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By A Correspondent- A Zanu Pf youth was captured live on camera thretening violence against opposition supporter.

In the below video, the youth is heard denouncing opposition leader Nelson Chamisa before threatening violence on opposition stalwarts .

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By A Correspondent- South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday dispatched International Relations minister Naledi Pandor to hand over tonnes of maize meal and other donations to his Zimbabwean counterpart President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Pandor, a vocal critic of Zimbabwe’s human rights abuses, handed over the consignment at State House in Harare.

“On behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa, the government and the people of the Republic of South Africa, we are here today to hand over the support to the Republic of Zimbabwe as pledged by the Republic of South Africa,” she said.

“With the good rainy season in our region after the devastating droughts of El Nino, we have tapped into our land, and it has produced enough grains to allow us to share. The cost of our pledge was R50 million and from that amount, we were able to secure 450 000 bags of 12,5kg of maize meal.

“South Africa will be responsible for the transportation costs to Harare and for further delivery and distribution to the identified 12 districts.”

Pandor described Zimbabwe as “a friend who sticks with us through raging storms”.

“Zimbabwe has been that friend that stood with us as we braved through the storms of colonialism and apartheid. As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

“While we are hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, we do not forget that natural disasters remain cyclic pandemics, affecting millions of people across the world, for decades. They have killed scores of people, displaced people and deprived them of livelihoods and dignity. They continue to create vulnerable communities, in which people are robbed of their human rights to access food, healthcare, adequate water, housing, educational and recreational facilities.”

Pandor said natural disasters called for government, business and civil society to come together to rebuild the affected communities.

In a related development, president Mnangagwa on Saturday handed over cars to traditional chiefs.

The brand new Isuzu double-cab trucks were handed over to traditional chiefs, after doing the same in the run-up to the 2018 elections.

Zimbabwe has 286 chiefs, and the new vehicles come as ZANU PF has roped in the traditional leaders to mobilise support ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Speaking during the handover ceremony, President Mnangagwa implored the Chiefs to put the cars to good use adding that government will fulfil its promise to upgrade the status quo of traditional leaders.

He said:

We will stand by our pledge to ensure chiefs get access to electricity, water, good roads and vehicles every five years.

This I hope will enable you to execute your duties of uniting people, instilling and preserving our cultural values.

We want chiefs to exercise their duties by following up on those in rural area and towns who are troublesome and put them to order then I will rest assured of leading the united and peaceful nation.

This comes at a time when the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) faces an acute shortage of vehicles and hospitals across the country do not have enough ambulances.

Traditional leaders are supposed to play pivotal roles in communities as the custodians of cultural values, facilitating development and resolving disputes using traditional ways of conflict resolution but they have increasingly been abused by ZANU PF to commandeer their subjects to vote for the ruling party during elections.

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By A Correspondent- Radiation therapy machines have broken down at Bulawayo’s Mpilo Central Hospital, imperilling the lives of over 100 cancer patients on a waiting list for treatment.

Mpilo is one of only two medical facilities in the country that treat cancer patients – the other is Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare, 450km away.

The hospital has two linear accelerators and a third machine for cervical cancer. One of the two linear accelerators which direct high-energy beams of radiation into a patient’s body to kill cancer cells has been out of service for months, and the other packed up on May 6, just over a month after it was repaired, patients told ZimLive.

One patient said: “Life in Zimbabwe is tough. It’s been two weeks and we’re being turned away because the machine is not working properly. My radiation sessions have been disrupted by exactly seven days.”

The patient said after enquiring if he could be transferred to Parirenyatwa, he was told he would need to start his 25-day treatment all over again “as radiation is supposed to be a continuous process.”

He added: “I fear for my life and that of a friend I met at Mpilo who is in a critical situation. The ministry of health should help us.”

Acting Mpilo Hospital CEO Professor Solwayo Ngwenya confirmed their machines had broken down.

In an emailed response to ZimLive, Prof Ngwenya said: “Please note that the machines are very sensitive and they break down constantly. This also happens to machines in Harare and we have treated patients from there when their machines break down.

“The government is working very hard to fix the latest problems. This time it is not the issue of the physicist.”

Previously when Mpilo’s cancer machines were working, the hospital had no physicist to carry out the treatment until one was seconded from Harare. Mpilo’s last two physicists had left for the United Kingdom.

Ngwenya said Zimbabwe currently had no engineers who can fix the machines.

“When they break down, we have to fly in engineers from South Africa, and that requires foreign currency which we don’t have. Whenever there are power outages and such other disturbances, the risk of breakdown increases exponentially,” Ngwenya explained.

He said they relied on the health ministry to secure foreign currency from treasury, adding that the issue had already been escalated with the ministry.

On Tuesday, shocking pictures taken by doctors emerged showing nurses carrying patients up a staircase because lifts were not working. The hospital is blaming power outages.

“The pictures you refer to were taken on Monday. ZESA was said to be doing a fault repair in the neighbouring suburbs so they cut power off most of the day. We used diesel generators to power lifesaving equipment, but unfortunately the lift is not powered by the generators,” Ngwenya said.

“We have been having these power cuts for sometime now. We used to have dedicated power supply from ZESA as a major strategic hospital. Unfortunately, we don’t have any dedicated line anymore and we continue to be at the mercy of power faults and cuts.

“We feel the pain and inconvenience that the staff and patients and their relatives have to go through. We hope that these issues will be attended soon by the relevant authorities.”

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By A Correspondent- The State was on Monday told to take seriously proceedings into the matter in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is accused of corruptly parcelling out State land and duping home-seekers through his cooperative.

Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje said the State was supposed to respond to Chombo’s application challenging his placement on remand on the six counts of corruption-related charges.

“The accused made an application on April 15 and the State has not responded.

“The State should respond before end of day today (yesterday) and should take the proceedings seriously,” said Mr Mambanje.

Prosecuting, Mrs Netsai Mushayabasa undertook to respond to the application before Chombo returns to court on Friday.

In his application prepared by his lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku, Chombo said the State had failed to name the people whom he allegedly duped and the amounts they lost.

Chombo claims the State should, at least by now, have established the amount of prejudice suffered considering that the offences were allegedly committed several years ago.

“To begin with, the complainants have not been named, the amounts have not been stated and given that the alleged offence occurred over a period of 15 years, it is strange how the State does not have an amount,” he said.

Chombo said the bank account said by the State to be the one used by home-seekers depositing money when buying stands from him, was not registered in his name and was not the one who opened the account.

He said the cooperative he is alleged to have used to defraud people was not registered and this was confirmed from the Registrar of Cooperatives.

In his application, Chombo also denied that he allocated 125 commonage stands to himself saying there was no title deeds registered in his name to prove the State’s allegations.

“The State has not so much as even bothered to mention a stand number of any stand allocated to myself, by myself let alone 125.

“There is only mention that residential stands 304, 318, 319, 320 and 322 of Plot 12 Philadelphia Farm are mine. Nothing could be further from the truth,” he said.

Chombo also denied owning the companies that the State alleges were allocated stands by him on Carrick Creagh Farm saying he was not a director or shareholder of any company.

“The first company Comverol Enterprises (Pvt) Limited, I am neither a director nor shareholder. How can these companies be deemed mine when I am neither a shareholder nor director? Cayford (Pvt) Limited does not exist.

“How can I be an owner of a company that does not exist,” he said.

Chombo distanced himself from Cavford (Pvt) Limited, which the State alleges he allocated a stand .

He also denied handing over Order Farm to Sensene Investments saying there is a Constitutional Court judgment that dealt with the matter.

Any decision that was made regarding the farm in question was as a result of a court order, Chombo said.

Chombo also denied instructing officials to sign a deed of settlement with Phillip Chiyangwa’s Pinnacle Holdings saying there was a Supreme Court order which narrated how the signing was made.

The State is expected to file its response on April 28, with Prof Madhuku making his oral submissions on May 10.

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By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF youth league secretary for indigenisation Mike Chimombe is under fire for allegedly fanning factionalism and sponsoring violent gangs that are reportedly decampaigning President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Chinhoyi.

Chimombe, who is also Affirmative Action Group (AAG) president, has reportedly turned into a terror campaign leader, terrorising residents in Makonde and Chinhoyi.

Information deputy minister Kindness Paradza recently wrote to the party’s national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri asking her to intervene and rein in Chimombe.

In a letter to Zanu-PF chairperson and Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri dated May 10, 2021, Paradza, who is also Makonde MP and Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson, alleged that Chimombe and his rogue group had rendered some districts ungovernable.

“Chimombe is now behaving like a warlord in Makonde, in particular Chinhoyi constituency, where he has divided the party by sponsoring a gang of hooligans whose actions and behaviour are working against the party and our leader, His Excellency the President, Cde ED Mnangagwa.

“Cde chairman, if no action is taken against Mike Chimombe now, as your DCC chairman, I will be forced to abandon Chinhoyi and concentrate on Mhangura and Makonde constituencies only,” he said.

Chimombe is alleged to have unleashed hooligans who disrupted an inter-district meeting in Chinhoyi on May 8, 2021.

“This is now the second time that he (Chimombe) has done it, using the same hooligans who hide behind the party, simply because they will be wearing his hovhorosi (overalls) attire bearing a Zanu-PF logo,” Paradza said.

He further alleged that Chimombe’s “thugs” were terrorising bona fide party supporters, adding that there was no peace in Chinhoyi.

“Instead of us uniting as a party and fighting to regain the seat which has been under MDC since 2008, Mike Chimombe has seen it fit to drive away the support we currently have in Chinhoyi,” Paradza said.

He said the May 8 meeting was so violent that he had to be evacuated from the venue by security agents.

Police had to throw teargas canisters to disperse Chimombe’s marauding gangsters “who were visibly drunk”.

“They were accusing me of protecting the newly-elected Makonde DCC youth affairs secretary, Ketty Chanetsa, who they want removed and replaced with one of their own who had lost elections.”

The Makonde MP said the issue was reported to Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Ziyambi Ziyambi.

However, he said Ziyambi appeared powerless as Chimombe boasted that he was Mnangagwa’s confidante.

“When I was elected DCC chairman last December, both Mike Chimombe and Phillip Chiyangwa told me that they would do whatever it takes to undermine all the party programmes in Makonde simply because I had defeated their own preferred candidate, Misheck Nyarubero, whom they had sponsored against me,” Paradza said.

He further alleged that Chiyangwa and Women Affairs deputy minister Jennifer Mhlanga had pushed for the expulsion of Mnangagwa during the late former President Robert Mugabe’s era.

“I can assure you that if no action is taken against Mike Chimombe and to a larger extent Phillip Chiyangwa, then we will not recapture Chinhoyi from the MDC. But Zanu-PF is bigger than individuals,” he said.

Both Chiyangwa and Chimombe were not picking calls and also did not respond to questions sent to them on WhatsApp.

In the 2018 harmonised elections, Mnangagwa garnered only 9 000 votes against MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa’s 18 000 votes in Chinhoyi constituency.

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By A Correspondent- A suspected thief from Rushinga was allegedly bashed to death by five people in Mazowe after they accused him of stealing a solar panel and groceries.

Mashonaland Central provincial police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the incident, which occurred last Friday, and identified the deceased as Rutendo Manyika.

“I can confirm a murder case at Plot 10, Mazowe where a Rushinga man was killed by five assailants, of which two of them have since been arrested and three are still at
large,” he said.

Allegations are that Manyika broke into Tambudzai Musambo (58)’s tuckshop and stole goods worth US$76.

Passers-by allegedly alerted the tuckshop owner, who teamed up with Tafara Tinarwo, Alexander Manyika, Elliot Tauro and Talent Mapuwei and meted out instant justice on him.

Steven Chidavaenzi (41) discovered the dead body the next day and filed a police report, leading to the arrest of Musambo and Tinarwo.

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By A Correspondent- Human rights lawyer Musa Kika filed an urgent High Court application on Tuesday seeking the arrest and jailing of Luke Malaba for contempt of court after showing up for work in defiance of a judgment blocking the extension of his tenure as Chief Justice.

Kika wants Malaba locked up at the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Prison for six months if he does not “forthwith and immediately” desist “from exercising the functions of Chief Justice of Zimbabwe either in a judicial or administrative capacity.”

Malaba’s world came crashing down on May 15 following a High Court ruling by Justices Happias Zhou, Edith Mushore, and Helena Charewa, that he had ceased to be a judge as President Emmerson Mnangagwa had violated the constitution by extending his contract by five years past his retirement at 70.

But the embattled former Chief Justice started reporting for duty on Monday with Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwana explaining that Malaba “has always been at work since the day the government noted an appeal in the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court. The suspension of the order is by operation of the law.”

But Kika countered in his application that the commission and justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi were mistaken “in taking the view that the appeal has suspended the operation of the judgment of this court.”

“This is for the reason that the judgment of the court is a declaratur and is for that reason not suspended by the noting of an appeal. The appeal noted by the second respondent does not accordingly have the effect of suspending the operation of the judgment of this court,” argued Kika, director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.

Malaba’s shock ouster was triggered by two separate applications brought by Kika and the Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe (YLAZ).

Kika said the contempt charges were “of a serious nature”, adding the defendant must be convicted and “consequently be ordered to pay a fine in the sum of $1000,000.00”.

Furthermore, the human rights lawyer argued, Malaba must “be committed to Chikurubi [Maximum] Prison for a period of 6 months all of which is suspended on the grounds that he shall forthwith and immediately after service upon him of this order cease and desist from exercising the functions of chief justice of Zimbabwe either in a judicial or administrative capacity.”

Kika also asked the High Court to refer Malaba’s issue as “a registered legal practitioner” to the Law Society of Zimbabwe’s ethics and disciplinary committee for possible sanctions or any “such action as may be warranted by the circumstances of the matter.”

He said Malaba’s defiance was “calculated to prejudice the hearing of the appeal” which many lawyers say has created a “constitutional crisis” as all judges of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court are cited in the initial application, which effectively precludes them from hearing the case.

Calling the former top judge’s actions “not a small matter” that brings the “judiciary into disrepute”, the applicant said it was surprising that by reporting for duty, “It did not bother him that the country has an Acting Chief Justice.”

Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza was installed as Acting Chief Justice by the JSC soon after Malaba’s removal. And Kika argued that “there has not been any succeeding official declaration of any change in the circumstance.”

Kika’s lawyer Silvaine Vongai Tendere also contended in a certificate of urgency that contrary to the government’s position, “the appeal noted does not at any rate sus­­­pend the operation of the judgment of this court.”

“The authority of the court must be restored as a matter of urgency when the position of the first respondent is considered. The contempt also puts the judiciary into irremediable dispute,” said Tendere.

The matter is yet to be heard.

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By A Correspondent- The government has repossessed over 80 mining concessions under the “use-it or lose-it” policy and a formal announcement will be made in due course.

Speaking to State media in a recent interview, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando said that the government will soon issue a formal announcement regarding the repossessed idle assets.

He said:

The ‘use-it or lose-it’ policy has been implemented. We will have formal announcements in due course.

But we have repossessed over 80 assets and we will do a formal update on that, and we will continue to do that (repossessing).

We have always warned that the time was up for all those mining titleholders who were holding onto the concessions for speculative tendencies at the expense of the country.

Under the ‘Zimbabwe is open for business’ mantra, those repossessed assets will be reallocated to potential investors who really want them for productive purpose in line with the National Development Strategy 1 Agenda.

The repossessed assets were in sub-sectors that include gold, coal, and chrome, among others.

In 2020, the government announced that it was also looking forward to re-sizing some of the concessions with a huge resource base and inordinate life spans and allocate them to potential investors.-StateMedia

By Jane Mlambo| MDC Alliance activist Cecelia Chimbiri has questioned the police over the selective application of the law after they allowed ZANU PF members to gather and toyi-toyi at the unveiling of Mbuya Nehanda statue yesterday.

Chimbiri who together with Harare West legislator, Joana Mamombe spend over two months in detention charged with breaching COVID-19 regulations accused the police of being ZANU PF.

“Police you arrest us and we spend 62 days etc in jails for just breathing in front of a court , How about this ? Are others above the law because they are Zanu , you need to explain this oh no wait you won’t because you are Zanu Pf police,” said Chimbiri.

Yesterday, ZANU PF members gathered at the Mbuya Nehanda statue in large numbers while some youths could be seen toyi-toying in breach of COVID-19 regulations.

Many opposition MDC Alliance members have been arrested and detained for breaching COVID-19 regulations including a case where Chimbiri and Mamombe were taken after addressing a press conference outside the Harare Magistrates Court.

By A Correspondent- Masvingo socialite Juliet Jaboon who is related to former Bikita Member of Parliament Jeppy Jaboon (ZANU PF) has died.

Juliet’s close friend, Patience Rakabota confirmed the news to Masvingo Mirror on Tuesday and expressed sadness over the loss of a close associate.

Rakabota disclosed that Juliet died at Masvingo Provincial Hospital of severe chest pains and high blood pressure on Monday night. She said:

I am disgusted by the death of JJ because she was a very close and lovely friend, I last talked to her on Saturday at Masvingo Provincial Hospital where she was admitted and I was jokingly advising her to reduce alcohol intake since her BP was getting worse, I can’t believe this honestly, Gracelands will never be the same without her.

Another close friend, Dzidzai Jiri who was collecting bereavement funds from friends on behalf of the family had this to say:

I am in pain, JJ was very friendly and lovely, she was very close to her son especially after the death of her daughter recently in mysterious ways, pasi harigute (death has an insatiable appetite).

Juliet was a teacher at Sikato Primary School in Masvingo Rural District and she leaves behind a child, a boy doing Form 4. She was staying in the Majange area of Mucheke Suburb.

She will be buried this Wednesday in Bikita and her body has since left Masvingo City.

An elderly woman from Hillside suburb in Bulawayo died mid-air on an Airlink flight number 4Z110 from Johannesburg to Bulawayo on Monday.

Jean Sicingiwe Khumalo who was in her sixties passed away on the flight that landed at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport just before midday.

Family spokesperson Lazarus Khumalo confirmed the death to Chronicle on Tuesday.

He said:

We confirm her death. She was an elderly person and was a stroke patient for the past six years or so. That is all that we can say about her health. Besides that, there isn’t much to say. We however request that our privacy be respected as we mourn.

Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe spokesperson Annajulia Hungwe said Khumalo died during the last minutes of the hour-long flight.

Said Hungwe:

We had an unfortunate incident where a female passenger whom I cannot name because of ethical reasons died mid-air. Her death was confirmed upon landing at the airport.

We will get reports from the airline, law enforcement and also health authorities on the incident which will answer questions over how the passenger died.

Hungwe said health services were called to supervise the removal of the body in compliance with COVID-19 protocols.

She added:

Flight 4Z110 landed on schedule at the airport just before midday and had been due to return to Johannesburg at 12.35 PM.

However, health authorities took time to remove the body and carry out cabin disinfection procedures on the Embraer E170LR until 2 PM when the plane took off.

COVID-19 procedures were maintained at all costs. The passenger had a test certificate taken 48 hours before travelling showing that she was negative from the virus as required by Zimbabwean COVID-19 regulations.

Some parts of Harare will today experience a power supply interruption between 6 AM and 6 PM as the power utility will be carrying out maintenance works.

A statement by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), the power distribution arm of ZESA, reads:

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) would like to advise its valued customers in Harare Region that there will be a power supply interruption on Wednesday 26 May 2021 from 06.00-1800 hours for the purpose of carrying out critical maintenance works.

During this period, electricity will not be available in the following areas: Mandara, Chikurubi Maximum Prison, ZRP Support Unit, Donnybrook Park houses, NetOne main exchange, Dover rad, Court road, Chamberlain road, Cambridge road, parts of Harare Drive, The Grange, Beeston Road, Hayhill, Gletwyn and parts of Chishawasha.

Customers are advised to treat all circuits as LIVE during this period as power may be
restored without notice.

The inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted.

Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)

By A Correspondent- Constitutional law expert Professor Lovemore Madhuku said an order for the exhumation and reburial of former President Robert Mugabe issued by a traditional chief this week is “outrageous” and “defies common sense and logic”.

Prof Madhuku said Chief Zvimba, real name Stanley Mhondoro, has no legal authority to order the exhumation of bodies, let alone decide where they are buried well outside his area of control. He said:

It clearly appears that the traditional court has gone outside its jurisdiction, for example, the whole point of exhuming a body is not governed by customary law in Zimbabwe.

If you want to exhume any body in any part of the country, you don’t go to a customary law court.

A customary community court in this case does not have the power to order what appears to have been ordered.

The furthest they can go is to try and say whether or not Grace Mugabe would have done something wrong here, but not to the extent of making an exhumation order, so that is a reviewable ground, you can take that court to a higher court and say that it went outside its jurisdiction.

Prof Madhuku said he was convinced that Chief Zvimba’s ruling “would not stand scrutiny in any superior court because it strikes me as extremely outrageous in its defiance of common sense or logic.”

Chief Zvimba’s court sat on 20 May, and its judgement was delivered to the Mugabe rural home in Kutama where his family buried him in line with his wishes.

The traditional court fined Mugabe’s widow, Grace, five cows and a goat, for violating cultural norms in burying the former president.

Chief Zvimba also gave Mugabe’s widow – who has been in Singapore for a year and who did not attend the hearing – up to 1 July to ensure Mugabe is reburied at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.

Meanwhile, Mugabe’s family and the former president’s supporters charge that Chief Zvimba is in fact fronting for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao accused Mnangagwa of being the invisible force orchestrating the exhumation bid.

He said Mnangagwa believes that Mugabe was buried with a mystic sceptre that would give him commanding authority as a leader of Zimbabwe.

By A Correspondent- President Mnangagwa on Tuesday handed over 18 vehicles to traditional leaders and handed over the car keys to Chief Negomo who made headlines for humiliating the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai during the tenure of the inclusive government.

Handing over the vehicles at a brief ceremony held at a local hotel, President Mnangagwa said the Isuzu twin cab vehicles will go a long way in ensuring that traditional leaders were empowered and enhance their integrity in society.

Mnangagwa hands over car keys to Chief Negomo
Traditional leaders who got vehicles are the fourth batch of chiefs who have benefitted from the Government’s ongoing programme.

Yesterday’s event was attended by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Government Ministers, Chiefs Council deputy president Chief Mtshane Khumalo and several traditional leaders and senior Government officials.

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By A Correspondent -Home Affairs Minister, and Zanu PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman, Kazembe Kazembe is reportedly blocking businessman, James Makamba from contesting him for the party’s provincial leadership in the looming elections.

Makamba was invited by locals to challenge Kazembe for the influential party position in Mashonaland Central after the latter had become unpopular.

Party insiders told Bulawayo24 that last week Kazembe sent police details to arrest Makamba at his rural home in Mount Darwin after his family and friends had gathered to welcome him.

Both Makamba and Kazembe could neither confirm nor deny the allegations.

“Police came and arrested Makamba accusing him of violating covid- 19 regulations but they were pleading with him that they were sent by Kazembe on political grounds since he showed interest in contesting him in the looming provincial elections, ” said the source.

Kazembe did not respond to questions sent to him by this Bulawayo24, while Makamba refused to comment on the issue.

Makamba’s alleged arrest has raised eyebrows within the Zanu PF camp in the province with locals arguing that Kazembe was ever mobilising huge crowds exceeding 50 people which are allowed under the Covid-19 set regulations.

“It is astonishing to note that Kazembe is using security agencies for political power in the name of violating covid 19 regulations yet he chairs a PCC with more than 100 people,” said Givemore Chatyoka.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently defied COVID-19 safety protocols set by his government after he gathered thousands of people for a cultural event in Gokwe South, hours before his Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as Health minister, placed the City of Kwekwe under a 14-day lockdown following the outbreak of the much-feared Indian variant of the disease in the Midlands city

By A Correspondent- President Mnangagwa on Tuesday handed over 18 vehicles to traditional leaders as part of his efforts to encourage traditional leaders to force people to vote for him in 2023.

Handing over the vehicles at a brief ceremony held at a local hotel, President Mnangagwa said the Isuzu twin cab vehicles will go a long way in ensuring that traditional leaders were empowered and enhance their integrity in society.

Mnangagwa hands over car keys to Chief Negomo
Traditional leaders who got vehicles are the fourth batch of chiefs who have benefitted from the Government’s ongoing programme.

Yesterday’s event was attended by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Government Ministers, Chiefs Council deputy president Chief Mtshane Khumalo and several traditional leaders and senior Government officials.

-State media

By A Correspondent-The State was on Monday told to take seriously proceedings into the matter in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is accused of corruptly parcelling out State land and duping home-seekers through his cooperative.

Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje said the State was supposed to respond to Chombo’s application challenging his placement on remand on the six counts of corruption-related charges.

“The accused made an application on April 15 and the State has not responded. 

“The State should respond before end of day today (yesterday) and should take the proceedings seriously,” said Mr Mambanje.

Prosecuting, Mrs Netsai Mushayabasa undertook to respond to the application before Chombo returns to court on Friday.

In his application prepared by his lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku, Chombo said the State had failed to name the people whom he allegedly duped and the amounts they lost. 

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By A Correspondent | The below picture (arrowed) circulated on Tuesday with many Zimbabweans alleging that it is the controversial Chief Zvimba who wants to exhume the remains of former President Robert Mugabe.

As we look to interview him today, ZimEye is reliably told the man is not at all Chief Zvimba.

Zvimba South MP Hon. Phillip Chiyamba told ZimEye the man is not Chief Zvimba. Further details are to be published on due course.

The development comes as Chief Zvimba ruled that Mugabe’s remains must be exhumed and reburied at the National Heroes Acre.

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is forcing villagers to fund the construction of a clinic in Mwenezi District.

Those who fail to comply with the directive will be punished, it has emerged.

The MDC Alliance has described the victimisation of villagers by the regime as dereliction of duty.

Read statement below:

Dereliction Of Duty By Mnangagwa’s Govt As Villagers Are Forced To Pay For Construction Of A Clinic

25-05-2021

In a clear dereliction of duty by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, villagers in Mwenezi East constituency are being forced make monetary contributions towards construction of a clinic in a resettlement area known as Janhi or Petronella farm.

While the Constitution of Zimbabwe on Section 29 clearly state that it is the role of the State ‘to ensure provision of basic, accessible and adequate health services throughout Zimbabwe”, Mnangagwa’s regime through chiefs and headmen are collecting money from poor villagers in Mwenezi.

Section 76 of the Constitution also guarantees for the Right to Healthcare for every citizen and this can never be misconstrued to mean citizens must fund for their own healthcare facilities.

Shockingly, villagers in Mwenezi East under Chief Negari are being forced to pay R20 per household for the construction of a clinic.

Ironically, the same regime that is coercing villagers to pay for construction of health facilities rejected MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa’s offer to build a hospital in Gutu rural district.

Mwenezi district is one of Zimbabwe’s main faces of poverty due to its semi-arid conditions and poor annual rainfall and like most communal areas in the country, villagers survive on less than 1US dollar per day.

It is an insult to the great people of Mwenezi East constituency who have traditionally voted for ZANU PF since 1980 but the same party in government is shouldering them with extra responsibilities to fund their own healthcare facilities.

It is time the people of Mwenezi East transfer their vote to a pro-poor and pro-people MDC Alliance party led by President Nelson Chamisa.

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By A Correspondent- Chief Justice Luke Malaba is back at work following the noting of appeal by the Government challenging the High Court decision nullifying the extension of his tenure.

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney-General Advocate Prince Machaya last week separately filed their notices of appeal against an urgent High Court judgment made on May 15.

They are challenging the High Court decision to annul the extension of Justice Malaba’s service beyond the age of 70 on the grounds that the recent Constitutional Amendment allowing judges, including the Chief Justice, the option of serving to 75 could not include sitting judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts but did include sitting judges of the High Court.

The noting of an appeal to the Supreme Court effectively suspends the order of the High Court paving way for Chief Justice Malaba to be back in the revered judicial office by operation of law.

This also means that Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza who had assumed the position of acting Chief Justice reverts to her position as Chief Justice Malaba’s deputy.

In an interview yesterday, Judicial Service Commission Secretary Mr Walter Chikwanha confirmed that Chief Justice Malaba was back at work and executing his judicial functions.

“Chief Justice Malaba has always been at work since the day the Government filed a notice of appeal against the decision of the High Court,” he said.

“It’s by operation of the law. Once the appeal was filed the order of the High Court was in effect suspended until the determination of the appeal.”
On May 15, High Court judges — Justices Happias Zhou, Edith Mushore and Jester Charewa blocked the Government move to extend Justice Malaba’s tenure by five years as allowed by Constitutional Amendment Act Number 2.

In terms of that Act, the retirement age for all judges is now 70 but every judge has the option to serve until the age of 75 so long as they are mentally and physically fit to do so and exercise that option before their 70th birthday.

This the Chief Justice did and with his medical certificate has his term extended.
The three High Court judges ruled that the Chief Justice ceased to be the Chief Justice upon
reaching 70 years on Saturday and that the option of an extension of service did not apply to incumbent judges of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court.

However, Minister Ziyambi and Adv Machaya want the judgment of the High Court set aside.

Chief Justice Malaba attained the age of 70 on Saturday, but as the now amended section of the Constitution allows, he exercised his option before his birthday to continue until 75 and submitted the required medical certificate that he was in good mental and physical health.

The Judicial Service Commission has since announced that Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza is now the acting Chief Justice, pending the outcome of the appeal.

-State media

By A Correspondent-Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana has posted on his Twitter handle bragging about the illegal return to the bench of the fired, Chief Justice Luke Malaba.

Malaba is said to have never stopped from coming to work despite a High Court order which nullified his extension for another five years to be on the bench.

Judicial Service Commission Secretary Mr Walter Chikwanha confirmed to the state media that Chief Justice Malaba was back at work and executing his judicial functions.

“Chief Justice Malaba has always been at work since the day the Government filed a notice of appeal against the decision of the High Court,” he said.

“It’s by operation of the law. Once the appeal was filed the order of the High Court was in effect suspended until the determination of the appeal.”

On May 15, High Court judges — Justices Happias Zhou, Edith Mushore and Jester Charewa blocked the Government move to extend Justice Malaba’s tenure by five years as allowed by Constitutional Amendment Act Number 2.

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF on Tuesday manipulated Mbira Icon, Mbuya Stellar Chiweshe to endorse the unpopular unveiling of Mbuya Nehanda statue by the party.

The party invited the German-based Mbira icon to sing at the not so important event.

By A Correspondent-Chief Justice Luke Malaba is said to have never stopped from coming to work despite a High Court order which nullified his extension for another five years to be on the bench.

Judicial Service Commission Secretary Mr Walter Chikwanha confirmed to the state media that Chief Justice Malaba was back at work and executing his judicial functions.

“Chief Justice Malaba has always been at work since the day the Government filed a notice of appeal against the decision of the High Court,” he said.

“It’s by operation of the law. Once the appeal was filed the order of the High Court was in effect suspended until the determination of the appeal.”

On May 15, High Court judges — Justices Happias Zhou, Edith Mushore and Jester Charewa blocked the Government move to extend Justice Malaba’s tenure by five years as allowed by Constitutional Amendment Act Number 2.

By James Gwati- Former Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Tuesday resurfaced at a Zanu PF event which was unvailing the statute of Mbuya Nehanda.

Mohadi, at the event, was not given the platform to address delegates and was seated throughout the event.

The former Vice President was fired in March on allegations of having sexual relationships with several married women, including his subordinates.

Mohadi, along with Constantino Chiwenga, was a deputy to President Emmerson Mnangagwa since 2018, but without a political power base, he was not seen as a potential successor to the president.

By A correspondent- Chief Justice Luke Malaba is back at work following the noting of appeal by the Government challenging the High Court decision nullifying the extension of his tenure.

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney General Advocate Prince Machaya last week separately filed their notices of appeal against an urgent High Court judgment made on May 15.

They are challenging the High Court decision to annul the extension of Justice Malaba’s service beyond the age of 70 on the grounds that the recent Constitutional Amendment allowing judges, including the Chief Justice, the option of serving to 75 could not include sitting judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts but did include sitting judges of the High Court.

This also means that Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza who had assumed the position of acting Chief Justice reverts to her position as Chief Justice Malaba’s deputy.

-State media

By A correspondent- Chief Justice Luke Malaba is back at work following the noting of appeal by the Government challenging the High Court decision nullifying the extension of his tenure.

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney General Advocate Prince Machaya last week separately filed their notices of appeal against an urgent High Court judgment made on May 15.

They are challenging the High Court decision to annul the extension of Justice Malaba’s service beyond the age of 70 on the grounds that the recent Constitutional Amendment allowing judges, including the Chief Justice, the option of serving to 75 could not include sitting judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts but did include sitting judges of the High Court.

This also means that Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza who had assumed the position of acting Chief Justice reverts to her position as Chief Justice Malaba’s deputy.

-State Media

By A Correspondent -Home Affairs Minister, and Zanu PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman, Kazembe Kazembe has reportedly set police details on aspiring party provincial chairperson James Makamba.

Makamba is challenging Kazembe for the influential party position in Mashonaland Central in the impending Provincial Coordinating Committee elections.

Both Makamba and Kazembe could neither confirm nor deny the allegations.

Sources close to the incident alleged that Makamba was arrested at his rural home in Mount Darwin after his family and friends had gathered to welcome him.

“Police came and arrested Makamba accusing him of violating covid- 19 regulations but they were pleading with him that they were sent by Kazembe on political grounds since he showed interest in contesting him in the looming provincial elections, ” said the source.

Kazembe did not respond to questions sent to him by this Bulawayo24, while Makamba refused to comment on the issue.

Makamba’s alleged arrest has raised eyebrows within the Zanu PF camp in the province with locals arguing that Kazembe was ever mobilising huge crowds exceeding 50 people which are allowed under the Covid-19 set regulations.

“It is astonishing to note that Kazembe is using security agencies for political power in the name of violating covid 19 regulations yet he chairs a PCC with more than 100 people,” said Givemore Chatyoka.

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Africa Day Statement – Hon. Temba P. Mliswa (MP)

Today, the 25th of May marks Africa Day, a day when we celebrate the vision of the founding leaders of this continent who in 1963 established the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) with the agenda of liberating Africa from colonial clutches.

In 2002 the OAU was transformed into the African Union (AU).

On this day we commemorate a day that speaks of the visions and unified objectives which the forefathers of this continent had. These objectives and the vision thereof resulted in the liberation of all African states.

What however abides through time, even after these positive results, is the objective to create on this continent a free and empowered people.

Having achieved the primary agenda of freedom from colonial bondage, the onus today, is not just different, but even more urgent.
The need for the economic freedom of our people is an emergency and is a much more herculean task which should be the focus of every other leader on the continent.

As a country this is an agenda which we have already been set on achieving through the past years as government has set in place various economic policies which include the Economic Structural Adjustment Plan (ESAP), ZimAsset, the Transitional Stabilisation Program (TSP) and currently the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1).

However all these initiatives require unity of purposes as exemplified by the continent’s founding fathers coming together for a common agenda.

The current polarisation characterising the country is inconsistent with the goals which we intend to achieve.

In our factional camps, divided by political differences, we are delaying the achievement of such goals as, the economic emancipation of the people and the building of the foundation laid by the founding fathers in 1963 and further renewed in 2002.

I implore us all to take stock of our standing as individuals, parties and institutions and see how our conduct is aiding or derailing the achievement of goals to solidify our standing as the offspring of great minds that came together in 1963.

Africa Day should serve to awaken us to the high standards of progressive minds from whom we received the baton of leadership and inspire us to act in the correct manner.
As a continent we remain beset by poverty, wars and human degradation but let us not despair but take the torch of initiative handed by our forefathers and work towards the erasure of these blights both for ourselves and our children.

Corruption, the neglect of human rights, selective application of the law and persecution continue to remain the albatross around the neck of our country. These scourges require a direct and concerted effort towards eradication for us to experience meaningful success. Success not for just a select few, but for the majority.

Political will and unity of purpose will enable Zimbabwe to be counted amongst the powerhouses of Africa. We have the resources, we have the intellect and the people, what is required is cohesion.

So today, on this Africa Day, whilst we look back in remembrance of those who had a vision for this great continent, let us also look forward, see where we want to be and strategise how to get there.

Happy Africa Day, Zimbabwe and the rest of the continent as we witness the unveiling of the Mbuya Nehanda statue on such a befitting day acknowledging the AU theme for 2021: “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa we Want”

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ZLHR STATEMENT ON AFRICA DAY

ON Africa Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) calls upon members of the public to join the rest of the African continent in celebrating the successes and progress made by the continent since the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union).

Africa Day is commemorated every year on 25 May and it is an opportunity to reflect on progress and successes of the African continent in the fight against the legacy of colonialism and unfair discrimination. It is also an opportunity for African states to reflect on the common challenges they face in today’s rapidly changing world.

The unique challenges brought about by globalisation require greater cooperation among African states and Africa Day serves as a reminder of the commitments made by the African Union (AU) towards common African goals such as economic growth, regional peace and social cohesion.

The AU’s theme for 2021 is “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want”. The theme seeks to highlight the importance of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) in the achievement of regional integration, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and social development.

The AU seeks to leverage Africa’s rich culture and heritage in the mission of transforming the continent and boosting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the continent. The restoration and preservation of the continent’s rich cultural heritage and diverse languages is also an integral part of the theme for 2021.

In addition, the theme serves as an indicator of the AU member states’ commitment to investing more resources in African culture and heritage as a means of achieving greater national and regional cohesion.

In addition, the investment in Africa’s cultural heritage is an integral part of the AU’s plan for achieving the national economic and social development goals outlined in Africa’s Agenda 2063.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused untold suffering, losses and challenges
on the African continent but CCIs played a vital role in alleviating
its impact on the continent. CCIs were actively involved in preventing
and combatting the spread of the virus across the continent. The
pandemic highlighted the important role played by cultural workers in
raising awareness about the pandemic, encouraging compliance with
national and global health guidelines on how to prevent the spread of
the virus in communities and in combatting myths about the virus. The
important contributions of the CCIs helped to strengthen and protect
the health systems of African states from being overwhelmed by the
deadly virus. In addition, the work of cultural workers helped to
promote inclusion in the health sector and enhance access to health
services. The immense contributions of the CCIs during the pandemic
provide an opportunity for African states to reflect on how to include
cultural workers in coordinated plans for building resilient and
inclusive health systems.

On this Africa Day, ZLHR calls upon:

o       All members of the public to join the rest of the continent in
celebrating the successes and progress of the African continent to
date;

o       The public to celebrate and honour cultural workers who played a
vital role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

LEAD on Africa Day

25 May 2021

This year’s theme of Africa Day is Arts, Culture And Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.

The contentious question would be, how do we build the Africa we want, when we have the majority of the African populace ignorant of their culture and heritage. Our people have no self determination and still have a deep seated colonial mentality.

As the continent of Africa gathers today in celebration of our blackness and African heritage, Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) cries out over the complete vilification and downgrading of the African people by the ruthless white supremacy racists and Arabs.

More depressing is the reversal of the gains and vision of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The 25th of May is the day we remember the launch of the OAU which was later renamed to African Union (AU), after seriously introspecting into the matter we have come to realize that not only was the organization renamed but it was also captured to run the white man’s agenda at the expense of Africans.

Over the past 58 years Africa focused on decolonization, the struggle against apartheid and attainment of political independence for the continent. On the occasion of The Golden Jubilee headed by the African Union (AU) the continent re-dedicated herself to the attainment of the Pan African Vision.

It is in light of this that the Agenda 2063 was founded under the Pan Africanist guidelines. Fifty years after the first thirty-three (33) independent African states took a landmark decision to form the Organization of African Unity, we are looking ahead towards the next fifty years. This is the most painful thing that Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) finds nothing to celebrate about. The idea is good but the implementation worries as it proves lack of seriousness and the willingness to perform.

I urge my fellow African leaders from both ruling and opposition parties to stop being mere planners but rather start implementing the unity Agenda for the purpose of improving Africa. History demonstrated through the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland that unity is productive than anything else.

The hallmark of foolishness is not merely the production of failed results but not learning anything from previous mistakes. Nkrumah in a speech to the Ghanaian National Assembly made his views loud and clear when he said, “This new Africa of ours is emerging into a world of great combinations – a world where the weak and the small are pushed aside unless they unite their forces” (Webster Boahen and Tidy, 1967:383).

We must unite for economic viability, first of all, and then to recover our mineral wealth in Southern Africa, so that our vast resources and capacity for development will bring prosperity for us and additional benefits for the rest of the world. The war against exploitation and destruction of Africa was the pre-eminent in Nkrumah’s speeches and writings.

He lamented about the division between African leaders and saw failure in division and success in unity for all African states and people. This clarion call for unity against imperialist and neo-colonialist interests fell on deaf ears and today, the IMF, EU, China, the United States of America and multinational corporations are wreaking havoc on Africa, without any regard for the peoples’ well-being.

Neo-colonialism is a monster that must be resisted if Africa is to make strides in its efforts to overcome its socio-cultural, economic and political predicaments. Many African leaders still strongly believe that the problems of Africa can solely be solved from outside Africa as epitomized by their reliance on former colonial masters thereby proving that they do not have an independent mind of their own. As LEAD we believe it’s high time that Africa seeks to harmonize her resources to move from being labelled as Third World.

We need to ask ourselves,:

“What have we contributed to the wellbeing of our countries and Mother Africa.” We need to remind ourselves that Africa is more important than us. When Africa is in shambles it discriminates not between Southern and Northern Africa or even individual countries as shown by the mass movement of people towards South Africa for better livelihoods thereby causing pressure on resources. We need to realize that we have an intergenerational duty to ensure that Africa is safe for generations to come and not only us so that those generations to come will not be forced to cry foul over our mismanagement of resources.

As the new breed of nationalism and Pan Africanism on the Zimbabwean Political landscape, LEAD is setting the record straight that as custodians of African Heritage we are disappointed by the way we continue to be treated as second class citizens in our own motherland. The way in which Africa is being governed is very retrogressive and breeds the spirit of self hate among citizens.

Since parceling out of African land by foreigners in the Scramble for Africa our continent has become the home of poverty and foreign manipulation. It worries all progressive African citizens how Libya has been turned into war zone in pursuit of foreign leadership principles defined and determined by American leadership through a bogus organization masquerading as United Nations (UN).

How do we attain the Africa we want, when global bodies are working against Africa in cahoots with world super powers. As we commemorate Africa Day today, several African countries are in conflict, their citizens living in terror & insurgents running amok killing innocent civilians in cold blood.

The situation in Chad is heartbreaking. Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict which has led to thousands of civilian deaths and displacements and allegations of war crimes and ethnic cleansing hovering over the conflict. In Ethiopia the second most populous country on the continent also has a dispute with Sudan and Egypt concerning its dam on the Nile River’s main tributary. Whilst in Mali the joint civilian military

Transition government Mali’s joint civiilian military transition after the coup last year is failing to maintain peace.

Just next door we have the Mozambique islamist insurgency in the North Cabo Delgado province which has led to a refugee crisis.

As we sit down to celebrate Africa Day we realize that after being sold a dummy we have nothing to write home about but every justification to curse our very own leadership. It is time we reshape our path as a people. Cultural degradation must stop forthwith if we are to prosper as a people.

The recent developments in Gaza are a sign that religion has been used a tool to pacify most Africans. Too much faith without practical and logical solutions to life problems is the hallmark of foolishness and must be dismissed.

As was noted by the founding fathers of Africa at the inception of the OAU in Addis Ababa, the late great icon of Africa Kwame Nkrumah highlighted the need for a United States of Africa so that we could systematically defend the continent from neo-colonialism.

In as much as it might seem as if it’s too late, we have to follow the path. The recent “NO” votes in the “Responsibility To Protect” UN resolution is another step in the right direction which all leaders in the continent should embrace.

Today we remind ourselves that our voices will never be silent when our continent is under threat. We will not rest until Africa as a whole gains recognition of being an equal participant in the decisive boards determining the human agenda at international level. We need to rededicate ourselves particularly as young people to the African Agenda which our forefathers failed to achieve during their lifetime.

History has demonstrated time and again that at critical moments in life it is the young men and women in every society who move societies. When the Ottoman Empire was under threat it is the young men and women who defended their society.

We need to remind ourselves as Africans that brothers should not rise against brothers, sisters should not rise against each other. Political conflicts should not be a matter of physical fights or wars but a battle of ideas that move society forward for the common good.

We need to recognize that we can do something to save our continent. As Africans we seek social cohesion, political stability, economic emancipation just to mention but a few and to achieve these we need to introspect and realize that united we stand and divided we fall.

As Africans we need to be mentally de-colonized and take a firm stance by going back to our culture, which we inherited from our forefathers. It is a matter of fact that we should minimize eating the food that our colonial masters are exporting to us.

We have to be mentally strong and refuse some of the food we are importing which may be unhealthy to us. Before the advent of colonialism, Africans were living much healthier and longer lives without suffering from most of the diseases that we are now faced with today.

As Africans in particular we have a moral obligation, to reflect our minds on the dangers some of these food might have on our health. We have to maintain our culture, diets, and traditions to make the West know that we are no longer in the era of colonialism and can now live independently.

The crisis of Africa can be therefore summarized in this observation. The citizens of Africa are incapacitated, firstly, in their endeavours to try and deal with the environment and secondly, in their effort to try and understand nature and carve out developmental tools.

This incapacity is premised on and compounded by Africa’s colonial legacy. Going forward there should be a deliberate effort towards mental realignment whose objective is meant to change mind-sets to inspire new self-determinist social, economic and political perceptions.

To say Afrika is incapable of economic development without the involvement of foreigners is an insult to the whole Afrikan race. Afrika is in the current position because of its colonial legacy. A number of issues need to addressed and corrected if Afrika has to move forward.

The focus of anyone who purports to champion Afrikan progress should invariably be on mental decolonisation and realignment of our traditional value systems with modern political systems.

Imperialism did not only alienate Afrikan resources but severely maimed the African thought process. It impacted on their perception of self and their ability to forge a sustainable, social, economic and political future.

The assumed low self-esteem is the arch emery and prime impediment to Afrikan societal evolution.

In a nutshell, Africa will not realize her potential unless we are united. As we celebrate Africa Day 2021 we have to be truthful to ourselves on how we can have meaningful development through home grown solutions.

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TogetherWeCan

Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
LEAD President

The Department of Health in partnership with Chitungwiza based civic organizations is kindly requesting for vehicles to be used between 0830 and 1600 hours in typhoid conjugate and HPV awareness campaigns in Chitungwiza this week.

Fuel and lunch will be provided.

Kindly inbox me for details.

See letter below:

QUEST FOR SUPPORT DURING THE TYPHOID CONJUGATE/ INACTIVATED
POLIO/ HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINATION (TCV/IPV/HPV) CAMPAIGN: 24

MAY-04 JUNE 2021

Ministry of Health and Child Care is introducing Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) into the routine immunization schedule through a national catch-up TCV vaccination campaign. The catch-up campaign is targeting children aged 9 months to under 15 years from 24 May to 04 June 2021.

After this campaign TCV will then be given routinely to all children at 9 months of age to protect them from Typhoid.

The campaign will be integrated with Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) catch-up for a targeted cohort of children and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for girls 10-13 years in and out of school.

In addition children aged 6 to 59 months will receive Vitamin A supplementation during the same period.

The department is requesting for vehicles (for 11 outreach teams) from your organization to assist in creating community awareness through loud hailing and ferrying of teams to and from outreach points (from 0830hrs to 1630hrs) during the vaccination period.

By A Correspondent- High Court Judge Justice Siyabona Musithu on Monday 24 May 2021 quizzed lawyers representing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Health and Child Care Minister Constantino Chiwenga and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for their bureaucratic foot-dragging in not lifting the indefinite suspension of by-elections.

Government in 2020 suspended the holding of by-elections with Chiwenga issuing Statutory Instrument 225 of 2020 which indefinitely banned the holding of all by-elections claiming that it was a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.

But Chiwenga’s ban of by-elections was challenged at the High Court on 13 October 2020 by the Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), Election Resource Centre (ERC) and six Harare and Marondera residents namely Ellah Tayengwa, Moud Chinyerere, Agnes Togarepi, Gracious Matsunga, David Gwanzura and Loice Gwangwara.

In the application filed by Tendai Biti of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, WALPE, ERC, Tayengwa, Chinyerere, Togarepi, Matsunga, Gwanzura and Gwangwara, who cited ZEC, Mnangagwa and Chiwenga as respondents, argued that the suspension was a breach of the Electoral Act and the Constitution as government should have held by-elections before 30 September 2020 to fill in vacancies in local authorities and in the National Assembly.

On Monday 24 May 2021, Justice Musithu, who presided over the hearing and determination of WALPE, ERC and Tayengwa, Chinyerere, Togarepi, Matsunga, Gwanzura and Gwangwara’s application, quizzed Olivia Zvedi and Tawanda Kanengoni, the lawyers representing President Mnangagwa, Chiwenga and ZEC on why the government was reluctant to hold by-elections considering that it had eased national lockdown regulations including opening schools and universities.

Justice Musithu also asked why the government was averse to holding by-elections and yet other countries such as Tanzania and the United States of America had held polls recently.

The Judge also asked Zvedi and Kanengoni to give an indication on when the indefinite suspension of by-elections would be lifted.

In his submissions, Biti argued that the motive of imposing a ban on by-elections by the government has nothing to do with curbing coronavirus but is suppression of democracy.

He said the government had suspended the Constitution by not implementing its provisions such as holding by-elections whereas other countries in Africa and beyond have held polls and emphasised that all constitutional obligations must be complied with diligently and without delay.

Zvedi argued that it is prudent for the government to suspend by-elections in order to conquer the spread of coronavirus since the risk of a third wave of the pandemic was high.

She also argued that section 86 of the Constitution provides for the limitation of rights hence government had taken the right decision in suspending by-elections.

Kanengoni argued that holding by-elections at a time of the coronavirus pandemic would curtail effective participation of the electorate and said that ZEC could only conduct by-elections once President Mnangagwa issues a proclamation.

Justice Musithu reserved ruling after hearing submissions by Biti, Kanengoni and Zvedi and indicated that he needed more time to go through all the submissions before handing down his verdict on the application.

ENDS

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday handed over brand new Isuzu double-cab trucks to traditional chiefs, after doing the same in the run-up to the 2018 elections.

Zimbabwe has over 270 chiefs, and the new vehicles come as ZANU PF has roped in the traditional leaders to mobilise support ahead of the 2023 general elections.

This comes at a time when the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) faces an acute shortage of vehicles and hospitals across the country do not have enough ambulances.

Mnangagwa handed over the vehicles at the official unveiling of the statue of Mbuya Nehanda at the intersection of Samora Machel Avenue and Julias Nyerere Way in Harare’s central business district.

Speaking at the unveiling, President Mnangagwa said the statue was a symbol of the country’s rich past.

He said:

The unveiling of the statue of Mbuya Nehanda Nyakasikana is the manifestation of the bold commitment to reconstruct our country’s rich past and history.

It equally stands as a symbol of unity, identity and inspiration to present and future generations on the importance of unflinching patriotism loyalty fortitude and determination to defend and work for our beloved country against any odds

President Emmerson Mnangagwa hands over Isuzu twin cab vehicles to chiefs at a ceremony held at Rainbow Towers in Harare today. | WHY DO YOU THINK IS THE PURPOSE?

By A Correspondent- South Africa has donated 5 625 tonnes of mealie meal worth 50 million rands to Cyclone Idai victims.

The first batch of 272 tonnes was handed over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa this morning at State House by South Africa Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor.

South Africa made the pledge in 2019 and Pandor said the donation could not come on time because of the COVID-19 pandemic that restricted movement.

Speaking during the handover of the South African mealie meal consignment, Mnangagwa said the donation was timely as it coincided with the commemoration of Africa Day.

He said:

We are pleased to be receiving this donation especially today on May 25, Africa Day when the whole continent is celebrating the successes of our collective fight against colonialism and apartheid.

Cyclone Idai was a powerful tropical cyclone that ripped through Eastern parts of the country on the night of 15 March 2019 claiming hundreds of lives and leaving a trail of destruction to property and infrastructure.

Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is forcing villagers to fund the construction of a clinic in Mwenezi District.

Those who fail to comply with the directive will be punished, it has emerged.

The MDC Alliance has described the victimisation of villagers by the regime as dereliction of duty.

Read statement below:

Dereliction Of Duty By Mnangagwa’s Govt As Villagers Are Forced To Pay For Construction Of A Clinic

25-05-2021

In a clear dereliction of duty by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, villagers in Mwenezi East constituency are being forced make monetary contributions towards construction of a clinic in a resettlement area known as Janhi or Petronella farm.

While the Constitution of Zimbabwe on Section 29 clearly state that it is the role of the State ‘to ensure provision of basic, accessible and adequate health services throughout Zimbabwe”, Mnangagwa’s regime through chiefs and headmen are collecting money from poor villagers in Mwenezi.

Section 76 of the Constitution also guarantees for the Right to Healthcare for every citizen and this can never be misconstrued to mean citizens must fund for their own healthcare facilities.

Shockingly, villagers in Mwenezi East under Chief Negari are being forced to pay R20 per household for the construction of a clinic.

Ironically, the same regime that is coercing villagers to pay for construction of health facilities rejected MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa’s offer to build a hospital in Gutu rural district.

Mwenezi district is one of Zimbabwe’s main faces of poverty due to its semi-arid conditions and poor annual rainfall and like most communal areas in the country, villagers survive on less than 1US dollar per day.

It is an insult to the great people of Mwenezi East constituency who have traditionally voted for ZANU PF since 1980 but the same party in government is shouldering them with extra responsibilities to fund their own healthcare facilities.

It is time the people of Mwenezi East transfer their vote to a pro-poor and pro-people MDC Alliance party led by President Nelson Chamisa.

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Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

By A Correspondent- Exiled former deputy cabinet minister Godfrey Gandawa asserted that Mugabe’s relatives’ seeming paranoia that drove them to secure the former president’s body with multiple concrete blocks now appears well informed.

Gandawa also said Chief Zvimba’s ruling ordering the exhumation and reburial of the late former president Robert Mugabe shows that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind the whole process.

Gandawa argued that had the chief acted on his power as a traditional leader, he wouldn’t have ordered the reburial of Mugabe’s remains at the National Heroes Acre but in Kutama. Gandawa wrote on Twitter:

The seeming paranoia of Mugabe’s family, in securing his body with multiple concrete blocks, now appears well informed as we witness Mnangagwa’s macabre and desperate attempt to take control of Mugabe’s corpse, and whatever they believe it has, two years his death.

Mnangagwa’s actions are an embarrassment to the nation and further reduce our estimation in the eyes of the world.

It is unheard of for a president, via his proxies, to harass the widow of his predecessor in a bid to access his remains for unclear purposes. It is a disgrace.

Speaking to City Press from the Mugabe homestead at Kutama Village in Zvimba during the burial in September 2019, Mugabe family spokesperson, Leo Mugabe revealed that Mugabe was buried in a tamper-proof casket. 

He said:

You know some people have an inclination for rituals. We are afraid that some people are after his body parts or even his whole body and they want to use that for rituals.

… the casket is tamper-proof and there is nothing unusual about that because we are trying to follow his last wishes which he confided to his wife before he passed on; he intimated that there were people who wanted to use his body for rituals.

Chief Zvimba, born Stanley Urayayi Mhondoro, gave an ultimatum until 1 July 2021 by which date both exhumation and reburial should have taken place.

By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have arrested four men alleged to be part of a gang of six that was caught on camera assaulting two men in the city centre resulting in the death of one of their victims.

Trust Emmanuel Moyo of Cowdray Park suburb, Bongani Dube of Nguboyenja suburb, Tatenda Matsvimba of Trenance suburb and Earnest Sibanda of Mpopoma suburb were arrested on Saturday in connection with last Friday night’s murder.

The murder which was captured on CCTV from one of the nearby buildings occurred along 10th Avenue between Fort street and Joshua M N Nkomo street.

One of their victims: a 26-year-old man who was a resident of Pelandaba West succumbed to the injuries while the other one is admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital and is said to be in a critical condition.

Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abedinico Ncube confirmed the incident.

“I can confirm that we are investigating a case of murder and one of attempted murder. Four suspects have since been taken into custody, Trust Emmanuel Moyo of Cowdray Park, Bongani Dube of Nguboyenja, Tatenda Matsvimba of Fletcher road Trenance, and Earnest Sibanda of Mpopoma were arrested and detained at ZRP Bulawayo Central,” said Insp Ncube. “At around 10 PM on Friday, the now deceased was walking in the company of the informant and his friend along 10th avenue between Fort street and Joshua Nkomo street, Bulawayo going towards TM Hyper. They were approached by six unknown male adults who disembarked from a blue and black Honda Fit and attacked them. The accused persons used big stones to hit the deceased and his friend on the head and face.”

Insp Ncube said the deceased sustained severe head injuries.

“His friend sustained head, facial injuries and is admitted to Mpilo Central hospital and is in a critical condition,” he said.

CCTV footage showed the gang chasing after people on a pavement of a shop.

After catching up with them, a gang member who was holding a very big boulder used it to crush the heads of the two men.

After the attack, the gang members left for their car but returned shortly afterwards, searched their victims and took their belongings before driving off.

Good Samaritans arrived and ferried the man who was still alive to hospital.

“Investigations are in progress and some follow ups are being made, members of the public are urged to come forward with any information that may lead to the culprits’ arrests,” said Insp Ncube.

“We are appealing to the members of the public to assist us in locating a blue and black Honda Fit which is used to commit robberies.

Members of the public are also advised to comply with curfew regulations as this heinous case occurred well into curfew.”-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe’s five major hospitals are still without substantive chief executive officers (CEOs) more than a year after they were fired, while most departments in the Health and Child Care ministry are being headed by acting directors, NewsDay reported.

Health stakeholders yesterday said this impedes the smooth running of hospitals and government programmes.

Last year, the Health and Child Care ministry fired five chief executives at the country’s major hospitals as part of a restructuring exercise to enhance operational efficiency, effectiveness and accountability.

The axe fell on Nonhlanhla Ndlovu (United Bulawayo Hospitals), Leonard Mabandi (Ingutsheni Central), Ernest Manyawu (Parirenyatwa), Tinashe Dhobbie (Sally Mugabe) and Enock Mayida (Chitungwiza Central Hospital).

Some directors in the ministry were also sent on leave, resulting in several departments operating without substantive heads.

These include the preventive health, nursing services, finance, human resources and pharmacy and family health departments, among others.

Community Working Group on Health executive director Itai Rusike yesterday expressed concern over the issue, saying threequarters of directors in the Health ministry were in acting capacity.

“We are worried that when one is on an acting capacity, s/he would not be job-secure and morale would be low, which would impact negatively on their work output, overall performance and even their own health,” Rusike told NewsDay.

“It should be noted that an acting director’s job is essentially to keep the organisation functional until the director returns or someone is appointed. With the current problems facing the health sector, it is important that substantive directors, who can change policies or implement them without fear, are appointed for the smooth operation of the sector,” he said.

In February this year, HSB board chairman Paulinus Sikhosana said government was finalising compensation packages for fired managers before recruiting substantive CEOs.
Health analysts, however, said replacements for the fired CEOs should be appointed urgently.

-newsday

By A Correspondent- Chiredzi North Member of Parliament Roy Bhila (Zanu-PF) recently caused a stir after he demanded control over activities initiated by non-governmental organisations in the south-eastern Lowveld.

In particular, Bhila wanted to be involved in a US$19 million USAid Zimbabwe-initiated Resilience ANCHORS project targeted to benefit communities living around wildlife sanctuaries.

The project, which started in July 2020, is expected to run until July 2025. It will benefit wards in Bikita and Chiredzi, which are close to conservancies where human-wildlife conflicts are rampant.

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)’s Cyril Moyo told a stakeholders’ meeting on Friday that the project would be implemented in Save Valley, Gonarezhou and Bubye landscapes.

During the question and answer session at the meeting, Bhila said as an MP he needed to be consulted each time an NGO launched a project in his constituency. He accused Chiredzi district development co-ordinator of sidelining him.

“As an MP who has an oversight role, I am disappointed that a project was launched in my constituency without being consulted. You just came here to make me rubber-stamp what I don’t even know.

“Save Valley conservancy is in ward 24, the ward is not here as participants. I am sure you are excluding it on the grounds that it is in the resettlement area. People in those areas are being mauled and killed by animals, but Save Valley Conservancy is not even compensating the victims’ families or footing the funeral expenses.

“You heard the Save Valley Conservancy chief executive officer, Robin Bouckaert acknowledging that people have been killed by animals in the past months, but the staff didn’t bother to attend the funeral in solidarity with the community. Human-wildlife conflict should be addressed once-andfor-all not the talk shows we used to witness in the past,” Bhila said.-newsday

Police in Bulawayo have arrested four men alleged to be part of a gang of six that was caught on camera assaulting two men in the city centre resulting in the death of one of their victims.

Trust Emmanuel Moyo of Cowdray Park suburb, Bongani Dube of Nguboyenja suburb, Tatenda Matsvimba of Trenance suburb and Earnest Sibanda of Mpopoma suburb were arrested on Saturday in connection with last Friday night’s murder.

The murder which was captured on CCTV from one of the nearby buildings occurred along 10th Avenue between Fort street and Joshua M N Nkomo street.

One of their victims: a 26-year-old man who was a resident of Pelandaba West succumbed to the injuries while the other one is admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital and is said to be in a critical condition.

Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abedinico Ncube confirmed the incident.

“I can confirm that we are investigating a case of murder and one of attempted murder. Four suspects have since been taken into custody, Trust Emmanuel Moyo of Cowdray Park, Bongani Dube of Nguboyenja, Tatenda Matsvimba of Fletcher road Trenance, and Earnest Sibanda of Mpopoma were arrested and detained at ZRP Bulawayo Central,” said Insp Ncube. “At around 10 PM on Friday, the now deceased was walking in the company of the informant and his friend along 10th avenue between Fort street and Joshua Nkomo street, Bulawayo going towards TM Hyper. They were approached by six unknown male adults who disembarked from a blue and black Honda Fit and attacked them. The accused persons used big stones to hit the deceased and his friend on the head and face.”

Insp Ncube said the deceased sustained severe head injuries.

“His friend sustained head, facial injuries and is admitted to Mpilo Central hospital and is in a critical condition,” he said.

CCTV footage showed the gang chasing after people on a pavement of a shop.

After catching up with them, a gang member who was holding a very big boulder used it to crush the heads of the two men.

After the attack, the gang members left for their car but returned shortly afterwards, searched their victims and took their belongings before driving off.

Good Samaritans arrived and ferried the man who was still alive to hospital.

“Investigations are in progress and some follow ups are being made, members of the public are urged to come forward with any information that may lead to the culprits’ arrests,” said Insp Ncube.

“We are appealing to the members of the public to assist us in locating a blue and black Honda Fit which is used to commit robberies.

Members of the public are also advised to comply with curfew regulations as this heinous case occurred well into curfew.”

-State Media

By A Correspondent- Former Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga has bounced back into mainstream politics after he was cleared by the ruling party’s Manicaland provincial executive, and now awaits politburo endorsement.

This announcement was made during the party’s provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting held in Mutare last week. Other former members seeking to revert to Zanu-PF are ex-provincial youth member Taurai Chiripamberi and James Kaunye, who had defected to former VicePresident Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First party.

The PCC meeting was attended by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, provincial chairperson Mike Madiro and former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa.

“The issue of Kudzi Chipanga and others was tabled at the PCC meeting and in his remarks, comrade Patrick Chinamasa noted that if Chipanga was endorsed in his Makoni district, then the province had no objection. In fact the province had no objection,” said a party official, who refused to be named. Another source weighed in saying the names would now be forwarded to the politburo for consideration.

Madiro said he was not at liberty to disclose the names of those cleared to rejoin the party, adding that it was an internal process.

“Yes, we had a PCC, but on the issues of the names, it’s an internal process and I am not at liberty to disclose the names of the people concerned, which are forwarded to the party leadership for consideration,” he said.

“Yes, as Zanu-PF, we have names of people who have applied to be re-admitted to the party because they are happy with the vision of the party.”

Chipanga was fired by Zanu-PF in 2017 together with several other members aligned to the G40 cabal at the height of Zanu-PF factional fights.

Zanu-PF is currently re-admitting its expelled members and also taking in disgruntled opposition supporters in preparation for the 2023 elections.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has been slapped with a US$90 000 lawsuit by three Harare women who were arrested and detained in Mabvuku suburb early this year for allegedly breaching Covid-19 regulations.

The three women are Linda and Millicent Mbundire as well as Mavis Katuka, claim they were arrested while they had left their homes to go and purchase some food items for their families.

The women say they were within 500 metres from their homes when they were arrested and detained for two days.

In their court challenge, the women cited Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga, Officer in Charge of Mabvuku Police Station and one Constable Aleck as respondents.

They are each demanding US$15 000 for unlawful arrest and US$15 000 for unlawful detention.

In their declaration, the trio said the incident happened on February 13 this year when government moved to tighten its lockdown measures during the second wave of the pandemic.

Court has been told the three, who are neighbours, were arrested while within a 500-metre radius from their homes.

Linda Mbundire said when she got arrested, police seized her laptop, cell phones and passport and arrested her without warrant.

“The arrest was arbitrary and without just cause. Consequent to the unlawful arrest, each of the plaintiffs suffered damages in the sum of US$15 000 for unlawful and wrongful arrest,” she said.

After their arrest, the three said they were detained at Mabvuku Police Station between 13 and 15 February 2021.

Mbundire said the police “did not observe the Wednesbury principles and also failed to comply with the strict requirements of the Covid-19 regulations they purported to be implementing. The detention was needless, malicious and unlawful.”

According to court papers, on February 15, the trio was threatened and made to pay admission fines by Constable Aleck for purposes of securing their liberty.

Their lawyers, Mbizo, Muchadehama and Makoni said the charge in respect of which they were made to pay an admission of guilt did not exist.

For this, the three again demanded US$15 000 each as compensation plus interest.

The matter is yet to be heard.

-newsday

Former Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga has bounced back into mainstream politics after he was cleared by the ruling party’s Manicaland provincial executive, and now awaits politburo endorsement.

This announcement was made during the party’s provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting held in Mutare last week. Other former members seeking to revert to Zanu-PF are ex-provincial youth member Taurai Chiripamberi and James Kaunye, who had defected to former VicePresident Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First party.

The PCC meeting was attended by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, provincial chairperson Mike Madiro and former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa.

“The issue of Kudzi Chipanga and others was tabled at the PCC meeting and in his remarks, comrade Patrick Chinamasa noted that if Chipanga was endorsed in his Makoni district, then the province had no objection. In fact the province had no objection,” said a party official, who refused to be named. Another source weighed in saying the names would now be forwarded to the politburo for consideration.

Madiro said he was not at liberty to disclose the names of those cleared to rejoin the party, adding that it was an internal process.

“Yes, we had a PCC, but on the issues of the names, it’s an internal process and I am not at liberty to disclose the names of the people concerned, which are forwarded to the party leadership for consideration,” he said.

“Yes, as Zanu-PF, we have names of people who have applied to be re-admitted to the party because they are happy with the vision of the party.”

Chipanga was fired by Zanu-PF in 2017 together with several other members aligned to the G40 cabal at the height of Zanu-PF factional fights.

Zanu-PF is currently re-admitting its expelled members and also taking in disgruntled opposition supporters in preparation for the 2023 elections.

-Newsday

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By Leonard Koni| I remember passing through Dubai on my way to Afghanistan, and what I used to see there is serious business.

Fifty years ago Dubai was a very small city in a desert but they have changed it into a hub of powerful economic  development and activity.

Zimbabwe is not in a desert and it is endowed with large tracts of land and vast mineral resources but is ranked one of the most poorest country in the world. 

Once a thriving commercial hub with the Ottoman Empire, we have reduced this nation to nothing.

Since 1980 our politicians have been busy fighting to consolidate  power whilst other countries were making strides in building and improving their infrastructure.

We are the victims of decimation of our natural resources? We have spoiled everything for the love of power.

We are taking economic development for granted. We should start declaring corruption as a serious number one public enemy and a national disaster.  

The state has the capacity to transform it’s economy simply with assets it already own. The danger is just immense. The economy has been destroyed through managing assets poorly. A good example is how the government has destroyed the Iron and Steel industry Zisco, Zinara, Cold Storage Commission just to mention a few. 

We have a government that only prides itself in holding and winning elections on the expense of embarking on mega developing projects.

People must not be programmed to think that it is impossible to arrest criminals and corrupt government officials. Such people of that mindset must stay at the terraces whilst progressive people deal decisively with a cartel of looters in the government.

Right now ZACC appears to have lost its biting teeth or probably gone on AWOL.

We have politicians who are having more than one farm and still want to serve in the government receiving salaries and benefits whilst not paying attention to farming and production.

One cannot serve two masters at the same time. Those government officials serving in the government must decide to choose one thing whether to serve the government or do farming full time. They cannot do both because another sector will suffer. This is what is killing this nation.

With Zanu PF we are not going anywhere. 41 years into power  we are failing to facelift Harare Mbare Fly Over.

How do you expect to listen to a smooth and refined sound from a scratched vinyl record?
We have a leadership which only knows looting and corruption. They don’t even care about infrastructural development. That is why forty one years after independence, we are still using old infrastructure left by Ian Smith.

In the midst of a global pandemic and economic quagmire and malaise our country has been plunged deep into a constitutional crisis. Zimbabwe is regressing instead of progressing.

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