By A Correspondent- Police are looking for a 24 year old woman who gave birth to a baby boy at her house before deserting the child at Budiriro Poly Clinic.
Joyce Chinyama is reported to have given birth on Saturday at her house in Budiriro before she was later escorted to the clinic by three women where she was admitted.
The offence was discovered around midnight on Sunday by nurses who were making some checks on patients.
They had been informed by another patient that there was a baby crying but she had failed to locate the mother.
Investigations revealed that Chinyama had used a chair to escape through a window of the maternity ward. She also disappeared with the maternity and baby cards.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. He said:
The ZRP is appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of Joyce Chinyama (24) who dumped a newborn baby boy on October 17, 2021, at Budiriro Poly Clinic in Harare where she was admitted.
The incident comes as police are still investigating another case of baby dumping which occurred at Mbare Musika in Harare, on October 4 at around 3 pm, where an unknown woman boarded an Inter Africa bus before asking a fellow passenger aged 33 to keep her baby who was approximately two weeks old.
The woman did not return to take the baby leading to a police report being lodged. Police took the baby to Sally Mugabe Hospital for further management.
-statemedia
By A Correspondent- The government has extended the level 2 lockdown by a further two weeks despite a decline in new coronavirus infections and deaths in recent weeks.
Speaking during a Post-Cabinet meeting media briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said law enforcement agents shall continue enforcing the measures.
Said Mutsvangwa:
In spite of the declining cases of Covid-19 cases the Level Two lockdown will be maintained for a further two weeks and members of the public should strictly adhere to the stipulated measures.
Given that the Covid-19 intensity and duration both increase with each wave, citizens should continue to observe the Covid-19 protocols and preventive measures in place in order to prevent a fourth wave.
Law enforcement agents and the Public Service Commission will continue to strictly enforce the Covid-19 containment measures, especially the vaccination requirements pertaining to gatherings, opening of bars and nightclubs, and the requirement for civil servants to be vaccinated in order to be allowed to report for work.
The government recently allowed the leisure sector to reopen, but only for the fully vaccinated.
Only those who have had both jabs can eat in restaurants, go to the cinema and theatre, enter a bar or nightclub, or play sport.
-Newsday
By A Correspondent- A Mushikashika driver with Oriel Boys and Girls High school pupils on board was involved in a terrible accident at the corner of Nelson Mandela and Angwa street Wednesday morning.
According to witnesses, the cream mushikashika vehicle was speeding and passed through a red robot hitting a crossing honda fit on its left side which only stopped after hitting the robot pole.
The mushikashika hit another stationery honda fit parked along Nelson Mandela way.
The driver of the cream mushikashika vehicle tried to flee the accident scene before he was apprehended by passerbys.
It is alleged that the driver of the mushikashika is not licenced.
The police were attending to the accident scene.
No one was seriously injured
By A Correspondent- A Gweru farmer on Monday stumbled on a plastic bag with three AK47 assault rifles on a plot on the outskirts of Gweru.
Gweru police have since requested help from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) bomb disposal unit and army engineers to inspect the bag.
Mr Malvin Chimwe (40) of Mkoba 14 was digging on a small plot along the Lower Gweru Road when his hoe hit the pack of three AK47s assault riffles stashed in a plastic bag underground. He said:
At first, I thought my long and sharpened hoe had ripped into debris of some sort, but when I swung the hoe a second time I realised there were metal objects.
Mr Chimwe said he was frightened when he then realised that his hoe had hit some dangerous weapons and quickly dashed to an elderly man a stone throw away.
The elderly man confirmed that Chimwe had stumbled upon guns. Chimwe then made a report at Nehanda Police Station in Mkoba.
Mr Chimwe said police came and sealed off the area and sought the services of army experts.
A police source close to investigations said the army bomb disposal experts and engineers discovered that in addition to the AK47 assault rifles, there were also four fully charged AK 47 magazines, again hidden underground.
The AK47 rifles were rusty, a sign that shows that they had been hidden underground probably for more than 5 years.
Similarly, the four fully charged AK47 magazines were also looking old and were wrapped in a plastic material.
While some in the area wondered if the weapons had been hidden during the liberation war, police sources said there was a possibility that the weapons could have been used and abandoned by armed robbers.
By A Correspondent- War veterans leader has lost a 4 hectare of wheat to fire started by his rival.
Sam Parirenyatwa who is the Association provincial chairperson and war veterans league provincial commissar Dzingai Nevhunje reportedly clashed over a fire that destroyed Parirenyatwa’s wheat.
The two are neighbours at their plots in Mazowe and the fire that destroyed Parirenyatwa’s crop was allegedly caused by his rival Nevhunje.
The case was reported at Marlborough police and is being investigated under RRB number 4917064.
Allegations are that Parirenyatwa and his association is at loggerheads with Nevhunje’s league.
There are reports suggesting that the duo does not see eye to eye over politics.
It is further alleged that Nevhunje who is aligned to the provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe’s camp held a meeting on Saturday and reportedly hatched a plot to fix Parirenyatwa by burning his wheat field.
Parirenyatwa told Bulawayo24 that, “it is true my field was destroyed by fire and yes l heard of the meeting conducted though was not sure of their agenda since it was a league meeting, not an association.”
Nevhunje dismissed the allegations saying Parirenyatwa is losing ground hence he is turning into smearing campaigns. Nevhunje said:
This case is not politically connected Parirenyatwa is losing ground and is now resorting to smearing campaigns, he should find grassroots support rather than fighting the party league instead we are mobilizing support, but he is dividing the party.
Nevhunje added, “That meeting was for district elections no one was ordered to go and burn his field but instead his workers failed to control the fire mind you this happened during daylight and logically it does not add up that l did that during the day.
-NewZimbabwe
By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last night survived an assassination attempt in Mutare.
The opposition leader confirmed he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Video footage shows the moments before gunshots were fired at Chamisa, late Tuesday, by suspected Zanu PF thugs, after 2 trucks had blocked his way in the road.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
His deputy Lynnette Kore briefly spoke to ZimEye during the moments.
https://youtu.be/4wdwuPgrjJg
By A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, said he will seize all looted state funds and maintain the current heads of the country’s security departments if he wins the 2023 elections.
This is the first time that the leader of the country’s biggest opposition has made such a pronouncement in what is thought to be a message of reassurance to all and sundry that everyone is safe and secure under Chamisa’s government.
The message is also an election strategy to eat into the traditional Zanu PF support base.
Speaking at a gathering at Mataruse Village under Chief Charumbira where he had gone to pass his condolences on the passing on of Joseph Mutema, Chamisa said elections are there to change politicians and not the Army or the Police.
“We are not bringing in a new Army or a new Police force when we get into power. The Police and Army that are there are the forces of our country. You don’t change the Army, you don’t change the Police what you change are politicians and they must be changed from time to time.
“We want a stable country,” said Chamisa.
He bemoaned the living standards of liberation war veterans which he described as pathetic.
He said all over the World including countries like Vietnam war veterans are well looked after by the State and promised to make sure that the same happens in Zimbabwe.
“I am saddened when I meet war veterans,” said Chamisa.
Turning to corruption, Chamisa said the State is going to take back all looted wealth. He, however, said there would be no retributive justice.
–MasvingoMirror
By A Correspondent | A British woman stabbed her husband to death and then telephoned the police to tell them she did it and would have done more.
The below footage is for the case whose trial is ongoing at present.
SUSPECT: I admit it all, alright?
SUSPECT: There’s nothing nasty… I should have stabbed him a bit more. Yes I stabbed him once because he is an aggressive bully and nasty and I have had enough. And when he said he won’t do it…”
COP: My advice is don’t talk about it now, okay?,
SUSPECT: Oh no, no, no I have no intention of not agreeing to what I have done. I know what I have done, and I know why I have done it, and if I had not done it properly I would be really annoyed.
COP: I am further arresting you for murder, errm I have already cautioned you, so your necessity is for your arrest is for an appropriate and effective investigation and to stop further harm.
By A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, said he will not fire the security sector’s top brass if he wins the 2023 elections.
This is the first time that the leader of the country’s biggest opposition has made such a pronouncement in what is thought to be a message of reassurance to all and sundry that everyone is safe and secure under Chamisa’s government.
The message is also an election strategy to eat into the traditional Zanu PF support base.
Speaking at a gathering at Mataruse Village under Chief Charumbira where he had gone to pass his condolences on the passing on of Joseph Mutema, Chamisa said elections are there to change politicians and not the Army or the Police.
“We are not bringing in a new Army or a new Police force when we get into power. The Police and Army that are there are the forces of our country. You don’t change the Army, you don’t change the Police what you change are politicians and they must be changed from time to time.
“We want a stable country,” said Chamisa.
He bemoaned the living standards of liberation war veterans which he described as pathetic.
He said all over the World including countries like Vietnam war veterans are well looked after by the State and promised to make sure that the same happens in Zimbabwe.
“I am saddened when I meet war veterans,” said Chamisa.
Turning to corruption, Chamisa said the State is going to take back all looted wealth. He, however, said there would be no retributive justice.
–MasvingoMirror
By A Correspondent-The police have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend.
Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, five of them were granted $6 000 bail each by Chitungwiza magistrate Sheunesu Matova and ordered to report to Zengeza Police Station once a week.
Among the arrested were juveniles aged 16 and 17 who were released into the custody of their parents. They are facing a charge of participating in a public gathering with intent to promote public violence.
The seven were represented by Tapiwa Muchineripi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.
According to State papers, Detective Constable Lovemore Machazire stationed at CID Law and Order Harare, who is the investigating officer, said the activists were arrested after a tip-off as they were in a procession, clad in T-shirts inscribed Register to Vote at the front and Ngaapinde Hake Chamisa at the back, while chanting MDC Alliance slogans.
“On October 16, 2021, around 1230hrs, the accused persons and their accomplices, who are still at large, numbering about 80 convened in Unit D Seke, Chitungwiza and conducted a procession along Hadzinanhanga Road heading towards Unit J Seke,” the papers read in part.
They are accused of breaching peace or bigotry.
-NewsDay
By A Correspondent- Zanu PF activists have said the police should impound MDC-Alliance’s vehicles and search for empty cartridges of bullets used to shoot at his car.
Chamisa yesterday said he was attacked by suspected Zanu PF youths who also fired some live bullets at his car.
Posting on their Zanupf patriots Twitter account Tuesday evening Zanu PF said Chamisa was playing games.
“Chamisa should stop these silly antics.
Police should impound and investigate this car, they should show the world the exits of the bullets or where they landed in the car,” Zanu Pf patriots posted.
THE Mighty Warriors will this afternoon begin their quest for qualification to next year’s Africa Women Cup of Nations (Awcon) finals when they host eSwatini at the National Sports Stadium in the first round first leg match.
This tournament was supposed to have been played last year, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zimbabwe will be looking to make a return to the finals which they last featured in the 2016 edition in Cameroon.
Next year’s tournament will be held in Morocco and for the first time in its history, will feature 12 teams from the previous eight.
The addition of participating teams at the finals will obviously give teams such as the Mighty Warriors a chance to qualify.
They also have, on paper, what looks like an easy passage to their qualification prospects.
With all due respect to eSwatini, they are one of the weakest teams in the region and the Mighty Warriors should not have any problem in dispatching them in the two legs.
The return match is on Tuesday next week.
eSwatini were one of the whipping sides at the Cosafa tournament that was held last month, losing all their three group matches and conceding a staggering 11 goals in the process.
Zimbabwe on the other hand, narrowly missed the semi-final spot by goal difference.
Head-to-head statistics between the two teams also show that the Mighty Warriors have never lost to eSwatini.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- MDC-Alliance national executive member Caston Mateu has lost his mother.
Posting on his Facebook page Tuesday, Mateu, who did not disclose the cause of her mother’s death, said his family had lost a caring parent.
“My mother, Mai Zvomuya has been taken by angels to be with the Lord. She lived an extraordinary life. I was very fond of her and loved her to the core. She will join her children Fidelis and Gillian. I will always remember her kindness and love towards me. Go well Amai i am truly pained,” he posted.
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Pretoria Callies forward Edmore Chirambadare has joined the leading pack in the South African National First Division golden boot race.
The Zimbabwean striker took his tally to five goals after scoring a hat-trick in the 6-1 victory over Cape Town Spurs on Sunday. He is now third on the scoring chart and two goals behind leading scorer Khuda Muyaba of Polokwane City.
Another Zimbabwean striker, Ishmael Wadi, is second on the table with six goals.
Wadi scored his latest goal over the weekend in JDR Stars’ 1-0 win against Black Leopards on Matchday seven.
Both Chirambadare and Wadi are playing in debut seasons at their clubs after signing in the pre-season.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
THE MDC Alliance yesterday said party leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy was intercepted by heavily suspected armed Zanu PF youths who fired gunshots, hitting a rear window on the opposition leader’s vehicle on the outskirts of Mutare.
Chamisa is on a tour of Manicaland province drumming up support for his party.
He was coming from Birchenough Bridge and Chipinge headed for Mutare when he was intercepted by the Zanu PF youths who were travelling in over a dozen unmarked twin-cab vehicles.
Party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said Chamisa’s convoy was intercepted by Zanu PF activists led by Manicaland youth leader Danmore Mambondiyani.
“The youths were armed with axes, guns and machetes,” she said.
“There were 12 to 15 vehicles that were trailing the president’s motorcade. The motorcade was delayed by numerous roadblocks to allow the youths to close in.
“Just towards Mutare, there were gunshots which hit one window. Other vehicles were stoned.”
Mahere said party organising secretary Amos Chibaya made a police report.
But national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said: “I have checked with Manicaland, we did not receive such a report.”
Mahere’s deputy, Gift “Ostallos” Siziba, who was part of Chamisa’s entourage, said he suspected security details were part of the group that intercepted the motorcade.
“We have strong suspicions that some of them were soldiers in civilian clothes,” he said, adding that the road was barricaded with stones.
“One Mambondiani was co-ordinating the group that had been trailing president Nelson Chamisa’s vehicle. They were armed and threatening violence against the president.”- NewsDay
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to Manicaland Province.
On Monday, he was at Ngangu, Chimanimani where he addressed local residents.
According to President Chamisa, the wave of change is unstoppable.
“At Ngangu in Chimanimani, Manicaland for a citizens and community interface. Zimbabwe needs real change,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
In a statement the MDC Alliance said :
President Nelson Chamisa continues his citizen conversation interface tour of Manicaland Province.
He went to Kurwaisimba Business Centre in Chimanimani where he met community leaders, vendors, opinion makers & special interest groups in line with our People’s Agenda.
In Biriiri, President
@nelsonchamisa
made a stop to visit the community, hear their concerns and sell our message for hope. The people shared their support for the transformation agenda. They’re registering to vote en masse & are ready to defend our #6million votes!
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Known Central Intelligence Organization operatives raided MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial spokesperson Timoth Muswere and harassed his family at the weekend.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Tuesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial secretary, Gilbet Mutubuki described the level of barbarism in Mr Mnangagwa’s administration as appalling.
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Known Central Intelligence Organization operatives raided MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial spokesperson Timoth Muswere and harassed his family at the weekend.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Tuesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial secretary, Gilbet Mutubuki described the level of barbarism in Mr Mnangagwa’s administration as appalling.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and overall spending on essential TB services falling.
The first challenge is disruption in access to TB services and a reduction in resources. In many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response, limiting the availability of essential services.
The second is that people have struggled to seek care in the context of lockdowns.
“This report confirms our fears that the disruption of essential health services due to the pandemic could start to unravel years of progress against tuberculosis,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease.”
TB services are among many others disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the impact on TB has been particularly severe.
For example, approximately, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214 000 among HIV positive people).
The increase in the number of TB deaths occurred mainly in the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB[1]. WHO modelling projections suggest the number of people developing TB and dying from the disease could be much higher in 2021 and 2022.
Challenges with providing and accessing essential TB services have meant that many people with TB were not diagnosed in 2020. The number of people newly diagnosed with TB and those reported to national governments fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.
WHO estimates that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but have not been diagnosed with the disease or have not officially reported to national authorities. This figure is up from 2.9 million in 2019.
The countries that contributed most to the global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020 were India (41%), Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%). These and 12 other countries accounted for 93% of the total global drop in notifications.
There was also a reduction in provision of TB preventive treatment. Some 2.8 million people accessed this in 2020, a 21% reduction since 2019. In addition, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB fell by 15%, from 177 000 in 2019 to 150 000 in 2020, equivalent to only about 1 in 3 of those in need.
Global investment for TB falls
Funding in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that account for 98% of reported TB cases remains a challenge. Of the total funding available in 2020, 81% came from domestic sources, with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) accounting for 65% of total domestic funding.
The largest bilateral donor is the Government of the United States of America. The biggest international donor is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The report notes a fall in global spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services, from US$ 5.8 billion to US$ 5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the TB response of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
Meanwhile, although there is progress in the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, this is constrained by the overall level of R&D investment, which at US$ 0.9 billion in 2019 falls far short of the global target of US$ 2 billion per year.
Global TB targets off track
Reversals in progress mean that the global TB targets are off track and appear increasingly out of reach, however there are some successes. Globally, the reduction in the number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2020 was only 9.2% – about one quarter of the way to the 2020 milestone of 35%.
Globally, the number of people falling ill with TB each year (relative to population) dropped 11% from 2015 to 2020, just over half-way to the 2020 milestone of 20%.
However, the WHO European Region exceeded the 2020 milestone, with a reduction of 25%. This was mostly driven by the decline in the Russian Federation, where incidence fell by 6% per year between 2010 to 2020. The WHO African Region came close to reaching the milestone, with a reduction of 19%, which reflects impressive reductions of 4–10% per year in South Africa and several other countries in southern Africa, following a peak in the HIV epidemic and the expansion of TB and HIV prevention and care.
“We have just one year left to reach the historic 2022 TB targets committed by Heads of State at the first UN High Level Meeting on TB. The report provides important information and a strong reminder to countries to urgently fast-track their TB responses and save lives,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “This will be crucial as preparations begin for the 2nd UN High Level Meeting on TB mandated for 2023.”
The report calls on countries to put in place urgent measures to restore access to essential TB services. It further calls for a doubling of investments in TB research and innovation as well as concerted action across the health sector and others to address the social, environmental and economic determinants of TB and its consequences.
The new report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 197 countries and areas, including 182 of the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
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POLICE in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.
Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are said to be on the run in connection with a murder case after they allegedly bashed Jokonia Makumbe to death, accusing him of stealing a goat.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case.
“I can confirm a murder case in Chiweshe where three male adults assaulted the now-deceased, killing him on the spot,” Mundembe said.
“We are appealing for information which can lead to the arrest of the suspects.”
It is alleged that the trio teamed up after receiving a tip-off that Makumbe had stolen their goat.
They dragged him from a certain homestead where he was drinking to his home while beating him up.
Upon arrival, they searched his homestead and could not find any goat meat.
They took him away from his house and fatally assaulted him.
The body of the deceased was found by his brother Paradzai Magwede, who filed a police report after being advised by neighbours that he was killed by the trio.
Surprisingly, the goat was found in a bush hanging on a tree.
Police warned members of the public not to take the law into their own hands by meting instant justice.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga has clashed with Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata over the power generation tender.
Newzimbawe, reports that the latter is accusing the former of refusing to guarantee Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) deals and unlock their funding.
The deals have the potential to produce 300 megawatts of electricity, which would go a long way in easing the current power crisis that has seriously affected the operations of business and industry.
In his address during a tour of the Hwange Power Plant Monday, Gata said the IPPs were failing to take off because Guvamatanga, as the Finance Ministry Secretary, was taking too long to guarantee the projects.
The government last year licensed dozens of IPPs but they require the Finance Ministry to provide the necessary surety. Gata said:
The secretary for Finance is the main culprit. I can put it in writing so that you can go and tell him this is what I said.
It is the Ministry of Finance that is responsible for issuing those guarantees which can unlock a lot of capacity that can end load shedding.
Not only that, we could export electricity to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia which are more desperate than ourselves.
Zimbabwe’s energy supply remains fragile and relies on power imports to plug the shortfall, and due to the depressed generation capacity, only 40% of houses in the country have access to electricity with 83% in urban areas and the remainder in rural areas.
Zimbabwe is targeting to add more than 2 000 MW to the national grid mostly from renewable and cleaner sources, including solar, wind, and other sources by 2030
By A Correspondent- MDC-Alliance Vice President, Tendai Biti, has accused Harare Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti and Prosecutor Michael Reza of being biased after she forced him to stand in the dock without his lawyer.
He is facing charges of insulting a Russian woman Tatiana Aleshina.
Biti wants the charge dropped and the magistrate to recuse herself from the case and the prosecutor, Michael Reza.
In his application filed this week at the High Court, the opposition politician said Muchuchuti and Reza were not fit officials for the judicial offices they hold.
He also told the court the two officials had personal interests against him.
Biti is seeking a review of Muchuchuti’s ruling of October 13 2021 in which she turned down his application for postponement of trial before ordering the case to proceed in the absence of his lawyer.
Biti said the magistrate’s ruling was “grossly irregular.”
He also said Muchuchuti had personal interests against him, adding that her decision and actions were actuated by malice and bias.
“Since then, Muchuchuti has shown consistent bias against myself. She has constantly refused any indulgence to my legal practitioners.
“Moreover, Reza is the Deputy Prosecutor General. He deputises Mr Kumbirai Hodzi. How does a Deputy PG prosecute a case of verbal abuse in a regional court? NewZim
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, has dismissed as fake the attacks on the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy in Mutare.
Chamisa, Tuesday afternoon, was attacked by suspected Zanu PF thugs in Mutare.
The opposition leader said he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
Posting on his Jamwanda Twitter handle, Charamba mocked the Chamisa’s attack claims.
“By a Funny enough mota dzavo dzinongotemwa pasame place on every occasion!”., he posted Tuesday, suggesting that Chamisa was faking the attack.
By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has survived an assassination attempt in Mutare.
Chamisa, Tuesday afternoon, was attacked by suspected Zanu PF thugs in Mutare.
The opposition leader said he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, has dismissed as fake the attacks on the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy in Mutare.
Chamisa, Tuesday afternoon, was attacked by suspected Zanu PF thugs in Mutare.
The opposition leader said he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
Posting on his Jamwanda Twitter handle, Charamba mocked the Chamisa’s attack claims.
“By a Funny enough mota dzavo dzinongotemwa pasame place on every occasion!”., he posted Tuesday, suggesting that Chamisa was faking the attack.
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By A Correspondent- Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga has clashed with Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata over the power generation tender.
Newzimbabwe, reports that the latter is accusing the former of refusing to guarantee Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) deals and unlock their funding.
The deals have the potential to produce 300 megawatts of electricity, which would go a long way in easing the current power crisis that has seriously affected the operations of business and industry.
In his address during a tour of the Hwange Power Plant Monday, Gata said the IPPs were failing to take off because Guvamatanga, as the Finance Ministry Secretary, was taking too long to guarantee the projects.
The government last year licensed dozens of IPPs but they require the Finance Ministry to provide the necessary surety. Gata said:
The secretary for Finance is the main culprit. I can put it in writing so that you can go and tell him this is what I said.
It is the Ministry of Finance that is responsible for issuing those guarantees which can unlock a lot of capacity that can end load shedding.
Not only that, we could export electricity to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia which are more desperate than ourselves.
Zimbabwe’s energy supply remains fragile and relies on power imports to plug the shortfall, and due to the depressed generation capacity, only 40% of houses in the country have access to electricity with 83% in urban areas and the remainder in rural areas.
Zimbabwe is targeting to add more than 2 000 MW to the national grid mostly from renewable and cleaner sources, including solar, wind, and other sources by 2030
The National Sports Stadium will be banned from hosting senior teams’ international matches and other CAF Men’s Inter-Club Competitions until outstanding issues noted in previous reports have been addressed.
The Harare venue underwent inspection last week and its temporary approval will expire in November after the final World Cup Qualifier against Ethiopia.
According to ZIFA, areas that require urgent attention for the stadium to meet required standards include:
Individual seats in the stadium
There should be fixed seats in all sectors of the stadium. Seats for spectators must be individual, fixed (e.g. to the floor), separated from one another, shaped, numbered, made of an unbreakable and non-flammable material, and have a backrest of a minimum height of thirty (30) cm when measured from the seat.
Electronic Turnstiles
The stadium should be equipped with modern electronic turnstiles and automated systems
Venue Operations Centre (VOC)
The stadium must have a functional Venue Operations Centre (VOC) with a good overview of the stadium equipped with CCTV monitors. It should have an override capability over the Public Address System in case of emergency announcements. The VOC should be staffed and serve as the command centre for security and safety operations.
Renovation of B – Arena
The B Arena of the stadium should be renovated in line with CAF Training field infrastructure requirements.
Other facilities in the stadium are still not up to the required CAF standard. The stadium needs to be fully modernized and brought up to the international standard requirements.
ZIFA has already communicated CAF’s latest decision to the Sport and Recreation Commission.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and overall spending on essential TB services falling.
The first challenge is disruption in access to TB services and a reduction in resources. In many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response, limiting the availability of essential services.
The second is that people have struggled to seek care in the context of lockdowns.
“This report confirms our fears that the disruption of essential health services due to the pandemic could start to unravel years of progress against tuberculosis,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease.”
TB services are among many others disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the impact on TB has been particularly severe.
For example, approximately, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214 000 among HIV positive people).
The increase in the number of TB deaths occurred mainly in the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB[1]. WHO modelling projections suggest the number of people developing TB and dying from the disease could be much higher in 2021 and 2022.
Challenges with providing and accessing essential TB services have meant that many people with TB were not diagnosed in 2020. The number of people newly diagnosed with TB and those reported to national governments fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.
WHO estimates that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but have not been diagnosed with the disease or have not officially reported to national authorities. This figure is up from 2.9 million in 2019.
The countries that contributed most to the global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020 were India (41%), Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%). These and 12 other countries accounted for 93% of the total global drop in notifications.
There was also a reduction in provision of TB preventive treatment. Some 2.8 million people accessed this in 2020, a 21% reduction since 2019. In addition, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB fell by 15%, from 177 000 in 2019 to 150 000 in 2020, equivalent to only about 1 in 3 of those in need.
Global investment for TB falls
Funding in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that account for 98% of reported TB cases remains a challenge. Of the total funding available in 2020, 81% came from domestic sources, with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) accounting for 65% of total domestic funding.
The largest bilateral donor is the Government of the United States of America. The biggest international donor is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The report notes a fall in global spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services, from US$ 5.8 billion to US$ 5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the TB response of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
Meanwhile, although there is progress in the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, this is constrained by the overall level of R&D investment, which at US$ 0.9 billion in 2019 falls far short of the global target of US$ 2 billion per year.
Global TB targets off track
Reversals in progress mean that the global TB targets are off track and appear increasingly out of reach, however there are some successes. Globally, the reduction in the number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2020 was only 9.2% – about one quarter of the way to the 2020 milestone of 35%.
Globally, the number of people falling ill with TB each year (relative to population) dropped 11% from 2015 to 2020, just over half-way to the 2020 milestone of 20%.
However, the WHO European Region exceeded the 2020 milestone, with a reduction of 25%. This was mostly driven by the decline in the Russian Federation, where incidence fell by 6% per year between 2010 to 2020. The WHO African Region came close to reaching the milestone, with a reduction of 19%, which reflects impressive reductions of 4–10% per year in South Africa and several other countries in southern Africa, following a peak in the HIV epidemic and the expansion of TB and HIV prevention and care.
“We have just one year left to reach the historic 2022 TB targets committed by Heads of State at the first UN High Level Meeting on TB. The report provides important information and a strong reminder to countries to urgently fast-track their TB responses and save lives,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “This will be crucial as preparations begin for the 2nd UN High Level Meeting on TB mandated for 2023.”
The report calls on countries to put in place urgent measures to restore access to essential TB services. It further calls for a doubling of investments in TB research and innovation as well as concerted action across the health sector and others to address the social, environmental and economic determinants of TB and its consequences.
The new report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 197 countries and areas, including 182 of the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
Source: WHO
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MUTARE-Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT) has called on the Registrar`s Office to come up with a mechanism to deal with the delays being experienced in the issuance of national Identity documents.
ZEAT Executive Director Ignatius Sadziwa said delays may defranchisee potential voters during the forthcoming by elections which are expected soon.
ZEAT is a non-partisan and non profit election support organisation that advocates for free, air and transparent and credible elections.
“Everyone has a right to a national identity documement.We can have another section of the citizenry being issued with IDs while others are not. Identification is a constitutional requirement on voter registration,” said Sadziwa.
The civic rights group bemoaned the snail pace at which the registry office is processing identification documents saying this will have debilitating effects on the number of youths eligible to vote in the forthcoming elections.
“Impeding by elections will be a sham if few people are registered. It’s an infringement on one`s rights to deny them identifications cards,” said ZEAT director.
ZEAT also requested the District Registry’s office to ensure that identity documents are made available to all as stipulated under the confines of the law saying if the process is not expedited it will have a ripple effect on people’s rights to electoral processes. He also said it will compromise the delimitation process as political boundaries and constituencies will not reflect accurately.“
As ZEAT,we thus recommend that the treasure adequately fund the national registration process.RG must decentralize its registration offices so that it’s easy for youths and those who want to replace IDs to access service,” he said.
Sadziwa said identity documents are a constitutional right and enable citizens to participate in the socio-economic and political development of the country.”Identity documents are a constitutional right, essential for one to claim their right to Zimbabwean citizenship, to be able to participate in the socio-economic and political development of the country.“For one to be able to register to vote he need and identity documents,” said Sadziwa.He said the approach by Registrar office to issue ID to those sitting for examination has a bearing on the ability of the populace to participate in the electoral process.
Sadziwa said the delays in the issuance of IDs has a possibility of infringing citizen`s constitutional rights.”We are pushing for more young people to register and vote but without their national IDs they can not participate in the electoral system,” said ZEAT director.
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By A Correspondent- A 34 year old man, Freedom Mleya from Bulawayo’s Pumula South suburb, has gone missing for more than a month now and police are appealing for information that may assist in finding him.
Mr Mleya was last seen on 3 September at around 6.30 PM leaving his home. Bulawayo police provincial spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said:
The missing person is slim build, tall, brown eyes, black hair, light in complexion and has a tattoo on the left arm. He was last seen wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt, maroon trousers and black puma takkies.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts may contact the Investigating Officer, Constable Madondo on 0777956135 or ZRP Pumula on (0292)-422898 or any nearest police station.-statemedia
Tinashe Sambiri|The panicky regime led by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is desperate to thwart the struggle for freedom…
Known Central Intelligence Organization operatives raided MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial spokesperson Timoth Muswere and harassed his family at the weekend.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Tuesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial secretary, Gilbet Mutubuki described the level of barbarism in Mr Mnangagwa’s administration as appalling.
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Tinashe Sambiri|The panicky regime led by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is desperate to thwart the struggle for freedom…
Known Central Intelligence Organization operatives raided MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial spokesperson Timoth Muswere and harassed his family at the weekend.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Tuesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial secretary, Gilbet Mutubuki described the level of barbarism in Mr Mnangagwa’s administration as appalling.
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Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to Manicaland Province.
On Monday, he was at Ngangu, Chimanimani where he addressed local residents.
According to President Chamisa, the wave of change is unstoppable.
“At Ngangu in Chimanimani, Manicaland for a citizens and community interface. Zimbabwe needs real change,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
In a statement the MDC Alliance said :
President Nelson Chamisa continues his citizen conversation interface tour of Manicaland Province.
He went to Kurwaisimba Business Centre in Chimanimani where he met community leaders, vendors, opinion makers & special interest groups in line with our People’s Agenda.
In Biriiri, President
@nelsonchamisa
made a stop to visit the community, hear their concerns and sell our message for hope. The people shared their support for the transformation agenda. They’re registering to vote en masse & are ready to defend our #6million votes!
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By Dr Masimba Mavaza | Economic sanctions are increasingly being used to promote the full range of American foreign policy objectives; yet all too often sanctions turn out to be more than expressions of U.S. preferences that hurt American economic interests; they destroy innocent lives of targeted countries without changing the target’s behaviour for the better. As a rule, sanctions need to be less unilateral and more focused on the problem at hand. The American Congress and their executive branch need to institute far more rigorous oversight of sanctions, both prior to adopting them and regularly thereafter, to ensure that the expected benefits outweigh likely costs and that sanctions accomplish more than alternative foreign policy tools. In fact, sanctions benefit the American administration and not the puppets used to request for such evils upon their country.
Over the propaganda loudspeaker, the social media, and media, a group of Zimbabweans are seen and heard testifying before Congress by letter or in person that it is Zimbabweans themselves destroying themselves not the sanctions.
We have Biti asking Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe, creating a situation that Zimbabwe is at war with itself.
Such unverified testimony in the hands of the West is a massive propaganda win, and a devastating blow to Zimbabwean government efforts to develop the nation, it is a big setback to those who are clinging to life in such savage conditions created by sanctions.
We saw again Jonathan Moyo imposting pretending to be Hon Christopher Mutsvangwa. Mutsvangwa’s sin is that he attacked Old Mutual Exchange Traded Fund, the lynch pin of monetary instability and galloping inflation. Focus on the Old Mutual Exchange Fund… the Indispensable Financial Weapon Of Monetary Terrorism against Zimbabwe.
Tendai Biti and Jonathan Moyo are Zimbabwe’s Home-grown terrorists.
Cde Mutsvangwa is being attacked because he stated that the obliging and condescending Ministry of Finance has securities Exchange Commission Zimbabwe as their Financial hitmen.
In order to suffocate Zimbabwe the Ministry of Finance is squeezing between a rock and a hard place. ZSE is spawning inflation and want to shift the blame to RBZ Governor. These implied Exchange Rate are all resting at the door of Old Mutual and the terrorists like Jonathan Moyo run to America to point an accusing finger on the Zimbabwean government.
The painful thing is that Tendai Biti and his team accuse Zimbabwe for the runaway economy yet they are the ones creating holes in our silos. Biti requested South Africa to come into Zimbabwe militarily a request which is in itself treason and must be frowned upon.
We all know that when the ZSE was going through demutualization Old Mutual requested to be on the local bourse, the Johannesburg, and London Stock Exchanges with a fake idea that this will bring capital. The old Mutual share with RTGS today stuff them in the local banks they go to Johannesburg and liquidate them for Rand or fly over to UK and liquidate the RTGS for pounds. This is the truth which harms our currency and this the reason Jonathan Moyo is attacking hon Mutsvangwa.
With these side effects eating into Zimbabwe’s economy, we have the terrible bandits of Tendai Biti and Jonathan Moyo. The widespread use of economic sanctions constitutes one of the paradoxes of contemporary American foreign policy, economic sanctions are fast becoming the policy tool of choice for the United States in the post-cold war world. The United States now maintains economic sanctions against dozens of countries; indeed, sanctions are so popular that they are being introduced by many states and municipalities. What is critical, moreover, is not just the frequency with which economic sanctions are used but the fact that Zimbabwe has its own dedicated idiots who are busy requesting for more sanctions
It is not a coincident that each time there is a big thing to happen on the international platform there is some noise from one corner of the opposition to another. Before this appeal by Biti, social media was cursed with a litany of events. Firstly, Jonathan Moyo sends a Twitter on one of his fake pages pretending to be Mutsvangwa, then Chamisa fakes assaults and stoning while he was trying to impose himself on the people of Charumbira. He then announces that he is going to Manicaland and the people of Manicaland are planning to stone him. All this is said because Chamisa wants to attract the attention of the visiting UN human rights inspector.
The behaviour of our fellow countrymen is akin to Home grown Terrorism or Domestic terrorism. Domestic terrorism or homegrown terrorism is a form of terrorism in which victims “within a country are targeted by a perpetrator with the same citizenship” as the victims. Zimbabweans become the Victims and Biti and his team are the terrorists. The behaviour being displayed by Biti and Jonathan Moyo to influence an audience, must not be allowed to continue.
We can not remain seated in a boat watching those next to us drilling holes in the boat. No matter how much they can argue that they have a right to do so their rights must not infringe into out own rights. If we look on letting these lunatics drilling holes in the boat we are in we are all going to drown.
Zimbabwe is like a boat we are all belong to this boat we are soldiering on but there is a Mbiti in the boat. A murderer amongst us. Generations and generations will die as we allow these people running rings of death around us.
England and Europe have tough laws against terrorism. Why are we this naive. The opposition is trying all it can to win these elections by hook or crook. But to what end? If you kill everyone whom will you rule. Sanctions do kill and we need to fight sanctions with all our hearts.
Zimbabwe is the only country we can call ours.
By A Correspondent- The UANC President Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa has said his party will only work with other progressive parties besides “unprincipled” Zanu PF accusing POLAD actors of prioritising personal aggrandisement at the expense of the majority of Zimbabweans.
In a one on one interview with ZimEye, Rev Dr Muzorewa revealed the reason why he was not in POLAD adding that he could never sit in the same room with the ruling party to give them advice because of the way that the party has run down the country.
He said:
“The reason why we are not in POLAD is because I believe that I cannot sit in the same room with the ruling party to give them advice. No.
They have the freedom to rule the country the way they want but that is not the only way that is good for Zimbabweans, we have seen that.
So the UANC led by Muzorewa is different from any other parties. It is different because we are clear that we need a country that is run on principles, a country run on moral basis, one that is run in freedom because people struggled, people fought, others died for this country.
We cannot let people starve when we are there. It’s not going to happen. To tell you the truth, the UANC that is led by Muzorewa is willing to work with all parties except those who are working with Mr Mnangagwa.”
We publish below excepts of the interview where GM is abbreviation for President Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa
Sofia: Who is Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa?
GM: Gwinyai Muzorewa is a native of Zimbabwe born and raised there. I am also the president of the UANC and I am aspiring to presidency in 2023.
Sofia: What does UANC stand for what are you bringing to table for Zimbabweans in terms of politics?
GM: The UANC means the African National Council. We have been in existence for a long time. The UANC is a people’s party that believes in non- violence, that believes in justice for all and so for the longest time we have been on the fringes just giving room for those who are more vocal. But now the situation is so bad. The situation is so bad that we cannot afford to sit. We have to come in and we have come in.
In 2018 we participated in the harmonised elections and then this time we are geared to not only to participate but participate and win. The UANC stands for a good economy, a good life for all Zimbabweans.
We will participate in that kind of governance. As long as one has skills and they are professional and are willing to serve the people, they are good candidates for our civil service.
The UANC is different from the ruling parties that employ people in government on the basis of their party affiliation. The first thing for me, the first thing is that I am a Zimbabwean who happens to belong to this tribe, belong to this family.
First and foremost I am a Zimbabwean and that spirit is the spirit that will unite Zimbabwe in a meaningful way. Remember when we went out to fight, we went out to fight as a people, we were united. We came back here hence we should not be divided over political ideologies.
We should be united for the progress of the nation so that’s what the UANC stands for. That’s how our party differs from other parties that just want to go in there for personal aggrandisement. We are not after that we are after the overall national development.
Sofia: You mentioned that come 2023 you will win the elections. Are you happy with the current electoral environment, the political situation?
GM: Without serious reforms, these elections will always be the same old joke. We have to have serious reforms, electoral reforms, political reforms because we are looking for justice here. We want to be fair here.
We want to be fair with the people of Zimbabwe because people often wonder, so many have voted for a particular individual and the results don’t show that. And you wonder what has happened. Well we know what has happened. The votes are manipulated. So we are hoping that we have serious electoral reforms before 2023.
If that doesn’t happen, there can be some problems. We cannot have a repeat of the same game over and over. They say you can fool people some of the time but not all the time. This time in 2023 most Zimbabweans that I talk to, that I share with have said enough is enough. They have said we are going to do it differently.
They are saying, I need my freedom in my ballot box, I need my freedom in my participation in politics, I need my freedom in my home and I need my freedom in my country. That is what people are demanding. Unemployment is bad because so many policies needs to be put in place. Without these things, the people are just fed up.
Sofia: What is your party’s position on corruption?
GM: We have a plan to end corruption. Corruption in Zimbabwe started from top officials. Also, the RBZ seems to be the beehive for large scale scandals for our nation. The UANC will end corruption by removing, replacing and restructuring most government agencies including public service, commissions appointed by government.
An alternative government will eliminate cartels and a patronage based economy to replace with traditional free market. By computerising the system, nationwide auditor general’s tasks will be more manageable as computerisation ensures checks and balances that are calculated to suffocate corruption channels and loopholes.
I think in Zimbabwe, people chose to be corrupt because the rule of law itself has been corrupted, because of state capture. The UANC leadership will open alternative channels for creating wealth. Not wealth for a few elites but for all the people. For the UANC leadership, integrity, transparency and accountability is the mantra.
We believe an alternative government brings in a new dispensation led by a vetted cabinet and servant leadership. Because the judicial system is corrupt currently, the Zimbabwe anti corruption commission is only a paper tiger.
Corruption thrives in state capture where no one is ever held accountable. To end corruption, every Zimbabwean ought to serve as an anti corruption commissioner. This only happens when the rule of law is in effect.
The UNAC will enforce the constitutional provision for separation of the three branches of government, the executive, judiciary and the legislature. The military and the police which are apolitical will resume their traditional role for a peaceful and inclusive government. Time will come when the defence forces will defend the nation and not protect poverty lawlessness, unemployment and corruption.
Over 70 percent of Zimbabweans live in poverty in a rich country due to rampant corruption yet poverty is not the cause for corruption. Rather corruption causes poverty. The UANC will reverse this trajectory. The year 2023 will mark the beginning of measurable reduction to poverty in Zimbabwe.
Sofia: You mention that you envision a time in Zimbabwe when there will be separation of powers in Zimbabwe. Is that possible given the current trajectory?
GM: Yes because the Constitution that we have right now makes that provision. All that is missing is implementation of what the constitution provides. So that is one of the problems. We have a good document to guide us but those who are supposed to uphold it don’t uphold it.
So we will come in and do what we need to do. As government, the Constitution is our document, it is our guiding principle that we go by because that is where the nation has put all its thoughts, all its wisdom together to say: by this document we will abide. It will happen come 2023. We are coming in to make right what is not right.
Sofia: Could you share your thoughts on the importance of a coalition of opposition political parties against Zanu PF?
GM: Those remarks are interesting. I will respond to it in a sort of combination. The UANC believes in unity, national unity. The UANC belongs to the people. In fact the UANC is the first political party in Zimbabwe. It is not just a little party. It is the oldest party along with Zanu Pf and Zapu.
MDC came in in 1999 and then other parties have come in. I am sorry the UANC is not one of tuma party that’s why colloquially it is called dzakutsaku or Huruyadzo. It is named that because it is one of the oldest parties in the country. Now anyone who thinks that the UANC led by this man Muzorewa is really like Zanu Pf , that person needs more information.
The reason we are not in POLAD is because, i believe that I could not sit in the same room with the ruling party to give them advice. No. They have the freedom to rule the country the way they want but that is not the only way that is good for Zimbabweans. We have seen that. So the UANC led by Muzorewa is different from any other parties.
It is different because we are clear that we need a country that is run on principles run on moral basis that is run in freedom because people struggled, people fought others, died for this country. We cannot let people starve when we are there. It’s not going to happen. To tell you the truth, the UANC that is led by Muzorewa is willing to work with all parties except those who are working with Mr Mnangagwa..
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Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to Manicaland Province.
On Monday, he was at Ngangu, Chimanimani where he addressed local residents.
According to President Chamisa, the wave of change is unstoppable.
“At Ngangu in Chimanimani, Manicaland for a citizens and community interface. Zimbabwe needs real change,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
In a statement the MDC Alliance said :
President Nelson Chamisa continues his citizen conversation interface tour of Manicaland Province.
He went to Kurwaisimba Business Centre in Chimanimani where he met community leaders, vendors, opinion makers & special interest groups in line with our People’s Agenda.
In Biriiri, President
@nelsonchamisa
made a stop to visit the community, hear their concerns and sell our message for hope. The people shared their support for the transformation agenda. They’re registering to vote en masse & are ready to defend our #6million votes!
Watch:
For Immediate Release
October 19, 2021
On the 35th anniversary of the death of Mozambique’s founding President, Samora Moises Machel, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, an umbrella body of civil society organisations operating in Zimbabwe, pays tribute to the late icon for his invaluable contribution to the independence of African states and his fight against apartheid.
As the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, we cherish the role played by the late icon in organizing and coordinating the Frontline States as part of efforts to unite African countries in the fight for freedom, dignity and happiness.
His dedication to see an independent Mozambique saw him spending most of his time fighting with his guerilla army in the bush and in June 1975, an independent Mozambique was born.
He also played a critical role in the 1979 Lancaster House talks which led to the independence of Zimbabwe. His death on the 19th of October 1986 was a huge blow not only to Mozambique but the rest of the African continent.
Samora’s sacrifices of liberty, dignity and happiness have, unfortunately, been degraded by his former contemporaries both in Mozambique and Zimbabwe as the pro-people manifesto has been binned.
The former liberators now firmly stand with global cartels to amass wealth whilst ordinary citizens wail in poverty.
The growing wealth and income gaps as well as suppression of voices in both Mozambique and Zimbabwe is a sharp contrast to the Samora Machel virtues.
We are inspired to pursue Samora’s legacy for inclusive freedom, dignity and happiness for all.
ENDS//
By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have been accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl and refusing to assist the family take her to hospital.
The alleged incident happened on October 4 in Mzilikazi high-density suburb.
Ayanda Tshuma, a Form 3 pupil at Sobukhazi High School, was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital after she was allegedly shot on the cheek as law enforcement agents discharged a firearm to stop a street fight at G-Square.
She was just a bystander. The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other.
The family claims that the police had not assisted her to get medication.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday told Southern Eye that they were yet to find out what exactly transpired on the day in question.
We received the report about the case of a member of the ZRP, who allegedly shot a girl child in Mzilikazi.
“The case is still under investigation, and so we don’t have much information to disclose,” Nyathi said.
The juvenile said she was now living in fear after police officers threatened her.
“On Friday October 15, police came to our home to take statements.
“They threatened me saying I should speak the truth.
“They also said I was changing statements.
“This surprised me as I was speaking to them for the first time,” she said.-newsday
By A Correspondent- The government has said individuals who were vaccinated with the first jab of the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 jab and failed to get the second dose can restart the vaccination process using Chinese Sinovac or Sinopharm doses.
Yesterday, Health deputy minister John Mangwiro confirmed that the country had failed to secure second jabs of the Covaxin, but sought to assure panicky citizens that government did not expect any health complications for taking another vaccine.
Mangwiro said those affected could restart the inoculation exercise using Chinese vaccines. Mangwiro said:
Those who failed to get the second Covaxin dose should go to their nearest clinics and get inoculated. They can either get Sinopharm or Sinovac. It’s known that we follow science. There is no danger to their lives. They can also opt to restart the process and receive both the first and second doses of either Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccines.
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights secretary Norman Matara said they were in no position to tell if there are any complications or not since there is no data on that. He added:
We have had other vaccines mixed and there were no complications. So we hope it will be the same with this one (Covaxin). It also points to inefficiency and a system that is weak as well as poor planning on government’s part.
Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association president Shingai Nyaguse said it was prudent to restart the vaccination process considering the long interval since the first dose.
Nyaguse said restarting the process was unlikely to cause health complications but urged people to “quickly report to the Health ministry in the unlikely event of adverse effects.”
Community Working Group on Health executive director Itai Rusike criticised the government for poor planning and failing to apologise to members of the public who had taken the jab.
He said this would result in distrust, adding that it was high time Zimbabwe seriously considered using single-dose vaccines.
One of the best means that a company can use to find out what is going on within the business and to detect possible theft or fraud is to make use of undercover operatives, according to Safeguard Investigations.
Safeguard Investigations general manager Steve Jennings explained that the undercover
operatives that Safeguard deploys are usually dressed just like any other employee. Neither
employees nor customers will know who they are. They will be presumed to be another
employee.
Meanwhile they will be observing what is going on or surreptitiously investigating a possible theft or fraud.
“Employees act differently in front of senior management and security staff than they do among fellow employees. They are more on their guard in their behaviour in front of managers and security personnel,” Mr Jennings said.
“If something is happening in your company and you want to find out what it is, an undercover operative can be placed among your employees to gather information or evidence that you as the company owner would never be able to gain on your own.
“Deployment of undercover operatives in organisations is aimed at identifying and uncovering various types of risk, such as dishonesty by employees and customers,” he said.
He pointed out that Safeguard Investigations operatives are carefully selected and undergo a truth verification test before they are taken on.
“Our undercover operatives go through an intensive training course that teaches them how to monitor operations without making it obvious to other employees. They are trained to observe and report on theft, misconduct, time wasting, violation of any health or safety regulations and any misuse of company assets or stocks by workers.
“Our operatives can also report any trouble makers who are disloyal to your company,
weaknesses in any systems, false or unauthorised documentation as well as various types of gossip by workers, particularly in relation to labour issues.
“Other issues that can be reported on include abuse of power by managers, diversion of
customers to other companies or individuals offering the same products or services as their company as well as rudeness to customers by employees and any other area of your business that you may be concerned about,” he said.
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Daily reports, he added, are submitted to Safeguard Investigations area controllers and a weekly report is compiled and sent to the company owner on what has been taking place in his or her organisation.
“In the event that anything of interest is uncovered by the operative that requires urgent attention, our operations and/or area controller will immediately communicate this to the company owner and discuss the way forward,” he said.
“We can assist in following up any information emanating from our operatives’ findings and can make use of our technical resources and manpower to help achieve a positive result,” Mr Jennings added.
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By A Correspondent- Zanu PF factionalism has apparently turned nasty in Mashonaland Central province following a clash between War veterans Association provincial chairperson Sam Parirenyatwa and war veterans league provincial commissar Dzingai Nevhunje.
The two are neighbours at their plots in Mazowe and Parirenyatwa on Sunday lost about 4 hectares of wheat due to an inferno allegedly caused by his rival Nevhunje.
The case was reported at Marlborough police and is being investigated under RRB number 4917064.
Allegations are that Parirenyatwa, and his association is at loggerheads with Nevhunje’s league, and the battles have widened ahead of the forthcoming provincial elections with the rival war veterans’ formations being aligned to different camps.
It is further alleged that Nevhunje who is aligned to the provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe’s camp held a meeting on Saturday and reportedly hatched a plot to fix Parirenyatwa by burning his wheat field.
Parirenyatwa confirmed the case saying, “it is true my field was destroyed by fire and yes l heard of the meeting conducted though was not sure of their agenda since it was a league meeting not an association,” Parirenyatwa said.
Nevhunje dismissed the allegations saying Parirenyatwa is losing ground hence he is turning into smearing campaigns.
“This case is not politically connected Parirenyatwa is losing ground and is now resorting to smearing campaigns, he should find grassroots support rather than fighting the party league instead we are mobilizing support, but he is dividing the party, “Nevhunje said.
Quizzed on the agenda of the meeting he said it was a district elections party meeting.
“That meeting was for district elections no one was ordered to go and burn his field but instead his workers failed to control the fire mind you this happened during day light and logically it does not add up that l did that during the day.”
The war veterans association and league members have been fighting each other since the inception of the latter whose launch was presided over by the late Perence Shiri.
–Byo24
By A Correspondent- A High Court judge Monday sentenced a Hwedza man to death for the murder of his employer in 2015 and throwing the body into Rhodesville Dam.
Tapiwa Murombo was yesterday found guilty of the premeditated murder of Partson Musarandoga whose body was found in the dam days after he went missing.
Murombo allegedly struck Musarandoga on the head with an axe at a farm along the Hwedza Highway, forged a suicide note directing him to sell properties from the deceased’s home and disappeared.
The police pursued him along the Harare-Chirundu Highway in a high-speed chase, shot him in the leg as he tried to escape and eventually arrested him.
Murombo denied killing Musarandoga saying he parted with him after the deceased had agreed to give him a vehicle as payment for a US$4 000 debt.
But Justice Justice Priscillah Munangati-Manongwa ruled that Murombo had failed to convince the court that he was innocent. Munangati-Manongwa said:
The court finds that the reasons advanced were not such as to convince the court not to pass the death sentence. In essence, after taking all factors into account, this court finds that there are no circumstances of a mitigating nature that would call for a lesser sentence.
Neither a life sentence nor a sentence of not less than 20 years will meet the justice of the case.
The accused shall be returned to prison, be held until the execution of the sentence according to law.
She said Murombo was not in the group that is excluded from the death sentence as stipulated by section 48(2)(c) of the Constitution.-Newsday
By Own Correspondent| Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi has celebrated the death of former United States Secretary of State Collin Powell who succumbed to Covid-19 complications yesterday.
Posting on Twitter, Mugwadi famously known as Tuboy said Powell endorsed sanctions against Zimbabwe hence he was a “son of a devil”.
“Today, the endorser of illegal sanctions & @mdczimbabwe founding foreigner @PowellCollin is announced dead. Begone son of a devil!The UN SR cannot complete her task without meeting these patriotic anti-sanctions activists camped against the @usembassyharare for nearly 1000 days,” said Mugwadi.
Mugwadi further mocked Powell saying he doesn’t shed a tear for his death urging those hurt to go and mourn in America.
“Powell has died. He bears the signature of illegal sanctions on Zim & its people
Do I shed a tear over his death? Noo
Varwadziwa endai munoridza mhere ku USA. He authored our problems
He had no Ubuntu & worse than Masendeke & Chidumo. He served a criminal Bush Administration,” further mocked Mugwadi.
Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s immune response, as well as Parkinson’s, Peggy Cifrino, Powell’s longtime chief of staff, confirmed to CNN. Even if fully vaccinated against Covid-19, those who are immunocompromised are at greater risk from the virus.
By A Correspondent- Another s_ex orgy is on the cards in Hillside Harare.
ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza called the organisers of the s_ex orgy who confirmed that the party was scheduled for October 30 2021 at a yet to be revealed venue in Hillside.
Said the woman who picked up the call on one of the numbers advertised on the flyer circulating on social media:
“You just bring your drinks or alcohol and you pay $5 entrance fee at the gate.
We do not reveal the address where the party will be held because we want to avoid a police raid.
You just call around 3pm and we will send someone to come and pick you up.”
The woman however cut the phone after Chikanza revealed his identity.
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By A Correspondent- Police have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend.
Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, five of them were granted $6 000 bail each by Chitungwiza magistrate Sheunesu Matova and ordered to report to Zengeza Police Station once a week.
Among the arrested were juveniles aged 16 and 17 who were released into the custody of their parents. They are facing a charge of participating in a public gathering with intent to promote public violence.
The seven were represented by Tapiwa Muchineripi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.
According to State papers, Detective Constable Lovemore Machazire stationed at CID Law and Order Harare, who is the investigating officer, said the activists were arrested after a tip-off as they were in a procession, clad in T-shirts inscribed Register to Vote at the front and Ngaapinde Hake Chamisa at the back, while chanting MDC Alliance slogans.
“On October 16, 2021, around 1230hrs, the accused persons and their accomplices, who are still at large, numbering about 80 convened in Unit D Seke, Chitungwiza and conducted a procession along Hadzinanhanga Road heading towards Unit J Seke,” the papers read in part.
They are accused of breaching peace or bigotry.-Newsday
By Jane Mlambo| MDC Alliance Deputy National Chairperson Job Sikhala is back in court today for commencement of his trial on charges of inciting public violence.
Sikhala has vowed to use his trial to expose the abuse of the judicial system in Zimbabwe to persecute alleged state opponents.
“Tomorrow my persecution trial on fabricated charges of inciting public violence will commence.
“The trial is a good thing to happen coz it will give me an opportunity 2 expose the use of the Judiciary as a weapon against state opponents & 4 the world to hear my side of the story,” said Sikhala.
Sikhala was arrested in August last year and charged with inciting public violence after he appeared in social media videos mobilising people to participate in the July 31 protest organized by Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume.
18 October 2021
10:00h
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira and the whole LEAD family welcomes the UN Special rapporteur Alena Douhan to Zimbabwe.
Cognizant of the fact that she arrives in the country today to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, we would like to encourage her to make sure that she also takes time to visit ordinary Zimbabweans’ who have been camped at US embassy since 29 March 2019 demanding the US to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe.
As a party our position has been clear on how the illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe have affected our economy as they are a tool of economic warfare to make our economy scream.
It is sad that other political parties in Zimbabwe choose antagonism and creation of an artificial crisis at such a time when all progressive Zimbabweans’ should be focusing on reuniting Zimbabwean people, reconciling mindsets to function towards development and rehabilitation of our broken social fabric.
We are calling all political parties mainly Zanupf and MDCA faction led by Chamisa to put the interests of Zimbabwe first and stop the unnecessary skullduggery of our great nation.
One of the biggest problems we have in our country is that most Zimbabweans have no clue that their nation is under siege in a geopolitical war. Another problem we have as a nation is that we lack the understanding of the propensity of capitalist [western] nations to fight for resources.
This is despite history empirically proving that most of them have used any means from racial subjugation, propaganda, economic sanctions, subterfuge, genocide, biological and direct warfare to control other nation’s resources to enrich themselves by evading fair value exchange.
US Sanction And War Duo
We saw this not too long ago when the US imposed sanctions on Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Libya. Eventually escalating most of these sanctions into wars that overthrew the leadership and took over the resources.
This was not done only to maintain the petrol dollar or give US companies profitable contracts to rebuild those nations on the vast bounty of oil resources.
It was mainly for US companies to control Iraqi and Libyan oil which catapulted the US to be one of the top five biggest oil producers in the world within the last decade.
Oil Quantitative Easing
These spoils of war have allowed the US to give Americans a further quantitative easing with discounted oil, while manipulating global oil prices to economically weaken geopolitical oil rich foes like Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria and Iran.
In the same wave we have heard Pentagon hawks punting the need for the US government to put a viceroy in Afghanistan to oversea the exploitation of an estimated $3tril of Afghani resources.
In this manifest destiny, the US dollar has seen a resurgence and significant strengthening against other major currencies in the past decade, quelling talk of the long anticipated US debt default.
Zimbabwe Sanctions
The same manifest destiny is playing itself out in Zimbabwe as we speak. The small nation is under a sophisticated economic war that is slowly weakening the nation, leaving it vulnerable to opportunistic biological attacks and epidemics that are eroding national cohesion and confidence.
The US government is silently destroying the economic, cultural and moral fabric of Zimbabwe with persistent, vague, board stroke sanctions and propaganda that most Zimbabweans are too unenlightened to see through.
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
US sanctions propaganda has deliberately made information on the nature of its sanctions on Zimbabwe very difficult to understand, to hide their imperial intent.
In fact, efforts have been made by the US government to misrepresent two sets of sanctions as one set of embargoes against individuals of the Zanu PF government.
Meanwhile in reality both sets of sanctions are strategically directed at the nation’s economic heart and poor Zimbabwean citizens.
When you consider this with the fact that the Zimbabwe government has never been capable of winning the trust and hearts of its citizens through a shared national vision.
The result is a nation being broken apart in a covert operation that is slowly turning citizens against their government and nation for damage caused by an unseen enemy.
Lack Of Journalists In Zimbabwe
Compounding the whole affair is the fact that Zimbabwe lacks a credible and competent nationalistic media that can be a first line of defense against foreign propaganda attacks. African journalists are oblivious of the concepts of national survival, national interest, patriotism and the importance of exposing the true nature of such attacks as these US sanctions to rally citizens to the defense of their ailing nation.
Zimbabwe Is Under Attack
The reality is Zimbabwe is under a total trade and investment embargo by the US government and its european allies.
For those who understand the distinction between sanctions and embargoes you will realize that what is upon Zimbabwe is economic warfare.
This is evidenced by the fact that the 2003 Executive Order 13288 sanctions by George Bush were evoked through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [IEEPA] and National Emergency Act [NEA] using war and defense provisions.
Through it Zimbabwe, in a succession of two amendments [S.O. 13341 & S.O. 13469] was specified as an unusual and extraordinary threat to US interests, national security and or economic interests.
For this reason the US president basically imposed war on Zimbabwe through IEEPA and NEA.
US Siege Of Zimbabwe
To effect these war and defense measures, the US government has established expressed instruments and augmented them with presidential discretion to investigate, permit, license, limit, block, confiscate and prohibit [by mere instruction] any payments, transfers, financial transactions, trade, alienation of property and business transactions between US nationals, banks, businesses, global businesses and Zimbabwe, its institutions, persons and businesses.
In effect Zimbabwe is being engaged by the same broad and flexible national emergency measures as those applied to any nation at war with the US and those used previously to vanquish nations like Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.
What is ironic is within the period of these Zimbabwean sanctions. The US has gone on to build their biggest embassy on the continent at a cost of $200mil, in the besieged nation. A move that signifies conquest or total infiltration of the Zimbabwean citadel.
Sanctions Not Global Community Mandate
Were it not for the Veto by the Russian and Chinese governments in the UN Security Council. US Zimbabwe sanctions would probably have been UN sanctions.
Albeit, right now Zimbabwean sanctions are a frontal attack on Zimbabwe’s decolonization agenda, imposed by the same colonial powers that declined to ratify the UN Decolonization Resolutions of 1960. It’s total economic warfare on an unruly colony disguised as sanctions on Zanu Pf politicians, government companies and their allies.
ZDERA 2003
Zimbabwe has two sets of sanctions in effect against it. The first were instituted in 2001 as an act of Congress after Zimbabwe’s land reform.
These are the infamous S494 ZDERA 2001 sanctions which were just extended in August 2018. These sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe as a direct response to the land reform and Zimbabwe’s participation in the Second Congo War in defense of Laurent Kabila against western sponsored Rwandan and Ugandan rebels trying to overthrow him for control of Congolese resources.
Reasons For ZDERA
The US, her EU allies, Canada and Australia have attempted to disguise these sanctions as being for election violations in 2000 parliamentary elections.
However, the sanctions policy statement itself does not highlight such reasons as the motivation for the sanctions.
The policy statement clearly states that sanctions were to facilitate democratic change in Zimbabwe and for the above reasons of land and the fiscal indiscipline of Zimbabwe’s participating in the Congolese war that led to the Sun City Accord.
The cherry on top is today the US, EU, Canada and Australia are now threatening South Africa with similar interventions if she attempts to expropriate land without compensation.
How Do These Sanctions Work?
Contrary to the claim that they are targeted at politicians and their companies. The ZDERA sanctions are targeted squarely at disabling the Zimbabwean financial system, by using US government directors in multilateral lending institutions to block any debt cancellation, extension of loans to Zimbabwe and or the continuation of any developmental project loans that were signed in Zimbabwe’s favor previously.
The impact of these measures is particularly insidious when you consider that: • Zimbabwe went into independence with a $800mil [$2.6bil in today’s terms] foreign debt inherited from the Rhodesian government’s arms procurement to prevent the liberation of Zimbabwe. •
This debt was then coupled with the debt Zimbabwe had to take to develop the derelict education system, healthcare system, housing and infrastructure neglected by the Rhodesian and British governments in contravention of provisions of ICESPR [Management of non-self determining peoples] and the preceding League of Nations Chapter 11 provisions. •
Zimbabwe used its national reserves to pay white farmers in foreign currency for the return of illegally occupied [colonized] land from occupiers who never paid reparations for colonialism. •
All this culminated in ESAP which decimated the Zimbabwean economy. The above were compelling mitigating factors for Zimbabwe to seek debt relief and debt cancellation, which are now effectively blocked by the US government through these sanctions.
ZDERA Aftermath
The effect of this is Zimbabwe is struggling to meet up with its balance of payments, bilateral debt repayments with other nations while failing to attract investment to develop the nation.
This has seen the isolation of the Zimbabwean banking system, loss of investment and slowing economic growth in contrast with the UN Human Rights Charter economic development aims.
Nevertheless, resource rich nations like Zimbabwe can survive and develop without borrowing from Multi-lateral lending agencies as long as they are permitted to trade their resources freely on the international market.
It is to nullify this capacity to trade that the US government after two years of instituting ZDERA sanctions, placed a second set of sanctions through George Bush’s Executive powers and privileges.
2003 Executive Order Sanctions 31288
These are the sanctions that put the nail in the coffin of Zimbabwe’s economy despite them being deceptively referred to as the targeted sanctions against individuals.
The problem with E.O. 31288 as the Executive Order sanctions are called is a vague outline of the sanctions was expressed as targeting certain Zimbabwean politicians, their friends, close families and companies assisting them in undermining democracy in Zimbabwe. However, subsequent 2005, 2008 amendments E.O. 13391 and E.O. 13469 extended the wording to say that the Zimbabwean government had undermined democracy in Zimbabwe which now put it and a number of it’s institutions as SDNs [Specially Designated Nationals] or targets of the sanctions.
Mechanisms Of E.O. 13288
With this the powers to investigate, limit, license, confiscate, block or prohibit US citizens, businesses, banks and even global entities [hoping to trade with US companies] from trading with Zimbabwe was left to the discretion of the US President who declared the national emergency on Zimbabwe.
Consequences Of E.O. 13288 & amendments
What this essentially means is the US government is at war with Zimbabwe and the US President is the only one with the discretion to legitimize, criminalize and penalize money transfers, payments, sales, property and or trade between global businesses and Zimbabwe by mere instruction or “other”[unspecified means] in the absence of an instrument.
The net effect of that is doing business in Zimbabwe becomes a minefield of risk where one could unknowingly contravene US provisions which could find them added onto the list as aiders of the Zimbabwe government or contraveners of the sanctions. This pushes most businesses and investors to manage risk by shying away from trading with and investing in Zimbabwe.
Economic Stagnation
As a result Zimbabwe is starved of trade and investment, enabling it to borrow money only where the US treasury approves as it did with the license given to Agribank. This makes capital costly and potentially captive for Zimbabwe.
Additionally it has driven underdevelopment, poverty and uncompetitiveness of the Zimbabwean economy. Basically Zimbabwe is a small nation upon which the whole of Europe and the world’s super power have imposed economic warfare because she dared to decolonize. It’s a miracle that the economy has continued to function.
Zimbabwe is under imperial hegemony while its citizens and the world look on and think the country deserves what it’s getting because it violated human rights.
Human Rights Violations •
However, how are human rights violations by specific government officials stopped by imputing sanctions on poor Zimbabwean citizens who are suffering under the burden of sanctions? •
How are human rights violations visited on Zimbabwean people by specific politicians tantamount to Zimbabwe being an unusual and extraordinary threat on the United States? • Why were human rights violations never in the policy statement of the initial ZDERA 2001 sanctions? •
And why are nations that are really responsible for serious human rights abuses like Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the US itself, which has presided over the butchering of hundreds of thousands of Iraqies and Libyans for oil never subject to the same precedence?
The fact is the provisions of the IEEPA and NEA instruments imply that US interests are threatened unusually and extraordinarily by previously colonized nation’s seeking to decolonize themselves and empower their citizens.
That is akin to fascist hegemony in no uncertain terms and every African must take heed because more African nations are likely to fall under the same axe for trying to empower their masses.
We reiterate that the illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe should be lifted as soon as yesterday. Zimbabwe is a sovereign state which should have equal opportunities in global politics.
Everjoy Chidindi
LEAD Presidential Spokesperson
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By A Correspondent- Police have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend.
Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, five of them were granted $6 000 bail each by Chitungwiza magistrate Sheunesu Matova and ordered to report to Zengeza Police Station once a week.
Among the arrested were juveniles aged 16 and 17 who were released into the custody of their parents. They are facing a charge of participating in a public gathering with intent to promote public violence.
The seven were represented by Tapiwa Muchineripi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.
According to State papers, Detective Constable Lovemore Machazire stationed at CID Law and Order Harare, who is the investigating officer, said the activists were arrested after a tip-off as they were in a procession, clad in T-shirts inscribed Register to Vote at the front and Ngaapinde Hake Chamisa at the back, while chanting MDC Alliance slogans.
“On October 16, 2021, around 1230hrs, the accused persons and their accomplices, who are still at large, numbering about 80 convened in Unit D Seke, Chitungwiza and conducted a procession along Hadzinanhanga Road heading towards Unit J Seke,” the papers read in part.
They are accused of breaching peace or bigotry.
-newsday
By A Correspondent- Another s_ex orgy is on the cards in Hillside Harare.
ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza called the organisers of the s_ex orgy who confirmed that the party was scheduled for October 30 2021 at a yet to be revealed venue in Hillside.
Said the woman who picked up the call on one of the numbers advertised on the flyer circulating on social media:
“You just bring your drinks or alcohol and you pay $5 entrance fee at the gate.
We do not reveal the address where the party will be held because we want to avoid a police raid.
You just call around 3pm and we will send someone to come and pick you up.”
The woman however cut the phone after Chikanza revealed his identity.
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By Jane Mlambo| Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi has celebrated the death of former United States Secretary of State Collin Powell who succumbed to Covid-19 complications yesterday.
Posting on Twitter, Mugwadi famously known as Tuboy said Powell endorsed sanctions against Zimbabwe.
“Today, the endorser of illegal sanctions & @mdczimbabwe founding foreigner @PowellCollin is announced dead. Begone son of a devil!The UN SR cannot complete her task without meeting these patriotic anti-sanctions activists camped against the @usembassyharare for nearly 1000 days,” said Mugwadi.
Mugwadi further mocked Powell saying he doesn’t shed a tear for his death urging those hurt to go and mourn in America.
“Powell has died. He bears the signature of illegal sanctions on Zim & its people
Do I shed a tear over his death? Noo
Varwadziwa endai munoridza mhere ku USA. He authored our problems
He had no Ubuntu & worse than Masendeke & Chidumo. He served a criminal Bush Administration,” further mocked Mugwadi.
Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s immune response, as well as Parkinson’s, Peggy Cifrino, Powell’s longtime chief of staff, confirmed to CNN. Even if fully vaccinated against Covid-19, those who are immunocompromised are at greater risk from the virus.
By A Correspondent- Bulawayo police were caught off guard last month after a 16-year-old boy from Makokoba high-density suburb allegedly broke into Ross Camp police station and stole car batteries.
He was spotted by police officers selling the batteries together with his unnamed accomplice in Makokoba during police patrols.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.
“On September 24 at around 8am, police received three cases of theft of car parts which occurred in Ross Camp, Bulawayo. At around 10am, police officers were on patrol and they saw two accused persons, the juvenile nicknamed “Scara” and another person selling batteries in Makokoba. The pair ran away after they were approached by police, leaving behind two batteries that were positively identified by the complainants,” Ncube said.
He said a manhunt was launched on October 11, leading to the arrest of the pair. During investigations, the juvenile admitted stealing the batteries and also revealed that he had sold six of them.
In an unrelated incident, a 23-year-old man from Mahatshula has been arrested for attempting to kill his drinking mate after striking him with a brick on the forehead over a dispute about soccer matters at Sompisi shops.
Ncube confirmed the arrest of Talent Moyo (23).
“On October 10 at 8pm, the complainant and Moyo were drinking beer at Sompisi shops, Mahatshula while discussing soccer matters. The two had a misunderstanding about soccer matters. Moyo picked up a small brick and struck the complainant once on the left side of the forehead and he sustained injuries,” Ncube said.
He said the matter was reported to police the following day, leading to Moyo’s arrest.
Ncube said police recovered a blood-stained face brick near a braai stand at Sompisi Bottlestore, adding that the complainant was referred to United Bulawayo Hospital where his condition is said to be stable.-Newsday
Zimbabwe recorded 37 new Covid-19 cases yesterday taking the cumulative total to 132 405 while one person who died took the total number of deaths to 4659.
Fully vaccinated people are now 2486318 while those who have taken the first dose only are 3228 506.
ON Covid-19 recoveries, Zimbabwe has recorded 126489 taking the recovery rate to 96 percent.
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By A Correspondent- Fifteen of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a se_x orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.
Magistrate Barbara Mateko, who presided over the matter, however, ordered the property owner, Reyn Mabva, to pay $3 000 bail.
They were charged with soliciting clients for the purpose of pr0stitution, while Mabva was also charged with turning his house into a brothel.
The group comprised of six ladies, namely Thokozani Tshuma, (24), Shylet Simba, Lucia Nyakutsikwa (36), Loveness Zindi (34), Sithatisiwe Kufa (21) and Moleen Mashingaidze (age not given).
Their male partners were identified as Luis Zvanhasi (24), Daniel Divala (23), Alexio Chibanda (41), Munashe Masawi (25), Praisemore Makuni (39), Samuel Makore (37), Paul Nhodza (35), Mabva (35), Mark Tafirenyika (32) and Edward Kanengoni (29).
The party was advertised from October 14, 2021 on a WhatsApp group, with each male member asked to pay $200 for acquisition of cond0ms and toiletries in addition to US$20 to get an opportunity to be intimate with all the ladies in attendance.
The State alleges that the “Sod0m and Gomorah party” allegedly organised by Mashingaidze, started at 1030pm before police bust it at around midnight, leading to the suspects’ arrest.
During the raid, police allegedly recovered a plastic bag full of cond0ms and US$85 believed to have been paid by the party goers. The videos of the participants mourning in pleasure while having se_x have gone viral on social media.
By A Correspondent- Commutters in Bulawayo are stranded after Zupco drivers went on strike.
This has forced some people to board pirate taxis to get to their respective destinations on time.
The drivers claim that they have not been paid for months.
This is not the first time for Zupco drivers to go on an industrial action over their conditions of service.
-statemedia
By A Correspondent- Ten men and six women who were on Saturday night arrested at a sex party in Kuwadzana have appeared in court.
The six ladies are Thokozani Tshuma, 24, Shylet Simba, Lucia Nyakutsikwa, 36, Loveness Zindi, 34, Sithatisiwe Kufa, 21 and Moleen Mashingaidze.
The 10 men are Luis Zvanhasi, 24, Daniel Divala, 23, Alexio Chibanda, 41, Munashe Masawi, 25, Praisemore Makuni, 39, Samuel Makore, 37, Paul Nhodza, 35, Reyn Mabva, 35, Mark Tafirenyika, 32, and Edward Kanengoni, 29.
Police in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.
Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are said to be on the run in connection with a murder case after they allegedly bashed Jokonia Makumbe to death, accusing him of stealing a goat.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case.
“I can confirm a murder case in Chiweshe where three male adults assaulted the now-deceased, killing him on the spot,” Mundembe said.
“We are appealing for information which can lead to the arrest of the suspects.”
It is alleged that the trio teamed up after receiving a tip-off that Makumbe had stolen their goat.
They dragged him from a certain homestead where he was drinking to his home while beating him up.
Upon arrival, they searched his homestead and could not find any goat meat.
They took him away from his house and fatally assaulted him.
The body of the deceased was found by his brother Paradzai Magwede, who filed a police report after being advised by neighbours that he was killed by the trio.
Surprisingly, the goat was found in a bush hanging on a tree.
Police warned members of the public not to take the law into their own hands by meting instant justice.
By A Correspondent- A suspected armed robber was assaulted, stoned and sjamboked to death by an angry mob after he was apprehended by his would-be victim in Beitbridge on Monday.
It is not clear at which point the victim died, but was pronounced dead on arrival at Beitbridge district hospital on Monday morning.
Officer commanding Beitbridge police district chief superintendent Tichaona Nyongo confirmed the incident saying the suspected armed robber succumbed to injuries sustained during a mob justice.
“At the moment that is what we have. A man has died after a mob attacked him in Dulivhadzimo. He is suspected to be part of a gang that was caught at night breaking into a house,” Nyongo said.
He said the man was part of a four or five men gang, some of whom escaped, when the now deceased was cornered by residents.
It is understood that the robbers entered the victim’s house while the owner had gone to collect his wife from the bus terminus.
His young brother, whom he left at the house, called him after he saw a group of the suspected armed robbers breaking into the gate.
The man alerted neighbours and surprised the robbers who fled in different directions and one was cornered.
The body of the deceased was taken to Beitbridge district hospital mortuary.
Beitbridge has in the last two months been hit by armed robberies targeting different classes of people.
Recently, a man lost R1,2 million to armed robbers.
-newsday
Observers yesterday questioned the itinerary of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan, released by government, which excludes opposition parties and civic society.Douhan, who is from Belarus, is in the country for 10 days to probe the impact of sanctions on human rights in Zimbabwe.
According to the itinerary, she is expected to meet Cabinet ministers, the central bank, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission and Chief Justice Luke Malaba, among others.
There is no indication that she would meet with civil society or the opposition.Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi referred questions on whether Douhan would meet stakeholders outside government to the Foreign Affairs ministry.
Foreign Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana said: “We agreed not to manage or interfere with her interactions.”
United Kingdom-based law expert and political analyst Alex Magaisa said Douhan’s itinerary pointed to a predetermined outcome.
“What Zanu PF is doing is akin to calling a tsikamutanda (witchhunter) to the village and telling him which households to enter and which ones to sidestep and all along they already gave him a tokoloshe (goblin) which he will announce as his finding at a targeted clansman’s homestead,” Magaisa said.
“In other words, the so-called special rapporteur who comes from Belarus, one of the world’s biggest human rights violators, which is also facing sanctions, is hardly an honest broker. Her itinerary, which is brazenly one-sided, is a clear indicator that the script has already been written in advance,” he said.
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba said the envoy would hold a joint Press briefing with the government after her mission.
Charamba said the special rapporteur came at the invitation of the Zimbabwean government.
“After collating information, the rapporteur will hold a joint Press conference with Zimbabwe where she will share her preliminary findings. The final report will be tabled in September 2022 in Geneva,” he said.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday claimed that sanctions were the biggest impediment to the wellbeing of the people as they affected ordinary citizens.
“It was a pleasure to welcome the UN special rapporteur for human rights to Zimbabwe. Her 10-day trip aims to assess the impact of punitive economic sanctions on ordinary Zimbabweans,” Mnangagwa said after meeting with Douhan in Harare.
“These sanctions are illegal and hurt the most vulnerable in our society.”
In 2018, two months after claiming the Presidency from then President Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa had claimed that there was no need for continuous mourning about sanctions and that he was on top of the situation.
While Mnangagwa and his government have blamed sanctions for the country’s economic woes, the opposition and other stakeholders said the state the nation was in was a result of corruption and looting by the regime.
The United States and the United Kingdom have also insisted that Zimbabwe should end human rights abuses for sanctions to be removed.
The opposition MDC Alliance said it had sent its input on the issue of sanctions and was expecting to meet with Douhan.
-Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has dismissed the notion that Zanu PF has a strong support base in rural areas.
President Chamisa says he is now practically staying in the rural areas as the vibrant leader seeks to identify the needs and challenges of villagers across the country.
President Chamisa, quoted by NewsDay said:
“I now stay in rural areas, I only visit Harare
I will be in another area this week because the challenges are in the rural areas. We have problems with water, infrastructure and a whole lot of issues, and that’s why at one point, we had a whole ministry dedicated to that. It’s only that they did not understand its importance.
For one to understand rural problems, you have to stay with them (rural people), and I personally grew up in the village and that is where I am staying and am only visiting Harare so that I understand more of what needs to be done.”
He added:
“Violence is an instrument of the weak and losing. Nobody deploys violence in their strongholds, never. It’s a lie that Zanu PF has a rural stronghold, I have seen it.
The relic (of Zanu PF) is terror, weaponisation of food aid and Zanu PF support programmes. That is their only life support. They have no organic connection with the masses, vakapiwa gupuro (they were divorced by the masses).”
By A Correspondent- It was a case of throwing a cat among pigeons when Praise Mpofu (22) a male prisoner who pretended to be a woman was almost detained in cells at Shurugwi Female Prison last week.
Mpofu was actually detained for two days from October 1-4, 2021 at Young Offenders Prison in Gweru where it was thought that he was a woman. Sources said he was dressed in a blouse and skirt, a laddish hairstyle and the brea_sts were also there since he put some stuff inside a bra.
Midland Prisons spokesperson Nevson Tagarira confirmed the case and told The Mirror that Mpofu came to court dressed as a woman.
Mpofu who goes around hooking male clients by disguising as a female pr0stitute was arrested on September 30 this year after he allegedly stole from a man in Mkoba 6 who had taken him home for the night and ran away.
He was arrested at Mkoba 6 and remanded in custody at Gweru Magistrates Court but due to transport problems he had to be taken to Gweru Young Offenders Prison in Gweru where he stayed with young female offenders.
The magistrate, court officials, Police and Prison officers did not realise Mpofu was actually male. He is being charged with theft
His status was discovered when he was sent to Shurugwi Female Prison and the procedure at the prison is that inmates are searched and vetted at the time of arrival.
“Yes there was a male inmate who came from ZRP through Gweru Magistrates Court pretending to be female. His true status was only discovered at Shurugwi Female Prison as he underwent admission processes said Tagarira.
A female nurse who was doing the screening is said to have screamed and ran away from the room after realizing that Mpofu was actually a man.
Mpofu was immediately whisked away to Whawha Maximum Prison near Gweru where he is now detained. There is speculation that Mpofu is a hom0sexual.
“Mpofu spend two days at Gweru Young Offenders rison where he did not devuldge that he was a male and he was treated as a female. The matter came to light when he was to be detained at Shurugwi Female Prison that he was not a female. One could not figure out that Mpofu is a male he had a nice hair style ,brea_sts and he was wearing a skirt just like a lady. Mpofu was arrested after he stole from a man who had hired him as a prostitute. Mpofu stole money and fled before he fulfilled the duties he was hired for,” said the source.
“Yes there was an inmate who came from ZRP through the magistrates court pretending to be a female. It was only identified at Shurugwi Female Prisons through our normal channels on admission that he was actually a male inmate not a female as he was pretending to be. Mpofu was taken from Shurugwi female prison to Hwahwa on the same day,” said Mpofu.
By⁴ Jane Mlambo| Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga has condemned the abusive teacher Michael Freeman Chingwaru to 630 hours of community service after suspending a 36 months prison sentence she had imposed on him.
Magistrate Taruvinga sentenced the maths teacher who was filmed butchering a student to 36 months in prison before suspending 18 months on condition of good behavior.
She also suspended the remaining 18 months on condition that Chingwaru performs 630 hours of community service.
630 hours is equal to 78 days of community service and will be done at Parirenyatwa Hospital.
Chingwaru shocked the court when he told the court that a painful toothache was behind his violent conduct.
Social media has however reacted differently to his conviction and sentencing with some expressing satisfaction that justice had indeed prevailed while some felt it was harsh saying students of nowadays are indisciplined and requiring of such a treatment.
By Business Reporter | The African Union has appointed Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu to the position of head of the election observer mission, barely 2 months after Lungu’s election rigging controversies in the last polls.
Lungu will supervise Kenya’s elections next year, his party said, in what means Lungu, a well known Mnangagwa loyale, will also head the bloc’s mission team overseeing Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections.
The development comes shortly after the former president performed vote rigging operations in his country’s last polls, by switching off the internet and shifting the blame against his own opponent. Back in August 2018, Lungu assisted ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa commit war crimes by deporting MDC Alliance Deputy President Tendai Biti helping in the creation of a fake parliament and a fake presidency.
Meanwhile, Lungu’s party, the Patriotic Front’s Information Department announced as follows:
As a party, we are deeply elated with the appointment of our party President and former Republican President Dr Edgar Chagwa LUNGU by the African Union. And we are proud of him. The well deserved appointment by the Africa Union (AU) to choose our leader, as Head of Election Observer Mission for the upcoming elections in KENYA mid next year, is a mark of recognition by the continent.
This speaks highly of our party President and indeed our party in terms of the democratic ethos and credibility to speak authoritatively on the continent as regards democracy and good governance. It goes to show that Zambia continues to be a shinning example on the continent and far beyond on its unmatched democratic credentials.
This is a mark of recognition of true Statesmanship bestowed on Dr Edgar LUNGU. It further shows that President Lungu is highly respected on the continent. As a party, we wish him well as he heads the mission, and we are very confident without a doubt that our former President will acquit himself diligently and execute his duties auspiciously.
By A Correspondent- The public has expressed concern over the lighter sentence which was passed by a Harare magistrate on a local high school mathematics teacher who was filmed brutally assaulting a Lower Sixth student.
Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga yesterday ordered Talent Chingwaru (39), a teacher at Harare Einstein Tuition Centre, to perform 630 hours of unpaid work at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals starting today.
Chingwaru was initially jailed for 36 months, but 18 months were set aside for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The remaining months were commuted to 630 hours of community service.
Chingwaru was convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a lighter sentence from the court, saying he was emotionally stressed when he committed the offence.
Shambadzeni Fungura, appearing for the State, had called for a custodial sentence that deters would-be offender.
People wanted the abusive teacher to be given a custodial sentence.
-Herald
By A Correspondent-Female urban groove music pioneer, Betty Makaya, has resurfaced.
The Kurwizi hitmaker made announced her come back on her Facebook page Monday.
“I can’t wait to see you guys this 30th of October @recharge_braai_lounge alongside @djtira & my brother @noxguni,” she posted.
Betty, who has been silent for a while, is now based in South Africa. She is most known for her track Usipo, and a 2000 collaboration called Kurwizi which she did with late Urban Grooves singer, Jamal Mataure. Both songs were produced by Mutare based Tonderai Music Corporation (TMC).
She has has also done collaborations with Alexio Kawara and Langton Deo.
By A Correspondent- One of the pioneer leaders of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Southern and Central Africa, Elizabeth Sibanda has died, aged 79.
Sibanda succumbed to diabetes at a private clinic in Bulawayo on Thursday last week and will be buried on Wednesday at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.
Reverend Morgan Sengwayo founded the AFM of Southern and Central Africa in 1955.
Sibanda’s daughter, Ordinance M’ckarm, described her late mother as a visionary church leader. She said:
She was a dedicated church elder and leader who played a crucial role both in church and in our family.
My mother was a pillar of strength, a humble person full compassionate and a defender of the faith, who showed selfless dedication to the old-time religion.
She was a visionary church leader who had a spiritual calling to assist vulnerable groups.
She also advocated for the inclusion of youths and women and in church decision making processes.
Sibanda together with her husband, Reverend Richard Sibanda were one of the pioneers who worked with Rev Sengwayo during the church’s formative years.
She was actively involved in the missionary trips dating back to the mid-1950s, which saw the church spreading its wings to the SADC region.
By A Correspondent- The Harare City Council has released a memo announcing dog licence fees at a time the city fathers are failing to collect garbage.
The city fathers said they would deploy inspectors in households who would be arresting owners of unlicensed dogs.
By A Correspondent- One of the pioneer leaders of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Southern and Central Africa, Elizabeth Sibanda has died, aged 79.
Sibanda succumbed to diabetes at a private clinic in Bulawayo on Thursday last week and will be buried on Wednesday at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.
Reverend Morgan Sengwayo founded the AFM of Southern and Central Africa in 1955, and MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is one of the pastors in the church.
Sibanda’s daughter, Ordinance M’ckarm, described her late mother as a visionary church leader. She said:
She was a dedicated church elder and leader who played a crucial role both in church and in our family.
My mother was a pillar of strength, a humble person full compassionate and a defender of the faith, who showed selfless dedication to the old-time religion.
She was a visionary church leader who had a spiritual calling to assist vulnerable groups.
She also advocated for the inclusion of youths and women and in church decision making processes.
Sibanda together with her husband, Reverend Richard Sibanda were one of the pioneers who worked with Rev Sengwayo during the church’s formative years.
She was actively involved in the missionary trips dating back to the mid-1950s, which saw the church spreading its wings to the SADC region.
POLICE in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.
Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are said to be on the run in connection with a murder case after they allegedly bashed Jokonia Makumbe to death, accusing him of stealing a goat.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case.
“I can confirm a murder case in Chiweshe where three male adults assaulted the now-deceased, killing him on the spot,” Mundembe said.
“We are appealing for information which can lead to the arrest of the suspects.”
It is alleged that the trio teamed up after receiving a tip-off that Makumbe had stolen their goat.
They dragged him from a certain homestead where he was drinking to his home while beating him up.
Upon arrival, they searched his homestead and could not find any goat meat.
They took him away from his house and fatally assaulted him.
The body of the deceased was found by his brother Paradzai Magwede, who filed a police report after being advised by neighbours that he was killed by the trio.
Surprisingly, the goat was found in a bush hanging on a tree.
Police warned members of the public not to take the law into their own hands by meting instant justice.- NewsDay
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo are stranded after Zupco drivers went on strike.
This has forced some people to board pirate taxis to get to their respective destinations on time.
The drivers claim that they have not been paid for months.
This is not the first time for Zupco drivers to go on an industrial action over their conditions of service.- Bulawayo24
State Media – Emmerson Mnangagwa has held a secret meeting with the visiting UN rapporteur on the illegality of sanctions. This is revealed in the below report which says he yesterday met the special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan, who is in the country to assess the impact of unilateral coercive measures imposed on the country by the United States (US) and its allies.
The full state media report reads:
She is on a 10-day fact-finding mission whose outcome is expected to give the world a clear picture of the debilitating effects of the illegal sanctions.
The high-profile visit by Ms Douhan, follows the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution 34/13 of 2017, which stresses that unilateral coercive measures and legislation were contrary to international law, international humanitarian law, the charter and norms and principles governing peaceful relations among states.
The resolution highlights the fact that these sanctions in the long-term result in social problems and raise humanitarian concerns in the states targeted.
Over the past two decades, Zimbabwe has been groaning under the weight of illegal economic sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union (EU) bloc as punishment for the land reform programme meant to address colonial land imbalances.
During her visit, Ms Douhan will engage Government ministries, opposition voices, civil society organisations, and the broader Zimbabwean community to gauge how the baneful sanctions have constricted Zimbabwe’s development and how they infringe on the enjoyment of human rights.
After her closed-door meeting with the President at State House, the UN special rapporteur, who will only produce a report at the end of her 10-day visit, had a meeting with Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi.
“We met the special rapporteur as the Ministry of Justice to give them an overview of the effects of sanctions. But we cannot at the moment give details of our deliberations with them as you are aware they are on a fact-finding mission to establish the extent of the effects of sanctions on the ordinary people.
“As a country, we are on a drive to ensure that the sanctions are removed and we presented to them what we have done in terms of our legislation and other measures to ensure that the effect of the sanctions is lessened.
“We cannot give you details because we want the process that the rapporteur is doing to take place first,” said Minister Ziyambi.
He said Zimbabwe remained steadfast in its call for the unconditional removal of the baneful sanctions which have cost the country billions.
“Our document that we are going to give them will clearly indicate the effects of sanctions on our society and that is what we want them to appreciate and understand and be able to capture so that we continue with our drive to ensure the sanctions are removed,” he said.
“If she requests to meet anyone, I think that can be facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said Minister Ziyambi.
Since the illegal sanctions were imposed in 2001, Zimbabwe has lost an estimated US$42 billion, losing an estimated US$4,5 billion in donor support annually for more than two decades.
The country lost US$2 billion in IMF, World Bank, and African Development Bank (AfDB) loans which could have helped in developing infrastructure, as well as losing commercial loans amounting to US$18 billion which could be extended to the private sector and other companies.
Zimbabwe experienced a US$21 billion reduction in GDP over the past two decades.
SADC member-states have since declared October 25 as Anti-Sanctions Day as the region exerts pressure on the US and its allies to remove the illegal sanctions that were choking Zimbabwe’s development.
According to her itinerary, the special rapporteur will also have private meetings with UN agencies present in Zimbabwe, as well as international organisations, regional organisations, international financial institutions, the national human rights institution, and representatives of the diplomatic community present in Harare.
She will also meet non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the business community, civil society organisations, and opposition, in particular those whose activities may be affected by unilateral coercive measures, as well as academics with specific expertise in the field.
The private meetings will be organised by the special rapporteur’s office.
By A Correspondent-The relationship between musician Jah Prayzah and Zanu PF has reportedly become sour after the ruling party allegedly decided to shut out the musician from its events, Standard Style can reveal.
Jah Prayzah was once a darling of the so called second republic and had his album Kutonga Kwaro used as the soundtrack to the military coup, which ousted the late former president Robert Mugabe, who was replaced by his former deputy Emerson Mnangagwa.
The relationship between the ruling party and Jah Prayzah is said to have been fading, having reached a boiling point when the lanky chanter headlined a lavish birthday party in Cape Town organised by Mugabe’s son-in-law, Adam Molai.
The event was attended by exiled politicians linked to G-40, including Saviour Kasukuwere and Patrick Zhuwao, among other former Mugabe loyalists.
Upon arrival from the Cape Town gig, Jah Prayzah and Killer T were detained at the Robert Mugabe International Airport.
Security agents at the airport accused the two artistes and their band members of possessing fake Covid-19 certificates, despite their pleas that the documents were legitimate.
A source within the ruling party told Standard Style last week that the Kutonga Kwaro hit maker will not be featuring at events linked to the government or Zanu PF.
“A resolution was made after Jah Prayzah’s actions and his loyalty became questionable,” said the source.
-Standard
Tinashe Sambiri|The freedom train led by President Nelson Chamisa is unstoppable, MDC Alliance Namibia has said.
On Sunday MDC Alliance Namibia members met in Walvis Bay to discuss recruitment and mobilization strategies.
President Chamisa is holding key meetings with stakeholders across the country.
See MDC Alliance Namibia statement:
Mdc Alliance Namibia District successfully converged in Walvis Bay today( Sunday) as part of the #Citizens Convergence for Change.
The whole district met to recruit and radicalise more social democrats so that they can join the freedom train led by President Advocate Nelson Chamisa. At the Bay social democrats concur kuty #NgaapindeHakeMukomana.
Thank you Namibia for tirelessly fighting for the change that delivers.
CAPS United coach Darlington Dodo believes his team should have been awarded one or two penalties in their 1-1 draw in the Harare Derby on Sunday.
The Green Machine needed a victory against Dynamos to keep their chances of progressing to the quarterfinal round of the Chibuku Super Cup but the result dumped them out of the competition.
Speaking to the press after the match, Dodo said: “I still feel we have one or two penalty appeals which probably could have changed the complexion of the game.
“Unfortunately, some decisions are not bound to come your way because you are not in control of the situation.”
The gaffer also explained how internal squabbles affected their preparations for the Derby as players refused to train in protest over salaries.
He added: “It’s really unfortunate because if you look at how these boys responded to the few days that we trained for this match, we dominated Dynamos in most parts of the game.
“The pressure is always there, but we sat down with the boys and agreed on what we wanted to do. We wanted to turn things around because, after whatever happened during the course of the week, we regrouped.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By Dorrothy Moyo | The caretaker snatcher my wife, says a man in an interview with the tabloid, Kwayedza newspaper.
The man details his story in the below footage:
POLICE in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.
Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are said to be on the run in connection with a murder case after they allegedly bashed Jokonia Makumbe to death, accusing him of stealing a goat.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case.
“I can confirm a murder case in Chiweshe where three male adults assaulted the now-deceased, killing him on the spot,” Mundembe said.
“We are appealing for information which can lead to the arrest of the suspects.”
It is alleged that the trio teamed up after receiving a tip-off that Makumbe had stolen their goat.
They dragged him from a certain homestead where he was drinking to his home while beating him up.
Upon arrival, they searched his homestead and could not find any goat meat.
They took him away from his house and fatally assaulted him.
The body of the deceased was found by his brother Paradzai Magwede, who filed a police report after being advised by neighbours that he was killed by the trio.
Surprisingly, the goat was found in a bush hanging on a tree.
Police warned members of the public not to take the law into their own hands by meting instant justice.- NewsDay
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has dismissed the notion that Zanu PF has a strong support base in rural areas.
President Chamisa says he is now practically staying in the rural areas as the vibrant leader seeks to identify the needs and challenges of villagers across the country.
President Chamisa, quoted by NewsDay said:
“I now stay in rural areas, I only visit Harare
I will be in another area this week because the challenges are in the rural areas. We have problems with water, infrastructure and a whole lot of issues, and that’s why at one point, we had a whole ministry dedicated to that. It’s only that they did not understand its importance.
For one to understand rural problems, you have to stay with them (rural people), and I personally grew up in the village and that is where I am staying and am only visiting Harare so that I understand more of what needs to be done.”
He added:
“Violence is an instrument of the weak and losing. Nobody deploys violence in their strongholds, never. It’s a lie that Zanu PF has a rural stronghold, I have seen it.
The relic (of Zanu PF) is terror, weaponisation of food aid and Zanu PF support programmes. That is their only life support. They have no organic connection with the masses, vakapiwa gupuro (they were divorced by the masses).”
Fifteen of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a sex orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.
Magistrate Barbara Mateko, who presided over the matter, however, ordered the property owner, Reyn Mabva, to pay $3 000 bail.
They were charged with soliciting clients for the purpose of prostitution, while Mabva was also charged with turning his house into a brothel.
The group comprised of six ladies, namely Thokozani Tshuma, (24), Shylet Simba, Lucia Nyakutsikwa (36), Loveness Zindi (34), Sithatisiwe Kufa (21) and Moleen Mashingaidze (age not given).
Their male partners were identified as Luis Zvanhasi (24), Daniel Divala (23), Alexio Chibanda (41), Munashe Masawi (25), Praisemore Makuni (39), Samuel Makore (37), Paul Nhodza (35), Mabva (35), Mark Tatirenyika (32) and Edward Kanengoni (29).
The party was advertised from October 14, 2021 on a WhatsApp group, with each male member asked to pay $200 for acquisition of condoms and toiletries in addition to US$20 to get an opportunity to be intimate with all the ladies in attendance.
The State alleges that the “Sodom and Gomorah party” allegedly organised by Mashingaidze, started at 1030pm before police bust it at around midnight, leading to the suspects’ arrest.
During the raid, police allegedly recovered a plastic bag full of condoms and US$85 believed to have been paid by the party goers.-Newsday
Police in Bulawayo have been accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl and refusing to assist the family take her to hospital.
The alleged incident happened on October 4 in Mzilikazi high-density suburb.
Ayanda Tshuma, a Form 3 pupil at Sobukhazi High School, was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital after she was allegedly shot on the cheek as law enforcement agents discharged a firearm to stop a street fight at G-Square.
She was just a bystander. The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other.
The family claims that the police had not assisted her to get medication.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday told Southern Eye that they were yet to find out what exactly transpired on the day in question.
“We received the report about the case of a member of the ZRP, who allegedly shot a girl child in Mzilikazi.
“The case is still under investigation, and so we don’t have much information to disclose,” Nyathi said.
The juvenile said she was now living in fear after police officers threatened her.
“On Friday October 15, police came to our home to take statements. They threatened me saying I should speak the truth. They also said I was changing statements.
“This surprised me as I was speaking to them for the first time,” she said. -Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has dismissed the notion that Zanu PF has a strong support base in rural areas.
President Chamisa says he is now practically staying in the rural areas as the vibrant leader seeks to identify the needs and challenges of villagers across the country.
President Chamisa, quoted by NewsDay said:
“I now stay in rural areas, I only visit Harare
I will be in another area this week because the challenges are in the rural areas. We have problems with water, infrastructure and a whole lot of issues, and that’s why at one point, we had a whole ministry dedicated to that. It’s only that they did not understand its importance.
For one to understand rural problems, you have to stay with them (rural people), and I personally grew up in the village and that is where I am staying and am only visiting Harare so that I understand more of what needs to be done.”
He added:
“Violence is an instrument of the weak and losing. Nobody deploys violence in their strongholds, never. It’s a lie that Zanu PF has a rural stronghold, I have seen it.
The relic (of Zanu PF) is terror, weaponisation of food aid and Zanu PF support programmes. That is their only life support. They have no organic connection with the masses, vakapiwa gupuro (they were divorced by the masses).”
Tinashe Sambiri|The freedom train led by President Nelson Chamisa is unstoppable, MDC Alliance Namibia has said.
On Sunday MDC Alliance Namibia members met in Walvis Bay to discuss recruitment and mobilization strategies.
President Chamisa is holding key meetings with stakeholders across the country.
See MDC Alliance Namibia statement:
Mdc Alliance Namibia District successfully converged in Walvis Bay today( Sunday) as part of the #Citizens Convergence for Change.
The whole district met to recruit and radicalise more social democrats so that they can join the freedom train led by President Advocate Nelson Chamisa. At the Bay social democrats concur kuty #NgaapindeHakeMukomana.
Thank you Namibia for tirelessly fighting for the change that delivers.
By Antony Taruvinga
I am at our home in Chivi South.
Our growth point Ngundu is a total eye-sore. All the pavements have been eroded and the little infrastructure dilapidated.
Unchecked soil erosion has occurred at the business centre, litter and thick dirty water flows everywhere.
The same is happening everywhere across the country.
We don’t have a President and government in place, the country is on auto pilot.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and overall spending on essential TB services falling.
The first challenge is disruption in access to TB services and a reduction in resources. In many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response, limiting the availability of essential services.
The second is that people have struggled to seek care in the context of lockdowns.
“This report confirms our fears that the disruption of essential health services due to the pandemic could start to unravel years of progress against tuberculosis,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease.”
TB services are among many others disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the impact on TB has been particularly severe.
For example, approximately, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214 000 among HIV positive people).
The increase in the number of TB deaths occurred mainly in the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB[1]. WHO modelling projections suggest the number of people developing TB and dying from the disease could be much higher in 2021 and 2022.
Challenges with providing and accessing essential TB services have meant that many people with TB were not diagnosed in 2020. The number of people newly diagnosed with TB and those reported to national governments fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.
WHO estimates that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but have not been diagnosed with the disease or have not officially reported to national authorities. This figure is up from 2.9 million in 2019.
The countries that contributed most to the global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020 were India (41%), Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%). These and 12 other countries accounted for 93% of the total global drop in notifications.
There was also a reduction in provision of TB preventive treatment. Some 2.8 million people accessed this in 2020, a 21% reduction since 2019. In addition, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB fell by 15%, from 177 000 in 2019 to 150 000 in 2020, equivalent to only about 1 in 3 of those in need.
Global investment for TB falls
Funding in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that account for 98% of reported TB cases remains a challenge. Of the total funding available in 2020, 81% came from domestic sources, with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) accounting for 65% of total domestic funding.
The largest bilateral donor is the Government of the United States of America. The biggest international donor is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The report notes a fall in global spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services, from US$ 5.8 billion to US$ 5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the TB response of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
Meanwhile, although there is progress in the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, this is constrained by the overall level of R&D investment, which at US$ 0.9 billion in 2019 falls far short of the global target of US$ 2 billion per year.
Global TB targets off track
Reversals in progress mean that the global TB targets are off track and appear increasingly out of reach, however there are some successes. Globally, the reduction in the number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2020 was only 9.2% – about one quarter of the way to the 2020 milestone of 35%.
Globally, the number of people falling ill with TB each year (relative to population) dropped 11% from 2015 to 2020, just over half-way to the 2020 milestone of 20%.
However, the WHO European Region exceeded the 2020 milestone, with a reduction of 25%. This was mostly driven by the decline in the Russian Federation, where incidence fell by 6% per year between 2010 to 2020. The WHO African Region came close to reaching the milestone, with a reduction of 19%, which reflects impressive reductions of 4–10% per year in South Africa and several other countries in southern Africa, following a peak in the HIV epidemic and the expansion of TB and HIV prevention and care.
“We have just one year left to reach the historic 2022 TB targets committed by Heads of State at the first UN High Level Meeting on TB. The report provides important information and a strong reminder to countries to urgently fast-track their TB responses and save lives,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “This will be crucial as preparations begin for the 2nd UN High Level Meeting on TB mandated for 2023.”
The report calls on countries to put in place urgent measures to restore access to essential TB services. It further calls for a doubling of investments in TB research and innovation as well as concerted action across the health sector and others to address the social, environmental and economic determinants of TB and its consequences.
The new report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 197 countries and areas, including 182 of the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
Source: WHO
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