Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot arrest people power.
This was said by CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa on Friday.
Mr Mnangagwa is incessantly tormenting known Zanu PF opponents.
CCC officials and members have been denied bail by the regime.
President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:
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#RegisterToVoteZW #WeTheCitizens #fakapressure.”
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC Youth leader, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has challenged the Zanu PF leader, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to release jailed party members and officials.
Chuma described the detention of CCC deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala as unconstitutional and callous.
“This level of cruelty and dictatorship can never be tolerated. @JobSikhala1 like any other citizen deserves freedom.
The abuse has just become too much fellow citizens.
Mass action is the answer to this kind of madness!
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AFM Zimbabwe pastor Muroyiwa flees political persecution from deadly Zanu PF and police
As police and Zanu PF manhunt Rev. Muroyiwa as they perceive him to be “most dangerous” pastor who can influence christians to vote for CCC party in 2023 elections.
19 August 2022
By Prince Mudamburi
The AFM Zimbabwe youthful pastor and former MDC Alliance Chaplin General Blessing Muroyi flees Zimbabwe due to heavy political persecution by the ruling party Zanu PF and deadly security forces.
Pastor Muroyiwa is with Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party in Zimbabwe after MDC Alliance led by Mwonzora fired him and President-chamisas-message-of-hope-2
Then President Chamisa formed political party CCC. This party is now the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe. Many CCC members are languishing in prison including Members of Parliament honourable Job Sikhala, honourable Godfrey Sithole.
Pastor Muroyiwa is a political activist, who was appointed Chaplin General of the biggest political party in Zimbabwe by the then President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai in 2008.
In September 2019, Pastor Muroyiwa was arrested by partisan Zimbabwe Republic Police after he gave opening prayer at prayer meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ruthless Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zanu PF thugs subjected Pastor Muroyiwa to heavy beatings. He suffered physical and emotion problems due to police brutality.
To save his life, pastor Muroyiwa had to flee to Japan. He cannot come back to Zimbabwe because Zanu PF and police have listed him on the wanted list.
Zanu PF has history of killing anyone who voice against it’s corruption and other evil activities. Opposition members such as Tonderai Ndira , Learnmore Jongwe, Itai Dzamara were killed by Zanu PF and deadly security forces.
One of his relatives who spoke on condition of anonymous said, “On 14th August 2022, about 8 Zanu PF supporters came to Pastor Muroyiwa’s house and asked about his whereabouts. We told them that he is in Japan. Then Zanu PF officials told us to inform Pastor Muroyiwa not to come back to Zimbabwe.”
Zanu PF thugs went to Rev. Muroyiwa’s house after they read his Facebook post on 1April 2022, false day. He had posted that he has arrived in Zimbabwe.
Commenting on this new and constant political persecution, Pastor Muroyiwa said, “It’s true that l received reports that Zanu PF and police are looking for me with intention to harm me. This creates fear in me. It’s sad, that l am being haunted for my political views.”
The energetic and youthful AFM pastor Muroyiwa was instrumental in creating MDC Alliance provincial Chaplains across Zimbabwe. This has made him one enemy among Zanu PF supporters. Pastor Muroyiwa is regarded as an agent of change in Zimbabwe according to Mr Munyaradzi Muzenda a political analyst.
Before his departure to Japan, Pastor Muroyiwa was part of the fearless Zimbabwean pastors who actively participated in Christian Vote Campaign. This organisation, had a main objective to advocate for christians in Zimbabwe to register to vote. Again, Zanu PF was against this organisation as it regarded it as pro-opposition.
Since his departure to Japan in October 2019, Christian Vote Campaign has been very ineffective and as a result few christians will votes in 2023 harmonized elections in Zimbabwe.
Rev Manduna the Bulawayo provincial Chaplin Chairperson told this publication that since the departure of Pastor Muroyiwa there is no proper drive on Christian Vote campaign which is a cause of worry as we are approaching the 2023 election without a proper strategy on mobilising the Christian Vote.
Pastor Muroyiwa left the Zimbabwe after being abducted and beaten following his involvement in political activities. Pastor Muroyiwa with other notable pastors such as Douglous Mambure Aleck Matimba and Rev Munemo Tadious after being accused by state agents for trying to block the Zanu PF First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to attend and address an AFM church gathering in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. This story of trying to block Zanu PF and the wife of Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa was also reported in H-Metro Newspaper that belong to Zanu PF.
According to one police source that is sympathetic to Pastor Muroyiwa said, “If pastor Muroyiwa returns to Zimbabwe, the state will charge him with the allegation of intending to overthrow a Zanu PF constitutionally elected government through mobilising the church community to be involved in political affairs”.
Zanu P F government has a bad record of killing, persecuting and arresting church leaders such as Rev. Evan Mawaire, Rev. Magaya, Priest Pius Ncube, Rev. Talent Chiwenga among others.
South African celebrated artist Makhadzi is reportedly not seeing eye to eye with new newly found Zimbabwean bestie Lorain Guyo, an insider claims.
Motormouth Evidence Chihera, a Zimbabwean socialite in her own capacity claims that the romance between Makhadzi and Loraine Guyo has sadly come to an end after Loraine started dating Makhadzi’s best friend.
The multi-award-winning South African musician introduced Loraine as her best friend and “baby sister” in the wake of Durban July this year.
The two have been captured clubbing together in Mzansi’s esteemed resorts including South Africa’s premier horse racing event Durban July.
Lately, the two’s friendship had been on the low on social media compared to previous months.
While many had been cracking heads on what happened to the two, Zimbabwe’s Evidence Chihera has divulged alleged inside intel that the two are no longer on talking terms after a private spat which saw them swearing not to ever see each other again.
It is claimed that after Makhadzi brought Loraine under her camp, the Zimbabwean started seeing Makhadzi’s best friend behind her back. The best friend in question is alleged to be Mr Brown.
Makhadzi was allegedly furious about the developments as she did not expect Loraine to go behind her back.
She allegedly asked Loraine not to ever set foot in her house again, Evidence claims.-iHarare
Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his accomplices were today granted $200 000 bail.
The politician and his accomplices were ordered to surrender their passports and report to police once every Friday.
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje who granted Wadyajena, ruled that the prosecution failed to stand up its opposition to bail on basis that he would interfere with witnesses
Wadyajena and his c-accused were arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission earlier this week on US $5 million corruption charges. They are accused of embezzling the money which they used to buy and import for themselves 25 haulage trucks from the USA.
See the Timeline of the Wadyajena Corruption at Cottco
In recent years, the Zimbabwean justice system has been criticised for being lenient with prominent people associated with Zanu-PF who have been charged with corruption.
Cases referenced in what is now called a “Catch and Release” routine include those of Wicknell Chivayo, Henrietta Rushwaya, and Dylish Nguwaya.- Pindula News
By James Gwati-National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Professor Lovemore Madhuku has complained about exorbitant fees charged by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for parties to register candidates.
ZEC announced that political parties should pay US$500 000.00 for it to register all their MPs.
Madhuku complained on Twitter:
Excessive, undemocratic and unconstitutional. ZEC fails to appreciate that a ” free and fair” election starts from that being a candidate must not be unaffordable to an ordinary politician. The amounts MUST be substantially reduced. US$500K for a party to field ALL candidates?
By- A group of social justice movement, Team Pachedu has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of refusing to release a consolidated voters roll ahead of the delimitation exercise.
In line with section 21 of the Electoral Act, a copy of the voters roll should be made available to those who request it upon payment of the prescribed fee.
“With delimitation set to start soon, Zec is still unwilling to avail the national consolidated voters roll to anyone who wants it,” Team Pachedu claimed yesterday.
“The Electoral Act is clear on availing the roll to any individual who pays the prescribed fee. It is not all about inspection. Zec must answer.”
The delimitation exercise, which involves creating new electoral boundaries, is expected to start in October and end in December 2022.
The last exercise was based on the Registrar-General’s voters roll.
The upcoming exercise will be conducted using census data.
Team Pachedu added: “The failure to release the full voters roll on a timely basis is a clear violation of the law. We should never get excited about going into an election without certain benchmarks being met.”
NewsDay failed to get a comment from Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana and chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana.
Both kept promising to respond to NewsDay questions, but failed to do so by the time of going to print last night.
Opposition and independent election watchdogs said Zec’s refusal to release the consolidated voters roll further dented the credibility of the document after a number of discrepancies were unearthed by data experts in the past few months.
“The failure to publicly avail the voters roll timeously will further diminish public confidence in electoral processes. This will inevitably frustrate the citizens prospects of validating the credibility and accuracy of the delimitation outcome,” Citizens Coalition for Change interim deputy elections secretary Ellen Shiriyedenga said.
Election Resource Centre programmes manager Solomon Bobosibunu said: “It’s not only legal, but morally right. The voters roll is part of the key electoral material that must be availed transparently. That helps with accountability.”
Zimbabwe Election Support Network chairperson Andrew Makoni said: “It’s critical. If there are any anomalies, they can be attended to. So when a party or an individual requests a voters roll they are in terms of the law entitled to have it.
“The public portal can be secured by Zec itself to ensure that no one can tamper with it. It allows people to view the data they want.”
Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust executive director Igneous Sadziwa said Zec should be taken to task for refusing to release the voters roll.
“This is a serious breach of the Constitution and, therefore, stern action must be meted against the commission for failing to fulfil its constitutional obligations. Going into an election without important documentation like the voters roll is catastrophic for political parties and the electorate,” Sadziwa said.
“It’s a public document. If the tiff persists, we have no option but to disband the commission for gross misconduct.”
Meanwhile, election watchdogs which observed Kenyan polls have challenged Zec to draw lessons on the diaspora vote, use of technology, voters roll auditing and assisted voter system.
“Zimbabwe needs to implement legislation that allows for Zimbabweans above 18 to vote in their resident countries. Botswana, South Africa and Kenya demonstrated possibilities,” Bobosibunu said.
Makoni lauded Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for embracing technology and engaging an independent auditor KPMG to audit the voters roll to promote transparency.
“We saw technology at play. Voting was largely through the Kenya Integrated Election Management System consisting of biometric voter registration, electronic voter identification system and the electronic transmission of results,” he said.
Mangwana earlier this week said it was the duty of Parliament to make laws on electoral reforms such as the need for the diaspora vote.
“Parliamentarians must be able to make these laws (in time) so that when we run elections we are able to check if some provisions can work or not. In Zimbabwe we don’t have that (voters’ roll auditing). Our voter inspection exercise is far more transparent than the third party audit,” he said.NewsDay.
By-The High Court has dismissed the bail application of 11 of the 16 Nyatsime CCC activists detained at Harare Remand Prison.
This comes a day after Zanu PF Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena facing US$5 Million corruption charges, was freed.
Wadyajena only spent one night in Remand.
Justice Fatima Maxwell, who was hearing their appeal, said she is not convinced that there was a misdirection by the Magistrates’ Court that denied bail to the 11.
Speaking outside the high court, Adv Wilbert Mandinde who is representing the 11 said:
We have just come out of Court before Justice Maxwell where we dealt with the case involving Precious Jeche and 10 others from Nyatsime who are currently at Harare Remand Prison facing charges of public violence.
We were appearing before the court this morning to make an appeal against the refusal of bail in the magistrate’s court. Our appeal was unfortunately refused. The appeal was refused, with judge maxwell ruling that she was not convinced that there was any misdirection by the magistrate’s court.
This is not good news at all. It’s sad news taking into account the number of days that the accused persons have been in custody now. We will sit down as the legal team. We will speak to the clients and we will take appropriate measures. We will work towards ensuring that our clients eventually exercise and enjoy the right to appeal as enshrined in terms of the constitution.
The 11 activists were in June and have spent about 60 days in prison without being tried. Repeated appeals for freedom have hit brick walls.
The CCC members are accused of destroying houses and shops, and setting on fire the house of the ZANU PF Chairperson for the Nyatsime area on 14 June this year during the funeral of slain fellow activist Moreblessing Ali. The 16 include outspoken CCC MP Job Sikhala who is imprisoned without trial at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
CCC has continued to call for the release of the Nyatsime 16 accusing the government of political persecution and using the law to fight the opposition ahead of the 2023 elections.
By James Gwati-MDC-T, President Douglas Mwonzora has told his party that he was in secret talks with Zanu PF leader Emerson Mnangagwa to postpone the next year’s elections.
In leaked audio circulating on social media, Mwonzora is heard telling his top executive meeting that he was planning ‘something’ with Mnangagwa.
The MDC-T leader said in the audio that his executive should prepare for a possible referendum that could lead to a national unity government.
He also told the same meeting that his party would hold a congress on dates yet to be announced.
Comparing his plight to that of the late Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the CCC deputy spokesperson (Felix Mafa)'s son Divine tells ZimEye he has been poisoned by a well known ZANU PF woman who he says used cyanide on him. MORE FOLLOWS. pic.twitter.com/ndLd00cpa4
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By-Border authorities have intercepted two state-of-the-art vehicles belonging to troubled lawmaker Justice Mayor Wadyajena on suspicion they were being shipped to South Africa.
The two state-of-the-art vehicles were intercepted at the Beitbridge Border post.
The underfire Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency lawmaker was granted bail yesterday in another case of fraud and money laundering involving more than US$5 million.
The two state-of-the-art vehicles were intercepted at the Beitbridge Border post.
Wadyajena is jointly charged with suspended Cottco Chief Executive Officer Pious Manamike, suspended Cottco marketing manager Maxmore Njanji and Fortunate Molai, also of Cottco, are jointly charged with Pierpont Moncroix Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited and Mayor Logistics (Pvt) Limited.
The two state-of-the-art vehicles were intercepted at the Beitbridge Border post.
Wadyajena and the Cottco bosses are alleged to have converted money meant for the importation of bale ties and bought 25 trucks through Mayor Logistics, where Wadyajena is believed to be a director and allegedly diverted a second order for ties to energy companies.
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Key facts
Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2020, nearly 5000 every day.
Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death of all age groups.
Injuries (including road traffic injuries and drowning), violence, self-harm and maternal conditions are the leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults
Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
Early onset of substance use is associated with higher risks of developing dependence and other problems during adult life, and people of younger ages are disproportionately affected by substance use compared with people of older ages.
Globally, there were 41 births per 1000 to girls aged 15–19 years in 2020.
Overview
Survival chances for adolescents and young adults vary greatly across the world. In 2020, the probability of dying among those aged 10–24 years was highest in sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), northern Africa and southern Asia (1). The average global probability of a 10-year-old dying before age 24 was 6 times higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in North America and Europe.
Main health issues
Injuries
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among adolescents. In 2019, nearly 100 000 adolescents (10–19 years) died as a result of road traffic accidents (2). Many of those who died were vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists or users of motorized two-wheelers. In many countries, road safety laws need to be made more comprehensive, and enforcement of such laws needs to be strengthened. Furthermore, young drivers need advice on driving safely, while laws that prohibit driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs need to be strictly enforced among all age groups. Blood alcohol levels should be set lower for young drivers than for adults. Graduated licences for novice drivers with zero-tolerance for drink-driving are recommended.
Drowning is also among the top causes of death among adolescents; more than 40 000 adolescents, over three quarters of them boys, are estimated to have drowned in 2019. Teaching children and adolescents to swim is an essential intervention to prevent these deaths.
Violence
Interpersonal violence is among the leading causes of death in adolescents and young people globally. Its prominence varies substantially by world region. It causes nearly a third of all adolescent male deaths in low- and middle-income countries in the WHO Region of the Americas. According to the global school-based student health survey 42% of adolescent boys and 37% of adolescent girls were exposed to bullying. Sexual violence also affects a significant proportion of youth: 1 in 8 young people report sexual abuse.
Violence during adolescence also increases the risks of injury, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, poor school performance and dropout, early pregnancy, reproductive health problems, and communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
Effective prevention and response strategies include promoting parenting and early childhood development; addressing school-based bullying prevention, programmes that develop life and social skills, and community approaches to reduce access to alcohol and firearms. Effective and empathetic care for adolescent survivors of violence, including ongoing support, can help with the physical and psychological consequences.
Mental health
Depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and suicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 15–19 years (2). Mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in people aged 10–19 years. Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
Many factors have an impact on the well-being and mental health of adolescents. Violence, poverty, stigma, exclusion, and living in humanitarian and fragile settings can increase the risk of developing mental health problems. The consequences of not addressing adolescent mental health conditions extend to adulthood, impairing both physical and mental health and limiting opportunities to lead fulfilling lives as adults.
Building socioemotional skills in children and adolescents and providing them with psychosocial support in schools and other community settings can help promote good mental health. Programmes to help strengthen the ties between adolescents and their families and improve quality of home environments are also important. If problems arise, they should be detected and timely managed by competent and caring health workers.
Adolescent mental health fact sheet
Alcohol and drug use
Drinking alcohol among adolescents is a major concern in many countries. It can reduce self-control and increase risky behaviours, such as unsafe sex or dangerous driving. It is an underlying cause of injuries (including those due to road traffic accidents), violence and premature deaths. It can also lead to health problems in later life and affects life expectancy. Worldwide, more than a quarter of all people aged 15–19 years are current drinkers, amounting to 155 million adolescents. Prevalence of heavy episodic drinking among adolescents aged 15–19 years was 13.6% in 2016, with males most at risk.
Cannabis is the most widely used psychoactive drug among young people with about 4.7% of people aged 15–16 years using it at least once in 2018. Alcohol and drug use in children and adolescents is associated with neurocognitive alterations which can lead to behavioural, emotional, social and academic problems in later life.
Prevention of alcohol and drug use are important areas of public health actions and may include population-based strategies and interventions, activities in school, community, family and on the individual level. Setting a minimum age for buying and consuming alcohol and eliminate marketing and advertising to minors are among the key strategies for reducing drinking among adolescents.
Tobacco use
The vast majority of people using tobacco today began doing so when they were adolescents. Prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors (under 18 years) and increasing the price of tobacco products through higher taxes, banning tobacco advertising and ensuring smoke-free environments are crucial. Globally, at least 1 in 10 adolescents aged 13–15 years uses tobacco, although there are areas where this figure is much higher.
HIV/AIDS
An estimated 1.7 million adolescents (age 10–19 years) were living with HIV in 2019 with around 90% in the WHO African Region (3). While there have been substantial declines in new infections amongst adolescents from a peak in 1994, adolescents still account for about 10% of new adult HIV infections, with three-quarters amongst adolescent girls (4). Additionally, while new infections may have fallen in many of the most severely affected countries, recent testing coverage remains low suggesting that many adolescents and young people living with HIV may not know their status (5).
Adolescents living with HIV have worse access to antiretroviral treatment, adherence to treatment, retention in care and viral suppression. A key factor contributing to these is limited provision of adolescent-friendly services including psychosocial interventions and support.
Adolescents and young people need to know how to protect themselves from HIV infection and must also have the means to do so. This includes being able to obtain access HIV prevention interventions including voluntary medical male circumcision, condoms and pre-exposure prophylaxis, better access to HIV testing and counselling, and stronger links to HIV treatment services for those who test HIV positive.
Other infectious diseases
Thanks to improved childhood vaccination, adolescent deaths and disability from measles have fallen markedly. For example, adolescent mortality from measles fell by 90% in the African Region between 2000 and 2012.
Diarrhoea and lower respiratory tract infections (pneumonia) are estimated to be among the top 10 causes of death for adolescents 10–14 years. These two diseases, along with meningitis, are all among the top 5 causes of adolescent death in African low- and middle-income countries.
Infectious diseases like with human papilloma virus that normally occurs after onset of sexual activity can lead to both short-term disease (genital warts) during adolescence but more importantly also leads to cervical and other cancers several decades later. Early adolescence (9–14 years) is the optimal time for vaccination against HPV infection and it is estimated that if 90% of girls globally get the HPV vaccine more than 40 million lives could be saved over the next century. However, it is estimated that in 2019 only 15% of girls globally received the vaccine.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer fact sheet
Early pregnancy and childbirth
Approximately 12 million girls aged 15–19 years and at least 777 000 girls under 15 years give birth each year in developing regions. Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are among the leading causes of death for girls aged 15–19 years globally.
The UN Population Division puts the global adolescent birth rate in 2020 at 41 births per 1000 girls this age, and country rates range from 1 to over 200 births per 1000 girls (6). This indicates a marked decrease since 1990. This decrease is reflected in a similar decline in maternal mortality rates among girls aged 15–19 years.
One of the specific targets of the health Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3) is that by 2030, the world should ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes.
Adolescents need and have a right to comprehensive sexuality education, a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. Better access to contraceptive information and services can reduce the number of girls becoming pregnant and giving birth at too young an age. Laws that are enforced that specify a minimum age of marriage at 18 can help.
Girls who do become pregnant need access to quality antenatal care. Where permitted by law, adolescents who opt to terminate their pregnancies should have access to safe abortion.
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South African celebrated artist Makhadzi is reportedly not seeing eye to eye with new newly found Zimbabwean bestie Lorain Guyo, an insider claims.
Motormouth Evidence Chihera, a Zimbabwean socialite in her own capacity claims that the romance between Makhadzi and Loraine Guyo has sadly come to an end after Loraine started dating Makhadzi’s best friend.
The multi-award-winning South African musician introduced Loraine as her best friend and “baby sister” in the wake of Durban July this year.
The two have been captured clubbing together in Mzansi’s esteemed resorts including South Africa’s premier horse racing event Durban July.
Lately, the two’s friendship had been on the low on social media compared to previous months.
While many had been cracking heads on what happened to the two, Zimbabwe’s Evidence Chihera has divulged alleged inside intel that the two are no longer on talking terms after a private spat which saw them swearing not to ever see each other again.
It is claimed that after Makhadzi brought Loraine under her camp, the Zimbabwean started seeing Makhadzi’s best friend behind her back. The best friend in question is alleged to be Mr Brown.
Makhadzi was allegedly furious about the developments as she did not expect Loraine to go behind her back.
She allegedly asked Loraine not to ever set foot in her house again, Evidence claims.-iHarare
AFM Zimbabwe pastor Muroyiwa flees political persecution from deadly Zanu PF and police
As police and Zanu PF manhunt Rev. Muroyiwa as they perceive him to be “most dangerous” pastor who can influence christians to vote for CCC party in 2023 elections.
19 August 2022
By Prince Mudamburi
The AFM Zimbabwe youthful pastor and former MDC Alliance Chaplin General Blessing Muroyi flees Zimbabwe due to heavy political persecution by the ruling party Zanu PF and deadly security forces.
Pastor Muroyiwa is with Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party in Zimbabwe after MDC Alliance led by Mwonzora fired him and President-chamisas-message-of-hope-2
Then President Chamisa formed political party CCC. This party is now the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe. Many CCC members are languishing in prison including Members of Parliament honourable Job Sikhala, honourable Godfrey Sithole.
Pastor Muroyiwa is a political activist, who was appointed Chaplin General of the biggest political party in Zimbabwe by the then President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai in 2008.
In September 2019, Pastor Muroyiwa was arrested by partisan Zimbabwe Republic Police after he gave opening prayer at prayer meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ruthless Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zanu PF thugs subjected Pastor Muroyiwa to heavy beatings. He suffered physical and emotion problems due to police brutality.
To save his life, pastor Muroyiwa had to flee to Japan. He cannot come back to Zimbabwe because Zanu PF and police have listed him on the wanted list.
Zanu PF has history of killing anyone who voice against it’s corruption and other evil activities. Opposition members such as Tonderai Ndira , Learnmore Jongwe, Itai Dzamara were killed by Zanu PF and deadly security forces.
One of his relatives who spoke on condition of anonymous said, “On 14th August 2022, about 8 Zanu PF supporters came to Pastor Muroyiwa’s house and asked about his whereabouts. We told them that he is in Japan. Then Zanu PF officials told us to inform Pastor Muroyiwa not to come back to Zimbabwe.”
Zanu PF thugs went to Rev. Muroyiwa’s house after they read his Facebook post on 1April 2022, false day. He had posted that he has arrived in Zimbabwe.
Commenting on this new and constant political persecution, Pastor Muroyiwa said, “It’s true that l received reports that Zanu PF and police are looking for me with intention to harm me. This creates fear in me. It’s sad, that l am being haunted for my political views.”
The energetic and youthful AFM pastor Muroyiwa was instrumental in creating MDC Alliance provincial Chaplains across Zimbabwe. This has made him one enemy among Zanu PF supporters. Pastor Muroyiwa is regarded as an agent of change in Zimbabwe according to Mr Munyaradzi Muzenda a political analyst.
Before his departure to Japan, Pastor Muroyiwa was part of the fearless Zimbabwean pastors who actively participated in Christian Vote Campaign. This organisation, had a main objective to advocate for christians in Zimbabwe to register to vote. Again, Zanu PF was against this organisation as it regarded it as pro-opposition.
Since his departure to Japan in October 2019, Christian Vote Campaign has been very ineffective and as a result few christians will votes in 2023 harmonized elections in Zimbabwe.
Rev Manduna the Bulawayo provincial Chaplin Chairperson told this publication that since the departure of Pastor Muroyiwa there is no proper drive on Christian Vote campaign which is a cause of worry as we are approaching the 2023 election without a proper strategy on mobilising the Christian Vote.
Pastor Muroyiwa left the Zimbabwe after being abducted and beaten following his involvement in political activities. Pastor Muroyiwa with other notable pastors such as Douglous Mambure Aleck Matimba and Rev Munemo Tadious after being accused by state agents for trying to block the Zanu PF First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to attend and address an AFM church gathering in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. This story of trying to block Zanu PF and the wife of Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa was also reported in H-Metro Newspaper that belong to Zanu PF.
According to one police source that is sympathetic to Pastor Muroyiwa said, “If pastor Muroyiwa returns to Zimbabwe, the state will charge him with the allegation of intending to overthrow a Zanu PF constitutionally elected government through mobilising the church community to be involved in political affairs”.
Zanu P F government has a bad record of killing, persecuting and arresting church leaders such as Rev. Evan Mawaire, Rev. Magaya, Priest Pius Ncube, Rev. Talent Chiwenga among others.
By A Correspondent| Shingirayi Kondongwe is a tech-entrepreneur, a policy analyst and innovator who founded a tech platform, Youth Opportunities Hub, which is based in Zimbabwe, South Africa and other African countries.
The platform publicizes various youth opportunities such as scholarships, jobs, fellowships and internships, allowing African youths to access various global opportunities.
“When I came back to Zimbabwe from the diaspora around March 2020, it just took me two months of my stay in the country to realize that not much was being done when it comes to the dissemination of information regarding youth opportunities. I realized that the problem we have today is getting information to young people, and that’s how Youth Opportunities Hub was born” Kondongwe says.
Shingirayi is also a Tony Elumelu Foundation Competition winner (class of 2019) among other young tech entrepreneurs honoured in Africa. He is also an African Union Scholar (class of 2020), United Nations Graduate Study Fellow, and a former key member of the United Nations Development Fund, Regional Bureau for Africa.
He says one of the motivating factors behind the Youth Opportunities Hub platform is that he himself is a beneficiary of various youth opportunities, the most notable one being a scholarship from the African Union Commission which earned him his Master of Science in Energy degree and as such he wanted to unlock opportunities for talented young people who may be stuck and hopeless in their quest to advance their careers as well as honing their skills.
The impact of Youth Opportunities Hub
Over the past two years, Youth Opportunities Hub has reached over 20 million views (visits) through its platform www.youthopportunitieshub.com , creating opportunities for them to utilize their skills in various fields.
At present, the Youth Opportunities Hub platform currently attracts three million website views on a monthly basis from 100 countries across the globe and that indeed is a game-changer in transforming lives of ordinary youths in search of opportunities.
They have done business with many prestigious institutions across the continent. YOH is also forging partnerships with various Youth Organisations around the continent and the notable partnership that they are working on at the moment is with SAYouth, the largest Youth organisation in South Africa. SAYouth is responsible for connecting employers to the youths that are in dire need of employment.
“In conjunction with SAYouth, we are developing a system of tracking progress and impact, for instance, which youths benefited from a training program or employment and how? This data will help us to understand the impact of our programs in the context of developing youth skills,” Kondongwe stressed.
YOH’s advocacy for acceleration of youth skills spreads beyond the confinements of the Africa region as it is also partnering with global institutions.
“Recently, we partnered with International University of Applied Sciences (IU) from Germany. IU is currently offering 80% scholarships to prospective students for all Bachelor, Master, or MBA degrees. The idea is to make education accessible to everyone who would like to grow on personal and professional level. The nature of our partnership is to promote this offer through our website,” he said.
You can check out Youth Opportunities Hub for yourself with the link here.
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot arrest people power.
This was said by CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa on Friday.
Mr Mnangagwa is incessantly tormenting known Zanu PF opponents.
CCC officials and members have been denied bail by the regime.
President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:
“We don’t fight for victory. We fight from victory. WE, The Citizens, are the victorious forces! Blessed day to you fellow citizens.
#RegisterToVoteZW #WeTheCitizens #fakapressure.”
Business Correspondent
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Tinashe Sambiri| CCC Youth leader, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has challenged the Zanu PF leader, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to release jailed party members and officials.
Chuma described the detention of CCC deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala as unconstitutional and callous.
“This level of cruelty and dictatorship can never be tolerated. @JobSikhala1 like any other citizen deserves freedom.
The abuse has just become too much fellow citizens.
Mass action is the answer to this kind of madness!
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot arrest people power.
This was said by CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa on Friday.
Mr Mnangagwa is incessantly tormenting known Zanu PF opponents.
CCC officials and members have been denied bail by the regime.
President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:
“We don’t fight for victory. We fight from victory. WE, The Citizens, are the victorious forces! Blessed day to you fellow citizens.
#RegisterToVoteZW #WeTheCitizens #fakapressure.”
The prompt release of Wadyajena in his corruption case, when juxtaposed with the continued unjust incarceration of @JobSikhala1 shows that the justice system is about who you are and what money you have. It’s not even about the crime you have committed.
We are never going to win the fight against corruption operating with an uneven scale of justice. I even feel for those mandated with fighting corruption. Their job is certainly not for the faint-hearted. You can’t blame @ZACConline here it’s clear where the rot is!
AFM Zimbabwe pastor Muroyiwa flees political persecution from deadly Zanu PF and police
As police and Zanu PF manhunt Rev. Muroyiwa as they perceive him to be “most dangerous” pastor who can influence christians to vote for CCC party in 2023 elections.
19 August 2022
By Prince Mudamburi
The AFM Zimbabwe youthful pastor and former MDC Alliance Chaplin General Blessing Muroyi flees Zimbabwe due to heavy political persecution by the ruling party Zanu PF and deadly security forces.
Now, Pastor Muroyiwa is with Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party in Zimbabwe after MDC Alliance led by Mwonzora fired him and President Nelson Chamisa.
Then President Chamisa formed political party CCC. This party is now the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe. Many CCC members are languishing in prison including Members of Parliament honourable Job Sikhala, honourable Godfrey Sithole.
Pastor Muroyiwa is a political activist, who was appointed Chaplin General of the biggest political party in Zimbabwe by the then President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai in 2008.
In September 2019, Pastor Muroyiwa was arrested by partisan Zimbabwe Republic Police after he gave opening prayer at prayer meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ruthless Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zanu PF thugs subjected Pastor Muroyiwa to heavy beatings. He suffered physical and emotion problems due to police brutality.
To save his life, pastor Muroyiwa had to flee to Japan. He cannot come back to Zimbabwe because Zanu PF and police have listed him on the wanted list.
Zanu PF has history of killing anyone who voice against it’s corruption and other evil activities. Opposition members such as Tonderai Ndira , Learnmore Jongwe, Itai Dzamara were killed by Zanu PF and deadly security forces.
One of his relatives who spoke on condition of anonymous said, “On 14th August 2022, about 8 Zanu PF supporters came to Pastor Muroyiwa’s house and asked about his whereabouts. We told them that he is in Japan. Then Zanu PF officials told us to inform Pastor Muroyiwa not to come back to Zimbabwe.”
Zanu PF thugs went to Rev. Muroyiwa’s house after they read his Facebook post on 1April 2022, false day. He had posted that he has arrived in Zimbabwe.
Commenting on this new and constant political persecution, Pastor Muroyiwa said, “It’s true that l received reports that Zanu PF and police are looking for me with intention to harm me. This creates fear in me. It’s sad, that l am being haunted for my political views.”
The energetic and youthful AFM pastor Muroyiwa was instrumental in creating MDC Alliance provincial Chaplains across Zimbabwe. This has made him one enemy among Zanu PF supporters. Pastor Muroyiwa is regarded as an agent of change in Zimbabwe according to Mr Munyaradzi Muzenda a political analyst.
Before his departure to Japan, Pastor Muroyiwa was part of the fearless Zimbabwean pastors who actively participated in Christian Vote Campaign. This organisation, had a main objective to advocate for christians in Zimbabwe to register to vote. Again, Zanu PF was against this organisation as it regarded it as pro-opposition.
Since his departure to Japan in October 2019, Christian Vote Campaign has been very ineffective and as a result few christians will votes in 2023 harmonized elections in Zimbabwe.
Rev Manduna the Bulawayo provincial Chaplin Chairperson told this publication that since the departure of Pastor Muroyiwa there is no proper drive on Christian Vote campaign which is a cause of worry as we are approaching the 2023 election without a proper strategy on mobilising the Christian Vote.
Pastor Muroyiwa left the Zimbabwe after being abducted and beaten following his involvement in political activities. Pastor Muroyiwa with other notable pastors such as Douglous Mambure Aleck Matimba and Rev Munemo Tadious after being accused by state agents for trying to block the Zanu PF First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to attend and address an AFM church gathering in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. This story of trying to block Zanu PF and the wife of Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa was also reported in H-Metro Newspaper that belong to Zanu PF.
According to one police source that is sympathetic to Pastor Muroyiwa said, “If pastor Muroyiwa returns to Zimbabwe, the state will charge him with the allegation of intending to overthrow a Zanu PF constitutionally elected government through mobilising the church community to be involved in political affairs”.
Zanu P F government has a bad record of killing, persecuting and arresting church leaders such as Rev. Evan Mawaire, Rev. Magaya, Priest Pius Ncube, Rev. Talent Chiwenga among others.
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has reportedly set strict conditions for members aspiring for council and parliamentary seats in next year’s harmonised elections.
The newly-formed opposition movement will not hold primary polls to choose candidates, but instead will put thresholds for an aspirant to achieve in mobilising voters in their respective ward or constituency inorder to qualify to stand as CCC candidate.
The conditions, according to CCC deputy spokesperson Ostallos Siziba, were meant to bolster the party’s voter registration drive ahead of the crunch plebiscites.
They are part of its citizens’ candidate selection process that is yet to commence.
“We will be announcing conditions that the party has set for those interested in running for office, be it at council or parliamentary level,” said Siziba.
“Part of our efforts to mobilise voters will include a specific number of new registered voters that any sitting Member of Parliament (MP), or councillor should gunner in order to be redeployed by citizens, back into public office.”
CCC is targeting six million votes in the 2023 polls.
The move would add onto its much-vaunted rural mobilisation strategy which is aimed at penetrating Zanu-PF strongholds, Siziba said.
The party’s old guard was looking at bouncing back through the impending process, while new entrants from the youth assembly also expected to put names out for selection.
Nelson Chamisa has already been confirmed CCC presidential candidate in the do-or-die elections.
-Newsday
By A Correspondent| In a new dramatic twist of events, National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board chairperson Advocate Martin Dinha has been embroiled in a sex scandal involving a Mvurwi disgruntled family vowing to renew the pursuit for justice.
Dinha made headlines in 2019 after being dragged in a sex scandal involving four student girls (names supplied) from Mvurwi High School whom he invited to a sex escapade at a local hotel in Bindura for a week.
The four pupils were later expelled from the school, however, in a new bid to seek closure to the case, a source who spoke to this publication revealed that one of the families has since renewed efforts to seek justice against the former governor for Mashonaland Central province.
“Yes I can confirm with surety that one of the families whose child was manipulated into the sex escapade together with fellow three students are still haunted by the events, and to that effect, they are intending to renew the case which was allegedly swept under the carpet,” revealed the source.
“A lot of events are unfolding which might see Advocate Dinha facing numerous charges among them rape, remember the kids are said to have been held at a Bindura hotel for almost four days without their parents knowing their whereabouts.”
According to information obtained by this publication, one of the girls was forced to seek relocation and transferred to Regina Mundi where she had to finish her studies whilst the other one was transferred to St Phillip’s Mangwenya.
It is alleged that the bid to seek closure was interfered with on political grounds.
“Remember Dinha was the MP in Mvurwi from which he wielded political power and an associate with powerful families in Mvurwi, some of the families are actually behind the covering of this sexual scandal as their children were also involved.
“Adding on to that the other victim’s mother is a widow who got defeated by political power to seek recourse and was only rescued by other relatives and chose silence due to the sensitivity of the nature,” added another source close to the events.
Though provincial police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe was not readily available for comment, an internal source revealed that possible investigations might be renewed as some of the families are still haunted by the events.
“I can confirm that probabilities are high that the case might be under the spotlight again, though it is yet sensitive to comment on,” said a Mazowe police intelligence officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“A lot of factors are at play that might also involve the cover-up by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, remember the school authorities tried to follow up the case but it died a natural death as Dinha was still a powerful political figure in the area,” said the officer.
The former Mashonaland Central governor was last month sucked in the love triangle involving the late Ximex dealer Boss Pango who later killed her girlfriend Samantha Dzapata over infidelity.
Rumours were rife that the late dealer’s girlfriend was two-timing him with Dinha and was behind the shooting incident of the controversial politician.
Dinha recently made headlines after an audit report on the NRZ revealed his luxurious lifestyle and thrift spending at local hotels.
OVER 70 widows of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)’s late workers are living in abject poverty in Bulawayo earning a paltry $1 200 per month, an equivalent of US$2.
After enquiring with the NRZ about the low pension stipends, the widows told Southern Eye that they were promised that they would begin getting US$18 per month with effect from this month.
The widows, most of whom are over 65 years of age, feel the parastatal has been ignoring their plight despite that their husbands worked for the parastatal for several years.
They said they were neglected to the extent that they were living in abject poverty at a time when the country’s cost of living has sky-rocketed, with goods and services being charged in United States dollars.
“NRZ is taking us for granted, what can one buy with $1 200? It only buys one loaf of bread. Some of us are on medication, and we end up defaulting because we cannot afford it. We cannot take medication on empty stomachs. We are unable to pay council rates, pay for electricity or buy food. We live in abject poverty,” one of the affected widows who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
Another widow, Margaret Ngwenya said as a result of the measly pension stipends, she was struggling to pay council bills.
“We plead with the NRZ to increase our pensions because we are struggling,” Ngwenya said.
Dorcas Sibanda, another widow, said some of the widows had died due to failure to pay for medical services and starvation.
“We have other members among the NRZ widows who have passed on due to starvation. How can such a big company give widows low pensions like that? They are old people who cannot fend for themselves. Some of these widows are diabetic, or suffer from hypertension and arthritis, among other diseases,” said Sibanda.
“Worse still even if old people do not pay fees at public health institutions, there are no drugs there. Widows are forced to buy their medication at pharmacies whose prices are very exorbitant. They are struggling to get food.”
Sibanda said non-governmental organisations offered projects like poultry rearing and farming for struggling widows in Bulawayo, but only physically strong widows could take part in the projects.
“Water-rationing schedules in Bulawayo have affected farming projects. We appeal to NRZ to review the pensions for the widows. What can one do with US$2? We also appeal to the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to assist us because we are suffering,” Sibanda added.
Most widows are said to be at risk of losing their houses after accumulating huge council debts, apart from debts owed to other service providers.
The NRZ pension fund asked Southern Eye to send its questions in writing, but by the time of going to print the fund had not responded to the questions.
NRZ acting spokesperson Martin Sibanda said he could not comment because he was in a meeting. He also demanded questions in writing.
-Newsday
Human rights lawyers have lodged a complaint with Zimbabwe Prisons and
Correctional Services (ZPCS) over the ill-treatment of two opposition legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, who have spent more than two months in detention.
In a letter written on Tuesday 16 August 2022 and addressed to the Officer in Charge of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Executive Director Roselyn Hanzi andcZLHR Programmes Lawyer Idirashe Chikomba protested that Hon. Sikhala and Sithole were being treated as hard-core and dangerous criminals by some ZPCS officers while in prison.
Hanzi and Chikomba said Sikhala and Sithole were constantly being shackled in leg irons while detained at the “D” Class section at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, which is supposed to house some Dangerous inmates, who would have been convicted of serious crimes such as murder and yet the two legislators have not been convicted of committing any crime.
The two legislators, Hanzi and Chikomba said, were being shackled in leg irons each time when they have to leave their holding cells to meet with visitors including when they are meeting and consulting with their lawyers and have sustained bruises on their legs owing to the constant shackling.
Hanzi and Chikomba charged that the act of putting leg irons on Sikhala and Sithole is tantamount to inhumane and degrading
punishment or treatment that is proscribed in the Constitution, which
in Section 53 clearly states that no-one must be subjected to inhuman, cruel and degrading treatment.
In the case of Sikhala, Hanzi and Chikomba said although the parliamentarian has a right to receive certain visitors as specifiedcin Section 50 of the Constitution, which articulates the rights of arrested and detained persons, the Zengeza West constituency legislator’s rights were not being respected as some of his visitors were being turned away when they bring him food.
Hanzi and Chikomba said ZPCS officers were advising visitors that Sikhala has too much food stocks to which the human rights lawyers said it is baffling as the prison officers were now multi-tasking ascdieticians and/or nutritionists who can determine the dietary requirements, more particularly the calorie intake that one is required to observe.
The lawyers sought clarity from ZPCS on whether the prison officers manning the visitors’ gate have relevant scientific training to determine when one has too much food or not.
Hanzi and Chikomba asked ZPCS to take corrective measures by detaining their clients in conditions that do not amount to inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment including not being detained in overcrowded conditions and accord Hon. Sikhala and Hon. Sithole all their constitutional rights and freedoms as guaranteed in the Constitution.
HIGH Court Judge Justice Emilia Muchawa has reaffirmed that consultations between detained prisoners and their lawyers should remain confidential in a momentous development which should put a stop to the pervasive and intrusive practice by Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS).
ZPCS through Superintendent Moses Gukurume, the Officer-In-Charge of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, had on 4 July 2022 denied human rights lawyer Roselyn Hanzi, who is the Executive Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), access to her two clients namely Zengeza West constituency legislator Hon. Job Sikhala and Chitungwiza North constituency legislator Hon. Godfrey Sithole.
Irked by this, Hanzi engaged her lawyers Obey Shava and Paidamoyo Saurombe of ZLHR, who on 5 July 2022, filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court arguing that prisoners have a right to consult in private with their lawyers as provided in Section 50(5)(b) of the Constitution and asked the High Court to declare the refusal by ZPCS to allow her access to her clients as unlawful.
The human rights lawyer asked the High Court to order ZPCS to allow her to consult in private with her clients and to compel authorities at the correctional facility to act in line with provisions of the Constitution which provides that detained persons have a right to consult in the sight but not the hearing of a prison officer as provided in the Constitution and in prison regulations.
Hanzi cited ZPCS Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu, Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Hon. Ziyambi Ziyambi and Gukurume, the Officer in Charge of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison as respondents in the application.
On Friday 12 August 2022, Justice Muchawa ordered Chihobvu, Ziyambi and Gukurume to allow Hanzi “to consult in private” with Hon. Sikhala and Hon. Sithole, who have been incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for more than two months.
The two legislators were arrested on 14 June 2022 by Zimbabwe Republic Police officers, who charged them with incitement to commit public violence as defined in section 187(1)(a) as read with section 36(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Prosecutors argued that Hon. Sikhala recorded and circulated a video urging people to commit acts of public violence in seeking revenge for the death of Moreblessing Ali, who was murdered in Nyatsime area in Beatrice.
Prosecutors alleged that Hon. Sithole and Hon. Sikhala supplied some vehicles which allegedly ferried some opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party supporters from Chitungwiza and Epworth to Nyatsime, where they attacked some ruling ZANU PF party supporters and also destroyed property at shops and beerhalls and looted groceries and electrical gadgets including burning a one-roomed house belonging to George Murambatsvina, the ZANU PF party Councillor for Nyatsime.
On 12 July 2022, Hon. Sikhala was also charged with obstructing or defeating the course of justice as defined in Section 184(1)(e) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Prosecutors allege that at an unknown date but during the period extending from 25 May 2022 and 16 June 2022 in Chitungwiza and Nyatsime, the Zengeza West legislator recorded and circulated a video clip wherein he intended to mislead police officers probing the murder of Moreblessing Ali. The law enforcement agents claimed that Hon. Sikhala blamed some ruling ZANU PF party supporters for kidnapping and murdering Ali.
In this matter, Hon. Sikhala, is represented by Jeremiah Bamu of ZLHR and Beatrice Mtetwa of Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.
By ACorrespondent| Popular Comedienne Madam Boss is reportedly failing to pay the cast of her upcoming inspired film ‘Becoming Madam Boss’ and this is despite that she received a windfall from sponsors.
The film features a star-studded cast that include Caroline Mashingaidze, Nash Mphepo, Gonyeti, Melgin Tafirenyika, Conrad Mwanawashe, Eddie Sandifolo, Munya Chidzonga, Melgin Tafirenyika and Zolile Makeleni among many others.
It is said despite honouring to pay these stars,Madam Boss,real name Tyra Chikosho is now playing hide and seek,a close source to the development revealed.
“Its now apparent that Madam Boss tricked us because from what we gathered she got sponshorship amounting to over $US100 000 but decided to convert it to her own use.
“I think as someone who is known to be a spendthrift it is not assuming that part of the proceeds could be behind her numerous trips she has been doing of late to the West ,”said an irate star who featured on the film.
The production house behind the film is Nelned Pictures and anger is simmering that the production house could have been given its share hence how it trying to pacify the cast.
According to a communique authored by one Sydney Taivaishe who is believed to be the project manager ,the delays were a result of some sponsors failing to honour their pledges.
“On behalf of Nelned Pictures the production company behind the Becoming Madam Boss film project, I’m writing to you to apologize officially for the late payments for your role in Becoming Madam Boss Movie,” read part of the letter. It further reads ”
“This is due to the delay in disbursements of funding from our key sponsors and partners of the project. We have been forced to halt production because of the above circumstances and we will only resume once the funds become available.
Becoming Madam Boss Movie is a Sponsor/Partnership based project and therefore our financial commitment heavily relies on third party funding.
“We are working to the best of our ability to speed up the process of dealing with this, and everyone shall receive their payments as soon as we receive the funding from our sponsors and partners.
We’re hoping the money situation can be settled within the month of July. I will keep everyone up to date on any developments.
Many thanks for your understanding.”
While Madam Boss is said to have assured the cast that they will be paid for their services via Whatsapp, another cast member blasted the comedienne for taking them for fools.
“Tyra tried to calm us by saying she values the roles we played in the film but we don’t ‘eat’ such fake assurances.
“What we need is what she promised and if she continues with her flimsy excuses we are going to take the legal route,” fumed the actor who requested anonymity.
The local film industry is under-funded and some individuals have been taking advantage and abusing actors even when they get hefty sponsorship money to bankroll productions.
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What must be done to ZRP cops who killed Alick Macheso's bodyguard?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 19, 2022
CID officers Wednesday killed a Chitungwiza body builder (who is singer Alick Macheso’s bodyguard) whom they first accused of robbery and have now shifted to say they did it because he was carrying a machete.
Tawanda Zvinowanda (29) was on Wednesday killed by detectives after they stormed his family home and place of residence and started accusing him of carrying a machete.
‘Three detectives arrived at his home around 10 am and took him to Makoni Police Station yesterday.
This morning the family woke up to discover that he has died.
When they arrived at his home, they introduced themselves by firing one shot into the and moving into the house to assault him.
They assaulted him in front of his wife and minor 1 year old before they chased them away.
They beat him till he became unconscious and shoved him into the boot of their car, a silver CRV and drove off, a source tells ZimEye.
Police sources say the late father of one was tortured to death at a cemetery.
“Where would he have purchased the machete, and why kill him at the cemetery in L?,” asked one of his siblings.
A voice note in ZimEye’s possession, has a male voice confirming saying, ” it’s true he was assaulted by detectives yesterday at the cemetery which is in the industry area in L, that’s where they bashed him up.
But some officers are saying they don’t know his offences; but it’s being said when he was arrested, there was an altercation, they are saying he had a machete.
The lad had a heavily built body, I even know him; so maybe the most plausible explanation is he had threatened them saying once I am out of custody I am coming after you, one by one.
So I think that’s why they assaulted him, because they are now saying he was carrying a machete; that’s what people from our offices are saying, so people are there at the police station at Makoni, that’s what I heard.
Zvinowanda is also a former bodyguard for the Waterfalls based preacher, Walter Magaya.
By James Gwati-MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora has told his party that he was in secret talks with Zanu PF leader Emerson Mnangagwa to form a unity government.
In leaked audio circulating on social media, Mwonzora is heard telling his top executive meeting that he was planning ‘something’ with Mnangagwa.
The MDC-T leader said in the audio that his executive should prepare for a possible referendum that could lead to a national unity government.
He also told the same meeting that his party would hold a congress on dates yet to be announced.
If Nelson Chamisa had continued in his military career, which title would he be today?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 19, 2022
By Farai D Hove | Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is hiding a secret that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa is an experienced soldier?
The CCC leader was scoffed at by one of his tormentors Prof Jonathan Moyo, who suggests that he humiliated himself by making comments that he is a soldier, who is well known to the military coup Gen Constantino Chiwenga. Said Moyo: “No comment!,” writing on Twitter.
And why on earth did Chamisa say these things, and did he lie? The truth is the CCC leader was indeed raised at Manyame Airbase, before later closing to enroll at the Harare Polytechnic. Below is the live feed roll
Chamisa says: Chiwenga knows that I grew up at Manyame Airbase… in the Airmen's Mess, in the Sergent's Mess.
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 14, 2022
I had gone for training, and was going to become an airman..
Chiwenga knows it that I am trained, that when I stand up, I am not turning backhttps://t.co/xqPD05M6qV
Chamisa says: Chiwenga knows that I grew up at Manyame Airbase… in the Airmen’s Mess, in the Sergent’s Mess.
I had gone for training, and was going to become an airman..
Chiwenga knows it that I am trained, that when I stand up, I am not turning back
By A Correspondent | The Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa was on Wednesday cornered over the plight of the Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex wife, Marry Mubaiwa, who the state has continued wheeling to trial hearings.
This was during debates when the government was asked to comment on why Marry Chiwenga continues to be abused. Below is the discussion (transcript).
HON. MATAMBO: Thank you Madam Speaker. My question is directed to the Leader of the House. What is the policy regarding the rights of patients who are non-ambulant and bedridden? We have seen patients being dragged to the courts to answer criminal charges against them?
THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, PUBLICITY AND
BROADCASTING SERVICES (HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA): Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir. I want to thank Hon. Matambo for the question, I hope I got the question right. The policy of Government when it comes to patents’ rights whether they are bedridden or not is to make sure that all patients are taken good care of, thank you.
HON. MATAMBO: Thank you Hon. Speaker Sir, my question
is regarding the rights to patients. We still see patients who are still being dragged to answer criminal charges against them when they are in a bad state. Legally, a person whose is critical, certified sick is not allowed to consent and the same are being brought to the courts. What is Government policy regarding the rights of patients, for example the case of Mary Mubayiwa-Chiwenga?
HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA: Thank you very much Mr.
Speaker Sir and I want to thank Hon. Matambo for the question. As I said earlier, the policy of Government is to make sure that the rights of patients are respected at all costs. If he has got a specific question, that can be directed to the Ministry of Health.
HON. CHIKWINYA: Thank you Mr. Speaker, I think the
question that we want to understand as Members of Parliament is that when a person is critically ill, is it the court that comes to the person who is bedridden or it is the bedridden person who is supposed to be wheeled into court? Thank you.
The Hon. Minister having approached the Chair
THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER (HON. M. KHUMALO):
Can the Hon. Member repeat the question.
HON. CHIKWINYA: I think the Minister was not listening. I was giving a supplementary question. We would like to know the rights of the sick people. We know that a person might have committed a crime but if the person is seriously sick, what will happen? Does the court come to the sick or the sick goes to the court? For instance, the case of Marry Mubaiwa – was the court not supposed to come to Mary Mubaiwa and do the case instead of Marry Mubaiwa going to the court?
HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA: Thank you.
Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the supplementary question from Hon. Chikwinya. I would like to say the rights of the sick are of importance to us. We do not care wherever you are in hospital or at home but he is asking a specific question which he already knows the answer and that is why I would kindly ask him to put it in writing so that you will be answered well. Thank you.
By James Gwati-MDC-T, president Douglas Mwonzora has confirmed that he was in secret talks with Zanu PF leader Emerson Mnangagwa.
In leaked audio circulating on social media, Mwonzora is heard telling his top executive meeting that he was planning ‘something’ with Mnangagwa.
The MDC-T leader said in the audio that his executive should be prepared for a possible referendum that could lead to a national unity government.
He also told the same meeting that his party would hold a congress on dates yet to be announced.
What do you think is boiling in Mnangagwa's mind, and what must be done right now before it's too late? pic.twitter.com/a7pbVy5xCi
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 17, 2022
How Will You Protect Kids From Emmerson Mnangagwa?
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 19, 2022
By A Correspondent | As it was revealed that Emmerson Mnangagwa can be summoned by Australian courts, last night, NGO Director Comfort Dondo said people who minimize the subject of sexual abuse can only be perpetrators.
The coup leader has been accused of raping the Australia based 34y old Susan Mutami when she was 15 years old in Zimbabwe and a case was recently opened with Queensland Police against Mnangagwa.
Addressing a 5,000 strong listenership, Dondo said, “If I see anybody minimise these things, I say you must be a perpetrator…sexual abuse breeds pain… but this also happens in men…”
She said this just as legal experts said Mnangagwa can be summoned.
Speaking during the same spaces discussion, Advocate Kennedy Masiye, said Australia has extra territorial jurisdiction over the Susan Mutami case since it was opened in that country.
Said Masiye:
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By A Correspondent | ZimEye | CID officers on Wednesday killed a Chitungwiza body builder (who is singer Alick Macheso’s bodyguard) whom they first accused of robbery and have now shifted to say they did it because he was carrying a machete.
Tawanda Zvinowanda (29) was Wednesday night killed by detectives after they stormed his family home and place of residence and started accusing him of carrying a machete.
‘Three detectives arrived at his home around 10 am and took him to Makoni Police Station yesterday.
This morning the family woke up to discover that he has died.
When they arrived at his home, they introduced themselves by firing one shot into the and moving into the house to assault him.
They assaulted him in front of his wife and minor 1 year old before they chased them away.
They beat him till he became unconscious and shoved him into the boot of their car, a silver CRV and drove off, a source tells ZimEye.
Police sources say the late father of one was tortured to death at a cemetery.
“Where would he have purchased the machete, and why kill him at the cemetery in L?,” asked one of his siblings.
A voice note in ZimEye’s possession, has a male voice confirming saying, ” it’s true he was assaulted by detectives yesterday at the cemetery which is in the industry area in L, that’s where they bashed him up.
But some officers are saying they don’t know his offences; but it’s being said when he was arrested, there was an altercation, they are saying he had a machete.
The lad had a heavily built body, I even know him; so maybe the most plausible explanation is he had threatened them saying once I am out of custody I am coming after you, one by one.
So I think that’s why they assaulted him, because they are now saying he was carrying a machete; that’s what people from our offices are saying, so people are there at the police station at Makoni, that’s what I heard.
Zvinowanda is also a former bodyguard for the Waterfalls based preacher, Walter Magaya.
CID officers yesterday killed a Chitungwiza body builder (who’s singer Alick Macheso’s bodyguard) who they first accused of robbery and have now shifted to say they did it because he was carrying a machete.
Tawanda Zvinowanda (29) was last night killed by detectives who he started accusing of carrying a machete.
“Three detectives arrived at his home around 10 am and took him to Makoni Police Station on the day.
This morning the family woke up to discover that he has died.
When they arrived at his home, they introduced themselves by firing into the air one shot and moved into the house to assault him.
“They handcuffed him and beat him till he became unconscious and then shoved him into their car, a silver CRV and drove off,” a source tells ZimEye.
Police sources say the late father of one was tortured to death at a cemetery.
“Where would he have purchased the machete, and why kill him at the cemetery in L?,” asked one of his siblings.
A voice note in ZimEye’s possession, has a male voice confirming saying, ” it’s true he was assaulted by detectives yesterday at the cemetery which is in the industry area in L, that’s where they bashed him up.
But some officers are saying they don’t know his offences; but it’s being said when he was arrested, there was an altercation, theybare saying he had a machete.
The lad had a heavily built body, I even know him; so maybe the most plausible explanation is he had threatened them saying once I am out of custody I am coming after you, one by one.
So I think that’s why they assaulted him, because they are now saying he was carrying a machete; that’s what people from our offices are saying, so people are there at the police station at Makoni, that’s what I heard.
Zvinowanda is also a former bodyguard for the Waterfalls based preacher, Walter Magaya.
Efforts to get a comment from the police spokesperson was work in progress by the time of writing.
MORE TO FOLLOW…
By Farai D Hove | Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is hiding a secret that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa is an experienced soldier?
The CCC leader was scoffed at by one of his tormentors Prof Jonathan Moyo, who suggests that he humiliated himself by making comments that he is a soldier, who is well known to the military coup Gen Constantino Chiwenga. Said Moyo: “No comment!,” writing on Twitter.
And why on earth did Chamisa say these things, and did he lie? The truth is the CCC leader was indeed raised at Manyame Airbase, before later closing to enroll at the Harare Polytechnic. Below is the live feed roll
Chamisa says: Chiwenga knows that I grew up at Manyame Airbase… in the Airmen's Mess, in the Sergent's Mess.
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 14, 2022
I had gone for training, and was going to become an airman..
Chiwenga knows it that I am trained, that when I stand up, I am not turning backhttps://t.co/xqPD05M6qV
Chamisa says: Chiwenga knows that I grew up at Manyame Airbase… in the Airmen’s Mess, in the Sergent’s Mess.
I had gone for training, and was going to become an airman..
Chiwenga knows it that I am trained, that when I stand up, I am not turning back
By A Correspondent- The Opposition CCC Harare ward 16 Councilor, Danford Ngadziore, has been elected the Small to Medium Enterprises SMSs Committee Chairperson.
Ngadziore landed the post this week.
Among other issues, his committee will be charged with the welfare and rights of vendors in the capital.
Ngadziore said he would serve the City with passion.
He posted on his social media platforms Thursday:
Hello Facebook Family,
I am delighted to inform you that I”m now the City of Harare Small to Medium Enterprises SMSs Committee Chairperson. The goal is to contribute to the developmental issues of our City. I remain committed to serving with your support.
Lead @nelsonchamisa https://t.co/mX7KXtkQ7G
By James Gwati-MDC-T, president Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly accused his MPs of losing the March 26 by-elections ahead of his party elective congress.
Sources within his party said the opposition leader has declared that he would continue stirring the party because he did not lose any election.
Posing on Twitter, one Lisah Ncube said:
In a shocking U-TURN and desperate attempt to clear his name towards the Congress, Mwonzora is now blaming the MDCT MPs who contested in by-elections for their poor performance, claiming that it was you MPs who were rejected, not me
By Dorrothy Moyo | The Sweden based sociallite Tatelicious Karigambe, experienced the longest 24 hrs in her life ever yesterday, when she was dumped by her boyfriend.
Tate, as she is affectionately called, reveals she was ditched when a group of Zimbabweans contacted the man in her life to discourage him from loving her. Her claims could not be independently verified.
It was 10hrs later when she bounced back online to reveal that the couple has reconciled.
She said:
He’s moving in today to live with me.
So those who where texting him please hurry up these are your final moments.
I will be always checking his phone BECAUSE HE IS MY BOYFRIEND, HE IS THE ONLY MAN I KNOW IN TERMS OF MY VIRGINITY , I GAVE IT TO HIM,I MEAN THE FRONT NOT THE BACK.
THE BACK IS NOW RETIRED , ITS TIME FOR MY FRONT SUSPENSION TO BOOM????
Zimbabwe ?? let your Queen be serviced with a strong masculinic pipeline.
The reputation of our country is at stake let me represent you well well????
Ndayenda kwava mwene vangu kunombosiya murume ndimboita zvemariro.
My mother in law is lovely I love her so at least ndane support so zvinenge zvene future.
I love my Boyfriend but kakusada imbwa dzangu aka ndiko kari kundifemba.
Uye mazi jerasi kurudo rwandinarwo naVaMutarisi.
But I love him .
Let me pray for it first nekumbopinda mu n’anga.
I love him ❤❤❤
Ukanetswa nemurume enda unochemera mai vake ???
Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his accomplices were today granted $200 000 bail.
The politician and his accomplices were ordered to surrender their passports and report to police once every Friday.
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje who granted Wadyajena, ruled that the prosecution failed to stand up its opposition to bail on basis that he would interfere with witnesses
Wadyajena and his c-accused were arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission earlier this week on US $5 million corruption charges. They are accused of embezzling the money which they used to buy and import for themselves 25 haulage trucks from the USA.
See the Timeline of the Wadyajena Corruption at Cottco
In recent years, the Zimbabwean justice system has been criticised for being lenient with prominent people associated with Zanu-PF who have been charged with corruption.
Cases referenced in what is now called a “Catch and Release” routine include those of Wicknell Chivayo, Henrietta Rushwaya, and Dylish Nguwaya.- Pindula News
By-The Zanu PF captured courts have released Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his accomplices on bail.
Wadyajena and three Cottco officials are facing corruption charges involving US$5 Million.
They are being accused of stealing Cottco money and used it to buy 25 haulage trucks from the USA.
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje ruled that the prosecution failed to stand up its opposition to bail to Wadyajena.
In recent years, the Zimbabwean justice system has been criticised for being lenient with prominent people associated with Zanu-PF who has been charged with corruption.
Cases referenced in what is now called a “Catch and Release” routine include those of Wicknell Chivayo, Henrietta Rushwaya, and Dylish Nguwaya.
CHEBUKATI GREW A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE WITHIN THE IEBC, MUST BE INVESTIGATED AND CHARGED FOR CRIMES BORDERING NATIONAL SECURITY
1. I fully support the 4 commissioner of the IEBC. I have followed all the IEBC. BAD deeds of Wafula Chebukati before they joined and after the joined the I EBC. I told Kenyans that if I were a Kenyan, I would not allow Wafula Chebukati EVER to handle any ELECTION anywhere on EARTH. The detectable and dramatic disintegration of the IEBC and bungling of the just concluded elec tion by the Wafula Chebukati of IEBC was a conjectured calamity in waiting.
2. By hook or crook, Wafula Chebukati and his racket had a vile odyssey and expedition to hand over victory to Dr William Ruto. Irregularities were bound to happen, for man who brings home ant-infested faggots should not complain if he is visited by lizards.
3. Let me state here that for the umpteenth time, I raised concerns about IEBC under Wafula Chebukati, but all my pleas fell on deaf ears, nobody could take heed.
4. I will take credit for having raised concerns about IEBC and Chebukati, for I have been vindicated. Just like Chinua Achebe once imped, “The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did so.
5. The ill-fated IEBC is a mangled wreck now, with 4 Commissioners against Chebukati and the other 2, I can without any shadow of doubt reiterate that an inevitable constitutional crisis is looming in Kenya. The relationship between Chebukati and the other 4 is broken down.
6. The reckless and foolhardy decision by the IEBC Chairman to run the Commission in a clandestine state of secrecy has borne the bitter fruits, for its tantamount if not manifest that this election has found its way through the windows of the Supreme Court.
7. All said and done, at the end of the day, the most interrogating questions will be: Does Kenya have the resources to conduct a rerun? Will the Azimio brigade oblige to have the same taunted and tainted Commission to conduct the repeat election?
8. I further pose this question that will the people who have lost confidence in the IEBC wake up at the crack of dawn to go queue on the voting lines again? Your guess is as good as mine, the conduct of IEBC in this and past elections leaves a lot to be desired for. If it where Japan Wafula should have got a SWORD
9. When I came to Kenya 17 years ago on the invitation of late President Kibaki to help in the ICC cases, the country was precariously dancing at the edge of a precipice. I bold told a stand to support my African brothers.
10. It must be said that the strong and glaring ethnic fault lines had sparked tension across the country and a civil conflict was a ticking time bomb, all these precipitated by bungled elections of 2007. The situation was almost the same where nobody knew the winner including the Chairman of ECK.
11. Unfortunately, it seems Kenya has over the time backpedaled all the progress achieved in fixing the rag-tag electoral and legal system, the decay that ate up the defunct ECK seems to have caught up with IEBC along the way. What a sad state of affairs!
12. Even more bamboozling is the meddling in the electoral process by foreign players and some of Kenya’s neighbors who have been aiding the criminalities at IEBC. A criminal enterprise has grown around the Chairman of IEBC Wafula Chebukati.
13. I must be candid on this matter and say the truth, by which I shall be set free. Starting from Aden Duale, his brother Abbas Duale, Chirchir, a foreign retired General based in a brig outing state things have become terrible.
14. The scheme is wider than perceived and portrays a show of blatant mafia operations. From the imaginary ballot printing in Greece, the purchase of USA BVR kits, the purchase of satellite phones, the transfer of data using Chebukati ‘s son Company which was instrumental in concealing the APIs of the BVR kits, the open perversion of the entire systems has gone on unabated.
15. As an African and an Anglican Church goes let me be honest and say that I choose to stand with truth than to DIE begging mercy from Ruto. As Plato once said, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”. I am not afraid of light or darkness I only fear GOD.
16. I am not a prophet of doom, but I can tell the world that unless things change and SANITY is restored in IEBC thing could go badly in Kenya. I want to assure you as sure as the sun will rise from the East tomorrow and set in the West, Kenya could be headed to a CONSTITUTIONAL crisis.
17. I want to tell the truth. I am Gentile preaching to the Jews. Whether by its people or powers that be, whatever Wafula Chebukati did touched on national security risk. It has now divided the country sharply in the middle. The country is paralyzed. The silent majority may not talk about it but that’s the truth of the matter.
18. It’s now becoming clear that elections in Africa have degenerated into a decoy and an empty object of strife and conflict. At this point, I have nothing but to hope Kenya redeems itself through the Supreme Court, otherwise the country could be headed to constitutional crisis.
19. To put it in a nutshell, I will stand by President
Uhuru Kenyatta up to the end. I will narrate the and quote Julius Caesar famous words, that his death was not important but the destruction of the Roman Empire was what worried him more at that time.
20. I want to say that I came, entered the stage, played my best part and I won on IEBC. I will continue documenting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Legacy up to the end. Just like Julius Caesar, I came, I saw, I conquered.
21. WAFULA CHEBUKATI AND HIS CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN IEBC MUST BE INVESTIGATED TO SAVE FUTURE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS IN KENYA AND AFRICA.
23. VENI, VIDI, VICI.
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Dr. David Mazi Nyekorach -Matsanga
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
PAN AFRICAN FORUM LTD
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
17.08.2022
The mother of an 8-year-old child was convicted this week of burning her child’s feet with a hot iron.
She will spend 16 months in prison for the crime after 8 months were suspended by the magistrate on condition that she does not commit a similar offense within the next five years.
The prosecutor told the court that the mother, Chipo Tigere, burned her son with a hot iron under his feet, and hit him all over the body with a rubber whip sometime between January and June this year.- Pindula News
The mother of an 8-year-old child was convicted this week of burning her child’s feet with a hot iron.
She will spend 16 months in prison for the crime after 8 months were suspended by the magistrate on condition that she does not commit a similar offense within the next five years.
The prosecutor told the court that the mother, Chipo Tigere, burned her son with a hot iron under his feet, and hit him all over the body with a rubber whip sometime between January and June this year.- Pindula News
Bill Antonio will be available for selection for Dynamos’ Chibuku Super Cup first round clash against Whawha on Sunday.
The teenager missed the domestic action for over a month as he attended trials at Belgian top-flight club KV Mechelen.
He returned home last week after completing the assessment.
The club hasn’t revealed their position on Antonio but reports have suggested that the player passed the trial.
Coach Tonderai Ndiraya expressed excitement that the youth winger is now available to help his team.
The gaffer told the Herald: “Everyone knows what Bill Antonio can do when he is available.
“We have been missing him a lot and I am very happy he is back to help the team,” said Ndiraya.
“He is a very good player and I am also sure he is keen to play a role in the Chibuku Super Cup tie against Whawha.
“Whawha are not an easy opponent at all as they showed us in the league at Ascot recently.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By A Correspondent | As it was revealed that Emmerson Mnangagwa can be summoned by Australian courts, last night, NGO Director Comfort Dondo said people who minimize the subject of sexual abuse can only be perpetrators.
The coup leader has been accused of raping the Australia based 34y old Susan Mutami when she was 15 years old in Zimbabwe and a case was recently opened with Queensland Police against Mnangagwa.
Addressing a 5,000 strong listenership, Dondo said, “If I see anybody minimise these things, I say you must be a perpetrator…sexual abuse breeds pain… but this also happens in men…”
She said this just as legal experts said Mnangagwa can be summoned.
Speaking during the same spaces discussion, Advocate Kennedy Masiye, said Australia has extra territorial jurisdiction over the Susan Mutami case since it was opened in that country.
Said Masiye:
A woman from Empumalanga suburb in Hwange, Matabeleland North province, has been reported for cohabiting with two men and sleeping with both of them on the same bed while ordering them to take turns to have sex with her.
The woman, only identified as NaEzy, is reportedly madly in love with Obey Mudimba and Alex Nyathi – with whom she shares one bed.
The practice is known as polyandry, a form of polygamy where a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.
This by-and-large is not acceptable in Zimbabwe.
Mudimba reportedly left his family at Binga Business Centre to cohabit with NaEzy.
NaEzy reportedly met the two men at one of the nightclubs in the coal mining town where she was reportedly a regular.
It seems she has been torn between the two lovers and is unable to choose between them.
Narrating the development to B-Metro, a source said that NaEzy tricked both men, who were her boyfriends, to come and stay with her, adding that she allegedly stayed with the two men for months before her neighbours became aware of it.
The source said NaEzy chooses who to be intimate with on a particular day and no one goes out of the room and from the bed because he is not on duty.
“She has defied logic by staying with two men under the same roof.
She is like the central referee and she orders both men to sleep on the same bed while taking turns to have sex with her.
Both men, who reportedly sleep side-by-side, respect each other and it seems they have learnt to live with the fact that they share one woman.
“It’s really a ridiculous situation and it’s not our culture that a woman cohabits with two men. It seems she used some concoction to pacify her two men.
Imagine waiting for another man to have sex while you are salivating for your turn to come,” said the source.
Adds the source: “It took long for neighbours to discover that she was cohabiting with the two men since she frequents nightclubs and brings different men home.
“They thought they were her regular clients who were taking turns to visit her until her friend, who found her sleeping with two men on the same bed, revealed the matter to her neighbours”.
Although the two men were not reachable for comment, the woman who answered the phone and initially claimed it was NaEzy later said it was the wrong number after this reporter introduced himself. -B Metro
By-The former first lady Grace Mugabe received an award extended to the late President Robert Mugabe by SADC in Kinshasa, DRC, on Wednesday.
Grace received the award during the 42nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit, where the organisation’s founders were honoured for their role in its formation.
The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), the forerunner of SADC, was a memorandum of understanding on common economic development signed in Lusaka, Zambia, on 1 April 1980.
All the founding fathers of the regional bloc are now late. These were:
Family members of the former Presidents received the awards.
More: The Herald
Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his accomplices were today granted $200 000 bail.
The politician and his accomplices were ordered to surrender their passports and report to police once every Friday.
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje who granted Wadyajena, ruled that the prosecution failed to stand up its opposition to bail on basis that he would interfere with witnesses
Wadyajena and his c-accused were arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission earlier this week on US $5 million corruption charges. They are accused of embezzling the money which they used to buy and import for themselves 25 haulage trucks from the USA.
See the Timeline of the Wadyajena Corruption at Cottco
In recent years, the Zimbabwean justice system has been criticised for being lenient with prominent people associated with Zanu-PF who have been charged with corruption.
Cases referenced in what is now called a “Catch and Release” routine include those of Wicknell Chivayo, Henrietta Rushwaya, and Dylish Nguwaya.- Pindula News
By A Correspondent | ZimEye | CID officers yesterday killed a Chitungwiza body builder (who is singer Alick Macheso’s bodyguard) whom they first accused of robbery and have now shifted to say they did it because he was carrying a machete.
Tawanda Zvinowanda (29) was last night killed by detectives after they stormed his family home and place of residence and started accusing him of carrying a machete.
This morning the family woke up to discover that he has died.
When they arrived at his home, they introduced themselves by firing one shot into the and moving into the house to assault him.
They assaulted him in front of his wife and minor 1 year old before they chased them away.
They beat him till he became unconscious and shoved him into the boot of their car, a silver CRV and drove off, a source tells ZimEye.
Police sources say the late father of one was tortured to death at a cemetery.
“Where would he have purchased the machete, and why kill him at the cemetery in L?,” asked one of his siblings.
A voice note in ZimEye’s possession, has a male voice confirming saying, ” it’s true he was assaulted by detectives yesterday at the cemetery which is in the industry area in L, that’s where they bashed him up.
But some officers are saying they don’t know his offences; but it’s being said when he was arrested, there was an altercation, they are saying he had a machete.
The lad had a heavily built body, I even know him; so maybe the most plausible explanation is he had threatened them saying once I am out of custody I am coming after you, one by one.
So I think that’s why they assaulted him, because they are now saying he was carrying a machete; that’s what people from our offices are saying, so people are there at the police station at Makoni, that’s what I heard.
Zvinowanda is also a former bodyguard for the Waterfalls based preacher, Walter Magaya.
CID officers yesterday killed a Chitungwiza body builder (who’s singer Alick Macheso’s bodyguard) who they first accused of robbery and have now shifted to say they did it because he was carryingi a machete.
Tawanda Zvinowanda (29) was last night killed by detectives who he started accusing of carrying a machete.
‘Three detectives arrived at his home around 10 am and took him to Makoni Police Station yesterday.
This morning the family woke up to discover that he has died.
When they arrived at his home, they introduced themselves by firing into the air one shot and moved into the house to assault him.
They handcuffed him and beat him till he became unconscious and then shoved him into their car, a silver CRV and drove off, a source tells ZimEye.
Police sources say the late father of one was tortured to death at a cemetery.
“Where would he have purchased the machete, and why kill him at the cemetery in L?,” asked one of his siblings.
A voice note in ZimEye’s possession, has a male voice confirming saying, ” it’s true he was assaulted by detectives yesterday at the cemetery which is in the industry area in L, that’s where they bashed him up.
But some officers are saying they don’t know his offences; but it’s being said when he was arrested, there was an altercation, theybare saying he had a machete.
The lad had a heavily built body, I even know him; so maybe the most plausible explanation is he had threatened them saying once I am out of custody I am coming after you, one by one.
So I think that’s why they assaulted him, because they are now saying he was carrying a machete; that’s what people from our offices are saying, so people are there at the police station at Makoni, that’s what I heard.
Zvinowanda is also a former bodyguard for the Waterfalls based preacher, Walter Magaya.
Efforts to get a comment from the police spokesperson was work in progress by the time of writing.
MORE TO FOLLOW…
Zimbabwe will miss another international tournament due to the FIFA ban.
The country was suspended from all international football activities following the government’s interference in running the local game.
The sanctions have seen the national teams disqualified from competitions like Afcon 2023, COSAFA Cup, CHAN, CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup, and Women’s Champions League.
Zimbabwe will miss another tournament after being dropped from the U23 AFCON Qualifiers.
The Young Warriors were excluded from the competition’s draw scheduled for Thursday, 18 August.
The qualifiers will involve thirty-eight teams, including nine from the COSAFA region.
Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique and Namibia will begin their campaign in the first round, while South Africa and Zambia received a bye due to their higher ranking.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader, President Nelson Chamisa, says there is need for resilience and vigilance in the struggle for democracy.
Commenting on the elections in Kenya, President Chamisa urged citizens to remain optimistic before, during and after polls.
“KEY LESSONS FROM KENYA…
Elections are public processes & to be transparent to all.
A results public portal key
-Elections are ideas,polices not violence & bloodshed.
-Vigilance & Polling agents everywhere a must.
-The integrity and independence of the Electoral body is vital,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
He added :
“I HEAR THE SOUND OF JOY..When #Godisinit no matter what HIS designs ultimately stand.Citizens will WIN in ZIMBABWE. Check closely the settings. Not by might nor by power but by the spirit of The Lord.
Understand the seasons and read the signs.This is a sign! #RegisterToVoteZW.”
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC has denounced the prolonged detention of party members by the Zanu PF regime.
CCC officials Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and Nyatsime activists were arrested in June for condemning the brutal murder of Moreblessing Ali.
Addressing a media briefing in Harare on Thursday, CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said:
” It’s clear there’s one criminal procedure for them another for us. We get hauled in from the back door having traversed through a urine and waste infested dark corridor. They roll up from the gallery in their designer suits…
We call for the unconditional and immediate release of our members.”
Business Correspondent
ZimAdsense, a platform run by Ads Network Zim is the game changer in terms of online business.
ZimAdsense operates like Google AdSense , according to Ads Network Zim.
Ads Network Zim, quoted by an online business publication said :
“We work hand in hand with bloggers who put the picture banner or text ads on their websites. Ads Network Zim platform allows companies or individuals to advertise on various blogs or websites using different types of picture banners and text advertisements which one can upload on the platform.
These banner ads are like those we see on the side of the roads. The only difference is we will see them online and that they are clickable. Ads Network Zim Pvt is making marketing easy, accurately targeted, and affordable.
With more than half a million people surfing the internet every day for different things like news, entertainment, and shopping, Ads Network Zim’s platform ZimAdsense may be a game changer for marketers in Zimbabwe.”
“The platform also benefits local bloggers who will be paid for joining the platform. This will create job opportunities for many Zimbabwean youths who are in content creation.
The best part of the Zimadsense platform is it’s very affordable for all businesses who want instant results to use it.”
For more information about Zimadsense signup here : https://zimadsense.co.zw/ref/43/
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By Gift Ostallos Siziba
The families of #Nyatsime16 have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment.
On the other hand their families and dependents have been left without them.
Children, siblings, mothers and dependents are desperate to see them free.
The Citizens Movement has been with them since day one.
We do so because SOLIDARITY is part of our values.
We cover each other’s back, we are one people.
Shoulder to shoulder until victory.
Job Sikhala, Godfrey Sithole and others are political prisoners and must be freed!
Thank eNCA’s Pindai Dube for covering the story of us the oppressed.
One day we shall be free.
A former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was recently arrested in Masvingo Province for possessing an unlicenced Glock 17 pistol loaded with 11 rounds.
Fannie Frank Manzini (54) was arrested with two Zimbabwean accomplices Talkmore Maruva (38) and Jacob Gwenhamo (38). Police suspect that the trio was planning to commit armed robbery.
Manzini of 10 St Peters Mansions, Bellevue, Johannesburg, appeared before Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu on Monday.
He is facing one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of contravening section 29 (i) (a) of the Immigration Act chapter 04.02, being an alien, entering, remaining, or departing Zimbabwe without a valid travel document.
Maruva is of Matumbware Village, Headman Masunda in Chivi.
Prosecuting, Noel Muranda said that on August 12, 2022, at around 5 pm, CID Mwenezi and Police at Ngundu received a tipoff that two men were armed and intending to commit robbery at Ngundu.
Police then made a follow-up and waylaid the two at Delta Beverages at Ngundu and arrested them.
They were found in possession of a Glock 17×19 mm Calibre Austria pistol, serial number BH2Y094, loaded with 11 rounds.
Regional Magistrate Zuyu remanded the two in custody and advised them to apply for bail at the High Court.- The Mirror
By A Correspondent- The Opposition CCC Harare ward 16 Councilor, Danford Ngadziore, has been elected the Small to Medium Enterprises Committee Chairperson.
Ngadziore landed the post this week.
Among other issues, his committee will be charged with the welfare and rights of vendors in and around the capital.
Ngadziore said he would serve the City with passion.
He posted on his social media platforms Thursday accepting the responsibilty:
Hello Facebook Family,
I am delighted to inform you that I”m now the City of Harare Small to Medium Enterprises SMSs Committee Chairperson. The goal is to contribute to the developmental issues of our City. I remain committed to serving with your support.
Lead @nelsonchamisa https://t.co/mX7KXtkQ7G
By A Correspondent | Australian courts have power to summon ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a prominent lawyer has said.
Speaking during a spaces discussion on ZimEye on Thursday, Advocate Kennedy Masiye, said Australia has extra territorial jurisdiction over the Susan Mutami case since it was opened in that country.
Mutami accuses the coup leader of raping her when she was 15 years old and a case was opened with Queensland Police against Mnangawa.
Said Masiye:
By-The Zanu PF captured courts have released Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his accomplices on bail.
Wadyajena and the company are facing corruption charges involving US$5 Million.
He is being accused of stealing Cottco money and used it to buy 25 haulage trucks from the USA.
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje ruled that the prosecution failed to stand up its opposition to bail to Wadyajena.
In recent years, the Zimbabwean justice system has been criticised for being lenient with prominent people associated with Zanu-PF who have been charged with corruption.
Cases referenced in what is now called a “Catch and Release” routine include those of Wicknell Chivayo, Henrietta Rushwaya, and Dylish Nguwaya.
By James Gwati-MDC-T, president Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly accused his MPs of losing the March 26 by-elections ahead of his party elective congress.
Sources within his party said the opposition leader has declared that he would continue stirring the party because he did not lose any election.
Posting on Twitter, one Lisah Ncube claiming to have heard Mwonzora’s declaration said:
In a shocking U-TURN and desperate attempt to clear his name towards the Congress, Mwonzora is now blaming the MDCT MPs who contested in by-elections for their poor performance, claiming that it was you MPs who were rejected, not me
By- Police have arrested two female armed robbers operating in the Chitungwiza area.
The two appeared in court this week.
Kudzaishe Ruvimbo Charuka and Melody Rwisai are the armed robbers who were allegedly part of a 4-robber gang with three women.
The other two members are Patricia Mutedzi and Davison Chinopenga.
Patricia is said to have been the getaway car driver.
According to court documents, the 4 stormed a house where they stole cash and appliances worth US$ 2 757 plus R1 000 cash after assaulting the occupant. They were armed with iron bars, hammers, and a broomstick.
Forcing entry into the house, they beat and threatened to kill a woman who eventually gave them a cash box containing the cash.
They also got away with laptops and smartphones. One of the stolen smartphones was recovered from the girlfriend of the only male member of the gang, Davison Chiponega.
Chinopenga is unwell and could not attend court.
By- The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said it was confident of snatching back the Gokwe-Kabuyuni Parliamentary seat.
The battle for the seat is set for August 27, 2022.
The by-election, which is a result of the death of former MP Leonard Chikomba in a road accident near Chitekete business centre on May 28, 2022, is pitting Zanu PF’s Spencer Tshuma and CCC’s Costin Muguti, who won the same seat in 2008.
Midlands CCC interim provincial chairperson Josiah Makombe told The Mirror that his party is buoyed by Zanu PF’s failure to deliver on election promises made in the last 42 years.
Efforts to get a comment from Zanu PF were futile.
“We have high chances of winning the forthcoming by-elections. We have been on the ground campaigning for the constituency since 2018, and we are sustained by Zanu PF’s failure to deliver on any of its promises since independence.
“Zanu PF has failed the people of Kabuyuni in areas like roads, water, schools, health and even the mobile network coverage.
“It will be a miracle if Zanu-PF wins in such a situation where everyone is crying,” he said.
Muguti won by 7 234 votes against Chikomba’s 7 156 votes in 2008.
CCC has already won three out of five Parliamentary seats in by-elections held in the Midlands Province in March this year following recalls by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora.
CCC won the Kwekwe – Mbizo, Kwekwe Central and Mkoba constituencies and lost Mberengwa South and Gokwe Central seats.
-Masvingo Mirror
By- President Emerson Mnangagwa Wednesday met Zambian Hakainde Hichilema and persuaded him to help revive the Batoka Gorge hydropower station.
The power generation project is a 2.4GW run-of-the-river hydroelectric project on the Zambezi River, with the output shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia.
“We took this opportunity that we are both here in Kinshasa and we are neighbours. We decided to have a chat to share on issues of interest between Zimbabwe and Zambia, in particular, you all know about the Batoka Gorge which is a joint project between Zambia and Zimbabwe, so we were discussing how to move forward,” said Mnangagwa.
On his part, Mr Hichilema said the two sister republics will continue pursuing policies that resonate with their people.
“As His Excellency said we had a good catch-up meeting and discussed issues around the Batoka Gorge hydro power project which has been on and off, we would like to revive it, it is green energy,” he said.
Among other issues discussed was the Kazungula bridge, which is the quadripoint linking Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Zambia.
Also, as the region steps up regional integration, the railway network linking the Sadc region was also up for discussion, with the two leaders committing to modernising one of the cheapest modes of transport, which is now old in most Sadc nations and not sufficiently serving its purpose.
“I really want to thank His Excellency President Mnangagwa for taking the initiative for us to have a catch up meeting here and agree on how to move forward,” said Mr Hichilema.
In 2018, Zimbabwe and Zambia agreed to build a $4.5 billion hydroelectric scheme where the Zambezi river crosses their borders.
The project is expected to provide about a third of the two nations’ power needs.
Several companies, including the African subsidiary of General Electrics, are interested in developing the potential game-changing project.
-Herald
Alec Mudimu is yet to find a new club despite the 2022/23 football season now a few weeks old.
Mudimu has been a free agent since leaving English fifth-tier club Altrincham in March.
The Warriors defender spent just two weeks with the team, making two appearances before deciding to move away.
He had returned to the UK on a free transfer following an unsuccessful six-month spell in Georgia with FC Torpedo Kutaisi.
The nomadic player has also had stints with non-League clubs such as Stalybridge, Northwich Victoria and Stockport Town before moving to the Welsh Premier League with Cefn Druids.
He then played for Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova and Ankaraspor in Turkey.
In June, the 27-year-old trained with Polish second division club GKS Tychy in June but failed to get a contract with the side. He featured in a couple of friendly matches during his trial stint.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Bill Antonio will be available for selection for Dynamos’ Chibuku Super Cup first round clash against Whawha on Sunday.
The teenager missed the domestic action for over a month as he attended trials at Belgian top-flight club KV Mechelen.
He returned home last week after completing the assessment.
The club hasn’t revealed their position on Antonio but reports have suggested that the player passed the trial.
Coach Tonderai Ndiraya expressed excitement that the youth winger is now available to help his team.
The gaffer told the Herald: “Everyone knows what Bill Antonio can do when he is available.
“We have been missing him a lot and I am very happy he is back to help the team,” said Ndiraya.
“He is a very good player and I am also sure he is keen to play a role in the Chibuku Super Cup tie against Whawha.
“Whawha are not an easy opponent at all as they showed us in the league at Ascot recently.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Key facts
Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2020, nearly 5000 every day.
Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death of all age groups.
Injuries (including road traffic injuries and drowning), violence, self-harm and maternal conditions are the leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults
Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
Early onset of substance use is associated with higher risks of developing dependence and other problems during adult life, and people of younger ages are disproportionately affected by substance use compared with people of older ages.
Globally, there were 41 births per 1000 to girls aged 15–19 years in 2020.
Overview
Survival chances for adolescents and young adults vary greatly across the world. In 2020, the probability of dying among those aged 10–24 years was highest in sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand), northern Africa and southern Asia (1). The average global probability of a 10-year-old dying before age 24 was 6 times higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in North America and Europe.
Main health issues
Injuries
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among adolescents. In 2019, nearly 100 000 adolescents (10–19 years) died as a result of road traffic accidents (2). Many of those who died were vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists or users of motorized two-wheelers. In many countries, road safety laws need to be made more comprehensive, and enforcement of such laws needs to be strengthened. Furthermore, young drivers need advice on driving safely, while laws that prohibit driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs need to be strictly enforced among all age groups. Blood alcohol levels should be set lower for young drivers than for adults. Graduated licences for novice drivers with zero-tolerance for drink-driving are recommended.
Drowning is also among the top causes of death among adolescents; more than 40 000 adolescents, over three quarters of them boys, are estimated to have drowned in 2019. Teaching children and adolescents to swim is an essential intervention to prevent these deaths.
Violence
Interpersonal violence is among the leading causes of death in adolescents and young people globally. Its prominence varies substantially by world region. It causes nearly a third of all adolescent male deaths in low- and middle-income countries in the WHO Region of the Americas. According to the global school-based student health survey 42% of adolescent boys and 37% of adolescent girls were exposed to bullying. Sexual violence also affects a significant proportion of youth: 1 in 8 young people report sexual abuse.
Violence during adolescence also increases the risks of injury, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, poor school performance and dropout, early pregnancy, reproductive health problems, and communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
Effective prevention and response strategies include promoting parenting and early childhood development; addressing school-based bullying prevention, programmes that develop life and social skills, and community approaches to reduce access to alcohol and firearms. Effective and empathetic care for adolescent survivors of violence, including ongoing support, can help with the physical and psychological consequences.
Mental health
Depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents, and suicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 15–19 years (2). Mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in people aged 10–19 years. Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
Many factors have an impact on the well-being and mental health of adolescents. Violence, poverty, stigma, exclusion, and living in humanitarian and fragile settings can increase the risk of developing mental health problems. The consequences of not addressing adolescent mental health conditions extend to adulthood, impairing both physical and mental health and limiting opportunities to lead fulfilling lives as adults.
Building socioemotional skills in children and adolescents and providing them with psychosocial support in schools and other community settings can help promote good mental health. Programmes to help strengthen the ties between adolescents and their families and improve quality of home environments are also important. If problems arise, they should be detected and timely managed by competent and caring health workers.
Adolescent mental health fact sheet
Alcohol and drug use
Drinking alcohol among adolescents is a major concern in many countries. It can reduce self-control and increase risky behaviours, such as unsafe sex or dangerous driving. It is an underlying cause of injuries (including those due to road traffic accidents), violence and premature deaths. It can also lead to health problems in later life and affects life expectancy. Worldwide, more than a quarter of all people aged 15–19 years are current drinkers, amounting to 155 million adolescents. Prevalence of heavy episodic drinking among adolescents aged 15–19 years was 13.6% in 2016, with males most at risk.
Cannabis is the most widely used psychoactive drug among young people with about 4.7% of people aged 15–16 years using it at least once in 2018. Alcohol and drug use in children and adolescents is associated with neurocognitive alterations which can lead to behavioural, emotional, social and academic problems in later life.
Prevention of alcohol and drug use are important areas of public health actions and may include population-based strategies and interventions, activities in school, community, family and on the individual level. Setting a minimum age for buying and consuming alcohol and eliminate marketing and advertising to minors are among the key strategies for reducing drinking among adolescents.
Tobacco use
The vast majority of people using tobacco today began doing so when they were adolescents. Prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors (under 18 years) and increasing the price of tobacco products through higher taxes, banning tobacco advertising and ensuring smoke-free environments are crucial. Globally, at least 1 in 10 adolescents aged 13–15 years uses tobacco, although there are areas where this figure is much higher.
HIV/AIDS
An estimated 1.7 million adolescents (age 10–19 years) were living with HIV in 2019 with around 90% in the WHO African Region (3). While there have been substantial declines in new infections amongst adolescents from a peak in 1994, adolescents still account for about 10% of new adult HIV infections, with three-quarters amongst adolescent girls (4). Additionally, while new infections may have fallen in many of the most severely affected countries, recent testing coverage remains low suggesting that many adolescents and young people living with HIV may not know their status (5).
Adolescents living with HIV have worse access to antiretroviral treatment, adherence to treatment, retention in care and viral suppression. A key factor contributing to these is limited provision of adolescent-friendly services including psychosocial interventions and support.
Adolescents and young people need to know how to protect themselves from HIV infection and must also have the means to do so. This includes being able to obtain access HIV prevention interventions including voluntary medical male circumcision, condoms and pre-exposure prophylaxis, better access to HIV testing and counselling, and stronger links to HIV treatment services for those who test HIV positive.
Other infectious diseases
Thanks to improved childhood vaccination, adolescent deaths and disability from measles have fallen markedly. For example, adolescent mortality from measles fell by 90% in the African Region between 2000 and 2012.
Diarrhoea and lower respiratory tract infections (pneumonia) are estimated to be among the top 10 causes of death for adolescents 10–14 years. These two diseases, along with meningitis, are all among the top 5 causes of adolescent death in African low- and middle-income countries.
Infectious diseases like with human papilloma virus that normally occurs after onset of sexual activity can lead to both short-term disease (genital warts) during adolescence but more importantly also leads to cervical and other cancers several decades later. Early adolescence (9–14 years) is the optimal time for vaccination against HPV infection and it is estimated that if 90% of girls globally get the HPV vaccine more than 40 million lives could be saved over the next century. However, it is estimated that in 2019 only 15% of girls globally received the vaccine.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer fact sheet
Early pregnancy and childbirth
Approximately 12 million girls aged 15–19 years and at least 777 000 girls under 15 years give birth each year in developing regions. Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are among the leading causes of death for girls aged 15–19 years globally.
The UN Population Division puts the global adolescent birth rate in 2020 at 41 births per 1000 girls this age, and country rates range from 1 to over 200 births per 1000 girls (6). This indicates a marked decrease since 1990. This decrease is reflected in a similar decline in maternal mortality rates among girls aged 15–19 years.
One of the specific targets of the health Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3) is that by 2030, the world should ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes.
Adolescents need and have a right to comprehensive sexuality education, a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. Better access to contraceptive information and services can reduce the number of girls becoming pregnant and giving birth at too young an age. Laws that are enforced that specify a minimum age of marriage at 18 can help.
Girls who do become pregnant need access to quality antenatal care. Where permitted by law, adolescents who opt to terminate their pregnancies should have access to safe abortion.
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A woman who resides in Zivuku Village under Chief Nemauzhe in Chivi foiled an armed robbery on Thursday evening last week as the suspects tried to barge into her sitting room.
According to The Mirror, the woman quickly closed the door to the sitting room in the face of a gun-toting suspected robber who wanted to force his way into the house.
Chagumira was on her way out of the sitting room when she came face to face with the suspect.
Having failed to enter the house, one of the suspects fired two shots into the upper part of the door.
The woman, Rosebita Chagumira, and her husband Alfonse Zivukwa screamed for help, and fellow villagers rushed to the scene forcing the suspects to flee.
The suspected robbers are Talkmore Maruva (38) and Jacob Gwenhamo (38), both from Headman Masunda’s area under Chief Nemauzhe in Chivi and a former South African National Defence Forces (SANDF) Frank Fannie Manzini (54), who was now staying at Ngundu Business Centre.
The Mirror reported sources as saying one of the villagers (name withheld) who had a car pursued the robbers towards Ngundu but the suspects vanished into the bush.
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers attended the scene and retrieved empty cartridges.
Gwenhamo was arrested the following day after police investigations, and this led to the arrest of Maruva and then Manzini.
A Glock 17 pistol with a magazine with 11 rounds was recovered from Manzini.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Masvingo Province, Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident to The Mirror. He said:
As Zimbabwe Republic Police in Masvingo, we received the report. We are proud of the community that showed unity and set the pace for others.
Therefore, I urge the public to also ensure their safety as they deal with armed robbers.
The Mirror
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC has denounced the prolonged detention of party members by the Zanu PF regime.
CCC officials Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and Nyatsime activists were arrested in June for condemning the brutal murder of Moreblessing Ali.
Addressing a media briefing in Harare on Thursday, CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said:
” It’s clear there’s one criminal procedure for them another for us. We get hauled in from the back door having traversed through a urine and waste infested dark corridor. They roll up from the gallery in their designer suits…
We call for the unconditional and immediate release of our members.”
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader, President Nelson Chamisa, says there is need for resilience and vigilance in the struggle for democracy.
Commenting on the elections in Kenya, President Chamisa urged citizens to remain optimistic before, during and after polls.
“KEY LESSONS FROM KENYA…
Elections are public processes & to be transparent to all.
A results public portal key
-Elections are ideas,polices not violence & bloodshed.
-Vigilance & Polling agents everywhere a must.
-The integrity and independence of the Electoral body is vital,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
He added :
“I HEAR THE SOUND OF JOY..When #Godisinit no matter what HIS designs ultimately stand.Citizens will WIN in ZIMBABWE. Check closely the settings. Not by might nor by power but by the spirit of The Lord.
Understand the seasons and read the signs.This is a sign! #RegisterToVoteZW.”
Business Correspondent
ZimAdsense, a platform run by Ads Network Zim is the game changer in terms of online business.
ZimAdsense operates like Google AdSense , according to Ads Network Zim.
Ads Network Zim, quoted by an online business publication said :
“We work hand in hand with bloggers who put the picture banner or text ads on their websites. Ads Network Zim platform allows companies or individuals to advertise on various blogs or websites using different types of picture banners and text advertisements which one can upload on the platform.
These banner ads are like those we see on the side of the roads. The only difference is we will see them online and that they are clickable. Ads Network Zim Pvt is making marketing easy, accurately targeted, and affordable.
With more than half a million people surfing the internet every day for different things like news, entertainment, and shopping, Ads Network Zim’s platform ZimAdsense may be a game changer for marketers in Zimbabwe.”
“The platform also benefits local bloggers who will be paid for joining the platform. This will create job opportunities for many Zimbabwean youths who are in content creation.
The best part of the Zimadsense platform is it’s very affordable for all businesses who want instant results to use it.”
For more information about Zimadsense signup here : https://zimadsense.co.zw/ref/43/
Facebook: https//www.facebook.com/Zimadsense/
Tinashe Sambiri| CCC has denounced the prolonged detention of party members by the Zanu PF regime.
CCC officials Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole and Nyatsime activists were arrested in June for condemning the brutal murder of Moreblessing Ali.
Addressing a media briefing in Harare on Thursday, CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said:
” It’s clear there’s one criminal procedure for them another for us. We get hauled in from the back door having traversed through a urine and waste infested dark corridor. They roll up from the gallery in their designer suits…
We call for the unconditional and immediate release of our members.”
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader, President Nelson Chamisa, says there is need for resilience and vigilance in the struggle for democracy.
Commenting on the elections in Kenya, President Chamisa urged citizens to remain optimistic before, during and after polls.
“KEY LESSONS FROM KENYA…
Elections are public processes & to be transparent to all.
A results public portal key
-Elections are ideas,polices not violence & bloodshed.
-Vigilance & Polling agents everywhere a must.
-The integrity and independence of the Electoral body is vital,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
He added :
“I HEAR THE SOUND OF JOY..When #Godisinit no matter what HIS designs ultimately stand.Citizens will WIN in ZIMBABWE. Check closely the settings. Not by might nor by power but by the spirit of The Lord.
Understand the seasons and read the signs.This is a sign! #RegisterToVoteZW.”
By A Correspondent | The Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa was on Wednesday cornered over the plight of the Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex wife, Marry Mubaiwa, who the state has continued wheeling to trial hearings.
This was during debates when the government was asked to comment on why Marry Chiwenga continues to be abused. Below is the discussion (transcript).
HON. MATAMBO: Thank you Madam Speaker. My question is directed to the Leader of the House. What is the policy regarding the rights of patients who are non-ambulant and bedridden? We have seen patients being dragged to the courts to answer criminal charges against them?
THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, PUBLICITY AND
BROADCASTING SERVICES (HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA): Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir. I want to thank Hon. Matambo for the question, I hope I got the question right. The policy of Government when it comes to patents’ rights whether they are bedridden or not is to make sure that all patients are taken good care of, thank you.
HON. MATAMBO: Thank you Hon. Speaker Sir, my question
is regarding the rights to patients. We still see patients who are still being dragged to answer criminal charges against them when they are in a bad state. Legally, a person whose is critical, certified sick is not allowed to consent and the same are being brought to the courts. What is Government policy regarding the rights of patients, for example the case of Mary Mubayiwa-Chiwenga?
HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA: Thank you very much Mr.
Speaker Sir and I want to thank Hon. Matambo for the question. As I said earlier, the policy of Government is to make sure that the rights of patients are respected at all costs. If he has got a specific question, that can be directed to the Ministry of Health.
HON. CHIKWINYA: Thank you Mr. Speaker, I think the
question that we want to understand as Members of Parliament is that when a person is critically ill, is it the court that comes to the person who is bedridden or it is the bedridden person who is supposed to be wheeled into court? Thank you.
The Hon. Minister having approached the Chair
THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER (HON. M. KHUMALO):
Can the Hon. Member repeat the question.
HON. CHIKWINYA: I think the Minister was not listening. I was giving a supplementary question. We would like to know the rights of the sick people. We know that a person might have committed a crime but if the person is seriously sick, what will happen? Does the court come to the sick or the sick goes to the court? For instance, the case of Marry Mubaiwa – was the court not supposed to come to Mary Mubaiwa and do the case instead of Marry Mubaiwa going to the court?
HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA: Thank you.
Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the supplementary question from Hon. Chikwinya. I would like to say the rights of the sick are of importance to us. We do not care wherever you are in hospital or at home but he is asking a specific question which he already knows the answer and that is why I would kindly ask him to put it in writing so that you will be answered well. Thank you.
MASVINGO- An alert crack team from the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s intelligence department on Wednesday arrested a senior detective who was in possession of 200kgs of copper in the leafy suburb of Rhodene which he allegedly intended to transport to South Africa.
Detective Sergeant Takesure Buzu had to spend the night in Police cells after he was arrested while loading the copper into his Toyota Runx car bonnet.
The arrest of the detective comes barely a week after police in Beitbridge also arrested a man driving a South African registered vehicle who had stashed loads of copper into his vehicle’s bonnet.
Buzu was arrested in Rhodene in company of his accomplice only identified as Mai Rejoice who is a popular copper dealer in Masvingo and reside in the high density of Mucheke in Runyararo West area.
Masvingo provincial Police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa could neither deny nor confirm the case saying his office is yet to receive the matter.
By A Correspondent| Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena allegedly doled out US$100 000 to try and bribe court officials through his proxies, it has emerged.
Wadyajena allegedly instructed that the money be released soon after he learnt that he will be called for questioning by Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission.
It is understood that the magistrates, investigators and prosecutors are being targeted for ‘greasing’.
The youthful legislator was arrested on Tuesday together with Cottco bosses over US$5.8 million fraud.
“After the initial arrest of top Cottco top executives and the subsequent search by law officers at his warehouse in his constituency, Wadyejena knew that the net was closing on him. So bring court officials was only his contingent plan,” said the source.
Wadyajena, who is being charged together with his company Mayor Logistics, appeared together with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) officials, managing director Pious Manamike, marketing and business development manager Maxmore Njanji, Fortunate Molai and Chiedza Danha, the director for Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius, which was reportedly used as a conduit to defraud Cottco.
The four co-accused were also remanded in custody for bail applications today by Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje.
Allegations are that sometime in 2019, the accused persons hatched a plan to defraud Cottco of millions of United States dollars through fictitious purchase of goods purportedly for use by the company.
The State case is weaved around a complex web of financial transactions involving the accused.
CCC Spokesperson Fadzai Mahere is currently addressing the press on the continued incarceration of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala and 15 other party members.
By A Correspondent| Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has accused Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa of speaking about Gukurahundi only to solicit for Matabeleland votes.
Addressing a rally in Bulawayo early this year, Chamisa promised to address the Gukurahundi once he assumes state power.
But MRP believes Chamisa was only grandstanding in order to win voted.
“This is one of his campaign strategies and I advise our people not to be carried away. No Shona person will solve our problems. They won’t because they want to take advantage of us all the time,” Moyo said.
“If he is genuine, he should be saying this (talking about Gukurahundi) everywhere he goes because even his kinsmen should know about his plans. But he knows that addressing Gukurahundi may not be acceptable to Mashonaland people which is why he talks about it only when he is in Matabeleland,” he said.
“He (Chamisa) says that Zanu cannot settle Gukurahundi because they are perpetrators. Nelson Chamisa and everyone should know and admit that Gukurahundi was not politically motivated. Instead, it was tribally motivated. Zanu implemented Gukurahundi not on its behalf but on behalf of the entire Shona community also,” Moyo said
Harare lawyer Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga is on the run after he allegedly duped Matabeleland farmer and businessman, Henry Deudeny Simmons of US$400 000 in a botched investment deal.
According to police investigations, Nzarayapenga had a professional relationship with Simmons since 2005.
It is alleged that Nzarayapenga hatched a plan to defraud Simmons acting in connivance with his accomplice, Barbra Chenaimoyo Mutambanengwe, by presenting a fake investment proposal.
Mutambanengwe was arrested, but was later released after the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe indicated that she would be summoned to court.
It is alleged that Mutambanengwe had 75% shareholding, with Nzarayapenga having 25% in the KeNako Enterprises shelf company.
Acting upon misrepresentation by the duo to invest in the shelf company, Simmons deposited US$335 000 into Dube-Banda Nzarayapenga Law Firm HBC Trust Account number 1027521510151, which Nzarayapenga supplied.
The remaining US$65 000 was paid in cash.
The two accused persons allegedly connived and came up with a loan agreement which was never signed by the complainant.
The loan agreement was signed by Nzarayapenga purporting to represent Simmons and himself.
After uncovering the fraud, Simmons made a police report in May 2020.
In response to the High Court application, the accused persons indicated that Simmons was not a member of the shelf company.
The case was later transferred to Zimbabwe Republic Police Commercial Crimes Unit, where it is being investigated.
According to the court documents, the deposited money was used for unknown purposes not authorised by Simmons.
The accused persons failed to account for US$400 000 paid by Simmons.
-State Media
A Zanu-PF legislator has called for a ‘MaChina Ngaande’ (the Chinese Must Go!) police operation amid increasing concern over abuse of workers, wanton flouting of laws, and smuggling by Chinese companies operating in the country.
Magunje MP Cecil Kashiri was backed by other legislators from across the political divide after asking ZRP deputy commissioner general Learn Ncube when the police would launch such an operation.
He said; “My question to the police Deputy Commissioner General; the Chinese have taken over all mining areas and are involved in illegal mining along river beds. When are we going to have ‘MaChina Ngaaende Operation’?”
The ruling party MP was speaking during a Mines Parliamentary Portfolio Committee workshop held in Kariba this week on the ‘Gold Production Value Chain’.
Deputy Commissioner General Ncube however, told committee members that it was not proper to condemn all Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe because of the actions of a few implicated in alleged criminal activities.
“Honourable Kashiri says he is waiting for an operation code named ‘MaChina Ngaaende’ (Chinese must go),” said the ZRP deputy chief.
“The Honourable member will agree with me that Chinese come in as investors and the government treats Chinese as investors.
“Yes, among investors here and there, you might get one or two bad apples but you cannot go on and brush every person with a single brush; that is unfair.
“As an organisation, we are not foreseeing ourselves introducing such an operation as you envisaged Sir.”
China has enjoyed preferential treatment in Zimbabwe since Harare pivoted East with a so-called Look East policy after a bitter falling out with the West at the start of the millennium.
In 2018, relations were elevated from “all-weather friends” to strategic partners, paving the way for Chinese investors to pour money into the country, particularly in the extractive industries.
Beijing has funded major projects in Zimbabwe including power generation, airports rehabilitation as well as a new Parliament building while Chinese nationals have also become dominant in all sectors of the economy.
However, Chinese companies have been accused of exploitative labour practices, with many cases of employers paying lowly wages, forcing wrokers to operate in dangerous, inhuman, harsh and life-threatening conditions, amounting to slavery.
The Harare government is accused of turning a blind eye to complaints because, critics claim, it does not want to anger its biggest investor.
In a recent joint statement, civil society organisations said; “The Chinese Ambassador should find time to tour the Chinese operations to observe the working conditions of the employees.
“The Chinese investors in Zimbabwe should be accountable to local communities and open to public scrutiny, starting with their contracts, their taxes and beneficial ownership.”
In response, the China’s top diplomat in the country said his mission in Harare was not to be a law enforcement officer.
“The Chinese Embassy is not a law-enforcement agency,” ambassador Guo Shaochun told a press conference in the capital earlier this month.
“All businesses, including those from China, must comply with the laws and regulations in the host country. Wrongdoers must be held accountable.
“If anyone finds the possible wrongdoings of Chinese companies in Zimbabwe, he or she is welcome to file official complaints to the relevant Zimbabwean authorities.”
He defended the role of Chinese companies in Zimbabwe saying, “Chinese companies have been investing in and growing with Zimbabwe for years.
“They have created thousands of local jobs, increased the country’s tax revenues and forex inflows, upskilled local workers and generated business opportunities for local companies.”
-Newzimbabwe
By- Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena is said to have bought 25 trucks from the US with US$5 834 000 meant for importing cotton bale ties.
Wadyajena was arrested Tuesday and denied Wednesday together with three Cottco workers.
The four now on remand for three fraud and money laundering charges are: Wadyajena, suspended Cottco CEO Pious Manamike, suspended Cottco marketing manager Maxmore Njanji and Fortunate Molai of Cottco. They spent last night in remand prison after failing to complete their bail application yesterday.
They are jointly charged with Wadyajena’s company Mayor Logistics and Pierpont Moncroix (Pvt) Limited.
Although payments were made on orders for bail ties between 2019 and this year, no bail ties have arrived from the American and Mauritian companies who were given the orders, and instead the money was allegedly used to buy trucks from America and for making an assortment of payments through the payments approved for Mauritius.
Yesterday, the State led by Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti opposed bail saying the Cottco bosses were likely to interfere with witnesses, most of whom work at Cottco.
Mr Mutsokoti, through evidence from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officer Arthur Murambiza, told the court that the Cottco bosses have since tried to interfere with investigations after holding secret meetings with other managers.
The Cottco bosses had already “created empires or big spheres of influence within the employees” and there were fears that documentary evidence might be extracted in a bid to cover up the offences. Mr Murambiza told the court that ZACC feared that Wadyajena and his accomplices might abscond trial considering the overwhelming evidence since gathered.
The bail application continues today.
The actual payments for the bail ties that never appeared were made mostly in 2019 and 2020, according to the charges laid.
On January 28, 2019 the accused allegedly opened a shelf company called Pierpont Moncroix before Cottco raised an internal requisition stores voucher in March that year for the supply of 3 200 000 92-inch special high carbon bale ties for the 2019 ginning season.
Manamike and Njanji allegedly signed this voucher on the same date.
Molai prepared a comparative schedule of four potential suppliers of the bale ties. Local company, Brown Engineering Group quoted US$2 005 416,17, Chinese Hebei Hanwu Cotton Machinery Company Ltd quoted US$1 439984, Burmetal Turkey quoted US$1 307 881,77 and Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius quoted US$2 649 289,97.
Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius was allegedly recommended by Molai ahead of the other three despite being the most expensive and on March 14 2019 Manamike allegedly approved a fraudulent purchase order in favour of Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius for US$2 528 000 for the supply of the 3 200 000 bale ties to Cottco.
But the next day, according to the State, an email was sent to Molai with a purported invoice from Giant Equipment LLC from United States of America for the same bale ties that were supposed to come from Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius. Molai advised that payment was now to be made to Giant Equipment LLC, USA.
On March 20 Manamike, a signatory to Cottco CBZ Bank Foreign Currency Account, allegedly authorised a ftransfer US$1 896 000 to Giant Equipment PLC, USA and the bank did this the same day. The transfer form describes the payment as a 75 percent down-payment of the US$2 528 000 required for the bail ties, leaving a balance of US$632 000.
According to the State, in terms of the Exchange Control Regulations all foreign payments must be acquitted within 90 days, that is the necessary documents showing the money has been used for what was intended can be presented. This 90 days for the Giant Equipment order was to expire in June 2019.
The court heard that on June 18 2019 Manamike and Njanji wrote to CBZ Bank head of exchange control seeking an extension of the acquittal period, allegedly backing this with a letter purported to be from Giant Equipment and saying that 16 containers of bale ties were sailing to Beira with the first four expected to arrive on June 23, 2019.
The second batch was expected by end of July 2019 with the last batch in September of the same year.
On July 15, Pierpont Moncroix Zimbabwe opened a corporate account with FBC Bank and instructed Molai to clear the outstanding balance of US$632 000, which was to be paid in local currency in favour of Pierpont Moncroix. According to the State Pierpont Moncroix Pvt Ltd, the Zimbabwean company set up by the Cottco bosses, and Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius are not related.
The payments were allegedly made on July 17 of the same year for a total of $3 414 000 in two batches of $1 014 000 and $2 400 000. Both payments were approved by Manamike and Njanji on August 20 and with the original down payment completed payment of the US$2 528 000 owed to Giant Equipment.
But the payments for what were supposed to be bail ties had not been acquitted, and so on December 5, 2019, Manamike allegedly wrote a second letter to CBZ Bank head exchange control seeking further extension of acquittal of advance payment to Giant Equipment by another four months.
In the letter, he admitted that no meaningful deliveries had been received but said that significant deliveries were expected in 2020 with complete deliveries by June 30 of that year.
Manamike allegedly attached a letter which was purported to be a communication from Giant Equipment, although it was not stamped by the bank as proof of receipt.
Another letter dated December 5, 2019 was addressed to CBZ Bank head of exchange control from Jacqueline Dube, head of finance at Cottco acquitting US$280 000 of the foreign payment to Giant Equipment with 28 bills of entry from Pierpont Moncroix for facilitating the import of bale ties on behalf of Cottco.
But there is no link between the bale ties valued at US$280 000 imported by Pierpont Moncroix (Pvt) Ltd and the payment made to Giant Equipment, according to the State.
Further investigations established that no bale ties at all arrived Giant Equipment and instead 25 Freightliner Horse trucks were delivered by Giant Equipment in 2019 and 2020 for Mayor Logistics (Pvt) Limited, a company owned by Wadyajena.
The 25 trucks had a combined invoice value of US$1 506 600 and further investigations established that all the trucks are registered under Mayor Logistics. Giant Equipment does not specialise in the supply of bale ties, but is an American company that supplies trucks and earthmoving equipment.
This was the part of the case that brought in Wadyajena and his company into the fraud allegedly organised by the three Cottco accused.
So far the original down payment to Giant Equipment LLC USA has not been acquitted since it was made March 2019 and Cottco has been red-flagged by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, according to the State.
While the original order, supposedly for bale ties but apparently partly converted to trucks, was still in progress, the State said that the Cottco bosses approved a second purchase order to Giant Equipment of another US$1 106 000 in November 2019. Delivery lead time was stated as three months after a down payment of 40 percent and the balance before delivery and this order was approved even though Giant Equipment had failed to deliver the first order, according to the State.
But when this order was approved, Cottco had no money and the order was thus parked for nine months until August 31, 2020 when Manamike and Njanji approved its processing which was done in three payment batches.
Instead of making a telegraphic transfer to Giant Equipment as the order specified, payments were done in local currency to Afrozurich International Private Limited, a local Bureau de Change specialising in a currency swap arrangement. Cottco traded its local currency equivalent to US$1 106 000 for the foreign currency.
No bale ties were ever received from Giant Equipment as a result of the order and the payment.
In October 2021 Molai is said to have generated another email to Memory Chivanga, who was acting treasurer at Cottco, and attached a signed purchase order for bale ties to Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius for US$4 578 078.50.
In her email, she allegedly requested that Cottco treasury advise on the payment of the deposit for the order which was US$2 500 000. No physical paperwork was received by Cottco Treasury office.
The Cottco Treasury was only able to raise US$750 000 as a deposit which was paid through Cottco’s CABS Account on November 15, 2021 to Energy Park (Pvt) CBZ account on the instructions of Manamike and his accomplices.
On November 23, 2021 US$363 900 of that payment was then transferred to Maropafadzo Energy Ecobank account and US$421 000 was transferred to Energy Park Bulk Fuels on November 24, 2021.
The court heard that investigations established that Energy Park (Pvt) Ltd is in the fuel industry and sells fuel in bulk and direct to retailers and does not supply or sell bale ties.
On March 8 and 14 this year two more payments were allegedly processed from Cottco’s CABS Account of US$450 000 to Maropafadzo Energy’s CBZ bank account and US$1 000 000 to Maropafadzo Energy’s Ecobank account as requested by the supplier. This now meant that US$2 200 000 was paid against the order of US$4 578 078.
Payments to Maropafadzo Energy, being part of the order for bale ties were further transferred into various accounts of individuals and corporates, both local and international, for procurement of services which had absolutely nothing to do with the import of bail ties, the reason given in the records for the orders.
It is alleged that no bale ties were imported from Pierpont Mauritius (Pvt) Ltd and as a result Cottco was now prejudiced of a total of US$5 834 000 through the payments to Giant Equipment and the energy companies.
Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje presided.
-Herald
By- President Emerson Mnangagwa Wednesday met Zambian Hakainde Hichilema in DRC during the 42nd SADC meeting and persuaded him to help revive the Batoka Gorge hydropower station.
The power generation project is a 2.4GW run-of-the-river hydroelectric project on the Zambezi River, with the output shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia.
“We took this opportunity that we are both here in Kinshasa and we are neighbours. We decided to have a chat to share on issues of interest between Zimbabwe and Zambia, in particular, you all know about the Batoka Gorge which is a joint project between Zambia and Zimbabwe, so we were discussing how to move forward,” said Mnangagwa.
On his part, Mr Hichilema said the two sister republics will continue pursuing policies that resonate with their people.
“As His Excellency said we had a good catch-up meeting and discussed issues around the Batoka Gorge hydro power project which has been on and off, we would like to revive it, it is green energy,” he said.
Among other issues discussed was the Kazungula bridge, which is the quadripoint linking Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Zambia.
Also, as the region steps up regional integration, the railway network linking the Sadc region was also up for discussion, with the two leaders committing to modernising one of the cheapest modes of transport, which is now old in most Sadc nations and not sufficiently serving its purpose.
“I really want to thank His Excellency President Mnangagwa for taking the initiative for us to have a catch up meeting here and agree on how to move forward,” said Mr Hichilema.
In 2018, Zimbabwe and Zambia agreed to build a $4.5 billion hydroelectric scheme where the Zambezi river crosses their borders.
The project is expected to provide about a third of the two nations’ power needs.
Several companies, including the African subsidiary of General Electrics, are interested in developing the potential game-changing project.
-Herald
By-A South African nation has been arrested in Masvingo for possessing an unlicenced Glock 17 pistol with 11 rounds.
Fannie Frank Manzini (54) a former South African National Defence Force (SANDF)was arrested with two Zimbabwean accomplices Talkmore Maruva (38) and Jacob Gwenhamo (38).
Police suspect that the trio was planning to commit armed robbery.
According to The Mirror, Manzini of 10 St Peters Mansions, Bellevue, Johannesburg, appeared before Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu on Monday.
He is facing one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of contravening section 29 (i) (a) of the Immigration Act chapter 04.02, being an alien, entering, remaining, or departing Zimbabwe without a valid travel document.
Maruva is of Matumbware Village, Headman Masunda in Chivi.
Prosecuting, Noel Muranda said that on August 12, 2022, at around 5 pm, CID Mwenezi and Police at Ngundu received a tipoff that two men were armed and intending to commit robbery at Ngundu.
Police then made a follow-up and waylaid the two at Delta Beverages at Ngundu and arrested them.
They were found in possession of a Glock 17×19 mm Calibre Austria pistol, serial number BH2Y094, loaded with 11 rounds.
Regional Magistrate Zuyu remanded the two in custody and advised them to apply for bail at the High Court.
More: The Mirror
A former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was recently arrested in Masvingo Province for possessing an unlicenced Glock 17 pistol loaded with 11 rounds.
Fannie Frank Manzini (54) was arrested with two Zimbabwean accomplices Talkmore Maruva (38) and Jacob Gwenhamo (38). Police suspect that the trio was planning to commit armed robbery.
Manzini of 10 St Peters Mansions, Bellevue, Johannesburg, appeared before Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu on Monday.
He is facing one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of contravening section 29 (i) (a) of the Immigration Act chapter 04.02, being an alien, entering, remaining, or departing Zimbabwe without a valid travel document.
Maruva is of Matumbware Village, Headman Masunda in Chivi.
Prosecuting, Noel Muranda said that on August 12, 2022, at around 5 pm, CID Mwenezi and Police at Ngundu received a tipoff that two men were armed and intending to commit robbery at Ngundu.
Police then made a follow-up and waylaid the two at Delta Beverages at Ngundu and arrested them.
They were found in possession of a Glock 17×19 mm Calibre Austria pistol, serial number BH2Y094, loaded with 11 rounds.
Regional Magistrate Zuyu remanded the two in custody and advised them to apply for bail at the High Court.- The Mirror
By-Zanu PF MP for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been remanded in custody pending a bail hearing on Thursday.
The overzealous Zanu PF MP was arrested Tuesday for US$5 million fraud and money laundering.
The National Prosecution Authority denied him bail Wednesday, and he was remanded in custody to Thursday for the continuation of the bail hearing. NPA opposing
Heis facing corruption charges involving US$5 million
A former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was recently arrested in Masvingo Province for possessing an unlicenced Glock 17 pistol loaded with 11 rounds.
Fannie Frank Manzini (54) was arrested with two Zimbabwean accomplices Talkmore Maruva (38) and Jacob Gwenhamo (38). Police suspect that the trio was planning to commit armed robbery.
Manzini of 10 St Peters Mansions, Bellevue, Johannesburg, appeared before Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu on Monday.
He is facing one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of contravening section 29 (i) (a) of the Immigration Act chapter 04.02, being an alien, entering, remaining, or departing Zimbabwe without a valid travel document.
Maruva is of Matumbware Village, Headman Masunda in Chivi.
Prosecuting, Noel Muranda said that on August 12, 2022, at around 5 pm, CID Mwenezi and Police at Ngundu received a tipoff that two men were armed and intending to commit robbery at Ngundu.
Police then made a follow-up and waylaid the two at Delta Beverages at Ngundu and arrested them.
They were found in possession of a Glock 17×19 mm Calibre Austria pistol, serial number BH2Y094, loaded with 11 rounds.
Regional Magistrate Zuyu remanded the two in custody and advised them to apply for bail at the High Court.- The Mirror
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State Media – Harare lawyer Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga is on the run after he allegedly duped Matabeleland farmer and businessman, Henry Deudeny Simmons of US$400 000 in a botched investment deal.
According to police investigations, Nzarayapenga had a professional relationship with Simmons since 2005.
It is alleged that Nzarayapenga hatched a plan to defraud Simmons acting in connivance with his accomplice, Barbra Chenaimoyo Mutambanengwe, by presenting a fake investment proposal.
Mutambanengwe was arrested, but was later released after the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe indicated that she would be summoned to court.
It is alleged that Mutambanengwe had 75% shareholding, with Nzarayapenga having 25% in the KeNako Enterprises shelf company.
Acting upon misrepresentation by the duo to invest in the shelf company, Simmons deposited US$335 000 into Dube-Banda Nzarayapenga Law Firm HBC Trust Account number 1027521510151, which Nzarayapenga supplied.
The remaining US$65 000 was paid in cash.
The two accused persons allegedly connived and came up with a loan agreement which was never signed by the complainant.
The loan agreement was signed by Nzarayapenga purporting to represent Simmons and himself.
After uncovering the fraud, Simmons made a police report in May 2020.
In response to the High Court application, the accused persons indicated that Simmons was not a member of the shelf company.
The case was later transferred to Zimbabwe Republic Police Commercial Crimes Unit, where it is being investigated.
According to the court documents, the deposited money was used for unknown purposes not authorised by Simmons.
The accused persons failed to account for US$400 000 paid by Simmons. —Newsday
By-The former first lady Grace Mugabe has received an award given to the late statesman by SADC in Kinshasa, DRC.
Grace received the award during the 42nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit, where the organisation’s founders were honoured for their role in its formation.
The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), the forerunner of SADC, was a memorandum of understanding on common economic development signed in Lusaka, Zambia, on 1 April 1980.
All the founding fathers of the regional bloc are now late. These were:
The awards were received by family members of the former Presidents.
More: The Herald
A 31-year-old football fan in Mbembesi, Matabeleland North Province was allegedly hacked to death with a machete by a fellow villager during a dispute over an English Premier Soccer League played last Saturday.
Vukile Nkomo was reportedly murdered after he attempted to stop an argument between his killer and his brother, Mkhululi Nkomo, over Manchester United’s performance that resulted in a 4-0 loss to Brentford.
The incident occurred in rural Mbembesi Village on 13 August after Manchester United’s loss, at around 10 PM.
The accused, Sthembelani Tshuma, who is facing a murder charge is on the run. He is wanted by the police for questioning over the incident.
The informant, a 35-year-old cousin of the deceased reported the assault to Mbembesi Police Station.
It is alleged that Vukile was watching football at Fingo Bottle Store with his brother Mkhululi, the informant, the accused and other patrons.
After the match, a misunderstanding arose between the accused and Mkhululi over the outcome of the match.
Vukile and his cousin intervened so as to calm the tension between the two.
This angered the accused who then rushed home to collect his machete.
Oh his way back, Tshuma used a footpath which he knew his rival often used on his way home.
It is alleged that along the way, the informant and the deceased encountered the accused person carrying the machete which he used to strike the deceased several times. He accused Vulike of siding with his brother, Mkhululi.
The informant rushed to the shopping centre to alert others and when they returned to the scene, they found the now-deceased in a pool of blood.
The informant informed Mbembesi Police Station and officers were deployed to attend to the crime scene.
Police are appealing to the public for information that might lead to his arrest.
Football is by far Zimbabwe’s most popular sport, with the English Premier League and the UEFA Champions League being shown mostly in bars all across the country.
Zimbabwe has its own league, the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League but it is not as popular as European football leagues.
-The Sunday News
