Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change chief change champion, President Nelson Chamisa has described victory over Zanu PF in the weekend by-elections as a sign of great things to come.

President Chamisa appealed to citizens to join the struggle for real change.

“Fellow Citizens, Congrats for #CCC 7/8 wards landslide victory in yesterday’s by elections,against all odds &because of you citizens.Thank you for continuing to solidly support,mobilize and vote for change.

Be part of the victorious forces.Join now. Support Change!#Godisinit,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

“Matebeleland south..I’m hugely moved by the commitment and genuine love shown by the elderly women in this struggle for Change in ZIMBABWE. Women are the engines and turbines of all struggles,” he added.

On Mother’s Day, President Chamisa said :

“MOTHERHOOD is a gift from God-a divine assignment,stewardship and higher purpose.The whole earth holds onto motherhood.Even for our Lord Jesus,Mary could not be replaced in her motherhood role.Let’s also remember Mother Earth & preserve it.Happy #MothersDay to our sweet mothers.”

Tinashe Sambiri|Vibrant social media watchdog Team Pachedu has dismissed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s speech on the current crisis in the country.

Fearing the implications of the national shutdown, Mr Mnangagwa was forced to address the nation, albeit, hastily, in a bid to soothe dissent and discomfort among the restive population.

Team Pachedu has flatly rejected Mr Mnangagwa’s empty epistle.

“Last night, poorly dressed Mnangagwa was forced to make an unusual, unannounced and unscheduled emergency speech to preempt the stay away.

The demands reached his office.

To preempt the stay away, ED has just introduced a vast array of economic measures.

For instance, if you had USD in the bank when the Zimbabwe Dollar was introduced in January 2009, you will be compensated for the exchange rate loss.

ED wants to silence the public,” said Team Pachedu.

“It’s all systems go! Stay Away!

ED’s speech failed to address the fundamental problems we are facing.

Prices of basic commodities remain very high. The currency and inflation will worsen. Tuition fees remain exorbitant. Salaries/pensions remain very very low.

Call these hotlines for help if anyone is arrested or injured during the stay away:

Lawyers, ZLHR
0772257247
0773855635

Doctors, ZADHR
0777604610
0772927708

ShutDownZimbabwe

Thank you all for sharing the message.

Who was saying it won’t work?”

The president of the United African National Council (ANC) Zimbabwe, Mr Nesbert Mutengezanwa, has died.

Mutengezanwa was a member of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) forum formed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2029 for presidential candidates in the 2018 election.

Information Secretary, Nick Mangwana, announced Mutengezanwa’s death. He said:

Sad to learn of the passing on of United African National Council (ANC) Zimbabwe president Mr Nesbert Mutengezanwa who was a member of #POLAD principals and a member of its Information and Communication sub-committee. May His Soul Rest Peace.

He did not give details on the cause, place and time of death.- Pindula News

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change (CCC) Chief Change Champion , President Nelson Chamisa has said victory is certain in the 2023 Presidential Election.

President Chamisa
was in Gwanda on Saturday for a victory celebration rally.

“To achieve victory in 2023 people must register to vote in numbers.

We salute you for your resilience and we shall not let you down,” said President Chamisa.

President Chamisa thanked Gwanda citizens for voting for change and urged them to do the same in the 2023 elections.

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook:

“President Nelson Chamisa has finished addressing a victory celebration rally in Gwanda.

We are here to thank Citizens for entrusting the new with the task to bring change in our country.

In a devolved Zimbabwe, Gwanda shall be made great and massive.”

In a separate incident CCC has indicated that party spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere’s Twitter account was hacked.

“Our spokesperson
@advocatemahere
’s account appears to have been hacked. Please disregard all communication at the moment as we try to resolve this issue. “

The president of the United African National Council (ANC) Zimbabwe, Mr Nesbert Mutengezanwa, has died.

Mutengezanwa was a member of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) forum formed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2029 for presidential candidates in the 2018 election.

Information Secretary, Nick Mangwana, announced Mutengezanwa’s death. He said:

Sad to learn of the passing on of United African National Council (ANC) Zimbabwe president Mr Nesbert Mutengezanwa who was a member of #POLAD principals and a member of its Information and Communication sub-committee. May His Soul Rest Peace.

He did not give details on the cause, place and time of death.- Pindula News

Tinashe Sambiri| Chiredzi- Overzealous ZRP cops impounded CCC vehicles at the weekend in a bid to block vice president Hon Lynette Karenyi- Kore’s programme.

Hon Karenyi-Kore addressed rallies in Chiredzi East and Chiredzi South Constituencies respectively.

“Police roadblocks are everywhere, they want stop our programme.

The level of persecution is just unbelievable. They have impounded our vehicles for no apparent reason,” a CCC official said at the weekend.

The vehicles were intercepted along Triangle – Chiredzi road.

Police accused CCC of attempting to “influence and disturb peace -loving” villagers in Ndali.

Tinashe Sambiri|Vibrant social media watchdog Team Pachedu has dismissed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s speech on the current crisis in the country.

Fearing the implications of the national shutdown, Mr Mnangagwa was forced to address the nation, albeit, hastily, in a bid to soothe dissent and discomfort among the restive population.

Team Pachedu has flatly rejected Mr Mnangagwa’s empty epistle.

“Last night, poorly dressed Mnangagwa was forced to make an unusual, unannounced and unscheduled emergency speech to preempt the stay away.

The demands reached his office.

To preempt the stay away, ED has just introduced a vast array of economic measures.

For instance, if you had USD in the bank when the Zimbabwe Dollar was introduced in January 2009, you will be compensated for the exchange rate loss.

ED wants to silence the public,” said Team Pachedu.

“It’s all systems go! Stay Away!

ED’s speech failed to address the fundamental problems we are facing.

Prices of basic commodities remain very high. The currency and inflation will worsen. Tuition fees remain exorbitant. Salaries/pensions remain very very low.

Call these hotlines for help if anyone is arrested or injured during the stay away:

Lawyers, ZLHR
0772257247
0773855635

Doctors, ZADHR
0777604610
0772927708

ShutDownZimbabwe

Thank you all for sharing the message.

Who was saying it won’t work?”

Tinashe Sambiri|Vibrant social media watchdog Team Pachedu has dismissed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s speech on the current crisis in the country.

Fearing the implications of the national shutdown, Mr Mnangagwa was forced to address the nation, albeit, hastily, in a bid to soothe dissent and discomfort among the restive population.

Team Pachedu has flatly rejected Mr Mnangagwa’s empty epistle.

“Last night, poorly dressed Mnangagwa was forced to make an unusual, unannounced and unscheduled emergency speech to preempt the stay away.

The demands reached his office.

To preempt the stay away, ED has just introduced a vast array of economic measures.

For instance, if you had USD in the bank when the Zimbabwe Dollar was introduced in January 2009, you will be compensated for the exchange rate loss.

ED wants to silence the public,” said Team Pachedu.

“It’s all systems go! Stay Away!

ED’s speech failed to address the fundamental problems we are facing.

Prices of basic commodities remain very high. The currency and inflation will worsen. Tuition fees remain exorbitant. Salaries/pensions remain very very low.

Call these hotlines for help if anyone is arrested or injured during the stay away:

Lawyers, ZLHR
0772257247
0773855635

Doctors, ZADHR
0777604610
0772927708

ShutDownZimbabwe

Thank you all for sharing the message.

Who was saying it won’t work?”

Tinashe Sambiri| Chiredzi- Overzealous ZRP cops impounded CCC vehicles at the weekend in a bid to block vice president Hon Lynette Karenyi- Kore’s programme.

Hon Karenyi-Kore addressed rallies in Chiredzi East and Chiredzi South Constituencies respectively.

“Police roadblocks are everywhere, they want stop our programme.

The level of persecution is just unbelievable. They have impounded our vehicles for no apparent reason,” a CCC official said at the weekend.

The vehicles were intercepted along Triangle – Chiredzi road.

Police accused CCC of attempting to “influence and disturb peace -loving” villagers in Ndali.

The president of the United African National Council (ANC) Zimbabwe, Mr Nesbert Mutengezanwa, has died.

Mutengezanwa was a member of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) forum formed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2029 for presidential candidates in the 2018 election.

Information Secretary, Nick Mangwana, announced Mutengezanwa’s death. He said:

Sad to learn of the passing on of United African National Council (ANC) Zimbabwe president Mr Nesbert Mutengezanwa who was a member of #POLAD principals and a member of its Information and Communication sub-committee. May His Soul Rest Peace.

He did not give details on the cause, place and time of death.- Pindula News

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change (CCC) polling agent Justin Pitikanyi was heavily assaulted by known Zanu PF hooligans in Chitungwiza on Saturday.

Pitikanyi was at Tangenhamo Primary School Ward 7, Chitingwiza Command Centre.

ZANU-PF Youths came armed with irons bars, catapults, stones and bricks.

Polling agents were temporarily dispersed at the Command Centre.

Despite the attack CCC won the by-election in Chitungwiza.

CCC deputy chairperson, Hon Sikhala condemned Zanu PF brutality.

“Antics of losers. I am passing by Zengeza 5 Bar. A group of about 70 to 100 youths are on Yellow T-shirts in a plot to disrupt & attack polling stations during the counting period.

We know u are collaborating with this plot. We are on highest alert.

Losers are desperate here. They have attacked and left one of our polling agents for dead at Tangenhamo Polling station.

This is Justin Pitikane attacked by these dogs and reptiles,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

“No amount of stupidity will make these stinking skunks win.

The people’s journalist
@bbmhlanga
has been transferred to Harare Law and Order and we wonder why he has been arrested. This kind of oppression can not be tolerated in the 21st century.

He has been arrested together with another female journalist Chengeto Chidi.

Shame on u,” added Hon Sikhala.

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change (CCC) polling agent Justin Pitikanyi was heavily assaulted by known Zanu PF hooligans in Chitungwiza on Saturday.

Pitikanyi was at Tangenhamo Primary School Ward 7, Chitingwiza Command Centre.

ZANU-PF Youths came armed with irons bars, catapults, stones and bricks.

Polling agents were temporarily dispersed at the Command Centre.

Despite the attack CCC won the by-election in Chitungwiza.

CCC deputy chairperson, Hon Sikhala condemned Zanu PF brutality.

“Antics of losers. I am passing by Zengeza 5 Bar. A group of about 70 to 100 youths are on Yellow T-shirts in a plot to disrupt & attack polling stations during the counting period.

We know u are collaborating with this plot. We are on highest alert.

Losers are desperate here. They have attacked and left one of our polling agents for dead at Tangenhamo Polling station.

This is Justin Pitikane attacked by these dogs and reptiles,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

“No amount of stupidity will make these stinking skunks win.

The people’s journalist
@bbmhlanga
has been transferred to Harare Law and Order and we wonder why he has been arrested. This kind of oppression can not be tolerated in the 21st century.

He has been arrested together with another female journalist Chengeto Chidi.

Shame on u,” added Hon Sikhala.

Own Correspondent

President Nelson Chamisa’s CCC, continues to excel in by-elections.

CCC won 7 out of the 8 By-elections elections run on 7th May 2022.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF performed badly in all the 7 wards except in Mount Darwin where CCC lost.

Meanwhile Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC T continues to struggle as in some wards he failed to garner even a single vote.

Speaking to ZimEye, Hon Amos Chibaya, the CCC’s National Organizing Champion congratulated all his party’s candidates.

He also thanked the Citizens for voting their councillors back and urged them to go back and work hard and deliver what the citizens entrusted them for.

Hon Chibaya also praised the CCC external Assemblies that financially supported the 8 wards . UK, North America, Germany, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were all twinned with contesting wards and they provided t/shirts, fliers, posters, food, fuel and airtime for campaign staff and election agents.

Hon Amos Chibaya thanked the Diaspora assemblies and all Citizens for providing resources to the contesting candidates.

Clr Ian Makone, the CCC Elections secretary also thanked Citizens for speaking out through the ballot box and also for the overwhelming support the Diaspora community gave to the 7th May bi elections campaigns. The following are the full results:

1. Kariba ward 8 CCC 107, Zanupf 62
2. Kariba ward 4 CCC 235, Zanupf 125
3. Makoni Central ward 5 CCC 221, Zanupf 140, MDCA 10
4. Chitungwiza Ward 7 CCC 1011, zanupf 323 , MDCA 21
5. Mutasa South ward 14 CCC 819, zanupf 493, MDC A 1
6. Chikanga W16 CCC 1075, zanupf 413, MDCA
   10
7. Kariba W3 CCC 718, zanupf 398
8. Mt Darwin ward 40 – CCC lost to zanupf. (Awaiting confirmation of results)

Warriors forward Kudakwashe Mahachi’s son had his leg amputated after boiling water was poured all over his body.

The boy’s mother, who is Mahachi’s ex-wife claimed that Mahachi burnt his own son when he visited him in South Africa.

Mahachi’s ex-wife, Maritha Ndlovu told B-Metro that their four-year-old son flew to South Africa on 25 February at his invitation.

Maritha said he learnt that her son was getting along well not only with his father but with his stepmother, Rose Mahachi.

She said, however, out of the blue, her calls to Mahachi were no longer going through and her WhatsApp messages were no longer double ticking. She said:

There was no reason for them to block me. I knew something was wrong after I was blocked on WhatsApp and my calls were blacklisted.

Maritha claimed that on 19 April, her phone rang, on the other end of the call was Mahachi’s grandmother. She said:

She said my son is sick and he is at her house in Cowdray Park. I asked her how is he in Cowdray Park because as far as I knew he was in South Africa and she said he had been in Zimbabwe since last Thursday.

I lost it and asked how come I was not informed that he had been returned, after all, I am his mother.

I told the grandmother that I was going to come to collect him the next day. But she insisted that I drop everything and come see my son.

That made me realise that something was wrong with my son. I was panicking, so I called a relative and we went together to Cowdray Park.

I found my son sleeping and heavily bandaged on the head and I thought it was not that bad.

When I removed the blanket that was covering him, because I wanted to carry him in my arms, I was shocked to find him with burns all over his body.

She said the grandmother had not taken the boy to the hospital but was instead trying to treat him herself.

Maritha also said Mahachi and Rose had somehow found a malayitsha who agreed to smuggle the severely burnt child to Zimbabwe.

She said her son, who had been burnt in South Africa, travelled 863 kilometres on the road, unaccompanied by a medical nurse or a relative. Said Maritha:

The journey from Johannesburg to Bulawayo is about 10 hours and he was alone. What kind of father does that to his son?

Mahachi has money and he can afford to have his son treated in South Africa.

I took my son to a private surgery and they quickly called an ambulance that took him to Mpilo Hospital.

The doctor said taking him to the hospital using any other car was not appropriate, but his father put him in a Quantum bus. How cruel can one be?

Maritha said her son told her how he was burnt while staying with his father and stepmother in South Africa. She said:

My son is four years old but he is not stupid and he has been talking. He says his father was abusing him.

One of his front teeth is missing after his father hit him with some kind of iron bar and he has an injury on the forehead.

His back is scourged from being whipped with a phone charger cable by his stepmother.

But that is nothing compared to what his father did to him. He told me that his father beat him and then boiled water using a kettle and poured it on him.

Maritha said doctors had to amputate the child’s right foot from the ankle as the foot had been injured beyond repair.

She said the police interviewed her and told her that the case was being handled by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).

In a telephone interview with B-Metro, Mahachi denied that he burnt his son or that he was burnt in South Africa. Said Mahachi:

I am the father of the child and I am not aware that he is burnt. As far as I know, I sent him to Zimbabwe in one piece.

Don’t listen to lies. There is nothing like that. My son is okay. My son was not burnt.

If he was burnt then he was burnt in Zimbabwe, not here in South Africa.

Go ahead and write your lies, already I see your stories on social media.

Mahachi’s wife, Rose, also denied that the child was hurt in South Africa. She said:

My brother, people hate us. We don’t know why and we don’t know what we did to them.

• B-Metro

A police constable stationed in Headlands was arrested for allegedly selling mbanje/marijuana from his residence at a police camp.

Shingirai Enock Tapatapa (29) and his alleged accomplice, Taurai Maruwa (27) appeared before a Rusape magistrate for unlawfully possessing or using dangerous drugs.

Tapatapa and Maruwa were remanded in custody to 9 May when they appeared before Rusape magistrate, Lucy-Anne Ndiraya.

They are facing charges of contravening Section 157 of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23.

The matter came to light after Maruwa was arrested for assault on 28 April. Prosecutor, Tawanda Karikoga, said:

The suspect was searched by the arresting police officers and he was found in possession of a small black bag containing 19 sachets of loose dagga.

During interviews, he indicated that he was given the dagga by Constable Tapatapa to sell on his behalf.

He also revealed that the cop had packed the dagga. The suspect further revealed that the police officer was also in possession of some dagga packed in a black plastic bag in his room.

Karikoga said that the police officer was arrested the following day when he reported for work.

He told the court that Constable Tapatapa was summoned to the Officer-In-Charge’s office where he was informed of the allegations against him. Said Karikoga:

Assistant Inspector Kasange, Sergeant Chikwature and Constable Govha escorted him to his room where a search was to be conducted.

On arrival at the doorstep, Tapatapa told the three police officers that he was missing the keys to his room.

He was searched and a sachet of dagga was found in his pair of trousers’ right pocket. The key to his room was also found in the same pocket.

A search was conducted and a black plastic bag containing loose dagga was recovered from Tapatapa’s blankets.

The recovered dagga was taken to Rusape Post Office where it weighed 920 grammes. It will be produced in court as an exhibit. – Manica Post

Govt  has raised examination fees by up to three times, and immediately attracted brickbats from weary parents.
Many parents, still to come to terms with school fees hikes and already battling to make ends meet, say they have been devastated by the new hike.

The new examination fee structure could trigger massive dropouts as more parents are finding the going tough in meeting their children’s education demands.

According to a circular seen by NewsDay, Grade 7 examination candidates will pay $4 388 while the government will pay $5 362 giving a total of $9 750. Ordinary Level candidates will pay $1 620 while the government will pay $1 980 per subject giving a total of $3 600.

Last year students paid $742 after a 55% subsidy from the government. The government paid $906 to make the total $1 648.

Advanced Level candidates will pay $3 240 up from $1 080 per subject last year, while the government will pay $3 960 giving a total of $7 200.

The government can only pay for seven subjects and students are expected to pay for extra subjects in full at $3 600 for ‘O’ Level and $7 200 for A Level.

Candidates doing practical lessons are expected to pay full amounts per subject while government will not subsidise students in private schools.

So parents with children at government schools will pay $8 100 for five ‘O’ Level subjects.

Child rights lawyer Caleb Mutandwa yesterday said there was a possibility of more school dropouts.

“The first point is clear indication of failure on the part of the government to introduce exam fees for Grade 7 exams when the Constitution provides for free basic education and recently the Education Act was amended to again affirm this right to free primary education,” Mutandwa said.

“When children are faced with such a situation and would rather drop out of school completely and we are going to see many drop outs, we need to continue reminding the government of its obligation to promote and fulfil the right of every child to education, it must supply sufficient financial resources to education.”

Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure blasted the government for the latest fee hikes.

“The government should fully fund the education sector, we are going to see a lot of dropouts, we don’t want the imposition of fees,” he said

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Takavafira Zhou yesterday said they were going to lobby the government to subsidise the education sector.

“The new fees are just unacceptable. Most parents are poor and I don’t think they are going to manage the fees, we are urging the government to reconsider the fees.

“We are going to lobby the government and Parliamentarians to reduce the fees, but after all we want the government to subsidise the education sector. Education is a right not a privilege,” he said.

Zimbabwe of late has experienced a sharp increase in child labour due to economic hardships, with most school dropouts ending up as street vendors to supplement their families’ incomes.

In its weekly review on socio-economic developments in the country, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) last week said approximately 20 children joined the streets everyday as beggars and vendors.

”Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zimbabwe has seen a rise in the number of child vendors. Child vending is nothing, but a manifestation of a plethora of underlying dynamics that are militating against the rights and well-being of children,” the Zimcodd report read.

Some of these underlying dynamics include, but are not limited to poor social protection policies, economic meltdown, maladministration, poor public resource management, infrastructural gaps, child marriages, school dropouts and exploitative and exclusionary policies. Zimcodd added that weak social spending had imposed an unbearable burden on children.

Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro’s mobile phone was not reachable yesterday. –Newsday

Warriors forward Kudakwashe Mahachi’s son had his leg amputated after boiling water was poured all over his body.

The boy’s mother, who is Mahachi’s ex-wife claimed that Mahachi burnt his own son when he visited him in South Africa.

Mahachi’s ex-wife, Maritha Ndlovu told B-Metro that their four-year-old son flew to South Africa on 25 February at his invitation.

Maritha said he learnt that her son was getting along well not only with his father but with his stepmother, Rose Mahachi.

She said, however, out of the blue, her calls to Mahachi were no longer going through and her WhatsApp messages were no longer double ticking. She said:

There was no reason for them to block me. I knew something was wrong after I was blocked on WhatsApp and my calls were blacklisted.

Maritha claimed that on 19 April, her phone rang, on the other end of the call was Mahachi’s grandmother. She said:

She said my son is sick and he is at her house in Cowdray Park. I asked her how is he in Cowdray Park because as far as I knew he was in South Africa and she said he had been in Zimbabwe since last Thursday.

I lost it and asked how come I was not informed that he had been returned, after all, I am his mother.

I told the grandmother that I was going to come to collect him the next day. But she insisted that I drop everything and come see my son.

That made me realise that something was wrong with my son. I was panicking, so I called a relative and we went together to Cowdray Park.

I found my son sleeping and heavily bandaged on the head and I thought it was not that bad.

When I removed the blanket that was covering him, because I wanted to carry him in my arms, I was shocked to find him with burns all over his body.

She said the grandmother had not taken the boy to the hospital but was instead trying to treat him herself.

Maritha also said Mahachi and Rose had somehow found a malayitsha who agreed to smuggle the severely burnt child to Zimbabwe.

She said her son, who had been burnt in South Africa, travelled 863 kilometres on the road, unaccompanied by a medical nurse or a relative. Said Maritha:

The journey from Johannesburg to Bulawayo is about 10 hours and he was alone. What kind of father does that to his son?

Mahachi has money and he can afford to have his son treated in South Africa.

I took my son to a private surgery and they quickly called an ambulance that took him to Mpilo Hospital.

The doctor said taking him to the hospital using any other car was not appropriate, but his father put him in a Quantum bus. How cruel can one be?

Maritha said her son told her how he was burnt while staying with his father and stepmother in South Africa. She said:

My son is four years old but he is not stupid and he has been talking. He says his father was abusing him.

One of his front teeth is missing after his father hit him with some kind of iron bar and he has an injury on the forehead.

His back is scourged from being whipped with a phone charger cable by his stepmother.

But that is nothing compared to what his father did to him. He told me that his father beat him and then boiled water using a kettle and poured it on him.

Maritha said doctors had to amputate the child’s right foot from the ankle as the foot had been injured beyond repair.

She said the police interviewed her and told her that the case was being handled by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).

In a telephone interview with B-Metro, Mahachi denied that he burnt his son or that he was burnt in South Africa. Said Mahachi:

I am the father of the child and I am not aware that he is burnt. As far as I know, I sent him to Zimbabwe in one piece.

Don’t listen to lies. There is nothing like that. My son is okay. My son was not burnt.

If he was burnt then he was burnt in Zimbabwe, not here in South Africa.

Go ahead and write your lies, already I see your stories on social media.

Mahachi’s wife, Rose, also denied that the child was hurt in South Africa. She said:

My brother, people hate us. We don’t know why and we don’t know what we did to them.

• B-Metro

A police constable stationed in Headlands was arrested for allegedly selling mbanje/marijuana from his residence at a police camp.

Shingirai Enock Tapatapa (29) and his alleged accomplice, Taurai Maruwa (27) appeared before a Rusape magistrate for unlawfully possessing or using dangerous drugs.

Tapatapa and Maruwa were remanded in custody to 9 May when they appeared before Rusape magistrate, Lucy-Anne Ndiraya.

They are facing charges of contravening Section 157 of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23.

The matter came to light after Maruwa was arrested for assault on 28 April. Prosecutor, Tawanda Karikoga, said:

The suspect was searched by the arresting police officers and he was found in possession of a small black bag containing 19 sachets of loose dagga.

During interviews, he indicated that he was given the dagga by Constable Tapatapa to sell on his behalf.

He also revealed that the cop had packed the dagga. The suspect further revealed that the police officer was also in possession of some dagga packed in a black plastic bag in his room.

Karikoga said that the police officer was arrested the following day when he reported for work.

He told the court that Constable Tapatapa was summoned to the Officer-In-Charge’s office where he was informed of the allegations against him. Said Karikoga:

Assistant Inspector Kasange, Sergeant Chikwature and Constable Govha escorted him to his room where a search was to be conducted.

On arrival at the doorstep, Tapatapa told the three police officers that he was missing the keys to his room.

He was searched and a sachet of dagga was found in his pair of trousers’ right pocket. The key to his room was also found in the same pocket.

A search was conducted and a black plastic bag containing loose dagga was recovered from Tapatapa’s blankets.

The recovered dagga was taken to Rusape Post Office where it weighed 920 grammes. It will be produced in court as an exhibit. – Manica Post

Own Correspondent

President Nelson Chamisa’s CCC, continues to excel in by-elections.

CCC won 7 out of the 8 By-elections elections run on 7th May 2022.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF performed badly in all the 7 wards except in Mount Darwin where CCC lost.

Meanwhile Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC T continues to struggle as in some wards he failed to garner even a single vote.

Speaking to ZimEye, Hon Amos Chibaya, the CCC’s National Organizing Champion congratulated all his party’s candidates.

He also thanked the Citizens for voting their councillors back and urged them to go back and work hard and deliver what the citizens entrusted them for.

Hon Chibaya also praised the CCC external Assemblies that financially supported the 8 wards . UK, North America, Germany, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were all twinned with contesting wards and they provided t/shirts, fliers, posters, food, fuel and airtime for campaign staff and election agents.

Hon Amos Chibaya thanked the Diaspora assemblies and all Citizens for providing resources to the contesting candidates.

Clr Ian Makone, the CCC Elections secretary also thanked Citizens for speaking out through the ballot box and also for the overwhelming support the Diaspora community gave to the 7th May bi elections campaigns. The following are the full results:

1. Kariba ward 8 CCC 107, Zanupf 62
2. Kariba ward 4 CCC 235, Zanupf 125
3. Makoni Central ward 5 CCC 221, Zanupf 140, MDCA 10
4. Chitungwiza Ward 7 CCC 1011, zanupf 323 , MDCA 21
5. Mutasa South ward 14 CCC 819, zanupf 493, MDC A 1
6. Chikanga W16 CCC 1075, zanupf 413, MDCA
   10
7. Kariba W3 CCC 718, zanupf 398
8. Mt Darwin ward 40 – CCC lost to zanupf. (Awaiting confirmation of results)

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change (CCC) polling agent Justin Pitikanyi was heavily assaulted by known Zanu PF hooligans in Chitungwiza on Saturday.

Pitikanyi was at Tangenhamo Primary School Ward 7, Chitingwiza Command Centre.

ZANU-PF Youths came armed with irons bars, catapults, stones and bricks.

Polling agents were temporarily dispersed at the Command Centre.

Despite the attack CCC won the by-election in Chitungwiza.

CCC deputy chairperson, Hon Sikhala condemned Zanu PF brutality.

“Antics of losers. I am passing by Zengeza 5 Bar. A group of about 70 to 100 youths are on Yellow T-shirts in a plot to disrupt & attack polling stations during the counting period.

We know u are collaborating with this plot. We are on highest alert.

Losers are desperate here. They have attacked and left one of our polling agents for dead at Tangenhamo Polling station.

This is Justin Pitikane attacked by these dogs and reptiles,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

“No amount of stupidity will make these stinking skunks win.

The people’s journalist
@bbmhlanga
has been transferred to Harare Law and Order and we wonder why he has been arrested. This kind of oppression can not be tolerated in the 21st century.

He has been arrested together with another female journalist Chengeto Chidi.

Shame on u,” added Hon Sikhala.

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change (CCC) Chief Change Champion , President Nelson Chamisa has said victory is certain in the 2023 Presidential Election.

President Chamisa
was in Gwanda on Saturday for a victory celebration rally.

“To achieve victory in 2023 people must register to vote in numbers.

We salute you for your resilience and we shall not let you down,” said President Chamisa.

President Chamisa thanked Gwanda citizens for voting for change and urged them to do the same in the 2023 elections.

CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook:

“President Nelson Chamisa has finished addressing a victory celebration rally in Gwanda.

We are here to thank Citizens for entrusting the new with the task to bring change in our country.

In a devolved Zimbabwe, Gwanda shall be made great and massive.”

In a separate incident CCC has indicated that party spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere’s Twitter account was hacked.

“Our spokesperson
@advocatemahere
’s account appears to have been hacked. Please disregard all communication at the moment as we try to resolve this issue. “

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he is on course to upstage President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF in next year’s elections as he dismissed those criticising delays by the party to hold an elective congress.
Chamisa and his backers early this year formed CCC after Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC-T controversially took over MDC Alliance assets and its elected representatives.

The 44-year-old leader was the MDC Alliance’s presidential candidate in the 2018 elections where he narrowly lost to Mnangagwa.

Chamisa still refuses to recognise the Zanu PF leader’s election victory arguing that the polls were rigged.

Yesterday he told hundreds of CCC supporters at a rally in Gwanda that Zanu PF had failed to stop the surge by the party, which won the majority of parliamentary seats and local government wards in by-elections held on March 26, barely two months after its formation.

“Zanu PF stole all that we had including our name, red colour, MPs and our offices, but we said no let them take everything and we started afresh,” Chamisa said.

“We have not launched our party, but just introduced it and Zanu PF is afraid and we have put them on notice.

“CCC is the new kid on the block. Zanu PF is plotting against us in terms of the congress, but we are ahead of them. Zanu PF represents your suffering while CCC represents your happiness.

“Zanu PF represents the chefs and CCC represents ordinary citizens.”

Mwonzora claimed all the MDC names and symbols, including the colour red after a controversial Supreme Court ruling that said Chamisa’s succession of the late Morgan Tsvangirai as party leader was irregular.

Councillors and legislators linked to Chamisa were also recalled from local government and Parliament, paving the way for the March 26 by-elections where the CCC won 19 of the 28 contested parliamentary seats.

Mwonzora got zero seats,while Zanu PF won the remaining seats.

British Lord Jonathan Oates recently told the House of Lords that Mwonzora’s MDC Alliance was not an independent political party, but a Zanu PF project financed by the state.

Chamisa said the CCC will not be rushed into an elective congress.

“When choosing candidates for elections we will want those coming from citizens not from the top,” he said.

“A lot of people ask why are you not having a congress, but we say stop that a bit. Once bitten twice shy. We know Zanu PF is plotting against us, but we will ambush them and expose them. From now on we will be doing an underground movement.

“We want to be visible everywhere in rural areas, farms, mines and so forth. The liberation struggle was a citizen project but Zanu PF hijacked it.”

Chamisa also urged party supporters to register to vote in numbers to ensure a resounding victory in the 2023 polls.

“Let’s go and register to vote and have bumper votes,” he added.

“The only way to stop baboons from stealing in the fields is by having a bumper harvest.

“Zanu PF is shaking, Mnangagwa is afraid.” -Standard

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned the lack of development in Matabeleland South Province.

Addressing thousands of CCC supporters at Madlambuzi Business Centre in Bulilima West on Friday, President Chamisa spoke of the need for speedy implementation of projects that suit the region.

Matabeleland South Province has been abandoned by the Zanu PF regime for years.

“Bulilima falls under agro-ecological natural regions 4 and 5 which are regions of low agricultural potential due to shortage of moisture to facilitate agricultural production.

A CCC govt will develop such communities through the Development and Urbanisation of Rural Areas(DURA).

Bulilima is one of the most underdeveloped communities in Zimbabwe.

The road and communication network is very poor thereby depriving locals of business opportunities,” said President Chamisa.

The rivalry between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga came to the fore at the just ended Zanu PF youth conference where the party avoided elections for the league’s second most senior post to mask the divisions.

Mnangagwa is said to have imposed Gutu West MP and Masvingo provincial youth chairman John Paradza as the deputy national chairperson for the youth league.

Paradza was elected unchallenged despite a push ahead of the conference to elect Mutare district coordinating committee secretary for youth affairs Danmore Mambondiyani.

The MP took over from Tendai Chirau, who has been acting youth secretary following the firing of Pupurai Togarepi.

Mnangagwa will handpick the next youth chairperson in what insiders said had given him a head-start in the tussle for the control of the ruling party ahead of the women’s league conference and the main party congress at the end of the year.

Chiwenga was not given any platform to speak at the conference, which was presided over by Zanu PF chairperson Oppah Muchinguri.

“All provinces were whipped into submission to support Paradza and he went uncontested in the elections,” said a disgruntled Zanu PF youth league executive.

“There were some disgruntlements among the party leadership, but party leadership led by Mnangagwa wanted Paradza after Mnangagwa directed that the party members rally behind Paradza.

“Mambondiyani wanted the deputy secretary for youth affairs position, but came third in his Manicaland province and could not compete for the top position despite spirited efforts to smuggle him to the top position.”

Sources in the ruling party yesterday told this publication that deputy Sports minister Tinotenda Machakaire is set to be appointed substantive secretary for youths affairs.

Machakaire, a close ally of Mnangagwa, attended the youth conference and received a resounding applause from the youths.

In his opening remarks at the conference, Mnangagwa described youths as the vanguard of the ruling party.

“Youths you are the vanguard of the party, please play your role and defend this country,” he said.

“We defended this country through the barrel of the gun, but you don’t have to sweat to defend the country.

Observers said Mnangagwa was not taking chances as he is still smarting from the district and provincial elections held last year that saw his loyalists losing in the polls to a faction reportedly backing Chiwenga.– Standard

MASVINGO – Loice Maradze (40), the woman who died in the company of a NetOne technician when the mobile company’s vehicle was swept off Chilonga River Bridge in Chiredzi was buried in Masvingo yesterday.
Maradze was buried at Lawn Cemetery.

Although Police would not say why Maradze was in the NetOne vehicle, mourners who spoke at the funeral said she had a well-known love affair with Samson Zvarimwa, the NetOne technician who died together with her.

Maradze’s relatives collected her body from Chiredzi District Hospital after clearing with the Police on Wednesday.

The body was brought to her uncle’s place in Majange and it was taken back to Nyaradzo mortuary in Masvingo where it laid in state before burial yesterday.
Maradze stayed with her three children in Runyararo West.

Maradze’s friend Abigail Moyo, who spoke at the graveside said Maradze informed her that she was going to Chiredzi and Moyo is the only person who knew her whereabouts. Zvarimwa and Maradze who was a money changer at Pick n’ Pay are understood to have left Masvingo on Friday afternoon. Zvarima was on a mission to deliver diesel at NetOne mobile base stations in Chilonga and other parts of Chiredzi.

They safely arrived in Chilonga after using a longer route but disaster struck at 9am on Saturday when they used a shorter route and tried to drive across the flooded Runde River Bridge.

Their car, a Land rover was swept off the bridge and efforts to retrieve the vehicle were futile until Monday when a speed boat and the small number of people from the community used a rope to pull the vehicle out of the water.

Maradze and Zvarimwa were found trapped inside the vehicle and the latter was buried in Zaka on Wednesday.
Moyo said she was shocked to receive a message of Maradze’s death on Monday morning. Moyo could not finish her speech at the graveside as she broke into tears.

“When Loice went to Chiredzi she bid me farewell. It never crossed my mind that this was the last time that I was talking to her. I was shocked by the news of her death which reached me on Monday,” said Moyo before she broke into tears.
The deceased’s relatives also expressed shock at the Maradze’s death.

Maradze’s aunt, Tambudzai Maradze told mourners that it would be difficult for her to get over her niece’s death.

“I’m in a state of shock. I pray to God to help me get over this,” she said.
Maradze is survived by three children; two girls and boy.

The poorly built Chilonga Bridge has so far this year claimed more than 10 lives including several Government officials and a cop who was a member of the Police Sub Aqua. – Masvingo Mirror