By A Correspondent- A fierce argument almost turned tragic when a man threw a petrol bomb into his neighbour’s bedroom and took to his heels.
Jay Luphahla (34) escaped unhurt, but the petrol bomb burnt some of his clothes, said a family member who declined to be named.
Jay screamed for help, prompting neighbours to come to help him put out the fire which almost consumed his bed.
After the life-threatening incident, the petrol bomber Stansilas Mbeki (46) fled to evade arrest and is still at large.
Jay reported the incident at Pumula Police Station.
Police are now on a mission to apprehend Mbeki, said a source close to investigations.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident: “I can confirm that a man allegedly threw a petrol bomb into a neighbour’s bedroom after they had an argument. We would like to advise members of the public to solve their differences amicably than to take the law into their hands because doing so might lead to unnecessary loss of life.”
In an unrelated incident, two teenagers aged 17 and 13 were injured after a 9mm bullet they had picked up exploded in Mpopoma suburb last week.
“Its fragments hit the 13-year-old in the mouth and some remained stuck on his shoulder, the 17-year-old sustained a cut on his hand,” said a source.
The two were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital for treatment.
Bulawayo police spokesperson advised community members to inform police whenever they see live rounds of ammunition.
“I would like to advise members of the public to inform police whenever they see or encounter a live round. They must not risk their lives by picking it,” he said.
A FORMER senior Zanu PF official in Mashonaland Central province has called for the impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly running down the economy, human rights violations and failure to adhere to constitutionalism.
Goodman Musariri, who was fired from Zanu PF last year for disrespecting Mnangagwa, said the situation in Zimbabwe was now ripe for a “second operation restore legacy” in the form of the November 2017 military coup.
Mnangagwa took over power on the back of a military coup in November 2017, which led to the ouster of his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe.
The outspoken Musariri is currently on bail facing charges of undermining the authority of the President after he allegedly called for Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take over from Mnangagwa, whom he accused of ascending to power through an illegitimate process.
“Now is the time to call for the resignation of ED (Mnangagwa) and an impeachment motion by any faithful servant of the voice of God in Parliament. Walls of Jericho must certainly fall,” he told NewsDay.
“The voice is crying from the wilderness for another operation to restore legacy.
“Zimbabweans, don’t just sit there, but stand up and begin to march again as you did in November 2017.
“You will never notice your chains until you start walking. The voice of the people is the voice of God. The voice does not waver through disbelief. Like Abraham, the voice hopes even where there is no hope.
“So, by faith, the people of Zimbabwe should march once more in a greater solidarity march than the 2017 one, this time targeting criminals surrounding President Mnangagwa himself.”
He said Mnangagwa’s rise to power in 2017 was via an unsanctioned Zanu PF central committee meeting, hence it was null and void.
Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo refused to comment on Musariri’s utterances.
“This is why he was expelled from the party because he is a loose cannon. Zanu PF will never lose sleep over such people because they are irrelevant to its norms and values,” Khaya Moyo said.
“Whatever he is saying shows that he is trying to look for relevance. No sane person can dream such things. As Zanu PF, we are not fazed by that. We have a lot of issues which are of national interest which need to be attended to, not this hallucination.”
There are growing fears of a plot to impeach Mnangagwa that started immediately after he took over power.
In May 2018, Mnangagwa told a healing and reconciliation workshop in Harare that there was a plot to impeach him.
“I got intelligence that some of those who have won these primary elections have two minds,” he said then.
“They have gone to join the Zanu PF wagon using various tricks, money included, to be elected with a possible view that once in Parliament, they will band together and move a motion of impeachment.”
A Guruve-based female drug peddler went berserk and stripped naked when male police officers came to arrest her on allegations of selling dagga.
Mildred Muzana (21) ran away naked shouting that police offices wanted to rape her as other police officers shot a video for evidence.
The matter came to light at Guruve Magistrates’ Courts yesterday, where Muzana appeared before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa who slapped her with a $2 500 fine for indecent exposure and failure to pay would earn her 15 days in prison.
Prosecutor Albert Charewa told the court that on July 8, police officers received a tip off that Muzana was selling dagga at her homestead and went to the place to conduct a search.
When Muzana realised that police officers were close by she stripped all her clothes and showed them her privates, saying “arrest me if you can,” before shouting ”police want to rape me” while running away.
After some minutes, she went to a friend’s place and got dressed before going to the charge office to file a rape report against the police officers.
The officers who were on their way to the charge office were called and informed about the matter. They told their colleagues to lock her up since they had video evidence of what she had done.
A MAN fatally stabbed his friend with a knife after a dispute during a drinking spree.
Police confirmed the incident which occurred on Tuesday in Bikita.
“On 21 July a Bikita man fatally stabbed his friend with a knife once on the stomach after a dispute over money used for beer. The police reiterate that the public shouldn’t resort to violence to resolve disputes,” said the police on twitter.
By Entertainment Reporter| Zimbabwean born-Canadian actress, writer and producer Natasha “Tash” Heschelle is back on the limelight with her recently released debut three-track Extended Play (EP) titled Imagine.
The multi-talented Heschelle rediscovered herself and explored her other artistic side as a musician when she released her second single, Without Your Love last year under the COVID-19 induced lockdown.
In an interview, with this publication, the award-winning actress said songs from the EP will be used as sound tracks in her forthcoming film scheduled for premiere before year end if everything goes according to script.
“I am happy to have released my debut EP titled Imagine as I continues to explore my artistry. However, I would not be concentrating much on music as much of my focus at the moment is on my acting career, she said.
“The EP has songs, Imagine, the title track, Let You Go and Without Your Love. I am happy that it (EP) has received some good reviews. The EP is available on digital music stores and the video is available on VEVO.”
The 25-year- old Heschelle said her forthcoming film is a tragic love story about a girl who sacrifices her life to save the man she loves.
“I don’t want to get into too much detail about the forthcoming film because, of spoilers. I am hoping to finish filming by the end of this year if COVID does not disturb our schedule,” she said.
Heschélle was born and raised in Zimbabwe, before she moved to Canada in 2014 to pursue her acting career.
From a very young age, Heschélle showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts getting involved in dance, modelling, music and acting that has seen her making waves in a foreign land.
She is on record that her life story had been that of determination and sacrifice as it was not that easy at first to settled in a foreign land.
“It was challenging at first because I had no idea where to begin not only as an artist, but building a new life in general in a foreign land, making new friends, getting my first job, trying to make it as an artist, adjusting to this new place,” she said.
In the world of film, Heschélle has featured in several short films such as Zahara The Return that is also known as The Black Vampire Show and did some commercials for different companies.
By Sports Reporter | The ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday celebrated the 17 year old Olympian and country representative at the games, Sonata Katai saying she has made him proud to be a Zimbabwean.
The 17 year old Donata, is Zimbabwe’s first and youngest black swimmer to represent the nation at the Olympics.
She is representing the country at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic games on Friday.
Said Mnangagwa:
17 years old and leading your country as one of the flag bearers at an Olympic Games. What an extraordinary achievement by an extraordinary young woman. Donata – you have made me proud to be Zimbabwean!
17 years old and leading your country as one of the flag bearers at an Olympic Games. What an extraordinary achievement by an extraordinary young woman.
By A Correspondent| The opposition MDC Alliance has called President Emmerson Mnangagwa to order over his government move to reject the COVAX facility allocation of Johnson and Johnson vaccines while dragging them into the matter by claiming that they are sitting on half a million doses.
Posting on Twitter, MDC Alliance discouraged Mnangagwa against politicking when people’s lives are at stake due to the pandemic.
“We condemn the attempt by Mr Mnangagwa to politicize their refusal of vaccines under the COVAX facility yet people are dying. They must not drag the MDC Alliance into this matter. This is not the time for politicking. The focus must be on saving lives. #GetVaccinated,” said MDC Alliance.
Early this week, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba using his moniker @jamwanda2 quoted controversy when he claimed that the MDC Alliance had received 500 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the US Embassy.
By A Correspondent- Acting Matabeleland South Provincial Education Director Lifias Masukume has succumbed to Covid-19 at the United Bulawayo Hospitals, Zanu Pf patriots has revealed.
Below is the tweet.
JUST IN: Acting Matabeleland South Provincial Education Director Lifias Masukume has succumbed to Covid-19 at the United Bulawayo Hospitals pic.twitter.com/zXdGX98OCx
— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) July 23, 2021
By A Correspondent| MISA Zimbabwe has made two submissions to the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Zimbabwe, where it noted improvements in the legislative environment, but decried clawback provisions in proposed new laws that have the effect of infringing on freedom of expression.
The UPR is a unique process that involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States.
The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.
In the first submission, MISA Zimbabwe collaborated with the umbrella Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ), where the two organisations noted that as per the UPR second cycle recommendations, the government was forging ahead with the repeal of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
In July 2020, the government promulgated the Freedom of Information Act, which is “seen as a positive step”, however, the government is yet to put in place mechanisms that operationalise the law.
“For example, the law compels government bodies to have designated personnel to deal with information requests and produce reports thereof, something that is yet to be put in practice,” reads the MISA and MAZ submission.
“The accountability mechanisms in instances where one would have been denied information remain weak, with some cases that have been brought before the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) yet to be finalised.”
MISA and MAZ were also concerned that laws such as the proposed Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill had the effect of reversing the gains brought by the Freedom of Information Act.
The Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill criminalises the publishing of falsehoods, which the Constitutional Court had already declared unconstitutional.
It also imposes surveillance on citizens and this has the potential to infringe on freedom of expression, association and of the media.
MISA and MAZ also raised concern with attacks on journalists, which was particularly high in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two media rights advocacy groups pointed out that there is a noticeable sustained culture of violations against journalists and media workers in Zimbabwe.
“Journalists are subjected to all forms of violence, including verbal threats, harassment, physical abuse, unlawful detentions and arrests,” reads the submission.
“These cases escalate when there are high stakes political contests in the country. In 2020, MISA Zimbabwe recorded 52 cases of violations of journalistic and media freedoms. All these crimes against journalists are committed with impunity.”
Among the recommendations, MISA and MAZ urged the government to commit to the principle of co-regulation of the media.
“The enactment of a Media Practitioners Bill will give effect to the co-regulation of the media, as obtained in the draft framework submitted by MAZ and MISA and submitted to the Parliament of Zimbabwe,” implored the two organisations.
Further, they recommended that the government should provide a clear timeline on when emergency laws that were promulgated in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak would be repealed as they have the effect of infringing on freedom of expression.
MISA and MAZ urged the Zimbabwean government to recant the SADC resolution on taking pre-emptive measures against the so-called abuse of social media and ensure that it is not party to resolutions that have the effect of infringing on freedom of expression and of the media.
In the second submission, which centred mainly on digital rights, MISA collaborated with the Small Media and Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).
The two organisations were supported by Access Now, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), MAZ, Paradigm Initiative, the Zimbabwe Centre for Media and Information Literacy (ZCMIL), Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
The submission recommended that the government should uphold the right to privacy by enacting a data protection and privacy law in consultation with stakeholders, and to amend provisions of the Interception of Communications Act to provide for judicial oversight on lawful surveillance.
The organisations further recommended that the government should end the practice of internet shutdowns and ensure that restrictions on internet access, online expression, assembly and association are consistent with international and regional human rights standards.
To ensure access to the internet, the organisations recommended that the authorities put in place measures to reduce costs of internet access including the deployment of the Universal Access Fund for increased affordability and digital inclusion of marginalised groups including women, rural communities and persons with disabilities.
By A Correspondent- A police officer stationed at Khumalo Police Station in Bulawayo was arrested after he allegedly duped his workmate and a student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) of US$1 800 and US$2 500 in a foiled gold deal.
Prosper Mazokera (35) landed himself in trouble after he allegedly swindled his colleague Tawedzerwa Johane and Patmos Nyavanhu, a Nust student, after allegedly lying to them that he was dealing in gold.
Circumstances are that on 28 April 2021 and at around 10am Mazokera approached Nyavanhu and told him that he was dealing in gold. He is alleged to have convinced Nyavanhu to give him US$2 500 and $5 000 which he alleged would generate US$5 400 after a month.
As if that was not enough, Mazokera on an unknown date, at around 11am, approached his workmate Johane and told him he was into mining.
Using the same modus operandi, he is alleged to have convinced him to give him US$1 800 which he claimed would accumulate every month. After being smooth-talked and convinced that he had struck a lucrative deal, Johane gave him the amount in question.
The transacting public has been urged to report all business entities rejecting the 10-dollar notes to the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Barely two weeks after the introduction of the 50 Zimbabwe dollar note, some unscrupulous business entities are rejecting ten-dollar notes, a trend that has irked the transaction public.
However, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has clarified that no policy directive was issued to phase out notes issued since 2016.
“The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe wishes to inform the general public that all notes issued since 2016 remain legal tender and everyone with information that someone or a business entity is rejecting the 10-dollar notes should report them to our financial intelligence unit,” the RBZ Head Communications, Kumbulani Shirichena said.
Zimbabwe basket of local currency notes consists of the 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50-dollar bills.
By A Correspondent- For a Bulawayo woman, the immeasurable joy of having her first child turned into the worst nightmare imaginable.
About a week after Mongiwethu Mathe (27) was discharged from Mpilo Central Hospital in December 2019, she was horrified to see excrement coming out of her privates.
Yes! Human waste coming out through her sexual organ, not from its usual orifice.
Her heart pounding in her chest and panic coursing through her system, she rushed to a clinic in Emakhandeni suburb where she lives.
For her, the look on the nurse’s face confirmed the worst.
She was dying.
She was referred to Mpilo Central Hospital as an emergency case.
“My mind in a spin, I decided to first go to a private doctor. The doctor removed more human waste from my privates. He said during a caesarean operation when I was giving birth, the doctor mistakenly cut my rectum and left a hole that now connected it to my vagina,” she said in a quavering voice, tears streaming down her cheeks.
She said a doctor at Mpilo did not mince his words.
“He said the person who operated on me was careless and cut my rectum more than what he was supposed to. He said emergency corrective surgery was needed. Now I poo through a colostomy bag,” she told B- Metro.
Mongi, who is studying towards a Diploma in Education with United College of Education (UCE), needed to go for attachment.
“I had to seek medical help from a private doctor who is a friend to my husband because I needed to go for attachments. From December 2019 the doctor tried to stitch the “intestine”, he finally managed to stitch it in July 2020. The doctor mounted a colostomy bag,” she said.
But the problem was not solved!
“Some of the human excrement discharged through the colostomy bag while some came through my sexual organ. I then returned to the doctor and he said he could have mistakenly missed another hole in the rectum so he stitched me for the second time in October 2020 and said after three months (February 2021) I would be able to relieve myself in a normal way. After that I went to the loo, but the situation had not changed,” Mongi said.
“I went to Mpilo again for the operation in May this year. I was operated on. Sadly when I went for a review I was told the doctor is at theatre since then I have not been attended to. A doctor at the hospital told me to contact doctors from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who usually come to Zimbabwe to offer their services for free. He said they could repair my rectum. I phoned them and they told me that they will come when Corona cases have subsided,” she said.
She said she tried to get redress from Mpilo Central Hospital but has been shuffled from one office to another, to no avail.
“I tried to engage them, but they promised to attend to my problem. Sadly they have been referring me from one office to another. And they are demanding money for the operation. They have been threatening to unleash debt collectors to collect money on their behalf,” she said.
She added: “They are demanding $14 099-87. I cannot raise it. I wonder why they are demanding money when they ruined my life.”
The despair in Mongi’s eyes is palpable as she explains how the problem affects her marital life and how it forced her to stop breastfeeding her baby.
“I feel I’m no longer woman enough to my husband because it’s very painful to use these bags while you are a married person. The problem now is that I do not feel pressure to relieve myself, I see human waste in the bag, usually it spills from the colostomy bag,” she said.
She uses five colostomy bags a week, but when it’s cold she uses seven bags.
“My husband and my father help by buying the bags for me. The bags cost US$5 each,” she said.
Mpilo Central Hospital clinical director and chief executive officer Professor Solwayo Ngwenya said: “This is a natural consequence that could be caused by prolonged labour or big baby. That is a difficult situation but the hospital will try and help her in repairing her rectum.”
He added: “I ‘m aware of her predicament. She must talk to accounts department about her bill.”
By A Correspondent- The Judicial Service Commission (JSC), has postponed the public interviews of candidates nominated for the nine positions of judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe until further notice.
In a statement on Thursday, the JSC said it made the decision following the government’s call for all institutions to further restrict operations due to rising coronavirus infections. The statement read:
The Judicial Service Commission regrets to advise interviewees, the media and members of the public that in view of the continuing upsurge in COVID-19 infections and the Government’s call for all institutions to further restrict operations, the interviews for the positions of Judge of the High Court scheduled for 26, 27 and 28 July 2021 at Rainbow Towers Hotel Harare are postponed until further notice.
The Commission apologies to everyone concerned for any inconvenience that may have been caused by the decision to defer the interviews.
The decision was taken in the of the health of everyone directly involved in the process particularly and all Zimbabweans generally.
In compliance with the requirements of section 180(2) (c) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the public will be informed of the new dates of the interviews in due course
By A Correspondent- A till supervisor with OK Supermarkets’ Chipinge branch has been dragged to court on allegations of stealing groceries worth $12 349 from his employer.
Vhukile Mlambo of the medium density area of Chipinge appeared before Magistrate Elizabeth Hanzi facing theft charges early this week.
He was not asked to plead and was remanded out of custody on his own cognisant to 28 July for trial.
Prosecutor Edmore Manhanganisa alleged on 17 July, Mlambo, who was not on duty, went to OK Supermarket and stole the grocery.
He said:
The incident was caught on CCTV leading to Mlambo’s arrest and recovery of the stolen sugar.
By A Correspondent- Three Zimbabwean armed robbers and a South African man are on the run after escaping from police custody on Wednesday evening while being transported from Polokwane Central Correctional facility to Mokopane in Limpopo province.
The four were being moved pending sentencing for a charge of armed robbery today.
Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the quartet was part of seven others who were being transported in a police vehicle.
He said the police in Westenburg had instituted a search operation for John Fine (39), Dennis Hove (39), Clifford Matonhori (31) all Zimbabweans, and Figos Madisha (40), a South African who escaped with a police service pistol.
“They managed to escape from a police motor vehicle along the R101 road next to Eerstegoud Trading Store around 11.30pm,” said Brig Mojapelo.
“Seven prisoners were being transported from Polokwane Correctional Centre to Mokopane for sentencing when four of them allegedly escaped. The prisoners also managed to grab a service pistol belonging to a police officer during the incident before fleeing into the nearby bushes. The other three prisoners remained in the vehicle.”
He said the suspects had been arrested and convicted for robbery with aggravating circumstances which they committed in April 2019 in the Mokopane policing area.
Brig Mojapelo warned members of the community against approaching the suspects whom he said were considered dangerous.
“Anyone with information that can assist the police to find the four prisoners should contact Westenburg Detective-Commander Captain Tshikudo on 0027825658566 or crime stop number 0027860010111 or the nearest police station,” said Brig Mojapelo.
By A Correspondent- Over 240 nurses have deserted the City of Harare owing to poor remuneration
Harare City said the nurses had abandoned the council to join organisations. Previously, the council used to be one of the best paying employers but as poor management continues unabated in the city, many technical people are jumping ship to join better-paying companies.
In a recent tweet, the City of Harare said: “Vaccination ongoing at Belvedere Polyclinic. Long queues characterise the vaccination exercise. “Council is short-staffed. Over 240 nurses have left to join other organisations.”
A number of citizens criticised the council on its Twitter page saying there was no reason for the City of Harare to mourn about the departures of nurses when it is the employer, who can easily recruit some staffers to fill in the gaps.
By A Correspondent- An Epworth man was on Wednesday arrested after he was found in possession of human remains he had exhumed from Zinyerere Cemetery in the neighbourhood.
Pinky Bhekeshita (26) was allegedly found in possession of Jaqueline Mbewe’s remains while roaming around the Stop Over area at around 4 pm.
Mbewe is said to have died on June 15, 2006. Bhekeshita yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with violating graves.
He was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before Mr Dennis Mangois, who remanded him in custody to July 29.
Mr Mangosi ordered Bhekeshita to be examined by two Government-appointed psychiatrists to ascertain his mental state.
The State led by Miss Monalisa Magwenzi said at the time of his arrest, Bhekishita threatened to dig more graves saying he wanted to search for his relatives.
Miss Magwenzi said on June 21, Bhekishita dug up Mbewe’s grave at Zinyengere Cemetery and exhumed her remains.
He was arrested after being found in possession of the remains
By A Correspondent- Three Zimbabwean armed robbers and a South African man are on the run after escaping from police custody on Wednesday evening while being transported from Polokwane Central Correctional facility to Mokopane in Limpopo province.
The four who were being moved pending sentencing for a charge of armed robbery today.
Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the quartet was part of seven others who were being transported in a police vehicle.
He said the police in Westenburg was now carrying out a search operation for John Fine (39, Dennis Hove (39) and Clifford Matonhori (31) all Zimbabweans, and Figos Madisha (40) a South African who escaped with a police service pistol. “They managed to escape from a police motor vehicle along the R101 road next to Eerstegoud Trading Store around 2330 hours,” said Brig Mojapelo. “Seven prisoners were being transported from Polokwane Correctional Centre to Mokopane for sentencing when four of them allegedly escaped. The prisoners also managed to grab a service pistol belonging to a police officer during the incident before fleeing into the nearby bushes. The other three prisoners remained in the vehicle”.
He said the suspects had been arrested and convicted for robbery with aggravating circumstances which they committed in April 2019 in the Mokopane policing area. Brig Mojapelo warned members of the community against approaching the suspects whom he said were considered to be very dangerous. “Anyone with information that can assist the Police to find the four prisoners should contact Westenburg Detective-Commander Captain Tshikudo on 0027825658566 or crime stop number 0027860010111 or the nearest Police Station,” said Brig Mojapelo.
By A Correspondent- The United States has refuted false statements by the Zimbabwean government that it had provided over half a million vaccines to the opposition MDC Alliance.
In a terse statement following allegations by presidential spokesperson George Charamba to the effect that the US had provided the opposition MDC Alliance with “unregistered COVID-19 vaccines”, the US embassy in Harare, through its public diplomacy section, said it would provide vaccines to African countries in a transparent manner through the Africa Union’s COVAX facility.
“United States government vaccine deployment is very transparent and will come to Africa through the COVAX/AU mechanism. The United States government has not provided any entity in Zimbabwe with vaccines to date,” the embassy said.
Charamba claimed on his Twitter handle @Jamwanda2 that the MDC Alliance was stuck with half a million unregistered vaccines sourced by the US government.
He further claimed that the US embassy’s strategy was to “stampede” the Health ministry to force the government to accept importation and administration of unregistered vaccines, using the COVAX facility. Charamba added that the move would then provide cover to “this political donation”, further alleging that the MDC Alliance had plans to inoculate its supporters only.
Zimbabwe has turned down vaccine donations from the United Kingdom and US, while giving preference to vaccines from eastern countries such as China, Russia and India.
Currently, the government is rolling out a mass vaccination programme that targets to get 10 million people, about 60% of the population jabbed with vaccines from the three countries.
By A Correspondent- More than 10 passangers are stranded in Musina one of the cross border buses plying Harare -Johannesburg route, Enno Coaches dumped them .
The bus is in the habit of robbing desperate Zimbabweans travelling to South Africa of their hard-earned cash and dump them in Musina.
The bus travels with a six-member crew comprising two (2) drivers and four(4) touts masquerading as conductors who all be having ticket books each.
The touts charge desperate travellers with no passports and other legal travelling documents US$200 promising to take them to Johannesburg.
The notorious touts among the crew are Ronnie Zeze known as Mrewa, Obert, a Mutangadura is also known as Maga Maga, Obert and one Desha.
These touts lure desperate travellers to the bus and charge them US$200 from them as bus fare, inclusive of illegal border crossing fees and South African police checkpoints bribes.
After collecting the money the bus takes the travellers to Beitbridge border post, help them jump the border and then start demanding some top-up fees just after the border.
The bus crew upon crossing the border starts accusing each other of mismanaging the bus fares paid to them by passengers and pleads to the travellers for more money saying they want to pay the South African police so that the passengers would not be deported.
Every time the bus gets to a police checkpoint the bus crew demands ZAR 100 (Rands) from each of the passengers saying they want to bribe the police.
The South African government recently increased police checkpoints because of the riots which took place in Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng Province and from the border to Musina they are now five police checkpoints.
This means that one passenger from the border to Musina would pay 500 Rands on top of his or her US$200 they would have paid in Harare as their bus fare.
This has resulted in many boarding Enno Coaches finding it difficult to proceed to Johannesburg and get alternative transport, leaving behind the bus in Musina.
The bus does not offer any refunds nor does it attempt to help the disgruntled passengers
The Enno bus crew has been using this tactic since the last year when the Covid-19 pandemic called for lockdowns and curfews.
He came into the country seeking greener pastures – on the football pitch – but now a 20-year-old Ghanaian footballer regrets the day he left his home country for a ‘deal’ to join yesterday football giants Shabanie Mine FC.
Ishmael Dadson
Ishmael Dadson is said to have jetted into the country in February 2020, shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, to undergo trials at Shabanie Mine FC.
B-Metro Sport was made aware of the dire situation that the Ghanaian player is faced with by an informant who is based in the mining town, who said the footballer has turned to begging to survive.
“The boy is a graduate of an academy in Ghana called the Volta International Sports Academy (VISA) and he arrived together with another player, a goalkeeper, for trials but Shabanie Mine FC showed interest in Dadson. The other player went back home after failing to impress the Shabanie Mine FC guys,” said the informant.
B Metro was shown an invitation letter signed by a Shabanie Mine FC official named Kudakwashe Gwatirisa, which stated that the trials should have started on 28 January 2020.
The foreign players are said to have arrived in Zvishavane a few days later. “The situation that the player finds himself in is not good at all. He stays at the club house and relies on well-wishers to give him food and toiletries. I understand that his passport was confiscated by immigration officials as his continued stay in the country is deemed illegal.
“All he wants is just to go back to his home country,” said the source.
Efforts to seek assistance from the Zimbabwe Football Association – and Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) have hit a brick wall, according to our source.
“His parent club in Ghana have also tried to reach out to Zifa for assistance but nothing has materialised. Imagine what it feels like to live in a foreign country for a year and half while surviving on handouts,” he said.
FUZ secretary general Thomas Sweswe said his office had not received communication from a club in Ghana about a player stuck in Zvishavane.
An official at the Zifa Central region – whose jurisdiction Shabanie Mine FC falls under – said their hands were tied since the player was not registered with the league.
“Our hands are tied, I think Shabanie Mine are better positioned to help the player since they invited him for trials,” said Gift Nyapomwe, the Central Region secretary for administration.
Shabanie Mine FC boss Elias Marufu said he was not aware of any player by that name.
“If he was invited for trials, supposedly with Shabanie, then he must have been dealing with an agent who must make sure that the player’s stay in the country is comfortable and lawful. It’s unfortunate that foreign players are brought into the country by agents who later abandon and leave them stranded,” said Marufu.
Zifa spokesperson Xolisani Gwesela’s cellphone was not reachable. -B Metro
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has described the late deputy mayor of the city of Kwekwe, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa as a veteran local government practitioner.
Alderman Tobaiwa died on Wednesday in Kwekwe.
He served as the mayor of the city of Kwekwe from 2008 to 2013.
“The MDC Alliance UK and Ireland Province conveys condolences to the Tobaiwa family. May God give them peace and comfort during this difficult time.
A veteran local government practitioner, City of Kwekwe Deputy Mayor, Cllr Shadreck Tobaiwa has passed on. He was Kwekwe Mayor from 2008-2013.
He was in the Mdc Midlands Provincial Executive,” MDC Alliance UK and Ireland said in a statement.
Landline phone and data service operator, TelOne, has directed its unvaccinated staff to go on leave with immediate and withdrew the Covid-19 allowance for all those the same category, as part mitigation measures against the spread of the deadly pandemic.
Following the Government’s guidance to decongest public office space to at least 25 percent of staff, TelOne says it has heeded the call and has urged all its workers to take the free Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out by the Government.
In an internal staff notice signed by corporate services director, Mr Hopewell Zinyau, TelOne said it was decongesting its offices but would ensure staff rotation to guarantee essential service provision.
Under this arrangement, teams have been divided into two groups with one group working from home and another working from office using one-week rotation cycles, reads the notice.
Due to the reduction of business as a result of the reduced service uptake by both enterprise clients and public sector, Mr Zinyau said the company was experiencing a decrease in the productive hours.
“As such, staff will be required to immediately take vacation leave starting with those that are not vaccinated. This is especially because unvaccinated individuals are at the highest risk of the effects of the Covid-19 virus, while also posing a great risk to all other staff and the company’s business continuity,” reads part of the notice.
“Staff are advised that besides this being good protection for themselves, the company may soon take further measures against the unvaccinated in order to protect vaccinated staff members and the business.”
The company has also suspended all physical meetings in favour of virtual proceedings in addition to strict social distancing requirements.
“Only client services sections remain open to clients with strict adherence to social distancing, masking and hand sanitising,” it said.
Contacted for comment, TelOne corporate communications manager, Ms Melody Harry, said the company was taking seriously the intensification of the Covid-19 situation in the country and the consequent response by the Government in terms of decongestion and vaccination.
Building on this thrust, she said the business was keen to guide its operations to ensure everyone’s safety and business continuity.
“TelOne acknowledges the seriousness of the Covid-19 situation in the country at the moment. As such we have taken a position to encourage our staff to be vaccinated,” she said.
“To date we have at least 60 percent of our staff members who have taken up the vaccine under the Government programme.
“Furthermore, we acknowledge the risk that those that have elected not to be vaccinated face. So, to reduce their exposure and the consequent risk to all others, we have requested that they take vacation leave until such a time the situation eases.”
Ms Harry said the company would, however, continue to supported affected staff members through facilitating testing and care in the event of testing positive. This includes continued provision of hand sanitizers and facemasks. -Herald
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has described the late deputy mayor of the city of Kwekwe, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa as a veteran local government practitioner.
Alderman Tobaiwa died on Wednesday in Kwekwe.
He served as the mayor of the city of Kwekwe from 2008 to 2013.
“The MDC Alliance UK and Ireland Province conveys condolences to the Tobaiwa family. May God give them peace and comfort during this difficult time.
A veteran local government practitioner, City of Kwekwe Deputy Mayor, Cllr Shadreck Tobaiwa has passed on. He was Kwekwe Mayor from 2008-2013.
He was in the Mdc Midlands Provincial Executive,” MDC Alliance UK and Ireland said in a statement.
Three Zimbabwean armed robbers and a South African man are on the run after escaping from police custody on Wednesday evening while being transported from Polokwane Central Correctional facility to Mokopane in Limpopo province.
The four were being moved pending sentencing for a charge of armed robbery tomorrow. Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the quartet was part of seven others who were being transported in a police vehicle.
He said the police in Westenburg had instituted a search operation for John Fine (39), Dennis Hove (39), Clifford Matonhori (31) all Zimbabweans, and Figos Madisha (40), a South African who escaped with a police service pistol.
“They managed to escape from a police motor vehicle along the R101 road next to Eerstegoud Trading Store around 11.30pm,” said Brig Mojapelo.
“Seven prisoners were being transported from Polokwane Correctional Centre to Mokopane for sentencing when four of them allegedly escaped. The prisoners also managed to grab a service pistol belonging to a police officer during the incident before fleeing into the nearby bushes. The other three prisoners remained in the vehicle.”
He said the suspects had been arrested and convicted for robbery with aggravating circumstances which they committed in April 2019 in the Mokopane policing area.
John Fine aged 39. Brig Mojapelo warned members of the community against approaching the suspects whom he said were considered dangerous.
“Anyone with information that can assist the police to find the four prisoners should contact Westenburg Detective-Commander Captain Tshikudo on 0027825658566 or crime stop number 0027860010111 or the nearest police station,” said Brig Mojapelo. -Chronicle
MASVINGO – Three people have disappeared during a prayer ceremony at a river in Makasi Village under Chief Mapanzure, Provincial Police Spokesperson Kudakwashe Dhewa has confirmed.
Police are investigating the case of three persons who went missing on Friday.
The prayer session was led by Pastor Amos Chituri (49) of Agnes Access Apostolic Church and he is said to come from Mutasa District.
The village where the incident happened is about 8km from Nemwana Growth Point or 40km from Masvingo. Sources said that Chituri came to pray for one of the church members in the village who was not feeling well.
He took church members to the river where one of those who was supposed to be prayed for was a village head by the name Tazvigwira.
A village who declined to be named said the whole village believes that the three were taken by mermaids.
While praying at the stream, three elders of the church were with him when a great sound was heard and the elders and everyone there started talking in tongues and throwing themselves into the river.
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has described the late deputy mayor of the city of Kwekwe, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa as a doyen of democracy.
Alderman Tobaiwa was a pillar of the national struggle for democracy, according to the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly.
Alderman Tobaiwa passed on in Kwekwe yesterday.
See the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly statement:
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Mourns A Doyen Of Democratic Struggle, Alderman Tobaiwa
22-07-2021
We note with sadness the passing on of one of our pillars in the national democratic struggle, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa.
As the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly, we commiserate with our Deputy National Treasurer, Judith Tobaiwa following the untimely passing on of his father, the Deputy Mayor of Kwekwe, Alderman Tobaiwa.
Deputy Mayor, Tobaiwa passed on yesterday at a local hospital in Kwekwe.
Funeral arrangements will be notified in due course.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to our Deputy National Treasurer Judith, Tobaiwa family and the entire MDC Alliance family on the loss of this doyen of democratic struggle.
Rest In Peace, Alderman!
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
Smokers have a greater risk of developing a severe case and dying from COVID-19.
Tobacco affects your looks almost immediately
Everything stinks! From your skin, to your whole house, your clothes, and your fingers and breath.
Tobacco causes teeth to yellow and creates excess dental plaque.
Smoking tobacco and the use of smokeless tobacco cause bad breath.
Tobacco makes your skin wrinkly, making you look older faster. Smoking prematurely ages the skin by wearing away proteins that give the skin elasticity, depleting it of vitamin A and restricting blood flow.
These wrinkles are more apparent around the lips and eyes and tobacco also makes skin leathery and dry.
Tobacco smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, a noncontagious inflammatory skin condition that leaves itchy, oozing red patches all over the body.
It threatens the health of your friends and family – not just you.
Over 1 million people die every year from exposure to second-hand smoke.
Non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke are at risk of developing lung cancer.
Cigarettes remain an important cause of accidental fires and resulting deaths.
E-cigarettes also expose non-smokers and bystanders to nicotine and other harmful chemicals.
Being exposed to second-hand smoke may increase the risk of progression from tuberculosis infection to active disease.
Being exposed to second-hand smoke is associated with type 2 diabetes.
Smoking or using e-cigarettes around children compromises their health and safety
Smokers’ children suffer reduced lung function, which continues to affect them in the form of chronic respiratory disorders in adulthood.
Exposure of children to e-cigarette liquid continues to pose serious risks. There is a risk of the devices leaking, or of children swallowing the liquid.
E-cigarettes have been known to cause serious injuries, including burns, through fires and explosions.
School-aged children exposed to the harmful effects of second-hand smoke are also at risk for asthma through inflammation of the airways to the lungs.
Children under 2 years of age who are exposed to second-hand smoke in the home could get middle-ear disease possibly leading to hearing loss and deafness.
Quitting smoking decreases the risk of many diseases related to second-hand smoke in children, such as respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma) and ear infections.
Tobacco use has negative social consequences
You want to be a good example for your kids, friends, and loved ones.
Tobacco use can affect social interactions and relationships negatively.
Quitting means there are no restrictions on where you can go – you can mingle socially, without feeling isolated or having to go outside to smoke.
Quitting can make you more productive – you won’t have to stop what you are doing to have a smoke all the time.
It’s expensive – you could be spending your money on more important things
One study found that smokers burn through an average of $1.4 million in personal costs, includes spending on cigarettes, medical costs and lower wages brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.
Tobacco use affects the health and productivity of workers making them prone to missed days at work.
Tobacco use contributes to poverty by diverting household spending from basic needs such as food and shelter to tobacco.
Source: World Health Organization
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Recent govt offer of 45% falls far short of teachers’ minimum expectations.
Fundamentally, the offer was unilateral and not a product of engagement and therefore, one-armed banditry in nature. Nothing was done to address salary discrepancies introduced in June 2020 between teachers and other govt workers. As such, the recent offer of 45% across govt workers has widened the gap between teachers and other govt workers.
The 45% has taken the lowest-paid teacher from $13300 to $20000 and highest-paid teacher to about $35000 which fall far short of teachers’ expectations.
Above all, teachers never asked for a salary increase but restoration of the purchasing power parity of their salaries as of October 2018, viz, US$520-US$550.
As Ptuz, we encourage govt to respect fair labour practice, collective bargaining and engagement with teacher unions, let alone to pay teachers a living wage. It is prudent to urgently address the welfare of teachers, so that when schools open, possibly in September, the main thrust would be on meaningful learning and teaching to prepare pupils for examinations. Incapacitated teachers will certainly not perform a herculean feat that teachers are called upon to perform when schools open. It is our hope that govt would seriously consider this professional advice in order to create a conducive environment to assist pupils in 2021.
By A Correspondent- Enno Coaches, one of the cross border buses plying Harare, Johannesburg route is in the habit of robbing desperate Zimbabweans travelling to South Africa of their hard-earned cash and dump them in Musina.
The bus travels with a six-member crew comprising two (2) drivers and four(4) touts masquerading as conductors who all be having ticket books each.
The touts charge desperate travellers with no passports and other legal travelling documents US$200 promising to take them to Johannesburg.
The notorious touts among the crew are Ronnie Zeze known as Mrewa, Obert, a Mutangadura is also known as Maga Maga, Obert and one Desha.
These touts lure desperate travellers to the bus and charge them US$200 from them as bus fare, inclusive of illegal border crossing fees and South African police checkpoints bribes.
After collecting the money the bus takes the travellers to Beitbridge border post, help them jump the border and then start demanding some top-up fees just after the border.
The bus crew upon crossing the border starts accusing each other of mismanaging the bus fares paid to them by passengers and pleads to the travellers for more money saying they want to pay the South African police so that the passengers would not be deported.
Every time the bus gets to a police checkpoint the bus crew demands ZAR 100 (Rands) from each of the passengers saying they want to bribe the police.
The South African government recently increased police checkpoints because of the riots which took place in Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng Province and from the border to Musina they are now five police checkpoints.
This means that one passenger from the border to Musina would pay 500 Rands on top of his or her US$200 they would have paid in Harare as their bus fare.
This has resulted in many boarding Enno Coaches finding it difficult to proceed to Johannesburg and get alternative transport, leaving behind the bus in Musina.
The bus does not offer any refunds nor does it attempt to help the disgruntled passengers
The Enno bus crew has been using this tactic since the last year when the Covid-19 pandemic called for lockdowns and curfews.
By A Correspondent- The United States has refuted false statements by the Zimbabwean government that it had provided over half a million vaccines to the opposition MDC Alliance.
In a terse statement following allegations by presidential spokesperson George Charamba to the effect that the US had provided the opposition MDC Alliance with “unregistered COVID-19 vaccines”, the US embassy in Harare, through its public diplomacy section, said it would provide vaccines to African countries in a transparent manner through the Africa Union’s COVAX facility.
“United States government vaccine deployment is very transparent and will come to Africa through the COVAX/AU mechanism. The United States government has not provided any entity in Zimbabwe with vaccines to date,” the embassy said.
Charamba claimed on his Twitter handle @Jamwanda2 that the MDC Alliance was stuck with half a million unregistered vaccines sourced by the US government.
He further claimed that the US embassy’s strategy was to “stampede” the Health ministry to force the government to accept importation and administration of unregistered vaccines, using the COVAX facility. Charamba added that the move would then provide cover to “this political donation”, further alleging that the MDC Alliance had plans to inoculate its supporters only.
Zimbabwe has turned down vaccine donations from the United Kingdom and US, while giving preference to vaccines from eastern countries such as China, Russia and India.
Currently, the government is rolling out a mass vaccination programme that targets to get 10 million people, about 60% of the population jabbed with vaccines from the three countries.
By A Correspondent- One of the local cross border buses, Enno Coaches is robbing desperate Zimbabweans travelling to South Africa of their hard-earned cash and dump them in Musina.
The bus travels from Harare to Johannesburg with a six-member crew comprising two (2) drivers and four(4) touts masquerading as conductors who all be having ticket books each.
The touts charge desperate travellers with no passports and other legal travelling documents US$200 promising to take them to Johannesburg.
The notorious touts among the crew are Ronnie Zeze known as Mrewa, Obert, a Mutangadura is also known as Maga Maga, Obert and one Desha.
These touts lure desperate travellers to the bus and charge them US$200 from them as bus fare, inclusive of illegal border crossing fees and South African police checkpoints bribes.
After collecting the money the bus takes the travellers to Beitbridge border post, help them jump the border and then start demanding some top-up fees just after the border.
The bus crew upon crossing the border starts accusing each other of mismanaging the bus fares paid to them by passengers and pleads to the travellers for more money saying they want to pay the South African police so that the passengers would not be deported.
Every time the bus gets to a police checkpoint the bus crew demands ZAR 100 (Rands) from each of the passengers saying they want to bribe the police.
The South African government recently increased police checkpoints because of the riots which took place in Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng Province and from the border to Musina they are now five police checkpoints.
This means that one passenger from the border to Musina would pay 500 Rands on top of his or her US$200 they would have paid in Harare as their bus fare.
This has resulted in many boarding Enno Coaches finding it difficult to proceed to Johannesburg and get alternative transport, leaving behind the bus in Musina.
The bus does not offer any refunds nor does it attempt to help the disgruntled passengers
The Enno bus crew has been using this tactic since the last year when the Covid-19 pandemic called for lockdowns and curfews.
By A Correspondent- Three people have disappeared during a prayer ceremony at a river in Makasi village under Chief Mapanzure, Provincial Police Spokesperson Kudakwashe Dhewa has confirmed.
Dhewa told The Mirror in an interview that the Police is investigating the case of three persons who went missing on Friday.
The prayer session was led by Pastor Amos Chituri (49) of Agnes Access Apostolic Church and he is said to come from Mutasa District. The village where the incident happened is about 8km from Nemwana Growth Point or 40km from Masvingo.
Sources said that Chituri came to pray for one of the church members in the village who was not feeling well.
He took church members to the river where one of those who were supposed to be prayed for was a village head by the name Tazvigwira.
A village that declined to be named said the whole village believes that the three were taken by mermaids.
While praying at the stream, three elders of the church were with him when a great sound was heard and the elders and everyone there started talking in tongues and throwing themselves into the river.
By A Correspondent- Police details in Bulawayo have arrested a notorious motorbike thief from Nkayi who was in the habit of stealing from unsuspecting owners at night.
Bruce Ndlovu (31) was found in possession of five motorbikes stolen from Bulawayo between October 2019 and May 2021.
The value of the stolen motorbikes is estimated to be $546 000.
Ndlovu ran out of luck when he was recently found in possession of a stolen motorbike in Belmont Township in Nkayi.
Police received a tip off and apprehended Ndlovu who later confessed that he had been stealing motorbikes from Bulawayo and taking them to Nkayi overnight.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednego Ncube confirmed the arrests yesterday saying Ndlovu is facing theft charges.
“During the period stretching from October 2019 and May 2021, members of the public in Bulawayo were retiring for the night leaving their motor bikes outside their houses for lack of space only to wake up and discover that the bikes would have disappeared with no trace,” said Insp Ncube.
“On the 24th of September 2019, first complainant from Magwegwe North who is employed by Veterinary Services got up to learn that his cycle was missing and he was only left with the keys. The motor bike was valued at US$1 500.”
He said the second victim lost his motorbike on September 25 after he parked it at his residence in Nkulumane believing it to be safe while he retired for the night.
Upon waking up he discovered that it had disappeared and it was valued at US$1 600-00.
“The third victim, who is employed by a local security company also parked his motorbike for the night on the 25th of October 2020 in New Lobengula and lost it over the night. The bike was valued at US$1 000. On the 26th of October the fourth complainant lost his cycle valued at US$1 000 at old Lobengula through the same modus operandi,” he said.
Insp Ncube also said: “The fifth motorbike was stolen on the 12th of May 2021 in Lobengula. The motorbike belonged to Hamara and was valued at $132 000. All the cases were being investigated by Criminal Investigations Department known as vehicle theft squad”.
He said on July 20, the team headed by Inspector Clever Munasi received information that there was a suspect held in Nkayi who had stolen a motorbike in Belmont Township of Nkayi.
The team made follow-ups and interviewed the suspect Bruce Ndlovu in cases involving the missing Bulawayo motorbikes.
“The interview led to Bruce volunteering to make some indications and the recovery of five motorbikes with a total value of zw$546 000. It was also discovered during the interviews that Bruce was responsible for a housebreaking case which occurred in Lobengula and television was recovered from him,” said Insp Ncube.
The accused is making his initial appearance in court and investigations are in progress since quite a number of motor bikes are still outstanding.
“The arrest and recovery of the stolen property is but evidence of police commitment to bring sanity to the communities. Members of the public are in the same vein urged to secure their properties before retiring to bed,” he added.
By A Correspondent- The government has taken 14 Zimbabweans who have been deported by the British government, to a quarantine centre which is in the Zvimba, Mashonaland West province.
The 14 will be caged for 10 days before being released to their communities.
UK DEPORTEES UPDATE: -14 Zimbabweans arrived today -They have been taken to ZIPAM -They will have COVID-19 tests and quarantined for 10 days. -After being Covid-19 cleared they will join their families and communities .
By A Correspondent- In what seemed to be a mockery to the Zimbabwean citizens who have been deported by the British government, Harare said the deportees would be caged for 10 days before being released to their communities.
The mockery was propagated Thursday, by the government spokesperson, Nick Mangwana through his Twitter handle.
UK DEPORTEES UPDATE: -14 Zimbabweans arrived today -They have been taken to ZIPAM -They will have COVID-19 tests and quarantined for 10 days. -After being Covid-19 cleared they will join their families and communities .
By A Correspondent- One of the local cross border buses, Enno Coaches is robbing desperate Zimbabweans travelling to South Africa of their hard-earned cash and dump them in Musina.
The bus travels from Harare to Johannesburg with a six-member crew comprising two (2) drivers and four(4) touts masquerading as conductors who all be having ticket books each.
The touts charge desperate travellers with no passports and other legal travelling documents US$200 promising to take them to Johannesburg.
The most notorious touts among the crew are Ronnie Zeze known as Mrewa, Obert, a Mutangadura is also known as Maga Maga, Obert and one Desha.
These touts lure desperate travellers to the bus and charge them US$200 from them as bus fare, inclusive of illegal border crossing fees and South African police checkpoints bribes.
After collecting the money the bus takes the travellers to Beitbridge border post, help them jump the border and then start demanding some top-up fees just after the border.
The bus crew upon crossing the border starts accusing each other of mismanaging the bus fares paid to them by passengers and pleads to the travellers for more money saying they want to pay the South African police so that the passengers would not be deported.
Every time the bus gets to a police checkpoint the bus crew demands ZAR 100 (Rands) from each of the passengers saying they want to bribe the police.
The South African government recently increased police checkpoints because of the riots which took place in Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng Province and from the border to Musina they are now five police checkpoints.
This means that one passenger from the border to Musina would pay 500 Rands on top of his or her US$200 they would have paid in Harare as their bus fare.
This has resulted in many boarding Enno Coaches finding it difficult to procced to Johannesburg and get alternative transport, leaving behind the bus in Musina.
The bus does not offer any refunds nor does it attempt to help the disgruntled passengers
The Enno bus crew has been using this tactic since the last year when the Covid-19 pandemic called for lockdowns and curfews.
Enigmatic preacher, Isaac Makomichi says he will deliver a letter written to Joe Biden letter to the US Embassy indicating Zimbabweans are happy under Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership.
“We are happy to have a leader like President ED, he allows freedom of speech and he is providing COVID-19 19 vaccines for every citizen .He is also building a strong economy.
Our Zim dollars is now stable. He is moving in the right direction and he deserves our votes in 2023.
USA must leave us alone.I am going to deliver Joe Biden’s letter to the US embassy soon,” said Makomichi.
Political analysts say Makomichi is a mere attention seeker who is singing for bread on the table.
” Which group of people is he purporting to represent? I think the man is desperately seeking political recognition,” said a social media analyst identified as Zvidzai.
Tinashe Sambiri|Zimfact has dismissed Mr George Charamba’s remarks about the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Mr Charamba, in a series of tweets, went off the mark in a bid to please his bosses and claimed the MDC Alliance was working with the US Embassy to discredit the vaccination programme.
However, Mr Charamba was cut down to size when Zimfact undressed him over “misleading the nation about the vaccination programme.”
See below Zimfact’s response to Mr Charamba’s remarks:
Chinese, Russian and Indian COVID-19 vaccines registered for use in Zimbabwe have all been approved by the World Health Organisation and are part of the Covax scheme.
Source: Presidential spokesperson George Charamba, via Twitter.
RATING: Misleading. Only the two Chinese vaccines – Sinovac and Sinopharm – have received WHO approval. Russia’s Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin, the other vaccines approved by Zimbabwe, are yet to get WHO emergency use listing. Covax has indeed signed a deal to include the two Chinese vaccines in its scheme, but has not done so for Sputnik V and Covaxin.
This is only partly true. According to the latest available WHO information, Sinopharm and Sinovac did receive the global health watchdog’s nod on 7 May 2021 and 1 June 2021, respectively. On 12 July 2021, the Covax scheme, a multilateral facility set up to procure and distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably to include low-income countries, announced an agreement to procure up to 550 million doses of both Sinopharm and Sinovac between July 2021 and mid-2022.
Neither Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin have been approved for emergency use by the WHO or contracted for purchase by Covax for distribution to participating countries. These two vaccines are at different stages of the WHO evaluation process.
CONCLUSION: The claim that all COVID-19 vaccines approved by Zimbabwe and currently in use in the country have also been cleared by the WHO and signed up for distribution by Covax is misleading. This is only true for the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, while Sputnik V and Covaxin still await WHO authorisation and have not been contracted by Covax.- Zimfact
Tinashe Sambiri|Zimfact has dismissed Mr George Charamba’s remarks about the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Mr Charamba, in a series of tweets, went off the mark in a bid to please his bosses and claimed the MDC Alliance was working with the US Embassy to discredit the vaccination programme.
However, Mr Charamba was cut down to size when Zimfact undressed him over “misleading the nation about the vaccination programme.”
See below Zimfact’s response to Mr Charamba’s remarks:
Chinese, Russian and Indian COVID-19 vaccines registered for use in Zimbabwe have all been approved by the World Health Organisation and are part of the Covax scheme.
Source: Presidential spokesperson George Charamba, via Twitter.
RATING: Misleading. Only the two Chinese vaccines – Sinovac and Sinopharm – have received WHO approval. Russia’s Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin, the other vaccines approved by Zimbabwe, are yet to get WHO emergency use listing. Covax has indeed signed a deal to include the two Chinese vaccines in its scheme, but has not done so for Sputnik V and Covaxin.
This is only partly true. According to the latest available WHO information, Sinopharm and Sinovac did receive the global health watchdog’s nod on 7 May 2021 and 1 June 2021, respectively. On 12 July 2021, the Covax scheme, a multilateral facility set up to procure and distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably to include low-income countries, announced an agreement to procure up to 550 million doses of both Sinopharm and Sinovac between July 2021 and mid-2022.
Neither Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin have been approved for emergency use by the WHO or contracted for purchase by Covax for distribution to participating countries. These two vaccines are at different stages of the WHO evaluation process.
CONCLUSION: The claim that all COVID-19 vaccines approved by Zimbabwe and currently in use in the country have also been cleared by the WHO and signed up for distribution by Covax is misleading. This is only true for the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, while Sputnik V and Covaxin still await WHO authorisation and have not been contracted by Covax.- Zimfact
Evans Rusike will reportedly join South African Premier Soccer League newcomers Sekhukhune United ahead of the new season.
The Zimbabwean was released by SuperSport United at the end of the last campaign.
He was initially linked with CAF Champions League-bound AmaZulu before Sekhukhune joined the race.
According to Daily Sun, Rusike will now join the latter on a free transfer.
Should the deal be made official, the 31-year old will link up with fellow countrymen Tapuwa Kapini, who is the captain at the club, Walter Musona and Talent Chawapiwa.
Chawapiwa signed up with the club this week on a two-year contract.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Barcelona are facing the risk of failing to register Lionel Messi and all the new signings in their squad for the 2021/22 season.
A five-year contract has already been agreed on with the Argentine superstar but the wage cap issue is now preventing the deal from being made official. The club has also signed Sergio Agüero, Eric García and Memphis Depay, all of whom joined on free transfers.
But the Catalans’ financial mess won’t allow them to register their captain and the new players unless they cut costs to balance the books, according to La Liga regulations. The budget for each club is based on their earnings, revenue streams, profits and losses, overhead costs, investments and debt repayments.
Barca is said to have a debt of over €1billion with €730m of that sum due in the short term.
The club, however, still have a month to balance the books and recently took a €525m loan from Goldman Sachs to help them restructure their finances. They are also looking to release a couple of their top players and reduce the wage budget.
Antoine Griezmann, who arrived at the club last year, has been linked with an exit back to Atletico Madrid. Miralem Pjanić, Philippe Coutinho and Samuel Umtiti are also said to be on their way out.
Barcelona will also get some relief from Messi’s new deal after the player agreed to take a 50% pay cut. The same will follow for the rest of the players.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has described the late deputy mayor of the city of Kwekwe, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa as a veteran local government practitioner.
Alderman Tobaiwa died on Wednesday in Kwekwe.
He served as the mayor of the city of Kwekwe from 2008 to 2013.
“The MDC Alliance UK and Ireland Province conveys condolences to the Tobaiwa family. May God give them peace and comfort during this difficult time.
A veteran local government practitioner, City of Kwekwe Deputy Mayor, Cllr Shadreck Tobaiwa has passed on. He was Kwekwe Mayor from 2008-2013.
He was in the Mdc Midlands Provincial Executive,” MDC Alliance UK and Ireland said in a statement.
Edmore Chirambadare has found a new club in the South African National First Division.
According to Far Post, the Zimbabwean midfielder has signed with Pretoria Callies on a short term deal. The 29-year-old is part of the squad which is on a pre-season tour in Limpopo
Chirambadare was last attached to anothe NFD side Real Kings.He also has played for Maccabi and top-flight club Kaizer Chiefs.
Meanwhile, Callies are assessing Collins Mbesuma (37) and Edward Manqele (34) and the duo could be offered short term deals.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Marvelous Nakamba featured in Aston Villa’s first pre-season friendly against Walsall on Wednesday.
The Zimbabwean midfielder was included in the first XI and played the first forty-five minutes of the 4-0 victory before making way for the second selection.
He is likely to be coach Dean Smith’s preferred anchorman in the opening games of the coming season as Douglas Luiz will not be available. The Brazilian will be recovering after playing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics games scheduled to start this month.
Nakamba featured mostly as a substitute in the last term but started in the final two games of the season, resulting in back-to-back wins over Tottenham and Chelsea. Overall, he made nine league starts in thirteen appearances.
Elsewhere, Marshall Munetsi was also in action on Wednesday. The Warriors midfielder featured for the entire ninety minutes as his side won 2-0 versus Champly in their second friendly match of the pre-season.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has described the late deputy mayor of the city of Kwekwe, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa as a doyen of democracy.
Alderman Tobaiwa was a pillar of the national struggle for democracy, according to the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly.
Alderman Tobaiwa passed on in Kwekwe yesterday.
See the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly statement:
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Mourns A Doyen Of Democratic Struggle, Alderman Tobaiwa
22-07-2021
We note with sadness the passing on of one of our pillars in the national democratic struggle, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa.
As the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly, we commiserate with our Deputy National Treasurer, Judith Tobaiwa following the untimely passing on of his father, the Deputy Mayor of Kwekwe, Alderman Tobaiwa.
Deputy Mayor, Tobaiwa passed on yesterday at a local hospital in Kwekwe.
Funeral arrangements will be notified in due course.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to our Deputy National Treasurer Judith, Tobaiwa family and the entire MDC Alliance family on the loss of this doyen of democratic struggle.
Rest In Peace, Alderman!
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has described threats by Zanu PF to revoke Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship as foolhardy.
An overzealous Zanu PF apologist wrote a letter the Home Affairs Ministry seeking revocation of Hon Biti’s citizenship.
Zanu PF does not own Zimbabwe, according to Chuma.
“It is foolhardy for anyone to think that ZANU PF has the powers to revoke the citizenship of a bonafide Zimbabwean simply because someone sees things differently.
Mr Tendai Biti like every other Zimbabwean has a right to citizenship and that right can never be taken away by any person or political party on flimsy grounds that he speaks bad of the country.
ZANU PF members have no ownership rights to this country, henceforth it can never be their little fiefdom where they can do whatever that soothes their egos.
Actually it is ZANU PF that must be banned from this country because it is a terrorist organization that has caused untold suffering to citizens,” argued Chuma.
Recent govt offer of 45% falls far short of teachers’ minimum expectations.
Fundamentally, the offer was unilateral and not a product of engagement and therefore, one-armed banditry in nature. Nothing was done to address salary discrepancies introduced in June 2020 between teachers and other govt workers. As such, the recent offer of 45% across govt workers has widened the gap between teachers and other govt workers.
The 45% has taken the lowest-paid teacher from $13300 to $20000 and highest-paid teacher to about $35000 which fall far short of teachers’ expectations.
Above all, teachers never asked for a salary increase but restoration of the purchasing power parity of their salaries as of October 2018, viz, US$520-US$550.
As Ptuz, we encourage govt to respect fair labour practice, collective bargaining and engagement with teacher unions, let alone to pay teachers a living wage. It is prudent to urgently address the welfare of teachers, so that when schools open, possibly in September, the main thrust would be on meaningful learning and teaching to prepare pupils for examinations. Incapacitated teachers will certainly not perform a herculean feat that teachers are called upon to perform when schools open. It is our hope that govt would seriously consider this professional advice in order to create a conducive environment to assist pupils in 2021.
Smokers have a greater risk of developing a severe case and dying from COVID-19.
Tobacco affects your looks almost immediately
Everything stinks! From your skin, to your whole house, your clothes, and your fingers and breath.
Tobacco causes teeth to yellow and creates excess dental plaque.
Smoking tobacco and the use of smokeless tobacco cause bad breath.
Tobacco makes your skin wrinkly, making you look older faster. Smoking prematurely ages the skin by wearing away proteins that give the skin elasticity, depleting it of vitamin A and restricting blood flow.
These wrinkles are more apparent around the lips and eyes and tobacco also makes skin leathery and dry.
Tobacco smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, a noncontagious inflammatory skin condition that leaves itchy, oozing red patches all over the body.
It threatens the health of your friends and family – not just you.
Over 1 million people die every year from exposure to second-hand smoke.
Non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke are at risk of developing lung cancer.
Cigarettes remain an important cause of accidental fires and resulting deaths.
E-cigarettes also expose non-smokers and bystanders to nicotine and other harmful chemicals.
Being exposed to second-hand smoke may increase the risk of progression from tuberculosis infection to active disease.
Being exposed to second-hand smoke is associated with type 2 diabetes.
Smoking or using e-cigarettes around children compromises their health and safety
Smokers’ children suffer reduced lung function, which continues to affect them in the form of chronic respiratory disorders in adulthood.
Exposure of children to e-cigarette liquid continues to pose serious risks. There is a risk of the devices leaking, or of children swallowing the liquid.
E-cigarettes have been known to cause serious injuries, including burns, through fires and explosions.
School-aged children exposed to the harmful effects of second-hand smoke are also at risk for asthma through inflammation of the airways to the lungs.
Children under 2 years of age who are exposed to second-hand smoke in the home could get middle-ear disease possibly leading to hearing loss and deafness.
Quitting smoking decreases the risk of many diseases related to second-hand smoke in children, such as respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma) and ear infections.
Tobacco use has negative social consequences
You want to be a good example for your kids, friends, and loved ones.
Tobacco use can affect social interactions and relationships negatively.
Quitting means there are no restrictions on where you can go – you can mingle socially, without feeling isolated or having to go outside to smoke.
Quitting can make you more productive – you won’t have to stop what you are doing to have a smoke all the time.
It’s expensive – you could be spending your money on more important things
One study found that smokers burn through an average of $1.4 million in personal costs, includes spending on cigarettes, medical costs and lower wages brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.
Tobacco use affects the health and productivity of workers making them prone to missed days at work.
Tobacco use contributes to poverty by diverting household spending from basic needs such as food and shelter to tobacco.
Source: World Health Organization
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Tinashe Sambiri|Zimfact has dismissed Mr George Charamba’s remarks about the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Mr Charamba, in a series of tweets, went off the mark in a bid to please his bosses and claimed the MDC Alliance was working with the US Embassy to discredit the vaccination programme.
However, Mr Charamba was cut down to size when Zimfact undressed him over “misleading the nation about the vaccination programme.”
See below Zimfact’s response to Mr Charamba’s remarks:
Chinese, Russian and Indian COVID-19 vaccines registered for use in Zimbabwe have all been approved by the World Health Organisation and are part of the Covax scheme.
Source: Presidential spokesperson George Charamba, via Twitter.
RATING: Misleading. Only the two Chinese vaccines – Sinovac and Sinopharm – have received WHO approval. Russia’s Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin, the other vaccines approved by Zimbabwe, are yet to get WHO emergency use listing. Covax has indeed signed a deal to include the two Chinese vaccines in its scheme, but has not done so for Sputnik V and Covaxin.
This is only partly true. According to the latest available WHO information, Sinopharm and Sinovac did receive the global health watchdog’s nod on 7 May 2021 and 1 June 2021, respectively. On 12 July 2021, the Covax scheme, a multilateral facility set up to procure and distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably to include low-income countries, announced an agreement to procure up to 550 million doses of both Sinopharm and Sinovac between July 2021 and mid-2022.
Neither Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin have been approved for emergency use by the WHO or contracted for purchase by Covax for distribution to participating countries. These two vaccines are at different stages of the WHO evaluation process.
CONCLUSION: The claim that all COVID-19 vaccines approved by Zimbabwe and currently in use in the country have also been cleared by the WHO and signed up for distribution by Covax is misleading. This is only true for the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, while Sputnik V and Covaxin still await WHO authorisation and have not been contracted by Covax.- Zimfact
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has described the late deputy mayor of the city of Kwekwe, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa as a veteran local government practitioner.
Alderman Tobaiwa died on Wednesday in Kwekwe.
He served as the mayor of the city of Kwekwe from 2008 to 2013.
“The MDC Alliance UK and Ireland Province conveys condolences to the Tobaiwa family. May God give them peace and comfort during this difficult time.
A veteran local government practitioner, City of Kwekwe Deputy Mayor, Cllr Shadreck Tobaiwa has passed on. He was Kwekwe Mayor from 2008-2013.
He was in the Mdc Midlands Provincial Executive,” MDC Alliance UK and Ireland said in a statement.
MASVINGO – Three people have disappeared during a prayer ceremony at a river in Makasi Village under Chief Mapanzure, Provincial Police Spokesperson Kudakwashe Dhewa has confirmed.
Dhewa told The Mirror in an interview that Police is investigating the case of three persons who went missing on Friday.
The prayer session was led by Pastor Amos Chituri (49) of Agnes Access Apostolic Church and he is said to come from Mutasa District.
The village where the incident happened is about 8km from Nemwana Growth Point or 40km from Masvingo. Sources said that Chituri came to pray for one of the church members in the village who was not feeling well.
He took church members to the river where one of those who was supposed to be prayed for was a village head by the name Tazvigwira.
A village who declined to be named said the whole village believes that the three were taken by mermaids.
While praying at the stream, three elders of the church were with him when a great sound was heard and the elders and everyone there started talking in tongues and throwing themselves into the river.
Enigmatic preacher, Isaac Makomichi says he will deliver a letter written to Joe Biden letter to the US Embassy indicating Zimbabweans are happy under Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership.
“We are happy to have a leader like President ED, he allows freedom of speech and he is providing COVID-19 19 vaccines for every citizen .He is also building a strong economy.
Our Zim dollars is now stable. He is moving in the right direction and he deserves our votes in 2023.
USA must leave us alone.I am going to deliver Joe Biden’s letter to the US embassy soon,” said Makomichi.
Political analysts say Makomichi is a mere attention seeker who is singing for bread on the table.
” Which group of people is he purporting to represent? I think the man is desperately seeking political recognition,” said a social media analyst identified as Zvidzai.
Dear OPC, City of Harare and Zimbabwe Republic Police
I wish to draw your attention towards the unauthorised parking of vehicles on stretch between S. Muzenda St/SNujoma St (Fourth St/2nd St ), on Hardwick House along Samora Machel and Charter House on the corner of J Nyerere/S Machel and last but not least on Linquenda House along Nelson Mandela.
The development is causing serious overcrowding on the above mentioned areas which is causing a lot of inconvenience to the other drivers.
We are also asking the Office of the President and Cabinet to reign in these individuals who are breaking the law with impunity. We should not have government officials who should be following the law by the book and leading by example breaking the laws that they have put in place. That is a NO NO.
As a law-abiding citizen I am calling for the law enforcement agencies to immediately ticket, clamp and tow away these law breakers who are disgracing the Zimbabwean Government that is striving so hard to bring sanity to the capital city.
By A Correspondent | A Home Office deportation charter flight to Zimbabwe landed in Harare early Thursday morning with only around one-third of the passengers on board that UK had hoped to remove, after among other things, the ambassador to Zimbabwe’s refusal to sign the travel documents for some suspected to be his close connections.
Ambassador Christian Katsande
Last night was the first mass deportation flight to Zimbabwe in 10 years and the first of a series of planned ‘summer season’ of charter flight deportations to countries that include Vietnam and Jamaica that the Home Office is planning in the coming weeks.
The development was first revealed by ZimEye 3 weeks ago.
The flight was due to deport 55 people but only 14 took off from Stansted Airport.
41 remained.
Of those 41, the ambassador to Zimbabwe Christian Katsande refused to sign travel documents for 4.
Of the 37 remaining, 12 of them submitted High Court applications mentioning that circumstances have changed. Some of them had been deportation orders 5 years ago, and is now being enforced now.
Of these 12, is Mr Bryan Mucheriwa who obtained reprieve because the High Court ruled his case must be reviewed due to changes in circumstances.
25 couldn’t travel because where they are being held (Brook House Detention Centre) there was a COVID outbreak.
A deportation order does not expire. It is only cancelled by a successful appeal or court application.
The ambassador’s unusual behaviour comes at a time when a few months ago, there was another standoff when he waged a diplomatic silent war against her majesty’s government that lasted a year. Several Zimbabwean voluntary returnees got stuck in the UK for over a year after ambassador Katsande refused to sign their travel documents, and it had to take media intervention by ZimEye to force him to do it. He was refusing to sign their documents because he wanted the British Govt to title him His Excellency in letters mailed to his office. (WATCH THE DRAMATIC VIDEO MOMENTS HERE).
ZimEye reached ambassador Katsande for a comment and he was still to comment at the time of writing.
Lesson 4 We start this week with tears running down our chicks. We have lost many people due to CORONA VIRUS. Our prayers go to the Gamanya family. They lost pastor LeaRoy Gamanya. Elder Nyarota from Budiriro 2 lost his wife mai Nyarota . We lost Mai Moto from Gweru. The list is endless. Thank God you are still alive. May God comfort all who lost their loved ones. Be comforted that we will meet them one day when Christ comes again. That is the day we are all waiting for. God will wipe away all tears. Friends let us take comfort in the Lord.
Dr Masimba Mavaza
Memory Text: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Ps. 51:10, NKJV).
INTRODUCTION
Many people seem desperate to find a little peace and quiet. They are willing to pay for it too. In many big cities there are internet-free rooms, which can be rented by the hour. The rules are strict—no noise, no visitors. People are willing to pay to be able to sit quietly and just think or nap. There are sleep pods that can be rented in airports, and noise-reducing earphones are popular items. There are even canvas hoods, or collapsible privacy shields that you can buy to pull over your head and torso for a quick workplace break.
True rest also has a cost. While the spin doctors of the self-help media would like to make us believe that we can determine our own destiny and that rest is just a matter of choice and planning, yet, at least when we consider this honestly, we realize our inability to bring true rest to our hearts. In the fourth-century, Augustine put it succinctly in his famous Confessions (Book 1) as he considered God’s grace: “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless, until they can find rest in you.”
SABBATH: In today’s do-it-all world, many men are busier than the bee & desperately crave for rest, even if it’s just for some few moments. To quieten their thoughts, take a nap, or have a quiet time to think, people are willing to pay for noise-reducing earphones, sleep pods, privacy shields & canvas hoods. Thus, true rest is costly. The study looks at how the man after God’s own heart, grasp the true cost of God’s rest.
SUNDAY: One aim of the Bible is to preach distrust in man & trust in God. Even David had a fall in life. Instead of being at the battlefield, he retired at home pacing the roof of his palace. The restless king slept with his trusted army officer’s wife & tried to cover up his sin. As a king, David was above the law of his land, but he was not above the law of God (2 Sam. 11:1-27). David, to cover his sins committed murder.
MONDAY: God’s light shines amid darkness. In the darker nights of David’s life, God sent a prophet & David’s friend, Nathan, to give the king a wake-up call (2 Sam. 12:1-14, cf: 2 Sam. 7). Being anointed on the lips by God, Nathan told a story instead of naming & shaming David. David marked himself as the unjust man in the story (2 Sam. 12:7), & knew that he had sinned against God (vs. 13, Ps. 51:4, PP, p. 722).
TUESDAY: With trembling lips, king David uttered that he had sinned & prayed for God’s grace. The results of his sin affected the newborn (the child would die) & his family will be in disarray (conflicts & deaths; such as that of Amnon & Absalom). The king knew that God’s grace is able to cover his sins & found rest in God (2 Sam. 12:10-23, Ps. 51:1-6). Publicly, he confessed his sins & cried for renewal of ties with God.
WEDNESDAY: In his cry for mercy, David referred to an aspect of the sanctuary service; “cleansing with hyssop”, which ultimately pointed to Christ who forgives & redeems. David knee joy & gladness is what follows a forgiven soul, so he asked for it (Ps.51:7-12, Lev. 14:4). When Adam & Eve sinned, they hid from God but David presented himself before God—the presence of God was all he needed to prosper.
THURSDAY: In Japan, a traditional art, kintsugi, is molding something new with beauty & value out of a broken pottery. God’s divine act of creation (making something out of nothing) & recreation (mending our broken pieces) is what we ought to yearn for (Ps. 51:13-19; 1 John 1:9). David counsels us not to throw our broken pieces away but to bring it to the master potter (God) for Him to mold us into His image.
FRIDAY: Out of a contrite heart, David publicly confessed his sin. His repentance was sincere & deep. Inspired by prayer, he desired not to escape the consequences of his sin. Instead, he desired for God’s presence which is able to help one overcome sin & trials (Ps. 51:16, 17). David had a fall, but God lifted Him up! King Saul despised reproof, but David humbled himself. Like David, all men struggle & need Christ.
—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 725, 726.
Keyword
PP- Patriarchs and Prophets
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SUNDAY- Worn and Weary MONDAY- Wake-up Call TUESDAY- Forgiven And Forgotten? WEDNESDAY- Something New THURSDAY- Reflectors Of God’s Light
Discussion Questions
? How can we find the balance between recognizing our inherent sinfulness and need for forgiveness and, at the same time, living like the forgiven sons and daughters of the King of the universe that we are?
? Why is all sin, ultimately, sin against God? What does it mean to sin against God?
? What can we say to someone, not a believer, who struggles with the suffering of innocent people, such as Uriah or the newborn son of David and Bathsheba? How do we explain the love and justice of God in such a situation? How does the perspective of the great controversy offer a helpful outlook?
? Why would God devote two full chapters of the Bible to the sordid story of David and Bathsheba? What purpose does the recounting of this story serve?
? Dwell on the idea that sin separates us from God as expressed in Psalm 51:11, 12. What has been your own experience with how this happens? How would you explain to someone what this separation feels like and why it’s so uncomfortable? Why is the promise of grace the only remedy? Happy Sabbath
By A Correspondent- Veteran journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo, his family has said.
Gwakuba Ndlovu died early last Friday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) from a heart ailment. He was 87.
Yesterday, his wife Mrs Caroline Gwakuba Ndlovu said Gwakuba Ndlovu’s funeral service will be held in the morning.
“My husband will be buried tomorrow at the Lady Stanley Cemetery at around 10AM.
“There will be a service at home, number 16 Jungle Road in Trenance from 7.30 AM. That is what we have organised as a family for the burial,” said Mrs Gwakuba Ndlovu.
Gwakuba Ndlovu was born on September 23, 1934 at Dombodema Mission in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South province.
In 2014, Gwakuba Ndlovu was among 21 pioneers of the liberation struggle who received the Liberation and Independence Medals, together with six serving ZDF members and three who were retired.
During the liberation struggle, Gwakuba Ndlovu was the director of publicity and information of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu), between 1964 and 1978.
He once served as the diplomatic representative for Zapu based in Algeria responsible for Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger and Mali.
He also covered countries such as Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany.
On behalf of Zapu he participated in a number of the then Organisation of African Unit summits, Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation meetings, United Nations, anti-colonialism committee conferences, Heads of State and several international journalism conferences at places such as in Prague, Pyongyang, Moscow, Berlin, Cairo, Kinshasa, Rome and New Delhi.
From mid-June to mid-July 1979, Cde Gwakuba Ndlovu and Dr Barnabas Dzingai Mutumbuka undertook a lecture tour in Canada on behalf of the Patriotic Front (PF) to apprise Canadians on the socio-political situation in the then Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and why the PF was strongly opposed to the treacherous Muzorewa-Smith regime.
In 1972, Gwakuba Ndlovu was sent to the Soviet Union by Zapu and among his group were now Brigadier-General (Retired) Abel Mazinyane, Colonel (Retired) Thomas “Menu” Ngwenya, late Jack Amos Ngwenya, Phebione Makonese, Easter Ndiweni and Josiah Ncube.
After independence Ndlovu joined the Chronicle as a senior editorial staff member. He was later appointed Features and Supplements Editor for both Chronicle and Sunday News.
The late journalist left Chronicle and The Sunday News in 1984 to join the Munn Publishing Company where he was the contributing editor and regional manager responsible for Matabeleland, the Midlands, Masvingo, Botswana and Zambia.
He left Munn Publishing Company in September 1987 after he was offered a post by Lonrho Zimbabwe as a Public Relations Executive with responsibility over the same region as that he covered with Munn Publishing. Lonrho Zimbabwe later sent him to Swaziland in January 1988, where his responsibility as a consultant at that country’s official newspaper, The Swazi Observer was to revive that publication by training the workers.- State media
By Patrick Guramatunhu- The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country’s transport minister has said,” reported BBC.
“While the government’s slow response to what was happening gave them a “field day”, they could not achieve what they wanted, Fikile Mbalula told BBC Hardtalk.
“More than 200 people died in the recent violence. It is estimated to have cost the economy in KwaZulu-Natal province alone at well over $1bn (£730m).
“South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the riots were a “coordinated and well-planned attack”.
There is no denying that former South Africa President Jacob Zuma and his supporters very much hoped that the looting and burning following his arrest would spread nationwide, not just KwaZulu -Natal and one or two other areas, making the country ungovernable, an insurrection. The majority of South African did not agree with the position that Zuma should not face the wroth of the law for defying the court order, particularly since this was over very serious corruption charges. The people certainly did not want to endorse the foolish notion that anyone is above the law especially someone implicated in serious corruption charges.
There is evidence to show that most of the people behind the looting and burning in KwaZulu-Natal and other areas were venting their anger and frustration against the government for their sorry economic situation, nothing to do with supporting Zuma. After nearly 30 years since the end of the apartheid era, in which the whites were filthy rich and the expense of the impoverished back majority; things have not changed much, other than a few ruling elite blacks who have become filthy rich the overwhelming majority of blacks are still languishing in abject poverty.
“South Africa, according to many studies, is one of the most economically equal societies in the world,” Stephen Sackur, the Hardtalk presenter, pointed out. “ANC is failing the people!”
SA’s Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, gave a spirited defence of the ANC, the party that has ruled since independence in 1994, economic performance; arguing the party is on track to deliver economic prosperity and should not be expected to reverse the 300 years of white colonial exploitation and oppression in three decades. The facts on the ground tell the story of decades of wasted opportunity or worse.
President Thabo Mbeki and now Cyril Ramaphosa have been mediocre leaders who have blundered from pillar to post. In this case, to mobilize the security sectors to giving the rioters “a field day”, as Minister Mbalula and President Ramaphosa himself readily admitted. The delay has costed the nation billions of Rand in lost property and infrastructure and over 200 lives.
When former President Jacob Zuma was in office, SA quickly earned the reputation as just another African country ravished by gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. Yes, the ruling party ANC finally acted and had him removed from office and is now carrying out a thorough investigation into state capture. One hopes the investigation are very thorough and the rot is stamp out.
Still the ANC was very slow in nipping misrule in the bud and the experience has damaged the country’s standing as a stable democracy, one of the few in Africa. Investors shy away from pariah state; look at Zimbabwe, the one thing all South Africans should be scared stiff of is to be another Banana Republic like Zimbabwe.
Jacob Zuma and his supporters were hoping for a nationwide revolt demanding that Jacob Zuma should not be investigated for corruption and position him as above the law, a stance that would have confirmed SA’s position as a pariah state. As much as many people are disappointed with ANC government’s failure to address the nation’s economic challenges they, nonetheless, realised that the Zuma’s supporters’ agenda was to reject rule of law and democracy; they had the good sense to know this was throwing away the baby, democracy, with the bath water.
South Africa’s democratic institutions are strong and holding; former President Zuma is still in jail, where he belongs; the country’s next elections will hold free, fair and credible; etc.
However, there is no deny the country’s democracy has, so far at least, failed to elect a competent government and deal with the country’s economic challenges; the impoverished masses are not going to wait another 300 years! The anarchist did not get much support from the impoverished masses this time but as long as millions are forced to live in abject poverty, the anarchists know they have a chance of garnering nationwide support next time.
As long as poverty rules the roost, SA will remain fertile ground for a nationwide revolt to dismantle rule of law and democracy!
A former captain in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Solomon Ndlovu, has slapped businessman Osfael Mazibuko and his manager with a US$20 million lawsuit over malicious prosecution.
Ndlovu, who was a chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, was in January 2018 convicted of theft of a motor vehicle by Beitbridge regional magistrate Mark Dzira after a full trial.
He was sentenced to six years in jail, with two months suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
A further five months were suspended on condition he restituted Mazibuko US$2 500, leaving him with an effective 65 months to serve.
Aggrieved by both conviction and sentence, Ndlovu, through his lawyer Abel Ndlovu of Dube and Associates, filed an appeal at the Bulawayo High Court citing the State as respondent.
In his grounds of appeal, Ndlovu said Dzira erred and misdirected himself by attaching a criminal liability to him for violating terms of an agreement that allowed him to take lawful possession of the vehicle.
He argued that the agreement he had with Mazibuko was purely a civil matter. The State did not oppose the application, saying both the conviction and sentence were improper.
As a result, two High Court judges, Justices Maxwell Takuva and Thompson Mabhikwa, on September 16 2019, set aside both conviction and sentence, and acquitted Ndlovu.
He had, however, already served one year and eight months at Khami Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Bulawayo.
Ndlovu, through his lawyers, T Hara and Partners Legal Practitioners, on July 9, 2021 wrote a letter to Mazibuko and his manager Dennis Ndlovu, demanding payment of US$20 million being damages suffered as a result of the malicious incarceration.
Ndlovu, through his lawyers, said Mazibuko made a malicious report to the police that he stole his car when there was an agreement to the effect that he bought it.
“In your malicious enterprise, you were assisted by Dennis Ndlovu, who is your manager. You even went to the extent of using numbers of the Central Intelligence Organisation to make sure that the police would arrest our client,” Ndlovu said.
The letter further states that Ndlovu suffered a lot during trial on the criminal charge, conviction and sentencing.
Lawyers said apart from the pain induced by the prison term, both physical and mental, Ndlovu lost a house valued at US$50 000, a total of 78 head of cattle, each valued at US$500, a tractor which he had to sell valued at US$16 000.
His wife deserted him as a result of the wrong and malicious conviction.
Ndlovu threatened legal action if Mazibuko failed to pay the US$20 million.
By A Correspondent- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife Marry who turns 40 today on Wednesday took to twitter expressing her wish to be reunited with her three children.
Marry, who is currently battling a serious illness poured her heart out on twitter where she posted:
“I am going to be 4ty (40 years) tomorrow and just wishing and wanting and waiting for my children Tendai, Christian and Michael to be with me,” Marry posted on her twitter handle.
“What kind of a father denies his children which he claims to love the right to be with their mother and vice-versa. Where is God when you need him?”
“I didn’t marry the material wealth, I married the wealth that was in his heart, the gentle touch of his hand, the knowledge of God, his understanding of what my heart wanted, he understood the person that I was, the me that I am today, focused, forgiving and forward-thinking.”
“As I turn 40 tomorrow, I thank God for the life that he has thrown at me, the weight I have had to carry, the humiliation that I suffered at the hands of my other half, the baseless accusations and the weight of his instructions and authority. Evil eye.”
Dethroned Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is based in the United Kingdom, has formed a pressure group – MyRight2Vote – aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to give Zimbabweans based in the diaspora their rights to vote.
Ndiweni said people in the diaspora were sustaining the country through remittances back home and should, therefore, be given the rights to vote.
MyRight2vote conducted a virtual meeting to discuss its course of action and strategies towards pushing government to consider legislating for diaspora voting.
Ndiweni chairs the group with Adrian Lunga as secretary, while Ntunja Mphoko is the deputy chairperson.
Speaking during the meeting, Ndiweni said MyRight2Vote was an independent, non-political and non-partisan organisation for Zimbabweans in the diaspora whose concerns were to be granted the right to vote considered.
“We are a people’s movement trying to bring diaspora people together for a cause,” Ndiweni said.
“MyRight2Vote is pushing for democracy and the rule of law so that we are not suppressed on what we want as citizens.”
He added: “In the 2018 elections, the total number of people who voted was 4,8 million. We are reliably informed that the Zimbabwe diaspora is in excess of five million people who have all along been denied their right to vote. They were denied through the High Court three times.”
Opposition parties have been pushing for people in the diaspora to vote, a demand rejected by the ruling Zanu-PF party.
Last month, acting Zanu-PF national commissar Patrick Chinamasa said diaspora votes could only be considered once the West removed travel restrictions imposed on ruling party bosses so that they could travel to Western countries.
He said people in the diaspora could vote through the postal ballot, arguing that if the police and top civil servants were allowed to do so, nothing could, therefore, stop people living in the diaspora to do the same.
“Zimbabwean people in the diaspora, in 41 years, have not uttered a word about the future of the country, the people who remit over US$1 billion to the country must have a say about how the country should be run. There must be no taxation without representation,” Ndiweni said.
Lunga urged those in the diaspora to join MyRight2Vote so that they fight for their rights together from across the world.
Chief Ndiweni was dethroned by Mnangagwa in December 2019 under controversial circumstances after he openly showed support to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and also backed the Western-sponsored sanctions against the Zanu-PF government.
By A Correspondent- Three villagers from Mapanzure communal lands in Masvingo disappeared last Friday after plunging into a pool under mysterious circumstances.
The three, whose identities have not been disclosed, were apparently performing rituals on the banks of the Musogwezi River before jumping into a pool along with two other villagers.
They have not been seen since last week and relatives are said to be now conducting rituals for their safe return.
According to police, Victor Tazvigwira (41) and Blessed Dhombo (age not given) both of Tazvigwira village in the area, who also jumped into the water, re-emerged and were rescued after a prayer session led by Pastor Amos Chituru (49) of Manyangadze village in Mutasa, Manicaland.
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa said the police sub-aqua was ready to move in and search for the missing persons once relatives gave the go-ahead.
According to police, Pastor Chituri was invited to Tazvigwira village for prayers at Zishiri homestead on July 14.
He then reportedly prophesied that Victor needed to be cleansed in a river.
On July 16, Victor and his relatives teamed up with Pastor Chituri and went to Musogwezi River where they prayed while on the banks of the river.
There are fears that they may have drowned.
In 2019, Gift Dube, a 19-year-old prophet at 12 Apostolic Faith Mission Church, Bulawayo, drowned during a baptism ceremony while trying to save one of his cousins and congregant who had slipped into the water.
This was after he had prophesied that someone was to drown.
By A Correspondent- Kwekwe deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa has died.
Tobaiwa who also once served as the mayor of Kwekwe between 20082013 is believed to have succumbed to Covid-19 complications.
Kwekwe Mayor Angeline Kasipo has confirmed the development.
“Its quite devastating that we have received the reports about the death of our deputy mayor Councillor Tobaiwa,” Kasipo said.
She said Tobaiwa is believed to have succumbed to Covid-19 complications.
“We have heard that the deputy mayor might have succumbed to Covid-19 complications. We are still awaiting final confirmation on what really happened,” she said.
“He tested negative for Covid-19 a few days ago although he said he was not feeling well. I am afraid the test could have been a false negative and that’s my worry that we now have cases of false negatives where one tests negative while they will be positive to Covid-19,” she said.
The now deceased is father to aspirant Kwekwe Central Parliamentary candidate Judith Tobaiwa who is set to represent Kwekwe in parliamentary polls under an MDC Alliance ticket.
By A Correspondent- South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma was granted compassionate leave from prison on Thursday so he can attend his brother’s funeral, the government said.
Zuma, 79, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court last month after snubbing graft investigators probing his presidency.
He turned himself in on July 8 at a jail in the eastern town of Estcourt, around an hour’s drive from his rural Nkandla home.
His incarceration sparked riots and looting that escalated into the worst violence since the end of apartheid, killing at least 276 people, according to the official count.
“As a short-term, low-risk classified inmate, Zuma’s application for compassionate leave was processed and approved,” the department of correctional services said in a statement Thursday.
It added that inmates were not required to wear “offender uniform” outside correctional facilities.
The funeral for Zuma’s brother Michael is expected to take place later on Thursday in Nkandla, where Zuma is particularly popular.
Zuma’s brother died aged 77 after a long illness, according to local media.
Inmates in South Africa are usually allowed to attend relatives’ funerals — a right denied to the country’s first black president Nelson Mandela when he was in jail for fighting the apartheid regime.
Zuma’s long-running corruption trial is expected to resume on August 10, despite his request to have the case postponed due to the pandemic and recent unrest.
After nine years in office, the charismatic ex-leader was ousted by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party in 2018 over a mounting series of graft scandals.
He faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering, and has entered a not guilty plea.
He retains a fervent support base both within the ANC and among the general public.
By Jane Mlambo| The United Kingdom luxury vehicles seller GVE London has apologised over a viral social media video where one of their employees announced that a Zimbabwean minister had purchased a Rolls Royce they were in the process of shipping to Harare.
In a statement, GVE London said the information shared by their employee that the Rolls Royce had been bought by a Zimbabwean minister was incorrect.
“GVE London would like to apologise for any misunderstanding caused by a recent video posted on our social media implying that a vehicle we recently sold was being sold to a Minister in Zimbabwe. This was incorrect, the employee that made the statement was not involved in the sale of the vehicle and did not know that this vehicle was actually being sold to a private individual. We apologise for any inconvenience caused,” the company said.
GVE London Statement clearing Machakaire
The video in question set social media ablaze with online publications reporting that Youths, Sports and Recreation deputy minister Tinoda Machakaire was the owner of the Rolls Royce.
Machakaire has since refuted the claims saying he already has a Rolls Royce.
He added that though he has capacity to buy a Rolls Royce, the one filmed on the trending video did not belong to him.
Commenting on the GVE statement, popular Hip Hop musician Stunner urged Zimbabweans to desist from buying into every social media story.
“Nyangwe mota isiri yenyu munobvira honorable @machakairetino . Its Our fault we believe everything said on social media, kuri kuuraiwa kwemunhu panotofiwa,” said Stunner.
We note with sadness the passing on of one of our pillars in the national democratic struggle, Alderman Shadreck Tobaiwa.
As the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly, we commiserate with our Deputy National Treasurer, Judith Tobaiwa following the untimely passing on of his father, the Deputy Mayor of Kwekwe, Alderman Tobaiwa.
Deputy Mayor, Tobaiwa passed on yesterday at a local hospital in Kwekwe.
Funeral arrangements will be notified in due course.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to our Deputy National Treasurer Judith, Tobaiwa family and the entire MDC Alliance family on the loss of this doyen of democratic struggle.
Rest In Peace, Alderman!
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
VETERAN journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo, his family has said.
Gwakuba Ndlovu died early last Friday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) from a heart ailment. He was 87. Yesterday, his wife Mrs Caroline Gwakuba Ndlovu said Gwakuba Ndlovu’s funeral service will be held in the morning.
“My husband will be buried tomorrow at the Lady Stanley Cemetery at around 10AM.
“There will be a service at home, number 16 Jungle Road in Trenance from 7.30 AM. That is what we have organised as a family for the burial,” said Mrs Gwakuba Ndlovu.
Gwakuba Ndlovu was born on September 23, 1934 at Dombodema Mission in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South province.
In 2014, Gwakuba Ndlovu was among 21 pioneers of the liberation struggle who received the Liberation and Independence Medals, together with six serving ZDF members and three who were retired.
During the liberation struggle, Gwakuba Ndlovu was the director of publicity and information of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu), between 1964 and 1978.
He once served as the diplomatic representative for Zapu based in Algeria responsible for Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger and Mali.
He also covered countries such as Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany.
On behalf of Zapu he participated in a number of the then Organisation of African Unit summits, Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation meetings, United Nations, anti-colonialism committee conferences, Heads of State and several international journalism conferences at places such as in Prague, Pyongyang, Moscow, Berlin, Cairo, Kinshasa, Rome and New Delhi.
From mid-June to mid-July 1979, Cde Gwakuba Ndlovu and Dr Barnabas Dzingai Mutumbuka undertook a lecture tour in Canada on behalf of the Patriotic Front (PF) to apprise Canadians on the socio-political situation in the then Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and why the PF was strongly opposed to the treacherous Muzorewa-Smith regime.
In 1972, Gwakuba Ndlovu was sent to the Soviet Union by Zapu and among his group were now Brigadier-General (Retired) Abel Mazinyane, Colonel (Retired) Thomas “Menu” Ngwenya, late Jack Amos Ngwenya, Phebione Makonese, Easter Ndiweni and Josiah Ncube.
After independence Ndlovu joined the Chronicle as a senior editorial staff member. He was later appointed Features and Supplements Editor for both Chronicle and Sunday News.
The late journalist left Chronicle and The Sunday News in 1984 to join the Munn Publishing Company where he was the contributing editor and regional manager responsible for Matabeleland, the Midlands, Masvingo, Botswana and Zambia.
He left Munn Publishing Company in September 1987 after he was offered a post by Lonrho Zimbabwe as a Public Relations Executive with responsibility over the same region as that he covered with Munn Publishing. Lonrho Zimbabwe later sent him to Swaziland in January 1988, where his responsibility as a consultant at that country’s official newspaper, The Swazi Observer was to revive that publication by training the workers.- State media
By A CorrespondentA suspected armed robber, who was on the police most wanted list, has been nabbed while hiding at his rural home in Mudzi, Mashonaland East province, following a chase that involved a sniffer dog.
Lazurus Chinobhururuka (36) is reportedly behind a spate of armed robberies across the country and has been on the run since June this year.
Mash East provincial police spokesperson Inspector Simon Chazovachii yesterday confirmed the arrest of the suspect.
He said the suspect was found in possession of a fake Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) identity card.
“Police in Murewa have busted a suspect who is believed to be the mastermind of armed robberies that have been happening in the country,” Chazovachii said.
Upon his arrest, he was searched and a police identification card was recovered.
“It is believed the suspect committed a spate of armed robbery cases and has been terrorising several victims in different places throughout the country between October 2020 to June 2021. The suspect is currently in police custody and is assisting police with investigations.”
Police said on July 15, detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Homicide Harare received information that Chinobhururuka, of Mabvuku in Harare, was hiding at his rural home in Chinobhururuka village under Chief Nyakuchena in Mudzi.
The detectives teamed up with ZRP Murewa Canine division to carry out a raid on the suspect’s homestead.
It is reported that while on their way to his homestead, the police officers reportedly saw him driving his vehicle along a dusty road they were using and they intercepted him.
Upon realising that he had been cornered, Chinobhururuka reportedly jumped off the vehicle and bolted into the bush, prompting the police officers to give chase. Police unleashed a dog, which caught him, leading to his arrest.
Recent govt offer of 45% falls far short of teachers’ minimum expectations.
Fundamentally, the offer was unilateral and not a product of engagement and therefore, one-armed banditry in nature. Nothing was done to address salary discrepancies introduced in June 2020 between teachers and other govt workers. As such, the recent offer of 45% across govt workers has widened the gap between teachers and other govt workers.
The 45% has taken the lowest-paid teacher from $13300 to $20000 and highest-paid teacher to about $35000 which fall far short of teachers’ expectations.
Above all, teachers never asked for a salary increase but restoration of the purchasing power parity of their salaries as of October 2018, viz, US$520-US$550.
As Ptuz, we encourage govt to respect fair labour practice, collective bargaining and engagement with teacher unions, let alone to pay teachers a living wage. It is prudent to urgently address the welfare of teachers, so that when schools open, possibly in September, the main thrust would be on meaningful learning and teaching to prepare pupils for examinations. Incapacitated teachers will certainly not perform a herculean feat that teachers are called upon to perform when schools open. It is our hope that govt would seriously consider this professional advice in order to create a conducive environment to assist pupils in 2021.
By A Correspondent- The Public Service Commission (PSC) has directed that all civil servants get vaccinated as the private sector lobbies for compulsory Covid-19 vaccination to save lives and boost economic productivity.
In an internal circular last week, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) directed all employees to get vaccinated or not report for duty next month.
Employees from leading retail supermarkets told Chronicle that they have been instructed to get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs.
Job seekers in the public transport sector have also said they now have to present Covid-19 vaccination certificates if they are to be recruited.
Government has embarked on mass vaccination for all eligible adults, and this comes at a time when countries that have achieved herd immunity through vaccination have started to open up their economies.
These countries have since made optional, the previously mandatory wearing of face masks while social gatherings are no longer restricted.
In an internal circular to permanent secretaries of ministries and heads of parastatals dated July 19, PSC secretary Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe said all civil servants are considered frontline workers and should get vaccinated.
“All civil servants are considered to be frontline workers as indicated by the health authorities. All heads of ministries are, therefore, directed to ensure that all civil servants under their jurisdiction are vaccinated,” said Ambassador Wutawunashe.
He said unvaccinated employees will no longer be allowed to board PSC buses.
Zimbabwe Teachers Association chief executive officer Dr Sifiso Ndlovu commended the PSC for taking a bold step, saying the decision was made in the interest of public health and protecting employees.
“The question is, are people safer when they are vaccinated or not? Science is now proving that those who are vaccinated – and according to the efficacy levels – are likely to survive more than die. So, the choices that we are making in the interest of public health are important,” said Dr Ndlovu.
He said the decision will in the long run protect employees from the adverse effects of contracting Covid-19, although this does not mean they will not be infected in case they are exposed to the deadly virus.
“In the interest of public health that position must be supported by all progressive Zimbabweans. That decision informed by scientific research is a decision that is taken in the interest of Zimbabweans. Therefore, let’s support it and ensure that everybody must get activated to vaccinate,” he said.
Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president Mr Denford Mutashu said making vaccination mandatory will prevent economic disruptions.
He encouraged more business entities to compel their employees to be vaccinated.
“The CZR supports mandatory vaccination initiatives adopted by many companies in Zimbabwe as a way of acceleration towards attainment of a herd immunity as the third wave surges. More workers will be vaccinated and Government will not be compelled to shut down the economy completely as Covid-19 cases and deaths will be reduced. Business should take leadership of the vaccination drive across the economy and reduce the spread of the virus,” he said.
Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries vice-president Mr Joseph Gunda said in light of how first world countries are adjusting, mandatory vaccination might be the best option.
“We see what is happening in other countries where this thing started. For example, the United Kingdom, they have opened up from the 19th (of July). It’s all systems go for them, all courtesy of vaccination. Even at the recent Euro football championships, we saw crowds, 60 000 people were in Wembley, no social distance, no masks and where is that confidence coming from? In my perspective, it is coming from the achieving of herd immunity which is proof that vaccinations are working,” said Mr Gunda.
“I know it’s not compulsory, it’s up to each individual but it makes sense when you look at statistics of what is happening. We don’t seem to have a way out and the way out is vaccination. It will boost us as an industry.
“We will definitely have all our employees back at work, it will boost productivity and within a couple of months we may be able to go back to normal.”
However, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary general Mr Japhet Moyo said making vaccination mandatory should be a position that is implemented after it is agreed at national level through the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF).
TNF brings together Government, industry and labour under one roof to discuss any relevant matter.
“Unfortunately, at the moment at national level, we have not engaged in that conversation. We had hoped that this issue would find its way at the TNF but as a labour body, I’m aware of the campaigns that have been done by other federations.
“For instance, in South Africa, Cosatu has made it clear that they expect the citizens to be vaccinated, it is because of the conversations that they had with social partners. There is an agreement at national level that let’s get everyone vaccinated,” said Mr Moyo.
Sad news for Zimbabwe! A veteran local gvt practitioner, City of Kwekwe Deputy Mayor, cllr Shadreck Tobaiwa has passed on. He was Kwekwe Mayor from 2008-2013. He was in the @MdcMidlands Provincial Executive. Cllr Tobaiwa has been promoted to Glory today. MHSRIP. pic.twitter.com/EIkqT2H9Jz
— Clifford Hlatywayo MP Chipinge South (@CliffordHlatyw1) July 21, 2021
Chinese, Russian and Indian COVID-19 vaccines registered for use in Zimbabwe have all been approved by the World Health Organisation and are part of the Covax scheme.
Source: Presidential spokesperson George Charamba, via Twitter.
RATING: Misleading. Only the two Chinese vaccines – Sinovac and Sinopharm – have received WHO approval. Russia’s Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin, the other vaccines approved by Zimbabwe, are yet to get WHO emergency use listing. Covax has indeed signed a deal to include the two Chinese vaccines in its scheme, but has not done so for Sputnik V and Covaxin.
This is only partly true. According to the latest available WHO information, Sinopharm and Sinovac did receive the global health watchdog’s nod on 7 May 2021 and 1 June 2021, respectively. On 12 July 2021, the Covax scheme, a multilateral facility set up to procure and distribute COVID-19 vaccines equitably to include low-income countries, announced an agreement to procure up to 550 million doses of both Sinopharm and Sinovac between July 2021 and mid-2022.
Neither Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin have been approved for emergency use by the WHO or contracted for purchase by Covax for distribution to participating countries. These two vaccines are at different stages of the WHO evaluation process.
CONCLUSION: The claim that all COVID-19 vaccines approved by Zimbabwe and currently in use in the country have also been cleared by the WHO and signed up for distribution by Covax is misleading. This is only true for the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, while Sputnik V and Covaxin still await WHO authorisation and have not been contracted by Covax.- Zimfact
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance national spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has accused Mr George Charamba of attempting to blame the popular movement for Zanu PF’s glaring shortcomings.
Advocate Mahere was responding to Mr Charamba’s remarks about what he described as the politicization of the vaccination programme by the US Embassy and the MDC Alliance.
Advocate Mahere also challenged Mr Charamba to stop dragging the the MDC Alliance into the mayhem created by his bosses.
“We urge citizens not to be distracted by such cheap politics. Rather, follow all COVID-19 protocols. Mask up. Sanitize. Practise social distancing & #GetVaccinated.
It’s a matter of record that people are dying of COVID yet Govt refused vaccines that were offered to them under COVAX. They must not deflect by dragging the MDC Alliance into this.
Our priority is the need to save lives. We can’t be politicking over a matter of this nature,” Advocate Mahere argued.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance national spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has accused Mr George Charamba of attempting to blame the popular movement for Zanu PF’s glaring shortcomings.
Advocate Mahere was responding to Mr Charamba’s remarks about what he described as the politicization of the vaccination programme by the US Embassy and the MDC Alliance.
Advocate Mahere also challenged Mr Charamba to stop dragging the the MDC Alliance into the mayhem created by his bosses.
“We urge citizens not to be distracted by such cheap politics. Rather, follow all COVID-19 protocols. Mask up. Sanitize. Practise social distancing & #GetVaccinated.
It’s a matter of record that people are dying of COVID yet Govt refused vaccines that were offered to them under COVAX. They must not deflect by dragging the MDC Alliance into this.
Our priority is the need to save lives. We can’t be politicking over a matter of this nature,” Advocate Mahere argued.
Tinashe Sambiri| A Zanu PF apologist has surprised all and sundry after writing a letter to the Home Affairs Ministry seeking revocation of MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship.
The author of the letter is set to be interviewed by ZimEye just as the development was mocked by many who jested saying it is Finance Minister Mthulu Ncube’s attempt to steal Hon Biti’s brains.
On Sunday, Hon Biti exposed rampant looting of State resources by the Zanu PF regime.
This has angered Zanu PF bigwigs who are desperate to silence Hon Biti.
Staff Writer|Fearless Tajamuka leader, Promise Mkwananzi has declared that government should “revoke Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Mkwananzi was commenting on a letter written by a Zanu PF activist seeking the revocation of MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship.
Mkwananzi said: “They must first revoke Mnangagwa citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Jabu M Nyathi commented: “This is abuse of power and sheer stupidity.
Patience Mangezi wrote: “Kupenga kwemhando ye pamusoro …”
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:” This level of idiocy is mind- boggling. This is rank madness.”
Staff Writer|Fearless Tajamuka leader, Promise Mkwananzi has declared that government should “revoke Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Mkwananzi was commenting on a letter written by a Zanu PF activist seeking the revocation of MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship.
Mkwananzi said: “They must first revoke Mnangagwa citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Jabu M Nyathi commented: “This is abuse of power and sheer stupidity.
Patience Mangezi wrote: “Kupenga kwemhando ye pamusoro …”
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:” This level of idiocy is mind- boggling. This is rank madness.”
A Kariba woman on Sunday afternoon sustained serious injuries when she was gored by a buffalo on the outskirts of the town with ZimParks saying that with overpopulation of wildlife in conservation areas animals will encroach on human lands in search of food.
Ms Kerry Murimbika (29), who is recuperating at Kariba District Hospital, was gored by the wounded buffalo on her left thigh with the beast’s horn protruding to the other side. She was attacked near the town’s sewage ponds while looking for manure.
ZimParks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo described the attack as unfortunate and a direct result of growing wildlife populations in the area.
“The attack is one of many attacks that we have been witnessing across the country. While the attack is unfortunate, it is a sign that wild animals are overpopulated and as we are moving into dry months, they encroach into the human land in search for food.
“They have also become a danger to themselves, hence the need to depopulate the areas and translocate them to underpopulated areas,” he said.
Kariba District medical officer Dr Godwin Muza, said Ms Murimbika was now out of danger and would be discharged from the hospital soon.
According to eyewitnesses, the woman was thrown into the air before she was gored by the buffalo’s horns.
Kariba is seeing such attacks. A Kariba man was recently trampled to death by an elephant while a nine-year-old girl survived an attack by a stray elephant by a whisker.- The Herald
By A Correspondent- Nothing was safe from the looters.
The dead and anything associated with them are usually respected, but not by these people who looted a coffin.
On Monday 19 July, police tweeted that police recovered a coffin in the Ezinqoleni area in KZN after they raided a house
Residents could only look on in shock as the coffin was taken out of the home.
The recovery of the coffin shocked social media users who couldn’t believe anyone would loot a coffin.
It’s not yet clear why it was looted and for what it was going to be used for, or whether those who were found in possession of the coffin were arrested.
On Sunday 18 July, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure, co-chaired by the National Defence Force, the police and the State Security Agency, encouraged those who had looted items to voluntarily return the goods or face possible arrest.
It said a total of 3 407 suspects had been arrested on various charges since the violence broke out over a week ago, with only one suspect being granted bail.
It said 1 122 people were expected to appear in various courts in Gauteng and KZN, and the remaining dockets were under investigation.
Cop spokeswoman Mathapelo Peters confirmed security forces had embarked on recovery operations with the collaboration of citizens who have gone out of their way to give tip-offs to the police.
Peters applauded community members who had been cleaning up their streets and business premises affected by the looting in the past week.
“A warning has also been issued to those who were not part of the looting spree but are buying stolen property from the looters that they too will be arrested for being in possession of stolen property,” she said.
Meanwhile in KZN, 92 suspects have been arrested over the weekend for being in possession of stolen property.
@pritipatel says Zimbabweans being deported tonight are serious criminals of 12 months plus sentences, contradicting the agreement by @UKinZimbabwe with Zimbabwe on 23 June 2021 which states that deportees will include some non- criminals (mere immigration offenders) pic.twitter.com/4oJ7glO9DD
By Jane Mlambo| The United Kingdom luxury vehicles seller GVE London has apologised over a viral social media video where one of their employees announced that a Zimbabwean minister had purchased a Rolls Royce they were in the process of shipping to Harare.
In a statement, GVE London said the information shared by their employee that the Rolls Royce had been bought by a Zimbabwean minister was incorrect.
“GVE London would like to apologise for any misunderstanding caused by a recent video posted on our social media implying that a vehicle we recently sold was being sold to a Minister in Zimbabwe. This was incorrect, the employee that made the statement was not involved in the sale of the vehicle and did not know that this vehicle was actually being sold to a private individual. We apologise for any inconvenience caused,” the company said.
GVE London Statement clearing Machakaire
The video in question set social media ablaze with online publications reporting that Youths, Sports and Recreation deputy minister Tinoda Machakaire was the owner of the Rolls Royce.
Machakaire has since refuted the claims saying he already has a Rolls Royce.
He added that though he has capacity to buy a Rolls Royce, the one filmed on the trending video did not belong to him.
Commenting on the GVE statement, popular Hip Hop musician Stunner urged Zimbabweans to desist from buying into every social media story.
“Nyangwe mota isiri yenyu munobvira honorable @machakairetino . Its Our fault we believe everything said on social media, kuri kuuraiwa kwemunhu panotofiwa,” said Stunner.
Houston Dynamo and Zimbabwe Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe has reacted to finally making his debut for the Major League Soccer (MLS) side.
The 25-year old donned the orange shirt for the first time, when Tab Ramos’ charges played out a goalless draw at Concuver early this morning.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, Hadebe thanked everybody at the club for helping him settle and promised better things to come.
“I would like to thank the management, coaching staff, and my teammates for helping me adjust. I know I am not 100% fit, but I know once I am 100% I will be the best defender,” he said.
Reflecting on the game, the gangly defender said:“It was a tough game, not the result we wanted. But I’m happy that we got the clean sheet.”-Soccer24 Zimbabwe
The Felton Kamambo-led ZIFA administration will not be pressured by the masses to into sacking Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic.
Pressure continues to mount on the association to fire the under-fire Croat, amid a poor record of one win in 12 matches, worsened by the dismal display at Cosafa.
ZIFA though, will not rush to sack the outspoken coach.
“The position shared by the administration, even the president (Kamambo) is that sacking the coach is not our plan right now. We have the World Cup qualifiers coming up and if we fire him and go on to lose, the same people calling for his sacking right now, will criticise us,” a source at ZIFA, who chose to speak on condition on anonymity, told Soccer24.
“The coach stays, to continue with the mandates given by the association when he came in. We appreciate concerns from football stakeholders but we are very calculative in our decision-making,” he added.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Smokers have a greater risk of developing a severe case and dying from COVID-19.
Tobacco affects your looks almost immediately
Everything stinks! From your skin, to your whole house, your clothes, and your fingers and breath.
Tobacco causes teeth to yellow and creates excess dental plaque.
Smoking tobacco and the use of smokeless tobacco cause bad breath.
Tobacco makes your skin wrinkly, making you look older faster. Smoking prematurely ages the skin by wearing away proteins that give the skin elasticity, depleting it of vitamin A and restricting blood flow.
These wrinkles are more apparent around the lips and eyes and tobacco also makes skin leathery and dry.
Tobacco smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, a noncontagious inflammatory skin condition that leaves itchy, oozing red patches all over the body.
It threatens the health of your friends and family – not just you.
Over 1 million people die every year from exposure to second-hand smoke.
Non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke are at risk of developing lung cancer.
Cigarettes remain an important cause of accidental fires and resulting deaths.
E-cigarettes also expose non-smokers and bystanders to nicotine and other harmful chemicals.
Being exposed to second-hand smoke may increase the risk of progression from tuberculosis infection to active disease.
Being exposed to second-hand smoke is associated with type 2 diabetes.
Smoking or using e-cigarettes around children compromises their health and safety
Smokers’ children suffer reduced lung function, which continues to affect them in the form of chronic respiratory disorders in adulthood.
Exposure of children to e-cigarette liquid continues to pose serious risks. There is a risk of the devices leaking, or of children swallowing the liquid.
E-cigarettes have been known to cause serious injuries, including burns, through fires and explosions.
School-aged children exposed to the harmful effects of second-hand smoke are also at risk for asthma through inflammation of the airways to the lungs.
Children under 2 years of age who are exposed to second-hand smoke in the home could get middle-ear disease possibly leading to hearing loss and deafness.
Quitting smoking decreases the risk of many diseases related to second-hand smoke in children, such as respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma) and ear infections.
Tobacco use has negative social consequences
You want to be a good example for your kids, friends, and loved ones.
Tobacco use can affect social interactions and relationships negatively.
Quitting means there are no restrictions on where you can go – you can mingle socially, without feeling isolated or having to go outside to smoke.
Quitting can make you more productive – you won’t have to stop what you are doing to have a smoke all the time.
It’s expensive – you could be spending your money on more important things
One study found that smokers burn through an average of $1.4 million in personal costs, includes spending on cigarettes, medical costs and lower wages brought on by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.
Tobacco use affects the health and productivity of workers making them prone to missed days at work.
Tobacco use contributes to poverty by diverting household spending from basic needs such as food and shelter to tobacco.
Source: World Health Organization
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Tinashe Sambiri| A Zanu PF apologist has surprised all and sundry after writing a letter to the Home Affairs Ministry seeking revocation of MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship.
The author of the letter is set to be interviewed by ZimEye just as the development was mocked by many who jested saying it is Finance Minister Mthulu Ncube’s attempt to steal Hon Biti’s brains.
On Sunday, Hon Biti exposed rampant looting of State resources by the Zanu PF regime.
This has angered Zanu PF bigwigs who are desperate to silence Hon Biti.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance national spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has accused Mr George Charamba of attempting to blame the popular movement for Zanu PF’s glaring shortcomings.
Advocate Mahere was responding to Mr Charamba’s remarks about what he described as the politicization of the vaccination programme by the US Embassy and the MDC Alliance.
Advocate Mahere also challenged Mr Charamba to stop dragging the the MDC Alliance into the mayhem created by his bosses.
“We urge citizens not to be distracted by such cheap politics. Rather, follow all COVID-19 protocols. Mask up. Sanitize. Practise social distancing & #GetVaccinated.
It’s a matter of record that people are dying of COVID yet Govt refused vaccines that were offered to them under COVAX. They must not deflect by dragging the MDC Alliance into this.
Our priority is the need to save lives. We can’t be politicking over a matter of this nature,” Advocate Mahere argued.
Staff Writer|Fearless Tajamuka leader, Promise Mkwananzi has declared that government should “revoke Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Mkwananzi was commenting on a letter written by a Zanu PF activist seeking the revocation of MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship.
Mkwananzi said: “They must first revoke Mnangagwa citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Jabu M Nyathi commented: “This is abuse of power and sheer stupidity.
Patience Mangezi wrote: “Kupenga kwemhando ye pamusoro …”
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:” This level of idiocy is mind- boggling.”
Own Correspondent A popular Masvingo prophet and slay queens godfather, Isaac Makomichi, faces arrest following the death of his rival sekuru Billiat.
Sekuru Billiat was a Malawian sangoma who was based in Zaka, Masvingo Province.
In January 202, sekuru Billiat took to social media claiming that Makomichi was not a real prophet. He also said Makomichi would “go mad before end of July 2021.”
Makomichi recorded a video clip last week saying sekuru Billiat would meet his ancestors by force…
Sekuru Billiat reportedly died yesterday in a private hospital in Harare due to leg problems.
Police are reportedly investigating Makomichi over the video clip.
“I only said it’s time to meet your ancestors by force. I never said I would kill him and I don’t even know how to kill a human being,” said Makomichi.
“He is the one who killed him as he mentioned a few days ago in his video clip. He must be arrested,” said one traditional healer.
Staff Writer|Fearless Tajamuka leader, Promise Mkwananzi has declared that government should “revoke Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Mkwananzi was commenting on a letter written by a Zanu PF activist seeking the revocation of MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti’s citizenship.
Mkwananzi said: “They must first revoke Mnangagwa citizenship and deport him to Zambia.”
Jabu M Nyathi commented: “This is abuse of power and sheer stupidity.
Patience Mangezi wrote: “Kupenga kwemhando ye pamusoro …”
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:” This level of idiocy is mind- boggling. This is rank madness.”
