Tinashe Sambiri|Human rights defenders have condemned the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has also denounced xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans in South Africa.
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook: “We condemn the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa.
It must never be tolerated in our African continent that a brother finds pleasure in the murder of the other.
We are one people, we are one nation Africa.
As Zimbabweans we must stand together as one and resolve the domestics challenges that has led to the ill-treatment, harassment and murder of our people in South Africa.”
“We face danger and home and danger abroad. We must fix our country, show love always and stand shoulder to shoulder to make the world a better place.”
Human rights defender Liam Kanhenga said: “The death of Elvis Nyathi is a sign of how institutionalized violence and self hate among black people are destroying our societies .
Then looking into operation Dudula
The act of vigilante justice is itself criminal and wrong. However it reflects on how the existing criminal justice system in South Africa and the general governance machinery are failing the local people while desperate foreigners take the hits .
Operation Dudula is an act of terror covered in the excuse of an immigration crisis. The SADC and AU shld start acting against institutionalized and sytemized violence against black bodies on the continent .”
On World TB Day, WHO calls for an urgent investment of resources, support, care and information into the fight against tuberculosis (TB).
Although 66 million lives have been saved since 2000, the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed those gains.
For the first time in over a decade, TB deaths increased in 2020. Ongoing conflicts across Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East have further exacerbated the situation for vulnerable populations.
Global spending on TB diagnostics, treatments and prevention in 2020 were less than half of the global target of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
For research and development, an extra US$ 1.1 billion per year is needed. “Urgent investments are needed to develop and expand access to the most innovative services and tools to prevent, detect and treat TB that could save millions of lives each year, narrow inequities and avert huge economic losses,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “These investments offer huge returns for countries and donors, in averted health care costs and increased productivity.”
Investments in TB programmes have demonstrated benefits not just for people with TB but for health systems and pandemic preparedness. Building on lessons learnt from COVID-19 research, there is a need to catalyse investment and action to accelerate the development of new tools, especially new TB vaccines.
Progress towards reaching the 2022 targets set in the UN High Level Meeting political declaration and the WHO Director-General’s Flagship Initiative Find.Treat.All is at risk mainly due to lack of funding. Between 2018–2020, 20 million people were reached with TB treatment.
This is 50% of the 5-year target of 40 million people reached with TB treatment for 2018-2022. During the same period 8.7 million people were provided TB preventive treatment. This is 29% of the target of 30 million for 2018-2022.
The situation is even worse for children and adolescents with TB. In 2020, an estimated 63 % of children and young adolescents below 15 years with TB were not reached with or not officially reported to have accessed life-saving TB diagnosis and treatment services; the proportion was even higher – 72% – for children under 5 years. Almost two thirds of eligible children under 5 did not receive TB preventive treatment and therefore remain at risk of illness.
COVID-19 has had a further negative and disproportionate impact on children and adolescents with TB or at risk, with increased TB transmission in the household, lower care-seeking and access to health services. WHO is sounding the alarm on World TB Day for countries to urgently restore access to TB services, disrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic for all people with TB, especially children and adolescents.
“Children and adolescents with TB are lagging behind adults in access to TB prevention and care”, said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “The WHO guidelines issued today are a gamechanger for children and adolescents, helping them get diagnosed and access care sooner, leading to better outcomes and cutting transmission. The priority now is to rapidly expand implementation of the guidance across countries to save young lives and avert suffering”
Updated guidelines for the management of TB in children and adolescents Updated guidelines for the management of TB in children and adolescents released by WHO today highlight new patient-centred recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The most recent recommendations are:
Diagnostic testing has expanded to include non-invasive specimens, such as stools. Rapid molecular diagnostics are recommended as the initial test for TB diagnosis for children and adolescents.
Children and adolescents who have non-severe forms of drug-susceptible TB are now recommended to be treated for four months instead of six months, as well as TB meningitis, where a six-month regimen is now recommended instead of 12 months. This promotes a patient-centred approach that will reduce the costs of TB care for children, adolescents and their families. Two of the newest TB medicines to treat drug resistant TB (bedaquiline and delamanid) are now recommended for use in children of all ages, making it possible for children with drug-resistant TB to receive all-oral treatment regimens regardless of their age. New models of decentralized and integrated TB care are also recommended, which will allow more children and adolescents to access TB care or preventive treatment, closer to where they live. TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Each day, over 4 100 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30 000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Ending TB requires concerted action by all sectors. On World TB Day, WHO calls on everyone- individuals, communities, societies, donors and governments to do their part to end TB.
By Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi | Please can you stop the killing of helpless Zimbabweans on the streets of South Africa. Images of Zimbabweans being set alight and being killed in broad daylight are becoming so common. There is a perception that these are state sanctioned killings. We now have a terrorist organisation called Dudula that is publicly declaring war on Zimbabweans. Surely, there is something wrong. Imagine a Zimbabwean organisation declaring war on South Africans on national TV. What will be the reaction of the South African government? Why is the Zimbabwean government quiet? Why are they not doing anything about these atrocities? For how long is our government going to allow them to be assassinated like wild animals? Why is the South African government not condemning the action of Dudula?No African should be killed because of his or her nationality.
The silence of the South African government is a true indication that they support this dangerous terrorist organisation called Dudula. I kindly request our President His Excellency ED Mnangagwa to immediately request the South African government to ACT NOW and stop the killing of Zimbabwean people immediately.
We have South Africans and South African businesses operating in Zimbabwe and if the South African government does not stop these mindless atrocities. Watching our fathers and brothers being set alight and killed on the streets of South Africa will definitely lead to Zimbabwe’s retaliation which will have very serious repercussions for both countries. We have pick n pay, unki mine, Nampak, etc South African business operating in Zimbabwe. If this trend continues Zimbabwe will call for some kind of sanctions by the locals.
As a citizen of Zimbabwe NO ONE should lose their life because they are Zimbabweans,the killings and harassment should STOP immediately. “PAPA STOP THE WAR.”
South Africa’s International Relations Minister, Naledi Pandor, said that her government will not condone violence against foreign nationals.
Pandor made the remarks while speaking on SABC after a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man, Mhbodazwe Elvis Nyathi was stoned and set alight in a mob attack in Diepsloot north-west of Johannesburg overnight.
The attack followed a day of protests as residents of Diepsloot embarked on a protest, barricading roads with burning tyres, over escalating crime.
At least eight people were shot dead and 14 others wounded in Diepsloot over the past few days resulting in the protests. Said Pandor:
We have to document everybody who is in the country. I must say I admire the people of South Africa because we had never separated communities of Africans from elsewhere living in a refugee camp.
We have always allowed those who come into our country to live within the community.
So, I do think as a government you have to listen to the people but you can not tolerate violence against any person.
Meanwhile, community leaders in Diepsloot have sent their condolences to the family of Nyathi.
Community leader Sicelo Shezi described the murder as pure vigilantism and urged the community not to take the law into their own hands.
A man who was killed in Diepsloot has been identified as Elvis Nyathi. No arrests have been made in connection with his killing. Ayanda Nyathi speaks to the deceased man’s partner.
By-Mutare-based jazz musician, Bob Nyabinde, is now paralysed and visually impaired due to diabetes.
ln an exclusive interview with The Manica Post in Mutare last weekend, Nyabinde said it was sometime in 2018 when he started feeling dizzy while performing at a private function at Leopard Rock Hotel in Vumba after being invited by Tsitsi Mutasa.
Nyabinde said he was unable to continue with his performance, and the following day, he went to see his doctor who said his sugar levels were abnormally high.
The musician said he was also having problems with his eyesight and proceeded to a Harare-based optician.
He was told that his diabetes had destroyed 20 per cent of his vision. Added Nyabinde:
I learnt about my condition that year, 2018 to be precise. Since then my condition has been deteriorating.
I suffered a stroke at the beginning of 2019 and I completely lost my sight. My hand and leg also got paralysed.
Things have never been the same for me but I find hope in my friends, family, relatives, show promoters and Government through the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation.
All these people have been extremely supportive in my journey.
Nyabinde, who now uses a walking stick, said he has not quit music entirely. He said:
I can’t leave music. Some promoters usually call me for private functions and I sometimes attend.
Sometimes I won’t perform, but will simply attend the event and play a cameo role. But just seeing my face makes my fans happy.
I recently had an excellent event organised by the prominent promoter, Josh Hozheri, where artistes such as Victor Kunonga, Mwenje Matope, Selma, Chipaz, Josh and Prudence Katomeni, among many others, performed. I felt humbled.
Nyabinde is a trained teacher having obtained his teaching diploma at Mutare Teachers’ College.
He became a headmaster at several schools before resigning and venturing into music full time in 2007.
His popular songs include “Pane Nyaya”, “Chabuda Hapana”, “Terera”, and “Ndiratidze Mumwe Chete”.
By A Correspondent- Veteran broadcaster Ray Watson Chirisa has died.
Chirisa died in the UK, Thursday.
Details of his death were however not revealed.
However, the sad news was shared by a colleague and also veteran broadcaster John Masuku who said :
RAY WATSON CHIRISA IS NO MOREIt is with a heart that I share the sad news about the death of Ray Chirisa a 1970s fellow broadcaster at the RBC African Service now ZBC Radio Zimbabwe.
Ray was based in the United Kingdom where he passed on about an hour ago.Sadly when he called me and another same generation broadcast colleague Maguire Godzongere on his last visit to Zimbabwe not so long ago for us to meet and go down memory lane we were all engaged with other business and could not regroup.
Its only two weeks ago that Temba Trust Chigwada, Ray’s nephew from my childhood neighbourhood sent me a photo of wasted Ray in a UK hospital that made my hope fade away.Ray Chirisa has followed departed broadcasters of his time at Harare Studios now Mbare Studios like Sam Sibanda, Cephas Chimanga, Lisbern Nasasara, Albert Kashiri (Mtimanzi), Jackson Sithole, Brighton Matewere, Philemon Jusa, Rowell Tapfumaneyi(Sigobodla), Masimba Musarira and Benjamin Tarumbwa among many others.
By- South African cabinet ministers have condemned a statement issued by ZANU PF’s South Africa District criticising the neighbouring country’s government for alleged failure to combat the killing of foreign nationals. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Police Minister Bheki Cele described the statement as irresponsible.
ZANU PF-SA’s statement came after Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean national was brutally murdered by a vigilante group in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, on Wednesday night.
While ZANU PF-SA said it respects the South African security services and other government departments, it questioned how such a crime could be committed “unchecked”. It said: It is therefore worrisome that a group of people can take the law into their hands and harass foreign nationals from African countries with impunity. How vigilante groups in a country that has a whole functional police service and home affairs department, carry out unsanctioned activities unchecked resulting in loss of property and lives is unfortunate.
Motsoaledi and a visibly angry Cele were in Diepsloot on Friday where they held an hours-long meeting with community leaders before addressing residents over the high crime rate in the area. The two ministers said that South Africa is not targetting foreign nationals but all criminals regardless of their nationalities.
By- Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini, says he doesn’t regret the brutal murder of a Zimbabwean national by vigilantes in Diepsloot on Wednesday.
Posting on Twitter this Friday, Lux, whose real name is Ntlantla Mohlauhi blamed South African media and the country’s government for giving more attention to the murder of the Zimbabwean national than seven South Africans allegedly murdered by Zimbabweans. Lux said:
[I] can’t cry for this [one] [Zimbabwean] guy [because] my tears ran out crying for the [seven] South Africans that were killed by Zimbabweans. It’s disgusting how this [one] death is enjoying more media, political attention [and] sympathy over the [seven] SA deaths. May they ALL [the South Africaans and Zimbabweans] rest in PEACE! This comes after a Zimbabwean domestic worker, Elvis Nyathi (43), was assaulted and then set alight by a mob in Diepsloot, a slum area in northern Johannesburg, on Wednesday night.
Lux and his movement accuse foreign nationals of “stealing our jobs”, selling illicit drugs and committing other crimes in the country. He joined a protest by residents of Diepsloot earlier on Wednesday. Speaking at the demonstrations, he said: I am not here as Operation Dudula, I am here because I am a South African. We are here to support the community. I have relatives living here and they deserve to be safe in this area.
By A Correspondent| Ideas Party of Democracy (IDP) leader Herbert Chamuka has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently meet his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa to find a solution to xenophobic attacks that recently claimed the life of a Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi who was set ablaze in Diepsloot.
Speaking from his base in South Africa, Chamuka said a meeting between Mnangagwa and Ramaphosa would help in easing tension that has resulted in foreign nationals being targeted for attack by angry South Africans.
“I am calling for an emergency meeting between Cyril Ramaphosa and Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree on a mutual plan on how to co-exist as neighboring countries”Countries such as Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi are neighbors who should be working together in times of war and drought among other regional problems,” said Chamuka.
“But its showing as if South Africa wants to be independent which doesn’t want to contribute ideas towards solving problems in other Southern African countries,” added Chamuka.
He blasted South Africa for being insincere on Nyathi’s death saying it’s statements on the issue shows lack of genuine care for the safety of foreigners living and working in their country.
“South African government is not sincere, its behaving like a crocodile which mourns its prey, Cyril Ramaphosa as a leader of South Africa is the main problem because he seems to be supporting those perpetrating xenophia,” added Chamuka.
He said the dudula leader who is leading onslaught against foreigners, is a rebel in the league of the late Islamic rebel leader Osama Bin Laden.
By- The leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa has mourned the condemned murder of a Zimbabwean, Elvis Nyathi, in South Africa.
In a statement prepared by the party spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere, Nyathi’s death is a reminder of how the governing Zanu-PF has failed the citizens. Below is the full statement: 7 April 2022 JUSTICE FOR ELVIS NYATHI The Citizens’ Coalition for Change strongly condemns the murder of Elvis Nyathi who was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg earlier today. We extend our sincere condolences to Mrs. Nyathi and the entire family of Elvis Nyathi who were tragically robbed of a husband, father, friend and loved one. Zimbabweans woke up to horrific images of a pile of ashes, ashes that were the remains of our fellow citizen, killed for no reason. His murder was avoidable, horrific and Nyathi was a Zimbabwean citizen who was a victim of the forced migration crisis caused by the bad governance of Zanu PF. Having settled in South Africa to seek a better life, he has become the tragic victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that targets African foreign nationals outside the confines of the law and without due process. There is no room for a barbaric murder of this nature in a constitutional democracy.
The murder of Nyathi is a regrettable affront to ubuntu and a direct violation of Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights which binds the whole continent and provides that every individual has the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of degradation of man including cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment are prohibited. We call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators to ensure that justice is done. We further call for the de-escalation of the anti-immigrant rhetoric by public figures and shadowy groups who are fomenting the abuse, extortion, and violence against African nationals. The death of Elvis Nyathi is a stark reminder that Zanu PF has failed the citizens of Zimbabwe. Citizens like Elvis Nyathi have been forced out of Zimbabwe because of man-made poverty, injustice and corruption. No Zimbabwean should lose their life because they have been driven out of the country by failed leadership. The regime in Harare has failed in its obligation to serve and protect citizens at home and abroad. Under a CCC Government, the root causes of the forced migration crisis will be addressed as a priority, the citizens will be returned to the centre of all decision-making and the dignity of Zimbabwean people will be restored. Fadzayi Mahere National Spokesperson
By- Twenty three Harare councillors, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa’ Gold dealer, Scott Sakupwanya, have taken the oath of office.
The swearing-in of the councillors took place yesterday at Town House.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Citizens Coalition for Change’s Denford Ngadziore moved a motion to hold mayoral elections within 24 hours to replace recalled Jacob Mafume.
“Since Mafume’s recall, there was no properly constituted full council meeting to elect the mayor. Under those circumstances, it’s the duty of the full council to do that. That’s why we have called for an urgent special council meeting. There are urgent issues that need the attention of the mayor,” he said. The motion was seconded by Kudzai Kadzombe.
Mafume has filed a High Court application challenging his recall.
By- South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Police Minister Bheki Cele have accused Zimbabweans of killing South Africans.
The two ministers said this Friday while answering questions from journalists on the sidelines of a public address by the two in Diepsloot, Johannesburg.
This followed the death of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean national who was brutally murdered by a vigilante group in that area on Wednesday.
Motsoaledi and a visibly angry Cele were in Diepsloot where they held an hours-long meeting with community leaders before addressing residents over the high crime rate in the area.
The two ministers said that South Africa is not targetting foreign nationals but all criminals regardless of their nationalities.
By- Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini, says he doesn’t regret the brutal murder of a Zimbabwean national by vigilantes in Diepsloot on Wednesday.
Posting on Twitter this Friday, Lux, whose real name is Ntlantla Mohlauhi blamed South African media and the country’s government for giving more attention to the murder of the Zimbabwean national than seven South Africans allegedly murdered by Zimbabweans. Lux said:
[I] can’t cry for this [one] [Zimbabwean] guy [because] my tears ran out crying for the [seven] South Africans that were killed by Zimbabweans. It’s disgusting how this [one] death is enjoying more media, political attention [and] sympathy over the [seven] SA deaths. May they ALL [the South Africaans and Zimbabweans] rest in PEACE! This comes after a Zimbabwean domestic worker, Elvis Nyathi (43), was assaulted and then set alight by a mob in Diepsloot, a slum area in northern Johannesburg, on Wednesday night.
Lux and his movement accuse foreign nationals of “stealing our jobs”, selling illicit drugs and committing other crimes in the country. He joined a protest by residents of Diepsloot earlier on Wednesday. Speaking at the demonstrations, he said: I am not here as Operation Dudula, I am here because I am a South African. We are here to support the community. I have relatives living here and they deserve to be safe in this area.
SuperSport United coach Kaitano Tembo has responded to media reports claiming that Benni McCarthy is wanted by the club.
The former Dynamos defender’s future at the Pretoria-based club appears to be uncertain, with South African publication Far Post claiming yesterday that the Stanley Matthews-led hierarchy is considering roping in McCarthy.
Tembo said he is not losing sleep over the issue, as it is just speculation which he has no control over.
“I’m not in control of that, all I have to do is to focus on the job at hand. That’s the only important thing to me,” Tembo said.
“What is being said out there has nothing to do with me, and [yes] anything can happen in football, so it’s normal, it happens.
“As long as I’m here, I will keep on giving my best. That’s all I can do,” he added.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|Human rights defenders have condemned the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has also denounced xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans in South Africa.
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook: “We condemn the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa.
It must never be tolerated in our African continent that a brother finds pleasure in the murder of the other.
We are one people, we are one nation Africa.
As Zimbabweans we must stand together as one and resolve the domestics challenges that has led to the ill-treatment, harassment and murder of our people in South Africa.”
“We face danger and home and danger abroad. We must fix our country, show love always and stand shoulder to shoulder to make the world a better place.”
Human rights defender Liam Kanhenga said: “The death of Elvis Nyathi is a sign of how institutionalized violence and self hate among black people are destroying our societies .
Then looking into operation Dudula
The act of vigilante justice is itself criminal and wrong. However it reflects on how the existing criminal justice system in South Africa and the general governance machinery are failing the local people while desperate foreigners take the hits .
Operation Dudula is an act of terror covered in the excuse of an immigration crisis. The SADC and AU shld start acting against institutionalized and sytemized violence against black bodies on the continent .”
Tinashe Sambiri|Human rights defenders have condemned the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has also denounced xenophobic attacks on Zimbabweans in South Africa.
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Gift Ostallos Siziba wrote on Facebook: “We condemn the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa.
It must never be tolerated in our African continent that a brother finds pleasure in the murder of the other.
We are one people, we are one nation Africa.
As Zimbabweans we must stand together as one and resolve the domestics challenges that has led to the ill-treatment, harassment and murder of our people in South Africa.”
“We face danger and home and danger abroad. We must fix our country, show love always and stand shoulder to shoulder to make the world a better place.”
Human rights defender Liam Kanhenga said: “The death of Elvis Nyathi is a sign of how institutionalized violence and self hate among black people are destroying our societies .
Then looking into operation Dudula
The act of vigilante justice is itself criminal and wrong. However it reflects on how the existing criminal justice system in South Africa and the general governance machinery are failing the local people while desperate foreigners take the hits .
Operation Dudula is an act of terror covered in the excuse of an immigration crisis. The SADC and AU shld start acting against institutionalized and sytemized violence against black bodies on the continent .”
Tinashe Sambiri|Bishop Ancelimo Magaya of Zimbabwe Divine Destiny has said Zimbabwe needs a God-fearing and humble character who can lead the nation to prosperity.
Bishop Magaya described President Nelson Chamisa as a principled man following the Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader’s strong Christian views.
Last week President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page:
“WE CONSULT OUR GOD…
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead?
Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? Isaiah 8:19-20 Happy Sabbath beloved! #Godisinit.”
Below is Bishop Magaya’s statement: Advocate Nelson Chamisa is spot on!
The recent bold utterance by CCC leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa regarding our allegiance to the only one God is the first-ever to be coming from a political leader.
The utterance wherein he referred to the infallible and inerrant word of God which is the final law in all matters of faith, conduct and doctrine are significant at more than one level. First, given that this is not ordinarily a populist statement, Chamisa demonstrates with clarity his deep sense of priority on matters of faith and politics.
If there are any who would feel offended by his reference to Isaiah 8 vs19, ′a portion of scripture from which I have been preaching since my high school days to current) to the extent that they would withdraw their vote in 2023, then I am certain that Chamisa would not mind losing votes for the sake of his unambiguous Christian stance.
Second, from my reading of his twit, it is clear that Chamisa has quoted that which is in the bible and has not condemned to immediate death those that consult the dead, neither has he suggested that he does not embrace them as equal citizens. He has just quoted scriptures.
Any conclusion that his utterance is divisive is driven by hatred of scriptures, hatred of Chamisa, and more than an excessive appeasement mindset. The remarks that I have heard to have come from some church leaders scandalizing Chamisa because of his love for scripture is ironically more descriptive of themselves than the Chamisa they are making a parody of, as they play to the gallery of those on whose behalf they display their anger.
It is tragic to speak it, yet true to say that these church leaders view Chamisa as a politician who should leave the matters of Christian faith to the church whilst they have not only remained mum when politicians within the ruling ZANU PF have lynched with impunity and made statements insinuating violence, but have also made statements regarding how they think the church should conduct itself: a matter that they know nothing about. THIS IS SAD.
It is also important to note that quoting scriptures and urging the citizens to adhere to the same is not a business that is restricted to the ordained Pastors. Chamisa has the right like any other believer whether Pastor or not to quote from the word of GOD.
Third, the reference to scripture by Nelson Chamisa has been an acid test on the church’s principles. It is clear that s church leaders’ foundations on the Christian faith are pathologically faulty. it should be noted that our Christian faith is anchored on GOD’s historic activity of calling out an assembly from Egypt which activity is quintessentially the antecedent of GOD’s formation of the church. Subsequent to the said historic calling out of the Israeli assembly, GOD made a covenant with them which covenant entails, interalia, that:
Isreal would walk perfectly before GOD
Isreal will serve no foreign gods
They would not consult the dead on behalf of the living.
These remain fundamental today
It is actually sweet to the ears and heartwarming when a politician, moreso an aspiring national leader makes a statement that is anchored on the Holy scriptures.
Let us all learn to rise beyond myopic partisan lines and learn to affirm the light as we condemn darkness. GOD SAVE ZIMBABWE
Tinashe Sambiri|Bishop Ancelimo Magaya of Zimbabwe Divine Destiny has said Zimbabwe needs a God-fearing and humble character who can lead the nation to prosperity.
Bishop Magaya described President Nelson Chamisa as a principled man following the Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader’s strong Christian views.
Last week President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page:
“WE CONSULT OUR GOD…
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead?
Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? Isaiah 8:19-20 Happy Sabbath beloved! #Godisinit.”
Below is Bishop Magaya’s statement: Advocate Nelson Chamisa is spot on!
The recent bold utterance by CCC leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa regarding our allegiance to the only one God is the first-ever to be coming from a political leader.
The utterance wherein he referred to the infallible and inerrant word of God which is the final law in all matters of faith, conduct and doctrine are significant at more than one level. First, given that this is not ordinarily a populist statement, Chamisa demonstrates with clarity his deep sense of priority on matters of faith and politics. If there are any who would feel offended by his reference to Isaiah 8 vs19, ′a portion of scripture from which I have been preaching since my high school days to current) to the extent that they would withdraw their vote in 2023, then I am certain that Chamisa would not mind losing votes for the sake of his unambiguous Christian stance.
Second, from my reading of his twit, it is clear that Chamisa has quoted that which is in the bible and has not condemned to immediate death those that consult the dead, neither has he suggested that he does not embrace them as equal citizens. He has just quoted scriptures.
Any conclusion that his utterance is divisive is driven by hatred of scriptures, hatred of Chamisa, and more than an excessive appeasement mindset. The remarks that I have heard to have come from some church leaders scandalizing Chamisa because of his love for scripture is ironically more descriptive of themselves than the Chamisa they are making a parody of, as they play to the gallery of those on whose behalf they display their anger.
It is tragic to speak it, yet true to say that these church leaders view Chamisa as a politician who should leave the matters of Christian faith to the church whilst they have not only remained mum when politicians within the ruling ZANU PF have lynched with impunity and made statements insinuating violence, but have also made statements regarding how they think the church should conduct itself: a matter that they know nothing about. THIS IS SAD.
It is also important to note that quoting scriptures and urging the citizens to adhere to the same is not a business that is restricted to the ordained Pastors. Chamisa has the right like any other believer whether Pastor or not to quote from the word of GOD.
Third, the reference to scripture by Nelson Chamisa has been an acid test on the church’s principles. It is clear that s church leaders’ foundations on the Christian faith are pathologically faulty. it should be noted that our Christian faith is anchored on GOD’s historic activity of calling out an assembly from Egypt which activity is quintessentially the antecedent of GOD’s formation of the church. Subsequent to the said historic calling out of the Israeli assembly, GOD made a covenant with them which covenant entails, interalia, that:
Isreal would walk perfectly before GOD
Isreal will serve no foreign gods
They would not consult the dead on behalf of the living.
These remain fundamental today
It is actually sweet to the ears and heartwarming when a politician, moreso an aspiring national leader makes a statement that is anchored on the Holy scriptures.
Let us all learn to rise beyond myopic partisan lines and learn to affirm the light as we condemn darkness. GOD SAVE ZIMBABWE
The Citizens’ Coalition for Change strongly condemns the murder of Elvis Nyathi who was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg earlier today. We extend our sincere condolences to Mrs. Nyathi and the entire family of Elvis Nyathi who were tragically robbed of a husband, father, friend and loved one.
Zimbabweans woke up to horrific images of a pile of ashes, ashes that were the remains of our fellow citizen, killed for no reason. His murder was avoidable, horrific and Nyathi was a Zimbabwean citizen who was a victim of the forced migration crisis caused by the bad governance of Zanu PF.
Having settled in South Africa to seek a better life, he has become the tragic victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that targets African foreign nationals outside the confines of the law and without due process. There is no room for a barbaric murder of this nature in a constitutional democracy.
The murder of Nyathi is a regrettable affront to ubuntu and a direct violation of Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights which binds the whole continent and provides that every individual has the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of degradation of man including cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment are prohibited.
We call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators to ensure that justice is done.
We further call for the de-escalation of the anti-immigrant rhetoric by public figures and shadowy groups who are fomenting the abuse, extortion, and violence against African nationals.
The death of Elvis Nyathi is a stark reminder that Zanu PF has failed the citizens of Zimbabwe. Citizens like Elvis Nyathi have been forced out of Zimbabwe because of man-made poverty, injustice and corruption.
No Zimbabwean should lose their life because they have been driven out of the country by failed leadership. The regime in Harare has failed in its obligation to serve and protect citizens at home and abroad.
Under a CCC Government, the root causes of the forced migration crisis will be addressed as a priority, the citizens will be returned to the centre of all decision-making and the dignity of Zimbabwean people will be restored.
Zimbabwean activists under the banner of One Africa Movement have threatened to shut down all companies that are owned by South African investors in Zimbabwe over the gruesome murder of one Mbhodazwe Elvis Nyathi in the neighbouring country’s Diepsloot township.
Speaking to this reporter on Friday the Zimbabwe Coordinator of One Africa Movement Zibanayi Sibanda said his organization was holding a meeting on Friday to determine a program of action that will make sure the South African government and investors feels the pinch of allowing lawlessness and promoting afrophobic vigilantism to abound.
“One Africa Movement will convene a special council meeting on Friday 8 April 2022 to discuss the way forward in light of this barbaric act and these Donald Trump like characters who want to score cheap political points through hurting others and propagating hate in the name of patriotism and putting South Africa first.” Sibanda said.
He added that Afrophobia was ignited by power hungry politicians who wanted to ride on anti-foreigner sentiment to win the 2024 elections.
“None of us made a conscious decision to be born in our countries of birth and none of us made a decision to be African. We all deal with the hand we have been dealt in the best way possible. Afrophobia is a cancer that has been brought back to life by Operation Dudula and some power hungry characters like Herman Mashaba who spread hate as if that will solve the economic challenges faced by individuals.
“The death of Elvis Nyathi is an unforgivable sin as nothing said or done will bring him back to life. His blood is on Nhlanhla Lux’s hands , Herman Mashaba, Gayton Mackenzie and everyone who spews Afrophobic hate all have a share in the blood and death of Elvis Nyathi.”
Recently, African National Congress Spokesperson Pule Mabe said they supported the activities of the extremist xenophobic vigilante group Operation Dudula because it resonated with the generality of South Africans.
Sibanda said his movement had identified the following South African investment companies operating in Zimbabwe which will be shut down until justice for Elvis Nyathi is achieved.
Karo Mining Holdings Zimplats Mimosa Companies Anglo America Nampak PPC Barloworld Pick n Pay Pepkor
The Mnangagwa-legitimacy-challenger, Sybeth Musengezi has been summoned to the ZRP Law and Order division for interviews.
Musengezi has taken Mnangagwa to court saying his take over of the ZANU PF Presidency was illegal and therefore invalid, and just yesterday he was photographed meeting his lawyers over the case.
The police have written to him to come for interviews over still to be disclosed charges. Below is the official ZRP letter:
By A Correspondent- Randy goblins have unleashed a reign of terror in Nkayi’s Hojeni Village, with their insatiable sexual attacks forcing teachers at Hojeni Primary School to flee their dwellings amid claims by villagers that the creatures belonged to villagers that sought wealth through black magic.
The situation became so bad that Matabeleland North education authorities threatened to close the school if the community failed to exorcise the institution and the community of the troublesome creatures.
The now visible objects include snakes and some creatures called ondofa(goblins) in iSiNdebele which are reported to have been having sex with teachers forcing them to abandon their cottages.
A number of them had sought shelter from villagers as the creatures did not give them rest during the night.
School pupils are said to have been fainting at school which saw Nkayi district education officials calling a meeting in which they threatened to close the school if the community did not take action.
Councillor for the area Vinika Ncube confirmed the development and said the cleansing ceremony would be ongoing until the whole village was cleansed.
“We had a problem at Hojeni Primary School as teachers were complaining of being sexually harassed during the night by invisible things.
Some of them left the school while others were now sleeping at villagers’ homesteads. The education officials threatened to close the school so the community came together to find a solution. People contributed money to bring people who can help us and we found a Bishop Sweswe.
“We have seen snakes and other objects which you cannot believe exist. You should come here and see for yourselves what is happening. The people who owned these things have confessed without duress that it is their things and we hope once the whole village is cleansed we will have peace,” said the councillor.
A village head from the area Anderson Matikiti Sibanda said the situation had gone out of hand.
Some of the things wanted food from teachers while others abused them sexually. Since we brought Bishop Sweswe from Gwanda all villagers are being vetted and while others come clean others have been found with the things you saw circulating on social media platforms.
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Some of the villagers have run away to Bulawayo and other areas in fear of having their creatures exposed. We will escalate the issue to the headman and chief because everyone attended the meeting where a decision was taken to bring the bishop,” he said.
In one video which is circulating, the bishop and his team can be seen dealing with a black and white snake that has a “cobra” head.
After pouring what appears to be water several times while the “snake” lifts its head ready to strike, the bishop pushes its head down before subduing it.
While he does this, there is singing of a Zion Church song with just one word “Amen” which is repeated and transformed several times.
In another picture, the bishop is seen with what appears as a python snake rolled in his hand which he holds by his hand.
“One woman who had creatures taken from her house actually confessed that the creatures were seriously sexually abusing her day and night resulting in her developing sores in her private parts. She pleaded for help. Some of the snakes and these creatures were being kept in bedrooms under beds.
Before removing the creatures he would call us as village heads to see the creatures and we bolted from the houses in fear. Some of the things you can’t even describe,” said village head Matikiti Sibanda.
A villager, Mark Ndlovu, said the whole village was in support of what was happening as the situation was also affecting villagers.
“We have never seen this in the village. People are in disbelief seeing the creatures that are coming out of their neighbours’ homesteads. It’s sad the extent some people go to in search of a good life instead of working hard. We have one family which just became rich overnight with cars and cattle and we thought they were working in South Africa not knowing that it is the creatures which are bringing them money,” he said.-BMetro
By A Correspondent- A Filabusi High School teacher who went missing on 1 April this year was found dead on 7 April, with his body in an advanced state of decomposition.
The teacher, Creedence Ncube (41), was driving a Mazda Demio car which is still missing.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Matabeleland South Province, Inspector Loveness Mangena, confirmed the development. She said:
I can confirm that we recorded a suspected murder case where Creedence Ncube’s body was found in an advanced state of decomposition at Hayhill plot in Filabusi.
Ncube left his home on 1 April driving a Mazda Demio going to the business centre.
He didn’t return home and his family filed a missing person’s report at Filabusi Police Station on 3 April.
His remains were found on 7 April in an advanced state of decomposition while the vehicle he was using hasn’t been recovered.
Investigations are underway to ascertain the cause of his death but we suspect foul play.
We appeal to members of the public with information that could assist in the investigations and recovery of his car to contact the police.-statemedia
It is with deepest sadness that we have learnt of the brutal murder of an innocent Zimbabwean compatriot Elvis Nyathi by a mob who had been going door to door demanding documentation.
We have learnt that Elvis Nyathi tried to run away from this mob fearing for what might happen to him if he were found without documents.
The mob then chased after him and brutally beat him up and demanded R300 from his wife whom they also beat up.
At failing to produce this R300 and only managing to give them R50, she was told they would take him away and see what do with him, of which they callously murdered him by pouring petrol on him and burning him alive until his demise.
It is very sore on us that such barbaric acts by such obvious criminal elements is left to continue.
Such attacks on our people are evil and unwarranted.
It is even more shocking that we hear insensitive statements that our people deliberately do not want to be documented, when as the current state of document renewal stands, the extension of the ZEP documentation regime has been revoked and thousands of our people who have been forced by both economic and political circumstances which they hardly have control over suddenly face uncertainty about their futures.
It is also disingenuous to claim all undocumented migrants are criminals.
It’s very unfortunate that some of our nationals are not documented and as an organization at the forefront of documentation we can boldly say, we know our compatriots want to be documented!
As an organization which seeks to protect the interests of our fellow compatriots we call upon the South African government to act with haste to protect all the people under its borders and that law enforcement be the only enforcer of law.
This vigilantism has cost us a fellow brother who was a hard worker and not involved in any criminal activities.
We also call upon the South African community to have compassion and understanding that it’s not very easy to fix our country as some claim. It is not out of lack of trying. The inhuman treatment is very painful to us.
Lastly, we DEMAND that all those of our compatriots that are involved in any criminal activities which may be invoking the anger and hate we are receiving from our hosts must CEASE and DESIST from this and call on those of our compatriots who may be aware of such criminal activities to inform the Police and if they do not trust them to approach our crime fighting desk which works with Crime Policing Forums we established after our anti-crime summit we held in Hilbrow just before lock-down.
By A Correspondent- The Auditor-General’s (AG) office has redflagged the ministry of Mines and Mining Development’s financial accounts citing a possible understatement of an amount disclosed as public financial assets.
According to the AG’s 2020 report, the Mines and Mining Development ministry failed to produce an accurate return on public financial assets, which might indicate misuse of funds.
The opening balance of ZW$630 656 405 (US$4,3 million) as of January 1, 2020, was different from the closing balance of ZW$104 386 597 (US$700 000) as of December 31, 2019.
“There was no explanation on why there was a variance of ZW$526 269 808 (US$3,6 million),” AG Mildred Chiri said in the financial year ended December 2020 report.
Chiri stated that the funds that were unaccounted for are public funds that should benefit the country.
In addition, the reconciliation of funds used in line with the Hwange Colliery investment was reported to be still pending at the time of the audit. According to the AG, the reconciliation of the Hwange Colliery is underway and the ministry had based its return on the information supplied by the coal miner with corrective measures to be taken. The report noted that the ministry had made progress in addressing the audit’s findings for the previous year (2019) in the collection of outstanding revenue as seen in the decreased numbers to ZW$166 457 861 (US$1,1 million) as at December 2020 from $257 927 409 (US$1,8 million) in 2019.
The ministry’s loan fund meant to promote the production of minerals was noted in the report to have been presented fairly with its financial performance and its cash flows for the year recorded in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP).
The report further noted that the omission of some transactions in the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) was another overor understatement of expenditure resulting in misstatements in the financial statements. “The ministry should reconcile the differences and ensure that all expenditure is captured,” Chiri advised.
During the year under review, the Mining Industry Loan Fund had account receivables for plant and equipment hiring amounting to ZW$228 501 (US$1 600) although the loan for the plant expired as far back as 2012 to 2015.
The plant and equipment had not been collected from the debtors despite that the loan period had expired.
“Out of the total debt ZW$114 175 (US$800) was for debtors who had returned the plant and equipment, and ZW$114 326 (US$800) for the plant and equipment was still to be collected since the loan period had expired. There was no evidence that the fund management issued reminders and follow up letters to clients,” Chiri said.
The Auditor-General recommended that the ministry should use debt recovery strategies such as sending reminders to clients to get back plants from debtors, who are still in possession of the equipment.
The Mines and Mining Development ministry, Chiri added, should seek treasury authority to write-off some of the long-standing debts that have proved to be irrecoverable.-ZimIndependent
April marks the re-imagined OK Grand Challenge promotion for 2022 in OK stores nationwide.
This promotion has evolved to become a Zimbabwean asset that every shopper looks forward to annually and it’s promising to be bigger and better this year.
The last edition of the OK Grand Challenge Promotion held in 2021 was the first totally digital edition without any physical entry coupons as the retail giant embraced the digital era expedited by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as technological advancements.
The 2022 edition has more than 40 participating suppliers hence OK customers will be treated to great savings and massive discounts throughout the promotional period which kicks off on 8 April 2022.
“We are excited to launch the 2022 OK Grand Challenge. The theme for this year is ‘Race 2 Happiness’ (#Race2Happiness) which is a direct link between the iconic horse race and our re-imagined vision. We aim to create theatres of happiness, by planting smiles on our customers, suppliers, shareholders, employees, and ultimately the communities we operate in”, says Max Karombo, CEO of OK Zimbabwe.
The promotion will run from April until June 2022 in all OK stores nationwide. This year, the entry mechanics for the promotion have been re-imagined to make it easier for the regular shopper to register and enter into the “Race 2 Happiness” OK Grand Challenge promotion.Customers will be required to fully register by providing their name, mobile number, and ID number.
To make the process simpler for customers, the retail giant has various registration channels namely, Instore, Whatsapp, its OKGC website, and the promotion Mobile Application. For one to qualify for any of the draws they have to be fully registered.
Customers have multiple chances of winning a car in any of the draws: Weekly, Supplier, Shop Easy and the Grand Draw. There are 43 Nissan NP200’s up for grabs and a Ford Ranger to top it all up.
All shoppers are urged to be fully registered into the Shop Easy Club which means automatic entry for the Weekly, Supplier, Shop Easy and Grand Draw Prize. One purchase can give a customer a chance to win in any or all of these four draws.
Prizes include weekly grocery vouchers as well as Nissan NP200s plus the Grand Prize of a Ford Ranger. The Grand Finale will be at the MTC Borrowdale Race Course on 4 June 2022 where the lucky vehicle winners will be announced.
“We are extremely grateful to our customers and suppliers for believing in us and for making this year’s edition possible. A big thank you to thousands of customers who walk through the doors of our stores every single day. The 2022 OK Grand Challenge is here and we urge everyone to visit our stores and experience for themselves the great savings at hand,” Max Karombo said in closing.
Zimbabwe is facing fresh cooking oil shortages following a sharp increase in edible oil prices on the international markets and foreign currency shortages leading to viability challenges for the sector, Business Times has learnt.
Despite the spike in edible oil on the international market the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) still gives oil expressers the same amount from 2020.
Some oil companies are now forced to source the forex from the parallel market, where premiums are higher, insiders said this week.
Consequently, the price of cooking oil has shot up to about ZWL$1,115 per 2 litres bottle from about ZWL$920 two weeks ago.
“We have silent cooking oil shortages in the country as there are some areas where there is no cooking oil on the shelves and in instances where prices are now way above ZWL$1,000 per 2 litre bottle.
“RBZ continues to give us US$500 000 per week since 2020 yet it knows that edible oil prices have gone up 111% to ZWL$2000 per tonne from US$950. This is a recipe for shortages,” a source close to the developments said.
Harare-based cooking oil companies are mainly supplying the northern side of the country with United Refiners Limited supplying the Bulawayo side.
Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe president, Busisa Moyo told Business Times that the cooking oil players are facing viability challenges.
“The industry faces various challenges hence it is not surprising if the supply is outstripped by the demand,” said Moyo, the United Refineries Limited (URL) CEO.
In a survey conducted by this publication the URL manufactured cooking oil, Roil, has not appeared in Harare shelves since the start of the year.
“We have serious viability challenges as our supplies can only reach Shangani from Bulawayo with other areas not covered,” Moyo said.
Oil expressers are currently producing less than half of the 2m litres of cooking oil required per week.
The cooking oil sector requires between US$8m and US$12m a month but it has gotten US$3m for foreign payments from the RBZ.
This has left a deficit of between US$5m and US$8m a month which is not so good for the industry.
The oil expressers are looking forward to soyabeans output as the 2021/2022 summer cropping is slowly coming to an end.
Despite the erratic rainfall patterns, the soyabean hectarage was said to be better than last year with output also expected to be good.
But the sector is wary of the soyabean prices which have gone up to around US$640 a tonne from US$350 last year, a situation which will push cooking oil prices.
It could not be established how much money the RBZ was considering to allocate to the cooking oil producers for foreign payments backlogs as the RBZ governor John Mangudya’s mobile number went unanswered by the time of going to print.
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s widow, Grace, is fretting over her son Robert Jnr’s newfound acquaintances who have nudged him into embracing his father’s “tormentors” in Zanu-PF, amid fears he is being exposed to danger.
Robert Jnr hit the headlines after appearing at the Zanu-PF St Mary’s rally two weeks ago in the company of self-proclaimed prophet Passion Java and other socialites.
This has seen the former First Lady fearing that her son is being dragged into the dangerous internecine fights, given how she and Mugabe were hounded out of the ruling party.
Mugabe was ousted via a military coup plotted and orchestrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who was then Commander of the Defence Forces.
After he was hounded out of the party, Mugabe declared he would not vote for his tormentors ahead of the July 2018 national elections.
The ousted leader added that upon his death, he would not want them pontificating at his funeral.
This signalled his deep-rooted anger against Mnangagwa and other loyalists in the military and government who had betrayed him.
“She is worried and very angry with him at the same time,” a Mugabe family source told The NewsHawks this week.
“The former first lady only learnt about the Passion Java, Robert Jnr links a few weeks ago and she is not happy with that. Not only Amai is unhappy about that, but the whole family,” the source said.
It emerged that although some of the Mugabe family members are said to be struggling to access their money, part of the US$10 million left in a nostro account at a local bank, Robert Jnr had his money facilitated easily, with sources saying the former first lady was even called to block the transaction, but refused, grudgingly saying her son was old enough to handle his life.
“Some officials called Grace for her to stop the transaction, but she refused. She said he was a grown up and should not be taught about his life. She said that out of anger and she is still angry with him,” the source said.
In an interview with a local online platform, Robert Jnr confirmed his relationship with Java, whom he described as “a spiritual figure in my life”.
“Our relationship is just natural,” Mugabe’s first son with Grace said.
“I first saw him on social media and thought he was a funny guy. He is smart and I always wanted to meet him and it so happened we were in Zimbabwe at the same time. One of my friends who knows him linked me and we linked up and we now spend a lot of time almost every day.”
“He is a spiritual guy, a decent and straight per[1]son and I look at him as a mentor. He is like a spiritual figure in my life. He is wise, a wise guy,” Robert Jnr said.
It remains unclear how Java has amassed the riches he often flaunts on social media, raising suspicion he could be involved in illicit deals, hence the source of Grace’s fears about her son, who says he has interests in mining, agriculture and other businesses.
Robert Jnr made a surprise showing at President Mnangagwa’s St Mary’s rally recently, where he took the opportunity to greet his father’s former deputy, who then asked him how his mother was doing.
He received a rapturous welcome by thousands of Zanu-PF supporters when he was introduced by his uncle, the ruling party’s national political commissar, Mike Bimha. Mnangagwa, however, did not mention him in his address.
Exiled former Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere said the rapturous welcome Mugabe’s son received at the party meeting was clear testimony of how the former Zanu-PF strongman’s name remained a factor in Zimbabwean politics and the ruling party’s internal dynamics.
Affirmative Action Group (AAG) sources told The NewsHawks on Thursday that the sacking of Java and his executive, including the grouping’s president Mike Chimombe and his whole presidium followed alleged attempts by unnamed individuals to extort money from Robert Jnr, amid promises to protect his business ventures and lining up a meeting with Mnangagwa.
AAG founding president Philip Chiyangwa, who on Monday announced the new AAG team led by Scott Sakupwanya, was not immediately available to comment, but indicated this week that his organisation deserved people of integrity, who do not solicit money from individuals.
Commenting on the late former President’s last days, Robert Jnr said: “My dad was sick for a long time, for like 10 years, so it was just like a matter of time, so for those years we knew as a family that anytime the doctor would tell us he has a couple of days or months to live, but that day never came.”
“When 2017, 2018, 2019 came, when I went to Singapore, he came for his treatment and stayed a couple of months, but those five to six months he was there, he was very ill, he was not coming out of bed, didn’t want to eat and we would push him in a wheelchair. It’s a lot, seeing someone who used to take care of you, they are vulnerable, it is painful.”
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) has reportedly hired ZANU PF youths as enumerators for the forthcoming national population census.
This has raised concerned citizens’ fears that the census figures may be doctored ahead of the delimitation exercise as the country heads to the 2023 general elections.
A delimitation exercise, that is, the redrawing of electoral constituencies, will be conducted based on the census figures, and this may give room to gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is the manipulation of the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favour one party over others.
ZimStats spokesperson Mercy Chidemo confirmed that 20% of the enumerators were drawn from unemployed youths. She said:
can confirm that we hired unemployed youths drawn from the enumeration areas.
The majority are civil servants and there is only a small number reserved for youths, who are also below 35 years, that are computer literate and are able to communicate properly.
Ministries have been submitting their lists to PSC for vetting.
Teachers’ unions, among them Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe National Teachers Union, and Educators Union of Zimbabwe, alleged that ZANU PF had hijacked the census enumeration exercise.
n previous censuses, teachers have been recruited as enumerators but this year, PSC said teachers who were on strike in February will not be considered for the exercise.
ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu dismissed the allegations, saying there are some people who are “obsessed” with the ruling party. Mpofu told NewsDay:
ZANU PF was not advised about how the national census was going to be carried out. People just worry, and they are so obsessed with ZANU PF.
I don’t know what the problem is. We are the ruling party, and we are the party-government.
We cannot be part of those irregularities as alleged by your sources.
This is in spite of the fact that during a recent post-Cabinet media briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced that youths would be engaged as enumerators following a Cabinet resolution.-newsday
Mutare-based jazz musician, Bob Nyabinde, is now paralysed and visually impaired due to diabetes.
ln an exclusive interview with The Manica Post in Mutare last weekend, Nyabinde said it was sometime in 2018 when he started feeling dizzy while performing at a private function at Leopard Rock Hotel in Vumba after being invited by Tsitsi Mutasa.
Nyabinde said he was unable to continue with his performance, and the following day, he went to see his doctor who said his sugar levels were abnormally high.
The musician said he was also having problems with his eyesight and proceeded to a Harare-based optician.
He was told that his diabetes had destroyed 20 per cent of his vision. Added Nyabinde:
I learnt about my condition that year, 2018 to be precise. Since then my condition has been deteriorating.
I suffered a stroke at the beginning of 2019 and I completely lost my sight. My hand and leg also got paralysed.
Things have never been the same for me but I find hope in my friends, family, relatives, show promoters and Government through the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation.
All these people have been extremely supportive in my journey.
Nyabinde, who now uses a walking stick, said he has not quit music entirely. He said:
I can’t leave music. Some promoters usually call me for private functions and I sometimes attend.
Sometimes I won’t perform, but will simply attend the event and play a cameo role. But just seeing my face makes my fans happy.
I recently had an excellent event organised by the prominent promoter, Josh Hozheri, where artistes such as Victor Kunonga, Mwenje Matope, Selma, Chipaz, Josh and Prudence Katomeni, among many others, performed. I felt humbled.
Nyabinde is a trained teacher having obtained his teaching diploma at Mutare Teachers’ College.
He became a headmaster at several schools before resigning and venturing into music full time in 2007.
His popular songs include “Pane Nyaya”, “Chabuda Hapana”, “Terera”, and “Ndiratidze Mumwe Chete”.
The Government has suspended more than 1 000 teachers for three months for failing to report for duty during the 2022 first term.
The teachers, who cited incapacitation, refused to work when the 2022 first term commenced and were then directed to report for duty by 22 February or face suspension.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president, Obert Masaraure confirmed the suspensions. He said:
Overall, 1 000 teachers were suspended for three months without pay with 55 members coming from ARTUZ.
The government is acting like a slave driver who disregards the teachers’ rights.
What they only want is for teachers to work without raising a red flag about the working conditions.
We are still languishing in poverty as the parallel market exchange rate has skyrocketed to US$1:ZWL$300 as we are getting less than ZWL$250 per month for our toil.
Masauraure also decried the Government’s failure to fulfil its commitment to pay fees for three biological children for teachers. He said:
We have made partial payments to various schools that our children attend but nothing has been paid for as our children were returned home for not paying full fees.
How can we continue negotiating with an employer that continues to put fake promises on the table?
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said teachers will not be intimidated by the government. He said:
We are not bothered and worried by the government’s antics of intimidating union bodies, headmasters and unleashing youth militia on teachers in rural areas.
We will weather the storm and fight for our members’ plight.
The suspended teachers were demanding the restoration of their US$540 pre-October 2018 salaries.-BusinessTimes
By- The wife of Mbodazwe Elvis Nyathi, a 43-year-old Zimbabwean national killed by a mob in South Africa, has fled her home fearing for her life.
Nomsa Tshuma fled from her home in Diepsloot, a slum area located north of South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, following the brutal murder of her husband on Wednesday night.
Nyathi ran away from his shack, trying to escape from a mob that was moving door-to-door, demanding to see residents’ passports.
The mob, however, caught up with him and beat him up with a club, dragged him to a nearby street and set him alight.
Speaking to eNCA, ZAPU spokesperson Msongelwa Ndlovu said they will not reveal where Tshuma was going for safety reasons. He said:
The family is distraught, naturally, and they are beyond themselves. The manner in which her husband died is the most gruesome and we feel it as well.
We are not in a position to disclose where she is going for obvious reasons.
By- Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader, Julius Malema, will today visit the widow of, Elvis Nyathi, who was murdered Wednesday evening by operation Dudula thugs in Diepsloot, north of Johanessburg.
Team24reported Nyathi’s family as saying the now-deceased had just returned from work when he was stoned and set on fire in the street by the mob.
Earlier in the day, police had clashed with protesters who were blocking roads and burning tyres, demanding that authorities take action against the high crime rate in the area.
In a statement, EFF blamed a vigilante group in South Africa that gained prominence by making door-to-door raids against perceived undocumented foreigners.
This was apparently in reference to Operation Dudula, a vigilante group whose leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini, whose real name is Ntlantla Mohlauhi joined the protest in Diepsloot. Pindula News is publishing he statement by EFF in full:
The EFF is dismayed and saddened by the painful news, that one Elvis Nyathi was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg in the early hours of this morning.
In tragic, disturbing and unsettling news, Nyathi was a victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that has gained prominence on the basis of targeting and othering African foreign nationals.
The painful images which are populating South African television screens today are the ashes of what was once a human being, who was burnt alive simply because he could not provide a passport to individuals who have taken the law into their own hands.
Elvis Nyathi is a human being who has lost his life because a group of people have enforced a dompas system in Johannesburg that has resulted in harassment, invasion of property, theft, assault and extortion.
These vigilante groups attribute all crimes in this country to foreign nationals, without any scientific or crime statistics to corroborate their claims.
As a result, it has become a syndicate that extorts people, hijacks houses, loots African-owned retail outlets, burns the stores of Africans and today bums a human being to ashes.
These are the consequences of endorsing and sponsoring vigilante groups by popular media and the ruling party itself, which seeks to scapegoat its inability to fight crime, create jobs and provide adequate healthcare, to foreign nationals.
It is an objective fact that the hospitals of South Africa are collapsing because of a government that has no internal capacity to develop and maintain healthcare infrastructure.
There are no jobs in South Africa because this government refuses to industrialise and has outsourced the duty of job creation and economic growth, to a parasitic private sector.
Crime in South Africa is spiralling out of control, because of an incompetent and self-obsessed Minister of Police who has factionalised the police force and has allowed criminality to brew in the security cluster.
Domestic violence and abuse are perpetrated by the men of this country and the infiltration of drugs in our communities is enabled by South Africans themselves.
It has however become convenient to blame foreign nationals for all of these social ills because those leading our society refuse to take responsibility.
The refusal of the ANC to take responsibility for its failures and its abdication of the duty to create jobs and fight crime has led to the brutal killing of an African brother.
The EFF has long warned that if the various groups which are mushrooming on the anti-immigration ticket are not stopped, it will end in a loss of life. It is unfortunate that in this instance, we have been proven correct.
The EFF will visit the family of Elvis Nyathi and ensure that justice is served to the family.
We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones, who have been robbed in the most brutal manner, of a father, a husband and a son.
May his soul rest in peace.
Note: “Dompass” was the official document that black people had to carry with them to prove their identity and where they could live or work in Apartheid South Africa.
By-A married Bindura Zimbabwe Republic Police female officer was caught by her husband in a naked state on the bed of her lover in Domboshava on Tuesday night.
H-Metro were exclusive witnesses to the drama.
Spiwe Chawanda, who is also a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) law student, and stationed at Chiwaridzo Police Station in Bindura, was exposed by her lover, Leo Mandaza.
His love messages were caught by her husband, Nelson Gomondo. After the two men had chatted about the affair, after the text messages surfaced, they connived to trap Spiwe, as they felt she had betrayed both of them. Leo said Spiwe made him believe that she was single and the two had been in a relationship for more than a year. A trap was set and Leo informed Gomondo that Spiwe would visit his home in Domboshawa for the night. He left the door unlocked to enable Gomondo to enter the house. Spiwe pleaded with H-Metro for forgiveness and offered a residential stand in Bindura for the story to be spiked. She told H-Metro she was retaliating since Gomondo had impregnated her younger sister twice six years ago. “I have lost affection for Gomondo for forcing my younger sister to abort two pregnancies six years ago,” said Spiwe. “Zvemurume uyu ini handichada saka ndakazodanana na Leo. “We are living together and he has been supporting the children, to be honest, I no longer have feelings for him (Gomondo). “I do not know how he came to know that I was here, but ini handichada nezvake.” Leo said anger had driven him to expose Spiwe. “I have been dating this woman for one year and two months and some of my relatives know this,” said Leo. “She told me that she had separated from her husband and she would come to my place and sleep here several times. “I was once married, but I divorced my wife in 2014 after I caught her bedding another man. That incident affected me emotionally. “When I heard from Gomondo that Spiwe was his wife, I agreed to expose this out of anger. “I know how it hurts to be cheated by a wife, that is why I informed Gomondo about Spiwe’s visit to my house.” Gomondo confirmed impregnating Spiwe’s younger sister, Jane, and forcing her to abort twice. “It happened but it is not a reason for her to leave her children and come to sleep with another man here,” said Gomondo. “Mukaona imba yatakavaka kuBindura achitora mota yangu kuzorara muimba yekumusha zvinorwadza chaizvo. “She has been attending her law lectures at UZ and the family thought she was sleeping at the campus, unaware that she was in this adultery. “She has sold her dignity, she has ruined our marriage, I discovered their love messages and decided to reason with Leo, leading to all this. “I want to thank God for exposing this, as well as Leo for cooperating with me, to catch her red-handed.” Gomondo, Spiwe and Leo had a meeting that lasted until midnight. They were all sitting on Leo’s bed. Her Toyota Harrier was parked in Leo’s yard. Spiwe is known as a good volleyball player in Mashonaland Central Province. H Metro
By- The vetting exercise of non-combatant cadres and war collaborators has been marred with controversy amid claims the process is flawed and exclusionary.
Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister Oppah Muchinguri launched an exercise to vet war collaborators, ex-political prisoners, detainees, restrictees and war veterans on March 14.
According to the general outline of the vetting exercise, non-combatant cadres and ex-political prisoners, detainees and restrictees are being vetted at provincial level across the country’s 10 provinces. Non-combatant cadres are being vetted by war veterans familiar with various transit camps. However, the process has been marred by chaos amid claims that some deserving cases are being disqualified on account of mistakes on their identity documents (IDs). “For example, my ID says I am 57 when I am now 59 years. This is because after the war those who wanted to go to school had to change their birth records so that they could be in the same age group with their peers at school,” one of the applicants, Tiki Denenga, from Chigwedere, Hwedza, said. “But now, we have become victims because of these changes in birth records. We are being told we don’t qualify. This has disqualified many people and yet we made contributions during the liberation struggle.” Another applicant, David Muzira said: “My ID card says I am 58 years because I changed the record in order to go back to school. I am now 60 years old but they said I don’t qualify because my ID says I am 58 which is below the minimum requirement of 59 years. I feel the exercise is unfair.” -Newsday
South Africa’s International Relations Minister, Naledi Pandor, said that her government will not condone violence against foreign nationals.
Pandor made the remarks while speaking on SABC after a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man, Mhbodazwe Elvis Nyathi was stoned and set alight in a mob attack in Diepsloot north-west of Johannesburg overnight.
The attack followed a day of protests as residents of Diepsloot embarked on a protest, barricading roads with burning tyres, over escalating crime.
At least eight people were shot dead and 14 others wounded in Diepsloot over the past few days resulting in the protests. Said Pandor:
We have to document everybody who is in the country. I must say I admire the people of South Africa because we had never separated communities of Africans from elsewhere living in a refugee camp.
We have always allowed those who come into our country to live within the community.
So, I do think as a government you have to listen to the people but you can not tolerate violence against any person.
Meanwhile, community leaders in Diepsloot have sent their condolences to the family of Nyathi.
Community leader Sicelo Shezi described the murder as pure vigilantism and urged the community not to take the law into their own hands.
A man who was killed in Diepsloot has been identified as Elvis Nyathi. No arrests have been made in connection with his killing. Ayanda Nyathi speaks to the deceased man’s partner.
By- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has denied claims it gave ZANU PF candidates a voters’ roll with colour pictures ahead of the 26 March by-elections.
A report by the NewsDay on 6 April 2022 reported CCC Binga North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda as saying ZANU PF’s Victoria Falls local authority candidates in the by-elections, Musa Ncube and Kudakwashe Mavula Munsaka, were given copies of the voters roll with colour images of the voters.
However, ZEC has categorically rejected the claims, and described the allegations as “outright malicious”. ZEC said in a statement:
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) wishes to deny the allegations reported in the Newsday newspaper on the 6th of April 2022 to the effect that it issued a voters roll with colour pictures to ZANU PF candidates while denying the same to the opposition.
The allegations are outright malicious and again an attempt to distract the Commission from its constitutional mandate.
Since the ruling in the Mpezeni case wherein the High Court upheld the contention that the Commission could not be compelled to issue a voters roll with photographs to political parties or any member of the public, no voters’ roll with photographs has been issued to any stakeholder.
The Commission does not discriminate against any of its stakeholders on the issuance of voters’ rolls and challenges all to prove it otherwise.
All stakeholders are urged to verify their facts before publishing inaccurate and misleading information.
The Commission remains committed to discharging its constitutional mandate without fear or favour.
WHO RUNS GOVT? At a time when Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration remained mum following the ruthless murder of Zimbabwean, Mr. Elvis Nyathi in South Africa, the Citizens’ Coalition for Change party has led the way to represent the nation in condemning the killing.
In what was a hate crime, Nyathi was beaten to death and then burnt by still-to-be-known assailants. Below is their statement:
The Citizens’ Coalition for Change strongly condemns the murder of Elvis Nyathi who was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg earlier today. We extend our sincere condolences to Mrs Nyathi and the entire family of Elvis Nyathi who were tragically robbed of a husband, father, friend and loved one.
Zimbabweans woke up to horrific images of a pile of ashes, ashes that were the remains of our fellow citizen. killed for no reason. His murder was avoidable, horrific and Nyathi was a Zimbabwean citizen who was a victim of the forced migration crisis caused by the bad governance of Zanu PF. Having settled in South Africa to seek a better life, he has become the tragic victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that targets African foreign nationals outside the confines of the law and without due process.
There is no room for a barbaric murder of this nature in a constitutional democracy.
The murder of Nyathi is a regrettable affront to ubuntu and a direct violation of Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights which binds the whole continent and provides that every individual has the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of degradation of man including cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment are prohibited.
We call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators to ensure that justice is done. We further call for the de-escalation of the anti-immigrant rhetoric by public figures and shadowy groups who are fomenting the abuse, extortion and violence against African nationals.
The death of Elvis Nyathi is a stark reminder that Zanu PF has failed the citizens of Zimbabwe. Citizens like Elvis Nyathi have been forced out of Zimbabwe because of man-made poverty, injustice and corruption. No Zimbabwean should lose their life because they have been driven out of the country by failed leadership.
The regime in Harare has failed in its obligation to serve and protect citizens at home and abroad.
Under a CCC Government, the root causes of the forced migration crisis will be addressed as a priority, the citizens will be returned to the centre of all decision-making and the dignity of Zimbabwean people will be restored.
Katarina Born Elizabeth Taderera Zimbabwe Residence Zimbabwe Occupation Musician Comedian Actress Entrepreneur Known for Music, Comedian , Club HideOut 99 Resident Performances Notable work Katarina and Mukadota
Mukadota na Katarina If one is looking for an example of the stage prowess of Katarina, Safirio “Mukadota” Madzikatire’s livewire stage lieutenant, a simple search on YouTube is enough.
Upon typing the words Mukadota and Katarina, one quickly finds out from the number of views the video has accumulated that several thousand have also travelled the same road down memory lane, no doubt also searching for the legend of Katarina (born Elizabeth Taderera).
Many a youngster would have heard their elders recall with fondness the exploits of the light skinned beauty with a Colgate smile and a glowing red lipstick to match. A grainy old video is the only evidence one has that the wizened old heads had every right to be mesmerised back in their day.
The clip finds both Mukadota and Katarina in exemplary form. Mukadota, partly bald and decked out in a dazzling blue and black outfit, was no doubt the leader of his band.
However, whenever Katarina’s moment to shine came, he never hesitated to withdraw and let his trusted lieutenant lead the forces. And lead she did. When Katarina danced, it seemed like her provocative and rhythmic stomps dictated how the band behind her played and not the other way round.
She seemed to dictate the tune. On stage she was an enticing mass of swinging flesh, crowned by a smile that seemed permanently stitched to her face. Embroidered to show how much she loved her craft.
Only a jealous or scorned lover would deny that Katarina assumed a python-like grip on men when those hips of hers started swinging.
A seductive temptress yet laden with respect for her female form. The name of her dances were as interesting as the woman who invented them and on stage she would roll them out one by one; methodically.One was called ZESA, no doubt when the country’s power utility was still consistent and reliable, while another was called Tiger Fish.
When she was stomping on stage, all of these weirdly named dances would make sense. On that stage Elizabeth Taderera, her real name, would die.Over the course of a few minutes, Katarina, face drenched with sweat and her chest heaving, would be born.
During Mukadota’s shows, Katarina was the trump card and one could argue that she was an attraction that could have prospered on her own had she left the safety of Mukadota’s nest. The two were an irresistible combination with a proven track record and a reasonable number of hits.
Songs like “KwaHunyani”, “Ndichatenga Yangu” and “Usandisiye” showed that they could easily take and transport their hilarious and electric chemistry from the stage to the studio.
While Mukadota, a man blessed with the ability to crack a Zimbabwean’s ribs almost at will, is a legend that will never to be forgotten, Katarina is very often a footnote that pops up when his career is mentioned.
In her later years, when the fame and fortune of showbiz had deserted years after Mukadota’s death, she made a living as a waiter before also following her beloved Dickson, Mukadota’s persona, to the afterlife. It was an unceremonious end to a life that had, during its prime, given Zimbabweans a taste of pure stage wizardry.
Katarina was that rare breed of woman that comes along once in a while in Zimbabwean showbiz. An electric female performer who is fully aware of her seductive qualities.
When Zimbabwean lawyer now a judge, Wiriranai Kapurura, fled Zimbabwe and arrived in Canada in 2006, the last thing on his mind was to go back to the legal profession. Fast forward 16 years later, Canada’s Provincial Chief Justice has assigned the barrister to preside over the High Court of Toronto.
Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve has assigned Justice Kapurura to Toronto.
Justice Wiriranai Kapurura (40) was called to the bar in 2009. His firm, Kapurura Law Office, serves marginalized and vulnerable community members in family and child protection law. Justice Kapurura conducted motions and trials for victims of domestic violence and individuals with mental health challenges. He also worked at the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, interviewing and representing children in Ontario. As duty counsel, he assisted self-represented litigants with their appearances in domestic and child welfare court.
Justice Wiriranai Kapurura in 2009
A citation further states that Justice Kapurura volunteers at Don Valley Community Legal Services, helping low-income individuals prepare documents such as OSAP and income verification affidavits and notarizations.
He participates in fundraising campaigns to help the Karanda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe purchase medication and medical equipment. He is also involved with the Zim-Ontario Information Networking Association, assisting people of Zimbabwean heritage in Ontario with legal information, networking and referrals for counselling services. – OBA/Agencies/Additional Reporting
By- Former MDC-T Harare provincial spokesperson Fungai Chiposi has dissociated himself from the party and thrown his weight behind CCC leader Nelson Chamisa.
Chiposi was recently blocked from attending an MDC-T National Council meeting at Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, the party’s headquarters, by bouncers.
Posting on Twitter this Thursday, Chiposi announced his decision to support Chamisa, saying he is not seeking to divide CCC. Chiposi wrote:
The CCC movement is too robust to be divided by my vote. All I have expressed is my decision to support and vote for President Chamisa. There must be no fight over me. I am not worth it. This is my appeal.
In a statement earlier this week, Chiposi, who ran as the party’s candidate in Kambuzuma Constituency in the 26 March by-elections, revealed his alleged ill-treatment by MDC-T. He said:
On Friday 1 April 2022 around 12 pm, I was barred from attending the National Council by security at MRT House.
I was informed to contact Youth Chairperson Y. Musarurwa but she was not picking up her phone.
Around 2 pm, I was contacted by the then Chairman Mhetu who asked me to come back to MRT as he would go in with me. However, he was also denied entry.
I met Chairperson Musarurwa and asked her why I was barred and she told me in no uncertain terms to get out of the building. I duly complied.
Later that evening, I was removed from all MDC-T Harare Province groups by Secretary Mukunguma.
Notably, no one has explained to me why these actions were taken. I would like to think the party and its representatives have justification for the above drastic actions.
Chiposi was reportedly blacklisted by the party on allegations of trying to lead a coup against MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora.
South Africa’s International Relations Minister, Naledi Pandor, said that her government will not condone violence against foreign nationals.
Pandor made the remarks while speaking on SABC after a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man, Mhbodazwe Elvis Nyathi was stoned and set alight in a mob attack in Diepsloot north-west of Johannesburg overnight.
The attack followed a day of protests as residents of Diepsloot embarked on a protest, barricading roads with burning tyres, over escalating crime.
At least eight people were shot dead and 14 others wounded in Diepsloot over the past few days resulting in the protests. Said Pandor:
We have to document everybody who is in the country. I must say I admire the people of South Africa because we had never separated communities of Africans from elsewhere living in a refugee camp.
We have always allowed those who come into our country to live within the community.
So, I do think as a government you have to listen to the people but you can not tolerate violence against any person.
Meanwhile, community leaders in Diepsloot have sent their condolences to the family of Nyathi.
Community leader Sicelo Shezi described the murder as pure vigilantism and urged the community not to take the law into their own hands.
A man who was killed in Diepsloot has been identified as Elvis Nyathi. No arrests have been made in connection with his killing. Ayanda Nyathi speaks to the deceased man’s partner.
By A Correspondent- A Zimbabwean man has been stoned to death in Diepsloot, Gauteng province in South Africa as xenophobic attacks resurface.
The man identified as Nyathi was murdered last night after failing to produce his passport to a mob that was asking residents to show them their identity documents.
The cold blood murder happened barely 24 hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed the community who has stormed a local police station demanding the deportation of foreign nationals from the area.
Tinashe Sambiri| Zimbabwe will never be a one-party State again, Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
In a statement on Twitter, President Chamisa described the harassment of newly- elected CCC members by the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda as unfortunate.
“ZIMBABWE SHALL NEVER BE A ONE-PARTY STATE!!Turning parliament Yellow…
In a New Great Zimbabwe, a thriving multiparty democracy based on mutual respect, dialogue and tolerance shall prevail.
The alternative shall be officially recognized and supported.Opposition is not enmity.
By B Metro | A woman from Bulawayo was left shocked and heartbroken after discovering that her husband — a local businessman has been double-crossing her with her own daughter.
In a bare-it-all interview with B-Metro Sithabile Blom (42) from Richmond suburb said she was left utterly devastated, hysterical and furious after she discovered that her husband Johannes Gerardus Blom (73) was allegedly bedding her 20-year-old daughter Ayanda Ncube.
Sithabile looked jaded, as she walked into the B-Metro newsroom on Tuesday afternoon to share her frustration about the shocking developments in her marriage.
Devastated…Sithabile
“I am in a situation that no one would ever want to experience,” she blurted out.
She went on: “I was horrified the day I discovered that my husband was having sex with me and also engaged my daughter in regular sex. He indeed betrayed my trust.
“The disturbing revelations came to my attention sometime in December last year and up to this day I’m still struggling to come to terms with the news. I loved him but now I am done, broken and left ashamed”.
She said to make matters worse, her husband told her that he has lost count of how many times he had slept with Ayanda.
Sithabile and Johannes got married on 7 December 2017 and they have no children together.
Ayanda, a child from her previous marriage, is now staying in South Africa and is regularly sneaking back into the country to meet her step-dad-cum lover.
The aggrieved Sithabile said the matter came to light when Ayanda’s boyfriend, who is also based in South Africa, hacked Ayanda’s cellphone and discovered a host of nude pictures and nasty messages which the two — Johannes and Ayanda — were exchanging.
“After discovering the nude pictures which the two were exchanging, Ayanda’s boyfriend phoned Johannes threatening to expose their treacherous affair to me unless he met his demands. He blackmailed him into paying him some money so that he won’t disclose their affair to me.
“The boyfriend, who was threatening to tell me everything if he doesn’t pay, seemed to have demanded something outrageous,” she said.
Supposedly after failing to meet the “outrageous demands” and fearing that the matter was still going to come to his wife’s attention, Johannes gathered enough courage to make a chilling confession.
“Fearing that Ayanda’s lover would confront me with the shocking disclosures, he quickly came to me and confessed that he had been sleeping with Ayanda behind my back. After that shocking revelation, he told me to forgive him saying it was the work of the devil. But my imagination will not allow me to forgive and forget.
“It is even hard to do so with the way he is now treating me. He is verbally and emotionally abusing me. Right now, we don’t see eye to eye with my daughter and I am still convinced that they are still sleeping together,” said a visibly worried Sithabile.
In a desperate attempt to supposedly get rid of her so that they can continue with the illicit relationship, her husband is now falsely accusing her of selling drugs.
“On Monday police from the Drugs and Narcotics Section in Bulawayo came with sniffer dogs to our house after he lied to them that I was in possession of dangerous drugs.
“It is really incomprehensible to be accused of a crime that you did not commit and may not have had anything to do with. His motive is to get me arrested so that I go to jail and he would seize that opportunity to dispose our matrimonial property and start a new life with my daughter. There is also no doubt that Ayanda might the one who is pushing him to harass me,” she said.
She suspected that her husband had been sleeping with her daughter for quite a while before the matter came to light, adding that in a bid to hoodwink Ayanda into the treacherous relationship, Johannes was always buying her expensive gifts.
“When my daughter tried to reach me to explain the story, I didn’t entertain her. It’s difficult considering that I found her private sexual images in my husband’s phone. What is now worrying me is that Johannes also wants me out of our house title which we bought together.
“I felt that when we got married, he used me in order to get a Zimbabwe residence permit and I need to take immediate action to protect myself,” said a sobbing Sithabile.
She adds that the harassment from her husband started after she discovered that he was allegedly bonking her daughter.
“As if that is not enough, he also told me that he once gave money to Ayanda to perform an abortion. I used to think he was doing everything for me because he loved me, but was shocked when he started demanding all the money, he used on me and my children during the subsistence of our marriage,” she said.
Efforts were made to contact Johannes but he hung up his phone when this reporter told him he was from B-Metro and asked him about the allegations levelled against him. Frantic efforts to phone him again drew a blank as his phone was no longer reachable.- B Metro
STELLA MHLANGA, the Kumalo Primary School headmistress who was facing charges of peddling pornographic material has been acquitted.
Headmistress…cleared
Mhlanga was in court for contravening Section 26 of the Censorship and Entertainment Control Act Chapter 10:04 (Possession of prohibited articles).
The accusations against her arose after claims that she accidentally shared a revealing picture of her private parts on her WhatsApp status.
In acquitting her, Bulawayo magistrate Marygold Ndlovu ruled that the State failed to establish essential elements of the charges levelled against her.
Ndlovu ruled that the evidence led on behalf of the State did not prove whether the images recovered through a forensic software were the same ones posted on her WhatsApp status.
“In the court’s view, the fact that the images were only recovered through a forensic software makes the accused person’s defence that everything was cleared at the time she received the cellphone reasonably possibly true.
“It is equally possible that these images had been deleted prior and were not visible in the gallery with a naked eye.
This possibly is further strengthened by the second State witness’ findings that this cellphone was not the one used to post pornographic pictures to the accused’s WhatsApp status.
“Further the evidence led on behalf of the State did not prove whether these are the same images posted to accused person’s WhatsApp status.
“Had the State led evidence to prove that these were the same images posted on accused person’s WhatsApp status the court could have been persuaded that accused had been in possession of the images at that time and had deleted them to conceal evidence.
“In case the court finds no reason to dismiss the accused’s defence as not reasonably possibly true. In the premises, the State has failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and the accused person is accordingly found not guilty and acquitted,” ruled Ndlovu.
In her defence outline, Mhlanga through her lawyer Byron Sengweni of Sengweni Legal Practice stated that she was not in possession of the alleged pornographic content. She stated that sometime in December 2019 she received a phone from her sister Sibusisiwe Moyo who is based in South Africa after her phone had been stolen by her maid.
“Before handing the phone to the accused, the accused’s sister cleared the phone memory and when she received the phone there was absolutely nothing in it. She will also deny ever posting pornographic images on her WhatsApp. The images were not posted via her phone but via some unknown device.
“She will further state that upon receiving news that offensive material had been posted on her WhatsApp she was advised that she had been hacked and was also advised to restore her phone to factory settings. When she restored the phone she lost all the data in her phone but even before that she maintains that she did not have any offensive material,” her defence outline reads in part.
She argued that she was advised to stop using the phone in case the hackers may attempt to hack it again.
At the close of the State’s case, her lawyer filed an application for discharge and in their application, they submitted that the State had failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused and that the evidence was unreliable.
It also submitted that the State had also failed to prove that accused had knowledge of the images or that the said images were in her gallery as the witnesses did not physically browse the gallery.
In response the State submitted that a prima facie case had been proven.
The State argued that the cellphone in question was seized from accused person and four pictures of an indecent nature were retrieved from the cell phone.
“The State will submit that it has a prima facie case against the accused for the following reasons: It is common cause that the accused person was in direct physical control of the Samsung cell phone with the serial number R58FBOTKJZZ. It is common cause the four pictures of an indecent or obscene nature were recovered from the accused person’s Samsung cellphone with the serial number R58FBOTKJZZ.
“It is common cause that the accused person knew that they were prohibited images on her phone as she did see a nude picture on her WhatsApp status,” argued the State.
Allegations which were levelled against Mhlanga were that on 2 August 2021, a tip-off was received at Provincial Victim Friendly Unit to the effect that she had posted pornographic material on her WhatsApp status.
Mhlanga is alleged to have taken down the uncensored picture, but not before some of her contacts including teachers and parents with children at her school, had saved it and forwarded it to their friends.
Investigations were later carried out by the police leading to her arrest. Upon her arrest her cell phone Samsung N910F Galaxy Note was also seized and taken to the police station.
The seized cellphone was then referred to CID National Cyber Forensics Laboratory, Bulawayo for examination.
During the forensic examinations four pornographic images were allegedly retrieved from her phone. B Metro
Real Madrid are on the brink of advancing to the Champions League semifinals after Karim Benzema guided Los Blancos to an impressive and deserved 3-1 win over Chelsea in a rainy and windy Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. The French superstar produced two brilliant headers and scored on an Eduoard Mendy mistake, recording back-to-back hat tricks in the UCL. Benzema’s three in the second leg of the round of 16 saw Real bounce PSG from the competition, and he was just as hot in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The 34-year-old veteran now has 37 goals in 36 games for his club this season.
The Blues, winners of this tie in the semifinals last season en route to the title, were thoroughly outplayed on a soaked pitch at Stamford Bridge. Real took the lead 21 minutes in, and it took just 25 minutes for Benzema to score all three, putting his first two away on sensational headers. Here’s the first:
The second came on another header with delicate, top-tier placement, and the third came less than a minute into the second half on a shocking Mendy mistake.
Chelsea had no answer for Vinicius Junior playing on the back shoulder of the defense. When he crashed a shot off of the bar in the opening minutes of the match, it should’ve been a warning sign before he got free to assist Benzema. Part of the reason why he was able to play like that was confidence that Luca Modric would find everyone in attack as the Croatian midfielder had another magnificent day orchestrating play from deep.
Chelsea finished the match with 20 shots, 12 more than Real Madrid, but they have very little to show for it and face a massive uphill climb in the second leg. Former Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois is part of the reason behind that as he made a few impressive saves during the match to ensure that Chelsea couldn’t get much going.
After losing to Brentford 4-1 on the weekend, defense has to be a concern for Thomas Tuchel as his side has now allowed seven goals in their last two matches. The Blues don’t have many options to change things either as with Romelu Lukaku out of form, it’s not like they can pull out a traditional striker and Tuchel seems to feel the same.
When asked if the tie was still alive, Tuchel simply said “no,” adding, “We have to find our level back. I don’t know where it is since the international break, the first half is a repetition of the second half against Brentford.”
With Chelsea only being down two goals and also having big Premier League games on the horizon, hopefully the players take this as a challenge otherwise, things may get ugly.- CBSSports
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission( ZEC) to court for rigging elections.
CCC Mutasa Central (15) has a raised a litany of irregularities in court papers.
See statement below:
Citizens Coalition For Change Mutasa Central Ward 15 takes ZEC to court over vote rigging.
07 April 2022
Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) Namibia would like to register its continuous solidarity with Mutasa Central Ward 15 which suffered from electoral malpractices on the 26th March by-elections.
The district supports the ward’s resolution to take ZEC to the Electoral Court contesting a festival of irregularities before,during and after the poll. It is now imperative to give all the moral,material and financial assistance to our foot soldiers who are enduring unprecedented torture, inhuman treatment and intimidation of voters in the motherland.
We have noted with fury that Zanu PF bases were dotted around 8 polling stations in Mutasa Central Ward 15. These bases were used to intimidate voters coercing them into voting the clueless ZanuPF.
What perturbs yellow revolutionaries in Namibia is that one polling station alone registered 210 assisted voters, a centre that under sane circumstances recorded 8-10 assisted voters. The huge discrepancies in the number of assisted voters between 2018 and 2022 elections are quite hypnotising and transfixing.
In 2018, Mutasa Central Ward 15 exhibited only 8-10 assisted voters but all of a sudden the ward witnessed astronomical numbers amounting to 349 voters out of 1461.
Remember that Zimbabwe is undoubtedly one of the most literate countries in Africa and the world with approximately over 90% literacy rate. It boggles the mind to witness people being compelled to be illiterate so that ZanuPF thugs could vote for them.
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges Mutasa Central Ward 15 to exhaust all remedies to defeat rigging of the people’s voice.
In addition to that, our people were frogmarched to ZanuPF meetings organised by traditional leaders who are being abused by the satanic Harare regime. We demand the neutrality of traditional leaders and the independence of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to avoid contested election results.
The assisted voter phenomenon became the game changer in Mutasa Central Ward 15 hence the need to approach the courts for justice. Defending the vote should start now before 2023! It is foolhardy to believe that with a literacy rate of about 96%, we have 10% voter disability! We demand free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe.
We applaud Mutasa Central Ward 15 for embracing our agenda 2022 which is quite clear on the need to have citizens’ action for change. The people’s vote needs protection from the captured state institutions. According to our yellow leadership in the ward, the presiding officers were informed about these irregularities but nothing was done to address that. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia is cobra-headed after giving all the moral , material and financial assistance to defend the vote. The district supports the initiative to take these rigging shenanigans head on. There is need to do everything peaceful in our means to defend the votes.
Furthermore, Mutasa Central Ward 15 is not the only one that suffered from this electoral fraud. Before the election, we saw Mboneni Ncube butchered in Kwekwe and dozens injured. The district witnessed incessant banning of our rallies in Gokwe, Marondera and Masvingo which is rigging in its own right. Our polling agents were being harassed and beaten by the satanic ZanuPF thugs on the election day in various parts of the country such as Epworth, KweKwe, Mwenezi, Gokwe, Chivi only to mention but a few.
In Makoni North, specifically Maruma Primary School Ward 4, our agent refused to sign the V11 forms because the elections were marred by rigging and vote buying. ZanuPF members including MP James Munetsi were gathered at 320 metres from the polling station coercing and intimidating yellow revolutionaries compelling them to pretend to be illiterate. This muzzling of the people’s right to vote must be resisted with equal measure. Let’s support Mutasa Central Ward 15 in its effort to promote an even political field which is free from voter manipulation by the sadist regime.
It’s very sad that the outcome of the poll did not reflect the will of the people. Voters were threatened,intimidated and coerced into surrendering their fundamental basic human right to elect candidates of their choice. We should pursue court petitions all over the disputed results across the breadths and lengths of the motherland. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia demands the independence of the judiciary.
Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change vice president Hon Tendai Biti says the Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda has no constitutional right to block elected MPs from entering the august house.
According to Hon Biti, there is no specific clause that prohibits legislators from wearing certain colours.
“After the Citizens MPs blocked from accessing Parliament because of wearing yellow ties.
The people’s MP @BitiTendai challenged the decision by Speaker of Parliament as illegal and unconstitutional act,” CCC Harare East said in a statement.
#WATCH:After the Citizens MPs blocked from accessing Parliament because of wearing yellow ties. The people's MP @BitiTendai challenged the decision by Speaker of Parliament as illegal and unconstitutional act.#RegisterToVoteZW2023#NgaapindeHakeMukomana
Ovarian cysts are solid or fluid-filled pockets in or on your ovary.
They’re common, especially in women who are pregnant or who haven’t gone through qmenopause yet. Most of the time, they’re painless and harmless.
You might get one every month as part of your menstrual cycle and never know it. They usually go away on their own without treatment.
A cyst becomes a problem when it doesn’t go away or gets bigger. It can become painful.
There’s also the possibility of cancer, but it’s rare. The chances go up as you get older.
Ovarian Cyst Symptoms
Most ovarian cysts are small and don’t cause any problems.
When there are symptoms, you might have pressure, bloating, swelling, or pain in one side of your lower belly.
This pain may be sharp or dull, and it can come and go.
Sudden, severe belly pain
Pain with fever and throwing up
Dizziness, weakness, or feeling faint
Fast breathing
These things could mean your cyst has caused the ovary to twist.
Ovarian Cyst Causes Most cysts are “functional.”
They’re a part of your monthly cycle.
Types of Cysts Follicle cyst.
Your ovaries usually release one egg each month. It grows inside a tiny sac called a follicle.
When th HBe egg is ready, the follicle breaks open and releases it.
If the sac doesn’t open, it causes a follicle cyst. These often go away in 1 to 3 months.
Corpus luteum cyst.
Once the egg is released, the empty follicle usually shrinks and helps get ready for the next egg.
It becomes a cyst when it closes back up and fluid collects inside. It may go away in a few weeks. But it may bleed or cause pain as it grows.
Others are nonfunctional. In some women, their ovaries make a lot of small cysts.
This condition is called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
It can make it hard to get pregnant. Other nonfunctional cysts may be caused by cancer.
Ovarian Cyst Risk Factors
Things that may make you more likely to get ovarian cysts include:
Hormonal problems. Taking the fertility drug to help you ovulate can increase your risk of cysts.
Pregnancy
The cyst that forms during ovulation may stay on your ovary after you get pregnant and throughout your pregnancy.
Endometriosis. Cells that usually line the inside of your uterus grow outside it.
These wayward cells can attach to your ovary and cause a cyst to grow.
A severe pelvic infection. If this spreads to your ovaries, it can cause cysts there.
A previous ovarian cyst. If you’ve had at least one ovarian cyst before, you’re more likely to get others
Ovarian Cyst Complications
Some women can have unusual complications with ovarian cysts. Your doctor might pick these up during a pelvic exam, so it’s important to get regular checkups.
Ovarian torsion. If cysts grow large, they can make the ovary move and twist.
This twisting (ovarian torsion) is very painful. Rupture.
Cysts can break open, causing severe pain and bleeding, especially if the cysts are large. Vaginal sex and other activities can make a rupture more likely.
A ruptured cyst sometimes heals on its own, but often, it’s a medical emergency. Infected ovarian cyst. An ovarian cyst can develop in response to a pelvic infection, forming an abscess. If the abscess bursts, dangerous bacteria can spread through your body.
Ovarian Cyst Treatment
Most cysts go away on their own. Your doctor may suggest watching and waiting for changes.
Your doctor can give you medicine for pain. They might also prescribe birth control pills.
The hormones in the pills won’t make the cysts go away, but they can help prevent new ones.
Some ovarian cysts need surgery. That includes those that are large, don’t go away, or cause symptoms.
You could also need surgery if you’re near menopause, because cysts are more likely to be cancerous.
Depending on your case, the surgeon may take just the cyst or the entire ovary.
There are different types of surgery:
Laparoscopy is for smaller cysts. The doctor makes a tiny cut above or below your bellybutton.
A small tool with a camera allows your doctor to see inside, and a different tool removes the cyst or ovary. You probably won’t have to stay in hi the hospital overnight.
Laparotomy is for cysts that may be cancerous. It is done with a bigger cut in the belly.
*Mrs. Sandra Sadziwa is a senior nurse working at private medical facility in Harare.
Sabbath School Summary
By Elder Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Fall
Lesson 2
Memory Text:
‘And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel’ ” (Genesis 3:15, NKJV).
INTRODUCTION
Amid all that God had given our first parents in Eden also came a warning: “ ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die’ ” (Gen. 2:16, 17, NKJV). This warning against eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil shows us that, though they were to know good, they were not to know evil.
We certainly can understand why, can’t we? And, too, the threat of death attached to the warning about disobedi-ence (Gen. 2:17) would be fulfilled: they would die (Gen. 3:19). Not only forbidden to eat from the tree, they also were driven from the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:24), and thus had no access to what could have given them eternal life as sinners (Gen. 3:22).
However, amid this tragedy comes hope, which is found in Genesis 3:15, called the protoevangelium, or “the first gospel promise.” Yes, this verse presents the first gospel promise found in the Bible, the first time humans are told that, despite the Fall, God has made a way of escape for us all.
SABBATH: Satan does not give up. After his failed rebellion in heaven, he ruined the perfect world of our first parents; Adam & Eve. But God does not give us up either. Grace found the pair after the fall (Gen. 3:15). The pair was given access to all things in the world except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God wanted man to know only good & not evil (Gen. 2:16, 17, 3:19, 22, 24). He gave an escape; vs.15.
SUNDAY: The devil chose serpent as his medium of deception. “The” used in the texts signifies a figure already known to the reader (see Gen. 3:1, 2 Cor. 11:3, Rev. 12:7-9, Isa. 27:1). At first, the serpent was a beautiful creature (PP, p. 53). In this form, Satan mixed error with truth (Matt. 4:6). The Bible depicts him as a literal being who comes not as God’s foe but uses God’s words to aid his evil schemes.
MONDAY: Initially, the devil did not make a direct attack but tried to engage Eve in a conversation. He sowed seeds of doubt about God & His words in Eve. He is the father of lies (Gen. 2:16, 17, 3:1-6; John 8:44). Satan attacked the issue of death & the tree of the knowledge of good & evil (Gen. 2:17; 3:4, 5). Eve saw the fruit to be good & ate (Gen. 3:6; 1:4). “Immortality” idea from Satan affected ancient sects.
TUESDAY: Adam & Eve sewn for themselves fig leaves to cover their nakedness caused by sin. By wearing a garment of their own it was as if they have replaced God & attempted to cover their sins. Man cannot be saved by his own works. Only Christ can save (Gen. 3:7-13, Ps. 8:5; 104:1, 2, Gen. 1:7, 16, 25, Gal. 2:16). God took the first step to search for fallen man & bid him to repent (Gen. 3:9, 4:9, 3:14-19).
WEDNESDAY: Adam blamed Eve for the sin & Eve also blamed the serpent. The serpent who was the architect of the whole drama was the first to be judged by God (Gen. 3:14, 15). Sin led to a “reversal” of Creation; the first leaf fell, earth grew thorns, & the air became chilly. Before man was judged, God promised redemption (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20, Heb. 2:14, Rev. 12:17). Satan’s a defeated foe (Rev. 20:10)
THURSDAY: Because of the grace of God the destiny of Adam & Eve was not the same as the serpent. Curse was placed on the serpent & the ground but before God judges man, there’s a promise of salvation through a Messianic prophecy (see Gen. 3:14-24; 1 Tim. 2:14, 15). God did not plan for man to die. Through childbearing, Adam was to see hope of life (Gen. 3:20). God spared man of eternal death.
FRIDAY: Eve was taken from the side of Adam to signify that she should be his equal. But after sin, Eve the first to sin, Adam was to rule over her. She was to be meek & Adam was to love & care for her. The fall shows that our choices have an impact on biological life. Because man ate form the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he lost access to the tree of life (Gen. 2:9, Prov. 3:1, 2, Rev. 22:2).
—Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 484.
Keywords
Deceive- It means to give people false hopes and makes them believe that they are doing the right thing (2 Kings 19:10, Isa. 37:10, Jer. 49:16). It is “nasha” in the Hebrew verb.
Tree of life- It was also placed in the Garden of Eden as was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Man was to live as he ate from it.
The Serpent- It refers to Satan/the devil. In the ancient Near East, the serpent personified the power of evil.
Sects- This refers to ancient Egyptian and Greek religions that were deceived by Satan’s doctrine of immortality.
Captions
SUNDAY- The Serpent
MONDAY- The Forbidden Fruit
TUESDAY- Hiding Before God
WEDNESDAY- The Fate of the Serpent
THURSDAY- Human Destiny
Discussion Questions
? God confronted Adam in Eden and asked him questions in order not only to establish his guilt but also to lead him to repentance. This motif reappears with Cain (Gen. 4:9, 10), the Flood (Gen. 6:5–8), the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:5), and Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18:21). How is the idea of an investigative judgment revealed in these incidents?
? Why did Eve think that eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would give her wisdom? How could we avoid, in our context, making a similar mistake; that is, openly defying God’s Word in hope of something “better” than what God has offered us? [email protected]
By Dr Masimba | Political parties and pressure groups who are funded by the West have angrily reacted to ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s declaration that the ruling party will never relinquish power and plans to rule for a long time. The actual words which infuriated these people are:
“We are going to be in power for a very long time. We are not going to surrender power. We will always be the governing party.”
Obert Mpofu…
It is not surprising that these assurances to the party faithfuls have infuriated a lot of people including opposition parties who are now having a spin and say the comments were meant to threaten the citizens and discouraging them from registering to vote.
The biggest problem is not in what Mpofu said but what the brainless interpreters are saying. People must not be deaf and blind to the fact that the words of Cde Obert Mpofu are found offensive only by those who are clamouring for a regime change. The opposition and some British MPs said the words of cde Mpofu are feeble attempt yo discourage Zimbabweans from registering to vote.
What we must understand is that,Obert Mpofu is talking on behalf of the party not Gvt. He speaks of his party. Exploring an occasion in order to prop up and credit a party.
Obert spoke as a party cadre. He is a manager of his party. In saying ZANU PF will be in power for a long time Obert Mpofu meant we will fight tooth and nail blood and sweat blow by blow to make sure ZANU pF wins. In his statement Obert Mpofu uses the Evidence of ZANU OF victorious past past since 1980. Over the years we have been resilient and built a way to remain in power because the opposition is not ready it’s like a worm it divides and sub divides. It is fragile and not strong.
Relinquishing power he means in the distant future. If he casts his eyes in future he sees no opposition ready. In Obert’s life time and your life time there will be no change of political hands on Zimbabwe. Seeing the opposition making noise about the encouraging statement by O Mpofu one wonders as to what kind of pettiness is this. Onert is a manager of the winning boxer. He talks his mind.
Before we go into Mpofu’s language and choice of words it must be made clear that there is an ongoing campaign by ZEC to make people aware of registering to vote. ZANU PF has no reason whatsoever to be afraid of registering people to vote. One man one vote system was brought to Zimbabwe powered by the blood of each Zimbabwean who died for this cause.
Zanu PF is the only party in Zimbabwe which fought and won for democracy. Zanu pf introduced one man one vote rule and every five years since 1980 ZANU PF has defended that right with blood and sweat and with elections. No one on earth should tell ZANU PF about democracy and human rights. The country will never be safe without ZANU PF.
So the sentiments displayed by Obert Mpofu are not words of fear but the truth and his beliefs.
In long words Obert Mpofu was simply saying “ We are in it to win it.” Surely any leader of a political party wishes to rule forever. Expressing your desire openly and freely can not be described as threat.
We know cde Obert Mpofu who has been a Former Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion of Zimbabwe. He served again as a minister of Home Affairs from 2017 to September 2018.
Previously he was Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion; Minister of Industry and International Trade; Minister of Mines and Mining Development; and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development. He was reappointed as Minister of Home Affairs in Mnangagwa’s first cabinet on 30 November 2017. Mpofu was later removed from the Zimbabwe cabinet in September 2018. Where he is now full time serving his party ZANU PF as the secretary of administration.
Like a coach of a team it is not a taboo to encourage your members by saying we will always win.
Always winning is the reason why we remain in power and why we participate in every election. It is not wrong to assure your supporters and members that ZANU PF will be in power for a long time.
With the way Chamisa changes names of his party you will not be surprised to see CCC adopting our revolutionary party’s name.
In 2015 a British Newspaper The Guardian wrote about the Tories plans to be the ruling party forever.
“Since the Conservatives’ narrow election victory, they have been quietly reshaping the political system to give them a permanent advantage. Will any other party be able to challenge their dominance in future?” Andy Beckett. American biographer of Lyndon Johnson, US president half a century ago, had dinner and answered questions from Osborne and selected Conservative MPs.
Johnson was a Democrat, and one of America’s most left-leaning leaders. But he was also famously ruthless. “I do understand power, whatever else may be said about me. I know where to look for it, and how to use it.”
This statement was never taken as outrageous because it was being said by an American close to the president.
Every one in Politics including the opposition too, is even more interested in power than most politicians. Chamisa is one person who is angling for a power grab no matter how he does it. the accumulation of it for him and his party, the denial of it to others. Chamisa is a political chess player.”
The CCC grand strategy is the calculated use of presumed violence against them to alter Zimbabweans permanently in the CCC favour.
The sanctions against Zimbabwe based on seemingly inflammatory statements could make a huge difference to the capacity of opposition parties to operate at level which gives them power to wrestle power from ZANU PF. Chamisa and his CCC and their front runner Hopeless Chin’ono bare fully aware that new sanctions could make a huge difference to the capacity of ZANU PF party to operate freely even though it is in power. To realise their aim the opposition now seek to use any thing everything to portray Zimbabwe as a Pariah state. The purpose of political parties is seen in the fact that Zimbabwe is a parliamentary democracy with various political parties. Political parties is part of a parliamentary democracy.The candidates are members of political parties. Citizens vote for the party of their choice and, in this way, influence government policy. The party comes to existence for the aole aim to be in power. Considering that power is the ultimate goal for any political party the party in power must do everything legal and reasonable to remain in power forever while those in opposition must find legal and political opinions to remain in power. This is what every serious politicians must aim to do.
For any one to castigate Obert Mpofu because he wishes to achieve the goal of his party is total madness.
The opposition must be ashamed by such utterances. It is a shame that the opposition has already approached the British MPs to lobby for more sanctions against Zimbabwe citing the speech by Obert Mpofu.
The reason for such an outcry is that the opposition are already building a case so that when they lose in 2023 as they will do they will use these statements for their fight against electoral results. Their aim is to portray Zimbabwe as a violent intolerant country which will never give democracy a chance. This planning by the CCC is the act of treason and a way of destabilising the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe.
A political party brings together people with the same political ideas. By taking part in an election, parties hope to get as many of their members as possible into a representative body, like parliament or a municipal council.
At the same time they try to hold as many posts as possible in the government, or in the municipal or provincial executive.
Political parties have various functions. One is promoting the interests of their voters. They also draw up party programmes. Citizens can join political parties, enabling them to help shape the party programme. For citizens to join a party they must know that it is not a game but a way of life which is permanent. Citizens need to know that their party of choice does not intend to give up power very fast. So comrade Obert Mpofu does not see his party losing very soon. So he assures cadres that we will be in power with power for a very very long time.
Under the terms of the Elections Act, anyone in the Zimbabwe can found a political party. Political parties wishing to participate in an election can contact the ZEC for more information.
A political party which intends to lose will not be taken serious. Obert Mpofu takes his party seriously and his statement is very correct ZANU PF will be in power for a very long time. It must be known that a political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country’s elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals.
The members of political parties coordinate to collectively achieve and use political power.
Many political parties are motivated by ideological goals. Opposition parties must always aim to: contribute to the creation of policy and legislation through constructive criticism not demonising ZANU PF or picking on petty issues.
The opposition must learn to oppose government proposals they disagree with and put forward their own policies in order to improve their chances of winning the next general election. Unfortunately CCC instead use their parrots like Hopeless Chin’ono to present Zimbabwe as an autocratic despotic outfit.
Staying in power is a sign of success for any political party. If a politician boldly states the intentions of his party he is not threatening.
Of course there are those who are threatened merely by the name ZANU PF.
Political parties are essential institutions of democracy. By competing in elections parties offer citizens a choice in governance, and while in opposition they can hold governments accountable. When citizens join political parties, volunteer their time, donate money and vote for their leaders, they are exercising their basic democratic rights. Participation of citizens in political parties offers unique benefits, including opportunities to influence policy choices, choose and engage political leaders, and run for office.
However, the opposition in Zimbabwe does not respect the rights of citizens to participate and are not accountable to voters it is accountable to the West thats why they rushed to report Obert Mpofu to Kate Hoey and a litany of British MPs.
Unlike these foreign supported parties ZANU PF supports the development of vibrant, accountable and inclusive multiparty systems that offer citizens meaningful choices and opportunities for political participation. ZANU PF with its administration is overseen by Obert Mpofu has a lot of work which includes knowledge and resource sharing, and aims to expand the participation of marginalized groups including: women, youth, ethnic and racial minorities, persons with disabilities, and gender and other minorities. ZANU PF’s assistance reaches across party organizations, from grassroots party members to mid-level party officials and senior party leaders and all Zimbabweans. The Party also facilitates constructive engagement between political parties and other institutions, such as civil society, the media and election management bodies. So to paint this party with smelling paint is satanic.
Obert Mpofu stands for continuance hence his statement that we as ZANU PF will continue in power for a long time to come.
Those castigating Obert Mpofu must remember that
Political parties perform an important task in government.
The basic purpose of political parties is to nominate candidates for public office and to get as many of them elected as possible. Once elected, these officials try to achieve the goals of their party through legislation and program initiatives not through sanctions.
In turn, elected officials must not only reflect the concerns of their own political party but must also try to attract support from people in their districts or provinces who belong to the other party. They do so by stating their goals in a general way so that voters are attracted to a broad philosophy without necessarily focusing on every specific issue. On this basis Obert Mpofu is fully correct when he persuades voters and encourages members by telling them that ZANU PF will be in office for a long long time.
Those who are after Obert Mpofu’s blood they must wake up.
One must remember that whether they are CCC or revolutionary, whether they are a union of notables or an organization of the masses, whether they function in a pluralistic democracy or in a monolithic dictatorship, parties have one function in common: they all participate to some extent in the exercise of political power, whether by forming a government or by exercising the function of opposition, a function that is often of crucial importance in the determination of national policy. POLITICAL PARTIES are out for power. So it is expected that once they get the power the must intend to keep it. It will be stupid to for any party to have power and give it up. Zanu pf Has power on behalf of the people.
Therefore there is nothing wrong in Obert Mpofu telling people that ZANU PF will rule for a long time. It will rule as long as people of Zimbabwe say so. ZANU PF is not controlled by CCC or the CCC handlers in the West or elsewhere. It does not surprise anyone why CCC and Chief Ndiweni rushed to Kate Hoey to complain about Obert Mpofu. Mhofu.
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To this end, we would like to issue an unreserved apology to our fans in Botswana for not making it to the Botswana show due to circumstances beyond our control.
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We know that the support and love that you have for Killer T will help us go through this experience which we regret.
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Addressing the Africa Diamond Producers Association in Victoria Falls on Thursday, ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa celebrated Zimbabwe’s taking on of the baton stick for the continental body.
Mnangagwa said his country will now protect the entire continent’s workers. He said in full:
“For too long, Africans have not been in control of our own resources – meaning we did not have control of our own destiny.
“Zimbabwe says no more to this exploitation.
“As incoming Chair of the ADPA, Zimbabwe will work relentlessly to protect African workers and African companies in the industry.”
READER COMMENTS:
The office of the president is highly esteemed hence people expect real and factual communication not propaganda all the time. On the ground the Chinese and Zanupf elites have replaced the western colonialists, we have new masters in town. They are ravaging our economy and displacing local people from their ancestral land, bribing their way through and have become untouchables. Chinese and Zanupf employers are abusing their workers and reports are made daily but nothing is changed. In Zimbabwe independence is still a pipe dream.
By- Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T has called for an urgent all-stakeholder national dialogue that will address the country’s socio-economic challenges.
The call was made by the party’s national chairman and Midlands senator, Morgen Komichi.
It comes after MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora privately met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House twice in the past twelve months.
Speaking to his supporters in Highfield last month, Mwonzora said he will meet Mnangagwa for talks soon after the 26 March by-elections.
Komichi said national dialogue has historically been key to solving the country’s problems, as evidenced by the Unity Accord of 22 December 1987 and the Global Political Agreement of 15 September 2008. Komichi said:
We are still waiting for the dates for the dialogue, but we want an all-inclusive dialogue that pursues an inclusive agenda.
This dialogue, in our view, should include stakeholders such as traditional leaders, labour, churches, civic society and all other key stakeholders, who will reach a consensus on the resolution of the economic crisis facing the country.
If the government is genuinely concerned about the people’s lives, it should call for dialogue among all Zimbabweans so that we can solve our problems, which are mainly economical.
This dialogue, which we are proposing should not be elitist, but should be stakeholders driven.
All our problems, starting from Lancaster talks up to 2009 during the MDC’s conflict with ZANU PF, have been resolved by dialogue.
Meanwhile, the MDC-T’s political capital has been eroded significantly by its failure to win a single parliamentary seat or ward in the 26 March by-elections.
By- Operation Dudula members have been implicated in the gruesome murder of a Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot, north of Johanessburg on Wednesday night.
Team24reported Nyathi’s family as saying the now-deceased had just returned from work when he was stoned and set on fire in the street by the mob.
Earlier in the day, police had clashed with protesters who were blocking roads and burning tyres, demanding that authorities take action against the high crime rate in the area.
In a statement, EFF blamed a vigilante group in South Africa that gained prominence by making door-to-door raids against perceived undocumented foreigners.
This was apparently in reference to Operation Dudula, a vigilante group whose leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini, whose real name is Ntlantla Mohlauhi joined the protest in Diepsloot. Pindula News is publishing he statement by EFF in full:
The EFF is dismayed and saddened by the painful news, that one Elvis Nyathi was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg in the early hours of this morning.
In tragic, disturbing and unsettling news, Nyathi was a victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that has gained prominence on the basis of targeting and othering African foreign nationals.
The painful images which are populating South African television screens today are the ashes of what was once a human being, who was burnt alive simply because he could not provide a passport to individuals who have taken the law into their own hands.
Elvis Nyathi is a human being who has lost his life because a group of people have enforced a dompas system in Johannesburg that has resulted in harassment, invasion of property, theft, assault and extortion.
These vigilante groups attribute all crimes in this country to foreign nationals, without any scientific or crime statistics to corroborate their claims.
As a result, it has become a syndicate that extorts people, hijacks houses, loots African-owned retail outlets, burns the stores of Africans and today bums a human being to ashes.
These are the consequences of endorsing and sponsoring vigilante groups by popular media and the ruling party itself, which seeks to scapegoat its inability to fight crime, create jobs and provide adequate healthcare, to foreign nationals.
It is an objective fact that the hospitals of South Africa are collapsing because of a government that has no internal capacity to develop and maintain healthcare infrastructure.
There are no jobs in South Africa because this government refuses to industrialise and has outsourced the duty of job creation and economic growth, to a parasitic private sector.
Crime in South Africa is spiralling out of control, because of an incompetent and self-obsessed Minister of Police who has factionalised the police force and has allowed criminality to brew in the security cluster.
Domestic violence and abuse are perpetrated by the men of this country and the infiltration of drugs in our communities is enabled by South Africans themselves.
It has however become convenient to blame foreign nationals for all of these social ills because those leading our society refuse to take responsibility.
The refusal of the ANC to take responsibility for its failures and its abdication of the duty to create jobs and fight crime has led to the brutal killing of an African brother.
The EFF has long warned that if the various groups which are mushrooming on the anti-immigration ticket are not stopped, it will end in a loss of life. It is unfortunate that in this instance, we have been proven correct.
The EFF will visit the family of Elvis Nyathi and ensure that justice is served to the family.
We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones, who have been robbed in the most brutal manner, of a father, a husband and a son.
May his soul rest in peace.
Note: “Dompass” was the official document that black people had to carry with them to prove their identity and where they could live or work in Apartheid South Africa.
By- South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has condemned the brutal murder of a Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi, by a vigilante group in Diepsloot, north of Johanessburg on Wednesday night.
Team24reported Nyathi’s family as saying the now-deceased had just returned from work when he was stoned and set on fire in the street by the mob.
Earlier in the day, police had clashed with protesters who were blocking roads and burning tyres, demanding that authorities take action against the high crime rate in the area.
In a statement, EFF blamed a vigilante group in South Africa that gained prominence by making door-to-door raids against perceived undocumented foreigners.
This was apparently in reference to Operation Dudula, a vigilante group whose leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini, whose real name is Ntlantla Mohlauhi joined the protest in Diepsloot. Below is the statement by EFF in full:
The EFF is dismayed and saddened by the painful news, that one Elvis Nyathi was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg in the early hours of this morning.
In tragic, disturbing and unsettling news, Nyathi was a victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that has gained prominence on the basis of targeting and othering African foreign nationals.
The painful images which are populating South African television screens today are the ashes of what was once a human being, who was burnt alive simply because he could not provide a passport to individuals who have taken the law into their own hands.
Elvis Nyathi is a human being who has lost his life because a group of people have enforced a dompas system in Johannesburg that has resulted in harassment, invasion of property, theft, assault and extortion.
These vigilante groups attribute all crimes in this country to foreign nationals, without any scientific or crime statistics to corroborate their claims.
As a result, it has become a syndicate that extorts people, hijacks houses, loots African-owned retail outlets, burns the stores of Africans and today bums a human being to ashes.
These are the consequences of endorsing and sponsoring vigilante groups by popular media and the ruling party itself, which seeks to scapegoat its inability to fight crime, create jobs and provide adequate healthcare, to foreign nationals.
It is an objective fact that the hospitals of South Africa are collapsing because of a government that has no internal capacity to develop and maintain healthcare infrastructure.
There are no jobs in South Africa because this government refuses to industrialise and has outsourced the duty of job creation and economic growth, to a parasitic private sector.
Crime in South Africa is spiralling out of control, because of an incompetent and self-obsessed Minister of Police who has factionalised the police force and has allowed criminality to brew in the security cluster.
Domestic violence and abuse are perpetrated by the men of this country and the infiltration of drugs in our communities is enabled by South Africans themselves.
It has however become convenient to blame foreign nationals for all of these social ills because those leading our society refuse to take responsibility.
The refusal of the ANC to take responsibility for its failures and its abdication of the duty to create jobs and fight crime has led to the brutal killing of an African brother.
The EFF has long warned that if the various groups which are mushrooming on the anti-immigration ticket are not stopped, it will end in a loss of life. It is unfortunate that in this instance, we have been proven correct.
The EFF will visit the family of Elvis Nyathi and ensure that justice is served to the family.
We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones, who have been robbed in the most brutal manner, of a father, a husband and a son.
May his soul rest in peace.
Note: “Dompass” was the official document that black people had to carry with them to prove their identity and where they could live or work in Apartheid South Africa.
By- MDC-T has called for an urgent all-stakeholder national dialogue that will address the country’s socio-economic challenges.
The call was made by the party’s national chairman and Midlands senator, Morgen Komichi.
It comes after MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora privately met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House twice in the past twelve months.
Speaking to his supporters in Highfield last month, Mwonzora said he will meet Mnangagwa for talks soon after the 26 March by-elections.
Komichi said national dialogue has historically been key to solving the country’s problems, as evidenced by the Unity Accord of 22 December 1987 and the Global Political Agreement of 15 September 2008. Komichi said:
We are still waiting for the dates for the dialogue, but we want an all-inclusive dialogue that pursues an inclusive agenda.
This dialogue, in our view, should include stakeholders such as traditional leaders, labour, churches, civic society and all other key stakeholders, who will reach a consensus on the resolution of the economic crisis facing the country.
If the government is genuinely concerned about the people’s lives, it should call for dialogue among all Zimbabweans so that we can solve our problems, which are mainly economical.
This dialogue, which we are proposing should not be elitist, but should be stakeholders driven.
All our problems, starting from Lancaster talks up to 2009 during the MDC’s conflict with ZANU PF, have been resolved by dialogue.
Meanwhile, the MDC-T’s political capital has been eroded significantly by its failure to win a single parliamentary seat or ward in the 26 March by-elections.
By A Correspondent- Nhlanhla Lux the leader of the South African based Xenophobic grouping has been linked to the stoning to death of a Zimbabwean man by locals in Diepsloot, Gauteng province.
Alvis Nyathi a Zimbabwean national was stoned to death by South Africans Wednesday who were demanding passports from foreign nationals.
The attack on Nyathi happened after the operation Dudula leader defied the police who had dispersed locals who were protesting against foreign nationals.
The cold blood murder happened barely 24 hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed the community who has stormed a local police station demanding the deportation of foreign nationals from the area.
By A Correspondent- South African in Diepsloot, Gauteng province have stoned a Zimbabwean man to death as xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals intensify.
The man identified as Alvis Nyathi was Wednesday killed by a mob that was asking for passports from foreign nationals.
The cold blood murder happened barely 24 hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed the community who has stormed a local police station demanding the deportation of foreign nationals from the area.
By A Correspondent| State Prosecutor Michael Reza has exposed his deep interests in a case in which a Harare businessman George Katsimberis is appearing in court on fraud charges, after he tried to force the continuation of trial in the absence of the accused’s lawyer Tawanda Kanengoni who was attending to another matter at the High Court.
Katsimberis who is being represented by Tawanda Kanengoni is embroiled in a long running legal battle with controversial land developer Kenneth Raydon Sharpe over a botched joint venture deal for the construction of cluster houses in Borrowdale.
Trial has since commenced with Sharpe’s aide Michael John Van Blerk testifying against Katsimberis.
Kanengoni had through Israel Mutumbwa indicated that he was unable to attend trial due to a commitment at the High Court but Reza tried to force the continuation of trial.
“Your worship, I confirm that I was given this letter this morning about an hour or so ago. I can confirm what my brother has said that attached is a notice of set down but I also notice the matter is to be heard at 12. It’s not as if the matter is to be heard at 0900hrs.
“I understand the predicament that my learned brother (Mutumbwa) faces because he also did not have a copy of this letter when I directly spoke with him but may be Mr Kanengoni ought to have come here so that if he had may be an hour or two hours that will still have left him with sufficient time to go to the High Court and argue his case only at 1200hrs your worship.
“The State has no problem for this matter to be stood down for 15 minutes so that Mr Kanengoni can come, cross examine the witness and then we can break to the 14th which date I confirm, I am available …that will be the State’s application,” said Reza.
However, Magistrate Muchuchuti ruled that Reza’s application was not feasible given the time that is needed for Kanengoni to prepare for the High Court sitting.
Trial was remanded to 14 April 2022 for continuation.
Reza is also prosecutor in another matter involving Pokugara Properties chief operations officer and Harare East legislator Tendai Biti, the latter has on several occasions sought his recusal citing bias.
Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel has admitted that his side has no chance of overturning the deficit suffered in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid.
The Blues lost 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, with Karim Benzema scoring a hat-trick for the visitors.
The defeat followed after the London-based side suffered a 4-1 loss to Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday.
Asked if Chelsea could still go through, Tuchel said: “No. Not at the moment. Because we have to find our level back. I don’t know where it is since the international break.
“We can’t demand ourselves to turn it around if this is our performance. How many clubs won with what we need? Perhaps it is only realistic to answer like this.
“If we keep playing like this we will lose at Southampton on Saturday and then we will get hammered at Bernabeu.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Real Madrid are on the brink of advancing to the Champions League semifinals after Karim Benzema guided Los Blancos to an impressive and deserved 3-1 win over Chelsea in a rainy and windy Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. The French superstar produced two brilliant headers and scored on an Eduoard Mendy mistake, recording back-to-back hat tricks in the UCL. Benzema’s three in the second leg of the round of 16 saw Real bounce PSG from the competition, and he was just as hot in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The 34-year-old veteran now has 37 goals in 36 games for his club this season.
The Blues, winners of this tie in the semifinals last season en route to the title, were thoroughly outplayed on a soaked pitch at Stamford Bridge. Real took the lead 21 minutes in, and it took just 25 minutes for Benzema to score all three, putting his first two away on sensational headers. Here’s the first:
The second came on another header with delicate, top-tier placement, and the third came less than a minute into the second half on a shocking Mendy mistake.
Chelsea had no answer for Vinicius Junior playing on the back shoulder of the defense. When he crashed a shot off of the bar in the opening minutes of the match, it should’ve been a warning sign before he got free to assist Benzema. Part of the reason why he was able to play like that was confidence that Luca Modric would find everyone in attack as the Croatian midfielder had another magnificent day orchestrating play from deep.
Chelsea finished the match with 20 shots, 12 more than Real Madrid, but they have very little to show for it and face a massive uphill climb in the second leg. Former Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois is part of the reason behind that as he made a few impressive saves during the match to ensure that Chelsea couldn’t get much going.
After losing to Brentford 4-1 on the weekend, defense has to be a concern for Thomas Tuchel as his side has now allowed seven goals in their last two matches. The Blues don’t have many options to change things either as with Romelu Lukaku out of form, it’s not like they can pull out a traditional striker and Tuchel seems to feel the same.
When asked if the tie was still alive, Tuchel simply said “no,” adding, “We have to find our level back. I don’t know where it is since the international break, the first half is a repetition of the second half against Brentford.”
With Chelsea only being down two goals and also having big Premier League games on the horizon, hopefully the players take this as a challenge otherwise, things may get ugly.- CBSSports
Ovarian cysts are solid or fluid-filled pockets in or on your ovary.
They’re common, especially in women who are pregnant or who haven’t gone through qmenopause yet. Most of the time, they’re painless and harmless.
You might get one every month as part of your menstrual cycle and never know it. They usually go away on their own without treatment.
A cyst becomes a problem when it doesn’t go away or gets bigger. It can become painful.
There’s also the possibility of cancer, but it’s rare. The chances go up as you get older.
Ovarian Cyst Symptoms
Most ovarian cysts are small and don’t cause any problems.
When there are symptoms, you might have pressure, bloating, swelling, or pain in one side of your lower belly.
This pain may be sharp or dull, and it can come and go.
Sudden, severe belly pain
Pain with fever and throwing up
Dizziness, weakness, or feeling faint
Fast breathing
These things could mean your cyst has caused the ovary to twist.
Ovarian Cyst Causes Most cysts are “functional.”
They’re a part of your monthly cycle.
Types of Cysts Follicle cyst.
Your ovaries usually release one egg each month. It grows inside a tiny sac called a follicle.
When th HBe egg is ready, the follicle breaks open and releases it.
If the sac doesn’t open, it causes a follicle cyst. These often go away in 1 to 3 months.
Corpus luteum cyst.
Once the egg is released, the empty follicle usually shrinks and helps get ready for the next egg.
It becomes a cyst when it closes back up and fluid collects inside. It may go away in a few weeks. But it may bleed or cause pain as it grows.
Others are nonfunctional. In some women, their ovaries make a lot of small cysts.
This condition is called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
It can make it hard to get pregnant. Other nonfunctional cysts may be caused by cancer.
Ovarian Cyst Risk Factors
Things that may make you more likely to get ovarian cysts include:
Hormonal problems. Taking the fertility drug to help you ovulate can increase your risk of cysts.
Pregnancy
The cyst that forms during ovulation may stay on your ovary after you get pregnant and throughout your pregnancy.
Endometriosis. Cells that usually line the inside of your uterus grow outside it.
These wayward cells can attach to your ovary and cause a cyst to grow.
A severe pelvic infection. If this spreads to your ovaries, it can cause cysts there.
A previous ovarian cyst. If you’ve had at least one ovarian cyst before, you’re more likely to get others
Ovarian Cyst Complications
Some women can have unusual complications with ovarian cysts. Your doctor might pick these up during a pelvic exam, so it’s important to get regular checkups.
Ovarian torsion. If cysts grow large, they can make the ovary move and twist.
This twisting (ovarian torsion) is very painful. Rupture.
Cysts can break open, causing severe pain and bleeding, especially if the cysts are large. Vaginal sex and other activities can make a rupture more likely.
A ruptured cyst sometimes heals on its own, but often, it’s a medical emergency. Infected ovarian cyst. An ovarian cyst can develop in response to a pelvic infection, forming an abscess. If the abscess bursts, dangerous bacteria can spread through your body.
Ovarian Cyst Treatment
Most cysts go away on their own. Your doctor may suggest watching and waiting for changes.
Your doctor can give you medicine for pain. They might also prescribe birth control pills.
The hormones in the pills won’t make the cysts go away, but they can help prevent new ones.
Some ovarian cysts need surgery. That includes those that are large, don’t go away, or cause symptoms.
You could also need surgery if you’re near menopause, because cysts are more likely to be cancerous.
Depending on your case, the surgeon may take just the cyst or the entire ovary.
There are different types of surgery:
Laparoscopy is for smaller cysts. The doctor makes a tiny cut above or below your bellybutton.
A small tool with a camera allows your doctor to see inside, and a different tool removes the cyst or ovary. You probably won’t have to stay in hi the hospital overnight.
Laparotomy is for cysts that may be cancerous. It is done with a bigger cut in the belly.
*Mrs. Sandra Sadziwa is a senior nurse working at private medical facility in Harare.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission( ZEC) to court for rigging elections.
CCC Mutasa Central (15) has a raised a litany of irregularities in court papers.
See statement below:
Citizens Coalition For Change Mutasa Central Ward 15 takes ZEC to court over vote rigging.
07 April 2022
Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) Namibia would like to register its continuous solidarity with Mutasa Central Ward 15 which suffered from electoral malpractices on the 26th March by-elections.
The district supports the ward’s resolution to take ZEC to the Electoral Court contesting a festival of irregularities before,during and after the poll. It is now imperative to give all the moral,material and financial assistance to our foot soldiers who are enduring unprecedented torture, inhuman treatment and intimidation of voters in the motherland.
We have noted with fury that Zanu PF bases were dotted around 8 polling stations in Mutasa Central Ward 15. These bases were used to intimidate voters coercing them into voting the clueless ZanuPF.
What perturbs yellow revolutionaries in Namibia is that one polling station alone registered 210 assisted voters, a centre that under sane circumstances recorded 8-10 assisted voters. The huge discrepancies in the number of assisted voters between 2018 and 2022 elections are quite hypnotising and transfixing.
In 2018, Mutasa Central Ward 15 exhibited only 8-10 assisted voters but all of a sudden the ward witnessed astronomical numbers amounting to 349 voters out of 1461.
Remember that Zimbabwe is undoubtedly one of the most literate countries in Africa and the world with approximately over 90% literacy rate. It boggles the mind to witness people being compelled to be illiterate so that ZanuPF thugs could vote for them.
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges Mutasa Central Ward 15 to exhaust all remedies to defeat rigging of the people’s voice.
In addition to that, our people were frogmarched to ZanuPF meetings organised by traditional leaders who are being abused by the satanic Harare regime. We demand the neutrality of traditional leaders and the independence of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to avoid contested election results.
The assisted voter phenomenon became the game changer in Mutasa Central Ward 15 hence the need to approach the courts for justice. Defending the vote should start now before 2023! It is foolhardy to believe that with a literacy rate of about 96%, we have 10% voter disability! We demand free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe.
We applaud Mutasa Central Ward 15 for embracing our agenda 2022 which is quite clear on the need to have citizens’ action for change. The people’s vote needs protection from the captured state institutions. According to our yellow leadership in the ward, the presiding officers were informed about these irregularities but nothing was done to address that. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia is cobra-headed after giving all the moral , material and financial assistance to defend the vote. The district supports the initiative to take these rigging shenanigans head on. There is need to do everything peaceful in our means to defend the votes.
Furthermore, Mutasa Central Ward 15 is not the only one that suffered from this electoral fraud. Before the election, we saw Mboneni Ncube butchered in Kwekwe and dozens injured. The district witnessed incessant banning of our rallies in Gokwe, Marondera and Masvingo which is rigging in its own right. Our polling agents were being harassed and beaten by the satanic ZanuPF thugs on the election day in various parts of the country such as Epworth, KweKwe, Mwenezi, Gokwe, Chivi only to mention but a few.
In Makoni North, specifically Maruma Primary School Ward 4, our agent refused to sign the V11 forms because the elections were marred by rigging and vote buying. ZanuPF members including MP James Munetsi were gathered at 320 metres from the polling station coercing and intimidating yellow revolutionaries compelling them to pretend to be illiterate. This muzzling of the people’s right to vote must be resisted with equal measure. Let’s support Mutasa Central Ward 15 in its effort to promote an even political field which is free from voter manipulation by the sadist regime.
It’s very sad that the outcome of the poll did not reflect the will of the people. Voters were threatened,intimidated and coerced into surrendering their fundamental basic human right to elect candidates of their choice. We should pursue court petitions all over the disputed results across the breadths and lengths of the motherland. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia demands the independence of the judiciary.
Tinashe Sambiri| Zimbabwe will never be a one-party State again, Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
In a statement on Twitter, President Chamisa described the harassment of newly- elected CCC members by the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda as unfortunate.
“ZIMBABWE SHALL NEVER BE A ONE-PARTY STATE!!Turning parliament Yellow…
In a New Great Zimbabwe, a thriving multiparty democracy based on mutual respect, dialogue and tolerance shall prevail.
The alternative shall be officially recognized and supported.Opposition is not enmity.
Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting Citizens’ Coalition For Change vice president Hon Tendai Biti says the Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda has no constitutional right to block elected MPs from entering the august house.
According to Hon Biti, there is no specific clause that prohibits legislators from wearing certain colours.
“After the Citizens MPs blocked from accessing Parliament because of wearing yellow ties.
The people’s MP @BitiTendai challenged the decision by Speaker of Parliament as illegal and unconstitutional act,” CCC Harare East said in a statement.
#WATCH:After the Citizens MPs blocked from accessing Parliament because of wearing yellow ties. The people's MP @BitiTendai challenged the decision by Speaker of Parliament as illegal and unconstitutional act.#RegisterToVoteZW2023#NgaapindeHakeMukomana
Tinashe Sambiri| Zimbabwe will never be a one-party State again, Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
In a statement on Twitter, President Chamisa described the harassment of newly- elected CCC members by the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda as unfortunate.
“ZIMBABWE SHALL NEVER BE A ONE-PARTY STATE!!Turning parliament Yellow…
In a New Great Zimbabwe, a thriving multiparty democracy based on mutual respect, dialogue and tolerance shall prevail.
The alternative shall be officially recognized and supported.Opposition is not enmity.
By A Correspondent| Police have commenced conducting an inquest to ascertain the cause of death of a Chivhu woman, who died last year from injuries sustained as a result of severe assault and torture by its officers.
Mukaro, a mother of two, died early in September 2021 from injuries sustained as a result of the severe assault and torture inflicted uponher by Detective Steven Dondo and some police officers in a “Darkroom”at Chivhu Police Station, where she was detained after being accusedof stealing US$1 000.
The inquest to establish the death of Sharai Mukaro began on Wednesday30 March 2022 at Chivhu Magistrates Court and continued on Thursday 31March 2022 with Detective Dondo testifying and claiming that Mukaro’shusband Pastor Abinel Mukaro had told him that she had some heartproblems.
However, three witnesses namely Pastor Mukaro, the deceased’s husband, her daughter Ivy Mukaro and Pastor Mukaro’s workmate Pastor Nelson Chirambadare, told the court that Sharai wasassaulted under her feet by ZRP officers while in police custody.
According to a medical report, the cause of death of Sharai was as aresult of blood clots and indicated that several blows were inflictedupon her.
The inquest was only instituted after Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights issued a notice of intention to sueon Detective Dondo, ZRP Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe. In thenotice of intention to sue, Chinopfukutwa stated that Dondo fatally assaulted Mukaro after having threatened to kill her.
Chinopfukutwaprotested that the conduct of police officers who tortured Mukaro todeath is a breach of the constitutional obligation of the PoliceService to protect and secure the lives of Zimbabwean citizens asprovided for under Section 219(1)(c) of the Constitution.
The human rights lawyer also formally requested that the criminal investigations on the death of the deceased which were being handled by police officers from Chivhu Police Station be conducted by lawenforcement agents from another police station as he does not reasonably expect police officers at Chivhu Police Station to investigate themselves and accord justice to his clients, who arePastor Mukaro and Ivy.
By A Correspondent| Zimbabwean authorities are intensifying their onslaught against dissent with several people across the country appearing incourt answering to charges of undermining authority of or insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
In Shurugwi, 48 year-old Maria Mapfumo was recently arrested by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, who charged her withundermining authority of or insulting President Mnangagwa in contravention of Section 33 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.In court, prosecutors accused Mapfumo of using derogatory language to insult President Mnangagwa during an altercation with Bernard Dangi, a ZANU PF Councillor under Tongogara Rural District Council in Shurugwi, wherein the 48 year-old woman allegedly stated that Dangi and President Mnangagwa were murderers who can connive to kill herhusband. Mapfumo’s husband, who is employed as a teacher had been accused by Dangi of abdicating his teaching duties and engaging in political activities.
Mapfumo, who was represented by Hillary Garikayi of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), was also charged with criminal insult as defined in Section 95 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for allegedly impairing the dignity of Dangi.
In Hwange, Mehlo Mpala, a 42 year-old man recently appeared at Dete Magistrates Court answering to the same charge of contravening Section33(2)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act forallegedly undermining or insulting the authority of President Mnangagwa.
Mpala, who is employed as a train engineer, was accused of acting unlawfully after he criticised Nyambe Mathe, a war veteran and theZANU PF party Chairperson for Ward 16 while at Cross Dete Business Centre for wearing ZANU PF party regalia comprising of a T-shirt and acap emblazoned with a picture of President Mnangagwa, whom the trainengineer accused of causing a lot of suffering for Zimbabweans.
Prosecutors alleged that Mpala told Mathe that he was wearing a good pair of shoes and trousers except for the cap and T-shirt which he said was “rubbish” stuff and that President Mnangagwa’s picture on hisparty regalia was not good.
ZLHR lawyer Jabulani Mhlanga, who represented Mpala challenged the prosecution of the train engineer without obtaining authority to prosecute from the Prosecutor-General and he was removed from remandand the State was ordered to summon him should it still want to proceed with prosecuting him.
In Bindura, Tinotenda Majuru, a 24 year-old man is scheduled to stand trial on 12 April on the same charges of undermining authority of orinsulting President Mnangagwa after he allegedly snatched beer and a ZANU PF party branded cap from another resident at Chiwaridzo BusinessCentre.
Majuru, who is self employed as a car washer at Chiwaridzo Business Centre, was accused of using some derogatory words in criticising President Mnangagwa during an altercation with Samson Waraza.Majuru, who was granted free bail by Magistrate Samantha Dhlamini, is represented by Ernest Jena of ZLHR.
On 4 April 2022, Clapaton Redi, a 42 year-old man will be on trial at Mbare Magistrates Court on charges of undermining or insulting the authority of President Mnangagwa.
Redi, who was arrested in December 2021 and is represented by Paidamoyo Saurombe of ZLHR, is accused of insulting President Mnangagwa on 14 December 2021 in Mbare high-density suburb by utteringsome disparaging comments about the ruling ZANU PF leader.
In Seke, 27 year-old Leonard Mutsa Mukuya will appear at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court on 8 April 2022 answering to charges of undermining authority of or insulting President Mnangagwa as defined in Section 33of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act after he allegedly made some utterances which some law enforcement agents claimed would engender feelings of hostility towards the ZANU PF party leader.
Prosecutors claim that Mukuya on 12 February 2022 and at Damview Recreational Centre in Chitungwiza unlawfully and with intent to cause hatred, contempt and ridicule towards President Mnangagwa used offensive language in criticising the country’s leader during aconversation with Takudzwa Chitiga.
Mukuya, who is represented by Gift Mtisi of ZLHR, allegedly approachedChitiga, who was wearing a ZANU PF party T-shirt which had PresidentMnangagwa’s picture on it, and questioned him for supporting theruling party.
By- Harare City Council councillors failed to elect a new mayor for the city on Tuesday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.
Some MDC Alliance councillors boycotted the meeting, with some reports claiming that there was a plan to elevate acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa to fill the vacant post before the swearing-in of 28 CCC councillors on Thursday.
Chamber secretary Warren Chiwawa said that only 12 councillors attended, therefore, the meeting was postponed to Wednesday or Thursday.
Meanwhile, ZANU PF councillor for Mbare Ward 4 Martin Matinyanya criticised the absentee councillors for allegedly not taking council business seriously. He said:
This is the third time a meeting has been aborted because people are not sitting in for the meetings.
These same people are Nelson Chamisa’s puppets and do not consider poor services residents are receiving.
Harare service delivery is at a standstill, we need to improve yet other councillors are boycotting such important meetings.
These same councillors who are absent today are never late or absent from a workshop because they are very good at collecting per-diems.
The City of Harare will elect a new mayor to replace Jacob Mafume who was recalled by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Mafume was elected Harare mayor after Herbert Gomba was recalled by the MDC Alliance.
By A Correspondent- Authorities at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights reported that Tiny Masvaure, she ended up staying at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for more than three months in an isolated ward after her baby now aged one year and four months-old, had her leg amputated on 19 January 2021 because the leg had been infected.
“According to Masvaure, when she gave birth to her baby on 23 December 2020 at Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Hospital, which is housed at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, she was told that there were no complications with the baby besides her being slightly under weight and she was advised that though she was a premature baby, she was healthy and the hospital wanted the baby to get up to 1.6kgs from her birth weight of 1.535 kgs before she gets discharged from hospital,” ZLHR said.
“The minor’s mother was further advised by the hospital authorities that her child would be placed on anti-biotic to prevent infections and she checked with the hospital whether the baby had infections to necessitate the administration of the antibiotic but she was informed that it was just a precautionary measure considering that she was a premature baby.
Masvaure says a cannula was then inserted on her baby’s hand and after two days she noticed that the baby’s hand was swelling and she proceeded to inform the nursing sisters who at first resisted her but after she insisted that her baby’s hand was swelling, the cannula was removed and pus was coming out from where the cannula had been sighted.
On 8 January 2021, the cannula was re-sighted onto the child’s leg and again after some hours, Masvaure realised that the baby’s leg was getting swollen and she immediately alerted the nursing staff who dismissed her as a troublesome parent and told her that it was normal for the leg to swell. The swelling continued with the baby’s leg changing colour and getting cold as compared to the other leg.
Masvaure did not relent on alerting the hospital staff who ignored her despite the baby crying continuously and appearing very uncomfortable.
An aggrieved Masvaure has now engaged Paidamoyo Saurombe of ZLHR, who recently wrote a letter of complaint to Parirenyatwa Groups of Hospitals and to the Ministry of Health and Child Care protesting and arguing that the unfortunate neglect and abuse of the baby by the hospital staff despite the protestations of the mother, had led to the minor’s leg being amputated.
Saurombe stated that authorities at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals made verbal admissions to Masvaure about the negligence and dereliction that had resulted in the baby being amputated and some overtures were also made to remedy the minor’s unfortunate situation.
However, no record has been provided to Masvaure despite her consistent demands that she be provided with hospital records. Instead, Masvaure consistently receives notifications of payments that she should make to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for the treatment her baby received from the medical facility.
Masvaure’s baby is now over a year-old and now that she is attempting to walk and stand and without one leg, she faces the grave danger of injuring her spine which will worsen her situation and confine her into a wheel chair for life.
Although Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals promised to provide a prosthetic leg when the baby was nine months-old, the promises have all but been empty.
Upon further medical advice Masvaure has also since been told that the amputation was not done procedurally as the baby would need constant operations as she grows up because of the bone that will be growing.
Saurombe asked Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals to provide Masvaure with all hospital records regarding her baby, all minutes on the investigations conducted on how the minor came to be amputated, provide a prosthetic leg for the baby and a comprehensive compensation plan for past and future medical expenses incurred and to be borne by the minor.
The human rights lawyer argued that according to Section 62 of the Constitution, which provides for access to information, Masvaure is entitled to be furnished with the requested information. In addition, Saurombe said Section 19(2)(c) of the Constitution obliges State authorities to protect children from maltreatment, neglect or any form of abuse.
He said failure to positively respond to Masvaure’s demands will leave him with no option but to employ legal measures to obtain the requested medical records
By A Correspondent- South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has condemned the brutal murder of a Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi, by a vigilante group in Diepsloot, north of Johanessburg on Wednesday night.
Team24reported Nyathi’s family as saying the now-deceased had just returned from work when he was stoned and set on fire in the street by the mob.
Earlier in the day, police had clashed with protesters who were blocking roads and burning tyres, demanding that authorities take action against the high crime rate in the area.
In a statement, EFF blamed a vigilante group in South Africa that gained prominence by making door-to-door raids against perceived undocumented foreigners.
This was apparently in reference to Operation Dudula, a vigilante group whose leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini, whose real name is Ntlantla Mohlauhi joined the protest in Diepsloot. Pindula News is publishing he statement by EFF in full:
The EFF is dismayed and saddened by the painful news, that one Elvis Nyathi was stoned and burnt to death in Diepsloot, Johannesburg in the early hours of this morning.
In tragic, disturbing and unsettling news, Nyathi was a victim of the indiscriminate door-to-door raids by a vigilante group that has gained prominence on the basis of targeting and othering African foreign nationals.
The painful images which are populating South African television screens today are the ashes of what was once a human being, who was burnt alive simply because he could not provide a passport to individuals who have taken the law into their own hands.
Elvis Nyathi is a human being who has lost his life because a group of people have enforced a dompas system in Johannesburg that has resulted in harassment, invasion of property, theft, assault and extortion.
These vigilante groups attribute all crimes in this country to foreign nationals, without any scientific or crime statistics to corroborate their claims.
As a result, it has become a syndicate that extorts people, hijacks houses, loots African-owned retail outlets, burns the stores of Africans and today bums a human being to ashes.
These are the consequences of endorsing and sponsoring vigilante groups by popular media and the ruling party itself, which seeks to scapegoat its inability to fight crime, create jobs and provide adequate healthcare, to foreign nationals.
It is an objective fact that the hospitals of South Africa are collapsing because of a government that has no internal capacity to develop and maintain healthcare infrastructure.
There are no jobs in South Africa because this government refuses to industrialise and has outsourced the duty of job creation and economic growth, to a parasitic private sector.
Crime in South Africa is spiralling out of control, because of an incompetent and self-obsessed Minister of Police who has factionalised the police force and has allowed criminality to brew in the security cluster.
Domestic violence and abuse are perpetrated by the men of this country and the infiltration of drugs in our communities is enabled by South Africans themselves.
It has however become convenient to blame foreign nationals for all of these social ills because those leading our society refuse to take responsibility.
The refusal of the ANC to take responsibility for its failures and its abdication of the duty to create jobs and fight crime has led to the brutal killing of an African brother.
The EFF has long warned that if the various groups which are mushrooming on the anti-immigration ticket are not stopped, it will end in a loss of life. It is unfortunate that in this instance, we have been proven correct.
The EFF will visit the family of Elvis Nyathi and ensure that justice is served to the family.
We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones, who have been robbed in the most brutal manner, of a father, a husband and a son.
May his soul rest in peace.
Note: “Dompass” was the official document that black people had to carry with them to prove their identity and where they could live or work in Apartheid South Africa.
Citizens Coalition for Change youth leader Cecelia Chimbiri has expressed reservations on the move by former MDC-T Harare provincial spokesperson Fungai Chiposi to cross floors following his fallout with Douglas Mwonzora.
Chiposi announced that he was joining CCC as an ordinary member after breaking ranks with Mwonzora.
“The By-Elections of 26 March 2022 were an eye-opener for many including me. The people spoke and their voice was unanimous.
“Further, one on one in-person discussions with my team and residents of Kambuzuma, revealed that the people want a change of government and have placed their faith in CCC led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa.
“I have therefore decided to become an ordinary supporter of the Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Advocate Chamisa.
“I wish to be clear that I have not approached any of the CCC leaders before making this decision. I am not expecting any position in the party. I am an ordinary supporter of the party and will engage friends and family to come and support the citizens movement,” said Chiposi in a public statement shared on Twitter.
But Chimbiri said she is not comfortable relating with someone who spread lies on social media that she faked abduction.
“One who said we faked an abduction , one who rewrote my ordeal together with @JoanaMamombe @MarovaNetsai . one who added salt to injury It’s personal for me because I still have wounds on top of that being persecuted . I’m supposed to smile and just welcome because ??,” said Chimbiri.
Chiposi was dismissed from MDC-T after openly stating that they were rejected by the people because of their association with Douglas Mwonzora whom they accused of dining with the ruling Zanu PF party.
Following a humiliating electoral defeat in the just-ended by-elections, MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has allegedly gone on a purging spree against members who question his leadership and the party’s poor performance in the March 26 polls.
Mwonzora’s MDC Alliance failed to win a single seat, with 19 of the 28 National Assembly seats being won by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa, while Zanu PF bagged nine.CCC also bagged 75 of the 122 local authority seats while Zanu PF got 47.
The MDC Alliance has blamed its failure on a wrong strategy.
“We got our strategy wrong. Someone was asking ‘how come you got your strategy wrong?’ This is my answer; Lionel Messi misses a penalty, doesn’t he? Diego Maradona missed a penalty, didn’t he? So strategists get strategies wrong sometimes,” Mwonzora said.
However, some of the candidates have openly questioned his leadership qualities, leading to their suspension or expulsion.
Mwonzora’s axe first fell on MDC-T Harare chairperson and losing Epworth parliamentary candidate Zivanai Mhetu.
“People in Epworth loved me. They wanted me to be their MP, but they did not like the party that I was representing,” Mhetu told NewsDay.
He said Mwonzora suspended him from the party verbally and was barred from the party headquarters.
“They hired party youths, bouncers and riot police so that they could bar me from attending a national council meeting,” he said.
Fungai Chiposi, MDC Alliance losing candidate for Kambuzuma, has also renounced his MDC-T membership after being expelled from MDC Alliance WhatsApp groups.
“I was removed from all Harare province social media groups. I have not received any explanation of why the party took these drastic actions. I, however, accept the decision to expel me from the party and I am, therefore, no longer a member,” Chiposi said.
In an apparent attack on Mwonzora, the party’s chairperson Morgen Komichi said: “No individual had the right to suspend any member without following due party processes.”
“There is reported harassment of some members of the party. Arbitrary decisions should not be left to party members to carry out willy-nilly, but if there is need to adhere to disciplinary measures, all members are enjoined to follow the due process of disciplinary proceedings,” Komichi said in a statement on Monday.
By- Zanu PF leaders in Masvingo Province have blamed non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for the ruling party’s loss to CCC in urban wards in Masvingo in the 26 March by-elections.
Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa accused NGOs of giving money to people to persuade them to vote for CCC.
Mavhenyengwa singled out Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) as the culprit and warned that the ruling party has devised a counter-strategy ahead of the 2023 elections. He said:
We have done several meetings and it emerged that there were some organizations including COTRAD who were giving people money in urban wards.
We, therefore, came up with strategies that we will implement as we go into the 2023 harmonized elections but we can’t publicly speak about them right now.
Another thing that we noted is that there was generally low voter turnout on elections day so we will work very hard to win urban wards come 2023. I am confident that we will win more urban seats.
However, COTRAD Programs Manager, Zivanai Muzorodzi rejected the allegations, saying they are without foundation. He said:
Those are baseless allegations because we were simply observing the pre-election, voting process and post-election period.
People should learn to differentiate civic society and political parties because we are not aligned to any party.
Zanu PF arguably has a disdain for NGOs since the early 2000s as it accused them of funding the opposition MDC to effect regime change.
By- A West Nicholson businessman has fought and disarmed three armed robbers who had stormed his shop.
The defeated robbers broke into his shop demanded.
He wrestled one of the robbers holding a firearm before eventually getting assistance from neighbours.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said the armed robber was disarmed by members of the public but the other two fled when they noticed that the businessman’s neighbours were coming. The suspect, Doubt Munsaka (23) is now in police custody. ZRP’s posted on its Twitter page: Police in West Nicholson arrested Doubt Munsaka (23) for attempted robbery and recovered a revolver gun. The suspect together with two others, who are still at large, pounced at a local businessman’s house at Rodgers Compound before pointing the firearm at the complainant while demanding cash.
The victim wrestled one of the suspects, who was holding a revolver gun while calling for assistance from neighbours. On noticing that the neighbours were coming to rescue the complainant, the two other suspects escaped. The suspect was apprehended and disarmed by the public.
By-The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has urged communities to stay away from stray buffaloes and desist from provoking wild animals.
This comes after herds of buffaloes were recently spotted in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces.
Tecla Muvori, a local villager in Svinurai and Mawadze in Zaka, Masvingo, said four stray buffaloes were spotted in the area. She said:
Ever since the buffaloes were spotted, we can no longer go out and herd our cattle near the hillocks where the buffaloes often graze.
Buffaloes are deadly, highly temperamental animals that can attack human beings without provocation.
The animals must be removed from our midst as soon as possible.
Zimparks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo urged villagers to avoid interfering with the stray wild animals’ movements. Said Farawo:
If I am not mistaken, this is the same herd that was also spotted in Chiadzwa in Manicaland.
As ZimParks, we are always on high alert and I urge communities not to provoke wild animals and to give them space for free passage.
By- Zimdancehall musician Killer T has apologised to his fans for failing to travel to Botswana for a scheduled show last Saturday despite receiving the full US$2 000 payment for the performance in advance.
In a Facebook post the Zimdancehall chanted said he failed to travel to Botswana for the show due to circumstances beyond his control but vowed that “it will not happen again”.
Below is his statement:
We would like to reassure our fans in Zimbabwe and outside Zimbabwe that we are 100% committed to fulfilling shows. We owe it to you, our fans.
We are grateful for your support over the years and we can never thank you our fans enough for all the support you have given us since we started this journey some years ago.
To this end, we would like to issue an unreserved apology to our fans in Botswana for not making it to the Botswana show due to circumstances beyond our control.
For that, we apologise and emphasize that this was never our intention to leave you our fans disappointed. Makatikoshera (we appreciate you).
We know that the support and love that you have for Killer T will help us go through this experience which we regret.
Brighter and happy days are ahead and we shall sing along together at our upcoming shows as always. We owe you that.
We will do what is within our reach to make sure we reach a mutual resolution to the issue at hand.
To our fans in Zimbabwe, Killer T is indebted for all the support you have shown us during the Inzwai Kuchemawo Mambo album Tours which have seen us perform around most parts of the country.
The love you have shown us has amazed us and we owe you more happy moments together at our shows and gigs – you can count on us.
To our fans outside Zimbabwe, both Zimbabweans and those from other countries, we want to assure you that we will take all measures within our control to be at all our confirmed shows.
We will not let you down and we will make all efforts to make sure we give you energetic performances. We are here for you and we understand all the disappointment. It will not happen again.
Once again as Killer T, management and Hot Property, we apologise to our fans in Botswana for this mishap and we want to re-assure you that we will make all efforts to make sure we do not disappoint you again.
By- Harare City Council councillors failed to elect a new mayor for the city on Tuesday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.
Some MDC Alliance councillors boycotted the meeting, with some reports claiming that there was a plan to elevate acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa to fill the vacant post before the swearing-in of 28 CCC councillors on Thursday.
Chamber secretary Warren Chiwawa said that only 12 councillors attended, therefore, the meeting was postponed to Wednesday or Thursday.
Meanwhile, ZANU PF councillor for Mbare Ward 4 Martin Matinyanya criticised the absentee councillors for allegedly not taking council business seriously. He said:
This is the third time a meeting has been aborted because people are not sitting in for the meetings.
These same people are Nelson Chamisa’s puppets and do not consider poor services residents are receiving.
Harare service delivery is at a standstill, we need to improve yet other councillors are boycotting such important meetings.
These same councillors who are absent today are never late or absent from a workshop because they are very good at collecting per-diems.
The City of Harare will elect a new mayor to replace Jacob Mafume who was recalled by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Mafume was elected Harare mayor after Herbert Gomba was recalled by the MDC Alliance.
We would like to reassure our fans in Zimbabwe and outside Zimbabwe that we are 100% committed to fulfilling shows.
We owe it to you, our fans.
We are grateful for your support over the years and we can never thank you our fans enough for all the support you have given us since we started this journey some years ago.
To this end, we would like to issue an unreserved apology to our fans in Botswana for not making it to the Botswana show due to circumstances beyond our control.
For that, we apologise and emphasize that this was never our intention to leave you our fans disappointed. Makatikoshera (we appreciate you).
We know that the support and love that you have for Killer T will help us go through this experience which we regret.
Brighter and happy days are ahead and we shall sing along together at our upcoming shows as always. We owe you that.
We will do what is within our reach to make sure we reach a mutual resolution to the issue at hand.
To our fans in Zimbabwe, Killer T is indebted for all the support you have shown us during the Inzwai Kuchemawo Mambo album Tours which have seen us perform around most parts of the country.
The love you have shown us has amazed us and we owe you more happy moments together at our shows and gigs – you can count on us.
To our fans outside Zimbabwe, both Zimbabweans and those from other countries, we want to assure you that we will take all measures within our control to be at all our confirmed shows.
We will not let you down and we will make all efforts to make sure we give you energetic performances. We are here for you and we understand all the disappointment. It will not happen again.
Once again as Killer T, management and Hot Property, we apologise to our fans in Botswana for this mishap and we want to re-assure you that we will make all efforts to make sure we do not disappoint you again.
By- MDC-T Harare provincial spokesperson Fungai Chiposi said that he rejected calls from the party’s suspended Harare provincial chairman Zivai Mhetu to remove Douglas Mwonzora .
Chiposi said there were calls to remove Mwonzora following the party’s poor performance in the 26 March National Assembly and local authority by-elections.
Chiposi was the MDC Alliance candidate for Kambuzuma while Mhetu contested in Epworth. The duo lost dismally.
The MDC-T, despite contesting as the MDC Alliance in a move interpreted by political observers as a desperate attempt to ride on Nelson Chamisa’s popularity in 2018, failed to win a single National Assembly seat or ward.
This resulted in some party members especially losing candidates suggesting that Mwonzora must step down, with Mhetu instrumental in lobbying members toward the move.
Mhetu has since been suspended from the party while Chiposi was removed from the party’s WhatsApp groups and barred from entering Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, the MDC-T’s headquarters, for a National Council meeting last Friday.
Speaking to OpenParly, Chiposi said it is unfair to blame Mwonzora for the party’s poor showing without first doing a survey. He said:
The rumour had circulated; I was aware of some of the lobbying that was happening behind scenes. For some reason, I was the person that was not lobbied.
I think it’s because of my close connection to the president that I hold the president in high esteem.
My reason for not voting for the president to step down was the view I have of the man.
My second reason was that I thought it was too early to the election for us to be making decisions like that, especially if we don’t have what I would call empirical evidence that the people are not voting for us because we have Douglas Mwonzora as the president.
I think these are some of the things that we need to have a proper market survey so that we then know that this is what is affecting us. It may not be the president, it may be the message that we came with.
It may be certain things that were amiss in terms of addressing during the period that we came from 30 March just after the supreme court judgment up to now maybe some of those things.
Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe is among the two referees from the COSAFA region who have been provisionally selected to officiate at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Sikazwe was at the centre of controversy at the 2021 Afcon tournament in January after he prematurely ended a Group F encounter between Mali and Tunisia.
South African referee Victor Gomes, also from the COSAFA region, is also among the eight (8) referees from Africa that made the preliminary list.
Other African officials listed are Jean Jacques Ndala (RD Congo), Mustapha, Ghorbal (Algeria), Redouane Jiyed (Morocco), Papa Bakary Gassama (Gambia), Balmak Tessema (Ethiopia) and Maguette N’diaye (Senegal).
The List • Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) • Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) • Papa Bakary Gassama (Gambia) • Tesssema Balmak (Ethiopia) • Victor Gomez (South Africa) • Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) • Maguette N’diaye (Senegal) • Jean Jacques Ndala (RD Congo)- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By- A Zimbabwean doctor who wept at a Zanu PF rally while praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he nearly died after he was stabbed in January this year.
The doctor, Patrick Mugoni, on Tuesday said he was stabbed with a knife in his abdomen and had to undergo multiple surgeries.
The attack is believed to have happened in South Africa where Mugoni now works despite claiming in 2018 that Zimbabwe’s public healthcare workers were privileged. Posting on Twitter, Mugoni said:
On January 9, 2022, I was attacked and sustained abdomino thoraco stab wounds after which I went through multiple surgeries.
I have suffered from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), it feels like the experience is a part of me, that I am bound to it and will be affected by its power forever.
However, thanks to the latest neuroscience, coupled with ancient ideas and methods, and following weeks of deliberate practise to unlock the psychological chains which bind me to my past I am finally winning the fight, thanks to the unrelenting efforts from the competent multidisciplinary team that has been attending to the task.
When I look at my life I am a living testimony. God is great, he has been faithful to me.
I will, in due time, share the details of the events leading to and the attack itself.
Currently, I am unable to because the matter is before the courts.
In May 2018, Mugoni, who was the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), attended a ZANU PF conference in Gweru.
While addressing the delegates, he thanked Mnangagwa for a salary increment but then broke down and failed to finish his speech.
In 2020, Mugoni left his job in the public sector and joined thousands of doctors and nurses who have moved abroad. He now works in Pretoria, South Africa.
Tinashe Sambiri|Change champion Portia Oripah Mutandiro says the 2023 Presidential Election is about voting out corruption and looting of State resources.
In a statement on Wednesday, President Nelson Chamisa described Portia Mutandiro as a great change champion.
“THE WEDNESDAY NUGGETS…
1.Revelation is a creature of altitude and elevation. 2.Visitation is a product of a relationship and familiarity. 3.Your network is your net-worth. Blessed Wednesday fellow citizens,” said President Chamisa in a statement.
“Thank you for this compelling clarity Portia…A great Change Champion indeed,” he added.
Thank you for this compelling clarity Portia…A great Change Champion indeed! https://t.co/HMXrFFAJc4
We would like to reassure our fans in Zimbabwe and outside Zimbabwe that we are 100% committed to fulfilling shows.
We owe it to you, our fans.
We are grateful for your support over the years and we can never thank you our fans enough for all the support you have given us since we started this journey some years ago.
To this end, we would like to issue an unreserved apology to our fans in Botswana for not making it to the Botswana show due to circumstances beyond our control.
For that, we apologise and emphasize that this was never our intention to leave you our fans disappointed. Makatikoshera (we appreciate you).
We know that the support and love that you have for Killer T will help us go through this experience which we regret.
Brighter and happy days are ahead and we shall sing along together at our upcoming shows as always. We owe you that.
We will do what is within our reach to make sure we reach a mutual resolution to the issue at hand.
To our fans in Zimbabwe, Killer T is indebted for all the support you have shown us during the Inzwai Kuchemawo Mambo album Tours which have seen us perform around most parts of the country.
The love you have shown us has amazed us and we owe you more happy moments together at our shows and gigs – you can count on us.
To our fans outside Zimbabwe, both Zimbabweans and those from other countries, we want to assure you that we will take all measures within our control to be at all our confirmed shows.
We will not let you down and we will make all efforts to make sure we give you energetic performances. We are here for you and we understand all the disappointment. It will not happen again.
Once again as Killer T, management and Hot Property, we apologise to our fans in Botswana for this mishap and we want to re-assure you that we will make all efforts to make sure we do not disappoint you again.
ZIFA Southern Region Division One side Binga Pirates will be summoned to appear before a disciplinary hearing after the team’s fans assaulted referee Hardly Ndazi accusing him of bias in a home match that they lost to ZPC Hwange on Saturday.
ZPC Hwange came from behind to beat Binga Pirates 2-1.
Binga Pirates had led two minutes into the game, but the visitors equalised deep into the first half after they were awarded a penalty which was converted by Carrington Gomba.
Fortune Nkomazana had been hacked down inside the penalty box and a no-nonsense Ndazi, who has had problems with a number of clubs, including in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), pointed to the spot and Gomba converted.
Nkomazana then scored the winner and after Ndazi blew to end the game, he was accosted by a member of the Binga Pirates technical team and club fans who assaulted him.
A video of Ndazi being pummelled by fans has gone viral on social media.
It could not be established if Ndazi reported the matter to the police, but Zifa Southern Region board member (finance) Tizirayi Luphahla yesterday said Binga Pirates would face disciplinary action over the matter.
“We will be summoning them for a disciplinary hearing. We are still waiting to get the match commissioner’s report and then we can take appropriate action,” Luphahla said.
“We don’t take kindly to such kind of behaviour like what happened in Binga. We are not sure if anyone was arrested, but we are awaiting for reports from the referee and the match commissioner. Hopefully, we get those by Wednesday (today). But before the disciplinary committee processes start, we will obviously invoke other administrative processes. For instance, they (Binga Pirates) can’t continue to use that stadium if people are going to be molested. We are going to set a very good example,” Zifa Southern Region chairperson Andrew Tapela said.
Barbourfields Stadium early last month, in a PSL match pitting Bulawayo Chiefs and Dynamos, there was a 15-minute stoppage after the visitors protested a penalty that had been awarded to the Ninjas by Ndazi.
Dynamos fans threw missiles onto the pitch and in the ensuing melee, a fan believed to be a Dynamos supporter invaded the pitch and confronted the referee.
Dynamos have since been summoned to appear before a PSL disciplinary committee for the untoward behaviour of their fans.
The Glamour Boys are believed to have expressed reservations over the Hwange referee handling the match against Bulawayo Chiefs.
It was not the first time Dynamos had issues with Ndazi.
Meanwhile, Hwange continued with their unbeaten run in the Division One even after the departure of their head coach Bongani Mafu, who has since joined Ngezi Platinum Stars as assistant to Benjani Mwaruwari.
Hwange beat CIWU 5-0 to maintain their position at the top with nine wins and three draws from 12 games with 31 points.
Tinashe Sambiri|Change champion Portia Oripah Mutandiro says the 2023 Presidential Election is about voting out corruption and looting of State resources.
In a statement on Wednesday, President Nelson Chamisa described Portia Mutandiro as a great change champion.
“THE WEDNESDAY NUGGETS…
1.Revelation is a creature of altitude and elevation. 2.Visitation is a product of a relationship and familiarity. 3.Your network is your net-worth. Blessed Wednesday fellow citizens,” said President Chamisa in a statement.
“Thank you for this compelling clarity Portia…A great Change Champion indeed,” he added.
Thank you for this compelling clarity Portia…A great Change Champion indeed! https://t.co/HMXrFFAJc4
Tinashe Sambiri|Change champion Portia Oripah Mutandiro says the 2023 Presidential Election is about voting out corruption and looting of State resources.
In a statement on Wednesday, President Nelson Chamisa described Portia Mutandiro as a great change champion.
“THE WEDNESDAY NUGGETS…
1.Revelation is a creature of altitude and elevation. 2.Visitation is a product of a relationship and familiarity. 3.Your network is your net-worth. Blessed Wednesday fellow citizens,” said President Chamisa in a statement.
“Thank you for this compelling clarity Portia…A great Change Champion indeed,” he added.
Thank you for this compelling clarity Portia…A great Change Champion indeed! https://t.co/HMXrFFAJc4
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Mr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is wasting State cash on useless foreign trips, Citizens’ Coalition For Change Namibia has said.
While Mr Mnangagwa’s so called new dispensation has dismally failed to make a positive impact in terms of transforming the lives of citizens, President Hakainde Hichilema is working tirelessly to transform the economy the Republic of Zambia.
See CCC Namibia statement:
President Hichilema Haikande (HH) is a paragon of virtue in Africa: CCC Namibia postulates!
05 April 2022
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia applauds the pragmatic and organic President of the Republic of Zambia Haikande Hichilema for implementing the ideals of a social democratic struggle where political leaders are ready to serve their people without a salary. It appeared fictious when it reached our ears that the extraordinary democratic fighter went 8 months without government salary.
This is the kind of governance we are yearning to have in the motherland instead of a corrupt and satanic regime determined to continue looting the national cake with impunity.
It was exhilarating to hear that the Zambian Ministry of Finance has disclosed appetizing news that President Haikande Hichilema has gone 8 months without a government salary from the juncture Zambians elected him as the Head of State on the 12th August 2022. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia is greatly inspired by such a unique gesture bearing in mind what is happening in our country. We really long to have such a sensitive leadership in Zimbabwe. Mr President’s commitment and dedication to serve the people at the expense of selfish needs is a clear testament to servanthood. This the nature of democratic leaders we want in Africa and the globe. Thank you Mr Haikande Hichilema for demonstrating servant leadership. You are an inspiration in our new baby! SADC leaders should watch and learn.
When asked why? Ministry of Finance sources clarified that each time efforts to pay the President are made the President responds by saying , “let’s focus on working for the people of Zambia. It is service to the people and not self-service”. The reasons given by the revolutionary are a genuine fulfillment of the dreams and aspirations of the heroes and heroines who fought for the liberation of Zambia. President Hichilema has demonstrated his ability to walk the talk of social democracy. As Zimbabweans we wish if we would have such kind of leadership with the seriousness to revamp the sunken economy, we will achieve socio-economic transfiguration.
In antithesis with the concerns affecting the downtrodden masses in Zimbabwe, Mr Mnangagwa and ZanuPF are busy milking the national cake. And President Hichilema has reiterated his concrete position that he does not desire to be identified with multiple titles such as His Excellency but he would rather be addressed as Mr President because he supposes that thousands of titles generate autocrats and hero worshipping. He has the conviction that it is not a title that delivers work but one’s seriousness in the transformational agenda. He criticised clamour for titles as an inferiority complex. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia believe that leaders should be prompted by the strong desire to implement social liberation policies.
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia would like to encourage Mr Mnangagwa to emulate our doyen of social democracy in the neighbouring Zambia President Haikande Hichilema who is sacrificing for the betterment of the country. The district is cognisant of the fact that Mr Mnangagwa is the 5th highest paid President in Africa when our economy is bleeding. This is incontrovertible evidence of extreme greedy and indifference to the people’s pathetic experiences. He takes home a monthly salary of KHR 50,030,651.25 worth estimated at 10 million per month. We condemn this insensitivity and insatiable appetite to loot using state apparatus as springboards for the primitive accumulation of the national cake.
As if this unrealistic salary is not enough, ZanuPF regime led by Mr Mnangagwa continues to squander national resources on behalf of the downtrodden masses who are scratching their heads for a single nutritious meal per day.
In 2014, Mr Mnangagwa was earning US200,000. Soon after rigging the July 2018 elections, Mr Mnangagwa and his bloated entourage splashed US$12million on travel expenses between January and September 2019 when the clueless government was seriously battling to put the economy on a sounder footing.
We demand servanthood in our leadership that’s why Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia have chosen President Advocate Nelson Chamisa as the only objective leader who can match our paragon of virtue Mr President Haikande Hichilema. We are proud to have a sister party President who is committed and dedicated to seeing better livelihoods of our suffering. Our leaders in Zimbabwe must be ashamed of their senseless and barefaced corruption when others are sacrificing their personal salaries to revamp the sunken ship. Thank you Mr President Haikande Hichilema for fulfilling the ideals of the revolution.
We would like to re-assure our fans in Zimbabwe and outside Zimbabwe that we are 100% committed to fulfilling shows. We owe it to you, our fans.
We are grateful for your support over the years and we can never thank you our fans enough for all the support you have given us since we started this journey some years ago. .
To this end, we would like to issue an unreserved apology to our fans in Botswana for not making it for the Botswana show due to circumstances beyond our control.
For that we apologise and emphasize that this was never our intention to leave you our fans disappointed. Makatikoshera.
We know that the support and love that you have for Killer T will help us go through this experience which we regret. More brighter and happy days are ahead and we shall sing along together at our upcoming shows as always. We owe you that.
We will do what is within our reach to make sure we reach a mutual resolution to the issue at hand.
To our fans in Zimbabwe, Killer T is indebted for all the support you have shown us during the Inzwai Kuchemawo Mambo album Tours which have seen us perform around most parts of the country. The love you have shown us has amazed us and we owe you more happy moments together at our shows and gigs – you can count on us.
To our fans outside Zimbabwe, both Zimbabweans and those from other countries, we want to assure you that we will take all measures within our control to be at all our confirmed shows.
We will not let you down and we will make all efforts to make sure we give you energetic performances. We are here for you and we understand all the disappointment. It will not happen again.
Once again as Killer T, management and Hot Property we apologise to our fans in Botswana for this mishap and we want to re-assure you that we will make all efforts to make sure we do not disappoint you again.
Zimbabwe’s Industry and Commerce Minister whose name literally means: “laugh at idiots,” Dr Sekai Nzenza has promised to revive Ziscosteel in 2023.
Defunct steel giant, Ziscosteel, is expected to be up and running in the next 12 months, Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza has said.
Dr Nzenza said the Government was proactive in its development agenda and for the first time in over two decades, Ziscosteel would be back on its feet.
She said there had been doubts over the revival of Ziscosteel after the previous administration signed unsuccessful deals with potential investors such as Essar Holdings of Mauritius and R & F Construction company of China.
“This is now a different story with the new Government led by President Mnangagwa. His mantra is production and production and the resuscitation of Ziscosteel is one of this Government’s top priority,” she said.
Dr Nzenza, who was meeting Ziscosteel management and its new partner, Kuvimba Mining House at the company premises in Redcliff on Tuesday, said Ziscosteel was a national asset and its revival was one of the Second Republic’s key deliverables.
“Zisco is a national asset and every other industry is either an upstream or downstream industry. This is why the new administration is determined to make sure that Ziscosteel gets back to its feet in the next 12 months before it gradually gets back to its former glory,” she said.
Dr Nzenza said the Government had identified a local company to partner and invest into Ziscosteel after many foreign investors previously failed to fulfil their initial agreements.
“President Mnangagwa is on record saying Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans, we must build our nation as Zimbabweans and we are very confident of this local firm which has come on board with vast expertise to turn around Zisco,” she said.
The Minister said Zimbabwe was endowed with vast mineral deposits and Ziscosteel would be taping on the availability of these resources for its resuscitation.
Once the company was up and running, Zimbabwe will reduce its huge import bill on steel products.
“President Mnangagwa has been passionate about this import bill substitution agenda. We need value addition and we have the resources and this is why we are determined to have this company back,” she said.
Ziscosteel board chairman, Engineer Martin Manuhwa, said there would be a US$300 million capital injection to kick-start the revival of Zisco.
The capital injection is expected to grow to up to $1 billion in the next three years.
Eng Manuhwa said Kuvimba Mining House had mobilised a team of experts who are now on the ground for feasibility studies, among other issues.
At its peak, Ziscosteel used to employ about 6 000 people directly and over 50 000 others indirectly.
It was one of the largest steel producers in Southern Africa. Herald
Tinashe Sambiri|The Member of the House of Assembly for Kwekwe Central Constituency, Honourable Judith Tobaiwa, says she is ready to serve residents of the Midlands city and the nation.
19 CCC MPs were sworn in on Tuesday.
Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC T party performed dismally in the by-elections.
“Just took an oath to defend the constitution of Zimbabwe, which represents the voices of the Citizens ,the battle lines are drawn.
Thank you very much Kwekwe. I am deeply humbled with the honour you have bestowed on me. It needs all of us to build Kwekwe. Thank you and God bless,” Hon Tobaiwa wrote on her official Facebook page.
