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Ivy Kombo Sworn In As Lawyer

By A Correspondent- United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean gospel singer Ivy Kombo has been sworn in as a legal practitioner at the High Court of Zimbabwe.

The Nguva Yakwana hit-maker graduated with a Masters of Law (LLM) degree in International Commercial Law from the University of Bedfordshire —United Kingdom in 2014.

Speaking after today’s sworn in ceremony outside High Court, Kombo, who was sworn in together with her husband Admire Kasingakore, said:

We are just coming from the High Court where we have been sworn in as legal practitioners of Zimbabwe. So, we are really grateful to become lawyers and serve the nation.

As a word of advice to those who wish to become lawyers, Kombo said:

You need to understand that it’s never too late, you can achieve it and you can make it. being a mother of five, here I am —career changer.

Frequently Have SƏx To Lower Chances Of Getting Prostate Cancer, Minister Tells Parliamentarians

By Jane Mlambo| Sexually active men have a lower rate of getting prostate cancer, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr John Mangwiro told parliamentarians yesterday.

Responding to legislators who wanted to know how men can avoid prostate cancer, Mangwiro said men who frequently have intercourse have lower chances of getting the disease that had 1.4 million treated cases globally in 2020.

“Those men who are very sexually active, the rate of getting cancer is much lower than those who are not. There are so many ideas. Those who do it more frequently have got lower chances,” said Mangwiro.

He also spoke on ways men can check if they have prostate cancer including via the anal canal.

“The first one is us putting the finger up and checking the prostate via the anal canal to check that the prostate is fine,” said Mangwiro.

“The next one is we use blood; we take blood samples and check for prostatic surface antigen quantities. Once those are raised, we can determine whether someone has got prostate cancer or not,” added Mangwiro.

Ruling Throws Tenants Under The Bus

By A Correspondent- The High Court has outlawed a law that has been protecting tenants renting commercial properties from being ejected once their lease agreements have expired.

Previously, tenants were protected by sections 22 and 23 of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations, 1983, which authorised them to continue staying or using premises despite expiry of their contracts.

The sections prohibited the property owners from evicting tenants as long as they were abiding by the terms and conditions of the expired leases.

But High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora yesterday ruled that the sections were unlawful, describing the law as unfair.

“A cumulative reading of sections 22 and 23 shows that these provisions unfairly limit the powers of a court in ordering eviction and heavily restrict the lessor’s rights to terminate occupancy or seek eviction and possession of the premises after the lease expires. The regulations create a forced relationship between the lessee and the lessor known as statutory tenancy. My view is that sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of section 22 (2) effectively preclude the lessor from increasing rentals or leasing out the property to another person once the statutory tenancy protection applies,” Justice Chinamhora ruled.

“I would add that section 23 fortifies the protection accorded under section 22 of the regulations and entitles the lessor to all the other benefits arising from the original contract.

“It is precisely for these reasons that section 22 and 23 of the regulations are ultra vires the Commercial Premises (Lease Control) Act and set them aside.”

The ruling follows a legal dispute between a Harare-based company, Elnour United Engineering Group Private (Limited) and Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza.

US Shares Chinese Balloon Info With 40 Nations

The United States has announced that it shared infornation about the controversial Chinese air balloon with 40 nations before shooting it down.

China has said it was just a weather balloon. VIDEO- (Reuters)

Chinese balloon information shared with 40 nations

Pastor Kasi, Wife, Sworn Into High Court As Lawyers

Armed Robber Suspect Shot And Killed

A 29-year-old suspected armed robber, who was part of a seven member gang targeting companies in Harare, was shot and killed by police during a shoot out in Ruwa on Tuesday.

Alexio Mupamhura (29) died a few hours after being admitted to Parirenyatwa Hospital.

His other accomplice, Deliverance Makomva (21), was arrested after police conducted more investigations.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms the arrest of Alexio Mupamhura (29) and Deliverance Makomva (21) in connection with two armed robbery cases which occurred on December 15, 2022 and the 7th of February 2023 in Harare,” he said.

“On February 6, 2023, detectives from CID Homicide, Harare, received information which linked Alexio Mupamhura to a robbery case which occurred on December 15th, 2022 at Prime Irrigation Company along ED Mnangagwa Road, Highlands, Harare, where a security guard was attacked before a cellphone, five 12-volt lithium batteries, eight solar panels, a 5KW generator and US$700 cash were stolen.”

The detectives acted upon the information and made a follow up on Mupamhura and on Tuesday at around 8am he arrived at his residence along Chinhoyi Street, Zimre Park, Ruwa, whilst driving a Toyota Wish vehicle, registration number, AFA 8576.

After seeing the detectives, Mupamhura sped off, leading to a shoot out and speed chase with the detectives.

He drove into a maize field where he stopped the vehicle before fleeing while armed with an iron bar.

Mupamhura was later arrested and was found with gunshot wounds on the chest and leg.

“During interview by the police, the suspect implicated Deliverance Makomva and five others who are at large. Alexio Mupamhura was referred to Parirenyatwa where he died on admission,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.

“The arrest led to the recovery of the suspects’ getaway vehicle, a Nissan Caravan NV350, registration number AFY 9469, a pellet gun, five bolt cutters, two 14 pounce hammers, three crowbars, various clothes with price tags, four laptops, an HP desktop computer, two solar panels, two 12 volts solar batteries, a lithium battery, three Samsung tablets, a solar light set, three inverters, 2 x 5 litre engine oil, eight pints of engine oil, a LED torch and a pinch bar.”

Detectives later arrested Makomva after he had contacted Mupamhura’s wife to meet him at Mabvuku turn-off, along Harare-Mutare Road, where he wanted to give her unidentified property for safekeeping.

Subsequently, detectives recovered various clothes with price tags and two lithium batteries from Makomva.

The suspects were further linked to a robbery case which occurred on February 7, 2023 at business premises along Sam Nujoma Street, Harare where a security guard and his daughter were attacked before two cellphones, US$5 cash, a solar panel, a 48 volts solar battery, four Baofeng wireless communication radios and a laptop were stolen.

Police are appealing for information which may lead to the arrest of the outstanding suspects, identified as Tendai Ruchiyo, alias T1, Emmanuel Dylan Matiza, alias Big Dealer, Carlson Mabhonga and Lloyd Chinembiri.

Meanwhile, police are appealing for information which may assist in the investigation of a robbery case which occurred on February 7 2023 at a house along Shaneragh Road, Mandara, Harare.

Seven unknown suspects attacked a couple before stealing US$17 000 cash, a Ford Everest vehicle, registration number AFN 7615, a Mazda CX6 battery, three cellphones and three laptops.

Anyone with information to contact National complaints Desk on (0242) 703631, WhatsApp 0712 800 197, ZRP Harare Operations on (0242) 748836 or report at any nearest Police Station.-state media

Gunman Who Shot At Judge

A 34-year old man who fired a shot while parked at the gate of High Court judge Justice Emiliah Muchawa’s house in Westgate, Harare, is a close neighbour of the judge, it emerged in court yesterday.
Nation Musekiwa, who stays a few houses from the judge’s home in the same street, appeared at the Harare Magistrates court charged with criminal nuisance and alternatively assault.

Musekiwa denied the charges when he appeared before magistrate Mrs Evelyn Mashavirakure, who remanded him to March 8 for trial.

Mr Anesu Chirenje, prosecuting, alleged that on January 31 at around 7.15pm, Justice Muchawa and her husband, Mr Pascal Ngwarai Muchawa, were driving home along Old Mazowe Road.

When they reached Tom Farm along Old Mazowe Road, they saw Musekiwa driving his Honda Civic in front of them and they followed him until turning into Good Hope Road.

It is alleged that Musekiwa stopped his car in front of Justice Muchawa’s main gate, prompting the couple to stop their vehicle.

Musekiwa is alleged to have fired a shot into the air causing Justice Muchawa and her husband to drive to the nearby home of Justice Chinembiri Bhunu, where there were security officers on duty.

Constables Kambamura and Chidaushe, who were on duty, opened the gate for them.

The couple told the police officers what had happened and they went to the scene where they recovered a 9mm blank cartridge.

On the following day, Musekiwa went to Harare Central Police Station where he told the police that he was the one who had fired the shot on the previous night. Investigations led to the recovery of a pellet gun that was taken to CID Ballistics for forensic examination. – state media

3 Pupils Arrested for Smoking Mbanje

3 boys who are pupils at George Chipadza Secondary School in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province and a female drug dealer, were arrested after the boys were caught smoking mbanje in the school premises.

The three boys who are all aged 16 years, were caught redhanded smoking the dagga and they implicated their supplier who was also arrested.

Midlands Police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the arrest of the three pupils and the suspected dealer.

“The arrest took place at George Chipadza Secondary after three teenagers were caught red handed by one of the teachers at the school.

“A police report was made and the three boys implicated Sibongile Masaire (38) of Zvishavane as their supplier,” he said.

Inspector Mahoko said they conducted a search at Masaire’s house and recovered 1,35kgs of dagga.

The three minors were released into the custody of their guardians while Masaire is in police custody.

In another incident, police recovered 75 plants of dagga at a homestead belonging to Lloyd Sibanda in Ziyabangwa village under Chief Wedza area in Zvishavane District.

Insp Mahoko said Sibanda vanished after he got wind that police were looking for him following a tip off by members of the public.

“Our officers recovered 75 plants of dagga with an average height of two metres at Sibanda’s garden. The suspect is on the run and we are appealing to members of the public to assist in locating him.

“We are also appealing to members of the public to value their health by desisting from drug and substantive abuse. On the other hand, we call upon parents and guardians to conscientise their children on the dangers of drug and substance abuse,” he said.

The latest arrest comes at a time when police have escalated the fight against drug abuse in the ongoing nationwide crackdown against drug peddlers and abusers.

Dubbed “No to dangerous drugs and illicit substances: See something, say something”, the operation comes after Government instructed police to redouble their efforts against drug lords supplying drugs to youths.

In Bulawayo, police on Monday conducted a vehicle stop and search exercise at a roadblock along Luveve Road to signal the start of the operation in the city. The Government has said the rounding up of drug kingpins would help save young people who ruining their future by abusing drugs.

Police said they would now man roadblocks to stop and search motorists as well as passengers.

President Mnangagwa has called on churches to join the fight against drug and substance abuse.

In 2021, Government launched the National Drug Policy to fight the scourge.

Drug dealers are operating within communities selling drugs which include imbanje, crystal meth, Broncleer and injengu hence they can be flushed out. -state media

Messenger Dupes Govt R23.7m

A former provincial health department messenger who forged a letter to procure R23.7m worth of personal protective equipment during the Covid-19 state of disaster has been sentenced to a decade in prison for fraud.

Ayanda Matinise, 37, took advantage of his proximity to the office of then Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba and disaster regulations which permitted deviation from ordinary procurement procedures, said regional National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Luxolo Tyali.

Matinise wrote, signed and sent a forged letter to Falaz Protection Services in September 2020 under the pretence that the provincial health department was committed to procuring PPE, including surgical masks. The company submitted a declaration of interest and a quotation of R23.7m to Matinise.

The PPE was then delivered to the department’s OR Tambo district stores in Mthatha.

Once the company realised officials responsible for payment had no knowledge of the forged letter, they opted to collect the consignment, “but large quantities of it were missing, including 130,000 KN 95 masks and 70,000 surgical masks, to the value of R2.6m. Investigations conducted by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Hawks led to the arrest of Matinise,” said Tyali.

“He pleaded not guilty, downplaying his role to that of a mere messenger, and attempted to implicate the officials who blew the whistle as having been involved in large-scale corruption. However, under cross-examination, Matinise contradicted himself and changed his version at least three times. The court rejected his defence.”

Eastern Cape director of public prosecutions Barry Madolo commended the prosecuting team, SIU investigators and Hawks for securing the conviction and sentence of a person who used the pandemic to illegally enrich himself.

TimesLIVE/Agencies

No Other Party Deserving Your Vote Like ZANU PF: Mavaza

By Dr Masimba Mavaza | This year our nation will once again have its quinquennium experience of choosing its representatives in a harmonised elections.

Elections are a periodically occurance whose impact reverbets over many years. In most cases, such impact outlives the five-year electoral cycle and affects even unborn or yet to live generations. It is for that reason that we implore Zimbabweans to excercise their vote with deep thought and with a sense of responsibility. This must involve evidence-driven balloting which rises above political gymicking and posturing.

Zanu PF and CCC will be the main political actors in this election. We must look at what these two parties have to offer. In so doing we must look at what they have offered in the past, what they are offering now, as that analysis is the only thing that can give us a credible prediction of what to expect should either party emerge the victor in the election.

It is important to dispel from the outset the notion that CCC is just the oppsition. Such notion is just too simplistic. While Zanu PF is in power in national government, CCC is in power in the majority of major urban centers where Zanu PF is in opposition. For that reason we are comparing like-for-like in that both parties have had decades of governance experience of one way or the other.

Historically Zanu PF is credited with ushering universal education and with universal health in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe has one of the highest literacy rates in the world. It has one of the most-skilled workforce in the world. This achievement did not and cannot occur automatically. It incurred through planning, through intentionality and above all through a sense of service by Zanu PF to the people of Zimbabwe. This is a historic achievement we must applaud.

Similarly, while Americans have an intractable problem about their health provision and are fighting over Obama Care issues and the cost of health insurance in the richest nation in the world; while the National Health Care System in the UK is sick and struck with crisis after crisis, Zimbabweans around the country take free care for granted. We have clinics and health centres for every ward, including in rural areas.

It is true that in recent years both our health abd education infustructure has suffered from the crippling effects of illegal sanctions and from world-wide phenomenon such as the crush in the world economy, international wars and pandemics. The main point is that Zanu PF put in place a system of health and education that has not been paralleled. Save for temporal challenges, we have some of the greatest foundations which are an envy even to the so-called first world countries. It is no surprise that the only people who scorn at our health system are the opposition. In Zimbabwe you can wait for an hour to see a doctor. In England it will be months. Zimbabwe is all covered in achievements.

Thes achievements do not just relate to the past. The Second Republic has renovated schools in all provinces and renovated health centres.

Work is on-going on major highways to improve our people’s travel experience and to drive economic growth. These include the Bulawayo -Harare highway, the Beitbridge Harare Highway Mutare Harare highway and several high ways around Zimbabwe.

In the energy sector the work to increase energy capacity and output of the Hwange grid is on-going. In the face of power shortage in the whole world Zimbabwe is actually shaking the power problems off.

The Second Republic is building at least one dam in each province. In this regard the Second Republic has broken records. For example many governments before it, including pre- independence administrations planned but failed to execute the Gwayi-Shangani Water project. The Second Republic has.

In the land sector, dispossessed indigeanous people have been resettled in millions. The Second Republic empowers them with agricultural imputs via its successful Command Agriculture Programme. Zimbabwe has bounced back into being a bread basket again. This is not a miracle but toil and hard work by ZANU PF.

All these examples and more underline the credibility of Zanu PF’s loudable mantra which is ” no one and no place must be left behind”.
All the past and current achievements of Zanu Pf are an index of what the party will do when reelected. The leadership of ED MNANGAGWA. has been a hands on type of leadership.

Just let us look at CCC and its predicessor party the MDC. They have bern in power since 1995 in urban centres. They took over from Zanu PF thriving city centres and neighbourhoods. Their councillors have turned the towns and cities to lamentable stares with roads raveged by pot-holes and eye-sore city centres. Their councillors are profoundly corrupt and have a unique way of combining gross- incompetency with corruption. Look at the scandal in stand allication all over our urban centres. Not even a word of condemnation from their national leaders. That eloquent silence is so important because it is a hint of what will happen if CCC takes the reigns of national power. They will not tackle corruption because corruption is their singular badge in local government.

Zanu PF government has produced a blue print for the economy in the form of its National Economic Strategy and Vision 2030 . CCC does not even have a document describing how to elect its own president while clamouring to elect a national president.

For them the fact that CCC is policy-less and constitution-less is treated in a cavalier manner. To Zimbabweans it is the very height of insult and insolence that they would presume to run a state, with the intricacies of legislation, including a myriad of statutory instruments that are promulgated daily when its leaders do not buy in to the concept of policy and legislation.

Even as the election approaches CCC has presented no proposal for the country and no program for the economy, whose decline CCC contributes daily by inviting the continuity with sanctions.

Perhaps one of the biggest differences between the two parties, outside issues of competency, is the issue of patriotism. Zanu PF will govern, as it does, for and in the name of Zimbabwrans. CCC will govern for and in the name of its imperialist masters.
ZANU PF has always been for the people while CCC is controlled by a remote force which has no business of building Zimbabwe.
ZANU PF teaches us that Zimbabwe is the only country which we can call ours in the whole world. It came through blood and sweat so we need to handle it with care.
We need to vote wisely. Vote for ZANU PF.

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Gen Chiwenga In Charge

Vice President General (Rtd), Dr Constantino Guvheya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga has assumed the office of the Acting President of the country following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state visit to Equatorial Guinea to meet his counterpart longtime ruler Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

The state visit is expected to culminate into signing of six agreements.

Upon arrival, Mnangagwa received a country brief from Ambassador Maxwell Ranga who covers Equatorial Guinea from Abuja, Nigeria.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is a former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979.

He is the longest-serving president of any country ever and the second-longest consecutively-serving current non-royal national leader in the world.- Byo24

Mnangagwa Spends Two Days With Feared Dictator

Tinashe Sambiri| The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa has flown to Equatorial Guinea for a State visit.

Analysts project Mr Mnangagwa has gone to that country to receive “rigging lectures.”

According to ZBC news, Mr Mnangagwa will spend two days in Equatorial Guinea.

“President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left the country for Equatorial Guinea for a two-day State visit.

He was seen off at the Robert Mugabe International Airport by Vice President General (Retired) Dr Constantino Chiwenga, government ministers, permanent secretaries and service chiefs.”

Mnangagwa Attending Rigging Lecture In Guinea?

Tinashe Sambiri| The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa has flown to Equatorial Guinea for a State visit.

Analysts project Mr Mnangagwa has gone to that country to receive “rigging lectures.”

According to ZBC news, Mr Mnangagwa will spend two days in Equatorial Guinea.

“President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left the country for Equatorial Guinea for a two-day State visit.

He was seen off at the Robert Mugabe International Airport by Vice President General (Retired) Dr Constantino Chiwenga, government ministers, permanent secretaries and service chiefs.”

Man Loses Cash, Cellphones To Robbers

POLICE in Manicaland have launched a manhunt for a five-member machete gang which pounced on two different places in one night in Murambinda last Thursday.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed both incidents, saying two victims lost over US$500 and cellphones.

He said no arrests or recovery of the stolen property have been made so far.

“On February 2 around midnight, a group of five masked men broke into Mr Joseph Vhatamu’s home near Murambinda Growth Point. They assaulted him before making good their escape with over US$500 and two cellphones.

“During the same night, the suspects also attacked Mr Clayton Gwama who was on his way to Gurajena shops. The victim was robbed of his cellphone and US$40 before the assailants disappeared into the darkness,” said Inspector Muzondo.

Both cases were reported at Murambinda Police Station.

Inspector Muzondo appealed to members of the public with information leading to the arrest of the suspects to report to their nearest police station.

— Manica Post

Mnangagwa Under Pressure To Release Job Sikhala

CCC Namibia speaks strongly on impunity: Free innocent Wiwa and imprison the corrupt Wadyajena!

08 February 2023

It is beyond Satanism for the purported independent judiciary to continue punishing the revolutionary lamb “Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala” whilst the real criminals are enriching themselves using state apparatus as springboards for the primitive accumulation of national resources! Namibia district castigates the illegal removal on remand to ZANU-PF serial looters represented by Gokwe Mp, Mayor Wadyajena who robbed the state of more than 5 000 000US$ (5m+ US$) belonging to COTCO.

His removal on remand came at an ugly juncture when our diligent Zengeza West Mp and Lawyer, Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala has been caged at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for more than seven months on concocted charges. As a district that subscribes to the rule of law and constitutionalism, we demand an abrupt end to this weaponization of the law by the clueless and sadist regime. Our fight is anchored on freedom, equality, and justice hence we demand freedom for Hon Job Sikhala. It is unacceptable to allow the continued incarceration of the innocent when the real criminals are walking scot-free.

Mayor Wadyajena looted a considerable amount of money but it seems those who are affiliated with the corrupt and politically inept party are immune to prosecution. Real thieves such as Obadiah Moyo, Prisca Mupfumira, Wicknell Chivayo, Ignatius Chombo, and Henrieta Rushwaya merely to mention a few amassed ill-gotten wealth from the state with impunity, which must be resisted with a double measure. We audibly advocate for the independence of the judiciary, all citizens should be treated equally before the law regardless of their political convictions.

It is now imperative that Zimbabweans take it upon themselves to peacefully confront the political ills and predispositions in our captured courts. Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala deserves his ultimate freedom because it is not a crime to demand justice for Moreblessing Ali. It is legal for any officer of the court to represent his or her clients without fear of persecution by prosecution. Wiwa has languished in jail for speaking out against the state-sponsored torture, abductions, and enforced disappearances of those who speak the truth to power and criticizing ZANUPF shenanigans.

Namibia district is cobra-headed on the astronomical levels of state capture of the judiciary and all other state institutions in the motherland. Efforts to demand the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience are now compulsory for all and sundry since Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala was denied his constitutional right to bail several times. “We can’t afford to have laws for ZANU-PF goons and laws for Citizens Coalition For Change subscribers. All Zimbabweans must be treated equally before the law. CCC interim Vice-chairperson deserves his freedom. His Wife and children have missed him since the 14th of June 2022!”, fumed the interim chairperson for CCC Namibia Rundu Branch, Simbarashe Ndoda.

Let’s all unite against this lawfare! ZANU PF must discontinue its insatiable appetite to deter social democrats through the unconstitutional use of long pre-trial detentions, arbitrary arrests, selective application of the law, and intimidation of vulnerable villagers in the countryside ahead of the July harmonized elections. Namibia district urges champions to embrace dangerous freedom against peaceful slavery and incessant impunity on the ZANUPF perpetrators of belly politics of plunder and self-aggrandizement.

On another note, the vibrant interim Secretary General for the CCC Namibia Rundu branch, Dr. Lawrence Chiduku encouraged all social democrats to give material and financial support to the recently launched “REAP”, (Register, Elect and Protect the vote plus the voter) a sound youth initiative that encourages citizens to register, vote and protect the vote and the voter. Namibia applauds the efforts invested into the struggle by the millennial generation championed by the energetic and diligent Youth Taskforce Commander, Takudzwa Ngadziore, Spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma, and Womberai Nhende only to mention a few.

Defending the vote and the voter becomes the only panacea to social, economic, and political justice in the motherland. Let’s register to vote against the impunity of ZANU-PF corrupters and thugs who have taken too much for the owner to ignore. Citizens must amplify their revolutionary voices demanding JUSTICE, EQUALITY, and FREEDOM for Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala as well as all political prisoners. Namibia district reiterates that Zimbabwe is not ZANUPF’s private property, even CCC members are bonafide residents hence they deserve respect and honor. We demand free, fair, credible, and unfettered elections in Zimbabwe.

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CCC Namibia speaks strongly on impunity: Free innocent Wiwa and imprison the corrupt Wadyajena!

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Robbers Pounce On Family, Get Away With Cash

POLICE in Manicaland have launched a manhunt for a five-member machete gang which pounced on two different places in one night in Murambinda last Thursday.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed both incidents, saying two victims lost over US$500 and cellphones.

He said no arrests or recovery of the stolen property have been made so far.

Both cases were reported at Murambinda Police Station.

Inspector Muzondo appealed to members of the public with information leading to the arrest of the suspects to report to their nearest police station.

— Manica Post

Mnangagwa “Hands Over” Power To Chiwenga

The state visit is expected to culminate into signing of six agreements.

Upon arrival, Mnangagwa received a country brief from Ambassador Maxwell Ranga who covers Equatorial Guinea from Abuja, Nigeria.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is a former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979.

He is the longest-serving president of any country ever and the second-longest consecutively-serving current non-royal national leader in the world.- Byo24

Mjolo Prophet Abandons Church

By- The House of Grace International Ministries leader, Prophet Shame Hungwe, has abandoned his church and turned to Prophet Eubert Angel.

Hungwe made headlines for bedding a married woman.
H-Metro spotted him with Prophet Angel performing miracles in Nigeria recently.

He told the tabloid that he had become like a sheep without a shepherd following the death of Prophet TB Joshua, but he has now found grace in Prophet Angel.
“Every person, including church leaders, needs someone they can confide in and seek counselling.
“I felt exposed to evil spirits that I used to cast out following the death of Prophet TB Joshua.
“I learnt a lesson that there are three stubborn forces that can make any leader fall from grace.
“The love of money, the love of women and pride are forces that can leave anyone naked and exposed to shame.
“I want to thank God that the anointing kept my head above waters, otherwise I could have backslidden,” said Hungwe.
He hailed Prophet Angel for helping him.
“Prophet Eubert Angel helped me a lot and brought me back to the House of Grace, although I will not use that name again.
“For the mean time, I have found grace through Prophet Angel and will remain loyal to his leadership and guidance,” he said.
Asked if he would seek forgiveness from people he had wronged, Hungwe said anyone born of flesh hardly forgives.
“Chikuru kudiwa naMwari nekuti ndiye woga anokwanisa kuregerera munhu nekuti wakaberekwa nenyama haaregereri zvekumhanya.
“David in Psalms 51:1-5 clearly showed that only God can cleanse and return one’s hope.”
Hungwe is expected back in the country anytime this month, and he promised to resume his ministry, but under a new name.

Prayers Fail To Stop Suicidal Harare Man

By-A Hatcliff man who jumped from the top of Tanganyika House in Harare ignored people, including prayers meant to stop him from committing suicide.
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Mugove Chituzu suffered a fractured left hand, broken jaw, and deep cuts to his head and legs after landing on the roof of an old garage.
Witnesses said Chituzu complained of being tormented by invisible people who wanted to kill him.
A vendor, Mai Chipo, who sells her wares close to the building, said she saw Chituzu at around 7am and he appeared intoxicated.
“I saw this guy in the morning and he asked for water and I gave him. He then said someone was trying to kill him.
“He started telling me that someone was threatening his life and wanted to kill him by burning him, and that’s when I realised that he was under mental torment,” she said.
Chituzu is reported to have then stormed into Tanganyika House, fought and overcome the security guards before speeding to the rooftop.

The Fire Brigade arrived at the building and tried to get him down.
Donald Chihwa, a security guard who was at the scene, said Chituzu refused to get down and he kept saying someone was after him.
“We tried persuading him and get him down, but the more we tried, the more he moved to the edge of the building.
“The fire brigade also tried to talk to him, but he kept on telling them that he would jump since there were some people trying to kill him.”
A pastor also arrived at the scene and tried to persuade Chituzu not to jump.
“The pastor prayed for him, but he kept saying he would jump.
“As a crowd gathered, Chituzu then jumped and fell on the roof of an old garage,” said a witness.
An ambulance took him to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. H Metro

Holy Ten Declares War Against Gaffa President

By-Hip Hop artist Holy Ten has declared war against award-winning dancehall star Winky D and said the famous musician was a snake longer than his dreadlocks.

The two collaborated on a song —Ibotso, from Winky D’s latest offering, Eureka.

Holy Ten, who has previously said he regrets collaborating with Winky D, dissed the Kambuzuma-raised chanter while speaking on an online show The Episode. He said:

The man you are talking about (Winky D) is a snake longer than his dreadlocks. But even the serpent did not force the apple, which became a global disaster, into Eve’s mouth.

The serpent spoke and Eve made a decision. So in this case, I’m Eve.

Asked if he would have preferred to have done a song with a different meaning with Winky, Holy Ten said:

I would have never done a song with Winky Gee, that’s me avoiding to be sued. I’m not stupid, I have done law and we signed contracts.

Holy Ten has been heavily criticized for his latest comments with award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono advising the Anotobvawo Kune Vanhu hit-maker to learn from his ‘elders’. He said:

My brother Holly, stop player hating.

Winky D has been doing this music thing for decades, so you might learn something from engaging with him without dissing him.

Winky D is bigger, that is why everyone was happy to see him give you an opportunity to duet!

Show some respect to Winky D and also you must realize that the kind of things you are saying here can turn some of your fans off.

Live and learn, don’t destroy your career dude with this silly and misguided comments.

Winky D gave you a bigger platform than you ever had, a thank you is what a decent person would do.

Do you have management, if you have change them.

A REAL manager wouldn’t let you say this crap!

usatande Botso munin’ina, unopera sesipo!!!

Holy must understand that ZANUPF is not stupid.

They know he did this song willingly but then regretted & is worried about losing the free stuff.

They know that he is trying so hard to fix his image with them.

ZANUPF has more respect for Winky D because they know where he stands with his views.

Holy is just blowing with the wind, so ZANUPF has no respect for him at all, and they have said it privately.

They know he is saying these stupid things to pretend like he is on their side, they know that all he is afraid of is losing freebies, they ain’t stupid.

Asviba both sides and the more he talks, the more he looks like a clown.

Sad!!!

Fresh Details On Harare Suicidal Man

By-A Hatcliffe man yesterday survived a suicide attempt after jumping from the top of Tanganyika House located at the corner of Kwame Nkrumah and 3rd Street in Harare.

Mugove Chituzu suffered a fractured left hand, and broken jaw as well as deep cuts to his head and legs after landing on the roof of an old garage.
Witnesses said Chituzu complained of being tormented by invisible people who wanted to kill him.
A vendor, Mai Chipo, who sells her wares close to the building, said she saw Chituzu at around 7am and he appeared intoxicated.
“I saw this guy in the morning and he asked for water and I gave him. He then said someone was trying to kill him.
“He started telling me that someone was threatening his life and wanted to kill him by burning him, and that’s when I realised that he was under mental torment,” she said.
Chituzu is reported to have then stormed into Tanganyika House, fought and overcome the security guards before speeding to the rooftop.

Winky D vs Holy Ten

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— ZimEye (@ZimEye) February 8, 2023

Woman Stalks Hubby’s Lover

By A Correspondent- A Harare woman has warned her husbɑnd’s girlfriǝnd to stay away from him.

Alice Kundishona took her l0ver’s wife, Rumbidzai Masiringota, to court accusing her of disturbing her peace by insulting, threatening and stalking her.

Magistrate Tamara Chibindi granted Alice’s application.

She threatens and insults me every time she comes across me. She is also sending people to stalk me and I don’t like it,” she said.

Responding to Alice’s accusations, Rumbidzai opposed the application, stating that Alice should instead stay away from her husbɑnd.

I went to her and warned her to stay away from my husbɑnd after finding out that she was the one disturbing my mɑrriɑgǝ and peace.

“We stay in the same neighbourhood and she does this to provoke me,” she said.

Magistrate Chibindi told Rumbidzai that she is committing an offence and should approach her husbɑnd and not the girlfriǝnd.

— HMetro

Free Wiwa, Jail Wadyajena

CCC Namibia speaks strongly on impunity: Free innocent Wiwa and imprison the corrupt Wadyajena!

08 February 2023

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Court Acquits Rushinga Man Arrested For Criticising Mnangagwa

A Rushinga man is now a free man after authorities opted to withdraw criminal charges against him, which had emanated from allegations that he had criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for boasting that Zimbabwe had the strongest currency in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

The 44 year-old Robert Zakeyo of Rushinga in Mashonaland Central province, had been scheduled to stand trial at Bindura Magistrates Court on 31 January 2023 on charges of contravening section 33 (2)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

Zakeyo, who was represented by Gift Mtisi of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, was to stand trial after the National Prosecuting Authority Acting Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa, in November 2022, issued a Certificate of Authority to Prosecute.

Zakeyo, who is an entrepreneur at Rushinga Business Centre and who had been out of prison custody on bail, was arrested on 3 May 2020 after he was accused of posting a video on 1 May 2020 on a WhatsApp group called Rushinga Residents of President Mnangagwa issuing a press statement in relation to the strength of the local bond notes
currency.

Prosecutors claimed that in the same video clip, there also appeared a lady who was dressed in opposition MDC Alliance party regalia uttering the word “musatanyoko” in vernacular purporting as if the lady was rubbishing President Mnangagwa’s sentiments on the competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s currency.

This reportedly incensed Author Chinyoka, the Acting Coordinator for the ruling ZANU PF party in Rushinga, who was the complainant in the matter, after he came across the messages while browsing through Rushinga Residents WhatsApp Group.

But Zakeyo is now a free man after prosecutors on Tuesday 31 January 2023 withdrew charges against him before plea.

Zakeyo is among dozens of people, who have been arrested since 2017, when President Mnangagwa seized power from the late Robert Mugabe, and charged with insulting or undermining the authority of the President.

In most cases, human rights defenders and ordinary citizens are targeted for expressing themselves on matters to do with or connected with the President.

Lawyers End Horrific Detention Of Chiadzwa Villagers

Mutare Magistrates court has ended the horrible detention of more than 10 Chiadzwa villagers in Manicaland province, who were subjected to horrendous torture and assault, when they were arrested recently by a joint crack team of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA).

The 11 Chiadzwa villagers namely Daniel Nyazika, Midia Nyazika, Tinashe Nyazika, Mike Nyazika, Gift Nyazika, Crispen Mashande, Neyemai Chibuwe, Manuel Zvirimumoyo, Darlington Mwarumba, Albert Mudzimwa and Michel Chidzungu of Chingome village under Chief Marange in Manicaland province, were arrested by ZRP officers and ZNA members stationed at Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company on Sunday 15 January 2023 at Nyazika Bottle Store.

They were charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice as defined in section 184(1)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for allegedly causing the escape of 32 people, who were accused of being illegal diamond panners and who had been arrested in a liquor retail shop.

The Chiadzwa villagers appeared before Mutare Magistrate Richard Ramaboea on Wednesday 18 January 2023 after spending time in detention first at Diamond Police Base and later on at Bambazonke Police Station, where they spent two nights.

During their initial remand appearance, prosecutors told Magistrate Ramaboea that the 11 villagers teamed up and challenged members of the Joint Operations Committee (JOC) comprising of ZRP officers and ZNA members, who were executing an operation to secure diamond fields.

Representing the villagers, Peggy Tavagadza and Kelvin Kabaya of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, complained before Magistrate Ramaboea that their clients were heavily assaulted upon arrest by ZRP officers and ZNA members, who caused extensive damage to doors of the liquor shop and also smashed some vehicle windscreens.

The villagers, Tavagadza and Kabaya said, were also over-detained beyond 48 hours before being brought to court for their initial remand proceedings and were denied access to medical facilities for treatment of injuries sustained from the assault by law enforcement agents.

In response, Magistrate Ramaboea ordered the State represented by Chris Munyukwi to investigate the villagers’ complaints against ZRP and ZNA and to submit a report to him on 8 February 2023, when they return to court.

Attempted Murder Charges For Entumbane Woman

By A Correspondent- A 37 year old Bulawayo woman faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly poured some boiling water on her husbɑnd during a domestic dispute at the family home in Entumbane suburb.

For the alleged offence, Chipo Mvundura Sibanda appeared before Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze at Western Commonage Court and was remanded in custody.

Court heard recently that Sibanda severely scalded Kenneth Jeti, 45, with boiling water when the latter questioned his wife on where she had spent the day.

According to court papers, the altercation happened on the 30th of January 2023 at around 0520 hours.

The accused person became violent and took boiling water and poured it on the complainant’s body. The complainant was referred to Mpilo for medical examinations,” reads the court papers in part.

-ZimLive

Zim Govt Using Repressive Laws To Bar Nurses From Seeking Greener Pastures

With a salary worth the equivalent of less than $100 a month, Agnes Masarira can’t afford to buy lunch at the hospital in Zimbabwe where she works as a nurse. She dreams of a nursing job in Canada, but she cannot emigrate without key documents that the Zimbabwean authorities refuse to provide.

It’s a story happening all over Zimbabwe. Nurses know there are opportunities in countries like Canada and Britain that suffer from chronic shortages of health workers. Many are desperate to emigrate. Zimbabwe’s authoritarian government, however, makes it almost impossible for most to leave.

“It’s like I’m a slave,” said Ms. Masarira, 28, who works at a government hospital in Masvingo province. “I have no house, no car and not enough to eat, yet I’m considered employed. I live with my brother. I can only afford second-hand clothes. My child has to watch me struggling every day.”

Like other nurses in Zimbabwe, she cannot apply for international jobs without an official copy of her nursing diploma and a verification letter from the government – neither of which is available.

For years she has visited Health Ministry offices to request the documents. Each time she was told that the officials who must sign the documents were unavailable. One official asked for a bribe of US$200 to arrange her diploma, but she could not afford it. “Where do I get that amount when I earn less than that?” she asked.

Canada has been enduring a shortage of nurses for years. British Columbia alone was reported to have more than 5,300 unfilled positions in the nursing sector late last year. Governments have tried to recruit foreign-trained nurses to fill the gap, but countries such as Zimbabwe do not make it easy.

While the Zimbabwean government has never officially explained the restrictions on the documents that nurses need, it is believed to be an attempt to halt the exodus of health workers. More than 4,000 health workers, including about 2,600 nurses, left the country in 2021 and 2022.

The exodus is a reflection of Zimbabwe’s collapsing economy, largely because of mismanagement by the authoritarian state. Despite government promises to raise the salaries of health workers, their wages remain at poverty level – and Zimbabwe has one of the world’s highest inflation rates.

Instead of boosting wages, the government is using repressive controls to prevent health workers from fighting back or leaving the country. After doctors and nurses went on a week-long strike to seek higher wages last year, the government introduced a law this month to prohibit any labour action of more than three days.

The government also exploits the desperation of the nurses by imposing higher fees for the documents they require. Last year it doubled the application fee for verification letters to US$300 from US$150. This has deterred nurses from emigrating – but in practice the letters have become almost impossible to obtain anyway, even when nurses are able to pay the fee.

“It’s a human-rights abuse against the suffering nurses,” said Setfree Mafukidze, a Zimbabwean nurse who emigrated to Britain in 2020 when the restrictions were not as onerous.

“People are being tied down by the government. It leads to corruption. Some officials are cashing in on bribes from desperate nurses. The danger is that we’re going to have a group of very disgruntled nurses in hospitals and clinics, which is very dangerous for patients.”

Mateline Dube, a 34-year-old nurse at a government hospital in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, said she would like to work in Canada but cannot afford the US$300 fee for a verification letter. She doesn’t know how to get the other required document, her diploma certificate, from the Health Ministry, and she doesn’t have enough money to pay for a bribe.

With a salary of about $135 a month, she struggles to pay for food and rent. She had to take her child out of school because she could not afford the school fees. At work, unable to afford lunch, she sometimes has to get food from patients.

“I’m just living from hand to mouth,” she told The Globe and Mail.

“Often I have to walk to work, about four kilometres, because I don’t have money for transport. Sometimes, with my nursing uniform on, I have to beg for transport from motorists, but that’s dehumanizing and embarrassing for me. That’s why I want to leave this country.”

Nelisiwe Sibanda, a 36-year-old nurse in a government hospital in Harare, paid US$300 for a verification letter last year but never received the letter. One official told her that she would never get the documents. Her salary is only about $160 a month and she struggles to pay for food, rent and bus fare.

“I’ve become a burden to my friends and relatives, since I’m asking them for financial help every month,” she said.

“I’m tired of this now. I went into a shop to buy a packet of cereal porridge and it cost US$3. I can’t afford that. I’m very angry at the authorities for blocking my dream to leave this country.”

The Mail and Globe

Dembare Fires Executives Over Signing-on Fees Scandal

Premier Soccer League giants have fired three executive committee members amid reports that they were implicated in a players’ signing-on fees scandal.

The axe fell on treasurer Moses Chikwariro, committee member for development Francis Madzinga and club spokesperson Tinashe Farawo.

While the club described the dismissals as strategic changes ahead of the 2023 soccer season, sources said the trio was implicated in a scam involving players’ signing-on fees.

Meanwhile, Beadle Musa Gwasira has been appointed treasurer.

Clemence Chimbare has been roped as committee member responsible for development.

The board said the spokesperson’s portfolio remains vacant for now, with the secretariat being responsible for the duties until a new appointment is made.

“The Dynamos Football Club board, in line with the Strategic Plan 2023-25, has restructured the Dynamos Football Club executive committee with immediate effect,” the club said in a statement yesterday.

“The revamped executive committee is as follows: Chairman: Mr Moses Maunganidze; Vice-chairman: Mr Vincent Chawonza; Secretary-general: Mr Webster Marechera; Treasurer: Mr Beadle Musa Gwasira; Committee member responsible for development: Mr Clemence Chimbare.

“Meanwhile, the club’s former treasurer Mr Moses Chikwariro, (and) committee member for development Mr Francis Madzinga have been replaced by Messrs Gwasira and Chimbare, respectively.

“The position of committee member for communication and marketing previously held by Mr Tinashe Farawo will now be a function of the secretariat and an appointment to that effect will be confirmed soon by the club.

“The board would like to thank Messrs Chikwariro, Madzinga and Farawo for the services they have rendered to the club to date. The board would like to wish the new-look executive committee success in 2023.”

Isaiah Mupfurutsa, who was chairman at the club, was the first to leave and has since crossed the floor to Simba Bhora.

Before they left the club, the old executives had gotten rid of coach Tonderai Ndiraya after the team failed to win the league title last year.

Ndiraya was replaced by Herbert Maruwa, who has been chopping and changing the squad, with 15 players having since left the club.

Last season, DeMbare management had several brushes with players over finances, particularly winning bonuses. Some of the players left after failing to agree signing-on terms with the club.

-Newsday

Shadowy Chinese Mining Company To Evict Mutoko Villagers

Hundreds of villagers in three Mutoko villages face displacement from their ancestral land after a shadowy Chinese company made a spirited attempt to annex the area under a planned lithium mining venture.

The displacements by Zim Win MINING (PVT) LTD are targeting Dzobo, Kanyandura and Marozva villages all under Chief Nyamukoho in the Mashonaland East area.

Last October, a company delegation reportedly camped near Marozva village after discovering rich lithium deposits in the three villages.

The delegation, according to villagers, held several meetings with the local authority and the village head, Jacob Kanyandura while trying to convince them to sign forms on behalf of villagers consenting to vacating the area.

After facing resistance from the village head, the Chinese delegation reportedly resurfaced Wednesday last week at Chipfuti Business Centre armed with a map purportedly proving that the villages were sited within the company’s mining claim.

Determined to pursue the project, some company representatives are said to have visited the homes of the villagers last Thursday still trying to persuade them to sign forms consenting to vacating their land.

The company has promised to compensate the villagers using proceeds to be realised from the planned mining venture.

Villagers have however resisted the move.

Kanyandura said that after villagers refused to bow to Zim Win Mining (PVT) LTD pressure, the Chinese delegation on Sunday approached him with some revised documents trying to convince him to persuade the villagers to sign.

“When I met the Chinese delegation, they requested to be handed back the faulty consent forms they had left for villagers to sign,” he said.

“They insisted the papers were erroneous and presented revised copies they purported guaranteed villagers’ compensation after Lithium exploration which they offered to me to sign and further convince the rest of the villagers to do the same.”

Kanyandura added that the villagers had resolved that no lithium exploration would be done or approved by the villagers without first holding public engagements with the mining company in the presence of the local legislators and councillors to probe the company’s real intentions.

One of the affected villagers who preferred anonymity for fear of victimization said during the meeting, the villagers came up with several resolutions to resist the Chinese’s efforts to displace them.

“After the Chinese’s several efforts to persuade us to leave our homes, we held a meeting and agreed that we will resist the invasion until we got full information about their real intentions.

“We also agreed not to politicise the matter but seek justice as legal residents even if it meant going to court.

“We also agreed that we will not sign any documents as households or families but as a village to avoid any attempts to divide us by the Chinese,” he said.

Sources said that Zim Win MINING (PVT) LTD was now demanding to see minutes from the meeting by the villagers amid suspicions they were seeking new avenues of convincing the villagers to consent to lithium explorations in their homes.

-Online

February 8, 2023February 7, 2023

Zanu Pf Top Stalwart Hauled To Court For R_ape

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF district co-ordinating committee chairperson for Hwange Matthew Muleya was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court on allegations of rɑp!ng a female police band member after a show in the capital.

Muleya (43) appeared together with police band supervisor Cuthbert Gwidi (47) charged with rɑpǝ.

They were remanded out of custody to February 28.

Allegations are that sometime in 2018 at Harare’s Rainbow Towers, the complainant (who is not named for legal reasons) and Gwidi, who is her supervisor, were performing at a Zanu PF fundraising dinner where Muleya was a delegate.

It is alleged that after the event, the complainant and her fellow band members were dismissed.

Gwidi then called the complainant back to the hotel and he took her to Muleya who rɑpǝd her twice.

Three days later, the complainant noticed that she had been infected with a ƨǝxually transmitted illness.

She reported the matter at Harare Central Police Station and also went for a medical examination. An affidavit was compiled.

Gwidi is also being charged with rɑp!ng the same complainant between 2017 and 2019 at various places in and around the ZRP Morris Depot, Harare.

In 2017, it is alleged Gwidi sent the complainant to fetch documents from his office. He followed her and threatened her with dismissal before demanding ƨǝx in exchange for remaining at work.

He then rɑpǝd her once in his office.

It is alleged that from that day until 2019, the accused person used the same threats and ƨǝxually abused her on several occasions.

The matter was later reported to the police.

— NewsDay

Cop Demands S*x From Married Junior

A SENIOR police officer has been accused of demanding ƨǝx from a marriǝd subordinate since 2017.

Chief Inspector Cuthbert Gwidi, the officer-in-charge of the Police Band Department, was reported to have been forcing the 44-year-old band dancer to have ƨǝx with him.

He reportedly threatened to axe her if she turned down his ƨǝxual advances.

Chief Insp Gwidi is further accused of lur!ng the woman into a hotel room where she was allegedly rapǝd by a councillor only identified as Nleya from Victoria Falls.

The woman disclosed the matter to her husband, who lodged a police report against the two at Harare Central Police Station.

National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, confirmed the case and said investigations were underway.

“Police are investigating a case of ƨǝxual abuse involving a band officer in charge,” said Ass Comm Nyathi.

According to police sources, Chief Insp Gwidi called the victim to his office sometime in 2017 and threatened to dismiss her if she refused anything he asked for.

“The victim was rapǝd in Gwidi’s office in 2017 and he threatened not to deploy her to paid duties if she disclosed the matter.

“The victim stood her ground and lodged a police report against Gwidi at the Police Complaints Desk, but it was all in vain. She was subjected to ƨǝxual abuse by Councillor Nleya in 2019 at a hotel in Victoria Falls where they were assigned to perform at a function,” said the source.

“Gwidi tricked the victim that she was booked in a room together with other dancers, but she found Nleya, Gwidi and another person in the room. Gwidi and the other person left the room leaving Nleya and the victim and she was rapǝd.”

— HMetro

February 8, 2023February 7, 2023

Muvevi Detention Continues

The murder suspect, Jaison Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.

Muvevi was remanded to February 20 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi.

He is charged with four counts of murder and two other counts of attempted murder after he also allegedly shot and injured a police officer in Hwedza before shooting at another man in Mutare, whom he narrowly missed.

He was not asked to plead to the charges.

According to the State, Muvevi killed Nyarai Round (33) of Domboshava, Chrispen Kanerusine (48) of Hwedza, the officer-in-charge of Hwedza Police station Inspector Maxwell Hove (43) and 27-year-old Munashe Majani, who was a barman at Ruzema Bottlestore, Mukamba Business Centre, Hwedza.

Muvevi allegedly attempted to kill Tendai Mugova, a police officer at Hwedza Camp and Raphael Nyahwema at Mutare Boys High School as he sought to escape to Mozambique.

It is the State’s case that on November 19 last year at around 9.30pm, Nyasha Eusen was in the company of Mr Round at Clan Court in Eastlea, Harare. Muvevi approached the pair, pulled out his pistol and shot Mr Round once on the head for no apparent reason.

Eusen tried to run away, but was caught and forced into a Toyota Allion sedan.

Muvevi then drove to Huruyadzo Shopping Centre in St Mary’s, Chitungwiza, with two other men where Eusen managed to escape.

On January 13 this year, at around midday, Madzibaba Kanerusine, who was the leader of Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Church, was at the church shrine with other congregants.

Muvevi arrived in the company of Shupikai Muvevi and was ushered into the shrine by senior church members, who gave him a white wrapping cloth to cover himself since his dress was deemed inappropriate for the shrine.

Muvevi joined other congregates while Madzibaba Kanerusine was preaching, but after two minutes went to his car, gabbed a gun, hit it under the garment and shot Madzibaba Kanerusine in the head.

Muvevi then sped off. The shooting was reported to ZRP Hwedza where the late Insp Hove was the officer-in-charge. He mobilised a team of police officers and left ZRP Hwedza for Negombwe Village but as they were driving along Hwedza-Murambinda Road, they spotted Muvevi parked at the 25km peg talking to an unidentified man.

Police officers blocked his vehicle and as they were getting out of their car, Muvevi opened fire and shot Insp Hove thrice in the head while he was seated in the passenger seat.

He also allegedly shot Detective Constable Tendai Mugova three times on the pelvis and abdomen, leaving him seriously injured, according to the charge sheet.

Other police officers ran for cover, but are reported to have dropped an FN rifle with a magazine and 10 rounds and a CZ pistol.

Muvevi then drove to Mukamba Business Centre where he went to Ruzema Bottle Store. He saw Mr Majani outside the bar in the company of Given Pambeni and Tinashe Musangano. Muvevi is said to have called Majani over and had a brief chat with him before shooting him.

Muvevi sped off heading towards Mutare. On January 14, he went to Mutare Boys High School almost on the border where he confronted Mr Nyahwema and fired three shots towards him after he refused to give him food. He missed him.

Muvevi then skipped the border into Mozambique where he was arrested on January 15 before being sent back to Zimbabwe.-State media

Universities Flooded With Doctor Wans

Zimbabwe’s institutions of higher learning are struggling to absorb an overflowing number of applicants aspiring to study medicine and other health-related courses, with only one percent of candidates being successful.

This emerged during a high-level policy dialogue held in Bulawayo on Monday.

The two-day indaba which ended yesterday provided a health labour market analysis (HLMA) while identifying priority health workforce investment opportunities, and building consensus on strategic priorities and investment options to help inform a national health workforce strategy and investment plan.

The findings of the HLMA are expected to inform policymakers on the strategies that need to be adopted in the health sector.

The study revealed that there is a high demand for people intending to venture into health and medical-related fields while only a fraction of those aspiring to study secure places in universities.

Some of the institutions that offer medicine in the country include the University of Zimbabwe, the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Midlands State University (MSU), and Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) among others.

Findings from the HLMA established that an average of 89 applicants compete for one vacancy to enroll as doctors countrywide.

“With 397 185 applicants for admission in the 2021 academic year, only 4 134 of the prospective health professions’ students were offered places, which translates to one percent of the applicants who got places to train,” reads part of the findings.

According to the HLMA findings, there is a sharp decline in the number of health workers who left the country last year compared to 2021.

“Migration of health workers from Zimbabwe has been a longstanding phenomenon. In December 2021, the overall attrition rate in the public health sector stood at 8 percent. This has gone down to 3,8 percent by the end of 2022,” reads the report.

The report further showed that at least 41 percent of health workers are planning to leave the country.

“Among 2 687 health workers surveyed, 41 percent had intentions to migrate abroad, of which, 53 percent had started working on their plans to migrate. Of those with intentions to migrate, 3,8 percent are planning to leave within the next six months,” read the report.

“Another 7,2 percent have plans of migrating within a year while 74,5 percent intended to migrate to work and 21,4 percent for further studies.”

Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting, Health Services Commission (HSC) human resources general manager, Ms Nona Zhou said the HLMA findings are critical as they provide up-to-date information on developments in the health sector.

“This research is critical in the sense that it is scientific research. It will make a difference in the sense that we will be approaching Treasury or partners to say this is what is required. The World Health Organisation (WHO) provided us with tools that we used to calculate, looking at the number of nurses and doctors we will need say by 2030,” she said.

“From the available data, we can now tell that the Government at this point in time can afford this much unlike in the past because there is information from this study.”

Ms Nona said the research findings also outline areas of cooperation between the Government and development partners.

She said there is a need to cover the gaps that exist in the training of health workers and urged the private sector to come on board.

Ms Nona commended health workers for their dedication to duty, saying Zimbabwe has the highest productivity and performance rate in the African continent at 75 percent.

Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education (Zimche) chief director for life and health sciences Professor Felicity Gumbo said the HLMA results should be aligned with the training of those in the health sector.

“The training of people in the health sector feeds into the training for the country so that the Ministry of Health and Child Care maps out the skills that are required while the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development fulfills those needs,” she said.

Prof Gumbo said the HLMA research confirms that more needs to be done to train specialists in the health sector as there is a 95 percent gap.

“The evidence is clear that we still have not made huge strides in addressing the skills deficit in the medicine and health sciences. The second recommendation is that we might need to expand our training,” she said.

“The number of places for students to train in medicine is quite limited. As a result, even those who would have really passed with flying colours are failing to make it.”

Prof Gumbo said there is also a need to retain lecturers as some of them are leaving the country resulting in a brain drain in the health sector.

She said the brain drain is also affecting the expansion of education in the medical field.

“The country also needs to invest more in modern equipment in hospitals as this is necessary in producing quality health personnel,” said Prof Gumbo.- state media