Zanu PF’s Simba Chisango has threatened to harm Simba Chikanza of ZimEye.com.

Chisango said:” You are very very stupid…

Tirikutokutsva iwewe, tirkukutsvaga and tichakuwana( we are looking for you and we will find you.”

By A Correspondent- A housemaid was jailed for three years on Wednesday after she was convicted of the attempted murder of her employer’s two-year-old daughter.

Tesla Nyengerai hit the baby with a stone in Eastview, Harare, rendering her unconscious.

The Harare Magistrates Court heard Nyengerai was previously jailed for two years after almost killing another toddler in Chitungwiza, where she worked previously. She was released in 2020 as a beneficiary of a presidential pardon.

Harare magistrate Noticia Shanje said Nyengerai was “unrepentant and a danger to the society” as she sentenced her to one year in prison. She also added her previous two-year sentence because Nyengerai breached the terms of her parole release – that she would not commit a similar offence within five years.

The National Prosecuting Authority proved that on February 15 this year, Nyengerai was left at home taking care of her employer’s two-year-old daughter. Said Hazvinei Chiota-Rukande, prosecuting:

The victim’s mother went to the fields and came back around lunchtime.

When she was about to get home, she met her young son who told her Nyengerai had attacked his sibling with stones, leaving her unconscious.

Nyengerai had fled from the scene but was later caught.

Prosecutors said the toddler was rushed to hospital and police were called. – ZimLive

By A Correspondent- The ruling Zanu-PF in Matabeleland South has been plunged to mourning following the death of Evelyn Mpofu who was the vice-chair in the provincial Women’s League.

Mpofu, who passed on Friday was 38 years old. Zanu-PF Matabeleland South provincial chairperson Nqobizitha Ndlovu confirmed the death of Mpofu describing it as a heavy blow to the party.

“Mpofu just coughed twice and collapsed while walking with other colleagues at Habane Township in Esigodini. She was quickly rushed to Esigodini District Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

“She is one person who worked tirelessly for the party and I must say one thing I am grateful for is she kept the revolutionary party’s orientation until she passed on. I worked with her while we were both in the youth provincial leadership and in the National Executive. She had risen through the ranks to occupy the vice-chairperson post in the provincial Women’s League,” said Ndlovu.

Mpofu was born on 24 September 1984 at United Bulawayo Hospitals and did her early primary education at Reigate School in Bulawayo up to Grade Five before transferring to Mvuthu Primary School in Habane, Esigodini.

She did her secondary education at Mvuthu High School in the same area.

Mpofu became actively involved in politics in 1998. She then joined the National Youth Service at Border Gezi Training Camp in 2001 and graduated in the same year. Upon her graduation she was referred to Mbalabala School of Infantry for the instructor training (training of trainees).

In 2002 she was posted to Dayadaya Training Camp as drill instructor. She then moved to the Ministry of Youth as a youth officer in 2004.

She became a member of the National Executive of the Youth League in 2013 and became the Secretary for Information and Publicity as well as a Central Committee member up to 2018.

Mpofu was re-elected as the Deputy Secretary for Transport and Welfare in the National Executive of the Youth League until 2021 when she was elected into the Matabeleland South Provincial Women’s League executive as the vice-chair.

Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Provincial Youth chair, Moses Langa mourned the late provincial member and said:

“It is on a sad note that the province at large has lost one of the longest serving cadres in the Youth League who had recently graduated to the Women’s League. She helped the party from early 2000s and rose through the ranks up to national level as she was well dedicated. The province has really lost a hard-working cadre and well dedicated to the ruling party.”

Mpofu was part of the delegation that toured Russia in 2017 and Zimbabwe Senior Cadre Investigation tour in Zhaotong, China in February 2019. Mourners are gathered at House Number 410 Dark City, Habane Township in Esigodini.

By A Correspondent- The late Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Moreblessing Ali’s alleged killer Pius Mukandi alias Jamba wanted to flee the country after committing the heinous crime, a Harare magistrate’s court heard yesterday.

Jamba (31) appeared in court yesterday before magistrate Dennis Mangosi.

According to police investigations, after committing the crime, Mukandi fled to his mother’s home area in Hurungwe’s  Chidamoyo area.

Mukandi wanted to sell a grinding mill to raise transport money to Zambia or Mozambique, but was later arrested with the help of the community who got wind of his presence.

It also emerged from the investigating officer identified in court as A Dimimbo that Ali was not Mukandi’s girlfriend, and that it was the first time for Mukandi to see the deceased.

After Ali’s body was discovered on June 11, government officials described the murder as a crime of passion after it emerged that Mukandi was in the company of a cousin, Simba Chisango, who is said to be a well known Zanu-PF terror gang leader in Chitungwiza.

Police also issued a statement saying the murder was not politically motivated as the two were allegedly lovers.

Mukandi was remanded in custody to July 1, and advised to apply for bail at the High Court.

The accused, who was not asked to plead, told the court that he needed a lawyer.

Allegations are that on May 24 this year around 10:30pm at Chibhanguza Night Club, Nyatsime, Beatrice, Ali was in the company of her dog and a friend, Kirina Mayironi .

Unprovoked, Mukandi told the deceased that her dog was disturbing his peace.

The deceased later went out of the nightclub, and was followed by Mayironi who saw her lying on the ground with the suspect dragging her.

Mukandi attacked Mayironi with a catapult, and she fled back into the nightclub.

Other patrons failed to save her as Mukandi pelted them with stones.

Prosecutors  alleged that Mukandi took the now deceased from the vicinity of  the night club to an unknown secluded place and struck her with an unknown object, before strangling her to death and cutting her body into three pieces.

Mukandi took the dismembered body parts to Plot 321 Dunnotar Farm in Beatrice, which belongs to his mother Laina Mukandi where he dumped them into a disused well before disappearing from the area.

On June 11, Laina Mukandi discovered the body of the now deceased after a strong stench emanated from the well.

She advised police, leading to the discovery of the dismembered body.

On June 14, a post-mortem was conducted on the remains of the now deceased at Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare by a forensic pathologist identified in court papers as Dr Mayedo, who said Ali was already dead when her body was chopped into pieces.-standard

By A Correspondent- Former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko has revealed how the army seized Zimbabwe’s biggest platinum reserves, saying he was threatened with dismissal by unnamed generals for questioning the deal while he was still the country’s ambassador to Russia.

Mphoko was in Moscow in 2005 when businessman Elexander Chepic paid him a visit, and expressed interest in a joint deal with the Zimbabwe Defence ministry to mine platinum at Darwendale.

In a statement published by CITE, an online content producer, the former VP who was removed from officer following the military coup against the late Robert Mugabe in 2017, gave a glimpse of how some of the government’s so-called mega deals are put together.

According to Mphoko, Chepic was referred to him by Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube.

Mphoko said he raised the red flag after he uncovered that the deal was murky, with the “investors” allegedly using the mine for speculative purposes amid indications that there was no capital for the project.

Army generals wanted him fired, only to be saved by Mugabe until he was posted to South Africa in 2010, Mphoko said.

To date, the US$6 billion platinum mining project has failed to take off and the Russian “investor” recently pulled out of the deal.

“They (Russian) requested that instead of Section 43, Section 40 which was in Darwendale where the platinum reserves were found on the surface and were worth more than US$6 billion dollars, should be allocated to them,” Mphoko narrated the events leading to the deal in his exposé.

“He (Chepic) emphasised that if Section 40 was allocated to them, by September of 2006, the company would be operational.

“The president (Mugabe) gave specific instructions that whoever was there, should be removed and Section 40 be given to the joint venture Russian company.

“This is how the Darwendale Platinum mine ended up being allocated to the Russian company.”

Trouble started when Mphoko approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for the relations to be upgraded, the former VP said.

“In the meantime, some big Russian mining chief executives were enquiring with the embassy because a Russian company was selling shares in Zimbabwe, to raise capital for the project,” Mphoko wrote.

He added: “The ambassador decided to invite Mr Chepic for a meeting for an explanation following revelations that they were now using the concession for speculative purposes by selling shares to raise capital to invest in Zimbabwe.

“Mr Chepic arrogantly refused to meet the ambassador and informed him that he was dealing directly with their partners in Harare, the minister of Defence and the army.”

At the time, Mphoko said he had gathered information that there was a push to have him removed from foreign service.

“When Ambassador Mphoko insisted on meeting Chepic, there was a push from Harare that he should be withdrawn from Moscow.

“Vice-president Joseph Msika (late) was roped into the campaign and was assigned to convince President Mugabe to replace Ambassador Mphoko.

“The minister of Defence Dr Sydney Sekeramayi was putting pressure on Foreign Affairs minister Mumbengegwi, and the generals were also putting pressure on Joey Bimha the permanent secretary in the ministry of Foreign Affairs for the withdrawal of Mphoko from the Russian Federation.

“Ambassador Mphoko was then summoned to Harare as the pressure had reached an alarming level.

“President Mugabe was very clear as to why there were such calls for the withdrawal of Ambassador Mphoko coming specifically from the Ministry of Defence.

“The president had received certain facts about the said Russian company directly from the Russian prime minister’s office, which was then under Vladimir Putin.

“President Mugabe confronted Vice-President Msika, with those facts and dismissed the calls for Mphoko’s recall.”

According to a report by the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, Russia’s Machitskiy’s Vi Holding, which has a 50% stake, is reluctant to continue investing after years of delays.

Darwendale, if built, could potentially produce 860 000 ounces of platinum group metals a year and the deposit could be exploited for four decades, Great Dyke has said.

Output was initially expected to begin in 2021, but Russian links and a lack of capital aren’t the only things that have delayed the project.

By- The court has exposed the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s lies that Moreblessing Ali’s killer was her boyfriend.

The investigating officer, identified in court as A Dimimbo told the court that Ali was not Jamba’s girlfriend, and that it was the first time for Jamba to see the deceased.

Ali’s body was discovered on 11 June in a disused well, in the Nyatsime area in Beatrice.
Police issued a statement saying the murder was not politically motivated as the two were allegedly lovers.
Jamba was remanded in custody to 1 July and advised to apply for bail at the High Court.

The court also revealed that Pius Mukandi alias Jamba wanted to flee the country after committing the crime.
Jamba reportedly fled to his mother’s home area in Hurungwe’s Chidamoyo area after committing the crime.
He wanted to sell a grinding mill to raise transport money to Zambia or Mozambique.
He was, however, arrested by the police on Thursday, with the help of the community who became aware of his presence in the area.

By-Pius Jamba has admitted to killing CCC’s Moreblessing Ali activist.
He confessed when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Saturday.

He was remanded in custody to July 1.
Representing the state, Prosecutor Tapuwanashe Zvidzai told the court that Ali was murdered on the night of May 24. The court heard:
On 24 May 2022, at around 2220 hours, the accused person was at Chibhanguza Night Club, Nyatsime, Beatrice where the now deceased Moreblessing Ali was in the company of Kirina Mayironi.
The now-deceased was also accompanied by her brown dog. The accused was armed with a catapult.
Without being provoked, the accused then alleged that the now-deceased’s dog was disturbing him of free movement and it was also responsible for the loss of his money.
Zvidzai added:
1). Ali and her friend Mayironi then left Chibhanguza Night Club and were about to head home when Mukandi dragged Ali.
2). Mayironi attempted to save Ali leading to Mukandi striking her with a stone propelled by a catapult and hitting her chin leaving an open wound.
3). Mayironi fled back into the Nightclub where other revellers rushed out to investigate what was happening. Jamba shoot stones from the catapult and threw bricks directed at the nightclub, and nobody could apprehend him or rescue Ali.

4. Jamba took Ali from the vicinity of Chibhanguza Night Club to an unknown secluded place where he struck her using an unknown instrument. He also strangled her using her trousers thereby causing her death.
   5). Jamba then used an unknown instrument to cut Ali’s body into three pieces consisting of the upper torso and two legs.
   6). He then took the mutilated body parts to Plot 321 Dunnotar Farm, Beatrice belonging to his mother Laina Mumukandi where he dumped them into a disused well.
   7). Thereafter the accused person went on the run.
   Ali’s body was discovered on 11 June 2022 by Mukandi’s mother after a strong stench emanated from the disused well.
   She advised police leading to the recovery of the now deceased’s dismembered body.

However, postmortem conducted on 14 June 2022 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare by Forensic Pathologist Doctor Mayedo could not establish how Ali died.
However, the doctor concluded that the death might have been caused by strangulation. He further indicated that the Ali was chopped after she was already dead.
Jamba was arrested on 16 June 2022, while on the run in Chidamoyo, Hurungwe, Mashonaland West Province.
He then voluntarily made indications to police showing them how he kidnapped, assaulted and killed Ali.

He also showed them the scene where he dismembered her body before dumping it.
Jamba also led police to the recovery of a knife he allegedly used to cut Ali’s body.
He also showed the police Ali’s Huawei Honor cell phone, brown jacket, black trousers, pair of shoes and pants.
All these will be produced as evidence.

By-Zanu PF Matabeleland South Women’s League vice chair lady Evelyn Mpofu has died.
Mpofu collapsed on Friday evening near her home in Esigodini.

She held various positions within the ruling party’s youth structure from provincial to national level before being elected vice chairlady.
Matabeleland South Women’s League chairlady, Sindisiwe Nleya said Mpofu’s death is a huge blow to the league and party. She said:
I learnt with shock about the passing of Cde Evelyn Mpofu. She was a very dedicated member of the party and she served the league well. She received training under the national youth service which is a clear indication of her patriotism and dedication. She also held various posts under the youth structure.
Mourners are gathered at her home in Esigodini.
-State media

By- Former Zanu PF Chivi South MP Killer Zivhu has said that people will dump Zanu PF in 2023.

Posting on Twitter, Sunday Zivhu said party structures do not matter.

Posted Zivhu:

Structures in politics don’t work, 2023 people are going to vote for their jobs, food, fees, salaries and etc not structures , garayi muma structures eyu iwawo muri kwamuri ikoko

By-Zanu PF is pressing for the persecution of CCC organising secretary Amos Chibaya.

Posting on Twitter this weekend, Zanu PF lies that said Chibaya incited violence in Nyatsime. But the truth is that it is Zanu PF who beat up CCC supporters at the funeral of Moreblessing Ali.

Posted Zanu PF:

@ChibayaCCC

 coordinated the violence in Nyatsime, we hope the 

@PoliceZimbabwe

 will soon call him for questioning.

By-At least 120 people working at Gushungo Dairy Estates have lost their jobs after former first lady Grace Mugabe closed the business entity.

Grace sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1.4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about all the workers at Gushungo Dairy jobless.

The Independent reports that the company had a US$20 million debt, which forced the entity to auction some of its equipment to pay creditors.

The estate, formerly known as Foyle Farm before the property was parcelled to the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) by the then Agriculture ministry, measures 1 200 hectares.
It was later taken by the late former president Robert Mugabe who set up a state-of-the-art dairy plant in Mazowe — about 40km north of Harare. Over 80 newly resettled farmers in Mazowe were forcibly removed to pave way for Mugabe’s business venture.

Gushungo Dairy equipment was imported from South Africa for about US$15 million at a time when Mugabe was ruling Zimbabwe. The company Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd under the Gushungo Estates produced milk, yoghurt, cheese and ice cream.
Sources told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that Grace Mugabe failed to run the business resulting in the sale of 700 dairy cows to a local butcher.
At market value, each dairy cow costs around US$$2 000, but the butcher could have bought them at a lesser price as the cattle were meant for beef. Said the anonymous source:
Gushungo Dairy is closed. Workers have been sent home; about 120 of them. Just a few were left doing menial jobs.
According to the Independent, the dairy equipment is lying idle as a millionaire businessman who is renting the farm has not yet started producing.
Apart from the collapsed Gushungo Dairy, a 1 000 pig and 6 000 chicken project at Mugabe’s rural Kutamba village home, suffered a natural death as Grace neglected the projects.

Mugabe left a huge business portfolio mainly in farming with 21 farms which were acquired when his government touted the one-man-one-farm land policy.
Signs of financial problems started showing in May 2019 after Gushungo Dairy Farm auctioned five combine harvesters, five Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks and other farm equipment. Mugabe later died on September 6, 2019.

By-Gushungo Dairy Estates has closed shop after former first lady Grace Mugabe sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1.4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about 120 workers jobless.

The Independent reports that the company had a US$20 million debt, which forced the entity to auction some of its equipment to pay creditors.

The estate, formerly known as Foyle Farm before the property was parcelled to the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) by the then Agriculture ministry, measures 1 200 hectares.
It was later taken by the late former president Robert Mugabe who set up a state-of-the-art dairy plant in Mazowe — about 40km north of Harare. Over 80 newly resettled farmers in Mazowe were forcibly removed to pave way for Mugabe’s business venture.

Gushungo Dairy equipment was imported from South Africa for about US$15 million at a time when Mugabe was ruling Zimbabwe. The company Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd under the Gushungo Estates produced milk, yoghurt, cheese and ice cream.
Sources told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that Grace Mugabe failed to run the business resulting in the sale of 700 dairy cows to a local butcher.
At market value, each dairy cow costs around US$$2 000, but the butcher could have bought them at a lesser price as the cattle were meant for beef. Said the anonymous source:
Gushungo Dairy is closed. Workers have been sent home; about 120 of them. Just a few were left doing menial jobs.
According to the Independent, the dairy equipment is lying idle as a millionaire businessman who is renting the farm has not yet started producing.
Apart from the collapsed Gushungo Dairy, a 1 000 pig and 6 000 chicken project at Mugabe’s rural Kutamba village home, suffered a natural death as Grace neglected the projects.

Mugabe left a huge business portfolio mainly in farming with 21 farms which were acquired when his government touted the one-man-one-farm land policy.
Signs of financial problems started showing in May 2019 after Gushungo Dairy Farm auctioned five combine harvesters, five Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks and other farm equipment. Mugabe later died on September 6, 2019.

Tinashe Sambiri|A member of the British House of Lords has urged the international community to act on the political crisis in Zimbabwe.

On Friday Lord Jonathan Oates denounced the arrest and persecution of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

Hon Job Sikhala and Hon Job Sikhala were arrested for assisting Moreblessing Ali’s family.

ARTUZ leader Obert Masaraure was arrested for a trumped up murder charge.

“The international community should act on the escalating political violence in Zimbabwe and demand that
@edmnangagwa
and
@PoliceZimbabwe
end the violence and protect the public.

All parties should commit themselves to peace and to upholding the constitution,” Lord Oates said.

Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF hooligans mounted an illegal roadblock and stoned CCC vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s vehicle in Muzarabani on Friday.

This was said by Hon Btii’s aide Emmanuel Zellers Gumbo.

“In its primitive nature, Zanu PF( thugs) attacked Vice President Tendai Biti in Muzarabani at Adage where they mounted an illegal block and stoned his vehicle. After blocked to proceed to Dande, Dotito and surrounding areas welcomed the yellow revolution.

FakaPressure,” Gumbo posted on Facebook.

CCC also condemned Zanu PF barbarism:

“Suspected ZANUPF thugs have attacked CCC MP Hon
@BitiTendai
& other CCC leaders as they were driving through Adage in Muzarabani. The thugs mounted an illegal roadblock before stoning & damaging his vehicle. We condemn this persecution. #NoToViolence.”

By A Correspondent- Government’s Gold Incentives Scheme (GIS) has come under scrutiny amid indications it is largely benefitting politically connected persons, mainly President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close ally Pedzisayi “Scott” Sakupwanya – a Zanu-PF councillor – and his Better Brands Jewellery (BBJ) company which pocked US$460 million in revenues last year at the expense of artisanal and small-scale miners.

While Sakupwanya is minting money through gold, artisanal and small-scale miners are struggling to survive. They say they are not reaping the rewards of the government’s much-hyped gold incentives.

Gold is central to Zimbabwe’s economic fortunes and politics. Those who know the sector’s ins and outs – its labyrinth of structures and dynamics – say whoever controls that industry runs the country.

It is not just a source of livelihood for thousands, but also a feeding trough for the politically connected and a centre of crony political patronage for Zanu-PF and its shadowy economic networks.

The incentive scheme, which was introduced early last year to boost gold deliveries to Zimbabwe’s sole authorised gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), has left artisanal and small-scale operators at the mercy of big gold buyers who are making a killing at their expense.

This comes against reports that Zimbabwe continues to lose US$100 million a month through gold smuggling.

Development experts say if the country was well-run and managed, the abundant gold alone could form the basis of an economic rise, while its valued-added chains of production and cross-chain activities could become a catalyst for progress.

City states like Singapore and other Asian Tigers became economic giants without the natural resources that African countries like Zimbabwe are endowed with. They only had vision, leadership and development plans.

Last year, Zanu-PF councillor Sakupwanya’s Better Brands Jewellery pocketed US$460 million after delivering more than seven tonnes of gold to Fidelity, a move that saw him being named the Best Gold Buyer of the Year at the recently held mining industry awards at State House in Harare.

Sakupwanya, who is also chairperson of the National Gold Buyers’ Association, an affiliate of the controversial Henrietta Rushwaya-led Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation, has close links with Mnangagwa and his children, as well as other politically connected elites.

Rushwaya, who was arrested in October 2020 trying to smuggle 6kg of gold to Dubai, is related to Mnangagwa and is a major dealer in the gold business.

A delivery of 20kg of gold within a period of 30 days is eligible for a 5% incentive, a tonne 7% and one to three tonnes 9%.

According to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya, Fidelity received a total of 29 629.61 tonnes of gold, 18 470 tonnes of which came from small-scale miners.

“A total of 29 629.61kg of gold was delivered to Fidelity Gold Refinery in 2021. Large gold producers delivered 11 159kg, whilst small-scale producers contributed 18 470kg,” Mangudya said.

“Small and large gold producers have delivered a total of 29 629,61kg of gold to Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) in 2021, a 55,5% increase from the 19 052,65kg delivered in 2020.”

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has hailed the GIS introduced by the government for increasing the precious mineral’s output and deliveries by 55.5% after recent years of successive decline in production. Small-scale miners also maintained the lead in production ahead of large producers.

However, a survey by The NewsHawks revealed artisanal and small-scale miners, who constitute a bigger percentage of Zimbabwe’s current gold deliveries, are receiving between one to 1.5% from the current gold incentives, with some getting nothing at all.

“We just hear that gold buyers are given an extra 5% when they deliver our gold to Fidelity. No one that I know is given that extra money after our gold is sold. We are usually given beer and permission to mine peacefully without hinderances from other mining gangs that control the claims as incentives,” Bruce Chimbwanda, an artisanal miner based in Mazowe, said.

In Zimbabwe, the majority of the working population can be found in the informal sector. And in mineral-rich areas of the country, people are continuously risking their lives digging underground in search of gold, hoping to make enough money to take them out of poverty.

However, the reality is different. While the politically connected like Sakupwanya make millions, artisanal and small-scale miners are wallowing in poverty amid violence in the volatile sector.

Said another artisanal miner, Tonderai Mutasa: “As artisanal and small-scale miners, it’s our wish to become registered and use state-of-the-art equipment that does not put our lives at risk. But the money we are getting from the gold buyers does not enable us to do so. My colleagues and I get an extra something from the gold buyers ‘who are our bosses’ in the literal sense and we rejoice. However, the extras we get are nothing compared to the huge amounts of money that we hear they are getting from Fidelity.”

Amid an economic meltdown, a surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe’s growing artisanal mining sector has killed hundreds of poor miners.

Gold Miners’ Association of Zimbabwe chief executive Irvin Chinyenze said the GIS is mostly benefitting gold-buying agents, considering that most small-scale miners are not able to single-handedly produce 20kgs of gold per month as per the incentive’s requirement.

“The 5% incentive is not in our view for small-scale miners if you consider that it’s given for a minimum delivery of 20kgs per month. That threshold is high. So, in essence the major beneficiaries of that are not so much the miners but the buying agents and of course a few who might have that kind of capacity,” Chinyenze said.

“The reason why that incentive is there is to try and buttress delivery and through an upward review of the price indirectly in the form of a royalty. If we have a pricing regime that is consistent with what’s obtaining on the world market, we will not need any more incentives beyond that”.

But Sakupwanya, who has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the incentive, defended the policy.

“The government has availed incentives that have made us attractive to gold miners who now prefer to sell the gold to us, instead of selling it to smugglers,” he said.

Sakupwanya declined to comment on charges that small-scale miners were not benefitting from the scheme as much as they should.

Current policy approaches, including the criminalisation of artisanal gold mining by the Zimbabwean authorities, have failed to address effectively the persistent challenges such as land rights conflict, violence, environmental degradation and smuggling.

Mining experts say if the costs of imperfect regulations are to be mitigated, new approaches are required, including improved regulations and interventions to formalise the sector. It is important, they say, that the conflict-ridden relationship between artisanal and small-scale miners and large-scale commercial miners be transformed into an inclusive stakeholder arrangement framed by mutual interests and co-operation.

Gold is central to Mnangagwa’s economic revival plans. In October 2019, Mnangagwa and Mines minister Winston Chitando announced plans to expand the government’s gold revenue to US$4 billion per year by 2023, an ambitious fourfold increase in four years.

The government has been saying it has a target of a US$12 billion mining sector economy by 2023. Mining contributes about 2.6% of Zimbabwe’s rebased US$25.8 billion economy.

The gold sector does not consist exclusively, or even mostly, of big business.

Artisanal miners – poverty-stricken men and women who toil on their own or in small groups using little or no machinery – and small-scale mining, which involves slightly larger operations with some mechanisation, produce the majority of Zimbabwe’s gold.

In 2019, artisanal and small-scale miners combined were responsible for 63% of reported gold production, although it is unclear whether artisanal or small-scale mining is the bigger contributor of the two.

Amid the collapsing economy, an estimated 1.5 million people have turned to artisanal mining as a safety net. This trend has grown in the post-Covid-19 era which has brought compounded hardship amid renewed economic implosion, currency and exchange volatility and inflation.

By A Correspondent- Cooking oil producer, Cangrow Trading, received the bulk of foreign currency at the  Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign currency auction system in the month of  May 2022.

This was revealed by RBZ Governor, Dr  John Panonetsa Mangudya, in his update on foreign exchange auction allotments for May 2022 and foreign exchange payments for the period January to May 2022.

Below is the table showing the 64 biggest beneficiaries for the month of May 2022:

Foreign Exchange Auction System Allotments Under the Main Auction for May 2022

Foreign Exchange Auction System Allotments Under the Main Auction for May 2022

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating a robbery case in which unknown assailants attacked a motorist, and stole his money, computer, printer and the vehicle along Masvingo – Mbalabala road. Police say the incident happened on Thursday evening. Reads the police report:

ZRP Mashava is investigating a case of robbery which occurred on 16/06/22 at around 1800 hours along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road near the Great Zimbabwe Campus turnoff.

Five unknown suspects attacked a motorist and stole a white Toyota Virgo twin cab vehicle, AEK 3890, a desktop computer, printer, as well as US$300 and ZWL$3000 cash. The motorist had offered the suspects a lift in Zvishavane.

The suspects also stole two bags containing a variety of clothing from two other passengers on board. Anyone with information should contact any nearest Police Station.

Cases in which motorists are being robbed by the passengers whom they would have offered a lift are on the rise in the country.

Meanwhile, there are cases where motorists are robbing the passengers they would have offered tranport.

By A Correspondent- Harare City Council has advised home seekers to be alert as some bogus agents are fraudulently selling residential stands in the name of the local authority.

In a statement, the city fathers said they had received several reports of land sales in Highlands, Bloomingdale, Westlea, Glaudina and Belvedere townships by the bogus agents. Reads the statement:

NOTICE TO ALL HOME SEEKERS

We would like to advise all home seekers that we are not selling any residential stands in Harare and we did not contract any agents to sell land on our behalf.

Council has received several reports of land sales in Highlands, Bloomingdale, Westlea, Glaudina and Belvedere townships by bogus agents who are purporting to be working in conjunction with the City.

The city does not have such agreements in place with any person or agent hence any homes seeker dealing with the bogus agents risk losing their hard-earned cash.

THE ACTING TOWN CLERK TOWN HOUSE HARARE

Over the years, local authorities around the country demolished hundreds of houses accusing owners of erecting their structures on undesignated sites or acquiring the land illegally. 

By A Correspondent- A South African civic group has filed an application challenging that country’s Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to terminate permits for Zimbabwean immigrants in the neighbouring country.

According to media reports, the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) wants the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) extended beyond December 31, 2022.

The permits expired on 31 December 31, 2021, but permit holders were given a 12-month grace period to regularise their stay or face deportation.

“It is not the position of HSF that those migrants who are in South Africa unlawfully should not be entitled to remain, nor even that the ZEP must continue in perpetuity,” the foundation said.

Rather, our position is that those who have scrupulously observed South Africa’s laws in order to live and work here, under the ZEP, cannot have such permits terminated without fair process, good reason and a meaningful opportunity to regularise their status. It is what our constitutional order demands.”

The foundation added: “This special dispensation regime has offered legal protection to approximately 178 000 Zimbabwean nationals, allowing them to live, work and study in South Africa. It has prevailed for well over a decade, meaning that permit holders have built lives, families and careers here, and contributed to South Africa and its
economy.

“They will be put to a desperate choice: to remain in South Africa as undocumented migrants with all the vulnerability that attaches to such status or return to a Zimbabwe that, to all intents and purposes, is unchanged from the country they fled.

“There are thousands of children, who have been born in South Africa to ZEP holders during this time, who have never even visited their parents’ country of origin.”-newsday

By A Correspondent- The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has accused Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture chairperson Justice Mayor Wadyajena of abusing his position to grab its grain and inputs transportation deal.

GMAZ made the claims in its application filed at the Harare High Court on Tuesday seeking a review of the committee’s inquiry proceedings.

The association said they were ambushed by the committee, adding their chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara was being bullied by Wadyajena, a Zanu-PF legislator.

“The applicants apply in terms of the provisions of the High Court Act Chapter 7:06 as read with the provisions of the Administrative Justice Act Chapter 10:28 and the common law for the review of the proceedings relating to the funds distributed by the 6th respondent (RBZ) to the 1st applicant (GMAZ) for procurement of wheat…” the application read in part.

In the application, GMAZ, Drotsky (Pvt) Limited and Musarara were the applicants.

They cited the parliamentary committee, its chairperson Wadyajena, Parliament of Zimbabwe, Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Clerk of Parliament, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube as respondents, respectively.

GMAZ noted that while the law allows the committee to order any person to appear before it, the same law does not permit its chair to prepare and adopt reports.

“Second respondent (Wadyajena) is an interested party in the proceedings in that he operates a fleet of trucks which he owns under the company called Mayor Logistics. This company was awarded contracts to ferry agricultural inputs, grain, cotton and other crops on behalf of the government,” GMAZ submitted.

The association indicated that Wadyajena failed to declare his interests in the matter, but went on to preside over the inquiry despite him being conflicted.

“The result of the failure by 2nd respondent to declare that he is conflicted is that he presided over a committee that has oversight over the grain value chain business in which he is an interested party benefiting through his company Mayor Logistics, which is a clear breach of the Administrative Justice,” GMAZ submitted.

“The 2nd respondent displayed he had nefarious motives calculated to harass, embarrass  and portray 1st applicant (GMAZ) in bad light by passing gratuitous and sarcastic comments against the applicant on social media at the time when the proceedings were pending or ongoing under his chairmanship.”

GMAZ appealed to the court to set aside the committee’s findings.

In his founding affidavit, Musarara said Wadyajena’s conduct during the proceedings were reckless and unprofessional

“The reckless and unprofessional conduct of 2nd respondent manifested itself in relation to a separate enquiry in respect of funding by the 1st applicant (GIMAZ) to the Grain Marketing Board. 1st applicant wrote a letter of complaint against 2nd respondent to 5th respondent on the conduct of (Wadyajena) that he was on witch hunt against 1st applicant,” he submitted.

By A Correspondent- Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers  to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to counter unpredictable rainfall seasons created by climate change occurrence. 

Gatawa said Climate change is a consequence of rising average global temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas to produce energy along with other human activities like cutting down of trees and veld fires. 

He stated various effects of Climate change.

“Some of the devastating impacts of climate change that directly affect tobacco farmers include extreme heat, mid season drought spells and incessant rainfall that may cause water logging in the fields.”

The impacts of unpredictable incessant rainfall such as that  experienced during the 2021-2022 rain season affect the tobacco plant expected growth, yield and quality,” Gatawa said.

“Waterlogged fields will lead to severely constricted root growth respiration due to oxygen deficiency in the soil zone. Farmers should seek advice from Extension officers on how best they can open up contour ridges. Tobacco ridges should be put at 45⁰ angle in order to drain off excess water if rainfall is excessive and dam-ridges should be put along these ridges to hold water if rainfall is low. Farmers with fields that are prone to waterlogging should make big ridges that are more raised for the plant roots to be situated away from the ground level. Farmers should select North facing slopes as seedbed sites as these receive more solar radiation and seedbeds as such should be fenced off using thatch grass in order to regulate the inside temperature.”

“Tobacco farmers are also being advised to plan and do the following operations earlier; destruction of tobacco stalks as stipulated by the law, maintenance of farm  implements, early ploughing, early liming, early seedbeds and early planting so that their crop will have a longer growing period to build leaf body before the incessant rains come. Early payment of farm workers and all their dues related to the current season will buttress the preparedness of the farmers for the next season.”

“If tobacco farmers follow these climate change proofing agricultural practices they will be able to attain a  yield of 3 tonnes per hectare and a profitable average price of  USD$3 per kg without major challenges. 

Farmers without irrigation facilities should consult their nearest Field officers on the best earliest seedbed establishment and planting dates suitable for their respective areas,” he added

By A Correspondent- Kwekwe Central MP Judith Tobaiwa (Citizens Coalition for Change) has called on authorities to take action against gold panners  causing environmental degradation at a primary school in the gold mining city.

School buildings at Globe and Phoenix Primary School are in danger of collapsing from mining tunnels and pits dug underneath the school infrastructure.

“Mining and law enforcement authorities should react on time and solve this issue,” Tobaiwa said.

“If no quick interventions are made, facilities including schools will be affected and as a community, we would not like to see the situation reaching a boiling point.”

Tobaiwa made the call during a visit to inspect environmental damage caused by panners at the school.

The headmaster Isaac Bvupajena said: “The situation at my school is worrying, so a solution to end what we are experiencing should be put in place in no
time.”

Cases of illegal miners invading school grounds in the Midlands province are common.

Last year, illegal miners boasted that they would dig anywhere in the country as long as their metal detectors detect gold deposits, adding that they would even dig under people’s property.

In Silobela, Midlands province, the Roman Catholic Church-run Loreto Mission’s infrastructure is being destroyed by illegal gold miners who are digging large pits in search of the yellow metal inside the school premises.

Classroom blocks at the school face possible collapse, while people and livestock are also at risk.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Thursday morning, announced the arrest of Pius Jamba.

Jamba is the prime suspect in the murder of Moreblessing Ali. Making the announcement on Twitter, the ZRP said it would release a detailed statement during the course of the day.

This is what ZimEye so far knows about Ali:

Jamba is a member of Zanu-PF. Zanu PF says Jamba is not in the party structures thus he is not their member.

The ZRP claims that Jamba was once in a romantic relationship with the late Moreblessing Ali.

Pius Jamba’s mother is Linah Mukandi. She is the one who allegedly discovered Ali’s mutilated body.

Jamba is related to Zanu PF leader Simbarashe Chisango.

It was at Chisango’s homestead where Ali’s body was retrieved.

Reports suggest Jamba is Chisango’s half-brother.

By A Correspondent- Salary talks between government and its restive workers ended in a deadlock yesterday ahead of a full-blown strike action by health professionals and teachers beginning Monday.

It has emerged that civil servants rejected a 100% salary increase offered by government, which would have seen the lowest paid State employee earning $36 000, up from around $18 000.

A salary offer of $36 000 is equivalent to about US$60 using the parallel rate of US$1:$600.

Public Service Commission secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe confirmed the deadlock.

“The meeting adjourned without any consensus and the parties will reconvene next week for further discussions. The situation is, however, not dire,” Wutawunashe told NewsDay Weekender.

In a statement, the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions said: “The employer requested time to consult their principals on the workers’ proposals and to properly interrogate the altered position brought about by the workers.”

The development means the country faces a crippling civil service strike action from Monday after teachers and health workers gave notice that they would not be able to report for duty citing incapacitation.

Teachers have announced a one-week job boycott starting Monday running until Friday to press their employer for United States dollar wages.

Yesterday, 23 health worker representatives that included senior and junior doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiographers and nurse aides met at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and resolved to withdraw their labour.

On Thursday, nurses issued a notice to immediately down their tools.

In a letter dated June 17, 2022, directed to Health Service Board (HSB) chairperson Paulinus Sikhosana, the health workers said the employer had closed room for negotiations since 2021.

“Following our meeting on June 17, 2022 at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, attended by the health worker association representatives, it was unanimously agreed that as the government health workers, represented by the health workers associations leaders, here undersigned, after having made numerous attempts to engage the employer with no success, do hereby notify your office of our state of incapacitation and the subsequent withdrawal of service the government health workers effective Monday June 20, 2022,” a letter by the Zimbabwe Health Apex Council read.

“The decision to withdraw our service is not taken lightly, but the workers are without means to execute their mandate.”

In another letter to the public, the health professionals wrote: “To date, we have written more than five letters over the last 14 months requesting meetings, to engage on how to improve the conditions of service and improve the moral of the healthcare workers. Yet to date, we’ve not had a single meeting with the Health Service Board in 14 months.

“Other civil servants have enjoyed the company of their minister but this is not the case with the health workers. As workers, there has not been a single meeting with the Minister of Health and Child Care (Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga) since his appointment. The Health Service Board chairperson has also been hostile to health workers and has repeatedly refused our calls to engage with him.”

Civil servants are demanding pre-2018 United States dollar salaries as the local currency keeps losing value in the face of skyrocketing prices of basic goods and services.

HSB executive director Angelbert Mbengwa said he was aware of the letter, but referred the NewsDay Weekender back to Sikhosana for a comment.

“I have heard about the letter, but I have not considered it,” Mbengwa said.

“It is directed to Dr Sikhosana, so he is better placed to respond to your questions.”

Sikhosana was unreachable for comment.

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya early this week said government had no capacity to meet US dollar salary demands.

Prices of basic goods and commodities have been skyrocketing as inflation also bites, topping 131% as of May up from 96% recorded in April.

National Employment Councils have since directed private sector employees to pay part salaries in US dollars to cushion workers against the vagaries of the harsh economic climate.

Critics have said the enduring economic crisis evokes memories of the 2008 hyper-inflationary era which resulted in the country dumping the Zimbabwe dollar.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa re-introduced the Zimbabwe dollar in 2019 after a decade of relative stability.

Gushungo Dairy Estates has closed shop after former first lady Grace Mugabe sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1.4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about 120 workers jobless.

The Independent reports that the company had a US$20 million debt, which forced the entity to auction some of its equipment to pay creditors.

The estate, formerly known as Foyle Farm before the property was parcelled to the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) by the then Agriculture ministry, measures 1 200 hectares.
It was later taken by the late former president Robert Mugabe who set up a state-of-the-art dairy plant in Mazowe — about 40km north of Harare. Over 80 newly resettled farmers in Mazowe were forcibly removed to pave way for Mugabe’s business venture.

Gushungo Dairy equipment was imported from South Africa for about US$15 million at a time when Mugabe was ruling Zimbabwe. The company Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd under the Gushungo Estates produced milk, yoghurt, cheese and ice cream.
Sources told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that Grace Mugabe failed to run the business resulting in the sale of 700 dairy cows to a local butcher.
At market value, each dairy cow costs around US$$2 000, but the butcher could have bought them at a lesser price as the cattle were meant for beef. Said the anonymous source:
Gushungo Dairy is closed. Workers have been sent home; about 120 of them. Just a few were left doing menial jobs.
According to the Independent, the dairy equipment is lying idle as a millionaire businessman who is renting the farm has not yet started producing.
Apart from the collapsed Gushungo Dairy, a 1 000 pig and 6 000 chicken project at Mugabe’s rural Kutamba village home, suffered a natural death as Grace neglected the projects.

Mugabe left a huge business portfolio mainly in farming with 21 farms which were acquired when his government touted the one-man-one-farm land policy.
Signs of financial problems started showing in May 2019 after Gushungo Dairy Farm auctioned five combine harvesters, five Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks and other farm equipment. Mugabe later died on September 6, 2019.

By A Correspondent- Parliament has summoned Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister  Ziyambi Ziyambi to present a Bill that criminalises having sex with minors under the age of 18.

This follows the Constitutional Court’s recent landmark ruling increasing the age of sexual consent from 16 to 18.

According to the ruling, Ziyambi has up to a year to enact a law that protects children from sexual exploitation in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

On Thursday, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya made the call for the minister to be summoned to Parliament while raising a point of national interest.

“I therefore call upon the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to come to Parliament with a Bill that actualises the  provisions but criminalise the involvement of sexual activities for children under the age of 18 years so that at least we make it a reality for us to protect these children who are below the age of 18,” Chikwinya said.

Chikwinya was supported by CCC Harare East legislator Tendai Biti.

“The Minister of Justice and government was obliged to come up with a comprehensive Bill protecting children, not just vis-à-vis sex or child marriage but also things like pornography and cyber bullying,” Biti said.

“So the minister must come up with a comprehensive Bill — protecting children, giving life to the children’s rights set out in Section 81 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.

“The implicit ruling by the Constitutional Court is that the Child Protection Adoption Act must also be revisited.  It still sets the age of a child at 16 and does not offer sufficient protection, particularly for those children between 16 and 18,also children still face discrimination from the inheritance point of view.”-newsday

By A Correspondent- Police in Mashonaland West have raised concern over the rise in robberies targeting haulage truck drivers.

Confirming the upsurge of such cases, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) provincial spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove, said the robbers, commonly known as “Makaramata” (Climbers) waylay slow-moving trucks as they go uphill, cut pressure hoses of the hydraulic systems, which force vehicles to stop, before they pounce.

She said reported incidents had escalated, particularly in the mountainous Chikuti area.

In a recent incident which occurred on June 15, 2022, at the 168 kilometre-peg along the Harare-Chirundu highway, a truck driver, Guardian Sobafana, was driving alone enroute to Chirundu.

Upon reaching the said spot, unidentified robbers threw stones at the vehicle, while others climbed onto it and cut pressure pipes, forcing the truck to stop.

The assailants sprayed the driver’s eyes with an irritant before stealing a cellphone, radio, an assortment of clothes and blankets, all valued at US$797.

They assaulted Sabafana using sticks and boots, resulting in him sustaining facial injuries.

Police urged drivers to avoid travelling at night in a bid to curb such incidents.

“We urge truckers to desist from driving at night as this exposes them to highway robbers. Instead, they must park at designated truck stops and continue journeys during the day when it is less likely they would be targeted by robbers,” said Chitove.

By-CCC leader Nelson Chaimisa has remembered his party’s deputy chairman, Job Sikhala, who is spending this weekend behind bars.

Chamisa posted on Twitter Saturday encouraging Zimbabweans not to tire.

Posted Chamisa:

Remembering Change Champions MPs 

@JobSikhala1

 & Sithole, ARTUZ’s 

@OMasaraure

 & others under persecution, incl the many victims of political violence in Nyatsime & across the country.Change doesn’t come easy or cheap. Let’s keep mobilizing for Change.Change is nigh.Blessed Sabbath.

By- Harare businessman and the Grain Millers Association chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara has dragged Zanu PF Gokwe Member of Parliament (MP) for Gokwe Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena to the courts.

Musarara is accusing Wadyajena of accussing of abusing his Parliamentary post to champion personal interests.

Musarara cited the Parliamentary Committee on Lands and Agriculture chaired by Wadyajena, the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda Clerk of Parliament, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Finance minister,Mthuli Ncube as respondents.
GMAZ has submitted that in pushing Musarara out of a grain and inputs transportation deal, Wadyajena showed “his interests in the cause of bias, malice or corruption in the manner he conducted himself throughout the proceedings.”
The court was told that while the law allows the committee to order any person to appear before it, the same law does not permit it and its chairperson to prepare and adopt reports.

In this regard, GMAZ is seeking a review of the committee’s inquiry proceedings in which it was listed as a respondent.
The association said they were ambushed by the committee and bullied by Wadyajena.
GMAZ, Drotsky PVT Limited and Musarara are cited as applicants. Reads the court application:
Second respondent is an interested party in the proceedings in that he operates a fleet of trucks, which he owns under the company called Mayor Logistics.
This company was awarded contracts to ferry agricultural inputs, grain, cotton and other crops on behalf of the government.
The association indicated that Wadyajena failed to declare his interests in the matter, but went on to preside over the inquiry, despite him being conflicted, thereby breaching “the Administrative Justice.”
GMAZ appealed to the court to set aside the committee’s findings.
The matter is yet to be heard.

By- Zanu PF is on cloud nine over the continued detention of CCC deputy Chairman Job Sikhala.

Sikhala was arrested early this week in Chitungwiza at the funeral of his CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.

Since his arrest, the courts have denied him bail, and he will spend this weekend in cells.

In a celebratory Tweet, Zanu PF said Sikhala deserves to be jailed.

Posted Zanu PF

Bail denied Violence instigator 

@JobSikhala1

 will spend the weekend behind bars.

By- Zanu PF is reportedly interfering with CCC political affairs by pushing the newly formed party to hold primary elections and set up structures.

According to journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono, a top Zanu PF official said, the ruling party wants to infiltrate Chamisa through these structures they are pushing him to establish.

Chamisa and his colleagues dumped the MDC Alliance brand early this year and launched CCC, but the party is yet to hold a congress.

Chin’ono, said the senior told him that the ruling party is finding it difficult to infiltrate CCC because there is no one to target.
The official reportedly said it is easier to capture individuals who run the structures using money and get them to do things. Said Hopewell’s unnamed Zanu pF source:
We are finding it hard because there is no structure.
The idea that anyone can be a member because it is a citizen party has wrongfooted us.
We don’t know who to target because we are only seeing [Nelson Chamisa].
Some ZANU PF officials and exiled former senior officials are on record criticising CCC for having no structures and postponing holding an elective congress.
On Friday, exiled former ZANU PF politburo member Jonathan suggested that m

By-MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora said he remains committed to advocating for political freedoms for Zimbabweans despite his diminishing support.

Mwonzora continues to be deserted by his top aides, joining the main opposition, CCC led by Nelson Chamisa.

Mwonzora posted his appeal on Twitter Friday:

As long as we remain motivated by hate we won’t go far. We have and will continue to advocate for peace and tolerance. For us the political rights and the security of every Zimbabwean irrespective of thier individual affiliation or attitude towards us.

By- CCC vice President Tendai Biti has escaped death after scores of Zanu PF thugs attacked his cars in Muzarabani Friday.

 Over 20 Zanu PF activists mounted an illegal roadblock in Dande near Muzarabani and blocked Biti from touring Mashonaland Central province by stoning his car.

Biti told Zimeye.com that they escaped death with a whisker.

” They were at around 20 and they threw stones at us damanging the winsreen of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt”, said Biti.

Zimeye.com failed to reach Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa for his comment.

Below is an earlier post by Biti’s aides on Twitter announcing the barbaric attacks:

In its primitive nature, Zanu PF thugs attacked 

@CCCZimbabwe

 Vice President 

@BitiTendai

 in Muzarabani at Adage where they mounted an illegal block and stoned his vehicle.

By- The late President Robert Mugabe sympathiser Claude Mararike has died.
He was 82.
His daughter, Ms Vivian Mararike, confirmed the death of the Prof who was University of Zimbabwe sociology lecturer.

“He passed on in the early hours of today,” she said.

Mararike was widely known for his regular appearances on ZBC talk show “Zvavanhu”, where he could blast the opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai together with Vimbai Chivaura, Sheunesu Mupepereki and Tafataona Mahoso.

By- Suspected Zanu PF activists have stoned CCC vice President Tendai Biti’s car in Muzarabani.

 Biti’s car was stoned by Zanu PF activists operating an illegal roadblock in the Mashonaland Central province remote area.

 Biti confirms escaping the attacks.

Zimeye.com failed to reach Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa for his comment.

Below is the report posted on Twitter:

In its primitive nature, Zanu PF thugs attacked 

@CCCZimbabwe

 Vice President 

@BitiTendai

 in Muzarabani at Adage where they mounted an illegal block and stoned his vehicle.

By-Zanu PF officials in Chitungwiza have threatened to gun down CCC members taking part in their late party member Moreblessing Ali.

CCC posted, fearing for their lives.

Posted CCC:

ALERT – Zanu PF thugs in Chitungwiza are sending pictures of themselves carrying live ammunition. These are pictures of a man known as Chitembwe from Unit N & Mlambo from Ward 7, who lost to Cllr Maiko. This Zanu PF reign of terror must stop. We demand peace & justice

By- Reports reaching us say that suspected Zanu PF activists have stoned CCC vice President Tendai Biti’s car.

The reports claim that Biti’s car was stoned by Zanu PF activists operating an illegal roadblock in Mashonaland Central province.

Biti confirmed the sad development.

Zimeye.com could not reach Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa as his phone was not available.

Below is the report posted on Twitter:

In its primitive nature, Zanu PF thugs attacked 

@CCCZimbabwe

 Vice President 

@BitiTendai

 in Muzarabani at Adage where they mounted an illegal block and stoned his vehicle.

By-MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora said he remains committed to advocating for political freedoms for Zimbabweans despite his diminishing support.

Mwonzora continues to be deserted by his top aides, joining the main opposition, CCC led by Nelson Chamisa.

Mwonzora posted his appeal on Twitter Friday:

As long as we remain motivated by hate we won’t go far. We have and will continue to advocate for peace and tolerance. For us the political rights and the security of every Zimbabwean irrespective of thier individual affiliation or attitude towards us.

By-CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has complained about the state’s continued persecution of his party’s senior members and supporters.

Chamisa said the law must be applied equally to all citizens.

He was commenting after the arrested of his party’s deputy chairman, Job Sikhala, this week.

Posted Chamisa complaining on Twitter:

Abuse of the law to target political competitors is an act of cowardice. ZPF cnclr & members threatened citizens, terrorized communities, torched homes, unleashed terror & continue to do so with impunity. Why is there no action by the law enforcers? Why is the law so one-eyed?

By- Unlike what the police do whenever they have arrested a CCC member, there was no heavy security escorting Pias Jamba to his court hearing today.

Jamba, a murder suspect, was supposed to be handcuffed and leg-ironed when he was being escorted to the court.

CCC posted Jamba’s pictures entering Harare Magistrates court:

Pius Jamba, a ZANUPF thug who is the chief suspect in the murder of Moreblessing arrived at the Harare Magistrate Court this afternoon without any heavy security details. Moreblessing’s body was mutilated, cut into pieces & found in a well at the home of Jamba’s mother.

Zimbabwe has seen an upsurge in violence and violent crime. The brutal killing of Moreblessings Ali is one among many such violent crimes that are on the rise.

It is disturbing that in the wake of such brutal crimes a journalist is threatened in broad daylight and no action is taking by the Police.

Simba Sithole a bona fide journalist was threatened with severe physical assault by one Isheunesu Saunyama known as Chief Saunyama in Mashonaland Central.

The irate Chief Saunyama claimed that he was threatening the journalist on behalf of Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe. This becomes a huge problem when the Minister responsible for maintaining peace, law and order in the country becomes a godfather and perpetrator of violence against journalists.

Isheunesu Saunyama is a well known Kazembe Kazembe henchman in Mashonaland Central and his reputation of violent behavior has earned him warlord status in Mashonaland Central province.

I write to all the Chapter 12 independent commissions mandated to support and entrench human rights and democracy; to protect the sovereignty and interests of the people; to promote constitutionalism; to promote transparency and accountability in public institutions; to secure the observance of democratic values and principles by the State and all institutions and agencies of government and government controlled entities; and to ensure that injustices are remedied.

It is your constitutional duty and mandate to look into this matter.

I also write to Zimbabwe Union of Journalists to please ensure that journalists are protected and not victimized for doing their jobs.

I write to ZANU PF and ask them to ensure press freedom and non-violent behavior by their members.

I write to the Commissioner General of Police and ask that a case be opened against Isheunesu Saunyama for threatening a journalist and violating the POTRAZ ACT while claiming to be acting on behalf of and in the interest of Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe.

The Moreblessings Ali situation has shown us that we cannot afford threats and violent behavior in the country especially now that we are counting down to the 2023 elections.

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo East legislator Ilos Nyoni has demanded answers on the progress of Egodini Mall which was supposed to be complete by April 2022.

Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday the legislator took Deputy Minister of local government and Public Works Miriam Chombo to task on the matter.

 “May the Minister inform the House of Assembly on the progress made regarding the construction of Egodini Mall project by contractor W Terracotra Trading P/L which was awarded tender Terracotra in 2016, with the projection that the project will be completed in April 2022,” Nyoni said

When the Private Limited Company won the tender prospects were high that the new project will further spice up the City of Kings into a modern entity.

However, 8 years down, the City of Kings has turned into a compound of unorganised and dirty paupers owing to the closure of the once ‘trade mark of Bulawayo.

It’s closure has led to the congestion of the city with vendors scattered in every available space and commuter omnibus causing havoc within the Central Bussiness centre.

As expected the government responded by saying there was notable progress at the sight though indications on the ground points otherwise.

The Deputy Minister said commuters are expected to start using the new Mall in September this year.

“Currently, practical completion of the taxi rank and associated infrastructure is expected at the end of July 2022 with passengers being able to commute as from 1 September 2022 subject to opening of the facility by the relevant authorities”, said the Deputy Minister.

She further stated that construction of informal trader stores and other infrastructure started in March this year after delays which were caused by Covid 19 lockdowns.

The said infrastructure is also expected to be complete and pave way for informal traders by September as well.

“In March 2022, top structutre construction of the 1100 informal trader stores and related infrastructure started. Brick work for all informal trader stores is expected to be completed by the end of July 2022. Fabrication of all the informal trader structure steel work is 80% complete. Currently, practical completion of the informal trader stores section is expected at the end of July 2022 with qualifying informal traders getting beneficial training occupation on 1 September 2022”, she said.

The Deputy Minister further claimed that Covid induced lockdowns and financial constraints led to the delay of the commencement of the project.

Once complete the mall is expected to house bus terminal building, fast food retails, grocery retails and a fuel station while also decongesting the city.

By-Zanu PF officials in Chitungwiza have threatened to gun down CCC members taking part in their late party member Moreblessing Ali.

CCC posted, fearing for their lives.

Posted CCC:

ALERT – Zanu PF thugs in Chitungwiza are sending pictures of themselves carrying live ammunition. These are pictures of a man known as Chitembwe from Unit N & Mlambo from Ward 7, who lost to Cllr Maiko. This Zanu PF reign of terror must stop. We demand peace & justice

By A Correspondent- South African musician Makhadzi’s love for Zimbabweans and Zimbabwean music is quite unmatched.

A video of Makhadzi dancing to her favourite Zimbabwean song has sent social media into a frenzy.

In a video shared by Jah Signal, Makhadzi can be seen seated with her friends at a groove enjoying some drinks.

The Dj then acknowledged Makhadzi’s presence and mentioned how he knows that she loves Zimbabwean music. He decided to dedicate Jah Signals’ song Sweety (Shinga Muroora) to Makhadzi.

The moment Jah Signal’s song was played, Makhadzi quickly jumped up from the couch and started dancing as she sang along. Her friends and spectators in the club hype her as she danced to her favourite song.

Watch the video below;

By A Correspondent- The family of murdered CCC activist Moreblessing Ali has revealed a list of demands they want to be met before her burial.

The demands include, among other things, a public apology from Pius Jamba, the prime suspect in Ali’s murder, and the arrest and conviction of all people allegedly involved in the cover-up of the crime.

Ali was kidnapped by Jamba on the night of 24 May 2022, and her body was found on 11 June in a disused well at Laina Mukandi’s homestead in Nyatsime, Beatrice.

Laina Mukandi the mother of Jamba and his half-brother, Simba Chisango, a local ZANU PF chairman.

Read the Ali family’s demands below:

1. We want our family lawyer Job Sikhala to be released so that he can continue helping us on this murder case and also the leader of our search party Godfrey Sithole. No release – No burial.

2. We need to see the exact place where our sister was murdered. No crime scene visit – No burial.

3. We want an independent forensic investigation of Moreblessing’s body.

4. We want ZANU PF to stop meddling & threatening our family, they have beaten some of our family members. Any threats or abuse – No burial.

5. We want to do the final service in Nyatsime and we don’t want the Nyatsime people who caused chaos to be present in particular, Masimbi Masimbi, Maoresa and Rosemary Chadzamira and all those who have been spreading lies. Any violence – No burial.

6. We want everyone who was involved in the crime and cover-up to be arrested and convicted. No conviction – no burial.

7. We want Jamba and all the culprits to apologise immediately. A public apology, because they wronged the whole nation not just our family. No apology – no burial.

8. We demand access to see the body of Moreblessing Ali.

By- The CCC has announced the dates for the burial of Cllr Thembeni Khoza.

On Twitter, CCC said the late former Cllr Khoza’s burial would be held Saturday.

CCC posted:
A memorial for former Councillor of ward 14 Bulawayo, Champion Thembeni Khoza will be held on Friday at Large City Hall. She’s likely to be buried on Saturday. Mourners are gathered at 56953/2 Old Lobengula.
https://twitter.com/CCCZimbabwe/status/1537274607463550976

Pius Jamba case update: The Investigating Officer is seeking further detention-Arimon Mirimbo
-he (Jamba) is yet to tell us where the offence was committed
-he has not revealed the location of the weapon used in committing the offence and the cellphone of the deceased
-he was arrested on 16 june 2022 at 0800 hours
-we want his detention to be extended to June 18 at 1500hrs
-if he interacts with other inamtes, he might be influenced not to reveal where some of the things are
Application granted