By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe may experience unprecedented new coronavirus infections and high mortality rates from COVID-19 in the near future, a health official has warned.

Mpilo Central Hospital acting chief executive officer Professor Solwayo Ngwenya issued the chilling warning this Friday, without elaborating. 

He tweeted:

Coronavirus: to all my close relatives, few friends, and close ardent followers I don’t how to reach you without causing alarm to the faint-hearted, but things look bleak ahead.

May you all remain focused on the virus wherever you are. The signals show terrible danger ahead.

The country is currently registering declining infections, deaths and test positivity rates, which has resulted in the reopening of schools and resumption of sporting activities across the country.

In its COVID-19 situation report for 02 September 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) reported 158 new cases, 11 deaths and 670 recoveries.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zimbabwe has recorded 125 118 cumulative cases, 114 197 recoveries, and 4 449 total deaths.

Professor Ngwenya’s warning comes after the government resolved to reopen schools for all learners on Monday, 6 September 2021.

Teachers’ unions have, however, warned that schools may turn into coronavirus super spreaders, with slightly more than 5 per cent of the educators having been vaccinated against the virus.

By A Correspondent- A 35 year old Harare man was treated for free at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after he misrepresented as Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.

Marlon Katiyo, who is of no fixed abode, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged with misrepresentation for fraud.

Katiyo was remanded to today for bail ruling.

It is alleged that between August and September 1 this year, Katiyo visited Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Avenues Clinic to seek medical attention for his headache problem.

It is the State case that the accused identified himself either as . Marlon Katiyo, Tendai Marara, General Chiwenga and Dominic Chiwenga and received VIP treatment at the health institutions and did not pay for the services.

By A Correspondent- Commuters have described as unfair the decision by the police to fine members of the public who board buses, kombis and Mushikashika not registered under the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) franchise.

Police recently announced that commuters who board non-ZUPCO vehicles risk fines of $2 000 each, as they step up operations against errant buses, commuter omnibus and private car operators who continue defying COVID-19 regulations.

But commuters have attributed the boarding of unregistered buses, kombis and mushikashika which are operating illegally to the lack of ZUPCO buses and kombis across the country.

In separate interviews with the state media, the commuters said the fines were unfair as police must assess the transport situation before coming up with such a punitive measure.

They said another reason why they used the mushikashika was that they would want to get home before the curfew kicks in.

Beauty Maphosa said: “The police must understand that there are not enough Zupco buses for everyone and that not all of us have private vehicles, so they must scrap the fines and encourage those who are hitchhiking to follow the COVID-19 health guidelines”.

Soneni Matore said:

“The reason why we go to mushikashika is that there will be no ZUPCO buses or kombis at the rank. The other thing is that when a Zupco bus leaves, it takes more than an hour for another bus to come and pick up passengers.”

Jabulani Mhlanga: “We do not want to board pirate taxis, but we have no choice otherwise we will be stranded in town until late. If you notice, after 7 pm you rarely find any ZUPCO bus or kombi in town, so the only available alternative is mushikashika.”

Knowledge Mutasa said: “If they want people to use authorised ZUPCO buses, the Government should extend the curfew hours maybe to 8 pm and increase the number of ZUPCO buses and kombis. If they do so, I am sure all passengers will be in the ranks without fear of being caught offside after curfew hours.”

By A Correspondent- Tempers flared at a Zanu-PF meeting in Manicaland on Saturday with party provincial chairman Mike Madiro exchanging harsh words with Mutare district co-ordination committee (DCC) chairperson Benali Tard.

The meeting was meant to prepare for this year’s Zanu-PF national conference to be held in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province.

In the no-holds barred meeting, Yard reportedly told Madiro in the face that he did not like him.

The exchanges took place at a time the party is engaged in serous factional fights in the province ahead of the polls to select a new provincial executive.

Yard almost walked out of the meeting protesting against “unfair treatment” from Madiro, before some party members intervened and stopped him.

The meeting was meant to set up sub-committees to organise the conference slated for next month.

Madiro convened a meeting with all Manicaland DCC chairpersons to set up the sub-committees, but Yard was left out.

Sources who attended the emotionally-charged meeting said Yard was taken aback after his name was omitted from the list of DCC chairpersons that were to deliberate on the sub-committees.

The insider said despite Yard being the host DCC chairman, he was allegedly invited late for the meeting.

“It is true that Yard confronted Madiro and openly told him that he (Madiro) does not like him. Benali said as the host DCC chairman, he was not getting the respect he deserved from Madiro and that he had been omitted from a sub-committee list which had all Manicaland DCC chairpersons,” the insider said.

Zanu-PF Manicaland spokesperson Oliver Mandipaka yesterday confirmed the clashes.

“I can confirm that Cde Benali Yard was a bit disturbed and wanted to seek guidance from the party leaders,” Mandipaka said.

“Chairman Madiro managed to calm him down. Yes, he had some issues in Mutare district that he wanted to seek guidance and justification.”

He added: “You know people want to take things into their own context.”

The meeting was attended by some senior Zanu-PF officials, including former Agriculture minister Joseph Made.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has been sternly warned by former colleagues to respect other political parties who are part of the MDC Alliance formation and stop masquerading as the president of the coalition.

After losing a Supreme Court battle over his legitimacy leader of the MDC-T last year, Chamisa reverted to be president of the MDC Alliance, a grouping of political parties that contested the 2018 elections.

However, a faction of the MDC Alliance parties led by Douglas Mwonzora president of the MDC-T has laid claim to the Alliance name and this week issued a stern warning to Chamisa not to masquerade as president of the coalition.

In a statement Thursday, Stephen Mazanza, the ZIMPF spokesperson who also doubles up as the MDC Alliance director responsible for re-engagement, accused Chamisa of being “disrespectful”.

“Mr. Chamisa it’s time you respect us? Respect the ZIMPF, respect Ambassador (Agrippa) Mutambara as a freedom fighter, respect your party you claim to lead in isolation,” said Mazanza.

“Zimbabwe is tired of all this nonsense, the ZIMPF, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Zanu Ndonga, MDC-T, MCD, and MDC Green are signatories of the MDC Alliance not (Tendai) Biti or Welshmen Ncube alone.”

Biti and Ncube are former presidents of the PDP and MDC Green respectively.

“So, I am telling you now to stop misleading the nation you are MDC Alliance. Stop now!” continued Mazanza.

“If you really want this Alliance, come home. There’s room for everyone but on condition, you know who’s in charge (seven parties) led by Hon Sen President D Mwonzora. Finish and clear!

“You guys are not bigger than Zimbabwe, not bigger than the MDC Alliance, not bigger than our individual parties. If you are serious about MDC Alliance, come home, and join the Alliance.

“You claim to be for the people, I challenge you to prove that you are not after power, prove you are not after wealth, prove the people come first.”

However, Chamisa’s spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere hit back accusing Mwonzora and his colleagues of being puppets of the ruling Zanu-PF.

“For now we note that Mr. Mwonzora is masquerading as the MDC Alliance leader despite the fact that he caused the illegal recall of elected officials on the pretext that they were members of the MDC Alliance,” she said.

Added Mahere: “The dishonest is palpable. What is clear is that he does not have a mandate from the people. Nobody voted for him. Nobody will vote for him. The people know the MDC Alliance is led by the people’s president, Nelson Chamisa that contested as a political party in 2018, winning over two million votes.

“Mr. Mnangagwa and his regime are plagued by an illegitimacy crisis flowing from that disputed election. The illegitimate Zanu-PF regime is at pains to destroy our party using their self-created puppet opposition. They stole our funds; they violently took our building (Harvest House), they tried to supplant us. They will not succeed. The people will fight back.”

She said the latest “theft of the MDC Alliance’s name by Zanu-PF acting through its puppet opposition is both a continuation of the electoral theft that took place in 2018. It’s a clear assault on the will of the people. We are not moved by this because the people know their leaders.”

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- The need to fend for family ended in tragedy for a poor Binga woman who fell of a tree and died while gathering wild fruits.

Sophia Mudimba (61) of Nampande village in Chief Sinakoma’s area died last week Wednesday allegedly after falling from a busika/mpapanyuka tree.

The indigenous tree bears wild fruits that are widely eaten and sold in Binga.

Busika is one of the sources of livelihood for poverty-stricken Binga villagers who gather the fruits and sell them to travellers.

Mudimba was in the company of Rebecca Muleya aged 63 and a juvenile boy when they set off to gather busika in the bush.

They went to a nearby bush to gather wild fruits and all climbed a tree before Mudimba lost balance and fell to the ground.

Nsenga area councillor Naison Mugande confirmed Mudimba’s death.

“They left home on August 25 going to gather busika. The villagers say she and two others climbed a tree when she suddenly fell and became unconscious. Villagers rushed her to Senga clinic but she was dead before they could get there,” he said.

Mugande said Mudimba was buried at her homestead last Thursday.

Police said no foul play was suspected and postmortem was waived by Binga magistrate Urgent Vundla.

By A Correspondent- Human rights activist and MDC Alliance national youth deputy organising secretary, Netsai Marova, has been issued with an arrest warrant after she allegedly failed to abide by her bail conditions imposed by the court.

Marova is facing a number of criminal charges at the Harare Magistrates Court.

She is jointly charged with MP for Harare West, Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance) and MDC Alliance national youth assembly vice-chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri on allegations of violating COVID-19 lockdown measures and faking their abductions sometime last year.

Prosecutor Michael Reza on Thursday said Marova defied the court order on her bail conditions and failed to report to the police.

He said this while making an application for revocation of Mamombe’s bail on allegations of failing to report to the police on 27 August.

Lawyer Alec Muchadehama, who appeared on Mamombe’s behalf with Jeremiah Bamu, told the court that Marova was not issued with a warrant of arrest.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- The government has opened up on the rumours of the death of Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema.

News of Mathema’s alleged death started circulating on the social media after reports said he had been airlifted to Harare from the Covid-19 treatment facility at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after his condition deteriorated. 

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson Taungana Ndoro, denied reports that Mathema had died of Covid-19 complications.

Ndoro said such reports were false. “It’s not true; he’s fit as a fiddle,” he said. 

When pressed on the minister’s current state of health, Ndoro said, “We have not seen him yet. As he had been not feeling well.”

However, Ndoro could not say what Mathema had been suffering from. 

“That confirmation as to whether he has Covid-19 can only come from their Doctor as there is the Doctor and Patient Confidentiality to say whether one has Covid-19, Hypertension or AIDS.”

-CITE

By A Correspondent- The late President Robert Mugabe’s family has celebrated the death of Chief Beperere, who was behind the exhumation of the body of the former ruler.

Chief Beperere succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday and was buried at his farm in Raffingora on Wednesday.

The late former president’s family hated Chief Beperere for backing Chief Zvimba’s judgement that Mugabe’s remains be exhumed and be reburied at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.

According to Mugabe family member Dominic Matibiri, the Mugabe ancestral spirits were angered by calls for the exhumation of his body from the family homestead in Zvimba communal lands.

Matibiri warned the other remaining chiefs – Chief Zvimba, Chief Seremani and Chief Chidziva – who presided over the matter that they will die one after the other as the avenging spirit strikes back.

“As the Mugabe family, we will not mourn Chief Beperere with others because we feel that the avenging spirit punished him for taking part in the exhumation calls,” one of the Mugabe family members told VOA.

“Chief Beperere was Mugabe’s chief and should have presided over the matter but decided to trick us by taking the matter to Chief Zvimba… This is a great anomaly,” he added.

The late former president’s nephew, Leo Mugabe, concurred, saying Chief Beperere played double standards as he connived with Chief Zvimba in an area he had sole jurisdiction over.

“Chief Beperere was our chief but he decided to play hard on us and rope in an outsider Chief Zvimba to announce the skewed judgement,” he said.

The Mugabes have since appealed against the judgement of the chiefs.

By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo man has died in an accident involving a Limousine Lincoln he was taking to its owner in Victoria Falls.

Assistant Inspector Shepherd Sibanda of Lupane Traffic said the driver appeared to have been speeding when the accident occurred.

The accident also killed two onboard passengers.

Eyewitnesses said the accident happened after the car burst its rear left tyre, veered off the road and hit a tree at the 138km peg.

Four people, including the son of the Limousine owner, were critically injured and are admitted to St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane.

By A Correspondent- A police officer, appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on charges of assault after he reportedly attacked a woman following a misunderstanding over her bus stop.

Calm Kungusai, 29, appeared before magistrate Joseph Mundondo facing allegations of assault and motor transportation.

According to court papers, the accused is a member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police stationed at Mbizo Police Station.

Magistrate Mundondo granted him RTGS 7000 bail and remanded him to the 15th of September.

It is reported that on 30 August 2021 at about 1500 hours, the accused was driving an Isuzu Pick-up truck registration number AEM 4585 from Kwekwe to Harare.

He was reportedly clad in police uniform and the complainant was aboard the same vehicle seated at the back.

After the robot intersection of Bishop Gaul and Samora Machel Avenue, the complainant indicated that she wanted to drop off at a bus stop adjacent to TelOne.

However, the accused did not stop at the point only to stop at a point opposite Glow Service Station after the complainant had banged on the vehicle.

An altercation ensued between the two parties prompting the accused to slap the complainant several times on the face with open hands.

The accused also picked up a concrete stone and hit the complainant on the top right eye thereby causing injuries.

The accused was refrained from further assaulting the complainant by members of the public.

He was arrested by the police who had been notified by members of the public as the complainant was referred to the hospital for treatment.

A suspected armed robber and rapist reportedly spent 27 days with three gunshot injuries and a damaged private part without seeking medical attention fearing arrest.

Kudakwashe Choga was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare Magistrate Judith Taruvinga charged with four counts of armed robbery and rape.

He was advised to apply for bail at the High Court and the matter was remanded to 27 September

By A Correspondent-Three people have died after a Limousine Lincoln they were travelling in burst its rear left tyre, veered off the road and hit a tree at the 138km peg.

The deceased were travelling from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls.

Four people, including the son of the Limousine owner, were critically injured and are admitted to St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane.

The driver of the car was going to pick the owner of the vehicle from Victoria Falls Airport, died on the spot.

Assistant Inspector Shepherd Sibanda of Lupane Traffic said the driver appeared to have been speeding when the accident occurred.

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson says it is imperative for leaders to serve the nation diligently.

According to President Chamisa, those in power are expected to serve the nation professionally.

He was commenting on the appointment of service chiefs in the Republic of Zambia.

LEADING DIFFERENTLY…LIFE GOES ROUND..SERVE THE NATION DILIGENTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY!

By A Correspondent- The government has opened up on the rumours of the death of Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema.

News of Mathema’s alleged death started circulating on the social median after reports said he had been airlifted to Harare from the Covid-19 treatment facility at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after his condition deteriorated. 

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson Taungana Ndoro, denied reports that Mathema had died of Covid-19 complications.

Ndoro said such reports were false.“It’s not true; he’s fit as a fiddle,” he said. 

When pressed on the minister’s current state of health, Ndoro said, “We have not seen him yet as he had been not feeling well.”

However, Ndoro could not say what Mathema had been suffering from. 

“That confirmation as to whether he has Covid-19 can only come from their Doctor as there is the Doctor and Patient Confidentiality to say whether one has Covid-19, Hypertension or AIDS.”

-CITE

By Farai D Hove | The country’s 109th political party was announced on Thursday afternoon.

The new Freedom Of Rights Under Sovereignty is led by a female founder who spoke saying that her party is unique in that it is offering a different type of democracy better than other organisations before it. She responded to one of the media questions saying in full:

It’s called Forus. I think if you just listen to the name it just tells you what it’s about. Freedom of rights under sovereignty. What we’re trying to do is emancipate ourselves, amongst ourselves. YOU KNOW, we never thought that we would get to this point whereby another black man is enslaving another Blackman. That is what Forus is for.

We are here and make sure that freedom is propelled through from our youngsters, YOU KNOW, from somebody from being a baby, YOU KNOW we want them to learn what is freedom, what is democracy, so what we are going to bring for us is the proper true democracy so that will emancipate all Zimbabweans, so that they can reach out to the stars so that they can understand that YOU KNOW, it is doable.

I can do this I can open up my own business, I can do, I started off with nothing, YOU KNOW I never had what I have now, YOU KNOW, but I started from somewhere so I would like somebody else to have the same belief, to have the same freedom, to say that, you know what, I can make it…

By A Correspondent-MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora, has divided Harare City Council.

Councillors at Town House said Mwonzora is funding them to fight the Haare Mayor Jacob Mafume.

Mwonzora’s influence has resulted in the suspension of all the full council meetings.

These meetings have been shelved after some councillors refused or recognized councillor Jacob Mafume as the Mayor.

Mafume was suspended by Local Government Minister July Moyo last year pending the finalization of his trial in a case he is accused of criminal abuse of office after he illegally allocated two stands to his relatives.

He returned, arguing that his suspension has lapsed without any hearing, which entitles him to return to work.

Most councillors prefer Mafume but are siding with Mutizwa for fear of victimization from MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora.

“We all want Mafume as the Mayor but it is difficult for us to side with him because Mwonzora’s axe will chop us”, said some councillors who refused to be named.

MDC-T has since the 2020 Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership crisis recalled several legislators and councillors (including 45 Harare councillors) for siding with Nelson Chamisa.

By A Correspondent-MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora, is causing divisions at the Harare City Council.

These disputes have resulted in the suspension of all council meetings.
These meetings have been shelved after some councillors refused or recognized councillor Jacob Mafume as the Mayor.

Councillors at Town House said Mwonzora is funding them to fight Mafume.

Mafume was suspended by Local Government Minister July Moyo last year pending the finalization of his trial in a case he is accused of criminal abuse of office after he illegally allocated two stands to his relatives.

He returned, arguing that his suspension has lapsed without any hearing, which entitles him to return to work.

However, Mafume’s return has plunged the local government authority into chaos as councillors and management are now divided between taking instructions from him or the acting Mayor Stewart Mutizwa.

Most councillors prefer Mafume but are siding with Mutizwa for fear of victimization from MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora.

“We all want Mafume as the Mayor but it is difficult for us to side with him because Mwonzora’s axe will chop us”, said some councillors who refused to be named.

MDC-T has since the 2020 Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership crisis recalled several legislators and councillors (including 45 Harare councillors) for siding with Nelson Chamisa.

However, councillor Mutizwa insists that Mafume needs to be acquitted for offences levelled against him for him to resume as Mayor.

“Mafume insisted on chairing the meeting and we cannot allow that until his name has been cleared.
Two weeks ago, Council again failed to hold the meeting this time citing “the need for councillors to study and comprehend the full council minutes,” said Mutizwa.

Mutizwa was appointed acting Mayor following successive mayors’ arrest and recall, including Herbert Gomba and his deputy Enock Mupamawonde.

However, City of Harare spokesperson Michael Chideme said the full Council failed after councillors couldn’t constitute a quorum.

By A Correspondent- Harare City Council has suspended full council meetings because of confusion over the city’s Mayor.

The city fathers shelved the meetings after some councillors refused or recognized councillor Jacob Mafume as the Mayor.

Mafume was suspended by Local Government Minister July Moyo last year pending the finalization of his trial in a case he is accused of criminal abuse of office after he illegally allocated two stands to his relatives.

He returned, arguing that his suspension has lapsed without any hearing, which entitles him to return to work.

However, Mafume’s return has plunged the local government authority into chaos as councillors and management are now divided between taking instructions from him or the acting Mayor Stewart Mutizwa.

Most councillors prefer Mafume but are siding with Mutizwa for fear of victimization from MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora.

“We all want Mafume as the Mayor but it is difficult for us to side with him because Mwonzora’s axe will chop us”, said some councillors who refused to be named.

MDC-T has since the 2020 Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership crisis recalled several legislators and councillors (including 45 Harare councillors) for siding with Nelson Chamisa.

However, councillor Mutizwa insists that Mafume needs to be acquitted for offences levelled against him for him to resume as Mayor.

“Mafume insisted on chairing the meeting and we cannot allow that until his name has been cleared.
Two weeks ago, Council again failed to hold the meeting this time citing “the need for councillors to study and comprehend the full council minutes,” said Mutizwa.

Mutizwa was appointed acting Mayor following successive mayors’ arrest and recall, including Herbert Gomba and his deputy Enock Mupamawonde.

However, City of Harare spokesperson Michael Chideme said the full Council failed after councillors couldn’t constitute a quorum.

By A Correspondent- No kind words are coming from the public to the Primary and secondary education minister Cain Mathema who is battling for his life at a private hospital in Harare.

Most people wishing Mathema’s death are those whose relatives were murdered by soldiers on the 1st of August 2018 in Harare.

Mathema, during that time, was the minister of Home Affairs and did not cause the arrest of the soldiers who committed those heinous crimes.

The cabinet minister’s health deteriorated at the weekend in Bulawayo, where he was receiving treatment for Covid-19 and was airlifted to Harare, where better health care facilities are available.

The 74-year-old has not been well for weeks now.

By A Correspondent- Primary and secondary education minister Cain Mathema is battling for his life at a private hospital in Harare.

The cabinet minister’s health deteriorated at the weekend in Bulawayo, where he was receiving treatment for Covid-19 and was airlifted to Harare, where better health care facilities are available.

The 74-year-old has not been well for weeks now.

By A Correspondent- A state-of-the-art renal unit at Masvingo Provincial Hospital has not been opened almost four years after Government acquired dialysis machines from India amid reports that bureaucracy was stalling operationalisation.

The institution could be a lifeline for kidney patients from around Masvingo Province who still have to resort to private medical institutions for dialysis services or travel to Bulawayo or Harare to access services at State-run hospitals that are reasonably affordable.

Masvingo Provincial Hospital is the province’s health referral institution.

In 2017, the Government procured top-of-the-range dialysis machines from India to equip the renal unit.

Initially, the opening of the unit was delayed after some of the machines’ critical components went missing before they were subsequently replaced.

At one time, it emerged that the opening of the unit was delayed as the hospital was still waiting for personnel to undergo training.

Masvingo Provincial Hospital medical superintendent Dr Noel Zulu confirmed the renal unit remained closed. He said the unit briefly operated in the past but has since closed. He said:

The renal unit is not open at the moment because we are still waiting for the machines (dialysis) to undergo servicing.

The machines require servicing before we can start using them again and we are waiting to get a contractor to do the work.

We are not sure when the contractor will do the work; we are just waiting for further instructions from head office (in Harare). The machines need to be serviced before they can be used.

Residents and kidney patients are currently digging deeper into their pockets to secure renal services Makurira Memorial Clinic in the city and two other private health institutions that offer dialysis services.

This has heightened calls for Government to speedily intervene and make sure the renal unit is opened.

Masvingo Provincial Medical Director Dr Amadeous Shamu previously indicated that the renal unit was close to opening.

Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF cannot steal the will of the people, the MDC Alliance has said.

In a short video clip circulating on social media, MDC Alliance national spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere says the Zanu PF regime can’t steal the will of the people:

“They stole the elections, they stole our MPs, they stole our money but they cannot steal the will of the people.”

” The people know their leaders, change is on the horizon. We have an obligation to rebuild the economy….”

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ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has named a new health director.

In a Wednesday morning press conference, Jones announced that Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, would take over at the head of the department. Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis is an infectious disease specialist at John Cochran VA Medical Center. She has also been the co-chair of an initiative to reduce local HIV and AIDS cases.

“I am humbled and honored to accept this position which affords me the opportunity to continue to serve the city that I love, now at the highest level,” Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis said after Jones’ announcement. “In this city I have cared for patients in two different hospital systems, I have taught and led initiatives in our communities, and with my husband Jesse I have raised my own children alongside the residents of this great city.”

Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis then said she is thankful to step up and serve during the COVID-19 pandemic. She stated, “We are tired, many of us have lost faith, lost loved ones, but we must persevere.”  

In the coming weeks Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis said she will review the current processes, initiatives and policies. She also plans to meet with local leaders, academic partners and residents.

“I will listen,” she said. “Together we will map a path forward that centers the health of everyone with equity, addresses gun violence, prioritizes mental health and gives St. Louis the foundation to provide all our communities the opportunity to achieve the very best quality of health.”

Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis succeeds Dr. Fredrick Echols, who has been acting health director. He will continue to serve as the city’s health commissioner.

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson says it is imperative for leaders to serve the nation diligently.

According to President Chamisa, those in power are expected to serve the nation professionally.

He was commenting on the appointment of service chiefs in the Republic of Zambia.

LEADING DIFFERENTLY…LIFE GOES ROUND..SERVE THE NATION DILIGENTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY!

Thursday, 02 Sep 2021

10:35 AM

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya for paying attention to our concerns as LEAD.

We tirelessly advocated for making USD available to all Zimbabweans at the auction market rate and proper action was taken.

The announcement of the availability of usd50 per week is a welcome move considering that economy dollarized itself long back.

We would like to express gratitude to them for giving an ear to our problems as citizens of Zimbabwe and making USD available at auction rate for every Zimbabwean.

As LEAD we will not stop advocating for our needs and for the needs of the people for our people ‘s priorities always comes first.

That is exactly what true leaders do.We are also sincerely asking them to increase the amount to at least usd100 a week to ease of pressure from citizens considering that most property owners nolonger accept Zimbabwe dollar for rental payment.

Thus the gesture of listening to us as LEAD has proved our competency as a party, their accountability and service to the people of Zimbabwe.

EVERJOY CHIDINDI LEAD Presidential Spokesperson

Press Statement on Constitutional Court Application on ending child marriages

2 September 2021

Yesterday Afternoon 1 September 2021, LEAD President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira and her co applicants Precious Musarurwa and Munyaradzi Midzi applied for direct access to the constitutional court on the matter of aligning laws in our quest to end child marriages, sexploitation and abuse.

Section 2 (1) of Amendment No.20 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe promulgated on the tramping sense of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

The law states that the Constitution is the Supreme law of the land and any law, practice, custom or conduct inconsistent with it is invalid to the extent of it’s inconsistency.

More so, in terms of section 78 (1) and (2), the Constitution provides for the legal age for marrying and that this must be done out of free will.

The law states that every person who has attained the age of eighteen years has the right to found a family and that no person may be compelled to be married against their will.

Thus, it goes without saying that the legal age for marriage must be eighteen and not any age less. However, it is note worthy that the Zimbabwean marriage laws enacted through the Parliament of Zimbabwe through the Marriages Act [Chapter5:11] are inconsistent with the supreme law of the land.

This can be evidenced by section 20 (2) of the aforementioned Act which provides for the conditions for marrying minors.

The Act provides that the marriage of a minor shall not be solemnized without the consent in writing of the persons who are, at the time of the proposed marriage, the legal guardians of such minor or, where a minor has only one legal guardian, without the consent in writing of such legal guardian:

Provided that—

(i) if the consent of any legal guardian cannot be obtained by reason of absence or inaccessibility or by reason of his being under any disability, a judge of the High Court may grant consent to the marriage, and the consent of the judge so given shall have the same effect as if it had been given by the legal guardian whose consent cannot be obtained;

(ii) if any legal guardian refuses his consent, a judge of the High Court may grant consent to the marriage, and the consent of the judge so given shall have the same effect as if it had been given by the legal guardian whose consent is refused.

Section 22 of the Act differentiate the age of marriage for girls as it states that

(1) no boy under the age of eighteen years and no girl under the age of sixteen years shall be capable of co ntracting a valid marriage except with the written permission of the Minister, which he may grant in any particular case in which he considers such marriage desirable:

Provided that—

(i) such permission shall not relieve the parties to the proposed marriage from the obligation to comply with all other requirements of this Act;

(ii) such permission shall not be necessary if by reason of any such other requirement the consent of a judge is necessary and has been granted.

In essence, the marriage laws prior to the Marriages Act is inconsistent because it legalizing marriage of a sixteen year old girl children as opposed to boys.

Moreover, consent for the marriage is sought from another person other than the girl child hence, negating the freedom of will for a girl child to marry out of their will.

In this respect, the aforementioned provisions of the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11] must be repealed because they are invalid to the extent of their inconsistency.

Articulating further, the Customary Marriages Act [Chapter5:07] prohibited pledging of girls and women in section 11 as it promulgated that

(1) Any agreement in which a person, whether for consideration or otherwise, pledges or promises a girl or woman in marriage to a man shall be of no effect.

Therefore, marriage must be done out of free will. We pray for the alignment of laws to protect the girl child and for section 70 of the criminal law to be declared inconsistent and revoked.

Statement Issued by: EVERJOY CHIDINDI (LEAD Presidential Spokesperson)

She can be contacted on- 0783764003

By A Correspondent- Almost 200 passengers were yesterday arrested for boarding buses not registered with ZUPCO and more than 20 buses were impounded.

By the time of closing business 179 passengers had paid fines pegged at $2 000 and police continued to impound illegal buses, Mushikashika vehicles and passengers caught in the buses and vehicles.

Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza confirmed the arrest urging commuters to use ZUPCO registered buses saying the operation was necessitated by an increase in robbery and rap_e cases involving illegal transport.

“Police are urging people to use ZUPCO registered buses only to avoid being arrested,” said Insp Mwanza.

“The move by police to arrest passengers was necessitated by an increase in robbery and rap_e cases involving these illegal transport operators.”

Police are urging people to use ZUPCO registered buses only to avoid being arrested

“We want to warn motorists and bus operators who are disregarding government directives that police will not tire until they bring all culprits to book.

“Among the buses impounded were those found ferrying people from one City to the other taking advantage of the green light given to legal operators to ferry school children.

“Police discovered that some operators ferried passengers from one City to the other who were not school children.

“All local school children are urged to use ZUPCO registered buses and omnibuses only and police will be visible in all street corners and roads to monitor safe movement of legal transport operators,” said Insp Mwanza.

A number of commuters have been injured as illegal transport operators evade arrest while some are forced to disembark before reaching their destinations.

– HMetro

By Farai Maguwu| Again Zimbabwe is going down because of an individual who plays front for some powerful politician(s).

The latest national crisis triggered by Kudakwashe Tagwirei is the withdrawal of DEUTSCHE Bank’s correspondent banking services from Stanbic Bank – one of the most trusted banks in Zimbabwe.

This move is linked to some of the bank’s clients, principally Kudakwashe Tagwirei who has emerged as the kingpin of a well oiled national and transnational organized crime syndicate whose business empire has now captured financial, transport, fuel and mining sectors of Zimbabwe.

Tagwirei’s companies such as Bindura Nickel Corporation and Freda Rebecca transact through Stanbic. The opaque nature of and allegations of illicit activities against these institutions have made Stanbic transactions difficult to handle at the international level.One of the banks transacting through Stanbic is CBZ.

In 2017 CBZ Bank was fined $385 million by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for handling some transactions on behalf of ZB Bank, then under US sanctions. In 2020 it was warned for continuing to undermine S541.201 of the Zimbabwe Sanctions regulations.

This move by the Deutsche Bank has further raised the cost of doing business in Zimbabwe. It means Zim businesses which transacted through Stanbic now do it through a South African intermediary at a premium cost.Zim must now address the risks at the heart of this international isolation.

This calls for internal dialogue and stern measures aimed at tackling corruption, organized crime, violence and human rights. We need inclusivity, good governance & property rights and stability. It is NOT impossible. It needs political will.

By A Correspondent- Some beer drinking outlets in Bulawayo have started barring patrons not vaccinated against Covid-19 from entering their premises.

Imbibers who spoke to a local publication said they have been denied entry at some bars in the city because they are not vaccinated.

One of the places where unvaccinated patrons are no longer allowed in is the Palace Hotel located at the corner Jason Moyo and 8th avenues.

“I am a regular patron of Palace Hotel but I was shocked last week when bouncers manning the door demanded Covid-19 vaccination card from me. Since I am not vaccinated, I tried to argue with the bouncers that it is unlawful to deny me entry just because I am not vaccinated but they refused me entry,” said a patron who only identified himself as Tau.

Tau said following the move by the hotel’s management, he has now found a new drinking place where the cards are not required.

Another bar located in Parklands in the city is also now screening patron at the entrance.

“Management last week wrote a memo informing all its patrons to be vaccinated. The deadline for the vaccination was 28 August 2021. Since then we are no longer accepting anyone who is not vaccinated to patronise our bar. The message has been communicated to all our members,” said a bar attendant.

However, Bulawayo based human rights lawyer Nqobani Sithole said while bar owners have a right of refusing patrons admission in line with the Covid-19 protocols the practice becomes unlawful where one can be able to prove that he is Covid-19 negative.

“They (bar owners) have a right of refusing admission in line with Covid-19 protocols. But if you can prove that you are negative, the decision would be irrational and, therefore, unlawful. One can do a test case against it if you can show that you are Covid-19 negative and that their decision is irrational,” said Sithole.

A number of government and quasi-government departments are now forcing their workers to vaccinate against the deadly pandemic.

Some of the parastatals who have forced their workers to vaccinate include the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and TelOne.

By A Correspondent| Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has fingered Zanu PF Acting National Commissar Patrick Chinamasa accusing him of pushing for the arrest of the legislator who allegedly insulted the first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa.

Mliswa said the issue was very small and only resolved by apologising to the first lady but blamed Chinamasa and other Zanu PF people for worsening Chingosho’s situation.

He added that the arrest of Chingosho only save to hurt the standing of the first lady who will be seen as vindictive, the same way Grace Mugabe would do.

Below is Mliswa’s Twitter thread;

Am disappointed by the excitable and unlearning attitudes of Chinamasa and those in Zanu PF who are pushing for the arrest and detention of Hon Chingosho, alleged to have insulted the First Lady. This is a small matter of one simply being directed to go and apologise.

Did we not learn with Grace Mugabe that this habit of arresting people over such petty issues damages the office& credibility of the First Lady herself. Now it seems as if it’s the First Lady who wants Chingosho arrested over an insult. It hurts her standing.

We should learn, Hon Chingosho is old, with Covid and all it’s bad. Why arrest him? To please who?Kuti muti ahh takamusungisa, ahh pathetic.

The Office of the MP should have credibility& be respected. Individuals may do what they do but the office should have respect. Those advocating for Chingosho’s arrest are just bootlickers& when things go bad will start saying bad things about the First Lady, we saw it with Grace

The First Lady is the Mother of the nation she can accept an apology. I’m prepared to mediate in this matter and not have this indecent application of the law that helps no one. I have been a victim of such kind of arrests bordering on victimisation& I don’t wish it on anyone.

Let’s get the matter withdrawn and he apologises, if he said it. We have serious cases of corruption and millions stolen, let’s get those people arrested and not waste taxpayer’s money on whimsical boolicking exercises.

By A Correspondent- A 15 year old girl this week left community shell-shocked after she eloped with two different men who are neighbors in the Chapara compound within one day.

The girl, who cannot be named to protect her identity, eloped on the eve of August 22, 2021, to stay with her alleged boyfriend Lovemore Hove (29) who she is alleged to have met on WhatsApp and promised to marry her.

It is alleged that Hove sent the minor bus fare using Ecocash which she used to travel to his place and stay with him.

When the girl arrived at Hove’s place, she allegedly noticed that her boyfriend was older than what she thought and Hove allegedly tried to have se_xual intercourse with the girl, who then reportedly faked to be on her monthly period.

The next morning Hove is said to have left the girl alone at his place while he went to work and Shepherd Geke (22) then saw the girl whilst she was outside Hove’s apartment and went on to propose love to her, promising her girl a better life.

Geke persistently asked the girl to move in with him, after which the girl gave in and moved out of Hove’s house to stay with Geke.

Hove then returned from work and was shocked as his ‘wife to be’ had already moved in with Geke who allegedly had se_xual intercourse with the minor.

Out of anger, Hove proceeded to Mkwasine Police Station where he filed a report accusing the girl and her new lover of stealing his mobile phone.

Police investigations however revealed that Hove had a vendetta with Geke who had snatched his girlfriend.

Geke is now facing charges of having se_xual intercourse with a minor and is yet to appear in court.

By A Correspondent- The prophetess didn’t know where the gunshots came from because it was raining.

But then a few children told her the men had run from the prayer room and she went to see what was going on and saw her fellow prophet lying on the floor.

“I SAW HE WAS DEAD, HIS BLOOD-SPLATTERED BIBLE STILL IN HIS HANDS,” SHE SAID.

The 58-year-old prophetess told Daily Sun she didn’t know how she’d get over the murder of her colleague that happened last Thursday, 26 August.

She said two men came to her prayer room at St Johns Church in Vlei, Samora Machel and asked for help. She wanted to pray for them but they allegedly insisted that they wanted to be helped by her colleague, Sakhekile Ntshoza (27), who was not available at the time.

“They said they heard that he was very good so they wanted him,” she said.

She said the men waited for an hour for Sakhekile.

“They acted like people who needed help. They said they were from Du Noon.”

She said one of the men wore beads on his head, which made her think he may have a sangoma calling or he was already a sangoma.

When Sakhekile arrived he went to change into his church uniform and went into the prayer room with the two men. Sakhekile had a Bible in his hand.

“He said he didn’t know the men but believed they were referred by someone else, and he did not have a problem helping them,” she said.

A few minutes later she heard gunshots but she couldn’t tell where they came from as it was raining. Then some kids told her the shots came from the prayer room and two men seen fleeing.

When she entered she saw Sakhekile’s body lying on the TV stand that was in the prayer room, with blood all over his Bible.

The prophetess is devastated because Sakhekile was a sweet young man who never fought with people.

“I don’t know how I’ll get over this. If I hadn’t told those men to wait, perhaps Sakhekile would be alive today,” she said.

Sakhekile’s devastated girlfriend Lwando Lali said: “He was a person who didn’t want fights. We stayed together and he never told me about his life being in danger.”

His mum (44), who lives in Kosovo, said: “I don’t know why they killed him. On the fateful day he visited us since he was staying in Vlei. His phone battery had died and he charged it here at home, and that’s when he saw some missed calls from his colleague and he called back. He was told that some people wanted his help. As a family we are shattered.”

Police spokesman Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi confirmed the incident.

“The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident that took place last Thursday at about 4pm in Samora Machel is under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call 08600 10111,” he said.

-DailySun

By A Correspondent- Government has pledged to build shopping malls, residential flats, garrison shops and  robust armouries for soldiers in several barracks and cantonment areas, a move observers viewed as part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s machinations to coup-proof his administration ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.

Recently, government came under fire for allocating over $270 million for the construction of a VVIP health facility at Manyame Airbase, Manyame Referral Hospital, to cater for high-ranking officials at a time when the country’s public health infrastructure is in a sorry state.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Cabinet on Tuesday approved a number of projects in military cantonments to ensure a comfortable life for the military.

The Cabinet position followed a presentation by the inter-ministerial committee which visited Zimbabwe Defence Forces cantonment areas which was presented by National Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe.

Some of the approved projects include construction of permanent physical infrastructure at William Ndangana Barracks in Chipinge which is responsible for the security of the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border area.

“Cabinet approved construction of the following structures at William Ndangana, Gimboki, Manyame Airbase and other cantonment areas: Residential flats, garrison shops and shopping malls, office accommodation and robust armoury,” Mutsvangwa said.

The Cabinet also agreed on a nationwide physical infrastructure maintenance and refurbishment exercise starting with Gimboki Barracks in Mutare and  the drilling of more boreholes at Gimboki and other cantonment areas facing water challenges.

“The immediate implementation of new construction technology in housing delivery at Dzivarasekwa and other cantonment areas, which delivers affordable and sustainable housing at half the cost, the installation of medical equipment for Manyame Referral Hospital, and that the facilities are replicated throughout the country.”

Cabinet, Mutsvangwa said, also agreed to fund the construction of new cantonment facilities and programmed maintenance in all cantonment areas starting with William Ndangana, Gimboki Barracks and Manyame Airbase.”

Government also pledged to build 1 500 housing units at Dzivarasekwa Barracks and spruce up roads, aircraft parking bays, sewerage and water reticulation systems in the cantonment areas.

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition spokesperson Marvellous Khumalo said government’s “generosity” to the military had everything to do with the forthcoming elections and also to protect the regime from any potential threats, including a coup.

“This is clear favouritism. It is a case of separating a certain section of the population from the rest and we feel that this has something to do with the forthcoming 2023 elections,” Khumalo said.

“We also hear of talk about a potential coup, so this is a form of containment and appeasement to the security forces so as to buy their allegiance.

“Why not simply improve conditions for the rest of the citizens because not all soldiers are accommodated within the barracks and cantonment areas? Some are within the residential suburbs.”

He added: “We link this to the discontent that is coming out from the citizens in general and this is coming after a section of war veterans started blaming the establishment for abandoning them. We feel this is the way to buy allegiance from the security sector.”

The ruling party recently boasted of its links with the military that was involved in the November 2017 military coup and the bloody 2008 presidential election re-run.

Political analyst Rashweat Mukundu said: “It is a misplaced priority. In as much as the military must be well provided for in terms of its needs, including health and other amenities, what is lacking is a national strategy on public service delivery.”

Mukundu added: “You cannot have a piecemeal approach that seeks to appease those that you abuse for political ends like the military. The military is part of a bigger society, so you cannot provide services that are lacking in the entire society, be it health and affordable goods and then expect to only service one segment of society which is the military. To me this appears to be a very familiar strategy by Zanu-PF which is election related.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent– Thousands of teachers in Zimbabwe are reportedly on strike over poor salaries and unsafe working conditions.

In-classroom teaching resumed this week, but some teachers are protesting salaries that are below the poverty level and a lack of personal protective equipment against COVID-19.

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) says it will only call off the strike when the government addresses the concerns. ARTUZ Secretary-General, Robson Chere said:

And there is negligence on the part of the authorit(ies) to make sure that there is enough safety to guarantee our teachers and learners from the pandemic.They should have been providing adequate water supply, enough PPEs. Arcturus Primary School, which is down here, hasn’t even water. It’s messy. It’s a disaster. We are sitting on a time bomb for both learners and teachers.

VOA reports that some students around Harare have been going to school since Monday to try to learn among themselves, as there are no teachers who fear that classrooms may turn into Covid-19 superspreaders.

Taungana Ndoro, director of communications and advocacy at Zimbabwe’s Education Ministry, however, says the government has been working to ensure classrooms are safe. He said:

We have been putting in new infrastructure to ensure that we decongest the existing infrastructure to ensure that there is social and physical distancing for the prevention and management of Covid-19.

UNICEF Zimbabwe has been helping students and the government during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Zimbabwe’s teachers hope such organizations can assist the government and supply the resources including adequate PPEs against Covid-19 and salaries that allow them to live above the poverty line.

Teachers have since 2019 been embarking on industrial action to force the government to restore their 2018 salaries that were around US$500.

As of the 1st of September, Zimbabwe had over 120 000 confirmed coronavirus infections and over 4 400 deaths.

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo City Council has issued a rabies alert after four rabies cases have been recorded in the city.

In the latest council report, the local authority said people should be on high alert.

“Twelve dog notices were issued for various violations of the Bulawayo (Dog Control and Licensing) bylaws.
“The department was on high alert of rabid dogs as four cases of rabid dogs were reported in the city,” read the report.
Dog owners are encouraged to ensure that their dogs are vaccinated against rabies.
The Centre of Disease Control (CDC) says that rabies is deadly and can be transmitted after an individual is bitten by an infected animal.

Meanwhile, council said it has started clearing streams as part of mosquito control measures.

“The section started stream bank clearing along streams, clearing 990 metres along Bulawayo Spruit, Magwegwe West tributary 1 730 metres, Marisha 400 metres, Pumula East Stream 1 650 metres and 580 metres along National Foods Canal encountering moderate breeding of culicine mosquito. Spotters managed to investigate, Nguboyenja, Nketa Park, Davies, Mahomva and Bulawayo Spruit where moderate breeding was encountered,” read the report.

“The last mosquito season was marked by no availability of chemicals, which resulted in mosquito population increasing to unprecedented levels.
“Chemicals for the above activities needed to be prioritised.

-State media

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 170 passengers and fined them $2 000 each for boarding non-Zupco buses.

The police also impounded 50 buses they accused of breaching inter-city travelling regulations by ferrying students back to schools.

The police are yet to establish whether the impounded buses could pay fines or their owners would be jailed.

The buses were impounded after Cabinet had allowed inter-city travel only for examination students over the weekend, which is why many school buses or buses hired by schools were on the road.

The Officer Commanding Harare province, Commissioner Wonder Tembo, said police were going after all transport operators resisting to operate under Zupco.

“We are continuously disturbed by traffic congestion on our roads being caused by errant drivers, mostly those operating the so-called mushikashika. We have declared war against these illegal transporters who continuously defy clear laws of the land. We are heavily descending on you and (you) will suffer the consequences of the law.
“All bus and kombi operators who are equally operating outside the law shall suffer the same fate, you have been warned,” he said

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police said travellers who board buses, and kombis not registered under the Zupco would pay a $2 000 fine.

This comes after Tuesday police impounded 50 buses they accused of breaching inter-city travelling regulations by ferrying students back to schools.

The police is yet to establish whether the impounded buses could pay fines or their owners would be jailed.

The buses were impounded after Cabinet had allowed inter-city travel only for examination students over the weekend, which is why many school buses or buses hired by schools were on the road.

Police on the same Tuesday impounded 32 buses at Mbare Musika Terminus offering inter-city services. Another nine were impounded in Matabeleland North on the same charges.

By A Correspondent- Philip Chiyangwa’s Michelle is begging money to have her breasts reduced their size.

Her father has just been appointed to lead Zanu PF’s fundraising committee for the 2023 elections.

Michelle, who stays in the UK, launched a GoFundMe bid to raise £7 300 for the boobs operation.

She raised just £10 after 15 hours and stopped accepting donations.

By A Correspondent- Harare man has lost R41 000 cash and other valuables after being attacked by two robbers while entering the country from South Africa through an illegal entry point in Beitbridge.

Posting on their Twitter account, the Zimbabwe Republic (ZRP) said the incident occurred on August 31 at around 5 AM.

On August 31 at around 5 AM, a Harare man was robbed of cash amounting to R 41 500, various clothes and a J4 cellphone by two unknown suspects at a bush area near Limpopo View, Beitbridge.

The victim had entered the country from South Africa through an illegal entry point The ZRP reiterates that members of the public must comply with Covid-19 regulations and use authorised ports of entry and exit on the country’s borders.

By A Correspondent- A Zanu PF aligned prosecutor at the Harare magistrates on Tuesday tried to send Harare West MDC Alliance MP Joanna Mamombe to jail for allegedly failing to report at Harare Central Police as ordered by the High Court as part of her bail conditions.

Mamombe faces several criminal cases, including inciting the public to commit violence and breaching Covid-19 regulations among other charges.

She was supposed to report to the police last Friday but failed as she had travelled to her rural home.

Tuesday, Prosecutor Michael Reza sought her committal to prison for failing to report to the police as ordered by the High Court in a case in which she is accused of participating in anti-government demonstrations in 2020.

However, through her lawyer, Jeremiah Bamu, Mamombe explained that: “she failed to report on Friday after returning to Harare from her rural area after 6 pm could not make it during the stipulated time since the curfew was now in operation.”

Mamombe returns to court Thursday for the continuation of her hearing breaching her bail conditions.

“We are challenging the bid to have her imprisoned as she reported at ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) Saturday morning after missing the Friday time slot while travelling from her rural area and curfew time had kicked in,” said the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.

She is out of custody

By A Correspondent- Former Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Mandi Chimene has reached to Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa for forgiveness.

Now in self-exile after fleeing Zimbabwe in November 2017 after the coup that removed then-President, Robert Mugabe, from office, Chimene has not set foot in the country since then.

In July 2016, at a rally organised by a group of war veterans to show support to former First Lady Grace, the former minister insulted Mnangagwa, accusing him of leading a faction to replace the late Mugabe.

However, Tuesday, Chimene said: “To have spent my girlhood fighting to be free, only to find myself 37 years later stranded airborne on my way from China simply because another senior Cadre has taken over power was beyond my expectation.”

“Without disclosing my whereabouts, I must declare Zimbabwe to be my only home and no other. We rubbed shoulders during the war, shared the same plate of a small meal, and trained each other to win the fight. It is not too late to shake hands and embrace.

“President  @edmnangagwa, I am sorry for everything. All I want is to be back home to rest. Let bygones be. What’s sad in my life is that people have gathered to judge me on mistakes, real or imagined and make conclusions on my contributions to this nation based on what happened prior to 2017 and Nov 2017 itself.

“Let God be the judge but I remain a Cde. I miss stepping my feet in Zimbabwe.

Chimene said she has been on a long sabbatical following Nov 2017.

“I have been this silent to heal. I am now ready to reload. I love you all Yours Truly, Daughter of the Soil.” Chimene is also the former Makoni South MP ex-chairperson of the Zimbabwe-China Friendship Association.

She and other former ministers, including Saviour Kasukuwere, Jonathan Moyo, Ignatius Chombo, Walter Mzembi, and Patrick Zhuwao were expelled from the ruling party Zanu-PF in December 2017.

Kasukuwere Mzembi and Zhuwao fled in 2017 to neighbouring South Africa while Moyo is in self-exile in Kenya.

Mnangagwa has made repeated attempts to have the former ministers extradited to Zimbabwe on charges of abuse of office while in government, but the efforts have hit a brick wall.

Tinashe Sambiri| Enigmatic politician Killer Zivhu has mocked MDC T leader Douglas Mwonzora saying he cannot be compared to President Nelson Chamisa.

According to Zivhu, President Chamisa is miles ahead of Mwonzora…

“Guys kwanayi imwi munogarepi musingazivi kuti over 1 million people voted for Chamisa not Mwonzora 2018. Chamisa wakatokurira MDC-A yose pamavhoti , like it or don’t but you can’t compare Lionel Messi with Musona. Chamisa haangafananidziwi na Mwonzora ndiko kuda kurima nembudzi.”

Zivhu also said ghetto youths should not be used by the so called Zanu PF -aligned mbingas.

“They used more than 300000 rands and pay 21 000 rands for tips in a club in South Africa. Kuno kumusha imwi vana Dhongi monzi zadzayi ma streets mu Covid muno muchipiwa zvihwitsi nema 1 dollar achikandwa muma streets hanzi Youth empowerment , kushandiswa sezvimakava zva Solomon.”

By A Correspondent- Police in Chinhoyi have arrested a 44-year-old for dispensing s_ex enhancement medicines.

Prisca Misodzi of 5191 Chikonohono, Chinhoyi Monday appeared before magistrate, Melody Rwizi, facing two counts of contravening sections of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act Chapter 15:03.

She pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to a total fine of $20 000.

Failure to deposit the fine with the Clerk of Court Chinhoyi would see Misodzi spend a cumulative 120 days imprisonment.

The complainant in the matter was Emmanuel Makotore, an inspector with the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ).

The state case, led by Odrah Chitoro, was that on 29 July 2021, police detectives and Makotore were on duty checking whether pharmacies were complying with MCAZ rules and regulations.

The team approached Misodzi at her workplace situated at Stand Number 42 Chikonohono, Chinhoyi township.

The premises were searched, leading to the discovery of banned pharmaceutical products, including sex enhancing pills, skin lightening creams, family planning tablets, among other banned products.

The compliance team also further established that the accused person was an unlicensed pharmacist, neither was she untrained personnel working under instruction and supervision of a licensed individual.

She was, in fact, practicing or carrying out the business of a pharmacist on unregistered premises.

By A Correspondent- Harare man has lost R41 000 cash and other valuables after being attacked by two robbers while entering the country from South Africa through an illegal entry point in Beitbridge.

Posting on their Twitter account, the Zimbabwe Republic (ZRP) said the incident occurred on August 31 at around 5 AM.

On August 31 at around 5 AM, a Harare man was robbed of cash amounting to R 41 500, various clothes and a J4 cellphone by two unknown suspects at a bush area near Limpopo View, Beitbridge.

The victim had entered the country from South Africa through an illegal entry point The ZRP reiterates that members of the public must comply with Covid-19 regulations and use authorised ports of entry and exit on the country’s borders.

By A Correspondent- Former Zanu PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu said his party would perform better than President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF.

He announced this Tuesday in Harare at the launch of a new political party that he said he will lead on an interim basis.

Tsenengamu said the Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ), with green as its main colour, will compete for political space with the ruling Zanu PF and the main opposition MDC Alliance.

“Knowing that the current condition we face today is not natural phenomena but a product of unjust economic practices by organised blood-sucking economic vampires, cannibalistic cartels, corrupt, selfish and heartless capitalists and monopolists, I have together with some here decided to take a stand giving up the comfort and luxuries of our past associations to fight with many others for the sake of generations of current and the future,” he said.
We have so much confidence in the revolutionary capabilities of ordinary human beings to accomplish this.

Tsenengamu vowed his party would campaign for a “successful execution of an economic revolution” adding that Zimbabweans had become “a sloganeering, politicking and voting populace paying less attention to the economic issues.”

He criticised the fast-track land reform programme which he said had merely taken land from a white minority and given it to “an indigenous minority, largely a clique that associates with Zanu PF.”
Tsenengamu said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had come up with “sweet-sounding promises and pledges” to deal with corruption, yet he and his party “have done the opposite by protecting and befriending the corrupt.”
He railed against the Zanu PF government’s dealings with Chinese investors, claiming “authorities seem to have committed to handover the ownership of our God-given natural resources to foreigners who are on a looting spree with the aid of the government and leadership.”

Tsenengamu said neither Zanu PF nor the MDC Alliance offered a viable alternative to get Zimbabwe out of its political and economic crisis.

By A Correspondent- Primary and secondary education minister Cain Mathema’s health has deteriorated, resulting in him being airlifted to Harre for urgent medical attention.

The 74-year-old has not been well for weeks now and was admitted to a private hospital in Bulawayo.

ZimLive was told that the minister was flown to Harare on August 28 and is now admitted at Arundel Mediclinic. One person briefed on the minister’s condition.

“He had excessive fluids in his lungs and was getting progressively worse. I understand some surgical procedure has been performed on him,” said the source.