Madam Boss Clashes With Hubby’s Pregnant Lover

By-Socialite and Comedienne Tyra Chikocho, known as Madam Boss, has threatened to evict her husband’s girlfriend from the home where she is staying in Riverside, Chitungwiza.

Madam Boss’ husband, Ngonidzashe Munetsiwa, has been dating Evangelista Zhou for some time, a report claims.

The comedienne reportedly clashed with Evangelista on Monday and the latter sent photographs of her good times with Ngoni to her inner circle.

H-Metro reported sources as saying Evangelista feared that she would lose all the evidence of the good times she used to enjoy with Ngoni.

She claims Ngoni is responsible for her pregnancy. Said the source:

Evangelista was assaulted and her phone was tampered with.

That is why she wanted her pictures with Ngoni to be protected.

Madam Boss claimed that Evangelista was communicating with another man from Masvingo after she went through her WhatsApp conversation.

She is feeling very insecure and that is the reason why she approached the courts for a peace order.

Ngoni pleaded with her for the withdrawal of the peace order.

Ngoni reportedly took Evangelista to Avondale after their illicit affair was exposed sometime in March.

She, however, moved out of the lodgings in protest and was taken to the house in Chitungwiza which belongs to Ngoni and Madam Boss.

Chinhoyi 4th Year Student Killed By Gonyeti

By A Correspondent- A fourth-year student at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) was killed by a haulage truck on Friday while walking near the campus’s main entrance.

Talent Chari and her friend from the same institution were walking from the university along Harare-Chirundu Highway when a haulage truck veered off the road and hit her.

Neither the Mashonaland Central provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Margaret Chitove nor CUT’s acting director of communications and public relations Gifford Chikuya could immediately confirm the incident.

However, some witnesses claimed that the now-deceased student was smashed by the truck’s trailer and died instantly after she had saved her friend from being killed by the same truck.

Student Representative Council (SRC) secretary of external affairs, information and publicity Regis Muzambi confirmed the accident.

She was hit by a haulage truck en route to Zambia near New Greens Building along the Harare-Chirundu highway.

Her body was taken to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary for postmortem.

Muzambi said the other student was rushed to Chinhoyi hospital in critical condition.- NewsDay

CCC Confident Of Victory

By A Correspondent- CCC official Charlton Hwende says the party will romp to victory in the Matobo ward 2 by-election.

The by-election is scheduled for October 22.

Sindiso Ngwenya will represent CCC.

Hwende appealed for morale and corporate support for Ngwenya as she represents citizens.

“On 22 October we are going to defeat ZanuPF again in Matobo Ward 2.

Our candidate requires more Posters and Flyers.

Citizens who want to assist DM me so that I can link you with our Campaign Team in Matobo #RegisterToVoteZW #Nyatsime16,” Hwende said in a statement on Twitter.

“We Are Delivering”: ED

ZANU PF CHIREDZI NORTH CONSTITUENCY – THANK YOU RALLY

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s speech at Zanu PF Rally :

We came here after having been invited by Chairman for Masvingo Province to meet you. I want yo thank you for coming here for me to see you. Cde Mavhenyengwa invited me here to Chiredzi the Constituency which had more votes. I’m happy to see the mass, l am happy to see that you are strong. Us as leaders tagutsikana kuti kuno kuChiredzi kune musvo wemusangano.

I heard that here people who were removed from their land still do not have permits. I promise you that you will be given your permits soon.

Here in Masvingo there is a history. During the war there were many land mines. In our Government we don’t forget the struggle you went through. I’m happy to see your patriotism towards your Party and Government. We are forced to do whatever you want. I urge you all to be united in everything you do with ZANU PF.
Kuno ku Chiredzi muri musvo we ZANU PF.

I heard the Minister appreciating the Mwenezi factory that l opened here in Masvingo Province. I heard that you want us to open a guava factory. You are blessed here. ZANU PF is delivering tangable results in agriculture, minning, education to mention a few. ZANU PF ishumbayamuka. Nyika inovakwa igotongwa nevene vayo. Nyika yedu ndeyedu kukapisa tozvitonga kukaita maguta tozvitonga tikaita madiridziro tinenge tichizvitonga.

Musangano we ZANU PF ndewe vanhu.
All these years of independence we were not able to grow wheat we imported wheat from Ukraine. We started to grow more wheat wen the Ukraine stated war with Russia.

Tavakukwanisa kurima gorosi rinotikwanira. Takarova zhara neshamhu
I urge you all farmers to grow more crops.

We should work very hard as a nation for us to have more yields. Let us work hard. The issue of cotton that l heard as a Government we gave cotton seeds for free to farmers now we have found a way for us government to control the Cottco. We bought 40 rigs for the drilling of boreholes in each and every village.

We are pursuing rural modern development. We were given 800million US Dollars by President Paul Kagame for the provision of electricity in the rural areas. Rwanda President Kagame pursued rural modern Development which we are also pursuing. In Mashonaland East we constructed Muchekeranwa dam.

The people who were displaced to pave way for the construction of the dam have been lifted from poverty to prosperity through irrigation schemes brought by Government. So if you are given programs here they benefit you. Agriculture lift people from poverty to prosperity. Here you have lithium in Bikita minerals which is going to bring a lot of revenue for the country.

You have gold in Renco mine, Chrome, asbestos all these despite that we have sanctions imposed on us. We are building a cyber city in Harare. Two months ago the first phase started and this will add 300 Megawatts to the national grid.

We had issues of fuel but we resolved it now people no longer need to queue for fuel. We introduced issue of devolution funds over and 50 billion is coming to provinces for devolution funds in the next budget. We have 16 languages in this country each and every language is now published and is equally important. We recognise that there is no language which is important than the other.

We used to import fertilizer but the youths managed to manufacture our own fertilizer having realised that we have all the required raw materials here. l was in Manhize on Friday for the launch of Manhize Iron and Steel plant which will employ over 6000 people. It is a billion dollar project. From the first of October vanochera gold ne platinum vakubhadhara ma royalties using their minerals isu toisa ku Reserve Bank.

We are now going to have reserves in minerals for our future generations. Brick upon brick gold upon gold lithium upon lithium silver upon silver tichichengeta.
We are rehabilitating roads and constructing dams this is done through the Second Republic. Toda runyararo kubatana nekuwirirana. We will have our general elections next year we want them to be done in peace. We want our young girls and boys to make money not to engage in violence. We came with 60 tonnes of maize 60 tonnes of AN fertilizer 60 tonnes of compound D grease 3 tonnes Knap sacks among other items.

Grateful to MP for Chiredzi North Cde Roy Bhila Biller Code for this mass mobilisation.

It’s the same flag and symbol and authority and same national anthem which we march forward with remembering those who died for this country during the war of liberation. This country is our heritage for our sons and daughter and grandkids. This is our country the Zimbabwe we live and fought for its our own. Those who want to help us should do so under our terms and not their terms.

Zimbabwe is a peace loving country the call for and support for the removal and immediate end to illegal sanctions is commendable.

Zimbabwe is an enemy to non and a friend to all we have created an environment that Zimbabwe is open for business and that nyika inovakwa nevene vayo igotongwa nevene vayo

Let us all take a collective responsibility that we remain a peaceful nation as our Harmonised general elections are next year we are saying no to violence and no to illegal sanctions.

I thank you all for coming


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Jailed Former Minister Writes Prayer Book

By A Correspondent- Jailed former Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye said she has gained weight in prison and is writing a book on prayer which she plans to release “soon.”

Kagonye, who is incarcerated at the Chikurubi Female Prison, on Thursday told The Herald that she is fulfilling her calling as a pastor during her imprisonment. She said:

I only discovered the other side of me when l got inside here. I am actually a pastor. I went to Bible college but l never thought l would practice what I learnt. The moment l came here, l got that opportunity.

And I am writing a book which l will publish as soon as l am released. It is about prayer. I have made a lot of friends here and I have added some weight.

… l am clocking four months now inside Chikurubi Female Prison and I have learnt quite a lot.

It’s actually a community on its own with new experiences and the good thing is, for everything that happened, God has a reason and purpose.

… When you are inside here, what else can you do other than worship? I have been teaching others how to pray because l realised that there were quite a number of things that were missing.

Others have the desire to worship but the how part remains a challenge. That is why I am mainly focusing on writing a book on prayer.

Kagonye was convicted in June for diverting to her own use, 20 computers which had been donated through her by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) to benefit schools in her Goromonzi South constituency in 2018.

She was sentenced to 36 months with 12 of these set aside for five years on condition of good behaviour.

A further eight months were set aside on condition she restitutes US$10 000, the cost of the stolen laptops.- Pindula News

Struggling Cops Ferried By Suspects

By A Correspondent- The ministry of Home Affairs has revealed that a serious shortage of vehicles is forcing police officers to accept transport to their stations from suspects they would have arrested.

Deputy Home Affairs minister Ruth Mavhungu-Maboyi said the state of affairs in the police force was disturbing with the security organ incapacitated to attend to some crime scenes.

It is true that the police officers are travelling distances to arrest a criminal who owns a car whilst they are travelling on foot which then becomes a very difficult situation.  When they arrive at the scene, they are the ones who are now given a lift by the perpetrator,” Mavhungu-Maboyi said in the Senate’s latest sitting.

“However, we have put a budget aside, especially on the supplementary budget. The minister of Finance is going to look into our plight in order that we may increase the fleet of vehicles at hand.  At the moment, we have cars but they are very few and some are not working.

“The cars are not only going to be used to go and attend criminals with minor offences but also other major crimes like murder.”

The Parliamentary Portfolio committee on defence, home affairs and security services warned a few months ago that the country’s police service could collapse owing to underfunding.

They issued the warning in a report presented in Parliament  following their inquiry into the state of infrastructure and service delivery by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) between October and November last year.

The lawmakers said ZRP requires about 7 000 vehicles to function efficiently but it currently has 2 167 and only 807 of those were on the road.

Asked for comment, Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said to The Standard:

“The official position as far as I am concerned the government is in the process of acquiring vehicles for the police.”

Zanu Pf Heavyweights Fall In Chaotic Party Polls

By A Correspondent- As results started trickling in last night, some Zanu-PF bigwigs including former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, politburo member Tendai Chirau and ex-wife of ruling party deputy president Kembo Mohadi, Tambudzani fell by the wayside in chaotic central committee elections held yesterday.

The polls were marred by reports of vote buying with ICT minister Jenfan Muswere arriving at a polling station in Manicaland with a truck full of bicycles in what was seen as an attempt to buy votes.

 

As results started trickling in last night, some Zanu-PF bigwigs including former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, politburo member Tendai Chirau and ex-wife of ruling party deputy president Kembo Mohadi, Tambudzani fell by the wayside in chaotic central committee elections held yesterday.

The polls were marred by reports of vote buying with ICT minister Jenfan Muswere arriving at a polling station in Manicaland with a truck full of bicycles in what was seen as an attempt to buy votes.

Parirenyatwa and Lillian Zemura were defeated by David Mugomeza in Murewa district.

In Beitbridge, Mohadi and Ambassador Aaron Maboyi fell by the wayside in the polls.

Although returning officer Zanu-PF provincial member Ntombiyakhe Ndlovu did not disclose official results, excited participants said former Beitbridge Mayor Showa Moyo had bagged the women’s quota slot ahead of Mohadi.

Mohadi’s supporters disputed the results.

“Results will be released from the province but all I can tell you is that all went well and it was indeed peaceful,” Ndlovu said.

Zanu-PF insiders said war veteran Mazibisa Ngwenya beat three other candidates for the Beitbridge East slot while sitting proportional representative MP for Beitbridge Metrine Mudau brushed aside a challenge by Maboyi.

In Wedza district, former Transport Deputy minister Michael Madanha and his Foreign Affairs ministry counterpart David Musabayana lost.

 They protested saying the elections were rigged.

Madanha was defeated by Esther Gwatidzo while Musabayana lost to Bertha Choto.

Madanha is a former Wedza South MP and former Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) board chairperson while Musabayana is the current Wedza North MP.

Chirau, a politburo member, was outpolled in Harare by Mavis Gumbo.

In Hurungwe North, the elections had to be postponed after former finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe caused a scene at Karoi Country Club where voting was taking place.

There was chaos as two of his bouncers including an election agent were chased away from the venue with one of them forced to delete videos and photos that he had taken.

Mukupe was contesting against former deputy minister and MP Reuben Marumahoko. There were ugly scenes from drunken youths who claimed there was vote buying ahead of the elections.

Some voters were booked at local hotels and guest houses around the farming town of Karoi amid claims that they were given cash and mobile phones among other goodies.

Close allies of the late Robert Mugabe such as Sydney Sekeramayi and Webster Shamu were however celebrating after winning.

Sekeramayi was uncontested in Marondera while Shamu won in Chegutu West.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close ally and controversial socialite Mike Chimombe won in Chinhoyi after he outpolled Charles Mutisi and Alderman Simbarashe Kanzou.

Chimombe is out of custody on $56 000 bail for fraud charges.

In Makonde, deputy information minister Kindness Paradza won uncontested after Phineas Makumbe withdrew citing “unethical and dirty politics”.

I Phineas Makumbe do hereby withdraw my candidature for the central committee elections for Makonde district owing to the unethical and dirty politics being exhibited by my opponent Kindness Paradza” Makumbe wrote in his withdrawal letter.

Philip Chiyangwa won in Zvimba South while Marian Chombo was elected in Zvimba North.

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi was uncontested in Zvimba West while former CIO operative Francis Mukwangwariri emerged victorious in Zvimba East.

In Matabeleland, logistical challenges affected the elections as voting in areas such as Hwange and Binga started after 3pm, an hour before the deadline.

Brain Drain Haunt Council Clinics

 By A Correspondent- City Council clinics have a shortfall of at least 300 nurses, crippling health delivery services in the capital as more health workers continue to quit their jobs over poor pay.

Mayor Jacob Mafume exposed the dire crisis facing Harare clinics and revealed that the local authority required a staff complement of around 600 nurses  but only had less than half the required figure.

“We are supposed to be operating with over 600 health personnel but we have half of that. This is because there is a brain drain to government. We are losing our workers to government because it is paying its workers better than us,” Mafume told journalists during a press conference on Thursday.

“This is because of the United States dollar component.  There is also a brain drain out of the country.  Majority of our health personnel have left the country to look for greener pastures.”

There are no exact statistics on the number of health professionals that left the country in 2021, but the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) put the figure at just over 2000.

A nurse aide recruitment craze has also hit the country, with many nationals scrambling to get the certificate in the hope of making it to the United Kingdom in search of a better life.

Mafume’s media address followed a petition by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) after a woman gave birth in a toilet at Glenview polyclinic due to negligence by health personnel.

Mafume said the council was investigating the matter.

CHRA programmes manager Reuben Akili said: “The Glenview issue is a tip of the iceberg. There is gross negligence and abuse of human rights at council clinics. The matter should be dealt with urgency.

“We implore the local authority to honour its pledges to investigate the allegations raised by the residents. Corruption, negligence and  criminal abuse of office has resulted in the loss of lives and it should be stopped forthwith.”

Storm Over Passion Java’s Slay Queen Slur

By A Correspondent- Pastors are usually people who preach to people about having to have morals and values and also encourage their congregation about the importance of marriage and why it is valuable to God.

But it seems like different pastors interpret the Bible in different ways. While others preach that being unfaithful in a marriage is wrong, another pastor says another thing. 

New Age pastors seem to be encouraging that being unfaithful in a marriage is good because it strengthens the marriage.

Passion Java, a prophet from Zimbabwe, claims that God has called these kinds of women and that they are essential to society.

Many individuals were shocked by the contentious prophet when he made a speech.

He asserts that being a slay queen is a calling from God and that they are essential to preventing marriages from disintegrating.

The affluent and contentious pastor backed up his claim with passages from the Bible, citing examples like King Solomon’s 700 wives.

He added that some men who call themselves men of God actually know less about God than slay queens. Infertility in couples was explicitly encouraged by the prophet rather than condemned.

He claimed that many marriages would have broken up if it weren’t for slay queens.

This wealthy prophet from Zimbabwe appears to have a crush on slay queens while preaching this to his followers.

The preacher is well known for once making the social media rounds after spending 1 million at a well-known South African restaurant.

-TheSouthAfrican.com

Chamisa Unearths New Zanu PF Rigging Plot

By- Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has exposed Zanu PF’s new rigging tactics the ruling party plans to use in the 2023 elections.

Chamisa said these rigging tactics included harassment and intimidation of voters in rural and newly settled areas.
Chamisa, who recently launched an electoral reform blueprint dubbed Pre-Election Pact on Electoral Reforms (PREPARE), said the State should guarantee the safety of rural people during elections and ensure that they exercise their right to elect leaders of their choice. He tweeted on Saturday:
Title and security of tenure guarantee true freedom and the right to vote for citizens in rural and newly settled areas.
Without this, citizens in these areas are vulnerable and exposed to incessant abuse by desperate politicians. True independence is about the freedom to vote freely.
Chamisa also raised concern over the issue of “assisted voting” where literate people seek assistance to mark ballots in fear of being accused of voting for the opposition. Said Chamisa:
Command voting or assisted voting is a unique type of repression-a new form of apartheid deployed by unpopular politicians targeting vulnerable communities.
The right to vote is inadequate without the full freedom and independence to exercise it.
CCC launched “Mugwazo” in an attempt to penetrate rural areas which are perceived as traditional ZANU PF strongholds.

CIO, Zanu PF Thugs Kidnap & Assault Studio 7 Senior Journalist

By-Zanu PF thugs and suspected members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) assaulted Studio 7 senior journalist Godwin Mangudya covering the ruling party’s Central Committee elections.

Mangudya was assaulted in the Harare suburb of Kuwadzana on 8 October 2022, according to MISA Zimbabwe.

Godwin Mangudya

Mangudya alerted MISA Zimbabwe that he was assaulted despite formally identifying himself and producing his press card.

He said he was detained for more than an hour while the Zanu PF activists continuously demanded to assault him further.

CIO officers and Zanu PF security personnel reportedly confiscated Mangudya’s mobile phones and reset the gadgets resulting in him losing both his personal and work-related information.

On Friday, during a press briefing at the Zanu PF Headquarters in Harare, addressed by both the party’s Spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, and Political Commissar, Mike Bimha, the ruling party invited members of the media to cover its activities countrywide.

Top Harare Auctioneer Loses US$1.5 Million To Robbers

By- ABC Auctions along Seke Road in Harare was robbed of US$1.5 million by four suspected armed robbers on Friday night.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the robbers subdued two security guards at the premises before stealing money from safes. He said:

I can confirm that US$1.5 million was stolen from ABC Auctions last night (Friday) after about four armed robbers attacked two security guards at the premises.

The guards were tied with a rope before the robbers proceeded to steal money from eight safes that are kept at the company.

We will give a comprehensive statement tomorrow (today), as investigations are in progress.

Asst Comm Nyathi said that no one was injured during the armed robbery. He added:

As police, we are very much concerned about this trend because every time there is a major money heist like this, there is always someone who would have inside information.

Information we have gathered so far shows that no one was injured during the armed robbery.

ABC Auctions confirmed the robbery but did not disclose the amount. It said it will open its doors as usual from Monday. | The Sunday Mail

Madam Boss Clashes With Husband’s Girlfriend

By-Socialite and Comedienne Tyra Chikocho, known as Madam Boss, has threatened to evict her husband’s girlfriend from the home where she is staying in Riverside, Chitungwiza.

Madam Boss’ husband, Ngonidzashe Munetsiwa, has been dating Evangelista Zhou for some time, a report claims.

The comedienne reportedly clashed with Evangelista on Monday and the latter sent photographs of her good times with Ngoni to her inner circle.

H-Metro reported sources as saying Evangelista feared that she would lose all the evidence of the good times she used to enjoy with Ngoni.

She claims Ngoni is responsible for her pregnancy. Said the source:

Evangelista was assaulted and her phone was tampered with.

That is why she wanted her pictures with Ngoni to be protected.

Madam Boss claimed that Evangelista was communicating with another man from Masvingo after she went through her WhatsApp conversation.

She is feeling very insecure and that is the reason why she approached the courts for a peace order.

Ngoni pleaded with her for the withdrawal of the peace order.

Ngoni reportedly took Evangelista to Avondale after their illicit affair was exposed sometime in March.

She, however, moved out of the lodgings in protest and was taken to the house in Chitungwiza which belongs to Ngoni and Madam Boss.

Sikhala Lawyers Revive Bail Application Bid

By-Lawyers representing CCC deputy chairman and Zengeza West law-maker Job Sikhala have revived their bail application efforts.
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Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) lawyer, Jeremiah Bamu, working together with Beatrice Mtetwa under instructions from the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, filed another application for bail on Friday, although Sikhala has been denied bail five times. ZLHR said:
We are not tiring in our efforts to get Zengeza West MP Hon. Job Sikhala released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison & our lawyer Jeremiah Bamu working together with Beatrice Mtetwa under instructions from @ZimHRNGOForum, on Friday filed yet another application for bail at Harare Magistrates Court citing changed circumstances.
In the application, Bamu & Mtetwa argued that society is losing faith in the criminal justice system including the bail system as a result of the denial of bail to Hon. Sikhala.
Hon. Sikhala has spent more than 3 months in remand prison after he was arrested on 14 June & charged with inciting public violence & also with obstructing or defeating the course of justice as defined in Section 184(1)(e) of the Criminal Code.

CCC Change Champion Embarks On Robust Voter Registration Mobilization

By A Correspondent

CCC change champion Richard Pamire has embarked on a massive voter registration campaign in Kuwadzana East, Harare.

Speaking to ZimEye.com on Sunday, Pamire said he was determined to contribute to the citizens victory in a massive way.

Pamire takes young people to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ( ZEC) for voter registration every Tuesday.

“We take young people to ZEC for voter registration every Tuesday. We are following President Nelson Chamisa’s six million votes initiative.

We want to make sure that all young people in Kuwadzana East Constituency are involved in electoral processes,” said Pamire.

“On Thursdays and Thursdays there are teams that move around the constituency encouraging people to register to vote.These teams also identify challenges faced by residents – for example transport problems.

Big numbers cannot be rigged, victory is certain.

We are determined to fight for freedom from Zanu PF bondage,” added Pamire.

New voters in Kuwadzana East

Chipinge Heavyweight Enock Porusingazi Loses Zanu PF Central Committe Elections

Zanu PF Chipinge heavyweight Enock Porusingazi has lost the party’s Central Committee elections to Dr Win Mlambo, Dorothy Mabika and one Faira.

Below are the full results

CC poll results chipinge

Main WingMunodawafa M 61Mapfumo S. 29

Faira J. 144

Khumbula Wilson 95

Mabika Dorothy 153

Mapumgwana T. 103

Mtetwa Evelyn. 16

Murire J. 27

Matamga T. 4

Mlambo Win. 169

Muzamana P. 16

Muteya M. 4

Porusingazi E. 62

Tondhlana S. 15

Mlambo W, Mabika D and Faira J have been duly elected.

Women’s Quota

Bhila Charity 55

Muposhi Gladys. 52

Charity Bhila has been duly elected

Norton Girl Dies While Giving Birth At A Mapostori Shrine

HARARE – A 15-year-old girl from Norton has died giving birth at a shrine of a white garment church sect in Bikita, her family said.

Nokutenda Hwaramba’s demise has the tragic echoes of the death, in July last year, of 14-year-old Anna Machaya while giving birth in Marange and that of 15-year-old Ferby Munyafi of Chiadzwa Village in Marange who died in January this year from excessive bleeding while delivering under the watch of a faith healer.

Nokutenda’s mother Loice Muparadziwo said she could not be with her daughter in her final moments on October 4 as she herself was hospitalised in Norton where she suffered a miscarriage.

“She got sick and would just fall as if possessed by evil spirits. Her father consulted prophets from his congregation and later took her to Bikita for more prayers. He left Nokutenda in the hands of the intercessors and she died while giving birth at the shrine,” Muparadziwo told H-Metro.

“The church doctrine did not allow us to take Nokutenda to a clinic, or hospital to give birth or for any medical treatment.”

Muparadziwo said Nokutenda was impregnated by a man identified only as Aaron, who was a neighbour in Norton. Aaron reportedly vanished when Nokutenda’s pregnancy came to light.
The latest shrine death of a young girl will shine a new spotlight on the sects’ practices, which have been condemned by the United Nations.

Following Anna’s death in July last year, the United Nations urged Zimbabwe’s government to do more to tackle the scourge of child marriages which are rampant at the shrines of the secretive sects.

By blocking access to professional health care, activists also say the churches’ leaders are denying the teenagers control over their own bodies.

Anna’s parents Edmore Machaya, 45, and Shy Mabika, 36, were jailed for nine months each – wholly suspended – for lying to detectives about her age in a bid to conceal that she was a child when they married her off to Hatirarami Momberume alias Evans Michael Momberume, a 25-year-old devotee of the Johane Marange apostolic sect who has been charged with her murder.

In the January 12, 2022, death of Ferby, police charged her “husband” 29-year-old Arthur Chitombo with having sexual relations with a minor.

On January 9, she started experiencing labour pains and was rushed to a faith healer in Mafararikwa Village, the headquarters of the Johane Marange sect in Marange, Manicaland.

Three days later, Ferby went into labour and bled profusely. She died with her unborn child.

Zanu PF Agents Vandalize CCC Vehicle

Tinashe Sambiri| Suspected Zanu PF hooligans raided CCC Gutu East member Desire Tichazorwa’s house and vandalised a constituency campaign vehicle on Wednesday night.

Tichazorwa is managing projects that have been implemented by businessman and banker Gift Gonese in Gutu East Constituency.

Commenting on the attack, Tichazorwa blamed Zanu PF thugs for attempting to disrupt CCC programmes.

” I heard a loud noise last night and as I tried to collect what was taking place, the intruders smashed windows of our constituency vehicle and deflated its tyres.

Zanu PF is afraid of the impact we are making in Gutu East.

When I shouted at the thugs, they ran away. They had a calculated mission to vandalize the constituency car.

There is no doubt that Zanu PF thugs raided my house. We are proceeding with our projects despite the attack,” said Tichazorwa.

Gonese said the attack would not stop a series of projects he is running in the area.

” While we are not happy with what happened, there is no going back. Our wave of development is unstoppable,” said Gonese.

Man Axed For Making S*xual Advances To Married Woman

A man from Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo was rushed to hospital after he was severely axed for making sexual advances to a married woman.

Ephraim Moyo (45) got attracted to Rachel Sibanda (34) when he saw her at Hope Fountain business centre.

A witness said Moyo followed her and made sexual advances towards her and he never knew that Rachel’s husband Adam Sibanda (39) was nearby.

It is alleged Moyo dashed to Rachel and grabbed her by her hand before he passed a comment on how sexually attractive her body was.

The comment angered Adam who rushed to them and quizzed him on what he was up to, the bystander told B-Metro.

An argument broke out and in a fit of rage Adam who was armed with an axe struck him several times on the body leaving him lying on the ground and his face covered in blood. Adam left his axe and blood- soaked shirt at the scene and went into hiding.

The incident was reported to the police leading to Adam’s arrest.

A bystander transported Moyo to a hospital for treatment and he is reportedly still in hospital.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident. He discouraged community members from taking the law into their own hands.

“We would like to discourage community members from taking law into their own hands as that might lead to unnecessary loss of life. If members of the public face a dispute they should consult third parties such as relatives, elders in the community or friends rather than taking the law into their own hands.”

-B Metro

President Chamisa Salutes Resilient Young People

Tinashe Sambiri| Young people play a pivotal role in the struggle for freedom from Zanu PF oppression.

This was said by CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa in an appreciation post on Friday.

President Chamisa hailed young committed to the people’s struggle.

“In today’s world we need young people who have tenacity of the mind, clarity of thought, a clear sense of where we are and where we are going.

Dedicated and committed to the democratic cause, the transformation agenda.

This is an appreciation post. #Prepare7 #RegisterToVote,” said President Chamisa in a brief statement on Twitter.

President Chamisa Targets Victory In Matobo

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC official Charlton Hwende says the party will romp to victory in the Matobo ward 2 by-election.

The by-election is scheduled for October 22.Sindiso Ngwenya will represent CCC.

Hwende appealed for morale and corporate support for Ngwenya as she represents citizens.

“On 22 October we are going to defeat ZanuPF again in Matobo Ward 2.

Our candidate requires more Posters and Flyers.

Citizens who want to assist DM me so that I can link you with our Campaign Team in Matobo #RegisterToVoteZW #Nyatsime16,” Hwende said in a statement on Twitter.

Nelson Chamisa A Man Of The People

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa is a man of the people.

He freely mixed and mingled with mourners at the burial of legendary CCC percussionist Tarusenga Chekerwa in Bikita on Wednesday.

CCC youth assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma described President Chamisa as a humble and selfless character.

“This is what we mean when we say @nelsonchamisa is the People’s President.

Mixing and mingling with citizens freely. Sekuru Mnangagwa will never do that.

He has wronged citizens & is very afraid of them! Dictators are afraid of their own shadows!

RegisterToVoteZW.”

Mnangagwa Not A Free Man At All

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa is a man of the people.

He freely mixed and mingled with mourners at the burial of legendary CCC percussionist Tarusenga Chekerwa in Bikita on Wednesday.

CCC youth assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma described President Chamisa as a humble and selfless character.

“This is what we mean when we say @nelsonchamisa is the People’s President.

Mixing and mingling with citizens freely. Sekuru Mnangagwa will never do that.

He has wronged citizens & is very afraid of them! Dictators are afraid of their own shadows!

RegisterToVoteZW.”

Kiya Kiaya, Mthuli Wins Central Committee Post

RESULTS for the Zanu-PF Central Committee elections which were held across the country yesterday had by last night started trickling in with no major surprises recorded in the southern provinces with Professor Mthuli Ncube and Colonel (Rtd) Tshinga Dube getting the nod in Bulawayo.
Each of Zanu-PF Bulawayo Province’s five districts held elections as the party readies itself for its national congress which will be held in Harare later this month. Prof Ncube and Col (Rtd) Dube were joined by Cde Mlungisi Moyo in the District Co-ordinating Committee 1 (DCC-1) who garnered 52 votes to see off the challenges of Cdes Joshua Malinga, Caleb Sengu, Emmanuel Kanjoma, Josephine Danda and Matelia Matunha.

Eulysses Nowedza was elected from the Women’s Quota to represent DCC-1 in the Central Committee.

In DCC-5, Cdes Charles Chiponda, Elifasi Mashaba and Constance Ndlovu were all elected unanimously while in DCC-2 Cdes Godwin Mugumba, Mabutho Moyo and Elphas Tshuma made the cut. With its women’s quota, DCC-2 elected struggle stalwart, Senator Molly Ndlovu.

Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Minister of State, Cde Judith Ncube was elected from DCC-3 along with Cdes Joseph Tshuma and Ebbi Dube who was elected from the women’s quota. DCC-4 delegates elected Cdes Obert Msindo, and David Ndlovu while Esnath Moyo was elected from the women’s quota. Cdes Malinga, Kanjoma and Anna Moyo after losing their bids for the Central Committee seats automatically became members of the National Consultative Assembly (NCA).

In Matabeleland North six districts took to the polls as there were no elections in Umguza District where the party’s Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu among others sailed through unopposed. In Lupane Cde Leonard Moyo shrugged off challenges from Cdes Collen Ndebele, Girls Ndlovu, Shadreck Mazibisa and Khiwa Ndlovu. In the women’s quota, Cde Marl Nkomo won after a run-off that came after there was a tie between her and Cde Sithembubuhle Moyo when they each got 21 votes. The other candidate, Cde Gladys Ncube had got just a single vote while the other ballot paper was spoilt from the 44 votes that were cast by the women’s league.

In Bubi five candidates jostled for the posts with Cde Nqabayezwe Maphosa winning with 98 votes with Cde Irene Khuphe getting the women’s quota after clinching 20 votes. In Hwange Advocate Jacob Mudenda and Cde Fathi Mpofu retained the Central Committee seats after clinching high votes.

In Midlands’s Gweru District, Cdes Wellington Magura, Bongani Rukanda and Nugget Manyima were declared winners while results from other districts were yet to be confirmed. In Gwanda District the Central Committee elections were held at the Gwanda District Club. Voting started at around 11am and continued well throughout the day. Gunning for the Central Committee seats were Cdes Abedinico Ncube, Madodana Sibanda, Alma Mkhwebu, George Mlilo, Trynos Nkomo, Andrew Ndlovu and Section Ncube.

(DCC-1): Col (Rtd) Tshinga Dube, Prof Mthuli Ncube, Cde Mlungisi Moyo, Cde Eulysses Nowedza. (DCC-2): Cde Godwin Mugumba, Cde Mabutho Moyo, Cde Elphas Tshuma, Cde Molly Ndlovu. (DCC-3): Cde Judith Ncube, Cde Joseph Tshuma, Cde Ebbi Dube. (DCC-4): Cde Obert Msindo, Alderman David Ndlovu, Cde Esnath Moyo. (DCC-5): Cde Charles Chiponda, Cde Elifasi Mashaba, Cde Constance Ndlovu.

Harare Left With Half No Of Nurses

Harare City Council clinics have a shortfall of at least 300 nurses, crippling health delivery services in the capital as more health workers continue to quit their jobs over poor pay.
Mayor Jacob Mafume exposed the dire crisis facing Harare clinics and revealed that the local authority required a staff complement of around 600 nurses but only had less than half the required figure.

“We are supposed to be operating with over 600 health personnel but we have half of that. This is because there is a brain drain to government. We are losing our workers to government because it is paying its workers better than us,” Mafume told journalists during a press conference on Thursday.

“This is because of the United States dollar component. There is also a brain drain out of the country. Majority of our health personnel have left the country to look for greener pastures.”

There are no exact statistics on the number of health professionals that left the country in 2021, but the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) put the figure at just over 2000.

A nurse aide recruitment craze has also hit the country, with many nationals scrambling to get the certificate in the hope of making it to the United Kingdom in search of a better life.

Mafume’s media address followed a petition by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) after a woman gave birth in a toilet at Glenview polyclinic due to negligence by health personnel.

Mafume said the council was investigating the matter.

CHRA programmes manager Reuben Akili said: “The Glenview issue is a tip of the iceberg. There is gross negligence and abuse of human rights at council clinics. The matter should be dealt with urgency.

“We implore the local authority to honour its pledges to investigate the allegations raised by the residents. Corruption, negligence and criminal abuse of office has resulted in the loss of lives and it should be stopped forthwith.” -Standard

ZANU PF Hyenas Fall

As results started trickling in last night, some Zanu PF bigwigs including former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, politburo member Tendai Chirau and ex-wife of ruling party deputy president Kembo Mohadi, Tambudzani fell by the wayside in chaotic central committee elections held yesterday.
The polls were marred by reports of vote buying with ICT minister Jenfan Muswere arriving at a polling station in Manicaland with a truck full of bicycles in what was seen as an attempt to buy votes.

Parirenyatwa and Lillian Zemura were defeated by David Mugomeza in Murewa district.

In Beitbridge, Mohadi and Ambassador Aaron Maboyi fell by the wayside in the polls.

Although returning officer Zanu PF provincial member Ntombiyakhe Ndlovu did not disclose official results, excited participants said former Beitbridge Mayor Showa Moyo had bagged the women’s quota slot ahead of Mohadi.

Mohadi’s supporters disputed the results.

“Results will be released from the province but all I can tell you is that all went well and it was indeed peaceful,” Ndlovu said.

Zanu PF insiders said war veteran Mazibisa Ngwenya beat three other candidates for the Beitbridge East slot while sitting proportional representative MP for Beitbridge Metrine Mudau brushed aside a challenge by Maboyi.

In Wedza district, former Transport Deputy minister Michael Madanha and his Foreign Affairs ministry counterpart David Musabayana lost.

They protested saying the elections were rigged.

Madanha was defeated by Esther Gwatidzo while Musabayana lost to Bertha Choto.

Madanha is a former Wedza South MP and former Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) board chairperson while Musabayana is the current Wedza North MP.

Chirau, a politburo member, was outpolled in Harare by Mavis Gumbo.

In Hurungwe North, the elections had to be postponed after former finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe caused a scene at Karoi Country Club where voting was taking place.

There was chaos as two of his bouncers including an election agent were chased away from the venue with one of them forced to delete videos and photos that he had taken.

Mukupe was contesting against former deputy minister and MP Reuben Marumahoko. There were ugly scenes from drunken youths who claimed there was vote buying ahead of the elections.

Some voters were booked at local hotels and guest houses around the farming town of Karoi amid claims that they were given cash and mobile phones among other goodies.

Close allies of the late Robert Mugabe such as Sydney Sekeramayi and Webster Shamu were however celebrating after winning.

Sekeramayi was uncontested in Marondera while Shamu won in Chegutu West.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close ally and controversial socialite Mike Chimombe won in Chinhoyi after he outpolled Charles Mutisi and Alderman Simbarashe Kanzou.

Chimombe is out of custody on $56 000 bail for fraud charges.

In Makonde, deputy information minister Kindness Paradza won uncontested after Phineas Makumbe withdrew citing “unethical and dirty politics”

“I Phineas Makumbe do hereby withdraw my candidature for the central committee elections for Makonde district owing to the unethical and dirty politics being exhibited by my opponent Kindness Paradza” Makumbe wrote in his withdrawal letter.

Philip Chiyangwa won in Zvimba South while Marian Chombo was elected in Zvimba North.

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi was uncontested in Zvimba West while former CIO operative Francis Mukwangwariri emerged victorious in Zvimba East.

In Matabeleland, logistical challenges affected the elections as voting in areas such as Hwange and Binga started after 3pm, an hour before the deadline.

Reports said Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and his wife Sikhanyisiwe Mpofu won in Umguza. Sikhanyisiwe was unopposed.

In Harare, a tense atmosphere engulfed the polling areas as Zanu PF candidates battled it out for Central Committee positions.

The voting process was delayed in all Harare’s six votes with counting going into the night.

At Stodart Hall in Mbare, visibly drunk youths caused chaos after their preferred candidate one Gijima had been contested. The youths wanted to beat up other contestants for contesting Gijima.

Zanu PF’s Harare team leader Maybe Mbowa said the delay was caused by meticulous verification by the electoral college.

“We are still counting the votes because there was a slight delay. Everything went on well,” Mbowa said.

The Central Committee is Zanu PF’s supreme decision making body in-between congresses. Yesterday’s elections were held weeks away from the party’s elective congress. —Standard

Chamisa Suddenly Surfaces In Rural Areas

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is being forced to “sneak” into some parts of rural areas for safety reasons following previous attempts on his life by suspected Zanu PF activists and state agents.
Hundreds of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters in Bikita were on Wednesday stunned to see Chamisa showing up unexpectedly in Nhodovari village, in Makuvaza ward 5, to attend the burial of staunch party member Langton Musavhaya who had passed away on Monday.

Upon hearing of the presence of Chamisa in the area, scores of party supporters from distant villages descended on the village to join the funeral at the Musavhaya homestead after Chamisa’s arrival.

Local CCC leaders who spoke to The Standard said Chamisa’s visit had not been publicised to avoid possible violent clashes that have accompanied most of his rural visits since last year.

“Chamisa’s visits here have of late been violently disrupted by Zanu PF activists and it has necessitated that ways be found to avoid this and allow him to visit us without fearing for his life and without his followers being attacked,” a local party leader who refused to be named said.

“The visit had to be made secret because of what had been happening in the past. There is no doubt that if the visit had been publicised, Zanu PF would have tried to stop president Chamisa from passing through.

“This is one of our many strategies to make sure that victory is certain come 2023, despite various obstacles.”

The CCC leader had to call off the rally after top Zanu PF officials took over the venue claiming they had booked it for their rally.

CCC spokesperson Gift Siziba said the secrecy in Chamisa’s itinerary was meant to protect him following several assassination attempts on his life.

“Given the surge in the cases of politically motivated violence against the CCC and clear assassination attempts on the president, there is need to put in place plans that ensure the safety of the President,” Siziba said.

“CCC rallies have been marred by Zanu PF violence. We have seen roadblocks being manned by Zanu PF to block our president from passing through. It is against this background that we have seen it prudent that the itinerary of the principal be accessible only to those that are cleared.

“Of course, there are freedoms that everyone should enjoy but those freedoms have been violated on several occasions. We have to have in place measures to ensure that we meet the citizens.”

Countless rallies set to be addressed by Chamisa have been violently disrupted by Zanu PF party activists and suspected state security agents since last year, with his motorcade often attacked.

Last month in Gokwe scores of opposition supporters and journalists from the private media were severely assaulted at illegal roadblocks mounted by Zanu PF supporters.

Chamisa was scheduled to address a campaign rally later on the day to drum up support for the party’s Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by-election candidate Costin Muguti.

But Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa rubbished CCC claims that the ruling party was sabotaging Chamisa’s campaign rallies.

“These are utter lies. Why is he not attacked here in Harare? What CCC doesn’t know is that nothing succeeds like success itself. President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) vatiza nechimuti (The President is winning the race. That is why there is all this much whining. We are competing and cannot be campaigning for our rivals,” Mutsvangwa said.

Efforts to get a comment from police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi were in vain as his mobile number was not reachable.

Addressing mourners at the Bikita funeral wake last week Chamisa called for peace ahead of the 2023 elections and said the late Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had endorsed him to take the presidency.

“CCC is the party of choice. Even the late former president realised that Zanu PF had nothing to offer and ordered people to vote for me,” Chamisa said.

After he was deposed in a military coup in 2017, Mugabe said he would vote for Chamisa ahead of the 2018 elections to spite his long-time allies in Zanu PF who ousted him in a de facto coup.

Mugabe told reporters at his mansion in Harare that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government was unconstitutional and that ED ruled by the gun.

“He (Mugabe) said his people turned against him. They removed him against his will …. Nomatter what they do, this time around our victory is certain,” Chamisa said.

“The late Mudhara Bhuradha was an advocate for peace and harmony. People should not hate each other because of their political differences,” Chamisa said.

“People tend to forget about humanity and focus on their political differences. Love one another. Do not hate each other. Unite as one. No one should have violent actions against another person. Young people should contribute to the development of the country and desist from violent insurrections.”

The country’s elections have been marred by political violence.

The run-up to the March by-elections this year were also characterised by political violence that claimed the life of an opposition CCC activist in Kwekwe.

Human rights’ watchdogs in their surveys have listed Zanu PF as the main perpetrators of political violence, a charge the ruling party denies.- Standard

Latest FIFA World Rankings

Zimbabwe have slumped on the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday.

The Warriors were not in action in the just-ended international window due to the FIFA ban that resulted from governmental interference in running the local game.

The national team gained no points and dropped two places to number 125 in the world but remained on the 33rd place on the continental table.

Brazil topped the global ranking, while Senegal took the first spot in Africa.

Meanwhile, the biggest movers were teams who failed to qualify for Qatar 2022, namely Scotland (40th, plus 5) and Azerbaijan (123rd, plus 5), both five places higher. Honourable mentions should also go to Algeria (37th, plus 4), Georgia (78th, plus 4), Mauritania (103rd, plus 4) and Suriname (139th, plus 4), all of whom ascended four places.

World Top 10: 1. Brazil, 2. Belgium, 3. Argentina, 4. France, 5. England, 6. Italy, 7. Spain, 8. Netherlands, 9. Portugal, 10. Denmark.

Africa Top 10: 1. Senegal, 2. Morocco, 3. Tunisia 4. Nigeria, 5. Algeria, 6. Egypt, 5. , 7. Cameroon, 8. Mali, 9. Ivory Coast, 10. Burkina Faso.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

“I Taught At Eton College!” said Mliswa – Pity Exposure | WILBERT MUKORI

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By Wilbert Mukori | Many people have listened to an audio posted on Zimeye in which the Right Honourable Themba Mliswa, Independent MP for Norton, was ranting and raving calling me “a political novice”. What was all that about, some people have asked.

The whole argument started with the Right Honourable MP arguing that if Zimbabweans wanted political and economic change in Zimbabwe then they must register to vote for the upcoming 2023 elections. It is bad enough to have to listen to the brain-dead MDC/CCC supporters regurgitating the same foolish argument; it is too much ask to hear it from an MP too!
In the watershed March 2008 elections 73% of the people voted for Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends but before the results were announced the Zanu PF vote rigging juggernaut stepped in. Zanu PF led by none other than President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself, by his own admission, whittled down the 73% to 47%, enough to force a presidential runoff.
During the runoff the party unleashed the party’s militia, war veterans backed by the Police, Army and CIO for the express purpose of punishing the people for daring to reject Mugabe and Zanu PF in the March vote.
“What was accomplished by the bullet cannot be undone by the ballot!” thundered Robert Mugabe throughout Operation “Mavhotera papi!” (Whom did you vote for!)
Themba Mliswa was a senior Zanu PF member, an MP and was, at one point, Zanu PF chairman of Mashonaland West. Of course, he played has his role in the establishment and retention of the de facto one-party, Zanu PF, dictatorship that has ruled the country to this day with an iron fist.
SADC refused to endorse Zanu PF’s election victory in protest against the blatant cheating and wanton violence, a historic first given the regional body had always turned a blind eye to Zanu PF rigged elections in the past. SADC forced Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies to sign the 2008 Global Political Agreement, agreeing to the need for Zimbabwe to implement a raft of democratic reforms to restore the individual freedoms and rights including the right to free, fair and credible elections.
Themba Mliswa knows that Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends sold out big time by failing to implement even one democratic reform in the five years of the 2008 to 2013 GNU. “Mazivanhu eMDC adzidza kudya anyerere!” (MDC leaders have learned to enjoy the gravy train good life, they will never rock the boat!) Zanu PF cronies openly boasted during the GNU when asked why MDC were not implementing reforms.
Mliswa would have joined his fellow Zanu PF cronies in celebrating the end of the GNU in 2013 with not even a token reform in place. They all knew that as long as Zanu PF retained its carte blanche powers to rigged elections and use wanton violence, the party would NEVER EVER lose elections as the 2008 watershed elections had shown.
Unlike in 2008 when the Zanu PF vote rigging juggernaut turned off and only turned back on to stop the unedited elections results be announced, it is turned on all the time. Hence the reason ZEC has only registered 250 000 in the period 2018 to May 2022 regardless of opposition’s effort to register six million, for example!
Of course, Themba Mliswa knows it is futile to participating in these flawed and illegal elections – the opposition will only give the process some modicum of credibility and legitimacy. He does not care about that because he also knows that Zanu PF will give away a few gravy train seats to entice the opposition to participate. He won one of these bait seats in the last elections and that is all he cares about.
“I am related to Didymus Mutasa and Emmerson Mnangagwa. And Nelson Chamisa is my sekuru (uncle).” Argued Mliswa. “Am I able to advance national interest? Yes I am!”
I judge people on merit and not on their political connections, gender, tribe, age, etc. The Zanu PF dictatorship is at the heart of the nation’s economic and political mess and only an idiot would think perpetuating the dictatorship for selfish reasons is in the national interest!
In his ranting and raving Mliswa revealed that he has studied and worked for some of the world-renowned education institutions in UK, USA and Japan. I for one was disappointed that Mliswa had clearly learned nothing; he did not even have the common sense to know one cannot have free and fair elections without something as basic as a verified voters’ roll.
It goes to show, one can take an ape out of the jungle, but you cannot take the jungle mentality out of the ape! Zimbabwe’s corrupted electoral system has allowed apes to be MPs and no wonder the country is in serious trouble! And the solution is to break this cycle of rigged elections that has kept the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF thugs in power for 42 years.
We cannot stop Zanu PF rigging the 2023 elections nor can we stop Mliswa, his uncle Chamisa and the rest in the opposition camp participating in the flawed and illegal elections. What we can and must do is stop SADC endorsing the flawed process and granting Zanu PF legitimacy.

There is a lot more to implementing the democratic reforms and holding free and fair elections than restoring a fundamental right; it is the essence of good governance and our ticket out of the hellhole Zanu PF have dragged us into!
Themba Mliswa, is just an Eton College ape who do not even understand what constitute free, fair and credible elections; he and his like must not have the final say in 2023 elections!

(Right Honourable MP Themba Mliswa’s ranting, and raving audio is available on facebook.com/zimeye/videos/508767777357655/?flite=scwspnss)

– SOURCE: zimbabwelight.blogspot.com

Prison Officer Shoots Self Following Dispute With Wife Over Form 3 Girl

A PRISON officer stationed at Little Kraal Farm in Nyazura pumped three bullets into his head with a service rifle and died instantly following a wrangle with his wife over his alleged affair with a Form Three student.

Kenneth Mawonga (38) was found in a pool of blood by his workmates who had rushed to the scene after hearing gunshots.

Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services’ public relations officer for Manicaland, Chief Correctional Officer Liberty Mhlanga confirmed the incident.

He, however, could not divulge more details, saying investigations are underway to ascertain the cause of the suicide.

“We confirm the regrettable incident, but investigations into the cause of the suicide are in progress,” he said.

However, homicide detectives handling the case revealed that Mawonga had a misunderstanding with his wife over his alleged affair with an under-age school girl.

Following Mawonga’s death, detectives went through his cellphone chats and discovered that he was at loggerheads with his wife over the alleged affair.

Further investigations saw detectives talking to the late Mawonga’s wife, Sharon Paimupindu (31), and she also revealed the couple had spoken about the extra marital affair.

“These are just assumptions of what could have caused the suicide basing on the cellphone conversations. We want to really dig deep into the matter and find out what happened,” said a detective who requested anonymity.

It is alleged that on September 29, Mawonga commenced duty in the morning and was deployed to do perimetre checks around prisoners’ cells.

At around lunch hour, he requested to change guard points with another officer, Tanaka Willard Matsaru, saying he did not want to continue working at the guard point he had been deployed.

Matsaru had been deployed at the Corner Post and was armed with a loaded service pistol.
Matsaru agreed to exchange guard points and handed over his service pistol to Mawonga.

Mawonga took over at the Corner Post until late in the afternoon when gunshots were heard.

An alarm was raised, resulting in all prison officers combing the area to establish what had transpired.

Upon checking the Corner Post guard room, the officers stumbled upon their colleague’s dead body.

A nurse who was summoned to attend the scene confirmed his death.

The matter was reported to the police.

Detectives who attended the scene discovered that Mawonga had wounds on his head, below the chin and on the left nostril.

Spent cartridges were picked from the underside of his chin.

The rifle in question was also recovered.

However, Paimupindu was not readily available for a comment as her mobile phone was not reachable.

— Manica Post

Chelsea Boss Gives Update On Fofana Injury

Chelsea coach Graham Potter has given a positive update on the injury of defender Wesley Fofana.

The £70m signing from Leicester City sustained a knee injury during Chelsea’s victory over AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday. He left the stadium on crutches.

But following a scan, the French centre-back avoided serious damage and could return in “a few weeks”.

“Wesley’s knee is not as bad as we thought. After the game, we were concerned,” said Potter.

“It will be a few weeks we think. It is considerably better than it could be.”

Asked whether he could return before the start of the World Cup next month, Potter added: “Possibly, it depends how his rehab goes. We wouldn’t want to put too much of a timescale on it, but there is a chance.”

Elsewhere at Chelsea, Fofana’s compatriot N’Golo Kante could potentially make his return to action having been out since mid-August with a thigh injury. He returned to training recently and it remains to be seen if he is fit enough to play against Wolves this weekend.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe

Warriors Slump On FIFA Rankings

Zimbabwe have slumped on the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday.

The Warriors were not in action in the just-ended international window due to the FIFA ban that resulted from governmental interference in running the local game.

The national team gained no points and dropped two places to number 125 in the world but remained on the 33rd place on the continental table.

Brazil topped the global ranking, while Senegal took the first spot in Africa.

Meanwhile, the biggest movers were teams who failed to qualify for Qatar 2022, namely Scotland (40th, plus 5) and Azerbaijan (123rd, plus 5), both five places higher. Honourable mentions should also go to Algeria (37th, plus 4), Georgia (78th, plus 4), Mauritania (103rd, plus 4) and Suriname (139th, plus 4), all of whom ascended four places.

World Top 10: 1. Brazil, 2. Belgium, 3. Argentina, 4. France, 5. England, 6. Italy, 7. Spain, 8. Netherlands, 9. Portugal, 10. Denmark.

Africa Top 10: 1. Senegal, 2. Morocco, 3. Tunisia 4. Nigeria, 5. Algeria, 6. Egypt, 5. , 7. Cameroon, 8. Mali, 9. Ivory Coast, 10. Burkina Faso.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

Young People Shape Struggle – President Chamisa

Tinashe Sambiri| Young people play a pivotal role in the struggle for freedom from Zanu PF oppression.

This was said by CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa in an appreciation post on Friday.

President Chamisa hailed young committed to the people’s struggle.

“In today’s world we need young people who have tenacity of the mind, clarity of thought, a clear sense of where we are and where we are going.

Dedicated and committed to the democratic cause, the transformation agenda.

This is an appreciation post. #Prepare7 #RegisterToVote,” said President Chamisa in a brief statement on Twitter.

CCC Targets Victory In Matobo

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC official Charlton Hwende says the party will romp to victory in the Matobo ward 2 by-election.

The by-election is scheduled for October 22.Sindiso Ngwenya will represent CCC.

Hwende appealed for morale and corporate support for Ngwenya as she represents citizens.

“On 22 October we are going to defeat ZanuPF again in Matobo Ward 2.

Our candidate requires more Posters and Flyers.

Citizens who want to assist DM me so that I can link you with our Campaign Team in Matobo #RegisterToVoteZW #Nyatsime16,” Hwende said in a statement on Twitter.

Basic Hygiene Tips

Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report by WHO and UNICEF.

Around 3.85 billion people use these facilities, putting them at greater risk of infection, including 688 million people who receive care at facilities with no hygiene services at all.

“Hygiene facilities and practices in health care settings are non-negotiable.

Their improvement is essential to pandemic recovery, prevention and preparedness. Hygiene in health care facilities cannot be secured without increasing investments in basic measures, which include safe water, clean toilets, and safely managed health care waste,” said Dr Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health.

“I encourage Member States to step up their efforts to implement their 2019 World Health Assembly commitment to strengthen water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities, and to monitor these efforts.”

The latest report, “Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000–2021: special focus on WASH and infection prevention and control”, has for the first time established this global baseline on hygiene services – which assessed access at points of care as well as toilets – as more countries than ever report on critical elements of WASH services in their hospitals and other health centres. For hygiene, data are now available for 40 countries, representing 35% of the world’s population, up from 21 countries in 2020 and 14 in 2019.

The newly established global estimate reveals a clearer and more alarming picture of the state of hygiene in health care facilities. Though 68% of health care facilities had hygiene facilities at points of care, and 65% had handwashing facilities with water and soap at toilets, only 51% had both and therefore met the criteria for basic hygiene services. Furthermore, 1 in 11 (9%) of health care facilities globally have neither.

“If health care providers don’t have access to a hygiene service, patients don’t have a health care facility,” said Kelly Ann Naylor, UNICEF Director of WASH and Climate, Environment, Energy, and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED).

“Hospitals and clinics without safe water and basic hygiene and sanitation services are a potential death trap for pregnant mothers, newborns, and children. Every year, around 670 000 newborns lose their lives to sepsis. This is a travesty – even more so as their deaths are preventable.”

The report notes that contaminated hands and environments play a significant role in pathogen transmission in health care facilities and the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Interventions to increase access to handwashing with water and soap and environmental cleaning form the cornerstone of infection prevention and control programmes and are crucial to providing quality care, particularly for safe childbirth.
Coverage of WASH facilities is still uneven across different regions and income groupings:

Facilities in sub-Saharan Africa are lagging on hygiene services. While three-quarters (73%) of health care facilities in the region overall have alcohol-based hand rub or water and soap at points of care, only one-third (37%) have handwashing facilities with water and soap at toilets.

The vast majority (87%) of hospitals have hand hygiene facilities at points of care, compared to 68% of other healthcare facilities.
In the Least Developed Countries, only 53% of health care facilities have access on-premises to a protected water source.

To compare, the global figure is 78% with hospitals (88%) doing better than smaller health care facilities (77%), and the figure for eastern and south-eastern Asia is 90%. Globally, around 3% of health care facilities in urban areas and 11% in rural areas had no water service.

Of the countries with available data, 1 in 10 health care facilities globally had no sanitation service.

The proportion of health care facilities with no sanitation services ranged from 3% in Latin America and the Caribbean and in eastern and south-eastern Asia to 22% in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Least Developed Countries, just 1 in 5 (21%) had basic sanitation services in health care facilities.
The data further reveals that many health care facilities lack basic environmental cleaning and safe segregation and disposal of health care waste.
The report is being launched at World Water Week taking place in Stockholm, Sweden.

The annual conference, which runs from 23 August to 1 September, explores new ways to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges: from food security and health to agriculture, technology, biodiversity and climate.

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Picture Of The Week: Nelson Chamisa A Man Of The People

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa is a man of the people.

He freely mixed and mingled with mourners at the burial of legendary CCC percussionist Tarusenga Chekerwa in Bikita on Wednesday.

CCC youth assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma described President Chamisa as a humble and selfless character.

“This is what we mean when we say @nelsonchamisa is the People’s President.

Mixing and mingling with citizens freely. Sekuru Mnangagwa will never do that.

He has wronged citizens & is very afraid of them! Dictators are afraid of their own shadows!

RegisterToVoteZW.”

President Chamisa, Mnangagwa Clash In Matobo

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC official Charlton Hwende says the party will romp to victory in the Matobo ward 2 by-election.

The by-election is scheduled for October 22.Sindiso Ngwenya will represent CCC.

Hwende appealed for morale and corporate support for Ngwenya as she represents citizens.

“On 22 October we are going to defeat ZanuPF again in Matobo Ward 2.

Our candidate requires more Posters and Flyers.

Citizens who want to assist DM me so that I can link you with our Campaign Team in Matobo #RegisterToVoteZW #Nyatsime16,” Hwende said in a statement on Twitter.

Madam Boss Assaults Hubby’s Lover

By-Socialite and Comedienne Tyra Chikocho, known as Madam Boss, has threatened to evict her husband’s girlfriend from the home where she is staying in Riverside, Chitungwiza.

Madam Boss’ husband, Ngonidzashe Munetsiwa, has been dating Evangelista Zhou for some time, a report claims.

The comedienne reportedly clashed with Evangelista on Monday and the latter sent photographs of her good times with Ngoni to her inner circle.

H-Metro reported sources as saying Evangelista feared that she would lose all the evidence of the good times she used to enjoy with Ngoni.

She claims Ngoni is responsible for her pregnancy. Said the source:

Evangelista was assaulted and her phone was tampered with.

That is why she wanted her pictures with Ngoni to be protected.

Madam Boss claimed that Evangelista was communicating with another man from Masvingo after she went through her WhatsApp conversation.

She is feeling very insecure and that is the reason why she approached the courts for a peace order.

Ngoni pleaded with her for the withdrawal of the peace order.

Ngoni reportedly took Evangelista to Avondale after their illicit affair was exposed sometime in March.

She, however, moved out of the lodgings in protest and was taken to the house in Chitungwiza which belongs to Ngoni and Madam Boss.

Mai TT Attacks Madam Boss

By- Comedienne Felistas Murata, known in the entertainment industry as Mai TT, has blasted fellow comedian Madam Boss who recently collapsed after learning about her husband’s infidelity.

Mai TT said Marriage had no formula, and married people can still have problems even if they do everything right.

Mai TT, who has been having challenges in her Marriage, posted her remarks on Facebook.

Critics believe Mai TT was taking a dig at another comedienne Madam Boss

 Wrote Mai TT:

Marriage has got no formula 

Each time when a man does his shenanigans we blame women, hee dressing, character, personality bla bla bla come on guys.

A man will still cheat on his decent and perfect wife who he met whilst she was still a virgin.

A man will cheat on his wife despite the wife being respectful, responsible and beautiful.

Beauty will not keep a man, even brains will not, respect, and being faithful won’t keep him too.

Even if you are the sexiest woman on earth if a man wants to cheat he will do so with the least of the person you were expecting. So let’s not do fault-finding in relationships, some men married strippers they met in the pub till now they are together. 

Some men get beaten by their wives but they are still together and you wonder what are they still doing there.

Some men live with the most talkative wives ever but still, they are going strong. 

Love, Marriage and how to keep it longer is unknown, it’s an unknown equation.

If you are in a perfect marriage or relationship then thank your God because it is not a bed of roses.

Whilst you are at it do not laugh at those failing to keep their relationships, they also are putting in effort just like you are doing. 

When it turns out bad It is also up to you to stay or leave, you do not need any advice when you are the one wearing the shoe. You know how painful it is.

However normalizing cheating is one of the most painful things ever.

There are really good people out there who are still asking themselves, what did I really do? or where did I get it wrong?

But hey listen! You did the best you could to keep it together but what keeps someone is someone who wants to be kept.

Auxillia Mnangagwa Hijacks Zanu PF

By-First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa is contesting for a top post in the Zanu PF central committee after imposing herself in the political contest.

According to an online news portal, NewZimbabwe Auxillia is today contesting in the Zanu PF’s Central Committee elections after ‘successfully’ submitting her Curriculum Vitae (CV) at the party’s offices in Kwekwe.

Sources from Midlands said Zanu PF members in the province ‘fully support’ Mnangagwa’s bid to return to the Central Committee. Said the source:
The First Lady successfully submitted her CV at the Kwekwe office and she is going to contest in the elections.
It’s a done deal as there is no one who is against the idea of the first lady going back to the central committee.
Some of the candidates who are going to contest from the Midlands are Local Government Minister July Moyo, former Zanu PF Midlands provincial chairperson Mackenzie-Ncube, Moses Murada, Kwekwe Parliamentary Women Representative Peserverance Zhou, former Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Edward Fundira, former Minister Francis Nhema and Breakfast Ncube.
The Central Committee is the highest decision-making body outside Congress and members are contesting for 304 Central Committee positions.

Dog-Eat-Dog In Zanu PF Central Committee Elections

By- There is chaos in Zanu PF today as the party holds its Central Committee elections.

Reports of serious vote buying in the elections start this morning.

The Central Committee is the highest decision-making body outside Congress and members are contesting for 304 Central Committee positions.

The party has sent senior members to monitor and supervise the chaotic elections in various provinces.

Speaking at post-successive Politburo meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday night, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said:

We are now putting the nail on the last most important institution of the party.

When all the organs are in place and the machinery for elections has been retooled, we are going to endorse our President as the sole candidate at the Congress. That is what is coming from the organs of the party.

Our democracy comes from building up from the grassroots level. It is not a top-down, it is a top-up approach.

We are going to endorse our President as the sole candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections and thereafter we oil the machinery for elections.

… Tomorrow (today) we are going to have Central Committee elections which will be conducted in a harmonious atmosphere.

Zanu PF national Political Commissar Mike Bimha said the Politburo met on Thursday night and went through the list of the recommended successful candidates.

He said the names of candidates were subjected to security vetting and that there were a few changes made in terms of the people who have been disqualified. Said Bimha:

All provinces will be going for elections (today) tomorrow with the exception of Masvingo which will be having elections on Sunday the reason being that President Mnangagwa will be having a thank you rally in Chiredzi, Masvingo. We have given them the leeway to have their elections on Sunday.

Those who were disqualified but later approved by the Politburo are Flora Buka, Terence Mukupe, Bright Matonga, Muchareva Chamisa, Jabulani Mbetu, Tshetshe Mguni, Nyararai Sibanda and Sindiso Ndlovu, Raymond Machingura, Patricia Kuhlande among others.

Former ZANU Ndonga members were also given a nod to contest for Central Committee positions in Manicaland namely Cde Veryson Muteya, Sibiya Charity, Chido Madiwa, Wilson Khumbula, Munodawafa Chipinge, Muzanamo Kanganisai.

Some of the members who were disqualified by the Politburo are George Makunde, Manal Motsi, Alec Nyakuwara, Tapera Table, Caleb Makwiranzou, Susan Chuma, Obey Taronga Mapiki.

Meanwhile, Kanisio Dengu and Christopher Chingwaru from Mashonaland Central withdrew from the race. | The Herald

Auxillia Mnangagwa Follows Grace Mugabe’s Footsteps, Joins Politics

By-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife, Auxillia, followed the former first lady Grace Mugabe’s footsteps by joining politics.

According to an online news portal, NewZimbabwe Auxillia is today contesting in the Zanu PF’s Central Committee elections after successfully submitting her Curriculum Vitae (CV) at the party’s offices in Kwekwe.

Sources from Midlands said Zanu PF members in the province fully support Mnangagwa’s bid to return to the Central Committee. Said the source:
The First Lady successfully submitted her CV at the Kwekwe office and she is going to contest in the elections.
It’s a done deal as there is no one who is against the idea of the first lady going back to the central committee.
Some of the candidates who are going to contest from the Midlands are Local Government Minister July Moyo, former Zanu PF Midlands provincial chairperson Mackenzie-Ncube, Moses Murada, Kwekwe Parliamentary Women Representative Peserverance Zhou, former Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Edward Fundira, former Minister Francis Nhema and Breakfast Ncube.
The Central Committee is the highest decision-making body outside Congress and members are contesting for 304 Central Committee positions.

Mwonzora Clarifies ”Joining POLAD” Reports

Yesterday, (Friday), the MDC President Douglas Mwonzora was invited to attend a POLAD Meeting not joined POLAD so that he presents our submissions on the proposed amendments we expect to be made into POLAD so that it becomes inclusive.

Our proposal is that it must include a Platform of Political Parties in Parliament just like COPAC.

Once it includes Political parties in Parliament it now means the Church, Traditional, leaders and all CSOs will be included because there will be thematic committees that include these.

At Present the constitutive document of POLAD is exclusive only to those ppl who participated in 2018 Presidential Elections and we have refused to join it under the current state.

Last year the Party’s National Council council resolved that we can only join POLAD on condition that it’s structure has been changed to includes a Platform Political Parties in Parliament and this means the constitutive document of POLAD must be amended.

One last thing we all have to know is that Zanu PF has insisted that Dialogue must take place inside POLAD and we have also insisted that Dialogue must be inclusive and should involve Parliament.

So in any negotiation its about give and take. You can not win all.
As for now we have not joined POLAD since its members are still consulting and deliberating on our proposals and as soon as they are through they will get in touch with us.

Zanu PF Activist Unpeturbed By Attack, Vows To Fight Mnangagwa Head On

HARARE – Zanu PF activist Sybeth Musengezi has vowed the weekend arson attack that damaged his home and also destroyed property will not deter him from seeking justice in his court challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy.

Musengezi and his family escaped what he believes was an arson attack by suspected state agents at his Sandton home in Harare Saturday.

Neighbours pitched in to help the defiant activist put out the inferno, which had destroyed property worth US$ 8 500, excluding the damage on the house.

A Toyota Vitz, a 5000-litre water tank, two beds, blankets, electrical appliances, and clothes were among the items destroyed in the fire.

Musengezi claimed the incident was staged to intimidate him against challenging Mnangagwa’s legitimacy as Zanu PF leader.

The activist says he will not dump his challenge despite signs of risks against his life.

“This attack has actually strengthened my resolve to fight on and I now believe I have a strong case; otherwise I would not have been facing these attacks if it was a simple matter.

“My family is still traumatised. Imagine kids watching as thugs attempt to burn them alive. They are extremely terrified.

“Right now, we are working on long-term security measures to ensure the family’s safety,” he said.

In his court challenge, Musengezi claims Mnangagwa was improperly elevated to becoming Zanu PF first secretary in violation of the ruling party’s constitution, following the shock military assisted coup against late former President Robert Mugabe November 2017.

Since November last year, Musengezi says his civil, structural engineering, and construction businesses have faced numerous threats by suspected state agents targeting him and his clients.

“Threats have always been there since November last year. Death threats, threats of being arrested or beaten up.

“I have had my clients being threatened not to renew my contracts or pay me my dues.

“I’ve taken some of the cases to court, but the clients are under strict orders not to pay me a single cent,” said Musengezi.

Only a few brave party activists, Musengezi says, support his bold decision to challenge Mnangagwa’s legitimacy, while the majority of them no longer want to be associated with him for fear of being victimized.

25-Year Old Harare Man Nabbed While Selling A Firearm

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Harare Central Business District (CBD) after he was found selling a firearm.

A police report says the police got a tip-off that Tanaka Rujuwa was in possession of a gun.

“On 05/10/22, Police in Harare swiftly reacted to a tip-off and arrested Tanaka Rujuwa (25) at Markert Square Bus Terminus for possession of an unregistered Plainsman 175 Pistol and a Mossberg round. The suspect was arrested while selling the firearm for US$1 500,” the police said.

The arrest comes a week after the expiry of the Presidential Amnesty on Voluntary Surrender of Firearms and compliance with the police verification exercise.

545 firearms were surrendered as of 29 September 2022 under the amnesty.

Amnesty was announced against the backdrop of an increase in crimes such as armed robberies and other forms of crimes of passion.

Illegal possession of firearms is a violation of section 4(4)(b) of the Firearms Act and may attract a jail sentence of about 24 months, depending on the circumstances.

Zimbabweans Have Never Been Silent Accomplices Of Their Own Oppression

Zimbabweans have never been silent accomplices of their oppression with citizens expressing their grievances through cultural artefacts, a South Africa based academic has said.

Speaking after receiving a prize for his book, Cultural Texts of Resistance in Zimbabwe, Professor Rodwell Makombe described the country’s struggle against oppression as ‘discursive’ whilst emphasising that the masses had embedded resistance in their everyday activities.

Makombe, a lecturer at the University of the Free State, said contrary to the widespread assumptions that Zimbabweans were docile and accomplices to Zanu-PF oppressive rule, his book questioned this notion whilst providing a glimpse into the forms of resistance that continue to exist in the country.

“I wanted to show that Zimbabweans have never been silent accomplices of their oppression. I see oppression not only as physical, but also as discursive,” said Makombe.

“When one looks at the Zimbabwean Netscape since 2000, it has been awash with resistance, opposition, frustration, anger, disappointment, and cynicism. To understand resistance, we have to look at the things that people do and imply every day.

“In other words, Zimbabwean cultural artefacts such as music, whether chimurenga, sungura or gospel, are in many ways the music of resistance against the poverty, family disintegration, hunger, death, and political bigotry that have proliferated in the context of the economic crisis”, he said.

According to Makombe, resistance to tyranny and dictatorship in a constantly growing oppressive society manifests beyond physical protests and riots but through everyday cultural expressions.

“The same can be said about cartoons, memes, and social media posts of the post-2000 period. They all articulate a general sense of disgruntlement and disappointment with the political situation. One point the book makes is that resistance should not only be restricted to offline activities, but it should also include digital resistance,” he said.

Makumbe scooped the 2021 University of Free State (UFS) Book Prize for distinguished scholarship which recognises outstanding research-based publications by academics who produce original books of an international standard.

The book was published by the American publisher Rowman and Littlefield in October 2021 and looks at discursive resistance which is expressed through cultural art forms such as songs, memes, cartoons, and jokes that reflect on and contest hegemonic narratives promoted by the ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe.

“This is my first book, and when I saw the application call, I said to myself, ‘give it a try’. I am currently working on a monograph on the post-coloniality of everyday life in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe, with a specific focus on social media humour and satire. The book should be ready for publication sometime in 2023,” said Makombe.

Makombe, is an Associate Professor in the Department of English on the Qwaqwa Campus, University of the Free State.

Election Watchdogs Demand Voters Roll

Election watchdogs have expressed concern over plans by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to go ahead with the delimitation exercise without availing the voters roll.

Zec yesterday released its delimitation roadmap showing that the exercise will be completed by December ahead of the 2023 elections.

Election Resource Centre programmes manager Solomon Bobosibunu said it was worrying that the voters roll had not been made public ahead of the critical exercise  of redrawing electoral boundaries.

“In as far as voter education is concerned we are still worried that Zec has not made the voters roll public as the requirement of the law. We are not asking this out of the blue, it’s as per the provisions of the Electoral Act,” Bobosibunu said.

Zimbabwe Election Support Network acting executive director Ellen Dingani said: “By way of update it’s good, but we also want a two-way process whereby the commission engages civil society and political parties to explain some of the issues it mentioned. “

Zimbabwe Elections Advocacy Trust director Ignatius Sadziwa urged Zec to be transparent when conducting the delimitation exercise.

“The exercise needs to be painstakingly executed. However, the commission must improve on consultations so that the process passes credibility and legitimacy tests,” Sadziwa said.

Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana referred NewsDay to the commission’s spokesperson, Jasper Mangwana, who was not picking calls.

In the roadmap, Zec said it would use provincial and district maps with topological features such as mountains, rivers, roads, communication lines, settlements and different types of land use to demarcate constituency boundaries.

-Newsday

Vic Falls Residents Chase Town Clerk Out Of Office For Abuse Of Office

Residents Association of Victoria Falls on Tuesday frogmarched Town Clerk, Ronnie Dube, out of his office after he was suspended for alleged abuse of office.

The association mobilised residents to physically remove Dube from his Council office following his suspension by the Mayor.

“Today, we stormed Council premises and locked Ronnie Dube’s office and put a key blocker.

“Dube is under investigation by ZACC for corruption and illegal Council deals.

“After we left, some Council security personnel tried to remove the key blocker, but failed.

“It seems Ronnie wants to hide all evidence, but the police have warned that any security guard who removes the key blocker will be arrested,” said a source.

In the suspension letter, Dube is accused of five counts of alleged incompetence.

“On May 26, you wrote a letter to Jackberry Investment instructing them to make a payment towards one-month rentals into City Council Account number 4572-033912-202 held at ZB Bank to the tune of ZW$8 251 522.65.

“There is no Council resolution to allocate the brewery to the said investor.

“The purported lease being drawn in the same letter is illegal. You acted ultra vires your express and/or implied terms and conditions of service.

“On February 25, you unilaterally allocated the Council dumpsite to Greenline Africa, in partnership with Mosi oa Tunya Waste and Landfill (Pvt) Ltd without a Council resolution.

“In your letter dated February 25, you stated that management had no authority to lease out the said dumpsite/landfill site or sewerage pond area.

“You acted outside the scope of your mandate and powers by usurping Council powers.”

Added the letter:

“On August 4, as the Town Clerk of the City of Victoria Falls, you caused the transfer of US$84 000 from a Council account.

“There was no cause for this transfer.

“Council neither authorised such nor does it have an agreement with you authorising the transfer of the said money.

“This is theft of trust property.

“In June, 2022, you misrepresented to Council a proposal arising from the tender to sell stand number 8300. The purpose of selling land, through the tender system is to get the competitive maximum value available on the open market.

“You misled Council to award the tender to Zambezi Properties, whose bid of US$4.2 million was lower than the highest bid of US$5.7 million.

“You failed to discharge your duties diligently and effectively in line with the express or implied conditions of your contract of employment.

“In your capacity as Town Clerk, you have failed to solve perennial service delivery challenges, namely water shortages.”

-H Metro

Prison Officer Kills Self Over Misunderstanding With Wife

A PRISON officer stationed at Little Kraal Farm in Nyazura pumped three bullets into his head with a service rifle and died instantly following a wrangle with his wife over his alleged affair with a Form Three student.

Kenneth Mawonga (38) was found in a pool of blood by his workmates who had rushed to the scene after hearing gunshots.

Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services’ public relations officer for Manicaland, Chief Correctional Officer Liberty Mhlanga confirmed the incident.

He, however, could not divulge more details, saying investigations are underway to ascertain the cause of the suicide.

“We confirm the regrettable incident, but investigations into the cause of the suicide are in progress,” he said.

However, homicide detectives handling the case revealed that Mawonga had a misunderstanding with his wife over his alleged affair with an under-age school girl.

Following Mawonga’s death, detectives went through his cellphone chats and discovered that he was at loggerheads with his wife over the alleged affair.

Further investigations saw detectives talking to the late Mawonga’s wife, Sharon Paimupindu (31), and she also revealed the couple had spoken about the extra marital affair.

“These are just assumptions of what could have caused the suicide basing on the cellphone conversations. We want to really dig deep into the matter and find out what happened,” said a detective who requested anonymity.

It is alleged that on September 29, Mawonga commenced duty in the morning and was deployed to do perimetre checks around prisoners’ cells.

At around lunch hour, he requested to change guard points with another officer, Tanaka Willard Matsaru, saying he did not want to continue working at the guard point he had been deployed.

Matsaru had been deployed at the Corner Post and was armed with a loaded service pistol.
Matsaru agreed to exchange guard points and handed over his service pistol to Mawonga.

Mawonga took over at the Corner Post until late in the afternoon when gunshots were heard.

An alarm was raised, resulting in all prison officers combing the area to establish what had transpired.

Upon checking the Corner Post guard room, the officers stumbled upon their colleague’s dead body.

A nurse who was summoned to attend the scene confirmed his death.

The matter was reported to the police.

Detectives who attended the scene discovered that Mawonga had wounds on his head, below the chin and on the left nostril.

Spent cartridges were picked from the underside of his chin.

The rifle in question was also recovered.

However, Paimupindu was not readily available for a comment as her mobile phone was not reachable.

— Manica Post

Company Boss Caught With Lover In Car

A manager at Grills Feed company which is situated in Kelvin West industrial area in Bulawayo was allegedly battered and stripped naked before he was robbed of his cash and his Honda Fit car after he was caught with his girlfriend in his car.

The incident happened on Friday last week at around 7pm.

Hebert Gorekore (47) stays in Pumula East suburb and on the day in question he visited his lover named Sikhangele Ndlovu in Nkulumane suburb and they sat in his car. While they were in the car two males confronted them and smashed a car window.

“They smashed the driver’s side window with a stone and instructed him to alight from the car as they threatened to kill him. As he opened the driver’s door his girlfriend bolted out of the car and fled leaving him at the mercy of the robbers,” a source said.

They ordered him to lie on the ground and to remove his clothes.

“He removed all of his clothes and remained naked. They kicked him and slapped him all over the body while questioning him about what he was doing with his lover in the car but he could not explain as they rained blows on him,” said the source.

He managed to free himself and had to dig deep and summoned his athletic abilities to survive the vicious attack.

“The robbers took his clothes and a wallet which contained US$2 and a national identity card and drove off in his car,” said the source. Hebert reported the incident to the police.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident. He warned members of the public against parking outside homes in the evening, pointing out that they risked being robbed and attacked.

Hebert begged this reporter not to write the story as he said it would tarnish his reputation and when he was pressed further for a comment he said: “There is nothing I can do. You can write whatever you want to write.” -B Metro

CCC Salutes Resilient Teachers

World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5. Established in 1994, it commemorates the …

Teachers are a source of inspiration & changemakers in their own right.

This #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate Zimbabwean teachers who are doing their best in extremely difficult conditions.

In the #NewZimbabwe, funding the education sector will be a national priority. The dignity of the teaching profession will be restored.- CCC

Govt Must Pay Polygamists

While some sections of society denounce polygamy as an archaic practice that is not suitable for modern lifestyles, the BaTonga community of Binga believe it cultivates family unity and reduces incidents of domestic violence while suppressing HIV infections.
They claim polygamy reduces spinsterhood as there are more women than men in the country.

For that service, they want the Government to pay them.

Due to the preservation of culture, the BaTonga community in Binga District, Matabeleland North has one of the country’s low HIV infection rates which stands at five percent against the national average of 11 percent.

Following the outbreak of HIV, health experts championed monogamy as a measure to reduce infections.

But for the BaTonga people from Binga, the continued practice of polygamy among other cultural practices seems to have saved them from the HIV scourge.

The BaTonga believe that while citizens strive for monogamous marriages, there is evidence that these relationships are failing and hence contributing to high divorce cases.

Instead, the BaTonga have embraced polygamy as part of their lifestyle.

Saturday Chronicle caught up with some polygamous men in the Siachilaba area, under Chief Siachilaba, who backed the cultural practice saying it has kept families together.

A father of nine, Mr Nelson Munkuli said polygamy comes naturally in the BaTonga community as most of them were born in polygamous families.

Mr Munkuli is married to two women and is looking for a third one.

“My father had seven wives and 35 children if I’m not mistaken. So, I’m planning to marry another wife just to follow in my father’s footsteps. So far, I have nine children and one of my wives is pregnant and I expect another child soon,” said Mr Munkuli.

“I’m inspired by my late father, so that is why I’m saying I want to have at least three wives. I’m cognisant that having more wives comes with more responsibility. We are living in different timelines from my father’s generation.

“Unlike in the past where education was not prioritised, I have to send all my children to school, so that is why I want to limit my wives to three.”

He said one of his wives is his late brother’s widow, but to guard against HIV infections, they both tested for HIV and were declared free of the virus.

Mr Munkuli said by marrying his late brother’s wife, he is also taking care of his sibling’s children as his and doing so is key in cementing relations.

He said being fair to all his wives was key to strengthening family ties.

“For instance, I have a duty roster that I maintain with my wives. If I’m spending two days with one of them, I make sure that I spend two other days with the other wife. That timetable has to be strictly followed. I also have a separate hut which I sleep in especially when I don’t want to be with any of them. That room is important in the management of conflicts and all polygamous men have it,” he said.

“Even when I’m tired, I just resort to it because it is not good for a man to claim to be tired. When I buy groceries, I take everything to that room and that is where I share the goodies with my wives. Because, if you don’t do that and take the groceries to the bedroom of one of the wives, the other can be jealous and even think that you hide some of the things from her and that creates conflicts.”

Mr Munkuli said the Government should consider incentivising polygamous men as they were providing a service to the nation.

“As we speak there are more women than men in the country. So, can you imagine without polygamous men where will those other women find love? It is even better to be openly polygamous because some of these men who claim to be in monogamous relationships are the ones trapped in infidelity relationships. I think, the Government should consider rewarding polygamous men as they are assisting a lot of women,” said Mr Munkuli. Chronicle

Man Forces Self On Gogo( 84)

THE 84-year-old gogo only managed to escape her 21-year-old rap_ist when he fell asleep.

It took all her strength and courage to crawl to her front gate, seeking help.

HER RAPIST WAS FOUND NAKED ON HER BED, ASLEEP WITH A CAN OF BOOZE AT HIS SIDE!

The young man had gained entry to gogo’s house at a village in KZN, while she was asleep.

The victim was alone as her daughter did not return home on Saturday night, 1 October and the man repeatedly rap_ed her.

Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza said the suspect allegedly overpowered the gogo.

The victim only managed to escape after the attacker had rap_ed her several times, and then fell asleep.

She then crawled down to her front gate to seek help.

“The neighbour was woken up by her barking dogs. He went to look and saw the gogo, who told him there was a man in her house,” Khoza said.

When the neighbours went into the house, they found the perpetrator sleeping nak_ed, with his clothes on the floor and a can of alcohol next to him.

Khoza said many cruel people often took advantage of senior citizens.

“Elderly, defenceless persons live in fear as they are attacked and rap_ed while in their own homes. We find solace in that the evil criminal was found at the crime scene,” she said.

Khoza added that the law must show no mercy to the suspect, who had shown no mercy to the gogo.

She criticised the perpetrator’s family, who attempted to have the matter swept under the carpet by trying to pay inhlawulo (fine or damages) to the victim.

“The fact that there are people who even suggest paying inhlawulo shows the extent of how bad our society has become.

“There is no better punishment for a person who rap_es than sending him to prison.”

A team of social workers were dispatched to provide psychosocial support to the victim and her family for trauma debriefing and containment.

Lieutenant-colonel Nqobile Gwala confirmed that the Creighton police were investigating a case of rap_e.

— Daily

POMONA MONEY: Harare Tells Off Nguwaya

Harare City Council has vowed that it would not pay US$3,5 million to Geogenix BV Limited after cancelling the much-publicised deal with the Netherlands-based company.

Last month, acting town clerk Phakamile Moyo wrote to Geogenix BV notifying them that the contract had been cancelled.

“Pursuant to the agreement entered between City of Harare and Geogenix BV, we advise that council resolve to terminate the contract in its sitting on the August 3, 2022,” read part of Moyo’s letter dated September 23, 2022.

Under the terms of the deal, any party which breaches the contract is supposed to pay US$3,5 million, but mayor Jacob Mafume said they would not pay a single dollar.

“We were never part of the deal from the onset and we continue not to be part of it. Cabinet is one that set and gave it a national status, so it’s a national project. As far as we are concerned, Harare City Council has never had capacity and it will never have capacity to pay a single cent. We know the law and we will defend our position,” Mafume said.

Efforts to get a comment from Geogenix BV local executive chairperson Delish Nguwaya were fruitless as he did not respond to text messages, or answer his mobile phone.

Under the deal, the local authority was supposed to pay US$22 000 per day or an estimated US$1 million a month to Geogenix BV.

In previous interviews, Nguwaya was adamant that the company was going ahead with the project besides Harare City Council terminating it.

Speaking during a tour recently, Nguwaya said nothing had changed and they were going ahead with the project to fulfil their contractual agreement with Harare City Council.

“Everything we are doing is above board. The problem we have is not with Harare City Council, but an individual, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume, who wants the deal to be renegotiated. He was not the mayor, but all the councillors agreed with the deal. We are going to forge ahead with the deal and if he wants to cancel it, the council will pay the stipulated US$3,5 million,” he said.–Newsday

Chinese Miners Pose Accident Risk At Boterekwa

SHURUGWI – Residents of Shurugwi have appealed to Government to intervene and stop dangerous mining activities in the Botorekwa escarpment that are destroying the highway and causing many fatal accidents.

The residents accused Chinese nationals and some locals of mining in the Boterekwa hills without due regard to the environment and the state of the highway.

Former Shurugwi Mayor, Bulle Madzitire said that the country was staring at an environmental disaster.

“The Chinese are looting daily and they have destroyed some of the mountains which were meant for tourist attraction. Where are we going as a country? Where are these minerals going and what is EMA doing because the environment has been destroyed?

“Our minerals are being looted yet we have water challenges, no sporting facilities and Peak Mine Stadium has collapsed,” said Madzitire.

The outcry followed a recent bus accident that resulted in the death of one woman. Residents said that the Emergence Road Rehabilitation Program (ERRP) should be used to rehabilitate the road which is in a bad state because of the illegal mining activities.
Midlands Police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the recent accident in which Pardon Magoche was driving a Joma Bus with 42 passengers. When he reached the 40km peg, the bus rolled back and fell on its side. A woman who tried to jump out of the bus was trapped and died, 20 passengers sustained injuries and were ferried to Shurugwi District Hospital.

Midlands Mining Commissioner Tariro Ndlovu said miners in the Boterekwa area are issued with Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) certificates from EMA and their operations are guided by mining laws.
“Boterekwa is not a reserved place where people can complain about the mining activities carried there. There are so many mining claims which were pegged there just like what ZIMASCO was doing. All those mines in the Boterekwa area are legal and companies operating there are working within laws and regulations.

“There is EMA which is there to assess the activities and issue out Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) certificates. Residents should also not worry on what happen down stream since they claim that the miners use cyanide. The miners have been granted certificates after assessment,”said Ndlovu.

Efforts to get a comment from the Environment Management Agency (EMA) were futile.- Masvingo Mirror

“Rigobert Song Can’t Take Indomitable Lions To World Cup”

Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has been criticised for his style of play and a lack of fluidity.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup bound team suffered two defeats during the recent friendly window, falling 2-0 to Uzbekistan and 1-0 to South Korea in eastern Asia.

With just over a month left before the tournament starts, the coach’s popularity in his country has waned.

And his former teammate in the Cameroon’s 2003 Fifa Confederations Cup side, Achille Emana, believes Song is not good enough to manage the Indomitable Lions at the World Cup.

“We shouldn’t have sacked (former coach) Tony Conceicao so quickly. With all the respect I have for [Rigo], he must not lie to himself, he is not up to it,” Emana said, as cited by BBC Africa.

“Of course he qualified us for the World Cup but since he took over, he hasn’t improved the team or figured out his first team. If we go to Qatar in this state, then we are heading straight for disaster.”

Despite the criticism, Song continues to enjoy the support of the president of Cameroon’s football federation, Samuel Eto’o.

The Indomitable Lions will meet Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland in Group G at the World Cup.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe

Mnangagwa Apologists Invade Churches

By Fanuel Chinowaita

Emerson Mnangagwa forms Pastors for ED movement and deploys its members to some churches which are at undisignated places.
According to a reliable source who pressed a red button, there is a woman preacher who visited their church in Mutare and was given platform to preach.

The source added that at first the preacher was apolitical but ended up heaping all the praises on Mnangagwa which did not go well with the congregants.

In addition, the preacher asked to be added on church groups where she is asking for names and I’D numbers, promising to give youths some money for projects.

The woman declined to communicate with me when I asked her and she referred me to her boss called Evangelist
Idirashe Dongo.

Idirashe Dongo reviewed that she belongs to Pastors4ED Movement, which has a mission to mobilize and encourage Christians to participate I activities that support ordained leadership for it to deliver for the benefit of the nation.

Dongo also said that the movement was started by Mnangagwa.

She said, “It was an Inspiration from The President Cde ED Mnangagwa himself as we saw him building up relationship with Churches in the Land that he is Governing, and we said , when a King has called you to come and walk together for National Building & Peace, why not?”

However Evangelist Dongo rejects that their is political violence in Zimbabwe.

She said, “Was there ever an unfree and fair election in Zimbabwe before? The recent Election of 2018, even the Highest Courts of the Land allowed a Process on a disputed election, and a judgement was passed.

“I have never witnessed such ‘political violence’ , have you yourself, where?”

Meanwhile, some church members who raised a red flag have vowed to reject dragged into politics through fake prophets and evangelists who they say are satanists, who are send to destroy the churches of God.

Police Announce Names Of Zaka Inferno Victims

By- The Police have released the names of four people who died in an inferno in Zaka.

 In a statement, ZRP said they were yet to establish the cause of the fire. 

Reads the statement:

ZRP STATEMENT ON NAMES OF VICTIMS WHO PERISHED IN A HUT INFERNO IN ZAKA

The Zimbabwe Republic Police announces the names of the four victims who died in an inferno on 4th October 2022 at around 2300 hours in Manyanga Village, Zaka.

The victims were identified as follows:-

> Rhoda Mutumwa, a female adult aged 90 years of Zishamhu Village, Zaka. 

> Rowai Dzimiri, a female adult aged 66 years of Manyanga Village, Zaka. 

> Angelica Manyanga, a female juvenile aged nine years of Manyanga Village, Zaka. 

> Allan Manyanga, a male juvenile aged eight years of Manyanga Village, Zaka. 

The Zimbabwe Republic Police is now conducting comprehensive investigations to establish the cause of the fire. Anyone with information to contact any nearest Police station. 

Four Die In Zaka Inferno

ByJames Gwati- Four people have died in an inferno in Zaka.

According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) the cause of the 4 October fire still remains unknown.

 In a statement, ZRP said investigations were underway to establish the cause of the fire. 

Reads the statement:

ZRP STATEMENT ON NAMES OF VICTIMS WHO PERISHED IN A HUT INFERNO IN ZAKA

The Zimbabwe Republic Police announces the names of the four victims who died in an inferno which occurred on 4th October 2022 at around 2300 hours in Manyanga Village, Zaka.

The victims were identified as follows:-

> Rhoda Mutumwa, a female adult aged 90 years of Zishamhu Village, Zaka. 

> Rowai Dzimiri, a female adult aged 66 years of Manyanga Village, Zaka. 

> Angelica Manyanga, a female juvenile aged nine years of Manyanga Village, Zaka. 

> Allan Manyanga, a male juvenile aged eight years of Manyanga Village, Zaka. 

The Zimbabwe Republic Police is now conducting comprehensive investigations to establish the cause of the fire. Anyone with information to contact any nearest Police station. 

ZEC Speaks On Constituency Delimitation 

By- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has issued an update on the constituency and wards delimitation.

In a statement, ZEC spokesperson Commissioner Jasper Mangwana urged stakeholders to cooperate with officers during the process. Reads the statement: 

PRESS STATEMENT ON DELIMITATION UPDATE

1. Introduction Following the announcement of the commencement of the delimitation exercise in the General Notice published in the Government Gazette of 24 May 2022, the successful conduct of delimitation stakeholder engagements during the same month and the release of a population Census Report by ZlMstats, the Commission is now at an advanced stage of conducting delimitation fieldwork.

Factors Influencing Delimitation 

In the conduct of this exercise, provisions of Section 161 of the Constitution guide the Commission. 

Section 161(5) of the Constitution states that the Commission must ensure that no ward is divided between two or more local authority areas. The Commission must also ensure that no ward is divided between two or more constituencies. 

Section 161(6) of the Constitution further states that in dividing Zimbabwe into wards and constituencies, the Zimbabwe Electoral constituencies, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must in respect of any area, give due consideration to: 

• Its physical features 

• The means of communication within the area 

• The geographical distribution of registered voters 

• Any community of interest as between registered voters 

• Existing electoral boundaries 

• Its population

The Delimitation fieldwork is a culmination of a series of preparatory exercises conducted since the beginning of the year. 

  1. Voter Registration and Compilation of the Delimitation Voters’ Roll

In compliance with the delimitation steps, the Commission conducted phases 1 and 2 of the mobile voter registration exercise for delimitation in February and April this year to determine the country’s voter population. The voters’ roll for delimitation closed on 30 May 2022. 

This voters’ roll was open for inspection at 11 107 established centres throughout the country from 17 July 2022 to 26 July 2022. In addition, Telone and Econet mobile phone subscribers also used the USSD code *265# and the online bvrinspection.zec.org.zw to check their registration status. 50.03% of the 5804569 registered voters inspected the voters’ roll.

  1. Stakeholder Engagements

Following the conclusion of Phases 1 and 2 of the mobile voter registration exercises the Commission lined up a series of sensitisation meetings with various stakeholders to discuss pre-delimitation exercises.

The stakeholder meetings ran from 17 to 29 May 2022. The meetings sought among other issues to: 

• Apprise stakeholders on the impending delimitation exercise. 

• Brief stakeholders on provisions of the law with respect to the delimitation exercise and the link between census and delimitation. 

• Brief stakeholders on continuous voter registration and the mobile voter registration exercise recently conducted by the Commission and its impact on the delimitation process. 

• Highlight the critical role played by the various stakeholders in the delimitation process. 

The following groups of stakeholders were engaged:

• Media 

• Political Parties on the Commission’s database 

• Political parties in Parliament and Chapter 12 Commissions 

• The Security Sector 

• People with disabilities, the Youth and Women

• Civil Society Organisations

• Service Providers 

• Ministry of Local Government, Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs and Traditional Leaders 

• Government ministries

  1. Trainings

The Commission conducted Geographical Information System (GIS) technical trainings for all critical staff. These technical trainings commenced on 6 September 2022 and ended on 15 September 2022. The trainings were meant to equip participants with GIS technical skills which are essential In the actual conduct of this delimitation exercise.

Participants were drawn from ZEC, Local Authorities and other Government Departments such as ZIMStats and State Universities.

  1. Current Delimitation Activities

In preparation for mapping afresh electoral boundaries, the Commission is bringing together provincial and district maps with topographical features such as mountains, rivers, roads, communication lines, settlements and different types of land use. These maps and general plans were obtained from the Surveyor General’s Office and the Department of Spatial Planning.

After mapping polling areas, fieldwork is carried out to verify the polling area boundaries in what is referred to as ground truthing. Polling areas are then combined to form wards while several wards are combined to form constituencies. The average voter population of each constituency is obtained by dividing the delimitation voters’ roll population by 210 constituencies with an allowable upper and lower limit of 20%.

  1. Delimitation Tlmeframe 

The Commission expects to conclude the exercise by December this year. In terms of Section 161(2) delimitation must be completed six (6) months before the conduct of any general election for it to be applicable to that election. Failure to adhere to this provision means the results of the delimitation exercise will not apply for the next general election, as the Commission will be compelled by the law to revert to boundaries of the 2007/2008 delimitation exercise. 

  1. Conclusion 

The Commission would like to assure the electorate that no one will be prejudiced by the delimitation outcome. The delimitation results will be an outcome based on the Commission’s adherence to the country’s legal provisions and fair practice. At all stages of the process, voter education and stakeholder engagements will be conducted to bring all interested parties on board.

The Commission is appealing to all stakeholders to cooperate with its officers during this process.

Vote Buying Rocks Zanu PF Ahead Of Weekend Elections

By-Vote buying has rocked the ruling Zanu PF party ahead of this weekend’s central committee members’ election meeting.

The party is holding elections for its highest decision-making body this weekend ahead of the elective congress to be conducted later this month.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week read a riot act to his senior members in which he confirmed that corruption was rife ahead of the Central Committee elections.

Mnangagwa said there is no room for chicanery, name-dropping, violence, or imposition of candidates ahead of these elections.

“There is no room for chicanery of whatever nature and form. Vote-buying, violence, name dropping and imposition of candidates are not and will never be part of our political organisational DNA.”
To fulfil the party’s indispensable values of democracy that were soldered during the liberation struggle, culminating in the attainment of independence in 1980, President Mnangagwa said the Central Committee elections must be approached “with great diligence and, purpose and spirit of camaraderie”.
“This is more so as the Central Committee is the highest organ of the party in-between congresses. In light of this, every cadre of the party is reminded that there is no room for concessions with regard to matters of party principles, rules and regulations.
“We are a revolutionary party, which fought and delivered democracy and the utility of universal suffrage. At all times, we must practise and defend that democracy.
“As the only party that is representative of the people of this great country, we must continue to observe to the letter the provisions of our party constitution, party ideals and ethos.”
President Mnangagwa said all eligible members of the party had a right to participate in the elections, subject to the rules, regulations and procedures.
“I, therefore, call upon the relevant party departments and National Elections Directorate to ensure that the rules and regulations are well clarified, explained, understood and adhered to.”
The President also rallied Politburo members to remain resolute in providing sound, principled and consistent guidance and leadership as this will ensure the continued growth of the revolutionary party.
“Let us, thus, never shy away from making bold and sometimes uncomfortable decisions for the growth and continuous re-generation of our party. We are the only party with a revolutionary history; a people-centred agenda for the present and a vision for the future. As such, our organisational acumen, fluidity and strategies must reflect accordingly.
“As national leaders, individually and collectively, we must move in one accord. Our unity must never be tampered with. Violent and divisive elements must be denounced, exposed and rejected. We are servants of the party and the people of this great country.
“These are the ideals we set for ourselves from the formative stages of the revolution and our colossal mass party,” President Mnangagwa said.
Amid continued sanctions against Zimbabwe that are designed to dislodge the ruling party from power, the President said youths must be nurtured to remain the vanguard of the party as he commended Zanu PF structures and affiliates for the sterling work in mobilising and recruiting new members towards ensuring 5 million votes in next year’s elections.
“The mobilisation work by all leagues of the party alongside other affiliate organisations is applauded. The increased attendance by the youth at various Government programmes and the overall visibility of our party, through robust efforts of affiliates such as the Young Women for Economic Development; Men BelievED; ZICOSU; Teachers for ED; Councillors for ED and Mahwindi for ED, among others, should continue to be encouraged.
“The youth in particular must be nurtured to remain the vital contingent and vanguard of our party. Their role in the present national development agenda as well as the need for them to defend the rich liberation heritage should continue to be explained to them.
“This is more pertinent as our erstwhile detractors and their proxies continue to seek ways to capture and politically corrupt our young people. Zanu PF will never surrender its responsibility to guide, guard and provide for our young people.
“As we keep our organisational focus on the 2023 Harmonised General Elections, the revolutionary rallying call, ‘muZanu PF iwe neni tine basa,’ must galvanise our grassroots towards exponential growth of the party membership and resultant voters.”
President Mnangagwa said the onus is on every member of Zanu PF to work around the clock and ensure that the party resoundingly wins next year’s elections.
“No one should be allowed to divide our party. We are one, colossal, mass revolutionary party; hence every wing of the party, affiliate organisation and indeed member, is directed to work. Together in unity, from the village, ward, constituency, district and provincial level, we all shoulder the responsibility of ensuring a resounding and thunderous victory for the party in the 2023 Harmonised General Elections”.
A moment of silence was observed in honour of national heroes Brigadier General Charles Kaneta and de Highten Nkomo who passed on recently.
-Herald

Song Not Good Enough To Take Cameroon To World Cup

Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has been criticised for his style of play and a lack of fluidity.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup bound team suffered two defeats during the recent friendly window, falling 2-0 to Uzbekistan and 1-0 to South Korea in eastern Asia.

With just over a month left before the tournament starts, the coach’s popularity in his country has waned.

And his former teammate in the Cameroon’s 2003 Fifa Confederations Cup side, Achille Emana, believes Song is not good enough to manage the Indomitable Lions at the World Cup.

“We shouldn’t have sacked (former coach) Tony Conceicao so quickly. With all the respect I have for [Rigo], he must not lie to himself, he is not up to it,” Emana said, as cited by BBC Africa.

“Of course he qualified us for the World Cup but since he took over, he hasn’t improved the team or figured out his first team. If we go to Qatar in this state, then we are heading straight for disaster.”

Despite the criticism, Song continues to enjoy the support of the president of Cameroon’s football federation, Samuel Eto’o.

The Indomitable Lions will meet Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland in Group G at the World Cup.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe

Caps United Seek To Bury Cranborne

Anyone who loves CAPS United will know that 2022 is one of, if not the worst year in the club’s history.

The Green Machine has become the laughing stock of the country’s top flight, amid serious financial problems which have threatened the former Cup Kings’ existence.

When Lloyd Chitembwe’s charges travel to Rusape for a date with Cranborne Bullets at Vengere this Sunday, they will be mindful of the fact that the possibility of being relegated is now razor-thin.

Makepekepe dramatically beat Triangle at the National Sports Stadium last Sunday —a result which all but confirmed their survival with five games left.

They will however be aware that the reverse fixture at the giant facility back in May, was the watershed in what has been a disastrous campaign.

CAPS players staged a strike over unpaid salaries and winning bonuses ahead of their contest with the army side —a setback which nearly led to the cancellation of the game.

They arrived nearly 30 minutes late and the clash started 45 minutes after the scheduled kick off time, in violation of PSL rules, though that is a story for another day.

Then captain Ronald ‘Rooney’ Chitiyo was fingered as the ringleader of the mutiny and consequently fired by club president Farai Jere, together with Denis Dauda, Rodwell Chinyengetere, Clive Augusto, Devon Chafa and Simbarashe Chinani.

Chafa, Chinyengetere and Chitiyo were later pardoned but the diminutive midfielder packed his bags and joined Northern Region Division One big spenders Simba Bhora anyway.

Though Jere is certainly not the type to admit that, he will look back at fiasco back in May and conclude that it was the turning point for the struggling Harare giants.

The fighting fire with fire approach used by Jere to solve the problem was not the best, expects warned.

The Green Machine has become a travesty of it’s former self but focus is now on fishing the season on a high and Chitembwe is confident that his charges can dodge Nesbert ‘Yabo’ Saruchera’s Bullets.

“I think we have had very good preparations. We are expecting a good result. I think our previous win over Triangle gave us a huge lift,” said Chitembwe.

“It is easier to approach a game coming from a win than coming from a defeat but all the same, all games give us lessons, whether you would have won or otherwise.

“We are determined to win this match to continue on our upward trajectory,” added the coach.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe

Why Is The Passport Office Website Down?

By Jacob Mutisi | Is there any reason why Zimbabwe’s registrar general’s (RG) website is still down (http://www.rg.gov.zw) and under construction for over 2 weeks. This is time for a partnership between the parastatal and the private sectors so that such an important service provider cannot and should not be offline.The registrar general’s office in one of the most important departments to Zimbabwe’s struggling economy.

This is the office that issue Adoption, Birth and Death Certificates, Changing your Name, issuing of birth certificates, Correction of Birth and Death Certificates, Import and Export of Bodies, Issuance of duplicate full birth certificates, Marriage Certificates, National Registration, Non-citizen Birth Registrations and the Passport & Travel Documents.

Surely why should such an important government department not have a working website that is up 24/7. The latest digital diagnostic report says Zimbabwe has made massive digital advancements, including a revolution in mobile money, resulting in about eight million mobile wallet holders in a country of less than fifteen million. We as a nation should leverage on this adoption of ICT and make sure institutions like the registrar general have the right structures to make it easy for our country men and women to acquire their legal documents. General Register (RG) Office is the name given to the civil registry in the Zimbabwe.

The RG is the government agency responsible for the recording of vital records such as births, deaths, and marriages , which may also include adoptions, stillbirths, civil unions, etc., and historically, sometimes included records relating to deeds and other property transactions.

Zimbabwean’s  interactions with Zimbabwean government websites are often memorable for all the wrong reasons.

These are websites that can be easily hacked and most are developed using wordpress.  According to our research that was done in August 2022, all government websites are designed, developed and hosted by GISP (Government Internet Service Provider). We brought to government attention that none of the emails for the registered domains that have websites are either receiving or delivered. This led to Zimbabwe’s cabinet ministers, deputy ministers, Members of Parliament, permanent secretaries,to permanently use either a Gmail, Yahoo or a Hotmail as a means of Government communication. Zimbabwe is still being the most hackable country according to https://fossbytes.com/most-hackable-countries/ the use of these FREE emails exposes our country’s secrets and communication to the outside world and the so called enemies of the state. The government of Zimbabwe  is one institution that supports the use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media to reach out to the masses, but when it comes to official Government communication, officials should be stopped from using Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail or any other FREE email provider and use emails that are provided by our Government Internet Service Provider (GISP). If GISP does not have the capabilities then we should romp in Zarnet, another government ISP which is more efficient in terms of service delivery.

With the President ED Mnangagwa pushing for investments and marketing the positive image of Zimbabwe it is paramount that we get all government institutions to have a web presence. Let’s take a leaf from our neighbour South Africa, it is a requirement (Government Policy) for all government institutions, departments and local authorities to have a domain, email address, a website and effective use of social media to interact with partners and potential partners.

Every government should have a functional website, this is the first connection you have with citizens. It may be an in-person meeting or a social post, but it is more likely that the very first time citizens engage a government  by visiting your website.The government website is one of the most essential tools for meeting the needs of Zimbabwe’s citizens, and so optimising it around the citizen experience is crucial. Zimbabwe should Make Information Easy to Find and access starting with accessing the registrar general’s office. For an average internet user, the amount of time that one spends on any website is minimal – in fact, one estimates clocks in the average website visit to 15 seconds or less. This is why it’s important to make valuable information as easy to find as possible.

Utilizing your organization’s ICT professionals may be valuable to re-think the structure, layout, and ease-of-use of your organization’s website. It may also be helpful to display easy-to-find links to meeting and agenda information, such as the agenda itself, archived videos and minutes from past meetings, and live streams.

By creating a functional website with easy navigation, officials can better connect with their constituents and ensure that the public stays well-informed at all times. You might also consider adding a rotator so that when critical information comes up, you are ready to add information so citizens see it easily on their first visit.

While the website is the top platform for communicating with citizens, Granicus’ 2022 Digital Communications Trends report has more information on how government organizations are connecting with the public.  Government websites are developed by the Government Internet Service Providers (GISP). It is important to get these websites working for the good of the government. If you need any further advice or information please do not hesitate to contact me on +263772278161.

About Basic Hygiene

Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report by WHO and UNICEF.

Around 3.85 billion people use these facilities, putting them at greater risk of infection, including 688 million people who receive care at facilities with no hygiene services at all.

“Hygiene facilities and practices in health care settings are non-negotiable.

Their improvement is essential to pandemic recovery, prevention and preparedness. Hygiene in health care facilities cannot be secured without increasing investments in basic measures, which include safe water, clean toilets, and safely managed health care waste,” said Dr Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health.

“I encourage Member States to step up their efforts to implement their 2019 World Health Assembly commitment to strengthen water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities, and to monitor these efforts.”

The latest report, “Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000–2021: special focus on WASH and infection prevention and control”, has for the first time established this global baseline on hygiene services – which assessed access at points of care as well as toilets – as more countries than ever report on critical elements of WASH services in their hospitals and other health centres. For hygiene, data are now available for 40 countries, representing 35% of the world’s population, up from 21 countries in 2020 and 14 in 2019.

The newly established global estimate reveals a clearer and more alarming picture of the state of hygiene in health care facilities. Though 68% of health care facilities had hygiene facilities at points of care, and 65% had handwashing facilities with water and soap at toilets, only 51% had both and therefore met the criteria for basic hygiene services. Furthermore, 1 in 11 (9%) of health care facilities globally have neither.

“If health care providers don’t have access to a hygiene service, patients don’t have a health care facility,” said Kelly Ann Naylor, UNICEF Director of WASH and Climate, Environment, Energy, and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED).

“Hospitals and clinics without safe water and basic hygiene and sanitation services are a potential death trap for pregnant mothers, newborns, and children. Every year, around 670 000 newborns lose their lives to sepsis. This is a travesty – even more so as their deaths are preventable.”

The report notes that contaminated hands and environments play a significant role in pathogen transmission in health care facilities and the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Interventions to increase access to handwashing with water and soap and environmental cleaning form the cornerstone of infection prevention and control programmes and are crucial to providing quality care, particularly for safe childbirth.
Coverage of WASH facilities is still uneven across different regions and income groupings:

Facilities in sub-Saharan Africa are lagging on hygiene services. While three-quarters (73%) of health care facilities in the region overall have alcohol-based hand rub or water and soap at points of care, only one-third (37%) have handwashing facilities with water and soap at toilets.

The vast majority (87%) of hospitals have hand hygiene facilities at points of care, compared to 68% of other healthcare facilities.
In the Least Developed Countries, only 53% of health care facilities have access on-premises to a protected water source.

To compare, the global figure is 78% with hospitals (88%) doing better than smaller health care facilities (77%), and the figure for eastern and south-eastern Asia is 90%. Globally, around 3% of health care facilities in urban areas and 11% in rural areas had no water service.

Of the countries with available data, 1 in 10 health care facilities globally had no sanitation service.

The proportion of health care facilities with no sanitation services ranged from 3% in Latin America and the Caribbean and in eastern and south-eastern Asia to 22% in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Least Developed Countries, just 1 in 5 (21%) had basic sanitation services in health care facilities.
The data further reveals that many health care facilities lack basic environmental cleaning and safe segregation and disposal of health care waste.
The report is being launched at World Water Week taking place in Stockholm, Sweden.

The annual conference, which runs from 23 August to 1 September, explores new ways to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges: from food security and health to agriculture, technology, biodiversity and climate.

Source: WHO

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Chinese Miners Expose Road Users To Perilous Road Accidents

SHURUGWI – Residents of Shurugwi have appealed to Government to intervene and stop dangerous mining activities in the Botorekwa escarpment that are destroying the highway and causing many fatal accidents.

The residents accused Chinese nationals and some locals of mining in the Boterekwa hills without due regard to the environment and the state of the highway.

Former Shurugwi Mayor, Bulle Madzitire said that the country was staring at an environmental disaster.

“The Chinese are looting daily and they have destroyed some of the mountains which were meant for tourist attraction. Where are we going as a country? Where are these minerals going and what is EMA doing because the environment has been destroyed?

“Our minerals are being looted yet we have water challenges, no sporting facilities and Peak Mine Stadium has collapsed,” said Madzitire.

The outcry followed a recent bus accident that resulted in the death of one woman. Residents said that the Emergence Road Rehabilitation Program (ERRP) should be used to rehabilitate the road which is in a bad state because of the illegal mining activities.
Midlands Police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the recent accident in which Pardon Magoche was driving a Joma Bus with 42 passengers. When he reached the 40km peg, the bus rolled back and fell on its side. A woman who tried to jump out of the bus was trapped and died, 20 passengers sustained injuries and were ferried to Shurugwi District Hospital.

Midlands Mining Commissioner Tariro Ndlovu said miners in the Boterekwa area are issued with Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) certificates from EMA and their operations are guided by mining laws.
“Boterekwa is not a reserved place where people can complain about the mining activities carried there. There are so many mining claims which were pegged there just like what ZIMASCO was doing. All those mines in the Boterekwa area are legal and companies operating there are working within laws and regulations.

“There is EMA which is there to assess the activities and issue out Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) certificates. Residents should also not worry on what happen down stream since they claim that the miners use cyanide. The miners have been granted certificates after assessment,”said Ndlovu.

Efforts to get a comment from the Environment Management Agency (EMA) were futile.- Masvingo Mirror

Man Falls Asleep After Raping Gogo ( 84)

THE 84-year-old gogo only managed to escape her 21-year-old rap_ist when he fell asleep.

It took all her strength and courage to crawl to her front gate, seeking help.

HER RAPIST WAS FOUND NAKED ON HER BED, ASLEEP WITH A CAN OF BOOZE AT HIS SIDE!

The young man had gained entry to gogo’s house at a village in KZN, while she was asleep.

The victim was alone as her daughter did not return home on Saturday night, 1 October and the man repeatedly rap_ed her.

Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza said the suspect allegedly overpowered the gogo.

The victim only managed to escape after the attacker had rap_ed her several times, and then fell asleep.

She then crawled down to her front gate to seek help.

“The neighbour was woken up by her barking dogs. He went to look and saw the gogo, who told him there was a man in her house,” Khoza said.

When the neighbours went into the house, they found the perpetrator sleeping nak_ed, with his clothes on the floor and a can of alcohol next to him.

Khoza said many cruel people often took advantage of senior citizens.

“Elderly, defenceless persons live in fear as they are attacked and rap_ed while in their own homes. We find solace in that the evil criminal was found at the crime scene,” she said.

Khoza added that the law must show no mercy to the suspect, who had shown no mercy to the gogo.

She criticised the perpetrator’s family, who attempted to have the matter swept under the carpet by trying to pay inhlawulo (fine or damages) to the victim.

“The fact that there are people who even suggest paying inhlawulo shows the extent of how bad our society has become.

“There is no better punishment for a person who rap_es than sending him to prison.”

A team of social workers were dispatched to provide psychosocial support to the victim and her family for trauma debriefing and containment.

Lieutenant-colonel Nqobile Gwala confirmed that the Creighton police were investigating a case of rap_e.

— Daily

FULL TEXT- Teachers For ED Demand US$40 For Ideology Training

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

I am just from a meeting at Prov Office where the PED,all DSIs,all NASH Dist chairs,all NAPH chairs and the provincial leadership of Trs 4 Dvpnt were in attendance.

Trs 4 ED is appealing for all the teachers to get trained in the ideology of this country and become patriotic citizens who can access and manipulate national resources fruitfully.

In light of having all teachers get trained in this course,the following road-map and participants have been lined as:


a) DSIs ,NASH & NAPH Executive, Schools Inspectors and all Cluster Chairs-(6-8 Oct 2022 @ Marondera High)


b) Other heads and all deputy heads-(10-12 Oct 2022,venue TBA)
c) All teachers-(13-15 Oct 2022,venue TBA)


Those coming are to either deposit $24880rtgs into this account or bring $40usd cash (registration, lunch and teas fee).


They are also to claim lunch in transit on the day they come and on the day they leave,unproved bed &breakfast per night.

After the training,there shall be certification.We are all encouraged to attend.

So,the above stated members should inbox me their details on excel format ie;

Name :
Gender:
EC No.:
ID No.:
Position:
Highest Qualification:
School:
District:
Province:
Vaccination Status ? Doses
Cell number
Email add

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Bhuradha A Genuine Citizens’ Leader

Tinashe Sambiri| CCC leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has described the death of legendary drummer, Tarusenga Chekerwa, popularly known as Mudhara Bhuradha, as huge loss to the people’s struggle.

Chekerwa was laid to rest in ward 5, Bikita West on Wednesday.

Thousands of CCC supporters attended the funeral.

“IN BIKITA laying to rest Our Change Champion, Community and Citizens’ hero Mudhara Bhuradha.

Mudhara Bhuradha- an organic community organizer and indisputably a citizens leader. Leadership is service and sacrifice, influence and impact not titles, entitlements and privileges,” President Chamisa said in a statement.

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook:

Preparing for Change.

Today we are deep in Bikita rural.

President Nelson Chamisa intends to traverse the entire country in search of total Change and Transformation.

Rural Mobilization is at the centre of our National Democratic Revolution.

There’s no time to waste!

We keep our eyes on the ball!

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CCC Statement On World Teachers Day

World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5. Established in 1994, it commemorates the …

Teachers are a source of inspiration & changemakers in their own right.

This #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate Zimbabwean teachers who are doing their best in extremely difficult conditions.

In the #NewZimbabwe, funding the education sector will be a national priority. The dignity of the teaching profession will be restored.- CCC

Manager Stripped Naked, Honda Fit, Wallet With US$2 Stolen

By A Correspondent- A manager at Grills Feed company which is situated in Kelvin West industrial area in Bulawayo was allegedly battered and stripped naked before he was robbed of his cash and his Honda Fit car after he was caught with his girlfriend in his car.

The incident happened on Friday last week at around 7pm.

Hebert Gorekore (47) stays in Pumula East suburb and on the day in question he visited his lover named Sikhangele Ndlovu in Nkulumane suburb and they sat in his car. While they were in the car two males confronted them and smashed a car window.

“They smashed the driver’s side window with a stone and instructed him to alight from the car as they threatened to kill him. As he opened the driver’s door his girlfriend bolted out of the car and fled leaving him at the mercy of the robbers,” a source said.

They ordered him to lie on the ground and to remove his clothes.

“He removed all of his clothes and remained naked. They kicked him and slapped him all over the body while questioning him about what he was doing with his lover in the car but he could not explain as they rained blows on him,” said the source.

He managed to free himself and had to dig deep and summoned his athletic abilities to survive the vicious attack.

“The robbers took his clothes and a wallet which contained US$2 and a national identity card and drove off in his car,” said the source. Hebert reported the incident to the police.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.  He warned members of the public against parking outside homes in the evening, pointing out that they risked being robbed and attacked.

Hebert begged this reporter not to write the story as he said it would tarnish his reputation and when he was pressed further for a comment he said: “There is nothing I can do. You can write whatever you want to write.”

-B Metro

Fire Guts Jongwe Corner

Harare- FIRE gutted popular watering hole Jongwe Corner Friday morning at the garden area and made intensive damage to property.

Alert employees had to chip in with fire extinguishers as braii makers scurried for cover in an incident witnessed by this reporter.

The freaky accident was caused by an electrical fault a few minutes after the owner had rushed to the Chris Martin show pre production, according to employees.

There were no casualties.

-Online

Botswana New Wildlife Law To Benefit Rural Communities

BOTSWANA NEW WILDLIFE RESOURCES LAW COMING SOON TO
BENEFIT RURAL COMMUNITIES

BY EMMANUEL KORO

Johannesburg, 6 October 2022

For Botswana, it’s high time that hunting communities start to meaningfully benefit from their natural resources, including wildlife through international hunting.

A new law called the Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Act will soon be introduced.

“After close to three decades of unfruitful attempts to have a CBNRM legislation and practitioners’ manual for Botswana, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has joined forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to assist the Botswana government with drafting a CBNRM Bill and CBNRM practitioners manual,” said a recent statement issued by the Botswana UNDP Office.

The CBNRM Bill aims to ensure that local communities “don’t get a bad deal from hunting contracts.”

“Government will look at the agreements to ensure that communities are not getting a bad deal,” said Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Dr Kabelo Senyatso delivering a presentation at the recent Africa Wildlife Consultative Forum held in Kasane. “We discovered some of the communities did not get a fair share in some of the 2021 hunting agreements. The DWNP reserves the right to determine whether or not the agreement between the community and the safari operator is fair or not.”

Months later, excitement is mounting in Botswana that the Bill can be debated in Parliament soon.

“Government will look at the agreements to ensure that communities are not getting a bad deal,” said the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Dr Kabelo Senyatso. “We discovered some of the communities did not get a fair share in some of the 2021 hunting agreements. The DWNP reserves the right to determine whether or not the agreement between the community and the safari operator is fair or not.”

Consultations of relevant stakeholders across the country were recently held, resulting in a commonly shared position by the majority of stakeholders that CBNRM legislation has long been overdue.
“The legislation will provide guidance on how community-based organisations (CBOs) can establish business arrangements and how to terminate business arrangements if they are not fruitful, it will also look at benefit-sharing between government and the CBOs. This will ensure that there is rural development and communities benefit from the natural resources around them,” said FAO Legal Consultant Dr Emma Chitsove.
The General Manager at Okavango Kopano Mokoro Community Trust (OKMCT) Seikaneng Moepedi welcomed the development noting that the legislation has long been overdue hence the need to finalise and implement it soon.
“The new legislation will give Trusts (Community Trusts) the power to control the pricing of wildlife during the hunting season, pricing of photographing rights in their concessions. It will also prevent the embezzlement of funds by CBO managers and give the community a fair chance of benefitting from their natural resources. We hope the legislation could be put in place soon because we want to take control of the resources in our areas and assist our communities,” said Moepedi.
International hunting revenue has already brought significant conservation and socio-economic benefits to Botswana hunting communities. The income from hunting has among other things been used for wildlife conservation involving the employment of community game scouts who conduct regular anti-poaching patrols. The Chobe Enclave Community which is next to the Chobe National Park with the world’s biggest elephant population in a single national park, they have used hunting revenue to establish community stores, lodges, and capacity-building. They have hundreds of thousands of Pulas (Botswana’s local currency) in their bank account. Their books are audited by professional auditing firms.
The move to introduce the Botswana CBNRM Bill comes at a time when the Southern African hunting communities are increasingly making demands for win-win benefits from international hunting by removing the middlemen. The middlemen for international hunting are the local and foreign safari hunting companies that market southern Africa as a must-visit international hunting destination; where the big five are hunted.

In a recent discussion at the African Wildlife Consultative Forum held in Kasane, Botswana, representatives of Botswana hunting communities said that to receive more benefits from hunting they intend to remove the middlemen of international hunting. These hunting companies buy the international wildlife hunting quotas from SADC hunting communities then sell the huntable wildlife to international hunters and also handle their hunts in Africa.

Despite acknowledging that they receive payment from the safari hunting companies, the Botswana hunting communities that own the wildlife think they should be getting paid more than what they are currently receiving. Hence their call to remove the middlemen.

However, the representatives of the Botswana hunting communities have admitted that the displacement of the middlemen might take time because currently, they lack the skills to market their areas as attractive international hunting destinations. They also don’t have skilled professional hunters to handle hunting for international hunters when they come to Africa.

Therefore, the hunting communities ironically need the safari hunting companies that they would like to remove as middlemen; to first train them to market their hunts overseas and also to help them train professional hunters who would in the future handle the hunts of international hunters who come to Africa.

“We think this is the right time to remove the middleman and let communities market their own natural resources,” said a member of SADC Community Leaders Network (SCLN) and CEO Ngamiland NGOs, Mr Siyoka Simasiku. “Communities should not be stakeholders but shareholders.”

However, Mr Siyoka said that this transition from middlemen to hunting community self-marketing will take time as “there is need for capacity building.”

Meanwhile, Chief Timex Maolosi of Botswana’s Samunkuyo Trust said that all the community trusts in Botswana met in Maun recently and recommended the need for capacity building of hunting communities to enable them to market their wildlife to preferred markets.

“Communities should become shareholders or owners of the hunting industry in their localities,” said Chief Maolosi. “There is a need to do away with middlemen in the hunting industry but it will take time to achieve capacity building.”

About the writer: Emmanuel Koro is a Johannesburg-based international award-winning independent environmental journalist who writes extensively on environment and development issues in Africa.

Text Message Exposes Cheating Married Woman

By A Correspondent- A Mutare man got the shock of his life when he discovered through a text message that his wife’s lover sired the couple’s second child.

The devastated Tavonga Kawura packed his clothes and left his matrimonial home in a huff after the discovery.

The burden of providing for the children alone have forced Brenda Chitera to approach the Mutare Civil Court to apply for the first child’s maintenance.

Testifying before Mutare magistrate, Mr Xavier Chipato, Kawura said he discovered the second child’s paternity through a text message in Chitera’s phone.

In the text message, Chitera was pleading with her boyfriend, only identified as Gono, to take his child and introduce him to his real family.

In her maintenance application, Chitera was seeking a monthly payment of US$100 from Kawura.

However, Kawura said the amount was too much for him as he earns $92 000 every month.

He said he is prepared to pay for the child’s school related expenses, while she also provides for the child’s other needs since maintenance is for both parents.

Kawura said Gono should also chip in and take care of his child.

“I am still bitter over Chitera’s great betrayal. How could she have an affair and be impregnated by her lover? I had to pay for the preparation and medical expenses for someone else’s child. I only found out in April when the child was eight months old that she is not my daughter,” he said.

Kawura added: “I am still trying to get to terms with this. I left my matrimonial home with nothing but shame.”

He said Chitera applied for maintenance after being deserted by Gono.

In response, Chitera said the child’s needs should always come first no matter what happened.

She said they should equally contribute towards the child’s well-being.

She negotiated for US$60, but Kawura would not budge.

“The person staying with a child incurs more expenses. I also have the other child to look after and the burden is way beyond me. He only has one child and is not married,” said Chitera.

Mr Chipato ruled that Kawura pays $15 000 per month and meets the child’s school fees and transport expenses.

– Manica Post

Prophet Nabbed For Rape

By A Correspondent- A depraved self-styled prophet from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province who invited a 22-year-old woman to his house for prayers and later slept with her claiming healing was s_əxually transmitted has been arrested for rap_e.

Silas Ndlovu (32) from Mabanda Line allegedly rap_ed the victim under the pretext that he was exorcising evil spirits that were affecting her love life.

Circumstances leading to the arrest of Ndlovu are that on 2 October 2022, he invited the victim who is also his churchmate to his house in Efusini suburb for prayers and she complied.

It is reported that when the victim visited Ndlovu, he asked her to enter his bedroom and the seemingly unsuspecting victim agreed.

While inside he asked her to take off her clothes for cleansing and she again complied.

It is alleged that Ndlovu exploited the opportunity when he pushed the victim onto his bed and allegedly had s_əxual interc0urse with her claiming healing was s_əxually transmitted.

Ndlovu allegedly had s_əx with the victim without her consent.

Ndlovu has since appeared before Tsholotsho resident magistrate Victor Mpofu charged with rap_e as defined in Section 65 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.

He was not formally charged and was remanded in custody to 14 October 2022.

— BMetro

Picture Of Madam Boss’ Hubby With Lover Leaked

By A Correspondent- Madam Boss’ husband, Ngonidzashe Munetsiwa, once enjoyed a good time celebrating the birthday of his lover, H-Metro has exclusively gathered.

This has been revealed by some of the photos which were leaked when Evangelista Zhou clashed with Madam Boss on Monday.

Evangelista sent the photographs to her inner circle after Madam Boss threatened to evict her from the home where she is staying in Riverside, Chitungwiza.

Some of the pictures show her having a good time with Ngoni.

An impeccable source, close to Evangelista, told H-Metro that her fears were that she would lose all the evidence of the good times she used to enjoy with Ngoni.

We publish below one of the leaked pictures:

Ngoni and Evangelista

Evangelista was assaulted and her phone tampered with,” said the source.

That is why she wanted her pictures with Ngoni to be protected.

“Madam Boss claimed that Evangelista was communicating with another man from Masvingo, after she went through her WhatsApp conversation.

“She is feeling very insecure and that is the reason why she approached courts for a peace order.

“Ngoni pleaded with her for the withdrawal of the peace order.”

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Madam Boss was reported to have deleted some images of Evangelista with Ngoni, from the phone.

She was unaware that her husband’s lover had already secured the photos somewhere else, presumably for evidence.

Some of the remaining photographs show Ngoni and Evangelista at a house in the rural areas.

Evangelista has been kept indoors by Ngoni after H-Metro exposed their illicit affair sometime in March.

She was initially taken to Avondale but moved out of the lodgings in protest.

She ended up being taken to the house, which belongs to Ngoni and Madam Boss, in Chitungwiza.

Refresh this page for more….

-HMetro

Robbers Force 22-Year Old Man To Bed Own Mother

In a strange incident, six robbers who broke into a house in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb allegedly forced a 22-year-old man to perform sexual acts on his mother after they reportedly stole a plasma TV, cellphones and a solar battery.

The incident was confirmed by Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube and it happened at around 11.30 pm this week on Wednesday at a house owned by the 42-year-old woman who stays with her son in Cowdray Park suburb.

A family member who did not want to be named said the six robbers who were armed with an axe and a kitchen knife swooped on the house while the pair was sleeping.

The source told how the thieves broke into the house and stole cellphones and a TV.

“They smashed a kitchen window before three of them got inside and headed to the owner of the house’s bedroom. They demanded cash and threatened to stab her to death with a kitchen knife,” the source said.

They stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth while repeatedly demanding money.

“She surrendered three cellphones to them but they demanded more. They force-marched her to her son’s bedroom and woke him before they ordered him to sit on the floor while wearing only underwear,” said the relative to the victims.

After that they sprung a shocker as they reportedly instructed her son to remove his underwear and have sex with his own mother.

“They battered him and he removed his underwear and just lay on top of his mother,” the relative said.

They took his two cellphones and gas cylinder and left in a huff.

The pair reported the matter to the police.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident and appealed for information that may lead to the whereabouts of the six thieves.

He said: “Those with information may contact any nearest police station or call them on 2922 -60358.”

B-Metro

Newsday Reporter Assaulted By Police In Harare

A Newsday reporter was yesterday assaulted by the police after he was found taking pictures of Harare City Council employees demolishing vending stalls and residential structures in Mbare.

According to the reporter Moreblessings Nyoni, police saw him taking pictures and requested for a Press card and his reasons for taking pictures.

They detained him even after he had produced the Press card.

“They took me in one of their trucks and assaulted me using baton sticks, accusing me of being a sellout. They drove around Mbare, assaulting me, and later ordered me to leave,” he said.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi could not be reached for comment.

Harare municipal police and anti-riot police supported by two water cannons and two bulldozers oversaw the demolition of vending stalls in Mbare.

The demolitions began in the morning with bulldozers pulling down structures deemed illegal.

Stall owners tried in vain to recover some of the building materials. Vendors could be spotted desperately trying to save of their wares.

Affected vendors said their livelihoods had been destroyed.

-Newsday

Sikhala’s Attorneys Quit Bail Appeals, Push For Trial

By- Lawyers representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have abandoned their planned appeal against a magistrate’s ruling denying the two bail.

The two MPs facing charges of inciting public violence have now shifted attention to their earlier plea to be given State papers in order to prepare for their trial.
Sikhala and Sithole Thursday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi and were remanded to October 20 for routine remand.
Their attorney Jeremiah Bamu told the court that his clients were no longer interested in appealing Tuesday’s ruling denying them bail.
“The accused have made a decision not to go further with the appeal of the case from yesterday but will be requesting for the copy of the ruling handed out yesterday and full case document,” he said.
Bamu further indicated that although in terms of the law the State can give the defence papers two days before trial it was a short period to prepare.
He said his clients were anxious to prove their innocence.
Bamu told the court that he hoped the State would give him the papers and the video that is going to be used during the trial.
“We seek that the state makes an undertaking on record when they can give us the copy of the video to be used in trial in view of the right to a fair trial,” he pleaded.
The State has in the past promised to give them the papers but has not done so.
Bamu accused the State of delaying proceedings on the pretext that the video in question was still being analysed.
“The state indicated at the initial stages of the case they had submitted the video for forensic analysis and has taken them a long time. It is only fair for the accused to receive the video so they can submit it for analysis.”
“Except analysis cannot be done barely two days before trial therefore the accused should be notified before the trial,” he argued.
The State represented by prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti unrepentantly alluded to the fact that they would give the defence papers but should they fail, they were well within their rights.
“State will try to furnish them with the documents and video and if they can not it is still permissible by law,” said Mutsokoti.
The two are being accused of inciting public violence after the death of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
-Newsday

Manicaland, Masvingo, Mat South To Have Light Rains Over The Weekend

Parts of Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland will see cool winds and light rain over the weekend, the Meteorological Services Department said yesterday.

In an interview, Met Department Head of Public Weather Services, Mr James Ngoma, said the prevailing high temperatures increase the possibility of cool winds, bringing clouds and light rain.

“As we transition from winter into summer, the temperatures generally increase from cold to hot. But even when it is expected to be hot, we still get short interludes of cooling wind, which at times brings clouds and light rain. For example this weekend, we are expecting cool winds over Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland, with chances of light rain,” he said.

Mr Ngoma advised the public to take precautionary measures to protect themselves from adverse weather conditions.

“People should drink lots of fluids, particularly water, avoid prolonged stay in the sun, avoid outdoor activities between 11.30am and 3pm and protect themselves from the sun by using umbrellas and wide-brimmed hats. People with albinism should use sunscreens to protect themselves from direct sun”, he said.

Mr Ngoma said Beitbridge recorded 42 degrees Celsius, Harare 31 degrees Celsius while Lupane recorded a maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

Most parts of Zimbabwe have been experiencing high temperatures for the past three weeks, but that trend will not last beyond the weekend.

The MSD said it will continue monitoring weather conditions and accordingly update the public.

In its latest forecast, the department said the country should have normal to above normal rainfall during the coming summer cropping season although there are chances of normal-to-below normal rainfall in regions one and two in the very early stages of the season.

It also warned that there could be prolonged dry spells during the season and tropical cyclones were highly likely.

-State Media

Mnangagwa Warns Cabinet Ministers, Top Civil Servants

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Cabinet ministers and top civil servants to desist from frustrating potential investors by sleeping on duty.

Speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony at Dinson Iron and Steel plant in Manhize, Midlands province yesterday, Mnangagwa said: “We have officials who sit in air-conditioned offices, who take long to approve investors’ documents.

“They just hang their jackets in offices and sometimes read the documents half-way and put them aside — then the next day they come up with another excuse until three days pass, then months, and eventually the project is buried. We say to these officials — down with them.”

Government has been struggling to improve ease of doing business in the country due to corruption, the political and economic environment and bureaucracy.

Zimbabwe has been ranked 140/190 in 2021 and 150/190 in 2022 on ease of doing business international scales. Some of the reasons for the poor rankings are poor monetary policies and skewed property laws; and the long time it takes to secure business licences.

Transparency International has ranked Zimbabwe as one of the top countries with endemic corruption.

On sanctions, Mnangagwa said: “We are rising, in spite of the sanctions. The iron and steel manufacturing plant being established here is a paradigm shifting milestone in our country’s journey towards modernisation and industrialisation.

“The project constitutes a critical building block towards the realisation of the US$12 billion mining economy and our national Vision 2030.”

-Newsday

Chiwenga’s Aide Swindled

Former Alouvine Investments Private Limited company director, Rudo Sarudzayi Mapfumo, allegedly defrauded deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro of money after she resold a property she had sold him sometime in 2012 without his knowledge.

Mapfumo is said to have resold stand No 16911D Old SPCA Complex along Seke Road to Funwell Zvenyika after initially selling it to Dr Mangwiro for US$38 855.

She also allegedly later forged the signature of a law firm’s secretary on a notice for set down of trial to earned herself a default judgment that allowed her to evict Dr Mangwiro from the property.

Mapfumo is expected to appear in court on October 24 on fraud and forgery charges.

Circumstances leading to her arrest are that sometime in 2012, Dr Mangwiro bought Alouvine Investments Pvt Ltd, which owned stand No 16911D Old SPCA Complex along Seke Road in Harare from Mapfumo for US$38 855.

They then agreed that Dr Mangwiro gives Mapfumo a Nissan double cab valued at US$6000, a bull and US$6 000.

It is said that they also agreed that Dr Mangwiro would settle Alouvine Investment’s outstanding ZESA bills of US$5 171.28 and US$10 905 to City of Harare.

After making full payment, Dr Mangwiro occupied the premises and built a bay with four compartments for hardware, a butchery, cold room, bathing room, toilet, a two roomed staff quarters, steel shed and a block of offices.

When Dr Mangwiro was in the process of changing ownership of the property, Mapfumo allegedly sold the same property to Funwell Zvenyika.

Upon hearing of the sale, Dr Mangwiro attempted to engage Mapfumo but to no avail, it is said.

It then prompted him to engaged the services of Mbidzo, Muchadehama and Makoni Legal Practitioners to handle the matter.

In 2016 Mapfumo allegedly applied for an eviction order at the Harare Civil Court against Dr Mangwiro for him to vacate the property saying he had failed to clear outstanding bills at City of Harare.

On October 10, 2016, Mapfumo allegedly forged the signature of Rudo Kurebgasekwa, who was a Legal Clerk at Mbidzo, Muchadehama and Makoni Legal Practitioners, to appear as if she had received the Notice of Set Down for trial on behalf of Dr Mangwiro.

Mapfumo then allegedly took the Notice of Set Down for trial with Kurebgasekwa’s forged signature to the Harare Civil Court and presented it as a return of service.

Resultantly, a default judgment ordering Dr Mangwiro to vacate Old SPCA Complex was granted, since he had failed to attend the hearing.

On April 3, 2017, Dr Mangwiro was evicted from the property by the Messenger of Court.

He later learnt that Mapfumo had forged Kurebgasekwa’s signature on the Notice of Set Down for trial and lodged a complaint with the police leading to her arrest.

Dr Mangwiro is said to have been defrauded on US$100 000 in the transaction.

-State Media

Sikhala, Sithole Give Up Freedom Bid

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have abandoned their planned appeal against a magistrate’s ruling denying them bail for the fifth time.

The two MPs, who are facing charges of inciting public violence, have now shifted attention to their earlier plea to be given State papers in order to prepare for their trial.

Sikhala and Sithole Thursday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi and were remanded to October 20 for routine remand.

Their attorney Jeremiah Bamu told the court that his clients were no longer interested in appealing Tuesday’s ruling denying them bail.

“The accused have made a decision not to go further with the appeal of the case from yesterday but will be requesting for the copy of the ruling handed out yesterday and full case document,” he said.

Bamu further indicated that although in terms of the law the State can give the defence papers two days before trial it was a short period to prepare.

He said his clients were anxious to prove their innocence.

Bamu told the court that he hoped the State would give him the papers and the video that is going to be used during the trial.

“We seek that the state makes an undertaking on record when they can give us the copy of the video to be used in trial in view of the right to a fair trial,” he pleaded.

The State has in the past promised to give them the papers but has not done so.

Bamu accused the State of delaying proceedings on the pretext that the video in question was still being analysed.

“The state indicated at the initial stages of the case they had submitted  the video for forensic analysis and has taken them a long time. It is only fair for the accused to receive the video so they can submit it for analysis.”

“Except analysis cannot be done barely two days before trial therefore the accused should be notified before the trial,” he argued.

The State represented by prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti unrepentantly alluded to the fact that they would give the defence papers but should they fail, they were well within their rights.

“State will try to furnish them with the documents and video and if they can not it is still permissible by law,” said Mutsokoti.

The two are being accused of inciting public violence after the death of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.

-Newsday

Minister Loses US$100K To Property Fraudster

By- Health deputy minister Dr John Mangwiro has been defrauded in a housing property worth over US$100 000.

The Herald reports that former Alouvine Investments Private Limited company director, Rudo Sarudzayi Mapfumo, defrauded Dr Mangwiro of money after she resold a property she had sold him sometime in 2012 without his knowledge.
Mapfumo is said to have resold stand No 16911D Old SPCA Complex along Seke Road to Funwell Zvenyika after initially selling it to Dr Mangwiro for US$38 855.
She also allegedly later forged the signature of a law firm’s secretary on a notice for set down of trial to earned herself a default judgment that allowed her to evict Dr Mangwiro from the property.
Mapfumo is expected to appear in court on October 24 on fraud and forgery charges.
Circumstances leading to her arrest are that sometime in 2012, Dr Mangwiro bought Alouvine Investments Pvt Ltd, which owned stand No 16911D Old SPCA Complex along Seke Road in Harare from Mapfumo for US$38 855.
They then agreed that Dr Mangwiro gives Mapfumo a Nissan double cab valued at US$6000, a bull and US$6 000.
It is said that they also agreed that Dr Mangwiro would settle Alouvine Investment’s outstanding ZESA bills of US$5 171.28 and US$10 905 to City of Harare.
After making full payment, Dr Mangwiro occupied the premises and built a bay with four compartments for hardware, a butchery, cold room, bathing room, toilet, a two roomed staff quarters, steel shed and a block of offices.
When Dr Mangwiro was in the process of changing ownership of the property, Mapfumo allegedly sold the same property to Funwell Zvenyika.
Upon hearing of the sale, Dr Mangwiro attempted to engage Mapfumo but to no avail, it is said.
It then prompted him to engaged the services of Mbidzo, Muchadehama and Makoni Legal Practitioners to handle the matter.
In 2016 Mapfumo allegedly applied for an eviction order at the Harare Civil Court against Dr Mangwiro for him to vacate the property saying he had failed to clear outstanding bills at City of Harare.
On October 10, 2016, Mapfumo allegedly forged the signature of Rudo Kurebgasekwa, who was a Legal Clerk at Mbidzo, Muchadehama and Makoni Legal Practitioners, to appear as if she had received the Notice of Set Down for trial on behalf of Dr Mangwiro.
Mapfumo then allegedly took the Notice of Set Down for trial with Kurebgasekwa’s forged signature to the Harare Civil Court and presented it as a return of service.
Resultantly, a default judgment ordering Dr Mangwiro to vacate Old SPCA Complex was granted, since he had failed to attend the hearing.
On April 3, 2017, Dr Mangwiro was evicted from the property by the Messenger of Court.
He later learnt that Mapfumo had forged Kurebgasekwa’s signature on the Notice of Set Down for trial and lodged a complaint with the police leading to her arrest.
Dr Mangwiro is said to have been defrauded on US$100 000 in the transaction. Herald

Mudhara Bhuradha Laid To Rest

Tinashe Sambiri|
Thousands of CCC supporters on Wednesday attended the burial of legendary party percussionist, Tarusenga Chekerwa, in ward 5 Bikita West.

Chekerwa was popularly known as Mudhara Bhuradha.

CCC international organising secretary Amos Chibaya described the late Chekerwa as a true legend of the people’s struggle.

See CCC statement below:
REST IN POWER:

“We’re in Bikita to lay to rest a dedicated & veteran change champion, Tarusenga Chekerwa – popularly known as Mudhara Bhuradha.

He was courageous & principled. May his soul rest in power.”

Bhuradha A True Legend- President Chamisa

Tinashe Sambiri| CCC leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has described the death of legendary drummer, Tarusenga Chekerwa, popularly known as Mudhara Bhuradha, as huge loss to the people’s struggle.

Chekerwa was laid to rest in ward 5, Bikita West on Wednesday.

Thousands of CCC supporters attended the funeral.

“IN BIKITA laying to rest Our Change Champion, Community and Citizens’ hero Mudhara Bhuradha.

Mudhara Bhuradha- an organic community organizer and indisputably a citizens leader. Leadership is service and sacrifice, influence and impact not titles, entitlements and privileges,” President Chamisa said in a statement.

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook:

Preparing for Change.

Today we are deep in Bikita rural.

President Nelson Chamisa intends to traverse the entire country in search of total Change and Transformation.

Rural Mobilization is at the centre of our National Democratic Revolution.

There’s no time to waste!

We keep our eyes on the ball!

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Mnangagwa “Captures ” Churches

By Fanuel Chinowaita

Emerson Mnangagwa forms Pastors for ED movement and deploys its members to some churches which are at undisignated places.
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According to a reliable source who pressed a red button, there is a woman preacher who visited their church in Mutare and was given platform to preach.

The source added that at first the preacher was apolitical but ended up heaping all the praises on Mnangagwa which did not go well with the congregants.

In addition, the preacher asked to be added on church groups where she is asking for names and I’D numbers, promising to give youths some money for projects.

The woman declined to communicate with me when I asked her and she referred me to her boss called Evangelist
Idirashe Dongo.

Idirashe Dongo reviewed that she belongs to Pastors4ED Movement, which has a mission to mobilize and encourage Christians to participate I activities that support ordained leadership for it to deliver for the benefit of the nation.

Dongo also said that the movement was started by Mnangagwa.

She said, “It was an Inspiration from The President Cde ED Mnangagwa himself as we saw him building up relationship with Churches in the Land that he is Governing, and we said , when a King has called you to come and walk together for National Building & Peace, why not?”

However Evangelist Dongo rejects that their is political violence in Zimbabwe.

She said, “Was there ever an unfree and fair election in Zimbabwe before? The recent Election of 2018, even the Highest Courts of the Land allowed a Process on a disputed election, and a judgement was passed.

“I have never witnessed such ‘political violence’ , have you yourself, where?”

Meanwhile, some church members who raised a red flag have vowed to reject dragged into politics through fake prophets and evangelists who they say are satanists, who are send to destroy the churches of God.

Zambia Rescues Zimbabwe

Neighbouring Zambia has come to the rescue of Zimbabwe with 200 000 tonnes (t) of maize to feed millions currently facing hunger in the country, NewsDay has gathered.

Plans by Zimbabwe to import 200 000 tonnes of maize from Malawi in May did not bear fruit after the deal was contested by the Malawi Parliament in Lilongwe because tender procedures had reportedly been flouted.

Zambia’s Consumer Association confirmed the maize deal to NewsDay.

“According to the information, it’s more like a controlled export because we have some companies which have memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Congolese and Zimbabwean companies in order to fulfil the MoUs,” the Zambian consumer body said in response to questions from NewsDay.

Insiders close to millers and the Zimbabwean government say there have been hurdles around importation of Malawian and Zambian maize.

“The Malawi delivery is proving to be a problem, but the Zambian one will soon be here because all permits have now been finalised,” a source close to developments told NewsDay.

A high-ranking official at the Grain Marketing Board said: “This maize is being imported by the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ).”

Contacted for comment, Lands and Agriculture ministry secretary John Basera said: “This maize is certainly not being imported by the government; it has to be private players.”

He said Zimbabwe had enough grain.

“We have 1,5 million tonnes of maize from harvest this year plus 300 000t in small grain, then 500 000t carryover stock from last year that puts us at 2,3 million tonnes of grain versus our demand of 2,2 million tonnes,” Basera said.

He said millers who failed to fund 40% of their local requirements locally were importing grain from neighbouring countries.

Efforts to get an official comment from GMAZ president Tafadzwa Musarara were fruitless.

Despite gobbling billions in various agriculture handouts and subsidy schemes, like the Presidential Inputs Scheme, Pfumvudza and the Command Agriculture Programme, Zimbabwe remains food insecure with 5,4 million (36%) of its citizens facing hunger in the current season, according to the World Food Programme.

Zambian social media influencer and politician with the ruling United Party for National Development Joseph Kalibwe last Monday tweeted: “… tonnes of our Zambian maize will be received by our friends, the Command Agriculture publicity proponents on Thursday. Congratulations to our farmers who keep Zambia fed, exporting the rest to other lands and bringing the export money home for further growth.” —Newsday

Picture: President Chamisa Doing What Emmerson Mnangagwa Cannot Do

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa is a man of the people.

He freely mixed and mingled with mourners at the burial of legendary CCC percussionist Tarusenga Chekerwa in Bikita on Wednesday.

CCC youth assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma described President Chamisa as a humble and selfless character.

“This is what we mean when we say @nelsonchamisa is the People’s President.

Mixing and mingling with citizens freely. Sekuru Mnangagwa will never do that.

He has wronged citizens & is very afraid of them! Dictators are afraid of their own shadows!

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Son Forced To Bed Own Mum By Armed Gang

In a strange incident, six robbers who broke into a house in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb allegedly forced a 22-year-old man to perform sexual acts on his mother after they reportedly stole a plasma TV, cellphones and a solar battery.

The incident was confirmed by Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube and it happened at around 11.30 pm this week on Wednesday at a house owned by the 42-year-old woman who stays with her son in Cowdray Park suburb.

A family member who did not want to be named said the six robbers who were armed with an axe and a kitchen knife swooped on the house while the pair was sleeping.

The source told how the thieves broke into the house and stole cellphones and a TV.

“They smashed a kitchen window before three of them got inside and headed to the owner of the house’s bedroom. They demanded cash and threatened to stab her to death with a kitchen knife,” the source said.

They stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth while repeatedly demanding money.

“She surrendered three cellphones to them but they demanded more. They force-marched her to her son’s bedroom and woke him before they ordered him to sit on the floor while wearing only underwear,” said the relative to the victims.

After that they sprung a shocker as they reportedly instructed her son to remove his underwear and have sex with his own mother.

“They battered him and he removed his underwear and just lay on top of his mother,” the relative said.

They took his two cellphones and gas cylinder and left in a huff.

The pair reported the matter to the police.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident and appealed for information that may lead to the whereabouts of the six thieves.

He said: “Those with information may contact any nearest police station or call them on 2922 -60358.” —B Metro