Should ED test the new HIV drug?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) January 15, 2023

A new HIV treatment regime that will see a new drug Sunlenca (Lenacapavir) being taken twice in a year by people with multi-drug resistant HIV Type One is now available, but awaiting approval by the Mnangagwa run Government. The drug that is administered through injections once every six months has recently been approved in the United States and has provided relief to HIV positive people with a low tolerance to other ARVs. Asked about the developments and what they mean to Zimbabwe, Director of Aids and Tuberculosis in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Owen Mugurungi said such interventions were welcome as they were aimed at improving adherence to HIV treatment.

“We welcome such developments as they greatly improve adherence to treatment. You will find out that daily intake of ARVs or any other drugs is associated with defaulting as pill fatigue grows for some people. There are also cases of people missing doses so the development of drugs that are taken a few times will greatly improve adherence,” said Dr Mugurungi.

He said attempts that have been made in the development of medicines have proved that people were more likely to take their ARVs if the number of times they take them was reduced as in the case of Sunlenca which would be injected twice a year. Dr Mugurungi also gave examples of lessons learnt from family planning drugs which are now administered once in three months for some, while others are taken once in three to five years compared to daily intake of pills. He said the development was going to improve the management of HIV and adherence to antiretrovirals in the country which was a positive step in the country’s response to HIV treatment as it would significantly reduce defaulting.

The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the drug recently for people with HIV Type One whose infections cannot be successfully treated with other available treatments due to resistance, intolerance or safety considerations. “Sunlenca’s starting dose is given as oral tablets and subcutaneous injections every six months. Sunlenca is given in combination with other antiretrovirals,” read a statement from the FDA. In November 2022, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) through their evaluations and registration department approved the use of a long acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention. They noted that the information that had been submitted to support the approval of the product indicated that it was safe, effective and of good quality, adding that the product will be beneficial to those that will receive it. CAB-LA has been recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is administered to people with a substantial risk to HIV as part of comprehensive prevention approaches.

WHO also released guidelines of the use of CAB-LA in their countries with Zimbabwe being the first African country taking up the use of the drug which is effective in HIV prevention. The first HIV prevention intervention introduced by WHO was Tenofovir, an oral Antiretroviral recommended in 2015, the Dapivirine vaginal ring in 2021 and CAB-LA being the third intervention introduced at the end on 2022. However, last week, MCAZ warned against the use and sale of Gammora, a drug from abroad as treatment for HIV saying they have not approved its use in Zimbabwe. Gammora was developed by an Israel based biotech company which initially claimed that clinical trials performed had shown that the drug could eliminate 99 percent of HIV within the first four weeks of treatment. “As MCAZ, we have noted the continued advertising and marketing of such products, especially on social media. We urge members of the public to desist from buying such products which have not gone through any clinical trials and therefore their safety and efficacy has not been proven.

Members of the public are encouraged to buy medicines from registered premises and persons. These lists can be found on the online register found on our website,” they said in a statement.- state media

ED Govt Imposes Performance-Based Contracts for CCC Mayors Ahead Of 2023 Elections

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) January 15, 2023

The govt says it is disappointed with poor service delivery obtaining in the country’s towns and cities that does not signal a collective agenda steeped towards achieving an upper-middle income economy by 2030. As part of a raft of measures to ensure improved service delivery, that speaks to achievement of the National Development Strategy 1, the Government is going to tie down town clerks and mayors to account for poor service delivery through a stiff performance measurement tool – the performance-based contracts, which has already been implemented in other sectors. The Government noted that basic service delivery has continued to suffer in the country with a number of local authorities failing to provide water, attend to sewer and water pipe bursts, as well as failing to maintain an efficient road network. The councils have also failed to collect garbage, maintain vending order, fix street lighting and cut overgrown shrubs, trees and grass leaving the environs unmanicured and increasing chances of muggings of residents by criminals.

Director of Communications and Advocacy in the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works Mr Gabriel Masvora told Sunday News that the Government was overly unhappy with the situation obtaining in the country’s towns and cities. He said the signing of performance-based contracts would help Government in its supervisory role to action on local authorities.

Some local authorities signed the contracts last year while others said they wanted to study the documents first, but government insists that all local authorities have to sign the contracts. “The Ministry is not happy with how local authorities are performing. To us as the supervising ministry, this has an impact on the town clerks’ contracts. We are expecting more town clerks and mayors to sign performance-based contracts this year that will see their service delivery performance being scrutinised.

Once they sign these performance-based contracts, they will stipulate what they ought to achieve within a particular timeframe and if they do not meet those demands then we will action on their contracts,” said Mr Masvora. The Government introduced performance-based contracts in 2020 where senior administrators in Government starting with permanent secretaries’ performance is expected to be measured against. The signing of the performance contracts which were meant for 2021 marked the start of a new system where those managing the public service were expected to perform to defined standards in line with key reforms in the public sector as the country moves towards an upper-middle-class economy by 2030. Turning to the poor state of roads both in urban and rural council areas, Mr Masvora said the authorities have a mandate to ensure the roads were serviced as there were mechanisms to fund that service. “The Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) goes direct to councils and gives them funds to rehabilitate roads. “Residents also pay rates which we also expect to contribute towards service delivery. Government has also come in to mitigate adopting some local authority roads through the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) as well as through devolution funds,” said Mr Masvora. Meanwhile, the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president Councillor Abel Matsika acknowledged that roads, particularly in urban areas were in a bad shape. He expressed gratitude over various Government interventions saying they were pleading for increased funding towards road rehabilitation.

“Indeed, the state of roads in most of our towns and cities is bad. Though there has been an improvement since the intervention of the Government through the ERRP, but there is a lot of work to be done. We are indeed engaging the Government itself to increase the money that they are injecting through ERRP. We are also asking the Government to give us leverage of engaging some private players so that we deal with this once and for all,” said Clr Matsika. He said a number of local authorities were struggling to get enough funds as Government had allegedly been delaying to disburse funds for road maintenance and ERRP such that they have been having running battles with contractors in terms of payments.

“In each and every authority there are some contractors who are at work right now regardless of delays in payments. It is very difficult to point out which are the worst affected towns or cities but there is no denying that the roads are littered with potholes,” said Clr Matsika. The Bulawayo City Council last week suspended the health services director, Dr Edwin Sibanda, over poor service delivery amid cries by residents over uncollected garbage in the city centre and residential areas. — @nyeve14

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You who is called Chikoz, what are you trying to utter saying, leave violence, CCC is a party like ZANU PF. Do you know what war is?

War is winner takes all, and there is collateral damage, we are at war and we are going to war with CCC and you want us … so if it’s reciprocated what will you do? This is the art of war. People take war differently, you take war kindly, fine. But it’s either a win or lose game and you want us to smile. These elders wanted to meet against ZANU PF at their age, don’t they know that we rule? You want us to smile at parents who want to remove my president and we must smile? If you want to say those words, go out of this group, you don’t utter those words to us. We are now clothed with the spirit of war right now, we are going to win this election, blood or no blood. If you want to say CCC is a party like ZANU PF, please bloody remove yourself from this group, and don’t play with us. If your grandmother and pa, put an X against my president, we are going to be hanged, we will lose. We will be hanged by (Nelson) Chamisa.

Why are you saying CCC is a party like ZANU PF? Is it difficult to tell your parents that the ruling party is ZANU PF? So you want us to smile for people who are going to rule against our president? To rule against my party? All this will be stopped…All these Msasa Park structures will be graded. What are you saying on this group this morning? Don’t make me angry. Don’t annoy me. Where are you right now, so I come there right now, so that we start the war you and I, immediately?

SIX people were killed by the recent heavy rains while a lot of infrastructure was damaged, and some destroyed, in various parts of the country.

Crops and livestock were also badly affected by the heavy rains which fell from last Friday to Sunday.

The deaths of people and damage to infrastructure was mainly due to floods, lightning, falling trees and collapse of infrastructure such as schools.

In a statement yesterday, Ministry of Local Government and Public Works spokesperson, Mr Gabriel Masvora, said while the rains that had been forecast by the Meteorological Services Department brought good prospects of crop yields, they had claimed lives and property.

“The rains were experienced in most parts of the country as forecasted by the Meteorological Services Department (MSD), thus raising hopes for a better agricultural season,” said Mr Masvora.

“However, the rains left a trail of destruction in Manicaland, Masvingo, Matabeleland North and South, Mashonaland Central and the Midlands.

“These provinces recorded incidents of drowning, deaths of persons and livestock due to lightning, destruction of infrastructure such as schools, houses, roads and bridges and destruction of crops.

“A total of six deaths were recorded during the period in question. In Mazowe District, a Headmistress died on the spot after a tree fell on a vehicle she was seated in.”

Mr Masvora said of the six who died, two had drowned upon attempting to cross flooded rivers in Gwanda and Mutasa districts, while two were struck by lightning in Chivi, with the other succumbing to injuries sustained after a tree fell in Mazowe.

The other victim died in Gokwe South district after a house collapsed due to heavy rains.

“It is worrisome that a number of schools were damaged by the rains and strong winds at a time when the first term of 2023 was starting.

“A number of houses were also affected by flooding particularly in areas with poor drainage and low lying areas,” Mr Masvora said.

Outlining the damage across the country, Mr Masvora said Muparuri Primary school in Ward 7, Zaka district and Zihwa School in Chivi had their roofs for classroom blocks blown off due to strong winds associated with the rains while a classroom block was damaged at St Martins, Chivi.

At least three houses had their roofs blown off by strong winds in Mwenezi and Chivi districts with a private shop in Chivi damaged as well. In Mbire district, Mashonaland Central province, more than 150 ha of maize, sorghum, cowpeas were destroyed by floods while 20 A 1 farmers lost a combined 10 ha of tobacco.

Four beasts were struck by lightning in Chipinge and Mutare rural, in Manicaland Province.

Nineteen houses were totally damaged while 29 had their roofs blown off or partially blown off by strong winds. Twenty-two schools experienced varying destruction across the country.

“The public is advised to stay informed about the weather through daily forecasts, 10-day bulletins and seasonal forecast updates via the official Meteorological Services Department platforms.

“The Department of Civil Protection is advising citizens not to relax despite the termination of the alert issued recently,” Mr Masvora said.

— Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|Church leaders have denounced the harassment of the elderly by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.

The Citizens Coalition for Change has hailed the church’s stance on political violence.

The Roman Catholic church has described political violence as barbaric and primitive.

“The Church has spoken with clarity and precision.

Say no to State sponsored violence.

The Catholic Church through the Zimbabwe Catholics Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement condemning the barbaric act of violence against the elderly members of our party in Murehwa.

Thank you for speaking on the side of truth justice,” CCC said in a statement.

By Gift Ostallos Siziba

Building a credible Alternative is one of our central strategic objective.

Since Jan 2022 we have traversed the country to build that movement from below.

We humbled by the support and engagements we have had in the countryside.

We have talked to critical stakeholders who we believe are key in our agenda to Win Zimbabwe for Change.

Seeing all that the opponent has been running post to pillar to try and destroy the authentic voices of Change.

We have never dithered nor sidetracked- We keep the focus.

Until victory!

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By A Correspondent|Agents of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration have placed opposition activists who fled the country due to political persecution on wanted list.

Leading human rights defenders have denounced the persecution of opposition activists by the Zanu PF regime.

One such opposition activist who has been placed on the Zanu PF wanted list is Kudakwashe Nyome. He fled to America following relentless persecution from the Zanu PF regime.

Nyome’s family members are being harassed and tormented by the government agents who are demanding to know his whereabouts.

“Government agents are besieging our neighbourhood saying we should disclose Kudakwashe Nyome’s whereabouts.

We have been threatened with unspecified action. We are now fearing the worst,” one of Nyome’s relatives said.

In 2021 Nyome, the former MDC Alliance Gweru Urban Youth Assembly chairperson, was assaulted by men in military uniform for allegedly plotting to remove Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa from power.

Nyome was also attacked by men using an unregistered vehicle.

He was denied legal representation and barred from seeing his relatives. He was also denied food.

“On September 20, Zanu PF youths approached Nyome and told him he would be punished for working with western forces to disrupt government programmes.

The youths also accused him of being unpatriotic and working with agents of regime change to sabotage the new dispensation,” said a human rights organization reported in 2021.

Five female human rights defenders were arrested on 10 January 2023 and charged with section 37 of the Criminal Law Codification, participating in unlawful gatherings with the intent to promote public violence.

The Five female Masvingo Residents Forum activists were arrested by police over a flash demonstration held at Chesvingo Municipal, the residents were demanding proper service delivery in the City of Masvingo.The arrested members are Clara S mataga ,Elizabeth Matavire ,C Mudzumwe ,Christine mukuma and Spiwe Chuma .The human rights are going to appear in court on 02/02/2023.

While the four human rights defender’s houses were raided and are on the run. Due to human rights work of human rights defenders has placed them to at risk .

As the country is heading for 2023 elections, any demonstration or demand for quality services is taken as political, henceforth that will be not the case.

Lives of HRDs is now under threat also as a result deliberate shrinking of civic space by the government and it’s state machinery

Below is the transcript of an alleged leaked audio of CCC elders celebrating the beating of Murehwa elders:

You who is called Chikoz, what are you trying to utter saying leave violence, CCC is a party like ZANU PF. Do you know what war is?

War is winner takes all, and there is collateral damage, we are at war and we are going to war with CCC and you want us … so if it’s reciprocated what will you do? This is the art of war. People take war differently, you take war kindly, fine. But it’s either a win or lose game and you want us to smile. These elders wanted to meet against ZANU PF at their age, don’t they know that we rule? You want us to smile at parents who want to remove my president and we must smile? If you want to say those words, go out of this group, you don’t utter those words to us. We are now clothed with the spirit of war right now, we are going to win this election, blood or no blood. If you want to say CCC is a party like ZANU PF, please bloody remove yourself from this group, and don’t play with us. If your grandmother and pa, put an X against my president, we are going to be hanged, we will lose. We will be hanged by (Nelson) Chamisa.

Why are you saying CCC is a party like ZANU PF? Is it difficult to tell your parents that the ruling party is ZANU PF? So you want us to smile for people who are going to rule against our president? To rule against my party? All this will be stopped…All these Msasa Park structures will be graded. What are you saying on this group this morning? Don’t make me angry. Don’t annoy me. Where are you right now, so I come there right now, so that we start the war you and I, immediately?

A former police officer from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s home is on the run after he ran amok yesterday, shooting and killing three people including the Officer-in-Charge of Wedza Police Station and an apostolic sect prophet, under unclear circumstances. Another policeman is battling for life in hospital after he was seriously injured during the shooting which occurred at around 2.30pm in Wedza. Sources told The Herald last night that the suspect is Jaison Muvhevhi, a former Criminal Investigations Department officer, who is armed with an FN rifle and is considered dangerous.

Driving a white Toyota Allion, Muvhevhi arrived at the apostolic sect shrine at 2.30pm where members had congregated for their Friday prayers, and immediately pulled out a firearm and shot at one of the sect’s leaders from point blank range. He then attacked policemen who had heeded a distress call. The lone gunman then shot and killed the Wedza Police Station Officer-in-Charge and seriously injured another police officer.

A lifeless body of one of the three people shot and killed by Muvhevhi. From there, as if possessed by some evil spirit, Muvhevhi drove his vehicle to Mukamba Business Centre where he shot and killed another person, before speeding off. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is urgently appealing for information which may immediately lead to the arrest of a suspect who is driving a Toyota Allion, new shape, white in colour, registration number AFW 7641.

Statement issued by the Zimbabwe Republic Police. “The suspect drove his vehicle and went to Mukamba Business Centre where he shot another person dead and drove away. The suspect is currently on the run and the public is urged to approach him with extreme caution.”

Asst Comm Nyathi said anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the suspect can report at any nearest police station or contact National Complaints Desk number 0242 703631 or WhatsApp number 0712 800197 or Mashonaland East Operations number 06523 20581. Not much detail could be obtained last night, especially the motive for the killings, as police officers said the immediate task was to track down the suspect and bring him into custody before he commits further crimes. At the time of the shootings, the suspect was said to be in the company of a driver whose name could not be established by the time of going to print last night. Some people who contacted The Herald from Wedza yesterday said Negombwe Village in the Mukamba area under Chief Ruzane has been shocked by the killings. They said some of the villagers immediately went to hide in their gardens and fields while others left the area completely to avoid contact with the armed killer. There were indications that the suspect had a grudge with many people in the village after they blocked him from setting up a gold mining business, arguing that his project would take up a large area of livestock pastures.- State Media

The following is Presidential Spokesman George Charamba’s first ever article which has no mention of CCC leader Nelson Chamisa.

Prince Harry’s book, to the contrary, “SPARE” is a minutely searing portrait of a great royal soul shrunk by utter anguish, indeed a globally cacophonous call for rescue from consuming distress.

@Jamwanda2 on Saturday Welcome back, dear reader! Happy and Prosperous New Year to you my many readers. I hope and trust you didn’t drown your intellect in the bar of festive joys!

You need to be fully equipped so we resume the robust exchange through this column. With no holds barred; calling a spade a spade, never by any other comforting name. Here we go. The modest Frenchman

Albert Camus, the French, once reticently told his audience he was not of the right age for giving lecturers.

Albert Camus He felt more at ease in reflection than categorical assertion, because, in his words, “I do not claim to possess what is generally called truth.” Laced with poignant anecdotes though his lecture — The Crisis of Man — was, it soon became clear to his discerning international audience that Camus was in fact a fund of truths on humanity. Particularly humanity for his generation born at the close of the first European war, and raised under the dark shadow of an equally violent sequel — Hitler’s war!

When music rejects melody Bred in bitter circumstances of wanton human carnage, this interwar generation “believed in nothing and lived in rebellion.” Writes Camus: “The literature of [this] age was rebelling against clarity, stories and even sentences. Painting was rebelling against subjects, reality and mere harmony. Music was rejecting melody. As for philosophy, it taught that there was no truth, only phenomena: that there might be Mr Smith, Monsieur Durand and Herr Vogel, but there could be nothing in common between these three specific phenomena.” It was an age of nihilism, a generation “in negation”. Living under war Raised in the context of the Liberation Struggle, I easily relate to this dreary viewpoint. There is something about war and conflict which shrinks everything: life, time, attention, vision or even relationships. You grow wistful, restless and live improvidently for the day. The mathematics of survival reduce numbers to single digits.

Real versus Political Man Camus makes an even more telling observation: there is also “replacement of real man by political man. There are no more possible individual passions, but only collective passions — in other words, abstract passions. We are all introduced willingly or forcibly into politics. What counts is no longer respecting or sparing a mother’s suffering; what counts is securing the victory of a doctrine. And human pain is no longer an outrage, but just a figure on a bill whose dreadful total is not yet calculable.”

The story of three Greek brothers A good writer that he was, Camus gave three illustrations of deadened humanity to his audiences. I will pithily recount one, for me the most poignant and painful. A German officer leads three Greek hostages for execution by firing squad. Three brothers. Their elderly mother throws herself at the feet of the Nazi officer who, in a show of compassion, agrees to spare only one of the three, provided she herself makes the choice.

“Since she is unable to decide, aim is taken at them. She picks the eldest, because he is head of family; but by so doing so she condemns the two others, just as the German officer wished.” The past is not even past I am reading Prince Harry’s book, SPARE. It is introduced by a quote from William Faulkner, a novelist whose novels for me were turgid and tortuous. From Faulkner, Prince Harry picks the following quote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” This is hardly the quote I would readily and boastfully abstract from Faulkner’s voluminous novels. He said more profound things, in less pedestrian style. I wondered why Prince Harry, an ex-British soldier who fought and admits to killing Afghans, would rest his maiden book on such a weak axle. Until I read more, deeper. In medias res Stylistically, the books proceeds “in medias res” — in the middle of the story, to rework itself backwards, through a series of riveting flashbacks. Prince Harry constantly reminds you he is reminiscing, re-narrativising occurrences from as far back as the self-conscious phase of his childhood. He reminds you, too, that human memory is broken and imperfect, including how written self-portraits often use this to dodge dark moments and actions for which straight confessions are unpalatable. Evasive anonymity Harry does more: he skilfully depersonalises most indicting moments in his narrative. As when Princess Diana escapes miserable Windsor and England with her lover Dodi, son of Egyptian tycoon, Al Fayed. Here is a sample of Harry’s plausible evasiveness — he was between 12 and 13 years of age: “The whole family [was at Balmoral], with the exception of Mummy [Princess Diana], because Mummy was no longer part of the family. She’d either bolted or been thrown out, depending on whom you asked, though I never asked anyone. Either way, she was having her own holiday elsewhere. Greece, someone said. No, Sardinia, someone said. No, no, someone chimed in, your mother’s in Paris! Maybe it was Mummy herself who said that. When she phoned earlier that day for a chat. Alas, the memory lies, with a million others, on the other side of a high mental wall.”

Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed This is a typical excerpt from the book, a book so thickly populated with anonymity, depersonalised actors and opinions. I met lots of that in my literary studies. Nothing new, startling. Fusing time for immediacy What makes an impression, made an impression on me, is Prince Harry’s use of time in his narrative. Time past, time present, and time future. How all the three are fused into a striking narrative, all in the historic present tense. The man floats between tenses with effortless ease, to give a riveting immediacy to his narrative which then illustrates Faulkner’s philosophical precept: The past is never dead. It’s not even past! True word spoken in jest So Harry is born, on September 15, 1984, born to Prince Charles, son of then reigning Queen Elizabeth, and Lady Diana, daughter of the Spencer Family. Years before him is born William, his elder brother and, long life willing, future King of England! At Balmoral, the two have as many bedrooms, Harry’s smaller, less luxurious and without a view. Let Harry himself pick up the narrative: “I was twenty the first time I heard the story of what Pa [then Prince Charles, now King] allegedly said to Mummy the day of my birth: “‘Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an Heir and a Spare — my work is done.’ A joke. Presumably. On the other hand, minutes after delivering this bit of high comedy, Pa was said to have gone off to meet his girlfriend [then Camilla Parker Bowles, now Consort]. So. Many a true word spoken in jest.” Boxes with strange contents Gentle reader, if you cringe at reading a 400-plus book called SPARE, now you have it! From birth, Harry was a spare wheel to the whole edifice and retinue of royalty; possibly a small spare, akin to that of a Honda Fit on an off-roader Mercedes Benz! An outsider living in; a misfit but one always in near and in tow, just in case…. By the way, it was not long after this high jest that the marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana broke down; indeed his work had been done! Still not long after that the ill-fated Princess Diana would be repatriated from Paris, in a small coffin, to then be laid beneath the well-manicured grounds of negated royalty, for some eternal cold sleep, from which Harry’s SPARE seeks to now resurrect. Soon after burial, Diana’s elder sister would give William and Harry a small box each, which the stricken boys thought contained consolatory chocolates from Paris. It turned out the boxes contained locks which the elder sister had sheared off the smashed head of dead Diana! Royalty in utter distress SPARE is a dreary and dreadful read, on House of Windsor. Prince Harry tries her stylistic best to create Dickens’ Bleak House where everything, everyone in it gets blighted. But that would suggest the book is abstract, which SPARE is not. To the contrary, SPARE is a minutely searing portrait of a great royal soul shrunk by utter anguish, indeed a globally cacophonous call for rescue from consuming distress. But a call made to an indifferent, nay mocking world, one so drained and bereft of any ounce of human feeling or empathy. When the centre could not hold Following the burial of Duke of Edinburgh, Grandpa to the two boys of Windsor, there is an attempt to solder the broken triad relationship of Father, Heir and Spare, in the gardens of Frogmore. Harry addresses the Heir: Willy, this was supposed to be our home. We were going to live here the rest of our lives. To which the Heir responds: You left, Harold. Spare: Yeah —and you know why. Heir: I don’t. Spare: You …don’t? Heir: I honestly don’t. Spare: “I turned to Pa. He was gazing at me with an expression that said: Neither do I.” Harry adds: “I felt massively tired. I wanted to go home, and realised what a complicated concept home had become. Or maybe always was. I gestured at the gardens, the city beyond, the nation…. I leaned back. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was one thing to disagree about who was at fault or how things might have been different, but for him to claim total ignorance of the reasons I’d fled the land of my birth – the land for which I’d fought and been ready to die — my Mother Country? That fraught phrase. To claim no knowledge of why my wife and I took the drastic step of picking up our child and just running like hell, leaving behind everything – house, friends, furniture? Really?” A civilisation in crisis My little advice to whoever wants to read SPARE: gird your loins; every word, phrase, sentences, paragraph and chapter is an unremitting assault on your senses and sensibilities. Throughout my literary career — I am one guy you invite anytime anywhere to teach any literature book from any literary tradition without prior warning — I never realised that empathy can be this painful to give, costly to your health as a reader even! But I am also appalled. Appalled by the response from formal, consolidated England: foremost its media, its scholars, commentators and defence establishment. How a society so historically vaunted for its broad-mindedness, for its loud claims to humanity, can extract crass and cold defensive readings from so intimate a book which overflows with such plaintive a cries of anguish and for help which go unheard and unrelieved, I am honestly at a loss! I doubt even war-concussed Camus comprehends this kind of civilisational crisis! Beware of Camus’ political man! Back home, the election season begins its tardy and ominous march. After the preliminary delimitation report — and preliminary is the word — our Nation now picks a quick shuffle towards a plebiscite. Yet going by images allegedly coming from Murehwa, the prelude to this impending process does not seem a happy one. We have seen clips of disgusting violence, allegedly linked to political contestation. Genuine man seems about to give way to Camus’ political man. Are we again creeping towards a short age of eternal negation, an epoch of hollowed values as a people? Governed by no creed There is no defence for the wanton violence whose clips we have seen, more so when perpetrated against defenceless women and men living last rounds of their advanced lives. It is cowardly; it goes against the peace we need, deserve and demand. Indeed is shakes our humanity to the pith. Destroys the peace our political leaders have preached and exhorted us to cultivate, nurture, radiate and share. As late as on New Year’s Eve, President Mnangagwa made an impassioned call and plea for peace and tolerance, especially as we move towards elections. Yet, as Camus would say, Mr Smith, Monsieur Durand and Herr Vogel are not humans; mere warring phenomena in governed by no creed! Nothing to be got from violence Speaking for Zanu PF, my Party, I cannot see how the President, his MP-elect, his councillor-elect or his Party can ever profit from violence. Equally, I cannot reconcile my membership to Zanu PF with perpetrators of such acts of banditry, with such abuse of the very persons and communities from which my party seek re-election. I can’t speak for the opposition, in the past itself quite given to stage-managing acts of gratuitous violence for overseas notice, and to delegitimise polls they readily see they are set to lose. Kudira jecha, in their parlance. Some one must do that, to prove its humanity and disavowal of this heinous spectacle captured on celluloid. Ambivalent feelings My feelings are ambivalent: partly outraged, partly elated. Outraged by the gratuitous violence on the aged villagers. Outraged by attempts by the opposition to politically evacuate the same victims who are the real complainants and witnesses, in processes of investigations, justice and repair. Evacuate them to some safe-houses in Harare. To what compassionate end? None whatsoever, as everything suggests mere political expediency, thus inviting more speculation on the identity of perpetrators of this wanton violence. Dreary dramaturgy Villains cannot be decided by who yells least or loudest press conferences; equally, victims cannot be deduced merely on the simple binary of ruling party and opposition. Only thorough investigations settle the matter. As already mentioned, victimhood has been used for cheap political capital and notice in the past. Equally, violence has been imported into our body-politic by a vicious third force. Nothing is straightforward, or is like it seems. Hence the need for ample leeway so investigative arms of State can establish real facts. Which is why anyone tempering with evidence and/or witnesses must be dealt with firmly, painfully. Leave the Police to investigate! Elated because our Police, true to reputation, have moved in professionally to investigate and make arrests. They are not yet done; we wish them God speed and wisdom as they ferret out. It restores and breeds faith and confidence that evil will not get away, let alone vanish unpunished. It sends a clear message to all political players that political violence exacts heavy punishment on perpetrators. The villains of Murehwa violence must be brought to book; the victims of Murehwa must get justice. Above all, voters of Zimbabwe must have their say. In peace they wholly deserve. Let the melody of elections nourish the music of permanent national peace: before, during and eternally after!

Tinashe Sambiri| The late former President Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga, has slammed DJ Fantan for attempting to soil Winky D’s image.

In a hard-hitting statement on Twitter, Chatunga, said Fantan would face the wrath of angry ghetto youths.

“Fantan declared war kuma Ghetto youths toda kuritema ku Mashwede.

Hameno kuti ndini ndega here or but pano disswa Winky ndonzwa senge ndatukirwa mai,” Chatunga fumed.

Tinashe Sambiri|The tuckshop owner who was shot and killed by a suspected armed robber in Masvingo last week was laid to rest on Wednesday.

The tuckshop owner, Mike Munongowarwa, was laid to rest in Bikita District.

CCC Councillor for ward 4, Masvingo Urban, Aleck Tabe, described the death of Munongowarwa as a devastating blow to the community.

” We are in Bikita West ward 11, bidding farewell to the late champion Mike Munongowarwa who was shot by a suspected armed robber…may his soul rest in peace,” Tabe said in a statement on Wednesday.

By A Correspondent

It all started on the day Mai Titi got delayed at the airport as she jetted into the UK mid-November 2022.

Felistas Murata complained to her lives that she had been delayed by UK immigration while being grilled on her politics and criminal background. Her first gig was dragged as a result.

The venue was sabotaged due to complaints made to the property owners, who demanded an extra GBP5,000 saying this is because of complaints raised and revelations that commotion might happen.

The organiser, Kay Cee requested for GBP3,000 from sociallite Olinda Chapel.

Halfway through the gig, the property owners returned the money saying we have noticed there is no commotion at all contrary to previous fears.

Olinda Chapel Nkomo went into the function and dished out a few hundred pounds to Mai Titi.

On the 2nd function, everything went well. On that day someone from Ladies Of The UK, walked in during an occasion when Mai Titi refused to greet Olinda Chapel.

A woman who was with LUK’s Flossy Kandodo said she does not want to see Olinda Chapel and Ketty Masomere.

There were screams against Flossy Kandodo.

On 21st December 2022, there was a birthday for Ketty. Kay Cee was there. Ketty Masomere was there and Olinda started mocking her dress saying it looks like a lace curtain.
On another occasion, the women began another fight, and Mai Titi’s former friend, Patricia Jeke began mocking Ketty’s son. Olinda came out saying children are a no go area.

A back and forth argument was triggered, which resulted in Olinda Chapel saying the function was hers, of which Mai Titi started asking ‘which function?’

Olinda started saying it was her party, and further quarrels were triggered.

The women started fighting. Ketty started insulting Olinda’s mother, saying she didn’t educate her. Mai Titi sent an email laughing at Olinda.

Olinda, responding, screamed back saying: this is evidence that you are the one who sent Ketty. Mai Titi firing back, said: Olinda, you have been after me all this while, and the courts in Zimbabwe said you shouldn’t do this. You came to my function and gave me GBP300, and now what do you want from me?

At the airport, it is you who told immigration people to deport me. At the first venue, it was you behind it, and the 2nd function, it was you as well. At that juncture, someone then came up apologising to Mai Titi, saying, Olinda is the one behind all this, she sent us to sabotage you all this while. That is how all this commotion got triggered against Olinda Chapel.

The women who support Mai Titi are demanding that she apologises.

In December 2022, she says she spent GBP 1 million between Jan and Dec 2022. She says she has a lot of money.

All this is happening at a time when eyebrows have been raised over Olinda Chapel’s physical appearance, with skme alleging she is now looking like a 65y pld woman.

‘She is not looking well, and it seems the surgery was bad on her. Her explanation has been that she is too tired after landing from a foreign trip,’ one subscriber says.

Meanwhile, Olinda’s husband, Tytan’s mother is in the UK, and she is currently stuck because she doesn’t have immigration papers. She is not allowed at Olinda Chapel’s home. To see her granddaughter, Tytan has to take the baby to a McDonald’s.

Another lady who phoned Ketty yesterday, confirms the same thing that Tytan has to go to a McDonald’s to see his mother.

An unidentified man died early this morning after apparently falling from a room at Crowne Plaza Monomatapa hotel in central Harare.

Witnesses said the middle-aged Caucasian man, believed to have been a guest at the hotel, died instantly on impact with the ground.

Hotel management declined to comment on the bizarre incident which police are now investigating.

It could not be immediately established from which floor the man fell.

A huge crowd gathered at the scene as police removed the body after paramedics pronounced the man dead.

“I heard a loud thud and was sh0cked to find out that it was a man who had fallen from a hotel room.

“I initially thought it was an electrical explosion,” said a vendor who plies his trade near the hotel.

The circumstances leading to the incident are still unclear as police investigations continue.

— Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|The tuckshop owner who was shot and killed by a suspected armed robber in Masvingo last week was laid to rest on Wednesday.

The tuckshop owner, Mike Munongowarwa, was laid to rest in Bikita District.

CCC Councillor for ward 4, Masvingo Urban, Aleck Tabe, described the death of Munongowarwa as a devastating blow to the community.

” We are in Bikita West ward 11, bidding farewell to the late champion Mike Munongowarwa who was shot by a suspected armed robber…may his soul rest in peace,” Tabe said in a statement on Wednesday.

Tinashe Sambiri| The late former President Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga, has slammed DJ Fantan for attempting to soil Winky D’s image.

In a hard-hitting statement on Twitter, Chatunga, said Fantan would face the wrath of angry ghetto youths.

“Fantan declared war kuma Ghetto youths toda kuritema ku Mashwede.

Hameno kuti ndini ndega here or but pano disswa Winky ndonzwa senge ndatukirwa mai,” Chatunga fumed.

Tinashe Sambiri| The late former President Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga, has slammed DJ Fantan for attempting to soil Winky D’s image.

In a hard-hitting statement on Twitter, Chatunga, said Fantan would face the wrath of angry ghetto youths.

“Fantan declared war kuma Ghetto youths toda kuritema ku Mashwede.

Hameno kuti ndini ndega here or but pano disswa Winky ndonzwa senge ndatukirwa mai,” Chatunga fumed.

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is desperate to avoid elections.

According to President Chamisa, Mr Mnangagwa is scared of the coming polls and wants to use evil machinations to arrest the people’s victory.

“I’m reliably informed that Mukoma is now so scared of the election.

And he will try all means, foul & ugly, to avoid 2023 election.

But then, one can’t postpone Christmas simply because they are on the dinner menu.A turkey can’t be trusted for advice on the timing of Christmas!”

Chinese Already Taken Everything, ED Tells Diaspora Come Get Lands In April

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) January 13, 2023

At a time when Chinese citizens have been granted absolute takeover rights over ancestsal lands in ways never seen since 1896, Emmerson Mnangagwa has asked diasporans to return get land deeds during the upcoming independence celebration period.

This was revealed during interviews with the African Diaspora Development Institute which is led by the disgraced former ambassador Dr Arikana Chihombori.

Chihombori was fired from her job over financial corruption.

“The land was liberated and it has never happened to anyone that way. Zimbabweans took their land so that they own it and farm.

“Zimbabwe has now become one of the biggest exporters in the world with blueberries being exported to Japan and lettuce to Dubai.

“That is incredible because it is getting bigger and larger as commercial farming increases and we as the ADDI plan to bring the diasporans here to understand that this is the country we want to invest in,” he said. He said the congress would attract Zimbabweans living in different parts of the world including Australia, South America, Caribbean, Europe and others and allow them to explore the country and take part in celebrating the greatest achievements of independence.

Mr Cook encouraged Africans to be part of development in their countries. “People living in diaspora have to come to their African countries. They have to come because they have no way that you will understand what is going on in Zimbabwe unless you come. For you to be on ground, you have to eat the food, smell the air and get to talk to your people. “That is what the Pan African Conference is about. We have a thousand people that are going to come to seek investment opportunities and to relate and get to know Zimbabwe and this will help to complement the Government’s economic growth efforts,” he added. He applauded Zimbabweans for being continuously patriotic in revamping their country adding that the political stability being experienced in the country would contribute to economic growth. “We as ADDI are doing is to complement the Government’s efforts. Zimbabwe is an ideal area of economic integration. It is beautiful, the land was liberated. It is time to come and make use of the stabilised country for Zimbabweans to pave way to permanent employment creations,” he said.

President of ADDI Dr Arikana Chihombori said Zimbabwe had the qualities of hosting the Pan African congress.

“The history making event is going to take place right here in Zimbabwe, the big house built on stones where people used to run for refuge. “Zimbabwe is a beautiful country to invest and live in. The spirits of those who were taken out of Africa as slaves must be brought back home and the Pan African Congress is going be held in Zimbabwe.” She said the congress would once and for all bring back the children of Africa, descendants of the formerly enslaved and those who left Africa in search of greener pastures.

“The history-making event is going to take place right here in Zimbabwe, the big house built on stones where people used to run for refuge,” Dr Chihombori said. She said that the congress was a path line in developing a structured roadmap to unity of purpose in developing African countries that succumbed to colonisation.

FANTAN’S VIEW ON EUREKA
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Fantan Dweet …..”Ndanga ndanzwa nevanhu vachiti ko sei ndakanyara iye mukuru akabuditsa dambarefu. Vamwe ndai ignore but since mibvunzo yawanda here is my point of view.

Yes I was excited to hear about the project. I was happy to see other artistes featuring for once pama gitare emukuru. This time he included other artists which was a dream come true for all of us, vaida kuonawo chimuti chichitambidzanwa from one generation to another and to see two generations combining.

But sa elder mu industry when you do certain projects you must enlighten the youths you engage zvizere kuti project riri funded and tave kuimba zvematongerwo enyika so that anopinda achida nemoyo wake munyaya dzacho.

Ini ndiri kutaura se munhu aka groomer and aka mentor most of the youths vari pa project iroro. Zvirikundirwadza to see them crying behind the scenes kuti takakandwa pasi pe bhazi nemukuru wedu kumagitare. Right now mukuru vaya vari ku Dubai ku Holiday ne family yavo zvavo zvakaita. Isusu now tava pama1 because some companies no longer want to associate with us because they dont want their brands associated ne politics of any nature.

As elders ibasa redu to groom, guide and protect vana. Its cruel kuti as an elder in a position yekuvimbiwa nevana unozovaitisa uchiziva kuti yako life irikufamba. This is my opinion hapana daka feel free to have your own opinion.

Anyway, have a blessed day to everyone. God bless you all. Together, tirimurudo rwemazvokwadi, we can take Zim music to the world.”

HavokZW #ENTBLOGGER #music #supportlocal #entertainment #afrobeats #ZimHipHop #zimdancehall #afropopmusic

Chamisa Scared Of 2023 Elections, Says Mutsvangwa

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) January 13, 2023

CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has demonstrated his fear of elections as seen by his avoidance of establishing internal structures in his party, and his imposition of candidates for national polls, Zanu PF spokesperson Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa has said. Cde Mutsvangwa was responding to assertions by Mr Chamisa on his Twitter handle that President Mnangagwa was afraid of the forthcoming harmonised elections scheduled for later this year. “Actually, CCC’s Chamisa is transposing his phobias to hoodwink and grandstand as he hides his anxieties and fears,” he said.

“In the first instance, he dreads elections, structures, congresses the standard internal processes of his own party. “He equally imposes candidates in brazen avoidance of internal democratic processes. Charity begins at home. Otherwise he is himself the thief crying out ‘thief, thief’,” Cde Mutsvangwa said. He added that Zanu PF was preparing for the elections and had undergone internal processes as part of the preparations. The revolutionary party held its 7th National People’s Congress last year where President Mnangagwa was unanimously elected as the party’s First Secretary and President. He was also elected as the party’s presidential candidate for this year’s elections.

“On the other hand, Zanu PF has been fervently preparing for the 2023 harmonised elections. It has gone through all paces as a Party. It’s leader, President Mnangagwa has been on a demanding agenda selling himself to the electorate across the land. He is clearly geared and is in full election mode. Contrary to a wincing, whining and hectoring Chamisa of nondescript CCC party,” he said. The CCC is effectively a group of former leadership figures from the MDC and the groups that split from it, often on personal grounds but with no formal structure. While ZEC, on its limited criteria, accepts it and its logo as a party for polling purposes on the ballot, there is no party constitution, not even a declaration that it is a body corporate, no way of becoming a member, no membership list as there legally is no membership, and no way that supporters can be involved in selecting party leadership, writing party principles, or selecting party candidates for councils or constituencies- state media

The Zimbabwean has since been identified as Michael Phuti, 31, whose known address in Botswana is Magapatona Ward in Tutume Village, which is about 50km from the Zimbabwe border.

Botswana Prison Service (BPS) spokesperson Senior Superintendent Oagile Kojane said the two inmates fought at around 23:00 and Phuti was rushed to hospital where he succumbed due to his injuries.

“The incident resulted in one inmate being seriously injured and [he] was immediately rushed to the Letsholathebe Memorial Hospital, where he, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries,” he added.

The suspect has been identified as Osego Mosetlhane, 36, of Kgaphamadi Wadi in Gantsi.

Prison officials are yet to establish the circumstances that led to the incident.

The BPS called it an “unfortunate” incident and reassured the public it was in their interest to provide a safe environment for prisoners.

— News24

Tinashe Sambiri|Prominent musician Cucsman has blasted DJ Fantan and Levels of Chillspot Records arguing the two are heartless.

DJ Fantan wrote a statement on Facebook accusing Winky D of hoodwinking young musicians.

This follows the launch of Winky D’s Eureka album – which denounces corruption and looting.

The album has shaken Zanu PF heavyweights.

In response Cucsman took a swipe at the Chillspot Records man for failing to appreciate the beauty of art.

See Cucsman’s statement :

Problem yema ghetto youths akawanda i lack of exposure to information and better things, so zvinhu zvavanoona se success zvinenge zviri zvinhu zvisina kana basa.

Zanupf takes advantage of such foolishness and ignorance ine vana ve Zimbabwe vakawanda , ndokusaka tiine vanhu vakaita sana Fantan Dweet vasingakwanise kuona the bigger picture pamadhiri eshanduko atinowanzotaura , in a normal economy FANTAN and Levels could be millionaires mu music industry, vakatanga kare ,but chavainacho chaicho chine musoro hapana.

By now Chillspot ingadei yave one of the biggest recording label with latest equipment, producing world class music but vachiri kungoshandisa basic stuff apa vachigadzira mat**zvi

Zimbabwe Republic Police – ZRP in Masvingo have arrested a murder suspect who allegedly shot dead a tuckshop owner at his house at around 9pm in Sisk high density suburb. He was arrested after exchange fire with the police. He is expected to appear in court soon!

A BRAVE Gwanda man escaped death by a whisker on Tuesday afternoon after he was attacked by a leopard while relieving himself in the bush.

James Chauke (25) is nursing wounds he sustained during his fierce struggle for his life with the leopard.

Some villagers claim he killed the leopard during the vicious fight.

This, however, has not been confirmed by the Parks and Wildlife authorities.

Narrating his ordeal, James, who is admitted to Gwanda Provincial Hospital, told H-Metro that he thought he was going to die after the big cat ambushed him.- H-Metro

ZANU PF Mashonaland East chairperson Daniel Garwe says he was deeply pained by the brutal assault of several elderly Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Murewa last week.

His comment came after a video of suspected ruling party supporters assaulting the opposition supporters went viral on social media platforms last week.

Addressing party supporters on Tuesday at Matututu shopping centre in Murewa North, Garwe said: “My colleagues, I am pained by what happened in this area. It’s something which nobody here can explain what transpired because we were not all there. We said experts should go and investigate.

“Zanu PF does not tolerate violence, it’s a peaceful party. That’s the only party that brought peace, there’s no other party. In some countries you hear about terrorists and bombings, here there is peace. This peace was brought by Zanu PF.”

He continued: “President [Emmerson Mnangagwa] is today preaching that we should live in peace, forgive each other and get united. The war veterans say ‘united we conquer’.”

Top Zanu PF party officials such as former State Security minister Owen Ncube have, however, been chided for threatening opposition members. CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has also been openly threatened with death by known Zanu PF functionaries.

Last year, Garwe himself was also recorded issuing a chilling warning against CCC supporters, while addressing party members in Seke.

At the Seke rally, Garwe said the ruling party will do anything to ensure Mnangagwa is re-elected.

“President Mnangagwa said the country does not tolerate violence, but if they (opposition) provoke us, definitely we are going to fight them and deal with them accordingly,” Garwe said in Seke last year.

“We are preparing a whip for all those who insult Mnangagwa as we are preparing for our 2023 elections. Don’t keep quiet if someone insults your President, we have to fight back and defend him.”

CCC deputy spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda told NewsDay that Zanu PF under the hood, encourages violence.

“Zanu PF has a tradition to tell people to turn right , yet it turns left. If we don’t have any change of mindset from Zanu PF, the 2023 elections will be bloody more than other eras in the history of Zimbabwe,” Mafa-sibanda said.

Meanwhile, massive divisions have rocked Zanu PF in Murewa district with a faction reportedly against the move to attack opposition party members.

— NewsDay

ZANU PF Mashonaland East chairperson Daniel Garwe says he was deeply pained by the brutal assault of several elderly Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Murewa last week.

His comment came after a video of suspected ruling party supporters assaulting the opposition supporters went viral on social media platforms last week.

Addressing party supporters on Tuesday at Matututu shopping centre in Murewa North, Garwe said: “My colleagues, I am pained by what happened in this area. It’s something which nobody here can explain what transpired because we were not all there. We said experts should go and investigate.

“Zanu PF does not tolerate violence, it’s a peaceful party. That’s the only party that brought peace, there’s no other party. In some countries you hear about terrorists and bombings, here there is peace. This peace was brought by Zanu PF.”

He continued: “President [Emmerson Mnangagwa] is today preaching that we should live in peace, forgive each other and get united. The war veterans say ‘united we conquer’.”

Top Zanu PF party officials such as former State Security minister Owen Ncube have, however, been chided for threatening opposition members. CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has also been openly threatened with death by known Zanu PF functionaries.

Last year, Garwe himself was also recorded issuing a chilling warning against CCC supporters, while addressing party members in Seke.

At the Seke rally, Garwe said the ruling party will do anything to ensure Mnangagwa is re-elected.

“President Mnangagwa said the country does not tolerate violence, but if they (opposition) provoke us, definitely we are going to fight them and deal with them accordingly,” Garwe said in Seke last year.

“We are preparing a whip for all those who insult Mnangagwa as we are preparing for our 2023 elections. Don’t keep quiet if someone insults your President, we have to fight back and defend him.”

CCC deputy spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda told NewsDay that Zanu PF under the hood, encourages violence.

“Zanu PF has a tradition to tell people to turn right , yet it turns left. If we don’t have any change of mindset from Zanu PF, the 2023 elections will be bloody more than other eras in the history of Zimbabwe,” Mafa-sibanda said.

Meanwhile, massive divisions have rocked Zanu PF in Murewa district with a faction reportedly against the move to attack opposition party members.

— NewsDay

A BRAVE Gwanda man escaped death by a whisker on Tuesday afternoon after he was attacked by a leopard while relieving himself in the bush.

James Chauke (25) is nursing wounds he sustained during his fierce struggle for his life with the leopard.

Some villagers claim he killed the leopard during the vicious fight.

This, however, has not been confirmed by the Parks and Wildlife authorities.

Narrating his ordeal, James, who is admitted to Gwanda Provincial Hospital, told H-Metro that he thought he was going to die after the big cat ambushed him.- H-Metro

The President of Transform Zimbabwe and Convener of the July 31st Protests, Jacob Ngarivhume, is back in court today after countless false starts to his trial.

Since arrest in 2020, the state has been dilly-dallying, postponing trial at every siting.

There is absolutely no evidence to sustain their frivolous charges of incitement to commit public violence.

6This is law fare at its best. It’s now apparent the captured judicial service system can not deliver a fair trial.- Transform Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe shall have bullet trains in line with emerging technology.

This was said by CCC leader President Nelson Chanisa.

In a statement on Twitter President Chamisa said:

When I proposed Bullet Trains for Zimbabwe in 2018,Mauritius,a country in SADC,didn’t have a train. Today #Isee they have one.Leadership makes things happen. It’s doable.

Visionary leadership enables it all. The Metro Express is a light rail public transport system in Mauritius. We will deliver even better in a New Great Zimbabwe.

Come, let’s do it! #ngaapinde #Kangene #ngaanjile

Tinashe Sambiri|Prominent musician Cucsman has blasted DJ Fantan and Levels of Chillspot Records arguing the two are heartless.

DJ Fantan wrote a statement on Facebook accusing Winky D of hoodwinking young musicians.

This follows the launch of Winky D’s Eureka album – which denounces corruption and looting.

The album has shaken Zanu PF heavyweights.

In response Cucsman took a swipe at the Chillspot Records man for failing to appreciate the beauty of art.

See Cucsman’s statement :

Problem yema ghetto youths akawanda i lack of exposure to information and better things, so zvinhu zvavanoona se success zvinenge zviri zvinhu zvisina kana basa.

Zanupf takes advantage of such foolishness and ignorance ine vana ve Zimbabwe vakawanda , ndokusaka tiine vanhu vakaita sana Fantan Dweet vasingakwanise kuona the bigger picture pamadhiri eshanduko atinowanzotaura , in a normal economy FANTAN and Levels could be millionaires mu music industry, vakatanga kare ,but chavainacho chaicho chine musoro hapana.

By now Chillspot ingadei yave one of the biggest recording label with latest equipment, producing world class music but vachiri kungoshandisa basic stuff apa vachigadzira mat**zvi

Tinashe Sambiri|Prominent musician Cucsman has blasted DJ Fantan and Levels of Chillspot Records arguing the two are heartless.

DJ Fantan wrote a statement on Facebook accusing Winky D of hoodwinking young musicians.

This follows the launch of Winky D’s Eureka album – which denounces corruption and looting.

The album has shaken Zanu PF heavyweights.

In response Cucsman took a swipe at the Chillspot Records man for failing to appreciate the beauty of art.

See Cucsman’s statement :

Problem yema ghetto youths akawanda i lack of exposure to information and better things, so zvinhu zvavanoona se success zvinenge zviri zvinhu zvisina kana basa.

Zanupf takes advantage of such foolishness and ignorance ine vana ve Zimbabwe vakawanda , ndokusaka tiine vanhu vakaita sana Fantan Dweet vasingakwanise kuona the bigger picture pamadhiri eshanduko atinowanzotaura , in a normal economy FANTAN and Levels could be millionaires mu music industry, vakatanga kare ,but chavainacho chaicho chine musoro hapana.

By now Chillspot ingadei yave one of the biggest recording label with latest equipment, producing world class music but vachiri kungoshandisa basic stuff apa vachigadzira mat**zvi

By A Correspondent| A group captain with the Airforce of Zimbabwe has been issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to turn up for a court case in which he accused of reportedly bashing his lover’s former husband.

George Ngundu who is stated at Staff College at Josiah Magama Tongogara recently appeared before a Concession magistrate facing allegations of assaulting Christopher Makwezva

He is out of custody.

Allegations are that on December 4, at around 1 pm in 2019 at Valley Shops in Concession, the accused, George assaulted Christopher using fists several times.

The State alleges that, on the day in question, the complainant had gone for a prize giving day for his daughter at a school in the same area when he was assaulted.

It is alleged that, Christoper saw George at the shopping centre and confronted him over his extra marital affair with his wife Faith Kanyamura.

At the height of an altercation, George charged towards, the defenceless complainant and punched him several times.

Further allegations are that, the complainant tried to pick a stone before his wife pulled him from the back prompting the accused to disappear from the scene.

Following the alleged attack, he told his in-laws who advised him to make a police report leading to the arrest of the accused.

His t-shirt was also torn in the circumstances.