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.

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— 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.”

VIDEO LOADING BELOW…

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 – @nelsonchamisa @mdczimbabwe pic.twitter.com/02QNfiLJtA

— 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.

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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.

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— 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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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 – @nelsonchamisa @mdczimbabwe pic.twitter.com/02QNfiLJtA

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 14, 2021

The ruling Zanu-PF has welcomed the impending visit by United Nations Special Rapporteur, Dr Alena Douhan, to review the impact of the illegal and unilateral sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the Western world.

Addressing the media at Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare, acting party spokesperson Dr Mike Bimha said the visit will lay bare the negative effects of sanctions on Zimbabweans.

He said Dr Douhan  was coming to interact with the people and Government to unpack the disastrous impact of sanctions.

“Zanu-PF is fully convinced that the Special Rapporteur will be able to witness and uncover how these sanctions have been causing untold suffering to our people as well as the Government and business.

“We had never received a Special Rapporteur on sanctions from the global body as a country since the illegal sanctions were imposed.”

“Today we express our gratitude and a warm welcome to the Special Rapporteur as she prepares to come to our beautiful, peace loving nation Zimbabwe.”

Bimha said the visit was made possible through the efforts of the Second Republic under the leadership of President Mnangagwa for sanctions to be removed.

Dr Douhan is set to visit the country from October 18 to 28 to assess the impact of the unilateral embargoes and restrictive measures on the enjoyment of human rights.

October 25 is the day set aside by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to call for the unconditional removal of the illegal economic sanctions that have choked Zimbabwe’s development for two decades and Dr Douhan’s visit will coincide with the commemoration.

Experts and political players say the visit by the UN expert is also an indication that the world is now appreciative of the negative impact that the sanctions have had on the country’s development.

The visit by the UN Special envoy also comes at a time the country has received overwhelming support at this year’s United Nations General Assembly in the United States where various countries also called for the removal of the illegal sanctions.

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A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s heavily attended political meetings have put the ruling Zanu PF into panic mode.

Chamisa, this week, forcibly held several meetings in his Masvingo home despite Zanu PF’s attempts to block him.

Chamisa and 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.

Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Zanu PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa said Chamisa, who is currently undertaking community interface meetings around the country as he mobilises support ahead of the 2023 elections, was entirely to blame.

“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.”

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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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 – @nelsonchamisa @mdczimbabwe pic.twitter.com/02QNfiLJtA

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 14, 2021

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

Chamisa, this week, forcibly held several meetings in his Masvingo home despite Zanu PF’s attempts to block him.

Chamisa and 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.

By A Correspondent-Harare’s Cold Comfort, residents were Wednesday left in shock after an unidentified man in the area threw himself in front of a moving train.

Eyewitnesses alleged that the man tried to drag two school children who were close by but failed.

When Pindula News attended the scene, the police had not yet arrived.

An NRZ official who refused to be named in this report as he doesn’t have authority to speak to the press said police from Kuwadzana said the incident did not take place in their area. He added:

We saw him [the victim] when we were about 100 metres away. He was walking very close to the railway and was unfazed when we rang the bell both for him and the vehicles.

Asked why they applied brakes when the man was not on the rails, the official said:

It’s protocol, we should try to avoid accidents. This man was very close to the rails and anything could happen. We were also approaching a junction.

The incident happened around 4 PM a few metres from a road and railway junction near Herentals college in Cold Comfort.

A local cattle herder said he had seen the deceased man in recent days walking along the rail holding a popular local beverage (cascade).

He was very normal. Nothing suggested he had issues.

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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 A Correspondent- Prominent Kwekwe businessman Thubelihle Kheshow who stabbed 6 people to death during a murderous rage has spoken out following his arrest.

Kheshow, who is the owner of Kheshow Investments in Redcliff, Kwekwe, blamed evil spirits after he killed 6 people and left 4 other people in hospital fighting for their lives.

According to the 26-year-old businessman, he was possessed by some evil spirits when he went on the murderous rampage.

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By A Correspondent- A 32-year-old member of the Mugodhi Apostolic church Tafadzwa Nyangore, has destroyed neighbours’ marriages.

The father of four children, who was once found 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 A Correspondent-The court will this on Friday rule on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring an ungraded marriage certificate when her husband was bedridden.

The State and a doctor assigned to examine her gave the greenlight for the trial to start.

The couple had been married for eight years under Zimbabwe’s customary law.

Supreme Court judge Justice George Chiweshe, who is a retired soldier, and former chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi who is now a High Court judge, are witnesses in the matter.

The doctor, Simukai Machawira told the court that he was a vascular specialist and was asked by his clinical director to write a medical report for Mubaiwa. He said he only did a physical examination of Mubaiwa and concluded that she was fit to stand trial.

Mubaiwa’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa asked Machawira if he contacted Mubaiwa’s doctor who is treating her to be apprised of her condition. Machawira said he did not consult her doctor, but was only working on her physical fitness.

Mtetwa then asked Machawira if his observations were a true reflection of Mubaiwa’s condition when he did not check with her doctor or check on her clinical records to which he responded that he was not an expert in checking her mental strength for the trial.

Machawira said he only relied on the information provided by Mubaiwa.

Mtetwa said all the medication Mubaiwa was taking was for pain and relief of trauma.

Machawira admitted in court that the fact that Mubaiwa was taking six different drugs could affect her mental state, but said when he assessed her, she seemed ready to stand trial despite being under medication.

The State, represented by Michael Reza, Tafara Chirambira and Tendai Shonhai, said Mubaiwa did not mention her mental problem when she was being examined.

Mtetwa then interjected saying she did not say Mubaiwa is mentally ill and was a candidate of Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital, but her mental strength to concentrate in court after taking medication.

Reza then apologised.

But Mtetwa asked the court to allow Mubaiwa to be examined for mental preparedness for trial. But Reza opposed, saying it was a classic act of afterthought.

Mtetwa said the trial could not resume when Mubaiwa was visibly sick.

Magistrate Lazini Ncube, however, postponed the matter to Friday for ruling. Mtetwa has been accusing Chiwenga of intimidating doctors who prepared Mubaiwa’s medical report. NewsDay

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa came face to face with the plight of suffering citizens in Masvingo Province.

President Chamisa is in Masvingo this week for stakeholder meetings and consultations.

See statement below:

I’M so energized by the solid support here as I continue this Communities & Citizens Interface, a tour of rural parts of Zimbabwe…

I had meetings in Chivi,Ngundu,Mwenezi,Chingwizi & Rutenga.Zpf tried disrupting but failed.

I saw how the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.

Kungwavhangwavha. Life is really hard. Poverty in communities is real.

The message is resoundingly #NgaapindeHakeMukomana. Thank you Zimbabwe! #Godisinit

IS THIS TRUE?

Soccer is failing because people end up saying: Zimbabwe is not for football it's only for blood, man speaks at a forum – video:supplied pic.twitter.com/r3b7Lo0dD3

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 13, 2021

By A Correspondent- Arnold Kamudyariwa (DJ Fantan), Tafadzwa Kadzimwe (DJ Levelz), and Damma, born Simbarashe Chanachimwe, had their appeal against their sentence upheld by High Court Judges Justice Pirirayi Kwenda and Benjamin Chikowero.

The judges reduced the sentence to 3 months with an option to pay a ZWL$2 000 fine.

Fantan Levels, and Damma of Chillspot Records, were arrested in January for organising an illegal New Year’s eve music gig held in Mbare, Harare.

Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Guwuriro jailed the trio for an effective six months for violating COVID-19 national lockdown regulations.
Guwuriro had initially jailed the trio to 12 months behind bars but set aside six months of the jail term on condition they do not commit a similar offence within that period.
In passing sentence, Guwuriro said fining or committing the trio to perform unpaid work would trivialise the offence.
The popular entertainment promoters were, however, freed in late January on ZWL$10 000 bail after a High Court judge acceded to their bail appeal.

The trio’s lawyer, Tafadzwa Hungwe, said at the time, “our clients have been granted $10,000 bail each.” Added Hungwe:
Justice Foroma ruled that they have prospects of success on appeal on grounds that they have proved that they are remorseful for what they did.
The three managed to convince the court that they are ready to reform after they admitted to doing wrong.

As part of their bail conditions, the music promoters were ordered to report to the police fortnightly and reside at their given addresses until the matter is finalised. – Agencies

By A Correspondent- The High Court has reserved judgment on an application by Chilonga villagers who were challenging provisions of the Communal Lands Act, arguing that it did not respect African traditional values with regards to land ownership.

The application was heard by Harare High Court judges, Justices Joseph Mafusire, Never Katiyo and Chipo Mungwari.

In a statement, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), said the villagers had approached the High Court seeking an order to set aside sections 4 and 6(1)(b) of the Communal Lands Act.

In March, the villagers challenged government’s plans to evict more than 12 000 of them from Chilonga to pave way for a commercial irrigation venture. Initial reports were that the villagers were being evicted to pave way for a lucerne project by Dendairy.
“The Chilonga villagers want the High Court to set aside sections 4 and 6(1)(b) of the Communal Lands Act arguing that the two sections are unconstitutional and offend some provisions of the Constitution,” ZLHR said.

“The Chilonga villagers who are farmers grow sorghum, maize and millet and they argue that the Communal Lands Act denies them the right to self-determination of Africans in Zimbabwe and has no room in post-independent Zimbabwe.”
The lawyers also said Chilonga villagers argued that the Communal Lands Act was a racist and colonial creature, which regarded Africans as uncivilised.
“The villagers queried why an African can own a house in Harare’s plush suburb of Borrowdale, but he cannot own his ancestral home in Chiredzi, Mwenezi, Dotito, Chendambuya, Nyaki or Tsholotsho.”

-NewsDay

By A Correspondent-The late Vice President Joshua Nkomo’s Zapu is headed for a split following the movement’s provincial congresses.

Zapu is currently holding its provincial congresses ahead of the party’s elective congress, which will be held from the October 29 and 30 at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre.

Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the party’s late founding leader Joshua Nkomo, is the leading contender for the party’s presidency after having been controversially nominated by nine provinces.

On Saturday, Bulawayo province nominated Nkomo to contest the party’s top post amid allegations of vote buying and manipulation of the party’s constitution.

According to party sources, disgruntled delegates from Bulawayo South boycotted the Bulawayo congress citing irregularities in the manner the elections were being conducted.

“The elections where Nkomo is purported to have been nominated in Bulawayo was a circus. 

How can we have known Zanu PF supporters in their full regalia voting at a Zapu congress. The culture of voting manipulation and vote buying is alien to Zapu,” one of the party’s top post contenders who refused to be named said.

The source said the congress preparations were in shambolic and it will be almost impossible to meet the congress deadline.

New Zimbabwe.com was also told that the party’s Harare provincial executive Sunday boycotted the provincial congress due to similar reasons.

-NewZimbabwe.com

By A Correspondent-An unidentified man has thrown himself in front of a moving train near Cold Comfort in Harare.

Eyewitnesses alleged that the man tried to drag two school children who were close-by but failed.

When Pindula News attended the scene, the police had not yet arrived.

An NRZ official who refused to be named in this report as he doesn’t have authority to speak to the press said police from Kuwadzana said the incident did not take place in their area. He added:

We saw him [the victim] when we were about 100 metres away. He was walking very close to the railway and was unfazed when we rang the bell both for him and the vehicles.

Asked why they applied brakes when the man was not on the rails, the official said:

It’s protocol, we should try to avoid accidents. This man was very close to the rails and anything could happen. We were also approaching a junction.

The incident happened around 4 PM a few metres from a road and railway junction near Herentals college in Cold Comfort.

A local cattle herder said he had seen the deceased man in recent days walking along the rail holding a popular local beverage (cascade).

He was very normal. Nothing suggested he had issues.

-Online

A Correspondent- The Monday Masvingo attacks on the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, by Zanu PF supporters have exposed the Emmerson Mnangagwa led political party’s violent behaviour.

Chamisa and his team were attacked again yesterday by ruling party supporters, who barricaded roads to deny his convoy access to a local village.

It is alleged that the ruling party supporters, who were chanting slogans, were accompanied by the police.

Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Zanu PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa said Chamisa, who is currently undertaking community interface meetings around the country as he mobilises support ahead of the 2023 elections, was entirely to blame.

“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 at a private residence, how the villagers acquiredZanu PF violence: politburo descends on Manicaland

A Correspondent- Zanu PF has laboured to exonerate its members from Masvingo’s Monday attacks on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.

Chamisa and his team were attacked again yesterday by ruling party supporters, who barricaded roads to deny his convoy access to a local village.
It is alleged that the ruling party supporters, who were chanting slogans, were accompanied by the police.

Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Zanu PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa said Chamisa, who is currently undertaking community interface meetings around the country as he mobilises support ahead of the 2023 elections, was entirely to blame.

“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-Zanu PF has sent a delegation to Mutare to inquire into the violence that erupted at the party’s Manicaland provincial political meeting last Sunday.

The violence erupted after angry party members had demonstrated against provincial chairperson Mike Madiro for imposing candidates.

The fact-finding team also includes the secretary for security Lovemore Matuke and youth leader Tendai Chirau.

The team held a closed-door meeting with the warring factions at Marymount Teachers’ College in Mutare.

Zanu PF Manicaland spokesperson Oliver Mandipaka refused to comment on the outcome of the meeting, accusing NewsDay of poking its nose into the ruling party’s internal affairs.

“This has nothing to do with you, I think you are going too far with our internal processes,” Mandipaka said.

The meeting was also attended by Mutare district coordinating committee secretary for youth affairs Danmore Mambondiyani.

-NewsDay

By A Correspondent- The government has expressed concern over the increase in prices of goods and services which is eroding civil servants’ salaries due to the use of black-market forex rates by businesses.

Some businesses are using rates as high as $200 for US$1, while the official rate is at $90.07 for US$1, which only a few are buying from a selected bureau de changes.

In an interview with State media on Tuesday, Public Service and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima said the Government is very sincere about the welfare of its employees.

He said the government has increased civil servants’ salaries twice amounting to a combined 75 per cent increment, but the gains have been eroded by the ever-increasing prices of basic commodities.

Said Mavima:

As soon as the Government increases their salaries, the salaries are eroded by increasing prices. There is therefore a need for a concerted effort at stabilising prices.

He implored civil servants to be patient with the Government, saying the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) is due to meet soon for the next round of negotiations on salaries.

Apex Council deputy secretary-general Gibson Mushangu urged the government to urgently cushion civil servants salaries, saying they are now earning “peanuts” due to unbridled price increases. He said:

We have asked the Government to convene a meeting to map a way forward. We need to address the salary challenges we are facing as civil servants.

We need our salaries cushioned. We are in dire need of Government’s timeous intervention and that is why we are calling for a meeting because things are getting out of hand.

Yes from April to July civil servants got a salary increase of 25 per cent and in July they got a 50 per cent salary increase, but that is now peanuts because of the surge in prices of goods and commodities.

-statemedia

Dear Editor

Good day to you all

I would like to warn each and every Zimbabwean citizen. My elder brother’s son who was coming from Ireland in the company of his wife on Sunday was intercepted at the airport just after they arrived by someone who escorted them until they had cleared themselves and left the airport.

This person gave them forms on the pretext that they wanted to conduct contact tracing of covid 19 hence they had to reveal their address.

On Monday evening, thieves broke into this couple’s home in Norton and stole mobile phones, money and clothes. These thieves knew they had recently arrived from the diaspora.

Let us be very careful. These thieves are now using every trick in the book to follow their victims.

The robbers also took a car registration number AFI 6461 to carry their loot.

My children are now nursing wounds sustained during the attack.

I am warning other Zimbabweans to be wary of revealing their addresses especially to strangers or thieves posing as bogus health authorities at the airport.

Concerned Zimbabwean

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa came face to face with the plight of suffering citizens in Masvingo Province.

President Chamisa is in Masvingo this week for stakeholder meetings and consultations.

See statement below:

I’M so energized by the solid support here as I continue this Communities & Citizens Interface, a tour of rural parts of Zimbabwe…

I had meetings in Chivi,Ngundu,Mwenezi,Chingwizi & Rutenga.Zpf tried disrupting but failed.

I saw how the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.

Kungwavhangwavha. Life is really hard. Poverty in communities is real.

The message is resoundingly #NgaapindeHakeMukomana. Thank you Zimbabwe! #Godisinit

Dear Editor

Good day to you all

I would like to warn each and every Zimbabwean citizen. My elder brother’s son who was coming from Ireland in the company of his wife on Sunday was intercepted at the airport just after they arrived by someone who escorted them until they had cleared themselves and left the airport.

This person gave them forms on the pretext that they wanted to conduct contact tracing of covid 19 hence they had to reveal their address.

On Monday evening, thieves broke into this couple’s home in Norton and stole mobile phones, money and clothes. These thieves knew they had recently arrived from the diaspora.

Let us be very careful. These thieves are now using every trick in the book to follow their victims.

The robbers also took a car registration number AFI 6461 to carry their loot.

My children are now nursing wounds sustained during the attack.

I am warning other Zimbabweans to be wary of revealing their addresses especially to strangers or thieves posing as bogus health authorities at the airport.

Concerned Zimbabwean

By A Correspondent- The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has called on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to ensure that the Dutch foreign currency auction rules are observed, which is not the case at the moment.

In a report published on Monday titled “The Currency Situation and Recommendations for Change”, CZI said the high demand for forex at the forex auction is a result of the inefficiencies or non-adherence to strict Dutch auction rules. It noted a number of red flags which are:

These are showing up in the delays in settlement, price increases and increasing inflation, which would unsettle the stability that had characterised the year 2021.

The predictability of the auction rate has seen participants becoming more cunning, knowing full well that if they bid at the previous minimum acceptable rate, they will still access foreign currency.

The risk of losing out, which was the basis for getting the correct price from the auction, has now been minimised by the RBZ preference to auction foreign currency that they do not have.

The extended backlog discourages players that have a genuine need for foreign currency and cannot afford to wait for six weeks while those that are importing simply due to the existence of cheap foreign currency do not mind waiting to get their bids honoured, even though they have resources tied down during the waiting period.

Thus, the foreign currency auction is now attracting foreign currency demand that would normally not have been there, simply due to the perception that the foreign currency is cheap.

It is now profitable to import products rather than producing and sourcing locally due to the exchange rate distortions that have emerged from the auction market.

The same phenomenon is being observed at the bureaus de change with artificial demand for foreign currency both for local use (the US$50s) as well as for travel allowances (US$500) now being the norm.

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa came face to face with the plight of suffering citizens in Masvingo Province.

President Chamisa is in Masvingo this week for stakeholder meetings and consultations.

See statement below:

I’M so energized by the solid support here as I continue this Communities & Citizens Interface, a tour of rural parts of Zimbabwe…

I had meetings in Chivi,Ngundu,Mwenezi,Chingwizi & Rutenga.Zpf tried disrupting but failed.

I saw how the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.

Kungwavhangwavha. Life is really hard. Poverty in communities is real.

The message is resoundingly #NgaapindeHakeMukomana. Thank you Zimbabwe! #Godisinit

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By A Correspondent- A 17 year old boy from Beatrice is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his brother-in-law to death with a spear for divorcing his sister.

Police sources told The Mirror that the juvenile fled after stabbing Steven Mandizvidza (35) of New stands Glen Norah. Mandizvidza had an altercation with his ex-wife who is the juvenile’s sister.

Mash East assistant Police spokesperson, Misheck Denhere confirmed the incident to The Mirror.

On September 29, 2021, Mandizvidza together with his friend visited his former wife to see his daughter. Upon arrival, the two had a heated argument over their divorce process and this degenerated into a fight.

The boy tried in vain to refrain Mandizvidza from beating his sister. But deceased charged at the young brother and a fistfight ensued. The boy then ran into the house and came back with a spear which he used to stab his brother-in-law in the neck.

Mandizvidza who bled profusely was taken to Marondera General Hospital by a neighbour where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The matter was reported at ZRP Beatrice.

– Mirror

By A Correspondent | The MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa must invite ZANU PF hardliners into a power sharing convergence, otherwise his movement will fall flat, UK based lawyer, Lloyd Msipa has said.

Msipa, who is a founding member of former minister Nkosana Moyo’s APPA party, said Chamisa must create a model that has a power sharing with former ZANU PF cadres.

As Zimbabwe readies for the 2023 polls, Msipa’s comments come after other G40 members called for the same. Said Msipa, ” in the absence of a big tent approach that incorporates key former ZANU PF cadres ahead of 2023, the Citizen Convergence model will fall flat on its face.

“Penetrating rural electorate requires unity of purpose across political divide.

“It shouldn’t be so, but that is our reality!”

https://twitter.com/Agrippa98650321/status/1448011970049892364?t=sx4l2VMsBkKtcOooGUfm7g&s=19

https://twitter.com/Agrippa98650321/status/1448011970049892364?t=sx4l2VMsBkKtcOooGUfm7g&s=19

By A Correspondent- Zanu Pf has given thumbs up to the violence against opposition MDC Alliance by its own party stalwarts in Masvingo adding that the people who stoned President Nelson Chamisa’s convoy and injured several MDC Alliance stalwarts did so within the confines of the law.

Said Zanu Pf in a tweet:

Well done Masvingo villagers

The villagers who demonstrated against @nelsonchamisa in Masvingo did so within the confines of law. Chamisa represents a violent organization which called for sanctions. Villagers were not violent. Chamisa is not immune from demos.

Well done Masvingo villagers‼️

The villagers who demonstrated against @nelsonchamisa in Masvingo did so within the confines of law.

Chamisa represents a violent organization which called for sanctions.

Villagers were not violent.

Chamisa is not immune from demos. pic.twitter.com/X187HNYSur

— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) October 12, 2021

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has published the timetable for the 2021 Grade 7 examinations.

The exams will start on 29 November, with students sitting for the English Paper 1 examination.

The final examination will be written on Friday 10 December 2021 when students sit for Social Science Paper 2.

Below is the Grade 7 timetable.

EXAMINATION DATE	MORNING SESSION	SUBJECT/PAPER	AFTERNOON SESSION	SUBJECT/PAPER
MONDAY 29 NOVEMBER	9.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. (1hr 30mins)	7010/1 English 1
TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER	9.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m. (2hrs)	7020/1 Mathematics 1
WEDNESDAY 01 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. (1hr 30mins)	7040/1 Shona 1 7060/1 Ndebele 1 7080/1 Nambya 1 7100/1 Xichangana 1 7070/1 Tonga 1 7120/1 Sesotho 1 7110/1 Kalanga 1 7090/1 Tshivenda 1 A	2.00pm-4.00pm (2hrs)	7130/1 Physical Education & Arts 1
THURSDAY 2 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. 10.45 a.m. (1hr 45mins)	7050/1 Social Science 1
FRIDAY 03 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. (1hr 45 mins)	7030/1 Agriculture Science & Technology 1
MONDAY 06 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. (1hr 30mins)	7030/2 Agriculture Science & Technology 2
TUESDAY 07 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. 10.45 a.m. (1hr 45mins)	7040/2 Shona 2 7060/2 Ndebele 2 7070/2 Tonga 2 7120/2 Sesotho 2 7080/2 Nambya 2 7110/2 Kalanga 2 7100/2 Xichangana 2 7090/2 Tshivenda 2
WEDNESDAY 08 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m. (2hrs)	7020/2 Mathematics 2
THURSDAY 09 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. (1hr 45mins)	7010/2 English 2
FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER	9.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. (1hr 30mins)	7050/2 Social Science 2

By A Correspondent- Oliver Mtukudzi’s company, Tuku Music and Promotions, has reportedly been fined $35 000 for failing to submit tax returns to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra).

The late music icon’s company is alleged to have failed to pay income tax returns and value-added tax to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority.

Tuku Music Promotions which is represented by Oliver Mtukudzi’s daughter Samantha Mtukudzi appeared in court recently.

According to reports reaching iHarare, the company is alleged to have failed to submit tax returns from July 2019 to December 2020.

However, fans of the late icon are not so pleased with the fact that Zimra is going after Oliver Mtukudzi’s estate. They called on Zimra to let Oliver Mtukudzi rest in peace.

Here are some of the reactions;stylishdapper

Zimra ndoimwe yakungotsvagawo mari nepasipo. Let the man restchristopher.zw

Shame vanodarirei nhereramashazhusharon

Kuba kuri pachena tax invasion yechii vakadii kizviita arimupenyu nxaa mbavha idzi

Meanwhile, on another note, Samantha recently approached the courts to revise the terms of her elongated divorce wrangle with her retired footballer estranged husband,  Tinashe Nengomasha.

She filed a second application for divorce from her husband

This comes after she initially approached the courts in December 2019 filing for divorce.

According to the amended summons filed before the courts, Samantha said her marriage to Nengomasha has irretrievably broken down to the extent that there are no prospects of restoration since both parties have lost love and affection for each other.

By A Correspondent- Marry Mubaiwa is at a serious risk of having at least one of her arms amputated after failing to get the medical care she needs to treat her lymphoedema, a court heard on Tuesday.

The Harare Magistrates Court was told this as the 40-year-old estranged wife of vice president Constantino Chiwenga asked for the postponement of her trial for allegedly forging a marriage certificate.

Her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said she was in no condition to stand trial, pointing to heavy medicines she is taking which she said were compromising her mental health.

She said Mubaiwa had been blocked from accessing specialist treatment in South Africa and because of that her condition had continued deteriorating.

“She may end up being amputated because none of the medication she is receiving is working well,” Mtetwa said.

Mtetwa said Mubaiwa – who is also facing a string of other charges including assault, fraud, money laundering and the attempted murder of Chiwenga – underwent a skin grafting procedure three weeks ago to repair tissue damage on her arms.

The trial was scheduled to start before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube, but it was temporarily torpedoed by Mubaiwa’s application for a postponement.

Justice George Chiweshe of the Supreme Court was lined up to be the first state witness in the fraud and forgery case, but he was excused and told he would be summoned when a new trial date is set.

Mtetwa called a doctor who filed Mubaiwa’s medical report to the witness stand to explain her condition.

Dr Simukai Machawira, a cardiovascular surgeon at Parirenyatwa Hospital, said when the clinical director asked him to see Mubaiwa, she had “impaired lymphatic return which was causing her limbs to swell.”

Muchawira said the former model is currently on six mental variation medication.

She has painful upper limbs, migraine headaches, lower back ache for the past two years and collapses frequently. Mubaiwa also has stiffness on her left hand such that “the fingers no longer open.”

Machawira said the first type of medicine modifies the sensation in her numb hand.

Mtetwa said her research shows that the medicine is used together with other painkillers of a strong kind.

Mubaiwa, according to the doctor, also uses stop pain, migraine pain relievers which also work as antidepressants, sleeping tablets or sedatives, cleanser or detox, and pills that lower her blood pressure.

Her condition causes pain and has to be relieved by the medication.

Machawira said finger deformity is a consequence of capacity gaps in her treatment locally. Mubaiwa’s application to be treated in South Africa was refused by a court, and her legal team blames Chiwenga for interfering with the legal processes.

The doctor said injuries to the nerves were causing Mubaiwa’s limbs to be painful.

Mtetwa asked if the medication rendered her mentally unfit for trial.

“It may alter mental status… but someone who does mental examination may be able to make that determination,” the doctor said.

“A lot of patients are put on medication to control or assist them mentally to cope with pain or stress and as a result they are able to carry their normal day-to-day activities… but I’m not qualified to comment on mental examinations.”

Machawira said when he was talking to her she responded well. He said some patients develop tolerance. He however insisted he could not comment on her mental health, adding: “It’s beyond my expertise to comment on that.”

Prosecutor Michael Reza is challenging the application to delay the trial. Reza said it was “strange” that Mubaiwa, the daughter of former Dynamos chairman Kenny Mubaiwa, was only raising issues of mental health problems now.

“This is a classic case of an afterthought,” Reza said.

Machawira said it was possible she overlooked that and concentrated on her physical injuries.

Reza insisted that Mubaiwa, who is going through an acrimonious divorce from Chiwenga, should have told the doctor about her mental state in the first place.

The prosecutor also said Mubaiwa takes the medication at night which means that when she wakes up she is stable and normal.

Mtetwa, giving her closing submissions, said that one has to be mentally fit in order to stand trial. She said Dr Muchawira’s report did not seek to ascertain her mental state to stand trial, but it does not mean that she is well.

“We pray that you postpone the matter so that she is examined by an expert who will look at her mental health, drugs, dosages she is taking and therefore be able to place before the court whether or not she is in a fit mental state to stand trial,” she pleaded.

Mtetwa said that Chiwenga was the complainant “should not play a role in the cases she is facing”, adding: “Justice must prevail, the trial must commence when she is able to stand it. That is all she is asking for. Fairness.”

The magistrate will make a ruling on Friday.

Mubaiwa is accused of approaching then Judge President George Chiweshe and misrepresenting that she and Chiwenga had agreed to wed under the Marriage Act at a ceremony on July 2, 2019, at their home at 614 Nick Price Drive, Borrowdale Brooke, Harare.

She allegedly submitted copies of national identity documents of both of them to Justice Chiweshe, who then contacted Acting Chief Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi to look for a magistrate to solemnise the marriage.

Mutevedzi, being the highest ranking marriage officer in the judiciary, took up the task personally.

He noticed that the couple had not submitted passport size photos and their addresses, before contacting JSC Acting Secretary Walter Chikwana, who in turn contacted Mubaiwa, who submitted all the missing documents.

Mutevedzi then prepared registration forms and the marriage certificate before the ceremony, but when he went to the Borrowdale Brooke address to solemnise the marriage, he was denied access.

Investigations revealed that an order for two diamond rings had already been placed with a jewellery shop at Newlands, Harare, in preparation for the wedding.

Prosecutors allege that Mubaiwa was trying to force through a marriage without Chiwenga’s consent. Chiwenga was reportedly ill at the time.-ZimLive

By A Correspondent- A handful of Zanu PF’s rented crowds was this morning outsmarted and left singing and chanting at the wrong venue in Zaka.

The few Zanu Pf supporters were chanting and holding placards at a Zaka residence in anticipation of the arrival of MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.

However, Chamisa was in no show and was already addressing somewhere.

This was revealed by the Masvingo MDC A Youth Assembly.

Said the MDC Alliance:

WE REMAIN IN CHARGE A handful of rented crowd outnumbered @ Senator Marava’s residence in Zaka. @PoliceZimbabwe and @ZANUPF_Official sings at the wrong venue, the Ppls president @nelsonchamisa is already addressing somewhere. #DECOY ~POLITICAL PRAXIS 101 @mdczimbabwe @daddyhope

https://twitter.com/MdcaYth/status/1448191910745624577?s=20

In a related development, the MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba scoffed at the rented crowds and said vaneta meaning they are tired.

Vaneta! pic.twitter.com/eyAyvytmqi

— Gift Ostallos Siziba (@Cde_Ostallos) October 13, 2021

Yesterday, a convoy leading President Chamisa’s motorcade was attacked by Zanu Pf stalwarts and left severely damaged while several MDC Alliance were also stoned and left nursing injuries.

Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Zanu PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa said Chamisa, who is currently undertaking community interface meetings around the country as he mobilises support ahead of the 2023 elections, was entirely to blame.

Zanu PF accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Chamisa of provoking its supporters to attack him and his team by “trying to impose his views and trying to address disinterested Zanu PF supporters”.

It is alleged that the ruling party supporters, who were chanting slogans, were accompanied by the police.

“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 at a private residence, how the villagers acquired the neatly printed placards or what they were doing, uninvited, at MDC Alliance gatherings.

He also claimed that Chamisa and his entourage fired guns into the air to try and scare away Zanu PF supporters.

“I hear the opposition leader and his bodyguards fired shots in the air,” Chinamasa said.

“You know the last time we heard shots in the air was during the liberation struggle, now if there is anything that can agitate people and make them angry, is trying to demonstrate your power through firing a gun.

“You must expect the consequences; you are basically asking people to defend themselves.”

Chinamasa also claimed some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were receiving funding from the West to topple the government and the party will soon be issuing a directive to party supporters to shun them.

“So, we will be writing a directive mentioning the NGOs that are proxies of countries wanting to topple the Zanu PF government,” Chinamasa said.

“We will tell our supporters, don’t have anything to do with those people, don’t associate with those people, they are no good, they are going to bring misery to you.”

Information Ministry secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana and Zanu PF director of information Tafadzwa Mugwadi thanked the people of Masvingo for attacking and blocking Chamisa’s convoy.

They accused the MDC Alliance of stage-managing the attacks in order to draw the attention of the United Nations Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan who is scheduled to visit Zimbabwe to assess the impact of sanctions on the country from October 18 to 28.

“We are in the event of #COP26 and the special rapporteurs’ engagement is about to happen. Do you know what else has started? The Dramas,” Mangwana tweeted. “We are tired of the @mdczimbabwe provocations aimed at setting the agenda and stage for the coming UN Rapporteur on sanctions…,” Mugwadi also tweeted.

Yesterday, the MDC Alliance tweeted:

“Excessive roadblocks have been mounted in Masvingo following the arrival of president Chamisa. Police Zimbabwe are conducting illegal stop and search operations. They say they are looking for weapons.”

In a statement, MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said the arrival of Chamisa in Masvingo province saw ruling party supporters turn the area into a warzone.

“This political violence is unconstitutional; it violates our political rights enshrined in section 67 of the Constitution, and causes extreme concern,” Mahere said. -Newsday

Zanu Pf yesterday applauded own party stalwarts for the violence against opposition MDC Alliance in Masvingo adding that the people who stoned President Chamisa’s convoy and injured several MDC Alliance stalwarts did so within the confines of the law.

Said Zanu Pf in a tweet:

Well done Masvingo villagers

The villagers who demonstrated against @nelsonchamisa in Masvingo did so within the confines of law. Chamisa represents a violent organization which called for sanctions. Villagers were not violent. Chamisa is not immune from demos.

Well done Masvingo villagers‼️

The villagers who demonstrated against @nelsonchamisa in Masvingo did so within the confines of law.

Chamisa represents a violent organization which called for sanctions.

Villagers were not violent.

Chamisa is not immune from demos. pic.twitter.com/X187HNYSur

— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) October 12, 2021

More details follow ……

By A Correspondent- Makoni Central constituency legislator, David Tekeshe (MDC Alliance), was awarded six cattle by a traditional leader as compensation after opposition political activists barred him from addressing mourners at a funeral.

Teddy Chipere (44) and Talent Hare (38), both of Vengere, and four other MDC-A activists were recently fined a beast and a goat each by Chief Makoni for chasing away MrTekeshe from the same funeral.

Chief Makoni ruled that it was taboo for strangers to chase away mourners as it was tantamount to accusing Tekeshe of causing the deceased’s death.

Tekeshe was awarded the six beasts, while the six goats were meant for the chief’s court.

The activists have since appealed against the chief’s ruling at the Rusape Civil Court, and the matter is yet to be heard.

Meanwhile, Tekeshe filed a police report against Chipere and Hare for allegedly blocking him from giving graveyard eulogies at a party member’s funeral despite being accorded the opportunity to do so by the deceased’s family members.

The duo appeared before Rusape magistrate Annie Ndiraya last week on Tuesday facing allegations of promoting public violence.

They entered a plea of not guilty and were expected back in court on 12 October for trial.

Public prosecutor, Innocent Mwoyondizvo, told the court that Chipere and Hare denied Tekeshe a chance to address mourners, saying they did not recognise him as a Member of the National Assembly since he was not from their party.

Said Mwonyondizvo:

On January 13, 2021, at Silverbow Cemetery, Chipere and Hare were among other mourners who were burying a fellow party member.

The Member of National Assembly for Makoni Central, Mr David Tekeshe, was given the floor to make a speech and the two accused persons barred him from proceeding.

They argued that they did not recognise him as their representative.

They started chanting a song: “Taramba kupihwa order nemasaskum”, [we won’t be given orders by imbeciles] denigrating him. Other mourners joined them, thereby breaching the peace.

By A Correspondent- Judgement is expected to be delivered on Friday in a matter in which a senior police officer, Inspector Elias Mawomba (47), is accused of conniving with a subordinate to divert for personal benefit, two vehicles carrying smuggled goods.

Insp Mawomba was assigned to escort two vehicles that had been impounded carrying smuggled goods but he allegedly connived with a subordinate and the drivers to offload part of the smuggled goods in a bushy area near the Zinwa water treatment pump.

Insp Mawomba and his subordinate, Assistant Inspector Dickson Siakwimbi, were deployed to Beitbridge to conduct security and anti-smuggling duties at the country’s border with South Africa under operation “No to Cross-border Crimes’’.

They denied the charges of criminal abuse of office and theft when the trial opened before Beitbridge regional magistrate Mr Innocent Bepura.

Judgment is expected on October 15.

Prosecuting, Mr Cloudios Karinga, said on July 18, security forces attached to the same operation with Insp Mawomba intercepted two vehicles that were carrying an assortment of smuggled goods.

The goods included 250 boxes of MAQ washing powder and 57 boxes (of 12 by 400ml) Nivea body lotion creams at Panda Mine security checkpoint some 60km east of Beitbridge town.

The vehicles, a silver Toyota Hiace (AFH 6568) was being driven by Christopher Mashura while the other one, a green Toyota Hiace (ACU 4824) panel van was being driven by Last Muvimi.

Mr Karinga said the vehicles were taken to Beitbridge Police Station.

He said the following day, Insp Mawomba and Asst Insp Siakwimbi were assigned by their commanders to escort the two vehicles to offload the goods at Beitbridge Border Post for evaluation and further customs management.

The court heard that along the way, the two police officers connived with the drivers of the two vehicles to offload part of the smuggled goods in a bushy area near the Zinwa water treatment pump.

They ran out of luck when some members of the public who spotted them informed border security officials. A security team that reacted swiftly found the accused persons and their accomplices still offloading boxes of washing powder and body lotion.

The team discovered that 175 boxes of washing powder and 53 boxes of body lotion had been offloaded from the two cars, which they in turn recovered.

Insp Mawomba was immediately arrested while Siakwimbi disappeared from the scene but was later arrested.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Zanu Pf has given thumbs up to the violence against opposition MDC Alliance by its own party stalwarts in Masvingo adding that the people who stoned President Nelson Chamisa’s convoy and injured several MDC Alliance stalwarts did so within the confines of the law.

Said Zanu Pf in a tweet:

Well done Masvingo villagers

The villagers who demonstrated against @nelsonchamisa in Masvingo did so within the confines of law. Chamisa represents a violent organization which called for sanctions. Villagers were not violent. Chamisa is not immune from demos.

Well done Masvingo villagers‼️

The villagers who demonstrated against @nelsonchamisa in Masvingo did so within the confines of law.

Chamisa represents a violent organization which called for sanctions.

Villagers were not violent.

Chamisa is not immune from demos. pic.twitter.com/X187HNYSur

— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) October 12, 2021