I actually paid cash through Mandy’s account, says Mai Titi responding to allegations of lying that she hired the South African musician Kelly Khumalo
Mai Titi it's being said you didn't hire @KellyKhumaloZA, what is what?
I actually paid cash through Mandy, says Mai Titi pic.twitter.com/0os4l1rNVt
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 8, 2022
By-A South African court has ordered the seizure of 23 pieces of gold, worth R9 million, that were smuggled by a Zimbabwean man, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire, into the neigbhouring country last year.
The High Court in Joburg granted a final forfeiture order for the contraband which Masinire attempted to smuggle through O.R. Tambo International Airport. Said Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha:
Nyasha was arrested by members of the Hawks’ serious organised crime with the assistance of customs officials at OR Tambo International (ORTIA) after he landed from neighbouring Zimbabwe.
He consequently appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court facing charges of illegally dealing with precious metals.
The court granted him R100 000 bail, and he has been in attendance since. His next appearance is scheduled for later this year.
In May, Hawks national spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Philani Nkwalase said Masinire’s release on bail came with strict conditions. Said Nkwalase:
Some of the conditions include that he should not leave South Africa, and he also has to report to the nearest police station at least three times per week.
Masinire was arrested shortly after landing at OR Tambo International Airport.
The SA Revenue Service found 23 pieces of gold in Masinire’s luggage after he was requested to scan it at the international arrivals’ customs section. Added Nkwalase:
He allegedly failed to declare any items and did not have any permits or licences to be in possession or transport gold, and the Hawks were called to effect the arrest.
Masinire is a former driver of Zimbabwe Miners Federation President Henrietta Rushwaya who was also arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while attempting to smuggle gold. | IOL
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | The president of the United States of America has made a cry to defend and protect democracy. He ventured into those people who create lies each time the country faces elections. To them he said “In this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth. The very future of our nation depends on it.” We must speak with one unified voice and say there’s no room for voter intimidation or political violence in America.”
As Biden makes this statement he made it clear that Political violence is in many ways. In voter intimidation and in making up lies with a sole purpose of discrediting the electoral system of the country. Biden made a clear distinction between intimidation and claiming victory before elections. He cast broad aspersions which engulfed Zimbabwe’s CCC when he said “The Maga element, which is a minority of the Republican party, is trying to succeed now where it failed in 2020. “They’ve emboldened violence and intimidation of voters and election officials.”This is true to the minority of the CCC party which is trying to succeed where they failed in 2018. They have started telling the world about violence and intimidation even though they are the perpetrators of such violence. They instigate violence and cry loudly to their handlers that there is violence in Zimbabwe. By their reports to the international world they make Zimbabwe to look like a war zone.
as we write David Coltart the CCC treasurer is in England stretching his empty bowl begging for funding. He is riding on the created horse of imaginative violence and peddles it in the pockets of the willing detractors like Lord Oates. It is open secret that the CCC use violence as a source or and aide in begging funding.
Zimbabwe hears more stories of political violence now because CCC is in over drive begging for sponsorship. David Coltart who has a lot of contact in the UK is already in UK playing violence videos taken from CCC actors now purporting them to be real.
What Zimbabwe must do now is going to determine whether democracy will long endure. Biden stated that “This is the struggle we’re now in. A struggle for democracy, a struggle for decency and dignity… a struggle for the very soul of America itself.” This perfectly applies for Zimbabwe.
Prophetically and surely so Biden commented on the 6th January Trump’s insurrection
“I wish I could say the assault on our democracy had ended that day but I cannot.” There are candidates who won’t commit to accepting the results of the election they’re in. That’s the path to chaos in America.” Indeed CCC has already rejected the results of the elections before we have even voted. That is the path to chaos in our country. We fought for democracy one man one vote, we fought for peace one Zimbabwe one nation. We fought for democracy and any one who fight against these is a state enemy. Ironically Biden sees the light and this light only blinds those on his leash.
With less than eight month to go before the harmonised elections, President Munangagwa began a congress closing speech on peace and democracy by recounting the sacrifices and blood poured in to bear the fruits of independence.
As Biden says about the American democracy the same can be said that Zimbabwean democracy is under attack,and voters in 2023 need to counteract that at the ballot box. The future of Zimbabwean democracy and threats to it have been a mater of concern on Zimbabwe. It is ironical that America has made it a theme in several of Mr. Biden’s speeches, and he has grown more vocal in naming what he believes are the partisan forces that threaten the nation’s democratic values.
Unbeknown to Biden he was clearly stating the position of Zimbabwe whose democracy is being threatened by the opposition who will not accept the results of elections.
It is true that Zimbabwe’s democracy is under attack because of those who were defeated and have been refusing to accept the results. These are the ones who call the Zimbabwean government illegitimate.
“American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the United States refuses to accept the results The opposition in Zimbabwe has always been refusing to accept the will of the people.”
Zimbabwe must frame the upcoming elections as one in which voters must ask themselves whether the vote they cast will preserve democracy or put it at risk. We should realise “Democracy is on the ballot for all of us.
So Zimbabweans have to defend our blood earned independence. We therefore on that note encourage voters to be “patient” as they await for the elections in 2023 to silence the opposition once and for all. The media must not confuse the public by takin conspiracy theories as real.
CHAMISA should be reminded that “you can’t love your country only when you win.” One must love the country anytime we only have one country. The candidates especially the CCC candidates must accept the results of the election, even if they lose. Democracy does not mean that you have to win or a change of government Democracy entails the will of the people they can vote the same party forever. If one party continue winning it should not be labelled undemocratic. It is a shame that CCC believes that democracy means that the opposition must win. We just need to remember who we are. We are Zimbabweans. There’s nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.”
Zimbabwean opposition is in the business of “subverting our democracy.”
In 2018 Zimbabwe saw violence geared towards subverting democratic processes. America praised the attackers but now the behaviour of the losers is manifested in their backyard so ironically they warn the like minded to respect their country and act responsibly.
“And political violence, the threat of political violence, which most Zimbabweans find abhorrent, the idea that you would use violence to further your political means, you know, it’s something that unites almost all Zimbabweans and that we can all be united against.” This is true for Zimbabwe. The opposition provoked violence and their actions are a direct attack on democracy.
Zimbabwe is cursed with an opposition which hold beliefs that run counter to democratic values. Democracy is on the mandate given by the people not opposition winning.
2023 is on us and the democratic values we fought for must be seen in the elections. Those who refuse to accept the will of the people, refuse to accept that they have lost. The fate of the nation” lies with the people. Zimbabwe must know that there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together, Zimbabwe is the only country we can call ours.
The actions by the opposition has put Zimbabwean democracy itself in peril. In 2023 Zimbabwe must use their vote in the elections to stand up against lies, violence and dangerous actions fronted by the opposition. It is not a secret that there many useless opposition members who are trying to “succeed where they failed” in subverting the 2018 elections.
We must all register to vote.
This is no time to stand aside, The silence is complicity.”
Remember the false claims about a stolen election have “fueled the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past four years. As Zimbabwe we must vote wisely in 2023. We must know that the opposition is a threat to the very soul of this country as Trump was to America. We should remember that democracy is under threat because of election deniers and others who seek to undermine faith in voting.
We know all those who work against our democracy always deny the election results. We must confront it head on now. It has to stop now. “Zimbabwe is seeing an alarming rise” in the number of people condoning political violence, “trying to explain it away as being caused by ZANU PF. We can not remain silent.
Silence is complicity
We must confront it head on now. It has to stop now There is a stark warning about political violence ahead of 2023!’We can’t take democracy for granted any longer’
President Mnangagwa delivered an urgent rebuke of those who follow instructions and those aligned with attempts to undermine democracy.
Biden said.
“As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault, “We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.”
We must starkly warn Chamisa who leads an extremism party that threatens the very foundations of our country.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza in
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt | The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC is taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh was originally expected to take place from 8-20 November 2021.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, COP 26 was rescheduled from November 2020 to November 2021. As a result, COP 27 is currently taking place in Egypt in the town of Sharm El Sheikh
The Democratic Republic of the Congo did host a Pre-COP from 3-5 October 2022 in Kinshasa in preparation for the current in Ndaba.
Egypt is hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition.
Egypt’s COP27 presidency vision is to move from negotiations and planning to implementation, with bold and rapid collective action needed to address the climate crisis. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe in his speech at Cop27 said “Those mostly responsible for the climate crisis must listen and prioritize climate finance to help prevent disasters and climate victims recover. Commitments we have made and continue to make can only make a difference when we act on them.” His sentiments echo the African leaders stand that Africa should not be punished for the fault of others. MACKY SALL, PRESIDENT OF SENEGA said in his speech. “Let’s be clear, we are in favour of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. But we Africans cannot accept that our vital interests be ignored.” In many conferences Africa is blamed for many things but the leaders of Africa in Africa stood up for the continent. The World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst impacts of climate change. This is the first time in 27 conferences that it is being held in Africa. Gaston Browne prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda zeroed in and said “The oil and gas industry continues to earn almost 3 billion United States dollars daily in profits. It is about time that these companies are made to pay a global carbon tax on their profits as a source of funding for loss and damage.” Africa can not be asked to use its own money when the destroyers of the world benefit. “Profligate producers of fossil fuels have benefited from extortionate profits at the expense of human civilization. While they are profiting, the planet is burning.” Leaders have bemoaned.
The Russian conflict with Ukraine and Europe’s energy crisis cast an ominous shadow over the talks but the conference has progressed well and still continuing.
In summary World leaders gathered at COP27 amid compounding crises of war, warming and economic turmoil.
Russia’s conflict with Ukraine and Europe’s energy crisis are casting a long shadow over the talks.The most vulnerable countries are seeking ‘loss and damage’ compensation from the biggest polluters of which the polluters are being defended by super powers.
Switzerland is trying a novel, and disputed, way to meet its emissions goals.
In his opening speech the U.N. Leader Warns that Climate Change Is Close to the ‘Point of No Return’ António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, urged world leaders at the COP27 climate summit to accelerate their countries’ efforts to address climate change or face “climate hell.”Dozens of presidents and prime ministers spoke on Monday at a global summit on climate change after the United Nations chief opened the day’s session with a warning that the world was “on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, ignited the fire and let out the simmering anger from the chests of many world leaders at the annual United Nations-led international climate talks, which officially began on Sunday as the accumulating threats of war, warming and economic crisis take a toll on every continent, hitting the world’s most vulnerable people the hardest. The African leaders marks this historical event by venting their anger on the microphone hoping that someone is listening. But Mr Guterres said “We are in the fight of our lives, and we are losing,” he said in his opening remarks at the summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Dozens of world leaders delivered brief addresses at the event on Monday. With President MNANGAGWA flying Zimbabwean flag high and booking no nonsense in fearless and straightforward speech. Indeed MNANGAGWA in a man of his words and man among men. The president noted that “The biggest fault line of this year’s talks is the question of what rich, industrialized countries that account for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions owe to those bearing the brunt of climate hazards.”
The most sane thing on this summit is that protests, which have been a feature of earlier COP summits, have been noticeably absent so far in Egypt, partly as a result of strict security measures and the remoteness of the conference site from major cities. Zimbabweans who had always loved to embarrass their country by coming to demonstrate in such international meeting could only demonstrate from their homes. With protesters mostly absent from the streets, straight thinking people seized on the opportunity to reasonably push governments to take tougher action against climate change.
Over 44,000 people have registered to attend, including representatives of government, business and civil society groups.The talks come at the end of a year that saw extraordinary heat waves across the northern hemisphere, catastrophic flooding in Pakistan and Nigeria, and a punishing drought in China.According to a list posted by the United Nations, 110 heads of state and government are addressing the conference, a larger number than at many previous climate conferences. Of those, just seven are women.In her remarks on Monday, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados linked the inability of vulnerable countries to cope with climate hazards to history, saying that countries of the Global North still controlled the money that countries of the Global South need in order to pivot away from fossil fuels.She also restated a call for an overhaul of international development institutions like the World Bank.”This world looks too much like it did when it was part of an imperialistic empire,” she said.
Now the world looks on “can anything good come out of Nazareth” strictly asking can anything good come out of these summits.
We shall wait and see.
By- Controversial preacher and founder of Goodness and Mercy Ministries, Tapiwa Freddy, was back in court on Monday, 7 November in a matter he is accusing his ex-girlfriend, Rutendo Makuti, of extortion.
Makuti, a radio presenter, Chief Chikwaka (born Witness Bungu) and Gibson Jaji appeared before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti, who remanded the matter to December 12.
Makuti on Monday filed an application for referral to the Constitutional Court.
In her application for referral, Makuti, told the court that the factual matrix of the application is that she reported Freddy for rape, in which her co-accused testified as witnesses.
She stated that Freddy had the opportunity to cross-examine her on the extortion charges that she is now facing.
It was alleged that the accused (Makuti, Bungu and Jaji) wanted Freddy to pay for allegedly raping Mukati.
Freddy then reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the three suspects.
Freddy was tried for the alleged rape of Makuti and found not guilty in February this year.
In acquitting Freddy, Harare Regional Magistrate Gloria Takundwa said the State failed to prove its case against him after there were several inconsistencies in the testimony of the complainant.
Takundwa said the complainant departed from her material evidence which she gave to the police in her recorded statement.
The magistrate added that the complainant changed her story when giving evidence in court, while her aunt denied having been told of the second alleged rape. | H-Metro
Former Warriors goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva has won his first major silverware since arriving in the United States of America three years ago.
The former Dynamos man is in the books of third-tier club Michigan Stars.
Mkuruva’s first medal in America has come after Michigan won the 2022 National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) championship.
The Detroit-based side beat Albion San Diego 1-0 in the playoffs final.
The 26-year-old made forty appearances during the regular season and the play-offs, and kept seventeen clean-sheets while conceding thirty-six goals.
Meanwhile, the league title is the first one for the club after the championship’s inception in 2019.
However, the triumph doesn’t guarantee the team a promotion to the next tier as the American football leagues are not linked by the system of promotion and relegation typical in soccer elsewhere.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
It started like any other day for Natasha Munyengwa Goremucheche, a devout Christian, a former banker and a finance officer at Christ Embassy Church in Belvedere, Harare.
On the morning of September 28, 2022, the 42-year-old widow left her place in Ashdown Park for work at near Belvedere Teachers’ College.
She caught a lift in the morning rush hour near Divaris Shopping Center where she intended to catch a connecting lift to Christ Embassy Church.
Little did Goremucheche know that the very next car will see her to the end of her life. Ruthless criminals lurked for prey; ready to pounce on innocent souls for money and if need be to kill in order to achieve the same.
Goremucheche’s aunt, Irene Goremucheche Nyathi narrated the harrowing story to The Mirror.
Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed Goremucheche’s death and said a docket for murder has since been opened.
At Divaris, Goremucheche saw a lift at the bus stop and approached the driver who was alone in the vehicle and he confirmed that he was going her direction. She took a seat at the back of the small Toyota without taking particular interest on its make or colour.
A few metres away a man flagged down the car and he boarded and joined Goremucheche at the back. The car drove for about half a kilometre and suddenly Goremucheche was hit on the head with a fist and the man snatched her mobile phone and handbag.
Goremucheche however, pinned the man down and the driver seeing that his accomplice was losing out, pulled out an empty bottle and handed it over to his accomplice who hit Goremucheche hard on the nose with it.
She then pleaded to be dropped off since the two already got what they wanted but they drove her to the outskirts of Belvedere near Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Training Center where they tied her hands with a belt and covered her face with her T shirt before dumping her in a shallow pit.
She was ordered not to attempt to leave the pit until after 20 minutes because she was going to be shot dead if she did.
She eventually managed to free herself and got help at the next homes about 200 metres away from the open space.
She made a Police report and got four stitches to the cut on her face at the Avenues Clinic. A week later she complained of dizziness and thereafter she could not see. An optician prescribed her some spectacles and her eyesight was restored but her dizziness worsened and she became mentally confused.
She was taken to hospital on October 13, 2022 where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police ordered a post-mortem which showed that Goremucheche suffered swollen brain.
It is heartrending that for a handbag, a mobile phone and US$140, her three children; two girls aged 10 and 16 and another child aged 21 have suddenly become orphans. They will grow without a mother.
Goremucheche was buried at Mabvuku Cemetery on October 18, 2022.
Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyati urged members of the public to avoid boarding unregistered vehicles. He also added that ‘mushikashika’ drivers are being arrested.
— Mirror
By- A Top Gweru businesswoman (43) has mysteriously died in her car at Monomutapa Police Station in Mtapa suburb in Gweru.
Midlands’ provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko could not be reached for comment.
However, sources said the incident occurred at Monomutapa popularly known as Mtapa Police station in Gweru on Monday morning.
“The deceased person Ms Mugobe Sheila Shoshore of Mkoba 13 was a well-known businesswoman involved in transport business and she had two kombis and a taxi that operates in Senga and Mkoba,” said the source.
Ms Shoshore was hypertensive.
On Sunday at around 5 PM, Shoshore parted ways with her daughter Hazel Mawere (19) at TM taxi rank in Gweru city centre.
“Her daughter proceeded to Midlands State University (MSU). On Sunday evening Shoshore proceeded to ZRP Mtapa where she usually parks her motor vehicle and proceeded to her place of residence,” said the source.
“On November 7, the deceased proceeded to Monomutapa Police Station where she entered the main gate and advised a police officer who was manning the main gate that she was taking out her car.”
The source said at around 8.45AM police officers who were from a routine operation observed a white Honda Fit parked at the parking space.
“One of the police officers observed the now deceased occupying the driver’s seat with her head tilted towards the steering wheel and she was motionless.”
The officer- in -charge of the police station was advised and an ambulance was called.
The matter was reported under RRB 5367532
The body of the deceased was then conveyed to Gweru Provincial Hospital Mortuary awaiting post-mortem. Chronicle
Tinashe Sambiri|2023 is the year of ending decades of misery and poverty, CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
President Chamisa faces the Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa in the coming polls and analysts say the CCC leader will win resoundingly.
On Tuesday President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:
“AGAINST ALL ODDS…
Prepare for the final burial of poverty, hunger, suffering and violence in Zimbabwe. It’s going to a big funeral! It’s done and dusted. It’s sealed and settled.
The shift has happened. Change is inevitable.
ZIMBABWE start celebrating!!#RegisterToVoteZW.”
By- There was chaos at the media centre in Harare Tuesday afternoon after scores of Zanu PF thugs stormed the CCC press conference and stole banners.
Tinashe Sambiri| The Citizens’ Coalition for Change( CCC) Namibia has slammed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa for “raping” the law.
Mr Mnangagwa’s administration is endlessly tormenting perceived political foes.
Analysts say Mr Mnangagwa’s new dispensation is worse than the former strongman of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe’s administration.
In a statement, CCC Namibia called for the unconditional release of Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and the Nyatsime activists…
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia condemns weaponization of the law.
07 November 2022.
The continued incarceration of Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala, Godfrey Karakadzayi Sithole and the the Nyatsime 15 is a clear abuse of the basic human rights by a desperate regime that does not have any potential to win a free , fair, credible, and unfettered elections in 2023. The recent by-elections ascertained that ZANU-PF has gone back to their default settings of arbitrary arrests, state-sponsored violence on dissenters, and absolute closure of the much-needed democratic space.
Citizens in Namibia demand equality before the law as a sure way of upholding the rule of law and constitutionalism. Demanding justice for a casualty of ZANUPF-engineered abduction which saw Moreblessing Ali, a CCC activist gruesomely murdered before she was cut into four pieces and dumped in a disused well near the home of the Chisangos does not warrant Wiwa and team more than 4 months at Chikurubi Maximum prison. Pius Jamba, Moreblessing Ali’s killer was never detained at the Maximum prison but at Harare Remand Prison, this is what we call the selective application of the law.
We are quite aware that ZANU-PF morons are plotting to keep our change champions in jail until the 2023 harmonized elections are done and dusted, we shall resist with equal measure. Change champions need to register their discontentment with the evil operation of our judiciary which is taking instructions from the shake-shake building. One can’t imagine the acquittal of certified thieves from ZANU-PF, stomach politicians who exploit state apparatus as springboards for the primitive accumulation of national resources. Those who are committing real crimes are walking scot-free when the innocent members of parliament and law-abiding citizens languish in prison.
It is pathetic that Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others have endured long pre-trial detention for demanding justice, freedom, and equality when Mayor Wadyajena who stole 5 million US$, Henrietta Rushwaya, Chivhayo, and many others enjoy impunity because of their loyalty to the corrupt and incompetent Harare Regime. Citizens should amplify their revolutionary voices casting this law fare. Denying Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala bail for the 8th time is a clear testament to the manipulation of our courts. Bail is a constitutional right that should be enjoyed by all citizens regardless of their political homes.
On another note, ZEC should abruptly stop taking instructions from ZANU-PF. Right now, the purported independent commission is refusing to provide the voter’s roll which is a significant tool they usually use to rig the people’s vote. Change champions should demand the voters roll now so that it can be effectively audited towards the 2023 watershed elections. We should all register to vote for President Advocate Chamisa in 2023. The politically inept regime has dismally failed to put the sunken economy on a sounder footing.
2023 is our only hope for a New Great Zimbabwe.
We should implement our PREPARE blueprint so that we minimize rigging from the ZANU-PF belly politicians who want to defend their ill-gotten political power at all costs. Citizens should display the various, nerve and mettle demanding the immediate release of Mkoma Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others.
Inserted by Rundu Branch Change Champion
Robson Ruhanya
Business Correspondent| Three Wingers Enterprises, a Zimbabwean company that focuses on mining consultancy, farming and housing, has launched a programme meant to equip those interested in getting mines with essential guidelines.
According to Three Wingers, going through the legal route is fundamental in mining to avoid inconveniences and embarrassment.
See presentation below:
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Get a “tribute “
A tribute is an agreement with a mine to give you mining rights that allow you to mine on your own.
They are two types of legal tributes and third informal one
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2 none standard
3 sponsoring ( informal and risky
Standard is designed by ministry of mines which gives the grantor ( mine owner ) 5% and tributor 95% full mining rights.
This is signed at ministry of mines .
2 none standard tribute are discussed by both parties and put in writing signed at ministry of mines
3 sponsoring is unofficial agreement ( risky ) but the most common across the country
N.B only agreements signed at the ministry of mines are legal recognized.
The other option is to buy an existing claim productive at an agreed price and payment option.
Each agreement signed attracts a fee.
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Tinashe Sambiri| The Citizens’ Coalition for Change( CCC) Namibia has slammed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa for “raping” the law.
Mr Mnangagwa’s administration is endlessly tormenting perceived political foes.
Analysts say Mr Mnangagwa’s new dispensation is worse than the former strongman of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe’s administration.
In a statement, CCC Namibia called for the unconditional release of Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and the Nyatsime activists…
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia condemns weaponization of the law.
07 November 2022.
The continued incarceration of Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala, Godfrey Karakadzayi Sithole and the the Nyatsime 15 is a clear abuse of the basic human rights by a desperate regime that does not have any potential to win a free , fair, credible, and unfettered elections in 2023. The recent by-elections ascertained that ZANU-PF has gone back to their default settings of arbitrary arrests, state-sponsored violence on dissenters, and absolute closure of the much-needed democratic space.
Citizens in Namibia demand equality before the law as a sure way of upholding the rule of law and constitutionalism. Demanding justice for a casualty of ZANUPF-engineered abduction which saw Moreblessing Ali, a CCC activist gruesomely murdered before she was cut into four pieces and dumped in a disused well near the home of the Chisangos does not warrant Wiwa and team more than 4 months at Chikurubi Maximum prison. Pius Jamba, Moreblessing Ali’s killer was never detained at the Maximum prison but at Harare Remand Prison, this is what we call the selective application of the law.
We are quite aware that ZANU-PF morons are plotting to keep our change champions in jail until the 2023 harmonized elections are done and dusted, we shall resist with equal measure. Change champions need to register their discontentment with the evil operation of our judiciary which is taking instructions from the shake-shake building. One can’t imagine the acquittal of certified thieves from ZANU-PF, stomach politicians who exploit state apparatus as springboards for the primitive accumulation of national resources. Those who are committing real crimes are walking scot-free when the innocent members of parliament and law-abiding citizens languish in prison.
It is pathetic that Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others have endured long pre-trial detention for demanding justice, freedom, and equality when Mayor Wadyajena who stole 5 million US$, Henrietta Rushwaya, Chivhayo, and many others enjoy impunity because of their loyalty to the corrupt and incompetent Harare Regime. Citizens should amplify their revolutionary voices casting this law fare. Denying Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala bail for the 8th time is a clear testament to the manipulation of our courts. Bail is a constitutional right that should be enjoyed by all citizens regardless of their political homes.
On another note, ZEC should abruptly stop taking instructions from ZANU-PF. Right now, the purported independent commission is refusing to provide the voter’s roll which is a significant tool they usually use to rig the people’s vote. Change champions should demand the voters roll now so that it can be effectively audited towards the 2023 watershed elections. We should all register to vote for President Advocate Chamisa in 2023. The politically inept regime has dismally failed to put the sunken economy on a sounder footing.
2023 is our only hope for a New Great Zimbabwe.
We should implement our PREPARE blueprint so that we minimize rigging from the ZANU-PF belly politicians who want to defend their ill-gotten political power at all costs. Citizens should display the various, nerve and mettle demanding the immediate release of Mkoma Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others.
Inserted by Rundu Branch Change Champion
Robson Ruhanya
Tinashe Sambiri|2023 is the year of ending decades of misery and poverty, CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
President Chamisa faces the Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa in the coming polls and analysts say the CCC leader will win resoundingly.
On Tuesday President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:
“AGAINST ALL ODDS…
Prepare for the final burial of poverty, hunger, suffering and violence in Zimbabwe. It’s going to a big funeral! It’s done and dusted. It’s sealed and settled.
The shift has happened. Change is inevitable.
ZIMBABWE start celebrating!!#RegisterToVoteZW.”
Popular Kenyan tourism enthusiast and youtuber Mercyline Masanya commonly known as African Tigress has been robbed of her gold chain while walking in the city of Nairobi.
African Tigress posted the news on her Twitter account with a picture showing scars from the scuffle.
Oh my God, I’m shaking! Someone just dug into my neck and stole part of my gold neck chain . I don’t even know what I’m feeling right now…I’m shaking. Crime in Nairobi is something else. God I hate this city!
A Harare teacher, Edith Mupondi, has been dragged to court on allegations of sending a message in a WhatsApp group decrying poor salaries by government.
Mupondi is being charged with contravening section 88(b) of the Postal and Telecommunications Act for allegedly sending by telephone any message that she knew to be false for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person.
Prosecutors allege Mupondi unlawfully used her mobile phone to send a message on “Epworth Ladies” WhatsApp group on 23 October 2020, which read: “PaEpworth High School, Mr Muzondo, Mr Mudzengere, Mrs Sithole please tinyareiwo muzvigarire kumba, muri kurwisa vanhu vari kukurwirai kuti muwane mari inotenga. Tinyareiwo please (Please respect us by staying at your respective homes. You are fighting people that are clamouring for payment of improved salaries for teachers)..”
This was during the time when most teachers were staying home citing incapacitation.
Yvonne Sithole, one of the teachers who was allegedly mentioned in the message, then reported Mupondi to the police, resulting in her being arraigned before Harare Magistrate Tafadzwa Miti to stand trial.
Sithole complained that the message scared her as it sent shivers down her spine,” said Sithole.
“I recalled well since the opening of schools; I was going to school as usual since I had an exam class. On some of the days I would inform the headmaster that I was not coming since I had no money for transport, and this was being done by every teacher at the school.
“Surprisingly, on 23 October 2020, around 2026 hours, a WhatsApp message was sent in a group. The message was from a group called “Teachers Can’t Breathe Epworth” and it was forwarded to “Epworth Ladies Group”.
“It was forwarded by Edith Mupondi. I am now living in fear, and I am no longer able to go to school since I don’t know the intentions of these people and I informed this to the headmaster,” reads part of Sithole’s complaint to the police, which landed Mupondi in trouble.
This comes at a time Zimbabwean authorities are intensifying the monitoring and surveillance of social media platforms and targeting people who share perceived dissenting views and opinions to those of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government and the ruling party.
A Harare man faces theft charges after he tried to stealthily escape with his impounded vehicle from Harare Central Police Station car park.
Chindikano Peter Klein (31) of Waterfalls was apprehended by the police on November 5 over a traffic offence – being stationary at a dangerous position. His vehicle was then impounded and taken to police central yard.
Later that evening, a police officer guarding impounded vehicles saw a green Honda Fit vehicle which was being driven out of the yard by the accused person. When he ordered the driver of the car to stop at the gate, the accused told the police officer that the car had been cleared. Klein then sped off before the gate was closed.
He was later arrested while driving the same car.
-Newsday
Zimbabwe is set to conduct pauper’s burials on 32 people whose bodies have lied for months at Parirenyatwa Hospital’s mortuary in Harare without claim.
The hospital announced this last week, adding that the bodies set for the public process were those that have been unclaimed from March to October this year.
Nine of the unclaimed bodies were identified, while the identities of the remaining 23 bodies remained unidentified.
A pauper’s funeral is a basic funeral service provided by the government, local government, or hospital for a deceased person who has no relatives or money.
In a statement issued on Friday, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals stated that relatives had 21 days to claim their kin’s bodies or allow the state to conduct paupers’ burials.
“The following bodies have been unclaimed in the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals mortuary from 10 March 2022 to 03 October 2022.
“The hospital is requesting relatives or family members of the dearly deceased persons to come forward and claim the bodies and give them a decent burial.
“The claim period will end after (21) twenty-one days. Unclaimed bodies will be given paupers’ burial by the state,” read the statement.
-Byo24
By- Zanu PF thugs have beaten up and broken a Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) activist’s leg over Pfumvudza.
The incident happened at Nabs Farm, Hurungwe, at the weekend.
The victim, Bonface Mbondo, had his left leg broken after he tried to collect seed and fertilizer under the Pfumvudza scheme, a government programme which some ZANU PF hoodlums claim should benefit only supporters of the ruling party.
This comes after another CCC member, Wonder Matashu (35) of Kapfunde, Magunje constituency, was seriously injured in a machete attack by Ward 12 Councillor Chris Mudengezerwa (ZANU PF) during a dispute over the alleged unfair distribution of free Presidential farming inputs.
Last week, Mutasa North MP, Trevor Sauwaka (MDC Alliance), accused ZANU PF activists of personalising presidential schemes meant to benefit every citizen of Zimbabwe.
Speaking during the question and answer session in the National Assembly, Saruwaka said funds used to fund such programmes belong to the State, and not ZANU PF. He said:
We have seen a number of government programmes being named after the President like Presidential Inputs, Presidential Goats Scheme and Presidential Boreholes.
In light of that trend, what is the government doing to stop the abuse of such programmes by ruling party activists, who misinterpret such programmes to mean that funding is from the First Secretary of ZANU PF’s pocket yet these funds are from Treasury?
What is government doing to make sure that such programmes are not abused by party activists?
By- MDC-T President Daglous Mwonzora is facing a tough contest from Former MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s close ally, Norest Marara.
Marara has become the first person to openly challenge Douglas Mwonzora for the party presidency ahead of the congress.
Marara reportedly facilitated the purchase of two of Tsvangirai’s vehicles in 2011 and was arrested on charges of smuggling them through Beitbridge Border Post.
He is currently the party’s secretary for special projects and party business in the national executive as well as head of finance and administration.
However, the MDC-T standing committee is reportedly expected to reject Marara’s candidature at its meeting on Wednesday.
NewsDay reported sources in Mwonzora’s camp as saying that there will be an attempt to block Marara’s candidature in the standing committee. Said the sources:
The party failed to suspend Marara, but it is now looking forward to barring him from contesting for the presidency. Our president, Mwonzora fears defeat by the popular Marara. Marara is popular with the structures.
In a statement, the party’s Harare provincial spokesperson Collen Chavengwa said Marara did not qualify to contest for the MDC presidency on the grounds that he “has never served in any capacity in any of the 24 districts in Harare”.
Marara told NewsDay on Sunday that he had served the party for more than five years. He added:
I am also the founding member of the party and, therefore, I meet the constitutionally-required criteria. I have served the party for more than five years.
Marara contested the Harare Central constituency as the MDC Alliance candidate in the 26 March by-elections but lost to CCC’s Murisi Zvizwai.
By Showbiz Reporter | Zimbabwe’s Tafadzwa Chigudu has won gold at UK’s Cake International in Birmingham.
Writes prolific author, Tendai Huchu, “Loved seeing Zim talent scoop up awards.
“The fabulous Tafadzwa Chigudu was awarded gold for a coral themed showstopper in the Design Category.
What an imagination! Grace Kanengoni won silver in the Country Category with a Zimbabwe themed cake. Incredible stuff all round and a great day out❤️ ”
Zimbabwe's Tafadzwa Chigudu has won gold at UK's Cake International in Birmingham.
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 7, 2022
Writes prolific author, Tendai Huchu, "Loved seeing Zim talent scoop up awards. The fabulous Tafadzwa Chigudu was awarded gold for a coral themed showstopper in the Design Category…." pic.twitter.com/dyKbWzWhuF
By- Three gardeners employed at Manna Resort in Harare have been arrested for taking advantage of the fire that gutted the resort and stealing US$2 500 cash.
The three men allegedly took advantage of the incident to steal US$2 500 cash from Netty Musasa’s office.
Zacharia Phiri, Richman Kamusasa and Simon Vhiya are expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with theft.
According to a statement issued Manna Resort CEO on 2 November 2022, part of the Manna Resorts complex was struck by lightning which resulted in a fire.
The fire affected PaSangano Lifestyle Centre and parts of Panzvimbo and Tata accommodation facilities.
A GRADE 4 pupil was electrocuted in Chitungwiza while returning from school on Friday.
Makanaka Munzverengwi, 11, accidentally came into contact with naked live wires, while crossing the road, from Chinembiri Primary School.
Her father, Sheppy Munzverengwi, confirmed the mishap saying her body had been taken for a post mortem.
“I am very angry at the negligence of the electricity company workers for leaving live wires exposed,” said Munzverengwi.
“I have lost a loving daughter.
“She was my hope for success, but death has now separated us in a way that could have been avoided.”
A number of pupils are reported to have been traumatised after witnessing Makanaka being electrocuted.
Makanaka is expected to be buried at Zororo Cemetery today.
— HMetro
POLICE in Karoi have arrested three men who allegedly killed a 16-year-old accused of stealing a cellphone.
The victim died at Karoi District Hospital.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said two other suspects are still at large.
“Police in Karoi arrested Cephas Banda, Ian Murehwa and Langton Mapfura (21) in connection with a case of murder in which a 16-year-old juvenile was attacked on October 15, 2022 near Tambawadya Primary School, Chikangwe, after being accused of stealing a cellphone,” said police.
“The victim died on November 1, 2022 on admission at Karoi District Hospital. The other two unknown suspects are on the run. Investigations are underway.”
— Sunday Mail
A SHURUGWI man has been arrested for allegedly ripping open a motorist’s tummy with a knife after accusing him of parking his car close to his homestead.
Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the gory incident which occurred on Saturday.
He said Shepherd Phiri (40) of Mashoko Village under Chief Ndanga in Shurugwi was arrested for stabbing Clide Masembu on October 29.
“Masembu, who was with his girlfriend parked his car at a lay bye along the Shurugwi-Mhandamabwe highway,” said Insp Mahoko.
He said Phiri demanded to know why Masembu had parked his vehicle close to his homestead.
“In a bid to explain to the Phiri, Masembu disembarked from the vehicle and Phiri attacked him with a knife on the abdomen resulting in the intestines protruding,” said Insp Mahoko said.
He said the matter was reported to the police, leading to Phiri’s arrest.
“Phiri is facing attempted murder charges and will appear in court soon,” he said.
Insp Mahoko said Masembu is admitted to Gweru Provincial hospital, where his condition is said to be stable.
“We appeal to members of the public to desist from using force to address misunderstandings,” he said.
— Herald
By- Chitungwiza Town Council has destroyed structures in the Chidochevanhu Beerhall compound in Unit N, Seke.
These structures distroyed last Friday, which had been erected within the compound. They included grocery tuck shops, hair salons, and hardware shops.
Speaking to NewsDay, George Madongwe, a former council employee who leases Chidochevanhu beerhall, said the demolitions were unjustified. He said:
Council’s actions were not justified and are a gross violation of human rights. No reasons were given for demolitions as there was no official communication from the council. Valuables worth US$50 000 have been lost.
The council was collecting revenue from these structures as late as November 3, 2022, and there are receipts to support that.
Can the council collect revenue from an illegal structure? There were also engagements with the council regarding the structures.
Chitungwiza Residents Trust director Alice Kuveya also criticised Chitungwiza Municipality for destroying the structures without notice.
However, acting town clerk Evangelista Machona insisted that the structures were illegal. She said:
Those were illegal structures because council leases do not allow the adjustment of infrastructure without the council’s approval. But this is what was done.
Madongwe claimed that the necessary procedures were followed before the structures were erected. He said:
I constructed the structures after notifying the council. I wanted to raise money to pay their exorbitant bills that I couldn’t pay from selling beer alone.
At the same time, I wanted to increase their revenue base as they would collect licence revenues from the shops.
I have enough evidence to debunk the council narrative that I did anything illegal.
I have requests for bill adjustments, payment plans, payments made and proposals for change of use.
I am a former council employee with special circumstances compared to ordinary leaseholders.
Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations and Residents Trusts (ZNOART) Chitungwiza chairperson Obert Matsika said the local authority should have acted in 2019 when the structures were built.
The municipality also demolished other illegal structures at Chigovanyika Shopping Centre in St Mary’s.
Stade de Reims midfielder Marshall Munetsi returned to action on Sunday after recovering from a hamstring injury he sustained two weeks.
The Warriors international, who missed two Ligue 1 games during his time out, came on as a second substitute, playing the last twenty-seven minutes of the game of the 1-0 win against Nantes.
Also returning from an injury over the weekend was Real Mallorca striker Tinotenda Kadewere.
The forward tore the quadriceps of his right leg on the eve of his supposed La Liga debut against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, having completed his season-long loan transfer from Lyon to Mallorca on 29 August.
The injury kept him out for twelve matches before he appeared in the matchday squad for the first time this season on Sunday.
However, the 26-year-old was an unused substitute in the 2-0 win over Villarreal, delaying his debut again.
In England, Marvelous Nakamba was not part of Aston Villa’s matchday squad that beat Manchester United 3-1.
The 28-year-old had been tipped to end his woes under new coach Unai Emery, who officially started his tenure last week.
But the Zimbabwean was snubbed again as he failed to make the matchday squad for the sixth time this term.
Nakamba is also yet to play his first minute this season, having been an unused substitute in the games he made the selection.
Bournemouth defender Jordan Zemura was an unused substitute in the 4-3 loss against Leeds United.
The Zimbabwean defender has only started in the first XI once in the last five games.
Elsewhere, Tendayi Darikwa retained his place in the Wigan Athletic first XI that drew 2-2 against Swansea in the Championship. He played the entire match as a wingback.
Plymouth Argyle defender is also started for his side that faced Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.
David Moyo was back in the Barrow FC starting XI after making a couple of appearances from the bench in the last rounds.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Govt says it cannot afford to pay civil servants bonuses at once, and will spread payment of the 13th cheque over two months.
After telling public workers early last month that bonuses would be performance-based, government yesterday said it would pay all employees 50% of their bonuses this month, while the balance would be paid next month.
Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Unions president Cecilia Alexander said after a meeting of the National Joint Negotiating Committee (NJNC), it was agreed that all civil servants from the deputy director level and below would receive their bonuses unconditionally.
“The workers’ side representatives met the government on the 7th of November 2022 to deliberate on quite a number of issues, chief among them is the payment modalities of 2022 annual bonuses,” Alexander said.
“The meeting agreed that all civil servants from deputy director grade and below will receive their bonuses unconditionally. The bonuses will be accorded in two tranches starting from November to December across the board. Fifty percent of the annual bonus will be paid per the said months plus the usual earnings.”
Alexander said fees for teachers’ children would also be paid in batches for all terms in December through the Salary Service Bureau.
“On performance advancement, all members will be rightfully placed in their grades in January 2023, while the arrears will be worked upon thereafter.”
Workers’ representatives commended government for its decision to pay bonuses unconditionally.
“We applaud government’s first step to treat all workers unconditionally. However, we continue imploring the employer to do likewise on salary earnings. We are not happy with the current salary discrepancies that have seen teachers earning less than the rest of the civil servants when we are working for the same employer,” Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure said: “Government should always honour payment of the 13th cheque and it should come unconditionally. The employer should expedite the alignment of labour laws to the Constitution. Statutory Instrument 141 of 1997 which establishes the NJNC is ultra vires (contradicts) the Constitution and it follows that the NJNC must be disbanded. A genuine collective bargaining framework should be established for the bipartite engagement between government and its workers.”
Charamba Says Chamisa Should Also Throw A Party Over Fake Zim Satellite
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 8, 2022
Zimbabwe yesterday orbited its first satellite, ZimSat-1, through a Japanese facility on an American launcher, as the Second Republic continues to upgrade its practical technology to achieve Vision 2030, in this case having a dedicated satellite for Zimbabwean mapping rather than having to rely on others.
The country joined the league of nations that already own satellites when it sent its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.
Once the process is complete within days Zimbabwe will now enhance its mineral exploration, land and water mapping, weather forecasting and monitoring of environmental hazards and droughts.
Other benefits will include aiding in mapping human settlements infrastructure and border security.
President Mnangagwa has been the force behind the success demonstrated when he launched the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) in 2018 which culminated in yesterday’s historic feat.
The launch expedited the country’s capabilities in the generation, access, use and regulation of the application of space technology and innovation for sustainable development.
ZimSat-1 yesterday morning started its journey into space through a spacecraft, the Northrop Grumman (NG-18 Cygnus).
It lifted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, US.
The NG-18 Cygnus spacecraft is a commercial cargo resupply service to the International Space Station and carries satellites on behalf of NASA.
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Permanent Secretary Professor Fanuel Tagwira said the satellite has been a major gain.
“We have made a milestone. The satellite was tested on the ground and it is working very well.
“It has been deployed to the International Space Station awaiting deployment. The actual date for deployment will be announced in a few days to come,.
Prof Tagwira also said Zimbabwe being an innovation-led and knowledge-driven economy, through satellite it is now able to gather information which can be used for decision making.-state media
A senior Harare lawyer accused of unprofessional conduct for allegedly negotiating to buy an immovable property from an accused person without consulting his client has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ).
Agmos Moyo from Kantor and Immerman, was representing South African firm, Umbrella Holding and Goldstone against local businessman Rodney Dangarembizi who had allegedly swindled his client of more than US$1 million in an agricultural service deal.
Umbrella Holdings and Goldstone, represented by directors Antony Denga and Owen Sher reported Moyo to LSZ after they suspected that the transaction could be a bribe meant to destroy their case against Dangarembizi.
Denga also raised a host of complaints against Moyo, forcing the latter to recuse himself from representing the firm.
In clearing Moyo, LSZ said the complaint was made by a disgruntled client who failed to substantiate the allegations.
LSZ, through its secretary Edward Mapara, said the council was of the view that the complaint was without merit and ought to be dismissed.
“Council at its meeting held on the 30 of August 2022 considered your complaint and the respondent’s responses. Council noted that this complaint was made by disgruntled litigants. You failed to substantiate your allegations against the respondent. You were dissatisfied with the decision of the court and you ought to have sought recourse from the same court. Council was of the view that the complaint was without merit and ought to be dismissed,” Mapara said in the letter that cleared Moyo.
“Council resolved that the respondent be found not guilty of any unprofessional conduct and that the complaint be dismissed. We will, therefore, proceed to close the file and will not take any further action. Be advised accordingly.”
Denga had accused Moyo of negotiating an out-of-court settlement with Dangarembizi in his absence and preparing a deed of settlement whose contents were never made public, leading to delays in the court case.
In his response to LSZ, Moyo said he had made an offer to purchase a property, which he later discovered belonged to Dangarembizi.
“I went into the market for the purchase of an immovable property. My offer was duly accepted and I requested the usual property documentation in order to carry out the due diligence exercise in respect of the property. That is when I discovered it belonged to Rodney Dangarembizi,” Moyo said at the time. -Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF member Sybeth Musengezi has urged young people to unite in the battle against Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s murderous regime.
Musengezi, who insists Mr Mnangagwa is illegitimate, believes the Zanu PF leader can be removed via the ballot box.
Zanu PF hoodlums claim Mr Mnangagwa is invincible.
“If we’re to move forward and fight oppression from despots masquerading as leaders, we need one voice on elections as young people despite political affiliation.
Let’s engage about 2023/28 elections for a Generational Consensus against ED & his lot, our future is at stake here,” Musengezi wrote on Twitter.
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged his political foe Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop terrorising citizens in rural areas.
Addressing thousands of party supporters at a rally in Bulilima on Saturday, President Chamisa said :
“Once they see that they are losing they start beating people, but I want to encourage you not to be dragged into such cowardice.
We want peace in this country. Our chiefs and headmen must preach and encourage peace.”
President Chamisa’s CCC is also mobilising citizens to register to vote.
“REGISTER TO VOTE: Our main focus is to build a very strong support base dominated by registered voters.
Registering new voters everyday has become our gateway to freedom. Here are the 73 ZEC registration centres that you can visit to register as a voter. “
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged his political foe Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop terrorising citizens in rural areas.
Addressing thousands of party supporters at a rally in Bulilima on Saturday, President Chamisa said :
“Once they see that they are losing they start beating people, but I want to encourage you not to be dragged into such cowardice.
We want peace in this country. Our chiefs and headmen must preach and encourage peace.”
President Chamisa’s CCC is also mobilising citizens to register to vote.
“REGISTER TO VOTE: Our main focus is to build a very strong support base dominated by registered voters.
Registering new voters everyday has become our gateway to freedom. Here are the 73 ZEC registration centres that you can visit to register as a voter. “
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC vice president Hon Tendai Biti has castigated the Zanu PF regime for trampling on fundamental human rights.
Hon Biti challenged the Zanu PF regime to release Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and the Nyatsime activists.
“The rule of law is all but gone.The law has been weaponized.We cry for Job ,Godfrey and the #Nyatsime16.
We cry for Justice #FreeGodfreySithole #FreeJobSikhala #justiceformoreblessingali,” Hon Biti wrote on Twitter.
CCC challenged the Zanu PF regime to release jailed party activists with immediate effect.
“Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Sithole and the #Nyatsime16 members’ continued persecution chronicles the deteriorating democratic space under Mr Mnangagwa.
Our champions’ persecution history will be difficult to erase and these are the heroes of our current revolution, 4th Chimurenga.”
Tinashe Sambiri| The Election Resource Centre (ERC) in collaboration with dancehall stars will hold a gig to encourage young people to register to vote.
Young people are expected to play a key role in the outcome of the 2023 polls.
Zanu PF is subtly discouraging youths from registering to vote as part of a scheme to rig elections through voter apathy.
In a statement on Sunday, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said:
“From the Election Resource Centre for Ama2K.
They just require your voter registration slip.
WHO highlights high cost of physical inactivity in first-ever global report
19 October 2022 News release Geneva Reading time: 3 min (815 words)
Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments don’t take urgent action to encourage more physical activity among their populations.
The Global status report on physical activity 2022, published today by the World Health Organization, measures the extent to which governments are implementing recommendations to increase physical activity across all ages and abilities.
Data from 194 countries show that overall, progress is slow and that countries need to accelerate the development and implementation of policies to increase levels of physical activity and thereby prevent disease and reduce burden on already overwhelmed health care systems.
Less than 50% of countries have a national physical activity policy, of which less than 40% are operational
Only 30% of countries have national physical activity guidelines for all age groups
While nearly all countries report a system for monitoring physical activity in adults, 75% of countries monitor physical activity among adolescents, and less than 30% monitor physical activity in children under 5 years
In policy areas that could encourage active and sustainable transport, only just over 40% of countries have road design standards that make walking and cycling safer.
“We need more countries to scale up implementation of policies to support people to be more active through walking, cycling, sport, and other physical activity. The benefits are huge, not only for the physical and mental health of individuals, but also for societies, environments, and economies…” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, “We hope countries and partners will use this report to build more active, healthier, and fairer societies for all.”
The economic burden of physical inactivity is significant and the cost of treating new cases of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will reach nearly US$ 300 billion by 2030, around US$ 27 billion annually.
Whilst national policies to tackle NCDs and physical inactivity have increased in recent years, currently 28% of policies are reported to be not funded or implemented. Considered a “best buy” for motivating populations to combat NCDs, the report showed that only just over 50% of countries ran a national communications campaign, or organised mass participation physical activity events in the last two years. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only stalled these initiatives, but it also affected other policy implementation which has widened inequities in access to and, opportunities for, engaging in physical activity for many communities.
To help countries increase physical activity, WHO’s Global action plan on physical activity 2018-2030 (GAPPA) sets out 20 policy recommendations – including policies to create safer roads to encourage more active transport, provide more programmes and opportunities for physical activity in key settings, such as childcare, schools, primary health care and the workplace. Today’s Global Status report assesses country progress against those recommendations, and shows that much more needs to be done. One critical finding in the Global status report on physical activity is the existence of significant gaps in global data to track progress on important policy actions – such as provision of public open space, provision of walking and cycling infrastructure, provision of sport and physical education in schools. The report also calls for weaknesses in some existing data to also be addressed.
“We are missing globally approved indicators to measure access to parks, cycle lanes, foot paths – even though we know that data do exist in some countries. Consequently, we cannot report or track the global provision of infrastructure that will facilitate increases in physical activity, “said Fiona Bull, Head of WHO Physical Activity Unit. “It can be a vicious circle, no indicator and no data leads to no tracking and no accountability, and then too often, to no policy and no investment. What gets measured gets done, and we have some way to go to comprehensively and robustly track national actions on physical activity.”
The report calls for countries to prioritize physical activity as key to improving health and tackling NCDs, integrate physical activity into all relevant policies, and develop tools, guidance and training to improve implementation.
“It is good for public health and makes economic sense to promote more physical activity for everyone,” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director Department of Health Promotion, WHO. “We need to facilitate inclusive programmes for physical activity for all and ensure people have easier access to them. This report issues a clear call to all countries for stronger and accelerated action by all relevant stakeholders working better together to achieve the global target of a 15% reduction in the prevalence of physical inactivity by 2030.”
Data for the report are drawn from the WHO Noncommunicable Disease Country Capacity Survey (2019 and 2022) and the WHO Global status report on road safety (2018).
The cost of inaction on physical inactivity to healthcare systems manuscript at Preprints with The Lancet (peer-reviewed version forthcoming in The Lancet Global Health)
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A plane carrying 43 people has plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania during bad weather shortly before it was due to land in the north-west city of Bukoba, police have said, as rescuers search for survivors.
“There was an accident involving a Precision Air plane which … crashed into water about 100 metres from the airport,” the regional police commander William Mwampaghale told reporters at Bukoba airport.
The regional commissioner, Albert Chalamila, said 43 people – 39 passengers, two pilots and two cabin crew – were onboard flight PW494 from the financial capital, Dar es Salaam, to the lakeside city in the Kagera region.
“As we speak, we have managed to rescue 26 people who were taken to our referral hospital,” Chalamila said.
“The rescue operation is still ongoing and we are communicating with the pilots,” he said, adding that the aircraft was an ATR-42, manufactured by the Toulouse-based Franco-Italian firm ATR.
Precision Air, Tanzania’s largest private airline, released a brief statement confirming the incident. “The rescue team has been dispatched to the scene and more information will be released in two hours’ time,” the airline said.
Video footage broadcast on local media showed the plane largely submerged as rescuers, including fishers, waded through water to bring people to safety.
Emergency workers attempted to lift the aircraft out of the water using ropes and assisted by cranes as local residents also sought to help in the effort.
The president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, expressed her condolences to those affected by the accident. “Let’s continue to be calm while the rescue operation continues as we pray to God to help us,” she said on Twitter.
The African Union Commission chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, shared his condolences, as did the secretary general of the regional East African Community bloc, Peter Mathuki.
“Our hearts and prayers go to the families of passengers on-board a plane that crashed into Lake Victoria, with our full solidarity to the Government & people of Tanzania,” Mahamat said on Twitter.
“The East African Community joins and sends our condolences to Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan, families and friends of all those who were affected by the Precision Air plane accident,” Mathuki tweeted.
Precision Air, which is partly owned by Kenya Airways, was founded in 1993 and operates domestic and regional flights as well as private charters to popular tourist destinations such as the Serengeti national park and the Zanzibar archipelago.
The incident comes five years after 11 people died when a plane belonging to the safari company Coastal Aviation crashed in northern Tanzania.
— Guardian
A plane carrying 43 people has plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania during bad weather shortly before it was due to land in the north-west city of Bukoba, police have said, as rescuers search for survivors.
“There was an accident involving a Precision Air plane which … crashed into water about 100 metres from the airport,” the regional police commander William Mwampaghale told reporters at Bukoba airport.
The regional commissioner, Albert Chalamila, said 43 people – 39 passengers, two pilots and two cabin crew – were onboard flight PW494 from the financial capital, Dar es Salaam, to the lakeside city in the Kagera region.
“As we speak, we have managed to rescue 26 people who were taken to our referral hospital,” Chalamila said.
“The rescue operation is still ongoing and we are communicating with the pilots,” he said, adding that the aircraft was an ATR-42, manufactured by the Toulouse-based Franco-Italian firm ATR.
Precision Air, Tanzania’s largest private airline, released a brief statement confirming the incident. “The rescue team has been dispatched to the scene and more information will be released in two hours’ time,” the airline said.
Video footage broadcast on local media showed the plane largely submerged as rescuers, including fishers, waded through water to bring people to safety.
Emergency workers attempted to lift the aircraft out of the water using ropes and assisted by cranes as local residents also sought to help in the effort.
The president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, expressed her condolences to those affected by the accident. “Let’s continue to be calm while the rescue operation continues as we pray to God to help us,” she said on Twitter.
The African Union Commission chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, shared his condolences, as did the secretary general of the regional East African Community bloc, Peter Mathuki.
“Our hearts and prayers go to the families of passengers on-board a plane that crashed into Lake Victoria, with our full solidarity to the Government & people of Tanzania,” Mahamat said on Twitter.
“The East African Community joins and sends our condolences to Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan, families and friends of all those who were affected by the Precision Air plane accident,” Mathuki tweeted.
Precision Air, which is partly owned by Kenya Airways, was founded in 1993 and operates domestic and regional flights as well as private charters to popular tourist destinations such as the Serengeti national park and the Zanzibar archipelago.
The incident comes five years after 11 people died when a plane belonging to the safari company Coastal Aviation crashed in northern Tanzania.
— Guardian
By- CCC President Nelson Chamisa was this weekend in Bulilima joining his supporters in celebrating the constituency’s by-election victory.
CCC won the by-election through vigorous campaigns fronted by former deputy Prime Minister, Thokhozani Khupe.
By- Zanu PF thugs have beaten up and broken a Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) activist’s leg over Pfumvudza.
The incident happened at Nabs Farm, Hurungwe, at the weekend.
The victim, Bonface Mbondo, had his left leg broken after he tried to collect seed and fertilizer under the Pfumvudza scheme, a government programme which some ZANU PF hoodlums claim should benefit only supporters of the ruling party.
This comes after another CCC member, Wonder Matashu (35) of Kapfunde, Magunje constituency, was seriously injured in a machete attack by Ward 12 Councillor Chris Mudengezerwa (ZANU PF) during a dispute over the alleged unfair distribution of free Presidential farming inputs.
Last week, Mutasa North MP, Trevor Sauwaka (MDC Alliance), accused ZANU PF activists of personalising presidential schemes meant to benefit every citizen of Zimbabwe.
Speaking during the question and answer session in the National Assembly, Saruwaka said funds used to fund such programmes belong to the State, and not ZANU PF. He said:
We have seen a number of government programmes being named after the President like Presidential Inputs, Presidential Goats Scheme and Presidential Boreholes.
In light of that trend, what is the government doing to stop the abuse of such programmes by ruling party activists, who misinterpret such programmes to mean that funding is from the First Secretary of ZANU PF’s pocket yet these funds are from Treasury?
What is government doing to make sure that such programmes are not abused by party activists?
By- Top Zim-dancehall musician Seh Calaz, could be arrested for defaulting in paying $45 000 monthly maintenance for his minor child.
Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga, ordered the musician, whose real name is Tawanda Mumanyi, to pay $45 000 in monthly maintenance fees effective 31 March 2022.
The Zimdancehall chanter is expected to provide support until the child reaches the age of 18.
Mumanyi was also ordered to deposit the money into the account of the mother of his child on or before the 30th or 31st of every month.
However, the musician is now in arrears, according to a letter from his ex-lover, Moira Knight, which she wrote through her lawyers. Part of the letter reads:
Further to the Magistrates’ Court order requiring you to pay $45 000 monthly for the minor, we write to you to kindly make payments as required by law promptly without delay.
And, clear the arrears of amounts due, failure of which we are instructed to institute criminal proceedings, without further notice to you.
We trust that this shall not be necessary.
The maintenance was broken down as $15 000 for food, $10 000 (rent), clothes $5 000, medicals $5 000 and ancillaries $5 000.
However, Seh Calaz claimed the figure was too high for him and revealed his intentions to lodge an appeal at the High Court. | H-Metro
By- MDC-T President Daglous Mwonzora is planning to block a party rival from challenging him in the Presidential race.
Former Morgan Tsvangirai’s top ally Norest Marara is the candidate challenging Mwonzora in the party’s Presidential contest.
Mwonzora is said to have influenced tparty’s standing committee meeting on Wednesday to reject Marara’s bid.
Marara, who facilitated the purchase of two of Tsvangirai’s vehicles in 2011 and was arrested on charges of smuggling them through Beitbridge Border Post, is the first to openly challenge Douglas Mwonzora ahead of the congress.
He is currently the secretary for special projects and party business in the national executive of the MDC Alliance as well as head of finance and administration.
Insiders say Mwonzora fears losing to Marara.
Mwonzora has been loath to announce congress dates since the start of the year in what political analysts say betrays his fear of losing.
Sources in Mwonzora’s camp highlighted to NewsDay yesterday that there will be an attempt to block Marara’s candidature on Wednesday at a meeting of the party’s the standing committee.
“The party failed to suspend Marara, but it is now looking forward to barring him from contesting for the presidency. Our president, Mwonzora fears defeat by the popular Marara. Marara is popular with the structures,” the sources said.
In a statement, the party’s Harare provincial spokesperson Collen Chavengwa said Marara did not qualify to contest for the MDC Alliance presidency.
“This statement saves to inform MDC Alliance structures that the above-mentioned person, Marara, does not qualify to contest for MDC presidency. He has never served in any capacity in any of the 24 districts in Harare,” Chavengwa said
Contacted for comment yesterday, Marara said he had served the party for more than five years.
“I am also the founding member of the party and, therefore, I meet the constitutionally-required criteria. I have served the party for more than five years,” Marara said.
In the March 26 by-elections, Marara was MDC Alliance’s candidate for Harare Central and lost to Murisi Zvizwai of the Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalitions for Change.
Others reportedly vying for the same post are the party’s national chairperson Morgen Komichi and vice-president Elias Mudzuri.
Efforts to get a comment from MDC Alliance spokesperson Witness Dube were futile as he was not answering his mobile phone.
By A Correspondent| The High Court has provisionally barred former army chief Ruramai Tukwe from masquerading as Knowe Residents Association chairperson.
This follows a challenge by one of the residents’ association members (put name) who wanted Ruramai, a retired ZNA colonel, barred from representing the Norton-based organisation.
The resident had argued that Ruramai had continued to hold on to the post despite having been voted our at the 2017 annual general meeting.
“The respondent be and is hereby interdicted from masquerading and or purporting to be a representative of Knowe Residents and Ratepayers Association as the Chairperson in breach of the provisions of the constitution of the association,” reads part of the ruling.
Ruramai was also ordered not to interfere with the association’s affairs and to rescind an AGM he had called for November 13.
“The respondent be and is hereby interdicted from convening and or calling for the AGM meeting which was to be held on 13 November or call for any other meeting until the matter is finalized,” further reads the ruling.
WHO highlights high cost of physical inactivity in first-ever global report
19 October 2022 News release Geneva Reading time: 3 min (815 words)
Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments don’t take urgent action to encourage more physical activity among their populations.
The Global status report on physical activity 2022, published today by the World Health Organization, measures the extent to which governments are implementing recommendations to increase physical activity across all ages and abilities.
Data from 194 countries show that overall, progress is slow and that countries need to accelerate the development and implementation of policies to increase levels of physical activity and thereby prevent disease and reduce burden on already overwhelmed health care systems.
Less than 50% of countries have a national physical activity policy, of which less than 40% are operational
Only 30% of countries have national physical activity guidelines for all age groups
While nearly all countries report a system for monitoring physical activity in adults, 75% of countries monitor physical activity among adolescents, and less than 30% monitor physical activity in children under 5 years
In policy areas that could encourage active and sustainable transport, only just over 40% of countries have road design standards that make walking and cycling safer.
“We need more countries to scale up implementation of policies to support people to be more active through walking, cycling, sport, and other physical activity. The benefits are huge, not only for the physical and mental health of individuals, but also for societies, environments, and economies…” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, “We hope countries and partners will use this report to build more active, healthier, and fairer societies for all.”
The economic burden of physical inactivity is significant and the cost of treating new cases of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will reach nearly US$ 300 billion by 2030, around US$ 27 billion annually.
Whilst national policies to tackle NCDs and physical inactivity have increased in recent years, currently 28% of policies are reported to be not funded or implemented. Considered a “best buy” for motivating populations to combat NCDs, the report showed that only just over 50% of countries ran a national communications campaign, or organised mass participation physical activity events in the last two years.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only stalled these initiatives, but it also affected other policy implementation which has widened inequities in access to and, opportunities for, engaging in physical activity for many communities.
To help countries increase physical activity, WHO’s Global action plan on physical activity 2018-2030 (GAPPA) sets out 20 policy recommendations – including policies to create safer roads to encourage more active transport, provide more programmes and opportunities for physical activity in key settings, such as childcare, schools, primary health care and the workplace.
Today’s Global Status report assesses country progress against those recommendations, and shows that much more needs to be done. One critical finding in the Global status report on physical activity is the existence of significant gaps in global data to track progress on important policy actions – such as provision of public open space, provision of walking and cycling infrastructure, provision of sport and physical education in schools. The report also calls for weaknesses in some existing data to also be addressed.
“We are missing globally approved indicators to measure access to parks, cycle lanes, foot paths – even though we know that data do exist in some countries. Consequently, we cannot report or track the global provision of infrastructure that will facilitate increases in physical activity, “said Fiona Bull, Head of WHO Physical Activity Unit. “It can be a vicious circle, no indicator and no data leads to no tracking and no accountability, and then too often, to no policy and no investment. What gets measured gets done, and we have some way to go to comprehensively and robustly track national actions on physical activity.”
The report calls for countries to prioritize physical activity as key to improving health and tackling NCDs, integrate physical activity into all relevant policies, and develop tools, guidance and training to improve implementation.
“It is good for public health and makes economic sense to promote more physical activity for everyone,” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director Department of Health Promotion, WHO. “We need to facilitate inclusive programmes for physical activity for all and ensure people have easier access to them. This report issues a clear call to all countries for stronger and accelerated action by all relevant stakeholders working better together to achieve the global target of a 15% reduction in the prevalence of physical inactivity by 2030.”
Data for the report are drawn from the WHO Noncommunicable Disease Country Capacity Survey (2019 and 2022) and the WHO Global status report on road safety (2018).
The cost of inaction on physical inactivity to healthcare systems manuscript at Preprints with The Lancet (peer-reviewed version forthcoming in The Lancet Global Health)
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POLICE in Karoi have arrested three men who allegedly killed a 16-year-old accused of stealing a cellphone.
The victim died at Karoi District Hospital.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said two other suspects are still at large.
“Police in Karoi arrested Cephas Banda, Ian Murehwa and Langton Mapfura (21) in connection with a case of murder in which a 16-year-old juvenile was attacked on October 15, 2022 near Tambawadya Primary School, Chikangwe, after being accused of stealing a cellphone,” said police.
“The victim died on November 1, 2022 on admission at Karoi District Hospital. The other two unknown suspects are on the run. Investigations are underway.”
— Sunday Mail
Tinashe Sambiri| The Election Resource Centre (ERC) in collaboration with dancehall stars will hold a gig to encourage young people to register to vote.
Young people are expected to play a key role in the outcome of the 2023 polls.
Zanu PF is subtly discouraging youths from registering to vote as part of a scheme to rig elections through voter apathy.
In a statement on Sunday, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said:
“From the Election Resource Centre for Ama2K.
They just require your voter registration slip.
Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte has slammed his team’s fans for booing the players in the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.
Spurs failed to recover from Mohamed Salah’s first half brace, with Harry Kane’s strike on the hour not enough.
The result saw the London side slipping down to fourth in the table.
“First of all I think we have to show a great respect all the time for our fans,” Conte told reporters after the game. “They are our fans and they pay their tickets.
“At the same time, if you ask me if I was a bit disappointed (about the booing), yes. Because it’s important in every moment to be honest and I think I always continue to repeat, we have just started a process.
“I think after a year we have made a lot of improvement. If someone thinks after just a year we’re ready to win, I say it would be really, really difficult.
“Liverpool is a really good example that you need time and patience. If we have this everybody is okay. If not, then we can lose our passion and our enthusiasm.”
The defeat marked Conte’s first anniversary with the club, having taken over the reins in November last year.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Stade de Reims midfielder Marshall Munetsi returned to action on Sunday after recovering from a hamstring injury he sustained two weeks.
The Warriors international, who missed two Ligue 1 games during his time out, came on as a second substitute, playing the last twenty-seven minutes of the game of the 1-0 win against Nantes.
Also returning from an injury over the weekend was Real Mallorca striker Tinotenda Kadewere.
The forward tore the quadriceps of his right leg on the eve of his supposed La Liga debut against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, having completed his season-long loan transfer from Lyon to Mallorca on 29 August.
The injury kept him out for twelve matches before he appeared in the matchday squad for the first time this season on Sunday.
However, the 26-year-old was an unused substitute in the 2-0 win over Villarreal, delaying his debut again.
In England, Marvelous Nakamba was not part of Aston Villa’s matchday squad that beat Manchester United 3-1.
The 28-year-old had been tipped to end his woes under new coach Unai Emery, who officially started his tenure last week.
But the Zimbabwean was snubbed again as he failed to make the matchday squad for the sixth time this term.
Nakamba is also yet to play his first minute this season, having been an unused substitute in the games he made the selection.
Bournemouth defender Jordan Zemura was an unused substitute in the 4-3 loss against Leeds United.
The Zimbabwean defender has only started in the first XI once in the last five games.
Elsewhere, Tendayi Darikwa retained his place in the Wigan Athletic first XI that drew 2-2 against Swansea in the Championship. He played the entire match as a wingback.
Plymouth Argyle defender is also started for his side that faced Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.
David Moyo was back in the Barrow FC starting XI after making a couple of appearances from the bench in the last rounds.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Dynamos coach Tonderai Ndiraya came under scrutiny for the umpteenth time, following his side’s 0-1 defeat to Herentals at the National Sports Stadium yesterday.
The out of sorts Harare giants’ winless run in the league stretched to three matches, having lost to relegated Bulawayo City and then playing out to a dull goalless draw with old foes Highlanders in the ‘Battle of Zimbabwe’.
Ndiraya, who will reportedly be shown the exit door at the end of the season, was hoping to appease the ever-demanding DeMbare faithful with a top 2 finish, after fluffing their lines in the second half of the season to allow FC Platinum to win their record-equalling fourth league title on the bounce.
But impressive Prince Chama’s header on the stroke of half time dented DeMbare’s chances of finishing above Chicken Inn.
Ndiraya, naturally, was disappointed.
“Very disappointing, the first half, we were below par. We were not interested at all and we were too casual. But I thought in the second half, we added numbers and we were energised and pushed forward. But we couldn’t get a goal and I am disappointed. I thought we would replicate the performance in our last match against Highlanders,” Ndiraya told the media after the game.
DeMbare host crosstown rivals CAPS United in the once-mighty Harare derby, in their final game of the season on Sunday.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By- Zanu PF thugs have beaten up and broken a Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) activist’s leg over Pfumvudza.
The incident happened at Nabs Farm, Hurungwe, at the weekend.
The victim, Bonface Mbondo, had his left leg broken after he tried to collect seed and fertilizer under the Pfumvudza scheme, a government programme which some ZANU PF hoodlums claim should benefit only supporters of the ruling party.
This comes after another CCC member, Wonder Matashu (35) of Kapfunde, Magunje constituency, was seriously injured in a machete attack by Ward 12 Councillor Chris Mudengezerwa (ZANU PF) during a dispute over the alleged unfair distribution of free Presidential farming inputs.
Last week, Mutasa North MP, Trevor Sauwaka (MDC Alliance), accused ZANU PF activists of personalising presidential schemes meant to benefit every citizen of Zimbabwe.
Speaking during the question and answer session in the National Assembly, Saruwaka said funds used to fund such programmes belong to the State, and not ZANU PF. He said:
We have seen a number of government programmes being named after the President like Presidential Inputs, Presidential Goats Scheme and Presidential Boreholes.
In light of that trend, what is the government doing to stop the abuse of such programmes by ruling party activists, who misinterpret such programmes to mean that funding is from the First Secretary of ZANU PF’s pocket yet these funds are from Treasury?
What is government doing to make sure that such programmes are not abused by party activists?
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged his political foe Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop terrorising citizens in rural areas.
Addressing thousands of party supporters at a rally in Bulilima on Saturday, President Chamisa said :
“Once they see that they are losing they start beating people, but I want to encourage you not to be dragged into such cowardice.
We want peace in this country. Our chiefs and headmen must preach and encourage peace.”
President Chamisa’s CCC is also mobilising citizens to register to vote.
“REGISTER TO VOTE: Our main focus is to build a very strong support base dominated by registered voters.
Registering new voters everyday has become our gateway to freedom. Here are the 73 ZEC registration centres that you can visit to register as a voter. “
By- MDC-T President Daglous Mwonzora is facing a tough contest from Former party founder Morgan Tsvangirai’s close ally, Norest Marara.
Marara has become the first person to openly challenge Douglas Mwonzora for the party presidency ahead of the congress.
Marara reportedly facilitated the purchase of two of Tsvangirai’s vehicles in 2011 and was arrested on charges of smuggling them through Beitbridge Border Post.
He is currently the party’s secretary for special projects and party business in the national executive as well as head of finance and administration.
However, the MDC-T standing committee is reportedly expected to reject Marara’s candidature at its meeting on Wednesday.
NewsDay reported sources in Mwonzora’s camp as saying that there will be an attempt to block Marara’s candidature in the standing committee. Said the sources:
The party failed to suspend Marara, but it is now looking forward to barring him from contesting for the presidency. Our president, Mwonzora fears defeat by the popular Marara. Marara is popular with the structures.
In a statement, the party’s Harare provincial spokesperson Collen Chavengwa said Marara did not qualify to contest for the MDC presidency on the grounds that he “has never served in any capacity in any of the 24 districts in Harare”.
Marara told NewsDay on Sunday that he had served the party for more than five years. He added:
I am also the founding member of the party and, therefore, I meet the constitutionally-required criteria. I have served the party for more than five years.
Marara contested the Harare Central constituency as the MDC Alliance candidate in the 26 March by-elections but lost to CCC’s Murisi Zvizwai.
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has challenged his political foe Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop terrorising citizens in rural areas.
Addressing thousands of party supporters at a rally in Bulilima on Saturday, President Chamisa said :
“Once they see that they are losing they start beating people, but I want to encourage you not to be dragged into such cowardice.
We want peace in this country. Our chiefs and headmen must preach and encourage peace.”
President Chamisa’s CCC is also mobilising citizens to register to vote.
“REGISTER TO VOTE: Our main focus is to build a very strong support base dominated by registered voters.
Registering new voters everyday has become our gateway to freedom. Here are the 73 ZEC registration centres that you can visit to register as a voter. “
By- Three gardeners employed at Manna Resort in Harare have been arrested for taking advantage of the fire that gutted the resort and stealing US$2 500 cash.
The three men allegedly took advantage of the incident to steal US$2 500 cash from Netty Musasa’s office.
Zacharia Phiri, Richman Kamusasa and Simon Vhiya are expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with theft.
According to a statement issued Manna Resort CEO on 2 November 2022, part of the Manna Resorts complex was struck by lightning which resulted in a fire.
The fire affected PaSangano Lifestyle Centre and parts of Panzvimbo and Tata accommodation facilities.
Business Correspondent| Three Wingers Enterprises, a Zimbabwean company that focuses on mining consultancy, farming and housing, has launched a programme meant to equip those interested in getting mines with essential guidelines.
According to Three Wingers, going through the legal route is fundamental in mining to avoid inconveniences and embarrassment.
See presentation below:
How to mine legal without a mine
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A tribute is an agreement with a mine to give you mining rights that allow you to mine on your own.
They are two types of legal tributes and third informal one
1 standard tribute
2 none standard
3 sponsoring ( informal and risky
Standard is designed by ministry of mines which gives the grantor ( mine owner ) 5% and tributor 95% full mining rights.
This is signed at ministry of mines .
2 none standard tribute are discussed by both parties and put in writing signed at ministry of mines
3 sponsoring is unofficial agreement ( risky ) but the most common across the country
N.B only agreements signed at the ministry of mines are legal recognized.
The other option is to buy an existing claim productive at an agreed price and payment option.
Each agreement signed attracts a fee.
For more information contact: 0774028830
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Tinashe Sambiri| The Election Resource Centre (ERC) in collaboration with dancehall stars will hold a gig to encourage young people to register to vote.
Young people are expected to play a key role in the outcome of the 2023 polls.
Zanu PF is subtly discouraging youths from registering to vote as part of a scheme to rig elections through voter apathy.
In a statement on Sunday, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said:
“From the Election Resource Centre for Ama2K.
They just require your voter registration slip.
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC vice president Hon Tendai Biti has castigated the Zanu PF regime for trampling on fundamental human rights.
Hon Biti challenged the Zanu PF regime to release Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and the Nyatsime activists.
“The rule of law is all but gone.The law has been weaponized.We cry for Job ,Godfrey and the #Nyatsime16.
We cry for Justice #FreeGodfreySithole #FreeJobSikhala #justiceformoreblessingali,” Hon Biti wrote on Twitter.
CCC challenged the Zanu PF regime to release jailed party activists with immediate effect.
“Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Sithole and the #Nyatsime16 members’ continued persecution chronicles the deteriorating democratic space under Mr Mnangagwa.
Our champions’ persecution history will be difficult to erase and these are the heroes of our current revolution, 4th Chimurenga.”
After Killing 26 Own Citizens, Mnangagwa Mourns Tanzania's 19 Accident Victims
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 7, 2022
After killing 26 of his own citizens, in cold blood (since 1 Aug 2018), Emmerson Mnangagwa mourns Tanzania's 19 plane accident victims pic.twitter.com/kv6Vo5Wjz8
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 7, 2022
Dear Editor. As the ZANU PF ended on Sat, some issues were left outstanding. President is supposed to appoint 10 Central Committee members. Some of these are promoted to the politburo.
There is Douglas Mahiya who lost Central Committee elections, but after losing, he was supported straight to the politburo, violating the Constitution. You cannot be appointed to the politburo without being a Central Committee member.
They appointed Miriam Chikukwa to Central Committee, but Mahiya got promoted to the politburo without being put into the Central Committee. There was total violation of the Constitution.
Zanu PF keeps criticises other parties on constitution matters.
The Sec for Administration post was handed Obert Mpofu.
Mahiya was appointed Secretary for War Veterans.
Oppah Muchinguri was appointed Chairperson.
Kazembe Kazembe has exonerated Job Sikhala.
By Temba Rukotso | Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe unwittingly exonerated Job Sikhala in Parliament when he insisted that the state does not act on social media posts.
Sikhala who has been denied bail over six times is accused of disturbing police investigations in the murder of Moreblessing Ali after he as accusations allege, posted a video on social media demanding justice for her murder.
The St Mary’s legislator is also charged with inciting public violence under the same facts.
In the incitement case, he is jointly charged with Godfrey Sithole, the MP for Chitungwiza North, who is also being held without bail at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
The state is relying on a social media video to deny Job Sikhala bail while Minister Kazembe Kazembe said in parliament that the state does not act on social media videos.
Kazembe is on record and it can be proved through the Hansard that he said: “The police do not act on social media and drama.” Parliament is the legislative arm of government, the arm that makes the laws under which Job Sikhala is incarcerated, therefore if a government Minister says officially on record that the state does not act on social media issues then surely this is something that the lawyers can now work with in their bid to secure Job Sikhala’s freedom.
South African based legal expert Jonathan Mavimbela commenting on the issue said “There is a doctrine of approbation and reprobation at law which provides that a person cannot both assert his rights acquired from part of a document and reject the rest of the document at the same time. As such the Minister cannot claim that the police and the state do not act on social media posts or videos yet the same police and state were holding Job Sikhala for a social media post.”
Mavimbela said the Minister’s statement in the law making body can be used to prove that the rules are being changed at will to suit certain narratives and give out desired outcomes.
If the state cannot act on Jasmin Toffa’s case because it was on social media then how come the same are acting on a social media video posted by Job Sikhala?
The Minister cannot have his cake and eat it he needs to choose a single standard and stick to it fairly and without wavering.
Temba Rukotso
St Mary’s
The ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday claimed it could afford the US$187 000 fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the release of a copy of the voters roll in a veiled jab at opposition parties.
This comes after a number of political parties raised alarm at the price quoted to the Election Resource Centre (ERC) by Zec last week for a printed copy of the voters roll.
A number of minority political outfits have since expressed lack of capacity to meet the Zec demand.
Zanu-PF director for information Tafadzwa Mugwadi, however, told NewsDay “there is nothing in this country that is beyond Zanu-PF’s capacity”.
“Of course, I am not in the finance department or party finance secretary, but you should know that there is nothing in Zimbabwe that is beyond Zanu-PF’s capacity and there is nothing that is within Zanu-PF’s means which we cannot do,” Mugwadi boastfully told NewsDay.
Mugwadi then referred NewsDay to the party’s finance secretary, Patrick Chinamasa, who said this was a political issue, which he was not at liberty to comment on.
However, Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said Zec should ensure a level playing field to allow participation by various stakeholders.
“The threshold should be lower to ensure a democratic right to everyone. The price will not affect the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) or Zanu-PF, but it affects all political parties. There should not be a barrier to entry,” Mutsvangwa said before referring NewsDay to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who refused to comment on the matter.
“I do not comment to NewsDay. I would rather buy you a drink and have a good chat about other things, but no, I will not make any official comment to NewsDay,” he said.
In an interview with NewsDay, ERC director Babra Bhebe said the voters roll should be easily accessible to anyone who needed to verify and check for errors.
“The purpose of stakeholders accessing the voters roll is that they can do an analysis of the voters roll and if there are any anomalies within the voters roll, we then share with the commission for the purposes of improving the quality of the voters roll. Something must be done to reduce the cost of accessing the voters roll,” Bhebe said.
Some political parties have expressed concern over the exorbitant fees.
According to Statutory Instrument 143 of 2022, a hard copy of the voters roll shall be US$1 per page of the national voters roll.
The electronic voters roll shall cost US$200.
CCC national deputy secretary for elections Ellen Shiriyedenga said it was logical for Zec to first avail the electronic voters roll which was affordable.
“We don’t have the electronic copy of the voters roll and for some reason, Zec is not giving us. Zec should make the electronic copy easily accessible since it is cheaper than the hard copy. Surely, for a national voters roll, we will need a whole truckload and above US$50 000 to get it, which is not making sense at all. Zec should be transparent and allow stakeholders to audit the voters roll,” Shiriyedenga said.
National Constitutional Assembly leader Lovemore Madhuku said Zec’s latest demand was unacceptable.
“This is ridiculous and completely unacceptable. Zec does not seem to be interested in running a fair election. They want to make sure they tighten every screw as they did with nomination fees. This should be changed as soon as possible,” Madhuku said.
-Newsday
A bid by former MDC Alliance leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s top ally Norest Marara to contest for the party’s presidency is reportedly set to be rejected at the party’s standing committee meeting on Wednesday.
Marara, who facilitated the purchase of two of Tsvangirai’s vehicles in 2011 and was arrested on charges of smuggling them through Beitbridge Border Post, is the first to openly challenge Douglas Mwonzora ahead of the congress.
He is currently the secretary for special projects and party business in the national executive of the MDC Alliance as well as head of finance and administration.
Insiders say Mwonzora fears losing to Marara.
Mwonzora has been loath to announce congress dates since the start of the year in what political analysts say betrays his fear of losing.
Sources in Mwonzora’s camp highlighted to NewsDay yesterday that there will be an attempt to block Marara’s candidature on Wednesday at a meeting of the party’s the standing committee.
“The party failed to suspend Marara, but it is now looking forward to barring him from contesting for the presidency. Our president, Mwonzora fears defeat by the popular Marara. Marara is popular with the structures,” the sources said.
In a statement, the party’s Harare provincial spokesperson Collen Chavengwa said Marara did not qualify to contest for the MDC Alliance presidency.
“This statement saves to inform MDC Alliance structures that the above-mentioned person, Marara, does not qualify to contest for MDC presidency. He has never served in any capacity in any of the 24 districts in Harare,” Chavengwa said
Contacted for comment yesterday, Marara said he had served the party for more than five years.
“I am also the founding member of the party and, therefore, I meet the constitutionally-required criteria. I have served the party for more than five years,” Marara said.
In the March 26 by-elections, Marara was MDC Alliance’s candidate for Harare Central and lost to Murisi Zvizwai of the Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalitions for Change.
Others reportedly vying for the same post are the party’s national chairperson Morgen Komichi and vice-president Elias Mudzuri.
Efforts to get a comment from MDC Alliance spokesperson Witness Dube were futile as he was not answering his mobile phone.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has been asked to investigate allegations that a businesswoman ‘captured’ the police to frustrate a probe into a Harare City Council land deals case.
ZACC was drawn into the matter by a witness in a case where businessman Ken Sharpe is being sued for perjury.
The witness Roy Nyabvure has since told ZACC that Sharpe’s business partner Tatiana Aleshina has been interfering with investigations since 2019.
Nyabvure is a state witness in a case where land developer Georgious Katsimberis is suing Sharpe and his aide, Michael John Van Blerk Van Beek as well as top Harare City Council officials for perjury and malicious damage to property after the local authority demolished his show house.
Sharpe is the owner of Augur Investments.
Katsimberis sued Van Blerk, Pokugara Properties, former Harare City Council town clerk Hosea Chisango and the City of Harare for perjury after they claimed that the houses he constructed on behalf of Pokugara Properties did not have approved plans.
Katsimberis cited Pokugara Properties, Sharpe and HCC officials Mandla Ndebele, Isaiah Zvenyika Chawatama, Samuel Nyabezi and Lasten Taonezvi for malicious damage to property.
He is the key witness in the case, but was arrested on July 28 after Pokugara made a counter-police report that he built a showhouse on their behalf using fake plans.
In a report filed with Zacc last month, Nyabvure claimed that Aleshina has been interfering with investigations, including commandeering council, police and government officials to sway the case against Katsimberis.
“On or about the 12th June, 2019, Tatiana Aleshina wrote a letter to Engineer Chisango in his capacity as then town cerk for the City of Harare, the same day I wrote my statement to the police,” Nyabvure said.
“The accused person intended by their letter to put pressure on, then town clerk of City of Harare, Eng. Chisango to force me to change my statement to police, well knowing that the police were investigating the commission of a crime.
“What is shocking is that Aleshina got to know about the contents of my statement given to police on 11 June 2019 and in less than 24 hours the former wrote to Chisango reporting me to my superior the town clerk at the time about me having given a statement that implicated Chisango in a perjury case.”
He added: “As how Aleshina had known about a statement given to police officers in the middle of investigations and before a Tatiana colleague Van Blerk was arrested is not clear and remains a mystery, but what is worse and clear is that police uncovered me as the whistleblower and the accused got to know about witness statement before the arrest of those implicated.”
In her letter dated June 14, 2019, Aleshina warned that they would hold Chisango personally liable if Van Blerk was “harassed at the ZRP fraud anti-corruption unit” because of Nyabvure’s statement.
Nyabvure expressed concern that evidence may be tampered with because of the interference.
“The 12th of June 2019 letter referred above shows obstruction of justice by Aleshina in view of the fact it was targeting and responding to a witness, who had given a statement that implicated not only my superior but Tatiana Aleshina’s workmate Michael John Van Blerk before even arrest of those implicated,” he said.
“These two letters written by Aleshina, blatantly demonstrate the power she has bestowed upon herself to make every government official jump and name dropping the highest office officials.”
Zacc spokesperson Thandiwe Mlobane could not be reached for comment.
Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda Moyo yesterday said she was attending an event and was not able to respond.
Katsimberis has been appearing in court pursuing cases of perjury and malicious damage to property against those who have now turned out to be witnesses in the case where he is charged with fraud emanating from allegations that he did not have approved plans when he built a house on behalf of Pokugara.
-The Standard
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’Coalition for Change (CCC) leader on Saturday addressed thousands of party supporters at a victory celebration rally in Bulilima.
CCC trounced Zanu PF in two by-elections held in the area.
“In Bulilima for a celebration rally after CCC defeated Zpf in two rural wards in the by elections,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said :
“We are in Bulilima today( Saturday) to thank these great Citizens for their love and commitment to the cause.
The train of freedom and democracy hails from Matebeleland South today.”
The ruling Zanu PF party yesterday claimed it could afford the US$187 000 fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the release of a copy of the voters roll in a veiled jab at opposition parties.
This comes after a number of political parties raised alarm at the price quoted to the Election Resource Centre (ERC) by Zec last week for a printed copy of the voters roll.
A number of minority political outfits have since expressed lack of capacity to meet the Zec demand.
Zanu PF director for information Tafadzwa Mugwadi, however, told NewsDay “there is nothing in this country that is beyond Zanu PF’s capacity”.
“Of course, I am not in the finance department or party finance secretary, but you should know that there is nothing in Zimbabwe that is beyond Zanu PF’s capacity and there is nothing that is within Zanu PF’s means which we cannot do,” Mugwadi boastfully told NewsDay.
Mugwadi then referred NewsDay to the party’s finance secretary, Patrick Chinamasa, who said this was a political issue, which he was not at liberty to comment on.
However, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said Zec should ensure a level playing field to allow participation by various stakeholders.
“The threshold should be lower to ensure a democratic right to everyone. The price will not affect the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) or Zanu PF, but it affects all political parties. There should not be a barrier to entry,” Mutsvangwa said before referring NewsDay to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who refused to comment on the matter.
“I do not comment to NewsDay. I would rather buy you a drink and have a good chat about other things, but no, I will not make any official comment to NewsDay,” he said.
In an interview with NewsDay, ERC director Babra Bhebe said the voters roll should be easily accessible to anyone who needed to verify and check for errors.
“The purpose of stakeholders accessing the voters roll is that they can do an analysis of the voters roll and if there are any anomalies within the voters roll, we then share with the commission for the purposes of improving the quality of the voters roll. Something must be done to reduce the cost of accessing the voters roll,” Bhebe said.
Some political parties have expressed concern over the exorbitant fees.
According to Statutory Instrument 143 of 2022, a hard copy of the voters roll shall be US$1 per page of the national voters roll.
The electronic voters roll shall cost US$200.
CCC national deputy secretary for elections Ellen Shiriyedenga said it was logical for Zec to first avail the electronic voters roll which was affordable.
“We don’t have the electronic copy of the voters roll and for some reason, Zec is not giving us. Zec should make the electronic copy easily accessible since it is cheaper than the hard copy. Surely, for a national voters roll, we will need a whole truckload and above US$50 000 to get it, which is not making sense at all. Zec should be transparent and allow stakeholders to audit the voters roll,” Shiriyedenga said.
National Constitutional Assembly leader Lovemore Madhuku said Zec’s latest demand was unacceptable.
“This is ridiculous and completely unacceptable. Zec does not seem to be interested in running a fair election. They want to make sure they tighten every screw as they did with nomination fees. This should be changed as soon as possible,” Madhuku said.—Newsday
Marara vs Mwonzora, Who Wins?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 7, 2022
A bid by former MDC Alliance leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s top ally Norest Marara to contest for the party’s presidency is reportedly set to be rejected at the party’s standing committee meeting on Wednesday.
Marara, who facilitated the purchase of two of Tsvangirai’s vehicles in 2011 and was arrested on charges of smuggling them through Beitbridge Border Post, is the first to openly challenge Douglas Mwonzora ahead of the congress.
He is currently the secretary for special projects and party business in the national executive of the MDC Alliance as well as head of finance and administration.
Insiders say Mwonzora fears losing to Marara.
Mwonzora has been loath to announce congress dates since the start of the year in what political analysts say betrays his fear of losing.
Sources in Mwonzora’s camp highlighted to NewsDay yesterday that there will be an attempt to block Marara’s candidature on Wednesday at a meeting of the party’s the standing committee.
“The party failed to suspend Marara, but it is now looking forward to barring him from contesting for the presidency. Our president, Mwonzora fears defeat by the popular Marara. Marara is popular with the structures,” the sources said.
In a statement, the party’s Harare provincial spokesperson Collen Chavengwa said Marara did not qualify to contest for the MDC Alliance presidency.
“This statement saves to inform MDC Alliance structures that the above-mentioned person, Marara, does not qualify to contest for MDC presidency. He has never served in any capacity in any of the 24 districts in Harare,” Chavengwa said
Contacted for comment yesterday, Marara said he had served the party for more than five years.
“I am also the founding member of the party and, therefore, I meet the constitutionally-required criteria. I have served the party for more than five years,” Marara said.
In the March 26 by-elections, Marara was MDC Alliance’s candidate for Harare Central and lost to Murisi Zvizwai of the Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalitions for Change.
Others reportedly vying for the same post are the party’s national chairperson Morgen Komichi and vice-president Elias Mudzuri.
Efforts to get a comment from MDC Alliance spokesperson Witness Dube were futile as he was not answering his mobile phone. —Newsday
Police have released names of six people who were killed in a fatal road accident involving a haulage truck which occurred at the 36km peg along that Harare-Mukumbura Road on Friday night.
The accident occurred at around 8pm.
The six are Otilia Mwanandimai (35) of Unit H, Seke, Tildanence Kanengoni (24) of Seke, Irene Chirume (63) of Seke, Phisolia Hatitongwe (seven), Charity Chikuku (39) and Ruth Bandawe (40) all of Glen View 4 in Harare.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed
“The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident that occurred at the 36km peg along the Harare-Mukumbura Road on November 4, 2022 at around 8pm.
“A motorist who was driving a haulage truck due north with four passengers aboard failed to negotiate a curve, veered off the road to the right, and ran over six pedestrians before the haulage truck overturned and landed on its roof.”— Herald
Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF member Sybeth Musengezi has urged young people to unite in the battle against Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s murderous regime.
Musengezi, who insists Mr Mnangagwa is illegitimate, believes the Zanu PF leader can be removed via the ballot box.
Zanu PF hoodlums claim Mr Mnangagwa is invincible.
“If we’re to move forward and fight oppression from despots masquerading as leaders, we need one voice on elections as young people despite political affiliation.
Let’s engage about 2023/28 elections for a Generational Consensus against ED & his lot, our future is at stake here,” Musengezi wrote on Twitter.
William Manondo scored his 16th goal of the season as CAPS United forced a draw with Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played at the National Sports Stadium on Saturday.
The 31-year old had last scored for the Green Machine in their 1-2 defeat to Highlanders at Babourfields in August.
He finally ended his goal drought when he thrust CAPS ahead after beating his marker inside the box and firing past David Bizabani in goal for Amakhosi.
Chiefs levelled matters three minutes before the half time interval through Obriel Chirinda, who fired home from close range.
Chiefs completed the turnaround in first half stoppage time through Farau Matare.
The former Warriors striker connected well to a Perfect Chikwende pass to put Amakhosi ahead.
CAPS’ never say die spirit showed itself again when they restored parity in second half stoppage time when Rodwell Chinyengetere’s free kick beat Bizani.
Elsewhere, Harare City boosted their survival hopes with a crucial 2-1 victory over fellow relegation candidates Bulawayo City in Bulawayo.
Relegated WhaWha beat Black Rhinos 3-2 while Tenax and Cranborne Bullets played out to a goalless draw.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
New global WHO guidelines on mental health at work are reinforced by practical strategies outlined in a joint WHO/ILO policy brief.
WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population.
An estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety costing the global economy nearly US$ 1 trillion. Two new publications which aim to address this issue are published today – WHO Guidelines on mental health at work and a derivative WHO/ILO policy brief.
WHO’s global guidelines on mental health at work recommend actions to tackle risks to mental health such as heavy workloads, negative behaviours, and other factors that create distress at work. For the first time WHO recommends manager training, to build their capacity to prevent stressful work environments and respond to workers in distress.
WHO’s World Mental Health Report, published in June 2022, showed that of one billion people living with a mental disorder in 2019, 15% of working-age adults experienced a mental disorder. Work amplifies wider societal issues that negatively affect mental health, including discrimination and inequality. Bullying and psychological violence (also known as “mobbing”) is a key complaint of workplace harassment that has a negative impact on mental health. Yet discussing or disclosing mental health remains a taboo in work settings globally.
The guidelines also recommend better ways to accommodate the needs of workers with mental health conditions, propose interventions that support their return to work and, for those with severe mental health conditions, provide interventions that facilitate entry into paid employment. Importantly, the guidelines call for interventions aimed at the protection of health, humanitarian, and emergency workers.
“It’s time to focus on the detrimental effect work can have on our mental health,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The well-being of the individual is reason enough to act, but poor mental health can also have a debilitating impact on a person’s performance and productivity. These new guidelines can help prevent negative work situations and cultures and offer much-needed mental health protection and support for working people.”
A separate WHO/ILO policy brief explains the WHO guidelines in terms of practical strategies for governments, employers and workers, and their organizations, in the public and private sectors. The aim is to support the prevention of mental health risks, protect and promote mental health at work, and support those with mental health conditions, so they can participate and thrive in the world of work. Investment and leadership will be critical to the implementation of the strategies.
“As people spend a large proportion of their lives in work – a safe and healthy working environment is critical. We need to invest to build a culture of prevention around mental health at work, reshape the work environment to stop stigma and social exclusion, and ensure employees with mental health conditions feel protected and supported,” said, Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General.
The ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention (No. 155) and Recommendation (No. 164) provides legal frameworks to protect the health and safety of workers. However, the WHO Mental Health Atlas found that only 35% of countries reported having national programmes for work-related mental health promotion and prevention.
COVID-19 triggered a 25% increase in general anxiety and depression worldwide, exposing how unprepared governments were for its impact on mental health, and revealing a chronic global shortage of mental health resources. In 2020, governments worldwide spent an average of just 2% of health budgets on mental health, with lower-middle income countries investing less than 1%.
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Warriors star Marvelous Nakamba’s future at Aston Villa will depend on how he fares under new-appointed coach Unai Emery.
The Spaniard took charge of his first training session at Bodymoor Health yesterday after replacing sacked former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in the Villa dugout.
Nakamba has not featured for the claret and blue this season, having been frozen out by Gerrard in very debatable circumstances.
The Hwange-bred midfield enforcer wanted to leave the Birmingham-based side on transfer deadline day back in August due to lack of opportunities but no move materialized.
Under Emery though, Nakamba, together with Morgan Sanson and Fredrick Guilbert, will be given a chance to stake their claims in the Villa team as the Spaniard masterminds the team’s revival.
Emery, at Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Villarreal, used a 4-4-2 formation. The 50-year old is expected to use the same setup at Villa.
It won’t be that smooth sailing though for Nakamba, who still has to fight for a place in the Villa engine room with Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara, who is edging closer to a return, after recovering from a knee injury he picked up in September.
This will be a decisive period for Nakamba, who has to fight for his place in the Villa team before the next transfer window.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
MOHUBE THOUGHT it was his lucky day when a beautiful woman at the tavern agreed to go home with him.
But it was his unlucky day because she took his Hart pots and sold them at the scrapyard to buy drugs.
NOW HE’S SAD BECAUSE THE SƎXY WOMAN IS GONE – AND HE IS HEARTBROKEN ABOUT HIS HARTS!
When Mohube Mphelale (50) from Bekkersdal, west of Joburg, met the woman at a tavern on Saturday, 29 October, he loved her looks.
“She was wearing makeup and she looked beautiful,” he said.
When she agreed to go to his shack he thought he was in heaven – but paradise didn’t last long.
“I thought she was a catch but, it turned out I was the one who got caught,” he said.
The woman ran away with his Hart pots.
“I bought the set of five pots for R350 two years ago – now they have been sold for R30 to a scrapyard!” said Mohube, who is unemployed.
“She’s a drug addict and she just wanted a fix and now I don’t have pots to cook my food with!”
The day after his pots were taken, residents told him they saw her with a plastic and she was seen going into the scrapyard.
When he went there, the owner told him he received the pots.
“The owner said some of the pots were bent and buckled so he crushed them. The man said he paid her R30.”
Mohube said he was very angry at himself.
“I saw a beautiful woman but I didn’t think that underneath she was just a nyaope addict.”
He said he bought her a few drinks at the tavern and when he asked her to come over she said yes. “We enjoyed ourselves the whole night,” he said.
He said in the morning, she got up while he was lying in bed.
“I was happy that she was going to make breakfast for us. It’s been a long time since I had breakfast made by a woman,” said Mohube, who has been staying alone for a long time.
He said when he heard the clinking of glass and the sounds of pots, he couldn’t wait.
There were eggs and bread in the shack and he thought she was preparing a breakfast for them.
He said after a while it became quiet. “I went to look what was going on but she was gone, and so were my pots!”
Sergeant Linkie Lefakane of Bekkersdal police advised Mohube to open a case for investigation.
“No case is taken for granted. Crime is crime,” she said.
— Daily Sun
THE Chesvingo Karanga Village stand proved to be a hit at the just ended Sanganani/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo in Bulawayo as most exhibitors, particularly men, flocked to the stand to buy s_əx enhancing herbs to boost their libid0 and immune system.
Of particular interest and the biggest seller was the powerful herbal aphrodisiac or herbal s_əx enhancer called muchemedzambuya.
Chesvingo Karanga Village tour guide Josias Shuro said there were three main s_əx enhancing herbs that received a lot of attention from exhibitors with the muchemedzambuya being the first to get finished.
“Muchemedzambuya is a powerful herb that is used by men to increase their sp_ərm count, for fast əjaculati0n and to give firmer erecti0ns. We received a lot of customers inquiring about it and to date people are still calling us for more, we regret coming with a small amount,” said Shuro.
He said after taking it one is ensured to be fiery with passion and free to enjoy unbridled s_əxual experiences.
Shuro said besides the aphrodisiac herbs they had different herbs for cancer, backaches and s_əxually transmitted infections.
“We also have different herbs for backaches and piles and these are mostly for women who have given birth to two or more children and suffer from back aches. These medicines are mixed with food.
“The other herb that was on demand was the one that cures cancer, and most of the customers that we had were referred to us by people who once used our herbs. The herb is very effective and reduces the occurrences of procedures like amputation,” said Shuro.
Shuro said their herbs have no side effects and can be taken by anyone.
“Our medicines are 100 percent effective because we use natural herbs to help people with different conditions. We give customers our contacts so that we can constantly do check-ups on their condition and also send them more herbs in cases they need any,” said Shuro.
Chesvingo Karanga Village is located in Masvingo and is the centre for the preservation of Karanga Culture by the Karanga, a clan of Shona people. They are well known for subsistence agricultural field activities such as weeding and herding.
Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) president George Kandiero recommended the use of traditional herbs saying they were effective and had no side effects.
“These medicines are very effective, and most of them can be scientifically proven as they have been used for decades.
“The advantage of these medicines is that they have no side effects as compared to the conventional medicines which have side effects like damaging the system and creating a dependency syndrome,” said Kandiero.
Kandiero said the advantage of these traditional medicines was that they could cure conditions that the conventional medicines had failed to cure.
“As Zinatha, we take our time to investigate these s_əxual problems because some come in for excitement, some are born with s_əxual problems, and others adopted the problems on the way.
“Tablets cannot cure a man that has been bewitched, and as such our traditional medicines are effective as they are able to cure any disease regardless of the cause.
“There are men whose s_əxual problems emanate from jealous women who use witchcraft to ensure that they do not have any s_əxual partners and no tablet can deal with such a case. These conditions can only be resolved through the use of traditional medicine,” said Kandiero.
— BMetro
MOHUBE THOUGHT it was his lucky day when a beautiful woman at the tavern agreed to go home with him.
But it was his unlucky day because she took his Hart pots and sold them at the scrapyard to buy drugs.
NOW HE’S SAD BECAUSE THE SƎXY WOMAN IS GONE – AND HE IS HEARTBROKEN ABOUT HIS HARTS!
When Mohube Mphelale (50) from Bekkersdal, west of Joburg, met the woman at a tavern on Saturday, 29 October, he loved her looks.
“She was wearing makeup and she looked beautiful,” he said.
When she agreed to go to his shack he thought he was in heaven – but paradise didn’t last long.
“I thought she was a catch but, it turned out I was the one who got caught,” he said.
The woman ran away with his Hart pots.
“I bought the set of five pots for R350 two years ago – now they have been sold for R30 to a scrapyard!” said Mohube, who is unemployed.
“She’s a drug addict and she just wanted a fix and now I don’t have pots to cook my food with!”
The day after his pots were taken, residents told him they saw her with a plastic and she was seen going into the scrapyard.
When he went there, the owner told him he received the pots.
“The owner said some of the pots were bent and buckled so he crushed them. The man said he paid her R30.”
Mohube said he was very angry at himself.
“I saw a beautiful woman but I didn’t think that underneath she was just a nyaope addict.”
He said he bought her a few drinks at the tavern and when he asked her to come over she said yes. “We enjoyed ourselves the whole night,” he said.
He said in the morning, she got up while he was lying in bed.
“I was happy that she was going to make breakfast for us. It’s been a long time since I had breakfast made by a woman,” said Mohube, who has been staying alone for a long time.
He said when he heard the clinking of glass and the sounds of pots, he couldn’t wait.
There were eggs and bread in the shack and he thought she was preparing a breakfast for them.
He said after a while it became quiet. “I went to look what was going on but she was gone, and so were my pots!”
Sergeant Linkie Lefakane of Bekkersdal police advised Mohube to open a case for investigation.
“No case is taken for granted. Crime is crime,” she said.
— Daily Sun
THE Chesvingo Karanga Village stand proved to be a hit at the just ended Sanganani/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo in Bulawayo as most exhibitors, particularly men, flocked to the stand to buy s_əx enhancing herbs to boost their libid0 and immune system.
Of particular interest and the biggest seller was the powerful herbal aphrodisiac or herbal s_əx enhancer called muchemedzambuya.
Chesvingo Karanga Village tour guide Josias Shuro said there were three main s_əx enhancing herbs that received a lot of attention from exhibitors with the muchemedzambuya being the first to get finished.
“Muchemedzambuya is a powerful herb that is used by men to increase their sp_ərm count, for fast əjaculati0n and to give firmer erecti0ns. We received a lot of customers inquiring about it and to date people are still calling us for more, we regret coming with a small amount,” said Shuro.
He said after taking it one is ensured to be fiery with passion and free to enjoy unbridled s_əxual experiences.
Shuro said besides the aphrodisiac herbs they had different herbs for cancer, backaches and s_əxually transmitted infections.
“We also have different herbs for backaches and piles and these are mostly for women who have given birth to two or more children and suffer from back aches. These medicines are mixed with food.
“The other herb that was on demand was the one that cures cancer, and most of the customers that we had were referred to us by people who once used our herbs. The herb is very effective and reduces the occurrences of procedures like amputation,” said Shuro.
Shuro said their herbs have no side effects and can be taken by anyone.
“Our medicines are 100 percent effective because we use natural herbs to help people with different conditions. We give customers our contacts so that we can constantly do check-ups on their condition and also send them more herbs in cases they need any,” said Shuro.
Chesvingo Karanga Village is located in Masvingo and is the centre for the preservation of Karanga Culture by the Karanga, a clan of Shona people. They are well known for subsistence agricultural field activities such as weeding and herding.
Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) president George Kandiero recommended the use of traditional herbs saying they were effective and had no side effects.
“These medicines are very effective, and most of them can be scientifically proven as they have been used for decades.
“The advantage of these medicines is that they have no side effects as compared to the conventional medicines which have side effects like damaging the system and creating a dependency syndrome,” said Kandiero.
Kandiero said the advantage of these traditional medicines was that they could cure conditions that the conventional medicines had failed to cure.
“As Zinatha, we take our time to investigate these s_əxual problems because some come in for excitement, some are born with s_əxual problems, and others adopted the problems on the way.
“Tablets cannot cure a man that has been bewitched, and as such our traditional medicines are effective as they are able to cure any disease regardless of the cause.
“There are men whose s_əxual problems emanate from jealous women who use witchcraft to ensure that they do not have any s_əxual partners and no tablet can deal with such a case. These conditions can only be resolved through the use of traditional medicine,” said Kandiero.
— BMetro
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition for Change ( CCC ) vice president, Hon Tendai Biti has described the wave of escalating violence in the country as worrisome.
The Zanu PF regime is using violence to cow perceived opponents of the system into submission.
The former revolutionary party’s support base is dwindling due to rising inflation, corruption, violation of human rights and social unrest.
On Friday Hon Biti argued:
“Political violence is on the rise in ZimbabweThe brutal assault on Hon Toffa @Kucaca1 a few weeks ago in Insiza is further proof .
Sadly #ZANU leadership in Parliament refused to accept responsibility of the State to guarantee security of the person & individual freedoms.”
By Court Correspondent | In a month’s time from today, the businesswoman Olinda Chapel faces her first court case over allegations of defrauding one of her job seeking clients.
Chapel-Nkomo has so far pleaded with the court to drop journo, Simba Chikanza from the list of witnesses claiming she was harrassed by him, a request that has not been granted.
Allegations are that Chapel-Nkomo breached Home Office guidelines, charged fees she is not entitled to, and unjustly gained over GBP2,200.
The case is being heard on the 6th Dec 2022 at Milton Keynes Crown Court.
William Manondo scored his 16th goal of the season as CAPS United forced a draw with Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played at the National Sports Stadium on Saturday.
The 31-year old had last scored for the Green Machine in their 1-2 defeat to Highlanders at Babourfields in August.
He finally ended his goal drought when he thrust CAPS ahead after beating his marker inside the box and firing past David Bizabani in goal for Amakhosi.
Chiefs levelled matters three minutes before the half time interval through Obriel Chirinda, who fired home from close range.
Chiefs completed the turnaround in first half stoppage time through Farau Matare.
The former Warriors striker connected well to a Perfect Chikwende pass to put Amakhosi ahead.
CAPS’ never say die spirit showed itself again when they restored parity in second half stoppage time when Rodwell Chinyengetere’s free kick beat Bizani.
Elsewhere, Harare City boosted their survival hopes with a crucial 2-1 victory over fellow relegation candidates Bulawayo City in Bulawayo.
Relegated WhaWha beat Black Rhinos 3-2 while Tenax and Cranborne Bullets played out to a goalless draw.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Warriors star Marvelous Nakamba’s future at Aston Villa will depend on how he fares under new-appointed coach Unai Emery.
The Spaniard took charge of his first training session at Bodymoor Health yesterday after replacing sacked former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in the Villa dugout.
Nakamba has not featured for the claret and blue this season, having been frozen out by Gerrard in very debatable circumstances.
The Hwange-bred midfield enforcer wanted to leave the Birmingham-based side on transfer deadline day back in August due to lack of opportunities but no move materialized.
Under Emery though, Nakamba, together with Morgan Sanson and Fredrick Guilbert, will be given a chance to stake their claims in the Villa team as the Spaniard masterminds the team’s revival.
Emery, at Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Villarreal, used a 4-4-2 formation. The 50-year old is expected to use the same setup at Villa.
It won’t be that smooth sailing though for Nakamba, who still has to fight for a place in the Villa engine room with Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara, who is edging closer to a return, after recovering from a knee injury he picked up in September.
This will be a decisive period for Nakamba, who has to fight for his place in the Villa team before the next transfer window.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’Coalition for Change (CCC) leader on Saturday addressed thousands of party supporters at a victory celebration rally in Bulilima.
CCC trounced Zanu PF in two by-elections held in the area.
“In Bulilima for a celebration rally after CCC defeated Zpf in two rural wards in the by elections,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said :
“We are in Bulilima today( Saturday) to thank these great Citizens for their love and commitment to the cause.
The train of freedom and democracy hails from Matebeleland South today.”
Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF member Sybeth Musengezi has urged young people to unite in the battle against Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s murderous regime.
Musengezi, who insists Mr Mnangagwa is illegitimate, believes the Zanu PF leader can be removed via the ballot box.
Zanu PF hoodlums claim Mr Mnangagwa is invincible.
“If we’re to move forward and fight oppression from despots masquerading as leaders, we need one voice on elections as young people despite political affiliation.
Let’s engage about 2023/28 elections for a Generational Consensus against ED & his lot, our future is at stake here,” Musengezi wrote on Twitter.
New global WHO guidelines on mental health at work are reinforced by practical strategies outlined in a joint WHO/ILO policy brief.
WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population.
An estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety costing the global economy nearly US$ 1 trillion. Two new publications which aim to address this issue are published today – WHO Guidelines on mental health at work and a derivative WHO/ILO policy brief.
WHO’s global guidelines on mental health at work recommend actions to tackle risks to mental health such as heavy workloads, negative behaviours, and other factors that create distress at work. For the first time WHO recommends manager training, to build their capacity to prevent stressful work environments and respond to workers in distress.
WHO’s World Mental Health Report, published in June 2022, showed that of one billion people living with a mental disorder in 2019, 15% of working-age adults experienced a mental disorder. Work amplifies wider societal issues that negatively affect mental health, including discrimination and inequality. Bullying and psychological violence (also known as “mobbing”) is a key complaint of workplace harassment that has a negative impact on mental health. Yet discussing or disclosing mental health remains a taboo in work settings globally.
The guidelines also recommend better ways to accommodate the needs of workers with mental health conditions, propose interventions that support their return to work and, for those with severe mental health conditions, provide interventions that facilitate entry into paid employment. Importantly, the guidelines call for interventions aimed at the protection of health, humanitarian, and emergency workers.
“It’s time to focus on the detrimental effect work can have on our mental health,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The well-being of the individual is reason enough to act, but poor mental health can also have a debilitating impact on a person’s performance and productivity. These new guidelines can help prevent negative work situations and cultures and offer much-needed mental health protection and support for working people.”
A separate WHO/ILO policy brief explains the WHO guidelines in terms of practical strategies for governments, employers and workers, and their organizations, in the public and private sectors. The aim is to support the prevention of mental health risks, protect and promote mental health at work, and support those with mental health conditions, so they can participate and thrive in the world of work. Investment and leadership will be critical to the implementation of the strategies.
“As people spend a large proportion of their lives in work – a safe and healthy working environment is critical. We need to invest to build a culture of prevention around mental health at work, reshape the work environment to stop stigma and social exclusion, and ensure employees with mental health conditions feel protected and supported,” said, Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General.
The ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention (No. 155) and Recommendation (No. 164) provides legal frameworks to protect the health and safety of workers. However, the WHO Mental Health Atlas found that only 35% of countries reported having national programmes for work-related mental health promotion and prevention.
COVID-19 triggered a 25% increase in general anxiety and depression worldwide, exposing how unprepared governments were for its impact on mental health, and revealing a chronic global shortage of mental health resources. In 2020, governments worldwide spent an average of just 2% of health budgets on mental health, with lower-middle income countries investing less than 1%.
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Achieving Zimbabwe’s vision 2030 will require significant attitude change from the media.
Mavaza says: Dilesh Nguwaya is improving Pomona
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 6, 2022
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | Despite various economic setbacks, Zimbabwe regained lower middle-income country (LMIC) status in 2018 and aspires to become an upper middle-income country (UMIC) by 2030.
The focus of this Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is to identify options for structural reforms to help Zimbabwe accelerate economic growth and to achieve UMIC status.
To achieve the ambitious goal of becoming an upper-middle income country (UMIC) by 2030, Zimbabwe has sharply accelerated productivity growth and ensure quality jobs.
In line with this goal a group of Zimbabweans came together with some experts from abroad to realise the President’s dream.
Zimbabwe is not wasting time it is using anything in order to get something.
A little known gentleman Dilesh Nguwaya has harnessed all the wisdom and intelligence to make something out of nothing. Literally speaking he has turned rubbish into money and into power.
Dilesh Nguwaya has done a lot of innovative projects moving towards the nation’s goal of 2030.
In his current Pomona project he has embarked on the journey to lift up the dumpsite residents and provide them with a decent form of accommodation and a sustainable salary.
The wisdom of His Excellency, the President to make this project a National project has opened doors for the investors to come and be part of Pomona.
Despite the good work being done by Nguwaya and his team some of our own people the Zimbabweans have gone over drive defaming the person of Nguwaya. The levels of insults directed to Dilesh Nguwaya are a hard hit below the belt and knee shaking.
Some newspapers have dived into the Pomona project with closed brains. Instead of reporting the truth of what is happening at Pomona dumpsite now they start soiling the person of Nguwaya and label him as a thief.
Alas our independent media has descended in the arena and are now blinded by the dust of the play as not to see clearly the development being done by Dilesh Nguwaya and his team.
Nguwaya has been called a thief an armed robber and any criminal name you might think about. This borders on the lines of character assassination.
Character assassination is a deliberate and sustained effort to damage the reputation or credibility of an individual. This has been heaped on Nguwaya for a long time.
A business man who is using rubbish literally to make electricity and in the process make money can not be labelled an armed robber.
Nguwaya has never been convicted of any crime at any time. He can not be called a robber without a conviction. The systematic destroying of Nguwaya’s name is a warfare aimed at development not at Nguwaya. The fact that people of the press call him an armed robber without any proof means that Nguwaya is a very unfortunate victim.
Nguwaya reserves the right to sue or press criminal charges against the perpetrators of such gross injustice.
Nguwaya is a Zimbabwean who is keen and enthusiastic about Zimbabwe meeting it’s 2030 pledge.
What Nguwaya and his team are doing Is to show pathways that the country can undertake to increase the productivity of the sizable informal sector and boost trade to scale up productivity of the formal sector. “Increasing productivity is essential for reaching UMIC status, raising incomes, and improving livelihoods. Countries that have transitioned to UMIC status have seen an improvement in the economy with extreme poverty falling, more jobs created , and easier access to health, education, and social protection. Dilesh Nguwaya and the Pomona project have already assisted in the Dzivarasekwa building project. Nguwaya ha the people at heart and this he has offered each family accommodation and each child the opportunity to grow in a decent environment.
What Pomona is doing is indeed unprecedented. They are qchieving such unprecedented rework for Zimbabwe. Through the Pomona project, Zimbabwe will require dramatic improvement in the policy environment to address the binding constraints to productivity growth and to support those patriots who bring in investment and jobs like Cde Nguwaya. Due to the bad publicity, many firms like Nguwaya’s firm face several business environment constraints that limit productivity.
Dilesh Nguwaya is currently at the midpoint of implementing the National Development Strategy 1 in the country’s journey towards Vision 2030. Nguwaya should not be stressed by what the other press say. The truth and his efforts to achieve our goals as a country will come out soon.
We must realise that the men and women who’ve come from nothing and make it work against all the odds kept on going to be what they are now. O
The entrepreneurial mind: some have it, some don’t but Dilesh Nguwaya swims in it to the chargrill of the detractors. It takes a certain type of person to put everything on the line to follow a pipe dream. That person is gutsy, and not afraid to go against the grain. But one of the biggest misconceptions about the ones that make it big is that they were handed everything on a silver platter, that life has been easy for them because they come from money. We must throw that theory out of the window with some of the greatest rags-to-riches stories in business we have had Nguwaya fits well in them.
Although Nguwaya has found himself a little unwanted attention in recent times no one can deny that this is a smart and gutsy businessman with a mission to succeed. He may be
be a self-made billionaire, in few years to come. This comes with blood and sweat and insults from other quarters. People have asked me as to how rubbish could generate money and power. Waste heat recovery utilises the waste heat generated during industrial processes and repurposes it to provide heating and hot water. Sources can range from manufacturing to data centres and the technology has the opportunity to make up an important part of Zimbabwe’s energy mix. Energy from Waste is a renewable solution that can provide low carbon electricity as well as capture the waste heat generated during the process and utilise in the form of district heating.
Nguwaya despite what people were made to believe about him he has done the first in Africa and the new thing world wide. Energy From Waste is a heavily regulated, technically complex area and Delish Nguwaya works with his foreign partners and investors to develop and deliver every stage of a waste from heat project from planning and designing to building and Operation & Maintenance.
Pomona project is currently building the Energy from Waste plant, which will contribute to greening the grid by generating 18MWe of electricity from non-recyclable Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF). When they finish the Pomona project will also implement successful heat take off projects from Energy from Waste plants all over the nation.
The Pomona project is boosting productivity and quality jobs include ensuring and sustaining macroeconomic stability; removing distortions and misallocation of resources; enhancing the productivity of the informal sector and linkages with the formal sector; encouraging the formalization of informal dumpsite scavengers supporting export diversification and participation in global value chains; and taking greater advantage of regional trade integration.
In the United Kingdom there is a company called HoSt which offers a total biogas plant solution for the anaerobic digestion of any organic waste stream to produce renewable energy and valuable and sustainable end-products. Zimbabwe has joined the first world to make use of the rubbish. Equipment of the highest quality and use of the newest technology results in the most efficient biogas plants for the nation. With a biogas upgrading system, the produced biogas can be upgraded to biomethane for gas grid injection or for gas filling stations.
The partner’s in the Pomona project are building up extensive experience in the processing of diverse waste flows from the food-processing industry and agricultural by-products. Their advanced technology allows to anaerobic digest a broad range of biomass waste streams, such as sludge, grass, solid manure, chicken manure, agricultural by-products, straw, slaughterhouse waste, and liquid waste streams. With world resources finite, and increasing public awareness of the harmful effects of our ‘throwaway culture’, a move towards what’s known as a circular economy seems a sensible option. In short, this means making products last longer, and recovering materials or other benefits from them when they can’t be fixed.
Generating energy from waste – whether that’s electricity or heat – that can then be used in homes and businesses is a logical part of this move towards circular thinking.
Instead of applauding Nguwaya people try to pull him down by labelling him as an armed robber. Nguwaya has never been convicted of armed robbery or any crime for that mater. He has suffered emotionally but he is a dedicated Zimbabwean who is in the forefront to achieve the 2030 goal.
We should learn to be responsible and allow development to take its course.
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Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’Coalition for Change (CCC) leader on Saturday addressed thousands of party supporters at a victory celebration rally in Bulilima.
CCC trounced Zanu PF in two by-elections held in the area.
“In Bulilima for a celebration rally after CCC defeated Zpf in two rural wards in the by elections,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said :
“We are in Bulilima today( Saturday) to thank these great Citizens for their love and commitment to the cause.
The train of freedom and democracy hails from Matebeleland South today.”
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has reportedly demanded a staggering US$187 000 from a local independent election watchdog for the release of a hard copy of the voters roll.
Election Resource Centre (ERC) director Babra Bhebe told stakeholders at a delimitation conference in Bulawayo yesterday that they received the invoice after requesting a quotation from the electoral management body.
“As ERC we submitted a request to Zec to have access to the voters roll that it is going to use for the delimitation process. We received a response that it can onlygive us the hard copy. We then went ahead and requested an invoice and we got a quotation of above US$187 00 for us to be able to access the voters roll,” Bhebe said.
“We think that this is way too much. Given the cost of the hard copy, it will be difficult for any stakeholder to acquire it and this puts into question whether Zec is willing to have anyone scrutinise the voters roll.”
Data analysts have exposed various anomalies in the voters roll, while the ruling Zanu-PF party has also raised reservations over the state of the voters roll. Critics say this dented the ability of Zec to hold credible elections.
Opposition parties yesterday described Zec’s charges as ridiculous and an attempt to deny interested stakeholders an opportunity to scrutinise the document.
Zapu election secretary Kevin Mapanda said: “This is totally ridiculous and I don’t think any political party will pay that amount. The problem is that Zec only engages the ruling Zanu-PF party and this delimitation process is going to cause confusion.”
MDC Alliance national deputy organising secretary Mukombwe Dube said Zec’s fees were meant to deprive other political parties of access to the voters roll.
Zanu-PF director of commissariat, mobilisation and elections Kizito Kuchekwa said they respected the independence of Zec despite having their own concerns against the electoral management body.
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national deputy secretary for elections Ellen Shiriyedenga said they could not afford the Zec fees.
“The challenge is that Zec never consulted stakeholders when it gazetted those fees and this destroys the prospect of a multiparty democracy because few political parties can afford that amount. As CCC, we surely can’t afford that as we don’t have the money,” Shiriyedenga said.
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa said only a credible, auditable and affordable voters roll would lead to a free and fair election.
“A credible voters roll is non-negotiable. By all means necessary, getting a verified, certified and audited copy of the voters roll is a must. By law, the voters roll is biometric. Levying a cost to limit access is unacceptable. It’s a fight for a credible election,” Chamisa tweeted.
Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana, however, told NewsDay that a cheaper electronic format would be available “soon”.
Mangwana said there were currently no legal provisions on how the independent audit demanded by CCC could be done.
“The provisions available is what the commission has been doing through voter inspection where the owners of the information are able to audit their own information if it’s correct or not. The commission used a lot of resources to inspect the voters roll at 11 107 inspection centres across the country for 10 days in July,” Mangwana said.
“There are no issues of rigging that can be really a key issue when it comes to voters roll considering that voting is happening at polling stations, not only that all agents are available when voting is happening. So the alleged facts around rigging are impossible.”
Mangwana then referred NewsDay to Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana when asked to justify the figure.
Silaigwana said: “ERC should not send an alarm. Everyone should know that the prices are not set by Zec, but they are gazetted by the laws of Zimbabwe. Zec simply follows the rules.”
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to comply with the country’s legal requirements.
His call comes as a law that seeks to govern civic society organisations, the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill (PVOs) Bill, is currently being amended, and has raised a lot of dust with many saying it is oppressive because it contains clauses that are likely to ban their operations, and give government powers to register or deregister them.
The PVOs Amendment Bill also gives the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister power to demand disclosure of funding of NGOs ahead of the 2023 elections.
Addressing the Golden Jubilee celebrations for Caritas Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Chiwenga applauded the bond that has existed between government and the Catholic Church’s humanitarian wing, Caritas.
“The bond has further been cemented by the registration of Caritas Zimbabwe as a Public Voluntary Organisation in line with first and foremost, the Private Voluntary Organisations Act (Chapter 17:05),” Chiwenga said.
Caritas Zimbabwe was legally registered in 2014 as a PVO in terms of subsections 5 and 9 of the PVO Act.
“Public voluntary organisation registration of Caritas has given it the mandate to work in areas of emergency response; water, sanitation and hygiene; food security and sustainable livelihoods and sustainable community development. Registration as PVO means that Caritas now has an obligation to comply with government regulations for PVOs,” he said.
Chiwenga, who is also a Catholic, said the church played a pivotal role in providing assistance to vulnerable groups during the liberation struggle.
“It is a fact that over 50 000 of our people died during the war and it was difficult at that time for those vulnerable groups to get someone to help them. The church was there and assisted greatly.”
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum said the proposed PVOs Amendment Bill was being crafted to clamp down on civic society organisations and people’s liberty.
In a video posted on its website, the forum’s programmes co-ordinator Wilbert Mandinde said claims by government that NGOs work with the opposition on a regime change agenda were false and unsubstantiated.
“Government is always talking about this issue and there is no evidence. Our law on political financing is very clear that anyone who could have committed that crime should get arrested. Government is just hiding behind a finger,” Mandinde said.
A 16-year-old Harare girl stabbed and killed a 35-year-old man with a knife Wednesday following a quarrel at a shebeen in Harare’s Hatcliff suburb.
Police said Thursday they have since arrested the girl for murder.
“On 02/11/22, ZRP Borrowdale arrested a 16 year old girl for murder which occurred on 2/11/22 at around 2130 hours at the suspect’s residence at Premier Park, Hatcliffe, Harare.
“The victim, Amos Mhere (35) died on the spot after being stabbed on the chest with a kitchen knife following a misunderstanding during a beer drinking spree at a shebeen in Hatcliffe,” police reported via their official Twitter handle Thursday.
Police did not give further details on the shock incident.
Incidents of murder involving teenage suspects are now common in Zimbabwe.
In February this year, a 16-year-old boy ripped his 18-year old friend’s stomach open with a kitchen knife following a quarrel while they were herding cattle in uMguza district, Matabeleland North.
In another incident in March this year, 18-year-old Pasina Nyasha of Gokwe was arraigned before the courts for murdering a fellow villager following an altercation over an empty beer bottle.
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..Commission was bringing together provincial and district maps with topographical features such as mountains, rivers, roads, communication lines, settlements and different types of land use.)….
Bulawayo will not get any extra constituencies or wards, neither is it going to lose any according to the preliminary report of the delimitation exercise that is being conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) was pushing for an additional six wards to be incorporated into the city during the delimitation exercise, which would have seen a number of areas that fall under Umguza constituency being incorporated into the city.
However, according to a preliminary provincial report compiled by Bulawayo District Elections Officer, Mr Ntando Gumede, the province is not going to have any additional seats or wards. Bulawayo has 12 seats in the National Assembly and 29 wards.
The report shows that the current figures will be maintained but the boundaries will be reconfigured with each constituency having an average of 22 000 registered voters. In the present set up the constituencies are Bulawayo Central, Bulawayo East, Bulawayo South, Emakhandeni-Entumbane, Lobengula, Luveve, Magwegwe, Makokoba, Nketa, Nkulumane, Pelandaba-Mpopoma and Pumula.
In the proposed new set up there will now be Bulawayo North comprising wards two and three, Bulawayo Central (wards one and four), Mpopoma-Mzilikazi (wards eight and nine), Bulawayo South (wards five and seven), Entumbane-Njube (ward 10 and 12), Emakhandeni-Luveve (wards 11 and 16), Nkulumane (wards 22 and 23), Cowdray Park (wards 6, 15 and 28), Nketa (wards 24, 25 and 26), Lobengula-Magwegwe (wards 14, 18 and 29), Pumula (wards 17, 19 and 27) and Pelandaba-Tshabalala (wards 13, 20 and 21).
Zec chief elections officer Mr Utoile Silaigwana said in preparation for mapping afresh electoral boundaries, the Commission was bringing together provincial and district maps with topographical features such as mountains, rivers, roads, communication lines, settlements and different types of land use. He said their expectation was that the process will be completed by December to ensure that the results were usable for the next harmonised elections set for next year.
“The Commission expects to conclude the exercise by December this year. In terms of Section 161(2) delimitation must be completed six months before the conduct of any general election for it to be applicable to that election. Failure to adhere to this provision means the results of the delimitation exercise will not apply for the next general election, as the Commission will be compelled by the law to revert to boundaries of the 2007/2008 delimitation.
“The Commission would like to assure the electorate that no one will be prejudiced by the delimitation outcome. The delimitation results will be an outcome based on the Commission’s adherence to the country’s legal provisions and fair practice. At all stages of the process, voter education and stakeholder engagements will be conducted to bring all interested parties on board,” said Mr Silaigwana in a statement.
He said Zec’s provincial and district offices are conducting the geo-referencing exercise, which is expected to be completed within the next few days.
“After geo-referencing, physical features that guide delimitation are extracted from the maps using computer-based software through a process called digitising. Digitising is followed by combining the extracted information with voter registration statistics of polling stations and physical addresses of voters to assist in drawing the polling areas so that each one of them remains within a stipulated voter population threshold,” he said.
Zec is in the process of delimiting the 210 constituency National Assembly seats for the 2023 polls in a manner that reflects the population distribution premised on latest census data. Due to different rates of population growth, migration and to land use changes, the boundaries of constituencies and wards need to be redrawn on a regular basis. –Sunday News
A SILOBELA man died upon admission at hospital after being assaulted with a log in fight over a well-endowed woman.
20-year-old Bradwell Ncube of Mawetu Village under Chief Malisa in Silobela died upon admission at Gweru Provincial Hospital after being assaulted with a log by Mpostoli Mhlanga.
Mhlanga, of Swabi Village, is now on the run after he vanished into the bush soon after committing the crime.
According to Midlands Provincial Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, the now deceased was walking with the said girlfriend, whose name was not given, when Mhlanga pounced.
“Mhlanga, an ex-boyfriend of the woman in question, emerged from the bush. He used a log to strike Ncube on the back of the head without saying a word and fled leaving Ncube lying unconscious in a pool of blood,” said police.
The now deceased, who had sustained a deep wound on the back of his head, was rushed to Mazebe Clinic before being referred to Silobela District Hospital.
His condition deteriorated and was further transferred to Gweru Provincial Hospital where he died upon admission.
“We appeal to anyone with information that might help police in locating the suspect to inform any nearest police station,” said Inspector Mahoko.
— Chronicle
Police in Gwanda are investigating a murder case which occurred at a nightclub in Gwanda last week where Tanaka Zingoni (19) was stabbed twice in the chest after a misunderstanding with four unknown suspects.
“The victim was rushed to Gwanda Provincial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on admission. Anyone with information to report at any nearest Police station,” police said in a social media post on Friday.
Meanwhile, police in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects in connection with theft of property worth US$102 000. In a post on social media, the ZRP on Friday said that police in Bulawayo acted on a tip-off and arrested Mpofu Dingani (44) and Thabisani Ndlovu (43) for armed robbery cases committed in Bulawayo between June 2019 and October 2020.
“So far, the suspects are linked to four armed robbery cases, including the one they pounced at a company at Corner Bon-Accord and Steel Works Roads, Bulawayo, where they stole a grinding meal, various car parts, and property worth US$102 000,” police said—Sunday News
