By James Gwati- Zanu PF has intensified its clampdown on the opposition-controlled cities and has engineered the arrest of the Gweru City Council director of housing and community services Mr Shingirayi Tigere
According to the state media, Tigere was arrested last night on allegations of criminal abuse of office involving the sale of a single stand to the city Mayor Josiah Makombe. He was arrested by police working with the Special Anti Corruption Commission (Sacco) at his home around 7pm yesterday.
Tigere’s lawyer, Mr Esau Mandipa of Mutatu and Mandipa Legal Practice, however, confirmed the arrest. “I can confirm that my client was arrested last night by the police in connection with a stand that he allegedly sold to Mayor Josiah Makombe. They alleged that he didn’t follow some procedure,” he said.
Two former MDC members Obert Gutu and James Makore have spoken on their decision to join the ruling Zanu PF saying they are not after positions but working for the development of the coountry.
Speaking at State House when they were being welcomed by Zanu PF leadership including Emmerson Mnangagwa, Constantino Chiwenga and Oppah Muchinguri, Guti said;
“We feel we are here to contribute to the development of the country. Speaking entirely for myself, I am not position-oriented. I know some people will say Gutu wants this post or that post, that’s far from it.
“We are here to play our part albeit a small part for the development of this country and the Vision which the Second Republic has fashioned for this country, Vision 2030 which is achievable with the right mindset and skills set,” he said.
Senator Makore echoed similar sentiments saying he had returned home.
“We do feel we have to contribute to the economy, we can’t consistently fight without producing any tangible result for the economy and by and large we can be a cog in national development,” he said.
Cde Gutu once served as Deputy Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs during the inclusive Government (2009-2013).
He assumed the vice presidency of the MDC-T following the split that occurred when Mr Morgan Tsvangirai died, deputising the MDC-T then led by Ms Thokozani Khupe.
By A Correspondent- Former Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Energy Mutodi, has described Tanzanian president John Magufuli’s death as God’s way of proving that he was right when he mocked Tanzania’s approach to COVID-19.
Mutodi tweeted on Thursday after it had been announced Wednesday that Magufuli had died of a heart complication in Dar es Salam. Some reports claimed Magufuli had contracted the coronavirus. Commenting on Magufuli’s death, Mutodi said:
The Lord Almighty has vindicated His servant in the death of Tanzanian President John Pombe Magafuli. Where there was rejection and rebuke, He has provided reparation.
The former Rhumba musician had earlier mocked Magufuli for his approach to coronavirus after the late leader had declared Tanzania a COVID-19-free zone saying it was defeated by prayer.
He tweeted back then:
His Excellency John Pombe Magafuli’s Tanzania now has 630 COVID-19 cases with prayers but without a lockdown while His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa’s Zimbabwe only got 31 cases with lockdown and masks. An insight into how managers can be game-changers.
Then minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the late Dr Sibusiso Moyo was forced to intervene saying Mutodi’s remarks were not reflective of the views held by Zimbabwe as a nation but by Mutodi as an individual.
Following the recent tweet, the ruling ZANU PF described Mutodi’s behaviour as childish. Responding to the tweet, the ruling party said:
This is disappointing, childish.
— ?? ZANU PF PATRIOTS ?? (@zanupf_patriots) March 18, 2021
Mutodi was last year fired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa following a chain of reckless behaviour that created tensions among government officials and between Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries.
Some reports suggest that Mutodi was fired at Sibusiso Moyo’s behest. It is alleged that Moyo had threatened to resign if Mutodi who was making his diplomatic role tough had not been sacked.
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) top official, Major Sybert Muradzikwa yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Isheunesu Matova after he allegedly conned a Harare woman of US$5 000 in a deal to clean soiled bank notes.
Muradzikwa was remanded to April 5 on $5 000 bail.
It is alleged that in January this year, Muradzikwa and his accomplices, who are still at large, misrepresented to the complainant, Lyn Mavhunga, that they wanted to engage her on a business venture to clean old notes using a liquid chemical.
Mavhunga allegedly released US$5 000 to purchase the liquid, before Muradzikwa requested for more money. Complainant turned down the request and reported him to police.
Upon arrest, Muradzikwa was found in possession of the bag containing the alleged soiled bank notes.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old Harare man allegedly shot a State witness who testified against him in a 2018 case.
Ronias Mutaki was arrested and appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday facing attempted murder charges. The magistrate will deliver his ruling on the matter today.
The complainant in the matter is a gardener in Mutaki’s neighbourhood in Avondale.-Newsday
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed his condolences on the passing on of Tanzanian President John Magufuli.
In a statement on Twitter, the President said “My deepest condolences to the family of His Excellency President John Magufuli and the people of Tanzania. Africa mourns with you. May his soul rest in peace”.
The death of Cde Magufuli was announced by the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday.
She said he died from the heart disease that had plagued him for a decade.
Gweru City Council director of housing and community services Mr Shingirayi Tigere was arrested last night on allegations of criminal abuse of office involving the sale of a stand to the city Mayor Josiah Makombe.
Tigere was arrested by police working with the Special Anti Corruption Unit (Sacu) at his home around 7pm yesterday.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was still gathering details around Tigere’s arrest.
Tigere’s lawyer, Mr Esau Mandipa of Mutatu and Mandipa Legal Practice however, confirmed the arrest.
“I can confirm that my client was arrested last night by the police in connection with a stand that he allegedly sold to the Mayor Josiah Makombe. They alleged that he didn’t follow some procedure,” he said.
Mr Mandipa said his client is due to appear in court this morning.
By A Correspondent| Former Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi says Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s death has vindicated him after he was condemned for pointing out that the East African country’s poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mutodi was condemned after he posted on Twitter suggesting that Magufuli had made a blunder by keeping churches in Tanzania open as that had resulted in the rise of coronavirus cases.
The government through the Foreign Affairs ministry distanced itself from Mutodi’s remarks saying his views did not reflect the position of Zimbabwe.
With Magufuli dead now, Mutodi says God vindicated him as he was rejected and rebuked after pointing out the East African giant’s big mistake in handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Lord Almighty has vindicated His servant in the death of Tanzanian President John Pombe Magafuli. Where there was rejection and rebuke, He has provided reparation,” said Mutodi.
Magufuli shocked the rest of the world after he declared victory over the COVID-19 pandemic while stopping the publication of statistics.
He never introduced lockdowns and allowed sporting activities to go on, a move many felt was wreckless considering the deadliness of COVID-19.
By Jane Mlambo| MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has send his condolences to the people of Tanzania following the death of President John Pombe Magufuli last night.
Posting on Twitter, Chamisa said;
“With sadness, I note the passing on of H.E @MagufuliJP of Tanzania. My sincere condolences to the Magufuli family and the great people of Tanzania. Our prayers are with them all during this difficult time.Wishing Tanzania a democratic and peaceful transition. RIP Mzee.”
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) President Professor Lovemore Madhuku has also consoled the Magufuli family and people of Tanzania.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Tanzania following the passing on of a much loved leader, HE President Magufuli. May his close family find strength and comfort from the fact that Pres Magufuli was a true son of Africa. MHDSREP,” said Madhuku.
By James Gwati- Music promoters are appealing to the authorities to consider allowing musicians to resume public performances so that they find something to feed their families.
This appeal was made by a seasoned music promoter, Wanisai Mutandwa, popularly known in the arts industry as Mhamha Mahwindo through her social media platforms.
“Varume vese ivavo vane mhuri dzinoda chikafu, vane vana varikuda kuenda kuzvikoro but vanovapei kana vakagara? Pavhurwa maRestaurants ngapaiswewo allowance yemagitare varidzirewo vanhu chero vashoma. Muimbi ane nzara vachapedzisira vatizwa nevakadzi nenzara”, writes music promoter Mhamha Mahwindo on her social media platforms.
Mahwindo said once the government give musicians green-light to resume public performances, the industry will comply with the WHO COVID-19 guidelines and maintain the maximum numbers of people allowed to attend any public gathering.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week arrested suspended Zesa southern region manager King Dube on allegations of using one of the power utility’s employees as his domestic worker, thus prejudicing the company of over US$17 000.
Dube, who was suspended on allegations of engaging in underhand dealings together with eight other senior Zesa officials from the region, yesterday appeared before Gweru magistrate Edwin Marecha facing criminal abuse of office charges.
He was remanded to March 29 on $20 000 bail and ordered to surrender his passport, reside at the given address, report three times a week at Gweru Central Police Station and not to interfere with investigations.
The prosecution alleged that from January 2013 to the end of February 2017, Dube allegedly ordered a Zesa employee, Andrew Homa, to work as a domestic worker at his residence in Gweru.
Homa was on the electricity utility’s payroll and Dube assigned him to do domestic duties at his home.
During the said period, Homa received US$17 568 in salaries from Zesa although he was working at Dube’s private home.
By Leonard Koni| It is really sad and beyond imagination to see democracy being shoved into the blast furnace with the aim of creating a one party state.
Is recalling members of parliament by any chance going to solve or improve the country’s economic, social and political challenges bedevelling the country or its designed to create a Chinese model of politics through weakening the people’s struggle?
I see Thokozani Khupe and Douglas Mwonzora are struggling to stand on their feet to lure the electorate after they recalled some members of parliament. They are not even getting stronger.
Honestly people are very much aware of the fact that this so called new dispensation under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has nothing to offer and is just there to decimate the opposition, loot the country’s resources and self enrichment not the improvement of people’s lives.
About 70% of Zimbabweans are living under the poverty datum line and cannot afford even two decent meals per day. They are scrounging from one day to the other and go home with nothing whilst these political bourgeoisie are excelling every day in self preservation.
In that area surely they deserve a place in the Guinness book of world records.
What is the main reason of parading members who have left politics long time ago and have now defected to another party. Will voters take such candidates seriously or get tricked by their political posture and grandstanding.
Its like parading former Dynamos player and coach Moses ‘Bambo’ Chunga to play for Highlanders ‘Bosso’ Football ClubSuch a move would be beyond imagination.
Most of these tired politicians who cannot match modern day politics are glory hunters seeking to be re admitted or accommodated into Zanu PF gravy train which is mostly known through looting country’s resources and corruption.
They were denied and rejected by the people and could not access those privileges of parly allowances, laptop and a car. They have now resorted to finding ways to feed themselves together with their spouses.
These opportunists are out, but I just feel bad for the late Morgan Tsvangirai who was surrounded and trusted these political prostitutes dressed in sheep’s skins when they were actually wolves. The likes of Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora, Obert Gutu, Tracey Mutinhiri and the forgotten James Makore.
Those rejoining Zanu PF must be applauded for exercising their democratic rights. The cleansing process should not stop but must come as a bonus to MDC-Alliance. The residue must be kept in a safe place.
To be honest and precise these people who are joining Zanu PF are as good as used oil which cannot be put in an engine under a service. They are finished and have lost the viscosity.
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) top official, Major Sybert Muradzikwa yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Isheunesu Matova after he allegedly conned a Harare woman of US$5 000 in a deal to clean soiled bank notes.
Muradzikwa was remanded to April 5 on $5 000 bail.
It is alleged that in January this year, Muradzikwa and his accomplices, who are still at large, misrepresented to the complainant, Lyn Mavhunga, that they wanted to engage her on a business venture to clean old notes using a liquid chemical.
Mavhunga allegedly released US$5 000 to purchase the liquid, before Muradzikwa requested for more money.
Complainant turned down the request and reported him to police.
Nyanga North MP Chido Sanyatwe (Zanu-PF) has been fingered in a fierce fight over gold mining claims.
The legislator is the wife of Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania Anselem Sanyatwe, former boss in the Presidential Guard.
Sanyatwe is accused of threatening violence against a fellow Zanu-PF official, Julius Manyuchi, who is part of the Chisero Mining Syndicate.
In a letter dated March 9, 2021 addressed to Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro and copied to Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda and the President’s Office in Manicaland, Manyuchi accused Sanyatwe and her colleagues of threatening violence against him and blocking him from accessing his syndicate.
“I was embarrassed and belittled at that rally and several allegations and accusations were levelled against me. I was then ordered to vacate the area and rowdy artisanal miners numbering more than 800 demanded that I do so with immediate effect,” he said referring to a March 6, 2021 meeting addressed by Sanyatwe.
“The Honourable MP (Sanyatwe) then told me to vacate as demanded and he told the people present that if I did not comply, they should simply block my way at Avilla Mission.
I now live in fear of being attacked on the way to my investment.”
Manyuchi said he could not vacate the place after investing “several millions of dollars” at Chisero.
“I am also legally advised that the Honourable MP does not have the power to remove me from the syndicate as I am duly registered at the Ministry of Mines. I am also advised that it is illegal for a Member of Parliament to instigate violence or encourage people to break the law as she did,” he said.
Manyuchi pleaded with the party to act on the matter and allow the law to be followed without the abuse of political power by the MP.
Sanyatwe confirmed seeing the letter yesterday, but accused Manyuchi of abusing over 5 000 artisanal miners in the area.
“He is in conflict with other miners,” she said.
“The other miners came to my office and they are about 5 000 people. They accuse him of fraudulently finding his way into the claims and that he was abusing miners while not following the law. They wanted my intervention as the MP.”
Sanyatwe accused Manyuchi of working against her.
“I was surprised to see him writing to Parliament and others instead of him coming to me. I have to protect my people and the President needs five million votes. All he said were lies,” Sanyatwe said.
By A Correspondent| Recalled Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Tendai Biti says the MDC Alliance will convene and come up with a collective decision following his recall together with five other former members of the People’s Democratic Party now led by Lucia Matibenga.
In an interview with an online publication, Biti said his recall was a plot by Zanu PF to stop his work in exposing corruption adding that a report on corruption in some of the government owned entities was ready to be tabled before parliament.
“We had those reports ready and my recall is to make sure these issues to do with corruption are not brought before Parliament. We will convene as a party and make sure we come up with a collective decision. Remember, we contested elections not under the PDP, but under the MDC Alliance,” Biti said.
Biti was recalled together with Kucaca Phulu, Settlement Chikwinya, Regai Tsunga and Willias Madzimure.
Their recall followed a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda by the Secretary General of PDP.
PDP participated in the 2018 harmonised elections under Joice Mujuru’s Rainbow Coalition.
A 31-year-old Bulawayo man who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl has appeared in court. Patrick Mawende yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Rachel Mukanga facing two counts of rape.
He was remanded in custody to tomorrow.
Mawende pleaded not guilty saying the matter is being fabricated.
The prosecutor, Mr Terence Chakabuda said last week, at a time not known by the State, Mawende raped the minor twice in a kitchen.
The court heard that Mawende offered the complainant US$1 to conceal the vice which she accepted and bought chips.
Mr Chakabuda said on another occasion last week the complainant was cooking in another kitchen used as a storeroom.
“Mawende wrestled the victim to the floor before removing her pants. He had sexual intercourse with her twice without protection,” said Mr Chakabuda.
Universities in the country are next week set to resume face-to-face learning and examinations in a phased approach, adhering to Covid-19 prevention regulations.
Universities stopped face-to-face tuition as Government implemented lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira said universities have the greenlight to start lessons physically as long as they do four basic things to prevent the spread of the virus.
He said the institutions should ensure that there is social distancing, sanitising, wearing of face masks and regular temperature checks.
‘‘Universities are to open for face-to-face learning under World Health Organisation (Who) guidelines and should open in a phased approach for social distancing purposes. We are not going to compromise the safety of our students. Universities should ensure they put systems in place that guarantee a safe environment for students,’’ said Prof Murwira.
Universities, he said, would open according to their ability and capacity.
National University of Science and Technology (Nust) and Lupane State University (LSU) are set to resume face-to-face lectures and examinations on Monday observing Government’s Covid-19 prevention measures.
Nust director for communication and Marketing Mr Thabani Mpofu said face-to-face learning and examination will resume on Monday in a phased approach to allow social distancing during lectures and examinations.
‘‘The university will resume face-to-face learning and examinations in a phased manner from the 22nd of March 2021. Students have been grouped into four distinct groups to allow for social distancing during lectures and examinations. The examinations will be staggered and will start on the 29th of March 2021 and end on the 21st of May 2021. There will be temperature checking at all points of entry to the University and lecture rooms, hand sanitising, wearing of face masks at all times and enforcement of social distancing,’’ said Mr Mpofu.
LSU marketing and communication director Mr Zwelithini Dlamini said face-to-face lectures will resume on Monday with strict adherence to Covid-19 prevention measures including checking of temperature at entrance, sanitisation of hands, social distancing and wearing of masks.
Mr Dlamini said students are expected to buy their own face masks.
‘‘We will be following the Covid-19 prevention protocols. We will be doing screening, temperature checks and sanitisation. We will also ensure social distancing in the lecture rooms and also in the hostels where each room will accommodate only two students to avoid congestion,’’ said Mr Dlamini.
He said lecture rooms were fumigated and will be continuously disinfected during the course of the semester.
President Mnangagwa eased Covid-19 lockdown measures two weeks after the rate of new infections began to decline.
By A Correspondent| Former Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi says Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s death has vindicated him after he was condemned for pointing out that the East African country’s poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mutodi was condemned after he posted on Twitter suggesting that Magufuli had made a blunder by keeping churches in Tanzania open as that had resulted in the rise of coronavirus cases.
The government through the Foreign Affairs ministry distanced itself from Mutodi’s remarks saying his views did not reflect the position of Zimbabwe.
With Magufuli dead now, Mutodi says God vindicated him as he was rejected and rebuked after pointing out the East African giant’s big mistake in handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Lord Almighty has vindicated His servant in the death of Tanzanian President John Pombe Magafuli. Where there was rejection and rebuke, He has provided reparation,” said Mutodi.
Magufuli shocked the rest of the world after he declared victory over the COVID-19 pandemic while stopping the publication of statistics.
He never introduced lockdowns and allowed sporting activities to go on, a move many felt was wreckless considering the deadliness of COVID-19.
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By James Gwati-COVID denialist and Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli was yesterday pronounced dead.
Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan Wednesday night announced the death of President Magufuli on the state television.
“The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, the honourable Doctor John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, … (has) died of a heart condition, at hospital Mzena in Dar es Salaam, where he was receiving treatment,” she said on state broadcaster TBC.
Magufuli was last seen on 27 February.
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Magufuli with controversial preacher TB Joshua
Contentious presidency First elected to the presidency in 2015, Magufuli was serving a second five-year term won in 2020 elections that the opposition and some rights groups said were neither free nor fair. His main opponent in that race, Tundu Lissu, had to relocate to Belgium after the vote, fearing for his safety. Mr. Lissu, who was among the first to raise questions about the whereabouts of Magufuli after he went missing for several days, had been shot 16 times back in 2017, an attack he blamed on government agents because of his criticism of the President.
Magufuli had become so powerful by the start of the COVID-19 outbreak that he could deny the existence of a pandemic without incurring the criticism of his predecessor and other prominent people within Tanzania. In early 2021, amid speculation that Magufuli would seek an unconstitutional third term when his mandate expired in 2025, his ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party was compelled to deny such a thing could happen.
John Pombe Magufuli was born on October 29, 1959, in the rural area of Chato in the country’s northwest. The son of a subsistence farmer, he tended his father’s cattle but was a good student, seeing classroom studies as a way out of poverty. Magufuli earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and chemistry at the University of Dar es Salaam in 1988. Much later, in 2009, he earned a doctorate in chemistry from the same university.
For years he was a secondary school teacher and then a chemist with a farmers’ cooperative union before entering politics as a lawmaker representing Chato in the National Assembly. The legislative role was a springboard to a career in national politics, and he served in several Cabinet positions, notably as the hardworking public works minister nicknamed “the bulldozer” in the administration of predecessor Jakaya Kikwete.
A reputation as an incorruptible man was widely seen as one reason for his selection as the new leader of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the party that had dominated Tanzania since independence but whose popularity was declining in large part because of allegations of rampant corruption.
In 2015, the newly-elected Magufuli made news on his first day in office. He showed up unannounced in the morning at the Ministry of Finance offices to see how many officials had come to work on time. That week he also banned unnecessary trips by government officials, as an austerity measure. He soon canceled Independence Day celebrations and said the funds budgeted for the event would be used to improve roads and infrastructure in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital. Magufuli also fired a number of top government officials in his anti-corruption crusade.
At least in the early days of his presidency, Magufuli was seen as the leader Tanzania needed. He was widely admired by Tanzanians but also by others in East Africa who, citing his tough stance against corruption, wished for a leader like him. But very quickly others saw signs of intolerance as Magufuli cracked down on dissenters and those who criticised his work methods.
In early 2016 Magufuli stopped live broadcasts of parliamentary debates in which the opposition criticised the government, and in July that year he banned political rallies.
Magufuli’s harsh rule was extended to the country’s LBGT community, with his government preventing aid agencies from supporting same-sex groups to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Amnesty International criticised several bills supported by Magufuli and passed into laws as designed to “stifle all forms of dissent and effectively clamp down on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”
COVID denier But it was Magufuli’s denial of COVID-19 that brought him intense international attention.
Soon after the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tanzania in March 2020, Magufuli urged people to go to churches and mosques to pray. Magufuli, a devout Catholic, pronounced that “coronavirus is a devil … and cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Then in April the country stopped cooperating with the international community regarding its COVID-19 caseload.
Magufuli announced in June that COVID-19 had been eradicated from Tanzania by three days of national prayer. He spoke against social distancing and the wearing of masks and questioned the efficacy of vaccines. He even sent samples from bicycle lubricant, papaya fruit and a quail bird to be tested for the coronavirus in his bid to discredit testing.
“Countries in Africa will be coming here to buy food in the years to come … they will be suffering because of shutting down their economy,” he said of others imposing lockdowns.
Magufuli promoted herbs and exercise as COVID-19 remedies.
However, people leaving Tanzania reported that intensive care units in hospitals were filling up with people with severe respiratory illness. Others said that burials were being held at night to hide the numbers of deaths. Migrants from Tanzania were found to have COVID-19. Government officials denied most of these accounts, and health officials who reported problems related to COVID-19 were fired.
Critics say Magufuli’s legacy will be turning a country previously praised for its tolerance and relative stability into a more repressive state. Under founding President Julius Nyerere, Tanzania was an influential country as the host of pan-African liberation groups including Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress.
“Tanzania has weaponised the law to the point that no one really knows when they are on the right or wrong side of it,” Deprose Muchena, an Amnesty International official in Africa, said of Magufuli’s rule in an October 2020 report.
Politicians were arrested for holding or attending meetings, online activism was criminalized and non-governmental organizations were stifled with endless regulations, that report said.
Zitto Kabwe, leader of the opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency party, said he had been arrested 16 times since Magufuli came to power.
Lissu, Magufuli’s main opponent and challenger in the 2020 polls, complained that security forces interfered with his campaign. His party’s offices were fire-bombed and dozens of parliamentary candidates were disqualified. Tens of thousands of opposition electoral agents were not accredited by the electoral commission, effectively denying them access to poll centers to verify results. On the eve of the election 11 people were shot dead by security forces, nine of them in Zanzibar as they protested alleged election fraud.
Despite the repression, Magufuli’s supporters say he was focused on Tanzania’s economic success and sought to implement ambitious projects that would lift more of his people out of poverty. Scores of infrastructure programs, including trains and the revival of Air Tanzania, were launched under Magufuli’s reign. Tanzania is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and in July the World Bank categorised it as a middle-income country five years ahead of schedule.
“We had envisaged achieving this status by 2025 but, with strong determination, this has been possible in 2020,” Magufuli tweeted at the time. – The Hindu/Agencies
Obert Gutu says he is not interested in any political positions as he joins Zanu PF.
Obert Gutu at State House
“We feel we are here to contribute to the development of the country. Speaking entirely for myself, I am not position-oriented. I know some people will say Gutu wants this post or that post, that’s far from it.
Mnangagwa celebrates Over Gutu re admission
“We are here to play our part albeit a small part for the development of this country and the Vision which the Second Republic has fashioned for this country, Vision 2030 which is achievable with the right mindset and skills set,” he said.
Cde Gutu once served as Deputy Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs during the inclusive Government (2009-2013).
He assumed the vice presidency of the MDC-T following the split that occurred when Mr Morgan Tsvangirai died, deputising the MDC-T then led by Ms Thokozani Khupe.
President Mnangagwa said Cde Gutu had felt his heart was with the ruling party.
“Obert is a young man. He said he has a conscience and he slept over his conscience and came to the conclusion that this party that he was in would not give him satisfaction for the purposes of revolutionarily contributing to the construction, growth and modernisation of Zimbabwe and charting the destination of the people of this country,” he added.
Senator Makore said he had returned home.
“We do feel we have to contribute to the economy, we can’t consistently fight without producing any tangible result for the economy and by and large we can be a cog in national development,” he said.
A Harare man, Collen Mavhundutse who is accusing suspected land baron, Felix Munyaradzi of clandestinely being allowed to attend his father-in-law’s funeral in Zvimba from remand prison last year has made fresh complaints against officers from the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS).
This comes after the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service this week said the temporary release from remand prison for a property developer to attend his father-in-law’s funeral in August last year was above board.
According to ZPCS, Felix Munyaradzi was granted temporary release from prison by Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi.
ZPCS was responding to allegations by Mavhundutse that prison officials had corruptly released Munyaradzi.
In a statement, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service acting spokesperson Peter Chaparanganda said the facts recorded in the ZPCS occurrence books indicate that then inmate left prison in the morning and reported back at 4pm on the same day.
However, Mavhundutse has since approached the police to probe further insisting that he witnessed Munyaradzi sleeping at his Borrowdale house and accused the ZPCS of trying to cover up the matter.
“I Collen Mavhundutse insists that Felix Munyaradzi did not go back to prison after attending the funeral in Zvimba.
“I witnessed him sleeping at his house while in the company of two prison officers in civilian attire on August 14. I am however shocked by the ZPCS statement in the local media alleging that I was peddling lies over the matter.
“Instead of issuing a statement, they should probe the matter first before making any statements.
“However, I am the complainant in this case and want the relevant officials to investigate the matter further and I am also willing to testify,” he said in a sworn affidavit to the police.
Mr Mavhundutse said he recently met senior officers from the ZPCS including the Commissioner General Moses Chihobvu who assured him that they will get to the bottom of the matter.
“I told the senior officers that Munyaradzi slept at his house when I arrived around 6am, he was still in Borrowdale and they were in the process of preparing to go to remand prison.
“I also witnessed that there was a cattle carcass that was loaded in a black Toyota Hilux which being driven by a driver known as Arthur.
Munyaradzi was seated in a white Toyota Landcruiser V8 while in the company of two ZPCS officers on Saturday 15 August, 2020.
“I then surrendered about US$300 to his wife since he had given me one of his trucks to use for hire,” he said.
Recently, the complaint, which was made by Mavhundutse (38), was recently forwarded to the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU), the Police Anti-Corruption Unit (PACU) and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service for further investigations.
Munyaradzi was arrested last year on allegations of duping people who wanted to buy stands at Sandton near Westgate in Harare before he was later granted $55 000 bail and other stringent conditions.
However, in a twist of events, Mavhundutse made a report to the police to investigate allegations that Munyaradzi allegedly connived with two ZPCS officers to allow him to attend the funeral.
According to the report made, after attending the funeral, Munyaradzi is further alleged to have gone to spend the night at his Borrowdale house, before returning to prison the following day.
He is also alleged to have slaughtered two beasts for the two officers before giving them about 200 chickens.
Circumstances leading to Munyaradzi’s arrest were that during 2015, his firm Delatfin Investments, entered into a swap deal with Mr Delish Nguwaya for the sale of stands in exchange for a Toyota Prado.
Delatfin Investments sold three residential stands — 1572, 1516 and 1471 — in Sandton Park in Mt Hampden, worth US$50 000 and Mr Nguwaya surrendered the Prado and an agreement of sale was signed on February 2, 2018.
It is alleged that Munyaradzi went on to sell the stands to other people, and when Mr Nguwaya complained, he agreed to compensate him with eight smaller stands in Sandton Park.
But then, Munyaradzi allegedly went on to sell one of the stands to Tawanda Mashumba for US$30 000.
It is the State’s case that Mr Nguwaya was aware that the stand in question had already been sold, and he lost US$15 000 in the process.
On April 20, 2015, Delatfin Investments was offered 120 hectares of State land by the Ministry of Local Government to develop residential stands. The land was previously used by the police for breeding horses.
In 2016, Munyaradzi through his firm, allegedly sold a stand fraudulently to Mrs Gabaza for US$18 000, a stand in Sandton Phase 3 to Mr Dondo for US$22 000, and another stand in the same neighbourhood to Mr Erasmus Makodza for US$40 000.
Mr Makodza is said to have later discovered his stand had allegedly been sold for a second time to Mrs Nyongo by Munyaradzi, forcing him to lodge a complaint with the police. -Herald
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Obert Gutu says he is not interested in any political positions as he joins Zanu PF.
Obert Gutu at State House
“We feel we are here to contribute to the development of the country. Speaking entirely for myself, I am not position-oriented. I know some people will say Gutu wants this post or that post, that’s far from it.
“We are here to play our part albeit a small part for the development of this country and the Vision which the Second Republic has fashioned for this country, Vision 2030 which is achievable with the right mindset and skills set,” he said.
Cde Gutu once served as Deputy Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs during the inclusive Government (2009-2013).
He assumed the vice presidency of the MDC-T following the split that occurred when Mr Morgan Tsvangirai died, deputising the MDC-T then led by Ms Thokozani Khupe.
President Mnangagwa said Cde Gutu had felt his heart was with the ruling party.
“Obert is a young man. He said he has a conscience and he slept over his conscience and came to the conclusion that this party that he was in would not give him satisfaction for the purposes of revolutionarily contributing to the construction, growth and modernisation of Zimbabwe and charting the destination of the people of this country,” he added.
Senator Makore said he had returned home.
“We do feel we have to contribute to the economy, we can’t consistently fight without producing any tangible result for the economy and by and large we can be a cog in national development,” he said.
A LUPANE man beat his friend to death following an argument on who was older between the two, a court heard.
Levison Luphahla (32) of Geleza village was incensed by Khumbulani Tshuma (30)’s insistence that he was older and went berserk.
He viciously attacked Tshuma, from neighbouring Mangevula village, in Jotsholo under Chief Mabhikwa with a log, killing him on the spot.
Luphahla pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to a lesser charge of culpable homicide when he appeared before Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese who is on circuit in Hwange.
The judge sentenced him to four years in prison.
Justice Makonese said while Luphahla was intoxicated when he committed the crime, he had used excessive force causing the death of Tshuma.
Luphahla, who was represented by Ms Linda Mthombeni of Dube, Nkala and Company, will however serve an effective three years after one year was suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The two had been drinking homemade beer at Mrs Mainah Ncube’s homestead where villagers had been gathered to help harvest sorghum.
Other villagers left for their homesteads at sunset leaving the two drinking after which a misunderstanding arose around 8:30pm.
Tshuma picked two wooden stools and threw them at Luphahla one after the other hitting him on the face before he fled from the scene.
Luphahla gave chase and caught up with his friend who he hit several times with a log causing his death in a nearby maize field.
Prosecuting, Mrs Martha Cheda said Luphahla told Mrs Ncube in the morning that he had killed his friend.
“On the 31st day of May 2020 at around 8:30PM Luphahla and the now deceased were drinking beer when a misunderstanding arose between them on who was older than the other,” said Mrs Cheda.
Tshuma was found dead the following morning.
Mrs Ncube informed the village head about the matter and a report was made to the police leading to Luphahla’s arrest.- Chronicle
POLICE in Gweru have arrested 17 suspected armed robbers belonging to three gangs that are allegedly linked to a spate of robberies committed in and around the city between October and December last year.
The gangs were armed with weapons such as firearms, axes, machetes and knobkerries when they were committing crimes.
Among those robbed were Roman Catholic nuns.
Police have recovered property worth thousands of United States dollars which include cars and electrical gadgets that are now being kept at Gweru Central Police Station.
Residents who fell victim to the alleged robbers have since been advised to come to the police station to identify their property.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the arrest of the 17 suspects.
He said investigations are underway to account for some of the gang members who are on the run.
“ZRP Midlands Province has arrested 17 people making up three gangs linked to a spate of robberies which were perpetrated in and around Gweru during a period spanning from the last quarter of year 2020.
“Stolen property worth thousands of United States dollars was recovered and is held at CID Gweru. Investigations are underway to account for some of the gang members who are still outstanding and have them all tried in the court of law,” said Insp Mahoko.
The arrested suspects, he said, are, Shepherd Gundani (36), Naison Dube (25) and Talent Ranganai (33) of Mkoba 13, Mugove Mutora (33) of Mkoba 5, Charles Munyanyiwa (29) of Mkoba 6, three relatives Panashe Tynos (31), Chriswell (20) and Talent (31) of Mkoba 12, Percy Mugauri (25) and Benjamin Chipapata (28) of no fixed aboard, Bernard Sibanda (26), Kudzai Maphosa (24), Tinashe Mharadze (26), Nicholas Sinengo (24) all of Mtapa, Prince Tazvivinga (28) of Senga, and Prosper Rwodzi (33) and Jonas Musekiwa (29) of Mkoba 14 suburb.- Chronicle
A LUPANE man beat his friend to death following an argument on who was older between the two, a court heard.
Levison Luphahla (32) of Geleza village was incensed by Khumbulani Tshuma (30)’s insistence that he was older and went berserk.
He viciously attacked Tshuma, from neighbouring Mangevula village, in Jotsholo under Chief Mabhikwa with a log, killing him on the spot.
Luphahla pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to a lesser charge of culpable homicide when he appeared before Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese who is on circuit in Hwange.
The judge sentenced him to four years in prison.
Justice Makonese said while Luphahla was intoxicated when he committed the crime, he had used excessive force causing the death of Tshuma.
Luphahla, who was represented by Ms Linda Mthombeni of Dube, Nkala and Company, will however serve an effective three years after one year was suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
The two had been drinking homemade beer at Mrs Mainah Ncube’s homestead where villagers had been gathered to help harvest sorghum.
Other villagers left for their homesteads at sunset leaving the two drinking after which a misunderstanding arose around 8:30pm.
Tshuma picked two wooden stools and threw them at Luphahla one after the other hitting him on the face before he fled from the scene.
Luphahla gave chase and caught up with his friend who he hit several times with a log causing his death in a nearby maize field.
Prosecuting, Mrs Martha Cheda said Luphahla told Mrs Ncube in the morning that he had killed his friend.
“On the 31st day of May 2020 at around 8:30PM Luphahla and the now deceased were drinking beer when a misunderstanding arose between them on who was older than the other,” said Mrs Cheda.
Tshuma was found dead the following morning.
Mrs Ncube informed the village head about the matter and a report was made to the police leading to Luphahla’s arrest.- Chronicle
The World Karate Federation (WKF) has provisionally withdrawn recognition of the Zimbabwe Karate Union (ZKU) with immediate effect for operating in breach of the global governing’s body statutes.
The Zimbabwe Karate Union has continued to administer both semi and full-contact karate in breach of the WKF statutes which were revised in 2018.
Article 5.15 of the WKF constitution states:
National Federations are prohibited from being affiliated with any karate organisation not recognised by WKF. Affiliates are also prohibited from having any sporting relationships with such non-recognised organisations or with any suspended WKF National Federation.
Non-compliance with this prohibition would give rise to disciplinary sanctions. Illegal double affiliation would constitute just grounds for disaffiliation from WKF.
In a letter dated 5 March 2021, and addressed to ZKU president Stephen Charandura, the WKF wrote:
Kindly note that the provisional disaffiliation of the ZKU will be submitted for the ratification of the WKF Congress at its next meeting.
On that occasion, the ZKU will be granted the opportunity to express its view with regard to disaffiliation of WKF, if it so wishes. Please note that the congress will have the entire discretion to disaffiliate ZKU.
Please note that your federation will, as of today, no longer be entitled to the rights reserved only to WKF members, including but not limited to participating in WKF events, use the WKF logo, name and representing the WKF in Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe National Karate Federation which is for various styles but mainly semi-contact), headed by former ZKU president Sensei Joe Rugwete has not been suspended.
The Zimbabwe National Karate Federation and the Zimbabwe Karate Union went separate ways recently due to disagreements on how to run the institution.
In June last year, then-ZKU president Sensei Rugwete was quoted by the Chronicle as saying the organisation faced suspension or expulsion from the World Karate Federation. Speaking on the way forward back then, he said:
It’s not going to be a decision for the president (himself) and the vice-president (Sensei Tawanda Mufundisi). It’s a decision of members of ZKU, semi and full-contact.
If we don’t comply, we will get expelled, so on this issue, we really need to get both sides, semi-contact, and full-contact.
The parties failed to reach an agreement leading to the formation of the new association, the Zimbabwe National Karate Federation (ZNKF) while the full contact side continued with the ZKU that has been suspended.- Chronicle
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has said his call for unity is not a crime.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is in panic mode following President Chamisa’s Agenda 2021 Address last week.
The panicky regime accused President Chamisa of inciting social unrest.
Commenting on the regime’s threats to arrest President Chamisa, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:
“The call for unity is not a crime. Great nations thrive on the pillars of unity as President Chamisa said.”
Last week President Chamisa said: “Let me set the record straight, I am not beating drums of war. I am just calling for unity- that’s all.All great nations thrive on unity- everyone wants unity.”
President Chamisa also described MDC Alliance spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere as a hardworking party official.
“Congratulations to our national spokesperson @advocatemahere for this well deserved recognition. Keep inspiring future generations.
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has said his call for unity is not a crime.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is in panic mode following President Chamisa’s Agenda 2021 Address last week.
The panicky regime accused President Chamisa of inciting social unrest.
Commenting on the regime’s threats to arrest President Chamisa, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:
“The call for unity is not a crime. Great nations thrive on the pillars of unity as President Chamisa said.”
Last week President Chamisa said: “Let me set the record straight, I am not beating drums of war. I am just calling for unity- that’s all.All great nations thrive on unity- everyone wants unity.”
President Chamisa also described MDC Alliance spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere as a hardworking party official.
“Congratulations to our national spokesperson @advocatemahere for this well deserved recognition. Keep inspiring future generations.
Tinashe Sambiri|Veteran MDC Alliance activist Forget Hlomani was laid to rest in Chipinge on Tuesday.
The MDC Alliance described Hlomani as a dedicated freedom fighter.
” Leader Cde Forget Hlomani was laid to rest today (Tuesday) in Mabee Village, Ward 28 of Chipinge South.
People from all walks of life came to pay their last respect to the People’s organising Secretary. May His Departed Soul Rest in Power,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
The MDC Alliance has also lost Rex Matova, a party elder in Mashonaland East Province.
“MDC A Chikomba West has been robbed by death of a dedicated elderly advisor Mr Rex Matova.
Mr Matova was a well known and respected member of MDC right from it’s formation.
He was once elected to be the chairman of the council of advisors in the province.
He is mostly likely to be laid to rest on Saturday at his homestead in Chambara,” the party said.
Tinashe Sambiri|Veteran MDC Alliance activist Forget Hlomani was laid to rest in Chipinge on Tuesday.
The MDC Alliance described Hlomani as a dedicated freedom fighter.
” Leader Cde Forget Hlomani was laid to rest today (Tuesday) in Mabee Village, Ward 28 of Chipinge South.
People from all walks of life came to pay their last respect to the People’s organising Secretary. May His Departed Soul Rest in Power,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
The MDC Alliance has also lost Rex Matova, a party elder in Mashonaland East Province.
“MDC A Chikomba West has been robbed by death of a dedicated elderly advisor Mr Rex Matova.
Mr Matova was a well known and respected member of MDC right from it’s formation.
He was once elected to be the chairman of the council of advisors in the province.
He is mostly likely to be laid to rest on Saturday at his homestead in Chambara,” the party said.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa poses for photos with his newly appointed Presidential Envoy and Ambassador at Large to the Americas and Europe, Ambassador Eubert Angel
THREE men were on Thursday last week killed by a lightning bolt at Mhembwechena Business Centre in Makonde district, while one was seriously injured.
The three – Tongai Gandiwa (32), Stewart Phiri (23) and Shadreck Bvudzijena (age unknown) – were pronounced dead on arrival at Kenzamba Clinic.
Tongai’s brother, Shine (30), who sustained serious burns, was taken to the same clinic where he received medication.
Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Margaret Chitove confirmed the incident and said the four where sitting under a tree when the thunderbolt struck.- The Herald
By James Gwati-Controversial preacher Uebert Angel, who last month donated mealie-meal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife has finally been appointed a goodwill ambassador.
Angel whose real surname is Mudzanire, is on the UK police wanted list on several cases of rape and fraud, recently appeared on state TV donating seven tonnes of mealie-meal to Mnangagwa’s wife Auxillia.
The handful mealie meal donation was handed over to Auxillia Mnangagwa’s Angel of Hope Foundation by Uebert Angel’s representative, Pastor Felix Chikase on the 15thof February.
By James Gwati- The recalling of the Harare East lawmaker and MDC-Alliance deputy President Tendai Biti, could be a ploy by the ruling Zanu Pf party to stop him from exposing the corruption in the state-run parastatals.
Biti has been vocal in parliament during his Public Accounts portfolio committee hearing where he has exposed massive corruption cases by President Emmerson Mnangagwa allies who are looting parastatals.
He (Biti), William Madzimure (Kambuzuma), Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), Nhlahla Pulu (Nkulumane), Sichelesile Mahlangu (Pumula) and Regai Tsunga (Mutasa South) were today recalled from parliament by DP secretary-general Mr Benjamin Rukanda.
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda read the letter from Mr Rukanda announcing the recall this afternoon in Parliament.
The ZANU PF activist who is a former MDC-Thoko Khupe Spokesperson Obert Gutu has joined Zanu PF and was welcomed by party leader Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga at State House today.
Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba shared the news through his Jamwanda2 account.
As I tweet, His Excellency Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa accompanied by Vice President CDGN Chiwenga, is receiving two former members of the MDC, Cdes Obert Gutu and James Makore, who have decided to rejoin Zanu-PF.
COMMENT:
The rejoining of ZANU PF by the known Proddical Sons,Obert Gutu & James Makore does not surprise us, ineffect it was overdue to be declared in public by their newly found sanctuary , Zanu PF. We are only surprised why this announcement has taken over 2 years to parade them publicly. We long new this was coming since the aforementioned men have been so desperate for party positions & survival. Parading political renegades at the State House is unconstitutional because Zanu PF activities should be done and paraded at the Shake – shake house,the Zanu PF Headquarters,in Harare or elsewhere. Zanu PF president should separate state factions from party factions.
Desperate individuals purporting to be politicians can’t stop the Great Movement,the MDC A to move on and emancipate all oppressed Zimbabweans. It’s only time but the processes are now evident to all rational and level headed citizenry.
Sincerely yours Dr Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda. ( Deputy national secretary for communication- MDC A) Dated 17/03/2021.
@zupcobus Combi busty tyre at Masvingo Poly along beitbridge road in the afternoon & about 2 people recorded dead with dozens seriously injured. The combi was coming from town to Rujeko. @zupcobus monoply is bringing unserviced transport with poor tyres allowed to pass roadblocks pic.twitter.com/fg5634h92J
By James Gwati-A celebrated Zimbabwean and Internationally recognised female lawyer who abandoned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisory post, Petina Gappah, has joined the African Continental Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat.
Gapa quitted Mnangagwa’s trade and investment advisory role in 2019 after being frustrated by the Zanu PF leader’s close lieutenants, who she accused of pursuing personal wealth accumulation at the expense of genuine reforms to turn around the country’s fortunes.
“I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat as Principal Legal Advisor in the Office of the Secretary-General. It’s an honor to use the skills and experience of a lifetime to assist SG Wamkele Mene and AU Members to build the AfCFTA,” she posted on her Twitter handle, Wednesday.
Gappah, a lawyer and writer, was among Mnangagwa’s first group of top aides at the birth of his new dispensation in 2017, globetrotting with the President and driving the government’s re-engagement efforts with the Western world.
She was part of a government delegation that travelled with Mnangagwa to Davos for the World Economic Forum last year, leading the government’s international public relations campaign. Before that, she had worked at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva for 17 years.
By James, Gwati-Zanu PF has hijacked the funeral of the late and former Studio 263 Actress Anne Nhira.
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Deputy Minister Tino Machakaire, Zanu PF acting deputy secretary for the Youth League Tendai Chirau, Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Seke-Chikomba, Tatenda Mavetera, Zanu PF Harare Province youth chairman Emmanuel Mahachi on Tuesday flocked the Nhira residence in Manyame Park, Chitungwiza.
The Zanu PF team thronged the Nhira homestead led by Deputy Minister Machakaire, in the name of delivering the news of the State-assisted funeral to the family.
Nhira, died last week in South Africa from injuries she sustained from an attack by robbers.
By A Correspondent-Actress Anne Nhira, who was granted a State-assisted funeral, died a painful death after she was attacked by robbers in South Africa last week while coming from morning prayers in a mountain where she had gone with her brother Juan.
Family spokesperson and Anne’s cousin, Mrs Florence Ziyambi, yesterday said a day after the attack, Anne started spitting blood and her body was swollen.
“It is very painful. My sister was mugged while coming from a mountain for prayers with her brother Juan. They had gone to pray early in the morning and Anne was the first to descend, while her brother remained at the mountain for a few minutes,” said Mrs Ziyambi.
“As she was walking in the park, she was attacked and the robbers got away with her handbag. She was then assisted by Juan who took her to the clinic where she was checked first day. Tthey said she was okay.”
Mrs Ziyambi said Anne’s condition worsened the following day.
“On Tuesday last week, she started having pains from the injuries and her body was swollen. On Wednesday, Juan took her back to the hospital where they examined her again and said she had sustained internal injuries.
“They prescribed medication and there was no change. On Thursday early in the morning, Juan noticed that Anne was worse and took her to hospital. her body was starting to get cold and moments later she was pronounced dead.”
Mrs Ziyambi said they had decided to open a murder case in South Africa and Juan was already working with the police.
“Juan went to Germiston police station in South Africa yesterday where they recorded his statement and he was writing an affidavit, after we have decided to open a murder case,” she said.
“According to the police, investigations are underway and they said have taken the matter to a higher police station. I can’t remember the name.”
Mrs Ziyambi said they were working with Nyaradzo Funeral Service to repatriate the body to Zimbabwe, and hoped that paperwork will be completed by Friday.
“We are hoping that after two to three days the paperwork will be done and her body will be in Zimbabwe for burial as planned. We will bury her at Zororo Memorial Park cemetery.”
Mrs Ziyambi thanked the Government for granting Anne a State-assisted funeral.
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Deputy Minister Tino Machakaire, Zanu PF acting deputy secretary for the Youth League Cde Tendai Chirau, Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Seke-Chikomba Cde Tatenda Mavetera, Zanu PF Harare Province youth chairman Cde Emmanuel Mahachi and National Arts Council director Mr Nicholas Moyo visited the Nhira residence in Manyame Park, Chitungwiza, yesterday.
Deputy Minister Machakaire, who delivered news of the State-assisted funeral to the family, said the death of Anne was a sad loss for the arts fraternity.
“We are here because of Anne’s good work. She was a great actress and it is so unfortunate that sad news have been following the arts industry. Recently we had buried another pillar of strength in the music industry, Soul Jah Love, and barely a month later, we have lost an actress, Anne.
“I am happy with how the Government has responded fast after the request. We saw it fit for her to be given the State-assisted funeral as she played a major role in the arts sector. I immediately went straight to the President and thanked him.”
Deputy Minister Machakaire said the family would get financial assistance for funeral.
Cde Chirau described Anne as a strong and bold person who stood by her word.
“We have lost a talent, household name in the television and film industry. I urge other artistes to learn from the legacy left by Anne. She promoted good values. She died a painful death,” said Cde Chirau.
By James Gwati- Police in Bulawayo has impounded 120 “pirate” taxis and arrested over 30 touts in a two-day blitz under “Operation no to pirate kombis, no to mshikashika.”
The operation which involves the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) started on Monday after last week a team of traffic police officers were beaten up by angry motorists in the Central Business District for harassing the motoring public.
Implementing the clampdown against “pirate” taxis, police said vehicle owners who allow their cars to be used to illegally carry passengers, would be arrested.
By A Correspondent- President Mnangagwa today commissioned Uebert Angel as Presidential envoy and Ambassador At Large to the America’s and Europe despite him being on the UK’s wanted criminals list.
According to Mnangagwa, Angel will be responsible for deepening investment in the country.
The official ambassadorial appointment took place today at the State House.
MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA APPLAUDS ARTUZ’S VARLOUR, METTLE AND NERVE TO DECLARE TEACHERS’ INCAPACITATION DESPITE THREATS OF ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
17 MARCH 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia concurs with the vibrant Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) on the need for all poor teachers, all progressive citizens in the Mdc Alliance, all parents and parents to be, all comrades and friends to converge so that they can fight collectively against slave wages on the 22 March 2021. It is now imperative for the enslaved teachers to pent up their outrage demanding conducive working and living conditions as well as a better living wage that can assist them to send their children to school. We are in solidarity with Artuz since their push for #SafeSchoolsCampaign alongside #SaveOurEducationZW is a legitimate and constitutional struggle worth offering solidarity.
Moreover, teachers in Zimbabwe should actively resist threats of abductions, torture, arbitrary arrests, salary cessation, suspensions and gear up to confront those who are eating on behalf of vulnerable educators who are languishing in abject poverty. Our underpaid teachers don’t deserve these unsalted peanuts they getting from this insensitive and corrupt government which is not shaken by the shoddy livelihoods displayed by our diligent workers in the education sector. It is quite pathetic that the state has unceremoniously announced the opening of schools again without addressing the incapacitation of our teachers. Despite incapacitation, the reckless Zanupf government did not undertake thorough consultations with stakeholders concerning how it is going to fight the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.
We are cobra-headed that this inhuman and politically bankrupt Harare regime is on a rampant operation to dissipate the limbing education system by both exposing helpless learners and the poorly remunerated hardworking teachers to the catastrophic Corona Virus. What mesmerises and hypnotizes Mdc Alliance Namibia is that when our defenceless and poverty-stricken teachers fall victim to the pandemic , their peanuts cannot afford a one day bed in the elite Covid-19 hospitals. The struggle for better salaries is a compulsory struggle for all.
Furthermore, as a district, we are in solidarity with all progressive teachers unions which are sensitive to the plight of the suffering profession. We salute ARTUZ’S leadership for declaring incapacitation as it does not make any sense for our teachers to continue working for looters in the Zanupf government. Our anticipation is to see a collective fight, unions mobilising for district , provincial and national labour forums with concerned parents , and communities to build consensus on the measures and tactics on how to liberate the education fraternity which had subsidised the corrupt and greedy government for decades. All Zimbabweans in the country and in the diaspora should be ready to actively participate in a genuine dialogue aimed at upgrading the meagre salaries received by our mothers, fathers , brothers, sisters and friends.
We absolutely condemn the futile attempt to abduct the firebrand Secretary General Cde Robson Chere who served the Ministry with the incapacitation letter exposing the Union’s determination to be restored to October 2018 salaries of US$540 monthly. The ruthless state has grown extremely desperate as Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union of Zimbabwe, Artuz is planning on a historical and inclusive protest on the 22 March under the theme #SaveOurEducationZW. Mdc Alliance Namibia remains infuriated that Zanupf-sponsored state agents continue to invade and harass Artuz members countrywide. We would like to warn all overambitious Border Gezi-trained Heads together with freak teachers to bear with incapacitated teachers who are scratching their heads for a single nutritious meal per day.
Moreso, the struggle for a living wage is just , legitimate, constitutional and compulsory since it has become ridiculous for well-furnished teachers to receive less than what Zupco conductors, the police and army are getting given the period of study they undergo to attain various Diplomas and Degrees. Mdc Alliance Namibia lauds the national Gender Secretary cde Moreblessing Nyambara for her boldness and preparedness to attend to the multiple legal and security challenges confronting their constituencies especially after successfully declaring incapacitation coupled by a massive protest on the 22nd of March 2021.
To wind it up, like the organic and pragmatic leadership of Artuz, all labour unions inside and outside the teaching profession, parents , political parties and comrades and friends must converge to resist slave wages for our patriotic teachers.
Tinashe Sambiri|The city of Masvingo has been plunged into mourning following the death of legendary Resurrection and Fire Ministries(RAF) founder, Apostle George Mkungwa.
Reports say Apostle Mkungwa collapsed and died at his house in Masvingo on Tuesday.
Christians in the ancient city have described Apostle Mkungwa as a great preacher and prayer warrior.
“Apostle George Mukungwa you have gone too soon . A friend and prayer partner.
We celebrate a life that was lived with great commitment to the work of God . May the Holy Spirit comfort the Mukungwa family RAF ministries and the church at large,” wrote Evangelist Denis Hove on Facebook.
“Apostle Mukungwa, you have been called to be with the Lord. My condolences to your Wife and family. Thank you Lord for the gift of this Minister. Rest In Peace,” said Reverend Kurauone Mutimwii.
“We are still in shock, may God comfort the church during this difficult phase,” said Pastor John Mamutse.
Tinashe Sambiri|The city of Masvingo has been plunged into mourning following the death of legendary Resurrection and Fire Ministries(RAF) founder, Apostle George Mkungwa.
Reports say Apostle Mkungwa collapsed and died at his house in Masvingo on Tuesday.
Christians in the ancient city have described Apostle Mkungwa as a great preacher and prayer warrior.
“Apostle George Mukungwa you have gone too soon . A friend and prayer partner.
We celebrate a life that was lived with great commitment to the work of God . May the Holy Spirit comfort the Mukungwa family RAF ministries and the church at large,” wrote Evangelist Denis Hove on Facebook.
“Apostle Mukungwa, you have been called to be with the Lord. My condolences to your Wife and family. Thank you Lord for the gift of this Minister. Rest In Peace,” said Reverend Kurauone Mutimwii.
“We are still in shock, may God comfort the church during this difficult phase,” said Pastor John Mamutse.
Newly elected CAF president Patrice Motsepe has vowed to visit all member association, including ZIFA, in the next couple of months.
The South African businessman and owner of SA Premier League side Mamelodi Sundowns was elected the new boss of African football during the CAF General Assembly held on Friday.
Motsepe first made the promise soon after the elections and confirmed that again in his latest press conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
He said the tour will happen in the next 6-12 months as part of a plan to understand the problems facing Member Associates.
“I will hold two more meetings this year with all the presidents of CAF Member Associations and we will discuss urgent measures there,” he said in the recent presser.
The Tuesday’s conference, meanwhile, was attended by several football figures, including SAFA President Danny Jordan, COSAFA President Dr. Phillip Chiwangwa, South African Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa, and President of the Premier Soccer League (PSL), Dr Irvin Khoza.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
The long-awaited return of the local league is upon us after government approved the resumption of all sporting disciplines.
Football in the country has been frozen by the Covid-19 crisis since March last year and efforts to have it back continuously hit a brick wall as it was categorized as a high risk sport by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC).
The commission did however indicate last week that high risk disciplines will be allowed to resume, a position which has now been confirmed by government spokesperson Nick Mangwana.
“Cabinet agreed that all sporting activities will now resume and observe Standard Operating Procedures,” he noted in a tweet.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Former MDC-T Spokesperson Obert Gutu has joined Zanu PF and was welcomed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga at State House.
Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba shared the news through his Jamwanda2 account.
As I tweet, His Excellency Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa accompanied by Vice President CDGN Chiwenga, is receiving two former members of the MDC, Cdes Obert Gutu and James Makore, who have decided to rejoin Zanu-PF.
COMMENT:
The rejoining of ZANU PF by the known Proddical Sons,Obert Gutu & James Makore does not surprise us, ineffect it was overdue to be declared in public by their newly found sanctuary , Zanu PF. We are only surprised why this announcement has taken over 2 years to parade them publicly. We long new this was coming since the aforementioned men have been so desperate for party positions & survival. Parading political renegades at the State House is unconstitutional because Zanu PF activities should be done and paraded at the Shake – shake house,the Zanu PF Headquarters,in Harare or elsewhere. Zanu PF president should separate state factions from party factions.
Desperate individuals purporting to be politicians can’t stop the Great Movement,the MDC A to move on and emancipate all oppressed Zimbabweans. It’s only time but the processes are now evident to all rational and level headed citizenry.
Sincerely yours Dr Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda. ( Deputy national secretary for communication- MDC A) Dated 17/03/2021.
Ngezi Platinum midfielder Gerald Takwara is set to undergo a two-week trial stint with Tanzanian top-flight club Azam FC.
The 26-year-old arrived in Tanzania on Tuesday as he looks to impress the East African side, which is home to the Zimbabwean trio of Warriors striker Prince Dube, Bruce Kangwa and Never Tigere.
According to the Chronicle, football agent George Deda facilitated Takwara’s trial stint through his Soccer Transfer International Agency.
Takwara will also have a chance to get assessed at Ethiopian giants St George after his trials at Azam.
Deda confirmed: “Takwara has been invited for a two-week trial by Azam and from here, he will proceed to Ethiopia’s St George’s. We are confident Takwara will impress and grab the opportunity.”
Should he impresses at any of the two East African clubs, the transfer will mark his return to a foreign league.
Takwara was with the now-defunct South African side, Ajax Cape Town before he moved to Ngezi two years ago.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has said his call for unity is not a crime.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is in panic mode following President Chamisa’s Agenda 2021 Address last week.
The panicky regime accused President Chamisa of inciting social unrest.
Commenting on the regime’s threats to arrest President Chamisa, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:
“The call for unity is not a crime. Great nations thrive on the pillars of unity as President Chamisa said.”
Last week President Chamisa said: “Let me set the record straight, I am not beating drums of war. I am just calling for unity- that’s all.All great nations thrive on unity- everyone wants unity.”
President Chamisa also described MDC Alliance spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere as a hardworking party official.
“Congratulations to our national spokesperson @advocatemahere for this well deserved recognition. Keep inspiring future generations.
ZIFA has confirmed all local players in the 38-member Warriors squad, except goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda, will not join the camp for now.
The players will isolate at home, waiting for an emergency call-up should any of the foreign-based stars pull-out of the squad.
The eleven locally-based Warriors who are on standby are Brian Banda, Ralph Kawondera, Nelson Chadya, Qadr Amini, Andrew Mbeba, Kelvin Madzongwe, Tatenda Tavengwa, Carlos Mavhurume, King Nadolo, Shadreck Nyahwa, Farau Matare.
Sibanda, who is the only player currently in camp, is already on a special training programme with goalkeepers trainer Tembo Chuma. He will link-up with the foreign contingent from Saturday.
All the members of the technical team except Strength and Conditioning coach, Nyasha Charandura, are also in camp.
Zimbabwe play Botswana in Francistown on 25 March before returning to Harare to complete the 2021 AFCOn qualifying campaign against Zambia.
Players expected to report for camp: Goalkeepers Talbert Shumba (Nkana), Tatenda Mkuruva (Michigan Stars), Ariel Sibanda (Highlanders) Martin Mapisa (Zamora CF).
Defenders Jimmy Dzingai (Nkana), Alec Mudimu (Ankaraspor), Teenage Hadebe (Yeni Malatyaspor) Divine Lunga (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Tendai Jirira (Detroit City), Victor Kamhuka (Royal Malaysia Police), Romario Matova (NK Solin), Peter Muduwa (Simba SC).
Justice Chitapi has further postponed the ruling for 2IC Cecillia R Chimbiri , hon Joana Ruvimbo Mamombe and Zinasu Zinasu Pres Takudzwa Ngadziore to Tuesday 23rd of March.
He says that he needs more time to prepare a comprehensive judgement.
What suprises me in all this is Hon Temba P Mliswa plus many others facing similar charges have since been out on bail which was granted by the Magistrate Court.
To me this clearly confirms that Zimbabwe doesn’t have equality of the law, it’s all double standards depending on who is accussed.
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Namibia has condemned the harassment and victimization of teachers by the clueless Zanu PF regime.
Instead of addressing teachers’ grievances, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is using bully-boy tactics to silence dissenting voices.
Read the MDC Alliance Namibia statement:
MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA APPLAUDS ARTUZ’S VARLOUR, METTLE AND NERVE TO DECLARE TEACHERS’ INCAPACITATION DESPITE THREATS OF ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
17 MARCH 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia concurs with the vibrant Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) on the need for all poor teachers, all progressive citizens in the Mdc Alliance, all parents and parents to be, all comrades and friends to converge so that they can fight collectively against slave wages on the 22 March 2021. It is now imperative for the enslaved teachers to pent up their outrage demanding conducive working and living conditions as well as a better living wage that can assist them to send their children to school.
We are in solidarity with Artuz since their push for #SafeSchoolsCampaign alongside #SaveOurEducationZW is a legitimate and constitutional struggle worth offering solidarity.
Moreover, teachers in Zimbabwe should actively resist threats of abductions, torture, arbitrary arrests, salary cessation, suspensions and gear up to confront those who are eating on behalf of vulnerable educators who are languishing in abject poverty. Our underpaid teachers don’t deserve these unsalted peanuts they getting from this insensitive and corrupt government which is not shaken by the shoddy livelihoods displayed by our diligent workers in the education sector. It is quite pathetic that the state has unceremoniously announced the opening of schools again without addressing the incapacitation of our teachers. Despite incapacitation, the reckless Zanupf government did not undertake thorough consultations with stakeholders concerning how it is going to fight the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.
We are cobra-headed that this inhuman and politically bankrupt Harare regime is on a rampant operation to dissipate the limbing education system by both exposing helpless learners and the poorly remunerated hardworking teachers to the catastrophic Corona Virus. What mesmerises and hypnotizes Mdc Alliance Namibia is that when our defenceless and poverty-stricken teachers fall victim to the pandemic , their peanuts cannot afford a one day bed in the elite Covid-19 hospitals. The struggle for better salaries is a compulsory struggle for all.
Furthermore, as a district, we are in solidarity with all progressive teachers unions which are sensitive to the plight of the suffering profession. We salute ARTUZ’S leadership for declaring incapacitation as it does not make any sense for our teachers to continue working for looters in the Zanupf government.
Our anticipation is to see a collective fight, unions mobilising for district , provincial and national labour forums with concerned parents , and communities to build consensus on the measures and tactics on how to liberate the education fraternity which had subsidised the corrupt and greedy government for decades.
All Zimbabweans in the country and in the diaspora should be ready to actively participate in a genuine dialogue aimed at upgrading the meagre salaries received by our mothers, fathers , brothers, sisters and friends.
We absolutely condemn the futile attempt to abduct the firebrand Secretary General Cde Robson Chere who served the Ministry with the incapacitation letter exposing the Union’s determination to be restored to October 2018 salaries of US$540 monthly.
The ruthless state has grown extremely desperate as Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union of Zimbabwe, Artuz is planning on a historical and inclusive protest on the 22 March under the theme #SaveOurEducationZW. Mdc Alliance Namibia remains infuriated that Zanupf-sponsored state agents continue to invade and harass Artuz members countrywide. We would like to warn all overambitious Border Gezi-trained Heads together with freak teachers to bear with incapacitated teachers who are scratching their heads for a single nutritious meal per day.
Moreso, the struggle for a living wage is just , legitimate, constitutional and compulsory since it has become ridiculous for well-furnished teachers to receive less than what Zupco conductors, the police and army are getting given the period of study they undergo to attain various Diplomas and Degrees. Mdc Alliance Namibia lauds the national Gender Secretary cde Moreblessing Nyambara for her boldness and preparedness to attend to the multiple legal and security challenges confronting their constituencies especially after successfully declaring incapacitation coupled by a massive protest on the 22nd of March 2021.
To wind it up, like the organic and pragmatic leadership of Artuz, all labour unions inside and outside the teaching profession, parents , political parties and comrades and friends must converge to resist slave wages for our patriotic teachers.
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has said his call for unity is not a crime.
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is in panic mode following President Chamisa’s Agenda 2021 Address last week.
The panicky regime accused President Chamisa of inciting social unrest.
Commenting on the regime’s threats to arrest President Chamisa, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly national spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma said:
“The call for unity is not a crime. Great nations thrive on the pillars of unity as President Chamisa said.”
Last week President Chamisa said: “Let me set the record straight, I am not beating drums of war. I am just calling for unity- that’s all.All great nations thrive on unity- everyone wants unity.”
President Chamisa also described MDC Alliance spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere as a hardworking party official.
“Congratulations to our national spokesperson @advocatemahere for this well deserved recognition. Keep inspiring future generations.
7 Common Nutrient Deficiencies: Know the Signs The hidden cause of common symptoms such as fatigue and muscle aches could be a nutrient deficiency.
By Elizabeth Shimer Bowers and Moira Lawler Medically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES Last Updated: March 9, 2021 Medically Reviewed
You may think nutrient deficiencies are a thing of the past, experienced only by sailors on long sea voyages. But even today, it’s possible to lack some of the essential nutrients your body needs to function optimally.
“Nutrient deficiencies alter bodily functions and processes at the most basic cellular level,” says Tricia L. Psota, PhD, RDN, a lecturer in the exercise and nutrition sciences department at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, DC. “These processes include water balance, enzyme function, nerve signaling, digestion, and metabolism. Resolving these deficiencies is important for optimal growth, development, and function.”
Nutrient deficiencies can also lead to diseases. “For example, calcium and vitamin D deficiencies can cause osteopenia or osteoporosis, two conditions marked by brittle bones,” says Kate Patton, RD, a dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. “And inadequate iron can cause anemia, which zaps your energy.”
Telltale symptoms are usually the first clue that you are low in one or more important vitamins or minerals, says Patton. Here’s how to recognize seven common nutrient deficiencies.
Calcium: Numb, Tingling Fingers and Abnormal Heart Rhythm Calcium is important for maintaining strong bones and controlling muscle and nerve function, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Signs of severely low calcium include numb, tingling fingers and abnormal heart rhythms, says the Cleveland Clinic. That said, there are no short-term, obvious symptoms of calcium deficiency.
Most adults need 1,000 milligrams (mg) of calcium each day, though women over 50 and men over 70 need 1,200 mg, per the Mayo Clinic. Patton says you’ll likely get enough from at least three servings of milk or yogurt a day. Cheese is another good source of calcium, but if you’re not big on dairy, you can find this nutrient in calcium-fortified orange juice or breakfast cereal (check the nutrition facts label of the food to see if calcium has been added), and dark leafy greens like kale and broccoli, according to the NIH.
MOST HELPFUL Could You Be Vitamin D–ficient? The 7 Best Bone-Building Foods Study: Nutrients From Diet Better Than Supplements
Vitamin D: Fatigue, Bone Pain, Mood Shifts, and More This vitamin is another that’s crucial for bone health and may also prevent some cancers, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Symptoms of a vitamin D deficiency can be vague — fatigue, bone pain, mood changes, and muscle aches or weakness may set in.
“If it goes on long term, a vitamin D deficiency can lead to softening of the bones,” Psota says. Long-lasting deficiency also may be linked with cancers and autoimmune diseases, says Michelle Zive, an NASM-certified nutrition coach based in San Diego.
According to the NIH, most adults need 15 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin D each day, and adults older than 70 need 20 mcg. Patton suggests having three servings of fortified milk or yogurt daily and eating fatty fish, such as salmon or tuna, twice a week, as these are foods that contain vitamin D; spend some time outside in the sunshine every day, too, as this is a great source of the nutrient. Ten to 30 minutes a few times a week of direct sunlight exposure should help, Zive says.
Potassium: Muscle Weakness, Constipation, Irregular Heart Rhythm, and More Potassium helps your heart, nerves, and muscles work properly and also delivers nutrients to cells while removing waste, according to MedlinePlus. Plus, it’s a useful nutrient that helps offset sodium’s negative impact on your blood pressure: “It’s important in maintaining a healthy blood pressure,” Zive says.
You could become low in potassium in the short term because of diarrhea or vomiting; excessive sweating; antibiotics, laxatives, or diuretics; excessive alcohol consumption; or because of a chronic condition such as kidney disease, per the Mayo Clinic. Symptoms of a deficiency include muscle weakness, twitches, or cramps; constipation; tingling and numbness; and an abnormal heart rhythm or palpitations, says MedlinePlus.
For natural potassium sources, try bananas, milk, acorn squash, lentils, and kidney beans and other legumes. Adult men need 3,400 mg each day, and women need 2,600 mg, according to the NIH.
Iron: Fatigue, Shortness of Breath, Cold Hands and Feet, Brittle Nails, and More Iron is necessary to produce red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body, according to the University of California in San Francisco. When iron levels get too low, there may be a deficiency in red blood cells, resulting in a condition called anemia. Some groups at increased risk of iron deficiency include menstruating women, growing individuals (such as children and pregnant women), and those following a vegan or vegetarian diet, Zive says.
Anemia can leave you with symptoms including weakness and fatigue, shortness of breath, a fast heartbeat, pale skin, headache, cold hands and feet, a sore or swollen tongue, brittle nails, and cravings for strange things like dirt, according to the Mayo Clinic. The symptoms may be so mild at first that you don’t notice something’s wrong, but as iron stores become more depleted, they will become more intense.
To boost iron levels, Patton recommends eating iron-fortified cereal, beef, oysters, beans (especially lima, navy, and kidney beans), lentils, and spinach. Adult men and women over 50 need 8 mg per day, and adult women younger than 50 need 18 mg each day, according to the NIH.
Vitamin B12: Numbness, Fatigue, Swollen Tongue, and More Vitamin B12 aids the production of red blood cells and DNA, and also improves neurotransmitter function, according to the NIH. Vegetarians and vegans may be at particular risk for vitamin B12 deficiency because plants don’t make the nutrient, and people who’ve had weight loss surgery may also lack B12 because the procedure makes it difficult for the body to extract the nutrient from food, according to Harvard Health Publishing.
Symptoms of severe B12 deficiency include numbness in the legs, hands, or feet; problems with walking and balance; anemia; fatigue; weakness; a swollen, inflamed tongue; memory loss and difficulty thinking, per Harvard Health Publishing. These symptoms can come on quickly or gradually, and since there’s such a wide range in symptoms, you may not notice them for a while.
Adults need 2.4 mcg of B12 per day, according to the NIH. It’s most commonly found in animal products, and Patton recommends fish, chicken, milk, and yogurt to boost your B12 levels. If you’re vegan or vegetarian, Zive suggests opting for foods fortified with B12, such as plant-based milk and breakfast cereals. You can also find B12 in most multivitamins, according to the NIH, but if you’re at risk of being deficient, you can take a supplement specifically containing B12.
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The Lucia Matibenga led People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has recalled MDC Alliance legislators Harare East-Tendai Biti, Kambuzuma-Willias Madzimure, Mbizo-Settlement Chikwinya, Mutasa South-Regai Tsunga and Nkulumane-Kucaca Phulu from the national assembly in a move that continues to paralyze the functionality of parliament.
Tinashe Sambiri|Veteran MDC Alliance activist Forget Hlomani was laid to rest in Chipinge on Tuesday.
The MDC Alliance described Hlomani as a dedicated freedom fighter.
” Leader Cde Forget Hlomani was laid to rest today (Tuesday) in Mabee Village, Ward 28 of Chipinge South.
People from all walks of life came to pay their last respect to the People’s organising Secretary. May His Departed Soul Rest in Power,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
The MDC Alliance has also lost Rex Matova, a party elder in Mashonaland East Province.
“MDC A Chikomba West has been robbed by death of a dedicated elderly advisor Mr Rex Matova.
Mr Matova was a well known and respected member of MDC right from it’s formation.
He was once elected to be the chairman of the council of advisors in the province.
He is mostly likely to be laid to rest on Saturday at his homestead in Chambara,” the party said.
Tinashe Sambiri|Veteran MDC Alliance activist Forget Hlomani was laid to rest in Chipinge on Tuesday.
The MDC Alliance described Hlomani as a dedicated freedom fighter.
” Leader Cde Forget Hlomani was laid to rest today (Tuesday) in Mabee Village, Ward 28 of Chipinge South.
People from all walks of life came to pay their last respect to the People’s organising Secretary. May His Departed Soul Rest in Power,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
The MDC Alliance has also lost Rex Matova, a party elder in Mashonaland East Province.
“MDC A Chikomba West has been robbed by death of a dedicated elderly advisor Mr Rex Matova.
Mr Matova was a well known and respected member of MDC right from it’s formation.
He was once elected to be the chairman of the council of advisors in the province.
He is mostly likely to be laid to rest on Saturday at his homestead in Chambara,” the party said.
MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA APPLAUDS ARTUZ’S VARLOUR, METTLE AND NERVE TO DECLARE TEACHERS’ INCAPACITATION DESPITE THREATS OF ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
17 MARCH 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia concurs with the vibrant Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) on the need for all poor teachers, all progressive citizens in the Mdc Alliance, all parents and parents to be, all comrades and friends to converge so that they can fight collectively against slave wages on the 22 March 2021. It is now imperative for the enslaved teachers to pent up their outrage demanding conducive working and living conditions as well as a better living wage that can assist them to send their children to school. We are in solidarity with Artuz since their push for #SafeSchoolsCampaign alongside #SaveOurEducationZW is a legitimate and constitutional struggle worth offering solidarity.
Moreover, teachers in Zimbabwe should actively resist threats of abductions, torture, arbitrary arrests, salary cessation, suspensions and gear up to confront those who are eating on behalf of vulnerable educators who are languishing in abject poverty. Our underpaid teachers don’t deserve these unsalted peanuts they getting from this insensitive and corrupt government which is not shaken by the shoddy livelihoods displayed by our diligent workers in the education sector. It is quite pathetic that the state has unceremoniously announced the opening of schools again without addressing the incapacitation of our teachers. Despite incapacitation, the reckless Zanupf government did not undertake thorough consultations with stakeholders concerning how it is going to fight the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.
We are cobra-headed that this inhuman and politically bankrupt Harare regime is on a rampant operation to dissipate the limbing education system by both exposing helpless learners and the poorly remunerated hardworking teachers to the catastrophic Corona Virus. What mesmerises and hypnotizes Mdc Alliance Namibia is that when our defenceless and poverty-stricken teachers fall victim to the pandemic , their peanuts cannot afford a one day bed in the elite Covid-19 hospitals. The struggle for better salaries is a compulsory struggle for all.
Furthermore, as a district, we are in solidarity with all progressive teachers unions which are sensitive to the plight of the suffering profession. We salute ARTUZ’S leadership for declaring incapacitation as it does not make any sense for our teachers to continue working for looters in the Zanupf government. Our anticipation is to see a collective fight, unions mobilising for district , provincial and national labour forums with concerned parents , and communities to build consensus on the measures and tactics on how to liberate the education fraternity which had subsidised the corrupt and greedy government for decades. All Zimbabweans in the country and in the diaspora should be ready to actively participate in a genuine dialogue aimed at upgrading the meagre salaries received by our mothers, fathers , brothers, sisters and friends.
We absolutely condemn the futile attempt to abduct the firebrand Secretary General Cde Robson Chere who served the Ministry with the incapacitation letter exposing the Union’s determination to be restored to October 2018 salaries of US$540 monthly. The ruthless state has grown extremely desperate as Amalgamated Rural Teachers’Union of Zimbabwe, Artuz is planning on a historical and inclusive protest on the 22 March under the theme #SaveOurEducationZW. Mdc Alliance Namibia remains infuriated that Zanupf-sponsored state agents continue to invade and harass Artuz members countrywide. We would like to warn all overambitious Border Gezi-trained Heads together with freak teachers to bear with incapacitated teachers who are scratching their heads for a single nutritious meal per day.
Moreso, the struggle for a living wage is just , legitimate, constitutional and compulsory since it has become ridiculous for well-furnished teachers to receive less than what Zupco conductors, the police and army are getting given the period of study they undergo to attain various Diplomas and Degrees. Mdc Alliance Namibia lauds the national Gender Secretary cde Moreblessing Nyambara for her boldness and preparedness to attend to the multiple legal and security challenges confronting their constituencies especially after successfully declaring incapacitation coupled by a massive protest on the 22nd of March 2021.
To wind it up, like the organic and pragmatic leadership of Artuz, all labour unions inside and outside the teaching profession, parents , political parties and comrades and friends must converge to resist slave wages for our patriotic teachers.
Tinashe Sambiri|The city of Masvingo has been plunged into mourning following the death of legendary Resurrection and Fire Ministries(RAF) founder, Apostle George Mkungwa.
Reports say Apostle Mkungwa collapsed and died at his house in Masvingo on Tuesday.
Christians in the ancient city have described Apostle Mkungwa as a great preacher and prayer warrior.
“Apostle George Mukungwa you have gone too soon . A friend and prayer partner.
We celebrate a life that was lived with great commitment to the work of God . May the Holy Spirit comfort the Mukungwa family RAF ministries and the church at large,” wrote Evangelist Denis Hove on Facebook.
“Apostle Mukungwa, you have been called to be with the Lord. My condolences to your Wife and family. Thank you Lord for the gift of this Minister. Rest In Peace,” said Reverend Kurauone Mutimwii.
“We are still in shock, may God comfort the church during this difficult phase,” said Pastor John Mamutse.
Resurrection and Fire Ministries founder Apostle George Mkungwa
The late former President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao has responded to social media claims that his uncle was of Malawian origin saying the name Matibiri was a nickname given to his father due to his Ndebele mannerism.
Posting on Twitter in response to Promise Mkwananzi who said Zimbabwe has been ruled by a Malawian and a Zambian, Zhuwao explained in detail how the name Matibiri came to be.
1/A lie that Robert Gabriel Mugabe is of Malawian origin is deliberately spread by distorting the name Matibhiri RGM’s father Gabriel Mugabe was brought up by his uncle Matibhiri; young brother to Chatunga Karigamombe who died leaving a young family
2/Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born the 3rd son and child of Gabriel Mugabe and Bona Mugabe nee Shonhiwa shown in this picture Gabriel Mugabe was a Gushungo of the Chidziva chieftaincy under Mambo Zvimba Mbuya Bona was a MaGumbo who was born in Gutu but having origins in Musana
3/Gabriel Mugabe was the son of Chatunga borne by Karigamombe of the Chidziva branch of the Gushungo Clan Young Constatine Karigamombe, one of Karigamombe’s sons and younger brother to Chatunga, was abducted by Ndebele raiders from Karigamombe’s Zvimba home in the 19th century
4/Constatine Karigamombe was made a slave & assistant to one of King Lobengula’s generals. During his enslavement, he assimilated the Ndebele language, culture and mannerisms He was so trusted that he eventually managed to escape and make his way back to his family in Zvimba
5/Having been abducted and enslaved by the Ndebele as a young boy, Constantine Karigamombe had Ndebele mannerism that his Karigamombe family gave him the nickname Matibhiri The Ndebele enslavement nickname is used by tribal politicians to distort reality
6/Chatunga Karigamombe, who was the biological father of Gabriel Mugabe, died relatively young with a young family Chatunga’s younger brother Constantine “Matibhiri” Karigamombe inherited Chatunga’s young widow & family. Gabriel Mugabe was brought up by his uncle Matibhiri
7/The only links Robert Gabriel Mugabe has with anyone of Malawian origin is through us his nephews. It came about after his sister, my mother, married my father who came from Malawi via Mozambique I’m proudly of Malawian stock but the Mugabes are definitely not from Malawi
By A Correspondent- Teachers’ unions and State Universities workers unions have given the government notice of their intention to strike over salaries which they want to be restored to where they were in 2018 when they were paid about USD540.
Their notice comes when the government has approved a 200% hike in university fees, which will result in students at State universities forking out between ZW$25 000 and ZW$40 000 per semester, up from ZW$9 000.
Salary negotiations between workers and the government commenced last week but there was an impasse after workers rejected the proposal which the government had tabled.
In a letter to the government, Alois Muzvuwe and Readyforward Dube, the ZISUUA and ZUAWU representatives said:
This is a 14-day notice of intention to embark on a strike by the Zimbabwe Universities and Allied Workers Union (ZUAWU) and the Zimbabwe State Universities Union of Academics (ZISUUA), hereby referred to as the Zimbabwe State Universities Joint Council, on behalf of all State universities’ workers.
The employees demand that the employer makes urgent steps to attain the regional level salary scales as per the agreements of 2010.
The universities employees’ notice comes after the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) released a statement yesterday inviting citizens to join them in their nationwide strike scheduled for March 22 dubbed #SaveOurEducationZw.Artuz accuses the government of ignoring its “detailed Education in Crisis Report” which cited “urgent issues that need to be attended to and long-term structural deficiencies which have to be resolved.”Schools reopened Monday with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education saying there was a high teacher and learner turnout compared to that of last year.
A Zimbabwean scholar Dr Justice Mavedzenge has shared what he said are key points why people in the ruling ZANU PF should not support the Zimbabwe Patriot Bill saying the same law is likely to be used against them when they fall out of favor with the authorities.
In a thread posted on Twitter, Dr Mavedzenge said once they fall out of favour, they will not be able to speak against the abuse of state institutions against them.
My colleagues including Dr @KikaMusa have already written about why this Bill is not a good idea in its current form. Therefore, no need for me to repeat the same. But let me share a view on why YOU & your colleagues in ZANU should NOT support this Bill in its current form:
This law will certainly be used against you & your colleagues in the not so distant future, when you fall out of favour with the authorities. You will not be able to speak out against their abuse of institutions against you, as that would be construed as undermining Zimbabwe.
People from across parties should worry about this bill, including the President @edmnangagwa
So, yes today the Bill may be targeted at @nelsonchamisa , @BitiTendai & their colleagues, but this law will be used to put YOU & your colleagues in jail WHEN you fall out of favour with the bosses/chefs as you call them in ZANU
Cabinet on Tuesday 16 March authorised the resumption of sports codes in the medium and high-risk categories. The development was confirmed by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) in a letter to stakeholders. We present the letter below.
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) wishes to advise the public that Cabinet has, today this 16th March, 2021, authorized the resumption of sport codes previously designated as “medium and high-risk”. The Attorney General’s Office is working on the Statutory Instrument to give effect to the decision of Cabinet.
The actual resumption of these sport activities is subject to the relevant National Sport Associations (NSA’s) being notified in writing by the Sports and Recreation Commission that they have satisfied the set criteria for resumption.
The medium and high-risk sport codes shall resume only after they have demonstrated their ability to meet the set Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and protocols for the containment of COVID-19 which were communicated on Monday, 15th March. To the extent that they have not already done so, the NSA’s and individual gyms are urged to confirm the conditions set out in that communication.
Additionally, Sport facilities, including sports clubs, with onsite restaurants, can continue to provide take-away services and may now also serve sit-in customers at 50% seating capacity.
The SRC will on Thursday, or as soon as the statutory instrument has been gazetted, publish those former medium and high-risk sports that can resume activity.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Gerald Mlotshwa, Dr Allen Chiura, Colleen de Jong, Gail Van Jaarsveldt, Karen Mutasa, Nigel Munyati, Titus Zvomuya and Garikai Sebastian (Acting Director General)
Incarcerated trio of Joana Mamombe, Cecelia Chimbiri and Takudzwa Ngadziore are back at the High Court for their bail appeal following their arrest on charges of partaking or convening a gathering during the national lockdown period.
The trio were denied bail by Harare Magistrate Vongai Guwuriro and have been languishing in remand prison with the High Court their hope for freedom.
Mamombe, Chimbiri and Ngadziore were arrested after addressing a press conference outside the Harare Magistrates Court demanding the release of MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe.
Many other students from the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) were arrested and released on bail.
Former Sheffield Wednesday starlet Cecil Nyoni has opened up on his past lifestyle of gambling addiction, alcohol and substance abuse.
Speaking to UK publication, The Star, the Zimbabwe-born footballer spoke about the mistakes he has made in life while looking forward to what he hopes will be a brighter future.
Nyoni (27), who, after leaving Sheffield signed for Nottingham Forest before dropping into the non-league scene, was at one point kidnapped, taken to a desolate graveyard and beaten every 20 minutes after he accrued a £600 debt for cocaine. He told The Star:
I knew every drug dealer in Sheffield. They all knew I’d been at Wednesday and thought I had loads of money.
They’d let me take drugs off them and thought I could pay them with my football money, but the fact was I’d gambled all my money away.
I couldn’t afford it. I had been scared to answer the phone and it came to the point he thought I was taking the piss out of him.
All the people I thought were my mates that I had been partying with, doing cocaine with, they didn’t come to help me.
They were talking about stabbing me, where they were going to bury my body at Snake Pass. I’ve never been so scared in my life.
Nyoni said it was her mother who saved her from certain death. Speaking just weeks after his release from a South Yorkshire mental health facility, Nyoni said he was looking forward to what he hopes will be a brighter future.
Vaccination will guarantee achieving vision 2030” said Mnangagwa – it’s idiotic “Kurotomoka!”
By Nomusa Garikai- “The National covid-19 Vaccination Programme will further guarantee a Zimbabwe that continues on its course to achieve Vision 2030. We are determined to emerge out of this pandemic with greater capability to play a more effective role towards peace, harmony and prosperity within the comity of nations,” said President Mnangagwa after receiving the second batch of Sinopharm vaccines.
“My administration is confident that this vaccination intervention will greatly contribute to our country’s realisation of herd immunity. We are making steady progress in the fight against the pandemic and in the on-going National COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out Programme.”
Zanu PF achieving vision 2030 is not just wishful thinking, it is idiotic!
Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is open for business!” mantra has failed to attract the much hoped for investors because everyone could see the country was still a pariah state ruled by corrupt and incompetent thugs. If anyone still doubted the country had not change since the November 2017 military coup all doubt evaporated when Zanu PF blatantly rigged the July 2018 elections.
By the end of 2019 it was clear the Zimbabwe economy was still in serious trouble. The corona virus outbreak has made the bad economic situation even worse.
A November 2019 World Bank report said 34% of Zimbabwe’s population was living in extreme poverty; i.e. they could not afford one decent meal a day let alone other basic necessities such as education for the children and health care.
The economic disruption caused by the corona virus in the last year alone must have pushed the number living in extreme poverty to 40%. The country has been slow in procuring the corona virus vaccine and will be very luck to get enough vaccines for 10 million by June 2022. By then the number of Zimbabweans living in extreme poverty will be 50% plus!
The country’s education and health care services have all but collapsed. Decades of under funding had taken their toll and the corona virus delivered the coup de grace.
NRZ has 10 out of 67 working locomotives. How the mighty have fallen! NRZ had over 50 electric locos plus four times as many diesel ones in the 1980s! Many other big companies are in similar rot and decay.
Zimbabwe’s economy shrink by a staggering 50% in the period 2000 to 2008 under the double whammy of collapsing agricultural sector and the regime’s money printing crazy that saw inflation rate soar to 500 billion percent.
Vision 2030 is about Zimbabwe attaining middle income status. To achieve that Zimbabwe’s economy will have to grow by 25% plus every year! An impossible feat considering this will be happening in a country with very poor infrastructure, a poorly educated and sickly labour force governed by corrupt and incompetent leaders!
Even is there was no corona virus pandemic Zimbabwe was never going to achieve 5% economic recovery year on year let alone the 25%. As long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state the country has no chance of any meaningful economic recovery.
Zanu PF has destroyed the middle income economy it inherited in 1980. It is easier to destroy than to create. Achieve vision 2030! In your dreams, Mr Mnangagwa. “Kurotomoka!” as one would say in Shona.
Really im sitting here with mixed motions,,,seeing the vaccines arrived with an airline that is not ours. I dreamt of an Air Namibia aircraft touching down on our airport, but now a struggling country come to assist us.
— https://www.francois.africa (@lotteringtwitte) March 16, 2021
By Patrick Guramatunhu- ZESA Holdings executive board chairperson Sydney Gata yesterday struggled for answers after he was cornered by the Tendai Biti led Public Accounts Committee to explain how the parastatal secured a US$35 million loan from the Afreximbank without parliamentary approval,” reported News Day.
“Besides the opaque US$35m loan deal, the committee also questioned the awarding of the Gwanda solar project to Wicknell Chivayo, PME transformer deal as well as Sakunda Holdings’ Dema Power project.”
This is just a bit of theatrical drama and no one enjoys it more than the opposition MPs like Tendai Biti, Themba Mliswa, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, etc.; they consider it as proof they are doing a splendid job as oppositions MPs. They are positioning themselves ahead of the opposition park hunting for the few gravy train seats Zanu PF has been giving away since the 2013 elections.
Zanu PF got itself into trouble with SADC and AU for blatantly cheating and using wanton violence in the 2008 elections. The party was forced to go into the 2008 to 2013 GNU whose primary purpose was to implement a raft of democratic reforms to restore the individual freedoms and rights including reforms to ensure future elections were free, fair and credible.
The task of implementing the reforms fall to Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends. Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies hated having to share power with the MDC but what they dreaded the most was having the reforms implemented and strip away the party’s carte blanche dictatorial powers that had kept the party in power ever since the country’s independence in 1980.
As President in the GNU, Mugabe saw to it that MDC leaders were pampered and denied nothing the gravy train had to offer. They were given ministerial limos, very generous salaries and allowances, a US$4 million mansion for Tsvangirai, etc., etc. With their snouts in the feeding trough, the MDC leaders forgot about the reforms and deaf to anyone reminding them of the need to implement reforms.
Indeed, the odd occasion the MDC leaders said anything during the GNU, it was to take turns in singing the praises of Robert Mugabe. Tendai Biti described Mugabe as “unflappable father of the nation and fountain of all wisdom”! Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga was in such awe she was “speechless”.
MDC leaders failed to implement even one democratic reform in five years of the GNU. Not one! And hence the reason the nation is still stuck with this corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship.
Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies realised during the GNU that they can keep their dictatorial powers and rig elections and will avoid the GNU sin-bin as long as the party got the opposition to participate in elections. And so, ever since the 2013 elections, the party has offered a few gravy train seats plus a share of the annual Political Party Finance Act pay out as bait. Bait the likes of Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa and everyone in the MDC plus many, many others in the opposition camp have found irresistible.
Of course, everyone in the opposition camp participating in these flawed and illegal elections, ZEC has even failed to produce something as basic as a verified voters’ roll, KNEW Zanu PF was rigging the elections and that by participating they are giving legitimacy to the regime.
Zanu PF’s vote rigging powers are limitless, having no verified voters’ roll alone offers an infinite ways one can rig the vote; and so the party is guaranteed to win 2/3 or so majority plus the presidency. With it clear majority Zanu PF is enjoying absolute power and riding roughshod over the people, denying them their freedoms and rights, much as the party had done before the 2008 GNU.
Tendai Biti and others in the opposition leaders, lucky enough to have won the few gravy train seats would want the nation to believe their presence in parliament is making a world of difference to the way Zimbabwe is governed. They are justifying why they participated in the July 2018 elections and why they must participate in the 2023 elections even though Zanu PF will rig those elections too!
“I’m disappointed with the management of Zesa for failing to appear before this committee on a matter which they knew they had to answer on specific matters, especially the matter of the 2019 forensic audit report,” said Tendai Biti.
“We express disappointment that Zesa did not come armed with the relevant personnel that was present at that time to help answer the committee’s specific questions.”
Dr Sydney Gata was appointed the first GM of ZESA soon after its formation in the late 1980s for no other reason other than that he was Robert Mugabe’s brother-in-law. Gata had to divorce his wife to marry Mugabe’s sister and the appointment was delayed when he was suspected of dragging his feet over the divorce.
Gata’s tenure as ZESA’s GM was marked by gross mismanagement, rampant corruption and abuse of office. By the time Gata finally left ZESA, the parastatal was in a real mess. It beggars belief that Gata was ever allowed back to work for ZESA. He considers himself a part of the Zanu PF ruling elite and hence the reason he is back at ZESA – this is a political appointment and merit has nothing to do with it!
Other than express his “disappointment” with the criminal waste of human and material resources at ZESA, there is very little else Tendai Biti and his parliamentary committee can do about it. Tendai Biti is nothing but a Chihuahua barking at a marauding head of elephants, they will not interrupt their feeding because they fear of being eaten alive by the Chihuahua!
Tendai Biti and the winners of the few gravy train seats would want the nation to believe they will ultimately prevail and end the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship, the Chihuahuas will drive away the elephants. The nation was foolish to believe this nonsense in 2013 and again in 2018. Time will tell if the nation will be hoodwinked once again and be dragged into yet another utterly meaningless elections process on the pretext the opposition will wig the rigged elections and finally end the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship!
Chirawu-Mugomba, in an extempore judgment, ruled that once a person supported another party, this automatically translated to “self-expulsion” from the party.
Speaking to the Daily News on Monday, PDP lawyer Simon Simango said:
The judge delivered an extempore judgment and said that according to the PDP constitution, clause 6:4 if a member joins or supports another political party, that individual automatically ceases to belong to PDP.
So, here we are talking about the likes of Harare East MP, Biti, who is the current vice president of the MDC Alliance.
By operation of that clause, he automatically expelled himself from the PDP. This judgment sets the pace for recall of MPs who had been seconded to represent the MDC Alliance.
Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume, who was in the PDP faction that included Biti among other legislators and councillors, said yesterday that they had since appealed against the High Court ruling at the Supreme Court.
Biti and others joined the coalition under Tsvangirai, who was succeeded by Nelson Chamisa when he died a few months before the elections.
Matibenga and her faction joined hands with the Joice Mujuru-led People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) ahead of the 2018 general elections
The education sector is set to suffer another heavy blow after teachers and State university employees gave notice yesterday to embark on a nationwide industrial action starting Monday to press for better working conditions.
The day coincides with the resumption of classes for non-examination pupils after examination classes started their lessons on Monday this week.
State university employees also gave a 14-day notice to the Public Service ministry announcing their intention to embark on a strike in protest over low wages.
Their notice came at a time government has approved a 200% hike in university fees, which will result in students at State universities forking out between $25 000 and $40 000 per semester, up from $9 000.
“This is a 14-day notice of intention to embark on a strike by the Zimbabwe Universities and Allied Workers Union (ZUAWU) and the Zimbabwe State Universities Union of Academics (ZISUUA), hereby referred to as the Zimbabwe State Universities Joint Council, on behalf of all State universities’ workers.
“The employees demand that the employer makes urgent steps to attain the regional level salary scales as per the agreements of 2010,” read the letter by Alois Muzvuwe and Readyforward Dube, the ZISUUA and ZUAWU representatives.
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) released a statement yesterday inviting citizens to join them on the streets on March 22 in nationwide protests dubbed #SaveOurEducationZw.
The rural teachers threatened that the protests would continue until their grievances were addressed.
“In September 2020, we produced a detailed Education in Crisis Report citing both urgent issues that need to be attended to and long-term structural deficiencies which have to be resolved. We further made recommendations to the government, some of which do not need any financial investment. The report was ignored by the government, but schools opening was aborted because of the challenges we had raised,” the Artuz statement read.
They accused government of ignoring the recommendations by the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions (Fozeu), which includes teachers’ unions, and a position paper by Artuz on safe and effective reopening of schools.
Artuz, in its notice for nationwide protests, cited the poor 2020 Grade 7 pass rate, which dropped by 9% compared to the 2019 results, saying if government fails to resuscitate the ailing education sector, pass rates would continue on a downward spiral.
“The number of teenage pregnancies is rising, with a recent report revealing that 5 000 teenagers were impregnated in a month. This revelation reminds us that the longer learners stay at home, the more difficult it is for them to return to schools. It is, therefore, imperative for us to force the government to urgently resolve the education crisis.
“Government should deal with the issue of teacher preparedness to teach. Teachers are currently incapacitated because of underpayment. The unilateral variation of teacher contracts by the government in 2018 led to a systematic wage theft, which left teachers wallowing in poverty,” read the Artuz notice.
The rural teachers also said government needed to increase the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) fees support as more vulnerable learners were traumatised, adding that a counselling regime had to be operationalised in schools to deal with the trauma of the lockdowns.
Moses Mhike, a team leader representing government in the National Joint Negotiating Commission (NJNC), said the Public Service Commission (PSC) had not yet received communication from teachers’ unions on the proposed nationwide protests.
“We have not received anything from them, we are just getting to know of it from the Press,” Mhike said.
Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro said: “Yes, I saw something from the 386-member union called Artuz. The ministry continues to urge all well-meaning teachers to report for duty on time and with commitment as government seeks to address their grievances.”
Last week, government reached a deadlock with civil servants after the workers rejected a “paltry” 25% salary increment during an NJNC meeting.
Meanwhile, disgruntled teachers in Bulawayo have formed another teachers’ union called Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ) after accusing other unions of deviating from their mandate.
EUZ interim secretary-general Justin Murema told NewsDay that some teachers’ unions had become an extension of the employer, while others were meddling in opposition party politics, hence the need for an apolitical teachers’ representative body.
Murema said like other unions, his membership wanted the restoration of their salaries to 2018 levels which were in United States dollars and starting from US$520 to US$550.
“We are here to offer the missing services from those offered by other unions by bringing all teachers’ issues under one umbrella for a fruitful discussion with the employer. Around 70 000 out of 130 000 teachers in the country are not in any union membership and EUZ seeks to recruit more of these unrepresented teachers,” Murema said.
Police in Bulawayo have impounded 120 pirate taxis and rounded up 30 touts in a two-day blitz under “Operation no to pirate kombis, no to mshikashika.”
The operation which involves the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) came into effect on Monday. By 3pm yesterday kombis, buses, Honda Fit and private cars had been netted.
Police have said vehicle owners who allow their cars to be used to illegally carry passengers, would be arrested.
Last Friday, pirate kombi drivers ganged up with rogue elements and attacked traffic police officers before smashing the rear windscreen of a police car and stealing a car battery which was in the boot.
On Monday the police mounted roadblocks on all roads leading to the city centre in a crackdown on pirate taxis that left commuters stranded. Scores of commuters had to walk more than two kilometres to get to the city centre as pirate taxis dropped them off just before the roadblocks.
Government has said that the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is the country’s sole public transporter, thereby outlawing private players.
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube, speaking at a Press conference at Ross Camp in Bulawayo yesterday said the operation seeks to clamp down on illegal vehicles which have taken advantage of the lockdown relaxation to return to the roads.
“This operation which started yesterday has seen a total 120 vehicles, kombis, buses, and private cars being impounded. A total of 30 touts were detained and will appear in court soon.
Prison Guard locking door before starting her act with inmatetbe officer caught with a prisoner – image supplied
Dorrothy Moyo | South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services has expressed shock after one of its officers was caught intimate with a prisoner.
The department said it has been left “embarrassed and gutted” by a video of an officer and an inmate having sex.
In a statement on Tuesday, the department said it had identified the woman correctional officer in the video and had begun a disciplinary process.
The officer and the inmate are from the Ncome Correctional Centre, in KwaZulu-Natal.
It could not be established at the time of writing, what the female prison officer’s intended goal was in filming herself while in the act with a male inmate.
tbe officer caught with a prisoner – image supplied
Dorrothy Moyo | South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services has expressed shock after one of its officers was caught intimate with a prisoner.
The department said it has been left “embarrassed and gutted” by a video of an officer and an inmate having sex.
In a statement on Tuesday, the department said it had identified the woman correctional officer in the video and had begun a disciplinary process.
The officer and the inmate are from the Ncome Correctional Centre, in KwaZulu-Natal.
It could not be established at the time of writing, what the female prison officer’s intended goal was in filming herself while in the act with a male inmate.
By Special Correspondent | Emmerson Mnangagwa has unleashed a hoarde of para-military ferrets around the country, in a bid to quell what he suspects is looming civil unrest, ZimEye reports.
The development is a reaction to the country’s most popular leader, Nelson Chamisa’s nation address last week. Mnangagwa’s party ZANU PF has accused Chamisa of wanting to set up pockets if resistance around the country.
In a statement, the party’s secretariat said while the revolutionary party has the capacity to thwart acts of sabotage and treason that are being mulled by the opposition, it would leave the police to do their work in protecting peace.
He said:
“The Revolutionary Party Zanu-PF has noted with contempt, the MDC-A veiled threat to unseat a constitutionally elected Government following pronouncements by Mr Nelson Chamisa during his hollow address of 09 March 2021, dubbed, Agenda 2021. In his long monologue, Mr Chamisa did not only fail to demonstrate leadership but failed to instil hope in his fractured party, instead rumbling about seeking to establish pockets of resistance across the country similar to the ill-fated 31 July 2020 attempted violent demonstrations, whose sole attempt was to destabilise the country.
“While Zanu-PF has the capacity to thwart such machinations, as a law abiding organisation, we rest the matter with the law enforcement agents,” added Khaya Moyo.
In the latest developments, a Joint Operations Command meeting has been held and teams sent all over the country to target a select number of known political activists. Sources told zimeye.com, some will be arrested while others will be made to disappear.
Some road sections particularly in the capital city, Harare have seen the return of spikes at police roadblocks, used to deflate the tyres of fleeing vehicles.
ZRP is conducting spike attacks in these areas- Harare: cnr Nelson Mandela & Fifth Street, Mbudzi roundabout, Mbare Police Station hot spots| LIST THE PLACES YOU SEE… pic.twitter.com/8cwOECOKFk
Can someone warn @realnigelndlovu and @DrNyashaForMP, CIOs are trailing them right now to abduct them Dzamara style, I've come across some docs that state the magistrate who acquitted them was supposed to jail them. The kidnapping is a quick operation & is happening right now
The prisons have now been taken over by satanism. The guards were very much aware of what would happen in the way they responded when they where called and heard shouts of thsir calling. They delaid and became unconcerned and up to now the National parks did not turn up.
By Nomusa Garikai | “The National covid-19 Vaccination Programme will further guarantee a Zimbabwe that continues on its course to achieve Vision 2030. We are determined to emerge out of this pandemic with greater capability to play a more effective role towards peace, harmony and prosperity within the comity of nations,” said President Mnangagwa after receiving the second batch of Sinopharm vaccines.
“My administration is confident that this vaccination intervention will greatly contribute to our country’s realisation of herd immunity. We are making steady progress in the fight against the pandemic and in the on-going National COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out Programme.”
Zanu PF achieving vision 2030 is not just wishful thinking, it is idiotic!
Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is open for business!” mantra has failed to attract the much hoped for investors because everyone could see the country was still a pariah state ruled by corrupt and incompetent thugs. If anyone still doubted the country had not change since the November 2017 military coup all doubt evaporated when Zanu PF blatantly rigged the July 2018 elections.
By the end of 2019 it was clear the Zimbabwe economy was still in serious trouble. The corona virus outbreak has made the bad economic situation even worse.
A November 2019 World Bank report said 34% of Zimbabwe’s population was living in extreme poverty; i.e. they could not afford one decent meal a day let alone other basic necessities such as education for the children and health care.
The economic disruption caused by the corona virus in the last year alone must have pushed the number living in extreme poverty to 40%. The country has been slow in procuring the corona virus vaccine and will be very luck to get enough vaccines for 10 million by June 2022. By then the number of Zimbabweans living in extreme poverty will be 50% plus!
The country’s education and health care services have all but collapsed. Decades of under funding had taken their toll and the corona virus delivered the coup de grace.
NRZ has 10 out of 67 working locomotives. How the mighty have fallen! NRZ had over 50 electric locos plus four times as many diesel ones in the 1980s! Many other big companies are in similar rot and decay.
Zimbabwe’s economy shrink by a staggering 50% in the period 2000 to 2008 under the double whammy of collapsing agricultural sector and the regime’s money printing crazy that saw inflation rate soar to 500 billion percent.
Vision 2030 is about Zimbabwe attaining middle income status. To achieve that Zimbabwe’s economy will have to grow by 25% plus every year! An impossible feat considering this will be happening in a country with very poor infrastructure, a poorly educated and sickly labour force governed by corrupt and incompetent leaders!
Even is there was no corona virus pandemic Zimbabwe was never going to achieve 5% economic recovery year on year let alone the 25%. As long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state the country has no chance of any meaningful economic recovery.
Zanu PF has destroyed the middle income economy it inherited in 1980. It is easier to destroy than to create. Achieve vision 2030! In your dreams, Mr Mnangagwa. “Kurotomoka!” as one would say in Shona. – SOURCE: zsdemocrats.blogspot.com
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance has lost a veteran of the struggle for democracy, Forget Hlomani.
Hlomani was a dedicated party cadre who was based in Chipinge, according to former Movement for Democratic Change Change Youth Assembly chairperson, Happymore Chidziva.
Chidziva described Hlomani’s death as a huge blow to the MDC Alliance family.
“I am so saddened by the news that one of my dear friends in struggle from Chipinge South has died Forget Dread Hlomani.
He was a fighter and a true leader in the struggle for democratisation of Zimbabwe.
Forget my dear brother leader rest in power till we meet again kurikuda kwaMwari,” Chidziva wrote on Facebook.
The government has listened to advice by Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala who says the prisons are overflooded.
Cabinet yesterday considered and approved the proposed General Amnesty, which was presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
Section 112 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe empowers the President after consultation with Cabinet, to exercise the power of mercy to grant pardon to any person concerned in or convicted of an offence against law.
The proposed general amnesty is targeted at all prisoners who have served at least one third of their sentences, save for those convicted of specified offences such as the following: murder, treason, rape or any sexual offence, car-jacking, robbery, stock theft, and public violence.
There shall be full remission of sentence to be granted to all prisoners who would have served life imprisonment for at least 15 years commutation.
The amnesty will de-congest the prison institution whose population currently stands at 20 407 against the prison’s holding capacity of 17 000.
The overpopulation already poses a health hazard, especially considering the Covid-19 pandemic and the recommended measures to curtail the spread of the disease. -state media/additional reporting
Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance has lost a veteran of the struggle for democracy, Forget Hlomani.
Hlomani was a dedicated party cadre who was based in Chipinge, according to former Movement for Democratic Change Change Youth Assembly chairperson, Happymore Chidziva.
Chidziva described Hlomani’s death as a huge blow to the MDC Alliance family.
“I am so saddened by the news that one of my dear friends in struggle from Chipinge South has died Forget Dread Hlomani.
He was a fighter and a true leader in the struggle for democratisation of Zimbabwe.
Forget my dear brother leader rest in power till we meet again kurikuda kwaMwari,” Chidziva wrote on Facebook.
Actress Anne Nhira, who was granted a State-assisted funeral, died a painful death after she was attacked by robbers in South Africa last week while coming from morning prayers in a mountain where she had gone with her brother Juan.
Family spokesperson and Anne’s cousin, Mrs Florence Ziyambi, yesterday said a day after the attack, Anne started spitting blood and her body was swollen.
“It is very painful. My sister was mugged while coming from a mountain for prayers with her brother Juan. They had gone to pray early in the morning and Anne was the first to descend, while her brother remained at the mountain for a few minutes,” said Mrs Ziyambi.
“As she was walking in the park, she was attacked and the robbers got away with her handbag. She was then assisted by Juan who took her to the clinic where she was checked first day. They said she was okay.”
Mrs Ziyambi said Anne’s condition worsened the following day.
“On Tuesday last week, she started having pains from the injuries and her body was swollen. On Wednesday, Juan took her back to the hospital where they examined her again and said she had sustained internal injuries.
“They prescribed medication and there was no change. On Thursday early in the morning, Juan noticed that Anne was worse and took her to hospital. her body was starting to get cold and moments later she was pronounced dead.”
Mrs Ziyambi said they had decided to open a murder case in South Africa and Juan was already working with the police.
“Juan went to Germiston police station in South Africa yesterday where they recorded his statement and he was writing an affidavit, after we have decided to open a murder case,” she said.
“According to the police, investigations are underway and they said have taken the matter to a higher police station. I can’t remember the name.”
Mrs Ziyambi said they were working with Nyaradzo Funeral Service to repatriate the body to Zimbabwe, and hoped that paperwork will be completed by Friday.
“We are hoping that after two to three days the paperwork will be done and her body will be in Zimbabwe for burial as planned. We will bury her at Zororo Memorial Park cemetery.”
Mrs Ziyambi thanked the Government for granting Anne a State-assisted funeral.
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Deputy Minister Tino Machakaire, Zanu PF acting deputy secretary for the Youth League Cde Tendai Chirau, Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Seke-Chikomba Cde Tatenda Mavetera, Zanu PF Harare Province youth chairman Cde Emmanuel Mahachi and National Arts Council director Mr Nicholas Moyo visited the Nhira residence in Manyame Park, Chitungwiza, yesterday.
Deputy Minister Machakaire, who delivered news of the State-assisted funeral to the family, said the death of Anne was a sad loss for the arts fraternity.
“We are here because of Anne’s good work. She was a great actress and it is so unfortunate that sad news have been following the arts industry. Recently we had buried another pillar of strength in the music industry, Soul Jah Love, and barely a month later, we have lost an actress, Anne.
“I am happy with how the Government has responded fast after the request. We saw it fit for her to be given the State-assisted funeral as she played a major role in the arts sector. I immediately went straight to the President and thanked him.”
Deputy Minister Machakaire said the family would get financial assistance for funeral. Cde Chirau described Anne as a strong and bold person who stood by her word.
“We have lost a talent, a household name in the television and film industry. I urge other artistes to learn from the legacy left by Anne. She promoted good values. She died a painful death,” said Cde Chirau.
“Crime is everywhere and should be stopped. As young people we must condemn such acts.” -Herald
Tinashe Sambiri| The bail application for MDC Alliance Youth Assembly leaders, Hon Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri has been postponed to Wednesday.
ZINASU leader Takudzwa Ngadziore’s bail application has also been postponed to Wednesday.
MDC Alliance and Human Rights defenders have denounced the persecution of political activists in Zimbabwe.
Read MDC Alliance Statement below:
Hon Joana Mamombe Cecilia Chimbiri and Takudzwa Ngadziore whose bail appeals were set to be heard today before Justice Chitapi, will go back to Chikurubi Female Prison and Harare Remand Prison after their matters were postponed to Wednesday.
The trio represented by Charles Kwaramba, @rose_hanzi @bamujm & Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of @ZLHRLawyers filed appeals at High Court against Harare Magistrate Vongai Guwuriro’s decision to deny them bail on charges of convening or partaking in a gathering during national lockdown. https:
They are accused of issuing & reading a press statement outside Harare Magistrates Court denouncing the arrest of @MakomboreroH & calling for the dismissal of @PoliceZimbabwe boss Godwin Matanga.
