By A Correspondent- A local transporter left his son at the scene of an accident as collateral security as he went to find money to compensate for the damage he had caused.

Evidence Hamamiti rammed into a house in Ushewokunze just after midnight after his vehicle was hit from behind by another speeding motorist who appeared to be drunk.

Speaking to H-Metro, Hamamiti said he was glad to be alive as the impact of the crash had forced him off the road. He said:

I saw a car which wanted to overtake me. It was a twin cab, a government vehicle, and the driver of the vehicle did not notice that there was an oncoming kombi.

So, he went on to hit my truck and also the kombi.

The impact forced me off the road, the trouble causer appeared to be drunk as he was helped to stand by a lady, whom he claimed was his wife.

I left my child as assurance I was working out a plan to find money to repair the damaged place.

We contacted the house owner and he said he is yet to assess the damage but there are tenants there.

He said that the owner of the house advised him to fix the damaged part. Added Hamamiti:

However, this morning they called me saying that they want to come over to my place.

Probably, they are bringing my child but at the moment I am running around together with my wife.-HMetro

By-A lady allegedly having a s*xual relationship with MDC T leader Douglas Mwonzora has denied the allegations.

Responding to the allegations in an exclusive interview with Zimeye.com Friday, Fungai Gumbu said the allegations were meant to tarnish the image of the opposition leader.

Reports are making rounds on social media alleging that Mwonzora was in extra-marital affairs with female party members, including Gumbu.

By-The MDC T leader Douglas Mwonzora has refuted allegations that he was in extra-marital affairs with female party members.

He speaks to ZimEye on Friday morning, answering over a range of issues such as:

• Sex Scandal Allegations
• The Pomona Deal
• Prospects Of Uniting With Nelson Chamisa’s CCC.
  Mwonzora has also dismissed any possibilities of joining Nelson Chamisa’s CCC. He said that he was not planning to talk to Chamisa.

There are rumours that Mwonzora wants to join Chamisa and form a formidable force ahead of next year’s elections.

By-MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has dismissed any possibilities of joining the Nelson Chamisa’s CCC.

Mwonzora told Zimeye.com in an exclusive interview Friday that he was not planning to talk to Chamisa.

There are rumours that Mwonzora wants to join Chamisa and form a formidable force ahead of next year’s elections.

By- Telone students have embarked on a massive strike to force the state-controlled telecommunications regulator to review their fees downwards.

In a notice by students seen by Zimeye.com, the students said the recent fee increase by Telone was astronomical.

The notice said the demo starts at 8 AM at Glow service station, near TelOne

Below is the notice calling for the paralysing strike:

All Telone students, be it a degree or diploma, are invited to attend a demonstration against the new tuition fee for all programs on Friday, 27 May 2022, at the Telone centre for learning from 8 am.

Our complaints are as follows :

1. The new tuition fee is unaffordable by almost all the students since many of our parents work here in Zimbabwe and are paid in RTGS less than even 250USD per month

2.Learning conditions at Telone do not meet or match the new tuition fees
i) no wifi or internet connection in classrooms
ii) Poor library without telecommunications resources
iii) Almost 3 quarters of the students are doing online lessons which require an extra fee from students for data
iv) Poor laboratory without standard telecommunications resources
v)Even if you check their circular(sent above) on top it is stating that 01 May 2021 , then again it says 01 May 2022
last but not least the stamp on their(TCFL) circular is saying 01 May 2021
:They are Confused and don’t know what they are doing!

Our demonstration starts at 10:00 am and we are going to start from the second gate of the showground entrance marching to the TCFL campus*

Let’s come out together guys and speak in one voice. All students, even those on attachment, kindly attend this event and let’s stop this unjustified hike in tuition fee

Date : Friday 27 May 2022
Meeting place : Glow service station
Time : 8:00 am

See you there

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By-Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change has said that they are planning to stage a demonstration against the Zanu PF corruption in the Pomona dumpsite tender.

CCC secretary-general Charlton Hwende said they were in the process of organising the demonstration.

CCC posted on Twitter:

The Pomona stinking Deal must be Stopped. Complaining here on Twitter without taking action is not going to stop these thieves from stealing from us. All companies currently paying the $50 per load must stop & we must visit Pomona Dump site as citizens to chase away the looters.

By- In a shocking development, a pack of condoms is now costing more than a domestic worker’s salary.

Journalist and social rights activist Hopewell Chin’ono said Zanu PF’s corruption caused this.

He posted on Twitter:
This might help you understand Zimbabwe’s economic collapse. The Zimbabwean Government announced through a gazette last week that the official domestic worker wage is ZW$10,000. Now a pack of condoms today is ZW$12,200! This is what ZANUPF incompetence and corruption has done!
https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1529863981552353280

By-CCC President Nelson Chamisa is returning to Binga for a thank you rally.

CCC announced Thursday that Chamisa would this weekend be at Siyabuwa and will address party supporters.

We’re in Binga this Saturday for a victory celebration rally. Speaker: Change Champion in Chief 

@nelsonchamisa

 Venue: Siabuwa Business Centre Date: 28 May 2022 Time: 11am – 5pm

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 is after Masarira had vigorously exchanged words 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

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Tinashe Sambiri| Zimbabweans need peace, unity, love and prosperity not guns, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

In a brief statement on Twitter, President Chamisa taunted the panicky Harare regime over buying guns at a time the nation is grappling with deepening economic woes…

“OUR MANDATE & TASK…

They will invest in weapons, ammunition, violence, propaganda, hate and toxicity but we are called to invest in building and ushering in PEACE, HARMONY, LOVE, UNITY and RECONCILIATION.

A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…Sizanqoba Nomakanjani!Blessed Thursday.”

By A Correspondent- Reports coming from South Africa confirm that an undocumented Zimbabwean immigrant Petros Vingiran has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing railway infrastructure belonging to Transnet.

According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson in Gauteng, Lumka Mahanjana, Vingiran was found in October 2021 by security details stealing railway bearings, valued at R132 000 and they alerted police officers who came and effected the arrest.

The Pretoria Regional Court, sentenced a Zimbabwean national, Petros Vingiran(26), to six years direct imprisonment for stealing locomotive bearings, valued at R132000, that belonged to Transnet in October 2021.
? @NPA_Prosecutes pic.twitter.com/7G6CIUjDkd— BEAST OF NEWS (@EversonLuhanga) May 25, 2022

“Prosecutor Dru Ramsamy, asked the court to impose a prescribed minimum sentence, because of the effects this type of offence has in the community, as money that is supposed to be spent on developing communities, is now spent on replacing the damaged items and tightening security. Vingiran had no regards for the laws of the country over and above being an illegal immigrant.” She was quoted saying

By- In a shocking development, a pack of condoms is now costing more than a domestic worker’s salary.

Journalist and social rights activist Hopewell Chin’ono said Zanu PF’s corruption caused this.

He posted on Twitter:
This might help you understand Zimbabwe’s economic collapse. The Zimbabwean Government announced through a gazette last week that the official domestic worker wage is ZW$10,000. Now a pack of condoms today is ZW$12,200! This is what ZANUPF incompetence and corruption has done!
https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1529863981552353280

By- CCC President Nelson Chamisa said that, unlike Zanu PF, his party uses persuasion to lure voters.

CCC posted on social media:
OUR MANDATE & TASK…They will invest in weapons, ammunition, violence, propaganda, hate and toxicity but we are called to invest in building and ushering in PEACE, HARMONY, LOVE, UNITY and RECONCILIATION.A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…Sizanqoba Nomakanjani!Blessed Thursday

By- Zanu PF in Masvingo has been caught red-handed 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.

By-CCC President Nelson Chamisa is returning to Binga for a thank you rally.

CCC announced Thursday that Chamisa would this weekend be at Siyabuwa and will address party supporters.

We’re in Binga this Saturday for a victory celebration rally. Speaker: Change Champion in Chief 

@nelsonchamisa

 Venue: Siabuwa Business Centre Date: 28 May 2022 Time: 11am – 5pm

https://twitter.com/CCCZimbabwe/status/1529803671034286083/photo/1

By- CCC President Nelson Chamisa said that, unlike Zanu PF, his party uses persuasion to lure voters.

CCC posted on social media:
OUR MANDATE & TASK…They will invest in weapons, ammunition, violence, propaganda, hate and toxicity but we are called to invest in building and ushering in PEACE, HARMONY, LOVE, UNITY and RECONCILIATION.A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…Sizanqoba Nomakanjani!Blessed Thursday

By- Telone students will embark on a strike tomorrow Friday to force the state-controlled telecommunications regulator to review their fees.

In a notice by students seen by Zimeye.com, the students said the recent fee increase by Telone was astronomical.

The notice said the demo starts at 8 AM at Glow service station, near TelOne

Below is the notice calling for the paralysing strike:

All Telone students, be it a degree or diploma, are invited to attend a demonstration against the new tuition fee for all programs on Friday, 27 May 2022, at the Telone centre for learning from 8 am.

Our complaints are as follows :

1. The new tuition fee is unaffordable by almost all the students since many of our parents work here in Zimbabwe and are paid in RTGS less than even 250USD per month

2.Learning conditions at Telone do not meet or match the new tuition fees
i) no wifi or internet connection in classrooms
ii) Poor library without telecommunications resources
iii) Almost 3 quarters of the students are doing online lessons which require an extra fee from students for data
iv) Poor laboratory without standard telecommunications resources
v)Even if you check their circular(sent above) on top it is stating that 01 May 2021 , then again it says 01 May 2022
last but not least the stamp on their(TCFL) circular is saying 01 May 2021
:They are Confused and don’t know what they are doing!

Our demonstration starts at 10:00 am and we are going to start from the second gate of the showground entrance marching to the TCFL campus*

Let’s come out together guys and speak in one voice. All students, even those on attachment, kindly attend this event and let’s stop this unjustified hike in tuition fee

Date : Friday 27 May 2022
Meeting place : Glow service station
Time : 8:00 am

See you there

FeesMustFall

#Tajamuka#

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By- Telone students will embark on a strike tomorrow Friday to force the state-controlled telecommunications regulator to review their fees.

In a notice by students seen by Zimeye.com, the students said the recent fee increase by Telone was astronomical.

The notice said the demo starts at 8 AM at Glow service station, near TelOne

Below is the notice calling for the paralysing strike:

All Telone students, be it a degree or diploma, are invited to attend a demonstration against the new tuition fee for all programs on Friday, 27 May 2022, at the Telone centre for learning from 8 am.

Our complaints are as follows :

1. The new tuition fee is unaffordable by almost all the students since many of our parents work here in Zimbabwe and are paid in RTGS less than even 250USD per month

2.Learning conditions at Telone do not meet or match the new tuition fees
i) no wifi or internet connection in classrooms
ii) Poor library without telecommunications resources
iii) Almost 3 quarters of the students are doing online lessons which require an extra fee from students for data
iv) Poor laboratory without standard telecommunications resources
v)Even if you check their circular(sent above) on top it is stating that 01 May 2021 , then again it says 01 May 2022
last but not least the stamp on their(TCFL) circular is saying 01 May 2021
:They are Confused and don’t know what they are doing!

Our demonstration starts at 10:00 am and we are going to start from the second gate of the showground entrance marching to the TCFL campus*

Let’s come out together guys and speak in one voice. All students, even those on attachment, kindly attend this event and let’s stop this unjustified hike in tuition fee

Date : Friday 27 May 2022
Meeting place : Glow service station
Time : 8:00 am

See you there

FeesMustFall

#Tajamuka#

BoycottingTCFLExams

WeWillNotBeSilencedAnymore

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Friday27March@TCFLCampus

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Tinashe Sambiri| Zimbabweans need peace, unity, love and prosperity not guns, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

In a brief statement on Twitter, President Chamisa taunted the panicky Harare regime over buying guns at a time the nation is grappling with deepening economic woes…

“OUR MANDATE & TASK…

They will invest in weapons, ammunition, violence, propaganda, hate and toxicity but we are called to invest in building and ushering in PEACE, HARMONY, LOVE, UNITY and RECONCILIATION.

A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…Sizanqoba Nomakanjani!Blessed Thursday.”

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce has appointed EAA Company Limited (EAA) as an inspection company for a Pre-shipment Verification of Conformity (PVoC) program for the roadworthiness of used vehicles coming to Zimbabwe

The majority of vehicles imported into Zimbabwe are from Japan, the UK, Singapore, UAE and other Global origins.

The verification program is in effect from the 1st of June 2022 with fees for inspection varying depending on the origin of the vehicle. The fee is on top of duty.

Inspection fees (inclusive of tax) are as follows:

• Japan = USD$140
• Singapore = USD$140
• UAE = USD$140
• UK = USD$200
• South Africa = USD$140

EAA, a Company of Japanese origin with a core business of pre-shipment inspection of motor vehicles says all used vehicles arriving in Zimbabwe will require an EAA certificate of conformity (COC) to comply with import regulations on arrival at the Zimbabwe border (unless shipping documentation verifies the vehicle was shipped prior to the inspection commencement date of 1st of June 2022).

EAA adds that pre-shipment inspections will commence in the following countries from the 1st of June 2022:

i). Japan,

ii). The United Kingdom,

iii). Singapore,

iv). South Africa and

v). United Arab Emirates.

Important factors of the Zimbabwe pre-export roadworthiness inspection

• The vehicle (or used vehicle spare parts) must pass the mandated roadworthiness inspection.
• There is a 10 year age restriction applied for used vehicle imports into Zimbabwe (passenger cars and light commercials under 5 ton).  Commercial vehicles 5 ton plus have no age restriction.
• Right-hand drive vehicles can be imported.
• Not to be considered a mechanical inspection.
• Should the pre-shipment inspection not be completed prior to the vehicle export, MIC will impose a penalty of 15% of the CIF value of the vehicle, in addition to the full cost of an inspection in Zimbabwe.
• Vehicles detected with odometer tampering will be rejected and cannot be imported into Zimbabwe.

Application and inspection procedure

1. Please send an “EAA Application form for (Zimbabwe Only)” to us by Email or Fax
2. Please ensure to attach a copy of the Export Certificate of your vehicle. (Please note that the inspection cannot be conducted when there is no Export Certificate).
3. EAA will issue an invoice and email or fax it to you by return.
4. EAA will confirm the inspection place, the vehicle details, and the date of inspection booking via telephone or fax, once payment is confirmed.
5. After the inspection is completed and the vehicle is passed, EAA will send the inspection certificate to the Exporter. You may also confirm inspection details at the following E-Cert URL by the input of your vehicle chassis number.

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.”

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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:

5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The commission shall establish a toll tree line to hear and receive representation from members of the public.

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. ⁦

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.

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.”

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,

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:

5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The commission shall establish a toll tree line to hear and receive representation from members of the public.

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.

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

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.

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. ⁦

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.”

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.”

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

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

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

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.