By-The Zimbabwe Republic Police said they were investigating a case in which a Zanu PF youth chairman for Chimanimani’s Bumba District, Nicholas Madzianike, was said to had been abducted.

Madziyanikwe has since been found alive.

He allegedly went missing on June 19.

The Police this week announced that they arrested three-man in connection with the alleged abduction.

The three suspects are Chengetanai Musudu, Hakata Musudu and Aaron Chizemo.

The Police also said that they found one of the suspects with Madzianike’s Itel A52 cellphone.

Posting on Twitter Saturday, the Police said Madzianike had been found:

The ZRP reports that the missing ZANU PF Youth Chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike who went missing on 19/06/22 has been found and is currently being interviewed by the Police. More details to be released in due course.
https://twitter.com/PoliceZimbabwe/status/1543164690183905280

By- The late President Robert Mugabe’s children have withdrawn a High Court appeal against a court ruling which barred them from contesting the exhumation of their father’s remains.

Bona, Robert(Jnr) and Chatunga are challenging the traditional court ruling by Chief Zvimba, born Stanley Mhondoro, which ordered the exhumation of their late father and confiscation of their livestock.
Chief Zvimba ruled that Mugabe’s remains should be exhumed from their rural home in Zvimba for re-burial at the National Heroes Acre.
Prior to the appeal, Chinhoyi magistrate Ruth Moyo had ruled that Mugabe’s children had no right to appeal against a judgment handed by the traditional court against their mother, Grace.
The High Court judges of appeal in May ruled in favour of Mugabe’s children, who were challenging the exhumation of their father.

Since the magistrate’s ruling in May was already set aside on review, there was apparently nothing to deal with on appeal, hence the High Court on Thursday allowed the withdrawal of the appeal with no order of costs.
Mugabe succumbed to a long illness on September 6, 2019, in Singapore. He was 95. He was buried in Kutama, Zvimba, which is his rural home on September 28, 2019, after weeks of wrangling over his final resting place.

By-Zanu PF youth chairman for Chimanimani’s Bumba District, Nicholas Madzianike, has been found alive.

Madziyanikwe allegedly went missing on June 19, and the Police arrested three-man in connection with the alleged abduction.

According to the Police, they have arrested Chengetanai Musudu, Hakata Musudu and Aaron Chizemo.

The Police also said that they found one of the suspects with Madzianike’s Itel A52 cellphone.

Posting on their social media platforms, Zanu PF Patriots said Madzianike had been found:

Our Chairman who went missing has been found ZANU PF Youth Chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike, who went missing on 19/06/22, has been found and is currently being interviewed by the Police.

Our Chairman who went missing has been found‼️

ZANU PF Youth Chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike who went missing on 19/06/22 has been found and is currently being interviewed by the Police. pic.twitter.com/CN13WoSZbK

— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) July 2, 2022

By-Zanu PF has desperately shifted the blame of the abduction by its members of the party’s youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike.

Madziyanikwe allegedly went missing on June 19, and the police said they had arrested three-man for the abduction.

According to the police, they have arrested Chengetanai Musudu, Hakata Musudu and Aaron Chizemo.

The police also said that one of the suspects was found in possession of Madzianike’s Itel A52 cellphone.

But Zanu PF has now desperately spun the case and allocated the suspects to the Nelson Chamisa led CCC.

Posted Zanu PF Patriots on all its propaganda social media platforms:

Police are questioning three CCC members suspected of kidnapping Zanu PF youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Mr Nicholas Madzianike, on June 19 whose whereabouts remain unknown. 1/2.

Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa has described as illegal the detention of Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Sithole and CCC members.

President Chamisa also denounced the presecution of citizens before trial.

“TOXIC POLITICS..It is settled law that one is innocent until proven guilty.

In Zimbabwe, it appears one is guilty until proven innocent.

The treatment of these Members of Parliament & others re:Nyatsime is not only illegal but vile, vindictive and outright persecution.#FreeThemAll,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter

By-Over 200 000 Zimbabweans working in South Africa face deportation and loss of jobs upon expiry of their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) on December 31 this year if they do not migrate to other eligible permits.

There are four different permits available namely, student visa, business visa, spousal visa and work permit visa and applicants must find one that best suits their situation.

However, there are strict conditions for getting the permits. This has led to the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa holding marathon meetings with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) as well as members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs in an effort to find common ground and avert a potential deportation disaster.

The ZEP cancellation and requirement to apply for a new visa aligns with the department’s review of all visas issued from as far back as 2004, but Zimbabweans are the only ones who have to reapply for a visa at the moment.

For one to get a student visa, they ought to provide proof of being admitted to a registered learning institution in terms of section 1 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 as well as a college established in terms of the Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006.

Students are required to provide proof of medical cover renewed annually for the period of study with a medical scheme registered in terms of the Medical Schemes Act.

To get a work visa, the applicant must prove they are filling a critical skill post and that their employer cannot find an equally qualified South African for the job.

Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa, Mr Ngqabutho Mabhena, said talks with the ANC party and parliamentarians were underway.

“As Zimbabwe community in SA, working with the African Diaspora Forum, we are in talks with the ruling ANC as well as the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs because these are policymakers. You will note that the ANC is going for a policy conference in July and we are raising these issues with them to highlight that while we respect the ANC-led Government’s position, we believe there is room to review that decision given that maybe there was no proper analysis,” he said in an interview.

“We believe perhaps there was an assumption that everyone would be able to move to other permits with no regards to people with no skill and these are issues we are raising with the ANC as a political party,” said Mr Mabhena.

He said while there has not been tangible positions from the talks, they shall continue with engagement and keep communication lines open.

“We also understand the pressure on the ground because unemployment is rising and stands at 35 percent while we are also alive to the fact that some political parties used these statistics to win votes in the 2021 local government elections so I can not say for certain that they are listening to us or not but what is key is that we are talking,” said Mr Mabhena.

The South African Home Affairs department estimates that 178 412 Zimbabweans were granted exemptions.

According to a critical skills list released by the Home Affairs Minister Dr Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi on February 2 this year, there are 101 jobs that meet the set requirements. The jobs and are mostly sciences-related and the qualifications needed make it almost impossible for the generality of Zimbabweans working in South Africa to get the visa.

According to the South African Department of Home Affairs website, from time to time the Minister of Home Affairs publishes a Critical Skills list in a Government Gazette. Prior to submitting an application for a Critical Skills Work Visa, the applicant is required to have his or her foreign qualification(s) translated by a sworn translator into one of the official languages of the Republic and to have such qualification(s) evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

The applicant is also required to obtain written confirmation(s) from a professional body, council or board recognised by SAQA or any relevant government department confirming the skills or qualifications of the applicant and appropriate post-qualification experience.

In the event that any law in South Africa requires one to be professionally registered in order to practice one’s profession, the application must contain proof of an application made for a certificate of registration with the professional body, council or board recognised by SAQA.

Business visa applicants need to have a certificate showing that they have at least R5 million available in cash, or at least R5 million in cash and capital to be invested in South Africa.

-State media

By- The opposition CCC has commemorated the death of the late nationalist and founder of the country’s organised political movement that birthed Zapu and Zanu, Joshua Nkomo.

“Father Zimbabwe” or “Umdla Wethu”, as Nkomo was affectionately known, died on 1 July 1999.

Posting their message CCC said Nkomo’s spirit would never die.

Posted CCC:

Celebrating a National Hero: Joshua Mqhabuko Nkomo, a hero of the liberation struggle. He was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe because of the role he played in an effort to unite the people of Zimbabwe.

By- The Emerson Mnangagwa government is set to splurge millions of United States (US) dollars to buy luxury homes for Cabinet ministers and their deputies.

 The Independent reports that this is happening when Harare is battling an unprecedented economic meltdown, which has pushed prices of basic commodities out of the reach of many.

Ministers are a part of the few people in Zimbabwe who enjoy opulence through luxury perks sponsored by the taxpayer.

The housing programme, according to sources close to the initiative, will see deputy and Cabinet ministers drawing loans of US$350 000 and US$500 000, respectively, to buy plush homes. The money can buy a house in affluent suburbs of the capital, such as Mt Pleasant, Alexander Park, Borrowdale and Chisipite.

During this week’s press conference by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, the government sought to appease civil servants by introducing a housing loan scheme as part of efforts to contain pressure from workers.

The security sector is also set to benefit from the housing loans.

Confidential sources, in separate briefings this week, told the Independent that the housing scheme for the ministers was Mnangagwa’s brainchild.

Mnangagwa’s administration has about 45 Cabinet, provincial and deputy ministers.

The provincial ministers, just like ministers of state and deputy ministers, who do not sit in Cabinet, are also expected to benefit from the loan facility.

The housing loan scheme is run by an inter-ministerial committee comprising of Treasury, ministries of Local Government and Public Works, and National Housing and Social Amenities.

“The President came up with a housing scheme for government ministers after realising that most of them end up destitute when they get out of government,” a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Independent.

“So, recently he offered to buy houses for all ministers at a cost of US$500 000 and deputy ministers at a cost of US$350 000 each.”

Cabinet ministers, their deputies, ministers of state and provincial ministers are appointed by the President.

As part of their (ministers) terms of service, they also receive benefits which include two vehicles (a Mercedes Benz sedan and an off-roader), a secretary, security at the principal residence, and protocol aides.

After serving in government, those staying in houses owned or leased by the state vacate the properties.

In addition to that, ministers also receive travel allowances.

Cabinet ministers, their deputies, ministers of state and provincial ministers also benefit from the loans advanced to parliamentarians.

The housing scheme comes amidst a sea of poverty as Zimbabwe is burdened with a 1,5 million housing backlog. The population is estimated at about 15 million – the actual figure is going to be revealed soon following a population census conducted this year.

At least 1,2 million people are on the government’s housing waiting list, according to the Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities.

The housing scheme for ministers, however, is birthed in the middle of an imploding economy characterised by stratospheric yearly inflation of 191,7%, and steep accommodation rentals denominated in United States dollars yet most workers earn the ever-depreciating Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar).

The latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) show that the cost of living for a family of six in June soared to ZW$110 550 (US$297) from ZW$14 041 (US$38) for monthly expenses as the local unit continues to tumble in value against the greenback.

Despite the deepening economic meltdown, which has resulted in protracted negotiations over salary reviews between the government and civil servants, Mnangagwa’s administration, running on a shoestring budget, has offered a housing scheme for bureaucrats.

National Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe did not respond to questions posed by the Independent for reasons that he was out of the country on government business.

“Good morning. I am out of the country on government business,” Garwe replied via WhatsApp.

The Independent sought to understand how much the Treasury had budgeted for the programme, the loan amounts recipients were going to receive, repayment terms, and whether the loans were being disbursed already.

National Housing ministry secretary Joy Pedzisai Makumbe said she was going to “forward” the inquiries to the ministry’s communications department.

“Hello. I will forward the questions to our publicity department,” she responded.

Prior to that, the publication had also sent the questions to the ministry’s head of Communications Sikha Ncube who said the questions were being addressed before she finally said she was out of the country.

“The responses are being cleared. I will send once approved,” she said, referring the Independent to a staffer (name supplied) in the department.

“We will get back to you when we consolidate the facts. I didn’t get anything as of today, ” the referred staffer said.

Questions sent to Treasury through the chief director of communications Clive Mphambela drew blanks at the time of going to press. The questions were forwarded to the relevant department in the ministry.

Efforts to get a comment from Presidential spokesperson George Charamba were futile as he was not reachable yesterday.

The multi-faceted economic crisis, which fiscal and monetary authorities are battling to contain, has also resulted in a restive workforce and the collapse of the public health delivery system.

Last week nurses downed tools in protest over low salaries and threatened to resume the industrial action in a fortnight if their salary review demands are not met. Teachers at public schools are also demanding a minimum monthly salary of US$540 which the government is reluctant to pay.

In the face of the economic malaise, Treasury this week announced a raft of monetary measures to stem the economic tide, particularly skyrocketing inflation and low civil service wages.

At the heart of the measures, Ncube announced that Zimbabwe will embrace the US dollar as legal tender until 2025 while it will also mint gold coins in a bid to offer citizens a stable store of value.

Government, which is manoeuvring to charm multilateral lenders to unlock fresh lines of credit, has repeatedly made calls to cut public expenditure.

Zimbabwe has been saddled with a multi-billion dollar external debt overhang and the country is also under US sanctions imposed in 2001.

-The Independent

By-Zanu PF has desperately shifted the blame of the abduction by its members of the party’s youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike.

Madziyanikwe allegedly went missing on June 19, and the police said they had arrested three-man for the abduction.

According to the police, they have arrested Chengetanai Musudu, Hakata Musudu and Aaron Chizemo.

The police also said that one of the suspects was found in possession of Madzianike’s Itel A52 cellphone.

But Zanu PF has now desperately spun the case and allocated the suspects to the Nelson Chamisa led CCC.

Posted Zanu PF Patriots on all its propaganda social media platforms:

Police are questioning three CCC members suspected of kidnapping Zanu PF youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Mr Nicholas Madzianike, on June 19 whose whereabouts remain unknown. 1/2.

Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial philanthropist Susan Mutami has threatened to spill the Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bedroom secrets.

Mutami claims she knows the “smell of Mnangagwa’s emitted wind.”

According to Mutami, Mnangagwa has dementia.

“@CCCZimbabwe
and defend your vote.
One thing
@edmnangagwa
is scared of is people power. That coup wouldn’t have succeeded if it wasn’t for the citizen
As someone who once looked after the elderly and someone who knows
@edmnangagwa
personally, the man needs help. He has dementia Stage 1 going to stage 2 now and is a bit aggressive. I urge u all to send this man into retirement and vote for
@nelsonchamisa

@ZANUPF_Official
demonized my projects that I was doing for the needy in the community because I was upstaging Auxillia Mnangagwa w my charity work and they made up all sorts of lies trying to ruin me bt God looks after his children. In 2023…

@nelsonchamisa
I’m on standby to help u recover all the loot including the private jet that was bought using the citizens money and is a name of a proxy. I was told where some of the money is stashed. I help becoz I know what it’s like to have nothing at all.

People u need to understand that in 2023 he’s going to unleash more violence and a lot of people are going to lose their lives. He’s a Taliban, and I can go as far as 2002 where he gave an instruction to have Chebundo killed in a house fire which he narrowly escaped,” Mutami said.

Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa has described as illegal the detention of Hon Job Sikhala, Hon Godfrey Sithole and CCC members.

President Chamisa also denounced the presecution of citizens before trial.

“TOXIC POLITICS..It is settled law that one is innocent until proven guilty.

In Zimbabwe, it appears one is guilty until proven innocent.

The treatment of these Members of Parliament & others re:Nyatsime is not only illegal but vile, vindictive and outright persecution.#FreeThemAll,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter

By A Correspondent- Health workers at Gokwe North District Hospital have expressed anger over authorities’ failure to disburse COVID-19 funds, three weeks after the government deposited the funds into the district hospital’s account.

The funds are meant for those who took part in the COVID-19 vaccination blitz which was done in two parts.

The first group took part in the programme in March and received their allowances for seven days after a month.

The second blitz took part in early May but they are yet to receive their allowances.

With the runaway inflation, the healthcare workers are worried that their money has been rendered valueless.

The authorities are putting blame on poor network connectivity in the district for their failure to disburse the funds.

However, the beneficiaries are blaming the authorities for not having a plan B, for example, buying data or travelling to areas with good internet connectivity like Gokwe Town centre.

Meanwhile, other district hospitals like Zvishavane paid their workers about three weeks ago.

They were given US$120 per day which will be converted using the interbank rate of the day.

Gokwe North District is notorious for late payments of its staff after they take part in various programmes.

Last year, COVID-19 funds were only disbursed after complaints from the staff.

The health workers have also complained over the government’s penchant to pay workers in instalments.- Pindula News

By A Correspondent- On the 26th of April 2018 Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said, “A titanic battle in Mazowe West on Sunday. Tafadzwa Musarara vs Kazembe Kazembe. But Anastencia Mazikana, Chrispen Mataire, Richard Chiorongwe, Constance Sabau and Christopher Makwezva are not bridesmaids. Zanu PF primaries are more intriguing than most general elections.”

Mangwana was commenting on the primary elections battle for the right to represent ZANU PF in Mazowe West.

Tafadzwa MUSARARA braved the weather and challenged Kazembe Raymond Kazembe for the Mazowe West constituency.

Musarara already had an upper hand as there is an entire village that bears his surname ,schools and his heritage and lineage is traceable in the constituency. While Kazembe was deemed as an outsider.

Musarara’s home advantage did not augur well with Kazembe Kazembe who resorted to violence , intimidation and dirty tactics against Musarara.

Kazembe and his henchmen turned to violence against Musarara in the primary elections. The violence saw Musarara’s 30 tonne truck and a Kombi destroyed and campaign material worth thousands of dollars looted. CID Bindura deployed three police officers who visited the scene and opened a docket under case number RRB 333861440.

The involvement of the police did not deter Kazembe and his supporters two Zanu PF activists in Mazowe West were convicted and jailed for looting mealie meal and flour worth $12 000 from businessman Tafadzwa Musarara’s truck in Concession during the party primary elections .

The pair – Jonah Ngwenya (Zanu PF Mashonaland Central provincial transport secretary and Boyd Fungulani – were part of Zanu PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson and parliamentary candidate Kazembe Kazembe’s campaign team.

The violence against Musarara worked and some of his followers were intimidated into participating in the primary elections.

The violence against Musarara worked and some of his followers were intimidated into boycotting the primary elections.

Violence again was used against Musarara in the ZANU PF DCC race in which Musarara ran against John Mudzonga who was Kazembe’s campaign manager.

The defiant Musarara stood his ground and managed to win the DCC elections. Musarara was later asked by the people to run in the provincial chairmanship race.

Despite claims of rigging , intimidation and under handed tactics Musarara managed to secure over 17 000 votes. This was viewed as victory for Musarara as it was his first time running in the provincial race.

It is now apparent that there is a feud between Musarara and Kazembe and the feud seems to be far from over.

Kazembe has now called for a meeting which is meant to strip Musarara of his DCC chairmanship. The meeting is set to charge , prosecute and provide the sentence and execution over Musarara’s political career.

Kazembe is now playing his cards to preserve his position ahead of the primary elections which precede the 2023 harmonized elections.

The feud between Musarara and Kazembe has played into the hands of Chamisa’s CCC movement which is now plotting to reduce the ZANU PF margin in Mashonaland Central.

Mashonaland Central is a ZANU PF stronghold which has provided a clean sweep against the opposition. The Opposition merely has to reduce the ZANU PF margin in the strongholds and increase their wins in their areas to get a glimpse of victory in the 2023 polls.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa needs to intervene and address the issues in Mashonaland Central and the issues in Mazowe West. This political hotbed if left alone will weaken the party In Mashonaland Central and derail the 5 million votes for ED.

Kazembe might have a legitimate claim to the provincial chairmanship as endorsed by the politburo but do people follow him , is he a leader leading the people? His failure to mobilize attendance to rallies and his near fist fights with politburo members who are senior to him indicates that Kazembe Kazembe does have a problem which needs to managed ahead of the elections.

There is need for a special indaba In Mashonaland Central to iron out the issues and ensure that the party emerges stronger , with clarity , unity and peace.

Please Your Excellency and the Presidium May you kindly addressed the issues in Mashonaland Central.

By A Correspondent- A proposal to grant President Emmerson Mnangagwa freedom of the city status has divided Gweru city councillors, Southern Eye has learnt.

Councillors are arguing over the criteria used to bestow such honour, which they say was not clear.

Southern Eye understands that Council managers proposed to give Mnangagwa the honour during a full council meeting on Wednesday.

The issue was also included in the minutes of the deliberations, although the minutes did not explain the reasons why the President must be given the honour.

“We have item 123 which points to giving President Mnangagwa the freedom of the city of Gweru,” the city mayor Hamutendi Kombayi, who was chairing the meeting, said.

Councillor Edison Kurebgaseka (ward 9) said there was nothing wrong in granting Mnangagwa the status, adding that the honour would come with some benefits.

“We should set politics aside, and l think there is nothing amiss in granting President Mnangagwa the honour. After all, Mnangagwa is from the Midlands province and we could, as a council benefit in some service delivery issues affecting us including roads and water challenges,” Kurebgaseka said.

But councillor Josiah Makombe disagreed, saying the issue needed to be deliberated on in council chambers to ensure there is clarity on why Mnangagwa should be bestowed that honour.

“We can’t just rush to adopt the proposal. There is need for a special meeting to discuss this issue. It’s just a recommendation coming from management and it’s not clear,” he said.

Makombe’s sentiments were seconded by councillors Trust Chinene (ward 15) and Tawanda Magidi (ward 16).

The proposal attracted heated debate among councillors, who then failed to agree on the way forward.

In 2020 when Victoria Falls was declared a city, Mnangagwa was awarded freedom of the city with the local authority saying it was recognising his contribution to the resort town’s transformation.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Selina Tadya, the mother of missing St Mathias Tsonzo High School learner, Livingstone Sunhwa, believes her son was murdered and wants his spirit to torment the killers.

Livingstone went missing from the Anglican Church-run school on 6 December after he was briefly arrested by the police for stealing snacks from the school’s tuckshops.

Human remains that are suspected to be Livingstone’s were discovered last Friday in a thicket that is a stone’s throw from the school.

Speaking to The Manica Post, Tadya revealed that the body parts were strewn all over the place, with some of them missing. She said:

It is like a part of my soul has been removed. It is painful for a parent to lose a child. Only affected parents can relate to what I am going through.

The fact that he disappeared at the hands of those who were supposed to take care of him makes the pain worse.

Whoever is responsible was insensitive and should have considered the life of my child.

I feel a lot of pain and emotional trauma far beyond imagination. His spirit should fight back and torment his killers.

Fight your killers my son. Never give them rest. Fight until they own up and disclose the whole truth about what happened to you.

No amount of appeasement can bring back my son. Money does not buy life. I just want them to suffer the same ordeal my son went through.

What can they do to replace Livingstone? Where will I find him?

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took over the investigations into Livingstone’s disappearance and is in the process of conducting DNA tests to establish whether the human remains are Livingstone’s.

Tadya said she single-handedly laboured to raise Livingstone and his sister, Pride, following the death of their father in 2010. She said:

When you lose a husband, you become a widow; when you lose your parents, you become an orphan; but when you lose your child, there is not even a term for it.

That is how awful it is. I am barely existing. I have spent every waking moment trying not to think about what happened to my son.

I never imagined picking his scattered bones, I had hoped to find him alive. I lost my breath when I saw his shoes, belt and those remains. Our family is failing to accept this.

Since the discovery of the human remains, nobody from the school or the church has reached out to us. Nobody has come just to empathise with us or just to say they are sorry – just a sorry.

On Sunday, we went to the school with the intention of proceeding to the scene where the remains were discovered. The headmaster was present but he refused to come out and meet us.

Till this day (Tuesday), I have not received any message from either the school or the church despite the fact that my son disappeared from their institution.

Are they saying Livingstone never existed at St Mathias Tsonzo?

By A Correspondent- Vice President Chiwenga’s ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, will know her fate, in a case she is accused of assaulting a former child minder, on July 27 after the state closed its case Thursday.

Mubaiwa is accused of assaulting Delight Munyoro at an elite school in Harare, where she had gone to fetch her children with the former army general.

The former model intended to have some time with her children following her fallout with the VP.

Through her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, Mubaiwa told the court that “evidence produced by the state during the trial was not enough for a reasonable court to reach a decision to convict an individual.”

She also argued that the second medical report produced by witness, Maxilo, and oral-facial surgeon, Dr Wayne Manana, was not authentic since the maid was allegedly said to have visited the doctor once.

Mtetwa is expected to file a written application on July 11.

The State is expected to give its response on July 22.

Magistrate Learnmore Mapiye will determine her fate on July 27 in the morning.

Prosecutors allege Mubaiwa slapped Munyoro, whom she accused of influencing her children to dislike her and their siblings from her former marriages.

The assault charges against Mubaiwa arose in January 2020.

According to the police, there was an altercation between Mubaiwa and the maid over the custody of the children.

Munyoro is reported to have gone to the school to pick up the children but clashed with Marry, who also wanted to have access to them.

It is alleged that Mubaiwa called Munyoro a witch and accused her of influencing her children to dislike their own mother.-NewZimbabwe

By A Correspondent= The assault case of Tendai Biti continued yesterday with him shifting his attacks from The Herald to deputy prosecutor, Mr Michael Reza, saying he was not objective and likes to prosecute opposition politicians.

Biti is facing allegations of assaulting an investor, Ms Tatiana Aleshina, at the Harare Magistrates Court.  In his reasons why he wants the matter referred to the Apex Court, he said he will never receive a free and fair trial if Mr Reza prosecutes the case.

“I am shocked why a senior prosecutor like Mr Reza would want to prosecute an assault matter,” he said.

Biti said the State should not show that it is captured by any individual including the complainant.

“The prosecutor is behaving as if he is a hired gun or captured, which is not allowed by the constitution,” he said.

Biti first blamed Zanu-PF Politburo member Patrick Chinamasa, whom he accused of causing his arrest, through a media conference.

After blaming Chinamasa, he then turned his guns on The Herald, and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Nick Mangwana, for giving the nation a wrong narrative of his assault case.

By A Correspondent- The late national hero and Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri’s daughter, Rufaro Stephanie is seeking to bar former Attorney-General Sobusa Gula-Ndebele from administering her father’s estate, accusing him of illegally imposing himself as the executor.

Rufaro wants the State to reopen the estate, following irregularities in the execution process, which include the appointment of Gula-Ndebele as the executor.

Gula-Ndebele’s administration of the estate has divided the late national hero’s children, with some being accused of working in cahoots with him to fraudulently

benefit from the estate when they were not his biological children.

The divisions have prompted the family to call for a roundtable meeting with parties involved to discuss Shiri’s estate.

In response to calls for a roundtable meeting, through her lawyers Tapera Muzana and Partners, Rufaro wrote a letter dated May 20, 2022 demanding to know the agenda of the meeting before she agrees to attend.

“We refer to the above matter and your letter dated May 5, 2022, which was served upon our law firm on May 9, 2022. We forwarded your letter to our client and she advised us to respond as follows: She is kindly asking you to take the issue that we have mutual interest, thus will enable us to prepare all the necessary paperwork before the round table meeting.”

Some of Shiri’s family members doubt the authenticity of the documents that were being used by the Master of the High Court, Eldard Mutasa, to handle Shiri’s empire.

They claim some documents had forged government letterheads. The matter was reported to the police last year under ER5/2021 for investigation.

Contacted for comment, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was yet to check the progress on the matter.

“I need to check on that,” Nyathi said.

“Right now, I am in Victoria Fall attending an event.”

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last year also opened another investigation under case reference number HCR 116-09-21 into the alleged illegal sale of the late Shiri’s assets by his daughters Cynthia and Tatenda, reportedly in connivance with Tawanda Zulu and Stephan Tanaka Musvamhiri, who are listed as children to the late national hero in the overall estate distribution.

Zacc spokesperson John Makamure yesterday confirmed that the investigations were still on.

“We confirm that the commission is investigating allegations of sale of assets belonging to the late minister. Investigations are in progress,” Makamure said.

Rufaro is challenging the inclusion of Zulu and Musvamhiri on the estate, claiming that their paternity was in dispute.

Rufaro says Gula-Ndebele was his father’s lawyer at the time of his death, raising questions why he was then appointed executor dative and testamentary; that is, an executor who is appointed by the relevant court in cases where a deceased individual did not leave a valid will and, therefore, died intestate.

“It’s interesting to note that he insists and claims he was my father’s lawyer when everything else suggests he was not and I know he wasn’t,” Rufaro told NewsDay.

“In 20-2014, my late father took Brian Tarisai Kambasha and Hemingworth Cartwright (Pvt) Ltd to court, file record of the case being HH 36-17 CA 270/15, in which my father was represented by the National Prosecuting Authority (State) or had State attorneys representing him. A question to ask (is) where was Mr Sobusa Gula-Ndebele? Certainly, the case was not a State issue, but rather personal,” she said.

“The case was to do with a contract that was signed for a solar plant installation at Hopedale Farm in Bindura, that was to start off with a 100kVA installation that would later on see the same company installing a 600kVA plant on completion of the project. The second question is: When the contract was signed, where was he and why did my father opt to do the paperwork without a lawyer when he had a lawyer?”

She also accused Tatenda and Cynthia of allegedly conniving with Gula-Ndebele to fraudulently administer the late Shiri’s estate.

Gula-Ndebele, Rufaro said, was reportedly making efforts to frustrate the reopening of the estate, including intimidating her lawyers.

“The Master of the High Court should explain how Mr Gula-Ndebele became executor,” Rufaro averred.

“The two Shiri ladies, Tatenda and Cynthia, are now working in cahoots with Mr Gula-Ndebele. Why would they invite Gula-Ndebele, who was fired from the Attorney-General’s Office under unclear circumstances? Why would they confirm him as executor when they had everything to lose if they entrust their father’s estate to an individual like (that)?”

Repeated efforts to get a comment from Gula-Ndebele were in vain because he was not answering calls.

Contacted for comment, Zulu curtly said he was not aware of the row over the estate.

“I am not aware of anything,” Zulu said and hung up his phone.

Cynthia also said she had no comment on the matter.

“It’s my first time to hear about this,” Cynthia said. “I have nothing to say.”

But Tanaka insisted that she was Shiri’s biological daughter and she trusted Gula-Ndebele as the legally appointed executor.

“Actually, I am wondering why it has taken so long for this estate to be administered and close the case,” Tanaka said.

“I am the youngest child of the late minister and his every other child came to the Shiri family the same way I did. I am ready to redo the DNA test to prove that I am his child. However, it is not fair for another child to doubt my paternity when I have not questioned theirs.

“We are all equal as his children. I even think that every other child of our father should do DNA tests so that the truth comes out. The matter has been going on for long and there is need for it to be closed. Personally, I am ready to leave the Shiri family if I am not his daughter, but I am very confident of my paternity.”

Mutasa allegedly considered Shiri’s 1995 will in listing the beneficiaries of his estate, where he bequeathed 50% of his bank savings, insurance policies to his now late son Titus and the other half of savings to his children Tatenda and Cynthia Shiri, and all his other children who were yet to be born.

A death notice filed at the Master’s Offices indicated that three more children: Zulu, Rufaro and Tanaka were also listed as beneficiaries of Shiri’s estate.

Rufaro, however, claimed that the late minister had disregarded the will after registering a family trust with her as executor.

She argued that Zulu and Tanaka, whom she alleged only showed up after her father’s death, should not be included in the administration of the estate until the paternity disputes have been resolved.

“Both Tanaka and Tawanda are accomplices,” Rufaro said. “They have no scientific proof to prove their relationship with the late Perrance Shiri and I believe they have been planted in the estate as agents to loot for probably Tatenda and Cynthia’s benefit in the distribution exercise, so all of them should be arrested. The leadership of this country has made it clear that no one is above the law and there is no room for corruption.”

-newsday

By A Correspondent- A polyandrous woman from Dora, Mutare was recently summoned to appear before Acting Chief Zimunya’s court.

Polyandry is when a woman is married to two or more men at the same time and this is not only illegal but also taboo in Zimbabwe.

Mollen Gamira allegedly stayed with her husband and her lover for months before the husband became aware of it and chased her from their matrimonial home.

Gamira is reportedly now staying with her lover and expecting his child.

Acting Chief Zimunya confirmed the love triangle involving Gamira, her husband, Washington Bvirindi of Bvirindi Village and her lover, Tafadzwa Manomano of Chitiyo Village.

The matter has since been heard before Acting Chief Zimunya’s court, but Gamira refuse to attend the court session. She said:

I did not see why l was supposed to attend the court session in the absence of my relatives.

They should have summoned some of my relatives too, otherwise, I will never set foot at that court.

The court heard that Gamira and Bvirindi have three daughters, while Gamira is reportedly carrying Manomano’s child.

It was revealed that Gamira would take turns staying with either of the two men without their knowledge.

The affair with Manomano started in February, a few months after Gamira and Bvirindi had relocated from South Africa.

Gamira then moved in with Manomano in April after finding out that she was pregnant.

She had made Manomano believe that she was a single mother of one. Said Acting Chief Zimunya:

The two men work for the same company, so when the other one was off duty, Gamira would stay with him.

This is unheard of and it is taboo for a woman to be married to two men at the same time.

Both men did not know that they were being tricked. Bvirindi thought that his wife would be on duty as she used to work at a nightclub at Chikosi Business Centre in Rowa.

When visiting her husband in Bvirindi, she would lie to Manomano that she was going to see her child.

Gamira’s shenanigans were exposed when Bvirindi followed his wife to her “workplace”, only to discover that she was, in fact, cohabiting with Manomano.

After that, Bvirindi visited Manomano’s homestead on countless occasions with the intention of bringing his wife back home, but with no joy.

The three were later summoned to Acting Chief Zimunya’s court and Bvirindi surrendered all of Gamira’s property, stating that it was over between them.

Gamira confirmed to The Manica Post that she treated both men as husbands for a period of time. She said:

It is true that I left home early this year to work at a night club and that is where I met Manomano. I was still married to Bvirindi.

At first, I tricked both men and equally treated them as my husbands but that has changed now and l am now staying with Manomano.

When I fell in love with Manomano, I lied to him that I only had one child and that I was single.

We decided that I should leave my job at the nightclub and cohabit. I obliged and we started staying together as husband and wife.

… I left Bvirindi because he is violent. During our 10 years of marriage, he was very abusive toward me.

This is why I did not tell him that I was already someone else’s wife. I feared that he would assault or even kill me.

Bvirindi’s brother, Elias Bvirindi, confirmed the development, saying his wife is the one taking care of Gamira’s three children.

Manomano confirmed to The Manica Post that he was staying with Gamira, adding that they are expecting their first child.

He also said he is in the process of applying for a protection order against Bvirindi as he always makes a scene whenever they meet.

-ManicaPost

By A Correspondent- A Harare woman who is being sued for US$50,000 over alleged adultery is seeking to dismiss the claim, arguing it is no longer a part of the laws of Zimbabwe.

Ratidzo Nyamuchengwa, who is being sued by her former friend, Marvelous Marufu, has since been granted the relief to approach the upper court by High Court judge, Justice Emilia Muchawa.

In seeking referral of her case to the Constitutional court, Nyamuchengwa raised a special plea in which she argued that the claim for adultery is no longer a part of the laws of Zimbabwe as it is inconsistent with Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.

The Constitutional Court is expected to hand down a landmark ruling after hearing her arguments.

Nyamuchengwa wants the court to show whether the common law of adultery is consistent with subs (1) Section 56 of the Constitution in so far as it allows her to be sued whilst simultaneously precluding the complainant from suing her former husband for the same acts.

She also said the claim is unconstitutional as it exposes her to the prospect of being questioned on and testifying on intimate and personal details of her private, sexual relations.

In addition, she complained that it calls for scrutiny of and publicity of her alleged sexual liaisons or other relations with Marufu’s former husband.

Another query is whether the common law delict of adultery is consistent with subs (1) of Section 58 of the Constitution in so far as it restricts her right to freely associate with any consenting adult person she chooses.

The Constitutional Court is also expected to determine whether the common law delict of adultery serves any rational and justifiable purpose or object protectable under the Constitution.

The judge referred the matter to the Constitutional Court in terms of Section 175 (4) Constitution for a determination of issues she raised.

“To that end, the Constitutional Court shall determine whether the common law delict of adultery sued upon by plaintiff is consistent with subs (1) of Section 56 of the Constitution in so far as it allows the plaintiff to sue the defendant whilst simultaneously precluding her from suing her former husband for the same acts upon which she sues the defendant,” the judge said.

“Whether the common law delict of adultery, as sued upon by the plaintiff, serves any rational and justifiable purpose or object protectable under the Constitution 2013.”

The man at the centre of the controversy is Albert Mhondoro, who allegedly used his wife’s savings to marry Nyamuchengwa.

There was drama on the day he paid lobola for his new wife, after Marufu stormed the proceedings, demanding her money and man back.

Mhondoro has since dumped his family and is now living with Nyamuchengwa.

Mhondoro and Nyamuchengwa work at Nuanee Zimbabwe, which is into cosmetics.

According to court papers, Marufu and Mhondoro wedded on March 19, 2018 and celebrations were held on April 7, 2018.

Nyamuchengwa attended the wedding and bought gifts for the couple.

Marufu said Nyamuchengwa enticed her husband and took him away.

It has emerged that Nyamuchengwa ditched her husband, Terrence Mawire, for Mhondoro.

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa said that the nation should keep alive the memory of the late Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo from generation to generation in honour of his contribution to the country’s struggle for independence.

Posting on his social media pages, Mnangagwa said it is “a duty” for current national leaders to commemorate the life of “Father Zimbabwe”. He wrote:

The memory of the late veteran nationalist and one of the country’s founding fathers, Dr Joshua Nkomo, must be kept alive from generation to generation in honour of his contribution to the liberation of Zimbabwe.

It is the duty for us the leaders today to make sure that we observe and commemorate his life.

We remember him for his contribution and sacrifice throughout his life,he lived for this country, he struggled for this country,he went to war for this country.

There are people who initiated African nationalism in this country and Father Zimbabwe is one of those icons of our liberation struggle.

It is therefore critically important that we continuously commemorate and remember him because he is the foundation of our nation.

Meanwhile, the ZIPRA War Veterans Association wants the government to declare 1 July a public holiday to honour Nkomo for his contribution to the liberation and development of the country.

“Father Zimbabwe” or “Umdla Wethu”, as Nkomo was affectionately known, died on 1 July 1999.

Nkomo was the leader of ZAPU and its military wing ZIPRA during the liberation struggle.

He was made Vice President in 1987 after ZANU and ZAPU signed the Unity Accord to unite and end the mid-80s Gukurahundi killings.

By A Correspondent- The State has withdrawn domestic violence charges against DJ Fantan before plea after his wife, Gamuchirayi Nemukuyu, deposed an affidavit stating that she was no longer pursuing the matter.

DJ Fantan, whose real name is Arnold Kamudyariwa, and his wife were back in court on Thursday where she withdrew the case before Mbare Magistrate Rangarirai Gakanje.

Nemukuyu testified under oath that she understood her action and that it was her decision to withdraw the case.

In her initial complaint, Nemukuyu accused DJ Fantan of breaking teapots, wine glasses, dishes and jugs that had a value of US$250.

The incident allegedly occurred on Monday 2 May 20222 between 6.30 PM and 7.20 PM and was recorded at the police station the following day on Tuesday, 3 May 2022 at 9.02 AM.

Nemukuyu had also told the police that DJ Fantan became violent after she had opened a restaurant business at Stoddart, Mbare.

She alleged that DJ Fantan, who wanted her to become a housewife, not only broke pots and pans but also soaked their bedroom and children’s blankets in a bathtub.

In a social media post, DJ Fantan claimed he would never raise his hand on a woman, adding:

I was raised by a strong woman zvekuti in my heart it hurts to be called a wife beater. God knows the truth.

Magistrate Gakanje accepted Nemukuyu’s withdrawal and dismissed the charges against DJ Fantan.

-HMetro

By A Correspondent- Comedienne Madam Boss, whose real name is Tarisai Cleopatra Chikocho, claims she received death threats from strangers, both on her mobile phone, and on social media.

Madam revealed the matter through a Facebook post which she has since deleted.

Speaking in an interview with H-Metro, the comedienne explained why she took down the post. She said:

It passed and I don’t want to dwell on it because how can I joke about things like that?

I don’t want it to be in public, that is the reason why I took down the post, I wouldn’t want to alert my enemies.

I have no idea what might have led people to threaten me.

Actually, I think they are just strangers who don’t like me.

Madam Boss, however, said she was not sure who was behind the threats or their motives but insisted that she will not lose sleep over the matter. She said:

Haters are always there. As a celebrity, you are surrounded by many people who can turn into haters.

Even anyone, who is not a celebrity, can even testify how sometimes one can be surrounded by negative energy.

So, if a normal person can have haters, it can be worse when it is me.

But, I don’t know who it was.

The threat came through the phone. But that doesn’t matter and won’t change me.

I would like to tell my fans that I love them and I am indebted for the support they give me every day.

The threats came after Madam Boss and other celebrities took part in the search for missing St Mathias Tsonzo High School student, Livingstone Sunhwa.

Human remains thought to be those of Livingstone were found in a thicket about a kilometre from the school on the day Madam Boss and other celebrities were in Mutare searching for the teenager.

It is not clear whether the death threats were linked to Madam Boss’ public demand for answers in Livingstone’s disappearance or not.

By A Correspondent- Varun Beverages on Thursday donated 30 Pepsi push carts to female miners across the country through the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF).

Varun Beverages’ Pepsico franchise in Zimbabwe produces a range of products that include Pepsi, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, 7Up and Aquaclear.

The company is targeting donating 2 000 push carts to various vendors in the country’s rural and mining towns.

Speaking at the launch of the programme in Harare on Thursday, the guest of honour, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando said:

We are here today to witness an empowerment initiative for the women in mines, what is important is that ZMF is not only folding hands but they are digging, taking a loop at what is happening and see how they can make things better for the women in the mining industry, so this occasion is quite momentous for the women in mines.

I want to thank Varun Beverages for this wonderful initiative and I hope that this relationship that has been created can last a lifetime.

ZMF president, Henrietta Rushwaya, said the relationship with Varun Beverages was just the beginning of future women projects that will be pursued.

Varun Beverages chief executive, Vijay Bahl, said the initiative will go a long way in reducing joblessness in rural areas. He said:

With the extension of the project, expansion and investments that we have done, we saw that it was very important for us to come up with a model which we said can reach rural Zimbabwe.

Some of the vendors try to sell their drinks and food products from a street corner so we thought that it was better to give them beautiful, good-looking push carts and we got these pushcarts, which we started to roll out in Harare and key cities in Zimbabwe since.

We saw that we can help fight poverty, and unemployment in rural areas, therefore we thought that we needed to go to miners and those in rural areas.

By A Correspondent- Five suspected armed robbers pounced on a Rusape woman and robbed her of cash and other valuables while clad in Zimbabwe Republic Police uniforms.

Two members of the gang were arrested and have since appeared before a magistrate.

Shingirai Muchedzi (36) and Charles Nindi (35), all of Alpha Plot in Rusape, appeared before magistrate Ms Annie Ndiraya early this week and were advised to apply for bail at the High Court.

They were remanded in custody to 7 July 2022.

Prosecuting, Justice Masanganise said Muchedzi and Nindi, in the company of three other suspects who are still at large, broke into Melody Maphosa’s Vengere home during the night and robbed her at gunpoint. Said Masanganise:

On June 16, the accused persons who were in the company of three other persons who are still at large hatched a plan to rob the complainant.

On the same day, the accused persons who were putting on police uniforms approached the complainant who was in her house and produced unknown firearms and demanded cash and other valuables.

The accused persons ransacked the complainant’s bedroom and stole US$34, two cellphones, three pairs of shoes and a satchel and went away.

Muchedzi and Nindi were found in possession of police uniforms in their bedrooms when their houses were searched by the police after their arrests.

They were also positively identified by the complainant.

By-The ZIPRA War Veterans Association wants the government to declare 1 July a public holiday to honour the late former Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo for his contribution to the liberation and development of the country.

“Father Zimbabwe” or “Umdla Wethu”, as Nkomo was affectionately known, died on 1 July 1999.

ZIPRA war veterans believe Nkomo should be remembered for his sacrifices for the country’s liberation from colonialists.

Speaking to Southern Eye on Thursday, ZIPRA War Veterans Association secretary-general Petros Sibanda said:

We realise that his works were great such that July 1 must be declared a Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Day or Father Zimbabwe Day.

We also urge all combatants and political parties to attend the event.

Sibanda said they have planned events for this Friday in commemoration of the late Vice president. He said:

We have realised in the 23 years after his passing on nothing is being done by the authorities to remember Nkomo.

Nkomo was our ZIPRA commander in chief and as veterans, we feel that we need to begin this programme to commemorate his death and educate our children and generations to come about the role he played for us to be independent, as well as the role he played towards the independence of other African countries.

We have planned that on July 2 (tomorrow) we will meet at Masotsha avenue and march through Joshua Nkomo street to his statue where revolutionary speeches will be made.

There is only one Nkomo statue in Bulawayo, but his statues must be installed in all towns because Nkomo was a national leader.

In Mashonaland, they referred to him as Chibwechitedza. In Matabeleland South, they called him Hamatsatsi, and in other areas, he was called Umdala Wethu.

The late South African leader Nelson Mandela and the late Zambian leader Kenneth Kaunda looked up to Nkomo as an elder.

Nkomo was the leader of ZAPU and its military wing ZIPRA during the liberation struggle.

He was made Vice President in 1987 after ZANU and ZAPU signed the Unity Accord to unite and end the mid-80s Gukurahundi killings.

More: NewsDay

By- The Zanu PF government is pushing for the continued detention of CCC deputy chairman Job Sikhala and his counterpart, Godfrey Sithole.

The two were arrested two weeks ago and are being denied bail.

Posting on Twitter, CCC said the state should stop persecuting their members.

CCC posted:

DAY 16 – Hon 

@JobSikhala1

 & Hon Godfrey Sithole were jailed 16 days ago for demanding justice for Moreblessing Ali. Bail is a constitutional right. Political persecution must stop! Free them now! 

By-Zanu PF has blamed the opposition CCC for the abduction of its youth Chimanimani branch chairman.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has however, exonerated CCC and said that said they had arrested three people in connection with the abduction .

Zanu PF youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike is the person who is said to be missing.

Madziyanikwewho allegedly went missing on June 19.

The police said that they have arrested Chengetanai Musudu, Hakata Musudu and Aaron Chizemo adding that the three suspects had no links with CCC.

 The police also said that one of the suspects was found in possession of Madzianike’s Itel A52 cellphone.

Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the case to The Herald. He said:

We are investigating the case in which Nicholas Madzianike allegedly disappeared from Bumba Business Centre on June 19.

Police are on the ground gathering facts on what happened on that day. We will give a detailed statement when we gather all the facts.

Madziyanike, a Zanu PF Youth League chairman for Ward 6 Chayamiti, was reportedly dragged out of Chisedze Bar at Bumba Business Centre over an undisclosed issue and has not been seen since then.

More: The Herald

By-Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa has increased his security to 100 bodyguards amid reports of coup plots.

This has happened following growing fears for the President’s life from Zanu PF insiders who want to eliminate him.
He made this confession Wednesday during the official opening the Highlands Park Shopping Mall in Highlands, Harare.
“I have not been in a village walk or to take a walk for some time because I am surrounded by over 100 security details.
“I don’t know even how to use a swipe card. I even sent my nephew to swipe for me and he had to ask me to give him my PIN code,” he said.
The shopping mall has retail shops and medical centres, among other entities.
Security was visibly tight at park, as well as in

By- The government has conferred Liberation War Hero status to two war veterans from Bulawayo Province.

The two, Themba Mlala (65) and Rogers Ngugama (91) died last week on the same day at Mpilo Central Hospital.

Hlabano will be buried on Thursday, 30 June, at Maraposa village, Umguza, under Chief Deli, Matabeleland North Province.

Mlala, whose war pseudonym was “Simon Mabhatshi”, will be buried at Ngombane village under Chief Mabhikwa, Lupane over the weekend.

Zanu PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu has requested the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Mischeck Sibanda to make the usual arrangements for burial and payment of benefits to both families.

Meanwhile, another war veteran Mafukanyika Dube (64) has died.

Dube died on 26 June at his Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo.

Dube, whose war de Guerre name was “Sihle Khumalo” will also be buried at the weekend at Chibako village under Chief Bhango in Matabeleland South Province.

More: Chronicle

By A Correspondent- A three-year-old girl from Odzi died after an ox-drawn scotch cart she was riding overturned and trapped her underneath.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Manicaland Province Inspector Norbert Muzondo said the scotch cart overturned after it hit a neighbour’s gate and killed Lavender Warinda.

Said Insp Muzondo:

Lavender Warinda died after the scotch cart she was travelling in on their way to the field overturned after hitting a neighbour’s gate.

She was in the company of her 14-year-old brother when the incident happened. No one was leading the cattle.

In December last year, an infant was killed when a scotch cart ran over the child along Georgia-Garanyemba Road, Guyu.

The mother had left the child lying by the roadside and was harvesting Mopani worms from nearby bushes.

-ManicaPost

By A Correspondent| PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Kazembe Kazembe is plotting to annihilate his long term nemesis, businessman Tafadzwa Musarara as it emerged this week he was employing dirty tactics ahead of the ruling party’s National Assembly primary elections.

The two are fighting for control of the province and the right to represent Mazowe West constituency at next year’s general elections.

Kazembe controversially won the provincial poll held in December last year amid rigging claims.

Musarara’s camp claims the Kazembe’s team hacked Musarara’s phone on Saturday and used it to churn out a message denigrating the party’s leadership.

Musarara took down the WhatsApp status as soon as he was made aware of it, but not before his rivals had taken screenshots and distributed the message.

They are now plotting to suspend the Grain Millers Association (GMAZ) chairman who is currently mobilising grain to supplement inadequate maize and wheat stocks in the country following a serious drought in the past rainfall season.

This publication understands that Kazembe and his camp is not planning to institute a disciplinary hearing with the view to suspend Musarara, a move which would disqualify him from contesting.

His supporters are however adamant that would never happen.

“What should be understood is that Kazembe is a ICT person, runs an ICT company and is a former ICT minister, so he is very much capable of that,” a source from the province said.

“It is a sham really given how the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has made serious inroads in the province, widely considered a Zanu PF stronghold,” the source said.

Zanu PF has maintained an unassailable electoral dominance in the province and has hitherto managed to post huge victories in general elections despite the emergence of strong opposition at the turn of the millennium.

In some parts of the province, the opposition has failed put up structures and gain enough support to mount a serious challenge.

However, the CCC, sources in the ruling party’s provincial structures said, has managed to penetrate and establish grassroots structures in a development that has left the ruling party there shaken to the core.

The CCC is believed to have despatched its co-vice president Tendai Biti to the province to mobilise for the party.

The sources said the Zanu PF national leadership was gravely concerned with the situation and considering ringing chances to try and save the situation.

Kazembe’s leadership is considered by many in the party to be weak and prone to opposition onslaught.

“Biti has been to the province six times over the past two months and has been able to set up village committees throughout the province. They are hard to break up and very useful in mobilisation. Clearly, the opposition has changed its tactics and we could be in for it come next year’s general elections,” a source said.

“They are targeting the presidential election and they want to diminish our margin from the last election. This is worrisome. What worries us more is that the Kazembe leadership appears too weak to deal with this menace. Previously, this could never happen and so knives are out for the provincial leadership,” another highly placed source said.
“What worsens the situation is the fact that this comes at a time when there are serious divisions in the provincial leadership. Right now Kazembe is seized with an internal struggle against (businessman Tafadzwa) Musarara over control of the party and the fight for Mazowe West constituency while the opposition makes inroads. Right now we hear they hacked his phone and want to suspend him from the party over some messages. These are just unnecessary fights. You cannot fault the opposition for taking that easy opportunity,” the source said.

The good thing is that the national leadership is aware of what’s happening and we could see some changes being made soon. There is a strong possibility that Kazembe could be moved to the politburo where he could become a committee member and we would be allowed to re-elect a new chairman. The same happened with Ziyambi Ziyambi in Mashonaland West. That’s what many are lobbying for here,” the source further said.

Kazembe and Musarara have a long-standing rivalry for control of the party in the province. They are also fighting for the same Mazowe West National Assembly constituency.

Tinashe Sambiri| Below is CCC leader President Nelson Chamisa’s full speech at Dr Alex Magaisa’s funeral in Njanja.

Speaking at the funeral, President Chamisa blasted Zanu PF for abusing traditional leaders.

Watch video below:

By- The government has conferred Liberation War Hero status to two war veterans from Bulawayo Province.

The two, Themba Mlala (65) and Rogers Ngugama (91) died last week on the same day at Mpilo Central Hospital.

Hlabano will be buried on Thursday, 30 June, at Maraposa village, Umguza, under Chief Deli, Matabeleland North Province.

Mlala, whose war pseudonym was “Simon Mabhatshi”, will be buried at Ngombane village under Chief Mabhikwa, Lupane over the weekend.

Zanu PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu has requested the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Mischeck Sibanda to make the usual arrangements for burial and payment of benefits to both families.

Meanwhile, another war veteran Mafukanyika Dube (64) has died.

Dube died on 26 June at his Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo.

Dube, whose war de Guerre name was “Sihle Khumalo” will also be buried at the weekend at Chibako village under Chief Bhango in Matabeleland South Province.

More: Chronicle

By-The Zimbabwe Republic Police said one of the suspects in the abduction of the Zanu PF youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike, has been found with the victim’s phone.

The police said they have so far arrested three people in connection with the alleged abduction.

Madziyanikwe allegedly went missing on June 19.

The arrested are Chengetanai Musudu, Hakata Musudu and Aaron Chizemo.

 The police also said that one of the suspects was found in possession of Madzianike’s Itel A52 cellphone.

Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the case to The Herald. He said:

We are investigating the case in which Nicholas Madzianike allegedly disappeared from Bumba Business Centre on June 19.

Police are on the ground gathering facts on what happened on that day. We will give a detailed statement when we gather all the facts.

Madziyanike, a Zanu PF Youth League chairman for Ward 6 Chayamiti, was reportedly dragged out of Chisedze Bar at Bumba Business Centre over an undisclosed issue and has not been seen since then.

More: The Herald

By-Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he is now moving with 100 bodyguards wherever he goes.

Mnangagwa said this amid reports that he was no longer safe from party insiders who wanted to kill him and take power.

He made this confession Wednesday when opening the Highlands Park Shopping Mall in Highlands, Harare.
“I have not been in a village walk or to take a walk for some time because I am surrounded by over 100 security details.
“I don’t know even how to use a swipe card. I even sent my nephew to swipe for me and he had to ask me to give him my PIN code,” he said.
The shopping mall has retail shops and medical centres, among other entities.
Security was visibly tight at park, as well as in surrounding areas such as Newlands.