By A Correspondent- Some alleged Bakers Inn cash sale receipts exposing shocking parallel market rate have gone viral on social media.

The receipts from the food outlet’s Zvishavane branch show that the parallel rate is now at US$1 to RTGS200.

“This is a lesson to politicians that the economy is not run through propaganda, lies & threats. As the Ghanaian VP said, if you are in doubt of what’s happening, check the exchange rate,” read some comments on social media on the sad reality.

Case Alert

6 October 2021

LRF AND WCOZ MOUNT ANTI-CHILD MARRIAGES CAMPAIGN

A MASVINGO resident and two human rights organisations have asked the High Court to order Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne and the Apostolic Churches Council to mount a campaign denouncing the pervasive practice of child marriages.

In an application filed recently at Harare High Court, Sharon Moffat, a resident of Masvingo, Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) and Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) want Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne and the Apostolic Churches Council to be ordered to publish at every shrine or every place of worship, a message for 19 consecutive weeks, clarifying, for the benefit of their congregants and adherents, that the marrying or giving in marriage of girl children is not an aspect of their respective faiths and should not be committed in the name of their religion.

Moffat, LRF and WCoZ also want the High Court to order Health and Child Care Minister Constantino Chiwenga, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Hon. Ziyambi Ziyambi, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Hon. Kazembe Kazembe, Women’s Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Hon. Sithembiso Nyoni, Zimbabwe Republic Police, Zimbabwe Gender Commission and Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, to take steps to bring to an end the practice of marrying and giving in marriage of girl children in Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne and in Independent African Apostolic Churches represented by Apostolic Churches Council.

The trio want Zimbabwean authorities to conduct an identification of children married in terms of the practice, their removal, from such marriages and placement in places of safety established in terms of the Children’s Act for their rehabilitation.

They also want the activation of the criminal justice system against all men who have married or otherwise have had sexual intercourse with minor children in the name of religion post the decision of the Constitutional Court in Mudzuru and Another v Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Others in Case No. CCZ-12-15 and the publication of a summary of the declaraturs in all national newspapers and on all national radio stations in all vernacular languages.

Moffat, LRF, which is a law-based human rights organisation and WCoZ, a network of women’s organisations involved in the preservation and protection of women’s rights including the rights of children are represented by Paidamoyo Saurombe of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Advocate Thabani Mpofu, Advocate Regina Bwanali and Advocate Choice Damiso.

Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne, Apostolic Churches Council, Chiwenga, Ziyambi, Kazembe, Nyoni, Zimbabwe Republic Police, Zimbabwe Gender Commission and Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission are cited as respondents to the application.

The applicants argued that some members of the Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne church have taken to marrying and marrying off girl children falsely claiming such practice to be part of their religious beliefs while such a breach has also taken root in most church organisations represented by Apostolic Churches Council.

Moffat, LRF and WCoZ accused Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne and Apostolic Churches Council of not taking a position to affirm their true beliefs and faith and to disassociate themselves from their adherents who violate the law in their name.

Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne and Apostolic Churches Council, Moffat, LRF and WCoZ argued, had accommodated the criminal practices and given the impression that they not only tolerate them, but that those practices constitute a fundamental component of their faith.

Moffat, LRF and WCoZ want the High Court to declare that the practice of marrying and marrying off girl children to be declared as not an essential element of the religious beliefs of Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne and the organisations represented by Apostolic Churches Council and for such practice to be declared to be in breach of
sections 19(1), 19(2)(a), 19(2)(d), 19(3)(b)(iii), 26(a), 26(b), 27(2), 51, 53, 78(1), 78(2), 80(3), 81(1)(d), 81(1)(e) and 81(2) of the Constitution.

By A Correspondent- Makhadzi has announced that she will be performing in Harare, Zimbabwe for the first time today.

She shared the good news on her Instagram page as she was just about to leave the country at the OR Tambo Airport this morning.

Off to Zimbwambwe.. today I will be performing in harare for the first time … #africanqueen

Makhadzi’s performance in Harare comes at the backdrop of unpleasant developments during her Malawi tour.  A photographer shared pictures of her dark inner thighs on social media giving trolls an opportunity to body shame her.

She humbly apologised to her fans for the pictures.

By A Correspondent- Following reports that local DNA specialist, Tinashe Mugabe stole the DNA show idea from a Facebook user only identified as Tanaka Vibes Dube,  Madam Boss has come out to confirm the allegations.

The popular comedienne commented on Tanaka Vibes Dube’s Facebook post confirming that Tanaka and his team were working on a reality show titled  “Baba Ndiani” before Tinashe Mugabe stole their show idea.

Tanaka claims he and his colleagues approached Tinashe Mugabe and asked him to collaborate with them on their show titled “Baba Ndiani.”

He, however, alleges that after meeting up with him, Tinashe Mugabe went behind their back and did the show without them or communicating with them first.

Responding to Tanaka’s allegations, Madam Boss wrote;

“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”

Madam Boss praised Tanaka for being super talented. She also advised him to bury the hatchet and create another show and possibly try and collaborate with Tinashe Mugabe again.

“Hahahah it’s ok My brother I know you are super talented, create something else hamumbo pererwe nema ideas.

Talk to him mmuite mese if it’s ok with him… but pafeya ummm dai ndakazoita ndirini ndaitakwa nemabwe,”she added.

Madam Boss was supposed to be the host of  “Baba Ndiani” reality show before Tinashe Mugabe allegedly stole their idea.

At the time of publishing, Tinashe still hadn’t responded to the allegations levelled against him by Tanaka Vibes Dube and his colleagues.

By A Correspondent- Local educators yesterday said there was nothing to celebrate during this year’s World Teachers’ Day commemorations, but applauded plans by the Rwandan government to recruit qualified teachers from Zimbabwe.

They said Rwanda’s proposal would generate foreign currency through exporting knowledge.

Teachers lamented deteriorating working conditions and slave wages, calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to urgently look into their plight.

“It is sad to note that government continues to ignore teachers’ grievances,” Amalgamated Rural Teachers of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure said.

“Government should remunerate teachers and capacitate our institutions before entering into these bilateral agreements. This will create further teacher shortages in the country since the type of teachers that are needed in Rwanda are the same type of teachers that are in critical shortage here.”

Teachers have been demanding a pay rise, denominated in United States dollars from their employer, a demand government says will plunge the country into an economic crisis.

Last week, Rwanda President Paul Kagame announced during the Rwanda-Zimbabwe Trade and Investment Conference that he intended to recruit Zimbabwean teachers to revamp his country’s education sector.

Zimbabwe Teachers Association chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu said it was a welcome move as Rwanda had a shortage of Science and English teachers.

“This should be a government-to-government agreement and will generate foreign currency for the country. Teachers will also learn a lot from Rwanda since it is more advanced than us in terms of technology,” he said.

However, Ndlovu said Zimbabwe would experience brain drain and would need to come up with strategies to train more teachers.

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Bulawayo provincial chairperson Vusumuzi Mahlangu said: “Government should officialise such programmes because if it does so, a lot of teachers would want to go to Rwanda. The government is ill-treating teachers. It does not treasure them. This is a situation where another country is seeing gold out of Zimbabwean teachers.”

Mahlangu said some qualified teachers were on the streets seeking to supplement their incomes, while others were unemployed.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Enerst Makwembe (21) was killed by a 32 year old man only identified as Gumede at Unit J shops in Chitungwiza around 9pm on Sunday.

Sources privy to the development said Makwembe was murdered for spilling Gumede’s beer in a glass bottle.

Said the source:

“The late Makwembe broke a glass belonging to Gumede and this did not go down with him. People tried to restrain Gumede and it looked like the two had found each other before Gumede just took the broken glass and charged at Makwembe and he sliced his throat using the broken glass. He collapsed and died instantly.”

Residents here were baying for Gumede’s blood when he was brought at the murder scene by the police Tuesday, ZimEye can reveal.

“Gumede must thank the police because the people here would have killed him because of what he did. Residents here are bitter,” added another source.

Gumede is set to appear at court facing murder charges.

Harare Province Organizing Secretary, Paul Madzore addressing a meeting in Epworth. Watch,listen and notice how he had to quickly address the crowd and disperse. The regime is always panicking! pic.twitter.com/JmYoknMt2J

— TheNew?? (@TheNewBlueZim) October 4, 2021

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust has declared that MDC T’s call for postponement of elections is unconstitutional.

MDC T said elections should be cancelled to create space for the implementation of reforms.

According to Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust, such utterances are dangerous and reckless.

Below is ZEAT’s statement:

MDC T’s proposal for the scrapping of both impending by-elections and 2023 general elections is despicably startling,mind boggling and reckless.

As ZEAT we condemn such wayward and malicious statements from a party that also aspires for higher politcal office.

Zimbabwe is a constitutional democracy and has been religiously holding periodic democratic elections as espoused in the constitution since independence..Such crass and irresponsible comments have a propensity of causing panic and despodency among our peace loving population. ZEAT…. fostering democratic elections!

Register to vote Zim!

By A Correspondent-Harare City Council (City of Harare) says it has issued 48-hour notices to hundreds of people settled on the Mbudzi interchange road reserve.

In a statement this Tuesday, CoH urged the affected people to remove their structures within two days or the council will send bulldozers to “assist” them. 

The statement read:

Council has served 48-hour notices to over 320 people settled on the Mbudzi interchange road reserve.

The notices encourage the residents to remove their structures without council assistance which normally comes in the form of dozers.

The road interchange is a national project. Affected residents will be allocated space elsewhere. A committee to address the issue is working on the matter.

Last month the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Tedious Chinyanga, told The Herald that Mbudzi roundabout, located in southern Harare, needed to be converted into an interchange where traffic flows without interruption.

Chinyanga said the ministry had engaged the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe and Zimre Holdings in their quest to raise funding which would come as a bond. He said:

In terms of the Mbudzi roundabout, we are discussing with a financial institution that has expressed interest in putting forward a loan or funding to Treasury in order to quicken up the process of constructing that interchange because it would be bad planning on our part if we complete the road without having put up the interchange.

… We have IDBZ and Zimre Holdings leading the process. They made a presentation to Treasury.

As Ministry of Transport, we are happy with the progress but there are a few things which they have to deal with Treasury for final approval and concurrence but the pace we are moving at is good.

Mbudzi roundabout is at the intersection of Simon Mazorodze Road, Chitungwiza Road and High Glen Road and these are the feeder roads from western Chitungwiza and a swathe of old and new suburbs into the city centre as well as national and regional traffic on the Harare-Masvingo route.

-Pindula

By A Correspondent- Former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has been removed from remand after the State submitted that it had no sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

Chombo, who is facing several corruption charges emanating from the Justice Uchena Report, was freed by Harare Provincial magistrate Stanford Mambanje.

Mambanje removed Chombo from remand and advised the State to proceed by way of summons if they need Chombo back in court.

That was after prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti proposed to proceed by way of summons saying there was no sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

Chombo recently challenged remand on his latest allegations arguing there was no formal complaint against him in the matter.

He is accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly allocated himself more than 125 residential stands without authority during his time as a cabinet minister.

On the criminal abuse of office charges, it is alleged he created a bank account in his name where housing cooperatives deposited money.

He challenged the State to provide the quantum of prejudice for the allegedly committed crime some 15 years ago.

Chombo told the court that the bank account number cited by the State was in fact not his, adding that not a single housing cooperative was registered in his name.

He said he only had one property with title deeds in his name.

Last month, Chombo was acquitted in a case he was accused of unlawfully wearing Zanu PF party regalia.

-State media

By A Correspondent- Police in Bindura allegedly pounced on a number of Zanu PF supporters who were conducting a restructuring exercise in Bindura and heavily assaulted before arresting some of them in retaliation of their colleague who had been assaulted the previous day.

The police who were clad in riot gear used tear smoke before assaulting the ruling party officials who were led by Shamva based Chairwoman Phamhidzayi Chirimuuta who confirmed the incident.

Chirimuuta told NewsDay that the charged officers heavily assaulted them and picked some of their youths who are yet to be released.

“We were at the business centre conducting our restructuring exercise when charged police officers came and tear gassed us saying one of their colleague was assaulted at the same venue on Sunday so they assaulted us and picked some of our youths,” confirmed Chirimuuta.

“One of our former youth chairman Sydney Mashongeka was picked by the police and he is yet to be released.”

She further claimed that the police came loaded in three vehicles a Toyota Wish, Honda Fit and a Kombi.

Effort to contact police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi were fruitless.

Meanwhile, ZANU PF officials fought on Saturday in Bindura on factional grounds during district elections.- Bulawayo24

By Patrick Guramatunhu- There are many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess. Many of those reasons will have something to do with the nation’s inability to focus on the important matters; we have a fixation with trivial matters. 

“WE’RE READY!” announced Nelson Chamisa on his Twitter account.

“In 1980, Mugabe was 56, Banana 44, Mnangagwa 37, Rex 31, Tongo would’ve been 42, Joyce 25, Zvinavashe 36, Oppah 22 and Sekuru Chiwenga 23. They were ready to serve and so are we. 

“Why do some people think that OUR GENERATION is not ready? We’re ready! And it’s now our turn! Theirs was liberating. Ours is transforming and democratizing.”

For the umpteenth time Chamisa; leadership is not about age, race, gender, who did what during the liberation war, etc., etc. None of these things matter not at all!

Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies were young, they had fought in the war of liberation, etc., etc.; ticking all the boxes according to your criterions, they were ready. And yet that did not stop the onset of the gross mismanagement, rampant corruption and the murderous tyrannical oppression that have been the hallmark of the Zanu PF dictatorship. 

The economic and political rot we see today started with the Zanu PF decision to deny the people of Zimbabwe a meaningful rig the 1980 elections  by threatening the bush war will continue if the party lost the elections.

Once in power they consolidated the iron grip on power by systematically undermining and corrupting every state institution and sector of society to impose the de facto one-party, Zanu PF, dictatorship that has ruled the nation with an iron fist and ruined it. 

The suggestion that Nelson Chamisa and his MDC friends should be allowed to govern because they are young is plan foolish. Zimbabwe’s rot started way back in 1980 when the nation gained her independence and Mugabe and company were young.

So if the youth Mugabe and company failed to deliver economic prosperity what is so different with Chamisa and company to guarantee they are not as corrupt and incompetent as Mugabe and company?

The nation must be reminded at this point that Chamisa and company have been on the national political stage for 22 years, 5 of which in the 2008 to 2013 GNU. Chamisa and his MDC friends were elected into office for a very specific purpose – to implement the democratic reforms to dismantle the de facto one-party dictatorship. 

Zanu PF is still in power today because MDC leaders have failed to implement even one token democratic change in 22 years. 

Worse still, MDC leaders have now abandon the cause of implementing the reforms to ensure free, fair and credible elections. 

SADC leaders’ warned the MDC leaders not to participate in 2013 elections without first implementing the reforms to stop Zanu PF rigging. “If you go into the elections next month, you will lose. The elections are done!” SADC leaders told Tsvangirai and company to their faces.

MDC leaders ignored the warning and Zanu PF went on to blatantly rig the 2013 elections. Tsvangirai and company should have learned the lesson and demand the reforms before elections; they did not because the repeated the same mistake in 2018. 

Zanu PF has been in power for 41 years and counting because Zanu PF rigged the elections and not because some mythical individuals decided Chamisa and his generation were not ready.

One Twitter user quizzed Nelson Chamisa on this very important point, asking him if he has, “considered the “rigging” in 2023? Surely you or any other can’t win as all elections in Zimbabwe (are) rigged.”

“Once cheated twice wiser!” replied Chamisa, with his usual dismissive arrogance.

The problem was not just one of Zanu PF rigging elections and getting back into power but, worst of all, by participating in the flawed and illegal elections, MDC was giving credibility to the flawed process and, by extension, legitimacy to the vote rigging Zanu PF.

The people of Zimbabwe are desperate for meaningful democratic change that will restore the people’s basic freedoms and rights including the right to a meaningful vote and even the right to life itself. Stopping the curse of rigged elections and bad governance is the number one priority because other changes such as economic recovery will only follow if there is good governance. 

So the people of Zimbabwe are looking for the leaders; it does not matter their age (after all the government is elected for a fixed five year term), gender, etc.; who will implement the democratic reforms and end the curse of rigged elections. 

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people,” said the Greek Philosopher Socrates.

Nelson Chamisa and his MDC friends are obsessed about trivial matters so obsessed they are incapable of thinking of anything else; even when it is brought to their attention repeatedly!

“Once cheated twice wiser!” How many times did Robert Mugabe “cheat”Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, his two Deputy PM, 30 MDC ministers and deputy ministers,160 MDC MPs and Senators into forgetting to implement even one token reform in the five long GNU years? And this was the primary purpose of the GNU for Pete’s sake!

@ZECzim did a recount & admitted declaring @DexterNduna winner based on its mistake. @ZECzim should have corrected its mistake but it did not. @mdczimbabwe 's @GiftKonjana lost his #Concourt bid to represent #ChegutuWest despite winning the elections. Should ZEC be disbanded?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 6, 2021

By A Correspondent- Schools have remained COVID-19 hotspots despite a downward trend in new infections recorded throughout the country in the past week, government has said.

Government yesterday extended the level two lockdown by a further two weeks, but opened licensed bars for vaccinated patrons only.

New cases reported in schools fell to 815 last week compared to 1 267 in the previous week after the Health and Child Care ministry recently cordoned off boarding schools.

In a post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said government would continue to strengthen all public health institutions ahead of a possible fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The number of new infections decreased during the week under review, despite the slight increase in new cases in learning institutions,” she said.

The daily average of new cases dropped to 238 per day from 246, the previous week.

Regarding case management, infection, prevention and control, the number of people in need of hospitalisation for COVID-19 continues to fall, with the country’s bed occupancy rate decreasing from 4,62% the previous week to 4,3% during the week under review.

Last week, 94 new admissions were recorded, with six patients placed under intensive care.

On bars, Mutsvangwa said owners who violated the COVID-19 health protocols risked losing licences.

“Cabinet notes, with concern, that the continued closure of licensed bars and nightclubs has caused not only a loss of income and unemployment, but also resulted in the mushrooming of illegal outlets,” she said.

“Cabinet, therefore, directed that all licensed bars be opened to fully vaccinated clients. Bar owners are also required to ensure that the World Health Organisation and national protocols and guidelines are enforced, failure of which their licences will be withdrawn. The bars are also required to adhere to curfew hours.”-newsday

By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF has been accused of interfering in Mutare City Council operations after the ruling party youths forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Chidzere flea market in the city last Thursday.

This was after youths led by outspoken Zanu-PF Mutare district co-ordinating committee secretary for youths affairs Danmore Mambondiyani stormed the flea market and allocated themselves stands.

Mambondiyani was armed with a letter from Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Nokuthula Matsikenyere addressed to Mutare City Council saying the youths should be allocated space at the flea market.

The letter, dated September 14, addressed to acting town clerk Tinashe Mtetwa stated: “The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikenyere is kindly requesting the allocation of flea markets for the under-listed youths, your usual assistance will be greatly appreciated.”

Mambondiyani yesterday defended their action saying they did not interfere with council operations.

He said Matsikenyere met Mutare City Council and the Joint Operations Command and it was decided that 160 spaces should be allocated to them.

“The background of the matter is that we had clashes with Mutare City Council over the allocation of stands and this led Matsikenyere, the Joint Operation Command, and Mutare City Council to have a meeting where it was agreed that we were going to allocate 20% of the flea market space,” he said, adding that the youths had been ordered to pay registration fees.

However, council has remained adamant saying out of 624 spaces at the flea market, 234 of them had already been reserved for people who were previously occupying the spaces.

“Zanu-PF is interfering in the operations of our council by allocating themselves stands. The party is now doing council business and all the people who were allocated stalls are not on the council’s waiting list,” a source said.

According to latest council minutes, mayor Blessing Tandi directed the heads of department that: “I refer to the 1 289th ordinary full council meeting held on September 29, 2021, that council set aside 200 flea market stands at Chidzere flea market which will be allocated through the mayor’s office to special interest groups such as the youths, people living with disability and women, and that the remaining flea market stands will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.”

-newsday

By A Correspondent- Former Bulawayo deputy mayor Alderman Amen Mpofu, who succumbed to a kidney ailment on Friday, was laid to rest at the Lady Stanley Cemetery in the city yesterday.

Mpofu died at Mpilo Central Hospital at the age of 67.

Before his burial, the Bulawayo City Council held a special meeting in his honour, where mayor Solomon Mguni said Mpofu first became councillor in 2003.

Mguni said Mpofu was re-elected in 2008 to 2013, and during those years, he served as deputy mayor.

“He was elevated to the dignity of alderman in May 2018,” he said.

“His death comes as a shock and has left a vacuum which the city will not be able to fill for many years to come. The city has lost a gallant son and dedicated leader,” Mguni said.

Mpofu is survived by four children and several grandchildren.

Other former councillors and aldermen described Mpofu as a fearless man who was honest and shunned corruption at all costs.

Former mayor Thaba Moyo said he worked with Mpofu as his deputy and knew him as a no-nonsense man who always stood his ground.

“One day when we were in an inauguration meeting with former Minister of Local Government, Ignatius Chombo, he challenged him for being insensitive about Bulawayo issues after he (Chombo) delayed approval of the Bulawayo budget,” Moyo said.

A funeral service was also held at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre to allow residents to pay their last respects to their late leader.

The service was attended by several MDC Alliance members, among them Thabitha Khumalo.

By A Correspondent- The European Union (EU) has maintained a tough stance on Zimbabwe saying that the southern African country must fully implement the 2018 election observer mission recommendations (EOM) before the 2023 polls.

This was after Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava on Monday met the EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen for the first time in Brussels where the EU reiterated calls for electoral and economic reforms.

In a tweet yesterday, Urpilainen said:  “First meeting with FM Zimbabwe @ShavaHon. A comprehensive discussion covering bilateral relations, COVID-19 response, future co-operation and complex regional situations.  I reiterated the need to fully implement political and economic reforms, including EOM recommendations.”

In a preliminary statement after the disputed 2018 polls, the EU observer mission noted electoral malpractices such as “bias in State media” in favour of Zanu-PF, adding this meant “that a truly level playing field was not achieved.”

Urpilainen, a former Finland Deputy Prime Minister and Finance minister respectively, oversees the EU Commission’s work on international c-operation and sustainable development.

Human rights groups and the opposition have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of being reluctant to implement reforms despite promises to do so.

Some of the reforms include the need to implement recommendations by the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry which investigated the post-election violence of August 1, 2018, including ensuring that those responsible for abuses are held accountable.

Last week, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network which has been tracking progress on the implementation of the EOM recommendations, expressed concern that “most remain unattended at a time when Zimbabwe is barely two years away from yet another set of harmonised elections in 2023.”

Opposition MDC Alliance’s secretary for international relations Gladys Hlatshwayo yesterday welcomed Urpilainen’s demands for electoral reforms

“The authoritarian consolidation in Zimbabwe is extremely worrying, shrinking democratic space, weaponising the law against opponents and human rights defenders, attempts to destroy the opposition, and undemocratic amendments of the Constitution,” Hlatshwayo said.

But Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Mike Bimha said electoral reforms did not happen overnight.

Bimha said the reform agenda was already in place, adding that critics were not aware of the procedures and processes that government had to follow in implementing the reforms.

“The issue is that when you are not in government, it is very easy to criticise. When you are in government, you also realise that things don’t just happen. There are procedures and processes that have to be followed, and those things take time; they don’t happen overnight,” Bimha said.

“What we are happy about is that the government is keen on re-engagement and reforms. We are seeing reforms; the reform agenda is there to stay and we are happy with the pace.”-newsday

By A Correspondent- A woman dumped a two-week-old baby at Mbare Musika Long-distance Bus Terminus around 3 PM on Monday afternoon, police have confirmed.

The woman, whose identity could not be ascertained, had boarded an Inter Africa Bus that was loading passengers at the bustling terminus when she left the baby with a fellow passenger.

According to a police statement, the woman asked a fellow passenger aged 33 to keep a baby while she did a few errands.

She, however, left for good and did not return to the bus leading to a police report being lodged.

The police subsequently took the baby to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital for further management.

Police said in the statement:

The ZRP is investigating a case of baby dumping which occurred at Mbare Musika, Hre on 04/10/21 at 1500 hours, where an unknown woman boarded an Inter Africa bus before asking a fellow passenger (33) to keep a baby (approximately two weeks old).

The woman did not return to take the baby leading to a Police report being lodged. Meanwhile, Police took the baby to Sally Mugabe Hospital for further management.

In an unrelated development, police arrested Michael Mazenge (25) in connection with a case of attempted murder that occurred at Western Triangle, Highfield, Harare on Monday.

Mazenge was badly attacked by a mob after he struck an unnamed individual with a stone on the head in an attempt to rob him of his belongings

By A Correspondent- Opposition MDC Alliance member Gift Konjana yesterday again lost his bid to reclaim the Chegutu West parliamentary seat after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) dismissed his appeal challenging the legitimacy of Zanu-PF’s Dexter Nduna as the legislator of the constituency.

Konjana had appealed to the ConCourt after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) erroneously announced Nduna as the duly elected MP after he lost to Konjana in the 2018 harmonised elections.

ConCourt judges Justices Paddington Garwe, Anne-Mary Gowora and Ben Hlatswayo ruled that Konjana failed to provide evidence to persuade the court to rule in his favour.

Zec announced Nduna as the winner with 10 932 votes against Konjana with 10 828 votes in the 2018 polls, but later admitted to having made an error.

Konjana then appealed to the Supreme Court, but Justices Antonia Guvava, Bharat Patel and Francis Bere ruled that his petition to challenge Nduna’s victory in the July 2018 elections was filed after the prescribed three-month period had lapsed.

By A Correspondent- Enerst Makwembe (21) was killed by a 32 year old man only identified as Gumede at Unit J shops in Chitungwiza around 9pm on Sunday.

Sources privy to the development said Makwembe was murdered for spilling Gumede’s beer in a glass bottle.

Said the source:

“The late Makwembe broke a glass belonging to Gumede and this did not go down with him. People tried to restrain Gumede and it looked like the two had found each other before Gumede just took the broken glass and charged at Makwembe and he sliced his throat using the broken glass. He collapsed and died instantly.”

Residents here were baying for Gumede’s blood when he was brought at the murder scene by the police Tuesday, ZimEye can reveal.

“Gumede must thank the police because the people here would have killed him because of what he did. Residents here are bitter,” added another source.

Gumede is set to appear at court facing murder charges.

By A Correspondent- Four people were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo Province on Saturday when a wall collapsed on guests during a lobola ceremony in GaChuene Thokgwaneng.

South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the police in Lebowakgomo have opened an inquest docket and had identified the deceased as Tiisetso Bushy Macheka, 36, Lesego Ribisi of Hwelereng village, 18, Phinias Maripane Kganyago of Gamashashane and Samson Sambo, who died at Lebowakgomo hospital.

Family spokesperson and brother to the bride, Phinias Yika said they were still in shock following the incident. He said:

As the Yika family, we are still in shock about what happened on Saturday. It was supposed to be a celebration day as they were paying a bride price for my sister … it was a lobola negotiation ceremony.

Reports indicate that people attending the ceremony were seated in a tent that was positioned next to an unroofed building when strong winds blew.

The wall collapsed, killing three instantly and injuring several others. One of the injured later died in hospital.

Yika said the incident happened quickly. It was at about 5 pm when the wind started picking up. He said the tent was not hinged to the wall.

Said Yika:

It was 1.5m or 2m away from the wall. The wind was so strong and collapsed the wall. It fell on top of the tent while people were inside. It happened so fast.

After a few minutes, there was dust and we couldn’t see what happened, but we knew that there were people inside [the tent].

After getting a clear view of what happened, that is when we saw that there were people trapped inside and we tried to remove them.

Yika said the bride and her in-laws had already left when the incident occurred. He added:

For the lobola negotiations, we finished early, from about 12 pm to 1 pm. The in-laws said they were going to fetch their bride at about 5 pm.

Immediately after they left, the disaster started. They had already left with their bride and most of the people had left to accompany the bride.

The few who were remaining and were involved in the incident were the ones who were left behind.

Yika said it was not uncommon for roads in the area to be damaged and roofs to be blown away during windy and rainy weather.

Limpopo social development MEC Nkakareng Rakgoale sent her condolences to the families of the victims.

Department spokesperson Witness Tiva said a team of social workers had been deployed to provide psychosocial support to the families and other affected parties.-Timeslive

By A Correspondent- Another 47 people were blacklisted yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for operating on the foreign currency black market, taking to 77 the number of people whose bank and mobile money accounts have now been frozen and who are barred from operating any others for two years.

The freezing of bank accounts and mobile money accounts and the blacklisting for two years are part of the RBZ’s efforts to clamp down on the black market by removing the middlemen.

The black market is seen as subject to manipulation and profiteering by those who operate it with the rates generated each day having very little to do with actual market forces.

The first group of 30 were listed two weeks earlier on September 28.

In his statement announcing the new additions Reserve Bank Governor Dr John Mangudya thanked the public “who are coming forward with information that is helping the Financial Intelligence Unit to identify and take action against more culprits”.

The Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has been asked to bar all those listed from operating mobile lines.

Dr Mangudya reminded the public that the Financial Intelligence Unit can be contacted on WhatsApp numbers 0714039897 or 0780434475.

As with the first list, there were no details of the people blacklisted except for their name, ID and telephone number.

The latest list of names, with IDs, is:

Fabiola Gonye 84-005045-F-19,
Cosmas Zishiri 08-803147-M-27,
Amon Innocent Dumba 08-050710-Q-80,
Macvenon Mutumbami 75-2009188-Q-75,
Fungai Chikonyora 63-592653-Y-32,
Betserai Munosunama 63-964786-Q-27,
Patrick Tsungai Manyepa 63-965840-L-71,
Tadiwanashe Mubaiwa 63-2297013-L-27,
Fungai Luwizhi 63-769984-Z-63,
Lovemore Muromowenyoka 63-1400713-X-34,
Astried Sigauke 75-313162-G-44,
Tawanda Stanley Chikwaira 43-047279-V-43,
Ishmael Munashe Sakondo 63-2022468-S-70,
Farai Gabriel Munemo 25-096872-H-59,
Tatenda Muchenje 63-1445775-C-47,
Tatenda Edwin Muswere 83-183494-Q-83,
Richard Zvinzveku 08-2115554-L-42,
Andy Makombore 75-2028257-S-75,
Cephas Manyepa 63-2298466-Q-38,
Delight Benge 42-182909-M-26,
Michael Kuhudzai 75-350326-C-75,
David Madhabha 66-062181-S-66,
Jonathan Nunurayi Kwapwanya 63-1431907-D-63,
Misheck Handreck 47-0145132-H-42,
Ranga Brian Muchemwa 63-2310265-Q-04,
Kudakwashe Kugura 63-1355165-N-34,
Nyasha Gundani 59-154712-Z-77,
Tinashe Chiza 63-1595105-S-42,
Melusi Mabhena 61-047532-M-73,
Henry Rwizi 44-046641-H-44,
Fannuel Nyamukondiwa 48-011983-M-48,
John Chikochi 63-932804-C-43,
Henry Tafadzwa Chaitezvi 63-2160934-Z-25,
Norman Chekufa Matsineyi 34-071099-C-34,
Beauty Sankulani 38-091086-D-38,
Alois Chikadza 63-2085499-E-71,
Gift Mabaudhi 63-108967-L-42,
Shupikai Glen Mudavanhu 58-195927-R-83,
Shingai Munashe 80-086071-B-80,
Shamhu Guni 83-126484-Y-83,
Kudzai Joy Chifamba 43-168233-R-80,
Militant Tendai Chikanya 63-1482774-T-18,
Archbald Takawira 58-268764-M-58,
White White 71-085510-H-71,
Yvonne Chipangura 42-230100-G-38,
Velinya Anusha Velinya 38-092456-S-38,
Christine Ngoshi 59-0067222-B-59.

By A Correspondent- About 30 residents of Old Citrus Farm in Mazowe say they are living in nearby mountains in fear of flamboyant businessman Phillip Chiyangwa, whom they claim has hired police officers to harass them.

The villagers have approached the High Court seeking an order to bar Chiyangwa, a Zanu-PF legislator for Zvimba South, from evicting them.

The residents claim that they are the rightful occupants of the land. They cited Chiyangwa, the Officer-In-Charge, Chinhoyi Rural Police Station, the Officer-In-Charge Chinhoyi Criminal Investigations Department and Lands minister Anxious Masuka as respondents in the application.

John Mabonde, who deposed the affidavit on behalf of the residents, stated that the attacks started nearly two weeks ago when Chiyangwa allegedly sent his manager, Tafadzwa Kwaramba, in the company of police officers to harass villagers.

“On September 24, around 0800hours, the first respondent (Chiyangwa)’s manager Tafadzwa Kwaramba in the company of police constables Mazviwanza, Sergeant Asami and others visited our homestead and started taking people into their truck indiscriminately,” Mabonde said.

He said they moved door-to-door, intimidated people, and searched and confiscated their cash and valuables, while others were arrested, taken to Chinhoyi Magistrates Court and charged with contravening section 3 of the Lands Act. They were released on $2 000 bail each.

Mabonde said the police visited them again on September 27 and evicted them without a court order.

He said in fear, some villagers ran away, while others have since camped in the mountains.

Mabonde also alleged that during the commotion, some residents were injured, but they failed to get treatment at clinics or hospitals because of the requirement to produce police reports.

The villagers want the High Court to declare Chiyangwa and the police’s action unlawful.

The matter is yet to be heard.-newsday

By A Correspondent- MDC-T founding member Amos Kaliati has written to Justice secretary Virginia Mabhiza, who is the head of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), seeking to block MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora from joining the grouping before determination of a High Court application challenging the legitimacy of the party’s 2021 congress.

Kaliati, who is the party secretary for mines and mineral resources, last month filed papers at the High Court seeking to nullify the MDC-T’s extraordinary congress held on December 27, 2020 that elected Mwonzora as the party leader.

Mwonzora has declared interest in joining Polad, but on Tuesday, Kaliati wrote to Mabhiza arguing that Mwonzora had no legitimacy and authority to join Polad when the High Court application was still pending.

In the letter dated October 4, 2021 addressed to Mabhiza and to the Polad principals, Kaliati recognised 17 Polad principals, including the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe, who was ousted by Mwonzora in the December congress.

“I refer to the High Court application made in terms of Rule 59(1) in the matter between Amos Kaliati vs Movement for Democratic Change and others, Case No HC5074/21.

“This is a court application for a determination in terms of section 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]. I have petitioned the honourable court to exercise its discretion in terms of [section 14] of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]. In particular, I am asking the court to inquire into and determine my existing, future or contingent rights as well as the obligations of the respondents in this matter,” Kaliati said.

In the letter, Kaliati stated that MDC-T party officials’ terms of office had lapsed and they had no legitimacy to deliberate on the possibility of Mwonzora joining Polad.

“The application seeks to determine the validity and the lawfulness of the extraordinary congress that elected senator Douglas Mwonzora as the leader of MDC-T and the legitimacy of other office holders in the MDC-T, especially noting that their terms of office have lapsed. It follows, therefore, that until the High Court determines this matter, Senator Mwonzora lacks legitimacy and authority to join Polad. Kindly, therefore, ignore any correspondence from senator Douglas Mwonzora regarding the above.”

But Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba said Kaliati was no longer part of the MDC party, hence he had no locus standi to take MDC-T members to court over party affairs.

“It is quite unfortunate that some people who have left the party and joined other political outfits for dirty silver coins think that they can distract us from our political programmes,” Damba said.

“However, it will not succeed. The strategy is to destabilise our party which he left when he held the position of district organising secretary to be appointed secretary for mines in another political outfit. The results of the extraordinary congress, which was conducted by an independent electoral management body, still stand and they have not been nullified. Until that changes, then it’s a different ball game altogether.”

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@ZECzim did a recount & admitted declaring @DexterNduna winner based on its mistake. @ZECzim should have corrected its mistake but it did not. @mdczimbabwe 's @GiftKonjana lost his #Concourt bid to represent #ChegutuWest despite winning the elections. Should ZEC be disbanded?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) October 6, 2021

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices effective Tuesday, 5 October 2021.

According to a notice issued by the energy regulator on Tuesday night, the maximum pump price of diesel has been set at ZWL$122.13 or US$1.38 per litre while that of petrol has been capped at ZWL$123.71 or US$1.40 per litre.

This is a significant increase from the fuel prices for September. Last month ZERA set the cap for the price of diesel at ZWL$115.15 or US$1.34 per litre and petrol at ZWL$118.42 or US$1.38 per litre.

In its latest fuel price adjustment, ZERA said operators may sell at prices below the cap depending on their trading advantages.

By A Correspondent- The Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal by Gift Konjana, a Douglas Mwonzora led MDC parliamentary candidate for Chegutu West in the 2018 elections, who was denied victory by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) due to a ballot counting error.

Konjana stood as an MDC Alliance candidate in Chegutu West in 2018 and won, but ZEC proceeded to pronounce ZANU PF’s Dexter Nduna as the winner wrongly.

Nduna was declared the winner in the contentious race, setting off a protracted court battle that would go through all relevant jurisdictions all the way to the top of the appeals process.

Soon after the results, Konjana demanded a recount which found that some of the votes cast for him had been allocated to Nduna.
While admitting its error, ZEC said it was powerless to reverse the outcome, which prompted Konjana to approach the Electoral Court.

However, in October 2018, Justice Mary Zimba-Dube dismissed his petition saying it was defective.
Konjana then took up the matter with the Supreme Court but was again turned down by Justices Bharat Patel and Chinembiri Bhunu.
Justice Patel admitted though that the appeal had merit, but said the case could not be heard because the appeal timeframe stipulated under the Electoral Act had elapsed.
Konjana then approached the Constitutional Court, arguing that the Supreme Court had violated his rights by not hearing him out.
The case was heard by Justices Garwe, Anne Mary Gowora, and Ben Hlatswayo.

Nduna, through his lawyers, countered in the Constitutional Court that Konjana’s electoral challenge had been legitimately rejected by the lower courts.
Justice Paddington Garwe led the Constitutional Court bench.

-Pindula

By A Correspondent- Former President Robert Mugabe’s top ally and former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has been spared from prison.

Chombo got the reprieve Tuesday after the State submitted that it had no sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

Chombo, who is facing several corruption charges emanating from the Justice Uchena Report, was freed by Harare Provincial magistrate Stanford Mambanje.

Mambanje removed Chombo from remand and advised the State to proceed by way of summons if they need Chombo back in court.
That was after prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti proposed to proceed by way of summons saying there was no sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.
Chombo recently challenged remand on his latest allegations arguing there was no formal complaint against him in the matter.

He is accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly allocated himself more than 125 residential stands without authority during his time as a cabinet minister.

On the criminal abuse of office charges, it is alleged he created a bank account in his name where housing cooperatives deposited money.

He challenged the State to provide the quantum of prejudice for the allegedly committed crime some 15 years ago.

Chombo told the court that the bank account number cited by the State was in fact not his, adding that not a single housing cooperative was registered in his name.

He said he only had one property with title deeds in his name.

Last month, Chombo was acquitted in a case he was accused of unlawfully wearing Zanu PF party regalia.

-State media

By A Correspondent- The Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal by Gift Konjana, an MDC Alliance parliamentary candidate for Chegutu West in the 2018 elections, who was denied victory by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) due to a ballot counting error.

Konjana stood as an MDC Alliance candidate in Chegutu West in 2018 and won, but ZEC proceeded to pronounce ZANU PF’s Dexter Nduna as the winner wrongly.

Nduna was declared the winner in the contentious race, setting off a protracted court battle that would go through all relevant jurisdictions all the way to the top of the appeals process.

Soon after the results, Konjana demanded a recount which found that some of the votes cast for him had been allocated to Nduna.
While admitting its error, ZEC said it was powerless to reverse the outcome, which prompted Konjana to approach the Electoral Court.

However, in October 2018, Justice Mary Zimba-Dube dismissed his petition saying it was defective.
Konjana then took up the matter with the Supreme Court but was again turned down by Justices Bharat Patel and Chinembiri Bhunu.
Justice Patel admitted though that the appeal had merit, but said the case could not be heard because the appeal timeframe stipulated under the Electoral Act had elapsed.
Konjana then approached the Constitutional Court, arguing that the Supreme Court had violated his rights by not hearing him out.
The case was heard by Justices Garwe, Anne Mary Gowora, and Ben Hlatswayo.

Nduna, through his lawyers, countered in the Constitutional Court that Konjana’s electoral challenge had been legitimately rejected by the lower courts.
Justice Paddington Garwe led the Constitutional Court bench.

-Pindula

By A Correspondent-Harare City Council (City of Harare) says it has issued 48-hour notices to hundreds of people settled on the Mbudzi interchange road reserve.

In a statement this Tuesday, CoH urged the affected people to remove their structures within two days or the council will send bulldozers to “assist” them. 

The statement read:

Council has served 48-hour notices to over 320 people settled on the Mbudzi interchange road reserve.

The notices encourage the residents to remove their structures without council assistance which normally comes in the form of dozers.

The road interchange is a national project. Affected residents will be allocated space elsewhere. A committee to address the issue is working on the matter.

Last month the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Tedious Chinyanga, told The Herald that Mbudzi roundabout, located in southern Harare, needed to be converted into an interchange where traffic flows without interruption.

Chinyanga said the ministry had engaged the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe and Zimre Holdings in their quest to raise funding which would come as a bond. He said:

In terms of the Mbudzi roundabout, we are discussing with a financial institution that has expressed interest in putting forward a loan or funding to Treasury in order to quicken up the process of constructing that interchange because it would be bad planning on our part if we complete the road without having put up the interchange.

… We have IDBZ and Zimre Holdings leading the process. They made a presentation to Treasury.

As Ministry of Transport, we are happy with the progress but there are a few things which they have to deal with Treasury for final approval and concurrence but the pace we are moving at is good.

Mbudzi roundabout is at the intersection of Simon Mazorodze Road, Chitungwiza Road and High Glen Road and these are the feeder roads from western Chitungwiza and a swathe of old and new suburbs into the city centre as well as national and regional traffic on the Harare-Masvingo route.

-Pindula

By A Correspondent- Former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has been removed from remand after the State submitted that it had no sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

Chombo, who is facing several corruption charges emanating from the Justice Uchena Report, was freed by Harare Provincial magistrate Stanford Mambanje.

Mambanje removed Chombo from remand and advised the State to proceed by way of summons if they need Chombo back in court.
That was after prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti proposed to proceed by way of summons saying there was no sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.
Chombo recently challenged remand on his latest allegations arguing there was no formal complaint against him in the matter.

He is accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly allocated himself more than 125 residential stands without authority during his time as a cabinet minister.

On the criminal abuse of office charges, it is alleged he created a bank account in his name where housing cooperatives deposited money.

He challenged the State to provide the quantum of prejudice for the allegedly committed crime some 15 years ago.

Chombo told the court that the bank account number cited by the State was in fact not his, adding that not a single housing cooperative was registered in his name.

He said he only had one property with title deeds in his name.

Last month, Chombo was acquitted in a case he was accused of unlawfully wearing Zanu PF party regalia.

-State media

By A Correspondent- South Africa’s Public Health Department’s Directorate has started rejecting applications by health workers from Zimbabwe on grounds that its neighbour is currently facing a staff crisis due to migration.

This was revealed in a letter to some Zimbabwean applicants last week, which was signed by the South Africa public health director of workplace management, Sindile Sodladla.

“The government of South Africa is obliged to adhere to all the relevant protocols between member States of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), the African Union (AU) as well as World Health Organisation as it pertains to recruitment of health professionals from developing countries,” Sodladla wrote.

“These agreements, protocols and recruitment codes were designed to prevent the uncontrolled recruitment of health professionals from countries where the public health system is faced with huge staff shortages, particularly with regard to health professional occupations.”

Sodladla said all public health sector employment authorities subscribed to relevant agreements, protocols and recruitment codes.

“In view of the above, the department regrets to inform you that your application for endorsement towards registration and employment in South Africa was not successful. Your country, Zimbabwe, is not listed in the category of countries the RSA department of Health should recruit from,” Sodladla said.

He indicated that the copy of the letter would be submitted to the South Africa Immigration authorities, Department of Home Affairs as well as the South Africa Nursing Council.

“You are in your interest, advised to familiarise yourself with the relevant immigration legislation and not to depart to South Africa to promote your application for support. The department will not be in a position to reconsider your application, once you have arrived in the country,” Sodladla further stated.

Migrant Workers’ Association-South Africa (MWA-SA) chairman Butholezwe Nyathi confirmed that some of the health professionals from Zimbabwe received such letters after they applied to be registered in that country.

“We are further appalled by the re-introduction of this regulation that was adopted by the apartheid regime. This seeks to limit the international freedom of movement by the people. We wonder whether the leadership of the South African government and Sadc is pleased with the movement of the healthcare staff to the Western countries whereas they could be remaining in Africa to serve African people,” Nyathi said.

He said MWA-SA would continue engaging labour federations like the South African Federation of Trade Unions, and Congress of South African Trade Unions, among many others within the Sadc region, to create migrants’ desks in their affiliates.

Nyathi said this would ensure that they facilitate the organisation of migrants, including their movements within the Sadc region for better socio-economic activities.

Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enoch Dongo professed ignorance over the new development in South Africa.

He said if true, then it was against the Sadc and AU protocols on free movement and employment of Africans across the region.

“If it is true, I think it will be an issue of a department taking matters into its own hands, because we do not have any agreement to that effect in the Sadc and AU,” Dongo said.

“That is not in line with the protocol that we know (Sadc Protocol on Employment and Labour). We expect a protocol that allows people to move around and get jobs around the region. This has to be explained.”

Health deputy minister John Mangwiro said he was unable to immediately comment on the issue as he was locked in a meeting.

The Sadc Protocol on Employment and Labour (2014) enjoins member States to co-operate in all areas necessary to foster regional development and integration on the basis of balance, equity and mutual benefit, including labour, with reference to among others, social and human development, and social welfare.

By A Correspondent- Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka has been fingered in a land scam after it emerged that he recently signed a land offer letter for Bornface Naison, a fugitive from the law who fled to South Africa 14 years ago.

Naison was arraigned before the courts in 2007 on allegations of stealing TelOne copper cables, a crime that attracts a 10-year jail term.

He was released on bail and immediately skipped the country and has never been in Zimbabwe since then.

Nhaka Yavatema, a co-operative of disabled people, has since approached the courts over the issue of the offer letter granted to Naison as it holds title to the same piece of land.

The case was heard at Chiredzi Magistrates Court in May where it emerged that despite being a suspect in a serious case and running away from the law, Naison was actually offered what is supposed to be free land by the State.

The 99-year lease signed by Masuka on 11 December 2020 is for 60 hectares at Sub Division 27 of the Hippo Valley North dry land.

Naison and a Chiredzi lawyer Dyson Chirima had filed papers in court to evict Nhaka Yavatema Co-operative members who are using the same land that the two were offered.

Naison is being represented in court by his wife Lorhinda Ingwani whom he gave the power of attorney.

Nhaka Yavatema produced a letter in court which shows that the co-operative was given the same land by Chiredzi Town Council.

The letter was signed by Edson Nyadenga, the council’s Environmental Health Officer.

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has been investigating a number of cases where senior Government officials including politicians were fingered in illegal land sales.

The Government officials are accused of selling State land on a massive scale.

By A Correspondent | MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora is no longer the party leader, a High Court applicant announced claiming yesterday.

An MDC T official, Mr Amos Kaliati told ZimEye yesterday, Mwonzora should no longer be called party leader. (Audio below).

He also added in a letter dated October 4, 2021 addressed to Polad secretary, Virginia Mabhiza and to the Polad principals. He addressed it to 17 Polad principals, including the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe, who was ousted by Mwonzora in the December congress.

“I refer to the High Court application made in terms of Rule 59(1) in the matter between Amos Kaliati vs Movement for Democratic Change and others, Case No HC5074/21.

“This is a court application for a determination in terms of section 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]. I have petitioned the honourable court to exercise its discretion in terms of [section 14] of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]. In particular, I am asking the court to inquire into and determine my existing, future or contingent rights as well as the obligations of the respondents in this matter,” Kaliati said.

In the letter, Kaliati stated that MDC-T party officials’ terms of office had lapsed and they had no legitimacy to deliberate on the possibility of Mwonzora joining Polad.

“The application seeks to determine the validity and the lawfulness of the extraordinary congress that elected senator Douglas Mwonzora as the leader of MDC-T and the legitimacy of other office holders in the MDC-T, especially noting that their terms of office have lapsed. It follows, therefore, that until the High Court determines this matter, Senator Mwonzora lacks legitimacy and authority to join Polad. Kindly, therefore, ignore any correspondence from senator Douglas Mwonzora regarding the above.”

But Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba said Kaliati was no longer part of the MDC party, hence he had no locus standi to take MDC-T members to court over party affairs.

“It is quite unfortunate that some people who have left the party and joined other political outfits for dirty silver coins think that they can distract us from our political programmes,” Damba said.

“However, it will not succeed. The strategy is to destabilise our party which he left when he held the position of district organising secretary to be appointed secretary for mines in another political outfit. The results of the extraordinary congress, which was conducted by an independent electoral management body, still stand and they have not been nullified. Until that changes, then it’s a different ball game altogether.”

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has dismissed claims that he is not yet mature to lead the nation.

The vibrant leader pointed out that Canaan Banana became President at 44 while Robert Mugabe assumed power as Prime Minister at 56.

President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:

WE’RE READY…In 1980,Mugabe was 56, Banana 44, Mnangagwa 37, Rex 31, Tongo would’ve been 42, Joyce 25,Zvinavashe 36, Oppah 22 and Sekuru Chiwenga 23.They were ready to serve and so are we.

Why do some people think that OUR GENERATION is not ready?We’re ready!And it’s now our turn!

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has dismissed claims that he is not yet mature to lead the nation.

The vibrant leader pointed out that Canaan Banana became President at 44 while Robert Mugabe assumed power as Prime Minister at 56.

President Chamisa wrote on Twitter:

WE’RE READY…In 1980,Mugabe was 56, Banana 44, Mnangagwa 37, Rex 31, Tongo would’ve been 42, Joyce 25,Zvinavashe 36, Oppah 22 and Sekuru Chiwenga 23.They were ready to serve and so are we.

Why do some people think that OUR GENERATION is not ready?We’re ready!And it’s now our turn!

24 September 2021

The Zimbabwe Gender Commission has launched investigations into allegations of sexual exploitation into abuses of girls and child marriages in Apostolic sects. This investigation comes on the heels of reports of increased child marriages and abuses in apostolic churches. Find below the full notice.

General Notice 2733 of 2021.

        Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act [Chapter 10:31]
                          ___________________________________ 

Notice of Launch of Investigation of Complaints of Sexual Exploitation and Abuses of Girls and Child Marriages in the Apostolic Sect

IT is hereby notified that, in terms of section 5 of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act [Chapter 10:31], the Zimbabwe Gender Commission intends to investigate complaints of the institutionalisation of sexual exploitation and abuses of girls and child marriages in the Apostolic Sect, Zimbabwe.

Further to the above notice, an invitation is hereby given to any victims or witnesses to any act of sexual exploitation and abuse and child marriages by members of any Apostolic Church to present to the Commission written complaints, witnesses statements and any other supporting documents or evidence which can assist in the investigation. Oral hearings will commence thereafter on dates to be advised by the Commission.

Any person who wishes to make any submissions in regard to the above should visit the Commission Offices and/or submit them, in writing, to the Chief Executive Officer, Zimbabwe Gender Commission, First Floor, Pax House, 89, Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare, or send to [email protected] or WhatsApp number 0719554465 by not later than the 25th of October, 2021.

-source- Zimbabwe Gender Commission

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has threatened to clamp down on serving members who have resorted to social media to express discontent over poor salaries.

Videos of police officers protesting economic hardships on social media have gone viral, prompting the force to threaten to take action against its members, whom it says were denigrating government.

In a leaked internal police memorandum dated October 3, 2021, ZRP Mt Darwin district officer commanding ordered all officers-in-charge to identify the members in the videos and take disciplinary action against them.

“This headquarters has noted with concern the proliferation of photos and videos on social media platforms where police officers are openly seen denigrating the government, uttering political statements and improperly dressed with some female officers posting sexually seductive photos and videos in full Zimbabwe Republic Police uniform,” the memo read.

“This conduct is tarnishing the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s image and is contrary to the dictates of the disciplinary code as espoused in the Police Act [Chapter 11:10.] Commanders are implored to immediately identify such members and take decisive action which includes disciplinary trials and boards of inquiry (suitability).”

In one 15-second video which is making rounds on social media, an unidentified police officer displays cash in local currency, with lyrics in the background song implying that his earnings were no longer enough to meet the cost of living.

According to the video, the police officer is requesting government to review their salaries which have been eroded by inflation.

Insiders told NewsDay that low-ranking police officers were earning between $28 000 and $30 000, which is not enough to meet their family monthly needs.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Human Rights Watch director for southern Africa, Dewa Mavhinga, urged government to address its workers’ grievances instead of penalising those who spoke out.

“The prevailing economic hardships are felt by everyone, including those civil servants in the police and the army,” Mavhinga said.

“Instead of punishing and silencing those who protest, government should focus on steps to improve the economic conditions, to end rampant corruption, and to ensure workers have meaningful wages.”

By A Correspondent- Robert Mugabe’s widow says her family has been subjected to “intense mental torture” over attempts to exhume and rebury the late former president against the family’s wishes.

Grace Mugabe, 56, on Monday filed a High Court application seeking to overturn a ruling of a traditional court which ordered that Mugabe be exhumed from his rural home in Kutama for reburial at the National Heroes Acre, a hilltop shrine in Harare.

Mugabe’s children Bellarmine, Robert Junior and Bona recently failed to overturn the ruling by Chief Zvimba, Stanley Mhondoro, after a magistrate in Chinhoyi ruled that they could not represent their mother, who was judged in absentia in May.

“The magistrate Ruth Moyo has dismissed the application she forced me to do on a technicality, which means my only recourse is to appeal,” she said in an affidavit.

“I am advised that the appeal process can take between six months to even two years depending on how inundated the High Court will be to accommodate appeals. This delay in time will be gravely unfair on me and my family as we are subjected to intense mental torture each day with the uncertainty of the resting place of my late husband and the former president of the Republic of Zimbabwe.”

The former first lady is arguing that magistrate Moyo had no authority to deliver a ruling based on an appeal by her children if she felt they had no legal standing to file the appeal in the first place.

Mugabe’s widow said after the traditional court’s ruling made while she was in Singapore, her lawyers wrote to Moyo on June 2 asking her to review Chief Zvimba’s decision which had “serious irregularities.”

She said Moyo ignored the first letter, but responded to a second written on June 23. In her reply, the magistrate advised her to file a “proper application” before the court that would be dealt with in terms of “proper procedure”. Mugabe said she had legal advice that the procedure of seeking a review of a traditional court’s ruling was to “notify the provincial magistrate of the decision and identify the procedure defects with the chief’s decision so that the magistrate can mero motu exercise statutory review powers.”

Instead, she says Moyo forced her to file a review application, in which she gave her daughter, Bona, powers of attorney. The magistrate dismissed the children’s appeal, insisting that only the former first lady could file an application for review.

“I am advised that the procedure that Moyo directed is not in terms of the law, specifically that I prepare an application for review. The wrongful directive by the provincial magistrate and her clear neglect of duties is prejudicial to me in that it violates my right to equal protection before the law,” she argues.

“I wish to direct the court’s attention to the fact that this matter involves the former president of the Republic of Zimbabwe and to that end has attracted so much public attention and put the Zimbabwean courts under an unnecessary spotlight.

Her (Moyo) subsequent refusal to review the community court’s decision is an indication of her unpreparedness or unwillingness to dispose of the matter and that is clearly infringing on my constitutionally entrenched right to a fair hearing.

“I implore this Honourable Court to exercise its inherent judicial powers to correct and guide provincial magistrates who might find themselves in the situation of Moyo particularly when matters of national interest as the present one have arisen.”

She further asked that the High Court conduct a review of Chief Zvimba’s directive as Moyo had shown that she had no interest in dealing with the matter.

Mugabe said the proceedings in the community court were a nullity on the basis of improper service of summons which were delivered to her Blue Roof Borrowdale home – well outside the chief’s jurisdiction. She argues that this fact alone ought to have given Moyo confidence in quashing Chief Zvimba’s ruling.

She is seeking an order granting her application for review; that Moyo’s June 29 letter “together with all the processes that ensued as a result of it are hereby nullified and set aside”; and that Chief Zvimba’s decision is reviewed and set aside in its entirety.

Chief Zvimba ordered the exhumation and reburial of Mugabe’s remains after accusing the late leader’s wife of breaking local custom by interring him at his rural home in 2019.

Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup that brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to power in November 2017, was buried at his village of Kutama after weeks of dispute with Mnangagwa’s government over his final resting place.

Chief Zvimba said he had received a complaint from Tinos Manongovere, claiming to be a Mugabe clan member over the manner of his burial.

He fined the former first lady five cows and a goat, before decreeing: “I give powers to those who are permitted by law to exhume the late Robert Mugabe’s remains from Kutama and rebury them at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.”

Chiefs in Zimbabwe have jurisdiction over their local subjects but it is rare for them to order families to exhume bodies for reburial.

Mnangagwa had pushed for Mugabe to be buried at the monument for liberation war heroes, but the family refused, saying Mugabe had expressed fears to close family members before his death that some of the people who ousted him would seek to conduct a traditional ritual with some of his body parts.

By A Correspondent- Zimbabweans have urged police officers manning roadblocks to change their conduct to avoid preventable injuries or even the death of some officers.

This comes after a police officer who was manning a roadblock at Ushewekunze turn off died after he was knocked down by a Toyota Hiace on Saturday morning.

In a post on their Twitter account, the ZRP said a 26-year-old Yutong bus driver failed to stop at the roadblock due to speeding and the bus hit a Toyota Hiace which then hit the police officer.

According to the statement, the injured police officer was taken to Sally Mugabe Hospital where he died upon admission. ZRP said:

The ZRP warns motorists against speeding especially when approaching checkpoints and roadblocks. This follows a fatal RTA which occurred on 2/10/21 (0503 hrs) at a Police roadblock near Ushewekunze turn off, along S Mazorodze Rd, where a police officer manning the roadblock died.

A man (26) driving a Yutong bus failed to stop at the roadblock due to speeding and hit a Toyota Hiace vehicle which in turn collided with a Honda Fit vehicle.

As a result, the Toyota Hiace vehicle swerved and knocked down a police officer, who later died upon admission at Sally Mugabe Hospital.

Responding to the post, some members of the public called upon the police officers to improve their visibility of security checkpoints to prevent such unfortunate incidents. Below are some of the reactions.

“May their Souls Rest in Peace. Asi police at times roadblocks are necessary but please warn people a distant before the actual block come Chipinge first Block along Chipinge Mt Selinda border road unozoona kt police inohwandira vanhu vamwe we end up failing to stop”

“yesterday in bulawayo around 8 :30 am along Intemba road btn hyde park and pumula south i witnessed cops chasing a honda fit vehicle that had mad a u turn before a” suspicious” road block using their personal honda fit driven by a female officer.”

“Be professional …have a clear purpose for a specific roadblock/checkpoint ..pick a safe place with clear visibility from a distance and clearly put out informative signs… stop these ambush and opportunistic tendencies of fighting hard to find offences…”

“I drive around that area a lot..the road there is terrible… yo drums and signs are not visible.. this is a 2nd or 3rd issue of a cop dying.”

“Telling people to slow down on social media is not that effective. Be visible, have enough signage. Promote road safety by putting safety first. policing is not about catching people out.”

“May their soul rest in peace, although I totally agree with the sentiments here, some roadblocks are at inappropriate places, and some put the drums right at the centre and we have to go off-road after the police check, high unprofessional”

“That Block is not even visible… Mukuchekeresana henyu mega ipapo, after tollgate they are many speed humps for one to be over speeding by the time you get to the block”

“Be visible, put warning signs, not that black and white metal plate “police”, don’t put your full body to stop a vehicle.”

“Musaite mota dzekunyangira. İsai mainformative signs some metres away. Siyai netsika yekuita ambush mota. On my way to Mt Drwn ndakatozoenda musango police yangonyuka from nowhere!”

“And you must also be sensible when setting up the roadblocks. Your officers set up checkpoints at inappropriate points. The driver exercised diffensive driving. Haana mhosva”

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe investigated four deaths over possible links to Covid-19 vaccines, officials said on Sunday.

The four cases were among 96 reported post-vaccination adverse reactions, but none of them have conclusively been proved to have been caused by the jabs, the Medicine Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) said.

The MCAZ said 70 or the 96 complaints came from people who took the Sinopharm vaccine while 25 were recipients of Sinovac and one other was not specified.

Officials say the low number of complaints from the more than 5.3 million doses administered so far suggests the vaccines are overwhelmingly safe.

Shingai Gwatidzo, the MCAZ spokesman, told the Sunday Mail: “Out of a cumulative total of 3.06 million first dose and 2.3 million second dose of Covid-19 vaccines, the authority received a total of 96 suspected cases of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI).

“The majority of the AEFIs were non-serious and were consistent with the safety profile of the vaccines as was determined from the clinical studies conducted by the vaccine developers, that is headache, dizziness, fatigue, general body weakness, itchy skin, itch rash, chills, sore throat, runny nose, blocked nose, sneezing, nausea, injection site pain, numbness of the injected arm and chests pains.

“A few serious illnesses were also reported and these included seizures, strokes, angioedema and deep vein thrombosis.

“The authority received four suspected AEFIs resulting in death following vaccination. Two were deemed to be coincidental and with insufficient definitive evidence to conclude that the deaths were caused by the vaccines, for example due to underlying medical conditions like hypertension and not taking medication.

“The other two fatality reports were pending postmortem, and causality assessment will be conducted after the postmortem reports have been received.”

Zimbabwe has so far approved four vaccines – Sinopharm and Sinovac from China, Covaxin from India, Sputnik V from Russia and Johnson & Johnson from the United States. Sinopharm and Sinovac, however, are the most dominant vaccines, while the country is yet to receive Johnson & Johnson shots.

Gwatidzo urged Zimbabweans who react after taking the vaccines to return to their vaccination centre and file a report. Health workers have been trained to document the AEFIs which are escalated to the MCAZ Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Trials Committee to determine whether the vaccines are linked to the adverse reactions reported.

“The authority encourages reporting of all suspected AEFIs so that appropriate regulatory decisions can be made,” he added.-Reuters

By A Correspondent- A comment by Tinashe Mutarisi on how society is causing more harm than good to the child whose video is circulating on social media while being denied entry into a Harare lodge has divided the social media.

A gild child was captured live on camera being barred from entering a lodge by concerned citizens who can be heard in the video shouting “mwana haapinde mulodge” meaning this child will not get into this lodge.

Said Mutarisi:

“I’m just disappointed that as a country we are busy slandering that young girl tichiti aienda ku lodge just for the wrong reasons.There are a million other reasons why that young lady would visit a lodge.Isusu we are judging her according to what we usually go to the lodges for. Okay kana zvirizvo are we not worse than the person who took the young girl ku lodge by recording and bringing the story to social media? Now this is being discussed on National broadcasting media houses but no one bothers to find the lodge to get the full story and take them account tosiya mwana.1) Don’t rush to conclusions 2)Let’s not shame bash or embarrass pwere let’s protect these young minds tovatsiura zvisingapwanyi ramangwana.”

We publish below reactions to the post by Mutarisi…

• Odicious Innocent Dzamara– i knew kuti post iyi ichadhingura facebook but handina kuziva kuti ichadhingura zvese ne watsap uye kuti ichavharisa pasi rose…. well said Tinashe Mutarisi

• Tendai ChingangaYou are right Tinashe Mutarisi. The amount of vilification against the child is unnecessary. These children are very fragile. There is need for a better way of handling such situations without necessarily putting the child’s life at risk. She may end u… 

Vee MazanhiIts true that lodges are used for a variety of purpose. Bt there is a major and popular purpose ye lodge especially in the context yeZim. CONSIDERING our economy very few people can afford the luxury to pay for a lodge . The probability of foul play… 

Changamire ChikonamombeTendai Chinganga responsible citizens just handle matters concerning child abuse the may they deem suitable

Liberty MapfumoTendai Chinganga I also put the video on social media I didn’t see the child being exposed her name or her face. Go to my wall it’s there. I have a 16yr old daughter she is writing her Cambridge exams this week. And I wouldn’t send my daughter to a lod… 

Charles Carter BernadTendai Chinganga profound

AuthorTinashe MutarisiVamwe munenge muchindimakira nhaika? Nhasi VaMutarisi mapotsa …. Because ndataura pfungwa dzangu? Ndofana kungotauta zvinoenderana nemi kuti muti ndagona? Unfortunately i was not raised that way.When I was way younger than that age ndine misikanzwa yandaitoitawo yekuti dai yaiiswa pano i would not have been the person that i am today. Hanzi we publish because we want to learn, want to learn pa munhu? Pamwana wemumwe?Again why do we create a whole narrative inouraya character yemunhu based on a 30 seconds video? We then say anofanirwa kudzidza mwana iyeye based on the 30 seconds.Next thing we move on to the next victim uyu tatokanganwa apa future tatouraya

Charity Candice ThelmaTinashe Mutarisi well said people always judge without knowing the full story

Vicky MazofaMhizha Joe anopinda mukati ndiye anga apinda nemwana palodge..anga anefon yaitora video haaatowanikwe pakadai

Nyasha UteteMhizha Joe hoo nhai ka but no1 can stop reggae wangu tichatoona zvinopfuura izvi mazuva azaara nehuyipi aya musazviise muhana stereki

Bobby ChimombeTinashe Mutarisi greatful i grew up in the 70s and there is no record of our mistakes anywhere1

Mhizha JoeKupera kwe firimu ndazoona camera man avemukati nekuti akavhura hombe yaasingezogone kupedza ,mutemo ndopawakaipira ,handei tione

Chester ChiunyeCOSAFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 GROUP B RESULTS |Botswana 0-3 Zimbabwe… 

Jeremiah T Gentle IschusNyaya ndeyeiko atisi kutoyiziva

Jonathan MusvosveriOscar Pamhirwa true because this young generation haitodi sympathy they must learn the hard way

P Fieldmarshal Shita MashitaTinashe Mutarisi Well spoken

Bishop EdTavaz TavazivaTinashe Mutarisi Munhu akaenda kunoverengera kuGomo kana Harare gardens hatipopote. Asi kune vanotoendako vasinganoverengi. Mufundisi fundisai musina wama fundira

Tonderai Ivainashe Chikono MudyiwaThis issue has soo many dimensions or must I say levels to it. It may even be that those that blocked the girl and the ones who made the video and posted are 2 different groups. One group with intention to stop and ‘save’ the girl child from marauding… See more1Like

Phephe K NnamTinashe Mutarisi what you did when you were younger shouldn’t justify mwana who is in the wrong act. Let’s assume she was at the wrong place and doing misikanzva, she was supposed to have been corrected without video. As much as we want to better our y… 

Tonderai Ivainashe Chikono MudyiwaPhephe K Nnam you are saying exactly what Tinashe said. He said the intention is understandable but were the repucursions weighed of posting the video on social media

18 hSeretse TembaTinashe Mutarisi I second u there, ma file evidence edu akaiswa pajekerere it will b a major shocker wena. But we have changed our ways

Shingirai Chris ZvomuyaMamwe ma Comments unotoona kuti ndeekutsvaga basa kuda kuita polish up zvinhu zvakadhakwa kungoti pamwe ndikatsigira ndingazonzi huya ushande ku shop kwangu Ngatiudzanei chokwadi pano an adult chaiye kupinda mubhawa akapfeka worksuit yakanyorwa zita re… 

Tonderai Ivainashe Chikono MudyiwaTinashe Mutarisi To me it is a question of motive and objective. First and foremost kuona a girl child , worse in uniform achipinda mu lodge …image projection says she is up to nefarious intent. That having been said those who blocked her could have… 

Tafadzwa ChihavaTinashe Mutarisi mataura shoko guru vaMutarisi

Chiurani Grace Mai BethaTinashe Mutarisi only if we can have few fathers who think like this and atlest few mothers …we will know for sure that we are safe .Wise word sure kuita baba hakusi kuti tava nevana 5 it is the protection that the kids will have from their fath… 

Smart KingTinashe Mutarisi kutaura semunhu mukuru this is true ther is more than what meets the eye on that vedio ..this is becoming a national Demon Destroying each other

Cynthia KambamuraTinashe Mutarisi wel said chokwadi sezvachiri Jesu akati anozviti mutsvene let him throw the 1st stone on the victim pakashaikwa kana 1 …tisazviite vatsvene tichiurauya destiny dzevana

CathyTinashe Mutarisi Yeah people must not publish zvinhu zvevana taking videos and pictures u be ruining future yemwana vana havatorwe mavideos ndosaka muTV vachivhara face social media is ruining future yevana hobho publishing everything

CathyJonathan Musvosveri Kkkkkk yeah ma2000 maone shame vakakura musoro

Casper MurandaTinashe Mutarisi very true problem is us vanhu we dont know marights evamwe vedu in this scenario mwana uyo ato batwa chibharo yu cant record some1 and post it no no no its wrong esp when people start to haunt down the kid what if she commits suicide … 

Bruce AbundanceI think comparing your past ne nenyaya yemusikana uyu azvinatso kubuda coz males and females suffer a bit differently especially panyaya dzakadai I don’t think that girl akatowurairwa future ,azvina basa kuti aitsvagei or what the message from the publ… 

Ta ChifTinashe Mutarisi muzouya kunotenga hembe dzevana

Charlotte TavengwaTinashe Mutarisi vamwe vanhu havatofunge izvo,they jus think kut zvavarikuda ndizvo zvinofana kuitwa..nd havatarise both sides ,the gud nd the bad one..vanongot as long tiri pamhepo hazvinei nehupenyu hwemunhu ,not knowing kuti varikutodestroyer vana v… See more

Changamire ChikonamombeIwewe Tinashe takakurira paHwedza apo tese handifanire kukunyara kuti apa pawati vana vadyirwe musaga uri wrong. Ko tsumo yataidzidziswa paMatsine iya kuti rega dzikure mazai haana muto yakazoshanduka here

Edward ChaitikaTinashe Mutarisi i agree with u kt mune mafungire enyu,but i also think kt in life each and every decision or action that one takes in life has its own consequences wheather good or bad,so when one makes a bad decision like that gal did,be prepared for… See more1

Mhizha JoeEdward Chaitika wrong decision ipi pamwana uyu instead yekutotsvaka camera man uyu abatwe.

Betty MapatyaMucharera denda nekuda husoft pasingade dzidziso nyoro , mwana mwana

Ronald HakataSaka maposter issue yenyu kuti tingoti muri right haaa sir zvimwe zvacho soo2

Ronald HakataThen you are wrong too coz you expect us kungoti you are right chero tisingawirirane nazvo we didn’t raised like that too sory boss4

Brenda KadzimaTinashe Mutarisi True next thing suicide2

Tatenda GatawaTinashe Mutarisi I love the way you reason even on the DNA issue. Zimbabweans unfortunately thrive on the pain and embarrassment of another. It had nothing to do with moral issues but excitement that someone has been “exposed” and “shamed”. That’s why … See more

 · Kassy ZvirevoKkkkkkk haaaaaaaa apa Tinashe Mutarisi ndaona wadzura post

Samantha BandaTinashe Mutarisi people forget about mental health also pazvese izvi and then turn around to say hee we are losing children to suicide chichi whilst varivo vanokonzera all that…how does one think it will feel to see yourself on every social media pla… See more4

Nancy Chiratidzo MahereTinashe Mutarisi well said

Tawanda MakoreTinashe Mutarisi Maybe she was visiting a relative anoshanda ipapoVanhu voti naye naye.

TaruvingaTawanda Makore okay iwewe sekufunga kwako mwana akanzi unodei pano akati ndauya kuzoona tete vangu security kwakutotanga hondo vanhu kwakutozara video kwakutotorwa.ndizvo here mhanduwe?

Amanda Nestum MatsikaTinashe Mutarisi point yenyu mukuru ndaishaya madii matanga manzwa neveku lodge kwacho full story mozotiudzawo side remwana

Rutendo ChivesoTinashe Mutarisi yeeess I like that you standing up for yourself refuse to be manipulated by people kuti mutaure pfungwa dzavo imi muine dzenyu.. why should we all the link the same thing? Why can’t we agree to disagree? Nhasi ndafara kuti hamuna kuita zve apolojersey

Vinny Hogan MkhizeTinashe Mutarisi Mukuru point yenyu chaiyo ndaishaya.Kana aifambira zvimwe akadii kutaura.Uye isu taka kura zvekuma80’s and 90’s waitozosvika kumba warohwa kare.Mwana uya it seems like she was going 4 the wrong reasons.Its better afire chokwadi.Hatisapote.zvekupenga.

Mrungwen DianaTinashe Mutarisi Zimbos don’t rush into conclusion my guy.the gal was asked kt arikuenda kunoitei mulodge and she didn’t gv a concrete answer. These nowhere in Zim where yu can find vanhu vakaungana for one cause isiri pa agenda. My only concern is who… 

Daniel TaruvingaTinashe Mutarisi aiwaaa murungu apa tkupesana. No under age mubhawa whether akuda kutengesa nzungu kuti ararame or akutsvaga baba vake vane 5 days vasina kuuya kumba asi vachionekwa pabhawa only to assist them get what they want. Our country is now fil… 

Philein Sophia ChigodoraTinashe Mutarisi Xamwari thats a good philosophical approach to Zimbabweans cognitive behavior. Avafungi next move. Chavanogona kumhanyisa nyaya vasi kana order. Ukavanzwa vachitaura nyaya vanhu unoshaya kuti nei vasina action izvo kungowanza muromo.

Gamu ChiraiTinashe Mutarisi I agree with you and this post chero hangu ndisina video yandaona

Mercie MwarcieTinashe Mutarisi haaaa im with you vaMutarisi vanhu vanoitawo kunge vasngashaishe vamwe totoita zviri worse kudarika kupnda mulodge kwakachena uko but we are all acting holly pano mxxxxm its bad its bad zvekutora video izvoo

Mai Sean NaTawandaTinashe Mutarisi Only in Zim is it a crime to be found at a lodge wearing a uniform wonzwa hanzi mazimba akadzidza wotoshaya vakadzidziye with the way the rush to conclude without evidence mazimba ndiwo the closest cousins of sathani2

Augustine Masawimy question to all who have concluded that this child was there for sexual immorality can you please give us evidence or show us the culprit who she wanted to do it with!pasina izvozvo dont rush to conclude3

MilanKing munombobuda offside henyu

Thembisa T DubeIni l think arikungoedza kuti people shldnt be bulling mwana uyu pa social media

AuthorTinashe MutarisiElvis Msindo So if that was your child woita the first person to get hold of that video would you post it pa social media kuitira kuti vakawanda vadzidze or you would delete it?Plus vanhu dzidzai kuverenga to understand not kuverenga uchimhanyira fight.

Kuda Shaun Kays ShoniTinashe Mutarisi kkk very true, some of these guys commenting here have very shallow mind, kujaira hondo pasocial media kkk1

Lawrence NyajenaVana kuzvikoro not kumalodge it’s a no no idea let’s protect our society ,nyika iyi haisi South Africa

Vicky MazofaTinashe Mutarisi stop using word if because already he is not…so nyaya iripo our Mbinga fambirai nyaya dzevanhu vakurara nevana vadiki Kuma lodge mugadzirise nyika bcoz munhu wese ane fon ipapo pamwe haazi one akatora video iroro

Elvis MsindoTinashe Mutarisi Kana ndatotumirwa video as the parent I will delete it but remember ndatumirwa zvichireva kuty anaro ane right yekuita zvaanoda naro, nyaya haisi ye video nyaya ndeye chakaipa chirikuitwa kuvana vasina chatisiri kuona daily so that vid… See more2

Marriana ChinguwaI know someone who was also being threatened by her boss or let me say her manager … she would often visit the lodge in work uniform since kubasa kwaisabvumirwa kutakura anything so aisakwanisa kuenda nehembe …. a customer ndiye akatomuona akauya a… See more2

Marriana ChinguwaTinashe Mutarisi i really feel pity for all these guys unoziva …mwana anotadza but even shoko ramwari rinotaura wani kty rovedzera mwana nepaanofanira kufamba napo nokuti kunyangwe akwegura haangatsauke mairi …. yes atadza but we still have to teac… See more3

Marriana ChinguwaThola Mathe this country kaaaaa iiiii

Wadzanai ChitsoteTinashe Mutarisi warwadziwa wangu us tooo I think the person aka publisher ngaasungweMutsvene ndiani4

Dylan Dee NyikaTinashe Mutarisi mkoma vamwe vanhu they read to respond without reading to understand first !! But post yenyu ine mashoko makukutu1

Samuel MatonhodzeTinashe Mutarisi kkkkk tine hasha tinenge tichitoda fight chaiyo

Arthur MwachipaTinashe Mutarisi true mkuru pamwe vabereki vake vanoshanda palodge aida kupihwa makeys ekumba kana mari yebhazi ngatisamhanyisei pfungwa ko kana vachigara ipapo1

Chiedza Gladys GobozaArthur Mwachipa ndakatombozvifungawo

Denford R Kawanza RdkTinashe Mutarisi mdara the problem is we dont read and listen to understand but we read and listen to reply2

Callistus MakipaDenford R Kawanza Rdk well said. Well done

Malvin ChimombeZimbabwe hainganake shuwa nekuti vanoti kunoenda mhepo ndokwatinoenda.ts a norm to boot lick.this is all what is happening in zanu pf . people within the party fail to challenge some leaders kuti guys you are failing.here we are we are seeing people … See more2

Simblex NzaraTinashe Mutarisi social media is now the most dangerous thng coz any bad or good name we know eg muroyi,mhondi,tsotsi,failure,hure,christian,lawyer can give their dangerous points….pliiiz lets be aware

Lovie MrankeTinashe Mutarisi they read to criticise ,,havagone kutaura nyaya vachipa mafacts without attacking coz vanenge vagara vari ma enemy1

Mai McTinashe Mutarisi saka apa murikuti achienda there fo a good reason here?l think munotozivawo mitemo wani.1

Mai McRunyararo Zifamba lodge n hospital zvasiyana hama

Beatrice NemaisaVaudzei kani vanhu ava

 Murozvi SamanyembaTinashe Mutarisi no kupfeka juzi today …. what you saying is making sense 3

Phineas Target MucheriTinashe Mutarisi That’s a good question bros

Belinda Mimie MwanzaTinashe Mutarisi hanzi not kuverenga uchimhanyira fight kkkkk

Dee Gagah Mudzingwaword

Winny JoroTinashe Mutarisi vajaira ka kuti hamutane kupfeka juzi reapology manje nhasi makatsamwa,vanoverenga vachimhanyira attack ava3

Innocent Chindiro MhokoreZimbabwe Haina kunatso Mira mushe politically and for all Zimbabweans economicallyy.one of the reasons it took so long for them to get things right is sugar coating and facing reality . then you will be to correct and improve.in that girl situation t… See more4

Cissy MeeTinashe Mutarisi my brother iwe wakaona mwana achipinda mubhawa unoitasei nekuda kureasona kwako uku unototi nekuti pamwe arikuda kuona bhora or mutengesi ndimai or baba vake ngaapinde hake here???? Mulodge i understand kuti wakuda kutaura meaning yelo… See more1

Cissy MeeTinashe Mutarisi first tell us kuti iwe personally unoenda kulodge kunoitei .Mwana uyo anogona kutaura dai akaendera zvinemusoro dai akataura kuti ndoda kuona nhingi .and im surprised Sir you act as if you knw everything mjolo haisi paint .Stop acting … See more13

Barbra MujuruTrue

Hazel Viviane MadzimaTinashe Mutarisi very true

Norman PikiTinashe Mutarisi well said Mkoma Nash

Tapiwa MusundireTinashe is ryt …Mugabe anga asingaitirwi izvi zvekuti vàhu vawane freedom yakawandisa munhu chaangoda kuposta or kutukaAs a Nation we must protect our children not shaming them ,,,,vaifanirwa kurova mwana or kumurepotera kuxul kwavo … See more8

Florence Tanya ChitupilaTinashe Mutarisi that’s a 1000 dollar word right there2

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Councilor Christopher NyembaTinashe Mutarisi Lodge and beer hall to give as an example those are no go areas for anyone in school uniform. What made people to easily identify and make noise is the school uniform. No genuine reason whatsoever can justify that. The girl went to a w… See more117

Moses MushongaCouncilor Christopher Nyemba you are encouraging children to go to school with cloths to change all the time, it doesn’t add up my worry is the damage done on her life and imagine her seeing all these discussions the kid may loose her life. Who ever pu… See more

Trymore TakundwaWhat I learnt in life when you are wearing a uniform , whether a school one, work,sport you will be representing many people or an organisation so you must not be seen in places where bad morals are practiced,so Mr Mutarisi if the girl was accompanied … See more195

Ru ChakanyukaDai pasina video yaitova their word against the girl.1

Lynne T OdenImimiwo futi haaa3

Faith Mugorehaven’t seen the video zvangu wil watch it if l cm across it coz yaita noise sure

Baba HarareChokwadi chemahara Mr Mutarisi. As a nation we need to move away from victim blaming and slut shaming. Like you said the perpetrators are the lodge owners and the men who lure vana ava. This culture needs to change.214

Debz Muera MoyoIf I was the parent I would thank those elders ndiri pamabvi. They did nothing wrong at all. Infact as a nation tinotoda mateam akadaya pagedhi relodge yegayega

Liberty MapfumoDebz Muera Moyo very true am actual grateful and point ya Tinashe Mutarisi haishande because the child was not humiliated haana kurohwa or kubvisiwa mask so handisi kuwona problem. Being a father of teenage girls ndakatofara kuti detawana vanhu vakadai

Last Muchenje  · FollowToday really loved the fact that you didn’t delete your opinion bro , the truth doesn’t change because people are offended and also people should read to understand not to reply

DS KuparaGrowing up we always had school rules that stopped us from entering certain places when you’re in uniform, this was done for very good reasons. We will always respect your opinion, and you have every right to express yourself especially on your own pag… 

Tendoe RueI applaud those men for shouting and making sure hasi kupinda mulodge. It takes a village to raise a child. Community yagona. Tichikura we took our neighbours as parents and respected them. Mota dzemaboyfriends dzinotoparker kure negate or neighbours… 

Zhou Kajau H SusanSadly society does not give a chance to find the truth rather everyone will just believe what the ‘photographer’ is saying.

Norry Tanya ChaitezviBut tinashe we have a lot of these kids who go there but why this one people might have been wrong but I’m sure they suspected something fishy there,how ever this gel has rights to use the lodge with whoever she wants to use it with as long she is 16 n… 

Bianca MutasaImagine what that girl will go through after all this. Her school and classmates, the society , her parents etc this is just wrong tichauraisa vana nekuda nyaya

Sthabile Mtombeni PriscillaBut l like the defence from our elders .its wrong to publish in such a way but its a wake up call .lodges and school kidz hazvibude chero pane enough reason but .its not a good pic to the community

Nyasha Kayla  -what if she had lost her bus fare,and one of her parents or relative works there?-what if she was sent there by her parents or something-if she was there for the wrong reasons,why not find out what is pushing the girl child to do that

Brighton GeeEveryone here knows zvinoitika kuma lodge mu harare let’s not pretend as if ku lodge kunobuda zvakanaka if that company lodge knows kuti zvakaitika was ok I,m sure they would have made an social comment distancing themselves

Brighton GeeNyasha Kayla that’s simple paiitika noise yese ini if the mother was around vangadai vakauya ku gate paitika noise let’s not beautify zvinhu zvakaipa those guys havapenge kunovharira mwana kuti asapinde pa lodge maybe they have seen the worse pa lodge …

Mukoko WekwaChambatiNyasha Kayla I am sure there was a conversation before the situation escalated to the shouting and video. The girl even seems stubborn. In such a situation would not have been better to just walk away if for nothing more her safety? Instead anoita kung… 

Rumbidzai Bwowa JnrNyasha Kayla iam just thinking, if it were me ndafambira right reasons mamusingandinyararieze ndaitotaura zcandafambira chete nekupooota kwenyu ikoko I’d find a way to make myself heard kuti ndafambira zvakanaka. Yaisatombosvika pakuzara vanhu because … 

Kudzai D ChidedeRumbidzai Bwowa Jnr true zvonetsa here kuti ndauya kuzoona kudzai chidede mai vangu ndisheedzerei horaiti handisi kupinda mkati dakumuona2

Cyv ChiundoI disagree. If there was a genuine reason why could it not be said ipapo? If she was there to see her parent or relative, could the staff wanting to let her in not have said so? Taking the video is not entirely wrong too. It may possibly deter one or two, certainly not all, school kids from doing the same. I could hardly make the kid’s face in that video coz of the mask, which was good in that it protects her from harassment and bullying dzepa social media. Mwana haaendi ku lodge, full stop.Spencer Mackenzie MabekaWho actually knows why that girl was at that lodge?But the fact remains kuti society inoziva lodge iri a place where people meet for sex especially magame so kuona a female high school student in a uniform achipinda mulodge hazvifadze Tinashe,that sch… 

Lolo MachieLet’s not base on what if becausewþ I think if she was there for genuine reasons like kuona a relative etc. They can always come pagate kunoona mwana. Let’s not shy away from the fact that prevention is better than cure. It’s better kumumisa pane kusiy… 

Von VonneI thought the same. Kupinda pa Lodge doesn’t necessarily mean she was up to no good. I worked in the hospitality industry and know there are so many reasons to visit a lodge rather than promiscuity. People are just dirty minded

Debrah Tsveture SamuriwoHazviite for whatever reason aMutarisi.Ipapo i beg to differ.That place is not a healthy place for a kid to be.Whoever brought it to social media,i guess it was for the right reasons which were to maybe to make people aware.Mwana uya haana kutomboneka … 

SIR Favour Rcombo  · FollowMy brother, the thing is, if a country doesn’t have important things to discuss, they tend to judge things without tracing the validity and the reliability of those stories.. a young girl going to a lodge is not her fault, it’s a man’s fault who doesn’…

Mujaki Chekenyere ChecksTotally agree!!! Zimbabweans we are good in judging and taking each other down insteady of advising and encouraging…ooooh no pliz God can you help us to heal our cursed country

Tariro ParadzaiAewa vana vadiki vanotsvakei kuma lodgeWrong to recordBut very right we all know what does down ikoko,we are tired of old men abusing our daughters cause they have money… 

Vigilent GoliatI believe that the media and us as individuals we are the real monsters,,,we keep on victimizing the already victimised rather than comforting the abused ones and hunt the real culprits..we judge people according to our versions of the story not the re… 

Andre Shawatieither way lodge haingokodzere kuenda nevana for whatsoever reason cox a lot happens there and mwana anodzidzei…..there is no better justification its more like kutuma mwana ku strip club or ku bar kunotora bus fare from a relative who works there…… 

Charles Krinesta JonasPosting someone on social media without their consent should have a jail term…they did well in trying to find out the reason why she wanted entry but the devil who took the video and posted should be brought to justice

Precious M ZivengwaHaaaa taurai henyu ur side Mr Mutarisi but from my own point of view lodge hatingotarisire kukaona for whatsoever reasons, ini i think there was a reason for dat reaction from the society vanenge vachiziva kani vanhi vaya zvirikuitika…hongu there is…

DS KuparaThis young lady could have easily stated her reasons. If she was there to see someone who works there, or who needed to hand over something to her, they could have come out to the gate to explain. As a parent, I would want my child to be stopped as wel… 

Anesu IsheFrom what i saw that gal was not by herself …she was with someone and the person who took the video didnt focus on the child’s face…Every action has its consequences and unfortunately this is one of them …Tichikura vaiita misikanzwa if this calib… 

Rumbi Sundire MkodzongiIni hangu I was just impressed by the fact that there were men there who had the heart to say NO. I don’t know the lodge but I’m sure those guys probably know what goes on in there. Very commendable action.

Kerth VhiririIni zvekuti different reasons what what will not hold water kwandiri that kid was supposed to be in school or kumba if she wanted to see her parent ipapo or atumwa ne parent yake aifanirwa kugumira pa gate and make enquiry with the guard. Kana paive ne… 

Pamela MaravanyikaThere’s no justification yekuenda ku lodge.Kunoitei mwana wechkoro,what business could she have mu lodge straight from school?If you listen to those men vaipopota you can tell kuti vangavatoudzwa zvaafambira that’s why they were angry.They acted just… 

Brenda ZvikarambaThe people who stopped the girl kupinda mu lodge wr jc trying to protect the girl bcz vana pazera iri it’s easy to make mistakes. Problem iripavanhu vaka recorder and post on social media. All they wanted was to tarnish her image nothing else. Ndopatin… 

Liz MakAkatobva kuchikoro before break time uya makaona drink rarichiri rakazara? If she had gone there with a boyfriend then thumbs up to the people who couldnt let her in

Anesu ZhouMr Tinashe Mutarisi do you think the community just blocked that girl from entering that lodge because she was the first lady to enter there wearing a uniform…people react because of a continuous pattern and behavior of that institution…that lodge … 

Taku MundengaWhat if you are wrong and it was a sinister trip? How will we be able to raise awareness about issues around “child rape” happening behind guestrooms without scenerios like these caught on camera? Toita skit here? To the best of my knowledge, this is… 

Mai MwendamberiWhen we were in school we were not allowed to visiti even shops in school uniform. Kana achida kuenda ngaaende nehembe dzake

Vee VongaiWhat do you mean slandering that girl?She was not slandered in any way but actually, the people in the video are trying to protect a child here. Whether her visit to the lodge was in good or bad faith, the person whom she was meeting akadii kubuda achi… 

Bernard MaparanyangaIf this young girl gets proper legal advice ,she will be smiling on her way to the bank after pressing defamatory charges against the blackmailer,Some people do this just to gain likes and fame on social media irregardles of the consequences to be fac… 

Mai LeeChandiri kuona charesveka apa is recording and making it trend.But seeing men stand up for the girl child is so encouraging.Semubereki ndinoti ngazviende mberi.

Paida Juru PhiriMamuka sei mkuru please tiitireiwo BigBrother ZimbabweThank you in Advance

Kerth VhiririTinashe Mutarisi ndaona wadzura post futi nhasi hehehe rega vanhu vapinde mu office Kuma free wifi

 ·Hillary DzumbunuIye aimbodei ikoko. Dai akataurazve kuti ndoda kuona mdara wangu. Tikakuona uchimiramira kuNyaradzo/Doves tofunga kuti wafirwa. These guys were really concerned kuti you can’t take mwana wechikoro kupinda naye mulodge izvo ngazvisava nyore kana vachida… 

Tinashe DhlakamaKana mwana akarambidzwa kupinda mubhawa bho stereki nomatter the reason.

Mwana SikanaMwana wechikoro in school uniform cant be found pa lodge, end of! Those men were correct . Kana paine hama yaaida kuwona ipapo the hama was supposed to come out and meet her ku road

Watida IsheInga pa video pakatonzi murume wacho apinda kare wani haiwawoooo dai aida kuona family yake akadii kuti dakuona sekuru vangu kutuzura kuye kwaive kwemunhu asiri straight hapana henyu chama defender apa mwana haaende ku lodge ne unirfom …varume vaye …

PunungweWhat other reasons angaenderwa kulodge nhai weduwee muri kuti aionoona hama dzake here muri kutiiko .Wrong is wrong vabereki vari kutambura for this kids kuti vaende kuschool iye oenda kulodge onouya nemuzukuru vabereki vochengeta futi