By Sheryleen Masuku

Mthwakazi Republic Party MRP’s President Mqondisi Moyo is now hiding in an undisclosed forest following a raid at his house last month by suspected State security agents.

This was revealed by the party’s former secretary Mbonisi Gumbo in an exclusive interview with Next Level News Network.

Gumbo said members of MRP are worried about their leader’s safety and well being as he is now living in the forest.

A growing number of Zimbabwe’s activists are either in hiding, behind bars or
awaiting trial as ZANU PF led government has continued to face criticism from
the local and international community over the continued clampdown on activists
and the shrinking democratic space in the country.

Many opposition activists
have been detained, denied bail or abducted since Emmerson Munangagwa assumed
power in 2017 following a coup which ousted the last president Robert Mugabe.
The government of Zimbabwe has denied allegations that they are targeting opposition members including any involvement
in any abduction of political activists .

Gumbo however, believes that
Zimbabwe’s State security agents are responsible for the ongoing harassment of
political activists including MRP members.

“We suspect ZANU PF members, the Central
Intelligence Organisation, Zimbabwe Republic Police, and Zimbabwe National
Army, they might be the ones who are after our President’s life.”
Said Gumbo.

Gumbo blamed the state security agents for the on- going harassment and persecution of political opponents in the country. “They are just being petty and their agenda is clearly to form a one party state, they want to kill opposition leaders and destroy opposition parties”. Contacted for comment MRP’s Communications officer Velile Moyo, said the party’s President had vowed to remain in hiding and had refused to hand himself over to the police for questioning because he is aware that his political opponents want to arrest him. “They actually called him to come for some questioning; he is determined not to go to the police station”.

”He said he will not submit himself to his oppressors. It’s part of defiance on his part because we know ZANU PF silences opposition through arrests”.

Nine members of MRP are behind bars in Bulawayo following clashes with the police last month during a protest where the party demanded to know the whereabouts of their leader Mqondisi Moyo.

Velile Moyo expressed concern over the most vulnerable members of the party that are among those who have been detained and denied bail.

“We have two senior citizens who are both way past retirement age.”

“Levson Ncube and Tinos Nkomo are two elderly men that have been arrested.”

Moyo said MRP is assisting the families of those who have been arrested.

“We have been providing for their families with some basic stuff as many of those who were arrested are the breadwinners in their family”.

Sibongile Bhanda and Busi Ncube are the only women among those who have been detained and are currently detained at Mlondolozi Prison.

Moyo said the nine members of the party are expected to appear in court on the 16th of April 2021.

Zimbabwe’s National Housing and Amenities minister Daniel Garwe yesterday said Zimbabwe is soon to export water to South Africa.

The development comes as Zimbabwe struggles to supply its small population with daily water amid massive rationing.

Speaking in Beitbridge, minister Garwe said local and international banks will fund the massive project that’s to create a greenbelt in its path to the south.

“This is in line with the vision of the new dispensation led by President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa. We have brought with us representatives of BancABC and Sallini Construction who are here,” he said.

THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage.

Mr Khaliphani Ngulube of 4873 in Chinotimba narrated to police how he was later rescued by an unidentified passerby who pulled him out of the flowing sewage and carried him home.

Mr Ngulube had approached Sibangiswani Nkomo (32), Cosmas Mulima (30) and Qondisani Ndlovu (27) at Nkomo’s house in Chinotimba where the trio was, inquiring about the whereabouts of a friend identified as Mr Brighton Singonge.

Instead Nkomo, Mulima and Ndlovu became hostile towards Mr Ngulube, upon which their colleague Mr Victor Chingenga, who was with them, suddenly pounced on the complainant and slapped him three times.

Mr Ngulube tried to escape but Mr Chingenga pursued him and the two engaged in a fight.

Mr Ngulube then picked a stone and hit Mr Chingenga once on the head and he collapsed.

Nkomo, Mulisa and Ndlovu joined in the fight and started assaulting Mr Ngulube with sticks while also punching and slapping him repeatedly until he fell unconscious.

The trio carried an unconscious Mr Ngulube and dumped him inside a pool of sewage flowing from a burst pipe.

Mr Chingenga was not arrested in relation to the incident.

Nkomo, Mulima and Ndlovu pleaded guilty to a charge of assault each when they appeared before Victoria Falls magistrate Ms Linda Dzvene.

Each was sentenced to eight months in prison of which two months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.

The other six months were suspended on condition that each of them completes 210 hours of community service.

Nkomo will do the unpaid work at Chidobe Primary School while Mulima and Ndlovu will do theirs at the Victoria Falls Registrar General Office and Chinotimba Clinic respectively.

Prosecuting Miss Audrey Mukanganya said the incident occurred in October last year.

“On the 31st day of October 2020 at 8PM the complainant proceeded to house number 1180 Chinotimba looking for his friend Brighton Singonge and found the three accused and Victor Chingenga seated outside. The complainant asked about his friend and was told that he was not around. A misunderstanding ensued over an undisclosed issue leading to the fight,” said Miss Mukanganya.

She said the three started assaulting Mr Ngulube.

Mr Ngulube was treated and discharged at Victoria Falls Hospital while Mr Chingenga did not seek medical treatment.- Chronicle

In the first picture is ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy at the Ruya bridge yesterday, in the second one are MDC Alliance MP Joana Mamombe and her colleague Cecilia Chimbiri at the press conference the state says they violated COVID regulations. Between Mnangagwa and MP Mamombe, who was practicing social distancing here?

RT- The press conference that sent Cecilia and Joanna to max prison without trial. As you can see, they observed social distancing rules but they are in prison for violating Covid rules. https://t.co/QxaUaVR0Gg pic.twitter.com/7oMiSTqZiI

— Simba Chikanza (@schikanza) April 15, 2021

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Tinashe Sambiri|The COVID-19 vaccination programme should be conducted in a transparent process- without hiding key information, the MDC Alliance has said.

According to a statement released by MDC Alliance Secretary for Health, Dr Henry Madzorera, citizens are deeply sceptical of the process because government is not disclosing key information…

See full statement below:

14 April 2021

10th Edition

A Chinese official is said to have announced that the Sinopharm vaccine has lower efficacy than originally suggested in media reports.

This will not be the first time a vaccine has been shown to have low efficacy. We watched the Republic of South Africa switching from Astra Zeneca vaccine to Johnson and Johnson on the basis of low efficacy. We also saw most of Europe halting, albeit temporarily, the use of the Astra Zeneca vaccine on the basis of perceived adverse events following immunization. This is sound pharmaco-vigilance from governments that have nothing to hide from citizens.

Initial reports said Sinopharm vaccine had an efficacy of roughly 79-86%. Now the owners of the vaccine say efficacy is lower than that. What should Zimbabwe do?

This is time to act on available home brewed data. We have already vaccinated over 205 275 people since 18th February.

What preliminary results do we have on safety and efficacy? The government needs to make an urgent decision based on data as to whether to continue using the two Chinese vaccines or to switch to something else. We now know that 95% of our covid19 is the South African variant.

Could efficacy here be even lower than in China? Only live data collected here can inform us correctly for decision and action.

Starting to vaccinate the population with whatever vaccine available was a good thing. Continuing to use a vaccine with proven low efficacy would be a disaster and a total waste of tax payer’s money. But we must measure the efficacy in our own population. We note curiously that the Sinopharm/Sinovac vaccines are still not on the WHO list of approved vaccines. Decision has once again been postponed to end of April.

Here is the most important advice to government: Travel this journey with the people. Alone you may think you’re going fast, but indeed together we will go far. Transparency in all matters pertaining to procurement decisions, safety, & efficacy of the vaccines has no substitute if we are to have a successful covid19 prevention program. All covid19 vaccines are on trial.

The people must report their experiences and the population must be kept informed. We have already requested weekly reports on adverse events following immunization in the SitRep.That way we can help the Chinese in their vaccine development process.

Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency

Dr Henry Madzorera
Secretary for Health and Child Welfare
MDC Alliance

Tinashe Sambiri|The COVID-19 vaccination programme should be conducted in a transparent process- without hiding key information, the MDC Alliance has said.

According to a statement released by MDC Alliance Secretary for Health, Dr Henry Madzorera, citizens are deeply sceptical of the process because government is not disclosing key information…

See full statement below:

14 April 2021

10th Edition

A Chinese official is said to have announced that the Sinopharm vaccine has lower efficacy than originally suggested in media reports.

This will not be the first time a vaccine has been shown to have low efficacy. We watched the Republic of South Africa switching from Astra Zeneca vaccine to Johnson and Johnson on the basis of low efficacy. We also saw most of Europe halting, albeit temporarily, the use of the Astra Zeneca vaccine on the basis of perceived adverse events following immunization. This is sound pharmaco-vigilance from governments that have nothing to hide from citizens.

Initial reports said Sinopharm vaccine had an efficacy of roughly 79-86%. Now the owners of the vaccine say efficacy is lower than that. What should Zimbabwe do?

This is time to act on available home brewed data. We have already vaccinated over 205 275 people since 18th February.

What preliminary results do we have on safety and efficacy? The government needs to make an urgent decision based on data as to whether to continue using the two Chinese vaccines or to switch to something else. We now know that 95% of our covid19 is the South African variant.

Could efficacy here be even lower than in China? Only live data collected here can inform us correctly for decision and action.

Starting to vaccinate the population with whatever vaccine available was a good thing. Continuing to use a vaccine with proven low efficacy would be a disaster and a total waste of tax payer’s money. But we must measure the efficacy in our own population. We note curiously that the Sinopharm/Sinovac vaccines are still not on the WHO list of approved vaccines. Decision has once again been postponed to end of April.

Here is the most important advice to government: Travel this journey with the people. Alone you may think you’re going fast, but indeed together we will go far. Transparency in all matters pertaining to procurement decisions, safety, & efficacy of the vaccines has no substitute if we are to have a successful covid19 prevention program. All covid19 vaccines are on trial.

The people must report their experiences and the population must be kept informed. We have already requested weekly reports on adverse events following immunization in the SitRep.That way we can help the Chinese in their vaccine development process.

Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency

Dr Henry Madzorera
Secretary for Health and Child Welfare
MDC Alliance

Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF is now a danger to the nation’s very existence, MDC Alliance vice president, Hon Tendai Biti has said.

Hon Biti took a swipe at the Zanu PF regime for plotting to use “Green Bombers to commit genocide.”

“The dramatic fall of Zim into fully fledged authoritarian construct and simultaneously a failed state lacking resilience or resistance, post 2017 military coup is without precedentThe National Question is now simply challenge of de militarising nation state

The desperate regime presses yet another disparate note of discontent.They want violence in 2023.They want another genocide in Zimbabwe.

They have an itch that needs scratching . Shame on them and their false gods,” argued Hon Biti.

“When a liberation movement fails to reform or renew it withers or decomposes It cannibalizes itself&collapses under the weight of its contradictions.#ZANU has reached that level of petrifaction. It poses a danger to Zim’s existence,” added Hon Biti.

Tinashe Sambiri|The COVID-19 vaccination programme should be conducted in a transparent process- without hiding key information, the MDC Alliance has said.

According to a statement released by MDC Alliance Secretary for Health, Dr Henry Madzorera, citizens are deeply sceptical of the process because government is not disclosing key information…

See full statement below:

14 April 2021

10th Edition

A Chinese official is said to have announced that the Sinopharm vaccine has lower efficacy than originally suggested in media reports.

This will not be the first time a vaccine has been shown to have low efficacy. We watched the Republic of South Africa switching from Astra Zeneca vaccine to Johnson and Johnson on the basis of low efficacy. We also saw most of Europe halting, albeit temporarily, the use of the Astra Zeneca vaccine on the basis of perceived adverse events following immunization. This is sound pharmaco-vigilance from governments that have nothing to hide from citizens.

Initial reports said Sinopharm vaccine had an efficacy of roughly 79-86%. Now the owners of the vaccine say efficacy is lower than that. What should Zimbabwe do?

This is time to act on available home brewed data. We have already vaccinated over 205 275 people since 18th February.

What preliminary results do we have on safety and efficacy? The government needs to make an urgent decision based on data as to whether to continue using the two Chinese vaccines or to switch to something else. We now know that 95% of our covid19 is the South African variant.

Could efficacy here be even lower than in China? Only live data collected here can inform us correctly for decision and action.

Starting to vaccinate the population with whatever vaccine available was a good thing. Continuing to use a vaccine with proven low efficacy would be a disaster and a total waste of tax payer’s money. But we must measure the efficacy in our own population. We note curiously that the Sinopharm/Sinovac vaccines are still not on the WHO list of approved vaccines. Decision has once again been postponed to end of April.

Here is the most important advice to government: Travel this journey with the people. Alone you may think you’re going fast, but indeed together we will go far. Transparency in all matters pertaining to procurement decisions, safety, & efficacy of the vaccines has no substitute if we are to have a successful covid19 prevention program. All covid19 vaccines are on trial.

The people must report their experiences and the population must be kept informed. We have already requested weekly reports on adverse events following immunization in the SitRep.That way we can help the Chinese in their vaccine development process.

Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency​Transparency

Dr Henry Madzorera
Secretary for Health and Child Welfare
MDC Alliance

Tinashe Sambiri| The MDC Alliance has described the dearth of democracy in Zimbabwe as worrisome.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is desperate to decimate the MDC Alliance before the 2023 polls because the Zanu PF leader knows he will not win the popular vote, analysts have said.

See below the MDC Alliance Standing Committee communique…

Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF is now a danger to the nation’s very existence, MDC Alliance vice president, Hon Tendai Biti has said.

Hon Biti took a swipe at the Zanu PF regime for plotting to use “Green Bombers to commit genocide.”

“The dramatic fall of Zim into fully fledged authoritarian construct and simultaneously a failed state lacking resilience or resistance, post 2017 military coup is without precedentThe National Question is now simply challenge of de militarising nation state

The desperate regime presses yet another disparate note of discontent.They want violence in 2023.They want another genocide in Zimbabwe.

They have an itch that needs scratching . Shame on them and their false gods,” argued Hon Biti.

“When a liberation movement fails to reform or renew it withers or decomposes It cannibalizes itself&collapses under the weight of its contradictions.#ZANU has reached that level of petrifaction. It poses a danger to Zim’s existence,” added Hon Biti.

By Sheryleen Masuku

Mthwakazi Republic Party MRP’s President Mqondisi Moyo is now hiding in an undisclosed forest following a raid at his house last month by suspected State security agents.

This was revealed by the party’s former secretary Mbonisi Gumbo in an exclusive interview with Next Level News Network.

Gumbo said members of MRP are worried about their leader’s safety and well being as he is now living in the forest.

A growing number of Zimbabwe’s activists are either in hiding, behind bars or
awaiting trial as ZANU PF led government has continued to face criticism from
the local and international community over the continued clampdown on activists
and the shrinking democratic space in the country.

Many opposition activists
have been detained, denied bail or abducted since Emmerson Munangagwa assumed
power in 2017 following a coup which ousted the last president Robert Mugabe.
The government of Zimbabwe has denied allegations that they are targeting opposition members including any involvement
in any abduction of political activists .

Gumbo however, believes that
Zimbabwe’s State security agents are responsible for the ongoing harassment of
political activists including MRP members.

“We suspect ZANU PF members, the Central
Intelligence Organisation, Zimbabwe Republic Police, and Zimbabwe National
Army, they might be the ones who are after our President’s life.”
Said Gumbo.

Gumbo blamed the state security agents for the on- going harassment and persecution of political opponents in the country. “They are just being petty and their agenda is clearly to form a one party state, they want to kill opposition leaders and destroy opposition parties”. Contacted for comment MRP’s Communications officer Velile Moyo, said the party’s President had vowed to remain in hiding and had refused to hand himself over to the police for questioning because he is aware that his political opponents want to arrest him. “They actually called him to come for some questioning; he is determined not to go to the police station”.

”He said he will not submit himself to his oppressors. It’s part of defiance on his part because we know ZANU PF silences opposition through arrests”.

Nine members of MRP are behind bars in Bulawayo following clashes with the police last month during a protest where the party demanded to know the whereabouts of their leader Mqondisi Moyo.

Velile Moyo expressed concern over the most vulnerable members of the party that are among those who have been detained and denied bail.

“We have two senior citizens who are both way past retirement age.”

“Levson Ncube and Tinos Nkomo are two elderly men that have been arrested.”

Moyo said MRP is assisting the families of those who have been arrested.

“We have been providing for their families with some basic stuff as many of those who were arrested are the breadwinners in their family”.

Sibongile Bhanda and Busi Ncube are the only women among those who have been detained and are currently detained at Mlondolozi Prison.

Moyo said the nine members of the party are expected to appear in court on the 16th of April 2021.

Tinashe Sambiri| The MDC Alliance has described the dearth of democracy in Zimbabwe as worrisome.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is desperate to decimate the MDC Alliance before the 2023 polls because the Zanu PF leader knows he will not win the popular vote, analysts have said.

See below the MDC Alliance Standing Committee communique…

The High Court has ruled in favour of Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) in a case in which the residents’ association filed an application seeking an order to set aside the government’s decision to rename some of the streets in Bulawayo.

More to follow…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that by-elections may be held soon and called on Zanu PF to get prepared, while observing World Health Organisation (WHO) safety guidelines on COVID-19.

Mnangagwa told his Zanu PF party politburo members that they should leave nothing to chance in ensuring victory in the upcoming by-elections and the 2023 harmonised elections.

His statement came at a time when the opposition MDC Alliance, independent electoral watchdogs and stakeholders have been pressuring government and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to lift the ban on by-elections imposed by Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga last year citing COVID-19 fears.

While opposition party gatherings have been crushed by police, Mnangagwa’s party has been able to hold meetings, raising suspicion that COVID-19 rules were being applied selectively.

“Preparations for by-elections must be conducted within the confines of internal democratic practices and provisions of our party constitution, while at the same time observing WHO protocols,” Mnangagwa said.

Most by-elections were necessitated by the recall of MDC Alliance MPs and councillors by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T after the Supreme Court in March last year nullified  Nelson Chamisa’s leadership of the MDC-T. Since then, 41 MDC Alliance MPs and over 80 councillors have been recalled by both MDC-T and Lucia Matibenga’s People’s Democratic Party.

Mnangagwa called for  activation of Zanu PF party structures so that they prepare for the elections.

“Structures must remain intact. We cannot approach the next election with an assumed membership base. It is fundamental that we know the figures of those who will potentially vote for us at disaggregated ward, constituency and provincial levels. Nothing must be left to chance,” he said.

“The 2023 harmonised general elections are fast approaching. Let us, therefore, continue tightening our belts and diligently implementing programmes with a greater sense of urgency.

“Our people and party membership must be kept informed, mobilised and motivated to be productive towards improving their plight and the achievement of the goals we set out in the 2018 people’s manifesto.”

MDC Alliance secretary for elections Jacob Mafume said: “The tragedy is he (Mnangagwa) is undermining the Constitution everyday. By-elections are supposed to operate by operation of law. Every other country in the region has been holding elections and by-elections when they are due despite the presence of COVID-19. It is only in this country where we have suspended the operation of democracy because of a biological disease,” Mafume said.

“They are the ones who have been running away from the people. We are ready and we will beat them in the by-elections,” Mafume said.

Mnangagwa applauded the Zanu PF’s Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology for implementing a “comprehensive and robust training programme for the district co-ordinating structures and new cadres joining the party”.

He warned divisive elements in his party that they would be exposed and flushed out if they continued disrespecting the party constitution.

“The ideals of our party, particularly patriotism, loyalty, discipline and honesty must remain engrained in all of us. There is no room for malicious divisive, corrupt and retrogressive tendencies within our rank and file membership,” he said.

“Such elements should be exposed,” he added.

On the terror attacks in Palma, Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, Mnangagwa said Sadc was acting on technical deployment and urged his party structures to be on high security alert to avoid attacks.

“An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, united we stand and hence, we cannot sit back and allow acts of insurgency to continue without a robust regional response.

“Last week, I, therefore, attended the Sadc Double Troika Summit in Mozambique, where the regional bloc resolved to immediately make technical deployments towards restoring peace and stability,” Mnangagwa said.

“Government is currently working with the Mozambican authorities to establish the number of our nationals who were entrapped during the attack of Palma town, on March 24 2021.

“Against this disturbing background, the party structures across all provinces must ensure that our communities are on high security alert. Let us continue to jealously guard the peace and stability that is existing in our country.”

-Newsday

By A Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to open a single lane bridge in Karanda as he continues his unpresidential approach of officially opening anything including a mortuary in Gutu.

The bridge which is 180 metres long, crosses over Ruya River and will significantly reduce distance between Bindura and Mt Darwin according to information secretary Nick Mangwana.

Mnangagwa has in the past officially opened a mortuary in Gutu, a 20 kilometre stretch of Harare- Beitbridge road and officially handed over new coaches to ZUPCO among other minor projects he has presided over.

Below are pictures of the bridge, Mnangagwa is set to officially open today.

A WOMAN who illegally cultivated mbanje to generate income has been jailed six months.

Christine Tafira (53) of Windale Village 2 Extension in Mhangura appeared before Chinhoyi Provincial Magistrate Melody Rwizi charged with possession of dangerous drugs.

She was sentenced to 12 months in prison where six months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.

She will serve an effective six month prison term.

Prosecuting, Tafadzwa Rwodzi told the court that sometime in February 2020, Tafira and her husband Calvin Kadonzo who is still at large, hatched a plan to cultivate mbanje for sale.

The two then planted 18 mbanje plants in their yard at Windale Farm.- H-Metro

THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage.

Mr Khaliphani Ngulube of 4873 in Chinotimba narrated to police how he was later rescued by an unidentified passerby who pulled him out of the flowing sewage and carried him home.

Mr Ngulube had approached Sibangiswani Nkomo (32), Cosmas Mulima (30) and Qondisani Ndlovu (27) at Nkomo’s house in Chinotimba where the trio was, inquiring about the whereabouts of a friend identified as Mr Brighton Singonge.

Instead Nkomo, Mulima and Ndlovu became hostile towards Mr Ngulube, upon which their colleague Mr Victor Chingenga, who was with them, suddenly pounced on the complainant and slapped him three times.

Mr Ngulube tried to escape but Mr Chingenga pursued him and the two engaged in a fight.

Mr Ngulube then picked a stone and hit Mr Chingenga once on the head and he collapsed.

Nkomo, Mulisa and Ndlovu joined in the fight and started assaulting Mr Ngulube with sticks while also punching and slapping him repeatedly until he fell unconscious.

The trio carried an unconscious Mr Ngulube and dumped him inside a pool of sewage flowing from a burst pipe.

Mr Chingenga was not arrested in relation to the incident.

Nkomo, Mulima and Ndlovu pleaded guilty to a charge of assault each when they appeared before Victoria Falls magistrate Ms Linda Dzvene.

Each was sentenced to eight months in prison of which two months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.

The other six months were suspended on condition that each of them completes 210 hours of community service.

Nkomo will do the unpaid work at Chidobe Primary School while Mulima and Ndlovu will do theirs at the Victoria Falls Registrar General Office and Chinotimba Clinic respectively.

Prosecuting Miss Audrey Mukanganya said the incident occurred in October last year.

“On the 31st day of October 2020 at 8PM the complainant proceeded to house number 1180 Chinotimba looking for his friend Brighton Singonge and found the three accused and Victor Chingenga seated outside. The complainant asked about his friend and was told that he was not around. A misunderstanding ensued over an undisclosed issue leading to the fight,” said Miss Mukanganya.

She said the three started assaulting Mr Ngulube.

Mr Ngulube was treated and discharged at Victoria Falls Hospital while Mr Chingenga did not seek medical treatment.- Chronicle

Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF heavyweights are quaking in their boots following the bold declaration by MDC leader President Nelson Chamisa that the popular movement’s main objective is to win power.

In a strong statement released on Tuesday, President Chamisa accused Zanu PF of refusing to “pass on power after losing elections.”

President Chamisa urged citizens to assume a common position in the struggle for freedom.

“WE ALWAYS WIN ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE!

We’ve always won elections but without winning power.

They lose elections but refuse to lose or pass on power. That we must and will fix. We must do it. It’s not easy but it must happen.

No matter what they say or do, we will win any election in this country. Our key task is to win elections and win power.Every citizen must play their part and take responsibility. We need to the BEST and GREATEST country that we truly are. Let’s do it. Let’s win together! #Godisinit,” President Chamisa wrote on Facebook.

Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Namibia has urged youths in the country to distance themselves from the “evil” Border Gezi National Youth Service.

On Tuesday, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration announced the decision to reestablish the National Youth Service.

See the MDC Alliance Namibia statement on the reestablishment of the dreaded National Youth Service:

Re-establishing National Youth Service is a rude reminder of Zanupf’s appetite to torture and butcher social democrats, Mdc Alliance Namibia posits!

14 April 2021

Mdc Alliance Namibia castigates the overzealous Zanupf Minister for Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation for re-establishing the satanic cult of violence in the name of the National Youth Service Training programme popularly known as the ‘Border Gezi’.

This attempt to bring back the violent Zanupf militia disguised as youth empowerment must be resisted with adequate commitment.

We are aware that Zanupf looters long to exploit the vulnerable youths ahead of 2023 harmonised elections. The same Zanupf secret police was created in 2002 towards the presidential poll that was marred by politically motivated violence.

As Mdc Alliance Namibia, we urge all unemployed and poverty-stricken youths to resist these hypocrites who masquerade as socio-economic transformers. Before, during and after the 2002 bloody elections, we witnessed highest levels of human butchery perpetrated by these ‘green bombers’ who were used by the late Robert Mugabe to silence voices of dissent in Zimbabwe.

We saw opposition activists and human rights defenders exposed to state-sponsored violence as a way of breaking their resolve to vote for late doyen of Constitutional Democracy President Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai who had stolen the revolutionary hearts of many citizens.

Moreover, it is a pathological lie that the programme is designed to equip the youths with patriotism, discipline, volunteerism, survival skills, hardwork, tolerance and honesty. We are Cognisant of the hypocritical nature of this clueless Harare regime. In 2002, we saw these poor youths used to frog-march unwilling populace to Zanupf rallies. We are very confident that the desperate regime wants to re-start its torture and murder of innocent citizens using our youths. It is now imperative for all our youths to regain their political and national consciousness to figure out the need to fight Zanupf shenanigans.

It was used by Zanupf terrorists to rig elections through killing with impunity, intimidation and torture in the rural constituencies.

We have learnt our political lessons as a people and now is the time for the youths to reflect on this lunatic move to nurture violence in government institutions. This idea of Zanupf-sponsored violence must see wide resentment from our right-minded youths who should continue to demand better livelihoods. Zanupf is also desperate to indoctrinate council employees and they are also trying to compromise our doctors through the same evil nature. Zimbabweans must pent up their outrage demanding respect for our youthful generation.

In a nutshell, through our #OneMillionCampaign launched by our vibrant Youths last year, we shall obviously soldier on with our recruitment, mobilisation and radicalisation of the base for the change that delivers.

Mdc Alliance Namibia is confident that our youths are not going to be fooled by these fake patriots who pretend to love the youths towards elections. Our youths must resist being condomised by the rogue ,politically inept Zanupf morons.

The unprecedented arbitrary arrests and detention of our youths is a testimony of an careless government. We salute our youthful, organic and pragmatic leadership who are being incarcerated for demanding equality and justice before law.

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Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya

Workers under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner have declared that a crippling general strike was the only way out of the current salary crisis as government was not keen on addressing their plight.

ZCTU president Peter Mutasa said a crucial meeting involving doctors, teachers, the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions and other stakeholders was held recently to find a lasting solution to the disputes.

He said the general feeling was that a general strike that stops all workers from going to work was the only way out.

Mutasa said workers should unite to force the private and public sector employers into action, adding that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration did not have any appetite to resolve workers’ problems.

“We know that we will not get anything if we do not unite and fight back together,” Mutasa said.

“The only way is a national strike that makes sure the whole country’s workforce stops working. That is the only way in the public and private sectors and if we don’t do that, the employer will always find ways of victimising workers at the workstation and we need a general strike and we need all workers to unite.”

Mutasa added: “Recently, we had the salaries and wages summit that was convened by the ZCTU and attended by the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions, other teachers unions, and the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association.

“We are continuing to urge all workers to unite and to fight back. For as long as we are united, we are very optimistic that we will get what we are demanding.”

Civil servants have been engaged in talks with the government but the dialogue is on the verge of collapse after the parties failed to agree on two occasions.

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou also confirmed that union leaders were consulting their members on the issue of a general strike. He said indications were that people were speaking with one voice.

Zhou said teachers were already implementing their two-day working week programme, adding that threats by the government would not stop them.

“It is a minimum of one day and a maximum of two days. We have received threats from some government officials who said teachers are sabotaging the government and must resign. They are the ones to resign because they are not paying their workers,” he said.

“We were trying to find common ground to say the government must not deal with us in private pockets and as workers we must lobby employers to pay us well and that consultation is going on and we are moving towards consolidation of worker positions for a national lobby by workers and there was general consensus on that.”

Labour minister Paul Mavima said there was one more meeting to go before a deadlock could be declared, but threatened a “no work, no salary principle” to stop workers from engaging in job action.

Civil servants have declared incapacitation and are demanding the pre-October 2018 salaries of between US$520 and US$550 a month.

Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa waded into the salary war, saying: “No to slave wages. When the economy has dollarised with fuel, tollgates, passports being charged in US dollars, it is not only illogical, but outrightly cruel to pay civil service salaries in worthless RTGS. Pay decent wages. Maintain people’s right to dignity.

“You can’t leave in a distorted market, a distorted stock market, a distorted foreign currency market and a distorted commodity market. It is so because of a distorted (2018) election.

“You cannot have the most expensive fuel in the region with salaries not meeting the high cost of living. That is fiction and why do we believe in fiction like that? No country develops on the basis of fiction. People cannot plan their lives properly because of this kind of economy.”

He said the way out was to address the “distorted” politics of the day that has led to the crisis.

“Zimbabweans have not known normal lives for long. They cannot breathe, doctors cannot breathe, nurses cannot breathe, teachers cannot breathe, and civil servants cannot breathe,” Chamisa said. “The solution is to address the distorted politics first and the economy will fall into place.” Newsday

 

The trial of a 29-year-old Zimbabwean woman who is accused of drowning her newly-born baby girl in a 20-litre bucket of boiling water in South Africa has been set for May 14 at the Brits Magistrates Court in Gauteng province.
Wendy Tapiwa Chipo of Rietfonten who is facing murder charges was remanded to May 14.

National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) spokesperson for North Gauteng, Ms Lumka Mahanjana said offence was committed on March 16.

She said prior to the infanticide, the woman had allegedly tried to abort the pregnancy without success.

“It is alleged that Chipo tried to abort her baby, when that failed and the baby came out alive, she dipped her in a 20-litre bucket of boiling water,” said Ms Mahanjana.

“She then put the body into a plastic bag. Together with her friend, they went to bury the baby at a nearby bush”.

Ms Mahanjana said the cat was let out of the bag on March 17, when the friend who could no longer keep the secret reported the matter to the police.

She also took the police to the shallow grave they had buried the baby and her remains were recovered. “Chipo was arrested a day later while on the run to Pretoria,” said Ms Mahanjana.

Last year a 42-year-old mentally challenged Zimbabwean woman killed her six-year-old daughter in Kwazulu Natal.

In 2019, a 30-year-old Zimbabwean woman was left grieving when her newborn baby fell to his death at Mamelodi Hospital, east of Pretoria, after nurses allegedly refused to help her when she gave birth while standing.

Theresa Ngwendu told South African media that she was rushed to the hospital as she was about to go into labour.

She said a nurse at the hospital refused to assist her on arrival and told her “this is not Zimbabwe”, resulting in her giving birth while standing. Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|Seasoned politician, Tauya Chinama has dumped Lucia Matibenga’s PDP to join the MDC Alliance.

Chinama is a prominent politician in Gutu West Constituency.

“Mr Tauya Chinama has crossed the floor from Matibenga’s PDP to join the MDC Alliance .

In 2018 he contested as MP for Gutu West…

He pledged to work with us so that we can achieve our goals.
He believes the opposition must unite and fight Zanu PF as a formidable force.

As MDC Alliance Masvingo Province, we welcome all progressive elements,” MDC Alliance official, Stanley Manguma told ZimEye.com.

A 75-year-old man from the Whunga area in Beitbridge West went berserk and hacked his live in girlified (57) to death with a machete and an axe following an argument.

Sitoboli Maluko killed Violet Ncube as his 16-year-old stepson watched in shock on Monday last week.

After committing the gruesome murder, Maluko hanged himself on a tree near the crime scene.

The police officer commanding Beitbridge District, Chief Superintendent Tichaona Nyongo confirmed the incident yesterday and that the couple’s bodies were taken to the Beitbridge District Mortuary pending post-mortem.

He said initial investigations revealed that Maluko and Ncube started cohabiting at the woman’s homestead as husband and wife in January this year.

“So far, we have established that on April 5 at around midnight, Ncube and Maluko had a heated argument over an unknown matter in their bedroom,” said Chief Supt Nyongo.

“On the same date at around 0930 hours, Maluko and Ncube along with his stepson (16) drove their donkey-drawn cart to Sebasa Irrigation Scheme. The accused person had a machete and an axe in the scotch cart.”

He said along the way when they had travelled for about 5km from their homestead, Maluko suddenly attacked Ncube with a machete and she started running away.

Chief Supt Nyongo said the man followed in hot pursuit and struck the woman on the right knee and she fell down.

He said Maluko chopped off Ncube’s left palm inflicting a deep cut on the right wrist, before striking her on the right side of the neck with an axe.

“After realising she was motionless, he collected his axe and machete from the crime scene. He went on to hang himself from a nearby tree,” said Chief Supt Nyongo.- Chronicle

By A Correspondent- ZESA is still working on restoring power in the Bulawayo city centre following a fault caused by a power surge on Monday evening.

The fault has also affected residential areas such as North End and areas north of Harare Road.

Zesa acting Western Region manager Engineer Lloyd Jaji said the fault point has been located and work is underway to restore power.

‘‘The fault point has been located. We are currently digging to expose the failed cable and we should reach there this afternoon, this will show us the extent of the damage,’’ said Eng Jaji

Own Correspondent |Unbelievable things are happening in this country …

Some believers say these are the signs of the end of time.

Controvesial Masvingo preacher and slayqueens godfather Isaac Makomichi has triggered widespread debate after ” blessing” weed and beer in the country.

“If you drink beer you must always come to God and thank Him for his blessings upon your life.

If you are addicted to weed you must pray before taking it then God will bless you.

Don’t allow people to judge you because you smoke weed or you take alcohol, ask God to bless you. From today I bless those who take weed and beer.

Beer is now blessed and the one who drinks it will be blessed, pray for good behaviour before taking weed,” said Makomichi.

“The prophet said we should not judge people because they take alcohol,”said one believer.

Sources say Makomichi is the one who supplies love charms to famous slay queens

No one could hear a thing he was saying, he perfectly knew it and he kept on speaking, all his words crashing inside a COVID mask, the ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa continued speaking at the ZANU-PF political meeting this afternoon. Below was the video footage.

MNANGAGWA'S POLITBURO OPENING SPEECH https://t.co/2TudRDptTv

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) April 14, 2021

No one could hear a thing he was saying, he perfectly knew it and he kept on speaking, all his words crashing inside a COVID mask, the ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa continued speaking at the ZANU-PF political meeting this afternoon. WHAT'S MNANGAGWA ACHIEVING?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) April 14, 2021

Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Namibia has urged youths in the country to distance themselves from the “evil” Border Gezi National Youth Service.

On Tuesday, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration announced the decision to reestablish the National Youth Service.

See the MDC Alliance Namibia statement on the reestablishment of the dreaded National Youth Service:

Re-establishing National Youth Service is a rude reminder of Zanupf’s appetite to torture and butcher social democrats, Mdc Alliance Namibia posits!

14 April 2021

Mdc Alliance Namibia castigates the overzealous Zanupf Minister for Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation for re-establishing the satanic cult of violence in the name of the National Youth Service Training programme popularly known as the ‘Border Gezi’.

This attempt to bring back the violent Zanupf militia disguised as youth empowerment must be resisted with adequate commitment.

We are aware that Zanupf looters long to exploit the vulnerable youths ahead of 2023 harmonised elections. The same Zanupf secret police was created in 2002 towards the presidential poll that was marred by politically motivated violence.

As Mdc Alliance Namibia, we urge all unemployed and poverty-stricken youths to resist these hypocrites who masquerade as socio-economic transformers. Before, during and after the 2002 bloody elections, we witnessed highest levels of human butchery perpetrated by these ‘green bombers’ who were used by the late Robert Mugabe to silence voices of dissent in Zimbabwe.

We saw opposition activists and human rights defenders exposed to state-sponsored violence as a way of breaking their resolve to vote for late doyen of Constitutional Democracy President Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai who had stolen the revolutionary hearts of many citizens.

Moreover, it is a pathological lie that the programme is designed to equip the youths with patriotism, discipline, volunteerism, survival skills, hardwork, tolerance and honesty. We are Cognisant of the hypocritical nature of this clueless Harare regime. In 2002, we saw these poor youths used to frog-march unwilling populace to Zanupf rallies. We are very confident that the desperate regime wants to re-start its torture and murder of innocent citizens using our youths. It is now imperative for all our youths to regain their political and national consciousness to figure out the need to fight Zanupf shenanigans.

It was used by Zanupf terrorists to rig elections through killing with impunity, intimidation and torture in the rural constituencies.

We have learnt our political lessons as a people and now is the time for the youths to reflect on this lunatic move to nurture violence in government institutions. This idea of Zanupf-sponsored violence must see wide resentment from our right-minded youths who should continue to demand better livelihoods. Zanupf is also desperate to indoctrinate council employees and they are also trying to compromise our doctors through the same evil nature. Zimbabweans must pent up their outrage demanding respect for our youthful generation.

In a nutshell, through our #OneMillionCampaign launched by our vibrant Youths last year, we shall obviously soldier on with our recruitment, mobilisation and radicalisation of the base for the change that delivers.

Mdc Alliance Namibia is confident that our youths are not going to be fooled by these fake patriots who pretend to love the youths towards elections. Our youths must resist being condomised by the rogue ,politically inept Zanupf morons.

The unprecedented arbitrary arrests and detention of our youths is a testimony of an careless government. We salute our youthful, organic and pragmatic leadership who are being incarcerated for demanding equality and justice before law.

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Tinashe Sambiri|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration on Tuesday stunned the nation after announcing the reestablishment of the dreaded National Youth Service.

Members of the National Youth Services also known as Green Bombers were used by Zanu PF to terrorize opposition members before and during previous elections.

According to MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma, Mnangagwa wants to use Green Bombers to intimidate the electorate before the 2023 polls:

National Youth Service Re-establishment: Mnangagwa Laying Ground For Violence In 2023 Elections

14-04-2021

The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly is deeply concerned about the news that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s cabinet has approved the re-establishment of the so-called National Youth Service Programme.

While the idea of the National Youth Service is a noble one as is the case in other parts of the world, it is the nurture in which it has been done and abused in Zimbabwe in the past that makes it suspicious.

In particular the way in which the youths were used as instruments of terror in previous elections.

In the past the National Youth Service became a reproduction machine for violent thugs for ZANU PF with neither skills nor sense of genuine patriotism.

The ‘green bombers’ as products of National Youth Service are infamously referred to were trained as party militia who were unleashed on their very own parents ahead and post 2008 harmonised elections.

Limbs and lives were lost at hands of thugs churned out from a political party controlled National Youth Service!

Sadly the people who were at the forefront of this kind of a National Youth Service that caused our people untold suffering during Robert Mugabe’s time, are the very same criminals who are now pushing for its re-establishment now.

Mnangagwa is very much afraid of a peaceful, free and fair electoral contest against a popular and youthful Nelson Chamisa ahead of the 2023 showdown.

He knows very well that 2023 is his Waterloo hence these desperate attempts to resuscitate a National Youth Service to be used as merchants of violence and intimidation as we head towards elections.

It is also important to note that the idea of a re-establishment of National Youth Service is being mooted at the same time the regime is pushing for the introduction of a Patriotic Bill to insulate Mnangagwa from scrutiny by citizens.

What is important to note here is that Mnangagwa is pursuing his one party stage agenda using both lawfare and coersion.

The coersive part is where the National Youth Service is coming in to force citizens to vote for ZANU PF in 2023 elections.

As the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly we are totally against the re-establishment of the National Youth Service especially given that it is being driven by a political party to pursue their parochial interests.

DefyOrDie

Agenda2021

CitizensConvergenceForChange

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

Own Correspondent |Unbelievable things are happening in this country …

Some believers say these are the signs of the end of time.

Controvesial Masvingo preacher and slayqueens godfather Isaac Makomichi has triggered widespread debate after ” blessing” weed and beer in the country.

“If you drink beer you must always come to God and thank Him for his blessings upon your life.

If you are addicted to weed you must pray before taking it then God will bless you.

Don’t allow people to judge you because you smoke weed or you take alcohol, ask God to bless you. From today I bless those who take weed and beer.

Beer is now blessed and the one who drinks it will be blessed, pray for good behaviour before taking weed,” said Makomichi.

“The prophet said we should not judge people because they take alcohol,”said one believer.

Sources say Makomichi is the one who supplies love charms to famous slay queens.

Tinashe Sambiri|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration on Tuesday stunned the nation after announcing the reestablishment of the dreaded National Youth Service.

Members of the National Youth Services also known as Green Bombers were used by Zanu PF to terrorize opposition members before and during previous elections.

According to MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma, Mnangagwa wants to use Green Bombers to intimidate the electorate before the 2023 polls:

National Youth Service Re-establishment: Mnangagwa Laying Ground For Violence In 2023 Elections

14-04-2021

The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly is deeply concerned about the news that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s cabinet has approved the re-establishment of the so-called National Youth Service Programme.

While the idea of the National Youth Service is a noble one as is the case in other parts of the world, it is the nurture in which it has been done and abused in Zimbabwe in the past that makes it suspicious.

In particular the way in which the youths were used as instruments of terror in previous elections.

In the past the National Youth Service became a reproduction machine for violent thugs for ZANU PF with neither skills nor sense of genuine patriotism.

The ‘green bombers’ as products of National Youth Service are infamously referred to were trained as party militia who were unleashed on their very own parents ahead and post 2008 harmonised elections.

Limbs and lives were lost at hands of thugs churned out from a political party controlled National Youth Service!

Sadly the people who were at the forefront of this kind of a National Youth Service that caused our people untold suffering during Robert Mugabe’s time, are the very same criminals who are now pushing for its re-establishment now.

Mnangagwa is very much afraid of a peaceful, free and fair electoral contest against a popular and youthful Nelson Chamisa ahead of the 2023 showdown.

He knows very well that 2023 is his Waterloo hence these desperate attempts to resuscitate a National Youth Service to be used as merchants of violence and intimidation as we head towards elections.

It is also important to note that the idea of a re-establishment of National Youth Service is being mooted at the same time the regime is pushing for the introduction of a Patriotic Bill to insulate Mnangagwa from scrutiny by citizens.

What is important to note here is that Mnangagwa is pursuing his one party stage agenda using both lawfare and coersion.

The coersive part is where the National Youth Service is coming in to force citizens to vote for ZANU PF in 2023 elections.

As the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly we are totally against the re-establishment of the National Youth Service especially given that it is being driven by a political party to pursue their parochial interests.

DefyOrDie

Agenda2021

CitizensConvergenceForChange

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

Tinashe Sambiri|Seasoned politician, Tauya Chinama has dumped Lucia Matibenga’s PDP to join the MDC Alliance.

Chinama is a prominent politician in Gutu West Constituency.

“Mr Tauya Chinama has crossed the floor from Matibenga’s PDP to join the MDC Alliance .

In 2018 he contested as MP for Gutu West…

He pledged to work with us so that we can achieve our goals.
He believes the opposition must unite and fight Zanu PF as a formidable force.

As MDC Alliance Masvingo Province, we welcome all progressive elements,” MDC Alliance official, Stanley Manguma told ZimEye.com.