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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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.
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited has appointed Elizabeth Masiyiwa to its board of directors.
According to a statement released by the company on its official website, the appointment is with effect from 1 April 2022.
In making the announcement, Econet said Miss Masiyiwa brings a wealth of experience to the board having worked as a senior executive for various organisations including Higherlife Foundation where she is the head of Design and Innovation. Reads the Econet statement in part:
She has worked in various organisations, spearheading the investment and funding programmes as well as the human capital development of those organisations.
Miss Masiyiwa, who is also a social entrepreneur and philanthropist, also serves on the board of the Harvard University Leadership Council for the Centre of African Studies.
The board of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Miss Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa to the board of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited.
Strive Masiyiwa Steps Down From Econet Board Econet Founder Strive Masiyiwa Announces He’s Leaving Facebook Miss Masiyiwa holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Banking and International Finance from Bayes Business School, City University London, a Masters of Social Entrepreneurship from Hult International Business School and is currently completing the Executive MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge University.- The Herald
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- The ever travelling Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned from Mozambique.
Mnangagwa was in the eastern neighbouring country for a three-day State visit.
The state media reports that Mnangagwa’s visit witnessed Zimbabwe and Mozambique enhancing their long-standing relationship through the signing of MoUs.
By -Notorious Zanu PF Central Committee member, who was terrorising opposition party members in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province, John Nhamburo has died.
He was 41. Nhamburo died at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare this Tuesday morning after a short illness.
Zanu PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee Secretary for Information, Kushinga Dutiro confirmed the development describing Nhamburo’s death as a huge loss to the ruling party. He told the state media that the party has lost a cadre who still had a lot to offer in politics after becoming a member of the ZanuPF central committee at a young age. Nhamburo was a former Zanu PF national youth executive member.
Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course. Last month, Nhamburo was accused of deliberately running over and killing a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member. His actions resulted in massive uproar as police hesitated to bring him to book. Opposition CCC claims that Nhamburo was in the habit of terrorising villagers in Ward 2 in Chaona.
Chaona is in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central Province.
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.
By- The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced yet another useless $100 note.
RBZ said the useless $100 banknotes would ease cash shortages and enhance transacting convenience. Currently, the $50 note, injected last July is the highest in circulation and continues to depreciate. Other notes include $20, $10, $5 and $2.
Statutory Instrument 68A of 2022 642A, which announced the useless development was gazetted on Tuesday and it reads:
“The Minister of Finance and Economic Development has hereby, in terms of section 40(3) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 22:15], made the following notice specifying the matters determined by the President in terms of subsection (2) of that section:— “This notice may be cited as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Issue of One Hundred Dollar Banknote) Notice, 2022. Issue of one-hundred-dollar banknote” reads part of the statement.
By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a tribunal to investigate High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore’s suitability for office for allegedly failing to report for duty for months.
Justice Mushore is said to have reported for work in June last year.
According to law judges cannot be absent from work for more than three days without official leave.
Coincidentally, Justice Mushore was one of the judges who ruled last year that Luke Malaba ceased to be Chief Justice upon reaching mandatory retirement age.
In Proclamation 3 of 2022 published on Tuesday, Mnangagwa appointed retired judge Justice Maphios Cheda chairperson of the tribunal, and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs secretary Virginia Mabhiza its secretary.
Below is the proclamation in full:
WHEREAS section 187(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, provides that, a judge may be removed from office only for inability to perform the functions of his or her office, due to mental or physical incapacity, gross incompetence, or gross misconduct;
AND WHEREAS section 187(3) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that, if the Judicial Service Commission advises the President that the question of removing a judge, from office ought to be investigated, the President must appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter;
AND WHEREAS the Judicial Service Commission, by letter dated 25th February 2022, formally advised the President that the question of removal from office of the Honourable Justice Edith Mushore, ought to be investigated;
AND WHEREAS section 187(4) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, provides that, the President may, when he considers it advisable, appoint a tribunal consisting of three (3) or more members;
AND WHEREAS section 187(9) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, provides that, a tribunal appointed under section 187 has the same rights and powers as commissioners under the Commissions of Inquiry Act [Chapter 10:07], or any law that replaces that Act;
AND WHEREAS the President may authorise the tribunal or Members or any quorum of them specified in the proclamation into any matter in which any inquiry would, in the opinion of the President, be of public welfare:
NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the powers vested in the President as aforesaid, I do, by this proclamation
(a) establish a Tribunal to inquire into the question of removal from office of the Honourable Justice Edith Mushore;
(b) appoint Retired Justice Maphios Cheda; as Chairperson of the Tribunal;
(c) appoint the Secretary for Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to be the Secretary to the Tribunal:
(d) direct that the Tribunal shall be held for a period of five (5) months from the date of swearing-in of Members, at such appropriate venue as shall be determined by the Tribunal;
(e) direct that the report shall be availed at the conclusion of the inquiry;
(f) direct that the Terms of Reference shall be as follows
(i) to investigate the matter of the removal from office of Honourable Justice Edith Mushore;
(ii) to investigate whether or not there is a reasonable explanation for Honourable Justice Edith Mushore’s failure to report for work without authorisation;
(iii) to investigate into the matter of Honourable Justice Edith Mushore’s conduct, whether it can be deemed to have been tantamount to gross misconduct;
(iv) to consider all information submitted by the Judicial Service Commission in order to arrive at an appropriate recommendation to the President;
(v) to investigate any other matter which the Tribunal may deem appropriate and relevant to the question of removal from office of a Judge in terms of the law;
(vi) to recommend whether the Honourable Judge, is fit to hold office in the light of the foregoing;
(vii) to report to the President, in writing. the result of the inquiry within a period of five (5) months from the date of swearing-in of the Members;
(g) direct that the inquiry shall be held both in public or privately. as the exigencies of the Tribunal may determine; and
(h) appoint the Members listed in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE TRIBUNAL
1. Retired Justice Maphios Cheri, Chairperson
2. Mr Charles Warara, Member
3. Mrs Yvonne Masvora, Member
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of Zimbabwe at Harare this 25th day of March. in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-two.
By- Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere is said to be eyeing Harare’s Mt Pleasant constituency in the 2023 national polls.
Mahere contested the seat in 2018 as an independent candidate but lost to MDC Alliance’s Samuel Banda.
There are also reports that several Chamusa senior members were fighting for urban seats.
CCC won 19 of the 28 seats in the 26 March by-elections, while ZANU PF won 9. The opposition party also got 75 of the 122 contested Council seats while ZANU PF won the remainder.
The majority of seats won by CCC are within cities and towns, making them safe for opposition politicians who are afraid of contesting in rural areas.
CCC interim foreign affairs secretary Gladys Hlatywayo is reportedly eyeing the Harare Central seat, which has been held by Murisi Zwizwai since 2003.
Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya said the opposition vote in Harare Central has been declining over the years. He tweeted:
Enter Hlatywayo of CCC. She promises to rock Harare Central, whose opposition vote has been in sharp decline to pitch it at more than 30 000 for Nelson Chamisa if the CCC chooses her as their MP for 2023.
The late Morgan Tsvangirai’s son Richard is planning to contest the Norton seat, which is currently occupied by independent MP Temba Mliswa.
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was formed early this year and the party doesn’t have structures and a constitution.
By- Senior Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Change senior members are said to be fighting for urban constituencies ahead of the 2023 national polls.
CCC won 19 of the 28 seats in the 26 March by-elections, while ZANU PF won 9. The opposition party also got 75 of the 122 contested Council seats while ZANU PF won the remainder.
The majority of seats won by CCC are within cities and towns, making them safe for opposition politicians who are afraid of contesting in rural areas.
CCC interim foreign affairs secretary Gladys Hlatywayo is reportedly eyeing the Harare Central seat, which has been held by Murisi Zwizwai since 2003.
Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya said the opposition vote in Harare Central has been declining over the years. He tweeted:
Enter Hlatywayo of CCC. She promises to rock Harare Central, whose opposition vote has been in sharp decline to pitch it at more than 30 000 for Nelson Chamisa if the CCC chooses her as their MP for 2023.
CCC interim spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere is thought to be eyeing the Mt Pleasant constituency.
Mahere contested the seat in 2018 as an independent candidate but lost to MDC Alliance’s Samuel Banda.
The late Morgan Tsvangirai’s son Richard is planning to contest the Norton seat, which is currently occupied by independent MP Temba Mliswa.
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was formed early this year and the party doesn’t have structures and a constitution.
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.
A 93-year-old man from Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb who was found guilty of attempted murder after he used a knobkerrie to attack and break his tenant’s arm, escaped jail by a whisker after the court exercised leniency due to his advanced age and sentenced him to just two minutes imprisonment.
Thomas Ndiweni who was angered by his tenant Mr Steven Nyathi (57)’s failure to pay rentals, hit him with a knobkerrie twice on the head and once on the left arm.
Ndiweni was convicted on his own plea by Tredgold magistrate, Mrs Jesse Kufa last week.
He, however, through his lawyer Mr Simbarashe Innocent Madzivire from Tanaka Law Chambers pleaded with the court to be lenient given that he was a first-time offender and that he was old.
Mr Madzivire said Ndiweni was of Nguni origin and did not carry the knobkerrie to beat Nyathi but it was part of his culture.
Mrs Kufa said throwing Ndiweni in jail was like sentencing him to death due to his advanced age. She said:
The accused pleaded guilty and looks an elderly person beyond the mark of 90 years. He is, however, facing a serious offence, which warrants a custodial sentence but given his advanced age the court submits that such a sentence will not meet the justice of the case.
One needs to pass a sentence that suits the accused and the offence he is facing.
Mrs Kufa said the accused was not just old but also frail.
She ruled that Ndiweni would serve his sentence from the moment she finished announcing the sentence and the time the court rises which is a sentence whereby the Judge/Magistrate deems that attendance at court is sufficient punishment.
Mr Nyathi who was as of Monday still nursing his injury said as a result of the beating, he could not fend for himself as he is a pushcart operator.
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.
A 93-year-old man from Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb who was found guilty of attempted murder after he used a knobkerrie to attack and break his tenant’s arm, escaped jail by a whisker after the court exercised leniency due to his advanced age and sentenced him to just two minutes imprisonment.
Thomas Ndiweni who was angered by his tenant Mr Steven Nyathi (57)’s failure to pay rentals, hit him with a knobkerrie twice on the head and once on the left arm.
Ndiweni was convicted on his own plea by Tredgold magistrate, Mrs Jesse Kufa last week.
He, however, through his lawyer Mr Simbarashe Innocent Madzivire from Tanaka Law Chambers pleaded with the court to be lenient given that he was a first-time offender and that he was old.
Mr Madzivire said Ndiweni was of Nguni origin and did not carry the knobkerrie to beat Nyathi but it was part of his culture.
Mrs Kufa said throwing Ndiweni in jail was like sentencing him to death due to his advanced age. She said:
The accused pleaded guilty and looks an elderly person beyond the mark of 90 years. He is, however, facing a serious offence, which warrants a custodial sentence but given his advanced age the court submits that such a sentence will not meet the justice of the case.
One needs to pass a sentence that suits the accused and the offence he is facing.
Mrs Kufa said the accused was not just old but also frail.
She ruled that Ndiweni would serve his sentence from the moment she finished announcing the sentence and the time the court rises which is a sentence whereby the Judge/Magistrate deems that attendance at court is sufficient punishment.
Mr Nyathi who was as of Monday still nursing his injury said as a result of the beating, he could not fend for himself as he is a pushcart operator.
Real Madrid players will go into battle against Chelsea in tonight’s crunch Champions League quarter final first leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with two things in mind.
The 13 time European champions have done everything in their illustrious history, except for beating Chelsea or any team coached by Thomas Tuchel, in a competitive match.
A NG’olo Kante-inspired Chelsea knocked out Madrid in the semi-finals of Europe’s premier club competition last season, on their way to the title.
A lot has changed since then, but what remains the same is that Real have never beaten Chelsea in a competitive match in modern football, nor have they won a game against a club managed by Tuchel.
There were fears that Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will not be on the bench due to Covid-19 related complications but the Italian has tested negative for the novel virus and will be in the dugout.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Warriors goalkeeper Martin Mapisa has reportedly attracted interest from two La Liga sides.
The goalie, who is a product of the Aces Youth Soccer Academy, is currently on a half-season loan at UD Llanera from Zamora CF which expires on June 30.
Asked about the news, ACES director, Nigel Munyati, refused to give more details, he confirmed a deal was in the oven pertaining to the historic move.
“Mapisa (Martin) hopefully can secure a move into one of the La Liga clubs this coming transfer period but unfortunately I cannot divulge more on the goings-on,” the academy boss revealed to the Herald.
“I am very happy and everyone is excited to see one of our own products attracting the interests of such big teams in world football,” said Munyati.
“It is so inspiring to the up-and-coming players who should know that some of their mates are attracting world attention and it is up to them as well to prove their worth as well. Opportunities are always there.”
Mapisa has started five straight games for UD Llanera after returning to the team following a month-long absence when he was with the Warriors at this year’s African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Mapisa has conceded just three goals in those five matches.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Supersport United are reportedly courting Benni McCarthy with a view of appointing him ahead of next season.
According to FarPost.co.za, the club has already started talks with the gaffer following his departure at AmaZulu last month.
Should both parties reach an agreement, McCarthy would then replace Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo, who is likely to be deployed to another post within the technical team.
COURTING BENNI#FARPost has it on good authority that SuperSport United are in talks with Benni McCarthy, who recently parted ways with AmaZulu.
McCarthy could be joining Matsatsantsa ahead of next season. pic.twitter.com/tLwGmxVPCX
— FARPost_ZA (@FARPostZA) March 31, 2022
Tembo has been at SuperSport United for over two decades now, both as a coach and player. He has been at the helm for the past four years.
The appointment would see the two coaches working together following their publicized bust-up during a league match in September, last year.
McCarthy was caught on camera calling his SuperSport United counterpart “broke” and claimed that Tembo had provoked him at the first place.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
INSIDE ZIMBABWE’S PARLIAMENT: Our MPs have been blocked from accessing Parliament because of what the Speaker calls “banning of yellow ties.” We unequivocally reject this illegal and unconstitutional act. Nothing will stop our MPs from holding the Executive to account. pic.twitter.com/3TW3GMtrY5
— Gift Ostallos Siziba (@Cde_Ostallos) April 6, 2022
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
After being exposed for duping Zim carers and nurses, telling them that she has unlimited job posts, the disgraced UK based businesswoman, Olinda Chapel has announced saying she is halting recruitment of Zimbabweans. pic.twitter.com/OxoWrEBPzN
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|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.
A 93-year-old man from Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb who was found guilty of attempted murder after he used a knobkerrie to attack and break his tenant’s arm, escaped jail by a whisker after the court exercised leniency due to his advanced age and sentenced him to just two minutes imprisonment.
Thomas Ndiweni who was angered by his tenant Mr Steven Nyathi (57)’s failure to pay rentals, hit him with a knobkerrie twice on the head and once on the left arm.
Ndiweni was convicted on his own plea by Tredgold magistrate, Mrs Jesse Kufa last week.
He, however, through his lawyer Mr Simbarashe Innocent Madzivire from Tanaka Law Chambers pleaded with the court to be lenient given that he was a first-time offender and that he was old.
Mr Madzivire said Ndiweni was of Nguni origin and did not carry the knobkerrie to beat Nyathi but it was part of his culture.
Mrs Kufa said throwing Ndiweni in jail was like sentencing him to death due to his advanced age. She said:
The accused pleaded guilty and looks an elderly person beyond the mark of 90 years. He is, however, facing a serious offence, which warrants a custodial sentence but given his advanced age the court submits that such a sentence will not meet the justice of the case.
One needs to pass a sentence that suits the accused and the offence he is facing.
Mrs Kufa said the accused was not just old but also frail.
She ruled that Ndiweni would serve his sentence from the moment she finished announcing the sentence and the time the court rises which is a sentence whereby the Judge/Magistrate deems that attendance at court is sufficient punishment.
Mr Nyathi who was as of Monday still nursing his injury said as a result of the beating, he could not fend for himself as he is a pushcart operator.
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.
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.
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) and the Zimbabwe Public debt Indaba (ZPDI) have said there are rising concerns over the deepening debt crisis in Zimbabwe.
In its latest report Zimcodd said the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) debt statistics confirm the reversal of micro economic gains with the consolidated debt now projected at US$19.03 billion at the conclusion of Article IV consultation with Zimbabwe on March 21, 2022 which acknowledged fiscal signs.
The Organization said the heavy in-debtedness is at the core of Africa’s socio economic development challenges and Zimbabwe is not an exception.
“Dept servicing diverts the money meant to finance public expenditure resulting to poor access to public services such as water, health, education and sanitation,” reads the report.
The ballooning, US$19,03 billion consolidated public sector debt represent 61,8% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a threshold above acceptable ratio with Public and publicly guaranteed external debt standing at US$17,59 billion of which arrears are at US$13,1 billion.”
Zimcodd said all the huge amounts of debts are a major driving force to poverty and inequality in Zimbabwe as it has been noted that some women in Binga struggle to access material health care.
It noted ballooning debt amid the spiralling illicit financial flows and failure to widen government revenue from the country’s vast mineral wealth.
“Government has a US$12 billion mineral export earnings target by 2023, yet the mining tax revenue targets to finance basic service provision are barely mentioned,” it said.
“From US$50 billion lost annually as revealed by the African Union or Economic Commission from Africa’s High Level Panel Report on illicit Financial flows, Africa loses more than US $88,6 billion annually according to United Nations Trade and development’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2020.”
By A Correspondent- A Harare man is demanding at least USD 1 663.00 from the City Fathers following the death of his son who was ran over by a municipal police vehicle in Central Business District (CBD) on March 22.
Following the death Tatenda Vambe (21), City Council failed to make a follow up with the family of the deceased who incurred the burden of meeting the funeral expenses.
A letter submitted to the City of Harare on Tuesday by Lovemore Vambe, father of the deceased indicate that the City Fathers neglected the funeral and has never made any formal communication with the family of the deceased.
“On the 22nd of March 2022 a City Council vehicle driven by Benard Kunaka (City Council Traffic) during a routine operational service, ran over Tatenda Vambe (21) my second born son leading to his death. Following the death of a promising student we haven’t received any form of intervention and communication from the City Fathers. As a family we had to incur the burden of meeting all the funeral expenses on our own.”
Vambe blames the Council for the death of his son and is demanding USD 1 663.00 for the funeral expenses that he incurred.
“It is clear that the City Council is solemnly responsible for the death of my son, therefore I am demanding that the City Council reimburse all the funeral expenses that we incurred during the funeral . We are demanding at least USD 1 663.00 as soon as possible. “
The expenses include payments made at the funeral parlour, fuel, transport, food and groceries.
By A Correspondent- Former ZANU PF youth political commissar has sent his condolence message on micro blogging Twitter following the death of ZANU PF central committe member John Nhamburo who died on Tuesday morning after a long illness.
Tsenengamu rose to fame in Mashonaland Central province where he worked closely with Nhamburo under ZANU PF.
“He was a colleague in the ZANU PF Youth League and in the Central Committee.MHDSRIEP Waenda yahwe (Cde John) Jonathan Nhamburo,” said Tsenengamu.
However there is joy in Citizen Coaliation for Change (CCC) camp following the death of Nhamburo after ,falsely accusing him of running over their supporter Shelton Zangaro.
Zangaro was allegedly ran over by a ZANU PF official Vote Chidanhamabwe on March 26 who was driving a black Mercedes-Benz registration number AET 4195 in a road traffic accident.
Chidanhamabwe told a local publication that he regretted the accident and contributed towards the funeral of Zangaro.
“It was me who fatally knocked down Zangaro the incident was very unfortunate but l managed to contribute towards the funeral,” explained Chinanhamabwe.
ZANU PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee DCC secretary for administration blasted Sikhala for fabricating a story against Nhamburo.
“It is so disturbing to note that Sikhala is fabricating stories against our hero Nhamburo, it is well- known that our comrade was sick for sometime the difference here is that Sikhala is a celebrity while Nhamburo was a politician we urge CCC celebrities to verify facts before going, public,” Chawana said.
Just in!#Zinasu UZ launches another massive demonstration against the unreasonable and exorbitant fees hikes. Thousands of students are shouting fees must fall! A week ago they arrested 10 ZINASU cdes but UZ students remain clear and undaunted. #FeesMustFall@MakomboreroHpic.twitter.com/zEWdHYEu7G
By A Correspondent- The United African National Council women’s league last week, Thursday held their first meeting in Harare
The meeting was attended by representatives drawn from the country’s 10 provinces. Top on the agenda of the meeting was mapping the way forward ahead of the 2023 general elections.
In a speech read on his behalf, the party’s leader and president Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa said:
“It is my joy today to gather the party’s women’s leadership from all the provinces, We have gathered here for the birth of United African National Council women’s league. As from today the UANC will now be visible to form Zimbabwe’s alternative government in 2023.”
UANC is the first Zimbabwean political party to take the office in 1979 and was led by the now late Bishop Abel Muzorewa.
Muzorewa led the country while talks for the holding of the country’s first elections were underway in 1980.
Bishop Abel Muzorewa passed away in 2010 and in 2017 the party held it’s congress where his son Dr Rev Gwinyai Muzorewa was elected as the new party President.
Ms Essof who is the national chairperson for the UANC urged women to work hard and contribute towards national development.
“Women are key in the nation building, Every woman should participate in building Zimbabwe. You are the family leaders who should also stand and tell the nation about the Zimbabwe you like not like what we see today. Family morale has deteriorated in our lovely nation due to the economic decline that is perpetrated by poor leadership so as women let’s stand up against such,” said Ms Essof
” Today’s opposition is misleading the nation ,it goes around claiming and telling the poor suffering citizens to vote for them whilst they go to the western countries seeking for the sanctions that causes more sufferings to the ordinary citizens” said UANC Secretary General.
” UANC is known for being a peaceful party , party that unites the nation ,party that embraces ethnic , regional and religious diversity . We are known for delivering our promises , affordable houses , paying good salaries to teachers , nurses , doctors and all other civil servants and we don’t abuse our security forces. So in 2023, we are taking over our Zimbabwe as we shall rebuild ,revamp ,repair and restore all the nation’s institutions that need a serious overhaul .”
United African National Council has various aligned projects that will uplift communities and these includes borehole drilling, roads rehabilitation, soap manufacturing to mention a few. In 2018 general elections UANC had 89 candidates for national assembly by due to some insignificance only 29 qualified but they did not manage to win but this time they are confident of wining as they use “musangano wadzoka” mantra
By A Correspondent- Police in Matabeleland South province have launched a manhunt for 22 villagers alleged to have kidnapped and assaulted fellow villagers whom they accused of stocktheft.
This was revealed in a Gwanda Tuli police internal memorandum dated April 3 which was leaked to the Southern Eye yesterday.
The memo identifies the complainants as Godwill Ndlovu (36), Justice Ncube (late), Mirriam Ndlovu (28), Letwin Maphosa (38), Shanisani Dube (29), Patricia Dube (36) and Darlington Dube (32) all of John West, Gwanda area under Chief Marupi in Matabeleland South.
Police identified the suspects as Tiiso Nkala (45), Mujaji Sebata (46), Noble Mahlangu (36), Muzi Ncube (36), Mthandazo Mahlangu (50), Mphilo Ndlovu (46), Jacob Dube, Philani Moyo (38) and Freeman Mlauzi, Phathisani Manyike, Obert Moyo, Degree Ndlovu, Foresure Ndlovu, Lovemore Nyathi, Polite Kukubell, Tsibo Noko, Owen Nyathi, Prince Nyathi, Carlison Mahlangu, Trinity Masiyane, Obert Moyo and Tisetso Nkala whose ages were not given, and are all from the Guyu area in Gwanda South.
The police memo states that on March 31, 11 Motswana nationals arrived at Chief Wardeener’s homestead and told Prince Nyathi that they were looking for nine stolen donkeys suspected to be in the area.
“Nyathi invited Mathias Ncube, the chairperson of Gwanda Anti Stock Theft Association. He informed him of the presence of Tswanas and the purpose of their visit,” the police memo read.
“Ncube mobilised Obert Moyo and Celani Ncube among 21 villagers who then teamed up with the Tswanas to track and recover the donkeys and they went to John West village using Obert and Celani’s vehicles and arrived at 2am on April 1.
“They located Godwin and Justice at Prince Dube’s homestead (a well-known stock thief) and they recovered 11 donkeys penned at the homestead. Three of the recovered donkeys were identified to be of Alphios Mahlangu’s, while Motswana nationals identified two donkeys,” the memo said.
The gang allegedly handcuffed Godwin and Justice and led them to Mirriam’s homestead whom they suspected to be one of the thieves.
“On arrival, they damaged a window pane and broke the main door to gain entry into the house. They stole R3 000 and damaged property worth R500,” the police said.
The group was then allegedly led to Letwin’s home where they damaged window panes and forced open the door before they damaged the refrigerator, wardrobe, sofa and cupboards and stole R6 500. The damaged property was valued at R17 500.
Police said the accused later went to Partricia’s home where they damaged property worth R500. At Darlington’s home, they damaged 30 window panes, two beds, four speakers and a kitchen unit all valued at R6 900.
“On their way back, John West villagers followed and attacked them. During the attack, John West villagers assaulted two Motswana nationals and accused one and four (Tiiso) and (Muzi) and recovered the donkeys, but the accused took with them Godwin and Justice to Mashaba area,” the memo added.
“The matter was reported at Nhwali Police Base and police picked Tiiso who had a wound on the back. He was taken to Nhwali Clinic for treatment and released… On April 3, Tuli police went to Guyu Police where they got a list of the accused persons involved in this case.”
The memo says Godwin was assaulted and injured by the gang and had to be taken to Gwanda Hospital for treatment, while Justice was allegedly assaulted with sjambocks, sticks, and he succumbed to the beatings. Police say his body was taken to Gwanda mortuary for postmortem.
The accused persons are still at large, hence the manhunt.
Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena referred Southern Eye to national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, who confirmed the matter.
By A Correspondent- A move to replace recalled Harare mayor Jacob Mafume by Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC Alliance failed yesterday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.
Some councillors boycotted the meeting amid claims that there was a push to elevate acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa to fill the vacant post ahead of this week’s swearing-in of the recently elected councillors.
The Citizens Coalition for Change has 28 councillors that are set to return to Town House after they won the March 26 by-elections.
Chamber secretary Warren Chiwawa told NewsDay that the meeting could not go ahead as only 12 councillors attended.
“According to the law, a meeting can go ahead when there are at least 17 councillors in attendance. However, only 12 turned up, forcing the meeting to adjourn,” he said.
Local Government minister July Moyo last week said Mafume’s seat was now vacant following his recall from the council by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Mafume and other recalled PDP councillors Simon Chabuka (Mutare) and Arnold Batirai Dube (Bulawayo) have approached the High Court challenging their dismissal.
They want their recalls to be declared null and void, saying their constitutional rights had been being violated.
They cited Moyo, the town clerks of Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission as respondents.
By A Correspondent- Five Hwange Chiefs have approached Hwange Local Board (HLB) appealing for exemption from paying for housing stands allocated to them.
Hwange District has five Chiefs: Whange, Shana, Dingane-Nelukoba, Nekatambe and Mvuthu.
The local authority has a resolution to allocate the five traditional leaders housing stand each in a residential area of their choice.
The matter has however divided the council.
According to the latest council minutes, the local authority finally resolved that the council will apply to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works on behalf of Chiefs on the issue of exemption.
The issue was raised as a recommendation from the Health and Housing Committee meeting held in February 2020 when the council last held physical meetings because of the Covid-19 induced lockdowns.
“That resolution B24/11be set aside and be substituted with “Chiefs in Hwange District be allocated a stand each at any residential density at no intrinsic value”. Discussing on the above recommendation, the house was divided on the matter,” read part of the minutes.
The house noted that granting of exemption is done by the Ministry of Local Government and therefore Chiefs should apply through the Ministry.
HLB Town Secretary Mr Ndumiso Mdlalose told the councilors that the Chiefs had initially verbally made the application and added that it was up to the councillors to decide on the issue. Mr Mdlalose said the council could seek guidance from the Ministry, adding that previously council was guided by Urban Councils Act and Urban Stateland Manual and nothing was wrong.
Councillors said there should be clarity if the exemption, if granted, would apply only to incumbent Chiefs of even to future traditional leaders.
They said local authorities have no mandate to allocate land free of charge and anyone who requires a stand must apply.
But, the HLB has allocated land free of charge to St Patrick’s Hospital, Don Bosco and Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology.
The councillors resolved that council should follow procedure and advise the Chiefs to apply to the Ministry or for the council to apply on their behalf for the exemption.- Chronicle
By A Correspondent- A 23 year old woman and her nine-year-old daughter were found dead at their home in a suspected suicide case.
Posting on twitter, the police said the woman and the girl are suspected to have consumed insecticide.
“The ZRP is investigating a suspected suicide case which occurred on 30 March in Kensington area, Bulawayo, where bodies of a woman (23) and her daughter (9) were found lying on a bed in a locked room with froth coming from their mouths.
“The room was locked from inside and a 100ml bottle of Diazon 30EC insecticide was recovered beside the bodies,” the police said.
By A Correspondent- Police have launched a manhunt for one of the country’s most wanted suspects Cornwell Junior Kasambarare, who is believed to be masterminding a spate of armed robbery and housebreaking cases in and around Harare.
Kasambarare, allegedly to have been part of Musa Taj Abdul’s criminal gang was released last year on bail and is believed to be part of the gang targeting households and business premises.
Alleged accomplice Spicer Takawira was recently arrested on charges of house breaking and theft.
Sources close to the investigations yesterday said police were still looking for Kasambarare, not just as a suspect, but also because he has an outstanding warrant of arrest for skipping bail and defaulting court.
Kasambarare, Takawira together with Leo Mandaza, Godwin Kusikwenyu (34) and another one only identified as Chamu, are accused of seven cases of house breaking and theft in Harare.
Takawira, Musafare Mupanhanga and Kasambarare are also alleged to be part of the gang that raided Mashwede Holdings in 2020 and got away with over US$100 000, R42 000, $14 000 worth of fuel coupons, firearms and 20 live rounds of ammunition.
With Mandaza and Takawira in custody, police still appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of Kasambarare.
In March 2020, Mashwede Holdings lost the cash to five workers and nine suspected robbers. The five workers, Mupanhanga and Kasambarare, were then arrested and appeared in court.
Among the five workers were two brothers related to the business owner, while two were security guards. The two suspected robbers were remanded in custody and told only the High Court could grant bail.
Meanwhile, police said they are also hunting down the four robbers who were recently involved in the second Mashwede attack, raiding a Mashwede Holdings food court and two other premises in Southlea Park, Harare, and got away with a Mitsubishi double cab and more than US$5 000.
The vehicle, which was parked at the premises for safekeeping was later found dumped in Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza. Nearby was the safe containing the cash which had been robbed at Mashwede Holdings.
Police said the robbers, who were armed with a pistol and a rifle, attacked two security guards whose hands they tied with shoelaces.
The gang then went to Virtue Service Station where they used a hammer to break a metal screen to gain entry into the premises.
They then ransacked a butchery and took away US$290 which was in one of the drawers inside an office before proceeding to a mini market at the premises where they stole electrical appliances.
The gang went to Chicken Mash owned by Mashwede Holdings and forcibly broke the aluminium doors with a hammer before attempting to break a safe which was containing cash, but failed.
They loaded the safe onto the Mitsubishi truck which they later dumped.
This was not the first time that Mashwede Holdings was hit by armed robbers.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced the recovery of a vehicle that had been stolen on the 3rd of this month in Mbare.
Police say the victim parked his silver Corolla Crystallite vehicle AEP 9435 while going into a barbershop in Mbare and left the keys in the ignition. The incident happened at about 1540 hours.
The police in a statement said:
Police later recovered the vehicle at George Stark High School with some missing car accessories which include a car radio, speakers, battery and a Samsung cellphone.
ZRP Hwange recorded a case of theft of a white Toyota Hilux Revo vehicle (AFF 8145) at Sino Hydro, Hwange the 1st of April 2022. The vehicle was allegedly stolen by an unidentified suspect who impersonated a company employee.
In another case, on the 2nd of this month, at about 2300 hours, a 35-year-old motorist lost his Toyota Runx Vehicle ACN 6920 to an unknown suspect near Pamuzinda, Harare, after he parked the vehicle along the road to relieve himself while the engine was running.
Similarly, on the same day at about 2300 hrs, a Harare man (37) lost a white Nissan Tiida vehicle AFB 1746 after parking along the road for recess along Tynwald Drive. The unidentified passenger whom he had picked along Harare-Bulawayo Road jumped onto the steering and drove away.
By A Correspondent- The Premier Services Medical Investment (PSMI) on Friday last week adopted a co-payment system where every member of PSMAS is required to pay US$5 or ZWL$1 050 before receiving treatment or services.
PSMI is the largest private health care services provider in the country and it operates hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and labs.
The company serves at least 90 per cent of Zimbabwe’s civil servants, who are members of the Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).
Workers are unhappy with the adoption of the co-payment system by PSMI as they believe the move is aimed at increasing management perks.
Part of a letter addressed to the PSMAS board chair Jeremiah Bvirindi by the medical professional and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe on Monday, read:
This is very unfair to members, particularly Government employees who had always been paying their monthly contributions without anything in return.
Workers are of the view that the money being charged as co-payments is meant for nothing other than boosting management pockets.
But responding to emailed questions from The Herald, Premier Service Holding Company (PSHC) public relations, communications and brand manager Arthur Choga defended the recent introduction of a co-payment. He said:
Subscriptions on the medical aid side continue to track the official rate while costs are being incurred based on parallel market rates, making it difficult for PSMI to meet obligations as they fall due.
Given these pressures and the target market’s inability to afford market-related subscriptions, PSMI, therefore, introduced co-payments to assist in meeting operating expenses.
Premier Services Medical Investment (Pvt) Ltd is a division of Premier Services Holding Company.
By A Correspondent- Five suspects linked to the violence that rocked a Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) Kwekwe rally leading to the death of one person have been released on bail.
Mbongeni Ncube died from the skirmishes that rocked the rally held in Mbizo suburb which was being addressed by CCC leader Nelson Chamisa after violence broke out during his address.
Initially, 16 people were arrested but the rest were released without charge after thorough investigations leading to the remaining five appearing in court facing murder and public violence charges.
The five Edmore Shoshera, Albert Maketo, Talent Imbayago, Panashe Mukavaza and Percy Mukwaturi were initially denied bail when they appeared before Kwekwe Magistrate Mrs Florence Nago.
However, Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Martin Makonese granted the five $10 000 bail each.
“After reading documents filed of record, it is ordered that the applicants be and are hereby admitted to bail pending trial under the conditions that the applicants deposit the sum of RTGS$10 000 each with the Clerk of Court Kwekwe Magistrates Court,” reads part of the judgement.
As part of their conditions, the applicants were ordered to continue residing at their given respective addresses and not to interfere with state witnesses until the matter is finalised.
They were also ordered to report once every fortnight on Fridays at ZRP Kwekwe Central Police Station pending the finalisation of the case.
It is alleged that on the day in question the five acting in connivance, stabbed Mbongeni Ncube with a sharp object leading to his death upon admission to Kwekwe General Hospital.
The gang also allegedly threw stones and attacked people who were attending the rally with spears, knives and sjamboks as well as catapults leaving many people injured.
The group also allegedly damaged motor vehicles and deflated tyres. Lawyer Charles Chigomere of Mutatu and Partners is representing the accused.-newsday
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a tribunal to probe High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore’s suitability for office after she allegedly went AWOL.
Mushore has reportedly not been reporting for duty since last year, resulting in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommending that a tribunal be set up to investigate the matter.
In Proclamation 3 of 2022 published yesterday, Mnangagwa appointed retired judge Justice Maphios Cheda chairperson of the tribunal, and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs secretary Virginia Mabhiza its secretary.
The tribunal shall be held for a period of five months from the date of swearing in of members, at such appropriate venue as shall be determined by the tribunal,” read the proclamation.
The terms of reference of the tribunal include investigating her suitability to remain in office and reasons for her failure to report for work without authorisation.
The investigation is in line with section 187 of the Constitution, which among others, provides that a judge may be removed from office only for inability to perform the function of his or her office, due to mental or physical incapacity, gross incompetence, or gross misconduct.-newsday
By A Correspondent| The Harare Residents Trust has questioned the availability of new ZUPCO buses bought by government to improve transport in urban areas, saying passengers continue to be stranded at pick up points especially after 7PM.
Posting on Twitter, HRT called for the dismissal of ZUPCO management accusing them of failing to properly manage the transport system.
Below is HRT’s full statement;
The new ZUPCO buses are not visible on Harare roads. Where exactly were they deployed? After 7 pm, there would be no ZUPCO buses to pick up passengers, leaving most workers stranded in town. Why is ZUPCO operating like this? The buses go to park when passengers are still stranded in town. A new management is definitely needed to make ZUPCO operate along commercial lines to serve the people and make money for the company. Reports even suggest that sometimes ZUPCO crews do not ask for money on boarding and then ask for payment when someone is leaving the bus, but do not issue tickets. Such a public transport company should improve its system to serve the public and not benefit a few individuals.
ZUPCO runs without following any timetable for people to get used to. The company can possibly introduce shifts for their crews so that the buses are readily available to ferry people even up to midnight.
Mishika-Shika and kombis operate freely and with minimal police interference because either the ZUPCO management has their own mishika-shika, or the police officers own the mishika-shika which are risky but serving the desperate commuters.
Why is there like a deliberate ploy to make ZUPCO so unprofessional, unreliable and poorly run? Under the current circumstances where it is the only allowed public transporter, it should be making a huge profit, serving the people with professionalism so that even when competition comes, they would have made their mark.
Who is destroying ZUPCO? The new buses are nowhere to be found on the road. Transport shortages are still prevalent.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of issuing a voters’ roll with colour pictures to Zanu-PF candidates while denying the same to the opposition in what critics say amounts to vote fraud.
This is the second time in weeks that the electoral management body has been taken to task over the voters roll after it denied ownership of a voters roll which was exposed by data experts as being littered with irregularities.
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Binga North legislator Prince Dubeko-Sibanda yesterday claimed that Zanu-PF’s Victoria Falls local authority candidates in the March 26 by-elections, Musa Ncube and Kudakwashe Mavula Munsaka, were given copies of the voters roll with colour images of the voters.
“While Zec always denies the opposition access to the voters roll with pictures, it clandestinely released it to Zanu-PF in the just-ended by-elections. Zec should be disbanded,” Dubeko-Sibanda claimed.
He repeated the claims when contacted for comment yesterday.
But Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana yesterday denied that the electoral management body had issued a voters roll with colour images to Zanu-PF, and stopped short of saying it was leaked by its officials.
He said an internal investigation had been launched.
“We have asked the operational guys to look into the matter since we do not give political parties the voters roll with pictures. We want to understand what really transpired,” he said.
In February, Zec said a defective copy was leaked by its employees who were allegedly later suspended and later summarily dismissed from work.
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North chairperson Richard Moyo said he was not aware of the allegations.
“I am not aware of these claims,” he said.
The CCC complained ahead of the polls that Zec had blurred the party symbol and candidates’ images on some ballot papers used in the polls.
The voters roll was a contested document ahead of the polls, with the CCC saying the document was not credible after discrepancies were uncovered.
Zec, however, argued that there were attempts to discredit the electoral management body.
CCC interim deputy secretary for elections Ellen Shiriyedenga yesterday accused Zec of unfair practices.
“We have countless times requested Zec to provide us with a voters roll with images, but it has always denied (us the opportunity to have sight of it). It always cites security reasons and the need to protect private information,” Shiriyedenga told NewsDay.
“Recently, we have had issues of people with the same name and surname, but the only difference being the last two digits on the voters roll. This is one of the reasons a voters roll with images is important.”
Independent election watchdogs said claims that only Zanu-PF was given a voters roll with colour images of voters were disturbing, with Election Resource Centre programmes manager Solomon Bobosibunu saying this amounted to vote-rigging
“If the allegations are true that one political party got the voters rolls with pictures and the other one did not, then it is an unfair practice. It creates a tilted playing field. When we look at the electoral principles and practices everywhere else, political parties must be given materials that are equal and uniform,” Bobosibunu said.
Zimbabwe Election Support Network chairperson Andrew Makoni added: “The playing field must be even and such discrimination does not go well with the conduct of democratic elections. Zec must treat all political parties participating in an election equally.
“It is important to have pictures in the voters roll so that election officials can see if the person appearing before them intending to vote is the same person. This reduces chances of cheating or people voting on behalf of others.
“The voters roll, which is being inspected by citizens and members of the public before voting, must be the same voters roll to be used on the day of voting. This will allow errors to be attended to.-newsday
By A Correspondent- All people who will attend the main 20 celebrations to be held at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo will be tested for the coronavirus.
Bulawayo City Council director of health services Edwin Sibanda said they will test everyone entering the stadium while all the other COVID-19 protocols will be observed at the event. Said, Dr Sibanda:
All attendees will be tested, and all COVID-19 protocols will be observed. Vaccination is available at all clinics and central hospitals for free and QR codes on vaccination cards are being activated at the Tower Block.
Day is on 18 April and this year the country celebrates 42 years of freedom and black majority rule.
Barbourfields Stadium will become the first venue outside Harare to host the main Independence Day celebrations since 1980.
Meanwhile, the celebrations will include a football match between perennial rivals Highlanders and Dynamos, and later, members of the public will be treated to a music gala.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- Botswana and Zimbabwe are set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see prisoner exchanges between the countries.
Zimbabweans serving jail time in Botswana will be able to complete their sentences back in their home country, in exchange for Batswana nationals who will be deported back to Botswana to complete their sentences there. .
According to Zimbabwe prisons and correctional services commissioner, Gen Moses Chihobvu, there were an estimated 400 Zimbabweans in Botswana jails.
“I think we have less than 10 Batswana who are in prison in Zimbabwe,” said Chihobvu
Dinah Marathe, commissioner of the Botswana prison service, visited Zimbabwe with a delegation to meet its correctional services authorities.
Addressing journalists during the tour on Saturday, Marathe said signing of the MOU will allow the two countries to work together on various issues.
“We are going to complete the signing of the MOU by June. It allows our two republics to work together. It will also allow our own citizens who are incarcerated in Zimbabwe prisons to serve their sentences back home and Zimbabweans who are serving in Botswana to finish their sentences here in Zimbabwe, so that they are closer to their relatives who can help them when they reintegrate into society.”
In 2020, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi pardoned 15 Zimbabwean prisoners amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zimbabwe’s prisons are severely overcrowded. Last year, the country declared an amnesty for prisoners who had served at least a third of their sentences as a way to ease overcrowding.
Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa, daughter to Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa, has been appointed to the board of directors of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe.
In a notice posted on the company’s website by the company’s board secretary, Econet said the appointment was with effect from 1 April 2022.
Ms Masiyiwa, a business leader, social entrepreneur and philanthropist in her own right, holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Banking and International Finance from Bayes Business School, City University London and a Masters of Social Entrepreneurship from Hult International Business School. She is currently studying for an Executive MBA from Cambridge University.
Ms Masiyiwa, who holds a number of leadership positions in both local and international organisations, serves on a number of boards, including the Harvard University Leadership Council for the Centre of African Studies and Higherlife Foundation.
She has worked in various organizations “spearheading the investment and funding programmes as well as the human capital development of those organisations.”
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe has been without a second Vice-President for over a year following the resignation of Kembo Mohadi in March last year.
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba on Tuesday told NewsDay that he could not comment on when President Emmerson Mnangagwa would appoint a second VP.
Mohadi resigned on 1 March 2021 in the wake of damning immoral allegations which dogged him until the end of February 2021.
Constitutional lawyer Lovemore Madhuku said there was no law that compels the President to appoint a second VP. Said Madhuku:
The President has not breached any part of the Constitution by not appointing a second VP.
The 1987 Unity Accord is irrelevant in the appointment of the VPs because it is a private contract between Zanu PF and PF Zapu. That cannot be enforced using the laws of Zimbabwe.
The post of the second VP was created following the 1987 Unity Accord between ZANU PF and PF ZAPU and was reserved for former ZAPU members.
However, political analyst Methuseli Moyo said former ZAPU members are anxiously waiting for Mnangagwa’s choice. Said Moyo:
The way Mohadi was induced to resign was very suspicious, and the amount of time it has taken to replace him or reappoint him makes the issue more suspicious.
No doubt Mohadi is bitter, and his fellow ex-ZAPU colleagues are anxious about what befell him, and who will succeed him.
The way ED came into power makes him indebted to a lot of people who made it happen.
He wants those harbouring ambitions to come out. It plays to his advantage to keep everybody anxious and hoping.
This is not the first time that Zimbabwe has had a single VP. Joice Mujuru once served alone from 2009 to 2014 following the death of Joseph Msika.
By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro is reportedly pushing for the removal of provincial youth chairperson Stanley Sakupwanya claiming that he was becoming “big headed”.
Madiro and Sakupwanya formed a formidable campaign team that saw them both win provincial elections last year.
Sources in Manicaland told NewsDay yesterday that the relationship between Madiro and Sakupwanya had collapsed, with the provincial chairperson pushing for a vote of no-confidence against his former ally.
“Madiro is inciting other youths in the province to pass the vote of no confidence. We are very sure a vote of no-confidence is coming against him,” a source said,
Madiro always wanted to have control of the province and felt overshadowed after Sakupwanya recently met President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Kwekwe, where youths were given cows. Sakupwanya also met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House with other youth chairpersons from other provinces, where they had photo shoots.”
Sakupwanya and Madiro yesterday denied that there was bad blood between them.
“This is a mischievous allegation,” Madiro said.
Sakupwanya said: “I am not big headed, I work well with my boss (Madiro). I was even with him on Sunday. This is just a conspiracy.”
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs-elect received a baptism of fire on their first day in Parliament yesterday after they turned up in yellow attire for the swearing-in ceremony.
Zanu PF MPs protested, accusing the opposition of coming to the august House dressed in party regalia.
Yellow is the CCC party’s official colour.
But Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda quashed the objections, saying there was nothing amiss since the CCC members’ attire had no party symbol.
“If there is no visible party symbol, it can be allowed in the House,” Mudenda ruled, before Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda proceeded to swear-in the 28 legislators who were elected in the March 26 by-elections.
The CCC MPs who were sworn-in included Tendai Biti (Harare East), Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), Prince Dubeko Sibanda (Binga North), Amos Chibaya (Mkoba), Willias Madzimure (Kambuzuma), Chalton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), among others.
Zanu PF also had nine MPs sworn-in, who included Zalerah Makari (Epworth), Misheck Mugadza (Mutasa South), Jeremiah Chiwetu (Marondera East), Nyasha Masoka (Murewa South), Munyaradzi Zizhou (Chivi South), Master Makope (Mwenezi East), Ncube Musa (Tsholotsho South), Davison Masvisvi (Gokwe Central) and Tasara Hungwe (Mberengwa South).
Some of the seats became vacant following recalls initiated by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, while others were a result of deaths and posting of MPs as ambassadors.
The newly formed CCC party bagged 19 seats while Zanu PF got nine.
Mberengwa South legislator Tasara Hungwe (Zanu PF) said: “I promise to go back to my constituency and ensure there is communication with regards to things happening in Parliament.”
Kwekwe Central MP Judith Tobaiwa (CCC) said she would fight to end machete violence in the Midlands city.
Her constituency is where CCC supporter Mbongeni Ncube was killed at a campaign rally in February.
“We are also going to address issues of child abuse and child marriages. Young girls are being married off due to poverty and we need to end that,” Tobaiwa said.
Mugadza (Zanu PF) said: “People will not regret their choice. I will take the constituency to another level in terms of development.”
Nkulumane MP Kucaca Phulu (CCC) said people from his constituency would benefit from his representative role as an MP, by getting feedback on what is happening in Parliament.
By A Correspondent- A polling station was allegedly dismantled on the eve of the by-election in Mutasa South National Constituency election, leading to the disenfranchisement of hundreds of voters which may have held sway in the result, it has emerged.
The development has triggered fears the polling station ruined Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate, Regai Tsunga’s chance of winning the election.
Tsunga was narrowly beaten by Zanu-PF candidate Misheck Mugadza after garnering 5 269 votes against his nemesis’ 5 818.
Mugadza holds a senior position in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
Well-placed official sources who presided over the elections said the removal of a polling station deprived a number of people from voting within an urban ward, which was one of Tsunga’s strongholds.
“A polling station in Florida middle density suburb was removed from the system in the last minute. The officials responsible for that polling station were given a directive to remove it from the system under unclear circumstances,” an official source said.
“They later realised that it was a trick aimed at influencing election outcome only after results started trickling in. That polling station had a remarkable number of voters from the leafy suburbs of Mutare, and Mugadza had lessor chances of winning there. This is real. The move influenced the outcome, a team of government officials who presided over the elections even testified,” the source added.
ZEC Manicaland elections officer, Thompson Chivereveshe, declined to comment on the matter saying: “We are no longer talking about elections. Anyone with allegations can go to the electoral court. I do not know anything regarding this issue. The elections are over, hence I do not know what you are talking about.”
Tsunga confirmed that a polling station in Florida was dismantled.
He said another one in Chikanga phase one (ward 14), was moved to a different.
.”Yes it’s true. The explanation can only come from ZEC why they did that. It resulted in many people not getting the chance to vote. I talked to the district elections officer regarding the Florida polling station and he simply said it was because they had to merge the two polling stations into one,” Tsunga said.
“Whether that was done in good faith or there was a sinister motive, as we suspect, it is a question for ZEC to answer. We hope that in the future, if any changes have to be made regarding configuration of polling stations, it will be communicated to all political parties and interested stakeholders in advance,” he said.
“Once they continue to do things in a clandestine manner, they give us every reason to be suspicious. We always clamour for electoral reforms so that the outcome is not thereof ever disputed. If everything is done in a transparent manner, with no issues arising, the winner and the loser will feel content after elections are conducted.”
Mutasa South constituency consists of some parts of Mutare urban, including Penhalonga peri-urban.
According to statistics availed by the Election Resource Centre (ERC), the voter turnout in Mutasa South during by-elections was 34,47% compared to 85% during the 2018 polls.
By A Correspondent | Citizens Coalition deputy president Tendai Biti has announced saying the government blew USD80 million on the just ended bi elections.
Biti was speaking at parliament yesterday when he said despite Nelson Chamisa’s MPs being restored to their original positions: ” it has been a very costly process more than USD80 million has been spent on these bi elections, and I can assure you that this is a country that can’t afford USD80 mil. USD80mil could have gone to textbooks, could have gone to drugs…”
He said in full:
So, in the end democracy wins, but it has been a very costly process more than USD80 million has been spent on these bi elections, and I can assure you that this is a country that can't afford USD80 mil. USD80mil could have gone to textbooks, could have gone to drugs,
Of the aspirations and desire of the concerns of the citizens out there. I think the reform agenda, let's revisit the constitution itself, 2ndly protecting of citizens through raising of citizen issues; we have a crisis in our education sector, as I'm talking to you right now…
as if they are employees, so generally, there's a national crisis, and I hope parl can do its job in ensuring that citizen issues on education, on health, on social protection are out forward. There's a draught as I am talking right now…5 mil people have to be fed –@BitiTendai
