ZANU PF’s War Veterans League yesterday elected Headman Moyo as Deputy Secretary for the wing’s first national executive at its inaugural elective conference yesterday.
Previously, the war veterans were an affiliate of the party, but are now a fully fledged wing of ZANU PF following the conference.

In his remarks after the election, Moyo said war veterans have endorsed Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party’s sole Presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections and would hit the ground running to mobilise for the ruling party.

“This inaugural conference was a resounding success. The coordination, unity, comradeship and spirit exhibited during the course of the conference was unparalleled. We thank the war veterans for endorsing His Excellency as the sole candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections,” he said.

Richard Chirongwe (Secretary for Administration), Cde Tsitsi Nyirenda (Secretary for Finance), Ntombiyake Ndlovu (Secretary for Commissariat) and Niya Mtombeni (Secretary for External Relations) are among notable candidates who were elected into the War Veterans League’s first national executive.

Harare’s Timothy Njekete is now Secretary for Information and Publicity, while Japhet Phuti was elected Secretary for Security. Winnie Sihlahla is Secretary for Transport and Social Welfare.

Jairo Mapungwana was elected Secretary for Legal and Women’s Rights and Lazarus Takawira is the Secretary for Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment.

Announcing the results of the War Veterans League, ZANU PF Political Commissar Mike Bimha said: “The Department is pleased to report that out of the 40 candidates from the 10 provinces, 17 are female, representing a 42,5 percent female factor. Three female members made it into the top 10 of the National Executive Council, representing a 30 percent female factor,” he said.

Other elected members are Secretary for Production and Labour Adwell Bonde, while Ellen Chinamatira is Secretary for Health and Child Welfare and the Elderly.

Bruce Mateta was elected Secretary for Economic Affairs, with Edith Kagoro taking up the post of Secretary for Education.

The Secretary for Gender and Culture is Virginia Mupasu, while Sehlule Jele is the Secretary for Welfare of the Disabled and Disadvantaged Persons. Majaha Ncube is Secretary for Land Reform and Resettlement.

The remaining members of the executive are Langton Nyemba (Secretary for Science and Technology), Everisto Pfumvuti (Secretary for Business Development and Liaison), Zenzo Ncube (Secretary for Environment and Tourism) and Happiness Sibanda (Committee Member).

The Secretary for War Veterans’ Affairs is appointed by the party’s First Secretary, President Mnangagwa. -Sunday Mail

The newly Elected War Veterans League National Executive is as follows, Deputy Secretary for War Vets League Cde Headman Moyo from Matabeleland North.
Secretary for Administration, Cde Richard Chirongwe from Mashonaland Central, Secretary for Finance, Cde Tsitsi Nyirenda from Mashonaland East. Secretary for Commissariat, Cde N Ndlovu from Matebeleland South. Secretary for Information, Cde Timothy Njekete from Harare Province.

A speeding wanted robber who was driving a stolen vehicle allegedly caused the road accident that claimed six lives in Mutare recently.

One of the Honda Fit vehicles that were involved in the accident that killed six people near Mutare Teachers’ College on Sunday morning had been stolen in Chipinge the previous week.

The mastermind of the robbery was driving the car and he died on the spot.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Manicaland Province, Inspector Nobert, Muzondo confirmed the development.

He said that the driver of the stolen vehicle was Tawanda Chitambo (31) of Chikanga 1 in Mutare.

Chitambo had stolen the Honda Fit he was driving from Takudzwa Ngqobi (20) in Chipinge on 29 August.

Insp Muzondo further revealed that police were hunting for Chitambo’s two accomplices in the robbery who were still at large. He said:

During enquiries to establish the registered owner of the Honda Fit, it was established that the vehicle had been stolen from a taxi operator plying the Mt Selinda-Chipinge route.

Investigations revealed that Mr Ngqobi was hired by the three suspects to ferry them to Mutakura Dam Turn-off.

They lied to the complainant that they wanted to visit a sick relative. The complainant agreed and charged them US$10.

When they arrived at their intended destination, the suspects ordered the complainant to drive further into the bush where they robbed him of his car, US$80 and a cellphone. They tied him up and fled from the scene.

The complainant later freed himself and made a police report.

Chitambo reportedly started using the stolen vehicle as a pirate tax and was killed in the accident on 4 September after he had picked up passengers in Mutare.- Manica Post

AUTHORITIES at Mazowe Boys High School have come under fire from parents for allegedly denying their children access to hostels without paying a US$20 donation.
In chats, circulating on social media, the parents are complaining over the “donations”.

However, Mazowe High headmaster, Thompson Katanda, dismissed the allegations.

“All students enrolled at our school are learning, even those who didn’t fully pay their fees.

“We have accommodated them and no child has been evicted.

“I am not even aware about teacher incentive issues and complaints raised.

“I can conclude that there was no such conduct,” he said.

But, a parent with a son at the school, insisted they were being forced to pay a donation of US$20 to cushion teachers.

“The school has a desk in front of the administration building which was being used to collect the US$20 donation.

“Many parents were shocked by the school’s conduct as it prioritised teachers’ incentives above its core business of teaching.

“The school disguised the money as a mission fund,” said the parent.

Another parent was riled by the school’s conduct.

“I am greatly disappointed that my child was embarrassed, for a donation, which the school never communicated to us.

“I am going to take every necessary step and knock every door for correctional measures.”

Another parent, who also preferred anonymity added:

“To make matters worse, another WhatsApp group called ‘Mission Fund’ was created and the condition for one to be admitted was to pay the donation.

“Now, parents fear that important information may be communicated via that group.” H Metro

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has banned the CCC party’s upcoming young people’s conference.

In the below letter, dated 7th Sept, the ZRP had approved the party’s function.

But in a twist, the police has reversed its decision, the CCC Spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere says.

Reasons for refusal were not revealed at the time of writing.

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Tinashe Sambiri| The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a heartless hypocrite, former Zaka Central MP Harrison Mudzuri has said.

Mudzuri, who is the PTUZ national coordinator, took a swipe at Mr Mnangagwa for maliciously causing the suffering of teachers.

The former MP further blamed Mr Mnangagwa for deliberately punishing teachers due to “perceived political reasons.”

“Teachers working under terrible conditions are insulted by being paid 40000 rtgs.

The govt of Zimbabwe is heartless.”

Responding to @zenzele’s tweet on Mr Mnangagwa’s remarks about genocide in Rwanda, Mudzuri said:
“What a hypocrite!”

@zenzele wrote on Twitter:
“This (see picture) is what Mnangagwa wrote in the Visitors book at the @Kigali_Memorial. #Asakhe #Gukurahundi.”

A speeding wanted robber who was driving a stolen vehicle allegedly caused the road accident that claimed six lives in Mutare recently.

One of the Honda Fit vehicles that were involved in the accident that killed six people near Mutare Teachers’ College on Sunday morning had been stolen in Chipinge the previous week.

The mastermind of the robbery was driving the car and he died on the spot.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Manicaland Province, Inspector Nobert, Muzondo confirmed the development.

He said that the driver of the stolen vehicle was Tawanda Chitambo (31) of Chikanga 1 in Mutare.

Chitambo had stolen the Honda Fit he was driving from Takudzwa Ngqobi (20) in Chipinge on 29 August.

Insp Muzondo further revealed that police were hunting for Chitambo’s two accomplices in the robbery who were still at large. He said:

During enquiries to establish the registered owner of the Honda Fit, it was established that the vehicle had been stolen from a taxi operator plying the Mt Selinda-Chipinge route.

Investigations revealed that Mr Ngqobi was hired by the three suspects to ferry them to Mutakura Dam Turn-off.

They lied to the complainant that they wanted to visit a sick relative. The complainant agreed and charged them US$10.

When they arrived at their intended destination, the suspects ordered the complainant to drive further into the bush where they robbed him of his car, US$80 and a cellphone. They tied him up and fled from the scene.

The complainant later freed himself and made a police report.

Chitambo reportedly started using the stolen vehicle as a pirate tax and was killed in the accident on 4 September after he had picked up passengers in Mutare.- Manica Post

Tinashe Sambiri|The office of Whange Central MP, Daniel Molokele, has successfully implemented a series of projects under the Constituency Development Fund( CDF) scheme.

The MP unrolled the installation of Jojo tanks at various schools in the constituency.

See statement below:

Office of the MP Successfully Implements the CDF Project for 2022

The Office of the MP for Whange Central Constituency has successfully implemented its low cost but high impact project under the 2022 parliamentary Constituency Development Fund (CDF)

The 2022 project focused on the installation of water retention tanks (Jojo Tanks) in various public schools at local communities levels.

At times, some schools have been forced to consider closing temporarily due to water supply related problems

Each of the 210 constituencies across the country was allocated 11.4 million RTGS for CDF for 2022.

In response, our local CDF Committee did an extensive consultation public process, in close partnership with all the local ward Councillors under our constituency.

After the consultation process was successfully completed, it was then unanimously agreed that the 2022 CDF disbursement be used to buy the water retention tanks in order to guarantee access to water supplies in our local public schools.

The Office of the MP is so happy to announce that there are 12 local communities institutions that have now managed to benefit from the 2022 CDF project.

In particular, eleven public schools across the urban parts of our constituency together with the St Patrick’s Hospital at Empumalanga benefited from this year’s project.

For avoidance of doubt the following schools now have water retention tanks fully installed under the 2022 CDF project:

1. Sir Humphrey Gibbs Primary
2. Makwika Primary
3. Lusumbami Primary
4. Mabhinga Primary
5. St Ignatius Primary
6. Lwendulu Primary
7. Nechibondo Primary
8. St Georges Primary
9. Hwange High
10. Wankie Secondary
11. Kalope Secondary

Thulani Moyo
PA/Spokesperson
Office of the MP for Whange Central Constituency

Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, died on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.

Buckingham Palace announced the Queen’s death in a statement. It said:

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

At Buckingham Palace in London, crowds that were awaiting updates on the Queen’s condition began crying as they heard of her death.

The Queen was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, in Mayfair, London, on 21 April 1926.

She married her third cousin, Philip, Prince of Greece, at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, with the prince taking the title of Duke of Edinburgh.

She would later describe him as “my strength and stay” through 74 years of marriage, before his death in 2021, aged 99.

The Queen’s reign spanned 15 prime ministers starting with Winston Churchill, born in 1874, and including Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975, and appointed by the Queen earlier this week.

She held weekly audiences with her prime minister throughout her reign.- BBC

Tinashe Sambiri|The office of Whange Central MP, Daniel Molokele, has successfully implemented a series of projects under the Constituency Development Fund( CDF) scheme.

The MP unrolled the installation of Jojo tanks at various schools in the constituency.

See statement below:

Office of the MP Successfully Implements the CDF Project for 2022

The Office of the MP for Whange Central Constituency has successfully implemented its low cost but high impact project under the 2022 parliamentary Constituency Development Fund (CDF)

The 2022 project focused on the installation of water retention tanks (Jojo Tanks) in various public schools at local communities levels.

At times, some schools have been forced to consider closing temporarily due to water supply related problems

Each of the 210 constituencies across the country was allocated 11.4 million RTGS for CDF for 2022.

In response, our local CDF Committee did an extensive consultation public process, in close partnership with all the local ward Councillors under our constituency.

After the consultation process was successfully completed, it was then unanimously agreed that the 2022 CDF disbursement be used to buy the water retention tanks in order to guarantee access to water supplies in our local public schools.

The Office of the MP is so happy to announce that there are 12 local communities institutions that have now managed to benefit from the 2022 CDF project.

In particular, eleven public schools across the urban parts of our constituency together with the St Patrick’s Hospital at Empumalanga benefited from this year’s project.

For avoidance of doubt the following schools now have water retention tanks fully installed under the 2022 CDF project:

1. Sir Humphrey Gibbs Primary
2. Makwika Primary
3. Lusumbami Primary
4. Mabhinga Primary
5. St Ignatius Primary
6. Lwendulu Primary
7. Nechibondo Primary
8. St Georges Primary
9. Hwange High
10. Wankie Secondary
11. Kalope Secondary

Thulani Moyo
PA/Spokesperson
Office of the MP for Whange Central Constituency

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has appealed to SADC to resolve the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe as a matter of urgency.

Millions of Zimbabweans have left the country due to perennial economic and political problems.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “new dispensation” has dismally failed to revive the economy.

Mr Mnangagwa claims his administration is different from the one led by Robert Mugabe.

Below is President Chamisa’s statement on the escalating political crisis in Zimbabwe…

Zimbabweans do not want to be a burden.

SADC must help us relieve this regional burden

Writes the Champion in Chief, President Nelson Chamisa

Like many people in Zimbabwe and elsewhere around the world, I recently watched a video of Dr Phophi Ramathuba, the Limpopo MEC for Health, as she spoke to a Zimbabwean patient seeking care in a hospital.

As I listened to my dear compatriot expressing gratitude to the MEC, I was filled with a deep sense of regret, sadness, and rage.

Her vulnerability reminded us of real impact of poor leadership on the lives and dignity of our people. For me, it deepened my resolve to change it.
Like many other Zimbabweans who have had to shelter outside our borders, she did not want to be there. It was not her choice. She is there because her leaders, back at home, do not care about her.
She is not alone.
Zimbabwe has been a burden to her neighbours for far too long. It is time we changed this.
By the government’s own estimates, since this regime took power, people have left the country at a higher rate than at any time in our history. The national statistics agency recently released data showing that emigration reached a peak in 2021.

Nowhere is this exodus felt so strongly than in our critical health sector.
In the 12 months to March 2020, the UK took in 1059 Zimbabweans on that country’s skilled work visa. By 2022, that number had increased to 5549 visas to Zimbabweans for skilled work. Put in other terms, the number of skilled workers that have left Zimbabwe to work in other countries has gone up by 424% in just two years.
Zimbabwe is among the Top 5 recipients of these skilled visas to the UK. A country with a population of 15 million is in the same category with nations such as India – with its population of over a billion – in terms of exporting skills. We are losing skilled people more than countries that are at war.
Where are all these skilled people coming from? Many are coming out of our hospitals. Not only are they unable to feed their families, but they also have to face the emotional and psychological trauma of watching their patients die from what should be easily treatable ailments.
Our healthcare system fails the most basic tests.

The current doctor to patient ratio and nurse to patient ratio in Zimbabwe is depressing.
The last survey revealed 1.6 doctors per 10,000 people (23 doctors per 10,000 people is the W.H.O recommendation). Zimbabwe has 7.2 nurses per 10,000 people, which should be 83 per 10,000 people.

As I write, more than 700 children have been killed by measles, a disease that should not be afflicting us in this century. Our maternal mortality rate is 462 per 100 000 live births, one of the highest in the world. Our neonatal mortality rate is at 31 deaths per 1 000 live births. This rate has not changed since 1988, showing the lack of progress in healthcare.
Recently, our hearts broke after seven babies were stillborn in one night at Harare Central Hospital, because their mothers did not get the care they needed in time.
There is a reason why our hospitals are in this state. We know why patients are crossing the borders to seek treatment in neighbouring countries. It is because of corruption, bad governance and poor leadership under ZANU PF misrule.
Millions were lost in COVID-19 procurement deals, and nobody was held accountable. The political elite gets treated overseas. This is who they are; they do not care for ordinary people, like that woman in the Limpopo hospital. They care only for themselves.
Our crisis is not just a health crisis, or an economic crisis. It is essentially a governance crisis. Nelson Mandela once said there was a “crisis of leadership in Zimbabwe”. The icon was right. We are facing the consequences today, and so is the entire region.
We have a plan to turn this around. We have a New Great Zimbabwe plan to build and transform Zimbabwe into a greatness.
Zimbabwe is not poor. It is poorly led. It is simply a leadership crisis. And we will fix it.
The cartels that smuggle US$1.6 billion worth of gold from our country every year will be stopped. We will rededicate a larger proportion of our national budget to critical social services, and away from the overpriced vanity projects designed to oil corrupt cartels. We will increase the budget for health and ramp up support to our professionals.
We will treat our people at home, in our own first-class hospitals.
This all starts with solving the governance crisis, once and for all. We need reforms. We must PREPARE, and have a pre-election pact on electoral and political reforms.
Our call to our neighbours is this; we appreciate your benevolence and patience, but you should not have to carry this burden any longer than you already have.
Help us to hold credible elections. We are encouraged that President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the immigration crisis will be discussed at regional level. Now, more strongly than ever, SADC must demand reforms. We do not ask for anything new; only that Zimbabwe hold elections that meet already existing SADC guidelines.
This, more than shaming the innocent victims of misrule, is what will solve the crisis.
Zimbabweans do not want to cross the borders for services or jobs. They do not want to be a burden. They have not chosen this life. They have not chosen their leaders. It is time they did.

Advocate Nelson Chamisa leads the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change in Zimbabwe

Opposition parties have lost hope of the country holding free and fair elections next year in the absence of electoral reforms.

Some of the political parties have predicted a disputed poll as government drags its feet on implementing electoral reforms.

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday made a passionate plea to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to stand in solidarity with the opposition party in its call for electoral reforms, which he said would help resolve the regional migration crisis.

In an open letter to Sadc, Chamisa said the emigration crisis facing Zimbabwe would continue affecting other countries in the region if the Zimbabwean governance crisis remains unresolved.

“Zimbabwe has been a burden to her neighbours for far too long,” Chamisa wrote.

“It is time we changed this. This all starts with solving the governance crisis, once and for all. We need reforms. We must prepare and have a pre-election pact on electoral and political reforms. Our call to our neighbours is this; we appreciate your benevolence and patience, but you should not have to carry this burden any longer than you already have.

“Help us to hold credible elections. We are encouraged that President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the immigration crisis will be discussed at regional level. Now, more strongly than ever, Sadc must demand reforms. We do not ask for anything new; only that Zimbabwe holds elections that meet already existing Sadc guidelines. This, more than shaming the innocent victims of misrule, is what will solve the crisis,” Chamisa said.

Other political party leaders said government had failed to implement the necessary reforms in the past four years, which prompted them to have doubts on the possibility of authorities achieving it in less than the 12 months left before the next election.

They were speaking during a virtual discussion on analysis of critical electoral reforms for 2023 general elections, which was hosted by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network on Wednesday.

Opposition parties have complained about lack of independence of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and its failure to avail a credible voters roll, among others.

Gweru Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC-T) said some of the reforms could be implemented immediately, but government had dragged its feet to walk the talk since the 2018 election.

“The electoral reforms can be done through the legislative processes and for the law to be passed, it does not take ages as long as there is will, it can take up to two weeks,” he said.

“Zimbabweans already know what they want, a balanced and independent Zec that is demilitarised so that all those soldiers, the security sectors that comprise the electoral body, are removed. We should agree on the constitutional amendments. Those do not require years to be done. It’s only that there is no political will and intention to hold a free and fair election in Zimbabwe.”

ZimFirst party secretary-general Tafadzwa Tom added: “There are no two ways about electoral reforms, they are needed urgently. If the call for reforms is ignored, after the election there will still be talks of electoral reform. There is need for reforms for … a level ground. The electoral law should be amended.”

Political party leaders also implored Zec to fulfil the citizens’ right to vote on some disenfranchised groups which include those in hospitals, prisons and in the diaspora.

CCC deputy secretary for elections Ellen Shiriyedenga said: “As far as we are concerned from the CCC point of view, no discussions with regards to the electoral reforms have been done, particularly looking at the stakeholder engagement processes, the multiparty committees and also even the public discussions.

“The only thing that we have seen is the poll survey when Zec was engaging the public with regards to their views on registration of political parties. We have written to Zec several times with regards to the issue of electoral reforms.”

Labour Economists and African Democratic Party leader Linda Masarira said: “Extending the right to vote is something that we have also been advocating for for a very long time, especially for the population in prison which is always short-changed and those who will be in hospitals during the election time.”

Academic Ibbo Mandaza said although Sadc could play a role in resolving the problems Zimbabwe was facing, Parliament was one underutilised institution.

“Appeals to Sadc and the regional bodies are also important, but historically, Sadc did little or nothing about the Zimbabwean situation given the declining influence and status of the regional organisation, more than a graphic illustration of the sordid conditions in which Zimbabwe finds itself, economically, politically and socially,” he said.

“Parliament is one key institution which can be used to resolve the problem. We have opposition MPs in Parliament. What are they doing to push for electoral reforms in that House?”

Political analyst Eldred Masunungure described Chamisa’s plea to Sadc as “symbolic”.

He said: “I do not think those regional bodies have much appetite to involve themselves in the Zimbabwean situation. Such calls for solidarity can be made symbolic so that at least they can say they did something in their call for reforms.”

In a letter, ZANU PF tells Royal Family, we don't need your invitation to the Queen's funeral, we'll just gatecrash the ceremony, "hatikokwi, tonouya tega." pic.twitter.com/g6Ofw9B0LQ

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) September 9, 2022

Revenge gone horribly wrong!
In a nasty turn of events, a Harare businessman has been arrested after he recorded an audio and

video clip which went viral on various social media platforms in which he was harassing and threatening a Bulawayo lawyer and warning people against dealing with her UK-based husband who is also a truck supplier, claiming his company was selling non-existent vehicles.

So messy are the threats that Chamunorwa Chinenyanga (32), a transport operator based in South Africa, sensationally claimed that Vivianah Chikomo of V Chikomo Law Chambers married her husband Dyson Dzapasi for money over love.

In the video, Chinenyanga is also accusing Dzapasi of disappearing after taking his money. Dzapasi is reportedly a representative of Carsden UK Trucks.

Chinenyanga’s threats to Chikomo were heard when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda charged with cyber-bullying and harassment as defined in Section 164B of the Cyber Security and Data Protection Act Chapter 11:12.

He was not asked to plead and was remanded out of custody to September 19 on $50 000 bail.

Allegations against Chinenyanga are that on 20 May 2022 he recorded an audio and video clip while threatening and bullying Chikomo.

In Shona he said: “Kusvika mangwana pasina that car, tiri kutora video toisa mu social media tichiudza vanhu kuti makadhonza kuUK mukaroorana naye mukachata naye, akadya mari dzevanhu dzema-trucks muri mese ikozvino mari hapasisina mava kuti madhivosa munhu.

“Saka imimi munongoda munhu mukuwana chete. Isusu taingoda kupedza naDyson wedu imimi makubisa mota usiku. Tichatora video tichiudza vanhu. (When we arrive there tomorrow and find out that the motor vehicle is not there, we will record a video and make it go viral on social media platforms informing people that you coerced a person from UK and married him. (He squandered people’s money meant for buying trucks while you were together. Now that there is no more cash to spend, you are now alleging that you have divorced. Is it that you only love people when they are still rich?

(We only wanted to solve our issues with Dyson and you are now removing the trucks at night. We will record the video informing people over that).”

It is reported that living true to his threats he allegedly posted the audio and video clip on various WhatsApp groups in Bulawayo before they went viral.

It is alleged that on 27 May 2022 Chinenyanga again recorded another video clip while accusing Dzapasi of selling non-existent vehicles.

He claimed that Dzapasi had since disappeared and was no longer reachable. The video clip which went viral after it was posted on various WhatsApp groups says:

“Makadi hama neshamwari, ini ndiri mu-transport industry based in South Africa. Pamba pandasiya trailer yangu apa ndipo panogara V Chikomo ane Law Chambers muno muBulawayo.

“Akaroorwa nemurume anonzi Dyson Dzapasi chizvarwa chemuno muZimbabwe asi ane citizenship yekuBritian. Murume uyu arikutengesera vanhu marori aasina”. (Greeting to you friends and relatives, I am in the transport industry based in South Africa.

(This house where I have left my trailers is where V Chikomo stays and is part of V Chikomo Law Chambers in Bulawayo. She is married to a man called Dyson Dzapasi, a Zimbabwean who has British citizenship. He is selling non-existent trucks).”

The matter was reported to the police and investigations led to the arrest of Chinenyanga and his subsequent appearance in court. -B Metro

A suspected thief was fatally assaulted in Kadoma on allegations of stealing two donkeys at a farm in the area as murder cases continue to be reported countrywide.

The victim only identified as Tafadzwa was stoned and beaten with a sjambok by four suspects who have since been arrested.

The incident occurred at Gazmmark Farm and police are still investigating the case.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

” Police in Kadoma arrested Admire Gonga aged 32, Nelson Gonga aged 28, Last Gonga aged 26 and Oscar Pfupajena aged 25 in connection with a case of murder which occurred at around 2.30am on September 6, 2022 at Gazmark Farm.

“The suspects allegedly teamed up and hit the victim, only identified as Tafadzwa, with bricks, stones and a sjambok all over the body on allegations that the suspect had stolen two donkeys. Investigations are underway,” he said. —Herald

The assault trial of Tendai Biti resumed today with him claiming that Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti was making biased rulings and decisions, which were breaching his rights.

Biti, who is facing charges of manhandling a Zimbabwean investor Mrs Tatiana Aleshina at the Harare Magistrates Court, said this while submitting reasons why he wanted his matter referred to the Constitutional Court.

The CCC legislator had been making this application for the past two months and is still continuing.

And for these past two months, Biti has been repeating what he had been saying in this application.

He is claiming that the court has persistently abused his constitutional rights.

“Some of the rulings being made by this court are an insult to my constitutional rights,” he said.

The matter was deferred to September 15 for continuation.

Biti recently told the court that he was surprised why his matter was moved from the provincial to the regional court.

“I was shocked about three things, my matter was taken from the provincial court to the regional court under unclear grounds,” he said.

Biti said his matter was taken from Court 3 to the Anti-corruption Court also under unclear circumstances.

“I was also shocked why my matter was taken away from Court 3 to be handled by a senior magistrate Mr Micheal Reza who is deputy prosecutor general,” he said.

However, during the previous sitting, Mr Reza also informed the court that Biti’s application for recusal of the magistrate was not procedural, and lacked merit.

Mr Reza put it to Biti during cross-examination that he abandoned his application for referral of the matter to the Constitutional Court after the court ruled that his matter be heard on a daily basis to ensure progress.

Mr Reza further informed Biti that if he had any reservations with the court’s ruling, he should have appealed to the superior courts rather than applying for the magistrate’s recusal.

However, Biti insisted that he wanted Mrs Muchuchuti to recuse herself, further alleging that they are protagonists, a position that was dismissed in today’s ruling.

In her ruling to hear the matter on a daily basis Mrs Muchuchuti highlighted that Biti’s application for referral of the matter to the Apex Court started on May 27, and up to date, the application is yet to conclude.

She said she needed to dispose of this matter within a reasonable timeframe, hence the adoption of interventions where the matter will be heard daily with immediate effect.

The magistrate further reiterated that the accused should be reminded that he is the accused in this matter and should give it priority over other matters.

“With the rate we are managing this case it means the accused will need another two months to finish his application,” said Mrs Muchuchuti.– Herald

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested more Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board officials on abuse of office charges involving US$2,8 million.
First to be arrested on Tuesday was TIMB chief executive officer Meanwell Gudu.

His arrest was then followed by that of former TIMB chief executive officer and board member Andrew Matibiri yesterday.

Matibiri is the present Zimbabwe Agricultural Society chief executive officer.

Also arrested yesterday was TIMB former head of special projects Stuart Shanyika.

In a short statement last night, ZACC said: “ZACC has further arrested the former CEO Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board Andrew Everest Matibiri and Stuart Shanyika former head of special projects TIMB who are jointly charged with Meanwell Gudu on allegations of contravening section 174 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (abuse of duty) involving US$2,8 million.

“The accused persons will appear in court tomorrow (today).” -Herald

In Mbare we lay to Rest Mbuya Mazani
a strong member of the prodemocracy movement.

One of the stalwarts of the democratic struggle who stood in principles and unshaken during the tough times of the struggle.

Many people dither and oscillate when it’s get tougher.

They prefer easy route, fall for the trinkets and trappings of the enemy in Harare.

Thank you mbuya Idah for this great sacrifice.

Rest in power.- CCC

The Communities In Action Platform (CAP) penned down reflections on the economy to alert the responsible authority (government) and bring awareness to the general citizenry on the deteriorating state of the Zimbabwean economy in August 2022.

The statement was a product of the lived realities that Zimbabweans are going through and also to dismiss the cosmetic surgeries being done by state propagandists, the state media.

The reality is that the government did not need a reminder on the state of the economy and also the people of this great nation do not need an awareness on the state of the economy as they live through the economic, social and political turbulence every single minute, however as promised by CAP that change can be slow and ponderous but when things come to a head action will be sudden and cataclysmic confronting previously unshakeable systems and now at this very moment things have come to a head.

Chronic poverty has now torn through any remnants of sanity and hope that our people had and collectively we cannot continue to normalize the abnormal, the time for citizen agency has now risen and the people have spoken not in tongues but in definitive and clear terms.

Zimbabwe is now at the top of the list in the world but for the wrong reasons, the year on year inflation is now at 484% for the month of August, the prices of basic commodities have risen steeply, service delivery is now crippled and the situation has now been compounded with opening of schools nationwide that has seen teachers being sent back to the modern day slavery they call jobs, students being sent to schools that now resemble refugee camps and parents back to squeezing out abnormal tuition from the little or no resources.

Zimbabwe is now burning and the ones who are supposed to be the drivers are ignorantly declaring no crisis and have adopted the ostrich mentality of burying their hands in the sand hoping the crisis will magically disappear.

Starting on Monday 12 September 2022, Communities In Action Platform will be engaging the government through mass protests on the state of the economy, these protests are an act of defiance and a direct confrontational call against this “see no evil, hear no evil and do nothing about it,” approach from the government of Zimbabwe.

The nation has a gallivanting President, an incompetent finance minister, an ignorant health minister and a kakistocratic government that fail to reconcile reasoning to reality.

CAP calls upon the citizens of Zimbabwe to rise up and stand their ground against the tyranny and chronic suffering they are being subjected to, ours is no longer a nation of productivity and hope but one of despair and chronic poverty whose results we see every single day in our homes, our community and our jobs.

The focus should not be on baton sticks for the pain that we experience from that, it is nothing compared to the pain of sleeping on an empty stomach, the focus should not be on jail cells but should be on the discomfort of losing your loved ones to treatable diseases just because our medical facilities have no medicines and because doctors and nurses are on strike.

The fear that strikes every individual when they hear of protests should be nothing compared to the fear that goes through us when we face the everyday certain of going to a home with no food and hungry children.

The hope and fight for a better Zimbabwe begins with us, those in power are not deaf but they just require us to speak more loudly, clearer and directly to them and in unity we can achieve more, stand your ground and demand your life back, if asking is not working then demand.

Communities in Action Platform ( CAP)

Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial former Zanu PF MP for Chivi South Constituency, Killer Zivhu, has declared that MDC leader, Mr Douglas Togarasei Mwonzora is an admirer of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s party.

Zivhu also tore into NCA leader, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, for accusing CCC of causing Job Sikhala’s incarceration.

“Prof Madhuku vanoda kuti CCC ikumbire bail ra Job Sikhala from a political Party, zvakafanana nekukumbira hembe dzako kumunhu wakumbira, his first condition ndoyokuti don’t report me to police, Advocate Mtetwa is a senior lawyer moti vakatadza here kukumbira from Prosecutors.

Munhu wose wakakurira mu Zanu anoda Zanu, chero akapengereka unodzoka mu Zanu chete, honai Obert Gutu, Chebundo, Bhasikiti, Mwonzora, Madhuku, Rinda, Matutu, nevamwe vakawanda vari munzira…,” said Zivhu.

COURT DIARY: Our Champions Hon @JoanaMamombe & @ceechimbiri2 will appear before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for trial ruling tomorrow. They were abducted & sexually abused yet they are facing trumped up charges of communicating falsehoods. Let’s attend in solidarity.
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The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has released the school calendar for 2023 noting that the first term opens on Monday the 9th of January ending on 30 March.

The ministry also noted that school opening days have shifted from Tuesdays to Mondays.

The Second Term is scheduled to open on the 8th of May ending on 3 August while the Third Term begins on 4 September ending on the 1st of December.- Pindula News

The Communities In Action Platform (CAP) penned down reflections on the economy to alert the responsible authority (government) and bring awareness to the general citizenry on the deteriorating state of the Zimbabwean economy in August 2022.

The statement was a product of the lived realities that Zimbabweans are going through and also to dismiss the cosmetic surgeries being done by state propagandists, the state media.

The reality is that the government did not need a reminder on the state of the economy and also the people of this great nation do not need an awareness on the state of the economy as they live through the economic, social and political turbulence every single minute, however as promised by CAP that change can be slow and ponderous but when things come to a head action will be sudden and cataclysmic confronting previously unshakeable systems and now at this very moment things have come to a head.

Chronic poverty has now torn through any remnants of sanity and hope that our people had and collectively we cannot continue to normalize the abnormal, the time for citizen agency has now risen and the people have spoken not in tongues but in definitive and clear terms.

Zimbabwe is now at the top of the list in the world but for the wrong reasons, the year on year inflation is now at 484% for the month of August, the prices of basic commodities have risen steeply, service delivery is now crippled and the situation has now been compounded with opening of schools nationwide that has seen teachers being sent back to the modern day slavery they call jobs, students being sent to schools that now resemble refugee camps and parents back to squeezing out abnormal tuition from the little or no resources.

Zimbabwe is now burning and the ones who are supposed to be the drivers are ignorantly declaring no crisis and have adopted the ostrich mentality of burying their hands in the sand hoping the crisis will magically disappear.

Starting on Monday 12 September 2022, Communities In Action Platform will be engaging the government through mass protests on the state of the economy, these protests are an act of defiance and a direct confrontational call against this “see no evil, hear no evil and do nothing about it,” approach from the government of Zimbabwe.

The nation has a gallivanting President, an incompetent finance minister, an ignorant health minister and a kakistocratic government that fail to reconcile reasoning to reality.

CAP calls upon the citizens of Zimbabwe to rise up and stand their ground against the tyranny and chronic suffering they are being subjected to, ours is no longer a nation of productivity and hope but one of despair and chronic poverty whose results we see every single day in our homes, our community and our jobs.

The focus should not be on baton sticks for the pain that we experience from that, it is nothing compared to the pain of sleeping on an empty stomach, the focus should not be on jail cells but should be on the discomfort of losing your loved ones to treatable diseases just because our medical facilities have no medicines and because doctors and nurses are on strike.

The fear that strikes every individual when they hear of protests should be nothing compared to the fear that goes through us when we face the everyday certain of going to a home with no food and hungry children.

The hope and fight for a better Zimbabwe begins with us, those in power are not deaf but they just require us to speak more loudly, clearer and directly to them and in unity we can achieve more, stand your ground and demand your life back, if asking is not working then demand.

Communities in Action Platform ( CAP)

In Mbare we lay to Rest Mbuya Mazani
a strong member of the prodemocracy movement.

One of the stalwarts of the democratic struggle who stood in principles and unshaken during the tough times of the struggle.

Many people dither and oscillate when it’s get tougher.

They prefer easy route, fall for the trinkets and trappings of the enemy in Harare.

Thank you mbuya Idah for this great sacrifice.

Rest in power…CCC

Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial former Zanu PF MP for Chivi South Constituency, Killer Zivhu, has declared that MDC leader, Mr Douglas Togarasei Mwonzora is an admirer of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s party.

Zivhu also tore into NCA leader, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, for accusing CCC of causing Job Sikhala’s incarceration.

“Prof Madhuku vanoda kuti CCC ikumbire bail ra Job Sikhala from a political Party, zvakafanana nekukumbira hembe dzako kumunhu wakumbira, his first condition ndoyokuti don’t report me to police, Advocate Mtetwa is a senior lawyer moti vakatadza here kukumbira from Prosecutors.

Munhu wose wakakurira mu Zanu anoda Zanu, chero akapengereka unodzoka mu Zanu chete, honai Obert Gutu, Chebundo, Bhasikiti, Mwonzora, Madhuku, Rinda, Matutu, nevamwe vakawanda vari munzira…,” said Zivhu.

COURT DIARY: Our Champions Hon @JoanaMamombe & @ceechimbiri2 will appear before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for trial ruling tomorrow. They were abducted & sexually abused yet they are facing trumped up charges of communicating falsehoods. Let’s attend in solidarity.
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Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa’s CCC party has clashed with Professor Lovemore Madhuku over the latter’s remarks on Hon Job Sikhala’s incarceration.

Madhuku accused CCC of arrogance and the party responded by describing the NCA leader as a “dull professor.”

Below is CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba response to Professor Madhuku’s remarks:

In which constitutional democracy is bail negotiated between prosecutors & a political party?

Which constitutional democracy makes the grant of bail dependent on one’s political affiliation? Where would that leave the right to equal protection of the law? Stop gaslighting.

I suppose that Prof Madhuku in this instance, had either smoked or imbibed something very detrimental to his otherwise fine legal brains!

Surrey Storm is delighted to announce the re-signing of Zimbabwe Captain Felisitus Kwangwa and Storm GK Leah Middleton for the 2023 Superleague season!

Both Kwangwa and Middleton return in the duck egg blue and were quite the defensive combo last season.

After finishing strong towards the end of 2021, Kwangwa returned home to play in the African Championships and Pent series. Upon arrival ahead of the 2022 Superleague Kwangwa made it clear she was ready to take a starting role in the squad.

After missing Kwangwa for the opening games due to visa registrations, Head Coach Austin quickly identified the success of Middleton and Kwangwa controlling the circle on defence which led to shifting Middleton to GK and Felisitus to GD for the rest of the season.

Middleton, one of Storms most consistent players last season made an appearance in every game. The Goalkeeper racked up 82 deflections, 81 turnovers and 26 interceptions across the season.

Looking forward to being back at Sports Park: “I’m super excited to be back at Storm this season. Last season it was so rewarding to see our improvement within the group and I’m very keen to see how much more we can push as a franchise. Having the storm fans back in the building was immense, we definitely felt the love and for me personally I believe they play a massive part in our growth!”

Fan favourite and most improved winner Kwangwa commented: I’m grateful to be part of Storm family this coming season. The goal is always to be crowned the champions of 2023 season and that is what we will strive for.”

Head Coach Mikki Austin pleased with the defensive unit returning commented: We are excited to Welcome Leah middleton back to Surrey Storm for the third year. Leah gives us the presence within the defensive circle required within the VNSL Leah ended 2022 sitting 3^rd in the VNSL for deflections. We look forward to continuing to work with Leah on her defensive game in 2023.

Felisitus worked tirelessly on her game throughout the season and reaped the rewards in court time. She is a relentless tracker with the ability to win ball when it counts, and I truly believe will continue to thrive into next season. We look forward to seeing what Felisitus can achieve.

Former Zanu PF legislators Killer Zivhu and Temba Mliswa have dismissed the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Professor Lovemore Madhuku’s remarks that incarcerated CCC duo of Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole as well as 16 other party members will only be released through dialogue.

Madhuku ruffled feathers when he appeared in a video saying CCC was to blame for the continued incarceration of Sikhala and others as they refusal to join the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) made it difficult for them to negotiate with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

But Zivhu and Mliswa disagreed with him saying CCC must never negotiate for their release when the constitution is clear on the need for judicial independence.

“Prof Madhuku vanoda kuti CCC ikumbire bail ra Job Sikhala from a political Party, zvakafanana nekukumbira hembe dzako kumunhu wakumbira, his first condition ndoyokuti don’t report me to police, Advocate Mtetwa is a senior lawyer moti vakatadza here kukumbira from Prosecutors,” said Zivhu.

Mliswa also said negotiating with Mnangagwa to release Sikhala will be a strategic mistake.

“Prof Madhuku’s advice for a negotiated release for @JobSikhala1 has a faulty spine. It seeks to give credibility and respectability to a vengeful system. This is sheer persecution of a politician and united voices should speak out against that!

“The law is the law and should be applied fairly. In this case it’s not because there are hands behind the scenes pulling strings. However, negotiating with them is a strategic mistake that gives them standing for increased abuse,” said Mliswa.

The 20-year-old Zimbabwean player Bill Antonio signed a two year contract with an option for another 2 years at Belgium’s KV Mechelen with the club announcing that he will play in their under 23.

“Bill is a fast right wing with an action in the feet,” says sporting director Tom Caluwé. “To integrate, he will play with our U23 at the beginning.”

Antonio comes over from the PE Academy in Harare and played his matches at Dynamos FC Harare. He also made his debut for the national team last year.

Former Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has continued his demonising non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country accusing them of agitating regime change.

Mohadi said the NGOs, with help from rogue traditional leaders, were plotting to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, and replacing it with “puppets of the West”.

Addressing traditional chiefs and headmen during a Kwekwe District Coordinating Committees (DCC) meeting last week, Mohadi claimed he was aware of the shenanigans by wayward chiefs and headmen.

“I have been reliably informed that there are some traditional leaders in here who are receiving US$100 and airtime from the NGOs.

“We know that non-governmental organisations will come to you with freebies and their little US dollars to bribe you against President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa. We do not expect traditional leaders to be sell-outs,” he said.

Kembo Mohadi with Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa

“During the liberation struggle, did you know about NGOs? Were they present during the war? Was there no hunger at that time? So, why are they coming up now? We now have 3,000 NGOs in Zimbabwe, what is their job?”

“They come to you and give you mealie meal, cooking oil and freebies. After donating goodies to you they will ask what your government is doing concerning the situation. … they work on your brain to capture you,” Mohadi said.

In a bid to thwart the alleged plot against Zanu-PF, the former State VP, announced new perks for traditional leaders, who are set to receive a US$50 stipend, in addition to doubling of their monthly local currency-denominated allowances.

“We are going to double your allowances with an additional US$50 incentive for each and every one of you.”

Mohadi ordered party DCCs to work with chiefs and headmen in formulating proper grassroots structures of the former revolutionary party, which is engulfed by deep-seated factionalism.

As the party heads towards its October elective congress, the presidium of which Mohadi is a part, has attempted to downplay divisions at the top, urging party supporters and officials to unite ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.

Mohadi has been moving around the country meeting traditional leaders and the main opposition party feels it is one of the new regime’s tactics to intimidate them into voting Zanu-PF.

-NewZimbabwe

Senior Zanu PF officials in the Midlands province are reportedly baying for Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena’s blood and are seeking his expulsion from the ruling party for his alleged involvement in the US$5,8 million fraud and money-laundering cases.

NewsDay, however, understands that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly protecting his long-time ally, saying the party can only expel Wadyajena after the court has concluded the case.

Wadyajena and three Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials, currently on $100 000 bail each, were dragged to court to answer to charges of fraud and money laundering involving over US$5 million.

The case has reportedly prompted spirited efforts by senior Zanu PF officials in Mnangagwa’s Midlands home province to expel Wadyajena from the party for bringing the ruling party’s name into disrepute.

Sources in the party told NewsDay that veteran party officials July Moyo, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and Mike Bimha approached Midlands provincial chairperson Larry Mavima asking him to write a letter expelling Wadyajena from the ruling party.

“The trio were unequivocal about their demands. They cited Priscah Mupfumira, who was fired in Mashonaland West for the same allegations,” the source said.

Former Tourism minister Mupfumira was expelled from the party after spending 21 days in remand prison after being arrested over corruption charges.

After incessant pressure from senior leaders, it is alleged Mavima consulted a senior politburo member in the province, Jorum Gumbo, who advised him to seek clearance from Mnangagwa.

“If they want to leave the party, they can. Wadyajena is not going anywhere. How do you expel someone based on allegations? We will only act after court processes if there is a conviction and an appeal is lodged and he loses,” Mnangagwa is said to have told Mavima.

Mnangagwa’s stance, largely seen to be an act of protecting Wadyajena, is said to have irked the senior party members, who have been accused of recently fighting to ensure the Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator falls out with their party leader.

The move also comes amid growing divisions in the party ahead of the 2023 elections as members jostle for positions and influence, often pitting Mnangagwa against other senior members.

Highly-placed sources said Wadyajena had stopped enjoying “unrestricted” access to Mnangagwa for a while before his arrest.

When contacted for comment, Mavhima professed ignorance over the issue.

“I am sick and tired of people who want to cause divisions in the party. There are some people who do not want unity in the party. They just want verbal exchanges serving their own interest. We are not going to be fighting, we are all united behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa,” he said.

Zanu PF political commissar Mike Bimha refuted the claims that he approached Mavima.

“Zanu PF is an organised party and it follows due processes. I cannot just pick up the phone and instruct a senior member like Mavima to expel someone. If there are issues, a disciplinary hearing will be conducted,” he said.

Contacted for comment, Gumbo said: “I met Mavima during the weekend at a party meeting in the Midlands. I did not speak to him about that issue and none of the people you mentioned spoke to me about that issue. I want to emphasise that I did not meet Mavima privately during or after the meeting in Midlands.”

Efforts to get a comment from Moyo and Mumbengegwi were fruitless as their phones were not being answered.

Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba could also not be reached for comment.

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has released the school calendar for 2023 noting that the first term opens on Monday the 9th of January ending on 30 March.

The ministry also noted that school opening days have shifted from Tuesdays to Mondays.

The Second Term is scheduled to open on the 8th of May ending on 3 August while the Third Term begins on 4 September ending on the 1st of December.- Pindula News