An Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) SF260 trainer aircraft, crashed in the Mlezu College general area near Gweru, killing two pilots onboard, reported The Herald.

The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when it hit a power line and crashed, killing the two pilots.

AFZ said the names of the deceased will be released after their next of kin have been notified.

In a message after the accident, Commander AFZ, Air Marshal Elson Moyo, said:
We have learnt with heavy hearts, of the passing on of two of our pilots after a training accident. Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased pilots.

I want to extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the deceased for this sad loss of AFZ pilots who were on duty and playing their part to ensure that the AFZ fulfills its mandate to defend Zimbabwe’s airspace and territorial integrity.

In April 2021, an AFZ Agusta Bell 412 (AB 412) helicopter crashed in Goromonzi and killed two pilots, Wing Commander Tinashe Thomas Manyowa and Flight-Lieutenant Annita Mapiye, as well as Flight Sergeant Chikamhi, a technician.

The helicopter crashed into a house at Plot 2 of Gardner Road, Ward 16 in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East.

Zanu PF Guruve Central Committee Member Cde Rtd Brigadier General Epmarcus Kanhanga has died.

His death has been announced this afternoon by Guruve North Member of Parliament Cde Grover Dzepasi saying funeral arrangements are to be announced in due course.

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our Central Committee Member Brig. General Kanhanga (Rtd).”

— Herald

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Chicken Slice founder and chief executive officer Tawanda Mutyebere has accused his competitors the Simbisa Brands-owned Chicken Inn of bullying and of trying to stop his business empire from using red and yellow colours on its products.
He said Chicken Inn also wants Chicken Slice to stop using the word “Luv” in their payoff line.

This follows a three-year legal battle between the two fast-food companies, in which Chicken Inn, a subsidiary of Simbisa Brands, filed an application at the High Court in 2019 seeking an interdict against Chicken Slice using what it termed its trademarks.

Chicken Inn argued that the latter had used “Luv” in its burger and grill logo.

The company also argued it had always used “Luv Dat Chicken” since 1987 before Chicken Slice started using “I Luv it” on its burger boxes.

High Court judge Justice Sylvia Chirawu-Mugomba last month dismissed the application by Chicken Inn.

“There was no case. The idea here is about bullying,” Mutyebere told NewsDay yesterday.

“Where on earth would one be not allowed to use the word luv? Love is not a coined word, it’s generic — whether you use the word love or luv. The word Luv is actually in the Oxford dictionary and, therefore, you cannot say this is my word that I am using.”

He described the attempts by Chicken Inn to stop his company from using the red and yellow colours as “ridiculous”.

“Where on earth can one say red or yellow is my colour? That’s ridiculous. You cannot register a colour. In Zimbabwe, if they do not want to use the colour red, it then means everyone using the colour red must stop using the colour right from the national flag of Zimbabwe,” he charged.

Mutyebere said Chicken Inn had wasted his company’s resources fighting “unnecessary” legal battles.

He described this as “tricks of a bully”.

“They are just there to try and frustrate us, but we will never be frustrated with such kind of poor attacks. You cannot feed Zimbabwe by yourself.”

Contacted for comment, Simbisa Brands managing director Warren Meares said they do not consider Chicken Slice as competitors.

“We have got no qualms or animosity with Mr Mutyebere in any way. If anything, concerning Mr Mutyebere — and you are someone on the street, wherever we go, he follows. We went to Braeside, he followed, we went to Walk Tall West End, he followed, Kadoma he followed, we went to Gweru and he followed, and we were in Bulawayo he followed,” Meares said.”

“When I see him, I stop and have a chat. I don’t have any qualms with him. If anything, I love the fact that he can become successful, and competition is good. I see KFC (American global chicken fast-food store, with outlets in Zimbabwe) more as competition than Chicken Slice. KFC is an international brand. It is a big name, it is a strong name, which is real competition. Chicken Slice is our little brother who is copying us.”—Newsday

Two Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) pilots were killed on Friday when their plane, an SF260 military trainer and aerobatics aircraft, crashed in the Mlezu College general area near Gweru.
The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when it hit a power line and crashed.

The names of the deceased will be released after their next of kin have been notified.

In his condolence message, AFZ Commander, Air Marshal Elson Moyo said a dark cloud has engulfed the AFZ following the unfortunate training accident.

“We have learnt, with heavy hearts, of the passing on of two of our pilots after a training accident. Right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased pilots,” he said.

“I want to extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the deceased for this sad loss of AFZ pilots who were on duty and playing their part to ensure that the AFZ fulfills its mandate to defend Zimbabwe’s airspace and territorial integrity.”

In 2020, an AFZ instructor and a female student pilot died when a training plane they were flying developed a technical fault and crashed at Dabuka in Somabula on the outskirts of Gweru.

The two were on routine training at Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base when the accident occurred.-state media

A Long winding queue snakes to the pavement from a photocopying shop in the Bulawayo city centre and each customer patiently waits his or her turn to be served through a window.

Behind the window is a middle-aged man who single-handedly takes the orders, receives payments and gives the customers the books they have paid for.

From the look of things, the man is running a profitable business judging by the number of customers waiting to be served but unfortunately the operation is illegal.

The man is photocopying books, mostly school text books to walk-in customers and his books are also sold on the streets of Bulawayo. In some cases the vendors sell the books in front of bookshops.

The man declined to be interviewed and demanded that the pictures taken by the Saturday Chronicle photographer Nkosizile Ndlovu be deleted.

He threatened to report the news crew to the police for taking his pictures and that of his customers despite the fact that his operation is illegal.

The reproduction of texts books or any reading material without the consent of the authors or publishers is illegal under the country’s laws but book piracy is a thriving industry in Zimbabwe. Book piracy involves the replication of copyrighted literature through scanning, photocopying, printing and electronic duplication of books, which is now common in major cities.

The illegal reproduction and photocopying of books, which are then sold on the streets, has given livelihoods to many but is leaving authors and publishers wallowing in poverty. Publishers are feeling the pinch as book piracy continues to threaten the industry.

“Book piracy is killing our industry. Publishing is a business that requires a lot of capital as we have to buy expensive machinery most of which is imported, pay workers’ salaries, rentals and many other related expenses of running a business,” said one of the publishers.

He said there is an urgent need for stakeholders and the police to come up with measures to stop the book piracy to save the industry.

“The country is losing a lot of revenue and there are fears it could become the biggest importer of books if many publishers are forced to close shop,” said the publisher.

One parent, Constance Mlilo, said she has no choice but to buy illegally reproduced books which are cheaper compared to the prices in bookshops.

“The books are cheaper and readily available. Sometimes as parents we look for our children’s textbooks for days on end at these established bookshops to no avail and we end up buying these photocopied books,” said Mlilo.

A school teacher who declined to be named, said schools are the biggest culprits that are fueling the illegal reproduction of books.

“Most schools, colleges and universities have since acquired heavy duty photocopying machines to reproduce books.

Teachers cannot stop learners from bringing illegally reproduced textbooks into class,” he said.

A tour of Bulawayo’s city centre streets showed that book piracy is a thriving business. The books on the streets are selling for a song compared to the bookshop prices hence many parents are buying from the streets.

Zimbabwe Book Sellers Association chairman Paul Masuku said book piracy is getting out of hand.

“You will find that, for instance, a bookshop is selling a Grade Three Mathematics textbook for US$9 but that same book will be on the streets selling for as low as US$3. Book piracy is killing the livelihoods of book shop owners and publishers,” he said.

Mr Masuku said what is disturbing is that even school authorities are encouraging parents to buy the low quality text books from the streets.

“We are aware of teachers who are advising parents to buy books from photocopying shops saying they are cheaper,” he said. -state media

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Tinashe Sambiri|Prison officials seized CCC deputy chairperson Honourable Job Sikhala’s medication, it has emerged.

According to musician Cucsman, prison bosses took away Hon Sikhala’s hypertension tablets last Friday.

“Musi we Friday 27 January 2023 Zimbabwe Prison and Correction Services inonzi yakatora ma piritsi eblood pressure ava Job Shikhala.

VaSikhala vanonzi vakakumbirisa kudare redzimhosva kuti vadzoserwe mapiritsi avo asi Mutongi wedare redzimhosva akati izvi zvaizoitwa bedzi kana pamboitwa tsvakurudzo yekuti chii chakanga chaita kuti va Shikhala vatorerwe mapiritsi aya.

Kunyange zvakadero pane gwaro re musi wa 2 November 2022 rinobvumidza va Shikhala kutora mapiritsi avanenge vanyorerwa nachiremba,” Cucsman said in a statement.

Zanu PF Guruve Central Committee Member Rtd Brigadier General Epmarcus Kanhanga has died.

His death has been announced this afternoon by Guruve North Member of Parliament Grover Dzepasi saying funeral arrangements are to be announced in due course.

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our Central Committee Member Brig. General Kanhanga (Rtd).”

— Herald

A 21-year-old man from Chidende Village in Hwedza was sentenced to 10 years jail for rɑp!ng an 11-year-old girl who was on her way to school.

Moses Munyoro (21) was convicted of rɑpǝ after a full trial by Marondera Regional Magistrate Mr Ignatius Mhene.

He, however, suspended three years on condition of good behaviour. He will serve seven effective years behind bars.

Prosecutor Ms Shamaine Mwangira told the court that on January 23, the minor was on her way to school and Munyoro (21), who was dressing like woman while covering his face with a piece of cloth, approached the complainant and dragged her into a bushy and hilly area.

The court also heard that Munyoro covered the girl’s mouth with a piece of cloth and drew a knife before he instructed her to rem0ve her clothes.

He rɑpǝd her until he heard voices of the complainant’s mother and her neighbour calling out the girl’s name.

Upon hearing voices Munyoro, relieved himself and exposed his face.

The mother and her neighbour later found the minor crying for help in the hilly area.

The matter was reported to Hwedza ZRP leading to his arrest.

— Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|Prison officials seized CCC deputy chairperson Honourable Job Sikhala’s medication, it has emerged.

According to musician Cucsman, prison bosses took away Hon Sikhala’s hypertension tablets last Friday.

“Musi we Friday 27 January 2023 Zimbabwe Prison and Correction Services inonzi yakatora ma piritsi eblood pressure ava Job Shikhala.

VaSikhala vanonzi vakakumbirisa kudare redzimhosva kuti vadzoserwe mapiritsi avo asi Mutongi wedare redzimhosva akati izvi zvaizoitwa bedzi kana pamboitwa tsvakurudzo yekuti chii chakanga chaita kuti va Shikhala vatorerwe mapiritsi aya.

Kunyange zvakadero pane gwaro re musi wa 2 November 2022 rinobvumidza va Shikhala kutora mapiritsi avanenge vanyorerwa nachiremba,” Cucsman said in a statement.

Tinashe Sambiri|Prison officials seized CCC deputy chairperson Honourable Job Sikhala’s medication, it has emerged.

According to musician Cucsman, prison bosses took away Hon Sikhala’s hypertension tablets last Friday.

“Musi we Friday 27 January 2023 Zimbabwe Prison and Correction Services inonzi yakatora ma piritsi eblood pressure ava Job Shikhala.

VaSikhala vanonzi vakakumbirisa kudare redzimhosva kuti vadzoserwe mapiritsi avo asi Mutongi wedare redzimhosva akati izvi zvaizoitwa bedzi kana pamboitwa tsvakurudzo yekuti chii chakanga chaita kuti va Shikhala vatorerwe mapiritsi aya.

Kunyange zvakadero pane gwaro re musi wa 2 November 2022 rinobvumidza va Shikhala kutora mapiritsi avanenge vanyorerwa nachiremba,” Cucsman said in a statement.

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MASVINGO – A man from Rujeko in Masvingo had to hide in the toilet after his brother suddenly returned from the shops and found him raping his daughter.

Tonderai Kwaramba (37) is awaiting judgment before Masvingo Regional Magistrate Bishard Chineka.

Ruvimbo Makoni prosecuted and the accused pleaded guilty.

It is State case that the accused and the complainant were at home on New Year’s day.The complainant went into her mother’s bedroom and accused followed her.

Taking advantage of the absence of the complainant’s siblings, he made sexual advances and the complainant spurned him, but Kwaramba pushed the complainant to the bed and raped her.

The accused’s brother returned from shops and opened the door to the dining room door. On hearing the sound of the door, Kwaramba, allegedly hid in the toilet. The complainant kept the matter to herself.

At 11 pm on the same day while the accused was watching television with the complainant, he again made sexual advances and raped her without protection.

He threatened the complainant not to divulge anything to anyone as it will not help her in any way.

However, the worried complainant alerted her mother the next day and the mother referred her to a friend who escorted her to file a Police report.

The complainant was medically examined at Masvingo General Hospital.- Masvingo Mirror

MASVINGO – A man from Rujeko in Masvingo had to hide in the toilet after his brother suddenly returned from the shops and found him raping his daughter.

Tonderai Kwaramba (37) is awaiting judgment before Masvingo Regional Magistrate Bishard Chineka.

Ruvimbo Makoni prosecuted and the accused pleaded guilty.

It is State case that the accused and the complainant were at home on New Year’s day.The complainant went into her mother’s bedroom and accused followed her.

Taking advantage of the absence of the complainant’s siblings, he made sexual advances and the complainant spurned him, but Kwaramba pushed the complainant to the bed and raped her.

The accused’s brother returned from shops and opened the door to the dining room door. On hearing the sound of the door, Kwaramba, allegedly hid in the toilet. The complainant kept the matter to herself.

At 11 pm on the same day while the accused was watching television with the complainant, he again made sexual advances and raped her without protection.

He threatened the complainant not to divulge anything to anyone as it will not help her in any way.

However, the worried complainant alerted her mother the next day and the mother referred her to a friend who escorted her to file a Police report.

The complainant was medically examined at Masvingo General Hospital.- Masvingo Mirror

MASVINGO – Oliver Chirume, a former MDC T MP for Gutu Central and a now leading CCC politician in Masvingo was involved in a fatal road accident on Saturday in which one person, his brother-in-law died on the spot.

The accident occurred some 25km from Masvingo near Mutimurefu just outside Mutimurefu Prison along Masvingo–Mutare Highway when the Toyota Grand Hiace burst its rear tyre and overturned three times, landing on its side off the road. The family was travelling from Masvingo to Chirume’s rural home in Gutu with the car packed with groceries for the former MP’s shop.

Five people were in the car, and Chirume’s brother-in-law, George Murombo (39), a truck driver in South Africa who was driving Chirume’s car is the one who died on the spot. Chirume’s wife Shylet Chirume nee Murombo is in a critical condition and was yesterday transferred from Makurira Clinic to St Anne’s Hospital in Harare.

Chirume’s condition is stable and he has since been released from hospital. He gave details of the accident in an interview with The Mirror

Two other passengers, Brandon, Chirume’s son and pupil at Hellen McGhie broke his right hand while Chantelle, the deceased’s daughter suffered injuries to the head and were both treated and discharged. Scarlett had just got a place at Hellen McGhie.

Chirume said all the passengers were thrown out of the car but however, in the case of Murombo, the vehicle landed on top of him thereby causing his death.

“After the accident I saw my wife lying face looking down in the middle of the road, my child was dangling from the window of the car while Scarlett was standing on the road but I could not see my brother-in-law. I attended to my wife, and then removed my son from the window and I fell down and passed out.

“I want to thank Roman Catholic priest Fr Willbrode Godzongi who passed by the accident from Mukaro Mission and took us to hospital,” said Chirume.

Murombo was buried yesterday at Murombo Village, Chief Makore in Ward 27, Gutu. He is survived by his wife and three children. Murombo worked as a truck driver for a milling company in Rustenburg, South Africa and was a devout Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Rustenburg member.

CCC national organizer, Amos Chibaya, Dzikamai Mavhaire, former Masvingo Central MP Jeffrey Chitando, Gutu CCC councillors and Masvingo CCC councillors attended the funeral.- Masvingo Mirror

After a cashier at a leading clothing retailer turned down his love proposal a Bulawayo man failed to control his raging sexual hormones and squeezed her breasts.
Nkosilathi Ncube, who lives at Dorchester House in the city centre has since gone on the run and a warrant was issued for his arrest when he failed to show up in court for continuation of trial on Tuesday.

He had been arraigned before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing a charge of indecent assault.

Allegations against Ncube are that on 16 January at around 8:45am, the predatory Ncube made love advances at the victim who ignored him. After he got served by another cashier, he went back to the victim with the same love intention and the woman was still as mute as a fish.

After a third attempt, with the victim still silent as a grave, Ncube fondled the woman’s left breast.

Seething with anger and disgust, the woman alerted the shop’s security guard who apprehended Ncube and took him to the police where the victim reported the matter.

Ncube pleaded guilty and was remanded out of custody on $10 000 bail to 30 January on his initial appearance last month.

Asked why he committed the offence, Ncube said it was not his intention.

He claimed that he was intoxicated and in trying to get the cashier’s attention, he made a mistake and touched her breast.– B Metro

ABOUT 195 candidates, some of them from Manicaland, are in limbo after their Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC)’s November 2022 Advanced Level results were withheld over suspected cases of irregularities and malpractices, The Manica Post can reveal.
The ‘A’ Level results were released on January 13, and three weeks on, the affected candidates are yet to access their results.

Section 34 of the ZIMSEC Act, Chapter 25:18, empowers the exam regulating body to annul results for candidates who had pre-access to examination papers to uphold the integrity of the examinations system in the country.

It reads: “. . . the board may cancel or postpone any examination or annul the results of any examination, either throughout Zimbabwe or in respect of any examination centre or area within Zimbabwe, if the board is satisfied that— (a) an unauthorised person has obtained access to any examination material; or (b) the contents of any examination material have been revealed to an unauthorised person; or (c) there has been an impersonation of a candidate sitting the examination or any other form of fraud or dishonest conduct in regard to the examination; or (d) any rule or regulation governing the examination has been contravened; and that it is necessary to cancel or postpone the examination or annul the results, as the case may be, in order to preserve the integrity of the examination system in Zimbabwe.”

On Wednesday, ZIMSEC spokesperson, Ms Nicholette Dlamini confirmed that results for hundreds of ‘A’ Level candidates are being withheld.

Ms Dlamini said affected candidates have 42 days to query for their results through their respective exam centres or schools.

It is understood that a number of schools in Mutare, Rusape, Chipinge and Mutasa have already approached ZIMSEC over the withheld results.

Over 100 learners and ZIMSEC officials from different parts of the country were arrested in connection with the leakage of ‘O’ Level Mathematics Papers 1 and 2; as well as English Paper 2 and some ‘A’ Level papers.

Ms Dlamini said some candidates, individual supervisors, invigilators, exam administrators and members of the public found culpable of aiding such vices were arrested and appeared before the courts.

Exam centre administrators who were the source of the leakage were also arrested.

Kudakwashe Betserai of Masvingo was arrested in Mutare after he fraudulently registered a SIM Card in the name of ZIMSEC, before going on to advertise that he had the capacity to replace lost certificates at a replacement fee of US$150.

Betserai masqueraded as a ZIMSEC official and was found selling fake certificates and some question papers.

He was therefore charged with fraud and contravening Section 35(a) and (b) of the ZIMSEC Act, Chapter 25:18, for unlawfully gaining access or revealing contents of examination material.

The matter is still pending before the courts.

Six Gaza High School (Chipinge) learners – Musuthu Sithole, Brian Cossan, James Hlanguyo, Ashad Sibiya, Tazwa Zibuke and Takudzwa Mubohera – were convicted by a Chipinge magistrate and were slapped with suspended jail terms and community service sentences.

The six had their results withheld, a development confirmed by school head, Mr Stanley Thondlana.

The school has been approached by the six to query for their results, a process being followed by many schools in the province.

Said Ms Dlamini: “A total of 195 candidates had their results withheld for the ‘A’ Level 2022 examination session. Results are withheld in cases of suspected malpractice. This indicates that the results cannot be issued at present, but may follow after investigations are conducted. The centre or school will be informed of the outcome.

“If a candidate wishes to make a query of their results, there is a provision to do so within 42 days from the release of the results. This should be done in writing through the school. Candidates who have been found guilty of examination malpractice can register to sit in another session and write their examinations.”

ZIMSEC issued a statement on October 17, 2022, informing the nation that some candidates had pre-access to some question papers.

Another statement was issued on October 20, 2022, giving an update on the investigations into the matter.

The leaked question papers were shared on various social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Telegram.

In light of the leakages, Ms Dlamini said ZIMSEC has tightened the security of question papers, whether during transit to exam centres or when they get there, adding that the police will remain on guard to wipe out any residual unscrupulous elements within the chain.

Deputy Manicaland Provincial Education Director, Mr Simon Muganhu said while every exam cycle is synonymous with missing results, the numbers have gone up, adding that the rot is likely to be worse at ‘O’ Level.

“It becomes exceptional if at all exam results are not withheld, but this year, it was worse because a number of schools in Manicaland were involved in exam malpractices. In cases where the misdemeanour is prosecuted and conviction secured, the results will be cancelled. Since ‘A’ Level results are a stepping stone to tertiary education, it means the affected candidates will not be able to proceed until they acquire clean results.

“A significant number of schools in Mutare, Rusape and Chipinge were implicated and some cases are before the courts while others wereu concluded. The rot is likely to be worse at ‘O’ Level because that is where many cases were reported,” said Mr Muganhu.

However, school heads have blamed ZIMSEC for the recurring examination leakages that seem to be undermining the integrity of the country’s public examinations.

National Association of Secondary Heads (NASH) chair, Mr Arthur Maphosa is on record saying the leakage of examinations is unfair on candidates, teachers and parents who would have worked hard to prepare for the examinations, only for them to be nullified. —Manica Post

Trategy struck the sprawling suburb of Vengere in Rusape when a Grade Five learner drowned in an un-barricaded septic tank pit, much to the chagrin of residents who have been calling on the local authority to complete the project.
The Manica Post understands that a group of young boys teamed up on Sunday for a swimming expedition at the pool.

Sadly one of them drowned.

Police identified the deceased as Shelton Chagwedera (10) who was doing Grade Five at Vengere Primary School.

The pool is behind Vengere Primary School, off the dusty Chiduku Road, where Rusape Town Council is constructing a community septic tank.

Shelton was buried at his parents’ Buhera rural home on Tuesday.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed that Shelton was swimming with other boys when tragedy struck.

“On January 29, 2023, at the G-Section of Vengere, Shelton Chagwedera (10) and his friends were swimming in a disused pit and drowned.

“One of his friends rushed to inform Ms Shelly Sakala, who made a police report.

Police attended the scene, retrieved the body and conveyed it to Rusape General Hospital for a post-mortem,” said Inspector Muzondo.

Shelton’s father, Mr Edwin Taurai Chagwedera laboured to restrain his tears as he spoke to The Manica Post.- state media

President Chamisa @ 45: I Am Ready For Fresh Start

45 YEARS of Grace,Preparation,Testimonies and Blessings.

I say #Godisinit because @45 God has fortified me. New things always begin on our birthdays. @45 signifies new things, suddenness,celebrations and fresh starts. Friends,help me pray for wisdom to serve honestly and diligently.

Thank you all my dear friends for your amazing warmth, awesome love and incredible support!! #Godisinit #WeAreIn. – Nelson Chamisa

Fellow Zimbabweans. Today we celebrate the birth of a leader, our Change Champion in Chief & the incoming President of Zimbabwe Advocate Nelson Chamisa

Life is a gift from God. So we thank God for blessing us as a people with a man of peace & love in the person of President Chamisa

We in the democratic alternative will do everything we can to mobilise millions of Zimbabweans to vote for Adv Chamisa as the next President of our beloved land

Mr President as we celebrate your birth, please bear in mind that you carry on your shoulders the hopes, & collective aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe!

All we can say is thank you Lord Jesus Christ for indeed this is our year as a people & you Mr President will be the occupant of Number 1 Chancellor Avenue otherwise known as State House!

Its Time for Real Change!- CCC

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When do we DNA check Tinashe Mugabe?

He's just announced a baby girl. pic.twitter.com/lmkfkhRcAG

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) February 3, 2023

A Twitter poll conducted by ZimEye.com has revealed CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa will win the 2023 polls with a wide margin- ahead of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Robert Chapman.

MASVINGO – Oliver Chirume, a former MDC T MP for Gutu Central and a now leading CCC politician in Masvingo was involved in a fatal road accident on Saturday in which one person, his brother-in-law died on the spot.

The accident occurred some 25km from Masvingo near Mutimurefu just outside Mutimurefu Prison along Masvingo–Mutare Highway when the Toyota Grand Hiace burst its rear tyre and overturned three times, landing on its side off the road. The family was travelling from Masvingo to Chirume’s rural home in Gutu with the car packed with groceries for the former MP’s shop.

Five people were in the car, and Chirume’s brother-in-law, George Murombo (39), a truck driver in South Africa who was driving Chirume’s car is the one who died on the spot. Chirume’s wife Shylet Chirume nee Murombo is in a critical condition and was yesterday transferred from Makurira Clinic to St Anne’s Hospital in Harare.

Chirume’s condition is stable and he has since been released from hospital. He gave details of the accident in an interview with The Mirror

Two other passengers, Brandon, Chirume’s son and pupil at Hellen McGhie broke his right hand while Chantelle, the deceased’s daughter suffered injuries to the head and were both treated and discharged. Scarlett had just got a place at Hellen McGhie.

Chirume said all the passengers were thrown out of the car but however, in the case of Murombo, the vehicle landed on top of him thereby causing his death.

“After the accident I saw my wife lying face looking down in the middle of the road, my child was dangling from the window of the car while Scarlett was standing on the road but I could not see my brother-in-law. I attended to my wife, and then removed my son from the window and I fell down and passed out.

“I want to thank Roman Catholic priest Fr Willbrode Godzongi who passed by the accident from Mukaro Mission and took us to hospital,” said Chirume.

Murombo was buried yesterday at Murombo Village, Chief Makore in Ward 27, Gutu. He is survived by his wife and three children. Murombo worked as a truck driver for a milling company in Rustenburg, South Africa and was a devout Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Rustenburg member.

CCC national organizer, Amos Chibaya, Dzikamai Mavhaire, former Masvingo Central MP Jeffrey Chitando, Gutu CCC councillors and Masvingo CCC councillors attended the funeral.- Masvingo Mirror

45 YEARS of Grace,Preparation,Testimonies and Blessings.

I say #Godisinit because @45 God has fortified me. New things always begin on our birthdays. @45 signifies new things, suddenness,celebrations and fresh starts. Friends,help me pray for wisdom to serve honestly and diligently.

Thank you all my dear friends for your amazing warmth, awesome love and incredible support!! #Godisinit #WeAreIn.- Nelson Chamisa

Fellow Zimbabweans. Today we celebrate the birth of a leader, our Change Champion in Chief & the incoming President of Zimbabwe Advocate Nelson Chamisa

Life is a gift from God. So we thank God for blessing us as a people with a man of peace & love in the person of President Chamisa

We in the democratic alternative will do everything we can to mobilise millions of Zimbabweans to vote for Adv Chamisa as the next President of our beloved land

Mr President as we celebrate your birth, please bear in mind that you carry on your shoulders the hopes, & collective aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe!

All we can say is thank you Lord Jesus Christ for indeed this is our year as a people & you Mr President will be the occupant of Number 1 Chancellor Avenue otherwise known as State House!

Its Time for Real Change!- CCC

A Twitter poll conducted by ZimEye.com has revealed CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa will win the 2023 polls with a wide margin- ahead of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Robert Chapman.

Tinashe Sambiri| The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa has sold the country to his friends in exchange for political survival.

This was said by CCC youth taskforce spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma.

Chuma, who has been sparring with the Zanu PF leader over the past two months, took a swipe at the ageing Mr Mnangagwa, accusing him of mortgaging the country.

“ED Mnangagwa is busy mortgaging our country for his personal gain.

Belarus is one of the most poorest countries in Eastern Europe.

(Alexander) Lukashenko’s visit has no rewards for ordinary citizens except Mnangagwa who is getting guns and chemical weapons to supress citizens. #EDMustFall,” Chuma said in a statement on Twitter.

Tinashe Sambiri| The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa has sold the country to his friends in exchange for political survival.

This was said by CCC youth taskforce spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma.

Chuma, who has been sparring with the Zanu PF leader over the past two months, took a swipe at the ageing Mr Mnangagwa, accusing him of mortgaging the country.

“ED Mnangagwa is busy mortgaging our country for his personal gain.

Belarus is one of the most poorest countries in Eastern Europe.

(Alexander) Lukashenko’s visit has no rewards for ordinary citizens except Mnangagwa who is getting guns and chemical weapons to supress citizens. #EDMustFall,” Chuma said in a statement on Twitter.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies that are members of a platform ostensibly set up to improve the country’s electoral environment after the disputed 2018 polls have turned their swords on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) after it produced a contentious delimitation report.

Zec is finalising the delimitation report after a parliamentary ad-hoc committee raised a number of alleged anomalies in the delimitation process.

The Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), which is composed of fringe opposition party leaders that contested the 2018 polls and was set up by Mnangagwa, said the divisions in Zec that arose after the draft delimitation report did not bode well for credible elections.

Seven commissioners refused to append their signatures to the report after claiming that it violated the constitution. The commissioners accused Zec chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba of not consulting them.

Chigumba cut a lone figure during appearances in Parliament and at State House where she received Mnangagwa’s recommendations on the delimitation report last week.

Polad’s governance and legislative agenda chairperson Lovemore Madhuku said there must be evidence that the delimitation outcome was a collective effort from Zec commissioners.

“The preliminary delimitation report doesn’t pass the test set out in the constitution. Polad regards it as a failure on the part of Zec,” Madhuku said.

“Polad is concerned about the internal governance of Zec. Under our constitution, Zec is a corporate body consisting of nine commissioners.

“The delimitation process cannot be the work of one or two commissioners; there must be clear evidence that all commissioners are involved at every stage of the process.

“This is essential for the integrity and credibility of Zec. Polad would like to see public appearances of Zec commissioners at all platforms where Zec is either presenting to, or receiving from, the president reports relating to the delimitation process.

“Zec must use all the remaining stages to demonstrate in public the involvement of all commissioners.”

Since it was set up, Polad has been measured in its criticism of Mnangagwa’s administration and institutions such as Zec. Its heavy rebuke of the commission could indicate that it has achieved little in its efforts to change Zimbabwe’s election landscape.

Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa, who narrowly lost to Mnangagwa in the disputed 2018 polls refused to join Polad saying it was a waste of time.

 Madhuku said Polad also queried the formula used by Zec in drawing constituency boundaries.