Tinashe Sambiri|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is only concerned about power retention in spite of the deepening crisis, MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.

Mr Mnangagwa recently pampered traditional leaders with brand new Isuzu vehicles and wasted thousands of dollars on the Mbuya Nehanda statue, ignoring the the dire situation in the country’s hospitals.

According to President Chamisa, Mr Mnangagwa is only worried about power at a time the nation is grappling with deepening economic and health problems.

“Brand New Isuzu vehicles were recently given to the Chiefs and Mbuya Nehanda gobbled a whopping R2.8 million in cash at a time when our health infrastructure is in rotten state.

They never think about anything other than power retention.

Cars to chiefs because chiefs will be used to frog-march voters to vote for them.

The people and the country are Zanu pf’s last worries,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.

By A Correspondent- Serious water woes have hit Temba Mliswa’s Norton Town following the cutting off of water supplies by Harare City Council over an alleged debt.

Norton Town Council secretary Mr Kizito Muhomba has confirmed, but could not give the exact figures of the debt.

“We are making a payment plan. We will need some time to clear the debt, as it is huge,” he said.

Mr Muhomba however, said the bills per month have lately become astronomical. Sources say the debt is estimated to be over US$2 million debt.

By A correspondent- Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police were bashed yesterday by angry Bulawayo residents after they had burnt down three commuter omnibuses which they had accused of operating illegally.

The drama started when police chased after a commuter omnibus, which was then involved in an accident at the corner of Herbert Chitepo Street and Five Avenue.

Fungai Maphosa, a vendor who witnessed the skirmishes, said during the melee, police beat up anyone near the accident scene.

“That is when a mob of people intervened to rescue the kombi driver, and they assaulted the police officers in anger as to why they were beating up the driver instead of attending to the accident victims,” Maphosa said.

“The police officers ran away and returned some minutes later armed with teargas and they started throwing it into the kombis. During the melee, three kombis were burnt.”

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident but declined to give details.

“Yes, we are still attending to the case, but you will have to talk to Assistant Commissioner (Paul) Nyathi too since police officers were injured and their vehicle was also damaged,” Ncube said.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association chairperson Ambrose Sibindi castigated the police for putting people’s lives at risk while ignoring serious robbery cases in the city.

-NewsDay

By A Correspondent- former Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga, has ganged up with lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Valerie Ingham-Thorpe to challenge recent constitutional amendments which they say are illegal.

Together with Veritas, a human rights trust, the three want the courts to set aside Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 1) Act of 2017, and Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 2) Act of 2021.

Matinenga, who is former Buhera West MP (MDC Alliance), superintended over the 2013 Constitution-making process which began in 2009.

It was endorsed in a referendum, where over 93% of Zimbabweans voted in favour of the new Constitution that succeeded the Lancaster House Constitution.

They argued that the amendments would return the country to the “dark days” and were dangerous.

Underfire Chief Justice Luke Malaba, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Parliament of Zimbabwe were cited as respondents.

The four applicants want the apex court to set aside the two amendments they say were taking Zimbabwe back to the era of the late former President Robert Mugabe, where power was concentrated in an individual.

“The basic structure of the Constitution of Zimbabwe is predicated on the principle of separation of powers, and independence of the Judiciary. I maintain that any Constitutional Bill or Act affecting the basic structure of the Constitution is against the peace, order and good governance of Zimbabwe and is, therefore, unconstitutional,” Matinenga’s application read in part.

“The mischief that the 2013 Constitution tried to deal with was to create a break with the past in respect of where those appointed on the Judiciary became extensions of the Executive.

“In 2017, for instance, there was legal drama with regards to the appointment of the Chief Justice pursuant to the retirement of the late Chief Justice (Godfrey) Chidyausiku. It was perceived at the time that the Executive had its own preference other than Justice Luke Malaba.

“It eliminates and liquidates the former provision and creates a new regime of imperial authoritarian consolidation through the office of an executive President, something which was against the essence of the old Constitution.”

He said there was no criteria in the amendments in which the President would reject a judge, or accept another after reaching the age of 70.
“This is sad and unacceptable. Furthermore, notwithstanding the provisions of section 328(7) of the Constitution, which makes it clear that where there is a change in the Constitution increasing the term of office of an individual, the same shall not benefit the incumbent, section 186(4), creates the impression that the incumbents are intended to benefit. Section 186(4) is dangerous. It is an attempt to side-step section 328(7), without going to a referendum or without following any of the procedures for amending section 328.”
Matinenga said the appointments of judges were no longer transparent and accountable as they would be in the hands of the President alone.
He said the running mate issue was of major concern as it had been raised following the long period that Mugabe had stayed in office, and it was felt there was a gap in the succession policy.
“Peace and stability was compromised. The new provision now creates uncertainty and instability. Like the Lancaster House Constitution, it now shifts the burden of succession to a political party. Those political parties are often fractured and divided and advancing limited party interests instead of national interests,” he said.
Their challenge follows similar applications by other actors, who wanted the amendments to be set aside
These include the Zimbabwe NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika, the Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe, and war veteran Fredrick Matanda, who successfully challenged Mnangagwa’s extension of Malaba’s term of office.
Opposition MDC Alliance MP for Chitungwiza North Godfrey Sithole also raised similar objections in his application at the apex court last week seeking an order nullifying the Senate vote of April 2021 on the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 1) Bill.
However, last week, a little-known Zanu PF youth league member, Marx Mapungu, filed a Constitutional Court application seeking to nullify a judgment that ended Malaba’s term as Chief Justice. Mapungu is being represented by constitutional lawyer Lovemore Madhuku.

-NewsDay

By A correspondent- Three commuter omnibuses were burnt to shells in the Bulawayo central business district yesterday when police clashed with pirate commuter omnibuses, whom they accused of operating illegally, with witnesses claiming that the law enforcement agents caused the “unnecessary” damage.

The drama started when police chased after a commuter omnibus, which was then involved in an accident at the corner of Herbert Chitepo Street and Five Avenue.

Fungai Maphosa, a vendor who witnessed the skirmishes, said during the melee, police beat up anyone near the accident scene.

“That is when a mob of people intervened to rescue the kombi driver, and they assaulted the police officers in anger as to why they were beating up the driver instead of attending to the accident victims,” Maphosa said.

“The police officers ran away and returned some minutes later armed with teargas and they started throwing it into the kombis. During the melee, three kombis were burnt.”

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident but declined to give details.

“Yes, we are still attending to the case, but you will have to talk to Assistant Commissioner (Paul) Nyathi too since police officers were injured and their vehicle was also damaged,” Ncube said.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association chairperson Ambrose Sibindi castigated the police for putting people’s lives at risk while ignoring serious robbery cases in the city.

-NewsDay

By A correspondent- Three commuter omnibuses were burnt to shells in the Bulawayo central business district yesterday when police clashed with pirate commuter omnibuses, whom they accused of operating illegally, with witnesses claiming that the law enforcement agents caused the “unnecessary” damage.

The drama started when police chased after a commuter omnibus, which was then involved in an accident at the corner of Herbert Chitepo Street and Five Avenue.

Fungai Maphosa, a vendor who witnessed the skirmishes, said during the melee, police beat up anyone near the accident scene.

“That is when a mob of people intervened to rescue the kombi driver, and they assaulted the police officers in anger as to why they were beating up the driver instead of attending to the accident victims,” Maphosa said.

“The police officers ran away and returned some minutes later armed with teargas and they started throwing it into the kombis. During the melee, three kombis were burnt.”

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident but declined to give details.

“Yes, we are still attending to the case, but you will have to talk to Assistant Commissioner (Paul) Nyathi too since police officers were injured and their vehicle was also damaged,” Ncube said.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association chairperson Ambrose Sibindi castigated the police for putting people’s lives at risk while ignoring serious robbery cases in the city.

-NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Serious water woes have hit Norton Town following the cutting off of water supplies by Harare City Council over an alleged debt.

Norton Town Council secretary Mr Kizito Muhomba has confirmed, but could not give the exact figures of the debt.

“We are making a payment plan. We will need some time to clear the debt, as it is huge,” he said.

Mr Muhomba however, said the bills per month have lately become astronomical. Sources say the debt is estimated to be over US$2 million debt.

Self-confessed fake prophet Jay Israel has torn into the late TB Joshua questioning why he decided not to use his anointed oil, stickers, and water to heal himself.

Prophet Jay Israel took to Facebook alleging that TB Joshua had a chronic illness and he was on medication for the past two years.

Prophet Jay Israel wrote:

MY COMMENT ON TB JOSHUA !!
•••
I remember last year we did an expose on this man, talking about his deceptions, lies and manipulations. Many people have flocked into Nigeria to buy anointed water, stickers and oils that he claimed can heal any sickness. Here is a very interesting analogy. For the past 2 years TB Joshua was on medication 0, popping pills because he had a chronic illness.

None of this was made public because it would demoralise the water and oil customers and shut down the business. If this man was a true man of God why didn’t he use his anointed water, oil and stickers to heal himself?

The problem with our naive and senseless African brothers and sisters is that no matter the signs they will forever be blinded by religion. Before he died he was a false prophet, a thief, liar and a charlatan and now that he’s gone nothing changes, he remains the biggest Charlatan to ever walk on earth. Whether he makes heaven or hell that is between him and God .

May his soul rest in peace !!

Prophet TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) died last weekend after conducting a church service.

According to some sources, the man of cloth passed away around 2am, hours after he walked to his apartment from a church service to get some rest.

Last year, Jay Israel came out clean exposing how he used satanic dead pigeons, red towels and a horn to gain power, wealth and popularity while running a cult at his church, Times Live reported.

Israel, who was born in Zimbabwe, gave an account of how, when he joined a cult in Benin, he believed he was able to prophesy and make people do what he wanted them to do.

He told the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) on Monday that he started a church in Harare at the age of 18.

Opening a church in SA, according to Israel is easy.

“It’s not much of a hustle. We started a gathering and when people gathered, it was a church before it was even registered.”

While still in Zimbabwe, Israel met a man from Ghana through Facebook who promised to help him grow his church.

“We started talking. He said he would take me to places and help me get bigger crowds.

“I asked him how? He said he could even help with prophesying. I was intrigued. I was excited. I invited him to Zimbabwe,” Israel said.

He left for Ghana with the man and they then went to Benin where he was introduced to an elderly man.

“We took a long drive to this village. As we were getting to the village, we saw so many kids. I asked why there were so many kids?”

He said the man told him that the children were kidnapped and brought to the country as sacrifices.

“The kids are used for black sacrifice. Their blood was used to sacrifice. It scared me a bit…”

The old man asked him what he wanted and Israel said he told him that he wanted his church to grow.

“I said I want spiritual power and I want to see crowds and I want to prophesy and tell people things about themselves.”

He said he was told a ritual for protection would be done before he could get what he wanted.

“We slept in a room. It was scary. There were sculptures smeared with blood.

“Many people across the world do not know what prophets do before they can lead people. I am not saying the power of God is not there, but we have messengers who are sent straight from hell to represent heaven. People are manipulated into believing that what they are told comes from God, yet it is not close from being from God.

“The man came with a razor. He used a black substance and rubbed it onto the cuts on my body.

“I was washed with water mixed with leaves. They took pigeons and cut them and smeared their blood all over me and they said this is now the process of initiation.”

After this procedure, Israel said he was told that he would be introduced to the god that he would be worshipping.

He was told the name of the god was Atiovi.

“The following day we went to another room where this god was. There was a lot of blood all over [the room]. It sounds like an African movie. It’s so unreal but it is what it is.”

He said he was told to kneel and bow down before the god. He was also told what to say to the god.

“They said, ‘OK, the initiation is done, we are going to give you a horn.’ It was a bighorn and I kept it in my bag.”

The horn had a “head” inside which was a substance.

Israel said the horn was covered with a red cloth. He was told to use it before his church services.

“They said when you go back to your country, you must make a sacrifice to the god [the horn] before you go into a church service. They said you kill a pigeon or chicken and take its blood and smear it on the horn. I was told to take gin and spit it on the head of the horn and say the words and lick it [blood] with your tongue.”

This was an “entry-level” sacrifice, he said.

“I believe if I was persistent I was going to do human sacrifice because it’s like a drug. It’s addictive…”

He said he was not forced to join a cult but that he joined so he could have the power to be able to call out people’s names and do things he could not do on his own.

According to Israel, “mega” churches use human sacrifices to remain wealthy and powerful.

While involved in the cult, Israel said he was introduced to a demonic bible and other books on how to manipulate and deceive people to get whatever he wanted.

He would conduct “Do as I say services” when he started a church in East London.

He would use a red towel to get people to give him whatever he wanted.

“I brought towels and I gave them to people. Before I could get them to people, I would demonstrate what the towel could do. Whatever I tell the towel to do is what the towel will make you do.

“I would put the towel over a person’s head and they would fall down.”

He used certain words to control crowds at church which his followers thought was him speaking in tongues. He would use bible scriptures to make people give money to the church. He would deceive his followers into believing that if they did not pay tithes, they were robbing God.

“The growth of the church did not mean people were growing spiritually. It was all about what I am getting at the end of this. After leaving everything with you, they [congregants] will find it important to come back to you and thank you for wiping them clean.”

He said he was living a high-end life with several cars and bodyguards.

People gave their most prized possessions to him.

“I would appear in people’s dreams and tell them what I want from them. They would come and say, ‘I saw prophet in my dreams telling me to give him my car.’

“If I want to bring fear to somebody, I would appear in their dreams and scare them. They would come and confess that they were questioning me.”

According to Israel, many people have been enslaved spiritually.

Israel said his occult life exhausted him to a point where he resorted to women, alcohol and drugs.

“I loved the rough life. I did not like church women.”

He said he left the cult because he got tired of slaughtering chickens as a sacrifice.

“I got tired of sacrificing chickens. I bought a lot of chickens to a point where people would ask me why I was buying too many chickens.”

When he wanted to get out of the cult, Israel said he started having bad dreams and he could not sleep at night.

“I could not sleep because of the dreams that were haunting me spiritually.”

He said he was told that if he did not renew the muthi he would be killed.

Israel claims to have apologised to the people he deceived and says he has returned all the possessions he received while running the cult.

By A Correspondent- Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has come to the defence of a 19-year-old girl, Tariro Mututsa who killed a 40-year-old would-be rapist.

Mahere speaks as Mututsa has been charged with murder after repeatedly striking Sure Tsuro with a log until he could not walk.

Tsuro died hours later at a neighbour’s home in Nyenda Village, Kotwa. Speaking on the case, Mahere, a law lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe said:

_If a man is about to rape you, you’re entitled to act in self-defence. This is also a case where provocation would avail as a defence. I hope this brave young woman gets the necessary legal representation she needs to defend her._

_May justice be done._

An internal police memo by the Member in Charge of Kotwa Police Post, seen by ZimLivePolice suggests that Tsuro approached Mututsa around 10 AM on June 7 and proposed love but was turned down.

Tsuro threatened to throw away rice that was in a pot on the fireplace but later withdrew his intention and brought the pot back before going away.

He returned at around 9 PM but Matutsa once again turned him down prompting him to spill the boiling pot containing meat in protest.

Tsuro suddenly produced his erect privates and charged towards Mututsa who took glowing firewood, extinguished it using water and assaulted the now deceased several times on the legs and hands and twice on the head.

Tsuro staggered, walked out of the yard and fell to the ground 10 meters away.

Matutsa called her neighbour Patricia Makwanya who arrived at the scene with Kudzanayi Tsuro, a relative of the would-be rapist.

They helped Tsuro to Makwanya’s home where he was placed in a kitchen hut to sleep for the night. He that night.

By A Correspondent| A 63 year-old Bulawayo resident is suing Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe for RTGS$3 million as compensation for violation of her fundamental rights after she was brutally assaulted by some ZRP members during last year’s national lockdown.

Lydia Chapalapata, a resident of Nkulumane high-density suburb in Bulawayo was assaulted by Assistant Inspector Brighton Muchingami on 1 April 2020 while she was queuing up to purchase maize meal at Nkulumane Sekusile Shopping Centre.

Muchingambi harassed and assaulted her all over her body with a truncheon alleging that she was violating national lockdown regulations. Muchingambi threatened Chapalapata stating there was no recourse at law for her as he was empowered by the national lockdown regulations promulgated by government to assault her.

Chapalapata sustained injuries on her back, thighs, head, and on her knees and suffered trauma, anxiety and shock as a result of the incident and had to be hospitalised at Mpilo Central Hospital for treatment and was later referred for specialised medical attention.

Following the assault, Chapalapata engaged Prisca Dube of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, who recently filed summons at Bulawayo Magistrates Court suing Muchingami, the Officer in Charge of Nkulumane Police Station, Matanga and Kazembe, whom she cited as respondents, claiming payment of damages amounting to RTGS$3 million for pain and suffering as well as medical expenses she incurred.

In her summons, the Bulawayo resident said as a result of the defendants’ conduct, she suffered damages amounting to RTGS$3 million broken down as RTGS$2.5 million being damages for pain and suffering, trauma and nervous shock while RTGS$500 000 will cater for future medical expenses.

Exiled G40 king pin Saviour Kasukuwere has wished former Manicaland Minister of State and provincial affairs Mandiitawepi Chimene a happy birthday.

Chimene turned 61 yesterday

Kasukuwere told Chimene to remain strong despite fleeing the country after her rival president Emmerson Mnangagwa came into power.

“Happy birthday Shonga, Hon Mandiitawepi Chimene. Keep strong and remain resolute.Season come and go,one day (very soon), you will be back in your country. Happy returns Muzvare,”reads Kasukuwere’s tweet.

Chimene was popular for denouncing Mnangagwa during President Robert Mugabe’s end days.

Soon after the November 2017 coup Chimene skipped the border and never came back despite losing a daughter in Zimbabwe ,she did not attend in fear of being prosecuted.

Tinashe Sambiri|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is only concerned about power retention in spite of the deepening crisis, MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.

Mr Mnangagwa recently pampered traditional leaders with brand new Isuzu vehicles and wasted thousands of dollars on the Mbuya Nehanda statue, ignoring the the dire situation in the country’s hospitals.

According to President Chamisa, Mr Mnangagwa is only worried about power at a time the nation is grappling with deepening economic and health problems.

“Brand New Isuzu vehicles were recently given to the Chiefs and Mbuya Nehanda gobbled a whopping R2.8 million in cash at a time when our health infrastructure is in rotten state.

They never think about anything other than power retention.

Cars to chiefs because chiefs will be used to frog-march voters to vote for them.

The people and the country are Zanu pf’s last worries,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.

By A Correspondent- Department of Social Development has confirmed that Gosiame Thamara Sithole, who recently gave birth to 10 kids, was found and had been a client of the department since 2016.

She has been in touch with social workers who helped her with a few things.

This statement came after many social media users started questioning whether the story of her giving birth was fake or not.

Yesterday, the Department of Health stated that it had no record of the mother. It also stated that government had noted media reports and social media posts alleging that a South African woman had given birth to 10 babies, reportedly breaking the world record.

The department said that it would be sending its social workers to assess the family’s situation.

Its spokesperson Feziwe Ndwayana said the mum was at a place of safety, healing and bonding with her kids.

Ndwayana further said when the family was ready, they would meet the MEC to congratulate and assist her with resources they might need.

In a tweet, Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina said: “We’ve found the family and we are informed the babies are well. We will share the information with national government. I know we were a joke yesterday when government was genuinely looking for the family. Some of our local comrades have been assisting the family, so we are good.”

Dear @mirriamp we’ve found the family and we are informed babies are well. Will share the information with National Gov, I know we were a joke ystday when Gov was genuinely looking for family. Some of our local comrades have been assisting this family. So we are good OK??
— Mzwandile Masina (@mzwandileMasina) June 9, 2021

CASE ALERT ?
The high court is expected to deliver judgment in the contempt brought against former Chief Justice Luke this morning. @HStvNews @WeArePindula @263Chat @NewZimbabweCom @ZimEye @zimlive @CocoinZim @KikaMusa @ZimRightsLIVE @NewsDayZimbabwe @NewsHawksLive

— Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (@ZimHRNGOForum) June 10, 2021

Metro traffic cops in Bulawayo were accused of shifting blame after allegedly burning down two kombis in the city center on Wednesday and then telling their boss in an internal memo that the commuter omnibuses had been set ablaze by “unruly elements” who even assaulted officers.

Multiple eyewitness accounts said the kombis caught fire and blistered to shells after police tossed tear gas canisters inside them following high-speed pursuit as officers tried to arrest the drivers on accusations of operating without ZUPCO licensing. Fire crews were deployed to no avail.

Government banned all kombis last year and ordered those wanting to operate to register with the state-owned bus company to create a monopoly that is being challenged in court.

“They threw in teargas, and when the vehicles started burning, the police fled,” one observer told ZimLive. “This should never be tolerated, not under any circumstances.”

Another accused the police of acting like a “gang of criminals.”

But an internal memo seen by ZimLive from the officer commanding Bulawayo metro traffic to the officer commanding Bulawayo province bears a different account of events.

“The people who caused the pandemonium are suspected to be money changers, non-ZUPCO commuter omnibus drivers, vendors, and touts who are defying the government’s directive to observe Covid-19 rules and regulations. They want to vent their anger on the law enforcers,” the junior officer wrote.

The officers said trouble started when they tried to arrest the driver of an unregistered Toyota Hiace which was dropping off passengers “in the middle of the road along Herbert Chitepo, between 5th and 6th Avenue.”

But, said the memo, the driver took off and hit the front door of a police Ford Fiesta being driven by a Constable Hanyire, prompting a hot pursuit that ended with the suspect crashing into another vehicle before bailing on foot.

And when two officers, Constable Tlou and Constable Dube gave chase and apprehend the driver, a “mob surrounded and assaulted [them] with open hands, ordering them to release the accused person. The accused managed to free himself and ran away. However, his picture was captured.”

“The public, mostly money-changers [oSiphatheleni], vendors and touts around the area gathered around [police] vehicle number ZRP 379R shouting ‘asiwafuni amaShona lawa koBulawayo, asitshiseni imota’ [we don’t want these Shonas in Bulawayo, let’s torch their car],” the police memo explained.

“Some were shaking it trying to overturn and at the same time threatening to burn it down. The police officers then locked themselves inside the police vehicle. The mob smashed the rear windscreen and rear right side passenger window with unknown objects.”

As the situation degenerated and became more precarious, police claimed, reinforcements were called in to disperse the restive crowd with teargas along Hebert Chitepo road, attracting what they said were “wayward commuter omnibus drivers” who “started skidding.”

The memo added: “After the crowds had dispersed, it was discovered that a white and black Toyota Hiace being driven by Julius Ncube of Magwegwe and owned by Lewis Tshuma caught fire at H. Chitepo Street and 5th Avenue.”

While the circumstances that led to the entanglement of the second kombi were not clearly explained, police said it was owned by Mackenzie Matshezi of Old Pumula, adding that it caught “fire along 4th Avenue, between H. Chitepo Street and Lobengula Street.”

The driver was identified as Tawanda Nyoni, 33.

“It is suspected that the unruly elements took advantage of the situation and set the two commuter omnibuses on fire and picked canisters and placed them in the burnt vehicles,” the police claimed boldly.

They said four officers had received medical treatment at Camp Hospital and discharged in stable condition, with their injuries varying from “a cut above the right eye” to “a right wrist dislocation and “a painful neck.”

Police said the suspects face charges of assault of law enforcement officers and malicious damage to property after one of their vehicles “sustained shattered rear windscreen, rear right side passenger window, and offside rearview mirror.”

Hearing the police account, one witness said dismissively, “It’s laughable, not in a funny way

#BREAKING– Reprieve for Chief Justice Luke Malaba as High Court application is dismissed. "Luke Malaba is NOT in contempt of court" says the High Court. pic.twitter.com/EEEsyciQIr

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 10, 2021

WATCH- Latest on Chief Justice #LukeMalaba's contempt of court judgement at the #HighCourt pic.twitter.com/MTPMaV3O9m

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 10, 2021

#BREAKING– Reprieve for Chief Justice Luke Malaba as High Court application is dismissed. "Luke Malaba is NOT in contempt of court" says the High Court. pic.twitter.com/EEEsyciQIr

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 10, 2021

WATCH- Latest on Chief Justice #LukeMalaba's contempt of court judgement at the #HighCourt pic.twitter.com/MTPMaV3O9m

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 10, 2021

LATEST ON #JusticeLukeMalaba Court Case. …..The High Court will hand down judgement on Chief Justice Luke Malaba contempt of court charges. pic.twitter.com/t0tiILLEAt

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) June 10, 2021

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By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo are investigating the murder of a 25-year-old student from Esigodini Agricultural College in Matabeleland South who was stabbed to death on Sunday and his body was left covered with shrubs.

The deceased’s body was discovered on Monday morning on the side of a road in Worringham suburb in Bulawayo.

The victim was stabbed in the back and left thigh before being covered with shrubs.

Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said the deceased was discovered by his friend.

“Police in Bulawayo are investigating a murder case which occurred in Worringham suburb on June 6, 2021. The deceased is a male adult aged 25 years of Worringham suburb, and a student at Esigodini Agricultural College. His killer is unknown,” said Insp Ncube.

He said the deceased had gone to play social soccer in Famona earlier in the day with his friends and was last heard of at Mac’s Garage where he intended to board vehicles plying the route to his home.

“On June 7 2021 at around 9AM, the informant heard rumours that there was a body lying by the roadside along Umzingwane Road, Worringham suburb. He went to check and discovered that it was the now deceased’s body lying facing upwards and he made a report at ZRP Worringham Base. The Police attended the scene. It was discovered that the deceased was stabbed on the back of the left thigh and his body was lying on thick shrubs facing the side of the road,” said Insp Ncube.

He said the victim’s body was taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals for postmortem.

“Police are appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of the suspects. If ever there might be people who happened to see which mode of transport the deceased used on the fateful day,” said Insp Ncube.

Meanwhile, Insp Ncube said officers commanding provinces have issued a three-month prohibition order on carrying of dangerous weapons following the rise in dangerous crimes citywide.

He said members of the public found carrying catapults, machetes, axes, knobkerries, swords, knives, spears or daggers will be arrested for violating the prohibition order.

By A Correspondent- A 62 year old Shurugwi man allegedly attempted to buy his freedom by offering US$5 to the uncle of a nine-year-old girl who walked on him while he was rap_ing his niece.

The man, the court heard, allegedly rap_ed the minor in her mother’s kitchen as she was giving him water to drink.

Instead of drinking the water, the man allegedly rap_ed the girl while her siblings were playing outside.

Her uncle only came in as the man was rap_ing the girl before dressing up and offered him a US$5 bribe to conceal the matter.

This was heard yesterday when the man appeared before Gweru regional magistrate Mrs Phathekile Msipa facing one count of rap_e.

He pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody to today for judgement.

It is the State’s case that on November 6 last year at around 11am, the complainant was playing with her two siblings aged seven and one year at a road near their homestead.

Their mother had gone to a funeral wake.

The court heard that the man, who was walking along the road saw the minors and asked the complainant for water to drink.

The man allegedly gave the complainant’s seven-year-old brother his catapult and asked him to shoot some birds.

While inside the kitchen, the man sat on the bench while the complainant fetched him water.

When she brought him the water the man allegedly asked her to sit on his thighs and she complied.

He allegedly started removing the minor’s clothes but she resisted and tried to flee.

Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday demanded that government should compensate party activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere, who clocked eight years at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for a murder charge which was quashed by the Supreme Court last week.

Maengahama and Madzokere were arrested in Glen View, Harare, in 2011 on a charge of killing a police officer Petros Mutedza.

Chamisa yesterday visited the pair, where he said government should also compensate victims of Gukurahundi massacres and the 2005 Operation Murambatsvina that rendered thousands homeless.

“There is a need for them to be compensated. If it was a normal country, the government should just come and compensate them. If this government can’t do that, the MDC Alliance government will compensate and apologise to them.

“We must apologise to the victims and compensate for the victims of Gukurahundi. I apologised in Matabeleland when I went there because that’s what leaders do. A lot of people were harmed by Operation Murambatsvina and people’s pensions were eroded. A lot of people died in June 2008 and a country with angry people cannot prosper,” Chamisa said.

Commenting on the Mbuya Nehanda statue erected in central Harare last month, Chamisa said: “Some said I attacked Mbuya Nehanda. Those who worked for our liberation are our heroes and national heroines. We respect them, but we don’t idolise them. We respect them and it ends there, we pray only to God.”

He lamented that most youth in the country were turning to drugs.

“We have a condemned generation because of these drugs. The biggest drug is the government that does not respect its people.”

He blasted government for demolishing vendors’ structures, saying “its demon of destruction must be exorcised”.

-Newsday

Harare, Zimbabwe, June 9, 2021- The United States government has contributed, through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), US$3.5 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria (the Global Fund) COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM), as part of the broader U.S. government’s global COVID-19 response and recovery strategy. The funds from the U.S. government support the Global Fund’s second phase of C19RM, which seeks to alleviate the effects of COVID-19 on the Global Fund’s AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs and to strengthen health and community systems.

The Global Fund has allocated US$75-150 million to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe can secure the funds through an evidence-based grant proposal to run from 2021-2022 to respond to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the impact of the pandemic in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, and strengthen health and community systems. The base allocation of US$75 million amounts to 15% of Zimbabwe’s 2021-2023 Global Fund allocation. Zimbabwe can apply for an additional US$75 million, and the funds should be used by December 31, 2023.

The resources harnessed under the ARPA, with the generosity of the American people, and disbursed through the Global Fund will provide funds to countries for:

I.COVID-19 control and containment interventions, such as personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatment, communications, and other measures as specified by the World Health Organization;
  II.         COVID-19-related risk mitigation measures for programs to fight the three diseases of AIDS, TB, and malaria; and
 III.        Strengthening of health and community systems, including support to key aspects of health systems, such as laboratory networks, supply chains, and community-led response systems.

Working closely with the government of Zimbabwe and health development partners, the C19RM funds complement existing funding sources, such as World Bank, World Health Organization, other UN Agencies, bilateral assistance, and individual USG agencies, such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The U.S. Embassy has provided over US$20M in support of the COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe.

The United States Government remains committed to working together with the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Health and Child Care, multilateral organizations, partner governments, and civil society organizations, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health threats, for Zimbabweans to live safer, healthier, and longer lives.

By A Correspondent- A 19 year-old woman killed a se_x pest who dangled his peni_s at her, police said.

Tariro Matutsa has been charged with murder after repeatedly striking Sure Tsuro, 40, with a log until he could not walk. He died hours later at a neighbour’s home.

Police said at around 10AM on June 7, the young woman was alone at her home in Nyenda Villlage preparing rice for breakfast when Tsuro arrived.

“Tsuro proposed love to the accused person who turned him down. Tsuro went on to take a pot containing rice from the fireplace and threatened to throw it away in protest. He later withdrew his intention and brought it back to the fireplace before going away,” an internal police memo by the Member in Charge of Kotwa Police Post, seen by ZimLive, said.

At around 9PM, police said Tsuro returned to the Nyaguno homestead where Matutsa lived. She was once again alone and preparing meat for supper.

“Tsuro went on to propose love demanding consent for se_xual intercourse from Matutsa. The accused person again turned him down. The now deceased went on to spill a boiling pot containing meat in protest. The accused picked up the pieces of meat from the ground and washed them with water,” the police memo said.

“Tsuro persisted, demanding to have se_xual intercourse with Matutsa, and the accused person refused. Tsuro suddenly produced his erect peni_s and charged towards the accused person. The accused person took a glowing piece of firewood, extinguished it using water that was in a bucket at the fireplace, and assaulted the now deceased several times on the legs and hands.

“The accused person also assaulted the now deceased twice on the head using the same log. Tsuro staggered away from the fireplace and walked out of the yard. He fell to the ground 10 meters away in middle of a dirt road leading to Jumbe Business Centre.”

Police said Matutsa called her neighbour Patricia Makwanya who was at the shops at Jumbe nearby. She arrived at the scene with Kudzanayi Tsuro, a relative of the would-be rapi_st.

They helped Tsuro to Makwanya’s home where he was placed in a kitchen hut to sleep for the night.

Makwanya, according to police, went to bed at around 11.30PM. The following morning, she went to check on Tsuro in the company of Melody Chakura and found him dead.

Police were called and found Tsuro’s body on the floor facing upwards covered with a blanket. He had bruises on both legs, a swollen left hand and two open wounds – one on the right arm and one below the left knee.

Police said they also observed swelling on the left side of the chest and two cuts with clots on the head.

“The log used by the accused to assault the now deceased was recovered and is being held as exhibit. Tsuro’s body was conveyed to Murewa District Hospital pending a postmortem,” police said

By A Correspondent- Police in Fort Rixon have arrested 4 suspects in connection with a murder case which occurred on the 8th of June at Lambisto night club, Shangani business centre.

It is alleged that the victim (27) had an altercation over an unknown issue with one of the patrons at Lambisto Night Club whom he struck with an axe on the head.

The suspects intervened and struck the victim several times on the head with an axe, brick, spanner and an empty beer bottle.

He succumbed to injuries sustsained in the attack.

The police urged members of the public to solve their disputes amicably and not to resort to violence.

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced that an unnamed Mberengwa man (23) committed suicide by hanging after he murdered his girlfriend over an unknown issue.

The police in a statement said investigations are underway.

3/3 In another murder case, a Mberengwa man (23) committed suicide by hanging after he murdered his girlfriend over an unknown issue. Investigations are underway. #notomurder.

— Zimbabwe Republic Police (@PoliceZimbabwe) June 9, 2021

By A Correspondent | Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi who has officially put High Court Judges into the firing line with the army, has to date declined commenting over allegations that he on Saturday traveled to Domboshawa to get Norton MP Temba Mliswa killed. Ziyambi was contacted by ZimEye several times having gone on record saying he will not speak.

Mliswa has produced a picture of Ziyambi’s car as evidence that Ziyambi truly traveled to Dombooshawa for the purpose as alleged.

This comes at a time when Ziyambi is threatening High Court judges and describing the jurists as foreign elements working to destabilize the country, putting them into the firing line with the army.

He at the end of last month said there was an external hand that was manipulating some judges to deliver judgements against government.

“I must also mention and make it very clear that we are aware of the multi-lateral and foreign organisations who have poured in a lot of money through the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to capture various state institutions and to destabilise the Government,” he said.

“The situation now in this country is that there is a risk of judicial capture where the Judiciary has been captured by certain elements both within and outside Zimbabwe who want to destabilise the second Republic.

“We are aware of certain members of the opposition, the MDC Alliance, who are being paid monthly allowances for causing turmoil in this country and for being arrested.

“The time may now have come to expose all these malcontents and economic saboteurs who are not sleeping until they bring down the second Republic.

“We are going to poke the enemy in the eye and confront it.”

The state security ministry is currently on high alert over allegations that an unnamed Western nation wants to bring arms of war into Zimbabwe.

“Some rogue elements amongst us are conniving with some hostile Western governments to smuggle guns and set up so-called democratic resistance committees,” the State Security Minister, Owen Ncube said, in his most recent address last August.

By A Correspondent-The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has appointed Ms Adelaide Chikunguru as the substantive Chief Executive Officer.

Ms Chikunguru was the Group Corporate Communications Executive at the Chiredzi sugarcane’s Tongaat Hulett company.

Ms Chikunguru’s appointment was announced by the ZBC board chairperson, Dr Josaya Tayi, at Pockets Hill Studios in Highlands, Harare.

She takes over from Ms Helliate Rushwaya, who has been acting in the position for the past 13 months.

Ms Chikunguru is a holder of a Bachelor of Science Honours degree and a Masters in Media and Society Studies.

-ZBC

By A Correspondent- The police has released the names of three people died who died in a Mutare road accident.

The deceased have been identified as Enerita Jongwe (25) and Hazvinei Mawadzi (31) both female of Mutudza Village under Chief Marange in Mutare, and Blessing Mutudza, a three-year-old boy from Madzengwa Village under Marange.

The three died after the driver of a Toyota Hiace kombi they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle which then rolled several times before landing on its roof at the 237km peg along the Harare-Mutare highway on Monday.

By A Correspondent- A 63 year old Muzarabani man died on the spot after an ox-drawn cart he was travelling in overturned and trapped him to death.

James Fatizo of Mukwombe village,Muzarabani died on the spot after his oxen went beserk and hit a tree stump resulting in the scotch overturning and throwing all the three occupants away.

Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dhliwayo confirmed the case.

“I can confirm a fatal accident in Muzarabani where Fatizo died on the spot after sustaining head injuries, his two nephews escaped with minor injuries,” Dhliwayo said.

It is alleged that Fatizo was driving his oxen going to his field when they became beserk and veered off the road before hitting a tree stump and the cart overturned.

Police warned people to lead animal drawn vehicles because animals’ behavior is unpredictable.

“We urge members of the public to lead animal drawn vehicles because they can go beserk anytime since their behaviour is unpredictable.”

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has condemned the demolition of structures in Harare.

According to President Chamisa, Zanu PF bigwigs are possessed by the demon of destruction…

President Chamisa made the remarks in Glen View, Harare on Tuesday during his solidarity visit to Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere’s houses.

The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is only known for destroying people’s belongings, according to President Chamisa…

By A Correspondent-Self proclaimed prophet Walter Magaya said he will be attending his Godfather Prophet T.B Joshua’s burial in Nigeria.

Magaya earlier had revealed that he was denied permission to travel to Nigeria last week.

Magaya has been granted a Visa by the Nigerian Embassy to pay his last respects to TB Joshua.

He also said he had a special parcel for the Nigerian pastor but failed to deliver it to him as he was denied permission to travel last week.

He took to social media to announce that he was denied Visa to Nigeria.
“Do you know they denied me Visa last week to bring what you told me you wanted and I have the papers with me,” said Magaya.

-Online

By A Correspondent-Self proclaimed prophet Walter Magaya said he will be attending his Godfather Prophet T.B Joshua’s burial in Nigeria.

Magaya earlier had revealed that he was denied permission to travel to Nigeria last week.

Magaya has been granted a Visa by the Nigerian Embassy to pay his last respects to TB Joshua.

He also said he had a special parcel for the Nigerian pastor but failed to deliver it to him as he was denied permission to travel last week.

He took to social media to announce that he was denied Visa to Nigeria.
“Do you know they denied me Visa last week to bring what you told me you wanted and I have the papers with me,” said Magaya.

-Online

By A Correspondent- The government has destroyed structures at Zindoga and Parktown shopping centres during the ongoing blitz around Harare Metropolitan province

Among the demolished structures were backyard food outlets, tyre mending and brick moulding facilities.

The joint exercise between Zimbabwe Republic Police and municipal police has since demolished hundreds of shacks at Mbudzi roundabout.

The demolition exercise started on Monday.

-State media

The demolitions in Harare and Chitungwiza will push more learners out of the classroom as families lose incomes. Over 1 million learners have already lost right to education due to austerity measures and COVID19 disruptions. Academic genocide in full swing. #SaveOurEducationZw pic.twitter.com/zwxzMt2pzE

— Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe,ARTUZ (@ARTUZ_teachers) June 9, 2021

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has fired Henrietta Rushwaya’s Sister, Helliate and replaced her with one Adelaide Chikunguru as the substantive Chief Executive Officer of the struggling state broadcaster.

Ms Chikunguru’s appointment was announced by the ZBC board chairperson, Dr Josaya Tayi, at Pockets Hill Studios in Highlands, Harare.

Ms Chikunguru was the Group Corporate Communications Executive at Tongaat Hulett.

She takes over from Ms Helliate Rushwaya, who has been acting in the position for the past 13 months.

Ms Chikunguru is a holder of a Bachelor of Science Honours degree and a Masters in Media and Society Studies. 

– Zbc

BULAWAYO has recorded zero new voter registrants since the commencement of the voter registration exercise, a trend reported to be also prevalent in other parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revealed.

Zec Bulawayo provincial elections officer Innocent Ncube yesterday appealed to politicians to mobilise for voter registration ahead of the constituency delimitation exercise.

Zec resumed other electoral processes like voter registration on April 1, after months of suspension of electoral activities due to COVID-19 preventive measures put in place by government, but by-elections remain suspended.

“People are not coming to register to vote. On average, we record zero new voter registrants per day. The figures are disappointing,” Ncube said

“We are preparing for delimitation, an exercise that is based on registered voters, and what it simply means for Bulawayo is that if people are not coming to register to vote, there is a likelihood of losing two to three constituencies. It is up to politicians to make sure that people come and register to vote,” he said.

A latest Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) report titled: “Monitoring Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2021” also noted that there was a general poor turnout for voter registration across the country.

“Zesn long-term observer (LTO) reports showed that voter registration rates were very low. Examples of such constituencies are St Mary’s, Chimanimani West, Chipinge Central, Chipinge South, Buhera South, Makoni North, Nyanga South, Nyanga North, Masvingo, Bindura North, Mbire, Goromonzi South, and Marondera East, and Mutoko East, Mutoko South, Wedza South, and Kadoma, among others.

“In Chiredzi West, of the few people who were registering to vote, most were from ward 16 of Chiredzi North where Zanu-PF held a primary election to select a candidate to represent the party in the anticipated National Assembly by-election. The Zec office in Lupane East indicated plans to partner with civil society in encouraging people to register to vote.”

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube allocated $2,3 billion to Zec in the 2021 budget, of which $1,744 billion is meant to fund the delimitation exercise.

Voter registration statistics will guide the upcoming delimitation exercise – creation of new electoral boundaries ahead of the next general elections.

While some provinces will get new constituencies during the delimitation exercise, Bulawayo is likely to lose about three constituencies as the registered voter population falls far below the minimum threshold.

The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Ruth Mavhunga Mabhoyi, Wednesday told Parliament that spot fines for those who would have broken traffic rules are legal and must be paid on the spot hence the name spot fine.

She also said in the case that one does not have the money at hand, they can make arrangements with traffic officers on payment modalities.

This prompted a follow-up question from fellow members of Parliament to ask if negotiating with police officers on payment modalities is not creating a conducive environment for corruption.

Her response was evasive.

The discussion comes when police officers are being accused of abusing motorists at roadblocks where they will be demanding spot fines.

Scores of police officers were arrested in the past for demanding bribes from motorists caught on the wrong side of the law, even for petty offences.

By A Correspondent- Former war veterans minister and Zanu- PF Politburo member, Tshinga Dube, and Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister, Judith Ncube have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa for awarding Matabeleland empowerment projects to the Shona People.

The misunderstanding started after some people in Harare received a contract to clear the bushes along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway road, defying a policy that locals must be the ones contracted to do such jobs.

This was revealed by former war veterans minister and Zanu- PF Politburo member, Tshinga Dube, at a press conference with Bulawayo journalists on the occasion of Africa Day, Tuesday, CITE reports. Said, Dube:

Just four days ago, Cde Judith Ncube, the minister phoned me and said some people received a contract in Harare to clear the bushes along the roads, the Bulawayo to Victoria Falls and they are coming here.

I was in Harare myself. They are coming, carrying their people, with choppers to come and cut trees here.

Dube said he advised the provincial and devolution minister to put a stop to that as that defied the devolution policy. He said:

I said, ‘No, no but you are a minister of devolution yourself, so you stop them and say no. You have people here who can do that.’

I don’t think you need to go for training just to chop wood anyone can chop wood.

Let people there discuss with people in Matabeleland North because that’s where they live.

Hire boys along the road just from Bulawayo and then they can chop wood

Dube also criticised some people who committed offences and hid behind the president’s name.

-Online

By A Correspondent- Three people died while nine others were injured after the driver of a Toyota Hiace kombi they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle which then rolled several times before landing on its roof at the 237km peg along the Harare-Mutare highway on Monday.

The deceased were taken to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital in Mutare, where their bodies are awaiting post-mortem.

The injured are receiving treatment at the same hospital.

Police said the kombi, which was travelling towards Harare, had 12 passengers on board at the time of the accident.

The deceased have been identified as Enerita Jongwe (25) and Hazvinei Mawadzi (31) both female of Mutudza Village under Chief Marange in Mutare, and Blessing Mutudza, a three-year-old boy from Madzengwa Village under Marange.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said they were concerned over the surge in fatal traffic accidents on the country’s major highways “due to speeding and overtaking errors.

By A Correspondent-The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has appointed Ms Adelaide Chikunguru as the substantive Chief Executive Officer with effect from today.

Ms Chikunguru’s appointment was announced by the ZBC board chairperson, Dr Josaya Tayi, at Pockets Hill Studios in Highlands, Harare.
Ms Chikunguru was the Group Corporate Communications Executive at Tongaat Hulett.

She takes over from Ms Helliate Rushwaya, who has been acting in the position for the past 13 months.

Ms Chikunguru is a holder of a Bachelor of Science Honours degree and a Masters in Media and Society Studies.

-ZBC

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has condemned the demolition of structures in Harare.

According to President Chamisa, Zanu PF bigwigs are possessed by the demon of destruction…

President Chamisa made the remarks in Glen View, Harare on Tuesday during his solidarity visit to Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere’s houses.

The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is only known for destroying people’s belongings, according to President Chamisa…