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— ZimEye (@ZimEye) December 25, 2021

Zimbabwe’s baking sector has been thrown off balance by escalating fuel prices and deadly power cuts that have recently rattled the economy.

So dire is the situation that some baking industry executives told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that consumers should brace for price hikes in the coming months to guarantee a flawless supply.

However, the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) said yesterday that for the festive season, the industry had enough stocks of wheat to meet demand.

This is the latest in a series of warnings by key industries in the past few months that Zimbabwe’s prolonged energy crisis could reverse significant progress towards economic recovery reported by most sectors in the final quarter of 2021.

In the past few weeks, the power crisis that returned to haunt domestic and industrial consumers mid-year has intensified, with companies enduring prolonged power cuts that have grounded production and exerted fresh pressures on an economy already struggling to shake off the effect of Covid–19 induced hard lockdowns.

In an interview with the Independent, NBAZ president Dennis Walla said authorities must immediately intervene to make sure bakers access Zimbabwe dollar-priced fuel.

Fuel available on the market is generally being traded in United States dollars because importers with free funds have been given the greenlight to bring in the fuel and trade in foreign currency.

But to assist companies that mostly sell their products in the free-falling Zimbabwe dollar, the government had undertaken to provide local-dollar-priced fuel, which they were expected to access and sustain operations.

This plan has generally failed, and bakers, along with several other industries facing a similar predicament, say they have been over-stretched by high costs.

Zimbabwean firms use their local dollars to purchase foreign currency on the black market at extortionist rates, so that they can  purchase US-dollar-priced fuel and other requirements.

“We have been promised Zimbabwe-dollar-priced fuel, which was going to be a good move when it comes to doing business,” Walla told the Independent this week.

“We have not yet accessed that fuel. What is available to us now is the US-dollar-priced fuel. And this becomes expensive for the sector to operate full throttle. We cannot go to the foreign currency auction system and say we want forex to buy fuel. This is a (big) cost driver and this needs to be addressed,” Walla added.

The high energy costs have compounded an already difficult situation for bakers and other industries, who have recently seen a significant rise in utility costs by up to 300%. Walla said the other challenge was unavailability of electricity. He said the sector could provide backup power through diesel power generators.

But apart from troubles in accessing the fuel, this was an expensive option.

“The other challenge we are facing is that we are having electricity blackouts for many hours and this turns to affect us because electricity is key in the sector and we can’t continue to rely on backup generators as it is too expensive and this might impact bread prices,” he said.

In its state-of-industry report released two weeks ago, the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) also raised fears over the energy crisis.

“Electricity is one of the main enablers of economic activities in any business environment,” the ZNCC said.

“Zimbabwe’s rank of 167 (in a global study of doing business costs) and score of 48,6 show the extent to which the country’s performance on this component is very poor and discouraging to any potential investor, both local and foreign investors. The best performers in the SADC region are Mauritius with a global rank of 28 (and score of 88) followed by Namibia (ranked 76 and score of 78,3) and Tanzania with a rank of 85 and a score of 74,9. Zimbabwe is characterised by erratic power supplies especially during the winter period where agricultural activities such the winter wheat crop will be at its most critical stage.

During this critical period, electricity is prioritised to the agricultural sector leaving other sectors without energy. Although electricity tariffs are among the lowest in the Southern African Development Community region, electricity supply has been the average business person’s worst nightmare. Erratic power supplies have resulted in huge losses for most businesses over the years due to interrupted operations, lost time and revenue, damage to machines and lost data,” the ZNCC said.

The country has off-late seen various price hikes ranging from fuel and basic commodities such as bread.

In October this year, wheat producers hiked prices by 16% per metric tonne, which is likely to trigger increases in the prices of flour and bread.

The price of imported wheat went up to US$510 from US$440 per tonne, according to the NBAZ.

A loaf of bread already costs between ZW$160 and ZW$175 as the prices continue skyrocketing, with the baking sector predicting that there would be another increase to cover the rising costs.

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed the price of fuel upwards several times since the beginning of the year citing an increase in oil prices on the international markets.

Minister of Home Affairs who is also ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe reportedly leaked Politiburo deliberations to villagers in Rushinga  in a bid to entice voters to vote for him in the upcoming party provincial elections.

In a desperate bid to retain the chairmanship  Kazembe called one of his trusted lieutenants in Rushinga party District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) member Cletous Ranganai Chiminyu to inform villagers that they should vote for Kazembe since Politiburo Member Kenneth Musanhi  had allegedly instigated the disqualification of  business tycoon James Makamba from the provincial chairmanship race. Musanhi who is the most senior party member in Mashonaland Central province is said to be supporting Tafadzwa Musarara election bid.

Addressing villagers in Rushinga yesterday Chiminyu endorsed Kazembe and denounced Musanhi.

“As you all know Makamba was disqualified (and) according to Minister Kazembe,  the cause of Makamba’s disqualification was pushed by Musanhi in the Politiburo, this was done to pave way for Musarara. So we are urging you all to vote for Kazembe since Makamba had a strong ground here, you now know your enemies,” said Chiminyu.

Kazembe who is set to be canvassing for support  in Rushinga today refused to comment.

Contrary to protocol, Kazembe recently snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit in Mazowe and chose to embark on his campaign trail in Mbire.

However, ZANU PF supporters  in Mashonaland Central are geared for the Provincial  election slated for Tuesday.

-BYO24

Growing up, the late nationalist, Herbert Chitepo used to be one of my my inspirational childhood heroes.

Chitepo was the first black person to be registered as a barrister in the entire Southern African region.

During the early days of our nationalist movement, he made a bold decision not to focus on a promising career as a practicing lawyer.

Instead, he opted for the less glamorous and more risky option of being the go-to lawyer for all the political victims of the racist colonial regime of that time.

And as fate would have it, Chitepo’s reputation as a selfless people’s advocate grew so rapidly, so much that in no time he was thrust on to the centre stage of leadership for the nascent nationalist movement.

In August 1963, he found himself as one of the founding leaders of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)He was elected to be the national Chairperson for ZANU.

Unfortunately for him, his political career blossomed right at the same time with that of the late Ian Douglas Smith.

It was the very same Smith who led a new radical shift in racist politics under the new party known as the Rhodesian Front.

Sooner than later, in a determined attempt to consolidate his newly found political power and also the fight for the British to grant independence without the requisite condition of black majority rule; Smith decided to outlaw both ZANU and its rival the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) as led by the late Joshua Nkomo.

Added to that, Smith went on to arrest and detain unjustly several key leaders of the nationalist movement including Nkomo, Ndabaningi Sithole, Robert Mugabe, among others.

These were all banished to a remote specially designed political prison known as Gonakudzingwa, deep into wildlife territory at the Gonarezhou national park.

The scattering of the nationalist movement leaders put to an end to any hopes of Chitepo’s continuing to grow his reputation as a people’s advocate.

Chitepo was one of the nationalist leaders who was forced to go into exile.

He was soon to be found at the forefront in the process of establishing the exiled administrative structure of ZANU.

The late Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda welcomed ZANU to set up its new headquarters in Lusaka.

And so, far from what he could have imagined upon his qualification as a barrister, Chitepo now suddenly found himself not just in exile but also as the de facto leader of ZANU since all other senior leaders of ZANU had been detained indefinitely at Gonakudzingwa.

For several years, he had the onerous task of keeping the ZANU flame burning as the leader of the party in exile.

It was a task that he took on very well and he successfully executed it. I was born on 31st January 1975.

However, tragically, a few week after my birth, Chitepo met his own death.

He was assassinated on the 18th March 1975.

A bomb was planted beneath his vehicle that was parked outside his house of exile in Lusaka.

The bomb exploded massively as soon as Chitepo’s driver started to drive his vehicle.

This in effect also meant that Chitepo never had another chance to spend Christmas back home in his own beloved motherland.

The most recent Christmas of 1974 proved to be his very last one.

Unfortunately, he must have spent his last Christmas in Lusaka, so far away from his beloved ones back home in his beautiful motherland.

This also meant that what eventually became my first ever Christmas at the end of 1975, was actually the first Christmas for the Chitepo family without their most famous member.

And just like that, Chitepo failed to make it to my first ever Christmas in December 1975, due to his decision to put the national interest ahead of his personal one as a most promising lawyer.

His death also proved to be his ultimate sacrifice in his quest and dream for a new, free, independent and democratic Zimbabwe.

Indeed, he must have died with the hope that one day, his compatriots would no longer need to celebrate Christmas in exile, stranded as refugees in foreign countries.

He must have definitely died with the hope that one day his compatriots would happily celebrate Christmas back home in Zimbabwe, in the company of their most beloved ones.Fast forward now to Christmas in 2021.

Sadly for Chitepo, it seems his sacrificial death was all in vain.

Today, the number of his compatriots celebrating Christmas in foreign countries is now far more than that of his last Christmas in 1974.

Yes, independence eventually arrived a few years after his death in April 1980.

However, Chitepo would be very disappointed to know that the initial euphoria of independence soon evaporated. It was just a political mirage.

The great dream that he died for; the big dream of a free, independent, democratic and prosperous Great Zimbabwe has now dramatically turned into a political nightmare.

Many more families as compared to 1974, will now be forced to spend Christmas separated from each other during December 2021.

As l write, millions of Zimbabweans have been forced to celebrate yet another Christmas all across the world in such countries as South Africa, Botswana, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, among others.

Indeed, Chitepo would be disappointed to learn that thousands of his compatriots will like him in 1974, be forced to spend Christmas at Lusaka and all across Zambia.

Worse still, Chitepo would be disappointed to learn that back home in Zimbabwe, there will be families that will be forced to spend Christmas without their beloved ones who are the new modern version of political prisoners like those who were forced to spend their Christmas at Gonakudzingwa in 1974, so far away from their beloved families.

The sad truth that Chitepo would need to face is that in the so-called independent Zimbabwe we now have our own version of political prisoners.

Indeed, there are several political prisoners who will be forced to spend this latest Christmas, separated and so far away from the company of their beloved family members.

Among these prisoners who are being detained unjustly on political grounds is none other than the youthful Makomborero Haruzivishe.

During the same month of March that Chitepo sacrificed his life for a new Zimbabwe, Haruzivishe was unjustly incarcarated by the military backed regime that has forced itself against the democratic wishes of the Zimbabwean masses.

Somehow, Haruzivishe is a modern day Chitepo.

A few years ago, he was privileged enough to be admitted at the University of Zimbabwe.

He could have simply focused on merely obtaining his academic degree and look for a professional career path.

However, during his time at the UZ, he soon realized that his personal ambitions were inferior to the waning national aspirations.

Haruzivishe realised that unless something was done, there were no guaranteed future prospects for him and his fellow students once their graduated from university.

Zimbabwe currently has one of the worst statistics across Africa when it comes to graduate unemployment.

Haruzivishe soon realised that his degree qualification could prove to be meaningless if he did not stand up for the future prospects of his beautiful motherland.

Just like Chitepo before him, Haruzivishe chose to put the future of his country first, ahead of his person one.

Haruzivishe soon became an outspoken student leader.

He was then elected as the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU).

As a student leader he soon became a national voice for his own generation in its aspiration for a new Zimbabwe.

Unfortunately, the regime realised that his radicalism could soon inspire more people to heed the call to renew and intensify the struggle for democratic change in Zimbabwe.

As fate would have it, in its desperation to cling to political power at all costs, the military-backed regime decided to use Haruzivishe as a sacrificial lamb to warm others of the danger of being passionate about the need for democratic change in Zimbabwe.

Haruzivishe is a political prisoner.Just like all those millions of Zimbabweans who are now scattered in the Diaspora, Haruzivishe is not going to spend this Christmas with his beloved ones.

Haruzivishe will spend his Christmas behind bars. Unfairly and unjustly so.

Indeed for his beloved ones, it will sadly be a Christmas without Mako.

His story is sadly a microcosm of the rest of the families across the country who will be forced to celebrate Christmas without their beloved ones who are either unjustly detained in prison or have been forced to live in exile, in the Diaspora.

This is the sad but true story of Zimbabwe today. Be that as it may, we cannot afford to allow this tragic state of affairs to continue unabated.

It is now time for all of us as Zimbabweans, both at home and in the Diaspora to boldly proclaim that enough is enough!

We desperately need new political leadership for our country to have any hope of achieving its true potential and become the Great Zimbabwe that many hoped it would be on the 18th of April 1980.

It is now time for change.Indeed, it is now definitely time for democratic change in Zimbabwe.

 

The Chadcombe Robbers were 5, why are they now 7; whence did the other 2 come @PoliceZimbabwe ?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) December 25, 2021

 

The family of one of the suspected robbers shot dead at a Chadcombe, Harare earlier in December are connecting with ZimEye in studio on Christmas Day to query why the Zimbabwe Republic Police has announced a new number of the suspects in the incident. The family also responds the below court report published by the stage owned Herald newspaper.

 

Herald: The two remaining suspects in the gang of seven that recently raided a Chadcombe house belonging to a retired CID Homicide detective Mr Joseph Nemaisa, after allegedly targeting the wrong house, are now believed to have fled to Mozambique.

The two on the police most wanted list for being part of the gang are Washington Hamandishe and Tatenda Mumbire.

Recently, three other gang members were shot dead by Mr Nemaisa at his Chadcombe home and two gang members have been arrested, along with an employee of the householder a few doors away who was believed to have been the target.

The gang of armed robbers, which was hitting the Chadcombe house then found out the hard way that they were attacking the family of Mr Nemaisa who managed to race back home, leap over a wall and in the resulting gun fire exchange, took out three of the five robbers and saved his family from torture and further assault.

More remarkably, two of the robbers were armed with rifles or assault rifles, but while severely outgunned Mr Nemaisa used his training and almost two decades of experience in the CID to win through.

On Monday, detectives from the CID Homicide arrested Job Tayero (37) on allegations of assisting Hamandishe and Mumbire to escape to Mozambique.

Tayero was arrested at Hamandishe’s house in Domboshava where he had been sent by the suspected robber to take some of his property and belongings. It is believed that he wanted to take them to Mozambique.

Acting on a tip off, detectives raided the house and arrested Tayero who then revealed that the two wanted suspects were hiding in Mozambique to evade arrest. Tayero appeared in court on Tuesday facing charges of assisting an accused person who has committed an offence and he was remanded in custody, as investigations continues.

The man who allegedly sold out his employer to the gang of armed robbers that later on mistakenly stormed the Chadcombe house of Mr Nemaisa, had only been employed for three weeks before he orchestrated the armed robbery.

Shine Nyamhunga (21), who is employed by Top parts and Tyres in Harare, was over the weekend not asked to plead to robbery when he appeared before magistrate Ms Judith Taruvinga.

He was remanded in custody to December 28. Allegations are that on December 6 at around 8.45pm Nyamhunga and the robbery gang planned to rob Ms Patience Matonzi with Nyamhunga giving the gang directions to Ms Matonzi’s house. But the gang missed their target and mistakenly pounced on Mr Nemaisa’s family.

Investigations revealed that Nyamhunga of Arcadia was employed by Ms Matonzi a few weeks ago after she had gone to a shopping centre in the area looking for someone who lives near the city to be employed in one of her shops.

It is reported that Nyamhunga, who had a drivers’ licence, came out the best from the three people that Ms Matonzi had interviewed before she employed her.

On the day of the robbery, Ms Matonzi’s car broke down and she later asked for her son to drive her home while in the company of Nyamhunga after working hours. It was the first time that Nyamhunga had visited Ms Matonzi’s house and he gave Tariro Gora, one of the dead robbers, details of recent cash transactions at Ms Matonzi’s business.

The gang has been linked to five armed robberies in Marondera plus Belvedere, Hatfield, Cold Comfort and Mabelreign in Harare, where property worth over US$52 300 was stolen.

Police enquiries have shown that the 22 rifle fitted with a telescopic sight and 303 rifle were stolen during the Marondera robbery on November 15.

Detectives recovered an AK47 from Private Wirimayi Nyandoro’s house in Harare.

He was allegedly in the gang but stayed in the getaway car outside the house.

Watch below President Chamisa Interview With The Namibian…

President Chamisa says Zimbabwe is a banana republic.

Mr Mnangagwa is even worse than Mr Mugabe

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Tinashe Sambiri ( Johannesburg)

The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa was a mere holder of his former boss Robert Mugabe’s suitcase during the liberation struggle, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has declared.

Mnangagwa does not at all qualify to speak about the sacrifices made during the liberation war, according to Chuma.

He wrote on Twitter :
“Mugabe’s suitcase holder during the liberation war @edmnangagwa is out to pilfer African liberation history. Through the African Liberation Museum, ED is desperate to portray himself along liberation icons like Julias Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah etc. He is a Gukurahundi murderer! https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1474102949441904648?s=20

MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza said:
“The problem is Mnangagwa believes ZANU PF structures are government structures.

We all know that the government has been working with ZANU PF aligned structures such as the chief’s council and certain captured organizations to purportedly address the Gukurahundi issue.”

ZVISHAVANE – A notorious top Zvishavane gold dealer who pelted his two wives with stones after they refused to shake their bums for him in public has been sentenced to nine months in prison or a fine of RTGS$50 000.

Five months were suspended from three years on condition he doesn’t commit such a crime.

Samson Gondwe (48) assaulted his wives on December 4, 2021 when the gold dealer who is popularly known as Sam Dread was drinking beer with wives Precious Mushaikwa and Popadopoules Droder Mollin.

Gondwe ordered his wives to shake their buttocks in front of men who were also drinking beer at the place but they refused. The accused then threw stones at the wives hitting their heads and legs.

In Mitigation the Gondwe said he has four wives including the complainants and 13 children under his care. Twelve of those are going to school and he pays their fees. A custodial sentence would therefore affect them negatively. He employs 60 workers at his mine and six at his farm who all depend on him for income.

In passing sentence Matura said Gondwe he is a first offender and he gave a guilty plea hence he did not waste the court’s time.

Five months were suspended for three years on condition he doesn’t commit such a crime.

Samson Gondwe (48) assaulted his wives on December 4, 2021 when the gold dealer who is popularly known as Sam Dread was drinking beer with wives Precious Mushaikwa and Popadopoules Droder Mollin.

Gondwe ordered his wives to shake their buttocks in front of men who were also drinking beer at the place but they refused. The accused then threw stones at the wives hitting their heads and legs.

In Mitigation the Gondwe said he has four wives including the complainants and 13 children under his care. Twelve of those are going to school and he pays their fees. A custodial sentence would therefore affect them negatively. He employs 60 workers at his mine and six at his farm who all depend on him for income.

In passing sentence Matura said Gondwe he is a first offender and he gave a guilty plea hence he did not waste the court’s time.- https://masvingomirror.com

POLICE are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.

The inmates were put on mandatory quarantine after they tested positive to the novel virus. They had been deported from neighbouring South Africa.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi told NewsDay yesterday that the hunt for the escapees was still on.

“The deportees are still on the run. We are still investigating the circumstances surrounding their escape,” he said.

There is mandatory quarantine for returning citizens regardless of the results of their COVID-19 tests.

In a statement last week, Nyathi described the escapees as COVID-19 “super-spreaders”.

“The ZRP warns members of the public against intentionally spreading COVID-19 pandemic to unsuspecting relatives, peers and the general public.

“The police will ensure that the law takes its course on the suspects and anyone who puts the lives of citizens at risk,” Nyath said.

He identified the escapees as Danis Chikora (36) Chief Nhema, Masvingo, Takunda Makuvaro (44) Makuvaro village, Masvingo, Cephas Dube (25) Chipanga village, Chipinge, Nonhlanhla Dhlamini (19) Khoza Primary School, Matopo, Primerose Manheya (24) 2906 Uve, Rusape and Danial Maringa (30) 4616 Kuwadzana, Harare.

Felix Nkosi (47) 4042 Magwegwe North, Bulawayo, Mathemba Simbamba (34) Stand 17 Portbery, Harare, Edgar Kubere (30) of Chitungwiza, Thamsanqa Sibanda (30) 14890 Nkulumane, Bulawayo, Meno Pouline Mahara (22) of South Down, Chipinge and Lee Mathema (42) Mbereko village in Mberengwa also escaped.- NewsDay

Sabbath School Summary

BY ELDER DR MASIMBA MAVAZA

The Resurrection of Moses

Lesson 1

Memory Text: Jude 9
“Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you!’ ” (Jude 9, NKJV).

INTRODUCTION
As we have seen all quarter, Moses is the central mortal in Deuteronomy. His life, his character, his messages pervade the book. Though, yes, Deuteronomy is about God and His love for ‘am yisra’el, “the people of Israel,” God often used Moses to reveal that love and to speak to His people Israel.
Now, as we come to the end of the quarter, the end of our study of Deuteronomy, we also come to the end of Moses’ life, at least his life here.
As Ellen G. White expressed it: “Moses knew that he was to die alone; no earthly friend would be permitted to minister to him in his last hours. There was a mystery and awfulness about the scene before him, from which his heart shrank. The severest trial was his separation from the people of his care and love—the people with whom his interest and his life had so long been united. But he had learned to trust in God, and with unquestioning faith he committed himself and his people to His love and mercy.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 470, 471.
As Moses’ life and ministry revealed much about the character of God, so, too, does his death and resurrection.

SABBATH: As the shepherd of the flock of God, Moses nursed, cared & prayed for the afflicted in Israel. Deuteronomy is about God but he is the central mortal in the book. His untiring labors & wise counsels depicts “God’s love for Israel” (‘am yisra’el). The hour came when he had to surrender his keys of office & resign his life into the hands of God (PP, p. 470, 471). Moses’ life, death, & resurrection reveals God.

SUNDAY: Mighty miracles of God was displayed before Israel. God fed them with manna & water in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:4, PP, p. 411). Yet, in the camp of Israel was doubts & murmurings. Moses did not consent when God sought to free him of his duty & destroy the people. In the want of water, the people conspired against Moses & Aaron. Their perversity led Moses to sin against God (Num. 20:1-13).

MONDAY: Humanly, the anger of Moses was understandable but his lack of faith was inexcusable in the sight of God. Myriad miracles was wrought by God through Moses. Yet, amid the complaints of the Israelites, Moses did not believe God. He disobeyed God & failed to glorify Him (Num. 20:12, 13, Deut. 31:2, 34:4, Exod. 3:2-16). To Israel, the sentence on Moses was an open rebuke (Num. 20:9-11).

TUESDAY: God didn’t renounce His promise made to Abram many years ago because Moses sinned. Abram’s seed would enter the godly land. Sadly, Moses would not (Gen. 12:7, Deut. 34:1-12). At a point, he was hopeless (PP, p. 471, 472). He had left the royal courts to lead Israel faithfully. But Israel provoked him to sin. God divinely showed him the land & had something better in store for him.

WEDNESDAY: The death of Moses was not the final chapter in his life. He would not enter Canaan but he was to enter heaven. Moses died, he was buried & mourned. But God raised him up. Great men of God may die but God shall raise them into eternity (Rev. 14:13, Jude 9). Christ Himself will rescue us & gift us His grace. Moses was guilty of pride but the Cross of Christ saved him (Isa. 14:14, PP, p. 479).

THURSDAY: A much better abode for sure was given to Moses (Heb. 12:22). He had his place not in an earthly Canaan or Jerusalem, but a heavenly Jerusalem which shall be the abode of all God’s redeemed. Moses is the first mortal known to be raised from the dead & Enoch & Elijah translated to heaven without dying (Gen. 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11). Resurrection & judgement awaits us (Rev. 20:7-15, 1 Cor. 15:13-22).

FRIDAY: Moses & Aaron assumed the power that belonged to only God when they angrily cried; “Must we fetch you water out of this rock?” It was as though the power lay with themselves. The only helper to fully rely on is God. By not being firm, Moses marred his record. God was dishonored. But grace found Moses & he was resurrected. He came with Elijah on the mount of transfiguration.

—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 418 & 479.

Keyword

PP- Patriarchs and Prophets

Captions

SUNDAY- The Sin Of Moses Part 1
MONDAY- The Sin Of Moses Part 2
TUESDAY- The Death Of Moses
WEDNESDAY-The Resurrection Of Moses
THURSDAY- The Resurrection Of Us All

Discussion Questions

? In one sense, yes, Moses was resurrected and brought to heaven shortly after his death. But at the same time, poor Moses (we assume) gets to witness the terrible mess of things down here. How fortunate that most of us will be resurrected after all the struggle on earth is over at the Second Coming. In what ways is this, then, a greater blessing than what Moses experienced?

? How does the story of Moses’ death and later resurrection show us how the New Testament, though often based on the Old Testament, does take us further than the Old Testament and can, indeed, shed much new light upon it?

? How is the story of Moses’ life, including smiting the rock in a fit of anger, an example of what it means to live by faith and to be saved by faith, apart from the deeds of the law?

? In class, talk about the promise of the resurrection at the end of time. Why is this so central to all our hopes? Also, if we can trust God on this (that is, on raising us from death), shouldn’t we be able to trust Him for everything else? After all, if He can do that for us, what can’t He do?

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Malawi national team coach Meke Mwase and his technical have trimmed the provisional squad for the Afcon 2021 to thirty players.

The adjusted selection will be camped in Saudi Arabia for ten days.

The first batch of the travelling squad left Blantyre on Thursday, and the second group of the team is expected to fly out on Friday.

According to the Flames’ head of the technical panel, Mario Marinica, more players will be dropped after the camp to assemble the final squad that will travel straight to Cameroon for the tournament.

Marinica told reporters on Wednesday: “The players in the provisional squad will have to prove themselves in the 10-day camp that we are going to have in Saudi Arabia because we are supposed to have a final squad that we will travel with, to Cameroon.”

The Flames will play two friendly matches against Mali on 30 December and Comoros on 4 January. The team will also have training matches with local clubs in Saudi Arabia.

Malawi is in group B alongside Senegal, Guinea and Zimbabwe.

Here is the squad:

Goalkeepers
Ernest Kakhobwe (Nyasa Big Bullets), William Thole (Be Forward Wanderers), Charles Thom (Silver Strikers

Defenders
Limbikani Mzava (Amazulu) Dennis Chembezi (Polokwane City) Nickson Mwase, Mark Fodya (Silver Strikers), Sankhani Mkandawire, Gomezgani Chirwa (Nyasa Big Bullets), Lawrence Chaziya (Civo Sporting), Paul Ndlobvu (MAFCO), Stanley Sanudi, Peter Cholopi (Be Forwards Wanderers)

Midfielders
John Banda (UD Songo), Charles Petro (Sheriff Tiraspol) Chimwemwe Idana (Nyasa Big Bullets) Chikoti Chirwa (Red Lions), Micium Mhone (Blue Eagles) Gerald Phiri Junior (Al Hillal), Robin Ngalande (St George), Yamikani Chester (Be Forward Wanderers) Schumacher Kuwali (UD Songo), Fransisco Madinga (FC Dilla Gori), Peter Banda (Simba Sporting Club), Zebron Kalima (Silver Strikers)

Strikers
Richard Mbulu (Baroka FC), Khuda Muyaba (Polokwane City), Henry Kumwenda (Butler Bulldogs) Gabadinho Mhango (Orlando Pirates, Stain Davie (Silver Strikers). – Soccer24 Zimbabwe

ZVISHAVANE – A notorious top Zvishavane gold dealer who pelted his two wives with stones after they refused to shake their bums for him in public has been sentenced to nine months in prison or a fine of RTGS$50 000.

Five months were suspended from three years on condition he doesn’t commit such a crime.

Samson Gondwe (48) assaulted his wives on December 4, 2021 when the gold dealer who is popularly known as Sam Dread was drinking beer with wives Precious Mushaikwa and Popadopoules Droder Mollin.

Gondwe ordered his wives to shake their buttocks in front of men who were also drinking beer at the place but they refused. The accused then threw stones at the wives hitting their heads and legs.

In Mitigation the Gondwe said he has four wives including the complainants and 13 children under his care. Twelve of those are going to school and he pays their fees. A custodial sentence would therefore affect them negatively. He employs 60 workers at his mine and six at his farm who all depend on him for income.

In passing sentence Matura said Gondwe he is a first offender and he gave a guilty plea hence he did not waste the court’s time.

Five months were suspended for three years on condition he doesn’t commit such a crime.

Samson Gondwe (48) assaulted his wives on December 4, 2021 when the gold dealer who is popularly known as Sam Dread was drinking beer with wives Precious Mushaikwa and Popadopoules Droder Mollin.

Gondwe ordered his wives to shake their buttocks in front of men who were also drinking beer at the place but they refused. The accused then threw stones at the wives hitting their heads and legs.

In Mitigation the Gondwe said he has four wives including the complainants and 13 children under his care. Twelve of those are going to school and he pays their fees. A custodial sentence would therefore affect them negatively. He employs 60 workers at his mine and six at his farm who all depend on him for income.

In passing sentence Matura said Gondwe he is a first offender and he gave a guilty plea hence he did not waste the court’s time.- https://masvingomirror.com

Own Correspondent| Opposition party ZAPU has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent comments about Gukurahundi atrocities reflect that he is unrepentant.

Mnangagwa, in his Unity Day statement, accused certain individuals of trying to reignite Gukurahundi.

According to ZAPU, Mr Mnangagwa is blaming Gukurahundi victims for his own actions.

Mnangagwa stands accused of unleashing terror on Ndebele- speaking people during the early 80s.

ZAPU spokesperson Msongelwa Ndlovu Mnangagwa said:
“Mnangagwa is unrepentant. It is unfortunate that he continues to make assertions that the victims caused the atrocities.

Otherwise, how do we explain his warning about reigniting Gukurahundi? How can you reignite what you didn’t start in the first place? The victims are suffering,” said Ndlovu.

Tinashe Sambiri ( Johannesburg)

The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa was a mere holder of his former boss Robert Mugabe’s suitcase during the liberation struggle, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has declared.

Mnangagwa does not at all qualify to speak about the sacrifices made during the liberation war, according to Chuma.

He wrote on Twitter :
“Mugabe’s suitcase holder during the liberation war @edmnangagwa is out to pilfer African liberation history. Through the African Liberation Museum, ED is desperate to portray himself along liberation icons like Julias Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah etc. He is a Gukurahundi murderer! https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1474102949441904648?s=20

MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza said:
“The problem is Mnangagwa believes ZANU PF structures are government structures.

We all know that the government has been working with ZANU PF aligned structures such as the chief’s council and certain captured organizations to purportedly address the Gukurahundi issue.”

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Tinashe Sambiri ( Johannesburg)

The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa was a mere holder of his former boss Robert Mugabe’s suitcase during the liberation struggle, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has declared.

Mnangagwa does not at all qualify to speak about the sacrifices made during the liberation war, according to Chuma.

He wrote on Twitter :
“Mugabe’s suitcase holder during the liberation war @edmnangagwa is out to pilfer African liberation history. Through the African Liberation Museum, ED is desperate to portray himself along liberation icons like Julias Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah etc. He is a Gukurahundi murderer! https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1474102949441904648?s=20

MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza said:
“The problem is Mnangagwa believes ZANU PF structures are government structures.

We all know that the government has been working with ZANU PF aligned structures such as the chief’s council and certain captured organizations to purportedly address the Gukurahundi issue.”

By Patrick Guramatunhu- “The country’s security chiefs are sweating over the possibility of tycoon James Makamba becoming Mashonaland Central provincial chairman for Zanu PF after he reportedly submitted his CV for the position last week, it has emerged,” reported New Zimbabwe.

“In confidential briefings to New Zimbabwe Monday, sources said the Mashonaland Central provincial joint operations command (JOC) has consistently expressed its concerns over his candidature in its meetings, especially over his previous alleged romantic affair with former first lady Grace Mugabe which led him into fleeing the country.”

Security concerns are that he is a daring man capable of doing anything after he allegedly “went after the wife of Africa’s most feared man at the time”.

“There is a strong belief among the security chiefs that he is daring, reckless and excitable. This is from a security point of view,” a security source said.

JOC chiefs “are sweating” and for good reason!

Anyone who has followed Zanu PF politics will know that JOC is the real power behind the throne. The 2014 factional war between Robert Mugabe and Mai Mujuru was mess but it was not dangerous, at least, not as dangerous as the G40 and Lacoste factional war that followed.

For those who don’t know, JOC is the Junta, composed of the top brass in the Army, Police, CIO and Prison Services plus a few select Zanu PF individuals headed by Robert Mugabe (until the fateful 15 November 2017 when he was booted out in the coup) and assisted by Emmerson Mnangagwa. JOC is the real power behind the throne in Zimbabwe.

JOC has always played a key role in the establishment and retention of the de facto one-party Zanu PF dictatorship starting with the Gukurahundi massacre that forced PF Zapu to sign the 1987 Unity Accord, laying the fountain of the one-party state. And over the years the Police and CIO have played the key role of disrupting, harassing and even killing Zanu PF’s political opponents and critics.

But, without doubt, JOC came to its own in the 2008 elections when the junta was called up to wrestle political power from Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends. It was none other than Emmerson Mnangagwa who step up and mobilised the Junta. ZEC was instructed not to declare the election result and JOC spend the next six weeks cooking up new election results.

Morgan Tsvangirai’s 73% votes, according to Mugabe’s Freudian slip, was whittled down to 47%, enough to force the runoff. During the runoff JOC conducted a military style Operation “Mavhotera ani!” (Whom did you vote for!) A rhetorical question since JOC had just spent the last six weeks cooking up the result.

Operation Mavhotera ani carried out by war veterans, Zanu PF militia with the Army, Police, CIO and Prison Services personal, under orders from JOC, carrying out the heavy-duty stuff like abducting and murders. The wanton violence was punishment for rejecting Zanu PF in the earlier vote.

“Zanu PF has declared war on the people!” complained Tsvangirai as he announced his withdrawal from the runoff.

Of course, everyone knew in executing operation Mavhotera ani JOC the Junta had crossed the Rubicon River; from hence forth the Army, the Police, CIO and the Prison Service will having keeping Zanu PF in power as its number one priority and serving the nation will come a poor second.

The 2014 factional war that resulted in Mai Mujuru and company being booted out was not a worrying moment for the Junta because neither Mai Mujuru nor anyone of her supporters commanded much support Junta support. Indeed, Mai Mujuru was blamed for Zanu PF’s electoral in the March 2008 and hence the reason she played no part in the coup that followed.

The November 2017 military coup was different in that it divided JOC itself. The Army and Prison Service supported the Lacoste faction whilst the Police and CIO supported G40 factions led by Grace Mugabe on behalf of her husband. Senior members in G40 faction, Police and CIO were either booted out of office or were haunted out of the country.

It should be stated here for the record that the 2008 to 2013 GNU offered Zimbabwe the best opportunity even to implement the democratic reforms and dismantle the Zanu PF dictatorship once and once for all. The reform, fully implemented, would have severed the bonds that have turned the Army, Police, etc. into Zanu PF departments in all but name.

Sadly, Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends who were entrusted the task of implementing the reforms failed to implement even one reform. Not even one!

“3/4 of the MDC leaders are double agents owned and controlled by Zanu PF. MDC is as much a department of Zanu PF in all but name just as the Army and Police!” boasted a Zanu PF crony.

Well, that would certainly explain why not even one MDC leader had the common sense to propose even one reform in five years of the GNU. And why MDC leaders are all, to the man and woman, insisting on participating in flawed and illegal elections even when ZEC has failed to produce something as basic as a verified voters’ roll.

It is hard to believe all the MDC leaders are that stupid to believe in these Chamisa “winning in rigged elections strategies”, especially after 41 years of rigged elections. Some MDC leaders are stupid, many. As for the reminder, they must be sell-outs!

It has been four years since the November 2017 military coup and the promised economic recovery has not materialised. When Mnangagwa proclaimed “Zimbabwe is open for business!” He was cocksure this was going to open the floodgate the much-needed investment and economic recovery. Well, there been no new investment and the economic meltdown has continued.

The failure by Mnangagwa to revive the economy means there is pressure in the country for change.

G40, Police and CIO members who were side-lined following the 2017 military coup have watched the economic meltdown and rubbed their hands with glen. They were blamed for the economic meltdown before the coup and now they cannot hide their pleasure in pointing out that the real criminals were those remained after the coup.

The failure to revive the economy has opened the door for G40 revival in Zanu PF. The G40 supporters cowed down in the aftermath of the November 2017 military coup have been emboldened by the worsening economic situation and growing public unrest.   

Even if JOC block James Makamba being elected chairperson of Mashonaland Central there will be more G40 leaders who will be elected into high office; the G40 faction revival is real and it is being fuelled by the economic meltdown.

JOC members know the revival of G40 is on the cards and rivalry in G40 and Lacoste will permeate into JOC. The mistrust between the two faction means JOC will have to step in once again to decide which faction prevails. The November 2017 military coup did not result in any bloodshed in the Army, Police, etc. the next coup may have a totally different outcome.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s commitment to allow open discussions about the Gukurahundi atrocities is under threat after armed police in Bulawayo yesterday besieged Stanley Hall in Makokoba and stopped a memorial event from taking place.

Police cordoned off the venue as early as 8:30am where the event was expected to be held and graced by various human rights’ groups pushing for redress of the 1980s killings.

The event was meant to coincide with the signing of the Unity Accord between the late former President Robert Mugabe and Zapu leader Joshua Nkomo on December 22 1987, to mark the end of the Gukurahundi killings.

The commemorations were supposed to start with a march from the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo statue in the city centre, organisers of the event said.

“We had notified the police about the commemorations, but were surprised that the police could not allow the event to go ahead,” one of the organisers, Ibhetshu LikaZulu co-ordinator Mbuso Fuzwayo said.

“They (police) said the gathering cannot go ahead and this is contrary to what the President is saying that the emotive issue must be talked about freely.”

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube was not answering his phone when reached for comment.

Former ZANU PF Chairperson  James Makamba has reportedly exited the party provincial group after the party Politburo disqualified him from contesting in the chairman race.

The security chiefs disqualified  Makamba who had submitted his curriculum vitae together with the incumbent  chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and Mazowe District  Coordinating Committee  (DCC) chairperson  Tafadzwa Musarara.

The race is now between Kazembe and Musarara who both hail from Mazowe and are political rivals from constituency level since 2013.

However, Makamba’s supporters have publicly thrown their weight on Musarara giving him an upper hand in Mount Darwin   while Kazembe is strong in Muzarabani where his collegue Minister of Energry has urged the whole district to vote for Kazembe.

ZANU PF national political commissar Mike Bimha announced  that provincial elections  will be held on December 28  and politiburo members Omega Hungwe and RM Ndlovu will be in- charge of Mash Central  provincial elections.

-Byo 24

Zimbabwe’s political environment is “toxic” with citizens polarised by personality politics, self-exiled former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has said.

Moyo was responding to a public backlash after he urged the MDC Alliance to divert funds raised for the purchase of a bullet-proof car for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa towards mobilising polling agents for the 2023 elections.

Zimbabweans in the diaspora have raised over US$120 000 for the purchase of an armoured vehicle after his convoy came under attack during his meet-the-people tours in rural areas.

Moyo said Zimbabwe was engrossed in personality politics.

“The one major reason why Zimbabweans, as a body politic, are ill-prepared to deal with the country’s deteriorated political conditions is because they are balkanised by the politics of affection; driven by principals over principles, wherein personalities always trump up ideas!,” Moyo tweeted.

“As a telling example of the toxic tragedy of Zimbabwe’s politics of affection today, last week I found myself in the ire of cultic anger, after I dared challenge the wisdom of the US$120 000 GoFundMe for a VIP bulletproof car for @nelsonchamisa.

“Notably, the trolls did not offer much of an argument nor really want me to explain myself; all they were about was to demonise me, as a person. Objectively speaking, it’s irrational for a party with no institutional capacity and in desperate need for administrative support, within the calendar cycle of a general election, to prioritise the purchase of a VIP bulletproof car for its leader.”

But MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere dismissed Moyo’s rant saying the fundraising drive was not a party initiative.

“The fundraising we have seen by the diaspora across the world is citizen driven not party driven. The citizens have the right to set their priorities and take action in the manner they see best to support the struggle,” Mahere said.

“The clear message from the people is that they will own, scaffold and support the struggle. They will stand shoulder to shoulder with Chamisa and the movement as we face persecution.”

Information permanent secretary Nick Mangwana recently said the yet-to-be bought vehicle risked being seized.

-Newsday

Former beauty queen and estranged wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa has launched a lone campaign for the top government official to be blocked from entering any country over alleged child abuse.

Mubaiwa accuses Chiwenga of denying her access to the couple’s three children since their messy separation 2019.

She is adamant this was a violation of the minors’ rights which should not be condoned either by the international community.

There are indications the VP intends to travel outside the country with the children, something that has ignited a spirited call by the troubled former model for any world country not to grant entry to Chiwenga.

Mubaiwa took to social media Thursday night to vent her frustrations about the treatment she has received from the VP, posting a series of tweets with almost similar messages.

“Allowing Constantino Chiwenga into any country with my children is accepting human trafficking as they are young children. Are my children still there, I wonder. He is breaking the laws that they put in place and breaking them…” she said.

The former model insists, “my children should not leave the country without my consent” adding, “our airport and immigration must not allow him to exit this country”.

Mubaiwa wants the United Nations Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court to intervene into her plight.

“UNHRC should not allow VP Chiwenga into any country until he gives me my children. I don’t know if they are still alive or if they are not being abused as he has no time for them. They are below 10years, International Criminal Court must take a look at this and assist,” she says.

She accuses the former military commander of abusing his current status as the country’s Vice President to violate the law.

Chiwenga, on his part, has insisted in court papers that his former wife was having mental health challenges, hence unsuitable to take custody of the couple’s children.

SELF-EXILED former minister Jonathan Moyo has withdrawn an offer to train MDC Alliance polling agents ahead of the elections expected in 2023, claiming the opposition party failed to take a clear position on the proposal.

Moyo said the MDC Alliance failed to make its position clear after an online publication said the offer had divided the opposition party, with some named officials said to have vowed to resist it.

Zanu-PF officials ridiculed Moyo.

The former Higher and Tertiary Education minister in September offered to support MDC Alliance polling agents at all polling stations in the Tsholotsho constituency and to train 44 000 polling agents.

“When neither the mentioned senior MDC Alliance officials nor the party clarified the situation, on the back of growing messages on various social media platforms that were sharing the article coupled with direct messages that were asking for my position, I wrote to the MDC Alliance secretary-general (Charlton Hwende) on October 11, 2021, withdrawing my offer to train MDC Alliance polling agents in Tsholotsho and to train the party’s 44 000  polling agents for the 2023 elections, citing the party’s silence,” Moyo said in an emailed response.

The MDC Alliance was found wanting in the 2023 elections after failing to field polling agents in several polling stations.

The opposition party rejected the 2018 election results, but admitted that it did not have data from a fifth of the nearly 11 000 polling stations due to lack of polling agents.

“My offer was based on having previously trained polling agents in particular, but generally, after having been directly involved in six elections – four of them as a candidate in 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2015 – and three of them as Zanu-PF’s publicity campaign manager in 2000, 2002 and 2013,” Moyo added.

“I also managed and co-ordinated the publicity campaign of the “Yes Vote” in the referendum of the 2000 draft constitution. Besides this direct participation in elections, I have run seminars and given numerous lectures and written articles and two books on elections in Zimbabwe.”

Hwende said the opposition party was still considering Moyo’s offer.

“We took note of the offer to assist Zimbabweans in defending their vote through training and also offering assistance. I have talked to a number of people who have also offered some form of help and once the modalities are in place, we will reach out to him and other Zimbabweans that have offered assistance,” Hwende said in a telephone interview.

Moyo, however, said without trained polling agents, it was difficult to back claims of election rigging.

“And sadly, while it is now taken as a given that every election in Zimbabwe since 1980, but particularly since 2000, has been stolen, the fact is that this axiomatic belief is not supported by any empirical evidence because there is none.”

-Newsday

BY A CORRESPONDENT| After making headlines in 2018 when his unprincipled interference and bullying of a female Harare Magistrate was laid bare for the world to see, Deputy Prosecutor General Michael Reza has torched another storm.

Reza has been caught with his hands in the cookie jar and now stands accused of siding with controversial land baron, Ken Sharpe in his long running court battle against Harare businessman George Katsimberis.

In his answering affidavit deposed before the High Court, Katsimberis who is seeking for a review of Harare Magistrate Letwin Rwodzi’s ruling which dismissed his application for referral of his case to the Constitutional Court said Reza and another state prosecutor Tafara Charambira had failed the objectivity test by siding with Sharpe and his accomplices.

The Harare developer accused Reza of developing an incestuous relationship with a Pokugara official named Tatiana Aleshina.

“My complaints against the prosecution were that they developed a health and incestuous relationship with complainants in particular a woman known as Tatiana Aleshina.

“The state would spend hours with this woman even though she was not a state witness,” said Katsimberis.

He further objected and questioned the basis of Charambira swearing an affidavit on behalf of the state without authority from his boss Mr Kumbirai Hodzi.

“I object to Tafara Chirambira making an affidavit on behalf of the state. The head of the state is the head of the national prosecuting authority. Therefore only Mr. Kumbirai Hodzi can swear in this affidavit

“In circumstances where he cannot swear for whatever reason, then the opposing affidavit filed by the state must indicate the authority from Mr Hodzi and why he is unable to make and swore an affidavit for and on behalf of the state,” added Katsimberis.

He also expressed concern over the tone of the opposing affidavit deposed by Charambira on behalf the state saying he had no knowledge of the matter in question but responded in a way that raised question marks on his relationship with Pokugara Properties and Sharpe.

“Besides the tone of the affidavit is not neutral. Firstly Mr Tafara Chirambira has no knowledge of the facts and of the dispute between myself Michael Van Blerk, Pokugara and Kenneth Raydon Sharpe.

“Yet he swears this affidavit as if he is aware of the facts and is in fact an official of Pokugara Properties,” said Katsimberis.

POLICE are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.

The inmates were put on mandatory quarantine after they tested positive to the novel virus. They had been deported from neighbouring South Africa.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi told NewsDay yesterday that the hunt for the escapees was still on.

“The deportees are still on the run. We are still investigating the circumstances surrounding their escape,” he said.

There is mandatory quarantine for returning citizens regardless of the results of their COVID-19 tests.

In a statement last week, Nyathi described the escapees as COVID-19 “super-spreaders”.

“The ZRP warns members of the public against intentionally spreading COVID-19 pandemic to unsuspecting relatives, peers and the general public.

“The police will ensure that the law takes its course on the suspects and anyone who puts the lives of citizens at risk,” Nyath said.

He identified the escapees as Danis Chikora (36) Chief Nhema, Masvingo, Takunda Makuvaro (44) Makuvaro village, Masvingo, Cephas Dube (25) Chipanga village, Chipinge, Nonhlanhla Dhlamini (19) Khoza Primary School, Matopo, Primerose Manheya (24) 2906 Uve, Rusape and Danial Maringa (30) 4616 Kuwadzana, Harare.

Felix Nkosi (47) 4042 Magwegwe North, Bulawayo, Mathemba Simbamba (34) Stand 17 Portbery, Harare, Edgar Kubere (30) of Chitungwiza, Thamsanqa Sibanda (30) 14890 Nkulumane, Bulawayo, Meno Pouline Mahara (22) of South Down, Chipinge and Lee Mathema (42) Mbereko village in Mberengwa also escaped.- NewsDay

POLICE are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.

The inmates were put on mandatory quarantine after they tested positive to the novel virus. They had been deported from neighbouring South Africa.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi told NewsDay yesterday that the hunt for the escapees was still on.

“The deportees are still on the run. We are still investigating the circumstances surrounding their escape,” he said.

There is mandatory quarantine for returning citizens regardless of the results of their COVID-19 tests.

In a statement last week, Nyathi described the escapees as COVID-19 “super-spreaders”.

“The ZRP warns members of the public against intentionally spreading COVID-19 pandemic to unsuspecting relatives, peers and the general public.

“The police will ensure that the law takes its course on the suspects and anyone who puts the lives of citizens at risk,” Nyath said.

He identified the escapees as Danis Chikora (36) Chief Nhema, Masvingo, Takunda Makuvaro (44) Makuvaro village, Masvingo, Cephas Dube (25) Chipanga village, Chipinge, Nonhlanhla Dhlamini (19) Khoza Primary School, Matopo, Primerose Manheya (24) 2906 Uve, Rusape and Danial Maringa (30) 4616 Kuwadzana, Harare.

Felix Nkosi (47) 4042 Magwegwe North, Bulawayo, Mathemba Simbamba (34) Stand 17 Portbery, Harare, Edgar Kubere (30) of Chitungwiza, Thamsanqa Sibanda (30) 14890 Nkulumane, Bulawayo, Meno Pouline Mahara (22) of South Down, Chipinge and Lee Mathema (42) Mbereko village in Mberengwa also escaped.- NewsDay

Police in Bulawayo on Wednesday blocked a Gukurahundi commemorative event held by pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu, at Stanley Square.

The annual event is held on 22 December to remember the 20 000 victims of the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities.

Ibhetshu LikaZulu had planned to march from Stanley Square to the Joshua Nkomo statue in the city centre but police details were deployed to block the event.

This year’s commemorations were held under the theme: “Can there be healing without truth-telling and justice?”

Speaking in an interview with CITE, Ibhetshu LikaZulu Secretary-General Mbuso Fuzwayo said the police conduct was not surprising. He said:
We are not surprised by the conduct of the police. They are part of the security forces that were responsible for the genocide.

It is sad that President Emmerson Mnangagwa always reiterates that people can now discuss openly Gukurahundi but every time when we hold commemorations they come and block us.

However, that is not going to stop the people from holding such events.

On 22 December 1987, the late ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo signed the Unity Accord with the late ZANU PF leader Robert Mugabe.

The agreement brought to an end the State-sponsored Gukurahundi massacres in the Matabeleland region and parts of Midlands province.-CITE

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti has pointed out that the Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa’s brutality is beyond measure.

According to Hon Biti, Mr Mnangagwa is an epitome of callousness.

The nation is grappling with relentless economic turmoil, violation of human rights and social unrest.

“The callousness of this regime , it’s brutality and heartlessness is beyond measure .

We have a duty to undo the undemocratic anomaly that Emmerson represents.We have a duty to rescue our country from the jaws of capture chaos & crassness.

Things certainly can’t go on like this,” argued Hon Biti.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s full statement on Unity Day:

This day, some 34 years ago, the founding fathers of our Nation, late Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo and Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe, appended their signatures to the iconic Document we know as the Unity Accord.

This momentous event of 22nd December 1987, extinguished fires of conflict which threatened our Nation, thus laying a strong foundation for the durable peace and unity we enjoy to this day.

It was a fine moment in the nation-building project, one whose priceless bequest has endured since, creating circumstances for stability, peace and national development.

On this day we thus stand back and reflect on the development which turned the fortunes of our Nation, indeed which spared our Nation the hurtful misunderstandings interposed, threatening peace and stability in those delicate, early years of our Independence.

We celebrate that reason eventually prevailed, giving us the glorious day we commemorate and celebrate today.

The key lesson from this preceding era of internal conflict should never be lost to us. Whatever differences and contradictions we face, or are likely to face in the future, these should always find resolution through peaceful dialogue in the interest of peace and national unity.

Nothing beats sitting down as one people to iron out any differences that exist or might arise. Peace in our Nation remains the foremost prize for which no price is too big to pay, no cause or ego too big to bend.

We are one, indivisible People, circumscribed by this our one Nation, built on this the only geopolitical space we can ever have as Zimbabweans.

As I address you, efforts continue to be deployed to build on that precious legacy of peace and national unity which the Unity Accord bequeathed us.

I have made it a personal mission to engage our citizens and our communities in the conflict zones of that unfortunate time of early Independence.

We have to boldly confront and tackle the aftermath of that era; heal wounds it left in its wake, and where possible, assuage persistent difficulties and challenges traceable to it.

This, I am resolved to do until we remove whatever bitter memories may still exist, and are likely to linger.

We are the generation that must resolve issues of early Independence conflict, so we release our children to move forward and ahead as a united people.

On countless occasions, I have met and interacted with interest groups, community and traditional leaders from Matabeleland and parts of Midlands, all with a view to establishing what needs to be done / so the after-effects of this regrettable era are put behind us.

Our traditional leaders, led by our Chiefs, have a great role to play in this regard. They preside over communities affected by the conflict; those hurt by the conflict are their subjects.

They know the hurts; hear all the cries from the era and have suggestions on what needs to be done.

As we give space to our traditional leaders to lead processes of reconciliation and repair, we should guard against those negative elements which aim to re-ignite frozen differences in order to throw us back into renewed conflict.

As always there are sinister forces that seek to profit from a divided and divisive past. They must not succeed.

We have built national institutions for conflict prevention, management and resolution. We have introduced in our daily workings, mechanisms to prevent conflicts, however minor or localised.

Above all, we continue to monitor and find answers to new, emerging situations of potential conflict so these are obviated before they occur. It is from such mechanisms, through such vigilance, that peace is forged and won, and that Nations get durably built.

A key area requiring and receiving serious attention is that of balanced, inclusive development which leaves no one and no community behind. Oftentimes, feelings of marginalisation or persistent inequities breed resentment and eventual conflict.

Examples abound on our continent, examples from which we must draw key lessons. Our cardinal policy on decentralised and devolved development is the answer.

That policy cedes decision-making and resources to communities who are empowered to draw up and implement plans for their own development and transformation.

That policy ensures broad-based, even development which ensures no person or community is left behind.

Through it, we address imbalances of history: both colonial and post-independent. Through it, we return Agency for development to individuals and communities.

Indeed through that far-reaching policy, we spread the benefits of growth and development evenly, thus avoiding the bane of a predatory State at the centre, vastly removed from the aspirations of individuals and communities.

We have started witnessing the benefits of Devolution. Across the length and breadth of our Nation, there is hardly any community in which some development activity is not taking place. Roads are being built; dams are being constructed and, lately, signature projects for rural industrialisation and development are being rolled out.

Fellow countrymen and women, we are well on the road to putting content to the Unity Accord whose interpretation must now go beyond conflict resolution, to encompass peace-building through even development.

The Unity Accord of 1987, today stands out as an Accord enabling spatially balanced, inclusive, community-driven development.

It is never an Accord or concept frozen in time or history. Rather, it is a dynamic that interacts with time and circumstances as our Nation evolves along its chosen trajectory.

Even though the signatories to the Unity Accord were two Sister Liberation movements, the threat and menace which that Accord cured and resolved was a national one.

Equally, the benefits accruing from it remain national in character. Those two considerations alone, make the Unity Accord larger than the two signatories, catapulting it into the coveted status of a National Gain, Resource and Heritage.

This, in effect, means the Unity Accord is our asset together as Zimbabweans. There should never be barriers of politics, colour, creed, language, region or tribe standing between us and its collective ownership.

Illustratively, all political formations in the country confirm it, one way or the other, through their structures and leadership choices.

That makes the Unity Accord a common possession, indeed a timeless guiding ethos. Our Nation stands by it or perishes for want of it.

Lately, we have witnessed an upsurge in gun-related crimes. There is a clear upsurge in the abuse of firearms, including violent armed robberies.

The government now treats this as a grave threat to personal and National Security. Decisive measures have now become necessary to put an end to this growing menace that threatens our otherwise peaceful, law-abiding Nation and citizenry. Those who dabble in arms will soon fall by the sword. Let them be warned.

As we celebrate this milestone Unity Accord, I want to remind us all that we still face the threat of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

We must act responsibly, always bearing in mind we are each other’s keepers. Only when we all heed those precautions – getting vaccinated; masking up; observing social distance; adhering to hygienic standards and getting tested regularly, and treated when affected – do we then ensure our collective safety as a Nation. This is especially important as we break for the festive period.

As I conclude, I once again pay tribute to the two great men and two Liberation Movements which gave us peace and national unity.

We all must validate these historic efforts by working for the same, indeed working to ensure National Unity is forever at the core of our National Ethos.

On behalf of you all, and of our entire Nation, I want to pay tribute to our two visionary leaders, and to all those they worked with in forging and making this glorious day.

Indeed so much work went into making this elusive development a reality. So many meetings; countless false starts; seemingly insurmountable points of differences, yet all getting resolved in the end, against the firm resolve to work for, and win the peace and national unity for our Nation. We are truly grateful to these two great men.

The two Liberation Movements, ZANU and PF-ZAPU, rose to the challenge of reuniting the very Nation they had wrestled from settler colonialism and were poised to jointly rebuild from the ashes of a bloody, protracted armed struggle. But the grave cycle of internal conflict has characterised post-Liberation Africa.

I wish you a pleasant Christmas break and a happy and promising New Year ahead. Above all, I urge you to enjoy yourselves responsibly; and to exercise due care as you drive to and from your rural homes and holidays.

Happy Unity Day, Dear Zimbabweans!

God Bless our Nation

Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabwe Centre for Equal Opportunities president Paddington Japajapa has threatened to mobilize football fans to protest at the Sports and Recreation Commission’s decision to suspend the ZIFA board.

Japajapa, a veteran football administrator and former Caps United public relations manager, blasted the Sports and Recreation Commission for bringing the game of football into disrepute.

Below is part of Japajapa’s argument on the feud between ZIFA and the Sports Commission…

Whilst Mhlotswa who has got no experience at all in dealing with Soccer administrative issues, a former Chairman of Polo Association of Zimbabwe is better Placed in dealing with horse riding issues than soccer, we demand that he must stop messing up with the world,s most Beautiful Game, as enaunciated by Brazilian Soccer legend Adson Arantes Donacimento, better known as Pele.

The clueless and direction less Gerald Mlotswa SRC Board wants to be seen to be doing something, after years of failing to achieve anything meaningful for Sports in the Country.

All previous SRC Boards in Zimbabwe have got well documented historical evidence of failure in terms of Sports Administration, in the country, ever since attainment of Independence from 1980, up to date. Instead of SRC disbanding the ZIFA Board actually the Government must disband the SRC Board itself,for doing nothing in terms of Sports Development.

For the Mhlotswa Administration to vent its anger at an innocent ZIFA Board, that has been working very hard under very difficult Circumstances,created by the harsh economic environment that has been brought about by the ever misfiring and corrupt Zanu PF Regime, lead by President Mnangagwa, is so surprising and a shame.

Surely what else does this helpless and clueless SRC Board expect from the Felton Kamambo Zifa Board, after they managed to qualify for the January 2022, Africa Nations Cup finals in Cameroun.SRC cannot accuse Kamambo,s Board for failing to qualify for the world Cup finals, in Quatar in 2024, because ever since Independence in 1980, no Zimbabwean National Soccer team has ever qualified for the World Cup Finals.

Perfomance of all previous Zifa Boards that have ever held ZIFA office since 1980, is judged by Qualification of the National Soccer teams for AFCON after every two years.

The spurious accusations that have been levelled against Kamambo,s Zifa Board do not constitute commission of serious offence, that warrants disbandment.

The SRC Board falsely accused the Zifa of financial misappropriation,an accusation that has been rebutted by the Magistrate Courts and Police Investigations.

kamambo and his Board Members were recently exonerated by the courts after a full trial, if there was any true misappropriation of funds, then the Courts were suppose to find them guilty and convict them to jail sentence.Mhlostwa and his rag tag SRC gang also tried to mislead the Nation by falsely accusing the ZIFA Board Members of Sexual harassment of female referees, why is there not even one single Report with ZRP, by the alleged victims of the said sexual harassment, sexual harassment qualifies for criminal prosecution under the Criminal Law Code and reform Act, which means its all cooked up stories, in an attempt to tarnish the good images of the current ZIFA Board Members.

As Zimbabweans we cannot allow our Beautiful game of Soccer to be destroyed by a bunch of misguided SRC Board, who are using there political connections to ban innocent ZIFA Board Members.As ZCEO we are demanding for the immediate revocation of the SRC banishment order imposed on the Felton Kamambo ZIFA Board, and immediate reinstatement of the Board to their previous Status Quo.

We cannot allow ourselves to be abused and taken advantage of by Gerald Mhlotswa’s Political connections with the first family.

Failure to lift the illegal and unlawful ban of the ZIFA Board by the clueless bunch at SRC, means we shall be left with no option.

As Zimbabweans who want to see our National Soccer team participating at AFCON Finals in January 2022, we shall apply for Permission under (MOPA) Maintenance of Public Order Act, to the Officer Commanding Harare Police District,for permission to demonstrate against those SRC Board Members, so that they can resign and leave office with immediate effect. Millions of Soccer loving Zimbabweans cannot be prejudiced of their constitutional right to watch their beloved National Soccer team playing at AFCON Finals in January 2022.

Most of theose SRC Board Members have never played soccer since childhood, hence they understand little about Soccer Administration.