Tinashe Sambiri| CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has vowed citizens will not allow Zanu PF to steal the people’s victory.
President Chamisa made the remarks at a media briefing in Harare on Thursday.
According to President Chamisa, Zanu PF is afraid of CCC’s enigmatic approach to politics.
He also denounced the persecution of Hon Job Sikhala by the Zanu PF regime.
PPE in mining
Worn to minimize exposure to various hazards.
Examples of PPE include gloves, steel-toed footwear, eye protection, protective hearing devices (earplugs, muffs), hard hats, respirators and reflective clothing.
Gloves – prevent scrapes and abrasions.
Footwear- should be water proof and a puncture proof sole.
Eye protection- prevent dirt and dust floating around the mine from going into the eyes. Also keep chemicals from splashing into the eyes.
Protective hearing devices- to prevent irreversible hearing loss from loud machines, tools and vehicles miners use
Hard hats- protect the miner from water and falling objects
Respirators- prevent from dust exposure which may cause chronic lung disease in the long run.
Reflective clothing- for workers to be recognized easily.
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Tinashe Sambiri| CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has vowed citizens will not allow Zanu PF to steal the people’s victory.
President Chamisa made the remarks at a media briefing in Harare on Thursday.
According to President Chamisa, Zanu PF is afraid of CCC’s enigmatic approach to politics.
He also denounced the persecution of Hon Job Sikhala by the Zanu PF regime.
By A Correspondent| Ex-banker Nigel Chanakira’s complain against City of Harare over its controversial move to introduce reinforcement teams that have been moving around the central business district clamping cars, has forced the Mayor Jacob Mafume to announce new measures.
Posting on Twitter, Chanakira said he was asked to pay US$130 after his car was clamped after he failed to pay parking due to the absence of parking marshalls.
“Clamped in Harare whilst in a meeting after I failed to see the parking attended to pay & I was stuck for a solid 2 hours sorting this out City Parking asked for US$130. The fine is totally disproportionate to the offense. I’m perplexed that we can have such unjust city bylaws,” said Chanakira.
In response, Mafume said he will call a press conference to announce recommendations received from the public.
Mafume said as an authority, they need to strike a balance between fines and what people can afford.
“We have noted concerns of the public on this issue .We will be calling a Press Conference tomorrow together with city parking to announce the recommendations we have received from the public .We have to strike a balance between the fines and what people can afford,” said Mafume.
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has vowed citizens will not allow Zanu PF to steal the people’s victory.
President Chamisa made the remarks at a media briefing in Harare on Thursday.
According to President Chamisa, Zanu PF is afraid of CCC’s enigmatic approach to politics.
He also denounced the persecution of Hon Job Sikhala by the Zanu PF regime.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, who owns Better Brands, is reportedly engaged in secret mining at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, despite closure of the mine by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) in January following reports of fatal accidents involving artisanal miners.
Since Friday last week, two deaths have been reported in Penhalonga, one of them at Redwing Mine.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the death of Eubret Pedro (37) and Kelvin Chapeta (36) in Penhalonga.
“On Friday at around 9pm, Eubret Pedro was in the company of his colleague Munashe Nyagura at Zaina Mine Shaft at Redwing Mine. Pedro went inside a 15-metre deep mine.
His colleague became suspicious when Pedro took long to come out of the mine. Nyagura reported to the Redwing Mine security, who reported the matter to police in Penhalonga, who then retrieved the deceased’s body,” Muzondo said.
“He had no visible marks. Maybe he suffocated or inhaled some gases. We have another sudden death which occurred on Sunday (March 5, 2023) of an illegal miner Kelvin Chapeta at Premier Central, Old Mutare in Penhalonga who was trapped in a mine shaft.”
However, Premier Central where Chapeta died is not in the Redwing Mine premises.
On reports of secret mining activities by Better Brands, Muzondo said: “We will make some investigations to find out whether it’s true or false, but ask them about it. We can’t comment on behalf of the company.”
EMA was forced to close the mine after pressure from civic society groups such as Centre for Research and Development (CRD), and Ziva Community Empowerment Trust who claimed that since 2020, over 100 deaths were recorded at the mine.
EMA Manicaland provincial boss Kingstone Chitotombe yesterday said the suspension was still in force.
“The suspension of Better Brands mining in Penhalonga is still in full force. We suspended them on issues to do with mining safety and regulations and environmental degradation,” he said.
Former Mutasa South constituency legislator Regai Tsunga (Citizens Coalition for Change) confirmed that Better Brands was involved in secret mining at Redwing Mine.
“EMA advised Better Brands to stop its mining operations over numerous deaths, but I have done my investigations and it seems they are mining unofficially. Just a few days ago, there were reported deaths, and there is an attempt by the company to suppress information on on-going mining operations. The safety of miners is not being considered,” Tsunga said.
Mutasa South MP Misheck Mugadza (Zanu PF) confirmed the death of the miner at Redwing Mine.
“I know of the death of Eubret Pedro, and he is an ordinary miner. He does not mine for Better Brands. I bought a coffin for him. What I have gathered is that there are some illegal miners who are sneaking into the mine during the night and they start mining. EMA should allow mining activities to resume because the company is complying,” Mugadza said.
Redwing Mine manager Alexio Guyo yesterday refused to respond to questions from NewsDay.
“Let them write what they want and they will get tired. Currently, I have officials from the Ministry of Mines and EMA. My boss Scott Sakupwanya said write what you want,” he said.
Guyo alleged that reports that they were mining clandestinely were sponsored by unnamed politicians in connivance with some civic groups.
“It’s unfortunate that we have people who have been fighting us. This is politically motivated from the opposition,” Guyo said.
Better Brands was recently granted a licence by government to build Zimbabwe’s second gold refinery in Bulawayo.
Sakupwanya is a key Zanu PF member and is expected to help finance the ruling party’s election campaign ahead of polls expected in August.
He has also been previously pictured with Mnangagwa at State House.
CRD director James Mupfumi said: “The culture of impunity orchestrated by greedy and political supremacy has replaced constitutionalism in Zimbabwe.
Government is turning a blind eye to the continued deaths at Redwing because elements in the State security system and political elite are benefiting from gold plunder at Redwing Mine.
To them, murder of desperate citizens by Better Brands’ dangerous mining pits doesn’t matter.”
-Newsday
By A Correspondent- A 37 year old Harare man has appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing charges of rɑp!ng a 13-year-old minor.
The accused (name withheld to protect the minor) was remanded in custody to March 10 to allow the court to get the complainant’s medical results.
The accused has, however, claimed that he was in a consensual ƨǝxuɑl relati0nship with the minor, having prop0sed to her on February 14, 2022.
The court heard that the accused had ƨǝxuɑl interc0urse with the minor on several occasions since last year until the matter came to light.
This was after the complainant revealed the matter to her friend.
However, her friend told the complainant’s aunt who in turn reported the matter to the police, leading to the arrest of the accused person.
— NewsDay
By A Correspondent- A Gokwe man is battling for his life after he was brutally assaulted and stabbed over refusing to buy his friends beer.
Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident.
He said the victim, Aram Dube, was rushed to Gokwe North District Hospital by a passer-by. The two suspects are still at large.
“I can confirm the incident of a man in Gokwe who is fighting for his life at a local hospital. This was after he was attacked by his friends after refusing to buy them beer. The victim was rushed to hospital by a passer-by,” Mahoko said.
Meanwhile, a Silobela man also died after he was assaulted by his drinking mate over an undisclosed matter. The suspect has since been arrested.
Police also said a 19 year old woman from Shumba village under chief Mposi in Mberengwa allegedly killed her seven month old baby by lacing her milk with a poisonous substance.
Mahoko said the woman; Felistas Mpofu, has been arrested and is assisting police with investigations.
-Newsday
Trial Day 1, 6 March 2023, Bindura
Yesterday we were back at Bindura Magistrates Court in solidarity with Sandra Zenda and Kudakwashe Munemo, our staff members, for the commencement of their trial in the matter in which they are jointly charged with convening a meeting without police clearance on 29 June 2022, charges which are clearly defective at law.
However, the state was not ready to proceed with trial, submitting that its alleged witnesses were not available. The two have since been further remanded to the 23rd of March 2023 for continuation of trial.
Meanwhile, our lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) representing Sandra and Kudakwashe notified the court that they finally managed to get a transcript of the Magistrate’s ruling turning down the application to have the defective charges dismissed and are proceeding to apply for a review of the ruling at the High Court.
The application to have the charges dismissed is premised on the need to avoid contributing towards bad legal precedence at law by conceding to rulings which are not based on the law and constitution of the country.
By Jeremie Kalombo | The African continent is bestowed with so much natural wealth such as diamonds, coal, petroleum, natural gas, copper, and uranium to mention a few. Still, it has been the poorest continent in the world for so long. Africa is blessed with a wide variety of resources including human and natural resources. This begs the question of why these resources have not been transformed and utilized to the benefit of residents on the continent.
Africa is indeed a painful curse because it has plenty of natural resources, brilliant minds, and educated people but it is the poorest of the poor in the world.
The incidence of poverty in Africa is multifaceted and cannot be traced to a single cause. Factors including corruption, poor governance, and leadership, weak Institutions, intractable wars, and conflicts are the main cause of underdevelopment in Africa.
The resource curse according to the oxford dictionary refers to the paradox that countries with an abundance of natural resources tend to have less economic growth, less democracy, and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources.
Despite its claim to large reserves of resources, Africa remains the poorest continent in the world because of nepotism and corruption. The leaders of many African countries engage themselves in politics to satisfy their personal needs and fulfil the wishes of their relatives. Their focus is amassing wealth whiles in power and thus very little attention is given to state institutions that are relevant in building up the economies of African countries and making them sustainable. This systematically creates a situation of poverty and inequality where only a few influential and rich people in the society mostly politicians and their allies benefit from the political and economic system. A massive sum of money is used for the benefit of a few private individuals and their families. If this amount were to be reinvested in the African economy and used to rebuild factories, schools, and hospitals, I am sure it would result in economic growth.
An illustration of corruption is in Congo, whereby Joseph Kabila and his family are among the richest people not just in that country but on the entire African continent, owing their wealth to diamond mining this is a clear abuse of position, and yet Congo as a country which consistently records an unimaginable number of deaths of innocent lives due to poverty.
The other example of corruption is the former President of Nigeria, Sani Abacha who was estimated to be worth $20 million. If this massive amount would have been channelled for the provision of amenities in the country, Nigeria would not have the problems of erratic power supply, bad roads, poor health services, insecurity, high rate of poverty, and high level of unemployment the high rate of dropout of school-aged children. Hence this is a country where the majority are unemployed. A country where innocent lives are lost by the second simply because hospitals are not able to access the needed electricity in treating patients. This is a country where innocent people die just because they could not access a mere $10 for medical treatment of preventable diseases such as malaria, and yet leaders in charge of the national and natural resources are speedily making themselves billionaires by the day. How can a president, a public servant in such a country end up being a billionaire at the expense of innocent lives, if not for corruption?
Nigeria has taken giant strides backward notwithstanding the fact that it is a major petroleum-producing country. The plundering of its petroleum wealth has made Nigeria one of the world`s poorest nations. This shows that the African leaders’ focus is on amassing wealth whiles in power and thus very little attention is given to state institutions that are relevant in building up the economies of African countries. Africa has become a haven for despotic leaders who are using their political muscles to plunder the continent`s natural resources. In African countries, basic things like electricity and clean water cannot be provided by the government whilst the leaders build mansions and live a lavish life. Once they taste the power they won’t leave it as they thrive on intimidation and abductions.
African leadership is squarely to blame for the stagnation, decay, and backwardness in the continent. The African leaders hardly have the sense of serving the people instead, the rulers instill fear in the people who elect them.
Some leaders like Robert Mugabe destroyed the Zimbabwean economy reducing the once admired bread basket of Southern Africa into a basket case. Apart from the deep corruption in many African states, the existence of natural resources is a potential source of conflict and this tends to erode the government’s ability to function properly. The effects of conflicts on societies and communities continue to render many Africans poor. Several countries in Africa have been through civil wars at a point in time. When conflicts break out, the level of productivity and investment which is already low plummets even further. It becomes unattractive for private organizations to invest their capital in countries that are in conflict.
Governments also spend a lot of their limited funds on conflicts. Coupled with all these is the rise in unemployment. The effects of conflicts on societies and communities continue to render many Africans poor. Several countries in Africa have been through civil wars at a point in time. There have been long-running civil wars in African countries such as Angola, Burundi, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. In times of conflict, many state resources which could have been used to alleviate poverty levels in such countries are wasted on relief services and post-conflict peacebuilding in times of conflict there are violations of human rights, and child soldiers are denied access to education and freedom of association.
Africa remains the worst of all continents as if we are cursed yet we are not even cursed at all. There the continent needs changes for the country to have sustainable development and economic growth.
Africa is also underdeveloped because it is still colonized by its former colonizers.
France is incredibly desperate to hold on to its former colonies. That’s why France never actually gave their colonies the opportunity to be independent. It is nothing but an illusion that is supposed to make the people feel like they are free and independent and responsible for their own fate, while France still controls almost every significant aspect of their former colonies.
In 2008, former French President Jacques Chirac stated that without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third-world country. Industrial France has nothing to offer that would explain why it is still one of the richest countries in the world. The only reason the country is still as wealthy as it was 50 years ago being that the neo-colonial system puts about 500 billion US dollars a year from Africa into its treasury.
China is the main culprit where African resources are being exchanged for infrastructural project development. We now even have a case where China through its vast reserves and investment banks is buying out former colonial resource companies all over Africa and cheaply transferring vast amounts of resources to China. In return, they are building roads, railways, and schools and even provide food aid as if theirs is the concern for Africa`s development and poverty yet it’s about them.
The curse of Africa`s resources continues unabated while poverty continues to spread.
Unless we break the vicious cycle of greed, Africa will never reach its full potential. I suggest that inclusive, responsive, and accountable governments are a necessity for combating corruption in Africa. The importance of strong institutions and reasonably fair distribution of resources are also emphasized. Finally, there must be long-term plans to address poverty. Poverty is not only limited to Africa. The eradication or significant reduction in poverty levels in Africa cannot be done with simple and generalized solutions. There must be dedicated long-term plans with strong political commitments to alleviate poverty in the African region.
National efforts toward economic reform should be enhanced by regionally concerted support systems. Africa should show the need to expedite the implementation of sound proposals through greater commitment, speed, and effectiveness in translating good intentions into concrete and results-oriented actions on the continent.
Jeremie Kalombo is in her final year doing international relations at Africa University. The views expressed in this article are the author`s own
By A Correspondent- Police in Tsholotsho a fortnight ago arrested a man for stabbing another man in the stomach with a knife in the stomach, over an altercation over a curvy girlfriǝnd.
Police confirmed the arrest of Melusi Ncube in connection with the case of attempted murder.
They posted a statement concerning the issue on their official Twitter page saying: “Melusi Ncube was arrested in connection with a case of attempted murder in which a man (42) was stabbed with an okapi knife in the stomach after a misunderstanding over a girlfriend.”
Ncube’s age was not given in the statement and is expected to appear in court to answer for a charge of attempted murder.
-statemedia
Two pupils were killed and several others injured in an accident involving two minibus taxis and a truck on the N4 between Vosman and Emalahleni in Mpumalanga. Department of Community Safety Security and Liaison’s Moeti Mmusi said allegations were that one of the taxis may have stopped or slowed down on the road while the truck was already too close.
“The truck subsequently hit the taxi on the rear, and the taxi then went to collide into the rear of the minibus that was in front. All vehicles were travelling in the same direction,” said Mmusi.
– Botho Molosankwe
-News24
Two Chiweshe brothers are in trouble after they produced an unlicensed firearm in a bid to scare away an angry mob that wanted to assault them in a fake gold dispute.
The matter came to light at Concession magistrates court today where Tanaka Jaji (25) and Obidience Jaji (23) appeared before Magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware.
The duo pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm.
Nembaware granted them $30000 bail each.
The state led by Precious Khanye alleged on December 19 the duo were in company of their friend Tafadzwa Chirenje who had fake gold which he intended to sell.
The trio who were using a Toyota Fortuner registration number AFR 4015 went to Thorn Creek farm Concession to sell the fake gold.
They approached Tinashe Makiwa who discovered that the gold was fake and alerted other villagers.
The angry mob came with stones and wooden logs intending to assault the trio.
Chirenje managed to escape and one of the accused pulled a gun from the dashboard and disembarked from the car threatening to shoot the crowd.
The mob fled and police acted swiftly to arrest the duo.
The matter continues on March 28.- Byo24
SOME suburbs in Bulawayo have gone for three weeks without running water, amid fears of an outbreak of waterborne diseases.
For residents, who were already enduring a 72-hour water shedding, the local authority has failed them.
“This is the worst group of councillors ever to run Bulawayo and we are so ashamed that we have a failed leadership that has run down the city. How do we get to three weeks without water yet there is no word from councillors and no measures to mitigate the situation? We can’t have service delivery falling to such levels and nobody says a thing when water of all the things is not there, this is a bad situation,” said a resident.
“We have not even been told why we don’t have water, but if you look at their water bills there are huge bills yet there is no water. How do we survive like that? We are surviving on borehole water which is equally contaminated due to sewerage that is all over town this is a sad chapter for Bulawayo,” said another.
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Councillor Mlandu Ncube acknowledged the challenge, saying it was due to vandalism at its main pumping station, “It is true that some areas have gone for over three weeks without water this is because of cables that have been stolen in our water treatment plant areas and other challenges and we are trying to rectify the situation.”
The opposition-run council recently acknowledged failure in service delivery, including refuse collection, provision of water and timeously attending to burst sewerage pipes.- ZBC News
SOME suburbs in Bulawayo have gone for three weeks without running water, amid fears of an outbreak of waterborne diseases.
For residents, who were already enduring a 72-hour water shedding, the local authority has failed them.
“This is the worst group of councillors ever to run Bulawayo and we are so ashamed that we have a failed leadership that has run down the city. How do we get to three weeks without water yet there is no word from councillors and no measures to mitigate the situation? We can’t have service delivery falling to such levels and nobody says a thing when water of all the things is not there, this is a bad situation,” said a resident.
“We have not even been told why we don’t have water, but if you look at their water bills there are huge bills yet there is no water. How do we survive like that? We are surviving on borehole water which is equally contaminated due to sewerage that is all over town this is a sad chapter for Bulawayo,” said another.
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Councillor Mlandu Ncube acknowledged the challenge, saying it was due to vandalism at its main pumping station, “It is true that some areas have gone for over three weeks without water this is because of cables that have been stolen in our water treatment plant areas and other challenges and we are trying to rectify the situation.”
The opposition-run council recently acknowledged failure in service delivery, including refuse collection, provision of water and timeously attending to burst sewerage pipes.- ZBC News
A day later, the Reserve (RBZ) governor John Mangudya bounces back to say he did not at all threaten the Al Jazeera network.
Mangudya says he has “nothing against” Al Jazeera over a yet to be premiered exposé on money laundering involving the country’s gold.
Qatar-based State-owned broadcaster, Al Jazeera, has announced that it will release a four-part documentary titled: Gold Mafia exposing how Zimbabwe’s gold is used to launder money by prominent local businesspersons, government, Zanu PF and RBZ officials.
Mangudya on Monday released a statement refuting claims that the bank was involved in money laundering.
Speaking at a breakfast meeting in Harare yesterday, Mangudya said: “That is why I said we don’t know the reasons why those people who were interviewed told Al Jazeera what they did. I have nothing against Al Jazeera. It was those people who were interviewed, who were volunteering, who were trying to be big people in talking about Zimbabwe, that this is a place where you can launder your funds.”
The breakfast meeting was hosted by the Zimbabwe Economics Society and German-based civic organisation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
He said: “In those responses, we also advised that there was no need to use money laundering funds for financing gold in Zimbabwe because gold is not sanctioned, so why use illicit financing?”
Apart from the RBZ, some of the prominent Zimbabweans mentioned in snippets of the documentary include Ubert Angel and gold dealer Ewan Macmillan.
Henrietta Rushwaya, president of Zimbabwe Miners Federation was also mentioned in the documentary.
Coincidentally, Rushwaya was arrested two years back, but not convicted for trying to smuggle out six kilogrammes of gold at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare.
“By the way, money laundering is serious, very serious. When people say to me did I respond too fast, or was I not supposed to wait, waiting for what when the house is burning? You are told that there is money laundering in your country and that the RBZ is the one that is cleaning these suits called laundering and then you sleep comfortably waiting?” Mangudya asked rhetorically.
“We were just removed from the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey list which is about money laundering and counter financing terrorism because we worked very hard for it, then someone is trying to put a knife in us for whatever reasons.”
FATF is an intergovernmental organisation based in France that develops policies to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Zimbabwe was removed from the grey list in March 2022, after being placed on the list in 2019.— Newsday
A SWIMMING expedition for three juveniles aged 8, 12 and 13 ended tragically after they drowned in a river in Somabhula area outside Gweru.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the drowning of the juveniles from Plot 40 Fallow Field Somabhula.
“On Saturday and in Somabhula three juveniles aged 8, 12 and 13 of Plot 40 Fallow Field Somabhula drowned while swimming in Mhlonga River,” he said.
Insp Mahoko said the trio left their clothes on the river bank before getting into the river.
“The matter was reported to the police and the bodies which initially could not be located were found floating on the following day March 5 and were retrieved by local villagers,” said Insp Mahoko.
— Chronicle
Elderly producer Clive Mukundu narrates a Bob Marley account concerning submission to mentors.
He writes on his portal, saying:
This is Bob Marley and his music teacher, Joe Higgs. Joe Higgs was once a popular artist in Jamaica, then, later on, started running informal music lessons at his house in Trench Town. He is the one responsible for teaching Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer & many other popular Jamaican singers.
What fascinated me is how Bob remained close & submissive to his teacher, even when Bob became a major star. They say a picture says a thousand words, and just by looking at this picture, you can feel the bond between teacher and student. You can’t also help but notice the humility in Bob’s demeanor.
Higgs is credited with teaching his pupils breath control, melody, and guitar songwriting lessons. For all of you who boast of losing your voices after a church service, it’s because of a lack of knowledge of vocal techniques. By applying proper vocal technique you won’t lose your voice.
Sadly Higgs passed away on December 18, 1999, leaving a huge behind-the-scenes legacy.
When I think of Joe Higgs I’m reminded of great Zimbabwean teachers & mentors like Shephered Chinyani,Isaac Chirwa,Ambuji,etc.Give me more names tinzwe,tag a mentor & give them their flowers.
Several local premiership clubs have been dealt a heavy blow after only six venues were approved to host Premier Soccer League matches this season
Hwange Colliery Stadium and Sakubva Stadium were among several venues that failed to meet standards to host PSL matches this season.
According to the PSL, only six stadia have been approved and these include Baobab in Ngezi, Barbourfields and Luveve in Bulawayo, Gibbo in Chiredzi, Mandava in Zvishavane and the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
Harare has six clubs; Dynamos, Caps United, Herentals, Craneborne Bullets, Yadah and Black Rhinos, meaning that they might be forced to share the National Sports Stadium, while other clubs like new boys, Simba Bhora, Manica Diamonds and ZPC Kariba might also want to use the same venue.
The development comes at a time Simba Bhora was renovating Wadzanayi Stadium in Shamva, Green Fuel upgrading Green Fuel Sports Arena and Sheasham working on Bata Stadium.
Black Rhinos had also started work on Chinhoyi Stadium.
However, all these teams will have to wait for another round of inspections to see if their venues can host matches, but in the meantime, they will have to look for alternative venues.– ZBC
A CITY Park marshal came very close to being bashed by a motorist along Orr Street in Harare yesterday after he had clamped a vehicle.
The intervention of some members of the public saved the marshal.
The fracas attracted a number of onlookers, with many of them expressing reservations about the marshal’s use of obscene language.
The motorist questioned the marshal if it was lawful to clamp a vehicle, whose parking ticket had expired, by five minutes.
“You cannot clamp a vehicle, because of five minutes, unless you have legal powers to exert instant justice using by-laws of 1932.
“We have been told that you are just raising money to renovate Rufaro Stadium, but this must not inconvenience motorists,” the motorist said.
The City Park marshal responded by uttering unprintable words.
City Park joined Harare City Council police last month to enforce traffic laws within the capital’s CBD. -H Metro
Tinashe Sambiri
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop personalising and privatising public information.
This follows the High Court ruling which threw away an application by Harare North legislator Allan Markham to be granted access to an electronic voters roll.
The High Court raised security concerns when an electronic voters roll.
Responding to the ruling, President Chamisa said: “It is impossible to have a credible and acceptable election without an audited voters roll.”
“Dear ZEC & ED; Disputed elections are bad for our country. It’s impossible to have a credible & acceptable election without a credible & audited voters’roll.
Why keep public records secret? Why personalize and privatize pubic information & institutions? Let’s #fixthis now!,” said President Chamisa.
ZAKA–Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has promised a lump sum of US$50 each to 26 000 village heads dotted across the country backdated to May 2022, a figure that will amount to over US$14 million, among other pecks in what could be frantic efforts to pacify the rural electorate ahead of this year’s harmonized elections.
Moyo made the remarks in Zaka at the installation ceremony of Chief Bota (real name Tafirenyika Bwazvo) at Bota Primary School on March 2, 2023, where he told the gathering that village heads were to be given US$550 each to cover the last 11 months, by end of March 2023, after which they will continue to get their US$50 monthly payouts starting April 2023.
He said they had been left out when government ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs) were given packages and will, on top of that get free medical insurance for themselves, their spouses and three children under 18.
“The President asked Chiduwa (Deputy Minister of Finance) to release funds to give to village heads after MPs and Ministers were given, Chiefs were given so the President said give the village heads and because we delayed the payouts, we are backdating to May last year. So all the 26 000 village heads under government pay roll will get to be paid a lump sum.
“Some of the Chiefs are old and they get sick regularly, so each Chief will be given a medical aid, government will pay 80 percent and they will pay US$ 3, while headmen and village heads will be paying US$ 2 and $ 1 respectively.
That is what President Mnangagwa is doing for you,” said Moyo.
He said village heads were important to the party because they are the ones who know people who are eligible to vote in their villages.
“If you want to win, work with village heads, they are the ones who know the number of households in their respective areas, they know everyone who is eligible to vote.
That is why I am here, I have come to urge you (the Chief) to work with Zanu PF, see that you come from Zanu PF and you have already been working with the party.
“If you see a Chief being greeted traditionally (Kuuchira mambo) by a DCC member, it shows that Chief belongs to Zanu PF,” said Moyo.
He also acknowledged the presence of Zanu PF Provincial Chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa saying he had come to see if the people of Bota will vote for Zanu PF.
“The Chairman you chose to be the leader of Zanu PF in the province is here, I think he has come to see that since you have been given the chieftaincy, will you vote for the person who gave you the crown,” said Moyo.
He said Masvingo had a number of acting chiefs and at some point there were 26 chiefs who were on acting basis and said he was on a spree to install substantive chiefs.
Last year Zanu PF Vice President Kembo Mohadi toured the province meeting traditional leaders in a move that was seen as a way of getting assurance of loyalty from them.- Tellzim News
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has clocked 267 in prison.
Hon Sikhala was arrested in June last year for vigorously denouncing the brutal murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
In a statement on Wednesday, CCC called for the immediate release of Hon Sikhala.
“FREE SIKHALA: Our MP, Hon @JobSikhala1 has spent 267 days in pre-trial detention.
This continued persecution against our members must be strongly condemned.
He’s a political prisoner who’s being persecuted for legally representing Moreblessing Ali who was brutally murdered by a Zanu PF member.
Bail is a constitutional right. #FreeWiwa #WiwaWednesday.”
Highlanders coach Baltemar Brito has played down the talk of winning the league in the 2023 Castle Lager Premiership season.
Brito took over the reins following the sacking of Mandla Mpofu after the last winter.
The Portuguese gaffer managed to stabilised the ship and finished the season on fifth position with 51 points.
Speaking to The Herald, Brito said winning the league title this season will be a huge bonus as he is still getting used to the environment and developing the players.
“The good thing is that we have managed to have most of the players we had last season. It’s a very good thing to have the same players for another season. It is an advantage for us,” the gaffer said.
“Winning the league title? I don’t think we have played together for a long enough time. I have been at Highlanders I think for a short period now. I am impressed by the environment, the players and the fans.
“I think they will be very happy if we win trophies for the team. But to say we are winning the title now, I think it will be a bit overambitious. We are building in stages. We have the right players but we need to be together for some time.
“We will see what happens as we go into the season but the aim is to play good football, bring results and make the fans happy.”
Highlanders will begin the 2023 Castle Lager Premiership season at home against ZPC Kariba during the weekend of 18-19 March.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By Dr Ellane Simon
PPE in mining
Worn to minimize exposure to various hazards.
Examples of PPE include gloves, steel-toed footwear, eye protection, protective hearing devices (earplugs, muffs), hard hats, respirators and reflective clothing.
Gloves – prevent scrapes and abrasions.
Footwear- should be water proof and a puncture proof sole.
Eye protection- prevent dirt and dust floating around the mine from going into the eyes. Also keep chemicals from splashing into the eyes.
Protective hearing devices- to prevent irreversible hearing loss from loud machines, tools and vehicles miners use
Hard hats- protect the miner from water and falling objects
Respirators- prevent from dust exposure which may cause chronic lung disease in the long run.
Reflective clothing- for workers to be recognized easily.
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A SWIMMING expedition for three juveniles aged 8, 12 and 13 ended tragically after they drowned in a river in Somabhula area outside Gweru.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the drowning of the juveniles from Plot 40 Fallow Field Somabhula.
“On Saturday and in Somabhula three juveniles aged 8, 12 and 13 of Plot 40 Fallow Field Somabhula drowned while swimming in Mhlonga River,” he said.
Insp Mahoko said the trio left their clothes on the river bank before getting into the river.
“The matter was reported to the police and the bodies which initially could not be located were found floating on the following day March 5 and were retrieved by local villagers,” said Insp Mahoko.
— Chronicle
Two Chiweshe brothers are in trouble after they produced an unlicensed firearm in a bid to scare away an angry mob that wanted to assault them in a fake gold dispute.
The matter came to light at Concession magistrates court today where Tanaka Jaji (25) and Obidience Jaji (23) appeared before Magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware.
The duo pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm.
Nembaware granted them $30000 bail each.
The state led by Precious Khanye alleged on December 19 the duo were in company of their friend Tafadzwa Chirenje who had fake gold which he intended to sell.
The trio who were using a Toyota Fortuner registration number AFR 4015 went to Thorn Creek farm Concession to sell the fake gold.
They approached Tinashe Makiwa who discovered that the gold was fake and alerted other villagers.
The angry mob came with stones and wooden logs intending to assault the trio.
Chirenje managed to escape and one of the accused pulled a gun from the dashboard and disembarked from the car threatening to shoot the crowd.
The mob fled and police acted swiftly to arrest the duo.
The matter continues on March 28.- Byo24
By- A local model Tumelo Nare has been remanded in custody after she was found with cocaine in her hotel room in Harare.
Nare jointly appeared with Precious Bango at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of unlawfully possessing 0.2 grammes of cocaine worth $16 000.
By-Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official David Coltart says he fears for his life following an alleged assassination attempt.
According to Coltart, his motor mechanic discovered that his car’s front left wheel brake system had been tampered with by unknown suspects when the vehicle was taken for service on February 27, 2023.
Coltart said this was the fourth time that his vehicles have been tampered with.
“What is clear is that whoever did this is guilty of attempted murder by interfering with my brake system in this way. Whoever did this did it with the intention of causing my vehicle to have an accident, which could have killed me and whoever else was in the vehicle at the time of any accident,” Coltart told NewsDay.
Coltart said the incident was designed to instill fear in government critics ahead of this year’s elections.
“It sends a message to all who oppose Zanu PF that this is what they are capable of. If they can do this against a relatively high profile ex-Cabinet minister (Primary and Secondary Education) how much more easily can they do it to a young party campaigner or a person based in the rural areas?” Coltart said.
“It is thus designed to silence people into submission. Clearly my life has been placed in danger through this incident and I have now reviewed and enhanced my security procedures and protocols to protect myself and my family.”
Coltart told NewsDay that he did not make a police report because he lacks trust in the law enforcement agency.
“I have no confidence that any report will be properly and fully investigated. The last time I reported a threat against my life to the police I ended up being arrested myself on utterly spurious allegations.”
In 2001, Coltart’s aide and election manager Patrick Nabanyama was kidnapped and has never been seen ever since.
Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa accused Coltart of glory seeking.
“If he can’t get publicity from fake stories of gold smuggling, then he is going to say someone tampered with his brakes. Next time he is going to say someone tampered with his shoes.
“He is always looking at being a victim, he is a cry baby. Maybe he should remember the victims he targeted when he was with Selous Scouts or the Rhodesian Front,” said Mutsvangwa.
By-There was drama for four days as commercial sex workers took over the funeral of a nurse in Warren Park.
The ladies of the night demanded time to celebrate the life of Sophia Amanda Hungwa, who passed away at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital last Thursday. She was 34.
The team performed seductive dances and even offered free sex services to mourners.
They claimed this was the best way to give Sophia the “perfect” send-off.
Health professionals, business people, kombi drivers, touts and socialites attended the funeral. They joined a convoy to Warren Hills Cemetery, where Sophia, a mother of two boys, was laid to rest.
“Sophia was one person who did not hold grudges with whoever wronged her,” said one of the mourners.
“She was ever smiling and had many friends, that is why more people came here to give her a befitting send-off. We are going to have an ‘after tears’ social soccer match dedicated to Sophia soon after burial.
“She used to play women social soccer and was the team captain. “Akanga asingade zvemakuhwa zvekuti madzimai mazhinji aimuziva nekuti John Cena nenyaya yekurova zvibhakera chaizvo,” he said.
A family spokesperson, only identified as Mr Hungwa, said: “We have nothing to say much about Sophia since we are mourning,” said Hungwa.
“We tried our best to mould her but she decided to be counted among women of loose morals and that is why sex workers are with us here.”
Sophia was a qualified nurse at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.H Metro
By-The late former President Robert Mugabe’s daughter, Bona, has broken the country’s maintenance claims record after she demanded US$8 100 per month in child upkeep from her estranged husband Simbarashe Mutsahuni Chikore (46).
The US$8 100 Bona wants for the maintenance of their three minor children.
Bona Nyapudzai Ouma Mugabe (32) is divorcing her husband of nine years on the grounds that their marriage has irretrievably broken down with no prospect of restoration.
She filed the papers at the High Court on Tuesday, 07 March 2023 under HC 1521/2023 seeking an order for a decree of divorce.
According to the court papers, Bona and Simba have lost all love and affection for each other and have been living apart for more than nine months.
The couple has three children aged seven, five and two.
Bona is claiming custody of the children and demanding US$2 700 per month for each child. She said:
In the event of the granting of the Divorce Decree by the honourable court it will be just and equitable that the Defendant be ordered to pay maintenance for the minor children in the sum of USD2, 700.00 per child monthly, until attaining of majority status or they become self-sustaining whichever occurs first.
Bona and Simba married in 2014 and the ceremony was attended by the political and business elite in Zimbabwe and outside the country.
The wedding was also broadcast live on the country’s only television channel, ZBC-TV.
South African top-flight club Richards Bay captain Siphamandla Mtolo has died after collapsing in training on Tuesday.
He was 29.
Mtolo was part of the squad and played the entire match against Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday.
A statement by the club reads: “It is with deep sadness to announce that Richards Bay Football Club has untimely lost one of its midfielders, Siphamandla ‘Spepe’ Mtolo, [who] collapsed this morning during training,” said the club.
“The club is not in a position to provide further information at this stage and asks that his family’s privacy is respected during this difficult time of bereavement.
“His presence both on and off the pitch will be sorely missed. Thoughts and prayers from everyone at Richards Bay Football Club are with his family, friends and loved ones.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Highlanders coach Baltemar Brito has played down the talk of winning the league in the 2023 Castle Lager Premiership season.
Brito took over the reins following the sacking of Mandla Mpofu after the last winter.
The Portuguese gaffer managed to stabilised the ship and finished the season on fifth position with 51 points.
Speaking to The Herald, Brito said winning the league title this season will be a huge bonus as he is still getting used to the environment and developing the players.
“The good thing is that we have managed to have most of the players we had last season. It’s a very good thing to have the same players for another season. It is an advantage for us,” the gaffer said.
“Winning the league title? I don’t think we have played together for a long enough time. I have been at Highlanders I think for a short period now. I am impressed by the environment, the players and the fans.
“I think they will be very happy if we win trophies for the team. But to say we are winning the title now, I think it will be a bit overambitious. We are building in stages. We have the right players but we need to be together for some time.
“We will see what happens as we go into the season but the aim is to play good football, bring results and make the fans happy.”
Highlanders will begin the 2023 Castle Lager Premiership season at home against ZPC Kariba during the weekend of 18-19 March.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By Dr Ellane Simon
PPE in mining
Worn to minimize exposure to various hazards.
Examples of PPE include gloves, steel-toed footwear, eye protection, protective hearing devices (earplugs, muffs), hard hats, respirators and reflective clothing.
Gloves – prevent scrapes and abrasions.
Footwear- should be water proof and a puncture proof sole.
Eye protection- prevent dirt and dust floating around the mine from going into the eyes. Also keep chemicals from splashing into the eyes.
Protective hearing devices- to prevent irreversible hearing loss from loud machines, tools and vehicles miners use
Hard hats- protect the miner from water and falling objects
Respirators- prevent from dust exposure which may cause chronic lung disease in the long run.
Reflective clothing- for workers to be recognized easily.
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International Women’s Day 2023 #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity.
By Hon Temba Mliswa | On this day, March 8th 2023, we recognise International Women’s Day, where we are reminded and celebrate the great strides women are making to positively impact society.
This year’s theme, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” focuses on the role of innovative technology in promoting gender equality and meeting the health and developmental needs of women and girls.
The IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign theme aims at developing conversations about why “equal opportunities are no longer enough”, often they can be more exclusionary, rather than inclusive.
Equality is based on the belief that all people should have the same opportunities for a happy life. Equity is linked to the ideal that success is based on personal efforts and not social status.
Equity acknowledges that people don’t begin life in the same place, and that circumstances can make it more difficult for people to achieve the same goals.
So on this IWD2023, as we #EmbraceEquity we acknowledge the power of women in Norton, Zimbabwe and the world over as we never forget the great words of Abraham Lincoln, _*“All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”_* I wish you all a beautiful day! ?
ZAKA–Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has promised a lump sum of US$50 each to 26 000 village heads dotted across the country backdated to May 2022, a figure that will amount to over US$14 million, among other pecks in what could be frantic efforts to pacify the rural electorate ahead of this year’s harmonized elections.
Moyo made the remarks in Zaka at the installation ceremony of Chief Bota (real name Tafirenyika Bwazvo) at Bota Primary School on March 2, 2023, where he told the gathering that village heads were to be given US$550 each to cover the last 11 months, by end of March 2023, after which they will continue to get their US$50 monthly payouts starting April 2023.
He said they had been left out when government ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs) were given packages and will, on top of that get free medical insurance for themselves, their spouses and three children under 18.
“The President asked Chiduwa (Deputy Minister of Finance) to release funds to give to village heads after MPs and Ministers were given, Chiefs were given so the President said give the village heads and because we delayed the payouts, we are backdating to May last year. So all the 26 000 village heads under government pay roll will get to be paid a lump sum.
“Some of the Chiefs are old and they get sick regularly, so each Chief will be given a medical aid, government will pay 80 percent and they will pay US$ 3, while headmen and village heads will be paying US$ 2 and $ 1 respectively.
That is what President Mnangagwa is doing for you,” said Moyo.
He said village heads were important to the party because they are the ones who know people who are eligible to vote in their villages.
“If you want to win, work with village heads, they are the ones who know the number of households in their respective areas, they know everyone who is eligible to vote.
That is why I am here, I have come to urge you (the Chief) to work with Zanu PF, see that you come from Zanu PF and you have already been working with the party.
“If you see a Chief being greeted traditionally (Kuuchira mambo) by a DCC member, it shows that Chief belongs to Zanu PF,” said Moyo.
He also acknowledged the presence of Zanu PF Provincial Chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa saying he had come to see if the people of Bota will vote for Zanu PF.
“The Chairman you chose to be the leader of Zanu PF in the province is here, I think he has come to see that since you have been given the chieftaincy, will you vote for the person who gave you the crown,” said Moyo.
He said Masvingo had a number of acting chiefs and at some point there were 26 chiefs who were on acting basis and said he was on a spree to install substantive chiefs.
Last year Zanu PF Vice President Kembo Mohadi toured the province meeting traditional leaders in a move that was seen as a way of getting assurance of loyalty from them.- Tellzim News
ZAKA–Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has promised a lump sum of US$50 each to 26 000 village heads dotted across the country backdated to May 2022, a figure that will amount to over US$14 million, among other pecks in what could be frantic efforts to pacify the rural electorate ahead of this year’s harmonized elections.
Moyo made the remarks in Zaka at the installation ceremony of Chief Bota (real name Tafirenyika Bwazvo) at Bota Primary School on March 2, 2023, where he told the gathering that village heads were to be given US$550 each to cover the last 11 months, by end of March 2023, after which they will continue to get their US$50 monthly payouts starting April 2023.
He said they had been left out when government ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs) were given packages and will, on top of that get free medical insurance for themselves, their spouses and three children under 18.
“The President asked Chiduwa (Deputy Minister of Finance) to release funds to give to village heads after MPs and Ministers were given, Chiefs were given so the President said give the village heads and because we delayed the payouts, we are backdating to May last year. So all the 26 000 village heads under government pay roll will get to be paid a lump sum.
“Some of the Chiefs are old and they get sick regularly, so each Chief will be given a medical aid, government will pay 80 percent and they will pay US$ 3, while headmen and village heads will be paying US$ 2 and $ 1 respectively.
That is what President Mnangagwa is doing for you,” said Moyo.
He said village heads were important to the party because they are the ones who know people who are eligible to vote in their villages.
“If you want to win, work with village heads, they are the ones who know the number of households in their respective areas, they know everyone who is eligible to vote.
That is why I am here, I have come to urge you (the Chief) to work with Zanu PF, see that you come from Zanu PF and you have already been working with the party.
“If you see a Chief being greeted traditionally (Kuuchira mambo) by a DCC member, it shows that Chief belongs to Zanu PF,” said Moyo.
He also acknowledged the presence of Zanu PF Provincial Chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa saying he had come to see if the people of Bota will vote for Zanu PF.
“The Chairman you chose to be the leader of Zanu PF in the province is here, I think he has come to see that since you have been given the chieftaincy, will you vote for the person who gave you the crown,” said Moyo.
He said Masvingo had a number of acting chiefs and at some point there were 26 chiefs who were on acting basis and said he was on a spree to install substantive chiefs.
Last year Zanu PF Vice President Kembo Mohadi toured the province meeting traditional leaders in a move that was seen as a way of getting assurance of loyalty from them.- Tellzim News
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has clocked 267 in prison.
Hon Sikhala was arrested in June last year for vigorously denouncing the brutal murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
In a statement on Wednesday, CCC called for the immediate release of Hon Sikhala.
“FREE SIKHALA: Our MP, Hon @JobSikhala1 has spent 267 days in pre-trial detention.
This continued persecution against our members must be strongly condemned.
He’s a political prisoner who’s being persecuted for legally representing Moreblessing Ali who was brutally murdered by a Zanu PF member.
Bail is a constitutional right. #FreeWiwa #WiwaWednesday.”
Steps to starting from zero in the mining sector.
Just like every industry mining has zero beginning where you begin with absolute nothing or with little amounts of less than 100usd .
By nature mining is a very high expenditure business thousands of united States dollars are needed to run a successful mining business sometimes with no returns .
We are going to take you through a short but powerful account of how to begin at zero step by step .
Step 1
Be interested in mining stories read and listen to as many mining stories in detail asking keen and clear questions.
Artisanal miners have a lot of stories to tell each story has a specific detail that is clue to how you can start from zero . By this way you will be informally introducing yourself to it .
Befriend someone in mining.
Deliberately choose a friend who regularly goes to the mine be very close friend. By so doing you receive mining updates and stories for free . You will learn mining terms risks and rewards fast .
3 visit the mines regularly.
Now that you have a friend visit the mines with him regularly to assess the situation and listen to more mining stories from others stay there for a long time sometimes even 12hrs or two days continuously.
4 identify areas of need within your friend’s network.
At this stage visit with a secret book identify needs that would let you in . The easiest is food just buy relish for them for free and start asking direct question how can you be of help .
NB don’t over promise or over commit yourself if you don’t yet understand the risky .
Pause : mining is so risky and ugly the losses are fatal we have lost money huge amounts never to receive it back don’t let the “reward stories ” force you to sell valuable property or use school fees for your kids to invest these “reward stories are structured to lure you .
Lists of free entry points no cent just you .
1 use your own hands join the team with intention of raising money to invest back for those working join night shift before list what you want to do with the money . Below are inputs and values
A box of explosives sets 330usd
A drum of diesel market price
A compressor set 2000usd
Pegging a mine 3000usd.
Never mind the amount using your hands increases the chances of high returns .
2 link with an investor with huge financial muscles and get double share .
3 identify and bring an expert who improve production
Low income entry points in values
1 food and lighting 100usd
50kg mealie
Cooking oil 5litres
Salt
Relish
Torches
Rare cheap entry points
Buying food during milling of ore 400rands or less
Covering a member who felt ill or absent temporarily by some un forseen means .
At this time you have a vision what you want to do this is a list of what you can permanently do
1 be food and relish provider for as many teams as you can .
2 provide transport for life
3 provide explosives and diesel
4 provide compressor or diesel powered windlass
5 build tanks fir cyanide process
6 fund workers for none work related needs . This is risky needs a careful study.
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Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop personalising and privatising public information.
This follows the High Court ruling which threw away an application by Harare North legislator Allan Markham to be granted access to an electronic voters roll.
The High Court raised security concerns when an electronic voters roll.
Responding to the ruling, President Chamisa said: “It is impossible to have a credible and acceptable election without an audited voters roll.”
“Dear ZEC & ED; Disputed elections are bad for our country. It’s impossible to have a credible & acceptable election without a credible & audited voters’roll.
Why keep public records secret? Why personalize and privatize pubic information & institutions? Let’s #fixthis now!,” said President Chamisa.
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has clocked 267 in prison.
Hon Sikhala was arrested in June last year for vigorously denouncing the brutal murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
In a statement on Wednesday, CCC called for the immediate release of Hon Sikhala.
“FREE SIKHALA: Our MP, Hon @JobSikhala1 has spent 267 days in pre-trial detention.
This continued persecution against our members must be strongly condemned.
He’s a political prisoner who’s being persecuted for legally representing Moreblessing Ali who was brutally murdered by a Zanu PF member.
Bail is a constitutional right. #FreeWiwa #WiwaWednesday.”
The marriage of late President Mugabe’s daughter, Bona has collapsed and yesterday she filed for divorce from her child’s father, Simba Chikore on the grounds that there was a total break down with no prospects for restoring the union.
The couple tied the knot on March 1, 2014, in a lavish ceremony at her father’s private home in Harare’s plush Borrowdale. Thousands of people attended the no-expense-spared family event broadcast live by the ZBC-TV.
The wedding also drew the attention of the world after it was attended by African heads of state and government and other high level dignitaries.
Bona Nyapudzai Ouma Mugabe filed the papers at the High Court yesterday seeking an order for a decree of divorce.
According to the court papers, the parties have lost all love and affection for each other and have been living apart for more than nine months. She cited Mr Chikore’s activities outside marriage as one reason for the breakdown.
The couple has three children aged seven, five and two.
Ms Mugabe sought full custody of the children arguing that it was in their best interests but with Chikore granted access to them every alternate weekend.
She also seeks maintenance for the children of US$2 700 monthly per child until they attain their majority or become self-sustaining, whichever occurs first.”
Mugabe said during the subsistence of the marriage, the parties jointly and individually acquired movable and immovable property but dealing with the property issues in the divorce suit would delay the grant of the divorce decree.
The couple’s wedding was billed as the wedding of the year. They were showered with gifts that came to hundreds of thousands of US dollars in cash, cattle and all manner of goodies from relatives, friends and visiting heads of state and government among other VVIPs.
The gifts were unveiled at a cocktail after the official ceremony. The late President Mugabe and former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe gave the new family US$100 000 and 55 head of cattle.
A local mining company weighed in with another US$100 000.
Equatorial Guinea President Mr Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and his wife gave the newly weds US$35 000.
Businessman Mr Ihmad Ahmed made a gift of US$50 000, while Mr and Mrs Gabriel Mugabe showered the couple with US$25 000, plus 10 head of cattle.
ZAOGA (FIF) Qatar, where Mr Chikore is a senior elder, gave him and his new wife US$2 600. Late Zambian President Mr Michael Sata and his wife Dr Christine Kaseba congratulated the couple with a gift hamper worth about US$4 000.
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister then Mr Nicholas Goche came in with US$2 000, while the Zimbabwe Republic Police — represented by ex-Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri — presented the newlyweds with US$10 000.
After the wedding, Bona and Simba went to Seychelles, on the Indian Ocean, for their honeymoon. The honeymoon came courtesy of former Tourism and Hospitality Minister Engineer Walter Mzembi.- state media
Government has offered civil servants a 50 percent pay rise but the representative bodies have flatly refused the offer, according to sources.
The employees have agreed to keep the exact detail of the offer under wraps in order to avoid public outrage, but we reveal the amount.
The National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) negotiation meeting, held on the 9th floor boardroom of Kaguvi Building in Harare between representatives of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and emissaries of civil servants under the banner of the Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), ended in a deadlock.
It was postponed to next Thursday. The civil servants’ demand through ZCPSTU was US$840 salaries, which was an increase on the US$540 that they have long pushed for. The US$540 was pegged on public sector salaries during the power-sharing Government of National Unity.
After the meeting, ZCPSTU said it agreed not to publicise the government’s offer until an agreement has been reached. ZCPSTU chairperson Cecilia Alexander said the exact figures pertaining to the government’s offer were too little and embarrassing, but she would not disclose them.
“We agreed with government not to publicise the offer in order for negotiations to proceed in good faith. We outrightly rejected the offer from government,” Alexander said.
“What government offered as increments was too little from what we are asking. However, we agreed for further engagements. We allowed government to make further consultations so that it comes up with meaningful proposals at the negotiation table.”
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Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop personalising and privatising public information.
This follows the High Court ruling which threw away an application by Harare North legislator Allan Markham to be granted access to an electronic voters roll.
The High Court raised security concerns when an electronic voters roll.
Responding to the ruling, Chamisa said it is impossible to have a credible and acceptable election without an audited voters roll, fuming against ZEC and the state for keeping public records a secret.
“Dear ZEC & ED; Disputed elections are bad for our country. It’s impossible to have a credible & acceptable election without a credible & audited voters’roll. Why keep public records secret? Why personalize and privatize pubic information & institutions? Let’s #fixthis now!,” said Chamisa.
By Farai D Hove | The Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya has tried to reverse his earth-shaking statement that Zimbabwe has no sanctions on imports and exports.
In what some Zimbabweans have titled the “Al Jazeera cyclone,” govt elements have been in panic reactions, responding to the upcoming Al Jazeera documentary investigating money laundering and gold smuggling between Zimbabwe, UK, and the UAE in the last 4 years.
Yesterday, the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission announced it will initiate arrests over the documentary. This is despite some of the accused having been well known for over years in their criminal operations.
In an interview, Dr Mangudya said Zimbabwe remains under sanctions that affect the movement of funds.
Said Magudya:
“Sanctions on Zimbabwe are through ZIDERA and augmented by OFAC through placing of entities on the designated list of sanctions. What this means is that whilst these sanctions are not directly on trade per se they negatively affect the movement of funds within the international banking system.
“The Zimbabwean banking sector has lost a substantial number of corresponding banking relationships over the past 20 years, through de-risking, because of the OFAC sanctions.
“OFAC sanctions also affect the smooth flow of funds across the borders as financial institutions are obligated to comply with OFAC sanctions. ZIDERA on the other hand is designed to put a credit freeze on official financial flows to Zimbabwe,” said Dr Mangudya.
Speaking at a breackfast meeting yesterday morning, Dr Mangudya said allegations of money laundering through the RBZ, that were raised by some media organisations could not go unchallenged.
“The snippets for the documentary that were coming are not rumours or grapevine. When something like that is advertised, I will not sit down and wait when someone is demonising the central bank and Government of Zimbabwe. I am the custodian of the financial system in this country,” Mangudya said.
“Money laundering is serious. Even when people say I responded fast or I was supposed to wait, wait for what when the house is burning? You are told that there is an allegation of money laundering in your country and the Reserve Bank is the one cleaning it and you sleep comfortably waiting, that’s not acceptable. We are a central bank that has its own integrity,” said Dr Mangudya.
The marriage of late President Mugabe’s daughter, Bona has collapsed and yesterday she filed for divorce from her child’s father, Simba Chikore on the grounds that there was a total break down with no prospects for restoring the union.
The couple tied the knot on March 1, 2014, in a lavish ceremony at her father’s private home in Harare’s plush Borrowdale. Thousands of people attended the no-expense-spared family event broadcast live by the ZBC-TV.
The wedding also drew the attention of the world after it was attended by African heads of state and government and other high level dignitaries.
Bona Nyapudzai Ouma Mugabe filed the papers at the High Court yesterday seeking an order for a decree of divorce.
According to the court papers, the parties have lost all love and affection for each other and have been living apart for more than nine months. She cited Mr Chikore’s activities outside marriage as one reason for the breakdown.
The couple has three children aged seven, five and two.
Ms Mugabe sought full custody of the children arguing that it was in their best interests but with Chikore granted access to them every alternate weekend.
She also seeks maintenance for the children of US$2 700 monthly per child until they attain their majority or become self-sustaining, whichever occurs first.”
Mugabe said during the subsistence of the marriage, the parties jointly and individually acquired movable and immovable property but dealing with the property issues in the divorce suit would delay the grant of the divorce decree.
The couple’s wedding was billed as the wedding of the year. They were showered with gifts that came to hundreds of thousands of US dollars in cash, cattle and all manner of goodies from relatives, friends and visiting heads of state and government among other VVIPs.
The gifts were unveiled at a cocktail after the official ceremony. The late President Mugabe and former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe gave the new family US$100 000 and 55 head of cattle.
A local mining company weighed in with another US$100 000.
Equatorial Guinea President Mr Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and his wife gave the newly weds US$35 000.
Businessman Mr Ihmad Ahmed made a gift of US$50 000, while Mr and Mrs Gabriel Mugabe showered the couple with US$25 000, plus 10 head of cattle.
ZAOGA (FIF) Qatar, where Mr Chikore is a senior elder, gave him and his new wife US$2 600. Late Zambian President Mr Michael Sata and his wife Dr Christine Kaseba congratulated the couple with a gift hamper worth about US$4 000.
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister then Mr Nicholas Goche came in with US$2 000, while the Zimbabwe Republic Police — represented by ex-Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri — presented the newlyweds with US$10 000.
After the wedding, Bona and Simba went to Seychelles, on the Indian Ocean, for their honeymoon. The honeymoon came courtesy of former Tourism and Hospitality Minister Engineer Walter Mzembi.- state media
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has instituted investigations into reports that acting chief executive officer Emmanuel Matsvaire allegedly violated the institution’s tender procedures.
Chairman Patrick Devenish has confirmed that the tobacco industry regulator had received an anonymous report, which made claims related to alleged corrupt conduct involving the acting CEO, with the board now actively looking into the matter.
Mr Matsvaire, who was appointed acting chief executive following the arrest of CEO Meanwell Gudu in September last year, is accused of having violated tender procedures for personal gain, nepotism, abuse of farming inputs distributed under TIMB’s tobacco credit inputs scheme (TICS), among several other allegations.
Under the TICS scheme, the regulator disburses inputs to merchants to support smallholder farmers who fail to access the inputs from private commercial contractors.
In an interview with The Herald Finance & Business, Mr Devenish said the board was alive to the allegations and was acting on them. “I can confirm that we have received an anonymous report and the board is following up on it,” said Mr Devenish.
He said given the report had come from an anonymous source, the TIMB board would pursue all avenues to first ascertain the credibility of the report before taking action.
This comes after Mr Gudu appeared in court in September last year on allegations of abusing the tobacco inputs scheme, which was meant to benefit small-scale farmers.
Mr Gugu appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court jointly charged with former TIMB CEO Evaristo Matibiri and Stewart Shanyika, a former head of special projects on criminal abuse of duty charges.
The inputs relate to a US$86,8 million facility funded by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, which was aimed at supporting small-scale tobacco farmers with farming inputs and working capital in a bid to improve tobacco productivity, ensure viable production of Flue Cured Virginia Tobacco of export quality and to increase the size of national crop.
The trio was charged over alleged corrupt conduct in handling the disbursement of inputs to four tobacco contractors namely Big Leaf Tobacco, Central Leaf Tobacco, Bindura Tobacco and Ethical Leaf Tobacco.
To date, the contractors still owe TIMB about US$1,791 million from the 2020/2021 farming season.
Meanwhile, all is set for the 2023 marketing season expected to open today, with the country anticipating to produce 230 million kilogrammes from 212 million kg last year.
The auction floors will open today (Wednesday) while the contract floors will open tomorrow.
The official opening will be held at Tobacco Sales Floor.
However, the bulk of the crop would be sold outside Harare as many contract floors are now decentralized.
Also, with the bulk of tobacco now funded by contractors (about 96 percent), a very small amount of the crop would be sold through the auction system. This season, 85 percent of the proceeds will be paid in foreign currency while the remainder will be liquidated at the official exchange rate. Zimbabwe Farmers Union executive director Mr Paul Zakaria said the farmers were hoping to get fair value for their crop.
“We are expecting a bigger crop and of very good quality because the farmers have put a lot of effort; we expect the off takers to give farmers a fair value for their sweat.
“We also export farmers to be paid on time and in full. As we speak right now, we have farmers who are yet to receive their money from last season and we don’t expect that to happen.”
Recently, Mr George Seremwe, president of the Zimbabwe Tobacco Growers Association (ZTGA) said that this year’s tobacco output was expected to be better both in volume and quality terms due to the good rains that the country received this cropping season. He said the quality of the tobacco crop was good and would fetch top prices.
“This year, we have got a very good crop. The rains were good, even the dry land crop which is rain fed could be looking like the irrigated crop because the rains were quite good.
“We are expecting a very good quality crop. We are only concerned that the inputs were quite expensive, so the prices we are going to fetch from the market should reflect that,” he said.- State Media
The below picture shows the MP for Zvishavane-Runde in red robes together with the aspiring Murowa ward councillor seeking divine votes at a church shrine.
Election times are quite interesting as cunning politicians do the most gullible things. This pictured MP has been AWOL for almost 5 years and has done nothing in terms of development especially in Murowa ward. While it’s good for politicians to seek God but they must also do what the voters elected them for. Murowa ward is the most neglected and underdeveloped area in Zimbabwe despite being home to the largest diamond mine..
The fact that the MP chooses to move around with previous election losers instead of elected office bearers shows that he is very divisive and cunning for unity is key to development. It is high time the voters demand true value of their votes by giving non performers the middle finger.
We are tired of being used, misused and abused by these greedy politicians. The time of being hoodwinked is over as we demand pro-people and pro- development politicians. For far too long we have been cheated with false promises and as a result we are living in abject poverty while these cunning politicians are living large, super rich!
We say NO to missing MPs who represent constituencies via Bluetooth.
Povo Yaramba ibvai henyu MP hatichakudii!
Murowa Community Group
Zvishavane Runde Constituency
Dozens of travellers from Harare including Zimbabwe’s mines minister Winston Chitando were left stranded in Lusaka, Zambia, on Sunday night after a Qatar Airways plane developed a technical fault.
The aircraft declared an emergency on approach to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport with a suspected bird strike on one of the engines.
Fire engines were scrambled, one passenger said.
The passengers waited two hours at the airport before they were put on buses to sleep at local hotels.
Qatar Airways flies a daily service between Doha and Harare via Lusaka. The airline told the passengers they would complete their journeys on the next service on Monday night – disrupting the plans of many of the passengers who had connecting flights and scheduled meetings at their destinations.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner performing Flight QR1456 departed Harare at 6.44PM and landed in Lusaka at 7.30PM, according to data from FlightRadar24.
It had been due to depart Lusaka at 9.15PM for Doha, Qatar’s capital, before a technical fault was declared.
Chitando’s presence on the flight to Doha – home to the Al Jazeera news network which has teased with a documentary into alleged gold cartels smuggling minerals worth billions of dollars out of the country – had raised curiosity among his fellow passengers. The Zimbabwe government, with the central bank leading, is attempting to shut down the expose through threats of legal action.- ZimLive
FORMER Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Kudakwashe Bhasikiti’s rape trial commenced this Monday at Chiredzi Regional Court.
Bhasikiti aged 60, who is also the former legislator for Mwenezi East constituency, appeared before Chiredzi regional Magistrate, Judith Zuyu this Monday facing rape charges.
Appearing for the state, prosecutor Noel Muranda told the court that sometime in 2019, Bhasikiti allegedly went into a room at an unregistered orphanage that he ran at his farm in Mwenezi where the complainant was sleeping.
It is alleged that Bhasikiti approached the complainant and gagged her mouth with one of his hands while forcibly removing the complainant’s clothes.
The court heard that the accused then allegedly raped the complainant once. The matter only came to light last year in December after police received a tip off from one of the workers at the orphanage whom the complainant had confided in, leading to Bhasikiti’s arrest.
Bhasikiti served as the Minister of State for Masvingo Province from 2013 until his expulsion from government and ZANU PF in 2014.- ZBC News
FORMER Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Kudakwashe Bhasikiti’s rape trial commenced this Monday at Chiredzi Regional Court.
Bhasikiti aged 60, who is also the former legislator for Mwenezi East constituency, appeared before Chiredzi regional Magistrate, Judith Zuyu this Monday facing rape charges.
Appearing for the state, prosecutor Noel Muranda told the court that sometime in 2019, Bhasikiti allegedly went into a room at an unregistered orphanage that he ran at his farm in Mwenezi where the complainant was sleeping.
It is alleged that Bhasikiti approached the complainant and gagged her mouth with one of his hands while forcibly removing the complainant’s clothes.
The court heard that the accused then allegedly raped the complainant once. The matter only came to light last year in December after police received a tip off from one of the workers at the orphanage whom the complainant had confided in, leading to Bhasikiti’s arrest.
Bhasikiti served as the Minister of State for Masvingo Province from 2013 until his expulsion from government and ZANU PF in 2014.- ZBC News
HIGHLANDERS legend Madinda Ndlovu has made a sensational return to his boyhood club after he was on Monday appointed first team assistant coach and director for junior development.
The Bulawayo giants confirmed the development in a brief post on their Twitter account.
“We are pleased to announce the return of coach Madinda Ndlovu who joins the club as a first-team assistant coach and Director of Junior Development. We wish him all the best in executing his duties at the club,” wrote the club.- Chronicle
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens across the divide have roundly condemned the disruption of Winky D’s show in Chitungwiza at the weekend.
Winky D’s weekend show was stopped by overzealous police cops.
Below are comments on the disruption of the Gafa’s show:
RWiz Tgia :
Mukoma you are no longer an artist, you are now an Activist. You are a voice of the voiceless. Leader of the people.
Enough Zuze:
I thank you so much Mr BIG MAN the GAFFA for you to sacrifice your self to be a Zimbabwean HEROE of our time God bless you
Clever G Njuga
Whatever happens to you Winky D DiBigman always know you carry the burden of the downtrodden and suffering masses.. Your Music is the voice of the people, Your courage we Shall Forever appreciate . We Pray for Safety as you have put your Life on the Line for Everyone else. Your Selflessness is unmatched. Be Protected from harm’s Way. Hazvirambe zvakadaro.
Cucsman:
Tikada kuita tsvakurudzo yakasimba tinogona kuzoona kuti munhu akatema Winky D nebhodhoro ritori rombe zvaro ,hindaa tichishandiswa vana ve ZIMBABWE, unoshandiswa kurwisa munhu arikuimba ma songs ane message irikutaura nezve reality yehupenyu hwako honestly, iam so hurt
Winky D Fanpage:
Thank you Zimbabwe , thank you Africa and all the Gafas around the world.
The GAFA is safe and sound
Tinashe Sambiri|As Zimbabweans prepare for the coming polls, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF party has imposed a blanket ban on CCC activities in Harare.
The move has been condemned by political observers.
In a video clip, Zanu PF hooligans are heard denouncing CCC and President Nelson Chamisa.
In a statement, CCC described the level of Zanu PF barbarism as shocking and beyond belief.
Read statement below:
Dear @PoliceZimbabwe,
In this video, ZanuPF thugs are openly inciting violence, a crime under Section 187 of the Criminal Law Code.
They’re calling for the banning of all #CCC meetings & rallies in Zimbabwe.
As police you have a moral & legal obligation of maintaining law & order. We call upon the police to bring these perpetrators of violence to justice.
We don’t want war, we want elections. #RegisterToVoteCCC
Tinashe Sambiri|As Zimbabweans prepare for the coming polls, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF party has imposed a blank ban on CCC activities in Harare.
The move has been condemned by political observers.
In a video clip, Zanu PF hooligans are heard denouncing CCC and President Nelson Chamisa.
In a statement, CCC described the level of Zanu PF barbarism as shocking and beyond belief.
Read statement below:
Dear @PoliceZimbabwe,
In this video, ZanuPF thugs are openly inciting violence, a crime under Section 187 of the Criminal Law Code.
They’re calling for the banning of all #CCC meetings & rallies in Zimbabwe.
As police you have a moral & legal obligation of maintaining law & order. We call upon the police to bring these perpetrators of violence to justice.
We don’t want war, we want elections. #RegisterToVoteCCC
Please note that the article below is part of a series of exerpts drafted to equip and empower miners with relevant information.
In addition, the articles seek to bring together key stakeholders in a bid to enhance mining activities…
Some major reasons for failure in artisanal mining.
In another article we discussed issues that causes failure and huge losses .
The most common is unofficial consultancy where people ask anyone in the mining sector.
Most of what we do in the mining is developed over time from large scale to medium scale to small scale then artisanal bearing in mind the important factor ” trying to do gold mining with cheapest means achieving great results. By so doing what happens in Maphisa doesn’t work in Mphoengs or Esigodini l am 100% sure of that so when you ask a random question you get random recommendations that won’t help you in anyway.
Factors that define consultancy are scope of investment, length of investment , size of reef and depth for blasting , for cyanide related issues it differs from place to place below are types of risks by name l will list them and discuss their advantages then disadvantages.
1 cell phone consultancy
2 on beer consultancy
3 the guy who hits kgs consultancy
4 graduates consultancy
1 cell phone consultancy
This includes calling or asking general questions or social media especially Facebook and whats without physical mine visit.
There is only one advantage on this you save money nothing else . Usually questions asked are related to cyanide process and blasting following questions are asked
1 how many kgs of cyanide do you put in a tank ?
This question is silly because tanks vary by size some are 15tonnes upto 200tonnes its pointless to answer such a question plus some sands differ in complexity and demands different guages for same tonnage.
The question should be simply.
How many kgs of cyanide do you put per kg or per thousand litres of water.
This question is similar to this one? I did 4tanks and got 100grams is it okay ?
Cell consultancy should be usef for appointments and pricing later you can use it for evaluation.
2 beer consultancy: this is the most common with absolute no advantage because discuss mining activities drinking Usually in such situations the guy who buys beer has final say and most cases evaluation of work done by someone absent in that meeting will be thoroughly done and resolutions made but not limited to
1 number of explosives to used per round
2 amount of cyanide to be added per tank
3 how many grams a tank can produce etc .
For cyanidation consultancy first question should be
1 what is your average grade per tonne
2 how many tonnes do you have
3 size of tanks you are using or intend to use
4 carbon activity
Then you can advise.
3 the guy who hit a kg
The silliest of them all in mining sector we have what we term gold shoot it comes once in while to anyone who had an opportunity to get it that’s not a sign of vast mining knowledge.
It took us 15years to understand issues to do with cyanide tanks ; mining compliance, mine administration and many more and we still learning each and every day .
Graduate consultancy: our students are trained for employment not mining business like l said its more of saving than mining our students are trained to be told what to do not vis versa unless if they have been in artisanal mining for quite sometime.
I know one guy from school of mines doing absolutely well now because he has been here for quite sometime .
When consulting mining related issues use figures lots of figures they might differ what they are referring to for example .
For shafts use meters for depth area when measuring how to drill holes or how many explosives to use .
For Cyanide use tonnes or cubic Square metres in reference to tanks and cyanide consumptions .
Terms to avoid when consulting outside mine
1 it’s very deep
2 it’s not deep
3 it’s a tunnel
4 the compressor used 20liters
5 I had 7loads
6 it’s a big tank
7 small tank
8 a lot of gold .
We use tonnes for ore ; grams for gold or kgs , grams and kgs for Cyanide and coastic the above 8 are speculations if used to consultancy we get you into unnecessary trouble.
Things you shouldn’t do to finance a mine
1 never sell a house, stand or valuable property to finance a miner it might never come back .
2 never borrow with interest to finance or purchase a mine unless you are taking it for tanks with laboratory tested sands .
3 never mortgage a car , house or valuable property to fund buying a mine or shaft related issues except for cyanide Process with laboratory samples or customer service purposes.
NB the above doesn’t matter if you have more than one of this properties .
You can only sell a property with a value of more than 40k usd with a properly structured execution plan ( not business plan ) especially if you the investor has vast knowledge of mine management not just mining .
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By 2050 nearly 2.5 billion people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss and at least 700 million will require hearing rehabilitation.
Over 1 billion young adults are at risk of permanent, avoidable hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices.
An annual additional investment of less than US$ 1.40 per person is needed to scale up ear and hearing care services globally.
Over a 10-year period, this promises a return of nearly US$ 16 for every US dollar invested.
Overview
Over 5% of the world’s population – or 430 million people – require rehabilitation to address their disabling hearing loss (432 million adults and 34 million children). It is estimated that by 2050 over 700 million people – or 1 in every 10 people – will have disabling hearing loss.
‘Disabling’ hearing loss refers to hearing loss greater than 35 decibels (dB) in the better hearing ear. Nearly 80% of people with disabling hearing loss live in low- and middle-income countries. The prevalence of hearing loss increases with age, among those older than 60 years, over 25% are affected by disabling hearing loss.
Hearing loss and deafness
A person who is not able to hear as well as someone with normal hearing – hearing thresholds of 20 dB or better in both ears – is said to have hearing loss. Hearing loss may be mild, moderate, severe, or profound. It can affect one ear or both ears and leads to difficulty in hearing conversational speech or loud sounds.
‘Hard of hearing’ refers to people with hearing loss ranging from mild to severe. People who are hard of hearing usually communicate through spoken language and can benefit from hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other assistive devices as well as captioning.
‘Deaf’ people mostly have profound hearing loss, which implies very little or no hearing. They often use sign language for communication.
Causes of hearing loss and deafness
Although these factors can be encountered at different periods across the life span, individuals are most susceptible to their effects during critical periods in life.
Prenatal period
genetic factors including hereditary and non-hereditary hearing loss
intrauterine infections – such as rubella and cytomegalovirus infection.
Perinatal period
birth asphyxia (a lack of oxygen at the time of birth
hyperbilirubinemia (severe jaundice in the neonatal period)
low-birth weight
other perinatal morbidities and their management.
Childhood and adolescence
chronic ear infections (chronic suppurative otitis media)
collection of fluid in the ear (chronic nonsuppurative otitis media)
meningitis and other infections.
Adulthood and older age
chronic diseases
smoking
otosclerosis
age-related sensorineural degeneration
sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
Factors across the life span
cerumen impaction (impacted ear wax)
trauma to the ear or head
loud noise/loud sounds
ototoxic medicines
work related ototoxic chemicals
nutritional deficiencies
viral infections and other ear conditions
delayed onset or progressive genetic hearing loss.
The impact of unaddressed hearing loss
When unaddressed, hearing loss impacts many aspects of life at individual level:
communication and speech
cognition
education and employment: In developing countries, children with hearing loss and deafness often do not receive schooling. Adults with hearing loss also have a much higher unemployment rate.
Among those who are employed, a higher percentage of people with hearing loss are in the lower grades of employment compared with the general workforce.
social isolation, loneliness and stigma
impact on society and economy
effects on years lived with disability (YDLs) and disability adjusted life years (DALYs).
WHO estimates that unaddressed hearing loss poses an annual global cost of US$ 980 billion. This includes health sector costs (excluding the cost of hearing devices), costs of educational support, loss of productivity, and societal costs. Of these costs, 57% are attributed to low- and middle-income countries.
Prevention
Many of the causes that lead to hearing loss can be avoided through public health strategies and clinical interventions implemented across the life course.
Prevention of hearing loss is essential throughout the life course, from prenatal and perinatal periods to older age. In children, nearly 60% of hearing loss is due to avoidable causes that can be prevented through implementation of public health measures. Likewise, most common causes of hearing loss in adults, such as exposure to loud sounds and ototoxic medicines, are preventable.
Effective strategies for reducing hearing loss at different stages of the life course include:
immunization;
good maternal and childcare practices;
genetic counselling;
identification and management of common ear conditions;
occupational hearing conservation programmes for noise and chemical exposure;
safe listening strategies for the reduction of exposure to loud sounds in recreational settings; and
rational use of medicines to prevent ototoxic hearing loss.
Identification and management
Early identification of hearing loss and ear diseases is key to effective management.
This requires systematic screening for detection of hearing loss and related ear diseases in those who are most at risk. This includes:
newborn babies and infants
pre-school and school-age children
people exposed to noise or chemicals at work
people receiving ototoxic medicines
older adults.
Hearing assessment and ear examination can be conducted in clinical and community settings. Tools such as the WHO “hearWHO” app and other technology-based solutions make it possible to screen for ear diseases and hearing loss with limited training and resources.
Once hearing loss is identified, it is essential that it is addressed as early as possible and in an appropriate manner, to mitigate any adverse impact.
Measures available to rehabilitate people with hearing loss include:
the use of hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, cochlear implants and middle ear implants;
the use of sign language and other means of sensory substitution, such as speech reading, use of print on palm or Tadoma, signed communication; and
rehabilitative therapy to enhance perceptive skills and develop communication and linguistic abilities.
The use of hearing assistive technology, and services such as frequency modulation and loop systems, alerting devices, telecommunication devices, captioning services and sign language interpretation, can further improve access to communication and education for people with hearing loss.
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HIGHLANDERS legend Madinda Ndlovu has made a sensational return to his boyhood club after he was on Monday appointed first team assistant coach and director for junior development.
The Bulawayo giants confirmed the development in a brief post on their Twitter account.
“We are pleased to announce the return of coach Madinda Ndlovu who joins the club as a first-team assistant coach and Director of Junior Development. We wish him all the best in executing his duties at the club,” wrote the club.- Chronicle
Dozens of travellers from Harare including Zimbabwe’s mines minister Winston Chitando were left stranded in Lusaka, Zambia, on Sunday night after a Qatar Airways plane developed a technical fault.
The aircraft declared an emergency on approach to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport with a suspected bird strike on one of the engines.
Fire engines were scrambled, one passenger said.
The passengers waited two hours at the airport before they were put on buses to sleep at local hotels.
Qatar Airways flies a daily service between Doha and Harare via Lusaka. The airline told the passengers they would complete their journeys on the next service on Monday night – disrupting the plans of many of the passengers who had connecting flights and scheduled meetings at their destinations.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner performing Flight QR1456 departed Harare at 6.44PM and landed in Lusaka at 7.30PM, according to data from FlightRadar24.
It had been due to depart Lusaka at 9.15PM for Doha, Qatar’s capital, before a technical fault was declared.
Chitando’s presence on the flight to Doha – home to the Al Jazeera news network which has teased with a documentary into alleged gold cartels smuggling minerals worth billions of dollars out of the country – had raised curiosity among his fellow passengers. The Zimbabwe government, with the central bank leading, is attempting to shut down the expose through threats of legal action.- ZimLive
By- Debt-troubled comedian and socialite Mai TT has found some sympathisers.
One of the sympathisers is a beautician and script-writer Joey Nyikadzino, who says Mai TT is an unfortunate woman who just falls for the wrong men.
Nyikadzino has taken to her social media accounts to help the comedienne after she was arrested for fraud.
Nyikadzino created bank accounts where well-wishers can send money.
She posted a long thread explaining how heart-breaking she was after finding out Mai TT was facing fraud charges.
“Cat Family ngatibvisei at least US$1 each to help Mai TT settle her debts.
“She never lived a fake life.
“She is one woman who worked hard for her money.
“She empowered women, took care of orphans, helped the needy, helped abused women.
“The list is endless, I also learnt from her that despite her temper she has a good heart.
“She is just unfortunate she falls for the wrong people, men choose her to use her, she is misunderstood because she is vocal.”
She added: “She stands for herself and fights for her beliefs.
“I will stand with her through it all because I have walked in her path.
“Everything we are doing right now as women is not for her own benefit but for other women who need reimbursement and we are doing it with no regrets,” she said.
By- One of the government’s favourite investors, a Chinese national, has been arrested for looting lithium.
The Chinese national appeared before Marondera magistrate Esther Mabika on Thursday last week, facing charges of trying to smuggle 30 tonnes of lithium out of the country.
Lu Minghui of Msasa Harare was found in possession of fake documents to facilitate the transportation of the mineral from Bikita Minerals to Mozambique.
He was remanded to March 16 on $100 000 bail.
He was also ordered to surrender his passport and reside at his given Msasa address as part of the bail conditions.
According to court papers, on February 25, Minghui hired a haulage truck from Anter International Logistics to ferry petalite ore to Beira, Mozambique.
Lu then gave the transporting company some soft copy documents that showed that the mineral was being ferried from Bikita Minerals.
On February 28, upon reaching the 71-kilometre peg towards Marondera along the Harare-Mutare Highway, detectives intercepted the truck and discovered that it was ferrying petalite concentrate.
Bikita Minerals was then contacted and it disowned the documents, leading to Lu’s arrest. Newsday
By-A housing scam that left thousands of civil servants, among them teachers, is now haunting the former Information deputy minister, Energy Mutodi.
Mutodi was behind the company National Housing Delivery Trust (NHDT), which defrauded these civil servants.
He is also the Zanu PF Goromonzi West MP and aspiring Bikita South MP.
The civil servants, who paid subscriptions to buy stands from NHDT in 2012, are now desperate to get to the organisation’s offices after they did not get their residential stands.
The Mirror reported that NHDT directors allegedly disappeared with thousands of United States dollars of civil servants’ money.
The offices of the organisation disappeared, and the directors could no longer be located and stands were not delivered.
Mutodi, however, said he left the organisation and no longer has anything to do with it. Said Mutodi:
I left that company in 2011. I was the chairperson, but I no longer work for it. As you are aware I am a Member of Parliament and therefore am not allowed to partake in such. The director of that company is Tendai Hangadya. You can contact the person.
He referred the publication to Tendai Hangazha whom he said is now the owner of the organisation.
The Mirror reported that repeated efforts to get through to Hangazha’s number were futile as the number was either on voicemail or went unanswered.
The letter of allocation in the hands of The Mirror indicates the directors as Alma-Louise Gordon, B Chikono, B Chifamba, E. Mutodi, K Bhotsha and OZ Gumbo who are also listed as executives.
Tawonga Musina, a lawyer said that the clients can approach the registrar’s offices for verification of the company’s registration and thereafter file a Police report.
Some of the duped civil servants have reportedly given up after trying for many years to get their money back
According to civil servants who spoke to The Mirror on condition of anonymity, the stands sold by NDHT were mainly in Masvingo and Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) spokesperson Daisy Zambuko confirmed the “scam” but said most of those affected got their money back through the courts.
She, however, did not reveal the number of teachers from her organisation who were affected.
One of the affected teachers told The Mirror that he lost US$1 150 after paying US$100 monthly subscriptions from 2011 for a stand in Riverside.
He said the NHDT offices were at Masvingo Post Office along Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Street but the organisation left without giving any notice to clients in 2014.
By A Correspondent| Former Big Brother Africa star Munyaradzi Chidzonga has approached the court suing directors of a medical firm Ivory Medical for allegedly removing him from the directorship of the company.
The firm applied for a canabis farming licence from the government with Chidzonga cited as one of the directors together with Elizabeth Sekai Bakasa.
Chidzonga was made in charge of the project while Bakasa was made responsible for the project.
It is alleged that the other directors Nathan Kalumbu, former Eurasia and Africa Group President of Coca-Cola company and Gilbert Tangwara Chahwanda, a National Aids Council (NAC) board member went behind the two’s back and removed them from the directorship of the company.
It is also alleged that they went and obtained an amended canabis licence ousting the two and moving the project from Chiredzi Prison to Kalumbu’s farm in Headlands.
Chidzonga said his alleged resignation from the company is fraudulent as it never happened. This, he said, also means the amended licence is null and void as he is still in charge of the project.
“The 1st and 2nd Respondents (Kalumbu and Chahwanda) in connivance with each other uttered the fraudulent CR14 dated the 20th of May 2020 to the 5th, 6th and 7th Respondent (health minister, secretary for health and the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe) resulting in the issuance of an amended licence dated the 21st of April 2020 which unlawfully removed the 2nd Applicant as the authorised person and myself as the responsible person,” he said.
“Whatever cultivation and production of cannabis being conducted at Kamando Farm in Headlands is illegal in that it is based on an amended licence obtained through fraudulent means by the 1” and 2™ Respondent.
“The process of seeking an amendment of the 3rd respondent’s (Ivory Medical) licence was never a lawful process because it was on the basis of a fraudulent CR14 (now CR6) which deceived the Registrar of Companies that the 2nd applicant and I had resigned from our positions within the 3 Respondent,” he said.
Chidzonga
3″ Respondent’s license for site production of cannabis for medicinal and scientific use No. 005/2019 issued by the 5″ Respondent on the 17″ of April 2019 be declared as the sole valid 3 Respondent’s licence for production of cannabis for medicinal and scientific use wherein (1* Applicant) is listed as the Responsible Person In Charge and the 24 Applicant is listed as the Authorised Person In Charge entitling the 3 Respondent to cultivate and produce cannabis for medicinal and scientific use within Chiredzi Prison Farm.
The amended licence issued to the 3% Respondent on the 21″ of April 2020 wherein the 1* Respondent is listed as the Authorised Person in Charge and the 2″ Respondent is listed as the Responsible Person in Charge be declared void ab initio.
The Applicants also seek to have the amended CR14 (now CR6) for the 3″ Respondent which reflects that the 1* and 2™ Applicants resigned from being Directors of the 3″ Respondent on the 6″ of May 2020 be declared void ab imtio.
The CR14 dated the 6″ of March 2019 which lists the 1* and 2 Applicants as Directors of the 3 Respondent be declared the only valid composition of the board of directors and the 2″ Applicant as the secretary of the 3“ Respondent.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza- Gold is a valuable resource that humans have coveted for centuries.
Though the price of gold can be volatile at times, it is widely regarded as a safe, smart investment.
But this doesn’t mean it is the right fit for every portfolio. Many countries which had condemned Zimbabwe have decide to attack Zimbabwe’s life line so that they can bring about a regime change.
The talk about gold stealing in Zimbabwe and the excitement it is causing is meant to destabilise the Zimbabwean gold trade.
Gold is scarce. It’s also difficult to mine, and it’s tough to argue with that shiny luster.
In addition, gold does not corrode, so you can store it for the long term.
Before gold was turned into coins, people traded gold nuggets. As economies and nations evolved, many countries used gold to build confidence and back paper currencies.
Even though no country is on the gold standard today, many countries still hold large reserves of gold in case of economic collapse.
Zimbabwe is one of the countries with large deposits of gold.
Because of the intrinsic value of gold, you might think that buying gold is a good investment.
Since there is a significant demand for gold, the price rises earning you a healthy return.
Zimbabwe has seen dozens of investors who come to invest in gold because most important thing investors understand about gold is that it needs is seen as a store of value and not purely as an investment like a stock.
As a result, investors need to see it as a store of value. In other words, you invest in gold to retain your purchasing power.
Since gold holds its value, you can offset the loss of purchasing power of your dollars by investing in gold.
Gold jewellery represents the largest source of annual demand for gold per sector.
This has declined over recent decades, but it still accounts for around 50% of total gold demand.
India and China are by far the largest jewellery markets, together accounting for over 50% of the global total.
The Asian and Middle Eastern markets are dominated by demand for purer, higher-carat gold.
As a result the majority of Zimbabwe investors in Gold are from Asia and more specifically the Chinese.
Gold has unique properties as an asset class. Our analysis shows that modest allocations to gold can be proven to protect and enhance the performance of an investment portfolio, reducing volatility and minimising losses during periods of market shock.
Investors of all sorts are coming to accept gold as a reliable, tangible long-term store of value that has moved independently of other assets.
At $2 billion, the detractors are miffed by the run-away growth of the Zimbabwe gold sector. Two thirds of it is driven by the SME sector, a fledgling initiative of a mere decade since it was legalized.
It now supports over a million strong mining players. Their prosperity assured by global parity pricing and hard currency.payment of their gold product.
Gold plays an important part in global central bank reserves, and they are significant holders of gold.
The 2008 financial crisis prompted a fundamental shift in central bank behaviour towards gold, encouraging a reappraisal of its role and relevance in reserve asset management.
Emerging market central banks have increased their official gold purchasing, while European banks have ceased selling, and the sector now represents a significant source of annual demand for gold.
The same gold has pin-pricked the baloon of zimdollar inflation. The gold coin Musoatunya is now the reference point of the trading of foreign exhange.
The hard currency market has since jettisoned the fungible Old Mutual stock derivative of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
The duet of the two fiat monetary units of Old Mutual Implied Rate of Exchange and US dollar of Federal Reserve Bank no longer run rooster in Zimbabwe.
This twin scoresheet is pregnant with geopolitical currency trading implications.
The legion of inverterated doomsayers are being forced to eat a humble pie as the goodwill well wishers marvel and applaud the new phenomenom of economic revival and growth that herald tantalising prospects of prosperity.
The uttely frivolous allegations of looting exist only in the sulking and fertile phantasies of the ilk of David Coltart and Hopewell Chin’ono.
The rank and file citizenry are contented with the sterling work of EDworks and the Second Republic.
They will not wash with the electorate.They will die with a whimper.
They definitely willnot help the fortunes of a comatose CCC in the impending National Harmonized Elections.. desultory pursuit of the regime change agenda.
While trends may be poised to accelerate, gold industry players will need to keep past lessons in mind or else risk repeating previous mistakes.
A new war to bring down Zimbabwe is now seen in the attack of
Zimbabwe’s gold market.
The point we all see is that there is a concentrated effort to attack Zimbabwe by tainting its gold market with stories of corruption. The end game is to force the world to refuse to buy gold from Zimbabwe as it will be tainted with corruption.
It is not a mistake that the attacks of Zimbabwe’s valuable mineral which has turned to the growth driver and the resurrecting agent of our economy.
In Zimbabwe the gold industry created value for shareholders over the past five years. its performance has started to improve and the economic boom in recent years has given our enemies the weapons to use against Zimbabwe.
Despite a few corrupt individuals the advent of high gold prices in 2020 catapulted the industry to new heights, gaining significant attention from financial investors due, in part, to global uncertainty and low interest rates.
Strong prices have delivered a well-rounded and solid performance by gold companies, which are expected to generate unprecedented cash flows.
This has pulled Zimbabwe’s economy which was on its death bed. It is this miracle glittering stone which has turned on a lot of negative scrutiny.
Zimbabwe has performed so well and this has surprised those who had written off it.
The new dispensation has M managed to bring gold on the international market.
Gold is used as an industrial metal in a broad range of applications, but demand is driven by the electronics sector which accounts for ~80% of gold used in technology.
The metal is ubiquitous in most consumer electronics and automotive applications, where its chemical and physical properties combine to make it irreplaceable in many high-end devices.
The trend of electrification is providing support for gold demand in the sector, with most types of semiconductor chips using the metal either as a coating, or in the form of thin bonding wires.
So in today’s world the demand for gold remains high and this has helped Zimbabwe to grow and those who are terrified by such a growth have used puppets like Hopewell CHIN’ONO to try and out a corruption narrative against Zimbabwe’s gold.
When inflation is on the rise, gold prices usually follow suit. This is because investors see gold as a hedge against inflation.
As paper money loses value, gold becomes a more valuable asset.
Even though there is a recession and high inflation in the whole world the stock market is performing well, and many Zimbabweans have more money in their pockets from the gold market.
As a result, there is a strong demand for gold from Zimbabwe.
Again it should be known that Zimbabwe and ZANU PF are eagerly awaiting for the Aljazeera so that we can strengthen our economy by weeding out the corrupt.
Zimbabwe works for the best interest of its citizens.
ZANU PF is not even worried about the over talked documentary.
By-The late President Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona Mugabe has filed for divorce.
She claims her marriage to Simba Chikowore has broken down with no prospects for restoration.
Ms Mugabe has approached the High Court seeking a divorce decree against her husband, citing promiscuity.
The couple tied the knot on March 1, 2014, in a lavish ceremony at the family’s private home in Harare’s plush Borrowdale.
Thousands of people attended the no-expense-spared family event broadcast live by ZBC-TV.
The wedding also drew the attention of the world after it was attended by African heads of state and government and other high-level dignitaries.
Bona Mugabe, daughter to late former President has divorced Simba Chikore on grounds the marriage has irretrievably broken down.
Bona filed papers at the High Court seeking an order of decree of divorce.
More to follow…
By A Correspondent- A Zimbabwean man, aged 39, and Mozambican woman, aged 37, were intercepted during an extensive stop and search operation, and arrested for illegal possession of counterfeit goods at the Lebombo port of entry.
The duo was travelling in a Freightliner truck loaded with the counterfeit goods, according to Hawks spokesperson in Mpumalanga, Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, when they were intercepted on Wednesday.
“While the team was engaged on the specialised stop and search operation, they stopped a truck with a male driver and a female passenger who were driving from Mozambique to the Republic of South Africa. Upon the search in the truck, they found counterfeit goods with estimated street value of R800 000,” said Sekgotodi.
Some of the listed goods seized by police include:
1. 510 pairs of Nike sneakers
2. 80 pairs of Adidas sandals
3. 118 Diesel jeans
4.88 pairs of Adidas sneakers
5. 200 pairs of All Star sneakers
6. 62 pairs of Chanel shoes
7. 21 pairs of Louis Vuitton shoes
8. 18 pairs of Versace shoes
9. 19 pairs of Polo shoes
10. 19 pairs of Gucci shoes
11. 18 bales of second-hand clothes
Sekgotodi said the Zimbabwean man and the Mozambican woman were arrested on charges of the Customs and Excise Act, Act 91 of 1964 and for contravening provisions of the Counterfeit Goods Act, Act 37 of 1997.
“The truck and trailers were confiscated and taken to the customs warehouse at Komatipoort for safe keeping due to the proceeds of a crime,” said Sekgotodi.
The Hawks in Mpumalanga said investigations are continuing.
A Zimbabwean man and a Mozambican woman were arrested at Lebombo border post while travelling in a heavy truck loaded with counterfeit clothes travelling from Mozambique. Photo: Hawks
— IOL
High Court judge Never Katiyo dismisses application by Harare North Alan Makharm demanding release of voter’s roll.
Judge raised security concerns, saying ZEC mandated to safeguard voter’s roll, especially electronic one, claiming it can be tampered with “in this age of social media”
“This is a live matter, we still need ZEC to give us, the people of Zimbabwe, a voter’s roll,” Alan Markham’s lawyer Denford Halimani outside the High Court in Harare.
ZEC has refused to handover voter’s roll to the Harare North MP since request made 145 days ago
By A Correspondent- Two people who are allegedly associated with a network that is using fake money to con businesspeople around the nation have been arrested by police in Gweru.
Everson Kabura (38) of Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, and Chrispen Kutira (42) of Fourwinds, Bulawayo, were arrested while at an Apostolic shrine in Gweru’s Mtapa suburb. This resulted in the recovery of some fake money that was in their car.
Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said they were arrested after Kutira was involved in a scuffle with a female resident. The Chronicle quotes Inspector Mahoko as saying:
On March 1, Kutira unlawfully entered a house on the pretext that he wanted to see the woman’s husband and suddenly indecently fondled her breasts. This did not go down well and the female victim threatened to call neighbors resulting in the suspect speeding off in a grey Ford Ranger.
Police received information that the vehicle had been seen parked near an Apostolic shrine near Mutapa Roundabout. Acting on the information, the police swiftly reacted and raided and arrested the suspects.
Further investigations revealed that the two had defrauded a fuel attendant after they bought fuel using a fake US$100 note on 23 February in Gweru.
Police are calling upon members of the public who might have fallen victim to these suspects to report to ZRP Gweru Central Police Station so that all the cases may be cleared.
By- A local model Tumelo Nare is expected to appear in court after she was found with cocaine in her hotel room in Harare.
Nare is expected to jointly appear with Precious Bango at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of unlawfully possessing 0.2 grammes of cocaine worth $16 000.
By A Correspondent- An ex-convict, who was out on bail pending appeal, allegedly robbed some shops in Harare and opened a shop in Gweru to sell the stolen merchandise.
He was arrested after being shot by police, during a shootout, as he tried to evade arrest.
Yesterday, Trustme Kauzani limped into court for his latest date with the justice machinery.
The court heard that on December 17 last year, Morelife Maworera, a sales representative at Classic Pose Boutique, knocked off and locked all doors and went home.
Two days later, Kauzani and his accomplice, only identified as Alvin, went to the shop and allegedly attacked a security guard, who was manning the next shop, with a blank rifle and a catapult.
The court heard that on December 17 last year, Morelife Maworera, a sales representative at Classic Pose Boutique, knocked off and locked all doors and went home.
Two days later, Kauzani and his accomplice, only identified as Alvin, went to the shop and allegedly attacked a security guard, who was manning the next shop, with a blank rifle and a catapult.
They broke into the shop and stole clothes worth US$23 000.
The two allegedly loaded the stolen property into their getaway vehicle and drove off.
Kauzani is believed to have broken into another shop, owned by Fungayi Muganhiri, at Galaxy Mall in Harare’s CBD.
He was in the company of his accomplice, Gainmore Gamunorwa, and they stole clothes worth US$11 317.
Kauzani was arrested in Gweru, after a shoot-out with police, and he confessed to breaking into two shops in Harare and opening his own shop in the Midlands capital.
He led police to the shop where some of the stolen clothes were recovered.
Kauzani, a convicted robber, was out on bail pending appeal in another robbery case.
— HMetro
High Court has quashed both conviction and sentencing of a Chivhu man Darlington Manjokota who had been found guilty of disorderly conduct when he was actually a victim of police brutality.
Manjokota (31) was prosecuted following his arrest by police officers based at Chivhu Police Station and charged with disorderly conduct as defined in section 41 of Criminal Code in their desperate bid to counter a civil claim for damages, which he had filed against some ZRP officers led by Taurayi Ruzive.
Ruzive and his ZRP accomplices had on 27 October 2021 set a police dog on Manjokota for no apparent reason at Masi Shopping Centre in Chivhu.
The dog attacked Manjokota on his left hand & dragged him for some distance, severely injuring him in the process before Ruzive subsequently bundled Manjokota into the back of a police vehicle and took him to Chivhu General Hospital, where he dumped him.
Ruzive gave Manjokota US$3 and a bottle of Betadine Antiseptic Solution in a desperate effort to amicably settle the matter.
Manjokota, who stood trial at Chivhu Magistrates Court was convicted of disorderly conduct by Magistrate Henry Sande on 19 September 2022 and sentenced to pay a fine of ZWL20 000 in default of which he would serve a period of three months in prison.
Manjokota duly paid the ZWL20 000 fine to evade imprisonment.
The Chivhu resident, who was aggrieved by the conviction & sentence, then engaged Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), who on 22 September 2022, appealed at the High Court against Magistrate Sande’s verdict on the basis that the judicial officer had erred and misdirected himself in convicting him, when there was insufficient and reliable evidence proving his guilt.
Now, Manjokota’s conviction has been quashed after High Court Judges Justice Benjamin Chikowero and Justice Happias Zhou recently allowed his appeal and found him not guilty before acquitting him.
By A Correspondent- Six robbers pounced on a Harare businessman, in broad daylight in the heart of the capital, and fled away with a satchel, which contained US$50 000.
Nazeer Adam, 36, had just closed his shop on Saturday when he was approached by the six unidentified men at the corner of Harare Street and Grand Street.
They attacked him, grabbed his satchel, which was stashed with the cash, and fled the scene.
Harare provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chakanza, appealed for information that may lead to arrest of the suspects.
Police are investigating a case of robbery where a businessman lost cash to six robbers, who are still at large,” said Insp Chakanza.
On March 4 at around 4.30pm, the complainant closed his shop intending to go to their head office.
“While in the backyard of the complex, he was approached by six unknown men.
One of them grabbed the complainant by the neck, demanding all his belongings.
“They took a satchel, containing US$50 000, and dashed to an unregistered blue Toyota Wish and sped off.
Police continue to urge people to engage security in handling cash,” said Insp Chakanza.
— HMetro
By A Correspondent- A senior Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) official, David Coltart, alleges that unidentified people tampered with his car’s braking systems.
He also said in the past 23 years, the vehicles he has driven have been tempered with four times.
In a post on his Twitter page on Monday, Coltart, who was the Minister of Education in the Government of National Unity (GNU), said his mechanic informed him that there was no doubt the incident was an act of sabotage. Wrote Coltart:
Last week, I was advised by the mechanic who maintains that an attempt has been made to sabotage my vehicle.
As will appear from the attached affidavit statement made by him before local lawyer Brazhnev Mathonsi, the front left brake system of my vehicle has been interfered with since the vehicle was last serviced.
As is stated, my mechanic is adamant that this was sabotage. He says it is impossible for that particular valve to come loose of its own accord and he personally checked the braking system the last time it was serviced.
Had I travelled in the car approximately another 100 to 200 kms the brake system would have totally failed with potentially devastating consequences for me and my family, including my grandchildren who routinely are driven in that car.
I have sought to protect the identity of the mechanic so that he is not affected by this statement. I am grateful to him for his diligence and professionalism.
This is now the fourth time in the last 23 years that vehicles I use have been tampered with. The first occurred to a Nissan vehicle in the early 2000s when the brake lines were cut.
The second occurred to the same vehicle a year later when the right inside tyre was deliberately burnt in a small area with the intention of causing it to burst.
The worst was in 2012 when some of the front left wheel nuts were loosened in the same car affected by this incident, and the entire front left wheel came off when I was driving the car with my wife and youngest daughter in the vehicle with me.
I of course have a good idea who is behind all of these attempts to cause me and my family harm.
It is part and parcel of a modus which has been used effectively against many people over decades.
However, what I need to convey to you all is that my overwhelmingly dominant emotion isn’t fear but gratitude.
In the first two acts of sabotage to my vehicle, I was saved by fortuitous sequences which revealed the sabotage.
In the 3rd event in 2012 the wheel came off at a point where I was travelling slowly; literally, if the wheel had come off 500 meters before or after a serious accident would have happened.
In other words in all three I was saved by the good Lord’s providence.
Exactly the same has happened in the latest incident. My vehicle was not due for a service for about another 500 kms and so the brakes would have failed well before the next service.
However, a warning light came on 10 days ago that my timing belt needed attention (something completely unconnected to the brake system).
I took the car to my mechanic and I asked him to attend to the timing belt – and said he may as well service it early!
Because he is so diligent he checked the brake system and discovered that someone had loosened the valve which channels brake fluid into the brake calliper.
In other words, providentially a warning light came up which then revealed this sinister act before it could do harm.
… Whilst I have of course taken this attempt as a stark reminder that there are people in Zimbabwe who wish me harm, and will act with more caution going forward, this incident has been a profound reminder to me and my family that the Lord is trustworthy and I have nothing to fear so long as He is the stronghold of my life.
By A Correspondent- The entrance to Block 4 of Matapi Flats in Mbare is reminiscent of a scene from a Hollywood post-apocalyptic movie.
Among the mounds of uncollected garbage is a muddle of empty bottles of hard liquor and illicit cough syrups and cigarette stubs.
A handful of children go about playing football on a dusty patch, apparently oblivious of their surroundings.
Giant colourful murals brighten up the walls of dilapidated apartment blocks that house hundreds of people who live and work in this populous suburb.
Right at the entrance of Block 4, a group of young people sit almost resignedly as they pass about among themselves tubes of glue, which they take turns to sniff.
Some are exchanging what appears to be all manner of illicit drugs, with no hint of trepidation of whether law-enforcement agents will bust their well-knit racket.
They all have their reasons for being there, but one thing unites them: apparent security from interference from the outside world, including the police.
Block 4 in Matapi — a run-down hostel apartment, which was gutted by fire some time ago — has become a popular centre for young people binging on illicit drugs.
It has become the epicentre of a raging drug epidemic bedevilling Mbare.
A video circulating on social media, showing an unidentified woman lamenting how drug cartels operating from this block “kidnapped” her daughter and got her hooked on drugs, laid bare the extent of the illicit narcotics menace in this part of the suburb.
“I live in Joburg Lines and my child went missing for weeks,” said the woman in the undated video.
“It was after spending a lot of time looking for her that we found her in a hostel near Matapi Clinic, where she was being kept by a gang of drug lords. She was wasted.
“We managed to take her out at night so that we would not be detected,” she said, claiming that no one is allowed to leave that building.
“What is happening inside that hostel is really sickening,” she lamented.
She said inside the building, drug gangs are staying with children, some as young as 13. An investigation by The Sunday Mail last week revealed that children of school-going age from as far as Epworth, Chitungwiza and Norton are reportedly residing in this block, where they freely indulge in drugs.
Inside this block, it is only on the second floor where there appears to be signs of life.
Looking in from the outside, the floors appear decrepit, grim and dark.
Efforts to gain access into the building were rebuffed by a group of menacing-looking men who said entrance was prohibited.
Ms Ruramai Njereni, who stays in the same block, said children from as far as Epworth and Chitungwiza are staying inside the flat.
She said parents of some of the children often come to collect their children, who would have “disappeared” for weeks.
She said some children who have been reported missing could be in the hostels.
“If they are not being ƨǝxually abused, then who knows what else these children are going through?
“We don’t know why police are not coming to rescue these children.
“We have reported this to the local police but nothing has been done,” said Ms Njereni.
Others who spoke to this publication said drug cartels operating from the hostel have become a law upon themselves.
“Most of them come here vending and end up experimenting with drugs, and later, they are told that they cannot leave,” said one woman who refused to be identified. No one knows what happens inside the building.”
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the authorities are aware of the video of the woman that is circulating on social media.
We are aware of the case and it is being investigated,” he said.
“That child was rescued with the assistance of police. We urge parents to monitor their children as we continue with the fight against drugs and substance abuse in the country. We want to assure the nation that the police will do whatever it takes to rescue and protect children from criminal elements.”
Tinevimbo Children’s Trust director Mr Enock Nyahukwa said children are a soft target for criminals.
“Crimes against children appear to be increasing in Zimbabwe judging by stories that we are reading in the press, and it is a worrying trend,” he said.
“Previously, cases of kidnappings of children by drug gangs were foreign to us.
“Parents should play a leading role in promoting the safety of their children.”
— Sunday Mail
By A Correspondent- Model Tumelo Nare is today expected to appear in court after she was found with cocaine in her hotel room in Harare.
Nare is expected to jointly appear with Precious Bango at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of unlawfully possessing 0.2 kilogrammes of cocaine worth $16 000.
— Herald
By A Correspondent- Hundreds of civil servants, among them teachers, were left counting their losses after failing to get residential stands despite paying the National Housing Delivery Trust (NHDT) for the stands.
The civil servants, who paid subscriptions to buy stands from NHDT in 2012, are now desperate to get to the organisation’s offices after they did not get their residential stands.
The Mirror reported that NHDT directors allegedly disappeared with thousands of United States dollars of civil servants’ money.
The offices of the organisation disappeared and the directors can no longer be located and stands were not delivered.
The victims of the “scam” told The Mirror that one of the NHDT directors is Goromonzi West MP and aspiring Bikita South MP, Energy Mutodi (ZANU PF) who was the chairperson.
Mutodi, however, said he left the organisation and no longer has anything to do with it. Said Mutodi:
I left that company in 2011. I was the chairperson, but I no longer work for it. As you are aware I am a Member of Parliament and therefore am not allowed to partake in such. The director of that company is Tendai Hangadya. You can contact the person.
He referred the publication to Tendai Hangazha whom he said is now the owner of the organisation.
The Mirror reported that repeated efforts to get through to Hangazha’s number were futile as the number was either on voicemail or went unanswered.
The letter of allocation in the hands of The Mirror indicates the directors as Alma-Louise Gordon, B Chikono, B Chifamba, E. Mutodi, K Bhotsha and OZ Gumbo who are also listed as executives.
Tawonga Musina, a lawyer said that the clients can approach the registrar’s offices for verification of the company’s registration and thereafter file a Police report.
Some of the duped civil servants have reportedly given up after trying for many years to get their money back
According to civil servants who spoke to The Mirror on condition of anonymity, the stands sold by NDHT were mainly in Masvingo and Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) spokesperson Daisy Zambuko confirmed the “scam” but said most of those affected got their money back through the courts.
She, however, did not reveal the number of teachers from her organisation who were affected.
One of the affected teachers told The Mirror that he lost US$1 150 after paying US$100 monthly subscriptions from 2011 for a stand in Riverside.
He said the NHDT offices were at Masvingo Post Office along Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Street but the organisation left without giving any notice to clients in 2014.
By A Correspondent- Three Domboshava business people bought guns from police Inspector Kudakwashe Chatikobo of Support Unit at Fairbridge in Bulawayo and his accomplice, but then complained when the firearms certificates that came with them had the wrong addresses, which led to the arrest of the two illegal police dealers.
Chatikobo is alleged to be part of a team involving Tonderai Shenje, who has since appeared in court on similar allegations.
He was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before magistrate Mrs Evelyn Mashavakure charged with three counts of unlawful dealing in firearms. It is alleged that in 2020, Chatikobo and Shenje approached Kennedy Tapfumaneyi Warikandwa, a business person from Domboshava, and promised to help him with a firearm for his protection since he had been previously a victim of armed robbery.
Between April and May 2020, Shenje led Mr Warikandwa to Mkuhusi Camp Depot in Harare’s upper Avenues where they met Chatikobo and the two allegedly sold him a 615 CZ pistol serial number 8302541 for US$350.
Allegations are that Chatikobo and Shenje told Mr Warikandwa to collect the firearm after the registration process was complete.
In May 2020, the two allegedly
handed over the firearm and a certificate number 783358 A under CFR file number 140298Y in his name, but Mr Warikandwa later noted that the address written on the certificate was 24713 Unit B Seke, Chitungwiza, yet he stays in Domboshava.
He then approached the two, who promised to correct it when renewing the certificate.
The court heard that on September 21 last year Mr Warikandwa proceeded to the Central Firearms Registry with intention to correct the address on the firearms certificate and was told that his firearm was not properly registered.
It is also alleged that also in 2020 Shenje approached Ronald Butsu and Flavious Mavhunga, who are business partners operating as Jacana Begere in Domboshava and offered to help them get firearms for protection since their area had been hit by a spate of armed robberies targeting business people.
Between September and October 2020 Shenje took Mr Bhutsu and Mr Mavhunga to Mkuhusi Camp Depot where they met Chatikobo. The two sold a 6,35 Baby FN pistol serial number 97388 for US$230 to Mr Butsu and a 6,35 Raven pistol serial number 3223659 to Mr Mavhunga for the same price.
The two later noted that their address written on the certificate was 37 Leopold Takawira, Harare, yet they live in Domboshava.
They later went to correct their addresses and it was then established that they were not properly registered.
Under the law, people must buy a weapon from a licenced dealer, who will tell them how to apply to the police for the necessary firearms licence for the chosen firearm, or if they are buying a weapon from a private person with a valid firearms licence they will need to first approach the police for their own licence, with the seller’s valid licence so the police know which firearm is going to change hands and so long as the buyer is approved can then do all the mechanics of issuing the new licence and cancelling the old one.
The sale can only go through once the buyer is licenced.
By A Correspondent-Police in Mberengwa, Midlands Province have arrested a 19-year-old woman for allegedly poisoning her 7-month-old baby.
Felistus Mpofu of Village Shumba under Chief Mposi in Mberengwa was picked up by police details and is assisting them with investigations.
Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the incident occurred on March 1 around 2 PM when the woman had traveled to Zvishavane.
“Mpofu left home together with the baby intending to go to Zvishavane to look for a job. While in Zvishavane around 8 PM, she became stranded at Mandava Bus Terminus. She then fed her baby with milk laced with an organ phosphate tablet,” said Inspector Mahoko.
Around 3 AM, Mpofu was offered accommodation by a woman in Mandava.
“Suddenly the baby started vomiting and her condition deteriorated. The woman who had offered her accommodation accompanied Mpofu to Zvishavane District Hospital where the baby was pronounced dead upon arrival,” said Inspector Mahoko.
A report was made to the police and upon searching her, police found her in possession of a feeding bottle contaminated with poisonous residue.
The body of the infant is being held at Zvishavane Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem, while Mpofu is detained at ZRP Zvishavane.
By A Correspondent- A Harare magistrate yesterday heard that Seed Co board chairperson Michael Ndoro may have divorced his former wife Precious Jemani Ndoro because of his alleged involvement with a sex worker.
While Ndoro is currently embroiled in a case he is accusing his ex-wife of stealing US$2,5 million from their jointly owned company, the court yesterday heard intricate details of how the couple divorced.
Ndoro has also been dragged before the courts by Precious, who is accusing him of allegedly forging company documents to illegally remove her from being a co-director.
Precious has denied the theft allegations and, instead, accused her ex-husband of concocting the charge to stop her from getting her equal share of their matrimonial property after divorce.
The court heard that the couple divorced after Ndoro was found with a sex worker at a Newlands joint in Harare.
Under cross-examination by Precious’ lawyer, Oliver Marwa, Ndoro denied that they separated over a sex worker.
I don’t know how that is relevant to the case. We are talking of the funds withdrawn from a company account and not personal issues. I decide on whom I choose to associate with,” Ndoro replied.
Marwa, however, kept asking him whether he was caught with a “slut”, and he refused to respond saying it was distracting him from the real issues.
Ndoro then sought withdrawal of the theft charge against Precious after cross-examination.
By A Correspondent- Government has reportedly stopped billing the Harare City Council (HCC) over the controversial Pomona waste to energy management deal.
Under the deal, council had been ordered to pay at least US$22 000 per day for waste, which translated to more than US$344 million for the 30 years that the Netherlands-based company planned to convert waste dumped at Pomona into energy.
The terms were that if the local authority cancelled the deal, it would pay Geogenix BV US$3,5 million for breach of contract.
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday told NewsDay that the Pomona waste to energy deal was now being handled by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube.
“We no longer think about the Pomona waste management deal. Government has stopped billing us. It is now Ncube’s headache and we don’t bother about it. I think they have surrendered it,” Mafume said.
‘’It has been finalised and it is now Ncube’s obligation after we indicated that we are not going to pay anything. Even if they decide to bill us today, we will just forward the bill to the Ministry of Finance.”
Local Government minister July Moyo was not reachable for comment on his mobile phone yesterday.
Meanwhile, Mafume accused the Environment Management Agency (Ema) of being over-excited after being given the mandate to collect waste in Harare.
Mafume said instead, government was supposed to capacitate council with the trucks to collect waste in the city.
On February 18 this year, government announced that it was crafting a statutory instrument to enable Ema to sub-contract private players to collect refuse.
In the notice, Local Government spokesperson Gabriel Masvora said: “Government has been forced to take drastic measures in Harare due to deterioration of services and plans have been put in place to ensure Ema collects refuse or contracts private companies; with the bill sent to HCC.”
By A Correspondent- The civil service workers umbrella body has called on Parliament to probe into just what is happening at Premier Service Medical Aid Society that has resulted in health facilities owned by its subsidiary, Premier Service Medical Investments shutting down, so prejudicing Government employees who form the majority of PSMAS members.
PSMAS is the largest medical aid society in Zimbabwe and provides medical cover for almost everyone in State service plus a range of members outside the civil service who pay a higher tariff as they do not get a Government subsidy.
PSMAS operated largely as a managed health scheme, owning through PSMI a network of clinics, pharmacies and hospitals and hiring its own doctors and other medical staff to keep costs down. It is this network of facilities that have closed, forcing members to move into the private sector and make co-payments even when their cards are accepted.
Representatives of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (formerly Apex Council) yesterday appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare where they implored Parliament to look into the matter.
When it comes to PSMAS, most of the PSMI institutions are closed and the situation has become dire for civil servants who cannot afford the high tariffs charged by private doctors and institutions,” said Mr David Dzatsunga, the secretary general of ZICOPSTU.
Members and the Government as employer were paying their dues, with Government providing the equivalent of US$5 million a month as part of its contribution for Government workers on PSMAS schemes.
“As a committee you can engage with the regulator of medical aid societies (Ministry of Health and Child Care, Air Commodore Dr Jasper Chimedza), PSMAS and the Public Service Commission. These are the institutions you may want to engage and get to know what exactly is going on,” he added.
Apart from failing to provide services to its members, PSMAS and its subsidiaries have also gone for months without paying its workers while being accused of channelling the bulk of its resources to management welfare.
Government has since instituted a forensic audit into the organisation’s operations.
Last year, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Minister of Health and Child Care, said Government was committed to supporting PSMAS and PSMI as they played an important role in provision of health care to civil servants which was part of their non-monetary benefits
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.
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A 12-year-old girl narrowly escaped possible injury, or worse, after she evaded three men who had kidnapped her while she was looking for transport near a primary school in Eastlea last Friday.
The three assailants dragged the girl into a blue Toyota Hiace and drove away.
She, however, managed to escape from the three men after they had parked the vehicle in the Hillside area.
The girl hid in a nearby maize field. A report was later made to the police.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the kidnapping to a local daily.
He said the incident occurred around 1 PM at the main gate of a primary school in Eastlea. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:
The victim was dragged into the suspects’ vehicle while looking for transport from school to Ruwa.
The victim managed to escape and hid in a maize field after the suspects had parked the vehicle at an unknown place in Hillside.
Anyone with information should report at any nearest police station.
By A Correspondent- A 45 year old Chinese national appeared before Marondera magistrate, Esther Mabika, on Thursday last week facing charges of trying to smuggle 30 tonnes of lithium out of the country.
Lu Minghui of Msasa Harare was found in possession of fake documents to facilitate the transportation of the mineral from Bikita Minerals to Mozambique.
He was remanded to March 16 on $100 000 bail.
He was also ordered to surrender his passport and reside at his given Msasa address as part of the bail conditions.
According to court papers, on February 25, Minghui hired a haulage truck from Anter International Logistics to ferry petalite ore to Beira, Mozambique.
Lu then gave the transporting company some soft copy documents that showed that the mineral was being ferried from Bikita Minerals.
On February 28, upon reaching the 71-kilometre peg towards Marondera along the Harare-Mutare Highway, detectives intercepted the truck and discovered that it was ferrying petalite concentrate.
Bikita Minerals was then contacted and it disowned the documents, leading to Lu’s arrest.
Terrence Zenda represented the State.
By A Correspondent- A Harare man employed as finance manager at Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches in Zimbabwe was yesterday arraigned before magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure on a charge of stealing US$76 758 from the church coffers.
Taurai Simango (48) was remanded to May 4 after being granted $150 000 bail.
Allegations are that between January 30, 2020 and September 2021, Simango misrepresented to the church that he had paid cash to different suppliers, yet he had not paid anything.
To cover up his offence, Simango allegedly originated fake receipts purporting that he had obtained them from suppliers as proof of payment.
The money has not been recovered.
Government through the ministry of justice, legal and parliamentary affairs says it is in the process of drafting a death sentence position for the country and will soon engage the grassroots throughout the country before coming up with its document.
In a statement, the justice ministry said the consultations will be done to amass public opinion on the matter.
“The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs with the support from Centre forApplied Legal Research (CALR) and the Embassy of Switzerland is in the process of drafting a death penalty position in Zimbabwe. After convening a High Level Consultative meeting on the subject matter to inform policy formulation and law reform agenda, several recommendations were proffered in the meeting . One Major reason highlighted was to amass public opinion on the subject matter.
“Against this backdrop, the Ministry shall hold consultations at grassroots level in March 2023 across the country’s provinces. Additionally, the Ministry will conduct preliminary Training of Trainers with Case Care Workers, Village Health Workers and Youth Officers in anticipation of the actual consultations to capacitate the cadres on mobilisation of participants ahead of the consultations. The aim is to capacitate the cadres on mobilisation of participants ahead of the actual consultations to obtain a clear and unbiased representation of the community.”
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, who owns Better Brands, is reportedly engaged in secret mining at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, despite closure of the mine by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) in January following reports of fatal accidents involving artisanal miners.
Since Friday last week, two deaths have been reported in Penhalonga, one of them at Redwing Mine.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the death of Eubret Pedro (37) and Kelvin Chapeta (36) in Penhalonga.
“On Friday at around 9pm, Eubret Pedro was in the company of his colleague Munashe Nyagura at Zaina Mine Shaft at Redwing Mine. Pedro went inside a 15-metre deep mine. His colleague became suspicious when Pedro took long to come out of the mine. Nyagura reported to the Redwing Mine security, who reported the matter to police in Penhalonga, who then retrieved the deceased’s body,” Muzondo said.
He had no visible marks. Maybe he suffocated or inhaled some gases. We have another sudden death which occurred on Sunday (March 5, 2023) of an illegal miner Kelvin Chapeta at Premier Central, Old Mutare in Penhalonga who was trapped in a mine shaft.”
However, Premier Central where Chapeta died is not in the Redwing Mine premises.
On reports of secret mining activities by Better Brands, Muzondo said: “We will make some investigations to find out whether it’s true or false, but ask them about it. We can’t comment on behalf of the company.”
EMA was forced to close the mine after pressure from civic society groups such as Centre for Research and Development (CRD), and Ziva Community Empowerment Trust who claimed that since 2020, over 100 deaths were recorded at the mine.
EMA Manicaland provincial boss Kingstone Chitotombe yesterday said the suspension was still in force.
The suspension of Better Brands mining in Penhalonga is still in full force. We suspended them on issues to do with mining safety and regulations and environmental degradation,” he said.
Former Mutasa South constituency legislator Regai Tsunga (Citizens Coalition for Change) confirmed that Better Brands was involved in secret mining at Redwing Mine.
EMA advised Better Brands to stop its mining operations over numerous deaths, but I have done my investigations and it seems they are mining unofficially. Just a few days ago, there were reported deaths, and there is an attempt by the company to suppress information on on-going mining operations. The safety of miners is not being considered,” Tsunga said.
Mutasa South MP Misheck Mugadza (Zanu-PF) confirmed the death of the miner at Redwing Mine.
“I know of the death of Eubret Pedro, and he is an ordinary miner. He does not mine for Better Brands. I bought a coffin for him. What I have gathered is that there are some illegal miners who are sneaking into the mine during the night and they start mining. EMA should allow mining activities to resume because the company is complying,” Mugadza said.
Redwing Mine manager Alexio Guyo yesterday refused to respond to questions from NewsDay.
“Let them write what they want and they will get tired. Currently, I have officials from the Ministry of Mines and EMA. My boss Scott Sakupwanya said write what you want,” he said.
Guyo alleged that reports that they were mining clandestinely were sponsored by unnamed politicians in connivance with some civic groups.
“It’s unfortunate that we have people who have been fighting us. This is politically motivated from the opposition,” Guyo said.
Better Brands was recently granted a licence by government to build Zimbabwe’s second gold refinery in Bulawayo.
Sakupwanya is a key Zanu-PF member and is expected to help finance the ruling party’s election campaign ahead of polls expected in August.
He has also been previously pictured with Mnangagwa at State House.
CRD director James Mupfumi said: “The culture of impunity orchestrated by greedy and political supremacy has replaced constitutionalism in Zimbabwe. Government is turning a blind eye to the continued deaths at Redwing because elements in the State security system and political elite are benefiting from gold plunder at Redwing Mine. To them, murder of desperate citizens by Better Brands’ dangerous mining pits doesn’t matter.”
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By A Correspondent- Suspended Gweru City Council (GCC) acting town clerk Mr Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe is challenging his employer’s decision to suspend him, arguing that his suspension letter contradicts what is contained in the special council resolution.
Mr Chikwekwe was suspended last week following his arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) for allegedly violating tender procedures resulting in companies Sheasham, Casas and Wackdrive winning tenders to service Mkoba 21 and Randolph Phase 1 suburb stands.
He appeared for initial remand before Gweru magistrate Ms Miriam Banda facing a charge of criminal abuse of office and was remanded out of custody to March 17 on $100 000 bail.
Soon after his arrest, GCC served Mr Chikwekwe with a suspension letter stating reasons, some of which include failure to coordinate, monitor and supervise all departments thereby resulting in employees working in silos and consequently affecting service delivery.
The council also stated that there was negligence of duty on Mr Chikwekwe’s part, which resulted in the council being prejudiced financially.
“There was gross incompetence on your part, and the council is greatly concerned about your continuous failure in discharging your duties diligently as expected resulting in the council failing to properly operate,” reads part of the suspension letter.
“You have flouted or violated Public Procurement and Debt Management Act, and there was a continuous exhibition of inconsistency in the discharge of your duties.”
The local authority has since appointed finance director Mr Livingstone Churu as the acting town clerk.
However, Mr Chikwekwe, through his lawyer Mr Admire Rubaya of Rubaya and Chatambudza Legal Practitioners, has written
to the council seeking clarity and challenging the suspension.
Mr Rubaya said they are finding it difficult to explore legal options because of the contradictions in the two documents.
He argued that his client is just a council employee with no power to award any tender, adding that it was a collective decision by councillors during a special council meeting.
“Our client is concerned with clear selective amnesia on the part of the council members relating to the memorandum of agreements for the servicing of Mkoba 21 and Randolph Phase 1 by Sheasham, Casas and Wackdrive. It should be noted that our client is just a council official who does not make decisions during council meetings,” said Mr Rubaya.
He claimed that Mr Chikwekwe’s arrest is an abuse of the criminal justice system by political players for political expedience.
Mr Rubaya said Mr Chikwekwe had no role in the signing and awarding of the tenders as it was done by his predecessors.
He queried the decision to exonerate former Mayor Josiah Makombe who allegedly signed as the council representative.
“In the circumstances, where it is alleged that there was unlawfulness in the process of awarding the tender to Sheasham, Wackdrive and Casas, the million-dollar question is what about Cllr Makombe who signed the agreements as well?” quizzed Mr Rubaya.
“We will be approaching the High Court on an urgent basis if a special committee of inquiry set against him is not disbanded as it is made up of people who were part of the tender awarding process.”
Mr Rubaya said it is unjust and unfair for councillors to constitute the committee, arguing that his client would not have a fair disciplinary hearing.
“It is our client’s considered view that he did nothing wrong and neither did he act in any manner which can be adjudged to be criminal in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. It seems as if the powers that be within the council are abusing the criminal justice system and Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission,” he said.
Mr Rubaya said Mr Chikwekwe said there are some councillors who are abusing their powers to protect themselves and have allegedly embarked on a frolic of their own to protect themselves.
“It is therefore clear that our client being a mere council employee has no vote in council or decision-making powers to pass council resolution. He did not make the decision to award the alleged tenders, but the council in its wisdom as constituted by 16 councillors made the ultimate decision to award the tenders to the specific companies,” said Mr Rubaya.
Council is yet to respond to the letter.
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A Harare man employed as finance manager at Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches in Zimbabwe was yesterday arraigned before magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure on a charge of stealing US$76 758 from the church coffers.
Taurai Simango (48) was remanded to May 4 after being granted $150 000 bail.
Allegations are that between January 30, 2020 and September 2021, Simango misrepresented to the church that he had paid cash to different suppliers, yet he had not paid anything.
To cover up his offence, Simango allegedly originated fake receipts purporting that he had obtained them from suppliers as proof of payment.
The money has not been recovered.
By A Correspondent- Hwange West Member of Parliament Mr Godfrey Dube has implored the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) to waiver entry fees into the Victoria Falls Rainforest for school children.
He was speaking after the National Association of Secondary Schools heads provincial athletics competitions that were held at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in the resort city.
Mr Dube’s concerns came after hundreds of athletes from Matabeleland North’s seven districts unsuccessfully requested through the Nash leadership to be allowed free entry into the Rainforest.
He said learners should be allowed free entry so that they learn about the natural resources in the country, knowledge which is also critical in the new competency-based learning.
“While we celebrate Nash provincial athletics competitions were held here, I must say as the local MP I am so disappointed that all Matabeleland North athletes were gathered here but could not access the Rainforest.
“They asked through their teachers to be given free access to the Falls but were denied entry by Zimparks officials. I don’t think Zimparks would have made losses by allowing these kids free entry to view the national monument in their region,” he said.
Mr Dube said there is a need for stakeholders to consider the importance of children especially in school, learning about natural endowments in their areas.
He said he will escalate the issue to the Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, and Parliament for a way forward.
“You tend to wonder where we are going as a nation If people are not allowed access to things that benefit them. It’s so disappointing and I will take the issue to the Minister (Environment),” he said.
Victoria Falls community has over the years expressed concern at various fora about the need to allow local school pupils free entry into the Falls especially when they are under the guidance of a school.
Mr Dube said this was the first-time hundreds of learners had gathered in Victoria Falls for a school event and could have been allowed free entry for their benefit.
He said Zimparks should closely look into the issue for the benefit of citizens who cannot afford to visit resorts on their own.
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, who owns Better Brands, is reportedly engaged in secret mining at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, despite closure of the mine by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) in January following reports of fatal accidents involving artisanal miners.
Since Friday last week, two deaths have been reported in Penhalonga, one of them at Redwing Mine.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the death of Eubret Pedro (37) and Kelvin Chapeta (36) in Penhalonga.
“On Friday at around 9pm, Eubret Pedro was in the company of his colleague Munashe Nyagura at Zaina Mine Shaft at Redwing Mine. Pedro went inside a 15-metre deep mine. His colleague became suspicious when Pedro took long to come out of the mine. Nyagura reported to the Redwing Mine security, who reported the matter to police in Penhalonga, who then retrieved the deceased’s body,” Muzondo said.
“He had no visible marks. Maybe he suffocated or inhaled some gases. We have another sudden death which occurred on Sunday (March 5, 2023) of an illegal miner Kelvin Chapeta at Premier Central, Old Mutare in Penhalonga who was trapped in a mine shaft.”
However, Premier Central where Chapeta died is not in the Redwing Mine premises.
On reports of secret mining activities by Better Brands, Muzondo said: “We will make some investigations to find out whether it’s true or false, but ask them about it. We can’t comment on behalf of the company.”
EMA was forced to close the mine after pressure from civic society groups such as Centre for Research and Development (CRD), and Ziva Community Empowerment Trust who claimed that since 2020, over 100 deaths were recorded at the mine.
EMA Manicaland provincial boss Kingstone Chitotombe yesterday said the suspension was still in force.
“The suspension of Better Brands mining in Penhalonga is still in full force. We suspended them on issues to do with mining safety and regulations and environmental degradation,” he said.
Former Mutasa South constituency legislator Regai Tsunga (Citizens Coalition for Change) confirmed that Better Brands was involved in secret mining at Redwing Mine.
“EMA advised Better Brands to stop its mining operations over numerous deaths, but I have done my investigations and it seems they are mining unofficially. Just a few days ago, there were reported deaths, and there is an attempt by the company to suppress information on on-going mining operations. The safety of miners is not being considered,” Tsunga said.
Mutasa South MP Misheck Mugadza (Zanu-PF) confirmed the death of the miner at Redwing Mine.
“I know of the death of Eubret Pedro, and he is an ordinary miner. He does not mine for Better Brands. I bought a coffin for him. What I have gathered is that there are some illegal miners who are sneaking into the mine during the night and they start mining. EMA should allow mining activities to resume because the company is complying,” Mugadza said.
Redwing Mine manager Alexio Guyo yesterday refused to respond to questions from NewsDay.
“Let them write what they want and they will get tired. Currently, I have officials from the Ministry of Mines and EMA. My boss Scott Sakupwanya said write what you want,” he said.
Guyo alleged that reports that they were mining clandestinely were sponsored by unnamed politicians in connivance with some civic groups.
“It’s unfortunate that we have people who have been fighting us. This is politically motivated from the opposition,” Guyo said.
Better Brands was recently granted a licence by government to build Zimbabwe’s second gold refinery in Bulawayo.
Sakupwanya is a key Zanu-PF member and is expected to help finance the ruling party’s election campaign ahead of polls expected in August.
He has also been previously pictured with Mnangagwa at State House.
CRD director James Mupfumi said: “The culture of impunity orchestrated by greedy and political supremacy has replaced constitutionalism in Zimbabwe. Government is turning a blind eye to the continued deaths at Redwing because elements in the State security system and political elite are benefiting from gold plunder at Redwing Mine. To them, murder of desperate citizens by Better Brands’ dangerous mining pits doesn’t matter.”
By A Correspondent- Government is in the process of recruiting 2 500 teachers and most of them will be deployed to rural areas where there is a critical shortage.
This was revealed by Primary and Secondary Education Ministry’s permanent secretary Mrs Tumisang Thabela during the presentation of the Secretary’s Bell to Kwekwe Primary School recently. Mrs Thabela said her ministry had given the green-light to recruit 2 500 teachers as it works to improve the teacher/pupil ratio.
“We are grateful to the Public Service Commission for allowing us to recruit more teachers. The recruitment process is underway and most of the new teachers will be deployed in rural areas where there is a critical shortage,” she said. Meanwhile, Mrs Thabela said the cycle of competence-based curriculum is under review to inform the next seven-year cycle.
“The ministry remains committed to promoting improved access to relevant and inclusive quality education for every learner regardless of gender, ethnicity or economic status. To this end, the ministry developed an updated curriculum which provides a comprehensive plan for a rapid and sustainable transformative system of education,” she said.
Mrs Thabela said climate change is now a reality and there is a need for pupils and teachers to come up with counter measures.
“One of the ministry’s priorities is to have schools implement the initiative of green and blue schools on issues around climate change. Due to incessant and ever changing climatic conditions, all staff and pupils are encouraged to be climate ready and come up with mitigatory measures that prevent the effects of climate-change,” said Mrs Thabela.
Government, she said, remains committed to ensuring schools have adequate water by drilling boreholes at schools.
She urged other schools to emulate Kwekwe Primary School which has a number of income generating projects that are being implemented by pupils and their teachers.
“The school has poultry, fish and mushroom farming projects that are not only imparting life skills to pupils but also generating income for the school. By being involved in such projects pupils acquire skills and competencies such as financial literacy which they can use to run their own business enterprises when they leave school,” said Mrs Thabela.
Kwekwe Primary was awarded the 2019 Secretary’s Bell for being the best primary school in the Midlands province and this is the second time that it has been presented with this prestigious award.
Mrs Thabela hailed parents for playing a role in the school’s development saying it was this good relationship between the school administration and the parents that was benefiting the pupils and the school.
Besides infrastructural development which includes a state-of-the-art ECD block, the well-equipped computer laboratory, paving and landscaping of the school as well as construction of fish ponds, fowl runs and pig sties, the school has been doing well academically as well. From 2017 to 2022, the school attained between 99 and 100 percent pass rate in Grade Seven results. School head, Mr Joseph Machingura said their aim is to continue winning the Secretary’s Bell.
‘I am happy to inform you that Kwekwe Primary School was presented with this Secretary’s Bell in 2013 and exactly five years later, it is back,” he said.
Mr Machingura said because of the good pass rates, more parents wanted their children to be enrolled at the school.
“We have 1 705 pupils and a staff complement of 43 teachers. There is a very high demand for places at this school because we offer quality education,” he said.
The school received computers, tablets and other ICT gadgets for winning the Secretary’s Bell.
Mr Machingura received a certificate in recognition of the good work he is doing. After presenting the Secretary’s Bell, Mrs Thabela commissioned a state-of-the-art ECD block recently built by parents.
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Kenya’s First Lady Rachel Ruto has declared national prayers against homosexuality in the country, declaring the practice as a threat to the institution of the family.
“We want to strengthen the family institution where we have a father, a mother and children. LGBTQ is forbidden even in the Bible and the African culture. Let us hold on to family values,” she said on Sunday during a church service in Meru county.
Prior to this, the First Lady had already created a Faith Diplomacy Office which, she says, will be spreading a praying culture across the country.
She said the Faith Diplomacy Office will take prayers to the rest of the country and that a programme has been crafted “to ensure family values are protected.”
“I would like us to pray on matters of family. The family has become an institution that has been very much attacked…” local media quoted the first lady in a report.
She urged Kenyans to put more focus on matters of family, as the LGBTQ debate is threatening the family structure.
The debate surrounding LGBT rights and acceptance has been ongoing in the country for quite some time now, with supporters and opponents voicing their opinions on the matter.
Last week, Kenya’s deputy President Rigathi Gachagua made a statement that has sparked controversy among the LGBT community and its allies.
The Vice President stated that the practice of LGBT will not be condoned in the country, drawing criticism from those who advocate for LGBT rights and acceptance.
The statement has reignited the conversation about the treatment of LGBT individuals in the country and whether their rights are being violated.
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Fraud accused businessman Ofer Sivan’s celebrations were cut short after the High Court stopped him from using a default judgment obtained under mysterious circumstances to oust his business partners.
Sivan had sued his business partners Gilad Shabtai and Munyaradzi Gonyora seeking a declaratur that the two had misappropriated a sum of US$1 300 000 from their company Adlecraft Investments through acts of fraud between January 2021 and August 2021.
He sought an order compelling the two to reimburse the money in United States currency or its equivalent in Zimbabwean dollars and an order removing Shabtai and Gonyora from their positions as directors of the company.
This comes after the High Court recently chastised him from claiming to be the only shareholder in the company and also dismissing his application to prevent Shabtai from transacting and representing the company.
This is also contrary to some online media reports that the High Court had removed Shabtai and Gonyora from the firm leaving Sivan with full ownership and directorship.
In hearing the latest matter Justice Pisirai Kwenda noted some irregularities that Shabtai and Gonyora would not find the record of proceedings each time they sought to act on the matter but it would only be availed to Sivan.
“The applicants’ legal practitioners tried to set down the ‘special plea and exception’ as unopposed on three occasions but were unsuccessful because the court record was unavailable.
“There is no official explanation on record for the unavailability of the court record. “While the applicants were failing to locate the court record, the first and second respondents (Sivan/Adlecraft) were lucky, because the record was availed to them and they were able to set the matter down for default judgement in default of plea.”
Sivan then obtained a default judgment and before he could execute it, Shabtai and Gonyora got to know of it and filed an application for its rescission on the grounds that it was sought and entered in error.
They approached the High Court seeking a stay of execution before the application for the rescission of judgment is heard.
Their argument is that the default judgement entered on Wednesday 21 September 2022 was neither brought to their attention nor served on them by Sivan and Adlecraft.
Justice Kwenda, having heard both parties, stayed the execution of the default judgment agreeing that ShabtaiandGonyora through their lawyers raised valid arguments.
“I accept the applicants’ submission that they only became aware of the default judgment order on Friday 23 September 2022 because it is common cause among the parties that the judgment was entered in their absence, that they were unaware of the set down and the respondents have not served the judgment on them as is required at law,” Justice Kwenda ruled.
The judge said Sivan’s lawyers shot themselves in the foot by not serving Shabtai and Gonyora the judgment.
“The decision by respondents’ lawyers not to serve the applicants with the default judgment was ill conceived. The default judgment affected the status of the applicants and ought therefore to have been served personally before being carried into execution,” the judge ruled.
The judge also spoke on the said repayment of the alleged US$1.3 million adding that Sivan’s desire to execute the default judgment calls for the court’s intervention.
“The other part of the order relates to payment of a sum of money and may only be executed by way of a writ of execution and a party must be called upon to fulfil a judgment sounding in money through service before his or her goods are attached in execution.
“The fact that the respondents are taking steps to execute the default judgment without notifying the applicants is therefore in itself a circumstances which calls for the urgent intervention of this court on an urgent basis. The applicants became aware of the judgment fortuitously and have adequately explained each day that passed. I rule that the matter is urgent,” Justice Kwenda said.
The judge was further critical of Sivan’s lawyers actions which he said were all erroneous.
“On the face of it the decision by the legal practitioners acting for the first and second respondents (Sivan and Adlecraft) to obtain default judgement in the face of a special plea which remained extant may have been erroneous. The legal practitioners were content with snatching default judgement and surreptitiously executing same. Their decision to manufacture a non-existent form which they named Notice to Plea and Intention to bar was also an error,” the court said.
“I am satisfied that the applicants (Shabtai and Gonyora) have made a case for the exercise of this court’s discretion in their favour of stay of execution,” the court added.
Meanwhile, Shabtai and Gonyora will be in the country for the fraud trial of Sivan contrary to reports that they are fugitives from justice as they do not have a pending criminal case against them.
Residents of St Mary’s in Chitungwiza this Saturday benefited from a free medical outreach programme organised by the ZANU PF Health, Child Welfare and the elderly department in conjunction with Health Ambassadors4 ED, Forever Associates of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe All Health Workers Union.
A beneficiary told the ZBC News, “I came with my child who is not feeling well and we were attended by the doctor and prescribed medicine for free.”
Another said, “I’m grateful for the outreach programme as this has afforded us a chance to consult the doctors both my mother and I were also given medication for free.”
“I was in pain as my legs are giving me problems because of old age but I was given an injection and I’m feeling much better I pray they do this constantly,” another beneficiary said.
“We thank the doctors and nurses for this initiative as it has afforded us a chance to be treated without paying a single cent. Yes, the clinics we go there but sometimes there is no medicine and here we got some of the medication we could not buy for ourselves,” added another.
ZANU PF Director of Health Child Welfare and The Elderly, Dr Stanford Chigumura highlighted the significance of such medical programmes in ensuring a healthy community.
“Such programmes are imperative for communities that are vulnerable, especially the elderly who at old age suffer a lot of ailments that need to be checked upon regularly so that they’re comfortable in their retirement. Yes, Chitungwiza is also seized with the scourge of drug and substance abuse which has ravaged many communities, our medical personnel are also here to render counselling services to parents and youths,” he said.
Health Ambassadors4ED chairperson, Ms Cynthia Chisiri revealed that the initiative is one of the many to be done in the various communities across the country.
“We have so many doctors and nurses who have taken their time to come and give back to their communities. We are not doing this not in Harare only, but in Masvingo, we also have another team doing the same and this is going to cascade to other provinces as well as we move along with the President’s mantra of leaving no one and no place behind in accessing medical services.”
The Second Republic has made significant strides in affording its citizenry world-class health services, with the construction of new clinics and hospitals across the country’s provinces.- ZBC News
Residents of St Mary’s in Chitungwiza this Saturday benefited from a free medical outreach programme organised by the ZANU PF Health, Child Welfare and the elderly department in conjunction with Health Ambassadors4 ED, Forever Associates of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe All Health Workers Union.
A beneficiary told the ZBC News, “I came with my child who is not feeling well and we were attended by the doctor and prescribed medicine for free.”
Another said, “I’m grateful for the outreach programme as this has afforded us a chance to consult the doctors both my mother and I were also given medication for free.”
“I was in pain as my legs are giving me problems because of old age but I was given an injection and I’m feeling much better I pray they do this constantly,” another beneficiary said.
“We thank the doctors and nurses for this initiative as it has afforded us a chance to be treated without paying a single cent. Yes, the clinics we go there but sometimes there is no medicine and here we got some of the medication we could not buy for ourselves,” added another.
ZANU PF Director of Health Child Welfare and The Elderly, Dr Stanford Chigumura highlighted the significance of such medical programmes in ensuring a healthy community.
“Such programmes are imperative for communities that are vulnerable, especially the elderly who at old age suffer a lot of ailments that need to be checked upon regularly so that they’re comfortable in their retirement. Yes, Chitungwiza is also seized with the scourge of drug and substance abuse which has ravaged many communities, our medical personnel are also here to render counselling services to parents and youths,” he said.
Health Ambassadors4ED chairperson, Ms Cynthia Chisiri revealed that the initiative is one of the many to be done in the various communities across the country.
“We have so many doctors and nurses who have taken their time to come and give back to their communities. We are not doing this not in Harare only, but in Masvingo, we also have another team doing the same and this is going to cascade to other provinces as well as we move along with the President’s mantra of leaving no one and no place behind in accessing medical services.”
The Second Republic has made significant strides in affording its citizenry world-class health services, with the construction of new clinics and hospitals across the country’s provinces.- ZBC News
