The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has refuted social media reports that four robbers who raided a Safeguard Security company cash-in-transit vehicle just outside Mukuru money transfer agency in Bulawayo on Monday have been arrested.

The four suspects pounced on the vehicle at around 8.40 am at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Lobengula Street and went away with US$100 000 and over R500 000.

ZRP spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspects were yet to be apprehended. He said:

The ZRP advises the public that the claims circulating on social media to the effect that armed robbery suspects who pounced at Mukuru Bureau in Bulawayo yesterday have been arrested are false.

Investigations are in progress and the suspects have not been arrested.

Asst Comm Nyathi said the police will release details on any developments over the case.- Pindula News

By A Correspondent

A well known magician who is also a preacher, Isaac Makomich, has returned from Ghana with a charm called “Wash and Cook for me love Muti” which he described as a game changer.
It is believed the charm entices a man to do whatever a lady wants.

The preacher also said his latest love potion would be distributed for free and his target” is to make every man to bow down before his wife.”

For the past three years different people have been testifying about Makomichi’s love and lcharms.

Some pastors a accuse Makomichi of using secret powers.

“This new love potion is everything and I’m giving it for free, chinangwa changu murume wese anofanirwa kutongwa nemukadzi wake uye kusaita zvema small house.Anenge achida ngaandibate pa +263777469342 ndimupe love potion atonge murume wake, it’s high time vakadzi vachitonga varume,izvi ndinozviita chete kune varume vaya vanoshusha uye kuhura nekushungurudza vakadzi” said Makomichi.

Men around Zimbabwe say they are going to protest at the love juju so that the government will ban Makomichi.

“Murume atitemesa musoro uyu, dai angogumira pane yaaipa vanhu yekupfumisa uye kuti vakarambana vadzokerane, uyu wekupusiswa nekusukiswa ndiro hutori huroi chaiho, hapasisina kuvaka pakadai.Ini ndichatotama Masvingo nekuti unongozoguma wagadzirwa chete,”said one Masvingo man.

Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF won the Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-election through terror and massive manipulation of voters, according to CCC.

On Monday CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba commended citizens in Gokwe for showing determination and resilience in the wake of rampant intimidation.

Below is Siziba’s statement:

Thank you the brave and best of Gokwe-Kabuyuni

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) family is humbled and inspired by the show of brave support for our candidate, Mr. Costin Muguti, in the recently held by-elections for the Gokwe-Kabuyuni constituency.

We are grateful for the 4 915 people of GOKWE KABUYUNI who,
against all odds, voted for our candidate, representing over 44% of the electorate.

It is encouraging as a party that we are closing the gap from the 2018 elections when the opposition then garnered 29% of the vote.

We had a good fight and for us this is a learning curve as we approach the watershed 2023 General Elections.

Gaining rural ground against nearly insurmountable odds shows that the message of change is gaining ground in rural communities. It is further proof that CCC is the real alternative and no amount of electoral chicanery will dampen the mood of change sweeping across the nation.

We got 4 915 votes in the midst of fear, thousands of assisted voters and abuse of traditional leaders by the dictatorship.

As a progressive party we must deal
decisively with the abuse of traditional leaders and the assisted voters provision by Zanu pf.

To this end electoral reforms remain the only solution to these electoral malpractices and we will mount a national, regional and international effort to push for all necessary reforms.

Zanu PF won on a margin of terror and a menu of manipulation consisting of violence, banning the alternative from campaigning, brazen vote buying and a captured ZEC.

The elections Commission long failed the nation and must be disbanded and in this election it failed to protect the integrity of the vote by allowing a range of malpractices to happen without any repercussions for Zanu PF. In any free, fair and credible contest the Zanu PF candidate should have disqualified for egregious infractions of the electoral law but the commission did nothing.

As we move foward, to counter the machinations of the dictatorship in our rural hinterland, Operation bull mango will take centre stage. Remain yellow at heart and green to the outsider.

Our pledge to the people of Zimbabwe is that change is here and come 2023 we must bring an end to the moribund dictatorship which has stolen our freedoms, prosperity, future and dignity as a people.

For and on behalf of the Citizens

Always

Comrade Ostallos

CHIREDZI – Masvingo Provincial Councilors for Ensuring Development (Councilors 4ED) chairperson who is Chiredzi Urban’s ward 2 councillor Obert Ngwenya was allegedly caught pants down with a lower six Hippo Valley High School pupil at his Westhood Lodge by one of his workers.

Ngwenya is alleged to have dated the pupil for some days and would send his driver only identified as Phiri to pick up the girl and her two friends at the school to his lodge where he would have quality time with the girl while her friends were in another room.

Hell broke loose when Ngwenya failed to buy food for the victim’s friends who then began to gossip around the school until it reached school authorities who investigated the matter leading to expulsion of the three pupils.

Hippo High School Head could neither confirm nor deny the incident but referred questions to the District Schools Inspector (DSI).

“You can get in touch with the DSI, she is our spokesperson and the right person you should talk to,” he said.

When asked if the matter had been reported there, the school head said it definitely could not have not reached her office.

Contacted for comment, the DSI Petronella Nyangwe said she could not comment on the matter via the phone and asked the reporter to send written questions so that she could forward them to the Provincial Education Director (PED)’s office.

“I cannot discuss about that matter over the phone, why don’t you send questions of what you want to know so that I forward them to the PED. I think she is the one who can comment on the on the matter,” said Nyangwe.

A source said the matter was however not reported to the police because one of the parents with the children in question is a teacher at the school and is allegedly afraid of Ngwenya and her reputation as a teacher.

“The victim’s mother is a teacher at Hippo so she was said to be afraid of soiling her reputation. She was also afraid of Ngwenya whom she said is too powerful and may harm her, reason why she could not report to the police.

“When the matter came to light, the pupils were asked to write reports in which they indicated that the girl in question is the one who started talking to the councilor pretending to be someone else until they agreed to date and later visited the lodge several times.

“They were then expelled from school but the parents came and spoke to the school and the DSI ordered their readmission to school saying it was unlawful for them to expel pupils because of the matter,” said the source.

In letters leaked from the school attributed to the girl and her friends, she narrated how she had asked for Ngwenya’s contact and talked to him pretending to be someone until they fell in love and the politician began to pick her and friends to Westhood lodge.

“One day we were in class (name withheld) talked about blessers (those old men who date school children, having sex with them giving them money) and she mentioned Mr Ngwenya.

I asked for his number. We started chatting. I even called him pretending to be (Name withheld), a girl he once dated. I wanted him to send me money but he did not…” read part of the leaked letter.

On the day in question she said one of the lodge’s employees entered the room, found Ngwenya naked and she screamed loudly such that her friends who were in another room heard the screaming.
She was ordered to go to the other room and she told her friends what had happened.

“On Thursday, it was a sports day again, the three of us went to the lodge. We were collected by the same car by Phiri and we were in school uniforms. We went to the lodge to collect Mr Ngwenya. We then went to town together with him. We were bought two boxes of Chicken Inn and one box of pizza which (Name withheld) had ordered.

“We went back to the lodge then (names withheld) locked themselves in a room whilst I and Mr Ngwenya were in another room. We just kissed and when he was about to put off my clothes, a maid just came in unknowingly.

She was like Maiwee-e and ran away because Mr Ngwenya had already put off his trousers. Mr Ngwenya ordered me to go in that other room,” read the letter.

Another letter by the girl’s friend alleges that on July 1 they went again to the lodge and the victim came back with red eyes and on being asked why her eyes were red she said it was exhaustion from a hard work she had done inside the lodge.

“Then Friday 01 July I refused to go but (name withheld) begged me and I went with them. We were left in the other room and she was in the other with Mr Ngwenya, they took about 20 -30 minutes then she came and we asked her why her eyes were red and she replied that ‘Pashandwa basa’,” read part of the letter.

The source said the matter had since opened a can of worms as a number of organizations that deal with the girl child are getting involved.

“The matter is being suppressed and Ngwenya is doing all he can to sweep the matter under the carpet but several organizations that deal with the girl child have now been involved and it’s just a matter of time before it blows,” said a source.
Contacted for comment Ngwenya said he was in a meeting and said he will revert back while on another attempt to get his side of the story he said he was travelling and would get in touch later.-TellZim

Tinashe Sambiri|CCC Namibia has slammed the Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa for brutally killing innocent civilians on August 1 2018.

Mnangagwa is deeply reluctant to act on Kgalema Motlanthe report.

In a statement CCC Namibia challenged Mr Mnangagwa to consider the Motlanthe Commission recommendations…

ZANU-PF should consider the Motlanthe Commission recommendations:

CCC Namibia urges the regime to respect the rule of law and constitutionalism!

The reluctance and adamance of the clueless ZANU-PF regime to implement the Mothlante Commission recommendations epitomize their unwillingness and lack of dedication to the rule of law and constitutionalism in the motherland.

On this day in 2018 after the July 31 harmonized elections, six (6) unarmed innocent civilians were butchered in cold blood by the captured army with thirty-five surviving the shots with severe injuries. It is now four (4) years after a Commission of Inquiry was set and made audible recommendations.

1 August is another rude reminder of the brutality, barbarity, impunity, and cruelty of Mr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, ZANU-PF, the Army, and the Police.

The recommendations of the commission include that the perpetrators of crimes on 1 August be prosecuted – the demonstrators who destroyed property and the captured soldiers who butchered innocent citizens in cold blood. All were regarded as in breach of discipline , to be identified by the internal military processes and sanctioned.

Surprisingly, even this much has not happened which is a testament to ZANU-PF’s attempt to deter protesters using the Army and the Police. In a constitutional democracy, the primary mission of the army is to ensure national security and national unity to defend the nation from external aggression and internal threats and to maintain peace and tranquility within country borders.

It is quite perturbing to see a crackdown on civilians who were demonstrating against electoral fraud by the desperate ZEC and ZANU-PF regime. Demonstrators were unarmed, they were not a threat to national security but to ZANU-PF goons who were on the verge of losing the plebiscite to the People’s President Advocate Nelson Chamisa.

Citizens Coalition for Change Namibia recommends the criminal prosecution of the soldiers responsible for the killing of protesters. It is evident that none of those responsible for the human butchery has been brought to book and convicted.

Further to that, members of the Army and Police who murdered breached their professional duties and discipline are yet to be identified (4) four years after the unfortunate and ugly event. Change champions in Namibia are cobra-headed that Anselem Sanyatwe was promoted soon after giving the instructions for the Army to shoot civilians.

It is quite pathetic that after the 2018 harmonized elections, we witnessed another dark cloud on at least (16) protesters in Harare who were also killed for demonstrating against increased fuel prices in January 2019. The Army went on a rampage, beating people and raping women in various locations of Harare.

Moreover, it is fundamental to underline that there has not been any meaningful or sincere effort toward reform and transformation from the autocratic ZANU-PF except for mere rhetoric and politicking.

Before the 2022 March by-elections, we witnessed the use of ZANU-PF thugs to kill, maim, torture, arbitrarily arrest, and gross abuse of the fundamental basic human rights including the sanctity of life. The culture of violence has become a permanent feature in ZANU-PF totalitarianism.

Change champions lost Mboneni Ncube in Kwekwe, Langelihle Dube in Bulawayo, Nyasha Zhambe in Masvingo, champion Chinembiri in Harare and Moreblessing Ali in Nyatsime, Harare. We shall continue to clamour for comprehensive political, electoral, and constitutional reforms ahead of the 2023 harmonized elections.

In a nutshell, the vibrant district encourages change champions to demand transformation in the matter in which they administer elections. ZANU-PF regime should not use the army and the police to protect ambitious belly politicians at the expense of the suffering masses. We need reforms before the 2023 harmonised elections.

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ZAKA – Jethro Munangi (36), a close aide to President Emmerson Mnangagwa is eyeing Zaka East Constituency in the 2023 elections, according to reliable sources.

He seeks to unseat Zanu PF MP and Deputy Finance Minister Clemence Chiduwa.

When called for a comment Munangi who once worked for the Central Intelligence Organisation said it was not the right time to make such an announcement given his sensitive post.

He however, said he like any other citizen has the right to participate in any political contestation.

A source told The Mirror that Munangi has already drafted a proposed template for the development of Zaka East.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has refuted social media reports that four robbers who raided a Safeguard Security company cash-in-transit vehicle just outside Mukuru money transfer agency in Bulawayo on Monday have been arrested.

The four suspects pounced on the vehicle at around 8.40 am at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Lobengula Street and went away with US$100 000 and over R500 000.

ZRP spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspects were yet to be apprehended. He said:

The ZRP advises the public that the claims circulating on social media to the effect that armed robbery suspects who pounced at Mukuru Bureau in Bulawayo yesterday have been arrested are false.

Investigations are in progress and the suspects have not been arrested.

Asst Comm Nyathi said the police will release details on any developments over the case.- Pindula News

Tinashe Sambiri| Heavily armed police details ambushed CCC youth leader Ephrage Gwavava’s house and arrested him.

Cops wielding AK 47 assault rifles pounced on the CCC youth leader on Tuesday morning.

“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,” CCC said in a statement.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has refuted social media reports that four robbers who raided a Safeguard Security company cash-in-transit vehicle just outside Mukuru money transfer agency in Bulawayo on Monday have been arrested.

The four suspects pounced on the vehicle at around 8.40 am at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Lobengula Street and went away with US$100 000 and over R500 000.

ZRP spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspects were yet to be apprehended. He said:

The ZRP advises the public that the claims circulating on social media to the effect that armed robbery suspects who pounced at Mukuru Bureau in Bulawayo yesterday have been arrested are false.

Investigations are in progress and the suspects have not been arrested.

Asst Comm Nyathi said the police will release details on any developments over the case.- Pindula News

Tinashe Sambiri| Heavily armed police details ambushed CCC youth leader Ephrage Gwavava’s house and arrested him.

Cops wielding AK 47 assault rifles pounced on the CCC youth leader on Tuesday morning.

“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,” CCC 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

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.

Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens Coalition for Change members on Monday visited victims of the hyena attack at Masvingo Provincial Hospital.

The marauding hyena attacked Robert Maroyi, his wife Muchanyara Maroyi and son Rwatinga Maroyi as the three tried to protect their cattle.

CCC members Struggle Desire Nyahunda and Councillor Aleck Tabe presented donations to the hyena attack victims.

“Today(Monday) we visited the victims of Hyena attack who are admitted at Masvingo Gen Hospital who are from Zaka.

Cncllr @TabeAleck , Ward 4 coordinator & other @CCCMasvingo champions we presented our small benevolence.

Let’s rescue this family, they need our hand,” Nyahunda said in a statement.

By A Correspondent| Curvaceous video vixen Tariro Gezi has made it into the top 16 of the Miss Curvy Africa contest.

She broke the news to her social media followers saying:

“I made it to the miss curvy Africa top 16 finalist.”

Gezi gained prominence after she featured in Urban Grooves artist Nox and Freeman song titled Unobvuma Here.

She also featured in Jah Prayzah’s musical video for the song Murder off the album Gwara.

Tinashe Sambiri| Zanu PF is desperate to disrupt CCC programmes fearing a humiliating defeat in the 2023 polls.

On Tuesday morning President Chamisa predicted resounding victory for citizens.

According to the CCC leader, Zanu PF will be shocked beyond belief in 2023.

“Authenticity is a quality created out of consistency and dependability.

Winners are not whiners. Love and light fellow citizens. Blessed day #FakaPressure #Godisinit

We’re winning Big and with a landslide! Mark this tweet.

Our joker is coming.. ivo vakatarisa kuCCC zverwendo runo,” President Chamisa posted on Twitter.

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.”

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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

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.

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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

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 2, 2022

The ERJ-145 which is already in the country is Embraer’s 50-passenger regional jet airliner.

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

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.

FreeTheNyatsime13.”