By A Correspondent- Civil servants who have not been vaccinated for unjustifiable reasons, today face an uncertain future with government insisting they should not report for duty because they may infect those who have been vaccinated.

Government last month gave October 15 as the deadline for all its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Under Statutory Instrument (SI) 234 gazetted on September 17, unvaccinated civil servants will be fired from work and their salaries frozen.

Asked how many civil servants have complied with the order, Agnes Mahomva, the chief co-ordinator of COVID-19 response in the Office of the President and Cabinet, yesterday said she was yet to get the figures.

“I don’t know how many have been vaccinated or not, the relevant ministries will tell us tomorrow (today) to see those who would have reported for work and those who haven’t,” Mahomva said on the sidelines of a science cafe organised by the Health Communicators Forum and the Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions recently filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court challenging compulsory vaccination as companies force employees to be inoculated, but the High Court said the matter was not urgent. The case is still pending.

Mahomva, however, defended compulsory vaccination of the civil servants, saying they were given ample time, adding that those not yet jabbed were unwilling to do so.

“The requirement (of having all civil servants to be vaccinated) was announced way back and people have been given ample time to make sure they get vaccinated,” she said.

“For those not yet vaccinated, it means they do not want to do so. This has nothing to do with barring people from work; the government wants people to come to work, but we have to protect others.

“It is really about public health and safety in the workplace. You also have to understand that there are exemptions for extenuating circumstances from the SI which are very reasonable.”

The move will likely be a litmus test for government, which is likely to clash with its restive 300 000 employees.

A majority of government workers were not yet vaccinated by the time of the gazetting of the SI.

However, the SI gives excuses to those who have convincing reasons.

Those not vaccinated, according to the SI, should produce COVID-19 test results, which will be expensive and not practical since the tests expire after 72 hours. Tests range from US$30-$40.

-newsday

By A Correspondent- Popular radio pastor Mufundisi Mabaudhi has died.

The development was revealed by his son, Rowdy Mabaudhi who said:

My father Mufundisi Mabaudhi, most of you know him from radio programmes, Zvidzidzo Zvebhaiberi, Chikritsu neTsika, Sunday morning service.

He is no more, vadanwa naMwari vakadavira meaning he has been promoted to glory.

I’m not okay!

My father Mufundisi Mabaudhi, most of you know him from radio programmes, Zvidzidzo Zvebhaiberi, Chikritsu neTsika, Sunday morning service. He is no more, vadanwa naMwari vakadavira. I'm not okay! pic.twitter.com/dKJXxOyTwP

— RGM (The Dispeller of Shame) (@mcbaudy) October 15, 2021

By A Correspondent- A local businessman assaulted a Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province and pulled a gun on him after he was accused of dividing the party in the city.

The dramatic incident happened at Aisleby Farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North province.

A source, who witnessed the incident, said Obert Musindo, the Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province, had driven to the farm to meet Raymond Mutomba, who is the party’s secretary for administration, Bulawayo Province.

“Unfortunately when he arrived at the farm, Mutomba was not there and he was told to wait for him,” said a well-placed source.

While he was waiting, Davis Muhambi, a businessman, arrived and confronted him.

“He charged at him while accusing him of dividing the party. An argument broke out between the two and Davis assaulted Musindo several times on the face with open hands.

“In a fit of rage, Davis took out a firearm from his trousers’ pocket to shoot Musindo. Luckily, one of the witnesses grabbed it and seized it from his tight grip. Davis was not deterred by that as he rushed to his car and fetched another pistol to shoot Musindo,” said the source.

Fearing for his life, Musindo hid under a car.

“People who had gathered, surrounded Davis and blocked him from moving to Musindo. While people had encircled the fuming Davis, Musindo slipped out from under his car, got into his car and drove off at high speed,” said the source.

Musindo went to report the matter at Sauerstown Police Station, leading to the arrest of Davis.

Efforts to get a comment from Bulawayo Police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube were fruitless as his mobile number went straight to voicemail.

Contacted for a comment Musindo said: “Why should you publish such an issue? We are politicians and that story will tarnish our image. Come to the office (Davis Hall) then I will articulately explain the issue to you.”

When this reporter pressed him to give his comment on the phone he said: “I withdrew the case.”

Davis only said: “I do not know the issue you are talking about.”-BMetro

H.E. President @edmnangagwa is at Bindura University of Science Education to officiate @ its Twentieth Graduation Ceremony. There are 1612 graduates with degrees @ different levels of education & from various faculties. The President will tour the Innovation Hub & a Girls Hostel. pic.twitter.com/OhJyHapxjR

— Presidential Communications Zimbabwe ?? (@DeptCommsZW) October 15, 2021

By A Correspondent- Different stakeholders in Matebeleland, including civic society members, political parties, churches and the diaspora community have formed the Freedom Alliance, a social movement to lobby for improved governance and developmental issues in the region.

Freedom Alliance spokesperson Nhlanhla Moses Ncube told Southern Eye that the alliance was formed in May this year to co-ordinate developmental activities in the region.

Freedom Alliance is scheduled to hold its first congress on November 19.

Ncube said Freedom Alliance is not a political party, but a social movement for citizens in Matebeleland to discuss how they could deal with problems affecting the region.

“Freedom Alliance was born to address issues of divisions in the Matebeleland region,” he said.

“So, people from various backgrounds, religions, political groups and civic society members sat and came up with the idea of the Matebeleland Freedom Alliance at Imbizo – Phutheho – Matebeleland All People’s Convention.

“The resolutions that came out of the Imbizo Phutheho included the formation of the Freedom Alliance.”

Ncube said the alliance had a steering committee which comprises 70 members drawn from different backgrounds.

He said no political party, organisation or individual would dominate the alliance.

“People of Matebeleland live in poverty and have problems in several areas such as education, health and infrastructure, social and economic issues.

“The land in Matebeleland is not ours, go to uMguza be it in Nkayi, Filabusi, and Matobo, mining is not in our hands,” Ncube said.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo residents have called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to allocate more resources towards devolution to ensure its full implementation in line with the Constitution.

The call was made yesterday during a 2022 national budget consultative meeting held by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance and the Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals.

Devolution is provided for under chapter 12 of the Constitution with section 268 of the charter providing for the establishment of provincial councils.

However, to date, there is no enabling Act to operationalise devolution despite government approving principles of the Provincial Councils and Administration (Amendment) Bill.

Analysts have said failure by government officials to implement devolution was due to fear of losing political power.

“As far as we are concerned, devolution should be the top priority of the national budget to enable its implementation. There is only one thing holding the country back from progress, and that is non-implementation of devolution,” a participant, Patrick Ndlovu, said.

“Implement devolution and everything else will fall into place. Even the electoral reforms will be useless without implementing devolution.”

In 2021, Ncube allocated $19,5 billion towards devolution, to be shared among the country’s 10 provinces.

Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) representative Yollander Millin said the budget was not enough to cater for Bulawayo’s budget.

“The 2022 budget should provide more money for devolution. The budget allocated to devolution is not enough to cover Bulawayo’s budget which requires $27,4 billion. Local people should benefit more from these devolution funds. People opted for devolution and that stance must be adopted through adequate budgetary allocations,” Millin said.  Other participants said there was need to allocate more money towards health, education and infrastructure development.

They said underfunding of the country’s social services led to the collapse of the country’s infrastructure, especially the health sector which has been hit by staff shortages.

By A Correspondent- Another video showing how Michale Freeman Chingwaru assaulted a ZESA employee has surfaced on social media.

Chingwaru, a mathematics teacher was arrested after a video where he was captured assaulting a student surfaced on social media.

He violently beat up the boy with fists and a belt.

WATCH- Another video of the violent Einstein Tuition Centre teacher surfaces pic.twitter.com/ugoPRDDphS

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 15, 2021

By A Correspondent- Jenaguru Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of “great concern.”

Malunga, a war veteran who rose to stardom in the late 1990s through his award-winning song and accompanying video Nesango, said it was sad for the regime to ignore its cadres, who are wallowing in abject poverty.

In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style yesterday, Malunga said government should sympathise with war veterans, who have stood with it through thick and thin.

“I thought by now the ruling party would sympathise with dedicated cadres,” Malunga said.

“What does it take for an individual to be recognised by own country, through hard work and wisdom? If what I advise His Excellency later becomes true, can I not be recognised as someone who has a far-reaching eyesight?” he said.

“I donated a lot of money towards the reburial of former freedom fighters, I raised a lot of money through Zimbabwe-Mozambique Friendship Association, for the safekeeping of the Mutare Beira Corridor railway line,” he said.

“I organised Jenaguru Music festivals, recorded other artistes, honoured artistes, through higher learning institutions, donated stationery to many schools, assisted many orphanages with food and clothing and built tombstones for many musicians, among other things.”

Malunga took to social media to vent his anger.

“Who in Zimbabwe has advised the current President on issues of great concern? It is Clive Malunga, who foresaw the G40 uprising.

“It is the same person who led Cdes to State House, demanding compensation.

“Why do you pretend as if I don’t exist?” Malunga asked rhetorically.

Last year, Malunga was left counting his losses after his Jenaguru Arts Centre built over 25 years ago was razed down by the Harare City Council.

“We are not in Gaza or Palestine where Israelites destroy people’s things and we are not at war with each other. So, the government should make sure these institutions are not run based on partisan lines where people look at where you come from or who you support. There is unfairness in all this,” Malunga said then.

“People in power should make sure institutions are fair, because the blame will always go to Zanu-PF. People should not label others or me as sell-outs because I am not a sell-out.”

Malunga’s Nesango video was for years one of the best visual music productions in the country. The video relives some liberation war scenes, with Rhodesian Forces helicopters descending on guerillas, horses chasing suspected guerrillas, military vehicles on patrol and liberation fighters’ pungwes (vigil meetings) with villagers.

The video was one of the best visual productions of yesteryear.

It came with a unique flair. It was like an excerpt from a war movie. It exuded creativity and automatically became the video of the year on ZTV in 1997.-newsday

By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo woman regrets the day she fell in love with her ex-boyfriend because he now destroys her property in a bid to revenge for being dumped.

Wellington Mpofu from Old Lobengula suburb is determined to make Margaret Ncube’s life hell for dumping him.

As if destroying his ex-lover’s property is not enough, Mpofu also follows Margaret to her vending stall and starts insulting her publicly.

Since Margaret broke up with Mpofu she has known no peace. To make matters worse she is now a laughing stock in her community. She has been left with no option but to seek relief from the courts.

“I am applying for a protection order against my ex-boyfriend Wellington Mpofu. He comes to my house and damages my property.

Also he is verbally and emotionally abusing me. He comes where I stay and insults me with vulgar language in public for no apparent reason.

He also comes to my vending site and insults me in public. May the court assist me by stopping him from coming to my place of residence, to visit my vending place and also not to talk to me,” said Margaret.

Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube ordered Mpofu not to enter Margaret’s house, not to approach her vending stall and not to verbally abuse her.

By A Correspondent- A local businessman assaulted a Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province and pulled a gun on him after he was accused of dividing the party in the city.

The dramatic incident happened at Aisleby Farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North province.

A source, who witnessed the incident, said Obert Musindo, the Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province, had driven to the farm to meet Raymond Mutomba, who is the party’s secretary for administration, Bulawayo Province.

“Unfortunately when he arrived at the farm, Mutomba was not there and he was told to wait for him,” said a well-placed source.

While he was waiting, Davis Muhambi, a businessman, arrived and confronted him.

“He charged at him while accusing him of dividing the party. An argument broke out between the two and Davis assaulted Musindo several times on the face with open hands.

“In a fit of rage, Davis took out a firearm from his trousers’ pocket to shoot Musindo. Luckily, one of the witnesses grabbed it and seized it from his tight grip. Davis was not deterred by that as he rushed to his car and fetched another pistol to shoot Musindo,” said the source.

Fearing for his life, Musindo hid under a car.

“People who had gathered, surrounded Davis and blocked him from moving to Musindo. While people had encircled the fuming Davis, Musindo slipped out from under his car, got into his car and drove off at high speed,” said the source.

Musindo went to report the matter at Sauerstown Police Station, leading to the arrest of Davis.

Efforts to get a comment from Bulawayo Police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube were fruitless as his mobile number went straight to voicemail.

Contacted for a comment Musindo said: “Why should you publish such an issue? We are politicians and that story will tarnish our image. Come to the office (Davis Hall) then I will articulately explain the issue to you.”

When this reporter pressed him to give his comment on the phone he said: “I withdrew the case.”

Davis only said: “I do not know the issue you are talking about.”-BMetro

The below video of a huge python was shared on social media but it could not be established when or where exactly in Australia it was taken.

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By A Correspondent- The ruling Zanu-PF party is rallying its members and stakeholders to provide financial resources and other items towards its forthcoming annual conference slated for this month in Mashonaland Central.

This is despite that the ruling party’s top brass will attend the conference physically, while the rest of the delegates will follow the proceedings virtually from their respective provinces due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The party conference this year will be held under the theme Growing and Modernising the Economy towards Vision 2030.

Zanu-PF Matabeleland North provincial chairperson Richard Moyo and his Matabeleland South counterpart Never Khanye told NewsDay that they were mobilising US$50 000 and $5 million respectively for successfully holding of their provincial conferences ahead of the national indaba.

“The preparations are going on well and we are currently busy with fundraising activities. Our budget is $5 million, which will cater for accommodation and other needs for our delegates,” Khanye said.

“Our members have also made varying contributions depending on their ranks in the party, and it is those contributions that will enable us to raise enough to meet food requirements for our delegates.”

Khanye said provincial members made contributions of US$20 each and US$100 for MPs, or its equivalent in local currency, while there was no ceiling for politburo members as “they will donate what they have.”

Recent reports revealed that Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has already donated 15 000kg of mealie-meal, 3 000kg of rice and 4 000 loaves of bread towards the conference.

Previous conferences have been characterised by pomp and fanfare as Zanu-PF delegates enjoy three-course meals.

Meanwhile, tension has gripped the party’s restructuring exercise in Manicaland ahead of the Mutare district elections slated for this week.

Out of eight districts in Manicaland, Mutare urban remains the only one yet to complete its restructuring exercise and district elections.

Yesterday, 64 district co-ordinating committee (DCC) members from Masvingo province descended on Manicaland to conduct the elections.

NewsDay visited Courthauld Theatre in Mutare yesterday where chairpersons from the party districts were gathered at the venue. Sources said they were being briefed on the restructuring exercise in districts. Zanu-PF Mutare DCC chairperson Binali Yard confirmed the meeting.

Last Sunday, the party was rocked by chaos in Mutare, which resulted in the assault of DCC secretary for youth affairs Danmore Mambondiyani by a rival faction, and the arrest of 20 party members.

They were demonstrating against Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Mike Madiro who they accused of imposing candidates in the just-ended district elections.

A team of politburo members led by the party’s secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke has visited Mutare on a fact-finding mission over infighting in Manicaland province.-newsday

By A Correspondent- Police in Harare have busted a social media criminal syndicate which has been targeting and luring schoolboys for sodomy.

Addressing journalists in the capital yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the perverts were using social media to induct young boys to sodomy and gay activities.

Nyathi said one of the suspects, Emmanuel Chatikobo alias Lemmie Gwaku (48) had been arrested and arraigned before the courts.

He said the other suspect, Richard Padzarondora (44), who was linked to the group passed away while police were still conducting investigations.

“The future of young stars is at stake and is threatened by this social media where we now have a group which is waylaying children at schools. In the process, boys are being abused and initiated into sodomy activities and gay activities,” Nyathi said.

Police said the case of a 16-year-old schoolboy (name withheld), who was kidnapped in Mbare, Harare, on June 29, 2021, opened the can of worms.

He said the boy was located by the Criminal Investigations Department detectives in Bulawayo on October 13, 2021, after being hidden by a member of the social media group, but has since been reunited with his parents while awaiting medical examinations and counselling.

“The group comprises both young and old who communicate mostly through Facebook and WhatsApp,” Nyathi said.

“The communication is discreet and leads to dating where sexual activities are conducted at certain lodges and houses. This group has some people who own businesses, people who live in these flashy suburbs and some people who live in towns throughout the country.”

Nyathi called on stakeholders, including parents and the community, to provide the police with information that could help them to the arrest of more suspects.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- A man from Cowdray Park suburb is reportedly living in fear of being poisoned and killed by his wife who assaults him when he asks her why she brings her lovers home.

Masala Zikhali is a troubled man because his wife of six years allegedly brings different lovers to their home and sleeps with them in another room. When Masala questions his wife, Sithandekile Lunga, on why she disrespects him and demeans him, she reportedly gets violent and bashes him with fists.

As if that is not enough, she would lock him out of the house and threaten to poison him or kill him. Masala has asked her to vacate his house, but she has stood her ground, saying she would not leave until she kills him and thereafter inherit the house.

Seeing that he was staring death, Masala approached Western Commonage Civil Court, where he sought a protection order against his violent wife.

In his founding affidavit he said: “I have been married to Sithandekile Lunga for six years.

The problem with her is that she is very violent as she physically assaults me whenever we are involved in an argument and would insult me while threatening to poison me so that she would inherit my house that I suffered to buy.

“She even has the guts to bring her boyfriends to my house and sleeps with them in one of the rooms. This has caused me emotional stress.

At times when I come home during the night she would refuse to open the door for me because she would be sleeping with her lover. Therefore I’m applying for a protection order against her.”

The presiding magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube granted Masala a protection order and ordered Lunga not to physically, verbally and emotionally abuse her husband.-BMetro

By A Correspondent- A woman from Bulawayo dumped her husband in court for failing to provide food and to pay rent for his family.

Simadingo Mwaka from Old Magwegwe suburb, revealed that her husband, Advocate Muzavazi,was an irresponsible man who could not feed his family.

To make matters worse, when Mwaka tells Muzavazi to provide for her and the children she gets a beating.

Mwaka is tired of her husband, and wants nothing to do with him and so she decided to ask the courts to help her get rid of him.

In her court papers she said: “I have been customarily married to Advocate Muzavazi since 2013 and we were blessed with two children.

He is very abusive and I have been tolerating this since long back. He does not buy food in the house and doesn’t pay rent.

I no longer want him and I now want to stay by myself with only my children. I am also now living in fear as he physically abuses me whenever I ask him to provide.

I apply for a protection order against him as I am tired of his behaviour.”

Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube struck the matter off the roll  as both parties did not attend court.

-HMetro

By A Correspondent- Civil servants who have not been vaccinated for unjustifiable reasons, today face an uncertain future with government insisting they should not report for duty because they may infect those who have been vaccinated.

Government last month gave October 15 as the deadline for all its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Under Statutory Instrument (SI) 234 gazetted on September 17, unvaccinated civil servants will be fired from work and their salaries frozen.

Asked how many civil servants have complied with the order, Agnes Mahomva, the chief co-ordinator of COVID-19 response in the Office of the President and Cabinet, yesterday said she was yet to get the figures.

“I don’t know how many have been vaccinated or not, the relevant ministries will tell us tomorrow (today) to see those who would have reported for work and those who haven’t,” Mahomva said on the sidelines of a science cafe organised by the Health Communicators Forum and the Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions recently filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court challenging compulsory vaccination as companies force employees to be inoculated, but the High Court said the matter was not urgent. The case is still pending.

Mahomva, however, defended compulsory vaccination of the civil servants, saying they were given ample time, adding that those not yet jabbed were unwilling to do so.

“The requirement (of having all civil servants to be vaccinated) was announced way back and people have been given ample time to make sure they get vaccinated,” she said.

“For those not yet vaccinated, it means they do not want to do so. This has nothing to do with barring people from work; the government wants people to come to work, but we have to protect others.

“It is really about public health and safety in the workplace. You also have to understand that there are exemptions for extenuating circumstances from the SI which are very reasonable.”

The move will likely be a litmus test for government, which is likely to clash with its restive 300 000 employees.

A majority of government workers were not yet vaccinated by the time of the gazetting of the SI.

However, the SI gives excuses to those who have convincing reasons.

Those not vaccinated, according to the SI, should produce COVID-19 test results, which will be expensive and not practical since the tests expire after 72 hours. Tests range from US$30-$40.

-newsday

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF has admitted that the party was burning due to the scramble for positions in the impending district elections and threatened to act on the “rogue” elements who it said were fanning divisions.

The party secretary for security Lovemore Matuke Wednesday, said that the internal fights were a result of jostling for positions.

Matuke on Tuesday led a politburo team to Manicaland province to meet with warring factions after a series of violent clashes which spread across the country as fighting for control of the structures took centre stage.

The violence left provincial youth leader Danmore Mambondiyani injured after he was attacked by party members for allegedly backing under fire provincial chairperson Mike Madiro.
“It was simply just to have a feel of the ground and see for ourselves the level of contestations and how our people can work it out,” Matuke said.

“There is demand in the party for top posts since the new dispensation. There is now zeal to hold positions and we want to have them done the correct way without causing conflict. It was a very good meeting and the groups that were giving us problems agreed that it is not the way to do it.”
Matuke said those fanning divisions in the party would not go unpunished.
“All those who will cause problems will now go under the process of disciplinary action,” Matuke said.
“Instead of people running away from the party, they are now flocking to the party from the opposition and those in the party fighting for positions. People now want to be associated with good things, hence, the jostling.”
Zanu PF has been rocked by bloody internal fights over the restructuring of its district committees.
Manicaland, Midlands, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland West and other provinces have seen violent clashes as factions fight it out to control the lower structures.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was last month forced to suspend the provincial elections after fierce clashes rocked provinces as members fought for supremacy.
Zanu PF is reportedly divided along two factions linked to Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga though the party claims it is all united.
-NewsDay

By A Correspondent- A 32-year-old member of the Mugodhi Apostolic church Tafadzwa Nyangore, has been exposed for bedding neighbours’ wives and his relatives.

H-Metro this week reported that the father of four children, who was recently caught pants down with his nephew, and another neighbour’s wife in Zinhanga village under chief Nyashanu, has done it again.

The church elder impregnated his neighbour’s second wife before being found pants down with his nephew and another neighbours’s wife in Zinhanga village under chief Nyashanu. 

He first appeared before chief Nyashanu where he was fined three beasts for impregnating a polygamous Mazururandi Apostolic church senior leader Tambawoga Nyamande Mariridza’s second wife Elina Chiwora, 38. He appeared before a kraal head Zinhanga after he was caught pants down with one Nyasha’ wife and their marriage collapsed.
Chingore’s bicycle is currently withheld by his nephew Thankmore Nyadongo after he caught him pants down with his younger brother Nyasha Nyadongo’s wife Pretty Nyamhunga, 19, leading to the divorce. Nyamhunga packed her belongings and went to her parents’ house in Mutoko before her husband who is based in Mutare came.

Chingore confirmed his clashes with villagers over his adulterous behaviour to H-Metro arguing that the women were after the fruits of his labour. “I regret impregnating Mariridza’s second wife because I ended up paying him one beast from the three charged by chief Nyashanu,” said Chingore.
“The baby from that adulterous affair died but she was the only girl since my wife has four boys only. “Uyu muzukuru akandibatira bhasikoro uyu haasiriye muridzi wemukadzi asi akarwadziwa andiwona pamba apa nekuti iye aipfimbawo mukadzi wemunin’ina wake asi achirambwa.

“These married women admire my wealth I accumulated from my sweat. “Kuno kunenzara misha izere miti yeminzwa saka ukasashandira mhuri vakadzi vanoda panepfuma. “But the issue of the bicycle has become a thorn in my flesh with my wife since it was like a vehicle in helping the family.
“As for my neighbor Nyasha’s marriage, I was not responsible for the collapsing of his marriage as alleged,” said Chingore. Nyadongo told H-Metro that Chingore paid transport costs for Pretty from Nyashanu to Mutoko her home village in order to destroy evidence.

“Chingore has been bedding my wife while I was at work in Mutare,” said Nyadongo.  “When my brother caught them, he fled leaving his bicycle behind and we will not give him until he returns to explain his reason for wrecking my marriage.
“He was quick to foot transport costs for my wife to Mutoko before I arrived. “My in-laws could not stand with me but instead accused me of abusing their daughter vowing not to return her. “I want to follow her in Mutoko but her parents’ actions discouraged me from the visit.

“Chingore’s bicycle will remain in my brother’s hands until he returns to resolve the matter.,” said Nyadongo. Thankmore told H-Metro that he was withholding Chingore’s bicycle as evidence that he caught him bedding his younger brother’s wife.

“I am withholding the bicycle as evidence that I caught Chingore bedding my younger brother’s wife,” said Nyadongo. “I woke up at around 5am and spotted Chingore getting into my brother’s bedroom.  “Aitoratidza kuti akangaachibva kunosvibatsira akapfeka pair of shorts and I rushed there before he locked the door and found him half-n@ked.
“I assaulted him and he fled leaving his bicycle parked in the kitchen and I took it as evidence. “I won’t give him until he lodges a report against me either with the chief or police.  “Besides that he must come with his family so that we resolve the issue amicably since we are related.
“The woman has since packed her belongings and went to Mutoko leaving a three-year-old child under the custody of my ailing mother,” said Thankmore. Chingore’s wife Ronica Gumbahari narrated how her family was affected. “My children have been affected much considering that the bicycle withheld was a means of transport for them to school.

“We no longer have cattle and this bicycle was making it easy to take maize to the grinding meal as well as other matters. “Ndakarwadziwa pandakaziva kuti vamwe amai vatinonamata navo ndivo vakatuma murume wangu kuenda kumba kwaPretty.
“Ndakavaendera ndikavaudza mashoko asiri ezera rangu,” said Gumbahari. One of the villagers had not kind words about Chingore considering that he is one of the Mugodhi Apostolic branch leader.
“Mufana uyu anosiya mudzimai wake akanaka achinotikaramata nechembere obvapo oendera vana vadiki saka avekutotyisa mumusha,” said the villager. “He is spending money meant for his children in wrecking other marriages and to us he is now like a prodigal son. “Arikushumira Mwari nenzira yenyama inowora,” said the villager.
[H-Metro]

WHO IS ADVISING MNANGAGWA? At a time when communication experts world over said 85 percent of our communication is from our body language projection, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa deployed inappropriate body messages to children he met while driving.

The pictures were posted on his personal Facebook profile. and show Mnangagwa boisterously looking down a child while holed up inside a 4X4 car. PICTURES

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A Correspondent- The just ended MDC Alliance Masvingo tour has exposed Zanu PF’s violent character.

With the assistance of the police, Zanu PF supporters in Masvingo attacked and tried to block the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from addressing villagers.

But the defiant Chamisa forcibly held several meetings despite these attempts.

The police deliberately ignored to arrest the Zanu ruling party supporters, who attacked Chamisa and his aides.

Shocked by Chamisa’s rallies, Zanu PF held a press conference and tried to underplay their supporters’ opposition leader’s attacks.

Acting Zanu PF political commissar Patrick Chinamasa addressed the press conference and laboured to defend the violent activities by his party supporters.

“What I heard happened in Masvingo was that the opposition leader wanted to force himself on an audience which did not want to listen to him,” Chinamasa said.

“He had no right to force people to listen to him. He had a right to address people but only those who were willing to be addressed by him.”

A group of about 200 Zanu PF supporters brandishing placards denouncing Chamisa for the sanctions imposed by the West on the country pounced on the opposition leaders, damaging cars and injuring five opposition supporters.

Zanu PF initially claimed the protest was stage-managed.

But Chinamasa yesterday said the villagers were angered because a “madman” wanted to address them.

“In this case, my information is that the villagers did not want to be addressed by him for obvious reasons. If you listen to a madman, you become part of his cast, you will be portrayed as part of his cast, he will then go ahead and say, I have lots of support, which he does not have.

“So our Zanu PF people have a right to say, we don’t want you to address us, we don’t want to, it’s my right, but if you force me to listen to you, I have reason to be angry.”

Chinamasa did not, however, explain why the police teargassed Chamisa

A Correspondent- The just ended MDC Alliance Masvingo tour, which was marred with violence by Zanu PF supporters, has exposed the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s patronage to Zanu PF.

The police turned a blind eye to the attacks on the opposition leadership by Zanu PF activists.

Instead, they attempted to block Chamisa from addressing his heavily attended political meetings.

By A Correspondent-The police in Harare is rounding up nightclub and arrest both patrons, owners who fail to provide proof of their Covid-19 vaccination.

The prescribed fine for “consuming beer at licensed premises without proof of vaccination” carries a ZW$2 000 (about R150) fine.

According to Statutory Instrument (SI) number 36 of Zimbabwe’s national lockdown regulations: “Any person in charge of licensed premises who, within or in the immediate vicinity of such premises, admits or serves any customer without proof of full vaccination exhibited by that customer shall be guilty of an offence.”

The law adds if found guilty, a person could, beyond the fine, be jailed for a period not exceeding a year.

The government allowed nightclubs and pubs to open their doors last week Tuesday, almost 19 months after the Covid-19 lockdown was enacted.

Speaking to journalists during a post-cabinet briefing on Tuesday, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the daily Covid-19 case average went down to 10 from 19.

A fortnight ago, Zimbabwe began receiving its 943 200 share of vaccines under global partnership Covax — comprised of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Unicef and the WHO — which was established to facilitate equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines for all countries.

The Covax-linked vaccines arrived in two batches within two weeks, complementing about 12 million double-dose Sinovac and Sinopharm jabs as Zimbabwe races to reach herd immunity through vaccinating 60% of the population.

At the end of September, at least 3.5-million people had received their first dose of the vaccine and 2.2 million their second. This accounts for a national coverage of 35.7% for the first dose and 25.8% for the second dose.
-Timeslive

Tinashe Sambiri|Masvingo Assistant Commissioner Florence Marume, who is also the Zanu PF Secretary for Legal Affairs has admitted she is behind the attacks on MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa.

Marume was outwitted by ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza who disguised himself as a Zanu PF comrade.

According to investigations carried out by ZimEye.com, Marume does not have proper Ordinary Level passes and has been holding the Zanu PF post for several years.

Simba Chikanza wrote:

I have just interacted with the senior Police Officer behind the violence against Nelson Chamisa in Masvingo this week. Her name is Florence Marume and she is the Assistant Commissioner for Masvingo, and she is also ZANU PF’s Legal Affairs Secretary, a political post which is illegal for a cop especially a senior one.

In the conversation, she confirmed running the vandalism against Chamisa and was at the time of the call, just about to head for a ZBC briefing, per my prompts.

She does not have O’ Level certificate passes, and has held the ZANU PF post for Legal Affairs several years.

See the link below

By A Correspondent-The Supreme Court has nullified the self-appointment of Bishop Alfred Mwazha to lead the African Apostolic Church founded by his father Paul Mwazha due to old age.
In delivering their ruling, Supreme Court judges Justices Susan Mavangira, Tendai Uchena and George Chiweshe said that the High Court’s decision be upheld as the note supposedly written by Paul Mwazha did not specifically name Alfred as the successor. Justice Mavangira said:

With regards to the second ground of appeal the court a quo ruled, correctly in our view, which the handwritten note presented to it in order to prove that the Archbishop had chosen the first appellant as his successor was silent on the issue.
The learned judge a quo analysed the text of this note and came to the inevitable conclusion that there was nothing in it which spoke to the nomination of anyone (let alone the first appellant) as the successor to the Archbishop.
The learned Judge a quo cannot be faulted in that regard. For that reason, the second ground of appeal stands to be dismissed.

Justice Mavangira further ruled that the church’s constitution stipulates that the Council of Bishops cannot choose a successor to the Archbishop unless he is absent “by apology, illness or death.” She said:
I agree with the appellants that clause 9.2.2 of the constitution can only be invoked in the event that the Archbishop is absent “by apology, illness or death.”
It is only then that the Council of Bishops (the Priesthood Council), acting in terms of clause 9.2.2, can sit and deliberate on the question of succession.
Without therefore having made a finding as to the incapacity of the Archbishop the learned Judge erred and misdirected himself in granting an order for the invocation of clause 9.2.2. For that reason, this is a case in which the appeal succeeds in part.

According to the court papers, Alfred had publicly announced himself as the successor to Archbishop Paul Mwazha and purported to have taken over the reins of the Church, jettisoning his aged and ailing father.
Ernest Mhambare, who is a Reverent in the church, had approached High Court last year seeking to nullify the appointment, arguing that Alfred had attempted to usurp the position.
The application was granted by Justice Chitapi who ruled that Paul Mwazha would retain his position as the Archbishop, prompting Alfred and his brothers to file an appeal at the Supreme Court.
-IHarare

By A Correspondent- A popular Kwekwe businessman died from wounds sustained after he was attacked by unknown assailants during a robbery on Saturday,

Dan Chikowo (70) of Mbizo 16, was allegedly attacked by armed robbers as he entered his homestead.

Chikowo’s business interests included a popular drinking spot, Chitubu, in the gold mining town.

Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed that Chikowo was found lying in a pool of blood and was rushed to hospital. He said:

Police in Kwekwe are investigating the murder of a 70-year-old man who was admitted to Kwekwe Hospital with a deep cut at the back of his head and later died.

He said the now deceased was found lying unconscious near his house in Mbizo 16 and was rushed to hospital where he later died.

Police are appealing to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the accused to contact any nearest police station. Chronicle

By A Correspondent-The Supreme Court has upheld, in part, High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi’s ruling, which nullified the self-appointment of Bishop Alfred Mwazha to lead the African Apostolic Church founded by his father Paul Mwazha due to old age.
In delivering their ruling, Supreme Court judges Justices Susan Mavangira, Tendai Uchena and George Chiweshe said that the High Court’s decision be upheld as the note supposedly written by Paul Mwazha did not specifically name Alfred as the successor. Justice Mavangira said:

With regards to the second ground of appeal the court a quo ruled, correctly in our view, which the handwritten note presented to it in order to prove that the Archbishop had chosen the first appellant as his successor was silent on the issue.
The learned judge a quo analysed the text of this note and came to the inevitable conclusion that there was nothing in it which spoke to the nomination of anyone (let alone the first appellant) as the successor to the Archbishop.
The learned Judge a quo cannot be faulted in that regard. For that reason, the second ground of appeal stands to be dismissed.

Justice Mavangira further ruled that the church’s constitution stipulates that the Council of Bishops cannot choose a successor to the Archbishop unless he is absent “by apology, illness or death.” She said:
I agree with the appellants that clause 9.2.2 of the constitution can only be invoked in the event that the Archbishop is absent “by apology, illness or death.”
It is only then that the Council of Bishops (the Priesthood Council), acting in terms of clause 9.2.2, can sit and deliberate on the question of succession.
Without therefore having made a finding as to the incapacity of the Archbishop the learned Judge erred and misdirected himself in granting an order for the invocation of clause 9.2.2. For that reason, this is a case in which the appeal succeeds in part.

According to the court papers, Alfred had publicly announced himself as the successor to Archbishop Paul Mwazha and purported to have taken over the reins of the Church, jettisoning his aged and ailing father.
Ernest Mhambare, who is a Reverent in the church, had approached High Court last year seeking to nullify the appointment, arguing that Alfred had attempted to usurp the position.
The application was granted by Justice Chitapi who ruled that Paul Mwazha would retain his position as the Archbishop, prompting Alfred and his brothers to file an appeal at the Supreme Court.
-IHarare

By A Correspondent-MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has concluded his tour of the Masvingo province.

Chamisa invaded Masvingo on Monday and held several meetings with villagers and traditional leaders.

Posting on his Twitter handle party’s deputy spokesperson, Ostallos Siziba, celebrated the successful conclusion of the tour.

Siziba posed:

Mission accomplished! Fellow countrymen, we have held our last meeting of the day with key stakeholders, The President Advo 

@nelsonchamisa

 has set the tone and direction for the movement. It’s time to work: every democrat, patriotic citizens. It’s time for Change!

Mission accomplished! Fellow countrymen we have held our last meeting of the day with key stakeholders, The President Advo @nelsonchamisa has set the tone and direction for the movement. Its time to work: every democrat, patriotic citizens. It’s time for Change! pic.twitter.com/nIa6MGE2zP

— Gift Ostallos Siziba (@Cde_Ostallos) October 14, 2021

By A Correspondent- Six members of the MDC-Alliance have reportedly been kidnapped and beaten up by suspected Zanu PF activists at an illegal roadblock.

They were on their way back from a meeting being addressed by the party’s president Nelson Chamisa.

The party posted on Twitter this afternoon

Six MDC Alliance members have been kidnapped & beaten on their way back from a meeting being addressed by Chamisa.
They were attacked at Gutu Garage in Mupandawana. This was at an illegal roadblock manned by Zanu PF youth. @PoliceZimbabwe were present watching the attack.
We have been contacted by @CouncilorMutub1, who advises that his vehicle was stoned in Gutu. He was with three others who are now missing.
He fled for his life after Zanu PF youth attacked their car. Illegal roadblocks manned by Zanu PF have been mounted throughout Gutu.
Zanu PF youths have unleashed an orgy of violence in Gutu following a meeting held there by President @nelsonchamisa.
Those who are coming back from the meeting are being arbitrarily kidnapped & beaten. Cars are being stoned. A number of members are missing.

Earlier on Thursday, Chamisa held a meeting with community leaders, war veterans, opinion makers, vendors and special interest groups in Gutu.
The party said it is forming a broad alliance to secure six million votes in the 2023 general elections.

Those people that have worked with me know very well that the term " Young man" or " Chikomana " is my code I use to show respect not denigration to the i work with. Chikomana is one of my nicknames I have earned in the party.

— Morgen Komichi-MDCt (@MKomichi) October 14, 2021

Hongue asi paya patinoti ngapinde chikomana we don't mean you, tinenge tichireva Chamisa! Iwewe hapana paunopinda otherswise wakunobuda muparliament come 2023!

— Jacob Lawrence Sedze (@sedzejacob) October 14, 2021

Ibvapo satan. Zera rako ungonzi chikomana murume achena kuzasi nehapwa. Kusanyara murume mukuru. Tibvire kumhepo, nxa #NgaapindeHakeMukomana

— Dennis #RegisterToVote2023 #DisbandZEC @ZECzim (@SLmore08) October 14, 2021

By A Correspondent- Suspected Zanu PF activists have attacked MDC Alliance (MDC-A) Youth Acting Organiser Lovejoy Chitengu in Masvingo Thursday.

The party’s Youth Assembly National Spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said, Chitengu was attacked on Thursday afternoon at Mupandawana Growth Point in Gutu.

He was on his way to Bhasera.

“Zanu PF thugs this afternoon vandalized a vehicle in which our Youth Acting Organiser, Lovejoy Chitengu was travelling. This happened at Mupandawana,Gutu. He was headed to Bhasera. We shall not fold our hands in face of provocation,” he said

By A Correspondent-MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted on how he will defeat Zanu PF in the next election.

Chamisa, who is on a tour of Masvingo province where he is meeting with villagers, said the only way to defeat Zanu PF was to vote in numbers.

Chamisa said if that happened, he would defeat Mnangagwa “hands down” in the 2023 elections.

He also said that his government would ask people who looted state assets to return them as his administration had no appetite for retribution.

By A Correspondent-Police in Bikita has forced business people at Janet Shopping Centre to close their shops ahead of MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa’s visit to the area.

Newzimbabwe.com reports that villagers were also forced to go home, blocking them from meeting Chamisa, who is at the tour of Masvingo province.

“The People’s President, Advocate Nelson Chamisa, continues on his provincial tour in Masvingo.
The president outmanoeuvred regime agents who tried to block his meetings in Bikita and Zaka.
He met community leaders, special interest groups, and citizens as he continued his interface.
We are here in Bikita in Masvingo province, the people’s project is all over. ZANU PF is afraid of the idea whose time has come.
ZANU PF has unleashed rowdy clowns, hungry moribund women, and unemployed young people to try and distract a meeting that never was,” Gift Ostallos Siziba, the MDC-Alliance deputy spokesperson, said.

Full statement by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi on the abuse of school children by criminal syndicates through contacts on social media platforms.

ABUSE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN BY CRIMINAL SYNDICATES THROUGH CONTACTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

The Zimbabwe Republic Police advises the public that investigations into the alleged kidnapping and disappearance of Nyasha Jayaguru (16), a student at a local high school in Harare have revealed that there is a social media group or syndicate which is targeting schoolboys for sodomy and sexual abuse.

The group comprises both the young and old who communicate mostly through Facebook and WhatsApp.

The communication is discreet and leads to dating where sexual activities are conducted at certain lodges and houses.

One of the groups is linked to the late suspect, Richard Padzarondora (44) who passed on recently whilst Police were conducting investigations.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has since arrested one of the syndicate members known as Lemmy Gwaku whose real name has been identified as Emmanuel Chatikobo (48). The suspect has appeared in court this afternoon in relation to kidnapping allegations.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police is now conducting comprehensive investigations in order to establish the extent of this threat of sexual perverts to school children especially considering the fact that some lessons are now being conducted through social media platforms.

Parents and guardians are urged to be acquainted with individuals and groups who befriend their children on social media platforms during the course of educational and social interaction.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police will also engage the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education over this new development.

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms that Nyasha Jayaguru was located by the Criminal Investigation Department Homicide detectives in Bulawayo on 13th October 2021 after being made to hide by a member of this social media group.

He has since been reunited with his parents, Farai Jayaguru and Hamunyari Shumba in Harare while awaiting a full medical examination and counselling.

The Police is ready to work together with all relevant stakeholders to unearth and account for the suspects who are involved in this criminal enterprise.

The public is free to report to the Police on National Complaints Desk number (0242) 703631, Bulawayo Operations on 0292 74525 Harare Operations on (0242) 748836 or Police General Headquarters WhatsApp number 071 2 800 197 or at any nearest Police Station.

By A Correspondent- At least 18 police officers in Bindura were arrested and detained yesterday for allegedly assaulting ZANU PF officials who were conducting a restructuring exercise a fortnight ago in the mining town.

Sources told a local publication that the cops are being charged with public violence and are set to appear in court today at Bindura magistrates courts.

“We arrested 18 cops for public violence and they are set to appear in court today,” said the source.

Some of the victims  are still nursing injuries from the police brutality.

This has prompted the transfer of the  force’s provincial commanders.

More to follow……

Bulawayo24

By A Correspondent- A Mt Hampden man was arrested in the basement at Harare Magistrate’s Court after he attempted to flee from court.

He was due to answer to unlawful entry charges.

Cuthbert Chidemo was captured by H-Metro when he arrived at court as he was entering the court building.

As soon as he had gone through vetting, he ran away from the police officer who brought him to court and went to the basement used by prison officers to bring in suspects.

A manhunt did not yield anything until one of the caretakers went into the basement where he found Chidemo changing into another set of clothes. That led to his arrest.

Chidemo was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga, who remanded him in custody to today when he is expected to also answer to the charge of escaping from legal custody.

The court heard that on October 3, Chidemo unlawfully entered a property in West Road in Avondale and stole four 20 litres jerry cans of petrol, 60litres of diesel and two empty 25litres jerry cans.

Chidemo was reportedly captured on CCTV which the State is ready to produce during trial.

By A Correspondent- Mbare wheelspinner DJ Malovers was on Wednesday dragged to court to answer to rap_e charges after he reportedly rap_ed his 13-year-old girlfriend.

The suspect Tawana Kamwendo was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga who remanded him in custody to October 27 and advised him to apply for bail at the High Court.

The court heard that on September 19, the complainant left her home in Budiriro at around 6am to visit her boyfriend in Mbare.

She reportedly found him waiting for her at ZBC bus stop and the couple went to Kamwendo’s house where the complainant prepared food for her boyfriend.

It is alleged that when Kamwendo finished eating, he removed his clothes and lay on the bed and dragged the complainant onto the bed and removed her clothes then rap_ed her.

The matter came to light after the complainant told her aunt and a police report was made.

By A Correspondent- Lupane State University (LSU) students have expressed concern at the alleged imposition of Kudakwashe Mnangagwa as the university student representative council (SRC) president.

The students told Southern Eye that they were surprised to be told that Mnangagwa was the new SRC leader when they did not vote for him.

But LSU authorities yesterday said Mnangagwa was the sole contender for the post and could not be discriminated against because he shared the same surname with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

In a notice to students, LSU dean of students, Honest Ncube said there was no candidate who was willing to compete with Kudakwashe for the SRC presidential position.

“Only one prospective candidate Kudakwashe Mnangagwa (part 4.1 student doing Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management) was nominated by at least 10 registered conventional students as required by the SRC constitution,” Ncube said.

“Kudakwashe is, therefore, duly nominated as he is the only candidate. He is declared the SRC president unopposed for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.”

But students said they would not recognise Mnangagwa alleging that he was ”elected” under confusing and controversial circumstances.

“I was so surprised to see the notice from the dean saying Mnangagwa has been elected our SRC president. As a matter of fact, we were not aware that the university is even running these elections for us. We have the right to select whoever we want to lead us. It seems the university has already done that for us,” a student, who refused to be named, said.

“Normally, when SRC elections are conducted, every student would be made aware of them. It is not possible that Mnangagwa was the sole candidate vying for the post as several other students were interested in competing for the SRC president,” another student said.

Students said Mnangagwa’s imposition violated their rights.

“If the dean is saying that Mnangagwa was the only candidate for the position and was voted by at least 10 students, it then makes us wonder how many students participated in that so-called election,” another student said.

Students called for the nullification of the elections.

LSU spokesperson Zwelithini Dlamini, however, said students were notified on social media platforms that elections were going to be held virtually.

“The notice to students about the elections which ran from September 30 to October 8 was put on our website so that registered students would participate. Only nine students came upfront and participated in the nominations,” Dlamini said.

“Out of nine students who participated in the nominations, Mnangagwa was the only person who got at least nine votes which is required by our constitution. We cannot punish him because he shares the same surname with the President. He deserves the position and we cannot violate his rights. We will protect him as much as we protect others.”

Dlamini said the university would not do anything about the issue as Mnangagwa had a right to be SRC president according to the college constitution.

“We will conduct research to find out why the majority of students did not partake in the elections,” he said.

-Newsday

By Farai D Hove | The ZANU Pf president Emmerson Mnangagwa flares up his muriwo neMapotato joke into reality as he commissions a vegetable plant.

Mnangagwa today officially opens the Mutoko Royal Fruit and Veggies Plant at Tabudirira Vocational Training Centre.

The state media said the Agro-processing plant being officially opened, also has capacity to produce tomato puree and mango juice.

It comes at a time when horticulture producers in the Chinese-mining-ravaged, Mutoko, Murewa and UMP areas, were having post harvest losses, as the ZBC reported.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MNANGAGWA WILL SAY?

Which shop is this that's selling cooking oil only for ZANU PF supporters? – SEND US THE FULL ADDRESS AND CONTACT NUMBERS pic.twitter.com/IZ2hxHrHOi

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 14, 2021

By A Correspondent- A United States (US) economist, Steve Hanke, says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only corrupt but “totally ignorant” when it comes to economic issues.

In a tweet, Hanke said the Zimbabwe dollar has depreciated by 93% against the United States dollar since the local currency was reintroduced in 2019. 

He said:

Corrupt @edmnangagwa brought back the Zimbabwean dollar 2yrs ago. Since then, the Zim dollar has depreciated by 93% against the mighty USD. President Ed is not only corrupt but, when it comes to economics, he is totally ignorant.

This comes as the forex rate has plummeted on the black market, with the currency changing hands for up to Z$200 per US dollar, while the official rate is pegged at Z$90.

Meanwhile, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) – the largest representative body for local business, has warned that the country’s currency is in danger of collapsing as businesses resort to United States dollar transactions.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Hanke said threats by the Zimbabwean government to suspend businesses using black market rates will end in tears. 

He wrote:

Zimbabwe’s currency is in a death spiral. Now, the corrupt government is threatening to suspend all businesses using black-market exchange rates to price goods. I’ve seen this movie before. It has a tragic ending.

Zimbabwean authorities have in recent weeks arrested scores of foreign traders accused of manipulating the volatile Zimbabwean dollar by trading on the black market.

But in a letter to its members, CZI said it had cautioned the government against clamping down on firms and traders.

It said:

The greatest risk facing the economy right now is an inappropriate policy response to the rising parallel market premium.

Clamping down on informal exchange trading in the absence of a viable formal market will have catastrophic consequences for the economy.

-Pindula

Tinashe Sambiri|Known Zanu PF members have abducted two MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members in Gutu.

The two members who have been abducted are Arnold Batirai- Dube and Admire Mufamba.

Zanu PF and State security agents are working together to thwart President Nelson Chamisa’s programmes in Masvingo Province.

#BREAKING Zanu PF youths have kidnapped MDCA youth leaders Arnold Batirai and Admire Kufamba. They were kidnapped 30 mins ago in the presence of the police and army. #MasvingoPoliticalViolence

— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) October 14, 2021

She is the one where arrested us with @ngadziore @paidamasaraure_ @nancynjenge @LennoxMachoko in Masvingo last weekend at Lees Inn Hotel https://t.co/MO5uwDMYlR

— ALLAN CHIPOYI (@AllanChipoyi) October 14, 2021

By Simba Chikanza | OPINION, ANALYSIS | I have just interacted with the senior Police Officer behind the violence against Nelson Chamisa in Masvingo this week. Her name is Florence Marume and she is the Assistant Commissioner for Masvingo, and she is also ZANU PF’s Legal Affairs Secretary, a political post which is illegal for a cop especially a senior one.

In the conversation, she confirmed running the vandalism against Chamisa and was at the time of the call, just about to head for a ZBC briefing, per my prompts.

She does not have O’ Level certificate passes, and has held the ZANU PF post for Legal Affairs several years.

See the VIDEO below

By A Correspondent- Former Zimbabwe international, Tinashe “Father’’ Nengomasha, says Zimbabwe football is now in the intensive care unit and the nation should unite to find a solution to save its national sport.

He feels the Warriors’ poor showing in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers was just another sign of the decay.

“We are in dire situation as a football nation,” said Nengomasha.

“It will be unfair for me to comment on the defeat to Ghana without looking at the bigger picture because our football has been suffering for a long time and the question we should all be looking at is, what is causing this malady?

“Our problems are way bigger than the defeats to Ghana and Ethiopia and our elimination from the World Cup.

“These are just the results of the underlying problem, so, we cannot continue to address the outward problem without treating the root cause.

“There are too many shortcuts in our football and it’s not sustainable, we need to sit down as football stakeholders and try to find out if we have the basics in place.”

The Warriors have been in freefall in the last two years, but their woes became more pronounced following a run of one win in 16 games in the last 12 months, leading to their elimination from the Qatar football jamboree.

Before the back-to-back defeats by Ghana, the Warriors had a dismal run under Croatian Zdravko Logarusic, who set new records for the wrong reasons after winning one game in 14 assignments.

Loga oversaw the opening two games of the World Cup campaign, a draw against South Africa at home, before crashing to a shock 0-1 defeat to Ethiopia.

Mapeza then took over and the Warriors were beaten 1-3 by Ghana away before succumbing to a 0-1 home loss on Tuesday.

“We need to be realistic at times, as a nation we have too many expectations yet we do not plan for the success,” said Nengomasha.

“The whole World Cup campaign has been shambolic.

“Firstly, how did we end up having a coach like Loga, and entrusting him with our team, in such an important tournament?

“What is his track record? What is the impact of the psychological dent that he has left on our team?

“Honestly, 14 games and only one win, where does this leave us in terms of mental fortitude?

“We also need to examine the appointing authority, to understand what exactly they had seen in him, before making the appointment.”

The former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder called for a complete overhaul of the football structures.

Nengomasha believes the current ZIFA administration has contributed to the failure by the national teams.

“I don’t know how this is possible but our football needs a complete overhaul, from the top to the bottom,’’ he said.

‘’We need people who understand football in the offices.

“It doesn’t matter whether one is a former player or not. What is key is having officials with a certain level of football understanding so that correct decisions are made.

“Then, the crucial part of it all, are the junior structures in place to support the national team?

“We used to have junior teams and the reserve sides but it’s now history.

“South Africa have the Diski Challenge, and vibrant national age-group teams, including the one that took part at the recent Olympic Games and now forms a bigger part of their current national team.

“We are always worrying that the coaches have been recycling players in the national team but what is the plan in place to move away from that?

“If I may ask, who is going to be our next big star after Knowledge Musona and Khama Billiat?’’

He feels Jordan Zemura and Kelvin Madzongwe played well.

“I am happy for young Jordan Zemura, and to a certain extent Kelvin Madzongwe, from the games that I have watched, for both club and country, Zemura is showing the hunger to do well.

“If he continues with such passion in Cameroon, it will not be surprising to see him moving to a team in the English Premiership after the AFCON tournament.

“We should build our future around such players and invest more in juniors.

“We also need to develop a football identity, as a nation, such that a player that is picked from a local club fits into the national team, without a problem.

“We still have the AFCON tournament coming up, we need to work with what we have and then probably after the AFCON many things need to be changed.”

The Warriors travelled to Ghana in batches and had to use a commercial flight, which took them more than 24 hours in transit, while their opponents arrived much earlier, on a charter flight.

In sharp contrast, scores of ZIFA councilors were flown on a chartered flight from Harare to Cairo for the 2019 AFCON finals.

“Travelling is very key in international football,’’ said Nengomasha.

“It’s very taxing to travel such a long journey and then play the following day.

“The people at the Ghana Football Association probably understood the demands and they decided to charter a flight for their team.

“It was obvious they had enough time to rest, recover and rehydrate after the first game and were more energetic than our boys in the return leg.’’

Meanwhile, late musician Oliver Mutukudzi’s daughter, Samantha is claiming a Maltese dog called Alvin Jazz in a messy, elongated divorce wrangle with Nengomasha.

Samantha in December 2019 filed for the couple’s divorce which is yet to be finalised.

In a latest development, Samantha is now claiming R6 000 as maintenance for the two minor children born out of the marriage, 100 percent school fees and 100 percent medical aid.

According to the fresh summons, the couple has been living separately for a period now exceeding two years.

Nengomasha married Samantha on December 24th, 2011, in terms of the Marriage Act Chapter 5:11 and the marriage still subsists.

“The marriage relationship between the parties has broken down irretrievably to such an extent that the parties can no longer live together as husband and wife more particularly in that Samantha and Nengomasha have lost love and affection for each other.

“The parties have been living separately and have not shared the matrimonial bed for a continuous period exceeding 24 months.

“There are no reasonable prospects for the restoration of a normal relationship between the parties.

“It is just and proper that Samantha be awarded the maltese dog named Alvin Jazz acquired during the subsistence of their marriage,” reads the summons.

The claim added; “That, Nengomasha pays 100 percent of school fees, top up levies, core curriculum activities, school trips, school uniforms and casual clothing for the minor children until they become self-sufficient or until they reach university, which occurs first.

“That, by the way of monetary contribution, Nengomasha pays R6 000 or the equivalent thereof at the interbank rate per month for the children until they attain majority.

“That, Nengomasha pays 100 percent towards the children’s medical aid per month,” wrote Samantha in her claim.

She is also claiming that after the divorce is finalised, she be granted custody of the minor children with reasonable rights being preferred to Nengomasha.

“Upon this honourable court being convinced and granting a decree of divorce it is in the best interest of the minor children that custody be granted to Samantha with Nengomasha being granted reasonable rights of access.

“That, he shall have the children every alternate weekend during the term but in any event by prior notice to Samantha.

“That, he shall have the children for two weeks and two alternate weekends in each school holiday until the children turn 18 or become tacitly emancipated,” she said.

Samantha is also claiming property the two acquired including houses in Hillside and Johannesburg, two motor vehicles, saloon equipment and household property.

By A Correspondent- The government says the passport backlog will be cleared by December this year after the purchasing of consumables required in passport production.

Zimbabwe imports passport covers and consumables, with about eight security features and foreign currency shortages, resulted in the passport backlog rising to about 200 000 in April, according to the Civil Registry Department.

Speaking on the sidelines of a strategic workshop by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, permanent secretary in the Ministry, Aaron Nhepera said:The Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage is holding a strategic workshop, one of the topical issues that is being discussed is the issue of passports backlog.

The passport backlog situation has however significantly improved having been reduced from the previous figure of 400 000 to the current figure of 184 000.

Payment of consumables which has been the major cause for the backlog has finally been made, we are anticipating to start receiving the consumables beginning November which will enable us to clear the backlog by December 2021.

Nhepera said while they work on clearing the backlog, they will only be issuing emergency passports with the hope that in December the situation will return to normalcy.

He said:

In the meantime, GP, the company that government contracted to produce both ordinary and e-passports is still working on the logistics to enable it to start production in December. It is our hope that the time frame will be met.

Once production starts the issue of passport backlog will become a thing of the past, in the meantime issuance of passports is restricted only to emergency cases, we are hoping that with us starting to receive the consumables we will be gravitating towards normalcy.

By A Correspondent- A Kwekwe businessman died from wounds sustained after he was attacked by unknown assailants during a robbery.

Dan Chikowo (70) of Mbizo 16, was allegedly attacked by armed robbers as he entered his homestead last Saturday.

Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed that Chikowo whose business interests included a popular drinking spot, Chitubu, was found lying in a pool of blood and was rushed to hospital.

“Police in Kwekwe are investigating the murder of a 70-year-old man who was admitted to Kwekwe Hospital with a deep cut at the back of his head and later died,” said Insp Mahoko.

He said the now deceased was found lying unconscious near his house in Mbizo 16 and was rushed to hospital where he later died.

Police are appealing to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the accused to contact any nearest police station.

By Simba Chikanza | OPINION, ANALYSIS | I have just interacted with the senior Police Officer behind the violence against Nelson Chamisa in Masvingo this week. Her name is Florence Marume and she is the Assistant Commissioner for Masvingo, and she is also ZANU PF’s Legal Affairs Secretary, a political post which is illegal for a cop especially a senior one.

In the conversation, she confirmed running the vandalism against Chamisa and was at the time of the call, just about to head for a ZBC briefing, per my prompts.

She does not have O’ Level certificate passes, and has held the ZANU PF post for Legal Affairs several years.

See the VIDEO below

Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is close to Zimbabwe’s president and his inner circle, leveraged his privileged access to fuel and mining markets to strike a lucrative partnership with commodities giant Trafigura.

Sanctioned by the U.S. and U.K. for corruption, Tagwirei continued to do business by relocating his network to Mauritius.

Key Findings

-Tagwirei has earned at least $100 million in fees from a partnership with Swiss-based Trafigura. Together, they have profited extensively by dominating Zimbabwe’s fuel market since 2013.

-Trafigura quietly extended $1 billion in loans to the Zimbabwean government, at exorbitant interest rates.

-As controversy grew, Tagwirei moved his business network offshore to Mauritius, where he secured a new near-monopoly fuel deal with the government. He is still active in mining and fuel deals in Zimbabwe.

-Government officials appear on key company records and Tagwirei’s own correspondence, indicating that there might be more powerful people behind the network.

When Zimbabwe’s long-ruling strongman Robert Mugabe was forced to resign in 2017, his downfall was greeted by jubilant crowds hopeful that decades of misrule and corruption were finally coming to an end.

His successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, set off on an international tour to declare Zimbabwe “open for business.” Sporting a scarf knitted in the five colors of the country’s flag, he assured world leaders that all that was needed to jump-start Zimbabwe’s moribund economy was new leadership and an infusion of foreign investment.

Four years on, Mnangagwa’s promised “New Dawn” has not arrived. Instead, Zimbabwe’s economy remains in tatters. Public debt — much of it illegally accrued — has ballooned, a lack of foreign currency and fuel shortages continue to cripple the economy, and the value of Zimbabwe’s local currency has plummeted.

The turmoil has not been without its winners, though. One man, in particular, has prospered from the state’s largesse: Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a tycoon known locally as “Queen Bee” because of his vast economic influence.

Under Mnangagwa’s reign, the businessman came to dominate Zimbabwe’s fuel, platinum, and gold sectors. Benefitting from opaquely awarded government contracts worth billions of dollars and preferential access to minerals as well as scarce foreign currency, Tagwirei’s network also got huge state loans he used to enrich himself while indebting the Zimbabwean public.

Those came from a surprising source that proved a key player in Tagiwirei’s network: Zimbabwe’s central bank.

At least $3 billion in treasury bills issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe – which may have had no legal authority to do so – were awarded to Tagwirei’s group between 2017 and 2019, a parliamentary report said, with the group then funneling the windfall into a massive expansion that included a mining acquisition spree at bargain-bin prices.

As the country’s currency crashed, Tagwirei’s fortunes soared.

But it’s not clear if Tagwirei is the sole or even the main beneficiary of this largesse.

The presence of a handful of state officials in some of the network structures imply he is also a proxy for others. Since 2019 the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s governor, John Mangudya, was even named in Tagwirei-connected corporate trusts.

Insiders say Tagwirei is close both to President Mnangagwa and his deputy General Constantino Chiwenga.

Besides the government, one foreign company also played a critical role in Tagwirei’s rise over nearly a decade: Swiss-headquartered commodity trader Trafigura Group Pte Ltd.

Trafigura formed a joint venture with Tagwirei as far back as 2013 that gave the company priority access to the country’s fuel infrastructure and supply business through Tagwirei’s local influence.

Tagwirei’s links to Trafigura, his business successes at home, and U.S. and U.K. sanctions against him have attracted critical press coverage in recent months.

Now, using contracts, invoices, and email correspondence between Tagwirei’s network, former Trafigura officials involved in the joint venture, and government officials, OCCRP can reveal new details of how Trafigura and Tagwirei’s partnership worked.

OCCRP learned that Trafigura paid Tagwirei at least $100 million in fees through early 2018 for his help in creating a dominant position in the Zimbabwean fuel market.

Their joint venture initially called Sakunda Supplies and later renamed Trafigura Zimbabwe, would do this by advancing massive cash prepayments and fuel to the government in exchange for significant control over the Zimbabwean market and priority use of the state’s fuel pipelines.

“Only one set of interests controls the fuel: Trafigura and Tagwirei,” Zimbabwe’s former finance minister, Tendai Biti, told OCCRP.

The joint venture would last until December 2019, when Trafigura bought out the soon-to-be-sanctioned Tagwirei.

But the partnership may have been too lucrative to discontinue.

Only one set of interests controls the fuel: Trafigura and Tagwirei. – Tendai Biti, Former Zimbabwean Finance Minister

Instead, Trafigura sought to continue its relationship with Tagwirei via Sotic International Ltd., a new company that he had set up in Mauritius, and associated shell companies fronted by South Africa-based directors, several of whom were former Trafigura employees.

In an email to OCCRP, Tagwirei said, “Some of the questions you raise are an embarrassing demonstration of an apparent lack of understanding of the issues you purport to investigate … I unequivocally deny all the accusations and allegations you are making against me in your email.”

Wilfred Mutakeni, head of Zimbabwe’s National Oil Infrastructure Company, the regulatory agency that provided the joint venture its dominant rights, did not respond to a request for comment.

In a response to OCCRP, a Trafigura spokesperson said, “Trafigura exited our business relationships with Mr. Tagwirei in December 2019, prior to US sanctions being imposed, through the purchase of [Tagwirei’s stake].

“All commercial arrangements are conducted in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Trafigura is one of a number of suppliers to Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique. There is no exclusivity or market dominance.”

Trafigura said OCCRP’s details were “factually inaccurate,” but declined to answer specific questions about advance payments, payments to Tagwirei, or the purchase price of his shares. The company said, “commercial arrangements are commercially sensitive and as such, are confidential.”

A Captive Market

On Harare’s bustling streets, where centuries-old churches compete for space with modern high-rises, one building stands above its neighbors. Century Towers, an imposing glass structure perched next to one of the capital’s main thoroughfares, houses the main office of Tagwirei’s holding company for his share of the joint venture, Sakunda Holdings Private Ltd, on several floors – including the 15th. One floor below are the offices of Zimbabwe’s energy regulator.

This proximity hints at the closeness critics say allowed Tagwirei to make a fortune from preferential government contracts.

Tagwirei originally signed a contract in 2011 with the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) that gave him many of the rights he would later share with Trafigura.

In July 2013, Tagwirei and his companies Sakunda Holdings and Sakunda Trading agreed to sell access to their existing petroleum contract with NOIC to Trafigura, affording it 49 percent of the shares of a new joint venture.

They agreed to form Sakunda Supplies, based in Zimbabwe, which would hand Trafigura a host of benefits, including preferential access to the crucial Beira pipeline from Mozambique.

NOIC, which had initially awarded Sakunda Holdings the deal in 2011, confirmed in a 2018 letter that Trafigura was entitled to all the benefits enjoyed by Sakunda.

-Agencies

By A Correspondent-The police in Harare is rounding up nightclub and arrest both patrons, owners who fail to provide proof of their Covid-19 vaccination.

The prescribed fine for “consuming beer at licensed premises without proof of vaccination” carries a ZW$2 000 (about R150) fine.

According to Statutory Instrument (SI) number 36 of Zimbabwe’s national lockdown regulations: “Any person in charge of licensed premises who, within or in the immediate vicinity of such premises, admits or serves any customer without proof of full vaccination exhibited by that customer shall be guilty of an offence.”

The law adds if found guilty, a person could, beyond the fine, be jailed for a period not exceeding a year.

The government allowed nightclubs and pubs to open their doors last week Tuesday, almost 19 months after the Covid-19 lockdown was enacted.

Speaking to journalists during a post-cabinet briefing on Tuesday, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the daily Covid-19 case average went down to 10 from 19.

A fortnight ago, Zimbabwe began receiving its 943 200 share of vaccines under global partnership Covax — comprised of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Unicef and the WHO — which was established to facilitate equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines for all countries.

The Covax-linked vaccines arrived in two batches within two weeks, complementing about 12 million double-dose Sinovac and Sinopharm jabs as Zimbabwe races to reach herd immunity through vaccinating 60% of the population.

At the end of September, at least 3.5-million people had received their first dose of the vaccine and 2.2 million their second. This accounts for a national coverage of 35.7% for the first dose and 25.8% for the second dose.
-Timeslive

By A Correspondent- A 32-year-old member of the Mugodhi Apostolic church Tafadzwa Nyangore, is on a spree of destroying neighbours’ marriages.

The state media reports that the father of four children, who was recently caught pants down with his nephew, and another neighbour’s wife in Zinhanga village under chief Nyashanu, has done it again.

The church elder impregnated his neighbour’s second wife before being found pants down with his nephew and another neighbours’s wife in Zinhanga village under chief Nyashanu. 

He first appeared before chief Nyashanu where he was fined three beasts for impregnating a polygamous Mazururandi Apostolic church senior leader Tambawoga Nyamande Mariridza’s second wife Elina Chiwora, 38. He appeared before a kraal head Zinhanga after he was caught pants down with one Nyasha’ wife and their marriage collapsed.

Chingore’s bicycle is currently withheld by his nephew Thankmore Nyadongo after he caught him pants down with his younger brother Nyasha Nyadongo’s wife Pretty Nyamhunga, 19, leading to the divorce. Nyamhunga packed her belongings and went to her parents’ house in Mutoko before her husband who is based in Mutare came.

Chingore confirmed his clashes with villagers over his adulterous behaviour to H-Metro arguing that the women were after the fruits of his labour. “I regret impregnating Mariridza’s second wife because I ended up paying him one beast from the three charged by chief Nyashanu,” said Chingore.

“The baby from that adulterous affair died but she was the only girl since my wife has four boys only. “Uyu muzukuru akandibatira bhasikoro uyu haasiriye muridzi wemukadzi asi akarwadziwa andiwona pamba apa nekuti iye aipfimbawo mukadzi wemunin’ina wake asi achirambwa.

“These married women admire my wealth I accumulated from my sweat. “Kuno kunenzara misha izere miti yeminzwa saka ukasashandira mhuri vakadzi vanoda panepfuma. “But the issue of the bicycle has become a thorn in my flesh with my wife since it was like a vehicle in helping the family.

“As for my neighbor Nyasha’s marriage, I was not responsible for the collapsing of his marriage as alleged,” said Chingore. Nyadongo told H-Metro that Chingore paid transport costs for Pretty from Nyashanu to Mutoko her home village in order to destroy evidence.

“Chingore has been bedding my wife while I was at work in Mutare,” said Nyadongo.  “When my brother caught them, he fled leaving his bicycle behind and we will not give him until he returns to explain his reason for wrecking my marriage.

“He was quick to foot transport costs for my wife to Mutoko before I arrived. “My in-laws could not stand with me but instead accused me of abusing their daughter vowing not to return her. “I want to follow her in Mutoko but her parents’ actions discouraged me from the visit.

“Chingore’s bicycle will remain in my brother’s hands until he returns to resolve the matter.,” said Nyadongo. Thankmore told H-Metro that he was withholding Chingore’s bicycle as evidence that he caught him bedding his younger brother’s wife.

“I am withholding the bicycle as evidence that I caught Chingore bedding my younger brother’s wife,” said Nyadongo. “I woke up at around 5am and spotted Chingore getting into my brother’s bedroom.  “Aitoratidza kuti akangaachibva kunosvibatsira akapfeka pair of shorts and I rushed there before he locked the door and found him half-n@ked.

“I assaulted him and he fled leaving his bicycle parked in the kitchen and I took it as evidence. “I won’t give him until he lodges a report against me either with the chief or police.  “Besides that he must come with his family so that we resolve the issue amicably since we are related.

“The woman has since packed her belongings and went to Mutoko leaving a three-year-old child under the custody of my ailing mother,” said Thankmore. Chingore’s wife Ronica Gumbahari narrated how her family was affected. “My children have been affected much considering that the bicycle withheld was a means of transport for them to school.

“We no longer have cattle and this bicycle was making it easy to take maize to the grinding meal as well as other matters. “Ndakarwadziwa pandakaziva kuti vamwe amai vatinonamata navo ndivo vakatuma murume wangu kuenda kumba kwaPretty.

“Ndakavaendera ndikavaudza mashoko asiri ezera rangu,” said Gumbahari. One of the villagers had not kind words about Chingore considering that he is one of the Mugodhi Apostolic branch leader.

“Mufana uyu anosiya mudzimai wake akanaka achinotikaramata nechembere obvapo oendera vana vadiki saka avekutotyisa mumusha,” said the villager. 

“He is spending money meant for his children in wrecking other marriages and to us he is now like a prodigal son. “Arikushumira Mwari nenzira yenyama inowora,” said the villager.
[H-Metro]

By Farai D Hove | MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has announced he has met heads of the military and those of the police.

Speaking at Janet Business Centre yesterday, Chamisa said this is part of preparations to enter government.

Zimbabwe goes to the polls in less than 2 years’ time, and Chamisa has in the last few days been mocked by his opponent’s spokesperson who said he is dreaming.

Said Chamisa: “in the province I was going around meeting chiefs, headmasters, heads of the military, heads of the police… because we are now preparing to enter government.”

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— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 14, 2021

By A Correspondent- A South African veterinary doctor was trampled to death by an elephant in Mana Pools in full view of his 41 year old son.

This was revealed by Parks and Wildlife Management public relations manager Tinashe Farawo who said:

“It is with great sadness that a 71 yr old S/African vet doctor was trampled to death by an elephant in Mana Pools in full view of his 41 year old son. He has been visiting the park since 1986. MHSRIP @Zimparks @maguranyanga @eNCA @METHI_Zimbabwe the duo was on a morning walk in the park.”

This is a developing story.

More details to follow.

By A Correspondent- One of the country’s most wanted serial armed robbers who survived a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, in which five of his accomplices were killed in March last year has been arrested in Glen View 1 suburb.

Maxwell Stanley alias Dennis Mateta (25) was one of two men who were arrested after the shoot-out and hauled before the Harare Magistrates Court facing nine armed robbery charges. Mateta who has been out on bail was believed to have been committing a spate of armed robberies in and around the city.

His luck ran out on Tuesday when he was tracked down by a team of detectives from the CID Homicide who managed to arrest him in Glen View 1 where he was hiding at his girlfriend’s house.

He was shot and seriously injured on both legs after he resisted arrest and attempted to flee from the detectives. Mateta is currently admitted to a local hospital under police guard and is expected to appear in court today .

In March, five armed robbers were killed in a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, while three others were captured alive but the gang leader, Taj Abdul (alias Musa Mahommed or Kedha), made good his escape.

Abdul who was later arrested in August following another shoot-out in Beitbridge, was initially reported to be among the five dead robbers, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

The three dead Zimbabweans were identified as Dennis Stanley Dube alias Dingola (29), Taurai Chitepo (36) and another only identified as Johnson.

Three survivors of the shoot-out — Godfrey Mupamhanga (27), Prince Zakeo (25) and Maxwell Stanley alias Dennis Mateta (25) — were arrested on nine counts of armed robbery. Police by then believed the gang was based in South Africa, crossing the border to conduct its raids.

On February 5 last year, it is alleged the gang went to Makoni Shopping Centre, Chitungwiza, armed with pistols, an AK47 rifle and robbed unsuspecting complainants of US$19 000, $30 000, cellphones and a Toyota Allion vehicle, which was later found abandoned in Glen View.

It is also alleged on February 26, the gang robbed another person in Harare of US$40 000, jewellery, several pairs of shoes, a laptop, cellphones, a Star pistol and Hyundai vehicle. The gang proceeded to the victim’s workplace and robbed him of US$227 250 and R28 000.

At the scene of the shoot-out, police recovered a 9mm CZ pistol, a Star pistol, Bruno pistol, .38 special Amadeo Rossi revolver, FN Browning pistol, 20x9mm rounds of ammunition and 4×7.65mm live rounds.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Police have released the names of the seven victims killed by Thubelihle Khoshow in Redcliff after he went berserk and struck 10 people with an axe, spear and knife.

Six people died on the spot while four others were left nursing life-threatening injuries after Khoshow went on a rampage during an all-night church vigil and attacked people with an assortment of weapons.

The seventh victim later succumbed to injuries sustained.

The seven are Mitchelle Moyo (eight), Lucky Moyo (four), Laretto Sikwili (four), Xolani Sikwili (33), Lina Moyo (56), Meggie Nkiwane (85) and Mercy Savanhu (33).

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said they were still conducting investigations on this unfortunate murder, attempted murder and rape incident.

Meanwhile, police have released the names of the four people who were killed in a fatal road accident that occurred on Sunday at around 2.40 pm, at the 22,5 km peg along Gweru-Zvishavane road.

One person was injured.

The victims are Simbanai Mugonda (49), Netsai Mugonda (42), Princess Mugonda (three), all of Seke, Chitungwiza and Thalitha Muzezewa (53) of Mazowe Veterinary Services Camp in Mazowe.

A motorist, who was driving a Toyota Granvia vehicle with four people on board, lost control of the vehicle which veered off the road and overturned once before landing on its wheels.

Police said the bodies of the victims were taken to Gweru Provincial mortuary for post mortem while the injured was referred to Shurugwi Hospital where he was treated and discharged.

By A Correspondent- The State has challenged Tendai Biti’s seventh application for postponement of trial in a case the MDC Alliance vice-president is accused of assaulting a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina at the Harare Magistrate Court.

Biti had sought to postpone the matter, saying his lawyer was engaged at the High Court.

The State, represented by Michael Reza and Tafara Chirambira, opposed the postponement, saying it was a delaying tactic.

Reza phoned the Master of the High Court at around 11am for confirmation and was told that there was a meeting with Biti’s lawyer Alec Muchadehama, but it ended around 9am.

He argued that the trial should proceed, accusing Muchadehama of opting to do other chores and not attending court.

Biti, who was being represented in court by Jeremiah Bhamu, told court that Muchadehama will be free on November 8, 9,10 and asked the court for postponement.

Reza, however, told the court that Biti is now playing games with the court.

“We have not been given the chance to complete this simple case of assault because of postponement. This will be a record in this country to fail to complete this case in a year’s time,” Reza said, adding that Biti could be represented by Bhamu since he is a capable lawyer to which Bhamu replied that he was not privy to the application.

Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guvuriro dismissed the application for postponement and ordered the trial to proceed.

Bhamu later recused himself saying he could not represent the accused person when his constitutional rights are being violated.

Biti, however, took to the witness stand and requested that his matter be referred to the Constitutional Court.

The matter was postponed to October 18 for continuation.-Newsday

A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s heavily attended political meetings have shocked the ruling Zanu PF party.

This was shown by concerted efforts by Zanu PF with the assistance of the police to block the opposition leader from addressing villagers in his home area.

Defiant Chamisa, however, forcibly held several meetings despite these attempts.
Zanu PF’s attempts to block him.

His team survived attacks by ruling party supporters, who barricaded roads to deny his convoy access to a local village.

The police deliberately ignored to arrest the Zanu ruling party supporters, who attacked Chamisa and his aides.

Shocked by Chamisa’s rallies, Zanu PF held a press conference and tried to underplay the opposition leader’s attacks by their supporters.

Acting Zanu PF political commissar Patrick Chinamasa addressed the press conference and laboured to defend the violent activities by his party supporters.

“What I heard happened in Masvingo was that the opposition leader wanted to force himself on an audience which did not want to listen to him,” Chinamasa said.

“He had no right to force people to listen to him. He had a right to address people but only those who were willing to be addressed by him.”

A group of about 200 Zanu PF supporters brandishing placards denouncing Chamisa for the sanctions imposed by the West on the country pounced on the opposition leaders, damaging cars and injuring five opposition supporters.

Zanu PF initially claimed the protest was stage-managed.

But Chinamasa yesterday said the villagers were angered because a “madman” wanted to address them.

“In this case, my information is that the villagers did not want to be addressed by him for obvious reasons. If you listen to a madman, you become part of his cast, you will be portrayed as part of his cast, he will then go ahead and say, I have lots of support, which he does not have.

“So our Zanu PF people have a right to say, we don’t want you to address us, we don’t want to, it’s my right, but if you force me to listen to you, I have reason to be angry.”

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigating officer in the case involving police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza yesterday accused the top cop of forging EcoCash transactions in a “desperate bid” to nail property developer Felix Munyaradzi.

Makodza is accused of influencing the police to give his girlfriend a police farm. The top cop also accused Eric Chacha of Zacc of having an illicit relationship with Munyaradzi. He also alleged that Chacha’s wife had received some money through EcoCash from Munyaradzi.

But Chacha told magistrate Noel Mupeiwa that Makodza had forged EcoCash and bank statements purporting that he (Chacha) had received the money from Munyaradzi. Chacha said Makodza did that to try to deter him from proceeding with investigations against him. He claimed that Makodza even sent people to take pictures of a house in Marondera which he allegedly said belonged to the investigator and caused its publication in the media.

Chacha said he was investigated — on allegations by Makodza — by Zacc, the Special Anti-Corruption Unit and police who found out that the EcoCash number purported to be that of Munyaradzi was not even registered on the platform.

The Zacc report, however, recommended that Makodza be investigated for either making a false report to the police or alternatively obstructing or defeating the course of justice.

Chacha in his testimony to court said the CR14 obtained from Steward Bank showed that Makodza was a director of the company owned by Maonei Chapfudza, the alleged girlfriend.

He said Makodza had on several occasions received money from Chapfudza’s company through his personal bank account.

Makodza’s lawyer, Tapiwa Makanza asked Chacha why he was communicating with Munyaradzi on the day Makodza was arrested, to which he responded that he was investigating him on another matter.

The matter was postponed to October 25 for continuation.

Bikita large crowds and 'military generals' meet @nelsonchamisa pic.twitter.com/zL1bseYBoB

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 14, 2021

By Farai D Hove | MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has announced he has met heads of the military and those of the police.

Speaking at Janet Business Centre yesterday, Chamisa said this is part of preparations to enter government.

Zimbabwe goes to the polls in less than 2 years’ time, and Chamisa has in the last few days been mocked by his opponent’s spokesperson who said he is dreaming.

Said Chamisa: “in the province I was going around meeting chiefs, headmasters, heads of the military, heads of the police… because we are now preparing to enter government.”

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— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 14, 2021