By-The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, ZBC has mocked MDC-T President, Douglas Mwonzora, who recently got votes in the March 26 local government elections by calling him the leader of the country’s biggest opposition political party.

In a tweet, Tuesday ZBC, pictured Mwonzora attending the country’s 42 Uhuru celebrations in Bulawayo Monday.

Tweeted ZBC: Leader of the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe spotted next to Linda during the just ended Independence Day celebrations. A GNU is on the cards.

By- South African officials have arrested hundreds of undocumented foreign nationals from Zimbabwe and other SADC countries at the Beitbridge Border Post at Musina in Limpopo.

South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, was at the Beitbridge Border Post monitoring the situation. He said:

From the 11th of April until today, which is the whole week, more than 700 people, who were trying to cross illegally, have been arrested and sent back.
As you can see, we have deployed here at the border. But, by chance, there might be some people who escape and those who are caught at two roadblocks … there’s a roadblock just when you enter Musina and there’s a roadblock 30 kilometres outside Musina next to the Baobab plaza.
So, the two roadblocks will clean up whatever has, somehow by any chance, escaped here from the border.
Border Management Authority’s Commissioner, Mike Masiapato, said that there will ensure that the vandalised fence along the border with Zimbabwe is rehabilitated. Said Masiapato:
The issue of the fence is one of those critical issues that we’re actually going to look at.
One thing that I can confirm now is that all the infrastructure in the land borders particularly is going to be transferred from the Department of Public Works into Border Management Authority.
So, at that point, we’re going to start taking over this kind of responsibility in terms of maintaining all the infrastructure around and all of that.
So obviously, we are still going to be engaging with the National Treasury around financing-related issues.
And out of that in the longer term, we’ll be able to start rehabilitating the fence.
He said the department’s Border Management Authority will deploy 200 newly-appointed guards to the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The guards will work together with the members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on a 24-hour basis to stop illegal border crossings.

By- President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday evening that cabinet had resolved to declare a national state of disaster to provide relief to KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape which had been extensively damaged by floods.

“Tonight we are a nation that is united in our grief and pain,” he said in an address to the nation.

Nearly 4,000 homes had been destroyed in KwaZulu-Natal and more than 40,000 people had been displaced by the floods.

“This is a humanitarian disaster that calls for a massive and urgent relief effort” said Ramaphosa.

This is a developing story.

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By-The Economic Freedom Fighter EFF leader, Julius Malema, has apologised to Zimbabwe for the atrocities committed by South Africans on Zimbabweans living in that country.

 Malema sent his apology through a congratulatory message on Zimbabwe’s attainment of its 42nd Independence this Monday, 18 April 2022.

In a statement, EFF also asked Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa to forgive South Africa and its people for violent attacks on foreigners in SA. The statement read:

The EFF joins the people of Africa and the world in celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the independence of Zimbabwe, from the yoke of British colonialism.

Cecil Rhodes’s 1889 expedition of Africa is characterized by genocide against African people, land grabs and subjugation of Africans to wars of land dispossession and resistance.

The white colonialists were so shameless and disrespectful that they renamed African land after themselves.

The atrocities of Cecil Rhodes are imprintable, but still, the government of South Africa finds no offence in keeping this brutal colonialist’ name in a South African institute of higher learning, the so-called Rhodes University.

Statues of brutal white settlers and amongst them Cecil Rhodes are still in public spaces of South Africa, at the behest of the ruling party and its enablers, white monopoly capital.

This independence anniversary comes at a time of heightened Afrophobia that resulted in a violent and merciless killing of a gardener, Elvis Nyathi, who was accused of stealing jobs, gardening deemed a job stolen.

On this day, we call upon the people of our sister country, Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa to forgive South Africa and its people for the misdemeanours and criminality of a few, misled by the lack of uBuntu, to hate Africans in Africa.

The EFF recalls with deep sense of shock the death of Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave who was beaten, stabbed and set alight in an informal settlement in 2015 for selling sweets in a street that deemed such as stealing of jobs and opportunities for South Africans. To date, no one has been arrested for this gruesome act of inhumanity.

Criminality knows no nationality, in fact, the real criminality is at the doorsteps of white settlers who invaded and grabbed land and mineral resources for themselves at the exclusion of Africans.

Afrophobic violence in the democratic South African timeline spans from 1994 and reached its peak in 2008 when 62 Africans from other parts of Africa including South Africans were massacred by South Africans.

The level of self-hate and inhumanity of senseless killing of other Africans by Africans must be condemned in its entirety and unequivocally, with the contempt it deserves.

To the people of our sister country Zimbabwe, on this day, we wish you well on the anniversary of the glorious triumph of the People’s War, Hondo, against white minority settlers.

Pamberi ne hondo, Pamberi ne chimurenga!

By- The family of Elvis Nyathi, the 43-year-old Zimbabwean who was brutally murdered by a xenophobic mob in Johannesburg’s Diepsloot in South Africa last week wants the perpetrators of the gruesome murder to be brought to justice.

Speaking at Nyathi’s funeral service held at the Brethren in Christ Church, New Lobengula on Saturday, his cousin, Mphathisi Ndlovu, said:
As the Nyathi and Ndlovu families, we are traumatised by the way Elvis died. We will try to move on but we will not forget.

No person deserves to die the way he was killed. We hope his killers would be punished.

He was a hard worker working for his family, he was a jovial person who loved peace and quiet.

Meanwhile, the Nyathi family expressed gratitude to all Zimbabweans who comforted them in their grief. Said Ndlovu:
We thank the whole of Zimbabwe for showing support, despite differences in the languages we speak, Zimbabweans showed us immense support.
They showed us that they can unite and speak one language. This is one of the occasions where I have witnessed Zimbabweans coming together for one cause. Our wish is may this unity last going forward.
At the border, we were welcomed by well-wishers who bought us food. Along the way, people were stopping us, passing their condolences.
This showed us that Elvis’ death touched the hearts of many.
We stopped in Esigodini for a small service and received donations from the people, stopped at NUST and here in Bulawayo, we saw your tremendous support.
This really touched us as a family. God will thank you on our behalf.
The late Elvis Nyathi Banajo Mbodazwe was born on 14 February 1979, at Brunapeg Hospital to parents Mfanyana Nyathi and Sipho Ndlovu.
He grew up at Tshatshe, Sewula in Kezi, and did his primary education at Sewula Primary School in Matabeleland South Province.

Nyathi’s family moved to Insuza and in 2006 he left for South Africa, where he was a gardener until his death.
In South Africa, he lived in Diesploot Extension One where he was beaten, stoned and set alight metres from his home.
Nyathi was currently building his own home in Ntabazinduna, Umguza District, Matabeleland North Province.
He leaves behind his wife Nomsa Tshuma and four children.

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa says the country’s independence has been overshadowed by the suffering of citizens.

President Chamisa has said the nation’s is celebrating “paper and flag independence.”

The Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader also bemoaned the sad plight of liberation war veterans.

By- South African officials have arrested hundreds of undocumented foreign nationals from Zimbabwe and other SADC countries at the Beitbridge Border Post at Musina in Limpopo.

South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, was at the Beitbridge Border Post monitoring the situation. He said:

From the 11th of April until today, which is the whole week, more than 700 people, who were trying to cross illegally, have been arrested and sent back.
As you can see, we have deployed here at the border. But, by chance, there might be some people who escape and those who are caught at two roadblocks … there’s a roadblock just when you enter Musina and there’s a roadblock 30 kilometres outside Musina next to the Baobab plaza.
So, the two roadblocks will clean up whatever has, somehow by any chance, escaped here from the border.
Border Management Authority’s Commissioner, Mike Masiapato, said that there will ensure that the vandalised fence along the border with Zimbabwe is rehabilitated. Said Masiapato:
The issue of the fence is one of those critical issues that we’re actually going to look at.
One thing that I can confirm now is that all the infrastructure in the land borders particularly is going to be transferred from the Department of Public Works into Border Management Authority.
So, at that point, we’re going to start taking over this kind of responsibility in terms of maintaining all the infrastructure around and all of that.
So obviously, we are still going to be engaging with the National Treasury around financing-related issues.
And out of that in the longer term, we’ll be able to start rehabilitating the fence.
He said the department’s Border Management Authority will deploy 200 newly-appointed guards to the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The guards will work together with the members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on a 24-hour basis to stop illegal border crossings.

By-Tilbury Primary School in Chimanimani lost four of its pupils in the St Charles Lwanga High School bus accident that occurred along the Jopa-Skyline Road last week.

38 people died when the driver of a bus carrying 105 members of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) on their annual Easter pilgrimage in Bikita lost control of the vehicle before it careered into a deep ravine.

Three Tilbury Primary School pupils from the same class died in the accident, which also claimed another pupil from a different class.

The deceased pupils’ teacher, Hardwork Makamanzi, told NewZimbabwe.comthat the tragedy has psychologically and mentally affected the other children in the class. He said:

I lost three of my students, two girls and one boy, in the Chipinge accident. I am so hurt and devastated by the incident. It is not easy to lose your loved students in such a gruesome manner.

It will take a long time for the remaining students to come to terms with what happened to their classmates.

It will be very hard for the students to accept that someone who used to sit close to him or her is no more.

Surely, it will not be easy for me and the students when schools open for the second term.

As the death toll continues to rise, there are chances that more students from other surrounding schools in the area might also have been victims of the accident

-NewZimbabwe

By-The Economic Freedom Fighter EFF leader, Julius Malema, has apologised to Zimbabwe for the atrocities committed by South Africans on Zimbabweans living in that country.

 Malema sent his apology through a congratulatory message on Zimbabwe’s attainment of its 42nd Independence this Monday, 18 April 2022.

In a statement, EFF also asked Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa to forgive South Africa and its people for violent attacks on foreigners in SA. The statement read:

The EFF joins the people of Africa and the world in celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the independence of Zimbabwe, from the yoke of British colonialism.

Cecil Rhodes’s 1889 expedition of Africa is characterized by genocide against African people, land grabs and subjugation of Africans to wars of land dispossession and resistance.

The white colonialists were so shameless and disrespectful that they renamed African land after themselves.

The atrocities of Cecil Rhodes are imprintable, but still, the government of South Africa finds no offence in keeping this brutal colonialist’ name in a South African institute of higher learning, the so-called Rhodes University.

Statues of brutal white settlers and amongst them Cecil Rhodes are still in public spaces of South Africa, at the behest of the ruling party and its enablers, white monopoly capital.

This independence anniversary comes at a time of heightened Afrophobia that resulted in a violent and merciless killing of a gardener, Elvis Nyathi, who was accused of stealing jobs, gardening deemed a job stolen.

On this day, we call upon the people of our sister country, Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa to forgive South Africa and its people for the misdemeanours and criminality of a few, misled by the lack of uBuntu, to hate Africans in Africa.

The EFF recalls with deep sense of shock the death of Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave who was beaten, stabbed and set alight in an informal settlement in 2015 for selling sweets in a street that deemed such as stealing of jobs and opportunities for South Africans. To date, no one has been arrested for this gruesome act of inhumanity.

Criminality knows no nationality, in fact, the real criminality is at the doorsteps of white settlers who invaded and grabbed land and mineral resources for themselves at the exclusion of Africans.

Afrophobic violence in the democratic South African timeline spans from 1994 and reached its peak in 2008 when 62 Africans from other parts of Africa including South Africans were massacred by South Africans.

The level of self-hate and inhumanity of senseless killing of other Africans by Africans must be condemned in its entirety and unequivocally, with the contempt it deserves.

To the people of our sister country Zimbabwe, on this day, we wish you well on the anniversary of the glorious triumph of the People’s War, Hondo, against white minority settlers.

Pamberi ne hondo, Pamberi ne chimurenga!

By- Former Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede has lost a car to his son and got him arrested.

Tawanda Mudede, recently appeared in court on allegations of stealing his father’s US$40 000 car.

Tawanda (25) was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda.

It is the State’s case that on 10 April this year, Mudede arrived at his house driving a grey Toyota Prado, with three police officers from ZRP Borrowdale.

He had gone to report his son and girlfriend Mitchel Masawi who had violated a peace order restricting them from entering his house.

Tawanda and Mitchel were promptly arrested for contempt of court.

It is alleged that on their way to the police station, the son drank Voltaren ointment that was on the back seat.

Mudede allegedly panicked and drove to Borrowdale Trauma Centre to seek assistance from the medical personnel.

On arrival, Mudede and two police officers disembarked, while his son remained in the car with one police officer.

When Mudede returned to his car with the medical staff, the police officer opened the door to allow them to administer medical treatment.

Tawanda allegedly closed and locked all doors and told them he didn’t have the keys but he later drove off.

He later called his sister and informed her that he had parked the car near State House where she recovered the vehicle and returned it to Mudede.

It is further alleged that Mudede’s cellphone and other personal documents, which were in the car, were missing.

Anesu Chirenje prosecuted.

• H-Metro

By- Police in Mutare have arrested 14 CCC activists on Saturday and charged them with public nuisance.

The CCC members were arrested after conducting rallies to garner support for the party’s candidates contesting for two wards ahead of by-elections set for 7 May.

The CCC candidates, Sekai Mukodza (Ward 16) of Dangamvura-Chikanga constituency and former Mayor, Blessing Tandi (Ward 14) of Mutasa south constituency were recalled by MDC-T.

Those arrested are Chipo Chabvaneyi, Memory Kujeke, Jestina Changorora, Dadirai Wachi, Lina Makore, Gladys Chando, Conilia Mandiringa, Tsamwai Bonyongwe, Natalie Tsaukai, Melania Mpoga, Rosemary Muradzikwa, Elizabeth Sithole, Jeffery Nyamana and Zanele Sibanda.

However, Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson in Manicaland Province, Inspector Nobert Muzondo, told NewZimbabwe.com that he was not aware of the arrests. He said:

I have not been informed about such arrests. Where did you get such information? I am yet to find out if it’s true.

It might be an incident whereby some people are arrested, and it is then politicised, but I am not yet appraised at the moment, and I do not have facts.

Meanwhile, CCC Manicaland spokesperson David Panganayi confirmed the arrests to NewZimbabwe.com on Sunday.

Panganayi said the 14 were detained by police on 16 March before lawyers secured their release on Sunday, around midday.

He said they were made to pay fines pegged at ZW$2 000 each for violating the Criminal Law Codification Act. Said Panganayi:

All of our 14 members who were arrested in Chikanga phase two, have been released today (Sunday) at 12 am after paying fines.

They were eventually charged with public nuisance as promulgated in section 46 as read with subsection (v) of the criminal codification act. As we speak fines have already been paid.

Initially, the police wanted to charge them for contravening some sections of MOPA which govern restrictions on gatherings.

They later on decided to charge them for engaging in a procession without police clearance since the former charge was strong enough to go through the courts.

Public nuisance as a charge is still not good enough because they must demonstrate what sort of nuisance they are referring to.

They just want to derail our campaign ahead of by-elections because the door to door campaigns do not disturb residents’ business.

The playing field continues to be uneven and the cry for reforms can’t be much louder now.

Tinashe Sambiri| Outspoken Norton MP Hon Temba Mliswa has challenged Emmanuel Makandiwa to stop abusing the pulpit to please politicians.

Makandiwa embraced Mr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga at his church during the weekend.

Makandiwa also praised Mr Mnangagwa and Chiwenga describing them as noble men.

Below is Mliswa’s full thread:

Thus a correction of a church leader becomes an attack against the church& the foundation of their scriptural beliefs. The believers can’t distinguish the leader from the gospel! It’s tragic but the leaders want it that way because they are protected from critical questions!

The lack of capacity for critical introspection within these Pentecostals has also damaged their ability to be solid as institutions& outgrow the person of their founders. Many remain extensions of their founding leaders who are themselves mere mortals prone to fall.

Pentecostal churches are generally bigoted as institutions& view themselves as the sole proprietors of the gospel of salvation. To them, everything& everyone else is lost. It’s a dangerous posture which has created demi-gods who are not foundationed on truth& social justice.

The equivalent of some of these actions are found in the Bible too, with Balaam going out to prophesy against God’s people because he had been paid. Ultimately it will fail

Makandiwa should just join ZANU PF& stop this elevated posturing, feinting more enlightenment than everyone else. He is a Pastor for God’s sake and should operate in a smarter way. I’m Independent but openly state the only party I know is ZANU PF. He should do the same!

I believe there is a direct connection between the seeming political passivity of Zimbabweans and our being a Christian nation.

The spiritual side has been used to strangle the political consciousness of the masses through the agency of people like Makandiwa.

The Pastor has a venerated position in people’s hearts and minds and should not abuse that position to feed people his partisan political orientations. He should stand for truth as a principle and speak out against any injustice.

Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has pointed out that he went to Emmanuel Makandiwa’s UFIC to remove evil spirits left by Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The tough-talking politician said his mission was to cleanse the territory that had been contaminated by Mr Mnangagwa.

“Yes I was given an unprecedented standing ovation when I ws introduced as one of their invited dignitaries 2day at UFIC.

UFIC is in my territory in Chitungwiza.

I accepted their invite bcz I also wanted to cleanse the demons and witchcraft left in our territory by Mnangagwa yesterday,” Hon Sikhala argued.

Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa says the country’s independence has been overshadowed by the suffering of citizens.

President Chamisa has said the nation’s is celebrating “paper and flag independence.”

The Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader also bemoaned the sad plight of liberation war veterans.

By A Correspondent- Tilbury Primary School in Chimanimani lost four of its pupils in the St Charles Lwanga High School bus accident that occurred along the Jopa-Skyline Road last week.

38 people died when the driver of a bus carrying 105 members of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) on their annual Easter pilgrimage in Bikita lost control of the vehicle before it careered into a deep ravine.

Three Tilbury Primary School pupils from the same class died in the accident, which also claimed another pupil from a different class.

The deceased pupils’ teacher, Hardwork Makamanzi, told NewZimbabwe.com that the tragedy has psychologically and mentally affected the other children in the class. He said:

I lost three of my students, two girls and one boy, in the Chipinge accident. I am so hurt and devastated by the incident. It is not easy to lose your loved students in such a gruesome manner.

It will take a long time for the remaining students to come to terms with what happened to their classmates.

It will be very hard for the students to accept that someone who used to sit close to him or her is no more.

Surely, it will not be easy for me and the students when schools open for the second term.

As the death toll continues to rise, there are chances that more students from other surrounding schools in the area might also have been victims of the accident.

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe telecommunications tycoon and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa’s daughter Elizabeth Tanya was recently kicked out of a restaurant.

Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa who was recently appointed to the board of directors of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited recently became a victim of racism.

Taking to Twitter, Elizabeth revealed that she got kicked out of a restaurant because she is black. Elizabeth did not divulge more on where this incident happened.

Elizabeth Masiyiwa’s post prompted some tweeps to share their encounter with racism.

Her post also attracted mixed reactions on the TL as some tweeps pushed her to divulge more details on the incident and to name and shame the restaurant. Other tweeps on the other hand opined that she should have told the owner that her father is a billionaire and business mogul or better yet she should just buy the restaurant.

Stella Grooves

WAIT, WHAAAAAT? Please name & Shame! Yes, this still happens in 2022 HOWEVER, by not identifying the place you are enabling bad behaviour and that should not be allowed to happen. This is truly sad & am sorry you went through that

Reason Ben

It would have made more sence if you had named and shame the restaurant for correctional measuresbin future. Manje apa hapana zvawaita n hapana zvazvonobetsera its just likes and retweets which changes nothing

Abraham

You didn’t tell ‘em that your dad is a friend to Obama and bill gates

Tengfei

Sorry…. Though It’s funny how money can take one places but it doesn’t guarantee one will be accepted in those places because of the money they have. 3/5th of a man I think that’s the phrase.

Julie Askana

Buy that restaurant! Ask @elonmusk how to deal with such matters, he will school u that being a major share holder in that restaurant is the only way u can change those policies.

By A Correspondent- The leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume has died.

He died yesterday afternoon and believed to be in his 90s.

Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikenyere confirmed.

“I have been informed by the Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mr Edgars Seenza, that Highest Priest Noah Taguta is no more.

The DDC (District Development Coordinator) Mutare advised that he died around lunch time,” said Cde Matsikenyere.

Mr Seenza told The Herald last night that he was still to get finer details regarding Mutumwa Taguta’s death.

“I also received the same message, but I am yet to receive finer details. I have no contacts within the family,” he said.

High Priest Taguta was known for championing development in Bocha, Marange where his church commands the highest number of followers.

President Mnangagwa once visited High Priest Taguta’s shrine in 2018 where he officially launched the construction of a state-of-the-art sports centre and stadium at St Noah College in Bocha, Marange.

By-Noah Taguta, the leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, has died.

Taguta died on Sunday afternoon and is believed to have been in his 90s.

The Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikenyere confirmed Taguta’s death.

 She said:

I have been informed by the Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mr Edgars Seenza, that Highest Priest Noah Taguta is no more.

The DDC (District Development Coordinator) Mutare advised that he died around lunchtime.

Seenza told The Herald on Sunday night that he was still to get more details regarding Taguta’s death.

The Johane Marange Apostolic Church, which has the largest number of mapostori (white garment) followers in Marange, is notorious for child marriages.

Last year, a 15-year-old girl, Anna Machaya, died during childbirth at the Marange shrine in Bocha and was allegedly buried in a secret place.

The man responsible for the pregnancy, Hatirarami Momberume, coincidentally shares the same surname as the late Mutumwa Noah Taguta Momberume, though it is not known whether the two are related or not.

By-Citizens Coalition for Change President Nelson Chamisa has encouraged his supporters to attend independence celebrations throughout the country.

In a statement, CCC national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said the party reverences all who fought for the attainment of the country’s independence from white minority rule. Below is the statement in full:

THE LIBERATION PROMISE IS OUR GENERATIONAL MANDATE

On the 18th of April 2022, we celebrate 42 years of independence. We honour and commemorate this important day as we mark and look to the sacrifices made by our forebears who fought on our behalf for the liberation of our country.

The liberation struggle was anchored on the fight for freedom, dignity, the people’s sovereign will and self-determination. 

Independence means freedom, the pursuit of happiness, national pride and national dignity.

We acknowledge that, although we attained our independence in 1980, we are yet to be fully free and fully independent.

This entails the holding of free and fair elections and the upholding of fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens.

As a citizens’ movement, we acknowledge the effort and sacrifices of our liberation heroes, war veterans, war collaborators and citizens, living and departed, who contributed to the attainment of the liberation of our nation from colonial rule.

Whereas there are political differences, there is no debate about our honour, respect and acknowledgement of all national institutions, organs, events and programs.

Our loyalty to Zimbabwe and our loyalty to the country is absolute as a marker of the preservation of our history, legacy and identity as a people.

Independence Day belongs to us all as Zimbabwean citizens. For this reason, we encourage all citizens to participate in such important national processes and events without tainting them with partisan conduct.

We do so for our country and for our collective being as a people.

Accordingly, we assert that we are going to be represented at all key national events.

National events and state institutions are far greater than any political party or sectarian interests.

The liberation promise is our generational mandate.

Fadzayi Mahere 

National Spokesperson

By-Citizens Coalition for Change President Nelson Chamisa has challenged Zanu PF against personalising national independence celebrations.

CCC instead encouraged its supporters and members countrywide to attend Independence Day celebrations organised by the Zanu PF-led Government in their respective areas.

In a statement, CCC national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said the party reverences all who fought for the attainment of the country’s independence from white minority rule. Below is the statement in full:

THE LIBERATION PROMISE IS OUR GENERATIONAL MANDATE

On the 18th of April 2022, we celebrate 42 years of independence. We honour and commemorate this important day as we mark and look to the sacrifices made by our forebears who fought on our behalf for the liberation of our country.

The liberation struggle was anchored on the fight for freedom, dignity, the people’s sovereign will and self-determination. 

Independence means freedom, the pursuit of happiness, national pride and national dignity.

We acknowledge that, although we attained our independence in 1980, we are yet to be fully free and fully independent.

This entails the holding of free and fair elections and the upholding of fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens.

As a citizens’ movement, we acknowledge the effort and sacrifices of our liberation heroes, war veterans, war collaborators and citizens, living and departed, who contributed to the attainment of the liberation of our nation from colonial rule.

Whereas there are political differences, there is no debate about our honour, respect and acknowledgement of all national institutions, organs, events and programs.

Our loyalty to Zimbabwe and our loyalty to the country is absolute as a marker of the preservation of our history, legacy and identity as a people.

Independence Day belongs to us all as Zimbabwean citizens. For this reason, we encourage all citizens to participate in such important national processes and events without tainting them with partisan conduct.

We do so for our country and for our collective being as a people.

Accordingly, we assert that we are going to be represented at all key national events.

National events and state institutions are far greater than any political party or sectarian interests.

The liberation promise is our generational mandate.

Fadzayi Mahere 

National Spokesperson

By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa nephews appeared in court on Saturday charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and possession of illegal firearms.

Tawanda Munangagwa, 36, a squadron leader in the Air Force of Zimbabwe at Manyame, and Vengai Munangagwa, 45, who is alleged to be a Central Intelligence Organisation spy, were not asked to plead during a brief appearance before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.

Mangosi remanded the duo in custody to April 29 after advising them to apply for bail at the High Court.

George Manokore, for the prosecution, told the court that police got information that the two brothers were planning to commit armed robbery at 5 Overlaw Farm in Kadoma.

On April 14, police detectives got on the tail of the two men as they drove in a white Nissan Hardbody along Samora Machel Avenue. When they noticed they were being followed, Vengai allegedly drove at high speed on the Bulawayo highway leading to a high-speed chase.

They were arrested at a roadblock in Norton and a search of the vehicle turned up an AK47 rifle loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition. Police also recovered a Tokarev pistol during a search of Tawanda’s home at 21 Retreat Farm in Waterfalls on April 15. He allegedly told police the gun which was hidden between a mattress and base of a bed belonged to Vengai.

Prosecutors say both men are not firearm licence holders.

Vengai and Tawanda are the sons of one of President Mnangagwa’s brothers. The “u” in their surname is a common misspelling of their family name by officials at the Civil Registry.

The Zimbabwe National Army – responding to a surge in armed robberies committed by soldiers – has publicly warned that those found guilty will receive “exemplary sentences.” Standard

Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabwe needs true independence, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

Easter is a period of physical and spiritual revival, according to President Chamisa.

In a statement on Sunday, President Chamisa Chamisa said :

“RESURRECTION MEANS REVIVAL!He is risen.

The Cross is our Crown & HOPE.The Lord Jesus overcame death,sin & all darkness.May we be revived spiritually & physically,individually & as a nation.

Let there be true freedom & independence in ZIMBABWE

Let ZIMBABWE arise!Happy Easter Sunday.”

Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabwe needs true independence, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

Easter is a period of physical and spiritual revival, according to President Chamisa.

In a statement on Sunday, President Chamisa Chamisa said :

“RESURRECTION MEANS REVIVAL!He is risen.

The Cross is our Crown & HOPE.The Lord Jesus overcame death,sin & all darkness.May we be revived spiritually & physically,individually & as a nation.

Let there be true freedom & independence in ZIMBABWE

Let ZIMBABWE arise!Happy Easter Sunday.”

Tinashe Sambiri|Police on Saturday arrested Citizens’ Coalition For Change members for conducting a door- to -door campaign programme in Mutare.

According to CCC Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma, 14 party members were arrested in Dangamvura- Chikanga Constituency, ward 16.

“Breaking News 14 Citizens Coalition for Change members were taken by Zimbabwe Republic Police officers during the door to door campaign in ward 16 Dangamvura -Chikanga Constituency, now they are stationed at Mutare Central police station,” Chuma wrote on Twitter.

“We expect the Zimbabwe Republic Police to be professional in the execution expected constitutional obligations,” added Chuma.

By A Correspondent- A fight erupted at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters in Wedza, Mashonaland East on Friday  as the battle for the control of the sect rages on.

The sect has been embroiled in bitter wars following the death of leader and founder Thadeu Mugodhi in 2019.

In 2019, one Tonny Sigauke who claimed to be the rightful heir, according to the church constitution, dragged the late Mugodhi’s son Washington to court for clinging on to the throne.

Sigauke also filed another application stating that Aaron Munodawafa was the substantive bishop of the church with him as the deputy.

In September, 2021, High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba ruled Sigauke does not have authority to represent the church while Washington’s appointment was declared null and void.

Since then, the fight for the control of the church between Washington and Munodawafa has been raging.

On Friday, church members wielding, iron bars and stones clashed as they sought to take control of the shrine for the annual passover service.

Both camps were recently given access to the church buildings pending a court outcome on the legitimate leader of the shrine.

The spokesperson of Munodawafa camp, Reverend Mike Mukarati said the fight started after they were denied access to the church building to conduct morning prayers.

“We gathered together as a group and moved to enter the building.

“They hired hooligans, some with dreadlocks calling themselves security from Washington’s camp and denied us access.

“Suddenly, they started throwing stones, sharp objects, and logs into a crowded congregation injuring more than 20, some seriously.

“We retreated when we realised there were bound to be fatalities.

“Police arrived 30 minutes later and statements were taken and the injured were rushed to St Mary’s hospital in Wedza.”

Mugodhi and Mashonaland East provincial police spokesperson Simon Chazovachi were not available for comment yesterday.

A few months ago, violent clashes occurred at the same shrine during a gathering known as Synod resulting in malicious damage to property including the church building.

More than 15 congregants were arrested and charged with assault among other charges.

Washington had brought bouncers to block the Munodawafa faction, but they were overpowered by the congregants who went on a rampage destroying church property.

The bouncers had their hands tied and assaulted before police were called to quell the violence.

The factions are both claiming total control of the perceived holy ground.-standard

By A Correspondent- A little known Diplomatic Intelligence Movement (DIM) political party President Ashley Zhou has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a dialogue on  youth involvement in Zimbabwean politics.

He also want to discuss about British and American compensation to Zimbabwe.

He said his party was formed to push for the amendment of the constitution so as to introduce a Prime Minister’s office to be known as the Head of Government combined Operations General of the Defence , Police, Prison services and Prime Minister.

In his letter to the president Zhou said youth should understand that people died for the liberation of this country hence it is a prerogative to protect,defend the independence and territorial integrity of this country.

“Mr president ,I draw inspiration from your famous words “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo”,in addition to that,in our meeting more ways will be discussed on how to make youth more patriotic to their country,” said Zhou.

Zhou said the 1924,1961,1965 and 1969 constitution were the most discriminatory laws by foreign countries as they used to it ill treat Zimbabwean s and Britain has the obligation to compensate Zimbabwe.

He said these laws include the Land apportioning act of 1930, the Native, Husbandry act of 1951 and the law , order (maintenance) act of 1960 were bad to the native citizens.

ED is yet to respond top his petition.

AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini said he was shocked by the extent of the damage caused by the heavy rains that induced floods and mudslides in KwaZulu-Natal Province.

The king visited the area of Tshelimnyama, west of Durban, with billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe and KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala.

The AmaZulu King expressed shock over the scale of the devastation caused by the floods and also thanked the Motsepe Foundation for its financial donation to people affected by the natural disaster. He said:

We are all shocked by the storms. We are in pain. As we speak, there are still missing people.

These rains showed us that it has damaged a lot of infrastructure, and even businesses have been affected.

However, I am happy that Motsepe Foundation has come on board to help us.

It is not the first time the foundation reaching out to us.

The Motsepe Foundation donated R30 million to assist families affected by the floods. Said Motsepe:

We came here today to make a humble donation of R30 million from the Motsepe Foundation to help our people.

There was a meeting that took place earlier and after that we visited many places in the province and you can see that many of our people are suffering because of the way the flood has impacted and affected their lives.

Nearly 400 people have been confirmed dead following the floods, with thousands more displaced after their homes were washed away by flash floods and mudslides.

The Department of Human Settlements said around 4 000 homes have been completely destroyed by the floods in KZN, with Tshelimnyama having been one of the areas most affected.

By A Correspondent- Zimdancehall musician Seh Calaz, real name Tawanda Mumanyi, has defended United Family International Church (UFIC) founder and leader Emmanuel Makandiwa for inviting President Emmerson Mnangagwa to his church service on Saturday afternoon.

Mnangagwa, the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga attended a church service at the UFIC International Easter Conference on Saturday in Chitungwiza.

However, Seh Calaz says Makandiwa’s critics should just leave him alone as he has the right to freedom of association. In a post on his Facebook page, the musician said:

Mamukaseiko vatendi.

The way vanhu yavari kutsoma and shaming vana vaPapaManu and his UFI mahorror, inoita tione kuti isu as Zimbabweans we are not ready and hatibvume kuti we can support different teams and still be friends and family, chese chaunopikisana nacho chinofanha kutotukirirwa chobvachadhakwa? if it was you, President voti varikuuya kuchurch kwako wairamba here?

Muchurch ndeme vatsvene chute here,Ok whats wrong with the President going to church, Mukuru havafanirwe kuenda kuchurch here? Mangani ma church avakaenda, iyoyi yanyatsoitasei?

Handina pandaona PapaManu vachiita slogan, hapana chakaipa kana chekunyeba chataura pane zvaarikuonawo zvichiitwa nehurumende, zvekuzoti todya road here zvava zvako, maida PapaManu vatange kutaura matambudziko emuunyika, neparikukanganiswa nehurumende mukelaz. here? ,

CHINOMBONZI CHURCH CHIIKO? ukanzwa anoti i lost respect and handichada kutonzwa mharidzo yake hahahah regedza zvako unenge wagara usingaterere, PapaManu vakasarudza bato ravada nderavo choice ndeyavo vane right yacho.handiyo democracy yatoda here, yatochemera?

PapaManu mharidzo yavo ndinoida inondikomborera zvekuti dhuuu, ende izvozvo hazvichinjwe nema political views avo, Siyai vana vaPapa, besides haurase or kutuka baba vakakubereka nekuti vaita mumwe mudzimai. lvai ne Sunday yakanaka.

By Fanuel Chinowaita- Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested Citizens Coalition for Change members in ward 16, Dangamvura Chikanga Constituency for conducting a door to door campaign.

Those who are arrested are Chipo Chabvaneyi, Memory Kujeke, Jestina Changorora, Dadirai Wachi, Lina Makore, Gladys Chando, Conilia Mandiringa, Tsamwai Bonyongwe, Natalie Tsaukai, Melania Mpoga, Rosemary Muradzikwa, Elizabeth Si thole, Jefrey Nyamana and Zanele Sibanda.

They are now at Mutare Central and the charges are not yet laid against them.

Speaking to CCC Dangamvura Chikanga Organising Secretary John Nyamhoka, he said charges are not laid.

“Our members have been arrestec in Chikanga near TM. They are now at Mutare Central Station and the charges are not laid.

“They are trying to buy time so that they can spend the whole Easter Holiday inside the police. There is no democracy at all”, said Nyamhoka.

Meanwhile, lawyers Innocent Gonese and Simon Chabuka are representing them.

By A Correspondent- The opposition CCC has encouraged its supporters and members countrywide to attend Independence Day celebrations organised by the ZANU PF-led Government in their respective areas.

In a statement, CCC national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said the party reverences all who fought for the attainment of the country’s independence from white minority rule. Below is the statement in full:

THE LIBERATION PROMISE IS OUR GENERATIONAL MANDATE

On the 18th of April 2022, we celebrate 42 years of independence. We honour and commemorate this important day as we mark and look to the sacrifices made by our forebears who fought on our behalf for the liberation of our country.

The liberation struggle was anchored on the fight for freedom, dignity, the people’s sovereign will and self-determination.
Independence means freedom, the pursuit of happiness, national pride and national dignity.

We acknowledge that, although we attained our independence in 1980, we are yet to be fully free and fully independent.

This entails the holding of free and fair elections and the upholding of fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens.

As a citizens’ movement, we acknowledge the effort and sacrifices of our liberation heroes, war veterans, war collaborators and citizens, living and departed, who contributed to the attainment of the liberation of our nation from colonial rule.

Whereas there are political differences, there is no debate about our honour, respect and acknowledgement of all national institutions, organs, events and programs.

Our loyalty to Zimbabwe and our loyalty to the country is absolute as a marker of the preservation of our history, legacy and identity as a people.

Independence Day belongs to us all as Zimbabwean citizens. For this reason, we encourage all citizens to participate in such important national processes and events without tainting them with partisan conduct.

We do so for our country and for our collective being as a people.

Accordingly, we assert that we are going to be represented at all key national events.

National events and state institutions are far greater than any political party or sectarian interests.

The liberation promise is our generational mandate.

Fadzayi Mahere
National Spokesperson

By A Correspondent- An inmate at Bulawayo Prison has appeared before a magistrate for an alleged act of misconduct after he ejaculated between the thighs of a fellow intimate while they were asleep.

Brendon Moyo (24) of Njube appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu last week.

He was charged with indecent assault as defined in section 67 of the criminal law codification and reform act chapter 9:23.

Moyo was, however, acquitted after he argued that he did not intentionally do the misconduct as it was a result of a wet dream.

Magistrate Ndlovu ruled that there was no evidence that Moyo inserted his privates between the thighs of the fellow inmate intentionally.

She said wet dreams happen when someone is asleep and not aware of what is happening to them and therefore, it might be possible that the accused’s act was not intentional.

Prosecutor Siphiwe Mhlanga said the incident happened on 11 November last year when the accused had allegedly invited a new inmate in Cell 7 to come to sleep next to him as the other side was crowded.

It was further alleged that during the night the inmate felt Moyo touch the lower part of his waist and he ignored him thinking it was a matter of overcrowding.

Around 3 AM, Moyo allegedly inserted his privates between the new inmate’s legs and ejaculated.

The inmate told other inmates who informed a prison officer leading to Moyo’s arrest.

By A Correspondent- A move to award soldiers a 37% pay increase at a time when the government is silent about reviewing civil servants salaries has drawn fire from some teachers’ unions, who say it exposed double standards.

According to Defence ministry correspondence, soldiers received a salary increment effective April 1.

Their allowances would also be reviewed according to grades.

This is not the first time uniformed officers have received salary increments ahead of their colleagues within the public service.

The local currency has been sliding in value in recent weeks, as inflation gallops, sparking an increase in prices of goods and services.

According to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, an average urban family now needs over $90 000 a month as of March to survive.

The soldiers’ salary review was forced by inflationary pressures, the ministry’s circular says.

“Be advised that the following deliberations have been made between Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), Defence Forces Service Commission (FSC), Ministry of Defence (MOD) and war veterans and Treasury, the DFSC has approved part of the implementation of the military concept and related allowance for colonels and below,” the circular reads in part.

In 2020, there was a widespread outcry from ordinary civil servants over an increment awarded exclusively to the men in uniform.

Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and army spokesperson Alphios Makotore said welfare issues for soldiers were confidential before demanding questions in writing.

By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has awarded soldiers a 37% pay increase.

This comes at a time when the government is silent about reviewing civil servants’ salaries.

According to Defence ministry correspondence, soldiers received a salary increment effective April 1.

Their allowances would also be reviewed according to grades.

This is not the first time uniformed officers have received salary increments ahead of their colleagues within the public service.

The local currency has been sliding in value in recent weeks, as inflation gallops, sparking an increase in prices of goods and services.
According to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, an average urban family now needs over $90 000 a month as of March to survive.
The soldiers’ salary review was forced by inflationary pressures, the ministry’s circular says.
“Be advised that the following deliberations have been made between Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), Defence Forces Service Commission (FSC), Ministry of Defence (MOD) and war veterans and Treasury, the DFSC has approved part of the implementation of the military concept and related allowance for colonels and below,” the circular reads in part.
In 2020, there was a widespread outcry from ordinary civil servants over an increment awarded exclusively to the men in uniform.
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and army spokesperson Alphios Makotore said welfare issues for soldiers were confidential before demanding questions in writing.
“You may have to send your questions in writing. Security and defence matters cannot be discussed over the phone,” Muchinguri said yesterday.
On Friday, Makotore said: “Issues of salaries are confidential and we are going to respond on Monday.
“Send the questions in writing and we put it on record.”
On Thursday, MDC Alliance legislator Peter Moyo told Parliament that the government’s failure to adequately remunerate soldiers was pushing them into crime.
In March, three soldiers were each sentenced to 15 years behind bars after being convicted of armed robbery, theft and unlawful entry by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces general court martial.
However, teacher unions could not hide their anger over the alleged unfair treatment they are getting from their employer.
“The government is very aware that the military plays a key role to preserve power and we don’t care about who is in power.
“What we need is food on the table and that can be done by improving the welfare of the teachers,” Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure said.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou added: “The government has never taken us seriously.”
Teachers are at loggerheads with the government over poor working conditions.
Last year, there were reports that junior soldiers were sent on forced re-training in Hwange as punishment for demanding a salary increase during an ostensibly no-holds-barred meeting. Standard

By- Two people have been killed and 14 others seriously injured in a Stallion Cruise bus.

The bus rammed into a haulage truck in the Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway in early Sunda.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Officer Commanding Lupane District, Chief Inspector Laxmore Dube, said the accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Dube said the Stallion Cruise bus crashed into the haulage which was carrying coal.

The injured were all taken to the nearby St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane, while the bodies of the deceased were retrieved from the wreckage.

Chief Inspector Dube said police are conducting investigations to gather facts surrounding the fatal accident.

He warned motorists to avoid night driving if possible and to carry danger warning signs in the event of breakdowns.

The accident occurred just a few after days after another bus accident claimed the lives of 37 Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members in Chimanimani.

The overloaded St Charles Lwanga High School bus had 106 ZCC congregants on board from Chimanimani East’s Tilbury Estate, who were travelling to an Easter pilgrimage at Mbungo Estates shrine, Masvingo.

The accident occurred five kilometres from Jopa turn-off along the Chimanimani-Chipinge highway just after midnight on Thursday.

The bus reportedly lost brakes before it veered off the winding road near the Chimanimani-Chipinge boundary and careered into a deep ravine.

More: ZBC News

By A Correspondent- Traditional healers (n’angas) and apostolic healers are among the perpetrators of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) against women and girls with disabilities.

This was said by Public Service and Social Development, director of disability affairs Christine Peta in an interview with NewZimbabwe.com. Said Peta:

It is a growing problem that needs to be nipped because women with disabilities are being sexually abused by apostolic sect healers and traditional healers.

There is a huge problem here in Zimbabwe of women and girls with disabilities facing (SGBV).

We are seeing prophets from the apostolic sect telling women with mantle disabilities that if they want to be healed they should sleep with them.

I heard from the spirit that it is the only way to heal you and make you whole again without disability.

Peta said the healers sexually abuse disabled women and girls on the pretext that they will be healed if they consent to sexual intercourse with them. She said:

If you want to get out of the wheelchair you should sleep with me, this is happening in the apostolic sect and traditional healers.

In our research, we have found that the healing process at these places is shrouded in SGBV.

Women Coalition of Zimbabwe (WiCoZ) national coordinator Sally Dura said:

As WiCoZ, we will engage traditional healers and faith-based organisations in coming up with ways of tackling SGBV against women and girls.

By- United Family International Church (UFIC) founder and leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has defended Zanu PF for its failure to create employment.

The self-styled prophet said that Zimbabweans should not expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to create jobs for them.

Addressing a church service in Chitungwiza on Saturday Makandiwa said the Government’s role is to create an environment for individuals to prosper. He said:
It is never the responsibility of the Government to create jobs for you. The creation of an environment is their responsibility so that you and I prosper and we have that opportunity in Zimbabwe.
There is something wrong with a citizen who keeps complaining and shifting blame.

The church service was attended by Mnangagwa, his wife Auxillia and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga,

By- The Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has challenged Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa to call for a 2023 election roadmap indaba.

Posting on Twitter, Chamisa said a 2023 election roadmap dialogue would help avoid the holding of another contested Presidential poll.

Posted Chamisa:
It’s about 60 weeks to the 2023 general election. Any dialogue must be about reforms & the road to 2023, not a GNU. As Zimbabweans, we must find each other to avoid yet another disputed election & all its undesired consequences. We need a Pre-Elections Pact on Reforms (PREPARE).
Whoever Wins an undisputed mandate in 2023 must then unite the nation, form a credible inclusive Team ZIMBABWE & deliver prosperity and happiness.
Chamisa said the five years after the next elections should be about nation-building and the transformation of the economy, instead of unending politicking.

By- Former Deputy Prime minister and MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe says she was no longer interested in contesting for any position when Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) holds its congress.

This comes after Khupe last week officially joined CCC ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections amid fierce resistance from some quarters in the newly-formed party whose entire leadership is on an interim basis pending an elective congress.

Speaking through her spokesperson Ntando Ndlovu, Khupe told the Daily News yesterday that she was content with being just a card-carrying member of the CCC.

“Khupe’s current pre-occupation, like every party member, is for CCC to capture State power and form the next government next year so that all Zimbabweans can get a better life, a decent living and salaries, proper healthcare, quality education and decent employment,” Ndlovu said.

“She is not in this new movement for a position. She will, however, play her part like every ordinary citizen in organising and mobilising around the programme of change. Khupe, therefore, refuses to be diverted by rumour mongers and gatekeepers who are hell bent on projecting her as a power hungry politician.”

He said Khupe, together with her former supporters, were now officially CCC members after her unveiling last weekend before the new party’s interim leader Nelson Chamisa with whom she had been at war over the control of the MDC since the death of its founding president Morgan Tsvangirai in February 2018.

Chamisa was last weekend forced to intervene after angry party youth bayed for her blood, barring her from attending a provincial assembly meeting held at McDonald Hall in Mzilikazi suburb in Bulawayo, accusing her of being a Zanu PF surrogate.

Khupe, who showed up at the event upon Chamisa’s arrival, was greeted with obscene shouts from the youths who vowed not to let her be part of the meeting.

“Khupe you are not welcome here. All along you were dining and wining with (President Emmerson) Mnangagwa, busy plotting the destruction of our party.

“You even recalled our members from Parliament, who are some of the leaders you want to meet today. Are you not ashamed of what you did?” shouted one of the people who attacked the former deputy prime minister.

On her way into the venue, escorted by her aides, the CCC youth physically pushed her away while blocking her way in an incident that lasted for about 10 minutes.

Sensing danger, Khupe retreated into her vehicle before Chamisa and some party leaders came to her rescue.

Miffed by the violent behaviour of his party activists, Chamisa was forced to call them to order, describing the new movement as non-violent.

“I am not a leader of a violent community and I will never accept violence. This is why I left MDC to form a peaceful organisation with God fearing supporters,” he pleaded.

“I do not want this to resemble Mnangagwa’s organisation or even that of Mugabe. I am not happy with those youth who are blocking Khupe. I did not invite her, but she has the right as a citizen to be in this meeting,” Chamisa told the gathering.

— DailyNews