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.

By James Gwati- The High Court has directed the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services to allow Human Rights Lawyer Rose Hanzi access to CCC’s Job Sikhala and Godfrey in Chikurubi maximum security prison.

The two are in remand after their arrest two months ago for demanding the apprehension of CCC activict Moreblessing Ali’s murderers.

ZPCS last month blocked Hanzi from seeing Sikhala and Sithole.

Announcing the High Court order, Monday Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said they were happy with the directive.

Posted ZLHR:

JUST IN: High Court Judge Justice Emilia Muchawa has ordered 

@ZPCS_PR

 to allow human rights lawyer 

@rose_hanzi

 to consult in private with her clients Hon. Job Sikhala & Godfrey Sithole. This came after Hanzi, represented by 

@obeyshava1

 & 

@PaidaSaurombe

 of 

@ZLHRLawyers

By-The Ministry of Health and Child Care has fired Robert Emmanuel Chiduku, the leader of the Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU).

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga doubles as the Health Minister.

He is also a retired Army General who led a coup that ousted the late President Robert Mugabe in November 2017.

Chiduku, who worked as a nurse at Gweru Provincial Hospital was fired effective 15 August 2022 following a disciplinary hearing on 5 August.
He was found guilty on charges of conducting Union business during business hours on work premises without the employer’s consent.
According to a letter dated 15 August 2022 and signed by one S Jailos, Chiduku has seven days to appeal the decision. Part of the letter reads:
I refer to a Disciplinary hearing held on the 5th of August 2022 which you attended. I make further reference to a subsequent letter of findings and determination dated 14 August 2022 in respect of the same hearing.
You faced a single charge with three particulars. However, after going through the submissions and evidence, I found you not guilty on Particular I and Particular II.
I found you guilty of Particular III in terms of Section 4 (a) of Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations.
S I 15 of 2006 “Any act of conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of your employment contract” by conducting Union business during business hours which you did within the premises of your employer without his consent.
Your conduct is a serious breach of your employment under the above-cited section as charged.
In coming up with the penalty, I took into account your submissions in mitigation on the penalty. I also took into account submission in aggravation by the Complainant only in regards to this particular charge you are found guilty.
I also took into account that your improper conduct undermines the business of your employer as he is the national provider of healthcare to the citizenry.
The nature of the violation, which to me clearly goes to the root of your employment contract, demonstrates incredible disrespect to the sanctity of your workplace and the critical business thereof.
Your conduct undermined the relationship of trust which is essential for the proper functioning of business as such it is understood that continued relationship is impossible.
On the basis of the disciplinary hearing held, I have no option but serve to order a summary dismissal with immediate effect.
Please be advised that should you be aggrieved by my decision, you may without prejudice to right of appeal, appeal as appropriate to the appeals Officer, within seven (7) days from date of receipt of this letter.

By- Well-wishers in the diaspora have raised £6 000 for detained CCC’s Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole’s families.

The initiative was launched on 2 August, and as of 21:55 on Sunday, 14 August 2022, £6 011 had been raised by 45 people.

The fundraising initiative was initiated by Estelle Adams-Stone, who says the money will be used for the welfare of the duo’s families while the legislators are in detention.

Sikhala, Sithole and colleagues were arrested in June over the 14 June violence that erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
They deny the charges.
They have been in jail since then, with the Magistrates and High Court denying them bail.

By- President Emerson Mnangagwa has congratulated the discredited Kanya’s President-elect, Willam Ruto.

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.

Tinashe Sambiri|The panicky Zanu PF regime instructed ZESA to switch off power at Mucheke Stadium in bid to disrupt President Nelson Chamisa’s Thank You Rally.

The CCC leader addressed thousands of party supporters in Masvingo on Sunday.

Speaking at the rally, CCC organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, said :

“Our supporters have been arrested and the regime has impounded vehicles belonging to our members.

This shows the regime is in panic mode.
They have also blocked kombis from ferrying our supporters to Mucheke Stadium.These are desperate measures.”

Hundreds of CCC supporterd walked to the venue.

The presence of police presence and water cannons could not stop thousands of CCC supporters and residents from attending the rally.

About 40 000 supporters attended the rally.

By A Correspondent- First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa’s Facebook post has torched a storm on social media with netizens calling her to assist Marry Mubaiwa.

Said Mnangagwa in a post:

“Ukasimudzira mudzimai, Wasimudzira nyika.”

By A Correspondent- A Kadoma fuel attendant yesterday morning, allegedly faked a robbery by blasting a cash safe using explosives at Macshep business complex in the town.

The suspect who has since been arrested, allegedly tried to blow down the complex in a bid to conceal evidence after stealing an undisclosed amount of money.

He is said to have used explosives to blow the safe and destroyed part of the building while, a 20-litre container full of petrol was discovered in the building whose purpose is believed to have been to help blow the property.

Mr Jimayi Muduvuri, the owner of the complex confirmed the incident saying the whole building could have been destroyed from the explosion.

Police swiftly responded and managed to apprehend the suspect and recover some of the money.

Mr Jestinos Madzingira a line manager at the fuel station said he was at the complex when the explosion occurred.

“We were not so sure what could have been the cause of explosion until we recovered some of the explosives within the room where the safe was. This made us believe the fuel attendant on duty was behind it since he had the keys to the room,” he said.

Part of the money, amounting to, US$1200 was recovered underneath human faeces near a railway line a stone’s throw away from the complex.

Police spokeperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident adding the suspect was in custody.

Further investigations were carried out by forensic experts.

— Herald

By A Correspondent- A 40 year old man has been brought to court on accusations of killing his son.

Bigmore Kumadziro was remanded in custody when he appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda.

Kumadziro will be back in court on Friday.

Circumstances are that on August 7, at around 9am, Kumadziro was playing with his son at home at Seed Co Compound in Stapleford.

He threw him in the air and failed to catch him.

The boy landed on the floor and started bleeding through his nose and ears.

He sustained a swollen head and was rushed to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals where he was pronounced dead upon examination.

According to the State, Kumadziro attempted to commit suicide on the same day.

It is alleged he jumped in front of a moving truck, along Lomagundi Road, but was injured after being knocked down.

He is currently admitted at the same hospital.

Anesu Chirenje prosecuted

By A Correspondent- Business Simba “Buju” Ndoro, lost US$70 000 when armed robbers struck at his office in Shamva on Saturday.

Ndoro, who is the president and owner of Division One side, Simba Bhora, told H-Metro he was notified about the robbery just after arriving in Kadoma.

His team played a ZIFA Northern Region Division One League match against CAM & Motor at Rimuka on Saturday.

Ndoro said he was informed the robbery occurred a few minutes after the cash had been delivered at his office.

I don’t know what to say, I’m very disappointed.

“When I was informed about it, for a moment, I thought it was a joke or something and there was nothing that I could do because I had just arrived in Kadoma.

“The matter was reported to the police and they are still investigating.

“I don’t know what I have done wrong to deserve this.

“The blow is too heavy for me to just move on,” said Ndoro.

The employees are saying the money was delivered safely from Harare and it was business as usual when the man who delivered the cash left.

“They are saying they were caught off guard by the armed robbers, who took every cent in sight,” he narrated.

Cases of armed robberies have been on the rise in the country.

— HMetro

By-A Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official has gone missing.

Daniel Mbolu Musyoka (53) disappeared moments before announcing the results for the parliamentary and county assembly races at the East Africa School of Aviation tallying centre, reported the Nation.

On Friday, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati announced that Musyoka had gone missing and asked the police to expedite investigations.

Musyoka is the Embakasi East Constituency Returning Officer.

Speaking in an interview with the Nation at their home in Nyonjoro in Bahati Constituency, Nakuru County, Musyoka’s wife, Tabitha, said that the news about her husband’s disappearance has left the family devastated. She said:

We’re devastated but we strongly hope my husband will be found alive and safe.

When we talked, he did not sound disturbed, he was in high spirits and did not complain about anything.

The day he disappeared, I tried calling him but he did not answer. I was later told by his cousin, who lives in Utawala, that he was missing.

Tabitha added that search efforts have been extended to mortuaries, hospitals and other facilities.

The family wants detectives to expedite their investigations and help trace him.

According to the Nation, Musyoka has worked for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for 13 years.

He was posted to Loitoktok but was later transferred to Embakasi East in May.

The family said that police reported that his mobile phone signal disappeared an hour after he went missing.

When Musyoka disappeared, he was about to declare the winners in the National Assembly and County Assembly contests.

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- Well-wishers have raised £6 000 for detained CCC’s Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole.

The initiative was launched on 2 August, and as of 21:55 on Sunday, 14 August 2022, £6 011 had been raised by 45 people.

The fundraising initiative was initiated by Estelle Adams-Stone, who says the money will be used for the welfare of the duo’s families while the legislators are in detention.

Sikhala, Sithole and colleagues were arrested in June over the 14 June violence that erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
They deny the charges.
They have been in jail since then, with the Magistrates and High Court denying them bail.

By-CCC leader Nelson Chamisa told his supporters in Masvingo Sunday that he was a soldier.

Chamisa said even Vice President Constantino Chiwenga knows this.

Said Chamisa:

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 32-year-old Zanu PF Mutare member has been arrested for denouncing party leader Emerson Mnangagwa.

The member landed himself in trouble after suggesting that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not doing enough to address the socio-economic crisis in the country.

Malcom Masari from Chikanga 1, Mutare, allegedly sent a message in a WhatsApp group suggesting that the socio-economic crisis was forcing party members to ditch governing Zanu PF.

In court papers the state says Masari who is unemployed was reported by Esau Mupfumi, a 60-year-old businessman. 

The state said on the 5th of August 2022, Masari posted a defamatory message on a Zanu PF WhatsApp group called “Zanu PF Election Indaba” by posting messages that insult the president E D Mnangagwa. He allegedly said:

People are suffering out there and our structures are empty vanhu have lost confidence in the party because they feel neglected… If that can be fixed zvoreruka… I remember the genius Robert Mugabe during time yema interface, vanhu vachichema so achitaura nekufara mdara uyu addressing issues that would have been raised at Provincial level… President ngavaudzwe zviri pa ground zvaminama. 

Translated to say in short the current president is not doing enough to address the socio-economic issues.

The state says Masari insulted the President by comparing him with the late former president Robert Mugabe, that is to say, the current President performing below par. 

Masari is among many other people who have so far been arrested for allegedly insulting the president.

By- The opposition CCC president, Nelson Chamisa, has for the first time spoken out on Temba Mliswa ex-lover Susan Mutami’s rape claims.

Mutami last month opened a rape case against President Emerson Mnangagwa after coming out on Twitter spaces accusing the Zimbabwean leader of raping her when she was a minor.

She opened the case in Australia.

Zanu PF said Chamisa was using Mutami to tarnish Mnangagwa ahead of the next year’s elections.

Speaking at a rally in Masvingo’s Mucheke stadium Sunda Chamisa said he had nothing to do with Mutami-Mnangagwa’s sexual affairs.

He said: I hear they want to associate me with their issues, that Australian lady. I was not there when they did their things; had I peeped through, I could had developed a swollen eye.

By James Gwati-Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said he would beat Zanu PF Presidential candidate Emerson Mnangagwa with an undisputed margin.

Chamisa told his supporters at Mucheke stadium in Masvingo Sunday that he would win the next year’s Presidential poll with 65%.

PRAYERS FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS…

May we take this special day to pray for all political prisoners @Nyatsime15 including their families and all of us, the oppressed.

So Peter was kept in prison,but the church was fervently praying to God for him. Acts 12:5 #freethemnow

PRAYERS FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS…

May we take this special day to pray for all political prisoners @Nyatsime15 including their families and all of us, the oppressed.

So Peter was kept in prison,but the church was fervently praying to God for him. Acts 12:5 #freethemnow

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has acquitted Henrietta Rushwaya as CCC officials Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala and Hon Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole languish in prison.

In a statement on Friday, CCC Namibia accused Mr Mnangagwa of protecting thieves and murderers while innocent citizens are facing relentless presecution.

CCC Namibia says Rushwaya’s acquittal is a travesty of justice.

Read statement below:

Henrietta Rushwaya’s acquittal raises eyebrows:CCC Namibia demands justice for Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala & others.

12 August 2022

Today, our outspoken change champions Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala, Godfrey Karakadzayi Sithole, and the Nyatsime 14 have clocked 58 days at Chikurubi Maximum Prison on trumped-up charges for demanding justice and an abrupt end to the incessant gross abuse of the fundamental basic freedoms in the motherland. It is quite infuriating that real criminals are acquitted every day because they are politically aligned to the repressive and authoritarian regime led by Mr. Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Yesterday we glimpsed the illegal acquittal of a criminal who was caught smuggling 6kilograms of gold to Dubai. Henrietta Rushwaya’s recent discharge epitomises how selective application of the law is being exploited to punish the innocent and release genuine criminals because they support ZANU-PF. This astronomical levels of impunity unearths the regime’s serious capture of our rotten justice system. Citizens in Namibia are also cobra-headed to witness Obadiah Moyo walking away with 60 million US$ covid funds in 2020 without proper prosecution.

More so, the Namibia district is so perturbed that those who are siphoning national resources through hook and crook are walking scot-free when Wiwa, the lawyer for the deceased is languishing in the hell-hole of Chikurubi Maximum Prison for speaking the truth to power against enforced disappearances, gross misgovernance and unprecedented corruption. It is now imperative that our judiciary, police, and government should commence respecting the rule of law and constitutionalism. Separation of powers is enshrined in the supreme law of the motherland hence the Executive should not interfere with court officials discharging their duties. The clueless ZANU-PF regime must halt its manipulation of state institutions.

Furthermore, we are cognizant of the fact that our toiling is authored by the stomach politicians who are eating on behalf of the downtrodden masses of Zimbabwe. We strongly challenge the impunity and immunity of ZANU-PF corrupters and butchers who are escaping the wrath of the law because of their political inclinations. Chombo, Mupfumira, Obadiah Moyo, Chivhayo, Henrietta Rushwaya only to mention but a few are criminals who should be housed in the filthy Chikurubi Maximum Prison because they are authentic thieves. Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others are just prisoners of conscience tortured to deter social democrats from amplifying their revolutionary voices against maladministration in the satanic regime.

Moreover, citizens must wake up and smell the coffee! This is the opportune time to demonstrate solidarity with the incarcerated so that we rejuvenate their fighting spirit. Citizens in Namibia urge all Zimbabweans across the globe to pent up their outrage and peacefully demand the immediate release of Sikhala and others. The continued incarceration of these freedom leaders is a clear attempt by the corrupt regime to silence the voices of dissent ahead of the 2023 historic elections. Citizens must register to vote against impunity and lawfare. It is now clear that Sikhala and others are political prisoners who are enduring inhuman treatment at the hands of dictators desperate to retain power at all costs.

Let’s all register to vote for independent state institutions in 2023, we are now sick and exhausted of these shenanigans which punish the innocent and spare bona fide thieves and killers because of their political homes. We can’t continue with biased judges who take instructions from the SHAKE SHAKE building. The judiciary should follow the supreme law of the country in a constitutional democracy. Citizens should amplify their voices against this seriou state capture of all state organizations.

Free all our change champions and imprison real looters and murderers in ZANU-PF.

FreeJobSaroWiwaSikhala

FreeSithole

FreeTheNyatsime13

Citizens Coalition for Change
Rundu Branch Interim Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya

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By A Correspondent- A man from Zvishavane dragged his former wife and children to Zvishavane Magistrates Court on Friday for accusing him of using mubobobo.

Mubobobo is a form of witchcraft in which a man has mysterious s3_x with women without their consent and knowledge.

Chrispen Marangwanda is seeking a protection order against his former wife Ngonidzashe, his daughter Vongai and his son Brian Mavunike Marangwanda. He is accusing them of using violence against him.

Marangwanda told Resident Magistrate Archie Wochiunga that the former wife and children are accusing him of possessing traditional charm, ‘Mubobobo’ and a goblin. They allege that this charm caused the death of Brian’s daughter.

“Your Worship, the respondents are my children tormenting, insulting and accusing me of being a wizard, yet I have never associated with such. This is why I have approached this court seeking relief “, said Marangwanda.

He feared for his life.

Vongai dismissed the allegations as a lie.

“My father is lying before the court. We were told by one Madzibaba Moses that we need to cleanse our home, but my father is refusing to go through the process.

Brian said he was not aware of why he was in court because he was not aware of the issues.

Ngonidzashe said her former husband was avoiding the issue of cleansing the home.

Magistrate Wochiunga granted the protection order and said the respondents should stop harassing, insulting and forcing the applicant to do what Madzibaba Moses instructed them to do.

— Mirror

By A Correspondent- Opposition Chitungwiza South legislator Maxwell Mavhunga’s efforts to establish a satellite police base in Unit L have hit a brick wall after the law enforcement agency thwarted the initiative

Mavhunga had moved in to construct a two-roomed satellite police post using the Community Development Fund (CDF) in 2020, but the building is now a white elephant after police refused to accept it.

The project was initially supported by the former Chitungwiza Police Station officer-in-charge, Inspector Charles Mutabvuka, who advised Mavhunga to communicate with the Police General Headquarters (PGHQ).

In an interview, the MP narrated how he was moved to construct the police post following numerous requests from residents.

Soon after my election in 2018, I was inundated by calls by residents from the Chigumba area who were reporting various crimes ranging from domestic violence, murders, armed robberies and fights in public,” Mavhunga said.

“There was no nearby police base or station serving this huge population.

The nearest is a police post at Chirenje Shopping Centre in Unit M near Jambanja Market, which is about 5km away.

“This is not ideal because there are several shopping centres that have emerged in Ward 18, which includes Sokomhenyu and also where a lot of crimes are committed during the night.”

He added: “After the resignation of Matabvuka, we wrote several letters to his successor Zalawe, who referred us to PGHQ, which kept on saying that it was looking into the matter until we finished the project in 2020.

At one point I even filed a complaint against the police after they told me that my letter was missing.

The amount received and injected into the project was equivalent to US$2 000.

Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed to The Standard that the law enforcement agency refused to accept the satellite post saying it was built unprocedurally

“Records with officer commanding Police Harare Province show that the alleged base was built without proper and conclusive verification and follow up inspection proved it was not needed at the sited place as crime records revealed low statistics,” Nyathi said.

“The legislator is urged to engage the local officer commanding police district to get an appreciation of the suitable place where a base can be sited

Mavhunga said he had big plans to modernise the base.

“This was going to be a state-of-the-art structure.

“We had planned to put in an air conditioner, provide computers and to create a waiting area,” he said.

“We were also putting in cells which were going to have a separate toilet.

“All these ideas went down the drain as police started giving us a cold shoulder.”

Police suffer resource constraints due to underfunding. For the 2022 fiscal year, the ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, under which the Zimbabwe Republic Police falls, was allocated a total of $49,4 billion.

— The Standard

By A Correspondent- A 24 year-old maid from Bulawayo allegedly s3_xually abused his employers’ child aged four.

Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele confirmed that Merylin Garira (24) of Garira homestead, Danga village, Chief Masunda in Zvishavane committed the offence when she was employed at a Famona residence.

“The informant is a female adult aged 35 years residing at Famona.

“The complainant is a boy aged four years residing at Famona,” Msebele said.

Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele confirmed that Merylin Garira (24) of Garira homestead, Danga village, Chief Masunda in Zvishavane committed the offence when she was employed at a Famona residence.

“The informant is a female adult aged 35 years residing at Famona.

“The complainant is a boy aged four years residing at Famona,” Msebele said.

“Between November 2021 and June 2022, Garira was left in custody of the children.

“She would f0ndle the child’s p3n!s while bathing him, make him lie on the bed after bathing, sit on his p3n!s and make some s3_xual movements.”

She said Garira later quit her job and was replaced by a 21-year old maid.

The matter only came to light when the boy made s3_xual moves to the new maid.

— The Standard

By-A 32-year-old Zanu PF Mutare member has been arrested for denouncing party leader Emerson Mnangagwa.

The member landed himself in trouble after suggesting that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not doing enough to address the socio-economic crisis in the country.

Malcom Masari from Chikanga 1, Mutare, allegedly sent a message in a WhatsApp group suggesting that the socio-economic crisis was forcing party members to ditch governing Zanu PF.

In court papers the state says Masari who is unemployed was reported by Esau Mupfumi, a 60-year-old businessman. 

The state said on the 5th of August 2022, Masari posted a defamatory message on a Zanu PF WhatsApp group called “Zanu PF Election Indaba” by posting messages that insult the president E D Mnangagwa. He allegedly said:

People are suffering out there and our structures are empty vanhu have lost confidence in the party because they feel neglected… If that can be fixed zvoreruka… I remember the genius Robert Mugabe during time yema interface, vanhu vachichema so achitaura nekufara mdara uyu addressing issues that would have been raised at Provincial level… President ngavaudzwe zviri pa ground zvaminama. 

Translated to say in short the current president is not doing enough to address the socio-economic issues.

The state says Masari insulted the President by comparing him with the late former president Robert Mugabe, that is to say, the current President performing below par. 

Masari is among many other people who have so far been arrested for allegedly insulting the president.

By- The opposition CCC has confirmed the attendance of the party leader, Nelson Chamisa, at today’s rally in Masvingo’s Mucheke rally.

This is despite Zanu PF’s attempts to block the opposition’s thank you meeting with Masvingo supporters.

CCC posted early Sunday:

MASVINGO THANK YOU RALLY: Today, we thank citizens of Masvingo at Mucheke Stadium for their huge support of the Yellow Movement at the last by election. The celebration rally will be addressed by our Change Champion in Chief.

By- Zanu PF in Masvingo has directed the local Council to bar the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) from holding a rally at Mucheke Stadium.

The ruling party said using Mucheke Stadium was against the Local Government Act.

 In a letter sent to Masvingo City Council, Zanu PF Youth League Secretary for Administration in Masvingo Province, Charles Munganasa known as Tutorial, gave Town clerk a few hours to “address this irregularity.” 

Reads Munganasa’s letter dated 13 August 2022:

To The Town Clerk. Masvingo City Council

Eng E. Mukaratirwa 

REF: CONCERN OVER THE ABUSE OF MUCHEKE STADIUM BY A POLITICAL PARTY AGAINST THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT.

The above matter refers.

You may be aware that, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa intends to host a rally on Sunday 14 August 2022. The rally will be hosted inside Mucheke Stadium.

Notwithstanding the fact that Chapter 291S, Second Schedule 198 Paragraph 43 of the Local Government Act prohibits the use of Mucheke Stadium for any political activities, the Zanu PF youth League is concerned that Masvingo City Council approved the use of Muchrke Stadium by CCC against laid out legal provisions.

Having said this, I pray that your highly venerated office addresses this irregularity before end of day today and that the above-mentioned political party, be redirected to a more suitable venue.

Thanking you in advance. 

Yours Comradely

CDE CHARLES MUNGANASA 

ZANU PF YL SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 

By- Kenya Kwanza Alliance presidential candidate William Ruto has sent a congratulatory message to the coalition’s aspirants who secured seats in Tuesday’s General Election. 

The Deputy President especially lauded the female leaders who have been elected in various capacities across the country, saying they had broken barriers. He posted on Twitter on Saturday:

Congratulations to all election winners. In particular, we celebrate the many women who have broken barriers to climb the political ladder. Best wishes as you embark on your new responsibilities. Hustlers are counting on you.

Meanwhile, vote tallying entered its fourth day on Friday at the national tallying centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is expected to have announced the results for all the various seats by Monday, August 15, per the law, which gives it seven days to tally and announce the results.

Preliminary presidential election results suggest that there is a tight race between William Ruto and veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga.

By- Two overzealous police details were beaten up by a Glen Norah Kombi crew in Harare.

However, the kombi crew has been arrested and charged with assault and kidnapping.

NewZimbabwe.com reports that the duo, Shepherd and Allen Zharare, in that order, are aged 30 and 18.

They briefly appeared before Harare magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, Thursday charged with assault, resisting law officers and kidnapping.

The Zharare siblings will be back in court Friday for bail application.

According to prosecutors, the two work as commuter omnibus (Kombi) driver and conductor respectively.

Prosecutors told the court that on the 9th of August, along Mbuya Nehanda and Charter Road in Harare, Shepherd was driving a Toyota Hiace and allegedly resisted arrest after he stopped at an undesignated place to pick up passengers.

The court heard Allen and two others, who are still at large, were touting for passengers when Constables Memory Manyande and Pindire Cairo, who were on duty, then pronounced the arrest of the four.

The police officers allegedly boarded the kombi and instructed the driver to drive to Harare Central Police Station.

He then drove off at high speed along Simon Mazorodze and out of town to Southerton.

They later stopped and pushed the police officers out of the vehicle and they sustained injuries which are yet to be treated.

The court heard the team also assaulted the officers with clenched fists and open hands, knowing very well that they were law enforcement agents.

They also deprived the peace officers of bodily movement when they locked them up in the vehicle.

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the Zanu PF regime is in panic mode.

The regime banned President Chamisa’s Thank You rally scheduled for Chipinge.

The Zanu PF regime is wary of losing the coming elections, according to President Chamisa.

“THEY ARE SCARED & VERY AFRAID.
-The police banned our Chipinge Citizens Thank you Rally.
-We went to the High Court (Mutare) yesterday to challenge the ban.
-The court agreed with the police prohibiting the rally.
It’s a real fight and we will WIN this fight,” the CCC leader wrote on Twitter.

CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere on Saturday slammed the police ban.

“Zanu PF continues its streak of disrupting our meetings & violating our right to assemble. The Chipinge Rally that was planned for tomorrow has been banned. They’re afraid of our visibility in Chipinge so they’re abusing institutions to silence us. We remain steadfast.”