By A Correspondent- New details in the robbery and murder of former Caps United and Warriors left-back Charles Yohane over the weekend in South Africa have emerged.
Reports indicate that one of the suspects in the 48-year-old Zimbabwean’s murder was arrested in Soweto after he was found driving around in the deceased’s car.
The car was spotted driving around Mzimhlophe for most of Sunday until it was recovered later in the day with the case now with the police.
Yohane went missing on Saturday only for his body to be found in the Mzimhlophe Hostel, Soweto on Saturday evening with bullet wounds.
According to family members, the former Bidvest Wits player had gone to a match and encountered the carjackers in Soweto on his way home.
CCTV footage of Yohane’s kidnapping at a traffic light emerged where a gang of four men jumped into his BMW vehicle and forced him to drive off.
The gang had reportedly failed in an attempt to hijack another car before they attacked Yohane.
According to KickOff.com, Johane had been using the car he was driving for e-hailing service Bolt on a part-time basis after training sessions at the academy where he was coaching.
The incident happened on Saturday with his body arriving at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in the early hours of Sunday after residents near the hostel heard gunshots.
One of his friends and former Warriors defender, Innocent Chikoya identified Yohane’s body.
The family has started the process to repatriate the remains, with former Zimbabwe footballers pooling resources to help in the repatriation via a local funeral services company.
Mourners are gathered at the family home in Mbare but family members are not yet sure when the body is expected to arrive.
Madzibaba, as Yohane was known then by his fans, was part of the dominant Steve Kwashi coached Caps United class of 1996 that won the first League Championship for the club since Independence.
Yohane also starred for the Warriors when he scored in their 3-0 win over Sudan in Khartoum in 1997 in the AFCON 1998 qualifiers.
The late defender was a regular Warriors player and was part of the 2004 squad that qualified for their first-ever AFCON Tournament hosted by Tunisia.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- Zanu PF activist Felistas Murata known as Mai Titi has sent abusive communication to Olinda Chapel Nkomo describing her as a fake celebrity.
Mai Titi, who last week was captured live on video crying at a meeting with government officials from the Information ministry including Minister Monica Mutsvangwa while begging for punishment to those who bully her on socila media hauled insults at Chapel Nkomo.
Below is a thread of abusive communications sent to Chapel Nkomo. FULL TEXT
lwe uneclass ipiko basa rekuroora murume nekunyebera humhene zvikweret zvekujan jam wakapedza.
Celebrity shungu lni handikwerete hembe ndotenga handipiwe nemabiutique I buy.
Mapresents hanty unozvitengerahere siyana neni Talk about cheap I couldn’t even bu r makeup rubbish dzawakavhara err kuno and u talk about structure lo yrself unopfeka chiiko iwewe chaungapembedza …vana vevanhu vawakavhara ukasiya maibox ako emakeup ndikada kutengeserwa dora ndikazviramba come n pik your heap of trash yawakavhara munhu $3000 here u want me to give u relevance u got famous nekuchemera dik wat makes u think u classy . No rich man has ever asked u out yr job is to nature street kids and you say I’m trash … Nyebera ivavo carrot –
By A Correspondent- The Cabinet has resolved to reopen all the country’s borders after announcing that Zimbabwe had successfully contained the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant.
Following the first Cabinet briefing for 2022 held yesterday in Harare, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa said when Cabinet adjourned on December 14, the country was in the midst of the fourth wave with an average of 4 014 cases per day. Currently, new cases average less than 1 000. As of Monday, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 cases stood at 231 337, with 223 603 recoveries and 5 374 deaths. The recovery rate was 96 percent, with 2 892 active cases having been recorded.
The Minister said the number of new Covid-19 cases decreased to 929 during the week under review, compared to 992 recorded the previous week.
“In view of the continued decline in new cases and deaths coupled with a declining testing positivity rate that is indicating that the community transmission has gone down, all ports of entry be: reopened but ensuring that all the recommended Covid-19 prevention measures are adhered to, and all persons entering Zimbabwe must have undergone a valid Covid-19 PCR test not more than 48 hours from the time of their departure for Zimbabwe, and fully vaccinated.
Those who have received a booster vaccine shot have an entry advantage,” she said.
By A Correspondent- Some ZANU PF supporters who wanted to leave President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rally last Saturday were reportedly assaulted and forced back by soldiers and police officers.
According to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, the disgruntled ZANU PF supporters wanted to leave Epworth High School grounds, the venue of the rally before Mnangagwa had spoken.
The Forum also claimed that ruling party supporters forced informal traders in Mbare to close their market stalls and bussed them to attend Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth.
The people wanted to leave after an announcement that no title deeds would be given out at the rally. The Forum said:
On 12 February, ZANU PF supporters forced informal traders in Mbare to close their market stalls and attend a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Epworth.
Buses were deployed to ferry people to Epworth, with ZANU PF youth ordering some members, most of whom got the stalls through the ZANU PF patronage system, to abandon business and attend the rally.
At the same time, some ZANU PF youths were also forcing informal dealers at Gazaland, Highfields to abandon their workstations and attend the President’s rally.
Assaults Disgruntled ZANU PF party members who attempted to leave the Epworth venue before President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the rally were beaten up and forced back by armed soldiers and police.
The members wanted to leave after an announcement that no title deeds would be given out at the rally.
The Forum accused the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T of political intolerance after the party’s supporters allegedly defaced campaign posters of Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary and local government candidates in Highfields on Saturday.
The MDC-T was holding a rally at Zororo Grounds to launch its campaign for the by-elections scheduled to take place on 26 March this year. Said The Forum
Political intolerance On 12 February, the MDC Alliance had a rally at Zororo Centre which was addressed by its leader, Douglas Mwonzora.
Before the rally, MDC-A supporters went around the rally venue, defacing campaign posters of CCC parliamentary and local government candidates.
By A Correspondent- A report by the Citizen in Action Southern Africa (CIASA) has shown that Zimbabweans are increasingly losing confidence in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over its management of electoral processes.
The report titled Capturing the Judiciary: Reality or Phantom, which was released last Friday, said ZEC has been selectively applying its powers, which has resulted in the public doubting its capacity to produce indisputable polls.
In the report, CIASA analyses the recent ruling by the High Court, which reversed a ruling on the cancellation of constituency vacancies made by the same court and saw ZEC setting a new date for nominations for six vacant seats in Harare East, Mbizo, Kambuzuma, Nkulumane, Pumula and Mutasa South.
The seats fell vacant after the recall of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members Harare East, Mbizo, Kambuzuma, Nkulumane, Pumula and Mutasa South. by the said party. CIASA said in the report:
The case on Zec’s independence is largely built on the basis that they require the Justice minister (Ziyambi Ziyambi) to approve or facilitate their law-making function, without which they cannot directly interface with the Parliament of Zimbabwe for law-making purposes.
In a statement announcing the cancellation of nomination courts seating for the six PDP constituencies, Zec chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana, stated that: ‘The proclamation calling for by-elections issued by the President in terms of Statutory Instrument 1 of 2022 on January 6, 2022 is accordingly amended.
This by all means confirms the long-held suspicion that Zec’s insistence on limited law-making functions is, therefore, selectively applied. This is concretised by the fact that a day later, after another court ruling, Zec turned around and said it needed to check the legal feasibility of reopening nomination court which they did nevertheless.
The report echoes sentiments by opposition political players and some members of the general public who believe ZEC connived with the ruling ZANU PF and manipulated the presidential election results in 2018.-newsday
By A Correspondent- Two Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services employees have appeared in court on allegations of severely assaulting a man who was trespassing their Chikurubi premises.
Michael Moses Nduna (32) and Florence Chihambakwe (27) were facing assault charges when they appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs Munashe Chibanda.
They were freed on $15 000 bail coupled with stringent reporting conditions.
Allegations are that on October 5, 2021 the complainant was with his friend coming from his home going to Gletwin using a road which passes through Chikurubi Prison premises.
The court heard that as they approached the Prison Recreational Park, they came across the two accused persons who were on duty with some inmates.
It is the State’s case that the two, accused the man for trespassing into prison premises.
The court heard that Nduna allegedly instructed the complainant to lie on the ground and he complied.
It is alleged that Chihambakwe instructed Nduna to assault the complainant with a plastic pick handle.
It is the State’s case that Nduna assaulted the complainant several times on the feet using a plastic pick handle resulting in him sustaining injuries.
A police report was made at Highlands Police Station leading to the duo’s arrest. The complainant was taken to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for treatment. -Herald
By- Three people, including a Famous Bulawayo barber, died in an accident along 12th Avenue near Bulawayo Athletic Club early this week.
Njabulo Sithole (25) famously known as JB who was a famous barber in the city centre and Ralph Fikile Mguni (24) from Sauerstown, who graduated last year from the University of Zimbabwe together with an unidentified lady.
According to a close family friend, Sithole and another friend were travelling in his grey Golf 5 behind another friend who also happened to be driving the same type of car along 12th Avenue on their way from a local bar when the accident happened.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said the two cars were travelling along 12th Avenue when the other car was hit, veered off the road and struck a tree. One of the drivers hit the other vehicle on the fuel tank and rear right back wheel causing the driver to lose control of the motor vehicle, which veered off the road and hit a tree. “Circumstances are that both parties were travelling along 12th Avenue Extension due west intending to turn left into Bulawayo Athletic Club. One of the drivers hit the other vehicle on the fuel tank and rear right back wheel causing the driver to lose control of the motor vehicle, which veered off the road and hit a tree.
Three people died on the spot whilst the other two passengers were ferried to United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH),” said Insp Ncube “The cause of the accident was due to excessive speeding under the circumstances by one of the drivers who hit the other vehicle hence a charge of culpable homicide has been preferred against him.” He said human error was the main cause of accidents that have become rampant in the city. “Speed and inattention have been found to be the most prevalent causes of fatal accidents we are receiving. Motorists are urged to apply themselves fully to save lives and avoid unnecessary accidents,” he said.
By- Soldiers and police officers on Sartuday reportedly beat up Zanu PF supporters who wanted to leave President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth.
According to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, the disgruntled Zanu PF supporters wanted to leave Epworth High School grounds, the venue of the rally, before Mnangagwa had spoken.
The Forum also claimed that ruling party supporters forced informal traders in Mbare to close their market stalls and bussed them to attend Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth. The people wanted to leave after an announcement that no title deeds would be given out at the rally. The Forum said: On 12 February, Zanu PF supporters forced informal traders in Mbare to close their market stalls and attend a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Epworth. Buses were deployed to ferry people to Epworth, with Zanu PF youth ordering some members, most of whom got the stalls through the Zanu PF patronage system, to abandon business and attend the rally. At the same time, some Zanu PF youths were also forcing informal dealers at Gazaland, Highfields to abandon their workstations and attend the President’s rally. Assaults Disgruntled Zanu PF party members who attempted to leave the Epworth venue before President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the rally were beaten up and forced back by armed soldiers and police. The members wanted to leave after an announcement that no title deeds would be given out at the rally. The Forum accused the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T of political intolerance after the party’s supporters allegedly defaced campaign posters of Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary and local government candidates in Highfields on Saturday. The MDC-T was holding a rally at Zororo Grounds to launch its campaign for the by-elections scheduled to take place on 26 March this year. Said The Forum Political intolerance On 12 February, the MDC Alliance had a rally at Zororo Centre which was addressed by its leader, Douglas Mwonzora. Before the rally, MDC-A supporters went around the rally venue, defacing campaign posters of CCC parliamentary and local government candidates.
By- ZIMFACT has exposed false claims that were made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa while addressing Zanu PF supporters at the launch of the party’s 26 March by-elections campaign in Epworth, Harare, last Saturday.
Mnangagwa claimed that half of Harare City Council councillors face corruption charges. He said:
Harare City Council, over half of them, are facing charges in court over corruption. So when we vote, we have a chance to replace them.
According to ZIMFACT, the claim is false. Harare has 46 wards, each represented by a councillor.
While several councillors have been arrested, including former Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba, and his replacement, Jacob Mafume, on corruption allegations, the number of all reported arrests does not support Mnangagwa’s claim that half of Harare’s councillors face corruption charges.
Mnangagwa also claimed that the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange has listed new companies each month since its launch.
ZIMFACT again, says the claim is false. VFEX has listed only four companies since its launch in December 2021. Mnangagwa had said:
Since we launched VFEX, every month, or every other month, two or three international companies are registered with VFEX.
So foreign currency is now coming in from outside because this stock exchange at international level.
Seed Co International, Padenga Holdings, Caledonia Mining Corporation and Bindura Nickel Corporation are the only firms that are listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange.
My name is Jane Karonga and this is my story on how my residential home has been violently seized by a VP Chiwenga relative, while I am out of the country.
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https://youtu.be/YLSnLIMq-cg
Last year in June, I had agreed with my Sister, Elizabeth Rose Goremusandu to stay for 2 months at my house which is in Norton as she waits for her house in Darwendale to be completed.
Viciously assaulted… Jane Karonga’s brother in law
Karonga’s sister, Gracious
When 2 months had passed, I asked her to leave my property. She refused, I asked our Uncle to intervene, she cursed him out.
In December, she started living in Darwendale, where she is building her house. After the New year, I asked my Aunt, my late Mom’s Sister and my Cousin brother to come over to try and intervene. Elizabeth refused to have the meeting. Thereafter, we removed my sister’s things and took them to Darwendale where she is building her house.
Before my Sister moved to Darwendale, I was referred to this Martin Chiwenga with the understanding that he can intervene and help with mediation. So when I briefed Martin on the issue, he offered to go and talk to my Sister. However, instead of Martin acting as a mediator, he connived with my Sister to stay at the house and plan on running me out of my own home.
I saw through their plan and after Elizabeth Goremusandu left. I evicted Martin Chiwenga via a court order.
Today, Gracious, my cousin sister was coming from Mutare, and she passed through the house to see if everything was ok. When she arrived there, she saw this other man who said his real name was Martin Chiwenga and he was not going to leave the house until he see me Jane Karonga.
I told Gracious to go and report to the police. Gracious and husband went to the police but they did not get any help from them.
Upon their return, the so called real Martin Chiwenga and 5 other men pounced on them at my gate. They brutally assaulted them at my own house like this. This happened on Saturday. See the pictures below…
By- Police in Bulawayo have impounded a lorry loaded with stolen Pfumvudza/Intwasa fertilizers distributed to urban farmers in the Emganwini constituency.
This was confirmed by Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday. He said 157x50kg bags of fertilizer were recovered after a tip-off. “When the police intercepted and stopped the truck, bags of fertilizers and eight bags of clothes suspected to be from Botswana were found,” Ncube said. He said Bigboy Mwenga (32) from Zengeza 4, Chitungwiza, was arrested in connection with the fertilizer on February 11 at 5pm. He said Mwenga’s vehicle had been impounded, while the suspect refused to disclose the name of the person who gave him the fertilizer. Meanwhile, police yesterday launched an operation targeting illegal gambling slot machines to prevent unregistered casino operators from flourishing. The operation was launched at Morris Depot in Harare yesterday. The campaign was attended by senior police officers and officials from the Lotteries and Gaming Board, Bookmakers Association and the Casino Association. Malvin Ndlovu, an official from the Casino Association, expressed concern over a rise in money-laundering and illegal gambling crimes, as well as the prevalence of drugs at illegal gambling hubs. “We need to stop illegal gamblers by reporting them to the police,” he said. Lotteries and Gaming Board interim secretary Misheck Pachipano said illegal gamblers should be brought to book no matter their social status. Newsday
By-The Cabinet has resolved to reopen all the country’s borders after announcing that Zimbabwe had successfully contained the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant.
Following the first Cabinet briefing for 2022 held yesterday in Harare, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa said when Cabinet adjourned on December 14, the country was in the midst of the fourth wave with an average of 4 014 cases per day. Currently, new cases average less than 1 000. As of Monday, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 cases stood at 231 337, with 223 603 recoveries and 5 374 deaths. The recovery rate was 96 percent, with 2 892 active cases having been recorded.
The Minister said the number of new Covid-19 cases decreased to 929 during the week under review, compared to 992 recorded the previous week. “In view of the continued decline in new cases and deaths coupled with a declining testing positivity rate that is indicating that the community transmission has gone down, all ports of entry be: reopened but ensuring that all the recommended Covid-19 prevention measures are adhered to, and all persons entering Zimbabwe must have undergone a valid Covid-19 PCR test not more than 48 hours from the time of their departure for Zimbabwe, and fully vaccinated. Those who have received a booster vaccine shot have an entry advantage,” she said.
New details in the robbery and murder of former Caps United and Warriors left-back Charles Yohane over the weekend in South Africa have emerged.
Reports indicate that one of the suspects in the 48-year-old Zimbabwean’s murder was arrested in Soweto after he was found driving around in the deceased’s car.
The car was spotted driving around Mzimhlophe for most of Sunday until it was recovered later in the day with the case now with the police.
Yohane went missing on Saturday only for his body to be found in the Mzimhlophe Hostel, Soweto on Saturday evening with bullet wounds.
According to family members, the former Bidvest Wits player had gone to a match and encountered the carjackers in Soweto on his way home.
CCTV footage of Yohane’s kidnapping at a traffic light emerged where a gang of four men jumped into his BMW vehicle and forced him to drive off.
The gang had reportedly failed in an attempt to hijack another car before they attacked Yohane.
According to KickOff.com, Johane had been using the car he was driving for e-hailing service Bolt on a part-time basis after training sessions at the academy where he was coaching.
The incident happened on Saturday with his body arriving at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in the early hours of Sunday after residents near the hostel heard gunshots.
One of his friends and former Warriors defender, Innocent Chikoya identified Yohane’s body.
The family has started the process to repatriate the remains, with former Zimbabwe footballers pooling resources to help in the repatriation via a local funeral services company.
Mourners are gathered at the family home in Mbare but family members are not yet sure when the body is expected to arrive.
Madzibaba, as Yohane was known then by his fans, was part of the dominant Steve Kwashi coached Caps United class of 1996 that won the first League Championship for the club since Independence.
Yohane also starred for the Warriors when he scored in their 3-0 win over Sudan in Khartoum in 1997 in the AFCON 1998 qualifiers.
The late defender was a regular Warriors player and was part of the 2004 squad that qualified for their first-ever AFCON Tournament hosted by Tunisia.- NewsDay
By- Three people died on the spot while two others were hospitalised with serious injuries in Bulawayo after a VW Golf car hit a tree near the 12 Avenue and Samuel Parirenyatwa Road intersection in the wee hours of Wednesday. The accident happened at 2am.
The driver is believed to have lost control of his car.
By- A heavily pregnant Shamva woman is battling for life in hospital after being attacked by another woman on Valentine’s Day over suspected infidelity.
Gloria Mataya (32), who is now facing attempted murder charges tripped eight-month pregnant Melinda Magusvu (23), sat on her stomach and repeatedly hit her face with a stone.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe said the incident happened at around 11 am yesterday.
He said Magusvu of Magombo milling compound was doing laundry at a borehole when Mataya cut the borehole’s power supply.
This irked Magusvu and other community members who wanted to draw water. Mataya charged towards Magusvu accusing her of having an affair with her husband Twoboy Masora. She pushed Magusvu who fell on her back. Mataya sat on her stomach and picked up a stone which she used to hit Magusvu in the face until she fell unconscious. Insp Mundembe said Mataya stood up and kicked Magusvu’s stomach before being restrained by people. Magusvu was rushed to Shamva hospital where she is in critical condition. Insp Mundembe urged people to shun violence and resolve issues amicably or approach the court for recourse. Herald
Below is a thread of abusive communications by ZANU PF activist Mai Titi as she harassed socialite Olinda Chapel. It comes after Felistas Murata approached a government minister asking for methods to use the state apparatus to silence all her critics over allegations of social media bullying. In the communication, Murata tortures Chapel making a string of verbal abusives, FULL TEXT
lwe uneclass ipiko basa rekuroora murume nekunyebera humhene zvikweret zvekujan jam wakapedza.
Celebrity shungu lni handikwerete hembe ndotenga handipiwe nemabiutique I buy.
Mapresents hanty unozvitengerahere siyana neni Talk about cheap I couldn’t even bu r makeup rubbish dzawakavhara err kuno and u talk about structure lo yrself unopfeka chiiko iwewe chaungapembedza …vana vevanhu vawakavhara ukasiya maibox ako emakeup ndikada kutengeserwa dora ndikazviramba come n pik your heap of trash yawakavhara munhu $3000 here u want me to give u relevance u got famous nekuchemera dik wat makes u think u classy . No rich man has ever asked u out yr job is to nature street kids and you say I’m trash … Nyebera ivavo carrot –
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change led by President Nelson Chamisa says it will leave no stone unturned in its quest for free and fair polls.
Addressing a media conference in Harare on Wednesday CCC piled pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to be neutral in the execution of expected constitutional obligations.
Tinashe Sambiri|They say a hungry man is an angry man…
Irate Zimbabweans have vowed to dump Arnold Kamudyariwa( DJ Fantan) music over his presence at Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth, Harare.
Hundreds of suffering citizens view DJ Fantan’s presence at the Zanu PF event event as an endorsement of dictatorship.
There is no doubt that Mr Mnangagwa’s “new dispensation” is losing aplomb and popularity with each passing day.
Commenting on Fantan’s presence at Mr Mnangagwa’s rally, Farai Oscar Mpinga said: “You dig ur own grave DJ Fantan all these pple who are now against you are your true fans bt e way you disappointed them z unexplainable.”
David Tembo said: “That was the wrong move u ever made in ur life mark my words u will never be the Fanta u were before to us.”
Mudhara Dziva observed: “Apa waiva busy kut pamberi neZanu uchishandiswa hauna kana mari yetenga hembe kwadzo wonopihwa mubhadharo wakapfeka short rejira redish towel d**vi remunhu.”
Owen Olla argued: “Nxaaaa enda unoridza parally yeZANU. Pano hapana chembere dzamaionererwa nadzo kuEpworth. Wongoti dumbu rinenge bhagidhi rezviyo nxaaa.”
Patric Muchengi: “Who are u telling now u can’t even fit a zanu pf t shirt zidumbu udza vechimurenga choir kuti kwaita riddim bhurugwa rinenge mukoko wenyuchi.”
VIOLENCE erupted at the Mugodhi Apostolic Shrine headquarters in Wedza at the weekend as factions clashed over control of the church.
Mugodhi meeting
About 20 police officers from Wedza had to be called in to quell the violence pitting the Washington Mugodhi followers against those following Aaron Munodawafa, with both parties claiming ownership of the church.
The factional wars follow the death of the founding church leader, Tadeau Mugodhi, who was succeeded by his son Washington.
Mashonaland East provincial police spokesperson Inspector Simon Chazovachii confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were in progress.
According to the police, on February 11, Munodawafa led his followers to the popular gathering known as Synod, but was denied entry to the shrine by security details hired by Mugodhi.
Munodawafa then took his followers to Matsine Primary School near the shrine where they spent the night.
The following day, about 600 members of the faction then returned to the shrine and forced their way in, resulting in the confrontation.
Both parties filed police reports against each other. -Newsday
TWO Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services employees have appeared in court on allegations of severely assaulting a man who was trespassing their Chikurubi premises.
Michael Moses Nduna (32) and Florence Chihambakwe (27) were facing assault charges when they appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs Munashe Chibanda.
They were freed on $15 000 bail coupled with stringent reporting conditions.
Allegations are that on October 5, 2021 the complainant was with his friend coming from his home going to Gletwin using a road which passes through Chikurubi Prison premises.
The court heard that as they approached the Prison Recreational Park, they came across the two accused persons who were on duty with some inmates.
It is the State’s case that the two, accused the man for trespassing into prison premises.
The court heard that Nduna allegedly instructed the complainant to lie on the ground and he complied.
It is alleged that Chihambakwe instructed Nduna to assault the complainant with a plastic pick handle.
It is the State’s case that Nduna assaulted the complainant several times on the feet using a plastic pick handle resulting in him sustaining injuries.
A police report was made at Highland Police Station leading to the duo’s arrest. The complainant was taken to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for treatment. -Herald
As the govt lost a High Court case yesterday, pupils at public schools across Bulawayo are idle as some teachers are going to class but not teaching in defiance of a Government directive for them to resume duty.
Since schools opened last week on Monday, some teachers and headmasters have not been reporting for duty, citing incapacitation.
Treasury subsequently announced a 20 percent salary increase for all civil servants plus an additional US$100 cash allowance, as well as school fees allowance for teachers among other non-monetary benefits.
Government has since suspended for three months without pay all those who have been absconding.
A visit to some schools around Bulawayo’s eastern and western suburbs yesterday revealed some pupils, both at primary and secondary schools, were playing on the sports fields during learning hours.
Others were seen making a beeline home, and they said teachers were either absent or some of those who were present were not teaching.
At Baines Primary School in North End; Lobengula Primary School in Mzilikazi; Mthombowesizwe Primary School in Entumbane; Intunta Primary School and Ihlathi High School in Tshabalala as well as Masotsha High School in Magwegwe North among others, children were playing outside class.
Some pupils who were interviewed by Chronicle said they had dismissed early because teachers were not teaching.
“There are no lessons at the school.
The teachers are there but they are just sitting in class and not teaching. So, I have decided to go home,” said a pupil at Lobengula Primary School in Mzilikazi.
A pupil at Mthombowesizwe Primary School in Entumbane suburb said they were told to go home after break time.
“We learnt one subject. We then went for break time and then after that, the teacher asked us to pray and we were dismissed for the day,” said the pupil.
Because of the teachers absconding lessons, this has forced some parents with pupils who are in exam classes to resort to private lessons.
The news crew met a group of Form Two pupils at Ihlathi High School in Tshabalala who said they had dismissed themselves because teachers were not at school.
“When schools opened, we had no lessons because teachers hadn’t been there.
Up to today we haven’t had any lessons and we are on our way to do extra lessons, so that we can catch up,” said one of the pupils.
One parent from Sizinda suburb said some teachers at Intunta were on a go slow.
“The teachers have been coming, but the teaching from what my child is saying is not at the right level.
This has been the case since the opening of schools.
They are learning but as parents we aren’t happy that it’s not like last year,” said the parent.
In an interview yesterday, Dr Edson Badarai Head of Strategic Planning and Programme Management in the Public Service Commission (PSC) said the suspension of teachers stands.
“In terms of those who would have been suspended they will go through a disciplinary process; they are a different group.
There will be an investigation and they will go through. So, we are saying their suspension still stands.
Those who are not suspended and are continuing not to come to work, their last date to continue like that, is February 22. If they get to that date, we deem them to have resigned,” said Dr Badarai.
“What it means is that there is a grace period. Those reporting for duty but not teaching, will also be deemed to have resigned.
All those who have resigned and are occupying institutional accommodation are expected to vacate.”
In a statement earlier in the day, the PSC said teachers, headmasters and deputy heads who are not attending school, or attending but not teaching will be deemed to have resigned on February 22.
“All teachers, deputy heads and heads of schools who do not report for duty by Tuesday 22 February 2022 will be deemed to have resigned from the service.
Those reporting for duty but not teaching will also be deemed to have resigned.
All those who will have in that manner so resigned and are occupying institutional accommodation are expected to vacate the same with immediate effect,” said the PSC.
After the deadline, the PSC encouraged student teachers and university students to apply for teaching posts, to replace those who have resigned from their posts.
“Unemployed trained teachers, university and college graduates in the sciences, engineering, technical, vocational areas and other disciplines who are interested in joining the teaching profession should ensure that they are registered at the nearest district education offices as the recruitment process shall begin soon after the 22nd of February 2022,” read the statement.
Government, the PSC said, will work with those who show commitment in performing their duties.
“Those deemed to have resigned shall not be eligible for this recruitment.
Government has taken the position that it will now work with those who demonstrate their commitment by performing their duties at all times to serve the nation.
In terms of Section 75 sub-section 4 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, concerning the right to education, the Government of Zimbabwe has already taken reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to education,” it said.
The statement said, Government is committed to improving the welfare of its workers and is concerned that teachers are absent from work, depriving children of their constitutional right.
Government, the statement said, will not tolerate behaviour that negatively impacts on an entire generation.
“This behaviour on the part of some teachers is all the more distressing in view of the fact that it is coming at a time when learners have already lost more than a month of learning in 2022 alone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and were therefore looking forward to the opportunity to catch up with their studies.
Such behaviour cannot be tolerated as it will have a lasting, negative impact on an entire generation,” said the statement. –Additional Reporting Chronicle
The National Health and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NHAWUZ) has expressed support for teachers who have not been reporting for duty since schools reopened last Monday citing incapacitation.
The Government responded by effecting a blanket three-month suspension without pay on all the absentee teachers.
In a statement on Tuesday, NHAWUZ criticised the unilateral action by the Government, arguing that it has no place “in a well-developed democracy”. NHAWUZ said:
We support Social dialogue and collective bargaining through trade unionism and we want to see constructive relationships between the government of Zimbabwe and teachers.
This kind of relationship has proved its high value in many countries, both in times of economic growth and during a crisis.
In spite of attempts to demonize Zimbabwe’s public sector (through the Public Service debate, for instance), the problem of the irresponsibility of the banking sector, the unfairness of those paying for the reckless, corrupt and greediness of a few political elites is very much difficult to align with neoliberal conventions.
This logic of injustice and unfairness has to reawaken politics and galvanize actions that governments dismiss at their own peril.
On Wednesday, the Zimbabwe Public Service Commission (PSC) gave all teachers, deputy heads and heads of schools until Tuesday 22 February 2022 to report for duty.
The PSC said that teachers who have either not reported for duty or are reporting for duty but not teaching will be deemed to have resigned if they ignore the 22nd of February deadline.- Pindula News
By A Correspondent| Opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa says he is yet to be briefed on the meeting between his vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and former MDC-T vice President Thokozani Khupe yesterday.
This comes amid reports that Khupe is warming up to re-uniting with Chamisa in a move believed to be the brains of exiled former Zanu PF politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo.
Responding to one @Chambii on Twitter who asked for an explanation on the image where Khupe, Ncube and former MDC-T Organising Secretary were together, Chamisa said he had not been briefed yet.
“Can this image be explained? New rules are supposed to be citizens driven and it means giving them the power of who represents the party and who seats at the top. Ordinary supporters have to be members of wards, Districts and Provinces but after good vetting,” asked Chambii.
“I’m yet to be briefed!,” responded Chamisa.
Khupe is believed to be warming up to re-uniting with Chamisa in a move that has drawn widespread criticism from CCC supporters who feel she is responsible for the mess the party finds itself in after walking away when Morgan Tsvangirai passed away in 2018.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the yellow revolution is bringing new values and a new culture.
The party will hold a star rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare on Sunday.
In a statement, President Chamisa urged citizens across the country to attend the rally.
“YELLOW CITIZENS! THIS IS YOUR SHOW…THIS TIME!
FRESH, BRAND NEW, NEW VALUES, NEW CULTURE. WELCOME TO THE NEW. BE THE NEW! CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has subtly confirmed the state knows the people who made the last-seen-2015 activist Itai Dzmara by deleting his name from the missing-person filings at the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).
The below state media report shows the current missing persons list after 16 people disappeared on different dates.
Miriam vanished in 2018
Interpol is an international organisation that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
It lists missing persons on its Yellow Notice. 11 Zimbabweans from different parts of the country disappeared locally while five others disappeared in South Africa.
Seven of them disappeared when they were still minors, below the age of sixteen.
16 males, six females and 10 males are among the 7 939 missing people who disappeared under different circumstances worldwide.
Mr Paul Chizuze (65) from Bulawayo who disappeared at the age of 55 in 2012 is still missing and his family has been searching for him ever since.
He was 1,7 metres tall, with a weight of 84kg and his hair was greying when he disappeared.
Mr Chizuze’s sister Sister Maxim Phiri yesterday said her brother has not been located but could not comment further.
However, in 2012, she told Chronicle her brother was last seen in Emganwini suburb where he had visited his brother.
“He left there in his Nissan Hardbody on his way to where he lives in Bellevue, at Number 5 Churchill Drive, and since then we have not seen him.
He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and khaki trousers.
We are worried about his whereabouts and we appeal to members of the public to assist us search for him,” said Sister Maxim.
Also on Interpol’s Yellow Notice are two Bulawayo minors Lily Anna Nel who disappeared in 2017 when she was aged nine years and Kirsten Smith who disappeared on the same day when she was aged 11 years.
Mr Funny Tawedzerwa Muinzani from Shurugwi disappeared in 1998 when he was 25 years old.
Ms Rutendo Faith Muzvidziwa disappeared in Masvingo at the age of 32 in 2019.
Mr Raymond Rey Mafavuke disappeared in 2008 in Harare and is still missing. Mr Tapiwa Chitsinde was last seen in Mazowe in 2010, aged 28.
Ms Nyasha Mitchel Maponga has been missing since 2015. She was last seen in Harare when she was aged 15 years. Mr Jerry Chirenda disappeared in 2014 aged 40.
Kindness Banda disappeared in 2016 when he was just four months old, in Mashonaland East at Juru growth point.
Six Zimbabweans disappeared in South Africa. Aubrey Banda disappeared in 2020 when he was four years old.
Ms Caroline Nyathi disappeared in Hillbrow in 2019 when she was 12 years old. Ms Miriam Gonzo from Rushinga in Mashonaland Central disappeared in 2018 in Pretoria, aged 48.
Mr Roadwell Dube and Mr Moffat Moyo went missing on the same day in December 2018 in Johannesburg aged 27 and 39 respectively.
Ronnie Tapiwanashe Dhliwayo disappeared in Johannesburg in 2012, when he was nine years old. -Chronicle
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the yellow revolution is bringing new values and a new culture.
The party will hold a star rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare on Sunday.
In a statement, President Chamisa urged citizens across the country to attend the rally.
“YELLOW CITIZENS! THIS IS YOUR SHOW…THIS TIME!
FRESH, BRAND NEW, NEW VALUES, NEW CULTURE. WELCOME TO THE NEW. BE THE NEW! CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change led by President Nelson Chamisa says it will leave no stone unturned in its quest for free and fair polls.
Addressing a media conference in Harare on Wednesday CCC piled pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to be neutral in the execution of expected constitutional obligations.
Why does WHO consider air pollution a major public health emergency? If you live in areas with high levels of air pollution, does COVID-19 impact you differently? Hello and welcome to Science in 5, I’m Vismita Gupta-Smith. We are talking to Dr. Maria Neira today.
Welcome, Maria. Maria, let’s start with why does WHO consider air pollution a major public health emergency?
Dr Maria Neira
Hello, everyone. Well, when you have more than 7 million premature deaths every year, every single year associated with exposure to air pollution, I’m sure that everybody agrees that this is a major public health issue. Actually, nine out of every 10 people around the world, particularly those living in cities, are breathing air that is not consistent with what WHO considers the good standards according to our air quality guidelines for breathing and still be healthy. And, you know, for many years, we thought and most of the diseases linked to exposure to air pollution were considered only to be affecting our respiratory system. And this is still true. Very much. Exposure to air pollution is responsible for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung cancer, pneumonia, name it. But in addition to that, we know now that these toxic particles will come to our lungs and from there to the bloodstream will reach our cardiovascular system and then be responsible for ischemic heart diseases, for neurological disorders, for stroke, for neurological problems as well in general and reproductive system issues. So, as you can imagine, all of those reasons tell us consider that air pollution is one of the biggest public health issues we are confronting today.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Maria, if a person is living in a highly polluted environment where whether air pollution levels are very high. Does COVID-19 impact them differently?
Dr Maria Neira
Yes, we have now more and more scientific evidence. One reason is that exposure, long term exposure to air pollution will affect your immune system and therefore will make you more susceptible to any type of respiratory diseases. And obviously, COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. In addition to that, we know that exposure to air pollution will increase the risk for chronic diseases like cardiopulmonary, like metabolic diseases, diabetes. And we all know now that those diseases are the so-called co-morbidities that will increase the risk for more severity and even later outcome if you are a patient with COVID-19. So, yes.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Maria, when we think about air pollution, it seems like the scale is so big and what can we do to reduce it? Share with us some examples of initiatives that governments and organizations took, which actually reduced air pollution.
Dr Maria Neira
Well, clearly the best way to reduce air pollution will be stop burning fossil fuels. I mean, that combustion of the fossil fuels is contributing not only to climate change, but to generate this high level of pollutants that then end up in our lungs. So changing that policy around which source of energy we are using will be one of the most effective. Legislation, go for enforcing the air quality guidelines of WHO. But if we go to concrete measures, of course at the city level, you have measures now going for change in the transport, the public transport system they have, promoting more sustainable ways of public transport, reducing the use of private cars, going for more efficient energy use of our buildings, making sure that they reduce the traffic congestion in certain areas. And we can see that all of those measures are immediate. They have immediate positive outcomes. Obviously, as an individual, the best you can do is to put pressure on your politicians, on your mayors. Make sure that there are systems to monitor the air quality that you are breathing every day in your city. And by doing so, ensuring that measures are taken at the political level. If the situation on air pollution is really bad, if we take measures, there is optimism. You can see that in European countries, for instance, or North America, the situation improved very much in the last 20 years. We are still far in other parts of the world and we still need to put in place measures on sustainable transport, a clean and modern use of energy sources and all our way of consuming, recycling. And therefore we will be able to tackle this huge problem of air pollution. Tackling the causes of climate change will bring enormous benefits as well on reducing the causes of air pollution and therefore contributing enormously to our health.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Thank you, Maria, for explaining this link, this interconnectedness between our health and that of the planet. Thank you very much. That was Science in 5 today. Until next time then. Stay healthy, stay safe and stick with science…
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change led by President Nelson Chamisa says it will leave no stone unturned in its quest for free and fair polls.
Addressing a media conference in Harare on Wednesday CCC piled pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to be neutral in the execution of expected constitutional obligations.
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Kylian Mbappé scored a stunning individual goal in stoppage time to give Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home victory over Real Madrid and spare Lionel Messi’s blushes after he had missed a penalty in their Champions League last-16, first leg on Tuesday.
It took PSG 94 minutes to find the winner with a brilliant run by Mbappé, who danced in between two defenders and calmly slid the ball into the far corner to earn PSG a deserved victory after they had dominated the encounter.
PSG missed several chances and were thwarted by Real keeper Thibaut Courtois, who denied Mbappé on several occasions before superbly pushing away Messi’s spot kick in the second half.
“It was a great game for us and I’m always ready to help my team, there are no distractions,” Mbappé told reporters.
“We have to be humble and the second leg is still open. It will be a hard game but we will have the advantage and are very confident.”
Madrid struggled to find any rhythm Real Madrid finished the game with zero shots on target while PSG had eight, with almost 60% of possession.
Madrid will be without Casemiro and Ferland Mendy for the second leg at home on 9 March. The pair were both shown yellow cards and will be suspended for collecting three yellows in the competition.
“Our counter-attack didn’t work today,” Courtois told reporters. “It’s hard to lose but the second leg is wide open. We have to win and we will try to do it in front of our fans, what is a great advantage.”
Courtois repeatedly frustrated Messi and Mbappé. His best save came early in the second half when Messi stepped up for the penalty after Mbappé had been fouled inside the area by Dani Carvajal. The Belgian stretched low to his left to stop the Argentinian’s shot with his hand.
But 30 minutes later Mbappé found the winner and Courtois could only watch as the ball went through his legs and into the corner of the net.- en.as.com
By- Soldiers and police officers on Sartuday reportedly beat up Zanu PF supporters who wanted to leave President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth.
According to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, the disgruntled Zanu PF supporters wanted to leave Epworth High School grounds, the venue of the rally, before Mnangagwa had spoken.
The Forum also claimed that ruling party supporters forced informal traders in Mbare to close their market stalls and bussed them to attend Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth. The people wanted to leave after an announcement that no title deeds would be given out at the rally. The Forum said: On 12 February, Zanu PF supporters forced informal traders in Mbare to close their market stalls and attend a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Epworth. Buses were deployed to ferry people to Epworth, with Zanu PF youth ordering some members, most of whom got the stalls through the Zanu PF patronage system, to abandon business and attend the rally. At the same time, some Zanu PF youths were also forcing informal dealers at Gazaland, Highfields to abandon their workstations and attend the President’s rally. Assaults Disgruntled Zanu PF party members who attempted to leave the Epworth venue before President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the rally were beaten up and forced back by armed soldiers and police. The members wanted to leave after an announcement that no title deeds would be given out at the rally. The Forum accused the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T of political intolerance after the party’s supporters allegedly defaced campaign posters of Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary and local government candidates in Highfields on Saturday. The MDC-T was holding a rally at Zororo Grounds to launch its campaign for the by-elections scheduled to take place on 26 March this year. Said The Forum Political intolerance On 12 February, the MDC Alliance had a rally at Zororo Centre which was addressed by its leader, Douglas Mwonzora. Before the rally, MDC-A supporters went around the rally venue, defacing campaign posters of CCC parliamentary and local government candidates.
By- ZIMFACT has exposed false claims that were made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa while addressing Zanu PF supporters at the launch of the party’s 26 March by-elections campaign in Epworth, Harare, last Saturday.
Mnangagwa claimed that half of Harare City Council councillors face corruption charges. He said:
Harare City Council, over half of them, are facing charges in court over corruption. So when we vote, we have a chance to replace them.
According to ZIMFACT, the claim is false. Harare has 46 wards, each represented by a councillor.
While several councillors have been arrested, including former Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba, and his replacement, Jacob Mafume, on corruption allegations, the number of all reported arrests does not support Mnangagwa’s claim that half of Harare’s councillors face corruption charges.
Mnangagwa also claimed that the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange has listed new companies each month since its launch.
ZIMFACT again, says the claim is false. VFEX has listed only four companies since its launch in December 2021. Mnangagwa had said:
Since we launched VFEX, every month, or every other month, two or three international companies are registered with VFEX.
So foreign currency is now coming in from outside because this stock exchange at international level.
Seed Co International, Padenga Holdings, Caledonia Mining Corporation and Bindura Nickel Corporation are the only firms that are listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange.
By Cabinet has resolved to reopen all the country’s borders after announcing that Zimbabwe had managed to successfully contain the fourth Covid-19 wave that was fuelled by the Omicron variant.
Following the first Cabinet briefing for 2022 held yesterday in Harare, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa said when Cabinet adjourned on December 14, the country was in the midst of the fourth wave with an average of 4 014 cases per day. Currently, new cases average less than 1 000. As of Monday, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 cases stood at 231 337, with 223 603 recoveries and 5 374 deaths. The recovery rate was 96 percent, with 2 892 active cases having been recorded.
The Minister said the number of new Covid-19 cases decreased to 929 during the week under review, compared to 992 recorded the previous week. “In view of the continued decline in new cases and deaths coupled with a declining testing positivity rate that is indicating that the community transmission has gone down, all ports of entry be: reopened but ensuring that all the recommended Covid-19 prevention measures are adhered to, and all persons entering Zimbabwe must have undergone a valid Covid-19 PCR test not more than 48 hours from the time of their departure for Zimbabwe, and fully vaccinated. Those who have received a booster vaccine shot have an entry advantage,” she said.
By-A mine dispute at Carrymine in Bulawayo’s Douglasdale suburb has escalated into a violent conflict after illegal miners allegedly invaded the mine beat up workers before trying to make away with gold ore.
The illegal miners were said to have been sent by a Mrs Pennia Macheka who wants to take over a section of the mine which is owned by Mr Bekezela Moyo. The incident happened last week Thursday. Bulawayo police provincial spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube revealed that two people have been arrested.
“There was a dispute at the mine, some arrests were made. They wanted to steal ore, but they failed to steal because police reacted swiftly and two people were arrested,” said Inspector Ncube. According to a statement by Carrymine, problems started a month ago when Mrs Macheka and a crew invaded the mine. “A month ago, we had a lady named Pennia Macheka invade one of our claims by chasing away our workers who were working in the particular claim called Rocks.
I approached the workers who had camped there and told them they were acting outside the law as the mining claim belonged to us. They directed me to their sponsor who they told me was Mrs Macheka. I called her immediately and requested a meeting and she complied. “In the meeting she told me she had pegged the area then changed and asked me to work in the area which I refused and kindly asked her to vacate. Weeks later she was still there and had fenced the area and put more workers on the claim. I tried calling her for another meeting several times and she ignored my calls,” the statement from Mr Moto reads.
Last week, men were allegedly found loading gold ore into a truck and they turned violent when confronted. T he marauding group of about 50 people, reportedly brandished machetes, knives and axes, chased away the mine workers. Police managed to arrest two people, one of which was Mrs Macheka. Mr Moyo was asked by police to produce proof of ownership of the claim and he did. Macheka failed to produce anything to prove ownership of Rocks. Efforts to get a comment from Mrs Macheka were fruitless as her mobile phone was unreachable and questions sent to her WhatsAp were not answered.
By- Three people died on the spot while two others were hospitalised with serious injuries in Bulawayo after a VW Golf car hit a tree near the 12 Avenue and Samuel Parirenyatwa Road intersection in the wee hours of Wednesday. The accident happened at 2am.
The driver is believed to have lost control of his car.
By- Police in Bulawayo have impounded a lorry loaded with stolen Pfumvudza/Intwasa fertilizers distributed to urban farmers in the Emganwini constituency.
This was confirmed by Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday. He said 157x50kg bags of fertilizer were recovered after a tip-off. “When the police intercepted and stopped the truck, bags of fertilizers and eight bags of clothes suspected to be from Botswana were found,” Ncube said. He said Bigboy Mwenga (32) from Zengeza 4, Chitungwiza, was arrested in connection with the fertilizer on February 11 at 5pm. He said Mwenga’s vehicle had been impounded, while the suspect refused to disclose the name of the person who gave him the fertilizer. Meanwhile, police yesterday launched an operation targeting illegal gambling slot machines to prevent unregistered casino operators from flourishing. The operation was launched at Morris Depot in Harare yesterday. The campaign was attended by senior police officers and officials from the Lotteries and Gaming Board, Bookmakers Association and the Casino Association. Malvin Ndlovu, an official from the Casino Association, expressed concern over a rise in money-laundering and illegal gambling crimes, as well as the prevalence of drugs at illegal gambling hubs. “We need to stop illegal gamblers by reporting them to the police,” he said. Lotteries and Gaming Board interim secretary Misheck Pachipano said illegal gamblers should be brought to book no matter their social status. Newsday
By-A Harare woman gave birth to a bouncing baby girl at the Harare Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Patience Mubaiwa (39), went into labour, after testifying as a defence witness, in a matter in which her brother is an accused person.
The now mother of four was at court for the afternoon session, when she went into labour.
Tarisavi Machisa (27) who was also going about her business at court and regional court recorder, Miriam Chimedza, helped Mubaiwa deliver her baby as there were no health personnel to attend to the situation.
The baby was wrapped in a sweater and some papers, as they waited for medical assistance.
The mother and her new baby were later taken to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, in an ambulance, for further medical checks by doctors.
By T One- The fall of a dictatorship is reflected in threats and forced disappearances:
If you want to kill a nation, destroy the education system. True democracy is born out of an educated populace.
“A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy, educated, participatory followership, and educated, morally grounded leadership” (Chinua Achebe). This has become a myth in Zimbabwe.
Teachers who are beacons of education are being tortured for asking for a living wage. The current government of Zimbabwe has become obsessed with threats to silence the hardworking teachers for asking for what rightfully belongs to them.
Teachers have been turned to beggars and destitutes. They are denied the opportunity to send their children to the boarding schools they teach, worse still medical care. This is worsened by an insensitive cabinet that is loaded with deadwood and praise singers who are always singing for their supper.
More, a public service commission which is toothless and an appendage of the oppressive regime. Following, two secretaries of propaganda who perceive all Zimbabweans to stupid foolish and act as if they are the only ones with a functional brain and they are the only two who went to university and read English.
So pathetic and naïve. It boggles the mind that you have public service office bearers who celebrate the suffering of fellow citizens and rejoice the destruction of a future generation. It is only in Zimbabwe where teachers have been reduced to nothing in Southern Africa, and stripped off their dignity.
On the 16th of February a litany of threats were listed and communicated to teachers through the public service commission which among them is eviction from state owned houses and firing from the service.
This reflects a government and a ministry of cruel and dangerous individuals who are only in office for personal gain not for the interest of the teachers and the children who are missing out on education.
You can force a donkey to the river but you cannot force it to drink. The evil doers can push teachers to the class but they will not force them to teach. The government is a bunch of ignorant individuals who have no morals and love for the citizens. What they know best is looting public resources and mortgaging the country to China.
These threats are a sign of victory for teachers who are representing all civil servants because previously the state propaganda machine was claiming all was well but this is now the damascene moment.
All swords have been drawn out. The dictatorship is panicking. Teachers are on the verge of victory, and a victory of all civil servants. The courts are kicking the empty threats away too. The struggle to eliminate apartheid brought by the looters and oppressors is seeing its last days.
Teachers in school accommodation should not be intimidated because it is part of the package of the job hence no one has the authority to evict you. And this is a divide and rule tactic to scare the teachers because they know rural teachers stay in school quarters compared to urban teachers who stay in their own houses or rented accommodation.
The apartheid regime in Zimbabwe must never dream of a victory because the system will remain collapsed because teachers are now fearless. They have donated their labour for too long, it is now time to determine their worthy.
This is the time to show a united front despite betrayal by Zimta and other unions that align with the apartheid regime. It is unfortunate that the evil regime has been assigning deadwood to lead the ministry.
They are brainless, old, selfish, cruel, uneducated and ignorant of the intricacies of the education sector. This is a reflection of an empty non committed leadership that places no value on the education of the working class children whose education is in public schools which they are busy destroying.
They care less because their children are scattered across private schools in the country and outside hence they do not care. More, the most reckless ministers and permanent secretaries are British citizens whose families do not even know the environment in Zimbabwe except reading in papers and watching on televisions.
They are only in Zimbabwe to loot United States dollars and sell minerals for personal gain. The most painful act is that of the one responsible for the finance ministry who sees accommodation in Zimbabwe not suitable for him and he stays in a five star hotel. This is a reflection of one who lacks a moral compass and whose agenda is comfort at the expense of the suffering teachers and citizens.
With such characters in our midst it is ideal for teachers to remain resolute until the battle is won. Social media is busy and the propagandists are already claiming victory as reflected in circulating whatssapp conversations for example a conversation between Waters and Time is right. These are conversations initiated to collapse the struggle and they have been initiated by the regime to confuse teachers.
Based on such teachers should counter such so that even those in the periphery are not cowed into submission. The main agenda of the regime is destroying the education system so that Zimbabwe become a dynasty.
They are aiming for their children to become the future oppressors of our children and grandchildren. This can only be stopped if all communities rally behind teachers for a better a better salary for it is through education that a child of a peasant can become a doctor or an engineer (Nelson Mandela).
Against this background, teachers must not back down neither should they succumb to the threats from the dictators. Teachers must never kiss certain frogs in this evil regime because teachers will forever remain relevant.
Whether they like it or not it is because of our dedicated teachers I am able to read and write and participate in global issues. This is a struggle for all citizens hence my call to support our teachers in whatever form necessary.
And to the teachers, despite all these media threats and confusing statements, it is not time to give up. In every struggle there are casualties. #
Forward ever. Tafadzwa please continue conscientising the teachers. Teachers need to breathe.
By-A New details in the robbery and murder of former Caps United and Warriors left-back Charles Yohane over the weekend in South Africa have emerged.
Reports indicate that one of the suspects in the 48-year-old Zimbabwean’s murder was arrested in Soweto after he was found driving around in the deceased’s car.
Yohane went missing on Saturday only for his body to be found by his family and friends in South Africa on Tuesday with a gunshot wound in the head.
According to family members, the former Bidvest Wits player had gone to a match and encountered the carjackers in Soweto on his way home.
CCTV footage of Yohane’s kidnapping at a traffic light emerged where a gang of four men jumped into his BMW vehicle and forced him to drive off.
The gang had reportedly failed in an attempt to hijack another car before they attacked Yohane.
After the arrest of one of the suspects in Soweto on Monday while driving around in the car, the search for Yohane narrowed to the Soweto area and on Tuesday, with the help of the police, his body was positively identified.
One of his friends and former Warriors defender, Innocent Chikoya identified Yohane’s body this Wednesday.
The family has started the process to repatriate the remains, with former Zimbabwe footballers pooling resources to help in the repatriation via a local funeral services company.
Mourners are gathered at the family home in Mbare but family members are not yet sure when the body is expected to arrive.
Madzibaba, as Yohane was known then by his fans, was part of the dominant Steve Kwashi coached Caps United class of 1996 that won the first League Championship for the club since Independence.
Yohane also starred for the Warriors when he scored in their 3-0 win over Sudan in Khartoum in 1997 in the AFCON 1998 qualifiers.
The late defender was a regular Warriors player and was part of the 2004 squad that qualified for their first-ever AFCON Tournament hosted by Tunisia.
The Botswana national team is now in Zimbabwe ahead of the 2022 Awcon qualifier against the Mighty Warriors this week.
The Zebra Queens touched down at Robert Mugabe International Airport on Tuesday evening.
The first leg will be played at the National Sports Stadium on 18 February and the return at Obedi Itani Chilume in Francistown on 23 February.
The winner in the encounter will qualify for the Awcon 2022 to be played in July in Morocco.
Meanwhile, the Mighty Warriors are continuing their preparations for the encounter.
The camp started in Harare at the begining of February with twenty-six home-based players reporting for duty first. The remaining foreign-based stars – Danai Bhobho and Rudo Neshamba joined the team on Monday, while Emmaculate Msipa and Berita Kabwe arrived on on the following day.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Former Warriors defender Charles Yohane has died. He was 48. Yohane was shot dead in South Africa by armed carjackers. Details are still sketchy but a family member confirmed that they received news about Yohane’s death and were traveling to South Africa on Wednesday. Yohane’s close friend and former Orlando Pirates defender Innocent Chikoya who also hails from Mbare has been communicating with the family in Zimbabwe.
Yohane played for Fire Batteries in Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa where he played for African Wanderers, AmaZulu, Bidvest Wits and AK FC. Yohane was part of the first group of Warriors to the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004. He was also part of the second group of Warriors to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006. He was capped 23 times with the Warriors. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.
Go Warriors Go:
Charles Yohane
R.I.P LEGEND
Reports coming from SOUTH AFRICAAre that Charles Yohane was kidnapped over the weekend and was found dead today… Lala ngoxolo Rest in Peace Zorora murugare…HERO!!!
Former Warriors defender Charles Yohane has died. He was 48. Yohane was shot dead in South Africa by armed carjackers. Details are still sketchy but a family member confirmed that they received news about Yohane’s death and were traveling to South Africa on Wednesday. Yohane’s close friend and former Orlando Pirates defender Innocent Chikoya who also hails from Mbare has been communicating with the family in Zimbabwe.
Yohane played for Fire Batteries in Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa where he played for African Wanderers, AmaZulu, Bidvest Wits and AK FC. Yohane was part of the first group of Warriors to the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004. He was also part of the second group of Warriors to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006. He was capped 23 times with the Warriors. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.
Go Warriors Go:
Charles Yohane
R.I.P LEGEND
Reports coming from SOUTH AFRICAAre that Charles Yohane was kidnapped over the weekend and was found dead today… Lala ngoxolo Rest in Peace Zorora murugare…HERO!!!
The upcoming FIFA international window will run from 21–29 March 2022, and this is when the Warriors will return to action, provided they secure a friendly match.
After featuring at the 2021 Afcon finals in January, the national team will have no competitive games lined up next month.
But other teams on the continent will be involved in the final round of the World Cup qualifiers, and the twelve lowest-ranked sides will commence the 2023 Afcon Qualifiers in the preliminary round.
In the 30 May – 14 June international break, the group stage of the 2023 Afcon Qualifiers is expected to start, and the games will also cover the 19–27 September 2022 window.
The dates for the 2022 COSAFA Cup have not been announced yet, but the tournament is likely to fall outside the FIFA International Match Calendar. – Soccer24 Zimbabwe
FIFA has banned four Argentina players from international football following the abandonment of September’s World Cup qualifier against Brazil in Sao Paulo.
The match was called off after Brazilian health officials indicated a breach of COVID-19 protocols.
Aston Villa duo of Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia, Tottenham’s Cristian Romero and Villarreal’s Giovani Lo Celso were accused of providing false information on their immigration forms and COVID-19 declarations when they entered Brazil.
FIFA immediately launched an investigation and a verdict has now been announced.
The governing body has banned Martinez, Buendia, Romero and Lo Celso for two games. The quartet was charged “for not complying with the FIFA Return to Football International Match Protocol”.
FIFA also ordered the match to be replayed at a location and date to be announced.
Both sides have two games remaining but have already qualified for the finals in Qatar later this year.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Yohane was murdered during a carjacking in South Africa over the weekend.
He was a member of the Warriors squad that debuted at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004 in Tunisia.
The late left-back also participated at the 2006 edition before hanging his boots in international football in 2007.
He continued his club career until 2009 in the lower division in South Africa.
At the time of his retirement from playing football, Yohane held the record for most appearances at former South African champions Bidvest Wits after playing for them over a period stretching between 1997 to 2006.
The former Warriors star was last attached at Wits as a development team coach before the club folded in 2020.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the yellow revolution is bringing new values and a new culture.
The party will hold a star rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare on Sunday.
In a statement, President Chamisa urged citizens across the country to attend the rally.
“YELLOW CITIZENS! THIS IS YOUR SHOW…THIS TIME!
FRESH, BRAND NEW, NEW VALUES, NEW CULTURE. WELCOME TO THE NEW. BE THE NEW! CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change led by President Nelson Chamisa says it will leave no stone unturned in its quest for free and fair polls.
Addressing a media conference in Harare on Wednesday CCC piled pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to be neutral in the execution of expected constitutional obligations.
Why does WHO consider air pollution a major public health emergency? If you live in areas with high levels of air pollution, does COVID-19 impact you differently? Hello and welcome to Science in 5, I’m Vismita Gupta-Smith. We are talking to Dr. Maria Neira today.
Welcome, Maria. Maria, let’s start with why does WHO consider air pollution a major public health emergency?
Dr Maria Neira
Hello, everyone. Well, when you have more than 7 million premature deaths every year, every single year associated with exposure to air pollution, I’m sure that everybody agrees that this is a major public health issue. Actually, nine out of every 10 people around the world, particularly those living in cities, are breathing air that is not consistent with what WHO considers the good standards according to our air quality guidelines for breathing and still be healthy. And, you know, for many years, we thought and most of the diseases linked to exposure to air pollution were considered only to be affecting our respiratory system. And this is still true. Very much. Exposure to air pollution is responsible for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung cancer, pneumonia, name it. But in addition to that, we know now that these toxic particles will come to our lungs and from there to the bloodstream will reach our cardiovascular system and then be responsible for ischemic heart diseases, for neurological disorders, for stroke, for neurological problems as well in general and reproductive system issues. So, as you can imagine, all of those reasons tell us consider that air pollution is one of the biggest public health issues we are confronting today.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Maria, if a person is living in a highly polluted environment where whether air pollution levels are very high. Does COVID-19 impact them differently?
Dr Maria Neira
Yes, we have now more and more scientific evidence. One reason is that exposure, long term exposure to air pollution will affect your immune system and therefore will make you more susceptible to any type of respiratory diseases. And obviously, COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. In addition to that, we know that exposure to air pollution will increase the risk for chronic diseases like cardiopulmonary, like metabolic diseases, diabetes. And we all know now that those diseases are the so-called co-morbidities that will increase the risk for more severity and even later outcome if you are a patient with COVID-19. So, yes.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Maria, when we think about air pollution, it seems like the scale is so big and what can we do to reduce it? Share with us some examples of initiatives that governments and organizations took, which actually reduced air pollution.
Dr Maria Neira
Well, clearly the best way to reduce air pollution will be stop burning fossil fuels. I mean, that combustion of the fossil fuels is contributing not only to climate change, but to generate this high level of pollutants that then end up in our lungs. So changing that policy around which source of energy we are using will be one of the most effective. Legislation, go for enforcing the air quality guidelines of WHO. But if we go to concrete measures, of course at the city level, you have measures now going for change in the transport, the public transport system they have, promoting more sustainable ways of public transport, reducing the use of private cars, going for more efficient energy use of our buildings, making sure that they reduce the traffic congestion in certain areas. And we can see that all of those measures are immediate. They have immediate positive outcomes. Obviously, as an individual, the best you can do is to put pressure on your politicians, on your mayors. Make sure that there are systems to monitor the air quality that you are breathing every day in your city. And by doing so, ensuring that measures are taken at the political level. If the situation on air pollution is really bad, if we take measures, there is optimism. You can see that in European countries, for instance, or North America, the situation improved very much in the last 20 years. We are still far in other parts of the world and we still need to put in place measures on sustainable transport, a clean and modern use of energy sources and all our way of consuming, recycling. And therefore we will be able to tackle this huge problem of air pollution. Tackling the causes of climate change will bring enormous benefits as well on reducing the causes of air pollution and therefore contributing enormously to our health.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Thank you, Maria, for explaining this link, this interconnectedness between our health and that of the planet. Thank you very much. That was Science in 5 today. Until next time then. Stay healthy, stay safe and stick with science…
Former Warriors defender Charles Yohane has died. He was 48. Yohane was shot dead in South Africa by armed carjackers. Details are still sketchy but a family member confirmed that they received news about Yohane’s death and were traveling to South Africa on Wednesday. Yohane’s close friend and former Orlando Pirates defender Innocent Chikoya who also hails from Mbare has been communicating with the family in Zimbabwe.
Yohane played for Fire Batteries in Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa where he played for African Wanderers, AmaZulu, Bidvest Wits and AK FC. Yohane was part of the first group of Warriors to the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004. He was also part of the second group of Warriors to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006. He was capped 23 times with the Warriors. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.
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Charles Yohane
R.I.P LEGEND
Reports coming from SOUTH AFRICAAre that Charles Yohane was kidnapped over the weekend and was found dead today… Lala ngoxolo Rest in Peace Zorora murugare…HERO!!!
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the yellow revolution is bringing new values and a new culture.
The party will hold a star rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare on Sunday.
In a statement, President Chamisa urged citizens across the country to attend the rally.
“YELLOW CITIZENS! THIS IS YOUR SHOW…THIS TIME!
FRESH, BRAND NEW, NEW VALUES, NEW CULTURE. WELCOME TO THE NEW. BE THE NEW! CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE.
Tinashe Sambiri|They say a hungry man is an angry man…
Irate Zimbabweans have vowed to dump Arnold Kamudyariwa( DJ Fantan) music over his presence at Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rally in Epworth, Harare.
Hundreds of suffering citizens view DJ Fantan’s presence at the Zanu PF event event as an endorsement of dictatorship.
There is no doubt that Mr Mnangagwa’s “new dispensation” is losing aplomb and popularity with each passing day.
Commenting on Fantan’s presence at Mr Mnangagwa’s rally, Farai Oscar Mpinga said: “You dig ur own grave DJ Fantan all these pple who are now against you are your true fans bt e way you disappointed them z unexplainable.”
David Tembo said: “That was the wrong move u ever made in ur life mark my words u will never be the Fanta u were before to us.”
Mudhara Dziva observed: “Apa waiva busy kut pamberi neZanu uchishandiswa hauna kana mari yetenga hembe kwadzo wonopihwa mubhadharo wakapfeka short rejira redish towel d**vi remunhu.”
Owen Olla argued: “Nxaaaa enda unoridza parally yeZANU. Pano hapana chembere dzamaionererwa nadzo kuEpworth. Wongoti dumbu rinenge bhagidhi rezviyo nxaaa.”
Patric Muchengi: “Who are u telling now u can’t even fit a zanu pf t shirt zidumbu udza vechimurenga choir kuti kwaita riddim bhurugwa rinenge mukoko wenyuchi.”
Determination Godknows: “ZEC is Zanu… POLICE is Zanu… ARMY is Zanu… COURT is Zanu… AIR FORCE is Zanu soo truly speaking we are in a very tight situation thez need of a winning professional strategy.”
By A Correspondent- Extremist xenophobic group #OperationDudula which is led by vigilante Soweto Commander Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini has vowed that it will shut down all South Africa police stations in June 16 this year.
The planned program of action coincides with the commemoration of the June 16 Soweto massacre of 1976.
Posting on Twitter, Dlamini said, 2022 June 16 we physically close all police stations in SA with chains & locks demanding the government to double the salaries of all law enforcement including SANDF – tired of BRIBABLE cops (sic).”
The outrage towards police officers comes a few days after the vigilante group clashed with police officers at Orange Grove in Johannesburg.
The groups claims to be fighting illegal immigrants who are allegedly committing crime, distributing drugs, and taking jobs and accommodations that should otherwise be given to South African nationals.
The program of action has received condemnation from the rival group #PutSouthAfricaFirst who are saying the extremist program will create unnecessary animosity between the citizens and the law enforcement agents.
EFFs Julius Malema has condemned the acts of the vigilante group as similar to those of international terrorist groups Al Shabab and Boko Haram.
On Saturday the group is set to besiege the notorious township of Hillbrow in a bid to reclaim it from foreigners.
By A Correspondent- Human rights lawyers have pressed the Registrar General for details on how many people were issued with identity documents between November 2021 and this month.
The move comes as the main opposition and rights activist have accused the government of not issuing IDs to young people, they say in a bid to stop them registering as voters ahead of general elections next year.
Tinashe Chinopfukutwa and Paidamoyo Saurombe of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights first raised their concerns with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, which referred them to the Acting Registrar General Henry Machiri.
In a statement on Tuesday, the ZLHR said: “We have since written a letter to Machiri asking him to provide us with the number of people who have been issued with national IDs from November 2021 to date per province.”
The lawyers are also demanding details of the dates and places where the Registrar General intends to roll out a mobile ID issuance programme in March.
We are expecting to receive this information by Wednesday, failure of which we will institute legal proceedings for an order compelling RG Machiri to furnish us with the requested information and an order compelling him to conduct the mobile voter registration exercise as per his undertaking,” said the lawyers.
Chinopfukutwa and Saurombe said their request is “in the exercise of our right of access to information, which entitles us to access information held by the state or government agencies.”
Last week, Home Affairs secretary Aaron Nhepera said Garsu Pasaulis, a Lithuanian company controversially issued a tender to produce the country’s new passport documents had also been given a mandate for ID production.
“At the end of March, we are going to embark on an extensive exercise where the Registrar General will issue IDs and this will coincide with the voter registration blitz (second phase) in preparation for the delimitation exercise,” Nhepera said.
He said the Registrar General was not issuing IDs due to “challenges with consumables”, adding: “We are working with Garsu Pasaulis to ensure the RG’s Office begins to operate at an optimum level. We began with issuing passports, and now we will be moving to IDs.”
The main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is targeting the youth vote and is keen to see thousands of people who turned 18 since the last election in 2018 being issued with IDs which are required when one is registering as a voter.
A Harare Magistrate has punished Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Hon. Felix Mhona by ordering him to pay more than ZWL500 000 in damages to a Chitungwiza resident as compensation for negligence after he sustained injuries when he fell into an uncovered roadside trench at Mbudzi roundabout in Harare.
The Magistrate recently granted the order after the 39 year-old Shepherd Chishiri was assisted by Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to sue Mhona and City of Harare for damages arising from negligence by the two on the basis that City of Harare and the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development breached their duty of care by leaving the roadside trench unmarked and uncovered.
In court, Chishiri said he broke his right leg and had to undergo an operation in hospital at his own expense after he fell into an uncovered roadside trench at Mbudzi roundabout along Simon Mazorodze road in Harare on 23 February 2020 in the evening after he had disembarked from a commuter omnibus.
He blamed Mhona and City of Harare for leaving an open storm water drain and for failing to guard members of the public from foreseeable harm.
The storm water drain, Chishiri said, was unmarked such that it was impossible for him to ascertain its existence.
Chishiri told the court that he suffered a nine percent permanent disability and hence as an avid social soccer player he cannot play his favourite sport anymore and can no longer continuously drive a vehicle.
The Magistrate ordered Mhona to pay Chishiri ZWL506 949 broken down as ZWL200 000 as damages for pain and suffering, ZWL250 000 being damages for future medical expenses, ZWL50 000 for loss of social amenities in life and ZWL6 949 being special damages for medical expenses incurred.
Hon. Mhona, who through his lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office told the court that he was not opposed to Chishiri’s application and would abide by the court’s decision, was also ordered to pay US$1 470 as special damages to cover some medical expenses which Chishiri incurred.
By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate for Goromonzi West constituency Asan Kaunda (30) and his two co-accused appeared in court yesterday facing 35 counts of unlawful entry and theft of property worth $1,6 million.
Kaunda, who was being represented by Tatenda Ndhlovu is being charged together with Jeffrey Harurapwi (21) and Peace Musekiwa (20).
The State alleges that on August 21, 2020 at around 10pm, Harurapwi and Musekiwa connived to steal from a house in Ruwa.
Kaunda then reported the matter posing as a complainant after he and his accomplices broke into the house and stole several goods.
On December 1, 2021 and February 3, 2022, Kaunda and his accomplices stole from Joseph Danger’s house in Ruwa after using an unknown object to force open a door.
This was followed by several other housebreaking cases in January this year, where they got away with cellphones, cash, television sets, blankets and several other items.
They were later arrested, but escaped from lawful custody before their re-arrest in Mhondoro where they were found selling some of the stolen goods.
Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda yesterday remanded the matter to today for bail application.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | Revolutionary parties have been distinguished by a distinctive oraganizational form, a characteristic political ideology, and an intergral conception of membership..
Organizationally, the revolutionary party ZANU PF has practiced ‘democratic centalism and has maintained a people oriented rule. It has kept the values of humanity live. ZANU PF has always kept in mind the reason for going to war and it is live to the fact that the freedom of the masses of Zimbabwe was built by blood and sweat. To that extent ZANU PF takes the independence seriously and it guards it jealously. The structure of ZANU PF concentrates power to the people, subordination of all decisions by lower-ranking bodies to the will of central leaders has successfully managed internal opposition. Ideologically ZANU PF has been distinguished by adherence to Marxism–Leninism, according to which the working class can survive only by eliminating capitalism in alliance with small holders under communist leadership.
Ideology. Officially, ZANU–PF has a socialist ideology. The party maintains a Politburo and a Central Committee. However, the party’s ideology may be changing as Mnangagwa said that “all foreign investments will be safe in Zimbabwe” and calls for “increased production and capacity and new investment in the country.”
ZANU PF is a unifier and it is a product of a unity accord of 1987. The party was formed more than 50 years ago by nationalists who desired to bring about a socio economic and political dispensation that favoured the majority indigenous people. They were formed following decades of oppression by a minority white settler population that had colonized the country.
The fathers of the Zimbabwean revolution led people towards the attainment of independence and pursuit of an ideology that would bring about social justice, economic inclusion and a political voice. This then defines ZANU PF. It is these ideals which keep ZANU PF going.
Conceptually ZANU PF has defined its political identities by an all-or-nothing commitment to serve the people and to lead in a peaceful and humane manner. These traits reprise the development of ZANU PF, the original model, with whose STRENGTH most opposition parties have undergone servere decline.
What has kept ZANU PF together is its ideology and the commitment to freedom. An ideology is a set of beliefs about the proper order of society and how it can be achieved.”
An ideology is based on common understanding of fundamental issues, a common vision and a shared strategy on achieving of goals. ZANU PF is like fish and the people are the water the two cannot be separated.
When people have a common ideology they understand their challenges in the same way and they also believe in same remedies for the ills that afflict their society. They stay longer together than those who have no ideals ad or ideology.
An ideology therefore brings about social cohesion which is an ingredient for peace and development. We can safely say that ideology is what makes us,
This is what ZANU PF fought for. It then is not a surprise that ZANU OF takes the issues of power and governance personally and passionately. ZANU PF you and me have work to do.
Operating on that premises the revolutionary party ZANU PF which is people will resist people with retrogressive ideas be they from opposition or within. The party’s ideology represents a political moral code and worldview. ZANU PF is a revolutionary party whose target was to overturn the racist rule of the White minority and establish the people’s democratic power. As a ruling party it now defines new-democratic dispensation defining its tasks as controlling the state power and making the people masters of themselves. ZANU PF is the one which brought Independence and sovereignty it introduced one man one vote.
The independence of the country came after an arduous circuitous route along which thousands perished. It was a struggle to remove colonial subjugation a struggle to have the majority rule and have the people chose whom they want to lead.
ZANU PF is committed to ensure there will be no reversal of the gains of our hard fought independence. As a sovereign state Zimbabwe is answerable to God and no-one else..
The people of Zimbabwe must never allow any one who comes in any form or clout to threaten these values. That person or yellow colour or whatever form he comes in will be an enemy of our struggle.
ZANU PF now is in another struggle for Resource nationalism. The need to have control over the means of production which is at the heart of ZANU OF’s struggle.
Equitable distribution of resources and opportunities has led ED to bless devolution where resources are allowed to enrich their provinces first.
ZANU PF strive to ensure that wealth is spread as much as possible to the majority population. Despite social media The standard of living has improved greatly despite the sanctions that the nation is operating under.
Democracy is rule of the majority ZANU PF brought about democracy in Zimbabwe in 1980 and since then Zimbabwe has chosen its leaders.
Because of the ideology of the party ZANU PF has won elections and is still winning. It is clear that the word winning must have been created in the same factory with ZANU PF.
What has kept us this far is the democracy in the party. ZANU PF is for all not for individuals.
ZANU PF has established the Chitepo school of ideology for the protection of our culture and heritage.
One of the key tenets of our ideology is protection of the Zimbabwean culture and heritage.
ZANU PF has changed from a party that led the people in the struggle for seizing the state power to a long-term ruling party leading the people to control the state power; it has changed from a party that suffered external blockade and led the state building under a planned economic system to a party leading the state building under the conditions of opening up and developing a vibrant market economy. As a whole, in the new-democratic revolution period, ZANU PF as the ruling party is being punished by the external forces. They wish to wipe ZANU PF out politically, militarily, and even physically. Therefore the democracy, powers, and rights of the ZANU OF existed in no way under the system of the fascist dictatorship of Smith.
In order to lead the people of all colour and creed to topple down imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, establish a new Zimbabwe and realize the revolutionary target of people’s democracy, ZANU PF used military, political, and other revolutionary forces to defeat the armed forces, smash state machines, and establish a democratically constituted authority.
After founding the Republic of Zimbabwe ZANU PF became the ruling party from a revolutionary party. The position and mission of the ruling party required and determined that, in the political field, ZANU PF must lead and support the people to establish the national political power, democratic system, and legal system under which the people are masters of the country. The ruling party does also guarantee that the people manage national affairs according to the law and embody people’s governance of the systems of the state and government. The ruling party embodies the unity of its advocates and the people’s will in constitution and law, the unity of state powers and people’s rights, and the unity of rule of law and democracy. In the economic field, ZANU PF is leading and supporting the people to control means of production, manage economic affairs in accordance with the law, and constantly release and develop productive forces. In so doing, it has created a rich material foundation and economic conditions for the people to enjoy a commonly prosperous and happy life, and fully exercise their democratic rights. In the social field, the ZANU PF has led. and supported the people to become masters of society, manage social affairs, enjoy social rights, undertake social obligations, and realize social autonomy of the people according to the law. The leadership of ZANU PF as the ruling party, the people’s democracy, and the rule of law are an organic unity. ZANU PF has always acted within the scope of the constitution and the law. It is committed to democratic and scientific governance by law. It takes a lead in enforcing and complying with the law and improving and developing the people’s democracy through various channels and forms such as the rule of law. It leads, supports, and guarantees the people’s role as masters of the country and obtains the power base and source and foundation of legitimacy continuously for its governance from its practices and development of the people’s democracy.
Under ZANU PF ZImbabwe remained one while opposition has broken into pieces. After riding a tsunami of support to re-election in 2018’s polls, the soft spoken ED is by far the most powerful Zimbabwean politician in a generation. He has reengaged and mended the bridges.
Despite the electric Charm ED has the party does not belong to an individual. ZANU PF is not for one person. It is for you and me.
Look for the ideology. Vote for a value, vote for life. Vote Zanu PF.
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chief executive officer, Tafataona Mahoso, who has served the organisation and its predecessor the Media and Information Commission (MIC) for almost two decades, is set to retire at the end of March.
Described in some circles as ‘Zimbabwe’s media hangman’ Mahoso (65) was unpopular with civic society and advocates for media freedom and plurality, who accused him of being used by the repressive Robert Mugabe regime to frustrate the growth of the media industry. Mahoso was appointed chairman of the MIC in 2003 at the time the government was using the now-repealed draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) to silence private media and served until 2008 when he was removed from office following a court judgement that he was politically-biased.
He was later controversially reappointed to a Zimbabwe media board in October 2009. During his tenure at MIC Mahoso was behind the closure of The Tribune and its sister newspaper The Weekend Tribune and was also accused of fighting to deny a licence to ANZ, publishers of the Daily News, which had been shut down by the government.
In 2010, during the coalition government era, the former Harare Polytechnic lecturer was controversially appointed ZMC chief executive.
ZMC, which has already started scouting for a new chief executive, confirmed Mahoso’s imminent exit from the commission.
“That’s true,” said ZMC chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, adding Mahoso will be leaving in March month-end if all goes well.
Prof Magosvongwe said Mahoso who has been with the commission since its inception had already run his “good race,” adding it was time to inject new blood into the organisation considering the media industry keeps evolving.
“Not that old people do not have what it takes, no,” said Magosvongwe.
“We are saying, we train, we develop, we pass on the baton and it carries on and on. He is not being retired, he is going on retirement. He has always looked forward to retiring, even if you were to talk to him, he has always looked forward to it.”
Magosvongwe added: “We have engaged him on the subject from the time we got in as a board and he has always expressed willingness to go on retirement. It’s only that the whole idea of institutional memory is critical. He has been at the helm which means he has been the one who holds the memory of the development of the entity from inception to where it is now.”
In a recent vacancy notice, the ZMC board said it was seeking to recruit a holder of a Masters or Ph.D. degree in Journalism, Communication, or any other social science degree with at least 10 years of experience to lead the commission urging qualifying Zimbabweans to apply. Cite.org.zw
By A Correspondent| Harare businessman George Katsimberis has filed an application seeking for the recusal of prosecutor Michael Reza from presiding over his case citing bias against him.
Katsimberis is embroiled in a number of court battles with Pokugara Properties owner Kenneth Raydon Sharpe following a botched joint venture agreement for the construction of cluster houses at the corner of Teviotdale and Whitwell road in Borrowdale.
Through his lawyer Charles Warara, Katsimberis accused Reza of having misled the court and also taking sides in the matter.
“In making the application for recusal, it is emerging that the transcripts to this matter show disturbing conducts of Mr Reza towards this matter. Why is he seeking to mislead the court and has biased interest and is acting in a manner that is not acceptable.
“He is misleading the court on the nature of investigation, he knows intimate details about the on goings at City of Harare. Why is he taking sides as he is against the accused? Why is he defending Chawatama (a city of Harare official) and others, he has acquitted Chawatama whilst he wants my client convicted,” Warara charged.
Chawatama together with other City of Harare officials and Pokugara properties are facing perjury charges where Katsimberis is a State witness whilst at the same time he is a witness in Katsimberis’ case.
Warara said Reza’s situation is akin to conflict of interest and his actions should be above reproach. He further questioned why he was circumventing the dates that Katsimberis reported his cases before Pokugara made a counter report two months later.
Magistrate Letwin Rwodzi is expected to make a ruling on the application on February 22.
By A Correspondent| A picture of former MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe together with CCC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and former MDC-T Organising Secretary Abedinico Bhebhe in what appears to be process to reconcile the former deputy Prime Minister and Nelson Chamisa has ruffled feathers in the newly formed yellow movement.
While exiled former Zanu PF politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo is celebrating the success of his engineered move, the Kent University lecturer Alex Magaisa is not amused and has expressed a strong sentiment against the lack of communication on the move.
Moyo hailed the move as an exhibition of leadership in a tweet shared earlier.
Jonathan Moyo and Magaisa have previously traded blows on social media and have not found each other despite being key players in the CCC name change and developments happening in the main opposition movement.
In a threaded tweet early this morning, Magaisa appeared to hit at the CCC leadership over the move which he said had the potential to cause panic and confusion in the movement.
“The bond of trust between political elites in the cockpit and the passengers is very important. It is fragile and must be handled with care. People don’t want to be taken for granted or to have their emotions on a merry-go-round. Explain your movements,” said Magaisa.
While he has been a key part of the name change process as revealed by a BSR he released soon after Chamisa broke the news to his followers, Magaisa appears to have been left in the dark over the move.
This could be explained by the fact he is not getting along with Jonathan Moyo following their recent public spat on Twitter.
Magaisa said lack of communication leads to speculation which will not help the newly formed movement especially at a time when it is under attack from the Zanu PF regime.
“True, sometimes those in cockpit must make tough decisions as they steer the plane. But communication with the passengers remains important, lest there’s uncertainty, confusion and panic. Lack of communication or half messages lead to speculation which is equally unhelpful.
“When you make important decisions, explain to the people what’s going on and why. People want to believe their leaders have the wisdom to make the right decisions. But don’t leave in a position where they must speculate. Communicate. Communicate. Communicate.
“The CCC has the ball at its feet & everyone wants it. That’s why there’s a flurry of propaganda & other destabilisation efforts from the regime. But the Yellow Train is moving. The only people that can derail it are the leaders of the CCC if they lose focus & make mistakes.
“Whatever decisions they take, they must be smart, well thought out & well-timed. An otherwise good decision made at the wrong time can have terrible consequences. But above all, don’t keep your people in the dark. Communicate with them. Show them some respect.
“If you see your people speculating too much or asking “What’s going on here?” it suggests you’re not communicating well with them. It’s not a good habit. Keep your people onside by communicating well with them. If it’s good news they will support you. If not, hear them out,” said Magaisa.
By A Correspondent- A Harare Magistrate has punished Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Hon. Felix Mhona by ordering him to pay more than ZWL500 000 in damages to a Chitungwiza resident as compensation for negligence after he sustained injuries when he fell into an uncovered roadside trench at Mbudzi roundabout in Harare.
The Magistrate recently granted the order after the 39 year-old Shepherd Chishiri was assisted by Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to sue Mhona and City of Harare for damages arising from negligence by the two on the basis that City of Harare and the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development breached their duty of care by leaving the roadside trench unmarked and uncovered.
In court, Chishiri said he broke his right leg and had to undergo an operation in hospital at his own expense after he fell into an uncovered roadside trench at Mbudzi roundabout along Simon Mazorodze road in Harare on 23 February 2020 in the evening after he had disembarked from a commuter omnibus.
He blamed Mhona and City of Harare for leaving an open storm water drain and for failing to guard members of the public from foreseeable harm.
The storm water drain, Chishiri said, was unmarked such that it was impossible for him to ascertain its existence.
Chishiri told the court that he suffered a nine percent permanent disability and hence as an avid social soccer player he cannot play his favourite sport anymore and can no longer continuously drive a vehicle.
The Magistrate ordered Mhona to pay Chishiri ZWL506 949 broken down as ZWL200 000 as damages for pain and suffering, ZWL250 000 being damages for future medical expenses, ZWL50 000 for loss of social amenities in life and ZWL6 949 being special damages for medical expenses incurred.
Hon. Mhona, who through his lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office told the court that he was not opposed to Chishiri’s application and would abide by the court’s decision, was also ordered to pay US$1 470 as special damages to cover some medical expenses which Chishiri incurred.
By A Correspondent- Tropical Storm Dumako was moving westwards over the Indian Ocean towards north-eastern Madagascar on Tuesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said.
On Tuesday, 15 February at 6.00 UTC (6 AM CAT) Dumako’s centre was located about 80 km east of Nosy Boraha Island, with maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h (Tropical Storm).
Tropical Storm Dumako was forecast to make landfall over south-eastern Analanjirofo Region, close to Nosy Boraha Island on 15 February late morning (UTC), with maximum sustained winds up to 70-75 km/h.
After that, Dumako was predicted to cross northern Madagascar as a tropical depression on 16 February.
Heavy rain and strong winds were forecast over north-eastern Madagascar, particularly over the Analanjirofo Region, where a red warning for cyclone is in effect.
Yellow warnings for cyclone were issued across the regions of Sava, Toamasina I-II, Befandriana-Avaratra, Mandritsara, Andilamena, Amparafaravola and Ambatondrazak
By A Correspondent- The opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) has finally spoken on a photo of the party’s vice president Welshman Ncube who was pictured with former MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe and former MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe seemingly emerging from a meeting.
The picture has been circulating on social media platforms since Tuesday, prompting some opposition political activists to speculate that the three could be working together, having been senior members of the original MDC at the turn of the Millenium.
In a statement, CCC said Ncube, Khupe and Bhebhe’s meeting was a private meeting that had nothing to do with the party’s programmes. CCC said:
We note concerns raised by this image. It would appear it was a private meeting. CCC is a new citizens’ project.
The rollout of the program of action and all matters incidental will be announced.
Citizens mustn’t be confused or panic about the health and well-being of their project.
CCC was responding specifically to a Twitter user, Dakarai Chikara, who had expressed disappointment over the picture.
Chikara said:
Disappointed with that picture. Please, we do’t want Khupe in @CCCZimbabwe, she has done more damage to our struggle. Moving away from MDC was a cleansing ceremony.
For us to take that dirt back is very irresponsible. We have enough support all needed is to do a crusade for people to VOTE.
Commenting on the photo, freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono cryptically said Khupe’s “dress sense is consistent”. Wrote Chin’ono:
MaKhupe’s dress sense is consistent. You can never say that you are not sure of her taste in dressing.
You can’t complain in the future when she turns up on a date with her usual type of dress when you knew already that she likes those types of dresses. That is her style.
Khupe was recently suspended and subsequently fired by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora after she announced a split of the party.
By A Correspondent| A Harare Magistrate has punished Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Hon. Felix Mhona by ordering him to pay more than ZWL500 000 in damages to a Chitungwiza resident as compensation for negligence after he sustained injuries when he fell into an uncovered roadside trench at Mbudzi roundabout in Harare.
The Magistrate recently granted the order after the 39 year-old Shepherd Chishiri was assisted by Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to sue Mhona and City of Harare for damages arising from negligence by the two on the basis that City of Harare and the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development breached their duty of care by leaving the roadside trench unmarked and uncovered.
In court, Chishiri said he broke his right leg and had to undergo an operation in hospital at his own expense after he fell into an uncovered roadside trench at Mbudzi roundabout along Simon Mazorodze road in Harare on 23 February 2020 in the evening after he had disembarked from a commuter omnibus.
He blamed Mhona and City of Harare for leaving an open storm water drain and for failing to guard members of the public from foreseeable harm.
The storm water drain, Chishiri said, was unmarked such that it was impossible for him to ascertain its existence.
Chishiri told the court that he suffered a nine percent permanent disability and hence as an avid social soccer player he cannot play his favourite sport anymore and can no longer continuously drive a vehicle.
The Magistrate ordered Mhona to pay Chishiri ZWL506 949 broken down as ZWL200 000 as damages for pain and suffering, ZWL250 000 being damages for future medical expenses, ZWL50 000 for loss of social amenities in life and ZWL6 949 being special damages for medical expenses incurred.
Hon. Mhona, who through his lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office told the court that he was not opposed to Chishiri’s application and would abide by the court’s decision, was also ordered to pay US$1 470 as special damages to cover some medical expenses which Chishiri incurred.
By- Former Caps United and Warriors defender Charles Yohane has died. Reports suggest that the 48-year-old was murdered during a carjacking in South Africa over the weekend.
Yohanne was reportedly kidnapped at the weekend and was found dead on Monday.
By- Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chief executive officer, Tafataona Mahoso, who has served the organisation and its predecessor the Media and Information Commission (MIC) for almost two decades, is set to retire at the end of March, CITE has established.
Described in some circles as ‘Zimbabwe’s media hangman’ Mahoso (65) was unpopular with civic society and advocates for media freedom and plurality, who accused him of being used by the repressive Robert Mugabe regime to frustrate the growth of the media industry. Mahoso was appointed chairman of the MIC in 2003 at the time the government was using the now-repealed draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) to silence private media and served until 2008 when he was removed from office following a court judgement that he was politically-biased. He was later controversially reappointed to a Zimbabwe media board in October 2009. During his tenure at MIC Mahoso was behind the closure of The Tribune and its sister newspaper The Weekend Tribune and was also accused of fighting to deny a licence to ANZ, publishers of the Daily News, which had been shut down by the government. In 2010, during the coalition government era, the former Harare Polytechnic lecturer was controversially appointed ZMC chief executive. ZMC, which has already started scouting for a new chief executive, confirmed Mahoso’s imminent exit from the commission. “That’s true,” said ZMC chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, adding Mahoso will be leaving in March month-end if all goes well. Prof Magosvongwe said Mahoso who has been with the commission since its inception had already run his “good race,” adding it was time to inject new blood into the organisation considering the media industry keeps evolving. “Not that old people do not have what it takes, no,” said Magosvongwe. “We are saying, we train, we develop, we pass on the baton and it carries on and on. He is not being retired, he is going on retirement. He has always looked forward to retiring, even if you were to talk to him, he has always looked forward to it.” Magosvongwe added: “We have engaged him on the subject from the time we got in as a board and he has always expressed willingness to go on retirement. It’s only that the whole idea of institutional memory is critical. He has been at the helm which means he has been the one who holds the memory of the development of the entity from inception to where it is now.” In a recent vacancy notice, the ZMC board said it was seeking to recruit a holder of a Masters or Ph.D. degree in Journalism, Communication, or any other social science degree with at least 10 years of experience to lead the commission urging qualifying Zimbabweans to apply. Cite.org.zw
Kylian Mbappé scored a stunning individual goal in stoppage time to give Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home victory over Real Madrid and spare Lionel Messi’s blushes after he had missed a penalty in their Champions League last-16, first leg on Tuesday.
It took PSG 94 minutes to find the winner with a brilliant run by Mbappé, who danced in between two defenders and calmly slid the ball into the far corner to earn PSG a deserved victory after they had dominated the encounter.
PSG missed several chances and were thwarted by Real keeper Thibaut Courtois, who denied Mbappé on several occasions before superbly pushing away Messi’s spot kick in the second half.
“It was a great game for us and I’m always ready to help my team, there are no distractions,” Mbappé told reporters.
“We have to be humble and the second leg is still open. It will be a hard game but we will have the advantage and are very confident.”
Madrid struggled to find any rhythm Real Madrid finished the game with zero shots on target while PSG had eight, with almost 60% of possession.
Madrid will be without Casemiro and Ferland Mendy for the second leg at home on 9 March. The pair were both shown yellow cards and will be suspended for collecting three yellows in the competition.
“Our counter-attack didn’t work today,” Courtois told reporters. “It’s hard to lose but the second leg is wide open. We have to win and we will try to do it in front of our fans, what is a great advantage.”
Courtois repeatedly frustrated Messi and Mbappé. His best save came early in the second half when Messi stepped up for the penalty after Mbappé had been fouled inside the area by Dani Carvajal. The Belgian stretched low to his left to stop the Argentinian’s shot with his hand.
But 30 minutes later Mbappé found the winner and Courtois could only watch as the ball went through his legs and into the corner of the net.- en.as.com
By-Douglas Mwonzora, the leader of the MDC-T, has recalled Rusape Town Council chairman, Councillor Lyton Sithole.
Sithole, who was the councillor for Ward 5, became the first elected official to be recalled by the MDC-T.
The MDC Alliance had nine councillors in Rusape, and four of them reportedly belonged to the MDC-T, while five, including Sithole, were linked to the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa.
Local Government and Public Works Minister, July Moyo, notified acting town secretary, Fanisen Shuwa, of Sithole’s expulsion by the MDC-T.
In a letter dated 10 February 2022, Moyo advised Shuwa to inform the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of the vacancy that arose following Sithole’s expulsion. Part of the letter read:
I wish to inform you that I am in receipt of a letter from the Movement for Democratic Change (T) stating that Lyton Sithole (Ward 5) has been expelled from the party.
In terms of Section 278 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, as read with Section (1) (k), Ward 5 is now vacant.
In terms of Section 121 of the Electoral Act, please, proceed to inform the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of this vacancy.
Sithole on Saturday confirmed his recall in a notice to the residents of Ward 5.
Below is a leaked WhatsApp chat which discusses how Douglas Mwonzora’s prolific daughter hacked her father’s Twitter account and immediately cut the Senator off from his own family on the microblogging website. The reason for the development was not known at the time of writing and reporters researching for clues.
Neither Mwonzora nor daughter were available for commenting at the time of writing.
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[1/3, 15:25] Magaisa: Why Bertha does that, I don’t know why. When she accessed her dad Facebook account she unfollowed and everyone with a Mwonzora surname [1/3, 15:26] Celine: She’s childish. Why her father allows that boggles the mind. [1/3, 15:28] Celine: And today she shared that damaging video. She’s single handedly destroying his political career. Maybe they don’t want him involved in politics anymore.. [1/3, 15:32] Andy: My God, so it was Bertha [1/3, 15:32] Andy: This is disgraceful [1/3, 15:32] Andy: Does she do drugs cuz hazviitwe ne munhu ari mushe mushe [1/3, 15:33] Celine: The brat is very disrespectful of her father ,his relatives and his political career. [1/3, 15:36] Magaisa: Maybe that’s the plan. [1/3, 15:39] Celine: I wonder if we going anywhere as a party. Looks like this thing is already dead. Hah zvinu zvacho. [1/3, 15:42] Andy: If Bertha can hold her own father hostage, the rest of folks in the party will lose respect for him. The whole things playing out to be real life drama and entertainment on social media. We won’t be taken seriously if the president does not regain control and steer us in the right direction [1/3, 15:47] Magaisa: Some have already noticed that hostage crisis and are buttlick and stroke her ego in the hope of also controlling DTM
Tinashe Sambiri|Cornered Zimbabwe Electoral Commission( ZEC) is battling to spruce up its battered image following clear evidence of rigging brought forward by pressure groups.
Vibrant pressure group Team Pachedu has pointed out that ZEC is manipulating electoral processes in a bid to tilt votes in favour of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF party.
Below is ZEC’s feeble attempt to clear rigging allegations…
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission would like to dismiss allegations of rigging purportedly exposed by an analysis of a national voters’ roll requested by a political party as pure malice bent on diminishing the public’s confidence on the voters’ roll and the country’s electoral processes. The so-called analyses being posted on social media platforms are clearly targeted at confusing the electorate and tarnishing the image of the Commission.
The Commission wishes to make it clear that any voters’ roll that is requested in terms ofsection21(3) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) is a valid document as at the date of issue and is subject to subsequent addition of any new registrants or removal of voters because of death or disqualification. Please note that voter registration and the maintenance of the voters’ roll is a continuous process in terms of section 17A of the Electoral Act Thus, the removal of deceased voters, duplicates and other malcontents is a continuous exercise necessary for the update of the voters roll in an effort to keep it accurate, complete and current. The state of the voters roll is always very fluid save for cases where rt is deemed dosed for purposes of an election in terms of sections 26A and 121A of the Electoral Act, as the case may be, and in this instance, for wards and constituencies being contested on the 26 March 2022 by-elections whose voters’ rolls have already been closed and compiled.
The public should also know that the Commission has come across a few cases of several different people using the same national identity cards and sometimes, the same physical addresses to register as voters. Investigations have revealed that there are some people who engage in the illegal practice of giving their identity documents to relatives for use. In some cases, the identity documents are stolen and used without the owner’s knowledge. The Commission’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) does not pock such anomalies since the fingerprints of the registrants are different because they are indeed different people sharing the same identity cards. However, when the Commission identifies such irregularities, it removes the entries from the voters’ roll and puts them on an exclusion list pending regularisation of the identities by the Civil Registry.
Regarding allegations of too many transfers, the public is hereby informed that the Electoral Law permits any voter who has become resident in another constituency or ward to transfer their registration to that constituency or ward upon production of their proof of identity and requisite residence documents. It is incumbent upon registered voters resident in that constituency or ward to object to the new registration if they feel that that is not the case. ZEC has no authority to deny a voter his or her right to transfer.
The Commission would like to state that the allocation of polling stations to registrants is purely determined by their proofs of residence presented to voter registration officers. Voter registration officers are not duty-bound to go and physically check whether
the details on the affidavits and other proofs of residence presented to them by prospective registrants are correct or not. It behoves on all eligible voters and other stakeholders to act in good faith in relation to all electoral processes and the public is reminded that an affidavit is a sworn statement and If one presents fake information on affidavits used as proof of residence, they commit an offence of perjury.
ZEC is not secretly changing boundaries as alleged by the so-called analysts and no boundary delimitation has started. Delimitation is a public exercise involving stakeholder consultations and it shall only commence after the conclusion of the national population census. The allegations are therefore unfounded and meant only to tarnish the image of the Commission and to mislead stakeholders. The Electorate is advised that the Commission, in line with the provisions of the law, wiN publish a notice of its intention to commence the delimitation exercise and the public will be informed of this development in due course.
By- Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chief executive officer, Tafataona Mahoso, who has served the organisation and its predecessor the Media and Information Commission (MIC) for almost two decades is set to retire at the end of March, CITE has established.
Described in some circles as ‘Zimbabwe’s media hangman’ Mahoso (65) was unpopular with civic society and advocates for media freedom and plurality, who accused him of being used by the repressive Robert Mugabe regime to frustrate the growth of the media industry. Mahoso was appointed chairman of the MIC in 2003 at the time the government was using the now-repealed draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) to silence private media and served until 2008 when he was removed from office following a court judgement that he was politically-biased. He was later controversially reappointed to a Zimbabwe media board in October 2009. During his tenure at MIC Mahoso was behind the closure of The Tribune and its sister newspaper The Weekend Tribune and was also accused of fighting to deny a licence to ANZ, publishers of the Daily News, which had been shut down by the government. In 2010, during the coalition government era, the former Harare Polytechnic lecturer was controversially appointed ZMC chief executive. ZMC, which has already started scouting for a new chief executive, confirmed Mahoso’s imminent exit from the commission. “That’s true,” said ZMC chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, adding Mahoso will be leaving in March month-end if all goes well. Prof Magosvongwe said Mahoso who has been with the commission since its inception had already run his “good race,” adding it was time to inject new blood into the organisation considering the media industry keeps evolving. “Not that old people do not have what it takes, no,” said Magosvongwe. “We are saying, we train, we develop, we pass on the baton and it carries on and on. He is not being retired, he is going on retirement. He has always looked forward to retiring, even if you were to talk to him, he has always looked forward to it.” Magosvongwe added: “We have engaged him on the subject from the time we got in as a board and he has always expressed willingness to go on retirement. It’s only that the whole idea of institutional memory is critical. He has been at the helm which means he has been the one who holds the memory of the development of the entity from inception to where it is now.” In a recent vacancy notice, the ZMC board said it was seeking to recruit a holder of a Masters or Ph.D. degree in Journalism, Communication, or any other social science degree with at least 10 years of experience to lead the commission urging qualifying Zimbabweans to apply. Cite.org.zw
Zanu PF has defended Zim Dancehall record label, Chillspot Records, after it was criticised for their performance at the party’s weekend star rally in Epworth.
Chillspot Records producers Arnold Kamudyariwa better known as Fantan and Rodger Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, also known as Levels, led a team of artistes who entertained ZANU PF supporters at the rally.
Posting on Twitter, one Luckson Chinanga, expressed displeasure over the decision by Fantan and Levels to perform at the ZANU PF rally. He wrote:
When one decides to side with the oppressor, the oppressed are bound to react.
In the days of the liberation war, such people like Fantan who betrayed the struggle faced a painful death.
However, ZANU PF defended the Mbare-based music producers, saying people should leave them alone. The party said:
Any political party which fights Chillspot is bound to fail. Trying to separate Chillspot from youths is asking to separate dancehall and reggae from ghetto youths. People should allow artists to thrive.
Fantan was derided by some social media users on Twitter when he openly endorsed ZANU PF, going as far as thanking President Emmerson Mnangagwa for “the good roads he is building”.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary, Nick Mangwana, was seemingly surprised by the level of intolerance displayed after Chillspot’s performance. He tweeted:
I have seen some scathing attacks against Fantan and others who attended some political function.
These astounding attacks betrayed serious intolerance issues among those who falsely claim to advocate for human rights and democracy.
Some of these are just self-serving cyber-bullies.
ZANU PF is reportedly giving cash to influential young celebrities like Fantan, Passion Java and DJ Towers to help support the party’s in the upcoming by-elections and 2023 general elections.
Zimbabwe@WHO_Zimbabwe·13h“@WHO has developed new tools under the Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer which ??has adopted in order to strengthen their efforts to treat childhood cancer,” says Dr Tsitsi Siwela @WHO_Zimbabwe epidemiologist during the @Kidzcan_Zimbo14 #ICCD2022 commemoration in Harare.
Former Warriors defender Charles Yohane has died. He was 48.
Yohane was shot dead in South Africa by armed carjackers. Details are still sketchy but a family member confirmed that they received news about Yohane’s death and were traveling to South Africa on Wednesday.
Yohane’s close friend and former Orlando Pirates defender Innocent Chikoya who also hails from Mbare has been communicating with the family in Zimbabwe.
Yohane played for Fire Batteries in Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa where he played for African Wanderers, AmaZulu, Bidvest Wits and AK FC. Yohane was part of the first group of Warriors to the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.
He was also part of the second group of Warriors to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006. He was capped 23 times with the Warriors. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.
By-Dendera musician Sulumani Chimbetu failed to pitch up for a scheduled family show at Spirtzkop Leisure Centre in Harare on Sunday.
Instead, Afro-fusion musician Carlos Green ended up serenading fans, warming up the stage in anticipation of Sulu’s arrival.
The Alice Mbewe hitmaker kept fans waiting until curfew hours, resulting in fans protesting.
They threw missiles on stage, compelling Carlos Green to stop his performance. “We saw the posters saying that Sulu would perform here at a family show, but we are surprised he has not pitched up. We fear it’s getting late and we are towards curfew,” said Addlife, one of the fans. “We did not see any posters of this Carlos Green guy, but his guys were the ones collecting the entrance fees at the gate.” Takunda Maravanyika, who runs the joint, felt betrayed by Sulu. “We had agreed that Sulu would perform at a family show dubbed Ndiwe Chete Mudzimai Wangu as a pre-Valentine’s Day gig, surprisingly the musician did not pitch up,” Maravanyika said. “We had organised the show with Sulu’s manager Carlton Mparutsa and they even acknowledged by advertising the show on the musician’s Facebook page.” “People protested after this guy (Carlos Green) kept on singing. We even checked with Carlton for Sulu’s arrival time and he kept promising us that he was on his way.” Maravanyika added: “Fans became impatient and demanded their money back, arguing that they had come to see Sulu. It was Sulu’s team that had added Carlos Green to curtain-raise, not us. We did not negotiate any deal with Carlos Green.” “We were forced to reimburse some of the fans as a way of maintaining our good brand.” Mparutsa yesterday said he was not aware of the show. “I can’t comment on that as I am not informed. I was away in Honde Valley for a funeral and only arrived last night,” he said. Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has blasted the State media for claiming that the party’s vice president Hon Tendai Biti was not arrested.
The panicky regime arrested Hon Biti for no apparent reason in Harare on Monday.
Hon Biti was arrested by police officers from the Law and Order Section as he was addressing a rally in Greendale.
A State-run publication claimed :” Biti Not Arrested”
In response Advocate Mahere said: “Stop lying! Hon BitiTendai was arrested and detained at Harare Central Police Station then moved to Rhodesville Police Station where no charges were preferred against him. Why did those 3 police officers deprive him of his liberty & arrest him without charge? Shameful lot!”
Vanguard Africa also condemned the arrest of Hon Biti. “We are informed that @BitiTendai’s been released without charge. His treatment, however, is beyond unacceptable. This is classic authoritarian behavior often exhibited by the @edmnangagwa regime: Frustrate, impede and intimidate the opposition.”
Police in Bulawayo have impounded a 10-tonne truck found laden with stolen Pfumvudza/Intwasa fertilizers, which were set for distribution to urban farmers in Emganwini constituency.
This was confirmed by Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday.
He said 157x50kg bags of fertilizer were recovered after a tip-off.
“When the police intercepted and stopped the truck, bags of fertilizers and eight bags of clothes suspected to be from Botswana were found,” Ncube said.
He said Bigboy Mwenga (32) from Zengeza 4, Chitungwiza, was
arrested in connection with the fertilizer on February 11 at 5pm.
He said Mwenga’s vehicle had been impounded, while the
suspect refused to disclose the name of the person who gave him the fertilizer.
Meanwhile, police yesterday launched an operation targeting
illegal gambling slot machines to prevent unregistered casino operators from
flourishing.
The operation was launched at Morris Depot in Harare
yesterday.
The campaign was attended by senior police officers and
officials from the Lotteries and Gaming Board, Bookmakers Association and the
Casino Association.
Malvin Ndlovu, an official from the Casino Association,
expressed concern over a rise in money-laundering and illegal gambling crimes,
as well as the prevalence of drugs at illegal gambling hubs.
“We need to stop illegal gamblers by reporting them to the
police,” he said.
Lotteries and Gaming Board interim secretary Misheck
Pachipano said illegal gamblers should be brought to book no matter their
social status. Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|Unruly Zanu PF members heavily assaulted the Citizens’ Coalition For Change candidate for ward 13, Wedza District, James Makuzva at the weekend.
According to Citizens’ Coalition For Change, Makuzva was attacked while conducting a voter registration exercise at Makarara Business Centre.
“CCC candidate for Ward 13, Wedza District, JAMES MAKUZVA, was assaulted badly by 6 known Zanu PF thugs on Friday at Makarara Business Centre where he had gone to mobilize residents to register to vote. A report was made to @PoliceZimbabwe but no arrests have been effected. WE DEMAND @ZECzim REFORM,” Citizens’ Coalition For Change said in a statement.
The party also challenged the Zanu PF regime to implement electoral reforms before the coming polls.
“In addition to the planned litigation, our Elections Department is currently seized with the task of writing to @ZECzim to highlight & demand explanations in respect of the numerous voters’ roll anomalies.”
ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa flew out of Zimbabwe yesterday for Brussels where he is to atend the AU-EU Summit. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WILL SAY THERE? – PICTURES
Tinashe Sambiri|Cornered Zimbabwe Electoral Commission( ZEC) is battling to spruce up its battered image following clear evidence of rigging brought forward by pressure groups.
Vibrant pressure group Team Pachedu has pointed out that ZEC is manipulating electoral processes in a bid to tilt votes in favour of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF party.
Below is ZEC’s feeble attempt to clear rigging allegations…
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission would like to dismiss allegations of rigging purportedly exposed by an analysis of a national voters’ roll requested by a political party as pure malice bent on diminishing the public’s confidence on the voters’ roll and the country’s electoral processes. The so-called analyses being posted on social media platforms are clearly targeted at confusing the electorate and tarnishing the image of the Commission.
The Commission wishes to make it clear that any voters’ roll that is requested in terms ofsection21(3) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) is a valid document as at the date of issue and is subject to subsequent addition of any new registrants or removal of voters because of death or disqualification. Please note that voter registration and the maintenance of the voters’ roll is a continuous process in terms of section 17A of the Electoral Act Thus, the removal of deceased voters, duplicates and other malcontents is a continuous exercise necessary for the update of the voters roll in an effort to keep it accurate, complete and current. The state of the voters roll is always very fluid save for cases where rt is deemed dosed for purposes of an election in terms of sections 26A and 121A of the Electoral Act, as the case may be, and in this instance, for wards and constituencies being contested on the 26 March 2022 by-elections whose voters’ rolls have already been closed and compiled.
The public should also know that the Commission has come across a few cases of several different people using the same national identity cards and sometimes, the same physical addresses to register as voters. Investigations have revealed that there are some people who engage in the illegal practice of giving their identity documents to relatives for use. In some cases, the identity documents are stolen and used without the owner’s knowledge. The Commission’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) does not pock such anomalies since the fingerprints of the registrants are different because they are indeed different people sharing the same identity cards. However, when the Commission identifies such irregularities, it removes the entries from the voters’ roll and puts them on an exclusion list pending regularisation of the identities by the Civil Registry.
Regarding allegations of too many transfers, the public is hereby informed that the Electoral Law permits any voter who has become resident in another constituency or ward to transfer their registration to that constituency or ward upon production of their proof of identity and requisite residence documents. It is incumbent upon registered voters resident in that constituency or ward to object to the new registration if they feel that that is not the case. ZEC has no authority to deny a voter his or her right to transfer.
The Commission would like to state that the allocation of polling stations to registrants is purely determined by their proofs of residence presented to voter registration officers. Voter registration officers are not duty-bound to go and physically check whether
the details on the affidavits and other proofs of residence presented to them by prospective registrants are correct or not. It behoves on all eligible voters and other stakeholders to act in good faith in relation to all electoral processes and the public is reminded that an affidavit is a sworn statement and If one presents fake information on affidavits used as proof of residence, they commit an offence of perjury.
ZEC is not secretly changing boundaries as alleged by the so-called analysts and no boundary delimitation has started. Delimitation is a public exercise involving stakeholder consultations and it shall only commence after the conclusion of the national population census. The allegations are therefore unfounded and meant only to tarnish the image of the Commission and to mislead stakeholders. The Electorate is advised that the Commission, in line with the provisions of the law, wiN publish a notice of its intention to commence the delimitation exercise and the public will be informed of this development in due course.
But Hon, this is not right. We don't know ZANU PF we struggled up to this point. We don't know anybody but we just please every person. It's not by force to say do this as ZANU PF, or insult the President, be CCC or what, we have… pic.twitter.com/Q4dl1GGSjM
Tinashe Sambiri|The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission( ZEC) is finding it difficult to rig elections in favour of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF party.
Popular pressure group Team Pachedu has vowed to expose ZEC’s rigging tactics.
“We have taken note of ZEC’s statement.
Sadly, the statement does not explain anything, e.g., the mass movement of voters across wards and constituencies when addresses HAVE NOT changed.
We urge ZEC to provide statistical counterevidence and not these empty statements.
ZEC lied in its statement that there was no mass-movement of voters across wards.
This list shows that many Bubi Constituency Ward 22 residents have now been moved to totally different wards, yet their addresses have NOT CHANGED,” Team Pachedu argued.
