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

— Sabhuku Temba P. Mliswa (@TembaMliswa) August 1, 2022

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.

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.

-Standard

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.

-Standard

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.”

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.”

By A Correspondent- Australian-based 33-year-old Zimbabwean woman Susan Mutami’s former boyfriend at Loreto Mission School has chronicled his experiences with the socialite during their high school days.

Mutami’s ex-boyfriend from Gweru is now based in Johannesburg, South Africa, running a haulage truck company.

The 34-year-old man, short and dark in complexion, spoke to The NewsHawks on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution and “for the sake of my peace.

He claimed that he dated Mutami in 2004 when she was in Form 3 until she completed her “O” Level. That is the year she said she was raped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Said Mutami’s former boyfriend:

I first met Susan in 2004 when I was in Form 4; she was a stream behind us. We were in the same sports house group called Winter Halder.

She was a good 400 metres athlete and I was in the discus sporting discipline

he was very good in athletics — the 400 metres race — hence in 2003, we both reached provincial sports finals which were held at Chaplin High School in Gweru.

Mutami’s high school lover said her erratic behaviour when they were dating now makes sense since last week’s allegations of rape and sexual abuse by Mnangagwa. He said:

When we were going out, her behaviour was erratic. Sometimes she would become silent in the middle of a conversation like a person in deep thought and from nowhere she would start crying.

I could not understand her at the time; it was strange, but after these allegations, she has made against some people it now makes sense to me.
Again, towards the end of each school term when everyone was excited to be going home for the holidays, she would have a completely different mood marked with sadness and anxiety.

During those days, she would be very aggressive and we would break up often in our relationship.
Sometimes we would break up twice in a week and make amends later. Days before the school holidays were the most difficult in our relationship.

She at one time told me that we could not meet during holidays because she had a personal bodyguard who watched all her movements.

During those days Mutami also told me that during the holidays she would be very busy because there was a farm she would go to work at in order to raise school fees.
It did not make sense because our fees were so high that working at a farm for one month would not raise even a quarter of it.

The ex-boyfriend claimed that he once accidentally bumped into Mutami in Redcliff where Mnangagwa owns Redcliff Hotel.

He said:

When I met her (in Redcliff) she was so unsettled. She would look numerous times over her shoulder during the brief encounter.

Besides, her language at school was also crude and immoral as she would claim that, in terms of sex, she had ‘big boys’ who did the business on her.

She was living a double life. A happy life on her face, but inside you could feel that she was an emotional wreck and boiling.

Now that she has exploded, I really understand why and hope she may get better. She was also one person who would not forgive.

If you wronged her, the misunderstanding would not end. As for me, I had to deal with that by apologising a hundred times.

Last week, Mutami claimed she was raped by Mnangagwa and his ZANU PF ally Owen Ncube when she was 15 years old.

She also alleged that she stayed on Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, where she allegedly suffered abuse from him and his wife, First Lady Auxillia.

By A Correspondent- The Civil Registry Department says it is currently processing the 2019 passport applications and aims to clear the backlog by September this year.

Registrar General Henry Machiri told ZBC News in Victoria Falls recently.

We are now working on the backlog. We are now doing the 2019 applications and we are hopeful that by September this backlog would have been cleared.

When we talk of 2019, it doesn’t mean that we have a backlog for 2020 and 2021. Those are the two years under the COVID-19 whereby we were not issuing passports, but we were just dealing with emergencies. Our passport backlog is the last half of 2019.

Zimbabwe missed deadlines previously set.

In October last year, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told reporters during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare that the government expected to have fully cleared the backlog by the end of 2021. She said:

The nation will recall that during its ninth meeting, Cabinet approved a strategy by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage to clear the country’s passport backlog that had accumulated to over 400 000 by August 2020.

It is pleasing to note that the backlog has since been reduced to the current 184 000. It is anticipated that the backlog would have been cleared by the end of December 2021.

In April last year, the Registrar General’s office has introduced night shifts as a strategy to clear the passport backlog which it attributed to the inadequacy of consumables required in the production of the travelling document.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe on 14 December 2021, launched an e-passport with improved security features to replace the old one. After the launch, members of the public were advised that the e-passport will be usable at all ports of entry and exit with effect from Monday, 7 February 2022.

Old non-biometric passports Zimbabwean passports will remain valid until they expire in December 2023.

By A Correspondent- Convicted Zimbabwean foreign national, Zephania Zimunya, who was arrested a year ago for producing fake driving licenses was finally sentenced.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) reported that the man who operated from an internet café was sentenced to a year imprisonment after serving 11 months.

On an investigation conducted by NTACU and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), a Zimbabwean foreign national, Zephania Zimunya, was convicted for producing fraudulent South African driving licenses and foreign driving licenses from an internet café he was operating in his backyard in Hercules, Pretoria”.

This follows his arrest on 26 August 2021 when members of NTACU and DPCI conducted a joint undercover operation at the identified internet café with the intention of purchasing the alleged fraudulent documentation and to arrest the suspect.

“During the operation, two undercover agents posed as clients needing fraudulent driving licenses which they successfully purchased leading to the immediate arrest of the 48-year-old Zimbabwean male.

“He appeared in court and was sentenced to a year of imprisonment after being kept in custody for 11 months”.

RTMC also explained that the court further directed that he be deported on completion of his sentence as he was also an illegal immigrant.

-NewZim

By A Correspondent- Former Environment and Tourism  deputy minister Annastancia Ndlovu, who is now a full-time employee at Zanu-PF headquarters in the party’s directorate, has strongly denied reports that she was sexually abused by President Emmerson Mnangagwa while she was a minor in Midlands.

The sensational reports were made by Australian-based Zimbabwean citizen Susan Mutami on the micro-blogging social media site Twitter recently.

Mutami has filed a police report in Australia against Mnangagwa, whom she alleged raped her several times from the age of 15.

Tagging Mnangagwa’s official Twitter handle, Mutami said the country’s leader “used to sleep with Annastancia Ndovu, the late Melody Dziva when they were minors too. I knew Annastancia before she even became a child parliamentarian. It’s a clique of older men who abuse young vulnerable women in society under the pretext of providing assistance.”

Dziva, who became the youngest female Zanu-PF legislator at 28 in 2013 and died in 2020, was Midlands proportional representation Member of Parliament.

However, in an exclusive interview with The NewsHawks, Ndlovu, who was once an MP for Shurugwi, said Mutami was not her advocate and must only speak for herself.

“To start with, I was never a child parliamentarian as she alleges. I joined Zanu-PF while at Midlands State University when I was 19 years old, which means I was already an adult. I became an MP at 27. So her (Mutami) reports are utter nonsense. She must also let Dziva rest in peace,” Ndlovu said.

“We will not get our attention diverted by agents of the country’s detractors. Their attacks give us more inspiration to stay focused.

We keep our eyes on the ball. I know President Mnangagwa as a great and principled leader, father, teacher and a strict disciplinarian.”

Asked if she ever visited Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, where Mutami said some sexual abuses by the country’s leader took place, Ndlovu said:

“I only went there when there were Zanu-PF party programmes.”

On 19 November 2017, Ndlovu was among several other ministers and top Zanu-PF officials who were fired from the party for belonging to a faction known as G40 which sided with the late President Robert Mugabe just before the coup that finally toppled the long-time ruler.

The other ministers who were fired together with her are Jonathan Moyo (Higher and Tertiary Education), Saviour Kasukuwere (Local Government), Ignatius Chombo (Finance), Patrick Zhuwao (Public Services), Walter Mzembi (Foreign Affairs), Makhosini Hlongwane (Sports), and Samuel Undenge (Energy).

Paul Chimedza and Mandi Chimene, who were provincial ministers for Masvingo and Manicaland respectively, were also fired on the day.

Innocent Hamandishe, who held the Zanu-PF youth league national commissar’s post and Kudzanai Chipanga, the then youth league secretary, were also fired together with Ndlovu.

Other senior Zanu-PF officials who also joined the list of expulsions were Leticia Undenge,

Eunice Sandi-Moyo, the late Sarah Mahoka, Tongai Kasukuwere and Shadreck Mashayamombe.

However, while most of these officials are still under expulsion, Ndlovu is now a member of Zanu-PF working at party headquarters in Harare.

Ndlovu was re-admitted to Zanu-PF on 26 October 2018, barely a year after having been expelled from Zanu-PF.

She occupies the post of director for Economic Affairs at Zanu-PF headquarters where former Mines minister Obert Mpofu is overall head of such portfolios on the basis of his position as secretary for administration.

Ndlovu denied the assumption that the re-admission showed her closeness to Mnangagwa, which Mutami highlighted in her public spat.

“Am I the only one who was re-admitted?”

“We are working strongly behind President Mnangagwa under his stewardship, as we say ‘nyika inovakwa nevene vayo’ (the country is built by its owners) and we don’t want sideshows. Mutami must find other ways of seeking Australian citizenship. I have never met her and so how does she know me? Where did she see me when I was a minor?” Ndlovu asked.

Ndlovu has lately fared well in life.

She now sits as the director of Manna Ventures (Pvt) Ltd, a company with interests in mining, smart agriculture, image branding, public relations and brand repositioning, as well as investor promotion.

In addition, she is vice-president of the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), which is led by gold baron Scot Sakupwanya.

She is also the current international representative for southern Africa at the Leaders Without Borders Development Centre.

Before 2018, she served as vice-president of the World Federation of Democratic Youths based in Budapest, Hungary.

She has been the human resource specialist at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority based at the institution’s head office in Harare.

At the 2021 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, Ndlovu won the Excellence in Diplomacy and International Affairs Award.

-Newshawks

By-The Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change said it was going ahead with its rally today despite the refusal by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to sanction the gathering.

Police on Friday said the party would not be allowed to go ahead with the rally in Glen Norah for allegedly failing to comply with provisions of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act.

CCC has since approached the High court challenging the ban.

Posting on Twitter, Ostallos Siziba the party’s deputy spokesperson, accused the police of selectively applying the law. He wrote:

We are in court to challenge the police’s unreasonable action to interfere with our freedom to assemble at a victory rally in Glenorah. We are not going to accept our country to have one law for Zanupf & another for the rest of the citizens. We will fight back & assert our rights.

 In a letter to CCC ZRP’s M Majojo, Chief Superintendent Officer Commanding Harare South District said:

RE: NOTIFICATION TO HOLD A BY ELECTION CELEBRATION PARTY IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER ACT [CHAPTER 11:231: CHEMBIRA COMMUNITY HALL. GLEN NORAH A. HARARE: 31 JULY 2022′ 1000-1600 HOURS

1. Reference is made to your letter dated the 210 of July 2022 in connection with the above subject. In the letter, you notified to hold a By-Election Celebration Party at Chembiro Community Hall. Glen Norah A. Harare on the 310 of July 2022 from 1000 hours to 1600 hours.

2. May you be advised that the notice to hold the By-Election Celebration Party served on us does not comply with the mandatory requirements of Section 7 (2) of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act [Chapter 11:231 and as such, the intended celebrations have not been sanctioned.

3. Accordingly referred please.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other Zanu PF bigwigs have been holding rallies across the country without any police interference.

Gift Ostallos Siziba told the Standard that they will be going ahead with the rally as planned. He said:

We are continuing with our preparations to host the rally where the party leadership is going to address.

We are leaving no stone unturned to win the 2023 elections.”

The Standard reports that ZRP spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said he was not aware that the CCC rally had been banned.

In the runup to the 26 March by-elections, police blocked some CCC rallies citing a number of issues including manpower shortages and the absence of the venue.

 By- Susan Mutami’s former boyfriend at Loreto Mission School said that the socialite’s behaviour during their time confirmed that she was being abused.

Mutami’s ex-boyfriend from Gweru is now based in Johannesburg, South Africa, running a haulage truck company.

The 34-year-old man, short and dark in complexion, spoke to The NewsHawkson condition of anonymity for fear of retribution and “for the sake of my peace”.

He claimed that he dated Mutami in 2004 when she was in Form 3 until she completed her “O” Level. That is the year she said she was raped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Said Mutami’s former boyfriend:

I first met Susan in 2004 when I was in Form 4; she was a stream behind us. We were in the same sports house group called Winter Halder.

She was a good 400 metres athlete and I was in the discus sporting discipline.

She was very good in athletics — the 400 metres race — hence in 2003, we both reached provincial sports finals which were held at Chaplin High School in Gweru.

Mutami’s high school lover said her erratic behaviour when they were dating now makes sense since last week’s allegations of rape and sexual abuse by Mnangagwa. He said:

When we were going out, her behaviour was erratic. Sometimes she would become silent in the middle of a conversation like a person in deep thought and from nowhere she would start crying.

I could not understand her at the time; it was strange, but after these allegations, she has made against some people it now makes sense to me.

Again, towards the end of each school term when everyone was excited to be going home for the holidays, she would have a completely different mood marked with sadness and anxiety.

During those days, she would be very aggressive and we would break up often in our relationship.

Sometimes we would break up twice in a week and make amends later. Days before the school holidays were the most difficult in our relationship.

She at one time told me that we could not meet during holidays because she had a personal bodyguard who watched all her movements.

During those days Mutami also told me that during the holidays she would be very busy because there was a farm she would go to work at in order to raise school fees.

It did not make sense because our fees were so high that working at a farm for one month would not raise even a quarter of it.

The ex-boyfriend claimed that he once accidentally bumped into Mutami in Redcliff where Mnangagwa owns Redcliff Hotel. He said:

When I met her (in Redcliff) she was so unsettled. She would look numerous times over her shoulder during the brief encounter.

Besides, her language at school was also crude and immoral as she would claim that, in terms of sex, she had ‘big boys’ who did the business on her.

She was living a double life. A happy life on her face, but inside you could feel that she was an emotional wreck and boiling.

Now that she has exploded, I really understand why and hope she may get better. She was also one person who would not forgive.

If you wronged her, the misunderstanding would not end. As for me, I had to deal with that by apologising a hundred times.

Last week, Mutami claimed she was raped by Mnangagwa and his ZANU PF ally Owen Ncube when she was 15 years old.

She also alleged that she stayed on Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, where she allegedly suffered abuse from him and his wife, First Lady Auxillia.

Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba has denied the allegations, saying they were mere “rumour”.

Mnangagwa and Ncube have both not commented on the serious allegations.

-NewsHawks

By A Correspondent- Villagers in many districts in Matabeleland South province have appealed to telecommunications companies to install cellphone signal towers to improve network coverage in their areas.

According to the villagers, they sometimes have to climb trees to make calls.

Whenever there is need to make a call, we go up the mountain just to access the network and the question is ‘until when?'” Thandazani Ngwenya, a villager said.

Another villager Portia Ndlovu said poor network coverage had also affected learners.

“Schoolchildren are required to do task related education which requires one to have access to the internet, but in this case it’s unfortunate because there is no network. This also applies to those who are doing business. A transaction can’t be made because there is no network connection,” Ndlovu said.

According to villagers, there has been poor network coverage after the only signal tower developed a fault.

Ward 16 councillor Bekezela Moyo said service providers had promised to restore the network.

“We appeal to service providers to fix the booster (signal tower) or install a new one to restore the network,” Moyo said.

A villager, who identified himself as K Sibanda, said: “We are suffering. For the past six months we have been failing to communicate with our families. We really appeal to our service providers to help us.”

Meanwhile, villagers in Matobo North’s ward 18 have pooled resources to construct a school because learners were being forced to walk about 30 kilometres to neighbouring wards for lessons.

The school is named Nqindi Secondary School.

Villagers, diaspora community and other stakeholders including Matobo North legislator Edgar Moyo, who is also Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister, played different roles in fundraising for the construction of the school.

Fumugwe ward 18 councillor Weed Moyo said the school would benefit learners from Fumugwe, Mazhayimbe, Dewe, Halale and Gandavale villages.

“The school will mainly benefit the learners who travel long distances to Badza Secondary School, which already exhausts the learners before they even write the examinations,” Moyo said, further indicating that Constituency Development Funds were used to purchase 350 bags of cement, window and door frames and other building materials.

“Diaspora contributions also assisted in building the strongroom and the roofing is expensive, we are expecting to get about US$10 000 complementary funding from the ministry,” he added.

Nqindi School head Raven Takura, who sent an SOS for materials and financial resources for the construction of other classroom blocks, said: “The school currently has five teachers and three cottages but there is still a need for funding to construct other facilities such as laboratories.”

-newsday

By A Correspondent- The late Ximex mall dealer Tafadzwa Murengwa who fatally shot his girlfriend in a love triangle was identified on social media in ZANU PF regalia.

Murengwa’s picture was posted   on Facebook while he was clad in ZANU PF shirt and received negative  comments.

Mabasa e Zanu iwawa pic.twitter.com/kGebaBDl6D

— Bigboy (@Kachakacha1979) July 30, 2022

On Thursday Murengwa allegedly  splashed US dollars at Ximex mall while driving an unregistered Toyota Aqua before killing his girlfriend Samantha.

He however drank an unknown poison and died.

His funeral is at his father’s homestead in Mvurwi and burial arrangements are yet to be announced.

https://twitter.com/et_afrika/status/1553293133231833088?t=-pwkLd8kJjYZJPtxY8_zeg&s=19

Except when they want to look for innocent opposition supporters like @JobSikhala1 .. they are swift

— PT (@mamoe1203) July 30, 2022

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.

FakaPressure.”

Tinashe Sambiri|Ximex dealer Tafadzwa Murengwa has committed suicide after killing his girlfriend.

Murengwa shot dead his girlfriend Samantha Dzapata (28) over her alleged affair with a married man.

“Ximex dealer Tafadzwa Murengwa aka Pangolin commits suicide after drinking an unknown substance. Police tracked him down and found him locked in his vehicle in Harare,” H-Metro reported on Saturday morning.

Murengwa was pronounced dead upon arrival at Parirenyatwa Hospital.

Just in- Harare based and Zanu Pf affiliated dealer Tafadzwa Murengwa who shot his girlfriend Samantha Dzapata to death on Friday morning has killed himself by consuming poison in Harare.
More to follow… pic.twitter.com/BvgBDXhkTf

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 30, 2022

By A Correspondent- The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has increased accommodation fees from ZWL$71 000 to US$616 or the equivalent in local currency for the 2022 second semester (August to December).

Accommodation fees for the semester that ended on 22 July were equivalent to US$350.

n a notice to students, UZ acting registrar Munyaradzi Madambi said the deadline for the payment of the accommodation fees for next semester is 31 July. Said Madambi:

Those who have been offered on-campus accommodation for the August-December semester are required to pay the accommodation fees amounting to US$616 or its ZWL interbank rate equivalent at the time of payment.

The university has, therefore, maintained the rate of accommodation fees at US$5,50 per day or its Zimbabwe dollar equivalent for a 112-day semester.

As you are aware, the university has now changed its accommodation allocation policy, giving students the opportunity to apply for accommodation for the subsequent semester at the end of each semester.

Those who do not take up their offers on or before the above-mentioned deadline will have their provisionally allocated rooms revoked and extended to other students on the waiting list.

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) president Benon Ncube bemoaned the accommodation fees hike. He said:

The accommodation fee hike is not justified because this is a government institution.

US$616 is too much considering that many parents who send their children to universities get paid in local currency.

These fee hikes remain the biggest problem hindering students from completing their studies.

As it stands, rentals off campus are ranging from US$70 to US$150 per head per month.

They have also gone up to the extent that most students would not be able to afford.

By A Correspondent- Unions representing civil servants have conceded that the majority of their members ignored the call to take part in the two-day national strike that was planned for Wednesday and Thursday.

In a statement, all the federations that organise in the Public Sector, namely FEUZ, FOZEU, NFOZ and PSA said most civil servants did not take part in the exercise due to various reasons. The reasons, according to the unions, include the following:

• Many indicated that they were docked part of their salaries pursuant to the incapacitation declared by education sector unions in February 2022. This instilled fear in some civil servants, with the result that some, despite the obvious incapacitation, still failed to exercise their constitutional rights to collective job action.
• Members who took part in the same incapacitation exercise were excluded from the 2022 Census and ZEC exercises. This reduced the number of participants in the exercise as some still hope to be included in future national programs purely for financial reasons.
• Membership bemoaned the little time accorded to them to be involved in the job action. There was little time for most people to activate their structures to participate in the two-day job action.
• Social media was awash with insinuations that those who would participate the industrial action are anti-government and this really intimidated members, especially those in political hotbeds away from the urban areas.
• In some sectors like education, some have continued to report for work based on the argument that they are marking mid-year examinations, and would still find their work waiting for them after two days.
• Others also survive from the lessons they hold in schools, and the snacks they sell to learners.
• For most in the rest of the civil service, they did not participate due to lack of the dense cover enjoyed in the education and health sectors. In some cases, there are very few civil servants and therefore many fear being easily identified to have taken part in action.

The unions warned that if the Government does not address their grievances, massive industrial action is imminent in September.

What are the civil servants’ demands?

1. Immediate restoration of the value of our wages to pre-October 2018 levels, to be paid in USD and not in ZWL.
2. An immediate halt to the wave of suspensions, summary dismissals, illegal disallowances and victimisation of teachers and nurses for exercising their constitutional right to organise and to a fair and reasonable wage.
3. The payment of a medical allowance to all civil servants without discrimination.
4. The employer should desist from bashing union leadership for exercising their representative roles as messengers of their voiceless membership.
5. The employer should speedily implement all prior collective agreements fully, including but not limited to timeous school fees payment for the children of educators, regrading, sectoral allowances and performance advancement.

By A Correspondent- A dealer at Ximex Mall in Harare central business district Boss Pangolin, whose real name is Tafadzwa Russel Murengwa, shot his ex-girlfriend dead on Friday.

The shooting incident occurred a day after Murengwa threw thousands of United States dollars through a window in central Harare.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) identified the deceased as 28-year-old Samantha Ruvimbo Dzapata of Waterfalls.

Dzapata, who worked in Beitbridge for the NGO, CeSHHAR had recently ended the four-year relationship.

Police said the shooting incident happened along Simon Mazorodze Road near Bathroom Boutique around 9 AM today.

In a 14-minute voice note recorded hours after the fatal shooting, Murengwa said he used to shower Samantha with expensive gifts while she indulged a married man in Beitbridge. He said:

We had issues with Samantha since January. I spoke to her mum and we started dating again after a few months.

The problems started again before we went to Victoria Falls for a holiday when she hung up on a video call from her lover. I confronted her but we went ahead with the trip after I forgave her.

We had another nasty fight after I realised she was still chatting with that guy and I hacked her phone. I confronted this man until Samantha decided to dump me for the guy.

Samantha dragged me to court and I was served with a peace order but I kept in touch with her and even bought her a car in Beitbridge just to show how much I loved her, while she was still seeing that man.

They both even told me to back off and I realised then that I had no chance. Today, I took Samantha’s belongings to her workplace.

I then went to Waterfalls where she was staying with her sister along Simon Mazorodze Road.

She started acting all funny, throwing stones around. I tried to reason with her until I became emotional and shot her while she was holding onto her sister.

In the same voice note, Murengwa apologised to his relatives and also outlined his plans.

He said:

I’m sorry to all the Murengwa family for what I did. Now I’m in Bindura to meet someone. I’ll be crossing the border and starting a new life.

Samantha said she was emotionally and physically abused by Murengwa for a long time, according to a screenshot of a message she sent to one of Murengwa’s friends.

The message contains a photo Samantha took showing a fresh wound just above her right eye and a swollen lip.

She told the person:
This is what your friend did to me when I told him that I am not able to settle with him because of his behaviour.

He abused me emotionally, he was controlling and manipulative.When I prayed I asked God for signs before I make any plans.

My spirit told me that he won’t change, and the marriage would be hell.

I decided to quit. So he attacked me in the face and head with the jack

By- Police in Harare have blocked the opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) from holding an electoral victory celebration party in Glen Norah, Harare.

The opposition party had planned to celebrate its victory in the 26 March by-election at Chembira Community Hall in Glen Norah A on Sunday, 31 July 2022 from 10 AM to 4 PM.
In a letter dated 29 July 2022 addressed to the Member of Parliament for Glen Norah Constituency, Wellington Chikombo, Officer Commanding Police Harare South District, 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.

By A Correspondent- A woman from Gokwe South, who became seriously ill and thought she might die, confessed that she cheated and revealed that one of their children was not her husband’s.

The woman, Filda Mabhuku from Nyire Nyire Village under Chief Nemangwe, told her husband Robert Chiyangwa that the child in question was sired by his cousin Tinotenda Mpofu from Zvikwete.

Mabhuku confessed that she had been having a secret affair for some time with Tinotenda and he was the biological father of her third child.

She reportedly made the confession while she was in the hospital fighting for her life and thought she wouldn’t make it.

After the confession, Chiyangwa reportedly confronted his cousin who also confessed to having a relationship with Mabhuku.

Chiyangwa then approached Chief Nemangwe’s traditional court demanding six beasts from his cousin as compensation for impregnating his wife.

Chief Nemangwe confirmed the incident, saying when he summoned the parties, both Tinotenda and Mabhuku confessed they had a secret affair. Said the traditional leader:

When I asked Mabhuku why she decided to confess, she said she thought she was going to die.

On why she cheated on her husband, Mabhuku said it was because he was no longer active in bed hence she decided to approach his cousin so that he could quench her thirst.

Tinotenda, although he was not sure that the child was his, also confessed that he had a relationship with Mabhuku.

He said Mabhuku was the one who forced him into the relationship saying her husband was no longer satisfying her in bed.

Chief Nemangwe’s court ordered Tinotenda to pay five beasts to his cousin as compensation for impregnating his wife.

BMetro

By A Correspondent- Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign, apolitical party led by President Manyara Irene Muyenziwa is implementing empowerment initiatives for youths in different communities.

Said the party:

FORUS’ Youths empowerment drive goes gear up.

These are chip fryers and burger plates. This project is changing lives of many women some of whom were sex workers.

The project is creating employment as youths are Fabricating Steel while producing 20 units a day.”

FORUS' Youths empowerment drive goes gear up

These are chip fryers and burger plates. This project is changing lives of many women some of whom were sex workers. The project is creating employment as youths are Fabricating Steel while producing 20 units a day. @ZimEye @263Chat pic.twitter.com/JByeJQCc3W

— Forus Party Zimbabwe (@forus_party) July 29, 2022

By A Correspondent- Marondera Urban Business Forum chairperson Emmanuel Danha has castigated treasury over its falure to come up with fresh innovative measures to curb inflation adding that the recently announced policy measures in the supplementary budget worsened the operating environment for SMEs.

Said Danha:

“While the supplementary budget was expected and normal in a hyperinflationary economy such as ours, we note with concern the absence of fresh innovative impetus in the form of some relief measures for the SME sector which we represent. It is unfortunate that despite coming from COVID-19-induced drawbacks, Treasury did not see it fit to give the sector some relief whether in tax or favourable loan terms.

All we have noted is the new measures to tax us in forex, yet few of us actually trade using same. This will definitely lead to company closures and a difficult operating environment for us.”

MDC Alliance Proportional Representation MP Paurina Mpariwa:

“We appreciate the initiative by the minister for coming to consult and deliver the mid-term budget so that is at least some kind of consolation because the budget is not sufficient to cover (demands) because of inflation.”

National Consumer Rights Association spokesperson Effie Ncube:

“With this budget, the government is choosing to bury its head in the sand and pretend unemployment, poverty, hunger, decay of education, road and healthcare infrastructure, shortage of foreign currency, inflation and price instability are not that bad.

The government is pretending as if it has a handle on the economy when it does not. The crisis will, therefore, only worsen.”

Bulawayo Central MP (CCC) Nicola Watson:

“We are back to the trillions and zillions of dollars.  I doubt there will be growth without resolving the issues around inflation and currency values. Businesses are operating in a hostile environment.”

Wilson Makanyaire, from Hurungwe:

“This budget review projects no solution to the bread and butter issues affecting Zimbabweans. We were looking for solutions to the needs of struggling teachers, nurses, doctors and the security sector.

Ncube’s policy pronouncement are actually the opposite of the state of the economy. He appears to be living in his own fantasy world, that is why he speaks of a budget surplus.

But the surplus can only make sense when civil servants are able to afford basic commodities like decent accommodation, food, health, education, decent clothing etc.”

-newsday

By-The opposition CCC has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) requesting dialogue on the need to address electoral malpractices.

In a letter dated 27 July 2022, addressed to ZEC chief elections officer Uitloile Silaigwana, CCC secretary for elections Ian Makone accused ZEC of ignoring Zanu PF’s alleged rigging tactics such as vote buying, bussing of voters and intimidation of voters in the recent by-elections. The letter reads in part:

Be that as it may, CCC has drafted the attached document citing instances where ZEC through its direct and indirect conduct created election process vulnerabilities that consequently presents/present opportunities for election manipulation.

CCC looks forward to your response on this matter and on the proposed dialogue process to address the stated concerns.

CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere told NewsDay that the party will pursue various remedies to ensure that ZEC addresses its concerns. She said:

The secretariat of ZEC is militarised and partisan. It continues to take orders from the ‘powers that be’ instead of being independent.

Stakeholders are not being consulted sufficiently and the CCC is being excluded from the few consultations that took place. The electoral law needs to be aligned with the Constitution.

State media remains partial to Zanu PF. Political violence takes place with impunity.

There has been no transparency on the census and delimitation processes. Voter education is highly ineffective.

These issues need to be addressed to ensure we do not have another disputed election.

-NewsDay

By-The Harare Ximex Mall dealer, Tafadzwa Murengwa, has committed suicide after killing his lover.

The money changer, also known as Boss Pangolin Friday morning, shot and killed his girlfriend along Simon Mazorodze Road after accusing her of cheating him with a married man.

Murengwa was found in Harare just after midnight today locked in his vehicle after drinking an unknown poisonous substance.
Police sources close to the investigations have confirmed this morning that detectives tracked him to a house in Chishawasha where he had sought refuge and found him unconscious in the vehicle before taking him to Parirenyatwa Hospital where he died upon admission.
Murengwa
The incident came after on Thursday afternoon, Murengwa splashed United States dollar cash in the streets to people who were near the Ximex area.

Murengwa
In a video circulating on social media, there was commotion in the city when Murengwa splashed US dollar notes in the streets while driving an unregistered Toyota Aqua vehicle before driving off.
Investigations have revealed that Murengwa of Glen Lorne visited the area a few minutes after he was granted bail at the Harare Magistrates Court following his arrest on Wednesday for assaulting his girlfriend and the now deceased, Samantha Dzapata (28) of Waterfalls.
He was facing charges of domestic violence and threats of violence but was released out of custody on bail.
One of his close friends said, following his release, Murengwa also told Samantha that he wanted to kill her.

-State media

By-CCC deputy President Tendai Biti said that Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s 2022 mid-term review and budget statement showed that inflation was rearing its head.

Biti, who is also a former Treasurer Boss, said Mthuli failed to address fundamental challenges bedevilling the economy.

Posting on Twitter, Biti, who is CCC deputy president and Member of Parliament for Harare East, said that the fact that broad money grew by 245% by May 2022 shows that the government is failing to live within its means and is resorting to money printing. Biti wrote:
The Minister of Finance has presented his 2022 mid-term review & budget statement. It was painful to indulge in an hour of a pointless, tired monologue. An absolute damp squib.
A huge opportunity was missed to address fundamental disequilibrium in the economy centred around 7 key issues that are 1) hyperinflation 2) exchange rate collapse 3) collapse in public sector wages 4) collapse of the social sector 5) low output 6) deficit financing & the national debt 7) tax reform.
Sadly the government missed a glorious opportunity of addressing key issues. Failing to address the key challenges of the day was a cowardly criminal omission that in any event has been the hallmark of Mthuli’s tenure.

To compound matters, Mthuli then proceeded to make shocking announcements on a supplementary budget & some tax increases.
The 2022 Budget was a ZWL$850 billion budget, but a ZWL$1.9 trillion budget is now being proposed.
Effectively Mthuli is proposing a brand new 2022 budget of 120% more than the original budget. This is sheer insanity driven by money creation & an overzealous fiscal policy.
They are failing to live within their means & are now resorting to money printing. A fact confirmed by Mthuli’s admission that broad money grew by 245% by May 2022.

That domestic debt is now ZWL$1.3 trillion is further proof of the existence of a profligate irresponsible regime.
Collapsed public sector wages needed to be dealt with decisively & anything short of a US$ wage won’t work.
The proposed increase of the tax-free threshold to ZWL$600 000 when the exchange rate is now above 1:1000 is an insult.
Perhaps most shocking are Mthuli’s tax measures which he was too embarrassed to read out. The cruellest is the increase to 30% of withholding tax on cross-border traders without a tax clearance certificate.
This will hurt 60% of the population in the informal economy. The reduction of the Value Added Tax threshold from US$60000 to US$40000 will also hit hard the informal sector.
Big business is not spared. Corporates are now required to prepare two sets of accounts, one for US$ and another for ZWL$ transactions. This is a costly exercise confirming that we have become a Banana Republic.
In short, this Review was a complete disaster. It betrayed the absence of a theoretical philosophical framework of its authors. It entrenched looting and arbitrage whilst unleashing cruel revenue measures. What a dog’s breakfast!

By -Socialite and comedian Felistas “Mai TT” Murata who marriage is hanging by a thread, was in no-show at court yesterday in the matter in which she is accusing Evidence Chihera of cyber bullying.

Evidence Chihera, whose real name is Moreblessing Evidence Jiri, appeared before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti, who remanded the matter to August 28, for trial commencement.

The court heard that Jiri runs a Facebook page by the name Evidence Chihera and, on June 1, she allegedly posted a live video of herself saying Mai TT’s children were raped by an insane person she lives with.

The State alleges that the Evidence Chihera’s page is accessible to everyone who logs into Facebook.

It is the State’s case that the live video footage was done with intent to harass, bully or cause substantial emotional distress, to degrade, humiliate and demean Murata.

The matter came to light when Murata saw the live video on Facebook and reported the case to the police, leading to Jiri’s arrest.

Thomas Chanakira appeared for the State.

-H Metro

By- A Harare Money dealer, Boss Pangolin, who showered US Dollars in the CBD, has shot and killed his ex-lover.

Boss Pangolin, real name is Tafadzwa Murengwa, operates from Ximex Mall where he changes money.

NewsDay reports that on Friday, he shot his lover, Samantha Dzapata, in Waterfalls over infidelity allegations.

Eyewitnesses told the same publication that Murengwa fired three shots, killing Dzapata on the spot and sped off.

A few days ago, Murengwa randomly threw US dollar notes around the Ximex Mall.