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FULL TEXT- Rugby Africa Launches the Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee

PRESS RELEASE
Championing Gender Equality in Sports – Rugby Africa Launches the Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee
This exciting new step for Rugby Africa confirms its ambition to innovate and invest in creating quality experiences for women in the game of rugby
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 1, 2021/ — Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) has strengthened their ongoing support for gender equality by paving the way in women’s sport with the launch of the Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee (WRAC) and sub-committees.

As part of Rugby Africa’s broader strategy, the role of WRAC and its sub committees is to define key performance indicators that demonstrate progress of the development of women in rugby across Africa to promote gender inclusion practices that foster growth and development within the sport.

The committee will provide a platform for females in all spheres of in rugby to be recognised for the crucial value their contribution and participation provides towards shaping the future of the global game.

The four sub-committees will focus on key areas of advancing governance and leadership, competitions, player welfare, development, and retention to meet strategic goals for women’s rugby across Africa by implementing the following objectives with the following chairpersons in charge:

Chairperson: Zeena Isaacs-Van Tonder who is the Media Manager at South African Rugby Union – Communication, Marketing and Public Relations: to drive the overall communications plan for Rugby Africa to communicate effectively to stakeholders and raise the profile of women’s rugby.

Chairperson: Regina Hellen Lunyolo who is the Director of Women’s Rugby at Uganda Rugby Union – Leadership, Training & Conferences:  to review and track member unions’ Women in Leadership and develop strategies that support their identity, engagement and empowerment through conferences, awards, panel discussions and interviews.

Chairperson: Anna Preira who is a board member of the Fédération Sénégalaise de Rugby medical committee – on the Player Welfare & Participation: to serve as RA Women’s Rugby grassroots ambassadors fostering participation and support towards local RA activities and initiatives, while leveraging their social media engagement to publicize women’s rugby gains and achievements.

Chairperson: Aaron Jani who is the President at Zimbabwe Rugby Union – Finance, Development & Competitions: to review available funding from World Rugby, Rugby Africa, and Unions to assess the impact and propose enhanced funding strategies where applicable.This exciting new step for Rugby Africa confirms its ambition to innovate and invest in creating quality experiences for women in the game of rugby.

Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee Chairwoman Paula Lanco said the Committee is embracing its future to promote and position women in rugby at all levels, equipping them with adequate resources and the support needed to succeed and retain interest from fans and ultimately investors to further enhance the game.

“Our newly launched advisory committee and sub-committees has several Unstoppables and influential union leaders who reflect our values and intent to encourage the global development of women in rugby, giving them equality on and off the field,” said Lanco.

To date the WRAC committee and sub-committees has made significant strides, appointing quality members that are focused on reviewing and implementing finance strategies, leveraging publicity opportunities, and maintaining the overall welfare of players by providing access to trainers, coaches, and educators.

Women’s Rugby Manager at Rugby Africa, Maha Zaoui said the creation of the WRAC and its four sub committees has been instrumental towards building a global vision for women’s rugby in Africa.

“With the impact COVID-19 has placed globally we are able to work with the sub-committees to overcome challenges the pandemic has placed on world sports and identify untapped opportunities,” said Zaoui.

The President of Rugby Africa Khaled Babbou said the formation of WRAC and the sub-committees is a massive step forward in developing leaders in women’s rugby as it aligns with the recent International Women’s Day theme of Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world and our strategic goal for women in rugby.

“The aim is to achieve a minimum representation that includes 30 per cent of women in leadership roles and to have 40 per cent of the registered players to be female by 2025.

“Our goal is to continuously put women at the forefront of our strategic plan and ensure the objectives of each sub-committee serve in the interest of further developing the welfare and retention of female rugby players,” said Babbou.

General Manager at Rugby Africa Coralie van Den Berg testifies that, “the WRAC and creation of its sub-committees will ultimately help increase awareness of women in rugby, attracting more tournaments and partnerships with sponsors, increasing the overall popularity of the game in the continent.”


*NB – sub-committee members are as follows:

Communication, Marketing and Public Relations:
Paule Ella Guei – Côte d’Ivoire (Unstoppable)
Christel Janet Kotze – Namibia (Unstoppable
Fatou Camara Sene – Senegal (Unstoppable)
Georges Bebga – Cameroon
Leadership, Training & Conferences:
Naasu Fofanah – Sierra LeoneErica
A.Amoako – Ghana
Grace Lyorhe – Nigeria
Abigail Mnikwa – Zimbabwe
Wejdane Limame – Tunisia (Unstoppable)
Player Welfare & Participation:
Babalwa Latsha – South Africa (Unstoppable)
Fatma El-kindiy – Botswana (Unstoppable)
Abigail Kawonza – Zimbabwe (Unstoppable)
Rafatu Inusah – Ghana (Unstoppable)
Donatienne Rasoampamonjy – Madagascar (Unstoppable)
Samiya Ayikoru – Uganda (Unstoppable)
Sanaa Barakat – Egypt (Unstoppable)
Kananelo Joyce Mokhachane – Lesotho
Princess Alban Ugonwaezeh-Agugo – Nigeria
Camilyn Oyuayo – Kenya
Finance, Development & Competitions:
Ando Niaina Herimahefa – Madagascar
Havyarimana Albert – Burundi
Janis Nduli – Zambia
Rajinder Singh Sembi-Pape – Kenya
Helmi Ben Salah – Tunisia

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Rugby Africa
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Media Contact:
N: Lerato Chiyangwa
E: [email protected]

Women’s Ruby in Africa:
On the African continent, women’s rugby has seen tremendous growth. In the last decade it increased from 50 000 female players in 2012, to over 260 000 in 2018 and 350 000 in 2020.

For this tremendous growth to continue, strong leadership in women’s rugby needs to continue, the Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarship is one of the tools that will enable this.   

Africa will also be well represented when South Africa participates in the next rugby World Cup women in New Zealand in 2022 and Kenya in the Olympic Games in 2021.

About Rugby Africa:
Created in 1986, Rugby Africa, previously the African Confederation of Rugby (Confédération Africaine de Rugby – CAR), is one of the six regional associations composing World Rugby (www.WorldRugby.org), the international organization responsible for the governing of Rugby Union and Rugby Sevens. Rugby Africa unites all African countries which play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes the qualifying competition for the Rugby World Cup, and Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. Rugby Africa has 39 members.

SOURCE-Rugby Africa
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Zimpost Covid-19 Awareness Stamps Officially Launched

The Hon Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga , yesterday unveiled the Zimbabwe Post (ZimPost) Covid-19 awareness stamps which are aimed at spreading special messages on prevention of the spread of corona virus.

VP Dr Chiwenga stressed the importance of communication as the country is battling against the spread of the lethal virus stating that more credible information is required to reach people so as to triumph.

“The stamp will carry the message everywhere where the letter goes and will play a pivotal role in the provision of information on the pandemic” he said.

He added that the civid-19 awareness stamp, just like all other stamps , consists of a unique artwork which speaks the language of pictures and people from all walks of life can easily interpret and understand the message.

VP Dr Chiwenga applauded (Zimpost) for the role that they continue to play in supporting the health delivery sector while delivering their mandate.

He maintained that over the years the company complemented government efforts in the fight against diseases in their unique way through complimentary stamp issues that raised awareness and promoted prevention of diseases.

The VP expressed gratitude for the innovative intervention on awareness raising by Zimpost.

“I am pleased to see the well-timed release of the covid-19 awareness stamps which raise awareness on vaccinations and other preventive measures such as washing of hands, sanitization, temperature screening and proper wearing of masks” said Dr Chiwenga.

He added that information must keep flowing to people to keep them informed and alert using all means available.

It is vital for all stakeholders to remember that every individual has an essential role to play in containing the spread of corona virus.

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Eddie Cross: Paltry Taxes Cripple Recovery

By Eddie Cross| Shocking evidence of tax leakages hogged the limelight this week, with Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube saying the informal sector, which makes up 70% of Zimbabwe’s gross domestic product (GDP), was remitting less than 1% in taxes.

This explains why the ailing economy has been struggling with crumbling public infrastructure, while social security interventions are grounded. It also reveals how a cluster of interventions unveiled three years ago to pin the informal sector to pay taxes failed to yield results.

In an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent, Ncube said the rapid informalisation of the economy posed challenges to the rebuilding of the economy.

Official statistics indicate that the informal sector makes between 60% and 70% of the GDP, after de-industrialisation pushed thousands out of jobs and forced them to set up SMEs.

The crisis has been compounded by the fact that out of the 40% formal corporations remitting taxes, the majority have slipped into a crisis, as demand has been hammered by diminishing buying power.

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) recently said only 47% of industrial capacity was utilised in firms.

But the country has one of the region’s weakest revenue collection systems, failing to police big corporations that have emerged informally, earning bigger revenues than some formal players.

“Formal businesses, which are the major contributors to revenue are currently operating, albeit at reduced levels,” Ncube said.

“The informal sector contributes less than 1% of total revenue. Other key sectors such as manufacturing, mining and agriculture are fully operational and are the major tax contributors. Revenue flows from these sectors may not be greatly affected. On the positive side, demand for airtime and data usage, as well as mobile transactions have increased dramatically, thereby increasing potential for revenue.”

He said this strategy had helped the government channel foreign currency from the informal to the formal sector.

FCA nostro balances increased to US$1,2 billion in December last year, from US$1,1 billion in December 2019, according to official data.

In 2018, the government laid out several strategies to tap into the informal sector including tough measures to force commuter omnibuses, taxis, tuck shops and hair salons to pay taxes.

But this has had serious implications on the government’s capacity to deliver growth inducing projects.

What has kept Zimbabwe on its feet has been the exponential rise in United States dollar taxes, which shot by 186% to US$771,4 million in 2020.

This followed a decision in March last year to give firms the greenlight to trade in foreign currency, less than a year after the government reintroduced the Zimbabwean dollar as the sole currency.

The policy shift marked the end of a decade-long multiple currency regime introduced in February 2009 following the collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar under 500 billion percent inflation in December 2008. Ncube said the government’s longterm plan was to end the use of foreign currencies.

“Government should not lead the market towards dollarisation, especially on goods and services which do not directly require foreign currency as input. Therefore, the Zimbabwe dollar remains the main currency in the economy,” he said.

“However, where there is sufficient justification for use of foreign currency for the convenience of the transacting public such as road toll fees, such requests will receive due attention, consistent with the SI 85 of 2020,” Ncube added.

SI 85 provides that any person may pay for goods and services in foreign currency using free funds.

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“Perpetrators Of Domestic Violence Should Face Stiff Penalties”: LEAD President

By Linda Masarira- Cases of domestic violence continue to increase in Zimbabwe and it is very worrisome as women continue to lose their lives in these cases.

Just last week pictures went viral on social media of a man who shot dead his wife and brother in law over a marriage dispute. Its rather unfortunate that our society seems to have normalized the abnormal by keeping silent on matters of domestic violence which continue to affect livelihoods on a daily basis.

We have read time and again of high profile leaders being perpetrators of Gender Based Violence and being let off the hook. Leaders should lead by example and desist from any form of violence whether its domestic, political or social.

We need leaders who lead by example and set an example that domestic violence is wrong and totally unacceptable. The courts in Zimbabwe should start being serious about issues of Gender Based Violence. Women are not objects that should be panel beaten time and again.

As long as there is no sincerity by our courts to give stiff penalties to GBV perpetrators, we will continue losing lives and nurturing a culture of violence in our communities. Women continue to bear the brunt of domestic violence.

Zimbabwe endorsed major international conventions and instruments by making them part of the laws of the land. The country instituted fundamental policies and legal provisions which in theory, offer women protection of their rights in society yet practically women continue to suffer and lose lives to their spouses.

The Anti-domestic Violence Council should be more visible that is if it still exists. Cases of violence within households continue to rise despite the enactment of the domestic violence law which has not been enforced to curb the vice.

The Domestic Violence Act conceptualised domestic violence as physical abuse, emotional, verbal and psychological abuse, economic abuse, malicious damage to property, the list is endless. As a woman who fights against any form of gender based violence, I stand in solidarity with all women who have been subjected to gender based violence and encourage them to report any assult, rape or harassment.

The emotional burden of GBV on women is hard to carry and the only way to end the violence is by speaking out and reporting these cases. Cases of apparent leniency in the sentencing of male offenders convicted of violence often attract media attention suggesting that this type of violence is not being taken seriously by the Zimbabwe criminal justice agencies.

It is time women value their bodies and refuse to be punching bags. An injury to one woman is an injury to all women. Women’s organizations and pressure groups should take the lead in advocating for peaceful communities.

Polarization should not limit nor silence our voices. United we stand as women and divided we fall into oblivion. Be your sisters keeper. In conclusion, the police should ensure that they restart robust awareness campaigns countrywide against domestic violence.

LEAD urges people to desist from domestic violence and not to solve disputes through violent means.

Peace starts with you and me!

Linda Tsungirirai Masarira LEAD President

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Mwonzora In Embarrassing Dead End, Fails To Get EU Endorsement.

By A Correspondent | The renegade MDC T coupist, Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday met a dead end he failed to get European Union embassy endorsement. Below is the ongoing discussion over the matter which ZimEye reveals.

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Harare’s Mabvuku-Tafara Suburbs Clock 30 Years Without Running Water

The Community Water Alliance (CWA) yesterday called for urgency in addressing water challenges in Harare’s Mabvuku-Tafara high density suburbs where residents have gone for 30 years without running water.

CWA spokesperson Chris Gohori on Tuesday said council’s failure to provide tap water had exposed the residents to waterborne diseases.

He said this during the launch of borehole projects at the Later Day Adventist Church in Mabvuku.

“Some places like Mabvuku-Tafara have gone for 30 years without water,” Gohori said.

“We are now educating the Mabvuku-Tafara communities about how the coronavirus spreads. We recently also distributed hygiene kits, soaps, sanitisers, and water pills to reduce the spread of waterborne diseases and COVID-19.”

Mercy Kasvosve, a Mabvuku-Tafara councillor said residents were using old wells which were prone to contamination by raw sewage.

“The boreholes are there, but there are so many people in Mabvuku-Tafara who fetch water from them,” Kasvosve said.

-Newsday

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Sudan Pays USD335 million Compensation Over Bombings

We are pleased to announce that the United States received the $335 million provided by Sudan to compensate victims of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole in 2000 as well as the 2008 killing of USAID employee John Granville.

Achieving compensation for these victims has been a top priority for the Department of State.  We hope this aids them in finding some resolution for the terrible tragedies that occurred.  Last week, the Department transmitted to Congress the Secretary’s certification restoring Sudan’s sovereign immunities pursuant to the Sudan Claims Resolution Act enacted last December.  We appreciate Sudan’s constructive efforts over the past two years to work with us to resolve these long-outstanding claims.  With this challenging process behind us, U.S.-Sudan relations can start a new chapter.  We look forward to expanding our bilateral relationship and to continuing our support for the efforts of the civilian-led transitional government to deliver freedom, peace, and justice to the Sudanese people. 

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ZACC Launches Fresh Investigation Into Plunder Of Cold Storage Commission

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC), prejudicing the state of millions of dollars.

Some of the lease agreements for the industrial and commercial properties under 35-year leases are equipped with water pumps, drinking ponds, dip tanks and paddocks with a capacity to hold a minimum of 200 cattle and a maximum of 500. The commercial stands also include employee accommodation.

The leases, granted to the bigwigs for a song, were exposed by the auditorgeneral (AG) Mildred Chiri, in her 2016 forensic audit, which implicated senior Zanu-PF officials, including secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and late vice presidents John landa Nkomo and Joseph Msika. Former CSC CeO Ngoni Chinogaramombe was also named in the report.

Following the explosive forensic probe into CSC dealings, a whistleblower recently alerted Zacc to investigate suspected corruption into the lease agreements.

Zacc spokesperson John Makamure confirmed yesterday that an active investigation was underway. He said: “Yes, the matter is under investigation, but i cannot divulge any more details.”

It is not yet clear whether the named officials in the forensic audit have been questioned yet.

Zacc is investigating how the CSC management unprocedurally approved to lease its vast property portfolio to 247 tenants who were granted long leases, some spanning up to 40 years and expiring in 2040.

A former CSC employee, recently, wrote a damning report to Zacc chairperson loice Matanda-Moyo calling for a review of the findings of the aG’s forensic audit.

Chiri’s report had raised a red flag over why CSC entered into lease agreements without proper “standard lease rates/charges . . . and documentary evidence to support the rates applied”.

The whistleblower’s letter to Matanda-Moyo reads: “i write to your honour with grave concern from the findings of the above report (aG forensic report). as a stakeholder in the Cold Storage Company, i strongly believe it is imperative that you look into its findings. i believe this report details the deadly misgivings that led CSC going belly up.

“The report clearly details how a cabal of institutionalised corrupt CSC stalwarts set to take advantage of the company’s lack of structure, proper procedure, corporate governance checks and balances to loot from the state and people.”

After the CSC audit, Chiri then wrote to the firm’s management requesting for unaudited books of accounts.

In a letter dated February 16, 2018, Chiri said: “i will be conducting a follow-up exercise on the submission of financial statements from February 19, 2018 and we would like the following documents to be ready.

“Board minutes for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, CVs for all board members, personal files for all senior accounts and internal audit, ledgers. . . and management accounts.”

Several of the properties were leased to now deceased Zanu-PF bigwigs and they are likely to have been taken over by their respective families.

Chiri’s forensic audit report published in 2016 shows that Mpofu, who at one time boasted to be one of the country’s largest cattle ranchers, is renting a property measuring 2 000 square metres for US$841 per month.

Repeated efforts to get a comment from Mpofu were fruitless as his mobile phone went unanswered several times.

Nkomo, who died in 2013, had entered a 35-year lease agreement with CSC in 2005 for a 2 000m2 property for US$252 per month. Msika, who was vice-president between 1999 and 2009, was renting a property measuring 2 000m2 for a monthly fee of US$298.

Chinogaramombe was also renting a 2 000m2 property for 30 years at a cost of US$1 584 per month. retired Major-General Jevan Maseko, who died in 2013, was granted a lease for 1 700m2 for US$843 monthly rentals.

Former diplomat, the late Chief Neville Ndondo was granted a 35-year lease with exclusive rights to occupy a property measuring 1 600m2.

The forensic audit report also underscored that while CSC was leasing its assets, the firm’s management led by former executive Chinogaramombe was allegedly paid salary “advances in excess of salary arrears owing to management” at a time the embattled firm was owing US$4 million to workers “for unpaid gross salaries and allowances”.

It (forensic audit report) also observed that “CSC management were owed a total of US$273 152,74.”

“As at June 30, 2015, against the long outstanding arrears to other employees, CSC had overpaid salaries to two management employees. Messrs Sanyika and Zvaita received salary advances of US$313,67 and US$66,79 respectively in excess of their salary accruals,” the aG’s forensic report reads.

“Despite CSC being unable to pay employees outstanding salaries, for the period under review, the company advanced certain staff members within the management grouping, personal loans worth US$74 531,25 at an interest rate of 8% per annum and the balance outstanding of US$26 150,00.”

To avert liquidation, CSC was placed under a corporate rescue plan superintended by Ngoni Kudenga of bdO Zimbabwe Chartered accountants.

At the time of publishing, Kudenga had not responded to questions on how much CSC is owed in rental arrears. but sources close to the embattled firm, which used to handle up to 150 000 tonnes of beef and associated by-products a year, while exporting beef to the European Union (EU), told the Zimbabwe Independent that some of the Zanu-PF bigwigs had stopped paying their rentals “a long time ago, complicating matters to turn around the company”.

Kudenga’s new role in the affairs of the troubled company has also come under scrutiny, as CSC struggles to escape from the stormy waters of insolvency and total collapse.

He was appointed as CSC judicial manager by agriculture minister anxious Masuka in December last year. His role to save CSC from collapse is being challenged by the allied Food Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (AFWUZ) -which represents the company’s workers.

Through its lawyers, Mathonsi Ncube law Chambers, AFWUZ applied to the High Court challenging Kudenga’s suitability to preside over CSC affairs.

“It is a fact that the two are long-time business associates. in fact, when the Honourable Minister of agriculture (Masuka) was the chief executive officer for Zimbabwe agricultural Society, Mr Ngoni kudenga was his principal as the president of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society,” part of the application by AFWUZ lodged at the High Court reads.

“This cronyism will clearly compromise our clients’ interests and therefore submit that Mr Ngoni Kudenga is not independent, competent and clearly conflicted. The allegations raised against Dr Masuka in HC177/20 are of a serious nature and hampered the revival of Cold Storage Company (pvt) ltd.”

As part of this running investigative series into the dramatic collapse of CSC, this newspaper on February 2 revealed how a consortium of local industrialists and companies CSC 2016 is angling to take over the defunct company through a US$225 million bid.

The company was authorised by the government to evaluate assets belonging to the meat processor despite a contract between the state and Boustead beef limited, which was later reportedly revoked.

The consortium is led by former CSC chief executive Eddie Cross and presidential advisory Committee (PAC) member Busisa Moyo. Moyo was appointed to chair the Zimbabwe investment and development authority (Zida) by president Emmerson Mnangagwa in March 2020.

-The Standard

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Chiredzi Security Guard Murdered, Remains Burnt

By A Correspondent- A sixty-year-old Chiredzi security guard was allegedly murdered by unknown assailants who proceeded to throw his body into a fire.

The Herald reports that a search team comprising the police and ordinary people found the chopped head of Lazawa Salani of Buffalo Range buried in a small shallow pit about 1.5km from an open space near the Chiredzi Magistrates’ Court where the deceased guarded.

The deceased was employed at Maria Mabasa Plastic Scrap Collection Company in the town and police recovered his blood-stained uniforms and trails of blood on some bales of plastic scrap he guarded.

Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident adding that investigations were underway to establish the motive and suspects behind the alleged murder.

Dhewa also said police investigators found some of Salawi’s remains burning in a smouldering bonfire that had been set by his suspected killers at his workplace.

His remains were taken to Chiredzi District Hospital for a postmortem.

This comes amid a spike in the cases of armed robberies across the country.

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Matemadanda Scoffs At Reports That He Was Fired

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF Political Commissar and Defense Ministry Deputy Minister Victor Matemadanda had scoffed at reports that he was fired by President Mnangagwa last week when he was out of the blue deployed on a foreign mission to become the new Zimbabwean Ambassador to Mozambique.

I am only being told through social media that I was fired, but on Saturday I attended the central committee meeting and did my work. Yesterday (Monday), I was in the office doing my work as the national political commissar. I don’t know who fired me in the press. If anything has been done by Zanu PF it is the secretary for information and publicity who will announce that.

But if there is anyone in the politburo … who got excited that I had been fired, when at the end of last week’s meeting it was not announced by the spokesperson, and they decided to tell the nation that I had been fired, this shows that there are foolish people at that level of leadership.

Matemadanda also addressed reports that he was being insubordinate to senior party officials like Obert Mpofu and said they were his juniors:

People are reacting to social media to say I was insubordinate to the likes of (Zanu PF secretary for administration) Obert Mpofu, Patrick Chinamasa, July Moyo, Mudha (Owen Ncube) and Dickson Dzora, but you know very well that I am senior to most of those people.How does a senior become insubordinate to his juniors? People just enjoy writing about me, but I don’t know where they are getting this from. I am a soldier and I don’t deploy myself. I get deployed by my commander. I was deployed in Mozambique when I was a serving soldier … where there were live bullets.

I had my own gun, and was prepared to kill or be killed, but I never tried to reason whether it was fair or unfair. This is my behaviour. So, we don’t question when we are deployed, although there is nothing yet that I have been formally informed about regarding the talk that I was redeployed.

He categorically stated that he had not been told about any redeployment and he has not been assigned to a new role anywhere:

The president has not assigned me although he has the right to send me wherever he wants. He simply told me that there is some critical assignment to give me. I don’t know if there is someone he later told that he wanted to send me to Mozambique or he has fired me, like I am now hearing.

He maintained he is still a politburo member:

All he said was that where he wanted to send me, someone of my level in politics was required and that is the politburo level. When we are in the politburo it doesn’t matter that I am in the commissariat, but the level I have is that I am a member of the politburo.

That has not been withdrawn and even as the secretary for the commissariat, I have not been replaced. If that was the case he (President Emmerson Mnangagwa) would have appointed my deputy, Omega Hungwe to act in my position, but he didn’t do that because I am still here,

Last week it emerged that Matemadanda who if he is assigned to Mozambique will seize to be the Zanu PF Political Commissar and possibly a member of the Politburo was demoted because the ruling party did not like the way DCC polls were conducted among other reasons.

-Dailynews

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ZANU PF MP Refuses To Return Stolen Property , Says Police Must Arrest First

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There was drama when the ZANU MP, Enock Porisingazi told ZimEye his family will not at all return the stolen residential property belonging to the Chafuruka children in Mutare as he said police must first conduct an arrest. His son, Ernst is behind moves to evict a dead Mutare man’s children.

Hon Posiringazi claimed that his son bought their house from the Masters Of The High Court when in fact he purchased it from the estate’s executor. ZimEye is conducting a follow-up investigation. Meanwhile, below was the interview excerpt:

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Police Calls For An Urgent Meeting With Gold Miners As Armed Robberies Targeting Them Rise

By James Gwati- The police in Gwanda has invited local gold miners for an urgent meeting following the rise in cases of armed robberies targeting gold miners.

This followed a recent incident at Fools Investment Mine, where robbers reportedly disarmed a guard of his .303 rifle.

The miners have accepted an invitation for a meeting with the Criminal Investigations Department for Minerals, Flora and Fauna Unit to discuss the developments.

“It is believed the armed robbers are working with some of us in the community. We hope and wish as miners we can help come up with solutions to this ongoing problem,” a miner, Philemon Mokuele, said in a notice to colleagues.

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OPINION: Lets Get Our Priorities Right

By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo| It took me, almost 45 minutes to town, along the way, we have witnessed several accidents, and hustles, and my simple question where is ZINARA? Millions of dollars are being paid through toll fees, throughout the country, and today we don’t have a single spaghetti road in this country? We only have roundabouts, and we must learn to redirect our priorities towards proper Economic Recovery Strategies. 

There is too much congestion in Harare. If I may ask, where is the Local Government Minister, July Moyo? Where is the Deputy Minister? Where is the local Government Board? Where is ZINARA? Where are the devolution funds? Who is administering local Government funds, devolution funds? , City council funds? Honestly, if I’m not mistaken, we are the only country in SADC, if not in the entire Africa, without spaghetti roads? 

We have Chrome, we have alluvial diamonds, we have Great Dyke minerals involving huge mineral deposits such as gold, chrome etc, and today we have dams, death traps in the CBD. Unfortunately, we lack competent people around Strategic areas of Governance, and today we have a whole some Vice President opening a small bridge around Inyathi compounds in Matebelaland, leaving out a huge chunk of work in Harare. How then do we market our country, when tourists witness such stalemate? 

Local Government Ministry, Harare City Council, Finance Ministry, ZINARA, ZIMRA and Tourism must constitute a board, and come up with a proper Strategy on how to make this town beautiful. We need Strategic Thinkers around key areas of Governance. This idea of Ministers touring dams, people’s farms, and meeting marketers must stop, go back to the drawing board, provide Strategic Thinking around the current trajectory. We need thinkers around critical issues affecting Zimbabweans. 

Development must be ahead of politics. We can’t spend five years politicizing Development at the expense of more than 15 million people. 

Some are already talking of 2023, when we don’t even have a single spaghetti road? Look at our roads, they have become death traps around the country, and yet funds were allocated for all these projects, and where is the money? 

We need a proper Policy direction of this country. 

Let’s get our priorities correct !!!

Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo is the Head of Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking and he can be contacted at [email protected]

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Traffic Congestion In Harare Now A Menace. Where Is Zinara?

By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo- t took me, almost 45 mins to town, along the way, we have witnessed several accidents, and hustles, and my simple question where is ZINARA?

Millions of dollars are being paid through toll fees, throughout the country, and today we don’t have a single spaghetti road in this country? We only have roundabouts, and we must learn to redirect our priorities towards proper Economic Recovery Strategies. 

There is too much congestion in Harare. If I may ask, where is the Local Government Minister, July Moyo? Where is the Deputy Minister? Where is the local Government Board? Where is ZINARA? Where are the devolution funds? Who is administering local Government funds, devolution funds? , City council funds? Honestly, if I’m not mistaken, we are the only country in SADC, if not in the entire Africa, without spaghetti roads? 

We have Chrome, we have alluvial diamonds, we have Great Dyke minerals involving huge mineral deposits such as gold, chrome etc, and today we have dams, death traps in the CBD. Unfortunately, we lack competent people around Strategic areas of Governance, and today we have a whole some Vice President opening a small bridge around Inyathi compounds in Matebelaland, leaving out a huge chunk of work in Harare. How then do we market our country, when tourists witness such stalemate? 

Local Government Ministry, Harare City Council, Finance Ministry, ZINARA, ZIMRA and Tourism must constitute a board, and come up with a proper Strategy on how to make this town beautiful. We need Strategic Thinkers around key areas of Governance.

This idea of Ministers touring dams, people’s farms, and meeting marketers must stop, go back to the drawing board, provide Strategic Thinking around the current trajectory. We need thinkers around critical issues affecting Zimbabweans. 

Development must be ahead of politics. We can’t spend five years politicizing Development at the expense of more than 15 million people. 

Some are already talking of 2023, when we don’t even have a single spaghetti road? Look at our roads, they have become death traps around the country, and yet funds were allocated for all these projects, and where is the money? 

We need a proper Policy direction of this country. 

Let’s get our priorities correct !!!

Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo is the Head of Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking and he can be contacted at [email protected]

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Gruesome Murder In Chiredzi As Security Guard Killed, Body Burnt

By A Correspondent- A 60-year-old Chiredzi security guard was murdered by unknown assailants who decapitated his head and threw the body in a bonfire in an incident that shook the sugar cane growing community on Sunday.

The state media reports that the chopped head of Lazawa Salani of Buffalo Range was found by a search party comprising the police and ordinary people buried in a small shallow pit about 1,5km from an open space near the Chiredzi Magistrates’ Court where the deceased guarded.

Salani was employed at Maria Mabasa Plastic Scrap Collection Company in the town and police recovered his blood-stained uniforms and trails of blood on some bales of plastic scrap he guarded.

Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa today said police investigators found some of Salawi’s remains burning in a smouldering bonfire that had been set by his suspected killers at his workplace.

His remains were taken to Chiredzi District Hospital for a postmortem.
Police were still looking for leads to establish the motive of the grisly murder and the suspects.

-Herald

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Kembo Mohadi Home Town Hit By Serious Water Crisis

By A Correspondent-Beitbridge has been hit by a water crisis following the announcement by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) that they have temporarily introduced water rationing in border town.

Zinwa said this has been caused by a major electrical fault that occurred on an electricity transformer that powers its water treatment plant in the border town.

In a statement Wednesday, Zinwa said when the fault occurred on Tuesday most of the water reservoirs in the town were 50 percent full.

“We wish to advise stakeholders that the electricity transformer in the Beitbridge Water Treatment plant is down and consequently no water production is taking place,” said Zinwa.

“Reservoirs were at 50 percent of their full capacity when the transformer broke down. Reluctantly, Zinwa is rationing water to Beitbridge Municipality.

”The water authority said it had already engaged the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) to urgently rectify the problem.

The town requires an estimated 18 megalitres of water daily, but authorities have been failing to meet the demand due to a lack of storage facilities.

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Three Nabbed For Selling Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates

Police have rounded up three suspects on allegations of operating a ring selling fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates at Seke South Clinic in Chitungwiza.

The three arrested yesterday are the pest controller at the clinic, Sekai Gabriel, who was the first to be picked up after police asked the public for help tracking her down, along with nurse Shorai Sithori and the suspected outside agent Lloyd Chidziva, who is alleged to be the person who found customers prepared to pay US$25 to US$50 for the fake cards and brought them to the clinic.

Last night national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi announcing the three arrests said: “I can confirm that the police, working with the Special Anti-Corruption Unit, have arrested Sekai Gabriel, pest controller at Seke South Clinic, Shorai Sithori, a nurse, and Lloyd Chidziva, an agent, for corruptly selling Covid vaccination cards.

They are all in police custody. They will appear in court soon.”

The action by the police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit started after publication of an investigative report by The Herald that found that people were allegedly paying between US$25 and US$50 to be issued with forged cards in Chitungwiza without being vaccinated.- The Herald

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Suspected Robber Killed. ..

A BULAWAYO man suspected to be a robber died in hospital while another believed to be his relative is battling for life after they were assaulted by armed unknown men at a mine compound in Inyathi, Bubi district.

Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda confirmed the death of Admire Ngwabi (25) at Inyathi District Hospital as a result of the assault on Sunday at Ngagwini Mine.

Melody Ngwabi (26) is hospitalised under police guard at the same institution.

Admire and Melody both of New Lobengula were reportedly in the company of three others only identified as Zodwa, Thabani and Nyanisi who allegedly robbed Mbongeni Mzizi of US$300 before a group of unknown men armed with knobkerries, sticks, axes and iron bars ambushed them.

Insp Banda said Zodwa, Thabani and Nyanisi escaped while Admire and Melody were caught by the group that severely assaulted them with the weapons resulting in Admire’s death a day later.

“A group of unknown male adults wielding knobkerries, sticks, axes and iron bars found Admire Ngwabi, Melody Ngwabi both of New Lobengula in Bulawayo, Zodwa, Thabani and Nyanisi at a mine and accused them of committing robberies in the area. Zodwa, Thabani and Nyanisi escaped leaving Admire and Melody who were captured and severely assaulted by the unknown men,” said Insp Banda.

He said the attack happened around 4PM in full view of Ngagwini Mine compound residents and mine owner Mr Thando Mokoena.

After beating the two, the unknown assailants left the scene and pursued Zodwa, Thabani and Nyanisi.

Admire sustained a deep cut on the head and injuries all over the body from the attack.

Mr Mokoena and others carried Admire and Melody to Inyathi Police Station where they found Mr Mzizi who was filing a report of robbery.

Upon seeing Admire and Melody, Mr Mzizi immediately identified them as part of a group that had robbed him of US$300 earlier and he alerted police.

Insp Banda said Mr Mzizi was robbed on his way to Ngagwini Business Centre.

Admire and Melody were taken to Inyathi District Hospital where they were admitted under police guard.

Admire died the following day due to the injuries while Melody is admitted and his condition is stable, according to police.- Chronicle

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Billiat Praises Warriors Teammates

ZIMBABWE international forward, Khama Billiat, has hailed his Warriors teammates for qualifying for the next AFCON finals in Cameroon.

The 30-year-old attacking midfielder, is a key member of the team, but was forced to miss the remainder of the campaign, after suffering an injury, earlier this year.

Billiat, who has played a major role in the team’s qualification for the last two finals, didn’t feature in the team’s final two matches, against Botswana and Zambia.

The Kaizer Chiefs man has been out of action, for almost three months, with an injury he sustained during a South Africa Premiership tie against Maritzburg United, on January 9, at the FNB Stadium.

However, he is now back in training and is looking forward to return to his best, for both club and country, in the coming months.

Chiefs want to progress, in the CAF Champions League, while international duty is also just over the horizon, with the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, coming up in June.

“It was great to see Zimbabwe qualify for AFCON last weekend,’’ Billiat told his club’s official website, yesterday.

‘’Hopefully, I will come in and join the team and match the level of fitness required by the team.’’

The Warriors sealed their place, with a game to spare in Group H, with eight points.

They beat the Zebras 1-0, in Botswana, rendering the last home match against Zambia, virtually a dead rubber.

The Warriors lost that match 0-2 on Monday night.

But, Billiat could look back with a measure of satisfaction, as the two goals he scored, in the reverse fixture in Lusaka, proved decisive.

The Warriors claimed a sensational 2-1, with Billiat grabbing a brace, in a match which eventually defined the team’s quest, for a place in Cameroon, next year.

Billiat said the last three months have been difficult, for him, and is happy with the progress he has made, with his recovery.

“I have been out for some months now and it has not been easy,’’ he said. ‘’I have been coming to training and doing rehab, working hard trying to make sure that I spend less time outside.

“It has been difficult. We are professional footballers and we always want to contribute by playing through hard, and good times, so you can grow as a person.

“I got injured against Maritzburg United and I never saw it coming. I have never been in a situation where I have had to miss so many games.

“It was difficult for me. I thought I would push myself harder, and come back as soon as possible, but I understand that everything happens for a reason.

“I thank God for the strength, and I feel better at the moment. I am back, hopefully, the coach will give me a chance.

“Thankfully I am training with the team. I just need to work on my fitness. As a player, it’s your mentality, and how hard you work, so you can contribute in team.”

The Zimbabwean international started full-contact training recently.

He said he was focused on getting back on to the field of play, and try and help Chiefs, finish their DStv Premiership campaign strongly. And, there is also the issue of the CAF Champions League.

Billiat, who has had to fight a series of injuries in the last few seasons, provided five assists, and scored one goal in 16 games, in all competitions this season.

He is hopeful he could get some game time on Saturday, when Chiefs host Wydad Casablanca, in a crucial Champions League game.

Billiat has previously faced Wydad in the CAF Champions League in 2017, when he was with Sundowns, and they lost the tie on penalties.

He also met them during the 2018 group stages, at home, in a match that ended 1-1.

“Wydad is a good team, we struggled to play against them in the first game in Burkina Faso,’’ said Billiat.

“I have known them, for a long time, and they are not an easy side to play against.They work hard and they have been at this level for some time and know how to play the game.

“Every new game is a chance and bring new possibilities. We need to work on our game and make sure we use the fact that we are at home to get a good result. I think we deserve it.

“We just have to work hard as a team an apply what the coaches want us to do.’’

Meanwhile, Warriors coach, Zdravko Logarusic, is reported to have flown back home to Croatia after helping the team qualify for the next AFCON finals.- The Herald

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Three Arrested For Selling Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates

Police have rounded up three suspects on allegations of operating a ring selling fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates at Seke South Clinic in Chitungwiza.

The three arrested yesterday are the pest controller at the clinic, Sekai Gabriel, who was the first to be picked up after police asked the public for help tracking her down, along with nurse Shorai Sithori and the suspected outside agent Lloyd Chidziva, who is alleged to be the person who found customers prepared to pay US$25 to US$50 for the fake cards and brought them to the clinic.

Last night national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi announcing the three arrests said: “I can confirm that the police, working with the Special Anti-Corruption Unit, have arrested Sekai Gabriel, pest controller at Seke South Clinic, Shorai Sithori, a nurse, and Lloyd Chidziva, an agent, for corruptly selling Covid vaccination cards.

They are all in police custody. They will appear in court soon.”

The action by the police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit started after publication of an investigative report by The Herald that found that people were allegedly paying between US$25 and US$50 to be issued with forged cards in Chitungwiza without being vaccinated.- The Herald

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Security Guard Brutally Killed, Burnt By Unknown Assailants

A 60-year-old Chiredzi security guard was allegedly murdered by unknown assailants who decapitated his head and threw the body in a bonfire in an incident that shook the sugar cane growing community on Sunday.

The chopped head of Lazawa Salani of Buffalo Range was found by a search party comprising the police and ordinary people buried in a small shallow pit about 1,5km from an open space near the Chiredzi Magistrates’ Court where the deceased guarded.

Salani was employed at Maria Mabasa Plastic Scrap Collection Company in the town and police recovered his blood-stained uniforms and trails of blood on some bales of plastic scrap he guarded.

Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa today said police investigators found some of Salawi’s remains burning in a smouldering bonfire that had been set by his suspected killers at his workplace.

His remains were taken to Chiredzi District Hospital for a postmortem.

Police were still looking for leads to establish the motive of the grisly murder and the suspects.-The Herald

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UK Urges Harare To Release Political Prisoners

Tinashe Sambiri|UK Government Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release jailed political activists.

Duddridge dencounced the detention and harassment of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

“Bail denied again for Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri in Zimbabwe.

I call on Zimbabwe’s authorities to ensure all are treated equally under the law, and to show action on the government’s commitments to reform. Harassment of political opponents needs to end,” Duddridge posted on Twitter.

Emmerson Mnangagwa
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UK Denounces Persecution Of Political Activists In Zim

Tinashe Sambiri|UK Government Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release jailed political activists.

Duddridge dencounced the detention and harassment of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

“Bail denied again for Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri in Zimbabwe.

I call on Zimbabwe’s authorities to ensure all are treated equally under the law, and to show action on the government’s commitments to reform. Harassment of political opponents needs to end,” Duddridge posted on Twitter.

Mr Mnangagwa
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Zimbabwe Is Not Zanu PF-President Chamisa

Tinashe Sambiri |Zimbabwe shall get rid of politics of coercion, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

President Chamisa was responding to a declaration by a Zanu PF apologist that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe.

“A New Zimbabwe shall get rid of politics of coercion. Yes, the opposition haisi kuzotonga Zimbabwe but will lead Zimbabwe to the Promised Land.

We shall lead, not rule Zimbabwe. Citizens have a right to associate with any party of their choice and gold is for all Zimbabweans, not Zanu pf alone. Zanu pf is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Zanu pf,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

He also bemoaned the lack of political tolerance in the country.

President Chamisa
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Matemadanda- You Lied Cause I’m Still The Commissar

Victor Matemadanda

Outspoken war veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda, has lashed out at his Zanu PF critics for prematurely “rushing to write his political obituary”.
Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy Defence minister also insisted that he was still the ruling party’s national political commissar despite his reported recent axing from the position.

In this regard, Matemadanda emphasised, he was continuing to perform his duties, as usual, as Zanu PF’s national political commissar.

“I am only being told through social media that I was fired, but on Saturday I attended the central committee meeting and did my work.

“Yesterday (Monday), I was in the office doing my work as the national political commissar. I don’t know who fired me in the press.

“If anything has been done by Zanu PF it is the secretary for information and publicity who will announce that.

“But if there is anyone in the politburo … who got excited that I had been fired, when at the end of last week’s meeting it was not announced by the spokesperson, and they decided to tell the nation that I had been fired, this shows that there are foolish people at that level of leadership,” the defiant Matemadanda told the Daily News.

“People are reacting to social media to say I was insubordinate to the likes of (Zanu PF secretary for administration) Obert Mpofu, Patrick Chinamasa, July Moyo, Mudha (Owen Ncube) and Dickson Dzora, but you know very well that I am senior to most of those people.

“How does a senior become insubordinate to his juniors? People just enjoy writing about me, but I don’t know where they are getting this from.

“I am a soldier and I don’t deploy myself. I get deployed by my commander. I was deployed in Mozambique when I was a serving soldier … where there were live bullets,” Matemadanda further told the Daily News.

“I had my own gun, and was prepared to kill or be killed, but I never tried to reason whether it was fair or unfair.

“This is my behaviour. So, we don’t question when we are deployed, although there is nothing yet that I have been formally informed about regarding the talk that I was redeployed.

“The president has not assigned me although he has the right to send me wherever he wants. He simply told me that there is some critical assignment to give me,” Matemadanda also said.

“I don’t know if there is someone he later told that he wanted to send me to Mozambique or he has fired me, like I am now hearing. All he said was that where he wanted to send me, someone of my level in politics was required and that is the politburo level.

“When we are in the politburo it doesn’t matter that I am in the commissariat, but the level I have is that I am a member of the politburo,” Matemadanda added.

“That has not been withdrawn and even as the secretary for the commissariat, I have not been replaced. If that was the case he (President Emmerson Mnangagwa) would have appointed my deputy, Omega Hungwe to act in my position, but he didn’t do that because I am still here,” he reasoned further.

Matemadanda, apart from being cut loose from the top leadership of the ruling party, is also said to be set to lose his ministerial post — with Mnangagwa apparently preparing to give him a diplomatic posting.

Yesterday, Matemadanda said if things turned out that way, being deployed as an ambassador would be a promotion for him.

“If I am deployed to Mozambique like what is being said, what is bad about that? Who among all the ministers doesn’t want to become an ambassador to represent the president and the country?

“If he has to appoint me, in any case, I know I am not going to be a career diplomat? I am not going to be transferred from one mission to the other.

“The president said that he would want to give me a specific assignment guided by how he knows me and what I can achieve for the country,” Matemadanda further told the Daily News. “When I am done with that assignment, it is up to him if he wants to give me another assignment.

“I am not that kind of a person who would be deployed on the basis of saying enda unotamba kuri kutamba vamwe (I am valued).

“I am a valuable resource whether people like it or not. I am not bragging about it,” Matemadanda further let rip at his Zanu PF opponents.

He also alleged that some of his ruling party critics once belonged to the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction, although they were now “feigning love” for Mnangagwa.

“Talk about operation Restore Legacy … there are people going around saying what they want, but as a person who was at the forefront, I have never spoken about that.

“I am not someone who wants to be hailed all the time, but there are a lot of things that I have done which the party knows, but there are people who are jealous about that.

“That is not going to take the talent I have … Some of them (his critics) even refused to help us as they were mobilising for Grace Mugabe’s rallies. I was arrested and suffered for ED when they refused.

“Now that they are sitting pretty, they are saying all sorts of nonsense. I will not waste my time talking about those fools,” Matemadanda thundered further.

All this comes after Matemadanda was said to have been cut loose as Zanu PF’s national political commissar, after he allegedly and unilaterally wrote a circular to district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) and provincial chairpersons on March 15, ordering them to stop convening unconstitutional meetings.

The DCCs — which were scrapped in 2012 at the height of Zanu PF’s factional, tribal and succession wars, in the twilight of Mugabe’s rule — stand accused of usurping the powers of other organs of the ruling party.

In the March 15 circular to Zanu PF’s provincial and DCC chairpersons, Matemadanda ordered the divisive structures to stop convening unconstitutional meetings forthwith.

Matemadanda was among those who played a critical role in the ouster of Mugabe, who was swept from power by a stunning but popular military putsch in November 2017. He was appointed Zanu PF’s national political commissar after the historic July 2018 elections, following the sacking of retired lieutenant general Engelbert Rugeje. He was also subsequently appointed deputy Defence minister the same year. -Daily News

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Hon Sikhala Blasts Nick Mangwana

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking the country back to Stone Age.

Hon Sikhala scoffed at Mr Mnangagwa’s ambitious baking project saying the Zanu PF leader lied to the nation.

“Nhai Mnangagwa ko project yemahovhoni iyi yave papi? Honestly, hw wld you lie to people, that our economy was going to grow through this kind of project when other countries open gigantic national projects.

This gvt is doing everything possible in its power to take us to the Stone Age,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Hon Sikhala also accused government “spindoctor” Nick Mangwana of misleading the nation by accusing Netsai Marova of provoking the police.

“Shame on you
@nickmangwana
for harassing and persecuting this young woman.

I was there and I am an eyewitness to what happened.

@MarovaNetsai
is the one who was assaulted by the police on our presence and pushed against the wall. The beauty of it is that there are cctv at Harare CPS”

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Suspend Malema’s MPs

Julius Malema’s EFF party MPs in a demo

Two EFF MPs who stormed the podium when public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his budget vote speech on July 11 2019 should be suspended without pay for no longer than 30 days.
Fourteen other EFF MPs who were part of a group who disrupted the speech should receive a fine not more than an equivalent of a month’s salary.

These recommendations were made by parliament’s powers and privileges committee, and announced on Wednesday.

The committee met on Wednesday to consider mitigating and aggravating factors, as well as the appropriate penalties, relating to the 2019 incident. The EFF MPs had already been found guilty of contempt.

None of the MPs attended their three-day disciplinary hearing.

In a statement, the committee said it accepted the arguments and the submissions of the external initiator, advocate Ncumisa Mayosi, who was appointed to lead evidence against the conduct of the EFF members.

The committee recommended to the National Assembly a sanction of suspension without remuneration not exceeding 30 days for Nthako Matiase and Primrose Sonti.

Regarding the 14 other EFF MPs, the committee agreed to recommend a sanction of a fine not exceeding the equivalent of one month’s salary and allowances. These MPs are Khonziwe Hlonyana, Rosina Komane, Khanya Ceza, Makosini Chabangu, Thokozani Langa, Brian Madlingozi, Mathibe Mohlala, Mothusi Montwedi, Thembi Msane, Dumisani Mthenjane, Nazier Paulsen, Henry Shembeni, Mathapelo Siwisa and Lorato Tito. -Sowetan

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Effects Of Added Sugars

12 Potential Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

Upset stomach, irritability, and sluggishness are all possible warnings you’re overdoing it on the sweet stuff.

Julie Revelant
By Julie Revelant
Medically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RD
March 30, 2021
Medically Reviewed

stacked sugar cubes
Overdoing it on sugar can show up in surprising ways throughout your body.Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy
Sugar gets a bad rap, but the truth is that it’s a vital source of energy and essential to our survival. Of course, not all sugars are the same. Fructose found in fruits and vegetables and lactose in dairy-rich foods are natural sugars we don’t have to be as concerned about because these foods also have fiber and calcium, for example. Added sugars, however, which are often found in processed foods, are those we could do without, and most of us consume too much of them.

According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, the average American consumes 270 calories of added sugars, or 17 teaspoons, each day.

Added sugars are anything that’s added to food to make it taste sweet, and this includes natural sugars like honey and maple syrup. “Even though they may be more wholesome than table sugar, it’s still contributing more calories but not much in the way of vitamins and minerals,” says Jessica Cording, RD, a health coach in New York City and author of The Little Book of Game Changers.

Sugar is sneaky and can hide under 61 different names, according to the University of California in San Francisco. Despite your best efforts to make healthy food choices, you could be getting more sugar than you bargained for.

Negative Effects of Sugar on the Body

Per Harvard Health Publishing, when we eat sugar, most of it gets broken down and absorbed in the small intestine.

Specialized enzymes attack larger molecules and convert them into three simpler sugars: glucose, galactose, and fructose. The liver and muscles store some of the glucose as glycogen, a molecule that can be turned back into glucose when your body needs it.

When glucose enters the bloodstream, however, levels of blood glucose rise. In response, the pancreas secretes insulin to help glucose get where it needs to go in your body.

If you’re consuming large amounts of added sugar, the cells can become resistant to insulin over time — a risk factor for systemic inflammation, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic conditions.

According to a study published in November 2016 in the journal Nutrients, consuming too much added sugar has also been linked to weight gain and obesity, risk factors for heart disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and cancer.

“Excessive intakes of added sugars impact our energy, mood, weight, and disease risk,” Cording says. “Across the board it can impact our physical and mental well-being.”

“In order for us to function as smoothly and as normally as possible, we need our blood sugar to be operating in the Goldilocks zone of energy,” says William W. Li, MD, a physician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and author of Eat to Beat Disease.

Are You Eating Too Much Sugar?

The recommendations for limits on added sugars vary among industry groups. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, which are published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture, recommend limiting calories from added sugars to no more than 10 percent each day. For someone who consumes 2,000 calories a day, that’s a maximum of about 12 teaspoons worth…

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Chiredzi Farmer Crushed To Death By Elephant

A Chiredzi farmer has been trampled to death by a herd of elephants after he tried to scare them away from his sorghum field in the Save Valley Conservancy.

The body of Peter Negate (41) of Chegwite area between Humane and Senukwe ranches was found covered with sorghum stover and shrubbery by villagers Monday morning.

Before his tragic death, Negate had toured one of his fields and discovered that jumbos had feasted on his sorghum crop.

According to Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa, Negate decided to spend the night in the field anticipating return of the jumbos. Return they did just after midnight, and Negate decided to scare them away.

However, the jumbos became aggressive and charged at him before trampling him to death.

Police Support Unit and Parks and Wildlife Management Authority teams who attended the scene found that Negate’s left leg was broken while part of his ribs and bowels were protruding. – Herald

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Gamu Steals USD45K Presidential Inputs

A Karoi man appeared in court in Harare yesterday for allegedly defrauding CBZ Agro-yield (Pvt) Limited of agricultural inputs worth US$45 347.
Gamuchirai Carlton Gorogodo appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with fraud.

Gorogodo, who was being represented by lawyer Mr Simon Chabuka, was not asked to plead to the charge when he appeared before Mrs Tafadzwa Miti who remanded him to April 14 on $15 000 bail.

It is said that on November 2 last year Gorogodo applied for farming inputs for the 2020/21 farming season from CBZ Agro-yield.

In his application, he allegedly stated that he had a farming contract with one Madani who owns Zebra Downs Farm in Karoi. Allegations are that the application found its way into the CBZ Agro-yield offices for processing and it was approved.

He is said to have been issued with 100x25kgs seed maize, 5 000 litres of diesel, chemicals and 30 tonnes of compound D fertiliser.

On December 23, 2020, a 30-tonne truck was intercepted by officials from the Command Agriculture scheme, while loaded with 600x50kg compound D fertilisers which were to be delivered to Gorogodo.

Investigations revealed that his name was not in the Command Agriculture data base and he was arrested. Herald

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Katsande To Leave Kaizer Chiefs?

WILLARD Katsande could be headed back to where his South African journey began in June.

Phakathi has heard that the Amakhosi midfielder is on the wanted list at Stellenbosch who are closely monitoring his situation at Naturena.

Katsande is said to be on the list of players who will not be retained at Amakhosi at the end of the season.

He started his career at Ajax Cape Town before he was lured to Gauteng.

But a source has revealed that he might not take the Stellies offer because he has lost his love for the game after what’s he gone through at Chiefs in his last days.

“His spirit is broken, he didn’t know that his last days at Naturena would be this bad. He hoped he would be given a proper send off, and not be kicked to the curb like it is happening,” said a source.

“That’s why he is considering going back home to Zimbabwe when the season ends. He has been toying with an idea of following his other love which is music and he could take it up.”

The 35 year-old has been at Kaizer Chiefs since 2011 and was a key member of the side that won two league titles under Stuart Baxter.- Chronicle

Willard Katsande (l) and Knowledge Musona (r)
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Charamba Says George Floyd Murder Worse Than 1 Aug, Kuwadzana And Gukurahundi | SENSE or NONSENSE?

Clear difference is that this murder was not ordered by the state or a head of state; in Zimbabwe’s case, it is Mnangagwa himself who is doing it, and the Criminal has been doing this since 1983. Do you get the facts now @Jamwanda2 ?

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Fire-Works As Boss Clash With Dembare On Independence Day. Who Will Win The Cup?

By James Gwati-There will be fire works on the Independence day as Uhuru Cup holders Highlanders and their archrivals Dynamos open the 2021 football season during clash in this year’s Uhuru Cup final.

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced that the two giants will play the big game at a venue yet to be decided.

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Horror As Motorist Kills Two Pedestrians

POLICE are hunting for a motorist who killed two pedestrians in a hit and run incident along Lomagundi Road in Harare yesterday morning.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the bodies of the two were ferried to a local hospital for post-mortem.

“The ZRP is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which a yet to be identified motorist struck and killed Mabuko Melusi (26) and an unidentified male adult along Lomagundi Road near Greencroft Shopping Centre, Harare on March 30, between midnight and 6am. The law will certainly take its course on such errant motorists,” he said.

Meanwhile, two people died on the spot while two others were injured when a motorist driving a Toyota Allion rammed into a Honda CRV which was parked in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

“The ZRP urges drivers to be responsible on the roads always.

‘‘On March 28, at about 2:30am, a fatal road accident occurred along Harare-Bulawayo in Kuwadzana, Harare after a motorist driving a Toyota Allion vehicle rammed into a stationary Honda CRV vehicle parked along the road. As a result of the accident, two people died on the spot while two others were injured.- The Herald

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Mahendere Scoops International Music Award

By A Correspondent -Gospel musician Michael Mahendere, has scoped an international award at the Global Music Awards Africa that was held in Accra, Ghana last week.

Mahendere scooped the Global Artiste of The Year award for his song titled “Revival Song”.

Speaking on the award Mahendere said he was humbled by the gesture and thanked the global community for appreciating his music.

“I am grateful for the recognition that I have been receiving on various local and global platforms with the latest being from Ghana. I believe this award is a sign that shows how our Zimbabwean music is making an impact on the global platform.

“I am amazed at how my music is getting serious airplay in West Africa and other parts of the region and this is just fulfilling my calling of ministering to people of different races.”

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Haritatos Satisfied With Tobacco Selling Season Preps, Promises To Satisfactorily Pay Farmers

By A Correspondent-Lands, Agriculture Deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos on Wednesday toured the Zimbabwe Leaf Tobacco, Tobacco Sales Floor and TianZe to assess the preparedness for the marketing season and promised to pay farmers satisfactorily.
The deputy minister also said he was impressed by the level of preparedness.

“We are happy with what we have seen. The three tobacco floors are on top of the game. This year they have increased efficiencies. The most important part of the preparations is the Covid-19. We know tobacco floors are already organised but we are looking at the regulations they have put in place. We want to save the lives of our people, growers and staff are important to us.

“We have seen that the regulations are being followed. We commend the tobacco industry for taking such steps. This year the floors have improved on the Covid-19 regulations.

Tobacco auction floors open next week on the 7thof April.

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Mudzingwa Pictured Firmly Holding Chin While Listening To Douglas Mwonzora

Gandi Mudzingwa pictured holding his chin while listening to Douglas Mwonzora, and Morgen Komichi

Douglas Mwonzora chairing his meeting with 13 others, by order:
Hebson Makuvise.
Gandi Mudzingwa
Unidentified woman.
Giles Mutsekwa.
Morgen Komichi.
Douglas Mwonzora
Elias Mudzuri.
Pauline Mpariwa
Manase Tsvangirai
Tapiwa Mashakada.
Collet. Ndlovu
Gift Chimanikire
Collins Gwiyo
Vincent Tsvangirai
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Lovemore Majaivana Revives Old Memories, Steals Zim Award Show

By James Gwati-Music legend, Lovemore Majaivana at the weekend stole the NAMA awards event which was hosted virtually.

When the US-based Majaivana’s face popped up as he made his acceptance speech during the Nama Legends@40 virtual awards on Saturday night, the comments section was awash with praises of his work on several Facebook pages that the show was streamed live on.

His short speech accompanied by the hit Sayiwela confirmed why he will forever be Zimbabwe’s music kingpin loved by the elders and even the younger generation.

During his acceptance speech, the background song and lyrics of the track Umoya Wami evoked emotions and a dream that many would like to see being fulfilled which is the return of Magee, as Majaivana is affectionately known, to Zimbabwe for a show.

His short speech accompanied by the hit Sayiwela confirmed why he will forever be Zimbabwe’s music kingpin loved by the elders and even the younger generation.

During his acceptance speech, the background song and lyrics of the track Umoya Wami evoked emotions and a dream that many would like to see being fulfilled which is the return of Magee, as Majaivana is affectionately known, to Zimbabwe for a show.

The remarks posted on social media show that fans want Majaivana to return home and give them at least a show.

His new purported life of being a pastor was undisputed as he greeted his fans in a man of the clergy style.

“First and foremost, I would like to greet everyone in the name of the Lord, linjani, ngithanda ukukuthi I would like to thank everybody who made this possible for me but angingeke ngiliqede.
“Thank you for the award. Ngizathanda ukuhlabele okuyingoma okokuthi lani lijoine if you know the words and thank you this way,” said the soft-spoken Magee.

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Zanu PF’s Porusingazi Kids Evictions- NGOs Flock To Offer Support To The Orphans

By James Gwati- Several Non-Governmental Organizations have offered to assist the six orphaned children who are being evicted from their Mutare house by Zanu PF MP for Chipinge South, Enock Porusingazi’s son.

One of such NGOs is the Zimbabwe Disaster Relief Agency (ZIDRA) and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.

These NGOs said they would assist the kids with legal representation and other material support they would need until they win back their house.

Zimeye.com yesterday broke the story when it called Porusingazi seeking his response to the issue. But instead of addressing the questions from ZimEye.com Porusingazi was arrogant to the extent of threatening the publication.

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Justice Ndewere Exposes Malaba

By A Correspondent- High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere said she was being persecuted for defying “unlawful” orders from Chief Justice Luke Malaba.

NewsDay reports that Justice Ndewere revealed this on the 30th of March during the sitting of retired judge Justice Simbi Mubako-led tribunal, which was set up to investigate her alleged misconduct and determine whether she was still fit to sit on the bench.

She said she was being victimised as she was singled out of 17 judges with outstanding judgments, although she had no outstanding judgments on the day she was charged and suspended.

he Constitution provides that a judge may be removed from office for inability to perform the functions of his or her office, due to mental or physical incapacity, or gross incompetence, or gross misconduct.

Otherwise, judges serve until retirement or resignation.

“I completed all my work within the three-month period as required and did not have 28 outstanding reviews and six reserved judgments on May 18, 2020 as alleged. The tribunal must provide the evidence in the form of names and case numbers,” Justice Ndewere said in her defence before the tribunal.

“I was singled out for victimisation out of a list of 17 judges with outstanding judgments, even though I had no outstanding judgments on the date I was charged and suspended.”

Charges against Justice Ndewere included failure to competently perform her duties and failure to follow due process on a number of cases.

“That contrary to your duties and professional calling as a judge, you incompetently performed your duties when on several occasions and despite several requests and warnings from your superiors you failed to deliver reserved judgments within the prescribed 90 days in breach of Judicial Code of Ethics Regulations Statutory Instrument 107/2012 in particular section 19(1) thereof, thereby failing to meet the expected judicial standards of a judge in the following cases as indicated on the attached table,” the charge sheet read.

Justice Mubako told the tribunal that Justice ministry secretary Virginia Mabhiza was asked to consider the request from Justice Ndewera’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to withdraw from the secretariat of the tribunal.

The embattled judge claims she was targeted after she refused to take orders to deny bail to former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira and MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala.

-NewsDay

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Police Implicated In The Gwanda US$12 000 Gold Robbery

By A Correspondent- Gold Panners have said that they suspect that some police officers in Gwanda could be involved in the robbery of their colleague who lost US$12 000 to armed robbers in the mining town.

They said their suspicion came from the precision and timing of the crime and also the late responsiveness by the authorises.

According to information shared on the miners’ WhatsApp groups, attacks on miners are now widespread.

“These groups seem to be many because yesterday in the afternoon and at Gwanda light industrial site, they robbed a gold dealer at gunpoint and went away with US$12 000,” one miner said.

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Gold Dealer Loses US$12 000 To Robbers

By A Correspondent- A Gwanda based gold dealer has lost US$12 000 to armed robbers in the mining town

The attack came at a time when miners in the gold-rich province have been raising concern over the recent spike in gold-related heists

National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the robbery to the state media.

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UK Piles Pressure On Mnangagwa To Release Political Prisoners

Tinashe Sambiri|UK Government Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release jailed political activists.

Duddridge dencounced the detention and harassment of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

“Bail denied again for Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri in Zimbabwe.

I call on Zimbabwe’s authorities to ensure all are treated equally under the law, and to show action on the government’s commitments to reform. Harassment of political opponents needs to end,” Duddridge posted on Twitter.

Mr Mnangagwa
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Our Members Are Innocent- MDC Alliance

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

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Nine MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Members Finally Granted Bail

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

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Bosso, DeMbare Clash In Uhuru Cup

A clash between arch-rivals Highlanders ad Dynamos at Babourfields Stadium will usher-in the resumption of local football, government has announced.

League football in Zimbabwe has been placed on hold since March last year due to the Covid-19 crisis but it was given the green light to resume last month.

The last game featuring two local clubs playing against each was a violence-marred Castle Challenge Cup between Bosso and FC Platinum, which Kugona Kunenge Kudada won thanks to a Silas Songani brace.

Football in the country will resume where it was last played, Emagumeni- where Bosso will clash with DeMbare in the Independence Cup next month.

“Highlanders will play Dynamos at Boubourfields Stadium in the Independence Cup next month,” said Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa during today’s cabinet briefing.

She also revealed that CAF has given Emagumeni the green light to host international matches. after a ban slapped on all arenas in the country, by the continental governing body last year.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

Dynamos vs Highlanders
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List Of 24 Teams That Have Qualified For AFCON Finals

Twenty four teams will be playing at the Afcon 2021 to be held in Cameroon in January next year.

Zimbabwe is part of the qualified teams along with fellow COSAFA sides Malawi and Comoros.

Twenty three nations have qualified and only one spot is left with Benin or Sierra Leone set to join them.

The match between the two sides was cancelled after Benin refused to play on Tuesday, challenging positive COVID-19 tests for five of their players.

Both teams have a chance of finishing runners-up to Nigeria.

CAF is set to rule on the cancelled match.

Here is the list of teams that have qualified for Afcon 2021:

Cameroon (as hosts)
Mali
Guinea
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Sudan
Gabon
Gambia
Egypt
Comoros
Algeria
Zimbabwe
Senegal
Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea
Morocco
Ivory Coast
Malawi
Nigeria
Mauritania
Cape Verde
Guinea-Bissau
Ethiopia
Benin or Sierra Leone

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Bafana Bafana Coach Sacked Over Poor Results

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has fired national team coach Molefi Ntseki following a disastrous Afcon qualifying campaign..

The news was confirmed by SAFA CEO Tebogo Motlanthe at a press conference on Wednesday.

Ntseki’s sacking comes a day after a meeting with the football board where he refused to resign.

The gaffer was asked to step down after failing to meet his mandate of qualifying to the 2021 Afcon tournament. The team lost 2-0 to Sudan on the final matchday and surrendered the qualifying spot to the North-Central African country.

SAFA’s National Executive Committee (NEC) then moved to terminate his contract.

“The National Executive Committee have resolved to part ways with the coach, it is just administrative things that are outstanding,” Motlanthe said at the presser.

“We are here to convene the message of the NEC. They have mandated us to apologise to the nation on their behalf for the team’s failure to qualify for the Afcon.

“Unfortunately we did not qualify and we know it has emotionally affected the country.”

Ntseki, who was appointed in 2019, is leaving the national team together with his assistants.

A new techinical team is expected to be announced before the start of the World Cup Qualifiers in June.

Bafana are in the same group as Ghana, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

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You Don’t Own Zimbabwe, President Chamisa Tells Zanu PF

Tinashe Sambiri |Zimbabwe shall get rid of politics of coercion, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

President Chamisa was responding to a declaration by a Zanu PF apologist that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe.

“A New Zimbabwe shall get rid of politics of coercion. Yes, the opposition haisi kuzotonga Zimbabwe but will lead Zimbabwe to the Promised Land.

We shall lead, not rule Zimbabwe. Citizens have a right to associate with any party of their choice and gold is for all Zimbabweans, not Zanu pf alone. Zanu pf is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Zanu pf,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

He also bemoaned the lack of political tolerance in the country.

President Chamisa
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Micho Speaks On Victory Over Depleted Warriors

Zambia national team coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojević thinks he could have taken Zambia to the 2021 Afcon if he had started the qualifying campaign with the team.

The Serbian was appointed the coach of Chipolopolo in March last year after the side had played two games in the Afcon qualifiers.

The team was on the bottom of the group with no points and he managed to win two matches plus a draw in the remaining rounds of the campaign.

His latest victory came in Harare on Monday, beating Zimbabwe 2-0 in the final round of the qualifiers.

However, Zambia failed to book a place at next year’s tournament as they finished a point behind the Warriors who took the final qualifying spot in the pool.

Group winners Algeria amassed fourteen points and secured their qualification on match-day four.

Posting on Social Media after the victory in Harare, Micho said: “Proudly coached a great football nation Zambia Chipolopolo team.

“I took the job while on zero points from two matches. In the rescue mission of four matches, we earned seven deserved points. (I am) firmly convinced that if I was (in charge) from the start of the AFCON qualifiers campaign, we could have easily qualified.”- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

Micho
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Effects Of Added Sugars

12 Potential Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

Health

Upset stomach, irritability, and sluggishness are all possible warnings you’re overdoing it on the sweet stuff.

Julie Revelant
By Julie Revelant
Medically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RD
March 30, 2021
Medically Reviewed

stacked sugar cubes
Overdoing it on sugar can show up in surprising ways throughout your body.Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy
Sugar gets a bad rap, but the truth is that it’s a vital source of energy and essential to our survival. Of course, not all sugars are the same. Fructose found in fruits and vegetables and lactose in dairy-rich foods are natural sugars we don’t have to be as concerned about because these foods also have fiber and calcium, for example. Added sugars, however, which are often found in processed foods, are those we could do without, and most of us consume too much of them.

According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, the average American consumes 270 calories of added sugars, or 17 teaspoons, each day.

Added sugars are anything that’s added to food to make it taste sweet, and this includes natural sugars like honey and maple syrup. “Even though they may be more wholesome than table sugar, it’s still contributing more calories but not much in the way of vitamins and minerals,” says Jessica Cording, RD, a health coach in New York City and author of The Little Book of Game Changers.

Sugar is sneaky and can hide under 61 different names, according to the University of California in San Francisco. Despite your best efforts to make healthy food choices, you could be getting more sugar than you bargained for.

Negative Effects of Sugar on the Body

Per Harvard Health Publishing, when we eat sugar, most of it gets broken down and absorbed in the small intestine.

Specialized enzymes attack larger molecules and convert them into three simpler sugars: glucose, galactose, and fructose. The liver and muscles store some of the glucose as glycogen, a molecule that can be turned back into glucose when your body needs it.

When glucose enters the bloodstream, however, levels of blood glucose rise. In response, the pancreas secretes insulin to help glucose get where it needs to go in your body.

If you’re consuming large amounts of added sugar, the cells can become resistant to insulin over time — a risk factor for systemic inflammation, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic conditions.

According to a study published in November 2016 in the journal Nutrients, consuming too much added sugar has also been linked to weight gain and obesity, risk factors for heart disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and cancer.

“Excessive intakes of added sugars impact our energy, mood, weight, and disease risk,” Cording says. “Across the board it can impact our physical and mental well-being.”

“In order for us to function as smoothly and as normally as possible, we need our blood sugar to be operating in the Goldilocks zone of energy,” says William W. Li, MD, a physician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and author of Eat to Beat Disease.

Are You Eating Too Much Sugar?

The recommendations for limits on added sugars vary among industry groups. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, which are published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture, recommend limiting calories from added sugars to no more than 10 percent each day. For someone who consumes 2,000 calories a day, that’s a maximum of about 12 teaspoons worth…

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Effects Of Added Sugars

12 Potential Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

Upset stomach, irritability, and sluggishness are all possible warnings you’re overdoing it on the sweet stuff.

Julie Revelant
By Julie Revelant
Medically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RD
March 30, 2021
Medically Reviewed

stacked sugar cubes
Overdoing it on sugar can show up in surprising ways throughout your body.Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy
Sugar gets a bad rap, but the truth is that it’s a vital source of energy and essential to our survival. Of course, not all sugars are the same. Fructose found in fruits and vegetables and lactose in dairy-rich foods are natural sugars we don’t have to be as concerned about because these foods also have fiber and calcium, for example. Added sugars, however, which are often found in processed foods, are those we could do without, and most of us consume too much of them.

According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, the average American consumes 270 calories of added sugars, or 17 teaspoons, each day.

Added sugars are anything that’s added to food to make it taste sweet, and this includes natural sugars like honey and maple syrup. “Even though they may be more wholesome than table sugar, it’s still contributing more calories but not much in the way of vitamins and minerals,” says Jessica Cording, RD, a health coach in New York City and author of The Little Book of Game Changers.

Sugar is sneaky and can hide under 61 different names, according to the University of California in San Francisco. Despite your best efforts to make healthy food choices, you could be getting more sugar than you bargained for.

Negative Effects of Sugar on the Body

Per Harvard Health Publishing, when we eat sugar, most of it gets broken down and absorbed in the small intestine.

Specialized enzymes attack larger molecules and convert them into three simpler sugars: glucose, galactose, and fructose. The liver and muscles store some of the glucose as glycogen, a molecule that can be turned back into glucose when your body needs it.

When glucose enters the bloodstream, however, levels of blood glucose rise. In response, the pancreas secretes insulin to help glucose get where it needs to go in your body.

If you’re consuming large amounts of added sugar, the cells can become resistant to insulin over time — a risk factor for systemic inflammation, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic conditions.

According to a study published in November 2016 in the journal Nutrients, consuming too much added sugar has also been linked to weight gain and obesity, risk factors for heart disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and cancer.

“Excessive intakes of added sugars impact our energy, mood, weight, and disease risk,” Cording says. “Across the board it can impact our physical and mental well-being.”

“In order for us to function as smoothly and as normally as possible, we need our blood sugar to be operating in the Goldilocks zone of energy,” says William W. Li, MD, a physician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and author of Eat to Beat Disease.

Are You Eating Too Much Sugar?

The recommendations for limits on added sugars vary among industry groups. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, which are published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture, recommend limiting calories from added sugars to no more than 10 percent each day. For someone who consumes 2,000 calories a day, that’s a maximum of about 12 teaspoons worth…

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Hon Sikhala Grills Mnangagwa Over “MaHovhoni” Project

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking the country back to Stone Age.

Hon Sikhala scoffed at Mr Mnangagwa’s ambitious baking project saying the Zanu PF leader lied to the nation.

“Nhai Mnangagwa ko project yemahovhoni iyi yave papi? Honestly, hw wld you lie to people, that our economy was going to grow through this kind of project when other countries open gigantic national projects.

This gvt is doing everything possible in its power to take us to the Stone Age,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Hon Sikhala also accused government “spindoctor” Nick Mangwana of misleading the nation by accusing Netsai Marova of provoking the police.

“Shame on you
@nickmangwana
for harassing and persecuting this young woman.

I was there and I am an eyewitness to what happened.

@MarovaNetsai
is the one who was assaulted by the police on our presence and pushed against the wall. The beauty of it is that there are cctv at Harare CPS”

Hon Sikhala
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Tough Bail Conditions For Nine MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Members

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

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Mnangagwa Taking Country Back To Stone Age- Hon Sikhala

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking the country back to Stone Age.

Hon Sikhala scoffed at Mr Mnangagwa’s ambitious baking project saying the Zanu PF leader lied to the nation.

“Nhai Mnangagwa ko project yemahovhoni iyi yave papi? Honestly, hw wld you lie to people, that our economy was going to grow through this kind of project when other countries open gigantic national projects.

This gvt is doing everything possible in its power to take us to the Stone Age,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Hon Sikhala also accused government “spindoctor” Nick Mangwana of misleading the nation by accusing Netsai Marova of provoking the police.

“Shame on you
@nickmangwana
for harassing and persecuting this young woman.

I was there and I am an eyewitness to what happened.

@MarovaNetsai
is the one who was assaulted by the police on our presence and pushed against the wall. The beauty of it is that there are cctv at Harare CPS”

Mr Mnangagwa
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Signs That Show You Are Taking Too Much Sugar

12 Potential Signs You’re Eating Too Much Sugar

Upset stomach, irritability, and sluggishness are all possible warnings you’re overdoing it on the sweet stuff.

Julie Revelant
By Julie Revelant
Medically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RD
March 30, 2021
Medically Reviewed

stacked sugar cubes
Overdoing it on sugar can show up in surprising ways throughout your body.Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy
Sugar gets a bad rap, but the truth is that it’s a vital source of energy and essential to our survival. Of course, not all sugars are the same. Fructose found in fruits and vegetables and lactose in dairy-rich foods are natural sugars we don’t have to be as concerned about because these foods also have fiber and calcium, for example. Added sugars, however, which are often found in processed foods, are those we could do without, and most of us consume too much of them.

According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, the average American consumes 270 calories of added sugars, or 17 teaspoons, each day.

Added sugars are anything that’s added to food to make it taste sweet, and this includes natural sugars like honey and maple syrup. “Even though they may be more wholesome than table sugar, it’s still contributing more calories but not much in the way of vitamins and minerals,” says Jessica Cording, RD, a health coach in New York City and author of The Little Book of Game Changers.

Sugar is sneaky and can hide under 61 different names, according to the University of California in San Francisco. Despite your best efforts to make healthy food choices, you could be getting more sugar than you bargained for.

Negative Effects of Sugar on the Body

Per Harvard Health Publishing, when we eat sugar, most of it gets broken down and absorbed in the small intestine.

Specialized enzymes attack larger molecules and convert them into three simpler sugars: glucose, galactose, and fructose. The liver and muscles store some of the glucose as glycogen, a molecule that can be turned back into glucose when your body needs it.

When glucose enters the bloodstream, however, levels of blood glucose rise. In response, the pancreas secretes insulin to help glucose get where it needs to go in your body.

If you’re consuming large amounts of added sugar, the cells can become resistant to insulin over time — a risk factor for systemic inflammation, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic conditions.

According to a study published in November 2016 in the journal Nutrients, consuming too much added sugar has also been linked to weight gain and obesity, risk factors for heart disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and cancer.

“Excessive intakes of added sugars impact our energy, mood, weight, and disease risk,” Cording says. “Across the board it can impact our physical and mental well-being.”

“In order for us to function as smoothly and as normally as possible, we need our blood sugar to be operating in the Goldilocks zone of energy,” says William W. Li, MD, a physician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and author of Eat to Beat Disease.

Are You Eating Too Much Sugar?
The recommendations for limits on added sugars vary among industry groups. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025, which are published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture, recommend limiting calories from added sugars to no more than 10 percent each day. For someone who consumes 2,000 calories a day, that’s a maximum of about 12 teaspoons worth…

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Fears Of Violence In 2023 Elections As Re-engagement Suffers Major Blow

Marvellous Khumalo

For Immediate Release

March 31, 2021

On March 27, 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, while addressing the Zanu PF Central Committee meeting urged war veterans to rally behind the ruling party, Zanu PF and campaign for the party in the upcoming 2023 elections.

The President’s call to the war veterans raises fears of a violent election especially given the fact that war veterans aligned to the ruling party have a well known record and history of violence against opposition supporters.

War veterans are on record pledging to go to war should Zanu PF lose in elections and this has largely been the basis of their violence and terror against opposition supporters.

During the bloody 2008 election re-run, war veterans aligned to Zanu PF were among the perpetrators of the violence that led to the death of more than 200 opposition supporters.

It is in light of this background that Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition implores the war veterans to ensure peace and tolerance in their involvement in the country’s political processes.

The huge sense of entitlement on the part of the war veterans (which has also been their basis for political violence) is unacceptable in a democratic society.

As Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, we hope the President’s call for war veterans to mobilise and campaign for Zanu PF does not translate into reactivation of the ruling party’s violence machinery.

On another note, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition remains deeply concerned over the continued arbitrary arrests and incarceration of civic society and opposition activists as part of efforts by the ruling party to silence dissent.

The continued arrests, which have been condemned by some sections of the international community, have put a huge dent on the country’s image and consequently, continue to work against efforts at re-engaging the international community.

As Crisis Coalition, we reiterate that respect for democratic principles and upholding citizens’ fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution should form the basis for meaningful re-engagement with the international community.

ENDS//

Marvellous Kumalo

Spokesperson

[email protected]/+263776379966/+263776191402

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition

Twitter: @crisiscoalition

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COVID-19 Pandemic Leaves 52 M Orphans Without Food: Child Registry

By Honest Makanyire|The deadly COVID-19 pandemic has left 52 million vulnerable children without food and essential needs, it has emerged.

According to Child Registry, In Africa, 52 million vulnerable children require urgent assistance in various forms.

“The COVID-19 Outbreak has left over 52 million orphans in Africa without hand sanitizers, masks, food, medicine and testing kits,” Child Registry said in a statement.

Child Registry Ltd through African Child Prosperity Fund (ACPF) and in Collaboration with various Partnerships is also working on a scheme that enables parents to contribute towards their children’s prosperous future.

“The Future belongs to those who believe in their Dreams.Let Us Empower our Children for a Better Tomorrow…

Will you join us in providing the basic necessities to the little ones?”

Child Registry representative in Zimbabwe, Noel Mavura said:”The future of children is our primary concern. We are working with various stakeholders, including the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, to empower and equip children with relevant skills that will help them in future.”

See link below:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=274268364186065&id=101654854780751
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UK Challenges Mnangagwa To Release Political Prisoners

Tinashe Sambiri|UK Government Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release jailed political activists.

Duddridge dencounced the detention and harassment of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

“Bail denied again for Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri in Zimbabwe.

I call on Zimbabwe’s authorities to ensure all are treated equally under the law, and to show action on the government’s commitments to reform. Harassment of political opponents needs to end,” Duddridge posted on Twitter.

Cornered …Mr Mnangagwa
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The Mozambican Oil and Gas Chamber Condemns The Terrorist Attacks In Palma

African Energy Chamber
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the bereaved, injured and displaced
PALMA, Mozambique, March 31, 2021/ — The Mozambican Oil and Gas Chamber condemns the terrorist attacks in Palma on the 25th of March in the strongest possible terms and expresses its heartfelt condolences to all the victims of the attacks. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the bereaved, injured and displaced.

Terrorism is a scourge and it must never be let to prevail. The Chamber will therefore like to express its full support to the Mozambique Armed Defense Forces under the leadership of H.E. President Filipe Nyusi who responded swiftly to contain the attacks to save lives and property. We are confident, that the government will eventually secure a lasting solution to the problems in Cabo Delgado and provide a conducive environment for the realization of multi-billion-dollar investments in Mozambique.

“We are committed to working with the government, energy companies and civil society to ensure that such acts were not allowed to disrupt stability of Mozambique and the execution of important energy projects that are so important to our country’s economic growth and the advancement of global prosperity”. Said Florival Mucave, CEO of the Mozambican Oil & Gas Chamber.

The three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado province has to date killed more than 2,600 people and displaced an estimated 670,000, according to the UN. These attacks are especially directed at disrupting investment in oil and gas projects in Mozambique and terrorizing the local population. The attack on Palma was specifically aimed at undermining the $23bn game changing Mozambique LNG project led by Total.

As the largest Foreign Direct Investment on the African continent, the Mozambique LNG project positions Mozambique to become the third largest gas exporter globally by 2045. It is expected to double Mozambique’s GDP by 2035, underscoring the transformational impact of this project on the country, it’s citizens and neighboring states. It will fundamentally recast the fortunes of Mozambique from one of the poorest countries in the world to possibly a middle-income country.

We call on the international community to support the government of Mozambique in its efforts to deal with terrorism in Cabo Delgado. Terrorism is a global problem and Mozambique must therefore not be left to deal with it alone.

The chamber continues to strongly advocate for the gas developments and associated projects in Mozambique as a key driver of economic opportunity. Economic development is the only way to promote sustainable development, eradicate poverty, reduce unemployment amongst Mozambique’s youthful population and build competent local capacity in Mozambique.

The Mozambican oil and gas chamber pledges to work closely with the Mozambican Government, foreign investors and local stakeholders to build capacity amongst local entrepreneurs and position them to take the numerous opportunities that Mozambique offers. We will work tirelessly to fulfil the expectations of millions of Mozambicans by ensuring the delivery of Mozambique LNG’s first gas by 2024.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Energy Chamber
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9 Chivi MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Members Granted Bail

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

See court document

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Mwonzora Rejected By Parliament Member.

By Farai D Give | Senator Douglas Mwonzora and his ZANU PF surrogate party have been rejected by a leading member of parliament.

Speaking in discussion during the month, the fiery Norton MP Temba Mliswa described Mwonzora as the destruction of ZANU PF.

He said ZANU PF has been made ineffective as a result of destroying the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.

Mwonzora who deserted Chamisa’s party, last year May, violently took over property belonging to the MDC Alliance and has begun making claims that he is the legitimate MDC Alliance leader. All through his adventures, he is receiving support from Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa who makes false claims that he win the 2018 elections when even the state broadcaster, ZBC, filmed his office announcing that the military will be deployed to violently change the election results.

Said Mliswa:

https://twitter.com/ZimEye/status/1377107640333918215?s=19
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Dear Engineer Mutisi

Dear Eng. J. Mutisi

Cry the beloved country. Eng. Mutisi sorry for i personally don’t  know  you or your academic qualifications and social behaviour but certainly your suggested solution regarding the chaos motorists endure at our tollgates leaves a lot of questions on your reasoning capacity.

Surely, is levying taxes on fuel the best solution Eng. Mutisi? Assuming you are the minister of transport how will you address the issue of cars that dont fuel up in Zimbabwe and fuel bought for non vehicular use?

Yes, revenue collection will go up because you will be robbing a lot of people who don’t even use those highways. In short your solution doesn’t address the problem at all but exposes your reasoning limitations, typical of Zimbabwean  ministers who instead of bettering the lives of the povo they pile more burden unto them.

Eng. Mutisi please think like an Engineer not some greedy capitalist. Very soon you will tell villagers complaining about lack of bridges to buy planes. Address the issues of toll gate
 efficiency, supervision, cheating, highway limitations vis-a-vis traffic volumes.

Zimbabweans surely deserve better if not best.

True Patriot

Munya Shumba

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15-Year-Old Boy Escapes From Police Custody, Steals Two Pistols

A 15-year-old boy in Zimbabwe escaped from police custody, broke into an armoury and stole two pistols. The teenager had been arrested in Gweru for alleged unlawful entry and theft, and was being held at a police station in the city.

He allegedly sneaked out of a holding room and broke into the armoury through the ceiling before making off with two pistols and three cellphones belonging to officers at the station.

Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed: “Yes, we are investigating that case and will avail more details (on Wednesday).”

A police source said, “On Monday, Constable Gwatirera intended to hand over duties to the morning shift officers and discovered that (the teenager) was missing. He advised the duty commander and a search was launched.”

Another added: “During the search, Constable Gwatirera noticed that his cellphone, which was on a charger in the records office, was missing.”

The 15-year-old allegedly went to a house in Kopje where he pointed a pistol at Gugulethu Mpofu. Mpofu persuaded him to hand over the firearm to police and the two went to Gweru Central Police Station.

“Upon arrival at Gweru Central, police recovered the pistols and three cellphones. The teenager was subsequently arrested.”

-ZTN

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“Prophet” Used Vulture’s Head To Foretell Mai Titi’s Love Woes- True Or False?

Own Correspondent|
In 2020 controvesial Masvingo preacher Isaac Makomichi made headlines after predicting that Mai Titi would be abandoned by her lover in 2021.

On Saturday February 28, 2021 Mai Titi revealed via Instagram she was facing difficulties in her relationship.

On Sunday it was confirmed that Mai Titi was dumped by her Nigerian lover.

Last year Makomichi invited Mai Titi to collect the love potion from him.

” I see her relationship collapsing in 2021,” said Makomichi then…

The story under the headline: Mai Titi to Receive Love Charm From Masvingo Prophet?was published by ZimEye.com and went viral on social media.

Some church leaders have accused Makomichi of using the “vulture’s head to predict the future”

“He is using the vulture’s head to predict the future, his love potion is juju from Ghana that’s why he is the godfather of slayqueens,” fumed one church leader.

Makomichi was not immediately available for a comment on the matter.

Isaac Makomichi…
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Matemadanda Accused Of Accepting Bribe From Aspiring Kwekwe MP

Aspiring ZANU PF Kwekwe Central legislator Kandros Mugabe has been accused of buying the latest Toyota Landcruiser to the recently demoted party commissar Victor Matemadanda.

Mugabe won the chaotic Kwekwe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) as secretary for finance with the help of Matemadanda who was demoted for reportedly failing to conduct the DCC elections fairly.

Contacted for comment Mugabe said the allegations are a result of jealousy.

“Some people in the camp are just cooking stories for me l did not buy Matemadanda a car as alleged l won fairly and if l did buy him a car they was supposed to be a disciplinary action when we held DCC  elections which were violent but to date no action was taken there is no favour here,” Mugabe said.

He further claimed that people were sending wrong messages to president Emmerson Mnangagwa just to blackmail him and make sure that he will not contest in the looming by-election where he is set to battle it out with Minister of state security Owen Ncube’s nephew Energy Ncube popularly known as Dhala to replace the late Masango (Blackman) Matambanadzo.

-Byo24

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Murewa Man Arrested For Murdering Elderly Relatives

Police have arrested Denford Nyamande (35) in connection with the gruesome murder of his 87-year-old father Felix Chiodza and his 89-year-old aunt Angela Bhunu in Murewa last week.

Reports are that the suspect killed the siblings after accusing them of witchcraft.

Nyamande was cornered in his hideout in Seke.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests

“The ZRP confirms the arrest of Denford Nyamande (35) in connection with the gruesome murder of two elderly siblings at Chidziva and Marumisa Villages, Chief Mangwende, Murewa on March 22, 2021.

“The suspect was fished out from his hideout at Mutsvairo Village Chief, Seke on March 29, 2021. Meanwhile, Police urges members of the public to shun strange and unjustified counsel from spiritualists.

-State Media

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Warrant Of Arrest For Harare City Council’s Director Of Works

By A C orrespondent- Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has issued a warrant of arrest for council’s director of works Isaiah Zvenyika Chawatama after he absconded court yesterday.

Chawatama was supposed to appear in court together with former town clerk Hosiah Chisango.

He is alleged to be on the run. Chawatama was summoned to court by members of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit, but was in default.

According to court summons dated March 18, 2021, the director of works is wanted over a property dispute with a Borrowdale resident.

The court appearance was expected to establish whether Chawatama was, indeed, on the run after the council boss previously denied the charge.

-newsday

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Mugabe Buys Matemadanda A Car

By A Correspondent- Aspiring Zanu PF Kwekwe Central legislator Kandros Mugabe has been accused of buying the latest Toyota Landcruiser to the recently demoted party commissar Victor Matemadanda.

Mugabe won the chaotic Kwekwe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) as secretary for finance with the help of Matemadanda who was demoted for reportedly failing to conduct the DCC elections fairly.

Contacted for comment Mugabe said the allegations are a result of jealousy.

“Some people in the camp are just cooking stories for me l did not buy Matemadanda a car as alleged l won fairly and if l did buy him a car they was supposed to be a disciplinary action when we held DCC  elections which were violent but to date no action was taken there is no favour here,” Mugabe said.

He further claimed that people were sending wrong messages to president Emmerson Mnangagwa just to blackmail him and make sure that he will not contest in the looming by-election where he is set to battle it out with Minister of state security Owen Ncube’s nephew Energy Ncube popularly known as Dhala to replace the late Masango (Blackman) Matambanadzo.

-newsday

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Police Retrieve Bodies Of Suspected Smugglers

By A Correspondent- Police in Kariba have retrieved two bodies of suspected smugglers who drowned last week while trying to illegally cross into Zambia.

One of the bodies has been identified as that of Tichaona Kayungwa, while the other one is yet to be identified.

It is alleged that the banana boat they were using capsized after being hit by a strong wave, leading to their drowning while their other two unidentified accomplices, who were in the same boat managed to swim back to the shore.

Officer commanding police in Kariba district, Superintendent Saul Mhanqwa confirmed the incident yesterday.

“We received a report on March 25, 2021 to the effect that there were four male adult Zimbabwean nationals who attempted to cross into Zambia using an illegal crossing point at Nyamasowa area in Lower Zambezi,” he said.

-newsday

“These four adults hired a boat owned by a Zambian and when they were in the middle of the (Zambezi) river, the wave hit them and the boat capsized.

“Two of these male adults managed to swim back into Zimbabwe, but the other two were taken away by the waves and they drowned.”

He added: “When the body of Kayungwa was retrieved from the water, it was observed that it was in an advanced state of decomposition. However, the relatives managed to identify the body. The body is suspected to have been bitten by crocodiles because the police observed that it had a missing right arm and leg. The groin and forehead had injuries suspected to have been caused by knocks on the rocks.”

Kayungwa was laid to rest yesterday in the resort town of Kariba

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“Fraudster” Filmed Bragging About A “Corrupt” Judiciary

Fraudster bragging

By A Correspondent- One of the man accused of defrauding Bindura residents of over US$26k and who is out on bail has torched a social media storm after a video where he is bragging about his release started circulating on social media.

In the above video, the accused man is recorded saying only rape and murder are punishable offences while those who commit other offences including fraud go unpunished because everyone including members of the judiciary love stealing.

The development comes after the man was arrested last week together with two other fraudsters who perpetrated a series of cons on Bindura residents and netted US$26,100.

The three are alleged to have defrauded people by creating fake proof of payment messages and sending them to people who would then give them United States Dollars thinking that they had  received  RTGS,

The three fraudsters have been identified as Collen Chairuka (36), Tatenda Brenda Pangidzwa (34) and Malvern Chiyangwa (35). The trio came to the attention of the police after they defrauded various people of US$26,100 in just five days.

Following numerous complaints against the fraudsters, the police in Bindura decided to set a trap. Undercover police officers arrested the suspects when they attempted to defraud them using the same modus operandi.

In a statement, police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: ARREST OF SUSPECTS FOR FRAUD AND THEFT

The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms the arrest of Collen Chairuka (36), Tatenda Brenda Pangidzwa (34) and Malven Chiyangwa (35) in connection with cases of fraud which occurred in and around Bindura from 10 February 2021 to 14 February 2021.

Police received information to the effect that the suspects were defrauding members of the public by sending them fake WhatsApp confirmation messages of RTGS money transfers after receiving United States Dollars. A trap was set by Police who managed to arrest the suspects.

First complainant lost USD 4 100.00 after receiving text message of ZWL 538 000.00 payment to Innscor.

Second complainant lost USD 10 000.00 after a fake message of ZWL 1 230 000. 00 for alleged Netone airtime. He realised this after Netone Mt Darwin dismissed the alleged payment.

Third complainant lost USD 12 000. 00 for alleged payment to ZIMRA for vehicle importation duty clearance.

Police urges members of the public to verify transactions before parting with their hard-earned cash and desist from illegal foreign currency dealings.

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3 Harare Police Officers Team Up With 3 Others, Conduct Spate Of Robberies

By A Correspondent- Three Harare police officers have been implicated in a spate of robberies which occurred in Nyanga where they allegedly robbed and assaulted several people involved in timber business.

An internal police memorandum dated March 27 addressed to Officer Commanding Manicaland province, Commissioner Wiklef Makamache, identified the police officers as Constable Tatenda Ndlovu, Constable Listen Sibanda stationed at ZRP Harare Central Business Centre Traffic and Constable Tariro Rangarirai of Harare Central Police Station.

It further stated that the robberies occurred at Claremont Orchards in Nyanga and involved the three police officers, and three other accomplices, Forget Madzitire and Nhamo Nyamutowa, who are into the business of selling timber, and Never Nyarumba who is unemployed.

Allegations are that the six were targeting people in the timber business.

“The background of the matter is that complainant one, three and four and accused number four were all in partnership with a timber business as from the first week of March. On March 23, the four proceeded to Harare with processed timber for sale,” the memo read.

“On March 26 after selling their timber and sharing proceeds, complainants one and three returned to Nyanga, leaving the four accused in Harare.

“On March 27, 2021 at around midnight, the accused persons drove to Nyanga using a silver ML MercedesBenz and proceeded to complainant one, Slyvester Makandwa and to the residence of Sharon Makandwa (husband and wife). The accused persons knocked at the dining door.”

The complainant woke up and opened the door and the accused demanded money from them.

They were allegedly given US$300, and the accused started assaulting the complainant with open hands and a baton until he went to the bedroom and collected another US$850.

The accused allegedly went to several other victims’ homes, where they beat up their victims and demanded money.

The total amount they collected during the robberies was US$1 245.-Newsday

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Teachers In “Sit- In” Protests Over Salaries

Teachers

By A Correspondent- Teachers at various schools countrywide are reportedly reporting for duty only to mark the pupils’ attendance registers, but are not conducting lessons as they continue piling pressure for better working conditions.

Teachers’ unions yesterday told NewsDay that the educators had resolved to sit-in after government refused to restore their salaries to the pre-October 2018 levels when they earned between US$520 and US$550.

Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure confirmed the alleged sit-in.

“We don’t want to pre-empt anything. This is what we said before the schools opened that the employer has to capacitate teachers so that they go back to work. However, the employer is reluctant to solve our problem and is treating individuals with coercion and intimidation. What is coming up is that teachers have decided to just log in and not work until they are capacitated,” he said.

Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond said: “The truth of the matter is that teachers are incapacitated. I urge the government to look into their plight and capacitate them so that they perform their duties in class.”

But Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro dismissed the claim.

“Teachers are engaged and are teaching in our schools. Learning is ongoing, we can’t complain. We are grateful for their service and commitment while their grievances are being looked into,” Ndoro said.

He added that government was confident that this time around they will not experience a surge in COVID-19 cases.

“We have confidence in the vaccinations and that the set standards of procedures would ensure that the pandemic remains at a minimum in schools,” Ndoro said during vaccination of Harare-based teachers at Wilkins Hospital.

He said the vaccination of teachers would nip the coronavirus in the bud, while deter-ring the onset of a third wave of COVID-19.

“We are confident that we will not have a surge in cases of COVID-19 in our schools this time because of the vaccinations as well as the protocols in place.”

Last term, there was chaos in schools as many students tested positive to COVID-19 prompting some of the schools to close early for fear of an escalation of the crisis. Last week, seven pupils at Prince Edward High School in Harare tested positive to the virus.-newsday

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Police Arrest Touts Filmed Harassing A Woman At Dulibadzimu Bus Terminus

By Jane Mlambo| The Police have confirmed arresting four touts who were filmed physically manhandling a woman at Beitbridge’s Dulibadzimu bus terminus.

According to ZRP, the four who appeared on a video which went viral last week will appear in court today.

The police urged the public to report all incidents of harassment by touts at bus termini.

“The ZRP has arrested the four touts who were involved in the physical manhandling & harassment of a woman in a video which went viral recently. The incident occurred at Dulibadzimu Rank, Beitbridge. The touts will appear in court today.

“The ZRP applauds all Zimbabweans for the co-operation & concern over the conduct of the touts. The public is urged to report all incidents of harassment by touts taking note of the location, date, time & the name of the bus company involved. #notouting& harassment of women,” the police said.

Speaking on the incident last week, Women Affairs minister Dr Sithembiso Nyoni said public spaces must be safe for all while pushing for the removal of touts from all bus termini.

“Eventually, we want to witness the removal of touts from all bus termini. Public spaces must be safe for all and may it be known that the law enforcing agents shall not deal with this lightly,” she said.

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Health Experts Issue Warning On Other Killer Diseases

By A Correspondent- Health experts yesterday said the public should be wary of other killer diseases that might affect them at a time when most resources are being directed towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed more than 1 500 people in the country.

Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association president Johannes Marisa said people were now concentrating on COVID-19 only and forgetting other diseases that are a threat to human life such as malaria, typhoid, diarrhoea, diabetes and others.

He said there were high chances of disasters that might be caused by malaria and other diseases.

“If we continue to be obsessed with COVID-19 alone, we might be caught unawares because we are witnessing a lot of cases of malaria and typhoid and these also present almost the same symptoms as COVID-19. Let’s open our eyes,” Marisa said.

“Let us not also forget the dangers of hypertension and it’s one disease that’s taking a lot of people and we do not want to attribute all deaths to COVID-19,” he said.

Last year, malaria cases were on the increase, with 300 to 400 deaths recorded in Zimbabwe. Globally, it is estimated that 410 000 people lost their lives, with 85% of the cases being in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Globally, about 100 000 people succumb to typhoid while an estimated eight million people lose their lives to hypertension per year.

“That number per year on a global scale points to a calamity. We are also experiencing large numbers of malaria without even the history of travelling outside the country, and so people should be very careful,” Marisa said.

Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights secretary Norman Matara said there was need for the public to continue protecting themselves against killer diseases that may not be infectious, but chronic in nature.

“We should not forget about the other diseases that are killing people because they are afraid to go to the hospital for fear of contracting COVID-19. People have to continue to go for regular check-ups, especially for tuberculosis, continue screening processes for malaria and hypertension. Preventive measures should also be taken lest we forget that there were other diseases that came way before COVID-19,” Matara said.

Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association president Shingai Nyaguse said: “As much as we need COVID-19 responses, there is a need for intervention in other areas as well such as tuberculosis, cancer and hypertension that haven’t gone away.-Newsday

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4 Zimbabweans Died In Car Crash In South Africa

4 Zimbabweans die in car Crash in South Africa

By A Correspondent- Four Zimbabweans based in South Africa reportedly died after the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident.

According to a source privy to developments, the four died Tuesday.

“The 4 Zimbabweans perished in an accident while coming from “work” in Cape Town.

However details of the accident were still sketchy by the time of writing.

More details follow.

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“We Cannot Read”: Police, Army Claim As They Arrest Shipping Agents At Beitbridge Border Post

By A Correspondent- Operations at the Beitbridge Border Post were disrupted yesterday when police and army swooped on 31 shipping agents, accusing them of being undesired elements in a protected area.

Shipping agents are regarded by law as essential service providers due to their handling of haulage vehicles with imported and exported goods.

Among the 31 shipping agents held were two haulage truck drivers.

National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was still verifying the issue with the officers on the ground.

“I am still verifying about the issue with troops on the ground,” Nyathi said.

The arrest resulted in trucks meant to depart from the border post being grounded and blocking the on-going construction work.

Chairperson of the Transporters Association in Beitbridge, Osbert Shumba said the arrests were unlawful, adding that they disrupted flow of traffic, leading to congestion.

“Government has recognised us as essential services. We will not pay fines. We are ready to go to court,” Shumba said.

Early this year, government enacted a law recognising clearing agents and allied businesses as essential service providers.

“We showed them identity cards, but they said they cannot read,” one shipping agent told NewsDay.

Queues of heavy vehicles entering and leaving Zimbabwe began to build up endangering the New Limpopo toll bridge which is not meant to handle static vehicles

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Where’s Susan Mutami As Mliswa Struggles At Court?

Temba Mliswa

By A Correspondent- As his ex girlfriend. Susan Mutami’s physical whereabouts remained a mystery 7 months later, Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday applied for referral of his case where he is charged of breaching COVID-19 regulations to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).

Mliswa was last month accused of violating COVID-19 regulations when he held a Press conference at his Borrowdale residence last month.

He now wants the ConCourt to make a ruling on whether his arrest was lawful since the police stormed his house without a warrant of arrest.

Before the ConCourt application, Mliswa had challenged his arrest and detention which was dismissed by Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti, who ruled that his residence was not a public place as stipulated by COVID-19 regulations.

Mliswa had argued that he was arrested for addressing journalists who are classified as essential service workers.

The State, however, argued that he was not conducting Parliament business, resulting in his application being dismissed by Miti.

Mliswa, in the application, raised questions, including why he was the only person who was arrested at the Press conference.

“Further take notice that the following are the questions whose referral applicant seeks: Whether the singling out for arrest and prosecution of the applicant from among 23 persons allegedly gathered at the applicant’s residence on the day in question amounts to discrimination and offends against section 56(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe,” part of his application read.- Newsday/Additional reporting

The matter is yet to be set down for.