieved the 2025 95-95-95 targets and we are so proud of that milestone.

Despite this achievement, we are looking at around 500 000 affected children who are orphaned or now vulnerable due to HIV and AIDS hence this donation will ensure they have access to shelter, education and food.

This donation is part of our comprehensive approach to HIV prevention.

For over a decade now we have been contributing towards BEAM and I can safely say we cater for at least 10 per cent of the BEAM’s yearly budget.

We work towards the reduction of HIV and addressing education needs helps us reduce new infections.

This will help us achieve our target of ending AIDS as a public health concern by 2030.
95-95-95 means that 95 per cent of infected individuals know their status, 95 per cent of those infected are on medication and 95 per cent of those on medication achieve viral suppression.
BEAM is a Government-run programme aimed at providing financial assistance to vulnerable children who are in need of support to access education.

BEAM supports orphaned and vulnerable children aged between six and 19 and about 1.8 million children are being assisted under the programme.

Former Vice President Kembo Mohadi is still carrying out crucial duties at national level and enjoys all the privileges that are associated with his former office such as cars, security or salary and allowances, reported The NewsHawks.

There are indications that Mohadi will be reinstated in his former office if President Emmerson Mnangagwa manages to win general elections later this year.

Mohadi, who is the ZANU PF’s second secretary and vice president, has been using the motorcade he had during his tenure as Vice President.

He has also been enjoying protection from the Presidential Guard, a military unit that protects members of the executive.

An unnamed senior government official told The NewsHawks that Mohadi has been engaging traditional leaders across the country on behalf of Mnangagwa. Said the official:

Since his resignation, Mohadi has done a lot of groundwork to boost Mnangagwa’s re-election bid.

He has travelled throughout the country meeting party structures and key stakeholders to focus them on the elections.

Among those that Mohadi has been engaging on behalf of Mnangagwa are traditional leaders.

He has met village heads, headmen and chiefs countrywide and facilitated that they get US dollar allowances and salaries.

He has also directed the party’s grassroots structures to work closely with traditional leaders in all their activities.

Traditional leaders have a lot of power in rural areas and what he is doing will certainly help Mnangagwa.

So come 2023, you will see him back as vice president if the President wins the elections. He is the President’s man.

In any case, he lost the title of the country’s vice-president but has maintained all other privileges, be it cars, security, or salary and allowances.

Mohadi resigned in 2021 in shame following allegations he was using his office for sexual encounters with his aides, including married women.

However, on 18 April this year, he was the guest of honour and officiated at the Independence Cup trophy presentation where Highlanders edged rivals Dynamos 5-3 on penalties.

Aspiring Mabvuku-Tafara Zanu PF Member of Parliament, Pedzisayi “Scott” Sakupwanya has in invested a whooping US$ 2.5 in a road rehabilitation program in the constituency.

Sakupwanya, spoke for the first time about the road rehabilitation program amid speculation that Lafarge Cement was behind the project.

“I have heard people saying different things about the road rehabilitation program which is currently happening.

Here in Mabvuku-Tafara, I realized that we have so many people that have their own cars, but due to potholes people have not been free to drive their own cars.

And also I have seen that our mothers, sisters and brothers are walking long distances to access public transport because were no longer reaching some places because of poor road network.

This pained me a lot and hence we started this road rehabilitation program here in Mabvuku-Tafara which is worth US$ 2.5 million.

I have heard people saying, it’s so and so doing the project but let me tell you today, it’s me who is doing the project,” said Sakupwanya.

The road rehabilitation program starts from Mutare Road at Mabvuku turn-off right up to Tafara suburb.

Sakupwanya who was elected as councillor for Harare Ward 21 last year before buying garbage compactors, continues with his developmental projects in Mabvuku.

Sakupwanya won the ticket to represent Zanu PF in the parliamentary elections for Mabvuku-Tafara after he wasuncontested primary elections held early April.

As part of his developmental intiatives, Sakupwanya will set up a free- Wifi facility for Mabvuku-Tafara residents.

He has also been organizing football tournaments in an attempt to fight drug abuse amongst the youths.

By A Correspondent- A Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) loss control supervisor, Bernard Chatindivara, who was stationed at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, committed suicide on Saturday after being overwhelmed by debts he accrued while doing company business.

PSMI national workers committee chairperson Munyaradzi Nharaunda confirmed the death, adding that the deceased would be buried at his rural area in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province, tomorrow.

Chatindivara joined PSMI in June 2012.

“Yes a fellow employee who was a loss control region B supervisor committed suicide in Bulawayo. He had no fuel for his vehicle to move around, and as a result he borrowed money for that. The debts accumulated and the company failed to pay the debts yet he was doing its business,” Nharaunda said.

“He was also being threatened by the workers whom he caught doing wrong things. He received death threats. He once lodged a complaint over (the issue and requested) to be transferred. We even liaised with our management, but it resisted. We don’t know what happened, but eventually he committed suicide.”

Nharaunda said PSMI workers blamed their employer for failing to address their salary concerns. The company has for many months been at loggerheads with its employees over salary arrears.Some of the workers are reportedly being evicted from their lodgings over rental arrears.

It is alleged that on February 6, Chatindivara wrote to the acting loss control manager Caesar Nyamajiwa telling him about the death threats he received for exposing theft at the company.

“On January 23, I submitted a report on the missing spare wheels, battery and the waste damaged properties vehicle NP200 with registration number AEN 0831, which I copied to Mr S Dhliwayo who forwarded the report to Sibonginkosi Ndlovu to respond. During the process, Ndlovu forwarded the report to Itai Mapasure who was not entitled to see it and after seeing it he started to hunt me and threatened to fight or kill me.

Ndlovu had no right whatsoever in his capacity to release the confidential information to Itai. The case is still under investigation by investigation officer Constable Moyo from Bulawayo Central under reference number IR633/23,” he wrote.

He then sought urgent transfer to Harare saying he no longer felt safe working in the region but his request was shot down.

Meanwhile, PSMI workers have written to Health and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga requesting dissolution of the board for allegedly running down the company.

By A Correspondent- A woman from Bulawayo’s Njube suburb applied for a protection order against her drug addict grandson claiming he was in the habit of storming into her bedr00m to bash her before threatening to stab her to death.

Yvonne Mabhena applied for the protection order at the Western Commonage Court saying her grandson Winston Dube was in the habit of abusing drugs.

She said after that her grandson would insult her and on one occasion he stormed into her bedroom and poured cold water on her blankets.

Mabhena said her efforts to make him reform had been fruitless as he did not listen to her.

Mabhena said her efforts to make him reform had been fruitless as he did not listen to her.

Her affidavit partially read: “I’m applying for a protection order against my grandson. He is a drug addict. When he returns home during the night he harasses me by insulting me.

“Last week he stormed into my bedroom and poured cold water on my blankets while I was slǝǝping. He then beat me up accusing me of not cooking meat as relish. I’m now living in fear.”

The presiding magistrate Sikhethile Moyo granted Mabhena a protection order against her troublesome grandson.

Winston was ordered not to verbally and physically abuse his grandmother.

— BMetro

By-Senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officials say Uebert Angel (real surname Mudzanire) misled the public when he claimed that what people saw on Al Jazeera’s investigative documentary “Gold Mafia” “was not real; it was acting” as part of “a classified national intelligence assignment”.

Speaking after the final episode of the Gold Mafia documentary titled “Have The King With You”, Angel’s lawyer Lovemore Madhuku, said his client was working with national intelligence.

Madhuku said that after Angel was approached by the purported investors, he consulted the national intelligence to do security checks on them and was advised that something suspicious was going on.

However, senior CIO officers told a local online news portal that Angel’s assertions were false. Said the senior CIO officer:

What Angel said through his lawyer is fiction. There was no such an intelligence operation.

In any case, even if it was there he would not be the one to speak about it.

He doesn’t work for CIO and knows nothing about how it operates and its internal dynamics.

He doesn’t know what he is talking about, but what he said is being viewed and taken seriously.

It will be acted upon. There will be an internal process to deal with that.

Another CIO boss said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large was “waffling”. Said the official:

He was just waffling. How would he know of our operations that we who work don’t know anything about? There is no such thing.

It’s just a smokescreen to cover his tracks and protect the chefs (Mnangagwa and Auxillia). In fact, the whole thing is ridiculous.

If that was an intelligence operation, it would be more serious, clinical and sophisticated, not mahumbwe aya (child’s play).

Intelligence operations of that nature are not child’s play.

The Gold Mafia investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) is a four-part documentary that revealed a series of gold smuggling gangs in Southern Africa.

The gangs help criminals launder hundreds of millions of dollars, getting rich themselves while plundering their nations.

They turn dirty cash into clean, seemingly legitimate money for those with large amounts of unaccounted wealth.

The gangs do so by using a complex web of companies, counterfeit identities and fake documents.

By A Correspondent- In a shocking incident that has left the Harare community in disbelief, Dennis Munyikwa, a well-known nightclub bouncer, reportedly took his own life by slitting his own throat with a knife.

The incident occurred at his mother’s residence in Warren Park 1 on Thursday afternoon.

The 37-year-old Munyikwa’s death has been linked to a failed business deal involving a substantial amount of US dollars, although specific details surrounding the deal remain unclear.

 Sources suggest that Munyikwa was involved in illicit activities and had incurred significant debts.

Munyikwa, renowned for his work as a bouncer at prominent nightclubs including Club Sankayi, Club 1+1, and Club Connect, was a popular figure within Harare’s vibrant nightlife scene.

His untimely demise has left his friends and colleagues devastated, as they struggle to come to terms with the tragedy.

Many described Munyikwa as a friendly, loyal, and hardworking individual who was always wearing a smile and known for his lighthearted jokes. They expressed their disbelief, as there were no apparent signs of depression or stress in his demeanor.

Efforts to reach out to Munyikwa’s family for comments proved futile; however, it is evident that they are profoundly affected by the sudden and tragic loss. The family is said to be devastated and grappling with the grief caused by this unexpected incident.

Following the tragic incident, Munyikwa’s body was transported to Parirenyatwa Hospital for a post-mortem examination.