Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has said he is aware of the fact that Zimbabweans are desperate for change but he is like a driver who puts in place necessary measures to ensure the safety of passengers.
President Chamisa also stressed the importance of patience.
Below is President Chamisa’s statement-posted by MDC Alliance official Richard Musekiwa.
“As a leader I’m like a bus driver, everyone wants to get to the destination as quickly as possible but I have to be careful and put in place all safety measures to avoid accidents on the way.
: “The road is treacherous and the safety of the passengers is more important.
We all need to get to the destination and patience is very important. Together, we will get there. I’m not sleeping on the wheels.”
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice president, Hon Tendai Biti has said Zimbabwe is grappling with a mammoth debt resulting in the current economic crisis.
Hon Biti also castigated Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration for lacking the zeal for reforms.
“Zimbabwe has an unsustainable debt level that is putting huge premium on development Resolving debt crises key in unlocking development funds in #IFIs. At least Chinamasa had his ill fated Lima Plan.
Post coup regime has no desire or plan to tackle debt.Lacks any will for reforms.
The 2019 @IMFLive Article IV Report was an effective write off for Zim. A pariah regime incapable of reform.
Besides illegitimacy and toxic politics it is regime’s inextricable symbiosis with corruption and capture that has killed any prospect of another SMP & engagement with #IFIs,” Hon Biti argued.
Tinashe Sambiri|Fearless human rights activist Alan Moyo says conditions in the country’s prisons are “hell on earth.”
Alan Moyo was arrested and spent 74 days in prison for speaking on behalf of students and suffering Zimbabweans.
Alan Moyo also revealed how he was exposed to COVID-19 everyday.
He described the conditions in country’s prisons as pathetic.
“We were exposed to COVID-19 everyday.Everything is just terrible.
However, my message to students and citizens in general is clear- we have to fight for freedom.
I am determined to fight for freedom. I have been hardened by the tough conditions in jail. I am ready to pay the price for freedom- there is no going back,” said Alan Moyo.
Tinashe Sambiri|Former ZBC radio and television presenter, Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has postulated that senior government officials plotted Kembo Mohadi’s downfall.
Mohadi resigned on Monday after being accused of using his position to abuse women.
However, Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has different views:
It’s increasingly clear the phone recording of former Vice President Kembo in his sex scandals was a huge security breach. How could a phone belonging to someone in the Presidium be secretly recorded.
This was not just an ordinary person, he was number 2 and highly protected. I believe only the intelligence conducted the gravest intrusion in Mohadi’s phone. The Government of Zimbabwe should be concerned by this intrusion, it should be of great concern to the whole leadership and heads should roll. In a normal situation, the head of security would resign following these leaks.
Former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has been adamant that his political enemies were out to get him by cloning his voice and creating non-existent sex scandals. They final got him and he is gone. It will be helpful for Mohadi to name his enemies and who gave them powers to clone his phone.
It’s a criminal offence to intercept phone calls unless it is done by a member of the police or intelligence agencies acting with a warrant, which can be granted by courts only to protect national security, to prevent serious crime or to safeguard the economic wellbeing of the country.
It’s also an offence to gain access to material which is stored on a communication system, such as a voice message, without a search warrant or a production order, either of which has to be approved by the courts.
There is noway anybody outside the intelligence agencies and the police can be allowed to obtain any kind of authority to intercept phone calls or messages. The fact that we haven’t heard police investigating this breach of security on Mohadi makes it clear this is an act by someone in authority and within the intelligence.
What happened is a serious threat to national security. Surely foreign power-sponsored or foreign power-coordinated intelligence activity can penetrate our intelligence systems easily if we go by what happened to Mohadi.
I can safely conclude and agree with Mohadi that his enemies within the government have brought him down.
No ordinary person would manage to clone or hack his phone, it’s too sophisticated to do that.
General Philip Valerio Sibanda has been tipped to be the next Vice President of Zimbabwe replacing Kembo Mohadi who resigned on Monday following accusations of illicit affairs with his married aides.
We present below a few things you probably did not know about Philip Valerio Sibanda.
He is a Zimbabwean military general and the current Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces a post he took from General Constantino Chiwenga who was taking the Vice President post.
Before that, Sibanda was the Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army a position he held from December 2003 to December 2017 when the Zimbabwe Defence Forces launched Operation Restore Legacy.
General Sibanda is the first former ZIPRA Cadre to hold the rank of the Commander Defence Forces.
Sibanda joined the liberation struggle in 1973 as Ananias Gwenzi. He received military training at Morogoro under the likes of Retired Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri.
He completed his training in Tanzania and proceeded to Lebanon for 9 months where he received vigorous training under the Palestinian Liberation Organization at Jalub.
Political Scientist Professor Jonathan Moyo says Philip Valerio Sibanda is likely to be appointed Vice President due to his contribution before, during and after Operation Restore Legacy.
Cain Mathema, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Primary and Secondary Education has been mentioned as a potential replacement to Vice President Kembo Mohadi who resigned Monday following accusations that he was bedding his married aides.
We list below a number of things you probably didn’t know about Cain Mathema.
He is the former Minister of Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators and Former Political Detainees October 2017 to November 2017; Former Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Heritage September 2018 to November 2019.
He joined the armed struggle under ZIPRA in April 1968 and did military intelligence and communications training in Moscow 1968-1969.
He is a former Member of Parliament for Tsholotsho (1995-2000) and was Governor and Resident Minister – Bulawayo Metropolitan Province from 2004 to September 2013
He’s a Ndebele and English poet, playwright, author of short stories, author of over 15 books in politics, economics, political economy and literature including “Wealth and Power: An Introduction to Political Economy (1988)”.
In December 2010, as Governor of Bulawayo, Mathema said that the bones of Cecil John Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia, were supposed to be be immediately exhumed and sent back to Britain as it was an affront to postcolonial sensibilities. he also said Victoria Falls was supposed to revert to its original name from the Tonga language, Mosi oa Tunya.
He made the news in 2016 when he married 23-year-old Bathabetsoe Nare who was 47 years younger than him by the time they got married.
Cain Mathema Holds a BSc Hon. Degree in Economics, Public Administration and Political Science – Nottingham Trent Polytechnic, UK.
A Mutare man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he chopped off three fingers of his wife’s lover in a case of alleged infidelity.
The accused, Emmanuel Matemba, appeared before Mutare magistrate Richard Ramaboea facing assault charges.
Matemba denied the allegations and was granted $20 000 bail. He will be back in court on April 23.
State prosecutor Chris Munyuku told the court that on February 14, the complainant, Jefrey Chetsango (25), received a phone call from Edson Makukuku inviting him to his house to discuss church matters.
Chetsango then went to the house.
Just a few minutes after arrival, Matemba stormed Makukuku’s house holding a machete and struck the complainant once on the left hand, hacking off his three fingers.
Matemba accused Chetsango of dating his wife.
Chetsango then reported the matter to the police, leading to Matemba’s arrest.
By A Correspondent- An international housing and land rights movement has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to stop the pending house demolitions in the country, particularly at Crowborough Farm, Harare.
Habitat International Coalition (HIC), an international housing and land rights network consisting of about 450 civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide, has written to Mnangagwa advising him to stop human rights violations, particularly the right to shelter.
The petition, dated February 25, written by the organisation’s coordinator, Joseph Schechla, was delivered at the President’s Munhumutapa Offices last week.
It stated that residents of Crowborough Farm, located 20km west of Harare, faced gross violations of their rights, particularly the rights to adequate housing, and forced evictions carried out under Mnangagwa’s authority.
Crowborough Farm, which was formerly administered by the Harare City Council, was the site for the city’s now defunct water treatment plant, operated jointly with a cattle ranch.
It was later occupied by home seekers around the 2013 general elections.
Harare has a housing deficit of 1,3 million, and a waiting list of over 500 000.
In 2016, the Harare City Council obtained 23 court rulings against housing co-operatives, 16 of which are from Crowborough Farm.
Houses in Budiriro were demolished last December during the rainy season and at the peak of COVID-19 infections.
A total of 40 other co-operatives’ houses across the country’s urban councils face demolition.
“We are proposing alternative solutions in accordance with Zimbabwe’s treaty obligations in this year of the country’s report to the High-level Political Forum on its progress toward the sustainable development goals,” part of the letter read.
The activists said the residents of Crowborough, whose houses face demolition, built permanent structures, some with serviced roads, electricity connections, sewer and water infrastructure.
“According to information received, some have been paying taxes and service fees to the city council, while some are in the process of formalising their settlement. This amounts to tens of thousands of United States dollars that these now-threatened households have invested into their homes and communities,” the HLRN statement read.
The CSOs said the fact that most urban councils were controlled by the opposition, while the ruling Zanu-PF party controlled central government, had resulted in urban land becoming a political and partisan battleground for the two political parties at the expense of residents.
“We urge you to support the formalisation of urban housing through provision of the required infrastructure, amenities and secure tenure as the cornerstones of the fundamental human right to adequate housing and Zimbabwe’s State obligations,” the CSOs’ letter further read.
“A clear regularisation and formalisation plan is needed, where possible, before demolitions, forced evictions, dispossessions and destruction of their property. Where that is not physically possible and conflicting rights are involved, reparations, including proper resettlement, are required of the State and its organs.”
The organisation urged Mnangagwa to ensure justice and bring sanity to local governance in the country.-Newsday
By A Correspondent- A Mtapa Suburb man died in hospital yesterday morning after he was detained at a police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier.
Tatenda Kasinyore (28) popularly known as Nyale was arrested and detained following a complaint from a fellow resident that he was drunk, disorderly and throwing stones at her house.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.
“People in Mtapa called the police making a report of a person who was drunk and breaking window panes. The police arrested him and found him with drugs and he was drunk,” he said.
“They detained him and put him in a holding cell at Mtapa Police Station. At around 4am, some suspects sharing the cell with him alerted the police that he was vomiting before an ambulance was called. He died at Gweru Provincial Hospital.”
Police sources, on condition of anonymity, told this publication that an elderly woman from the neighbouring Mambo suburb made a report at Mtapa Police Station around 2am saying the now-deceased was drunk and throwing stones on her roof.
The source said five police officers were dispatched to investigate. When they arrived at the house, the officers searched Kasinyore and found a sniffing barrel attached to a barrel beaker which had an illicit drug called methamphetamine commonly known as mutoriro.
“They handcuffed Kasinyore who was seemingly violent. He continued showing violent tendencies and fell several times as he could not stand or walk because he was very drunk,” said the source.
Kasinyore, the source said, was reportedly at one time uncuffed because he was complaining that his hands were now sore.
“After being uncuffed he ran away headed for Block H Mtapa flats but the officers managed to rearrest him and took him to Mtapa Police Station,” said the source.
The source said around 5am the deceased allegedly started vomiting froth before an ambulance was called.-newsday
By A Correspondent- Chief’s Council president Fortune Charumbira on Sunday waded into Chief Nyamukoho’s family wrangle, urging the late traditional leader’s family members to find common ground in the distribution of their father’s estate.
The late Chief Nyamukoho, real name Samson Mapereke Katsande, was buried at a shrine on Wednesday night according to the clan’s culture and tradition, before a funeral wake was held at the weekend.
The late traditional leader’s five children, among them actress Tinopona Katsande and acting Chief Rukariro, attended the event.
Speaking during the funeral service held at the family homestead in Mutoko, Chief Charumbira said the late traditional leader’s children should accept that their father had married a second wife.
“We want unity in this family. There is no need for clashes. You should sit down as a family and resolve your issues amicably. The Katsande family should accept that the late chief was married to Dorcas (Kanjanda) and that the same traditional leader also had children,” Chief Charumbira said.
Mashonaland East provincial chiefs’ representative Chief Nechombo also urged the family to find each other and carry on the legacy left by the deceased.
Chief Nyamukoho died aged 88 after battling dementia for a long time.
During the ailment, his children approached the courts and secured a curator to manage his estate in a move meant to bar Kanjanda from claiming a stake in his business empire.
Chief Nyamukoho owned vast properties in Mutoko, Marondera, Harare and Murewa, among others.
The funeral wake was attended by Uzumba legislator Simbaneuta Mudarikwa, Energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa, several traditional leaders and the late chief ‘s subjects from Mudzi West constituency.-Newsday
By A Correspondent- Teachers’ unions yesterday said this year’s ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level students were not ready to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations following the disruption of the educational calendar by the COVID-19 pandemic since last year.
Several teachers’ unions told NewsDay that learners were not prepared as online learning was not effective, especially in the rural areas.
They also said they were not ready for the reopening of schools due to government’s failure to pay them a living wages.
Their assertions came soon after government last week announced that Zimsec June examinations would go ahead as planned.
Last Wednesday, Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema said the June examinations would go ahead, but indicated that they might be some adjustments to the timetable.
The ministry is currently on a countrywide tour of schools to check on their preparedness for reopening.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure said: “As of now, teachers are incapacitated. As long as the government does not address this issue, then there will not be proper implementation of the workplan for the scheduled examinations.”
“It is painfully worrisome that we are entering the third month into the new year with teachers singing the same song of incapacitation. This is despite that the employer is in the full knowledge of the erosion of our salaries by price hikes which began as we approached the festive season last December,” he said.
Teachers are demanding salaries equivalent to US$520.
Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said rural candidates were not ready for the June examinations due to lack of internet connectivity.
“While teachers are ready to assist, our worry is that some learners, especially those in rural areas are not yet equipped to sit for the June examinations since they were not partaking in online lessons as they had no gadgets. Some of the teachers in the rural areas do not even own a smartphone, and this will affect June registrations,” Majongwe said.-newsday
It has come to our attention that former MDC Alliance national executive committee members Lilian Timveous and Blessing Chebundo have resigned from the party and joined the ruling party Zanu-PF.
As a movement we respect their right to associate with a political party of their choice.
While we wish our former colleagues well at their new political home, we take umbrage at their mischievous attempts to justify their shameful actions by casting aspersions on the MDC Alliance leadership in general and the secretary-general of the party in particular.
Allegations by former deputy national treasurer-general Timveous against secretary-general Chalton Hwende cannot pass the veracity test as the claims are outright falsehoods concocted to justify her treacherous and selfish decision to abandon the people’s struggle in order to join the Zanu-PF gravy train.
The outlandish claims by Timveous that she was pushed out of the party are impossible to believe given that the same party colleagues she seeks to malign today allowed her to hold very senior positions in the party’s provincial and national structures over the years when many other cadres qualified to hold the same posts.
At the time of her resignation, Timveous was the national deputy treasurer-general of the party. A very senior position in the MDC Alliance which allowed her to sit in the national standing committee which is chaired by the president of the party. This would not have been possible without the deliberate support of the same colleagues she now seeks to besmirch.
We know that Timveous, like other leaders who left the MDC Alliance before, had become over-ambitious. Her decision to leave the MDC Alliance is a direct result of her failure to accept the will of the MDC Alliance membership when she lost the popularity contest during the party’s elective congress in Gweru where she was defeated by Lynnette Karenyi Kore for the vicepresident post.
It is a matter of fact that all those senior members who left the MDC Alliance in recent months, are over-ambitious individuals who got angry and disillusioned after losing internal elections in the MDC Alliance.
It is common knowledge that Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri, Tracy Mutinhiri, Timveous and Blessing Chebundo only decided to leave the MDC Alliance after losing internal elections in the party.
By A Correspondent- Parliamentary investigations at selected schools over their preparedness to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed that the lockdown period resulted in a sharp rise in pregnancies among pupils due to the COVID19-induced long break.
This came out in a report on field visits to selected schools at different provinces in the country which was issued in the National Assembly last Thursday by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, chaired by MDC-T proportional representation legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga.
“School heads and teachers raised concern over the increasing number of learners falling pregnant especially those sitting for ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level examinations. It was estimated that the cases had more than doubled and follow-ups on these cases had not yielded positive results as parents felt that once a child is pregnant, they have no educational future.
“This is prevalent in both rural and urban school settings. At Magwegwe High (in Bulawayo), almost every child that the committee interacted with knew of a colleague that was pregnant. Teachers indicated that although they make follow-ups and encourage the girls to come to school and write the examinations, a number were reluctant.
“At Bondamakara High School (Mutoko), about 10 girls got married. At Bosbury Primary School (Chegutu), two Grade 7 pupils got pregnant and dropped out of school. However, some school authorities have been working tirelessly with non-governmental organisations to ensure that the girls return to school, for example, at Mukore High School, Masvingo,” read the committee report.
Government last year gazetted the Education Act Amendment, which bars authorities from excluding pregnant girls from attending school.
Recently, teachers’ unions warned of looming massive school dropouts as pupils were gradually losing commitment towards education due to the prolonged suspension of learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mental health specialists said the uncertainty on reopening of schools for in-person learning had caused anxiety among schoolchildren, and some were engaging in criminal activities as a coping mechanism.
On issues of menstrual health, the committee said it was still a challenge as several schools and girls still had no access to sanitary wear, which was affecting their attendance at schools.
“The committee found out that some of the sanitary pads supplied by the government were of poor quality and could not meet menstrual hygiene standards. In addition, the sanitary pads were not in sufficient quantities to meet demand.”
The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has acceded to mine workers’ request for an upward review of workers’ remuneration and awarded a 22, 22 percent increment backdated to January.
The increment will see the lowest paid mine worker earning $22 000 and will be effective from the first quarter of the year.
The Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AMWUZ), the umbrella body representing mine workers in the country, confirmed the development in a statement.
The increment comes on the back of the New Dispensation having expressed its desire to see communities and employees benefiting from the proceeds of mining operations taking place in the country.
President Mnangagwa has made it clear that he wants see more and more gainful employment being created under the Zimbabwe is open for business mantra.
In a statement, AMWUZ said it was committed to continue negotiating in good faith to ensure sector employees are well remunerated.
“The general secretary of the Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AMWUZ), Mr Gideon Chirwa, is pleased to advise its members and the mining industry at large that following to extensive negotiations between the association and the Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe, a wage/salary increase of 22, 22 percent was agreed for the first quarter backdated to the 1st of January 2021,” said AMWUZ in a statement.
“This increase will see the least paid worker earning a minimum of $22 000. The association wishes to assure the mining sector of its commitment to improved welfare of all the workers within the sector.
“The association will keep on engaging in good faith all relevant stakeholders wherever necessary from time to time for the betterment of all the workers,” said AMWUZ.
The mining sector is a key anchor of the economy as it accounts for a sizable chunk of the country’s formal workforce.
Besides its leading role in employment creation, it also contributes significantly in foreign currency earnings through exports.
President Mnangagwa has set the sector a leading role in contributing to the attainment of vision 2030 by which the country should attain upper middle income economy status.
By A Correspondent- Chaos last week marred a probe into the disputed Zanu-PF Umzingwane district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections after local legislator Levi Mayihlome allegedly disrupted the proceedings before he was kicked out of the meeting by party national commissar Victor Matemadanda.
Matemadanda and his probe team were in Matabeleland South, Matabeleland North and Masvingo provinces to investigate disputed DCC election results.
The ruling party held its DCC elections last December, but most of the losing candidates claimed that the polls were marred by irregularities.
In Hwange, Reeds Dube, who lost the chairmanship to Matthew Muleya challenged the results, arguing that the polls were not free and fair.
In Matabeleland South, Provincial Affairs minister Abednico Ncube demanded a re-run.
In Umzingwane, Mayihlome lodged a complaint with the party’s national election directorate after losing the chairmanship to Ephraim Nkomo.
It is understood that when Mayihlome arrived at the meeting on Thursday, he almost exchanged blows with Zanu-PF Matabeleland South youth chairperson Washington Nkomo after claiming that the probe team had shut his sympathisers out.
“He also had a heated exchange with (provincial) administration secretary William Dhewa over the issue.
“He complained against the manner the investigation was being conducted,” a party insider said.
The chaos briefly stopped the proceedings before Matemadanda stepped in and ordered Mayihlome to leave the venue.
Contacted for comment, Mayihlome said: “I cannot comment on internal party matters.
“It’s an internal issue which is not for public discussion.”
Both Dhewa and provincial chairperson Rabelani Choeni declined to comment on the matter referring questions to Matemadanda.
The DCCs were reintroduced last year after they were disbanded in 2012 with the late former President Robert Mugabe describing them as divisive.-newsday
By A Correspondent- One of the United Methodist Church’s leading missionaries in southern Africa, Isaac Mawokomatanda, has died.
Mawokomatanda died on Saturday night in Georgia, the United States.
His son, Sam, yesterday said his father died after a long illness.
“We give thanks to God for his life and witness. We find comfort in each other and in our faith, which reminds us of God’s intention for life. In God, we have the hope and promise of the resurrection and a life that knows no end. While the sting of death is deep, we remain resilient,” he said.
Sam said his father was hospitalised in 2019.
“I felt a call to take a leave of absence from my church appointment in order to move to Georgia and be a part of the network of care for my dad.”
Mawokomatanda, who seemed to be on the path to recovery, was readmitted to hospital early in December last year, but he was later transferred to a hospice home on December 12 last year until his death on Saturday.
He is renowned for planting several United Methodist missions in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States.
Born on April 15, 1940, Mawokomatanda was ordained in 1968.
He started work at Mutare Hilltop United Methodist Church and moved to the Theological College in the late 1960s.
Mawokomatanda was a pastor at Muziti in Rusape and Mabvuku in Harare, before he was made a district superintendent in Mutare, a post that he also held in Masvingo and South Africa.
He was nicknamed Chipwanya Masango for his adventures in establishing his church branches in the country and mostly setting up missions in South Africa.
The late cleric then left South Africa to further his education in the United States, where he was attached to different parishes in Pennyslvania, Upstate New York and Baltimore.
When he retired, he lived in Atlanta, Georgia. He is survived by his wife Ruth, nine children (seven biological) and 23 grandchildren, and is likely to be buried in the US.
An undated picture believed to be from February 2021 shows one of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sons dressed in military attire. The picture had hundreds of Zimbabweans asking, what this means “because none of the ZANU PF leader’s kids is a soldier, ” as was supposed.
The development comes fresh on the heels of the Drax (Covid materials’) scandal in which more than USD60 million were laid for the loot.
As ZimEye reveals, however, Mnangagwa’s son is a Presidential Guard member, that very same team that shot innocent people on the 1st August to change election results. He has been serving the presidential guard since Robert Mugabe days, as the below pictures reveal.
By Leonard Koni| President Emmerson Mnangagwa got into power promising to change the political trend and landscape in Zimbabwe through implementing good policies, promised to listen to the people and to respect human rights.
Unfortunately his government is still using excessive force on unarmed citizens and continue to abuse power and human rights.
People expected a new republic different from the old one a “new and unfolding democracy,” but today serious abuses, sodomising and weaponisation of the law continue with impunity.
Zanu PF government has systematically subverted history and the will of the people to protect authoritarian interests in the late Mugabe era and this new dispensation is carrying over where Mugabe left.
Misplaced priorities, lack of policy implementationFollowing a social media outcry about erecting a Mbuya Nehanda statue in the country , the government abondoned the idea but late rescucitated it.
They took the statue to South Africa for galvanising at a cost of more than two million Rand exclusive transport costs to Zimbabwe. The appetite for idol worshipping continues unabated.
Meanwhile more hospitals in the country do not have enough medicines and theatres. Our nurses and doctors are poorly remunerated. The health care system is in dire straits and needs a great investment.
What have we done or gone wrong as a nation to deserve this?
The catastrophe we have in Zimbabwe’s government is that those with power have no ideas and those without power have ideas.
We still celebrate on mediocrity projects like commissioning a borehole and skip bins whilst other countries are developing elephant projects.
Yes we all celebrated when he forcibly tool power from Robert Mugabe but by was it wrong to allow him to take over the reigns of power? I think it was very wrong for people to allow the military to decide who should lead the country.
Is the Mbuya Nehanda statue going to unlock the economic fortunes of the country?
It was an unfortunate incident where Zimbabweans blindly replaced a dictator with another dictator. A leopard cannot change its spots.
Emmerson Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in the convicted Willogate scandal thief, to the post of Foreign Affairs Minister, replacing the late SB Moyo who succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic early this year.
Shava is also the former Zimbabwe Ambassador to the United Nations.
By James Gwati- Violence erupted in Umzingwane at the weekend after top Zanu PF Matebeleland South Provincial leadership had clashed over the area’s district co-ordinating committee (DCC) election(s) results.
Local legislator Levi Mayihlome allegedly disrupted the proceedings before he was kicked out of the meeting by party national commissar Victor Matemadanda.
Matemadanda and his probe team were in Matabeleland South, Matabeleland North and Masvingo provinces to investigate disputed DCC election results.
The ruling party held its DCC elections last December, but most of the losing candidates claimed that the polls were marred by irregularities.
In Hwange, Reeds Dube, who lost the chairmanship to Matthew Muleya challenged the results, arguing that the polls were not free and fair. In Matabeleland South, Provincial Affairs minister Abednico Ncube demanded a re-run.
In Umzingwane, Mayihlome complained about the party’s national election directorate after losing the chairmanship to Ephraim Nkomo.
It is understood that when Mayihlome arrived at the meeting on Thursday, he almost exchanged blows with Zanu PF Matabeleland South youth chairperson Washington Nkomo after claiming that the probe team had shut his sympathisers out.
“He also had a heated exchange with (provincial) administration secretary William Dhewa over the issue. “He complained against the manner the investigation was being conducted,” a party insider said.
The chaos briefly stopped the proceedings before Matemadanda stepped in and ordered Mayihlome to leave the venue.
Contacted for comment, Mayihlome said: “I cannot comment on internal party matters.
“It’s an internal issue which is not for public discussion.”
Both Dhewa and provincial chairperson Rabelani Choeni declined to comment on the matter referring questions to Matemadanda.
By A Correspondent- Kembo Mohadi’s wife, greeted ZimEye with a loud chuckle Tuesday morning after receiving the news that the man who once nearly axed her to death, has been forced to resign.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) allegedly refused to open a criminal case against Vice President Kembo Mohadi after Mohadi allegedly went berserk and attacked his estranged ex-wife Tambudzani Mohadi using an axe.
In March 2020, the former VP broke down doors and threatened to shoot Tambudzani in a dispute over property.
However, more than 6 months later the police refused to open a docket against Mohadi despite Tambudzani’s efforts.
After futile efforts to have the VP brought to book, Tambudzani finally approached lawyers Scanlen and Holderness.
Attention: Officer Commanding Beitbridge Police District Chief Superintendent T. Nyongo
RE: CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OF ASSAULT BY SENATOR TAMBUDZANI MOHADI AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT KEMBO MOHADI
Dear Sirs,
We act on behalf of Senator Tambudza, Bhudagi Mohadi. Kindly note our Interest.
Our instructions are that on the 7th of April 2019, the Senator made a statement to inspector Chirimumimba, Zimbabwe Republic Police, Beitbridge Urban, with regards an attack and assault by her estranged husband, the Vice President Kembo Campbell Dugishi Mohadi, on the 30th of March 2019, at her residence in Beitbridge. We have attached hereto a copy of her statement for ease of reference.
The Senator advises that she has faced serious challenges in reporting the matter and obtaining the status of the police investigations. Since April 2019, the Senator has requested for updates on the police investigations to no avail.
We now seek your assistance in establishing whether a docket was opened regards the complaint made by our client. As the responsible authority, we seek confirmation on whether and criminal investigations into the Vice President’s behaviour have been conducted and whether any appropriate criminal charges have been or will be levelled against him. We request the said information to enable our client to consider her legal options.
We await your urgent response.
Yours faithfully,
Scanlen & Holderness
Speaking to ZimEye, Tambudzani said:
“Alright. Thank you. I am in a meeting.”
Senator Tambudzani said this soon after a loud, long chuckle.
Senator Tambudzani endured one of the worst treatments against women in Zimbabwe, when her husband in front of police officers held an axe against her body as he openly defied a High Court order.
The violence was reported by the police officers the then Vice President had taken to his wife’s house, to abuse her and seize property items she was awarded in a divorce settlement.
Mohadi was one of the country’s most powerful men who not only serviced in the Presidium, but was at one time the state security minister, heading the nation’s entire security apparatus.
Mohadi finally stepped down after an undercover meeting of spouses of Vice Presidents was staged for State House on Monday morning leading to the Vice President being fired.
He was forced to resign following his string of affairs with several women, who include teenage school kids, and last Thursday, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza organised for one of his lovers, taken when she was an A Level student, to get ready to travel over to State House for the meeting.
She was directed to contact the President’s office for all her needs. The victim was also told to contact lawyers who can assist her. The highly charged telephonic conversations are replayed below.
Kwasara iwe unodanana nema married man to do that or Nick to do that coz you're a disgrace u were saying hapana chakaipa chakaita Vp.tdy wakuti he he..unanyarara dzimwe nguva iwewe na sisi vako Linda Masarira
I would like to applaud the President of Zimbabwe Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa by heeding our call to open up the economy.
Life had become unbearable for millions of families in Zimbabwe. As the informal sector and food markets prepare to open tomorrow, it is imperative for the vendors to ensure that they abide to covid-19 regulations.
We are all responsible for protecting each other and curbing the spread on covid19. The abolishment of letters for travelling locally or intercity is a welcome move, at least people can now trade easily to sustain livelihoods which were now under threat of abject poverty.
Lastly, we encourage the government of Zimbabwe to cushion informal traders with grants or small loans to resuscitate their business as they prepare for schools to open.
As the nation prepares for schools, colleges and universities to open, we implore government to ensure that no child, student or pupil will be sent back home for non-payment of school fees until citizens are financially stable considering the right lock down situation the country was facing.
By A Correspondent- A Mutare man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he chopped off three fingers of his wife’s lover in a case of alleged infidelity.
The accused, Emmanuel Matemba, appeared before Mutare magistrate Richard Ramaboea facing assault charges.
Matemba denied the allegations and was granted $20 000 bail. He will be back in court on April 23.
State prosecutor Chris Munyuku told the court that on February 14, the complainant, Jefrey Chetsango (25), received a phone call from Edson Makukuku inviting him to his house to discuss church matters.
Chetsango then went to the house.
Just a few minutes after arrival, Matemba stormed Makukuku’s house holding a machete and struck the complainant once on the left hand, hacking off his three fingers. Matemba accused Chetsango of dating his wife.
Chetsango then reported the matter to the police, leading to Matemba’s arrest.-Newsday
By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe’s exiled former cabinet minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo has identified three ways through which President Emmerson Mnangagwa can replace Vice President Kembo Mohadi who resigned Monday.
The 71-year-old tendered his resignation letter following reports that he was having affairs with his married aides.
While a number of names have been suggested as Mohadi’s potential replacements, the exiled political scientist and former ZANU PF politburo member believes that “there are three scenarios.”
Speaking to ZimLive, Moyo said:
There are three scenarios. The first is whether they will use the matrix of the coup. The second is whether they use the constitution of the party and the third is whether Zanu PF remains committed to the Unity Accord.
Mohadi came in as reward for his role in the coup. The coup matrix can bring even the Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Phillip Valerio Sibanda because he was an important cog, and they can use the excuse that he’s ex-Zipra (PF Zapu’s military wing). Bringing him into politics would keep the spirit of ‘Operation Restore Legacy’ burning, especially following the death of Sibusiso Moyo.
Sibusiso Moyo, (Constantino) Chiwenga, Perrance Shiri and Engelbert Rugeje all came into politics straight from the army. The military in Zimbabwe is one place where there’s a straight line into politics.
He said the second scenario is where a former Zapu member would be picked as per the Zanu PF constitution and the Unity Accord of 1987.
Moyo says in that scenario, Simon Khaya Moyo is the clear frontrunner followed by primary and secondary education minister Cain Mathema.
He observed, however, that in terms of the party hierarchy, the most senior politician from the Matabeleland region is secretary for administration Obert Mpofu whom he said would be affected by his defection from the party before the Unity Accord.
Moyo observed that the third possible scenario would be where a woman as Mohadi replacement adding that the race would be between defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and information minister Monica Mutsvangwa.
Emmerson Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in the convicted Willogate scandal thief, to the post of Foreign Affairs Minister, replacing the late SB Moyo who succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic early this year.
Shava is also the former Zimbabwe Ambassador to the United Nations.
By A Correspondent| An undercover meeting of spouses of Vice Presidents was staged for State House on Monday morning leading to Vice President Kembo Mohadi being fired. Mohadi was forced to resign following his string of affairs with several women, who include teenage school kids, and last Thursday, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza organised for one of his lovers, taken when she was an A Level student, to get ready to travel over to State House for the meeting. She was directed to contact the President’s office for all her needs. The victim was also told to contact lawyers who can assist her. The highly charged telephonic conversations are replayed below:
By A Correspondent | This is not UK, Sweden or some other foreign nation, this is her country of birth – the Norton MP Temba Mliswa’s Ex girlfriend, Susan Mutami’s whereabouts are still a mystery two weeks after she was blocked from flying out of Zimbabwe.
The development comes after Mutami went underground after being blocked from flying back to Australia.
The Aussie citizen was two weeks ago told she cannot leave the country until she gives official state witness testimony into her allegations against her ExBoyfriend. She says Mliswa among other things has sounded out intentions to poison the ZANU PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, and Local government minister July Minister. She also said Mliswa has in his possession undisclosed top security information on the infamous White City bombing on June 2018.
Contacted for a comment Mutami’s lawyer told ZimEye that she will come out soon. She said, “she is alive, she is ok and she is safe.I can’t say much due to professional ethics; She will come back to you soon.” This was 4 days after the RGM Airport drama.
Also commenting on the development back then, state sources told ZimEye, Mutami is still in the country. They said this without disclosing her exact location. Other sources said that she is living at a local hotel.
It is only convincing Mutami is playing an the aussie whistleblower, Julian Assange, technique of hiding, having spoken out what could be the greatest secret of all time, the bombing of the then President Of Zimbabwe and his deputy in June 2018 at White City, Bulawayo, an attack that got at least two people killed.
Wll the Australian government embassy treat her differently from the way the Aussie state has treated its native citizens? The case of the Whistleblowers Julian Assange comes to mind. Assange is still trapped in the United Kingdom several years after he was charged for highly controversial sex offences, and the man got no assistance from the embassy of the country of his birth. He instead chose the Equadorian embassy, the only consulate willing to assist him from state agents and British police. Will the Aussie embassy help?
“It’s a tricky one,” commented a ZimEye reader, CT Munatswa.
He continued quoting from the embassy’s website saying, Australia is not obliged to help people who get in trouble on Zimbabwean soil”
When she was interviewed by ZimEye, at the RGM Airport Susan Mutami used the embassy as a reference point.
But responding more directly, as ZimEye reveals, the Australian embassy has said Miss Mutami’s private conduct does not fall under the embassy’s business or interest.
“Ms Mutami’s behaviour in Zimbabwe are matters for the Zimbabweans authorities as they fall under Zimbabwean law,” the Australian embassy said in a statement.
Meanwhile, while it could not be established at the time of writing when she will finally be travelling, Mutami herself two weeks ago told ZimEye, she has now submitted her witness statement to the police and is now working towards getting a ticket.
But more than 10 days later sources say she is still stuck inside Zimbabwe.
“Susan is not in control of her phone, do you really think that is Susan who is tweeting at the weekend?,” a close friend to Mliswa’s girlfriend asked ZimEye Monday morning.
By A Correspondent| An undercover meeting of spouses of Vice Presidents was staged for State House on Monday morning leading to Vice President Kembo Mohadi being fired. Mohadi was forced to resign following his string of affairs with several women, who include teenage school kids, and last Thursday, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza organised for one of his lovers, taken when she was an A Level student, to get ready to travel over to State House for the meeting. She was directed to contact the President’s office for all her needs. The victim was also told to contact lawyers who can assist her. The highly charged telephonic conversations are replayed below:
By A Correspondent| An undercover meeting of spouses of Vice Presidents was staged for State House on Monday morning leading to Vice President Kembo Mohadi being fired. Mohadi was forced to resign following his string of affairs with several women, who include teenage school kids, and last Thursday, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza organised for one of his lovers, taken when she was an A Level student, to get ready to travel over to State House for the meeting. She was directed to contact the President’s office for all her needs. The victim was also told to contact lawyers who can assist her. The highly charged telephonic conversations are replayed below:
Honey bees are generally considered to be dangerous and the venom from their sting can cause a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.
Welcome Bhila
However, despite their sting, the little insects have brought a new buzz to the life of a youthful entrepreneur in Bulawayo, Mr Welcome Bhila (33).
He prides himself in being a successful young businessman who has made great strides in apiculture (beekeeping), an industry that is often overlooked in Zimbabwe despite its potential.
A holder of a degree in information technology from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and a diploma in business management, Mr Bhila quit his job in one of the country’s leading companies to pursue his goal.
He injected an initial capital of US$10 000 from his savings to start his own company in Bulawayo, Bee’s Honey Company in 2013.
Today, Mr Bhila does not regret the bold move. The company employees 10 people in Bulawayo. In Harare they have a commercial office manned by two people with most of the operations being run from Bulawayo.
Bee’s Honey Company manufactures beehives for beekeepers and also serves as Bulawayo’s sole market for honey. The company also does honey processing, packaging and distribution.
“As Bee’s Honey Company we are trying to fill the gap in terms of demand for honey in the industry. We work with small scale farmers by training them and supplying them with equipment and also buying their honey,” said Mr Bhila.
“There is a huge demand for honey locally and on the export market. In fact, with this Covid-19 outbreak, there are health benefits associated with honey hence demand has even gone up. We are trying to create partnerships and linkages with anyone who is willing to make sure that the benefits of apiculture are realised.”
Mr Bhila said his long-term plan is to set up branches countrywide and expand his business by venturing into cosmetics and brewery.
“We have wines, lagers and ciders, which are made from honey. Our long-term plan is to go into serious value addition, but for now we are concentrating on honey because its demand in natural form, is very high and our production is still low,” he said.
“For us to do value addition when quantities are still low is difficult because you can’t create a demand for a value addition product yet you have not fulfilled the demand for a direct product.
“This is what we are trying to balance by trying to increase production by coming up with different schemes.”
Mr Bhila said he is in the process of building the country’s first beekeeping academy and research centre. “We also provide training programmes for individuals around Bulawayo with some coming from as far as Harare. I will soon introduce a one-day beekeeping training for women and youths and my focus being to get as much knowledge as possible in return for more honey and other by-products,” he said.
Demand for honey and other bee products is high in Zimbabwe. Besides being a food and a sweetener, honey is used in making confectioneries and pharmaceuticals, and as a natural medicine.
There is also a strong market for beeswax for making cosmetics, antiseptics, and for floor polish, furniture and shoe polish, soap, skin lotions and cough syrups.
Honey has health benefits, as a detoxifier, and contains vitamins E, D, C, and K, which help strengthen the body’s immune system.
“Honey and beeswax are also growing export commodities along with bee venom, propolis and royal jelly. These show great potential for employment generation and the good thing about most of these by-products is that they fit into the cosmetology industry,” said Mr Bhila.
“There is a wide diversity of values linked to bees and pollination beyond agriculture and food production. Bees and their habitats provide ecological, cultural, financial, health, human and social values.”
Mr Bhila said beekeeping is critical for local development as it typically requires minimal investment, generates diverse products and provide flexibility in timing and locations of activities.
He said people who venture into bee-keeping without proper training are often not able to maintain the bees up to harvest time.
Mr Bhila, who is also the national secretary of the Zimbabwe Apiculture Platform, said there is need for Zimbabwe, which used to be one of Africa’s largest producers of honey, to reclaim its position.
“I have trained in Zambia and Swaziland and Zimbabweans are more understanding when it comes to acquiring knowledge hence, we have better advantages compared to our countries.
“I have done training programmes under partnerships with Comesa and the African Union on beekeeping. I am a trainer of trainers and I am trying to train people as much as I can,” he said.
Mr Bhila said they buy the honey from local farmers and sell it to local pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies with some being exported to South Africa.
“We also do packaging and we have our own brand. It’s rare to find it in the local market because it sells fast. With honey it is seasonal and in Zimbabwe we have two seasons that is May-June and November-December,” he said.
“With beekeeping your only inputs are your beehives and if you do your planning well you recoup all your expenses in the first year. A beehive costs US$30 and that includes the mounting and setting up, and that standard beehive will give you 15kgs of honey and we are buying a kg at US$2.
Mr Bhila said despite the company being in its infancy, they are already getting enquiries from companies in the Middle East, China, UK, Japan and Turkey interested in their products.
“The advantage of local honey is that it is semi-organic because the Government hasn’t approved chemicals to be used on bees and therefore our honey is chemical free. It’s semi-organic because most of the processes that we use on our bees don’t use any chemicals and that is an advantage over our competitors,” he said.
Mr Bhila said the major challenge in the apiculture industry is access to funding largely because banking institutions are skeptical when it comes to issuing out loans to beekeeping farmers.
“Our industry is an area banks are not familiar with as they only associated bees with sting yet there is actually more money in honey than other farming activities.
“We buy a tonne of honey for US$2 500 yet there are no operating costs such as fertilizer among other inputs,” he said.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), through pollination, bees benefit human nutrition by enabling not only the production of abundance of fruits, nuts and seeds, but also more variety and better quality.
Mr Bhila said the minimum lifespan of a beehive is eight years. He said they are working on a queen bee breeding programme whereby a farmer has an option to buy the bees without necessarily having to wait for the natural swarming to happen. Queen bee breeding is an artificial method of creating queens.
He said “Apitourism” is also another area with a potential for Zimbabwe to earn foreign currency. -Chronicles
THE FATHER of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has died after his body was found in a lake near the family home.
Local police have told Brazilian media that Jose Agostinho Becker, 57, is believed to have drowned after disappearing near a dam.
Jose is understood to have gone for a swim near his property in Lavras do Sul, in southern Brazil.
After he was declared missing, a friend of his and an employee of the family estate discovered the body on Wednesday evening.
Police arrived on the scene and his death is being treated as an accident.
Like his two sons, Liverpool’s Alisson, 28, and Fluminense’s Muriel, 34, Jose was a goalkeeper.
He played in amateur leagues in Brazil, as did Alisson’s grandfather, and has been described as a huge influence on his sons’ careers.
Tributes have been paid from around the footballing world.
His club Liverpool wrote on their website: “Liverpool FC is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Alisson Becker’s father, Jose, in Brazil on Wednesday.
“The thoughts of everybody at the club are with Alisson and the Becker family at this incredibly sad and difficult time.
“The club requests that the media respects the privacy of Alisson and his family during this time.”
Muriel’s club Fluminense wrote in a statement: “Fluminense deeply regrets the death of Jose Agostinho Becker, father of goalkeepers Muriel and Alisson. We wish all friends and family all the strength.”
Like their dad, both Alisson and Muriel Becker are goalkeepers
Brazilian club Sao Paulo said: “With much regret, Sao Paulo receives the sad news of the death of Jose Agostinho Becker, father of goalkeepers Alisson and Muriel. Our condolences and solidarity with the two athletes and their families. A lot of strength and a lot of light to them in this moment.”
Fellow Serie A side Chapecoense wrote: “We deeply regret the passing of Jose Agostinho Becker, father of goalkeepers Alisson and Muriel. All our solidarity and the most sincere desire for strength so that athletes and their families can overcome this difficult moment.”
Internacional, where both Alisson and Muriel began their careers, stated: “It is with great sadness that we received the news of Jose Agostinho Becker’s death, the father of our ex-goalkeepers Alisson and Muriel.”
The club is based in Porto Alegre and the family hail from the Novo Hamburgo region to the north of the city.
Upon signing from Roma in 2018, Premier League and Champions League winner Alisson explained his family heritage between the posts. — The Sun
THE FATHER of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has died after his body was found in a lake near the family home.
Local police have told Brazilian media that Jose Agostinho Becker, 57, is believed to have drowned after disappearing near a dam.
Jose is understood to have gone for a swim near his property in Lavras do Sul, in southern Brazil.
After he was declared missing, a friend of his and an employee of the family estate discovered the body on Wednesday evening.
Police arrived on the scene and his death is being treated as an accident.
Like his two sons, Liverpool’s Alisson, 28, and Fluminense’s Muriel, 34, Jose was a goalkeeper.
He played in amateur leagues in Brazil, as did Alisson’s grandfather, and has been described as a huge influence on his sons’ careers.
Tributes have been paid from around the footballing world.
His club Liverpool wrote on their website: “Liverpool FC is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Alisson Becker’s father, Jose, in Brazil on Wednesday.
“The thoughts of everybody at the club are with Alisson and the Becker family at this incredibly sad and difficult time.
“The club requests that the media respects the privacy of Alisson and his family during this time.”
Muriel’s club Fluminense wrote in a statement: “Fluminense deeply regrets the death of Jose Agostinho Becker, father of goalkeepers Muriel and Alisson. We wish all friends and family all the strength.”
Like their dad, both Alisson and Muriel Becker are goalkeepers
Brazilian club Sao Paulo said: “With much regret, Sao Paulo receives the sad news of the death of Jose Agostinho Becker, father of goalkeepers Alisson and Muriel. Our condolences and solidarity with the two athletes and their families. A lot of strength and a lot of light to them in this moment.”
Fellow Serie A side Chapecoense wrote: “We deeply regret the passing of Jose Agostinho Becker, father of goalkeepers Alisson and Muriel. All our solidarity and the most sincere desire for strength so that athletes and their families can overcome this difficult moment.”
Internacional, where both Alisson and Muriel began their careers, stated: “It is with great sadness that we received the news of Jose Agostinho Becker’s death, the father of our ex-goalkeepers Alisson and Muriel.”
The club is based in Porto Alegre and the family hail from the Novo Hamburgo region to the north of the city.
Upon signing from Roma in 2018, Premier League and Champions League winner Alisson explained his family heritage between the posts. — The Sun
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb, leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the same day.
Matchazadek Ndlovu died on Saturday night.
Police arrested Donald Sibanda (24), Michael Junior Moyo (23), Mgcinumuzi Moyo (20), Emanuel Nyoni (34), Philani Ndlovu (23), Ndumiso Khumalo (23) and Stanley Siziba (21) in connection with the assault.
They appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Jeconiah Ncube yesterday facing murder charges and were advised to apply for bail at the High Court which they did.
They were remanded out of custody to April 23.
Appearing for the State, Mr Tapiwa Solani said the accused persons saw the now deceased trying to gain entry at a house in the suburb and apprehended him. They went to Emthunzini where they apprehended Hloniphani Tshuma claiming he was an accomplice to the now deceased. The accused persons allegedly assaulted Tshuma and Ndlovu whom they later surrendered to police in Pumula.
Chairperson of Pumula South residents’ association Mrs Auxilia Nyamujara who spoke to the Chronicle news crew regretted the incident saying it was not what the community wanted when a street patrol team was set up to counter a series of break-ins which had traumatised their suburb.
“What happened is regrettable. We as a community, and in my personal capacity as the residents’ chairperson, do not condone violence of any nature. What happened was just unfortunate. We are just trying to protect our neighbourhood from thieves who are wreaking havoc in the community,” said Mrs Nyamujara.
Another resident, Mr Kevin Filton Moyo, who is also a member of the Police Constabulary Committee, said he is saddened by the incident as the idea of the street monitoring team was to see to it that the suburb is safe from thieves.
“We are having a serious challenge with thieves here and it is due to this background that we ended up establishing the street monitoring team which would see to it that there are security checks. Our own children from the suburb make up this team. What happened is not to be celebrated and to us it is a great mistake. It should not happen to any human being no matter what crime one commits, life is sacred and should be preserved at all times,” he said.
In solidarity with their children, residents donated US$2 per household to pay bail for the accused persons.- Chronicle
Main points of Mr Mnangagwa’s address to the nation :
Curfew adjusted from 10 PM to 5Am In the morning Supermarkets can open till late Industry to open while adhering to COVID-19 regulations Informal market can reopen Schools must prepare to open Intercity travel can now resume Funeral gathering to have 30 people other social gatherings to have 50 people No sit-in at restaurants Bars, gyms, nightclubs to remain closed
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Youth Assembly deputy organising secretary, Netsai Marova is a fearless young lady who has chosen to spend most of her time fighting for freedom from Zanu PF oppression.
Netsai Marova is celebrating her 26th birthday and the torture she has experienced, has not dampened her spirit.
Below is MDC Alliance Youth Assembly deputy spokesperson, Cecilia Chimbiri’s statement on Netsai Marova’s 26th birthday:
Happy 26th birthday to an amazing little sister, a comrade leader in the people’s struggle, A leader par excellence in the People’s Party ,The young People’s Acting Organiser , The responsible last born child to Gogo & Sekuru Marova .
An amazing ,brave ,courageous ,determined , hardworking young woman I could go on describing you but I’m here to say continue being this great woman , don’t be swayed by anything or anyone (focus) .I have seen you outgrow worries I have seen you deal with fear I have seen you translating your anger into prayer I have seen you drift from a lot of negativity and turning into positives , I’m proud of you and I’m happy our relationship is all I imagined a young sister would be since I do not have one biologically.
Family is not only blood family is you running around when big sis is being persecuted family is you at my family house checking up on me because when we parted maybe I wasn’t feeling ok Family is you calling me sis in every greeting message you send me Family is you consulting were you are not sure .
We are bound by strength love trust and the same goals and I’m glad this love is unbreakable and unmistakable .
Netsai Marova keep being focused as you are continue being great lil sis and always willing to learn you are soaring
As an Accountant you could be comfortable in any accounting firm , you could be married with children enjoying your days as a youth but here you are Fighting in the People’s struggle ,The definition of service and sacrifice it’s Divine dear Netsai .
Happy Birthday Honey Big sis adores you I pray the lord adds more years unto your life and everything you dream of is blue ticked , I wish you the best in this life and The struggle continues but we will prevail…
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Youth Assembly deputy organising secretary, Netsai Marova is a fearless young lady who has chosen to spend most of her time fighting for freedom from Zanu PF oppression.
Netsai Marova is celebrating her 26th birthday and the torture she has experienced, has not dampened her spirit.
Below is MDC Alliance Youth Assembly deputy spokesperson, Cecilia Chimbiri’s statement on Netsai Marova’s 26th birthday:
Happy 26th birthday to an amazing little sister, a comrade leader in the people’s struggle, A leader par excellence in the People’s Party ,The young People’s Acting Organiser , The responsible last born child to Gogo & Sekuru Marova .
An amazing ,brave ,courageous ,determined , hardworking young woman I could go on describing you but I’m here to say continue being this great woman , don’t be swayed by anything or anyone (focus) .I have seen you outgrow worries I have seen you deal with fear I have seen you translating your anger into prayer I have seen you drift from a lot of negativity and turning into positives , I’m proud of you and I’m happy our relationship is all I imagined a young sister would be since I do not have one biologically.
Family is not only blood family is you running around when big sis is being persecuted family is you at my family house checking up on me because when we parted maybe I wasn’t feeling ok Family is you calling me sis in every greeting message you send me Family is you consulting were you are not sure .
We are bound by strength love trust and the same goals and I’m glad this love is unbreakable and unmistakable .
Netsai Marova keep being focused as you are continue being great lil sis and always willing to learn you are soaring
As an Accountant you could be comfortable in any accounting firm , you could be married with children enjoying your days as a youth but here you are Fighting in the People’s struggle ,The definition of service and sacrifice it’s Divine dear Netsai .
Happy Birthday Honey Big sis adores you I pray the lord adds more years unto your life and everything you dream of is blue ticked , I wish you the best in this life and The struggle continues but we will prevail…
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to jeopardize the crucial COVID-19 Vaccination Programme by threatening citizens.
Mr Mnangagwa said those who do not take the vaccine will (at some point) not be allowed to board ZUPCO Buses.He also said those who do not take the vaccine will find it difficult to secure employment.
Below is the MDC Alliance Weekly Health Update:
MDC Alliance Weekly Health Alert.
6th Edition
28 February 2022.
Welcome to yet another edition of the Weekly Health Alerts produced by MDC Alliance Health portfolio in conjunction with the Communications department.
This week we are looking at the lockdown and the way forward for Zimbabwe.
Covid-19 Lockdown-Whither to Zimbabwe?
WE have been on level 4 lockdown in this second covid-19 wave since January the 5th, initially for four weeks, but extended twice by two weeks at a time, to March 2021. With the strict lockdown comes many socio-economic challenges, which the government has up until now been unable to mitigate. Business is at a standstill, the cost of doing business has skyrocketed, especially with the current requirement that to reopen your small business you need covid-19 certificates for your workforce, at own expense.
The restrictions on informal traders has plunged many families into abject poverty and outright starvation in some cases, with no bailout from government.
We cannot be in perpetual lockdown, especially in a country where there are no social safety nets, but the decision to lift the lockdown must be based on data and science, not on political considerations.
Weaponisation of the lockdown is a tragedy, and many in Zimbabwe feel the lockdown is being used as a political weapon.
As President Chamisa said before, the government should be working with local authorities and health care departments to come out with a more scientific targeted approach based on numbers and hotspots.
Constant surveillance through testing and isolation throughout the country is necessary. Let’s remember the WHO’s admonition: “You can’t replace the lockdown with nothing”. Measures must be put in place to ensure a smooth transition to normalcy with adequate control measures. We need a well-informed and committed population, with persistent long-term behavior change as part of our new normal. Covid-19 safe behaviours must be observed at all times.
Vaccines bring with them a new hope of permanent relief, but only if we get it right, and we establish and maintain the highest levels of transparency regarding the vaccine attributes of efficacy, safety & cost, and procurement decisions. Arrogance on the part of government will derail the program. Every citizen has a right to be heard, and all concerns must be addressed with empathy, knowing that we are all born equal under the law of Zimbabwe, and in the eyes of God Almighty. Dissemination of correct information is key to the acceptance of any particular vaccine by the people, in our case the Sinopharm vaccine, at least for now. The current low uptake is due to lack of information, which buttresses all the conspiracy theories.
Coercion and intimidation will work against the program. The government must make it abundantly clear that taking the vaccine is a completely voluntary exercise, and informed consent is necessary for administration of the jab. As the people watch the early recipients of the vaccine, and as real time data on safety and efficacy is rolled out by the government, more people will volunteer to take the vaccine.
The recent command and control intimidatory diatribe we heard from high offices threatening to limit liberties to use Zupco buses and to bar people from getting employment if not vaccinated are both extremely unfortunate and mortally retrogressive to the program.
But is the vaccination program adequate on its own to ensure the safe lifting of lockdown measures? The answer for now is no, until we have vaccinated enough people to protect the whole population. There is no magical figure to achieve herd immunity, but if 60-80% of the population is vaccinated, we will enjoy reasonable protection as a nation. This is a medium to long-term aspiration, considering that all we have now is 200000 donated doses of Sinopharm vaccine, which will cover 100000 people out of the projected minimum target of ten million recipients. There is hard work and difficult decisions ahead of us. We implore the government to collect quality data that will inform future steps.
What shall we do now to be able to lift the lockdown without courting a third wave backlash? The WHO suggests six conditions that must be met before lifting the lockdown:
Disease transmission must be under control. We have seen a reduction in the number of new cases and of deaths over the past month. We are not there yet, but we are making progress. On this score alone, controlled relaxation of lockdown measures is feasible.
Health systems are able to “detect, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact”. This condition is the weakest link in our fight against covid-19. Government has never been able to supply enough testing kits to meet demand, and we continue to grope in the dark.
Hot spot risks are minimized in vulnerable places, such as nursing homes. In our case, its super-spreader events like ZUPCO buses, funerals, parties, shebeens, prisons and Zanu pf rallies. There is need to liberalise the transport sector to reduce unnecessary congestion. I do not consider church services to have super spreader potential if all things are done in an orderly manner and necessary precautions are taken, including social distancing, temperature checks, controlled numbers and masking up.
Schools, workplaces and other essential places have established preventive measures. We must at this stage take heed of what the teachers’ unions are saying about re-opening schools. To quote PTUZ, “…opening of schools is not an event, but a process that must be preceded by broad planning and engagement of teacher unions, parents, prioritization of health and safety of teachers, pupils, and ancillary staff”.
The risk of importing new cases “can be managed”. We need to manage our boarders and test all immigrants, with a view to isolating for an appropriate period those found positive. Remember, our nasty second wave was due to relaxation of the borders, failure to quarantine and test all immigrants, failure to follow up new comers in the community, and the presence of illegal crossing points. These must be remedied as a necessary precondition to lifting lockdown measures.
Communities are fully educated, engaged and empowered to live under a new normal.
A new culture must emerge. Social distancing, not shaking hands or hugging, masking up, limiting size of gatherings, banning cultural practices like to eat at funerals, frequent hand washing with soap and water, use of sanitisers, must become the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Health workers must continue to wear PPE as before until the epidemic is over. Investment in covid-19 clinical management infrastructure and PPE must continue. Health worker continuing professional education must intensify. The law must be applied evenly across the political divide, religious affiliation, race, colour & creed.
Lifting the lockdown situation has become a necessity to save the people from suffering and starvation, and a sector-by-sector consideration must be done, with the necessary stakeholder consultation and a targeted geographical approach. New and much cheaper vaccines like the J&J that has been used in South Africa must be procured and introduced in Zimbabwe. Measures as outlined above must be taken to ensure we do not gravitate into an even nastier third wave.
Now is the time to move to alleviate the people’s suffering, while keeping the epidemic under control.
May I extend thanks to the MDC-Alliance Health Portfolio Committee members for their input into our articles.
I remain
Dr Henry Madzorera Secretary for Health and Child welfare MDC Alliance
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has released a comprehensive list of names of opposition members who were brutally murdered by Zanu PF between 2008 and 2013.
The list of honour has been released as part of efforts by the popular movement to pay homage to the heroes and heroines of the struggle for democracy.
See statement below : The regime has blood on its hands – we shall not forget the 2008 massacre of our cadres
We shall never forget, our bothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children and friends killed!
List of names of people killed by Zanu PF in 2008: 12 April 2008
1). Tapiwa Mubwanda (57) of Hurungwe was stabbed to death by Zanu PF supporters.he died leaving behind a wife and three children. Jawet Kazangarare and Private Peter Madamombe were identified as the murderers
15 April 2008
2). Murunde Tembo of Mudzi was attacked by Zanu PF supporters at his home in Vombofi village. They broke his legs and he died on his way to hospital.
17 April 2008
3). Tatenda Chibika died after Zanu PF supporter; Richard Makoni shot him at Chibeta Business Centre in Mutoko.
4). Moses Bashitwayo of Wedza died after receiving heavy assaults from Zanu PF supporters.
5). Zanu PF activists being led by Bvuka Chimbanzwa assaulted Solomon Bote of ward 22 in Musikavanhu in Makoni South to death.
6). Brighton Mabwera jnr, five years old from Manyika Viilage, Uzumba was burnt to death after the house he was sleeping in was set ablaze by Zanu PF activists in the middle of the night. His parents are strong supporters of the MDC.
24 April 2008
7). Zvidzai Mapurisa was murdered by suspected Zanu PF thugs who descended at his homestead in Village 21 in Gunikuni area in Masvingo south at around 1am.they are alleged to have taken him away and assaulted him severely with sticks and sjamboks, accusing him of mobilizing people to vote against Zanu PF.
25 April 2008
Tabitha Marume of Makoni West in Manicaland was shot and killed by soldiers at Chiwetu Rest Camp.
9). Zanu PF militia in Mbire beat Tenos Manyimo to death.
10). Bigboy Zhuwawo of Mbire in Mashonaland Central died on Sunday when Zanu PF militia for being an MDC supporter seriously attacked him.
11). Zanu PF supporters beat Chrispen Chiutsi of Muzarabani in Mashonaland Central.
28 April 2008
12). In Poshayi Village, Shurugwi, Midlands province, Clemence Dube was murdered by Zanu PF supporters.He was the MDC polling agent for Ward 12 polling station during the 29 March elections. His body has since been ferried to Bulawayo for a post mortem. Dube is survived by a wife and two young children.
27 April 2008
13). In Kotwa, Mudzi, Gilbert Nyagupe, a well known activist from Nyagupe village was axed to death by Zanu PF youth militia and one of the assailants was identified as Jessie Nhau.
29 April
14). Catherine Makwenjere of Mwenezi died at Morgenster Hospital in Masvingo after Zanu PF supporters had assaulted her for voting and supporting the MDC.
5 May 2008
Zanu PF supporters and men in army uniform led by Major Cairo Mhandu and Major Maravadza in Chiweshe communal lands in Mashonaland Central province beat the following to death 15). Tapiwa Meda 16). Joseph Madzuramhende 17). Alex Chiriseri 18). David Tachiwa Mapuranga 19). Arthur Matombo 20). Patson Mudzuramhende 21). Jeff Jemedze
8 May 2008
22). Nelson Emmanuel of Harare south died at the Avenues Clinic after he had been assaulted by Zanu PF youths on 4th of May 2008.
23). Tonderai Zireni (3 years old) was burnt to death after Zanu PF youths set alight the house he was sleeping in Zimunya, Mutare.
24). Isaac Danda of Gokwe Nembudziya was stabbed to death by Zanu PF youths who were being led by Major Moyo.
10 May 2008
25). Musafare Mudimu of Manyika village in Uzumba was assaulted to death by Zanu PF youths.
26). Karombe Benson Chipungu of Manyika village in Uzumba, Mashonaland East was beaten to death by Zanu PF youths for being an MDC member.
27). R Gomwe, 75, was struck by an axe leading to his death in Gokwe Nembudziya by Zanu PF youths led by Major Moyo. It is also alleged that the youths also looted his property and burnt his house.
28). Ruth Mushayahembe of Chimbwanda village in Uzumba was assaulted to death by Zanu PF youths and her husband is reported to be in critical condition in Murewa Hospital.
29). Elias Madzivanzira a headman in ward 8 in Shamva North, Mashonaland Central was killed using an axe by war vets known as Muroyiwa and Joshua of Bata farm.
11 May 2008
30). Sam Kahari, from Chidembo village in Shamva North was dragged out of bed at his home while asleep by Zanu PF youths and purported war veterans who then assaulted him leading to his death that same night.
31). Remember Kayembe, 23, of Mazowe was abducted by Zanu PF supporters who poisoned him leading to his death.
13 May 2008
Zanu PF supporters murdered four MDC supporters at Chaparira village in Mt Darwin East. They are; 32). Abiya Nyakudya who is the headman for the area, 33). Bright Mafuriro, 34). Fischer Chirese and 35). Sairiro Kamufuto and 36). Chaparira also a headman
14 May 2008
37). Beta Chokururama, a member of the MDC national youth was found dead in Chikwaka village, Mashonaland East. State security agents had abducted him on Tuesday 13 May at Juru Growth Point.
14 May 2008
38). Ken Nyevhe was found dead in Goromonzi district after he had been abducted at Juru Growth point on Tuesday 13 May. His body had gunshot and stab wounds.
39). Godfrey Kauzani was found dead with gunshot and stab wounds after he had been abducted at Juru Growth Point on Tuesday 13 May.
17 May 2008
40). Edson Zaya, the MDC treasurer for Ward 9 in Shamva North was murdered by Zanu PF supporters in broad daylight at Chidembo business centre.
18 May 2008
41). Choukuse Nyoka Mubango, the MDC ward 27 chairman in Buhera West, Manicaland was axed to death by Zanu PF supporters at his hime in full view of his wife and five children. A truck used by Zanu PF’s losing MP, Joseph Chinotimba was used in the attack.
21 May 2008
42). The body of Tonderai Ndira, 32, MDC;s national secretary for security was discovered in a mortuary at Parirenyatwa Hospital. State security agents at his Mabvuku home had abducted Ndira on 13 May. His body was in a composing state and his private parts were missing. Indications show that Ndira was murdered in Goromonzi.
43). Tafirenyika Kapfudza, a headman for Sanzu village in Uzumba was murdered by Zanu PF militia Douglas Mutesa and Costan Musariri.
44). Zanu PF militia in Mutawatawa beat Rosemary Maramba, who was six months pregnant, to death. Her body was found dumped at Nhakiwa village.
23 May 2008
45). Manyuke Nyamukada, 40, of Manyika village in Uzumba passed on at Michael Gelfand hospital in Harare after he had been brutally assaulted by Zanu PF supporters two weeks earlier. His homestead was razed to the ground and property and livestock looted.
24 May 2008
46). The body of Shepherd Jani, the MDC provincial treasurer for Masonaland East was discovered in Goromonzi. He had been kidnapped at gunpoint at the MDC Murehwa district office on 22 May 2008.
47). Taurai Matanda was shot dead by a ZNA major, Svosve Mupindu at Murambinda in Buhera, Manicaland. On that day, the soldiers had gone on a rampage beating people.
27 May 2008
48). Kidwell Zvavamwe, 35, of Ward 28, Shamva South died after being assaulted by Zanu PF thugs at his home a week earlier. Zvavamwe was assaulted in front of his wife, Lucia Mukaru and three children and sustained life-threatening injuries.
3 June 2008
49). Washington Nyamwa, 50). Chrison Mbano, and 51). Edson Ngwerume, were on Tuesday 3 June 2008 killed after Zanu PF supporters in a truck came to MDC offices at Jerere growth point and torched the offices. Four other MDC supporters who were present during the attack were still missing a week after the attack.
5 June 2008
51). Zanu PF supporters locked Dadirai Chipiro, 45, of Chikowero village, Mhondoro Ngezi, into her hut before they set it alight. Before this brutal act, the thugs had slashed off both Chipiro’s legs and hands. Chipiro was the MDC district chairperson. A vehicle belonging to Bright Matongo, the MP of Mhondoro Ngezi was used in the attack.
5 June 2008
52). Six year-old, Nyasha Mashoko, was burnt in his parents’ home at Zengeza Waterworks, Harare South by a group of Zanu PF supporters at around 8 pm. His mother, Pamela Pasvanai, sustained 88 percent burns following the arson and was admitted at Harare Hospital. Mashoko’s father, Brian Mamhove, was the MDC council candidate for Ward 1, Harare South. Nyasha was a grade one pupil at Zengeza Main Primary.
6 June 2008
53). Pamela Pasvanai, 21, died after she sustained serious burns following an attack at her home by Zanu PF supporters. Pasvani was eight months pregnant. She and her son Nyasha Mashoko were locked inside their Zengeza Waterworks house by the Zanu PF thugs. Pasvanai’s husband, Brian Mamhove, was the MDC council candidate for Ward 1, Harare South.
8 June 2008
53). Sofia Chingozho, 65, died in hospital after she had been assaulted by Zanu PF supporters at a funeral in Buhera North.
9 June 2008
55). Dumisani Hapazari, Chiredzi Zesa area manager was found dead in Chikombedzi on Monday morning after two CIO operatives had abducted him from his workplace last Wednesday.
11 June 2008
56). Mabika Mudzinga and 57). Leonard Mhete of Chigumisirwa village in Bikita East, Masvingo were murdered by Zanu PF hooligans as they tried to defend attacks from these group and their homesteads.
58). Tiziro Moyo, a teacher, 59). Stanford Mapuranga, and 60). Mirai Zvidzai from Maranda in Mwenezi were murdered by a group of Zanu PF supporters during the night.
61). Chengerai Kahari, of Chireka village, Bindura South is shot dead at 7. pm by armed Zanu PF militia who had mistakenly taken him for his brother who is an MDC councillor in the area.
12 June 2008
62). Rodrick Mukova, of Chimbudzi village in Mwenezi died from injuries he sustained following an attack from Zanu PF thugs.
13 June 2008
63). Kennias Artwell Bvekerwa, of Ward 7 in Chipinge, Manicaland province was severely attacked by Zanu PF militia led by one Chikumba leading to his death at Mapfumise Secondary School in the Clearwater area.
The MDC movement was born to emancipate people from the failed regime of ZANU PF.
The struggle was not to fill the pockets of the greedy few but to ensure that Zimbabwe goes back to democracy, rule of law, fighting corruption, ensure good working conditions for the employees, back to constitutionalism, fighting one party state, fighting state capture, ensure free and fair elections and so forth.
In Bindura we don’t forget the ruthless Border Gezi, Elliot Manyika, Masawi, the Mujambajechas and the rest evil crew of ZANU PF.
They killed our cadres in the likes of Trymore Midzi and several others. We have cadres who were with us in the trenches and we salute them.
One of the pioneers of the movement who never sold out and never left the struggle is Elliot Pfebve and his brother was killed in cold blood. These are the types of leaders who formed the MDC movement not for positions but for the total freedom of all the Zimbabweans.
The Gweru Congress ushered in New Leadership and the whole structure is intact. The diaspora structure is intact and all the external provinces support the struggle. The current leadership will take us far under the able leadership of President Nelson Chamisa.
Those who want to leave because of party positions you are free to leave. But my advise is that kusina amai hakuendwe. Together we will make a difference. The struggle is ours.
By James Gwati-Obert Mpofu has failed to explain to the nation how he acquired the multi-million dollar properties he owns in Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. He was also accused by former President Robert Mugabe of disappearing US$15 billion Diamond money when he was the Mines Minister during the tenure of the Unity Government of MDC and Zanu PF.
Khaya Moyo was a member of former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Gamatox faction. Mujuru and Mnangagwa ran opposing camps that wanted to ouster and succeed Mugabe.
He (Khaya Moyo) was also used by the late Bob to deliver a letter that fired Mnangagwa in 2017. The letter did not only fire Ngwena but also talked about his disrespect and disloyalty to Zanu PF.
Both Mpofu and Moyo are the most senior Zapu surviving cadres and stand equal chances of replacing the sex shamed Kembo Mohadi who resigned on Monday.
By James Gwati-Disgraced former Vice President Kembo Mohadi said his immoral behaviour did not only tarnish his image but also that of his Zanu PF party.
“My decision to relinquish the Vice President post is also a way of respecting the citizens of this Great Nation, and my Part Comrades, some of whom have been affected by the falsehoods and character assassination in the digital ecosystems,” he said in his resignation statement Monday.
Mohadi resigned from the position of Vice President on Monday over sexcapades.
The disgraced former Vice President was under pressure over the past week when audio recordings of him inviting some married women for unprotected sex in his office and hotels went viral on social media.
By James Gwati- President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have engineered the resignation of the disgruntled and embarrassed former Vice President, Kembo Mohadi.
Mohadi resigned from the position of Vice President on Monday over sexcapades.
The disgraced former Vice President was under pressure over the past week when audio recordings of him inviting some married women for unprotected sex in his office and hotels went viral on social media.
Last week Mohadi is said to have met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and discussed his (Mohadi) political future.
It was at that meeting that President Mnangagwa is said to have offered Mohadi some support, and told him that he should decide on his future – saving him the humiliation of a sacking which was going to cause tremors within their Zanu PF party.
By James Gwati- Police in Harare, Monday was on a rampage were it was indiscriminately arresting people they would have found moving around in the Central Business District demanding some bribes for them to be released.
ZimEye.com witnessed the immoral acts at Karigamombe Centre where the police arrested dozens of innocent citizens.
Those arrested included airtime vendors and beauty-therapists who operate at the area.
“ They demanded something from everyone so that they could free us we gave them US$5 and thats when they released us,” said one airtime vendor.
By James Gwati- Zimbabweans throughout the country are celebrating the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which will see police withdrawing roadblocks they had established in all roads leading into all towns and cities’ Central Business Districts.
The police were using the COVID-19 lockdown checkpoints as their personal toll gates, through extorting money from motorists and the public.
President Mnangagwa on Monday announced that from tomorrow no COVID-19 lockdown exemption letters will be required for citizens moving in and around towns and cities.
The police were demanding money from citizens they would have found moving around without these exemption letters.
By James Gwati-Troubled national airliner, Air Zimbabwe has announced the resumption of the Harare and Dar es Salaam, route.
In a statement, Air Zimbabwe said the Harare-Dar es Salaam Tanzania flight will start tomorrow Tuesday adding that it will be servicing the two destinations every Tuesday and Saturday.
The airliner said it was now inviting bookings from prospective travellers to and from the east African country, with fares of US$230 for a one-way ticket and US$410 for a return ticket.
“Flights commence on Tuesday, March 2, 2021,” read the statement.
In 2018, it was reported that Air Zimbabwe had debts of more than $300 million and could no longer fly to most destinations due to threats by debtors to impound its aircraft. With mounting debt and only three of its aircraft operational, the airliner was put under administration on 6 October 2018.
“I have arrived at this decision not as a sign of cowardice but as a sign of demonstrating great respect to the office of the President so that it is not compromised or caricatured by actions linked to my challenges as an individual.”
No matter what’s going on in the world, maintaining a healthy, whole foods–focused diet is important for blood sugar management.
If you’ve been keeping up with federal guidance on who’s at a higher risk for complications from COVID-19, you know that people with diabetes are among the affected groups.
People older than 60, along with those who have underlying health conditions such as respiratory problems, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and cancer are also at a higher risk for serious illness from the novel coronavirus, notes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Furthermore, non-Hispanic Black Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans, all of whom have higher rates of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes than white Americans, per the National Diabetes Statistics Report, are also at higher risk for serious COVID-19 disease, including complications and death, as has been widely reported.
Yet it’s still unclear whether diabetes can leave a person at an elevated risk of getting infected in the first place, notes the American Diabetes Association (ADA). This is apparently true despite research, including a review published in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, showing that the immune systems of people with persistent hyperglycemia (higher than normal blood glucose, or sugar) are impaired.
Scientific Research Linking Diabetes and COVID-19 Complications People with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are both three to four times more likely to develop serious COVID-19 disease and be hospitalized than those who don’t have diabetes, according to a study published online in December 2020 in Diabetes Care. A small preliminary study published in the March 2020 issue of Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews provides more insight into what’s affecting the severity. It looked at 174 people in Wuhan, China, and concluded that people with COVID-19 and diabetes but without other comorbidities were at a higher risk for severe pneumonia and the inflammation that contributes to an accelerated progression of COVID-19 and a worse prognosis.
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 if You Have Lupus From Nose to Toes, the List of COVID-19 Symptoms Keeps Growing Another study, which was published in April 2020 the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, analyzed 1,122 people at 88 hospitals in 11 U.S. states, and drew a link between diabetes and a fourfold increased risk of dying from COVID-19. Glytec, a provider of insulin software management, funded the research.
A study published online in May 2020 in Cell Metabolism supports these findings. For this cohort study, researchers analyzed the health data of 7,337 people in Wuhan with and without type 2 diabetes. They observed an association between having diabetes and an increased risk of dying from COVID-19.
Those with stable blood sugar levels had a better prognosis than those with diabetes whose blood sugar control was poor. In fact, the survival rate for those with good blood sugar control was nearly 99 percent, compared with an 11 percent death rate among those whose control was considered poor. Participants’ blood sugar levels were measured using postprandial and fasting blood glucose tests. The authors defined poor blood sugar control as tending to exceed 180 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), and well-controlled blood sugar as ranging from 70 to 180 mg/dL
Diabetes Complications Can Increase Risk of Severe Illness From COVID-19 Still, having complications related to diabetes, along with increasing age, may matter more than blood sugar control, suggested a study published in April 2020 in Diabetologia, which analyzed 1,317 people admitted to 53 French hospitals during a three-week period in March 2020. Study authors concluded that 10 percent of people with diabetes admitted to a hospital died within 10 days, and that men were more likely to die than women. The main contributing factors to death were having complications including neuropathy and heart disease, having a high body mass index (BMI) —indicating obesity — and being older. Patients between ages 65 and 74 were three times more likely to die than individuals younger than 55.
People with type 2 diabetes are definitely at higher risk of COVID-19 complications and death, but those with type 1 or gestational diabetes may also be at higher risk, according to recent guidance by the CDC. In the French study, 3 percent of admitted patients had type 1 diabetes, while 89 percent had type 2 diabetes. The remainder of diabetes patients had other types of the disease.
Black people who have type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 may be especially vulnerable to worse outcomes because they are more likely to present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a condition that causes the blood to become acidic and that can be life-threatening in its own right. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in December 2020 found that 55 percent of Black clinic patients and 33 percent of Hispanic patients presented with DKA, compared with only 13 percent of white patients. “The shared risk of COVID-19 and DKA in type 1 diabetes worsens the short-term and long-term prognosis for Black and Hispanic patients,” said the study authors, also noting that “previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk of DKA among minority populations with type 1 diabetes.”
Understanding COVID-19 and Its Symptoms
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause diseases including the common cold, but also more severe illnesses, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS); and COVID-19, which first became known at the end of 2019 during an outbreak in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province and has since developed into a global pandemic.
According to the WHO, common symptoms of COVID-19 include:
Fever Tiredness Dry cough Aches and pains Nasal congestion Runny nose Sore throat Loss of taste or smell Skin rashes Pain in the muscles or joints Discolored fingers or toes Diarrhea Some infected people have no symptoms at all, but they can still spread the virus.
The CDC describes the emergency warning signs for COVID-19 in adults as:
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath Persistent pain or pressure in the chest New confusion or inability to wake up or stay awake Bluish lips or face Inability to rouse or stay awake If you are experiencing these symptoms, call 911 or call ahead to the hospital and let them know you are seeking care for COVID-19 or may have it, the CDC advises.
If you are interested in getting a test and want to know how to proceed, contact your local or state health department. The CDC lists state and territorial departments, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials has a directory you can use to find your local department.
For most people, the disease is mild, and many don’t develop symptoms at all. A South Korean study published in August 2020 in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at young people, the vast majority of whom were healthy, and found that 30 percent of those infected with the virus causing COVID-19 never developed symptoms at all. COVID-19 symptoms are mild for most others, although 10–15 percent of infected people do become seriously ill, and 5 percent become critically ill, according to WHO. Mortality estimates vary, but a New York–based study published in October 2020 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that 7.6 percent of hospitalizations resulted in death in August, down from 25.6 percent in March, when infection began to spread in the United States.
It’s important to note that the risk of death from COVID-19 is far greater than from influenza (flu), a disease it is frequently compared with. More than 340,000 people died of COVID-19 in the United States in 2020, according to CDC data. In contrast, the nation loses between 12,000 and 61,000 people per year to influenza, reports the CDC.
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By Ashleigh Jinjika| As we are about to celebrate women’s day on the 8th of March, we may need to look at the key issues to do with gender equality as far as access to land is concerned and the need to call for equal distribution of land and property rights.
Gender differences in land tenure should be recognized if land objectives, such as increasing land productivity, providing affordable housing, or promoting sustainable resource management, are to be met. There is a need for land tenure policy frameworks that explicitly address gender inclusive access to land. Without specific attention to gender inclusiveness, important segments of society may be excluded from the benefits of land administration, management, and development schemes. Human Rights Defender, Mr Prosper Tiringindi underscored that there are great gender inequities in access to land, housing and basic infrastructure and land rights discrimination is a violation of human rights. “In many countries, there is still a lack of adequate provisions for women to hold land rights independently of their husbands or male relatives. Statutory law often does not provide for women’s independent rights and when such legislation does exist, mechanisms to enforce it are often absent. In traditional or “customary” societies, women’s direct access to land through purchase or inheritance is often limited, yet they may have greater management and use rights than men. Since women are frequently the major household food producers, there are usually customary provisions for indirect access to land in terms of use rights acquired through kinship relationships and their status as wives, mothers, sisters, or daughters”, he said. Through labour mobility, divorce, separation, or death, an increasing number of women are becoming the heads of households. They are thus making many of the day-to-day decisions affecting shelter, food production, and household economics. Yet only a small proportion of these women hold secure land rights. Similarly, there are societies where access to land stems from the female line, and in this case male partners and children may be disadvantaged as societies change. On the other hand, there are increasing numbers of men and children who are homeless. Such gender-related changes in household and community maintenance need to be addressed in housing and economic development projects which target groups, for example, through special credit or rental arrangements. Migration to urban centres has resulted in a rapid rise in the number of rural families that have women as the heads of households. Many of these women are those with the least social power, and these include; single parents, widows, divorcees, wives of migrant workers and the aged. They are largely without effective decision-making powers, often without a voice in community governance, and increasingly without security as individuals under traditional law. Attempts to assert their rights can cause conflicts at the community or even national levels. Too often, women are left holding whatever rights they have at the will of male relatives. Single, divorced or widowed women can end up dependent on the goodwill of distant family members. At the same time female-headed households are faced with the responsibility for food production for growing populations. Even in male-headed households, women often have prime responsibility for food production while men commonly concentrate on cash crops. Making access to land more equitable does not mean addressing only the quantity of rights allocated. To make use of the rights and opportunities, access to land must also be enforceable or secure for example, against seizure by force or by law. Equitable access to land must also be effective, if more effective access to land is to be improved for men and women. To create gender equity, whether on the basis of human rights or for reasons of economic efficiency, then the principal challenges for land administration are, to understand and acknowledge the complexity of property rights regimes as they relate to the dynamic roles of both men and women in today’s societies; and to provide effective institutional structures that can protect and strengthen equitable access to land within the framework of a society’s particular land policy goals.
Mr President thank you for that but always bear in mind that we as Zimbabweans we are starving while you are enjoying at Munhumutapa ,Mr President could you have a better heart to us Zimbabweans there is covid but you are absolutely forgetting the common people who have voted
— Tinomuda Mutarisi (@TinomudaMutari1) March 1, 2021
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp is hoping star striker Mohamed Salah will remain at the club for a long time.
The Egyptian has been linked with a move away with Barcelona and Real Madrid said to be interested on signing him.
The forward further raised eyebrows shortly before Christmas when he talked positively about the Spanish sides.
Speaking to English newspaper, the Liverpool Echo, Klopp praised Salah for his performances on the field and tipped him to stay at Anfield.
“It’s just a bit awkward when I have to praise my own players, which I like to do to be honest, but especially in Mo’s case, the numbers speak for themselves,” the coach said.
“Mo is not only a goalscorer, he has developed as a footballer as well. He is a very, very important player for us and hopefully he will be that for a very long time of course.”
Salah is currently leading the EPL goal-scoring chart with seventeen goals after twenty six games.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
With less than a month to go before Zimbabwe take on Botswana and Zambia in decisive AFCON qualifiers, all eyes were, this past weekend, on Warriors stars abroad and here is how they fared for their respective clubs.
Marvelous Nakamba returned to the Aston Villa starting eleven in the claret and blue’s 1-0 win over Leeds United in the English Premier League.
The midfield enforcer dominated proceedings in the middle of the park and got an overall match rating of 8 out of 10. Villa are yet to concede a goal in any of the games Nakamba has featured in this season.
Knowledge Musona has recovered from the injury which kept him out of action since January and he started for Kas Eupen in their 2-0 victory away at Sint-Truidense VV in the Belgian League on Sunday. He was later taken off in the second half.
The captain’s return to full fitness will be a massive boost for coach for Warriors coach Zdravko Logarušić, who at some point was sweating over the availability of Musona and Khama Billiat for the impending battles slated for later this month.
Tino Kadewere started for Olympique Lyon in their 1-1 stalemate with Marseille in the French Ligue 1. The lanky striker, who is without a goal in the last six league games, was later replaced in the second half.
Tendayi Darikwa started and played the entire match as Wigan Athletic lost 1-2 to Peterborough in the English League One.
The right back has started in all his club’s games since being loaned from Nottingham Forest.
In the English Championship, Jordan Zemura was not in the Bournemouth squad which beat Watford 1-0, the same goes for Admiral Muskwe, in Wycombe Wanderers’ 0-2 defeat to Norwich City.
Teenage Hadebe continues to be employed at left back and was in the same position when Yeni Malatyaspor drew 1-1 away at Genclerbirligi in the Turkish Super Lig.
Still in Turkey, Hadebe’s Warriors central defense partner Alec Mudimu was in the Ankaraspor side which played out a goalless draw at home, against Tuzla in the TFF1.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Jordan Zemura has confirmed that he might be forced to withdraw from the Warriors squad due travelling imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bournemouth defender is part of the provisional 38-man squad that was named last week. The national team have two Afcon Qualifiers coming up in late March.
Zimbabwe will face Botswana away in Gaborone on 25 March before hosting Zambia in Harare four days later.
Zemura’s father, Sam, told the Herald that they don’t want the player to miss some games on return from national assignments since he has to go into quarantine.
“Red alert conditions will most likely make it difficult for him (Jordan) to fly but we are still waiting for a response from his club,’’ Sam said as he also explains that Jordan is still committed to play for the Warriors.
“He is definitely prepared to come to Zimbabwe.
“He is more than 100 percent prepared to come for these two qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia
“He is very excited by the offer. He will come to Zimbabwe, definitely, if they allow him at his club.’’
Jordan made his Warriors debut in the first leg of the back-to-back qualifiers, against the Desert Foxes of Algeria in November last year.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has relaxed COVID-19 lockdown regulations with intercity travelling now allowed among a raft of adjustments announced.
Addressing the nation following the expiry of the 14 day extension, Mnangagwa said letters are no longer a requirement to move around while gymnasiums, beerhalls and recreational facilities remain banned.
Informal sector, restaurants and local businesses have been told to re-open while he urged schools to prepare to open.
Curfew has been adjusted and will now start from 10pm to 5am while supermarkets will now close at 7pm.
” …”Susan is not in control of her phone, do you really think that is Susan who is tweeting…?”
By Dorrothy Moyo | Murder Charges are in the build against Norton MP Temba Mliswa following his fallout with his short time girlfriend Susan Mutami of the controversial 3 month pregnancy. Mutami at the weekend tweeted for the second time since the day she was stopped from flying out of Zimbabwe two weeks ago. It was said she is the one writing on her micro blogging portal, but friends have disputed this.
“Susan is not in control of her phone, do you really think that is Susan who is tweeting at the weekend?, ” a close friend to Mliswa’s girlfriend asked ZimEye Monday morning.
Mutami has spent a whole week in Zimbabwe after she was blocked from flying back to Australia and told she will be a state witness in a terrorism case against her boyfriend.
The holder of two fake degrees who says she studied counter terrorism, and is also a nurse, last week bolted out of a ZimEye interview after being asked to reveal the universities which issued her certificates.
The case the state has put her as a witness relates to the White City bombing which happened on 23 June 2018 which killed two people on the spot and left Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his wife, Marry, nursing swelling boils on their bodies. At a time when the country has waited 2 years without clear details on who was behind it, Mutami earlier this month accused her 3 month-period boyfriend of possessing secret details on the incident.
She also accused Mliswa of attempted murder, saying he has planned to kill Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, as well as presidential hopeful, Local Govt minister July Moyo.
Today, Mutami launched a tweet accusing an unnamed man of killing an unnamed man at a garage in Hurungwe. She went further to say the killer is now spending time making endless trips to Ghana so to heal the curse arising from that murder. Coincidentally, her boyfriend Mliswa who is from Hurungwe (his former Constituency) has been making several trips to Ghana.
WHO IS SUSAN MUTAMI CALLING A HURUNGWE (MLISWA CONSTITUENCY) GARAGE MURDERER?
Twimbos can you please educate me about Ngozi ini handinyatsoziva zvechivanhu. So In 2018 pane munhu akauraya mumwe mukomana in Hurungwe pa garage, since last year he’s been going to the family achida kuiripa but varikuramba.
Vakati iwe unoripa ngozi yemunhu wawakati hauna kuuraya here saka iri kumutambudza, akanzi achafa mafiro akaita mwana wavo and haafi akagara nemukadzi muhupenyu hwake since munhu akaurayiwa aive mujaya asati akamboroora. Anzwa nekuenda kuma prophet ku Ghana.
My question is does this affect the children vemhondi iyi and how can one protect vana vake. Ndinotenda kune vachabatsira.
The prospect of vaccine passports is getting closer in Europe — with more governments considering introducing them not only for travelers, but also to help reopen bars, restaurants and concert halls.
Asked whether the introduction of vaccine passports is likely, Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, told reporters Monday some international travel likely would require proof of coronavirus inoculation.
“Some countries, clearly, are going to be wanting to insist that people coming to their country have evidence of a vaccination — just as people have insisted in the past that you have evidence you are vaccinated against yellow fever or other diseases,” he said.
European governments have been split about whether to endorse a system of vaccine passports, but the travel, tourist and hospitality sectors are desperate to get business going again and say they can’t afford another lost summer.
But civil libertarians worry the continent will be divided along a new haves and have-nots fault-line, and this week Britain’s foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, provoked a political uproar when he told a radio interviewer that Britons may have to present evidence of vaccination to enter bars and grocery stores.
“It’s something that hasn’t been ruled out and it’s under consideration, but of course you’ve got to make it workable,” Raab said.
His comment earned a sharp rebuke not only from civil libertarians but from Conservative lawmakers.
“For everyday life, I don’t think you want to require people to have to have a particular medical procedure before they can go about their day-to-day life,” lawmaker Mark Harper said. “That is not how we do things in Britain.”
Elsewhere in Europe, more governments are exploring the idea of introducing vaccine passports — at least for travel. Denmark’s finance minister, Morten Bødskov, last week raised the prospect of inoculation passports being introduced by the end of the month, which would make the Scandinavian country the world’s first to do so. Denmark is currently under a strict pandemic lockdown.
“Denmark is still hard hit by the corona pandemic,” he said. “But there are parts of Danish society that need to move forward, and a business community that needs to be able to travel.”
Estonia is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) on a project to create standardized electronic vaccination certification the country hopes could become the “gold standard” and attract global recognition.
Marten Kaevats, an adviser to the Estonian government on technology, told AFP the primary challenge for a globally endorsed system is to ensure that anyone checking the certificate can “trust the source.” The Estonian solution is looking at producing a digital version of the extant paper yellow-card used to prove yellow fever vaccination.
Estonia, a tech trailblazer that’s been a pioneer in government e-services, isn’t alone in exploring a possible a digital vaccine passport program that can command global respect. Britain, Greece, Iceland, Hungary, Lithuania and pharmaceutical companies have all announced initiatives. Some are looking at using QR codes, or even facial recognition technology.
The challenge is further complicated by the different data-systems countries have for keeping electronic health records that are not mutually recognized across borders. And most countries don’t even maintain digital health records.
Kaevats told AFP it is unlikely that a global digital ID will emerge in the coming months, and it is more likely there will be a muddling through in a messy and arbitrary way with a mix of paper and electronic certificates appearing.
Greece has urged the European Commission to shape a common understanding on how a vaccination certificate should be structured, so it could be accepted in all member states. But the EC is struggling — and officials say it becomes even more complicated when trying to fashion a framework for the recognition of certificates that might be developed by countries outside the European Union.
There also are disagreements over what rules should apply to travelers who received vaccines not approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Experts at the WHO have withheld recommending vaccination passports for travel, deterred by fears of a messy and dispute-filled implementation and worried by the insufficient guarantee that those who have been inoculated can’t spread the virus, if they still contract it themselves and are asymptomatic.
Some international airlines, including the Middle East’s Etihad, which has become the first airline to vaccinate all operational crew, say they already are planning to require passengers to produce pre-travel inoculation documentation. Some airlines are planning to add to their apps a requirement for passengers to add details of their vaccination before being able to book.
But vaccine passports and the emerging idea of inoculation certification being needed to enter restaurants, bars, concert halls and sports stadiums also is prompting a backlash from rights and privacy campaigners. They say that would be unfair when there is not universal access to vaccines and that such plans would be a backdoor way to make vaccinations mandatory, infringing on the freedom of those who refuse vaccines.
In Britain, rights campaigners reacted with dismay Tuesday when the country’s vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, told the BBC the government would not forbid businesses from pressing ahead with their own inoculation certification standards for customers and even for employees. “It’s up to businesses what they do,” he said. Zahawi previously had rejected the idea of vaccine passports, saying that the use of them would be “wrong” and “discriminatory.”
British ministers appear to be in a quandary, with no firm agreement within the cabinet about the way forward. While Foreign Minister Rabb has openly touted the possibility of vaccine certificates being required for domestic in-country activities, other ministers have briefed against the idea, saying they are sure there will be no formal endorsement of vaccine passports for domestic use.
While Johnson said Monday that Britons should not be expected to present paperwork to enter a pub, he shied away from discussing whether care homes and other businesses should be able to insist employees be inoculated.
Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, who has been campaigning for a global coronavirus vaccine passport system, said this week, “We have the technology that enables us to do this securely and effectively. The need is obvious.” He added, “The arguments against it really don’t add up.”
But critics say the result will be to divide people, and countries, between vaccine haves and vaccine have-nots, affecting the developing and poor nations much more than rich ones. Some experts estimate that most African nations are unlikely to see mass vaccination programs until 2023 or even 2024.
Germany’s ethics council, an independent government-funded body, has urged that no special conditions be accorded to the inoculated. It has said much is still unknown about whether vaccinated people can still spread the virus, and that introducing privileges for the vaccinated could prompt civil unrest with the have-nots feeling they are being elbowed aside.
France’s European affairs minister, Clément Beaune, has firmly objected to vaccine passports. “We are very reluctant,” he said. “It would be shocking, while the campaign is still just starting across Europe, for there to be more important rights for some than for others.”
Tinashe Sambiri|Former Zanu PF MP for Chivi South Constituency, Killer Zivhu has accused the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration of gross incompetence.
Zivhu also subtly blamed the Zanu PF administration for violating human rights.
“During Rhodesia time the problem was not the economy but utsinye, kubatirira , ruvengo pamwe nevhu.
Now Zimbabwe time the major problem is now the economy, corruption, elections, human rights zvichingoinda zvakawanda .
Are we not proving that whites are better than us?” Zivhu wrote on Twitter.
However, political observers are sceptical of Zivhu’s sincerity arguing the big politician is speaking out of bitterness.
By Prince Njagu| As the Zimbabwean economy continues to take crumble. More and more young Zimbabweans are taking a stand against mal-governance and plunder of resources by politicians. Jail time is the price that all young people have to pay for standing up against any form of injustice in Zimbabwe.
It all started with the arrest of MDC Alliance Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe and other MDC Alliance youth leaders in 2020. Which was followed by the arrest of prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and then an endless list of other activists.
“Arrests and abductions have become the norm in Zimbabwe. Anyone who has a different opinion to that of the ruling ZANU PF government; they are put in jail and denied bail,” said activist Sandra Bvungidzire.
Human rights activist Makomborero Haruvizishe, was violently arrested by security details in Harare for his courageous stand against the corrupt ZANU-PF led government.
The arrest of Makomborero is being viewed by many as an attempt to silence the young people of Zimbabwe. Any action which opposes ZANU PF is a jail punishable offence and people of Zimbabwe live in fear of being persecuted.
Unlawful detention and imprisonment has become the ultimate price which Zimbabweans pay for disagreeing with the ZANU PF authoritarian rule.
Unlawful abductions and detentions have become the new normal in Zimbabwe. Anyone whose actions are deemed to be a threat to the status quo is used as an example to intimidate the others.
The courageous act shown by Makomborero resembles the current mindset of most young Zimbabweans who are now tired of the repressive ZANU PF rule.
These arrests are meant to intimidate the masses; but recent events point to more young Zimbabweans becoming more resilient and standing against the authoritarian regime.
“Nations are shaped defined and determined by the agency and electricity of their young people. Vibrant youth leadership is the oxygen that determines the destiny of nations. The young Makomborero defines courage,” said MDC-A leader Nelson Chamisa on his Twitter account.
The arrests have only worsened and so has the bravery of Zimbabweans.
The ZANU PF government has been accused of pulling the strings within the judicial system and making sure that anyone who is arrested for voicing against the “ruling elite” is detained; denied bail and made to rot in jail.
“We are worried that this weaponisation of law by the police and growing persecution of activists has a pernicious and gnawing effect on our ‘nascent’ democracy,” said Harare West MP Joana Mamombe whilst addressing protesters who went to attend flash protests at the Harare High Court on Thursday.
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— Russian Embassy in Zimbabwe (@RuEmbZimbabwe) March 1, 2021
By Dorrothy Moyo | A COVID variant first seen in Brazil has been found in the United Kingdom with one positive test unaccounted for A COVID-19 variant that was first seen in Manaus, Brazil, has been found in up to six UK cases. One of those cases has not been accounted for, with vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi urging that person to get in touch with the NHS.
The variant, first seen in Brazil in December, has led to criticism of the UK’s border controls, with hotel quarantine from certain countries not coming in until February. The British govt’s responsible department, Public Health England, has since issued the below announcement:
Cases of Variant of Concern first detected in Manaus identified in the UK
Up to 6 cases of the Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil (P.1) have been detected in the UK. Public Health England (PHE) has identified 3 of these cases of the Variant of Concern in England.
Two of the cases in England are from one household in South Gloucestershire with a history of travel to Brazil and there is a third, currently unlinked case.
The cases in South Gloucestershire were rapidly followed up by the PHE Health Protection Team – cases and their contacts have been identified and retested. One case that had travelled to Brazil has been isolating at home with their household since returning to the UK.
PHE and NHS Test and Trace are following up with all passengers on Swiss Air flight LX318 travelling from Sao Paulo via Zurich and landing in London Heathrow on 10 February, to provide public health advice and test them and their households. Anyone who returned to the UK at that time should have gone home immediately from the airport and isolated for 10 days.
If you were a passenger on the flight and have not been contacted, please call 01174 503 174 to arrange a test for you and your household contacts.
Although the risk to the wider community is considered low, as a precaution, PHE, working in collaboration with South Gloucestershire Council and NHS Test and Trace, is taking swift and decisive action to deploy surge asymptomatic testing as well as increasing sequencing of positive samples from the area. Residents of South Gloucestershire should visit the council’s website for more information on testing. The most important actions are identifying cases and their contacts and supporting these individuals to isolate effectively.
Further investigation is underway regarding the third case in England. The individual did not complete their test registration card so follow-up details are not available. We are therefore asking for anyone who undertook a test on 12 or 13 February and hasn’t received their result or has an uncompleted test registration card, to call 119 in England or 0300 303 2713 in Scotland for assistance as soon as possible.
The P.1 variant has been designated ‘of concern’ as it shares some important mutations with the variant first identified in South Africa (B.1.351), such as E484K and N501Y. It is possible that this variant may respond less well to current vaccines, but more work is needed to understand this.
Dr Susan Hopkins, PHE strategic response director for COVID-19 and NHS Test and Trace Medical Advisor, said:
We have identified these cases thanks to the UK’s advanced sequencing capabilities which means we are finding more variants and mutations than many other countries and are therefore able to take action quickly.
The important thing to remember is that COVID-19, no matter what variant it is, spreads in the same way. That means the measures to stop it spreading do not change. Stay at home and if you do need to go out for essential reasons, cover your nose and mouth, wash your hands thoroughly and keep your distance.
We ask that individuals come forward for testing through the symptomatic and asymptomatic test sites across the countries in order to continue to drive down cases in the community.
Background
Three cases of the variant have also been identified in Scotland but these are not linked to these 3 cases in England.
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has released a comprehensive list of names of opposition members who were brutally murdered by Zanu PF between 2008 and 2013.
The list of honour has been released as part of efforts by the popular movement to pay homage to the heroes and heroines of the struggle for democracy.
See statement below : The regime has blood on its hands – we shall not forget the 2008 massacre of our cadres
We shall never forget, our bothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children and friends killed!
List of names of people killed by Zanu PF in 2008: 12 April 2008
1). Tapiwa Mubwanda (57) of Hurungwe was stabbed to death by Zanu PF supporters.he died leaving behind a wife and three children. Jawet Kazangarare and Private Peter Madamombe were identified as the murderers
15 April 2008
2). Murunde Tembo of Mudzi was attacked by Zanu PF supporters at his home in Vombofi village. They broke his legs and he died on his way to hospital.
17 April 2008
3). Tatenda Chibika died after Zanu PF supporter; Richard Makoni shot him at Chibeta Business Centre in Mutoko.
4). Moses Bashitwayo of Wedza died after receiving heavy assaults from Zanu PF supporters.
5). Zanu PF activists being led by Bvuka Chimbanzwa assaulted Solomon Bote of ward 22 in Musikavanhu in Makoni South to death.
6). Brighton Mabwera jnr, five years old from Manyika Viilage, Uzumba was burnt to death after the house he was sleeping in was set ablaze by Zanu PF activists in the middle of the night. His parents are strong supporters of the MDC.
24 April 2008
7). Zvidzai Mapurisa was murdered by suspected Zanu PF thugs who descended at his homestead in Village 21 in Gunikuni area in Masvingo south at around 1am.they are alleged to have taken him away and assaulted him severely with sticks and sjamboks, accusing him of mobilizing people to vote against Zanu PF.
25 April 2008
. Tabitha Marume of Makoni West in Manicaland was shot and killed by soldiers at Chiwetu Rest Camp.
9). Zanu PF militia in Mbire beat Tenos Manyimo to death.
10). Bigboy Zhuwawo of Mbire in Mashonaland Central died on Sunday when Zanu PF militia for being an MDC supporter seriously attacked him.
11). Zanu PF supporters beat Chrispen Chiutsi of Muzarabani in Mashonaland Central.
28 April 2008
12). In Poshayi Village, Shurugwi, Midlands province, Clemence Dube was murdered by Zanu PF supporters.He was the MDC polling agent for Ward 12 polling station during the 29 March elections. His body has since been ferried to Bulawayo for a post mortem. Dube is survived by a wife and two young children.
27 April 2008
13). In Kotwa, Mudzi, Gilbert Nyagupe, a well known activist from Nyagupe village was axed to death by Zanu PF youth militia and one of the assailants was identified as Jessie Nhau.
29 April
14). Catherine Makwenjere of Mwenezi died at Morgenster Hospital in Masvingo after Zanu PF supporters had assaulted her for voting and supporting the MDC.
5 May 2008
Zanu PF supporters and men in army uniform led by Major Cairo Mhandu and Major Maravadza in Chiweshe communal lands in Mashonaland Central province beat the following to death 15). Tapiwa Meda 16). Joseph Madzuramhende 17). Alex Chiriseri 18). David Tachiwa Mapuranga 19). Arthur Matombo 20). Patson Mudzuramhende 21). Jeff Jemedze
8 May 2008
22). Nelson Emmanuel of Harare south died at the Avenues Clinic after he had been assaulted by Zanu PF youths on 4th of May 2008.
23). Tonderai Zireni (3 years old) was burnt to death after Zanu PF youths set alight the house he was sleeping in Zimunya, Mutare.
24). Isaac Danda of Gokwe Nembudziya was stabbed to death by Zanu PF youths who were being led by Major Moyo.
10 May 2008
25). Musafare Mudimu of Manyika village in Uzumba was assaulted to death by Zanu PF youths.
26). Karombe Benson Chipungu of Manyika village in Uzumba, Mashonaland East was beaten to death by Zanu PF youths for being an MDC member.
27). R Gomwe, 75, was struck by an axe leading to his death in Gokwe Nembudziya by Zanu PF youths led by Major Moyo. It is also alleged that the youths also looted his property and burnt his house.
28). Ruth Mushayahembe of Chimbwanda village in Uzumba was assaulted to death by Zanu PF youths and her husband is reported to be in critical condition in Murewa Hospital.
29). Elias Madzivanzira a headman in ward 8 in Shamva North, Mashonaland Central was killed using an axe by war vets known as Muroyiwa and Joshua of Bata farm.
11 May 2008
30). Sam Kahari, from Chidembo village in Shamva North was dragged out of bed at his home while asleep by Zanu PF youths and purported war veterans who then assaulted him leading to his death that same night.
31). Remember Kayembe, 23, of Mazowe was abducted by Zanu PF supporters who poisoned him leading to his death.
13 May 2008
Zanu PF supporters murdered four MDC supporters at Chaparira village in Mt Darwin East. They are; 32). Abiya Nyakudya who is the headman for the area, 33). Bright Mafuriro, 34). Fischer Chirese and 35). Sairiro Kamufuto and 36). Chaparira also a headman
14 May 2008
37). Beta Chokururama, a member of the MDC national youth was found dead in Chikwaka village, Mashonaland East. State security agents had abducted him on Tuesday 13 May at Juru Growth Point.
14 May 2008
38). Ken Nyevhe was found dead in Goromonzi district after he had been abducted at Juru Growth point on Tuesday 13 May. His body had gunshot and stab wounds.
39). Godfrey Kauzani was found dead with gunshot and stab wounds after he had been abducted at Juru Growth Point on Tuesday 13 May.
17 May 2008
40). Edson Zaya, the MDC treasurer for Ward 9 in Shamva North was murdered by Zanu PF supporters in broad daylight at Chidembo business centre.
18 May 2008
41). Choukuse Nyoka Mubango, the MDC ward 27 chairman in Buhera West, Manicaland was axed to death by Zanu PF supporters at his hime in full view of his wife and five children. A truck used by Zanu PF’s losing MP, Joseph Chinotimba was used in the attack.
21 May 2008
42). The body of Tonderai Ndira, 32, MDC;s national secretary for security was discovered in a mortuary at Parirenyatwa Hospital. State security agents at his Mabvuku home had abducted Ndira on 13 May. His body was in a composing state and his private parts were missing. Indications show that Ndira was murdered in Goromonzi.
43). Tafirenyika Kapfudza, a headman for Sanzu village in Uzumba was murdered by Zanu PF militia Douglas Mutesa and Costan Musariri.
44). Zanu PF militia in Mutawatawa beat Rosemary Maramba, who was six months pregnant, to death. Her body was found dumped at Nhakiwa village.
23 May 2008
45). Manyuke Nyamukada, 40, of Manyika village in Uzumba passed on at Michael Gelfand hospital in Harare after he had been brutally assaulted by Zanu PF supporters two weeks earlier. His homestead was razed to the ground and property and livestock looted.
24 May 2008
46). The body of Shepherd Jani, the MDC provincial treasurer for Masonaland East was discovered in Goromonzi. He had been kidnapped at gunpoint at the MDC Murehwa district office on 22 May 2008.
47). Taurai Matanda was shot dead by a ZNA major, Svosve Mupindu at Murambinda in Buhera, Manicaland. On that day, the soldiers had gone on a rampage beating people.
27 May 2008
48). Kidwell Zvavamwe, 35, of Ward 28, Shamva South died after being assaulted by Zanu PF thugs at his home a week earlier. Zvavamwe was assaulted in front of his wife, Lucia Mukaru and three children and sustained life-threatening injuries.
3 June 2008
49). Washington Nyamwa, 50). Chrison Mbano, and 51). Edson Ngwerume, were on Tuesday 3 June 2008 killed after Zanu PF supporters in a truck came to MDC offices at Jerere growth point and torched the offices. Four other MDC supporters who were present during the attack were still missing a week after the attack.
5 June 2008
51). Zanu PF supporters locked Dadirai Chipiro, 45, of Chikowero village, Mhondoro Ngezi, into her hut before they set it alight. Before this brutal act, the thugs had slashed off both Chipiro’s legs and hands. Chipiro was the MDC district chairperson. A vehicle belonging to Bright Matongo, the MP of Mhondoro Ngezi was used in the attack.
5 June 2008
52). Six year-old, Nyasha Mashoko, was burnt in his parents’ home at Zengeza Waterworks, Harare South by a group of Zanu PF supporters at around 8 pm. His mother, Pamela Pasvanai, sustained 88 percent burns following the arson and was admitted at Harare Hospital. Mashoko’s father, Brian Mamhove, was the MDC council candidate for Ward 1, Harare South. Nyasha was a grade one pupil at Zengeza Main Primary.
6 June 2008
53). Pamela Pasvanai, 21, died after she sustained serious burns following an attack at her home by Zanu PF supporters. Pasvani was eight months pregnant. She and her son Nyasha Mashoko were locked inside their Zengeza Waterworks house by the Zanu PF thugs. Pasvanai’s husband, Brian Mamhove, was the MDC council candidate for Ward 1, Harare South.
8 June 2008
53). Sofia Chingozho, 65, died in hospital after she had been assaulted by Zanu PF supporters at a funeral in Buhera North.
9 June 2008
55). Dumisani Hapazari, Chiredzi Zesa area manager was found dead in Chikombedzi on Monday morning after two CIO operatives had abducted him from his workplace last Wednesday.
11 June 2008
56). Mabika Mudzinga and 57). Leonard Mhete of Chigumisirwa village in Bikita East, Masvingo were murdered by Zanu PF hooligans as they tried to defend attacks from these group and their homesteads.
58). Tiziro Moyo, a teacher, 59). Stanford Mapuranga, and 60). Mirai Zvidzai from Maranda in Mwenezi were murdered by a group of Zanu PF supporters during the night.
61). Chengerai Kahari, of Chireka village, Bindura South is shot dead at 7. pm by armed Zanu PF militia who had mistakenly taken him for his brother who is an MDC councillor in the area.
12 June 2008
62). Rodrick Mukova, of Chimbudzi village in Mwenezi died from injuries he sustained following an attack from Zanu PF thugs.
13 June 2008
63). Kennias Artwell Bvekerwa, of Ward 7 in Chipinge, Manicaland province was severely attacked by Zanu PF militia led by one Chikumba leading to his death at Mapfumise Secondary School in the Clearwater area.
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By Honest Makanyire|Many people are wondering whether various forms of diabetes have a direct impact on those infected by the deadly Coronavirus.
Diabetes
Above all a controlled diet will certainly regulate the level of sugar in one’s body.
Below experts explore crucial health matters :
No matter what’s going on in the world, maintaining a healthy, whole foods–focused diet is important for blood sugar management.
If you’ve been keeping up with federal guidance on who’s at a higher risk for complications from COVID-19, you know that people with diabetes are among the affected groups.
People older than 60, along with those who have underlying health conditions such as respiratory problems, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and cancer are also at a higher risk for serious illness from the novel coronavirus, notes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Furthermore, non-Hispanic Black Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans, all of whom have higher rates of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes than white Americans, per the National Diabetes Statistics Report, are also at higher risk for serious COVID-19 disease, including complications and death, as has been widely reported.
Yet it’s still unclear whether diabetes can leave a person at an elevated risk of getting infected in the first place, notes the American Diabetes Association (ADA). This is apparently true despite research, including a review published in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, showing that the immune systems of people with persistent hyperglycemia (higher than normal blood glucose, or sugar) are impaired.
Scientific Research Linking Diabetes and COVID-19 Complications People with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are both three to four times more likely to develop serious COVID-19 disease and be hospitalized than those who don’t have diabetes, according to a study published online in December 2020 in Diabetes Care. A small preliminary study published in the March 2020 issue of Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews provides more insight into what’s affecting the severity. It looked at 174 people in Wuhan, China, and concluded that people with COVID-19 and diabetes but without other comorbidities were at a higher risk for severe pneumonia and the inflammation that contributes to an accelerated progression of COVID-19 and a worse prognosis.
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 if You Have Lupus From Nose to Toes, the List of COVID-19 Symptoms Keeps Growing Another study, which was published in April 2020 the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, analyzed 1,122 people at 88 hospitals in 11 U.S. states, and drew a link between diabetes and a fourfold increased risk of dying from COVID-19. Glytec, a provider of insulin software management, funded the research.
A study published online in May 2020 in Cell Metabolism supports these findings. For this cohort study, researchers analyzed the health data of 7,337 people in Wuhan with and without type 2 diabetes. They observed an association between having diabetes and an increased risk of dying from COVID-19.
Those with stable blood sugar levels had a better prognosis than those with diabetes whose blood sugar control was poor. In fact, the survival rate for those with good blood sugar control was nearly 99 percent, compared with an 11 percent death rate among those whose control was considered poor. Participants’ blood sugar levels were measured using postprandial and fasting blood glucose tests. The authors defined poor blood sugar control as tending to exceed 180 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), and well-controlled blood sugar as ranging from 70 to 180 mg/dL
Diabetes Complications Can Increase Risk of Severe Illness From COVID-19 Still, having complications related to diabetes, along with increasing age, may matter more than blood sugar control, suggested a study published in April 2020 in Diabetologia, which analyzed 1,317 people admitted to 53 French hospitals during a three-week period in March 2020. Study authors concluded that 10 percent of people with diabetes admitted to a hospital died within 10 days, and that men were more likely to die than women. The main contributing factors to death were having complications including neuropathy and heart disease, having a high body mass index (BMI) —indicating obesity — and being older. Patients between ages 65 and 74 were three times more likely to die than individuals younger than 55.
People with type 2 diabetes are definitely at higher risk of COVID-19 complications and death, but those with type 1 or gestational diabetes may also be at higher risk, according to recent guidance by the CDC. In the French study, 3 percent of admitted patients had type 1 diabetes, while 89 percent had type 2 diabetes. The remainder of diabetes patients had other types of the disease.
Black people who have type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 may be especially vulnerable to worse outcomes because they are more likely to present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a condition that causes the blood to become acidic and that can be life-threatening in its own right. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in December 2020 found that 55 percent of Black clinic patients and 33 percent of Hispanic patients presented with DKA, compared with only 13 percent of white patients. “The shared risk of COVID-19 and DKA in type 1 diabetes worsens the short-term and long-term prognosis for Black and Hispanic patients,” said the study authors, also noting that “previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk of DKA among minority populations with type 1 diabetes.”
Understanding COVID-19 and Its Symptoms
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause diseases including the common cold, but also more severe illnesses, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS); and COVID-19, which first became known at the end of 2019 during an outbreak in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province and has since developed into a global pandemic.
According to the WHO, common symptoms of COVID-19 include:
Fever Tiredness Dry cough Aches and pains Nasal congestion Runny nose Sore throat Loss of taste or smell Skin rashes Pain in the muscles or joints Discolored fingers or toes Diarrhea Some infected people have no symptoms at all, but they can still spread the virus.
The CDC describes the emergency warning signs for COVID-19 in adults as:
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath Persistent pain or pressure in the chest New confusion or inability to wake up or stay awake Bluish lips or face Inability to rouse or stay awake If you are experiencing these symptoms, call 911 or call ahead to the hospital and let them know you are seeking care for COVID-19 or may have it, the CDC advises.
If you are interested in getting a test and want to know how to proceed, contact your local or state health department. The CDC lists state and territorial departments, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials has a directory you can use to find your local department.
For most people, the disease is mild, and many don’t develop symptoms at all. A South Korean study published in August 2020 in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at young people, the vast majority of whom were healthy, and found that 30 percent of those infected with the virus causing COVID-19 never developed symptoms at all. COVID-19 symptoms are mild for most others, although 10–15 percent of infected people do become seriously ill, and 5 percent become critically ill, according to WHO. Mortality estimates vary, but a New York–based study published in October 2020 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that 7.6 percent of hospitalizations resulted in death in August, down from 25.6 percent in March, when infection began to spread in the United States.
It’s important to note that the risk of death from COVID-19 is far greater than from influenza (flu), a disease it is frequently compared with. More than 340,000 people died of COVID-19 in the United States in 2020, according to CDC data. In contrast, the nation loses between 12,000 and 61,000 people per year to influenza, reports the CDC.
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Tinashe Sambiri|Former Zanu PF MP for Chivi South Constituency, Killer Zivhu has accused the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration of gross incompetence.
Zivhu also subtly blamed the Zanu PF administration for violating human rights.
“During Rhodesia time the problem was not the economy but utsinye, kubatirira , ruvengo pamwe nevhu.
Now Zimbabwe time the major problem is now the economy, corruption, elections, human rights zvichingoinda zvakawanda .
Are we not proving that whites are better than us?” Zivhu wrote on Twitter.
However, political observers are sceptical of Zivhu’s sincerity arguing the big politician is speaking out of bitterness.
Over 200 unreleased songs belonging to the late Zimdancehall icon Soul Jah Love have gone missing, his family has announced.
The music is contained in a laptop and memory card which both mysteriously went missing soon after the chanter breathed his last on the 16th of February this year.
Jah Love’s brother Solomon told ZTN that they suspect that the laptop and memory card are presently in the hands of a prominent music producer. “Look our approach is that we want to resolve matters amicably but we have our strong suspicions,” he said.
“There is a prominent music producer we believe has these items and we are giving him a chance to do the right thing. A family member has been tasked with pursuing dialogue with the said producer but if that fails we have no option but to report the matter to the police.
“We don’t want to wash our dirty linen in public hence our desire to pursue dialogue ahead of drama.” Solomon said they owe it to his late brother and legion of fans to keep the Conquering Family founder’s memory alive.
“Those songs are his property; they belong to his estate along with the several properties he left. In fact, the songs he left behind could be more than 200 because here was a guy who could just compose a song in a matter of minutes.
“He was a genius, a Dambudzo Marechera type of guy, and we have to make sure that we keep his legacy going and the first port of call it making sure that his discography and royalties are looked after well,” he said.
Soul Jah Love, who was declared a Liberation Hero, succumbed to diabetic complications and was buried in Harare.
By Honest Makanyire |Masvingo Province has been hit again by a new wave of cattle deaths that has left many farmers with empty pens.
The local farmers who spoke to Community Tolerance and Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) expressed concern over the lack of commitment by Government’s Veterinary Services Department -towards the prevention of the persisting theileriosis, a tick-borne disease.
Theileriosis which is caused by uncontrolled ticks killed hundreds of cattle in Chatsworth and other parts of Gutu last year. The disease hit many districts of Masvingo Province in January 2021.
The famers say the government’s veterinary service department, which is responsible for the provision of animal and zoonotic diseases surveillance, animal health risk management, and animal health and protection has failed its mandate. The department is failing to frequently provide adequate dipping chemicals to dip tanks despite continuous outbreak of tick-borne disease. During the rainy season cattle are supposed to be dipped at least once every week so as to break the cycle of ticks. “As famers we call upon the Government and the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement to ensure the supply of quality dipping chemicals, livestock dosses and vaccinations to the Veterinary Service Departments and closely monitor the distribution of these chemicals to avoid corruption and diversion of use. The dipping chemicals which are rarely supplied to our local dip tanks do not remove all ticks, therefore we doubt the quality of such chemicals.” said one farmer.
Farmers are buying their own cattle dipping equipment, chemicals and vaccination despite paying cattle tax to the government to enjoy veterinary service. Long queues are seen at Veterinary and other shops which provides livestock health education and chemicals in Masvingo town with farmers from different districts even with COVID-19 lockdown restrictions that prohibits the movement of people. Exemption letters written by Chiefs and other traditional leaders are not being considered by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) at checkpoints. Therefore, some small holder and peasant farmers from rural areas are reportedly failing to access town to purchase cattle vaccinations due to lockdown restrictions.
“COTRAD encourages the famers and the dip tank committees to engage the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement and Veterinary Department when having such concerns.”, said Kupfuwa Ishmael, COTRAD official. The Veterinary Service Department is responsible of promoting bio-security, animal health and welfare for the benefit of the livestock industry through implementing risk management measures for prescribed animal diseases and pests control, and building and maintaining physical veterinary infrastructure such as dips, animal handling facilities.
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to jeopardize the crucial COVID-19 Vaccination Programme by threatening citizens.
Mr Mnangagwa said those who do not take the vaccine will (at some point) not be allowed to board ZUPCO Buses.He also said those who do not take the vaccine will find it difficult to secure employment.
Below is the MDC Alliance Weekly Health Update:
MDC Alliance Weekly Health Alert.
6th Edition
28 February 2022.
Welcome to yet another edition of the Weekly Health Alerts produced by MDC Alliance Health portfolio in conjunction with the Communications department.
This week we are looking at the lockdown and the way forward for Zimbabwe.
Covid-19 Lockdown-Whither to Zimbabwe?
WE have been on level 4 lockdown in this second covid-19 wave since January the 5th, initially for four weeks, but extended twice by two weeks at a time, to March 2021. With the strict lockdown comes many socio-economic challenges, which the government has up until now been unable to mitigate. Business is at a standstill, the cost of doing business has skyrocketed, especially with the current requirement that to reopen your small business you need covid-19 certificates for your workforce, at own expense.
The restrictions on informal traders has plunged many families into abject poverty and outright starvation in some cases, with no bailout from government.
We cannot be in perpetual lockdown, especially in a country where there are no social safety nets, but the decision to lift the lockdown must be based on data and science, not on political considerations.
Weaponisation of the lockdown is a tragedy, and many in Zimbabwe feel the lockdown is being used as a political weapon.
As President Chamisa said before, the government should be working with local authorities and health care departments to come out with a more scientific targeted approach based on numbers and hotspots.
Constant surveillance through testing and isolation throughout the country is necessary. Let’s remember the WHO’s admonition: “You can’t replace the lockdown with nothing”. Measures must be put in place to ensure a smooth transition to normalcy with adequate control measures. We need a well-informed and committed population, with persistent long-term behavior change as part of our new normal. Covid-19 safe behaviours must be observed at all times.
Vaccines bring with them a new hope of permanent relief, but only if we get it right, and we establish and maintain the highest levels of transparency regarding the vaccine attributes of efficacy, safety & cost, and procurement decisions. Arrogance on the part of government will derail the program. Every citizen has a right to be heard, and all concerns must be addressed with empathy, knowing that we are all born equal under the law of Zimbabwe, and in the eyes of God Almighty. Dissemination of correct information is key to the acceptance of any particular vaccine by the people, in our case the Sinopharm vaccine, at least for now. The current low uptake is due to lack of information, which buttresses all the conspiracy theories.
Coercion and intimidation will work against the program. The government must make it abundantly clear that taking the vaccine is a completely voluntary exercise, and informed consent is necessary for administration of the jab. As the people watch the early recipients of the vaccine, and as real time data on safety and efficacy is rolled out by the government, more people will volunteer to take the vaccine.
The recent command and control intimidatory diatribe we heard from high offices threatening to limit liberties to use Zupco buses and to bar people from getting employment if not vaccinated are both extremely unfortunate and mortally retrogressive to the program.
But is the vaccination program adequate on its own to ensure the safe lifting of lockdown measures? The answer for now is no, until we have vaccinated enough people to protect the whole population. There is no magical figure to achieve herd immunity, but if 60-80% of the population is vaccinated, we will enjoy reasonable protection as a nation. This is a medium to long-term aspiration, considering that all we have now is 200000 donated doses of Sinopharm vaccine, which will cover 100000 people out of the projected minimum target of ten million recipients. There is hard work and difficult decisions ahead of us. We implore the government to collect quality data that will inform future steps.
What shall we do now to be able to lift the lockdown without courting a third wave backlash? The WHO suggests six conditions that must be met before lifting the lockdown:
Disease transmission must be under control. We have seen a reduction in the number of new cases and of deaths over the past month. We are not there yet, but we are making progress. On this score alone, controlled relaxation of lockdown measures is feasible.
Health systems are able to “detect, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact”. This condition is the weakest link in our fight against covid-19. Government has never been able to supply enough testing kits to meet demand, and we continue to grope in the dark.
Hot spot risks are minimized in vulnerable places, such as nursing homes. In our case, its super-spreader events like ZUPCO buses, funerals, parties, shebeens, prisons and Zanu pf rallies. There is need to liberalise the transport sector to reduce unnecessary congestion. I do not consider church services to have super spreader potential if all things are done in an orderly manner and necessary precautions are taken, including social distancing, temperature checks, controlled numbers and masking up.
Schools, workplaces and other essential places have established preventive measures. We must at this stage take heed of what the teachers’ unions are saying about re-opening schools. To quote PTUZ, “…opening of schools is not an event, but a process that must be preceded by broad planning and engagement of teacher unions, parents, prioritization of health and safety of teachers, pupils, and ancillary staff”.
The risk of importing new cases “can be managed”. We need to manage our boarders and test all immigrants, with a view to isolating for an appropriate period those found positive. Remember, our nasty second wave was due to relaxation of the borders, failure to quarantine and test all immigrants, failure to follow up new comers in the community, and the presence of illegal crossing points. These must be remedied as a necessary precondition to lifting lockdown measures.
Communities are fully educated, engaged and empowered to live under a new normal.
A new culture must emerge. Social distancing, not shaking hands or hugging, masking up, limiting size of gatherings, banning cultural practices like to eat at funerals, frequent hand washing with soap and water, use of sanitisers, must become the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Health workers must continue to wear PPE as before until the epidemic is over. Investment in covid-19 clinical management infrastructure and PPE must continue. Health worker continuing professional education must intensify. The law must be applied evenly across the political divide, religious affiliation, race, colour & creed.
Lifting the lockdown situation has become a necessity to save the people from suffering and starvation, and a sector-by-sector consideration must be done, with the necessary stakeholder consultation and a targeted geographical approach. New and much cheaper vaccines like the J&J that has been used in South Africa must be procured and introduced in Zimbabwe. Measures as outlined above must be taken to ensure we do not gravitate into an even nastier third wave.
Now is the time to move to alleviate the people’s suffering, while keeping the epidemic under control.
May I extend thanks to the MDC-Alliance Health Portfolio Committee members for their input into our articles.
I remain
Dr Henry Madzorera Secretary for Health and Child welfare MDC Alliance
By A Correspondent- Emmanuel Makandiwa’s sermon in which he said “we don’t like Jesus’s instruction” has sparked controversy with some calling him a non-believer.
He was teaching on “love your enemies” from Matthew 5: 44. Jesus had instructed his audience to pray for those who persecuted them.
Reads the verse:
Matt 5: 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Responding to the verse, Emmanuel Makandiwa said:
Pray for them, those that are despising us and those that are persecuting us we pray for them? Do you like that? We don’t like that. You see, the reason why we don’t like it it’s against something within us. That goes to show how then power gets unlocked if we are to obey that because it’s not our idea. If we liked that, that would make that our idea, there is no act of obedience, there is no submission to scripture. It has to be something that you don’t enjoy doing and by doing it, it becomes an act of obedience to an external instruction. Something is telling you what to do and that something is not yourself, that something is God.
[Raise funds to help Steve fight lung and Bone-marrow cancer ]
Barely a month ago, our company Zororo-Phumulani, an affiliate of Doves Zimbabwe, received media reports that a first-year University of Zimbabwe student, Steve John Mutapiri (21), was appealing for financial assistance to have a cancerous tumor that has troubled him for 4 years removed from his shoulder. Zororo-Phumulani heeded the call and visited Steve at his brother`s home in Louis Trichardt ,in the province of Limpopo, South Africa.
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On realising the gravity of the situation, Zororo-Phumulani pledged R100 000.00 towards Steve John Mutapiri`s medical fees. The company also pledged to provide him with a laptop to help with his online studies during his stay in hospital.
On the 10th of February 2021, Steve John Mutapiri was admitted at Mediclinic Hospital in Limpopo for a surgical operation of the tumored shoulder. Zororo-Phumulani, together with friends who contributed R23 000.00 through Go Fund Me platforms took care of the bills for the initial medical tests, as well as the initial SURGICAL operations.
According to the doctors, the battle is far from being won for Steve, as he has yet to undergo lung surgical operations to clear tumors, and thereafter he will receive chemotherapy treatment sessions to eradicate the malignant cells in his bone marrow. The fees for these procedures are so steep that the R100 000.00 we gave to the family, and other donations that came in through Go Fund and Back a buddy have since been used up.
Zororo-Phumulani keeps true to the wisdom of Anne Frank; “No one has ever become poor by giving,” thus we have taken the lead in providing assistance. We especially believe that “The greatest happiness in the world is in helping the people you don’t know and seeing them happy.” Today, as CEO and on behalf of Zororo-Phumulani, I am making a plea to the business community, organisations and individuals to join hands and help pull resources together for this humanitarian cause. Alone we are like one drop, but united, we are like a mighty ocean.
The task at hand is indeed insurmountable for the family, but together with them we pin our hopes on the strength in numbers.Once we stand together, we can surmount seemingly insurmountable challenges of the day. There’s no problem too big for a people committed to each other’s welfare.
Zororo-Phumulani has experienced the quintessential joy of giving, and we continue working to assist Steve to the best of our ability. We invite you to join us in helping Steve recover his health, complete his education and fulfill his purpose in life.
In behalf of Zororo-Phumulani, I’d like to thank all those who have helped in cash or kind. Friends across the world who have helped Steve through the Go Fund me platform and the Back a buddy platform , may the Almighty bless you abundantly.
In the coming few weeks, Zororo-Phumulani will be hosting its annual laptop donation program. The 2021 Laptop donation edition comes at a time when students across the globe are really in need of laptops because of the Covid -19 lockdowns. Steve John Mutapiri automatically becomes one of the many students that will receive a laptop from this program. As we have done in the past 5 years, students who passed their matric exams for 2020 and have been admitted in various tertiary institutions will benefit from this program which seeks to empower our youths.
We strongly believe that the future lies with the youth hence it is our duty to empower every one of them.
The fervent prayers of Zororo-Phumulani are with Steve and his family and we strongly believe that the much needed resources will come in from institutions and individuals for our brother to receive treatment.
To Steve,who is not here today I say, hang in there brother, we are all looking forward to your speedy recovery.
Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has announced that he is going on a Zwitterfast, a fasting period where he will not be posting anything Zimbabwean on Twitter to allow himself an uninterrupted period to talk to God about the country.
Posting on Twitter, Mzembi who is currently in self imposed exile following the November 2017 military coup that deposed former long time ruler, Robert Mugabe, said his Zwitterfast will last for one week.
“I am announcing Zwitterfast for a week , meaning no tweeting anything Zimbabwean , will be talking only to God about Zimbabwe, so Help me God,” said Mzembi.
Responding to Mzembi, one social media user, accused the former tourism minister had failed the country during her time in government.
“I dont judge you Mr Mzembi, but you had the chance to change the course of Zim when you were part of the destruction. God didnt matter then?,” said Dewah.
“This is what most of the ex-Zanu PF people are doing before rejoining Zanu PF. They reappear only to announce that they have rejoined Zanu PF- Kutamba zvangu kani Mzembi, usatsamwe,” another user Majaira Jairosi said.
By James Gwati-Overzealous police offices in Gweru have arrested a state media journalist.
Herald Midlands Bureau Chief, Freedom Mupanedemo, was Monday morning briefly detained at Gweru Central Police Station for what the police termed “Contravening lockdown regulations”.
Mupanedemo, was arrested despite him showing the police officers both his Zimbabwe Media Commission accreditation card and Zimpapers ID.
The police also ignored government pronouncement which qualifies journalists in the essential service category and are exempted from the COVID-19 induced government lockdown regulations and went on to lock up the scribe in their filthy Gweru Central police cells.
They locked the journalist up for about an hour and only to release him after the intervention of ZRP national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi.
By Patrick Guramatunhu- “Since the dubious 31 March 2020 SC (Supreme Court) judgment on the MDC’s leadership, Mnangagwa has used cronies, recalls, arrests, abductions, torture and defections to destroy the MDC-A,” commented Professor Jonathan Moyo.
“By design or default, Chamisa has said and done nothing. That silence is today his strategic advantage!”
This is just nonsense!
If the Supreme Court judgement was dubious, as Moyo claims, then what is the strategic advantage of saying and doing nothing about it whilst the consequences of the said judgement wreck havoc to Chamisa, those around him and the nation at large, which has had no opposition party to hold the rogue Zanu PF regime to account!
One does not allow a hyaena into one’s home stead so it can feast on one’s domestic animals and even kill and eat humans! What has been happening in Zimbabwe these last 12 months is a great national tragedy with the economy sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss, made worse by the corona virus outbreak; all because Zanu PF has been allowed to do as it pleased. We not only have one hyaena but a clan! We are to believe that having a clan of hyaenas running riot in the village is strategic!
Since when are blatant betrayal, the Supreme Court judgement was Chamisa’s own fault, and failure been classified as wise and strategic.
Professor Moyo’s is a man whose strategic thinking helped Mugabe stay in power. But we also know that he has no morals as he did not care that he was helping a corrupt and murderous tyrant in power. We know Moyo as one who would sell his own mother for a price and boast he had a mother to sell.
Chamisa is saying and doing nothing about the Supreme Court judgement because there is nothing he can say or do. The consequences of the judgement are tragic to the him, MDC A and most important of all the nation.
Professor Jonathan Moyo has spend the last two and half years, ever since the November 2017 military coup, holed up in his fox-hole in Kenya. The forced sabbatical is taking a toll on his brain, it is ossifying. He cannot distinguish betrayal, defeat and blundering despair and confuse it for gic silence!
By A Correspondent- A Harare man was on Saturday arraigned before a magistrate facing a fraud charge involving US$4 million after he allegedly manufactured fake documents to change the ownership of an industrial stand belonging to Shomet Industrial Holdings.
Washington Frera (40) appeared before magistrate Barbara Mateko and was remanded in custody to today over allegations that he changed ownership of the stand, which measured 25,1499 hectares.
The State alleges that between January and March 2018, Frera and his accomplices, who are still at large, signed a backdated agreement of sale of an immovable property, Lot 358 of Prospect, Waterfalls.
He is alleged to have misrepresented to the seller, Scholastic Muringai, to act upon a fake agreement of sale with the buyer, Maride Investment Trust, in order to cause the transfer of title from Shomet Industrial Holdings to Maride Investment Trust without presentation of the original title deeds.
However, the issuance of the title deeds was reversed by High Court judge Justice Jesta Helena Charewa on February 21 this year.
Frera is also being charged with perjury after he misrepresented to the High Court that he lost title deeds to the land when in actual fact the title deeds were not in the name of Shomet.
Meanwhile, a 16-year old Epworth “prophetess” has appeared in court on a murder charge after she allegedly killed a toddler during a “healing” session.
The “prophetess”, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, was accompanied by her mother when she appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro.
It is alleged that on February 25, the “prophetess” gave the toddler a mixture of milk, cooking oil, salt and lemon to drink during the “healing session”. The toddler lost consciousness and died.
The “prophetess” was released into the custody of her mother and remanded to April 9 pending indictment to the High Court for trial.-Newsday
It is pathetic for Mnangagwa’s desperate regime to use its spooks to get Fungai Kwaramba at the miserable Herald, the regime’s propaganda mouthpiece, to seek relevance by abusing his neighborhood with me here in Chitungwiza.
It is an outrageous lie that I confirmed his false and stupid claim that I was removed from any MDC-A WhatsApp group by anyone. It’s total hogwash.
For the record, Fungai Kwaramba phoned me late afternoon yesterday using a Whatsapp call and accused me of having dumped him as he was thirsty for beer. I told him that I long stopped drinking alcohol two years ago and that I spend most of my weekends at home with my family. He then asked me why I and others had allegedly been removed from some WhatsApp groups. I told him that I was not aware of any such removal and that in any event I had no time to answer his stupid question because I am in more than 1000 WhatsApp groups; and it did not make sense for him to ask me about my alleged removal from one WhatsApp group, that I was not even aware of. I further explained to him that I actually don’t read messages on many of the WhatsApp groups to which I belong.
Throughout my conversation with him, Fungai Kwaramba pretended to be at his home, chilling out but broke and looking for money from me to buy beer. There was not even a slight hint that he was calling me from Herald House or that he was interviewing me for a news story as a journalist.
For the record, I want to make two points very clear. Firstly, I was not removed from any WhatsApp group and the stories flying around are being created by Mnangagwa’s CIO, their enablers, MDC Alliance haters and enemies of the people who are bent on using intrigue and subterfuge to destroy the movement of the people.
Secondly, the infighting alleged in the Herald story at the behest of Mnangagwa’s CIO is a figment of their desperate imagination. There is no such rift in our ranks that will come their way for their barbaric feasting at State House, like was seen the other day. They must forget it.
These imaginary stories about infighting in the MDC-A are meant to make some of us to lose our focus on the elephant in the room; while demotivating the generality of the people and their resolve to reclaim their freedom from the jaws of Mnangagwa’s dictatorship.
The people are not fools. They know only too well that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed the nation. His rule is a depiction of Satanism in motion. His only hope now is to brew conflict among ourselves in the MDC Alliance; a conflict which he will never get, even in his wildest dreams. Our focus is on making sure that Mnangagwa’s regime of cruelty comes to an end.
I don’t get moved by those who cross to the devil’s home. The business of the day is to obliterate Mnangagwa’s regime, to stop the suffering of the people. Our hearts and souls are committed to the cause of the people’s project to liberate Zimbabwe. We are one as a team; and our unquestionable faith in the leadership of Advocate Nelson Chamisa and the leadership elected at our Gweru Congress is solid like a rock. We know who our enemy is, and the enemy shall fall.
The Herald may cook a million meals of pathetic and desperate lies; the enemy can engineer desperate defections, but all that will serve to strengthen and embolden us to stand tall and press on with the agenda of the people.
Let it be known, some of us have taken the oath from our mother’s wombs that our daily business is to fight evil. ZANU PF and Emmerson Mnangagwa are today’s evil, and we shall fight that evil until it collapses. Don’t be misled by rifts that exist in the mind of our enemies. While the lunatics enjoy themselves in their self deception about the non existent rifts; one thing whose writing is on the wall is that their days are numbered. They better stop playing games, wake up and smell the coffee.
I thank you. God Bless Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala 1 March 2021
By A Correspondent- The government has gazetted Statutory Instrument 50 of 2021 which approves the eviction of over 1 000 families from the Sengwe Communal lands in Chiredzi paving way for the multi-million dollar lucerne grass project by Dendairy company.
The SI titled Statutory Instrument 50 of 2021 Communal Land (Setting Aside of Land) (Chiredzi) Notice was issued by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development in terms of the Communal Land Act [Chapter 20: 04]. Reads the SI:
Communal Land (Setting Aside of Land) (Chiredzi) Notice, 2021 THE Minister of Local Government, Urban and Rural Development and in terms of section 10 of the Communal Land Act [Chapter 20:041. hereby makes the following notice:-
This notice may be cited as the Communal Land (Setting Aside of Land) (Chiredzi) Notice, 2021.
The area of land described hereunder in terms of the Schedule shall be set aside with effect from the date of publication of this notice for the purpose of lurcene production.
Any person occupying or using the land specified in the Schedule, otherwise than by virtue of a right held in terms of the Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:051, is ordered to depart permanently with all of his or her property from the said land by the date of publication of this notice, unless he or she acquires rights of use or occupation to the said land in terms of section (9)(1) of the Communal Land Act [Chapter 20:041.
SCHEDULE
DESCRIPTION OF AREA
An area of land approximately 12 940 hectares in extent, in the administrative district of Chiredzi as shown by the inner edge of the black line on plan M.O.E. XXXX which can be inspected, free of charge. at the following offices:
Secretary for Local Government, Urban and Rural Development, Makombe Building, Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare.
It is pathetic for Mnangagwa’s desperate regime to use its spooks to get Fungai Kwaramba at the miserable Herald, the regime’s propaganda mouthpiece, to seek relevance by abusing his neighborhood with me here in Chitungwiza.
It is an outrageous lie that I confirmed his false and stupid claim that I was removed from any MDC-A WhatsApp group by anyone. It’s total hogwash.
For the record, Fungai Kwaramba phoned me late afternoon yesterday using a Whatsapp call and accused me of having dumped him as he was thirsty for beer. I told him that I long stopped drinking alcohol two years ago and that I spend most of my weekends at home with my family. He then asked me why I and others had allegedly been removed from some WhatsApp groups. I told him that I was not aware of any such removal and that in any event I had no time to answer his stupid question because I am in more than 1000 WhatsApp groups; and it did not make sense for him to ask me about my alleged removal from one WhatsApp group, that I was not even aware of. I further explained to him that I actually don’t read messages on many of the WhatsApp groups to which I belong.
Throughout my conversation with him, Fungai Kwaramba pretended to be at his home, chilling out but broke and looking for money from me to buy beer. There was not even a slight hint that he was calling me from Herald House or that he was interviewing me for a news story as a journalist.
For the record, I want to make two points very clear. Firstly, I was not removed from any WhatsApp group and the stories flying around are being created by Mnangagwa’s CIO, their enablers, MDC Alliance haters and enemies of the people who are bent on using intrigue and subterfuge to destroy the movement of the people.
Secondly, the infighting alleged in the Herald story at the behest of Mnangagwa’s CIO is a figment of their desperate imagination. There is no such rift in our ranks that will come their way for their barbaric feasting at State House, like was seen the other day. They must forget it.
These imaginary stories about infighting in the MDC-A are meant to make some of us to lose our focus on the elephant in the room; while demotivating the generality of the people and their resolve to reclaim their freedom from the jaws of Mnangagwa’s dictatorship.
The people are not fools. They know only too well that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed the nation. His rule is a depiction of Satanism in motion. His only hope now is to brew conflict among ourselves in the MDC Alliance; a conflict which he will never get, even in his wildest dreams. Our focus is on making sure that Mnangagwa’s regime of cruelty comes to an end.
I don’t get moved by those who cross to the devil’s home. The business of the day is to obliterate Mnangagwa’s regime, to stop the suffering of the people. Our hearts and souls are committed to the cause of the people’s project to liberate Zimbabwe. We are one as a team; and our unquestionable faith in the leadership of Advocate Nelson Chamisa and the leadership elected at our Gweru Congress is solid like a rock. We know who our enemy is, and the enemy shall fall.
The Herald may cook a million meals of pathetic and desperate lies; the enemy can engineer desperate defections, but all that will serve to strengthen and embolden us to stand tall and press on with the agenda of the people.
Let it be known, some of us have taken the oath from our mother’s wombs that our daily business is to fight evil. ZANU PF and Emmerson Mnangagwa are today’s evil, and we shall fight that evil until it collapses. Don’t be misled by rifts that exist in the mind of our enemies. While the lunatics enjoy themselves in their self deception about the non existent rifts; one thing whose writing is on the wall is that their days are numbered. They better stop playing games, wake up and smell the coffee.
I thank you. God Bless Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala 1 March 2021
By A Correspondent- Three people have escaped death by a close shave after their car was involved in a head-on collision.
Kwekwe bound Opel Corsa vehicle carrying three people was burnt to a shell after it caught fire on impact when its driver encroached onto an oncoming lane resulting in a head-on collision.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the accident to the state media which occurred just outside Kwekwe along the Gweru-Kwekwe highway on Saturday morning.
Two people including the driver who was in the Corsa escaped unhurt while the driver of the other vehicle, a Nissan hardbody was also unscratched.
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By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, has notified Chitungwiza residents of planned power supply interruption starting Tuesday 2 March.
Read the notice:NOTICE TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) would like to advise its valued customers that there would be a power supply interruption on Tuesday 02 March 2021 from 0900 — 1400 hrs for the purpose of carrying out critical emergency works.
During this period, electricity will not be available in the following areas: Chitungwiza: Council sewerage plant, Surface Wilmar, Unit J Gwckwete homestead, and Unit J opposite Surface Wilmar.
Customers are advised to treat all circuits as live during this period as power may be restored without notice.
By Job Sikhala| It is pathetic for Mnangagwa’s desperate regime to use its spooks to get Fungai Kwaramba at the miserable Herald, the regime’s propaganda mouthpiece, to seek relevance by abusing his neighborhood with me here in Chitungwiza.
It is an outrageous lie that I confirmed his false and stupid claim that I was removed from any MDC-A WhatsApp group by anyone. It’s total hogwash.
For the record, Fungai Kwaramba phoned me late afternoon yesterday using a Whatsapp call and accused me of having dumped him as he was thirsty for beer. I told him that I long stopped drinking alcohol two years ago and that I spend most of my weekends at home with my family. He then asked me why I and others had allegedly been removed from some WhatsApp groups. I told him that I was not aware of any such removal and that in any event I had no time to answer his stupid question because I am in more than 1000 WhatsApp groups; and it did not make sense for him to ask me about my alleged removal from one WhatsApp group, that I was not even aware of. I further explained to him that I actually don’t read messages on many of the WhatsApp groups to which I belong.
Throughout my conversation with him, Fungai Kwaramba pretended to be at his home, chilling out but broke and looking for money from me to buy beer. There was not even a slight hint that he was calling me from Herald House or that he was interviewing me for a news story as a journalist.
For the record, I want to make two points very clear. Firstly, I was not removed from any WhatsApp group and the stories flying around are being created by Mnangagwa’s CIO, their enablers, MDC Alliance haters and enemies of the people who are bent on using intrigue and subterfuge to destroy the movement of the peoe. us.
Secondly, the infighting alleged in the Herald story at the best of Mnangagwa’s CIO is a figment of their desperate imagination. There is no such rift in our ranks that will come their way for their barbaric feasting at State House, like was seen the other day. They must forget it.
These imaginary stories about infighting in the MDC-A are meant to make some of us to lose our focus on the elephant in the room; while demotivating the generality of the people and their resolve to reclaim their freedom from the jaws of Mnangagwa’s dictatorship.
The people are not fools. They know only too well that Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed the nation. His rule is a depiction of Satanism in motion. His only hope now is to brew conflict among ourselves in the MDC Alliance; a conflict which he will never get, even in his wildest dreams. Our focus is on making sure that Mnangagwa’s regime of cruelty comes to an end.
I don’t get moved by those who cross to the devil’s home. The business of the day is to obliterate Mnangagwa’s regime, to stop the suffering of the people. Our hearts and souls are committed to the cause of the people’s project to liberate Zimbabwe. We are one as a team; and our unquestionable faith in the leadership of Advocate Nelson Chamisa and the leadership elected at our Gweru Congress is solid like a rock. We know who our enemy is, and the enemy shall fall.
The Herald may cook a million meals of pathetic and desperate lies; the enemy can engineer desperate defections, but all that will serve to strengthen and embolden us to stand tall and press on with the agenda of the people.
Let it be known, some of us have taken the oath from our mother’s wombs that our daily business is to fight evil. ZANU PF and Emmerson Mnangagwa are today’s evil, and we shall fight that evil until it collapses. Don’t be misled by rifts that exist in the mind of our enemies. While the lunatics enjoy themselves in their self deception about the non existent rifts; one thing whose writing is on the wall is that their days are numbered. They better stop playing games, wake up and smell the coffee.
I thank you. God Bless Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala 1 March 2021
By Dorrothy Moyo | Norton MP Temba Mliswa’s ex girlfriend, Susan Mutami at the weekend forced a-Sunday-mystery down people’s throats when she tweeted for the second time since the day she was stopped from flying out of Zimbabwe.
Mutami has spent a whole week in Zimbabwe after she was blocked from flying back to Australia and told she will be a state witness in a terrorism case against her boyfriend.
The holder of two fake degrees who says she studied counter terrorism, and is also a nurse, last week bolted out of a ZimEye interview after being asked to reveal the universities which issued her certificates.
The case the state has put her as a witness relates to the White City bombing which happened on 23 June 2018 which killed two people on the spot and left Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his wife, Marry, nursing swelling boils on their bodies. At a time when the country has waited 2 years without clear details on who was behind it, Mutami earlier this month accused her 3 month-period boyfriend of possessing secret details on the incident.
She also accused Mliswa of attempted murder, saying he has planned to kill Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, as well as presidential hopeful, Local Govt minister July Moyo.
Today, Mutami launched a tweet accusing an unnamed man of killing an unnamed man at a garage in Hurungwe. She went further to say the killer is now spending time making endless trips to Ghana so to heal the curse arising from that murder. Coincidentally, her boyfriend Mliswa who is from Hurungwe (his former Constituency) has been making several trips to Ghana.
WHO IS SUSAN MUTAMI CALLING A HURUNGWE (MLISWA CONSTITUENCY) GARAGE MURDERER?
Twimbos can you please educate me about Ngozi ini handinyatsoziva zvechivanhu. So In 2018 pane munhu akauraya mumwe mukomana in Hurungwe pa garage, since last year he’s been going to the family achida kuiripa but varikuramba.
Vakati iwe unoripa ngozi yemunhu wawakati hauna kuuraya here saka iri kumutambudza, akanzi achafa mafiro akaita mwana wavo and haafi akagara nemukadzi muhupenyu hwake since munhu akaurayiwa aive mujaya asati akamboroora. Anzwa nekuenda kuma prophet ku Ghana.
My question is does this affect the children vemhondi iyi and how can one protect vana vake. Ndinotenda kune vachabatsira.
Lawyers for remanded director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Portia Manangazira, have filed an application at the High Court seeking the release of their client on bail.
Manangazira was last week remanded in custody pending trial on charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer.
She is being accused of paying facilitation fees to undeserving ministry staff, flouting tender rules when she bought US$280 529 of goods and services and allegedly diverted diesel coupons for 3 290 litres to private vehicles.
Mr Harrison Nkomo of Mhishi, Nkomo Legal Practitioners, said they were appealing against the decision of the remand court, claiming several misdirections on the part of the lower court.
“We have appealed and we await set down in the High Court,” he said.
In denying Manangazira bail, deputy chief magistrate Ms Bianca Makwande ruled that she was likely to interfere with investigations and witnesses, including her parents, who were part of the 28 family members she hired as community health workers to undertake the Covid-19 awareness programmes across the country.
Ms Makwande said Manangazira was still employed at the Ministry of Health and Child Care where there were some witnesses hence the court feared that was likely to jeopardise investigations.
The State also said Manangazira was a flight risk and remanded her in custody to March 8.
Africa Centre for Disease Control, through a non-governmental organisation — African Field Epidemiology Network — availed US$796 675 to fund training of 800 community health workers.
It is alleged that between July 16, 2020 and January 21 this year, Manangazira authorised the procurement of goods and services worth US$280 529 without going to tender. -Herald
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to jeopardize the crucial COVID-19 Vaccination Programme by threatening citizens.
Mr Mnangagwa said those who do not take the vaccine will (at some point) not be allowed to board ZUPCO Buses.He also said those who do not take the vaccine will find it difficult to secure employment.
Below is the MDC Alliance Weekly Health Update:
MDC Alliance Weekly Health Alert.
6th Edition
28 February 2022.
Welcome to yet another edition of the Weekly Health Alerts produced by MDC Alliance Health portfolio in conjunction with the Communications department.
This week we are looking at the lockdown and the way forward for Zimbabwe.
Covid-19 Lockdown-Whither to Zimbabwe?
WE have been on level 4 lockdown in this second covid-19 wave since January the 5th, initially for four weeks, but extended twice by two weeks at a time, to March 2021. With the strict lockdown comes many socio-economic challenges, which the government has up until now been unable to mitigate. Business is at a standstill, the cost of doing business has skyrocketed, especially with the current requirement that to reopen your small business you need covid-19 certificates for your workforce, at own expense.
The restrictions on informal traders has plunged many families into abject poverty and outright starvation in some cases, with no bailout from government.
We cannot be in perpetual lockdown, especially in a country where there are no social safety nets, but the decision to lift the lockdown must be based on data and science, not on political considerations.
Weaponisation of the lockdown is a tragedy, and many in Zimbabwe feel the lockdown is being used as a political weapon.
As President Chamisa said before, the government should be working with local authorities and health care departments to come out with a more scientific targeted approach based on numbers and hotspots.
Constant surveillance through testing and isolation throughout the country is necessary. Let’s remember the WHO’s admonition: “You can’t replace the lockdown with nothing”. Measures must be put in place to ensure a smooth transition to normalcy with adequate control measures. We need a well-informed and committed population, with persistent long-term behavior change as part of our new normal. Covid-19 safe behaviours must be observed at all times.
Vaccines bring with them a new hope of permanent relief, but only if we get it right, and we establish and maintain the highest levels of transparency regarding the vaccine attributes of efficacy, safety & cost, and procurement decisions. Arrogance on the part of government will derail the program. Every citizen has a right to be heard, and all concerns must be addressed with empathy, knowing that we are all born equal under the law of Zimbabwe, and in the eyes of God Almighty. Dissemination of correct information is key to the acceptance of any particular vaccine by the people, in our case the Sinopharm vaccine, at least for now. The current low uptake is due to lack of information, which buttresses all the conspiracy theories.
Coercion and intimidation will work against the program. The government must make it abundantly clear that taking the vaccine is a completely voluntary exercise, and informed consent is necessary for administration of the jab. As the people watch the early recipients of the vaccine, and as real time data on safety and efficacy is rolled out by the government, more people will volunteer to take the vaccine.
The recent command and control intimidatory diatribe we heard from high offices threatening to limit liberties to use Zupco buses and to bar people from getting employment if not vaccinated are both extremely unfortunate and mortally retrogressive to the program.
But is the vaccination program adequate on its own to ensure the safe lifting of lockdown measures? The answer for now is no, until we have vaccinated enough people to protect the whole population. There is no magical figure to achieve herd immunity, but if 60-80% of the population is vaccinated, we will enjoy reasonable protection as a nation. This is a medium to long-term aspiration, considering that all we have now is 200000 donated doses of Sinopharm vaccine, which will cover 100000 people out of the projected minimum target of ten million recipients. There is hard work and difficult decisions ahead of us. We implore the government to collect quality data that will inform future steps.
What shall we do now to be able to lift the lockdown without courting a third wave backlash? The WHO suggests six conditions that must be met before lifting the lockdown:
Disease transmission must be under control. We have seen a reduction in the number of new cases and of deaths over the past month. We are not there yet, but we are making progress. On this score alone, controlled relaxation of lockdown measures is feasible.
Health systems are able to “detect, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact”. This condition is the weakest link in our fight against covid-19. Government has never been able to supply enough testing kits to meet demand, and we continue to grope in the dark.
Hot spot risks are minimized in vulnerable places, such as nursing homes. In our case, its super-spreader events like ZUPCO buses, funerals, parties, shebeens, prisons and Zanu pf rallies. There is need to liberalise the transport sector to reduce unnecessary congestion. I do not consider church services to have super spreader potential if all things are done in an orderly manner and necessary precautions are taken, including social distancing, temperature checks, controlled numbers and masking up.
Schools, workplaces and other essential places have established preventive measures. We must at this stage take heed of what the teachers’ unions are saying about re-opening schools. To quote PTUZ, “…opening of schools is not an event, but a process that must be preceded by broad planning and engagement of teacher unions, parents, prioritization of health and safety of teachers, pupils, and ancillary staff”.
The risk of importing new cases “can be managed”. We need to manage our boarders and test all immigrants, with a view to isolating for an appropriate period those found positive. Remember, our nasty second wave was due to relaxation of the borders, failure to quarantine and test all immigrants, failure to follow up new comers in the community, and the presence of illegal crossing points. These must be remedied as a necessary precondition to lifting lockdown measures.
Communities are fully educated, engaged and empowered to live under a new normal.
A new culture must emerge. Social distancing, not shaking hands or hugging, masking up, limiting size of gatherings, banning cultural practices like to eat at funerals, frequent hand washing with soap and water, use of sanitisers, must become the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Health workers must continue to wear PPE as before until the epidemic is over. Investment in covid-19 clinical management infrastructure and PPE must continue. Health worker continuing professional education must intensify. The law must be applied evenly across the political divide, religious affiliation, race, colour & creed.
Lifting the lockdown situation has become a necessity to save the people from suffering and starvation, and a sector-by-sector consideration must be done, with the necessary stakeholder consultation and a targeted geographical approach. New and much cheaper vaccines like the J&J that has been used in South Africa must be procured and introduced in Zimbabwe. Measures as outlined above must be taken to ensure we do not gravitate into an even nastier third wave.
Now is the time to move to alleviate the people’s suffering, while keeping the epidemic under control.
May I extend thanks to the MDC-Alliance Health Portfolio Committee members for their input into our articles.
I remain
Dr Henry Madzorera Secretary for Health and Child welfare MDC Alliance
