Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa is a man of wisdom and integrity.

The popular Movement for Democratic Change leader has dismissed claims by his rivals that he does not have a comprehensive political plan.

“WIN BIG, WIN IN SILENCE AND IN STYLE. AND LET THEM THINK YOU HAVE NO PLAN. The future Is exciting!! Have a blessed day friends,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.

MDC Alliance spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi has also pointed out that the unlawful deprivation of the party’s funding by the regime is a futile attempt to decimate the people’s struggle.

“The unlawful deprivation of MDC Alliance funding by the regime is a futile attempt to decimate the main opposition. This won’t stand in the way of our 6 million vote target. We will leave no stone unturned in our quest to garner 6 million votes & win Zimbabwe for change,” Mahere said.

The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) was on Sunday forced to temporarily suspend toll fees collection after a haulage truck crashed Esigodini tollgate injuring two employees.

The incident plunged the tollgate into darkness as infrastructure was destroyed.

A haulage truck driver who was coming from Gwanda heading to Bulawayo is said to have crashed into the tollgate structure soon after making the payment.

A Chronicle news crew visited the toll plaza yesterday afternoon and observed that
the booth in the Gwanda-Bulawayo Lane had been destroyed.

Zinara employees were yesterday manually collecting the toll fees and putting the
cash in bags.

Computers which they normally use to detect vehicle registration numbers were also
damaged.

There was no electricity as cables were damaged as a result of the accident.

Zinara spokesperson, Mr Tendai Mugabe said the incident occurred just after 9PM.
“It (the haulage truck) arrived at the tollgate and stopped at the toll point where the
driver paid the toll fees.

When he was just about to leave the tollgate, we don’t know what happened he just
accelerated and hit the tolling booth injuring our two cashiers,” said Mr Mugabe.

He said the truck crashed the barriers that protect the booth and in the process
damaged the computers.

“It plunged the whole tolling site into darkness because the accident also affected
electricity cables. We temporarily suspended toll fees collection and resumed
manually later,” said Mr Mugabe.

He said Zinara technicians were on the ground to assess the damage and fix the
problem.

The tollgate is being expanded into a four-way to reduce traffic congestion.

-State Media

By Farai D Hove | It was a robbery but there was a lot of stage managing amid it all.

As the country experiences a spate of continuous armed robberies, legal academic Alex Magaisa has spoken over the sudden backfiring against the parly-looter, Thokozani Khupe who created her own MDC party and stole the political finance money allocated the country’s most popular party President Nelson Chamisa, last year May 2020.

Comementing Tuesday morning, Magaisa said: “The problem with some robberies comes not at the time of stealing but at the stage of managing and sharing the loot.”

The development comes as it was revealed Khupe is currently making overtures to rejoin Chamisa at a time when she is also suing her sudden-nemesis Douglas Mwonzora..

On this Magaisa continued saying: “Some of us said it would end in tears and it’s not surprising that they are now tearing each other apart.

” None of them is entitled to the loot & they’re fighting!”

By A Correspondent- Tempers flared at the Master of the High Court offices yesterday as relatives of the late RGM End Time Message church founder Robert Martin Gumbura haggled over the appointment of an executor for his estate.Gumbura succumbed to COVID-19 in August this year after serving less than five years of his 40-year prison term for raping several female congregants.
The late cleric was serving his jail sentence at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, where he died, leaving behind a vast empire.
The issue pertaining to distribution of his estate was heard by Assistant Master of the High Court only named as Hamandishe, who was told that Gumbura’s 17 widows who were represented by Lovemore Madhuku were in favour of their nephew Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi as the executor of the estate, while other family members that include the cleric’s brothers and sisters were allegedly in favour of Gumbura’s young brother, Innocent.
Gumbura’s widows appeared in court all dressed in black outfits and dark sunglasses.
They remained calm during the proceedings, while their aunties and the late Gumbura’s brothers spoke in high-pitched voices during the hearing.
Some of Gumbura’s children also came in solidarity with their mothers, and they supported their mothers’ choice of Nyathi as the executor of the estate.
Madhuku said the issue of who would be the executor had caused the hearing to take long to conclude.
“All the wives chose Gumbura’s nephew Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi, but other relatives were totally against it. They wanted Gumbura’s brother Innocent to be the executor, that’s why the hearing took so long. But the master was very clear that the court has to take into account the views of potential beneficiaries,” Madhuku said.
He added that the next step was for Gumbura’s nephew to be formally appointed as executor of the estate before an advert of the late cleric’s estate will be published to enable debtors and creditors to come forth.
Gumbura’s brother insisted that he was the rightful executor since he played the role of father to the late pastor’s children.
He said he was the one who represented the children during the time his brother was in custody, in marriage ceremonies, and in all processes that required someone to play the father figure.
But Hamandishe told Innocent that the appointment of another executor did not necessarily mean that he would be stripped of his fatherly role.
Madhuku also applauded Gumbura’s official widow for accommodating her co-widows despite the fact that she was the only one who formally wedded the late convict.
Apart from the 17 widows, Gumbura left behind 34 children, an estate comprising a compound that includes a central home, multiple surrounding cottages and a church building.
Gumbura also had 11 houses, a farm, mine and a fleet of 20 vehicles.
He also left behind 18 minor children, with the youngest one aged seven.
He was initially slapped with a 50-year jail term, but 10 years were set aside on condition of good behaviour.
Gumbura was also convicted for possession of pornographic material.
At the time of his death, he was facing another charge of trying to break out of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
Newsday

By A Correspondent- The South African government has withdrawn a circular sent to banks that prompted the banks to threaten to close the accounts of Zimbabweans who hold special permits known as Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs).

About 200 000 Zimbabweans hold special visas which had allowed them to stay in South Africa since 2009.

On 25 November, South Africa’s Cabinet issued a statement saying the special permits, which expire on 31 December 2021, will not be renewed.

It also announced a 12-month grace period for ZEP holders to apply for other permits that suit their circumstances and threatened to deport those who fail to do so.

However, in an interview on Monday, South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the circular sent to banks was withdrawn because it created confusion.

He said permit holders still have the right to stay in the country for another 12 months and should therefore have access to their accounts.

South Africa’s cabinet resolved to end the exemption program after the governing ANC suffered its worst-ever electoral performance in municipal and national elections.

In the elections held on 1 November, ActionSA, an anti-immigrant party formed by former Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba, won 16% of the votes in the city in its first contest and a large proportion of the ballots in the capital, Pretoria.

More: News24

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said no development act or project is too small or insignificant.

He made the remarks while defending the commissioning of Kudzanai Bus Terminus in Gweru Monday.

His remarks come at the backdrop of criticism from his critics who argue that some of the initiatives the president is commissioning could have been commissioned by his junior lieutenants.

They say he is desperate to be seen as championing development when there is little to show. He said:
We all have a responsibility to play towards building our great country. No act or project is too small or too insignificant; brick by brick, stone upon stone let us arise and build our motherland, in line with Vision 2030.
Bus companies & other transport operators must pick up passengers at designated pick-up &drop-off points, kwete zvekungomira kwese kwese [not waiting for transport from every corner]. A process is presently underway to support SMEs to construct modern bus stops which are safe & convenient for use by our people.
This development is part of efforts to modernise our transport infrastructure. It follows a resolution by my Government, instructing all local authorities to take advantage of the Covid-19 induced lockdown to decongest, renovate and refurbish marketplaces.

The refurbishment of the Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus in Gweru commenced last year.
The terminus was closed in 2020 for an upgrade after Gweru City Council partnered with a private contractor, Bentach Resources.
It was partially opened in August this year.
The refurbishment followed a 9th Cabinet Resolution for Local Authorities to take advantage of the lockdown to decongest, renovate and refurbish marketplaces.

By A Correspondent- MDC-T co-vice President Thokozani Khupe has approached the courts in a bid to stop party leader Douglas Mwonzora from recalling her from Parliament for demanding to see the party’s meeting minutes.

Khupe, through her lawyers, Monday filed an urgent chamber High Court application in Bulawayo.

Khupe had demanded minutes of the MDC-T National Council meeting held in Harare on 26 November 2021 during which she claims resolutions and recommendations were made to expel her and her allies.

Khupe alleges that some tribal remarks were made during the meeting.

In her court papers, she cites the Movement for Democratic Change, Mwonzora, Morhen Komichi (MDC-T chairperson), Purina Mupariwa (MDC-T Secretary-General), The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, and the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, in that order, as 1st to 7th respondents.
Meanwhile, Mwonzora has so far denied the allegations that he plots to recall his deputy.

Some reports say Khupe has been having talks with Nelson Chamisa, leader of rival MDC Alliance during which she allegedly proposed that she would like to join the party.
Khupe, who is said has never been fine since her loss of the presidency to Mwonzora at last year’s chaotic congress, denies the allegations.
MDC-T spokesperson, Witness Dube said there were no plans to recall Khupe adding that the party reserves the right to recall individuals who would have joined other parties.

By A Correspondent- South Africa dumped a plan that would have forced about 200 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders to leave the country.

The Department of Home Affairs gave no reason for withdrawing the cabinet’s Nov. 25 decision to end the permits.

The decision had drawn a chorus of complaints from human rights groups that threatened to mount a court challenge.

They argued that Zimbabweans who have been living in South Africa for more than a decade were going to be sent back to a country with few economic opportunities and high levels of political repression.

The exemption only applied to Zimbabweans who entered South Africa before the arrangement was enacted in 2009.

Sharon Ekambaram, head of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights in Johannesburg, welcomed the reversal. Ekambaram said:

It does call for a debate on how we manage movement in the region without infringing on peoples’ human rights and their dignity.

The plan had been to end the permit on December 31 and allow permit-holders to apply for different visas or be deported after 12 months. There are a few other permits they can apply for.

Ekambaram said previously in a letter signed by 46 organizations, that had the plan gone through, the Zimbabwean permit holders’ lives would have been disrupted.

Children were being denied the opportunity to register for school, employers refusing to renew work contracts, and banks denying services or withholding access to accounts. 

More: Business Tech

By A Correspondent- Power struggles involving MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora and his deputy, Thokozani Khupe have spilt into the courts.

Khupe filed an urgent court application Monday seeking to bar Mwonzora from recalling her from parliament.

Khupe also cited in the court challenge the party’s national chairman Morgen Komichi.

By A Correspondent- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya said Zimbabwe has a single currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, and there is no currency called RGTS or Nostro.

Responding to Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube on the platform In Conversation with Trevor, Mangudya said the Zimbabwe dollar was the country’s sole currency.

Ncube had asked the central bank chief to shed light on the identity of the local currency since traders use various terms such as EcoCash, Nostro, Swipe, RTGS and bond, among others.

In response, Mangudya said:

Our local currency is called the Zimbabwe dollar. I always meet people who say RTGS, bond note, the local currency in Zimbabwe is called the Zimbabwe dollar

… The confusion comes from the fact that in 2019 when we separated the local currency from the foreign currency, and we had a Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019, we referred to the local currency as the RTGS, and subsequently changed to the local currency called the Zimbabwe dollar.

So there is Nostro, and such because people are perhaps too educated they use all kinds of acronyms.

Asked by Ncube if he was not worried about presiding over an economy where so many acronyms are used, Mangudya said:

It does not worry me, because there is diversity in Zimbabwe.

As long as we speak the same language, I know when they are referring to the RTGS, they are talking about the Zimbabwe dollar.

Maybe from this conversation, we need to change the narrative.

The narrative of our local currency is called the Zimbabwe dollar, and the foreign currency that we are using here, we normally use the US dollar, rand or British pounds, but predominantly in the market there is the US dollar, that is what is being used.

The other currencies can be accepted. There is nothing called Nostro.

Nostro, these are accounts for banks in foreign banks, these are foreign currency accounts.

So, in the foreign currency accounts, we have got foreign currency in those accounts, but we do not have Nostro.

So, people confuse again the term Nostro.

Nostro means our account with you in a foreign bank.

The opposite of Nostro is Vostro, which means their account in our box.

So, the term Nostro, what they are referring to because you still remember we had a virtual US dollar and money that was physical money in the Nostro accounts.

I empathise with the people of Zimbabwe, I empathise with them.

I know what they are referring to.

It does not bother me because I know exactly what they are saying, but for purposes of this conversation, it is local currency, foreign currency accounts and foreign currency.

By A Correspondent- Armed robbers pounced at Sonking Resources, a company located in Kadoma, and got away with US$25 000 cash and other valuables.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said the robbers shot one of the people who reside at the premises demanding cash.

The police announced in a statement Monday saying: The ZRP is investigating a robbery case that occurred on 10/12/21 at about 2230hrs, where five unknown suspects who were armed with four unidentified pistols pounced at Sonking Resources, Kadoma and attacked nine complainants who reside at the company premises.

The suspects tied the complainants with shoelaces and shot one of the complainants on the armpit while demanding cash. They ransacked the offices and stole a CCTV saver, a Samsung cellphone and US$25 000 cash.- ZimEye

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance vice president Hon Lynette Karenyi-Kore has urged young people in Chivi North Constituency to register to vote in numbers.

The Zanu PF rigging system will find it difficult to manipulate figures citizens vote in large numbers.

Addressing villagers and community leaders in Chivi on Saturday, Hon Karenyi-Kore described peasant farming as strenous and stressful.

” The MDC Alliance government will introduce modern farming methods. Our people are overworking yet what they produce is not enough to fend for their families,” said VP Karenyi-Kore .

“Yesterday, VP
@KarenyiKore
toured Chivi South where she met community leaders, participated in an event to mark #16Days& was invited by citizens to tour their fields & hear their concerns. Every homestead & every village is saying #NgaapindeHakeMukomana. #6MillionVotes,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.

By A Correspondent- A security guard was shot and injured on Monday morning at the National Pharmaceutical (Natpharm) Company in Bulawayo in a suspected armed robbery incident.

The guard was rushed to United Bulawayo Hospitals for treatment.
Details were still sketchy as to how many robbers had tried to raid Natpharm.

The suspected armed robbers did not get away with anything in the process.
When a Chronicle news crew arrived at the scene at about 8AM, police details had surrounded the premises and were collecting statements from those who were at the scene.
But no one seemed to have much details on the raid with those at the scene saying the shot security guard was the only one who knew exactly what could have happened.

Royal Security chief inspector Mr Musafare Charasika said their security guard had been rushed to hospital following the shooting incident.
“I don’t have the exact details as to what happened. What I have been told is that a driver employed by Natpharm only heard some sounds as he left the premises but did not think it was anything of concern. But when he returned a few minutes later, he found security officers from a neighbouring company at the scene while our security guard was lying on the ground saying he had been shot,” said Mr Charasika.
He said it is not clear where the shooters were coming from.
“No one knows how many raiders were there. It’s probably our guard who has all that information but he has been rushed to hospital for treatment,” he said.
Natpharm spokesperson Mr Munyaradzi Musiiwa said the company will soon release a statement on the shooting incident.

NatPharm is a parastatal with a mandate to procure, store and distribute medicines and medical supplies to public health institutions across the country.

-State media

By A Correspondent- The police are investigating a suspected murder case after the remains of a five-year-old girl were found scattered on Nyanga mountain on Friday.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says the deceased was reported on 4 December while in the company of an unnamed 38-year-old male suspect. Said the police in a statement:

The ZRP is investigating circumstances surrounding a murder case in which remains of a five-year-old female juvenile were found on a mountain in Nyanga on 10/12/21, with some body parts seen scattered at the scene of the crime.

The victim, who had been reported missing on 4/12/21, was last seen in the company of a male suspect (38) walking towards the suspect’s residence. Anyone with information to report at any nearest Police station.

This is happening barely a week after a 25-year-old Shamva man was been arrested for kidnapping a 4-year-old girl whom he dumped on a nearby mountain after stripping her naked.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) say Tatenda Amon left a beer bottle and his hat which were used to identify him. 

Some of the many reported cases of abduction and murder of children have reportedly been for ritual purposes.

The most known case is that of Tapiwa Makore, a seven-year-old Murehwa boy who was murdered gruesomely, by his uncle in September last year.

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said no development act or project is too small or insignificant.

He made the remarks at the commissioning of Kudzanai Bus Terminus in Gweru.
His remarks come at the backdrop of criticism from his critics who argue that some of the initiatives the president is commissioning could have been commissioned by his junior lieutenants.

They say he is desperate to be seen as championing development when there is little to show. He said:
We all have a responsibility to play towards building our great country. No act or project is too small or too insignificant; brick by brick, stone upon stone let us arise and build our motherland, in line with Vision 2030.
Bus companies & other transport operators must pick up passengers at designated pick-up &drop-off points, kwete zvekungomira kwese kwese [not waiting for transport from every corner]. A process is presently underway to support SMEs to construct modern bus stops which are safe & convenient for use by our people.
This development is part of efforts to modernise our transport infrastructure. It follows a resolution by my Government, instructing all local authorities to take advantage of the Covid-19 induced lockdown to decongest, renovate and refurbish marketplaces.

The refurbishment of the Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus in Gweru commenced last year.
The terminus was closed in 2020 for an upgrade after Gweru City Council partnered with a private contractor, Bentach Resources.
It was partially opened in August this year.
The refurbishment followed a 9th Cabinet Resolution for Local Authorities to take advantage of the lockdown to decongest, renovate and refurbish marketplaces.

By A Correspondent- Masvingo provincial court has closed business after five officials tested positive to following Covid-19.

The five tested positive after the court conducted tests at the workplace on Thursday.

The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests were carried out in Court 5 and there were 25 officials who were tested.

Those who tested positive are now in self-quarantine.
The tests indicated that B.1.1.529 (Omicron) was detected in their bodies.
Masvingo Provincial Magistrate, Enias Magate confirmed the matter to The Mirror but referred questions to Chief Magistrate, Faith Mushure.
Masvingo Provincial court last Friday closed around 1pm to allow fumigation of the courts and offices.

By A Correspondent- South Africa dumped a plan that would have forced about 200 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders to leave the country.

The Department of Home Affairs gave no reason for withdrawing the cabinet’s Nov. 25 decision to end the permits.

The decision had drawn a chorus of complaints from human rights groups that threatened to mount a court challenge.

They argued that Zimbabweans who have been living in South Africa for more than a decade were going to be sent back to a country with few economic opportunities and high levels of political repression.

The exemption only applied to Zimbabweans who entered South Africa before the arrangement was enacted in 2009.

Sharon Ekambaram, head of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights in Johannesburg, welcomed the reversal. Ekambaram said:

It does call for a debate on how we manage movement in the region without infringing on peoples’ human rights and their dignity.

The plan had been to end the permit on December 31 and allow permit-holders to apply for different visas or be deported after 12 months. There are a few other permits they can apply for.

Ekambaram said previously in a letter signed by 46 organizations, that had the plan gone through, the Zimbabwean permit holders’ lives would have been disrupted.

Children were being denied the opportunity to register for school, employers refusing to renew work contracts, and banks denying services or withholding access to accounts. 

More: Business Tech

By A Correspondent- MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe has resisted bullying by the party President Douglas Mwonzora and took him to court over plans to fire her.

Khupe filed an urgent court application Monday seeking to bar Mwonzora from recalling her from parliament.

Khupe also cited in the court challenge the party’s national chairman Morgen Komichi.

#Breaking @DrThoko_Khupe takes @OurMDCT @DMwonzora and Komichi to court over alleged pending recalls. She had filled an urgent application. Gloves off. pic.twitter.com/xmZImgLDMl

— HStvNews (@HStvNews) December 13, 2021

By A Correspondent- MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe has filed an urgent court application seeking to bar party President Douglas Mwonzora from recalling her from parliament.

In her application, Khupe also cited the party’s national chairman Morgen Komichi.

#Breaking 

@DrThoko_Khupe

 takes 

@OurMDCT

@DMwonzora

 and Komichi to court over alleged pending recalls. She had filled an urgent application. Gloves off.

#Breaking @DrThoko_Khupe takes @OurMDCT @DMwonzora and Komichi to court over alleged pending recalls. She had filled an urgent application. Gloves off. pic.twitter.com/xmZImgLDMl

— HStvNews (@HStvNews) December 13, 2021

By A Correspondent- A 37-year-old Zimbabwean truck has been arrested by police in Mpumalanga, South Africa, for allegedly smuggling a consignment of counterfeit tekkies worth R3, 8 million from Mozambique.

The man whose identity is yet to be revealed was busted at the neighbouring country’s border with Mozambique (Lebombo) on Thursday last week.
Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the man was allegedly found in possession of illicit tekkies packed in bales.
“Reports indicate that members of the SAPS from Lebombo Border were on duty on the said day when they noticed a suspicious truck driven by a certain man,” said Brig Mohlala.
“The truck was travelling from Mozambique into the country and the members then conducted a search leading to the discovery of various brands of sneakers starched inside.
“The man, who is Zimbabwean, was then arrested and charged for possession of counterfeit goods”.
He said the suspect is expected to initially appear at the Komatipoort Magistrate’s Court today.
The senior police officer said the truck, which is valued at R3, 5 million had been confiscated along with the counterfeit sneakers.
The incident comes a few days when a 31-year-old Zimbabwean truck driver, Tonderai Moshayi, was arrested for attempting to run over a traffic police officer at the same border post.
His fellow countrymen, Patrick Ncube (31), was also arrested after he attempted to bribe a senior traffic police officer with R4 000 in the Komatipoort area to secure Moshayi’s release.
The matter is now under investigation by South Africa’s organised crime unit, the Hawks.
Hawks spokesperson for Mpumalanga, Captain Dineo Sekgotodi said the duo were expected to make their formal bail application at the Komatipoort Magistrates Court soon.
“It is alleged that on 17 November 2021, Tonderai Moshayi from Zimbabwe who is a truck driver was at Lebombo Port of Entry when he bypassed other truck drivers who had queued for their turn to cross the border.
He was stopped by the traffic police for a routine inspection of the truck. When the routine check was done, it was discovered that the truck had an expired disc,” she said.
After which, Moshayi was asked about the documents of the truck, and he became violent and drove away nearly running over the traffic officer.
He was then pursued and he stopped the truck, and locked himself inside the truck, refusing to talk to the traffic police officers.
The man only gave in at the persuasion of his employer in Limpopo province.
He was arrested and charged for attempted murder and operating an un-roadworthy vehicle.
“On the following day, other Zimbabwean truck drivers contributed an amount of R4 000 and allegedly went to approach the traffic officer, who had arrested Moshayi to secure his release.
“It is further alleged that they initially promised to give R10 000. The traffic officer reported to the Hawks that he was being offered a bribe and a trap was set leading to Ncube’s arrest when he came to deliver the bribe money,” said Capt Sekgotodi. Herald

By A Correspondent- Transport operators have hiked fares due to the worsening fuel shortages.

Transport operators hiked fares by over 100%, with a local route usually pegged at $60 now costs $200.

It has also resulted in the black market fuel resurfacing, with five litres going for US$12, up from US$7.
Last week, government said the fuel shortages were being caused by maintenance works at Beira in Mozambique.
Operators plying the Harare-Bulawayo route increased their fares from US$15 to US$25, while those plying rural routes also increased their fares.
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) yesterday warned unscrupulous operators, adding the unsanctioned increases were a cause of concern.
They urged government to intervene.
PAZ president Tafadzwa Goliath said: “Fares can only increase if there is a fuel hike, and also if government has approved it. People do not have money, they were affected by the COVID-19 lockdown, and they are still incapacitated. The operators should understand all this and be kind to the passengers.”
Goliath said transport operators should desist from taking advantage of passengers by sticking to their normal fares since salaries were too low, and they were already languishing in poverty.
However, he said some operators were forced to increase fares due to the high demand of transport sparked by the fuel shortages.
“Transporters overcharge commuters during the festive season due to demand. They also want to profit in anticipation of huge volumes of travellers during the festive season. But we don’t encourage the illegal hikes,” Goliath said.
He warned travellers against using private transport, adding that they should adhere to World Health Organisation set regulations and protocols to avoid contracting COVID-19.
Government last week said the fuel crisis was being addressed, adding that the situation would normalise beginning today. Motorists have, however, been hoarding the precious liquid in anticipation of a dry festive season. Newsday

By A Correspondent- MDC-T deputy leader Thokozani Khupe is reportedly having talks with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa with the intention of joining the party.

ZimLive reports that talks between Khupe and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have caused ructions in the MDC-T which is reportedly planning to recall her from parliament. MDC-T has dismissed reports of a plot to recall her.

MDC-T insiders say Khupe never fully accepted her defeat at the December 2020 Congress which saw her losing the presidency to Douglas Mwonzora. ZimLive quotes an anonymous MDC Alliance official as saying:

The lines of communication between the Khupe and the MDC Alliance leadership are very open, and very busy.

Khupe’s growing disquiet opened a flank for Chamisa to woo her back into the fold as he bids to strengthen the MDC Alliance in Matabeleland, where Khupe remains a political force.

Chamisa has also reached out to other MDC founding leaders in Matabeleland including former chairman Lovemore Moyo and the former organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe, who joined him on his tour of Matabeleland South last month.

Chamisa’s spokesman Nkululeko Sibanda said Chamisa wants to lead this country and building a nation is not a partisan enterprise. He added: 

His focus is to get every citizen to support change.

The MDC Alliance stands ready to welcome all comrades who underestimated Douglas Mwonzora’s complicity and connivance with the regime to frustrate change.

Khupe’s spokesman Ntando Ndlovu denied that she has held talks with the MDC Alliance. Ndlovu said:

Dr Khupe would like to place it on record that she has never held any discussions with any party about working together or anything of the sort.

These reports come after Khupe’s lawyers wrote to the MDC-T secretary-general Paurina Mupariwa on December 6 raising concerns about a resolution allegedly passed by the party’s national council to recall her and her supporters from parliament.

The lawyers claimed a national council meeting held on November 26 passed a resolution “to recall Dr Khupe and others from parliament and local authorities” and that the intended recalls “are due any time.”

MDC-T spokesman Witness Dube said:

It is entirely open for speculation why madam vice president Khupe would come out of a national council meeting only to seek an audience with her lawyers about what she calls plots to remove her from parliament.

He denied the alleged plot to recall members adding that the MDC-T, however, reserves the right to recall members who on various grounds including joining other political parties.

Dube denied the alleged plot to recall members. 

ZimLive reports that MDC Alliance secretary-general Charlton Hwende has been the point person in discussions with Khupe, who has so far only spoken to Chamisa by phone.

By A Correspondent- The Ministry of Health and Child Care has advertised a National e-Recruitment of Registered General Nurse Training January 2022 Intake Work.

The three-year Diploma in Registered General Nurse Training is to be conducted by the Ministry of Health and Child Health Care (MOHCC). Applications are being invited from suitably qualified holders of the following qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 “O” Level subjects with passes in English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject and two others (that exclude practical subjects such as Fashion and Fabrics, Metal Work, Graphic Art, Art and Woodwork) at Grade C or better obtained from not more than two sittings with full certificates as Examination Result Slips are not accepted.
• Must be aged between the ages of seventeen (17) and thirty (30) years on the date of commencement of training which is 04/01/2021. NB: Candidates should not be less than 17 years and not more than 30 years by 03 January 2022.

To Apply The portal for applications is open from 18 October 2021 – 14 November 2021 using the following MOHCC Electronic Platform: www.mohcc.gov.zw and click on the e-nurse link which will take you to the registration page.

By A Correspondent- A Mbare woman was admitted to the hospital after she was struck by her daughter with an iron bar on the forehead.

The daughter who is suspected to be mentally ill has already been arrested. Said the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in a statement on the case:

Police in Mbare have arrested a suspected mentally challenged woman who struck her mother on the forehead with an iron bar on 01/12/21.

The victim, whose condition is critical, is admitted at Sally Mugabe Hospital while the suspect is receiving treatment at the same Institution’s Psychiatric Unit.

In a related case, on Bulawayo police arrested one Kwanele Moyo for attempted murder after hitting Tapiwa Moyo with a log several times on the head. 

Police say this was after the victim had insulted him. Read a police statement on the case:

On 08/12/21, Police in Insuza arrested Kwanele Moyo (28) for an attempted murder case that occurred at Deli Village, where the suspect assaulted Tapiwa Moyo with a log several times on the head after the victim had insulted him. The victim sustained serious head injuries and was referred to Mpilo hospital where he is admitted. 

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced the arrest of a machete and spear-wielding gang over the murder that occurred in Filabusi last week.

The victim was reportedly assaulted for trespassing and died a few metres away from the scene after trying to escape. A police statement reads:

The ZRP confirms the arrest of Farai Mpunzi (40), Ndodana Sibanda (30), Mqondisi Sibanda (30), Aneli Sibanda (25), Obvious Nyoni (26) and Luckmore Ncube in connection with a case of murder that occurred at Bunyip Mine, Filabusi on 10/12/21 at around 1900hrs.

The six suspects, who were armed with machetes and spears, attacked Eric Mahlangu (22) over allegations of trespassing. One of the suspects stabbed the victim on the right thigh with a spear.

The victim tried to escape but collapsed and died a few metres from the scene of the crime.

Violence has been commonplace in mining towns, especially amongst artisanal miners, with some emanating from boundary disputes. In some instances, some machete-wielding gangs would just descend on mines with the intention of stealing the ore.

Dozens have been arrested since 2019 when there was a surge in crimes committed by machete-wielding gangs

By A Correspondent- The police are investigating a suspected murder case after the remains of a five-year-old girl were found scattered on Nyanga mountain on Friday.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says the deceased was reported on 4 December while in the company of an unnamed 38-year-old male who is a suspect in the case. Said the police in a statement:

The ZRP is investigating circumstances surrounding a murder case in which remains of a five-year-old female juvenile were found on a mountain in Nyanga on 10/12/21, with some body parts seen scattered at the scene of the crime.

The victim, who had been reported missing on 4/12/21, was last seen in the company of a male suspect (38) walking towards the suspect’s residence. Anyone with information to report at any nearest Police station.

This is happening barely a week after a 25-year-old Shamva man was been arrested for kidnapping a 4-year-old girl whom he dumped on a nearby mountain after stripping her naked.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) say Tatenda Amon left a beer bottle and his hat which were used to identify him. 

Some of the many reported cases of abduction and murder of children have reportedly been for ritual purposes.

The most known case is that of Tapiwa Makore, a seven-year-old Murehwa boy who was murdered gruesomely, by his uncle in September last year.

By A Correspondent-The Zanu PF government has announced that it has set aside $500 million for MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora and Emmerson Mnangagwa in Political Party Funding.

The money would be shared based on the number of constituency seats in the National Assembly.
According to Treasury’s blue book, which goes into the ultra-fine detail of how the Budget is spent, qualifying political parties have been allocated $500 million, with the threshold being five percent of the total votes in a general election.

Only Zanu PF and MDC-T led by Senator Douglas Mwonzora qualify.
Zanu PF is set to get away with the largest share of the money given that it enjoys a comfortable two thirds majority in the National Assembly.
A rough calculation depicts that Zanu PF will get almost $400 million while MDC-T will pocket at least $100 million.
The Mwonzora-led MDC-T assumed the status of official opposition after the Supreme Court nullified in a civil case the elevation of MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to the party leadership.

The court had to work with the MDC-T’s own constitution in the civil action, and found that under that party’s own rules Mr Chamisa was not the party leader.
The party was told to run a proper congress under its own rules to settle its leadership, and that was won by Senator Mwonzora who took over from Dr Thokozani Khupe who was the interim leader following the law suit.
The finding in a High Court civil suit that the MDC-Alliance was simply an electoral pact, not a proper political party that had superceded the parties that formed the pact, allowed the MDC-T to insist that those successful legislators and councillors nominated by the MDC-T in the pact lists had to either accept the legal position of the MDC-T or be recalled.
Since then, the MDC-T has been receiving the opposition share of the Government funding under the Political Parties Finance Act.
Government promulgated Political Parties Finance Act after it emerged that some opposition parties were receiving funding from foreign governments and organisations as party of covert operations to achieve regime change.
Political parties can now receive lawful funding through Government grants under the Act, sale of party cards, fundraising activities and from its members.

Government has since gazetted the Private Voluntary Organisation’s Amendment Bill that prohibits Non Government Organisation’s from campaigning for political parties or candidates.
The Bill, now before Parliament and is set to be subjected to public hearing by Parliament came after it emerged that civic society and NGOs were being used as conduits for illegal activities by some political parties and hostile foreign agencies.

-Herald

By A Correspondent-Matabeleland South provincial development coordinator, Latiso Dlamini has been ordered to pay about half a million Zimbabwe dollars in damages in a case where she was sued for engaging in an adulterous affair with an army general.

Siboniso Lesley Maseko (nee Gumede) filed a lawsuit against Dlamini in December 2019 accusing her of having a love affair with her husband Brigadier General Simo Maseko.
Siboniso, who said their marriage was solemnised in terms of Chapter 5:11 of the Marriages Act on December 20, 1998 claimed $500 000 in damages in her lawsuit.
Dlamini filed opposing papers challenging the lawsuit through her lawyers Dube-Banda, Nzarayapenga and Partners.
In her defence, Dlamini said she was not aware that the army general was married.
Bulawayo High Court Judge Justice Maxwell Takuva last week ruled against Dlamini.
“Defendant has not indicated what she considers to be a reasonable and fair award in the circumstances.
“However, defendant has conceded that the level of damages must be in line with previous awards and guides in similar cases,” Takuva said.
“In the circumstances, I find that plaintiff has suffered damages for contummelia in the sum of $200 000 and loss of comfort, society and companionship of her husband in the sum of $200 000.
“Accordingly, it is ordered that the defendant pays to the plaintiff $400 000 being (a) $200 000 damages for contummelia and (b) $200 000 for loss of consortium.
“Interest of 5% per annum from date of summons to date of full payment..”
Siboniso said she discovered that Dlamini and her husband had been seeing each other since 2017.
Court papers show that Maseko had portrayed himself as a divorcee after producing a divorce certificate from a previous marriage.
“Despite knowledge of their marriage and demands for her to discontinue with her adulterous relationship with plaintiff’s husband, the defendant has nonetheless persisted.
“As a result, the plaintiff has suffered damages for contummelia in the sum of $200 000 and loss of comfort, society and companionship of her husband in the sum of $200 000,” the summons read in part.
In her plea, Dlamini argued an adultery lawsuit was outdated.
“The defendant’s starting point is that a claim for damages for adultery is outdated and a strain to the constitutions in the world.
“Defendant listed a number of countries where the claim has been abolished or restricted.”
After Dlamini was sued for adultery damages, Maseko filed a divorce against his wife of 21 years arguing that he had lost affection having been in separation for three years.
In divorce papers before the court, the top soldier said their marriage had irretrievably broken down such that there were no prospects of restoring it to a normal relationship.
During the subsistence of the marriage, the parties acquired both movable and immovable properties, which include two houses located in Bulawayo and Gweru, two cars, a Mazda B1800 and a Forton double cab, 70 cattle, 30 goats and household property.
He wants the property to be distributed equitably in the event that the divorce sails through, 60% market value of the Bulawayo house donated to his daughter with the Gweru property going to his other daughter from a previous marriage.
He wants to retain their Mazda B1800, 55 cows and 20 goats.
-Standard

By A Correspondent-A woman from Pumula South suburb has obtained a protection order against her former husband, who habitually posts her nude images on social media and physically assaults her.

Thabeth Moyo (36) separated from her husband Mandla Nkolomi (39) and went to live with her parents.

However, Nkolomi would visit Moyo and demand to be intimate with her and when she refuses, he would hurl unprintable words at her.

Nkolomi insists on being intimate with his ex-wife telling her that he paid lobola and she was still his wife because their eight-year marriage has not been formally dissolved.

He forcibly took her phone and sent all her nude images to his phone. Nkolomi is now posting her nudes on Facebook and WhatsApp.

Moyo said when her ex-husband’s friends see her with any man, they would inform him and then he would phone her, and call her a prostitute. In her founding affidavit, Moyo said:

I have been married to Mandla Nkolomi for the past eight years. We separated in May this year because he was physically, verbally and psychologically abusing me. I’m now staying with my parents.

He usually comes to my parents’ place and demands to sleep with me. When I refuse he would become angry and would assault me with fists.

He took my phone and is now sending my nude pictures on WhatsApp groups and Facebook to ruin my reputation. He is also in the habit of shouting obscenities at me.

Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube granted Moyo a protection order against her former husband.

She ordered Nkolomi not to physically, verbally and psychologically abuse Moyo and to stop sending her images on WhatsApp groups and Facebook.

More: B-Metro

By A Correspondent- Green Gables High School, a private school on the outskirts of Bulawayo has reportedly expelled five pupils who were involved in fights and bullying in the past few weeks.

The school head, a Mr Mugawa declined to comment but sources at the institution confirmed that the school had to take the drastic measure after numerous reports of bullying were reported.
Director Advocacy and Communication in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Mr Taungana Ndoro said the problem was being handled through the Learner Welfare, Psychological Services and Special Needs Department.
“We have over 9 778 schools in the country and every school has an incident register. This problem is being handled through robust guidance and counselling services by our Learner Welfare, Psychological Services and Special Needs

Department. Violence and bullying occurs because of different traumas and anxieties that learners may be facing,” he said.
Sources, however, told Sunday News that five pupils were initially suspended for two weeks with four of them currently facing assault charges for severely bashing the fifth pupil, who has also been expelled.
The source said parents are angry over how the school is being run and are calling for the dismissal of the head.
Problems at the school came to light when four boys assaulted another until he needed hospitalisation overnight.

According to medical records seen by this publication, the victim had a swollen face, scalp laceration, 2cm x 0.5cm raccoon eye, swollen feet as well as bruises on the back and shoulders.
The medical report also read that the injuries could have been caused by a blunt instrument. The degree of force used to inflict the injuries was severe.
The injuries caused were serious and posed “potential danger to life” because the head injuries suffered are associated with intracranial bleeding, but no permanent disability is expected to result from the assault.
The source said the boys were all expelled on Monday when they appeared before the school headmaster having served their suspensions.
Issues with the headmaster’s handling of this and other cases came to a head when he allowed the four attackers to remain in school during their suspension, but refused the victim the same privilege.
“Parents began to question the headmaster’s sincerity in the matter when he allowed the four boys who had brutally attacked their school mate to be at school during their two-week suspension but refused to allow their victim the same opportunity,” revealed the source.

The source said until the publication of the incident in last Sunday’s edition of this publication, most parents were not aware of the violence that has become regular at the school.
It is reported that they have been making frantic efforts to get clarity regarding the safety of their children while also accusing the headmaster of favouritism.
The headmaster allegedly tried to sweep the four boys’ assault of the Lower Sixth pupil under the carpet until it became clear that medical attention was required.
It is believed that only after the victim was taken to Pelandaba Clinic and a doctor in attendance had recommended that the boy be transferred to Mpilo Central Hospital where a police report was required did details of the incident come to light.
One parent who spoke to Sunday News said they were worried about the manner in which the headmaster handles matters to do with violence at the school. She said the headmaster had shown favouritism with impunity.

-State media

By A Correspondent-Zanu PF and MDC-T will next year share the $500 million Treasury allocated under the Political Parties Finance Act with the split based on the number of constituency seats in the National Assembly.
According to Treasury’s blue book, which goes into the ultra-fine detail of how the Budget is spent, qualifying political parties have been allocated $500 million, with the threshold being five percent of the total votes in a general election.

Only Zanu PF and MDC-T led by Senator Douglas Mwonzora qualify.
Zanu PF is set to get away with the largest share of the money given that it enjoys a comfortable two thirds majority in the National Assembly.
A rough calculation depicts that Zanu PF will get almost $400 million while MDC-T will pocket at least $100 million.
The Mwonzora-led MDC-T assumed the status of official opposition after the Supreme Court nullified in a civil case the elevation of MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to the party leadership.

The court had to work with the MDC-T’s own constitution in the civil action, and found that under that party’s own rules Mr Chamisa was not the party leader.
The party was told to run a proper congress under its own rules to settle its leadership, and that was won by Senator Mwonzora who took over from Dr Thokozani Khupe who was the interim leader following the law suit.
The finding in a High Court civil suit that the MDC-Alliance was simply an electoral pact, not a proper political party that had superceded the parties that formed the pact, allowed the MDC-T to insist that those successful legislators and councillors nominated by the MDC-T in the pact lists had to either accept the legal position of the MDC-T or be recalled.
Since then, the MDC-T has been receiving the opposition share of the Government funding under the Political Parties Finance Act.
Government promulgated Political Parties Finance Act after it emerged that some opposition parties were receiving funding from foreign governments and organisations as party of covert operations to achieve regime change.
Political parties can now receive lawful funding through Government grants under the Act, sale of party cards, fundraising activities and from its members.

Government has since gazetted the Private Voluntary Organisation’s Amendment Bill that prohibits Non Government Organisation’s from campaigning for political parties or candidates.
The Bill, now before Parliament and is set to be subjected to public hearing by Parliament came after it emerged that civic society and NGOs were being used as conduits for illegal activities by some political parties and hostile foreign agencies.

-Herald

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has targeted farms that the former President Robert Mugabe loyalists own.

The state media Sunday reported that Mnangagwa had identified more than 220 000 such farms for repossession.

Sources said Mnangagwa was using the Zimbabwe Land Commission to pretend as if they are carrying out a land audit to justify the repossession of these farms.

The state media said the Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) had deployed teams of auditors to probe and locate these farms.

-State media

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF supporters reportedly put former President Robert Mugabe and the party’s former national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere images on their WhatsApp groups.

Kasukuwere relocated to South Africa in the aftermath of the November 2017 military coup that toppled Mugabe and replaced him with Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Tyson, as he is also known, has been linked to a plan to challenge Mnangagwa in the 2023 general elections, a move that has reportedly polarised Zanu PF structures.

A party insider told The Standard that secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya a fortnight ago told party members that a decision had been taken to suspend anyone, who will be found having links to Kasukuwere.

Mahiya made the announcement during a meeting that was to announce the elevation of Harare Provincial Affairs minister, Oliver Chidawu into the politburo at the ruling party’s Harare headquarters. Said an unnamed party official:

There is a memo advising party structures that anyone, who is found supporting Kasukuwere will be suspended from the party.

Mahiya told party structures that anyone found with Kasukuwere’s picture on their WhatsApp status or party group icons will be suspended. This also included Mugabe’s picture.

The party wants to dilute Kasukuwere’s perceived support base in the ruling Zanu PF party.

It was made clear that all meetings should denounce Kasukuwere and the G40 cabal without fail and anyone who is seen posting pictures of him, even with Mugabe in that picture, should face disciplinary action.

Mahiya is said to have taken the same message to other provinces to try to destroy Kasukuwere’s perceived support within the party structures.

Reports indicate that Zanu PF is using mostly 2014 party structures that worked with Kasukuwere as the commissar.

More: The Standard

By A Correspondent- OVER 800 drug addicts have been admitted into rehabilitation centres this year after developing mental disorders associated with drug abuse, official data shows.

Statistics obtained from the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Drug and Substance Abuse show that the CID Drugs and Narcotics Unit has arrested over 1 150 alleged criminals for drug-related offences this year.

Police have also recovered drugs, including the highly addictive crystal methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy, valued at over $2 million.

The high-level committee was set up by President Mnangagwa earlier this year after realising the negative effects drugs were having on society. Co-chair of the committee, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Secretary Mr Simon Masanga, told The Sunday Mail that Government was rolling out several interventions to curb drug abuse among young people.
“A Drug and Substance Abuse Unit has been set up and social development officers have been seconded to establish the unit whilst the Ministry awaits approval from the Public Service Commission to create a dedicated and official establishment to that end,” he said.
“Provision of psycho-social support (PSS) and other services is currently on-going at the Department of Social Development district offices.
“The Ministry of Social Welfare is in the process of establishing its first pilot in-house PSS Centre dedicated to drug and substance abuse in Harare Province within the DSD district offices. Identification, referral and case management of children through the National Case Management System is on-going and children identified are referred to appropriate services per need.”

According to the committee’s progress report, police arrested 192 drug dealers and 383 users between January and October.
The CID Narcotics Unit also recovered 343 grammes of crystal meth worth $328 946, about 4,32 grammes of cocaine valued at $109 000 and 36 ecstasy tablets worth $37 000.
In addition, 53,98 kilogrammes of dagga valued at $1,2 million were also recovered, while 1 772 bottles of Broncleer cough syrup worth $648 000 were also impounded over the same period. Police also recovered huge volumes of Adco-Saltarpyn, an analgesic medication containing codeine, Benylin and Histalix cough syrups.
-State media

Tinashe Sambiri| President Nelson Chamisa said the nation has a bright future that will be secured through embracing vast skills among citizens.

On Saturday President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:

A leader is a vision carrier and a dream bearer.

A leader builds strong teams.

A leader is a ladder for others to go up.

A leader identifies talent and is not threatened by it.

A leader allows the skill to glitter and shine, talent to flourish and thrive.

A New Great Zimbabwe is loading…The future is exciting. The future is bright!

Happy Sabbath!

Advocate Nelson Chamisa