…the ongoing civil servants standoff has pushed Mthuli into hiding from the vicious economy, as he resorts to pricks of paltries throwing them at govt employees…
Mthuli Ncube
The Zimbabwe revolutionary party popularly known as Zanu PF has dismally failed to maintain its status quo and has lost its credibility in implementing sound developmental policies and good governance in many sectors.
By Leonard Koni
The party has been grappling with internal factional fights, the scourge of corruption , creating an opposition of its own liking and poor governance. It has clearly lost its marble and has failed to put the economy into stability.
Surprisingly the Zanu PF government is now talking about reviving the economy forgetting that they were in power for more than 40 years.
The so called new republic pretending to be new wine in old wine skins which was born out of the 2017 coup is worst than the old republic and leaves a lot to be desired.
This year’s school calendar has already been plunged into another crisis from the outbreak of Covid19 as headmasters have also joined teachers in an industrial action citing incapacitation.
Our economy has failed the competitiveness on the international arena because of poor economic policies which are always changed like diapers. There is lack of policy consistency.
There is always a hide and seek scenario in the issue of dollarisation with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube blowing hot and cold, and the ongoing civil servants standoff has pushed Mthuli into hiding from the vicious economy, as he resorts to pricks of paltries throwing them at govt employees.
Four decades of Zanu PF misrule has crippled the health sector where medication is scarce, the transport industry, educational sector just to mention a few.
There are no serious infrastructural development in major cities of the country except a few colonial facades still giving off an aura of faded majesty.
Fuel prices continue to be pegged in Zimbabwe’s bond notes and there is nowhere one can find readily available fuel sold in local currency. The sector has since been dollarised.
Workers are heavily taxed and they can’t breathe. A country’s economy is not grown by taxing the people but by producing and increasing its exports on the global sphere.
There is glaring and overwhelming evidence to show that Zanu-PF has failed the nation through its empty promises.
Political gimmicks are the order of the day as the country gets into another level of political campaign with residents being promised title deeds for home ownership.
Giving them another five year term would be disastrous as the leaders currently have drought of ideas and have nothing new to offer.
By- Human rights lawyers have pressed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to provide information of the number of people issued with national identity documents to justify its rollout of the current voter registration exercise.
In a letter addressed to Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba yesterday, the ZLHR requested that she must provides it with the number of people that have been issued with identity documents after the commission cancelled an earlier exercise on the pretext that the targeted population had no identity documents. “The question is what has changed from November 24, 2021 to January 13, 2022 on the issuance of identity document to call for a voter registration blitz?” the ZLHR letter to Chigumba read. “It is on this premise, and in line with the electoral commission’s mandate to be accountable and transparent, that you furnish us with the number of people who were issued with identity documents to necessitate voter registration. We remind you that the Constitution, the Freedom of Information Act and the Electoral Act have provisions allowing us to access this information from you,” the letter read. Zec is yet to respond. Initially, Zec had announced that the mobile voter registration process would take place from December 6, 2021, but postponed it to February 2022 to allow eligible persons to acquire national identity documents that are requisite for voter registration. Many aspiring voter registrants are being turned away over lack of identity documents.
A Gokwe man is up for murder after he allegedly axed his two children to death before dumping their bodies in a maize field.
Police are now hunting for the suspect, whose reason for killing his children aged 14 and 7 respectively, is yet unknown.
Through their official Twitter handle, police said the incident took place at Nyandoro Village, Chief Chireya in Gokwe on February 2. Pindula News presents a police statement on the case:
Police in Gokwe are investigating circumstances surrounding a case of murder which occurred at Nyandoro Village. A 43-year-old man is suspected to have struck dead his daughter (14) and son (7) with an axe over unknown reasons.
The bodies of the victims were found with deep cuts on the necks in a maize field and the father’s axe was recovered on the scene while shoe prints were observed near the bodies.
Police have since launched a manhunt for the suspect.- Pindula News
Civil servants have rejected the government’s 20% salary increase plus US$100 in hard currency offer and insisted on their demands for a pre-October 2018 salary of US$540.
Government said the salary increase would be backdated to January while the US$100 would take effect in March. It also introduced an advancement award recognising seniority and announced non-monetary benefits like transport provision.
Teachers-Strike – file copy
The offer came after teachers refused to report for duty on Monday when schools opened despite threats to dock their salaries and drag them to disciplinary hearings.
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary-general Japhet Moyo said labour unions were not impressed with the offer which he said was announced without consultation.
“There is a structure that is there that represents workers. Their approach is completely wrong and, obviously, the increment is inadequate if you look at the inflation at the moment,” Moyo said.
Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) president Enoch Dongo said the offer did not address fundamental worker grievances.
“We have legislation that gives workers and the employer a chance to dialogue and this mentality of just deciding for workers is not a welcome development. There is no increment, they just played with figures,” Dongo said.
Some of the non-monetary benefits include plans to construct housing units for civil servants.
In a statement, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe said: “Teaching is a passion and we remain committed to the education sector and our learners, however, without proper motivation we are just moving slaves with no purpose and we have chosen to rise beyond slavery and fight for our dignity.”
Young Teachers Association chairperson Takemore Mhlanga said they had enough of fake government promises to improve their welfare.
“Civil servants have been promised stands before and they have been robbed of monies. Workers want improved salaries, not promises. We are where we are because of continued fake promises,” Mhlanga said.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou added: “It is also clear that there is no urgent rescue package to assist teachers to urgently report for work, the advancement award is shrouded in mystery and there is nothing to write home about,”
“A better offer could have emanated from collective bargaining under section 65 of the Constitution rather than this unilateralism rubber stamped by archaic and moribund Apex Council.”
Addressing journalists yesterday, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa urged teachers to take the offer or opt to be used as proxies in a wider regime change agenda.-Newsday
By- Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been dragged to the court for allegedly grabbing eight gold mining claims belonging to an investor.
Businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mahomed, said Chitando re-issued the mining claims under a special grant to Golden Reef Mining (Pvt) Ltd, where he is a director.
Mohamed, who owns Anesu Gold (Pvt) Ltd, filed a High Court application seeking to interdict Chitando, Mines secretary Onesimo Moyo, Golden Reef Mining, and Midlands provincial mining director Tariro Ndhlovu from grabbing the mining claims. Mohamed claims that Anesu Gold is the registered owner of the gold claims in Mberengwa district, Midlands province, which are also referred to as Mangoro claims (Ipanema). The matter was set for hearing yesterday, but High Court judge Justice Rogers Manyangadze postponed it to February 24 at the request of Chitando’s lawyer, Takudzwa Mutomba who indicated that the minister, together with Moyo and Ndhlovu had secured the services of a new lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku who was tied up elsewhere. Welshman Ncube is representing Golden Reef Mining while Advocate Tawanda Zhuwarara is representing Anesu Gold. In his application, Mohamed said the mining claims were previously owned by, and registered in the name of Start Mining Services (Private) Limited, where he initially had a 70% stake with the other 30% owned by Rugare Gumbo. Mohamed said he later bought out Gumbo and now owns 100% shareholding of the claims. It is alleged that in 2018, Chitando sent invoices for Start Mining Services to pay mining fees for the claims. Fidelity Printers approved that US$6,4 million must be paid to finance the applicant’s operations, including the payment of the inspection fees for the mining claims. “This arrangement had the approval of the governor of the Reserve Bank and the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Fidelity gave the facility on the strength of clean and unencumbered mining claims following a due diligence process,” Mohamed’s court affidavit read. He said the certificates of registration of the mining claims were handed over to Fidelity in February 2019 followed by a due diligence exercise. However, he said he was shocked to learn that a special grant had been issued, and his claims forfeited. Mohamed also alleged that in 2012, Gumbo approached Chitando, before he became Mines minister, asking him to invest in the mining claims but Chitando refused. Around 2014, Mohamed then invited prominent businessman Shingi Mutasa to invest and he showed interest, but insisted that due diligence checks be done. Mutasa and Chitando chartered a small plane and flew to inspect the mining claims in loco. After the checks, Mutasa allegedly did not take up the offer. “Although Mutasa did not come on board, Chitando’s team and himself, had all the data and information of the juicy areas of the mining claims,” Mohamed submitted. He said Anesu Gold secured an investor from Australia who agreed to form a joint venture, after the investor was assured by Chitando and Ndhlovu that the mining claims were clean and unencumbered. “It would be the investment’s saddest day if this country is to send an investor back to Australia under these circumstances. This should not be allowed if transparency is to be the order of the day.” Mohamed said Chitando was a director of Golden Reef and shareholder through his company Windev Investments (Pvt) Limited, adding that the decision to forfeit the mining claims was “wrongful, unlawful, malicious, illegal” and motivated by greed. But Gold Reef argued that Mohamed and Anesu Gold had no legal right to bring the case before the courts. “The invoices for payment of inspection fees were issued to Start Mining Services and not applicant. Forfeiture made reference to Start Mining Services as the holder of the mining claims being forfeited,” Gold Reef director, Thomas Gono said. “Accordingly, hence it is submitted that if any of the mining claims belong to applicant, no lawful and accurate procedure, as prescribed by law, was followed to change names on certificates of registration after transfer. Equally the fact that Minister Winston Chitando’s company Windev Investments is a shareholder in first respondent has no material bearing on how applicant lost mining rights over mining claims in question.” Gono said there was nothing illegal about Chitando being a director or shareholder in a certain company, adding that the mining claims in question were forfeited two months before inspection fees were paid, meaning that the applicant had defaulted. In his opposing affidavit, Ndhlovu said Anesu Gold was invoiced for payment of already overdue inspection fees, adding that the mining claims were forfeited in terms of section 260 of the Mines Act. Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has appealed to citizens to donate money towards Wellington Mahohoma’s kidney transplant.
Mahohoma is a development activist and board member of the Citizens Initiative.
He was diagnosed with end- stage renal failure.
There is an ongoing fundraising programme for Mahohoma’s kidney transplant.
“Fellow citizens, Let’s support Welly Mahohoma our beloved brother and fellow Cde. He has helped others in their times of need. It’s our turn! Let’s do our best,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
“Hear hear hear good people, out of your big love. Wellington Mahohoma ‘s fundraising campaign has reached USD 17 000.00. Now USD 8000.00 to go.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change vice president, Hon Tendai Biti, has described Emmerson Mnangagwa’s economic policies as ineffective “Ginyanomics.”
According to Hon Biti, Mr Mnangagwa’s administration has nothing new to offer to the nation.
Economists say de-dollarization is disastrous as the country is dormant in terms of production.
Below is Hon Biti’s argument: The Monetary Policy Statement announced is typical of the mendacious edifice of the Mnangwagwa regime .At face value an image is created of a strong functioning economy recording a decent current account balance , a record in export earnings & a temporal surge in inflation.
We have been here before Ginyanomics does not work & won’t work. The FX auction has failed .De-dollarization has failed.Increasing export surrender ratios is acknowledgement of the inherent current account reality . Put simply we are not producing. We are an importing country.
We eat what we don’t kill Therefore parallel exchange will continue to shoot& inflation will remain permanent. Simple solution re- dollarise, float local currency,scrap surrender requirements, STOP Corruption,put money in social servicesIn simple terms #NgaapindeHakeMukomana
Emmerson Mnangagwa has dangled title deeds for votes to an estimated 80 000 desperate home-seekers in the capital whose informal settlements and structures face demolition as the ruling party goes for broke ahead of the March 26 by-elections.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa will address what Zanu PF officials dubbed “mother of all rallies” in Epworth on Saturday where the title deeds will be handed out to dwellers who are at loggerheads with the local board over plans to demolish their structures.
In 2020 and last year, dozens of structures and informal settlements were destroyed, leaving home-owners and informal traders counting heavy losses.
In recent years, Harare and Chitungwiza municipalities have taken a tough stance against illegal structures that have mushroomed, especially on wetlands.
As the country heads towards polls, Zanu PF, which has performed dismally in urban areas since the turn of the millennium, said it was aiming to break the hoodoo by handing out title deeds to win votes.
Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said handing out title deeds would be a game-changer and likened the move to the attainment of independence in 1980.
“I am confidently told that by now probably 80 000 houses have been mapped and given addresses. The President will be there to give each one an address, an identity,” Mutsvangwa told journalists at a Press conference at the party headquarters.
“The signature act of the Epworth visit would be to grant title deeds to the existing stock of urban houses which the people have and have never used and are dead capital.
“We have decided as a party that we shall be giving title deeds to urban people. This is something which is big; it is as big as the land reform. It is as big as independence. It is a signal to urban people that since you are living in an urban setting you need to have a history of credit.”
Opposition Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu PF, the country’s main political parties, will use the polls as a yardstick for the 2023 elections.
“Credit is what drives a modern economy. Up to now, urban people have no title deeds. They cannot go to the bank to borrow money. So that is dead capital, but they work very hard,” Mutsvangwa said, while admitting that the party failed to implement its ambitious plan in the 2018 election manifesto where it undertook to construct 1,5 million housing units, translating to 300 000 houses per year, 25 000 a month, 6 250 a week or 822 houses a day.
“The assumption was that the government was going to provide the funds, but people overlooking the existing stock of houses which have already been built which are not providing a mortgage for expansion.”
Zanu PF accuse the opposition of running down local authorities, but CCC deputy national spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba yesterday said: “We are a new political organisation, we are not in Parliament. Our first participation in forming a local government will be on March 26.
“Anything else, we are not in government, we are not in the Cabinet. We are a new political organisation formed weeks ago. Our entry into the political landscape of this country will be in these upcoming by-elections.” -Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change ( Namibia) says the 20% pay rise awarded to teachers is an insult to the suffering educators.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is reluctant to resolve civil servants’ grievances, according to Citizens’ Coalition For Change.
See statement below:
09 February 2022
20% of nothing is an insult to diligent educators! Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges teachers to unite against slave wages.
As the People’s Democratic Yellow Movement, we are absolutely perplexed by the clueless Zanupf regime’s daylight threats to the rest of the civil servants who are unable to report for duty because of underpayment. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia demands that the ruthless government led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa must spare their threats and commence to pay our diligent teachers a living wage replacing their unsalted peanuts. Zimbabwe’s teachers are severely incapacitated and can only be capacitated when the value of their salaries is restored to a minimum of US$540. We want to encourage teachers’unions to continue fighting against slave wages, our teachers are highly qualified to deserve this pathetic maltreatment by these belly politicians who continue to loot with impunity.
Moreso, Artuz, Ptuz, Zimta and other teachers’ unions must demonstrate unity, commitment and dedication to liberate the teaching fraternity from the jaws of authoritarians. We salute the courage and varlour from Zimta which used to be pro-Zanupf in the remote and recent fights against suicidal policies in the education sector. It was quite exhilarating to hear revolutionary words from Zimta when it pronounced its incapacitation. The 20% offer is US$175 is a mockery to the intelligentsia of the nation and it is way behind their October 2018 figure of US$540. This is incontrovertible evidence proving the government’s unwillingness to better the pathetic lives of educators. It has not however, capacitated teachers to pick up their torn and tattered bags anytime soon.
The vibrant teachers’unions in the names of the radical Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union championed by President Obert Masaraure and the progressive Progressive Teachers’Union led by President Dr Takavafira Zhou echoed the same revolutionary trajectory. They concurred that the 20% salary elevation still falls short of their expectations to liberate teachers who are wallowing in poverty. The united teachers’unions resolved that teachers remain incapacitated, they emphasised the need to confront those who are eating on their behalf. It is an insult in the eyes of social democrats to see a junior soldier harvesting more than the Deputy Provincial Education Director. This a mockery to the hardworking educators in Zimbabwe that is why Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia pledges to fight for a people’s government.
Moreover, teachers’ unions have vowed to soldier on with their incapacitation action since negotiations with the desperate regime have faltered. Citizens Coalition For Change resonates with Artuz leadership who postulated that the Government should be upholders of the right to education yet they appear unperturbed by the deep crisis in the mismanaged education sector. It becomes imperative for Zimbabweans to clamour for a people’s government that respects the basic fundamental human rights. The power hungry Zanupf cronies must respect the constitution of the country as provided on section 75 of the constitution which clearly instructs the government to uphold and protect the right to education. It is our moral and political obligation as social democrats to hold duty bearers accountable and we should not allow the education sector to collapse with our eyes wide-open.
Furthermore, the corrupt Zanupf government must desist from threatening and harassing innocent educators who are simply demanding a living wage. The perpetual infringement on the basic universal right to education for more than 4.6 million learners in Zimbabwe must be resisted with equal measure. Section 65 of the supreme law of the motherland provides the right to a fair remuneration against the satanic meagre salaries being offered by this greedy and insensitive government. The Zanupf government has dismally failed to reasonably uplift the teachers’ salaries due to their clear insatiable appetite for personal aggrandisement.
In a nutshell, if these advocates of rhetoric politics remain obdurate, resisting to restore the genuine value of educators’ salaries to a minimum of US$540, our hungry teachers, abused learners and desperate parents must democratically fight for poverty liberation as well as the respect of their basic right to education. This sadist Zanupf government does not care about the value of education because they thrive on looting, graft, bribery and smuggling. They subscribe to an informal economy where the uneducated enjoy at the expense of the intelligentsia. We really need a People’s Government to displace this corrupt dictatorship.
Teachers should remain resolute in demanding a living wage from these belly politicians who sent their kids to elite private where teachers are handsomely paid.
Zimbabweans must unite against poverty and exploitation. It’s now imperative to demand the restoration of teachers dignity, restore the classroom and a living wage from the satanic government. Thanks Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union, Progressive Teachers Union and other progressive unions who are offering solidarity with the vibrant ones.
PayOurTeachersALivingWage
ZanupfMustGo
NoToSlaveWages
SaveOurEducationZw
Peoples’Government
OurEducationIsOurFuture
LetsDefendOurChildren
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia Rundu Branch Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change ( Namibia) says the 20% pay rise awarded to teachers is an insult to the suffering educators.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is reluctant to resolve civil servants’ grievances, according to Citizens’ Coalition For Change.
See statement below:
09 February 2022
20% of nothing is an insult to diligent educators! Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges teachers to unite against slave wages.
As the People’s Democratic Yellow Movement, we are absolutely perplexed by the clueless Zanupf regime’s daylight threats to the rest of the civil servants who are unable to report for duty because of underpayment. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia demands that the ruthless government led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa must spare their threats and commence to pay our diligent teachers a living wage replacing their unsalted peanuts. Zimbabwe’s teachers are severely incapacitated and can only be capacitated when the value of their salaries is restored to a minimum of US$540. We want to encourage teachers’unions to continue fighting against slave wages, our teachers are highly qualified to deserve this pathetic maltreatment by these belly politicians who continue to loot with impunity.
Moreso, Artuz, Ptuz, Zimta and other teachers’ unions must demonstrate unity, commitment and dedication to liberate the teaching fraternity from the jaws of authoritarians. We salute the courage and varlour from Zimta which used to be pro-Zanupf in the remote and recent fights against suicidal policies in the education sector. It was quite exhilarating to hear revolutionary words from Zimta when it pronounced its incapacitation. The 20% offer is US$175 is a mockery to the intelligentsia of the nation and it is way behind their October 2018 figure of US$540. This is incontrovertible evidence proving the government’s unwillingness to better the pathetic lives of educators. It has not however, capacitated teachers to pick up their torn and tattered bags anytime soon.
The vibrant teachers’unions in the names of the radical Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union championed by President Obert Masaraure and the progressive Progressive Teachers’Union led by President Dr Takavafira Zhou echoed the same revolutionary trajectory. They concurred that the 20% salary elevation still falls short of their expectations to liberate teachers who are wallowing in poverty. The united teachers’unions resolved that teachers remain incapacitated, they emphasised the need to confront those who are eating on their behalf. It is an insult in the eyes of social democrats to see a junior soldier harvesting more than the Deputy Provincial Education Director. This a mockery to the hardworking educators in Zimbabwe that is why Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia pledges to fight for a people’s government.
Moreover, teachers’ unions have vowed to soldier on with their incapacitation action since negotiations with the desperate regime have faltered. Citizens Coalition For Change resonates with Artuz leadership who postulated that the Government should be upholders of the right to education yet they appear unperturbed by the deep crisis in the mismanaged education sector. It becomes imperative for Zimbabweans to clamour for a people’s government that respects the basic fundamental human rights. The power hungry Zanupf cronies must respect the constitution of the country as provided on section 75 of the constitution which clearly instructs the government to uphold and protect the right to education. It is our moral and political obligation as social democrats to hold duty bearers accountable and we should not allow the education sector to collapse with our eyes wide-open.
Furthermore, the corrupt Zanupf government must desist from threatening and harassing innocent educators who are simply demanding a living wage. The perpetual infringement on the basic universal right to education for more than 4.6 million learners in Zimbabwe must be resisted with equal measure. Section 65 of the supreme law of the motherland provides the right to a fair remuneration against the satanic meagre salaries being offered by this greedy and insensitive government. The Zanupf government has dismally failed to reasonably uplift the teachers’ salaries due to their clear insatiable appetite for personal aggrandisement.
In a nutshell, if these advocates of rhetoric politics remain obdurate, resisting to restore the genuine value of educators’ salaries to a minimum of US$540, our hungry teachers, abused learners and desperate parents must democratically fight for poverty liberation as well as the respect of their basic right to education. This sadist Zanupf government does not care about the value of education because they thrive on looting, graft, bribery and smuggling. They subscribe to an informal economy where the uneducated enjoy at the expense of the intelligentsia. We really need a People’s Government to displace this corrupt dictatorship.
Teachers should remain resolute in demanding a living wage from these belly politicians who sent their kids to elite private where teachers are handsomely paid. Zimbabweans must unite against poverty and exploitation. It’s now imperative to demand the restoration of teachers dignity, restore the classroom and a living wage from the satanic government. Thanks Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union, Progressive Teachers Union and other progressive unions who are offering solidarity with the vibrant ones.
PayOurTeachersALivingWage
ZanupfMustGo
NoToSlaveWages
SaveOurEducationZw
Peoples’Government
OurEducationIsOurFuture
LetsDefendOurChildren
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia Rundu Branch Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya
Opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) has bemoaned disruption of its campaigns by the police and arbitrary arrest of its members and civic groups that are conducting voter education campaigns.
Amos Chibaya
CCC national organiser Amos Chibaya, who is also the Mkoba constituency candidate for the party, told NewsDay that they were being deterred from freely holding campaign rallies.
On Sunday, 10 CCC supporters were arrested in Mkoba, Gweru, as they were conducting a roadshow to canvass for votes ahead of the March 26 by-elections.
“Heavily armed police disrupted our peaceful roadshow and arrested 10 people in the process. The 10 were released on Tuesday,” Chibaya said.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko professed ignorance of the arrests, and promised to make inquiries.
In another incident, police on Tuesday arrested 10 officials from the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) who were conducting voter education in Mbare, Harare.
In a statement, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said the 10 were detained at Mbare Police Station, adding that the arresting police details told Zesn officials that they needed clearance to conduct voter education.
Harare province police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza said he was yet to receive the report.
Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said cases of electoral violence and arrests of opposition and civic society members should be directed to the police.
“Those reports would indicate that they are lawbreakers. There is an expectation of dockets lodged at police stations and court judgments delivered in such instances,” he said. -Newsday
Cancer is one of the world’s leading causes of death, and its burden is growing. In 2021, the world crossed a sobering new threshold – an estimated 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and 10 million died. These numbers will continue to rise in the decades ahead. And yet all cancers can be treated, and many can be prevented or cured.
Care for cancer, however, like so many other diseases, reflects the inequalities and inequities of our world. The clearest distinction is between high- and low-income countries, with comprehensive treatment reportedly available in more than 90% of high-income countries but less than 15% of low-income countries.
Similarly, the survival of children diagnosed with cancer is more than 80% in high-income countries, and less than 30% in low- and middle-income countries. And breast cancer survival five years after diagnosis now exceeds 80% in most high-income countries, compared with 66% in India and just 40% in South Africa.
Furthermore, a recent WHO survey found that cancer services are covered by a country’s largest, government health financing scheme in an estimated 37% of low- and middle-income countries, compared to at least 78% of high-income countries. This means that a cancer diagnosis has the potential to push families into poverty, particularly in lower-income countries, an effect that has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Closing the care gap
For all of these reasons, the theme for this year’s World Cancer Day is “closing the care gap”.
And fortunately, much is being done to bring quality cancer care to countries for which, up until now, it has been out of reach.
WHO’s efforts are focused on breast cancer, now the most common cancer; cervical cancer, that can be eliminated; and childhood cancer. The focus for each of these initiatives is low- and middle-income countries, where the biggest public health gains are to be made.
These integrated global cancer initiatives are being implemented by more than 200 partners around the world, including many development banks who have significantly increased their investments in cancer research, prevention and care.
National cancer centres: key to a comprehensive approach
Experience has shown the importance of national cancer centres in ensuring a comprehensive approach to cancer treatment. Bringing services for prevention, diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment and supportive care together in one place makes it easier for patients to navigate services and leads to a greater concentration of expertise, and subsequently better health outcomes. Furthermore, cancer centres serve as training and research hubs, and in this way, help build country capacity and expertise.
Setting Up a Cancer Centre: a WHO-IAEA Framework, being released by the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency for World Cancer Day, proposes a framework for both establishing a cancer centre and strengthening the provision of services in existing centres. Intended for policy-makers, programme managers and health professionals, it provides details of the infrastructure, human resources and equipment required for essential services, taking into consideration local context and resources available.
Facilitating decisions on screening
Screening is another important element of comprehensive cancer prevention and control but decisions on what to include in a cancer programme require consideration of a number of complex factors. To support decision-making on such issues in countries, WHO has just released A short guide to cancer screening. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm.
Reinvigorated efforts to increase access to radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is among the most cost-effective, efficient and widely-used cancer treatments, and may be considered as a treatment option for an estimated half of cancer patients. Despite being a critical component of cancer care, however, worldwide access to radiotherapy is still inadequate, particularly in lower-income countries.
To reinvigorate efforts to address this problem, WHO is joining forces with the IAEA, as it launches Rays of Hope. This new project will prioritize a limited number of high-impact, cost-effective and sustainable interventions in line with national needs and commitment, starting in Africa.
Scale-up critical given the impact of the pandemic
Increased efforts to scale up high quality cancer programmes at international, national and community levels are all the more important given disruption to cancer programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a survey published in October 2021, more than half of countries reporting indicated that cancer screening and treatment had been partially or completely disrupted during the pandemic.
By collaboration, commitment and solidarity, however, hope can be provided to the many millions of people for whom cancer treatment has in the past been little more than a dream.
Police in Marondera have launched a manhunt for suspects who allegedly raped and axed to death a female pastor on February 7.
The body of Nelia Maringe (45) was discovered in a bush near Grasslands Research Station in Marondera, a day after she did not return home from prayers.
Maringe had recently completed theology studies with the AFM church.
Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Simon Chazovachii confirmed the incident.
“Police are investigating a murder case in Marondera where a woman was found dead with her body half naked. We appeal to those who may have information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect to alert the nearest police station,” he said.
It is said that on February 7, at around 11am, Maringe informed her neighbour Rutendo Machapa that she was going into a nearby bush area for prayers and to fetch firewood.
She left carrying her Bible, counter book and an axe.
She didn’t return home that day, but was instead found dead the following morning by Charles Mazorodze (53) who was fetching firewood.
He then alerted the police who attended the scene. Her body was taken to Marondera Provincial Hospital for post-mortem. -Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|For the first time, school heads and teachers have come together in the struggle for decent salaries.
Vibrant teachers’ union, ARTUZ has vowed to fight to the bitter as the perennial battle between government and civil servants continues.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to address teachers’ grievances as a matter of urgency.
“School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
Teachers want a dignified life where they’re able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security. Pay civil servants a living wage,” CCC said in a statement.
ARTUZ has refused to cowed into submission by the regime:
“All these protests were meant to avert this Crisis. @MthuliNcube chose to ignore @edmnangagwa chose to bully us. We won’t be bullied no more 234 Schools officially close shop. Nationwide. “
?School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
?Teachers want a dignified life where they're able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security.
By- A Correspondent- A Gokwe man killed his two children and dumped their bodies in a maize field.
Police are now hunting for the suspect, whose reason for killing his children aged 14 and 7, respectively, is yet unknown.
Through their official twitter handle, police said the incident took place at Nyandoro Village, Chief Chireya in Gokwe on February 2.
“Police in Gokwe are investigating circumstances surrounding a case of murder which occurred at Nyandoro Village. A 43-year-old man is suspected to have struck dead his daughter (14) and son (7) with an axe over unknown reasons,” said police. The bodies of the victims were found in a maize field. “The bodies of the victims were found with deep cuts on the necks in a maize field and the father’s axe was recovered on the scene while shoe prints were observed near the bodies,” police said.
Police have since launched a manhunt for the suspect.
By- Authorities in Botswana have jailed five Zimbabwean for border jumping.
The five have been sentenced to a one-year jail term each.
They were also being accused of illegally panning for gold in Francistown, Botswana, but the court acquitted them of the charge due to lack of evidence.
Msix Moyo (42), Phumulani Moyo (27), Peter Moyo (23), Attiwel Ndlovu (23) and a 17-year-old juvenile denied the illegal mining charge when they appeared before Francistown chief magistrate Mareledi Dipate.
They, however, admitted to the charge of irregular entry into the neighbouring country.
In mitigation of the irregular entry charge, Phumulani and Peter pleaded with the court not to hand them a custodial sentence.
Notwithstanding, the magistrate sentenced them to one year in prison backdated to the time they were incarcerated following their arrest on November 15,
2021.
The court heard that the Botswana Defence Forces arrested the five on November 15 last year while they were allegedly panning for gold at Old Matsiloje Mine.
They were handed over to the police and were found with two bags full of stones suspected to be gold ore.
After probing, the police discovered that they were illegal immigrants who entered the country through the Ramokgwebana Border Post without documents.
By- A total of 157 National Assembly candidates will contest 28 vacant seats in next month’s by-elections where 16 political parties will battle it out for Parliament. The forthcoming elections will also see other candidates battling it out for local authority seats, where nearly 120 seats were declared vacant.
The contesting parties include Citizens Coalition for Change, New Patriotic Front, Free Zimbabwe Congress and the Republican Party of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, Zimbabwe Labour Party.
The candidates’ names were published through a Government Gazette extraordinary General Notice 229A OF 2022 issued yesterday in line with the Electoral Act. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, said the candidates were successfully nominated last month at the Nomination Court. The by-elections will be held on March 26.
By- A total of 16 political parties have forwarded names of their candidates for the 28 vacant National Assembly seats to be contested in next month’s by-elections.
The forthcoming elections will also see other candidates battling it out for local authority seats, where nearly 120 seats were declared vacant.
The contesting parties include Citizens Coalition for Change, New Patriotic Front, Free Zimbabwe Congress and the Republican Party of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, Zimbabwe Labour Party.
The candidates’ names were published through a Government Gazette extraordinary General Notice 229A OF 2022 issued yesterday in line with the Electoral Act. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, said the candidates were successfully nominated last month at the Nomination Court. The by-elections will be held on March 26.
By- The government has released names of 157 candidates running for parliament 28 parliament seats which will be contested in next month’s by-elections.
The forthcoming elections will also see other candidates battling it out for local authority seats, where nearly 120 seats were declared vacant.
The candidates’ names were published through a Government Gazette extraordinary General Notice 229A OF 2022 issued yesterday in line with the Electoral Act. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, said the candidates were successfully nominated last month at the Nomination Court. The by-elections will be held on March 26.
“It is hereby notified, in terms of section 48 of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) that at the close of the sitting of the Nomination Courts, which sat on Wednesday, 26th January, 2022 and Friday 28th January, 2022, the candidates listed in the schedule were duly nominated for the elections as members of the National Assembly in their respective constituencies,” said Mr Silaigwana. “Accordingly, polling shall take place on Saturday, 26th March, 2022, from 7am to 7pm for the purposes of electing members of the National Assembly in the said constituencies.”
The contesting parties include Citizens Coalition for Change, New Patriotic Front, Free Zimbabwe Congress and the Republican Party of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, Zimbabwe Labour Party.
By-Zimdancehall musician Seh Calaz has reaffirmed his allegiance to opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change president Nelson Chamisa.
Last week, the Mabhanditi hitmaker, real name Tawanda Mumanyi, sent a birthday message to Chamisa, who leads the newly-formed CCC party claiming that the 44-year-old politician is the one tasked with bringing salvation to Zimbabwe.
The Tweet attracted the wrath of social media users who accused him of using Chamisa’s name to “revive his waning music career.”
Posting on his Facebook page, the Zimdancehall chanter said he, like everyone else, is entitled to his political views. Seh Calaz said: I simply come as a Zimbabwean and my concern is mainly with the millions of Zimbabwean youths and even adults who never have a fair chance to ask questions, they need answers for without prejudice or fear. A lot of youths would like to engage in political discussions but our history in Africa as a whole is marred by violence when it comes to such issues and that is the reason, we end up not participating in such issues. We as Zimbabweans are so full of hatred and animosity towards our fellow countrymen and it is mainly because we want to dictate and force everyone to choose what we want. If someone has a different opinion, they then become an enemy. For a nation that is educated, we are so backward in acting and even though our own constitution states that every Zimbabwean citizen has the right to make political choices freely, we always find a way to attack and demonise fellow citizens for choosing freely. Seh Calaz blamed public influencers for failing to guide the masses accordingly especially the youths in dealing away with the stigma of being an oppositional party supporter.
Apostle Talent Chiwenga A Delusional Mentally Unstable Fake Prophet.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | An outspoken street preacher and prominent critic of every one and everything including the Zimbabwe’s government, Apostle Talent Chiwenga, once again made claims that he has foiled another attempt to his life. This time he was very specific in a video being circulated on social media Talent Chiwenga made very sensational allegations naming some people he claimed worked for the state House.
In a mentally questionable stability Talent Chiwenga has fled his house citing heightened surveillance of his church and home in Harare by people in unmarked vehicles.
He is now based in South Africa and still issue his statements day to day. Chiwenga’s home in Harare is now guarded by a security company while Chiwenga enjoys his life in South Africa where he is seeking asylum and preaching gospel against the Zimbabwe government.
I do not normally wish to engage Talent Chiwenga because doing so will be giving him relevance. But I have decided to raise few points to show that Talent Chiwenga is a pathetic liar taking advantage of the faithfuls who genuinely believe in his foolishness and mental health.
There are points we should look at in exposing the lies Talent Chiwenga is peddling in his quest to gain popularity.
The striking points in this are that Mr Chiwenga purports to have details of his accusers, their momements and their alleged transgressions. He is eloquently mute on whether he has turned this incredible detail to the police. He has never reported any of the so called attempts on his life to the police except preaching about them once he noticed that he is becoming irrelevant.
In case someone pretends that his failure to report to the police was because he could not trust the police, that argument falls on its face considering that he could could not report to the South African authorities.
Where he is hiding now and claims that it a relatively peaceful place.
He outlines details of alleged incidents in South Africa, including personal phone numbers, identity cards and photos of the suspected would be killers. Why was this not handed to the South African police authorities. No country would accept criminal activities on its soil.
It is incredulous that Mr Chiwenga would obtain CIO details. This is not an amateur organisation of loose practice and exposure.
CIOs have a security training, practice and competencies to meet challenges of foreign and domestic terrorism of a military and violent nature. It is unbelievable that they would take 4 years to “hunt’ a civilian.
Chiwenga wishes people to believe that he is so important that his life is in danger yet he clutches on straw.
The best case scenario for Mr Chiwenga is that indeed he has been hunted. He is a men given to scandalising others under the pretex that some supernatural power has shown him some dreams on those people. He makes defamatory and inflamatory public statements which are incapable of verification, being alleged visions. By that gamesmanship he has created a multiplicity of enemies. It is conceivable that enraged victims of his vitrol are seeking blood and under the false pretences that they are members of the CIO.
Why would a CIO person approach him wearing a garment written the name of that organisation? This shows that Chiwenga is mentally unstable and needs medical and phycological assistance.
We are approaching an election year. Many would potentially be imposters of the CIO as a ploy to undermine the government. And Chiwenga is a perfect tool to spread such lies as he has a following of faithfuls who think that Chiwenga is a serious and genuine.
Frankly, it is unbelievable that Mr Chiwenga experienced whatever claims he publishes. He is making these allegations in a foreign country. Clearly this opens potential doors for foreign funding and symphathy donations. The man who mints money by commercialising the gospel can so easily be making money by concorting false security fears.
Then he makes personal, vicious and outlandish attacks on VP Chiwenga. Why on earth would VP Chiwenga descend to chasing a politically obscure entity like MR T Chiwenga? This guy’s motive is to generate a controversy of an attention craving nature by fantasising that the VP has an interest in him. Again the goal of the controversy is money- spinning like the false prophet posturing.
Chiwenga is now in South Africa where he is concubining with his late wife’s cousin.
Chiwenga has no respect for any one. This the man who does not see eye to eye with his own mother in law.
There are a lot of rituals Chiwenga involves himself in which are not christian.
It is curious to know his next spiritual target.
Chiwenga can not surely be a target he is not the first preacher to lose wires on pulpit. Unfortunately those who are close to him are either equally insane of still blinded by Chiwenga’s insanity.
By Editorial Team | ZimEye briefly analyses the events on Wednesday afternoon when it was reported that ZANU PF Director Tafadzwa Mugwadi has been fired.
Tafadzwa Mugwadi
The announcement was flighted by the official ZANU PF Patriots twitter account which Mugwadi himself supervises in his official capacity as the Director.
Staunch Warriors fan Alvin ‘Aluvah’ Zhakata has been given a 24-hour ultimatum by police in Cameroon to pay the money he owes a hotel in Yaounde, or else he will be arrested.
As exclusively reported by Soccer24, Aluvah owes Arena Hotel in Yaounde, the facility where he stayed while watching the Africa Cup of Nations finals, $700.
Efforts by the hotel manager Ndongo Nga Tharcisse to make Zhakata settle the debt did not yield any result and he (the manager) reported the matter to the police.
Police today pounced on the lanky Warriors fan at the hotel wanting to arrest him, but he then gave the hotel manager his passport as assurance that he will pay the money tomorrow, failure to which he will be arrested.
He is under police guard at the Arena Hotel.
“Since the 20th of January till the 9th of February, Alvin stayed in our room and never paid the bill, USD700 in total. We have tried several times to make him pay but he is saying he doesn’t have the money. We eventually involved the police, who came to the hotel on Saturday but couldn’t find him,” Tharcisse told Soccer24.
“So today, he was here and the police came, wanting to arrest him. Out of fear, he surrendered his passport to me as assurance that he will pay the money by tomorrow. He is currently under police guard at the hotel, and they have given him up to tomorrow to pay,” he added.
Despite assuring the police that he will pay the money by tomorrow, Soccer24 has it on good authority that Aluvah confided to the hotel manager and told him he does not have money to pay and sought a reprieve, which was rejected. – Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Ovidy Karuru is inline to make his debut for Al-Shoulla F.C against Najran this afternoon.
The midfielder completed his transfer to the Saudi second division club over a week ago.He signed a one-and-half contract with his new team.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Cancer is one of the world’s leading causes of death, and its burden is growing. In 2021, the world crossed a sobering new threshold – an estimated 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and 10 million died. These numbers will continue to rise in the decades ahead. And yet all cancers can be treated, and many can be prevented or cured.
Care for cancer, however, like so many other diseases, reflects the inequalities and inequities of our world. The clearest distinction is between high- and low-income countries, with comprehensive treatment reportedly available in more than 90% of high-income countries but less than 15% of low-income countries.
Similarly, the survival of children diagnosed with cancer is more than 80% in high-income countries, and less than 30% in low- and middle-income countries. And breast cancer survival five years after diagnosis now exceeds 80% in most high-income countries, compared with 66% in India and just 40% in South Africa.
Furthermore, a recent WHO survey found that cancer services are covered by a country’s largest, government health financing scheme in an estimated 37% of low- and middle-income countries, compared to at least 78% of high-income countries. This means that a cancer diagnosis has the potential to push families into poverty, particularly in lower-income countries, an effect that has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Closing the care gap
For all of these reasons, the theme for this year’s World Cancer Day is “closing the care gap”.
And fortunately, much is being done to bring quality cancer care to countries for which, up until now, it has been out of reach.
WHO’s efforts are focused on breast cancer, now the most common cancer; cervical cancer, that can be eliminated; and childhood cancer. The focus for each of these initiatives is low- and middle-income countries, where the biggest public health gains are to be made.
These integrated global cancer initiatives are being implemented by more than 200 partners around the world, including many development banks who have significantly increased their investments in cancer research, prevention and care.
National cancer centres: key to a comprehensive approach
Experience has shown the importance of national cancer centres in ensuring a comprehensive approach to cancer treatment. Bringing services for prevention, diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment and supportive care together in one place makes it easier for patients to navigate services and leads to a greater concentration of expertise, and subsequently better health outcomes. Furthermore, cancer centres serve as training and research hubs, and in this way, help build country capacity and expertise.
Setting Up a Cancer Centre: a WHO-IAEA Framework, being released by the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency for World Cancer Day, proposes a framework for both establishing a cancer centre and strengthening the provision of services in existing centres. Intended for policy-makers, programme managers and health professionals, it provides details of the infrastructure, human resources and equipment required for essential services, taking into consideration local context and resources available.
Facilitating decisions on screening
Screening is another important element of comprehensive cancer prevention and control but decisions on what to include in a cancer programme require consideration of a number of complex factors. To support decision-making on such issues in countries, WHO has just released A short guide to cancer screening. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm.
Reinvigorated efforts to increase access to radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is among the most cost-effective, efficient and widely-used cancer treatments, and may be considered as a treatment option for an estimated half of cancer patients. Despite being a critical component of cancer care, however, worldwide access to radiotherapy is still inadequate, particularly in lower-income countries.
To reinvigorate efforts to address this problem, WHO is joining forces with the IAEA, as it launches Rays of Hope. This new project will prioritize a limited number of high-impact, cost-effective and sustainable interventions in line with national needs and commitment, starting in Africa.
Scale-up critical given the impact of the pandemic
Increased efforts to scale up high quality cancer programmes at international, national and community levels are all the more important given disruption to cancer programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a survey published in October 2021, more than half of countries reporting indicated that cancer screening and treatment had been partially or completely disrupted during the pandemic.
By collaboration, commitment and solidarity, however, hope can be provided to the many millions of people for whom cancer treatment has in the past been little more than a dream.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change ( Namibia) says the 20% pay rise awarded to teachers is an insult to the suffering educators.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is reluctant to resolve civil servants’ grievances, according to Citizens’ Coalition For Change.
See statement below:
09 February 2022
20% of nothing is an insult to diligent educators! Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges teachers to unite against slave wages.
As the People’s Democratic Yellow Movement, we are absolutely perplexed by the clueless Zanupf regime’s daylight threats to the rest of the civil servants who are unable to report for duty because of underpayment. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia demands that the ruthless government led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa must spare their threats and commence to pay our diligent teachers a living wage replacing their unsalted peanuts. Zimbabwe’s teachers are severely incapacitated and can only be capacitated when the value of their salaries is restored to a minimum of US$540. We want to encourage teachers’unions to continue fighting against slave wages, our teachers are highly qualified to deserve this pathetic maltreatment by these belly politicians who continue to loot with impunity.
Moreso, Artuz, Ptuz, Zimta and other teachers’ unions must demonstrate unity, commitment and dedication to liberate the teaching fraternity from the jaws of authoritarians. We salute the courage and varlour from Zimta which used to be pro-Zanupf in the remote and recent fights against suicidal policies in the education sector. It was quite exhilarating to hear revolutionary words from Zimta when it pronounced its incapacitation. The 20% offer is US$175 is a mockery to the intelligentsia of the nation and it is way behind their October 2018 figure of US$540. This is incontrovertible evidence proving the government’s unwillingness to better the pathetic lives of educators. It has not however, capacitated teachers to pick up their torn and tattered bags anytime soon.
The vibrant teachers’unions in the names of the radical Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union championed by President Obert Masaraure and the progressive Progressive Teachers’Union led by President Dr Takavafira Zhou echoed the same revolutionary trajectory. They concurred that the 20% salary elevation still falls short of their expectations to liberate teachers who are wallowing in poverty. The united teachers’unions resolved that teachers remain incapacitated, they emphasised the need to confront those who are eating on their behalf. It is an insult in the eyes of social democrats to see a junior soldier harvesting more than the Deputy Provincial Education Director. This a mockery to the hardworking educators in Zimbabwe that is why Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia pledges to fight for a people’s government.
Moreover, teachers’ unions have vowed to soldier on with their incapacitation action since negotiations with the desperate regime have faltered. Citizens Coalition For Change resonates with Artuz leadership who postulated that the Government should be upholders of the right to education yet they appear unperturbed by the deep crisis in the mismanaged education sector. It becomes imperative for Zimbabweans to clamour for a people’s government that respects the basic fundamental human rights. The power hungry Zanupf cronies must respect the constitution of the country as provided on section 75 of the constitution which clearly instructs the government to uphold and protect the right to education. It is our moral and political obligation as social democrats to hold duty bearers accountable and we should not allow the education sector to collapse with our eyes wide-open.
Furthermore, the corrupt Zanupf government must desist from threatening and harassing innocent educators who are simply demanding a living wage. The perpetual infringement on the basic universal right to education for more than 4.6 million learners in Zimbabwe must be resisted with equal measure. Section 65 of the supreme law of the motherland provides the right to a fair remuneration against the satanic meagre salaries being offered by this greedy and insensitive government. The Zanupf government has dismally failed to reasonably uplift the teachers’ salaries due to their clear insatiable appetite for personal aggrandisement.
In a nutshell, if these advocates of rhetoric politics remain obdurate, resisting to restore the genuine value of educators’ salaries to a minimum of US$540, our hungry teachers, abused learners and desperate parents must democratically fight for poverty liberation as well as the respect of their basic right to education. This sadist Zanupf government does not care about the value of education because they thrive on looting, graft, bribery and smuggling. They subscribe to an informal economy where the uneducated enjoy at the expense of the intelligentsia. We really need a People’s Government to displace this corrupt dictatorship.
Teachers should remain resolute in demanding a living wage from these belly politicians who sent their kids to elite private where teachers are handsomely paid. Zimbabweans must unite against poverty and exploitation. It’s now imperative to demand the restoration of teachers dignity, restore the classroom and a living wage from the satanic government. Thanks Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union, Progressive Teachers Union and other progressive unions who are offering solidarity with the vibrant ones.
PayOurTeachersALivingWage
ZanupfMustGo
NoToSlaveWages
SaveOurEducationZw
Peoples’Government
OurEducationIsOurFuture
LetsDefendOurChildren
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia Rundu Branch Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change ( Namibia) says the 20% pay rise awarded to teachers is an insult to the suffering educators.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is reluctant to resolve civil servants’ grievances, according to Citizens’ Coalition For Change.
See statement below:
09 February 2022
20% of nothing is an insult to diligent educators! Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia urges teachers to unite against slave wages.
As the People’s Democratic Yellow Movement, we are absolutely perplexed by the clueless Zanupf regime’s daylight threats to the rest of the civil servants who are unable to report for duty because of underpayment. Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia demands that the ruthless government led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa must spare their threats and commence to pay our diligent teachers a living wage replacing their unsalted peanuts. Zimbabwe’s teachers are severely incapacitated and can only be capacitated when the value of their salaries is restored to a minimum of US$540. We want to encourage teachers’unions to continue fighting against slave wages, our teachers are highly qualified to deserve this pathetic maltreatment by these belly politicians who continue to loot with impunity.
Moreso, Artuz, Ptuz, Zimta and other teachers’ unions must demonstrate unity, commitment and dedication to liberate the teaching fraternity from the jaws of authoritarians. We salute the courage and varlour from Zimta which used to be pro-Zanupf in the remote and recent fights against suicidal policies in the education sector. It was quite exhilarating to hear revolutionary words from Zimta when it pronounced its incapacitation. The 20% offer is US$175 is a mockery to the intelligentsia of the nation and it is way behind their October 2018 figure of US$540. This is incontrovertible evidence proving the government’s unwillingness to better the pathetic lives of educators. It has not however, capacitated teachers to pick up their torn and tattered bags anytime soon.
The vibrant teachers’unions in the names of the radical Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union championed by President Obert Masaraure and the progressive Progressive Teachers’Union led by President Dr Takavafira Zhou echoed the same revolutionary trajectory. They concurred that the 20% salary elevation still falls short of their expectations to liberate teachers who are wallowing in poverty. The united teachers’unions resolved that teachers remain incapacitated, they emphasised the need to confront those who are eating on their behalf. It is an insult in the eyes of social democrats to see a junior soldier harvesting more than the Deputy Provincial Education Director. This a mockery to the hardworking educators in Zimbabwe that is why Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia pledges to fight for a people’s government.
Moreover, teachers’ unions have vowed to soldier on with their incapacitation action since negotiations with the desperate regime have faltered. Citizens Coalition For Change resonates with Artuz leadership who postulated that the Government should be upholders of the right to education yet they appear unperturbed by the deep crisis in the mismanaged education sector. It becomes imperative for Zimbabweans to clamour for a people’s government that respects the basic fundamental human rights. The power hungry Zanupf cronies must respect the constitution of the country as provided on section 75 of the constitution which clearly instructs the government to uphold and protect the right to education. It is our moral and political obligation as social democrats to hold duty bearers accountable and we should not allow the education sector to collapse with our eyes wide-open.
Furthermore, the corrupt Zanupf government must desist from threatening and harassing innocent educators who are simply demanding a living wage. The perpetual infringement on the basic universal right to education for more than 4.6 million learners in Zimbabwe must be resisted with equal measure. Section 65 of the supreme law of the motherland provides the right to a fair remuneration against the satanic meagre salaries being offered by this greedy and insensitive government. The Zanupf government has dismally failed to reasonably uplift the teachers’ salaries due to their clear insatiable appetite for personal aggrandisement.
In a nutshell, if these advocates of rhetoric politics remain obdurate, resisting to restore the genuine value of educators’ salaries to a minimum of US$540, our hungry teachers, abused learners and desperate parents must democratically fight for poverty liberation as well as the respect of their basic right to education. This sadist Zanupf government does not care about the value of education because they thrive on looting, graft, bribery and smuggling. They subscribe to an informal economy where the uneducated enjoy at the expense of the intelligentsia. We really need a People’s Government to displace this corrupt dictatorship.
Teachers should remain resolute in demanding a living wage from these belly politicians who sent their kids to elite private where teachers are handsomely paid.
Zimbabweans must unite against poverty and exploitation. It’s now imperative to demand the restoration of teachers dignity, restore the classroom and a living wage from the satanic government. Thanks Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union, Progressive Teachers Union and other progressive unions who are offering solidarity with the vibrant ones.
PayOurTeachersALivingWage
ZanupfMustGo
NoToSlaveWages
SaveOurEducationZw
Peoples’Government
OurEducationIsOurFuture
LetsDefendOurChildren
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia Rundu Branch Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change vice president, Hon Tendai Biti, has described Emmerson Mnangagwa’s economic policies as ineffective “Ginyanomics.”
According to Hon Biti, Mr Mnangagwa’s administration has nothing new to offer to the nation.
Economists say de-dollarization is disastrous as the country is dormant in terms of production.
Below is Hon Biti’s argument: The Monetary Policy Statement announced is typical of the mendacious edifice of the Mnangwagwa regime .At face value an image is created of a strong functioning economy recording a decent current account balance , a record in export earnings & a temporal surge in inflation.
We have been here before Ginyanomics does not work & won’t work. The FX auction has failed .De-dollarization has failed.Increasing export surrender ratios is acknowledgement of the inherent current account reality . Put simply we are not producing. We are an importing country.
We eat what we don’t kill Therefore parallel exchange will continue to shoot& inflation will remain permanent. Simple solution re- dollarise, float local currency,scrap surrender requirements, STOP Corruption,put money in social servicesIn simple terms #NgaapindeHakeMukomana
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change vice president, Hon Tendai Biti, has described Emmerson Mnangagwa’s economic policies as ineffective “Ginyanomics.”
According to Hon Biti, Mr Mnangagwa’s administration has nothing new to offer to the nation.
Economists say de-dollarization is disastrous as the country is dormant in terms of production.
Below is Hon Biti’s argument: The Monetary Policy Statement announced is typical of the mendacious edifice of the Mnangwagwa regime .At face value an image is created of a strong functioning economy recording a decent current account balance , a record in export earnings & a temporal surge in inflation.
We have been here before Ginyanomics does not work & won’t work. The FX auction has failed .De-dollarization has failed.Increasing export surrender ratios is acknowledgement of the inherent current account reality . Put simply we are not producing. We are an importing country.
We eat what we don’t kill Therefore parallel exchange will continue to shoot& inflation will remain permanent. Simple solution re- dollarise, float local currency,scrap surrender requirements, STOP Corruption,put money in social servicesIn simple terms #NgaapindeHakeMukomana
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has appealed to citizens to donate money towards Wellington Mahohoma’s kidney transplant.
Mahohoma is a development activist and board member of the Citizens Initiative.
He was diagnosed with end- stage renal failure.
There is an ongoing fundraising programme for Mahohoma’s kidney transplant.
“Fellow citizens, Let’s support Welly Mahohoma our beloved brother and fellow Cde. He has helped others in their times of need. It’s our turn! Let’s do our best,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
“Hear hear hear good people, out of your big love. Wellington Mahohoma ‘s fundraising campaign has reached USD 17 000.00. Now USD 8000.00 to go.
You can donate on this link below https://gofund.me/ac7299be or get in touch on +263777078387 for other modes of payment or simply share.
A friend in need is a friend indeed,” organisers of the initiative wrote on Facebook.
By A Correspondent- The government has released names of 157 candidates running for parliament 28 parliament seats which will be contested in next month’s by-elections.
The forthcoming elections will also see other candidates battling it out for local authority seats, where nearly 120 seats were declared vacant.
The candidates’ names were published through a Government Gazette extraordinary General Notice 229A OF 2022 issued yesterday in line with the Electoral Act. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, said the candidates were successfully nominated last month at the Nomination Court. The by-elections will be held on March 26.
“It is hereby notified, in terms of section 48 of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) that at the close of the sitting of the Nomination Courts, which sat on Wednesday, 26th January, 2022 and Friday 28th January, 2022, the candidates listed in the schedule were duly nominated for the elections as members of the National Assembly in their respective constituencies,” said Mr Silaigwana. “Accordingly, polling shall take place on Saturday, 26th March, 2022, from 7am to 7pm for the purposes of electing members of the National Assembly in the said constituencies.”
The contesting parties include Citizens Coalition for Change, New Patriotic Front, Free Zimbabwe Congress and the Republican Party of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, Zimbabwe Labour Party.
By A Correspondent-The 2023 elections are beckoning, and politicians are going to any extent to win the hearts of voters, including buying coffins for every funeral in the constituency.
A deceased prominent Chiredzi sex worker, Paida Manika found herself with two coffins at her burial two weeks ago when Zanu PF Chiredzi West MP Farai Musikavanhu and prominent businessman Charles Njopera also a party sympathizer, each bought a coffin. The Mirror was at the funeral.
Musikavanhu who is believed to be looking at retaining his seat in 2023 confirmed to The Mirror that he bought a coffin for Paida. He said that he looked at Paida as his daughter and at one time assisted her with medical bills when she fell ill.
Musikavanhu said he was no aware that Njopera had bought another coffin. Paida was stabbed by her boyfriend Obvious Yaya Toruvanda (22) who is now in remand prison.
Njopera told The Mirror that he lost 20% of the value after he was forced to return the coffin that he bought. He bought a US$300 coffin and Paida’s family settled for the one bought by Musikavanhu.
“When I heard of Paida’s death, I went there and notified her uncle’s that I would provide a coffin and they agreed. I then went and paid US$300 to the parlour and I was shocked on the burial to hear that MP Musikavanhu had also purchased a coffin.
“I was left with no choice but to return the coffin at 20% less,” said Njopera.
“I treated Paida as my daughter that’s why I sponsored her burial. At one time I helped her when she fell sick in 2021. As for the issue of coffins, I can’t comment,” said Msikavanhu. Paida’s brother-in-law, Arthur Mbodzera said he heard Paida ‘s uncles discussing about the coffin issue but was not sure how the issue was resolved.
Some sex workers who spoke to The Mirror on condition of anonymity blamed Musikavanhu for only showing up at last minute.
“Njopera was the one who stood by us from the start, he provided the tents, food and almost everything and I don’t know why the preferred the coffin which only came at the last minute,” said a sex worker.
Njopera however said he has no political intentions but was only ploughing back to the society as a businessman.
“I have no interest in politics, I only did this because I am a businessman so I am ploughing back to the community,” he said. -Masvingo Mirror
By A Correspondent| The ongoing trial of Harare businessman George Katsimberis has laid bare, the double standards of the state which continues to prosecute its state witness in matters based on the same set of facts.
Katsimberis is embroiled in a long standing legal battle with controversial businessman Kenneth Raydon Sharpe following a botched multi-million dollar joint venture deal.
Allegations are that Katsimberis constructed a show house without approved architectural plans despite evidence that the plans were approved at City of Harare’s Cleveland house where all payments were effected and receipted.
Following the destruction of the show house Katsimberis reported Sharpe’s company Pokugara Properties and City of Harare officials for perjury and malicious damage to property and is a witness. Two months later Pokugara reported him for fraud under the same set of facts.
Through his lawyer Charles Warara, Katsimberis had applied for all records of the proceedings in the trial where he is a witness to be transcribed. The transcription were not yet ready by the time trial commenced yesterday.
However, the State led by Michael Reza tried to rubbish Warara’s assertions that the proceedings were of interest.
Warara accused Reza of double dealing saying the State cannot pretend no to know what is transpiring in the other court.
“The State is simply being duplicitous, it is unheard of, the State cannot come here and pretend that it does not know what the right hand is holding when the left hand… they know what is transpiring in the other courts.
“We cannot sit here and pretend that Mr. Reza who is in charge of the prosecution in these courts does not know what is transpiring in the other courts, he is just simply being duplicitous. It is one State it cannot come to this court and go to another court with the same accused person as a witness in similar circumstances. There is absolutely no basis that the State can say it does not know what is happening in the other court,” Warara said
Magistrate Letwin Rwodzi deferred proceeding to February 15.
By- Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been dragged to the court for allegedly grabbing eight gold mining claims belonging to an investor.
Businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mahomed, said Chitando re-issued the mining claims under a special grant to Golden Reef Mining (Pvt) Ltd, where he is a director.
Mohamed, who owns Anesu Gold (Pvt) Ltd, filed a High Court application seeking to interdict Chitando, Mines secretary Onesimo Moyo, Golden Reef Mining, and Midlands provincial mining director Tariro Ndhlovu from grabbing the mining claims.
Mohamed claims that Anesu Gold is the registered owner of the gold claims in Mberengwa district, Midlands province, which are also referred to as Mangoro claims (Ipanema). The matter was set for hearing yesterday, but High Court judge Justice Rogers
anyangadze postponed it to February 24 at the request of Chitando’s lawyer, Takudzwa Mutomba who indicated that the minister, together with Moyo and Ndhlovu had secured the services of a new lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku who was tied up elsewhere.
Welshman Ncube is representing Golden Reef Mining while Advocate Tawanda Zhuwarara is representing Anesu Gold. In his application, Mohamed said the mining claims were previously owned by, and registered in the name of Start Mining Services (Private) Limited, where he initially had a 70% stake with the other 30% owned by Rugare Gumbo.
Mohamed said he later bought out Gumbo and now owns 100% shareholding of the claims. It is alleged that in 2018, Chitando sent invoices for Start Mining Services to pay mining fees for the claims.
Fidelity Printers approved that US$6,4 million must be paid to finance the applicant’s operations, including the payment of the inspection fees for the mining claims.
“This arrangement had the approval of the governor of the Reserve Bank and the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Fidelity gave the facility on the strength of clean and unencumbered mining claims following a due diligence process,” Mohamed’s court affidavit read.
He said the certificates of registration of the mining claims were handed over to Fidelity in February 2019 followed by a due diligence exercise.
However, he said he was shocked to learn that a special grant had been issued, and his claims forfeited.
Mohamed also alleged that in 2012, Gumbo approached Chitando, before he became Mines minister, asking him to invest in the mining claims but Chitando refused.
Around 2014, Mohamed then invited prominent businessman Shingi Mutasa to invest and he showed interest, but insisted that due diligence checks be done.
Mutasa and Chitando chartered a small plane and flew to inspect the mining claims in loco. After the checks, Mutasa allegedly did not take up the offer.
“Although Mutasa did not come on board, Chitando’s team and himself, had all the data and information of the juicy areas of the mining claims,” Mohamed submitted.
He said Anesu Gold secured an investor from Australia who agreed to form a joint venture, after the investor was assured by Chitando and Ndhlovu that the mining claims were clean and unencumbered.
“It would be the investment’s saddest day if this country is to send an investor back to Australia under these circumstances. This should not be allowed if transparency is to be the order of the day.”
Mohamed said Chitando was a director of Golden Reef and shareholder through his company Windev Investments (Pvt) Limited, adding that the decision to forfeit the mining claims was “wrongful, unlawful, malicious, illegal” and motivated by greed.
But Gold Reef argued that Mohamed and Anesu Gold had no legal right to bring the case before the courts.
“The invoices for payment of inspection fees were issued to Start Mining Services and not applicant. Forfeiture made reference to Start Mining Services as the holder of the mining claims being forfeited,” Gold Reef director, Thomas Gono said.
“Accordingly, hence it is submitted that if any of the mining claims belong to applicant, no lawful and accurate procedure, as prescribed by law, was followed to change names on certificates of registration after transfer. Equally the fact that Minister Winston Chitando’s company Windev Investments is a shareholder in first respondent has no material bearing on how applicant lost mining rights over mining claims in question.”
Gono said there was nothing illegal about Chitando being a director or shareholder in a certain company, adding that the mining claims in question were forfeited two months before inspection fees were paid, meaning that the applicant had defaulted.
In his opposing affidavit, Ndhlovu said Anesu Gold was invoiced for payment of already overdue inspection fees, adding that the mining claims were forfeited in terms of section 260 of the Mines Act. Newsday
By- A total of 16 political parties have forwarded names of their candidates for the 28 vacant National Assembly seats to be contested in next month’s by-elections.
The forthcoming elections will also see other candidates battling it out for local authority seats, where nearly 120 seats were declared vacant.
The contesting parties include Citizens Coalition for Change, New Patriotic Front, Free Zimbabwe Congress and the Republican Party of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, Zimbabwe Labour Party.
The candidates’ names were published through a Government Gazette extraordinary General Notice 229A OF 2022 issued yesterday in line with the Electoral Act. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, said the candidates were successfully nominated last month at the Nomination Court. The by-elections will be held on March 26.
Mnangagwa and Prof Mthuli have admitted failure and so they will be paying Civil Servants US$175 from March 2022. All civil servants will receive 1 Jan backdated 20% salaries. Herein lies the end of my years of support of this govt. At least I tried to do the most difficult thing pic.twitter.com/rEUe9tpf4q
A question for Mthuli Ncube- his Finance Act 2022 states that those earning partly in USD and RTGS should be taxed wholly in USD. Does this mean that teachers must now pay all their taxes in US$?
We note attempts to deflate the Trs struggle by yellow Unions who are having clandestine meetings with the anti worker employer. Such meetings have produced a laughable increment. Trs remain incapacitated until USD 540 is restored! We reject the Tomfoolery. #SaveoureducationZwpic.twitter.com/H9fdjLdYRM
— Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe,ARTUZ (@ARTUZ_teachers) February 9, 2022
By A Correspondent- Five Zimbabwean border jumpers have been sentenced to a one-year jail term each for irregular entry.
They were also being accused of illegally panning for gold in Francistown, Botswana but the court acquitted them of the charge due to lack of evidence.
Msix Moyo (42), Phumulani Moyo (27), Peter Moyo (23), Attiwel Ndlovu (23) and a 17-year-old juvenile denied the illegal mining charge when they appeared before Francistown chief magistrate Mareledi Dipate.
They, however, admitted to the charge of irregular entry into the neighbouring country.
In mitigation of the irregular entry charge, Phumulani and Peter pleaded with the court not to hand them a custodial sentence.
Notwithstanding, the magistrate sentenced them to one year in prison backdated to the time they were incarcerated following their arrest on November 15, 2021.
The court heard that the Botswana Defence Forces arrested the five on November 15 last year while they were allegedly panning for gold at Old Matsiloje Mine.
They were handed over to the police and were found with two bags full of stones suspected to be gold ore.
After probing, the police discovered that they were illegal immigrants who entered the country through the Ramokgwebana Border Post without documents.-newsday
Two Raffingora men took turns to sodomise their brother’s 10-year-old son in a dastardly act that has landed one of them in jail.
Smart Madzuramendi (44) of Mafuta village was convicted by Chinhoyi regional magistrate, Ignatius Mugova, of aggravated indecent assault in terms of Section 66 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act 9:23.
His accomplice and younger brother Obert Mudzuramendi is still on the run.
He had pleaded not guilty but was convicted on the back of overwhelming evidence and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.
He will however serve an effective 15 years after the court suspended three on condition of good behaviour.
The state case, led by Nyasha Sibesha, was that on March 7, 2020, the boy was herding donkeys in the company of his uncles in the Mafuta farm grazing area when the incident happened.
The court heard that the two men then pounced on the unsuspecting child and took turns to sodomise him.
After committing the heinous act, the assailants threatened to inflict harm on the boy if he reported the matter to anyone.
However, the victim narrated his ordeal to his grandmother who in turn made a police report, leading to Obert’s arrest.
By A Correspondent- Thousands of cancer patients have been left stranded after Parirenyatwa Hospital’s three radiotherapy machines broke down.
Radiation is used to treat at least 50% of all cancer cases. It can be either corrective or relaxing, depending on the stage and prognosis of the disease.
The radiotherapy machines at Parirenyatwa are said to have been down for the past 18 days, with authorities trying to bring in foreign engineers and the required spares to repair them.
Stranded patients who require the services are now vulnerable to further spread of the cancerous cells, as well as suffering immense pain.
Lovemore Makurirofa from the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe said interruption of cancer treatment was a major drawback in the recovery of patients. Makurirofa said:
It is critical that when radiotherapy is commenced, it should not be interrupted. The breaking down of the machines means that there may be certain cancer patients who were on treatment, but of which treatment will be now interrupted. The results are that it will give an opportunity for the cancer to spread.
Radiotherapy relieves pain by shrinking the cancer cells, and so without the machines, it means many patients are experiencing a lot of pain, especially those on palliative care.
Parirenyatwa Hospital spokesperson Lenos Dhire said the interruption in the provision of radiotherapy services started on January 17, 2022, due to the breakdown of equipment.
This is not the first time that the machines have broken down. Over the years, this critical service has been interrupted despite the fact that Parirenyatwa is one of the country’s two major referral centres for cancer patients.
Mpilo Hospital is the other centre, but its machines also face similar challenges and patients often travel to Harare for radiotherapy.-newsday
By A Correspondent- The body of a 26 year old man from Shake village in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, who was allegedly kidnapped and killed, was recovered last Friday by police in West Nicholson.
Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena yesterday identified the deceased as Thembani Moyo.
Mangena said three suspects had been arrested in connection with the murder. Mangena said:
His family had reported him as a missing person following the alleged kidnapping. Moyo was found dead in West Nicholson and we later arrested three culprits for the alleged kidnap and murder.
The three suspects made their first court appearance on Saturday and were remanded in custody.-newsday
By- The skull suspected to be that of Juliet Chapfuruka (65), who was allegedly murdered in cold blood in Mudzi was recovered near a shallow grave she was buried by the suspect on Monday.
Chapfuruka from Maruza Village, Chief Nyamukoho in Mudzi ,was allegedly killed by her son Jephat Nyakutira, (28) who is reportedly mentally challenged.
Reports say after beheading his mother, Jephat allegedly tried to burn her remains but failed and went on to dig a shallow grave where he buried the body without the head.
Reports say the skull was later found by the deceased’s daughter-in-law, Muchaneta Kanyepa (27), in a bushy area in the same village near the shallow grave and she informed her husband who then alerted the police. Police spokesperson for Mashonaland East Province, Inspector Simon Chazovachiyi, confirmed the latest development adding that the deceased’s son, Jephat, had since been arrested in connection with the issue. “On February 7, 2022 around 5am, the deceased’s son Shadreck Nyakutira (31) and his wife, Muchaneta Kanyepa, conducted a search for the missing head of the deceased. Kanyepa discovered the skull believed to be of the deceased in a bushy area and she informed her husband who then covered the skull with a metal dish and later informed the police. “Around 10 am, ZRP Nyamapanda attended the scene where they discovered that the skull was found about 85 metres from where the deceased was previously buried and also that the skull had no jaws. It was conveyed to Kotwa Hospital Mortuary for post-mortem,” Inspector Chazovachiyi said.
Reports say that on February 2, 2022, the deceased’s neighbour Serinah Chitonho (43), went to check for Chapfuruka at her homestead but could not find her. Allegations are that she questioned the deceased’s son, Jephat, who was present at the homestead but he professed ignorance on his mother’s whereabouts. Chitonho informed the deceased’s relative Persuade Mvundura about her missing relative and the duo teamed up and conducted a search. It is said that while conducting the search, the duo came across a fresh grave in the field of the deceased, about 52 metres from her homestead. The duo became suspicious and dug the grave resulting in the discovery of the remains of Chapfuruka. Mvundura allegedly went on to make a police report over the case and police officers from Nyamapanda attended to the scene and noted the body of the deceased lying facing upwards with no head and in an advanced state of decomposition. The body had signs of it having been burnt and as police made a closer scrutiny of the surroundings. Officers discovered a fireplace where the suspect is believed to have attempted to burn the deceased’s body.
A search for the head was carried out around the area of the scene and the search team recovered a human jaw, teeth and grey hair near the shallow grave.
By- George Silundika Avenue has been closed for the past two days to allow controversial preacher and Zanu PF sympathiser Passion Java to record a music video.
Business came to a standstill at the corner of First Street and George Silundika Monday as people jostled for a piece of the action. The video is for Uncle Epatan’s song titled ‘Kopo,’ a word which the prophet usually uses in his conversations.
But, it was Prophet Passion, who stole the show, as he had to be escorted by bouncers as many people asked him for handouts saying “siya something” – the phrase popularised by Zim dancehall chanter Enzol Ishall.
A few were complaining about the legality of having to close part of a street for two days for a video shoot. But, the City of Harare said everything was done above board. Council spokesperson, Michael Chideme, Monday said Passion Java followed all the regulations pertaining to the closure of part of George Silundika Avenue, to shoot the music video. The street was packed and people and motorists were forced to use alternative routes. Chideme said barricading streets for video shoot purposes was not only allowed but encouraged. “Anyone can apply to Council if they want to close a road for a video shoot,” he said. “Passion Java actually did things by the book. He applied with us and was given permission to do the video. “We actually love the shooting of videos in the streets of Harare because it actually promotes Brand Harare.” In an interview with H-Metro, Passion said they were shooting visuals of the song ‘‘Kopo’’ by Uncle Epatan featuring X-Faya. He said the song provokes feelings of nostalgia. “The song we are shooting here is called Kopo. We are just trying to bring back the old days because our kids have lost the taste of what we were when we were kids. “That’s why in this song we are singing ‘simoreya amhinakadeya’ because these are the songs we grew up singing and we want those songs to remain alive in this generation and next generations. “We basically want to bring back the old feeling so that today’s children know the old languages like ‘kopo’ and other things too.” The prophet said they decided to shoot the video near First Street because they want to promote Harare. “We decided to do the video in First Street because we want people to feel the Harare vibe or atmosphere. “Mostly, when people visit Harare or enter this capital city, they pass through First Street. “It is the heart of this capital. It is the main reason we decided to do the shoot here. “So, we applied and got the approval and here we are shooting. It is also for raising our brand as Passion Java Records.” Passion has revealed he is also helping Karoi-based chanter X-Faya, who is featuring on Epatan’s song. “This song has Uncle Epatan and X-Faya. X-Faya was actually in Karoi. We had to drive there and pick him up and get a place to rent for him and a car. “The reason is to uplift the youths and the future generation,” he said. H Metro
By Agencies- Malawi Justice Redson Kapindu on Tuesday ordered the Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court to proceed with extradition proceedings involving Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary.
The fugitive pair is wanted in South Africa for money laundering and fraud. The self-proclaimed prophet and his wife are accused of fraud, theft, and money laundering in an investment scam that allegedly defrauded investors to the tune of R102 million. In addition, Bushiri faces eight counts of rape. The Bushiris and their co-accused were released on bail in June last year before the couple made their escape to their home country Malawi. Speaking to supporters on social media soon after his arrival in Malawi, Bushiri said his decision to skip bail was “a tactical withdrawal meant to preserve lives”. The state had also presented the court with a conundrum over the requirement for a South African official to travel all the way to Malawi to present the extradition request. Dealing with this issue, which had also stalled the matter, Judge Kapindu made alternative suggestions. He suggested that the matter could be resolved by having virtual testimony from the South African official as had become the norm during the Covid-19 pandemic. Alternatively, a competent South African court could hear the testimony and forward it to the Malawi high court. Known for his lavish lifestyle and preference for slick suits, 38-year-old Bushiri is often described as one of the wealthiest religious leaders in Africa with a fortune estimated at R2.3 billion. His possessions reportedly include private jets, a fleet of luxury cars, and various properties – some of which have since been seized by South African authorities. –
By- The Zimbabwe Republic Police has announced that they had arrested over 25 600 motorists.
The motorists, the police said, were either caught driving unregistered cars or plate-less and unlicensed vehicles.
National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said all their operations targeting illegal activities in the country were continuing until there is sanity.
“The ZRP reports that a total of 179 motorists were arrested throughout the country under the ongoing operation against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles and non-complying public service vehicles. The cumulative arrests now stand at 25 686,” he said. The operation comes after early this month, the Zimbabwe Republic Police warned motorists driving unregistered vehicles that they had embarked on an operation targeting such cars. The operation also comes after an increase in crime perpetrated by some motorists with unregistered cars.
According to police, there is no special exemption for anyone, including Government vehicles to move around without any registration number plates. Police were also deeply concerned by the deliberate disregard of road traffic regulations by drivers of unregistered vehicles and those without number plates. Unregistered and plate-less vehicles are also being used to commit crimes such as robberies, murder, kidnapping, rape and other heinous crimes.
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By-The 2023 elections are beckoning, and politicians are going to any extent to win the hearts of voters, including buying coffins for every funeral in the constituency.
A deceased prominent Chiredzi sex worker, Paida Manika found herself with two coffins at her burial two weeks ago when Zanu PF Chiredzi West MP Farai Musikavanhu and prominent businessman Charles Njopera also a party sympathizer, each bought a coffin. The Mirror was at the funeral. Musikavanhu who is believed to be looking at retaining his seat in 2023 confirmed to The Mirror that he bought a coffin for Paida. He said that he looked at Paida as his daughter and at one time assisted her with medical bills when she fell ill. Musikavanhu said he was no aware that Njopera had bought another coffin. Paida was stabbed by her boyfriend Obvious Yaya Toruvanda (22) who is now in remand prison. Njopera told The Mirror that he lost 20% of the value after he was forced to return the coffin that he bought. He bought a US$300 coffin and Paida’s family settled for the one bought by Musikavanhu. “When I heard of Paida’s death, I went there and notified her uncle’s that I would provide a coffin and they agreed. I then went and paid US$300 to the parlour and I was shocked on the burial to hear that MP Musikavanhu had also purchased a coffin. “I was left with no choice but to return the coffin at 20% less,” said Njopera. “I treated Paida as my daughter that’s why I sponsored her burial. At one time I helped her when she fell sick in 2021. As for the issue of coffins, I can’t comment,” said Msikavanhu. Paida’s brother-in-law, Arthur Mbodzera said he heard Paida ‘s uncles discussing about the coffin issue but was not sure how the issue was resolved. Some sex workers who spoke to The Mirror on condition of anonymity blamed Musikavanhu for only showing up at last minute. “Njopera was the one who stood by us from the start, he provided the tents, food and almost everything and I don’t know why the preferred the coffin which only came at the last minute,” said a sex worker. Njopera however said he has no political intentions but was only ploughing back to the society as a businessman. “I have no interest in politics, I only did this because I am a businessman so I am ploughing back to the community,” he said. -Masvingo Mirror
A 34-year-old Harare maid has appeared in court on allegations of teaming up with her accomplice, a gardener to steal US$75 000 and 121 000 rands from their employer.
Taurai Shonhiwa was facing theft charges when she appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs Yeukai Dzuda.
She was remanded out of custody to February 22.
Allegations are that sometime in January, the complainant placed cash amounting to US$75 000 and 121 000 rand in his safe that was in the bedroom for safe keeping.
It is alleged that Shonhiwa and Tatenda Ngirazi were not allowed to enter the bedroom although they had access to the bedroom keys.
The court heard that during the period between January 2020 and February 2022 Shonhiwa and Ngirazi hatched a plan to steal from the complainant and used the key to unlawfully open the bedroom door to gain entry.
They then used unknown means to open the safe and took cash amounting US$75 000 and 121 000 rand on different occasions shared the money and went away.
However, the accused person’s accomplice left his hat on the scene.
It is the State’s case that on February 3, the complainant decided to use the money from the safe and when he took the safe keys he noticed that the keys had been tempered with and also discovered that the money was missing.
The complainant allegedly called Ngirazi and he asked him about the whereabouts of the missing money and he voluntarily confirmed that he took the money and implicated Shonhiwa.
Ngirazi allegedly narrated how he shared the money with Shonhiwa and how he used some of the money to buy a motor vehicle, a Toyota Ipsum.
The complainant apprehended the duo and handcuffed Ngirazi who then fled on their way to the police.- State Media
State Media – Thousands of cancer patients have been left stranded after Parirenyatwa Hospital’s three radiotherapy machines broke down.
Radiation is used to treat at least 50% of all cancer cases. It can be either curative or palliative, depending on the stage and prognosis of the disease.
The radiotherapy machines at Parirenyatwa are said to have been down for the past 18 days, with authorities frantically trying to bring in foreign engineers and the required spares to repair them.
Stranded patients who require the services are now vulnerable to further spread of the cancerous cells, as well as suffering immense pain.
Lovemore Makurirofa from the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe said interruption of cancer treatment was a major drawback in the recovery of patients.
“It is critical that when radiotherapy is commenced, it should not be interrupted. The breaking down of the machines means that there may be certain cancer patients who were on treatment, but of which treatment will be now interrupted. The results are that it will give an opportunity for the cancer to spread,” Makurirofa said.
“Radiotherapy relieves pain by shrinking the cancer cells, and so without the machines, it means many patients are experiencing a lot of pain, especially those on palliative care,” he further explained that patients would face a lot of emotional challenges.
“They require a lot of counselling in order to understand this predicament.”
This is not the first time that the machines have broken down. Over the years, this critical service has been interrupted despite the fact that Parirenyatwa is one of the country’s two major referral centres for cancer patients.
Mpilo Hospital is the other centre, but its machines also face similar challenges and patients often travel to Harare for radiotherapy.
Parirenyatwa Hospital spokesperson Lenos Dhire said: “We had an interruption in the provision of radiotherapy services from January 17, 2022 due to breakdown of equipment.”
He said provision of radiotherapy was key to holistic cancer management, thus the hospital and the parent ministry were seized with the matter.
“Concerted efforts are underway to ensure that the required spares and the foreign engineers are urgently brought in to fix the problem. The spares and engineers to fix the machines are not available locally‚” Dhire said.
For years, health stakeholders have implored authorities to ensure there is a local technician to repair the machines instead of depending on foreign skills.
“We hope to restore the services as soon as possible. The hospital is, however, still providing all other services with regards to cancer treatment as guided by our specialist oncologists,” Dhire said.
Radiotherapy may be used in the early stages of cancer or after it has started to spread, and is considered as the most effective cancer treatment after surgery. -Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said Senegal’s AFCON triumph is great inspiration to him.
The Teranga Lions beat the Mighty Pharaohs of Egypt 4-2 via the dreaded penalty shootout on Sunday.
According to President Chamisa, the Yellow Revolution will inspire the Zimbabwe national soccer team to victory in future.
“I CONGRATULATE SENEGAL on being the NEW CHAMPIONS in the Africa Cup of Nations.
You have fired the desire in us to ensure that we too create an enabling environment for Zimbabwe to compete at such high levels & winning.Soon, Zim will be #1.The Yellow revolution will deliver that,” said President Chamisa in a brief statement.
“MAKING ZIMBABWE NEW & GREAT…We will make Zim New & great for us all. Building a great nation is our generational task, national duty and collective mandate.We’re ONE people, ONE Nation with ONE Vision. We’re #1.We’re Gold.Citizens at the centre! #RegisterToVoteZW.BEHOLD THE NEW,” he added.
State Media – Commotion and long queues were the order of the day at secondary schools in Bulawayo yesterday as parents rushed to secure Form One places for their children.
This follows release of 2021 Grade Seven examination results on Friday, which parents started collecting on Monday.
Although the first term calendar began this week for the rest of the classes, Form Ones will commence learning next week Monday after securing places.
The delay in the release of results was occasioned by a Covid-19 shift in the school calendar in the third term of 2021, which saw the marking process spilling into January.
A Chronicle news crew conducted a snap survey yesterday morning, which revealed that most secondary schools were inundated with demand for Form One places.
There was commotion at the entrance of several high-performing centres such Mpopoma, St Columba’s and Sizane High schools, while other schools also had large numbers.
The security guards had a torrid time trying to control crowds as parents sought to be served first and were told to join the queue.
At Sizane, school authorities were ushering in parents based on the number of units passes per candidate starting with the best performers.
However, parents complained that the process was slow and suggested that an online registration system was the best.
There was a long queue at Mpopoma where boxes were stationed at the main gate and parents would depose their application letters.
They were required to provide a copy of results, birth certificates and ED12 forms. A long queue was also seen at St Columba’s in Makokoba.
Those parents/guardians wishing to send their children to boarding schools were advised to upload their children’s results on the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s electronic platform:www.emap.co.zw.
In separate interviews, parents expressed frustration over the pressure involved when applying for Form One places and complained that the procedures demanded by schools were cumbersome.
Mr Bhekifa Ndlovu, a parent who was at Sizane, said day schools must introduce an online application system so as to reduce the burden on applicants who are forced to spend many hours without being served.
“Trying to secure a place is very stressful, the errands are just too much and you have to leave everything or take off days from work moving from one school to another dropping application forms,” he said.
“We came to Sizane at around 7AM and the process is dragging but because we need the place, we are patient even if we are not sure whether we will get the places or not.
“Only if they could just tell us their cut off points it would be better, but right now they said just wait here, we are starting from six units we will tell you when we have reached our enrolment limit.”
The parents complained that the Government has given them limited time to secure places and that preparation time for other logistics was shorter.
“The challenge is that if I fail to secure the place today (Tuesday) up to Thursday, I’ll be left with Friday to get the place and buy all school requirements because my child is expected at school on Monday,” said the parent.
“Only if the Government would have mercy, and introduce a system like that of boarding schools, whereby application is done online, things would be better. We will be able to apply at more than five schools in one day.”
Ms Sidumisile Ncube, who was at Mpopoma, said as parents they have always been ready but were delayed by the release of results. -Chronicle
Masvingo – Tambudzai Kuvengewenyu (Mai 3), a sex worker from Mucheke in Masvingo is traumatized by her boyfriend who mastu*s in front of her three triplets doing Grade 6 each time she refuses him sex.
The matter was revealed at Masvingo Magistrates Court where Kuvengewenyu reported Shariff Dracoss (36) for breach of a peace order.
The Mirror heard that Dracoss of number 5 Robertson Street Masvingo is in the habit of visiting his girlfriend in Mucheke in broad daylight and demanding sex in front of the little girls and if that is not granted, he helps himself in their full view.
Kuvengewenyu who stays with her kids in a single room was granted a peace order against Dracoss in April last year. The order barred the latter from visiting his girlfriend but Dracoss has been breaching the order.
Kuvengewenyu told Masvingo Magistrate Grace Tupiri that she met Dracoss in 2021. She was walking in town and he approached her for a short time.
“I took him to my place of lodging in Mucheke and from that day Dracoss visits me and if I refuse sex he masturbates in front my triplets who are 12 years old,” said Kuvengewenyu.
Dracos denied the allegations and said instead it was Kuvengewenyu who visited his workplace soliciting for sex.
Magistrate Tupiri found Dracoss guilty and reserved judgement.
Tatenda Dzitiro stood for the State.https://masvingomirror.com
How far does Susan Mutami go when dancing? The controversial state nighter, snaked down in dance before sungura ace, Alick Macheso in a recorded incident. VIDEO LOADING BELOW
Tinashe Sambiri|For the first time, school heads and teachers have come together in the struggle for decent salaries.
Vibrant teachers’ union, ARTUZ has vowed to fight to the bitter as the perennial battle between government and civil servants continues.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to address teachers’ grievances as a matter of urgency.
“School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
Teachers want a dignified life where they’re able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security. Pay civil servants a living wage,” CCC said in a statement.
ARTUZ has refused to cowed into submission by the regime:
“All these protests were meant to avert this Crisis. @MthuliNcube chose to ignore @edmnangagwa chose to bully us. We won’t be bullied no more 234 Schools officially close shop. Nationwide. “
?School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
?Teachers want a dignified life where they're able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security.
Tinashe Sambiri|For the first time, school heads and teachers have come together in the struggle for decent salaries.
Vibrant teachers’ union, ARTUZ has vowed to fight to the bitter as the perennial battle between government and civil servants continues.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to address teachers’ grievances as a matter of urgency.
“School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
Teachers want a dignified life where they’re able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security. Pay civil servants a living wage,” CCC said in a statement.
ARTUZ has refused to cowed into submission by the regime:
“All these protests were meant to avert this Crisis. @MthuliNcube chose to ignore @edmnangagwa chose to bully us. We won’t be bullied no more 234 Schools officially close shop. Nationwide. “
?School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
?Teachers want a dignified life where they're able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security.
Cancer is one of the world’s leading causes of death, and its burden is growing. In 2021, the world crossed a sobering new threshold – an estimated 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and 10 million died. These numbers will continue to rise in the decades ahead. And yet all cancers can be treated, and many can be prevented or cured.
Care for cancer, however, like so many other diseases, reflects the inequalities and inequities of our world. The clearest distinction is between high- and low-income countries, with comprehensive treatment reportedly available in more than 90% of high-income countries but less than 15% of low-income countries.
Similarly, the survival of children diagnosed with cancer is more than 80% in high-income countries, and less than 30% in low- and middle-income countries. And breast cancer survival five years after diagnosis now exceeds 80% in most high-income countries, compared with 66% in India and just 40% in South Africa.
Furthermore, a recent WHO survey found that cancer services are covered by a country’s largest, government health financing scheme in an estimated 37% of low- and middle-income countries, compared to at least 78% of high-income countries. This means that a cancer diagnosis has the potential to push families into poverty, particularly in lower-income countries, an effect that has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Closing the care gap
For all of these reasons, the theme for this year’s World Cancer Day is “closing the care gap”.
And fortunately, much is being done to bring quality cancer care to countries for which, up until now, it has been out of reach.
WHO’s efforts are focused on breast cancer, now the most common cancer; cervical cancer, that can be eliminated; and childhood cancer. The focus for each of these initiatives is low- and middle-income countries, where the biggest public health gains are to be made.
These integrated global cancer initiatives are being implemented by more than 200 partners around the world, including many development banks who have significantly increased their investments in cancer research, prevention and care.
National cancer centres: key to a comprehensive approach
Experience has shown the importance of national cancer centres in ensuring a comprehensive approach to cancer treatment. Bringing services for prevention, diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment and supportive care together in one place makes it easier for patients to navigate services and leads to a greater concentration of expertise, and subsequently better health outcomes. Furthermore, cancer centres serve as training and research hubs, and in this way, help build country capacity and expertise.
Setting Up a Cancer Centre: a WHO-IAEA Framework, being released by the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency for World Cancer Day, proposes a framework for both establishing a cancer centre and strengthening the provision of services in existing centres. Intended for policy-makers, programme managers and health professionals, it provides details of the infrastructure, human resources and equipment required for essential services, taking into consideration local context and resources available.
Facilitating decisions on screening
Screening is another important element of comprehensive cancer prevention and control but decisions on what to include in a cancer programme require consideration of a number of complex factors. To support decision-making on such issues in countries, WHO has just released A short guide to cancer screening. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm.
Reinvigorated efforts to increase access to radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is among the most cost-effective, efficient and widely-used cancer treatments, and may be considered as a treatment option for an estimated half of cancer patients. Despite being a critical component of cancer care, however, worldwide access to radiotherapy is still inadequate, particularly in lower-income countries.
To reinvigorate efforts to address this problem, WHO is joining forces with the IAEA, as it launches Rays of Hope. This new project will prioritize a limited number of high-impact, cost-effective and sustainable interventions in line with national needs and commitment, starting in Africa.
Scale-up critical given the impact of the pandemic
Increased efforts to scale up high quality cancer programmes at international, national and community levels are all the more important given disruption to cancer programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a survey published in October 2021, more than half of countries reporting indicated that cancer screening and treatment had been partially or completely disrupted during the pandemic.
By collaboration, commitment and solidarity, however, hope can be provided to the many millions of people for whom cancer treatment has in the past been little more than a dream.
A self-styled prophet was arrested recently in the Chief Musikavanhu area after he allegedly opened fire on a 46-year-old man as he accused him of stealing his goats.
The incident happened in Chidzvururwi Village in Chief Musikavanhu’s area. Villagers and members of the apostolic sect who were present were left in shock.
The self-proclaimed prophet, Bond Junior Gumira Machiya (28), who is from Harare, shot his victim once on the left shoulder.
It is alleged Machaya shot Phineas Muumbe shortly after he had given him (the complainant), US$100 for unknown reasons.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) acting spokesperson in Manicaland Province Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka confirmed the incident. He said:
Machiya who is a Harare-based prophet of an apostolic sect and Muumbe are neighbours and every time Machiya visits his rural home, he would dish out groceries as well as money to his followers.
On this occasion, Machiya assaulted one of the congregants from Harare following a dispute over the church’s leadership.
Muumbe heard screams coming from Machiya’s house and went there to investigate what was happening.
He found Machiya armed with a pistol pointed to the ground. Machiya fired a single shot. He then gave Muumbe US$100 before accusing him of stealing his goats.
He then pointed the firearm at Muumbe and shot him once on the left shoulder.
Muumbe was assisted by Nonsima Mujere who went on to report the matter to the police.
He was rushed to St Peter’s Mission Hospital where he was admitted.
A Kwekwe magistrate has granted a protection order in favour of a man who accused his wife of abusing him, including by collecting phone numbers of “every man.”
Malvin Mupezeni of Kwekwe had dragged his wife, Nomaxolo Sibanda, to Kwekwe Magistrates Court for emotional abuse.
He alleged that his wife habitually came home late in the night and drunk, and collected phone numbers of “every man”, and called them at night. He said:
I am tired of my wife’s behaviour, she comes home drunk in the middle of the night.
She collects every man’s phone number and communicates with them during the night, making endless calls.
She comes home drunk in the middle of the night and if I ask her about her whereabouts, she tells me that she had been arrested by Police for failure to wear a face mask.
In her defence, Sibanda said her husband’s problem is talkativeness.
She said as a cook, she interacts with different people including men who constitute the greater percentage of her customers. Sibanda said:
He suspects me of having some adulterous affair with every man I interact with.
However, magistrate Mildred Matuvi ruled in Mupezeni’s favour and granted him a protection order against his wife.- New Ziana
By- Harare Regional Magistrate Gloria Takundwa has postponed the ruling on rape-accused pastor Tapiwa Freddy’s application for discharge at the close of the State’s case.
Takundwa said that she is still compiling the ruling, which she will hand down on Friday.
The Harare-based clergyman, the founder and leader of Goodness and Mercy Ministries, faces two counts of rape and one count of assault.
The complainant is a 33-year-old ZBC DJ who has physical disabilities.
During cross-examination in January, the complainant revealed that her life was now in danger after she reported the alleged rape and assault against T Freddy as he is a famous preacher with a huge following.
By- Human rights lawyers have pressed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to provide information pertaining to the number of people issued with national identity documents to justify its rollout of the current voter registration exercise.
In a letter addressed to Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba yesterday, the ZLHR requested that she must provides it with the number of people that have been issued with identity documents after the commission cancelled an earlier exercise on the pretext that the targeted population had no identity documents. “The question is what has changed from November 24, 2021 to January 13, 2022 on the issuance of identity document to call for a voter registration blitz?” the ZLHR letter to Chigumba read. “It is on this premise, and in line with the electoral commission’s mandate to be accountable and transparent, that you furnish us with the number of people who were issued with identity documents to necessitate voter registration. We remind you that the Constitution, the Freedom of Information Act and the Electoral Act have provisions allowing us to access this information from you,” the letter read. Zec is yet to respond. Initially, Zec had announced that the mobile voter registration process would take place from December 6, 2021, but postponed it to February 2022 to allow eligible persons to acquire national identity documents that are requisite for voter registration. Many aspiring voter registrants are being turned away over lack of identity documents.
By-The State has indicated that it wants to call the investigating officer handling the matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere is charged with publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the State to explain the delay in engaging Twitter in its investigations.
Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti, appearing for the State, told the court that they want one detective Constable Moyo to appear in court on February 15 to outline progress made in their investigations regarding issues with Twitter.
Mahere, through her lawyer Mr David Drury and Chris Mhike, opposed the State’s application for postponement saying there has been an inordinate delay in completion of the investigations. Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje ruled in State’s favour and allowed the matter to be postponed to February 15 when detective Constable Moyo is expected to appear in court.
By- George Silundika Avenue has been closed for the past two days, to allow controversial preacher and Zanu PF sympathiser Passion Java to record a music video.
Business came to a standstill at the corner of First Street and George Silundika Monday as people jostled for a piece of the action. The video is for Uncle Epatan’s song titled ‘Kopo,’ a word which the prophet usually uses in his conversations.
But, it was Prophet Passion, who stole the show, as he had to be escorted by bouncers as many people asked him for handouts saying “siya something” – the phrase popularised by Zim dancehall chanter Enzol Ishall.
A few were complaining about the legality of having to close part of a street for two days for a video shoot. But, the City of Harare said everything was done above board. Council spokesperson, Michael Chideme, Monday said Passion Java followed all the regulations pertaining to the closure of part of George Silundika Avenue, to shoot the music video. The street was packed and people and motorists were forced to use alternative routes. Chideme said barricading streets for video shoot purposes was not only allowed but encouraged. “Anyone can apply to Council if they want to close a road for a video shoot,” he said. “Passion Java actually did things by the book. He applied with us and was given permission to do the video. “We actually love the shooting of videos in the streets of Harare because it actually promotes Brand Harare.” In an interview with H-Metro, Passion said they were shooting visuals of the song ‘‘Kopo’’ by Uncle Epatan featuring X-Faya. He said the song provokes feelings of nostalgia. “The song we are shooting here is called Kopo. We are just trying to bring back the old days because our kids have lost the taste of what we were when we were kids. “That’s why in this song we are singing ‘simoreya amhinakadeya’ because these are the songs we grew up singing and we want those songs to remain alive in this generation and next generations. “We basically want to bring back the old feeling so that today’s children know the old languages like ‘kopo’ and other things too.” The prophet said they decided to shoot the video near First Street because they want to promote Harare. “We decided to do the video in First Street because we want people to feel the Harare vibe or atmosphere. “Mostly, when people visit Harare or enter this capital city, they pass through First Street. “It is the heart of this capital. It is the main reason we decided to do the shoot here. “So, we applied and got the approval and here we are shooting. It is also for raising our brand as Passion Java Records.” Passion has revealed he is also helping Karoi-based chanter X-Faya, who is featuring on Epatan’s song. “This song has Uncle Epatan and X-Faya. X-Faya was actually in Karoi. We had to drive there and pick him up and get a place to rent for him and a car. “The reason is to uplift the youths and the future generation,” he said. H Metro
The Castle Lager Premiership is set to resume on 12 February after a two-month-long break.
The top-flight league took a break from 21 December ahead of the festive season and the recently ended Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
The campaign will resume with rearranged matchday three games.
Chicken Inn will face Tenax at Luveve on Saturday.
Defending champions FC Platinum will travel to the west to face Bulawayo Chiefs on the following day, while Black Rhinos and CAPS United clash in Harare.
Fixtures:
Saturday 12 February Chicken Inn vs Tenax CS (Luveve Stadium)
Sunday 13 February Bulawayo Chiefs vs FC Platinum (Luveve. Stadium) Black Rhinos vs CAPS United (Sakubva Stadium)
*Kick off time is at 3 pm CAT for all games- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Kylian Mbappe has insisted that he is yet to decide about his future amid links to Real Madrid and Liverpool.
Mbappe will become a free agent at the end of the season and is now eligible to speak to other clubs that he has entered the final six months of his PSG deal.
Madrid are leading the race to sign the forward, and the Spanish side reportedly made a £41.6million-a-year and a five-year contract offer.
Liverpool have also been in the picture but nothing concrete has been said in recent times while PSG are claiming the France striker could sign a new deal.
Commenting on his future ahead of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 clash against Los Blancos, Mbappe told Amazon Prime Video:
“If I have made a decision over my future? No.
“Playing against Real Madrid changes a lot of things. Although I have the freedom to do what I want at this moment, I am not going to speak with a rival or do that type of thing.
“I am concentrated on winning against Real Madrid. And then we will see what happens.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Cancer is one of the world’s leading causes of death, and its burden is growing. In 2021, the world crossed a sobering new threshold – an estimated 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and 10 million died. These numbers will continue to rise in the decades ahead. And yet all cancers can be treated, and many can be prevented or cured.
Care for cancer, however, like so many other diseases, reflects the inequalities and inequities of our world. The clearest distinction is between high- and low-income countries, with comprehensive treatment reportedly available in more than 90% of high-income countries but less than 15% of low-income countries.
Similarly, the survival of children diagnosed with cancer is more than 80% in high-income countries, and less than 30% in low- and middle-income countries. And breast cancer survival five years after diagnosis now exceeds 80% in most high-income countries, compared with 66% in India and just 40% in South Africa.
Furthermore, a recent WHO survey found that cancer services are covered by a country’s largest, government health financing scheme in an estimated 37% of low- and middle-income countries, compared to at least 78% of high-income countries. This means that a cancer diagnosis has the potential to push families into poverty, particularly in lower-income countries, an effect that has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Closing the care gap
For all of these reasons, the theme for this year’s World Cancer Day is “closing the care gap”.
And fortunately, much is being done to bring quality cancer care to countries for which, up until now, it has been out of reach.
WHO’s efforts are focused on breast cancer, now the most common cancer; cervical cancer, that can be eliminated; and childhood cancer. The focus for each of these initiatives is low- and middle-income countries, where the biggest public health gains are to be made.
These integrated global cancer initiatives are being implemented by more than 200 partners around the world, including many development banks who have significantly increased their investments in cancer research, prevention and care.
National cancer centres: key to a comprehensive approach
Experience has shown the importance of national cancer centres in ensuring a comprehensive approach to cancer treatment. Bringing services for prevention, diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment and supportive care together in one place makes it easier for patients to navigate services and leads to a greater concentration of expertise, and subsequently better health outcomes. Furthermore, cancer centres serve as training and research hubs, and in this way, help build country capacity and expertise.
Setting Up a Cancer Centre: a WHO-IAEA Framework, being released by the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency for World Cancer Day, proposes a framework for both establishing a cancer centre and strengthening the provision of services in existing centres. Intended for policy-makers, programme managers and health professionals, it provides details of the infrastructure, human resources and equipment required for essential services, taking into consideration local context and resources available.
Facilitating decisions on screening
Screening is another important element of comprehensive cancer prevention and control but decisions on what to include in a cancer programme require consideration of a number of complex factors. To support decision-making on such issues in countries, WHO has just released A short guide to cancer screening. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm.
Reinvigorated efforts to increase access to radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is among the most cost-effective, efficient and widely-used cancer treatments, and may be considered as a treatment option for an estimated half of cancer patients. Despite being a critical component of cancer care, however, worldwide access to radiotherapy is still inadequate, particularly in lower-income countries.
To reinvigorate efforts to address this problem, WHO is joining forces with the IAEA, as it launches Rays of Hope. This new project will prioritize a limited number of high-impact, cost-effective and sustainable interventions in line with national needs and commitment, starting in Africa.
Scale-up critical given the impact of the pandemic
Increased efforts to scale up high quality cancer programmes at international, national and community levels are all the more important given disruption to cancer programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a survey published in October 2021, more than half of countries reporting indicated that cancer screening and treatment had been partially or completely disrupted during the pandemic.
By collaboration, commitment and solidarity, however, hope can be provided to the many millions of people for whom cancer treatment has in the past been little more than a dream.
By A Correspondent | INVESTIGATIVE | Just as ZimEye exclusively revealed in 2021, Zanu PF informer and socialite Susan Mutami this January came out into the public with one only child, contrary to previous claims that she has twins with Norton Law-maker Temba Mliswa.
After reading Susan Mutami's threads, I can't help but question;
How did she get access to all those people? Aimboita nezvei kuti azopinda in those circles?
Last year, the controversial Australia-based Mutami went to town claiming that she was having torrid times with pregnancy carrying Mliswa’s twins.
VIDEO LOADING BELOW…
The 30y old @mutami_susan has threatened to rape my 94y old father, to punish me for asking her qns concerning her fake nursing-degree which she said you @AusEmbZim verified last year. pic.twitter.com/hXjgpqrfUe
ZimEye.com early 2021 exposed Mutami’s several bedroom scandals, which included government ministers and top Army Generals, at a time her own family said she has also bedded the ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa, allegations which the coup leader, up to the time of writing, has not denied.
1/ Ko, Mai MaTwins (?), @susan_mutami balance me here. When all is said&done, I don’t want to act irresponsibly, so in the spirit of tidying up affairs, we all need closure&a positive way forward. I’m a bit confused though, do you really have twins?(Pic courtesy from your handle) pic.twitter.com/iJUAfliciB
2/ I’ve only ever received one birth registration form for one child, you had the same one sent at 2 different times on the same day, look at the reg #. In your pics you only ever have one with you, in this pic, there’s only one child seat. Saka Susan, imwe Shumba iripi? pic.twitter.com/IS1sxezgYr
3/ Inga the form clearly says what to do in the event of twins. Huuya tiite DNA, then kana vari(ari) wangu, Shumba ngadzipinde mudanga! Asi are you claiming only one is mine and the other is someone else’s?….(no photoshop please) the ball is in your court to clear this up…
The below is a trail of event twists that involved high profile ministers caught between two scandals, one on the sale of stands, and one of trappings using a self proclaimed anti-terrorism expert, Susan Mutami.
It was all triggered when earlier in the year, the Special Anti Corruption Unit head, Thabani Mpofu was close to arresting Local Govt Minister, July Moyo over the alleged sale of stands in Harare, Kwekwe and Gweru for his own benefit.
There were several beneficiaries listed on this reported scandal who are in the ministry of Justice; so to hide this, a quick plan was hatched to get Mpofu fired.
Owen Ncube
Mpofu, who leads the controversial taskforce, was swiftly accused of authoring letters for MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti advising the opposition icon on ways if navigating through the justice system.
Close sources allege that, when this was about to happen, the Norton MP Temba Mliswa went over to president, Emmerson Mnangagwa to advise him to ignore the calls to fire Mpofu, doing this in order to settle scores with the enemy of an enemy (Mliswa had heard that Thabani Mpofu had been set up by July Moyo, Owen Ncube, and Virginia Mabhiza). Mliswa has had several bones to chew with Thabani Mpofu. Mliswa reasoned with Mnangagwa saying: how could Thabani Mpofu author letters for MDC Deputy President Tendai Biti in this age and time when he could simply pick a phone call.
Parallel to all this, Temba Mliswa was the subject of an ongoing probe in which he was entangled with ex girlfriend, Susan.
Facts became clear mid February that, Susan Mutami, the centre of the axis, was used to incriminate Mliswa.
Mutami is an enigma. She claims she bedded the late SB Moyo, Killer Zivhu, Temba Mliswa. She is even openly announces saying she has bedded the President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
She says she has Mliswa’s twins, while at the same time naming her son after his arch enemy, Owen Ncube.
5 LOVERS, 2 PREGNANCIES TO 2 DIFFERENT MEN, ALL IN ONE YEAR
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Last year alone she dated at least four different men who include the Foreign Affairs Minister SB Moyo, one after the other:
Susan Mutami’s latest profile picture – source: Susan Mutami, Twitter.com
Polite Kambamura, the Mining Deputy Minister (they were engaged). Walter Chikwana, Secretary for the Judicial Commission (they had a civil partnership in 2020), and ZANU PF MP, Hon Kenneth Musanhi (see pictures).
Furthermore, an affidavit seen by ZimEye states in addition that she was already pregnant way before bedding Mliswa last year.
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The affidavit, certified by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), shows that as at around March 2020, she was still engaged to another man, who works inside the JSC, Mr Walter Chikwana.
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The man was reached for a comment but wouldn’t speak or respond to questions.
Meanwhile, the affidavit states that Mutami was carrying a pregnancy to another man at the end of March 2020. In the affidavit, her boyfriend, Mr Chikwana says:
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‘ I am Susan Vivian Mutami’s partner and in case of emergency I can be contacted on the above mentioned address or on my mobile number, +263772***********”
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He then goes on to say he is the legal guardian of SB Moyo’s Child (full name redacted-in accordance with the Children’s Act on the paper).
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” I am also the legal guardian of (name withheld), and our unborn child as of date. Attached hereto is a copy of my identification.”
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The affidavit was signed on the 24th March 2020.
Affidavit
The development puts burden on Mutami to explain the timing drama surrounding her two pregnancies (to different men) which are within months of each other.
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She also says that she is the holder of two Australian degrees of which she has none, and also makes false claims that she is the winner of Australia’s CEO awards. During interviews with Mutami, ZimEye reveals how that her claims to university courses are baseless.
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Asked to state which universities issued her 2 degrees, Susan Mutami says: the @AusEmbZim performed all verification checks. She says: "There is no way a whole embassy would just leave and accompany me to go and donate, and hand out donations without doing proper checks on me…" pic.twitter.com/deBmXUv4St
She is also put to task on her CEO Awards claim, and it is revealed that she was only a passerby at the function who posed in front of a camera holding someone else’s award. (SEE RGM INTERVIEW BELOW)
Her ex lover, Mliswa has maintained his allegations that he was set up by the Central Intelligence Organisation in order to incriminate him using Susan Mutami.
After all this she is lawfully stopped while trying to leave the country, and then she is put under the custody of the Central Intelligence Organisation.
Mutami is held for possessing details on the attempted assassination of the president and killing of three aides at the White City Stadium, then she is whisked out by two powerful ministers who have close links to the president, July Moyo (local governments), Owen Mudha Ncube, minister of state security. After being whisked out without knowledge of the mother body of the CIO, she then starts to attack to the Director General of the CIO, who she claims she once dated, then threatening to release secret information on the cabinet, Politburo and a number of other official secrets, while on the same tweet, absolving the two ministers, July Moyo and Owen Mudha Ncube.
At this time, July Moyo is under investigations for parceling out land, a case being probed by Thabani Mpofu’s SACU organisation.
July Moyo is very close to permanent Secretary Mrs Virginia Mabhiza and Kumbirai Hodzi, the prosecutor General. At the same time, Thabani Mpofu’s SACU is having clashes with the Prosecutor General. There was a collusion between the Prosecutor Gen and July Moyo to get Thabani Mpofu fired. The PG and July Moyo then approached the president Emmerson Mnangagwa to pass allegations that Thabani Mpofu has advised Biti.
The event trail is as follows:
Thabani Mpofu is accused of writing WhatsApp letters to MDC Alliance MP Tendai Biti giving him advice on how to return to parliament, and this makes the president very angry. At this time, Mnangagwa has also been told by Perm Sec Virginia Mabhiza, and Prosecutor Gen Kumbirai Hodzi, to ignore the request to arrest Minister July Moyo on land fraud.
Mnangagwa then summons Thabani Mpofu to State House where he is dressed down. It is reported that Mpofu has been fired. ZimEye contacts Mpofu who tells this news network, it’s not true at all. Are you my employer?, Mpofu fires a question while answering to the report.
Soon afterwards, Temba Mliswa who is naturally against Mpofu, comes to the rescue of Mpofu to tell the President that Mpofu has been set up. Thabani Mpofu also gets support of the CIO DG Isaac Moyo. This angers July Moyo who together with Owen Ncube sponsor Susan Mutami to tweet ‘some dirt’ on Isaac Moyo while absolving July Moyo and Owen Ncube publicly, on the Twitter website.
State security sources report saying Mutami was whisked out of Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge Border post. ZimEye requests paperwork to confirm that the escape was truly through that border post. No date is provided, but by end of April 2021, she is now safely in Australia.
Both Owen Ncube and July Moyo are contacted for a comment, and their phones are put down soon after hearing the interview questions.
Responding to the state security reports, Mliswa denies ever approaching Mnangagwa to assist Mpofu. He tells ZimEye: “Mpofu, Matanga, Mudha, July Moto, and Ziyambi Ziyambi are all one and the same, working hand-in-hand.”
It surfaces that Mutami is an agent of July Moyo and his team to settle their matters with Director General, Isaac Moyo. Thabani Mpofu then suddenly comes out the victim of the two warning camps.
The development has raised questions on how safe Zimbabweans are when ministers and two officials are using a woman to settle their personal scores. Is Zimbabwe is being run by people controlled by bottom power, or is it that Susan Mutami has some ability to capture all these people, or she is so dazzling to control the nation’s top government officials?
Tinashe Sambiri|The level of cluelessness in Zanu PF is puzzling, Citizens’ Coalition For Change ( Namibia) has said.
The Citizens’ Coalition For Change has also denounced police brutality- following the persecution of party members at the weekend.
CCC members were arrested for distributing party fliers in central Gweru.
See statement below:
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia totally condemns state-sponsored violence and arbitrary arrests in the motherland.
08 February 2022
It is quite infuriating to learn that the Zanupf-controlled police and other state security agents descended on social democrats who were peacefully compaigning for the people’s Honourable, Organ Chibaya ahead of the March 2022 by-elections.
Namibia district is cognisant of the high levels of cluelessness and desperation in Zanupf and their surrogates as they are visibly jumping form pillar to pole meditating on their impending peril.
The violence unleashed at our diligent change seekers in Gweru on Sunday is a clear testament to Zanupf panic mode.
What perturbs social democrats in Namibia is that Zanupf and MdcT led by Douglas Togorasei Mwonzora are allowed to gather with police security agents guarding them but Citizens Coalition For Change is always prohibited resulting in unlawful arrests and torture of constitutional fighters. Our message to Zanupf and their counterfeit democrats is that they should know that President Advocate Nelson Chamisa is fully a Zimbabwean citizen entitled to his rights and civil liberties to lead this party of excellence.
Moreso, the dismal failure by the satanic regime to safeguard the rule of law and promoting democratic governance must be seriously confronted through a wholesale demand for comprehensive electoral and political reforms before 2023 harmonised elections. How can the polls be guaranteed credibility when diverse players are denied the political liberty and freedom to campaign for their candidates? This selective application of the law should be resisted with equal measure. It very clear that the playing is uneven as we gear up for 2023. Why unleashing armed police and soldiers to defenceless civilians entitled to their fundamental basic human right? Zimbabwe really needs new leaders who are ready to respect the universal human rights.
What mesmerises Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia is that if the state is unleashing terror and violence a year before elections what about in 2023 when the cobra-headed citizenry show up displaying their commitment and dedication to join the Yellow Revolution.
On Sunday, dozens of citizens in Gweru were arbitrarily arrested after showing their extraordinary support to the recalled Honourable Organiser Amos Chibaya. It was regrettable to see state agents armed with AK47 unleashing teargas and terror on the citizens in Gweru, this is undemocratic and beyond nonsense to deny citizens their right to belong to the Yellow Marine led by none other than our dynamic, organic and pragmatic leader President Advocate Nelson Chamisa (Wamba dia Wamba).
During the previous week we saw our Honourable Judith Tobaiwa’s campaign vehicle being impounded, stickers and banners removed in Kwekwe.This is pathetic and undemocratic in a purported ‘New Dispensation’! Social democrats across the globe should constitutionally pent up their outrage against this gross abuse of human freedoms in Zimbabwe.
The African Commission’s Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression On Africa, adopted at the 32nd session of the African Commission held in October 2002 in Gambia, reaffirms the fundamental importance of freedom of expression as a means of ensuring respect for all human rights, stating that freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and an indispensable component of constitutional democracy. The declaration makes it bare that any restrictions on Freedom of expression should be prescribed by law, serve a legitimate interest and be necessary and in a democratic state.
In a nutshell, Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia’s message to Zanupf and its surrogates is that the desperate party should not override constitutional provisions or in way try to undermine fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution and international standards. We condemn the torture , inhuman and degrading treatment of our revolutionaries because they are an alternative. It is now imperative for intellectual coordination to transpire among democratic fighters so that they can peacefully and constitutionally deal with Zanupf morons.
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Tinashe Sambiri|The level of cluelessness in Zanu PF is puzzling, Citizens’ Coalition For Change ( Namibia) has said.
The Citizens’ Coalition For Change has also denounced police brutality- following the persecution of party members at the weekend.
CCC members were arrested for distributing party fliers in central Gweru.
See statement below:
Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia totally condemns state-sponsored violence and arbitrary arrests in the motherland.
08 February 2022
It is quite infuriating to learn that the Zanupf-controlled police and other state security agents descended on social democrats who were peacefully compaigning for the people’s Honourable, Organ Chibaya ahead of the March 2022 by-elections.
Namibia district is cognisant of the high levels of cluelessness and desperation in Zanupf and their surrogates as they are visibly jumping form pillar to pole meditating on their impending peril.
The violence unleashed at our diligent change seekers in Gweru on Sunday is a clear testament to Zanupf panic mode.
What perturbs social democrats in Namibia is that Zanupf and MdcT led by Douglas Togorasei Mwonzora are allowed to gather with police security agents guarding them but Citizens Coalition For Change is always prohibited resulting in unlawful arrests and torture of constitutional fighters. Our message to Zanupf and their counterfeit democrats is that they should know that President Advocate Nelson Chamisa is fully a Zimbabwean citizen entitled to his rights and civil liberties to lead this party of excellence.
Moreso, the dismal failure by the satanic regime to safeguard the rule of law and promoting democratic governance must be seriously confronted through a wholesale demand for comprehensive electoral and political reforms before 2023 harmonised elections. How can the polls be guaranteed credibility when diverse players are denied the political liberty and freedom to campaign for their candidates? This selective application of the law should be resisted with equal measure. It very clear that the playing is uneven as we gear up for 2023. Why unleashing armed police and soldiers to defenceless civilians entitled to their fundamental basic human right? Zimbabwe really needs new leaders who are ready to respect the universal human rights.
What mesmerises Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia is that if the state is unleashing terror and violence a year before elections what about in 2023 when the cobra-headed citizenry show up displaying their commitment and dedication to join the Yellow Revolution.
On Sunday, dozens of citizens in Gweru were arbitrarily arrested after showing their extraordinary support to the recalled Honourable Organiser Amos Chibaya. It was regrettable to see state agents armed with AK47 unleashing teargas and terror on the citizens in Gweru, this is undemocratic and beyond nonsense to deny citizens their right to belong to the Yellow Marine led by none other than our dynamic, organic and pragmatic leader President Advocate Nelson Chamisa (Wamba dia Wamba).
During the previous week we saw our Honourable Judith Tobaiwa’s campaign vehicle being impounded, stickers and banners removed in Kwekwe.This is pathetic and undemocratic in a purported ‘New Dispensation’! Social democrats across the globe should constitutionally pent up their outrage against this gross abuse of human freedoms in Zimbabwe.
The African Commission’s Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression On Africa, adopted at the 32nd session of the African Commission held in October 2002 in Gambia, reaffirms the fundamental importance of freedom of expression as a means of ensuring respect for all human rights, stating that freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and an indispensable component of constitutional democracy. The declaration makes it bare that any restrictions on Freedom of expression should be prescribed by law, serve a legitimate interest and be necessary and in a democratic state.
In a nutshell, Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia’s message to Zanupf and its surrogates is that the desperate party should not override constitutional provisions or in way try to undermine fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution and international standards. We condemn the torture , inhuman and degrading treatment of our revolutionaries because they are an alternative. It is now imperative for intellectual coordination to transpire among democratic fighters so that they can peacefully and constitutionally deal with Zanupf morons.
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SaveOurEducationZw
NoToSlaveWages
WeDemandALivingWage
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Citizens Coalition For Change Namibia Rundu Branch Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya
Police have arrested 10 officials from the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) who were conducting voter education in Mbare.
According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), the ten are currently detained at Mbare police station.
“In Mbare, we are attending to 10 Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) officials arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police officers for allegedly conducting voter education in one of Zimbabwe’s oldest high-density suburb.
“The 10 ZESN officials, who are represented by Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, are being taken from a police post at Mbare Musika bus terminus to Mbare Police Station, where police officers say they should be cleared to conduct the voter education exercise by Police Internal Security Intelligence (PISI),” said ZLHR.
Masvingo – Tambudzai Kuvengewenyu (Mai 3), a sex worker from Mucheke in Masvingo is traumatized by her boyfriend who mastu*s in front of her three triplets doing Grade 6 each time she refuses him sex.
The matter was revealed at Masvingo Magistrates Court where Kuvengewenyu reported Shariff Dracoss (36) for breach of a peace order.
The Mirror heard that Dracoss of number 5 Robertson Street Masvingo is in the habit of visiting his girlfriend in Mucheke in broad daylight and demanding sex in front of the little girls and if that is not granted, he helps himself in their full view.
Kuvengewenyu who stays with her kids in a single room was granted a peace order against Dracoss in April last year. The order barred the latter from visiting his girlfriend but Dracoss has been breaching the order.
Kuvengewenyu told Masvingo Magistrate Grace Tupiri that she met Dracoss in 2021. She was walking in town and he approached her for a short time.
“I took him to my place of lodging in Mucheke and from that day Dracoss visits me and if I refuse sex he masturbates in front my triplets who are 12 years old,” said Kuvengewenyu.
Dracos denied the allegations and said instead it was Kuvengewenyu who visited his workplace soliciting for sex.
Magistrate Tupiri found Dracoss guilty and reserved judgement.
Tatenda Dzitiro stood for the State.https://masvingomirror.com
By A Correspondent | INVESTIGATIVE | Just as ZimEye exclusively revealed in 2021, Zanu PF informer and socialite Susan Mutami this January came out into the public with one only child, contrary to previous claims that she has twins with Norton Law-maker Temba Mliswa.
After reading Susan Mutami's threads, I can't help but question;
How did she get access to all those people? Aimboita nezvei kuti azopinda in those circles?
Last year, the controversial Australia-based Mutami went to town claiming that she was having torrid times with pregnancy carrying Mliswa’s twins.
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The 30y old @mutami_susan has threatened to rape my 94y old father, to punish me for asking her qns concerning her fake nursing-degree which she said you @AusEmbZim verified last year. pic.twitter.com/hXjgpqrfUe
ZimEye.com early 2021 exposed Mutami’s several bedroom scandals, which included government ministers and top Army Generals, at a time her own family said she has also bedded the ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa, allegations which the coup leader, up to the time of writing, has not denied.
1/ Ko, Mai MaTwins (?), @susan_mutami balance me here. When all is said&done, I don’t want to act irresponsibly, so in the spirit of tidying up affairs, we all need closure&a positive way forward. I’m a bit confused though, do you really have twins?(Pic courtesy from your handle) pic.twitter.com/iJUAfliciB
2/ I’ve only ever received one birth registration form for one child, you had the same one sent at 2 different times on the same day, look at the reg #. In your pics you only ever have one with you, in this pic, there’s only one child seat. Saka Susan, imwe Shumba iripi? pic.twitter.com/IS1sxezgYr
3/ Inga the form clearly says what to do in the event of twins. Huuya tiite DNA, then kana vari(ari) wangu, Shumba ngadzipinde mudanga! Asi are you claiming only one is mine and the other is someone else’s?….(no photoshop please) the ball is in your court to clear this up…
The below is a trail of event twists that involved high profile ministers caught between two scandals, one on the sale of stands, and one of trappings using a self proclaimed anti-terrorism expert, Susan Mutami.
It was all triggered when earlier in the year, the Special Anti Corruption Unit head, Thabani Mpofu was close to arresting Local Govt Minister, July Moyo over the alleged sale of stands in Harare, Kwekwe and Gweru for his own benefit.
There were several beneficiaries listed on this reported scandal who are in the ministry of Justice; so to hide this, a quick plan was hatched to get Mpofu fired.
Owen Ncube
Mpofu, who leads the controversial taskforce, was swiftly accused of authoring letters for MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti advising the opposition icon on ways if navigating through the justice system.
Close sources allege that, when this was about to happen, the Norton MP Temba Mliswa went over to president, Emmerson Mnangagwa to advise him to ignore the calls to fire Mpofu, doing this in order to settle scores with the enemy of an enemy (Mliswa had heard that Thabani Mpofu had been set up by July Moyo, Owen Ncube, and Virginia Mabhiza). Mliswa has had several bones to chew with Thabani Mpofu. Mliswa reasoned with Mnangagwa saying: how could Thabani Mpofu author letters for MDC Deputy President Tendai Biti in this age and time when he could simply pick a phone call.
Parallel to all this, Temba Mliswa was the subject of an ongoing probe in which he was entangled with ex girlfriend, Susan.
Facts became clear mid February that, Susan Mutami, the centre of the axis, was used to incriminate Mliswa.
Mutami is an enigma. She claims she bedded the late SB Moyo, Killer Zivhu, Temba Mliswa. She even openly announces saying she has bedded the President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
She says she has Mliswa’s twins, while at the same time naming her son after his arch enemy, Owen Ncube.
5 LOVERS, 2 PREGNANCIES TO 2 DIFFERENT MEN, ALL IN ONE YEAR
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Last year alone she dated at least four different men who include the Foreign Affairs Minister SB Moyo, one after the other:
Susan Mutami’s latest profile picture – source: Susan Mutami, Twitter.com
Polite Kambamura, the Mining Deputy Minister (they were engaged). Walter Chikwana, Secretary for the Judicial Commission (they had a civil partnership in 2020), and ZANU PF MP, Hon Kenneth Musanhi (see pictures).
Furthermore, an affidavit seen by ZimEye states in addition that she was already pregnant way before bedding Mliswa last year.
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The affidavit, certified by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), shows that as at around March 2020, she was still engaged to another man, who works inside the JSC, Mr Walter Chikwana.
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The man was reached for a comment but wouldn’t speak or respond to questions.
Meanwhile, the affidavit states that Mutami was carrying a pregnancy to another man at the end of March 2020. In the affidavit, her boyfriend, Mr Chikwana says:
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‘ I am Susan Vivian Mutami’s partner and in case of emergency I can be contacted on the above mentioned address or on my mobile number, +263772***********”
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He then goes on to say he is the legal guardian of SB Moyo’s Child (full name redacted-in accordance with the Children’s Act on the paper).
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” I am also the legal guardian of (name withheld), and our unborn child as of date. Attached hereto is a copy of my identification.”
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The affidavit was signed on the 24th March 2020.
Affidavit
The development puts burden on Mutami to explain the timing drama surrounding her two pregnancies (to different men) which are within months of each other.
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She also says that she is the holder of two Australian degrees of which she has none, and also makes false claims that she is the winner of Australia’s CEO awards. During interviews with Mutami, ZimEye reveals how that her claims to university courses are baseless.
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Asked to state which universities issued her 2 degrees, Susan Mutami says: the @AusEmbZim performed all verification checks. She says: "There is no way a whole embassy would just leave and accompany me to go and donate, and hand out donations without doing proper checks on me…" pic.twitter.com/deBmXUv4St
She is also put to task on her CEO Awards claim, and it is revealed that she was only a passerby at the function who posed in front of a camera holding someone else’s award. (SEE RGM INTERVIEW BELOW)
Her ex lover, Mliswa has maintained his allegations that he was set up by the Central Intelligence Organisation in order to incriminate him using Susan Mutami.
After all this she is lawfully stopped while trying to leave the country, and then she is put under the custody of the Central Intelligence Organisation. Mutami is held for possessing details on the attempted assassination of the president and killing of three aides at the White City Stadium, then she is whisked out by two powerful ministers who have close links to the president, July Moyo (local governments), Owen Mudha Ncube, minister of state security. After being whisked out without knowledge of the mother body of the CIO, she then starts to attack to the Director General of the CIO, who she claims she once dated, then threatening to release secret information on the cabinet, Politburo and a number of other official secrets, while on the same tweet, absolving the two ministers, July Moyo and Owen Mudha Ncube.
At this time, July Moyo is under investigations for parceling out land, a case being probed by Thabani Mpofu’s SACU organisation.
July Moyo is very close to permanent Secretary Mrs Virginia Mabhiza and Kumbirai Hodzi, the prosecutor General. At the same time, Thabani Mpofu’s SACU is having clashes with the Prosecutor General. There was a collusion between the Prosecutor Gen and July Moyo to get Thabani Mpofu fired. The PG and July Moyo then approached the president Emmerson Mnangagwa to pass allegations that Thabani Mpofu has advised Biti.
The event trail is as follows:
Thabani Mpofu is accused of writing WhatsApp letters to MDC Alliance MP Tendai Biti giving him advice on how to return to parliament, and this makes the president very angry. At this time, Mnangagwa has also been told by Perm Sec Virginia Mabhiza, and Prosecutor Gen Kumbirai Hodzi, to ignore the request to arrest Minister July Moyo on land fraud.
Mnangagwa then summons Thabani Mpofu to State House where he is dressed down. It is reported that Mpofu has been fired. ZimEye contacts Mpofu who tells this news network, it’s not true at all. Are you my employer?, Mpofu fires a question while answering to the report.
Soon afterwards, Temba Mliswa who is naturally against Mpofu, comes to the rescue of Mpofu to tell the President that Mpofu has been set up. Thabani Mpofu also gets support of the CIO DG Isaac Moyo. This angers July Moyo who together with Owen Ncube sponsor Susan Mutami to tweet ‘some dirt’ on Isaac Moyo while absolving July Moyo and Owen Ncube publicly, on the Twitter website.
State security sources report saying Mutami was whisked out of Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge Border post. ZimEye requests paperwork to confirm that the escape was truly through that border post. No date is provided, but by end of April 2021, she is now safely in Australia.
Both Owen Ncube and July Moyo are contacted for a comment, and their phones are put down soon after hearing the interview questions.
Responding to the state security reports, Mliswa denies ever approaching Mnangagwa to assist Mpofu. He tells ZimEye: “Mpofu, Matanga, Mudha, July Moyo, and Ziyambi Ziyambi are all one and the same, working hand-in-hand.”
It surfaces that Mutami is an agent of July Moyo and his team to settle their matters with Director General, Isaac Moyo. Thabani Mpofu then suddenly comes out the victim of the two warning camps.
The development has raised questions on how safe Zimbabweans are when ministers and two officials are using a woman to settle their personal scores. Is Zimbabwe is being run by people controlled by bottom power, or is it that Susan Mutami has some ability to capture all these people, or she is so dazzling to control the nation’s top government officials?
Tinashe Sambiri|For the first time, school heads and teachers have come together in the struggle for decent salaries.
Vibrant teachers’ union, ARTUZ has vowed to fight to the bitter as the perennial battle between government and civil servants continues.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to address teachers’ grievances as a matter of urgency.
“School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
Teachers want a dignified life where they’re able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security. Pay civil servants a living wage,” CCC said in a statement.
ARTUZ has refused to cowed into submission by the regime:
“All these protests were meant to avert this Crisis. @MthuliNcube chose to ignore @edmnangagwa chose to bully us. We won’t be bullied no more 234 Schools officially close shop. Nationwide. “
?School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
?Teachers want a dignified life where they're able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security.
Tinashe Sambiri|For the first time, school heads and teachers have come together in the struggle for decent salaries.
Vibrant teachers’ union, ARTUZ has vowed to fight to the bitter as the perennial battle between government and civil servants continues.
Citizens’ Coalition For Change has challed Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to address teachers’ grievances as a matter of urgency.
“School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
Teachers want a dignified life where they’re able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security. Pay civil servants a living wage,” CCC said in a statement.
ARTUZ has refused to cowed into submission by the regime:
“All these protests were meant to avert this Crisis. @MthuliNcube chose to ignore @edmnangagwa chose to bully us. We won’t be bullied no more 234 Schools officially close shop. Nationwide. “
?School heads have joined teachers strike after they declared incapacitation.
?Teachers want a dignified life where they're able to fulfill their potential, which is based on having a human level of health care, education, income & security.
Tinashe Sambiri| Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader President Nelson Chamisa has said Senegal’s AFCON triumph is great inspiration to him.
The Teranga Lions beat the Mighty Pharaohs of Egypt 4-2 via the dreaded penalty shootout on Sunday.
According to President Chamisa, the Yellow Revolution will inspire the Zimbabwe national soccer team to victory in future.
“I CONGRATULATE SENEGAL on being the NEW CHAMPIONS in the Africa Cup of Nations.
You have fired the desire in us to ensure that we too create an enabling environment for Zimbabwe to compete at such high levels & winning.Soon, Zim will be #1.The Yellow revolution will deliver that,” said President Chamisa in a brief statement.
“MAKING ZIMBABWE NEW & GREAT…We will make Zim New & great for us all. Building a great nation is our generational task, national duty and collective mandate.We’re ONE people, ONE Nation with ONE Vision. We’re #1.We’re Gold.Citizens at the centre! #RegisterToVoteZW.BEHOLD THE NEW,” he added.
By Patrick Guramatunhu- It is not that Zimbabweans do not know that Zanu PF is rigging the 2023 elections; they know it. Their biggest problem is knowing what to do about it!
“Moreover, as we gear up towards the historic elections in 2023, the citizens should be ready to demand comprehensive political and electoral reforms to jealously guard against perennial rigging by the stomach politicians in Zanu PF led by Mr Mnangagwa,” reads a statement from Citizen Coalition For Change (CCC) Namibia.
“We must stand ready to defend the people’s vote against any shenanigans from the desperate regime. Zimbabweans should demand the independence of state media, ZBC must stop operating as an extension of Zanu PF, we need to have real time announcement of results, Citizens Coalition For Change demands the independence of chiefs and headmen, they should not be used to intimidate citizens, frog marching them to Zanu PF rallies on empty stomachs.”
This is a statement from someone with no clue what they are talking about!
One, with just over a year to go to the 2023 elections, there is no time to implement any of the myriad of reforms required to stop Zanu PF rigging these elections. So take it as read; there will be no reforms implemented before the elections and therefore all this talk of “demanding comprehensive political and electoral reforms” is just hot air!
Two, with no reforms, Zanu PF will have carte blanche dictatorial powers to rig these elections. The party will frog marching citizens to attend party rallies and, come voting day, to vote for the party, for example. All the talk “defending the people’s vote against any shenanigans” is, once again, just hot air!
Three, by participating in these flawed and illegal elections against the common-sense position of demanding reforms before elections CCC, the party supporters and all the ordinary Zimbabweans who continue to do so freely are giving flawed process credibility and thus give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy. After 42 years of rigged elections, one would think the penny has dropped, no one will still fall for the oxymoronic nonsense of “winning in rigged elections”. Sadly, there are clearly many who still do!
Four, there is nothing to justify CCC supporters’ confidence 2023 elections will deliver a government representing the democratic wishes of the people of Zimbabwe. This is just blind faith in the CCC leaders who have already proven beyond all doubt that they are corrupt and breathtakingly incompetent, notably during the 2008 to 2013 GNU. Zimbabweans had the same blind faith in Zanu PF soon after independence. We have learned nothing from the past!
There are many Zimbabweans who are hell bent on participating in these elections knowing fully well that Zanu PF is rigging these elections. They appreciate the importance of voting but, alas, they have never appreciated the importance of observing the rules governing elections. Zanu PF’s carte blanche dictatorial powers to rig elections have rendered Zimbabwean elections a meaningless farce.
Those insisting on holding elections without reforms have no clue of what constitutes free, fair and credible elections and that by participating they are giving vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy. They have learned about elections but have never learned what it takes to ensure free, fair and credible elections. A little learning is, indeed, a dangerous thing!
“A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.” Alexander Pope, English poet and satirist
Indeed, it is common sense, no need to have drunk deep from Pierian spring, to know the sheer futility of holding elections without something as basic as a verified voters’ roll, for example!
HARARE Magistrate Gloria Takundwa has postponed the ruling on Prophet T Freddy’s application for discharge at the close of the State’s case in a matter in which he stands accused of rape.
Magistrate Takundwa indicated that she is still in the process of compiling the ruling, which she will hand down on Friday.
Goodness and Mercy Ministries founder, Tapiwa Freddy is facing two counts of rape and one count of assaulting a 33-year-old Harare woman, who has physical disabilities.
During cross-examination in January, the complainant revealed that her life was now in danger after the day she dared to file rape charges against the well-known man of the cloth.
THE Supreme Court will on Tuesday 8 February 2022 hear an appeal filed by Defence and War Veterans Minister Oppah Muchinguri seeking to overturn a High Court decision upholding a lower court’s order regarding a lawsuit filed by a Harare resident seeking compensation for assault during anti-government protests held three years ago.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to preside over the matter at 9:30 AM at Mashonganyika building in Harare.
Muchunguri who is represented by Advocate Lewis Uriri wants the Supreme Court to overturn a High Court ruling dismissing her appeal against the decision of the Magistrates Court on an exception which she filed on Harare resident Kudzai Makunde’s summons.
Makunde, who is represented by Advocate Taona Nyamakura instructed by Tinomuda Shoko of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, filed summons at Harare Magistrates (Civil) Court in 2019 suing Muchinguri, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Hon. Kazembe Kazembe and Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for violating his fundamental rights.
Makunde was assaulted by a group of armed soldiers and police officers numbering about 50 while on his way home from visiting his brother in Tafara high-density in Harare on 14 January 2019 during anti-government protests over fuel price hike.
Shoko and Nyamakura stated that Makunde was ordered to lie on the ground and assaulted with wooden logs on his back and thighs and was also kicked all over his body.
Makunde, Shoko and Nyamakura said, was ordered to remove some burning tyres, rocks and a broken down vehicle that was on the road resulting in him sustaining some injuries of which he was hospitalised.
In her appeal, the Defence, Security and War Veterans Minister is arguing that Makunde’s summons in which he sought compensation for violation of his fundamental rights did not identify the alleged perpetrators by their names and did not disclose a cause of action based on vicarious liability against her.
Muchinguri argued that Makunde’s alleged failure to disclose the identities of the perpetrators was fatal to his cause of action.
Makunde had argued that the soldiers who assaulted him were employed by Ministry of Defence, Security and War Veterans and they were acting within the course and scope of their employment.
Muchinguri defended soldiers from committing the offence and instead indicated that some ZRP officers could have assaulted Makunde and also claimed that he could have been beaten by some criminals masquerading as soldiers.
But the Harare resident insists that Muchinguri, Hon. Kazembe and Matanga are in charge of deploying their subordinates and hence they know the identities of their members who operated at specific points on 14 January 2019.
Makunde argued that once he made an allegation against soldiers Muchinguri had a duty to investigate the issue and to identify her members who perpetrated the unlawful acts as well as to discipline them.
By -ZBC radio presenter Thabani Gambiza, is among the people who were duped by conmen who claimed they could get funding for various NGOs, a Harare court heard over the weekend.
The suspected conmen, Gilbert Noel Kanokanga and Vernon Eugene Mitchell, appeared before Harare magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, who remanded them in custody.
The complainants are Gambiza, Joice Jacob, Lorraine Mugayi, Thandiwe Chikwape, Felix Zhakata and Lovemore Chidziva.
The complainants are founders of various non governmental organisations.
The court heard that Gambiza was introduced to Kanokanga by her workmate, Lionel Mkandla, and she was advised he could facilitate funding for her NGO.
She was introduced to Mitchell by Kanokanga and the duo would interview the complainants, from time to time.
Gambiza allegedly paid US$750 for visa processing for her team, for a trip to France, which never materialised.
She also held several meetings with the duo, with regards to the clearance and registration of her organisation, and she was asked to pay more money.
The duo allegedly started misleading other NGOs that Gambiza had already received her funding.
The duo collected about US$69 241 from the complainants. H Metro
Award winning journalist Robert Mukondiwa has released a documentary that chronicles the last hours of one of Zimbabwe’s top socialites and controversial businessman Genius Ginimbi Kadungure who died when his Rolls Royce rammed into a tree along Borrowdale road.
The documentary carries interviews from people who were close to the man who lived a fast life and dominated social scenes in newspapers and the internet.
Since his death in 2020, Zimbabwe’s internet streets have not been the same as the man never shied from controversy that saw him endear himself with millions of people who were shocked when news broke out that he had died in an accident.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has died and the electorate has to accept its death, as no one could resurrect it, exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has said.
Speaking on a Twitter space hosted by CITE on the aftermath of the Nomination Court: By-Elections or Mini General Election, Moyo, a former University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, said the events leading up to and the sitting of the Nomination Court on 26 January 2022, confirmed the MDC’s demise.
The MDC was formed in 1999 with the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai elected its founding president.
The party has, however, experienced several splits during its short existence and factionalism deepened in March 2020 when the Supreme Court ruled that its popular leader, Nelson Chamisa, was illegitimate.
Moyo asserted that for the first time since 2000, the MDC will not be a major contender in Zimbabwean elections.
He said: “This was a very historic Nomination Court, apart from that for the first time, it had two sittings, it’s been decisive, unprecedented and showed election results before the by-elections on March 26, 2022.
We have before the body politic, amazing results that are the outcome of these by-elections, thanks to the sitting of the Nomination Court.”
Notably among the results is a historic fact that due to the run-up to the sitting, we have one political party dead and this happens after having it been a major feature of national politics since 1999 or if you want since parliamentary elections of 2000.
Early this year, Chamisa dumped the MDC Alliance name after MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora claimed to be the leader of all parties with the MDC acronym.
Chamisa and his allies launched the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), with the new party set to contest the 26 March by-elections.
Said Moyo: “We have one party dead and another party born. I think it is striking and quite surprising that debates on this issue have not unpacked the implications.
The planning on ZANU PF part, in general (President Emmerson) Mnangagwa, in particular, working with Mwonzora, invested a lot of time and resources in a scenario where we were going to have two MDCs or two MDC Alliances.
The fact that Chamisa pulled a fast one on the eve of the Nomination Court, coming up with a new party is something the state of Mnangagwa and ZANU PF obviously thought about, it was not entirely unexpected, but unlikely.
It’s not that they (Chamisa and team) came up with a new party but they came up with one whose immediate impact was to kill anything called the MDC.
Mwonzora had boasted that his MDC-T owned MDC Alliance and all its derivatives, he thought something called MDC was a big deal but the outcome of the Nomination Court has been a surprise to him.
Clearly, he had not bargained for this. I’m sure some of his people wish they had kept the MDC-T and not run as MDC Alliance.
While Chamisa won more than two million votes in the 2018 presidential elections, Mwonzora is yet to lead a political party in a national election.
You might not get it, Susan Mutami is Mudha and July Moyo hitting back at Mnangagwa, that’s why there are all these sudden splashes on ED.
Hon Polite Kambamura with Susan Mutami (2020)
Before the November 2017 coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa had a docket of him presented before former president Robert Mugabe.
Susan had gone to see Grace Mugabe and she complained saying Mnangagwa has many women and he is such a monster.
Susan Mutami was swiftly sent to the Australian embassy and would soon be a witness against Mnangagwa; then the coup happened and the court case was never sat and Susan got re-hooked to SB Moyo. Moyo was Constantino Chiwenga’s black eyed boy.
There are right now 7 MID officers who are busy looking for Susan Mutami to eliminate her near her home in Brisbane, in Australia. If she is smart, she needs to make a quick move. This might be her only survival.
I also think that CCC people should be weaponising the leaks Susan Mutami is spilling out, because Mnangagwa did a lot of dirty things before and after the coup.
By A Correspondent- The ruling ZANU PF party is targeting making inroads into urban constituencies and consolidating its hold in rural areas in the 26 March by-elections.
In a statement on Monday, ZANU PF political commissar Mike Bimha said the party’s leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected to launch the party’s by-election campaign this week. Said Bimha:
We note with interest the heightened enthusiasm in the by-elections and the resolve and determination of our members to reassert the power of the ruling party in both urban and rural areas and to consolidate the position of the party in our strongholds.
The by-elections are and should be about the achievements of the Second Republic, not just in launching and driving an agenda for sustainable development, but equally, responding to very specific needs of the people.
ZANU PF is putting faith in the people, the citizens of Zimbabwe to build their own country guided by the policies of the party and government.
We want to win all the constituencies and the entire wards. You don’t go to a battle to lose. We are going into this battle to win.
Our target is to win all the seats in the National Assembly and the local authorities, respectively.
ZANU PF has traditionally been dominant in rural areas while the opposition MDC has been controlling urban seats since the year 2000.
However, by-elections are normally characterised by low voter turnout especially in urban areas and this could work against the country’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), which contested the 2018 elections as the MDC Alliance.
By A Correspondent- The Government has warned teachers who are not reporting for duty citing “incapacitation” that the “no work, no pay” principle will be invoked against them.
Schools opened for the first term on 7 February 2022 amid reports that the majority of school heads and teachers in urban areas did not report for work.
Director of communications in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Taungana Ndoro, said it is the normal procedure “the world over” that sanctions are imposed on employees who fail to report for work.
Said Ndoro:
The normal procedure is that if there is someone who does not report for duty, the normal procedure the world over is that there are remedial actions that are taken by an organisation and one of the measures is not to pay the absent teachers as they might not be part of the ministry anymore.
Ndoro said 60 per cent of teachers nationwide reported for duty on Monday while some educators were still on their way to their workplaces.
Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) president Richard Gundane teachers may not have travelled to their workstations because they don’t have money for bus fare.
He said:
Those who do not have boarding transport, or who live far away from their workstation might not have reported for duty because they have genuine concerns that they do not have money to do that.
But what we have observed is that there are educators who genuinely reside in the schools such as boarding schools and rural schools and a few who reside in houses that are near urban schools.
Those ones you will find that they are there.
Teachers’ unions declared incapacitation just before schools opened. They are demanding that the Government restore their pre-2018 salaries of roughly US$540 per month.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday officially launched the virtual court system to speed up the completion of cases.
This was after some prisoners failed to turn up in court due to transport and fuel challenges faced by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS).
Speaking at the event in Harare, Chief Justice Luke Malaba said: “Carrying out virtual hearings has many advantages – both to the courts and the litigating public. Matters are finalised expeditiously and there is the added advantage of participating in the court proceedings in the comfort of your home or office.”
Chief justice Luke Malaba (left) and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi (seated)
“Inmates are expected to appear before the courts regularly for routine remands and trials. The pandemic has at times caused inmates not to appear before the courts as required because of the restrictions imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19. Through the virtual court hearing platform, it is no longer necessary for inmates to appear physically in court as they can interact with the court virtually while they are in prison,” he said.
Malaba said the virtual platform would allow for bail applications to be made online in line with international best practices.
“Video conferencing, the alluring absence of the physical presence of litigants, and the e-courthouses which are inherent in a virtual court system represents the new character of judicial proceedings. In keeping with its novelty, the idea of remote participation in court proceedings is not only transformative of the usual modes of conducting judicial business, but is also cost effective,” he added.
Other countries that have digitalised their court systems include South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Gambia, India and England.
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said virtual court systems would achieve efficiency and speed up the justice delivery system.
He said the required equipment had already been installed, connecting the Harare Magistrates Court and the High Court, ading that provinces like Chinhoyi, Bindura and Mutare had already been equipped to kick-start the process.
“Access to justice must not be discriminatory. The principle must apply equally, irrespective of whether one resides in the provincial centre or district, or one is a prisoner, woman or child,” Ziyambi said.
Speaking at the same event, United Nations Development Programme representative Mia Seppo hailed the adoption of the virtual court system.
By A Correspondent| Twitter based advocacy group Pachedu has exposed a the ongoing rigging that is taking place ahead of the Kwekwe amid reports that 1416 people have been moved from other constituencies into Kwekwe central where there is pending by-elections.
A further 600 people moved from Mbizo to Kwekwe central.
Posting on Twitter, Pachedu said the fishy happenings point to undergoing rigging.
Something fishy is happening in Kwekwe Central. 1 416 voters moved from other constituencies into Kwekwe. Only 14 left. Of these, 600 people moved from Mbizo to Kwekwe Central. Why are pple moving to Kwekwe yet so few have moved into Mbizo & Redcliff?,” said Pachedu.
Commenting on the Pachedu post, CCC Treasurer General David Coltart said rigging of by-elections is easier compared to a general election.
“This is precisely what I predicted weeks ago. By elections are easier to rig than a general election: manipulate the voters roll by moving People’s names in from neighboring constituencies and then on the day physically move them in to vote,” said Coltart.
By A Correspondent- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education said that 60 per cent of teachers nationwide reported for duty on Monday when schools opened for the first term.
The ministry’s spokesperson Taungana Ndoro told NewsDay that teachers at peri-urban and rural schools reported for duty while some educators were still on their way to their workplaces.
Ndoro said:
We had a 60% turnout of teachers nationwide. Those that did not report for duty are from metropolitan areas, while teachers from peri-urban and rural areas reported for duty. Other teachers are still en route to their stations.
In Harare and Bulawayo and several other cities, teachers and school heads failed to report for duty citing “incapacitation”.
Educators are pushing the Government to pay their salaries in US dollars to cushion them from the rising cost of living.
In a statement on Monday evening, Primary and Secondary Education secretary Tumisang Thabela, however, claimed that the majority of teachers reported for duty. She said:
Government is pleased to note that schools have opened, that the majority of teachers reported for duty and that the majority of schoolchildren were able to attend classes.
In instances where students and pupils were unable to attend, government awaits definitive information on the reasons, so as to respond appropriately.
However, a parent from Highfields told NewsDay that she sent her children to Tsungayi Primary School, but they returned home as there were no teachers. She said:
There were no teachers at the school. We saw officials from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry entering the school.
They must know that teachers are very important and must be paid well so that they report for duty.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called on employers, including the Government, to pay their employees in US dollars. ZCTU said in a statement:
Schools opened today with no word from the employer on the US dollar salaries for the dedicated suffering teacher.
The market is refusing Zimdollars and we demand that all workers be paid in US dollars as dictated by the market.
