By A Correspondent- Operation Dudula, an anti-immigrant group in South Africa, said the extension of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) is an insult to South Africans.

On 02 September 2022, South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi announced the extension of the application period to 30 June 2023.

Motsoaledi, however, warned that there will be no further extensions.

Operation Dudula’s Kwena Molekwa said the South African government has betrayed its people by extending the deadline. Said Molekwa:

But what is heartbreaking is the continuous betrayal of the ANC government toward the South African people because prioritising South Africans in South Africa seems like a wild concept…labour laws of this country have been undermined under this ZEP that is being placed illegally.

Molekwa said they can’t continue to feel sorry for Zimbabweans considering that almost half of South Africans are unemployed. Said Molekwa:

Yes, we did sympathise with the Zimbabwean people but we can no longer continue looking at the unemployment of South Africans, looking at 46% of South Africans that are on grants.

On Saturday, Motsoaledi revealed that to date, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has received 9 000 visa waivers and 4 000 applications. | EWN

By A Correspondent- Companies and banks failing to timeously remit tax will be penalised, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has warned.

Speaking on Saturday in an interview with the state media, Ncube said while there has been a significant rise in domestic remittances, the increase is not being reflected in Treasury inflows because companies are delaying giving the government its IMMT on time forcing the government to borrow in order to fund development projects.

He said:

These delays then force Government to borrow through instruments such as Treasury bills so that we can fund development projects currently underway.

The delay in remitting taxes to Treasury by money transfer companies forces the Government to borrow through such instruments as Treasury bills to fund development projects.

But the problem with remittances due to Treasury is not unique to money transfer companies alone. Even banks are guilty of this.

Treasury through the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is currently owed about US$6 million by banks in Value Added Tax remittance

My Ministry will soon begin to penalise them if they hold onto funds due to Treasury for longer than necessary.

Proposed penalties will be twice what they should remit to Treasury if they delay.”

By A Correspondent- Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has expressed gratitude to voters in Bulilima after the opposition party won two out of three wards under Bulilima Rural District Council in by-elections held on 3 September.

Bulilima RDC wards 1, 14 and 16, fell vacant following the resignation of two ZANU PF councillors, Tonny Mlotshwa and Ntungamili Dube and the death of Delani Mabhena, also of ZANU PF.

But CCC, formed in January this year, managed to snatch wards 1 and 16, while ZANU PF retained Ward 14.

Posting on Twitter this Sunday, Chamisa also thanked the party’s foot soldiers as well as Zimbabweans based in the diaspora for assisting the party to make electoral gains in rural Matabeleland. Wrote Chamisa:

THANK YOU BULILIMA… A BIG WIN against all odds, CCC won 2/3 of the wards previously held by ZANU PF in yesterday’s by-elections.

We’re a CITIZEN’S MOVEMENT. Thanks to our ground forces, the Change Champions. Kudos to the diaspora for the support. All glory be to God!

According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), voter turnout was slightly above 50 per cent in the three wards.

CCC’s Makhadi Moyo and Ephraim Moyo won wards 16 and 1 respectively, while ZANU PF’s Experience Dube won Ward 14

By A Correspondent- A South African-based 24-year-old Zimbabwean national reportedly committed suicide after hosting a party for members of the community in Thandanani, Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal.

The man, who has not been named, locked himself in a room after ordering his girlfriend to move out and then set the building on fire on Saturday.

A local South African publication reported that the deceased’s neighbours contacted private security, Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) at around 9:41 AM after the man’s wood and iron home burst into flames with him inside.

RUSA members were immediately dispatched and on arrival discovered the home completely burnt down.

The charred remains of the self-employed tiler were discovered in the debris.

RUSA spokesperson, Prem Balram, said the man’s girlfriend, who was drunk, said the deceased bought large quantities of meat and beer to host a braai on Friday afternoon.

He reportedly partied throughout the night with members of his community and his girlfriend.

Balram said that when the man returned home on Saturday morning he discovered his girlfriend in his bed. He added:

He informed her that he loved her and asked her to leave as he intended on ending his life.

He then forced her out of the residence and locked the door. The informal home thereafter burst into flames.

The deceased could be heard screaming for several minutes before the structure collapsed. The motive for the suicide was not immediately established.

By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have launched an operation targetting public transporters operating from undesignated points in the city.

Police say that have impounded 21 buses, 45 commuter omnibuses and 15 private cars since then.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Bulawayo Province, Inspector Abednico Ncube, told journalists on Friday that the impounded vehicles were taken to Ross Camp Police Station while the drivers were arrested. He said:

Most of the vehicles we have impounded are not registered or have outstanding fees with the city council.

For them to be cleared, they will have to undergo inspection by the relevant authorities.

Insp Ncube urged members of the public and bus operators to desist from operating in undesignated areas.

He reiterated that the police shall continue with the operation until order is restored in the city.

In Bulawayo, long-distance bus crews pick up and drop passengers along Bulawayo–Harare Road, Leopold Takawira Extension opposite Centenary Park and along Bulawayo–Plumtree Road at Jonh Love Motor, among other undesignated points, thereby disrupting the smooth flow of traffic.

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has refused to say whether it will reduce its hefty nomination fees for aspiring candidates or not after the majority of opposition political parties expressed their disapproval.

A letter by ZEC in response to a challenge on the fees indicates a meeting will soon be called to consider grievances raised by three activists represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR

Rusty Markham, an MDC Alliance MP, Egypt Dzinemunhezva, a former presidential candidate, and student leader Tapiwa Chiriga lodged a complaint with ZEC and gave it a 72-hour ultimatum to withdraw Statutory Instrument 144/2022 gazetted by government.

The letter, signed by ZEC deputy chairperson Rodney Kiwa, indicated that the elections management body will sit and consider the nomination fees. It reads:

Reference is made to the above subject matter and to your letter dated 23 August 2022 regarding the same.

The contents thereof have been noted. We shall revert to you once the matter has been deliberated upon by the full commission.

ZEC recently announced new nomination fees that will see all Presidential candidates parting with US$20 000, legislators US$1 000 and US$100 for councillors and senators.

In 2018, Presidential candidates paid US$1 000.

By A Correspondent- Five people are feared dead after a head-on collision involving two Honda Fit vehicles along the curve just after Mutare Teachers’ College in Mutare on Sunday morning.

John Mutakura, who was one of the first people to arrive at the accident scene told The Manica Post that five people died on the spot. He said:

The accident occurred around 5 AM. One of the vehicles was heading towards the city while the other was coming from the direction of Dangamvura.

We saw five people that were already dead when we got to the scene. It is a sorry sight. We had to cover the dead with blankets.

Many people have died in accidents on the same spot which is characterised by rugged terrain and is now considered a black spot.

Police in Manicaland Province could not comment on the accident, saying traffic cops have been deployed to attend the scene.

By- Zanu PF has lost two out of the three wards to the Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) in by-elections held in Bulilima on Saturday.

CCC grabbed two of the wards.

Bulilima RDC wards 1, 14 and 16 fell vacant following the resignation of two Zanu PF councillors, Tonny Mlotshwa and Ntungamili Dube and the death of Delani Mabhena, also of Zanu PF.

Results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), CCC won wards 1 and 16, with Zanu PF taking Ward 14 of Bulilima District Council (RDC).

Below are the results announced by ZEC:

Ward 16

• Moyo Jane (ZANU PF) – 118
• Moyo Makhadi (CCC) – 131
• Ncube Hitman (ZAPU) -34

WARD 1

• Moyo Dalton (PPP) – 12
• Moyo Ephraim (CCC) – 385
• Ndlovu Kossam Phapha (ZANU PF) – 315
• Nyoni Lindiwe (CGC) – 7

WARD 14

• Dube Experience (ZANU PF) – 459
• Moyo Ephraim (CCC) – 332
• Moyo Linos (ZAPU) – 18

According to ZEC, in Ward 16, there were 3 spoilt ballots and the percentage poll was 50.35%.

In War 1, there were 14 spoilt ballot papers while the percentage poll was 50.80.

In Ward 14, 5 spoilt ballot papers were recorded while the percentage poll was 53.24%.

By-South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said his government would not extend the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) beyond 30 June 2023.

On Friday, Motsoaledi announced the extension of the validity of the ZEP Visa by another six months, from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Speaking on SABC News this weekend, Motsoaledi said ZEP holders should take advantage of the extension of the deadline to regularise their stay in South Africa. He said:

There will never be any other extension. If anybody doesn’t want to take advantage of this extension, after 30 June 2023, then that is the end of the whole exemption permit.

Motsoaledi also revealed that to date, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has received 9 000 visa waivers and 4 000 applications.

DHA said the reason for the extension is due to the low number of applications received from Zimbabweans to regularise their stay in the country.

At least 178 000 Zimbabweans are holders of the permit and those who fail to get alternative visas will have to leave South Africa.

By- Former deputy Prime minister Thokhozani Khupe should be credited for the CCC Bulilima by-elections weekend victory.

CCC won two of the three wards that previously belonged to Zanu PF.

 Khupe has been conducting grassroots campaigns in these wards.

 When she joined CCC, she was initially viewed with suspicion, but party supporters have warmed up to her.

Bulilima RDC wards 1, 14 and 16 fell vacant following the resignation of two Zanu PF councillors, Tonny Mlotshwa and Ntungamili Dube and the death of Delani Mabhena, also of Zanu PF.

Results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), CCC won wards 1 and 16, with Zanu PF taking Ward 14 of Bulilima District Council (RDC).

Below are the results announced by ZEC:

Ward 16

• Moyo Jane (ZANU PF) – 118
• Moyo Makhadi (CCC) – 131
• Ncube Hitman (ZAPU) -34

WARD 1

• Moyo Dalton (PPP) – 12
• Moyo Ephraim (CCC) – 385
• Ndlovu Kossam Phapha (ZANU PF) – 315
• Nyoni Lindiwe (CGC) – 7

WARD 14

• Dube Experience (ZANU PF) – 459
• Moyo Ephraim (CCC) – 332
• Moyo Linos (ZAPU) – 18

According to ZEC, in Ward 16, there were 3 spoilt ballots and the percentage poll was 50.35%.

In War 1, there were 14 spoilt ballot papers while the percentage poll was 50.80.

In Ward 14, 5 spoilt ballot papers were recorded while the percentage poll was 53.24%.

By- A senior member of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Leonard Matambo, has been arrested for smuggling 31 AK-47 assault rifles and 62 magazines.

Matambo smuggled the weapons into the country through the Beitbridge Border Post for a suspected coup plot.

He appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje last week and was remanded in custody to Tuesday for bail ruling.

Prosecutor Tafara Chirambira told the court that on an unknown date between 2019 and August this year, Matambo connived with Guguluthu Mabhena of Bulawayo to smuggle a consignment of 31 AK-47 rifles as well as 62 magazines from South Africa.

On August 29, Mabhena was allegedly found carrying the guns in his Toyota Hilux king-cab vehicle at Manica Transit Shed in Beitbridge.

Police investigations established that the firearms had been smuggled from South Africa.

On hearing that the firearms had been intercepted at the border post, Matambo allegedly wrote to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority’s regional manager requesting that Mabhena, of Spartan Arms International, be allowed to clear the consignment pending submission of relevant clearance documents which he claimed were being processed by the Zimbabwe Defence Industries.

In opposing bail, police Inspector Victor Mukohwa told magistrate Mambanje that Matambo was likely to commit a similar offence and endanger the safety of the general public.

Mukohwa expressed fear that more firearms could have been smuggled using the same modus operandi; hence police required more time to investigate the matter while Matambo and his accomplice were in custody.

-NewsDay

By- The Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) has won two out of three wards in by-elections held in Bulilima on Saturday.

Zanu PF took the other ward.

Bulilima RDC wards 1, 14 and 16 fell vacant following the resignation of two Zanu PF councillors, Tonny Mlotshwa and Ntungamili Dube and the death of Delani Mabhena, also of Zanu PF.

Results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), CCC won wards 1 and 16, with Zanu PF taking Ward 14 of Bulilima District Council (RDC).

Below are the results announced by ZEC:

Ward 16

• Moyo Jane (ZANU PF) – 118
• Moyo Makhadi (CCC) – 131
• Ncube Hitman (ZAPU) -34

WARD 1

• Moyo Dalton (PPP) – 12
• Moyo Ephraim (CCC) – 385
• Ndlovu Kossam Phapha (ZANU PF) – 315
• Nyoni Lindiwe (CGC) – 7

WARD 14

• Dube Experience (ZANU PF) – 459
• Moyo Ephraim (CCC) – 332
• Moyo Linos (ZAPU) – 18

According to ZEC, in Ward 16, there were 3 spoilt ballots and the percentage poll was 50.35%.

In War 1, there were 14 spoilt ballot papers while the percentage poll was 50.80.

In Ward 14, 5 spoilt ballot papers were recorded while the percentage poll was 53.24%.

By Staff Reporter- Staff at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)’s Pockets Hill in Harare and Montrose Studios in Bulawayo are reportedly surviving on a daily diet comprising sadza, beans and cabbages, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.

Sources said the trend has continued for over a year now.

Media personnel covering the ongoing Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) in Harare, were denied allowances to buy lunch for themselves, and are surviving on a burger, 500ml of water and a fizzy drink, the whole day.

With no transport allowance and knockoff time falling way after Public Service Commission (PSC) buses have stopped ferrying commuters, some of the station’s big names at the annual event are being forced to walk into town to get alternative transport.

According to the journalists, ZBC chief executive officer (CEO) Adelaide Chikunguru was to blame.

A letter shared with newsrooms by one of the journalists paints a sad picture of the situation at the public broadcaster.

“When Chikunguru declared war against employees she really meant it and did not waste an opportunity to display her evil heart,” reads the letter.

“She has made it a policy that no one receives an allowance for the ZAS event and that food will be tranported from Pockets Hill to the Showground. The meal consists of a burger, a 500ml fizzy drink and 500ml of mineral water.

“Employees who are toiling in the sun are expected to have this for the whole day, that is 0800hrs-1630hrs; that is if you are lucky to get it because the meals are not even enough for everyone on the ground.”

Others who spoke to this publication on condition of anonymity said they could not afford to buy better meals for themselves as their salaries were very low.

“We are not paid enough to afford our own lunch,” said the journalist.

“We do not even understand how such a station could find itself in this situation where it fails to feed its own employees as was being done by past administrations.

“If our viewers and listeners knew how some of those they love so much are treated, they would not believe it.”

Poor administration at ZBC has resulted in a demotivated and poorly paid workforce whose quality of work has been evidently shoddy.

By A Correspondent- ZANU PF reportedly offered to transport its youths to the ongoing Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) and reward them handsomely in return for them making rehearsed contributions at a public hearing by parliamentarians.

The Parliamentary Committee on Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture on Friday held a public hearing in Epworth, a largely informal settlement outside Harare, to discuss the reintroduction of the National Youth Service (NYS).

 A local publication reported a source as saying ZANU PF youths were promised food and free transport to the show if they submitted coached contributions during the meeting. Said a youth:

First, we were asked to regurgitate coached submissions at the public hearing, and thereafter go to the showgrounds.

A ZUPCO bus has been organised specifically for us, but if they do not give us transport to the show and the food they promised us, we will boycott the next ZANU PF event. They cannot take us for fools.

After the public hearings had adjourned, a ZUPCO bus was spotted ferrying the ZANU PF youths to the ZAS official opening ceremony.

Meanwhile, the majority of the youths that attended the public hearings in Epworth intermittently disrupted the proceedings.

-NewZim

By- A senior member of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Leonard Matambo, has been arrested for smuggling 31 AK-47 assault rifles and 62 magazines into the country through the Beitbridge Border Post for unknown purposes.

Matambo, who is being charged with smuggling and possession of dangerous weapons, yesterday appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who remanded him in custody to Tuesday for bail ruling.

Prosecutor Tafara Chirambira told the court that on an unknown date between 2019 and August this year, Matambo connived with Guguluthu Mabhena of Bulawayo to smuggle a consignment of 31 AK-47 rifles as well as 62 magazines from South Africa.

On August 29, Mabhena was allegedly found carrying the guns in his Toyota Hilux king-cab vehicle at Manica Transit Shed in Beitbridge.

Police investigations established that the firearms had been smuggled from South Africa.

On hearing that the firearms had been intercepted at the border post, Matambo allegedly wrote to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority’s regional manager requesting that Mabhena, of Spartan Arms International, be allowed to clear the consignment pending submission of relevant clearance documents which he claimed were being processed by the Zimbabwe Defence Industries.

In opposing bail, police Inspector Victor Mukohwa told magistrate Mambanje that Matambo was likely to commit a similar offence and endanger the safety of the general public.

Mukohwa expressed fear that more firearms could have been smuggled using the same modus operandi, hence police required more time to investigate the matter while Matambo and his accomplice are in custody.

-NewsDay

By James Gwati- The opposition CCC is confident of winning the three Bulilima by-elections.

The by-elections are today, and the CCC has fielded very competent candidates.

CCC posted on Twitter Saturday expressing confidence:

There are 3 by-elections in Bulilima today in wards 1, 14 & 16. The vacancies arose after the resignation of 2 ZANU-PF councillors & the death of another.

Our candidates are:

1. Ephraim Moyo (Ward 1)
   2.Ephraim Moyo (Ward 14)
2. Makhadi Moyo (Ward 16)
   https://twitter.com/advocatemahere/status/1565946878390374400

By- Reprieve for Zimbabweans in South South Africa as the government extends the validity of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) Visa by another six months to mid-2023.

According to a statement released by the Department of Home Affairs, the next expiry of ZEP permits is now 30 June 2023 instead of the original 31 December 2022. Reads the statement:

ZIMBABWEAN NATIONALS GRANTED EXEMPTIONS IN TERMS SECTION 13(2)(b) OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT 13 OF 2002

1. As previously communicated, the Department of Home Affairs (“DHA”) appointed the Departmental Advisory Committee (“DAC”) led by Dr Cassius Lubisi to assess the visa applications lodged by the affected Zimbabwean nationals. The DHA also appointed an outside legal firm to handle all court challenges relating to the decision not to extend the exemptions granted to the Zimbabwean nationals and related matters.

Progress report

2. The Minister of Home Affairs (“Minister”) received a progress report from Dr Cassius Lubisi. The report states that the DAC has met on several occasions in order to execute its mandate, and their last meeting was held for the whole day on the 1st of September 2022. The DAC recommended to the Minister that in view of the progress thus far, it will be prudent for the Minister to consider extending the period within which the affected Zimbabwean nationals will have an opportunity to apply for visas and/or waivers for a further six months.

3. The Minister has carefully considered the request and decided to extend the period by a further six months, that is, 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Another factor considered by the Minister is that few Zimbabwean nationals have thus far applied for visas and/or waivers. To this end, the Minister has issued another Directive annexed hereto marked “A”

4. The Minister is committed to affording the affected Zimbabwean nationals another opportunity to apply for one or other visas and/or waivers provided for in the Immigration Act.

5. The Directive containing the decision of the Minister will be communicated through diplomatic channels to the Zimbabwean Ambassador in South Africa.

6. The DHA calls upon all the affected Zimbabwean nationals to make use of this window of opportunity and not wait for the last moment to lodge their applications as is the case now. There will be no further extension granted by the Minister.

Media enquiries:

Siya Qoza-082 898 1657 (Spokesperson for the Minister of Home Affairs) David Hlabane-071 342 4284 (Media Manager for the Department of Home Affairs)

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa says Zanu PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa lacks genuine love for citizens.

In a statement on his official Facebook page, President Chamisa bemoaned the escalation of violence in the country.

“Politics has left me with many scars yet I have zero bitterness within me. Violence is barbaric and stone age. Peace is modern. Peace is a builder. A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…Blessed friday beloved.#Godisinit #fakapressure.”

He added :
“PEACE MEANS LOVE… Where there is love there is no violence. Violence is simply the absence of love.

There is just no violence where there is love. Peace is inclusive. #Peacemeanslove.”

President Chamisa’s party has pointed out that Zanu PF is plotting acts of violence and terror.

“VIOLENCE ALERT: The regime in Harare recently held a secret meeting with various stakeholders where they discussed on how to silence the citizens through the use of violence,” CCC said in a statement.

By- President Emerson Mnangagwa’s former aide and Gokwe-Kana MP, Owen Mudha Ncube is wreaking havoc by targeting opposition supporters in Gokwe.

Reports by NewZimbabwe say that Mudha is doing the same in Gokwe-Kabuyuni, where Zanu PF won a by-election with wide margins.

 “Mudha” Ncube is the Gokwe Kana MP, while Gokwe-Kabuyuni was last week won by Spencer Tshuma of the same Zanu PF party.

Tshuma garnered 10 727 against CCC’s Costin Muguti, who polled 4 800 votes in by-elections held on 27 August 2022.

Villagers who requested anonymity for fear of victimisation said that Mhudha is targetting people who voted for Muguti in Gokwe-Kabuyuni. 

Said one of the villagers:

Ncube has directed Zanu PF supporters to hunt for the 4 800 who voted for CCC candidate Costin Muguti and all those who supported his campaign locally.

We do not know how they are going to do that, but we hear they have a list of people they are targeting.

I am sure this is the beginning of violent attacks on opposition supporters and those who will be unfortunate or suspected of supporting the CCC.

This is very scary because if two teams are expected to compete then the other starts stopping the other from entering the field of play, which raises fear.

Another villager said the thugs are not afraid of “avenging spirits” as happened in the case of MDC-T supporter Moses Chokuda who was killed in cold blood in 2008. Said the villager:

Already a lot of people in Gokwe are traumatised by what they witnessed in 2002, 2003 and 2008.

Zanu PF supporters have already begun to threaten people, saying they will beat them or burn their homes.

They do not fear a repeat of what happened in 2008, in the case of Chokuda because we hear some of those tormenting us are artisanal miners and touts, who do not fear spilling human blood as they are now used to it.

Chokuda was killed at the height of the 2008 politically motivated violence by Farai Machaya, son of then Midlands provincial governor, Jason Machaya, and his two friends Edmore and Bothwell Gana.

Chokuda’s body reportedly “refused” to be buried for years until Machaya was forced to compensate the Chokuda family with 70 cattle and US$15 000.

Meanwhile, screenshots of messages taken from a ZANU PF constituency group, allegedly sent by Owen Ncube read:

Which are the main areas dominated by CCC? Who are their ring leaders, list them. Are there any members from town in your area who are giving assistance to CCC? Do they have a car? If so, where do they park during the night?

Who is sponsoring CCC in your home area? Does he have a shop? Who is the aspiring candidate for CCC as a councillor or MP?

Ncube refused to comment on the screenshots when he was contacted for comment by NewZimbabwe.com.

Posting in another WhatsApp group, Zanu PF supporter Godwin Nkatha, urged members to identify CCC supporters so that they undergo ideological reorientation. He said:

4 000 is too much for CCC, those people who voted for Chamisa must be identified and vadzidziswe gwara remusangano (they need indoctrination on the party line).

Those three places might be cancerous to other places. They need to be grouped starting now and be taught Zanu PF ideology.

We must close the registration of new voters because it will be disastrous.

-NewZimbabwe

By-South Africa’s minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele has warned that preventing foreign nationals from accessing healthcare could negatively affect patients, the public health system and the country’s citizens.

He said:
We understand the public health system is overburdened. However, doctors and healthcare workers have an obligation to provide healthcare to those in need.
The Hippocratic Oath guides the actions of doctors, which includes them not withholding services because of religion, nationality, race, politics or social standing.
Government is hard at work to improve our healthcare system and deal with challenges.

By- South African hospitals have advised foreigners seeking medical attention to pay for the services or risk not being attended to.

By James Gwati- Zanu PF is holding secret torture training sessions ahead of the next year’s elections.

According to the opposition CCC, at these torture seminars, the Zanu PF militia is trained on how to attack opposition supporters.

Unearthing these secret meetings, CCC posted on social media that they were now fearing the abductions of their members.

Posted CCC:

VIOLENCE ALERT: The regime in Harare recently held a secret meeting with various stakeholders where they discussed how to silence the citizens through the use of violence

By- Former Spy minister Owen Mudha Ncube is wreaking havoc in Gokwe-Kana by targeting opposition supporters.

Reports by NewZimbabwe say that this is also happening in Gokwe-Kabuyuni, where Zanu PF won a by-election with wide margins.

 “Mudha” Ncube is the Gokwe Kana MP, while Gokwe-Kabuyuni was last week won by Spencer Tshuma of the same Zanu PF party.

Tshuma garnered 10 727 against CCC’s Costin Muguti, who polled 4 800 votes in by-elections held on 27 August 2022.

Villagers who requested anonymity for fear of victimisation said that Mhudha is targetting people who voted for Muguti in Gokwe-Kabuyuni. 

Said one of the villagers:

Ncube has directed Zanu PF supporters to hunt for the 4 800 who voted for CCC candidate Costin Muguti and all those who supported his campaign locally.

We do not know how they are going to do that, but we hear they have a list of people they are targeting.

I am sure this is the beginning of violent attacks on opposition supporters and those who will be unfortunate or suspected of supporting the CCC.

This is very scary because if two teams are expected to compete then the other starts stopping the other from entering the field of play, which raises fear.

Another villager said the thugs are not afraid of “avenging spirits” as happened in the case of MDC-T supporter Moses Chokuda who was killed in cold blood in 2008. Said the villager:

Already a lot of people in Gokwe are traumatised by what they witnessed in 2002, 2003 and 2008.

Zanu PF supporters have already begun to threaten people, saying they will beat them or burn their homes.

They do not fear a repeat of what happened in 2008, in the case of Chokuda because we hear some of those tormenting us are artisanal miners and touts, who do not fear spilling human blood as they are now used to it.

Chokuda was killed at the height of the 2008 politically motivated violence by Farai Machaya, son of then Midlands provincial governor, Jason Machaya, and his two friends Edmore and Bothwell Gana.

Chokuda’s body reportedly “refused” to be buried for years until Machaya was forced to compensate the Chokuda family with 70 cattle and US$15 000.

Meanwhile, screenshots of messages taken from a ZANU PF constituency group, allegedly sent by Owen Ncube read:

Which are the main areas dominated by CCC? Who are their ring leaders, list them. Are there any members from town in your area who are giving assistance to CCC? Do they have a car? If so, where do they park during the night?

Who is sponsoring CCC in your home area? Does he have a shop? Who is the aspiring candidate for CCC as a councillor or MP?

Ncube refused to comment on the screenshots when he was contacted for comment by NewZimbabwe.com.

Posting in another WhatsApp group, Zanu PF supporter Godwin Nkatha, urged members to identify CCC supporters so that they undergo ideological reorientation. He said:

4 000 is too much for CCC, those people who voted for Chamisa must be identified and vadzidziswe gwara remusangano (they need indoctrination on the party line).

Those three places might be cancerous to other places. They need to be grouped starting now and be taught Zanu PF ideology.

We must close the registration of new voters because it will be disastrous.

-NewZimbabwe

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa says Zanu PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa lacks genuine love for citizens.

In a statement on his official Facebook page, President Chamisa bemoaned the escalation of violence in the country.

“Politics has left me with many scars yet I have zero bitterness within me. Violence is barbaric and stone age. Peace is modern. Peace is a builder. A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…Blessed friday beloved.#Godisinit #fakapressure.”

He added :
“PEACE MEANS LOVE… Where there is love there is no violence. Violence is simply the absence of love.

There is just no violence where there is love. Peace is inclusive. #Peacemeanslove.”

President Chamisa’s has pointed out that Zanu PF is plotting acts of violence and terror.

“VIOLENCE ALERT: The regime in Harare recently held a secret meeting with various stakeholders where they discussed on how to silence the citizens through the use of violence,” CCC said in a statement.

By James Gwati- Zanu PF is holding secret torture training sessions ahead of the next year’s elections.

According to the opposition CCC, at these torture seminars, the Zanu PF militia is trained on how to attack opposition supporters.

Unearthing these secret meetings, CCC posted on social media that they were now fearing the abductions of their members.

Posted CCC:

VIOLENCE ALERT: The regime in Harare recently held a secret meeting with various stakeholders where they discussed how to silence the citizens through the use of violence

By-The Zimbabwean dollar is in a severe shortage, threatening to affect the supply of essential goods and services.

This shortage has been caused by the government’s suspension of payments to its suppliers and payouts to contractors.

Rising inflation and a volatile exchange rate prompted the government to suspend payments to its suppliers to enable Treasury to investigate those suspected of pegging prices using the parallel market exchange rate.

The government also suspended payouts to contractors to control money supply and introduced gold coins to mop up excess liquidity on the market.

However, this inadvertently resulted in a liquidity crunch, reducing the demand for goods and services.

All this is happening when Zimbabwe’s neighbour, Zambia, enjoys economic growth due to democracy and good governance.

Speaking to NewsDay, an economist, Gift Mugano, said that a continued shortage of the local currency could paralyse service delivery. Said Mugano:

The government closed the tap on liquidity, which further confirms the long-held belief that government is the biggest driver of inflation.

So now that they have stopped pumping money into the market, the results are clear.

Service providers play a very important role, so withholding funds is just a disaster for service delivery. The situation only indicates bankruptcy.

In future, companies whose payments have been delayed will refuse to do business with the government and this will result in a total collapse of public services and the projects that the government is working on.

So now that they have stopped pumping money into the market, the results are clear. Service providers play a very important role, so withholding funds is just a disaster for service delivery.

The situation only indicates bankruptcy. In future, companies whose payments have been delayed will refuse to do business with the government and this will result in a total collapse of public services and the projects that the government is working on.

Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president Kurai Matsheza bemoaned the suspension of payments to government contractors saying it is negatively affecting production. Said Matsheza:

What it means is less cash in the markets, and less product off-take so it means production will go down because companies can’t produce stock as they have no funds.

We, however, hope that this would be temporary and not a long-term solution so that business goes back to normal.

By The Citizen- Tensions flared at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, Thursday as disgruntled members of Operation Dudula and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) attacked one another, following weeks of protests outside institutions which have provided healthcare services to “suspected migrants”. 

Following the clashes, the union Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa)slammed the government’s slow response to the crisis, saying it was disappointing that it took more than two weeks for Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla to deal with the issue. 

Denosa’s Bongani Banda blamed the department and police for failing to intervene before the matter descended into violence, while the situation has “clearly placed the lives of healthcare workers, patients and now bystanders in danger”. 

“It’s disappointing that it has come to this for the department, hospital and police to take this matter seriously,” he said. 

Hospital management obtained a court interdict last Friday against Operation Dudula, which ordered the movement to disperse, and stated that the picket outside the facility was illegal. 

However, police and management have failed to enforce the interdict. The interdict with case number 017921/2022 – which was placed outside the hospital entrance – did not have a signature or stamp from the court, “which is why we won’t even consider it”, said Dudula members when asked why they disregarded the order. 

During a site visit to assess the impact of the current sporadic protests on access to health services, Phaahla condemned the protesters and urged Dudula members to let the government do its work. 

“These activities are a violation of the South African constitution and deprives people of their fundamental rights and are consequently illegal,” he said. 

Phaahla said as government, they were obliged by the constitution and the law to make sure that people had access to healthcare services and that “no one may be refused emergency medical treatment”.

However, Elias Makgwadi, Dudula chair in Atteridgeville, said residents were not happy with the services provided at the hospital. 

He said the sick and frail were “always turned away because the hospital has no beds and then we find out that they are giving those beds to illegal foreigners”. 

Makgwadi claimed the hospital was lenient on foreigners when it comes to producing documentation and paying medical fees.

“They would rather tell locals they don’t have beds. They even fail to hand over illegal foreigners, whom they’ve treated, to immigration officers when they can’t produce documentation,” he said.

-The Citizen

By James Gwati- On Thursday, Norton MP Temba Mliswa filled a restaurant with his many children.

Thursday was Mliswa’s birthday, and he took his kids to celebrate it.

By- Norton MP Temba Mliswa, Thursday, filled a restaurant with his many children.

Mliswa took his kids for his birthday.

The outspoken lawmaker has 19 kids he fathered.

A father and his family. #birthdayboy

By The Citizen- Tensions flared at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, today as disgruntled members of Operation Dudula and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) attacked one another, following weeks of protests outside institutions which have provided healthcare services to “suspected migrants”. 

Following the clashes, union Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa)slammed government’s slow response to the crisis, saying it was disappointed that it took more than two weeks for Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla to deal with the issue. 

Denosa’s Bongani Banda blamed the department and police for failing to intervene before the matter descended into violence, while the situation has “clearly placed the lives of healthcare workers, patients and now bystanders in danger”. 

“It’s disappointing that it has come to this for the department, hospital and police to take this matter seriously,” he said. 

Hospital management obtained a court interdict last Friday against Operation Dudula, which ordered the movement to disperse, and stated that the picket outside the facility was illegal. 

However, police and management have failed to enforce the interdict. The interdict with case number 017921/2022 – which was placed outside the hospital entrance – did not have a signature or stamp from the court, “which is why we won’t even consider it”, said Dudula members when asked why they disregarded the order. 

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During a site visit to assess the impact of the current sporadic protests on access to health services, Phaahla condemned the protesters and urged Dudula members to let the government do its work. 

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“These activities are a violation of the South African constitution and deprives people of their fundamental rights and are consequently illegal,” he said. 

Phaahla said as government, they were obliged by the constitution and the law to make sure that people had access to healthcare services and that “no one may be refused emergency medical treatment”.

However, Elias Makgwadi, Dudula chair in Atteridgeville, said residents were not happy with the services provided at the hospital. 

He said the sick and frail were “always turned away because the hospital has no beds and then we find out that they are giving those beds to illegal foreigners”. 

Makgwadi claimed the hospital was lenient on foreigners when it comes to producing documentation and paying medical fees.

“They would rather tell locals they don’t have beds. They even fail to hand over illegal foreigners, whom they’ve treated, to immigration officers when they can’t produce documentation,” he said.

-The Citizen

By James Gwati- Limpopo Health provincial minister Dr Phophi Ramathuba has repeated her attacks on Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

In a fresh video, Dr Ramathuba, said Mnangagwa was just seated in Zimbabwe while the country’s health delivery system was dilapidating.

She said South Africa would treat Zimbabweans visiting their hospitals and send the bills to Mnangagwa.

Dr Ramathuba last week told a Zimbabwean patient waiting for surgery at a health institution in Limpopo that Zimbabweans were straining South Africa’s health systems.

She also said that Harare was not giving her a budget for its citizens’ health care in South Africa.

Dr Ramathuba said this in front of patients and several health workers to the embarrassment of the ailing Zimbabwean on a death bed.

On Tuesday, Ramaphosa said Dr Ramathuba was right to answer questions from parliament virtually.

He said: What she said was an issue which has sparked debate here in South Africa, in Zimbabwe and the whole region, and it’s an issue which our people have also been complaining about. Now that she said it, we will discuss it at a head of the state level and see what is needed on our migration policies,” he said without condemning Dr Ramathuba.

The Zimbabwean South African embassy has since made an official complaint against the MEC.

By-Former Chipangano ring leader and Ex-Zanu PF youth boss Jim Kunaka, has hijacked the CCC campaign against the continued persecution of Job Sikhala.

Chipangano is a Mbare-based Zanu PF militia that used to terrorise opposition supporters during the late Robert Mugabe.

Sikhala has been languishing in prison for over two months after his arrest in Nyatsime for representing the family of his murdered party activist, Moreblessing Ali.

The police said Sikhala incited violence.

Since his arrest, there have been calls for the state to grant the CCC deputy chairman bail.

Jim Kunaka on Wednesday said CCC leader Nelson Chamisa was not doing enough to push for Sikhala’s release.

Kunaka made the remarks at a news conference under the banner of the newly formed Friends of Job Sikhala Solidarity Trust.

He said:

We know the dynamics of power in CCC. There is one who is afraid that Job Sikhala will take power away from him.

Gentlemen, when we have reached such a critical stage, let us forget about power. It’s useless to want power, sacrificing one of your own, simply because you are afraid they will overtake you.

All MPs are quiet, going to parliament business drinking tea, mixing and mingling with the likes of Ziyambi Ziyambi, failing to tell that minister of justice to remove his hand he put in the judiciary.

Kunaka said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was manipulating the courts to keep opposition members in jail.

He urged CCC to step aside if they were finding it difficult to rescue Sikhala saying “the real citizens will take the lead and will see if Sikhala will not be released from prison.”