By-Zanu PF MP for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena was this afternoon 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 Prosecuting Authority denied him bail.

He is facing corruption charges involving US$5 million.

By-A South African nation has been arrested in Masvingo Province 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

By- Zanu PF party has launched a perfume, ED 2023 victory scent, to lure voters ahead of the 2023 elections.

The party leader, also known ED has set up “empowerment programmes” such as Young Women for ED (YW4ED), Men BelievED, a new teachers’ union Teachers for ED, ED 2023 premium bread and Councillors for ED (C4ED).

The programmes are accompanied by much fanfare in flashy, expensive cars and branded clothing in Zanu PF green, yellow, red, white and black colours to lure new voters.

One such movement, Men BelievED, with the mantra “ED promised, ED delivered”, describes itself as a movement of empowered entrepreneurs who support Mnangagwa’s vision.

Some critics have accused President Mnangagwa of trying to create a personality cult by using his initials “ED” for alleged Zanu PF parallel structures.

More: TimesLive

By James Gwati-Leaders of the opposition CCC are using their own resources to take people to voter registration centres so that they register to vote in the next year’s elections.

CCC Gutu branch is leading in this process.

The branch said it was recording high numbers of people registering to vote.

#GutuWest Champions have already received a branded car for the Constituency that is helping them to mobilise and register to Vote. As of yesterday about 19youth went for the registration exercise in Gutu. 

@CCCMasvingo

@CCCZimbabwe

@advocatemahere

@CCCMasvngoYth

@drjaytee87

By James Gwati-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

By-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met with former first lady Grace Mugabe in Kinshasa, DRC.

The two met 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:

• Zimbabwe: Robert Gabriel Mugabe
• Angola: Agustinho Neto
• Botswana: Seretse Khama
• Eswatini: King Sobhuza II
• Malawi: Hastings Kamuzu Banda
• Mozambique: Samora Machel.
• Tanzanian: Julius Kambarage Nyerere
• Zambia: Kenneth Kaunda

The awards were received by family members of the former Presidents, including Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe.

More: The Herald

By A Correspondent- Hotels in Harare this week refused to provide accommodation to Members of Parliament when they wanted to check in ahead of Parliament sitting due to non-payment.

Legislators from out of Harare are usually booked into hotels when they come for Parliament sittings but Parliament has been delaying in settling the hotel bills owed to various hotels.

The issue was raised in the National Assembly by Makoni Central legislator David Tekeshe (MDC Alliance). He said:

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My point of privilege arises on the issue of accommodation for Members of

Parliament. We have been receiving calls from Members of Parliament who are being chased away from hotels – we are now sick and tired of this.

May there be an arrangement where people can be given sufficient funds to ensure that people are able to look after themselves?

In Uganda, Members are not provided accommodation, but they are given sufficient funds for them to look for their own accommodation.

If Parliament cannot provide us with accommodation, we must be given funds to look for accommodation.

It is embarrassing moving from one hotel to the other as Members of Parliament.

For the four years, I have been a Member of Parliament, this has been the most embarrassing year for me for failing to secure accommodation.

In Uganda, they are allocated 10 000 for accommodation and fuel and they are given their salaries so that they take care of themselves.

In her response, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Tsitsi Gezi said she had taken note of the issue. Gezi said:

Thank you Honourable Tekeshe, we have heard what you have said, it is demeaning indeed for an Honourable Member of Parliament to be turned away from a hotel where they will be expecting to get accommodation and where they are supposed to be respected as Honourable Members and moving from one hotel to the other does not give them a good image. I have taken note of that.

-OpenParly

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Karoi on 15 August 2022 arrested Kauzan Manyangadze Alias Chaporonga (42) in connection with the murder of Abiton Kamoga (48) at Mpotive Mine, Chikuti.

The suspect assaulted the victim with fists and booted feet after a misunderstanding over a cellphone which fell onto a fire during a beer binge.

In a related matter, the ZRP in Murereka is investigating a suspected murder case in which the remains of Emmaculate Chihoro (34) were found in a bushy area at Mudhebheni Village, Two Tree, Mhangura on 14 August 2022.

Police recovered some clothes, a hat and a wrapper scattered at the scene and other body parts from a shallow grave.

By A Correspondent- A 20 year old man has been arrested on allegations of attempting to steal microphones from church premises.

Tafadzwa Mufundiwa was denied bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate, Simon Kandiyero, charged with unlawful entry.

He will be back in court today for bail ruling.

The State said on August 8, Mufundiwa unlawfully entered Zaoga Church premises in Mt Hampden, by scaling over the pre-cast wall.

When he noticed that the complainant had seen him, he hid in the church toilet.

The complainant then went to the toilet where Mufundiwa was hiding.

Mufundiwa tried to flee, but the complainant apprehended him after a long chase.

He was then handed over to the police.

When Mufundiwa was asked what he was doing in the church premises, he said he wanted the microphones.

He will appear today in court for bail.

– HMetro

By A Correspondent- A 26 year old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a passenger in a pirate taxi (mushikashika), along Domboshava Road.

Forget Chikanya is alleged to have raped the 20-year-old woman in the mushikashika near Hatcliffe Market.

Harare provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chakanza, confirmed the arrest and said the victim has been referred to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for medical examination.

“Circumstances were that the complainant boarded an unknown motor vehicle from Domboshava going to her work place.

“There were two men in the vehicle, the accused and the driver.

“Upon arriving at Hatcliffe Market, the driver was reported to have parked the car and left the accused and his victim in the vehicle.

“The accused was reported to have pinned the victim on the seat and raped her once without protection.

“The accused fled after the act and the victim informed her uncle that evening.

“The two checked the movement of the motorist, the following day, and managed to find the accused and apprehended him.

By A Correspondent- A medical doctor based at Karoi District Hospital, and nine accomplices, who include an anaesthetist, a nurse and laboratory scientist, have been arrested for the alleged murder of William Hwede.

Tatenda Panavanhu (30), Talent Chikonje (26), Author Madzonganyika (26), Tichaona Murovanidze (34), community health nurse Remainder Gunguvu (55) and his son aged 16, Destine Gunguvu (29), anaesthetist Farai Mutowo (39), laboratory scientist Justice Makaya (34) and Brighton Kadziyanike (30) appeared before Karoi regional magistrate Godswill Mavenge charged with murder.

The 10 were initially remanded in custody before being granted $10 000 bail each.

The 10 have been ordered to reside at their given addresses, report to CID Karoi every Friday and not interfere with witnesses as part of their bail conditions.

Allegations are that on July 10 at around 10pm, Hwede was spotted by Chikonje, a private security guard at Karoi District Hospital, trying to break into the Bedsitters’ Staff Block.

He alerted his colleagues Mudzonganyika and Murovanidze, who were also on duty, and they apprehended Hwede.

They bashed him behind the staff quarters and alerted other residents by shouting they had caught a thief.

Gunguvu and his son, as well as Dhliwayo, responded to the screams and went to the scene. They joined in assaulting Hwede, with Gunguvu allegedly striking the intruder with a hammer, on the head several times

Chikonje went to the main gate of the hospital and asked for a truncheon from one security guard, Ezekiel Vheremu, and assaulted Hwede.

Dhliwayo allegedly poured water on Hwede and forced him to eat chillies.

Mutowo, who was driving a Toyota Prado, also arrived at the scene and allegedly joined in assaulting Hwede using a stick

Makaya, Panavanhu and Kadziyanike then joined the assault.

Trymore Madzura, a homeless man, witnessed the nine assaulting  Hwede.

Madzura was threatened by the accused, who chased him away.

Constable Stephen Shambara witnessed the assault, while coming from Chikangwe, and took the licence plates of the Toyota Prado and gave them to the police.

When Hwede was unconscious, they dumped him at an open space.

His body was found on July 12 and taken to Chinhoyi General Hospital for a post-mortem. H Metro

By A Correspondent-Three Zimbabwean men were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, early Sunday morning.

According to reports, one of the bodies was inside a vehicle, another one behind the same vehicle while the third one inside a shack on the premises in Mbekweni area.

South Africa Police Services said they believe that the ages of the deceased are 30, 33 and 40. Their identities will be released once their next of kin have been informed.

The  SA’s organised crime detectives who are investigating the deaths have called for anyone with information related to the shootings to contact their nearest police station.

Western Cape provincial police spokesperson Novela Potelwa said the detectives were probing the murders after police were called out to Sakhelwe Street, Mbekweni, Paarl at about 5am on Sunday.

He said the motive behind the murders is not yet known.

“The deceased persons aged 30, 33, and 40, who are yet to be identified, were discovered by the police at the crime scene with multiple gunshot wounds. Organised crime detectives have taken over the investigation, with the view of arresting the perpetrators, and determining the motive,” he said.

Several multiple shootings have been reported in the Western Cape since the start of this year.

Last month, on the same night, five men were killed in Khayelitsha; three in Site C, and two in the Harare area. During the same weekend, three men in Cederberg were shot and killed at an informal settlement.

It has been reported that over 30 people have been killed in mass shootings in Khayelitsha since March this year.

Earlier this month, the province saw more murders, following two shootings in Parow and one in the Delft area.

During a third incident, a man was gunned down near Lower Crossroads in front of his girlfriend and infant child, during a hijacking.

Last month, SA Police Minister Bheki Cele defended the South African Police Service’s capability to fighting crime.

This came after Minister Cele went on a scathing attack against authorities in the Western Cape, who had suggested that the running of police would be in better hands under the provincial government

By-Zanu PF MP for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena Tuesday arrested on US$5 million fraud and money laundering allegations.

Members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) arrested Wadyajena and detained him in their Newlands offices.

He was nabbed shortly after chairing a heated agriculture parliamentary committee meeting on the construction of Vungu dam in Midlands province.

In a statement Tuesday, ZACC said Wadyajena would appear in court Wednesday facing fraud and Money laundering charges.

By- The government has dropped mandatory masking on people who have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines in outdoor public places.

Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced the partial removal of the mandatory masking during a post-cabinet media briefing on Tuesday evening.

Mutsvangwa said wearing masks remains mandatory for all people in indoor public places and on public transport.

She said Cabinet noted the decrease in COVID-19 cases before deciding to amend the mask mandate. Said Mutsvangwa:
… those who have received three doses of the WHO recommended vaccines are exempted from the mandatory wearing of face masks in outdoor public places but should however wear masks in indoor public places and on public transport. Those fully vaccinated should carry their cards all the time.
… all provinces [should] continue intensifying COVID-19 Vaccination activities for the nation to achieve herd immunity.

By-Three Zimbabwean nationals have been shot dead in South Africa.

The three’s bodies were found with gunshot wounds in the Western Cape province of South Africa on Sunday morning.

Organised crime detectives who are investigating the deaths have called for anyone with information related to the shootings to contact their nearest police station.

Provincial police spokesperson Novela Potelwa said the detectives were probing the murders after police were called out to Sakhelwe Street, Mbekweni, Paarl at about 5 AM on Sunday. He said:

One body was lying inside the vehicle, another behind the same vehicle, and the third one inside a shack on the premises.

The ages of the deceased people are 30, 33 and 40. Their identities will be released once their next of kin have been informed.

Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen expressed shock over rising mass murder cases in rural towns in the Western Cape. Said Allen:

Not so long ago, we were faced with a similar shooting in Tulbagh. Our rural towns are not known for these types of horrendous crimes, and it cannot become the norm. We dare not allow this lawlessness to take root and continue.

We need to flush out all aspects of criminality and take our communities back.

Ian Cameron, director of Community Safety of non-profit organisation Action Society, said:

If I look at these shootings and the time I spent in Mbekweni, I don’t find it (the fatalities) surprising.

I think Mbekweni has very serious violent criminals that reside there. We are actually involved in a few cases there but those are more gender-based violence related.

More: IOL

By-Zanu PF MP for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been arrested.

NewZimbabwe reports that Wadyajena was arrested Tuesday by members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).

ZACC detained him at their Newlands office shortly after chairing a heated agriculture parliamentary committee meeting on the construction of Vungu dam in Midlands province.

ZACC spokesperson John Makamure was not picking up calls.
Wadyajena is reportedly facing multiple counts of abuse of office after looting presidential input scheme inputs meant for cotton farmers in his constituency.
He was ordered to present himself at Newlands soon after chairing an agriculture parliamentary committee meeting Tuesday.

-NewZimbabwe

By The Nation- Four IEBC commissioners, led by the vice-chair Juliana Cherera, Tuesday issued a second statement offering a comprehensive recap of their stance on the 2022 presidential election.

Speaking from the Serena Hotel, the four have claimed the electoral commission’s chair, Wafula Chebukati, overruled them and insisted on announcing the results despite concerns they raised.

They also claimed that the final tally of the presidential election results was not brought before the commission for processing.

Listing four reasons behind their decision to reject the results declared, the commissioners said that the aggregation of the results were not mathematically correct and that the results did not include totals of registered voters, votes cast or rejected votes.

The four include Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya.

-Nation

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

By- Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met with one of the country’s top apostolic sect church leaders, Andby Makururu of the Johanne Masowe WeChishanu weAfrica International sect, at State House.

The meeting took place on Saturday.

Mnangagwa has been meeting church leaders and attending religious gatherings to garner support ahead of elections expected next year.
He has been visiting mostly indigenous churches.
At the weekend meeting, Makururu reportedly assured Mnangagwa that his congregants would vote for him.
Makururu recently commandeered his congregants to chant Zanu PF slogans at a church gathering in the eastern border city of Mutare.
Yesterday, he told NewsDay that he was happy to have met Mnangagwa.
“It’s true that I met my President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday at State House. In 2004 and 2008, I once prophesied that one day I was going to meet the President in power in Zimbabwe,” Makururu said.
“I assured him (President Mnangagwa) that he is going to win the 2023 elections. I have assured the President that my church members are going to vote for him. Mnangagwa is the Biblical Moses who came to rescue us from our problems.”
Makururu boasted that his sect (vapostori) commands a huge following in the country.
He said the apostolic sect has 54 church leaders in the country and has branches across the globe.
A fortnight ago, Mnangagwa cancelled his trip to Mutare at the last minute, where he was set to address hundreds of Makururu’s congregants. Newsday

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa will be a pensioner after losing the 2023 Presidential Election, CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.

President Chamisa made the remarks at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday.

The CCC leader addressed a capacity crowd at a Thank You Rally in the ancient city of Masvingo.

Said President Chamisa:
“Mnangagwa is feeling the heat and he has admitted CCC is too strong for him to handle.

Soldiers, CIOs and police belong to the State, not Zanu PF.Let’s register to vote in numbers.

Mnangagwa will be a pensioner come 2023.
We are very alert , they will not steal the coming elections.
They want to provoke us we are aware of their tactics.”

President Chamisa also scoffed at Zanu-PF party claims that he was behind sensational allegations by Australia-based Zimbabwean Susani Mutami who claimed to have been raped as a minor by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

“Mvura ikasanaya ndiChamisa, uya musikana weku Australia (Susan Mutami) hameno zvaaitaura achiti ndakanzwai nanhingi, ndikanzwa zvonzi ndiChamisa, ini ndodongorera muchiita zvinhu zvenyu ndaivapo ini? Ndingasaita shohwera? (If it doesn’t rain they blame Chamisa; now this lady in Australia says she was abused by so and so … and they blame Chamisa)” President Chamisa said.

ZIMBABWEANS who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer have to wear face masks in public places, but must carry their vaccination cards at all times, Cabinet said yesterday.

Mnangagwa in a mask
Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the face mask requirement was removed as COVID-19 cases drop, and vaccination coverage increases.

“Noting the decrease in COVID-19 cases Cabinet resolved as follows: That those who have received three doses of the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended vaccines are exempted from mandatory wearing of face masks in outdoor public places, but should, however, wear face masks in indoor public places and on public transport,” she said.

“Those fully vaccinated should carry their vaccination cards all the time; that all provinces continue intensifying COVID-19 vaccination activities for the nation to achieve herd immunity; and that the country remains on high alert for other outbreaks such as measles, regional poliomyelitis and the global monkeypox.”

Since May 4, 2020, the wearing of masks was made mandatory as the country battled to control the spread of the pandemic.

Some of the restrictions such as curfew have been long relaxed, but face masks remained in force, with police arresting people not wearing them.

Zimbabwe began a COVID-19 vaccination exercise in February 2021 after the country received 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China under the first phase of the programme.

Statistics show that an estimated 4,7 million people have been fully vaccinated against the pandemic against a targeted 10 million.

The country has recorded a total of 256 000 infections, and 5 588 COVID-19 related deaths.

In an unrelated matter, Cabinet said most of the 2 056 measles cases and 157 deaths were from people who were not vaccinated against the disease.

“The nation is being informed that following a report of the first case of measles in Mutasa district, Manicaland province, on August 10, 2022, the disease has now spread to other provinces. As of August 15, 2022, the cumulative figures from across the country had risen to 2 056 cases, and 157 deaths,” Mutsvangwa said.

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory tract viral infection which commonly affects children and is spread through sneezing, coughing and by touching or contact with secretions of an affected individual. Newsday

By- The government has dropped mandatory masking on people who have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines in outdoor public places.

Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced the partial removal of the mandatory masking during a post-cabinet media briefing on Tuesday evening.

Mutsvangwa said wearing masks remains mandatory for all people in indoor public places and on public transport.

She said Cabinet noted the decrease in COVID-19 cases before deciding to amend the mask mandate. Said Mutsvangwa:
… those who have received three doses of the WHO recommended vaccines are exempted from the mandatory wearing of face masks in outdoor public places but should however wear masks in indoor public places and on public transport. Those fully vaccinated should carry their cards all the time.
… all provinces [should] continue intensifying COVID-19 Vaccination activities for the nation to achieve herd immunity.

By-Zanu PF MP for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been arrested.

NewZimbabwe reports that Wadyajena was arrested Tuesday by members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).

ZACC detained him at their Newlands office shortly after chairing a heated agriculture parliamentary committee meeting on the construction of Vungu dam in Midlands province.

ZACC spokesperson John Makamure was not picking up calls.
Wadyajena is reportedly facing multiple counts of abuse of office after looting presidential input scheme inputs meant for cotton farmers in his constituency.
He was ordered to present himself at Newlands soon after chairing an agriculture parliamentary committee meeting Tuesday.

-NewZimbabwe

By The Nation- Four IEBC commissioners, led by the vice-chair Juliana Cherera, have issued a second statement offering a comprehensive recap of their stance on the 2022 presidential election.

Speaking from the Serena Hotel, the four have claimed the electoral commission’s chair, Wafula Chebukati, overruled them and insisted on announcing the results despite concerns they raised.

They also claimed that the final tally of the presidential election results was not brought before the commission for processing.

Listing four reasons behind their decision to reject the results declared, the commissioners said that the aggregation of the results were not mathematically correct and that the results did not include totals of registered voters, votes cast or rejected votes.

The four include Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya.

-Nation

By- The opposition CCC has intensified its rural voter registration program with the members using branded cars to transport first voters.

CCC Gutu branch said it was recording high numbers of people registering to vote.

#GutuWest Champions have already received a branded car for the Constituency that is helping them to mobilise and register to Vote. As of yesterday about 19youth went for the registration exercise in Gutu. 

@CCCMasvingo

@CCCZimbabwe

@advocatemahere

@CCCMasvngoYth

@drjaytee87

By-Three Zimbabwean nationals have been shot dead in South Africa.

On Sunday morning, the three’s bodies were found dead with gunshot wounds in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Organised crime detectives who are investigating the deaths have called for anyone with information related to the shootings to contact their nearest police station.

Provincial police spokesperson Novela Potelwa said the detectives were probing the murders after police were called out to Sakhelwe Street, Mbekweni, Paarl at about 5 AM on Sunday. He said:

One body was lying inside the vehicle, another behind the same vehicle, and the third one inside a shack on the premises.

The ages of the deceased people are 30, 33 and 40. Their identities (names) will be released once their next of kin have been informed.

Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen expressed shock over rising mass murder cases in rural towns in the Western Cape. Said Allen:

Not so long ago, we were faced with a similar shooting in Tulbagh. Our rural towns are not known for these types of horrendous crimes, and it cannot become the norm. We dare not allow this lawlessness to take root and continue.

We need to flush out all aspects of criminality and take our communities back.

Ian Cameron, director of Community Safety of non-profit organisation Action Society, said:

If I look at these shootings and the time I spent in Mbekweni, I don’t find it (the fatalities) surprising.

I think Mbekweni has very serious violent criminals that reside there. We are actually involved in a few cases there but those are more gender-based violence related.

More: IOL

By- Four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)commissioners have rejected the results that endorsed William Ruto’s Presidential victory.

Ruto was on Monday declared the winner of the closely-fought presidential election.

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati announced the disputed results.

Chebukati declared Kenya Kwanza’s candidate Ruto as president-elect and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua as the deputy president-elect, respectively.

Four commissioners held a surprise press conference at Serena Hotel, Nairobi on Monday afternoon and said they will not take ownership of the results.

The commissioners, including vice chair Juliana Cherera, commissioners Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya, claimed that the results were arrived at in an opaque manner, without giving further details.

Ruto is said to have garnered 7,176,141 votes, representing 50.59 per cent of valid votes cast, beating his rival Azimio la Umoja candidate Raila Odinga whom the IEBC said had 6,942,930 votes. 

Said Chebukati:

Despite intimidation and harassment… I have done my duty in accordance with the constitution and the laws of the land.

The declaration has been made without results from four of 290 constituencies – Kacheliba, Kitui Rural, Pokot South and Rongai – whose voting was postponed.

Turnout was lower than in previous elections at around 65 per cent of Kenya’s 22 million registered voters.

The announcement ceremony was held at the national tallying centre at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi and was attended by diplomats and foreign election observers.

More: The East African

By The Nation-ODM leader Raila Odinga has rejected Wafula Chebukati’s declaration of DP William Ruto as president-elect, saying his coalition is pursuing all available constitutional options.

Speaking for the first time since the IEBC chair declared the presidential results on Monday, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party presidential candidate, claimed Mr Chebukati showed disregard to the Constitution by announcing results processed unilaterally.

He also claimed that the chair was the only person who accessed the presidential tally and informed the commissioners without permitting any discussion of the results.

“The chair acted in disregard to the Constitution… Azimio rejects the presidential results announced by Mr Chebukati,” he said.

Mr Odinga also urged his supporters to maintain peace and calm as the coalition pursues constitutional avenues to invalidate the pronunciations by Mr Chebukati.

-Nation

By A Correspondent- South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi today unveiled 200 border guards in a bid to enhance border security at the Beitbridge border post.

South Africa is expected to unveil more border guards at other border posts in the neighbouring country.

During the unveiling of the border guards at Beitbridge, other arms of SA’s government showed disinterest amid claims that Motsoaledi is bringing in an ulterior African Nation Congress (ANC) force into mainstream public administration.

As  Motsoaledi set the border guards into action, across the road the South African Revenue Services (SARS) officials picketed as they continued their strike against the SA government.

The newly-recruited members of the Border Guard whose selection has also raised eyebrows in Musina.

“We were just told to apply but were never responded to. They brought their own people from other areas,” Virginia Mbedzi of Musina said.

— NewsDay

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF regime is planning to keep CCC officials Hon Job Sikhala and Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole in jail until 2023, it has emerged.

CCC Secretary General Hon Charlton Hwende on Monday denounced the prolonged detention of party members.

“Sikhala & Sithole’s application for removal from remand has been rejected. We all have been told that the State plans to keep them in Jail until 2023. We can’t let our own Comrades to rot in jail we should rather all be arrested. Moreblessing was killed she is still not buried
CCC,” Hwende said in a statement.

“JUSTICE FOR NYATSIME 15: We condemn the unlawful detention of the #Nyatsime15 including 2 MPs Hon Sikhala & Hon Sithole. They are being persecuted because they’re Yellow & sought justice for Moreblessing Ali. Bail is a constitutional right.

FreeTheNyatsime15,” CCC said in a statement on Monday.

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa will be a pensioner after losing the 2023 Presidential Election, CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.

President Chamisa made the remarks at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday.

The CCC leader addressed a capacity crowd at a Thank You Rally in the ancient city of Masvingo.

Said President Chamisa:
“Mnangagwa is feeling the heat and he has admitted CCC is too strong for him to handle.

Soldiers, CIOs and police belong to the State, not Zanu PF.Let’s register to vote in numbers.

Mnangagwa will be a pensioner come 2023.
We are very alert , they will not steal the coming elections.
They want to provoke us we are aware of their tactics.”

President Chamisa also scoffed at Zanu-PF party claims that he was behind sensational allegations by Australia-based Zimbabwean Susani Mutami who claimed to have been raped as a minor by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

“Mvura ikasanaya ndiChamisa, uya musikana weku Australia (Susan Mutami) hameno zvaaitaura achiti ndakanzwai nanhingi, ndikanzwa zvonzi ndiChamisa, ini ndodongorera muchiita zvinhu zvenyu ndaivapo ini? Ndingasaita shohwera? (If it doesn’t rain they blame Chamisa; now this lady in Australia says she was abused by so and so … and they blame Chamisa)” President Chamisa said.

By A Correspondent- A Checheche Growth Point-based prophetess, Lindiwe Mkwananzi of Later Glory Church is locked in a messy divorce with her husband of 16 years, Mr Jacob Lunga.

Prophetess Mkwananzi (39) who commands a huge following at Checheche Growth Point in Chipinge South has filed for divorce at the Masvingo High Court, intending to void her marriage with the father of her three children and Chiredzi-based artist, Mr Jacob Lunga.

The two were legally married in terms of the Marriage Act, Chapter 5:11 in 2006 and the marriage still subsists.

According to the papers of declaration which were filed by Prophetess Mkwananzi at the High Court, she said she wanted to cancel the marriage because there is no hope of resuscitating it.

“The marriage has irretrievably broken down to an unsalvageable point. There are no reasonable prospects of resuscitating a normal and working marriage.

“There is no longer love and affection between us, and we have not shared conjugal rights since December 2018,” said Prophetess Mkwananzi.

However, Mr Lunga is refusing to sign the divorce papers, arguing that his estranged wife submitted fake copies to him in order to fast-track her marriage with former Chipinge and Chimanimani Senator, Tobias Matanga.

Mr Lunga accused Mr Matanga of wrecking his marriage of years.

He said Prophetess Mkwananzi’s marriage to Mr Matanga was stopped after the former senator learnt that his (Lunga’s marriage to Prophetess Mkananzi) was still subsistent.

“My wife is having an affair with Mr Matanga and they have been dating for years. I learnt of their relationship from my colleagues from Checheche when I left for Chiredzi.

“My wife as a prophetess used to meet Mr Matanga privately for healing sessions since she was praying for him for an undisclosed ailment. As the church, we decided that she could not pray for him publicly since he is a respected man in the society.

“That is when the relationship started and I have not enjoyed peace up to this day,” said Mr Lunga.

In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Prophetess Mkwananzi refuted all the allegations levelled against her by Mr Lunga.

She said her husband was abusive and was sick and tired of the abuses, hence the divorce.

“My husband is very abusive and that is why I am filing for a divorce. I don’t know why he is stalking me since he is the one who moved out of our matrimonial home. He is already married and should let me enjoy my freedom.

“He is lying that I am dating my clients. As a church leader, I mix with a lot of men and he confronts every man I assist.

“I am not dating anyone since I am still being bonded by our wedding. Once I finish the divorce process, I can’t stop dating and marrying someone else,” she said.

Contacted for comment, Mr Matanga denied ever ruining the prophetess’ marriage.

“Lunga is a funny man. He calls me several times alleging that I am having an affair with his wife. I never dated his wife. I used to visit Prophetess Mkwananzi for healing purposes only. He only wants to tarnish my image. I challenge him to come to my farm where I am staying and see if I am staying with his wife,” said Mr Matanga.

-manicapost

By A Correspondent- Chitungwiza Town Council yesterday demolished selected illegal structures in St Mary’s.

The demolished structures were reported to have been approved illegally by some Council officials.

A bulldozer pulled down structures at Huruyadzo Shopping Centre and went on to remove foundations of some housing structures along Chitungwiza Road in St Mary’s.

In an interview, Chitungwiza Acting Housing Director, Tendai Chinganga, said the local authority was on a 30-day operation that will see more demolitions of illegal structures.

We have been trying to trace origins of fake documents, within the Council offices, which allowed these people to construct structures on undesignated areas,” said Chinganga. We cannot rule out that there are some officials who parcelled such land without proper procedures.

“We have people who decided to defy enforcement orders by the town planners, and what we have witnessed here is a process that is going to cut across Chitungwiza, for the next 30 days, in order to restore sanity.

“We are encouraging Chitungwiza residents to respect Council by-laws, to respect the laws of the land. If they want to construct any structure, they should first get the approval before they do anything,” said Chinganga.

Some of the demolished structures were close to the road while some residential stands were on wetlands and closing places marked for roads.

— HMetro

By A Correspondent- ZANU PF has been described as a “criminal gang” after a ruling party member threatened opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his family with death.

The police were evasive yesterday when contacted over whether investigations have been opened yet following the threat.

Zanu PF member Abton Mashayanyika, who is a Habbakuk Apostolic Faith Mission bishop in Mberengwa, Midlands province, recently made the threats against Chamisa while addressing a rally at Rampopo hills under Chief Mapiravana in Mberengwa North.

In the video which has gone viral on social media, Mashayanyika said: “When we said down with (the late former Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Prime Minister Abel) Muzorewa, we meant he should die, when we say down with a witch, we mean they should die. When we say down-down with Chamisa, we mean he should be killed. Do you all understand the meaning? Down with CCC [Citizens Coalition of Change], down with Chamisa and his children.”

The chant is an age-old rallying call from Zimbabwe’s 1970s war of liberation which largely called for the death of the then common enemy, the late Rhodesian leader Ian Smith.

After independence in 1980, the Zanu PF party adopted the chant against all those who opposed its rule.

Police yesterday were evasive when asked whether there have been any investigations into Mashayanyika’s utterances.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the matter was being investigated at local level, and referred questions to Masvingo provincial spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dewa.

Dewa, however, referred questions to Midlands provincial spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, who said: “If he said the matter was being investigated at the local level, what more can I say? Further details will be released in due course.”

Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa refused to comment on the matter, while party information director Tafadzwa Mugwadi did not respond to questions sent to him.

The opposition CCC said the police inaction against threats to the life of their party leader confirmed their fears over selective application of the law.

This came as CCC legislators Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) are fighting for their freedom at the courts following their incarceration on June 14 on charges of inciting violence.

CCC said it was not taking the threats against Chamisa lightly after he survived two assassination attempts during his meet-the-people tours last year when gunshots were reportedly fired at his convoy.

CCC acting spokesperson Gift Siziba said: “We do not take this lightly chiefly because there have been numerous attempts on the life of president Chamisa. It is to this end that we call for our able police service to move with speed and detain Mashayanyika and charge him and his accomplices with death threats and calling for violence.”

Lawyer Alec Muchadehama said Mashayanyika should be charged for inciting public violence.

He has gone beyond the bounds of freedom of expression. The Constitution guarantees the freedom of expression, but this is not the kind of freedom the Constitution entails. What he is saying is completely unjustified,” Muchadehama said.

“But that he has not been arrested or the police not issuing a statement shows how the police in Zimbabwe selectively apply the law by only targeting people who are perceived to be anti-Zanu PF. To that extent, it gives weight to allegations that the police act in a partisan manner.”

Said Effie Ncube, a political analyst: “The threats by this fellow are sadly consistent with the long-standing position of Zanu PF in which it has sought to retain power by all foul means.

“If you look at its record of murders, abductions, enforced disappearances and corruption on a grand scale, it has surpassed all regimes since colonial rule. Nothing like it has ever been seen. It has crossed all the lines in terms of being repugnant and brazenly criminal.”

Renowned United States-born applied economics professor and currency reformer Steve Hanke said the ruling party was synonymous with a criminal organisation.

He made the remarks in an interview on CNBC Africa about Zimbabwe’s current economic woes and possible solutions on Wednesday.

“Now we have a new President (Emmerson Mnangagwa), but, in fact, the same kind of regime, we have a Minister of Finance (Mthuli Ncube) who has been there since 2018 and it’s the same old story. We have got the governor of the Reserve Bank (of Zimbabwe, John Mangudya), who’s been there since 2014. That’s the same old story and we have got Zanu PF, a political party in power, but you have to remember Zanu PF has more in common with a criminal organisation than a political party, so that’s where we are at,” Hanke said.

“You have got criminals running the country. There are absolutely no preconditions to install a successful currency board, there have been over 70 of them. They have all been installed in the middle of the crisis in most cases.”

Political lecturer and analyst Eldred Masunungure said Hanke’s assertion was spot on.

“This is a party in government, deeply corrupt and has all sorts of predatory conduct, both in politics and the economic issues of the country; but it remains a political party. It’s an ugly animal, yes,” he said.

-Newsday

By- The body of the missing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official Daniel Mbolu Musyoka has been found in Kajiado.

IEBC is the body that runs elections in Kenya.

On Monday evening, police officers from Loitoktok, Kajiado South sub-county were alerted over the presence of the body of a middle-aged man in a forest.

Loitok tok police boss Kipruto Ruto said that Musyoka’s body was positively identified by his sisters Mary Mwikali and Ann Mboya at Loitokitok sub-county mortuary. Said Ruto:

His two sisters identified the body lying at Loitoktok sub-county hospital last night.

We are waiting for communication from police headquarters either to ferry the body to the city mortuary or to remain here.

Musyoka (53) was serving as returning officer at Embakasi East polling station in Nairobi county.

According to Ruto, the middle-aged male body was discovered early on Monday in Kilombero forest, at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro by herders in the valley of a dry seasonal river.

Ruto said the body was naked, though the man’s clothes — a tracksuit and a Maasai shuka — were found at the edge of the valley.

There were visible signs of struggle and torture on the victim’s body. Added Ruto:

It is evident that the victim was killed elsewhere and the body dumped in the valley.

The body has scars indicating torture before the death. He possibly died a painful death.

Musyoka disappeared on Wednesday, 10 August 2022 moments before announcing the results for the parliamentary and county assembly races at the East Africa School of Aviation tallying centre.

Those who interacted with him reportedly said he excused himself to answer a phone call before he went missing. His deputy took over and announced the results.

More: Nation

By- President Emerson Mnangagwa has congratulated the discredited Kanya’s President-elect, Willam Ruto, a few minutes after the announcement of the results.

Mnangagwa sent his congratulatory message to Ruto via Twitter Monday evening.

“Congratulations to 

@WilliamsRuto

 on his election as the next President of Kenya. I have no doubt he will serve his country, his people and our continent with distinction,” Tweeted Mnangagwa.

Ruto was on Monday declared the winner of the closely-fought presidential election by the IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Chebukati declared Kenya Kwanza’s candidate Ruto as president-elect and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua as the deputy president-elect, respectively.

Four commissioners with IEBC immediately held a surprise press conference at Serena Hotel, Nairobi and said they will not take ownership of the results.

The commissioners, including vice chair Juliana Cherera, commissioners Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya, claimed that the results were arrived at in an opaque manner, without giving further details.

Ruto garnered 7,176,141 votes, representing 50.59 per cent of valid votes cast, beating his rival Azimio la Umoja candidate Raila Odinga whom the IEBC said had 6,942,930 votes. 

Said Chebukati:

Despite intimidation and harassment… I have done my duty in accordance with the constitution and the laws of the land.

The declaration has been made without results from four of 290 constituencies – Kacheliba, Kitui Rural, Pokot South and Rongai – whose voting was postponed.

Turnout was lower than in previous elections at around 65 per cent of Kenya’s 22 million registered voters.

The announcement ceremony was held at the national tallying centre at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi and was attended by diplomats and foreign election observers.

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa will be a pensioner after losing the 2023 Presidential Election, CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.

President Chamisa made the remarks at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday.

The CCC leader addressed a capacity crowd at a Thank You Rally in the ancient city of Masvingo.

Said President Chamisa:
“Mnangagwa is feeling the heat and he has admitted CCC is too strong for him to handle.

Soldiers, CIOs and police belong to the State, not Zanu PF.Let’s register to vote in numbers.

Mnangagwa will be a pensioner come 2023.
We are very alert , they will not steal the coming elections.
They want to provoke us we are aware of their tactics.”

President Chamisa also scoffed at Zanu-PF party claims that he was behind sensational allegations by Australia-based Zimbabwean Susani Mutami who claimed to have been raped as a minor by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

“Mvura ikasanaya ndiChamisa, uya musikana weku Australia (Susan Mutami) hameno zvaaitaura achiti ndakanzwai nanhingi, ndikanzwa zvonzi ndiChamisa, ini ndodongorera muchiita zvinhu zvenyu ndaivapo ini? Ndingasaita shohwera? (If it doesn’t rain they blame Chamisa; now this lady in Australia says she was abused by so and so … and they blame Chamisa)” President Chamisa said.