By- Zanu PF leadership is said to be panicking the invasion by CCC leader Nelson Chamisa in Matabeleland region for his weekend rallies
Chamisa on Friday announced that he was in Bulilima.
He will also be in Gwanda where he will address his supporters
CCC tweeted this week:
The Yellow Movement is in Gwanda this Saturday. Come let’s celebrate together #GwandaCelebrationRally #VictoryRally Phelandaba Stadium 10am-5pm
Sabbath School Summary
By Elder Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Roots of Abraham
Lesson 6
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8, NKJV).
Introduction
We have now reached the center of the book of Genesis. This central section (Genesis 12-22) will cover the journey of Abraham, from God’s first call, lekh lekha, “Go!” (Gen. 12:1), which leads Abraham to leave his past, to God’s second call, lekh lekha, “Go!” (Gen. 22:2), which leads Abraham to leave his future (as it would exist in his son). As a result, Abraham always is on the move, always a migrant, which is why he also is called a “stranger” (Gen. 17:8).
In his journeying, Abraham is suspended in the void—without his past, which he has lost, and without his future, which he does not see. Between these two calls, which frame Abraham’s journey of faith, Abraham hears God’s voice, which reassures him: “ ‘Do not be afraid’ ” (Gen. 15:1, NKJV). These words of God mark the three sections of Abraham’s journey, which will be studied in weeks 6, 7, and 8.
Abraham exemplifies faith (Gen. 15:6) and is remembered in the Hebrew Scriptures as the man of faith (Neh. 9:7, 8). In the New Testament, Abraham is one of the most mentioned figures from the Old Testament, and this week we will start to see why.
SABBATH: Although Abraham is best known as the “man of faith”, he can easily be referred to as a “migrant” or a “stranger” (Gen. 17:8). He was always on the move. His life dangled between the past he lost & the future he couldn’t foresee. But God bid him; “Do not be afraid” (Gen. 15:1). His story forms the central part of Genesis (Gen. 12-22). God’s call was “Go” & he gently obeyed (Gen. 12:1).
SUNDAY: Abraham was the next to hear God’s voice after Noah (Gen. 9:15-17; 12:1-9). God’s promise that another global flood wouldn’t occur was followed by a promise to bless all nations by the seed of Abraham. God’s call “Go” occurs 7 times & starts from Babylonia (see Gen. 11:31; Isa. 13:19, 48:20, Rev. 18:4, Gen. 22:18, 26:4, 28:14, Acts 3:25). We’re also called to “go” out of Babylon; get rid of past sins.
MONDAY: By faith, Abraham left Ur but by self-volition Abraham left Canaan (Gen. 12:10-20). Famine led Abraham to leave the Promised Land for Egypt. Ancient writs, the Merikare (2060-1700 b.c.), reveal that people from Canaan often left for Egypt for food & water. Egypt was known for temptations (Num. 14:3, Jer. 2:18). It was a symbol of self-trust. Abraham in Egypt lied but God forgave him (PP, p. 130).
TUESDAY: God calls backsliders to return. Abraham saw his journey to Egypt as an unfortunate detour (Gen. 13:1-18). He came back to Bethel where he was before in the Promised Land to start with God again. His repentance & how he handles family issues tells us that he’s a man of peace & generosity. Lot was greedy & Abraham faithful (Gen. 6:2). God Himself chose a land for Abraham (Gen. 13:14-17).
WEDNESDAY: The Battle of the Vale of Siddim is the first war in the Bible & it was a big one. Nine kings were involved; 4 armies from Mesopotamia & Persia against 5 Canaanite armies (including the kings of Sodom & Gomorrah). This war occurs right after God’s gift of the Promised Land to Abram (Gen. 14:1-17). The kings fought over the land but he was the true owner. He fought only for Lot (PP, p. 135).
THURSDAY: After victory in saving Lot, Abram gave tithe to the Priest, Melchizedek, from Salem (means “peace”). Thanked by Canaanites kings, Abram thanked God, Giver of victory. “izedek” in Melchizedek meant “justice”, a contrast to the king of Sodom, Bera (“in evil”) & Gomorrah, Birsha (in wickedness). The priest blessed Abram (Gen. 14:2, 18-24, 28:22; Heb. 7:2-6, Deut. 7:13, 14:23, 2 Chron. 31:5).
FRIDAY: Christ’s church is to be a hub of blessings & its members are to be blessed as they bless others. God’s plan to choose a peculiar people was not only that He might adopt them but to use them as a channel of blessings to all nations. Thus, Abram was not simply the special friend of God but His medium of blessing. We’re the light & salt of the world. Let your light shine & sweeten lives!
——Ellen G. White, “Abraham in Canaan,” pp. 134–136, in Patriarchs and Prophets & Reflecting Christ, p. 205.
Keywords
PP- Patriarchs and Prophets
Abram- Later referred to as Abraham. God changed His name to mean “father of all nations.” He’s popularly called the “father of faith.” He made mistakes but God didn’t forsake him, just like any sinner. God’s grace is stronger than sin.
Babylonia- It refers to our bitter past & past sins. God calls us to “come out of Babylon”. We’re to “Go” and make disciples of all nations.
Egypt- It stands for atheism, human trusting in humans rather than in God, and temptation (2 Kings 18:21; Isa. 36:6, 9). Egypt often had abundant food & water in contrast to other lands of famine.
Merikare- text composed during the period of the Middle Kingdom (2060–1700 b.c.).
Promised Land- Canaan.
Melchizedek- A priest of “God Most High.” He was a reprensatitve of God and not Christ. He served “bread and wine,” an association that often implies the use of fresh-pressed grape juice (Deut. 7:13, 2 Chron. 31:5).
Captions
SUNDAY- Abram’s Departure
MONDAY- The Temptation of Egypt
TUESDAY- Abram and Lot
WEDNESDAY- The Babel Coalition
THURSDAY- The Tithe of Melchizedek
Discussion Questions
? In light of the blessing of Abram, “ ‘I will bless you . . . and you shall be a blessing’ ” (Gen. 12:2, NKJV), what does it mean to be blessed? How can we, as people who serve the same God as did Abram, be a blessing to others?
? What was wrong in Abram’s half lie regarding his sister-wife? What is worse: lying or saying some truth while still, at the same time, technically lying?
? Read again Genesis 14:21–23, Abram’s response to the offer of the king of Sodom. Why did he respond as he did, and what important lesson can we take from this story? Would not Abram have been justified had he decided to take what the king had offered him?
By-The Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has announced that it would soon be embarking on new processes to elect its national leaders, ahead of the 2023 national elections.
This follows recent reports that the party, formed in January this year ahead of the March 26 by-elections, was a one-man show for Nelson Chamisa.
There are also increased calls for the new political outfit to hold an elective congress.
Exiled former ministers Professor Jonathan Moyo and Walter Mzembi led the charge last week calling for Chamisa to hold a special congress to launch the party constitution, build structures, elect leadership and come up with an election manifesto.
Since its formation early this year, the party has insisted that all party members will hold interim positions while it consults citizens.
Political observers, however, raised concerns that the stance would diminish the CCC’s image as a vanguard of democracy.
In an interview yesterday, CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said: “The CCC is consulting citizen assemblies throughout all provinces where structures are being built to ensure every street, village and farm is part of a branch.
“These are the same citizens in urban and rural areas who were consulted and who pushed for the creation of a brand new political party,” Mahere said, adding that the party was introducing a new political doctrine.
“We urge the citizens not to expect old ways from these new wineskins. We commit to doing things differently. Expect the new.”
The CCC, she added, was a citizens’ project that carried new values, a new political culture, a new thinking, and a new way of community organisation.
“The people are being consulted so that we don’t impose our own ideas on them. Rather, the citizens must own their movement,” she said.
The CCC, according to Mahere, would roll out all other mechanisms at the appropriate time while calling party supporters to trust the process. She said party leaders would be selected by a democratic process led by the citizens while details around this would be unveiled at the appropriate time.
“President Chamisa has been anything but silent. He has addressed citizen assemblies, small group meetings, village meetings, and a host of other community and special interest groups,” Mahere said.
“The clear message has been that CCC is a movement that puts the citizens at the centre of all decision-making and all matters of governance, leadership selection, budgetary priorities, and policy-making.”
Mahere said the movement was seeking to complete the unfinished business of the liberation struggle.
“It is a party that champions prosperity, opportunity and protection for all Zimbabweans regardless of their location or status in society.
“We are all equal as citizens of our country. We advocate for a Zimbabwe where every person is accorded their inalienable rights irrespective of race, colour, creed, age, sex, religious affiliation, national origin or disability,” she added.
Mahere said Chamisa has made it clear that the party’s mission was to drive a new national consensus, a new conversation, a new convergence, a post-liberation consensus and a democratisation consensus.
The CCC garnered 19 out of 28 seats in the March 26 by-elections.
-Zimbabwe Independent
By- CC President has been angered by the deteriorating transport situation in the country and said that it is caused by Emerson Mnangagwa’s poor governance.
Chamisa posted pictures of passengers being shoved into lories and said that the situation was degrading.
Posted Chamisa on Tweeter:
A CHRONICLE OF FAILURE! A HERALD OF A TOTAL COLLAPSE.
By- Buyers and people attending the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo flocked the SOUTH Africa’s visual cannabis magazine, Seven Leaf stand to see Mbanje which the company was showcasing.
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Industrial hemp is a botanical class of cannabis sativa cultivars grown specifically for industrial or medicinal use.
It can be used to make a wide range of products. Along with bamboo, hemp is among the fastest growing plants on Earth.
Nomsa, a representative of the magazine said hemp is beneficial medicinally, nutritionally and as an ingredient for textile products.
“Industrial hemp is important therapeutically since it contains a compound called cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp seeds are high in protein. Farmers can also use hemp as a cover crop, reducing the need for herbicides and also adding diversity to crop rotations.
“Besides the obvious, hemp is also used to make textiles, building material, livestock bedding, paper products, bioplastics and milk. The general misconception with cannabis is that it makes one high but since hemp seeds contain less than three percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), this means that it is non-psychoactive, she said.
In 2018, the Government gazetted Statutory Instrument 218 of 2020 [CAP. 18:24 Agriculture Marketing Authority (Industrial Hemp) Regulations, 2020 that regularised the growing, processing and supply of industrial hemp (cannabis) by farmers in Zimbabwe for industrial purposes.
-Chronicle
By- A new Zanu PF National Youth League Executive was elected into office at the 7th National Youth Conference Thursday.
The new executive will be presented to the ruling party’s First Secretary, President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the conference comes to its final stages.
The party’s National Political Commissar, Mike Bimha announced the results Thursday night.
By- Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa, has announced his arrival in Bulilima ahead of his weekend rally in the Matabeleland region.
Chamisa announced this Friday on his social media platform.
Posted Chamisa:
I’m in BULILIMA in Matebeleland south just by the border with Botswana. #fakapressure
Chicken Inn have re-signed their former striker Clive Augusto.
Augusto was one of the players dismissed by Harare giants CAPS United for allegedly masterminding a strike that nearly resulted in the cancellation on their league match against Cranborne Bullets last Sunday.
He is back at the Gamecocks, the club at which he terrorised defenders and scored 14 goals before leaving for DStv Premiership side Maritzburg United, back in 2019.
He has signed a 2-year contract, as announced by the club on their Twitter page.
“For two years he will torment your souls.
Clive Augusto is back at Chicken Inn FC.
If you don’t know him you will,” reads the post.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Football Union of Zimbabwe president Desmond Maringwa has been appointed to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Organising Committee for interclub competitions and Management of Club Licensing System.
The former Dynamos midfielder will be in the committee for a two-year period, starting this year until 2024.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health.
A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, with people in low and middle-income countries suffering the highest exposures.
The findings have prompted the World Health Organization to highlight the importance of curbing fossil fuel use and taking other tangible steps to reduce air pollution levels.
Released in the lead-up to World Health Day, which this year celebrates the theme Our planet, our health, the 2022 update of the World Health Organization’s air quality database introduces, for the first time, ground measurements of annual mean concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a common urban pollutant and precursor of particulate matter and ozone. It also includes measurements of particulate matter with diameters equal or smaller than 10 μm (PM10) or 2.5 μm (PM2.5). Both groups of pollutants originate mainly from human activities related to fossil fuel combustion.
The new air quality database is the most extensive yet in its coverage of air pollution exposure on the ground.
Some 2,000 more cities/human settlements are now recording ground monitoring data for particulate matter – PM10 and/or PM2.5 – than the last update. This marks an almost 6-fold rise in reporting since the database was launched in 2011.
Meanwhile, the evidence base for the damage air pollution does to the human body has been growing rapidly and points to significant harm caused by even low levels of many air pollutants.
Particulate matter, especially PM2.5, is capable of penetrating deep into the lungs and entering the bloodstream, causing cardiovascular, cerebrovascular (stroke) and respiratory impacts.
There is emerging evidence that particulate matter impacts other organs and causes other diseases as well.
NO2 is associated with respiratory diseases, particularly asthma, leading to respiratory symptoms (such as coughing, wheezing or difficulty breathing), hospital admissions and visits to emergency rooms
WHO last year revised its Air Quality Guidelines, making them more stringent in an effort to help countries better evaluate the healthiness of their own air.
“Current energy concerns highlight the importance of speeding up the transition to cleaner, healthier energy systems,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “High fossil fuel prices, energy security, and the urgency of addressing the twin health challenges of air pollution and climate change, underscore the pressing need to move faster towards a world that is much less dependent on fossil fuels.”
Steps governments can take to improve air quality and health
A number of governments are taking steps to improve air quality, but WHO is calling for a rapid intensification of actions to:
adopt or revise and implement national air quality standards according to the latest
WHO Air Quality Guidelines;
monitor air quality and identify sources of air pollution;
support the transition to exclusive use of clean household energy for cooking, heating and lighting;
build safe and affordable public transport systems and pedestrian- and cycle-friendly networks;
implement stricter vehicle emissions and efficiency standards; and enforce mandatory inspection and maintenance for vehicles;
invest in energy-efficient housing and power generation;
improve industry and municipal waste management;
reduce agricultural waste incineration, forest fires and certain agro-forestry activities (e.g. charcoal production); and
include air pollution in curricula for health professionals and providing tools for the health sector to engage.
WHO’s Air Quality Guidelines
The evidence base for the harm caused by air pollution has been growing rapidly and points to significant harm caused by even low levels of many air pollutants. Last year, the WHO responded by revising its Air Quality Guidelines to reflect the evidence, making them more stringent, especially for PM and NO2, a move strongly supported by the health community, medical associations and patient organizations.
The 2022 database aims to monitor the state of the world’s air and feeds into progress tracking of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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MWENEZI – VIEWING IT FROM THE BIG MIRROR
BY C.R. INGWANI -HLONGWANI.
Approximately 115km South West of the Provincial ancient town of Masvingo lies Mwenezi district, a mopani infested desolate land where edible mopani worms report brisk business at various points during the harvesting period.
Rutenga, the hub of all business activities along Masvingo – Beitbridge highway has all the potential to take it to a dream town of this idle district. The busiest road on Zimbabwean soil, Chirundu- BB tarmac dissects the district on the eastern side making it an adjunct to all business prospects that may arise given the opportunity of their materialization.
Like all other low lying areas such as Dande,Mavhuradonha, Muzarabani , Mwenezi is embedded in the south east Lowveld under Agricultural region 5 where crop farming is only practised on subsistence basis as opposed to commercial purposes.
Generally soils are poor, salty and seasons are marred by erratic rain patterns, no wonder why mopani shrubs are a dominant forest in the district. Ideally, the region suits animal farming ( ranching) and beasts in the region are of high quality because of these favourable climatic conditions.
It is the rate at which development progression is taking its course which worries most and a cause for concern to all who have the district at heart. I’m among those whose hearts are bleeding profusely taking into cognizance that Mwenezi district is one of the most disadvantaged districts on the land .
We have heard of political bigwigs who have influence to transform the places they hail from but our own Mwenezi appears to be just res nullius, something which has no owner to take care of.
The people we have been thrusting to the helm of our district to champion our cause since 1980 have dismally failed us and precisely these guys are charlatans who deserve to be called demagogues, soapbox orators or tub- thumpers who tremple on people who brought fame to them. Its like chopping off the hand that feeds you. We have people in Mwenezi who are not daring. The ones we elevate as our shepherds when they go up there tend to take tranquilizers in large doses and forget about us. They have failed to bring development to the place where their umbilical cords lie.
They have since alligned themselves to the rhetoric,” If the mountain can’t go to Mahomet,then Mahomet must go to the mountain”. The issue of representing people in societal grievances needs typical white ribboners or teetotallers who are sober minded all the time.
Without beating about the bush let me just drive you home and point out something I feel was a big let down by our representatives in Parliament. Mwenezi district partly borders with Mberengwa just near Matibi/ Ngungumbane.
The road from Zvishavane to Neshuro is nicely tarred from the asbestos town to somewhere near Ngezi river at Buchwa Mine but as it tries to pop into Mwenezi it suddenly dies off exposing the red- iron containing soils which makes every transporter hesitant to ply that route.
Why the road remaining gravel such a short distance from Buchwa to Turn-P? This remains a million dollar question and only brings to light the shortcomings of our people who represent us at the August House.
Well, maybe I have gone too far and what I need to abide by is the adage,” Let sleeping dogs lie”. When sleeping dogs have been accorded freedom to lie, another business emanates somewhere.
Of interest,it has come to my realization that individuals who grow up in impoverished environments mostly our African brothers if by chance they manoeuvre life meanders and rise up the ladder and get established somewhere, noone bothers to come back home to invest as part of community development.
Instead, they go to foreign land and help to develop such places. Yes we go out there in search of Greener pastures but our own places of origin can also turn green if we all develop zeal to improve them. Last but not least, I think tribal shunning is very rampant across our beloved Mwenezi of which people denounce their own tribe trying to force allegiance to other tribes. Persuasively I urge you brothers and sisters to desist from this practice and be proud of our tribes wherever we go.
Research has shown that Mlilo, Sithole,Sigauke,Mlambo,Dhliwayo,Mhlanga, Hlongwani and Chauke are all Soshangana olive branches. These people ooze blood from the same vein with the same genetic material and have the same tag pasted on them” Shangani Tribe”.
Interestingly, of the aforementioned people only Hlongwani and Chauke remain boastful of being Shangani and are currently the cog of the tribe. Tribe denouncing starts with somebody writing “Hlongwane” only to evade being called Shangani kkkkkkk.
It has taken so long to bring this individual thinking for other members to digest and capture few nuggets and constructively criticize as adults. Democracy, an anchorstone of all development. The view of the wonderful Mwenezi has come to rest, the eagle has landed.
Let’s love our place,our tribes and above all let’s take our district a stride up and make it the guiding star of other districts.
Let it appear boldly on the map of development.
By Tawanda Dzvokora | ZINASU, Zimbabwe National Student Union has called for a national shut down of the entire country of Zimbabwe on Monday the 9th of May. Speaking with Change Radio on Mambo Svosve’s current affairs program Padare, one of the organizers, Ashley Chifunyise said this is a peaceful way of telling the government to go, as they have failed the students . Chifunyise bemoaned unrealistic fees hikes in both tertiary institutions and secondary schools. He said education was now for the elite and the standards have gone to the dogs. He also cited deteriorating living conditions as one of the reasons why all citizens must join the shutdown on Monday. He termed this action- Operation restore dignity.
Speaking on the same program, Barbara Tanyanyiwa a veteran trade unionist urged all workers to join in the shut down saying Zanu Pf and Emerson Mnagagwa have reduced workers to beggars.
The call for the shutdown has been well received by all citizens. The police and army have been urged to heed the call too to stay at home.
Tawanda Dzvokora
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is losing sleep over the national shutdown announced by pressure groups.
ZINASU and ARTUZ have called for the shutdown due to the worsening economic crisis.
“ARTUZ Teachers Union and ZINASU Students Union are shutting down schools and universities on 9 May.
Citizens have been patient with the Government for the past four years, but enough is enough! Let’s stay home on 9 May,” ARTUZ and ZINASU said in joint statement.
The statement below is also circulating on social media:
CITIZEN DEMANDS:
Further action will be taken if GVT does not act.
Commenting on the shutdown, South African politician Mmusi Maimane said :
“The world will be watching when #ShutDownZimbabwe happens. There is no room for suppression of the rights of the people, including the right to protest. There should be no obstruction of the people .”
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Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa says the transport crisis in the country is a sign of total collapse.
President Chamisa was commenting pictures of the current transport woes in Zimbabwe.
The problems emanate from the ZUPCO monopoly.
“A CHRONICLE OF FAILURE! A HERALD OF A TOTAL COLLAPSE,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
See below Citizens Coalition For Change’s list of measures that can be implemented to end the transport crisis…
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
Internet activists joined by students and trade unions have called for a stay-at-home protest on May 9 over Zimbabwe’s deepening economic crisis.
Mobilising under the hashtag #ShutDownZimbabwe, the activists hope workers and students will heed their call to bring the country to a standstill.
A list of demands tabled by Pachedu, an election transparency advocacy group, includes calls to end ZUPCO’s public transport monopoly, a reduction to university fees, channelling funds to hospitals, raising salaries of public sector workers and pension pay-outs as well as stemming the devaluation of the local currency.
“On Monday, the task is very simple; stay home! Let your voice speak in a peaceful way. Further action will be taken if the government does not act,” Pachedu said.
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) said in a statement: “To every citizen of Zimbabwe, every parent, worker, young and the old… the student fraternity is going to shut down every institution of higher and tertiary learning on Monday, May 9, 2022. Students are saying #FeesMustFall through a nationwide campus shutdown.”
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) said its members would join the stay-at-home protest.
“We demand state-funded education and a living wage for teachers. Teachers are parents. Schools will totally shutdown as we unite to #SaveOurEducation,” ARTUZ said.
The main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change has not publicly backed the protest, and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has also not publicly endorsed the mass action.
In July 2020, state agents cracked down on organisers of planned anti-government protests – arresting dozens, abducting some and torturing others.
Mmusi Maimane, the former leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance, said on Thursday: “The world will be watching when #ShutDownZimbabwe happens. There is no room for suppression of the rights of the people, including the right to protest. There should be no obstruction of the people. There should be no arrests and intimidation of activists.”
Maimane said South Africa had “paid a heavy price for the oppression in Zimbabwe.”
“We will not ignore brutality and oppression. We cannot repeat the mistakes of 2002 and 2008. We cannot support dictatorship anymore. It is costing us dearly. Costing the whole of SADC,” he tweeted.
The hashtag #ShutDownZimbabwe was top of the Twitter trends on Thursday with the planned action gaining a groundswell of support.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who came to power following a 2017 military coup, faces growing criticism over his government’s failure to grow the economy. The country’s tanking currency has shrivelled incomes. He has also been criticised over a failing transport system, hospitals without medicines and rampant official corruption.
-Zimlive
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa says the transport crisis in the country is a sign of total collapse.
President Chamisa was commenting pictures of the current transport woes in Zimbabwe.
The problems emanate from the ZUPCO monopoly.
“A CHRONICLE OF FAILURE! A HERALD OF A TOTAL COLLAPSE,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
See below Citizens Coalition For Change’s list of measures that can be implemented to end the transport crisis…
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
THE High Court has barred Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) from sending his two children to cheap government schools, saying he could afford fees at private institutions.
Mliswa had challenged a 2016 ruling by the magistrates court directing him to pay $8 000 for maintenance plus fees at a private school for the children he sired with Cynthia Mugwira.
Mliswa and his estranged girlfriend have been in constant legal battles over the upkeep of their children.
The lawmaker appealed against the school fees order, claiming he could only afford to send his children to a government institution.
But High Court judges of appeal Justices Neville Wamambo and Emilia Muchawa said Mliswa did not give cogent reasons why his application should be granted.
“It was, however, clear to the same (lower) court that at the end of the day he can afford the fees at the named school,” the judges ruled.
“There was also an averment which appellant did not dispute that one of the minor children has special needs which were being met at Hellenics Primary School. The learned trial magistrate was cognisant that essentially he was guided by the best interests of the children,” they added.
It was also discovered that Mliswa had several potential sources of income, including two houses in South Africa, the Shumba Murena Family Trust, Saltlakes Holdings Private Limited, among
others.
Although the magistrate did not deal with all the evidence, it appeared Mliswa also recently purchased an expensive Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle.
“Appellant says the car belongs to a friend. He does not satisfactorily explain why he declared a friend’s car to the parliamentary asset declaration list. That fact points to him not being honest on his resources and sources of income,” the judges concurred, also adding that $8 000 was hardly enough to even take care of one child under the current economic situation.
-Newsday
By- CC President has been angered by the deteriorating transport situation in the country and said that it is caused by Emerson Mnangagwa’s poor governance.
Chamisa posted pictures of passengers being shoved into lories and said that the situation was degrading.
Posted Chamisa on Tweeter:
A CHRONICLE OF FAILURE! A HERALD OF A TOTAL COLLAPSE.
By- In a development that has exposed the state a police officer who was supposed to testify in a case in which Harare West legislator, Joana Mamombe and her two colleagues, exiled Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri, are accused of faking their abduction has failed or neglected to appear in court.
Venencia Muchenje was one of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers who were manning the roadblock at Harare showgrounds on the day the trio was allegedly abducted in 2020.
Muchenje has since told the court that Mamombe and her friends were neither seen nor arrested at the roadblock on the day in question.
ZRP initially reported that the trio had been arrested for violating COVID-`19 regulations after organising and participating in a flash food demonstration in Warren Park. The statement was later withdrawn with police saying they didn’t know where the trio was.
Muchenje was expected to continue with her testimony, but has failed on two occasions with the duo’s lawyer, Alec Muchadehama, raising fears that the witness does not want to be cross-examined.
But prosecutor, Michael Reza, said Muchenje is not feeling well.
On Wednesday, Reza was forced to call Muchenje’s boss at Machipisa Police Station who promised to send his colleagues to Muchenje’s house.
The Court was forced to adjourn as the state made efforts to find Muchenje.
After the brief adjournment, Reza said the officers sent to her house did not see her.
The matter was postponed by Magistrate Faith Mushure to May 17 for trial continuation.
More: NewZimbabwe.com
By-Fired has broken out at Mbudzi Roundabout leaving several shops destroyed with owners losing thousands of US dollars.
The last Friday morning fire, whose cause is suspected to be an electrical fault, is still under investigation.
To date, the entrepreneurs are still clearing the destroyed area.
One of the shop owners said: “I was informed that there was an electrical fault which occurred in the office which led to this disaster.
“I have lost several goods worth thousands and we are still counting the losses after the fire.”
Another shop-owner said: “I thank the other citizens who assisted, otherwise it could have been worse.
“We had left our money and everything but it’s now history.
“We are supposed to pay our rent, and some of our employees are expecting their monthly payments, I am in great pain,” he said.
The fire destroyed three blocks of sub-divided shops.
“No life was lost but several goods were reduced to ashes.
“The cause of the fire is still under investigation and we are still waiting for an official report from firemen,” said a manager at the complex. H Metro
By- The permanent secretary in the Higher and Tertiary ministry, Fanuel Tagwira, has begged university students to shun planned demonstrations over fee hikes saying a reduction of fees will cripple learning institutions.
Tagwira said the fee hikes have since been rendered a nonevent by soaring inflation to the extent that they only cover about 70 per cent of institutions’ expenses. He said:
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 added that the government understands their plight but there needs to be a consideration of how the fees came to be.
Tagwira’s remarks come as ZINASU together with teachers and nurses has 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.
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. 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.
Tagwira says ZINASU has a political agenda.
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.
In the past, the government has responded to protests by shutting down social media platforms, and deploying troops.
Yesterday, Health Services Board (HSB) chairperson Paulinus Sikhosana said he was not aware that nurses were planning to join the protests.
More: NewsDay Zimbabwe
POLICE UPDATE ON OPERATION RESPECT OTHER ROAD USERS
The Zimbabwe Republic Police appreciates and applauds the public for the cooperation rendered during the ongoing operation “Respect other road users,” which is aimed at bringing order to chaos on the roads caused by vehicles which have no registration plates, those driven against the flow of traffic, going through red robots, one-way and other misdemeanors on the roads.
The Police reiterates that, all vehicles whether Government-owned, individual owned, company or institution and political party owned should display registration plates while moving on the roads and in public places.
Any vehicle not displaying registration plates in clear contravention of the Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act, Chapter 13:14 will be impounded by the Police with owners facing the due process of the law. No negotiations, pleas or excuses will be entertained by Police officers on the ground or at Command level. Motorists are therefore expected to lead by example and comply in order to promote road safety and the maintenance of law and order in the country. Meanwhile since the start of the operation, a total of 7362 vehicles have beer accounted for by the Police for various traffic offences.
The Police reminds the public that family and private-owned vehicles should not be used to engage in pirating activities to ensure smooth flow of traffic on the country’s roads .
On the other hand, Public Service Vehicles (PSV) operators should ensure they operate in terms of the country’s laws.
Above all, drivers should strive to avoid causing congestion on the roads, especially in urban set up or risk having their vehicles impounded by the Police.-ZRP
By- One Of South Africa’s opposition leaders Mmusi Maimane has challenged President Emerson Mnangagwa not to harass activists.
Maimane posted on Twitter supporting the #ShutDownZimbabwe initiative.
The world will be watching when #ShutDownZimbabwe happens. There is no room for suppression of the rights of the people, including the right to protest. There should be no obstruction of the people
Teachers and University students have declared next Monday a national schools shut-down day.
Tweeting Thursday, the Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Association of Students Unions said schools would from Monday be shut down until the government addresses their issues.
Tweeted ARTUZ and ZINASU:
ARTUZ Teachers Union and ZINASU Students Union are shutting down schools and universities on 9 May. Citizens have been patient with the Government for the past four years, but enough is enough! Let’s stay home on 9 May!
By A Correspondent- Finance deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa yesterday said the government had no plans to dump the free-falling Zimbabwe dollar, adding that authorities would instead ramp up surveillance and penalise businesses using the black-market rate.
Businesses are pricing goods and services in United States dollars while some are using the parallel market rate as the local currency continues on a free-fall amid rising inflation.
The local currency is trading at US$1 to $400 against $160 under the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) controlled auction rate.
“We cannot run a country without the monetary policy Act. So, for us in terms of where we are going with regards to the use of the Zimbabwe dollar, we cannot run a country with a currency that is not ours,” Chiduwa said responding to questions in Parliament.
“Selling in foreign currency according to the dual system that we have at the moment is legal. We said in cases where a product is being sold in foreign currency there should be a display to show the equivalent in Zimbabwe dollars that is the position.”
President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the economy was being sabotaged to incite Zimbabweans to stage protests aimed at his ouster.
Chiduwa added: “But now cases where the implied rate or the displayed rate is at variance with the auction rate this then becomes illegal. What is needed is for us to move a step forward and ensure that we apply the administrative penalty as laid out in the Finance Act.
“In terms of administrative penalties for those who are violating the auction rules we move around as a Financial Intelligence Unit to check for those who are violating the auction rules.”
South Africa-based financial services platform has entered into a sponsorship deal with Crystal Palace.
The company, which was founded by Zimbabwean businessman Rob Burrell, will be the Eagles’ sleeve sponsor for the 2022/23 season.
The deal was confirmed by the club in a statement on Wednesday.
Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru, said: “Soccer is the most supported sport on the African continent, uniting people globally, and our customers identified Crystal Palace as one of the teams they support.
“A team with several African players and an iconic coach with strong African heritage in Patrick Viera who our Mukuru customers look up to and resonate with.
“We are excited to be associated with Crystal Palace, a well-respected and prestigious Premier League team. The sponsorship places Mukuru on an international stage, further entrenching our global presence, operating in over 50 countries around the world.”
Barry Webber, Commercial Director of Crystal Palace, said: “This is a really exciting partnership for Crystal Palace, and we’re thrilled to welcome Mukuru on board.
“As a club, we are incredibly proud of our links with the African continent, which were encapsulated by midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate winning the African Cup of Nations earlier this year.”
Meanwhile, Mukuru joins Hollywood Bets (Brentford) and Visit Rwanda (Arsenal) as other African institutes that are sponsoring English Premier League.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted the semifinal defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League was tough to take as this prolonged the long wait of his side for European glory.
City looked set to book their place in the final after Riyad Marez put them ahead in the 73rd minute.
But two quick-fire late goals from Rodrygo forced the tie into the extra-time with Karim Benzema later scoring the winner from the spot.
Madrid won the encounter 6-5 on aggregate and will play Liverpool in the final in Paris later this month.
“We were close but we were in trouble when they put balls into the box, with so many crosses,” said Guardiola. “I had defeats in the Champions League, at Barcelona and we could not reach the final, but there’s no doubt it’s hard for us.
“We can’t deny we were so close to the Champions League final. We didn’t play well in the first half but it’s normal in this competition.”
City will now shift their focus to the EPL for the home game with Newcastle on Sunday.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
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
By Correspondent- ZANU PF spokesperson, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa, has said he was misquoted by NewsDay Zimbabwe after the publication published an article purporting that Mutsvangwa had claimed that corruption was rampant in the government.
NewsDay quotes Mutsvangwa as saying there is serious corruption in government saying the foreign currency was mysteriously disappearing from the national purse. Mutsvangwa reportedly made the remarks during a press conference in the capital. He is quoted as saying:
We’ve doubled our export earnings in US dollars, yet our currency is weak, where has that ever happened? To fill up a house with kids, but you can’t account for any of them…
It’s a financial and economic anomaly that we are earning US dollars, yet we can’t find them in our purse. The more you put money in your purse, the more your purse gets empty of US dollars, something is wrong!
The publication also quoted the Chairperson of the African Parliamentarians Against Corruption Zimbabwe chapter, Temba Mliswa as saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa must be summoned before Parliament over the corruption allegations involving ministers and other top government officials. Mliswa is quoted as saying:
Parliament has power, and going through these reports you then ask why we pass the budget because there is bad governance and lack of implementation of recommendations by the AG. Basically, the President is presiding over a corrupt government.
NewsDay Zimbabwe says Mliswa was contributing to a discussion held in the capital on the 2020 AG (Auditor-General) reports facilitated by the Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust.
Meanwhile, Mutsvangwa said the private publication under the Alpha Media Holdings stable had misquoted him and sought to drag President Mnangagwa’s name into the mud. Mutsvangwa said:
Temba Mliswa and Newsday are cobbling together a fictitious reportage in Newsday that is nothing but a gross debasement of journalistic ethics. Two unrelated occasions are mischievously linked simply to cast slurs on our esteemed head of state.
Furthermore they egregiously drag in the name of President Mnangagwa into groundless accusations of corruption about the abuse of national foreign currency.
Mutsvangwa said the derivative market of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is the main culprit sponging forex hard earnings out of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe weekly auction.-herald
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.
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 :
▪️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.
Masvingo Mirror
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
As World Malaria Day approaches, more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, thanks to a pilot programme coordinated by WHO. The malaria vaccine pilots, first launched by the Government of Malawi in April 2019, have shown that the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) vaccine is safe and feasible to deliver, and that it substantially reduces deadly severe malaria.
These findings paved the way for the historic October 2021 WHO recommendation for the expanded use of RTS,S among children living in settings with moderate to high malaria transmission. If widely deployed, WHO estimates that the vaccine could save the lives of an additional 40 000 to 80 000 African children each year.
More than US$ 155 million has been secured from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to support the introduction, procurement and delivery of the malaria vaccine for Gavi-eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
WHO guidance is available to countries as they consider whether and how to adopt RTS,S as an additional tool to reduce child illness and deaths from malaria.
“As a malaria researcher in my early career, I dreamed of the day we would have an effective vaccine against this devastating disease,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This vaccine is not just a scientific breakthrough, it’s life-changing for families across Africa. It demonstrates the power of science and innovation for health. Even so, there is an urgent need to develop more and better tools to save lives and drive progress towards a malaria-free world.”
Prospects for new interventions
RTS,S is a first-generation vaccine that could be complemented in the future by other vaccines with similar or higher efficacy. WHO welcomes progress in the development of R21/Matrix-M and other malaria vaccine candidates in early clinical development. The successful completion of clinical trials for these vaccines will be important to assess their safety and efficacy profiles. WHO also welcomes the news from BioNTech, manufacturer of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, that it aims to develop a malaria vaccine using mRNA technology.
In the field of vector control, a number of new tools and technologies have been submitted to WHO for evaluation. Should they demonstrate efficacy in controlling the disease, WHO will formulate new recommendations or amend existing ones to support their deployment. These include, for example, new types of insecticide-treated nets, spatial mosquito repellents, gene-drive approaches and sugar baits designed to attract and kill Anopheles mosquitoes.
There are also new medicines in the pipeline. WHO welcomes the recent approval by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration of dispersible tablets of single-dose tafenoquine for the prevention of P. vivax malaria among children. Tafenoquine has also been approved for use in adults by the US Federal Drug Administration and by drug regulatory bodies in other countries, including Brazil, Peru and Thailand. As a single dose, tafenoquine is expected to support patient adherence to treatment. The current standard of care requires a 7- or 14-day course of medication.
A number other antimalarial medicines with new modes of action are being developed for the treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria. Ganaplacide-Lumefantrine, currently in a Phase II clinical trial, is the first non-artemisinin combination therapy and could be an asset in fight against emerging drug-resistant malaria in Africa.
In addition to drug resistance, WHO has reported other pressing threats in the fight against malaria, such as mosquito resistance to insecticides, an invasive malaria vector that thrives in urban and rural areas, and the emergence and spread of mutated P. falciparum parasites that are undermining the effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests. Innovation in tools and strategies will be critical to contain these threats, together with a more strategic use of the tools that are available today.
More investment needed
According to the 2021 World malaria report, global progress in reducing malaria cases and deaths has slowed or stalled in recent years, particularly in countries hardest hit by the disease. The report notes the need for continued innovation in the research and development of new tools if the world is to achieve the 2030 targets of the WHO malaria strategy.
Funding for malaria-related research and development reached just over US$ 619 million in 2020. An average annual R&D investment of US$ 851 million will be needed in the period 2021–2030.
Making better use of the tools we have now
Reaching global malaria targets will also require innovations in the way that currently available tools are deployed. Through the “ High burden to high impact” approach, launched by WHO and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria in 2018, countries hardest hit by malaria have been collecting and analysing malaria data to better understand the geographical spread of the disease.
Instead of applying the same approach to malaria control everywhere, they are considering the potential impact of tailored packages of interventions informed by local data and the local disease setting.
These analyses will enable countries to use available funds in a more effective, efficient and equitable way.
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Real Madrid produced an astonishing late comeback against Manchester City to set up a Champions League final against Liverpool, as Karim Benzema’s extra-time penalty winner gave them an incredible 6-5 aggregate win over City.
The 13-time winners were trailing 5-3 on aggregate heading into the 90th minute at the Bernabeu after Riyad Mahrez had given City the lead (73).
But two goals in two minutes from substitute Rodrygo dramatically made it 2-1 (5-5 on aggregate) to Real in the 91st minute to send the tie to extra-time.
Real’s epic fightback was then complete in the fifth minute of extra-time as Benzema scored a penalty after being brought down by Ruben Dias.
Real Madrid made two changes from the first leg defeat as Casemiro returned in midfield with Rodrygo dropping out, while Nacho replaced David Alaba, who was only fit enough for the bench.
Man City also made two changes from the home win over Real as Kyle Walker returned from injury to replace John Stones while Joao Cancelo came back from suspension to take Oleksandr Zinchenko’s place.
City came close to forcing a penalty shootout but Fernandinho put a chance wide at the back post at the end of the first half of extra-time, as the Premier League leaders missed out on making it back-to-back Champions League finals.- SkySports
By- The controversial topic “Mai Titi deserted by new husband,” has hit the sets once again. The Socialite Felistas Murata, who recently tied the knot with US-based husband Tinashe Maphosa, has since disputed claims that she had been deserted by her new husband.
The allegations come at a time when her supporters were reviewing the long list of husbands she has had before splitting up months later in the last 3 years alone.
Her new husband, the US based Tinashe Maphosa has returned to his base, after their lavish wedding.
The mother of two, however, said she was not in a hurry to join her husband.
“Tinashe has left the country and I am yet to join him since I need to monitor some of my projects to a satisfactory level,” said Mai TT.
She disclosed her busy schedule to H-Metro, she has a series of events lined up to keep her busy in Zimbabwe this winter.
“I am building a 15-roomed house and I want to see it finished and I have lined up events I organised, starting this weekend, until July.
“My visa is ready but I am not going to leave the country now.
“Ndiripo uye hapana ambondirambidza kana kundimisa kuenda America,” said Mai TT.
Some of her organised events include the Mother’s Day Super Hero Edition expected this Sunday at Swan Creek Gardens.
She is also expected to grace the Mother’s Day Brunch, powered by Star FM, on the same day.
On May 14, she is set to hold a business network forum at Wind Mill Farm.
The comedienne has been in the spotlight for months, during the build up to her wedding, which attracted top celebrities and influencers.
-H Metro
By- Monday next week’s schools’ national shutdown has spread to South Africa, with that country’s opposition leader Mmusi Maimane challenging President Emerson Mnangagwa not to harass activists.
Maimane posted on Twitter supporting the #ShutDownZimbabwe initiative.
The world will be watching when #ShutDownZimbabwe happens. There is no room for suppression of the rights of the people, including the right to protest. There should be no obstruction of the people
Teachers and University students have declared next Monday a national schools shut-down day.
Tweeting Thursday, the Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Association of Students Unions said schools would from Monday be shut down until the government addresses their issues.
Tweeted ARTUZ and ZINASU:
ARTUZ Teachers Union and ZINASU Students Union are shutting down schools and universities on 9 May. Citizens have been patient with the Government for the past four years, but enough is enough! Let’s stay home on 9 May!
By- CCC deputy chairman, Job Sikhala has said that his party’s candidate for Ward 7 council by-elections has received death threats from Chitungwiza police station.
Sikhala posted on Twitter Thursday:
Our Ward 7 Council by election candidate Lovemore Maiko is advising me that he hs just bn phoned by Officer Commanding Chitungwiza District C/S Muguti threatening him with death if ever he holds any campaign activities in his ward. He has bn told not 2 do anything or else dies
By- Police in Chitungwiza have banned CCC rally which was supposed to be held today.
Posting on their twitter account Thursday, CCC said the police did not give reasons for blocking their rally.
CCC posted:
Police have banned a rally set for Chitungwiza today. This is being challenged in court. Cllr Maiko is standing in Saturday’s by-election. Zanu PF continues to violently disrupt our campaign activities. We call for a free & fair playing field in the lead up to 2023.
By- The government has announced that the country was faced with hunger due to low rainfall received in the 2020/21 summer cropping season.
The poor rains affected the crop yields for both maize and traditional grains.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka yesterday presented before Cabinet the 2021/22 Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report, which was then adopted.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the 2021/22 farming season was largely poor for most farmers.
“Government wishes to inform the nation that the 2021/22 agricultural season was characterised by the late start of the rains which were received in the last week of December 2021. Rainfall distribution was poor in both space and time. This late onset of the rains caused late plantings, which were later affected by the prolonged dry spell,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
“Some farmers were also forced to make several re-plantings as a result of poor crop establishment and the false start to the season. Late rains were received in April 2022, and the impact of these late rains has not yet been captured. The rains came at a time when the majority of the early planted crops had been affected by the dry spell.”
She said Government estimates maize production to be at 1 557 914 metric tonnes, which is 43 percent lower than the 2 717 171 metric tonnes that was received in the previous farming season.
“Traditional grains production is projected at 194 100 metric tonnes, which is 44 percent less than the 347 968 metric tonnes output of the previous season, the total cereal production projection is 1 752 014 metric tonnes, against a national cereal requirement of 2 267 599 metric tonnes (1 817 599 metric tonnes for human consumption and 450 000 metric tonnes for livestock)” she said.
Minister Monica Mutsvangwa
The minister said the country expects a 41 percent increase in cotton production while tobacco production is estimated to fall by eight percent from the previous year.
Minister Mutsvangwa said assessment further indicates an improvement in the livestock sector and a boost to the national herd.
“This is attributable to the successful implementation of the Presidential Dipping Programme which is being complemented by the Tick Blitz exercise which continues to have a positive knock on tick-borne disease.
The national beef cattle herd increased from 5 478 648 cattle in the previous season to 5 509 983 this season, and the national average cattle mortality rate decreased from 11 percent in 2020 to 9 percent in 2021,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
“Water for livestock is adequate across the country though it is anticipated that challenges may be encountered as the season progresses. The worst hit areas being Chiredzi, Gutu, Zvimba, Chegutu, and Mhondoro-Ngezi. In order to contain tick borne diseases, cattle were being dipped three to four times per month.”
By- CCC leader Nelson Chamisa will this Saturday be in Gwanda where he will address a rally.
Announcing the Gwanda rally on tweeter, the CCC party said they will be celebrating their March 26 by-election victory.
CCC tweeted:
The Yellow Movement is in Gwanda this Saturday. Come let’s celebrate together #GwandaCelebrationRally #VictoryRally Phelandaba Stadium 10am-5pm
By- Teachers and University students have declared next Monday a national schools shut-down day.
Tweeting Thursday, the Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Association of Students Unions said schools would from Monday be shut down until the government addresses their issues.
Tweeted ARTUZ and ZINASU:
ARTUZ Teachers Union and ZINASU Students Union are shutting down schools and universities on 9 May. Citizens have been patient with the Government for the past four years, but enough is enough! Let’s stay home on 9 May!
As World Malaria Day approaches, more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, thanks to a pilot programme coordinated by WHO. The malaria vaccine pilots, first launched by the Government of Malawi in April 2019, have shown that the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) vaccine is safe and feasible to deliver, and that it substantially reduces deadly severe malaria.
These findings paved the way for the historic October 2021 WHO recommendation for the expanded use of RTS,S among children living in settings with moderate to high malaria transmission. If widely deployed, WHO estimates that the vaccine could save the lives of an additional 40 000 to 80 000 African children each year.
More than US$ 155 million has been secured from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to support the introduction, procurement and delivery of the malaria vaccine for Gavi-eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
WHO guidance is available to countries as they consider whether and how to adopt RTS,S as an additional tool to reduce child illness and deaths from malaria.
“As a malaria researcher in my early career, I dreamed of the day we would have an effective vaccine against this devastating disease,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This vaccine is not just a scientific breakthrough, it’s life-changing for families across Africa. It demonstrates the power of science and innovation for health. Even so, there is an urgent need to develop more and better tools to save lives and drive progress towards a malaria-free world.”
Prospects for new interventions
RTS,S is a first-generation vaccine that could be complemented in the future by other vaccines with similar or higher efficacy. WHO welcomes progress in the development of R21/Matrix-M and other malaria vaccine candidates in early clinical development. The successful completion of clinical trials for these vaccines will be important to assess their safety and efficacy profiles. WHO also welcomes the news from BioNTech, manufacturer of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, that it aims to develop a malaria vaccine using mRNA technology.
In the field of vector control, a number of new tools and technologies have been submitted to WHO for evaluation. Should they demonstrate efficacy in controlling the disease, WHO will formulate new recommendations or amend existing ones to support their deployment. These include, for example, new types of insecticide-treated nets, spatial mosquito repellents, gene-drive approaches and sugar baits designed to attract and kill Anopheles mosquitoes.
There are also new medicines in the pipeline. WHO welcomes the recent approval by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration of dispersible tablets of single-dose tafenoquine for the prevention of P. vivax malaria among children. Tafenoquine has also been approved for use in adults by the US Federal Drug Administration and by drug regulatory bodies in other countries, including Brazil, Peru and Thailand. As a single dose, tafenoquine is expected to support patient adherence to treatment. The current standard of care requires a 7- or 14-day course of medication.
A number other antimalarial medicines with new modes of action are being developed for the treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria. Ganaplacide-Lumefantrine, currently in a Phase II clinical trial, is the first non-artemisinin combination therapy and could be an asset in fight against emerging drug-resistant malaria in Africa.
In addition to drug resistance, WHO has reported other pressing threats in the fight against malaria, such as mosquito resistance to insecticides, an invasive malaria vector that thrives in urban and rural areas, and the emergence and spread of mutated P. falciparum parasites that are undermining the effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests. Innovation in tools and strategies will be critical to contain these threats, together with a more strategic use of the tools that are available today.
More investment needed
According to the 2021 World malaria report, global progress in reducing malaria cases and deaths has slowed or stalled in recent years, particularly in countries hardest hit by the disease. The report notes the need for continued innovation in the research and development of new tools if the world is to achieve the 2030 targets of the WHO malaria strategy.
Funding for malaria-related research and development reached just over US$ 619 million in 2020. An average annual R&D investment of US$ 851 million will be needed in the period 2021–2030.
Making better use of the tools we have now
Reaching global malaria targets will also require innovations in the way that currently available tools are deployed. Through the “ High burden to high impact” approach, launched by WHO and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria in 2018, countries hardest hit by malaria have been collecting and analysing malaria data to better understand the geographical spread of the disease.
Instead of applying the same approach to malaria control everywhere, they are considering the potential impact of tailored packages of interventions informed by local data and the local disease setting.
These analyses will enable countries to use available funds in a more effective, efficient and equitable way.
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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 :
▪️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
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
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
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|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 :
▪️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
A messy public spat has erupted between two government ministers, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka and Kindness Paradza over the ongoing Zanu-PF restructuring exercise.
Mliswa-Chikoka is being accused of abusing his ministerial and party provincial powers to impose her pony on the Makonde District coordinating committee (DCC) chaired by Kindness Paradza.
The move, done unprocedurally and allegedly in violation of the Zanu-PF constitution, left Paradza seething with anger. He has since written to the DCC declaring Mliswa-Chikoka’s move as null and void.
Interestingly, the two fought a neck-to-neck battle for the chairmanship of the province during the disputed December elections.
Mliswa-Chikoka, also Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister, imposed acolyte Ruth ‘Boko Haram’ Chikukwa, supposedly at the expense of Stuart Yasini whom the DCC had already co-opted.
This did not go down well with the Paradza camp.
In a hard-hitting letter leaked to NewZimbabwe.com, Paradza – who is also information deputy minister – slammed the meddlesome Mliswa-Chikoka for jumping the gun and interfering in Makonde DCC business.
“Please note that the Makonde DCC, at a properly constituted meeting last Saturday, co-opted Stuart Yasini as Secretary for Science and Technology. That decision still stands. I have since written officially to the province notifying them of our collective decision,” Paradza wrote.
“I am told there was a meeting yesterday in Chinhoyi between the provincial chairman and district leadership from Chinhoyi constituency, which was not sanctioned by me, as DCC chairman, and which I did not attend because of ZITF (Zimbabwe International Trade Fair) commitments. I am told this meeting nominated Ruth ‘Boko Haram’ Chikukwa to be in the DCC executive in place of Yasini. This is null and void,” he declared.
Paradza said the meeting called by Mliswa-Chikoka did not have the legal basis to co-opt anyone into the district organ.
“Only the appropriate organ has powers to co-opt a member into their rank and file. Yesterday’s gathering was not the appropriate organ to co-opt anyone into the DCC because it was not a legally constituted DCC meeting. Legally, therefore, Yasini remains co-opted as a DCC member,” Paradza said.
“In any case, Ruth failed national security vetting and this is precisely why she was disqualified to contest as a councillor in the last (26 March) by-elections.”
He reiterated Provincial Executive Committees (PEC) or districts have no authority to co-opt anyone on behalf of the DCC.
Paradza confirmed the tiff with Mliswa-Chikoka in an interview with NewZimbabwe.com Tuesday.
“If districts want co-options, they do it themselves. Why would anyone outside want to do it for us? If the province wants co-option, it does on its own. l don’t know if the minister doesn’t know this. It’s not right, she knows she has no right to do so as the constitution is very clear,” Paradza told NewZimbabwe.com.
“When they (PEC) did their co-options we didn’t interfere.”
Efforts to get comment from Mliswa-Chikoka proved fruitless as her mobile phone was continuously on voicemail.
Paradza and archrival, Mliswa-Chikoka, squared off in the race to elect a provincial chairman last December in a plebiscite the latter won amid allegations of vote buying.
-Newzimbabwe.com
By A Correspondent- A Beitbridge-based police officer fell off a rooftop and died while chasing a thief who was trying to steal solar panels.
The police officer, who sustained critical head injuries, was pronounced dead upon admission at the Beitbridge District Hospital.
National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident that happened in Kwalu 1 suburb. He said:
We confirm the death of a police officer and a suspected solar panels thief in Beitbridge on Tuesday evening.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the suspected thief was spotted on a rooftop by members of the community while attempting to steal solar panels at the property.
Our police officers then swiftly reacted to the call and upon arrival one of the police officers tried to apprehend the suspect. They both fell to the ground and the police officer sustained critical injuries and died at the local hospital.
Asst Comm Nyathi said the solar panel thief was taken to the Beitbridge main police station where he later committed suicide.
Asst Comm Nyathi said investigators had since interviewed the three cellmates about the suicide
He added that the names of the deceased cannot be released at this stage.
The property owner, Ms Marian Mbedzi, said she was still shaken by the incident which occurred in the presence of her children aged seven and 11 years. She said they had received counselling from neighbours and her extended family members.
Solar panels are a common source of energy for about 3000 properties erected in new suburbs around Beitbridge town, where ZESA has been struggling to service the area.
As a result, thefts of solar panels and related accessories have become a recurring issue over the years. -statemedia
By A Correspondent- Monopoly public transport company ZUPCO “has demonstrated incapacity to be able to carry every passenger,” an MP said on Tuesday as parliament summoned local government minister July Moyo to give a ministerial statement on the country’s failing public transport system.
ZUPCO has enjoyed the monopoly since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020 after the government grounded privately-owned minibuses.
Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (CCC) said the ZUPCO monopoly had failed, while urging the government to re-open public transport provision to private players.
The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda said Moyo would be asked to bring a statement to the National Assembly soon, to be followed by a debate.
“As it is, due to a lack of reliable public transport, people are getting home at around 11PM. People are delaying to come to work up to around 9AM or 10AM. It is causing loss of production time and loss of quality time within people’s homes,” Chikwinya said.
Privately-owned minibuses which had joined the ZUPCO pool were pulling out because ZUPCO “would delay in payments and was paying in RTGs which was losing value by day.”
Chikwinya proposed that public transport services be opened to private players as long as they can satisfy three conditions: “availability of transport, affordability and safe travel.”
In his Workers Day message, President Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted that ZUPCO had failed – but his government remains determined to press on with its monopoly.
Mnangagwa said: “My government is determined to retain the purchasing power of workers, through a viable public transport system. The government will not stand by and watch while the hard-earned incomes of our workers are stolen by ‘mushika-shikas’ and ‘makoronyera’. No!
“You, as our workers, deserve an efficient and affordable transport system so that production time as well as your family time is not lost in transport queues. During peak hours, workers must be transported with the greatest ease.
“I, therefore, direct authorities at ZUPCO and the responsible ministry to heed this call and bring back order in the sector.”
In recent days, police have launched a crackdown against pirate public transporters who were easing the pressure on ZUPCO. The crackdown has only served to lengthen queues for transport, and unapproved transporters have hiked their fares as they take on the risk of having their vehicles impounded.
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
By A Correspondent- Cabinet has directed strict enforcement of Covid-19 regulations including at the country’s borders following a 58 percent spike in new infections recorded in the past week at a time South Africa has recorded a massive rise in new cases.
Members of the public who have been hospitalised have increased to 1,6 percent from one percent that was recorded in the past week.
Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa called on citizens not to let their guard down in the wake of an increase in Covid-19 infections.
“Cabinet advises that in light of the 58 percent increase in the number of new cases the country recorded during the current week, coupled with a massive increase in the number of cases recorded by our neighbour South Africa in the last seven days, there is need to protect the country against the negative impact of a surge in cases. Accordingly, the country needs to exercise the following cautionary measures: — to avoid further relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions for now and remain vigilant,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
She said there is also a need to increase Covid-19 awareness campaigns at community level and strict enforcement of all Covid-19 regulations throughout the country including at the ports of entry.
Minister Mutsvangwa said all the provinces have been directed to prioritise the upcoming Phase Two of the Vaccination Campaign Blitz.
“On the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, Cabinet is informing the nation that remarkable progress has been witnessed since the launch of the campaign a month ago, with over two million vaccine doses already administered. The cumulative numbers of vaccinations since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 have now reached 5 869 893 and 3 683 973 for the first and second doses, respectively, and 604 860 for the third dose,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
“Preparations for phase two of the national vaccination campaign blitz continued during the week. Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution are strengthening communication on the need for all eligible people, including religious leaders and their followers to get vaccinated.”
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it will plug all revenue leakages and prioritise improving the country’s dilapidated road network.
Addressing the 5th Zinara annual general meeting yesterday, Zinara chairperson George Manyaya said the era of bad corporate governance and corruption at the road authority was over.
Over the years, Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri has exposed gross malpractices at the road authority which resulted in the loss of millions of dollars.
Manyaya yesterday said Zinara was undergoing a massive clean-up exercise, which involves reconstituting the organisation’s board of directors and executives.
He said in inflation adjusted terms, Zinara reported a net surplus of $4,1 billion in 2020, up from $1,5 billion in 2019.
“Misappropriation and abuse of funds is a thing of the past,” he said. “The shareholder cleaned up the board which was also tasked with cleaning up the management team now headed by Fintech guru Nkosinathi Ncube.
“The new executive team has been working very hard to adhere to various recommendations from the audits that were carried out and from Parliament as well. Their focus is on transparency, improving staff performance and culture, and coming up with mechanisms and policies that improve performance of the organisation.”
Representative of the Public Accounts Committee and chairperson of the African Parliamentarians Against Corruption Themba Mliswa urged Zinara to follow up on disbursed funds to ensure contractors do their work.
Zinara finance director Adam Zvandasara said the organisation had not been spared by the country’s exchange rate crisis.
“We can’t review toll fees every week like what happens with the exchange rate, and so we have come up with our own internal formula which tracks movement based on 10 percentage points. For example, if the rate is $110:US$1, we wait and only review when it hits US$122,” Zvandasara said, adding that Zinara did not deal directly with contractors.-newsday
By A Correspondent- All roads lead to the Harare International Conference Centre today for the 7th Zanu-PF Youth League elective conference, with delegates expected to be seated by 9am.
The party’s First Secretary, President Mnangagwa, is expected to give his keynote address before the youths delve into today’s conference business.
The President will also close the conference tomorrow.
The conference will also be attended by the Zanu-PF party leadership and provincial leadership from across the country.
It will feature an elective process for the incoming Youth League National Executive Council.
Elections will be held later in the afternoon and the commissariat department will announce the results afterwards.
Tabling of resolutions drawn from all provinces and solidarity messages from youth organs from Diaspora party districts, affiliates and fraternal political parties from the SADC region, East Africa, Asia and Europe, will also be done.
In line with the party constitution, the conference will be chaired by the party’s national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri.
The usual Covid-19 health protocols will be adhered to during the conference.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Zanu-PF Youth League acting Deputy Secretary Tendai Chirau said all systems were in place for the successful holding of the elective conference.
Some of the issues to be discussed include the state of the economy, the role of youths in party affairs, drugs abuse by youths, sporting activities, religion and culture and youth empowerment.
Chirau said one of the key resolutions coming from all the 10 provinces is that President Mnangagwa remains the party’s sole candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections.
“This was unanimous,” he said. “All the youth structures adopted the resolution for transforming the country’s economy.”
Youth League Secretary for External Affairs Sibongile Sibanda said they had received almost all the invited foreign delegates.-statemedia
By- Tragedy befell 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
By- Zimbabweans have said they will next year defend the vote and make sure that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa gets to the statehouse.
Posting on tweeter, several people said only CCC would solve the economic problems, Zimbabwe was facing.
Tweeted several Zimbabweans:
Next elections if the citizens can not defend the votes Nero should just accept that in zim there will never b free and fair elections and he shud accept to be the leader of the opposition just like other countries do” Tatambura veduwe.
By- Zambia’s ruling party spokesperson, Joseph Kalimbwe has called fly-by-night Zimbabwean politician, Linda Masarira to order and challenged her to bath first before she comes out in public.
The United Party for National Development spokesman said this on Twitter responding to Masarira’s comments on Zambia’s domestic affairs.
Tweeted Kalimbwe:
Last night i read a tabloid article where Linda Masarira of LEAD commented on AFRICOM in Zambia. She says “Hakainde is a security threat to SADC”. Its sad, Linda has no moral standing to lecture & insult Zambia. She must get water, soap & offer democracy lectures in Borrowdale !
By- MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora said he wanted to amend the party’s constitution so that it suits what he wants.
He said he wanted to do this in June during his party’s congress.
The MDC-T held its extra-ordinary congress in December 2020 where Mwonzora defeated Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi who were also interested in replacing the late founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Posting on Twitter, Mwonzora said the ordinary congress will allow the party to elect new leaders while also proposing amendments to the constitution.
“The MDC will hold its Ordinary Congress at the end of June, 2022. At this Congress the top leadership of the party will be democratically elected through a secret ballot in terms of the party constitution by delegates from the Wards, Districts& Provinces
“The Ordinary Congress will also deal with any proposed amendments to the constitution as well as key policy issues to guide the party in the execution of its mandate which is to bring democratic change in Zimbabwe.”
By- Leader of the little known New Patriotic Front (NPF), Tendai Peter Munyanduri, has denied reports that he was dispossessed of a vehicle he received from the Government under the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD).
President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over Isuzu D-Maxx vehicles to principals of political parties that are in POLAD in July last year.
However, one of the principals, Munyanduri, who was reported to have been expelled from POLAD claims that he has never been notified of the expulsion.
Munyanduri has also denied claims that he was dispossessed of his POLAD vehicle, saying he was never issued with one. Said Munyanduri:
I have not been officially notified of the expulsion except that for the past two and half years, I have not been invited to POLAD meetings.
I have never been issued with a POLAD vehicle in the first place and it’s incorrect that my POLAD vehicle was dispossessed.
The NPF leader however revealed that his former vice president is the one who got the vehicle and went on to form his political party after.
Mr Welcome Shumba then my vice president and now president of Africa First Movement (AFM) party was the one who was allocated a POLAD vehicle.
I strongly believe in dialogue with all political participants and will attend any meeting if invited.
POLAD was formed by Mnangagwa after the disputed 2018 presidential election as an avenue for dialogue with other political parties.
However, prominent opposition figures including MDC Alliance candidate Nelson Chamisa, who won over 40% of the presidential vote, refused to be part of it.
By- The Government said that some private contractors were withdrawing their buses and commuter omnibuses from the ZUPCO pool.
While it has not been stated why bus and kombi owners walked away from the ZUPCO franchise, it is understood that late payments, which are made in RTGS dollars, contributed to transporters’ reluctance to work with the public transport utility.
Addressing journalists during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare on Tuesday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Service Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said:
The cabinet wishes to clarify that Government has not banned the operations of private contractors in the public transportation sector.
While noting the apparent withdrawal of services by some operations, Cabinet wishes to state that no effort is being spared in ensuring that the inconvenience to the travelling public is minimised.
The government would like to assure the nation that ZUPCO is engaging with contractors with a view to ensuring that all arrears are settled and resolving any outstanding matters.
In addition, more ZUPCO buses that were undergoing licencing have since been cleared and are now plying various routes.
Commuters have been experiencing transport challenges, especially in urban areas since the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) launched an operation targeting unlicensed taxis (mushikashika).
Mutsvangwa said Cabinet decided that ZUPCO buses plying intercity routes, such as from Harare to Bulawayo, are now required to service local trips when they return from the highways. She said:
ZUPCO buses that are travelling on intercity routes are now required to undertake local trips upon return.
Mutsvangwa warned that the Government will not relent on its blitz against unlicensed vehicles that have filled the transport void created by the kombi ban. Mutsvangwa said:
Government has, however, noted with concern the proliferation of unlicensed vehicles (mushikashika) and unroadworthy vehicles commuting various routes.
The public is informed that Government, through the Zimbabwe Republic Police, will enforce the law without fear or favour for the safety of the travelling public. All vehicles without number plates will be impounded.
In 2020, the Government enforced ZUPCO’s transport monopoly through Statutory Instrument (SI) 83 of 2020.
It said the move was aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus but critics argue that the ban on private buses and kombis was meant to manage the public transport sector following the January 2019 fuel riots.
The Premier Soccer League has summoned Highlanders FC to appear before the PSL Disciplinary Committee following acts of crowd trouble that took place at Mandava Stadium on Saturday 23 April 2022.
The Club is being charged for breaching the PSL Rules and Regulations.
In terms of Order 31 of the PSL Rules and Regulations, it is an act of misconduct on the part of the club where;
31.1.13. Its supporters misbehave in any manner whatsoever, inside or outside a ground before, during and after a match, no matter on which ground the match is played. Without derogating from the generality of what constitutes misbehaviour on the part of supporters, the following are specifically declared to be acts of misbehavior:-
31.1.13.1 Invasion or attempted invasion of the field of play, save for reasons of crowd safety.
31.1.13.2 Causing the abandonment or attempting to cause abandonment of a match
31.1.13.3 Throwing or attempting to throw missiles, bottles, and other objects, whether potentially harmful or dangerous or not, onto the pitch, or at any person.
31.1.13.8 Maliciously damaging or attempting to damage any property at the ground
The disciplinary proceedings shall take place on Tuesday 10 May 2022 at the PSL offices-PSL
Legendary former Dynamos captain Memory Mucherahowa believes the Glamour Boys can go the way and win the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League this season.
The Harare giants last won the country’s biggest club prize in 2014 under Kalisto Pasuwa but expectations are high this season, since giant oil company Sakunda Holdings are now sponsoring them.
Tonderai Ndiraya’s charges have won seven of their last eight games and are two points clear of second-placed Chicken Inn at the summit of the table.
Mucherahowa believes DeMbare are capable of going all the way and ending their 8-year wait for the title.
“The ball is in their court,” Mucherahowa told Soccer24 from his base in Slough, United Kingdom.
“What they must not do is to relax, but of course, they can go all the way,” he added.
Up next for DeMbare is a home game against Bulawayo City at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. – Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By- MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora said he wanted to amend the party’s constitution so that it suits what he wants
The MDC-T held its extra-ordinary congress in December 2020 where Mwonzora defeated Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi who were also interested in replacing the late founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Posting on Twitter, Mwonzora said the ordinary congress will allow the party to elect new leaders while also proposing amendments to the constitution.
“The MDC will hold its Ordinary Congress at the end of June, 2022. At this Congress the top leadership of the party will be democratically elected through a secret ballot in terms of the party constitution by delegates from the Wards, Districts& Provinces
“The Ordinary Congress will also deal with any proposed amendments to the constitution as well as key policy issues to guide the party in the execution of its mandate which is to bring democratic change in Zimbabwe.”
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
Real Madrid produced an astonishing late comeback against Manchester City to set up a Champions League final against Liverpool, as Karim Benzema’s extra-time penalty winner gave them an incredible 6-5 aggregate win over City.
The 13-time winners were trailing 5-3 on aggregate heading into the 90th minute at the Bernabeu after Riyad Mahrez had given City the lead (73).
But two goals in two minutes from substitute Rodrygo dramatically made it 2-1 (5-5 on aggregate) to Real in the 91st minute to send the tie to extra-time.
Real’s epic fightback was then complete in the fifth minute of extra-time as Benzema scored a penalty after being brought down by Ruben Dias.
Real Madrid made two changes from the first leg defeat as Casemiro returned in midfield with Rodrygo dropping out, while Nacho replaced David Alaba, who was only fit enough for the bench.
Man City also made two changes from the home win over Real as Kyle Walker returned from injury to replace John Stones while Joao Cancelo came back from suspension to take Oleksandr Zinchenko’s place.
City came close to forcing a penalty shootout but Fernandinho put a chance wide at the back post at the end of the first half of extra-time, as the Premier League leaders missed out on making it back-to-back Champions League finals.- SkySports
By A Correspondent | ZimEye | At a time when Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to insist saying the country is being built by its own people, the opposite has emerged as alleged in ZANU PF press conference. Zanu PF Information Secretary Chris Mutsvangwa on Tuesday broke ranks with his leadership to criticise the govt institutions on how they are leaking forex reserves despite doubling exports.
Speaking during a party press conference in Harare on the 3rd May, 2022, Chris Mutsvangwa said: “We’ve doubled our export earnings in USDs yet our currency is weak, has this ever happened before? To fill up a house with kids but you can’t account for any of them…
“it’s …a financial and economic anomaly, that we are earning our USDs, yet we can’t find them in our purse.
“The more you put money in your purse, the more your purse gets empty of USD, something is wrong.” FULL LIVE VIDEO BELOW
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|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$212,962 each?
Millions were looted. Now there aren’t enough public buses & the people are stranded.
Zimbabwe is not poor. It’s poorly managed.
We need new leaders,” Mahere wrote on Facebook.
Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC) president, Fredrick Maguramhinga, quoted by NewsDay, pleaded with Government to end the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) monopoly.
Maguramhinga argues the ZUPCO monopoly has caused the shortage of transport in the country.
“The crisis in the transport sector has taken another level. There is a stalemate between the government and operators. There is no platform to discuss this because the door is closed.
The SI 83 of 2020 states that no one shall run public transport outside the Zupco franchise. The birth of this arrangement wasn’t inclusive.
It was imposed on operators. We were not given a chance to speak for our members. This system is surviving by force,” Maguramhinga told the publication.
Mr Mnangagwa’s administration enforced ZUPCO’s transport monopoly in 2020 via Statutory Instrument (SI) 83 of 2020.
As World Malaria Day approaches, more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, thanks to a pilot programme coordinated by WHO. The malaria vaccine pilots, first launched by the Government of Malawi in April 2019, have shown that the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) vaccine is safe and feasible to deliver, and that it substantially reduces deadly severe malaria.
These findings paved the way for the historic October 2021 WHO recommendation for the expanded use of RTS,S among children living in settings with moderate to high malaria transmission. If widely deployed, WHO estimates that the vaccine could save the lives of an additional 40 000 to 80 000 African children each year.
More than US$ 155 million has been secured from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to support the introduction, procurement and delivery of the malaria vaccine for Gavi-eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
WHO guidance is available to countries as they consider whether and how to adopt RTS,S as an additional tool to reduce child illness and deaths from malaria.
“As a malaria researcher in my early career, I dreamed of the day we would have an effective vaccine against this devastating disease,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This vaccine is not just a scientific breakthrough, it’s life-changing for families across Africa. It demonstrates the power of science and innovation for health. Even so, there is an urgent need to develop more and better tools to save lives and drive progress towards a malaria-free world.”
Prospects for new interventions
RTS,S is a first-generation vaccine that could be complemented in the future by other vaccines with similar or higher efficacy. WHO welcomes progress in the development of R21/Matrix-M and other malaria vaccine candidates in early clinical development. The successful completion of clinical trials for these vaccines will be important to assess their safety and efficacy profiles. WHO also welcomes the news from BioNTech, manufacturer of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, that it aims to develop a malaria vaccine using mRNA technology.
In the field of vector control, a number of new tools and technologies have been submitted to WHO for evaluation. Should they demonstrate efficacy in controlling the disease, WHO will formulate new recommendations or amend existing ones to support their deployment. These include, for example, new types of insecticide-treated nets, spatial mosquito repellents, gene-drive approaches and sugar baits designed to attract and kill Anopheles mosquitoes.
There are also new medicines in the pipeline. WHO welcomes the recent approval by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration of dispersible tablets of single-dose tafenoquine for the prevention of P. vivax malaria among children. Tafenoquine has also been approved for use in adults by the US Federal Drug Administration and by drug regulatory bodies in other countries, including Brazil, Peru and Thailand. As a single dose, tafenoquine is expected to support patient adherence to treatment. The current standard of care requires a 7- or 14-day course of medication.
A number other antimalarial medicines with new modes of action are being developed for the treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria. Ganaplacide-Lumefantrine, currently in a Phase II clinical trial, is the first non-artemisinin combination therapy and could be an asset in fight against emerging drug-resistant malaria in Africa.
In addition to drug resistance, WHO has reported other pressing threats in the fight against malaria, such as mosquito resistance to insecticides, an invasive malaria vector that thrives in urban and rural areas, and the emergence and spread of mutated P. falciparum parasites that are undermining the effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests. Innovation in tools and strategies will be critical to contain these threats, together with a more strategic use of the tools that are available today.
More investment needed
According to the 2021 World malaria report, global progress in reducing malaria cases and deaths has slowed or stalled in recent years, particularly in countries hardest hit by the disease. The report notes the need for continued innovation in the research and development of new tools if the world is to achieve the 2030 targets of the WHO malaria strategy.
Funding for malaria-related research and development reached just over US$ 619 million in 2020. An average annual R&D investment of US$ 851 million will be needed in the period 2021–2030.
Making better use of the tools we have now
Reaching global malaria targets will also require innovations in the way that currently available tools are deployed. Through the “ High burden to high impact” approach, launched by WHO and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria in 2018, countries hardest hit by malaria have been collecting and analysing malaria data to better understand the geographical spread of the disease.
Instead of applying the same approach to malaria control everywhere, they are considering the potential impact of tailored packages of interventions informed by local data and the local disease setting.
These analyses will enable countries to use available funds in a more effective, efficient and equitable way.
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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
By- Zimbabweans have said they will next year defend the vote and make sure that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa gets to the statehouse.
Posting on tweeter, several people said only CCC would solve the economic problems, Zimbabwe was facing.
Tweeted several Zimbabweans:
Next elections if the citizens can not defend the votes Nero should just accept that in zim there will never b free and fair elections and he shud accept to be the leader of the opposition just like other countries do” Tatambura veduwe.
By- A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member has been arrested for stealing groceries
Sihlzuluking Ndashata (32) appeared before magistrate Shane Kubonera, on charges of shoplifting
Ndashata was represented by Tafadzwa Masenda.
The complainant is Born Marche Supermarket, Chisipite, represented by Edmore Mukwindidza.
Allegations are that on April 29, this year at around 11am, Ndashata entered Borne Marche Supermarket in Chisipite and took a trolley and picked groceries.
He loaded goods worth $69 944,38 and left without paying. He was, however, caught by an alert security guard who asked for a receipt, but failed to produce them.
CCTV footage showed that this was not the first time that Ndashata had committed the offence.
He also did the same on April 17 and on April 28 at the same shop. The total value of the stolen goods is $209 883,17. Goods worth $69 944,38 were recovered. Newsday
“I don’t belong to any party I’m not allowed to belong to any party,” says @ZECzim
By- 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.
By- CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has said the Zanu PF government should immediately end the Zupco monopoly and address the country’s transport system.
Posting on Twitter CCC said Zupco has failed.
“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,” CCC tweeted Wednesday.
This week the Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC) also said there was an urgent need by the government to end the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) monopoly.
ZUDAC president Frederick Maguramhinga said they wanted the dialogue between transport operators and the Government over the ZUPCO monopoly which he claimed has caused the shortage of transport in the country, especially in urban areas. Said Maguramhinga:
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.
The Government enforced ZUPCO’s transport monopoly in 2020 through Statutory Instrument (SI) 83 of 2020.
It said the move was aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus but critics argue that the ban on private buses and kombis was meant to manage the public transport sector following the January 2019 fuel riots.
In January 2019, transport operators pulled their vehicles off the roads in protest of a 150 per cent fuel price hike that was announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The ZUPCO monopoly has, however, brought immense suffering to commuters who have to spend several hours standing in the rain, heat or cold waiting for the woefully inadequate rickety ZUPCO buses.
By- CCC Harare West MP Joana Mamombe and the party Youth league senior member, Cicilia Chimbiri, have attended court for the 60th time.
The two made their 60th court appearance in Harare Wednesday.
CCC tweeted:
Today, these brave women attended court for the 60th time on trumped-up charges of communicating falsehoods. They were abducted, tortured & sexually assaulted yet their perpetrators were never brought to book. Free
. Free
By- Former MDC-T deputy president, Thokozani Khupe has been deployed to lure 2023 election votes for the CCC party in Bubi and Umguza districts in Matabeleland.
The former Deputy Prime Minister trekked Bulawayo and Matabeleland provinces urging citizens to register during the mobile voter registration exercise that ended on 30 April 2022.
Khupe was working with provincial CCC leaders and the party’s interim vice president, Welshman Ncube.
This comes after she announced that she had joined CCC following her acrimonious departure from the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora.
Khupe’s spokesperson, Ntando Ndlovu, told CITE that the former trade unionist had been tasked to mobilise rural voters by CCC leadership in Harare. Said Ndlovu:
She’s been deployed to Bubi and Umguza as part of the party’s rural mobilisation strategy. That’s where the focus will be going forward.
In Bulawayo, she teamed up with other senior opposition leaders and they toured several western suburbs urging Bulawayo residents to register to vote.
She has also teamed up with other leaders in Bubi and Umguza in Matabeleland North and Plumtree in Matabeleland South where they were doing a similar exercise.
Ndlovu claimed that Khupe was working well with the majority of senior leaders of CCC, despite sentiments from some members, especially in Bulawayo Province, who were opposed to her entry into the party. Said Ndlovu:
The sentiments that you are referring to are coming from staff riders and gatekeepers who are incapable of mobilizing citizens and the electorate.
They then, therefore, resort to issuing reckless and senseless statements in the media to get attention, for which they have an insatiable appetite. Dr Khupe remains unshaken and clear about the task at hand.
… Khupe has used the door-to-door campaigns to urge the citizenry to vote for CCC and Advocate Nelson Chamisa ahead of next year’s elections.
The citizens have generally welcomed the message that Dr Khupe has carried to them and they have applauded her decision to throw her weight behind Adv Chamisa.
As a former trade unionist, Dr Khupe is really humbled by the amount of positive feedback she’s receiving from the ground.
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
THERE is immediate relief for sacked CAPS United striker Clive Augusto with Dynamos closing in on the forward just two days after he was shown the exit at the Green Machine.
Augusto, along with five other players, who include Rodwell Chinyengetere, Ronald “Rooney” Chitiyo, Dennis Dauda, Devon Chafa and goalkeeper Simba Chinani, were released by Makepekepe on Monday.
Chafa, Chinyengetere and Chitiyo have since been pardoned by the CAPS United hierarchy and are set to rejoin the team.
This followed an industrial action which resulted in CAPS United’s league match against Cranborne Bullets being delayed by about 45 minutes as the boycott almost forced the cancellation of the fixture at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.
Predictably Makepekepe lost the encounter with the players’ body language still in a rebellious state. And despite owing them winning bonuses in two matches as well as their April salaries, CAPS United management reacted by dropping the axe on the quintet whom they accused of leading the strike.
While the sacked players, who have not been pardoned by the Green Machine, will be frozen out of action for the next four or so weeks before the mid-season transfer window opens, Augusto is already set to join the Glamour Boys whom he could start training with as soon as next week.
The highly-rated striker has failed to assert himself into the Makepekepe system despite the trust he has earned from coach Lloyd Chitembwe.
But there is no doubting his potential and he will be joining his former boss Tonderai Ndiraya under whose tutelage at Ngezi Platinum some four years ago, flourished well.
Augusto was part of that solid Ngezi Platinum Stars outfit which went for more than 25 games without conceding defeat at home between 2017 and 2018 under Ndiraya.
The striker only left the Mhondoro team to join Chicken Inn in 2019, some months after Ndiraya’s romance with Ngezi Platinum ended.
Augusto scored 14 goals in 17 matches for the Bulawayo team in the first half of the season before attracting interest from South Africa with Maritzburg United managing to land him.
But so high were the standards he set in that first half of the marathon that no other player managed to score more than him and he was also rewarded with a place in the soccer stars’ list.
But somehow, the big striker couldn’t make an impact in the South African league and he returned back home to join Makepekepe where he has enjoyed game time but the goals have somehow deserted him.
He will be welcome at DeMbare where strikers are struggling to get into the groove despite the team doing well in the league.
Of course, Augusto and his colleagues have since approached the players’ representative board, the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ), and a protracted legal battle involving Makepekepe is in the offing.
But thus far he will leave the matter as he prepares to engage into talks with the But thus far he will leave the matter as he prepares to engage into talks with the Glamour Boys who are riding high in the league where they top the standings with 29 points to their name, two above closest pursuers Chicken Inn.- DeMbare.com
