Tinashe Sambiri|Enigmatic politician Killer Zivhu has said Zanu PF should not rush to seek re-engagememt with the West without solving the stalemate in the country.

Zivhu believes President Nelson Chamisa is a key stakeholder in all political processes in the country.

“Re-engagement with the West is important, but not better than a dialogue with Chamisa. Wasting resources trying to reengage with the West hazvibatsiri .

Kutaura na Chamisa hakudi mari kana Ndege just a phone call vanhu votosangana pa Garwe pachangovhurwa apo,” argued Zivhu.

Tinashe Sambiri|Mashonaland Central Province has become a war zone as Zanu PF intensifies efforts to block President Neson Chamisa’s community engagement meetings.

In a statement on Thursday, President Chamisa castigated the regime for tormenting village heads who agreed to participate in community engagement meetings.

“INTENSE TERROR & INTIMIDATION…

Great meetings in Shamva,Mvurwi & Muzarabani.

These areas turned into a war zone as roads were barricaded.

Village heads,villagers targeted and victimized just on mere suspicion that they had attended our Community Interface meetings.Zim must be free,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

By A Correspondent- LEAD President Linda Masarira has predicted another power takeover in Zimbabwe adding that her suspicions have been cemented after listening to Jah Prayzah’s latest album “Gwara”.

She revealed this in a tweet where she said:

I have been listening to @jahprayzah Gwara album for the past 2 months day in & day out. What I feel in my spirit & the hidden message in all his songs show that something is brewing in Zimbabwe. I sense tension, a security issue & most likely another power takeover #my6thsense

By Jane Mlambo| Controversial Norton legislator Temba Mliswa and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who early this week engaged in a rough exchange of words have made peace after meeting at the Harare Magistrates Court today.

Mliswa accused Chin’ono of engaging in debt card fraud while in the United Kingdom before question his source of wealth.

On the other hand, Chin’ono accused Mliswa of hobnobbing with corrupt people including Kudakwashe Tagwirei.

But all that is now water under the bridge after they met at the court today with Chin’ono posting a video while shaking hands, while Mliswa posted that they have have a lot in common as they are both facing persecution from the state.

“Bumped into @daddyhope at the court today and the engagement revealed one notable fact. We are both victims of persecution. We spoke as gentleman and indeed I look forward to the next chapter. @daddyhope continue what you do best and I also focus on my area,” said Mliswa.

For Immediate Release

November 5, 2021

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted with great concern, plans by the government to restrict freedom of speech and expression through the deployment of a cyber team to monitor citizens on social media.

On November 4, 2021, Information Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa announced that the government had set up a cyber team to “monitor what people send and receive”.

The announcement comes at a time the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill which passed through the Senate in July 2021 is awaiting Presidential assent. Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is on record criticizing the proposed law for seeking to snoop on citizens thereby violating the right to privacy, freedom of speech as well as access to information.

The recent move by the government to set up a cyber security team to monitor citizens on social media amounts to invasion of privacy and is basically meant to instill fear in the public while limiting freedom of speech and expression.

Minister Mutsvangwa’s sentiments that the move does not amount to regulation of social media are simply meant to cover up for the government’s real motive to limit fundamental freedoms and clampdown on dissenting voices.

Over the years, human rights defenders, journalists and opposition activists have been victimized based on their posts on social media and the latest move by the government will only serve to further fuel victimization of dissenting voices.

We note with concern that the ruling party, Zanu PF continues to use harsh cyber laws to entrench political power while at the same time coming up with a raft of measures to restrict free speech, right of privacy and access to information.

Massive surveillance by the government will certainly infringe on fundamental human rights and lead to an upsurge in cases of clampdowns on pro-democracy activists.

We are concerned that the move by the government lacks a pro-human rights approach and is essentially meant to entrench political power through snooping on citizens and clamping down on dissenting voices.

The move is thus part of efforts by the government to further shrink the democratic space and violate citizens’ fundamental rights.

Social media has proved to be an effective tool in exposing rights abuses as well as corruption and the government’s recent move must be seen as an attempt to instill fear and silence whistleblowers.

We implore Zanu PF to draw lessons from the pre-independence pledge by the then party’s Spokesperson, Edson Zvobgo who said, “…we do not want to recreate Rhodesia where citizens get petrified in fear of the State…”.

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is perturbed by the fact that present day Zanu PF is preoccupied with power retention (at all costs) even without legitimacy.

Given the government’s bad human rights record and cases of victimization of activists based on their posts on social media, we reiterate the need for a truly independent body to monitor activities on social media rather than making it the sole responsibility of the government.

ENDS//

By A Correspondent- Ten (10) learners at Chemhanza Secondary School in Hwedza District were expelled this week for alleged mischief in a hostel. The learners consist of five boys and five girls.

The five boys sneaked into the girls’ dormitories at night to meet with their female counterparts and were trapped by the school’s matron Rijaina Ndhlamini.

Chemhanza Secondary School principal Saul Tadzaushe confirmed the development, saying all the 10 pupils will now seat for their final Ordinary Level examinations as external candidates.

The principal said the behaviour of the errant learners had gone out of hand, which prompted authorities at the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe-run school to send them home. Said Tadzaushe:

Some of these students got mischievous and we got the rumour about their conduct and our security led by Mutangadura set up a trap.

Through the security, we heard that there were boys who were cutting the school security fence to gain access into the girls’ dormitories at night where they were finally trapped.

The security team called their boss Mutangadura and the Chemhanza High School Matron (Rijaina Ndhlamini) who locked them in.

We then informed the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and the Ministry gave us a letter authorising us to dismiss them from Chemhanza Mission School as our boarding students.

Tadzaushe stressed that the 10 pupils were not caught engaging in sexual intercourse. He said:

No, they did not have sexual intercourse because there were security personnel keeping an eye on them from all corners.

They did not have sex, they were just continuously hugging each other in that one room, ukaona mwana anosvika pakuita sexual intercourse, ibhinya (pupils normally won’t indulge in sexual intercourse unless they are rapists).

-HMetro

By A Correspondent- The Gweru man who on Tuesday killed his wife and two children collapsed and died at the magistrates’ courts while waiting for initial remand.

Leo Kanyimo (38) allegedly went into a trance on Tuesday afternoon and axed his wife and two children to death.

Police had to be assisted by members of the public to arrest Kanyimo who had just turned violent while speaking in an unknown language.

Midlands provincial prosecutor Mr Samuel Pedzisayi confirmed the death of Kanyimo while he was in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services holding cells.

“The murder accused from Woodlands suburb Leo Kanyimo collapsed and died while in prison holding cells. He had been brought to court by the police and because of his extreme violent nature, he was put in the holding cells while his record was being opened,” said Mr Pedzisayi.

He said after the prosecution opened his record and while waiting for a magistrate – prison officers alerted the prosecutors that the suspect had collapsed and died.

– Herald

The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted with great concern, plans by the government to restrict freedom of speech and expression through the deployment of a cyber team to monitor citizens on social media. 

On November 4, 2021, Information Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa announced that the government had set up a cyber team to “monitor what people send and receive”. 

The announcement comes at a time the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill which passed through the Senate in July 2021 is awaiting Presidential assent.

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is on record criticizing the proposed law for seeking to snoop on citizens thereby violating the right to privacy, freedom of speech as well as access to information. 

The recent move by the government to set up a cyber security team to monitor citizens on social media amounts to invasion of privacy and is basically meant to instill fear in the public while limiting freedom of speech and expression. 

Minister Mutsvangwa’s sentiments that the move does not amount to regulation of social media are simply meant to cover up for the government’s real motive to limit fundamental freedoms and clampdown on dissenting voices. 

Over the years, human rights defenders, journalists and opposition activists have been victimized based on their posts on social media and the latest move by the government will only serve to further fuel victimization of dissenting voices. We note with concern that the ruling party, Zanu PF continues to use harsh cyber laws to entrench political power while at the same time coming up with a raft of measures to restrict free speech, right of privacy and access to information. 

Massive surveillance by the government will certainly infringe on fundamental human rights and lead to an upsurge in cases of clampdowns on pro-democracy activists. We are concerned that the move by the government lacks a pro-human rights approach and is essentially meant to entrench political power through snooping on citizens and clamping down on dissenting voices. 

The move is thus part of efforts by the government to further shrink the democratic space and violate citizens’ fundamental rights. 

Social media has proved to be an effective tool in exposing rights abuses as well as corruption and the government’s recent move must be seen as an attempt to instill fear and silence whistleblowers. 

We implore Zanu PF to draw lessons from the pre-independence pledge by the then party’s Spokesperson, Edson Zvobgo who said, “…we do not want to recreate Rhodesia where citizens get petrified in fear of the State…”. 

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is perturbed by the fact that present day Zanu PF is preoccupied with power retention (at all costs) even without legitimacy. 

Given the government’s bad human rights record and cases of victimization of activists based on their posts on social media, we reiterate the need for a truly independent body to monitor activities on social media rather than making it the sole responsibility of the government. 

By A Correspondent- Lupane State University (LSU) vice-chancellor (VC) Pardon Kuipa has been accused of se_xually abusing female employees at the institution, resulting in a protest march against him on Tuesday.

The protesting women under the banner, Umama Wesizwe sikaMthwakazi, petitioned the LSU registrar to launch a probe into reports of se_xual abuse and harassment of women by Kuipa.

LSU registrar Jairos Makunde declined to comment and referred Southern Eye to the university spokesperson Zwelithini Dlamini who confirmed the charges against Kuipa.

Dlamini said: “From the brief that l just received, l confirm that a group of women visited the registrar and presented a petition to him.

“The position of the university is that intensive sensitisation of both staff and students should be carried out so that people are adequately informed about se_xual harassment issues.

“Management has, therefore, engaged the Gender Commission to conduct workshops.”

Kuipa was appointed vice-chancellor in 2015.

Part of the petition against him read: “We have concerns of alleged se_xual harassment of women at LSU by the VC. We, therefore, demand that in the interest of justice and the fulfilment of the right to administrative justice espoused in section 68 of the Constitution, the case be investigated and the accused charged accordingly.”

“Our concern is that according to news on June 22, 2021, it was reported that a se_xual harassment scandal has rocked LSU where a female staff member accused the VC of se_xually harassing and victimising her for turning down his advances. No action has been taken against the perpetrator.”

The women said charges against Kuipa were serious as they violated fundamental rights and privileges of women as human beings as stipulated in the Constitution.

“In light of this provision, section 65 confers labour rights on every person and refers to harassment as constituting a violation of the constitutionally protected right to fair labour standards and also violates the right to full and equal dignity.

“The right to fair and safe labour standards is realised under the provisions of the Labour Act (Chapter 28:01) whose primary purpose is regulation of the employer-employee relationship.

“The Act narrowly defines sexual harassment through inference from section 8(h) which provides for unfair labour practices, such as engaging in unwelcome sexually determined behaviour towards an employee, whether verbal or otherwise, such as making physical contact or advances.”-Newsday

By A Correspondent- The Government has announced new guidelines for A2 land permit holders which must be followed to avoid repossession of the farms.

These include the need for the permit holder to settle on the land within 30 days and to have a full-time farm manager on-site within three months.

This was revealed by the acting lands development acting director in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Cephas Magauze.

He was addressing senior lands officers from across the country attending a workshop on land management and distribution in Gweru on Monday.

He said:

There are conditions attached to the land permit. The permit holder must take up permanent residence within 30 days, the permit holder must appoint a manager to take up permanent residence in three months.

The permit holder must undertake to initiate development in accordance with the five-year development plan.

So, there are rules of engagement of which if they are breached, the farm will be forfeited by the State.

He said the permit holder shall not sublet or subdivide part of the land without written consent from the lands minister.

In case there is room for a joint venture, the permit holder must also seek consent from the Minister.

Said Magaudze:

Converting agricultural land to residential stands or other business should be done with permission from the Minister.

Poaching of wild animals is prohibited because farming is not hunting and hunting is not farming.

The natural resources on that land be it trees must be protected and no wanton cutting down of trees will be permitted.

The Minister can cancel the permit if any of the conditions are breached by the permit holder.

Magaudze said if the permit holder fails to produce anything in two successive agriculture seasons, the permit will be cancelled.

He said:

So, there is no room for holding on the land for speculative purposes or showboating. It is tantamount to failing to utilise the land and this leads to cancellation of the permit.

Magaudze also said a new permit with improved security features is now being issued to farmers to further curtail illegal land allocations.

He said:

We have introduced new securitised land permits for the A2 model settlement permit. It now has security features so that there is no room for manipulation of the permit.

There is a fidelity seal and serial number with special reflective ink, security feature embedded on the permit, underground micro text at the back, the Minister has to sign the permit and there is also a long serial number and a hologram seal.

The more securitised land offer permit is an effort to flush out corruption in the land redistribution programme which is reversing the gains of the land reform program.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Government has bemoaned the rise in robbery cases across the country and urged the police force to reduce crime, which it blames for scaring away foreign investment in the country.

Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said this during a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) senior officer conference held in Harare yesterday.

He said crimes such as armed robberies derailed government efforts in luring foreign direct investment because they portrayed the country as an unsafe investment destination.

“I, therefore, call upon you to redouble your efforts and summon all your operational ingenuity to come up with policing initiatives to curb the rise in crime,” Kazembe said.

“The fear of crime, especially of violent crimes, keeps citizens apprehensive and stifles business growth.

“It is also a fact that modern policing increasingly operates under public scrutiny and this calls for enhanced accountability.”

Kazembe added:

“It is government expectation that as police, you continue to foster peace and stability which are the key drivers to economic growth.

“As government, it is our expectation that your broad objectives and key deliverables which are aligned to key national policy instruments such as the National Development Strategy 1 are achieved.

“Admittedly, these conferences are one such useful way for you as police commanders to reset the compass, determine if the organisation is still on course, observe mere deviations and make adjustments where necessary.”

Kazembe said his ministry would continue to lobby government for increased support for the police and to resource the ZRP.

Speaking at the same event, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga said their goal as an organisation was to combat crime.

“Our performance as an organisation is measured against our ability to tame the tide of criminality. It is my expectation that you shall come up with cogent strategies aimed at combating crime,” he said.

“The policing terrain is a rugged endeavour which needs collective efforts and continuous cross-pollination of ideas so as to navigate pitfalls that litter the field.”-Newsday

By A Correspondent- A group of women staged a protest march on Tuesday against Lupane State University (LSU) vice-chancellor (VC) Pardon Kuipa who has been accused of sexually abusing female employees at the institution.

The protesting women under the banner, Umama Wesizwe sikaMthwakazi, petitioned the LSU registrar to investigate reports of sexual abuse and harassment of women by Kuipa, who was appointed LSU VC in 2015.

LSU registrar Jairos Makunde declined to comment and referred Southern Eyeto the university spokesperson Zwelithini Dlamini who confirmed the charges against Kuipa. Said Dlamini:

From the brief that l just received, l confirm that a group of women visited the registrar and presented a petition to him.

The position of the university is that intensive sensitisation of both staff and students should be carried out so that people are adequately informed about sexual harassment issues.

Management has, therefore, engaged the Gender Commission to conduct workshops.

According to the petition, Kuipa allegedly sexually harassed and victimised a female staff member for turning down his advances but no action was taken against him. It read in part:

We have concerns about the alleged sexual harassment of women at LSU by the VC. We, therefore, demand that in the interest of justice and the fulfilment of the right to administrative justice espoused in section 68 of the Constitution, the case be investigated and the accused charged accordingly.

Our concern is that according to news on June 22, 2021, it was reported that a sexual harassment scandal has rocked LSU where a female staff member accused the VC of sexually harassing and victimising her for turning down his advances.

No action has been taken against the perpetrator.

More: NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist Partone Xaba was on Monday remanded to December 9 by Bulawayo magistrate Rachel Mukanga, in a case where he faces public violence and theft charges.

This was after Xaba’s lawyer Dumisani Dube failed to attend court due to other commitments.

Xaba is facing charges of public violence, and breaching of peace or bigotry following his arrest after protesting against police conduct in April.

He is one of the nine activists who were arrested during the protest outside Bulawayo Central Police Station, accusing the police of harassing their leader Mqondisi Moyo.

The demo followed a midnight raid by the police at Moyo’s house in what MRP claimed was an attempt to abduct him.

Xaba also faces a charge of stealing US$15 000 belonging to Floyd Ambrose during an attempt by MRP activists to evict him from Tabas Induna Farm.

At the time, Ambrose was embroiled in a wrangle with white former commercial farmer Brian Davies over control of the property. Xaba denies the charges and is out of custody on $20 000 bail.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police are investigating a case in which a grade one pupil kicked a fellow schoolmate in the face, who died a few days later in suspected complications emanating from the incident.

The incident happened at Tokwane Ngundu Primary School in Chivi on October 15 at around 10am whilst playing at break-time.

Tawanda Dhohwai (12) died five days later on October 20 after his health started to deteriorate since the incident happened.

Masvingo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident and revealed that the case was under investigation.

“I can confirm the incident but the matter is still under investigation. We are still waiting for postmortem results that will confirm the actual cause of death. No charges have been laid yet”, said Dhewa.

Circumstances are that on October 15, 2021, the two boys were playing a kicking game during break time when the grade one pupil kicked Tawanda in the face, after which he fell on the ground and started to bleed.

It is reported that Tawanda was later sent home on the same day by his teacher who had noticed that he was sulky and looked ill.

The teacher had noticed unusual actions from Tawanda and asked him what was wrong before he narrated his ordeal.

At home, his aunt Remika Mutariri (76) who he stayed with, took him to Chisase Clinic and was deferred to Chiredzi General Hospital where he was given medication and got discharged.

Tawanda’s condition continued to deteriorate and he died the same day at around 8pm at his aunt’s homestead.

Sources close to the deceased’s family however say Tawanda already had some health related complications.

“This child already had other health complications and it will be unfair to blame the other kid. He might have triggered the death but I don’t think a nine-year-old is capable to kick someone to death,” said the source.

Tawanda’s brother John Dhohwai said they will not pursue the incident any further since the two boys were friends.

“The two boys were friends, it is unfortunate that my young brother sustained an injury during that time but the boys were playing and we will not blame him for Tawanda’s death,” said John.

The ZRP has listed Masvingo province as one of the top provinces with a spike in murder cases.-TellZim

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has advised residents that there have been disruptions in water supply following an emergency shutdown by the City Council due to power outages.
In a statement this Thursday, Bulawayo Town Clerk, Christopher Dube said the shutdown will persist until power is restored. The statement read:
The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that there will be an emergency shutdown of water supplies to all residential areas in the City except for Industry and the Central Business District.
The interruption is due to power outages experienced from yesterday (Wednesday, 3 November 2021) up to today at Ncema Treatment Works and Fernhill Booster Station that resulted in the loss of treatment and pumping. This has resulted in low reservoir levels across the city.
Further to that, there was a loss of pumping due to a power outage at the Rochester pump station in Nyamandlovu resulting in a lack of pumping from the Aquifer.
The shutdown will be maintained until the restoration of power supply and pumping to enable treatment and to allow for the supply reservoirs to gain to satisfactory levels.
The City wishes to further advise that there will be a disruption to the water-shedding programme for areas supplied by the Tuli, Rifle Range and Hillside Reservoirs.
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company is already on the ground investigating the cause of the outage and low voltage and are working towards the restoration of supplies.
Residents are further advised to conserve water accordingly and ensure that taps remain turned off in case of earlier re-supply.
Bulawayo City Council wishes to apologise to its valued consumers for any inconvenience caused.

By A Correspondent- Prominent Bulawayo medical doctor and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Muriel Fallala died yesterday after she lost control of her vehicle near Ascot race course while driving to the city’s centre to attend to a critical patient.

She lost control of her Mitsubishi SUV while driving along 12th Avenue extension.

The vehicle veered off the road, overturned and hit a precast wall at Old Miltonians Club.

A specialist family practitioner, Dr Fallala died on the spot while rushing to save another life at about 3PM.

Dr Fallala, lauded by her colleagues for her service to Bulawayo, was alone in the car when the accident occurred.

When a Chronicle news crew arrived at the scene, scores of motorists had stopped on the side of the road trying to understand how the crash had happened.

Her colleague who rushed to the scene was traumatised by the incident and had to be rushed to a local hospital.

Dr Fallala’s body was taken to a local mortuary by police.

Acting Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Mr Linos Phiri said Dr Fallala could have been speeding.

“We are told that she was rushing to the city centre to attend to a critical patient at Galen House. She lost control of her vehicle and it rolled and hit a precast wall. She died on the spot,” said Mr Phiri.

Doctors in Bulawayo said Dr Fallala’s sudden death was sad for the medical fraternity and the city considering her immense contributions to the community.

Mpilo acting chief executive officer Professor Solwayo Ngwenya could hardly speak as he expressed his devastation following her death.

“For me it’s a personal loss, I’ve known Dr Fallala for a long time. This afternoon at 1.30PM we were together at the Royal Clinic. She had come there to see a patient and we were talking medicine and all that little did I know that she was coming to say goodbye. I’m really devastated. She is someone who had done so much for the community, for the people of Bulawayo and people of Zimbabwe. She worked tirelessly over the years to provide emergency services and deliver so many babies safely. She was still young and strong, this is a sad day for me,” said Prof Ngwenya,

Dr Fallala was a Medical and Dental Council of Zimbabwe councillor and an administrator at Galen House.

Zimbabwe Medical Association president Dr Francis Chiwora said Dr Fallala was a dedicated cadre who did not just treat patients, but also imparted knowledge to up-and-coming doctors.

The vehicle in which Dr Muriel Fallala died after the car overturned along 12th Avenue in Bulawayo yesterday

“She was a senior medical practitioner and also a senior lecturer at Nust. She had worked in Bulawayo for over 30 years. She was a very dedicated medical practitioner. We are shocked to hear about her passing on. We have lost a dedicated cadre to our profession. She was general practitioner, a family practitioner based at Galen House,” said Dr Chiwora.

“She had also specialised on what is called specialist family practitioner which is a new specialist field which started being practised in the country in the last four to six years. She was one of the few practitioners who had qualified as a specialist family practitioner. She immediately embarked on training others to join the specialist field.”

Nust communication and marketing director Mr Thabani Mpofu said Dr Fallala’s death is not just a loss to her family but the nation at large.

“The Nust community is in shock and at a loss for words over the passing away of Dr Muriel Selma Fallala in a car accident this afternoon. Dr Fallala, a Specialist Family Physician, was the Co-ordinator of the Masters in Family Medicine programme under the Department of Community Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine. She joined Nust three years ago at a time when the Faculty of Medicine was introducing new specialised postgraduate degree programmes,” said Mr Mpofu.

“She brought vast experience and expertise gained from her long-service in the medical field. Many know her as one of the leading doctors at the Galen House Emergency Clinic. Her death is a huge blow to Nust and the nation at large.

We have lost an experienced medical doctor, academic and administrator. We mourn with the Fallala family during these difficult times.”

Dr Fallala trained at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Second Medical University in Moscow, Russia.

She was the past president of the College of Primary Care Physicians Zimbabwe and was a member of the World Organization of Family Doctors.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- A South African man died over the weekend after he was brutally beaten to death by security guards at a bank. The now-deceased was allegedly brutally assaulted by the guards after he accused Capitec Bank of stealing his money.

According to his family, Nhlakanipho Gumede (29) went to the Capitec bank in Tongaat on Saturday to inquire about R500, which had gone missing.

His brother, Jan Gumede, said Nhlakanipho was worried that the money had been stolen and did not wish his family to think he had pocketed the money for himself.

Gumede told the North Coast Courier,

“He deposited R1 000 for our family in Ngwavuma, but they only received R500, so he went back there to ask about that. He was told that he must return on Tuesday because the person who had assisted him was off duty. He asked the manager to give a written confirmation that it was the bank’s fault. That’s when an argument broke out between him and the manager.”

Unfortunately, the argument with the bank manager got heated, and the latter called the bank security guards. The guards allegedly brutally assaulted the young upcoming musician and dumped him outside the bank.

“He was left lying on the side of the road, bleeding, and no ambulance was called. I was called by people who know me. I was at work, but I had to rush there. When I got there, my brothers had already taken him to the clinic, where he was transferred to the hospital. He died on Sunday morning.”

One of the security guards has since been arrested in connection to Nhlakanipho’s death. Police spokesperson captain Nqobile Gwala said

“A 40-year-old man was arrested for murder. He is expected to appear in the Verulam Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.”

The spokesperson for Capitec Bank, Chandré Matlala, expressed shock at the death and said the bank does not condone violence.

“The security guard in question has been arrested, and we are working closely with the South African Police Service to further investigate the incident. We are also in direct contact with Mr Gumede’s family during this difficult time. We do not condone the use of violence in any form or behaviour that goes against our company values. We have offered counselling to our staff and clients who were there and experienced the event,” said Matlala.

By A Correspondent- A Harare man is accusing Norton legislator Temba Mliswa of snatching his wife.

Tafadzwa Tamangani (46) is appearing at the Harare Magistrates court on allegations of bashing his wife Janet.

Tamangani is denying ever bashing Janet claiming that her relationship with Mliswa was causing mayhem in his family.

Tamangani told the court that Janet relocated to Mliswa’s house for three months before she came back home trying to evict him with a peace order.

Tamangani also claimed that he was in possession of Janet’s pictures with Mliswa.

He further submitted that he reported her to the police after she stole US$1, 5 million from a safe.

Tamangani told the court that Janet’s medical affidavit was doctored as he did not hit her.

The court heard that on June 7, the complainant arrived home from an outing in the company of her four children and discovered that the bedroom was locked when she tried to enter.

It is alleged that upon asking for the keys from Tamangani, a misunderstanding ensued.

The complainant managed to get the keys and the accused grabbed her by the jacket, pushing her against the wall and dragged her around.

The court heard that as result of the dragging and pushing, the complainant suffered injuries to the chest and ankle.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo residents and the government have mourned the death of Dr Muriella Fallala.

Dr Fellala was also a freedom fighter who joined the country’s liberation war and was sent to study medicine in Russia to save in independent Zimbabwe.
She was 69.
Dr Fallala died after her vehicle overturned while driving to the city centre on Wednesday as she was coming from her home in Ilanda suburb, rushing to Galen House to attend to a patient.
Described as an iron lady of uncompromising character, Dr Fallala, served Bulawayo for nearly 40 years in the medical field.

She started practicing as a doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital in 1982 upon returning home from the Soviet Union where she was deployed to train as a doctor after joining the liberation struggle in 1976.
While some freedom fighters were engaged on the frontline, others like her were sent to learn in friendly nations where they were equipped with skills to run an independent Zimbabwe.
Dr Fallala, who trained at the Second Medical University in Moscow between 1976 and 1981, is among the skilled personnel who served the country when there were still a few trained black doctors operating in the country.
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube said the province had been left exposed following Dr Fallala’s demise.

“Dr Fallala was committed to giving quality service to the people of Zimbabwe and more so to Bulawayo residents.
She loved people and we are hurt with her death. It has shocked us, sometimes we find solace when someone dies after falling ill. But her sudden death due to an accident is more painful as it traumatises us who are left behind. We are left with questions we cannot answer,” said Minister Ncube.
“We mourn with the Fallala family, Bulawayo residents and the nation at large. We also mourn with freedom fighters at the loss of their compatriot. She participated in the liberation struggle and was dedicated to fighting injustices hence the reason she joined the liberation struggle. She fought for equal opportunities and through her service she aimed to provide equal opportunities for all.”
The Minister said she was in consultations with relevant institutions for Dr Fallala to be accorded due recognition for her works and service to the Bulawayo community.
“I’m in consultation with others at the moment. I can’t comment on what exactly we are doing but we are pushing for her recognition because her works already speak for herself. Automatically because she is a war veteran, she is being recognised as a heroine. But we are pushing that she gets recommended for a certain status,” said the Minister.
Bulawayo Provincial Medical Director Dr Maphios Siamuchembu said Dr Fallala’s death was a big loss for the province following her long service to the community.

“She was the pioneer of the family medicine practice specialty and she was teaching that at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) medical school. She has served the community of Bulawayo for many decades; a lot of people have been her patients and she has served humanity with determination and humility. A lot of people have had to learn something from her and doctors had continued to learn something from her,” said Dr Siamuchembu,
“She was a great asset to the province and the people of Bulawayo. We are really saddened that she had to depart suddenly under the circumstances that she has departed. We mourn together with her family. May it be comforted by the Lord.”
Her subordinates at Galen House said they were devastated by her death.
A sombre atmosphere engulfed the medical institution yesterday, although it continued to provide services to patients.
Galen House administrator Ms Nothando Dube said by attending to patients, they were doing exactly what Dr Fallala would have wanted to do.
She said they will continue to carry on with her legacy describing her as an iron lady who never hesitated to speak her mind.
Ms Dube said it was worrying that Dr Fallala died within two years after her other partners Dr Nicholas Ndebele and Dr Gary Ferguson had also died.

“We are really at a loss following the death of Dr Fallala in a tragic accident on November 3. Dr Fallala was a mother to all of us. She was the senior personnel here. She had so much passion for her work. I think from 2015 she had not gone on leave; that shows so much passion about the place and she wanted to maintain the legacy of Galen House after the death of Dr Ndebele and Dr Ferguson,” said Ms Dube.
“She wanted the Bulawayo community to get all the services that she could offer. Just in October she was running a cancer awareness campaign and captured a lot of women and some men that had the condition and assisted them. She has stood by almost all the staff members, each and everyone one of us. She was very principled and she did not want things that would go haywire.”
She said Dr Fallala was a very private person but from time to time she would open up a bit about her life including that she did her secondary education in Kenya.
She said Dr Fallala would also tell them that she joined the liberation struggle and that is how she ended up in Moscow.
Ms Dube said while Dr Fallala was very private her works impacted a lot of people.
“She has really contributed to the development of the community. She would talk about political issues although she would not delve much into details. But she was passionate about the country, she worked very hard for the development of Zimbabwe. We are really at a loss. It was a shock and we are passing our condolences to the family.

We wish we could continue with her legacy as she did following the passing on of her other partners Dr Ferguson and Dr Ndebele,” she said.
When a Chronicle news crew visited Dr Fallala’s home in Ilanda suburb yesterday, the family said they will only be able to comment on her death today as they were still waiting for other relatives who are outside the country.
As the news of Dr Fallala’s death swept across the city, scores of city’s residents took to social media platforms to pay tribute to Dr Fallala outlining how she changed their lives.
Others spoke about how she delivered their babies while others narrated how she saved their lives.
Dr Fallala had a long career which started at Mpilo Central Hospital in 1981 before she was appointed an obstetrician and gynecologist at the same hospital in 1983 and served until 1989.
She then moved to the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council where she served as medical officer for the southern region from 1989 until 1992.

In 1992 she joined Galen House as a general practitioner and in 2014 she did further studies to become a Specialist Family Practitioner.
She joined Nust in 2018 where she served as family physician practitioner.
Dr Fallala was part of several medical professional bodies including Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA), College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe, World Organisation of Family Doctors.
She was also a councillor at Gwanda State University.

By A Correspondent-Two Victoria Ranch tenants in Masvingo, a mother and her daughter, have been jailed for assaulting their landlady and refusing to pay rent.

Sekai Mangeya (39) and Privilege Mangeya (15) bashed their landlord on 29 September and then went on to refuse to pay rent or surrender keys for their rooms.

The landlady Vonile Moyo (50) was briefly detained at Masvingo Provincial Hospital after sustaining injuries.

The duo was sentenced to 10 months each in prison by magistrate Patience Madondo when they appeared before her on October 9 2021.

The two will however serve 5 months each after 5 months of the sentence were suspended on condition that the two are not going to commit the same offence before one year has elapsed.

Prosecuting, Tarisai Muvengi said the accused assaulted the complainant who stays in Mucheke D after she went to the Ranch to collect rent from her house.

It was alleged that the accused had not paid rent for several months.

When the complainant arrived at her house, she found no one at home and later noticed that they were at a nearby house.

The complainant then asked for the rent and the accused refused to give her.

She then asked for her keys to the rooms with the intention of evicting them from her house but they again refused.

Sekai allegedly pushed Moyo to the ground and assaulted her together with her daughter using open arms and clenched fists.

Moyo reported the case to the Police leading to the arrest of the two.

-MasvingoMirror

BY A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices effective Friday, 5 November 2021.

According to a notice issued by the energy regulator this Thursday, the maximum pump price of diesel has been set at ZWL$136.44 or US$1.38 per litre while that of petrol has been capped at ZWL$138.70 or US$1.40 per litre.

This is a significant increase from the fuel prices in October in Zimbabwe dollars, albeit the product is hardly being sold in local currency.

In October ZERA set the cap for the price of diesel at ZWL$122.13 per litre and petrol at ZWL$123.71.

In USD terms, the prices have not changed as they were capped at US$1.38and US$1.40 per litre of diesel and petrol respectively in October.

Meanwhile, ZERA said operators may sell at prices below the cap depending on their trading advantages.

Last month ZERA said it was planning to introduce a programme for the supply of local currency (ZWL) fuel into the market.

By A Correspondent- The City of Bulawayo (BCC) has identified 18 properties in the affluent suburbs of Selbourne Park and Hillcrest where it says the owners built illegal structures.

The state media reports that the Council has issued the owners with 21-day notices for appropriate measures to be taken or face the demolition of the structures.

BCC has in the past couple of months been on an exercise of identifying some of these illegal structures in the city and in its latest report, it said it identified 17 structures in Selbourne Park and one in Hillcrest built illegally.

The list also includes a property owned by Ward 14 councillor, MacDonald Chunga in Selbourne Park. The report reads in part:

The Director of Housing and Community Services (Mr Dictor Khumalo) reported that in terms of the model building by-laws (1977), no construction should be done without approved plans and requisite inspections by Council.

As such the developments should be regularised if they met all Council by-laws and policies subject to relevant penalties paid. If they could not comply, then the development had to be removed accordingly.

The Department carried routine inspections around the city. Appropriate 21 days notices had been issued.

If no corrective action was taken penalties would be charged and where appropriate demolishing procedures instituted.

Several months ago BCC condemned 51 buildings in the Central Business District (CBD), which are in a poor state and considered abandoned, dilapidated or derelict.

More: The Sunday News

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to volatile Mashonaland Central Province.

According to MDC Alliance sources, Zanu PF hooligans attempted to block President Chamisa’s convoy.

However, his advance team managed to outwit the Zanu PF hooligans.

According to President Chamisa, Mashonaland Central Province is ready to embrace change.

“IN MASH CENTRAL… I’m emboldened by the courage for change here in Rushinga and Mt Darwin.. Excellent Community leaders & Citizens interface meetings in Dotito,Nyanhewe, Nyamanyanya,Chimhanda, Nyamatikiti and Rumwa.Thank you Mash Central for the great meetings and warm welcome,” wrote President Chamisa on Twitter.

MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma also wrote:

Youth Assembly cast led by Acting National Chair, Commander @ceechimbiri2 and Acting National Organizer Lovejoy Chitengu is in Mash Central where the People’s President @nelsonchamisa is having fruitful engagements with local leaders.

It’s a year of convergence! https://t.co/U9HVThw4II (https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1456011700986122247?s=20)

BY A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices effective Friday, 5 November 2021.

According to a notice issued by the energy regulator this Thursday, the maximum pump price of diesel has been set at ZWL$136.44 or US$1.38 per litre while that of petrol has been capped at ZWL$138.70 or US$1.40 per litre.

This is a significant increase from the fuel prices in October in Zimbabwe dollars, albeit the product is hardly being sold in local currency.

In October ZERA set the cap for the price of diesel at ZWL$122.13 per litre and petrol at ZWL$123.71.

In USD terms, the prices have not changed as they were capped at US$1.38and US$1.40 per litre of diesel and petrol respectively in October.

Meanwhile, ZERA said operators may sell at prices below the cap depending on their trading advantages.

Last month ZERA said it was planning to introduce a programme for the supply of local currency (ZWL) fuel into the market.

By A Correspondent- The City of Bulawayo (BCC) has identified 18 properties in the affluent suburbs of Selbourne Park and Hillcrest where the owners built illegal structures.

The council has since issued the owners with 21-day notices for appropriate measures to be taken or face the demolition of the structures.

BCC has in the past couple of months been on an exercise of identifying some of these illegal structures in the city and in its latest report, it said it identified 17 structures in Selbourne Park and one in Hillcrest built illegally.

The list also includes a property owned by Ward 14 councillor, MacDonald Chunga in Selbourne Park. The report reads in part:

The Director of Housing and Community Services (Mr Dictor Khumalo) reported that in terms of the model building by-laws (1977), no construction should be done without approved plans and requisite inspections by Council.

As such the developments should be regularised if they met all Council by-laws and policies subject to relevant penalties paid. If they could not comply, then the development had to be removed accordingly.

The Department carried routine inspections around the city. Appropriate 21 days notices had been issued.

If no corrective action was taken penalties would be charged and where appropriate demolishing procedures instituted.

Several months ago BCC condemned 51 buildings in the Central Business District (CBD), which are in a poor state and considered abandoned, dilapidated or derelict.

More: The Sunday News

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF has threatened to storm Garwe Restaurant if they insist on hosting Simozi Mhlongo, a South African gay celebrity they had invited to officiate the reopening of the food outlet.

Garwe Restaurant has since dumped Simozi and they replaced him with another South African singer, actress and dancer, Kelly Khumalo.

In a statement on Wednesday, according to Zim Morning Post, ZANU PF youth league acting secretary-general Tendai Chirau said:

I’ve engaged the owner of the outlet Ms Mandi expressing concerns by different societal groups over the invitation of one of the highly controversial guests (Mhlongo), a declared ngito (a derogatory term for homosexual).

I’m glad to announce that the owner took heed of the great concerns and elected to remove the said ngito from the guest list and never associate themselves with the said character again.

Speaking after accepting the invitation, Kelly said she “can’t wait” to grace the red carpet event. She said:

I’m so excited to come back to Zimbabwe for the grand reopening of the Garwe Restaurant. Thank you so much to Mandi for hosting me and I can’t wait to meet all your patrons. See you guys on Thursday at 6 PM.

By A Correspondent- Garwe Restaurant has been forced to dump Simozi Mhlongo, a South African gay celebrity they had invited to officiate the reopening of the food outlet.

They have since replaced him with another South African singer, actress and dancer, Kelly Khumalo.

Speaking after accepting the invitation, Kelly said she “can’t wait” to grace the red carpet event. She said:

I’m so excited to come back to Zimbabwe for the grand reopening of the Garwe Restaurant. Thank you so much to Mandi for hosting me and I can’t wait to meet all your patrons. See you guys on Thursday at 6 PM.

Khumalo’s invitation comes after churches and the ruling ZANU PF party blocked South African celebrity Somizi Mhlongo over his sexual orientation.

The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) threatened to hold a demonstration at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upon Somizi’s arrival as well as at the restaurant to make sure that the South African would not attend the event.

The churches said allowing Somizi to attend the event meant they would have openly accepted homosexuality in Zimbabwe which is against the constitution.

In a statement on Wednesday, according to Zim Morning Post, ZANU PF youth league acting secretary-general Tendai Chirau said:

I’ve engaged the owner of the outlet Ms Mandi expressing concerns by different societal groups over the invitation of one of the highly controversial guests (Mhlongo), a declared ngito (a derogatory term for homosexual).

I’m glad to announce that the owner took heed of the great concerns and elected to remove the said ngito from the guest list and never associate themselves with the said character again.

By A Correspondent- A Gweru vendor who killed his wife and two children on Tuesday collapsed and died this Thursday before he could answer to murder charges at the Gweru Provincial Magistrate Courts.

Leo Kanyimo (38) allegedly went into a trance on Tuesday afternoon and axed his wife and two children to death.

Reports suggest that police officers had to be assisted by members of the public to arrest Kanyimo, who had just turned violent while speaking in an unknown language.

Midlands provincial prosecutor Samuel Pedzisayi confirmed the death of Kanyimo while he was in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services holding cells. Said Pedzisayi:

The murder accused from Woodlands suburb Leo Kanyimo collapsed and died while in prison holding cells.

He had been brought to court by the police and because of his extreme violent nature, he was put in the holding cells while his record was being opened.

Meanwhile, The Mirror reported sources as saying that Kanyimo (38) who was an ardent AFM member, had an altercation with his wife Chipo Shava (30) over a US$1 that the latter allegedly used to buy jiggies for the kids resulting in a misunderstanding.

In anger, Kanyimo bludgeoned his wife and two children to death using a log.

The cause of Kanyimo’s sudden death is yet to be established, but a report claims that he had a scar on the head, which he sustained when neighbours mobbed up and restrained him before tying him up with ropes.

More: The Herald; The Mirror

Mbungu Secondary School in Gokwe South District has reportedly been closed after suspected goblins attacked female learners at the school premises.

In a video that has emerged on social media platforms, there is pandemonium everywhere as scores of parents and pupils appear in a state of shock because of the strange events unfolding right in front of their eyes.
Several girls in schools uniforms can be heard crying loudly and running wildly as if mysterious forces were pummelling them.

Some community members wearing what appear to be religious regalia are seen in the video praying for the pupils.

-Online

By A Correspondent- A famous Bulawayo medical doctor and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Muriel Fallala has died in a car accident.

Dr Fellala died yesterday after she lost control of her vehicle near Ascot racecourse while driving to the city’s centre to attend to a critical patient.

She lost control of her Mitsubishi SUV while driving along 12th Avenue extension.

The vehicle veered off the road, overturned and hit a precast wall at Old Miltonians Club.

A specialist family practitioner, Dr Fallala died on the spot while rushing to save another life at about 3PM.

Dr Fallala, lauded by her colleagues for her service to Bulawayo, was alone in the car when the accident occurred.

When a Chronicle news crew arrived at the scene, scores of motorists had stopped on the side of the road trying to understand how the crash had happened.
Her colleague who rushed to the scene was traumatised by the incident and had to be rushed to a local hospital.
Dr Fallala’s body was taken to a local mortuary by police.
Acting Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Mr Linos Phiri said Dr Fallala could have been speeding.

“We are told that she was rushing to the city centre to attend to a critical patient at Galen House. She lost control of her vehicle and it rolled and hit a precast wall. She died on the spot,” said Mr Phiri.
Doctors in Bulawayo said Dr Fallala’s sudden death was sad for the medical fraternity and the city considering her immense contributions to the community.
Mpilo acting chief executive officer Professor Solwayo Ngwenya could hardly speak as he expressed his devastation following her death.
“For me it’s a personal loss, I’ve known Dr Fallala for a long time. This afternoon at 1.30PM we were together at the Royal Clinic. She had come there to see a patient and we were talking medicine and all that little did I know that she was coming to say goodbye. I’m really devastated. She is someone who had done so much for the community, for the people of Bulawayo and people of Zimbabwe. She worked tirelessly over the years to provide emergency services and deliver so many babies safely. She was still young and strong, this is a sad day for me,” said Prof Ngwenya,
Dr Fallala was a Medical and Dental Council of Zimbabwe councillor and an administrator at Galen House.
Zimbabwe Medical Association president Dr Francis Chiwora said Dr Fallala was a dedicated cadre who did not just treat patients, but also imparted knowledge to up-and-coming doctors.

“She was a senior medical practitioner and also a senior lecturer at Nust. She had worked in Bulawayo for over 30 years. She was a very dedicated medical practitioner. We are shocked to hear about her passing on. We have lost a dedicated cadre to our profession. She was general practitioner, a family practitioner based at Galen House,” said Dr Chiwora.
“She had also specialised on what is called specialist family practitioner which is a new specialist field which started being practised in the country in the last four to six years. She was one of the few practitioners who had qualified as a specialist family practitioner. She immediately embarked on training others to join the specialist field.”
Nust communication and marketing director Mr Thabani Mpofu said Dr Fallala’s death is not just a loss to her family but the nation at large.
“The Nust community is in shock and at a loss for words over the passing away of Dr Muriel Selma Fallala in a car accident this afternoon. Dr Fallala, a Specialist Family Physician, was the Co-ordinator of the Masters in Family Medicine programme under the Department of Community Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine. She joined Nust three years ago at a time when the Faculty of Medicine was introducing new specialised postgraduate degree programmes,” said Mr Mpofu.
“She brought vast experience and expertise gained from her long-service in the medical field. Many know her as one of the leading doctors at the Galen House Emergency Clinic. Her death is a huge blow to Nust and the nation at large.
We have lost an experienced medical doctor, academic and administrator. We mourn with the Fallala family during these difficult times.”
Dr Fallala trained at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Second Medical University in Moscow, Russia.
She was the past president of the College of Primary Care Physicians Zimbabwe and was a member of the World Organization of Family Doctors.

-Chronicle

By A Correspondent- Mbungu Secondary School in Gokwe South District has reportedly been hit by goblins .

In a video that has emerged on social media platforms, there is pandemonium everywhere as scores of parents and pupils appear in a state of shock because of the strange events unfolding right in front of their eyes.
Several girls in schools uniforms can be heard crying loudly and running wildly as if mysterious forces were pummelling them.

Some community members wearing what appear to be religious regalia are seen in the video praying for the pupils.

-Online

Tinashe Sambiri|Outspoken politician-cum- philanthropist Killer Zivhu has conceded that his former party Zanu PF is in total disarray.

Zivhu described the Zanu PF leadership in Masvingo Province as useless.

The controversial politician was dismissed from Zanu PF for urging Mnangagwa to commence dialogue with President Nelson Chamisa.

Below is Zivhu’s tweet on deepening turmoil in Zanu PF…

Mavhitori anovhotera muma Masvingo Province pakasaitwa change in Zanu PF leadership in Masvingo , Mukomana unowana 90% come 2023 election kusada kana kuzvigamuchira ndicho chokwadi.

MDC Alliance official
Prince Dubeko Sibanda responded:
“Kunyanya mukasa chinja pahu First Secretary apa, totora ne 99%.”

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to volatile Mashonaland Central Province.

According to MDC Alliance sources, Zanu PF hooligans attempted to block President Chamisa’s convoy.

According to President Chamisa, Mashonaland Central Province is ready to embrace change.

“IN MASH CENTRAL… I’m emboldened by the courage for change here in Rushinga and Mt Darwin.. Excellent Community leaders & Citizens interface meetings in Dotito,Nyanhewe, Nyamanyanya,Chimhanda, Nyamatikiti and Rumwa.Thank you Mash Central for the great meetings and warm welcome,” wrote President Chamisa on Twitter.

MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma also wrote:

Youth Assembly cast led by Acting National Chair, Commander @ceechimbiri2 and Acting National Organizer Lovejoy Chitengu is in Mash Central where the People’s President @nelsonchamisa is having fruitful engagements with local leaders.

It’s a year of convergence! https://t.co/U9HVThw4II (https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1456011700986122247?s=20)

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to volatile Mashonaland Central Province.

According to MDC Alliance sources, Zanu PF hooligans attempted to block President Chamisa’s convoy.

However, his advance team managed to outwit the Zanu PF hooligans.

According to President Chamisa, Mashonaland Central Province is ready to embrace change.

“IN MASH CENTRAL… I’m emboldened by the courage for change here in Rushinga and Mt Darwin.. Excellent Community leaders & Citizens interface meetings in Dotito,Nyanhewe, Nyamanyanya,Chimhanda, Nyamatikiti and Rumwa.Thank you Mash Central for the great meetings and warm welcome,” wrote President Chamisa on Twitter.

MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma also wrote:

Youth Assembly cast led by Acting National Chair, Commander @ceechimbiri2 and Acting National Organizer Lovejoy Chitengu is in Mash Central where the People’s President @nelsonchamisa is having fruitful engagements with local leaders.

It’s a year of convergence! https://t.co/U9HVThw4II (https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1456011700986122247?s=20)

By A Correspondent- The City of Bulawayo (BCC) has identified 18 properties in the affluent suburbs of Selbourne Park and Hillcrest where the owners built illegal structures.

The council has since issued the owners with 21-day notices for appropriate measures to be taken or face the demolition of the structures.

BCC has in the past couple of months been on an exercise of identifying some of these illegal structures in the city and in its latest report, it said it identified 17 structures in Selbourne Park and one in Hillcrest built illegally.

The list also includes a property owned by Ward 14 councillor, MacDonald Chunga in Selbourne Park. The report reads in part:

The Director of Housing and Community Services (Mr Dictor Khumalo) reported that in terms of the model building by-laws (1977), no construction should be done without approved plans and requisite inspections by Council.

As such the developments should be regularised if they met all Council by-laws and policies subject to relevant penalties paid. If they could not comply, then the development had to be removed accordingly.

The Department carried routine inspections around the city. Appropriate 21 days notices had been issued.

If no corrective action was taken penalties would be charged and where appropriate demolishing procedures instituted.

Several months ago BCC condemned 51 buildings in the Central Business District (CBD), which are in a poor state and considered abandoned, dilapidated or derelict.

HON. R. MAKONI: My question is directed to the Minister of Finance and Economic Development. Most of the local authorities in Zimbabwe are charging their rates in RTGS yet they buy their fuel in US dollars. What plans does Government have so that councils can access fuel in RTGS?

*THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (HON. CHIDUWA):  About two weeks ago, we all heard what was happening at the RBZ auction system whereby some oil companies were abusing the facility. The apex bank moved in and suspended all gas and oil companies because they could afford to access the foreign currency on their own. As a Ministry, we then designated NOIC to import fuel using their own duty in RTGS. That fuel which is being imported by NOIC is the one that is given to local authorities and Government departments for use in their day to day programmes. Right now, we are making sure that there are service stations that can sell fuel in RTGS to local authorities.

*HON. T. MLISWA:  So why did you not arrest them?

*THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (HON. CHIDUWA):Thank you Hon. Mliswa for your question.  It is true we have several companies that we realise were getting forex but abusing it.  However, following the violations that took place, we have civil penalties in place.  The financial intelligence unit is carrying out audits.  The Minister of Energy and Power Development is here.  He might give us the statistics if he has them at hand, but the audits are being carried out by the Financial Intelligence Unit and the RBZ.  All those found guilty, some of them will be charged penalties while some will have their accounts closed.  Some were now involved in money laundering but the penalties that we have are just civil penalties and not criminal penalties.

*HON. T. MLISWA:  Madam Speaker, I was requesting that we do our work diligently.  I would like the Minister to bring a list of all the companies that were involved so that we know them.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Hon. Mliswa, you are not connected?

HON. T. MLISWA:  I am connected through Hon. Mutsvangwa.  Madam Speaker, I am saying this is good news to this Parliament.  May the culprits, the list of all those who violated the regulations be brought to this august House so that we can know who they are and exercise our oversight.

*HON. CHIDUWA:  As Treasury, we set precedence when we published some names, but we once published some names of those companies.  If you check on the previous list that we released, you will see that those companies are listed there.  The list also includes those companies that sell fuel.  I do not think that there is anything wrong in us bringing the list to Parliament, but we stand to be guided by the Prosecutor-General’s Office.

HON. GONESE: Supplementary question Madam Speaker.  Thank you very much Hon. Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development. My supplementary question emanates from the fact that there is a disparity between the auction rate and the parallel market rate.  Are we not likely to see a scenario where people are going to buy fuel at those designated service stations in Zimbabwean dollars and then resell the fuel at a profit in United States dollar terms because we are not tackling the root cause of the problem which is the growing disparity between the two rates of exchange and the other trying to deal simply with the symptoms because arresting people does not seem to be solving the problem, Hon. Deputy Minister.

HON. CHIDUWA:  Thank you Hon. Gonese.  Our problem especially with regard to the disparity between the official rate and the parallel market rate, yes, inasmuch as we are saying arresting people is not a solution but I think it is largely a behavioural problem which also requires some of these enforcement measures.  Yes, we have got the economics to deal with.  Quite a number of people think flouting the exchange rate is a solution.  It may not necessarily be a solution as long as we have got people that have got behaviour that is not consistent with rational economic agents.

So with regards to the issue where you are saying it is likely to be abuse because of the disparity that is there between the exchange rates, we are going to be guided by the Ministry of Energy and Power Development.  All those service stations that are going to be given the right to sell fuel in RTGS are supposed to have a fuel management system.  The fuel management system is the one that we are going to use to ensure that we reduce cases of corruption and cases of abuse of the system.  So that is our fallback position.  The fuel management system which we hope is going to assist us in curbing abuse and corruption.  Thank you.

 ^(v)*HON. MAFUTA: My question is directed to the Acting Leader of the House.  What measures are in place pertaining to some mining companies that are refusing rentals in local currency in preference to United States Dollars?

*THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, PUBLICITY AND BROADCASTING SERVICES (HON. SEN. MUTSVANGWA):  Thank you Madam Speaker. I also want to thank Hon. Mafuta for her question about mine workers who are paying rentals in United States Dollars whereas our country is using multi-currency.  So people should not be deterred from using local currency because our policy is that we are using multi-currency.  I thank you.

         HON. M. KHUMALO:  My question is directed to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development.  It is in connection with the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation in the country.  We are approaching the rain season and the planned roads on that programme have not been attended to.  I think we have travelled throughout the country and a lot of roads are still not passable.  What is the Ministry going to do to attend to that problem because deliveries of grain and seed for planting will not take place in those areas where roads are bad?  Thank you.

THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT (HON. MHONA):  Thank you Hon. Madam Speaker Ma’am. Let me also thank Hon. Khumalo for that important question on Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme.

Hon. Madam Speaker Ma’am, let me share with the august House that this programme is running for three years until February 2024.  What it means is that it is an ongoing programme. As we speak and maybe to allay the fears of Hon. Members and the citizenry, some roads are even constructed during the rain season and those roads are even stronger than the roads that we construct during the normal period.  So I want to allay the fears of Hon. Khumalo that yes, we are approaching the rain season and there is something that we are going to be doing during this time.

Also to say that the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development superintends over a number of road authorities, inter alia the Department of Roads that falls under its purview.  We also have local authorities, rural district councils and DDF.  So at times, it is not in the public domain to say who owns this road but like I always say, at the end of the day, it comes to the Minister but there are road authorities mandated to look and manage their own roads.  In particular, if you then go especially to the rural constituencies, some are under DDF rural district councils.

What happened during the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme was to take roads but it is so sad Hon. Madam Speaker Ma’am that some of the local authorities, even after having received funding from ZINARA have not used that funding.  I will come before this august House with a report of whatever went through to a local authority, rural district council, DDF and how they utilised that money towards road rehabilitation.  You will find that in other areas, the money is seated, as we speak, in their accounts – which is quite sad.  The motive behind, you will be wondering why because we have not taken all the roads as the Ministry, we have earmarked certain roads and I am sure the august House can concur that tremendous work has been done on some of the roads.  We cannot rehabilitate all roads.

The assumption is that funding that was coming from ZINARA was supposed to go to the local authorities and rural district councils so that they take their day to day programmes of rehabilitating roads and of late, some were not doing that.  So I urge even to work closely with Parliament over the oversight role to say, those who were given funding, why are they not using that funding, which is something to me that is contrary to the public expectation. This is something that we are also going to be doing.  I want to thank Hon. Khumalo that yes, the noble idea by His Excellency, Hon. Mnangagwa to declare a State of Disaster was for us to then move with speed in trying to rehabilitate our roads.  This is the only initiative and reason why we are here so that we rehabilitate and promote passability on our roads.  I thank you.

By A Correspondent- Chinhoyi municipality has suspended the Sister-in-Charge at its Mzari Polyclinic, Charity Muzani over 27 vaccination cards that went missing under unclear circumstances last month.

Council Director of Health, Dr William Mayabo revealed to H-Metro that the local authority had suspended Munaki pending investigations as the matter has already been handed over to the police. Said Mayabo:

The Sister-in-charge of Mzari clinic has been suspended over 27 COVID-19 vaccination cards that went missing at the clinic last month.

As the sister-in-charge, Munaki was supposed to know where the cards went because she is the one who had custody of the keys, in which she is the only one who fills in stock cards and everything, but she just said the cards are missing.

So the action that we took is the issue was reported to ZRP, which referred the case to CID. It is still under investigation.

He said the town clerk, Maxwell Kaitano managed to come up with a board of inquiry.

“Our internal audit is seized with investigations as well.

We want to audit from the start including all the medical equipment at Mzari Polyclinic.”

Mayabo, however, refused to disclose if the Sister-in-Charge was suspended with full benefits.

Several cases of missing vaccination cards have been reported across the country amid reports that the documents are selling like hotcakes.

People who have refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, mainly due to religious beliefs or under the influence of conspiracy theories, prefer to buy the cards to avoid trouble at their workplaces.

By A Correspondent- The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) wrote a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, asking him to block South African media personality Somizi Mhlongo from officiating at a restaurant in Harare.

Somizi, who is gay, was set to host the Garwe Restaurant VIP reopening in the capital this afternoon at a cost of R250 000 but organisers of the event bowed to pressure from local groups to drop him.

ACCZ said it was vehemently opposed to Somizi attending the event as Zimbabwe’s constitution doesn’t tolerate homosexuality.

The church grouping said:

We represent indigenous churches in Zimbabwe and are strongly rooted in our culture and support our revolutionary party.

It is after we saw an article in our leading paper “Sunday Mail, 31 October edition” that a South African well known gay, Somizi Mhlongo “Somiz” is coming to Zimbabwe to grace the reopening of Garwe Restaurant on the 4 of November 2021.

The church is strongly against such an event in the sense that Somizi is a homosexual, hence according to our People’s driven Constitution, Zimbabwe doesn’t tolerate homosexuality.

The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe warned that that Somizi’s attendance would cost ZANU PF votes in the 2023 elections. It said:

It is therefore our question if we allow Somizi to come to our land, spiritually we would have been disturbed a lot, and physically we would have openly accepted homosexuality in Zimbabwe hence affecting our children.

This move will also affect our revolutionary party ZANU PF by disturbing the 5 million votes win needed in the next 2023 harmonized elections for it is publicly known that our party strongly stands against homosexuality.

ACCZ said it was planning to hold a peaceful demonstration at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upon Somizi’s arrival as well as at the restaurant.

In most African countries, homosexuality is considered “un-African” and a deviant Western ideology.

By A Correspondent- A notorious drug pusher in Chinhoyi has been jailed 18 months for unlawful possession and trafficking of a banned substance.

Pamela Chiwara (32) of Coldstream suburb was convicted of possession of 3,9 kilogrammes of dagga, which was found stashed at her house.

However magistrate Tamari Chibindi suspended six months of the sentence on condition of good behaviour.

The state case, led by prosecutor Review Nikisi had argued that on October 23, 2021, at around 10 am, detectives were on patrol in Coldstream when they received a tip off to the effect that Chiwara was in possession of dangerous drugs.

Acting upon the information, cops went to her house, where they found the accused person.

A subsequent search led to the recovery of 3,9kg hidden in her bedroom, stashed in a pillowcase concealed in the lower compartment of her wardrobe.

Chiwara was requested to produce a licence or permit authorising her to be in possession of dagga but she failed, leading to her arrest.

The recovered dagga was forfeited to the state for destruction.

In sentencing the accused person, the presiding magistrate lamented the high prevalence of drug-induced crimes and devastating effects drugs have had, particularly on the youths.

She said deterrent jail terms were appropriate to curb the vice which had wrecked society.

By A Correspondent- A police officer who was caught with 143kgs of loose dagga has been sentenced to four years imprisonment.

Berlin Dombodzvuku, a police officer stationed at Support Unit Zulu Troop appeared before Marondera Magistrate Ms Rumbidzayi Munemo yesterday who after full trial slapped him with five years imprisonment with one year being suspended on condition that Dombodzvuku does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.

Effectively, Dombodzvuku will serve a four-year jail term.

He was allegedly caught by officers after a high-speed chase, resulting in him abandoning his vehicle before attempting to flee on foot, but to no avail.

Ms Phumuzile Ndlovu prosecuted for the State.

By A Correspondent- Two lovers who were sharing their love together, sadly also shared their death together.

This comes after they were killed in an alleged hit-and-run accident on Tuesday, 2 November.

According to Reaction Unit of South Africa spokesman Prem Balrum, an unidentified woman was killed and her partner critically injured after they were run over by a truck on the R102 between Ottawa and Verulam, north of Durban.

“A member of the unit was travelling on the south-bound lane when he was flagged down by pedestrians. Upon investigation, the officer noticed a mangled body of a female lying face-down on the tarmac next to a metal barrier. The woman appeared to have been dragged between the barrier and the truck for about 15 metres.”

Balrum said upon inspection, a man was discovered in the overgrown bush next to the road.

“Witnesses informed the officer the two were run over by a truck that did not stop at the scene. Details of the truck were circulated to unit members responding to the scene.”

He said medics assessed the woman and found she was fatally injured. He said the man sustained critical injuries from the high-impact collision.

“His clothing items were located several metres from the scene. CPR commenced by paramedics from Netcare 911, Metro Police and the unit on the critically injured man after his condition rapidly deteriorated. After re-establishing a pulse, the patient was rushed to hospital, where he died up arrival.”

Balrum said officers search for the truck and located it near the Ottawa and Parkgate intersection.

“The driver and his assistant were found seated in the vehicle. When questioned, they informed the officers they were unaware they had knocked the pedestrians over, but the left headlight was missing from the truck.”

Captain Nqobile Gwala said two pedestrians were crossing the R102 between the Ottawa and Verulam intersection, when they were knocked by the vehicle. The female victim sustained injuries and was certified dead at the scene, while the male victim was taken to hospital for medical attention, where he died: “A case of culpable homicide was opened at the Verulam Police Station for investigation.”

– Daily Sun

By A Correspondent- A pastor with Heartfelt International Ministries in Kariba, Tonderai Muridzi (32) on Tuesday appeared before Kariba magistrate Mr Tendai Banda for assaulting a form five learner Ngonidzashe Makovere (17).

He was fined $20 000 after admitting to the charges.

Prosecutor Ms Karen Musiiwa told the court that on September 7, a passer-by requested to use the toilet from Makovere to which he agreed.

The passer-by spilled some water on the toilet floor, prompting the Muridzi to force the boy to clean up as the passer-by had left.

The boy complied but Muridzi started shouting at him, accusing him of delaying.

The clergyman entered the complainant’s room and started bashing him with open hands and fists, resulting in the complainant sustaining injuries.

The matter was reported at Kariba Police Post leading to Muridzi’s arrest.

– HMetro

By A Correspondent- A 21 year old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for an effective 13 years for teaming up with two other people to rob at gunpoint a shopkeeper of money and a cellphone at a clothing boutique in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Carlos Mhlanga who was arrested in July last year was sent to prison on Friday following a full trial at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court.

He was brought to court charged for aggravated robbery and was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.

Johannesburg police spokesperson, Captain Xoli Mbele confirmed that Mhlanga had been convicted due to diligence on the part of the investigating officers.

“The accused and two of his accomplices robbed Clifford Boutique Clothing Shop at the corner of Bree and Polly Streets on July 13 last year at around 5 pm.

“The trio entered the shop pretending to be customers and later pointed a cashier with firearms, before taking an undisclosed amount of money from the till.

“They also searched him and took his cell phone, after which they fled from the scene in different directions,” said Capt Mbele.

He said the cashier followed one of the suspects while screaming for help.

A taxi queue marshal came to his rescue and apprehended the man who then recovered the firearm, live ammunition, and the complainant’s cellphone.

“We hope this sentence will scare away would-be offenders from committing a similar crime,” added Capt Mbele.-statemedia

BY A Correspondent- A famous Bulawayo medical doctor and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Muriel Fallala has died in a car accident.

Dr Fellala died yesterday after she lost control of her vehicle near Ascot racecourse while driving to the city’s centre to attend to a critical patient.

She lost control of her Mitsubishi SUV while driving along 12th Avenue extension.

The vehicle veered off the road, overturned and hit a precast wall at Old Miltonians Club.

A specialist family practitioner, Dr Fallala died on the spot while rushing to save another life at about 3PM.

Dr Fallala, lauded by her colleagues for her service to Bulawayo, was alone in the car when the accident occurred.

When a Chronicle news crew arrived at the scene, scores of motorists had stopped on the side of the road trying to understand how the crash had happened.
Her colleague who rushed to the scene was traumatised by the incident and had to be rushed to a local hospital.
Dr Fallala’s body was taken to a local mortuary by police.
Acting Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer Mr Linos Phiri said Dr Fallala could have been speeding.

“We are told that she was rushing to the city centre to attend to a critical patient at Galen House. She lost control of her vehicle and it rolled and hit a precast wall. She died on the spot,” said Mr Phiri.
Doctors in Bulawayo said Dr Fallala’s sudden death was sad for the medical fraternity and the city considering her immense contributions to the community.
Mpilo acting chief executive officer Professor Solwayo Ngwenya could hardly speak as he expressed his devastation following her death.
“For me it’s a personal loss, I’ve known Dr Fallala for a long time. This afternoon at 1.30PM we were together at the Royal Clinic. She had come there to see a patient and we were talking medicine and all that little did I know that she was coming to say goodbye. I’m really devastated. She is someone who had done so much for the community, for the people of Bulawayo and people of Zimbabwe. She worked tirelessly over the years to provide emergency services and deliver so many babies safely. She was still young and strong, this is a sad day for me,” said Prof Ngwenya,
Dr Fallala was a Medical and Dental Council of Zimbabwe councillor and an administrator at Galen House.
Zimbabwe Medical Association president Dr Francis Chiwora said Dr Fallala was a dedicated cadre who did not just treat patients, but also imparted knowledge to up-and-coming doctors.

“She was a senior medical practitioner and also a senior lecturer at Nust. She had worked in Bulawayo for over 30 years. She was a very dedicated medical practitioner. We are shocked to hear about her passing on. We have lost a dedicated cadre to our profession. She was general practitioner, a family practitioner based at Galen House,” said Dr Chiwora.
“She had also specialised on what is called specialist family practitioner which is a new specialist field which started being practised in the country in the last four to six years. She was one of the few practitioners who had qualified as a specialist family practitioner. She immediately embarked on training others to join the specialist field.”
Nust communication and marketing director Mr Thabani Mpofu said Dr Fallala’s death is not just a loss to her family but the nation at large.
“The Nust community is in shock and at a loss for words over the passing away of Dr Muriel Selma Fallala in a car accident this afternoon. Dr Fallala, a Specialist Family Physician, was the Co-ordinator of the Masters in Family Medicine programme under the Department of Community Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine. She joined Nust three years ago at a time when the Faculty of Medicine was introducing new specialised postgraduate degree programmes,” said Mr Mpofu.
“She brought vast experience and expertise gained from her long-service in the medical field. Many know her as one of the leading doctors at the Galen House Emergency Clinic. Her death is a huge blow to Nust and the nation at large.
We have lost an experienced medical doctor, academic and administrator. We mourn with the Fallala family during these difficult times.”
Dr Fallala trained at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Second Medical University in Moscow, Russia.
She was the past president of the College of Primary Care Physicians Zimbabwe and was a member of the World Organization of Family Doctors.

-State media

ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER

CHANGES TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have to inform the House of the following changes to the membership of Portfolio Committees:

1. Bhuda Masara has moved from the Portfolio Committee on Media and Broadcasting Services to the Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education;
2. Markham will serve on the Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development; and
3. Dr. Labode will serve on the Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education.

-source- Hansard

By A Correspondent- A well known Chitungwiza businesswoman was yesterday killed in a horror crash along Seke road.

The woman, identified as Blessing Chiedza Matanhire was involved in a head on collision after a lorry that was travelling in the opposite direction encroched into her lane crashing her car.

Sources privy to the details said she was travelling with her child. It could however not be established if the child died on the spot.

Said a source who witnessed the tragic accident:

“There was a lorry that was travelling in the opposite direction and it is alleged that the driver was on the phone while driving. His vehicle encroached into the other lane which is used by the cars that are travelling from town and going towards Seke. The drivers of many of the vehicles going towards Seke saw how this driver was now a danger and they avoided him.

Unfortunately, Blessing did not see what was happening because she was travelling in her lane. She was involved in a head on collission with the lorry. I dont think the child that she was travelling with survived because the impact was horrific.”

By A Correspondent- Zambia’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), spokesperson Joseph Kalimbwe said his country’s President would never hire a private jet and address an empty auditorium at the climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

Kalimbwe on Wednesday suggested that the benefit of travelling to Glasgow might not have produced results comparable to the cost of travelling as many leaders addressed empty auditoriums.

 He said Wednesday:

In Africa, we must understand that buying/hiring private jets is not a sign of economic success. We measure economic success by how many people can easily find jobs, how many can afford a decent living. These are the fundamentals of a nation’s economic success – not private jets!

We can use $1 Million to fund public school projects & get kids back into school – to jumpstart their future. Theirs is a future we must protect. Our leadership will not burn private jet fuel from Lusaka to go address 4 people overseas when we can save money & fly commercial!!

Some observers view Kalimbwe’s statement as a direct jab at President Emmerson Mnangagwa who reportedly hired a private jet from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet Republic, for an average of US$415 000 for a one-way trip from Harare to Glasgow.

The estimate suggests Mnangagwa is spending close to USS$1 million on travel alone.

Mnangagwa Tuesday addressed an almost empty auditorium, as did all the leaders who delivered their addresses during the 9 am to 1 pm slot.

-Online

By a Correspondent- Emmerson Mnangagwa’s panicky administration has deployed hundreds of police officers, many in riot gear, in Harare amid fears of an imminent uprising, it has emerged.

Security sector sources revealed that in addition to the cops, who have maintained a heavy presence in Harare’s central business district (CBD) for over a week, the government has also secretly deployed significant numbers of undercover agents, mainly from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to gather intelligence.

They are required to submit daily reports.
The heavy riot police presence has been witnessed in the city center every day since police officers clashed with a grouping of war veterans who were protesting the low allowances they receive from the government.
The deployment comes at a time the governing party, Zanu PF, has been spooked by MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa’s trailblazing nationwide campaign which it has sought to violently thwart.
It also comes amid a general apprehension occasioned by growing discontentment over worsening economic problems.
“The is a general fear among police commanders at the moment that the worsening hardships could trigger civil unrest and this was worsened by war veterans taking to the streets recently,” a police source said.
“The idea is to showcase as much firepower as possible and scare away any potential rioters. This is precisely why you have seen police trucks on the streets and increasing roadblocks on the city’s main feeder roads. It’s psychological warfare taking place,” the source said.
Another source said: “Reports that have been received generally show that there is a gloomy mood in the country which may crystalize into civil unrest. The entire security sector is currently on alert and ready to step in if the need arises.”
NewZimbabwe.com went under-cover to interview some of the riot police officers who have been spending whole days on the city’s pavements and they professed ignorance on why they were deployed.
“We don’t know why we were told on the streets. Normally, such information is kept away from us. We are simply told to go and occupy the streets and wait for further instructions,” a pair of female police officers who have been camped near the new government complex in Harare said.
“In short, we don’t know why we are here,” they said, clearly showing exasperation.
National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed there has been an element of civil unrest which occasioned the deployment.
“The police have a mandate to maintain order,” Nyathi said.
“I may not be aware of what you are calling huge numbers, but police patrols or moving around in vehicles or on foot is part of that responsibility of maintaining police visibility and assuring the public of their safety,” he said.
Asked who specifically has threatened public security, Nyathi said: “I do not know what you mean by asking if the public safety is under threat. Remember police have a duty to conduct patrols in the country and patrols are conducted by the police moving around and being seen by the public, so I do not know if there is a problem if the forces are patrolling.

-Online

By A Correspondent- WhatsApp is no longer officially supported on some phones and users have already started experiencing issues. WhatsApp installation might even be still working but it will soon stop. This is because Facebook, the makers of WhatsApp, has decided to stop supporting these older phones. This is a blow to many Zimbabweans considering that WhatsApp is the beginning and end of all communications. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), WhatsApp is the internet for most people and a lot of informal and formal businesses rely on it for their communications and even making sales. Below is a list of phones that are no longer supported.

For iPhones, the following are no longer supported and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• iPhone 6
• iPhone 6S plus
• iPhone SE

For Samsung phones, the following are no longer supported and can no longer support WhatsApp:

• Galaxy Trend Lite
• Galaxy Trend II
• Galaxy SII
• Galaxy S3 mini
• Galaxy Xcover 2
• Galaxy Core
• Galaxy Ace 2

For LG the following phones are no longer supported and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Lucid 2
• Optimus F7
• Optimus F5
• Optimus L3 II Dual
• Optimus F5
• Optimus L5
• Best L5 II
• Optimus L5 Dual
• Best L3 II
• Optimus L7
• Optimus L7 II Dual
• Best L7 II
• Optimus F6, Enact
• Optimus L4 II Dual
• Optimus F3
• Best L4 II
• Best L2 II
• Optimus Nitro HD
• Optimus 4X HD
• Optimus F3Q

Support for the following ZTE phones is no longer available and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• ZTE V956
• Grand X Quad V987
• Grand Memo

For Sony, the following phones are no longer supported and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Xperia Miro
• Xperia Neo L
• Xperia Arc S

The following Huawei phones can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Ascend G740
• Ascend Mate
• Ascend D Quad XL
• Ascend D1 Quad XL
• Ascend P1 S
• Ascend D2

Here are other phones that can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Alcate
• Archos 53 Platinum
• HTC Desire 500
• Caterpillar Cat B15
• Wiko Cink Five
• Wiko Darknight
• Lenovo A820
• UMi X2
• Run F1
• THL W8

How can you fix this?

Some are settling for either budget brands like the Xiaomi, iTel and Techno or they end up buying refurbished secondhand yesteryear flagships. The problem with the latter is one ends up with a phone that’s closer to its end of life support.

Some are buying new phones while some who have unsupported Android phones buy some time by installing WhatsApp versions such as GBWhatsApp. Reports suggest that these versions will eventually stop working too as they are based on the official WhatsApp installation file. 

More: ZIMPRICECHECK

By A Correspondent- Over 2000 Lubimbi villagers in Binga are facing eviction to pave the way for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam.

Through the dam construction committee, the government said it had identified a piece of land in the Nakanono area, which they believe is suitable for their resettlement.

Dam committee chairperson, Edmond Sibanda, said the assessment has been completed.

Sibanda said:

Communities have agreed on Nakonono area, which is the former Kana Block farms. The land is near Shangani River, and is also close to the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo Road.
However, we are still waiting for a response from the government.
That is the land we want as a community and it is big enough to support meaningful livelihoods for all the affected communities.
However, Lubimbi ward councillor Chrispen Munkuli said they were still debating the issue because the council has not yet visited the place for assessment. He added:

We were advised that workers from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency also have to visit the place and give a way forward on the valuation exercise.
The government recently carried out an assessment on the value of the property which is likely to be affected by the expansion of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Lubimbi with a view to compensate the evictees in United States dollars.
The Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, which is part of the Zambezi Water Project, is scheduled to be completed by December 2022.

-State media

By A Correspondent- WhatsApp is no longer officially supported on some phones and users have already started experiencing issues. WhatsApp installation might even be still working but it will soon stop. This is because Facebook, the makers of WhatsApp, has decided to stop supporting these older phones. This is a blow to many Zimbabweans considering that WhatsApp is the beginning and end of all communications. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), WhatsApp is the internet for most people and a lot of informal and formal businesses rely on it for their communications and even making sales. Below is a list of phones that are no longer supported.

For iPhones, the following are no longer supported and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• iPhone 6
• iPhone 6S plus
• iPhone SE

For Samsung phones, the following are no longer supported and can no longer support WhatsApp:

• Galaxy Trend Lite
• Galaxy Trend II
• Galaxy SII
• Galaxy S3 mini
• Galaxy Xcover 2
• Galaxy Core
• Galaxy Ace 2

For LG the following phones are no longer supported and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Lucid 2
• Optimus F7
• Optimus F5
• Optimus L3 II Dual
• Optimus F5
• Optimus L5
• Best L5 II
• Optimus L5 Dual
• Best L3 II
• Optimus L7
• Optimus L7 II Dual
• Best L7 II
• Optimus F6, Enact
• Optimus L4 II Dual
• Optimus F3
• Best L4 II
• Best L2 II
• Optimus Nitro HD
• Optimus 4X HD
• Optimus F3Q

Support for the following ZTE phones is no longer available and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• ZTE V956
• Grand X Quad V987
• Grand Memo

For Sony, the following phones are no longer supported and can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Xperia Miro
• Xperia Neo L
• Xperia Arc S

The following Huawei phones can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Ascend G740
• Ascend Mate
• Ascend D Quad XL
• Ascend D1 Quad XL
• Ascend P1 S
• Ascend D2

Here are other phones that can no longer run WhatsApp:

• Alcate
• Archos 53 Platinum
• HTC Desire 500
• Caterpillar Cat B15
• Wiko Cink Five
• Wiko Darknight
• Lenovo A820
• UMi X2
• Run F1
• THL W8

How can you fix this?

Some are settling for either budget brands like the Xiaomi, iTel and Techno or they end up buying refurbished secondhand yesteryear flagships. The problem with the latter is one ends up with a phone that’s closer to its end of life support.

Some are buying new phones while some who have unsupported Android phones buy some time by installing WhatsApp versions such as GBWhatsApp. Reports suggest that these versions will eventually stop working too as they are based on the official WhatsApp installation file. 

More: ZIMPRICECHECK

By A Correspondent- Zambia’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), spokesperson Joseph Kalimbwe said his country’s President would never hire a private jet and address an empty auditorium at the climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

Kalimbwe on Wednesday suggested that the benefit of travelling to Glasgow might not have produced results comparable to the cost of travelling as many leaders addressed empty auditoriums.

 He said Wednesday:

In Africa, we must understand that buying/hiring private jets is not a sign of economic success. We measure economic success by how many people can easily find jobs, how many can afford a decent living. These are the fundamentals of a nation’s economic success – not private jets!

We can use $1 Million to fund public school projects & get kids back into school – to jumpstart their future. Theirs is a future we must protect. Our leadership will not burn private jet fuel from Lusaka to go address 4 people overseas when we can save money & fly commercial!!

Some observers view Kalimbwe’s statement as a direct jab at President Emmerson Mnangagwa who reportedly hired a private jet from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet Republic, for an average of US$415 000 for a one-way trip from Harare to Glasgow.

The estimate suggests Mnangagwa is spending close to USS$1 million on travel alone.

Mnangagwa Tuesday addressed an almost empty auditorium, as did all the leaders who delivered their addresses during the 9 am to 1 pm slot.

-Online

Tinashe Sambiri|Hard-hitting MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said disgruntled citizens will “punish Zanu PF” by voting in numbers in 2023.

Hon Sikhala also mocked the Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa over addressing empty chairs in Glasgow.

“When u are an international shame, you end up addressing empty chairs like Mnangagwa.

Kwayi huyai muone chikara chichidzvova. Chichidzvovera ma empty chairs.

Hakuna kupera kunodarika uku. A shame to our nation.

Lets punish ZANU PF in 2023.”

Hon Sikhala added:
“What I knew is that Zimbabweans in the UK would never betray their colleagues on the frontline. I knew they will show their solidarity with those back home here.

Thank you Zimbabwe, thank you colleagues for telling the truth about Zimbabwe. You are great and we love u all.”

By A Correspondent-Twenty people were this week sustained serious injuries after the commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst a tyre and rammed into a stationary haulage truck along Christmas Pass.

Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka, said the 20 were rushed to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital.

“The driver of a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus, William Mangenje, failed to control his vehicle after its tyre burst upon approaching the 258 km peg. He was coming from Mutare heading to Penhalonga around 3pm. He hit a haulage truck which was stationary.

“The vehicle was damaged and there are no fatalities. Some of the passengers sustained minor injuries while others sustained serious ones and were taken to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital,” said Ass Insp Chinyoka.
-ManicaPost

By a Correspondent- Emmerson Mnangagwa’s panicky administration has deployed hundreds of police officers, many in riot gear, in Harare amid fears of an imminent uprising, it has emerged.

Security sector sources revealed that in addition to the cops, who have maintained a heavy presence in Harare’s central business district (CBD) for over a week, the government has also secretly deployed significant numbers of undercover agents, mainly from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to gather intelligence.

They are required to submit daily reports.
The heavy riot police presence has been witnessed in the city center every day since police officers clashed with a grouping of war veterans who were protesting the low allowances they receive from the government.
The deployment comes at a time the governing party, Zanu PF, has been spooked by MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa’s trailblazing nationwide campaign which it has sought to violently thwart.
It also comes amid a general apprehension occasioned by growing discontentment over worsening economic problems.
“The is a general fear among police commanders at the moment that the worsening hardships could trigger civil unrest and this was worsened by war veterans taking to the streets recently,” a police source said.
“The idea is to showcase as much firepower as possible and scare away any potential rioters. This is precisely why you have seen police trucks on the streets and increasing roadblocks on the city’s main feeder roads. It’s psychological warfare taking place,” the source said.
Another source said: “Reports that have been received generally show that there is a gloomy mood in the country which may crystalize into civil unrest. The entire security sector is currently on alert and ready to step in if the need arises.”
NewZimbabwe.com went under-cover to interview some of the riot police officers who have been spending whole days on the city’s pavements and they professed ignorance on why they were deployed.
“We don’t know why we were told on the streets. Normally, such information is kept away from us. We are simply told to go and occupy the streets and wait for further instructions,” a pair of female police officers who have been camped near the new government complex in Harare said.
“In short, we don’t know why we are here,” they said, clearly showing exasperation.
National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed there has been an element of civil unrest which occasioned the deployment.
“The police have a mandate to maintain order,” Nyathi said.
“I may not be aware of what you are calling huge numbers, but police patrols or moving around in vehicles or on foot is part of that responsibility of maintaining police visibility and assuring the public of their safety,” he said.
Asked who specifically has threatened public security, Nyathi said: “I do not know what you mean by asking if the public safety is under threat. Remember police have a duty to conduct patrols in the country and patrols are conducted by the police moving around and being seen by the public, so I do not know if there is a problem if the forces are patrolling.

-Online