By- MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has acknowledged that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa remains popular but said his MDC party would win the next year’s elections despite CCC’s popularity.

Speaking on Thursday during This Morning on Asakhe,  hosted by CITE on Twitter Space, Mwonzora said this would be so despite failing to win a single parliamentary or council seat in the 26 March 2022 by-elections.

 He said:

For us, the by-elections are a bygone; we did not do well but that does not perturb us.

Mwonzora said he draws inspiration from the likes of Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln in the United States, Robert Mugabe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa who at one point failed in their lives but still picked themselves up and continued with their missions. He said:

We are rebuilding our organisation and come 2023 we will be an extremely potent force and we are brewing a shocker for the nation. There is absolutely no question about it.

I want to quote Garry Kasparov, the Russian, Soviet Union champion, who says that you should not glory in your past victory.

You think that what was there on 26 March 2022 is the same as on 11 September 2022, things have changed.

Society has changed, things are moving and so on. So we should not remain fossilised in the past. We have failed before we have risen in the MDC.

He said the MDC had a history of falling and rising in elections since contesting for the first time in 2000. He said:

In 2000 it scored very well, almost getting a majority in Parliament. In 2005 it went down, lost its parliamentary advantage, and I think lost about 11 seats.

Then in 2008, the MDC went up, winning the presidency, winning Parliament, and all the Councils. In 2013 we went down.

In 2018 when we were together we did very well and our presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa did very well in the presidential election.

Of course, he thinks that it is only his. His achievement is not on the team, but that is his opinion but did objectively well in 2018.

In the by-election, we did badly. We are now on the upward swing. This is the trend of the MDC.

Those historians out there who care to study the MDC must find that there is a trend.

So we are happy that we are on our way up and we will provide a shot come 2023.

More: CITE

By- Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has been acquitted of bribery.

Rushwaya was today cleared of allegations of offering a bribe to an airport official to allow her to travel out of the country with 6kg of gold in October 2020.

Rushwaya was charged with bribery and was acquitted after a full trial.

In acquitting Rushwaya, Harare regional magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye said there were a lot of inconsistencies in witnesses’ evidence, and it was not convincing.
The court also said that the witnesses failed to corroborate in their testimonies.
-Herald

By-The opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa is Sunday addressing party supporters at Mucheke Stadium in Masvingo.

The CCC Masvingo rally will celebrate the party’s victory in the March 26 2022, by-elections.

Despite being launched early this mostly by former MDC Alliance members, CCC won all four Masvingo Urban by-elections. It, however lost to ZANU PF in Chiredzi, Chivi and Mwenezi.

Chamisa confirmed that he will address the rally in an interview with The Mirror on Thursday morning. He said:

I will be in Masvingo on Sunday for Citizen thank you rallies. As you know, we were in Gwanda and other places where we won.

In Masvingo, our four councillors won on March 26 by-election. So we will be thanking the people of Masvingo for voting for our councillors.

The four councillors are Rocky Kamuzonda (Ward 3), Aleck Tabe (Ward 4), Daniel Mberikunashe (Ward 5) and Richard Musekiwa (Ward 7).

The seats fell vacant after the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora recalled all MDC Alliance councillors believed to have been aligned to Chamisa who was leading the party before he was deposed by the courts.

By- MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora said his party will shock the nation in the next year’s general elections.

Speaking on Thursday during This Morning on Asakhe,  hosted by CITE on Twitter Space, Mwonzora said this would be so despite failing to win a single parliamentary or council seat in the 26 March 2022 by-elections.

 He said:

For us, the by-elections are a bygone; we did not do well but that does not perturb us.

Mwonzora said he draws inspiration from the likes of Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln in the United States, Robert Mugabe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa who at one point failed in their lives but still picked themselves up and continued with their missions. He said:

We are rebuilding our organisation and come 2023 we will be an extremely potent force and we are brewing a shocker for the nation. There is absolutely no question about it.

I want to quote Garry Kasparov, the Russian, Soviet Union champion, who says that you should not glory in your past victory.

You think that what was there on 26 March 2022 is the same as on 11 September 2022, things have changed.

Society has changed, things are moving and so on. So we should not remain fossilised in the past. We have failed before we have risen in the MDC.

He said the MDC had a history of falling and rising in elections since contesting for the first time in 2000. He said:

In 2000 it scored very well, almost getting a majority in Parliament. In 2005 it went down, lost its parliamentary advantage, and I think lost about 11 seats.

Then in 2008, the MDC went up, winning the presidency, winning Parliament, and all the Councils. In 2013 we went down.

In 2018 when we were together we did very well and our presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa did very well in the presidential election.

Of course, he thinks that it is only his. His achievement is not on the team, but that is his opinion but did objectively well in 2018.

In the by-election, we did badly. We are now on the upward swing. This is the trend of the MDC.

Those historians out there who care to study the MDC must find that there is a trend.

So we are happy that we are on our way up and we will provide a shot come 2023.

More: CITE

By-Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has checked in at Borrowdale Trauma Centre for routine health check-up.

ZimLive reports that the ailing Vice President was seen at the elite health facility Thursday.

Chiwenga has been receiving medical treatment in China for an undisclosed ailment.

#EXCLUSIVE Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has checked himself into the Borrowdale Trauma Centre for what sources describe as a routine "procedure" pic.twitter.com/XzJZLTyhpV

— ZimLive (@zimlive) August 11, 2022

1/2 On 09/08/22, Police in Mberengwa arrested Moses Mhlanga (43) for a case of robbery in which he attacked two female complainants aged 26 and 43 at the Greenspan area in Mberengwa before stealing cash amounting to US 351, ZAR250, and a cellphone. After the robbery incident,

— Zimbabwe Republic Police (@PoliceZimbabwe) August 11, 2022

2/2 the two complainants made a report at ZRP Mberengwa. While reporting, the complainants saw the suspect, who intended to file an assault report at the Police station, leading to his subsequent arrest.

— Zimbabwe Republic Police (@PoliceZimbabwe) August 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/PoliceZimbabwe/status/1557655984767733761?t=x5X4FUsEyd1sUx8ev3AF9Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/PoliceZimbabwe/status/1557655989465268224?t=AiZ1lAa2n49yHLF9N4SHVA&s=19

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Frederick Shava, said the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is ready to welcome back its citizens who have lived in South Africa under the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP).

“The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit will expire at the end of this year. Its expiry is naturally causing much anxiety to the holders of this permit,” Shava said in his opening remarks while co-chairing the mid-term review of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) with International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor.

“Our two governments must work closely in the implementation of this decision. We are ready to receive our nationals back home,” he said.

Among several senior officials from the two nations, the high-level meeting was also attended by Ambassador of South Africa to Zimbabwe, Thizwilondi Rejoice Mabudafhasi, and Ambassador of Zimbabwe to South Africa, David Hamadziripi.

Numerous Zimbabweans living in South Africa are in limbo, after the South African government announced that it would not be extending the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP), which ended on December 31, 2021.

The almost 200 000 permit-holders were given a 12-months grace period to regularise their stay with another category of permit.

Pandor told Shava that Pretoria is grateful for the supportive role played by Zimbabwe in arresting the scourge of illegal migration.

“Dear Minister (Shava), I’m sure you are aware that effective management of immigration has been an ongoing challenge for our government.

“We’ve recently established a border management agency and we hope it will vastly reduce illegal migration and improve efficiency. I must thank you and your government for the support you have given us in this endeavour,” she said.

Pandor said the review meeting gives the two neighbouring countries an opportunity to “reboot and reset our programmes, to better respond to the challenges that have emanated” from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I am pleased to recall that despite the constraints of the pandemic, total trade between South Africa increased from a quantum of R38billion in 2020 to R47.5bn in 2021. I trust that our delegations will align our planning to enhance this positive development and I note in the figures that the surplus lies with South Africa, and we would like to see greater benefit to Zimbabwe’s economic sectors as well.

“Of course, our cooperation and partnership is not only limited to bilateral relations. We also share common values on regional, continental and global governance issues of mutual interest,” she said.

Pandor also expressed gratitude to Zimbabwe for the support given to South Africa when it served on the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.

Shava, a seasoned diplomat, was appointed by Mnangagwa to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year, following the death of the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo.

-IOL

By A Correspondent- The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) on  Wednesday said it was investigating two separate cases against members of the police in Limpopo involving illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, one of whom was killed.

In one case, the Ipid was investigating the fatal shooting of a Zimbabwean immigrant. He was shot dead by police on Sunday night, allegedly after he was caught committing a housebreaking in Mutale village.

It is alleged the deceased took out a weapon intending to attack a police officer.

In the second case, Ipid  said an illegal immigrant from Zimbabwe was allegedly assaulted by the Rooiberg police officers on Sunday.

-Times live

By A Correspondent- Calls by Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda this week that government should return all properties that it grabbed from former Zipra combatants at the height of the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the 1980s cannot not be overemphasised.

Honestly, it is quite amiss that those properties were not included in the 1987 Unity Accord between Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo (both late), an agreement that supposedly was meant to cease hostilities between the two former 1970s liberation war allies Zanu and PF Zapu.

If the properties, which include the imposing Magnet House in Bulawayo, were actually part of the negotiations to stop civil strife in the southern part of the country, then is it curious that 35 years after the Unity Accord, those properties have not been returned to the rightful owners.

Sibanda rightly reminds us that: “When we were at the assembly points, we contributed money from our meagre salaries to buy those properties. Some of the properties have been returned, while others have not been returned due to paperwork challenges … please do not release those farms through newspapers, release them physically so that we have access to them.”

For years, government has been promising to return the properties, but little has happened, leading to many rightly questioning the sincerity of the 1987 Unity Accord because a prompt release of those properties way back in 1987 would have, indeed, signified the sincerity of the unity agreement.

Past experience has thought us that it will not be long before Sibanda is pelted for discussing these issues in public as what happened to Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda when he pointed out that the appointment of a second Vice-President from the other party in the Unity Accord was long overdue. Colleagues in his Zanu-PF party were furious and roasted Mudenda for his otherwise noble and wise counsel.

As we speak, there is no second Vice-President after Kembo Mohadi resigned as VP last year following a messy sex scandal.

It is these seemingly small matters that speak to the genuineness of the 1987 Unity Accord. As long as these grey areas keep sticking out like sore thumbs, it would be difficult for any sane Zimbabwean to believe that the people of Zimbabwe were truly united by the 1987 unity agreement.

One really wonders why it has taken government all this while to return those properties when it is fully aware that they were illegally grabbed from Zipra?

If the Zanu-PF government is serious about bringing closure to the Gukurahundi madness, why is it still shilly-shallying over the Zipra properties?

It is about time the Zanu-PF government acted on those properties if it hopes to convince anyone that it genuinely entered the 1987 Unity Accord. Besides, the move would be a plus for a government that has so far dismally failed on the property rights front.

By-Harare regional magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye is today expected to deliver a judgment in the matter in which Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president, Henrietta Rushwaya, is being charged for offering a bribe to an airport official on the day she allegedly attempted to smuggle 6kg of gold out of the country in October 2020.

Through her lawyer Mr Peter Patisani, Rushwaya denied the charges saying she never offered anyone a bribe on the day in question as she had no intentions to smuggle the gold.

Rushwaya told the court that she only carried a wrong bag to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
A fortnight ago, Mrs Mapiye rejected her application for discharge at the close of the State case and ordered her to explain what she did soon after the airport officials discovered she was in possession of gold.
In her defence case, Rushwaya insisted that she never offered a bribe to smuggle the said gold, as she was a gold buying agent for Fidelity Printers and Refiners with a gold buying licence.
Rushwaya told the court that if she had intentions to smuggle gold, she would have not volunteered to go through the security scanning point after being ushered by the airport officials to use the VIP section.
She said she advised airport officials, including Owen Sibanda whom she allegedly offered the bribe, that she had picked a wrong bag from home.
Rushwaya said upon her arrest, she cooperated with law enforcement agents at all material times.
She told the court that the police went to take the other bag, which she claims is similar to the one she was found with at the airport, during the time she was in remand prison.
Rushwaya said the police were still in custody of the two similar bags since 2020.

-Herald

By- Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa has started using parallel party structures to lure internal support ahead of the ruling party elective congress.

Zanu PF is holding its elective congress in October to choose the party 2023 Presidential elections.

The Standard reports that Mnangagwa is accused of imposing his ally John Paradza as leader of the Zanu PF youth league, sparking resistance from party structures.

Meetings to introduce Paradza and his new youth league executive ended in violence in Manicaland and Masvingo as Zanu PF factions clashed openly to demonstrate the chasm.

In Mutare, violent scenes erupted during an election to replace former Mutare district coordination committee secretary for youth affairs Danmore Mambondiani, who recently won a position in the national executive.

In Masvingo, violence marred a party youth meeting held at Masvingo Polytechnic where they had met to elect a new provincial youth leader.

The post was left vacant after Paradza’s elevation.

Ruling party insiders said Mnangagwa was using parallel structures such as MenBelievED to organise his 2023 election campaign because of growing mistrust within Zanu PF structures following the emergence of a faction allegedly aligned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.

The MenBelievED group is organising a solidarity march for the Zanu PF leader  slated for August 27 at Harare’s Robert Mugabe Square.

Other groups that are campaigning for Mnangagwa outside Zanu PF structures are Young Women for ED and Varakashi for ED, among others.

Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa refused to comment about the march when asked if this was a planned party event.

He referred questions to the organiser of the march and founder of the MenBelievEd group Justice Matsatsira who yesterday said he could only comment about the march on Wednesday.

“I cannot comment right now,” Matsatsira said.

“I am away in the rural areas where I am attending a funeral.

“I will be back on Wednesday when I can give you more details on the march.”

In the past, similar marches were organised by party organs at the height of factional fights in Zanu PF that pitted late president Robert Mugabe and Mnangagwa.

Mugabe was eventually toppled in a coup in 2017, which paved the way for his deputy.

In 2016, former Zanu PF youth secretary Kudzai Chipanga organised a “million-man march” in support of Mugabe amid manoeuvres by a camp linked to Mnangagwa to remove him.

Chipanga also organised youth interface rallies where Mugabe’s wife, Grace would openly dress down alleged Mnangagwa allies.

In 2007, Zanu PF Bulawayo chairperson Jabulani Sibanda organised a similar march in support of Mugabe whose support was waning.

A recently leaked internal police memorandum showed that the ruling Zanu PF party’s popularity is waning at the grassroots following its cell audit that was conducted in June.

Political analyst Sydicks Muradzikwa said the solidarity march in support of Mnangagwa was senseless when the country was battling various social, political and economic crises.

“The planned solidarity march is an idea born out of extreme actions of solidarity and misguided ultra-patriotism ideologies among President Mnangagwa’s camp,” Muradzikwa said.

“Any action intended to show genuine solidarity should be anchored on political common sense and rationality.

“Regrettably, this is what happens when public support for politics is incentivised and is further devoid of political reasoning and common sense.”

Another analyst Vivid Gwede said the solidarity march showed that trouble was brewing in Zanu PF.

“We would surmise what else do the president’s supporters perceive as his difficulties if not the spectres of factionalism in his party or the approaching elections where his chances are being daily chipped away by the economic collapse,” Gwede said.

“A government and leadership that are doing well do not need solidarity marches.”

Mnangagwa is eyeing a second full term in next year’s elections where he is set to face Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa, whom he narrowly beat in the disputed 2018 elections.

An Afrobarometer survey in June showed that 33% of respondents said they would vote for Chamisa against 30% for the Zanu PF leader.

By- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has escaped a citizens’ arrest.

Rhamaphosa escaped after state security agents blocked dozens of South Africans intending to apprehend him at a National Women’s Day celebrations in Durban on Tuesday.

Members of the civil rights organisation Real Democracy attempted to arrest Ramaphosa over what is referred to as the Farmgate scandal.
The group was stopped at the VVIP gate and, after being questioned by security staff, were prevented from entering the event.
A South African Police Service (SAPS) legal representative told the activists that there was no reason for attempting to arrest the president, since the Farmgate matter was still under investigation by various law enforcement agencies, including the Hawks.
One of the officers from the President’s Office, Roshni Singh, who attended the Real Democracy activists, accepted a “charge sheet” with seven counts against Ramaphosa.
The charges included the Phala Phala Farmgate, where Ramaphosa allegedly stashed a large amount of foreign currency in a couch and a mattress at his farm. The money was reportedly stolen during a burglary in 2020.
Speaking to the Daily News, Real Democracy spokesperson Srini Naidoo accused the police of violating Section 42 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 which allowed for the arrest of a suspect by a private person/s without a warrant. Said Naidoo:
We came from Pietermaritzburg to exercise our constitutional duty as citizens of the country, but we are disappointed that we were prevented from arresting the president by the police who are supposed to uphold the laws of the country.
We explained that we had the right to arrest the president, but we were stopped.
Ramaphosa is not supposed to be called president anymore after committing such serious crimes.
Apart from that, the event went well.

By-Sungura music King, Alick Macheso, is in Australia with his new music album.

Macheso landed in Australia Wednesday with Gemma Griffiths for their performance in Perth on Friday & Sydney on Saturday. Then Melbourne and Brisbane next weekend.

He will be promoting his 12th album titled “Tinosvitswa Nashe,” which he recently launched.

“Musicians Alick Macheso & Gemma Griffiths are set to perform in Perth on Friday & Sydney on Saturday. Then Melbourne and Brisbane next weekend,” read a post by state media.

By-Human rights activists in Matabeleland challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga to openly address the Gukurahundi issue after publicly claiming to have roots in the region.

During a visit to Bulawayo last week, Chiwenga claimed his great grandfather’s sister was a chief in Nkayi and married to Mzilikazi as one of his many wives.

Chiwenga also claimed that Mnangagwa’s grandfather, Mubengu was kept at the Mzilikazi royal kraal until he was conscripted into the Mbizo regiment.

But political commentator and human rights activist Effie Ncube said the victims of Gukurahundi are not interested in “disjointed self-serving historical narratives.” He said:

Instead, what matters to millions is truth and justice on the Gukurahundi genocide in which they were leading actors.

Therefore, now that both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga are speaking about their history in Matabeleland, let them focus on the most important and recent history, primarily the roles each of them played in the Gukurahundi genocide.

It is this truth and not the hazy precolonial history of their forefathers that people are interested in.

Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) president Mqondisi Moyo said Mnangagwa and Chiwenga are insincere and should desist from playing with people’s emotions. Said Moyo:

Why would both Chiwenga and Mnangagwa as the nephews of Mthwakazi facilitate the killing of their uncles? Both of them are shedding crocodile tears on our people.

We are glad that MRP is giving them sleepless nights, no wonder why up to this day they are failing to sincerely own up to Gukurahundi.

We are expecting them to be fixing the ailing economy instead of playing with our emotions.

Both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga have been accused of having played a leading role in the killing of 20 000 civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands in the first decade after independence.

Mnangagwa was the State security minister at the time and Chiwenga was in charge of the Bulawayo battalion that supported the North Korea-trained 5th Brigade that led the massacres.

More: NewsDay

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has stressed the importance of the diaspora vote.

Commenting on the elections in Kenya, President Chamisa said Zimbabweans in the diaspora should be allowed to vote.

The right to vote is fundamental, according to the CCC leader.

“GIVING CITIZENS A VOICE….The right to vote is so fundamental.

Zimbabweans in the diaspora must be allowed to vote
@ZECzim
. It’s doable. Well done Kenya and
@IEBCKenya
for enabling the Diaspora vote.

#RegisterToVoteZW,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

By- Estranged Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry, was Wednesday taken to court in an ambulance and later wheeled into the courtroom for her hearing.

This forced Harare regional magistrate Mrs Feresi Chakanyuka to defer the ruling on her application for exceptional jurisdiction to August 19 after noting that she could not comprehend court proceedings because of her ill health.

Marry is appearing at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with attempted murder after she allegedly tried to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga when he was in hospital in South Africa.
Marry in her application, argued that the court had no jurisdiction to preside over the matter as the alleged offence occurred in South Africa.
Her lawyer Ms Beatrice Mtetwa requested for deferment of the ruling to allow Mubaiwa to recover from her ailment.

Last week, Marry was issued with a warrant of arrest after she failed to walk into the courtroom because of her ailing condition.
The warrant was cancelled today.

By- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has escaped a citizens’ arrest.

Rhamaphosa escaped after state security agents blocked dozens of South Africans intending to apprehend him at a National Women’s Day celebrations in Durban on Tuesday.

Members of the civil rights organisation Real Democracy attempted to arrest Ramaphosa over what is referred to as the Farmgate scandal.
The group was stopped at the VVIP gate and, after being questioned by security staff, were prevented from entering the event.
A South African Police Service (SAPS) legal representative told the activists that there was no reason for attempting to arrest the president, since the Farmgate matter was still under investigation by various law enforcement agencies, including the Hawks.
One of the officers from the President’s Office, Roshni Singh, who attended the Real Democracy activists, accepted a “charge sheet” with seven counts against Ramaphosa.
The charges included the Phala Phala Farmgate, where Ramaphosa allegedly stashed a large amount of foreign currency in a couch and a mattress at his farm. The money was reportedly stolen during a burglary in 2020.
Speaking to the Daily News, Real Democracy spokesperson Srini Naidoo accused the police of violating Section 42 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 which allowed for the arrest of a suspect by a private person/s without a warrant. Said Naidoo:
We came from Pietermaritzburg to exercise our constitutional duty as citizens of the country, but we are disappointed that we were prevented from arresting the president by the police who are supposed to uphold the laws of the country.
We explained that we had the right to arrest the president, but we were stopped.
Ramaphosa is not supposed to be called president anymore after committing such serious crimes.
Apart from that, the event went well.

-IOL

By Former War veterans chairman and Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Jabulani Sibanda, has confronted the government over all ZIPRA-owned properties ceased by the state.

Sibanda confronted vice President Constantino Chiwenga over these properties on Friday during the official opening of the SAI Mart shop in Entumbane, Bulawayo.

 He said:

Acting President, here in Matabeleland, there are some farms that are owned by war veterans, not those that were acquired during the Land Act.

When we were at the assembly points, we contributed money from our meagre salaries to buy those properties.

Some of the properties have been returned, while others have not been returned due to paperwork challenges.

Today, you visited us with a hero’s mind and attitude, and so I want to take this opportunity through that window into your heart to say please do not release those farms through newspapers, release them physically so that we have access to them.

Sibanda also revealed that two brand new buses belonging to Zenzeleni Super Express co-operative were burnt to shells during the Gukurahundi era.

Chiwenga did not immediately respond to the issues raised about ZIPRA properties.

According to a Daily News report, some of the properties include Magnet House which houses the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Bulawayo headquarters, Kudu Motors, Hampton Farm, Ascot Farm, Nest Egg Farm, Woodyglen Farm, Mbalabala Garage, Nyamandlovu Farm, Snake Park and Salisbury Motel in Harare, among others.

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has stressed the importance of the diaspora vote.

Commenting on the elections in Kenya, President Chamisa said Zimbabweans in the diaspora should be allowed to vote.

The right to vote is fundamental, according to the CCC leader.

“GIVING CITIZENS A VOICE….The right to vote is so fundamental.

Zimbabweans in the diaspora must be allowed to vote
@ZECzim
. It’s doable. Well done Kenya and
@IEBCKenya
for enabling the Diaspora vote.

#RegisterToVoteZW,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

Norton MP, Temba Mliswa (Independent), has blamed the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, July Moyo, for Harare’s current water challenges.

Wate taps ran dry in Harare for more than two days last week. While the precious liquid is now available in some suburbs, the water supply is erratic.

The Harare City Council attributed the water crisis to a lack of water treatment chemicals at the Morton Jaffray and Prince Edward water works.

Posting on Twitter, Mliswa accused Moyo of holding onto nearly $2 billion in devolution funds allocated to Harare by Treasury while the city fails to buy water treatment chemicals. Said Mliswa:

It is saddening to notice that the Local Government minister can watch the waterworks of our country’s capital completely shut down without showing much concern.

Here is a minister who is clinging on to devolution funds, and in the process, incapacitating Harare City’s crucial services like water treatment thereby exposing millions of residents to diseases.

This is the same man who corruptly pushed for the purchase and installation of water pumps. The big question is, what is the purpose of water pumps when you don’t have water?

A government of the people cannot afford to stand and watch while July is running riot exposing millions of people to diseases. This madness needs to be stopped.

Millions of Harare residents were forced to rely on unsafe water sources following the closure of the water treatment plants.

-newzim

By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the weekend boycotted the wedding of Lieutenant General (Rtd) Anselem Sanyatwe and his wife Chido Machona-Sanyatwe.

Sanyatwe, now Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania, was in charge of the Presidential Guard that killed six civilians on 1 August 2018.

The victims had protested against the delays by ZEC to release Presidential election results.

Sanyatwe and Chido renewed their wedding vows at a ceremony held at Regina Coeli Mission in Nyanga on Sunday.

Mnangagwa sent his deputy Constantino Chiwenga to Sanyatwe’s wedding.

The ceremony was attended by Manicaland Provincial minister Nokuthula Matsikenyere, deputy Transport minister Mike Madiro, Nyanga North legislator Supa Mandiwanzira, and top army officials.

By James Gwati- President Emerson Mnangagwa has intensified his security and now moves with several bodyguards.

A retired soldier using a pseudonym on Twitter suggested that Mnangagwa was being silly.

He posted:

. What is ED is scared of 2 have so many bodyguards? 2.The fact that bodyguards matched their ties&suits tells a story.Its the worst protection i have seen since joining the army.If an enemy wants 2 attack, it will be easy 2 identify&eliminate all bodyguards by dresscode

1. What is ED is scared of 2 have so many bodyguards?
2.The fact that bodyguards matched their ties&suits tells a story.Its the worst protection i have seen since joining the army.If an enemy wants 2 attack, it will be easy 2 identify&eliminate all bodyguards by dresscode pic.twitter.com/FcHVZj8QtB

— Gonzo Muduri (@Gonzomuduri) August 8, 2022

By James Gwati-CCC, leader Nelson Chamisa did not attend this year’s 42nd Heroes commemorations held at the national shrine in the capital Monday, but sent his MPs to represent him.

Several CCC lawmakers said they attended the Heroes celebrations with the blessings of their party leader Nelson Chamisa.

Charlton Hwende, the CCC secretary general, posted pictures of their attendance on Tuesday.

Posted Hwende:

Yesterday we joined the rest of the country in paying our tribute to the thousands of young men and women who took up arms to liberate the country. President Chamisa deployed us to represent our Party.

https://twitter.com/hwendec/status/1556866585100521472/photo/1

By-Exiled former Zanu PF Political Commissar and Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the persecution of political opponents.

Kasukuwere confronted Mnangagwa on Monday and urged his government to stop using the law as a weapon against critics.

In a statement marking the country’s 42nd Heroes Day Commemorations on 8 August 2022, Kasukuwere said it was wrong for the government to hound citizens out of the country because of political differences. Said Kasukuwere:

No Zimbabwean should be imprisoned without charge for lawfully and rightfully taking part in our politics, no Zimbabwean should be persecuted because of political differences and no Zimbabwean should be exiled because of personal or political differences.

Ours is no longer a war of canons and guns, it is a war to deliver economic independence. We are no longer pressed with racial inequality, but we see economic inequality all around us.

Let us seize the opportunity to be the heroes of future generations and present. Let us rise to our generational calling. Out of us, heroes must emerge.

Kasukuwere also bemoaned the country’s seemingly unending economic challenges that have pushed millions of Zimbabweans out of the country in search of greener pastures. He said:

As we celebrate and remember, let’s not forget the Zimbabwean child toiling because of a lack of employment, lack of empowerment and lack of services.

Let us not forget the millions of Zimbabweans who have been forced to live as second-class citizens in other countries, sometimes subjected to degrading and inhumane conditions and discrimination in these foreign domiciles.

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By -Former deputy Prime minister and CCC member Thokozani Khupe said they were working on getting the 1000 votes needed for the party to win three wards in the upcoming by-election in Bulilima.

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will hold by-elections in Bulilima on September 3, 2022, in Ward 1, 14 and 16 following the resignation of ZANU PF councillors Tonny Mlotshwa and Ntungamili Dube and the death of Delani Mabhena.

Currently, ZANU PF controls 21 councillors in Bulilima Rural District Council while the opposition MDC Alliance has one ward.

Speaking during a recent Twitter space organised by the CCC Mthwakazi, a group of the party’s supporters based in the diaspora, Khupe, who was the deputy Prime Minister during the GNU era (2009-2013), said:

The by-election will build a strong foundation for the 2023 election. Bulilima used to be our stronghold up until 2013 and it is very possible for us to regain it.

We can only manage to generate these votes, if we have the right tools to use, hence the reason why we are appealing for your assistance in terms of fuel, t-shirts and flyers.

The manpower we have is ready to work but people need assistance to be able to interact with the electorate.

As you know, people vote for the party which interacts with them constantly. That is why it is important that we keep in touch with our electorate until September 2, a day before voting on September 3, 2022.

This can only happen if we go to all the villages and be there every day. That’s why we need fuel, fliers, and t-shirts.

Campaign teams can’t go without t-shirts and regalia because people want to identify with them through their regalia. People need that regalia so we are appealing to you.

We have people who are not registered, people who don’t want to vote and passive voters so we want to change them and make sure everybody votes because every vote counts.

We are going to be interacting with people on the voters’ roll, who are registered, talking to them to generate the 900 and 1 000 votes.

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Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa believes the elections in Kenya are being conducted in a peaceful and democratic way.

According to President Chamisa, Zimbabwe and Kenya have a lengthy history of cooperation.

Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, having served the constitutionally limited two terms, is backing one-time foe Raila Odinga, 77, to succeed him.

His decision followed clashes with Deputy President William Ruto, 55, who had expected to be endorsed.

More than 22 million Kenyans have registered to vote.

On Tuesday President Chamisa said in a statement:
“KENYA and ZIMBABWE have a long history of cooperation in various facets for the growth & development of our Peoples. As Kenyans go to the polls,we wish our Cdes & Kenyans in general,a peaceful democratic transition. Be assured Zimbabweans are with you now & beyond.

ELECTIONS IN KENYA…Kenya is in labour…

Lots of key lessons and take aways from the Elections body and the Players in Politics in Kenya.Elections must be credible & peaceful.

It’s the destiny of a nation – a vital turning point for any nation.#KenyaDecides2022.”

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa believes the elections in Kenya are being conducted in a peaceful and democratic way.

According to President Chamisa, Zimbabwe and Kenya have a lengthy history of cooperation.

Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, having served the constitutionally limited two terms, is backing one-time foe Raila Odinga, 77, to succeed him.

His decision followed clashes with Deputy President William Ruto, 55, who had expected to be endorsed.

More than 22 million Kenyans have registered to vote.

On Tuesday President Chamisa said in a statement:
“KENYA and ZIMBABWE have a long history of cooperation in various facets for the growth & development of our Peoples. As Kenyans go to the polls,we wish our Cdes & Kenyans in general,a peaceful democratic transition. Be assured Zimbabweans are with you now & beyond.

ELECTIONS IN KENYA…Kenya is in labour…

Lots of key lessons and take aways from the Elections body and the Players in Politics in Kenya.Elections must be credible & peaceful.

It’s the destiny of a nation – a vital turning point for any nation.#KenyaDecides2022.”

THE DEFENCE FORCES – A CITIZENS’ FORCE!

Today is an important day, a historic day, one penned in the history of the birth of our nation Zimbabwe by the sacrifices and toil of many men, women and children who paid the ultimate price to liberate this nation.

To our revered uniformed forces, to all our men and women in uniform of all ranks – top to bottom, we love and honour you all.

I salute you, our dedicated men and women in uniform on the occasion of this special day, a day to celebrate our Defence Forces.

Indeed, I salute and duly acknowledge the unstinting and committed service that you, our patriotic security services, continue to render to our beloved beautiful country-Zimbabwe, even under extremely difficult circumstances and challenges.

Soldiers, like the Police Service, Prison Service and Intelligence Service are badges of patriotism, symbols of the State and embodiment of the collective will of a people. The security forces are above party politics. You stand for country not party.

Except in rare moments when partisan politics toxifies the esteemed Defence Forces establishment, I, with pride and honour, salute our men and women in uniform for their versatility and adeptness in defending national and regional security.

Like the great singer said, ‘We love Zimbabwe and all its wealth..Mothers and Fathers are in them..Stand up Zimbabwe! ‘Tinoda Zimbabwe neupfumi hwayo hwose..Vana Mai nanaBaba ndimo mavari..Simuka Zimbabwe! ‘Sifuna iZimbabwe lenotho yayo yonke. Bobaba labomama yini abanikazi bomnotho weLizwe. Phakama Zimbabwe Phakama.’

As a nation, we fought a just war of liberation and the dedication, sacrifice and patriotism of the sons and daughters of this land deserve our veneration and utmost respect.

We are a liberation nation, a freedom nation and warrior nation and a God-fearing nation.

No country in the world has prospered and will ever prosper without a strong disciplined, progressive, well resourced, well paid, well fed and patriotic uniformed force behind it.

Even prior to our independence, the success of pre-colonial African states depended largely upon strong military support.

There are many examples in Africa and even in ZIMBABWE , the Mutapa State, the Rozvi Dynasty, the Zulu State, the Ndebele State and the Mandinka empire in WestAfrica (under Mansa Sundiata Keita, who founded the empire), to mention a few.

Whereas the courts are the guardians and guarantors of justice and rule of law, our security forces are the guarantors of our sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, citizens dignity, freedoms and liberty.

As our security forces you are the protectors and defenders of our safety and security.

As the uniformed force you are the protector of our resources, protector of our heritage, protector of independence, protector of the citizens, protector of our people and indeed protectors of our sovereignty and dignity as a people.

We recognize and cherish this important role you have played and continue to play.

You do this for the benefit of your beloved country and not for the benefit of a political leader or individual politicians. Politicians come and go, serve and leave – but you are a permanent citizens’ institution. You are patriots. Patriotism is non-partisan.

As citizens coalesce for Change, we affirm our respect and honour to you our national pride. We salute you as one of our national institutions, a people’s institution – a Citizens’ institution.

And as patriotic men and women, you have volunteered to play a patriotic role in national identity, growth and self determination.

We are aware of your challenges, circumstances and predicament in resources, livelihoods and welfare.

Nonetheless, as the citizens coalesce for change throughout the country, we commit to you that we will respect you and honour you for volunteering to serve us.

We will honour and respect you by shaming and condemning those who seek to undermine the great you have been for our great country.

We will honour and respect you by advocating and providing decent wages and living conditions commensurate with the pivotal and vital role you play and responsibilities you bear.

Above all, we will advocate that you have a fair share of our resources, decent housing and title deeds .

We will honour and respect you by condemning the unnecessary, unwarranted and unmerited purging or discrimination on tribal and patronage basis at the expense of merit and service.

Most importantly, at an individual level you are part and parcel of the citizens.You are eminent citizens.

As we coalesce for this historic change, we do so with you as citizens and together with your grandfathers, grandmothers, fathers, mothers, children, nieces, nephews, grand children and all relatives scattered around the country.

We do so above all with you as the protectors and guarantors of citizens Freedoms.

Right to free speech, Right to freedom of association, including political association. No one should ever be imprisoned or persecuted for holding a different political viewpoint or for telling truth to power. On that I call for the cessation of hostilities and an immediate release of all victims of political persecution.

We promise and commit that we will work well with you for the transformation, betterment and development of our great country as we build our great nation.

The CITIZENS’ GOVERNMENT will be a patriotic government. The Citizens’ government will not only push for a robust accelerated economic development but will also invest in security of nation.

Rest assured, the future Government of Zimbabwe will not go back on the values for which our veterans sacrificed. Values of Right to Self Deternination, Right to Vote, Rights to our mineral wealth, rights to land – With Title Deeds.

As the Citizens’ Government, with will stand shoulder to shoulder with our heroes in the service of this great nation, And rest assured, there is no reversal of the land acquisition,

Our Citizens’ army must and shall be the strongest and well resourced army in the region. Every Zimbabwean must feel protected and be assured to be defended. We will put money and invest in our security -citizens’ security.

I salute you and the people of Zimbabwe who gave their children, their brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts to liberate and protect this great nation.

Let us build and work together for a better and prosperous Zimbabwe.

God bless our Defence and Security Forces!

Nelson Chamisa, Change Champion.

By James Gwati-CCC, senior officials attended the country’s 42nd Heroes commemorations held at the national shrine in the capital Monday.

The CCC lawmakers said they attended the Heroes celebrations with the blessings of their party leader Nelson Chamisa.

Charlton Hwende, the CCC secretary general, posted pictures of their attendance on Tuesday.

Posted Hwende:

Yesterday we joined the rest of the country in paying our tribute to the thousands of young men and women who took up arms to liberate the country. President Chamisa deployed us to represent our Party.

https://twitter.com/hwendec/status/1556866585100521472/photo/1

By-Exiled former Zanu PF Political commissar and Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the persecution of political opponents.

Kasukuwere confronted Mnangagwa on Monday and urged his government to stop using the law as a weapon against critics.

In a statement marking the country’s 42nd Heroes Day Commemorations on 8 August 2022, Kasukuwere said it was wrong for the government to hound citizens out of the country because of political differences. Said Kasukuwere:

No Zimbabwean should be imprisoned without charge for lawfully and rightfully taking part in our politics, no Zimbabwean should be persecuted because of political differences and no Zimbabwean should be exiled because of personal or political differences.

Ours is no longer a war of canons and guns, it is a war to deliver economic independence. We are no longer pressed with racial inequality, but we see economic inequality all around us.

Let us seize the opportunity to be the heroes of future generations and present. Let us rise to our generational calling. Out of us, heroes must emerge.

Kasukuwere also bemoaned the country’s seemingly unending economic challenges that have pushed millions of Zimbabweans out of the country in search of greener pastures. He said:

As we celebrate and remember, let’s not forget the Zimbabwean child toiling because of a lack of employment, lack of empowerment and lack of services.

Let us not forget the millions of Zimbabweans who have been forced to live as second-class citizens in other countries, sometimes subjected to degrading and inhumane conditions and discrimination in these foreign domiciles.

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