By A Correspondent- Lovers in Bulawayo have now resorted to bush s_x as they fail to book lodges that have raised their charges.
A survey carried out by NewZimbabwe.com this week in the city revealed that most lodges where people book to engage in sex had increased their charges.
Scores of clients at a famous lodge in Khumalo, a low-density suburb in the city, were this week left stranded after the owner increased charges for its rooms from US$5 to US$10 for an occupation of three hours.
“I come here often with my partner with the intention of relaxing, but I have been told that the prices have gone up. Whenever, I come here I used to pay US$5 and now they are charging US$10 for the service,” a regular client, who asked not be named, said.
Another male client said he was also shocked to learn the prices at the lodge had gone up after going there with his girlfriend to “relax”.
“Just before the (Zimbabwe International) Trade Fair, the price at this place was still US$5 per three hours. I am told prices went during the trade fair period and since then they have not been reduced. Since I am a regular client, the owners of the lodge should have informed us in advance,” he said.
The trade fair was held in Bulawayo, two weeks ago with thousands of people from outside the city converging for the week-long event.
A NewZimbabwe.com survey at other lodges also revealed prices had gone up leaving most residents seeking their services stranded.
One lodge along the Harare road has also increased its charges from US$2 to US$3 per hour while another one situated along Josiah Tongogara is now charging US$2 up from US$1 per hour.
“These days I would now rather make love in the car than pay at these expensive lodges. Surely, what has necessitated these increases when the US dollar is actually gaining strength?” one frustrated man said.
Following the increases, most two-timing men and women have resorted in risking their lives by engaging in sexual activities secluded areas.
Last month, a David Livingstone High School headmaster in Ntabazinduna, Vusumuzi Nkiwane was stabbed and robbed of a truck and cash while romping with his lover in a vehicle in the bushy area the United College of Education (UCE).
A popular Bulawayo prophet was also recently robbed while having sex in his car in a bush.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police said it had intercepted 68 cross border buses and arrested 10 000 people for committing various cross border-related crimes since September.
The buses were intercepted on major highways from Beitbridge town leading to Bulawayo, Harare, and other urban centres.
The 10 000 arrested people were smugglers shipping goods through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, which they then load in buses heading to various towns and cities across the country.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi could not be reached for comment yesterday.
However, one border security official said the buses were being intercepted at the police checkpoints and the Beitbridge Border Post. The official said in the last three days three buses were intercepted along the road leading to Harare carrying an assortment of undeclared goods.
“We have taken the buses to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority for import duty calculations. One of the buses, Mulaudzi Transport, was intercepted at the Chicago checkpoint loaded with various goods we believe had been smuggled.
The bus was half-full with the goods, mainly bales of new clothes, and its trailer was also loaded to full capacity. The other two are Graca Luxury Coaches and Vuki,” said the official who refused to be named.
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe leads on mental health cases among workers, with the majority suffering depression due to paltry salaries that cannot sustain them in an inflationary environment, research has established.
A year-long research conducted by Zimbabwe Industrial Psychology Consultants (IPC) showed that over 40% of organisations in the country have seen an increase in reported mental health problems due to anxiety and depression mainly caused by slave wages.
IPC made the claims during a three day conference held by the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) in Harare between Wednesday and Friday.
The research also concluded that men were the majority of those suffering from mental health.
“Mental ill health experienced by the Zimbabwean workforce is much higher than what has been observed in other countries,” IPC said.
“About 55% of the respondents indicated that their mental wellbeing problems were due to poor remuneration, 25% from pressure of work, 10% from nepotism, 5% from racism and the remaining 5% from Zimbabwe’s current economic situation.”
A volatile economic environment in the country since the turn of the century has been a major cause of concern among Zimbabwean workers.
The closure of companies over the past two decades has also increased anxiety among workers, who fear losing their sources of income.
Workers with mental health problems have often been known for performing below their ability.
“Some have failed to control their lives because of feelings of hopelessness and this makes them feel worthless,” IPC said.
“Out of the 77 participants in the study, the findings revealed that 47 men never bothered to seek assistance, while 10 men sometimes sought assistance. However, 16 women never bothered to seek assistance, while only four women sometimes sought assistance.”
The director of the department of labour, Langton Ngorima, said most mental health problems were related to violence and harassment in the workplace that took physical, psychological and sexual forms.
“There are three dynamics in workplaces that are causing violence and harassment in offices. Some happen horizontally and this is between co-workers, some happen vertically and this is between supervisors and lastly, some are occurring through third parties and these are clients, customers or patients,” Ngorima said.
He said the majority of the victims that were suffering from mental illness due to violence and harassment were interns.
Ngorima said students, mostly female, ended up being preyed on because companies did not pay them and they do not have transport money. They have nowhere to report to because they also fear their internship being terminated.
“Most of the students do not have money for transport, money for lunch or various luxuries and, therefore, they are suffering because of that,” he said.
Sacrifice Chirisa, deputy director in the Health and Child Care ministry, said mental health programmes were missing in most corporate wellness programmes, because they were costly to most companies.
“Healthy working environments are key to maintaining a healthy and safe employee,” he said.-standard
By A Correspondent- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is expected in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) today, where he is leading a high-level Government delegation to the Global Business Forum Africa slated for Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The forum is being held on the sidelines of the ongoing Expo 2020 Dubai.
Zimbabwe is one of the 191 countries taking part at the six-months long global exhibition, which kicked off on October 1, 2021 and runs until March 31 next year.
The exhibition is being held under the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”.
More than 25 million visitors are expected to arrive for what is probably one of the biggest global showcases that explore trade, investment and business partnerships across sectors and economies.
Expo 2020 Dubai commissioner-general Ambassador Mary Mubi told The Sunday Mail Business that the Vice President was scheduled to arrive in Dubai today.
“The Vice President (Constantino Chiwenga) is coming for the Global Business Forum Africa, which is being organised within the context of Expo 2020 Dubai; it is a side event of the Expo.
“The Dubai Chamber of Commerce (which is organising the forum) is quite a critical partner of the host country (UAE), as it organises this expo. They are having a number of activities with various regional organisations and one of them is Africa, obviously,” said Ambassador Mubi.
“So, this event is about looking at opportunities, trade and investment and what the challenges are in Africa; to say what are the opportunities in this region to partner with African countries?
“We have the Vice President (Constantino Chiwenga) and a number of key (Government) ministers who are coming (to Dubai) and are going to attend this (Global Business) Forum Africa.”
The forum is envisaged to bring the trade and investment community back together to explore bilateral trade opportunities between Dubai and Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Ambassador Mubi said there had been huge interest in Zimbabwe from expo visitors and potential investors.
The country is exhibiting under the theme “Zimbabwe, A Land of Great Opportunities”, which has been developed from the many themes available for participating countries at the event.
Although it was initially pencilled in for 2020, the expo had to be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Many businesspeople are reportedly making enquiries in mining, horticulture and tourism, among others.
Zimbabwe’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai has been divided into four zones: history and culture; opportunities; human capital; and the future, which looks at aspirations and Vision 2030.
It is believed that the country has devised a well thought-out strategy and programme to derive maximum benefits from its participation at this year’s event.
Zimbabwe, Ambassador Mubi added, would be sharing its rich and proud history with the world.
Other sections of the pavilion look at opportunities in mining, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure. During the six-months long Expo 2020 Dubai, Zimbabwe would organise events to highlight opportunities across various sectors.
According to Ambassador Mubi, while the country already had a pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, it would also arrange specific events for key sectors to highlight and promote trade and investment opportunities. Key sectors will, therefore, be mobilised to develop a calendar of events, where they will have any opportunity to pitch their investment opportunities.
By Nomusa Garikai- ”We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms,” said Douglas Mwonzora, leader of MDC – T.
“That government has not allowed reforms over some years is not a good enough reason to explain why we should not insist on them. We shall not give up until there are reforms which guarantee secrecy of the vote and security of both the vote and the voter.”
Participating in flawed and illegal elections to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy is insane, the more so after 41 years of rigged elections in this day and age.
So after decades of telling Douglas Mwonzora and his friends in Zimbabwe’s opposition camp of the sheer folly of participating in flawed and illegal elections; it was refreshing to hear the penny had finally dropped. The announcement was a bolt out of the clear sky – or was it!
The question one has to ask is; “Is this Mwonzora and company Damascus Christophany moment?” The doubting Thomas in me cannot resist the follow up question: “Why now?”
The people of Zimbabwe have risk life and limb to elect MDC leaders into power on the understanding the party would implementing the democratic changes to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. And yet after 22 years of MDC on the political centre stage, 5 of which in the 2008 to 2013 GNU, the party has failed to implement even one token democratic reform. Not even one!
During the 2008 to 2013 GNU, it was up to MDC leaders themselves to propose and implement the democratic reforms; they did not need to ask Zanu PF to do it. SADC leaders, who were the guarantor of the Global Political Agreement that gave birth to the GNU, nagged Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends to implement the reforms but all to no account.
SADC leaders literally begged MDC leaders not to participate in the elections with no reforms in place but once again Tsvangirai and company paid no heed.
By participating in these flawed and illegal elections MDC leaders were undermining the work of those demanding free, fair and credible elections; Zanu PF was able to point to the participating opposition as proof Zimbabwe had a healthy and functioning multi-party democracy. Why otherwise, would so many opposition parties participate in the elections if the process was flawed, Zanu PF argued.
What makes MDC leaders’ betrayal, first the failure to implement the reforms and then participating in flawed to give Zanu PF legitimacy, particularly obnoxious; is that they clearly knew exactly what they were doing.
“The worst aspect for me about the failure to agree a coalition was that both MDCs couldn’t now do the obvious – withdraw from the (2013) elections,” confessed David Coltart, MDC A Treasurer General, in his Book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe.
“The electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility.”
Four of the main MDC factions plus three other opposition parties did come together to form the MDC Alliance (MDC A) just before the 2018 elections. They went on to participate in that year’s elections, there was no talk of boycotting the elections, for the same reason they all participated in 2013 – greed.
So the answer to why Mwonzora and company are finally talking of boycotting 2023 elections is clear – they are fearful their MDC -T faction will lose the fight for the few gravy train seats to the MDC A just as Thokozani Khupe, who led MDC -T did in the 2018 elections.
Greed had blinded Mwonzora and company to participate in the elections in the past. Now that there is a real possibility they would not win any of the few gravy train seats on offer, they finally see the folly of participating in the flawed and illegal 2023 elections.
Mwonzora and company are now demanding reforms before the 2023 elections not because of some epithany of enlightenment of the sheer insanity of participating in flawed elections to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy. When they realised they would not win any of the few gravy train seats on offer the scales born out of greed that had blinded them finally fall off and common sense prevailed.
In 2014 all the MDC leaders, including Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti, David Coltart, etc., endorse the “No reform, no elections!” MDC-T party resolution only to abandon it the following years. If Mwonzora and company’s chances of winning any seats in the 2023 elections were to improve, they will once again forget the demand for reforms and participate in the elections.
By A Correspondent- Spokesperson of Zambia’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), Joseph Kalimbwe last week visited Harare briefly before returning to his homeland but not before he received multiple death threats on social media platforms.
Last week the 28-year-old announced on Twitter that he was in Harare, Zimbabwe, and this seemingly did not go down well with some Zimbabweans who threatened him with physical harm.
In a tweet this Sunday, Kalimbwe said:
I left Harare friends. The comments of life threats on social media from users after tweeting about briefly being in the city are severe.
We’re one Africa who must be free to visit in any land. Perhaps, we will visit friends after 2023, it’s just 50 Minutes away from Lusaka.
The UPND is seen as close to Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the MDC Alliance after inviting its leaders, Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti and other opposition figures in the region to Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema’s inauguration.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba recently attacked Hichilema as a “sellout”.
By A Correspondent- Underfire Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has struck a defiant tone after fierce criticism over his 50th birthday bash in Harare where he invited top performers from South Africa.
The top civil servant slipped into the vortex of a big storm on Friday after video clips emerged of him showing off his fortune and pledging to multiply by five the money that had been agreed for Louis Mhlanga, the South African based superstar to perform at the decorated bash.
Zimbabweans, frustrated by high level corruption and plunder by politicians and their cronies, linked the decorated flamboyance by Guvamatanga to his powerful position as finance director of the country.
In a no holds barred interview with The Standard, Guvamatanga, a former managing director of Barclays Bank Zimbabwe before it was taken over by AMB Capital in 2017, reminded his adversaries that he spent 30 years with the international lender, earning millions.
Millions more were paid out as packages when he left the bank, now rebranded to Capital Bank, in 2017 after an attempt to take it over flopped.
Barclay Plc, which was divesting out of several African markets, settled for the Malawi headquartered AMB Capital, instead of a consortium of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed bank’s management, which was led by Guvamatanga.
He was then invited to join government following the coup that brought down strongman, Robert Mugabe in November 2017.
Guvamatanga’s huge fortune is in addition to a thriving cattle herd being reared over swathes of prime land at his farm, which he said generates not less than US$1,2 million a year.
Apparently, planning for the expensive birthday feast had begun last year, when the top civil servant was caught up in the Covid-19 rage.
He spent many days under artificial oxygen after contracting the disease during the first few months, as the pandemic tore through regions, threatening lives, destroying economies and leaving a trail of destruction.
“First of all, let me put things into context,” Guvamatanga said by phone from Victoria Falls yesterday.
“The issue of saying the artistes were paid more is not correct.
“The clip was quoted out of context.
“I was saying to Louis Mhlanga, one of Zimbabwe’s most decorated musicians that if I had the money, I would have paid five times more than we agreed.
“It was a tribute to Louis Mhlanga.
“You know that I cannot take foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and spend it like this.
“I worked for a big international bank for 30 years and I was paid in offshore accounts.
“There are millions in that account.
“Others avoid paying taxes when they are paid through offshore accounts, but Barclays was strict.
“And if you ask Zimra (Zimbabwe Revenue Authority) they will tell you that I was one of the biggest taxpayers during my stint at Barclays Bank.
“I paid between US$2 million and US$3 million in taxes, the records are there.
“Now, if I paid US$3 million, ndakasara nemarii? (How much remained in my account?).
“My package at Barclays, including my bonus was US$3 million.
“It is all above board, I have a known offshore account, and have interests across most sectors of the economy, from insurance to agriculture to distribution and others.
“I will need to take you to my farm, I have 1 200 cattle.
“My business interest and wealth are known and everything has been declared.
“I cannot pretend to be poor.
“Most of my cattle fetch not less than US$2 500 (each), and I sell 500 cattle per annum.
“So why can’t I celebrate life?”
He added: “I planned for this party after my near-death experience with Covid-19.
“So, what I am doing is celebrating the life.
“I can’t stop my wife and children from organising the party because they said when you reach 50 years; we will need to celebrate because of what happened.
“I cannot pretend to be poor to make people happy.
“I am not poor.
“I am so surprised that people are judging me with the three years that I have been a civil servant, instead of the 30 years that I worked for Barclays.
“I am doing national service in government.
“I have a trust that is paying the bills for a cancer patient, an amount more than what was paid to the artists.
“And I have a maid who I have stayed with for many years, and I bought her a house,” Guvamatanga added.
He said before settling for Mhlanga, he had first hired superstar, Mukudzei (Jah Prayzah) Mukombe as the main act at the decorated event.
Reports said at the weekend, adversaries to the former G40 political clique forced Guvamatanga to draft the superstar, who last months courted controversy after performing at a Cape Town birthday bash organized by former strongman Robert Mugabe’s son in law, Adam Molai.
But Guvamatanga said a few hitches led him to drop Jah.
“Yes, I invited Jah Prayzah, he was supposed to be the main act.
“But there were complications on the management side. I had already paid him a deposit.”
South Africa’s pop stars Mafikizolo and Makhadzi played along Mhlanga at the bash.-standard
By A Correspondent- Police have arrested Thubelithle Khoshow (26) in connection with cases of Murder and Rape which occurred on October 9 at around 0300 hours at Stone Clare, Redcliff, Kwekwe.
Thubelihle who is alleged to be mentally challenged went berserk and killed six congregants while injuring some at a shrine in Rutendo.
According to information shared by National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the man is believed to have stormed a night virgil at the shrine, brutally attacking some of the congregants. Reasons for the attack were yet to be established.
“The ZRP reports that a 26-year-old man stabbed six people to death and injured four others on 9/10/21 at around 0300 hrs at Stoneclere, Rutendo suburb in Redcliff, after a suspected mental illness while attending an all-night prayer at a local apostolic shrine,” Ass Comm Nyathi said.
On the said date, the suspect who is a member of the Johane Masowe sect became mentally disturbed and acted violently whilst at his residential place at Stone Clare, Redcliff, Kwekwe. As a result, he was ferried by his aunt to the church’s shrine for prayers.
Whilst at the shrine, the suspect became violent and began to uproot trees as well as pushing stationery vehicles. The church congregants managed to subdue him and tied him with some ropes.
In the morning, whilst other church members were still asleep, the suspect woke up and freed himself. He got into his vehicle and drove to his house where he did not find his wife.
The suspect armed himself with three spears, a kitchen knife as well as an axe, went to his uncle’s home where he smashed the front dining room door using an unknown object and gained entry into the house.
His uncle and other family members escaped through the bedroom window leaving four children and two cousins sleeping in the dining room.
They later returned to their house and found their children lying unconscious with multiple stab wounds. As a result, they sought refuge at a police officer’s house who live nearby.
The suspect followed them to the police officer’s house where he stabbed the police officer on the back with a spear.
He further seriously injured three other people and fatally stabbed a 33-year-old man.
The suspect returned to his residence and stabbed to death two female adults aged 56 and 85 before raping his uncle’s wife.
The injured were referred to Kwekwe General Hospital where three juveniles aged 7,3 and 7 months died on admission.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges members of the public to cautiously treat any violent person in their communities and urgently report any such violent people to their nearest police stations.
By A Correspondent- A man from Redcliff in the Midlands province went berserk and fatally stabbed six people, including three babies aged between three and seven months old in a pre-dawn rampage that started during an Apostolic sect night prayer meeting.
The incident took place early yesterday morning at about 3am at Stone Clair, Rutendo suburb. The man, suspected to be mentally unstable, allegedly ran amok during the church all-night vigil, uprooting trees before going into the community where he was knocking at doors and when occupants opened, he then stabbed his victims with a spear. National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and said investigations were underway. He said the police have arrested Thubelihle Khoshow (26) who is a member of the Johane Masowe sect in connection with the incident. Asst Comm Nyathi said it is believed Khoshow became mentally disturbed and was taken to the church shrine for prayers.
“While at the shrine, the suspect became violent and began uprooting trees as well as pushing stationary vehicles. The church congregates managed to subdue him and tied him with some ropes,” he said. Asst Comm Nyathi said in the early hours of the morning while other church members were asleep, the man woke up and freed himself. He got into his vehicle and drove to the house where he did not find his wife. “The suspect armed himself with three spears, kitchen knife as well as an axe, went to his uncle’s home where he smashed the front door using unknown object and gained entry into the house.”
Asst Comm Nyathi said his uncle and family members escaped through the window leaving four children and two cousins sleeping in the dining room. “They later returned to their house and found their children lying unconscious with multiple stab wounds. As a result they sought refuge at a police officer’s house who lives nearby.” He said however, the suspect followed them and stabbed the police officer on the back with a spear and further seriously injured three other people and fatally stabbed a 33-year-old man. “The suspect returned to his residence and stabbed to death two female adults aged 56 and 85. He also raped one person during his rampage.” He said those injured were referred to Kwekwe General Hospital but three juveniles aged seven, three and seven months died on admission. Redcliff Mayor Councillor Clayton Masiyatsva said the community was still in shock over the incident. He said it all started during an all-night vigil. “During the prayer session, he ran amok and started uprooting trees and attacking everyone. As a community we are still shaken and we are trying to get to terms with what just happened,” said Clr Masiyatsva.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police said it had intercepted 68 cross border buses and arrested 10 000 people for committing various cross border-related crimes since September.
The buses were intercepted on major highways from Beitbridge town leading to Bulawayo, Harare, and other urban centres.
The 10 000 arrested people were smugglers shipping goods through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, which they then load in buses heading to various towns and cities across the country.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi could not be reached for comment yesterday. However, one border security official said the buses were being intercepted at the police checkpoints and the Beitbridge Border Post. The official said in the last three days three buses were intercepted along the road leading to Harare carrying an assortment of undeclared goods. “We have taken the buses to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority for import duty calculations. One of the buses, Mulaudzi Transport, was intercepted at the Chicago checkpoint loaded with various goods we believe had been smuggled. The bus was half-full with the goods, mainly bales of new clothes, and its trailer was also loaded to full capacity. The other two are Graca Luxury Coaches and Vuki,” said the official who refused to be named.
By A Correspondent- A man from Redcliff in the Midlands province went berserk and fatally stabbed six people, including three babies aged between three and seven months old in a pre-dawn rampage that started during an Apostolic sect night prayer meeting.
The incident took place early yesterday morning at about 3am at Stone Clair, Rutendo suburb. The man, suspected to be mentally unstable, allegedly ran amok during the church all-night vigil, uprooting trees before going into the community where he was knocking at doors and when occupants opened, he then stabbed his victims with a spear. National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and said investigations were underway. He said the police have arrested Thubelihle Khoshow (26) who is a member of the Johane Masowe sect in connection with the incident. Asst Comm Nyathi said it is believed Khoshow became mentally disturbed and was taken to the church shrine for prayers.
“While at the shrine, the suspect became violent and began uprooting trees as well as pushing stationary vehicles. The church congregates managed to subdue him and tied him with some ropes,” he said. Asst Comm Nyathi said in the early hours of the morning while other church members were asleep, the man woke up and freed himself. He got into his vehicle and drove to the house where he did not find his wife. “The suspect armed himself with three spears, kitchen knife as well as an axe, went to his uncle’s home where he smashed the front door using unknown object and gained entry into the house.”
Asst Comm Nyathi said his uncle and family members escaped through the window leaving four children and two cousins sleeping in the dining room. “They later returned to their house and found their children lying unconscious with multiple stab wounds. As a result they sought refuge at a police officer’s house who lives nearby.” He said however, the suspect followed them and stabbed the police officer on the back with a spear and further seriously injured three other people and fatally stabbed a 33-year-old man. “The suspect returned to his residence and stabbed to death two female adults aged 56 and 85. He also raped one person during his rampage.” He said those injured were referred to Kwekwe General Hospital but three juveniles aged seven, three and seven months died on admission. Redcliff Mayor Councillor Clayton Masiyatsva said the community was still in shock over the incident. He said it all started during an all-night vigil. “During the prayer session, he ran amok and started uprooting trees and attacking everyone. As a community we are still shaken and we are trying to get to terms with what just happened,” said Clr Masiyatsva.
By A Correspondent-The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has announced that it has recovered over $750 000 and US$8 million from tax evaders.
This was revealed during a workshop hosted by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) to review the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, which was attended by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) steering committee members.
Zimra commissioner-in-charge of revenue assurance Regina Chinamasa said the authority had conducted an assessment of tax compliance of funds amounting to US$110 740 105 and prosecuted 34 cases since the beginning of the year.
“Given the high level of non-compliance, there is a lot of room for us to move in and deal with tax evasion,” Chinamasa said. “From the perspective of capacitation, Zimra then created a dedicated team that is working on tax evasion from the international taxation and local perspectives. We are partnering with other development partners so that we get the technical assistance to capacitate our officers and this is an ongoing process.
“We are partnering with other agencies to address the vice of tax evasion.” Stakeholders who attended the meeting bemoaned delays in dealing with asset recovery, jurisdiction and duplication of investigation among law enforcement agencies.
“The National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) defines the country’s priority and objectives to prevent and combat corruption for the next five years,” TIZ research and advocacy officer Nqobani Tshabangu said.
He added: “While many countries have adopted strategies aimed at co-ordinating government efforts in different sectors and institutions and at monitoring and evaluating progress, there are not so many successful examples when it comes to implementation.
“The COVID-19 restrictions were a bigger challenge on implementation of NACS as it deterred meetings and training of citizens on how to report corruption cases.
“There is need for a whistleblower protection law which is, however, determined by the political will to ensure that citizens are not afraid of reporting corruption cases happening in their areas or workplaces. Whistleblowers are not willing to report cases and to be witnesses to cases of corruption.”
Recent studies by TIZ on corruption show that the culture of impunity in dealing with high-profile corruption cases and misuse of public has weakened the capacity to ensure compliance with tax payments.
TIZ said poor tax compliance in the country had also resultantly been detrimental to the growth of Zimbabwe’s economy, which largely depends on tax money.
Last month, Zacc arrested Harare businessman Trust Chiro for allegedly evading import duty for his five commercial trucks, three of which were recovered by Zimra officials in Waterfalls, Harare, early this year. The businessman allegedly prejudiced the parastatal of US$388 003.
By A Correspondent -An elephant that killed the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU) operations director on Friday morning was tracked and later shot dead by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers.
The stray elephant had charged at Clever Kapandura (51), attacked and trampled him to death, while he was conducting an anti-poaching patrol on Friday near Bonnaise Air bush owned by the Victoria Falls City Council.
Lovemore Ndlovu from Bonnaise Air confirmed to CITE that the elephant had been gunned down.
He said:
They killed it approximately five hours later at Aerodrome suburbs.
The search was not easy as it was equally dangerous, but it was spotted by a helicopter that was dispatched to join the search and it was immediately gunned down at the same spot.
The developments were also confirmed by VFAPU co- director Teddy Brightman.
However, Zimparks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo said he was not aware of the development but commended what rangers had done.
By A Correspondent- Lovers in Bulawayo have now resorted to bush s_x as they fail to book lodges that have raised their charges.
A survey carried out by NewZimbabwe.com this week in the city revealed that most lodges where people book to engage in sex had increased their charges.
Scores of clients at a famous lodge in Khumalo, a low-density suburb in the city, were this week left stranded after the owner increased charges for its rooms from US$5 to US$10 for an occupation of three hours.
“I come here often with my partner with the intention of relaxing, but I have been told that the prices have gone up. Whenever, I come here I used to pay US$5 and now they are charging US$10 for the service,” a regular client, who asked not be named, said.
Another male client said he was also shocked to learn the prices at the lodge had gone up after going there with his girlfriend to “relax”.
“Just before the (Zimbabwe International) Trade Fair, the price at this place was still US$5 per three hours. I am told prices went during the trade fair period and since then they have not been reduced. Since I am a regular client, the owners of the lodge should have informed us in advance,” he said.
The trade fair was held in Bulawayo, two weeks ago with thousands of people from outside the city converging for the week-long event.
A NewZimbabwe.com survey at other lodges also revealed prices had gone up leaving most residents seeking their services stranded.
One lodge along the Harare road has also increased its charges from US$2 to US$3 per hour while another one situated along Josiah Tongogara is now charging US$2 up from US$1 per hour.
“These days I would now rather make love in the car than pay at these expensive lodges. Surely, what has necessitated these increases when the US dollar is actually gaining strength?” one frustrated man said.
Following the increases, most two-timing men and women have resorted in risking their lives by engaging in sexual activities secluded areas.
Last month, a David Livingstone High School headmaster in Ntabazinduna, Vusumuzi Nkiwane was stabbed and robbed of a truck and cash while romping with his lover in a vehicle in the bushy area the United College of Education (UCE).
A popular Bulawayo prophet was also recently robbed while having sex in his car in a bush.
By A Correspondent- Dumped former MDC Mayors have formed an alliance against the Nelson Chamisa led MDC.
Trading under the banner, the Former Mayors Association of Zimbabwe, the grouping comprises disgruntled former mayors and councillors who served under the late Morgan Tsvangirai.
The grouping, which now has more than 100 members, all of them former city fathers, said they are mobilising against Chamisa.
” We have seen that the new crop at MDC-Alliance is not accommodative. They want docile people who can not ask them where they would have gone wrong. The leadership wants bootlickers who ululate mediocrity. For that reason, they have dumped all the founding party members and go for the Mafikizolos they can control,” said one of the former mayors.
The AssociationAssociation said they want to see Chamisa sinking.
” We decided to move on with our political careers out of this clueless opposition which does not have new ideas of taking over power. They just oppose the government just for the sake of opposing without giving practical solutions. As experienced politicians who have a history of serving the people, we have seen it prudent to join the government,” said another former Mayor.
The Association’sAssociation’s spokesperson, the former Marondera Mayor, Farai Nyandoro, confirmed the existence of their coalition.
” We are mobilising all former mayors who served under the original MDC and they are all responding very well. The AssociationAssociation aims to help the government with our experience of running the affairs of the towns and cities. We started this initiative with 20 members (former mayors), and now the membership has ballooned to over 100,” said Nyandoro without commenting on the anti-Chamisa plot.
By Lifestyle Reporter | IS IT POSSIBLE TO COOK MEAT WITH AN IRON? An American chef in the below illustrates how easy it is to cook beef meat with 2 irons. The whole process takes 22 minutes to complete.
It starts off with hanging your meat, before you press it with two ions; you then simply watch throughout the process applying heat to every part of the meat. In no time at all and way less than 30 minutes you now have your roasted beef. VIDEO
By A Correspondent-The other faction of the Tendai Biti led People’sPeople’s Democratic Party (PDP) has approached the courts challenging the former Finance Minister’sMinister’s return to Parliament.
The leader of that faction, Lucia Matibenga, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court.
Last month, Justice Joseph Mafusire ruled Biti and five other MPs, who are part of the other PDP faction and were recalled from Parliament should return as their recalls were unlawful.
The aggrieved MPs, who include, Kucaca Phulu, Settlement Chikwinya, Willias Madzimure, Regai Tsunga, Chelesile Mahlangu had filed a court application seeking execution of Justice Mafusire’sMafusire’s judgment.
They said their order for execution should be granted as the appeal before the Supreme Court did not have the power to suspend the lower court’scourt’s order.
However, according to court papers, Matibenga through her lawyer Simon Simango filed a Supreme Court appeal challenging the ruling and effectively suspending its execution.
But the affected lawmakers argue Matibenga’sMatibenga’s appeal is invalid.
“”The appeal has no merit. The appeal is an abuse of the rule of law and constitutionalism. More importantly, the appeal is an assault on democracy which is protected by the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
“”Furthermore, the appeal does not have the effect of suspending the order because it is an appeal against a declarator. In the circumstances, I believe we have shown a good cause for the granting of the order we seek,”” reads their application.
The six MPs also argued the court should grant them an order of execution as Simango, Matibenga and Benjamin Rukanda were abusing the law and using the Supreme Court appeal to delay their reinstatement into Parliament.
They demanded the court orders Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and Parliament to comply with Justice Mafusire’sMafusire’s judgment and reinstate them back into Parliament.
They are also asking that the court declare the High Court order in the present case should remain operative despite any leave to appeal being granted or the successful noting of an appeal at the Supreme Court.
A man from Redcliff in the Midlands province went berserk and fatally stabbed six people including three babies aged between three and seven months old in a pre-dawn rampage that started during an Apostolic sect night prayer meeting.The incident took place early yesterday morning at about 3am at Stone Clair, Rutendo suburb.
The man, suspected to be mentally unstable, allegedly ran amok during the church all-night vigil, uprooting trees before going into the community where he was knocking at doors and when occupants opened, he then stabbed his victims with a spear.
National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and said investigations were underway.
He said the police have arrested Thubelihle Khoshow (26) who is a member of the Johane Masowe sect in connection with the incident.
Asst Comm Nyathi said it is believed Khoshow became mentally disturbed and was taken to the church shrine for prayers.
“While at the shrine, the suspect became violent and began uprooting trees as well as pushing stationary vehicles.The church congregates managed to subdue him and tied him with some ropes,” he said.
Asst Comm Nyathi said in the early hours of the morning while other church members were asleep, the man woke up and freed himself. He got into his vehicle and drove to the house where he did not find his wife.
“The suspect armed himself with three spears, kitchen knife as well as an axe, went to his uncle’s home where he smashed the front door using unknown object and gained entry into the house.”
Asst Comm Nyathi said his uncle and family members escaped through the window leaving four children and two cousins sleeping in the dining room.
“They later returned to their house and found their children lying unconscious with multiple stab wounds. As a result they sought refuge at a police officer’s house who lives nearby.”
He said however, the suspect followed them and stabbed the police officer on the back with a spear and further seriously injured three other people and fatally stabbed a 33-year-old man.
“The suspect returned to his residence and stabbed to death two female adults aged 56 and 85. He also raped one person during his rampage.”
He said those injured were referred to Kwekwe General Hospital but three juveniles aged seven, three and seven months died on admission.
Redcliff Mayor Councillor Clayton Masiyatsva said the community was still in shock over the incident.
He said it all started during an all-night vigil.
“During the prayer session, he ran amok and started uprooting trees and attacking everyone. As a community we are still shaken and we are trying to get to terms with what just happened,” said Clr Masiyatsva.
Soon after getting into office in 2017, Mnangagwa has turned this dusty road into a carpet, says Chikomba man in a ZBC broadcast Sunday morning pic.twitter.com/P8Gae4AVZa
IN a movie-like incident, a woman from Tarusenga Village in Zaka, Masvingo is on the run after she allegedly kidnapped and disappeared with a four-month-old baby of a fellow villager.
The woman, Tariro Mahokorasa (30) allegedly has been an admirer of the baby and used to visit the mother of the child almost daily to play with the kid before the latest incident.
Masvingo provincial police spokesman Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa said the incident happened on Monday last week and efforts were being made to locate the woman and the baby.
“Since the birth of the baby four months ago, Mahokorasa has been going to play with the baby at the mother’s homestead.
On 4 October around 9am she came and took the baby and said that she was going to a local bus stop and would be back quickly but she did not come back since then,” he said.
Insp Dhewa said at around 1pm on the same day, she was seen by another villager with the baby strapped on her back and walking with an unidentified man whom she introduced to the villager as her husband and the father of the baby whom she now claimed as hers.
The villager however, did not suspect anything as she was not yet abreast with the incident.
“After realising that Mahokorasa had taken long to come back, the mother tried calling her but she did not pick up the phone until the number was no longer reachable.
The mother reported that case to police in Zaka.
“Efforts are being made to reunite the baby with its mother and we are appealing to the members of the public who might have information that might assist to report to the nearest police station,” he said.
By Business Reporter | Belpw are the words of the Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga as he defended the Drax accused former Health Minister Obadiah Moyo. Guvatamga was at the time speaking to the state owned Z X
There’s no financial loss to Zimbabwe on that contract.
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) bomb disposal unit and the Bulawayo Fire Brigade had to be called in after a grenade exploded at a Bulawayo school during a routine burning of grass and rubbish.
The incident that occurred two months ago has been indicated as one of the “fires of interest” by the Bulawayo City Council, with councillors expressing concern over issues to do with safety and the need to investigate the origins of the grenade.
According to the latest council report, ground workers at Ntshamathe Primary School in Old Magwegwe were clearing the grounds and decided to burn the grass and rubbish after, when the bomb exploded.
“The school workers had cleared the school ground at Ntshamathe Primary School and in the process of burning the grass and rubbish, the fire went out of control and spread to the rest of the ground.
While the fire was burning a very loud explosion was heard from the grounds and a dark cloud was observed with trembling of nearby houses.
It was later discovered after the ZNA bomb disposal unit had attended that a grenade had exploded.
This is one of the risks that our fire-fighters face in the process of fighting bush fires,” reads the report.
Commenting on the incident, during a full council meeting last Wednesday, Ward Four Councillor, Silas Chigora said while the incident appeared to be isolated there was a need for council to take it more seriously and engage the army to check public places and assure the public of their safety.
“This happened in a school, which in itself is scary. The question is are we really safe in Bulawayo? Where did this grenade come from, how did it end up in the school grounds? Is it a grenade from the times of the liberation struggle? Something really has to be done to make sure that our public places are safe, if possible let us invite the army to generally go through all the schools and public places. We really have to assure the public’s safety,” said Clr Chigora.
Meanwhile, councillors have commended the local authority for coming up with the consolidated fire by-laws which among other things has made it a finable offence for property owners not to display their house numbers.
Last month, the local authority updated its Fire Brigade by-laws which among other provisions made it a Level Three offence for home owners not to display their house numbers at their premises.
The level offences are benchmarked to the Government levels where Level Three is attracting a fine of $5 000.
Debating during the full council meeting, councillors commended the local authority for coming up with the by-laws and further encouraged the putting up of street names so as to further improve property identification.
“Alderman Siboniso Khumalo applauded the Fire and Ambulance Department for coming up with a good move to fine residents who did not display their property numbers.
He urged the relevance development to also anchor street names as they would also make identification of a property/house easier in case of emergency.
He wanted to know if the system was in use and also reliable,” reads the report.
The Chamber Secretary, Mrs Sikhangele Zhou, revealed that the by-laws had been advertised for comments from stakeholders before finalisation and gazetting.
UNDERFIRE Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has struck a defiant tone after fierce criticism over his 50th birthday bash in Harare where he invited top performers from South Africa.
The top civil servant slipped into the vortex of a big storm on Friday after video clips emerged of him showing off his fortune and pledging to multiply by five the money that had been agreed for Louis Mhlanga, the South African based superstar to perform at the decorated bash.
Zimbabweans, frustrated by high level corruption and plunder by politicians and their cronies, linked the decorated flamboyance by Guvamatanga to his powerful position as finance director of the country.
In a no holds barred interview with The Standard, Guvamatanga, a former managing director of Barclays Bank Zimbabwe before it was taken over by AMB Capital in 2017, reminded his adversaries that he spent 30 years with the international lender, earning millions.
Millions more were paid out as packages when he left the bank, now rebranded to Capital Bank, in 2017 after an attempt to take it over flopped.
Barclay Plc, which was divesting out of several African markets, settled for the Malawi headquartered AMB Capital, instead of a consortium of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed bank’s management, which was led by Guvamatanga.
He was then invited to join government following the coup that brought down strongman, Robert Mugabe in November 2017.
Guvamatanga’s huge fortune is in addition to a thriving cattle herd being reared over swathes of prime land at his farm, which he said generates not less than US$1,2 million a year.
Apparently, planning for the expensive birthday feast had begun last year, when the top civil servant was caught up in the Covid-19 rage.
He spent many days under artificial oxygen after contracting the disease during the first few months, as the pandemic tore through regions, threatening lives, destroying economies and leaving a trail of destruction.
“First of all, let me put things into context,” Guvamatanga said by phone from Victoria Falls yesterday.
“The issue of saying the artistes were paid more is not correct.
“The clip was quoted out of context.
“I was saying to Louis Mhlanga, one of Zimbabwe’s most decorated musicians that if I had the money, I would have paid five times more than we agreed.
“It was a tribute to Louis Mhlanga.
“You know that I cannot take foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and spend it like this.
“I worked for a big international bank for 30 years and I was paid in offshore accounts.
“There are millions in that account.“Others avoid paying taxes when they are paid through offshore accounts, but Barclays was strict.
“And if you ask Zimra (Zimbabwe Revenue Authority) they will tell you that I was one of the biggest taxpayers during my stint at Barclays Bank.“I paid between US$2 million and US$3 million in taxes, the records are there.
“Now, if I paid US$3 million, ndakasara nemarii? (How much remained in my account?).
“My package at Barclays, including my bonus was US$3 million.
“It is all above board, I have a known offshore account, and have interests across most sectors of the economy, from insurance to agriculture to distribution and others.
“I will need to take you to my farm, I have 1 200 cattle.
“My business interest and wealth are known and everything has been declared.
“I cannot pretend to be poor.
“Most of my cattle fetch not less than US$2 500 (each), and I sell 500 cattle per annum.
“So why can’t I celebrate life?”
He added:
“I planned for this party after my near-death experience with Covid-19.
“So, what I am doing is celebrating the life.
“I can’t stop my wife and children from organising the party because they said when you reach 50 years; we will need to celebrate because of what happened.
“I cannot pretend to be poor to make people happy.“I am not poor.
“I am so surprised that people are judging me with the three years that I have been a civil servant, instead of the 30 years that I worked for Barclays.“I am doing national service in government.
“I have a trust that is paying the bills for a cancer patient, an amount more than what was paid to the artists.“And I have a maid who I have stayed with for many years, and I bought her a house,” Guvamatanga added.
He said before settling for Mhlanga, he had first hired superstar, Mukudzei (Jah Prayzah) Mukombe as the main act at the decorated event.
Reports said at the weekend, adversaries to the former G40 political clique forced Guvamatanga to draft the superstar, who last months courted controversy after performing at a Cape Town birthday bash organized by former strongman Robert Mugabe’s son in law, Adam Molai.
But Guvamatanga said a few hitches led him to drop Jah.“Yes, I invited Jah Prayzah, he was supposed to be the main act.
“But there were complications on the management side. I had already paid him a deposit.”
South Africa’s pop stars Mafikizolo and Makhadzi played along Mhlanga at the bash.
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa says his vision will take the nation to greatness.
According to the vibrant leader, a new Zimbabwe is possible.
He also urged citizens to register to vote in numbers…
“We will definitely take Zimbabwe to GREATNESS & STARDOM! Together we will make Our Zimbabwe the best place for us all and generations to come. A New Great Zimbabwe is our collective duty. Happy & Blessed Sabbath Zimbabwe.
God bless you!#ImagineadifferentZimbabwe
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Godisinit,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.
The Warriors were beaten 3-1 by the Black Stars of Ghana in a 2022 World Cup qualifier that was played at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana on Saturday evening.
The Ghanaians drew first blood in the 5th minute of the first half through Mohammed Kudus before Warriors captain Knowledge Musona equalised from the penalty spot in the 49th minute.
However, the Black Stars restored their lead in the 66th minute through a Tomas Partey strike, before Andrew Ayew confirmed the West Africans’ superiority with the third goal in the 87th minute.
In another Group G match played earlier on Saturday, South Africa extended their lead at the top of the Group with a 3-1 win over Ethiopia in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Bafana now lead the group on seven points at the halfway mark of the first round of the qualifying campaign for Qatar.
Ghana are second on 6 points after beating Ethiopia in their first match and losing 1-0 to South Africa, with Ethiopia on third spot with 3 points following a 1-0 win over Zimbabwe.
The Warriors are bottom of the group, with only 1 point from the 0-0 draw with Bafana Bafana in September.
On Tuesday, South Africa host Ethiopia at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg at 6 PM, while Zimbabwe host Ghana at the National Sports Stadium in Harare at 3 PM.
Ghana XI: J. Wollacott (GK) , D. Amartey, J. Mensah, A. Djiku, B. Rahman, T. Partey, A. Ayew (c) , M. Kudus, I. Fatawu, K. Sulemana, J. Ayew.
Warriors XI: W. Arubi (GK), T. Darikwa, O. Bhasera, K. Madzongwe, M. Nakamba, T. Kamusoko, M. Munetsi, J. Zemura, P. Chikwende, K. Musona (c), K. Mutizwa.- Pindula News
A Harare man, Michael Mutsvunguma, who is facing allegations of swindling a ZB bank employee of US$18 000, has applied for discharge after arguing that there is no evidence to prove the case against him.
The main witness in the case, Russell Chiweza, who is a mechanic to the complainant, Colleta Mhishi, told the court that he had seen Mhishi handing over the money to Mutsvunguma, but did not know the actual amount.
In his application for discharge at the close of the State case at the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Mutsvunguma argued that the witness made up the statement to provide a back-up to the complainant’s evidence.
Mutsvunguma last week tendered his defence outline to Harare magistrate Mrs Chido Garwe denying that he received any money from Mhishi.
He told the court that on the day Mhishi is alleged to have given him the money, he was away facilitating the processing of a forensic post-mortem for his father-in-law while in the company of a police homicide team that included a Constable Cherai, one Sergeant Musakaruka and Earnest Arufaneti.
The complainant had alleged the money was for a Mercedes Benz that the accused was selling.
But the accused denied that, saying he had no vehicle that was on sale. Mutsvunguma further stated that the complainant had some deal with his sister, Victoria Dhlamini, who is said to be on the run.
Mutsvunguma said Mhishi wanted to illegally take away his vehicle through misrepresentation. 0Sunday Mail
By Simba Chikanza | The Ngaapinde song genius, Cucsman publishes in song how he says Chamisa can easily enter State House. The singer has also polished another song, which takes the State House fight to another gear as the musician this time instructs how Nelson Chamisa must do it. He says, all that Chamisa needs now is to, vhiringa vhiringa, until he is firmly in.
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The song lyrics are as follows:
Usaore mwoyo kwawabva ndokure, saka usacheuke kumashure, zvinongokunetesa. Asi Tsunga Moyo, shingirira, rugare haruuye nyore
State House, Harare
Dzimwe nguva zvinotora makore, Kure kweGava ndokusina Tsubvu Zvimwe zvacho zvinoda kushinga. You’ve got to keep up, wongovhiringa vhiringa kusvika waPinda. You should never let it go. Kusvikira zvinhu zvaita Bho. It ain’t easy, Zvinoda kushinga kuti urarame muJungle. Semuvhimi musango rineShumba. Hamudi mbwende munoda vakasimba. Wanguda usagumbuke, usavhunduke, keep pressing on.
Usaore mwoyo kwawabva ndokure, saka usacheuke kumashure, zvinongokunetesa. Asi Tsunga Moyo, shingirira, rugare haruuye nyore
The Ngaapinde hitmaker, @CucsmanM has polished another song, which takes the State House fight to another gear as the musician this time instructs how Nelson Chamisa must do it. He says, all that Chamisa needs now is to, vhiringa vhiringa, until he is firmly in.- pic.twitter.com/H3ecxFLCHL
Tinashe Sambiri| Ngaapinde hitmaker, Cucsman has dropped yet another song, which takes the State House fight to another gear up as the musician this time instructs how President Nelson Chamisa must do it.
He says, all that Chamisa needs now is to “vhiringa vhiringa” until he is firmly in…
ANOTHER NGAAPINDE SONG, BY CUCSMAN…
Usaore mwoyo kwawabva ndokure, saka usacheuke kumashure, zvinongokunetesa. Asi Tsunga Moyo, shingirira, rugare haruuye nyore
Dzimwe nguva zvinotora makore, Kure kweGava ndokusina Tsubvu Zvimwe zvavho zvinoda kushinga. You’ve got to keep up, wongovhiringa vhiringa kusvika waPinda. You should never let it go. Kusvikira zvinhu zvaita Bho. It ain’t easy, Zvinoda kushinga kuti urarame muJungle. Semuvhimi musango rineShumba. Hamudi mbwende munoda vakasimba. Wanguda usagumbuke, usavhunduke, keep pressing on.
When she was employed as a housemaid with pressing work commitments that did not afford her time to watch television and follow any of her favourite programmes, including sport, Precious Marange never dreamt she would trade the apron for cricket gear.
After all, she had only become familiar with the game through occasional glances at the television as she went about her household chores.
She, however, fell in love with the sport. The 38-year-old is now an all-rounder for Zimbabwe’s senior women’s cricket team.
Precious Marange
At first, she took time to understand the sport every time her employers were not around.
“Working as a maid does not come easy; the demands of the job will only allow you to rest when you are eating or sleeping, and rarely would you get time to watch television and, worst still, to watch your favourite channel,” said Marange.
“When I used to work as a maid, I would peep at the television while I was doing my duties. Coincidentally, the family I worked for used to love watching cricket, so from the peeps, I fell in love with the sport.
“I said to myself this is a sport that is meant for me and I would watch the sport in the absence of my employers, trying to get to know it better.”
Determined to see her dream of playing cricket come true, Marange travelled to Takashinga Cricket Club in Highfield, a place regarded as the home of cricket for most black Zimbabweans.
“I had heard that there was a cricket ground called Takashinga in Highfield, so one off-day I decided that I will walk around the suburb looking for the ground.”
In what could have been a perfect script already written by the gods, Marange fortuitously reached Takashinga at a time when Takashinga Queens were one player short.
“I remember when I got to Takashinga Sports Club on my first day to watch the game, Takashinga Queens were one player short and Yvonne Mangunda, who knew my love for the sport, asked me if I could join.
“It was an offer that I gladly accepted and I was to bat at number 11.”
She impressed with the bat, hitting half-century on her debut.
Very few people knew her name and every time she hit a boundary, the crowd would shout “Boys Dzangu”, a nickname she proudly answers to this day.
“I was a bit nervous when my time to bat came, but as someone who was determined to make a name in the sport, I hit 50 runs in five overs and the crowd, who did not know my name, would shout ‘Boys Dzangu’ every time I hit a boundary.
“Interestingly, I was not offended by the nickname and I still answer to it with pride,” she said.
“After playing my first game, I have never looked back. All I did was to continue adjusting my targets, and having broken the ground, my next target was to play for the national team.”
Marange made her debut for the national team in 2008 during the World Cup qualifiers.
After their failure to qualify for the World Cup, the Lady Chevrons would see themselves mostly playing T20I cricket.
It was not until Tuesday that the Lady Chevrons played their first One-Day International, an experience that Marange felt was surreal.
“I made my first international debut in 2008 but unfortunately we could not qualify and since then we have been playing the T20I.
“Tuesday was an important day in our lives, getting a cap and finally playing an ODI is something we have all waited for.
“The experience of being given a cap was surreal. We literally cried that day.
“Finally playing our ODI last Tuesday was great and everyone was excited about being counted among the ODI playing nations.”
Her international debut in the longer version of the limited overs was to be spiced up by getting the first wicket for Zimbabwe.
“Being capped for the ODI was an important thing in my cricket career, but what made the day more special apart from winning was that I will be remembered as the first Zimbabwean lady cricketer to take a wicket on our debut.
“It is always good to be part of the history books,” she said.
The all-rounder is targeting World Cup qualification with the Lady Chevrons.
“I am continuing to tick the boxes, now my next target is to help Zimbabwe to play at the World Cup.”
Marange, who now works in industry, still has to balance between motherhood, cricket, rugby and work.
“I have had to find a way of balancing my time, as I love all the responsibilities that I have on my plate.
“I work from 7.30am to around 4.30pm during weekdays, then my weekends are reserved for my cricket and rugby practice.
“My nights are reserved for my child, and interestingly she now understands that her mother has a busy schedule.”
Zimbabwe will be hosting the 2023 ODI World Cup qualifiers next month and Marange is now working hard to be part of the squad before she contemplates hanging up the bat.
“Since the day I made my debut, my wish is to play at the World Cup.
“To me, what I am concerned about is my fitness, and not my age. “I can only look back to the journey that I have travelled with a smile and I always tell upcoming players that no matter what the situation you are in, have self-belief, nothing is impossible,” said Marange. -Sunday Mail
A 16-year-old Bulawayo schoolgirl was shot on the cheek after a police officer discharged his firearm to stop a fistfight between two men in G-Square in Mzilikazi on Monday.
Ayanda Tshuma, a Form 3 pupil at Sobukhazi High School, is admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital .
She was just a bystander. The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other. A witness said:
There was a fight between Thabani Goredema and Richard Magwenzi, who is a well-known drug dealer in the area. We suspect Goredema works with some police officers because they always come to his house but he is never arrested.
I don’t know why they were fighting, but when the police arrived they handcuffed Richard and started beating him. This incensed residents who asked the officers why they did not arrest Goredema as well.
Ayanda’s relative who requested to be anonymous told ZimLive that police began indiscriminately beating up people who had gathered to watch. Added the relative:
An officer we only know as Shumba fired his gun into the air and people started running all over. When he fired the first shot, one of his colleagues shouted ‘isa panyama’ (put it on the flesh) and the next thing I remember Ayanda was lying down with blood all over her face.
The relative said Ayanda’s mouth was swollen and doctors have recommended surgery after she complained of aching jaws and teeth.
The family said after the shooting, the police officers said they had called an ambulance but none arrived.
They called a friend in Nguboyenja who has a car after realising that the police were not treating the issue with urgency.
The family also made a report of the incident at Mzilikazi Police Station and they called homicide detectives to investigate.
The police officer named Shumba has allegedly offered to pay US$3 000 to Ayanda’s family so that they don’t speak on what transpired. The family says it rejected the money and only wants justice for Ayanda.
Thandekile Moyo, the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association official said it was unnecessary for the police to discharge a gun on defenceless residents.- credit: ZimLive
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance official Last Maengahama says he is ready to perform demanding tasks that are in line with his new appointment.
Maengahama was appointed secretary for policy and research by President Nelson Chamisa last week.
Below is Maengahama’s statement:
I am deeply humbled by the deployment to this very crucial and strategic portfolio of policy and research by President Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance party.
This is indeed a huge and challenging task that demands participatory, inclusivity, grassroots and people driven approaches to policy formulation.
Our philosophy is that public policy formulation must be people driven and people centred.
The MDC is a social democratic party whose core values include participation, inclusivity, solidarity, democracy, freedom, equality and justice. The birth of the MDC came out of the struggles of the working people, the women, the urban and rural youth and the students whose future is now more precarious and uncertain.
Policy and research portfolio is the cornerstone of the party as it provides general party policy direction and the framework for the party manifesto and election message and we ready ourselves to govern.
We shall create platforms to dialogue with the working peoples in their communities, the women, the youth, the unemployed, the farmers and the peasants, the civil servants and the business community in urban and rural areas to facilitate their active participation in public policy formulation.
The MDC is the only party that will transform and transfigure Zimbabwe to Democracy and Real Development where every person is accorded an opportunity, without any form of prejudice or discrimination.
We will create an economy, state and society based on the enjoyment of civil, political, social and econimic rights are guaranteed for all, devoid of oppression, exploitation, violence – a free and fair society to humanity!
The MDC is domiciled in the base, the working people and their struggles.
Breaking: Police Violently Arrest ZINASU Leaders In Masvingo@Zinasuzim General Council meeting in Lee’s Inn hotel,Masvingo has been stopped by the @ZRP_Zim The @Zinasuzim President @ngadziore has been arrested.Civic space continues to shrink- Admire Wakurawarerwa pic.twitter.com/VYvVJxnx5L
Breaking: Police Violently Arrest ZINASU Leaders In Masvingo@Zinasuzim General Council meeting in Lee’s Inn hotel,Masvingo has been stopped by the @ZRP_Zim The @Zinasuzim President @ngadziore has been arrested.Civic space continues to shrink- Admire Wakurawarerwa pic.twitter.com/VYvVJxnx5L
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed that the club will move to a different home venue for one year to allow redevelopment at Nou Camp.
The planned works will begin in 2022 and will involve expansion of the sitting capacity from 99,000 to 110,000 spectators and refurbishment of the club store and museum at the stadium.
The Nou Camp redevelopment will cost Barca €1.5bn ($1.74bn) and the club is in talks with investment bank Goldman Sachs to finance the project.
Speaking on Catalan radio Rac1, Laporta said they are considering using the Johan Cruyff Stadium. The venue is currently where Barcelona Women play their home matches.
“We are considering different possibilities, but the strongest candidate is the Johan Cruyff Stadium.”
The other option is Montjuic Stadium. The municipal facility hosted the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics and was home to Barcelona’s cross town rival Espanyol for several years.
“(The new Camp Nou) is fundamental for the viability of the club and its immediate future,” Laporta added. “The impact it will have for Barça is critical so that we can compete with our competitors who have already done what is needed.”
Real Madrid started redeveloping their Santiago Bernabéu last year, taking advantage of coronavirus lockdown, when no fans were not allowed to attend matches in Spain.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By A Correspondent-MDC-Alliance deputy chairman, Job Sikhala has described as embarrassing, Zanu PF’s catch and release game of own party heavyweights nabbed for corruption allegations.
Sikhala expressed his annoyment this week after the courts’ acquittal of the former Health Minister, Obediah Moyo.
Moyo was facing corruption charges involving millions of United States dollars Covid-19 pharmaceutical tender.
Posting on his Twitter handle, Sikhala questioned who in Zanu PF would ever be convicted of corruption?
A police officer stationed at Mount Darwin police station Constable Spenser Chiteera is allegedly facing a disciplinary action after he posted opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s picture on his WhatsApp status.
Chiteera posted the picture last month and captioned it “Ngaapinde hake mukomana” a statement being used by MDC Alliance supporters to endorse Chamisa.
Sources close to investigations said the cop has since been transferred to Bindura awaiting judgement.
We are conducting a disciplinary action against Chiteera since he violated police act by endorsing an opposition party leader on his WhatsApp status,” said the source
Efforts to contact police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi were fruitless.
Recently the police sent a strong warning to police officers who were now resorting to social media to express their disgruntlement against the ruling party..
Shandaiwo so you can host similar birthday parties. Dai zvaitwa nemurungu nhai? I am sure Guvamatanga wouldn't flaunt it if he can't defend it. Happy birthday Madyira, #inspired
But Cde Editor, Kuda Tagwirei openly declared at the opulent party that George Guvamatanga "hana mari, so it's up to vane mari, to do something for him". And you are claiming here that Guvamatanga is a multimillionaire. Haikhona mhani!
So he stops living? Odyawo machunks just because someone can't afford sirloin steak even though he can afford caviar? He is in civil service to serve not suffer!
As people fall over each other to defend Guvamatanga, they miss the point that it’s not about his money, it’s the policies that he authors which obviously don’t affect him. The RTGS is not his plate, forex exchange does not bite him. So why does he author them. https://t.co/zNE60pebf8
By State Media-A Harare-based self-styled faith healer (prophet) says he is sick after he was reportedly forced to drink a client’s urine during a healing session.
Madzibaba Tanya is accusing Madzibaba Steven Muchanyu of using him before duping him of US$5 000 which they had agreed on as his payment.
Madzibaba Tanya told H-Metro that Madzibaba Steven “hired” him to help him heal a client suspected to have come from Zambia seeking help. He said:
Madzibaba Steven looked so desperate when he approached me seeking help. He said he had someone who was coming from Zambia or Botswana not sure who was having problems of pulse beating uncontrollably when driving.
He also said he was having dreams in which every time he dreams of his funeral and wakes up feeling very sick.
So he begged me to help him heal the person and I accepted his request to which we agreed that I would get USD$5000 from the USD$15 000 which the client was to pay.
After five days he told me that the person had arrived but I refused to perform the miracles at his church since he would get the credit.
Madzibaba Tanya added that during the healing session, he was possessed by a strange “foreign” spirit and it was while he was in a trance that he drank the patient’s urine. He said:
I got possessed during the healing process with a spirit that I don’t even understand.
I was told that the spirit wanted me to drink the client’s urine and it was the same spirit that wanted to kill the client.
So I drank the urine in which the client got healed, hana yake yakabva yangoti zii kurova fast kwayaiita and he (client) confirmed that he was healed and was grateful.
Madzibaba Tanya said he had been promised US$15 000 but was surprised to be given US$100 instead of the agreed fee.
He said he needed US$5 000 so that he could find faith healers to heal him as he is now sick and also to be delivered from the alien spirit.
Madzibaba Tanya said that each time “I visit other churches I am told they are seeing death ahead of me due to the spirit which came upon me.”
However, Madzibaba Steven disputed the allegations, accusing his erstwhile friend of unspecified action. He said:
I have issues with this man. We used to pray together before I left him over his conduct of getting drunk whilst at the shrine.
He would also sleep with married women in the bushes, so he is trying to tarnish my image so that my church collapses. He is lying.
By A Correspondent- An estimated 1,5 million Zimbabweans are reported to have abandoned life in the city as the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said the deteriorating labour market conditions had forced 1,5 million working age citizens leave urban centres and resettle in rural areas where living conditions are cheap and flexible.
Speaking at the launch of the “Labour Market Diagnostic Analysis” report this week, ILO director in Zimbabwe and Namibia, Hopolang Phororo said labour conditions in the country had deteriorated over the past two years.
“Labour market conditions have continued to deteriorate over the last two years. In 2019, Zimbabwe’s Gross Domestic Product contracted by over 6,5 % due to fiscal consolidation, Cyclone Idai and the devastating impact of a drought that severely affected agriculture and electricity production,” she said.
This is consistent with the net-out migration of 1,5 million people from urban to rural areas throughout the period.”
Phororo said 57% of the working population in Zimbabwe was outside the labor market with the unemployment rate reaching 17% and among those working, 80% were in informal employment.
However, according to the ILO latest report, the agricultural sector created vast employment opportunities for local citizens.
“Going forward, all the fiscal reforms currently underway require allocating resources to fund investment subsidies, active labour market programmes and redistribution arrangements within the social insurance system among other measures,” the report recommended.
Full statement by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi on the murder of six people and injury of five others in Redcliff, Kwekwe.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested Thubelithle Khoshow (26) in connection with cases of Murder and Rape which occurred on 09th October 2021 at around 0300 hours at Stone Clare, Redcliff, Kwekwe.
On the said date, the suspect who is a member of the Johane Masowe sect became mentally disturbed and acted violently whilst at his residential place at Stone Clare, Redcliff, Kwekwe. As a result, he was ferried by his aunt to the church’s shrine for prayers.
Whilst at the shrine, the suspect became violent and began to uproot trees as well as pushing stationery vehicles. The church congregants managed to subdue him and tied him with some ropes.
In the morning, whilst other church members were still asleep, the suspect woke up and freed himself. He got into his vehicle and drove to his house where he did not find his wife.
The suspect armed himself with three spears, a kitchen knife as well as an axe, went to his uncle’s home where he smashed the front dining room door using an unknown object and gained entry into the house.
His uncle and other family members escaped through the bedroom window leaving four children and two cousins sleeping in the dining room.
They later returned to their house and found their children lying unconscious with multiple stab wounds. As a result, they sought refuge at a police officer’s house who live nearby.
The suspect followed them to the police officer’s house where he stabbed the police officer on the back with a spear.
He further seriously injured three other people and fatally stabbed a 33-year-old man.
The suspect returned to his residence and stabbed to death two female adults aged 56 and 85 before raping his uncle’s wife.
The injured were referred to Kwekwe General Hospital where three juveniles aged 7,3 and 7 months died on admission.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges members of the public to cautiously treat any violent person in their communities and urgently report any such violent people to their nearest police stations.
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By A Correspondent- An elephant that killed the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (VFAPU) operations director on Friday morning was tracked and later shot dead by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers.
The stray elephant had charged at Clever Kapandura (51), attacked and trampled him to death, while he was conducting an anti-poaching patrol on Friday near Bonnaise Air bush owned by the Victoria Falls City Council.
Lovemore Ndlovu from Bonnaise Air confirmed to CITE that the elephant had been gunned down. He said:
They killed it approximately five hours later at Aerodrome suburbs.
The search was not easy as it was equally dangerous, but it was spotted by a helicopter that was dispatched to join the search and it was immediately gunned down at the same spot.
The developments were also confirmed by VFAPU co- director Teddy Brightman.
However, Zimparks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo said he was not aware of the development but commended what rangers had done.CITE
Galvanizing communities towards Change. Our Organising Secretary @AmosChibaya in midlands today. The task at hand is to build a credible alternative, organize convergance of all social forces and wage a collective fight against dictatorship. #NgaapindeHakeMukomanapic.twitter.com/v3QBX9ZNZh
I am a principled man, born in one of the most forgotten villages – in Sesheke, Zambia – with a belief that Zambia will someday succeed & maybe just maybe – Africa too. I'll never sit on the same table to dine & joke with those who politically benefit from the poor masses !!!
Bulawayo Chiefs have appointed Portuguese national Nilton Terroso as their new coach.
Terroso, 42, arrived in Bulawayo on Thursday and was unveiled at a dinner held later in the day.
He will be assisted by Mark Mathe and another assistant from Portugal.
The gaffer worked with Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during their time at Cardiff City six years ago. He is a holder of the UEFA A coaching licence a BSc in Football Coaching and Performance from University of South Wales.
Terroso’s first assignment in charge of Chiefs will be against Chicken Inn in the final round of the Chibuku Super Cup Group 2.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | Ex-Health minister, Dr Obadiah Moyo was acquitted as a US$60 million trial collapsed, ‘God is faithful,’ were the words he could utter soon after his acquittal.
Dr Obadiah Moyo is a Zimbabwean politician and former hospital administrator. In 2018, he was appointed the country’s Minister of Health and Child Care. On the 19th of June 2020, he was falsely arrested and charged with three counts of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, for his alleged participation in a scam that involves tens of millions of dollars.
Dr Masimba Mavaza
After spending the night in police cells, he posted $50 000.00 bail. Because of these false allegations which were motivated by Hopewell Chin’ono the president cde Emmerson Mnangagwa dismissed Moyo from the office of Cabinet Minister, removing him for “conduct inappropriate for a Government Minister.
Despite all this Dr Moyo remained a visionary and creative leader with a proven record of accomplishment in both medical and executive management. He is an experienced healthcare administrator who adopts a professional “hands on” approach. He is skilled in problem solving and obtaining achievements by using initiative and drive to gain results.
He is considered as a leading medical strategist in Zimbabwe. He won several international awards in recognition of his contribution to the international society in Nephrology and Pathology.
Through his achievements, he is rated as an eminent strategist in the medical industry in Zimbabwe and the region. Educated in Zimbabwe, United Kingdom and the West Indies, Dr. Moyo earned several academic qualifications and is a registered Renal Specialist, Consultant Chemical Pathologist.
His former experience includes being
• Deputy President of the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe.
• President of Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe.
• Founder member of the World Council for Renal Care, and founder of the Zimbabwe Kidney Foundation Renal Services where he served as the Chairman and Executive Director.
• Chief Executive Officer of Chitungwiza Central Hospital in September 2005 a position he held until his appointment as Minister of Health and Child Care. During this time he received several honours, including in 2018 overall Zimbabwe Businessman of the year, and Zimbabwe Community leader of the year.
• Chairman of Council for the Chinhoyi University of Technology.
With all these achievements Dr Moyo saw his life being destroyed by a Twitter and overzealous ZACC incompetent officers who were interested in humiliating people and get arrests.
ZACC officers have caused more embarrassment to the war against corruption such that many have lost confidence in the ZACC system of operation. The term catch and release was coined because of what ZACC does to the accused without applying the law and due diligence.
Although each arrest has different circumstances, the reaction of family members and friends can be similar.
Arrest is usually the first stage of the criminal justice process it is when the Police carry out the initial questioning of someone suspected of a crime or an offence. In Zimbabwe ZACC has powers of arrest and unfortunately these powers are mostly abused.
The arrest of a loved one can be a very traumatic and difficult time.
Sometimes your loved one is arrested at the family home which can have a major impact on the family members, especially the children. If they witness the arrest, they may feel very anxious and distressed.
When dealing with allegations of criminal offences against persons of public interest there is a need to maintain clear public recognition of ZACC’s independence.
These cases have particular potential for attracting allegations of inconsistency, because the arrested is a high ranking public figure. But behind any public figure there a human being a father a husband a person. It is therefore important to maintain highest standards of decision making, to apply any casework standards at all stages and to ensure that case decisions are consistent with existing procedures. This idea of rushing to arrest because you can is satanic demonic and total inconsiderate.
Concern about cases of wrongful arrests has arisen in Zimbabwe and this is more prevalent in cases involving government officials or high profile persons. Some wrongly arrested individuals have spent many years in mental prisons before their charges are quashed, but little is known about the psychological effects of such miscarriages of justice on them. Substantial psychiatric morbidity and problems of psychological and social adjustment has not been considered in such cases. The difficulties of the wrongly arrested and their families are similar to those described in the clinical literature concerning other groups, such as war veterans, who have been exposed to chronic psychological trauma but the wrongly arrested or convicted do not receive such sympathy. Many people believe that once you are cleared you are fine and you should be happy about that. We always miss the most important and relevant point of the effects of long-term accusations are manifested after release from such charges by court.
Being arrested paraded in every newspaper and become a laughing stock can be an extraordinarily stressful psychological trauma.
False arrest and imprisonment can be an extraordinarily traumatic event.
It is very clearly that there is a serious psychological impairment which follows false arrest and imprisonment.
Although no clear pattern emerges, a common scenario begins with a Twitter purporting to be exposing corruption then a knock on the door and the totally unexpected confrontation with the police waving an arrest warrant for an alleged crime. The individual is summarily arrested, taken into custody, handcuffed and placed in the back of a police vehicle, sometimes in a full view of the international and national and local press.
Following booking and extreme embarrassment, the victim of a false arrest may be placed in jail, unless bail can be posted immediately and release obtained he will be placed in remand prison.
If immediate release is not obtained, the false arrest victim who is often utterly confused and terrified must face the dangers of jail, some of which can be lethal. For example, the risk of suicide within the first 24 hours of incarceration is well known.Fears of physical and sexual assault with the possibility of contracting the HIV virus are very real. If the false arrest victim is alone in a cell, fear and exhaustion may further heighten feelings of isolation, terror, and helplessness. Time sense is often lost a sudden change of environment loss of control of one’s life, even taking a
showers, delousing, being required to wear jailhouse clothes, and inedible food may produce a profound sense of humiliation and threat to one’s personal identity.
Being unexpectedly wrenched from one’s normal, expectable existence and plunged into the sheer terror of imprisonment without apparent reason is a highly traumatic, experience. This extreme, abrupt discontinuity in a person’s life experience is capable of producing psychiatric disorder, particularly dissociative disorder.
The former minister of Health became one of many people who have been falsely accused and arrested for crimes they did not commit. For weeks following the arrest, Dr Obadiah Moyo experiences flashbacks and nightmares of the arrest and incarceration and facing the social court. The flashbacks may occur when someone comes to the front door and knocks or rings the bell or when the news bulletin starts to flash on the Television. Dr Moyo have had a torrid time not wanting to be in the public. Some former friends and neighbors shun him and his family. Despite the fact that he was innocent from the beginning.
Dr Obadiah Moyo is totally exonerated, he feels that doubt has been cast upon his good character.
No one is putting a thought on Dr Moyo’s children who were taunted by some of their peers. Does anyone give a thought on his wife who continues to feel embarrassed and ashamed, avoiding her former friends in the community.
The actual circumstances of the arrest, the trauma to family members who cannot comprehend what has happened, personal embarrassment and humiliation (“treated like a criminal”), adverse publicity, and the incarceration experience itself are significant psychological stressors. The family itself may be so traumatized as to be emotionally unavailable to the arrest victim on his or her release. The problem we face is that To arrest you the police need reasonable grounds to suspect you’re involved in a crime for which your arrest is necessary.
The police have powers to arrest you anywhere and at any time, including on the street, at home or at work. But ZACC officer only need Twitter from Hopewell Chin’ono and a disgruntled permanent secretary to arrest the whole minister and embarrass him without applying the law at all.
After this protracted embarrassment Dr Obadiah Moyo was acquitted by the High Court.
At the start of Dr Moyo’s trial, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda sitting in Harare High Court tossed out the charges. This is what we have been saying all along when this writer said the charges were imprecise and did not disclose a criminal offence.
Dr Moyo was arrested for his alleged dealings with Drax International LLC, Papi Pharma and Drax Consult SAGL, companies, which ZACC claimed were illegally awarded contracts by the health ministry without a competitive tender process.
Another victim of such arrests without investigations Delish Nguwaya, a local representative of Drax International, was arrested as part of the same investigation, but his trial collapsed as well. The Advocate Tawanda Zhuwarara said the charges “could only be described as… inimical to the law, irregular in form and susceptible to impugnment”.
It has always been clear that the charges on “all three counts are not clear on what Dr Moyo did in the awarding of the contracts and which rules he had broken.”
From the beginning it showed that the contracts were done by the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, and as such Moyo could not be held accountable for their actions.
“The minister was not involved in the decisions,” said Zhuwarara, who asked Justice Kwenda to acquit Moyo.
In a professional manner and true judgeship the judge cornered prosecutor Garudzo Ziyadhuma to explain how Moyo influenced the awarding of the contracts. He also asked Ziyadhuma to explain what the word “influence” means leading to a concession by the prosecutor that the charges were imprecise and badly drafted. The question is why was the case allowed to even go up to the High Court.
Since his arrest, the former minister and former Chitungwiza General Hospital CEO had been frequenting the courts without a trial date being set.
The whole saga to Dr Moyo was
Profoundly terrifying. Deeply shocking. It shook him to the very core and the effects will be with him for a long time. The entire event had started assuming that feeling of unreality that tends to accompany truly bad things. “Was that real? Did that happen? That couldn’t have been real. That couldn’t have just happened to him. There’s no way. Is our country in a hallucinating mood.One of the single worst experiences of anybody’s life – not from an events standpoint or even a consequences standpoint considering that the subsequent court visits were very nearly as shocking, and left him financially devastated. This did not only leave Dr Moyo financially down but emotionally wounded.
Too much power can wreak havoc to an otherwise a better Commission like ZACC. The only way to stop abuse of power is to have checks and balances, there should be checks on how ZACC use their powers of arrest. There should be a section in the Prosecution department telling ZACC that they need a reality check, this is not tyrant ville.
A good organisation can abuse power if they are unaware of the negative effects of their decisions. This is why it is dangerous for any organization with an abuse of leadership to be surrounded only by people who agree with everything that is said and done, not to question logic reasoning from what is right from wrong.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission [ZACC] has been outing the government at the receiving end of insults and derision from the general public, which feel it is doing less than it should to contain corruption. In an attempt to strengthen ZACC by giving its officers more powers, on 28th June, the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs gazetted Statutory Instrument 143/2019, the Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Designation of Peace Officers) (Amendment) Notice, 2019 (No. 3) [link], which designates ZACC’s officers as “peace officers” for all purposes under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
SI 143 does not explain the legal consequence of making ZACC officers “peace officers”, and to understand it one must look at the Act under which it was made, the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
Peace officers and their powers
The Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act gives law enforcement powers to what it calls “peace officers”, a broad class of officials including police officers, prison officers, immigration officers and traditional leaders. The Act allows the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to designate other persons as peace officers, and that is what he did for ZACC’s officers in SI 143.
Arrest must be for a proper purpose: Peace officers should not arrest people automatically even if they have reasonable grounds to believe they have committed a crime. Persons may be arrested to ensure they appear in court and stand trial, or to stop them committing a crime or interfering with the evidence. The power of arrest, in other words, must be exercised carefully and reasonably.
ZACC is a constitutional commission and its functions are laid down in the Constitution. It is possible to extend those functions through section 321 of the Constitution, which states that “An Act of Parliament may confer additional functions on a Commission”; but SI 143 is not an Act of Parliament even though it is made in terms of one.
SI 143 is yet another of the statutory instruments published recently to give effect to important government programmes ‒ in this case the anti-corruption drive whose legality is open to doubt. Ministers who need legislation to underpin their policies would be better advised to approach Parliament and persuade it to pass an appropriate Act of Parliament, rather than resorting to statutory instruments which are open to legal challenge.
The behaviour of ZACC has become very intimidatory and totally unreasonable. The ZACC officers must take courses in criminal law before they form a conclusion that a person needs to be arrested. The problem with ZACC is that it is the law unto itself, like any other commission it must not be allowed to be above the law.
Dr Obadiah Moyo was lucky his God was faithful. What about those who are not that lucky. The first step to fight corruption is to train those who will enforce the laws. Emotional arrests and playing to the gallery is satanic. In most cases the unprofessional overzealous ZACC officers descend into the arena and get blinded by the dust of the of the game.
The Premier League has confirmed that the Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United has been completed.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will own 80 per cent, with the billionaire Reuben brothers and financier Amanda Staveley taking 10 per cent each.
The deal had dragged for long with several institutions protesting the takeover, citing PIF’s human rights violations.
In a statement, the Premier League said: “The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of PIF, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media.
“Following the completion of the Premier League’s Owners’ and Directors’ Test, the club has been sold to the consortium with immediate effect.
“The legal disputes concerned which entities would own and/or have the ability to control the club following the takeover.
“All parties have agreed the settlement is necessary to end the long uncertainty for fans over the club’s ownership.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa says his vision will take the nation to greatness.
According to the vibrant leader, a new Zimbabwe is possible.
He also urged citizens to register to vote in numbers…
“We will definitely take Zimbabwe to GREATNESS & STARDOM! Together we will make Our Zimbabwe the best place for us all and generations to come. A New Great Zimbabwe is our collective duty. Happy & Blessed Sabbath Zimbabwe.
God bless you!#ImagineadifferentZimbabwe
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Godisinit,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.
A 16-year-old Bulawayo schoolgirl was shot on the cheek after a police officer discharged his firearm to stop a fistfight between two men in G-Square in Mzilikazi on Monday.
Ayanda Tshuma, a Form 3 pupil at Sobukhazi High School, is admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital .
She was just a bystander. The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other. A witness said:
There was a fight between Thabani Goredema and Richard Magwenzi, who is a well-known drug dealer in the area. We suspect Goredema works with some police officers because they always come to his house but he is never arrested.
I don’t know why they were fighting, but when the police arrived they handcuffed Richard and started beating him. This incensed residents who asked the officers why they did not arrest Goredema as well.
Ayanda’s relative who requested to be anonymous told ZimLive that police began indiscriminately beating up people who had gathered to watch. Added the relative:
An officer we only know as Shumba fired his gun into the air and people started running all over. When he fired the first shot, one of his colleagues shouted ‘isa panyama’ (put it on the flesh) and the next thing I remember Ayanda was lying down with blood all over her face.
The relative said Ayanda’s mouth was swollen and doctors have recommended surgery after she complained of aching jaws and teeth.
The family said after the shooting, the police officers said they had called an ambulance but none arrived.
They called a friend in Nguboyenja who has a car after realising that the police were not treating the issue with urgency.
The family also made a report of the incident at Mzilikazi Police Station and they called homicide detectives to investigate.
The police officer named Shumba has allegedly offered to pay US$3 000 to Ayanda’s family so that they don’t speak on what transpired. The family says it rejected the money and only wants justice for Ayanda.
Thandekile Moyo, the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association official said it was unnecessary for the police to discharge a gun on defenceless residents.- credit: ZimLive
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Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance official Last Maengahama says he is ready to perform demanding tasks that are in line with his new appointment.
Maengahama was appointed secretary for policy and research by President Nelson Chamisa last week.
Below is Maengahama’s statement:
I am deeply humbled by the deployment to this very crucial and strategic portfolio of policy and research by President Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance party.
This is indeed a huge and challenging task that demands participatory, inclusivity, grassroots and people driven approaches to policy formulation.
Our philosophy is that public policy formulation must be people driven and people centred.
The MDC is a social democratic party whose core values include participation, inclusivity, solidarity, democracy, freedom, equality and justice. The birth of the MDC came out of the struggles of the working people, the women, the urban and rural youth and the students whose future is now more precarious and uncertain.
Policy and research portfolio is the cornerstone of the party as it provides general party policy direction and the framework for the party manifesto and election message and we ready ourselves to govern.
We shall create platforms to dialogue with the working peoples in their communities, the women, the youth, the unemployed, the farmers and the peasants, the civil servants and the business community in urban and rural areas to facilitate their active participation in public policy formulation.
The MDC is the only party that will transform and transfigure Zimbabwe to Democracy and Real Development where every person is accorded an opportunity, without any form of prejudice or discrimination.
We will create an economy, state and society based on the enjoyment of civil, political, social and econimic rights are guaranteed for all, devoid of oppression, exploitation, violence – a free and fair society to humanity!
The MDC is domiciled in the base, the working people and their struggles.
Tinashe Sambiri| Ngaapinde hitmaker, Cucsman has dropped yet another song, which takes the State House fight to another gear up as the musician this time instructs how President Nelson Chamisa must do it.
He says, all that Chamisa needs now is to “vhiringa vhiringa” until he is firmly in…
ANOTHER NGAAPINDE SONG, BY CUCSMAN…
Usaore mwoyo kwawabva ndokure, saka usacheuke kumashure, zvinongokunetesa. Asi Tsunga Moyo, shingirira, rugare haruuye nyore
Dzimwe nguva zvinotora makore, Kure kweGava ndokusina Tsubvu Zvimwe zvavho zvinoda kushinga. You’ve got to keep up, wongovhiringa vhiringa kusvika waPinda. You should never let it go. Kusvikira zvinhu zvaita Bho. It ain’t easy, Zvinoda kushinga kuti urarame muJungle. Semuvhimi musango rineShumba. Hamudi mbwende munoda vakasimba. Wanguda usagumbuke, usavhunduke, keep pressing on.
By A Correspondent- President Mnangagwa yesterday capped 385 graduates at Harare Institute of Technology in different disciplines as the institution positions itself to become a national and global powerhouse in innovation, science and technology.
The 385 were conferred with degrees both physically and virtually in line with the need to contain Covid-19 infections.
President Mnangagwa, who is also Chancellor of State Universities capped the 385 who included undergraduate, postgraduate diploma and Master of Technology in Strategy students.
Two best graduates were conferred with the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Chancellor’s Award and walked away with US$1 000.
In his address at the 12th graduation ceremony, HIT Vice Chancellor, Engineer Quinton Kanhukamwe said the university had made concerted efforts to contribute to the transformation of the economy through the provision of technology and engineering solutions responsive to the needs and challenges across various sectors.
He said HIT had been marked by unrelenting efforts to stay competitive and remain relevant with extraordinary dynamism and its trajectory had been defined by the need to have clear parameters offering technological and engineering solutions for economic transformation.
“Integral to this process, has been a deliberate and robust staff development programme. This entails the continuous training and retraining of the members of staff to reorient them to our mandate.
“To date, nearly 200 academic members of staff have attained Master of Technology degrees and the University has spent at least US$9 million drawn from internally generated resources to finance human capital development,” said Eng Kanhukamwe.
The institution, said Eng Kanhukamwe, had managed to establish fit for purpose unique departments and programmes allowing it to deliver specialised skills needed for research and development, innovation, commercialisation and industrialisation for the economic transformation of this country.
“I am pleased to advise that HIT has been successful in commercialising its research outputs despite the various challenges that we have been facing in this ongoing process. Some of our schools have contributed to the successful establishment of spin-off companies such as Instifoods, Instichem, Instisoft, Institronics, Instipharm that have operated under the HIT Holdings Company, Institech Holdings.
“The success of the products has been varied across industries but essentially, they are slowly turning into income generating entities for the University,” he said.
The university had come up with projects products and services that addressed problems in different sectors of the economy.
They included grid power optimisation system, cannabis project, production of chrome mills balls, electronic records management system, nanotechnology brick making project and a Covid-19 geotrace system among others. Those conferred with degrees were from the schools of Engineering and Technology, Industrial Sciences and Technology, Information Science and Technology and Business and Management Sciences.
Others included postgraduate diplomas in Medical Ultrasound and Dosimetry and Master of Technology in Strategy. The event was also attended by Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Minister, Professor Amon Murwira, his deputy, Raymore Machingura, Permanent Secretary, Professor Fanuel Tagwira, the Minister of State for Harare Metropolitan Province, Oliver Chidawu, Vice Chancellors of other State universities and senior Government officials.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- The leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) breakaway faction, Lucia Matibenga, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the return of MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti and his colleagues to Parliament.
Last month, Justice Joseph Mafusire ruled Biti and five other MPs, who are part of the other PDP faction, and were recalled from Parliament should return as their recalls were unlawful.
The aggrieved MPs, who include, Kucaca Phulu, Settlement Chikwinya, Willias Madzimure, Regai Tsunga, Chelesile Mahlangu had filed a court application seeking execution of Justice Mafusire’s judgment.
They said their order for execution should be granted as the appeal before the Supreme Court did not have the power to suspend the lower court’s order.
However, according to court papers, Matibenga through her lawyer Simon Simango filed a Supreme Court appeal challenging the ruling and effectively suspending its execution.
But the affected lawmakers argue Matibenga’s appeal is invalid.
“The appeal has no merit. The appeal is an abuse of the rule of law and constitutionalism. More importantly, the appeal is an assault on democracy which is protected by the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
“Furthermore, the appeal does not have the effect of suspending the order because it is an appeal against a declarator. In the circumstances, I believe we have shown a good cause for the granting of the order we seek,” reads their application.
The six MPs also argued the court should grant them an order of execution as Simango, Matibenga and Benjamin Rukanda were abusing the law and using the Supreme Court appeal to delay their reinstatement into Parliament.
They demanded the court orders Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and Parliament to comply with Justice Mafusire’s judgment and reinstate them back into Parliament.
They are also asking that the court declare the High Court order in the present case should remain operative despite any leave to appeal being granted or the successful noting of an appeal at the Supreme Court.
By A Correspondent- Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday donated 15 000kg of mealie-meal, 3 000kg of rice and 4 000 loaves of bread towards the Zanu-PF conference to be held at the end of this month in Mashonaland Central province.
Speaking during the handover ceremony in Bindura yesterday, Musarara said GMAZ had always been supportive of Zanu-PF programmes.
“It has become our tradition that whenever our revolutionary party holds conferences, we come in as an industry and players who are beneficiary to the party’s empowerment programmes,” he said.
“We come forward to support this annual event and we believe that our guests who come to the event need to be fed by us.”
The conference fundraising committee chairperson, Lazarus Dokora, hailed GMAZ for donating to the party saying it had lessened food challenges.
“We are very grateful to receive this food donation from GMAZ since our preparations are now at an advanced stage. We have moved a step in averting food challenges. We are still waiting for other players to come up with their donations,” he said.
Dokora told NewsDay Weekender that they are expecting around 245 guests at the conference and the rest will follow proceedings online due to COVID-19 regulations which outlaw huge gatherings.
By A Correspondent- An estimated 1,5 million Zimbabweans are reported to have abandoned life in the city as the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said the deteriorating labour market conditions had forced 1,5 million working age citizens leave urban centres and resettle in rural areas where living conditions are cheap and flexible.
Speaking at the launch of the “Labour Market Diagnostic Analysis” report this week, ILO director in Zimbabwe and Namibia, Hopolang Phororo said labour conditions in the country had deteriorated over the past two years.
“Labour market conditions have continued to deteriorate over the last two years. In 2019, Zimbabwe’s Gross Domestic Product contracted by over 6,5 % due to fiscal consolidation, Cyclone Idai and the devastating impact of a drought that severely affected agriculture and electricity production,” she said.
This is consistent with the net-out migration of 1,5 million people from urban to rural areas throughout the period.”
Phororo said 57% of the working population in Zimbabwe was outside the labor market with the unemployment rate reaching 17% and among those working, 80% were in informal employment.
However, according to the ILO latest report, the agricultural sector created vast employment opportunities for local citizens.
“Going forward, all the fiscal reforms currently underway require allocating resources to fund investment subsidies, active labour market programmes and redistribution arrangements within the social insurance system among other measures,” the report recommended.
By A Correspondent- MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has threatened to boycott the 2023 election unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government implements electoral reforms.
Addressing a Press conference in Harare yesterday, Mwonzora said Mnangagwa last month responded to his plea for dialogue, describing it as a positive development for his push for electoral reforms before the 2023 elections.
Mwonzora indicated that he was confident that his dialogue with Mnangagwa would be fruitful, adding that his party would not participate in the 2023 elections without electoral reforms.
“MDC-T remains committed to dialogue. We are going to push for electoral reforms and we are going to get them,” he said.
“Our mentality is focused on getting these reforms. We know how to get them through dialogue and this dialogue will be inclusive, genuine and unconditional.
“Therefore, with regards to what will happen if certain things do not happen in 2023, we are not able to postulate. We can’t tell which reforms we would be able to get and those we would not have attained.”
Mwonzora’s threats come a week after his national chairman Morgen Komichi called for the suspension of both by-elections and the 2023 harmonised polls to negotiate with Mnangagwa for an inclusive government.
In July this year, Mwonzora met Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga under controversial circumstances to allegedly push for the suspension of by-elections as well as postponement of the 2023 polls.
Komichi on Sunday said dialogue with Mnangagwa was key to determining the party’s participation in the 2023 elections, arguing that holding elections without reforms was a waste of time.
Ironically, Mwonzora’s legislators are the majority of opposition representatives in Parliament after purging the MDC Alliance members, but his MPs have assisted Mnangagwa make controversial constitutional amendments to assist the ruling Zanu-PF party clamp down on the country’s democratic space.
“We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms,” Mwonzora said.
“That government has not allowed reforms over some years is not a good enough reason to explain why we should not insist on them. We shall not give up until there are reforms which guarantee secrecy of the vote and security of both the vote and the voter.”
Yesterday, he refused to disclose details of Mnangagwa’s responses to his request for dialogue, saying it was a private matter.
“We will make the substantive matters available at the right time. Right now, we are consulting within the MDC-T structures then thereafter we will consult the people of Zimbabwe, based on what our structures would have said.”
The MDC-T has been under criticism for having a sinister agenda in the postponement of elections.
Observers say they are not prepared for a direct contest with the mainstream opposition MDC Alliance party led by Nelson Chamisa.
By State Media-A Harare-based self-styled faith healer (prophet) says he is sick after he was reportedly forced to drink a client’s urine during a healing session.
Madzibaba Tanya is accusing Madzibaba Steven Muchanyu of using him before duping him of US$5 000 which they had agreed on as his payment.
Madzibaba Tanya told H-Metro that Madzibaba Steven “hired” him to help him heal a client suspected to have come from Zambia seeking help. He said:
Madzibaba Steven looked so desperate when he approached me seeking help. He said he had someone who was coming from Zambia or Botswana not sure who was having problems of pulse beating uncontrollably when driving.
He also said he was having dreams in which every time he dreams of his funeral and wakes up feeling very sick.
So he begged me to help him heal the person and I accepted his request to which we agreed that I would get USD$5000 from the USD$15 000 which the client was to pay.
After five days he told me that the person had arrived but I refused to perform the miracles at his church since he would get the credit.
Madzibaba Tanya added that during the healing session, he was possessed by a strange “foreign” spirit and it was while he was in a trance that he drank the patient’s urine. He said:
I got possessed during the healing process with a spirit that I don’t even understand.
I was told that the spirit wanted me to drink the client’s urine and it was the same spirit that wanted to kill the client.
So I drank the urine in which the client got healed, hana yake yakabva yangoti zii kurova fast kwayaiita and he (client) confirmed that he was healed and was grateful.
Madzibaba Tanya said he had been promised US$15 000 but was surprised to be given US$100 instead of the agreed fee.
He said he needed US$5 000 so that he could find faith healers to heal him as he is now sick and also to be delivered from the alien spirit.
Madzibaba Tanya said that each time “I visit other churches I am told they are seeing death ahead of me due to the spirit which came upon me.”
However, Madzibaba Steven disputed the allegations, accusing his erstwhile friend of unspecified action. He said:
I have issues with this man. We used to pray together before I left him over his conduct of getting drunk whilst at the shrine.
He would also sleep with married women in the bushes, so he is trying to tarnish my image so that my church collapses. He is lying.
By A correspondent-MDC-Alliance deputy chairman, Job Sikhala has described as embarrassing, Zanu PF’s catch and release game of own party heavyweights nabbed for corruption allegations.
Sikhala expressed his annoyment this week after the courts’ acquittal of the former Health Minister, Obediah Moyo.
Moyo was facing corruption charges involving millions of United States dollars Covid-19 pharmaceutical tender.
Posting on his Twitter handle, Sikhala questioned who in Zanu PF would ever be convicted of corruption?
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) appreciates the State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President ED Mnangagwa yesterday.
We feel that some issues expressed were over exaggerated and thus we respond on the contentious issues raised by the SONA.
We applaud the efforts of road rehabilitation by the government and expect the project to be completed by mid 2022 all over Zimbabwe. Considering that Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, we expect commitment by government to prioritize Rail rehabilitation and restore NRZ to it’s former glory of a fast, efficient and affordable bulk transporter of goods in Zimbabwe.
Rail transport has the capacity to lure the much needed forex if the rail regulations are followed according to the book as was before. Government must desist from appointing political or military people into the rail sector who have no understanding whatsoever about the operations of the once economic giant organization in Zimbabwe.
Expansion of Robert Mugabe International airport and Joshua Nkomo airport is not a priority at the moment. Funds should be injected into the health sector to ensure quality healthcare for all Zimbabweans as enshrined in section 77 of the constitution of Zimbabwe.
For a country with nearly a quarter of the population suffering from chronic diseases priority should be allocation of funds to acquire state of the art machinery for public hospitals like CT scans, radiotherapy machines for cancer patients, dialysis machines, etc for all the referral public hospitals in Zimbabwe.
Commitment by Government of Zimbawe should be on ensuring affordable quality healthcare in all public health facilities and sufficient stock of drugs and essential medical supplies.
Government has collected AIDS levy for decades yet it has failed to ensure total implementation of the new curriculum of education since inception by introducing an education levy. Instead of expanding airports funds should be used to upgrade schools and investing in quality education of all students regardless of background or class in society.
Students in rural and Peri urban areas have been disenfranchised of quality education and prejudiced from knowledge of the new world fundamentals nowadays like ICT. The new curriculum of education made ICT a compulsory subject in primary and high school education yet no investment whatsoever has been made by government to ensure that every government school has a well equipped computer laboratory, qualified ICT teachers and Wifi.
Teachers have complained time and again about shortage and non availability of the new curriculum text books which is making their work a mammoth task. These are the issues we expected the Honorable President Mr. Mnangagwa to address yesterday as they are issues affecting real people and the future of Zimbabwe.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is good for the country. We reiterate that government should create an enabling environment for Local Direct Investment (LDI). The Ease of doing business should be afforded to local people instead of giving tax exemptions to foreigners who are already milking our country dry. Opportunities for wealth creation should be afforded to native grassroots Zimbabweans first.
President Mnangagwa stated that FOREX rates are stable and we must equivocally respond that, it was a slap in the face for the majority of Zimbabweans who have to endure exorbitant pricing of basic commodities which are pegged on the black market rate by both retailers and wholesalers in Zimbabwe.
The multi currency system has brought immense suffering to the ordinary Zimbabwean who can nolonger transact in local currency because government prefers USD to our local currency, fuel companies prefer to sell fuel in USD other than ZWL, property owners don’t want to be paid in local currency, healthcare providers use black market rate for local currency payments, in short every sector is pegging goods and services using the black market rate which means there is no FOREX stability at all.
The is the real state of the nation Mr President and we should desist from putting lipstick on a frog. Early this year we suggested that USD should be not be used for local transactions and as usual our suggestions fell on deaf ears because the government of the day is out of touch with the lived realities of ordinary Zimbabweans. To LEAD Mr President is to care for the livelihoods of the people you are in charge of as the President of this country. It has been 8 years since the new constitution was enacted and new, not so new, rather old constitution is not being observed as the supreme law of this land.
We honestly can’t speak of government being committed to aligning laws with the constitution of Zimbabwe 8 years later. The cabinet, Parliament and Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary affairs are sleeping on laurels.
We demand the issue of alignment of laws to take precedence as a lot of people are being prejudiced by the inconsistent laws in this country. Indeed GMB must pay farmers on time. We condemn the paltry rates being paid by GMB to farmers and implore the relevant authorities to revise the rates of grains and stop shortchanging farmers.
Condemnation of drug abuse is not enough Mr President. The way forward to help and save our youth is to establish public and affordable drug rehabilitation centres in all the ten provinces to save our youth. Chrystal methamphetamine (Mutoriro) should be criminalized and made illegal as soon as yesterday.
Mutoriro is now a deadly pandemic in our country which has also increase crime rate as young people addicted to this deadly drug end up involved in crime to get funds to sustain this vice. Lastly, there is little effort to ensure gender balance .
Saying that government is committed to ensure gender equality is an understatement as it is not visible practically in all organs of the state, public sector, boards and parastatals. We demand gender equality to be a reality as it is a constitutional provision which should be adhered to. Mr President, your predecessor the late former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe left a legacy of educating Zimbabweans and taking back land.
What will be your legacy? What are you going to be remembered for? Make Zimbabwe comfortable for all Zimbabweans.
Restore the dignity of all workers and be sincere in curbing corruption which is an evil that has destroyed the economy and potential of our great nation.
By A Correspondent- Grave diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.
According to the latest council minutes, health services director Edwin Sibanda also revealed that Athlone cemetery was fast filling up, while Luveve and Umvutcha still had each a lifespan of 10 years.
The minutes also revealed that bodies repatriated from South Africa were topping the list of people recently buried in the city, while in July alone, the cemeteries had 269 bodies of people who died due to COVID-19.
“The committee considered the matter and councillor Joyce Ndlovu sought clarification on the number of mourners allowed per burial in the city’s cemeteries,” part of the minutes read.
“In view of recent relaxation on COVID-19 regulations, Joyce Ndlovu noted that cemetery staff was overwhelmed by grave back-filling and more mourners were allowed.
“Maybe consideration could be given to allowing the mourners to do the back-filling.”
The minutes further read: “Athlone West Cemetery recorded burials from outside the city as follows: South Africa 15, Botswana 1, Plumtree 1, Bubi 2, Matopo 1, Gweru 1, Marondera 1 and Umguza 2. Luveve Cemetery recorded burials from outside the city as follows: South Africa 9 and Umguza 2.
“Two hundred and sixty nine COVID-19 related deaths that occurred in the city were buried at our cemeteries during the month of July 2021. All the burials were supervised.”
The council minutes also stated that a total of 20 cremations — seven males and 13 females — were carried out during the month.
“Councillor Felix Mhaka enquired if the council had enough burial space for the future. The chairperson councillor Sinikiwe Mutanda supported the council to continue with 30 mourners per burial as COVID-19 was still a reality and needed to be controlled.”
In response, town clerk Christopher Dube advised that human capital development had undertaken a work study and the number of cemetery staff would be increased.
“A detailed report would be submitted accordingly. It was prudent for the council to continue with 30 mourners per burial at the city’s cemeteries so as to ease congestion. Currently, funerals were considered as super spreaders for COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the city was operating three cemeteries, namely Athlone extension, Luveve and Umvutcha,” reads the minutes.
“Athlone was fast filling up. However, the other two had enough burial space that could last the city 10 years each. Pumula South and Marvel cemeteries had also been gazetted. Marvel Cemetery was awaiting the construction of a railway level crossing bridge.-newsday
By A Correspondent- Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe’s efforts to keep ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Province under his belt are under threat amid fierce competition from former Minister of Education, Lazarus Dokora.
Kazembe has fallen out of favour in his Province and is now trying every trick to serve his dying political career.
This comes after the Minister hijacked a program which was supposed to be done by Zanu PF conference fund raising chairman Dr Lazarus Dokora and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe(GMAZ) chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara today
GMAZ donated 15 000kgs mealie meal, 4000kgs rice and 4000 loaves of bread and Kazembe Kazembe has since claimed credit even if he is not part of the fundraising committee which is led by the Former Minister Dr Dokora who is also eying the provincial post.
Sources close to this publication revealed that Kazembe Kazembe was seen running around like a headless chicken just to attract recognition as he had seized to exist in most of his clansmen political lenses. The embattled minister even told the media that he was the supper provincial chairman whilst Dokora was only conference chairman.
ZANU-PF members who were present including acting ZANU-PF youth league chairman Nheta were not happy with the presence of Kazembe in the fundraising committee.
Kazembe Kazembe is also accused of sending thugs to burn Tafadza Musarara’s trucks in 2018.
By A Correspondent- A haulage truck driver was on Tuesday arrested for setting an empty fuel tanker on fire after selling the precious liquid.
Donald Daniel (28), who was detained at Southerton Police Station was arrested by detectives following a review on the vehicle tracker.
Daniel stands accused of draining the fuel from the truck in Kuwadzana and drove an empty truck to Chinhoyi where he allegedly set it on fire.
Andrasdon Investments, where Daniel works, wrote a letter of remission of duty application for petrol lost in transit to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) Chirundu Station Manager. The application letter signed by MacDonald Nehanda read:
Andrasdon Investments is applying for the remission of duty on petrol that was lost.
Our tractor unit and tanker were also destroyed on the 29th of September 2021.
The transit load was coming from Beira going to Lusaka.
The driver left Willowvale Truckstop Harare around 6 pm on the 28th of September saying he was going to sleep at Banket in the Chinhoyi area before curfew.
Upon review of lorry movements based on our vehicle tracker, I have noticed the vehicle was driven to an address near the roundabout of Glen Eagles and Bulawayo Roads.
The driver arrived there around 6:45 pm and the lorry was parked in that yard until 11 pm.
The driver then proceeded to leave that address just before 11 pm and claimed our lorry exploded with fuel in it at the Chinhoyi area.
I suspect it was already empty given the four-hour time he was parked near Glen Eagles Road and Bulawayo Road roundabout.
I also suspect the ZIMRA seals were already compromised by the time the lorry was set on fire.
ZIMRA officials have already attended to the scene.
We are appealing to your office for remission of duty as the product was not consumed by us and based on the driver’s movements and communication that night I am convinced it was foul play.
H-Metro reported sources close to the company as saying that Daniel was aware that the tracker was yet to be paid for and the truck owner rushed to clear the bill following the mishap.
By A Correspondent- A 26 year old man from Redcliff’s Rutendo suburb stabbed six people to death and injured four others earlier today.
In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspect, who has a mental illness, pounced on an all-night prayer vigil around 3 AM this Saturday. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:
The ZRP reports that a 26-year-old man stabbed six people to death and injured four others on 9/10/21 at around 0300 hrs at Stoneclere, Rutendo suburb in Redcliff, after a suspected mental illness while attending an all-night prayer at a local apostolic shrine.
Police arrested the suspect and recovered a hoe, axe, kitchen knife and three spears.
Police said they are currently carrying out investigations into the incident and more details will follow in due course.
By A Correspoondent- MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa says his vision will take the nation to greatness.
According to the vibrant leader, a new Zimbabwe is possible.
He also urged citizens to register to vote in numbers…
“We will definitely take Zimbabwe to GREATNESS & STARDOM! Together we will make Our Zimbabwe the best place for us all and generations to come. A New Great Zimbabwe is our collective duty. Happy & Blessed Sabbath Zimbabwe.
God bless you!#ImagineadifferentZimbabwe
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Godisinit,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.
By A Correspondent- The MDC Veterans Activists Association( VAA) has declared that ZEC is an extension of Zanu PF following its failure to carry out duties and programmes objectively.
The association accused ZEC of attempting to subvert the will of the people by excluding the MDC Alliance from key meetings.
Read full statement below:
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has proved Beyond reasonable doubt that it is indeed a player and referee in the Zimbabwean political field by denying the MDC Alliance a chance to be part of the ongoing stakeholders consultations.
ZEC has not only proved that it is an extension of ZANU PF but has also proved that it is not credible to run free,fair and credible elections.
ZEC’s conjoined relationship with ZANU PF is no longer questionable as the ZEC Spokesperson clearly spelt out the Commission’s quest to be guided on whether to invite MDC Alliance to these consultations or not by unnamed authorities outside the ZEC hence jeorpadising its independence.
Commissioner Joyce Kazembe’s brazen attempt to steal the elections again will not go unchallenged.Her naive allegation that ZEC does not know who the MDC Alliance is is not only stupid,lame and an expose’ of ZEC’s partisan conduct of national elections but also an expose’ of how Elections are stolen.This is the beginning of their devilish journey to steal the people’s will again.As peace loving citizens we shall resist such unlawful and biased conduct by the ZEC.
The MDC Alliance is the biggest opposition party in the nation hence barring it is tantamount to playing and refereeing at the same time.ZEC must not be an interested party in the fights currently obtaining in the Zimbabwean politics.
If ZEC is to hold stakeholders consultations then all stakeholders should be consulted.It must not be selective in choosing stakeholders as this will be met with resistance by all progressive forces.
Zimbabwe is for all of us and we should build it brick by brick together as a citizenry not as blue eyed boys of the dictator.
We demand impartiality and independence in ZEC’s conduct so that we build a better Zimbabwe together. We will not accept an extension of Zanu pf to masquarade as ZEC. The people,s power must guarantee the independence of ZEC, as well as protection of votes in order to guarantee free, fair and credible elections. Disputed elections are a liability to sustainable development.
ZEC must not only retract its statement but should be disbanded for being partisan, selective and a threat to future free,fair and credible elections.
By A Correspondent- Talent Dzitiro from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo is reportedly demanding his lobola money back from his girlfriend.
This comes after his girlfriend Lwazi Mhlanga leaked her own nudes on Facebook.
Dzitiro who could not fathom the thought that everyone was getting a glimpse of her naked body on Facebook decided to demand his lobola money back.
A local tabloid reports that the matter only came to light after Mhlanga approached Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube seeking a protection order against Dzitiro who had threatened to kill her.
Mhlanga told the court that after Dzitiro discovered that she posted her nudes on Facebook last week, he lost his temper and threatened to kill her.
“My ex-boyfriend threatened to kill me last week. He forced me to board a commuter omnibus and took me to a lodge. He locked me inside and threatened to kill me. When we left the lodge he took my bag so that I would not leave him. He later locked me inside his house until I was rescued by the police,” Mhlanga said in her application.
Mhlanga claims that Dzitiro visits her workplace and embarrasses her. In addition to that, she revealed that he sends her nasty audios and messages. Mhlanga said she now fears for her life as he threatened her with some unspecified measures.
She pleaded with Magistrate Ncube to order Dzitiro not to come to her place of residence and not to threaten or assault her.
In his mitigation, Dzitiro refuted claims that he threatened to kill her arguing that he only reprimanded her for posting nudes on Facebook.
He, however, revealed that after the discovery, he has no plans to pay off the lobola balance, instead, he now wants his lobola money back.
“I am opposed to the application. It is the first time that I’m hearing that I’m her ex-boyfriend. The thing is I always reprimand her about her style and her dressing. Recently I reprimanded her for posting nudes on Facebook.
When I met her she had a child and I paid the bride price. I was supposed to pay off the balance soon. I want my bride price money back.”he said
Presiding over the matter, Magistrate Ncube ruled in Mhlanga’s favor. He ordered Dzitiro not to threaten Mhlanga anymore and not to communicate or visit her place of residence.
By A Correspondent- A Dangamvura couple has known no peace in their home since the wife bought her husband a smart phone as they are constantly bickering over the gadget.
So bad are the squabbles that they degenerate into fights, resulting in the wife confiscating the phone she had bought for her better half as a present.
This emerged at the Mutare Magistrates’ Courts where Takazvida Chakwanda had dragged her husband, Simbarashe Mutore accusing him of bashing her.
Mutore appeared before Mutare provincial magistrate, Mr Langton Mukwengi facing physical abuse charges.
Ms Tafadzwa Chiwanza prosecuted.
A remorseful Mutore admitted assaulting his wife, and pleaded with the court for leniency.
He also begged his wife for forgiveness.
“I am at fault, Your worship. I wronged my wife, and may she, please, forgive me. It was only out of anger that I acted that way because she had taken the phone I was now using for business as well as chatting with my relatives.
“This will never happen again,” he said.
Mutore promised that he will not let things get out of hand again over the phone.
His wife expressed disappointment with how he was misusing the gadget as she claimed Mutore was now in the habit of flirting with other women on the phone.
“I am the one who bought him that phone as a present, and I was bitter to see him chatting with his girlfriends on social media platforms.
“He even saved their pictures in the phone, and I decided to confiscate it.
“This did not go down well with him, and he assaulted me,” said Chakwanda.
Mr Mukwengi fined Mutore $10 000 or 20 days in prison for physically abusing his wife.
By A Correspondent- Two drunk men have been arrested for killing a man with a brick.
The incident happened in Nkulumane suburb when Recent Mukatawa (26) and his alleged partner-in-crime Sydney Siyamwi (23) pounced on Sabelo Gumbo (28), Isaac Sithole (29) and Limukani Sithole (39) while they were smelting iron to make axes.
A source close to the incident said: “When Sydney and his friend arrived at the trio’s shop, they hurled insults at Sithole and his co-workers.
“An argument ensued, at the height of it, Recent and Sydney threw bricks at Sithole and his co-worker. One of the guys hit Sithole on the head, causing him to fall on to the ground and bleed from the head.”
Gumbo tried to run way, but they caught him and hit him with bricks several times on the head and he bled excessively, said the source.
They went for Limukani and took turns to assault him with fists. After that they took to their heels leaving him lying on the ground.
A neighbor to Limukani reported the matter to the police and an ambulance ferried the trio of Sithole, Limukani and Gumbo to Mpilo Central Hospital.
Limukani and Sithole were treated and discharged while Gumbo’s condition deteriorated leading to his death in intensive care.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident and urged community members never to take law into their hands.-BMetro
By A Correspondent- Former Mayors have formed a coalition against the MDC-Alliance ahead of the 2023 elections.
The newly formed grouping, the Former Mayors Association of Zimbabwe, comprises former mayors and councillors from all over the country’s towns and cities which were controlled by the once-vibrant opposition MDC since its formation in 1999.
Most of these former city fathers have since joined Zanu PF.
Some of the mayors and councillors who talked to Zimeye.com said they were frustrated by how the Chamisa led MDC treated them.
” We have seen that the new crop at MDC-Alliance is not accommodative. They want docile people who can not ask them where they would have gone wrong. The leadership wants bootlickers who ululate mediocrity. For that reason, they have dumped all the founding party members and go for the Mafikizolos they can control,” said one of the former mayors.
” We decided to move on with our political careers out of this clueless opposition which does not have new ideas of taking over power. They just oppose the government just for the sake of opposing without giving practical solutions. As experienced politicians who have a history of serving the people, we have seen it prudent to join the government,” said another former Mayor.
Farai Nyandoro
The Association’s spokesperson, the former Marondera Mayor, Farai Nyandoro, confirmed the existence of their coalition.
” We are mobilising all former mayors who served under the original MDC and they are all responding very well. The Association aims to help the government with our experience of running the affairs of the towns and cities. We started this initiative with 20 members (former mayors), and now the membership has ballooned to over 100,” said Nyandoro without commenting on the anti-Chamisa plot.
By State Media-A Harare-based self-styled faith healer (prophet) says he is sick after he was reportedly forced to drink a client’s urine during a healing session.
Madzibaba Tanya is accusing Madzibaba Steven Muchanyu of using him before duping him of US$5 000 which they had agreed on as his payment.
Madzibaba Tanya told H-Metro that Madzibaba Steven “hired” him to help him heal a client suspected to have come from Zambia seeking help. He said:
Madzibaba Steven looked so desperate when he approached me seeking help. He said he had someone who was coming from Zambia or Botswana not sure who was having problems of pulse beating uncontrollably when driving.
He also said he was having dreams in which every time he dreams of his funeral and wakes up feeling very sick.
So he begged me to help him heal the person and I accepted his request to which we agreed that I would get USD$5000 from the USD$15 000 which the client was to pay.
After five days he told me that the person had arrived but I refused to perform the miracles at his church since he would get the credit.
Madzibaba Tanya added that during the healing session, he was possessed by a strange “foreign” spirit and it was while he was in a trance that he drank the patient’s urine. He said:
I got possessed during the healing process with a spirit that I don’t even understand.
I was told that the spirit wanted me to drink the client’s urine and it was the same spirit that wanted to kill the client.
So I drank the urine in which the client got healed, hana yake yakabva yangoti zii kurova fast kwayaiita and he (client) confirmed that he was healed and was grateful.
Madzibaba Tanya said he had been promised US$15 000 but was surprised to be given US$100 instead of the agreed fee.
He said he needed US$5 000 so that he could find faith healers to heal him as he is now sick and also to be delivered from the alien spirit.
Madzibaba Tanya said that each time “I visit other churches I am told they are seeing death ahead of me due to the spirit which came upon me.”
However, Madzibaba Steven disputed the allegations, accusing his erstwhile friend of unspecified action. He said:
I have issues with this man. We used to pray together before I left him over his conduct of getting drunk whilst at the shrine.
He would also sleep with married women in the bushes, so he is trying to tarnish my image so that my church collapses. He is lying.
By Dorothy Moyo | The controversial Mnangagwa activist, Passion Java has taken aim at the 2018 election winner, Nelson Chamisa to mock him saying he will never enter State House.
Using the illustrative image of a biker failing to go through a pack of hyenas, Java wrote saying “hapinde,” meaning he will not go through.
Java’s jibe comes at a time when the Zambia UPND party’s information secretary, Joseph Kalimbwe alluded of Java saying Zambia will never allow the Java type near their president.
Meanwhile, Java posted the picture while mocking saying he ended up getting overwhelmed with laughter.
“Ndafa nekuseka,” he said.
He went on to say, “ndimutseiwo (please wake me up; haaa, he will not enter.”
By A Correspondent- Six Chinese nationals have been burnt to death in a mining gas explosion in Mazowe.
The six died with other two locals following an explosion of gas cylinders in a blast furnace in two separate incidents on Wednesday and Thursday.
The blasts occurred at SAS Mine, Lowdale, under Mazowe Rural District Council where seven people, including six Chinese died on Thursday night with another miner having died the previous day.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the deaths saying: “The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating the circumstances in which six foreign nationals as well as two Zimbabweans died after some gas cylinders exploded at SAS Mine, Lowdale on October 7, 2021.” Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister, Polite Kambamura, and Mazowe South Member of Parliament Cde Fortune Chasi visited the site together with other Ministry of Mines officials who were conducting preliminary investigations. Deputy Minister Kambamura said they ordered the temporary closure of the mine following the first incident on Wednesday to pave way for investigations.
“Unfortunately, the mine management defied that order and continued to work, leading to the loss of more lives on Thursday,” he said. Cde Chasi said according to reports, a 21-year-old man died on Wednesday at the mine after an oxygen tank he was trying to open exploded. “Unfortunately, yesterday another gas tank exploded killing six Chinese workers and one Zimbabwean worker. In total eight people died at the mine. The situation at the mine is tense and workers are traumatized by the event,” he said. The Herald visited the mine and spoke to witnesses who narrated the horrific incidents. It was all gloomy as workers were trying to come to terms with the tragic event, with body parts of the deceased being taken to a local mortuary.
The gate to the mine was locked with a number of security guards manning the area.
One of the workers who witnessed both incidents and asked for anonymity for fear of victimisation, said the first victim who died was a youth who had just started work a few months ago. “He had just married and his wife is pregnant. He went near the blast furnace around 6pm and in line with his everyday duties, he tried to open a gas bottle and it then exploded. “We heard a loud sound and we are still in shock. We just saw some body parts strewn all over the place. It was quite scary for those of a nervous disposition as all his body parts were contained in a plastic bag,” said the worker. Another worker said the death of the seven occurred the following day in almost a similar manner. “Unfortunately on this fateful day, most workers including myself were defying orders to work. We were still traumatized by the death of our colleague the previous day. “However, as fate would have it, some insisted that they wanted to go inside and work. Around 7pm while workers were changing shifts, we heard an unusual loud bang. Little did we know that more colleagues had perished,” said the worker.
By A Correspondent- Six Chinese nationals have been burnt to death in a mining explosion in Mazowe.
The six died with other two locals following an explosion of gas cylinders in a blast furnace in two separate incidents on Wednesday and Thursday.
The blasts occurred at SAS Mine, Lowdale, under Mazowe Rural District Council where seven people, including six Chinese died on Thursday night with another miner having died the previous day.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the deaths saying: “The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating the circumstances in which six foreign nationals as well as two Zimbabweans died after some gas cylinders exploded at SAS Mine, Lowdale on October 7, 2021.” Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister, Polite Kambamura, and Mazowe South Member of Parliament Cde Fortune Chasi visited the site together with other Ministry of Mines officials who were conducting preliminary investigations. Deputy Minister Kambamura said they ordered the temporary closure of the mine following the first incident on Wednesday to pave way for investigations.
“Unfortunately, the mine management defied that order and continued to work, leading to the loss of more lives on Thursday,” he said. Cde Chasi said according to reports, a 21-year-old man died on Wednesday at the mine after an oxygen tank he was trying to open exploded. “Unfortunately, yesterday another gas tank exploded killing six Chinese workers and one Zimbabwean worker. In total eight people died at the mine. The situation at the mine is tense and workers are traumatized by the event,” he said. The Herald visited the mine and spoke to witnesses who narrated the horrific incidents. It was all gloomy as workers were trying to come to terms with the tragic event, with body parts of the deceased being taken to a local mortuary.
The gate to the mine was locked with a number of security guards manning the area.
One of the workers who witnessed both incidents and asked for anonymity for fear of victimisation, said the first victim who died was a youth who had just started work a few months ago. “He had just married and his wife is pregnant. He went near the blast furnace around 6pm and in line with his everyday duties, he tried to open a gas bottle and it then exploded. “We heard a loud sound and we are still in shock. We just saw some body parts strewn all over the place. It was quite scary for those of a nervous disposition as all his body parts were contained in a plastic bag,” said the worker. Another worker said the death of the seven occurred the following day in almost a similar manner. “Unfortunately on this fateful day, most workers including myself were defying orders to work. We were still traumatized by the death of our colleague the previous day. “However, as fate would have it, some insisted that they wanted to go inside and work. Around 7pm while workers were changing shifts, we heard an unusual loud bang. Little did we know that more colleagues had perished,” said the worker.
By Simba Chikanza | The Ngaapinde hitmaker, Cucsman has polished another song, which takes the State House fight to another gear as the musician this time instructs how Nelson Chamisa must do it. He says, all that Chamisa needs now is to, vhiringa vhiringa, until he is firmly in.
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The song lyrics are as follows:
Usaore mwoyo kwawabva ndokure, saka usacheuke kumashure, zvinongokunetesa. Asi Tsunga Moyo, shingirira, rugare haruuye nyore
Dzimwe nguva zvinotora makore, Kure kweGava ndokusina Tsubvu Zvimwe zvacho zvinoda kushinga. You’ve got to keep up, wongovhiringa vhiringa kusvika waPinda. You should never let it go. Kusvikira zvinhu zvaita Bho. It ain’t easy, Zvinoda kushinga kuti urarame muJungle. Semuvhimi musango rineShumba. Hamudi mbwende munoda vakasimba. Wanguda usagumbuke, usavhunduke, keep pressing on.
Usaore mwoyo kwawabva ndokure, saka usacheuke kumashure, zvinongokunetesa. Asi Tsunga Moyo, shingirira, rugare haruuye nyore
The Ngaapinde hitmaker, @CucsmanM has polished another song, which takes the State House fight to another gear as the musician this time instructs how Nelson Chamisa must do it. He says, all that Chamisa needs now is to, vhiringa vhiringa, until he is firmly in.- pic.twitter.com/H3ecxFLCHL
By A Correspondent- MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has made another public President Emmerson Mnangagwa endorsement.
Mwonzora endorsed Harare on Friday during a press conference when he demanded the West remove sanctions against the Zanu PF government.
“Our position as the MDC-T is that we support the international re-engagement of Zimbabwe with the international community. Zimbabweans must actively participate to ensure that these measures are removed. We have been under sanctions for over two decades, the lives of the Zimbabwean people have not improved, the economic system has not improved, the social system has not improved; therefore, we think that the sanctions are not working,” Mwonzora told journalists in Harare Friday.
Mwonzora is facing massive criticism from his fellow opposition leaders, who are accusing him of selling out.
By A Correspondent- MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has joined the Zanu PF’s sanctions choir.
Mwonzora, who is facing massive criticism from fellow opposition leaders for having a soft spot on Zanu PF, on Friday further angered his critics when he said denounced sanctions against Zimbabwe.
“Our position as the MDC-T is that we support the international re-engagement of Zimbabwe with the international community. Zimbabweans must actively participate to ensure that these measures are removed. We have been under sanctions for over two decades, the lives of the Zimbabwean people have not improved, the economic system has not improved, the social system has not improved; therefore, we think that the sanctions are not working,” Mwonzora told journalists in Harare Friday.
By A Correspondent| Trending South African musician Makhadzi will return to Zimbabwe for another show in December before proceeding to the United Kingdom.
Makhadzi made his maiden perfomance in Zimbabwe this week when he serenaded guests at Secretary for Finance George Guvamatanga’s lavish birthday party.
The Murahu hitmaker appears to have fallen in love or music promoters may have realised Zimbabweans hunger for Makhadzi after his post announcing his journey north of Limpopo attracted interest from thousands of people who wanted to know the venue of the show.
Below is Makhadzi’s poster with a list of shows she has lined up before the end of the year.
Below is a video of rural Gokwe during the COVID lockdown period. It was taken using a combination of drone and camera devices. Would you visit Gokwe after watching this?
SEVEN people, including six Chinese nationals died yesterday after some gas cylinders exploded at a mine in Mazowe.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating the circumstances in which six foreign nationals as well as a Zimbabwean died after some gas cylinders exploded at SAS mine, Lowdale on October 7, 2021,” he said.
National Arts Merits Awards (NAMA) winning theatre and arts star, Jiggaz, born George Tanjani has died.
Tanjani is reported to have succumbed to mild stomach pains Friday.
Jiggaz
The late multi-talented 39-year-old, is known for his popular mesmerizing dancehall chanting skills from the early 2000s, which gave birth to his popular name Jiggaz in the dancehall coterie and his hit, “Coin”.
The Coin hitmaker, opened a music stable; ‘The Antidote’ which saw the emergence of some artists like Smartex and the famous Spiderman who got into the Dancehall industry at a tender age.
Jiggaz is known for being Spiderman’s mentor and touched the hearts of many artists specifically those in the Zimdancehall genre including Seh Calaz.
The late artist, a few years back, won a NAMA award for his acting role in “Decorder”, a local drama which was published seven years ago.
The Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (CALA) has turned into a cash cow for teachers who are being paid to award more marks to candidates, while others are writing coursework on behalf of pupils, The Manica Post has established.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, through the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC), introduced CALA this year as a candidate assessment procedure that requires pupils to perform, demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and proficiency in their learning areas before the main exam.
Under the regime, ZIMSEC candidates’ academic aptitude is assessed continuously (coursework) to contribute 30 percent to their final marks.
Summative or knowledge skills assessed during examinations contribute 70 percent to the candidate’s final grade.
External candidates wishing to sit for their exams this year have to approach their examination centres for assessment.
However, a two-week investigation by this newspaper into how CALA was being implemented in schools revealed that rogue elements within the education sector were charging varying amounts to candidates willing to get high coursework marks.
Apart from being paid to award more marks, some teachers were being paid to write the coursework on behalf of candidates.
During the investigation, this reporter negotiated and paid US$10 to a Grade Seven teacher at a Sakubva school to write the coursework for a candidate purported to be under his (the reporter’s) guardianship.
BUHERA – Headman Neshava (Janson Mubaiwa) from Buhera is headed for a fierce clash with village head Simon Chimhau who he accuses of hiring tsikamutandas into the area and using them to extort subjects.
Neshava told Chipinge Times that he wants Chimhau fired for the alleged crimes and has written a letter to the District Development Co-ordinator (DDC) who has the powers to initiate the firing of errand traditional leaders.
Headman Neshava accused Chimhau of bringing tsikamutandas from as far as Harare and using them to terrorise and extort villagers. The tsikamutandas accuse villagers of practicing witchcraft and then order them to pay hefty sums of money, heads of cattle or goats to be exorcised.
Chimhau confirmed that tsikamutandas were causing havoc in his area but refuted allegations that he was involved.
Buhera DDC Freeman Mavhiza said it is a crime for tsikamutandas to go around witch hunting and called on headman Neshava to make an immediate report to the Police.
He said he was also going to call the headman over the issue and tell him to make a report to Police.
“I however, have not yet received Neshava’s letter but I must emphasise that what the tsikamutandas are doing is a crime and they must be reported to the Police at once.
MASVINGO – Justice Garainesu Mawadze, a senior High Court Judge surprisingly sidelined in recent Judiciary service promotions narrowly escaped death on Friday when he was involved in a horrific road accident.
Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) secretary, Walter Chikwanha confirmed the accident which happened at around 7pm, 20km from Zvishavane along Masvingo – Zvishavane Highway.
He crashed into a herd of cattle that suddenly appeared in the road and hit five of them, said sources. The herdsmen allegedly ran away and disappeared into the darkness.
His E300 Mercedes Benz was reduced to a heap of metal.
Chikwanha told The Mirror that Mawadze who is based at the High Court in Masvingo was coming from a business trip in Zvishavane going back home. He was alone in the car.
Justice Mawadze declined to comment and referred questions to Chikwanha. The Mirror however, understands that Mawadze is recuperating at home.
Efforts to get a comment from Midlands Police Spokesperson, Emmanuel Mahoko were futile.
In terms of the law, Mawadze who is now the most senior Judge at the High Court was supposed to automatically assume the position of acting Judge President when the incumbent Justice George Chiweshe was elevated to the Supreme Court two months ago.
He was sidelined in flagrant disregard of the law and the development caused public outcry both in and outside the legal fraternity.
Mawadze was also overlooked when the President eventually made the substantive appointment for the post.
“The Judge was coming from a business when he was involved in an accident, 20kmfrom Zvishavane.
I talked to him an hour before the accident. It came as a surprise to me when I learnt that he had been involved in an accident.
“I can’t say what he was doing in Zvishavane as you know judges visit courts for different reasons including assessing or holding workshops. All I can say is he was on duty,” said Chikwanha.
By A Correspondent| Man of the moment, Tinashe Mugabe popularly known as the DNA Man has shot down claims by popular comedienne and her accomplice Tanaka Dube who alleged that the DNA Show concept was stolen from them.
Tanaka Dube and Madam Boss went public claiming that they had a meeting with Mugabe over a show they wanted named Baba Ndiani alleging that the DNA man then took it and implemented it as his own.
According to Dube, after meeting Mugabe, they proceeded with plans for the show only to find out that he was already doing it,
“Tinashe Mugabe stole our DNA paternity show Baba Ndiani months after we approached him for a collaboration. Madam Boss was supposed to host the show, we even had a meeting with her at Rainbow Towers pertaining to the show, the show was created by Rumbidzai Chihera Mambokadzi, myself, Nomagee Sibanda, and Munya. We were still working on the show when we found out that Tinashe was already doing it without us yet we had discussed it with him. Recently we tried having a meeting with him and he kept on post posting and surely it’s not good that one person capitalizes on other people’s ideas, he could’ve at least told us before producing the show,” said Dube.
Madam Boss responded to Dube’s post confirming that indeed Mugabe stole their show.
“Tanaka Vibes Dube I remember kuti maive nemapurisa team yema therapist and also accommodation for vanenge vanzi chibva pano nemwana wako.
“You had huge plans
“But nevertheless ngatiitei jika majika,” said Madam Boss.
But Mugabe shot back saying;
Its like you have been driving a Toyota wish all along (4 years) contemplating to upgrade into RANGE ROVER VELAR. Then start making some savings towards the purchase. Then booom, a complete stranger inbox a proposal to you saying, “DNA MAN can you bring your VELAR savings & WISH value and put all these resources together & bring it so we give all to a certain person (celebrity), one way or the other you might have the opportunity to ride on the VELAR when she’s around. The DNA MAN declines and even refuse to give audience to the stranger and went ahead to buy the VELAR that he’s riding on these days. Now the stranger bounces back and say that VELAR is mine and the DNA MAN stole it from me…THE ALLEGED PROPOSAL IS EXCLUDED AS HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CLOSURE DNA SHOW, THE PROBABILITY OF RELATEDNESS IS 0%…MUCHISHONA TIRIKUTI HAPANA KANA CHENYU MU SHOW IYI… SAKA AMAI, baba ndiani
We say dialogue must be inclusive, every Zimbabwean must be a member of the dialogue process . but in the process we want civil society to be involved; we want churches to be involved…-@DMwonzorapic.twitter.com/GCLhTcM3p8
Its like you have been driving a Toyota wish all along (4 years) contemplating to upgrade into RANGE ROVER VELAR.
Then start making some savings towards the purchase. Then booom, a complete stranger inbox a proposal to you saying, “DNA MAN can you bring your VELAR savings & WISH value and put all these resources together & bring it so we give all to a certain person (celebrity), one way or the other you might have the opportunity to ride on the VELAR when she’s around. The DNA MAN declines and even refuse to give audience to the stranger and went ahead to buy the VELAR that he’s riding on these days. Now the stranger bounces back and say that VELAR is mine and the DNA MAN stole it from me
…THE ALLEGED PROPOSAL IS EXCLUDED AS HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CLOSURE DNA SHOW, THE PROBABILITY OF RELATEDNESS IS 0%…MUCHISHONA TIRIKUTI HAPANA KANA CHENYU MU SHOW IYI… SAKA AMAI, baba ndiani 