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Stampede As Wizard Falls On Rooftop

By A Correspondent- A n_ked wizard reportedly fell onto a Magwegwe rooftop on Monday, prompting a stampede in a bid to witness the bizarre spectacle in Bulawayo.

Residents told Southern Eye that they woke up on Monday morning to perform their daily routines, only to see a n_aked man in the suburb who claimed to have fallen from a winnowing basket during a witchcraft mission.

Witnesses posted on social media pictures and videos of the man who said he was from Binga, but failed to explain how he found himself in Magwegwe.

“He was n_aked and his body was painted all over with a substance which looked like ashes,” a Magwegwe resident who identified herself as NakaBhowasi said.

“We were shocked to find the n_aked wizard near Greens Supermarket. The man told us that he was from Binga, adding that he fell on top of the house while on a witchcraft mission. He said he was travelling with friends.”

AFM Pastor Booted Out

By A Correspondent- The High Court has ordered an AFM of Zimbabwe pastor to vacate premises belonging to AFM in Zimbabwe which he has been occupying in defiance of a court judgment.

Pastor Albert Chabvuta of the Cossam Chiangwa-led church has been refusing to leave the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe, Tynwald South Assembly, in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling.

The order was made in favour of AFM in Zimbabwe, led by Reverend Amon Madawo, in May 2021.

H Metro that Pastor Chabvuta clashed with church members, on a number of occasions, forcing some to meet for prayers outside the church premises.

He also denied them access to the church truck, offices and a PA system.

Last week, Pastor Chabvuta skipped court and a default judgment was issued against him. Reads the judgment:

The respondent is hereby evicted from Stand number 5625 Stortford Road, Harare.
The respondent is hereby interdicted from engaging in his religious activities, or any activities, at Stand number 5625 Stortford Road, Tynwald Plots, Harare.
The respondent pays holding over damages to the applicant in the sum of US$200 per month from the date of service of the application to the date of vacation from the property.
The respondent shall pay costs of suit.

The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe last year upheld the ruling given by the High Court in the AFM church leadership crisis case.

Squabbles in AFM in Zimbabwe started after an attempt by the Aspher Madziyire group (now led by Madawo) to amend the church constitution. The other side led by Chiangwa resisted resulting in a leadership crisis which was eventually settled in the courts.

Despite the loss in court and declaration that they were now AFM of Zimbabwe, some of Chiangwa’s pastors clung to AFM in Zimbabwe’s properties resulting in chaos at some assemblies.-HMetro

Woman Dies In Bubi Accident

By A Correspondent- One woman died on the spot, while six others were injured on Monday evening after a Harare bound MB bus they were travelling in hit a stray cow about 78 kilometres away from Beitbridge.

Officer commanding Beitbridge police Chief Superintendent Tichaona Nyongo confirmed the accident.

“A north bound MB Bus hit a cow about 2km before Bubi and overturned, killing a female passenger on the spot. The bus was from Beitbridge, but its intended destination was not supplied,” Nyongo said.

He said the deceased will be named after her relatives have been informed.

Six other passengers received moderate injuries and were admitted at the Beitbridge District Hospital. We are not yet sure of the condition of the driver; whether he got injured or not. We encourage drivers to exercise extreme caution as they drive along our rural roads. They are bound to encounter stray livestock or wild animals,” he said.

Beitbridge communal farmers whose area wholly lies in ecological region five have livestock as their mainstay. There are also several wildlife conservancies dotted around the vast district.

Bubi Valley Conservancy is home to the Big Five and one of the world’s largest lion species is found in Beitbridge.

Beitbridge is also partly home to the world famous Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou Trans frontier National Park.-newsday

PYCD Press Statement On The Commemoration of Africa Day 2022

Platform for Youth and Community Development Trust (PYCD) joins the African Continent to celebrate the birth and essence of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now identified as African Union (AU). The day is celebrated annually since 1963 with the objective of completing the unfinished business of Independence at the socio-political and economic level. The day remains a symbol of Africa’s resilience and victory from decades of pillage and plunder driven by a cruel system of miseducation and misinformation sponsored by colonialism.

The commemorations in 2022 are being held under the theme: Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on the African continent, which is befitting for Agenda 2063: The Africa we want. The theme of this year allows the continent to reflect on the efforts being made by many African states to support the Agro-food systems, health and social protection systems for acceleration of human, social and economic capital development. African Union is hinged on the principles of African renaissance, Pan Africanism, Cultural identity and shared values. In line with this, the theme is therefore a confirmation that agriculture remains the back bone of most African economies, who must now invest in technology and the creativity of the young men and young women in order to be self-sufficient.

Platform for Youth and Community Development has always honoured Africa Day because it helps to highlight the important role being done by the institution to defend the rich heritage of the African people that is found in culture and language.PYCD is defined by the philosophy of Ubuntu which defends the role of culture in the promotion of peace, unity and good governance. As an organisation PYCD acknowledges the historical value of African icons like Kwame Nkurumah,Julius Mwalimu Nyerere,Nelson Rorihlahla Mandela and Robert Gabriel Mugabe just to mention a few. These men and women have helped to shape

the consciousness of what has defined the identity of Africa. These heroes and heroines have given the continent strength for resistance and resilience against colonialism.PYCD will use the day to advocate for peace and unity. It is no longer time to celebrate the use of brute force , armoury and nuclear but the power of diplomacy and engagement, Africa must rise up and refuse to be abused in supporting wars that are selfish and promoted by greed and pride. Instead, Africa should take this opportunity to show leadership that puts order in the world. As part of the commemorations, PYCD will showcase the resilience of farmers and in particular women in Agriculture, who are toiling every day to feed their families and the nation. Through the grassroots presence of the organisation, PYCD will prove that Africa is rich and will be richer if there is a deliberate effort to repeal colonial laws that govern the use and ownership of land by natives.PYCD is concerned that in most of the African countries, communal land is not ring fenced therefore under the control of foreign investors who are serving the interests of the former colonial masters. Without control of the land, food security will remain a pie in the air.

In our commemoration of the day, PYCD will be working closely with the recently licenced community radio initiative, Vemuganga FM to host a discussion in the morning at the PYCD Centre before getting into the communities to record voices of the villagers about the day. There are activities lined up in 25 wards of Chipinge district, where young women and young men are celebrating the values of African culture (Ndau) that exudes love, kindness, empathy and spirituality.PYCD is implementing a number of projects in Manicaland Province that promotes progressive African culture grounded on community-consciousness as defended by African philosophers like Abraham Mbiti. Through his famous statement

I am, because we are, Abraham Mbiti believes that the African identity should be protected within the framework of modernism and the changing world

Another Auxillia Horror Accident

By – A Mapanzure High School Bus carrying 65 Zanu PF women from Masvingo to a cooking competition organized by the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa in Vic Falls has been involved in an accident.

The accident happened last night, leaving the bus valued at US$150 000 write-offs.

One woman was seriously injured in the accident, while two others escaped with minor injuries. The rest are injury free, said Zanu PF Masvingo Women’s League provincial chairperson Alginia Samson who confirmed the accident to The Mirror. Efforts to get a comment from the school head were futile as his mobile was not reachable.
The accident happened at the 35km peg along Masvingo – Mashava Road and the women were later booked at Maponga Lodge, a few hundred metres from where the accident happened.
The cooking competition is one of the many projects that the First Lady has been carrying out in her outreach into disadvantaged communities.

There is a landmark ruling made by Justice Joseph Mafusire at the High Court in Masvingo barring political parties from using school buses or taking school children to rallies. The ruling also barred parties from using school premises and furniture.

Parents buy school buses through the School Development Committees at great cost, and headmasters or school authorities with political interests seek favours from Zanu PF by hiring out busses to the party for free.
“Yes, I received news this evening. I am told one woman was seriously injured and the other three had minor injuries. The rest of the passengers are fine.
“The women were going to attend Amai Mnangagwa’s national cooking competition in Victoria Falls in solidarity with their competitors from Masvingo who are already in Victoria Falls,” said Samson.
Masvingo Provincial police spokesperson Kudakwashe Dewa could not be reached for comment as his mobile was not reachable.

-Masvingo Mirror

Zanu PF “Weans” Self Out Of Obert Mpofu Offices

By A Correspondent- ZANU PF Umguza district has moved out of the offices (pictured) that are owned by the party’s Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu located along Canaught Avenue in Bulawayo.

A visit to the offices by this publication revealed that the party banner that was erected at the offices had been removed.

A ZANU PF source who spoke to this reporter revealed that the party decided to moved out of the offices after feeling a need to grow itself and move out of the offices which Mpofu had donated to them to use for many years without paying rent.

The source also highlighted that Mpofu used his personal resources to build the party offices in Lupane. Matabeleland North.

However, reports coming from Lupane indicate that a certain section of ZANU PF members are in frantic efforts to create a wedge between the Provincial Mnister of State Richard Moyo and Mpofu in a bid to influence the province to withdraw iots support for Mpofu as the party moves towards the elective conference.

Tik Tok User Fined For Posting Cop’s Video

By A Correspondent- A user of Tik Tok, a popular short video sharing platform, has been ordered to pay ZW$3 000 after posting a clip in which a uniformed Chinhoyi police officer on duty, is jeered while hoisted in the air.

David Kanduna (23), who starred in the ZBC TV drama series Kuchina The Genesis and other local productions, was fined following his conviction on cyberbullying charges.

He becomes the first to be convicted under the newly-promulgated Data Protection Act.

A local publication reports that the actor will serve 20 days in prison if he fails to deposit the fine with the clerk of court.

The complainant was the state, represented by Constable Taimu of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Chemagamba, Chinhoyi.

The court heard that on May 14, 2022, at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) grounds, the complainant, who is a police officer, was deployed at the university grounds to provide security during a soccer match.

There were quarrels on the pitchside, which led to Taimu being mocked and jeered before one of the marauders lifted him and ran while hoisting him in the air.

Kanduna recorded a video and posted it onto a local WhatsApp group, without the complainant’s consent.

BREAKING: Video Of White Afrikaner Issuing Dudula Instructions

By Farai D Hove | The below social media video clip has emerged. The brief footage shows a white Afrikaner issuing instructions to a group of black men telling them to go and make the infamous terorrist group, Dudula popular.

Dudula is a violent group blamed for the murder of the Zimbabwean Diepsloot worker, Elvis Nyathi, who was burnt to death earlier this year.

The unidentified white man is seen announcing:

“We all need to go out and promote Dudula, okay?

Those who are illegal here, they must go back, those with illegal shops, they must be stopped, okay?”

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Who's this White South African man on video issuing instructions to a group of blacks: "We all need to go out and promote Dudula, okay?
Those who are illegal here, they must go back, those with illegal shops, they must be stopped, okay?" ? https://t.co/BinZOBb1xT pic.twitter.com/NUmMUpTacF
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) May 26, 2022

Ultimatum For Gvt Over Salaries Grievances

By A Correspondent- Teachers have given the government a one-week ultimatum to address their salary grievances or face a crippling strike action beginning June 1.

This comes as Civil servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) are this Friday set to march against the government’s continued reluctance to pay them in United States dollars.

NewsDay reports that a letter which was handed to the government on Tuesday by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) says the educators were tired of unfulfilled promises.

RTUZ which is led by Obert Masararure said failure to comply with their demand for United States dollar salaries and improved working conditions would force them to embark on a collective job action as provided for under section 65(3) of the Constitution.

Masaraure told NewsDay in an interview on Wednesday:

We are determined for an industrial action, unless our grievances are addressed, and we officially handed our letter to government on Tuesday.

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou pledged unity with Artuz. He said:

Our belief is that we need to be united as teachers and approach the government as a united front. If nothing happens, we are also going on industrial action as we are not happy with the deductions on teachers’ payslips. We are under-paid.

PTUZ secretary-general Raymond Majongwe echoed Zhou’s sentiments adding that they will embark on industrial action this June if their grievances are not met.

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube last week told Parliament that a salary demand of US$540 by teachers was misleading, saying the educators used to earn half of the amount in 2018.

Trial postponed for AMH journalists

The trial of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalists Blessed Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi did not kick off as initially scheduled on 24 May 2022 when they appeared in court because the trial magistrate is being transferred.

According to their lawyer, Jeremiah Bamu, the previously assigned trial magistrate is being transferred and a new magistrate has been assigned to deal with the case.

Mhlanga and Chidi’s trial is now set for 13 June 2022.

The two journalists are being charged with allegedly contravening Section 25 (a) as read with Section 30 of Statutory Instrument 21/2005 which prohibits taking of photographs within a polling station.

The alternative charge is that of disorderly conduct in a polling station as defined in Section 89 of the Electoral Act.

Both journalists are out of custody after they were granted bail on the 9 May 2022 and have pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Zanu PF Caught In Shocking Pre-2023 Elections Rigging Storm

By- Zanu PF in Masvingo is bussing people and getting them IDs at midnight.

Masvingo Mirror witnessed a Mutendi High School bus curiously parked outside the registry office in Masvingo at midnight.

The publication monitored the parked bus from a few meters as passengers, some in party regalia, moved in and out and proceeded to the registry office.

A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) vehicle is parked behind the bus, and the officer closely monitors the situation in-between trips to and from his office.
Masvingo District Development Co-ordinator (DDC), Ray Hove arrives in his Silver Toyota Fortuner and briefly chats to the man from the President’s Office and drives off.
Mirror chief cameraman eventually sneaks in and joins the process.

It emerges that the school bus is on a political mission. The passengers are actually Zanu PF supporters brought in from Masvingo North, a constituency run by Bishop Mutendi’s son-in-law Davis Marapira who is also a Minister in the President’s office.
The Mirror cameramen observes as the passengers, young and old are shuffled from one office to another as they start by getting pictures taken and then proceed to the birth certificates and IDs.
The passengers are getting instant birth-certificates, then IDs and they are added onto the 2023 voters’ roll. It’s a business class treatment for a process that currently takes up to a year for one to complete.
All is done in a matter of hours.

Getting an ID has been a difficult process over the last three years. New applicants are being told to leave their names at the registry offices and come after three months, when they come at that time they are given yet another three months and the postponements go on and on.
In rural areas mobile registration units process a few IDs a day and thereafter give excuses like the camera is not working or there is no network to complete the process.

A Mirror reporter today went to the same office where IDs were being issued last night and told that there is no network.
Sources in Zanu PF said the clandestine issuance of IDs and registration of voters is just a tip of the iceberg. In Gutu Senator Lovemore Matuke and his MPs including Winston Chitando and Yeukai Simbanegavi are doing it on a grand scale.
Asked for a comment, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president, Tendai Biti said there was nothing wrong with political parties encouraging their supporters to register to vote or get national documents but bringing in Government workers to do the work at night and in secrecy constitutes an illegality.
He said that CCC is ready to take those involved to court.

Hove declined to comment and referred The Mirror to Masvingo District registrar Lawrence Mapara who he said was in charge of the department. Mapara in turn referred questions to Masvingo Provincial Registrar Sithembeni Chitsa who said that she was travelling to Harare before she hung up her phone.
Sanctions Mutendi, a former head at Mutendi and now spokesperson for Bishop Nehemia Mutendi said somebody asked to use the bus but he was not sure who it was.
“Someone asked for the bus but I was not there and I am not sure who it is,” said Mutendi.

The process went on until about 12 mid-night, however it is clearly written on the gate that the registrar’s office operates from 8am- 4:30pm.
Efforts to get a comment from Marapira were futile as he is said to be in South Africa.
Zanu PF Masvingo spokesperson Elphias Murambiwa switched off his phone when contacted for a comment.
Masvingo Permanent Secretary Dr Jefter Sakupwanya said he was not aware of the issue.
“I am out of town and not aware of that. I will look into the matter,” said Sakupwanya.

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum Executive Director Musa Kika expressed concern at the issuing of the documents after the registrar’s office working hours.
“It raises eyebrows for the registrar’s office to issue national documents after hours. It becomes difficult to ascertain whether the documents are legitimate and are being given according to the book. The registrar’s office should clarify on that,” said Kika.
On the same night that Mutendi School bus was ferrying Zanu PF supporters to the registry office, another school bus from Mapanzure High was involved in an accident while taking women to First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa’s cooking competitions in Vic Falls and it’s a write-off.

Headmaster Ordered To Compensate Expelled Pupil

By A Correspondent| High Court Judge Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi has ordered the Headmistress at Rugare Government Primary School to compensate a 13 year-old minor for the learning time which she lost for eight days when she was summarily expelled from school.

The Headmistress only identified as Matsitsiro suspended the 13 year-old Grade 6 pupil on 11 May 2022 on the basis that she resides in Warren Park suburb, which is an adjacent residential suburb to Rugare suburb.

Matsitsiro told the minor that she was ineligible to be enrolled at Rugare Primary School because she stays in Warren Park, which is outside the zone for the school and that there are enough schools in Warren Park, where she could be accommodated. The expulsion took place despite the fact that the minor had been a student Rugare Government Primary School since she enrolled for Grade 1 and that it is already mid- term after lessons commenced on 3 May 2022.

The minor’s guardian represented by Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights on Wednesday 18 May 2022 filed an application at the High Court challenging her expulsion as unlawful, arbitrary and grossly unreasonable as it had been done without observing the audi alteram partem rule, which is a fundamental legal principle in which each party is entitled to a fair hearing and given the opportunity to respond to evidence against them and hence in breach of the principles of natural justice.

Chinopfukutwa argued that the expulsion of the minor was a breach of her right to administrative justice guaranteed in Section 68 of the Constitution and also constitutes a breach of her right to education as provided for in terms of Section 75 of the Constitution.

On Friday 20 May 2022, Justice Bachi-Mzawazi ordered Matsitsiro to reinstate the minor and allow her back to attend lessons at Rugare Government Primary School and to make arrangements to compensate learning time lost by the 13 year-old pupil during the duration of her expulsion from 11 May 2022 to 20 May 2022.

Auxilia Mnangagwa Bus In Masvingo Horror Crash

By – A Mapanzure High School Bus carrying 65 Zanu PF women from Masvingo to a cooking competition organized by the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa in Vic Falls has been involved in an accident.

The accident happened last night, leaving the bus valued at US$150 000 write-offs.

-Masvingo Mirror

ZEC Closes Voter Registration

By- THe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ZEC has announced the closing dates for voters’ registration.

In a statement, ZEC said the voters’ roll shall be closed on the 30th of this May to pave the way for the delimitation exercise set to begin on 1 June.

Below is the statement by ZEC Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba stating that the delimitation process shall continue into the culmination of the drafting of a preliminary report or until 31 December 2022, whichever occurs first. Reads part of the notice in a government Gazette of 24 May 2022:

For the purpose of the boundary delimitation, the voters roll shall be deemed to be closed on 30 May 2022, voter registration shall, however, remain open for purposes of any by-elections that may become necessary and the 2023 general elections.
A voters roll inspection exercise shall be conducted on dates to be notified and thereafter the Commission shall issue a notice specifying the national and provincial voter population figures to be used for purposes of the boundary delimitation exercise.
The Commission shall, so far as is practicable, entertain representations from voters, political parties and Other interested persons and bodies at national, provincial and district level through the various committees that have been established at each level.
The commission shall establish a toll tree line to hear and receive representation from members of the public.

CCC, Zanu PF Youths Clash In Africa Day Match

By- Youths from the Nelson Chamisa led CCC Wednesday held a friendly soccer tournament to celebrate Africa Day.

CCC youth leader Cicilia Chimbiri posted o her social media platforms announcing that the match held in Harare and attended by several other political parties was peaceful.

Posted Chimbiri:

Today The CCC youths joined ZanuPF, MDC-T, Lead , Feez , NCA in the Africa Day Youth Sports for Peace organised by 4HZimbabwe. We are in the finals for soccer as CCC & Zanu-Pf battle it out for the final . It’s refreshing & peaceful.

Today The CCC youths joined ZanuPF , MDC-T, Lead , Feez , NCA in the Africa Day Youth Sports for Peace organised by 4HZimbabwe. We are in the finals for soccer as CCC & Zanu-Pf battle it out for the final . It’s refreshing & peaceful @Cde_Ostallos @hwendec @begottensun @Mathuthu pic.twitter.com/aZbOFrdEma
— Cecillia Mukundi Chimbiri (@ceechimbiri2) May 25, 2022

Chamisa’s Chipinge Senior Member Arrested

By- Police in Chipinge have arrested the team leader of the Nelson Chamisa’s CCC party’s voter registration programme.

CCC on Twitter confirmed the arrest of Tawanda Muzanya.

CCC posted:

Chipinge South Change Champion Tawanda Muzanya was on Tuesday arrested for questioning the mobile ID & Births registration team why they prematurely left the registration centre without issuing any document as per assignment. ⁦

Mwonzora Claims Seniority To President Tsvangirai

By- The leader of the MDC-T, Douglas Mwonzora, said that he started opposition politics well before any other leader of this country’s opposition parties.

Mwonzora said this on Twitter when he posted a newspaper article penned in late 1980 when he was a part of the Edgar Tekere led ZUM.

Tweeted Mwonzora:

The struggle for multi-party democracy in Zimbabwe was a tricky and risky affair. I was privileged to have been in the senior leadership of the Zimbabwe Unity Movement at the age of 22. The attempts to establish a one party state in Zimbabwe were thwarted.

The struggle for multi-party democracy in Zimbabwe was a tricky and risky affair. I was privileged to have been in the senior leadership of the Zimbabwe Unity Movement at the age of 22. The attempts to establish a one party state in Zimbabwe were thwarted. https://t.co/n0HeoKDuE2
— Sen Douglas Mwonzora (@DMwonzora) May 20, 2022

Bad Leadership Cause Of Zim Political Crisis- President Chamisa

Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has paid tribute to veterans of the liberation struggle in Africa.

President Chamisa challenged Africans to maintain the legacy of departed nationalists.

“The legacy of Our founding fathers and the liberation generation in Africa is at risk without the effort of Africa’s young and new generation of leaders.

Africa will be saved by two things; leadership and entrepreneurship.

Happy Africa day great continent! Mayibuye iAfrica,” President Chamisa said in a statement.

On the crisis in the country, President Chamisa said:

“Missed opportunities and neglected advantages is the cost of bad leadership. We must fix it! A New Great Zimbabwe is loading.”

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba also said:

“Blessed Tuesday!!
Our task is to build a modern political party whose objective is to attain political power, govern differently and transform the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans. Together.”

Sabhukus Torment Villagers

Tinashe Sambiri|Kraal heads in Gutu District have banned yellow regalia in their respective areas.

This follows instructions from the District Administrator and Zanu PF officials to ban CCC regalia and activities.

“Nhasi tadaniwa kumusangano nemasabhuku vati Ivo vaiva nemisangano naMP ,DA nachief vachiudzwa kuti hakuna sabhuku anofinira kunge anemunhu asiri wemusangano we Zanu PF muraini make hakuna munhu anopfeka zvinhu zve yellow sabhuku achava nemabook vanhu vake rimwe achanyora Vaya vasingateveri musangano but Ivo vati Vaya vane misikanzwa,” a source said yesterday.

Zanu PF is also intimidating villagers in Chivi South:

“Champions paita nyaya inoda kuti timire chaizvo:*265# Yava kushandiswa zvisiri izvo.Kunonzi kwaNgundu munzvimbo yaChief Madzivire masabhuku akanzi tava ne technology itsva yokuona paunovhotera .Mose mune foni bayai *265# Vabaya vakatevera zvodiwa vakaona zita richibuda pafoni .*Munoonaka * Yaaa mazvionaka ndozvatichaita kana CCC totsvaka vose vakaivhotera nenhamba idzodzi.*265# tozo dhila newe .Let’s counter devil incarnate movement.”

Zanu PF Collapse Unavoidable

Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has declared that Zanu PF will no longer be existing in 10 years.

The tough-talking politician believes the former revolutionary party does not have what it takes to revive the economy.

“Please get this prophecy from me correctly and please mark it for reference if it turns out not to be.

Like its oppressive predecessor, the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith, ZANU PF will not be in existence in the coming 10 years.

Please mark this prophecy,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Naked Witch Brings City To A Standstill

A naked wizard reportedly fell onto a Magwegwe rooftop on Monday, prompting a stampede in a bid to witness the bizarre spectacle in Bulawayo.

Residents told Southern Eye that they woke up on Monday morning to perform their daily routines, only to see a naked man in the suburb who claimed to have fallen from a winnowing basket during a witchcraft mission.

Witnesses posted on social media pictures and videos of the man who said he was from Binga, but failed to explain how he found himself in Magwegwe.

“He was naked and his body was painted all over with a substance which looked like ashes,” a Magwegwe resident who identified herself as NakaBhowasi said.

“We were shocked to find the naked wizard near Greens Supermarket. The man told us that he was from Binga, adding that he fell on top of the house while on a witchcraft mission. He said he was travelling with friends.”

Another resident added: “The man told us that his friends left him, and he did not know how he got to Magwegwe.”

In February, a similar incident reportedly happened in Filabusi, after a suspected witch fell from a winnowing basket after she fought with her colleagues over the legs of a child they were preparing to eat during a witchcraft mission.

Despite numerous cases of witchcraft surfacing now and then, it has been difficult to report and prove them at the courts of law. –Newsday

Zanu PF Gone In 10 Years- Wiwa

Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has declared that Zanu PF will no longer be existing in 10 years.

The tough-talking politician believes the former revolutionary party does not have what it takes to revive the economy.

“Please get this prophecy from me correctly and please mark it for reference if it turns out not to be.

Like its oppressive predecessor, the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith, ZANU PF will not be in existence in the coming 10 years.

Please mark this prophecy,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Madzibaba Prophesies: Mnangagwa Winning 2023 Elections

Barely 9 months after uttering a false prediction of an Edgar Lungu Presidency, Masowe WeChishanu of Africa church leader Andby Makururu has claimed that he dreamt of President Emmerson Mnangagwa resoundingly winning next year’s presidential elections.

Last year August 2021, the preacher’s announced that the former Zambian President Edgar Lungu would win that nation’s 2021 elections.

Back home this time, Madzibaba Adby has announced saying Mnangagwa is winning the 2023 polls. He said: “The vision has told me that Mnangagwa will win next year’s elections. We are now praying that he wins the elections peacefully.”

Makururu was speaking during an event to mark the church’s annual international day of prayer themed Peaceful 2023 elections.

Also speaking at the function, Zanu PF political commissar Mike Bimha, said: “Churches have a big role to play in the elections. The problem is we have people who always bring in chaos going into the elections.”

As the congregants chanted Zanu PF slogans Bimha added: “We don’t want violence; we want churches to pray for peace during the elections. As Zanu PF we want to win the elections peacefully, and we want churches to pray for our youths so that they stop drug abuse.”

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Jacob the Supplanter

Sabbath School Summary

By Elder Dr Masimba Mavaza

Lesson 9
Memory Text: “And Esau said, ‘Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!’ And he said, ‘Have you not reserved a blessing for me?’ ” (Genesis 27:36, NKJV).

INTRODUCTION
We now pick up on the continued family history of Isaac, the miracle child and early ancestor of the promised Seed. The story doesn’t start out particularly well, however. The flawed character of his son Jacob will be manifested in the rivalry between the two brothers over the birthright (Gen. 25:27-34) and consequently over the right to obtain the blessing of Isaac (Genesis 27). Because Jacob deceives his father and steals the blessing from his older brother, he will have to flee for his life. In exile, God confronts him at Bethel (Gen. 28:10-22). From then on Jacob, the deceiver, will experience some deception himself. Instead of Rachel, whom Jacob loves (Genesis 29), Leah, the older daughter, will be given to Jacob, and he will have to work 14 years to earn his wives.
Yet, Jacob also will experience God’s blessing, for in exile he will have 11 of his sons, and God will increase his wealth

SABBATH: There was everything about Jacob that might have made God hate Jacob, but God’s mercy followed him throughout his. He was a deceiver. God allowed him to go on in his sins, reap its results, & show Him He’s all that he need. His flaws brought rivalry between him & Esau. He was exiled; had to spend 14 years to earn his wives. Amid Jacob’s sins, God fulfilled His promises (Gen. 27, 28:10-22, 29).

SUNDAY: Jacob & Esau, the twins of the miracle child, Isaac, present a sharp contrast in character & life. It was foretold that they’d struggle with each other. Esau was a tough hunter & Jacob was “mild”; “tam” in Hebrew, is used to depict Job as blameless & Noah as perfect (Gen. 25:21-34; 27:1-28:5, 6:9; Job 1:8). Esau sold his birthright for food & Jacob became herald of God’s promise to Abraham (PP, p. 177).

MONDAY: Jacob’s deception that won him Isaac’s blessings brought him pain. Exiled after Esau’s threat to slay him, Jacob in a dream met God at a place he named Bethel, “the house of God” (Gen. 27:36, 27:42, 43, 45, 28:5, 10-22, 11:1-9). He saw a ladder linked with God. Like the Tower of Babel, the ladder is to reach the “door of heaven.” It depicts access to God. Jacob gave tithe after receiving God’s gift.

TUESDAY: At Bethel, Jacob had a stone for a pillow. At his final stop, the first thing he sees is a stone—a symbol of God’s presence. It is this stone that will afford him the chance to talk with Rachel. At first sight, Jacob loved Rachel so much that his 7-year work to earn her was like a few days (Gen. 29:1-30). But he was deceived as he did to his father & brother (Exod. 21:24; Gen. 9:6, 27:35, 12, 29:25).

WEDNESDAY: The last 7 years of exile, which was a burden to Jacob were also the most fruitful years. He will father 11 of the 12 children who’ll become ancestors of God’s people (Gen. 25:19-35:26). God opened the wombs of his wives (Gen. 29:31, 30:22). For not being loved, God gifted Leah Reuben & Simeon. Rachel had to wait for a while before giving birth to Joseph (Gen. 29:18, 27, 30:23, 24, 25).

THURSDAY: Years passed on, and Jacob became milder. He knew his father-in-law cheated him but he let it go. At the end of his 14th-year service to Laban, the birth Joseph, he planned to return to the Promised Land. His concern was to provide for his own house (Gen. 30:26, 30). Jacob was kept away for long due to unplanned events. He waited for God’s signal to go home (Gen. 30:25-32, PP, p. 193).

FRIDAY: Grace alone made Jacob the beloved of God. Yet, Jacob worked hard to try to deserve the grace which is contrary to the gospel. Later, Jacob grew in the faith & realized that human works can’t earn salvation or blessings. His act to acquire the birthright by deception left him disappointed. He became a fugitive. But what did God do? He visited him in his state of helplessness. God is Love!

—Ellen G. White Comments, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 1095.

Keywords

PP- Patriarchs and Prophets

Bethel- It means “the house of God.”

Esau- As a grew, he loved self-gratification and centered all his interest on the present. He despised his birthright. He surmised that he could do what he liked without the duties that come with being the firstborn.

Jacob- Having learnt of the covenant promises, he was ever thinking of the future more than the present. He subtly gained his brother’s birthright & blessings. As a deceiver, he was also deceived. He later grew in faith.

Isaac & Rebekah- The parents of Jacob & Esau. They taught their sons the covenant promises given to Abraham. Isaac loved Esau the most, and Rebekah loved Jacob the most.

Jacob’s Ladder- It is actually God’s Ladder. The Ladder is God Himself (i.e., Jesus Christ). He spoke of this Ladder in John 1:51. The ladder emphasized that access to God can be achieved only through God’s coming to us, and not through human effort.

Jacob’s Pillow- The stone became a symbol of Bethel; the temple, the sanctuary, the center of God’s saving activity for humanity.

Reuben- His name contains the verb “ra’ah”, which means to “see.” Because God “saw” that Leah was unloved, He gifted her Reuben.

Simeon- Leah’s second son. The name contains the verb “shama (means “heard”). Thus, God heard the cries of Leah. The name resonates with that of Ishmael (means “God will hear”).

Tower of Babel- It stood for human efforts to go up and reach God.

Captions

SUNDAY- Jacob and Esau
MONDAY- Jacob’s Ladder
TUESDAY- The Deceiver Deceived
WEDNESDAY- The Blessing of the Family
THURSDAY- Jacob Leaves

Discussion Questions

? Look at the characters of these people (Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Esau, Laban, Rachel, Leah) in some of these accounts of sacred history. Look at all the lies and deception involved. What does this teach us about human nature in general and God’s grace?

? As you read the story of Jacob, what evidence can you find that over time his character was maturing and growing? [email protected]

Masvingo Youngsters Excel At Karate Tournament

Sports Writer| Young participants from Masvingo Province excelled at the Zim JKA Karate Tournament in Gweru last week.

The province was represented by three participants, Monica Redeem Victor (16) and Michael Munyaradzi Benno (16), Marksman Machacha from JKA Masvingo Province ( Rujeko Club).

Monica won two gold and two silver medals, Munyaradzi took one silver medal and one bronze medal while Marksman Machacha returned home with a silver medal.

Monica is a pupil at Masvingo Christian College, Munyaradzi is a learner at Ndarama High School and Marksman is at Rujeko Primary School.

In a statement, Rujeko JKA club described the three participants as brilliant and energetic:

See full statement below:

As Rujeko JKA Club, we are happy with the way Monica Redeem Victor, Michael Munyaradzi Benno and Marksman Machacha represented us at the 2022 edition of the JKA Karate Tournament.

The trio’s participation is a milestone for Masvingo Province. In karate circles Masvingo Province is producing talented athletes.

We wish to thank our instructors at Rujeko Club Casmore Adini and Elder Benjamin Mauswa for their splendid job.

The two, Mr Adini and Elder Mauswa are great coaches.We hope they will continue to produce shooting stars.

We also wish to thank Masvingo Province JKA chairperson, Sensei Monica Peters, Provincial Technical Director Sensei Patrick Gombwe, provincial secretary, Honest Makanyire and the supporting staff for working tirelessly to ensure the development of the wonderful karate discipline in the province.

We also acknowledge the fact that Sensei Peters took Monica through training sessions before the tournament.

On behalf of Masvingo Province JKA, we greatly appreciate the support, guidance and inspiration we are getting from Zimbabwe National Karate Federation president, Sensei Joe Rugwete. We shall always look up to him for advice and wisdom.

As Rujeko JKA Club, we also wish to thank Masvingo City Council, local parents and Berylin Academy for supporting our efforts.

The Berylin Academy staff members are highly supportive of the club.

We also wish to thank Cedric Chuchu and Tafara who accompanied the participants to to and from Gweru.

The sky is limitless

Rujeko JKA Club

Biti Wins Age Of Sexual Consent Battle

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has struck down provisions of the law that held that the age of sexual consent is 16.

According to Harare lawyer Tendai Biti, who argued the matter, the ConCourt held that the age of sexual consent is 18. Tendai Biti Law said:

The constitutional court has just handed down a judgment in a case argued by our principal [Tendai Biti] holding that the age of sexual consent is 18, not 16.

Provisions of the law that held that the age of consent is 16 have been struck down.- Pindula News

Robbers Pounce On Mtoko businessman, Steal US$2K

By- The police have announced that they were investigating a case in which armed robbers in Mtoko attacked a local businessman and stole US$2000.

Posting on Twitter Wednesday, ZRP said they were looking for the robbers.

Posted ZRP:

1/3 On 24/05/22, ZRP Mutoko recorded a robbery case where four unknown suspects, armed with two unidentified pistols, a machete, and an axe, attacked a local businessman and his family in Mutoko Medium Density. The suspects stole US$2 150 cash, three cellphones,

ZEC Announces Voter Registration Closing Dates

By- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ZEC has announced the closing dates for voters’ registration.

In a statement, ZEC said the voters’ roll shall be closed on the 30th of this May to pave the way for the delimitation exercise set to begin on 1 June.

ZEC Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba stating that the delimitation process shall continue into the culmination of the drafting of a preliminary report or until 31 December 2022, whichever occurs first.

Reads part of the notice in a government Gazette of 24 May 2022:

For the purpose of the boundary delimitation, the voters roll shall be deemed to be closed on 30 May 2022, voter registration shall, however, remain open for purposes of any by-elections that may become necessary and the 2023 general elections.
A voters roll inspection exercise shall be conducted on dates to be notified and thereafter the Commission shall issue a notice specifying the national and provincial voter population figures to be used for purposes of the boundary delimitation exercise.
The Commission shall, so far as is practicable, entertain representations from voters, political parties and Other interested persons and bodies at national, provincial and district level through the various committees that have been established at each level.
The commission shall establish a toll tree line to hear and receive representation from members of the public.

Police Forces CCC Members To Abandon Voter Registration programme.

By-CCC team conducting voter registration programme has been forced to abandon the process after the police have arrested the opposition’s team leader.

The CCC team leader Tawanda Mazanya was arrested after confronting the mobile ID & Births registration team why they prematurely left the registration centre without issuing any document as per the assignment

CCC posted”
The exercise was initially scheduled to run for 7 days but the team left the registration centre after spending only 2 days. Champion Muzanya was arrested by Chisumbanje Police for questioning the officials behavior on alleged criminal insult.

?2/ The exercise was initially scheduled to run for 7 days but the team left the registration centre after spending only 2 days. Champion Muzanya was arrested by Chisumbanje Police for questioning the officials behavior on alleged criminal insult. @CliffordHlatyw1 pic.twitter.com/CXeZIPdGH7
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) May 25, 2022

Davos Is The Chance For Zimbabwe To Grow Economically

By Dr Masimba Mavaza| Zimbabwe has taken the World Economic as a bridge to the international market.This a forum where the world is divide by the war in Ukraine. Africa countries should proactive and stop getting involved in the wars being fought but benefit from those wars.
Zimbabwe is to use this Forum to take its position in the global economy and rise with those rising.

Zimbabwe will tap in its diaspora to grow its economy. During this Forum the President will address Zimbabweans in diaspora and will encourage them to set up a team of Experts and investors who wants to venture into massive farming drive, engineering business and several fields. Zimbabwe should take a lead exporting food to countries fighting wars.

Currently Europe is already plunging in Economic depression and food prices are going mad and Africa should step in and make money.

Now that Europe is experiencing war in its front gate Africa must increase food production. We must change our priorities and encourage people to venture into farming and mining to meet the demand.
We must establish an African platform to assist and encourage African products.

Zimbabwe must grab this opportunity to become a giant. The country has a capacity to become a world giant in food production and mineral products market.
Zimbabwe must influence Africa to create the single African Union currency backed by gold and diamonds to trade with those fighting.

Zimbabwe must encourage its diaspora to study, the economies of the countries in Europe and see where we can make a reasonable trade pact.

This forum has given Zimbabwe a chance especially with it’s good climate and environment to become a great economy and the largest supplier of several products.
The president will encourage diaspora to engage in engineering and revamp our dams our rivers and our roads.

Zimbabwe stands to benefit more in this Forum. The World Bank estimates that by 2035, real income gains from full implementation of the agreement could be 7%, or nearly $450bn. By 2035, the volume of total exports would increase by almost 29% relative to business as usual. Intra-continental exports would increase by more than 81%, while exports to non-African countries would rise by 19%.The Bank predicts that the agreement could contribute to lifting an additional 30m people from extreme poverty and 68m people from moderate poverty.Yet the impact across countries will not be uniform. The World Bank says that at the very high end, countries like Côte d’Ivoire and Zimbabwe could see income gains of 14% each. At the low end, some – such as Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique – would see real income gains of only around 2%.

Zimbabwe need the AfCFTA for Trade integration across the African continent and escape the outdated border and transport infrastructure and a patchwork of differing regulations across dozens of markets.
Nations have often erected trade barriers to defend their markets from regional competition, making it more expensive for countries to trade with near neighbours than countries much further afield. The world being a global village no country can survive on its own. To this end Zimbabwe has taken the drive to be first in the global lines.

Negativism’s fuelled by the opposition will not stop Zimbabwean success in all this. Together with the AfCFTA Zimbabwe will succeed.

We must know that AfCFTA gives Africa a chance to speak with one voice in trade negotiations.

Europe has 13 types of trade arrangements with Africa, each of which it defends firmly, but some of our people lack the simple understanding that the country needs support of others.
“Europe needs to understand the direction Africa is going in with the setting up of the AfCFTA… We Africans must be more united to defend our own interests, and Zimbabwe must not be left out.

AfCFTA is an African project that will require African commitment to succeed. It must proceed regardless of what happens elsewhere. We can expect external actors to continue to pursue policies that run counter to Africa’s objectives as long as such policies benefit them. Even as we have made clear our intent to move trade along a multilateral track, Africa’s largest partners may seek to pursue a bilateral one.

As for the opposition spinning of the true benefit of this Forum and Zimbabwe’s involvement in Davos and Despite the rhetoric of Africa’s external partners, the continent’s prosperity has never been the true objective of their policies and we cannot expect that to change now.”
Zimbabwe is open for business.

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Zanu PF Defends, Praises Linda Masarira

By- Zanu PF has hero-worshipped gender activist-cum-politician Linda Masarira for “refusal to be intimidated”.

The praises of Masarira were hipped on her by the ruling party’s information director Tafadzwa Mugwadi.

This comes after Masarira had vigorously exchanged rants on social media with Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on Zanu PF’s position on sanctions and the current economic woes.

Masarira, also a member of the Zanu PF aligned opposition political parties grouping POLAD, defends the ruling party’s sanctions position.

Mugwadi, Wednesday, featured Linda on his Facebook page, saying she was resilient.

Posted Mugwadi:

On this Africa Day, I chose to celebrate the beauty of our African Queens, sisters & mothers & their natural skin. Hats off to a woman of virtue, who refuse to be intimidated by those using various chemicals to color their complexion.
Hello African Woman! Like her @lilomatic

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=402647641870892&set=a.313826667419657

CCC, Zanu PF Youths In Peaceful Soccer Tournament

By- Youths from the Nelson Chamisa led CCC today held a friendly soccer tournament to celebrate Africa Day.

CCC youth leader Cicilia Chimbiri posted o her social media platforms announcing that the match held in Harare and attended by several other political parties was peaceful.

Posted Chimbiri:

Today The CCC youths joined ZanuPF , MDC-T, Lead , Feez , NCA in the Africa Day Youth Sports for Peace organised by 4HZimbabwe. We are in the finals for soccer as CCC & Zanu-Pf battle it out for the final . It’s refreshing & peaceful.

Today The CCC youths joined ZanuPF , MDC-T, Lead , Feez , NCA in the Africa Day Youth Sports for Peace organised by 4HZimbabwe. We are in the finals for soccer as CCC & Zanu-Pf battle it out for the final . It’s refreshing & peaceful @Cde_Ostallos @hwendec @begottensun @Mathuthu pic.twitter.com/aZbOFrdEma
— Cecillia Mukundi Chimbiri (@ceechimbiri2) May 25, 2022

Mwonzora Beats Own Drum, Dances It

By- The leader of the MDC-T, Douglas Mwonzora, said that he started opposition politics well before any other leader of this country’s opposition history.

Mwonzora said this on Twitter when he posted a newspaper article penned in late 1980 when he was a part of the Edgar Tekere led ZUM.

Tweeted Mwonzora:

The struggle for multi-party democracy in Zimbabwe was a tricky and risky affair. I was privileged to have been in the senior leadership of the Zimbabwe Unity Movement at the age of 22. The attempts to establish a one party state in Zimbabwe were thwarted. https://t.co/n0HeoKDuE2
— Sen Douglas Mwonzora (@DMwonzora) May 20, 2022

Police Arrest Chamisa’s Chipinge Senior Member

By- Police in Chipinge have arrested the team leader of the Nelson Chamisa’s CCC party’s voter registration programme.

CCC on Twitter confirmed the arrest of Tawanda Muzanya.

CCC posted:

Munetsi Right Man For Warriors Captaincy

Former Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambwa believes Marshall Munetsi is the best candidate to takeover the national team’s captaincy following the retirement of Knowledge Musona from international football.

Musona, who captained Zimbabwe at three consecutive African Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals, announced his retirement from international football last week.

Speaking to NewsDay, Chidzambwa thinks Munetsi can perfectly fit in Musona’s big shoes.

“He (Musona) was a very good leader. It is sad he is no longer there, but there are others coming up. We have Marshall Munetsi, he is capable. He has played in the foreign league in France and South Africa,” Chidzambga said.

“He has matured into a better player and I think he can take over from Musona. What is important is to have someone who can handle the pressure and having played abroad, he possesses those qualities.”

Former Warriors midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha once expressed the same sentiments.

Nengomasha described the France-based midfielder as “composed and authoritative”.

He said: “Marshall Munetsi stands out among those players, I can see the future captain of the Warriors in that boy.

“He is composed and authoritative, he can play in many positions in the defence, central defence, the holding midfield role, among three defenders, he is a joy to watch.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe

Amazulu Eye Wadi

Zimbabwean striker Ishamael Wadi is a transfer target for DStv Premiership side AmaZulu, Soccer24 can exclusively-reveal.

The 29-year old former CAPS United striker is currently at Glad Africa Championship side JDR Stars, where he scored 9 nine goals in his debut campaign in the South African second tier.

A well-placed source at AmaZulu told this publication that Usuthu are interested in the Warriors striker and have approach JDR Stars for his services.

The deal between the two sides, according to the source, is ‘almost done’.

“Ishmael Wadi is on AmaZulu’s wishlist, he is wanted. JDR Stars have been approached and baring any unforseen circumstances, he will be a Usuthu player soon,” the source said.

Wadi represented Zimbabwe at the 2021 Afcon finals and scored against Malawi.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe

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Sikhala Predicts Zanu PF Demise

Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has declared that Zanu PF will no longer be existing in 10 years.

The tough-talking politician believes the former revolutionary party does not have what it takes to revive the economy.

“Please get this prophecy from me correctly and please mark it for reference if it turns out not to be.

Like its oppressive predecessor, the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith, ZANU PF will not be in existence in the coming 10 years.

Please mark this prophecy,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Zanu PF Doomed

Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change deputy chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has declared that Zanu PF will no longer be existing in 10 years.

The tough-talking politician believes the former revolutionary party does not have what it takes to revive the economy.

“Please get this prophecy from me correctly and please mark it for reference if it turns out not to be.

Like its oppressive predecessor, the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith, ZANU PF will not be in existence in the coming 10 years.

Please mark this prophecy,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

President Chamisa Hails Legends Of Liberation Struggle

Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has paid tribute to veterans of the liberation struggle in Africa.

President Chamisa challenged Africans to maintain the legacy of departed nationalists.

“The legacy of Our founding fathers and the liberation generation in Africa is at risk without the effort of Africa’s young and new generation of leaders.

Africa will be saved by two things; leadership and entrepreneurship.

Happy Africa day great continent! Mayibuye iAfrica,” President Chamisa said in a statement.

On the crisis in the country, President Chamisa said:

“Missed opportunities and neglected advantages is the cost of bad leadership. We must fix it! A New Great Zimbabwe is loading.”

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba also said:

“Blessed Tuesday!!
Our task is to build a modern political party whose objective is to attain political power, govern differently and transform the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans. Together.”

The Status of the Ndebele Genocide/Crimes Against Humanity In The Republic Of Zimbabwe

Between the period 1983 to 1987, the Zanu PF government of The Republic of Zimbabwe unleashed the 5th Brigade Regiment upon the Ndebele Nation of central and Southern Zimbabwe.

These events set into motion a chain of events ;–

• 40,000 Unarmed Ndebele people killed, men, women, children, the unborn.

• 100,000 Ndebele Women and girls raped • 330 000 Ndebele people injured and maimed

• 1,000,000 Ndebele people displaced A Nation visited by the most heinous of all crimes known unto mankind.

All Nations on earth have identified, that such crimes are the worst crimes known to mankind. And for that reason, there are ways of handling and addressing such crimes.

The international arena has already classified this as a Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

The Zanu PF government has chosen to class this as “ moment of madness “.

On other occasions the Zanu PF government has chosen to class this as “ disturbances “ On other occasions the Zanu PF government has chosen to class this as “An issue “.

Indeed the Zanu PF government finds itself in difficulty over the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity. That is why it has failed to properly address the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

It has been preoccupied at very, very great length and cost, in trying to go around the crime and circumvent the actual crime itself.

It has been looking for a way of how to legalise murder. It has been looking for a way of how to, legalise a genocide / Crimes Against Humanity. A futile and impossible endeavour, if there ever was one.

In 1987 it was the “ Unity Accord “, that silenced the guns of genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.

Just one piece of A4 paper , with the signatures of R G Mugabe and J. Nkomo supporting this one page. This one page signified that Zanu and ZAPU, would become one political party under the name Zanu Patriotic Front. ZAPU was assured positions always in the government.

The “ Unity Accord “ was broken by Zanu. Zanu kept the name Zanu PF and removed ZAPU from positions within the government of the day.

The current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has refused to give ZAPU the Vic President position. An act that speaks volumes, that indeed “ The Unity Accord “ is dead.

That being the case, it therefore means that the Zanu PF government , does not recognise the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

This means that all that is said , by the Zanu PF government of 2022, with respect to the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity, is just “ a smoke Screen “. The Zanu PF government, is not serious about the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

What gives this analysis even more credibility, is the fact that the Zanu PF government is the perpetrator of the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

How then does one expect a perpetrator, to arrest one’s self , detain one’s self , trial one’s self, convict one’s self and ultimately imprison one’s self. That is not possible.

The way to deal with the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity is fairly straight forward, since genocides and Crimes Against Humanity, from across the world have been , dully prosecuted and resolved many times ;-

1. Investigate and gather the evidence. Zanu PF government has not done this in 40 years. However what the Zanu PF government is now seeking to do is to “ destroy “ evidence by allowing and indeed forcing, the exhumations of victims of the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity. These grave sites are “ Crime Scenes “.

They require pathologists and teams of qualified investigators, to carefully record everything that is found at that locality, so that ultimately a proper cause and time of death can be scientifically established. People should record anyone seen engaging, in this reckless destruction of evidence.

For a crime is being committed right there. Tampering and destroying evidence, in a crime scene is a crime. Prosecutions will follow in due course, for all who may be involved in these exhumations. Be it a herd boy in the bush or a government Minister. Prosecutions will follow.

2. Having obtained the evidence and facts, individuals are arrested / charged

3. The individuals are then prosecuted in court

4. If the individuals are found guilty they are sentenced and imprisoned.

5. AFTER this judicial process THEN we have the PEACE building and RECONCILIATION. For the courts have established the individuals that were guilty of Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

6. Restitution then also follows as part of this process All the efforts of the government seek to leave out the whole “ Judicial process “. Which means that all of their efforts are null and void in this regard.

WITHOUT THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, THE CRIMINAL GETS AWAY WITH COMMITTING THE CRIME Of course the government might continue with its exhumations. It may give a number of individuals USD 5,000 here and there. Then it may proclaim that the Ndebele Genocide matter has been resolved.

That could not be further from the truth. The government would really not have started on this matter. Not one bit.

For the very first proper government that comes into office, will prosecute the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity. People will be arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated. Proper Peace building will occur.

Proper reconciliation would occur . Proper restitution will occur. With respect to the recent comments made by The Speaker of The House , Mudenda .

This statement is a very profound statement to have been made at this juncture and in the manner that it was made. It is The Zanu PF Government for the first time, publicly, admitting that they will lose the elections in 2023.

For the Zanu PF government to combine the 2023 elections and the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity, means that Zanu PF knows that this time around they are out of power.

Hence the need to prepare an exit road, that does not have thorns on it. The Ndebele Genocide is a very big thorn, that will stop many prominent individuals in Zanu PF.

Leading to their arrest, trial and incarceration for their natural lives. It is therefore logical for them to prepare a suitable exit route, without the issue of the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity hanging over their heads.

Hence The Speakers words of haste, trying to hurry the process on wards. Whilst the threat of imprisonment is very serious on its own.

There is is an even more serious matter hidden by The Speakers words. Words that touch Zanu PF itself as a political organisation.

Once the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity Judicial process begins and guilty verdicts given for the Crimes of Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity, Zanu PF as a political party will become a Banned Organisation.

For Zanu PF as a political Organisation, would have been implicated throughout all of the proceedings of the trials. For this Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity did not spontaneously occur.

There were no sightings of civilians chasing each other on the streets of the country. Neighbour against neighbour . This was organised and structured.

Evidence is there that Zanu PF effected this Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity on its own, using “ the instruments, ways and means “ of the government to effect these crimes.

Thus incriminating itself with the responsibility of this crime . To make matters worse for Zanu PF, the events after the Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity, further incriminate Zanu PF to these crimes.

For 40 years Zanu PF has frustrated the judicial process, of dealing with this Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

We have now arrived at the juncture, that Zanu PF is now advocating for the destruction of evidence of the crime of Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity, by the illegal exhumation of bodies.

As a result of the Judicial Process of addressing the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity, it is certain that Zanu PF, as a political organisation, or any other formation it may become, will be banned in The Republic of Zimbabwe.

Hence the importance of the 2023 Zimbabwe Elections and why they have been linked to the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

We are most concerned that members of the governmemnt from these affected provinces, are still “ willing “ to be used on a tribal basis, to speak terrible things about this open wound, that is the Ndebele Genocide / Crimes Against Humanity.

Why did the Minister with portfolio responsibility enounciate this matter.

Why the deliberate selection of a Ndebele member of parliament to speak and deliver this message to the Ndebele Nation.

Never before in the history of this country has so much hung upon an election. The need to REGISTER and VOTE has never been greater.

Zanu PF Torments Villagers

Tinashe Sambiri|Kraal heads in Gutu District have banned yellow regalia in their respective areas.

This follows instructions from the District Administrator and Zanu PF officials to ban CCC regalia and activities.

Zanu PF is also intimidating villagers in Chivi South:

2023 Time To Fix Bad Leadership In Country- President Chamisa

Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has paid tribute to veterans of the liberation struggle in Africa.

President Chamisa challenged Africans to maintain the legacy of departed nationalists.

“The legacy of Our founding fathers and the liberation generation in Africa is at risk without the effort of Africa’s young and new generation of leaders.

Africa will be saved by two things; leadership and entrepreneurship.

Happy Africa day great continent! Mayibuye iAfrica,” President Chamisa said in a statement.

On the crisis in the country, President Chamisa said:

“Missed opportunities and neglected advantages is the cost of bad leadership. We must fix it! A New Great Zimbabwe is loading.”

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba also said:

“Blessed Tuesday!!
Our task is to build a modern political party whose objective is to attain political power, govern differently and transform the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans. Together.”

High Court Shames Police Over Covid-19 Vaccination Ban

By A Correspondent- The Bulawayo High Court has ruled that it is illegal for the police to stop COVID-19 unvaccinated people from accessing services at public building.

Bulawayo lawyer Job Sibanda had challenged police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga’s directive barring COVID-19 unvaccinated citizens from accessing police facilities.

Sibanda had taken Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to court after police officers blocked him from entering CID headquarters in Harare because he had no COVID-19 vaccination card.

“The commissioner of police consented to the order I was seeking. This means the barring of people from accessing CID offices was and continues to be illegal,” Sibanda told NewsDay yesterday.

Sibanda filed his application at the Bulawayo High Court in February citing Matanga and Kazembe as first and second respondents, respectively.

In his founding affidavit, Sibanda said the court should declare null and void the directive against unvaccinated citizens.

“As far as I am concerned, there is no law in Zimbabwe that permits a government official to bar members of the public from gaining access to any building in order to get services…” Sibanda submitted.

“Vaccination is voluntary and I am entitled to refuse to be vaccinated, an option I have freely chosen for better or worse. It is unlawful to discriminate against me and bar me from entering a public building on the basis that I am not vaccinated against COVID-19.”

Zanu PF Eyes Byo Seats Comeback

By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF’s Bulawayo Greens district political commissar Elias Mweneziko said the party was set to regain all the seats it lost to the opposition in 2018.

Bulawayo has been an opposition stronghold since the turn of the century in 2000 and during the 2018 general elections, the ruling party only managed to win one ward (ward 28) after the opposition blundered by fielding double candidates.

Raji Modi is the only ruling party Member of Parliament (Bulawayo South), while Kidwell Mujuru is the only Zanu-PF councillor for ward 28.

Mweneziko told Southern Eye that as the country prepares for the 2023 plebiscite, the ruling party had set up strong structures and hoped to ride on the possibility of the revival of Bulawayo’s defunct companies that would create more than 1 500 jobs.

‘’Bulawayo has never been a stronghold for Zanu-PF, and we know that it is dominated by the opposition. However, this will change in next year’s elections as we aim to garner five million votes. We will be putting in place structures and projects that are going to help to turn things upside down,” Mweneziko said.

He said the ruling party was targeting to resuscitate the National Railways of Zimbabwe, Cold Storage Company and others to create 1 500 jobs for Bulawayo residents.

“We are also incentivising small businesses by delivering chickens, and are mobilising voters through door-to-door campaigns,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Zanu-PF-aligned Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is preparing for a congress amid reports that members are already jostling for positions.

This follows the vetting of 160 000 non-combatant war veterans.

Bulawayo ZNLWVA chairperson Cephas Ncube told Southern Eye that the war veterans held their executive council meeting at their offices on Saturday, and resolved to hold an elective national congress soon.-newsday

July Moyo’s Pomona Garbage Deal Condemned By Harare Residents.

A US$344 million waste-to-energy contract awarded to a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family was “shamefully imposed” on Harare, the Harare Residents Association and Transparency International Zimbabwe said on Tuesday.

The contract, rushed through after Harare mayor Jacob Mafume was suspended by local government minister July Moyo and several opposition councillors recalled, has been challenged in court.The 30-year contract for the Pomona waste dumpsite was awarded to Geogenix BV, a company registered in the Netherlands, without public consultations or public tendering.

The High Court has been told that “the contract was designed to fail” as it imposes obligations on the City of Harare to deliver set quantities of waste, and if it fails the contract can be cancelled and the city forced to pay US$3.5 million for breach.

Under the banner of the Harare Metropolitan Residents Forum, the Harare Residents Association and TIZ argued that the memorandum of agreement between City of Harare and Geogenix BV reeked of bad faith and was intended to benefit politically-connected elites.

Geogenix BV is fronted by Delish Nguwaya, a business partner of President Mnangagwa’s twin sons Collins and Sean. Reports say Sean and Nguwaya travelled to Albania to negotiate the contract with Geogenix BV’s beneficial owner, Mirel Mërtiri, who faces corruption allegations in his own country involving an incinerator contract.

The scandal has been dubbed “Wastegate” by the media.

“We, the representatives of the Residents Associations and Civil Society Organisations advocating for good local governance, transparency, accountability, climate and debt justice condemn and reject the imposed shameful Pomona waste to energy project on the residents and ratepayers of Harare, and the metropolitan at large,” the residents and TIZ said in a statement.

“In our view, the contents of the Memorandum of Agreement signed between the City of Harare and Geogenix for the US$344 million Pomona Waste to Energy Project is a pure scandal, and a burden to the city meant to serve the best interests of the politically connected elites at the expense of the residents of Harare.

“We reiterate that this scandal is a well-crafted and cunning plan designed to siphon resources and strip assets from the already cash-strapped and financially distressed local authority.”

The forum’s spokesperson Marvelous Kumalo said “while we welcome innovation aimed at solving our waste management challenges, this must follow due processes and be premised on tenets of good governance which are citizen participation, transparency, and accountability.”

Harare, which previously dumped its waste for free, must now pay Geogenix BV to receive it after the city signed over its Pomona dumpsite to the company.The city will pay Geogenix BV US$40 per tonne delivered.

The stipulated daily delivery is at least 550 tonnes or a minimum 200,750 tonnes per year – translating to US$8.03 million for Geogenix BV in the first year.

The agreement says should Harare fail to meet the minimum quantities, the city will still be invoiced as though it made the deliveries to meet the minimum annual guaranteed waste quantity.

Harare North MP Allan Norman Markham is leading a legal effort to have the contract cancelled.

Chinotimba Having Sleepless Nights Over Ouster

By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba is having sleepless nights over a plot by the party’s youths to unseat him.

Chinotimba is not the only one being challenged.

Chinotimba’s neighbours, William Mutomba (Buhera North) and Saul Nzuma (Buhera West) will also face strong challenge in the Zanu-PF 2023 primary elections.

Buhera has seen the emergence of a young crop of politicians across all the three constituencies targeting parliamentary seats held by the party’s old guard.

“This has unsettled the old guard, hence the emotional attacks,” said a provincial member who refused to be named.

Chinotimba was the first to be hauled over the coals by the party’s youth following a video of him accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of sponsoring a young candidate Ngonidzashe Mudekunye to take over his constituency.

On Monday, Chinotimba reportedly lost his temper at the ruling party’s Manicaland provincial co-ordination committee meeting in Mutare and took aim at some ruling party bigwigs, accusing them of plotting his ouster.

Chinotimba has been linked to the G40 cabal after former Information minister Jonathan Moyo took to Twitter, saying Mnangagwa wanted to impose Mudekunye in Buhera South.

In 2018, there was a push for Chinotimba’s removal by G40 members now in self-imposed exile.

“Chinotimba was fuming at the Manicaland PCC meeting in Mutare, saying he was aware of party bigwigs who were plotting against him,” one source claimed.

“He told the gathering that people should channel resources to Dangamvura/Chikanga constituency where Esau Mpufumi lost in the (March 26) by-elections and Makoni Central where Patrick Chinamasa lost in the 2018 elections,” the source added.

Meanwhile, Mutomba is reportedly facing a challenge from Phillip Guyo who transferred to Manicaland province from Harare.

Guyo lost to the opposition in Chitungwiza in the 2018 elections before transferring to Manicaland.

Mutomba, who is being accused of being an absentee MP, has been Buhera North legislator for more than a decade.

In Buhera West, incumbent legislator Nzuma is also having sleepless nights over Maxwell Chikwangwani who is eyeing the seat.

“This is where the confusion is coming from. The likes of Chinotimba never thought they would be challenged hence the panic. It is a pity that in his utterances, mentioning President Mnangagwa, he is doing nothing good, but fuelling factionalism,” another provincial member said.

In a letter dated May 16, addressed to the newly-appointed deputy secretary for youth affairs John Paradza, a Zanu-PF youth-affiliated group Zimbabwe Revolutionary and Patriotic Youth Network said Chinotimba should be summoned and clarify his rants.

Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday rubbished claims of factionalism, while defending Chinotimba saying he was a hard worker.

“Comrade Chinotimba is a hard worker and has a sound or solid relationship with the President. We are not worried about people who are against him,” he said.-newsday

Prioritize Children From Rural Areas, ARTUZ Africa Day Statement

The 25th of May across Africa is celebrated and commemorated for not only it’s historical significance through the decolonization of Africa but also for it’s present relevance to our contemporary world and also for the commendable visions that the African Continent holds for it’s future.

Fifty nine years ago, like-minded Africans with one vision, one goal and one purpose came together to organize the emancipation of Africa from colonial bondage and the sovereignty that Africa has today from foreign rule is a result of those sacrifices.The theme brought forward for this year is critical in the development of a child to a purely productive individual to society and that through strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security on the African continent, even with the current efforts of the AU as a bloc a lot of children remain malnourished. A number of factors keep on adding to malnourishment despite the verbal promises and half-hearted attempts to end malnutrition, factors such as unending conflict and natural disasters.

Furthermore, the Covid19 pandemic was also a major destabilizing factor in efforts done so far, by July 2020 almost one third of Africa was facing starvation and the major victims being children.In our Zimbabwean context it is going to be a herculean task to strengthen resilience owing to the prevailing environment that has been perpetuated by a soulless regime that is self-serving and not concerned by the welfare of its citizens. The environment in schools especially in rural and marginalized areas is extremely terrible, more than three quarters of learners in these communities come from poor families without the means to live in a healthy manner, these learners have it tough, they walk for long distances to school on an empty stomach, spend the whole day and go back home in their state. The government does not even bother to provide supplementary meals to these learners and when interested parties want to assist they are stopped on allegations of trying to effect regime change.

In the same vein food aid distribution in rural areas is heavily politicized with the ruling Zanu pf party refusing aid to the most vulnerable people accusing them of supporting the opposition, food meant for aid is also looted on a massive scale and later resold. This goes against the very revolutionary ethos that the African Union stands for and the concept of Ubuntu. ARTUZ also calls for the increase in salaries for workers as low salaries are also a major contributing factor of malnutrition in society as people are left desperate after being paid peanuts and are unable to maintain a healthy living.

ARTUZ calls for the immediate prioritization of children especially those in rural and marginalized areas to be assisted by the government in supplementing their diet and come up with policies that supports and aids the strengthening of resilience on nutrition and food security in the country and this is done by ceasing to politicize food aid and also improve the standards of living of the ordinary citizen through salary increments, as we celebrate this Africa Day it is fundamental to note that in our case only a few elites are free as they only have access to better standards and quality of living whilst the rest are suffering in silence, being African should be associated with Pride but there is no pride in hunger, starvation, poverty and avoidable death, FREE US NOW or WE WILL FREE OURSELVES FOR AFRICA.

Mwonzora Chickens Out Of Future By-elections

By A Correspondent- The opposition MDC Alliance, led by Douglas Mwonzora, has resolved not to contest any by-elections following humiliating defeats in recent by-elections, NewsDay has learnt.

The party said it would only contest the 2023 general elections and has not fielded a candidate for the Masvingo West ward 21 by-election set for June 25.

The seat fell vacant following the death of Zanu-PF councillor Tinago Mupinga on March 24.

MDC-A chairperson Morgan Komichi was yesterday evasive, and could not give the reason the party failed to field a candidate.

Komichi referred questions to the party’s secretary for elections Gandhi Mudzingwa whose number was not reachable.

During the March 26 and May 6 by-elections, Mwonzora’s party failed to get any council or parliamentary seat out of the contested 133. This was despite the MDC-A having caused the vacancies after it recalled more than 40 MPs and more than 80 councillors affiliated to Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party.

The three candidates nominated for the June 25 by-elections are Zanu-PF’s Chenjerai Mumbire, CCC’s Onias Mawarire and Sister Nhando, an independent candidate.

In a statement yesterday Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana confirmed the by-election.

“It is hereby notified in terms of section 125(4) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) that at the close of the sitting of the nomination court on Monday May 9, 2022, the candidates listed in the schedule were duly nominated for election as councillor in ward 21 of Masvingo RDC (rural district council). Accordingly, polling shall take place on Saturday June 25, 2022,” Silaigwana said.

Political analysts told NewsDay that Mwonzora’s party was avoiding further embarrassment.

Political analyst Rejoice Ngwenya said: “If they are going by empirical evidence of past performance, their instinct is that they are not fielding until they get their numbers correct. But that is the wrong strategy because if you don’t contest then you are exposing your weaknesses.”

Another political analyst Effie Ncube said: “They are obviously saving themselves from the obvious embarrassment that is going to come should they field a candidate. Their party is no match to the CCC, and people have moved to Chamisa. There is no question about that. The MDC Alliance has lost the show.”-newsday

Zanu PF MPs Share Growing Disdain

By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF MPs have allegedly been sharing their growing disdain for the party with colleagues in opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), organising secretary Amos Chibaya has claimed.

Speaking at the CCC’s thank you rally in Gweru, following resounding by-election wins on March 26, Chibaya said ruling party legislators were part of the many who no longer wanted the ruling party to remain in power.

His claims follow a deteriorating economic climate that has not spared officials at the Zanu-PF headquarters.

“Zanu-PF MPs have been telling us that they are tired of their own party, they no longer want it. No one wants Zanu-PF anymore and this like I am telling you includes their own MPs, everyone is now fed up with Zanu-PF,” said Chibaya.

“Even members of the security sector are tired of Zanu-PF. They want the party out.”

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under immense pressure to unite a party whose structures are questioning his capacity to contest against CCC leader Nelson Chamisa at the 2023 polls.

Such sentiments have been aired by members in rural areas, most of which have for long been Zanu-PF strongholds.

“Our biggest vote is going to come from the rural areas. Those people are tired of Zanu-PF,” declared Chibaya.

Mnangagwa’s situation has been worsened by a failure to deal with rampaging inflation, low wages, indecision on non-performing Cabinet ministers and what those at the party’s headquarters feel is a deliberate attempt to shut them out of governance.

Civil servants, who constitute a greater fraction of Zimbabwe’s employed population have been forced to make do with the local currency too despite their wages losing value on a daily basis.

Crisis Coalition Fires Salvo At State Media

Crisis Coalition not concerned by now-habitual state media propaganda

As of late, the state-controlled media has been publishing a predictable pattern of defamatory, propaganda articles that allege that civil society organizations (CSOs) under the banner of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition are seeking to destabilise and topple the government. Their running theme has been that we want to effect regime change in the country.

The latest of these unfounded allegations appeared in The Sunday Mail of 22 May 2022 under a malicious title: “NGOs plot to unsettle Zim exposed.” The proposal documents and account numbers of the Coalition published in The Sunday Mail, purporting to be a scoop, are in fact documents that the Coalition submitted to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority in compliance with the tax laws of the land.

We have taken note though not surprised that the regime can stoop so low as to use private information submitted in confidence to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to score cheap propaganda points. So much about ‘open for business.’ This is shameful.

The malicious allegations contained in the state’s propaganda pieces are but a desperate attempt to find a scapegoat for the ZANU PF government’s inability to run the country and its economy.

The incumbent ZANU PF government is evidently in a panic mode as evidence of failure has increasingly become too apparent. These are clearly desperate attempts to scare and intimidate those calling out its failures. They now seem more determined to close any remaining democratic space.

For the record, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is an umbrella body drawing membership from across the Church, Labour, Women, Youths, Students, Farmers, War Veterans, the Informal Sector, Formal Business and Social Movements working broadly to see a democratic and economically developed Zimbabwe.

Again, for the record, we remain non-partisan but very political. The issues we collectively engage span the political, economic and social spheres – and the constitution of the republic provides for our varied mandates, hence our existence.

We are not and have never been agents of terror. In fact, much of what we see, experience and fight against in Zimbabwe, is the state-sponsored terror that dates back to the 1980s, when an estimated 20 000 civilians lost their lives; many others suffered rape, abductions, displacement, and torture under the ZANU PF government.

This pattern of rape, abductions, unwarranted arrests, detention and public malignment by ZANU PF propagandists has grown to be a familiar affair by a desperate regime. All those that challenge the excesses of the ruling ZANU PF party, including those within ZANU PF itself, suffer the same consequences.

We want to set the record straight and affirm that all our activities as a Coalition, those of our members and other civil society actors are legitimate and legal; the ZANU PF government often send their state security agents, especially from the Police Internal Security Intelligence, informers and serving agents of the Central Intelligence Organisation to attend civil society activities, and we always accommodate them. This is because we have nothing to hide.

It is evident that a small clique in the ZANU PF government wants to turn this country into a One Party State, in their mistaken belief of turning Zimbabwe into a mini communist Kingdom without elections.

This small clique, which is averse to history, has slowly derailed the country from the post-independence dream of a Zimbabwe which affords all its citizens a decent life, of equal opportunity and access to basic goods and services. This quest by the small clique in ZANU PF flies in the face of the popular values for which we fought during the protracted liberation war.

Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo’s statement remains true, 42 years after independence, that “… the people of Zimbabwe live in fear, not of enemies, but their own government.”

We have taken note of these shameful efforts by the state-controlled media to fuel the persecution of human rights defenders through malicious and false allegations. This is clearly meant to scare human rights defenders from holding the small kleptocratic clique in ZANU PF to account. We will however not be deterred.

Our interests are legitimate as well as constitutional. Section 7 of the national constitution empowers and mandates us to educate Zimbabweans on their rights.

• To fight for workers’ rights is not regime change.
• To fight against corruption and state stripping is not regime change.
• To fight for women, youth, children, PWDs is not regime change
• To fight for decent and affordable education or health is not regime change.
• To fight for clean and portable water is not regime change.
• To fight for decent and safe transport system is not regime change.
• To fight for inclusive and consistent economic policy is not regime change.
• To fight for a non-partisan police force that ensures the human security of all citizens, regardless of their political party affiliation is not regime change.
• To fight against the mutilation of our constitution through unwarranted amendments by a self-serving clique wanting to retain political power for the sake of it, is not regime change.

Above all, to fight for the upholding of the constitution is not regime change.

To set the record straight, citizens have a right to participate in political processes as enshrined under Section 67 of the constitution. If anything, Section 67 of the constitution of the republic actually allows the citizens to change any regime or government in this country. According to this section, and as read with others, changing a regime or the government in this country is not illegal and is not a crime. That is the whole essence of going to elections.

The constitution of Zimbabwe therefore provides for regime change by allowing citizens to vote and choose a government of their choice. The small clique in ZANU PF must know this and know that the citizens are aware of this right and will therefore not hesitate to exercise it.

Again, citizens have a right to hold the government to account through peaceful protests as enshrined under Section 59 of the Zimbabwean constitution.

So the small clique in ZANU PF and their propagandists must know that these routine threats through malicious and false reporting will only strengthen our resolve, rather than cow us into submission. We have done no wrong and we will continue to pursue our work in defense of the constitutional rights we all ought to enjoy.

Defending these fundamental rights and freedoms is our small contribution towards keeping alive the value and virtues of the liberation struggle and our hard won independence.

In this regard, we remain FIRM and UNSHAKEN in our resolve to fight for a democratic, corruption free, economically developed Zimbabwe, where progress is inclusive and benefits all citizens.

We encourage President Mnangagwa and his government to abide by the tenets and spirit of our national constitution. The rule of law and constitutionalism must the common denominator in terms of how our country is governed. Zimbabwe is for all irrespective of political party, ethnicity, gender or race.

O. Masaraure
Spokesperson

AFRICA DAY: The Continent Is Haemorrhaging

By Elvis Mugari| Africa today has become a theatre of horror and a personification of misery, destitution and anguish. The post independence era in Africa has borne witness to political brutality spearheaded by the one party state system; economic malaise exacerbated by populist policies, bigotry and mismanagement and the general escalating cost of living exasperated by pandemics,chronic diseases, dire poverty, wars and tribal conflicts.

Today, the 25th of May 2022, Africa is supposed to celebrate the birth of the continental motherboard African Union sadly there is literally nothing to be euphoric about as most countries in the bloc have degenerated into a sinkhole of deprivation. The continent is hemorrhaging.

Without beating about the bush, I would like to register my discontent with Zimbabwe, the country in which my umbilical cord is buried. Zimbabwe is under Millitary rule since 2017.Taking stock of what has become of our former Crown Jewel of Africa is a nauseating and disgusting experience.The country has slowly metamorphosed into Dambudzo Marechera’s House of Hunger or Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness. Desperation is rife and the leadership is numb and indolent to the situation.

I wouldn’t want to remind people of our perverse state of affairs but reality is that we are suffering because of the transgressions of our ‘fathers’. What is more pernicious is the striking fact that those responsible do not take heed of the voices of discern as they would want to continue profiteering and further plundering the economy beyond redemption. We are in a man-made quagmire fellow Africans.

As if that is not enough, Zimbabwe is a good standing member of the motherboard AU and the regional bloc SADC yet we have become the epicenter of all forms of deteriorations.

What is mind boggling is the fact that we’re endowed with everything that even the most developed countries do not have yet we are confronted by under development even if we have fully abrogated colonialism. Our (mis)leaders continue to use Dependency Theory as a smokescreen to cover up their infirmities and failures.
Development and an end to the shameful harrowing misery in Africa is a product of collective human efforts by Africans. Zimbabwe in particular needs a united people who are conscious of their plight. We need to be awaken to the reality that our pillagers are right within our country and right there in the stirrups of power.
May the good Lord help us to restore our pride .

Rise Africa Rise for the second and real independence.

Mwonzora Reveals Opposition Political History

By- MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora has said that he was the most senior and experienced opposition politician.

Mwonzora said this on Twitter when he posted a newspaper article penned in late 1980 when he was a part of the Edgar Tekere led ZUM.

Tweeted Mwonzora:

The struggle for multi-party democracy in Zimbabwe was a tricky and risky affair. I was privileged to have been in the senior leadership of the Zimbabwe Unity Movement at the age of 22. The attempts to establish a one party state in Zimbabwe were thwarted. https://t.co/n0HeoKDuE2
— Sen Douglas Mwonzora (@DMwonzora) May 20, 2022

Police Name Zupco Horror Crash Victims

By-The Police have released the names of four people who died when two Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses collided head-on in Mashonaland West Province on Monday morning.

In a statement, ZRP national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the four deceased persons were positively identified by the next of kin. Read the statement below:

UPDATE ON FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT 104KM PEG ALONG HARARE-CHIRUNDU ROAD

The Zimbabwe Republic Police announces the names of the victims who died in a road traffic accident which occurred on 23rd May 2022 at around 0800 hours at the 104 km peg along Harare-Chirundu Road, when two Golden Dragon ZUPCO buses were involved in a head-on collision.

Four victims were positively identified by their next of kin as listed:

Cuthbert Chinyanga, a male adult aged 41 of Kuwadzana 6 Harare,
Chengetai Matyenyika, a male adult of Unit N, Seke, Chitungwiza,
Sifelani Harati, a male adult aged 24 of Chikonohono Chinhoyi and
Diana Marowa, a female adult aged 43 of Cherima, Chikonohono Chinhoyi.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges motorists to be patient on the road and avoid overtaking when it is not safe to do so.

May 25, 2022May 24, 2022

Chamisa Aide Honours Murdered CCC Supporter

By-Settlement Chikwinya, the MP for Mbizo constituency, has dedicated his victory in the March 26 by-elections to Mboneni Ncube, a party supporter who was stabbed to death by Zanu PF members.

Violent Zanu PF youths descended on a CCC rally at Mbizo Shipping Centre, Mbizo, Kwekwe, a few weeks before the March 26 by-elections.

Ncube was among several CCC supporters who were stabbed during the attack as he fled from the marauding thugs.

The assailants were arrested but released under unclear circumstances by the police. Said Chikwinya:

Mbizo is the only constituency in the country where we gained victory through bloodshed because we lost one of our supporters, Mboneni Ncube, during the campaigns.

Zanu PF thinks by intimidating and killing people, people will be discouraged, but that’s not the case.

People are prepared for change and they are prepared for that change even if it means death by voting for the CCC.

More: NewZimbabwe.com

May 25, 2022May 24, 2022

Biti Wins Land-Mark ConCourt Case

By- Human rights lawyer and CCC Vice president Tendai Biti has won a high profile Constitutional Court case.

In the case the ConCourt agreed with Biti and held that the age of sexual consent is 18.

Posted Tendai Biti Law firm:

The constitutional court has just handed down a judgment in a case argued by our principal

@BitiTendai

holding that the age of sexual consent is 18 not 16.Provisions of the law that held that the age of consent is 16 have been struck down. More details to follow.

BREAKING NEWS: The constitutional court has just handed down a judgment in a case argued by our principal @BitiTendai holding that the age of sexual consent is 18 not 16.Provisions of the law that held that the age of consent is 16 have been struck down. More details to follow..
— Tendai Biti Law (@BitiLawChambers) May 24, 2022