REGISTER TO VOTE:

Dear Young People,

Voting is our only chance. If voting didn’t work, Zanu PF would not been investing all its power, resources, energy and deploying violence to try and stop elections.

They know that voting works. They know that if the citizens come out in their #MILLIONS to win #BIG they’re in trouble.- CCC

The case in which former Thokozani Khupe legislator, ambassador Priscilla Misihairabwi is suing her late husband’s children, has flopped. Priscilla Mushonga had sued two of Dr Christopher Mushonga’s children, Tavengwa and Munemo over the couple’s estate.

MUTARE -Hyenas are causing havoc in Mt. Jenya, Matengambiri, Manhede and Mundenda villages in Mutasa District, Manicaland where they are killing livestock and causing villagers to live in fear.

Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management (ZimParks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo confirmed the matter. He however, said ZimParks rangers are stretched as they are dealing with similar cases across Manicaland Province.

“We have received a report and can confirm that there are hyenas wreaking havoc in Mt. Jenya and other surrounding areas. Unfortunately, at the moment we are a bit stretched because we are also in Makoni West where we are reacting to the same problem.

“However, we are encouraging our communities to try by all means to look after their livestock. They should not leave their livestock unattended to. Villagers should immediately contact us when hyenas attack and our reaction teams will be on the ground,” said Farawo.

Mutasa Central legislator Trevor Saruwaka said the hyenas invaded Mt Jenya, Matengambiri, Manhede and Mundenda villages in October 2022 and have been killing livestock.

“For the past month I have received reports of hyenas causing havoc in Mt. Jenya and surrounding areas. The affected communities are now living in fear of human life losses. There have been incidents of people being mauled by hyenas in Buhera, Bikita and Zaka. We appeal to ZimParks for help,” said Saruwaka.

Mutasa DDC Caroline Mudawariwo however, said no cattle deaths have been recorded. She also said that she was alerted over the matter last week and has since informed ZimParks.

“It is true that there are hyenas in Manhede area. I was alerted last week Friday and I have since informed ZimParks,” said Mudawariro.

Manhede villager Danny Mawondo told Chipinge Times that he lost three cattle to the hyenas and the hyenas are attacking at night at around 11pm. He pleaded for ZimParks to urgently deal with the hyenas.

“I lost three cattle and my neighbour also lost two cattle. We hear the hyenas laughing at around 11pm as they approach cattle pens every day. Most villagers have resorted to keeping their cattle in pens and away from paddocks,” said Mawondo.

Early this month the Government approved the establishment of the Human-Wildlife Conflict Relief Fund victims due to the increased number of conflicts and fight for limited resources between humans and wildlife.- Chipinge Times

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change ( CCC) says Zanu PF has failed to moot sound policies in line with climate change.

According to CCC, the failure by the Zanu PF regime to embrace climate change has negatively affected the environment.

The citizens’ movement has put in place measures to address climate change and environmental degradation.

By A Correspondent| The Bulawayo City Council which recently had no kind words for churches practicing open air has been described as insincere.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Ecumenical Clergy Conference on Saturday in Bulawayo , Council for Churches in Africa president Dr Archibishop Rocky Moyo, the Bulawayo City Fathers should rather take the blame for failing to avail land to churches so they can built.

“The reason we have many churches sprouting on open spaces is that the City Fathers are failing to fulfill their ‘fatherly’ role of facilitating land for churches,” said the CCA boss.

“We have been encouraging our members to build infrastructure but we have some apostolic churches whose doctrines strictly allow them to worship in open spaces.
“However, as an organization we have organized that at least they should built ablution facilities,” added Dr Archibishop Rocky Moyo.

Recently the Bulawayo councillors were quoted in a local publication having linked the erratic rains to the mushrooming of open air churches.

Early this year, Deputy Mayor Mlandu Ncube told a council meeting there was the need to come hard on the open air churches since there is a provision for churches to legally acquire land for worship. However, Dr Moyo says more than 200 applications have been made to the Bulawayo City Council by CCA members some dating back to 15 years ago.

“Its a lie that churches are not applying for land because I can confirm that we have 222 applications some that were done 15 years ago.

” We wonder what it takes for Churches to get land from the city council, “questioned the cleric.

Meanwhile, dozens of church leaders including pastors, bishops and evangelists were trained on various aspects of religion including crafting of sucession policies in their churches.

Addressing delegates, Zanu PF director of research Dr Davison Gomo said churches should support government efforts.

“I implore you as churches to compliment government’s development agenda, Vision 2030,” urged Dr Gomo.

The conference started on Friday and ends on Sunday where the Bulawayo provincial minister Judith Ncube is expected to grace the event together with women’s affairs , community, SMEs development minister Sithembiso Nyoni.

The visiting Commonwealth assessment team, which arrived in the country on Saturday for a week-long working visit, will today start engagements with several stakeholders as part of its brief to gather views from stakeholders in the political, economic and social spheres on the country’s readiness to rejoin the club.
This follows an application by Zimbabwe in 2018 to be readmitted into the Commonwealth which it left 19 years ago.

Led by Commonwealth Assistant Secretary-General, Professor Luis Franschesci, the four-member team spent the greater part of yesterday in closed door meetings finalising their itinerary which will start with more meetings in Harare this morning.

An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said the team will hold an engagement meeting at a hotel in the capital this morning.

“They are finalising their programme today and starting tomorrow, they will kick off their engagements,” said the official.

He said the team’s main brief was to assess the country’s readiness to rejoin the Commonwealth after Harare pulled out in 2003 at the height of a bilateral dispute between Britain and Zimbabwe over the land reform programme, which the Government had embarked on to correct historical and colonial imbalances in land ownership.

On touching down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, the delegation pledged to do its work professionally as directed by Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mrs Patricia Scotland, at the invitation of President Mnangagwa.

Meetings have been lined-up with stakeholders that include President Mnangagwa, Government Ministers and civil society representatives.

The delegation was received by Special Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador Grace Mutandiro.

In a brief interview at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Prof Franschesci said it was important to continue fostering a culture of unity and co-operation which was promoted by Africa’s founding fathers.

He noted that no country in the world could be an island and live in isolation of others.

Prof Franschesci said they will submit their report to the Commonwealth for the consideration of members led by Heads of State and Government.

The visit dovetails with the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa’s engagement and re-engagement thrust anchored on the premise that Zimbabwe is a “friend to all and an enemy to none”.

In a statement last Friday, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava said the delegation will be in Zimbabwe to assess the progress that the country has made following the application it submitted in 2018 to rejoin the organisation.

He said the visit was in line with Zimbabwe’s re-engagement thrust that seeks to reset and rekindle its foreign relations in order to create a conducive and supportive environment for the successful implementation of NDS1 and the realisation of Vision 2030.

President Mnangagwa met Mrs Scotland in 2019 on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly where the Head of State and Government outlined several steps, including reforms, that had been undertaken by Zimbabwe.

In his address at the UN General Assembly, President Mnangagwa said it was important to note that Zimbabwe had not been expelled from the Commonwealth, but had withdrawn and the issues that led to its pulling out, among them the land reform programme, had since become water under the bridge.

The land reform programme was meant to address historical imbalances that saw rationalisation of land ownership from whites who owned large swathes of land to the black majority who, hitherto, had been on arid and unproductive land. -state media

State Media- Businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei has for the first time revealed how he made a proposal for Government to adopt Command Agriculture, which has since transformed farming in Zimbabwe and increased production.
Mr Tagwirei, who is the founder and chief executive of Sakunda Holdings, was speaking at the 26th graduation ceremony at Solusi University.

He said he came up with the proposal to do contract farming in 2015.

“I was going to Equatorial Guinea and the man who I was with on the plane told me about the drought that was coming, El Nino,” said Mr Tagwirei.

“Thereafter I started thinking and planning for it and a week after I came back, I started planning a strategy.

“I called my friends and we sat up until 4am, discussing about the drought that was coming. I did a project proposal for contract farming, which you now call Command Agriculture. When we started, no one thought it was going to succeed and no one talked about it.”

Mr Tagwirei said after the success of the programmes, the United States Agricultural Department commended the country for Command Agriculture.

He said it was surprising that the same US government had put him under sanctions.

“However, when the US government saw that I was supporting the Government of the day in Zimbabwe, they then said, he stole US$3 billion. And I was placed on sanctions,” said Mr Tagwirei.

Mr Tagwirei, who is an elder in the Seventh Day Adventist church which runs Solusi University, said Government had agricultural programmes in rural areas that graduates could take advantage of.

He said the programmes were not political.

“All of us have a rural home, and in those rural homes, Government is drilling boreholes and establishing irrigation schemes,” he said.

“If you decide that you want to be an entrepreneur, go to your rural home, the Government has a programme for you.

“Do not think politics, think of your rural home. I’m not telling you who to vote for, I’m telling you to think of your rural home.”

Mr Tagwirei urged graduates to work together and start farming projects.

“Do you know that to succeed you don’t have to have this big vision,” he said.

“You start small. We tend to want the big things. In your rural home, you have one hectare and sell that car of yours and put a borehole.

“You’re educated, you know how to put fertiliser and seed in the ground; you know how much water is needed. So, you should begin to practice what you have been taught in your rural home.”

Mr Tagwirei said there was no need to have huge tracts of land for one to be a successful farmer.

“If you are said to be a big farmer in Zimbabwe you must have 100 hectares,” he said.

“In Israel, it’s six hectares, you are called wealthy when you have six hectares. In Zimbabwe, we want 100, 200 or 300 hectares, but what Israel does, is that they come together as a community, and they look for a market for their combined hectares.”

Mr Tagwirei told the graduates that they would face challenges, but should not be stopped.

“Class of 22, you are going to meet challenges, when you have a vision do not stop, work and look for it,” he said.

“And there’s going to be an American government kind of situation that is going to come to you and tell you that you can’t succeed. And when they see you succeed, they are going to put sanctions on your life.”

Ms Masline Tsamwayi from Buhera, who graduated with a Diploma in Early childhood Education, said she was working on establishing a school in her home area.

“I am from in Murambinda, there is no ECD school nearby and some children walk long distances to the nearest one,” she said. “I want to establish such as a school for our area so that the children benefit.”

Among the graduates was National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo director Ms Silenkosi Moyo who graduated with a Masters in Business Administration.

She said collaboration was key to success in any organisation.

“I feel very challenged to act on collaboration. In the field that I am, it’s something that we talk about often and it was emphasised today that we need to work together as a team,” said Ms Moyo.

Mr Bongiswa Dlamini from the Kingdom of Eswatini who graduated with a BSc in Environmental Health, said he chose Zimbabwe because of the quality of education in the country.

“I came to Zimbabwe because it was a proper country for me to study, especially science as there is a focus on lab work and practicals. My experience here overall has been out of this world,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to improving the health sector in my country.”-state media

Five Harare City Council officials, who were appearing in court on allegations of corruptly parcelling out stands in the city, were last week separately cleared of the offences after the State failed to prove cases against them.
Housing and community services director, Addmore Nhekairo, housing principal officer Edgar Dzehonye, human resource capital director Cainos Chingombe, finance director Tendai Kwenda, and councillor Lovemore Makuwerere were all cleared of the criminal charges they were facing at the Harare Magistrates Court.

Nhekairo and Dzehonye were jointly appearing on criminal abuse of office as public officers and bribery charges after they allegedly procedurally allocated residential stands in Westlea.

The two were acquitted and discharged at the close of the State case after Harare regional magistrate Mrs Feresi Chakanyuka ruled that there was nothing amiss in their conduct when executing their duties.

Mrs Chakanyuka also ruled that the State failed to prove that the layout plan which was used to allocate the said stands was not approved.

The court also ruled that all the due processes in allocating the stands were duly followed, as according to State witnesses’ testimonies during trial.

Mrs Chakanyuka noted that the State failed to prove that Nhekairo and Dzehonye influenced the stands allocation procedure to show favour to police officers and court officials.

Nhekairo was being represented by lawyer Mr Batanai Pesanai, while Dzehonye was being represented by Mr Tafadzwa Hungwe.

Chingombe and Kwenda were also separately appearing on criminal abuse of office and theft of trust property after they allegedly abused money for provision of water, sanitation and recreational services to buy themselves top of the range cars.

They were cleared of criminal abuse of office as public officers and theft of trust property charges by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro.

Chingombe was accused of transferring US$130 000, while Kwenda was accused of transferring US$70 000 from the council’s Traditional Beer Levy Account into their respective bank accounts and bought top of the range cars.

Mrs Guwuriro acquitted the two council directors after noting that the State failed to lead evidence through its witnesses which warranted their conviction.

The court also ruled that the State failed to prove that the Traditional Beer Levy Account existed after the court was only told of the existence of a general account.

Nhekairo was also jointly acquitted with Makuwerere at the close of the State case after the State failed to prove that they had corruptly handed undeserving people some stands allocation letters.

They were acquitted by magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko on criminal abuse of office as public officers.

Director of works Zvenyika Isaiah Chawatama was also cleared of the fraud charges at the same courts.

He was accused of writing letters to council employees stating he was acting Town Clerk even though this appointment had lapsed.-state media

Govt is set to resume the schools feeding programme whose aim is to nourish learners and reduce absenteeism due to hunger.

Government initiated the schools feeding programme whereby schools are given grain which they process into maize meal and beans to prepare meals for learners.

Some schools had added value and sourced different kinds of relish to complement the allocation. However, the programme was abruptly suspended this year and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Evelyn Ndlovu told education experts and partners in Victoria Falls that this was because of corruption in the procurement processes but the programme is making a comeback.

Minister Ndlovu was responding to concerns by delegates who attendant the week-long Strategic Choices for Education Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa meeting in Victoria Falls.

The meeting started last week on Saturday and ended yesterday.

It was hosted by the World Bank and Global Partnership for Education and was attended by education directors and Permanent Secretaries from Eastern and Southern Africa, including education partners.

Delegates visited six schools in and around Victoria Falls where they commended the country’s education approach but expressed concern on the lack of feeding programmes.

Mr Phathugwalo Masuku, the headmaster of Chamabondo Primary School said during a visit to the school that there are some learners who needed to be fed as lack of food was affecting their performance.

“We cannot feed the children on a daily basis because of budgetary constraints. It is true that we have some learners who cannot come to school well-nourished and that is affecting their performance in class. We wish the feeding programme can be resuscitated so that learners get at least a meal per day at school,” he said.

The feeding initiative is one of the strategies Government is initiating to enhance education for all, making sure no pupil misses class due to hunger.

At Chamabondo, the school was using its in-house bio digester recycling project run by learners to provide energy for cooking meals for its feeding programme.

Responding to the concerns, Minister Ndlovu said Government suspended the programme to bring sanity but it is bringing it back.

“As for the schools feeding programme, we had a challenge with procurement, that’s why we haven’t started giving maize. People were charging too much and the Ministry of Finance said we can’t charge using black market rates. Now that we are coming back to normal schools will resume feeding programmes,” she said.

In some communities the private sector chipped in to help Government with school feeding.

During the Covid-19 period, the private sector in Victoria Falls extended the programme to all members of the community including school pupils and school leavers as well as other deserving families.

At some point more than 1 000 meals were served each day by the Victoria Falls taskforce.- state media

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is exerting pressure on the Zanu PF regime to implement reforms before polls.

CCC’s PREPARE document spells out the need for reforms before the 2023 polls.

Below is CCC’s Week in review:

WEEK IN REVIEW: Hello Citizens, as we countdown to 2023, we have heard you loud and clear! And this program is our response to your genuine questions about what lies ahead and the Zimbabwe we are all working to build.

REGISTER TO VOTE:

Dear Young People,

Voting is our only chance. If voting didn’t work, Zanu PF would not been investing all its power, resources, energy and deploying violence to try and stop elections.

They know that voting works. They know that if the citizens come out in their #MILLIONS to win #BIG they’re in trouble.- CCC

We welcomed Hon Godfrey Sithole after spending 150 days in illegal detention. We fight on to ensure the release of Hon Sikhala and the Nyatsime 16.

He narrated the painful ordeal of his experience inside Mnangagwa’s house of terror.

From an unhealthy cells to a complete suppression of human dignity- Hon Sithole remains fortified that despite all the eclipse Zimbabwe shall be free.

There’s no struggle without pain, there’s no struggle without bruises.

Aluta!

FreeWiwa

A drunk woman who was dragged to court for hitting a relative of the deceased with a brick at a funeral after she was accused of speaking ill of the deceased heaved a huge sigh of relief after she was acquitted of an attempted murder charge.

Michell Moyo (25) appeared for trial before Western Commonage Court regional magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze facing a murder charge for reportedly hitting Kwanele Queen Ncube with a brick on the head.

The drama-filled incident happened in Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo.

Moyo pleaded not guilty to the charge. After a full trial she was acquitted.

In acquitting Moyo the magistrate said: “It was clear that Moyo was assaulted by more than seven people and in self-defence when she was lying down she picked a stone and threw it aimlessly to defend herself. She was alone being assaulted by a group of seven people and she was taken into a house and no one was allowed inside the house and was severely assaulted until the police were called and took her to a police station.”

The magistrate added: “The action taken by the accused was necessary. It is not in dispute that Moyo uttered vulgar words but that does not justify the deceased’s relatives to assault her the way they did. In trying to defend herself she picked a stone and threw it aimlessly and unfortunately it hit Ncube. The accused cannot be said to have exceeded the bounds of self-defence and the action taken by the accused was necessary to avert the attack. As a result the State has failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and self-defence is a complete defence. The accused is found not guilty and acquitted.”

The court heard that on the fateful day Moyo arrived at the funeral wake in the company of her two friends at around 11pm and sat among mourners. Things took a nasty turn when Moyo uttered a vulgar word saying: lowu ngumszo (This is a fat in reference to the sudden death of her friend who was also her drinking mate and was utterly shocked by it).”

Soon after that a relative of the deceased named Mkhokheli Ncube charged at Moyo and landed a blow on her head before other six family members joined in assaulting her, Moyo told the court.

As if that was not enough, the court heard, they dragged her inside the room which was full of mourners and they continued bashing her until they tore her blouse and left it in tatters.

An elderly male relative tried to restrain them but he failed as they pushed him aside and locked Moyo inside a bedroom, the court heard. Some of the angry mourners turned to Moyo’s friend and accused her of having stolen their jacket and after that they bashed them.

One of the relatives phoned a police officer and within a few minutes two police officers arrived at the chaotic scene and upon seeing the police officers angry mourners stopped bashing them. Moyo was arrested for hitting Ncube with a brick.

Ncube took to the witness stand and said: “Moyo arrived at around 11pm with her friends and found us singing during the funeral wake. Moyo started to speak bad things about my late brother. I asked her to leave because my relatives were grieving. She walked and stood beside a tent and that’s when my younger brother confronted them asking them to leave.”

She added: “I then followed them when I realised that they had surrounded my brother and when I was a few metres from them that’s when Moyo hit me with a brick on the head. After that Mkhokheli apprehended her and phoned police officers who arrested her.”- B Metro

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change ( CCC) Namibia has blasted Zanu PF puppets attempting to disrupt the people’s struggle.

According to CCC Namibia, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is planting counter opposition elements hoping to dilute President Nelson Chamisa’s rising popularity.

See full statement below:
No room for disputed elections in 2023:CCC Namibia demands a level political field!

10 November 2022

How can light be outsmarted by darkness? How can a day be outwitted by the night? How can the violent outsmart the peaceful? Advocating for a level political field shall never be a point of weakness but strength!Surprisingly, all fake opposition party leaders are combatting the political generator, President Advocate Nelson Chamisa instead of offering solidarity against autocracy.

Citizens in Namibia are perplexed to hear the purported liberators in the opposition criticizing the yellow party instead of complementing the revolutionary efforts to do away with dictatorship and thugocracy in Zimbabwe.

Nkosana Moyo, Douglas Mwonzora, Tsenengamu, Ngarivhume, Linda Masarira, and Madhuku Lovemore only to mention a few are fighting President Chamisa instead of ZANU-PF.

It has become clear that all these exist as ZANU-PF surrogates aimed at advancing their zeal to establish a One-Party State in Zimbabwe disguised as a multi-party democracy.

It is uncouth to believe that the use of state-sponsored violence against unsuspecting citizens is smart. Change champions can’t allow another disputed election in 2023. We are tired of contested elections since 2002. Our demand for substantial political, constitutional, and electoral reforms is a sure way of averting the emergence of an illegitimate president in 2023. Violence should be shunned as we gear up for the impending watershed elections.

It is a constitutional imperative to avail the voter’s roll to all stakeholders as enshrined in the constitution of the country. We intend to promote free, fair, and incredible elections in 2023. Nkosana Moyo and his group are suffering from a lack of political capital, they are cognizant of the fact that winning elections to them is a mammoth task whether elections are free or unfair. Zec, police, army, traditional leaders, and state security agents should realize that they are not an extension of the Harare regime. We reiterate that all state institutions must be apolitical, they should not take instructions from ZANU-PF.

Through our Pre-Election Pact On Electoral Reforms(PREPARE), we shall continue to put political and diplomatic pressure on the despotic regime to achieve free, fair, and credible elections. Nkosana Moyo should bear in mind that the much-needed reforms are enshrined in the supreme law of the country. Should we negotiate for the respect of the rule of law and constitutionalism? One-Man One-Vote was our core demand from Ian Douglas Smith hence it must be guaranteed in the post-colonial Zimbabwe ruled by black people.

WeDemandAFree, FarirAndCredibleElections

NkosanaMoyoMustFall

WeDemandComprehensiveReforms

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Robson Ruhanya

A drunk woman who was dragged to court for hitting a relative of the deceased with a brick at a funeral after she was accused of speaking ill of the deceased heaved a huge sigh of relief after she was acquitted of an attempted murder charge.

Michell Moyo (25) appeared for trial before Western Commonage Court regional magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze facing a murder charge for reportedly hitting Kwanele Queen Ncube with a brick on the head.

The drama-filled incident happened in Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo.

Moyo pleaded not guilty to the charge. After a full trial she was acquitted.

In acquitting Moyo the magistrate said: “It was clear that Moyo was assaulted by more than seven people and in self-defence when she was lying down she picked a stone and threw it aimlessly to defend herself. She was alone being assaulted by a group of seven people and she was taken into a house and no one was allowed inside the house and was severely assaulted until the police were called and took her to a police station.”

The magistrate added: “The action taken by the accused was necessary. It is not in dispute that Moyo uttered vulgar words but that does not justify the deceased’s relatives to assault her the way they did. In trying to defend herself she picked a stone and threw it aimlessly and unfortunately it hit Ncube. The accused cannot be said to have exceeded the bounds of self-defence and the action taken by the accused was necessary to avert the attack. As a result the State has failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and self-defence is a complete defence. The accused is found not guilty and acquitted.”

The court heard that on the fateful day Moyo arrived at the funeral wake in the company of her two friends at around 11pm and sat among mourners. Things took a nasty turn when Moyo uttered a vulgar word saying: lowu ngumszo (This is a fat in reference to the sudden death of her friend who was also her drinking mate and was utterly shocked by it).”

Soon after that a relative of the deceased named Mkhokheli Ncube charged at Moyo and landed a blow on her head before other six family members joined in assaulting her, Moyo told the court.

As if that was not enough, the court heard, they dragged her inside the room which was full of mourners and they continued bashing her until they tore her blouse and left it in tatters.

An elderly male relative tried to restrain them but he failed as they pushed him aside and locked Moyo inside a bedroom, the court heard. Some of the angry mourners turned to Moyo’s friend and accused her of having stolen their jacket and after that they bashed them.

One of the relatives phoned a police officer and within a few minutes two police officers arrived at the chaotic scene and upon seeing the police officers angry mourners stopped bashing them. Moyo was arrested for hitting Ncube with a brick.

Ncube took to the witness stand and said: “Moyo arrived at around 11pm with her friends and found us singing during the funeral wake. Moyo started to speak bad things about my late brother. I asked her to leave because my relatives were grieving. She walked and stood beside a tent and that’s when my younger brother confronted them asking them to leave.”

She added: “I then followed them when I realised that they had surrounded my brother and when I was a few metres from them that’s when Moyo hit me with a brick on the head. After that Mkhokheli apprehended her and phoned police officers who arrested her.”- B Metro

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is exerting pressure on the Zanu PF regime to implement reforms before polls.

CCC’s PREPARE document spells out the need for reforms before the 2023 polls.

Below is CCC’s Week in review:

WEEK IN REVIEW: Hello Citizens, as we countdown to 2023, we have heard you loud and clear! And this program is our response to your genuine questions about what lies ahead and the Zimbabwe we are all working to build.

A Harare man was yesterday granted a protection order against his ex-girlfriend who insults him with obscene language and sometimes comes to dump her child at his workplace while demanding maintenance.

Magistrate Ms Tamara Chibindi granted the order to Christopher Nyagope who summoned Charity Musona to the Harare Civil Court.

Musona was ordered not to threaten, insult or harass Nyagope and to never visit his workplace in Glen View Area 8.

Nyagope told the court that Musona harasses him as he disputes paternity to the child because there was no mention of the child for 11 years since they broke up.

If the child was his, Nyagope told the court, he would have expected Musona to tell him a lot earlier.

“This woman is cunning,” he said. “We dated 12 years ago and to my surprise she only came to me sometime last year telling me that she has brought my son.

“We used to work closely with each other, yet she never told me about her pregnancy. I don’t believe that he is my son.”

At one point, Musona allegedly dumped the child at his work place half naked.

“She comes to insult me with obscene language and twice she came to abandon the child at my work place,” he said. “The last time she did so she just brought him wearing a pair of shorts without even putting on a shirt.

“I no longer have peace and sometimes l hesitate to go to work because I am afraid of her harassment.”

In response, Musona said Nyagope was not telling the truth.

“He is lying,” she said. “I do not do that to him. He is not looking after the child, but I know that it is his.”

Ms Chibindi asked Musona why she was quiet for so long about the child.

She said it was because she was unable to locate Nyagope for the past 11 years.

-State Media

A 45-year-old Gwanda man has been arrested on allegations of killing a colleague who had proposed love to his wife.

The victim, Langton Moyo (43) died on Wednesday after being admitted at a local hospital the previous day.

Police said the suspect, Isheunesu Manhingu found out that Moyo had proposed love to his wife and this did not go down well with him.

He then confronted Moyo resulting in an altercation. Manhingu is said to have struck him once on the head with a half brick.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“On November 9, 2022, police in Gwanda arrested Isheunesu Manhingu aged 45 in connection with a case of murder in which the victim, Langton Moyo aged 43 died on November 9, 2022, while admitted at a local hospital after he was struck with a half brick on the head on November 8, 2022 at Monef suburb.

“The victim had proposed love to the suspect’s wife,” he said.
— Herald

The trial of a man from Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province who made headlines in 2020 by allegedly callously killing his elderly parents before setting ablaze their village mansion with a petrol bomb accusing them of bewitching him has started at the Bulawayo High Court.

In his defence he is claiming that his intention was to kill his father and the goblins that were in his bedroom in a bid to foil attempts to make him a zombie.

Lisani Marcellus Nleya (46) allegedly killed his father Nicholas Cain Nkala (83) and mother Margret Nleya (78) who were both retired teachers and prominent villagers in grisly circumstances on 1 September, 2020.

Nleya is claiming he even tested HIV-positive after having sex with a snake which he said his father had made it his wife.

Nleya said at 46 years old, he was not yet married and had 14 failed potential affairs in six years, and lost 32 jobs in 16 years because of his father’s wizardry. Nleya recently appeared before Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Christopher Dube-Banda facing one count of murder which he denied.

On the fateful day, Nleya armed himself with four petrol bombs and proceeded to his parents’ homestead where he placed them outside the window of their bedroom. He accused his father of being behind a series of misfortunes and untold suffering in his life which included death of his minor child, fall-out with his first wife and miscarriages by the second wife.

He told court that he discovered in 2005 through a prophet that his father was bewitching him for wealth creation. Through his defence lawyer Mr Simbarashe Innocent Madzivire of Tanaka Law Chambers, Nleya said his intention was to kill his father and the goblins that were allegedly in his parents’ bedroom.

“The accused person will state that he consulted several prophets who confirmed the same and that he was to be sacrificed and be made a zombie. The accused will also state that while he was staying at his parents’ place or residence, he would see a big snake in his sleep.

Further, the accused person will state that he lost his first child Samantha Nleya when she was only four months old and upon consultation, he learnt that his father was behind the death,” he said in his defence outline.

The court was told that the mother of the little child left Nleya soon after the death of their daughter in fear of her life in 2006.

Nleya married another woman the following year and she had two miscarriages which upon consulting prophets were attributed to his father. The accused told the court that he cheated death on numerous occasions, surviving car accidents, fire in the house, gun shots and attack by people while in South Africa. In each case he would consult a prophet who pointed at his father.

“The accused person will also state that he always confronted his father to stop wizardry but he would profess ignorance. He tried several times to engage his parents to visit prophets or inyanga for cleansing but they vehemently refused. The accused will further state that his life was of misery and poverty yet his parents were filthy rich, and the wealth was gathered through witchcraft which put his life in danger,” he said.

Nleya also claimed that the fact that at his age he was still single worried him. He was also not happy that his father refused to build a four-bedroomed house for him in 2010.

“I lost more than R100 000 in 2015 and 2016 trying to construct a house. I tested HIV-positive because he would send his snake to come to have sex with me. He got the snake from Chipinge and even called the snake by my name,” said Nleya.

He claimed that in February 2019 a self-proclaimed prophet removed a black mamba that his father used to prevent him from getting married. He said that is when in February 2020 he bought a machete with the intention of killing him but stopped on the advice of a Binga prophet that prayed for him.

Nleya said his life turned into misery when he returned to South Africa and that is when he thought of coming home to kill his parents.

He allegedly hit one of the windows and gained entry into the house and proceeded to his parents’ bedroom. He was wearing a face mask pretending to be a robber and demanded cash from his parents. The court heard that Nleya disguised himself to scare his parents from the bedroom because he did not want his mother harmed. It was the State’s case that Nleya threw three petrol bombs he had placed on the window because he was convinced that his mother had run out of the bedroom.

“The accused person will state that he never intended to kill both his parents,” argues his lawyer. He denied using any axe, kitchen knife nor machete against his parents.

Nleya allegedly brought the petrol bombs and a bicycle from South Africa. He boarded a car with his bicycle and disembarked in Plumtree Town where he rode to Empandeni, and after committing the murder, Nleya cycled towards Bulawayo but was picked up by a truck in Figtree.

He sold the bicycle for US$40 which he used as bus fare back to South Africa, but was arrested at a prophet’s house after sneaking back into the country. Mr Qiniso Ndebele, a domestic worker at the Nleya homestead, testified in court.

The State applied to amend the charges to include a second count of murder following concerns by the judge who questioned why the accused was charged on one count. The defence counsel did not oppose the application and addition of a second murder count. Trial continues on 10 January next year.-Sunday News

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change ( CCC) Namibia has blasted Zanu PF puppets attempting to disrupt the people’s struggle.

According to CCC Namibia, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is planting counter opposition elements hoping to dilute President Nelson Chamisa’s rising popularity.

See full statement below:
No room for disputed elections in 2023:CCC Namibia demands a level political field!

10 November 2022

How can light be outsmarted by darkness? How can a day be outwitted by the night? How can the violent outsmart the peaceful? Advocating for a level political field shall never be a point of weakness but strength!Surprisingly, all fake opposition party leaders are combatting the political generator, President Advocate Nelson Chamisa instead of offering solidarity against autocracy.

Citizens in Namibia are perplexed to hear the purported liberators in the opposition criticizing the yellow party instead of complementing the revolutionary efforts to do away with dictatorship and thugocracy in Zimbabwe.

Nkosana Moyo, Douglas Mwonzora, Tsenengamu, Ngarivhume, Linda Masarira, and Madhuku Lovemore only to mention a few are fighting President Chamisa instead of ZANU-PF.

It has become clear that all these exist as ZANU-PF surrogates aimed at advancing their zeal to establish a One-Party State in Zimbabwe disguised as a multi-party democracy.

It is uncouth to believe that the use of state-sponsored violence against unsuspecting citizens is smart. Change champions can’t allow another disputed election in 2023. We are tired of contested elections since 2002. Our demand for substantial political, constitutional, and electoral reforms is a sure way of averting the emergence of an illegitimate president in 2023. Violence should be shunned as we gear up for the impending watershed elections.

It is a constitutional imperative to avail the voter’s roll to all stakeholders as enshrined in the constitution of the country. We intend to promote free, fair, and incredible elections in 2023. Nkosana Moyo and his group are suffering from a lack of political capital, they are cognizant of the fact that winning elections to them is a mammoth task whether elections are free or unfair. Zec, police, army, traditional leaders, and state security agents should realize that they are not an extension of the Harare regime. We reiterate that all state institutions must be apolitical, they should not take instructions from ZANU-PF.

Through our Pre-Election Pact On Electoral Reforms(PREPARE), we shall continue to put political and diplomatic pressure on the despotic regime to achieve free, fair, and credible elections. Nkosana Moyo should bear in mind that the much-needed reforms are enshrined in the supreme law of the country. Should we negotiate for the respect of the rule of law and constitutionalism? One-Man One-Vote was our core demand from Ian Douglas Smith hence it must be guaranteed in the post-colonial Zimbabwe ruled by black people.

WeDemandAFree, FarirAndCredibleElections

NkosanaMoyoMustFall

WeDemandComprehensiveReforms

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Job Sikhala is a thorn in Zanu PF as they say…

The fearless CCC official is being persecuted for openly challenging Zanu PF oppression.

Job Sikhala is a thorn in Zanu PF as they say…

The fearless CCC official is being persecuted for openly challenging Zanu PF oppression.

We welcomed Hon Godfrey Sithole after spending 150 days in illegal detention. We fight on to ensure the release of Hon Sikhala and the Nyatsime 16.

He narrated the painful ordeal of his experience inside Mnangagwa’s house of terror.

From an unhealthy cells to a complete suppression of human dignity- Hon Sithole remains fortified that despite all the eclipse Zimbabwe shall be free.

There’s no struggle without pain, there’s no struggle without bruises.

Aluta!

FreeWiwa

We welcomed Hon Godfrey Sithole after spending 150 days in illegal detention. We fight on to ensure the release of Hon Sikhala and the Nyatsime 16.

He narrated the painful ordeal of his experience inside Mnangagwa’s house of terror.

From an unhealthy cells to a complete suppression of human dignity- Hon Sithole remains fortified that despite all the eclipse Zimbabwe shall be free.

There’s no struggle without pain, there’s no struggle without bruises.

Aluta!

FreeWiwa

A 45-year-old Gwanda man has been arrested on allegations of killing a colleague who had proposed love to his wife.

The victim, Langton Moyo (43) died on Wednesday after being admitted at a local hospital the previous day.

Police said the suspect, Isheunesu Manhingu found out that Moyo had proposed love to his wife and this did not go down well with him.

He then confronted Moyo resulting in an altercation. Manhingu is said to have struck him once on the head with a half brick.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“On November 9, 2022, police in Gwanda arrested Isheunesu Manhingu aged 45 in connection with a case of murder in which the victim, Langton Moyo aged 43 died on November 9, 2022, while admitted at a local hospital after he was struck with a half brick on the head on November 8, 2022 at Monef suburb.

“The victim had proposed love to the suspect’s wife,” he said.
— Herald

Job Sikhala is a thorn in Zanu PF as they say…

The fearless CCC official is being persecuted for openly challenging Zanu PF oppression.

We welcomed Hon Godfrey Sithole after spending 150 days in illegal detention. We fight on to ensure the release of Hon Sikhala and the Nyatsime 16.

He narrated the painful ordeal of his experience inside Mnangagwa’s house of terror.

From an unhealthy cells to a complete suppression of human dignity- Hon Sithole remains fortified that despite all the eclipse Zimbabwe shall be free.

There’s no struggle without pain, there’s no struggle without bruises.

Aluta!

FreeWiwa

By Tendai Mbofana| OCCASIONALLY, I am accused of being predominantly biased against the Zanu-PF regime and that there was a serious lack of balance and fairness in my discourses.

I plead guilty to the charges, but certainly not ashamed nor apologetic.

How many of us, particularly those who censure my style of writing, would bother to practise the same fairness, balance and impartiality they require of me if they had to give testimony on someone who brutally murdered their loved ones?

Just how would they tackle such a task?

What fairness, balance and impartiality would they say about the brutal murderer and what “positives” would they attest to his character?

How then is it any different from what I am doing?

Surely, on what basis can I be expected to feign neutrality when dealing with a bunch of incompetent people who have turned the lives of millions of innocent ordinary Zimbabweans into a living hell, including my own family, to the point of sinking them into destitution?

Exactly under what circumstances am I supposed to be disinterested and unaffected when my own mother — who gave 48 years of her life to the fallen State-owned iron and steel making giant ZiscoSteel, only to walk away with absolutely nothing to show for her toil and sweat — as she and thousands of other workers have never been given a single cent of their pensions and terminal benefits, after the company was looted and mismanaged into oblivion by the ruling elite, and their corruptly-appointed company executives?

As if that was not cruel enough, due to the destruction of the country’s economy by those in power, more specifically in the early 2000s, my mother lost every last dollar she had put aside in her bank accounts, insurance policies and other investments after the crashing of the local currency as a result of hyperinflation.

Can millions of Zimbabweans not attest to having faced a similar tragic fate?

Which child can ever forget seeing their own elderly mother weeping uncontrollably, in anguish at seeing her life go up in smoke, and callously thrown into destitution — all because of a regime that placed the interests of the political elite ahead of the nation they were supposed to lead and protect, but rather, opting to engage in street gangster economics that sought to enrich those in power, at the expense of the citizenry?

As we speak, pensioners and the elderly in Zimbabwe — those who are fortunate enough to receive social security — are given a paltry US$10 equivalent per month, only enough for a measly 10 loaves of bread.

Where am I to get the heart for fairness, when I have to watch, on a daily basis, these same fragile elderly women forced to carry heavy plastic containers of water on account of the lack of potable water in their homes as a result of the gross mismanagement, underhand dealings and corruption in urban local authorities, especially in my hometown of Redcliff?

In what way am I to find “positives” in those who prefer to enrich themselves by pillaging billions of dollars of our national resources, which they freely loot with vulgar impunity, yet the ordinary man, woman and child on the street cannot afford one square meal a day.

Pupils are now accustomed to learning without any textbooks at school, while hospitals have become places of death due to inadequate medical care.

What good am I expected to find in a cold-hearted and blood-thirsty lot, who believe that maliciously killing those who criticise or stand up to their disgusting misrule and corruption is justified — or who viciously beat them up, or throw them in prison for merely daring to exercise their constitutional rights?

Is that the treatment such people deserve?

From where can I find the balance and fairness amid such evil?

Is that not asking far too much of me?

It is akin to demanding that I write a fair, balanced and impartial story about Satan himself!

It cannot be done … it is impossible.

To be brutally honest, no matter what “good” the devil may claim to have done, there is nothing that can exonerate him from his dark diabolical acts, which far outweigh and cancel out any supposed “positive” acts.

I will not write much today, but I just wanted to set the record straight.

I am sure those whose lives have been great and not adversely affected by this villainous political elite in Zimbabwe can write, talk and sing all they want about how awesome their government is.

Fortunately, I do not speak for them.

I speak only for the voiceless millions who have suffered untold hardships and poverty under this regime, but are either too afraid to stand up and speak out against these savage injustices, or are not capacitated to do so.

The majority of those I speak for cannot even afford a smartphone and expensive data bundles (unlike the more privileged who demand “balance and fairness” — and, in all likelihood, have never read any of my articles, and never heard of my name.

In all those millions of Zimbabweans’ lives, there is absolutely no “fairness, balance and impartiality” in what the political elite are doing to them.

Frankly, at the moment, I am not even contemplating, even in my wildest dreams, writing anything positive about the current Zimbabwe regime.

Over the years, members of the various Apostolic sects (Vapostori) have been looked down upon by many as uneducated and poverty-stricken.
This notion is reinforced by the fact that most madzibaba and madzimai (Apostolic sect followers) are known for being entrepreneurial as most prefer to work for themselves and run small businesses for survival.

The Vapostori are also known for their humble lifestyles and practices which see them worshipping in open spaces with no shed as well as not wearing shoes when going to church.

However, one Apostolic leader from Chitungwiza Owen Chingondi who is popularly known as Madzibaba Owen, last Sunday showed the world that the religion is not only for the poverty-stricken as perceived by many.

The 37-year-old Madzibaba, who leads the Johanne Masowe Echishanu’s Velvet branch, stunned many, when he arrived for a church service at his Chitungwiza shrine in a helicopter.

This has attracted a lot of attention and has stirred debate especially on social media, with even some high-profile naysayers rushing to research and speculate on the ownership of the helicopter.

The Saturday Herald caught up with the trending Apostolic leader at his shrine that is located near Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza.

“I was born in Highfield on 12 December 1984. I am a father of four children, including twins,” he said.

“I grew up in Highfield and went to Tsungai Primary School and then attended Mukai High for my secondary education. I am known for being prayerful since my childhood and I have never smoked or taken alcohol.”

Madzibaba Owen went on to reveal that he runs a fleet of buses and also owns several retail shops which affords him a decent lifestyle.

Questioned on the ownership of the helicopter which brought him to last Sunday’s church service, he could neither deny nor confirm if he owns the plane as he refused to dwell much on the ownership issue.

“Yes, the helicopter was here last Sunday and I am the one who came with it, but people should be content with seeing me with it as they will continue seeing me with it even in the coming years.

“People should not be surprised if they see the same helicopter with other people as it will be at work, hired by other people who are also free to have photos taken on it because that is its job,” said Madzibaba Owen.

He added that the reason for bringing the helicopter to the shrine was not for purposes of showing off.

“The reason for its coming here was that as Mapostori, we believe that our belongings need to be brought to the holy ground so that they are blessed by the Holy Spirit, that is why you find that we also bring our buses and cars to the shrine,” he said.

Madzibaba Owen’s shrine is also known for having top of the range vehicles such as Hummers, Fortuners and top of the range Mercedes Benz parked almost on a daily basis.

Those big cars are owned by our church members who have been blessed by God. Most of our church members did not come to our church already owning those cars, but acquired them after being blessed with fortunes by the Holy Spirit,” he said.

Madzibaba Owen reiterated his call that people should not look down upon Mapostori as they have equal capabilities just like any other person.

“We need to respect every religion and people from other religions should not look down on us as people who are poor and dull. Many Vapostori are very successful in life just like any other people.”

The Apostolic sect leader, who is also the Harare Province chair for Vapostori4ED said that his biggest message to the nation was that of unity.

“My message to the nation is that we should pray for our country so that we prosper in everything that we do. Even as we approach next year’s elections, we should pray and as part of the leadership for Vapostori4ED, we promise to mobilise a lot of votes for President Mnangagwa so that he romps to victory,” said Madzibaba Owen. State Media

HARARE City Council Mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened legal action over the slow disbursement of devolution funds to the local authority, saying the development is hampering service delivery in the capital.

This comes on the backdrop of government’s failure to meet the threshold of the allocated ZW$2,335 billion in disbursing the funds.

Speaking after the presentation of the US$347 million 2023 city council budget, Mafume said several attempts to acquire the devolutions funds from the government have been fruitless.

“There are steps that we will take. The funds meant for devolution are being abused. We are worried by the manner in which the devolution funds are being abused.

“The money is supposed to be coming to the councils. We have written to the ministry requesting the devolution money as per the requirement of the constitution. We will take several measures to take them to court,” said Jacob Mafume.

According to the constitution, the Government is mandated to distribute not less than five percent of the national revenue to the local authorities.

Opposition, which runs most local authorities in the country, has accused the government of politicising the devolution system.

Harare Residents Trust (HRT) director, Precious Shumba, said while the Council may take the legal route, it should also leverage on other revenue streams.

“The HRT expects Councillor Mafume as the mayor of Harare to fully grasp the politics behind the delayed implementation of devolution and demonstrate that his council will not engage in unfruitful lawsuits that only increase the political tensions and hardening of positions at the expense of service delivery.

“It is important that Councillor Mafume invests more of his time in sweating the available council resources and be more innovative in addressing the huge funding gap by leveraging on their council assets, represented in strategic business units.”

-NewZimbabwe.com

CIVIL servants are set to receive their bonus in United States dollars including a flat US$200 presidential bonus, but unions said there was nothing to be celebrated.

A correspondence from the National Joint Negotiation Committee (NJNC) held on Monday seen by NewsDay read: “Payment of the 2022 bonus for deputy director level and grades below will be in US dollars as 100% of gross pensionable emoluments (basic salary, transport and housing allowance. An additional US$200 will be paid to every employee as a special presidential bonus.

“The bonus will be paid in two equal tranches across all sectors starting from November, with the latest payment being in December.”

Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions’ Cecilia Alexander confirmed the bonus agreement, but unions representing civil servants were, however, not amused.

“The 100% bonus remains paltry because it is 100% of a paltry income. We insist that salaries should be adjusted to pre-October 2018 level. Paying in instalments will further erode the purchasing power of the bonus,” Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure said.

Civil servants are demanding pre-October 2018 United States dollar salaries to make ends meet in the face of skyrocketing cost of living.

Masaraure said: “The parties who signed representing NJNC should be ashamed for sustaining an illegal platform for their own expediency. Civil servants deserve a genuine collective bargaining platform in line with Convention 154 of ILO, best practices in the region and section 65(5) of our own Constitution.

“The naming of an annual bonus as presidential shows that we are not serious as a nation. What’s so presidential about that paltry amount? Someone somewhere is reducing the Office of the President to a joke.”

Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo also said the figure was too little.

“We want to appeal to government to pay the bonus at once in one month, not to divide it into two since it’s not much and also we are still asking for more. The figure presented as bonus is too little to thank the hardworking employees with,” Dongo said.

Private sector workers are also demanding United States dollar salaries.

-Newsday

There are reports reaching this reporter indicating that some Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior members are stampeding for ZANU PF’s stipends as the ruling party is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to win the forthcoming elections.

A source who spoke to this publication said that Chamisa’s assertions last week that ZANU PF was dishing out money to senior opposition figures to destabilise the CCC ahead of the 2023 elections are not groundless.

“ZANU PF is recruiting senior CCC members ahead of the 2023 elections. A number of CCC bigwigs are now on ZANU PF’s payroll. 2023 is going to be a difficult year for Nelson Chamisa as some of his lieutenants are literally ZANU PF employees,” said the source.

The source added that the bigwigs view their future in CCC as uncertain and are hedging their political prospects by working with ZANU PF.

Chamisa is reportedly aware of the ZANU PF machinations and has resolved to relegate all suspected moles to the peripheries of that party’s leadership structure.

The same source added that some CCC top brass were convinced that there is life in ZANU PF after seeing former opposition figures such as Obert Gutu, James Maridadi, Lilian Timveous and Jessie Majome being rewarded with some lucrative appointments after they crossed floor to ZANU PF.

Gutu has been appointed National Peace and Reconciliation Commission commissioner, Maridadi was appointed ambassador to Senegal while Timveous was appointed Petrotrade board member after defecting to ZANU PF. Majome was also appointed the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissioner after she had dumped the opposition.

“Some CCC members are not waiting to be bribed by ZANU PF but are nicodemously approaching ZANU PF officials seeking to be admitted into the Party,” said the source.

Meanwhile, there are reports that the office of the ZANU PF National Political Commissar, Mike Bimha is inundated with letters from opposition members who are requesting to be admitted into the ruling party structures.

Efforts to get a comment from CCC interim national spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere were futile as her mobile phones were not reachable.

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change ( CCC) has described the release of Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole from prison as a huge relief to citizens.

However, the party has challenged the regime to release Hon Job Sikhala and the Nyatsime activists.

Below is CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba’s statement:

At Harare magistrate court Hon Godfrey Sithole has been granted bail.

We thank you fellow citizens, lawyers, the political leadership, the media and entire team that worked flat out to guarantee these compatriots their freedom.

It’s tough fighting for freedom in an environment dominated by captured institutions.

But with the solidarity of ALL it is made better

FreeWiwa.

We continue with our grassroots mobilization with the key focus on voter registration and deployment of Citizen Champions in the different tasks to win our country for change.

CCC a home for every Citizen.

Take part!

Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens Coalition for Change ( CCC) has described the release of Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole from prison as a huge relief to citizens.

However, the party has challenged the regime to release Hon Job Sikhala and the Nyatsime activists.

Below is CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba’s statement:

At Harare magistrate court Hon Godfrey Sithole has been granted bail.

We thank you fellow citizens, lawyers, the political leadership, the media and entire team that worked flat out to guarantee these compatriots their freedom.

It’s tough fighting for freedom in an environment dominated by captured institutions.

But with the solidarity of ALL it is made better

FreeWiwa.

We continue with our grassroots mobilization with the key focus on voter registration and deployment of Citizen Champions in the different tasks to win our country for change.

CCC a home for every Citizen.

Take part!

A 62-year-old woman has been arrested in Darwendale on allegations of killing her husband following a misunderstanding over infidelity on Sunday.

Mary Banda is alleged to have fought with her husband Nira Benet (81) who died following some breathing challenges.

Benet died on admission at Kutama Father O’Hea Memorial Hospital and a report was made to the police leading to Banda’s arrest.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“The ZRP confirms the arrest of Mary Banda aged 62 in connection with a case of murder which occurred at Virginia Farm, Darwendale, on November 6, 2022, where the suspect fought with her husband, Nira Benet aged 81, after a misunderstanding over allegations of infidelity.

“The victim, who was having some challenges in breathing, was rushed to Father O’Hea Hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival,” he said.

In another case, police in Gwanda also arrested Thandazani Ncube (31) in connection with a murder case in which he assaulted his alleged 15-year-old wife to death over allegations of infidelity.

— Herald

A Kariba woman is lucky to be alive after being attacked by an elephant while fetching water from an outside tap early this morning.

Miss Angela Kamberembere was filling up containers with water at Number 1158, Nyamhunga 2 Township, near Nyanhewe Primary School when she suddenly saw the elephant.

The elephant attempted to grab her with the trunk and she fell to the ground.

“The moment the elephant charged to attack me further, its right leg got stuck in a dish.

“This must have distracted it allowing me to recover before I started crawling away after gaining composure,” she said.

Residents in the area have blamed perennial water problems which have resulted in water coming out of taps between midnight and 4pm.

“Kariba Municipality is letting residents down. Instead of sleeping, we are busy filling up containers with water, exposing us to dangers with wild animals.

“We heard Angela screaming and we rushed to make noise which must have distracted the elephant. She is lucky to be alive,” said Mrs Albertina Botai.

Mrs Svinurai Vhareni said the elephant now frequents the area where it drinks water stored in dishes and other containers.

Mrs Vhareni said their rooms were too small to store water indoors.

The residents said water problems started in 2018 when Kariba Municipality connected additional institutional water users.

— Herald