A 16-year-old girl from Hatcliffe who was arrested on Wednesday after she allegedly stabbed and killed her boyfriend is set to appear in court this Friday morning.
16-Year Old Hatcliffe Girl Stabs Stabs Boyfriend To Death
Legislators Demand Ministerial Statement On Itai Dzamara
By A Correspondent| Opposition legislator Willias Madzimure yesterday demanded a ministerial statement from Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on the whereabouts of abducted activist Itai Dzamara saying the family needed closure on the issue.
Madzimure reminded Kazembe that he promised to bring a ministerial statement on what the state had concluded with regards to the pro-democracy campaigner who was abducted on 5 March 2015.
“I just want to remind the Minister of Home Affairs because he promised to bring the Ministerial Statement regarding how they have concluded the investigations on the
disappearance of Itai Dzamara. The matter must be brought to closure because the family is not sure where the whole matter is and it will be better if he is declared dead so that they do the rituals and the matter is put to rest. The Minister promised long back and I even asked this past month for him to come and give a Ministerial Statement but this has not been done. Could the Minister be reminded to bring that Ministerial Statement because it is important for the family to know where the State is now and if he is dead, then he is declared dead?,” said Madzimure.
Dzamara was abducted at a barber shop in Glen view and has not been found. He was a fierce critique of the Robert Mugabe administration.
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Mavaza: President Mnangagwa Scores His First International Goal
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | The trip by His Excellency the president of Zimbabwe to Ivory Coast was a coherently knit masterly of a diplomatic masterstroke exuding authority, expertise and solomonic wisdom. This is… navigating the thorny political and economic terrain with the requisite panache and gravitas.
President Mnangagwa widened the gap between fiction and fact when he laid bare the true situation in Zimbabwe. In his rallying economic war cry “Zimbabwe is open for business,”President Mnangagwa tells Ivory Coast forum that the Gap between perception and reality has narrowed due to political and macroeconomic reforms, president says. Zimbabwe is open for business and investing in the country is not as risky as many think, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Thursday.
Zimbabwe has vast resources, so it is the government’s mission “to explain ourselves” and inform investors that Zimbabwe is a safe destination for investment. CDE Munangagwa has confounded his critics and increased Zimbabwe’s lion’s share of the economic benefits on the world and regional platforms. It is not a secret that President ED Mnangagwa commands great support both in the country and outside the country. The reengagement project has lifted Zimbabwe from the dust of sanctions to the dazzling heights of economic development. He is single handedly uniting the country with other international actors.
The President while in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire indicated that Zimbabwe has introduced radical economic reforms that are investor friendly, and offering incentives on investment. Zimbabwe, under cde MNANGAGWA and ZANU PF “has turned the corner in its re-engagement efforts with the international community leading to a marked change in perceptions on the global arena, thus attracting foreign direct investment. “
Before the new dispensation and the second Republic Zimbabwe attracted very little investment but more controversy.
President Mnangagwa was upright in noting that his Government was aware that capital is fearful, and, therefore, averse to volatility of any nature, hence the implementation of comprehensive reforms by his Government. Zimbabwe marches to progress pulling the whole world with it.
The calling point in economic development is to have no enemy and be a friend to all.
MNANGAGWA has turned ZANU PF’s fortunes for better even for the best. Before the new dispensation the party was some way from being able to command a unity of purpose so was the country. ZANU PF has articulated a vision of reengagement and has wooed the international world and investors into coming to Zimbabwe. Through ED MNANGAGWA Zimbabwe has managed to get over the intellectual defensiveness international blockade which has afflicted it for decades – and reach out to investors who were confused by the self destructive mode we as a nation had pressed.
“Through the Second Republic, things have changed drastically. Zimbabwe now has a policy; its foreign policy is to engage and re-engage. Under MNANGAGWA Zimbabwe is engaging with all nations of the international community under the slogan “ZIMBABWE IS A FRIEND TO ALL AND AN ENEMY TO NONE.”
While we bask in the prosperity of our reengagement success we have to fight an insurgent campaign within led by the opposition. in which the vultures deftly exploit their status as the underdogs yet they are killers within the country appears to have excited young people as well as so-called ‘left behind’ voters in ways not seen for decades. Where Zimbabwe exceed expectations is its ability to fashion a distinctive, eye-catching reengagement that captured the imagination of the investors and distanced the country from its potentially ‘toxic’ legacy of hogging the wrong limelight.
The president said “We realised that global capital can only go to economic predictions where they feel comfortable. So, we have instituted comprehensive economic reforms in the country in order to be competitive. And, I can assure you that we are receiving more investment now than even before sanctions.”
The ZANU PF culture has always been you and me we have a job to do. The president is already doing his job.
The President’s tactic is evidently appealing to many nations and indeed Zimbabwe has bounced back. The dynamic here is that ZImbabwe must project hope and togetherness because our programmes are not constrained by conventional electoral calculation; Zimbabwe is offering a different vision of society after decades of spending tax rises, and missed deficit reduction targets. The country now has a view on policy which articulates a combination of clarity and conviction. The president is offering an innovative politics of participation which is about doing things ‘with’ people rather than ‘to’ them, sweeping away anachronistic institutions and inherited privilege; as being carried forward this might has become the platform for a resurgence of the nation under a gifted able leader.
We must get over the intellectual defensiveness that has plagued the country since 2000 we need an open debate about policy. Making enemies as a country risks denuding the country of the capacity to think and revitalise itself. We must make the most audacious shift the centre ground of politics towards reengagement and towards the people.
Those nations who are bitter with each other must dismount from their high horses and pull for international unity.
The opposition sits and see the country being torn apart by ego. They are watering their ego with the waters of destruction. Because of their thinking or lack of it the opposition is destroying the very country we call ours.
Elections are not won by individuals but by all of us. Praise singing must stop and will never improve us. The nation is the people and the people are the Nation.
Zimbabwe is proud of the president and his effort to reengagement.
Zimbabwe is the only country we can call ours.
BREAKING- Fatal Accident Along Seke Road
By A Correspondent-A fatal accident at the intersection of Cripps and Seke roads has claimed the lives of two people, ZimEye can exclusively reveal.
The accident, involving a seemingly brand new kombi which was yet to have number plates and an Inter Africa bus occurred at around 5:35am.
The kombi was coming from town heading towards Chitungwiza while the Mutare bound InterAfrica bus was coming from Mbare.
An eyewitness who was at the scene of the accident when it happened told ZimEye:
“The robot changed to amber and red when I was meters away from the intersection and I slowed down to stop. I was coming from Chitungwiza.
The kombi was coming from town and the driver did not stop at the robot but proceeded against the red robot.
The Inter Africa bus driver since he had the right of way proceeded and did not see that the kombi was driving against a red robot and he hit the kombi from the driver’s side.
It happened in a split of a second and the driver died on the spot while the other lady sitting on the front seat also died.
The other female passenger that I saw was still alive but she was struggling to breathe.
When I left the scene, the bus driver was wailing regretting why the kombi driver proceeded against a red robot but his cry was in vain because the kombi driver died.
It was a sad scene and I am yet to recover from the horror that I witnessed.
Drivers, let us drive with extreme caution on the roads to avoid loss of lives.”
Efforts to get a comment from the police was work in progress by the time of writing.
Teachers In Trouble For Assaulting Pupil
By A Correspondent- Two teachers at Haig Park Primary School in Harare appeared in court on Monday for allegedly assaulting a 10-year-old pupil.
The teachers, Christ Makonese (50) and Memory Gwekwerere (54) appeared before Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga, who remanded them to 8 December for trial.
Allegations are that on 11 October, some learners went and reported to Makonese that the complainant had started a false rumour against another pupil.
The duo called the complainant and Makonese allegedly slapped her once on her cheek while Gwekwerere pinched her ears before slapping her again.
The complainant’s class teacher, Mrs Kamkosi, then told the two that her mother doesn’t want her to be beaten.
Makonese and Gwekwerere were released on free bail as they were brought to court on summons.
-HMetro
President Chamisa Demands Reforms Before Polls
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa says a credible voters’ roll is needed before polls.
According to President Chamisa, a credible voters’ roll is non negotiable.
Analysts have slammed ZEC’s dithering on availing the voters roll.
Writing on his official Facebook page, President Chamisa challenged ZEC to release an audited copy of the voters roll.
“A CREDIBLE VOTERS ROLL IS NON NEGOTIABLE!
By all means necessary,getting a verified,certified & 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 #RegisterToVote.”
“THE YELLOW CRAZY has spread everywhere and gone abroad. Thank you fellow citizens. There is no easy walk to freedom & happiness.#RegisterToVoteZW #fakapressure #CitizensFirst,” added President Chamisa.
Will Mnangagwa Trip Yield Results ?
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa flew to Abijan, Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday to attend an investment conference.
However, analysts say the Zanu PF leader is likely to return home empty-handed due to his waning human rights record.
Below ZBC News reports:
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend an investment conference that will discuss how to grow the economies of the countries of Africa.
The conference brings together political and business leaders as well as potential investors.
Earlier, President Mnangagwa, accompanied by Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, consoled the Tongogara family following the death of Conrad Tongogara, the first born son of the late national hero and ZANLA Commander, General Josiah Magama Tongogara.
Globetrotting Mnangagwa Flies To Abijan
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa flew to Abijan, Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday to attend an investment conference.
However, analysts say the Zanu PF leader is likely to return home empty-handed due to his waning human rights record.
Below ZBC News reports:
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend an investment conference that will discuss how to grow the economies of the countries of Africa.
The conference brings together political and business leaders as well as potential investors.
Earlier, President Mnangagwa, accompanied by Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, consoled the Tongogara family following the death of Conrad Tongogara, the first born son of the late national hero and ZANLA Commander, General Josiah Magama Tongogara.
Suspected Armed Robbers Cleared Of USD187K Heist
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Gloria Takundwa has acquitted four suspected armed robbers who were accused of being behind the robbery of cash and property worth US$187 000, including two cars, on three different occasions in Harare early this year.
Mrs Takundwa cleared Alexio Mupamhura, Kallson Mabhonga, Tapiwa Zimbandu and Emmanuel Dylan Matiza on two counts of robbery, and another count of armed robbery.
She acquitted them saying the State had failed to produce enough evidence linking them to the offences.
In her judgment, Mrs Takundwa said the witnesses failed to identify the four and link them to the offence.
Mupamhura, Mabhonga, Zimbandu and Matiza were said to have robbed Natasha Channel Naicker of her Subaru Legacy car on February 8 this year in Braeside, Harare.
They were also alleged to have robbed Khumbulani Mulenga of his Isuzu KB single cab on February 14 before using it in an armed robbery on the following day at No. 1 College Road, in Alexandra Park, Mt Pleasant, Harare where they went away with two safes with US$11 907 and US$928 grabbed from the drawer and other valuables.
The State led by Mr Loveit Muringwa had alleged that on February 9 at around 2:45pm, the quartet, in the company of Tendai Ruchiyo, parked their Toyota Harrier car in front of Naicker’s Sabaru Legacy that was parked along Malta Road in Braeside, Harare, with keys on the ignition.
One of them got into the car and Naicker, who was standing nearby, rushed to her car and clung onto the driver’s door.
She wrestled with the suspects, but one of them twisted her hand and shoved her off the moving car.
On February 14 at around 0350hrs, the quartet allegedly tracked Murenga, who was driving his Isuzu (ADY2233) from Strathaven Shops along Eddison Zvobgo Drive (formerly Quendon Road) on his way home.
It was alleged that when Murenga was near Zambezi Flats in Mabelreign negotiating some potholes, the four blocked him with two Honda Fit cars while two of them disembarked and dragged him out of the car.
They assaulted Murenga and stole his Samsung Galaxy A72 cellphone and drove away in his Isuzu.
On February 15 at around 0300hrs, the quartet, armed with a pistol, allegedly drove the two cars they had robbed Naicker and Murenga to No. 1 College Road in Alex Park, where they manhandled the guard manning the premises.
It was said they threatened to shoot him, demanding to know where the company money was being kept.
The court heard that they tied the security guard using an electric cable and left one of them guarding him while others went to break into the offices, before stealing two safes containing US$11 907 and US$129 507 and US$928 taken from the drawer.
They also allegedly stole a 55-inch Telefunken plasma TV, HP desktop, DStv decoder, MacBook desktop, CCTV DVR and its monitor, 3x US3000 C Pylon batteries, 13 x 5kW inverters, 2x 7.2 kW inverters, 26 panel rails, grinder, tool kit, HP laptop and other valuables.
It is said they loaded the loot into the Isuzu and Subaru vehicles and drove away, leaving the guard tied.
The court heard that they drove to Hukuru Farm in Ruwa where they intended to share the stolen money.
At around 5am some farm workers who were nearby, became suspicious and alerted Ruwa police officers.
Police went to the farm where the quartet dumped the Subaru, safes with one of them which was still intact and they drove off in the Isuzu towards Harare city centre.
It was said that the police officers pursued them.
The court heard that the Isuzu developed a mechanical fault in Sunningdale, forcing them to abandon it and took to their heels.
According to the State, Mupamhura’s feet failed to take him far before he was apprehended and US$3 540 was recovered from him.
Mupamhura later implicated Mabhonga, Zimbandu, Matiza and one Tendai Ruchiyo, who remains at large.
It was the State’s case that detectives recovered 2×7.2 kw inverters, HP laptop, HP desktop, MacBook desktop, 3x US3000C Pylon tech batteries, grinder, CCTV DVR box monitor DStv decoder from the Isuzu.
An unopened safe with US$11 907 was also recovered in the same car.
A pair of black and orange shoes, a black hood jacket, which he was putting on during the robbery and was captured on CCTV camera at the place of scene, was also recovered from Mupamhura.
On the same day, detectives made follow ups in Mbare leading to the arrest of accused Mabhonga and Zimbandu, who were intending to sell part of the stolen 5x 5kw inverters to one Tawanda Ishmeal Zimbandu.
Zimbandu was interviewed and he implicated the other members of his gang.
He then led to the recovery of US$1 675 and a new Honda Fit, which he had bought with part of the stolen money.
Zimbandu was also interviewed and told the police that he was yet to receive his share, as he was left behind collecting the inverters in Borrowdale while his accomplices had gone to share the money at Hukuru Farm in Ruwa.
He then led detectives to Chitungwiza where they arrested Matiza, who also led to the recovery of US$2 900 and a new Honda Fit, which he had bought with the stolen money.
The State alleged that the four led to the recovery of the Subaru and other valuables in Mbare and Ruwa.- Herald
CCC Piles Pressure On Mnangagwa To Implement Reforms
ELECTORAL REFORMS : We continue to demand electoral reforms. One of the key pillars in our #PREPARE is the Credibility of the Voters Roll.
The Voters roll must be timeously accessible & independently audited to enhance transparency, scrutiny, & effective planning on the part of political stakeholders.
The voters’ roll to be used on election day must be authenticated and signed off by all contesting parties, candidates, or their designated agents. This is best
practice in SADC.
Copies of the signed Voters roll (with pictures) must be given to party agents on election day to verify and authenticate voters. Allow for external audit of the voters’ roll by a reputable audit firm agreed upon by all parties.
The voters’ roll must be availed to stakeholders not more than four (4) working days upon request and payment of prescribed fees.
Successfully nominated candidates should be given copies of the voters roll to be used on election day within four (4) days after the sitting of the Nomination Court.
Persons with Disabilities and all voters that qualify for voting assistance must be inscribed on the voters’ roll.
A separate list of persons requiring assisted voting must be availed to polling agents of contesting parties for verification purposes on Election Day.
Transparent updating of the voters’ roll should include stakeholder access to logs, the person making changes on the voters’ roll, when such changes were made and evidence to support the changes.
Stakeholders should be accorded the opportunity to observe and monitor the voters roll de-duplication processes.
The voters’ roll given to stakeholders must have pictures and be formatted in such a manner that allows for audit and planning.
A credible voters’ roll is one of the key issues of avoiding contested elections. We demand Electoral Reforms Now!!!- CCC
President Chamisa Demands Credible Voters Roll Before Polls
ELECTORAL REFORMS : We continue to demand electoral reforms. One of the key pillars in our #PREPARE is the Credibility of the Voters Roll.
The Voters roll must be timeously accessible & independently audited to enhance transparency, scrutiny, & effective planning on the part of political stakeholders.
The voters’ roll to be used on election day must be authenticated and signed off by all contesting parties, candidates, or their designated agents. This is best
practice in SADC.
Copies of the signed Voters roll (with pictures) must be given to party agents on election day to verify and authenticate voters. Allow for external audit of the voters’ roll by a reputable audit firm agreed upon by all parties.
The voters’ roll must be availed to stakeholders not more than four (4) working days upon request and payment of prescribed fees.
Successfully nominated candidates should be given copies of the voters roll to be used on election day within four (4) days after the sitting of the Nomination Court.
Persons with Disabilities and all voters that qualify for voting assistance must be inscribed on the voters’ roll.
A separate list of persons requiring assisted voting must be availed to polling agents of contesting parties for verification purposes on Election Day.
Transparent updating of the voters’ roll should include stakeholder access to logs, the person making changes on the voters’ roll, when such changes were made and evidence to support the changes.
Stakeholders should be accorded the opportunity to observe and monitor the voters roll de-duplication processes.
The voters’ roll given to stakeholders must have pictures and be formatted in such a manner that allows for audit and planning.
A credible voters’ roll is one of the key issues of avoiding contested elections. We demand Electoral Reforms Now!!!- CCC
Kaitano Tembo Sacked
DStv Premiership side Sekhukhune United have parted company with Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo.
The 52-year old joined the Kempton Park-based side in June but had been skating on thin ice of late, due to a string of poor results.
Babina Noko, as Sekhukhune are referred to in the South African top-flight, won only two of their 12 league games since Tembo took over.
The club announced through a statement on Tuesday that the former Dynamos defender has been shown the exit door.
“Sekhukhune United wishes to announce that it has parted ways with Head Coach Kaitano Tembo with immediate effect” reads a statement.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Horror As Man Bashes Neighbour To Death Over Hen
Police have arrested Shadreck Zisengwe (29) of Mapako village in Mutoko after he fatally assaulted Goodwell Chiutsi of the same village, accusing him of stealing his chicken.
Zisengwe reportedly found Chiutsi drinking beer at Nyamuzuwe business centre with his friend Onayi Usayi, and accused him of stealing his chicken.
A misunderstanding arose and Zisengwe is said to have picked a wooden log that he used to assault Chiutsi and only stopped after discovering that Chiutsi was unconscious.
Mashonaland East police provincial deputy spokesperson Assistant Inspector Misheck Denhere confirmed both incidents and urged the public to always seek peaceful ways of solving disputes or seek counselling from relatives or community leaders.
— Herald
Sikhala Speaks On Political Assassination
By-CCC national vice chairman and Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala, and that the authorities want to keep him in detention beyond the 2023 general elections.
Sikhala, who celebrated his 50th on Sunday while in pre-trial detention at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, believes the State wants to keep him in jail beyond general elections slated for July or August 2023. He said:
We obtained information beforehand that they want to keep us (Sikhala and Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole) until the 2023 general elections.
The purpose is very clear, they want to eliminate me from the national political equation for reasons best known to themselves.
Whatever they do will never defeat the endurance of my spirit to continue on the path of independence and freedom for our people.
Zimbabwe, in its current state, has been placed in the same situation as the one in which Ian Smith placed this country before.
In a statement that he released as a birthday message from prison, Sikhala said he draws inspiration from the fact that he is not the first to spend birthdays in prison. He wrote:
What gives me the utmost happiness is that I am not the first nor will I be the last political prisoner to celebrate their birthdays under persecution from an evil dictatorship. History is awash with such personalities.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 consecutive birthdays in prison; Dumiso Dabengwa 7; Lookout Masuku 7; Bakili Muluzu 10; Raila Odinga 10; and many other men and women of good standing.
Sikhala faces charges of obstruction of justice and inciting violence.
He has been in detention since 14 June 2022, when he was arrested for allegedly inciting violence.
Sikhala was arrested after he convened a prayer meeting for his deceased client and opposition party member, Moreblessing Ali, who was killed by Pius Mukandi, a man linked to ZANU PF.
He has applied for bail eight times at both the High and the magistrates’ courts but has been denied this constitutional right. | The NewsHawks
Mnangagwa Bribes Chamisa Aides
By-CCC leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday claimed that ZANU PF is dishing out huge sums of money to senior opposition figures to destabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
Posting on Twitter, Chamisa revealed that he has no doubts some of his colleagues will accept the cash and betray the party’s supporters. He said:
A crazy season is upon us. Expect a lot of drama and shifts in the next months. Be vigilant. Watch out.
They will and are compromising some even pouring in serious money into various pockets. Some will fall for it and fall by the wayside. Be careful! Act smart! Win Big!
CCC spokesperson Gift Siziba told NewsDay that they were aware of ZANU PF’s plans to infiltrate and destabilise CCC. He said:
We are aware of what our opponents are plotting.
The regime in Harare wants to have an opposition that they can lead themselves so they are using the Lenin strategy.
They are escalating such machinations, but they have not worked and will never work.
The opposition has emerged stronger, fit with more vigour and vitality and ready to govern.
In the past, ZANU PF has, during its political rallies, paraded opposition members who crossed the floor.
Some opposition officials who defected to ZANU PF and have been given government positions include James Maridadi and Obert Gutu.
University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer Eldred Masunugure said Chamisa’s fear of infiltration is justified as ZANU PF has used money to infiltrate the opposition for decades. He said:
The one who can provide the biggest pie is likely to win the support of an individual.
That is the politics of patronage and has become very common in Zimbabwe.
ZANU PF has financial resources, unlike Chamisa’s opposition party which has no funding.
Chamisa’s fear is real and this explains why he has not come up with structures, a party constitution, or refused to go for an elective congress which could be easy entries for ZANU PF on infiltrating.
Zanu PF Wants Sikhala Die In Prison
By-Zanu PF is planning to detain CCC national vice chairman and Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala, in detention beyond the 2023 general elections.
Sikhala, who celebrated his 50th on Sunday while in pre-trial detention at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, believes the State wants to keep him in jail beyond general elections slated for July or August 2023. He said:
We obtained information beforehand that they want to keep us (Sikhala and Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole) until the 2023 general elections.
The purpose is very clear, they want to eliminate me from the national political equation for reasons best known to themselves.
Whatever they do will never defeat the endurance of my spirit to continue on the path of independence and freedom for our people.
Zimbabwe, in its current state, has been placed in the same situation as the one in which Ian Smith placed this country before.
In a statement that he released as a birthday message from prison, Sikhala said he draws inspiration from the fact that he is not the first to spend birthdays in prison. He wrote:
What gives me the utmost happiness is that I am not the first nor will I be the last political prisoner to celebrate their birthdays under persecution from an evil dictatorship. History is awash with such personalities.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 consecutive birthdays in prison; Dumiso Dabengwa 7; Lookout Masuku 7; Bakili Muluzu 10; Raila Odinga 10; and many other men and women of good standing.
Sikhala faces charges of obstruction of justice and inciting violence.
He has been in detention since 14 June 2022, when he was arrested for allegedly inciting violence.
Sikhala was arrested after he convened a prayer meeting for his deceased client and opposition party member, Moreblessing Ali, who was killed by Pius Mukandi, a man linked to ZANU PF.
He has applied for bail eight times at both the High and the magistrates’ courts but has been denied this constitutional right. | The NewsHawks
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Zanu PF Caught Bribing CCC Bigwigs
By-CCC leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday claimed that ZANU PF is dishing out huge sums of money to senior opposition figures to destabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
Posting on Twitter, Chamisa revealed that he has no doubts some of his colleagues will accept the cash and betray the party’s supporters. He said:
A crazy season is upon us. Expect a lot of drama and shifts in the next months. Be vigilant. Watch out.
They will and are compromising some even pouring in serious money into various pockets. Some will fall for it and fall by the wayside. Be careful! Act smart! Win Big!
CCC spokesperson Gift Siziba told NewsDay that they were aware of ZANU PF’s plans to infiltrate and destabilise CCC. He said:
We are aware of what our opponents are plotting.
The regime in Harare wants to have an opposition that they can lead themselves so they are using the Lenin strategy.
They are escalating such machinations, but they have not worked and will never work.
The opposition has emerged stronger, fit with more vigour and vitality and ready to govern.
In the past, ZANU PF has, during its political rallies, paraded opposition members who crossed the floor.
Some opposition officials who defected to ZANU PF and have been given government positions include James Maridadi and Obert Gutu.
University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer Eldred Masunugure said Chamisa’s fear of infiltration is justified as ZANU PF has used money to infiltrate the opposition for decades. He said:
The one who can provide the biggest pie is likely to win the support of an individual.
That is the politics of patronage and has become very common in Zimbabwe.
ZANU PF has financial resources, unlike Chamisa’s opposition party which has no funding.
Chamisa’s fear is real and this explains why he has not come up with structures, a party constitution, or refused to go for an elective congress which could be easy entries for ZANU PF on infiltrating.
Mnangagwa In Sikhala Political Assassination Plan
By-Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala, and CCC national vice chairman, claims that the authorities want to keep him in detention beyond the 2023 general elections.
Sikhala, who celebrated his 50th on Sunday while in pre-trial detention at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, believes the State wants to keep him in jail beyond general elections slated for July or August 2023. He said:
We obtained information beforehand that they want to keep us (Sikhala and Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole) until the 2023 general elections.
The purpose is very clear, they want to eliminate me from the national political equation for reasons best known to themselves.
Whatever they do will never defeat the endurance of my spirit to continue on the path of independence and freedom for our people.
Zimbabwe, in its current state, has been placed in the same situation as the one in which Ian Smith placed this country before.
In a statement that he released as a birthday message from prison, Sikhala said he draws inspiration from the fact that he is not the first to spend birthdays in prison. He wrote:
What gives me the utmost happiness is that I am not the first nor will I be the last political prisoner to celebrate their birthdays under persecution from an evil dictatorship. History is awash with such personalities.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 consecutive birthdays in prison; Dumiso Dabengwa 7; Lookout Masuku 7; Bakili Muluzu 10; Raila Odinga 10; and many other men and women of good standing.
Sikhala faces charges of obstruction of justice and inciting violence.
He has been in detention since 14 June 2022, when he was arrested for allegedly inciting violence.
Sikhala was arrested after he convened a prayer meeting for his deceased client and opposition party member, Moreblessing Ali, who was killed by Pius Mukandi, a man linked to ZANU PF.
He has applied for bail eight times at both the High and the magistrates’ courts but has been denied this constitutional right. | The NewsHawks
Why Final Fantasy 9 Deserves Your Attention Too
Final Fantasy is known for one character over all other main protagonists, Cloud Strife. Smash players, Kingdom Hearts fans and gamers in general know the name. What about Zidane Tribal? Zidane is the main protagonist of Final Fantasy 9, a thief who looks out for friends and family, welcoming all those who welcome him. He has little in comparison to Cloud, boasting a tail and two daggers as his choice of weapons. Not only that, but silence is not an option for young Zidane, speaking as much as Barret would. The point is that I need people to stop overlooking one of Final Fantasy’s most creative games, Final Fantasy 9.
Yes, Final Fantasy 7 is fantastic and subjectively the greatest that the series has to offer. Yet, people forget that the series didn’t start with seven and didn’t end with it either. Final Fantasy 9 sees Zidane and his buddies of Tantalus, a group of traveling thieves, off to steal Princess Garnet for their own buck. They go through all the trouble of entering a play to distract the gigantic crowd at a festival, with Zidane and his buddy from Tantalus, Blank, fighting each other with swords for the Queen’s amusement. In this time, it allows them to receive cheers from the roaring crowd and diplomats, eventually stealing the Princess from her home along with other unwelcome guests. Steiner, Princess Garnet’s guard, sneaks on board in pursuit of the princess and her kidnappers. Unfortunately, their ship crashes into a very evil forest, petrifying Blank who sacrificed himself in protection of Zidane from a forest spider. That is just the beginning of Final Fantasy 9!
Throughout the adventure of a group of misfits and outcasts, including the princess, we are greeted by mystical vistas and gigantic creatures of the night. Not only that, but we are introduced to one of gaming’s saddest characters, Vivi Ornitier! When I say saddest, I mean that no character has quite the full circle like Vivi does. He starts off as a quirky, loving character who wants nothing more than to know his worth and learn what life or love are about. What ensues after he meets our party is him finding the truth out about his people, and how he is destined to expire. Not only that, but his adoptive father raised him as a source of food to eat when he got hungry! Vivi has a past of cruelty and a future of shock. His name being a symbol in voodoo black magic, players should only guess about what his future is destined for and where it will take him.
The reason I love Final Fantasy 9 is for the silliness and happiness it invokes along the way, being akin to a children’s story. All children’s stories have darkness lurking in the background and hidden meanings for adults. This iteration is no different, providing players with a loving time of wisdom but a story of sorrow. Zidane is a character who keeps the player guessing and wondering on how he will get out of each situation with his band of misfits and the girl he falls in love with. Princess Garnet, who becomes “Dagger”, is another source of growth in a game all about growing up. Steiner, a father figure, tests his cowardice against the forces of the world to protect the ones he loves. Vivi, a lost soul, looks for meaning in a world that brought him in without it. Freya Crescent, a red mage, looks for the source of what happened to her lover, vowing to never return home without the story behind the mystery. If players aren’t keen on single player Final Fantasy, I highly recommend buying a Final Fantasy XIV account and trying online out. I leave readers with a quote from an underrated chapter of Final Fantasy, and ask those who never have to play Final Fantasy 9.
“I always talked about you, Zidane. How you were a very special person to us, because you taught us all how important life is. You taught me that life doesn’t last forever. That’s why we have to help each other and live life to the fullest. Even if you say goodbye, you’ll always be in our hearts. So, I know we’re not alone anymore.”
Will Emery Redeem Nakamba Career?
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
No Fire, But A Lot Of Work At ZANU PF 7th Congress: Mavaza
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | The seventh Zanu-PF Annual National People’s Congress in Harare closed after a week of intensive and fruitful deliberations and adoption of policies votes and nominations. Many people had expected fire works some even expected trouble in the cockpit. Detractors had tried to sow seeds of destruction tried their best to divide the presidium coming with a lot of headlines which were meant to divide ZANU PF.
Delegates at the just ended ZANU PF Congress included the Corby mayor, Tafadzwa Chikoto who in these pics is with the party's Sec for Admin, Obert Mpofu, and ZANU PF UK member, Dr Masimba Mavaza. pic.twitter.com/Lolz4loUu9
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 3, 2022
Participants and delegates exhibited their discipline and the love of the party. ZANU PF came out of this congress stronger than before. Emerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA was catapulted into 2023 with a Fresh Mandate by his endorsement as the president of ZANU PF and a sole candidate to represent the party in 2023 the campaign was ignited. ZANU PF should be congratulated, especially those who prepared presentations at short notice and those who attended for the party, not for their pockets.
It should be stressed that all congress deliberations, no matter how brilliant, will remain paper unless efforts are made to implement them. The congress noted that all policies deliberated in previous conferences were implemented.
Therefore, it is critical for all the relevant authorities to stay fully engaged and support policies and resolutions congress has come up with.
The most highlight of the congress was the unity exhibited by the presidium which clearly dispelled all rumours of disunity in the party.
President MNANGAGWA showed that he is a uniting power.
On the aspect of recruitment and campaign cde ED accepted in the party ZANU Ndonga. He then appointed Cde Wilson Khumbula to be a member of the Central committee.
Uniting ZANU NDONGA with ZANU PF was an effort which started long back spearheaded by the president with Dr Win Mlambo of Chipinge South playing a pivotal role.
The congress was closed by the president declaring that victory was certain and in ZANU PF DNA.
The congress witnessed the great job the president is doing. The president has created Morden jobs delivering people from poverty. During the congress the Cabinet ministers and journalists where literally shown how people are being lifted from a dumpsite to Morden houses. From rubbish to something.
Congress was reminded of the true owners of ZANU PF. The president said ZANU PF is owned by its founders,by the current generation and by the future generation. This spells the continuity of ZANU PF into the distant future. President MNANGAGWA urged patriots to keep the party alive.
Unlike other political parties ZANU PF is not about the president. It is about the people. ZANUPF has surpassed its detractors. Despite the demonising we are facing from the West Zimbabweans will reward ZANU PF with winning 2023. The president assured the people that nothing will stand in ZANU PF way.
President MNANGAGWA urged Zimbabweans to vote for ZANU PF to preserve the independence. Every five years we seek the mandate and it is the pillar of democracy to rule with a mandate.
The president warned corrupt members to desist as ZANU PF does not and will not support corruption.
ZANU PF Is a party full of ideas. It is the party for development. Zimbabwe has seen vicious developments construction of dams roads and all infrastructure.
“WE ARE BUILDING A PEACEFUL PROSPEROUS ZIMBABWE. “
We have come to the closing of this years congress after a long week of intensive and fruitful brainstorming about the implementation of the Resolutions.This year’s congress was historic because it was the congress well attended by many foreign diplomats. It was further Historic because it was one of the first congress not watered down by the rains.
Thus We should call upon all the stakeholders to stay fully engaged in support for the Policies and the implementation which certainly require it most. 2023 is the year of our victory.
We do not change a winning team.
We should surely commend again the Sponsor’s organizations, including funds and programmes, specialized agencies, as well as other international and regional multilateral organizations for their extraordinary support to the Congress and its entire preparatory process, both substantively and logistically and look forward to even increased collaboration with them. We should thank cde July Moyo for leading the logistic team cde Obert Mhofu Mpofu for his expertise in administration and indeed the army of cadres who made this congress possible.
We can not ignore cde Samora and his team who made order at the gates and during accreditation.
Let me highlight a few key points: Economy Productive capacity as the main focus of the country needs to be given high priority not only by agencies whose core mandate is closely related to the enhancement of productive capacity but also by all other stakeholders. It was encouraging to hear that many departments and organisations already have made commitments to streamline the Imports and give priority to Local production and that Zimbabwe is leading in development. It was more encouraging that all the projects being done in Zimbabwe are not done with foreign aid but with our own money. With respect to the inclusion of issues relevant to Production in local fora it is very encouraging that the Congress saw the implementation of resolutions made on devolution at provincial levels in previous conferences.
This was a step towards encouraging decentralization of the development. Each province is given the opportunity to benefit from its resources. This has seen peoples lives improved to above middle class and it will be fully achieved by 2030. This was not a bluff but a noble economical plan. But this is only going to happen if government and relevant departments continue advocating for implementation of these resolutions. The party opened up to constructive criticism and kept the domestic line open and flowing.
A broader market access, and economic growth has been made even despite the global crises. We need to intensify our efforts in these and other areas and implement the Resolutions and commitments in order to reach this ambitious objectives. It is also very clear that the implementation of the Resolutions made is closely linked to other Economic processes. Furthermore good governance at all levels is a precondition for the implementation of the Economic policy and thus issues related to good government were highlighted not only in the dedicated session but are also relevant in all other priority areas for action. Sharing of experiences and lessons learned has been mentioned throughout the week this is a crucial part for the meaningful implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the Economy and should be done more intensively at all levels. The conference was not the usual bootlicking gathering but it was business as usual.
With a view to ensuring the full engagement of all stakeholders in a coordinated manner, ZANU PF discussed a comprehensive roadmap for the implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the economy Programme of Action for the cash crisis fuel problems prices medical and pharmaceutical dilemmas.
Let me briefly highlight some of the main and most urgent actions for the coming months and years: Disciplining the party and forging unity peace and development. Opening the country for business. Tackling corruption and walking the talk on corruption. Fast tracking all high profile corruption cases. The mainstreaming of the Economy into national development strategies and aid strategies is one of the most urgent tasks at hand. The party needs full support in this respect especially at the country level.
Building on the country level experiences the regional component of the implementation and follow-up also needs to be strengthened involving all relevant regional and subregional organizations.
Establishment of a working group on the Indicators to monitor the implementation of the objectives, goals and targets of the Party.
With respect to monitoring and evaluation a more inclusive and participatory process, coordinated by the office of the president with substantive inputs from the whole system and beyond is needed. The president called upon agencies and organizations, to have Focal points.
The party has to set a list of deliverables, which are sustainable. This would have also be a useful instrument for monitoring, at different levels. The success story of Zimbabwe under the evil sanctions shows the resilience and humanity displayed by the Zimbabwean people.
Specific follow-up measures which includes the establishment of a Task force made development possible in Zimbabwe. The president through the created a joint gap and capacity analysis with the aim of establishing a workable live economy to be achieved.
The party also need to keep the momentum of engaging all groups of stakeholders, especially parliaments, civil society and the private sector to find a way out of our economic problems.
The president acknowledged all patriots again for their engagement in the process and wished those who had traveled to the congress a fruitful witnessing of the implementation of the resolutions. We look forward to continued and expanded collaboration in the coming months and years and a complete turn around of fortunes. The congress should not be a mere event but a proper barometer of our work. The survival of the party must justify the calling of a next congress where new mandates are given.
After the congress something must be seen. A complete U turn and good fortune must be witnessed. A congress must yield fruits and must be a focal point of progress. The way forward should be to walk the talk and reach the destination. The lies of disunity should be viewed with scorn. A total turn around should be seen after the congress. The leadership is rejuvenated. Thats the way to go. The commissariat had worked tirelessly to make the party a united entity. This congress was very electric and indeed a success. Without those who worked behind the scenes nothing would have succeeded.
Once again ZANU PF had done it and it should be applauded. The party has to remain resolute in the face of sanctions. The president implored the party to be vigilant and to be courageous in the face of difficulties. He urged party members to remain resolute in hunger and in times of plenty. Our problems are just birth pains they will produce blessings and success. Zimbabwe will pull through under the heroic guidance of ED and ZANU PF.
It is important to mention the wisdom and hard work exhibited by Vice Presidents. The naughty boy looked healthy as his social life was expunged from the political life. He got a new lease and no doubt he will work for the country. We noticed the God given charing skills by the beautiful madam chairman as she is called cde Oppah Kashiri the untiring work shown by all cdes at the party offices and structures will not go un mentioned. This congress was indeed a success and the first of its kind.
The president stuck to time finishing the proceedings earlier than before. Efficiency was indeed the emphasis and it did not fail.
The high light of the event was the appointment of the council of elders. ZANU PF belongs to all and needs all to build the nation. Brick upon brick we will build Zimbabwe.
Promoting Sound Health In Cities
By 2050, nearly 7 out of 10 people globally will live in cities and other urban settings. While cities face many health challenges, on World Cities Day 2022 WHO and partners examine how city leaders are uniquely positioned to understand local needs and respond rapidly to changing conditions to safeguard health.
Although living in cities brings many advantages, rapid and unplanned urbanization can have negative social and environmental health impacts. These include not only issues linked to climate change, pandemics and noncommunicable diseases, but also to malaria and other vector-borne diseases. While the burden of malaria is currently still higher in rural areas, current trends in urbanization mean that in a few years most people living in malaria-endemic countries will reside in urban areas.
In this regard, and on the occasion of World Cities Day 2022, WHO and UN Habitat have produced the Global framework for the response to malaria in urban areas. The Framework provides guidance to city government officials, health professionals and urban planners for a comprehensive malaria response specifically in urban areas, where the dynamics of transmission and burden of vector-borne diseases can be different from that of rural areas. The Framework acknowledges that the global fight against malaria and other vector-borne diseases requires strong action from local governments, in areas such as health, housing and infrastructure.
“By offering specific guidance to local officials, this new Framework can help ensure that malaria control forms an integral part of the broader urban planning, policy-making and budgeting processes,” explains Dr Abdisalan Noor, Head of the Strategic Information for Response Unit in the WHO Global Malaria Programme. “For each urban context, the strategic use of data can inform effective, tailored responses and help build resilience against the threat of malaria and other vector-borne diseases.”
On World Cities Day 2022, WHO is also launching the Urban health research agenda, a comprehensive strategy to help cities build better evidence around what works to address urban health challenges. The agenda calls for building evidence on the environmental, economic and social impacts of urban health policies, so that they can be addressed through a coordinated approach that involves the different sectors working together to improve the health of their residents.
“We desperately need to get ahead of the challenges that are impacting the health and well-being of people living in cities,” notes Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the Department of Social Determinants of Health at WHO. “Strong urban policies must prioritize health, to ensure resilient and vibrant communities for people to live, work, go to school and play, all while protecting those who are most vulnerable.”
Urban health is a growing priority for WHO, which addresses the issue in multiple cross-cutting ways, such as better air quality, a safe water supply and improved sanitation; healthy urban planning; smoke-free environments; road safety; prevention of violence and injuries; healthy food systems and diets; environmental management of vector-borne diseases; and preparedness for health and humanitarian emergencies. Addressing the needs of specific population groups, such as children and older people and migrants, is also a priority. The interlinked nature of urban health challenges means that action in one sector can have benefits for many others.
To help Member States address the above priorities, WHO is supporting the strengthening of the evidence base to allow policy-makers to make informed decisions when addressing health risks. We provide tools and guidance on what works and support monitoring of key health-related indicators. In addition, we lead and engage in partnership activities that foster city-to-city exchanges and help develop institutional and policy frameworks for good governance for health and well-being in cities.
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Lightning Strikes Lovebirds
WHAT started off as a normal day turned tragic for an 18-year-old and his girlfriend when they were struck by a bolt of lightning on Friday afternoon.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson, InspectorMargaret Chitove, told H-Metro the incident happened on October 28, at around 4.30pm.
She said the now deceased 18-year-old went to Hunyani River, with his 17-year-old friend, and his 16-year-old girl-friend, and her friend, to do some laundry.
“On their way back, it started raining and the two were struck by a bolt of lightning.
“They were both thrown into a ditch and the boy died on the spot, and the girl complained of painful eyes,” said Insp Chitove.
Chemagamba police attended the scene and the girl was rushed to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital where she is recuperating.
Police urged members of the public to avoid the use of cellphones when outdoors in the rain.
“People must also avoid seeking shelter under trees and being in open spaces, as the chances of being struck by lightning are very high,” she said.- H- Metro
Will Mnangagwa Trip To
Cote d’Ivoire Yield Results ?
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa flew to Abijan, Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday to attend an investment conference.
However, analysts say the Zanu PF leader is likely to return home empty-handed due to his waning human rights record.
Below ZBC News reports:
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend an investment conference that will discuss how to grow the economies of the countries of Africa.
The conference brings together political and business leaders as well as potential investors.
Earlier, President Mnangagwa, accompanied by Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, consoled the Tongogara family following the death of Conrad Tongogara, the first born son of the late national hero and ZANLA Commander, General Josiah Magama Tongogara.
CCC Youth Leader Dismisses Talk Of Infighting
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma, has dismissed reports that there is infighting in the party.
Chuma dismissed assertions made by an online publication claiming CCC’s youth assembly is in disarray.
“Ours is a transformational movement to complete the liberation agenda and the democratic struggle. We are not concerned about positions but the task at hand.
A total transformation to change lives of the ordinary citizens.
RegisterToVoteZW,” said Chuma.
How To Get A Mine In Zimbabwe
Business Correspondent| Three Wingers Enterprises, Zimbabwean advertising and consultancy company has launched a programme set to empower and equip miners with essential knowledge in the lucrative field.
The programme also seeks to provide key information to prospective miners on how to carry out their activities professionally and legally.
Mining is a key pillar of the country’s economy and it is projected that the sector contributes tremendously to economic development.
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Former Opposition Legislator Tongai Matutu Denies Using Twitter To Smear CCC
Former MDC MP for Masvingo Urban, Tongai Matutu, has distanced himself from a Twitter account that bears his name that listed the names of opposition figures who allegedly called for sanctions against Zimbabwe.
In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, Matutu said he did not write the list and that he has no evidence that his former colleagues in the opposition hate their country.
He said:
I crossed the floor to ZANU PF but I have no bad blood with those in the opposition. I have no reason to paint them as villains who hate their country if I don’t have any evidence against them. I don’t know the naughty author of that list.
I have no reason to bootlick ZANU PF. I have not benefited from anything that can push me to lie. I am my own man that’s why I crossed the floor alone.
If you check my lifestyle, would you conclude that I have been given a million dollars? That’s just hogwash. I have never been to America in my entire life.
If you check the document properly that is not a signature. This is not the first time that I have met such mischief. The last time my name was used in the Chief Serima saga but I decided to keep quiet.
What I know is that there is a ghost account using my name to cause confusion both in the opposition and the country at large.
Matutu was appointed the Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Deputy Minister during the Government of National Unity (GNU) by the then Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
He left the MDC and joined ZANU PF in 2020 after claiming that the opposition had lost direction.
Charles Musimiki, who also defected to ZANU PF last year and is on the list of those who allegedly campaigned for sanctions against Zimbabwe, told The Mirror that the furthest he went outside Zimbabwe was to Pretoria.
The minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi said he doesn’t know about the open letter that was allegedly written to him by Matutu. He said:
I don’t even know the letter that you are talking about. An open letter is not delivered so I didn’t see it because I am not on Twitter.
Murungu Says Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana: Watch
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa says a credible voters’ roll is needed before polls.
According to President Chamisa, a credible voters’ roll is non negotiable.
Analysts have slammed ZEC’s dithering on availing the voters roll.
Writing on his official Facebook page, President Chamisa challenged ZEC to release an audited copy of the voters roll.
“A CREDIBLE VOTERS ROLL IS NON NEGOTIABLE!
By all means necessary,getting a verified,certified & 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 #RegisterToVote.”
“THE YELLOW CRAZY has spread everywhere and gone abroad. Thank you fellow citizens. There is no easy walk to freedom & happiness.#RegisterToVoteZW #fakapressure #CitizensFirst,” added President Chamisa.
President Chamisa: We Need Credible Voters Roll Before Polls
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa says a credible voters’ roll is needed before polls.
According to President Chamisa, a credible voters’ roll is non negotiable.
Analysts have slammed ZEC’s dithering on availing the voters roll.
Writing on his official Facebook page, President Chamisa challenged ZEC to release an audited copy of the voters roll.
“A CREDIBLE VOTERS ROLL IS NON NEGOTIABLE!
By all means necessary,getting a verified,certified & 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 #RegisterToVote.”
“THE YELLOW CRAZY has spread everywhere and gone abroad. Thank you fellow citizens. There is no easy walk to freedom & happiness.#RegisterToVoteZW #fakapressure #CitizensFirst,” added President Chamisa.
Sikhala In Another Freedom Bid
On legislator Job Sikhala has filed another High Court application seeking bail, the eighth, in a case he is accused of obstructing the course of justice.
Sikhala, represented by Jeremiah Bhamu, cited changed circumstances in his application saying he has been in prison for four months.
High Court judge Justice Rogers Manyangadze set Friday for judgment on the application.
The State is accusing Sikhala of obstructing investigations when he accused Zanu PF activists of killing a member of his CCC party, Moreblessing Ali.
Sikhala faces another charge of inciting violence following violent skirmishes at Ali’s funeral.
He is being charged alongside fellow MP, Godfrey Sithole, and 13 Nyatsime residents.
The two have filed another application at the lower courts for the recognition of their rights as provided in section 70 of the Constitution.
They also asked to be allowed to be visited by persons of their choice.
They further asked for delivery of food and other provisions on an unrestricted basis.
The State did not oppose the application.
The duo was remanded to November 15 for trial.
-Newsday
Mental Health Cases Soar
By A Correspondent- Mental health patients have overwhelmed a special institution designed to take care of such cases at the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, with the major drivers for the psychological disturbances being attributed to depression as well as drug and substance abuse.
Depression and substance abuse are rife in societies facing economic hardships like Zimbabwe.
Mental health, according to medical journals, is governed by many internal factors like anxiety, fear, depression and worry; as well as outside forces such as sickness, hardship, and loss.
At Mlondolozi Mental Health Prison in Bulawayo, patients with the same psychological disorders are almost filling up the facility to capacity.
The revelations were made recently at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) by the chief director of health services in the the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), Senior Assistant Commissioner Evidence Gaka.
He was speaking during commemorations held to mark World Mental Health Day attended by various stakeholders, comprising mostly young people from higher and tertiary education institutions in the country as well as officials from the National Aids Council (NAC).
The mental patients are not convicted prisoners but members of society who are taken to the facility after having been adjudged to have become dangerous to themselves and therefore in need of treatment and rehabilitation.
Gaka decried the high numbers of mental patients at the ZPCS special institutions, especially Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
“The number of patients admitted at Chikurubi Special Institution was 478 against an official holding capacity of 150 (as at 6 October 2022). The institution is thus clearly overcrowded,” he said.
“At Mlondolozi, the number of mental patients was 301 against an official holding capacity of 406 patients. Such increasing numbers negatively impact on the rehabilitation process for patients as the institutions are not adequately resourced to cater for such large numbers.
“As you are all aware, there is an increase in drug and substance abuse in Zimbabwe and this has caused an increase in admissions of patients with substance-induced mental health conditions in the special institutions.”
Gaka urged family members of the mental patients in prison facilities like Chikurubi to be involved in their assessment, treatment and discharge processes. He said social support assistance being provided to patients is inadequate, resulting in delays in patients’ rehabilitation, and leading to overcrowding.
“Thus improved health becomes central to human happiness, well-being and economic progress, as healthy populations live longer, are more productive and accumulate more savings. Coming to the role of the ZPCS in mental health treatment and rehabilitation, the ZPCS is playing a critical role not only in providing a conducive environment for the treatment of such patients,” said the prisons boss.
ZPCS conducts periodic anti-drug and substance awareness campaigns at all levels from national, provincial down to station.
Gaka said the ZPCS in collaboration with the ministry of Health and Child Care and other stakeholders is working towards the implementation of the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS 1) national priorities which, among others, include health and well-being.
As of 6 October 2022, the ZPCS has recorded a total of 779 mental health patients who are not convicted prisoners countrywide.
“Investigate Crimes Against Journalists”: ZOCC
Ending Impunity for Crimes Against Journalism.
Today, the Zimbabwe Online Content Creators (ZOCC) joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists which is observed annually on the 2nd of November.
This year’s theme is; Protecting Media to Protect Democracy.
As we commemorate this United Nations sanctioned day, it is sad to note that between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 journalists have been killed for reporting the news and bringing information to the public.
According to the UNESCO observatory of killed journalists, nine out of ten reported cases, the killers go unpunished. Impunity leads to more killings and is often a symptom of worsening conflict and the breakdown of law and judicial systems.
Impunity for crimes against journalism has been rife in Zimbabwe with many criminal cases reported and very few have been resolved to date hence we call on the various arms of the state to professionally execute their constitutional mandates unhindered.
According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an organization with the stated aim of safeguarding the right to freedom of information, Zimbabwe is currently ranked 130 out of 180 countries in 2021 compared to its 126 ranking in 2020.
This continuous slide in ranking needs to be arrested in a new dispensation where accountability and rule of law must be practiced.
Criminal acts of murder, assaults, harassment, intimidation, intolerance and barring or denying journalists access to information must be condemned in its entirety.
Perpetrators of such criminal acts against journalists must be brought before the courts of law to protect the sanctity of journalism.
Threats of violence and attacks against journalists, in particular, create a climate of fear for media professionals, impeding the free circulation of information, opinions and ideas for all citizens, this directly threatens democracy.
In many cases, threats of violence and attacks against journalists are not properly investigated.
This impunity emboldens the perpetrators of the crimes and at the same time has a chilling effect on society, including journalists themselves.
The major political parties in Zimbabwe have however pledged to deliver a peaceful electoral environment and promised to do their best to protect all media players’ practicing journalism during and after the electoral period. This move is highly commendable and more walk of the talk is anticipated.
Various media players will next week converge in Victoria Falls to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this day, as we seek to continuously drive the message home that journalism is not a crime and any act of crime against it must be swiftly dealt with, within the confines of the law.
As we fast approach the 2023 elections, electoral violence have claimed many media practitioners and we call upon all political players and arms of the state to guard against any possible future crimes against journalism.
All political parties in Zimbabwe have one way or the other caused victimization of the media practitioners.
Online threats and violence against journalism are criminal as well, and therefore must be condemned for journalism to flourish. No journalists must be killed, injured or victimized while practicing a constitutionally guaranteed mandate.
Statement published by the Zimbabwe Online Content Creators
November 2, 2022
Tinashe Maphosa Finishes Mai TT
By- Socialite and comedian Felistas Murata, A.K.A. Mai TT’s Ex-lover Tinashe Maphosa is demanding US$250 from the comedian.
Maphosa sent summons to Mai TT demanding US$250 000 for defaming him.
ZANU Bribes Chamisa’s Juniors
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday made sensational claims that Zanu PF was bribing his lieutenants to destabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
In a cryptic message posted on Twitter, Chamisa said disloyal members exposed for hobnobbing with Zanu PF would be expelled from the party.
“A crazy season is upon us. Expect a lot of drama and shifts in the next months. Be vigilant. Watch out. They will and are compromising some even pouring in serious money into various pockets. Some will fall for it and fall by the wayside. Be careful! Act smart! Win Big!,” Chamisa tweeted.
CCC spokesperson Gift Siziba told NewsDay that their investigations have exposed machinations to infiltrate and destabilise the opposition party.
“We are aware of what our opponents are plotting,” Siziba said.
“The regime in Harare wants to have an opposition that they can lead themselves so they are using the Lenin strategy. They are escalating such machinations, but they have not worked and will never work. The opposition has emerged stronger, fit with more vigour and vitality and ready to govern.”
Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa was not picking calls.
In the past Zanu PF has proudly paraded opposition members who it alleged had crossed the floor.
Some opposition members who crossed the floor to the ruling party such as James Maridadi and Obert Gutu have been rewarded with government posts.
CCC currently has no formalised structures since the formation of the party early this year.
Chamisa and his foot soldiers said they would not be stampeded into having formal structures to avoid infiltration or violence targeted at office bearers.
Analysts, who spoke to NewsDay, said claims that opposition members were being bought with various trinkets by Zanu PF were expected in the face of widespread poverty in the country.
Political analyst Eldred Masunugure said Zanu PF had used the politics of the stomach as a strategy to infiltrate the opposition for decades.
“The one who can provide the biggest pie is likely to win the support of an individual. That is the politics of patronage and has become very common in Zimbabwe. Zanu PF has financial resources, unlike Chamisa’s opposition party which has no funding,” Masunungure said.
“Chamisa’s fear is real and this explains why he has not come up with structures, a party constitution or refused to go for an elective congress which could be easy entries for Zanu PF on infiltrating.”
Another analyst Vivid Gwede said some politicians were driven by greed for quick riches.
“Not everyone who is in politics is driven by a sense of duty… Some people are there for the money and will jump at every opportunity to get it. And as we know, Zanu PF uses its control of State resources and it has always used this vantage point to lure people from the opposition,” Gwede said.
“What is even more pertinent is that people are suffering due to the economic meltdown, opposition politicians included, hence their readiness to jump ship at the earliest opportunity.” —-Newsday
Trapped Inside Mine For 4 Days
When 22-year-old Mr Rania Moyo left home at around 4am on Thursday last week for work at Velocity 36 Mine in Silobela, he never bothered to bid his parents goodbye as he believed he would return home as usual.
There was no way he could have known that one hour later he was going to be trapped 100 metres underground for the next four days.
When he arrived at work that day, he met his workmates and they proceeded to enter the mine shaft at around 5am. Soon after, the shaft started collapsing and his two workmates managed to navigate through the cave-in, to reach the entrance.
The shaft where Rania Moyo was trapped underground for four days at Velocity 36 Mine in Silobela
They escaped right before a big boulder fell and blocked the opening, trapping Mr Moyo inside the shaft.
“The moment l realised l was trapped underground in that shaft, l prayed to God asking him to accept my soul in heaven because l did not think l would come out alive,” said Mr Moyo, who was rescued on Monday afternoon and is recovering from his home in Silobela.
“It was around 5am and we had just entered the shaft when the mine started caving in. We immediately moved towards the entrance trying to escape before it could get blocked,” he said.
Mr Moyo said he knew death was suddenly catching up with him when he was trapped in the shaft in a space so small that he could not even stretch his legs or sit up straight. He was trapped in a space so dark he could not even see his own hands. He said temperatures also dropped and he felt like he was going to freeze inside the shaft that Thursday morning.
“I could not even move a muscle and l knew screaming was not going to help. I do not know when was the last time l prayed, but on that day, l prayed really hard, asking God to accept my soul when l get to heaven. I apologised for all the wrong things that l have done in my life, because l didn’t think I would survive,” said Mr Moyo.
The miner said he is not really sure what day or time it was when he finally heard movement and voices of people outside trying to communicate with him.
“Because l had no food or water, whenever I started feeling weak l would scoop a handful of soil and eat it to try and regain my energy,” Mr Moyo said.
He said the shaft became his home and toilet for what he has now been told were four days.
“On the day the entrance was opened l could not believe l had survived. It seemed like a dream because l have never heard of anyone who survives being underground for days without food and water,” he said.
The miner said he was taken to Silobela District Hospital where he was checked and given boosters to regain his energy. He was discharged on the same day and is still recovering from home.
Will this mine worker go back to the mine where he nearly died?
“I have no choice, but to go back to the shaft as soon as I regain my strength because this is the only source of income that l know. If l do not go back in the mine shaft, it means my family will go hungry,” he said.
The miner’s mother, Mrs Polite Moyo, said she arrived at the scene on Saturday and never thought she would ever see her son alive again
She said when he was rescued, he was taken for a medical check-up.
“He came out on Monday; it was on the fifth day. He did not eat anything. I never thought he would come out alive,” she said.
Kwekwe District Civil Protection Unit chairperson Mr Fortune Mpungu thanked everyone who came to rescue Mr Moyo.
“When l heard the news, I immediately put the word out that help was needed at the mine. The Ministry of Mines, police, small scale miners, and the community came to help the CPU in saving the young man. This incident showed everyone that a community comes together in times of need and they assist each other,” he said.
He said the teams camped outside the shaft regularly engaging with the miner to ensure that he was still alive.
“I am urging all small-scale miners to ensure that their mines are regularly inspected to ensure the safety of their miners. Miners should avoid going underground when it is raining as the soils will be loose,” said Mr Mpungu. -Chronicle
China-Legged Mnangagwa Says Outsiders Spoil Africa
After Tucking In China Money, Mnangagwa Says Outsiders Mess Up Africa
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) November 3, 2022
Even though Africa has its challenges, most of which are not of its making, seeking solutions from outside the continent could be its undoing and instead the continent should focus on homegrown solutions, Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
×Mnangagwa, who is building Zimbabwe using its own resources in development that leaves no one and no place behind, said the panacea to problems on the continent lies with Africans.
Speaking during a roundtable question and answer session at the ongoing Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022 here yesterday,
Mnangagwa said Africa’s destiny was in its own hands, adding that Zimbabwe was working on homegrown solutions to solve the challenges bedevilling the country, caused mainly by illegal economic sanctions.
“We have answers in Africa to our problems. The outside world wants to see us Africans suffering, and being a source of raw materials to develop their economies,” Mnangagwa said.
PMnangagwa beseeched African leaders to refrain from spending time pondering over “negative perceptions from the outside world”, but rather concentrate on developing the continent’s economies through pursuit of its own pathway.
The Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022, to which the President was invited by the African Development Bank president Dr Akinwumi Adesina, is the largest transactional investment marketplace on the continent.
Seventeen other African heads of state and ministers as well as investors from the public and private sectors are in attendance.
Mnangagwa outlined four pointers in Africa’s story, which, if followed carefully, would help the continent in achieving its goals for the common good.
Firstly, he said, each African country should prioritise what it wants and invite investors accordingly.
“Secondly, before we spend time addressing the perception the outside world has about us, it’s about time we integrate ourselves, and share what we have in terms of resources. Africa has quality resources, a beautiful population and know-how on how to move forward, which should not be determined by outsiders,” the President said.
“We used to fall short on development, we should not fall short. If we fail to understand that we need our own development as Africa, we will look outside Africa when we could do it ourselves.”
The third aspect involves collaboration and shared values among “brothers and sisters in Africa”, which should be cherished always, for the outside world delights in a divided people.
“Fourthly, we have peace and security to offer to any investment, so that one will enjoy his or her investment,” Mnangagwa said.
He highlighted that the story of Zimbabwe was that of determination and resilience against all odds.
“In Zimbabwe, we have chosen to be our own masters. The development of a country should not be determined from outside”, Mnangagwa said.
Even though Zimbabwe was at the receiving end of illegal economic sanctions imposed on the country 21 years ago by the West for nefarious reasons, leading to “negative perceptions from the outside world”, Zimbabweans have remained steadfast in defending their territorial integrity.
“They have isolated us from the international arena, but as Zimbabwe, we are a people with our priorities determined by ourselves and not by anyone else. We are a people that have learnt to find internal solutions to our problems. And, we have long back refused to be bullied.
“We will build our own country. We are our own people with our own priorities determined by ourselves. Perceptions influence the outside world. There are so many perceptions about Zimbabwe in the West,” said Mnangagwa.
In spite of the negative perceptions beamed across the world by the country’s detractors, Zimbabweans have chosen to seek answers to their problems as a collective.
“We have chosen to be ourselves. We have set our targets, and the bar is very high. The development of Africa should not be determined by outsiders, but it must be an internal thing, making our own choices,” the President said.-State Media
Dead Father: Sons On Each Other’s Throats Over Property
A Harare man, who is sharing a house that was left behind by their late father with his younger brother, yesterday approached the civil courts to resolve their unending disputes over the property.
Twibi Kazembe of Mufakose appeared before Civil Magistrate Tamara Chibindi seeking a protection order against his brother Onward Simba for assaulting him and threatening to evict him.
Kazembe claimed that he was being treated like an outsider, yet they shared the same father.
“Onward beats me up every time, telling me that I am not a legitimate son of our late father because we have different mothers,” he said. “He says I should leave the house, yet I was the one staying with our father before he died.”
Kazembe said his brother harassed his wife and recently destroyed her phone because she had recorded a video.In response, Simba refuted the allegations arguing that they only quarrel over electricity and house bills that his elder brother was not paying.
Ms Chibindi granted the protection order and told Simba not to insult, threaten, harass or evict his brother from the family house.-State Media
Explosion Kills Welder
By A Correspondent- A man was killed instantly when a fuel tanker trailer belonging to Segment of Glory Energy he was welding exploded along Sherwood Crescent in Waterfalls in Harare on Monday.
Eyewitnesses told The Herald that the welder was on top of the trailer while sealing a leak that had developed on the tanker.
The body was removed from the scene but workers at the depot continued with business.
The workers referred all the questions to their employee Justice Madzimure who expressed ignorance over the issue.
Madzimure said he was not the owner of the haulage company.
An eyewitness who refused to be named said they heard an explosive sound coming out of the depot and then saw the body of the welder lying in the yard of the next depot where it was thrown. Said the eyewitness:
The man was on top of the fuel tank trailer welding it and everything seemed to be going on well.
He asked if the sadza I was cooking was ready so that he could come and buy it when he was done.
Moments later we were terrified by the explosive sound of the fuel tanker. The man was thrown into this yard (next depot) where he died instantly.
When the fuel tanker trailer exploded some people ran away because they thought it was a bomb, but after the explosion, some came back to see what had transpired.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) national spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was yet to receive a report from police officers who attended the scene.
Shock As Man Kills Neighbour Over Hen
Police have arrested Shadreck Zisengwe (29) of Mapako village in Mutoko after he fatally assaulted Goodwell Chiutsi of the same village, accusing him of stealing his chicken.
Zisengwe reportedly found Chiutsi drinking beer at Nyamuzuwe business centre with his friend Onayi Usayi, and accused him of stealing his chicken.
A misunderstanding arose and Zisengwe is said to have picked a wooden log that he used to assault Chiutsi and only stopped after discovering that Chiutsi was unconscious.
Mashonaland East police provincial deputy spokesperson Assistant Inspector Misheck Denhere confirmed both incidents and urged the public to always seek peaceful ways of solving disputes or seek counselling from relatives or community leaders.
— Herald
Police Arrest Tynwald School Driver
Tynwald High School driver Machimbidzofa Chamunorwa has been picked up by Nyanga police in Harare on Tuesday after reportedly being on the run for close to three weeks following the tragic accident that claimed six learners who were on a road trip to Nyanga last month.
Sources privy to the development said the driver was arrested in Harare where he was going around offering condolences to parents of the deceased.
“The driver had been in hiding and nobody knew about his whereabouts,” said Mr MacMillan Mutusva, one of the parents of the deceased.
It is believed the driver only surfaced after the school head froze his salary.
“He never showed himself after the horrific incident; he would send his brother and lawyers,” added Mr Mutusva.
Tynwald High School headmaster Mr Kenias Matimba was not reachable for comment.
Harare Province police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chikanza, said they are yet to receive reports of the arrest.
“We are yet to receive a report of the arrest,” he said.
— Sunday Mail
Sikhala Granted Access To Private Doctors
Mai TT Spits Venom On Ex-Lover
By- Socialite and comedian Felistas Murata, A.K.A. Mai TT, has shouted at her American-based ex-lover Tinashe Maphosa for suing her.
Maphosa last week dragged Mai TT to the courts by her demanding US$250 000 for defaming him.
Chamisa Aides Ejected From Elections Meeting
By-Two CCC Gweru councillors have been ejected from a Gweru council election meeting.
The last Tuesday’s meeting controversially elected MDC-T councillor Edson Kurebgaseka to the deputy mayor’s post in Gweru.
The two CCC councillors were ejected from the meeting for alleged improper dressing.
Ironically, there were MDC-T councillors in the meeting who were wearing sandals but were left in the meeting, reported The Mirror.
Kurebgaseka was elected during a special council meeting held last Tuesday to replace the recently recalled deputy mayor Cleopas Shiri.
Shiri who was elected in 2018 on an MDC Alliance ticket then led by Nelson Chamisa, was recalled by MDC T leader, Douglas Mwonzora together with two other Gweru councillors, Martin Chivhoko and John Manyundwa for being aligned to CCC.
Kurebgaseka polled 8 votes against his CCC rival and Ward 12 Councillor Jefta Zvidzai who garnered 4 votes.
Two councillors, former Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe and Ward 6 Councillor Godfrey Giwa were forced out of the meeting on allegations that they were wearing round-collar t-shirts.
Meanwhile, by-elections will be held on Saturday 3 December 2022 to fill the vacancies left by the recalled councillors.
Court Grants Doctors Access To Visit Sikhala
SasaiRemit rewards its customers, launches consumer promotion for sending money from SA to Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 November 2022 – SasaiRemit, one of Africa’s leading digital money transfer providers and a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, has introduced an exciting consumer promotion.
The promotion, called “Thatha amathousand”, affords thousands of its existing and new customers in South Africa an opportunity to win thousands of Rand worth of grocery vouchers by merely sending a minimum of the equivalent of US$50 from South Africa, to their loved ones in Zimbabwe.
Mutsa Sibanda, SasaiRemit COO, said, “We are seeing a progressive, exponential increase in remittance inflows from South Africa to Zimbabwe, estimated to be more than R6 billion this year. This growth underscores not only the importance remittances currently have in supporting the Zimbabwean economy, being one of the most important sources of foreign currency inflows, but also their effect in providing relief to millions of Zimbabweans.
“They rely on these funds daily to meet their needs, for sustenance, shelter, education, and healthcare. Despite this, more than 50% of these funds are remitted via informal channels, which presents a security risk for the sender and receiver of the funds. Therefore, this promotion is designed to inspire confidence in thousands of customers that Sasai Remit is committed to providing a safer, more accessible and affordable platform to send money home to their loved ones,” said Mr Sibanda.
He went on to say: “The customer is at the heart of our operation, and this initiative further accentuates the company’s long-standing commitment to building trust as well as giving back to its customers who have faced a particularly challenging year in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic with a chance of unlocking grocery vouchers worth thousands of Rand for sending money to Zimbabwe.”
Mr Sibanda said in doing this, SasaiRemit had joined forces with its payment channel partners, that include – Pick’nPay, Shoprite, PEP, Makro, Game, Checkers, Jumbo , Ackermans, Boxer, Builders, and Cambridge, from where customers would also redeem their grocery vouchers.
“In addition, the SasaiRemit beneficiaries in Zimbabwe stand a chance of winning US$50 grocery vouchers when they collect their remittances at any Econet shops , EcoCash outlets or Steward Bank branches. ,” he added.
The two-month-long promotion runs from 27 October to 26 December 2022, where hundreds of vouchers will be won every week.
The voucher winners will be published weekly on SasaiRemit’s social media platforms.
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Dr Or DoorActor Mnangagwa?
Dzvukamanja Sings The Blues At Pirates
Orlando Pirates have reportedly decided on Terrence Dzvukamanja’s future after the Zimbabwean striker has found life difficult at the Soweto giants.
Dzvukamanja is yet to reach the top mark since arriving at the club in 2020.
He has featured once this term and was kept on the sidelines in the initial stages of the season due to an injury.
The arrival of new coach Jose Riveiro hasn’t helped and according to The Citizen newspaper, the club is ready to release him.
“I think it’s safe to say his time with the club has came to an end. It doesn’t seem like anything is going to change because he doesn’t even make match-day squad,” an unnamed source told the publication.
The source also claimed that Dzvukamanja has even realised that his time with the club is over and he is ready to make a move.
“Things are not going so well for him and he has started seeing that now because a lot of things you see at training. He is no longer being seen as an important player. He is one of those players who seem like they just make up numbers in the squad and are just helping regular guys to train,” added the insider.
The next transfer window in the DStv Premiership will open in January.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Japan Name 2022 World Cup Squad
Japan have named their 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The selection includes Arsenal fullback Takehiro Tomiyasu, Brighton midfielder Kaoru Mitoma and former Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino.
Several Germany-based players also made the squad and they include Ko Itakura (Borussia Monchengladbach), Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart), Maya Yoshida (Schalke), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Takuma Asano (Bochum) and Ritsu Doan (Freiburg).
Japan are in Group E and will face Germany, Canada and Costa Rica.
Japan Squad for World Cup
Goalkeepers: Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse), Daniel Schmidt (Sint-Truiden), Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg).
Defenders: Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale), Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Reds), Maya Yoshida (Schalke), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale), Ko Itakura (Borussia Monchengladbach), Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Yuta Nakayama (Huddersfield Town).
Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Stuttgart), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Lisbon), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), Junya Ito (Stade Reims), Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco), Takefusa Kubo Real Sociedad), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus).
Forwards: Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Takuma Asano (Bochum), Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge).- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Sekhukhune United Dismiss Kaitano Tembo
DStv Premiership side Sekhukhune United have parted company with Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo.
The 52-year old joined the Kempton Park-based side in June but had been skating on thin ice of late, due to a string of poor results.
Babina Noko, as Sekhukhune are referred to in the South African top-flight, won only two of their 12 league games since Tembo took over.
The club announced through a statement on Tuesday that the former Dynamos defender has been shown the exit door.
“Sekhukhune United wishes to announce that it has parted ways with Head Coach Kaitano Tembo with immediate effect” reads a statement.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tottenham, Frankfurt Through To UEFA Champions League Round Of 16
Tottenham and Frankfurt became the latest countries to book their places in the UEFA Champions League R16.
Here is a round-up of Tuesday’s games.
Group A
Liverpool 2-0 Napoli
Mohamed Salah and substitute Darwin Núñez’s late goals saw Liverpool sealing the group stages with a victory over Napoli.
The Reds finished level on 15 points with the Italian side but to the second place due to an inferior goal-difference.
Rangers 1-3 Ajax
Ajax sealed the third place and booked their Europa League place after beating Rangers.
The Dutch side scored through Steven Berghuis, Mohammed Kudus and Francisco Conceição, while Rangers got their consolation from James Tavernier’s penalty.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
“Cool” ED In Abidjan
Mai TT Arrested
By- Socialite and comedian Felistas Murata, A.K.A. Mai TT, has been dragged to the courts by her ex-husband Tinashe Maphosa.
Maphosa sent a summons to Mai TT through his lawyers demanding US$250 000 for defaming him.
See Tinashe’s summons sent to Mai TT last week.
JUST IN: Tynwald School Teacher Dies
A Geography and Sociology Upper 6 teacher, who was part of the Tynwald High School Nyanga bus disaster, has died.
Chamunorwa Rukwanha who was also an Environmental Management Form 3 teacher has been battling for life at Avenues Clinic following the accident that claimed six Tynwald High School students along Nyanga Road.
More to follow…
SACU Head Lies In Front Of The Whole World That No Journalist Has Been Arrested In Zim Since ED Took Over
A government official has misrepresented to the 73rd session of the African Commission on Human Rights (ACHR) that no journalist has been arrested since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power in 2017.
Thabani Mpofu who heads the Special Anti-Corruption Unit stationed in Mnangagwa’s office was responding to a presentation by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which has observer status at the sessions.
ZLHR had given an analysis of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, citing examples, dropping names and giving evidence. “There is not one journalist that has been arrested, harassed or has had their property confiscated by the State for carrying out the profession of journalism. This is independently verifiable,” said the official. Tens of journalists have been arrested since Mnangagwa took over.
Covid-19 restrictions announced as a means of curbing the spread of the virus, were also used as excuses to harass, arrest and detain journalists as happened to Mary Taruvinga and The Courier Editor Gilbert Munetsi. Others like NewZimbabwe.com Chief Correspondent Leopold Munhende and 263Chat photojournalist Munashe Chokodza had to seek medical assistance after being beaten by members of the military.
Voice of America’s Studio 7 journalist Nunurai Jena was arrested by police in Chinhoyi for filming a roadblock where corrupt officers were allowing residents to freely pass enroute to town despite the national Covid 19 lockdown. He was later acquitted by the courts. Other journalists have had to spend days in remand while much recently HStv’s Blessed Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi were at the receiving end.
The government official went on to rubbish Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) acting Deputy Chairperson, Job Sikhala’s imprisonement, arguing it was above board as he had incited violence. Sikhala was arrested a few weeks after the murder of CCC activist, Moreblessing Ali by a Zanu PF supporter for engaging in voter registration campaigns im Nyatsime, Chitungwiza.
He added: “You have been provided with names, one being Job Sikhala who is said to have been arrested for criticising government. The matter of Sikhala is in the courts and the records in court are verifiable, he most certainly was not arrested for criticising government otherwise hundreds of thousands will be in prison because in Zimbabwe people can criticise government freely as daily newspapers there can attest to. “Sikhala was arrested for inciting violence in clear and unambiguous language and his matter is before the courts.”
Sikhala, Sithole Complain Over Mwonzora Visit, Chamisa Ban
Through their lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, incarcerated legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have complained to the Harare Magistrates courts that Prison officials were imposing visitors on them.
This was revealed by Sikhala’s spokesperson Freddy Masarirevhu who said Mtetwa mentioned MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora who visited the two against their will.
“Mtetwa said one such visit was of Senator Mwonzora. She told the Court that he went there uninvited and was told by accused that they didn’t want to see him.
“ZPCS even made special arrangemets despite protest. On the Contrary, genuine visitors including CCC leader Nelson Chamisa , the wives and their spokesperson.
“Mtetwa also said she was denied access together with a Doctor. She argued that this is a violation of the Constitution,” said Masarirevhu.
Under Fire ZACC Commissioner Frozen Out
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Tuesday, 01 November announced the appointment of Thandiwe Mlobane as its spokesperson with immediate effect.
Before the appointment, Mlobane was the ZACC Commissioner responsible for compliance and systems.
“The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) hereby announces the appointment of Commissioner Thandiwe Mlobane as the spokesperson with immediate effect,” ZACC said.
Mlobane’s appointment as ZACC spokesperson comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently named a tribunal to look into the removal from office of ZACC commissioner, John Makamure, who was the spokesperson.
Makamure is facing several corruption-related allegations.
The tribunal was set up in terms of section 237(2)(c) and section 187(3) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
Retired Justice Maphios Cheda chairs the tribunal while Justice Ministry secretary, Virginia Mabhiza, is its secretary.
Mwonzora Aide Grabs Gweru Mayoral Post
By-MDC-T councillor Edson Kurebgaseka has controversially landed the deputy mayor’s post in Gweru under controversial circumstances.
The Gweru Ward 9, councillor was elected after two CCC councillors were ejected from a meeting where elections were conducted for alleged improper dressing.
Ironically, there were MDC-T councillors in the meeting who were wearing sandals but were left in the meeting, reported The Mirror.
Kurebgaseka was elected during a special council meeting held last Tuesday to replace the recently recalled deputy mayor Cleopas Shiri.
Shiri who was elected in 2018 on an MDC Alliance ticket then led by Nelson Chamisa, was recalled by MDC T leader, Douglas Mwonzora together with two other Gweru councillors, Martin Chivhoko and John Manyundwa for being aligned to CCC.
Kurebgaseka polled 8 votes against his CCC rival and Ward 12 Councillor Jefta Zvidzai who garnered 4 votes.
Two councillors, former Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe and Ward 6 Councillor Godfrey Giwa were forced out of the meeting on allegations that they were wearing round-collar t-shirts.
Meanwhile, by-elections will be held on Saturday 3 December 2022 to fill the vacancies left by the recalled councillors.
Police Arrest Tynwald High School Driver
Tynwald High School driver Machimbidzofa Chamunorwa has been picked up by Nyanga police in Harare on Tuesday after reportedly being on the run for close to three weeks following the tragic accident that claimed six learners who were on a road trip to Nyanga last month.
Sources privy to the development said the driver was arrested in Harare where he was going around offering condolences to parents of the deceased.
“The driver had been in hiding and nobody knew about his whereabouts,” said Mr MacMillan Mutusva, one of the parents of the deceased.
It is believed the driver only surfaced after the school head froze his salary.
“He never showed himself after the horrific incident; he would send his brother and lawyers,” added Mr Mutusva.
Tynwald High School headmaster Mr Kenias Matimba was not reachable for comment.
Harare Province police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chikanza, said they are yet to receive reports of the arrest.
“We are yet to receive a report of the arrest,” he said.
— Sunday Mail
Zec Reacts To Rigging Allegations
By- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has reacted to allegations of vote rigging.
ZEC’s spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said their registration officers could not verify the addresses if the information on an affidavit availed by potential voters is true or false.
Sworn affidavits are used as proof of residence where a potential voter cannot provide proof of residence required by the law and are signed by councillors, traditional leaders, Members of Parliament and house owners.
ZEC has faced criticism from political parties and elections watchdogs over anomalies on the voters’ roll which include non-existent addresses.
Posting on his Twitter page this Tuesday, Mangwana said some of the things that political parties are seemingly not happy with such as the proof of residence requirement were commissioned by politicians from across all the political parties. Wrote Mangwana:
Residence Requirements on voter registration. The proof of residence issue is a historical one dating back to the initial BVR blitz in 2016 when Biometric voter registration was introduced on the polling station specific voting.
Stakeholders led by political parties agreed that a lot of potential voters could not provide proof of residence required by the law which could be ZESA, Telone Bills, Letter from employer, bank letter etc and there was consensus that affidavits be used as proof of residence.
Consequently, in the rural areas, chiefs and headmen used and still use affidavits while in urban areas councillors, MPs and house owners use affidavits to assist people to register to vote. An affidavit is a legally binding document.
@ZECzim registration officer has no means of verifying if the information on a sworn affidavit is true/false. ZEC has no way of establishing the veracity of addresses supplied by way of affidavits. Some towns, cities& residential suburbs do not have street names.
Sec 28 of the Electoral Act gives power to voters to object to any voter registered by the Commission.
Voter Inspection was meant to ensure polling areas can check names and if there are any objections so that @ZECzim would work on them.
The solution is to prosecute the deponent of the affidavit for supplying false information to the commission as this is a crime of perjury.
The purpose of the voters’ roll inspection done for 10 days in July was to receive such objections from voters in different areas.
@ZECzim has made over 23000 corrections in the voters’ roll as proved by the gazettes and address standardization.
We urge Stakeholders to participate when the voters’ roll is laid open for inspection & this is the form of AUDIT provided by our electoral law.
If Parliament resolves that those who supply false information on the registration to vote must be prosecuted there should be changes to the Electoral law, to include guidelines to the commission on how to identify addresses in both rural and urban areas.
Some of these proofs of residence have been commissioned by politicians like councillors from across all political parties.
Man Kills Neighbour Over Chicken
Police have arrested Shadreck Zisengwe (29) of Mapako village in Mutoko after he fatally assaulted Goodwell Chiutsi of the same village, accusing him of stealing his chicken.
Zisengwe reportedly found Chiutsi drinking beer at Nyamuzuwe business centre with his friend Onayi Usayi, and accused him of stealing his chicken.
A misunderstanding arose and Zisengwe is said to have picked a wooden log that he used to assault Chiutsi and only stopped after discovering that Chiutsi was unconscious.
Mashonaland East police provincial deputy spokesperson Assistant Inspector Misheck Denhere confirmed both incidents and urged the public to always seek peaceful ways of solving disputes or seek counselling from relatives or community leaders.
— Herald
Nyanga Accident: Driver Nabbed By ZRP
Tynwald High School driver Machimbidzofa Chamunorwa has been picked up by Nyanga police in Harare on Tuesday after reportedly being on the run for close to three weeks following the tragic accident that claimed six learners who were on a road trip to Nyanga last month.
Sources privy to the development said the driver was arrested in Harare where he was going around offering condolences to parents of the deceased.
“The driver had been in hiding and nobody knew about his whereabouts,” said Mr MacMillan Mutusva, one of the parents of the deceased.
It is believed the driver only surfaced after the school head froze his salary.
“He never showed himself after the horrific incident; he would send his brother and lawyers,” added Mr Mutusva.
Tynwald High School headmaster Mr Kenias Matimba was not reachable for comment.
Harare Province police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chikanza, said they are yet to receive reports of the arrest.
“We are yet to receive a report of the arrest,” he said.
— Sunday Mail
Mnangagwa Buys 500 Cars For 2023 Polls
By-The ruling Zanu PF party has bought about 500 cars to use in the 2023 election campaign.
The party has also spent millions of dollars on party regalia and the welfare of its VIPs.
According to NewsDay, the ruling party spent ZW$1.8 billion and over US$4.8 million from January to September on staff salaries, gratuities, transport, health and allowances for party bigwigs, among other expenses.
The local daily cited a report of Zanu PF’s recently held 7th national congress.
The report states that in 2017, the party only had 45 vehicles and now has 531 vehicles, the largest fleet in ZANU PF’s history.
Read the report:
In 2018, the Zanu PF party acquired an additional 438 new motor vehicles bringing the fleet size to 486.
In 2020, the department of transport and social welfare received 15 new Isuzu double cab vehicles from the party treasury, bringing the fleet size to 501. Between December 2021 and September 2022, his Excellency the President and first secretary of the Zanu PF party, Comrade Dr Ed Mnangagwa donated 30 double cab vehicles to the party bringing the current fleet size to 531. Accordingly, the department of transport and social welfare remains grateful to leadership for this, and other interventions that saw unprecedented acquisition of the biggest motor vehicle fleet in the history of the party.
The report claimed that Zanu PF sources its funds from membership subscriptions, donations, allocations from the government under the Political Parties Finance Act and “investments”.
In the report, ZANU PF also acknowledged that the majority of Zimbabweans were not formally employed but earned their living from the informal sector, which it described as the “new mass employer.”
This is an indictment on President Mnangagwa who told delegates at his inauguration in 2017 that he would create “jobs, jobs, jobs.”
Man Brutally Murdered For “Stealing” Chicken
Police have arrested Shadreck Zisengwe (29) of Mapako village in Mutoko after he fatally assaulted Goodwell Chiutsi of the same village, accusing him of stealing his chicken.
Zisengwe reportedly found Chiutsi drinking beer at Nyamuzuwe business centre with his friend Onayi Usayi, and accused him of stealing his chicken.
A misunderstanding arose and Zisengwe is said to have picked a wooden log that he used to assault Chiutsi and only stopped after discovering that Chiutsi was unconscious.
Mashonaland East police provincial deputy spokesperson Assistant Inspector Misheck Denhere confirmed both incidents and urged the public to always seek peaceful ways of solving disputes or seek counselling from relatives or community leaders.
— Herald
New Dispensation Useless
By Gift Ostallos Siziba
Zimbabwe is a nation in crisis.
It has been in a series of structural and interlocking crises that have converged to produce stagnation and catastrophe in the last few years. Politically, economically and socially, Zimbabwe is at a standstill. After November 2017, it fell into a deeper Constitutional crisis with broken foundations of legitimacy.
Sadly, there has been no movement; in fact there has been reversal and regression. Thus for the past 4 decades Zimbabweans have survived in a broken, failed and fragile State paralysed by a crisis of leadership, poor governance, non -inclusive institutions, low capacity and absence of a common vision. It has been in a vicious trap dominated by political instability, conflict, underdevelopment and a dysfunctional State.
Indeed the nation State has been bogged down by a massive social dislocation, collapsed economy, rampant poverty, underdevelopment, inequality, corruption and patronage. That State, the Zimbabwean State has sadly been a captured and conflated entity serving the interests of a party and a few elites, whilst retreating from its social and economic obligations to citizens. In the net result, the Zimbabwean citizen operated outside the realm of the State fending for himself in a difficult environment characterised by low per capita income and poor social services indicators.
It is the severe economic crisis that has been the most illustrative of Zimbabwe’s leadership crisis. The economic crisis is the single most visible illustration of the government’s gross failure and incompetence.
The economy has been a rickety affair of severe boom and bust cycles characterised by chapters of severe unprecedented hyperinflation, a collapsed currency and massive unemployment to the current status quo of low productivity, debt unsustainability, deflation and stagnation.
This situation requires robust, brave, radical and proactive responses, solutions and actions. In this regard, we, as the CCC , offer this smart response with actions and solutions to the agenda for real transformation in Zimbabwe.
We offer our promise and commitment to a New Zimbabwe under our soon to be availed New Zimbabwe Document.
President Chamisa Implores Citizens To Unite In Struggle For Freedom
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the trip to Lesotho for the inauguration of that country’s Prime Minister was an eye opener.
President Chamisa implored all citizens to unite in the struggle for freedom.
“Traveling to Lesotho for the inauguration was both a breath of fresh air and re energizing.
It was beautiful to experience the wave of change that is prevalent in the Continent lately. However it reminded me, why we are in the fight for freedom.
The hustle & struggles I face in order to traverse the length and breadth of the country, the uncomfortable prying eyes of surveillance around me every single day, the silent gratitude prayer I say every time we travel safely.
Whether President or any Zimbabwean resident, every citizen deserves the right to live freely in their country without fear and to enjoy the simple pleasures this beautiful country has to offer.
Freedom is what we’re fighting for!!!,” President Chamisa posted on his official Facebook page.
ZEC Rigging Exposed
Tinashe Sambiri| The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ( ZEC) has been widely criticized for refusing to release the electronic voters’ roll.
Observers have urged CCC and concerned stakeholders to push for reforms before polls.
Team Pachedu has pointed out that ZEC is receiving instructions from Zanu PF.
“ZEC is refusing to release the electronic Voters’ Roll that they are using for delimitation.
ZEC also says that they will no longer be providing future Voters’ Rolls on CDs, to make it difficult to audit.
Why is ZEC so secretive with the Voters’ Roll?
ZEC is plotting to exclude IDs, Dates of Birth and Addresses from the electronic voters roll as a strategy to prevent the auditing of the 2023 election roll.
This violates Sections 20 & 21 of the Electoral Act which explicitly demands this information,” Team Pachedu said in separate statements.
Mnangagwa Endorsement Null And Void – Musengezi
Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi has described the endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa at the party’s seventh annual Congress as null and void.
Musengezi maintains Mnangagwa is illegitimate after rising to power via a military coup in 2017.
With the help of the army , Mnangagwa removed his long time boss Robert Mugabe from office.
According to Musengezi, Mnangagwa has nothing new to offer to citizens.
“Instead of complaining how Mnangagwa & his associates tricked us in November 2017, we should rather quickly pick up the pieces and fight the monster.
Encourage each other to register then vote in large numbers. Young people where are you???
The despot must be removed in 2023.
We can’t continue to be led by a clueless octogenarian .
While they’re having another kangaroo meeting (despite a pending Court Case) to endorse Mnangagwa as their sole presidential candidate for 2023 elections, we’ve started consultations as young Cdes in ZANU PF on way forward.
It’s been 4 weeks now following up with the investigators with no meaningful response. The police know the suspects’ work addresses at ZANU PF offices but they’re reluctant to investigate them. Maybe private prosecution is the only option left in our also captured courts.
I’m now convinced that @PoliceZimbabwe is a captured institution . I was hunted like a criminal everywhere over a bogus & silly charge BUT my petrol bombing & my attempted murder suspects were only phoned for interviews which they promised to come at their convenient time,” Musengezi posted on Twitter.
Kaitano Tembo Job On The Line
DStv Premiership side Sekhukhune United are reportedly set to sack head coach Kaitano Tembo this week.
The Zimbabwean tactician has been skating on thin ice for months, due to a string of poor results.
Babina Noko, as Sekhukhune are known across the Limpopo, have won only one of their last 10 matches under the guidance of the former Warriors defender and are joint bottom of the table with fellow strugglers Maritzburg United.
South Africa’s national broadcaster SABC reports that the Sekhukhune hierarchy will show Tembo the exit door this week, having already identified options to replace the former SuperSport United coach.
Tembo joined Sekhukhune in June, when he replaced MacDonald Makhubedu.
The Zimbabwean gaffer has tasted victory in only two of the 12 league games he has overseen in the Babina Noko dugout.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
New Technology For Convenience
Business Correspondent| Zimbabweans can now embrace and enjoy the numerous benefits of digital communication through the Parcel Rush Application.
Parcel Rush is a mobile application that allows Zimbabweans to send and receive parcels electronically.
The application is now available on Google play store and Apple Store.
See links below:
PARCEL RUSH LINKS
Apple App Store:
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Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.ionic.parcelrush
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J8FDKUEDc1j2lSA44Zmg00
Mnangagwa Outsmarts Chiwenga
WITH the Zanu PF congress confirming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outsmarted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, the late former president Robert Mugabe’s warning to the ex-military general amid the 2017 coup has now come to pass.
Mugabe warned Chiwenga that Mnangagwa would use and dump coup leaders unless he seized power himself. Mugabe told journalists at his Borrowdale mansion on 15 March 2018 in his last interview that he warned Chiwenga that imposing Mnangagwa would end in grief as he would later purge coup plotters.
Mugabe advised Chiwenga to take over himself, but the then army commander balked, probably because a military man taking over would have gone against the propaganda that the military was not staging a coup.
After the coup, Mnangagwa, as Mugabe had warned, went on to purge the coup leaders; dismantling the coalition that brought him to power. Chiwenga’s key military backers, who played a pivotal role in the coup, were kicked out of the army and Zanu PF, while he was battling a life-threatening illness in India and then China, amid poisoning fears. Among those removed were retired Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe, who commanded troops on the ground during the coup as Presidential Guard commander. Sanyatwe is Chiwenga’s personal friend and confidante.
Sanyatwe was retired alongside several commanders ahead of diplomatic assignments in February 2019.
These include the late Zimbabwe National Army chief-of-staff retired Lieutenant-General Douglas Nyikayaramba, who was chief-of-staff responsible for service personnel and logistics, retired Lieutenant-General Martin Chedondo and retired Air Marshal Sheba Shumbayawonda.
In June 2019, Mnangagwa then made another significant move by removing retired Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje from the Zanu PF commissariat and replacing him with ally Victor Matemadanda, as he seized control of the party, while Chiwenga was incapacitated.
Most of Chiwenga’s factional allies have been removed, dumped and others have died mysteriously including the face of the coup, the late retired Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Moyo who was appointed Foreign Affairs minister after the coup.
Former Air Force of Zimbabwe commander Perrance Shiri, who was appointed Agriculture minister, also died of Covid-19 although his allies say he, like Moyo, was poisoned.
Mugabe told journalists, including The NewsHawks editors who then ran the Zimbabwe Independent, that when the coup struck he sent Roman Catholic priest Father Fidelis Mukonori to engage army commanders, including Chiwenga, but he later replaced him with his confidante Gideon Gono.
He said Mukonori had “sold out” as his role as emissary became compromised and biased in favour of the coup, hence Gono had to come into the process because “he was objective”.
Gono went to meet Chiwenga and other commanders at KGVI, now Josiah Magama Tongogara, Barracks, Harare.
As armoured vehicles, tanks and other army cars rolled on the streets enforcing the coup, Mugabe said he spoke to Chiwenga through Gono, telling him that he should just take over power as Mnangagwa was not reliable and would remove all his allies to consolidate power later.
Mugabe said Chiwenga refused to take over and even denied that he had staged a coup against him. Mugabe said Chiwenga denied the coup vehemently, saying he would never act against him as they had worked together for decades since the liberation struggle days in Mozambique.
— NewsHawks
Top Radio Personality Succumbs To Liver Cancer
Radio legend Jeremy Mansfield has died at the age of 59, after a battle with liver cancer.
A close friend and former colleague Samantha Cowen confirmed Mansfield’s death on Monday morning.
“This morning a light went out in the world. Jeremy Mansfield passed away just before dawn. He died peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends and boundless love,” Cowen said,
In a statement, Cowen said: “Jeremy lived large, he didn’t know how to do small. He loved hard, laughed loud, and managed to combine mischief and mayhem with heart and soul. The city was brighter and lighter with him on the airwaves, he changed lives every day. When he wasn’t raising millions for charity, he was raising fresh hell!
Under a naughty exterior, Jeremy had a huge soft heart. A lot of people got to see and hear that over the radio but he saved his vulnerability for a select few. He was determined that the world be a better and shinier and funnier place and he drove the road to that destination at 1000 miles an hour with no rearview mirror, all of the rest of us clinging on for dear life!”
“We will miss him horribly. The family is devastated and is asking for privacy during this time,” Cowen said.
— Daily Sun
Olinda Chapel Responds To Fraud Evidence, Says: I Refunded The Money, And I Didn’t At All Refund It | FULL TEXT
By Olinda Chapel | This past week I have been feeling very low. Anyone around me knows this. Reason because sometimes I truly feel people do not deserve and they feel they have the right to come drag my name in the mud.
All my life I have been a very hardworking person. I have never had anything given to me, I have never inherited anything or ever had to steal anything. I have never had to sleep with a man for money. Or date anyone for money or what they can do for me.
I am selfmade and I have been for a long time !
EVERYTHING I have achieved has been from hard work. I work 7 days a week from 6am to 11pm. Those that have had the privilege of being around me personally will testify on my behalf. Not all this social media wa gala that you see. In person I am an extremely different person (at least so many have said.)
I have tried to help my community in so many ways and most of the time it always comes back and bites me back. Which feels extremely unfair. But ndizvo zvinoda moyo wangu. I always say it’s a reflection of my character.
So for this Susan woman to go around and say I stole from her ! Is extremely hurtful. Especially when you went and deposited money into my bank account without my knowledge. I DIDN’T ASK YOU TO ! Your own friend had to beg me to help you and she vouched for you. When I had said NO !! The same person who when she told me “ndawana rimwe basa”. She got a refund into her account the very same day from the very same FNB account.
When you decided to withdraw – after I had refused in the first place and you all begged me . I agreed to give you a refund but I got locked out of my FNB account and I have been communicating with them and I was asked to go in branch and get it sorted. Which I haven’t done.
My issue with YOU is not giving a refund. My issue is you have continuously lied that I stole from you when you did all the above and I didn’t even want your money. I STILL DONT need your money. Whether you like or not I make enough money to sustain my family with the services I provide.
My principals are if you go lying on my name – I will not lift a finger for you.
I will continue coming with receipts ! Last time you even created fake chats and you forgot that you can’t be a “friend” with a page !
So the very same way you went and deposited money into that bank account WITHOUT my consent. You can go back to the bank and advise them what you did and ask them to reverse that transaction. I will NOT waste my money to help you. You are an evil person that lies too much !
Khedha ndiye adaro !!!!
Man Gunned Down In Belvedere
By-A Harare man was shot dead in the Belvedere suburb while he was closing the gate to his house.
Police said Grayham Chundu (41) was shot and killed on Saturday night just before 9 PM at the gate to his house along Castens Way in Belvedere and nothing was stolen. ZRP tweeted:
Police in Harare are investigating circumstances surrounding a murder case that occurred on 29/10/22 at around 2050 hours at a house along Castens Way, Belvedere in which the victim, Chundu Grayham (41) was shot with an unidentified firearm on the stomach by two unknown suspects, whilst closing the gate. The victim died on the way to the hospital and nothing was stolen at the house.
In an unrelated case, ZRP Silobela arrested two men for allegedly fatally stabbing another man with a knife. Police said:
On 29/10/22, ZRP Silobela arrested Justice Matindike (24) and Tirivashe Gumbo (23) in connection with a case of murder that occurred on 29/10/22 at Mambo Queen Mine, where the victim, Marshal Gwabeni (30) died after being stabbed on the chest and both hands with a knife.
The suspects were on a revenge mission after the victim had stabbed Justice Matindike with a broken beer bottle in the hand following an argument over an unknown issue during a beer-drinking spree on 28/10/22 at a nightclub.
Zec Speaks On Election Rigging
By- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has reacted to allegations of vote rigging.
ZEC’s spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said their registration officers could not verify the addresses if the information on an affidavit availed by potential voters is true or false.
Sworn affidavits are used as proof of residence where a potential voter cannot provide proof of residence required by the law and are signed by councillors, traditional leaders, Members of Parliament and house owners.
ZEC has faced criticism from political parties and elections watchdogs over anomalies on the voters’ roll which include non-existent addresses.
Posting on his Twitter page this Tuesday, Mangwana said some of the things that political parties are seemingly not happy with such as the proof of residence requirement were commissioned by politicians from across all the political parties. Wrote Mangwana:
Residence Requirements on voter registration. The proof of residence issue is a historical one dating back to the initial BVR blitz in 2016 when Biometric voter registration was introduced on the polling station specific voting.
Stakeholders led by political parties agreed that a lot of potential voters could not provide proof of residence required by the law which could be ZESA, Telone Bills, Letter from employer, bank letter etc and there was consensus that affidavits be used as proof of residence.
Consequently, in the rural areas, chiefs and headmen used and still use affidavits while in urban areas councillors, MPs and house owners use affidavits to assist people to register to vote. An affidavit is a legally binding document.
@ZECzim registration officer has no means of verifying if the information on a sworn affidavit is true/false. ZEC has no way of establishing the veracity of addresses supplied by way of affidavits. Some towns, cities& residential suburbs do not have street names.
Sec 28 of the Electoral Act gives power to voters to object to any voter registered by the Commission.
Voter Inspection was meant to ensure polling areas can check names and if there are any objections so that @ZECzim would work on them.
The solution is to prosecute the deponent of the affidavit for supplying false information to the commission as this is a crime of perjury.
The purpose of the voters’ roll inspection done for 10 days in July was to receive such objections from voters in different areas.
@ZECzim has made over 23000 corrections in the voters’ roll as proved by the gazettes and address standardization.
We urge Stakeholders to participate when the voters’ roll is laid open for inspection & this is the form of AUDIT provided by our electoral law.
If Parliament resolves that those who supply false information on the registration to vote must be prosecuted there should be changes to the Electoral law, to include guidelines to the commission on how to identify addresses in both rural and urban areas.
Some of these proofs of residence have been commissioned by politicians like councillors from across all political parties.
Chamisa Exposes Zanu PF’s Bribe Plan
Zim Lecturer Up For Sex Toys
By-A female Gwanda State University lecturer was recently sentenced to six months in prison after she was found in possession of sex toys.
Shirley Tendai Chapunza (27), of St Helens Road in Parklands, Bulawayo, was sentenced by Bulawayo magistrate Shot Game on 27 October 2022.
She was sentenced to a six-month jail term but was then offered the option of a fine of ZWL$60 000 (less than US$100).
Customs officials had intercepted Chipunza’s parcel of three sex toys at the main post office, sent from Germany.
She was charged under section 47(1)b of the Customs and Excise Act which prohibits the importation of “any goods which are indecent, obscene or objectionable.”
The law under a section on “goods prohibited from importation” also bans the shipment of “any goods which might tend to deprave the morals of the inhabitants… of Zimbabwe,” reported ZimLive.
Allegations are that on 31 May this year, the geomatics and surveying engineer went to the main post office in Bulawayo to collect a parcel sent from Germany.
Francisca Mapurazi, a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) employee, insisted on checking the parcel to determine if did not contain any illegal items or duty-attracting goods.
Prosecutor Sehliselo Khumalo told the court that Mapurazi found three sex toys and immediately called the police.
Meanwhile, a 23-year-old Harare woman, Ayanda Unity Mponda was detained for 15 days in May before she obtained bail at the High Court in May after she allegedly imported sex toys for sale.
Mponda is awaiting trial.
Mnangagwa Bribes Top Party Officials
By-The ruling, Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spent millions on senior party officials, more than the party had since independence.
The party has spent millions of dollars on party regalia and the welfare of its VIPs.
According to NewsDay, the ruling party spent ZW$1.8 billion and over US$4.8 million from January to September on staff salaries, gratuities, transport, health and allowances for party bigwigs, among other expenses.
The local daily cited a report of Zanu PF’s recently held 7th national congress.
The report states that in 2017, the party only had 45 vehicles and now has 531 vehicles, the largest fleet in ZANU PF’s history.
Read the report:
In 2018, the Zanu PF party acquired an additional 438 new motor vehicles bringing the fleet size to 486.
In 2020, the department of transport and social welfare received 15 new Isuzu double cab vehicles from the party treasury, bringing the fleet size to 501. Between December 2021 and September 2022, his Excellency the President and first secretary of the Zanu PF party, Comrade Dr Ed Mnangagwa donated 30 double cab vehicles to the party bringing the current fleet size to 531. Accordingly, the department of transport and social welfare remains grateful to leadership for this, and other interventions that saw unprecedented acquisition of the biggest motor vehicle fleet in the history of the party.
The report claimed that Zanu PF sources its funds from membership subscriptions, donations, allocations from the government under the Political Parties Finance Act and “investments”.
In the report, ZANU PF also acknowledged that the majority of Zimbabweans were not formally employed but earned their living from the informal sector, which it described as the “new mass employer.”
This is an indictment on President Mnangagwa who told delegates at his inauguration in 2017 that he would create “jobs, jobs, jobs.”
SA Records New Covid-19 Cases
By- South Africa’s Health Department is warning of a spike in COVID-19 infections in four provinces.
Experts say cases are of less severe Omicron sub-variants.
In Gauteng, the number is rising, eNCA news reported citing Dr Harsha Somaroo, a Public Health Medicine Specialist at Wits University.
Somaroo said a higher number of tests have been performed in Gauteng since 2020. She said:
In terms of the recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases, I think the one thing we think might be associated with it is the recent school holidays at the beginning of October.
I think usually the Covid cases — when you consider the incubation time of the virus — it increases about five to ten days after transmission occurs so that’s when we start seeing the increase in the numbers.
As much as we’re slightly concerned about the increase, the numbers are low-level increases and we’ll continue to monitor it.
South Africa has as of 31 October 2022 recorded over 4 million cases and over 102 000 deaths.
Bosso Midfielder Dies
Highlanders midfielder Caesar Dube, who was part of the Bulawayo giants’ developmental side Bosso90, has died.
The club announced on Tuesday that the former Bantu Leopards midfielder died at Mpilo Hospital, though circumstances leading to his passing on are still sketchy.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing on of our Bosso 90 midfielder, Caeser “Mafigo” Dube who died this morning at Mpilo Central Hospital. May his family and friends find comfort during this difficult period.
More details to follow” announced the club on microblogging site Twitter.
The player was a regular for Bosso90, who play in the Southern Region Division One.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
RBZ Director’s Building BlownOff In Flames
Sekhukhune United Wield Axe On Kaitano Tembo
DStv Premiership side Sekhukhune United are reportedly set to sack head coach Kaitano Tembo this week.
The Zimbabwean tactician has been skating on thin ice for months, due to a string of poor results.
Babina Noko, as Sekhukhune are known across the Limpopo, have won only one of their last 10 matches under the guidance of the former Warriors defender and are joint bottom of the table with fellow strugglers Maritzburg United.
South Africa’s national broadcaster SABC reports that the Sekhukhune hierarchy will show Tembo the exit door this week, having already identified options to replace the former SuperSport United coach.
Tembo joined Sekhukhune in June, when he replaced MacDonald Makhubedu.
The Zimbabwean gaffer has tasted victory in only two of the 12 league games he has overseen in the Babina Noko dugout.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
World Cities Day Message
By 2050, nearly 7 out of 10 people globally will live in cities and other urban settings. While cities face many health challenges, on World Cities Day 2022 WHO and partners examine how city leaders are uniquely positioned to understand local needs and respond rapidly to changing conditions to safeguard health.
Although living in cities brings many advantages, rapid and unplanned urbanization can have negative social and environmental health impacts. These include not only issues linked to climate change, pandemics and noncommunicable diseases, but also to malaria and other vector-borne diseases. While the burden of malaria is currently still higher in rural areas, current trends in urbanization mean that in a few years most people living in malaria-endemic countries will reside in urban areas.
In this regard, and on the occasion of World Cities Day 2022, WHO and UN Habitat have produced the Global framework for the response to malaria in urban areas. The Framework provides guidance to city government officials, health professionals and urban planners for a comprehensive malaria response specifically in urban areas, where the dynamics of transmission and burden of vector-borne diseases can be different from that of rural areas. The Framework acknowledges that the global fight against malaria and other vector-borne diseases requires strong action from local governments, in areas such as health, housing and infrastructure.
“By offering specific guidance to local officials, this new Framework can help ensure that malaria control forms an integral part of the broader urban planning, policy-making and budgeting processes,” explains Dr Abdisalan Noor, Head of the Strategic Information for Response Unit in the WHO Global Malaria Programme. “For each urban context, the strategic use of data can inform effective, tailored responses and help build resilience against the threat of malaria and other vector-borne diseases.”
On World Cities Day 2022, WHO is also launching the Urban health research agenda, a comprehensive strategy to help cities build better evidence around what works to address urban health challenges. The agenda calls for building evidence on the environmental, economic and social impacts of urban health policies, so that they can be addressed through a coordinated approach that involves the different sectors working together to improve the health of their residents.
“We desperately need to get ahead of the challenges that are impacting the health and well-being of people living in cities,” notes Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the Department of Social Determinants of Health at WHO. “Strong urban policies must prioritize health, to ensure resilient and vibrant communities for people to live, work, go to school and play, all while protecting those who are most vulnerable.”
Urban health is a growing priority for WHO, which addresses the issue in multiple cross-cutting ways, such as better air quality, a safe water supply and improved sanitation; healthy urban planning; smoke-free environments; road safety; prevention of violence and injuries; healthy food systems and diets; environmental management of vector-borne diseases; and preparedness for health and humanitarian emergencies. Addressing the needs of specific population groups, such as children and older people and migrants, is also a priority. The interlinked nature of urban health challenges means that action in one sector can have benefits for many others.
To help Member States address the above priorities, WHO is supporting the strengthening of the evidence base to allow policy-makers to make informed decisions when addressing health risks. We provide tools and guidance on what works and support monitoring of key health-related indicators. In addition, we lead and engage in partnership activities that foster city-to-city exchanges and help develop institutional and policy frameworks for good governance for health and well-being in cities.
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Embrace New Technology For Convenience
Business Correspondent| Zimbabweans can now embrace and enjoy the numerous benefits of digital communication through the Parcel Rush Application.
Parcel Rush is a mobile application that allows Zimbabweans to send and receive parcels electronically.
The application is now available on Google play store and Apple Store.
See links below:
PARCEL RUSH LINKS
Apple App Store:
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Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.ionic.parcelrush
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Mnangagwa Endorsement Null And Void – Musengezi
Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi has described the endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa at the party’s seventh annual Congress as null and void.
Musengezi maintains Mnangagwa is illegitimate after rising to power via a military coup in 2017.
With the help of the army , Mnangagwa removed his long time boss Robert Mugabe from office.
According to Musengezi, Mnangagwa has nothing new to offer to citizens.
“Instead of complaining how Mnangagwa & his associates tricked us in November 2017, we should rather quickly pick up the pieces and fight the monster.
Encourage each other to register then vote in large numbers. Young people where are you???
The despot must be removed in 2023.
We can’t continue to be led by a clueless octogenarian .
While they’re having another kangaroo meeting (despite a pending Court Case) to endorse Mnangagwa as their sole presidential candidate for 2023 elections, we’ve started consultations as young Cdes in ZANU PF on way forward.
It’s been 4 weeks now following up with the investigators with no meaningful response. The police know the suspects’ work addresses at ZANU PF offices but they’re reluctant to investigate them. Maybe private prosecution is the only option left in our also captured courts.
I’m now convinced that @PoliceZimbabwe is a captured institution . I was hunted like a criminal everywhere over a bogus & silly charge BUT my petrol bombing & my attempted murder suspects were only phoned for interviews which they promised to come at their convenient time,” Musengezi posted on Twitter.
Mnangagwa Tricked Us- Zanu PF Member
Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi has described the endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa at the party’s seventh annual Congress as null and void.
Musengezi maintains Mnangagwa is illegitimate after rising to power via a military coup in 2017.
With the help of the army , Mnangagwa removed his long time boss Robert Mugabe from office.
According to Musengezi, Mnangagwa has nothing new to offer to citizens.
“Instead of complaining how Mnangagwa & his associates tricked us in November 2017, we should rather quickly pick up the pieces and fight the monster.
Encourage each other to register then vote in large numbers. Young people where are you???
The despot must be removed in 2023.
We can’t continue to be led by a clueless octogenarian .
While they’re having another kangaroo meeting (despite a pending Court Case) to endorse Mnangagwa as their sole presidential candidate for 2023 elections, we’ve started consultations as young Cdes in ZANU PF on way forward.
It’s been 4 weeks now following up with the investigators with no meaningful response. The police know the suspects’ work addresses at ZANU PF offices but they’re reluctant to investigate them. Maybe private prosecution is the only option left in our also captured courts.
I’m now convinced that @PoliceZimbabwe is a captured institution . I was hunted like a criminal everywhere over a bogus & silly charge BUT my petrol bombing & my attempted murder suspects were only phoned for interviews which they promised to come at their convenient time,” Musengezi posted on Twitter.
ZEC Refuses To Release Voters’ Roll
Tinashe Sambiri| The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ( ZEC) has been widely criticized for refusing to release the electronic voters’ roll.
Observers have urged CCC and concerned stakeholders to push for reforms before polls.
Team Pachedu has pointed out that ZEC is receiving instructions from Zanu PF.
“ZEC is refusing to release the electronic Voters’ Roll that they are using for delimitation.
ZEC also says that they will no longer be providing future Voters’ Rolls on CDs, to make it difficult to audit.
Why is ZEC so secretive with the Voters’ Roll?
ZEC is plotting to exclude IDs, Dates of Birth and Addresses from the electronic voters roll as a strategy to prevent the auditing of the 2023 election roll.
This violates Sections 20 & 21 of the Electoral Act which explicitly demands this information,” Team Pachedu said in separate statements.
Team Pachedu Exposes ZEC Rigging Shenanigans
Tinashe Sambiri| The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ( ZEC) has been widely criticized for refusing to release the electronic voters’ roll.
Observers have urged CCC and concerned stakeholders to push for reforms before polls.
Team Pachedu has pointed out that ZEC is receiving instructions from Zanu PF.
“ZEC is refusing to release the electronic Voters’ Roll that they are using for delimitation.
ZEC also says that they will no longer be providing future Voters’ Rolls on CDs, to make it difficult to audit.
Why is ZEC so secretive with the Voters’ Roll?
ZEC is plotting to exclude IDs, Dates of Birth and Addresses from the electronic voters roll as a strategy to prevent the auditing of the 2023 election roll.
This violates Sections 20 & 21 of the Electoral Act which explicitly demands this information,” Team Pachedu said in separate statements.
S_x Toys Land Bulawayo Lecturer In Hot Soup
They are harmless devices used by millions of women around the world in the privacy of their homes, but in Zimbabwe, possession of a sex toy can land you in jail.
A university lecturer was spared a prison sentence by a court in Bulawayo on October 27 after her parcel of three sex toys, sent from Germany, was intercepted by customs authorities at the main post office.
Shirley Tendai Chapunza, 27, was sentenced to a six-month jail term but magistrate Shot Game offered her the option of a fine of Z$60,000 (about US$95).
The Gwanda State University lecturer, of St Helens Road in Parklands, Bulawayo, was charged under section 47(1)b of the Customs and Excise Act which prohibits the importation of “any goods which are indecent, obscene or objectionable.”
The law under a section on “goods prohibited from importation” also bans the shipment of “any goods which might tend to deprave the morals of the inhabitants… of Zimbabwe.”
Prosecutor Sehliselo Khumalo told the court how on May 31 this year, the geomatics and surveying engineer turned up at the main post office in Bulawayo to collect a parcel sent from Germany.
Francisca Mapurazi, an employee of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), insisted on checking the parcel to determine if did not contain any illegal items or duty-attracting goods.
Mapurazi found three sex toys and immediately called the police.
Chapunza is the second woman this year to be charged for possession of sex toys.
Ayanda Unity Mponda, 23, was detained for 15 days before she obtained bail at the High Court in May after prosecutors charged her for illegally importing sex toys for sale in Harare.
Zimbabwe does not manufacture sex toys and all sex toys in the country, according to the government, were illegally imported.
Mponda is awaiting trial.
The two arrests illustrate the legal dangers female travellers who move with their sex toys face when entering Zimbabwe, if customs officials insist on a physical inspection of their luggage.
Zimbabwe’s morality laws, which also ban pornography, are some of the most archaic in the world. Critics say they are out of step with cultural changes and trends.
Freedom Is Coming- President Chamisa
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the trip to Lesotho for the inauguration of that country’s Prime Minister was an eye opener.
President Chamisa implored all citizens to unite in the struggle for freedom.
“Traveling to Lesotho for the inauguration was both a breath of fresh air and re energizing.
It was beautiful to experience the wave of change that is prevalent in the Continent lately. However it reminded me, why we are in the fight for freedom.
The hustle & struggles I face in order to traverse the length and breadth of the country, the uncomfortable prying eyes of surveillance around me every single day, the silent gratitude prayer I say every time we travel safely.
Whether President or any Zimbabwean resident, every citizen deserves the right to live freely in their country without fear and to enjoy the simple pleasures this beautiful country has to offer.
Freedom is what we’re fighting for!!!,” President Chamisa posted on his official Facebook page.
Lecturer Fined Over Imported “Toys”
By A Correspondent- A female Gwanda State University lecturer was recently sentenced to six months in prison after she was found in possession of sex toys.
Shirley Tendai Chapunza (27), of St Helens Road in Parklands, Bulawayo, was sentenced by Bulawayo magistrate Shot Game on 27 October 2022.
She was sentenced to a six-month jail term but was then offered the option of a fine of ZWL$60 000 (less than US$100).
Customers
officials had intercepted Chipunza’s parcel of three sex toys at the main post office, sent from Germany.
She was charged under section 47(1)b of the Customs and Excise Act which prohibits the importation of “any goods which are indecent, obscene or objectionable.”
The law under a section on “goods prohibited from importation” also bans the shipment of “any goods which might tend to deprave the morals of the inhabitants… of Zimbabwe,” reported.
-zimlive
One Down, Three Left For Marry Mubaiwa’s Court Charges
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa who was facing a charge of assaulting her former maid Delight Munyoro was yesterday acquitted by Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye.
Mubaiwa, had through her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, applied for discharge at the close of the State case, arguing that the witnesses in the matter had given conflicting statements, and that the State failed to prove a case against her.
Mapiye upheld Mubaiwa’s application saying the witnesses, could not be trusted, adding that their testimonies were conflicting throughout the trial.
This is the first case Mubaiwa has been acquitted out of four other charges laid against her.
She was convicted of trying to fraudulently upgrade her marriage with Chiwenga; and is also facing attempted murder and money-laundering allegations which are pending at the courts.
During the trial, the complainant (Munyoro) was exposed when she gave conflicting statements under oath, and under cross examination by Mtetwa.
Mubaiwa was accused of assaulting Munyoro when she met her at the school where one of her children is enrolled.
-Online
A Mukuru Employee On The Run After Stealing US$11 652
An employee with Mukuru, a financial services company is allegedly on the run after US$11 652 went missing at the company’s outlet at Murambinda Growth Point.
The matter came to light when Samuel Panganai (31), a regional supervisor (Retail) detected an anomaly and ordered the accused to attend to it on October 14, 2022.
However, on October 19 the accused allegedly did not report for duty and this prompted the regional supervisor to alert the regional manager Rodney Rondodzai who instructed Fawcett to do a forensic audit.
Fawcett allegedly realised that US$8 152 was missing and a further US$3 500 could not be found in the safe.
Efforts to get a comment from Rondozai were futile as his mobile was not reachable.
A police docket has since been opened at Murambinda police.
Manicaland Police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Chizondo referred questions to his assistant Wiseman Chinyoka who could however not be reached for comment until the time of going to Press.
A Police report seen by this publication show that investigations are going on.
-Chipinge Times
42-Year-Old Byo Man Dies In Hit And Run Accident
Bulawayo have announced that they are investigating a fatal hit-and-run road traffic accident in which a 42 year old man died whilst admitted at Mpilo Hospital on yesterday after he was hit by an unknown motorist at the intersection of R. Mugabe and First Avenue.
According to the police, the victim sustained serious head injuries as a result of the accident. Anyone with information to contact any nearest Police Station.
“Police in Bulawayo are investigating a fatal hit-and-run road traffic accident in which a 42 year old man died whilst admitted at Mpilo Hospital on 31/10/22 after he was hit by an unknown motorist at the intersection of R. Mugabe and 1st Avenue.
“The victim sustained serious head injuries as a result of the accident. Anyone with information to contact any nearest Police Station,” the police said on Twitter.
Drama As Mwonzora Loyalist Lands Gweru Deputy Mayoral Post
A Douglas Mwonzora loyalist has landed the deputy mayor’s post in Gweru after two CCC councilors were ejected out of a meeting where elections were conducted for alleged improper dressing.
Ward 9 Councillor Edson Kurebgaseka was elected during a special council meeting held last Tuesday to replace the recently recalled deputy mayor Cleopas Shiri.
Shiri was recalled by MDC T leader, Mwonzora together with two other Gweru councilors, Martin Chivhoko and John Manyundwa for supporting CCC president Nelson Chamisa.
Kurebgaseka polled 8 votes against his CCC rival and Ward 12 Councillor Jefta Zvidzai who managed to poll 4 votes.
Two councilors, former Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe and Ward 6 Councillor Godfrey Giwa were forced out of the meeting on allegations that they were wearing round collar t-shirts.
Ironically, there were MDC-T councilors in the meeting who were putting on sandals who were left in the meeting.
Kurebgaseka is expected to hold the deputy mayoral post until the 2023 plebiscite. The recalled councilors will be replaced in a by-election to be held on Saturday December 3, 2022.
-Masvingo Mirror
Komichi Thrown Under The Bus
The MDC-T has dismissed a weekend statement by its national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, saying the opposition party had already fielded candidates to contest forthcoming by-elections after boycotting previous ones.
Komichi told NewZimbabwe.com the party had chosen representatives in all the vacant wards.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) last week announced the nomination court will receive papers for Binga ,Victoria Falls and Gweru by elections on November 3 while the elections will be held on December 3.
All the seats fell vacant after the incumbent councillors were recalled by the opposition party.
“This time around we are going to take part in the upcoming by-elections. We have already identified through consensus our candidates. We are urging Zimbabweans to vote for the MDC-T.
“Our party is the only political party which can bring real change in Zimbabwe. Our people have suffered a lot under Zanu-PF,” Komichi told NewZimbabwe.com Sunday.
But in a statement released Monday, the party spokesperson Witness Dube refuted Komichi’s position, thereby literally throwing him under the bus.
“The MDC’s position on by-elections remains that we will not be participating in any by-election until after our current restructuring exercise and congress preparations are completed.
“Reports by an online newspaper (NewZimbabwe.com) of the 31st October 2022 suggesting that we will be participating in the upcoming by-elections is not the correct party position, but simply statements attributable to our National Chairperson Morgen Komichi,” said Dube.
The spokesperson said the party’s last national standing committee held on October 26, 2022 had deliberated on the by election issue.
During the meeting, Dube said it was resolved that the issue be looked into detail by the party’s constitutional technical committee on elections, which is meeting November 1, 2022.
“This committee will consider our financial ability to participate in the by-elections given that our 5th ordinary congress is already taking place at provincial levels and soon to be held nationally. The committee ‘s details cost benefit analysis report will inform our position on the upcoming by-elections,”
“The MDC 5th ordinary congress will be used as a preparatory process for the upcoming national elections in 2023,” said Dube.
The spokesperson said the congress will elect the party’s presidential candidate and running mates, including administration of the candidate selection process for all parliamentary and local government positions.
Following the March by-elections in which the party performed dismally, the party’s leadership took a decision not to participate in any future mini polls, leaving the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF battling it out in the subsequent by -elections.
In Binga , the by-elections will be conducted in Wards 6, 8, 10, 15, 20 and 23 while in Gweru the by-elections are set for Wards 4, 5 and 18. In Victoria Falls, polls are set for Ward 8.
-NewZimbabwe
Manhunt For Maid Who Stole Employer’s 1yr Old Son
By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo are looking for Kimberly Ncube (pictured), a 19-year-old girl who was employed as a housemaid in Paddonhurst.
Ncube allegedly kidnapped her employer’s one-year eight-month-old son and also stole the family’s vehicle which was parked at their house on Monday.
In a statement, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) deputy spokesperson in Bulawayo Province, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele, appealed for information from the public to locate the child.
She said:
Police in Bulawayo are looking for Kimberly Ncube, a female adult aged 19, she was employed as a maid in Paddonhurst in Bulawayo. She was left alone looking after her employer’s one-year eight-month-old son.
She took advantage of her employer’s absence who had gone to work and she stole her white BMW 328i, registration number AEA8833 which was parked in the garage.
She also took the motor vehicle’s documents and also kidnapped the one-year eight-month-old son and disappeared with him. We suspect that she was assisted by her boyfriend.
Anyone with information that may lead to the location of the child and motor vehicle should contact the investigating officer DS Chipinda on 0773288903 or 0292277523 or contact the officer in charge of crime CID Homicide on 0779974490.
-statemedia
Harare Man Shot Dead At Gate
By A Correspondent- A Harare man was shot dead in Belvedere suburb while he was closing the gate to his house.
Police said Grayham Chundu (41) was shot and killed on Saturday night just before 9 PM at the gate to his house along Castens Way in Belvedere and nothing was stolen. ZRP tweeted:
Police in Harare are investigating circumstances surrounding a murder case that occurred on 29/10/22 at around 2050 hours at a house along Castens Way, Belvedere in which the victim, Chundu Grayham (41) was shot with an unidentified firearm on the stomach by two unknown suspects, whilst closing the gate. The victim died on the way to the hospital and nothing was stolen at the house
For 39yrs ED Hides Skulls Of 30,017 Gukurahundi+ Own Victims And Now Guilts UK Of Killing 11 Khoisan CaveHunters
https://twitter.com/ZimEye/status/1587348970451378176?t=RC-IMxSxhjeoBcS1IlzfgA&s=19
London’s Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.
The fresh statements come after a delegation from Zimbabwe held talks with officials from both institutions.
The Zimbabweans are looking for the skulls of late-19th Century anti-colonial heroes, which they believe could be in the UK.
But these have not yet been found.
The authorities in Zimbabwe have long suspected that the remains of some of the leaders of an uprising against British rule in the 1890s – known as the First Chimurenga – were taken to the UK as trophies.
The most significant among them was a woman who became known as Mbuya Nehanda. She was executed in what is now the capital, Harare and is revered as a national heroine.
In doing a search of its archive, the Natural History Museum did uncover 11 remains “that appear to be originally from Zimbabwe” – but its records do not connect them with Nehanda. These include three skulls taken in 1893, thought to be from Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, as well as remains uncovered in mineshafts and archaeological digs and later donated.
Cambridge University’s Duckworth Laboratory has not been so specific, simply saying it has “a small number of human remains from Zimbabwe”, but in a statement sent to the BBC it said it had not identified any of these as belonging to First Chimurenga figures.
The Natural History Museum, with 25,000 human remains, and the Duckworth Laboratory, with 18,000, have some of the largest such archives in the world.
These have come from a variety of sources including archaeological excavations of ancient sites, but for many the exact origins have been obscured by time.
During the colonial era, body parts were sometimes removed from battlefields or dug up from graves either as trophies or for research into a now-discredited scientific field.
In the 19th Century, phrenology, which investigated the idea that human characteristics could be determined by the shape of the skull, was very popular in the UK and other parts of Europe.
Phrenological societies would collect skulls to help develop the theory, which for some extended to racial classification.
Some researchers set out to show that skull shape indicated that people from different parts of the world were inherently inferior.Some of the archives that now exist in the UK are amalgamations of what had been amassed by defunct phrenological societies as well as private collectors.
Zimbabwe’s government believes that somehow the skulls of the country’s heroes ended up in the archives of a British museum.
Chief among them were spiritual leaders, including Charwe Nyakasikana, who became known as Mbuya (Grandmother) Nehanda as she was the medium of the revered ancestral spirit Nehanda. She was arrested after being accused of murdering a British official.Nehanda was then hanged and her body decapitated, it is believed.
What happened next is not clear, but in recent years, Zimbabwean officials have made several public statements saying it ended up in the Natural History Museum.With a death cry of “my bones will surely rise”, Nehanda became an increasingly potent symbol for those fighting against white-minority rule in what was then known as Rhodesia from the late 1960s.
Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980
A three-metre statue of Nehanda now stands over a major road in the centre of Harare. At its unveiling in 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged to continue to call for the return of her skull and others from the Natural History Museum.
For Zimbabweans, the removal of the head “means that you have literally punished the person beyond the grave”, Godfrey Mahachi, who led the delegation to the UK, told the BBC in 2020 when the visit was being planned.
“If the head is separated, that means that the spirit of that person will forever linger and never settle.”
Despite not finding what the Zimbabwean delegation was looking for, both the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University say they are committed to working with the Zimbabwean government to repatriate what was found.
As part of its policy of repatriation, earlier this year, the Natural History Museum returned ancestral Moriori and Maori remains.
In a press statement following a recent cabinet meeting, Zimbabwe’s government said that the delegation that went to the UK was satisfied that “there are indeed human remains of Zimbabwean origin in the UK”.
“Government will spare no effort to ensure the repatriation of our ancestors,” it added.
The Zimbabwean delegation also held talks with the British Museum, Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum, the University of Manchester Museum and the UK’s National Archives. But no details are given about what was discussed.
Despite the lack of success in this trip to the UK, the historical significance to Zimbabwe of the remains of Nehanda and others means that the search will continue.
-BBC News
Silobela Duo In Soup For Killing Beer Drinking Colleague
By A Correspondent- ZRP Silobela arrested two men for allegedly fatally stabbing another man with a knife. Police said:
On 29/10/22, ZRP Silobela arrested Justice Matindike (24) and Tirivashe Gumbo (23) in connection with a case of murder that occurred on 29/10/22 at Mambo Queen Mine, where the victim, Marshal Gwabeni (30) died after being stabbed on the chest and both hands with a knife.
The suspects were on a revenge mission after the victim had stabbed Justice Matindike with a broken beer bottle in the hand following an argument over an unknown issue during a beer-drinking spree on 28/10/22 at a nightclub.