By-Robbers in Bulawayo fired shots at a cash-in-transit van in Bulawayo and grabbed US$100,000 and R500,000.
The four armed men wearing balaclavas overpowered security guards from Safeguard delivering cash at a Mukuru branch on Monday morning on Lobengula Street and 13th Avenue.
Witnesses said one of the robbers discharged his firearm to disperse people queuing to collect cash at the Mukuru branch.
The robbers carried cash boxes into their getaway vehicle, a silver sedan. A video also circulated online showing one of the robbers kicking a security guard to the ground moments before the gang jumped into their vehicle and drove off.
One of the guards fired several shots at the vehicle, but it was unclear if he hit his target. Police said an investigation is underway.
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As global crises continue to threaten the health and nutrition of millions of babies and children, the vital importance of breastfeeding as the best possible start in life is more critical than ever.
This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support, UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments to allocate increased resources to protect, promote and support breastfeeding policies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable families living in emergency settings.
During emergencies, including those in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel, breastfeeding guarantees a safe, nutritious and accessible food source for babies and young children. It offers a powerful line of defense against disease and all forms of child malnutrition, including wasting.
Breastfeeding also acts as a baby’s first vaccine, protecting them from common childhood illnesses.
Yet the emotional distress, physical exhaustion, lack of space and privacy, and poor sanitation experienced by mothers in emergency settings mean that many babies are missing out on the benefits of breastfeeding to help them survive.
Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death. And only 44% of infants are exclusively breastfed in the first 6 months of life, short of the World Health Assembly target of 50% by 2025.
Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is more important than ever, not just for protecting our planet as the ultimate natural, sustainable, first food system, but also for the survival, growth and development of millions of infants.
That is why UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments, donors, civil society and the private sector to step up efforts to:
prioritize investing in breastfeeding support policies and programmes, especially in fragile and food insecure contexts; equip health and nutrition workers in facilities and communities with the skills they need to provide quality counselling and practical support to mothers to successfully breastfeed; protect caregivers and health-care workers from the unethical marketing influence of the formula industry by fully adopting and implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, including in humanitarian settings; and implement family-friendly policies that provide mothers with the time, space and support they need to breastfeed. About UNICEF
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For more information about UNICEF and its work for children visit www.unicef.org
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The permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana has reported that a stray lion was shot dead in Mwenezi on Sunday night.
The killed lion was part of a pride of three lions believed to have escaped from Save Valley Conservancy and were being tracked by rangers after being spotted by villagers near Tokwane Ngundu in Nyajena recently.
The lions were wreaking havoc in southern Chivi and Masvingo districts where they have been killing livestock.
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers killed the male lion on 21 July and two were remaining before the second one was shot dead last night.
Mangwana said the remaining one disappeared into the mountains. He said:
One of the remaining 2 stray lions that have been on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were 3 and 1 was a male lion was shot on 12 and the other disappeared into the mountains. 1 remains outstanding.
Villagers in Nyajena and surrounding areas have been losing their livestock, especially cattle to the stray lions sparking fears they could end up harming humans.
Zimparks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo urged communities to take extra measures and improve the security of their livestock and also avoid staying outdoors at night.
The pride was first spotted roaming freely near the Renco Mine turn-off along the Ngundu-Chiredzi highway.
They are believed to have escaped from Save Valley where the perimeter fence around the wildlife-rich sanctuary was vandalised by suspected poachers.- Pindula News
By James Gwati- Susan Mutami, has said that her former lover, Temba Mliswa killed an unnamed person.
She said this while responding to Mliswa’s Sunday Twitter spaces rants, where Mliswa rubbished most of her last week’s claims.
She also said President Emerson Mnangagwa was paying Mliswa to hire people and assign them to attack her.
She Tweeted:
Citizens the father of my child Temba Mliswa who also murdered an innocent citizen apart from the minor who died whilst having a back door abortion which he engineered is on
payroll and they are on a shopping spree of hiring people in to tarnish me bt when God…
Citizens the father of my child Temba Mliswa who also murdered an innocent citizen apart from the minor who died whilst having a back door abortion which he engineered is on @edmnangagwa payroll and they are on a shopping spree of hiring people in ?? to tarnish me bt when God… pic.twitter.com/OlOfwlAQ1G
By James Gwati- Norton MP Temba Mliswa’s former lover, Susan Mutami, said that the outspoken lawmaker was being paid to tarnish her.
Mutami said President Emerson Mnangagwa was paying Mliswa to hire people and assign them to attack her.
She was responding Mliswa’s Sunday rants on Twitter.
She Tweeted:
Citizens the father of my child Temba Mliswa who also murdered an innocent citizen apart from the minor who died whilst having a back door abortion which he engineered is on
payroll and they are on a shopping spree of hiring people in to tarnish me bt when God…
Citizens the father of my child Temba Mliswa who also murdered an innocent citizen apart from the minor who died whilst having a back door abortion which he engineered is on @edmnangagwa payroll and they are on a shopping spree of hiring people in ?? to tarnish me bt when God… pic.twitter.com/OlOfwlAQ1G
By James Gwati- Opposition CCC has announced the abduction of their Chitungwiza South Youth leader Ephrage Gwavava by unknown men.
Posting on Twitter, CCC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere Tuesday said Gwavava was taken from his home by men in police uniform Tuesday morning.
Mahere posted:
ALERT: Chitungwiza South youth leader, Ephrage Gwavava, was picked up by armed men at 3.45am this morning. They were carrying AK47s clad in police uniforms. The men said they were from Dema Police Station.
⛔️ALERT: Chitungwiza South youth leader, Ephrage Gwavava, was picked up by armed men at 3.45am this morning. They were carrying AK47s clad in police uniform. The men said they were from Dema Police Station. pic.twitter.com/MKIs9FH1K2
?COURT UPDATE: The riot police are forcing citizens who have come to attend various court sessions to leave the Harare Magistrates’ Court premises. pic.twitter.com/XQeKlqi4t2
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) August 2, 2022
By-The late Ximex Mall change money Tafadzwa Murengwa, allegedly left a suicide note before taking his life in Shawasha Hills on Friday night.
Murengwa also known as Boss Pangolin, gave instructions to his family, telling them to use the money he left and take “something” he left to Sekuru Banda.
Sekuru Banda is a well known Harare Sangoma.
He also said he left a black plastic in his Mercedes Benz vehicle and it must be put in his coffin, no one must open it.
Murengwa said the Benz should be sold but the Toyota Aqua that he drove when he dished out US dollar notes in Harare on Thursday should be given to one Munashe. He wrote:
I am sorry bamnini (uncle or young brother) for disappointing you and letting you down. Ndanzwa zvese zvamataura (I heard everything that you said) but sorry I can’t help it. I am dying, ndiri kwana Josh (I’m at Josh’s place).
You can not use the Mercedes Benz please sell it. Mukazokwanisa kutora (Toyota) Aqua ino please give it to Munashe (If you manage to get this Toyota Aqua please give it to Munashe).
Pane zvamuchaona mumba mu bedroom mangu (you will see some stuff in my bedroom). I opened my bed base, mukavhura imomo muchaona Mari ne something chirimo (when you open it, you will see cash and something inside).
The money you can use it but, chi something ichocho fonerai sekuru Banda vanouya kuzochitora movabhadhara (but the for the stuff inside, please call Sekuru Banda he will come and collect it).
Rufu rwangu nezvese ndakagadzirisa, my coffin and all. Bhangwera anokupai ma details. (I have fully prepared for my funeral… Bhangwera will give you all the details).
Mobvisa plastic re black riri mu Benz kumashure panogara spare wheel munoriisa mu coffin mangu asi ndapota musarivhure (Make sure you remove a black plastic inside the Benz where the spare wheel should be attached and put in inside my coffin but please don’t open it).
Ndapedza hangu (I’ve finished). Sorry henyu (I’m very sorry) I can’t face life anymore.
Murengwa shot and killed her estranged girlfriend Samantha Dzapata in Waterfalls on Friday morning and later gulped a pesticide in the evening.
By James Gwati- Anti-Riot police Tuesday attacked citizens who had come to hear CCC deputy Chairman Job Sikhala’s court case.
Citizens reported at the Harare magistrate’s court for Sikhala’s court case.
Armed police forcefully whisked them out of the court premises without convincing reasons.
CCC posted on Twitter condeming the attacks:
The riot police are forcing citizens who have come to attend various court sessions to leave the Harare Magistrates’ Court premises.
?COURT UPDATE: The riot police are forcing citizens who have come to attend various court sessions to leave the Harare Magistrates’ Court premises. pic.twitter.com/XQeKlqi4t2
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) August 2, 2022
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has secured free-to-air rights to broadcast the English Premier League (EPL).
The national broadcaster will show the “Game of the Week” every Saturday afternoon, starting with the opening round fixture between Tottenham between Southampton at 4 pm CAT.
The package also includes stream feed, a preview show, highlights and fantasy football for fans.
ZBC’s Acting Director of Television Services and Digital Platforms, Ms Merit Munzwembiri, confirmed the development after entering into a partnership with Simuka Corporation.
“We are pleased to announce that we have exciting times coming ahead, starting this weekend,” she said, as quoted by the ZBC website.
“We will be, as ZBC bringing you the EPL- English Premier League every other Saturday. This is a partnership we entered with our partner from South Africa, Simuka Football.
“The excitement around it is that it will be on ZBCTV, but also live streaming on that digital platform called Simuka Football.
“There will also be an exciting fantasy league for all those fans who are critics, who look at the coaches and their failures and want to believe that they also have an opportunity to set up their own teams and play. This league will also be featured on ZBCTV in programmes that you will see like EPL ZONE.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
VAYA Technologies Zimbabwe has launched a ‘BidBuddie Mystery Box’ promotion on its Bidbuddie platform.
Bidbuddie is an online auction that allows customers to bid for and buy, auction and sell virtually anything to anyone across the country.
The platform guarantees online buyers a safe auction experience on a large marketplace. It was reintroduced to the market earlier in June this year and has been growing in popularity among online clients who are trading goods and wares, including fashion, electronics, agricultural equipment and real estate, among other things.
The Mystery Box promotion, which will run until the end of this year, will see luck customers walk away with numerous prizes, including smartphones and holiday trips for two, among other things.
“Every month we are introducing some mystery boxes on BidBuddie containing an assortment of special products.
“Our online auction users stand a chance to win the boxes when they make the highest bids,” said Vaya Services General Manager Taurai Makoni.
The live auction application, which makes buying and selling easy, has been downloaded by thousands of people on the Google Playstore and Apple Store over the past few months.
Makoni said customers will bid without any knowledge of the contents in the Mystery Box for them to qualify for the promotion.
“However, the advert and product description will give a hint of the product, and its price range. The highest bidder will take home the box,” he said.
BidBuddie allows users to bid in real time, receive notifications and view upcoming auctions and announcements on a dashboard on the application, that also allows for one to easily manage their account.
The new and improved online platform enables individuals to buy and sell any valuable items, while allowing over 200 corporates to auction off old or zero-book-value goods.
Registered auctions also have the opportunity to auction their goods on the platform.
“BidBuddie harnesses cutting-edge technology and incorporates a range of valuable insights garnered from customer feedback,” Makoni said.
In addition, registered users can get an overview of all auctions happening on the portal. This enables customers to participate in auctions quickly, and ensure they do not miss out on bidding opportunities.
Part of the upgrade on the platform included an efficient bidding process, where customers can quickly refer to each lot, with the description and pictures provided on the digital platform. As each lot closes separately, customers can save time, instead of staying in the auction until all lots in the auction event close.
To enhance transparency in the bidding system, VAYA Technologies has made provision that while an auction is ongoing, bidders are informed if their bids have met the reserve price. When the auctions are closed, bidders can refer to their bid history.
The bid history reflects the pricing information of the lots they placed their bids on, regardless of whether they won or were outbid.
As global crises continue to threaten the health and nutrition of millions of babies and children, the vital importance of breastfeeding as the best possible start in life is more critical than ever.
This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support, UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments to allocate increased resources to protect, promote and support breastfeeding policies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable families living in emergency settings.
During emergencies, including those in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel, breastfeeding guarantees a safe, nutritious and accessible food source for babies and young children. It offers a powerful line of defense against disease and all forms of child malnutrition, including wasting.
Breastfeeding also acts as a baby’s first vaccine, protecting them from common childhood illnesses.
Yet the emotional distress, physical exhaustion, lack of space and privacy, and poor sanitation experienced by mothers in emergency settings mean that many babies are missing out on the benefits of breastfeeding to help them survive.
Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death. And only 44% of infants are exclusively breastfed in the first 6 months of life, short of the World Health Assembly target of 50% by 2025.
Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is more important than ever, not just for protecting our planet as the ultimate natural, sustainable, first food system, but also for the survival, growth and development of millions of infants.
That is why UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments, donors, civil society and the private sector to step up efforts to:
prioritize investing in breastfeeding support policies and programmes, especially in fragile and food insecure contexts; equip health and nutrition workers in facilities and communities with the skills they need to provide quality counselling and practical support to mothers to successfully breastfeed; protect caregivers and health-care workers from the unethical marketing influence of the formula industry by fully adopting and implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, including in humanitarian settings; and implement family-friendly policies that provide mothers with the time, space and support they need to breastfeed. About UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.
For more information about UNICEF and its work for children visit www.unicef.org
About WHO
The World Health Organization provides global leadership in public health within the United Nations system. Founded in 1948, WHO works with 194 Member States, across 6 regions and from 149 offices, to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. Our goal for 2019–2023 is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.
A local businessman Offer Sivan who is facing allegations of fraud has accused his nemesis of threatening the National Prosecuting Authority not to drop his case which they found out to have no evidence by rushing to online media peddling lies.
Sivan who is jointly charged with Cassandra Myburg through their lawyers Josephine Sande and Marble Tarugarira told magistrate Stanford Mambanje that the complainant’s were using online media to publish their letters of complaints to the Judiciary in order to intimidate court officials.
Sande told court that the complainants in the matter Gilad Shabtai who is alleged to be a fugitive from justice got wind of the decision by NPA after finding no evidence in the allegations wrote letters to the prosecution threatening them not to withdraw the case, the complaint they say was leaked to online media.
“After it was published in the media that the NPA had decided an intent to withdraw all charges against Sivan and Myburg the complainant’s lawyer in a desperate attempt to delay the inevitable using the media to try and intimidate and influence the NPA decision to finalize the case since there was no evidence,” Sande said.
Sande told court that it was suprising that Shabtai who was avoind the law how he could be entertained by the justice system.
“It is also now clear to all involved that there are no merits, facts or truth to any allegations, and were simply made in an attempt to tarnish the names of respectful business people to cause personal damage, prejudice and defamation as well as a desperate attempt to divert attention from the criminal offences committed by Shabtai.”
Sande said the court should remove the duo from remand as the court had made a commitment that they will not entertain any further remand.
“The prosecution was given an order that on the return date, they should either proceed to trial or withdraw the case,” Sande submits.
But the State represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti opposed the application for removal from remand saying the docket was now with the prosecution head office and that on August 16 they will be furnished with a trial date.
However magistrate Mambanje dismissed the application and gave another order that if they failed to provide a trial date on the next remand date they will remove him from remand.
Mambanje said it was clear that Sivan and Myburg religiously appear before the court.
The court heard that Shabtai has been hiding out of the country where he is alleged to have been there on health grounds.
Last year, Sivan reported Shabtai and his friend Munyaradzi Gonyora to police on fraud involving US$1, 3 million.
Gonyora was arrested but under unclear circumstances he was removed from remand a month after his arrest.
“I am sorry bamnini for disappointing you and letting you down. Ndanzwa zvese zvamataura but sorry I can’t help it. I am dying, ndiri kwana Josh.
“You can not use the Mercedes Benz please sell it. Mukazokwanisa kutora (Toyota) Aqua ino please give it to Munashe.
“Pane zvamuchaona mumba mu bedroom mangu. I opened my bed base, mukavhura imomo muchaona Mari ne something chirimo. The money you can use it but, chi something ichocho fonerai sekuru Banda vanouya kuzochitora movabhadhara.
“Rufu rwangu nezvese ndakagadzirisa, my coffin and all. Bhangwera anokupai ma details.
“Mobvisa plastic re black riri mu Benz kumashure panogara spare wheel munoriisa mu coffin mangu asi ndapota nusarivhure.
“Ndapedza hangu.Sorry henyu I can’t face life anymore.”
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The late murderous Ximex Mall dealer Boss Pangolin, real name Tafadzwa Russel Murengwa, is alleged to have left bizarre burial instructions for his family to carry out.
The bizarre burial instructions were included in his alleged suicide note containing his last words, which has been leaked.
In the leaked note, Boss Pangolin is alleged to have instructed his family to call famous sangoma Sekuru Banda to come and collect some undisclosed items from his bedroom.
He further instructed his relatives to remove a black plastic bag from the boot of his Mercedez Benz vehicle and to place it in his coffin, with strict instructions not to look into the mentioned black plastic bag.
He also said that his relatives should not use that specific car after his death and insisted that they should sell it.
Boss Pangolin, who committed suicide after shooting dead his ex-lover Samantha Dzapata, appears to have planned for his impending death.
The alleged note reveals that he bought his coffin in advance and outlined how he wanted some of his assets to be distributed after his death. Unconfirmed reports suggest he left behind US$65 000 in one dollar notes.
Below is part of the leaked note containing Boss Pangolin’s alleged bizarre burial instructions and last words,
“I am sorry bamnini for disappointing you and letting you down. Ndanzwa zvese zvamataura but sorry I can’t help it. I am dying, ndiri kwana Josh.
“You can not use the Mercedes Benz please sell it. Mukazokwanisa kutora (Toyota) Aqua ino please give it to Munashe.
“Pane zvamuchaona mumba mu bedroom mangu. I opened my bed base, mukavhura imomo muchaona Mari ne something chirimo. The money you can use it but, chi something ichocho fonerai sekuru Banda vanouya kuzochitora movabhadhara.
“Rufu rwangu nezvese ndakagadzirisa, my coffin and all. Bhangwera anokupai ma details.
“Mobvisa plastic re black riri mu Benz kumashure panogara spare wheel munoriisa mu coffin mangu asi ndapota nusarivhure.
“Ndapedza hangu.Sorry henyu I can’t face life anymore.”
By A Correspondent| Harare Magistrate Lazini Ncube has ordered two ministers and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to pay ZWL$3 million to Zakeo Mutimutema, a victim of brutal army shootings, as compensation for damages caused to his eyes when soldiers fired bullets to suppress anti-government protests in August 2018.
Represented by Obey Shava of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Mutimutema, who in 2018 worked for Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, sued Defence and War Veterans Minister Oppah Muchinguri, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe and ZRP Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, after some glass particles got into his eyes when armed soldiers shot at a building housing his offices on 1 August 2018 while dispersing protesting citizens. Mutimutema had initially been awarded ZWL$295 000 as damages in November 2020, which Hon. Muchinguri, Hon. Kazembe and Matanga had reneged on paying.
This compelled Shava in 2021 to file an application seeking to amend Mutimutema’s summons arguing that the compensation award had been significantly eroded by inflation.
In response, Magistrate Ncube ordered Muchinguri, Kazembe and Matanga to pay ZWL3 million to Mutimutema. Of the ZWL3 million, ZWL2 million will cover current and future medical expenses to be incurred by Mutimutema, ZWL500 000 is for pain and suffering while ZWL500 000 will cater for general damages.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has over the years reneged on compensating victims of army brutality such as Mutimutema, Lovejoy Munesi, Tapiwa Tshuma and Rossie Munetsi, the wife of Peter Munetsi, who was murdered during the November 2017 coup, which ushered him to power.
A Commission of Inquiry chaired by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and appointed by President Mnangagwa to probe the post-July 2018 election violence that left at least six people dead after they were shot by soldiers, recommended that government should compensate all the victims of the shootings and prosecute all perpetrators.
But four years on, no known victims or families have been compensated and there has been no prosecution of the perpetrators.
By A Correspondent| Opposition Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader Jacob Ngarivhume has thrown his hat into the political ring after announcing that the country needs an alternative with a more active approach.
Posting on Twitter, Ngarivhume said the country needs leaders who can aggressively fight corruption and reforms as well as holding the monetary and fiscal authorities to account.
“Considering dropping my name in the hat. We need to fight corruption aggressively. We need to fight for reforms. We need to hold @MthuliNcube and Mangudya accountable for their failures!!!,” said Ngarivhume.
Quizzed by Twitter users to explain his move, Ngarivhume said he is in disagreement with CCC’s lack of action arguing that Zimbabwe needs an alternative with a more active approach.
“I have supported @CCCZimbabwe since its inception. But I disagree with the lack of action. I realize now that I cannot criticize them into action. That’s why I need to be the alternative for those who want a more active approach. God bless!!!,” added Ngarivhume.
By A Correspondent| Local civil society organisations have demanded the withdrawal of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) bill saying it will have dire consequences including restricting civic space and access to humanitarian support services.
In a joint statement, civil society organisations including Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Zimbabwe Peace Project, Veritas and Amnesty International– Zimbabwe among others demanded fresh consultations saying Bill that was presented to the public has now been significantly altered.
“The Bill that was presented to the public has now been altered significantly and must be taken back to the public for consultations as mandated by the Constitution. Without this, the public’s due process and constitutional rights have been violated,” CSOs said.
The organisations added that consultation processes that were conducted in relation to the original draft of the Bill were conducted in bad faith with CSOs’ concerns disregarded.
“This violates the public’s constitutional right to participate in law making, as the authorities have a constitutional obligation to consider the views of the public in terms of section 141 of the Constitution,” the CSOs added.
The organisations expressed concern that the Justice and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had reneged on his earlier promise to factor in inputs from CSOs who earlier engaged him over the contents of the bill.
“When CSOs took the initiative to engage Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi on 11 April 2022, this was done in good faith. CSOs were made to understand that the Minister, as the leader of Government business in Parliament, and CSOs had found each other.
“However, to the utter shock and surprise of CSOs, the amendments that have now been introduced do the very opposite of what the Minister had promised and committed to,” the CSOs said.
The organisations labelled the amendments made to the PVO Amendment bill more draconian.
“The extensive amendments to the PVO Amendment Bill are even more draconian and tantamount to introducing a completely new Bill.
“This removes the participatory element of our democracy (that citizens are entitled to), protected in section 141 of the Constitution, as such extensive alterations to the Bill were not privy to public hearings and public consultations,” the CSOs added.
By A Correspondent- Most people believe that stealing from the dead invites bad luck.
But fearless tsotsis have been stealing gravestones from Klipgat Cemetery in Tshwane!
On Wednesday, 27 July, metro cops arrested two suspects for stealing gravestones.
According to people living near the Klipgat and Mabopane graveyards, they had turned into havens for criminals.
Residents said the theft of tombstones had been going on for more than a year.
They said people were also scared to visit graves, because they feared being robbed.
A 54-year-old woman told the SunTeam: that criminals did as they pleased at graveyards.
“It’s sad that we bury our loved ones in these graves hoping they are resting in peace, but thugs are leaving them nak_ed.”
“When we come to check these graves, we find people crying and traumatised.”
She said residents also sometimes heard screams coming from the graveyard.
Another concerned resident (34) said almost every week something bad was happening at the graveyard
“We are worried about crime in this area,” he said.
“People are disrespecting the dead and the ancestors,” he said.
Traditional healer Kuppe Banda said stealing tombstones angered amadlozi.
“It means you have undressed the dead because the rain and rats will start entering the grave.
“People who steal tombstones will never have peace. They will be haunted by spirits.”
Metro police spokesman Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said two suspects were arrested. after members received a complaint about people stealing tombstones.
“On arrival, the cops found two suspects carrying old tombstones. Security guards showed the officers where the suspects damaged and removed the tombstones,” he said.
“The cops discovered that the suspects steal old tombstones, refurbish them and sell at a cheaper price,” said Mahamba.
He said the two suspects were arrested for damage to property and violation of graveyard regulations.
REVEALED: The Australia based socialite and former lover of @TembaMliswa Susan Mutami yesterday dismissed the identitiy of the woman whose mother she defrauded $8K in that country in 2019, in order to buy an elderly minister a ring.
ZimEye reveals footage of her with @KarneyEtte discussing ways of paying back the stolen money.
REVEALED: The Australia based socialite and former lover of @TembaMliswa Susan Mutami yesterday dismissed the identitiy of the woman whose mum she defrauded $8K in that country in 2019. ZimEye reveals footage of her with @KarneyEtte discussing ways of paying back the stolen money pic.twitter.com/vDjAkT6DEP
By James Gwati- Authorities have gunned down two of the three stray Lions terrorising Masvingo villagers.
Last week Parks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo warned the concerned villagers of the marauding Lions.
Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana announced the elimination of the second beast on his Twitter account Monday.
He posted: One of the remaining two stray lions on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were three; and one male lion was shot on 12 July, and the other one disappeared into the mountains. One remains outstanding.
MWENEZI One of the remaining 2 stray lions that have been on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were 3 and 1 was a male lion was shot on 12 and the other disappeared into the mountains. 1 remains remains outstanding. pic.twitter.com/5HSeJ9eAWL
The permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana has reported that a stray lion was shot dead in Mwenezi on Sunday night.
The killed lion was part of a pride of three lions believed to have escaped from Save Valley Conservancy and were being tracked by rangers after being spotted by villagers near Tokwane Ngundu in Nyajena recently.
The lions were wreaking havoc in southern Chivi and Masvingo districts where they have been killing livestock.
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers killed the male lion on 21 July and two were remaining before the second one was shot dead last night.
Mangwana said the remaining one disappeared into the mountains. He said:
One of the remaining 2 stray lions that have been on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were 3 and 1 was a male lion was shot on 12 and the other disappeared into the mountains. 1 remains outstanding.
Villagers in Nyajena and surrounding areas have been losing their livestock, especially cattle to the stray lions sparking fears they could end up harming humans.
Zimparks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo urged communities to take extra measures and improve the security of their livestock and also avoid staying outdoors at night.
The pride was first spotted roaming freely near the Renco Mine turn-off along the Ngundu-Chiredzi highway.
They are believed to have escaped from Save Valley where the perimeter fence around the wildlife-rich sanctuary was vandalised by suspected poachers.- Pindula News
Dynamos coach Tonderai Ndiraya insists the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title race is still wide open, despite log leaders FC Platinum’s current juggernaut.
The Harare giants kept their title hopes alive with a 2-0 victory over Bulawayo Chiefs at the National Sports Stadium today, a result which sees them leapfrog Chicken Inn into second place on the table.
DeMbare trail FC Platinum, who have won nine of their last 10 games, by eight points after 23 matches.
Ndiraya believes his charges are still in the title picture, after goals on either side of half time from Trevor Mavunga and Evans Katema, resulted in DeMbare registering their second win on the trot, after last week’s 3-0 demolition of Chicken Inn in Bulawayo.
“It’s not over yet, there are still so many games to play and we will keep fighting,” Ndiraya said after the game.
“I hope we will keep on the same trajectory. We are going up and I hope we will continue to go up and see what happens at the end of the season,” he added.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|A Gutu woman brutally killed her husband following a heated argument over beer.
According to a statement released by the police, the woman got angry after her husband had chased away beer patrons.
“ZRP Gutu is investigating a murder case in which Simbarashe Kufakunesu (51) died on 30/07/22 after he was struck with a brick on the head and chest by his wife, Mirika Joni (50) at Mawarire Village on 28/07/22.
The victim had chased away beer patrons at the homestead where the couple was operating a shebeen and this did not go well with the suspect,” police said in a statement.
The permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana has reported that a stray lion was shot dead in Mwenezi on Sunday night.
The killed lion was part of a pride of three lions believed to have escaped from Save Valley Conservancy and were being tracked by rangers after being spotted by villagers near Tokwane Ngundu in Nyajena recently.
The lions were wreaking havoc in southern Chivi and Masvingo districts where they have been killing livestock.
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers killed the male lion on 21 July and two were remaining before the second one was shot dead last night.
Mangwana said the remaining one disappeared into the mountains. He said:
One of the remaining 2 stray lions that have been on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were 3 and 1 was a male lion was shot on 12 and the other disappeared into the mountains. 1 remains outstanding.
Villagers in Nyajena and surrounding areas have been losing their livestock, especially cattle to the stray lions sparking fears they could end up harming humans.
Zimparks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo urged communities to take extra measures and improve the security of their livestock and also avoid staying outdoors at night.
The pride was first spotted roaming freely near the Renco Mine turn-off along the Ngundu-Chiredzi highway.
They are believed to have escaped from Save Valley where the perimeter fence around the wildlife-rich sanctuary was vandalised by suspected poachers.- Pindula News
Sixty-eight (68) resettled families that have been evicted from Seaborough Farm in Umguza District have approached the High Court challenging their eviction from the farm.
The villagers, who are all veterans of the liberation struggle, were served with an eviction order by the Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (ARDA).
They, however, claim to have been resettled by the Government 20 years ago.
Mzingeli Dube and 67 others, through their lawyer Bruce Masamvu of Masamvu and Da Silva Gustavo Legal Practitioners, filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court citing Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Anxious Masuka, and ARDA as the first and second respondents respectively.
The applicants want an order that prohibits the respondents from evicting them from the farm as well as interfering with their peaceful possession of their pieces of land.
In his founding affidavit, Dube, who is representing all the applicants, said:
… The respondents have invaded our land, which we have occupied peacefully and undisturbed for over 20 years and have begun removing us from the land.
The respondents have started erecting boundary fences within our properties and forcing us to relocate to rocky and infertile land.
I submit that the first respondent resettled us on the land 20 years ago and assured us of having full occupation and guaranteed that the land was not to be leased out or gazetted.
Ever since that time, we have been in peaceful and undisturbed possession of our portions of land where we are involved in various farming activities until July 14, 2022, when the respondents ordered us to vacate the land.
… I implore this Honourable Court to intervene and prevent the respondents from further disturbances of our possession and occupation of the land.
I pray for a final relief with punitive costs against the respondents who clearly used their power and office to take the law into their own hands.
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said it will not be strangulated by critics calling on the party led by Nelson Chamisa to reveal its electoral strategies, party structures and policies ahead of the 2023 polls.
Chamisa launched CCC party in February this year after MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora claimed the MDC Alliance name, symbols and headquarters ahead of the March 26 by-elections.
Speaking during an interview on Alpha Media Holdings Heart and Soul TV (HStv)’s “FreeTalk” with Blessed Mhlanga, CCC interim spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said CCC party structures and strategies would be defined by citizens.
“Obviously, it’s a fallacy that CCC is a one-man band. On the contrary, what our six months lifespan has shown us is that it is a broad-based citizens’ movement that has defied all the odds. No party that is not organised can win elections the way we have been winning, and winning so decisively,” Mahere said.
She said CCC would not succumb to external pressure on party structures, saying it was building them from grassroot level and through consultations with citizens.
“We will launch our party and all its leadership will be made public. What Chamisa has said time and again is that this party is yet to launch. Our politics is not business as usual. We saw how Zanu PF created its formation, and how the MDC set itself up and that didn’t work. It is time to start doing things differently and to depart from the old ways. I think the fallacy that exists in the discourse at the moment is that the only way to structure a political party is how Zanu PF is structured.”
Mahere said her party was going to the people to find out what kind of structures they wanted, using a bottom-up approach.
“It’s not an elite conversation; it is across all provinces of the country and in villages,” she said.
CCC has been heavily criticised on social media by Zanu PF supporters for lack of structures and a party constitution.
Exiled former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and journalist Edmund Kudzai have also been vocally agitating for CCC to have formal structures.–Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has paid tribute to victims of August 1 2018 shootings.
Six people were shot dead by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
Mr Mnangagwa has been accused of ordering soldiers to kill innocent citizens.
CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson Sarkozy Chuma posted on Twitter:
“On this day in 2018 @edmnangagwa unleashed the army on defenseless citizens after losing elections to @nelsonchamisa. Mnangagwa must account for this criminal act! We shall not forget!
The Criminal in Chief who ordered soldiers to kill innocent citizens on 01 August 2018 must have his place at Chikurubi Maximum Prison and not @JobSikhala1, Godfrey Sithole & Nyatsime 13. We demand justice!”
“Today marks 4 years since the #1August shootings. 6 citizens were murdered in cold blood by soldiers while more than 60 were basly injured in a gruesome episode of post-election violence following the disputed 2018 harmonized elections. We demand justice. #Remembering1August,” CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere wrote on Twitter.
IN a move expected to revive national airliner Air Zimbabwe, Government has bought a new state of the art Embraer ERJ-145 jet that is expected to take to the skies in the next eight weeks.
Govt Revives AirZim By Buying 50 Seater Jet, But Hires 6 More Directors
The ERJ-145 which is already in the country is Embraer’s 50-passenger regional jet airliner.
The jet model that’s been bought
This comes at a time when the national airline has secured US$1,4 million to clear debts owed to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
This will enhance Zimbabwe’s chances of rejoining IATA and expand its international route network and tap into global partnerships.
IATA has been on record acknowledging that Zimbabwe was making progress in reducing its debt, owed under blocked funds that could not be repatriated from ticket sales, cargo space and other regulated activities.
Due to this hurdle, the country was currently not a member of the IATA Clearing House (ICH), a critical global enabler for the aviation business, which provides fast, secure and cost effective billing and settlement services in multiple currencies for the air transport industry.
IATA achieves this through, among others, applying the principles of set-off/netting thus reducing cost, risk and increasing speed. The facility further also offers a dispute mechanism of billings and protection in case of default, bankruptcy and cessation of operations.
Recently, President Mnangagwa approved the appointment of six people to be substantive board members of Air Zimbabwe taking over from an Interim board that was appointed about a year ago.
The six are Dr Silvanos Gwarinda, the chairperson of the board, who is a very versatile and hands-on air transport professional with close to 40 years working experience in key strategic positions in marketing/sales development, commercial planning, bilateral air services negotiations, route network development, tourism and aviation consultancy, tourism and academic industries; with a PhD in Air Transport and Tourism Management from the University of Westminster, London, UK.
Others are Ms Ruth Raina Hungwe-Rukarwa, the deputy chairperson of the board, who is a business development specialist with vast strategic marketing experience; Mr Edmund Murambiwa Makona, who has worked with AFRAA and is a former Air Zimbabwe Chief Executive Officer; Mr Lawrence Simbarashe Musendekwa, who is a chartered financial analyst, banker, investment expert and commercial lawyer and Mr Ticharwa Garabga, a registered Legal Practitioner who has worked in the aviation industry for years.
The sixth one is Ms Mucharemba Kahombe, an auditor by profession and shareholder representative on the board.
The seventh board member, a woman, will be appointed soon.
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona announced the appointments yesterday morning.
“It is my great honour and privilege to preside over this meeting where we are witnessing the appointment of the substantive board of directors for the Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. The substantive Board takes over from the Interim Board, exactly 1 year and 23 days since the day we appointed the Interim Board to take over the strategic leadership role of Air Zimbabwe from the Administrator, Mr Reggie Saruchera of Grant Thornton on 8 July 2021.
“As you are all aware, Air Zimbabwe was placed under Administration in terms of the Reconstruction of State-Indebted Insolvent Companies Act [Chapter 24:27] from 4 October 2018 to 30 June 2021. Mr Saruchera and his team implemented a scheme of reconstruction until 30 June 2021, whereupon we appointed the outgoing Interim Board on 8 July 2021.
“Allow me to emphasise from the outset, that under the New Dispensation led by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde, Dr ED Mnangagwa, air transport plays an integral role in contributing towards the achievement of an Upper Middle-Income Economy by the year 2030. Indeed, air transport, through the exploits of Air Zimbabwe, our flag carrier, plays a critical role in enabling this endeavour.
The growth of Air Zimbabwe facilitates the opening and connection to markets, facilitates trade and enables industries to link into global supply chains,” he said.
Minister Mhona said although the brand of Air Zimbabwe has been somewhat affected through the turbulence of yesteryear, there is no resting until the airline has been fully revived and primed for a solid recovery path.
“In that sense, we are fully committed towards ensuring that this national asset called Air Zimbabwe gains a lot of ground in terms of market share, integrity, brand image and world class service delivery.
“While events of yesteryear left the national airline at the brink of collapse, we however thank the visionary and able leadership of the Second Republic, ably led by our President Cde Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa, who has given new impetus to the national airline, by instituting measures which placed it under administration, midwifed it out of the same, and successfully rescued it through Treasury support, for it to remain afloat up to this day. The shareholder has continued to support this key asset and enabler for trade, investment and tourism,” Minister Mhona said.
He said as a show of support and commitment to this recovery process, Government approved the implementation of the Air Zimbabwe six-year Strategic Turnaround Plan, whose blueprint is already in operation, albeit with a few adjustments in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, which disrupted businesses across the world.
Minister Mhona said this blueprint is expected to propel the operations of Air Zimbabwe towards growth, sustainability and profitability.
“It is our hope that the substantive Board will move in with speed, familiarise themselves with the same, align the strategic plan to their priorities and strategy, with the view to chart a way forward which will enhance business of the airline,” he said.-Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has paid tribute to victims of August 1 2018 shootings.
Six people were shot dead by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
Mr Mnangagwa has been accused of ordering soldiers to kill innocent citizens.
CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson Sarkozy Chuma posted on Twitter:
“On this day in 2018 @edmnangagwa unleashed the army on defenseless citizens after losing elections to @nelsonchamisa. Mnangagwa must account for this criminal act! We shall not forget!
The Criminal in Chief who ordered soldiers to kill innocent citizens on 01 August 2018 must have his place at Chikurubi Maximum Prison and not @JobSikhala1, Godfrey Sithole & Nyatsime 13. We demand justice!”
“Today marks 4 years since the #1August shootings. 6 citizens were murdered in cold blood by soldiers while more than 60 were basly injured in a gruesome episode of post-election violence following the disputed 2018 harmonized elections. We demand justice. #Remembering1August,” CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere wrote on Twitter.
Govt has reversed on its earlier promise to dish out title deeds to thousands of informal settlers in areas around Harare and other parts of the country, and is now saying correct procedures for acquisition of title deeds must be followed.
In March during an election campaign rally in Epworth, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu PF supporters that illegally constructed houses in the area would be formalised by getting title deeds.
“After having seen the situation in Epworth and Harare South, we sat down and decided that those who are living in informal settlements should get title deeds. We have finished the mapping process of Harare South and Epworth. Unfortunately, we cannot give anyone title deeds at this rally as it needs planning,” Mnangagwa was quoted saying in March.
Last week, Zanu PF supporters in illegal settlements in Harare South were left counting their losses after they were evicted from a Crest Breeders International farm which they had invaded.
In Parliament last week, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Susan Matsunga (Mufakose MP) demanded to know government policy on issuance of title deeds to women and children in illegal settlements.
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe responded: “I remember that in the past few days, His Excellency the President (Mnangagwa) promised that such people will be given title deeds. Indeed, as promised by the President, this is something that is ongoing. However, there are some procedures that are supposed to be done, like surveys, which will be done by the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry under minister Amon Murwira. He informed us that there are some areas which have already been surveyed.”
Kazembe added: “After the survey, then it will be determined where demarcations are and the like. So I would like to promise you that it is just a matter of time, but I believe that if Murwira was in the House, he was going to inform the House that there are some areas which are already done. What is left after the survey is the issuing out of title deeds.”
The Home Affairs minister then warned council officials who are collecting money for title deeds from desperate home seekers saying: “If these are council officials then it might be easy for us to make a follow up, but I believe these are corruption-related issues. No one is above the law. We know that there are co-operatives and land barons who were taking people’s monies. If that is the case, there is a committee and this is one of the issues that we need to investigate.”
Harare has several illegal settlements created by land barons, most of them affiliated to the ruling Zanu PF party. The land barons have been illegally parcelling out land with impunity. -Newsday
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“Surge the courts in solidarity with the incarcerated Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others on August 02”, CCC Namibia urges change champions!
29 July 2022
The unjust, illegal, unconstitutional, and satanic incarceration of innocent Zimbabwe Members of Parliament, Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and The Nyatsime 12 should highten Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC) to internationalise the intolerable levels repression and gross abuse of state institutions by the corrupt regime. It is now imperative for change champions across the globe to amplify their voices demanding the unconditional release of the prisoners of conscience who were arrested a month ago. All these political prisoners are innocent because they are victims of a captured judiciary system which takes instructions from the Shake-Shake Building.
Namibia district motivates all genuine revolutionaries to flood the courts on the 02nd of August in solidarity with the wrongfully jailed champions of social democracy. The arbitrary arrest of Job Saro Sikhala Wiwa, Godfrey Sithole, Obert Masaraure and the Nyatsime is absolutely political. ZANUPF’s attempt to establish a One-party state should be resisted with equal measure. The illegal long pre-trial detention of our vibrant leadership is clear testament that only one party to exist and it is the dictator’s own party-ZANUPF.
Change proponents in Namibia are cognisant of the fact that a dictatorship completely disregards the universal basic human rights of individual citizens through laws, police,spying and force. ZANUPF’s dismal failure to implement separation of powers as enshrined in the supreme law of the motherland should be confronted with great success. The separation of the legislature, executive and judiciary limits the possibility of arbitrary excesses by the desperate government, since the sanction of all three branches are required for the making , executing , and administration of law.
Moreover, the vibrant Rundu Branch interim Secretary -General Dr Simbarashe Ndoda fumed at the incessant torture of Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others who have spent close to two months in jail for demanding justice for Moreblessing Ali. He made it clear that dictators usually resort to selective application of the law to gain despotic political power, which they maintain the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. Social Democrats are urged to go in their astronomical numbers in solidarity with the victims of totalitarianism.
Furthermore, it has become a public secret that all opposition to the dictator is ruthlessly suppressed to deter change agents. Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala was arrested while doing his job as a lawyer representing the family of the gruesomely butchered Moreblessing Ali. This epitomises that the individual does not enjoy and liberty or rights under dictatorship. The charge of inciting public violence and obstruction of justice reflect that people are not allowed any liberty of speech , association and press. No criticism against the sadist can be tolerated by a blood thirsty dictators in ZANUPF.
In a nutshell, residents should go to court on the 02nd of August to demonstrate unity and strength of purpose in the national democratic revolution. Solidarity is a core value in constitutional democracy! Genuine revolutionaries must show ZANUPF a middle finger by visiting the courts in their numbers to reinvigorate and rejuvenate the fighting spirit of our imprisoned change champions. In the diaspora, concerned and responsible citizens should pent up their outrage at various embassies demanding the immediate release of the innocent cadres.
It is not a crime to demand justice in the motherland. The Nyatsime 12 are actually victims of arson but they are the ones who were jailed. The police must arrest ZANUPF Masimbi Masimbi who publicly incited public violence which resulted in all this havoc in Nyatsime. Abton Mashayanyika was seen on social advocating for the killing of the People’s President Advocate Nelson and his legion of supporters but he walking scot-free, this selective application of the law must be withstood with great determination.
As global crises continue to threaten the health and nutrition of millions of babies and children, the vital importance of breastfeeding as the best possible start in life is more critical than ever.
This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support, UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments to allocate increased resources to protect, promote and support breastfeeding policies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable families living in emergency settings.
During emergencies, including those in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel, breastfeeding guarantees a safe, nutritious and accessible food source for babies and young children. It offers a powerful line of defense against disease and all forms of child malnutrition, including wasting.
Breastfeeding also acts as a baby’s first vaccine, protecting them from common childhood illnesses.
Yet the emotional distress, physical exhaustion, lack of space and privacy, and poor sanitation experienced by mothers in emergency settings mean that many babies are missing out on the benefits of breastfeeding to help them survive.
Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death. And only 44% of infants are exclusively breastfed in the first 6 months of life, short of the World Health Assembly target of 50% by 2025.
Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is more important than ever, not just for protecting our planet as the ultimate natural, sustainable, first food system, but also for the survival, growth and development of millions of infants.
That is why UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments, donors, civil society and the private sector to step up efforts to:
prioritize investing in breastfeeding support policies and programmes, especially in fragile and food insecure contexts; equip health and nutrition workers in facilities and communities with the skills they need to provide quality counselling and practical support to mothers to successfully breastfeed; protect caregivers and health-care workers from the unethical marketing influence of the formula industry by fully adopting and implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, including in humanitarian settings; and implement family-friendly policies that provide mothers with the time, space and support they need to breastfeed. About UNICEF
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Tinashe Sambiri|Prison officers blocked CCC vice president Hon Tendai Biti from visiting jailed party members at Chikurubi Maximum Prison for more than three hours.
Last week the regime blocked CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa from visiting Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Sithole and Nyatsime party members.
Hon Biti’s aide, Emmanuel Zellers Gumbo said in a statement:
“At Chikurubi Maximum Prison, state had denied Hon @BitiTendai access to Hon @JobSikhala1, Sithole & #theNyatsime despite producing his PC, it took 3 hours of heated debate & series of consultations with ZPCS superiors.
The ZPCS was arguing that Hon Biti must be cleared by the commissioner general due to his political status. Positively the Change champions are in high spirit and optimistic for freedom.
FreeJobSikhala
FreeTheNyatsime14.”
CCC posted on Twitter: “Today the people’s MP Hon @BitiTendai visited Hon. Sithole, Hon. Sikhala & other Nyatsime political prisoners currently detained at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison jailed for standing for client and democracy. The 13 are in high spirit.
By-Outspoken Zimbabwean preacher Talent Chiwenga has attacked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.
Chiwenga attacked Chamisa, saying he did not deserve to be in a leadership position.
He said Chamisa is cowardly and not ready to challenge the ruling Zanu PF seriously.
Chiwenga, a Zanu PF critic, said it would have been better if Job Sikhala was the opposition leader since he is ready to fight “to the drop of his blood” for his beliefs.
Chiwenga said if Chamisa were the one in prison, the party would have done a lot to get him out, which would trigger a revolution.
By James Gwati- Authorities have gunned down two of the three stray Lions terrorising Masvingo villagers.
Last week Parks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo warned the concerned villagers of the marauding Lions.
Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana announced the elimination of the second beast on his Twitter account Monday.
He posted: One of the remaining two stray lions on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were three; and one male lion was shot on 12 July, and the other one disappeared into the mountains. One remains outstanding.
MWENEZI One of the remaining 2 stray lions that have been on the run in Mwenezi District was shot last night at Manyuchi, close to Mazetese. The stray lions were 3 and 1 was a male lion was shot on 12 and the other disappeared into the mountains. 1 remains remains outstanding. pic.twitter.com/5HSeJ9eAWL
By-Robbers in Bulawayo have fired shots at a cash-in-transit van in Bulawayo and grabbed US$100,000 and R500,000.
The four armed men wearing balaclavas overpowered security guards from Safeguard delivering cash at a Mukuru branch on Monday morning on Lobengula Street and 13th Avenue.
Witnesses said one of the robbers discharged his firearm to disperse people queuing to collect cash at the Mukuru branch.
The robbers carried cash boxes into their getaway vehicle, a silver sedan. A video also circulated online showing one of the robbers kicking a security guard to the ground moments before the gang jumped into their vehicle and drove off.
One of the guards fired several shots at the vehicle, but it was unclear if he hit his target. Police said an investigation is underway.
By- Ximex Mall money changer and dealer, Tafadzwa “Boss Pango” Murengwa, had planned a murderous rampage in which he wanted to kill as many members of his estranged girlfriend’s family as possible.
He accused them of hiding the deceased Samantha Dzapasi, 28, whom he was hunting down, with the intention to kill her.
Tafadzwa, 29, whose nickname emanated from the time he was dragged to court for trying to sell a pangolin, shot and killed Samantha on Friday. He then committed suicide the following day after downing a poisonous substance. It has since emerged that, in his moment of rage, he had planned to go on a killing spree. H-Metro can reveal that: He offered the late Samantha US$10 000 to drop assault charges she had filed against him. lThe man he suspected of having an affair with Samantha, Clementine Muza, was also in the line of fire and could have been shot had he come across him. Samantha’s family were also at risk as he was furious with them for allegedly shielding her from him and ‘lying’ about her whereabouts. He was so obsessed with her that he allegedly paid some of her neighbours to spy on her and keep him updated about what she was doing. In an interview over the phone, soon after shooting Samantha dead, Tafadzwa told H-Metro his estranged girlfriend had allegedly demanded US$20 000 to withdraw the physical and sexual abuse charges she had laid against him. He took Samantha to a lodge in Borrowdale where he assaulted her after she decided to end their affair. Samantha returned to her rented Waterfalls residence and reported Tafadzwa to the police for assault before going into hiding. Tafadzwa hunted her down soon after being granted bail, in another case, and shot her in the head at the corner of Simon Mazorodze Road and Mashambanzou Road in Waterfalls, just a few metres away from her rented house. She died on the spot. He accused Samantha of bedding her married co-tenant Muza. One of Samantha’s co-tenants, Eris Kaunda, told H-Metro Tafadzwa offered her US$50 to disclose her hiding place. “He phoned me and offered me US$50 to persuade Samantha to see him. “I refused his offer and he was furious with me such that he could have killed me as well. “Handina kuziva kuti aida kundipa mari yeropa raSamantha, amuurayireiko nhai mwana wevaridzi?” she said while sobbing. Tafadzwa narrated his reason for killing Samantha to H-Metro over the phone. “I did what is not supposed to be done in our culture,” said Tafadzwa. “I got frustrated and was devoid of hope since Samantha wanted to report me for interfering with her and her sisters over a case before the courts of law. “I had physically assaulted her at a lodge after discovering her affair with Clementine Muza. “The case was reported at Highlands Police Station and she threatened to lodge another report for visiting her at her place in Waterfalls. “I did not want myself to be detained and also allow her to ditch me for a married man considering the amount of money I spent on her and the valuable watch and ring, among other things, that I bought for her. “She refused my offer, demanding US$20 000, for her to drop the charges and I could not take that. “She failed to consider how much I had spent on her in the past four years during our affair,” said Tafadzwa. He urged H-Metro to record the conversation because his time was running out and he was inundated with calls. Tafadzwa said he had made efforts to save his affair with Samantha by providing her parents with their needs. “I visited Samantha’s mother in Gutu and gave her money as well as sufficient groceries. “I also visited her father in Bindura, but she never took that into consideration. “She wanted to apply for a peace order against me and that affected me a lot. “I left court puzzled and confused and that is why I decided to splash US$1 300 in new notes on the street. “Samantha had blocked all my contact numbers and I had been hunting for her. “All her sisters and friends did not want to disclose her whereabouts,” he said. Tafadzwa said he tricked one of Samantha’s workmates into phoning her by showing them something he claimed had been stolen from their workplace. One workmate phoned Samantha and she disclosed that she was in Waterfalls and Tafadzwa drove there. He was furious with everyone at the house for lying “about not knowing Samantha’s whereabouts” each time he went there looking for her. In his state of rage, many of them were in his line of fire. H Metro
By James Gwati-Zanu PF has issued a counter 1 August 2018 shootings propaganda.
The Army working with Zanu PF instructions, on 1 August 2018, shot dead six civilians for demanding the release of Presidential election results.
Posting on Twitter today, Zanu PF blamed the then MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa for inciting that violence.
Posted Zanu PF:
On this day in 2018, Chamisa instigated violence Realising that he had lost the election, Chamisa unleashed his supporters targeting ZANU PF properties, and looting shops.
On this day in 2018, Chamisa instigated violence‼️
Realising that he had lost the election, Chamisa unleashed his supporters targeting ZANU PF properties, and looting shops. pic.twitter.com/ut77PbMzUN
— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) August 1, 2022
By-Outspoken Zimbabwean preacher Talent Chiwenga has attacked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.
Chiwenga attacked Chamisa, saying he did not deserve to be in a leadership position.
He said Chamisa is cowardly and not ready to challenge the ruling Zanu PF seriously.
Chiwenga, a Zanu PF critic, said it would have been better if Job Sikhala was the opposition leader since he is ready to fight “to the drop of his blood” for his beliefs.
Chiwenga said if Chamisa were the one in prison, the party would have done a lot to get him out, which would trigger a revolution.
By James Gwati- Norton MP Temba Mliswa has said that her ex-lover Susan Mutami’s out-bursts would invite more problems to her.
Mliswa was responding to claims by an Australian lady claiming that Susan duped her mother.
Mliswa said it was unfortunate that Susan could be causing trouble for herself by being outspoken.
Kuipa kwezvimwe, kunaka kwezvimwe Now, this lady, has seen this scandal and knows that Susan Mutami is in Australia. She is heading to the same police station where Susan is said to have reported. She will open herself a case against a person who has apparently been in hiding
Kuipa kwezvimwe, kunaka kwezvimwe Now, this lady, has seen this scandal and knows that Susan Mutami is in Australia. She is heading to the same police station where Susan is said to have reported. She will open herself a case against a person who has apparently been in hiding https://t.co/r1ehX2VNt3
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has paid tribute to victims of August 1 2018 shootings.
Six people were shot dead by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
Mr Mnangagwa has been accused of ordering soldiers to kill innocent citizens.
CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson Sarkozy Chuma posted on Twitter:
“On this day in 2018 @edmnangagwa unleashed the army on defenseless citizens after losing elections to @nelsonchamisa. Mnangagwa must account for this criminal act! We shall not forget!
The Criminal in Chief who ordered soldiers to kill innocent citizens on 01 August 2018 must have his place at Chikurubi Maximum Prison and not @JobSikhala1, Godfrey Sithole & Nyatsime 13. We demand justice!”
“Today marks 4 years since the #1August shootings. 6 citizens were murdered in cold blood by soldiers while more than 60 were basly injured in a gruesome episode of post-election violence following the disputed 2018 harmonized elections. We demand justice. #Remembering1August,” CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere wrote on Twitter.
As global crises continue to threaten the health and nutrition of millions of babies and children, the vital importance of breastfeeding as the best possible start in life is more critical than ever.
This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support, UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments to allocate increased resources to protect, promote and support breastfeeding policies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable families living in emergency settings.
During emergencies, including those in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel, breastfeeding guarantees a safe, nutritious and accessible food source for babies and young children. It offers a powerful line of defense against disease and all forms of child malnutrition, including wasting.
Breastfeeding also acts as a baby’s first vaccine, protecting them from common childhood illnesses.
Yet the emotional distress, physical exhaustion, lack of space and privacy, and poor sanitation experienced by mothers in emergency settings mean that many babies are missing out on the benefits of breastfeeding to help them survive.
Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death. And only 44% of infants are exclusively breastfed in the first 6 months of life, short of the World Health Assembly target of 50% by 2025.
Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is more important than ever, not just for protecting our planet as the ultimate natural, sustainable, first food system, but also for the survival, growth and development of millions of infants.
That is why UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments, donors, civil society and the private sector to step up efforts to:
prioritize investing in breastfeeding support policies and programmes, especially in fragile and food insecure contexts; equip health and nutrition workers in facilities and communities with the skills they need to provide quality counselling and practical support to mothers to successfully breastfeed; protect caregivers and health-care workers from the unethical marketing influence of the formula industry by fully adopting and implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, including in humanitarian settings; and implement family-friendly policies that provide mothers with the time, space and support they need to breastfeed. About UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.
For more information about UNICEF and its work for children visit www.unicef.org
About WHO
The World Health Organization provides global leadership in public health within the United Nations system. Founded in 1948, WHO works with 194 Member States, across 6 regions and from 149 offices, to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. Our goal for 2019–2023 is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.
Dynamos beat Bulawayo Chiefs 2-0 in a Castle Lager Premiership Matchday 23 encounter at National Sports Stadium on Sunday.
The Glamour Boys cruised to victory, thanks to goals from Trevor Mavhunga and Evans Katema in either half.
The match had a tense start, with the hosts coming close to the goal as early as the first minute when Keith Murera’s header went inches wide.
Chiefs responded with a great inter-play in the following moments, but Hugh Chikosa blew his effort over.
However, the tempo slowed after the quarter hour, with neither side creating meaningful attacks.
Dynamos breathed life into the game at the other end when Godknows Murwira’s free-kick forced a save from Matripples Muleya in the 28th minute. Alex Orotomo followed up, and his effort went straight to the keeper.
Trevor Mavhunga got an opportunity and finally secured the breakthrough for Dembare after heading home Murirwa’s cross on the stroke of half-time.
Chiefs tried to make an early response in the second half with a couple of attacks, including Felix Moyo’s header that was parried away by the keeper in the 48th minute.
However, Dynamos stood their ground and later regrouped to ease the mounting pressure.
But the hosts only started making threats to the goal in the last quarter hour of the game, with Emmanuel Paga and Evans Katema both denied by Muleya in 1-v-1 situations.
Katema, nonetheless, managed to get himself on the scoresheet after netting scoring from the spot in the ninetieth minute.
Elsewhere, Highlanders played a goalless draw against Tenax CS, while Ngezi started the post-Benjani Mwaruwari era with a 2-0 victory over Triangle United.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
By A Correspondent| Gospel musician-cum-pastor Daisy Mukariri on Saturday launched her ninth album titled Celebrity at Chitungwiza Acquatic Complex.
The launch of the ten-track album coincided with Bright Daises Christian Institute’s talent and family show.
In an interview with ZimEye, Pastor Mukariri said she is ecstatic that the amount of effort she put on the new album will make it a success.
“I did my best on this project and I see it going places
Pastor Daisy Mukariri
“God helped me during the recording this album because I got the inspiration from how we are living these days,” she said.
The educational institute was also celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Speaking at the album launch, Pastor Mukariri said her wish was to have one of the best educational institutes in the country that develops a whole person.
“What we want at the end of the day is to develop a whole person through education that fosters on the spiritual, intellectual, humane, social and physical development of our learners,” said Pastor Mukariri.
Pastor Mukariri is one of the lead preachers at Emmanuel Fellowship Ministries.
Some of the songs on the album, which was produced by Gibson Makumbe and Lyton Ngolomi include Huya Upinde Basa; Ndinoyambuka, Ngariende; Celebrity; Zvenhando and Kurira Munyasha.
Pastor Mukariri’s discography includes albums — Mwari Anoona released in 2010, Chikomana Delete (2014), Vhangeri Nengoma (2016), Muviri Wangu (2017), Rereka Nzeve (2018), Bhaibheri (2019) and MaLevels (2021).
It was a mixed bag of results on match day 26 of the 2022 Ruyamuro Northern Region Division One —here is what transpired.
Herentals U-20 beat Karoi United 2-0 at Motor Action Sports Club, a result which saw them return to the summit of the table.
Jimmy Jamu’s brace was all that Paul Benza’s title-chasing side needed to collect maximum points. They are now on 54 points, one ahead of second-placed Simba Bhora.
Simba Bhora had Ronald Chitiyo to thank, after the former Zimbabwe international rescued a point for them with a brilliant solo effort, in the 1-1 draw with Golden Valley at Rimuka.
Chitiyo cancelled out Calvin Mapfutumare’s equally brilliant opener in the 12th minute as Arthur Tutani’s troops dropped points and consequently surrendered top spot to their title rivals Herentals U-20.
Third-placed Golden Eagles failed to take advantage of Simba Bhora dropping points when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Chinhoyi Stars in Chinhoyi.
Gilbert Mushangazhike’s men had to level matters in the second half through Trevor Bhunu, after they had fallen behind in the 11th minute through Marshall Mupunha’s exquisite opener.
Trojan Stars began life under Webster Chingozi on a losing note as they were beaten 0-1 at home by Ngezi U-19.
Chingozi took over from Ralph Kaondera, who was sacked last week together with his assistant Clifford Sakala.
Elvis Mweha silenced the home crowd in the 74th minute and that goal was the difference between the two sides.
At Kuwadzana Stadium, Prince Mayembe’s solitary strike propelled resurgent PAM FC to a 1-0 victory over a battling Chegutu Pirates while CUMA Academy and Harare City Cubs played out a goalless draw in Kadoma.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are not finished in the transfer market yet but could not guarantee whether any more business will be done. Sky Sports
Juventus have added Belgium forward Dries Mertens to their list of possible forward signings, with the 35-year-old available on a free transfer after leaving Napoli. Gazzetta dello Sport
Chelsea want to sign Inter Milan’s talented young midfielder Cesare Casadei.
The Blues also have an agreement with Chicago Fire to sign 18-year-old American goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina for £12m. Fabrizio Romano
AC Milan have agreed to sign Belgium attacking midfielder Charles de Ketelaere from Club Bruges for £26.9m (32m euros). The 21-year-old has also been linked with Leeds United. Calciomercato
Greek champions Olympiacos are interested in signing Barcelona’s Samuel Umtiti. ESPN
Manchester United will make one final attempt to persuade Barcelona and Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25, to move to Old Trafford this summer. Mirror
Manchester United are in talks with Benjamin Sesko’s camp as they explore making a move for the RB Salzburg striker. Fabrizio Romano
Leicester City want more than £50m if they are to sell England playmaker James Maddison to Newcastle United, who have had a £40m bid for the 25-year-old rejected. Times
Ligue 1 outfit Olympique Marseille have shown interest in signing Inter Milan star Alexis Sanchez in the ongoing transfer window. – Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has paid tribute to victims of August 1 2018 shootings.
Six people were shot dead by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
Mr Mnangagwa has been accused of ordering soldiers to kill innocent citizens.
CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson Sarkozy Chuma posted on Twitter:
“On this day in 2018 @edmnangagwa unleashed the army on defenseless citizens after losing elections to @nelsonchamisa. Mnangagwa must account for this criminal act! We shall not forget!
The Criminal in Chief who ordered soldiers to kill innocent citizens on 01 August 2018 must have his place at Chikurubi Maximum Prison and not @JobSikhala1, Godfrey Sithole & Nyatsime 13. We demand justice!”
“Today marks 4 years since the #1August shootings. 6 citizens were murdered in cold blood by soldiers while more than 60 were basly injured in a gruesome episode of post-election violence following the disputed 2018 harmonized elections. We demand justice. #Remembering1August,” CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere wrote on Twitter.
Four armed robbers, Monday, intercepted a Safeguard security company truck which was delivering cash at a Mukuru Money outlet along Herbert Chitepo and 13th avenue in Bulawayo and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Eyewitnesses said the armed men who were travelling in a Toyota silver car shot twice into the air forcing people who were queuing outside the shop to collect their cash to lie down.
“There were four robbers putting on facemasks and travelling in a Toyota Mac X silver car, they fired twice into the air forcing everyone to lie down. They took away bags of money from the security company truck. We were shocked by the attack which took less than 10 minutes,” said the visibly shocked man.
Masvingo Zanu PF factional fights escalate as Masvingo provincial chair Mavhenyengwa & Resident Minister Chadzamira youths members fight
Yesterday Provincial youth elections postponed after serious fights among youth wing members.
31 July 2022
Wezhira Munya
There was blood was on the floor yesterday when two Zanu PF youth factions belonging to Masvingo Provincial Chairperson Mr Robson Mavhenyengwa and Resident Minister Ezra Chadzamira clashed yesterday.
The fight took place after each faction brought bogus delegates to vote.
Riot police came as Masvingo Zanu PF youth fought each other. Some youth members were injured.
The police are still to arrest the perpetrators of violence.
However, the past experiences show that police do not arrest Zanu PF youth members or any Zanu PF member involved in violence.
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“Surge the courts in solidarity with the incarcerated Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others on August 02”, CCC Namibia urges change champions!
29 July 2022
The unjust, illegal, unconstitutional, and satanic incarceration of innocent Zimbabwe Members of Parliament, Hon Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and The Nyatsime 12 should highten Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC) to internationalise the intolerable levels repression and gross abuse of state institutions by the corrupt regime. It is now imperative for change champions across the globe to amplify their voices demanding the unconditional release of the prisoners of conscience who were arrested a month ago. All these political prisoners are innocent because they are victims of a captured judiciary system which takes instructions from the Shake-Shake Building.
Namibia district motivates all genuine revolutionaries to flood the courts on the 02nd of August in solidarity with the wrongfully jailed champions of social democracy. The arbitrary arrest of Job Saro Sikhala Wiwa, Godfrey Sithole, Obert Masaraure and the Nyatsime is absolutely political. ZANUPF’s attempt to establish a One-party state should be resisted with equal measure. The illegal long pre-trial detention of our vibrant leadership is clear testament that only one party to exist and it is the dictator’s own party-ZANUPF.
Change proponents in Namibia are cognisant of the fact that a dictatorship completely disregards the universal basic human rights of individual citizens through laws, police,spying and force. ZANUPF’s dismal failure to implement separation of powers as enshrined in the supreme law of the motherland should be confronted with great success. The separation of the legislature, executive and judiciary limits the possibility of arbitrary excesses by the desperate government, since the sanction of all three branches are required for the making , executing , and administration of law.
Moreover, the vibrant Rundu Branch interim Secretary -General Dr Simbarashe Ndoda fumed at the incessant torture of Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala and others who have spent close to two months in jail for demanding justice for Moreblessing Ali. He made it clear that dictators usually resort to selective application of the law to gain despotic political power, which they maintain the use of intimidation, terror, and the suppression of basic civil liberties. Social Democrats are urged to go in their astronomical numbers in solidarity with the victims of totalitarianism.
Furthermore, it has become a public secret that all opposition to the dictator is ruthlessly suppressed to deter change agents. Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala was arrested while doing his job as a lawyer representing the family of the gruesomely butchered Moreblessing Ali. This epitomises that the individual does not enjoy and liberty or rights under dictatorship. The charge of inciting public violence and obstruction of justice reflect that people are not allowed any liberty of speech , association and press. No criticism against the sadist can be tolerated by a blood thirsty dictators in ZANUPF.
In a nutshell, residents should go to court on the 02nd of August to demonstrate unity and strength of purpose in the national democratic revolution. Solidarity is a core value in constitutional democracy! Genuine revolutionaries must show ZANUPF a middle finger by visiting the courts in their numbers to reinvigorate and rejuvenate the fighting spirit of our imprisoned change champions. In the diaspora, concerned and responsible citizens should pent up their outrage at various embassies demanding the immediate release of the innocent cadres.
It is not a crime to demand justice in the motherland. The Nyatsime 12 are actually victims of arson but they are the ones who were jailed. The police must arrest ZANUPF Masimbi Masimbi who publicly incited public violence which resulted in all this havoc in Nyatsime. Abton Mashayanyika was seen on social advocating for the killing of the People’s President Advocate Nelson and his legion of supporters but he walking scot-free, this selective application of the law must be withstood with great determination.
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has paid tribute to victims of August 1 2018 shootings.
Six people were shot dead by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
Mr Mnangagwa has been accused of ordering soldiers to kill innocent citizens.
CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson Sarkozy Chuma posted on Twitter:
“On this day in 2018 @edmnangagwa unleashed the army on defenseless citizens after losing elections to @nelsonchamisa. Mnangagwa must account for this criminal act! We shall not forget!
The Criminal in Chief who ordered soldiers to kill innocent citizens on 01 August 2018 must have his place at Chikurubi Maximum Prison and not @JobSikhala1, Godfrey Sithole & Nyatsime 13. We demand justice!”
“Today marks 4 years since the #1August shootings. 6 citizens were murdered in cold blood by soldiers while more than 60 were basly injured in a gruesome episode of post-election violence following the disputed 2018 harmonized elections. We demand justice. #Remembering1August,” CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere wrote on Twitter.
Tinashe Sambiri|A Gutu woman brutally killed her husband following a heated argument over beer.
According to a statement released by the police, the woman got angry after her husband had chased away beer patrons.
“ZRP Gutu is investigating a murder case in which Simbarashe Kufakunesu (51) died on 30/07/22 after he was struck with a brick on the head and chest by his wife, Mirika Joni (50) at Mawarire Village on 28/07/22.
The victim had chased away beer patrons at the homestead where the couple was operating a shebeen and this did not go well with the suspect,” police said in a statement.
By A Correspondent| A military intelligence report on land distribution and corruption has named controversial Zanu PF activist Wellington Peyama of extorting money from desperate land seekers using his closeness to Local government minister July Moyo.
In the report titled “who runs Harare land” authored by the MID for the central intelligence organization (CIO) and the police, Peyama is accused of name dropping Moyo’s name to grab cheap state land in Harare.
“Mr Peyama along with his associates claim to have links to Hon Minister Cde J Moyo and have been taking money ranging from USD $1000 to USD$10 000 per person for assistance to get state land. Some people are told to pay a deposit while others have paid full amounts with a hope that they will get the land,” reads part of the report.
“For example, one Cde Muskwe claims to have paid USD$4000 to Cde Peyama to facilitate a meeting with Cde JG Moyo. After paying the money, the meeting never materialised,” the report alleged.
Peyama is also accused of using his association with one Rodrick Mlauzi, a South African based Zanu PF member to hoodwink desperate land seekers about his links to minister Moyo.
“Mlauzi claims to be a relative of Moyo but in actual fact he is not related at all. They spend most of their time at Rainbow Hotel and this is where the money they would have extorted from people is spent at. Also they have two houses they rent in the city center in the Avenues area that they use as bases for meetings and debauchery”.
The report lists one Sibongile Mafu from Bulawayo who lost US$3500 to Peyama after being promised that he would assist her to get state land in Chitungwiza for a nominal fee.
Zanu PF uses state land to buy votes and the military is worried that if the corrupt practices are not nipped in the bud, land developers and genuine investors would lose a lot of money to fraudsters such as Peyama.
“Could your department investigate this matter and engage the minister and the said victims to bring this vice down. The minister must disassociate himself from such characters,” the report states.
Attempts to get a comment from Peyama were fruitless as he did not respond to questions sent to him while July Moyo denied seeing the MID report.
“Yes I know Peyama and Mlauzi but the report you are quoting is new to me, I will need to have sight of it before I can comment on,” Moyo said.
By A Correspondent| The High Court of Zimbabwe will on Tuesday preside over Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) President Obert Masaraure’s bail application.
Masaraure was denied bail by the Harare Magistrates Court following his second arrest on trumped up charges.
According to ARTUZ Secretary General Robson Chere, the bail hearing has been for a 9am at the High Court.
“President Cde Obert Masaraure bail hearing update.Our President bail hearing has been set for tomorrow the 2nd of August 2022 at 9 a.m in the High Court,” said Chere.
Masaraure has endured countless detention on trumped up charges of murdering his friend way back in 2011.
Soon after being granted bail, Masaraure was arrested again while at the Harare Central Police law and order where he had gone to report at part of his bail conditions.
A security guard manning a local bank’s premises in Chinhoyi was this morning killed after being run over by a car. The car veered off the road and crashed against a pavement concrete block, where the guard was pumping pressure into his bicycle tyres.
Legendary playwright, filmmaker, actor and creative director Cont Mhlanga has died, the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe has said.
“The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe announces the death of veteran playwright and Amakhosi Theatre Productions founder Cont Mhlanga,” the council said.
By A Correspondent| AMH journalists Blessed Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi were on 29 July 2022 acquitted on charges of taking photographs within a polling station.
Mhlanga and Chidi were charged for contravening Section 25 (a) as read with Section 30 of Statutory Instrument 21/2005, which prohibits taking of photographs within a polling station. The alternative charge is disorderly conduct in a polling station as defined in Section 89 of the Electoral Act.
Chitungwiza magistrate Matova, acquitted Chidi on both charges.
However, Mhlanga has been put to his defence on the alternative charge of disorderly conduct in a polling station as defined in Section 89 of the Electoral Act.
The two journalists were represented by Jeremiah Bamu, who was deployed by MISA Zimbabwe.
By A Correspondent- Hundreds of residents in Marondera last week benefited from a free medical outreach that was rolled out across the town by the Adam Molai Foundation in conjunction with the Health and Child Care ministry.
Several Marondera residents have been failing to access quality healthcare services due to the prevailing economic crisis and the country’s dilapidating health care facilities.
The programme ran for two days and, according to the organisers, it was oversubscribed.
Adam Molai Foundation chief executive officer Nomagugu Matibiri said: “The two-day programme went on well and we are now working on the next outreach. We were expecting to assist at least 200 people, but the numbers exceeded our expectation. We are now rolling out the programme quarterly to cater for more beneficiaries. The dream is to extend the outreach to other provinces.”
Those who benefited were from Cherutombo, Nyameni, Rusike, Ruvimbo and Yellow City suburbs, among other areas.
The team comprised medical doctors from Mahusekwa Hospital and two specialists.
The beneficiaries got free drugs among other services.
The man who the Australia based socialite Susan Mutami accused of raping a minor, Hon Temba Mliswa [Norton MP] came up to respond to the allegations on ZimEye on Sunday night.
The man who the Australia based socialite Susan Mutami accused of raping a minor, Hon Temba Mliswa [Norton MP] came up to respond to the allegations on ZimEye on Sunday night.
By- Ximex Mall money changer and dealer, Tafadzwa “Boss Pango” Murengwa, had planned a murderous rampage in which he wanted to kill as many members of his estranged girlfriend’s family as possible.
He accused them of hiding the deceased Samantha Dzapasi, 28, whom he was hunting down, with the intention to kill her.
Tafadzwa, 29, whose nickname emanated from the time he was dragged to court for trying to sell a pangolin, shot and killed Samantha on Friday. He then committed suicide the following day after downing a poisonous substance. It has since emerged that, in his moment of rage, he had planned to go on a killing spree. H-Metro can reveal that: He offered the late Samantha US$10 000 to drop assault charges she had filed against him. lThe man he suspected of having an affair with Samantha, Clementine Muza, was also in the line of fire and could have been shot had he come across him. Samantha’s family were also at risk as he was furious with them for allegedly shielding her from him and ‘lying’ about her whereabouts. He was so obsessed with her that he allegedly paid some of her neighbours to spy on her and keep him updated about what she was doing. In an interview over the phone, soon after shooting Samantha dead, Tafadzwa told H-Metro his estranged girlfriend had allegedly demanded US$20 000 to withdraw the physical and sexual abuse charges she had laid against him. He took Samantha to a lodge in Borrowdale where he assaulted her after she decided to end their affair. Samantha returned to her rented Waterfalls residence and reported Tafadzwa to the police for assault before going into hiding. Tafadzwa hunted her down soon after being granted bail, in another case, and shot her in the head at the corner of Simon Mazorodze Road and Mashambanzou Road in Waterfalls, just a few metres away from her rented house. She died on the spot. He accused Samantha of bedding her married co-tenant Muza. One of Samantha’s co-tenants, Eris Kaunda, told H-Metro Tafadzwa offered her US$50 to disclose her hiding place. “He phoned me and offered me US$50 to persuade Samantha to see him. “I refused his offer and he was furious with me such that he could have killed me as well. “Handina kuziva kuti aida kundipa mari yeropa raSamantha, amuurayireiko nhai mwana wevaridzi?” she said while sobbing. Tafadzwa narrated his reason for killing Samantha to H-Metro over the phone. “I did what is not supposed to be done in our culture,” said Tafadzwa. “I got frustrated and was devoid of hope since Samantha wanted to report me for interfering with her and her sisters over a case before the courts of law. “I had physically assaulted her at a lodge after discovering her affair with Clementine Muza. “The case was reported at Highlands Police Station and she threatened to lodge another report for visiting her at her place in Waterfalls. “I did not want myself to be detained and also allow her to ditch me for a married man considering the amount of money I spent on her and the valuable watch and ring, among other things, that I bought for her. “She refused my offer, demanding US$20 000, for her to drop the charges and I could not take that. “She failed to consider how much I had spent on her in the past four years during our affair,” said Tafadzwa. He urged H-Metro to record the conversation because his time was running out and he was inundated with calls. Tafadzwa said he had made efforts to save his affair with Samantha by providing her parents with their needs. “I visited Samantha’s mother in Gutu and gave her money as well as sufficient groceries. “I also visited her father in Bindura, but she never took that into consideration. “She wanted to apply for a peace order against me and that affected me a lot. “I left court puzzled and confused and that is why I decided to splash US$1 300 in new notes on the street. “Samantha had blocked all my contact numbers and I had been hunting for her. “All her sisters and friends did not want to disclose her whereabouts,” he said. Tafadzwa said he tricked one of Samantha’s workmates into phoning her by showing them something he claimed had been stolen from their workplace. One workmate phoned Samantha and she disclosed that she was in Waterfalls and Tafadzwa drove there. He was furious with everyone at the house for lying “about not knowing Samantha’s whereabouts” each time he went there looking for her. In his state of rage, many of them were in his line of fire. H Metro
By- Radio DJ Samantha “MisRed” Musa has sarcastically responded to Susan Mutami’s claims that she stole expensive pants from the house she rented for the deputy mines minister Polite Kambamura.
Samantha responded in idioms and spoke on mental health issues, a subject she once touched on this year.
Australia based businesswoman Susan Mutami recently accused MisRed of stealing her belongings while she was still dating politician Polite Kambamura.
Mutami said Kambamura would bring MisRed and TV personality Rumbidzai Takawira at his house during the time they were dating.
The social influencer, who once opened up about suffering from depression, shared a tweet which encouraged people to speak out on mental health issues and also for people to support each other when one speaks out. “Truth be told I don’t have thick skin. I am not sure who said it’s a prerequisite for the work I do but that’s how some end up having mental breakdowns,” she tweeted. “I do not think it’s a weakness to say it, I just think being honest about it will help you figure out how to navigate it. “I have just found a master way of creating boundaries that protect my heart as Samantha. “I feel, deeply in fact. I pray we allow people to be honest about their mental capacity. “We tend to push people to a breaking point most times unknowingly. Empathy and mindfulness of the next person is a dying practice. “So many contributing factors, but this is my truth and honesty. I am at peace with my thoughts on the subject, that’s how I am navigating.” Recently she also spoke on how she suffered depression and how that condition inspired her into writing a book. “I love the fact that I managed to put everything about my life, things I faced, into a book,” she said in an interview on radio.
By- Radio DJ Samantha “MisRed” Musa has sarcastically responded to Susan Mutami’s claims that she stole expensive pants from the house she rented for the deputy mines minister Polite Kambamura.
Samantha responded in idioms and spoke on mental health issues, a subject she once touched on this year.
The social influencer, who once opened up about suffering from depression, shared a tweet which encouraged people to speak out on mental health issues and also for people to support each other when one speaks out. “Truth be told I don’t have thick skin. I am not sure who said it’s a prerequisite for the work I do but that’s how some end up having mental breakdowns,” she tweeted. “I do not think it’s a weakness to say it, I just think being honest about it will help you figure out how to navigate it. “I have just found a master way of creating boundaries that protect my heart as Samantha. “I feel, deeply in fact. I pray we allow people to be honest about their mental capacity. “We tend to push people to a breaking point most times unknowingly. Empathy and mindfulness of the next person is a dying practice. “So many contributing factors, but this is my truth and honesty. I am at peace with my thoughts on the subject, that’s how I am navigating.” Recently she also spoke on how she suffered depression and how that condition inspired her into writing a book. “I love the fact that I managed to put everything about my life, things I faced, into a book,” she said in an interview on radio. Australia based businesswoman Susan Mutami recently accused MisRed of stealing her belongings while she was still dating politician Polite Kambamura. Mutami said Kambamura would bring MisRed and TV personality Rumbidzai Takawira at his house during the time they were dating.
Tinashe Sambiri|Prison officers blocked CCC vice president Hon Tendai Biti from visiting jailed party members at Chikurubi Maximum Prison for more than three hours.
Last week the regime blocked CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa from visiting Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Sithole and Nyatsime party members.
Hon Biti’s aide, Emmanuel Zellers Gumbo said in a statement:
“At Chikurubi Maximum Prison, state had denied Hon @BitiTendai access to Hon @JobSikhala1, Sithole & #theNyatsime despite producing his PC, it took 3 hours of heated debate & series of consultations with ZPCS superiors.
The ZPCS was arguing that Hon Biti must be cleared by the commissioner general due to his political status. Positively the Change champions are in high spirit and optimistic for freedom.
FreeJobSikhala
FreeTheNyatsime14.”
CCC posted on Twitter: “Today the people’s MP Hon @BitiTendai visited Hon. Sithole, Hon. Sikhala & other Nyatsime political prisoners currently detained at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison jailed for standing for client and democracy. The 13 are in high spirit.
Tinashe Sambiri|CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa has called for peace and tolerance before, during and after the 2023 polls.
Writing on Twitter, President Chamisa denounced violence, intimidation and presecution of perceived Zanu PF opponents.
“Violence is ignorance. Peace is wisdom. Quarreling is intolerance.
Fighting is arrogance. Blessed Sabbath fellow citizens! #FakaPressure #thistime #Godisinit,” President Chamisa posted on Twitter.
On Saturday Clifford Hlatywayo, CCC Diaspora Affairs Minister, posted on Twitter:
“This is the Man Zimbabwe is waiting for. He is the People’s Choice where their HOPE for a better future is. His leadership will transform lives of everyone irregardless their political inclination. A man who cares, ready to lead differently with the citizens.
The life of the Maroi couple of Zaka was turned upside down in one stroke. From a family that fended for itself to one that now survives on well-wishers.
The attack on family members by a cackle of hyenas on the night of July 18, 2022, saw Muchanyara Munodya losing both hands and her husband losing all fingers except two left middle fingers. Without hands, they can no longer work for themselves and their children.
After the Hyena attack… man struggles in hospital
They are desperate and appealing to well-wishers for assistance. Munodya and Robert Maroi are currently admitted at Masvingo Provincial Hospital. Well-wishers and churches can visit them in the female and male wards.
The Mirror visited the couple at the hospital, and Maroi could not speak.
The story is gorier for Munodya. The tragedy befell her just 18 days after she gave birth to her son Jayden Maroi. Now she can’t feed the baby on her own or feed herself.
What agonizes Munodya is that she is separated from the baby as the toddler is now being kept by relatives staying in Hillside Masvingo as she remains admitted at the hospital.
“I hear that my child is crying every time. I am shattered that I have become hapless. Even to drink water, someone has to assist me. I can’t even look after my newborn baby. Only yesterday it was a different story,” said Munodya.
She appealed to well-wishers for artificial hands.
“We have five children, and among them is a set of twins. Four of them are going to school, and they need fees. One is studying at Masvingo Poly. We depend on piece jobs to look after our children, and suddenly their world has collapsed on them. We are appealing to well-wishers to help in whatever way they can to alleviate our situation and that of the children,” said Munodya.
She said the hyenas pitched up at Mapfumo Village in Ward 32 under Chief Bota where they stay at around 10 pm.
Her husband woke up after hearing some noise outside. He said his wife had always warned him against confronting these hyenas because they suspected that they were connected to witchcraft.
“After a while, I heard someone screaming outside, and I realized that Maroi was not in bed. I rushed out, and that is when I got attacked by one of the hyenas. The hyenas were not just attacking us but were mauling away chunks of flesh from our bodies and feeding on us alive. I lost both hands.
“My father-in-law heard the noise and rushed to the scene, and he was also attacked and injured.
For more details and well-wishers intending to help, please contact The Mirror Helpline at 0775691380. -Masvingo Mirror
Former Bafana Bafana star Benni McCarthy has joined Manchester United as the first team strikers’ coach.
According to English media , McCarthy has been in talks with United about taking up a role at Old Trafford all week – and his appointment has now been approved by the club.
McCarthy will be in the dugout along with newly-appointed technical team led by Erik ten Hag.
The 44-year-old South African coach has been without a job since March this year after he parted ways with AmaZulu.
He started his coaching career in 2017 with Cape Town City, where he won the MTN8 before moving to AmaZulu in December 2020.
The former Bafana Bafana international led Usuthu to a second place finish in the 2020/21 season and won the DStv Premiership Coach of the Season award.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will approach Parliament when it resumes sitting on August 16 over “systematic banning” of its rallies through unfair use of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (Mopa).
The law was used yesterday to bar its rally in Glen Norah, Harare, to celebrate the constituency MP Wellington Chikombo’s March 26 by-election win.
Mopa, which replaced the oppressive Public Order and Security Act, is also deemed tyrannical because its provisions require political parties and other organisations to notify the police in advance of any planned gatherings.
Civic society organisations and opposition political parties view the piece of legislation as aimed at stifling protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, and bar meetings of opposition parties despite the Constitution allowing peaceful demonstrations.
While ruling Zanu PF gatherings have always been given the nod, opposition party and civic society gatherings have often been blocked.
Yesterday, heavily armed police were dispatched to Chembira Hall in Glen Norah to block Chikombo’s CCC victory celebrations. No CCC party member dared to come near the hall.
In a letter dated July 29, 2022 addressed to Chikombo, Officer Commanding Police Harare South District, one Chief Superintendent M Manjonjo said: “May you be advised that the notice to hold the by-election celebration party served on us does not comply with section 7(2) of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act [Chapter 11:23] and as such, the intended celebrations have not been sanctioned.”
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said the party would take the matter to the next parliamentary session, which resumes sitting on August 16.
“We are going to raise the matter in the next parliamentary session to find out whether there is a law for Zanu PF and another for CCC on banning gatherings. We are not going to sleep while we are seeing our rights to freedom of assembly being infringed,” Siziba said.
“As you are aware, we were supposed to have our rally, but police tried every means possible to bar us from holding our rally. We are exhausting every legal route to find a solution while at the same time we are approaching Parliament.”
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said political parties had not been meeting the provisions of Mopa when applying to hold rallies.
“It is the responsibility of a convener to notify the local regulating authority, who is the officer commanding a police district, of the intention to hold a rally in line with provisions of Mopa (Chapter 11:23),” Nyathi claimed.
“It is not just a case of notification; the convener has a responsibility to discuss and agree on the security and safety measures to be availed at the rally for the benefit of the public and the community in general.”
Ahead of the March by-elections, the CCC faced similar challenges when its rallies and other campaign activities in Binga, Kwekwe and Marondera were disrupted by the police and suspected Zanu PF activists.
Observers say the violence witnessed at some of the disrupted CCC rallies was a precursor to what will happen in the run-up to the 2023 polls where Mnangagwa is likely to face off with Chamisa again.
An Afrobarometer survey last month showed that 33% of respondents indicated that they would vote for Chamisa against Mnangagwa’s 30%.
In 2018, the 79-year-old ruler narrowly beat the CCC youthful leader, who was then the MDC Alliance candidate, in a disputed election.
Civic society group, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) will also seek permission from the police to stage a demonstration over the worsening human rights abuses in the country on August 5.
CiCZ president Peter Mutasa told NewsDay that they have been summoned by police to discuss the demonstration.
“I can’t say police have banned our (demo) on August 5 over worsening human rights abuses because we are going to meet them tomorrow (today) and discuss the matter,” Mutasa said.
“We hope the meeting is going to be fruitful.”
CiZC brings together various civic groups, including women, farmers, war veterans, youths, students, residents, the academia and labour.- Newsday
A former Kwekwe resident magistrate and his Clerk of Court have been sentenced to a combined 24 months in prison after they were convicted of abuse of office.
Story Rushambwa (48), a former resident magistrate at Kwekwe magistrates court was arrested together with the Clerk of Court Bright Mpiyabo (45).
The pair appeared before Harare regional magistrate, Mr Taurai Manwere, who was presiding over the matter at the Gweru magistrates court. Mr Manwere sentenced Rushambwa to 15 months in prison and Mpiyabo to nine months.
Rushambwa and Mpiyabo pleaded not guilty but were convicted due to overwhelming evidence.
The two accused who facilitated the release of a stolen vehicle to controversial businessman Mr Shepherd Tundiya, were found guilty of abuse of office.
Rushambwa was dismissed from work by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) following a disciplinary hearing on June 1 last year.
It was the State case that sometime in October 2019, a Toyota Hilux vehicle was impounded by the police from John Mapurazi, a miner in Kwekwe.
The vehicle was taken as an exhibit after it was fraudulently imported into the country. Prosecutors said the vehicle was handed over to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for customs management.
The court proved that on December 27, 2019, Mapurazi made an ex parte application seeking the release of the vehicle. Rushambwa and Mpiyabo, the court heard hatched a plan to order the release of the motor vehicle to Mapurazi.
Mpiyabo deliberately withheld the record so that the matter could be presided over by Rushambwa despite the fact that Rushambwa was on leave.
The court proved that Mpiyabo then placed the record before Rushambwa well knowing he was on leave. Rushambwa presided over the application in the absence of Mapurazi who was now being represented by Tundiya who is not a legal practitioner.
The magistrate went on to grant the order for the release of the motor vehicle to Mapurazi showing favour to him. The former officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu was last year sentenced to three years in jail for the same case.
Meanwhile, Gokwe Provincial magistrate, Mr Musaiwona Shotgame has been suspended to pave way for investigations into allegations of incompetence and misconduct levelled against him.
The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) suspended Mr Shotgame for three months for allegedly flouting laid down court procedures and failure to competently discharge judicial function in a case of territorial boundary involving Chief Masuka and Chief Mutendi of Gokwe.
According to a suspension letter a copy of which is in the possession of the Chronicle and signed by Acting JSC Secretary, Mr Sithembinkosi Msipa on July 14, Mr Shotgame was suspended with effect from July 14, 2022 and will be entitled to half his gross salary per month until October 15.
Mr Shotgame reportedly committed acts of misconduct by summoning Chief Masuka to court via WhatsApp and later failing to treat the matter as an urgent matter.
“It has come to my attention that you may have committed acts of misconduct in that you received a complaint from Chief Mutendi who had been involved in an issue of territorial jurisdiction with Chief Masuka, particularly in the matter involving Graciano Shava,” read part of the letter.
The two chiefs have been involved in a longstanding battle whereupon Chief Mutendi was complaining that Chief Masuka had dealt with an issue that fell under his jurisdiction involving Shava and that he had handed down an incompetent judgment.
Pursuant to the complaint by Chief Mutendi, Mr Shotgame summoned Chief Masuka to court with a view of purportedly exercising his reviewing powers in Terms of Section 25 of the Customary Law and Local Government Act.
“It is further alleged that after concluding that the issue of territorial boundaries of the chief’s was reviewable, you unilaterally summoned Chief Masuka to court by way of a WhatsApp Message and thus not following the laid down procedures of the serving process,” reads the letter.
Further allegations are that Mr Shotgame called the parties unprocedural on the basis of urgency and did not determine the matter up to date yet urgent matters by their nature demand that they be heard and their decisions made on urgent basis.
“You failed to competently discharge your judicial function by reserving a judgment in an urgent matter for a period of close to two months. Based on the above, as a disciplinary authority, do hereby suspend you from service with effect from July 2022,” said Mr Msipa. — Midlands Bureau Chief, Michael Magoronga. – Chronicle
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World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation of the liver that leads to severe disease and liver cancer.
The world is currently facing a new outbreak of unexplained acute hepatitis infections affecting children. WHO, together with scientists and policymakers in affected countries, are working to understand the cause of this infection that does not appear to belong to any of the known 5 types of hepatitis viruses: A,B,C,D, and E.
This new outbreak brings focus on thousands of acute viral hepatitis infections that occur among children, adolescents and adults every year.
Most acute hepatitis infections cause mild disease and even go undetected. But in some cases, they can lead complications and be fatal. In 2019 alone, an estimated 78 000 deaths occurred worldwide due to complications of acute hepatitis A to E infections.
Global efforts prioritize the elimination of the hepatitis infections B, C and D infections. Unlike acute viral hepatitis, these 3 infections cause chronic hepatitis that lasts for several decades and culminate in over 1 million deaths per year from cirrhosis and liver cancer.
These 3 types of chronic hepatitis infections are responsible for over 95% of hepatitis deaths. While we have the guidance and tools to diagnose, treat, and prevent chronic viral hepatitis, these services are often out of reach of communities and are sometimes only available at centralized/specialized hospitals.
On World Hepatitis Day 2022, WHO is highlighting the need for bringing hepatitis care closer to the primary health facilities and communities so that people have better access to treatment and care, no matter what type of hepatitis they may have.
WHO aims to achieve hepatitis elimination by 2030. To get there, WHO calls on countries to achieve specific targets:
Reduce new infections of hepatitis B and C by 90%; Reduce hepatitis related deaths from liver cirrhosis and cancer by 65%; Ensure that at least 90% of people with hepatitis B and C virus are diagnosed; and At least 80% of those eligible receive appropriate treatment.
Police have confirmed the death by suicide of Ximex Mall dealer Tafadzwa Russell Murengwa (29) and the recovery of a gun he used in the murder of his ex-lover Samantha Ruvimbo Dzapata (28) in Harare on Friday.
In a statement, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said Murengwa took his own life by drinking an insecticide in the Gletwin area, Shawasha Hills, Harare, on Friday night.
Police also recovered a Toyota Aqua vehicle and a 0.38 Webley Revolver loaded with four spent cartridges and one live round at the scene. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:
The ZRP confirms that Tafadzwa Russell Murengwa (29) who was wanted for the callous murder of Samantha Ruvimbo Dzapata (28) in Harare on 29/07/22, committed suicide by drinking Dichlorvos 100 EC Insecticide in Gletwin area, Shawasha Hills, Harare last night.
The Police recovered the Toyota Aqua vehicle, a 0.38 Webley Revolver loaded with four spent cartridges and one live round at the scene.
The late Samatha Dzapata’s cellphone was recovered at Zindoga Shopping Centre, Waterfalls where the suspect had left it with a certain man.
Murengwa, who was popularly known as Boss Pangolin, shot and killed Samantha along Simon Mazorodze Road near Bathroom Boutique around 9 AM on Friday.
He then recorded a 14-minute voice note in which he claimed he used to shower Samantha with expensive gifts while she indulged a married man in Beitbridge.
Samantha, who worked in Beitbridge for the NGO, CeSHHAR had recently ended the four-year relationship.
The murder-suicide was apparently triggered by Samantha’s refusal to accept Murengwa’s overtures for reconciliation.- Pindula News
Police have confirmed the death by suicide of Ximex Mall dealer Tafadzwa Russell Murengwa (29) and the recovery of a gun he used in the murder of his ex-lover Samantha Ruvimbo Dzapata (28) in Harare on Friday.
In a statement, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said Murengwa took his own life by drinking an insecticide in the Gletwin area, Shawasha Hills, Harare, on Friday night.
Police also recovered a Toyota Aqua vehicle and a 0.38 Webley Revolver loaded with four spent cartridges and one live round at the scene. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:
The ZRP confirms that Tafadzwa Russell Murengwa (29) who was wanted for the callous murder of Samantha Ruvimbo Dzapata (28) in Harare on 29/07/22, committed suicide by drinking Dichlorvos 100 EC Insecticide in Gletwin area, Shawasha Hills, Harare last night.
The Police recovered the Toyota Aqua vehicle, a 0.38 Webley Revolver loaded with four spent cartridges and one live round at the scene.
The late Samatha Dzapata’s cellphone was recovered at Zindoga Shopping Centre, Waterfalls where the suspect had left it with a certain man.
Murengwa, who was popularly known as Boss Pangolin, shot and killed Samantha along Simon Mazorodze Road near Bathroom Boutique around 9 AM on Friday.
He then recorded a 14-minute voice note in which he claimed he used to shower Samantha with expensive gifts while she indulged a married man in Beitbridge.
Samantha, who worked in Beitbridge for the NGO, CeSHHAR had recently ended the four-year relationship.
The murder-suicide was apparently triggered by Samantha’s refusal to accept Murengwa’s overtures for reconciliation.- Pindula News
Sixty-eight (68) resettled families that have been evicted from Seaborough Farm in Umguza District have approached the High Court challenging their eviction from the farm.
The villagers, who are all veterans of the liberation struggle, were served with an eviction order by the Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (ARDA).
They, however, claim to have been resettled by the Government 20 years ago.
Mzingeli Dube and 67 others, through their lawyer Bruce Masamvu of Masamvu and Da Silva Gustavo Legal Practitioners, filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court citing Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Anxious Masuka, and ARDA as the first and second respondents respectively.
The applicants want an order that prohibits the respondents from evicting them from the farm as well as interfering with their peaceful possession of their pieces of land.
In his founding affidavit, Dube, who is representing all the applicants, said:
… The respondents have invaded our land, which we have occupied peacefully and undisturbed for over 20 years and have begun removing us from the land.
The respondents have started erecting boundary fences within our properties and forcing us to relocate to rocky and infertile land.
I submit that the first respondent resettled us on the land 20 years ago and assured us of having full occupation and guaranteed that the land was not to be leased out or gazetted.
Ever since that time, we have been in peaceful and undisturbed possession of our portions of land where we are involved in various farming activities until July 14, 2022, when the respondents ordered us to vacate the land.
… I implore this Honourable Court to intervene and prevent the respondents from further disturbances of our possession and occupation of the land.
I pray for a final relief with punitive costs against the respondents who clearly used their power and office to take the law into their own hands.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | With the way life has become in Zimbabwe single parents bear the brunt. They have to do more to give their children a semblance of decency.
In fairness, the challenges of caring for kids alone are innumerable. But there are some hardships unique to the individual, and others that are universal for all single mothers.
Pretty Kavhiya Chiveso
Pretty Kavhiya Chiveso
Pretty Kavhiya Chiveso (red dress)
Almost nine years ago Pretty Kavhiya Chiveso lost her husband to an accident. The husband who was an inspector in the police died in the freak accident while on duty in Bulawayo.
Pretty Kavhiya Chiveso (red dress)
Pretty was left all alone with three toddlers to look after. Life became cruel so did some family members mostly on the husband’s side.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police was so caring and we really have to acknowledge the force for looking after their own’s family. She was allowed to stay in the Police accommodation and indeed this was helpful. But the funds from her work which the police gave her was not enough so she had to complement her salary with buying and selling. The most common life events that lead to single parenthood is death, this upsets more than just your marital status. They upset your financial balance, and leave one adult shouldering a load that is typically carried by two. Even if you’re a single adoptive parent and chose the challenge of going it alone, it’s still tough. Single moms often hang in limbo waiting for child support that never arrives or paying attorneys to pursue what should be paid. There always seems to be a little less in the checking account than what your kids need.
Pretty controlled her own decisions and got organised and intentional about how you handle her money to lessen the stress. Despite the absence of her husband Pretty realised What her children needed most her love which she had in abundance. Pretty Chiveso Lavished them with that, and lay down the guilt of not being able to give them every material thing they desire.
Still above the love she had to maintain their standard of living not to depart widely from how it happened to be while the father was still alive. She started crossing into Zambia to supplement her salary and keep her children in best schools possible. She became isolated.
Social Isolation is one of the single mothers struggles that’s more layered. Single mothers sometimes feel trapped underneath a mountain of responsibility that never allows them to invest in friendships, much less find another companion for life. Working single moms say the guilt of leaving the kids in the evening to do something just for yourself is crushing. Add to that the cost of hiring a sitter and getting out of the house for adult interaction seems almost impossible.
You need friendships and encouragement, so this isn’t a frivolous single mom struggle. This is the challenge Pretty had to face.
Besides social hardships, parenting is hard. There are lots of gray areas and the game changes daily as your children grow. For married parents, there’s at least another adult to talk things out with and to share the burden of making tough decisions. Pretty bore the weight of all of those tough calls alone—where to go to school, which friends are OK, or when a child is mature enough for a new privilege or responsibility. The emotional burden did wear Pretty down in a hurry.
Sometime Pretty will be so close to surrender. Sometimes she blamed herself.
Of all the single mom struggles, this one might be the hardest to fight against. Is there any end to the guilt a single parent feels? If you know that your decisions (some of which you may regret) contributed to your current family status, it’s especially present. There’s guilt about the financial things you can’t provide, guilt about the time you spend away from the kids, guilt about the things you just can’t do because of your situation. Regardless of how your children became the kids of a single parent, you worry daily about the effect that it’s having on them and feel responsible.
Fatigue wore Pretty down a lot.
Let’s face it: You’re doing alone what was designed to be a two-person job. The fact that you often feel physically, emotionally, and spiritually worn out is not just your imagination. But because your kids depend on you, you can’t afford to push yourself past a certain point. You must take care of yourself and your health in order to be there for them. But Pretty went one step too far.
On the 8th of July 2022 pretty set to go to Zambia to buy some goods for resale. She had to do it for her family.
Pretty got a lift from a Zambian truck driver. She never knew that was going to be her last trip to Zambia. She never even suspected that death was lurking in the shadows of hard work. That was a fateful trip and the one which took Pretty and all what she stood for.
Just after Koroi an area called Wafawafa the truck burst into a ball of fire.
Pretty died a painful death. The fire consumed her and all her documents no body knew what really happened.
A light which tore the darkness in lives of many was switched off.
Sorrow is an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement. Sorrow is sadness associated with some happenings from some disappointment that causes great unhappiness. The state of being sad. Feeling grief is the state Pretty plunged all of us. It is still unbelievable that she is no more. Crying could not ease the pain the heart tries to quench.
When a loved one or family member dies, feelings of sadness and sorrow can seem overwhelming. You recognize that having those feelings is natural but may feel as though you can only handle so much of it. You know you want to stop crying. You know you want your heart to heal, but healing isn’t an easy task. There is no treatment for your heart but Pretty. She is gone reduced to a hip of burnt flesh. She could not be recognised DNA testing had to be used. Pretty.
Bereavement And Grief can never be something we can get used to. In our hearts, we all know that death is a part of life. In fact, death gives meaning to our existence because it reminds us how precious life is. But death is never easy to accept.
The loss of a loved one is life’s most stressful event and causes a major emotional crisis. After the death of someone you love, you experience bereavement, which literally means “to be deprived by death.” The Chiveso and Kavhiya families are in great moaning their heroine has been taken away in the most cruel manner. One can not begin to imagine.
When a death takes place, you may experience a wide range of emotions, even when the death is expected. There is a feeling of an initial stage of numbness after first learning of a death.
Pretty has taken words from my mouth. Who knew that this would happen. This is more than painful.
Grief is a response to a loss, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. Grieving is intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one, especially by death. Pretty has left everybody numb.
Bereavement refers to the state of loss, and grief is the reaction to loss.
Losing a loved one or family members is hard for many reasons. The Kavhiya and Chiveso families Of course, will miss Pretty since they were once a part of her reality, or her day-to-day routine. Now that she is gone, they have to adjust to a life without them. There may be things they can’t imagine doing without her,or places they can’t imagine going without Pretty. Her Children oh my God. They have to live alone now that she is gone. They may have to take care of business that they haven’t done or ever before, in some cases. To make matters even more complicated, not only that they are facing similar and many other practical life changes, but also finding themselves dealing with feelings of sadness and sorrow. It is not easy to cope after a loved one dies. You will mourn and grieve. Mourning is the natural process you go through to accept a major loss.
The wounds left by Pretty won’t seem to heal, this pain is just too real.
There’s just too much that time cannot erase, when I cry who will wipe away all of my tears,
When I scream, I’d fight away all of my fears. There were times the family would hold hand through all of these years.
But you still have all of me.
Pretty used to captivate those around her by her resonating light
Now, they are bound by the life left behind, life of mourning.
These wounds won’t seem to heal, this pain is just too real.
There’s just too much that time cannot erase.
Pretty.
During these grieving times I will join the family to thank all those who helped in searching for Pretty.
My greatest thanks to the dedication and commitment of the police. In particular Assistant Commissioner Nyathi for his assistance in searching for Pretty May God bless Asscom Nyathi. Let me acknowledge the efforts help and counselling of Inspector Chikupo , Rtd Inspector Matsengarwodzi without him we will not have moved anyway Elder Nhlahla Mahlangu the prayerful brother and colleague proffessor E Kadembo the Kavhiya family Maria and Promise Kavhiya. The bravery of Gibbon Chiveso and Gashi and Genius may God comfort you.
Baba Kavhiya sekuru Cloud and all those have not mentioned may God bless you. The dead can not hear but Pretty Fare Thee Well. Till we meet again. [email protected]
Several actors across the globe have travelled abroad for better education. However, South Africa wasn’t spared from the mix. In the early 19s, some of our now celebrated soapie actors flocked to Zimbabwe for better education for various reasons, including Apartheid. Against this backdrop, we have all been wondering and trying to connect the dots on actors who ditched South African education for Zimbabwe. Well, let’s dive into South Africa’s actors who studied in Zimbabwe before their thrust into the limelight.
Themba Ndaba – Uncle Brutus on The Queen
Dupped as South Africa’s favourite Uncle, Themba Ndaba has fast become one of Mzansi’s finest regarding small screens. He is best known for his on-screen character in the Mzansi Magic drama series The Queen. He stars with some of the finest actors, like Connie Ferguson.
Despite doing his high school education in Swaziland at St Mark’s High school, he went on to further his education in Zimbabwe. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Business Studies from Harare Polytechnic. Of interest is the fact that he once worked in Zimbabwe before switching the floor to acting.
Chrispen Nyathi – Pastor Charleston on DeipCity
Dupped as the next big thing on South Africa’s small screen Chrispen Nyathi has since established himself as a celebrated actor. The famous Zimbabwean-born actor, who has since found South Africa as his new home, was born in Bulawayo and did his primary school in Zimbabwe.
He attended school at Madlambuzi and later matriculated with Devner High School. In 2019 he moved to South Africa to furnish his craze for acting. He is best known for his on-screen character as Paster Charleston. In 2021 he won the Viewers Choice Award as the best actor at the 2021 Royal Soapie Awards.
Sophie Lichaba – Queen Mororka on Generations
She made all sorts of headlines with her unmatched acting flair on Generations as Queen Moroka. It is a shocker that the bubbly actress completed her high school in Zimbabwe. In the wake of her completion, she even pursued a modelling career at an orphanage in Eastlea, Harare, Zimbabwe. This was the time in which South Africa was in the apartheid era.
