Former Deputy Youth and Indigenisation Minister, Tongai Matutu, has alleged that he was paid US$75 000 by the United States of America Embassy in 2010 to assault Chief Serima in 2010.

He said the embassy wanted him to get arrested so that they would use his arrest to push the idea that there were gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe.

Matutu was a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by the late former Prime MinisterMorgan Tsvangirai.

Writing on Twitter on Thursday, Matutu said:

In 2010, l was paid US $75k to assault Chief Serima at Matizha Business Center. I got arrested and fined $100.

This was just something carefully planned by the US Embassy so that they will use my arrest as persecution of opposition activists to justify the renewal of sanctions.

Matutu was alleged to have slapped and punched Chief Serima at the Matizha Business Center in September 2010.

Masvingo Magistrate Oliver Mudzongachiso found Matutu guilty of assaulting Masvingo Chief Serima, also known as Vengesai Rushwaya.

He was ordered to pay a fine of US$100.

Matutu, who appealed the judgement, told the media then that the charges against him were politically motivated.

Matutu, a former Masvingo Urban MP, is now a member of the ruling ZANU PF after leaving MDC Alliance then led by Nelson Chamisa following his disqualification from contesting the provincial chairmanship post ahead of the 2019 Gweru Congress.- Pindula News

The relationship between mother and son can be an unbreakable bond and the love between the two is incomparable, but it has its limits.

However, one man has crossed the line that separates a normal family from a taboo one as he opened up that for the past 14 years he has been sleeping with his mother and four sisters, a ritual practice that is required for him to get rich and to stay rich.

Gwanda businessman (name supplied) revealed to Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa of Johane Masowe eChishanhu in Bulawayo’s Selborne Park suburb that lately his conscience has been eating him up for having incestuous relationships with his mother and sisters.

His Damascus moment came after he developed priapism, a persistent, often painful erection that lasts for more than four hours.

The man has had his erection for close to two months now.

Doctors failed to fix his disorder. He has been given medication but it has not helped.

He even went to South Africa for aspiration decompression, a procedure in which excess blood is drained from the penis using a small needle and syringe. As part of the procedure, his penis was flushed with a saline solution. This treatment often relieves pain, removes oxygen-poor blood and might stop the erection. This treatment is repeated until the erection ends.

It didn’t work for him.

The doctors told him that the only solution that could work was surgery but he chose not to go down that road as one of the possible side effects is a weak erection.

He came back home and sought divine intervention.

Last Wednesday, Madzibaba Mutumwa prayed for him and healed him.

“He came to me and told me about his problem. I prayed for him and managed to help him overcome his problem. I also told him to stop sleeping with his mother and sisters and he is aware that it means all the riches he acquired through his strange rituals will vanish. He is prepared for that.

“I also prophesied him and told him that his sisters are not yet married because the evil spirit that he had impressed was also their spiritual husband. He slept with them physically but it also slept with him in the realm of the spirit. He admitted that they always dream sleeping with other men. That is how a spiritual husband works,” said prophet Mutumwa.

In an interview, the man said he does not intentionally sleep with his mother and sisters — but a spirit puts him in a trance. He only becomes conscious after the deed is done.

“I don’t know what happens and my mother and sister tell me that they fall into a deep sleep and only wake up after. It’s like my body will have been taken over by a spirit. All I know is that when I wake up, I will be naked on top of my mother or one of my sisters. This has troubled me for years now,” he said on condition of anonymity.

The man said his troubles started after he visited an inyanga in Binga who gave him muthi to get rich quickly.

“I regret what I did and I advise people to avoid using muthi because it never ends well. This muthi has been making me sleep with my own mother and sisters and it has made me contemplate suicide many times.

“But I am grateful that prophet Mutumwa has saved my life and that of my mother and sisters by destroying the muthi. He came to my house in Gwanda and exorcised the demon,” said the man.

His mother and sisters refused to comment.– B Metro

A monster stepmother from Zimbabwe’s Kezi area has been arrested in South Africa for killing her six-year-old son and chopping him to pieces.

Colonel Dimakatso Sello of South African Police Media confirmed the incident.

Senzeni Desire Ndebele is alleged to have murdered and dismembered her stepson to spite her husband for reasons not yet known.

he then put the body parts in a sack. It is not yet known when the boy was killed but Senzeni packed her bags on Thursday last week and fled with her other two children.

The body of the boy was discovered on Friday at Turffontein in the city of Johannesburg where she was staying.

Senzeni’s husband and father of the murdered boy, Newton Mntinsi said he had no clue on why his son was slain.

“I’m shocked by what my wife has done to me, we didn’t have any conflict with each other so that I may think she was revenging on my kid, everything was just okay between us,” he said.

Senzeni’s attempt to flee from justice was abortive as she was arrested at Sasol garage in Johannesburg on her way to Eastern Cape.

According to Mntinsi, they are still waiting for the post-mortem results to know when the kid was killed.- B Metro

Emmerson Mnangagwa speaking at his party’s National Congress yesterday appealed to the youth to expose businesses “sabotaging the economy” saying the prevailing economic crisis was being engineered to topple him.
Speaking at the Zanu PF youth league conference in Harare, Mnangagwa said businesspeople were working with foreign powers to fan instability through unjustified price hikes.

“We are aware that there are people who are working with detractors to bring about regime change through the manipulation of our exchange rate and unjustified price hikes,” Mnangagwa said.

“My government is seized with this matter and perpetrators will soon be brought to book. I exhort the youth of our country to be vigilant and help expose all the deviant malcontents and counter-revolutionaries.”

Last year, government caused the arrest of several top company executives on allegations of manipulating the exchange rate.

Zimbabwe is in the grip of a spiralling inflation which has seen prices of basic foodstuffs, school fees and other social services skyrocketing, while salaries and disposable incomes remain stagnant.

Civil servants, including teachers and nurses, are planning a national shutdown next Monday in protest over economic hardships and transport crisis.

In the face of calls by teachers and nurses to down tools over poor salaries, Mnangagwa told thousands of youths that they should create their own jobs instead of aspiring to be teachers or nurses.

“Growing up we aspired to be teachers and nurses, that must change, The days for you to line up and seek jobs are fading … I thus expect to see the emergence of a crop of young versatile entrepreneurs who will help leapfrog our economic growth and emerge as the country’s millionaires,” Mnangagwa said.

The Mnangagwa regime has been accused of taking the lustre out of the teaching profession through underpaying teachers and nurses to a point they have become a laughing stock in communities.

Mnangagwa said the youths had a key role to play in rebuilding the economy.

“I further challenge you to learn from our liberation struggle and be rest assured that under the second republic no one will be left behind. We should build our own country,” he said.

Some of the regional former liberation parties attending the conference include the ruling parties of South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia.

Yesterday’s event was attended by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, Zanu PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi, and Zanu PF chairperson Oppah Muchinguri, who is presiding over the conference.-Newsday

Tinashe Sambiri|Thousands of commuters across the country are suffering as a direct result of the ZUPCO monopoly imposed by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.

ZUPCO is failing to cope with number of commuters in Harare and all the major cities in the country.

Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challenged the Zanu PF regime to end the ZUPCO monopoly as a matter of urgency.

Mr Mnangagwa and his ally Kuda Tagwirei are reportedly looting state cash through ZUPCO.

“The regime in Harare has admitted that it has failed the citizens by creating a transport crisis particularly in urban areas.

Currently, there’s an acute shortage of transport that has left tens of thousands commuters stranded.

Zimbabwe needs a smart 21st century transport system. Over the last 42 years, our public transport system has completely crushed like everything else in the country.

The ZUPCO monopoly must end! Private businesses must be allowed to operate,” CCC said in a statement.

Below is CCC’s list of recommendations set to eradicate transport woes :

FixPublicTransport

▪️End the ZUPCO monopoly
▪️Allow private players
▪️Introduce set timetables
▪️Refurbish bus stops
▪️Stop harassing transporters
▪️Maintain road networks
▪️Modernize the rail network
▪️Consult citizens

A 48-YEAR-ols man from Nkulumane suburb thought the best way to get revenge on his lover for infecting him with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) was to steal R19 000 from her.

Mkhululi Nzombani has been in love with Marry Nkiwane (60) for a couple of years. But their love affair was brought to a screeching halt after Mkhululi fiercely accused his sweetheart of infecting him with an STI.

After that, the court heard, Mkhululi hatched a plan on how to fix his sweetheart.

He visited his lover at her home and it happened that she left for the shops, leaving him alone in the room.

When Nkiwane returned, the court heard, Mkhululi had disappeared.

Upon checking her money, she discovered that he had stolen R19 000.

Nkiwane reported the matter to the police, leading to his arrest.

He appeared before Western Commonage Courts Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube facing a theft charge.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was remanded out of custody to next week on Wednesday.- B Metro

MASVINGO – Tragedy befell a Masvingo family after their father whom they reported missing was found hanging from a tree two days later.

Nasiel Makasi (65), a former Geography teacher at Mucheke High who went missing on Thursday was found hanging in a hill near Masvingo’s water tanks on Sunday.

His death comes just a few months after he retired from teaching in December last year. The Mirror could not establish reasons for the suicide.

His lifeless body was discovered on Sunday morning by Saul Shumba, a security guard.

Mucheke High head, Vincent Maweni confirmed the death and described it as a great shock.

“We have lost a great teacher and family man. He retired from Mucheke in December 2021 after joining the institution in January, 1977. He joined the school from Gweru Teacher’s College,” said Maweni.

Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa also confirmed the incident.

The deceased’s wife, Esther Makasi (60) helped the Police in identifying the body.

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MASVINGO – Tragedy befell a Masvingo family after their father whom they reported missing was found hanging from a tree two days later.

Nasiel Makasi (65), a former Geography teacher at Mucheke High who went missing on Thursday was found hanging in a hill near Masvingo’s water tanks on Sunday.

His death comes just a few months after he retired from teaching in December last year. The Mirror could not establish reasons for the suicide.

His lifeless body was discovered on Sunday morning by Saul Shumba, a security guard.

Mucheke High head, Vincent Maweni confirmed the death and described it as a great shock.

“We have lost a great teacher and family man. He retired from Mucheke in December 2021 after joining the institution in January, 1977. He joined the school from Gweru Teacher’s College,” said Maweni.

Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa also confirmed the incident.

The deceased’s wife, Esther Makasi (60) helped the Police in identifying the body.

Masvingo Mirror

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MASVINGO – Tragedy befell a Masvingo family after their father whom they reported missing was found hanging from a tree two days later.

Nasiel Makasi (65), a former Geography teacher at Mucheke High who went missing on Thursday was found hanging in a hill near Masvingo’s water tanks on Sunday.

His death comes just a few months after he retired from teaching in December last year. The Mirror could not establish reasons for the suicide.

His lifeless body was discovered on Sunday morning by Saul Shumba, a security guard.

Mucheke High head, Vincent Maweni confirmed the death and described it as a great shock.

“We have lost a great teacher and family man. He retired from Mucheke in December 2021 after joining the institution in January, 1977. He joined the school from Gweru Teacher’s College,” said Maweni.

Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa also confirmed the incident.

The deceased’s wife, Esther Makasi (60) helped the Police in identifying the body.

Masvingo Mirror

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MASVINGO – Tragedy befell a Masvingo family after their father whom they reported missing was found hanging from a tree two days later.

Nasiel Makasi (65), a former Geography teacher at Mucheke High who went missing on Thursday was found hanging in a hill near Masvingo’s water tanks on Sunday.

His death comes just a few months after he retired from teaching in December last year. The Mirror could not establish reasons for the suicide.

His lifeless body was discovered on Sunday morning by Saul Shumba, a security guard.

Mucheke High head, Vincent Maweni confirmed the death and described it as a great shock.

“We have lost a great teacher and family man. He retired from Mucheke in December 2021 after joining the institution in January, 1977. He joined the school from Gweru Teacher’s College,” said Maweni.

Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa also confirmed the incident.

The deceased’s wife, Esther Makasi (60) helped the Police in identifying the body.

Masvingo Mirror

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Tinashe Sambiri|The Citizens’ party will be in Bulilima West on Friday.

Citizens’ President Advocate Nelson Chamisa will address a rally at Madlambuzi Business Centre, Bulilima West.

Citizens Coalition For Change is determined to end Zanu PF dominance in rural areas.

“The Yellow movement is in Bulilima West at Madlambuzi Business Centre this Friday as we continue to mobilize the masses in all corners of Zimbabwe to ensure we attain our 6 million voter target in 2023! #RegisterToVoteZW #YellowRally,” CCC said in a statement.

“This Friday, 6 May 2022, we will be hosting a #YellowRally in Bulilima West at Madlambuzi Business Centre.

We continue to mobilize the masses in all corners of Zimbabwe to ensure we attain our 6 million voter target in 2023,” CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said in a statement on Twitter.

Tinashe Sambiri|Thousands of commuters across the country are suffering as a direct result of the ZUPCO monopoly imposed by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.

ZUPCO is failing to cope with number of commuters in Harare and all the major cities in the country.

Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challenged the Zanu PF regime to end the ZUPCO monopoly as a matter of urgency.

Mr Mnangagwa and his ally Kuda Tagwirei are reportedly looting state cash through ZUPCO.

“The regime in Harare has admitted that it has failed the citizens by creating a transport crisis particularly in urban areas.

Currently, there’s an acute shortage of transport that has left tens of thousands commuters stranded.

Zimbabwe needs a smart 21st century transport system. Over the last 42 years, our public transport system has completely crushed like everything else in the country.

The ZUPCO monopoly must end! Private businesses must be allowed to operate,” CCC said in a statement.

Below is CCC’s list of recommendations set to eradicate transport woes :

FixPublicTransport

▪️End the ZUPCO monopoly
▪️Allow private players
▪️Introduce set timetables
▪️Refurbish bus stops
▪️Stop harassing transporters
▪️Maintain road networks
▪️Modernize the rail network
▪️Consult citizens

University students, teachers and nurses have called for a national shutdown next Monday in a “fees must fall” protest and against the skyrocketing cost of living.

Teachers and nurses say they are failing to make ends meet, with their salaries having been battered by inflation while university students say new tuition fees are unaffordable.

In the private sector, there is also growing discontent with workers and their employers engaged in wage disputes, forcing some companies to pay a percentage of the wages in United States dollars.

Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) national spokesperson Lenon Mazuru said they wanted to register their discontent at the current state of affairs in the country by calling for a national shutdown.

“As the student fraternity, we are facing many challenges, we are saying the wages our parents are getting are not enough to cater for our fees. Policies which are in place are causing so much havoc, so much damage to the education sector. We need a lot of things which we are unable to afford,” Mazuru said.

“We are calling and inviting all other unions to support us on May 9. We need the government to address us and we need the crisis to end. This thing is way beyond ‘fees must fall’, hence everyone must take part. Every university, college, we are going to shut them down.”

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) and Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) pledged full support for the shutdown, and urged their members to withdraw their services on the day.

Artuz president Obert Masaraure said: “We call upon teachers to completely withdraw their labour on May 9, 2022. Parents are urged to keep their children at home. The broader working class is urged to take heed of this call and demand a living wage from the bosses.”

ZPNU leader Robert Chiduku said the economic crisis, which was causing untold suffering to workers and could not be ignored any longer.

“There is a labour crisis, economic crisis, political crisis, human rights violation crisis, healthcare crisis, leadership deficit crisis and some more other crises which have birthed challenges that have put workers within the cycles of poverty,” Chiduku said.

“The economic crisis should be solved and the currency crisis should be rectified for it is the workers who are feeling the pinch of the economic crisis.”

The planned shutdown comes days after Zanu PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa disclosed that the ruling party bigwigs were having headaches over the currency crisis and price distortions.

In the past, the government has responded to protests by shutting down social media platforms, and deploying troops. In 2019, over a dozen civilians were killed during fuel price hike protests.

Yesterday, Health Services Board (HSB) chairperson Paulinus Sikhosana said he was not aware that nurses were planning to join the protests.

HSB spokesperson Tryfine Dzvukutu added: “That is news to me because it’s business as usual in all our health institutions.”

Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira was not reachable for comment.

But permanent secretary in the ministry Fanuel Tagwira begged the university students against protesting the fee hikes before accusing Zinasu of harbouring a sinister political agenda.

“If institutions decrease fees, the reality is that there will be no quality education to talk of. Already, since the fee hikeS, there has been inflation and the fees they are paying now can only cover at least 70% of the institutions’ expenses,” Tagwira said.

“We would not want them to march. It is not the rest of the students intending to do that, but one particular group linked to a political party. Government understands their plight but there needs to be consideration on how the fees came to be.”

In March, police arrested a number of University of Zimbabwe students union for protesting against an increase in tuition fees.

-Newsday

Zanu-PF yesterday set conditions for talks with opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, saying he must first publicly distance himself from British politicians.

Addressing a Press conference in Harare yesterday, Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said the ruling party was open for talks with Chamisa on condition he disassociates himself from statements made by Lord Jonathan Oaths in the British House of Lords supporting him.

“We call upon the CCC to order and distance themselves from John Oath’s statements. How do we negotiate with you when you are associated with such statements? Chamisa should be patriotic by distancing himself from such statements if he is willing to talk to us,” Mutsvangwa said.

In 2008, Zanu-PF entered into talks with the then MDC led by the late trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai following the disputed harmonised elections, resulting in the formation of an inclusive government.

The unity government brought relative stability as the economy dollarised after world record-breaking hyperinflation made the Zimbabwe dollar worthless.

There are mounting calls for the country to dollarise as inflation creeps towards hyper levels, racing to 96,4% last week.

Oates told the British Parliament that the March 26 by-elections were held in an unlevel electoral field against Chamisa’s CCC with Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC Alliance, which he described as a Zanu-PF project, having it easy.

“In those elections, the main opposition party was denied the right even to use its own name in these elections or to access the public funds it was entitled to,” Oates said.

However, Mutsvangwa said Oates had no business “poking his nose” into the country’s affairs.

“For a British Lord to have the temerity that we don’t like Douglas  Mwonzora (MDC Alliance leader) because he is not opposed to Zanu-PF the way we like Chamisa, that is the height of imperial arrogance and that is unacceptable.

“We appeal to the opposition and in particular Chamisa.  This is the occasion the CCC must make a decision. There is a duty to choose the flag or the country over anything else,” Mutsvangwa said.

However, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said the opposition party was not interested in having any talks with Zanu-PF, saying: “We have never pushed for dialogue with Zanu-PF, but for a national dialogue including the churches.  The Zanu-PF government is not legitimate. It has been rejected by the Western community. Mnangagwa is not legitimate, and no one wants to be associated with Mnangagwa’s government.”

Chamisa insists that Mnangagwa rigged the 2018 elections in his favour, and has refused to recognise his legitimacy even after the Constitutional Court dismissed his court challenge.

“Zanu-PF must make sure to resolve legitimate issues and they should stop the abuse of citizens and they are the perpetrators of violence,” Siziba added.

Meanwhile, Mutsvangwa said Zanu-PF will use its parliamentary majority soon to railroad the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill which seeks to regulate civic society organisations and non-governmental organisations including independent trusts.

Zanu-PF often accuses NGOs and civic society organisations of being foreign funded to push a regime change agenda.

Critics have dismissed the PVO Bill as an attempt by Mnangagwa to silence critics, civic groups and NGOs which have exposed corruption, misgovernance and spoken out against human rights abuses.

-Newsday

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) traffic cops have been accused of causing the death of four people who were aboard a commuter omnibus which overturned on Wednesday morning in Mutare.

The police allegedly tried to stop the speeding kombi by throwing spikes, causing it to veer off the road and overturn several times.

Four people died while ten were injured, some of them seriously. The injured were rushed to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital.

According to The Manica Post, the accident happened along Vumba Road near CMED and involved a kombi plying the Mutare-Chigodora route. Among the passengers were schoolchildren.

ZRP spokesperson in Manicaland Province Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the accident. He said:

Yes, it is true. The accident happened this morning, but we are still gathering details.

We will duly inform you when we have all the relevant information.

Meanwhile, in a post on its Twitter page on Wednesday afternoon, the ZRP said the commuter omnibus “had a left tyre burst” after it went through a roadblock causing it to overturn and land on a durawall. Read the statement:

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a speeding Toyota Hiace Kombi went through a Police checkpoint along Vumba- Mutare Rd.

The vehicle had a left tyre burst after the roadblock and it overturned before landing on a durawall at CMED Mutare Depot this morning at 0700 hours. As a result, four people died while eight others were injured.

The Police are now conducting investigations to establish what actually transpired in this sad and unfortunate incident.- Pindula News, Manica Post

Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa has said the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation monopoly is a worrying indictment as far media freedom is concerned.

Commenting on World Press Freedom Day, President Chamisa described journalists as
the oxygen of the society.

“On this day, World Press Freedom Day, we remember and celebrate the work of all ethical journalists.We thank you for your sterling work,as the oxygen of society.Keep informing!

It is a tragedy that Zimbabwe only has one TV station.
We will change and fix this tragedy,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

The CCC leader also denounced Zanu PF barbarism.

“The war against poverty and oppression will only be won when we love, create and win more friends than enemies.

We have a bigger fight. When you attack you alienate. We are ONE Family, ONE People, ONE Nation! ONE Love..Love wins battles. Let Love Lead!”

Tinashe Sambiri|Passengers in the country are suffering as a result of Emmerson Mnangagwa and Kuda Tagwirei’s scandal at ZUPCO.

Mnangagwa and his blue-eyed boy Tagwirei are accused of looting State funds via ZUPCO.

On Tuesday Citizens’ Coalition For Change spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere exposed Mnangagwa and Tagwirei’s looting scam:

“Remember when Tagwirei’s company purchased 162 #ZUPCO buses at US$58,900 each & sold them to Govt for US$212,962 each?

Millions were looted. Now there aren’t enough public buses & the people are stranded.

Zimbabwe is not poor. It’s poorly managed.

We need new leaders,” Mahere wrote on Facebook.

Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC) president, Fredrick Maguramhinga, quoted by NewsDay, pleaded with Government to end the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) monopoly.

Maguramhinga argues the ZUPCO monopoly has caused the shortage of transport in the country.

“The crisis in the transport sector has taken another level. There is a stalemate between the government and operators. There is no platform to discuss this because the door is closed.

The SI 83 of 2020 states that no one shall run public transport outside the Zupco franchise. The birth of this arrangement wasn’t inclusive.

It was imposed on operators. We were not given a chance to speak for our members. This system is surviving by force,” Maguramhinga told the publication.

Mr Mnangagwa’s administration enforced ZUPCO’s transport monopoly in 2020 via Statutory Instrument (SI) 83 of 2020.

A woman from Glen View suburb in Harare appeared before a magistrate on Monday, 2 May, after she allegedly stole US$16 000 from her husband.

The complainant, Michael Chiboiwa, had given his wife Moretime Muzondo the money for safekeeping.

The money was meant for the construction of the couple’s house.

Muzondo was not asked to plead when she appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda.

Prosecuting, Anesu Chirenje alleged that Chiboiwa gave Muzondo US$16 000, which he wanted to use for building a house on their residential stand.

The court further heard that Muzondo took the money on 23 March, together with Chiboiwa’s passport and disappeared.

However, Muzondo was arrested on 29 April in Epworth, where she was hiding.

The court heard that Muzondo was found in possession of US$2 150, R4 200, and two car registration books.

-H-Metro

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a Police Officer who was pursuing a suspect who was trying to steal solar panels mounted on top of a roof at a house in Dulibadzimu, Beitbridge, died when the two fell down at 0054 hours

The suspect later committed suicide in a Police cell while detained together with three other suspects who have been since been interviewed by Police on the incident.

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a speeding Toyota Hiace Kombi went through a Police checkpoint along Vumba- Mutare Rd. The vehicle had a left tyre burst after the roadblock and it overturned before landing on a durawall at
CMED Mutare Depot this morning at 0700 hours.

As a result, four people died while eight others were injured. The Police are now conducting investigations to establish what actually transpired in this sad and unfortunate incident.

The ZRP is investigating a murder case in which a seven-year-old female juvenile was fatally assaulted all over the body with sticks and sjamboks by three male juveniles aged nine, ten, and eleven at Nsundu Village, Kwekwe on 02/05/22. – ZRP

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a Police Officer who was pursuing a suspect who was trying to steal solar panels mounted on top of a roof at a house in Dulibadzimu, Beitbridge, died when the two fell down at 0054 hours

The suspect later committed suicide in a Police cell while detained together with three other suspects who have been since been interviewed by Police on the incident.

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a speeding Toyota Hiace Kombi went through a Police checkpoint along Vumba- Mutare Rd. The vehicle had a left tyre burst after the roadblock and it overturned before landing on a durawall at
CMED Mutare Depot this morning at 0700 hours.

As a result, four people died while eight others were injured. The Police are now conducting investigations to establish what actually transpired in this sad and unfortunate incident.

The ZRP is investigating a murder case in which a seven-year-old female juvenile was fatally assaulted all over the body with sticks and sjamboks by three male juveniles aged nine, ten, and eleven at Nsundu Village, Kwekwe on 02/05/22. – ZRP

Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa has said the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation monopoly is a worrying indictment as far media freedom is concerned.

Commenting on World Press Freedom Day, President Chamisa described journalists as
the oxygen of the society.

“On this day, World Press Freedom Day, we remember and celebrate the work of all ethical journalists.We thank you for your sterling work,as the oxygen of society.Keep informing!

It is a tragedy that Zimbabwe only has one TV station.
We will change and fix this tragedy,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

The CCC leader also denounced Zanu PF barbarism.

“The war against poverty and oppression will only be won when we love, create and win more friends than enemies.

We have a bigger fight. When you attack you alienate. We are ONE Family, ONE People, ONE Nation! ONE Love..Love wins battles. Let Love Lead!”

Tinashe Sambiri| Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is under pressure to end the ZUPCO monopoly.

Citizens’ Coalition For Change says the ZUPCO monopoly is causing untold chaos in the transport sector.

Below is CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba’s statement:

Zupco monopoly must be abandoned!

The failure of it is sped evident, we must immediately return Kombi’s.

Citizens Members of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya have stood firm in Parliement to reject this policy as it has absolutely failed.

This is what we expect from all progressive MPs. Tell no lies, reject anti people policies and speak for and on behalf of the oppressed always.

Also watch Hon Settlement Chikwinya’s argument in Parliament:

https://fb.watch/cO3E_hW8Yx/

Tinashe Sambiri|Passengers in the country are suffering as a result of Emmerson Mnangagwa and Kuda Tagwirei’s scandal at ZUPCO.

Mnangagwa and his blue-eyed boy Tagwirei are accused of looting State funds via ZUPCO.

On Tuesday Citizens’ Coalition For Change spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere exposed Mnangagwa and Tagwirei’s looting scam:

“Remember when Tagwirei’s company purchased 162 #ZUPCO buses at US$58,900 each & sold them to Govt for US$212,962 each?

Millions were looted. Now there aren’t enough public buses & the people are stranded.

Zimbabwe is not poor. It’s poorly managed.

We need new leaders,” Mahere wrote on Facebook.

Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC) president, Fredrick Maguramhinga, quoted by NewsDay, pleaded with Government to end the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) monopoly.

Maguramhinga argues the ZUPCO monopoly has caused the shortage of transport in the country.

“The crisis in the transport sector has taken another level. There is a stalemate between the government and operators. There is no platform to discuss this because the door is closed.

The SI 83 of 2020 states that no one shall run public transport outside the Zupco franchise. The birth of this arrangement wasn’t inclusive.

It was imposed on operators. We were not given a chance to speak for our members. This system is surviving by force,” Maguramhinga told the publication.

Mr Mnangagwa’s administration enforced ZUPCO’s transport monopoly in 2020 via Statutory Instrument (SI) 83 of 2020.

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a Police Officer who was pursuing a suspect who was trying to steal solar panels mounted on top of a roof at a house in Dulibadzimu, Beitbridge, died when the two fell down at 0054 hours.

The suspect later committed suicide in a Police cell while detained together with three other suspects who have been since been interviewed by Police on the incident.

The ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which a speeding Toyota Hiace Kombi went through a Police checkpoint along Vumba- Mutare Rd. The vehicle had a left tyre burst after the roadblock and it overturned before landing on a durawall at
CMED Mutare Depot this morning at 0700 hours.

As a result, four people died while eight others were injured. The Police are now conducting investigations to establish what actually transpired in this sad and unfortunate incident.

The ZRP is investigating a murder case in which a seven-year-old female juvenile was fatally assaulted all over the body with sticks and sjamboks by three male juveniles aged nine, ten, and eleven at Nsundu Village, Kwekwe on 02/05/22. – ZRP

Tinashe Sambiri| Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is under pressure to end the ZUPCO monopoly.

Citizens’ Coalition For Change says the ZUPCO monopoly is causing untold chaos in the transport sector.

Below is CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba’s statement:

Zupco monopoly must be abandoned!

The failure of it is sped evident, we must immediately return Kombi’s.

Citizens Members of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya have stood firm in Parliement to reject this policy as it has absolutely failed.

This is what we expect from all progressive MPs. Tell no lies, reject anti people policies and speak for and on behalf of the oppressed always.

Also watch Hon Settlement Chikwinya’s argument in Parliament:

https://fb.watch/cO3E_hW8Yx/

Jordan Zemura will be playing in the English Premier League next season after his Bournemouth side earned automatic promotion to the top-flight following their 1-0 victory over Nottingham on Tuesday.

The Zimbabwean started in the game and played the entire ninety minutes.

The Cherries secured the victory courtesy of Kieffer Moore’s strike in the 83rd minute.

Scott Parker’s side will finish the campaign in the second place, six points clear of Forest, who are thord on the log.

Zemura will join fellow Warriors team-mate Marvelous Nakamba who plays for Aston Villa in the EPL.

The Cherries, meanwhile, returns to the top-flight two years after their relegation in 2020.

-Soccer24

A man from Mutare suspected to be the mastermind of a syndicate smuggling second-hand clothes into Zimbabwe from Mozambique, Edward Muhamba, has seen his property and trucks worth US$500 000 frozen by the High Court until he explains how he acquired them.

The High Court gave him 30 days to explain in a sworn statement, including receipts and other proof, how he acquired the two commercial properties, a house and five trucks or risk having the lot forfeited to the State. He has never declared any income from employment or business for tax purposes.

Muhamba had his trucks impounded by the police on previous occasions while ferrying allegedly smuggled second-hand clothes. In one of the cases, police chose to arrest two detectives who had impounded his vehicle laden with 142 bales of clothes on charges of criminal abuse of office and used him as a State witness.

Last year, Muhamba was part of a gang that was picked up for allegedly fighting over smuggling routes in Mutare. Investigations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) implicate him in smuggling of bales of second-hand clothes, money laundering and unlawful dealing in diamonds. So now he must explain how he amassed his wealth within a short space of time.

Muhamba (39), according to preliminary investigations, has never been employed by a reputable company, neither does he pay tax to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority for any known business. Good incomes tend to come from a good job or a good business or both.

The Prosecutor General, acting on ZACC instructions, successfully obtained a court order freezing Muhamba’s known assets last week.

The same order, issued by Justice Pisirayi Kwenda, compels Muhamba to file a written explanation on how he acquired the following assets:

Stand 11708 Beira Corridor 2 Mutare, worth US$25 000;

Commercial stand 12 Muduna Crescent, Nyamakate Industrial area in Mutare, valued at US$250 000;

975 Chikanga Phase One, Mutare, worth US$100 000;

Hino Ranger truck registration number ABK3205, valued at US$12 000;

Hino truck registration number ABK 1931, valued at US$20 000;

Hino Ranger truck registration number ABR 0066, valued at US$20 000; and

Toyota Hilux registration number AEL 0648, valued at US$45 000.

Justice Kwenda wants Muhamba to submit the written explanation to the head of ZACC’s Asset Forfeiture and Recovery Unit within 30 days of service of the order.

Receipts and other supporting documentation should be attached to the report to prove the legitimacy of the wealth. Failure to give a satisfactory explanation may result in the assets being forfeited to the State, as tainted property.

-Herald

By A Correspondent| Pastor Samuel Masunda is a clergyman who is being persecuted for his own political conviction and belief in human rights.

He has been at loggerheads with the governing authorities in Harare for dabbling in political activities and promoting human rights.

He has always been threatened by the dreaded central intelligence agency officials that men of the cloth must confine themselves to the pulpit or else be treated like opposition politicians…

In Zimbabwe, being treated as an opposition activist means frequent visits to the dreaded remand prisons, torture, and deaths.

To further compound the already dire situation, Masunda has been advocating for the rights of the LGBTQ community, a society which is being shunned upon in the greater Zimbabwean society.

Masunda has always stated that the broader Zimbabwe community should be tolerant to people with divergent political, social, and sexual convictions.

In an interview with this publication, Masunda urged local society to be accommodative to differences.

“The gay and lesbian community in Zimbabwe has to hide their sexual identity…they suffer discrimination and exclusion, and, in most instances, they suffer violent attacks, and this has resulted in permanent fear and loneliness,” he said.

Pastor Masunda said most of the LGBTQ society often suffer from poor mental health.

And it is that critical introspection into society which has got him at loggerheads with the authorities in the country.

“They have always labelled me as a gay advocate politician masquerading as a clergyman,” he said.

“I had no problem with that attached name, had they confined to labelling only, he said.

Masunda is being haunted day and night by state security agencies.

“Iam under surveillance with real threats to my life, being persecuted for what I believe in…basic human rights and fundamental freedoms such as belonging to a political party of one’s choice”.

“If a state cannot offer such fundamentals, then it becomes authoritarian”.

04 May 2022

Zimbabwe’s education is screaming for help, it has been abandoned and is suffocating under the yoke of austerity.

The government of Emmerson Mnangagwa consistently allocates a paltry 13% of national budget towards basic education, way below the 20% Dakar threshold. The net effect of under funding is;

1. Slave wages for teachers rendering them incapacitated.
2. Mass dropouts of learners as parents fail to foot the education bill.
3. Collapse of infrastructure and lack of basic services in schools across the country.
4. Unavailability of teaching and learning materials for the new curriculum.

In summary Zimbabwe’s classroom has closed shop. The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ launched the #SaveOurEducationZw campaign in a desperate bid to mobilise citizens to demand adequate funding for our education.

The Union salutes all the Citizens who have taken heed of the call and participated in our multiple advocacy tactics. Our campaign has however attracted a massive backlash from a state which firmly believes in command tactics.

In the face of a repressive state we have to build Coalitions and make repression impossible!

It is against this background that ARTUZ is joining the 9 May 2022 protest organised by the Zimbabwe National Students Union, ZINASU. Students in tertiary institutions who are failing to pay fees are sons and daughters of the working class. The government cut spending on education transferring the burden of funding education to the shoulders of the either underpaid or unemployed working class.

We call upon Teachers to completely withdraw their labour on 09 May 2022. Parents are urged to keep their children at home. The broader working class is urged to take heed of this call and demand a living wage from the bosses.

Let’s stand as a class and make repression expensive! #OrganiseOrStarve

Obert Masaraure
ARTUZ President
[email protected]
+263776129336

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John Chibadura
Born John Nyamukokoko
February 17, 1957
Died August 4, 1999 (aged 42)
Nationality Zimbabwe
Other names Mr Chitungwiza
Occupation
Musician.

John Chibadura was one of the best sungura and reggae artist in Zimbabwe. He was popularly known as “Mr Chitungwiza” for being the first musician to own a house in Chitungwiza at a time when the suburb was sprawling and when he was basking in glory. His music genre was a blend of sungura, jit, rhumba and reggae. He formed his own outfit known as The Tembo Brothers. He gained international recognition in the 1980s but Mozambique was his second home and whenever he was performing in Mozambique, the Mozambicans welcomed him as one of their lost son. Together with his band, Chibadura managed to release many albums and his first single was “Upenyu Hwandinetsa”.

Background

Chibadura was born John Nyamukokoko on 17 February 1957. He lost his mother when he was five, he never had a place which he called his permanent home. It is said that he usually relocated from one relative’s household to another as no one was able to take full responsibility of him.

[1] In the wake of all this, Chibadura was not able to finish school and he was thus forced to seek employment. He was first employed as a shepherd in Darwendable Farming area, where he hailed from. From being a shepherd, he became a driver at a certain farm, driving the tractor.[1] He was then employed as a lorry driver and it was during this period in which he began to learn how to play an electric guitar.[1] His ability to play the guitar earned him the nickname ‘Chibadura’ meaning the man who can do the best on the guitar.

In February 1980, Chibadura relocated from Darwendale to Salisbury (present day Harare) in company of his friend Shepherd Chinyani.[1] During this time, Chibadura was known as Enock Chimukoko.

Music career

Chibadura launched his musical career in Harare together with Chinyani who became part of a band known as The Holy Brothers.[1] The band was however short lived and some of the band members were reported to have abandoned their musical careers.

Chibadura and Chinyani teamed up with Tineyi Chikupo who was the front man of a band called Mother Band which he had formed in the early 1980s.

[1] Chikupo however left his band and Chibadura together with Chinyani teamed with Ronnie Gatakata, Bata Sintirawo popularly known as Manyowa and they started performing in Mutoko at a certain hotel.[1] They were identified as a band, surprisingly the band was still yet to acquire a name. This anonymous band relocated to Domboshawa after they were being continuously ill-treated by the owner of the hotel at Mutoko, a place which had become their performing base.[1] In Domboshawa, they signed a contract which enabled them to perform at Mverechena Hotel and the band was subsequently named The Mverechena Band.[1] After being offered a contract to perform at Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield, the Mverechena Band left Domboshawa for Harare and they assumed a new name, The Sungura Boys being led by Chibadura.[1] The band released albums such as Sara Ugarike, Rugare Tangenhamo which all sold more than 100 000 copies.
There are conflicting reports regarding the actual year in which Chibadura formed his Tembo Brothers. It was reported that it was in 1983 when Chibadura decided to try his luck in music when he was inspired by some of the then well-established artists who were performing in the local beer halls which Chibadura frequently visited.[2] It was also reported that, it was in 1985 when Chibudara left The Sungura Boys to form the Tembo Brothers.[1] Regardless of this, the fact still remains that Chibadura was the one who initiated the formation of the Tembo Brothers.

International Performances

Chibadura and his band, the Tembo Brothers managed to gain recognition internationally. The band toured the United Kingdom twice and in 1988 the band was invited to be a guest on Andy Kershaw’s Radio 1 show.[1] The band is said to be the first amongst the other outfits that were in the country in the 1980s to perform in Europe. Chibadura performed his last gig in Ireland at The Travellers Rest as part of the celebration of the Senses Festival.[3] Regionally, the band registered success in Mozambique and it was reported that each time there was a show slated for the Tembo Brothers, Chibadura would be ferried to concerts by the presidential helicopter.[1]

His Death

Chibadura died of an undisclosed ailment in 1999 but left an enduring legacy. After his death, the Tembo Brothers managed to record three albums being led by Roderick Chomudhara.[4]

Discography

Upenyu Hwandinetsa
Mudzimu Wangu
5000 Kuroora
Sara Ugarike
Reggae Hits
Nguva Yakaoma
The Best of John Chibadura
Munhu Hanachakana
Kugarika Tangenhamo
Mune Majerasi

Source: Pindula

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change Namibia has pointed out that it is now time for citizens to protect themselves from Zanu PF barbarism.

Zanu PF hooligans attacked CCC members in Chitungwiza on Monday.

In a statement on Tuesday, CCC Namibia said citizens should protect themselves from political violence as Zanu PF is determined to kill perceived foes.

Read statement below:

Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges change champions to defend themselves against ZanuPF violence!

03 May 2022

Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia absolutely condemns the state-sponsored violence in Zengeza ward 7 where change champions were butchered for taking part in a door to door campaign towards 7 May by-elections.

The district was extremely cobra-headed to see its prospective councillor Maiko with severe head injuries. Change champions in Namibia urge citizens to defend themselves against ZanuPF thugocrats. It’s now high time we resist intimidation, torture and gross abuse of human freedoms.

What happened in Chitungwiza is a clear testament that the desperate regime is willing to do anything to impede the Yellow Revolution.

It is astonishing that ZanuPF terror is being unleashed in towns, we lost our youthful change champion Mboneni Ncube a few days before by-elections and nothing was done to the perpetrators. This sadist attempt to deter social democrats must be resisted with equal measure. I believe that party supporters should now embrace dangerous freedom against ZanuPF-sponsored violence. Change champions should not continue to fold their hands at the face of this brutality.

Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia challenges Zec and the judiciary to defend the vulnerable citizens to promote free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe. Violence from the unpopular regime reflects ZanuPF’s unpreparedness to accept defeat in 2023.

These rigging shenanigans should not go unchallenged. Zec should work diligently to establish an even political field for all parties to campaign freely. It is a sham to have politically motivated violence, attacking our party candidates three days before polls. This undoubtedly unearthed the cluelessness of the Harare regime. We need serious security for our members and supporters both in rural and urban areas.

For how long shall we continue to fold our hands when our people are being beaten, abducted and tortured for believing in the organic and eloquent leader President Advocate Nelson Chamisa? It is now imperative to get organised in towns and rural areas so that we can resist intimidation, torture arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances of change champions. The district encourages Yellow Revolutionaries to wake up and smell the coffee. 2023 harmonised elections need a pragmatic approach. Change champions should recruit, mobilise and radicalize for serious resistance against ZanuPF thugocrats.

Zimbabwe is not ZanuPF’s private property! We also own the motherland hence no need to be treated as second class citizens. It should be shoulder for shoulder with ZanuPF thugocrats. Defending ourselves is not violence! We are a peace-loving party but overstretching our patience and love for peace should not be allowed to continue.

Zengeza is our stronghold! How can we be beaten in Harare? Of all the places, we can’t have our change champions beaten in the capital city. This must be resisted with equal measure.

Our message to ZanuPF is clear, no amount of torture and gross abuse of the fundamental human rights shall break our resolve to win Zimbabwe for complete change under President Advocate Nelson Chamisa.

We shall commit and dedicate to prosecute the national democratic revolution to its logical conclusion. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia wishes a speedy recovery to our prospective councillor Maiko and all change champions who incurred severe injuries during the door to door campaign.

It is quite perturbing and infuriating to have the captured police aiding ZanuPF thugs to disrupt a peaceful campaign a few days before 7 May by-elections. We really demand a new government that respects democratic values and cultures.

This closure of democratic space in Zimbabwe unravels ZanuPF’s fear of electoral defeat in these by-elections.

Change champions need to develop the varlour, mettle, courage and nerve to confront Zec, police and ZanuPF satanists in the eye for socio-economic transfiguration. We need to escalate our resistance against state-sponsored violence.

Zec must be disbanded! We need an independent ZEC which is non-partisan. We can’t continue with a biased referee. The police should also act professionally.

NoToViolence

NoState-sponsoredViolence

ReformAgenda

NoToPoliceCapture.

NoToImpunity

ReleaseAllPoliticalPrisoners

JusticeToMboneniNcube

Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia
Rundu Branch Interim Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya

A Chipinge man escaped death by a whisker after he was stabbed in the neck and shoulder in a case of mistaken identity.

Washington Chitokonye, a football fan, allegedly stabbed Trymore Mugariri with an okapi knife in the stomach before vanishing from the scene.

Chitokonye reportedly mistook Mugariri for another fan whom he had had a misunderstanding with earlier during the day.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Manicaland Province, Inspector Norbert Muzondo confirmed the incident.

He said:

The incident happened at Muumbe Football Grounds in Magamba Village in Chief Musikavanhu’s area.

The two were among soccer fans who had gathered at the grounds to watch a soccer match.

During the match, Chitokonye had an altercation with someone who was drunk and was wearing a red T-shirt.

After the match, Chitokonye approached Mugariri who was also wearing a red T-shirt and mistook him for the drunk man he had earlier had an altercation with.

Chitokonye withdrew an okapi knife and stabbed Mugariri on the neck and on the left shoulder.

Chitokonye fled from the scene after realising that he had stabbed the wrong person.

Mugariri, who was writhing in pain sought medical attention at Rimbi Clinic where he was treated and discharged.- Manica Post