The South Africa-based trio of strikers Evans Rusike and Knox Mutizwa and midfielder Butholezwe Ncube are set to be in the Warriors squad for the upcoming COSAFA Cup.
Zimbabwe will take part in the regional tournament, slated for South Africa next month and it will be used to prepare for the impending World Cup qualifiers, which have been moved to September.
A source at ZIFA revealed this morning that Rusike, Mutizwa and Ncube, who are on the ranks of SuperSport United, Golden Arrows and AmaZulu respectively, are the foreign-based players likely to take part in the tournament.
The rest of the squad, the source said, will be made up local-based players, some of whom took part in the CHAN tournament.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
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.
Prince Dube is still wanted by a couple of clubs in Europe, his manager Gibson Mahachi has said.
The Zimbabwean striker, who was linked with French sides before moving to Tanzania last year, is having an impressive campaign that has seen him netting fourteen goals in the league to lead the scoring chart.
According to Mahachi, this has attracted also of the attention of teams in Middle East and North Africa.
“There have been inquiries from all over, but I cannot name the clubs. All I can say is that interest has come from Europe, North Africa and Saudi Arabia,” Mahachi was quoted as saying by NewsDay.
“It is just a matter of waiting. Most clubs have been active and now it is off-season, so we will see. We have had inquiries, but now we will see what can work.”
Dube recently signed a new two-year contract with Azam and Mahachi has explained that the deal contains a release clause.
The agent added: “Not much changed from his first contract, except to say it’s an improved deal and it still has a release clause. If he (Dube) wants to move, he can move and if anybody puts an offer and it is below the release clause, they negotiate with Azam.”- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
2 weeks before her sudden death, the pastor was busy ordering the deceased to dispose her property in Zimbabwe, and even received money into her hands for the sale of the late’s fridge.
We didn’t even know that she was ill when she suddenly died on 11th of May, and 2 days before her death, the pastor was forcing the deceased to reveal PIN codes to all her bank accounts, the late’s young sister, Gloria tells ZimEye.
She continues-
And then suddenly on the 11th of May, she passes away, and now for over 3-weeks the pastor is denying the deceased’s own mother, access to watch the burial of her own daughter in Southend-on-Sea (just off London).
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.
DIGESTIVE HEALTH 3 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress When You Have IBS Managing stress and anxiety is key to managing your IBS symptoms.
Jordan M. Davidson By Jordan M. Davidson Medically Reviewed by Kareem Sassi, MD Last Updated: June 2, 2021 Medically Reviewed
woman meditating and exercising Exercise is a great stress reliever.
If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and you feel an urgent need to go every time your boss pings you, your mother-in-law texts, or your friends change plans at the last minute, it’s time to focus on the stress that could be triggering your symptoms. After all, IBS is a breakdown in the signals the brain sends to the gut and the gut sends back to the brain — and this bodily response can be caused by stress, according to the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD).
“Stress increases the hormone cortisol, and it can impact our digestive system,” says Megan Riehl, PsyD, a gastrointestinal psychologist at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.
“People with IBS have trouble down-regulating digestive distress. For example, a person with IBS may feel the digestive process with some gurgling or discomfort and that sets off stress signals and a fear that they will need the bathroom urgently.”
A study published in April 2021 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found that participants living with IBS who reported experiencing anxiety and stress were more likely to report more severe symptoms, cycle through more treatments, and say their symptoms negatively impacted their daily life than patients who did not report psychological distress.
“Behavioral treatments for IBS are needed as a complement to medicine to get patients over the finish line,” says Brennan Spiegel, MD a gastroenterologist and the director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. “Patients need to develop skills and train their brain to overcome the symptoms of IBS, and that means combating stress.”
So if you’re living with IBS, make sure you’re not neglecting to manage your stress levels, as they can significantly impact your gastrointestinal symptoms. Here are three ways to reduce IBS-related stress.
5 Exercises for IBS Symptom Relief The Ultimate Expert-Approved Diet Plan for a Happier, Less-Stressed You
Get Physical You don’t have to throw down loads of cash at a CrossFit box or jab-jab-cross until you’re sore at a boxing class. Moderate exercise like walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, and yoga are enough to reduce stress and improve IBS symptoms. A review published in December 2019 in Digestive Diseases and Sciences found that yoga and walking at a brisk pace were equally effective in improving IBS symptoms, and both were more effective than medicine alone.
“Exercise helps boost our endorphins and lower cortisol levels, which means we feel happier and less stressed,” says Dr. Riehl. “That’s when the brain and gut send much more favorable signals to each other.”
The American Psychological Association points out that an exercise habit increases levels of norepinephrine, a hormone and neurotransmitter that helps decrease stress. Exercise also trains the mind to cope with anxiety and panic.
Breathe Deeply Deep breathing is one of Riehl’s go-to techniques when teaching her patients to reduce stress.
“Stress makes for shallow, short breaths,” she says. “When we slow our breathing down, we kick-start the parasympathetic system that calms us down and gives a nice massage to the digestive organs. That reduces spasming and urgency.”
One technique she is particularly fond of is diaphragmatic breathing, which involves slow and deep breathing that affects the brain as well as the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems.
A study published in June 2017 in Frontiers in Psychology divided 40 people into two groups; one control group and one group who received training in diaphragmatic breathing. After eight weeks, the group who received breathing training had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and were less prone to negative emotions.
Gut-Directed Hypnosis Gastrointestinal psychologists have found that gut-directed hypnosis is extremely effective at reducing stress and improving IBS symptoms. In this technique, a trained therapist guides a patient into a focused state of awareness and deep relaxation. Through suggestions and imagery, gut-related hypnosis aims to calm the digestive tract and steer attention away from physical discomfort.
In a study published in the September 2016 issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 72 percent of participants found that their symptoms improved after they followed gut-directed hypnotherapy, and they maintained the improvement for at least six months.
“We need to standardize holistic treatments like gut-directed hypnosis that specifically target the communication of the gut-brain axis,” says Dr. Spiegel.
“When patients have failed everything else, they succeed at this as long as they’re open to trying it,” notes Riehl. “We can develop the skills to stop the brain from perseverating on GI-specific worries. For example, we can start to retrain the mind when someone is always imagining that they will have a bowel accident in public.
“It’s how we identify and think about IBS in our day-to-day life that can make [our symptoms] better or worse,” she adds.-
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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
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
#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
Namibian journalist and sports broadcaster Jessica demanded that her co-anchor address her in a certain way not realising that they were live on air.
After making some introductory remarks, eating into her script, of course, Jessica’s coanchor over and the latter could not have it. She said:
_No, we are not going to do that! You’re just going to greet me and say: Take it away._
Jessica has since apologised to the nation saying that she was not aware that they were live on air. She said:_There’s no any beef between us, my colleague forgot the script and I was just trying to correct her but I forgot we were live. That’s it_
Many are asking how on earth could Jessica forget that they are on air? But, even live television is rehearsed. She probably did forget, and that is why a dry run before going on air is so important.
Some are saying while it could be true that there was no enmity between Jessica and her colleague, the way she corrected her was mean.
Another clip in which Jessica was wrongly addressed as Janet has also surfaced prompting observers to sympathise with her.
They say she had had enough errors from her colleagues and that probably made her forget that she was now live on air
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”.
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- 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 | 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.
Two Zimbabwean brothers have been jailed over an attempted murder incident using a machete. Benedict Zvekare (26), described as a dangerous attacker, is beginning a 20-year prison sentence after a “savage” daylight assault with a machete.
Benedict, who left his victim with severe injuries, was found guilty of attempted murder.
His brother Blessing (31), also of St John’s Road in Edlington, was convicted by the same Sheffield Crown Court jury and given three years for assisting an offender.
Det Insp Lee Townley, who led the investigation, described the incident, which happened as the victim walked along Balby Road with friends last September 28.
“At some point, a rock was thrown into the road and towards Zvekare’s vehicle, which was the catalyst for what happened next,” said the officer.
“Zvekare stopped his vehicle and got out, wildly brandishing a machete and shouting. He then began to chase after the group, joined by another man who was carrying a metal bar.
“Zvekare pursued his victim along the road, hitting him across the head with the machete, sending him flying to the ground. The victim’s ordeal did not end there, he was kicked and stabbed whilst lying at the men’s feet.
“As the pair ran back to their vehicle, which had moved closer to them, their victim managed to drag himself to a bus stop, where he collapsed.”
The victim, who had stab wounds and multiple rib fractures, was found a short time later by a passing fire crew.
CCTV footage and other inquiries led to Zvekare being arrested at home. A third man, Arif Chohan (41), of Thorne Road in Doncaster, was given two-and-a-half years in jail at the same hearing last Friday (4) for assisting an offender.
Det Insp Townley added: “This was an excessively violent and savage attack which happened in broad daylight in the middle of the street.
“Zvekare was armed and he was incredibly dangerous, it is right that he has received a significant sentence for his actions.
“I know that incidents like this do create concern and fear within local communities and I am keen for people to know that we do investigate, we do take action and we do bring people before the courts.”
By Problem Masau| South Africa based gospel singer Alpha Nhambure popularly known as Makoti want to dance for the Lord if her new offering is anything to go by.
The gospel diva has released her fourth studio titled “I Wanna Dance” which has ten songs.
“The album I Wanna Dance features 10 songs. It was first released in December 2020 ushering in the New Year 2021. The release was done on social media (Facebook, You-tube, Instagram and Sound Cloud).
“The album is now being launched on Zimbabwe’s biggest Radio station, the radio with the most listeners accounting to more than 40% of Zim radio listeners. My music’s main target audience is people in Zimbabwe. The music is mainly in Shona. As such launching it on Radio Zimbabwe would do justice to my music ministry and to my fans at large. Not many people are on social media hence this launch.
“In this current album I felt the need to bring my audience and myself to the dancing floor, hence the album title ‘I Wanna Dance’.
“Eight songs out of 10 from the album have a dancing beat. Daily we should dance to the Lord thanking Him for all that He has done and is doing in our lives; shaking off the daily troubles, weariness and stress and ushering in a new mood within ourselves. Statistics shows that people are more attracted to the dancing beat more than anything else, hence I took advantage of that to convey the Gospel message to the people,” she said.
Makoti said singing was her way of ministering to the multitudes.
“I believe I have a calling to minister the Gospel to the people in line with the Great Commission in Matthew 28 vs 19-20. I have been trained and ordained to Minister the Word at a Bible School. Hence this is part of my ministry to the people. After a long break from my album which I released in 2016, it was high time I go back to work,” she added.
Nhambure urged gospel artistes to complement each other as gospel music is not about competition but to save souls.
“I have advice to those who are starting in the Gospel arena. The main objective in singing Gospel music is to reach out to lost souls and bring them to God, to preach, to deliver, to praise and to worship God. If one’s motive is apart from this, then it is a lost cause. One must have the drive and the passion for God.
“In as much as some people want to live off singing Gospel, the main motive must not be money making. Also in as much as we all strive for excellence and want to see ourselves emerge on top of music charts, Gospel music is not a competition.
“It does not matter whether you make it to the charts or not, God works in amazing ways, as long as you have put your all in the project, perhaps God wanted you to reach out to just one person who had lost hope and has found it in your music. Do not give up. Do your best and God will do the rest,” she said.
The album has already been launched on ZimNet Radio.
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.
The Covid-19 public health and lockdown regulations, although more relaxed than at the peak of infection waves, are still being enforced and people have been urged to take them seriously to prevent a third wave.
Almost all sectors of the economy are now allowed to open, and schools were re-opened although there are strict limits on religious and social gatherings as bars and nightclubs remain closed.
There are still many conditions, such as masking in public, maintaining social distancing and having sanitiser at business entrances, and there is still a 10pm to 5.30am curfew in place.
However, the public is relaxing and more people, as a result are being arrested daily for violating these regulations.
All major roads leading into town still have roadblocks where the public is being reminded that the measures are still in place. Many of these roadblocks are either activated at 10pm, or start stopping and quizzing all drivers at that time.
There is a schedule of permitted traffic during the curfew, mainly to do with commercial business deliveries and letting people who are in essential sectors move to and from work.
Officers are now reminding the nation that lockdown regulations are still in force and people should not relax as Covid-19 is still a big threat.
In an interview, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday urged the public to continue to adhere to all regulations set by Government.
“The Covid-19 lockdown is still there and as police we remain guided by Government pronouncements. People should not relax. They should follow all the guidelines.
“We also urge the business sector to comply with these regulations. We are concerned by bar operators who continue to flout these regulations and operate illegally with some patrons threatening or harassing police officers who would be enforcing these lockdown measures. There is no going back in as far as enforcing lockdown regulations is concerned.”
Asst Comm Nyathi also warned kombis and mushikashika operators against operating illegally.- The Herald
Six people died while 15 others were injured in two separate accidents that occurred on Monday and Tuesday.
In the first accident, two women and a little boy died, while nine other passengers were injured when their Toyota Hiace kombi rolled several times before landing on its roof at the 237km peg along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Monday after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The dead 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 dead have been identified as Enerita Jongwe (25) and Hazvinei Mawadzi (31) of Mutudza Village under Chief Marange in Mutare, and Blessing Mutudza, a 3-year-old boy from Madzengwa Village under Marange. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said police were concerned over the surge in fatal road traffic accidents on the country’s major highways “due to speeding and overtaking errors”.
Meanwhile, three other people died while six others were seriously injured when a Honda Fit side-swiped a haulage truck on the 94km peg along the Harare-Chirundu highway on Tuesday.
The Honda Fit veered off the road and landed on its wheels in a ditch.
The deceased were ferried to Banket Hospital Mortuary while the injured are at the same hospital receiving treatment.
Asst Comm Nyathi said the haulage truck was heading in the direction of Harare while the Honda Fit was heading towards Chirundu.
He said on approaching the 94km peg, the driver of the Honda Fit encroached onto the lane of oncoming traffic resulting in his vehicle involved in a side-swipe with the haulage truck, a Scania 420. Asst Comm Nyathi said names of the deceased are yet to be identified and the bodies are at Banket Hospital Mortuary for post-mortem.- The Herald
The Covid-19 public health and lockdown regulations, although more relaxed than at the peak of infection waves, are still being enforced and people have been urged to take them seriously to prevent a third wave.
Almost all sectors of the economy are now allowed to open, and schools were re-opened although there are strict limits on religious and social gatherings as bars and nightclubs remain closed.
There are still many conditions, such as masking in public, maintaining social distancing and having sanitiser at business entrances, and there is still a 10pm to 5.30am curfew in place.
However, the public is relaxing and more people, as a result are being arrested daily for violating these regulations.
All major roads leading into town still have roadblocks where the public is being reminded that the measures are still in place. Many of these roadblocks are either activated at 10pm, or start stopping and quizzing all drivers at that time.
There is a schedule of permitted traffic during the curfew, mainly to do with commercial business deliveries and letting people who are in essential sectors move to and from work.
Officers are now reminding the nation that lockdown regulations are still in force and people should not relax as Covid-19 is still a big threat.
In an interview, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday urged the public to continue to adhere to all regulations set by Government.
“The Covid-19 lockdown is still there and as police we remain guided by Government pronouncements. People should not relax. They should follow all the guidelines.
“We also urge the business sector to comply with these regulations. We are concerned by bar operators who continue to flout these regulations and operate illegally with some patrons threatening or harassing police officers who would be enforcing these lockdown measures. There is no going back in as far as enforcing lockdown regulations is concerned.”
Asst Comm Nyathi also warned kombis and mushikashika operators against operating illegally.- The Herald
Former first lady, Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe nee Marufu has spoken on Chief Zvimba’s order that directed her to initiate the exhumation and reburial of the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe.
Through her lawyers from Chimwamurombe Legal Practice, Grace expressed concern over the manner in which the case was handled. Among many issues her court papers cited, Grace noted:
the summonses were not even served in the required manner by the rules of the court. The judgment has several penalties or orders which expect compliance by July 1, 2021.
Having had sight of the referenced judgment, we have identified critical procedural and substantive law defects that must be corrected by this court to attain real and substantial justice in the judicial process and additionally rein in the community court presiding officer from overstretching their lawful operation as a judicial officer There is no information that has been provided to show the substantial legal interest that fits with the plaintiff (Tinos Manongovere), thereby, prompting him to approach the court vis-à-vis the aforementioned choice of law process.
The summons issued on April 29 by the chief already carried a sentence of five cattle and one goat.
This was made before the attendance and later on conviction of Grace Mugabe. The ultimate hearing was, therefore, manifestly biased since the sentence was already predetermined.
Chief Zvimba failed to observe one of the cardinal principles of natural justice by making an order directing the disposal of property that belonged to the estate of the late Mugabe in the absence of the lawful custodian of such property.
Grace speaks days after her three children, Bona Mutsahuni Mugabe, Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and Tinotenda Robert Mugabe argued that Chief Zvimba had no authority to preside over the case.
Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao recently sensationally claimed on South African broadcaster, SABC that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was behind the exhumation and reburial of the veteran leader to recover a mystical sceptre that would give him commanding authority as a leader.- NewsDay
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.”
The fight to wrest the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance party name and symbols by the MDC-T with the intention to use them in the forthcoming elections will be determined by which faction will file its nomination papers first under the MDC Alliance banner, a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) official has said.
This comes in the wake of reports that the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora is plotting to use the MDC Alliance name in by-elections and 2023 elections in a bid to confuse voters.
Zec director of elections and training Japhet Murenje yesterday told journalists at an elections workshop in Chinhoyi that the commission would only allow the MDC faction that will file its nomination papers first to use the MDC Alliance name as the issue could only be solved through a first-come-first-serve basis.
“If I have already received a symbol — say a maize cob, from one political party as a presiding officer then I will not accept the same symbol from another candidate from a different party,” Murenje said.
Murenje said Zec was not really worried about the names of the parties, adding that they pay more attention to party symbols.
“A party’s name might have same abbreviations which mean totally different things, and so we look at the symbols and we then say since we have already received a symbol similar to this one, we can’t take yours,” he said.
Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said the issue of the MDC Alliance name had not been brought to the attention of the electoral commission.
“We know that there is a situation like that, but those people have never come to us, we have never had elections,” Silaigwana said.
He said the matter between Chamisa and Mwonzora had been settled by the courts and, therefore, should not be thrown at Zec.
“You know that the situation between those political parties was solved in the courts. I am not a lawyer but if I read generally, I understand that the court said the other one is no longer a president of a political party, but when you write we read that he is still the president, which is contrary to what the law says,” Silaigwana said.- Newsday
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance KwaZulu-Natal District, Branch Treasurer of Pietermaritzburg, Reginald Mutumwa has died.
This was announced by the MDC Alliance Namibia…
See statement below:
08 June 2021
It is with deep sadness that we announce the untimely passing on of our diligent leader Reginald Mutumwa, the Mdc Alliance KwaZulu-Natal District, Branch Treasurer of Pietermaritzburg. Mdc Alliance Namibia expresses its sadness, disappointment and absolute sense of unspeakable loss to the bereaved Mutumwa family, KwaZulu-Natal District and Pietermaritzburg Branch not forgetting Mdc Alliance family as a whole. We wish to convey our heartfelt condolences.
Leader Reginald Mutumwa survived by a wife Rozetta Kawondera and parted with his dearest two children; Gamuchirai and the only beloved son Ryan who are based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Our committed and dedicated leader was an organic and pragmatic member of the national democratic revolution who worked tirelessly to mobilise and recruit social democrats in the district according to the Secretary General of KwaZulu-Natal District, George Mukudu. The man who shared with us this painful loss. The deceased shall be remembered by social democrats for his revolutionary trajectory and participatory democracy.
Mdc Alliance Namibia urges KwaZulu-Natal District and Pietermaritzburg Branch to offer the much needed solidarity to the deceased since there are no other close family around him. We would like to remind each other that solidarity is a core value in Social Democracy. Machinja anerudo must be around the bereaved providing the love and comfort that we learned from our late icon of Constitutional Democracy Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, may his dear soul rest in power.
Rest in power leader Reginald Mutumwa. Zororora murugare cde #ZanupfMustGo
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens convergence is the key to victory, the MDC Alliance has said.
In a statement, MDC Alliance Namibia emphasizes the need for unity among progessive forces as the Citizens Convergence Programme gathers momentum.
The Citizens Convergence initiative calls for unity among alternative voices in the country.Community leaders are also part of the Citizens Convergence Programme.
See statement below:
The power in the people is superior than people in power: Mdc Alliance Namibia calls for unity, cohesion and loyalty in the fight against poverty.
09 June 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia reiterates the dire need for Zimbabweans to come together beyond their varied life stations of life to win Zimbabwe for complete change under the #CitizensConvergenceForChange as part of our smart #Agenda2021. As a district, we are inspired by a gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its long time oppressors with the aid of digital technology specifically social media.
Wael Ghonim was a little-known, infamous , thirty-year-old Google executive in the summer of 2010 when he anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of one Egyptian man at the hands of the thugocratic security forces led by Mubarak. The page’s discipleship boomed instantly and transformed from online protests to a non-confrontational and democratic movement. On 25 January, 2011, Tahrir Square resounded with powerful clarion calls for the complete change of the totalitarian nature of governance. Yet just as the revolution commenced in earnest, Ghonim was captured and held hostage for 12 days of incarceration, torture and all sorts of brutal interrogation.
After he was released , he delivered a tearful melodramatic speech on national televison , and the protests escalated. Four days later, the authoritarian president of the Egypt was gone.
Mubarak was unseated during the tensest time of the revolution- Ghonim has become an iconic figure and a paragon of virtue in the Egyptian revolution. In 2020, those who are sympathetic to the Zimbabwean question also launched the #ZimbabweLivesMatter, a social media movement meant to protest against gross abuse of the basic human rights defenders and political activists especially those who belong to political behemoth (Mdc Alliance).
Ghonim’s astute revolutionary trajectory should inspire all social democrats in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora to claim a fair share of the national cake from Zanupf terrorists and looters who are using state apparatus as springboards for primitive accumulation of our national resources like gold which is being smuggled day and night.
The defeat of Mubarak is a clear reflection of his generation’s unanticipated involvement in their country’s political providence. It is now imperative for long purported, born-free and those who are suspected to be spoiled by Westernised brats, liberal middle class, labour unions, civic organizations, students unions and poverty-stricken peasants in Zimbabwe to converge and accomplish the unfinished business of the liberation struggle.
Moreover, in Social Science and politics , power is the capacity of an individual to influence the actions , beliefs, or conduct (behaviour) of others. The term authority is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate by social structure ,not to be confused with authoritarianism. This background explains the significant role of the downtrodden masses to actively participate in the socio-economic liberation policies of the country.
The people have the power to vote out political leaders in a Constitutional Democracy but what Zimbabweans need is a concerted effort from all right thinking citizens against artificial poverty manifesting in arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances and corruption.
We must converge to win Zimbabwe from a monocratic regime that has dismally failed to revamp the sinking titanic.
Furthermore, Mdc Alliance Namibia urgently and audibly calls for positive interdependence as an effective element of cooperative and collaborative efforts where members of a converged group share common social, political and economic goals concurring that the #CitizensConvergenceForChange is a double-edged sword that is beneficial both to an individual and the society as whole. Our victory against Zanupf shenanigans depends on the active participation of all members in the national democratic discourse. All poor and oppressed Zimbabweans must brace for dangerous freedom against peaceful slavery.
Social democrats should realise that by registering to vote, they will be fulfilling their civic duty to determine who should lead. Citizens must be reminded that defending the vote core formula in winning Zimbabwe for complete change.
In addition to the above political opinions, Social Transformers in Namibia encourage Positive Role Interdependence which obviously imparts a sense of ownership for each group by assigning an interconnected revolutionary role for each individual that is vital in completing the democratic struggle in the motherland.
We advocate for positive identity of democratic revolutionaries who are custodians of unity, intellectual coordination, cohesion , inspiration and loyalty by way of a shared identity in the citizens convergence for complete change through a mutual logo, slogan and name. This People’s Agenda will be led by none other than the astute leadership President Advocate Nelson Chamisa Wamba Dia Wamba.
In a nutshell, united stronger, divided weaker. Lets all brace for the #CitizensConvergenceForChange. #PeoplePower
DIGESTIVE HEALTH 3 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress When You Have IBS Managing stress and anxiety is key to managing your IBS symptoms.
Jordan M. Davidson By Jordan M. Davidson Medically Reviewed by Kareem Sassi, MD Last Updated: June 2, 2021 Medically Reviewed
woman meditating and exercising Exercise is a great stress reliever.
If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and you feel an urgent need to go every time your boss pings you, your mother-in-law texts, or your friends change plans at the last minute, it’s time to focus on the stress that could be triggering your symptoms. After all, IBS is a breakdown in the signals the brain sends to the gut and the gut sends back to the brain — and this bodily response can be caused by stress, according to the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD).
“Stress increases the hormone cortisol, and it can impact our digestive system,” says Megan Riehl, PsyD, a gastrointestinal psychologist at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.
“People with IBS have trouble down-regulating digestive distress. For example, a person with IBS may feel the digestive process with some gurgling or discomfort and that sets off stress signals and a fear that they will need the bathroom urgently.”
A study published in April 2021 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found that participants living with IBS who reported experiencing anxiety and stress were more likely to report more severe symptoms, cycle through more treatments, and say their symptoms negatively impacted their daily life than patients who did not report psychological distress.
“Behavioral treatments for IBS are needed as a complement to medicine to get patients over the finish line,” says Brennan Spiegel, MD a gastroenterologist and the director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. “Patients need to develop skills and train their brain to overcome the symptoms of IBS, and that means combating stress.”
So if you’re living with IBS, make sure you’re not neglecting to manage your stress levels, as they can significantly impact your gastrointestinal symptoms. Here are three ways to reduce IBS-related stress.
5 Exercises for IBS Symptom Relief The Ultimate Expert-Approved Diet Plan for a Happier, Less-Stressed You
Get Physical You don’t have to throw down loads of cash at a CrossFit box or jab-jab-cross until you’re sore at a boxing class. Moderate exercise like walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, and yoga are enough to reduce stress and improve IBS symptoms. A review published in December 2019 in Digestive Diseases and Sciences found that yoga and walking at a brisk pace were equally effective in improving IBS symptoms, and both were more effective than medicine alone.
“Exercise helps boost our endorphins and lower cortisol levels, which means we feel happier and less stressed,” says Dr. Riehl. “That’s when the brain and gut send much more favorable signals to each other.”
The American Psychological Association points out that an exercise habit increases levels of norepinephrine, a hormone and neurotransmitter that helps decrease stress. Exercise also trains the mind to cope with anxiety and panic.
Breathe Deeply Deep breathing is one of Riehl’s go-to techniques when teaching her patients to reduce stress.
“Stress makes for shallow, short breaths,” she says. “When we slow our breathing down, we kick-start the parasympathetic system that calms us down and gives a nice massage to the digestive organs. That reduces spasming and urgency.”
One technique she is particularly fond of is diaphragmatic breathing, which involves slow and deep breathing that affects the brain as well as the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems.
A study published in June 2017 in Frontiers in Psychology divided 40 people into two groups; one control group and one group who received training in diaphragmatic breathing. After eight weeks, the group who received breathing training had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and were less prone to negative emotions.
Gut-Directed Hypnosis Gastrointestinal psychologists have found that gut-directed hypnosis is extremely effective at reducing stress and improving IBS symptoms. In this technique, a trained therapist guides a patient into a focused state of awareness and deep relaxation. Through suggestions and imagery, gut-related hypnosis aims to calm the digestive tract and steer attention away from physical discomfort.
In a study published in the September 2016 issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 72 percent of participants found that their symptoms improved after they followed gut-directed hypnotherapy, and they maintained the improvement for at least six months.
“We need to standardize holistic treatments like gut-directed hypnosis that specifically target the communication of the gut-brain axis,” says Dr. Spiegel.
“When patients have failed everything else, they succeed at this as long as they’re open to trying it,” notes Riehl. “We can develop the skills to stop the brain from perseverating on GI-specific worries. For example, we can start to retrain the mind when someone is always imagining that they will have a bowel accident in public.
“It’s how we identify and think about IBS in our day-to-day life that can make [our symptoms] better or worse,” she adds.-
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A former Highlanders Football Club fringe player died during a social football match at Esilwane Youth Centre in Pumula suburb on Sunday.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed that Mbuso Mandiopera (35) of Pumula North died after chesting the ball.
Mandiopera was featuring for his side Santos against a Cowdray Park side when he chested the ball, knelt and died shortly afterwards on the soccer pitch. Said Inspector Ncube:
We are investigating a case of sudden death. We received a report that a 35-year-old male adult Mbuso Mandiopera of Pumula North died while playing social soccer at Esilwane Youth Centre on Sunday, June 6.
After controlling the ball with his chest, he knelt down while holding his chest, showing that he was in pain.
Play stopped and when they attended to him, he was moving his hands like a person with fits.
A report was made to the police (and) an ambulance was summoned and the crew confirmed Mandiopera’s death upon arrival.
His body was taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) for postmortem.
According to Chronicle, Mandiopera made his mark at Bosso as a key member of the Under-19 squad that had the likes of Patrick ‘Mboma’ Mpofu, Graham Ncube, Nhlanhla ‘Mookie’ Dube, Innocent Nyoni (former Black Mambas goalkeeper and midfielder), the late Sifiso Nketha, Obidiah Tarumbwa, Zephaniah Ngodzo, Marshall Machazane, Brighton Dube, Brighton Choto and Thomas Muketiwa, two decades ago.
The incident was not the first time when a football died during a social game in Zimbabwe.
In 2015, former Highlanders, Masvingo United and Njube Sundowns midfielder Maphias Webb collapsed and died during a social game at Bango grounds in Mpopoma suburb.- Chronicle
By A Correspondent-Local self-proclaimed prophets have said that they will be attending the late T.B Joshua’s burial in Nigeria.
Walter Magaya is one of the false prophets who said he will be at TB Joshua’s burial.
Magaya had earlier revealed that he was denied permission to travel to Nigeria last week.
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.
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.
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.
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 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. #SaveOurEducationZwpic.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.
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.
By A Correspondent- Nine people w 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 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.
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.”
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.
Flu season is starting in many parts of the world. How can you protect yourself from flu and COVID-19? How would you know if you have flu or COVID-19? What precautions should pregnant women take? WHO’s Dr Sylvie Briand explains in this episode of Science in 5.
Vismita: Hello and welcome to Science in 5, WHO’s conversations in science. I’m Vismita Gupta-Smith and today we are talking about flu and COVID-19. Our expert today is Dr. Sylvie Briand. Sylvie is the Director of WHO’s department of Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness. Welcome, Sylvie.
Sylvie: Hello, Vismita.
Vismita: Sylvie, flu season is starting in many parts of the world now. So, now people are worried about flu and COVID. How worried should people be? What are their risks?
Sylvie: I think we shouldn’t be worried. We should rather be prepared because for flu, we do have a vaccine, we do have antivirals and a set of measures that works for flu and can reduce the morbidity, I mean, the disease and the mortality, the deaths linked to influenza. So, what is good news as well is that, first, the measures that have been put in place for COVID, at least the individual measures such as a physical distancing, washing hands and avoid close contact, are working also for influenza viruses. And we have seen in the Southern hemisphere, they had their flu season recently, that those measures worked very well and the transmission of influenza was very low during the Southern hemisphere influence season. So, we cannot be certain that this will be the case for the Northern hemisphere in this fall and winter but we can hope for the best and hope really that influenza will be a mine this year.
Vismita: That’s really good advice. Don’t be worried, be prepared. But first, tell us how would we know if we have flu or COVID-19?
Sylvie: So, what is important for people to know is that those two virus can infect in the body and can produce similar symptoms. What is important is that people, when they see a certain severity sign, that they seek for medical advice. For instance, if they really feel a pain in the chest or difficulties to breathe, then they need to ask for medical advice. And especially people with underlying conditions such as cardiac disease or other respiratory chronic illness, asthma, or people with diabetes. So, those people should be more aware of the sign of severity and so they can ask for advice and help in due time. And one thing is interesting also is we are still learning on COVID-19 disease, but we have seen that certain symptoms are, especially in young adults, such as the change in or loss of smell or taste could be a sign that is more specific to COVID-19.
Vismita: Sylvie, pregnant women are often advised care regarding flu and they’re also more concerned about catching the flu. What is your advice to them regarding flu and COVID-19?
Sylvie: So, pregnant women, indeed, because they have a change in their immunity during pregnancy, they are more at risk to develop a severe form of influenza. And so, they need to be particularly cautious during the influenza season not to get infected. So, avoid places that are very crowded, put even extra measures in place such as washing hands very frequently and wearing a mask in places that are crowded, where they cannot physical distance. Basically, it’s the same advice that we provide for COVID-19. So, they just need to know that they might be more at risk for severe influenza disease. And, in some countries they are offered the flu vaccination. So, they can also see if this applies to them and they need to ask their physician or nurses what’s the advice for them during this particular period.
Vismita: Thank you, Sylvie. There you have it, Dr. Sylvie Briand’s advice: Don’t be worried, be prepared to take precautions to protect yourself from flu and COVID-19. That’s all we have in Science in 5 today. Until next time then. Stay safe, stay healthy and stick with science
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.
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.
Should women who are breastfeeding infants get vaccinated? How about women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant? Or women who are menstruating? Hello and welcome to Science in 5, I’m Vismita Gupta-Smith and we are going to get these answers for you from WHO’s Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan today. Welcome, Soumya.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Hello, Vismita.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Soumya, my first question to you is women who are breast feeding infants, what is the advice for them? Should they get vaccinated?
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Yes, the answer is yes. So, women who have given birth and who are breastfeeding their babies can take the vaccine, should take the vaccine when it becomes available to them. There is no risk at all because all the vaccines that are being used presently, none of them have the live virus in it. And so there’s no risk of transmission through the breast milk. In fact, the antibodies that the mother has can go through the breast milk to the baby and may only serve maybe to protect the baby a little bit. But there’s absolutely no harm. It’s very safe. And so women who are breastfeeding can definitely take the vaccines that are currently available.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Soumya, what about women who are pregnant or are planning to get pregnant?
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Yeah, that’s really important because pregnancy, of course, is a very special situation because we are concerned about the health of the mother, but also about the health of the foetus, the unborn child. And so any drug or vaccine that is administered during pregnancy, we always take special care to make sure that, you know, there is no potential safety concern or any adverse event. In the case of COVID, we know that pregnant women are at higher risk of getting severe COVID and also at higher risk of delivering a baby prematurely. So, in situations where there is a lot of COVID transmission in the country and a woman is exposed to it, or if she’s in a profession like a health care worker or a frontline worker where she’s at especially high risk of acquiring the infection, the benefits of getting the vaccine definitely outweigh the risks, particularly since the platforms that we used currently for vaccines are the mRNA platform, inactivated viruses or the viral vectored platforms or subunit proteins. None of them have a live virus that can multiply within the body and that could potentially create a problem. So, I think it’s important that pregnant women in every country be explained the benefits versus the risks and be offered the vaccine if they would like to take it. And it’s probably the right thing to do in many situations, as I said, where the pregnant woman is at higher risk of getting the infection and where the vaccines would bring more benefits.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Soumya, should women get vaccinated when they’re menstruating?
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
So, there is nothing scientifically to really come in the way of a menstruating woman taking the vaccine, apart from the fact that, you know, she may feel a bit tired, but if that’s the date on which you have a vaccine appointment and you happen to have your periods, there’s absolutely no problem in going ahead and getting the vaccine.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Soumya, we hear a lot of misinformation about vaccines and fertility and infertility. Could you please explain the science behind this?
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Yes, it’s a common myth. And I should start by saying that there is absolutely no scientific evidence or truth behind this concern that vaccines somehow interfere with fertility, either in men or in women, because what vaccines do is they stimulate an immune response against that particular protein or antigen of that virus or bacteria. So in this case, the COVID vaccine stimulates both antibody response and a cell mediated immune response against the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. So, there is no way in which they could interfere with the functioning of the reproductive organs in either men or women. So, I think people can rest assured that these vaccines in no way interfere with fertility.
Vismita Gupta-Smith
Thank you, Soumya. That was Dr. Soumya Swaminathan in Science in 5 today.
Selmor Mtukudzi’s social media posts at the weekend about the hardships faced by artists have rattled the ruling ZANU PF party.
Selmor, the heiress to the Tuku Music legacy, expressed her displeasure with the government’s apparent lack of care for struggling artists during the COVID-19-induced lockdown.
Selmor took to Twitter to express concern over Zimbabwean authorities’ silence while artistes are languishing in poverty.
The post came after her live shows dubbed Remembering Tuku held on May 29 and 30 in Johannesburg, South Africa, in honour of her late father and national hero, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. Selmor wrote:
This is the first time in the years I have been performing outside Zimbabwe that I have felt sad to be coming back home.
Please Mr President ED Mnangagwa, don’t let us artistes be destitute in our own land.
Let’s copy what South Africa is doing and allow us to work for our families.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the showbiz sector has remained closed, throwing most artists into abject poverty.
In a bid to stave off poverty, a number of local artistes have been flocking to South Africa for live performances.
ZANU PF director for information and publicity Tafadzwa Mugwadi felt Selmor was being disrespectful to Mnangagwa. He said:
We have taken note of concerns by music artistes who have registered their plea for a waiver in the arts sector to ensure they are cushioned in these COVID-19 measures. We will be engaging leaders about the issue of a waiver.
However, we opine that our colleagues in the arts sector must learn to engage with authorities and express themselves respectfully rather than through insults.
Football authorities set an example and signed themselves to strict conditions in light of this pandemic. Now they are on.
Hazvidi kutukana kusina maturo (we should not needlessly insult each other). This is a new dispensation.
The Music Associations and Arts Promoters in Zimbabwe recently met with Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire and deliberated on issues affecting them and the sector at large in the COVID-19 environment.
After the meeting, Machakaire gave assurances that he would forward their proposals to the relevant authorities, but is yet to give feedback.- NewsDay
Selmor Mtukudzi’s social media posts at the weekend about the hardships faced by artists have rattled the ruling ZANU PF party.
Selmor, the heiress to the Tuku Music legacy, expressed her displeasure with the government’s apparent lack of care for struggling artists during the COVID-19-induced lockdown.
Selmor took to Twitter to express concern over Zimbabwean authorities’ silence while artistes are languishing in poverty.
The post came after her live shows dubbed Remembering Tuku held on May 29 and 30 in Johannesburg, South Africa, in honour of her late father and national hero, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. Selmor wrote:
This is the first time in the years I have been performing outside Zimbabwe that I have felt sad to be coming back home.
Please Mr President ED Mnangagwa, don’t let us artistes be destitute in our own land.
Let’s copy what South Africa is doing and allow us to work for our families.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the showbiz sector has remained closed, throwing most artists into abject poverty.
In a bid to stave off poverty, a number of local artistes have been flocking to South Africa for live performances.
ZANU PF director for information and publicity Tafadzwa Mugwadi felt Selmor was being disrespectful to Mnangagwa. He said:
We have taken note of concerns by music artistes who have registered their plea for a waiver in the arts sector to ensure they are cushioned in these COVID-19 measures. We will be engaging leaders about the issue of a waiver.
However, we opine that our colleagues in the arts sector must learn to engage with authorities and express themselves respectfully rather than through insults.
Football authorities set an example and signed themselves to strict conditions in light of this pandemic. Now they are on.
Hazvidi kutukana kusina maturo (we should not needlessly insult each other). This is a new dispensation.
The Music Associations and Arts Promoters in Zimbabwe recently met with Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire and deliberated on issues affecting them and the sector at large in the COVID-19 environment.
After the meeting, Machakaire gave assurances that he would forward their proposals to the relevant authorities, but is yet to give feedback.- NewsDay
From 5pm UK time tonight, ZimEye begins to hear from complainants of the late Nigerian preacher, TB Joshua. This follows years of investigations by this news network which include the preacher’s own direct hand in stopping a police investigation on his mentee, Walter Magaya’s case involving a Zimbabwe woman, also sexually abused in 2016. The latter was a story investigated by ZimEye as well as the state owned Chronicle paper, which resulted in a successful lawsuit against Magaya who was aided by TB Joshua.
The program will be aired here on the ZimEye news website.
Zimbabwean striker Nyasha Mushekwi scored again for Zhejiang Greetown in their 4-1 demolition of Xinjiang Tianshan in the Chinese League One yesterday.
The big striker converted a first half penalty to thrust his side ahead, taking his tally for the season to eight in just 10 games.
As a result, Greentown are now top of the table in Group A, with 21 points.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
The president of Cameroon Football Association (Fecafoot) Seidou Mbombo Njoya has dismissed reports suggesting that the Afcon 2021 will no longer be held in January next year.
The rumours followed after the draw ceremony for the tournament and the World Cup qualifiers were postponed to later date due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Njoya cleared the air on the rumours, declaring that the competition will go on as scheduled in Cameroon.
He said on Twitter: “Our country will host the Afcon 2021 in January 2022. Fecafoot is committed to working alongside the Government to produce a football jamboree that will be the first of its kind in Africa as desired by Dr Patrice Motsepe.”
Zimbabwe are among the twenty-three teams that qualified for the competition set for January next year in Cameroon. The other place will be taken up by the winner in the postponed match between Benin or Sierra Leone.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
DIGESTIVE HEALTH 3 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress When You Have IBS Managing stress and anxiety is key to managing your IBS symptoms.
Jordan M. Davidson By Jordan M. Davidson Medically Reviewed by Kareem Sassi, MD Last Updated: June 2, 2021 Medically Reviewed
woman meditating and exercising Exercise is a great stress reliever.
If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and you feel an urgent need to go every time your boss pings you, your mother-in-law texts, or your friends change plans at the last minute, it’s time to focus on the stress that could be triggering your symptoms. After all, IBS is a breakdown in the signals the brain sends to the gut and the gut sends back to the brain — and this bodily response can be caused by stress, according to the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD).
“Stress increases the hormone cortisol, and it can impact our digestive system,” says Megan Riehl, PsyD, a gastrointestinal psychologist at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.
“People with IBS have trouble down-regulating digestive distress. For example, a person with IBS may feel the digestive process with some gurgling or discomfort and that sets off stress signals and a fear that they will need the bathroom urgently.”
A study published in April 2021 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found that participants living with IBS who reported experiencing anxiety and stress were more likely to report more severe symptoms, cycle through more treatments, and say their symptoms negatively impacted their daily life than patients who did not report psychological distress.
“Behavioral treatments for IBS are needed as a complement to medicine to get patients over the finish line,” says Brennan Spiegel, MD a gastroenterologist and the director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. “Patients need to develop skills and train their brain to overcome the symptoms of IBS, and that means combating stress.”
So if you’re living with IBS, make sure you’re not neglecting to manage your stress levels, as they can significantly impact your gastrointestinal symptoms. Here are three ways to reduce IBS-related stress.
5 Exercises for IBS Symptom Relief The Ultimate Expert-Approved Diet Plan for a Happier, Less-Stressed You
Get Physical You don’t have to throw down loads of cash at a CrossFit box or jab-jab-cross until you’re sore at a boxing class. Moderate exercise like walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, and yoga are enough to reduce stress and improve IBS symptoms. A review published in December 2019 in Digestive Diseases and Sciences found that yoga and walking at a brisk pace were equally effective in improving IBS symptoms, and both were more effective than medicine alone.
“Exercise helps boost our endorphins and lower cortisol levels, which means we feel happier and less stressed,” says Dr. Riehl. “That’s when the brain and gut send much more favorable signals to each other.”
The American Psychological Association points out that an exercise habit increases levels of norepinephrine, a hormone and neurotransmitter that helps decrease stress. Exercise also trains the mind to cope with anxiety and panic.
Breathe Deeply Deep breathing is one of Riehl’s go-to techniques when teaching her patients to reduce stress.
“Stress makes for shallow, short breaths,” she says. “When we slow our breathing down, we kick-start the parasympathetic system that calms us down and gives a nice massage to the digestive organs. That reduces spasming and urgency.”
One technique she is particularly fond of is diaphragmatic breathing, which involves slow and deep breathing that affects the brain as well as the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems.
A study published in June 2017 in Frontiers in Psychology divided 40 people into two groups; one control group and one group who received training in diaphragmatic breathing. After eight weeks, the group who received breathing training had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and were less prone to negative emotions.
Gut-Directed Hypnosis Gastrointestinal psychologists have found that gut-directed hypnosis is extremely effective at reducing stress and improving IBS symptoms. In this technique, a trained therapist guides a patient into a focused state of awareness and deep relaxation. Through suggestions and imagery, gut-related hypnosis aims to calm the digestive tract and steer attention away from physical discomfort.
In a study published in the September 2016 issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 72 percent of participants found that their symptoms improved after they followed gut-directed hypnotherapy, and they maintained the improvement for at least six months.
“We need to standardize holistic treatments like gut-directed hypnosis that specifically target the communication of the gut-brain axis,” says Dr. Spiegel.
“When patients have failed everything else, they succeed at this as long as they’re open to trying it,” notes Riehl. “We can develop the skills to stop the brain from perseverating on GI-specific worries. For example, we can start to retrain the mind when someone is always imagining that they will have a bowel accident in public.
“It’s how we identify and think about IBS in our day-to-day life that can make [our symptoms] better or worse,” she adds.-
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Below is the unedited appeal report by a concerned relative following a death of a mother of one, Alice Munanairi who passed on, on the 11th May 2021. The deceased is still to be buried as her pastor is refusing with the body (the clergywoman allegedly wants Alice buried in UK not Zimbabwe).
Contacted by ZimEye on Wednesday, her daughter, Tanaka declined commenting saying the matter will be kept confined to the family circle. Before the pastor had replied queries, scores of family members had however resorted to social media over the matter against the pastor, as others approached journalists for coverage.
It is alleged that the pastor is the one advising the daughter to defy her late mother’s wishes to be buried in Zimbabwe.
The daughter, Tanaka would not allow for the pastor to be immediately interviewed over the case, when asked on Wednesday morning.
– This is a developing story.
READERS NOTE: THIS ACCOUNT IS RAW AND UNEDITED
Goodmorning Fellow Citizens.
We have solved so many different issues on this platform and today I am here with a heavy heart because my family in middle of nowhere.
I believe in solving family issues behind closed doors but today semhuri tapererwa,I don’t air my family matters on social media but today I don’t have an option.
On the 11th of May my Aunt Alice Munanairi who was based in the UK was promoted to glory,when we received the news as a family takabatikana tikarwadziwa.Semhuri takagara pasi tikaisa musoro pamwe chete kuti tironge kuti Gogo Alice vauye kuzoradzikwa kuno kuZimbabwe sezvo hama dzavo dzese zhinji dzirikuno.
Gogo Alice vainamata kuchurch inonzi Masowe echishanu UK vakazobuda pakasplitter church vachienda kuchurch yamadzimai Mirriam popularly known as Bishop Mirriam (born Maina Tsoriyo ne Tarugarira).When Gogo Alice was promoted to glory on the 11th of May 2021.Mother Bishop Mirriam Maina Tsoriyo was consequently representing as the next of kin in all correspondences filed at Southend Hospital where gogo Alice was admitted.Gogo Alice had a daughter called Tanaka Mpanduki aged 26 who was absent in her mother’s life ,Tanaka was not aware of her mother’s sickness until the 7th of May 2021 when she was told.Family members here in Zimbabwe were notified on Sunday afternoon the 9th Of May later Alice Munanairi died on the 11 of May.We tried to call but noone managed to hear a word from her.
Mother Bishop Mirriam Maina Tsoriyo and Grace Simbanegavi (Gogo Alice’s Bestfriend) her right hand boldly challenged all family members and said they were burying Gogo Alice kuUK ,and hapana zvatinokwanisa kuvaita ,They also shunned all other family representatives that we had appointed there in the UK,Grace Simbanegavi even wrote a letter insulting everyone in the family from the late’s biological mother Gogo Munanairi and siblings.
Bishop Mirriam Maina Tsoriyo and Grace Simbanegavi are now coercing Tanaka Mpanduki (Alice’s daughter ) to refuse communication with anyone of the family members,So that they bury her mom without the consent of the relatives in Zimbabwe.Back here in Zimbabwe Alice Munanairis mother, Gogo Munanairi is seriously ill and upon receiving the death message and all these issues she is now mentally disturbed.
As a family we have tried to seek justice,but it didn’t work ,I even resorted to Aunty Jenny and Uncle Ged to help me semuzukuru to negotiate but zvakaramba. I spoke to Bishop Mirriam’s Sister but zvakaramba. We are seeking intervention as a family to have Alice body released into the custody of the appointed representatives as per the family agreement. Alice’s bank cards,car,investment pin numbers are with Bishop Mirriam Maina Tsoriyo. She also instructed one of her church members here in Zimbabwe Makhosini Hlongwani to sell Gogo Alice’s properties which was a house here in Zimbabwe 4467-75 close Budiriro 5,the house hasn’t been bought yet.
As a family we want Alice’s body to be repatriated back home ,so that we give a decent burial bcz hatina hama yakambovigwa kunze kwenyika.Gogo Alice had a Nyaradzo SIPS plan and I personally called Nyaradzo because Bishop Mirriam Maina Tsoriyo vairamba neFuneral Police Number . Nyaradzo confirmed the policy is there,Yesterday Tanaka called family members and said I am burying my mother tomorrow on Thursday..We had appointed Rabbie Munanairi ,Alice’s eldest sister to go the UK and sort out the issue only for Tanaka to call her mother’s brother saying ndiri kuviga mhamha mangwana.
I will be going live later in the day with Gogo Munanairi ,Alice’s mother’s and all other family members.
We need help as a family Tibatsireiwo, Alice Munanairi mwana we hanzvadzi yaGogo Ngarande vakabereka baba vangu; And when my dad died she was given gumbeze raamai vemunhu. Hausi hukama hweroad or kubatira zvinhu padenga.
Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens convergence is the key to victory, the MDC Alliance has said.
In a statement, MDC Alliance Namibia emphasizes the need for unity among progessive forces as the Citizens Convergence Programme gathers momentum.
The Citizens Convergence initiative calls for unity among alternative voices in the country.Community leaders are also part of the Citizens Convergence Programme.
See statement below:
The power in the people is superior than people in power: Mdc Alliance Namibia calls for unity, cohesion and loyalty in the fight against poverty.
09 June 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia reiterates the dire need for Zimbabweans to come together beyond their varied life stations of life to win Zimbabwe for complete change under the #CitizensConvergenceForChange as part of our smart #Agenda2021. As a district, we are inspired by a gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its long time oppressors with the aid of digital technology specifically social media.
Wael Ghonim was a little-known, infamous , thirty-year-old Google executive in the summer of 2010 when he anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of one Egyptian man at the hands of the thugocratic security forces led by Mubarak. The page’s discipleship boomed instantly and transformed from online protests to a non-confrontational and democratic movement. On 25 January, 2011, Tahrir Square resounded with powerful clarion calls for the complete change of the totalitarian nature of governance. Yet just as the revolution commenced in earnest, Ghonim was captured and held hostage for 12 days of incarceration, torture and all sorts of brutal interrogation.
After he was released , he delivered a tearful melodramatic speech on national televison , and the protests escalated. Four days later, the authoritarian president of the Egypt was gone.
Mubarak was unseated during the tensest time of the revolution- Ghonim has become an iconic figure and a paragon of virtue in the Egyptian revolution. In 2020, those who are sympathetic to the Zimbabwean question also launched the #ZimbabweLivesMatter, a social media movement meant to protest against gross abuse of the basic human rights defenders and political activists especially those who belong to political behemoth (Mdc Alliance).
Ghonim’s astute revolutionary trajectory should inspire all social democrats in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora to claim a fair share of the national cake from Zanupf terrorists and looters who are using state apparatus as springboards for primitive accumulation of our national resources like gold which is being smuggled day and night.
The defeat of Mubarak is a clear reflection of his generation’s unanticipated involvement in their country’s political providence. It is now imperative for long purported, born-free and those who are suspected to be spoiled by Westernised brats, liberal middle class, labour unions, civic organizations, students unions and poverty-stricken peasants in Zimbabwe to converge and accomplish the unfinished business of the liberation struggle.
Moreover, in Social Science and politics , power is the capacity of an individual to influence the actions , beliefs, or conduct (behaviour) of others. The term authority is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate by social structure ,not to be confused with authoritarianism. This background explains the significant role of the downtrodden masses to actively participate in the socio-economic liberation policies of the country.
The people have the power to vote out political leaders in a Constitutional Democracy but what Zimbabweans need is a concerted effort from all right thinking citizens against artificial poverty manifesting in arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances and corruption.
We must converge to win Zimbabwe from a monocratic regime that has dismally failed to revamp the sinking titanic.
Furthermore, Mdc Alliance Namibia urgently and audibly calls for positive interdependence as an effective element of cooperative and collaborative efforts where members of a converged group share common social, political and economic goals concurring that the #CitizensConvergenceForChange is a double-edged sword that is beneficial both to an individual and the society as whole. Our victory against Zanupf shenanigans depends on the active participation of all members in the national democratic discourse. All poor and oppressed Zimbabweans must brace for dangerous freedom against peaceful slavery.
Social democrats should realise that by registering to vote, they will be fulfilling their civic duty to determine who should lead. Citizens must be reminded that defending the vote core formula in winning Zimbabwe for complete change.
In addition to the above political opinions, Social Transformers in Namibia encourage Positive Role Interdependence which obviously imparts a sense of ownership for each group by assigning an interconnected revolutionary role for each individual that is vital in completing the democratic struggle in the motherland.
We advocate for positive identity of democratic revolutionaries who are custodians of unity, intellectual coordination, cohesion , inspiration and loyalty by way of a shared identity in the citizens convergence for complete change through a mutual logo, slogan and name. This People’s Agenda will be led by none other than the astute leadership President Advocate Nelson Chamisa Wamba Dia Wamba.
In a nutshell, united stronger, divided weaker. Lets all brace for the #CitizensConvergenceForChange. #PeoplePower
By Problem Masau| Traditional singer Luckson Chikutu popularly known as Manluckerz says artistes should adopt to the new normal and find ways to survive during these trying times of the pandemic.
Local musicians have not staged outdoor performances to the public in the last year making it difficult for most of them to survive.
Artistes have pleaded with the government to ease the lockdown which had seen gigs being banned.
However, the veteran singer Manluckerz who has been connecting with his fans at home and abroad through digital means said artistes should use their social media handles to stay relevant and in touch with their fans.
The Swedish based artiste said musicians should provide each other with a shoulder to lean on through collaborations.
“It is not easy for us to survive nowadays! As artists, we need to collaborate/cooperate and help one another in this struggle for survival. We should think of giving a way and open the doors for those who cannot get the access or afford to book of live streaming gigs. Artists should spread/share their work during pandemic through Facebook or YouTube,” he said.
While acknowledging that the Coronavirus outbreak has slowed his work a bit, Manluckerz has refused to let the pandemic ground him.
He has been one of the musicians who has constantly quenched fans’ thirsty through live streaming performances on Facebook and you tube.
The musician was the toast of fans on May 29 when he serenaded fans with a gig dubbed “Calming and Relaxing Night with Manluckerz”
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance KwaZulu-Natal District, Branch Treasurer of Pietermaritzburg, Reginald Mutumwa has died.
This was announced by the MDC Alliance Namibia…
See statement below:
08 June 2021
It is with deep sadness that we announce the untimely passing on of our diligent leader Reginald Mutumwa, the Mdc Alliance KwaZulu-Natal District, Branch Treasurer of Pietermaritzburg. Mdc Alliance Namibia expresses its sadness, disappointment and absolute sense of unspeakable loss to the bereaved Mutumwa family, KwaZulu-Natal District and Pietermaritzburg Branch not forgetting Mdc Alliance family as a whole. We wish to convey our heartfelt condolences.
Leader Reginald Mutumwa survived by a wife Rozetta Kawondera and parted with his dearest two children; Gamuchirai and the only beloved son Ryan who are based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Our committed and dedicated leader was an organic and pragmatic member of the national democratic revolution who worked tirelessly to mobilise and recruit social democrats in the district according to the Secretary General of KwaZulu-Natal District, George Mukudu. The man who shared with us this painful loss. The deceased shall be remembered by social democrats for his revolutionary trajectory and participatory democracy.
Mdc Alliance Namibia urges KwaZulu-Natal District and Pietermaritzburg Branch to offer the much needed solidarity to the deceased since there are no other close family around him. We would like to remind each other that solidarity is a core value in Social Democracy. Machinja anerudo must be around the bereaved providing the love and comfort that we learned from our late icon of Constitutional Democracy Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, may his dear soul rest in power.
Rest in power leader Reginald Mutumwa. Zororora murugare cde #ZanupfMustGo
DIGESTIVE HEALTH 3 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress When You Have IBS Managing stress and anxiety is key to managing your IBS symptoms.
Jordan M. Davidson By Jordan M. Davidson Medically Reviewed by Kareem Sassi, MD Last Updated: June 2, 2021 Medically Reviewed
woman meditating and exercising Exercise is a great stress reliever.
If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and you feel an urgent need to go every time your boss pings you, your mother-in-law texts, or your friends change plans at the last minute, it’s time to focus on the stress that could be triggering your symptoms. After all, IBS is a breakdown in the signals the brain sends to the gut and the gut sends back to the brain — and this bodily response can be caused by stress, according to the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD).
“Stress increases the hormone cortisol, and it can impact our digestive system,” says Megan Riehl, PsyD, a gastrointestinal psychologist at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.
“People with IBS have trouble down-regulating digestive distress. For example, a person with IBS may feel the digestive process with some gurgling or discomfort and that sets off stress signals and a fear that they will need the bathroom urgently.”
A study published in April 2021 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found that participants living with IBS who reported experiencing anxiety and stress were more likely to report more severe symptoms, cycle through more treatments, and say their symptoms negatively impacted their daily life than patients who did not report psychological distress.
“Behavioral treatments for IBS are needed as a complement to medicine to get patients over the finish line,” says Brennan Spiegel, MD a gastroenterologist and the director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. “Patients need to develop skills and train their brain to overcome the symptoms of IBS, and that means combating stress.”
So if you’re living with IBS, make sure you’re not neglecting to manage your stress levels, as they can significantly impact your gastrointestinal symptoms. Here are three ways to reduce IBS-related stress.
5 Exercises for IBS Symptom Relief The Ultimate Expert-Approved Diet Plan for a Happier, Less-Stressed You
Get Physical You don’t have to throw down loads of cash at a CrossFit box or jab-jab-cross until you’re sore at a boxing class. Moderate exercise like walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, and yoga are enough to reduce stress and improve IBS symptoms. A review published in December 2019 in Digestive Diseases and Sciences found that yoga and walking at a brisk pace were equally effective in improving IBS symptoms, and both were more effective than medicine alone.
“Exercise helps boost our endorphins and lower cortisol levels, which means we feel happier and less stressed,” says Dr. Riehl. “That’s when the brain and gut send much more favorable signals to each other.”
The American Psychological Association points out that an exercise habit increases levels of norepinephrine, a hormone and neurotransmitter that helps decrease stress. Exercise also trains the mind to cope with anxiety and panic.
Breathe Deeply Deep breathing is one of Riehl’s go-to techniques when teaching her patients to reduce stress.
“Stress makes for shallow, short breaths,” she says. “When we slow our breathing down, we kick-start the parasympathetic system that calms us down and gives a nice massage to the digestive organs. That reduces spasming and urgency.”
One technique she is particularly fond of is diaphragmatic breathing, which involves slow and deep breathing that affects the brain as well as the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems.
A study published in June 2017 in Frontiers in Psychology divided 40 people into two groups; one control group and one group who received training in diaphragmatic breathing. After eight weeks, the group who received breathing training had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and were less prone to negative emotions.
Gut-Directed Hypnosis Gastrointestinal psychologists have found that gut-directed hypnosis is extremely effective at reducing stress and improving IBS symptoms. In this technique, a trained therapist guides a patient into a focused state of awareness and deep relaxation. Through suggestions and imagery, gut-related hypnosis aims to calm the digestive tract and steer attention away from physical discomfort.
In a study published in the September 2016 issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 72 percent of participants found that their symptoms improved after they followed gut-directed hypnotherapy, and they maintained the improvement for at least six months.
“We need to standardize holistic treatments like gut-directed hypnosis that specifically target the communication of the gut-brain axis,” says Dr. Spiegel.
“When patients have failed everything else, they succeed at this as long as they’re open to trying it,” notes Riehl. “We can develop the skills to stop the brain from perseverating on GI-specific worries. For example, we can start to retrain the mind when someone is always imagining that they will have a bowel accident in public.
“It’s how we identify and think about IBS in our day-to-day life that can make [our symptoms] better or worse,” she adds.-
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Tinashe Sambiri|Citizens convergence is the key to victory, the MDC Alliance has said.
In a statement, MDC Alliance Namibia emphasizes the need for unity among progessive forces as the Citizens Convergence Programme gathers momentum.
The Citizens Convergence initiative calls for unity among alternative voices in the country.Community leaders are also part of the Citizens Convergence Programme.
See statement below:
The power in the people is superior than people in power: Mdc Alliance Namibia calls for unity, cohesion and loyalty in the fight against poverty.
09 June 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia reiterates the dire need for Zimbabweans to come together beyond their varied life stations of life to win Zimbabwe for complete change under the #CitizensConvergenceForChange as part of our smart #Agenda2021. As a district, we are inspired by a gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its long time oppressors with the aid of digital technology specifically social media.
Wael Ghonim was a little-known, infamous , thirty-year-old Google executive in the summer of 2010 when he anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of one Egyptian man at the hands of the thugocratic security forces led by Mubarak. The page’s discipleship boomed instantly and transformed from online protests to a non-confrontational and democratic movement. On 25 January, 2011, Tahrir Square resounded with powerful clarion calls for the complete change of the totalitarian nature of governance. Yet just as the revolution commenced in earnest, Ghonim was captured and held hostage for 12 days of incarceration, torture and all sorts of brutal interrogation.
After he was released , he delivered a tearful melodramatic speech on national televison , and the protests escalated. Four days later, the authoritarian president of the Egypt was gone.
Mubarak was unseated during the tensest time of the revolution- Ghonim has become an iconic figure and a paragon of virtue in the Egyptian revolution. In 2020, those who are sympathetic to the Zimbabwean question also launched the #ZimbabweLivesMatter, a social media movement meant to protest against gross abuse of the basic human rights defenders and political activists especially those who belong to political behemoth (Mdc Alliance).
Ghonim’s astute revolutionary trajectory should inspire all social democrats in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora to claim a fair share of the national cake from Zanupf terrorists and looters who are using state apparatus as springboards for primitive accumulation of our national resources like gold which is being smuggled day and night.
The defeat of Mubarak is a clear reflection of his generation’s unanticipated involvement in their country’s political providence. It is now imperative for long purported, born-free and those who are suspected to be spoiled by Westernised brats, liberal middle class, labour unions, civic organizations, students unions and poverty-stricken peasants in Zimbabwe to converge and accomplish the unfinished business of the liberation struggle.
Moreover, in Social Science and politics , power is the capacity of an individual to influence the actions , beliefs, or conduct (behaviour) of others. The term authority is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate by social structure ,not to be confused with authoritarianism. This background explains the significant role of the downtrodden masses to actively participate in the socio-economic liberation policies of the country.
The people have the power to vote out political leaders in a Constitutional Democracy but what Zimbabweans need is a concerted effort from all right thinking citizens against artificial poverty manifesting in arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances and corruption.
We must converge to win Zimbabwe from a monocratic regime that has dismally failed to revamp the sinking titanic.
Furthermore, Mdc Alliance Namibia urgently and audibly calls for positive interdependence as an effective element of cooperative and collaborative efforts where members of a converged group share common social, political and economic goals concurring that the #CitizensConvergenceForChange is a double-edged sword that is beneficial both to an individual and the society as whole. Our victory against Zanupf shenanigans depends on the active participation of all members in the national democratic discourse. All poor and oppressed Zimbabweans must brace for dangerous freedom against peaceful slavery.
Social democrats should realise that by registering to vote, they will be fulfilling their civic duty to determine who should lead. Citizens must be reminded that defending the vote core formula in winning Zimbabwe for complete change.
In addition to the above political opinions, Social Transformers in Namibia encourage Positive Role Interdependence which obviously imparts a sense of ownership for each group by assigning an interconnected revolutionary role for each individual that is vital in completing the democratic struggle in the motherland.
We advocate for positive identity of democratic revolutionaries who are custodians of unity, intellectual coordination, cohesion , inspiration and loyalty by way of a shared identity in the citizens convergence for complete change through a mutual logo, slogan and name. This People’s Agenda will be led by none other than the astute leadership President Advocate Nelson Chamisa Wamba Dia Wamba.
In a nutshell, united stronger, divided weaker. Lets all brace for the #CitizensConvergenceForChange. #PeoplePower
The MDC ALLIANCE Mashonaland East Province noted in a newspaper article dated 06 June 2021 where the Minister of Finance who totally does fit to be a public servant, he is claiming that Zimbabwe has a surplus budget of $9.8 billion and the government has continued efforts in ensuring stabilityand the restoration of market confidence, at a time if not all most civil servants are earning peanuts and low standards of living have been normalised.
Prices of basic commodities and services are beyond the reach of ordinary the majority. And Zimbabwe as a country is relying on handouts on everything imagine a whole president celebrating donations from the USA, UK and other nations on the cyclone idai which they behind the doors looted up today we still have victims of cyclone idai the rightful receptions of the celebrated donations are still living in sharks, covid 19 vaccines we are relying on donations too, we have been reduced to nothing a country whose 90% population is between the jobs, roads and hospitals have become death traps, schools turned into brothels then a ZANU PF appointee claims that r such an insane budget surplus has been recorded, inflation has been arrested.
It stipulates the level of dishonestness this man called Mtuli Ncube is,just as his party ZANU PF is as crooked as a dog’s hind leg. The same party that can not account for billions of dollars, the party that recently left jobless throughout the country.
At least Zimbabweans can see for themselves how evil and shameless ZANU PF leaders are worse more Mnangagwa. That’s why we as a party, we are urging people to register and vote for a people centred government in waiting, the MDC Alliance, come 2023 everyone must be counted.
Let us all speak with one voice against poverty,corruption,looting,slave wages, poor service delivery, selective application of the law, monopolistic evictions and ban on private commuters through deranged statutory instruments.
The police’s reluctance to arrest Zanu PF affiliated perpetrators of crime and human rights violations continued with one of the major cases being that of the assault of an MDC Alliance supporter by Zanu PF activists at Jairos Jiri Shopping Centre in Rimuka, Kadoma.
Zanu PF activists assaulted the victim because he had allegedly commented about the country’s economic meltdown.
The victim, who suffered a damaged ear drum during the assault, made a report to the police, but no arrests were made.
In addition to using harassment, intimidation and threats, suspected Zanu PF activists have also employed more brute methods and this month, an MDC Alliance Secretary in Mashonaland West, Tawanda Bvuma escaped an abduction attempt after two offroad vehicles blocked his car and he had to flee on foot.
The assailants are believed to be state agents working with the ruling Zanu PF to intimidate opposition activists ahead of the 2023 elections. Bvuma is one of the opposition activists from Banket who were abducted in October 2008 and spent weeks incommunicado detention before being handed to the police in December 2008.
In essence, two years before the election, the human rights violations are already escalating and this only proves that once again, the gun is in charge.
This month, we also focus on the social inequalities in the education sector and the general social gaps that have resulted in young people engaging in crime and drugs.
These inequalities and the resultant crime, drug abuse and problems in the education sector are on their own a human rights issue as they are a direct product of the government’s inability to honour its socio economic obligations.
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition notes with great concern the continued clampdown on livelihoods by the government.
Since June 7, 2021, the government has roped in the security services as part of an operation to destroy structures built by informal traders who are seeking to eke a living in a failed economy.
The operation has targeted the Harare Metropolitan province.
The operation is reminiscent of ‘Operation Murambatsvina’ of 2005 which was condemned by the United Nations. As a result of ‘Operation Murambatsvina’, an estimated 700 000 people were forcefully evicted from their homes and lost their livelihoods.
Zimbabwe’s economy is highly informalized (with an unemployment rate of over 90 percent) and factors leading to the continued free fall of the economy include failure to instill investor confidence, a legitimacy crisis on the part of the ruling party, Zanu PF, corruption, plunder of national resources by the political elite and illicit financial outflows among other vices.
It is unfortunate that the government would seek to clampdown on informal traders at a time they have apparently failed to revive the economy.
The Harare Provincial Development Coordinator, Tafadzwa Muguti has applauded the security services for ‘a successful operation’ in Harare Metropolitan province following the destruction of structures built by informal traders.
It is our firm view that the continued clampdown on livelihoods amounts to a serious crime against humanity.
Instead of formalizing informal trading, the government has chosen to clampdown on livelihoods at a time the majority of Zimbabweans are relying on informal trading for a living.
We call upon the government to prioritize the welfare of citizens and desist from clamping down on livelihoods.
Informal trading should not be seen as an act of defiance but rather, an act of desperation following the failure by the government to create employment opportunities for the jobless.
It is quite clear that the move to clampdown on livelihoods, as was the case with ‘Operation Murambatsvina’ is punishment to the urban electorate who have often voted against the ruling party in elections
When the government uses demolitions as a tool to punish the electorate, calls for the electorate to act likewise are justified.
We urge citizens to remain resolute in light of the insensitive nature of the government and we also applaud residents’ associations who have stood up against the clampdown on livelihoods in urban areas.
We also condemn in the strongest of terms, threats issued by the Harare Provincial Development Coordinator, Tafadzwa Muguti against residents’ associations resisting the demolitions.
Selmor Mtukudzi’s social media posts at the weekend about the hardships faced by artists have rattled the ruling ZANU PF party.
Selmor, the heiress to the Tuku Music legacy, expressed her displeasure with the government’s apparent lack of care for struggling artists during the COVID-19-induced lockdown.
Selmor took to Twitter to express concern over Zimbabwean authorities’ silence while artistes are languishing in poverty.
The post came after her live shows dubbed Remembering Tuku held on May 29 and 30 in Johannesburg, South Africa, in honour of her late father and national hero, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. Selmor wrote:
This is the first time in the years I have been performing outside Zimbabwe that I have felt sad to be coming back home.
Please Mr President ED Mnangagwa, don’t let us artistes be destitute in our own land.
Let’s copy what South Africa is doing and allow us to work for our families.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the showbiz sector has remained closed, throwing most artists into abject poverty.
In a bid to stave off poverty, a number of local artistes have been flocking to South Africa for live performances.
ZANU PF director for information and publicity Tafadzwa Mugwadi felt Selmor was being disrespectful to Mnangagwa. He said:
We have taken note of concerns by music artistes who have registered their plea for a waiver in the arts sector to ensure they are cushioned in these COVID-19 measures. We will be engaging leaders about the issue of a waiver.
However, we opine that our colleagues in the arts sector must learn to engage with authorities and express themselves respectfully rather than through insults.
Football authorities set an example and signed themselves to strict conditions in light of this pandemic. Now they are on.
Hazvidi kutukana kusina maturo (we should not needlessly insult each other). This is a new dispensation.
The Music Associations and Arts Promoters in Zimbabwe recently met with Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire and deliberated on issues affecting them and the sector at large in the COVID-19 environment.
After the meeting, Machakaire gave assurances that he would forward their proposals to the relevant authorities, but is yet to give feedback.- NewsDay
TERRENCE Manjengwa, an acquaintance of Zengeza West legislator Hon. Job Sikhala is having the proverbial “last laugh” after two Harare Magistrates recently set him free by removing him from remand on charges of disorderly conduct and dealing or possession of prohibited knives.
Manjengwa and Tanyaradzwa Ziwaira, who were represented by Webster Jiti of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), were arrested on 24 August 2020 at Harare Magistrates Court and charged with disorderly conduct as defined in section 41(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act while attending the court session for Hon Sikhala and were accused of singing a protest song denouncing the incarceration of the opposition party legislator.
In court, prosecutors claimed that Manjengwa and Ziwaira acted unlawfully by singing a song with the lyrics “siyanai naye Sikhala munomuvengerei” which if translated literally means “leave Sikhala alone” and uttering the words “Sikhala ngaabube” which if translated literally means “free Job Sikhala now”.
However, Harare Magistrate Tendai Muchini recently removed the two from remand after the State failed to avail witnesses for trial to commence.
Manjengwa has also been removed from remand on charges of dealing or possession of prohibited knives as defined in section 39 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Prosecutors had claimed that he had been searched on 24 August 2020 while at Harare Magistrates Court and found in possession of a knife.
But Harare Magistrate Charity Maunga set him free after a State witness, who is a police officer failed appear in court to testify against Manjengwa.
Recently, Harare Magistrate Barbara Mateko exonerated Manjengwa, Blessed Changara and Barnabas Gura, who are also acquaintances of Hon. Sikhala by quashing charges of breaching national lockdown regulations pressed against them last year.
Manjengwa, Changara and Gura, who all reside in Harare were arrested on 3 September 2020 outside Harare Magistrates Court while following proceedings for Hon. Sikhala, who had been arrested and detained on charges of inciting public violence by urging people to participate during the 31 July 2020 protests.
The trio was charged with unnecessary movement during the national lockdown as defined in section 4(1)(a) of the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) Order Statutory Instrument 77/2020.
But on Wednesday 2 June 2021, Magistrate Mateko upheld the trio’s application for exception and quashed the charge of violating national lockdown regulations.
Manjengwa, Changara and Gura, who are represented by Kossam Ncube of ZLHR, return to court on Friday 25 June 2021, where their trial on charges of possession of offensive weapons at a public gathering as defined in section 43(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act emanating from their arrest on 3 September 2020 is scheduled to commence.
By A Correspondent- A Guruve man is on the run after poisoning his girlfriend’s well and bucket of maize-meal after she greeted her ex-boyfriend.
Seven family members – five minors and two adults- ate the meal prepared by the poisoned mealie-meal and fortunately, survived.
Mashonaland Central Province police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Ndliwayo confirmed the incident, which happened in Ng’andu village under Chief Bepura in Guruve.
The complainant is Ms Nyarai Simbadaka (31) of Makumbe village in Guruve and the accused is her boyfriend, Tawanda Kupara.
Asst Insp Ndliwayo said on May 28 at around 7am, the couple was at Simbadaka’s homestead when her ex-boyfriend passed-by and she greeted him.
“This did not go down well with Kupara who threatened to kill his girlfriend. He went away and returned at around 5pm holding temic poison which he threatened to use to kill the complainant within three days,” said Ass Insp Ndliwayo.
“The following day at around 6am, one of complainant’s family members, Fungai Zhakata went to fetch water in a shallow well and she smelled poison. She alerted Simbadaka, who emptied the well.
“On May 30, she went to sell sugarcane at Chigonera village leaving her homestead unattended. When she returned, she saw locks broken but nothing was stolen and she did not take it seriously. She prepared sadza and vegetables which she ate with all her family members.
“They vomited afterwards and experienced severe stomach pain. They discovered granules of rat poison in the bucket of mealie-meal and they went to Nyamhondoro Clinic.”
A report was then made to the police and the 10kg mealie-meal with suspected rat poison was taken to the police.
Asst Insp Ndliwayo said the police failed to locate Kupara and they are appealing to anyone with information that can lead to his arrest to come forward.
“As police we strongly condemn the barbaric behaviour shown by the accused. Killing people is not the solution to problems; we encourage people to dialogue peacefully,” he said.
By A Correspondent- 72 year old *Gratious Bhema* fainted when she was told that her 14 year old grand daughter was pregnant.
The minor was in her custody.
Making matters worse was that her son’s daughter had been raped by her daughter’s 23 year old son.
She did not know what to do when she woke up hours later. Thanks to technology, she shared her woes on the family whatsapp group and within minutes, there were over a 100 replies.
The development divided the family.
The perpetrator was family and so was the victim
While others called for an urgent family meeting to map the way forward, others urged those on the ground to urgently make a police report as the matter was no longer within the family’s jurisdiction..
Hours of deliberations translated into days but still there was no consensus on the way forward.
A police report was made by a few of the relatives without the knowledge of the rest of the family and the matter is yet to be heard at Rusape magistrates court.
Delayed Justice
Such is the dilemma that violated minors face at the hands of their guardians where social norms and values hinder and delay justice.
The minor’s rape case is not only a breach of the basic fundamental rights of the child, but failure for those responsible for her welfare to report such cases to the police are perpetrating the abuse and lack of justice.
Under Zimbabwean law, if a girl or boy is below 16 consents to engage in the sexual act, the other person is still guilty of the separate crime of statutory rape and it is no defence to this offence that the girl or boy consented.
The maximum sentence for statutory rape is imprisonment for up to 10 years.
Under traditional and customary law, a sexual relationship between close relatives is also punishable as it falls into the category of incest.
Article 34 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child confirm that the government should protect children from sexual exploitation (being taken advantage of) and sexual abuse, including by people forcing children to have sex for money, or making sexual pictures or films of them.
It states that “all children have all these rights, no matter who they are, where they live, what language they speak, what their religion is, what they think or what they look like.”
It says the rights also exist regardless of their gender, disability, rich or poor, and no matter who their parents or families are or what their parents or families believe or do.
The Convention states that “no child should be treated unfairly for any reason and it recognises that parents are the main people responsible for bringing up a child.
“When the child does not have any parents, another adult will have this responsibility and they are called a “guardian”.
However, parents and guardians should always consider what is best for that child with the assistance of the governments.
Speak Out When Rape Happens
Addressing delegates at the International Women’s Day commemorations event in Bindura, the Women’s Action Group (WAG) Executive Director, Edinah Masiyiwa is on record saying women and girls who fall pregnant after rape have a right to access safe abortion services as well as post abortal services from health institutions.
“Children should be allowed to be children, let them grow up and pursue their dreams. Looking at Sexual Gender Based Violence, minor girls and women are being raped and we are not saying anything about it. Let’s speak up and speak out when rape happens.
“Looking at Zimbabwe’s Termination of Pregnancy Act (TOP), it allows termination of pregnancy if the pregnancy is as a result of rape. We are encouraging women and girls to go to health facilities and get assistance in the event that they are sexually abused because it is allowed by law.”
Social commentator Grace Dziva adds that the girl child must be protected at all costs and families must ensure that their best interests come first.
“There is need to do away with harmful cultural practices that deprive the girl child their basic fundamental rights because child sexual abuse has completely devastating effects.
Victims often feel significant distress and display a wide range of psychological symptoms, both short- and long-term some of which include feelings of powerlessness, shame, and distrust.”
She added that abuse may disrupt victims’ development and can result in HIV infection and other medical problems.
Health Risks
Gynaecologists note that when young girls are impregnated, they are prone to health risks arising from early pregnancy.
The World Health Organisation reported that approximately 12 million girls aged 15–19 years and at least 777,000 girls under 15 years give birth each year in developing regions while at least 10 million unintended pregnancies occur each year among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in the developing world.
Says the WHO:
“Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15–19-year-old girls globally.
Of the estimated 5.6 million abortions that occur each year among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years, 3.9 million are unsafe, contributing to maternal mortality, morbidity and lasting health problems.
Adolescent mothers (ages 10–19 years) face higher risks of eclampsia, puerperal endometritis, and systemic infections than women aged 20 to 24 years, and babies of adolescent mothers face higher risks of low birth weight, preterm delivery and severe neonatal conditions.”
Eclampsia refers to a serious condition where high blood pressure results in seizures or coma in a pregnant woman with preeclampsia. These seizures are not related to an existing brain condition.
Seizures are periods of disturbed brain activity that can cause episodes of staring, decreased alertness, and convulsions (violent shaking).
By A Correspondent- Underfire Chief Justice (CJ) Luke Malaba has reportedly ordered an investigation into circumstances leading to a private meeting between Judicial Service Commission (JSC) head of secretariat Walter Chikwana and Supreme Court judge, Justice Webster Chinamhora ahead of a hearing that could impact his stay at the apex of the Judiciary.
Justice Chinamhora recused himself from the three-judge panel before it heard an application seeking the arrest of Malaba for defying a High Court ruling that he was no longer CJ.
Critics say the meeting between Justice Chinamhora and Chikwana was meant to put pressure on the judges ahead of the hearing, potentially compromising the judges.
Defence lawyers felt that his recusal compromised Malaba’s case. The remaining two Justices Amy Tsanga and Sylvia ChirawuMugomba heard the case and reserved judgment to this week.
Top human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa on Monday demanded a probe into Chikwana’s conduct, but in response Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza indicated that Malaba had already ordered a similar probe.
“Thank you for the letter of June 4, 2021, concerning the above-captioned matter and whose contents have been noted. Kindly note, however, that the letter erroneously refers to me as “The chairperson – Acting Chief Justice,” Gwaunza wrote in part.
“On the instructions of the honourable Chief Justice L Malaba, please be advised that the JSC has commenced investigations into the matter concerning the meeting you referred to, as well as the concerned judges’ recusal from the case in question. This is being done in accordance with the relevant regulations and procedures. Kindly also note that the issue of the JSC secretary Mr Chikwana, deposing to affidavits on behalf of the JSC in various litigation, is currently the subject of an appeal before the Supreme Court.”
In her letter on Monday, Mtetwa said the allegations that Chikwana met Chinamhora prior to the court sitting raised questions about the independence of the Judiciary.
By A Correspondent- A 45 year old Bindura man was trapped to death in a 15 metre deep mine shaft while illegally prospecting for gold on Saturday.
Mashonaland Central Police Spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe told a local publication that Bigboy Vengesai of Makusha area died on the spot at Kitsi Yatota.
“He was panning for gold in a shaft which is approximately 15m deep when a massive lump of soil fell on him.
Other illegal panners escaped unhurt and Pachanewe Mwiwe (49) the deceased’s wife made a report at Bindura Central,” he said.
Members of the public are urged to respect the country’s laws and formalise their mining operations in order to work in safe environments.
By A Correspondent- Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has been placed on special leave to enable him “to attend to allegations and investigations concerning contracts between the Department of Health and a service provider, Digital Vibes”, the Presidency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will act in his place, according to the statement.
Mkhize told journalists, a short while earlier, that he had discussed with President Cyril Ramaphosa the possibility of taking special leave, but added that resignation was not on the table.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is currently investigating the R150 million contract, which an internal probe in the department found was irregularly awarded.
Digital Vibes is run by two of Mkhize’s close associates – and the Daily Maverick reported that the company had made payments for repairs to a house owned by a trust in Mkhize’s name.
There was also a cash payment from Digital Vibes to his son, Dedani, as well as a car bought in his name.
Mkhize said work had started to recover R37 million of that money, which was found to have been fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
Mkhize also apologised, saying “it has affected me, and my family, and tainted the teamwork of our government led by the president” on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Although he said he had received legal advice not to talk about the details of the matter – and therefore did not attend a meeting of Parliament’s portfolio committee on health on Friday – he is set to appear before the ANC’s integrity commission soon.
Commission head George Mashamba confirmed he had received a letter from Mkhize, in which he requested an audience with the commission, which meets every Saturday.
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said the party’s national working committee, at its meeting on Monday, “welcomed” Mkhize’s decision to present himself to the integrity commission.
The party resolved at its 2017 conference at Nasrec that leaders, who are under a cloud, should subject themselves to the commission.
Social media users have reacted to a report of a Pretoria woman who allegedly gave birth to 10 children, offering to throw a “national baby shower”.
The Pretoria News reported on Tuesday that Gosiame Thamara Sithole gave birth to the children at an unnamed Pretoria hospital, breaking a world record.
The publication claimed it interviewed the couple at their Tembisa home last month, but delayed publishing the interview “at the request of the couple for safety and cultural reasons”.
“It is seven boys and three girls. She was seven months and seven days preg_nant. I am happy. I am emotional. I can’t talk much. Let’s talk again in the morning please,” the woman’s husband, Teboho Tsotetsi, was quoted as saying.
However the director-general of government communications Phumla Williams said government could not verify the report
“The posts attribute the birth of the babies to Gosiame Thamara Sithole from Gauteng. Government has been unable to verify the authenticity of this birth at our facilities. We need to verify this story and provide assistance where needed,” said Williams.
Social media was in a celebratory mood and flooded Twitter with ideas for a “national baby shower” to provide support for the couple.
After Lucky Star offered the couple a year’s supply of pilchards, social media users called on other brands to also help.
Here’s a years supply of @LuckyStarSA Pilchards to help bring some omega power into your growing family. Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/r06wtWdiS6 — Lucky Star (@LuckyStarSA) June 8, 2021
By A Correspondent- Tempers flared yesterday during the Independent Complaints Commission Bill public consultations in Bulawayo after residents accused the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs chairperson retired Brigadier-General Levy Mayihlome of intimidating participants.
The commotion resulted in the premature ending of the consultations.
Mayihlome lamented failure by participants to co-operate, adding that he had no choice except to end the meeting.
“It does not help us to be making noise, we just want to have a meeting and go to other places to talk to those who want to listen to us,” he said much to the displeasure of the participants.
One of the participants shouted that soldiers, in reference to Mayihlome, should be barred from conducting the consultations.
“Soldiers and brigadiers should be barred from these committees. The way they conduct and run these meetings is military-like and is meant to intimidate us,” said the unidentified participant.
“How do we even feel safe to report to these committees? They should not be allowed in these seating’s,” he said.
Earlier on, when asked why parliamentarians had no sign language interpreters, Mayihlome said they did not have such people and he was not the owner of Parliament, prompting a barrage of attacks from the floor.
Another participant, who only identified herself as Busi, said they were not comfortable seeing soldiers roaming the streets in the city as if there is a war.
“Soldiers should not be seen in public places. We grew up not seeing them and it should be like that,” she said.
“We no longer feel safe in our country, we are now foreigners. Parliament should also not be a place to retire for soldiers.
“We are tired of seeing 80-yearolds, retired people falling sleep in Parliament,” she said.
Social Justice Ambassador Yollanda Millin said President Emmerson Mnangagwa should not be given power to interfere with commissions.
“The Act shall be administered by the President (Emmerson Mnangagwa ) unless he assigns a minister, he shall appoint a chairperson.
“The President shall appoint two people in a given list, meaning the President is being given so much power,” said Millin.
“If it is an independent commission, let it be independent. Let it be something for the people, by the people. If you look at the clemency order of 2 000, clemency order of 2008, these allowed the President to pardon as per the Constitution, but he pardoned perpetrators of gross human rights violations.”
She said these violators were mostly members of the security services.
“We are talking of murder, torture, and gross inhuman violation of rights which were a direct violation of the Constitution.
“Let the independent commission be independent. Let us not treat it at par with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc). Zacc can be appointed by the President because it has nothing to do with independence,” said Millin.
Another participant Tatenda Gumbura said the commission should ensure that there is gender equality in every way possible.
Elliot Kupfuma said the Bill should be presented in the 16 official languages. Residents said the commission should be given powers to arrest perpetrators and that the Bill should be able to deal with crimes dating back to the Chimurenga and Gukurahundi eras.
By Nomusa Garikai- Two MDC activists, Tungamirai Madzokere and Last Maengahama, have just been freed after spending eight years in prison on a murder charge of a Police Officer. The two were not saving a jail sentence because they were never convicted of the crime, at least not of the murder.
In Zimbabwe, being a political activist opposed to the Zanu PF regime is a serious crime for which many have been charged and punished and even summarily executed! This case was one such case.
“They beat him up to such an extent that they fractured a bone on his arm,” argued Beatrice Mtetwa, a human rights lawyer. When the Police arrest Madzokere they assaulted him and broke his wrist – assault a common occurrence.
“The court ordered that there be an investigation on that, but we all know that nothing came out of those investigations. We know that not even a single sentence was written by the trial judge to deal with that.
“The time that these political activists spent in custody is a time that was unnecessary.
“The trial judge refused them bail on the basis that they had a strong case as the state had eye-witnesses, but during trial, the eyewitnesses disappeared and the Inspector who had been claiming that they had eye-witnesses started talking about informers who had no names, no identities and were never called.
“So, it’s obvious that there never were any eye-witnesses in the first instance.”
She had her crosswire on the individual Police Officer whom she wanted to be sued in their own individual capacity.
“Why should he (Police Officer) not be personally liable for lying in court for whatever personal reasons if he was put up to it, let him then go and claim those damages from those other people…”
Eight years in jail for a crime you never committed!
The real reason the two MDC activists were locked up is because they had dared to exercise their right to think freely and to demand a meaningful say in the governance of the country. As far as Zanu PF is concerned anyone who does that is a Ventriloquist Dummy vocalising the regime change agenda of their foreign masters. They are guilty of high treason and of all trumped up charges brought up against them to facilitate the arrest and punishment!
Political activists and critics of the Zanu PF regime are criminals, period. The Zanu PF ruling elite are the highest court in the land and their judgement is final; there is no appeal!
Former Police Commissioner, Augustine Chihuru’s PhD thesis was on the challenges of policing in a country awash with regime change criminals. His orders to his men and women were clear, they must harass, beat and even kill these regime change puppets at every turn.
Suing the individual Police Officer for what we all acknowledge is institutionalised rot in the Police, judiciary and in every facet of Zimbabwe society is better than doing nothing, I would readily admit that. Will it change anything? Not really, particularly when the captured judiciary will kick most of such lawsuits into the prickly pear thicket to rot.
Suing the individual Police Officer will make as much difference as a child emptying the sea into the pit scooped in the sand! The solution to Zanu PF misrule is simple but not that simple!
There have been many, many golden opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship and we, the people of Zimbabwe, have wasted them. One such golden opportunity was during the 2008 to 2013 GNU when MDC leaders had the opportunity to implement the democratic reforms that would have freed the Police to do their work without fear or favour. Of course, MDC leaders sold-out but where was civic society in all this? Why did we all say nothing?
I think suing the individual MDC leaders for selling out during GNU on the court of public opinion would go a long way to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. For one thing, it will shed the light on what the GNU was about and, most important of all, why Zimbabweans must stop following these corrupt, incompetent and sell-out MDC leaders blindly like sheep to the slaughter!
Right now, the country is being stampeded into yet another utterly pointless 2023 elections. It is a well-documented fact that Zanu PF rigged the 2018 elections and that by participating Zimbabweans gave the vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy. Nothing, absolutely nothing, has been done to stop Zanu PF rigging the coming elections. And the corrupt, incompetent and sell-out opposition opportunists are the ones leading the stampede on the false promise they will win the rigged elections!
One feels sorry for the ordinary people who are helpless to put an end to this madness of rigged elections. The rural voters especially have been reduced into nothing short of medieval serfs beholden to the overbearing Zanu PF thugs, they will be corralled to attend party rallies, to vote and thus once again give legitimacy to the vote rigging Zanu PF.
Zanu PF has already rigged the 2023 elections. The party has, once again, denied the 3 million or so Zimbabweans in the diaspora the vote for example. 5 million voted in the July 2018 elections. How can an election in which 3 out of 8 are summarily denied the vote be anything but a farce! Why are we, as a society, tolerating such nonsense?
The root cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and political paralysis; we are stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and murderous ruling party and an equally corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless opposition as the alternative; is decades of bad governance.
Bad governance is, per se, a man-made problem and therefore within our power as the citizens to solve. So far Zimbabweans have been as helpless as child in stopping the rot in our country. All they need is to be educated on what their rights are and how to hold those in positions of power and authority to account.
Suing the individual Police Officer for zealous lawlessness will not empty the sea of Zanu PF injustice. Sue the regime for denying 3 million Zimbabweans the vote, for failing to produce a verified voters’ roll, etc., etc. and you will end the curse of rigged elections and deliver a sea change of freedom, justice and hope in Zimbabwe!
By A Correspondent- Trade unions yesterday blasted the move by Harare and Chitungwiza councils to demolish structures used by informal traders to sell their wares, saying it was going to severely affect their livelihoods.
Zimbabwe has been adjudged to be operating a 65% informal economy, with women constituting the bigger number of informal traders.
On Monday, the Harare City Council and Chitungwiza Council in a joint operation with the Zimbabwe Republic Police razed down informal traders’ structures saying they were disturbing flow of traffic.
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary-general Japhet Moyo (pictured) said his union was against the demolitions.
“At the moment we are in discussions with the government on strategies to formalise the informal economy. Government should have allowed this process to be completed so that we turn this informality into real small business enterprises,” he said.
Moyo added that even if they were viewed as illegal structures, it was important for authorities to note that they were responsible for their existence due to failure to run the economy.
“Government through the Small-to-Medium Enterprises ministry promotes this informal economy and encourages lawlessness when they want votes and once they have the votes they no longer want the same constituency. There are many causes of informality besides political patronage.”
Moyo said the majority of citizens in the country were surviving through informal trade, adding that government should have courted partners to assist the informal traders with proper structures.
“The International Labour Organisation has contracted a consultant to work with social partners on strategies to formalise the informal economy. Most countries in the world with poor economic planning policies have similar illegal settlements and these are not in urban areas only, these so-called illegal activities are found in mining, farming and the entire country is dominated by so many unco-ordinated economic activities.”
Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy secretary-general Wisborn Malaya said: “The council should have set up legal structures first before resorting to demolitions. Most people resort to vending because there are no jobs in the industry and they use the money they get from vending to pay council skills.
By A Correspondent- The disputed Zanu-PF district coordinating committee (DCC) election held in Gwanda last year have divided the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
In December last year, Gwanda South legislator Abednico Ncube called for a re-run of the disputed DCC polls after several ruling party members failed to vote in the internal polls due to logistical challenges.
Ncube, who is also a Zanu-PF politburo member, argued that the outcome of the DCC elections were not a true reflection of the wishes of party members in Gwanda.
Six months after the election, Southern Eye is reliably informed that factionalism is rearing its ugly head and has disabled mobilisation of voters ahead of the 2023 elections.
Zanu-PF won all the 13 legislative seats in the province during the 2018 elections.
“Feuding factions have been pulling in different directions since the DCC polls. At the same time, there is spirited effort by some people in the DCC to undermine those that won in the December DCC polls; undermining even legislators in their constituencies,” a party insider told Southern Eye.
However, Omphile Marupi, the Gwanda Zanu-PF DCC spokesperson brushed aside the factionalism claims.
“The claims are not a true reflection of the whole Zanu-PF Gwanda district. Those making factionalism claims are out to achieve something. They are misinformed,” Marupi said.
In the 2018 Zanu-PF primary election, Marupi defeated Ncube.
However, his victory was reversed in favour of Ncube, who went on to represent Zanu-PF in Gwanda South.
Chaos then rocked Zanu-PF’s DCC elections countrywide as contestants accused each other of rigging. The DCCs were disbanded in 2012 but were resuscitated last year as a means to consolidate structures and boost the party’s support base.
