Hwange have earned promotion to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) after edging Indlovu Iyanyathela 1-0 at the Colliery today, to be crowned Southern Region Division One winners.
Chipangano, whose return to the country’s top flight after they were relegated in 2019 was a question of when not a matter of if, needed only a point in today’s encounter to seal promotion.
They have won the region’s sole ticket to the PSL with two games to spare.
Hwange, who are under the guidance of former Bulawayo City coach Try Ncube, won 27 of their 33 matches.
They will be joined in the PSL by Simba Bhora (Northern Region), Green Fuel (Eastern Region), and Sheasham (Central Region).- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa held a crucial meeting with Conny Reuter from the Progressive Alliance of Germany.
The meeting was held in Harare last week. Progressive Alliance is a network of democratic forces determined to fight for human rights across the globe.
“Great meeting in Harare: @nelsonchamisa @CCCZimbabwe and @Conny_Reuter_PA All support for upcoming elections in #Zimbabwe #free #fair #democratic ! Time for change,” Progressive Alliance posted on Twitter.
Also watch below : President Chamisa ready to lead nation to prosperity and economic recovery.
A NEW GREAT ZIMBABWE ?? ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE VISION. God bless Our Zimbabwe! pic.twitter.com/nSHFDS5K9s
Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabweans say life under Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is hell on earth.
Mr Mnangagwa rose to power in November 2017 after removing his ailing 93-year- old boss Robert Mugabe via a military coup.
On Friday CCC leader Nelson Chamisa wrote on Twitter: “Using one word or a few words, how would you describe life in Zimbabwe since Nov 2017? Blessed Friday!”
Below are some of the responses from suffering citizens…
Renay: A script out of a movie called ‘Out goes a thief, in comes an armed robber’
Gatsheni: Mr President..Mapfumo gave us the two immortal words, Disaster and Mamvhemvhe ,in Ndebele it’s called “ inhlekelele” and ED keep on upgrading , now it’s Version 15.9.1 , Worse than a category 5 tropical cyclone Blowhorns : Takafarira N’anga neinobata mai.
MudiwaNotHood:
Haa pakaipa President. The masses are languishing in poverty whilst the Elites are acquiring more wealth. The gap between the few rich and majority poor is widening everyday. They’re feeding from our poverty and fear, and I hope 2023 will be different.
Dave screamed: Disaster!
Tanganda wrote :
HORRIBLE!
Another social media user observed: Jumping from frying pan to the fire. Takaitiswa, imagine it was always obvious that a 93 year old would soon die or fail to go to work.
Whilst the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, the ability to reconnect through World Mental Health Day 2022 will provide us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health.
Many aspects of mental health have been challenged; and already before the pandemic in 2019 an estimated one in eight people globally were living with a mental disorder. At the same time, the services, skills and funding available for mental health remain in short supply, and fall far below what is needed, especially in low and middle income countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global crisis for mental health, fueling short- and long-term stresses and undermining the mental health of millions. Estimates put the rise in both anxiety and depressive disorders at more than 25% during the first year of the pandemic. At the same time, mental health services have been severely disrupted and the treatment gap for mental health conditions has widened.
Growing social and economic inequalities, protracted conflicts, violence and public health emergencies affect whole populations, threatening progress towards improved well-being; a staggering 84 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced during 2021. We must deepen the value and commitment we give to mental health as individuals, communities and governments and match that value with more commitment, engagement and investment by all stakeholders, across all sectors. We must strengthen mental health care so that the full spectrum of mental health needs is met through a community-based network of accessible, affordable and quality services and supports.
Stigma and discrimination continue to be a barrier to social inclusion and access to the right care; importantly, we can all play our part in increasing awareness about which preventive mental health interventions work and World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to do that collectively. We envision a world in which mental health is valued, promoted and protected; where everyone has an equal opportunity to enjoy mental health and to exercise their human rights; and where everyone can access the mental health care they need.
WHO will work with partners to launch a campaign around the theme of Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority. This will be an opportunity for people with mental health conditions, advocates, governments, employers, employees and other stakeholders to come together to recognize progress in this field and to be vocal about what we need to do to ensure Mental Health & Well-Being becomes a Global Priority for all.
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Tinashe Sambiri|Bishop Ancelimo Magaya has challenged the Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to release jailed political activists.
According to Bishop Magaya, Mnangagwa wants to keep Sikhala in prison until 2023- after elections.
Bishop Magaya further argues Mr Mnangagwa is not at all ready for free and fair elections.
See statement below:
There is no question about the fact of President Mnangagwa’ unpreparedness for free, fair and credible elections for 2023.
His grip on the judiciary is scary. The courts that are supposed to be honorable are making very political verdicts on behalf of the state. The blatant miscarriages of justice are revulsive not only to the public but before God (Isaiah 1: 21 & 23).
The pastors and congregants that were arrested because they were praying for their country on June 10 are still on remand thou out of custody. Sikala and team are wallowing in prison. Tsitsi Dangarembwa and Julie Barnes have unjustly been convicted. My sensing is that they want to keep Sikala and team in jail till elections. They should prove this thinking wrong and release them. This continued harassment are deliberately schemed to give warnings to anyone who would like to exercise their constitutional rights.
The increasing closure of civic space is unprecedented in Zimbabwe and reminisces Rhodesian era where smith would label our freedom fighters ”terrorists” conveniently so, to justify his repressions.
It is very saddening that whilst the aforementioned is self evident both the general citizenry and the church in particular seem to undermine the power that is reposed in them.
The save Zimbabwe campaign: a church led initiative almost broke the spin of Mugabe regime as we organized series of protests and prayer meetings/activities whose climax was the 11th of March 2007. Resulting from these initiatives was an emergence of AU meeting in Tanzania which led to elections whose outcome we all know. The ZCBC pastoral letter of August 2020 was both a bomb and a galvanizing factor.
The church and the citizenry were ready for action and then there was a sudden lull resulting from a backlash. The spontaneity with which the citizens gathered at the court in solidarity with pastor Evan in July of 2016 should never be separated from his initial release.
To the church, a reading of scriptures clearly shows that with the advent of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2, there was an increase of impact in the ministry of the apostles in the public space. Note also Micah 3:8 “ The spirit of the Lord is upon me, he has annointed me to rebuke Jacob of his sin and Israel his iniquity “.
The question of the application of theology to public space such as economic and politics is pictured with abundance in scriptures. Finally to the citizenry, we should glean lessons from the South Africans who gathered at the court in numbers in solidarity with the EFF members. We should all relentlessly demand the Zimbabwe we want and it will be delivered. God save Zimbabwe.
Let it be known that Ed together with his rogue judiciary stand guilty before the heavens for convicting the innocent like Tsitsi Dangarembwa and Julie Barnes for exercising their rights, whilst murderers like Sanyatwe and many more are rewarded. This is not the Zimbabwe we want.
Chimurenga music guru Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo will miss the burial of his brother Lancelot as he fears for his life.
Lancelot is one of the founding members of the Blacks Unlimited and a brother to Mukanya, who died last month in the US.
In an exclusive interview with the Standard from his United States base on Friday, Mapfumo said he will not make the trip to Zimbabwe for the burial of Lancelot. He said:
Lancelot was my brother, workmate and friend. I and the band have lost someone we worked with throughout our lives. It won’t be possible to fill his gap.
Lancelot will be buried in Zimbabwe, his homeland. We are making arrangements to bring his body from here.
Unfortunately, I won’t make the trip to Zimbabwe because of political reasons, as you know I am not a favourite of the government.
I fear for my life and safety if I come to Zimbabwe.
Mukanya has been living in the United States for many years after fleeing persecution during the Robert Mugabe era. He was a critic of the regime.
Mapfumo is also critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime.
He says Zimbabwe is not moving forward adding that the current government has failed the people and the gains of liberation have been wiped off. He added:
I am totally against the Mnangagwa regime. People, the young people should take into the streets and remove Mnangagwa.
I hate an oppressor, that’s why I am in exile. If it was to me I would be living large in Zimbabwe with farms and stealing money like they do, but I decided to stand with the people.
He said he stands with the oppressed, a message inherent in his music.
Mapfumo was imprisoned during the Smith regime and after independence criticised the new black government led by Robert Mugabe for corruption.
He was targeted and harassed prompting him to move to the United States in the late 1990s.
After Mugabe’s overthrow in 2017, Mapfumo returned to Zimbabwe in 2018, to a massive show named ‘Homecoming Bira’ in the capital.
He returned to his base after a four-month-long visit, but Mapfumo now claims that he is not safe from political danger.
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa held a crucial meeting with Conny Reuter from the Progressive Alliance of Germany.
The meeting was held in Harare last week. Progressive Alliance is a network of democratic forces determined to fight for human rights across the globe.
“Great meeting in Harare: @nelsonchamisa @CCCZimbabwe and @Conny_Reuter_PA All support for upcoming elections in #Zimbabwe #free #fair #democratic ! Time for change,” Progressive Alliance posted on Twitter.
Also watch below : President Chamisa ready to lead nation to prosperity and economic recovery.
A NEW GREAT ZIMBABWE ?? ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE VISION. God bless Our Zimbabwe! pic.twitter.com/nSHFDS5K9s
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A Constitutional Court judge has come out guns blazing against a litigant who accused the bench of being captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Justice Bharat Patel said Tichaona Mupasiri must apologise and be censured after he accused the court of being captured.
Mupasiri said the ConCourt was captured in his application to join a case involving Mnangagwa and his lawyer Edwin Manikai on one hand and businessman Mutumwa Mawere, friends of Shabani and Mashava Mines on the other hand.
In his judgement, Patel gave Mupasiri an ultimatum to apologise saying his language brought the judiciary into disrepute.
“It is ordered that the applicant (Mupasiri) be and is hereby censured for his use of inappropriate language in his founding affidavit casting aspersions on the integrity and impartiality of the court,” Patel said.
“The applicant shall file with the registrar a letter of apology in respect of his conduct referred to in paragraph | above by not later than 4.00 pm on the 23rd of September 2022.”
Mupasiri’s application for a joinder was, however, granted and with no order for costs.
“The applicant shall lodge his application and founding papers in Case No. CCZ 27/22 on or before the 30th of September 2022.
“The matter shall thereafter proceed in accordance with the rule,” he ruled.
Mupasiri had filed a ConCourt application seeking to be joined in the court proceedings citing Mawere, SMM Holdings Limited, Africa Resources, TAP Building Products and Mnangagwa as respondents.
On December 17, 2021, Mupasiri launched an application to have him joined to the ConCourt proceedings over Shabani Mashava Mines Holdings.
On December 24, Mupasiri received opposing papers through DMH legal firm whose managing partner was implicated in the case.
This was despite his application having been served on the president as a public office bearer under Section 167 of the constitution.
Mupasiri then wrote to Manikai, one of the DMH managing partners, on December 27 challenging the authority of DMH to represent Mnangagwa in his official capacity as the president when the law says it should be done by the attorney-general (AG).
Mupasiri then filed an interlocutory application on January 25 this year which was dismissed, and the matter was allegedly “swept under the carpet”.
Mupasiri was later slapped with a costs order in a constitutional matter which involved the president who was never served with the copy of his application because his office, including the AG’s office, refused to accept service.
On May 27, Mupasiri filed an appeal against the cost order, but Chief Justice Luke Malaba dismissed the appeal saying even wrong decisions by the ConCourt are not appealable or reviewable.
Mupasiri argued his application was meant to test the rule of law and constitutionalism in the country.
Industry and Commerce permanent secretary Mavis Sibanda on Thursday last week urged chartered governance professionals to continue participating in national development by providing professional leadership in both private and public organisations.
“Your profession is our conscience. You are our conscience,” she told participants in the annual conference of the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe in Victoria Falls.
“Government takes your profession seriously,” she said. “Remain alive to global changes as you strive to position a future-fit chartered governance and accountancy profession in Zimbabwe,” she said before declaring the conference officially open.
She praised the institute for the partnerships it has entered into with the Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission.
“I wish to challenge you to expand your collaborations with other government ministries and parastatals to ensure that good corporate governance principles are enhanced in public sector operations,” she said.
Dr Sibanda said the conference theme, which is ‘Marching towards Vision 2030: Positioning a Future-fit Chartered Governance and Accountancy Profession in Zimbabwe’, was timely and in sync with the Second Republic’s thrust of achieving greater economic prospects across all sectors of the economy to promote sustainable economic growth and development.
“This year’s theme is timely, given the centrality of the profession in prudent planning, resource utilisation and implementation of strategic goals at both institutional and national levels,” she said.
Dr Sibanda said high quality corporate governance and accounting are key ingredients in improving transparency and facilitating mobilisation of both domestic and international investments.
“Moreover, these fundamentals aid in creating a sound investment climate, thereby fostering investor confidence and promoting financial stability in the economy,” she said.
She challenged conference participants to be open minded, expand their horizons and consolidate the gains made so far in the economy through what she said was the prevailing macroeconomic stability.
“Today we are witnessing consistent stability in the exchange rate, a declining month-on-month inflation rate and improved capacity utilisation by industry, just to name but a few key economic variables which are necessary for promoting economic growth in the country,” she said.
“The positive trend is a true testimony that the robust policies and cocktail measures being implemented by the government are bearing fruits.
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“May I therefore invite you professionals to take advantage of the many opportunities prevailing in the economy as a result of a plethora of macroeconomic reforms that the government is pursuing,” she said.
She said the institute remains versatile and is widely known for promoting a culture of good corporate governance, accountability and efficient administration of public and private resources.
“In doing so you continue to immeasurably contribute towards the building of our economy,” she said.
Responding to Dr Sibanda’s address, the president of CGAIZ, Mr Jonathan Dube, said that Zimbabwe was “at the centre of our heart”.
“We have to ask ourselves what legacy are we going to leave as professionals. Do we want to leave a country that has corruption or thrives on financial engineering?” he asked, adding, to applause from conference participants, that the institute supports government initiatives and pledged to work with government.
Later, during a panel discussion, Dr Sibanda said there was a lot that industry was doing but it was not being publicised.
“Every time I visit industries there is a lot going on,” she said.
The conference is being attended by more than 200 participants.
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By Farai D Hove | Controversial preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa has said it is okay to steal USD5 Billion state funds as long as you construct the roads.
Speaking during a church address, Makandiwa said, ‘corruption is corruption, but the one of chopping down half of the amount, USD5billion, is not at all corruption if the roads are constructed.’
The speech in the local Shona language, is below:
Apa kwete. Papa don't be a rolling stone. The 50/50 quota is for gender equality, not for corruption parity! pic.twitter.com/pqKypzKOTm
By A Correspondent- A ZIMSEC examinations clerk and a bursar at Kambuzuma High 1 School in Harare appeared in court on allegations of forging an Ordinary Level results certificate.
Donald Taremeredzwa Muchawo reportedly wanted to forge the certificate for an applicant who wanted to undergo police training at Ntabazinduna Training Depot.
Muchawo appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court together with Clifford Matumbu facing fraud charges, The Herald reported.
The duo is jointly charged with Lorraine Tanyaradzwa Mushauripo, William Chikumbirike, Obert Chirape and Morgen Chitaike on fraud charges.
Allegations:
Prosecutor Mrs Martha Mookoto told the court that on April 18 2022, police advertised for recruitment and Mushauripo got interested but had three Ordinary Level passes in Geography, History and Commerce.
Police were looking for people with five ‘O’ levels including English language and mathematics.
Mushauripo approached Matumbu who offered to assist her by forging a certificate with all the required subjects. She then paid him some money.
The money exchanged hands
The six are expected back in court on October 17 when their trial is scheduled to start before magistrate Mrs Yeukai Dzuda.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said it is investigating the alleged bombing of Sybeth Musengezi‘s home.
Sybeth Musengezi who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy claimed on October 1, 2022, that his Harare house had been set on fire.
He posted pictures of his burning property on social media saying his neighbours managed to extinguish the fire. Said Musengezi on twitter:
410 sandton on fire my house petrol bombed help please. Help please petrol bombing at my house in sandton.
This is what they have done. Thanks to the neighbourhood vadzodzima moyo nema buckets.
We managed to get out.
ZRP later confirmed receiving a report about the incident. Said the police:
The ZRP has received a report from Sybeth Musengezi concerning an alleged incident at his home and is now conducting investigations.
Said Musengezi in a tweet:
While we wait for their findings, lets bear in mind that such acts of violence, intimidation, abuse of the judiciary on dissent is expected in a country led by armed bandits but we’re not giving up. Thanks to Sandton residents for putting out the fire. Fire brigade didn’t show up pic.twitter.com/u5JkNoonil
Meanwhile, Musengezi is expected in court this Monday, 03 October 2022 for the continuation of the case in which he is challenging the legitimacy of President Mnangagwa.
He claims that Mnangagwa’s ascendancy to power in 2017, following the ouster of former leader Robert Mugabe, was unconstitutional therefore must be nullified by the courts
By-The troubled Zanu PF government has issued a bread propaganda statement to calm the pressed citizens who can longer afford to buy bread.
A loaf of bread costs US$1,20, and the clueless Emmerson Mnangagwa administration blames this astronomical price on the Russia-Ukraine war.
On Friday, the regime said the bread prices would drop owing to “a bumper wheat harvest”.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka told reporters in Harare.
“To cushion consumers with affordable flour and bread, the price of wheat to millers by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) will be reduced by 4,4 percent from US$680 per metric tonne to US$650 per metric tonne, payable in the ratio of US$33:$67 (33 percent payable in US dollars and 67 percent in local currency). “The price also takes into consideration macroeconomic fundamentals and the likely impact of the floor price on the exchange rate, and the price of commodities such as flour and bread,” said Masuka. Wheat and wheat flour imports, Masuka said, will be suspended, as the country anticipates self-sufficiency in domestic requirements. Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Mr Tafadzwa Musarara explained the mechanics behind the expected drop in the price of bread. “With the bumper harvest that has a surplus to our local requirement, it means we are going to export some of our soft wheat in return for the 30 percent hard wheat, which is a smart way of doing business because we will not need foreign currency to import. “What this means is, once we have enough flour at a reduced price as tabled by the Government, the flour price and bread price will eventually drop,” he said. On Friday, Masuka announced prices of wheat pegged in US dollars to preserve the value of wheat throughout the season, with ordinary grade of wheat slated at US$620 per tonne while premium grade is US$682. -Sunday Mail
A man who allegedly raped a woman in North West and then escaped from police custody while receiving hospital treatment was rearrested in Tsakane, Gauteng.
Aubrey Zunguza, 27, was initially arrested on a rape charge in Boitekong near Rustenburg in January. He appeared in court and was denied bail.
Police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone said Zunguza fell ill and was admitted to hospital.
While being treated, Zunguza escaped on 20 July, said Mokgwabone.
According to Platinum Weekly, a publication based in Rustenburg, Zunguza is a Zimbabwean national who escaped from Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital while under police guard by breaking the wheelchair he was handcuffed to.
He then fled to Gauteng, where he started a new life and made a living as a hawker selling vegetables in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni, Mokgwabone said.
Zunguza’s arrest last week was by chance due to the alertness of constables Thulani Tshabalala, Lawrence Malaza and Thato Moalusi from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD).
The officers were conducting an operation aimed at curbing driving while under the influence when they stopped at the fire station in Tsakane.
Malaza said:
We were conducting a drunk driving operation in Tsakane that day when I decided to take a detour to the fire station for water. That’s when I met an informant, who I overheard telling one of the officers at the fire station about the suspect.
“The informant apparently overheard a conversation the suspect was having with someone else, telling them that he had escaped from custody in Rustenburg,” he added.
Following the details provided by the informant, Malaza said he reached out to the authorities about the suspect. The officers then carried out a tracking operation.
“We spoke to the Rustenburg police, who gave us details about the suspect, including the case number and a picture of him. After gathering all the information, we began our search.
By A Correspondent- Former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has reportedly pleaded for the allocation of more central committee seats to Manicaland after he was rejected by his Makoni district at a recent Makoni inter-district meeting.
Party members say he should be contested in the upcoming central committee elections, Standard reported.
a letter dated September 30 addressed to the ZANU PF political commissar Mike Bimha, Chinamasa protested why Makoni was allocated few central committee seats. He wrote:
Further to the appeal made to the Makoni District Coordination chairman (DCC) Albert Nyakuedzwa dated 27 September 2022, concerning the above subject matter, allow me to submit copy of Zanu PF Manicaland province analysis showing distribution of party districts, constituency by constituency and administrative district by administrative district.
The analysis reveals that Makoni district, which has hundred and twelve districts and five constituencies has been allocated two central committee posts whereas Nyanga has two constituencies and thirty-two party districts has been allocated four central committee districts
Clearly the allocation is irrational and defies logic. I add my voice to the appeal by Nyakuedzwa for rectification of the anomaly. The election dates have not been announced.
By A Correspondent- Armed robbers pounced on Mutangadura Business Complex located along the Harare-Mutare Highway and got away with US$13 000 cash.
A police statement says the robbers were drinking beer at the complex before they attacked the cashiers at a grocery shop. Reads the statement:
The ZRP is investigating a case of armed robbery which occurred at around 0900 hours on 02/10/22 at Mtangadura Business Complex at the 35 km peg along Harare–Mutare Road.
Three suspects driving a Mercedes Benz (registration number unknown) were drinking beer whilst their vehicle was parked at the business complex. Later, the suspects produced a pistol and attacked cashiers at the grocery shop.
he suspects stole US$13 000 cash and fled towards Harare. Police investigations are currently underway. Zimbabwe continues to record robbery cases despite authorities’ efforts to curtail them
By A Correspondent- Two schools in Matabeleland North Province have been put under full lockdown following an outbreak of COVID-19 at the learning institutions, the Sunday News reported.
Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa said Fatima and George Silundika High schools have been temporarily turned into isolation centres. She said:
Out of the 252 new cases, 130 were from Fatima and 33 from George Silundika Secondary schools, in Matabeleland North Province. Health teams are on the ground and the situation is under control. The slight increase is an indication that the country needs to remain vigilant.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Mr Taungana Ndoro said no visitors are allowed to Fatima and George Silundika because of the cases.
Minister Mutsvangwa said most of the COVIDd-19 funding for 2021 came from the Government of Zimbabwe which contributed US$305 million (84 percent) of the total funding of US$362 million.
Some of the donated vaccines were from China, India and Russia.
By A Correspondent- An eight-year-old boy died on the spot while his mother was seriously injured and is battling for life at Gweru Provincial Hospital following a gruesome attack by unknown assailants.
Police confirmed the tragedy, which occurred at Dawson farm in Somabula Thursday early morning.
Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the matter saying investigations were in progress. He said:
Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating a case of murder where a eight-year-old boy was struck on the head using a sharp object. The incident occurred at Plot 13 Dawson farm, Somabhula in Gweru on September 29, 2022 around 0300 hours.
It is alleged that Loveletter Moyo and her five children went to bed the previous night, while her brother, Vickson Sibanda, was asleep in a separate room.
The next morning, Sibanda heard some noise from his sister’s room and rushed to check what was happening.
Landelihle Moyo, aged 8, was bleeding from the forehead and left hand and was showing no signs of life.
The suspect had already fled the scene.
Loveletter Moyo sustained a deep cut on the forehead and lost a middle left-hand finger and was taken to the hospital together with her son’s body.
A police report was lodged and investigations are ongoing.
Mahoko appealed to members of the public to contact any nearest police station if they have information that can be useful in the investigation of the case.
By- The Zambian government has removed visa requirements for the European Union, China, and the United States of America to boost the country’s tourism sector.
According to NewZimbabwe, the southern African nation is currently working towards growing the tourism sector by doubling its earnings.
In an update on the weekend, the Zambia Tourism Authority (ZTA) announced that there would be no VISA requirements for the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Norway, Australia, China, South Korea, Gulf Estates and the European Union.
In 2019, Zambia approved its Tourism Master Plan 2018 to 2038, a 20-year practical development strategy to enhance the economic contribution of the tourism sector to the southern African nation’s economy. The country’s tourism sector market information said:
Currently the fastest-growing economic sector in the country – contributing US$1,8bn last year. The vision is for Zambia to rank among the most-visited holiday destinations in Africa.
The country’s tourism sector has been growing since 2017 when the country recorded one-million tourist arrivals.
In a bid to keep the momentum, the government is working on providing an investor-friendly environment and improving accessibility to the country.
This has included the re-introduction of a national carrier and visa reforms.
Nick Aslin, founder and director of Zambian Ground Handlers says a brand-new building in Livingstone and Lusaka is due to open at year-end.
Emerson has no known former schoolmates, former school teachers, no University mates besides what Lungu tried to manufacture in Zambia, no known cadres he was with on the frontline besides being Mugabe’s assistant, even fellow village cattle herders, absolutely nothing!!!
By- Chimurenga music guru Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo will miss the burial of his brother Lancelot as he fears for his life.
Lancelot is one of the founding members of the Blacks Unlimited and a brother to Mukanya, who died last month in the US.
In an exclusive interview with the Standard from his United States base on Friday, Mapfumo said he will not make the trip to Zimbabwe for the burial of Lancelot. He said:
Lancelot was my brother, workmate and friend. I and the band have lost someone we worked with throughout our lives. It won’t be possible to fill his gap.
Lancelot will be buried in Zimbabwe, his homeland. We are making arrangements to bring his body from here.
Unfortunately, I won’t make the trip to Zimbabwe because of political reasons, as you know I am not a favourite of the government.
I fear for my life and safety if I come to Zimbabwe.
Mukanya has been living in the United States for many years after fleeing persecution during the Robert Mugabe era. He was a critic of the regime.
Mapfumo is also critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime.
He says Zimbabwe is not moving forward adding that the current government has failed the people and the gains of liberation have been wiped off. He added:
I am totally against the Mnangagwa regime. People, the young people should take into the streets and remove Mnangagwa.
I hate an oppressor, that’s why I am in exile. If it was to me I would be living large in Zimbabwe with farms and stealing money like they do, but I decided to stand with the people.
He said he stands with the oppressed, a message inherent in his music.
Mapfumo was imprisoned during the Smith regime and after independence criticised the new black government led by Robert Mugabe for corruption.
He was targeted and harassed prompting him to move to the United States in the late 1990s.
After Mugabe’s overthrow in 2017, Mapfumo returned to Zimbabwe in 2018, to a massive show named ‘Homecoming Bira’ in the capital.
He returned to his base after a four-month-long visit, but Mapfumo now claims that he is not safe from political danger.
By-Veteran Zanu PF member and former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has reportedly pleaded for the allocation of more central committee seats to Manicaland after his Makoni district rejected him at a recent Makoni inter-district meeting.
Party members say he should be contested in the upcoming central committee elections, Standard reported.
In a letter dated September 30 addressed to the Zanu PF political commissar Mike Bimha, Chinamasa protested why Makoni was allocated few central committee seats. He wrote:
Further to the appeal made to the Makoni District Coordination chairman (DCC) Albert Nyakuedzwa dated 27 September 2022, concerning the above subject matter, allow me to submit copy of Zanu PF Manicaland province analysis showing distribution of party districts, constituency by constituency and administrative district by administrative district.
The analysis reveals that Makoni district, which has hundred and twelve districts and five constituencies has been allocated two central committee posts whereas Nyanga has two constituencies and thirty-two party districts has been allocated four central committee districts.
Clearly the allocation is irrational and defies logic. I add my voice to the appeal by Nyakuedzwa for rectification of the anomaly.
By-The High Court of Zambia has ordered the country’s central bank to pay back over US$1 Million to Zimbabwean business tycoon Jayesh Shah.
The money was seized in 1998 from Shah, who has vast business interests in Zimbabwe, Zambia and India, among other countries.
NewZimbabwe reports that the judgment follows a prolonged legal dispute stretching over the past 24 years.
Justice Edward Luputa Musona sitting at the Zambian High Court Thursday found the bank at fault, bringing an end to the long-running dispute. Said the judge in delivering his ruling:
This is proper particularly that the history of litigation, in this case, dates back to the year 1998. It is 24 years old in the courts. It is the Bank of Zambia which has unduly and unjustly perpetuated this case.
This dispute has been in a back-and-forth movement, from High Court to Supreme Court.
This is sad. Litigation must have an end. 24 years in court is too long. Bank of Zambia has abused its immunity against execution. This should end because it is not good governance.
Now, therefore, I order that leave to appeal is granted but subject to a deposit by the Bank of Zambia into court of 30% of the judgment sum being US$139, 191, 386 within the period during which an appeal may be lodged. Parties may proceed to uplift this judgment.
Some Context:
On January 16, 1998, Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) informed Al Shams Building Materials Limited’s bankers – First Merchant Bank Zambia Limited – and the Attorney General that it had seized the firm’s accounts with over US$1 million pending investigations.
The bank was later placed under receivership and on March 16, 1999, the Bank of Zambia ordered its liquidation.
Al Shams Building Materials Limited and Shah approached the Zambia High Court, which on October 12, 1999, ruled that the money should be returned to the owners since the seizure was unlawful and illegal.
The court ruled that in the case of First Merchant Bank failing to reimburse Shah and his company, the Bank of Zambia was held liable and, in the alternative, the Attorney General was ordered to pay if the funds could not be found.
The bank and the Attorney General appealed to the Supreme Court against the ruling and, on November 2, 2000, the appeal was dismissed.
The Supreme Court of Zambia dismissed the Bank of Zambia’s three further appeals on March 28, 2006, December 31, 2012, and May 2, 2014.
The Bank of Zambia, on October 6, 2014, filed a motion on the May 2, 2014 appeal Judgment, 157 days out of time in terms of the laws of Zambia seeking to re-open the 2000 Appeal.
It remains to be seen if the bank will this time give Shah the money.
By Showbiz Reporter | Did fake Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa perform this miracle? The controversial businesswoman Olinda Chapel has published pictures of her body transformation following an expensive operation.
By Showbiz Reporter | Did fake Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa perform this miracle? The controversial businesswoman Olinda Chapel has published pictures of her body transformation following an expensive operation.
The surgical was done at a time when she owes victims of her scams tens of thousands of pounds. PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER
Emerson has no known former schoolmates, former school teachers, no University mates besides what Lungu tried to manufacture in Zambia, no known cadres he was with on the frontline besides being Mugabe’s assistant, even fellow village cattle herders, absolutely nothing!!!
By-The troubled Zanu PF government has issued a bread propaganda statement to calm the pressed citizens who can longer afford to buy bread. A loaf of bread costs US$1,20, and the clueless Emmerson Mnangagwa administration blames this astronomical price on the Russia-Ukraine war.
On Friday, the regime said the bread prices would drop owing to “a bumper wheat harvest”.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka told reporters in Harare.
“To cushion consumers with affordable flour and bread, the price of wheat to millers by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) will be reduced by 4,4 percent from US$680 per metric tonne to US$650 per metric tonne, payable in the ratio of US$33:$67 (33 percent payable in US dollars and 67 percent in local currency). “The price also takes into consideration macroeconomic fundamentals and the likely impact of the floor price on the exchange rate, and the price of commodities such as flour and bread,” said Masuka. Wheat and wheat flour imports, Masuka said, will be suspended, as the country anticipates self-sufficiency in domestic requirements. Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Mr Tafadzwa Musarara explained the mechanics behind the expected drop in the price of bread. “With the bumper harvest that has a surplus to our local requirement, it means we are going to export some of our soft wheat in return for the 30 percent hard wheat, which is a smart way of doing business because we will not need foreign currency to import. “What this means is, once we have enough flour at a reduced price as tabled by the Government, the flour price and bread price will eventually drop,” he said. On Friday, Masuka announced prices of wheat pegged in US dollars to preserve the value of wheat throughout the season, with ordinary grade of wheat slated at US$620 per tonne while premium grade is US$682. -Sunday Mail
Sybeth Musengezi who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy has said his Harare house was set on fire.
He posted on social media saying his neighbours managed to extinguish the fire.
“410 sandton on fire my house petrol bombed help please. Help please petrol bombing at my house in sandton This is what they have done. Thanks to the neighbourhood vadzodzima moyo nema buckets
“We managed to get out,” said Musengezi.
Musengezi who has been arrested before, says President Mnangagwa’s rise to power in 2017 was unconstitutional therefore, he is not a legitimate leader.
He recently approached courts seeking an order which stops Mnangagwa from calling and or presiding over the ruling ZANU PF’s elective Congress set for this October.
Some say Musengezi is being sent by Vice President Chiwenga who is allegedly working with G40 remnants to dislodge President Mnangagwa from power.
The fire incident at Musengezi’s residence comes when the next hearing in the case he is challenging Mnangagwa’s legitimacy is set for Monday 3 October 2022.
Only last week, Musengezi claimed that his life was in danger as there were some people who were following him.
“Yes, in recent weeks, I’ve seen a number of unmarked vehicles parked just outside of my yard. Sometimes they park when I’m not there and my colleagues would call me to say there is a vehicle or vehicles without plates parked at home,” said Musengezi.
He said he personally confronted those people and they just drive off.
A Constitutional Court judge has come out guns blazing against a litigant who accused the bench of being captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Justice Bharat Patel said Tichaona Mupasiri must apologise and be censured after he accused the court of being captured.
Mupasiri said the ConCourt was captured in his application to join a case involving Mnangagwa and his lawyer Edwin Manikai on one hand and businessman Mutumwa Mawere, friends of Shabani and Mashava Mines on the other hand.
In his judgement, Patel gave Mupasiri an ultimatum to apologise saying his language brought the judiciary into disrepute.
“It is ordered that the applicant (Mupasiri) be and is hereby censured for his use of inappropriate language in his founding affidavit casting aspersions on the integrity and impartiality of the court,” Patel said.
“The applicant shall file with the registrar a letter of apology in respect of his conduct referred to in paragraph | above by not later than 4.00 pm on the 23rd of September 2022.”
Mupasiri’s application for a joinder was, however, granted and with no order for costs.
“The applicant shall lodge his application and founding papers in Case No. CCZ 27/22 on or before the 30th of September 2022.
“The matter shall thereafter proceed in accordance with the rule,” he ruled.
Mupasiri had filed a ConCourt application seeking to be joined in the court proceedings citing Mawere, SMM Holdings Limited, Africa Resources, TAP Building Products and Mnangagwa as respondents.
On December 17, 2021, Mupasiri launched an application to have him joined to the ConCourt proceedings over Shabani Mashava Mines Holdings.
On December 24, Mupasiri received opposing papers through DMH legal firm whose managing partner was implicated in the case.
This was despite his application having been served on the president as a public office bearer under Section 167 of the constitution.
Mupasiri then wrote to Manikai, one of the DMH managing partners, on December 27 challenging the authority of DMH to represent Mnangagwa in his official capacity as the president when the law says it should be done by the attorney-general (AG).
Mupasiri then filed an interlocutory application on January 25 this year which was dismissed, and the matter was allegedly “swept under the carpet”.
Mupasiri was later slapped with a costs order in a constitutional matter which involved the president who was never served with the copy of his application because his office, including the AG’s office, refused to accept service.
On May 27, Mupasiri filed an appeal against the cost order, but Chief Justice Luke Malaba dismissed the appeal saying even wrong decisions by the ConCourt are not appealable or reviewable.
Mupasiri argued his application was meant to test the rule of law and constitutionalism in the country.
Exiled Chimurenga musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says he will not be able to travel to Zimbabwe for the burial of his late brother Lancelot as he fears for his life.Lancelot, a percussionist, was one of the founding members of the Blacks Unlimited, an outfit that Mukanya fronts.
A few months before his death, Lancelot missed several shows due to illness.Pre-independence, Mapfumo was imprisoned without charges under the Ian Smith Rhodesian regime.
He later went on to be a fierce opponent and critic of the Robert Mugabe regime before being forced into exile in the United States.Mukanya has also rebuked President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, which ascended to power through a military assisted coup in 2017.
In an exclusive interview with Standard Style from his United States base on Friday, Mapfumo said he will not make the trip to Zimbabwe for the burial of Lancelot.
“Lancelot was my brother, workmate and friend. I and the band have lost someone we worked with throughout our lives. It won’t be possible to fill his gap,” Mapfumo said.
“Lancelot will be buried in Zimbabwe, his homeland. We are making arrangements to bring his body from here.
“Unfortunately, I won’t make the trip to Zimbabwe because of political reasons, as you know I am not a favourite of the government.
“I fear for my life and safety if I come to Zimbabwe.”
Mapfumo christened his style of music Chimurenga, aptly meaning a “little flame”, the name of a previous revolutionary movement in the late 19th century which fought against colonialists.
The Vanhu Vatema singer said Zimbabweans should unite against Mnangagwa’s regime. “The country is not moving forward. It’s evident that the current government has failed the people and the gains of liberation have been wiped off,” he said.
“I am totally against the Mnangagwa regime. People, the young people should take into the streets and remove Mnangagwa.
“I hate an oppressor, that’s why I am in exile. If it was to me I would be living large in Zimbabwe with farms and stealing money like they do, but I decided to stand with the people.
“I stand with the oppressed. I am of the freedoms of the people and freeing the black man.”
Mapfumo’s song Hokoyo caught the attention of the then Rhodesian government; aptly meaning “watch out”.
The song was banned on state-controlled radio stations and the Smith regime eventually threw him into prison without charges in 1979.
The imprisonment led to demonstrations in protest of his arrest and the government was pressured to release him after three months in prison camp.
After independence, Mapfumo would again criticize the government led by Robert Mugabe that he helped bring to power.
In 1989, Mapfumo released a politically charged album Corruption, which criticised Mugabe and his government.
The singer became a target of the state and a regular receiver of harassment in the hands of the state. He was at one time accused of theft of a motor vehicle.
The musician later moved to the United States in the late 1990s.
After Mugabe’s overthrow in 2017, Mapfumo returned to Zimbabwe in 2018, to a massive show named ‘Homecoming Bira’ in the capital.
Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte says the rumours linking him with a return to Juventus are disrespectful to both himself and the Serie A club’s current manager Massimiliano Allegri.
The Spurs gaffer was last week linked with a sensational return to Italy if Juve sack Allegri.
The Italian report suggested that Conte is ‘open’ to rejoin the Turin side, where he won three titles from 2011-14 and the club are encouraged to take him on board by the fact that he is yet to extend his Spurs deal beyond next summer.
But Conte has rejected the rumours, saying he is happy at the EPL club.
“It is incredible in this period. I think this is disrespectful for the coach that works in Juventus and it was disrespectful for me working for Tottenham,” the gaffer told reporters ahead of hs team’s Premier League game against Arsenal on Saturday.
“We have just started the season. Many times I spoke about this topic and I always said I’m happy and enjoying my time with Tottenham. Then, we have the whole season to find the best solution for the club, for me.
“For sure, I am enjoying the time to work in Tottenham. I have a great relationship with the owner, with [football managing director Fabio] Paratici. I don’t see problems for the future.
“Now it is important to be focused. We signed the contract because both parts agreed to sign the contract and for this reason I don’t see a problem in this moment. I don’t want in the future to listen to someone speaking about this because I repeat: this is disrespectful for another coach and also for me.”
Meanwhile, Spurs can take top spot in the Premier League with a victory against leader Arsenal.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By- Hamudakwadi villagers of Mutasa district in Manicaland were shocked after a corpse of a nine-month-old boy disappeared from the grave three weeks after his burial on the banks of Matsungu River in Mutasa District,
The Manica Post reports that the clothes in which the baby was buried in – a white napkin, a yellow pair of fleece trousers, a jacket, a green hat, a white baby blanket and a white towel – were found neatly folded and placed near the baby’s desecrated grave by his mother, Ms Martha Matembedza of Hamunakwadi Village. Right next to baby Abraham Benza’s yawning grave was all the soil that had been dug out of the grave, forcing the Mutasa community to rule out the theory that wild animals or dogs could have exhumed the body from the grave. Sandy soil was also sprinkled at the area. The shocking incident was, however, allegedly swept under the carpet by the baby’s father, Mr Osward Benza and his Johanne Marange Apostolic church mates who reburied the clothes in the same grave two days after the discovery. Abraham died on August 9 at the church shrine in Mutasa after a short illness. The illness had also claimed his three-year-old sister a fortnight before that. The two children’s deaths were not registered. Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka could neither confirm nor deny that a police report had been made. However, police in Mutasa confirmed that a report was made and when they attended the scene, they observed that the grave had been tampered with. A report obtained by The Manica Post reads: “The deceased was buried in a shallow grave on the Matsungo River bank. His clothes, a blanket and a towel were at the scene partially covered with sandy soil. No spores were observed at the scene and Abraham’s body could not be located.” The traditional leadership in the area said it was yet to come to terms with the shocking incident. Village Head Hamunakwadi, Mr Edward Chakanyuka said investigations into the matter were halted after the father said his church would handle the matter. “We reported the matter to the police and when the police came, they dismissed claims that wild animals or dogs had exhumed and devoured the corpse. No bones were found and a docket has since been opened. “However, as a community we discovered footprints leading to the child’s grave. We searched for the body, but nothing was recovered. The father said he did not suspect any foul play and we were forced to stop searching because of his attitude. We later gathered that he went to the grave in the company of his church members and buried the clothes,” said Village Head Hamunakwadi. He said he suspected that the Benza siblings succumbed to measles as their parents do not believe in seeking medical attention. When The Manica Post visited the Benza homestead last week, Mr Benza was not at home. His phone was also not reachable. However, his wife said there is more to the corpse’s disappearance. “My children died in unclear circumstances. They had flu-like symptoms and both died within two days of having contracted the disease. We do not seek medical attention because of our church doctrine. “We took the ailing children to our church healer and we got help. I know that it was not measles because Abraham had recently recovered from measles when he got these flu-like symptoms that claimed his life. “My husband says the matter has been concluded and that we will not consult traditional healers or prophets from other churches over this issue as we are not allowed to do that by our church. “However, we did not stop the community from searching my child’s remains. It is very painful that my two children died one after the other now to learn that Abraham’s corpse disappeared from the grave is like adding salt to my wound. “I cannot sleep thinking about the whereabouts of my baby’s corpse,” she said as grief overcame her. Ms Matembedza ruled out suspicions that hyenas or dogs dug the grave and consumed the corpse. “The grave was only a metre deep, but what everyone witnessed was not the work of wild animals. The clothes were all neatly folded and placed next to the grave. “No wild animal would have done that. It was only when the police came the next day that we noticed that some of the clothes had some holes. The soil was in one heap and I know that when a dog digs out something, it scatters the soil everywhere. Someone took my son’s body,” she said. Asked on why they did not seek medical attention for their ailing children, Ms Matembedza said doing so is against their church’s doctrine. The deceased’s uncle, Mr Maxwell Benza said when Abraham died, he was buried by church members. “When the corpse disappeared, my brother came with his church mates and re-buried the clothes. They did not consult other family members over the issue. “When l suggested that we consult prophets from other churches, Osward vehemently refused. I am 78-years-old and I have never witnessed such an incident. A lot of children were buried along the river but the graves remain intact,” he said. Manica Post
AN elderly man from Bulawayo allegedly died at his equally aged girlfriend’s home in Paddonhurst suburb where he had gone for a weekend romp.
The deceased’s name has been withheld because his next of kin may not yet be aware of his death.
Sources close to the matter said the 51-year-old man visited his 50-year-old girlfriend on 25 September.
“He arrived there in the morning and we are told that soon after being intimate, the man started complaining about feeling hot,” said a source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“He went to sit on a chair near the door and began experiencing breathing problems. Suddenly, he fell to the ground clutching his chest and died.”
The source said the woman tried to render first aid to her lover but he did not respond.
“She called the ambulance when she realised he was not responding. The ambulance crew is the one that announced him dead,” added the source.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso’s neighbours have condemned Friday’s apparent coup, saying it was “inappropriate” for army rebels to seize power when the country was working towards civilian rule.
The military takeover statement … in Burkina Faso
Regional group Ecowas described the ousting of leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba as “unconstitutional”.
This is the second time this year the country’s army has seized power.
Both times, the coups’ leaders said they had to step in because national security was so dire.
Burkina Faso controls as little as 60% of its territory, experts say, and Islamist violence is worsening.
Flanked by rebel soldiers in fatigues and black facemasks, an army captain announced on national TV on Friday evening that they were kicking out junta leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba, dissolving the government and suspending the constitution.
Ibrahim Traoré said Lt Col Damiba’s inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency was to blame.
“Our people have suffered enough, and are still suffering”, he said.
He also announced that borders were closed indefinitely, a nightly curfew was now in place from 21:00 to 05:00, and all political activities were suspended.
“Faced with the deteriorating situation, we tried several times to get Damiba to refocus the transition on the security question,” said the statement signed by Traoré.
“Damiba’s actions gradually convinced us that his ambitions were diverting away from what we set out to do. We decided this day to remove Damiba,” it said.
Since the takeover there has been no word on the whereabouts of the ousted leader. – BBC
Below is singer Jah Prayzah’s statement on his Gweru show which flopped. Full text:
Last night 3G The Band failed to perform for all the music lovers in Gweru due to most unfortunate circumstances which I shall now elucidate.
Upon engagement with the promoter, the JP management team and organisers agreed on specifics that would make us deliver the best set for our fans. There is a standard for a JP performance set and sadly that standard was not met as agreed upon.
Unfortunately, to begin with, the PA system was way out of the spec range we agreed to and the music lovers had a difficult time with the audibility of the Artists who were performing on stage. The set that was availed was suited for DJ slots and Artists who use Backtracks for their performances and does not require much in terms of the equipment. The performance of a band as large as ours with such equipment was not possible. The performance would have been a terrible experience for our fans and would definitely affect the brand they have grown to love over the years. Any efforts to fix the PA system before we performed(due to changed times) would have exposed the band members to missiles therefore risking their safety. Despite Management’s efforts well ahead of time, the organizers failed to rectify the issue.
Secondly, the performance date we engaged on and agreed to was supposed to have been Friday the 30th of September. The promoter kept pushing our performance time into the early hours of Saturday the 1st of October and this agitated the crowd.
To my fans who braced the night and sacrificed time and money to see us do what we do best, we shall continue to push event organizers to deliver as per agreements and value the time and money that fans put in to support our industry.
By-The Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government reportedly gave $1 000 only as “compensation” to families of the August 1, 2018 army shooting victims, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.The amount, given to assist burial of those killed by army personnel during the post-election protests over delayed announcement of presidential election results, translates to less than US$2. Families of the six people killed during the disturbances opened up this week saying wounds of the incident are still fresh. President Emmerson Mnangagwa narrowly beat opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in the disputed elections, with the case spilling into the Constitutional Court, where Chamisa lost the challenge. During the post-election protests the army, using live ammunition, opened fire on fleeing protesters, killing Silvia Maphosa, Galvin Dean Charles, Ishmael Kumire, Jealous Chakandira, Challenge Tauro and Brian Zhuwawo. Thirty-five others were wounded in the shootings in Harare’s central business district. The killings hogged the international limelight, forcing Mnangagwa to appoint a commission of inquiry, headed by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, to investigate the killings. Among a raft of recommendations, the commission said families of the deceased should be compensated and that perpetrators be held accountable. Last week, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) hosted a roundtable discussion to measure progress on implementation of the recommendations of the commission, and victims of the deceased expressed sadness over their neglect. Alison Charles, who lost her brother Galvin Dean, could not hold back her tears saying her brother was killed like a dog”. “My brother died like a dog. He was never a violent person,” Alison said in-between tears. “I have tried litigation to no avail. The government is untouchable and unapproachable. The only compensation we got from the government was the $1 000 deposited into our accounts to cover some funeral expenses. “It was not even enough at the time as we were assisted by loved ones and friends.” Maxwell Tauro said he wanted justice to find closure over the killing of his son Charles Tauro. “I found out on social media that my son was shot, but I did not believe it,” he said “My wounds are still fresh. I can’t even maintain my son’s grave because I have no money. He was our breadwinner. “I am also demanding justice. We need to know the perpetrators.” CiCZ chairperson Peter Mutasa said August 1, 2018 brings sad memories, and expressed regret that there is no will on the part of government to compensate the victims. “We look at the August 1, 2018 shootings with sadness and grief as deceased families are yet to be compensated four years after the shootings,” Mutasa said. “We are continuing to engage the commission and we have written to them and I don’t know if it’s bad or good news. Our secretariat has just received communication with the Motlanthe Commission to engage again on September 30.” Opposition leader Linda Masarira, who testified before the Motlanthe commission, later donated five bags of cement to Tauro for his son’s grave. “There is no political will to compensate the victims. There should be a special fund to compensate the families,” Masarira said. Newsday
By- Zimbabwe has been forced to temporarily halt issuing passports after it has run out of passport production paper.
The situation according to an online portal, NewZimbabwe has left hundreds stranded at the Registrar-General’s (RG) office.
The online newspaper said that sources informed them passport production had stopped.
Said the news sources:
There is no paper and the contractors contracted to produce the e-passports have not been paid.
This would be the second time Zimbabwe’s e-passport processing system has run aground in two months with authorities unsure of when the crisis will be over.
It’s not just Zimbabwe even Europe and the United States tear dropping prices are wreaking havoc around the world.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | Zimbabwe has been facing unprecedented challenges with electricity and people are getting agitated. The former minister of energy Fortune Chasi was released of his duties and Minister Zhemu was brought in but the darkness has become more pronounced than light. Fraustrated citizens try to blame ZANU PF and the hard working president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.
The CCC and their disgraced parrot Hopewell Ching’ono have tried to put the electricity problems at ZANU PD’s door steps.
The energy crisis is not peculiar to Zimbabwe. It is now a global crisis. The world started to experience energy crisis for a decade now. However this became more visible in 2021.
The 2021–present global energy crisis is the most recent in a series of circular energy shortages experienced over the last fifty years. It is more acutely affecting countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, China, United States and Zimbabwe among others. The crisis has emerged in oil, gas and electricity markets.
Power outages are the average number of power outages that establishments experience in a typical month or week as the problem become more and more pronounced globally.
Failing power grids are a leading reason for disastrous power outages that can affect residential and commercial activities. Countries that fail to invest in modern technologies for their power grids run the risk of suffering great financial loss. Power loss can range from a few hours to several days. While modern power grids have better technology than those in the past, they are still prone to risks of their own. Power outage causes can range from solar flares to cyber-attacks. However, since much of the world does not have access to the latest technologies they are destined to suffer the largest relative losses due to power outages.
Zimbabwe has seen it’s fair share of outages but it is not the most affected country.
Now as Russia becomes economical with Europe’s gas supply, the world is staring down a worrisome energy future. This has serious ripple effects and can be felt as far as Zimbabwe. It is not a fallacy when Zimbabwe points at Ukraine Russian war as another source of outages in the country. For months, sky-high natural gas and oil prices have been wreaking havoc around the world, and experts warn that there is no end in sight as long as the war in Ukraine barrels on.
From Ecuador to South Africa, to Zimbabwe fuel shortages and blackouts have plunged import-dependent countries into economic turmoil, leaving desperate governments scrambling for workaround solutions.
Zimbabwe depends more on import and export and the world crisis in power hits Zimbabwe right in the heart. Our economy is not spared and it’s a pity that opposition politicians seek to use electricity shortages as a campaign point. The power outages affect the richest countries how can CHAMISA turn that around. Politics of opportunity leads people into more darkness.
In Sri Lanka, which was already buckling under mounting crises, acute shortages and dayslong lines have forced authorities to issue work-from-home orders. Pakistan has resorted to shortening its work week to relieve pressure from lengthy power cuts, while Panama has been rocked by demonstrations over surging prices. This crisis had not spared Zimbabwe. The state of the electricity supply in Zimbabwe does not reflect the ability to govern or lack of it by ZANU PF. Those who blame ZANU PF for the darkness are shameless opportunists who are just after self aggrandisement and have no people at heart.
“We are experiencing the first global energy crisis,” said Jason Bordoff, an energy expert at Columbia University, who noted that the crunch has hit almost all of the world’s regions and energy sources. “The ripple effects are being seen globally, and I don’t think we’ve seen the worst of it yet.”
Markets were already tight before Russia invaded Ukraine, the result of a combination of the pandemic, supply chain slowdowns, and climate shocks. That was compounded by curtailed Russian gas exports, which forced Europe to turn elsewhere for its supplies and further drove up prices in the global marketplace. Now, as climate change-fueled extreme heat adds more fuel to the fire, these challenges have only deepened. Surely these challenges can never be translated as the failures of ZANU PF. It is a desperate move for the CCC to use electricity problems as a campaign tool. The opposition politricks must realise that.
“It’s just an interconnected global system,When you put pressure in one place, it is felt somewhere else.” So the shortages of electricity in Zimbabwe has nothing to do with the government’s way of governing.
The last time the world experienced a disastrous energy crunch—albeit only for oil—it was the 1970s, and OPEC had imposed an embargo that sent shockwaves through the oil industry. That crisis birthed the International Energy Agency (IEA) and pushed industrialized nations to develop strategic reserves in preparation for future supply disruptions. said Antoine Halff, an expert at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. But alas many emerging market economies and debt-laden countries including Zimbabwe don’t have this same cushion, leaving them especially exposed to any disturbances. This is a global problem which affects us as a nation.
Today, Zimbabwe is a whole new cast which has been developing rapidly and has been using more and more energy—and that’s a great sign that reflects its economic development. But that also made Zimbabwe much more vulnerable to disruption risks, and it is not part of that safety net of the IEA. Development which has been brought in by ED and ZANU PF has put more demand of electricity and this has made the shortages very visible. Instead of celebrating the development brought in by ED and ZANU PF the detractors are busy cherry picking problems and package them as failure.
“Take Pakistan, which has been struggling to cope with power cuts, or Ecuador, where deadly protests over surging fuel prices and costs brought the country to a near standstill in June. In recent weeks, both Ghana and Cameroon have been gripped by protests over fuel prices and shortages. So have Argentina and Peru, where surging energy costs have sparked strikes and demonstrations.
“The poorest countries in the world are struggling economically already, are in weak fiscal positions, and are just struggling to afford energy at all,” Bordoff said. “You’re going to see, I think, worse risk of rolling blackouts and trouble keeping the lights on and the electricity going in parts of the world that are lower income and don’t have stable electricity grids to begin with.” Zimbabwe does not exist on its own and it is indeed affected as much as other countries are affected.
Some countries are already in the dark. South Africa, which is certainly no stranger to load-shedding, has been plagued by rolling blackouts as it grapples with one of its worst-ever energy crises. So has Cuba, which was already suffering under widespread power outages. To avoid meeting the same fate, other nations have turned back to coal. As the energy crisis deepened in May, India pledged to restart coal mines and ramp up production; in June, India’s imports of coal reached record levels. And the country could be in it for the long haul, Indian Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh warned.
What the opposition is doing now is so potentially politically perilous because it really causes so much misery for so many citizens and it is raising anger in people for a situation which has gripped the world.
The opposition has not given the
People a way forward except just blaming ZANU PF.
Commenting on Russia’s war Dr Croft said “We could be looking at more disruption in the energy market and higher prices for oil come December, depending on how these sanctions are enforced,” Croft said.
And experts say the future of the crisis is deeply intertwined with the duration of the Russia-Ukraine war, which shows no signs of stopping. “It’s going to continue as long as this war goes on,” Ferreira said. “We see no indications that we are nearing an off-ramp here in the conflict.”
With 2023 beckoning nobody as power to improve power outages and this can not be laid on ZANU PF’s doorstep. Truth be told the biggest losers worldwide from power outages do not include Zimbabwe. With the way electricity is a problem in Zimbabwe Mnangagwa has kept Zimbabwe out of the top ten most affected countries. This shows that despite the problems we have moved on and we are still on the move. Again many countries have been financially affected by failing power grids. This puts Zimbabwe in the same oven and still this does not reflect failures but this actually shows how resilien is. He is pulling the country through against all odds. As already indicated Zimbabwe is not in the top ten countries prone to financial loss from power outage.
The worst hit country is AFGHANISTAN followed by UGANDA. UNGA Ganda is followed by MADAGASCAR. Other countries in serious power outages are,SOUTH SUDAN,TANZANIA, NIGERIA, GHANA, NEPAL,YEMEN and, PAKISTAN which is the most hit. Zimbabwe is not in the top ten and vilifying it is sheer mischief and unpatriotic. We must know that there are several causes of a power outage, many of which are common around the U.S. and Europe. These include storms, wind, ice, downed power lines, blown transformers , and overloaded power stations to name a few. Vehicle accidents and animal damage can also lead to power outages. Again there are causes of outages which are natural and beyond human control. These are Solar flares which may occur in space, but they have a great impact here on Earth. Powerful energy releases from the sun and creates bursts of solar wind as well as magnetic fields, which interrupt electrical currents. While the effects can happen anywhere, it is much more likely to hit low altitude areas. Again droughts do cause power outage. Uganda and Tanzania have experienced power outages due to low water levels in hydroelectric dams. These dams have electric turbines, which spin when water passes through them. If the water levels get too low, they stop spinning and electricity cuts out. This happens in part due to poor maintenance, but also because these countries often experience droughts.
It is not Zimbabwe which is affected, Much of the developing world does not have access to technology to improve utility infrastructures. Therefore, in countries such as Uganda, Ghana, and Afghanistan, poor infrastructure maintenance is a major cause of power outages. Regardless of the cause, when it comes to power for your home, ED has you covered. We struggle but we get there. Zimbabwe has shown extraordinary power to survive in hard times. These are hard times but ED will get us there. Next time you hear people say Zimbabwe has been mismanaged just remember dogs barks only to a moving car. We are moving as Zimbabwe and as ZANU PF. Move with us.
By- An 81-year-old man from Mtapa suburb in Gweru has been arrested for allegedly stealing a laptop belonging to a City of Gweru manager during lunchtime at the townhouse.
According to the state media, the laptop was stolen from the Human Resources Manager Mr Japson Nemuseso’s office.
Acting Town Clerk Mr Vakai Douglas Chikwekwe confirmed the incident identifying the suspect as Shingirai Mugabe. He said:
The suspect allegedly entered the townhouse during lunchtime pretending to be looking for old and used printer cartridges. He noticed Mr Nemuseso leaving his office for another office.
Chikwekwe said Mugabe quickly entered the office and grabbed an HP laptop which was on a desk before leaving unnoticed.
He said a few minutes later, Nemuseso returned to his office to find his laptop with the council’s confidential information missing.
He rushed out of the office looking for the suspect and noticed Mugabe walking away with a laptop bag. The suspect was searched and the laptop was recovered. He was taken to Gweru Central Police Station.
The suspect was caught red-handed while attempting to flee from the townhouse with the laptop already stashed in a bag he was carrying.
By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted amnesty to at least 4 000 prisoners and ignored to free CCC deputy chairman Job Sikhala.
Sikhala and his counterpart Godfrey Sithole and 14 CCC activists have now clocked 110 in remand prison after their June arrest for demanding justice for the murdered Moreblessing Ali.
Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told reporters Thursday that Mnangagwa is releasing 4000 inmates to ease prison congestion.
She said: The nation is being informed that section 112 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that the President after consultation with Cabinet may exercise the power of mercy to grant pardon to any person convicted of an offence against the law,” Mutsvangwa said. “The rationale behind the proposal is to decongest our prisons, whose population as at 29 August, 2022 stood at 22 114, against an official holding capacity of 17 000 inmates. “This situation means that 4 798 inmates do not have adequate floor space as required by the Constitution and compromises the health of inmates, among other challenges.” Mutsvangwa, however, said not all prisoners were eligible for amnesty especially those convicted of human trafficking, murder and unlawful possession of firearms, among others. “The amnesty excludes the following categories of prisoners: those previously released on amnesty; those serving a sentence imposed by court martial, those with a record of escaping from lawful custody; and those convicted of committing specified offences,” she said. “Specified offences include murder; treason; rape or any sexual offences; carjacking; robbery; public violence; human trafficking; unlawful possession of firearms; contravention of the Zesa Act, the PTC Act and Mopa and any conspiracy, incitement or attempt to commit any of these offences.” In 2021, at least 3 000 inmates were granted presidential amnesty. Newsday
By-The United Kingdom (UK) has deported more than 8 000 foreign criminals and immigration offenders, among them Zimbabweans.
According to the UK Home Office, a total of 8 175 people have been deported this year including 2 250 foreign national offenders.
In the month of September, 533 foreign criminals and immigration offenders were returned, including 105 to Albania on 3 dedicated charter flights and scheduled flights this month.
The Home Office also returned 26 Romanian nationals and 9 individuals to Zimbabwe on separate charter flights in September.
An online news portal NewZimbabwe cites Home Secretary, Suella Braverman as saying:
We are taking a zero-tolerance approach to anyone who comes to the UK and breaks our laws.
Returning such a high number of dangerous criminals sends a clear message that they are not welcome here.
We are also clamping down on those who come here illegally, and I am exploring every avenue to accelerate their removal.
The foreign national offenders removed had received combined prison sentences of more than 337 years and were convicted of crimes including sexual and violent offences, supplying Class A drugs and facilitating illegal entry to the UK.
The UK Borders Act allows the British government to deport any foreigner who has received a jail term of at least 12 months unless some exception applies.
By Farai D Hove | On this day 29 years ago ZBC presenter Tsitsi Vera died.
ZANU PF’a G40 faction accuses the new party leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa for her death. Their report which has remained unchallenged 5 years later, continues saying:
Her family blamed Mnangagwa for the incident which occurred at her flat which plunged her into alcoholism, drug abuse and a premature death. Mnangagwa showed up at her flat and immediately flew into a rage after he found another man there. The then justice minister ordered his bodyguards to switch on a stove.
the late ZBC presenter Tsitsi Vera
8) @edmnangagwa showed up at her flat and immediately flew into a rage after he found another man there. The then justice minister ordered his bodyguards to switch on a stove.
When it was red hot, the furious ED gave the man two choices, either to sit on the hot stove or to jump out of a third floor window. He was pushed out of the flat and landed on hard concrete, breaking his spine and now confined to a wheelchair for life.
1. 3 bedrooms with bic
2. Lounge
3. Dining room
4. Playroom/office
5. Brand new kitchen
6. Bathroom with tub
7. Separate toilet.
8. 1 room servants quarters with toilet, shower, and kitchenette
9. 1 car lockup garage
10. Braai area
11. Outside sitting area
12. Sliding gate
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The major power blackout that hit Zimbabwe on Tuesday and Wednesday was reportedly a result of a massive explosion at Hwange Power Station’s power generation Unit 4 on Tuesday, NewsDay Weekender has been informed.
Hwange, with an installed capacity of 920 megawatts (MW), produced zero power following the Tuesday explosion, but peaked to 238MW on Thursday, according the Zesa Holdings subsidiary Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)’s website.
The situation at Hwange has worsened the country’s already desperate power situation that has seen consumers enduring long power outages lasting more than 12 hours per day.
“There was a loud sound and a huge fireball, luckily no one was hurt. However, it is the reason why the power system was disrupted,” a source at Hwange told NewsDay Weekender.
The cause of the explosion is, however, still unknown.
Speaking during Thursday’s Cabinet briefing, Energy and Power Development secretary Gloria Magombo described the Hwange fault as a system loss.
“On Tuesday we had power generation loss from Hwange. We were producing power before 10.25am when we had a system loss,” Magombo said.
When contacted for comment on Thursday, Zesa spokesperson George Manyaya said: “We will be releasing an update soon.”
Earlier on Tuesday, the power utility released a statement blaming the nationwide outage to an “abrupt system disturbance linking Harare and Kariba”.
However, information obtained from Zesa’s website showed that Hwange Power Station did not produce any electricity on Tuesday.
Yesterday, according to the ZPC website, Hwange power station was generating just 245MW, while other power stations Harare, Bulawayo, Munyati and Kariba were generating 11MW, 0MW, 14MW and 854MW, respectively, to bring a total of 1 124MW, against a peak demand of 2 200 MW.
Economists said the power outages are seriously affecting industry, which is being forced to cut short their operating hours, while the intermittent power cuts have also affected plant and machinery, some of which need constant power supply.
Government blames the power outages on an increase in economic activities, especially in agriculture, the mining sector as well as the manufacturing sector.
In a statement earlier this week, another Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), said power outages were due to technical challenges being faced in Hwange and Kariba and import constraints.
“ZETDC would like to advise its valued customers that there is increased load curtailment from September 24, 2022. This is due to technical challenges being experienced at our Kariba and Hwange Power Stations as well as import constraints.
“The utility is, therefore, conducting a maintenance exercise to ensure full restoration of service,” read the statement.
Speaking at a Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) stakeholder consultative workshop in Harare earlier this month, ZETDC acting managing director engineer Howard Choga said the entity was facing import challenges because regional partners now required payments upfront.
Zera has over the past five years licensed over 100 small independent power producers projects with a capacity to generate around 1 300MW, but most of them are yet to come on stream.
One such project is the US$183 million Gwanda solar project awarded to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo. —Newsday
Firearms amnesty declared early August is set to end today, with 538 guns having been surrendered to the authorities.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August declared an amnesty on all illegal firearm holders to voluntarily surrender them to their nearest police stations with no questions asked.
The amnesty followed a spike in armed robberies and other offences involving the use of firearms throughout the country.
In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: “The 2022 Presidential Firearms Amnesty on voluntary surrender of firearms and compliance with a police verification exercise, which came into force on August 8, 2022 has seen 538 firearms and 260 rounds of ammunition being voluntarily surrendered to the police as at September 29, 2022.”
He said those who failed to beat the deadline would be charged.
“The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges those who are yet to surrender their firearms to utilise the opportunity before criminal charges are preferred against anyone who will be found in possession of unlicensed firearms during the pending physical check exercise to be conducted by the police on all residential and business premises where illegal firearms are suspected to be kept or hidden.” The amnesty also covered those in possession of weapons which were smuggled into the country. Police also noted the illegal possession of arms by former employees and children of deceased gun licence holders.
Govt reportedly gave $1 000 only as “compensation” to families of the August 1, 2018 army shooting victims, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.
The amount, given to assist burial of those killed by army personnel during the post-election protests over delayed announcement of presidential election results, translates to less than US$2.
Families of the six people killed during the disturbances opened up this week saying wounds of the incident are still fresh.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa narrowly beat opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in the disputed elections, with the case spilling into the Constitutional Court, where Chamisa lost the challenge.
During the post-election protests the army, using live ammunition, opened fire on fleeing protesters, killing Silvia Maphosa, Galvin Dean Charles, Ishmael Kumire, Jealous Chakandira, Challenge Tauro and Brian Zhuwawo.
Thirty-five others were wounded in the shootings in Harare’s central business district.
The killings hogged the international limelight, forcing Mnangagwa to appoint a commission of inquiry, headed by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, to investigate the killings.
Among a raft of recommendations, the commission said families of the deceased should be compensated and that perpetrators be held accountable.
Last week, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) hosted a roundtable discussion to measure progress on implementation of the recommendations of the commission, and victims of the deceased expressed sadness over their neglect.
Alison Charles, who lost her brother Galvin Dean, could not hold back her tears saying her brother was killed like a dog”.
“My brother died like a dog. He was never a violent person,” Alison said in-between tears.
“I have tried litigation to no avail. The government is untouchable and unapproachable. The only compensation we got from the government was the $1 000 deposited into our accounts to cover some funeral expenses.
“It was not even enough at the time as we were assisted by loved ones and friends.”
Maxwell Tauro said he wanted justice to find closure over the killing of his son Charles Tauro.
“I found out on social media that my son was shot, but I did not believe it,” he said
“My wounds are still fresh. I can’t even maintain my son’s grave because I have no money. He was our breadwinner.
“I am also demanding justice. We need to know the perpetrators.”
CiCZ chairperson Peter Mutasa said August 1, 2018 brings sad memories, and expressed regret that there is no will on the part of government to compensate the victims.
“We look at the August 1, 2018 shootings with sadness and grief as deceased families are yet to be compensated four years after the shootings,” Mutasa said.
“We are continuing to engage the commission and we have written to them and I don’t know if it’s bad or good news. Our secretariat has just received communication with the Motlanthe Commission to engage again on September 30.”
Opposition leader Linda Masarira, who testified before the Motlanthe commission, later donated five bags of cement to Tauro for his son’s grave.
“There is no political will to compensate the victims. There should be a special fund to compensate the families,” Masarira said. –Newsday
A leaked government correspondence has exposed the State-Zanu-PF conflation after it emerged that the party’s second secretary and former Zimbabwe’s vice-president Kembo Mohadi was being allocated fuel for a Mashonaland Central tour on party business.
This came as Mohadi was also sent by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to represent Zimbabwe at Tuesday’s funeral of ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In a September 28 memorandum titled Authorisation of Pending Department Activities seen by NewsDay, the Local Government ministry’s Traditional Leaders Support Services, acting chief director Felix Chikovo said Mohadi would get 1 960 litres of fuel to travel to Mashonaland Central province between October 4 and 12.
“The following urgent department activities have been authorised to draw fuel and travel and subsistence allowances, chiefs installation for chiefs Nemamwa and Nemashakwe 3 000 litres, Chirumanzi section meetings (940 litres), VP Mohadi tour of Mashonaland Central (1 960 litres) and chief Benhura installation 2 260 litres,” Chikovo said.
Analysts told NewsDay yesterday that the communique speaks to conflation of Zanu-PF and the State and urged Parliament to investigate misuse of government resources by the party.
“Given that Mohadi is a former vice-president who resigned, he is entitled to pension benefits. But this appears to be something else, where he is getting resources from the government to carry out what appears to be political party work. This is an unfortunate conflation of government and party business and abuse of State resources, which Parliament must investigate,” Vivid Gwede said.
Another analyst Maxwell Saungweme said: “It’s the party-State conflation which aids endemic corruption, sense of entitlement and lack of accountability. It’s one of the reasons why Zimbabwe needs to change to democratic, transparent and accountable governance where State institutions are respected and not politicised.”
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba was unwilling to comment on the matter, accusing NewsDay of having written the story before without his comment.
“You want the world to read you, but you don’t read yourselves. I was not a factor in the construction of your story and I am not going to be in its development. If I had a role you would have called at the point of construction,” Charamba said.
Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu referred questions to party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa but efforts to contact him were futile.
21 Form 4 pupils were allegedly expelled from the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) run Lower Gwelo Mission High School in Lower Gweru.
The boys were expelled for allegedly sneaking into the girls’ dormitories while the girls were expelled for entertaining the boys in their dormitories.
Of the 21, it could not be ascertained how many were girls and how many were boys.
However, 13 pupils were later reinstated and eight remain expelled. The incident occurred on Wednesday last week at around 10 PM.
The decision to expel the pupils has been castigated by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education which said a headmaster has no powers to exclude or expel learners. Only the Education Secretary has such authority.
The suspended pupils include both boys and girls. The decision to allegedly expel the eight has not been received well by parents who are now accusing the school authorities of favouritism.
“On September 21 around 10 PM, a group of male pupils sneaked into the girls’ dormitories. It’s now common for the boys to sneak into the girls’ dormitories to have sexual intercourse. Sometime they will be drinking hot stuff under the cover of the night,” said a source close to the matter.
A parent whose child was expelled posted on WhatsApp:
“I am bringing to your attention a case where Form 4 (pupils) have been expelled at the SDA run Lower Gwelo Mission in (Lower) Gweru. Boys sneaked into girls’ dormitories. 21 both sexes were suspended. Amazingly only eight were expelled, these were expelled because their parents are vocal against the school’s unreasonable opinions. Imagine female kids being dismissed at midnight not knowing where they will sleep. Favouritism was used to bring judgement.”
In an interview yesterday, Provincial Education Director of Midlands, Mr Jameson Machimbira confirmed receiving the information but said investigations were underway.
“I can confirm that there are reports to the effect that 21 learners at Lower Gwelo High School were expelled and we are investigating the matter,” he said.
Mr Machimbira castigated the school authority for expelling the learners saying school headmasters have no powers to exclude or expel learners.
“To begin with, whatever action that was taken was irregular. Currently disciplinary procedures of that nature are guided by policy circular number 35. The circular is very clear. The head has no powers to exclude/expel learners. Only the Secretary for MoPSE has such authority,” he said.
Mr Machimbira called on the affected parents to approach the Ministry so that they assist with investigations.
In a fit of anger, a man from Bulawayo who is employed as a security guard assaulted his girlfriend with a baton stick all over her body as punishment for deleting her pictures from his phone.
This was heard when Takaindisa Chirimo appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda charged with physical abuse as defined in Section 3 (1) (a) as read with Section 4 of the Domestic Violence Act Chapter 5:16.
Chirimo, who pleaded not guilty, was remanded in custody to 12 October 2022 for trial. When asked by the magistrate why he used a baton stick to assault his girlfriend, Chirimo denied the accusations saying he assaulted her with fists.
The court heard that on 25 September 2022 and at around 7pm, Chirimo allegedly assaulted his girlfriend Chipo Rukweshe from Harrisvale suburb with a baton stick all over her body after a misunderstanding.
The misunderstanding arose after Rukweshe deleted her pictures from Chirimo’s cellphone.
It is reported that at the height of the misunderstanding, Chirimo assaulted his lover leading her to sustain serious injuries and she was referred to hospital for medication.
The matter was reported to the police leading to Chirimo’s arrest.
In an unrelated incident, a 61-year-old man from Killarney suburb in Bulawayo appeared before the same magistrate facing charges of stealing a wheelbarrow from a man who had failed to pay him for a part-time job he had performed at his house.
Lovemore Ndiweni who pleaded guilty to theft charges was sentenced to four months imprisonment which were wholly suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The court heard that on 23 August 2022, Ndiweni went to Tinotenda Mberikwazo’s house in Killarney suburb to do a part-time job.
After doing the job, Mberikwazvo reportedly failed to pay him before he took his wheelbarrow with the aim of returning it after receiving his payment.
Mberikwazvo then reported the matter to the police leading to Ndiweni’s arrest.
In a spine-chilling incident that left villagers in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, in shock, a 28-year-old man who was employed as a herd boy allegedly murdered his employer’s 47-year-old wife with whom he was allegedly having an affair, after she allegedly invited another man for an all-night sex romp in the absence of her husband.
It was such a grisly killing that Daniel Zulu repeatedly struck his employer‘s wife-cum- lover Samukeliso Siziba’s head with a knobkerrie until the skull allegedly cracked open resulting in her brains spilling.
The gruesome incident happened on 11 September.
Circumstances are that two days before the incident, the now deceased’s husband visited his uncle Mzingayi Gorge Mutupa who stays in Insiza.
It is reported that the now deceased remained behind with Zulu at their plot at Kennelys Farm in Nyamandlovu.
It is alleged that on the day in question and at around 10pm the two who had an affair had a misunderstanding when the now deceased told Zulu that there was someone who was coming to spend the night with her.
That didn’t go down well with Zulu who thought since his boss wasn’t around it was his chance to spend a night with Samukeliso.
In a fit of anger, Zulu started beating up the now deceased who tried to defend herself.
It is alleged that the daring Zulu took a knobkerrie which was on the floor and used it to strike her once on the head and she fell on the sofa.
As the victim lay helplessly on the sofa, she was reportedly pleading with Zulu not to kill her.
The pleas seemed to have fallen on a livid Zulu’s deaf ears as he reportedly dragged the now deceased on the floor where he hit her several times on the back of the head until her skull cracked open exposing her brains.
Samukeliso died on the spot as a result of the brutal attack.
After the grisly act, Zulu reportedly covered Samukeliso’s lifeless body with sofa cushions and went out to hide the broken knobkerrie, which he had used to kill his lover.
Samukeliso’s lifeless body was discovered by her husband when he returned from visiting his uncle, who then reported the matter to the police.
Investigations led to the arrest of Zulu. For the callous offence Zulu has since appeared before Tsholotsho resident magistrate Victor Mpofu charged with murder as defined in Section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.
He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to October 10.
Liverpool starlet Isaac Mabaya made his debut for the English Under-19 side as he featured twice in their successful UEFA Under-19 EURO qualifying round which ended with a 4-2 victory over Denmark on Tuesday.
Mabaya, who is born to Zimbabwean parents, earned his maiden call-up to the Under-19 side this month and was an unused substitute when the Young Lions began their campaign with a 2-0 win over Montenegro.
He was introduced as a second half substitute when the England Under-19 side thrashed Georgia 6-0, with Mabaya providing an assist for Liverpool teammate Oakley Cannonier.
The 17-year-old versatile player then made a three-minute cameo as Simons Rusk’s side completed the qualifying round with three wins from three after a clinical 4-2 victory over hosts Denmark.
The Young Lions will now await the elite round draw being made later this year as they aim to defend their title from last season at the 2023 Under-19 EURO finals in Malta next summer.
Mabaya has been on a steady rise after making his first team debut at Liverpool during their pre-season tour of Asia.
Mabaya caught the eye with some solid performances for Liverpool’s senior squad in pre-season matches against Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Red Bull Salzburg.
He has also played for England age-group sides that include the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s and the England-born footballer has almost ruled out chances of playing for Zimbabwe in the future.
In an incident that unfolded more like a movie script, a man from Gokwe shocked many with the way he reacted after he found his wife between the sheets with his uncle.
It is reported that when Wellington Sibanda from Marimirofa Village caught his wife Lucia Matambanadzo being intimate with his uncle Douglas Sibanda he created a scene when he tried to brutally axe him.
That was not before Douglas’ younger brother Charles intervened and took his elder brother (Douglas)’s side.
That reportedly didn’t go down well with Wellington who then threatened Charles saying he was going to also have sex with his wife Mary Dube as revenge for taking sides with Douglas.
Charles, who initially didn’t take Wellington’s threats seriously, was shocked a few months later when he caught him red-handed being intimate with his wife on his matrimonial bed.
According to a source, after being busted, Wellington reportedly bragged saying he wanted Charles to know how it also felt finding a close relative bedding his wife.
“When Wellington caught his wife cheating on him with his uncle he became aggressive and tried to axe him but was restrained by Charles who passionately begged him not to do so. In the process he was on Douglas’s side. In a fit of anger Wellington threatened Charles saying he was also going to do the same to his wife,” said the source.
Wellington, who was repeatedly swearing that he was going to inflict emotional pain on Charles as Douglas had done to him, later approached Chief Nemangwe’s traditional court demanding compensation from his uncle.
Douglas was fined two beasts as compensation for bedding Wellington’s wife.
The source further said Wellington who seemed to have been holding onto feelings of resentment despite the fact that he had been compensated, later lived true to his threats when he slept with Charles’ wife.
“It was indeed sweet revenge for Wellington who apparently believed that the only way he was going to ‘fix’ Charles who had supported his elder brother when he busted him having sex with his wife was also to sleep with his wife,” said the source.
Charles, who initially didn’t take Wellington’s threats seriously when he said he was going to do the same to his wife, was later shocked when he caught Wellington red-handed in bed with his wife on their matrimonial bed.
“After being busted Wellington was bragging that he wanted Charles to know how it feels when one catches his wife in bed with another man. A shocked Charles also approached Chief Nemangwe’s traditional court asking for compensation from Wellington and the matter is still pending,” added the source.
Chief Nemangwe confirmed the horrendous scandal. He lamented the situation describing it as the “worst abomination” to ever happen in an area under his jurisdiction.
“It’s actually a disturbing matter. Makunakuna chaiwo (it’s an abomination). Just imagine a man who approached my traditional court demanding compensation from his uncle for bedding his wife was also later caught red-handed in bed with his other uncle’s wife in bed.
“He is now refusing to pay the two beasts which I fined him, one is for appeasing his uncle and the other one is for putting the name of the area into disrepute.
“He is, however, arguing that as for the one for putting the name of the area into disrepute it was paid by his uncle whom I fined for bedding his wife since they were from the same family. During the court proceedings the parties caused violent scenes and we had to call the police who arrested them,” Chief Nemangwe.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has dragged court officials including magistrates, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and acting Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa, after bail conditions of Cottco official Maxmore Njanji, who faces a fraud charge involving US$5,8 million were changed under unclear circumstances.
Zacc also cited the clerk of court, magistrates Taurai Manuwere and Marehwanazvo Gofa, senior regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna, chief magistrate Faith Mushure, JSC, NPA and Njanji as respondents, respectively.
In an application filed through its executive secretary Sukai Tongogara on September 23, Zacc said it wanted to be furnished with September 21 record of court proceedings that led to the release of Njanji’s passport.
“This is an urgent application for a mandatory interdict to compel the first respondent to furnish applicant with record of court proceedings conducted on the 21st of September 2022 under CRB No 243/22 within 24 hours from the date of the order sought herein and that the ninth respondent’s passport shall remain in the first respondent’s custody until the matter under CRB No ACC 243/22 is finalised,” Tongogara submitted.
Njanji is being charged alongside Zanu-PF legislator Mayor Wadyajena and Cottco executives Pious Manamike, Fortunate Molai and Chiedza Danha director for Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius.
They are on $200 000 bail each.
Tongogara said Zacc’s urgent chamber application was motivated by its Constitutional mandate to secure the arrest and conviction of all persons suspected of corruption, abuse of power and other improper conduct which falls within its jurisdiction.
The anti-graft body said it was supposed to be notified of any applications that might seek to vary bail conditions of accused persons whom it would have investigated for offences relating to corruption.
“The purported application made by the ninth respondent to compel release of passport by first respondent and another order made by the third respondent in the circumstances is unknown to the applicant to date. The applicant was not made aware of these applications in question and was never afforded an opportunity to represent its interests,” Tongogara said.
“. . . the applicant was left with no other choice but to approach this court on an urgent basis with regards to the said proceedings held on the 21st of September 2022 before the third respondent.
“The basis of this application is premised on the applicant’s constitutional interest emanating from its mandate to arrest and secure prosecution of persons reasonable suspected of corruption, abuse of power and other improper conduct which falls within the applicant’s jurisdiction.”
Tongogara said Njanji’s bail conditions should never have been varied as that would jeopardise investigations.
“Manuwere had ordered a temporary release of Njanji’s passport until September 30 for travelling outside the country pursuant to an application for variation of bail conditions by the NPA and the Prosecutor-General wherein Zacc was never consulted,” Tongogara submitted.
“Given the nature and magnitude of the offence which involves money laundering in another territory including South Africa, Zacc holds the position that the conditions of bail should never have been varied without its knowledge or input.”
She added: “Furthermore, the apparent inconsistencies that arise from this unfortunate occurrence requires urgent protection of Zacc’s constitutional mandate to, among other things, fight corruption and the contribution to the administration of justice. The matter cannot, therefore, wait; it ought to be determined on an urgent basis.
“I am convinced that if this honourable court does not urgently order the clerk of court to avail the record of proceedings of the 21st of September 2022, Zacc’s constitutional mandate will be in jeopardy.”
In a sad love story, a woman from Bulawayo abandoned her husband of 20 years after he suffered a stroke and allegedly eloped to her married lover who also reportedly dumped his wife to accommodate her.
Idah Dimba allegedly dumped her husband Mike Ngwenya (47) after he suffered a stroke and took off with her married lover, Brighton Mlilwana, who also reportedly ditched his wife Silethemba Moyo.
Narrating his ordeal to B-Metro, a heartbroken Ngwenya from Njube suburb said Idah eloped to her lover on 25 August leaving him behind with his daughter. It seems Idah had perfected the art of eloping without her husband’s knowledge.
Ngwenya said before Idah left home, she had lied to him that she wanted to accompany her aunt to their rural home.
“When she left I thought she had accompanied her aunt to the rural areas as she had told me earlier on. I was shocked when I heard some people telling me that Idah had been spotted around Njube suburb where she was now staying with Mlilwana,” said Ngwenya.
Sharing further details he said before Idah deserted him they were always having disputes as she was in the habit of bringing her lover home and was allegedly sleeping with him in his presence.
‘‘Our marriage had problems like everyone else’s but Idah took it too far by inviting her lover to our matrimonial home. It seems like she has been seeing this man she is now staying with for a while.
“She was always bringing him home and they were sleeping together in my presence and she has been doing that a couple of times. After I complained that is when she threatened to leave saying she was no longer feeling comfortable staying with me.
“Ever since she left, she called me once saying she was coming to collect her clothes and she hasn’t yet come to collect them,” narrated Ngwenya.
According to a source privy to the drama, Idah did not only destroy her marriage but Silethemba’s after she eloped with the latter’s husband.
An embittered Silethemba had no kind words for Idah whom she labelled a “home-wrecker”.
“Before we separated, my husband had told me that there is a woman that he needs to take as his second wife.
“Sometime in August when I returned from South Africa where I had visited a relative I was shocked when I came back and found him with Idah in the house and she had already changed the curtains. Out of frustration I left the house to stay with my sister as I felt that it was difficult for two women married to the same man to stay together under one roof,” said Silethemba.
When reached for comment, a fuming Idah refused to entertain questions from this publication. She even threatened this reporter with an unspecified action.
Mlilwana also declined comment saying he was not happy with the way he was approached.
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.
The incident took place at around 2AM on Thursday at Mazithulela’s Crichton Road residence in the Groombridge area of Mt Pleasant.
The former National University of Science and Technology vice chancellor, who was appointed to the role in January 2020, was unharmed in the incident.
Neighbours said they woke up to the sound of gunfire, and before long the Mazithulela residence was swarming with police and security agents from various departments.
“I heard there could have been three people who tried to jump over a perimeter wall, and one was shot dead,” one neighbour said. “An ambulance arrived at around 3AM but the person didn’t make it.
“Everyone around here seems to think the intruders were robbers because just hours before, there was an attempted break-in at a house on Maxwell Road nearby.”
ZimLive understands police are keeping an open mind, their concerns heightened after the Central Intelligence Organisation’s training college in Hatfield caught fire in a suspected arson attack just before 3PM on Thursday.
Investigators would be trying to establish if the two incidents are related. Mazithulela also teaches at the college.
Mazithulela said: “Sorry, I don’t talk to the media.”
National police spokesman Paul Nyathi said he did not have full details.
“Call me tomorrow,” he said.
This is not the first security incident at the home of Mazithulela.
In November 2020, just months after his appointment, a CIO agent guarding his Matabeleland North farm drunkenly pointed a gun him.
Mazithulela was leaving his farm in Norwood in Umguza at about 7PM on November 28 when he observed Earnest Muleya, who was on guard duties at the property, staggering.
Suspecting the 38-year-old was drunk, Mazithulela demanded that Muleya hands over his AK-47 assault rifle which he was carrying. Instead of handing over the rifle, Muleya cocked it and pointed it at Mazithulela who ran and took cover behind his vehicle before making a dash for his house where he barricaded himself inside.
Mazithulela called the CIO’s regional headquarters at Magnet House in Bulawayo and agents were dispatched to the farm where they disarmed and arrested Muleya.
Zimbabwe opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa says there was urgent need to correct historical anomalies in order to end disputed election outcomes.
The timing, according to CCC, was now as the country nudges towards the much anticipated general elections slated for next year.
In a quest to crank the heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to implement electoral reforms, the new opposition party Thursday launched an electoral reform blueprint dubbed Pre-Election Pact on Electoral Reforms (PREPARE).
The document, among others, demands universal suffrage allowing the right to vote, credibility of the voters roll, realtime and credible results and transmission system. It also calls for integrity of election processes, political freedoms, media access, security of the vote and the voter.
Speaking at the launch event, Chamisa said it was high time the nation shifted from contested plebiscites to dialogue and engagement premised on the seven points, which anchor their demands.
“Since 1980 credible and undisputed elections have been a pipe dream in Zimbabwe. People have not been able to choose their own leaders,” said Chamisa.
“This is what we need to correct, this is what we need to remedy. Indeed, the history of disputed elections is a common story within the region and the continent. Zimbabwe is known for testimony of elections that are disputed, that is part of what we need to resolve.”
The country has in the past witnessed turbulent electoral processes amid allegations of vote manipulation levelled by the opposition against Zanu-PF.
After the heated 2018 polls, foreign observer missions raised red flags over the conduct of elections and recommended far-reaching reforms.
Chamisa hinted the blueprint would be handed to Parliament, political players and other regional bodies in an effort to press government to implement the contentious reforms.
However, ruling party Zanu-PF has maintained its stance referring the opposition to the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a Mnangagwa roundtable. CCC has scoffed at the arrangement, insisting on dialogue convened on neutral ground and by non-aligned actors.
The youthful leader expressed confidence that electoral reforms would be done in readiness for next year’s polls.
“It is within this context that we have learnt from 2018 when we had the election observer mission reports and other critical election bodies sharing their perspectives on our election. We have been unfortunate that insufficient work has been done,” the presidential hopeful said.
CCC interim vice president, Tendai Biti said the blueprint was a foundation upon which democratic elections would be held.
“We are tired of contested elections, since 1980 electoral issue remain an outstanding issue.
“We have to put a full stop to the election dispute and I hope that our colleagues in Zanu-PF can understand that our PREPARE document is a peace offering. It is a document to create a soft landing for our country,” Biti said.
A United Kingdom Member of Parliament, Lord Jonathan Oates Wednesday 28 September 2022 asked what the UK government was doing with regard to the prolonged detention of opposition MP Job Sikhala.
Sikhala was arrested in June together with a fellow legislator, Godfrey Sithole and 14 Nyatsime residents over public violence which erupted in Nyatsime on 14 June during the funeral wake of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali.
They have been in prison since then with courts denying them bail on several occasions.
Responding to Oates’ question, the Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Lord Goldsmith said his government was monitoring the detention of the political activists. Goldsmith said:
The former Minister for Africa met with the Foreign Minister of Zimbabwe on 30 June and reiterated the importance of all political parties respecting the rule of law, refraining from violence and respecting the right of others’ to campaign freely ahead of upcoming elections in 2023.
The CCC party has often argued that its members were being detained for political reasons to force their party.
Law expert Professor Lovemore Madhuku said Sikhala and others were “victims of their party’s refusal to join the Political Actors Dialogue,” a platform initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for parties that participated in the 2018 elections to engage in dialogue.
Meanwhile, about 52 000 people have signed a petition calling for the release of Sikhala and his colleagues.
The State says it has almost completed investigations into their case and they should stand trial on 15 November.
State Media -Resolutions by Harare City councillors to block or cancel the Pomona waste management project are invalid since the Government was involved from the start and efforts to derail the project work against the interests of residents and the nation at large, Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has said.
In a letter to Harare Mayor, Councillor Jacob Mafume, Minister Moyo said minutes of a council meeting held on August 3 reported resolutions detrimental to the city as waste management was a nightmare under the present council.
In any case, there was a binding contract between Geogenix BV and council while the Government had granted the project national status, showing its importance.
In the letter dated September 27, 2022, Minister Moyo cited a number of resolutions that were made in that meeting, the notable one being that council should not oppose the court case by residents of Harare for publication of the report on investigations into converting Pomona waste to energy.
Other resolutions were that council exercises the termination clause in its contract with Geo Pomona Waste Management (Pvt) Ltd to cancel the deal and mandated the acting chamber secretary to proceed with the necessary action.
“Pursuant to the passing of the resolutions, your office through the office of the town clerk advised the Ministry through a letter dated 26 September.
“In my view the above mentioned resolutions were gratitious and not in the interests of the inhabitants of Harare and the public at large, a burden which is now cascading to the inhabitants and therefore cannot be allowed,” he said.
Minister Moyo said in any case, the project was granted national project status by Government and therefore in the national interest, Government is part of this arrangement.
“Hence Government will not accept such an action which undermines efforts to enhance service delivery in the local authorities as well as erosion of investor confidence on current and future investments in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“I accordingly, direct in terms of Section 314 of the Urban Council’s Act, that council immediately rescinds the resolutions cited above which seeks to not oppose the court case as well as the termination of the contract. The resolution is, in my view, in bad faith and not in the public interest.”
The €304 million Pomona dumpsite waste-to-energy project is expected to generate up to 22MW of electricity.
Apart from electricity generation, the project is also projected to generate at least 300 jobs, boost economic growth and reduce the country’s import bill for electricity with the investor already exploring other investment opportunities in the country.
There has been persistent attempts by opposition CCC councillors led by Mayor Mafume to derail projects that are critical in the restoration of Harare’s sunshine City status. Herald
A BUHERA teenager was recently arrested for fatally stabbing his friend following a misunderstanding during a swimming expedition.
The 15-year-old of Torevasei Village under Chief Nyashanu’s area of Buhera is assisting police with investigations.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the death of Brighton Mapfumo (15) who succumbed to two wounds after he was allegedly stabbed by his friend on the chest and thigh.
“The boys and two other friends were swimming in Save River when Mapfumo came out of the water and told his friends that it was time to go home. The accused refused to come out, arguing that they should continue swimming.
“Irritated by his friends’ refusal to heed his advice, Mapfumo started throwing stones at the accused who was still swimming. The accused immediately stopped swimming, went out of the water and dashed home where he took a homemade knife. He waylaid Mapfumo and their other colleagues on their way home,” said Inspector Muzondo.
The accused stabbed Mapfumo on the chest and thigh.
Mapfumo collapsed and bled profusely.
The other boys rushed home to call other villagers who rushed Mapfumo to Murambinda Mission Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The accused was immediately arrested.
Inspector Muzondo called for peaceful solutions to any forms of conflict.
“It is important that parents and guardians teach their children that violence does not solve problems. Young people should also not be subjected to violent films as they encourage such behaviour. As the police, we encourage parents and guardians to keep a close eye on their children,” he said.
Disgruntled CAPS United fans confronted head coach Lloyd ‘Lodza’ Chitembwe over the team’s insipid display in their 0-1 loss to Yadah at the National Sports Stadium.
The struggling Harare giants failed to register a single shot on target during the entire game, which was decided by a Tanaka Shandirwa solitary 50th minute strike, to the dismay of the Makepekepe faithful.
After the game, a section of the Green Machine fans ‘disowned’ their players and celebrated with the victorious Yadah players before confronting Chief Executive Officer Charlie Jones.
Jones had to bring Chitembwe and the fans voiced their concerns over the team’s performance.
“Firstly, we are aware that the players were not being paid, but we then read that all their outstanding salaries were paid in full. If that is not the case then please tell me,” one fan said to Chitembwe, before the coach asked him what his point was.
“My point is when we play a small team like Yadah, it’s unacceptable for CAPS to not even register a single shot on target, considering these players wanted money and were given.
“Do these lads want to play for CAPS United or they have some kind of an agenda? Do they want our team to be relegated? We have been patient with them, we know they were not being paid but now it’s a different case so we expect better.
“We cannot let our team sink, we have been patient with these players,” said the fan.
Another fan weighed in and also questioned the commitment of Chitembwe’s charges.
“Coach, my input is we want to see these players, for them to explain to us what the problem really is. They should simply tell us if they still want to play for CAPS United or not,” he said.
“If they feel they no longer want to play for the club, they should simply say so because even their body language says a lot,” added the fan.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|Former Zaka Central MP Harrison Mudzuri has exhorted teachers to avoid being used being used by the Zanu PF regime.
Mudzuri, who is also the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe national coordinator, believes the programme is meant to “magnify Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s support by coercion.”
“Teachers who join the Teachers 4 ED. ( Teachers 4 Economic Disaster)* must have their minds examined.
If those who are supposed to be enlightened can easily be fooled, then the value of being educated is questionable.
Teachers must fight for living wages,” Mudzuri wrote on Twitter.
Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabweans say life under Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is hell on earth.
Mr Mnangagwa rose to power in November 2017 after removing his ailing 93-year- old boss Robert Mugabe via a military coup.
On Friday CCC leader Nelson Chamisa wrote on Twitter: “Using one word or a few words, how would you describe life in Zimbabwe since Nov 2017? Blessed Friday!”
Below are some of the responses from suffering citizens…
Renay: A script out of a movie called ‘Out goes a thief, in comes an armed robber’
Gatsheni: Mr President..Mapfumo gave us the two immortal words, Disaster and Mamvhemvhe ,in Ndebele it’s called “ inhlekelele” and ED keep on upgrading , now it’s Version 15.9.1 , Worse than a category 5 tropical cyclone Blowhorns : Takafarira N’anga neinobata mai.
MudiwaNotHood:
Haa pakaipa President. The masses are languishing in poverty whilst the Elites are acquiring more wealth. The gap between the few rich and majority poor is widening everyday. They’re feeding from our poverty and fear, and I hope 2023 will be different.
Dave screamed: Disaster!
Tanganda wrote :
HORRIBLE!
Another social media user observed: Jumping from frying pan to the fire. Takaitiswa, imagine it was always obvious that a 93 year old would soon die or fail to go to work
Have you ever seen a president who gives a paedophile amnesty? ED released Munyaradzi Kereke. Is that normal? Show me one. It's a failed state. https://t.co/dX0VCm4zmg
Tinashe Sambiri| Zanu PF ‘s Simba Chisango has been fingered in the abduction of a CCC activist.
According to CCC, champion Felix Bhire was abducted by Chisango and Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime on Thursday.
Chisango’s brother Pius Jamba was arrested for the abduction and brutal Murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
A senior CCC member said in a statement on Thursday:
ATTENTION MA ZIM CHAMPIONS.. SAD NEWS.
KUNYATSIME AGAIN. pane mu CCC Champion anonzi Felix bhire apambwa na Chisango pamba Ne ma Zanu Pf Thugs just now now varikumukuvadza zvakaomarara pa Zanu pf base riri pa Chibhanguza Complex. .kusanganisira ne madzimai maviri nemwana mumwechete Mwana weimwe victim yekunyatsime inonzi manyanga.
Vanhu vose Ava varikufira kuve Vanhu ve CCC mu Nyatsime. As of now havasati vati vawana help.
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The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change‘s Southend branch has claimed that Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives are following and intimidating the children of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
In a post on Twitter this Thursday, the party said:
We are disturbed to hear slain #CCC activist #MoreblessingAli’s grieving children are being followed & intimidated by @edmnangagwa’s Central Intelligence Organisation operatives. This is a despicable corrupt use of state resources. Is it not enough that you killed their mum?
Moreblessing Ali went missing on 24 May 2022 after she had been kidnapped by Pius Mukandi, alias Jamba, at Chibhanguza Shopping Centre in Nyatsime.
Her mutilated body was found in a disused well on 11 June.
Jamba who is believed to be a ZANU PF member was arrested in Hurungwe five days after the discovery of Ali’s body at his mother’s plot.
Moreblessing’s body is yet to be buried with her family demanding that their lawyer, Job Sikhala, be released first.
Sikhala, who was at the forefront in demanding justice for Moreblessing, was arrested alongside Chitungwiza North member of Parliament Godfrey Sithole and 14 other CCC activists over the violence which erupted during Moreblessing Ali’s funeral wake. – Pindula News
IN a sad love story, a woman from Bulawayo abandoned her husband of 20 years after he suffered a stroke and allegedly eloped to her married lover who also reportedly dumped his wife to accommodate her.
Idah Dimba allegedly dumped her husband Mike Ngwenya (47) after he suffered a stroke and took off with her married lover, Brighton Mlilwana, who also reportedly ditched his wife Silethemba Moyo.
Narrating his ordeal to B-Metro, a heartbroken Ngwenya from Njube suburb said Idah eloped to her lover on 25 August leaving him behind with his daughter. It seems Idah had perfected the art of eloping without her husband’s knowledge.
Ngwenya said before Idah left home, she had lied to him that she wanted to accompany her aunt to their rural home.
“When she left I thought she had accompanied her aunt to the rural areas as she had told me earlier on. I was shocked when I heard some people telling me that Idah had been spotted around Njube suburb where she was now staying with Mlilwana,” said Ngwenya.
Sharing further details he said before Idah deserted him they were always having disputes as she was in the habit of bringing her lover home and was allegedly sleeping with him in his presence.
‘‘Our marriage had problems like everyone else’s but Idah took it too far by inviting her lover to our matrimonial home. It seems like she has been seeing this man she is now staying with for a while.
“She was always bringing him home and they were sleeping together in my presence and she has been doing that a couple of times. After I complained that is when she threatened to leave saying she was no longer feeling comfortable staying with me.
“Ever since she left, she called me once saying she was coming to collect her clothes and she hasn’t yet come to collect them,” narrated Ngwenya.
According to a source privy to the drama, Idah did not only destroy her marriage but Silethemba’s after she eloped with the latter’s husband.
An embittered Silethemba had no kind words for Idah whom she labelled a “home-wrecker”.
“Before we separated, my husband had told me that there is a woman that he needs to take as his second wife.
“Sometime in August when I returned from South Africa where I had visited a relative I was shocked when I came back and found him with Idah in the house and she had already changed the curtains. Out of frustration I left the house to stay with my sister as I felt that it was difficult for two women married to the same man to stay together under one roof,” said Silethemba.
When reached for comment, a fuming Idah refused to entertain questions from this publication. She even threatened this reporter with an unspecified action.
Mlilwana also declined comment saying he was not happy with the way he was approached.- B Metro
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwean Telecommunications Expert, Dr Cosmas Zavazava has made history by winning elections for the powerful and coveted Director Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT) position at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) after an electrifying three rounds of voting at the ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest, Romania.
Zimbabwe has never occupied an elective position in any of the UN organs and this victory will go down as a momentous achievement for the country and the SADC region.
For this position, Africa fielded four candidates from Cameroon, The Gambia, Congo Brazavile and Zimbabwe while the other candidates were from Bahamas and Pakistan.
It was a nail-biting encounter as Zimbabwe led in the first round of voting but failed to reach the mandatory threshold of 50% plus 1 votes after garnering 59 votes thus forcing the polls to go to a second round of voting. Bahamas was a close second in the first round with 47 votes, followed by The Gambia with 35 votes. Pakistan, Cameroon and Congo Brazavile had 20, 11 and 8 votes respectively.
Cameroon and Congo Brazzaville withdrew their candidatures in the second round of voting. In this round, Zimbabwe’s votes shot up to 81 but again fell shy of the winning threshold of 91 votes from the 181 ballots cast by the ITU member states in attendance.
Bahamas received 59 votes while the Gambia and Pakistan received 25 and 15 votes, respectively.
The Gambia and Pakistan dropped out of the race after this round leaving only Zimbabwe and Bahamas in the running. In this final ballot, Zimbabwe garnered an impressive 101 votes compared to 63votes polled by Bahamas.
Announcement of this result caused a stamped by delegates who cheered and ululated as they rushed to congratulate Dr Zavazava and the Zimbabwe delegation, which was led by Deputy Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Hon Dingimuzi Phuti deputised by POTRAZ Director General, Dr Gift Kallisto Machengete. Dr Machengete Chaired the Dr Zavazava Campaign Team where he also doubled as Campaign manager and strategist for the campaign.
The campaign team also comprised officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Office of the President and Cabinet and POTRAZ.
The ITU is a specialised organisation of the United Nation (UN). The union meets every four years to elect its Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Directors its three Bureau’s, namely Radio Communications Bureau, Telecommunication Standadisation Bureau and Telecommunications Development Bureau. As Director Telecommunications Development Bureau, Dr Zavazava will be responsible for the development arm of the ITU, which facilitates development projects in Developing Countries, Small Island Developing States and Underdeveloped areas of the world.
Prior to this latest appointment, Dr Zavazava was working as Chief of Department, Partnerships for Digital Development in the BDT responsible for strategic partnerships, engagement with industry and private sector, resource mobilization and projects implementation.He also spent many years working as Chief of Department forProjects and Knowledge Management in the Telecommunication Development Bureau.
Prior to joining ITU, Dr Zavazava served as Head of Zimbabwe Government’s Telecommunication Agency. He also served as a Senior Diplomat for many years.
Dr Zavazava has worked in the Development Sector of the ITU since 2001. He has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications. He holds impeccable qualifications in telecommunications, business management, law, and international relations. He also holds a doctorate in multilateral trade. Over the years, he successfully implemented many projects and initiatives, mobilized resources, and negotiated partnerships. He has demonstrated extreme dedication and passion in his work.
By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted amnesty to at least 4 000 prisoners and ignored to free CCC deputy chairman Job Sikhala.
Sikhala and his counterpart Godfrey Sithole and 14 CCC activists have now clocked 110 in remand prison after their June arrest for demanding justice for the murdered Moreblessing Ali.
Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told reporters Thursday that Mnangagwa is releasing 4000 inmates to ease prison congestion.
She said: The nation is being informed that section 112 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that the President after consultation with Cabinet may exercise the power of mercy to grant pardon to any person convicted of an offence against the law,” Mutsvangwa said. “The rationale behind the proposal is to decongest our prisons, whose population as at 29 August, 2022 stood at 22 114, against an official holding capacity of 17 000 inmates. “This situation means that 4 798 inmates do not have adequate floor space as required by the Constitution and compromises the health of inmates, among other challenges.” Mutsvangwa, however, said not all prisoners were eligible for amnesty especially those convicted of human trafficking, murder and unlawful possession of firearms, among others. “The amnesty excludes the following categories of prisoners: those previously released on amnesty; those serving a sentence imposed by court martial, those with a record of escaping from lawful custody; and those convicted of committing specified offences,” she said. “Specified offences include murder; treason; rape or any sexual offences; carjacking; robbery; public violence; human trafficking; unlawful possession of firearms; contravention of the Zesa Act, the PTC Act and Mopa and any conspiracy, incitement or attempt to commit any of these offences.” In 2021, at least 3 000 inmates were granted presidential amnesty. Newsday
By- A Central Intelligence Organisation training centre in Hatfield has been burnt down in a suspected arson attack.
The spy training offices went in flames on Thursday afternoon.
An online newspaper with the details, ZimLive, said the police were investigating the cause of the fire.
An attempted break-in preceded the incident at the Harare house of CIO deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela early Thursday.
A man was shot dead during a break-in, while two others are said to have disappeared.
Investigators would be trying to establish if the two incidents are related. Mazithulela, a former NUST vice-chancellor who teaches at the CIO’s training college, was unharmed in the incident. Mazithulela was appointed to the role of deputy director in January 2020.
By-Abductors of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Felix Biri have released him and facilitated his arrest.
Biri was abducted on Thursday by known Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime.
CCC posted this announcement:
LATEST ON NYATSIME VIOLENCE: Our change champion, Felix Bhiri who was abducted and badly beaten by Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime yesterday has been taken to Harare Central Police. After beating him the thugs went on to call the @PoliceZimbabwe to arrest the victim.
?LATEST ON NYATSIME VIOLENCE: Our change champion, Felix Bhiri who was abducted and badly beaten by Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime yesterday has been taken to Harare Central Police. After beating him the thugs went on to call the @PoliceZimbabwe to arrest the victim. #FreeBhiripic.twitter.com/UPbzn3k1w3
'You can phone her & find out if she was ever serious about exposing ED. This CIO group worked hand in hand with ZANU PF elements led by (NAME WITHHELD). You've already seen that even the police ref no. Susan cited is fake, it's just the badge number of the cop she talked with.' pic.twitter.com/jCgQ5QW1is
Pitso Mosimane has revealed why he decided to take a job in the Middle East, describing the move as a high risk.
The South African gaffer joined Saudi Arabian second tier side Al-Ahli Jeddah this week.
Mosimane had been unattached since June following his exit at Egyptian giants Al Ahly.
His move to the Middle East, however, has been seen as downgrade, with many believing he joined the Saudi club because of money.
But in his address to the reporters on Friday, the three-time Champions League winning coach said he was attracted by the revival projects that the club set.
“I have built my career on waking up sleeping giants. This is a big risk, but a very good risk. I have never arrived at a club where everything was 100% all right,” said Mosimane.
“All the clubs that I have coached, we have changed the status quo. I found Mamelodi Sundowns on position 14 in the PSL [Premier Soccer League log] and it took us many years to win a trophy.
“SuperSport United were struggling when I joined them. But we built the club and we were in six consecutive cup finals. We won two trophies and lost four. So, I believe I can wake up this sleeping giant in Saudi Arabia.”
Al Ahli Jeddah were relegated from the Saudi Pro League last season.
It was the first time they had ever been demoted in the club’s history.
The gaffer continued: “When we were in Egypt [Al Ahly], we had to make sure that we turn the international programme around and get the club back to the CAF Champions League, the Fifa Club World Cup, and also the CAF Super Cup.
“I told my agents, MT Sport Management, that they must hand-pick a project that would take us out of our comfort zone. We had to go through three offers and we looked at that league and the expectations.
“I think this is very challenging and we want to take our legacy to that space, in the Middle East, and make history.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By Simba Chikanza | Hopewell Chin’ono exposes a lot of corruption, but how much beyond what earns him an award and retains him the title ‘Daddy of Hope’ : [in Shona, ‘Mudhara Vachauya’?] How much does he give people beyond what is convenient for his personal show-off or iron-fish-hook?
What are his blind spots? While there are undenied reports of money laundering and cheque fraud in the UK committed under different names between 1997 and 2001, long before Hopewell Chin’ono had fled the UK for Zimbabwe, where he changed his own name, in this feature, I list only what I have seen with my own eyes and experienced over the last five (5) years since the early days when Mr Hopewell Rugoho-Chin’ono began pushing us to expose his close female friend’s misconduct.
Hopewell-Chinono…
contents:
-ENDANGERING JOURNALISTS.
-ELECTORAL FRAUD AND ENCOURAGING OPPOSITION TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM MNANGAGWA SON
-CHANGING OWN NAMES 3 TIMES
-SUPPORTING FRIEND’S FRAUDS AND ABUSE OF COURTS.
-BENSON MUNERI AUDIO LEAKS.
-DID HOPEWELL STAGE FAKE POLICE ARRESTS?
ENDANGERING JOURNALISTS.
What triggered this investigation was the concern over the safety of journalists endangered by him, one of whom is the Newsday paper’s editor Wisdon Mudzungairi, Mr Hopewell Chin’ono accuses of confessing to knowledge of bribes in newsrooms.
Why do you suggest journalists who don't do rolling-court reporting have been bribed? &isn't it clear there's rarely any such even in English courts, & why not complain over Mahere's case in which she's harassing another woman & abusing the JSC, while with a checkered reputation?
And 2 weeks ago, you apologised to me in private; When are you saying 'sorry' to @wisdomdzungairi who you named on the same topic, over which you didn't return calls while right here in London? Why do you seem to seek to destroy the reputation of @ZUJOfficial fellows?
Having since 29th July 2022 given Mr Hopewell Chin’ono four (4) weeks to address his ‘bribe’ allegations, I thought just needed a short apology; I ended up physically approaching him over his false accusations against scores of journalists, he says are bribed because they do not do rolling court reporting, stressing that he should urgently consider their physical security when they get arrested of which they will be in a worse prison predicament than his which did not involve beatings. I asked him this at the sidelines of a Thomas Mapfumo-Toky-Macheso show in Leicester, UK on 29th Aug.
2 days later on the 31st August 2022, after I had whistleblown concerning his conduct, Hopewell Chin’ono wrote, replying to a journalists’ WhatsApp group inquiry, saying: “There is an issue that must also be addressed; Simba is lying that I said Wisdom took bribes.
“I never said that. I said that Wisdom explained to us the bribe problem in the industry due to low salaries.
“Wisdom knows this and when I spoke to him yesterday he even reminded me that he said it in Alexandra Park where there were many other journalists.”
No editor I know any where has confirmed ever talking to Hopewell Chin’ono about taking bribes over Wadyajena, and none at all over any other issue or during meetings.
“Of course there’s nothing like that. I suppose he’s got a very fertile sense of imagination,” adds Mr Mudzungairi, who says if there is anything he would have done surrounding the topic of bribes, it is to highlight how Newsday runs a self regulation mechanism that helps maintain professionalism at all times.
Furthermore, at no time had I, Simba Chikanza, in any way stated that Chin’ono said Mudzungairi took bribes, and my statements are in the public domain in both broadcast and printed form. My verbal posture was also the same at the Leicester show on 29 August 2022.
I asked Chin’ono in reply to please “address the matter Hopewell. Don’t change the English. You clearly said Wisdom confessed about brown envelopes affecting newsrooms.”
Why can’t you respond? asked another journo.
Another scribe quipped in, asking, “On the issue of live updates in our courts. How many times were you reprimanded in court for using your phone? I think on that one, you should know that is why at times, we delay updating court stories.”
To this, Chin’ono replied in a voice message which he posted saying: “guys I have work to do, I have no time to deal with Simba’s issues, he is slandering me let him go ahead. I know how I am going to deal with it legally. Simba is a liar, I posted about the issue of bribes being offered to journalists and my followers came on my posts and started naming him, because I guess people were not happy with the fact that he was dealing with the Susan Mutami issue, and he phoned me and he said he is worried that people were talking about him, and I said I am not talking about you, it’s a well known issue that journalists are offered bribes, and then he asked me to write something else to exonerate him. And I said there was no need for me to exonerate anybody when I am talking about an industry wide issue. I think if people have issues with me they need to direct them rather than talking behind my back. I am very thankful to the person who added me to this group, if there is any substantive issue I am happy to address it, I don’t want to be here more than I need to be.”
Chin’ono totally avoided the issue concerning his false allegations against journalists he wants to do rolling reporting; otherwise, they have been bribed, and he swiftly exited the WhatsApp group after being challenged with an audio recording of him audibly evading his comments against Wisdom Mudzungairi and also showing no concern for the safety of the journalists he is falsely accusing.
‘This is you speaking at Lance Guma’s Red car… you show you DON’T CARE a thing about the physical safety of your own colleagues, Wisdom, who you’ve endangered here,’ I asked him in writing, to which he replied saying, “The fact that you recorded me without my consent shows how unprofessional you are and I have no time for you. I think I have addressed the real issues.
Good day.”
Discussion on journalists WhatsApp Group-pic
He exited the WhatsApp group in a huff without addressing the issue of the safety of journalists whose life he has endangered, and days after his allegations, Mudzungairi was arrested. My request to Chin’ono in the four (4) weeks running into August was: please consider the plight of journalists like you who could easily be tortured when they are imprisoned, unlike in your case, which did not involve torture.
Journo group discusssion-pic
After this, Mr Wisdom Mudzungairi told me that contrary to Chin’ono’s claims, there had not been any phone contact for several months. It was suggested to me that Chin’ono is attacking the Newsday brand so that he can promote a rival newspaper that was recently launched a few months before and that he has business interests in.
All these experiences made me to start wanting to understand what exactly Chin’ono is pursuing, the path of journalism or if there is something else. In my inquiry trying to obtain who he is, I found multiple identities and names, four (4) different ones between 1997 and 2001, of the self-same individual, the ‘Dem Loot’ singer. – this is the subect of an upcoming major investigation.
What is Hopewell Chin’ono gaining in all this if it is not fraudulent scoops? In his conduct, unless it is a unique case of mental illness, is Mr Hopewell Chin’ono not making fraudulent representations against industry colleagues to obtain financial and or political gain?
-ELECTORAL FRAUD AND ENCOURAGING OPPOSITION TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM MNANGAGWA SON.
I have personally experienced and witnessed Mr Hopewell Chin’ono covering up evidence exposing the looming vote rigging and election violence in the upcoming 2023 elections.
Mr Chin’ono tephoned me from a never-used-before phone number at 9.48am in 15th May 2022, soon after I had posted my tweet (alerting Mrs Auxillia Mnangagwa that she should consider finishing her interview in which I among other things expose her deployment of a well known notorious convicted armed robber to the Directorship of State House properties) when I demanded that he first disclose who he is.
“Please introduce self,” I asked, to which he wrote back saying,
“Calling to let you know that this is my new number.
Hope.”
I then picked up the phonecall upon which time he told me that my tweet over Auxillia Mnangagwa “is blackmail.”
I reiterated to him saying the Twitter communication was perfect industry practice, which is the declaring of a deadline before going to print, to which Chin’ono started quoting ghost accounts on Twitter who were also suggesting my tweet was blackmail. He continued arguing for several times until he said I should delete it as it would hinder relations between Mrs Mnangagwa and the media.
Mrs Mnangagwa has never at any time in her career enjoyed good relations with the media.
I not knowing Mr Chin’ono’s motive, decided to meet him half way by deleting though albeit reposting an edited message. I would only discover to my disappointment weeks later that I had been duped by him- He was not interested in any journalism, and his call was just to save Mrs Mnangagwa from the demand of finishing the interview.
He even ignored my statement below which he could have updated his followers if he has the interests of the news hungry masses at heart.
My statement was the following, which was my last message on the day:
“For the record: this was NOT an off record, in fact the FL called me via video herself on the official newsdesk phone.
2ndly, she broke trust by threatening me during the interview.
3rdly, there has never been any trust between her and the media since the coup, no one has ever been allowed to critique her.
4thly, I did not threaten Mrs Auxillia Mnangagwa other than informing her of what is inevitable, as it is standard practice to notify a source of the deadline before a story is published so they can ensure they have contributed fully. Unfortunately Twitter character space doesn’t allow for all these words to be typed.
5thly, Mrs Mnangagwa knows well the issues at stake are beyond the single one that she cites. They, as the video reveals, also relate to one of armed robbers she has deployed to strategic national positions which placings now endanger the security of millions of Zimbabweans.
6thly, Mrs Mnangagwa also knowing well that the matter at stake is the ongoing looting of millions of USD’s of Harare ratepayer money, is just being unprofessional and I contend, downright criminal
7thly, my mention of Auxillia’s house was no threat but just a stating of the conclusions the public will reach when they notice that her claim that she ‘sells tomatoes for a living’, totally contradicts the 24 karat golden chair she is sitting on. The video shows jewellery and other expensive things in the interior of the house, which thing threatens her image as an honest person. I follow the rule that you have to seek to protect your source’s dignity and wellbeing, before your own.
Simba Chikanza.”
I also have audio recordings of Mr Benson Muneri, who is seen with Mr Chin’ono many times, making clear demands that I do not ask Auxillia Mnangagwa ‘hard questions, ‘ and that I should from now on, only send her questions directly to him. This is so despite the fact that Benson Muneri appears nowhere as her official representative. He was however the first person to telephone me within 10 minutes of my videocall with Mrs Mnangagwa on her behalf, followed by Hopewell Chin’ono, the following day, after Muneri’s interventions on behalf of Auxillia Mnangagwa had failed.
Earlier on, on the 15th March 2022, Mr Chin’ono was involved in a Twitter brawl as he defended Hotplacegrill businessman and director, Benson Muneri’s donations to the opposition CCC party on the Twitter website.
Well i know for a fact that it is owned by Ed clan, but i will exchange that evidence once you provide me evidence that am doing nothing on the 390,757 km² of Zimbabwe. pic.twitter.com/N7ruiyjgPX
He labelled warnings about the dangers of donations from the Mnangagwa family, “silly arguments.”
He added saying, ” CCCZimbabwe needs USD150,000 for bi elections.”
Part of the Twitter brawl as Hopewell Chin’ono stated there is nothing wrong with the CCC receiving ZANU PF money- pic
Chin’ono was replying to Twitter handle Foxlion2028. Is Chin’ono truly working in favour of the opposition to help it win, or it’s all a counter intelligence operation?
Part of the argument as Hopewell Chin’ono said there is nothing unusual with CCC getting money from ZANU PF companies.- pic.
The Auxillia Mnangagwa Video LEAK Hopewell Chin’ono Doesn’t Want You See.
Contrary to a few people the likes of Mr. Clarence Miranze, I did not at all shelve my Auxillia Mnangagwa story, even though Mr. Hopewell Chin’ono told me to delete the tweet, which I reinstated within 30seconds. I did this as I also emphasised to him that this is because the people must know of the armed robbers positioned to destory their future.
State Agents do not want the people to know that the hiding place of the 1 August 2018 terrorists, State House is now under the executive Directorship of a convicted armed robber, Mr Paradzayi Kutyauripo, who isnalso Auxillia Mnangagwa’s brother.
I also provide herewith evidence of Mr Chin’ono’s call to me on the 15th May, my response in writing to him, plus also audio recordings of Mr Chin’ono’s friend Benson Muneri (pic) , the other person who telephoned me, also trying stop me from informing the masses of this great expose the population have to know before the upcoming 2023 elections.
The Chinono phone call on the 15th of May on Auxillia Mnangagwa’s behalf- pic
Hopewell Chin’ono and Benson Muneri – pic: Twitter/Jealousy Mawarire
After my correspondence, Mr Chin’ono who publicly claims he wants the opposition to win the 2023 elections, further demonstrated his ploy by deciding not to reveal the legal reasons why the nation must know of the contents of Mrs Mnangagwa’s disclosures.
Comment by the late President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire- pic
4 months later, Mr Chin’ono continues to ignore my response, despite sounding as if he was interested in the Auxillia Mnangagwa expose.’ He however choses to play algorithms and promote himself as a “Daddy of Hope, ” in Shona, Mudhara vachauya.
WATCH THE VIDEOS HERE-
LEAK PART 1 – VIDEO
LEAK PART 2 – VIDEO
-CHANGING OWN SURNAME 3 TIMES
Mr Hopewell Chin’ono publicly announces saying he worked for BBC in the year 2000 under the name Hopewell M Chingono, which he changed a year later to Hopewell Mukusha, and then in the same year he registered a new name, Hopewell Rugoho-Chin’ono as reflected in this document. Effectively, all this means he changed his name 3 times in under 24 months. Did this man truly work for BBC in 2000, and is not trying to stitch up events so to blanket-cover the reports which state he was in fact involved in high level crime during this time?
BBC work ID with third name. Source: Hooewell Chin’ono, Twitter, Facebook
govt registry department deed of change of name – source: Hopewell Chin’ono, Facebook, Twitter
sef published explanation that his father is the one who ordered the name change
govt registry department deed of change of name
sef published explanation that his father is the one who ordered the name change
BBC work ID with third name
He has presented a BBC work ID with his face thereon and the name, Hopewell M Chingono, and then at another date, presented a govt deed of name change which officially states that his name in 2001 was not at all Hopewell M Chingono, it was just Hopewell Mukusha [No middle name], the latter which correlates with data records at the Zim national registry. In less than 2 years, he changes name from not M. Chingono, but from Hopewell Mukusha, to adopt a new family surname, Rugoho-Chin’ono.
To date there is not a single trace at the BBC to back Mr Chin’ono’s claims that he was a staff member at the BBC in Jan 2000, and scores of ex-employees of the broadcaster contacted by ZimEye do not remember him at any time in Jan 2000. If he was truly employed by the entity in any capacity during that month, it will further raise eyebrows of how and why could have wielded a name that is totally different from his birth record and his passport. This will only make clear that he actually traveled around UK with a third identity that has no correlation at all with data in the Zimbabwe National Registry. This reporter has had access to data records of the man and his immediate family names.
There is a fourth identity being investigated and whose findings will be reported on in due course. How and why does a real journalist working for the public broadcaster change his identity by three (3) names in less than 24months? Is this all because of a single instruction from his father, as Mr Chin’ono suggests in his Twitter uploads?
Is a person who changes names three times, supports ZANU PF terrorists in the 2018 elections to kill scores of Zimbabweans, and in 2022 tells the opposition to accept ZANU PF money, an honest contributor to democratic change?
-BENSON MUNERI AUDIO LEAKS. I below avail audios of Hopewell Chin’ono’s referral for the opposition’s 2023 election funding, Benson Muneri as he announced that he is Auxillia Mnangagwa’s son, and was busy attention to obfuscate the contents of the Auxillia Mnangagwa interview revelations. (streaming at 4pm 28th Aug).
-SUPPORTING FRIEND’S FRAUDS ABUSE OF COURTS.
The most disturbing development around Mr Hopewell Chin’ono which is going to affect a stable Zimbabwe surrounds his support for his personal friend Fadzayi Mahere, an individual who he has personally exposed over dishonesty, among other areas of misconduct since 2017.
What is most disgusting about Chin’ono is how he used to telephone us for numerous hours to get us to warn the world about Mahere, and after we started doing this, he has begun calling us ZANU PF over none but his own disclosures. All this is happening at a time when there are rumours that he has had an affair with Miss Mahere and has now wants to block the public interest disclosure because he has reconciled with her; and in this, Chin’ono is supporting Mahere harrass another Zimbabwean woman, the book author Petina Gappah, and assisting his friend abuse the courts. In my personal discussions with Chin’ono, he does not deny that Mahere is a monster set to destroy the nation per his own investigative disclosures, submitted to us.
Chin’ono was the first to reveal that Mahere was truly given preferential entrance into the University Of Zimbabwe for an undergraduate degree through her father, Stephen Mahere’s connections, which matter the lawyer is abusing the courts to argue against Gappah’s re-hashs.
Below is our latest discussion over Mahere, afterwhich he never sought to engage after I advised him not to abuse the opposition following to rally behind Mahere’s personal misconduct.
The case Chinono is suddenly assisting Mahere to fight against Petina Gappah pertains her claim that she is a person of good and honest character (which Chin’ono himself has revealed the opposite) and she has been defamed by Gappah.
Conversation with Hopewell Chin’ono 15th July 2022.- source: Twitter DM
Conversation with Hopewell Chin’ono 15th July 2022. – source: Twitter DM
Those who in 2020 suggested Mahere be made the opposition spokesperson advised the party on the basis that her father, Stephen Mahere is a Christian who is now a retired permanent secretary. But, Mahere has a very dangerous family background, her father being the only permanent secretary to be fired by ZANU PF leadership for being an activist who is against progress and one who has a record of authorising the torture and expulsion of teachers on the grounds of supporting the opposition then known as the MDC party and MDC Alliance subsequently. Much of this is revealed in documents at the ministry of Education and also cited in former minister David Coltart’s autobiography.
– DID HOPEWELL STAGE FAKE POLICE ARRESTS?
There is a prison officer who has suggested that Hopewell Chin’ono since his first imprisonement in 2020, has staged several fake arrests in order to build his profile as a human rights activist, a hero, who is doing none other than the act of exposing corruption, over which he is being victimised.
“That arrest was fake and no one touched him in the prisons you can even ask him and cross check with scores of other staff members and prison mates alike.
“He was arrested over exposing Obadiah Moyo, the latter whose arrest was also animated, and you will notice that Hopewell has never even talked about how fake the arrest of the then Health Minister was, ” the officer who requested anonymity further suggested.
If Chin’ono truly staged the arrests, this will not be a new phenomenon, as it has been happening for over 38 years (1983 – 2022) from the days of the fake dissident Richard Gwesela who was used to help aid the government agenda (appearing to be exposing its corruption and abuses) to the post 2018 period of the anti government activist Tinashe Jonas who even launched a party of his own from opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa’s large following.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s uncle, Obadiah Moyo last October walked out of the High Court a free man following his year long prosecution case over corruption.
The former Health Minister is the ZANU PF leader’s uncle. Obadiah-Moyo is Emmerson Mnangagwa’s cousin, titled “uncle” or sekuru, in the Shona vernacular. He is son to Mnangagwa’s mother’s brother.
When the police arrested Obadiah Moyo over Hopewell Chinono’s Drax expose’, the police quickly released him on Mnangagwa’s orders. The head of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Isaac Moyo is another of Obadiah Moyo’s relatives who worked together with Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to make the case appear credible. They together went to Mnangagwa and organised that everything be staged so that he (Obadiah Moyo) is served so to manage public angers over the Draxgate scandal. The plan was that Obadiah Moyo would sleep inside the police cells, and then bail be granted (and even that was cut short – he left Rhodesville Police station soon after arrival.) The CIO Director General and Ziyambi then went to get Obadiah Moyo’s own muzukuru, cousin, Munamato Mutevedzi who is the acting Chief Magistrate. Mutevedzi was invited to come and sit on the same case and the matter had the prosecutor saying that bail is not opposed. He was charged a bail of $50,000, which is just USD380, a small amount over a case involving USD60 million.
He had to take a fall to save Mnangagwa’s son, Collins, so he is actually a hero, in Mnangagwa’s eyes at the least.
Moyo was discharged from prosecution on corruption charges for illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for Covid-19 medical supplies to Drax International without going through a competitive tender process. He was facing charges of criminal abuse of office over the awarding of a US$ 60 million contract to the company that allegedly sold supplies to the Government at inflated prices. The whole case was totally expunged a year later.
[VIDEOS AND IMAGES ONLY VIEW/WATCHABLE ON THE ZIMEYE WEBSITE]
Hopewell Chin’ono exposes a lot of corruption, but how much beyond what earns him an award and retains him the title ‘Daddy Hope’ : [in Shona, ‘Mudhara Vachauya’?] How much does he give people beyond what is convenient for his personal show-off or iron-fish-hook? Before I conclude this article, I am reminded that the title Daddy Hope, is the crown of a famous ZANU PF song. I am also at a struggle on why Mr Chin’ono chose such a nickname, which is the signature of all fraudsters, tricksters, rapists, and police arrest stagers for more than 20 centuries of human history, one of whom is a Zimbabwean preacher we exposed between 2010 and 2018 leading to his conviction in 2015, and final removal from community leadership in 2018 following years of grooming women and kids for sex while hypnotising them into the ritualistic salutation, Daddy.
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Tinashe Sambiri|Former Zaka Central MP Harrison Mudzuri has exhorted teachers to avoid being used being used by the Zanu PF regime.
Mudzuri, who is also the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe national coordinator, believes the programme is meant to “magnify Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s support by coercion.”
“Teachers who join the Teachers 4 ED. ( Teachers 4 Economic Disaster)* must have their minds examined.
If those who are supposed to be enlightened can easily be fooled, then the value of being educated is questionable.
Teachers must fight for living wages,” Mudzuri wrote on Twitter.
Tinashe Sambiri| Zanu PF ‘s Simba Chisango has been fingered in the abduction of a CCC activist.
According to CCC, champion Felix Bhire was abducted by Chisango and Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime on Thursday.
Chisango’s brother Pius Jamba was arrested for the abduction and brutal Murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
A senior CCC member said in a statement on Thursday:
ATTENTION MA ZIM CHAMPIONS.. SAD NEWS.
KUNYATSIME AGAIN. pane mu CCC Champion anonzi Felix bhire apambwa na Chisango pamba Ne ma Zanu Pf Thugs just now now varikumukuvadza zvakaomarara pa Zanu pf base riri pa Chibhanguza Complex. .kusanganisira ne madzimai maviri nemwana mumwechete Mwana weimwe victim yekunyatsime inonzi manyanga.
Vanhu vose Ava varikufira kuve Vanhu ve CCC mu Nyatsime. As of now havasati vati vawana help.
Tinashe Sambiri| Zanu PF ‘s Simba Chisango has been fingered in the abduction of a CCC activist.
According to CCC, champion Felix Bhire was abducted by Chisango and Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime on Thursday.
Chisango’s brother Pius Jamba was arrested for the abduction and brutal Murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
A senior CCC member said in a statement on Thursday:
ATTENTION MA ZIM CHAMPIONS.. SAD NEWS.
KUNYATSIME AGAIN. pane mu CCC Champion anonzi Felix bhire apambwa na Chisango pamba Ne ma Zanu Pf Thugs just now now varikumukuvadza zvakaomarara pa Zanu pf base riri pa Chibhanguza Complex. .kusanganisira ne madzimai maviri nemwana mumwechete Mwana weimwe victim yekunyatsime inonzi manyanga.
Vanhu vose Ava varikufira kuve Vanhu ve CCC mu Nyatsime. As of now havasati vati vawana help.
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa Thursday gave a sombre account admitting to his camp’s failure to secure the release of legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole along with the Nyatsime 14 activists, saying all legal routes were exhausted.
Sikhala and Sithole have spent 105 days in remand prison with Chamisa emphasising that CCC will remain steadfast in its quest to have the duo freed.
Presiding over his party’s official launch in Harare Thursday of the Pre-Election Pact on Electoral Reforms (PREPARE), a document that outlines CCC electoral demands, Chamisa said his party had left no stone unturned in seeking the release of the lawmakers and 14others.
“We as a citizens movement are taking this issue seriously, we have left no stone unturned,” he said.
“We know what our opponents are expecting us to do, we don’t normally accept invitations from those who do not like us, neither do we accept advice from those who stand at the opposite of the moral and political spectrum, but we have done everything to make sure that within the confines of legality, constitutionality and also peace we are able to secure their release.
“Its been 105 days, Honourable Sikhala and Honourable Sithole are still incarcerated together with the Nyatsime 14. What is clear is that it is an assault on democracy, an assault on the will of the people, but also an undermining of the sovereign declaration of the people of Zimbabwe because Honourable Sikhala and Honourable Sithole were elected by the people of Zimbabwe.”
The CCC leader also raised questions on the the legality and treatment of the MPs in accordance with the Constitution.
“They are not honourable by mistake, they are not honourable by omission,” he said.
“You do not treat honourable members like common criminals, especially on the basis of an allegation which is politically contrived and motivated.”
He added that Sikhala and Sithole, along with the Nyatsime 14, were victims of a failed government.
“What is clear is that Honourable Sikhala and Honourable Sithole did not commit any offence. Their only offence was to stand against repression, oppression, corruption, dictatorship, tyranny and bad governance.
“That surely cannot be an offence because they were voted on the basis of that platform by the citizens of Zimbabwe.”
The opposition party would try other routes in search of justice, including approaching the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN).
“I will not go into detail of what we are doing within the country and across within the region and of course on the continent to reach out to the highest offices, including the UN to make sure that the issue of this pretrial incarceration is dealt with.
“We are very serious, we know as the next government will face many challenges, trials and tribulations our people are going to be persecuted, supporters are going to be subjected to harassment, a lot of traps are going to be set, booby traps in our way, we will resist and overcome all of them,” said Chamisa.
Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabweans say life under Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is hell on earth.
Mr Mnangagwa rose to power in November 2017 after removing his ailing 93-year- old boss Robert Mugabe via a military coup.
On Friday CCC leader Nelson Chamisa wrote on Twitter: “Using one word or a few words, how would you describe life in Zimbabwe since Nov 2017? Blessed Friday!”
Below are some of the responses from suffering citizens…
Renay: A script out of a movie called ‘Out goes a thief, in comes an armed robber’
Gatsheni: Mr President..Mapfumo gave us the two immortal words, Disaster and Mamvhemvhe ,in Ndebele it’s called “ inhlekelele” and ED keep on upgrading , now it’s Version 15.9.1 , Worse than a category 5 tropical cyclone Blowhorns : Takafarira N’anga neinobata mai.
MudiwaNotHood:
Haa pakaipa President. The masses are languishing in poverty whilst the Elites are acquiring more wealth. The gap between the few rich and majority poor is widening everyday. They’re feeding from our poverty and fear, and I hope 2023 will be different.
Dave screamed: Disaster!
Tanganda wrote :
HORRIBLE!
Another social media user observed: Jumping from frying pan to the fire. Takaitiswa, imagine it was always obvious that a 93 year old would soon die or fail to go to work
Former Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede’s circulating picture in which he look frail has set social media ablaze with Zimbabweans warning each other against going out of way to serve the ruling Zanu PF as it has the potential to forget you once you nolonger serve its interests.
At the height of his power, Mudede used to run the country’s elections before the setting up of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
Most of the elections he presided over were disputed while the issuance of birth certificates and national identity documents has always been mired in controversy as it was believed to be done in a way that favoured the ruling party.
Now Mudede who has since retired has been in and out of courts and looks old and wasted.
By A Correspondent- The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has issued an update on its member, Felix Biri who it claimed was abducted on Thursday 29 September 2022 kidnapped by ZANU PF members in Nyatsime.
Said CCC in a twitter post:
LATEST ON NYATSIME VIOLENCE: Our change champion, Felix Bhiri who was abducted and badly beaten by Zanu PF thugs in Nyatsime yesterday has been taken to Harare Central Police. After beating him the thugs went on to call the @PoliceZimbabwe to arrest the victim.
Charges against him are not yet known.
CCC posted yesterday saying its security team was seized with the matter.
By A Correspondent- A man was shot dead at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela.
The incident took place at around 2 AM on Thursday at Mazithulela’s Crichton Road residence in the Groombridge area of Mt Pleasant, ZimLive reported.
The former National University of Science and Technology (NUST) vice-chancellor, who was appointed to the role in January 2020, was unharmed in the incident.
Neighbours said they woke up to the sound of gunfire, and before long the Mazithulela residence was swarming with police and security agents from various departments. One neighbour told ZimLive.
I heard there could have been three people who tried to jump over a perimeter wall, and one was shot dead. An ambulance arrived at around 3AM but the person didn’t make it.
Everyone around here seems to think the intruders were robbers because just hours before, there was an attempted break-in at a house on Maxwell Road nearby.
November 2020, just months after his appointment, a CIO agent guarding his Matabeleland North farm drunkenly pointed a gun at him.
Mazithulela was leaving his farm in Norwood in Umguza at about 7 PM on November 28 when he observed Earnest Muleya, who was on guard duties at the property, staggering.
Suspecting the 38-year-old was drunk, Mazithulela demanded that Muleya hands over his AK-47 assault rifle which he was carrying. Instead of handing over the rifle, Muleya cocked it and pointed it at Mazithulela who ran and took cover behind his vehicle before making a dash for his house where he barricaded himself inside.
City of Harare has written to controversial businessman Dilesh Nguwaya informing him of the council resolution to terminate the Pomona waste to energy deal.
In a letter to Nguwaya, City Acting Town Clerk Engineer Phakamisa Moyo said; “Pursuant to the agreement entered between City of Harare and Geogenix BV, we advise that Council resolved to terminate the contract in its sitting on the 3rd of August 2022.”
The cancellation of the Pomona deal follows desperate attempts by government to force council to allow Nguwaya to proceed with a deal that was clearly manipulative and in favour of the so-called investor as the local authority was expected to pay a fee to dump their waste at their property.
UNDERCOVER PHONECALL WITH @ZECzim Justice Priscilla Chigumba – Madam Judge, I’ve just been speaking with you when you confirmed that you have a daughter-in-law relationship ED Mnangagwa’s business partner & though you divorced- you also responded on your love affair with Chitando pic.twitter.com/fHgMqw8mvO
By- The dreaded CIO’s training centre in Hatfield has caught fire.
The training centre was burnt in a suspected arson attack on Thursday afternoon.
An online newspaper with the details, ZimLive, said the police were investigating the cause of the fire.
An attempted break-in preceded the incident at the Harare house of CIO deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela early Thursday.
A man was shot dead during a break-in, while two others are said to have disappeared.
Investigators would be trying to establish if the two incidents are related. Mazithulela, a former NUST vice-chancellor who teaches at the CIO’s training college, was unharmed in the incident. Mazithulela was appointed to the role of deputy director in January 2020.
By- Zimbabwe has been forced to halt issuing passports after it has run out of passport production paper.
The situation according to an online portal, NewZimbabwe has left hundreds stranded at the Registrar-General’s (RG) office.
The online newspaper said that sources informed them passport production had stopped.
Said the news sources:
There is no paper and the contractors contracted to produce the e-passports have not been paid.
This would be the second time Zimbabwe’s e-passport processing system has run aground in two months with authorities unsure of when the crisis will be over.
