By A Correspondent- The temperatures outside Zanu PF seem to be going below zero degrees for former Masvingo provincial political commissar Jeppy Jaboon who is said to be in the process of tracing his footsteps back to the ruling party.

Jaboon was caught up in the winds of change that swept across Zanu PF at the height of political tension between rival factions G40 and Lacoste.

The highly effusive former political commissar found himself in the jaws of the crocodile when he openly declared war on then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, discrediting his competence to succeed the late former president Robert Mugabe.

After the 2017 military coup, the G40 faction was send packing with the majority of its top protagonists skipping the country for safe haven while the remaining few, including Jaboon, joined the opposition outfit National Patriotic Front (NPF).

Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chairperson Ezra Chadzamira confirmed to TellZim News that Jaboon had reached out to return to Zanu PF.

“Jaboon reached out and said he wanted to return to Zanu PF. We have no problem with people coming back home because Zanu PF has a big tent approach.

“We told Jaboon that he should make an application through his district (Bikita) who will then forward it to the province for deliberation,” said Chadzamira.

Jaboon could not be drawn into comment as his mobile went unanswered but sources close to him said the process for his return to Zanu PF has been set in motion.

“Jaboon is an asset and comrades in Zanu PF know that. He is a workhorse and delivers results. When he was provincial political commissar, he carried Masvingo on his back and the party structures were in safe hands.

“Things happened and that is the way politics is. This does not mean people become enemies. Jaboon has made up his mind and is going back to Zanu PF.

“Zanu PF has always been his home and at the end of the day we all return home. He is trying to reach out to some of his friends who are still in the system so that they could help facilitate his return,” said the source.

Zanu PF has recently fished from the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance with senior officials Lilian Timveos and Blessing Chebundo defecting.-TellZim

VILLAGERS in Ndapfunya Village under Chief Makoni’s have come out guns blazing as they demand justice for a physically challenged teenager who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a 51-year-old villager last year in September.

The police have said the net is closing on the culprit, Shingirai Rundoro.

A neighbour, Tiriwashe Ndapfunya, said Rundoro needs to be convicted.

“My heart is bleeding because I am a parent who also have children to care for. The teenager who was raped is being looked after by her visually impaired father and poor mother. She is only 18-years-old.

“Rundoro took advantage of her disability and raped her. If he loved her like he wants people to believe, why did he disappear after committing the offence?” said Ndapfunya.

Another villager, Chido Bverekwa, called on organisations that advocates for the rights of the girl child and people living with disabilities to intervene and assist the teen and her family.

“This girl’s family is in dire need of assistance,” she said.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luxson Chananda, confirmed the incident, saying Rundoro vanished soon after committing the crime last year.

“We have heard of the case and investigations are in progress. Sometime in September last year, the accused lifted the teenager from her wheelchair and raped her twice on different occasions during the same month, taking advantage of her vulnerability. Her mother had left her unattended when she was abused. It seems the accused knew that the teenager was alone and pounced on her,” he said.

“We are investigating the matter and the accused is still on the run. We are appealing to members of the public with information leading to the arrest of the accused to contact their nearest police station,” said Inspector Chananda.- Manica Post

By A Correspondent|Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his deputy Tendai Biti have rallied behind the incarcerated activist Makomborero Haruzivishe saying he is vital cog in the struggle for freedom and justice in Zimbabwe.

Posting on Twitter, Chamisa described Mako as the true definition of courage whose fight should not be criminalised.

“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 @MakomboreroH defines courage.The fight for a just society must never be criminal,” said Chamisa.

Biti also hailed Mako as a national treasure whose intelligence and articulation of issues has resulted in countless brushes with law enforcement agents.

“Makomborero Haruzivishe is a national treasure.A quite humble intelligent articulate& brave compatriot.He has been brutalized by the regime throughout his life including multiple expulsions from University.He is not a criminal. Please do the right thing&let him go home,” said Biti.

Mako was arrested last week and charged with kidnapping employees of Impala Car Rental which is sucked in the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa by suspected state security agents.

AT least 25 children in Acacia, Penhalonga, were reportedly initiated into a Satanic cult by a 22-year-old local woman.

The woman allegedly befriends the unsuspecting minors before luring them into the occult world. Last week, Acacia residents had sleepless nights after a 12-year-old girl fell into a trance and declared that she and 25 other children in the area had been initiated into Satanism by her neighbour (name withheld).

However, the young woman has vehemently denied the allegations, highlighting that she also experienced spiritual attacks at some point in her life.

As she was manifesting, the 12-year-old wriggled like a snake.

This came minutes after the minor had physically attacked her father who sought to restrain her from visiting their neighbour’s residence. The child’s father, (name withheld to protect the identity of the minor), confirmed his daughter’s weird behaviour.

“My child went to play at our neighbour’s house and when she came back, she was behaving weirdly. She was putting on different clothes from the ones she had gone wearing. When I asked our neighbour to return my daughter’s clothes, she refused to surrender them. I even visited our neighbour to collect the clothes, but I was told that she had soaked them. I demanded to be given the wet clothes,” said the troubled father.

“That night my daughter was making strange sounds. She was also telling us hard to believe stories of how she was now part of our neighbour’s Satanic cult. She claimed that our neighbour is the queen of the cult, while 25 other minors from our neighbourhood are the maids.

“She says during one of their meetings, our neighbour instructed her to kill me or one of her brothers,” said the father.

Meanwhile in the same neighbourhood, another spirit has also been manifesting on another minor and accusing the same lady of recruiting her into the cult. A third girl also manifested and killed a snake that had been seen in Acacia. However, the family could not allow The Manica Post to interview the minor, saying they feared recurrence of her manifestations if she is constantly reminded of the incident.

A traditional healer whose four children claim to have been initiated into the cult said she has been witnessing mysterious occurrences at her home.

“Just yesterday, a cat entered my child’s room. When we went to check on her, my daughter’s eyes were blazing like fire. I will never forget that image. I could not even lift her as she was so heavy.

“I was so scared and ran outside. My sister had to come in to assist,” she said, adding that her children have been cleansed by a local prophet.

A neighbour, Emilio Magaso, said the alleged Satanist is not new to controversy as her parents were constantly summoned to attend to her during her high school days at a nearby mission school.

“We long suspected that something fishy was happening in her life. She has a mermaid spirit,” said Magaso.

But in an interview with The Manica Post, the alleged Satanist denied ever initiating the minors into any cult.

“Honestly, look at me, I am 22 years old and I have a child. Why would I be friends with people who are 10 years younger than me? Most of these kids are not even teenagers and I do not even know them that much,” she said.- Manica Post

MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo says the party remains unyielding to attempts by the ruling Zanu PF to decimate the movement and create a one party state.

In a statement following after the surprise departure of senior party members Lilian Timveos and Blessing Chebundo who crossed the floor to join the ruling Zanu PF, Hlatywayo said the party values freedom of expression and association.

“There has arisen debate on the move by former MDC Alliance members to Zanu PF. Whilst it is not a big event, as non-cowards and patriots, we don’t hesitate to take the plunge. Firstly, the MDC Alliance is a political party ideologically rooted on social democratic values. Amongst these values is freedom of expression and association.

“That right, among many are sacrosanct. We are therefore not in any way taken aback by the decision to exercise their democratic and constitutional guaranteed rights. We know however that at this point in time Zanu pf is doing all it can to take Zimbabwe back to 1983- creation of a one party state by dismantling alternative ideas; vanquishing, jailing, detaining and scaring both the popular party and civil society leaders” said Hlatywayo

He said the continuous arrest and detention of party members and activists is part of a plot to dismantle and stifle opposing forces.

“On the same, the vampire state co-opts some leaders from the opposition as a deceptive show of mighty. The agenda is not just to incapacitate the opposition but stifle dissent from within Zanu PF. ZANU PF will not succeed in its one party pursuit.  It has been exposed! MDC Alliance is a people’s party. That party is hidden in people’s hearts. No violence, detentions, co-option or propaganda will weaken that treasure.

“MDC Alliance is a transparent organisation, which recently published its audited accounts. The first of its kind. Peddling falsehoods and an attack on the leadership of the party by ZANU PF is a nonevent. We are accountable to the masses of Zimbabwe, which was done satisfactorily. The people of Zimbabwe remain clear on the march for a democratic developmental state. Happiness and prosperity are what the people want. The creation of rebels by ZANU PF in the name of MDC T cannot distract the people’s train.” he said.

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A Harare police officer appeared in court today on allegations of soliciting US$45 bribe from a motorist he had arrested.

Broadway Jongwe was facing bribery charges when he appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro.

The State led by Mr Moses Mapanga opposed bail on the grounds that Jongwe was likely to abscond since he had previous convictions.

He told the court that Jongwe was also likely to interfere with State witnesses. Mrs Guwuriro defferred the matter to Monday for continuation of bail application.https://a60a31f6a7b7c0d30a267eb9407e88b6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

The court heard that on February 18 at Cnr Bishop Gaul and Rotten Row streets, Jongwe, being an employee of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, solicited for US$30 from Albert Muzhande who was driving a Mazda B1800 without a driver’s license and a Covid-19 exemption letter.

Further facts revealed that Jongwe unlawfully took possession of Muzhande’s national identity card and two cellphones worth US$45 in total as surety for the gift or consideration for the solicited bribe.

It is the State’s case that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission set a trap and arrested Jongwe while receiving money from Muzhande for the return of his identity card and cellphone

Fidelis Munyoro| Some lawyers have urged High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa to resign to preserve the dignity of the bench following allegations of an intimate affair with a member of support staff, although the Judicial Service Commission is still investigating whether a relationship with such a work colleague breaches the judicial code of ethics.

Investigations into the judge’s alleged intimate affair with a member of the support staff in Bulawayo, Ms Oratile Nare, are underway after nude pictures and raunchy WhatsApp messages, allegedly from the judge’s phone, recently circulated on social media. The judge is a widower.

Some lawyers who spoke to The Herald said the Judicial Service Commission was right to move in swiftly to “deal with a clear reputational risk” and to see if two sections of the judicial code of ethics that all judges must follow had been breached.

“The judge owes it to the profession and to the people, on whose behalf he exercises judicial authority to resign,” said a veteran Harare lawyer speaking on condition of anonymity, querying how the judge can face the lawyers and members of the public in court.

Another lawyer based in Bulawayo said the alleged actions of Justice Mabhikwa were in clear breach of section 7 of the Judicial Code of Ethics. He described the judge’s liaisons with a subordinate as manifestly improper.

“The fact that he has been taking and keeping such images which have now been circulated makes a bad situation worse,” he said on condition of anonymity.

“Judges are justifiably held to a higher standard than ordinary citizens. It does not help matters that this scandal has blown out with such fury only two months after the judge lost his wife. Could the judge not have waited? What example is he setting?”

Section 7 (1) of the judicial code of ethics demands that a judicial officer “shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of improper behaviour in all his or her activities, in and outside court, and shall avoid any conduct that may result in bringing the judiciary into disrepute”.

Subsection (2) says, “As a subject of constant public scrutiny, a judicial officer must accept personal restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizens. In particular, a judicial officer must conduct himself or herself in a way that is consistent with the dignity of the judicial office.”

On Tuesday, the JSC issued a statement advising that investigations into the matter were underway and the public would be advised of the outcome in due course.

Allegations are that Justice Mabhikwa and Ms Nare, an assistant of fellow Bulawayo judge Justice Maxwell Takuva, have been in an intimate relationship and that Ms Nare, jealous over what she allegedly believes is another lover of the judge, reportedly forwarded what are described as the judge’s exchanges with the other woman to almost all his contacts, including a judges’ group.

Ms Nare had reportedly went through Justice Mabhikwa’s phone sometime during the night and discovered that the judge had sent pictures of his body to another woman only identified as Petty or Patie. The offensive package included the judge’s raunchy messages exchanged with Patie or Petty, who also sent the judge pictures of her body.

Meanwhile, a lady with almost the same name and similar surname as the one involved with Justice Mabhikwa, is furious after an online publication used her picture on the judge’s story.

“I Uratile Nare would like to strongly refute and categorically deny the allegations made by ZimLive Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu in an article published on the 24th of February 2021. The article carried my picture implying that I was the ‘irate lover’,” said Miss Nare.

“This is purely fake news. This misleading and completely distorted information was published on various social media pages and newspapers including ZiMetro and zwnews. Such frivolous reporting has a direct impact on my reputation being besmirched and is causing damage to my career which I have painstakingly built with years of hard work. Not to mention the trauma, gross pain and suffering I am experiencing as a result of this article.

“I want to take the opportunity to provide some important context to clear my name. Firstly, my name is Uratile Nare and not Oratile Nare who I am not related to. Secondly, I do not work for the Judicial Service Commission as I am a 3rd year student at one of the local universities and I am currently completing my attachment in Harare, Zimbabwe. Third and finally, I have never met or interacted with Justice Thompson Mabhikwa, neither do I know of him.”

She intends to pursue the full extent of legal remedies available to clear her name.- Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has accused Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa of criminalizing the struggle for freedom.

President Chamisa denounced the arrest and detention of human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Makomborero Haruvizishe was arrested by armed government agents last week.

“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 Haruzivishe defines the face of courage.

The fight for a just society must never be criminalized. #FreeMako,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.

Tinashe Sambiri|Soccer fans across the country are unhappy with the donation of a replica jersey to Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa by Bulawayo giants Highlanders FC.

Mr Mnangagwa is seen in pictures circulating on social media grinning as he receives the jersey.

Mr Mnangagwa is accused of violating human rights, torturing and eliminating perceived political opponents.

Commenting on the donation, Brighton Nkompilo said:
“Misplaced priorities by our useless Chairman why waste our jerseys…”

Nella mavuso commented:
“For the why vele?? Nxaaaaa”

Delina Mutyambizi wrote:
“I have been a supporter of Bosso for years but because of this bootlicking ED I am done with Bosso.”

Itayi Tione wrote:
“Highlanders is finished. It is cursed.”

He was condemned at birth to a life of hardship after being christened Mhlupheki, which is Ndebele for “the one who struggles”.

True to his name, Mhlupheki Ngwenya (47) has suffered, living a life of struggle and holding a record that no one should be proud of — being the longest serving inmate at Khami Maximum Prison.

Dressed in white prison garb inscribed “Life” with a blue pen, Mhlupheki has been in prison for 21 years.

He was sentenced to death in 2008 for killing a man in Bulawayo’s Richmond suburb after they had an altercation on one of the darkest days in the country’s history — July 1, 1999. This is the day when Father Zimbabwe and Vice-President Joshua Nkomo breathed his last.

The day would also change Mhlupheki’s life as he would later be incarcerated for murder. “I’m here because of a murder that I committed in 1999 on 1 July. I had an argument with this man who was drunk and we started fighting. He stabbed me with a bottle on my arm,” he said, showing the news crew his scar.

“I drew a knife and stabbed him to death. That is how I ended up in prison,” explained the soft-spoken slim built inmate.

Mhlupheki said at the time he lived at Mbuyazwe Village in Umguza District and was married with a child aged three.

Sadly, the child died while he was in prison and he has no idea what happened to his ex-wife. He said in 2008 he was sentenced to death and was moved to Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare where he was expected to be hanged.

He narrated the trauma of thinking every day would be his last. The anguish of hearing a cell door opening and thinking his time had come, for nine long years.

“I was sentenced to death on 9 April 2008 at the Bulawayo High Court. After that I was transferred to Harare’s Chikurubi Maximum Prison where I stayed for nine years before I made an appeal against the death sentence. On 30 July 2017 my death sentence was commuted to life in prison. This led to my transfer back to Khami Maximum Prison, because I was initially sentenced while in here,” he said.

Mhlupheki said since his imprisonment, he has lost touch with outside reality. Even cellphone technology was minimal in Zimbabwe by the time he was jailed.

“When I was imprisoned there was not much cellphone technology in the country, so I have never held a cellphone. So, things like WhatsApp messenger that you are talking about I don’t know them. It would be a new world to me if I’m to be released from prison,” said Mhlupheki.

He said his personality has changed following his long stay at the prison.

“When I was arrested, I did not know Jesus but in prison I got saved. I’m now baptised. Right now, I’m doing my secondary education, I’m supposed to register to write Ordinary Levels this year but since schools are still closed due to Covid-19 that has been halted. But I remain studying so that when schools open, I register to write my O-levels.

That is what I’m preoccupying myself with at the moment,” he said. He said he has not lost hope that one day he would be accorded Presidential Amnesty.

“The reason why I’m studying is to have knowledge, there are a lot of technologies that have come up since my incarceration. There isn’t much I’m doing so I decided to go to school. Secondly, if I waste this period in jail and get lucky and I’m pardoned by the President, I will struggle to adjust to normal society. My only hope is to receive Presidential pardon.”

Mhlupheki said serving life in prison is more liberating than his earlier death sentence. “Being a death row inmate was a very painful thing. The conditions are too difficult. You spend 23 hours in a solitary cell and just given an hour out of the cell just to exercise. Being in that cell psychologically kills you, if you are not strong as a death row inmate, you might fall sick or die or even lose your mind. I think it’s important to give yourself to God because alone you cannot survive.

Turning to God is how I survived all that time. But prison life is very painful, it separates you from your relatives. It takes away all the little things that you would take for granted when you are outside the cells. Everything here is regulated and even the time you go to bed. At 6pm here we would be expected to be sleeping,” said Mhlupheki.

He said he has not seen any of his relatives in 11 years but was hoping to reunite with his uncle. However, Covid-19 has again stalled the reunion.

This is mainly due to the fact that Government banned members of the public from visiting inmates as part of the measures to mitigate against the spread of Covid-19. Mhlupheki said he was remorseful for taking a life.

He said he was “crushingly” disappointed that he put his own family through hell as society labelled them all sorts of names due to his actions.

“Abadala bathi icala lembula ingubo lingene, so what happened is that I committed a crime without thinking. While in prison I have tried to reach out to the relatives of the man I killed to seek forgiveness. I’m also seeking forgiveness from my family because my crime also affected them. People will forever point fingers at them saying ‘your child who is a murderer’,” said Mhlupheki. -Chronicle

IN a rare show of bravery, a quick-thinking 14-year-old girl from Bhekani Line in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province, turned into Wonder Woman when she warded off her 49-year-old grandfather, who allegedly attempted to rape her, by violently grabbing his testicles and squeezing them hard.

The Form One girl gave her grandfather a painful lesson when she reportedly gripped one of his testicles with her sharp nails as he was allegedly trying to sexually assault her in her bedroom.

After being attacked, the grandfather screamed for help while begging for forgiveness.

Circumstances of the tale read as follows:
On 8 February 2021 and at around 3pm the girl was in her bedroom cleaning her room. It is reported that her grandfather, who was peeping through the window, saw her and stormed into the bedroom and grabbed her.

While grabbing her, he forcibly fondled her breasts and took off her clothes and underwear. In the process the grandfather is also alleged to have unzipped his trousers and pulled out his manhood.

The girl is alleged to have wrestled with him and at the height of the struggle, she grabbed his testicles and squeezed them so hard that he wailed for help.

After thwarting her grandfather’s evil move, the girl is alleged to have escaped, leaving him lying helpless on the floor. She went to her grandmother’s bedroom where she narrated the nasty ordeal to her.

The matter was reported to the police leading to the man’s arrest.

For that offence of attempting to defile her granddaughter, the man was brought before the court and he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu.

He was not asked to plead to a charge of attempted rape and was remanded in custody to 23 April 2021.-B-Metro

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STATE MEDIA- At least 25 children in Acacia, Penhalonga, were reportedly initiated into a Satanic cult by a 22-year-old local woman.

The woman allegedly befriends the unsuspecting minors before luring them into the occult world. Last week, Acacia residents had sleepless nights after a 12-year-old girl fell into a trance and declared that she and 25 other children in the area had been initiated into Satanism by her neighbour (name withheld).

However, the young woman has vehemently denied the allegations, highlighting that she also experienced spiritual attacks at some point in her life.

As she was manifesting, the 12-year-old wriggled like a snake.

This came minutes after the minor had physically attacked her father who sought to restrain her from visiting their neighbour’s residence. The child’s father, (name withheld to protect the identity of the minor), confirmed his daughter’s weird behaviour.

“My child went to play at our neighbour’s house and when she came back, she was behaving weirdly. She was putting on different clothes from the ones she had gone wearing. When I asked our neighbour to return my daughter’s clothes, she refused to surrender them. I even visited our neighbour to collect the clothes, but I was told that she had soaked them. I demanded to be given the wet clothes,” said the troubled father.

“That night my daughter was making strange sounds. She was also telling us hard to believe stories of how she was now part of our neighbour’s Satanic cult. She claimed that our neighbour is the queen of the cult, while 25 other minors from our neighbourhood are the maids.

“She says during one of their meetings, our neighbour instructed her to kill me or one of her brothers,” said the father.

Meanwhile in the same neighbourhood, another spirit has also been manifesting on another minor and accusing the same lady of recruiting her into the cult. A third girl also manifested and killed a snake that had been seen in Acacia. However, the family could not allow The Manica Post to interview the minor, saying they feared recurrence of her manifestations if she is constantly reminded of the incident.

A traditional healer whose four children claim to have been initiated into the cult said she has been witnessing mysterious occurrences at her home.

“Just yesterday, a cat entered my child’s room. When we went to check on her, my daughter’s eyes were blazing like fire. I will never forget that image. I could not even lift her as she was so heavy.

“I was so scared and ran outside. My sister had to come in to assist,” she said, adding that her children have been cleansed by a local prophet.

A neighbour, Emilio Magaso, said the alleged Satanist is not new to controversy as her parents were constantly summoned to attend to her during her high school days at a nearby mission school.

“We long suspected that something fishy was happening in her life. She has a mermaid spirit,” said Magaso.

But in an interview with The Manica Post, the alleged Satanist denied ever initiating the minors into any cult.

“Honestly, look at me, I am 22 years old and I have a child. Why would I be friends with people who are 10 years younger than me? Most of these kids are not even teenagers and I do not even know them that much,” she said.

She, however, said she has been seeking prayers from a white garment prophet.

“I am actually coming from the prophet’s shrine. He told me that those spiritual attacks are not a result of Satanism, those attacks are from the children’s jealousy families. The attacks have nothing to do with me” she said.

“During my high school days, my family’s spirits also haunted me but a local madzibaba delivered me and I am now a devoted Christian. They need to take their children to the prophet for deliverance instead of blaming me,” she said. Zimbabwe National Healers’ Association (Zinatha) president, Mr George Kandiero, said the information at hand shows that the children were initiated into witchcraft. He said the word satanism is a ‘glorified’ term for witchcraft, adding that there is urgent need for the children’s exorcism.

“The snakes and manifestations suggest that the children are already witches and wizards. The fact that some of the children’s mothers are also witnessing a change in behaviour is proof to this.

“They need urgent cleansing through either traditional or Christian means. In addition, there is need for proper witch hunting so that there are no further initiations in the area,” said Mr Kandiero.

Prophet Cloud Chiremba of Mount Sinai said the minors are being tormented by territorial spirits. He said he used ‘back to sender’ prayers to deliver some of the children.

“The person behind this believes that the area is her territory. Parents in this area need to be prayerful as the evil spirits are out to tack more children,” he said.

-Manica Post

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly official, Hon Joana Mamombe has called for the immediate release of jailed human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Mako was violently arrested by government agents last week.

Addressing the media in the capital on Thursday, Hon Mamombe called for resignation of police boss Godwin Matanga – due to gross violation of human rights…

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Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly official, Hon Joana Mamombe has called for the immediate release of jailed human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Mako was violently arrested by government agents last week.

Addressing the media in the capital on Thursday, Hon Mamombe called for resignation of police boss Godwin Matanga – due to gross violation of human rights…

Watch video below:

“Hie Twimbos thank you all for your support. I haven’t been refunded my money yet for missing my flights,my Covid tests etc,” announced Temba Mliswa’s ex girlfriend Susan Mutami.

She continued saying: ” Hope you are all well and no amount of intimidation will stop me from spilling the beans. Stay tuned and stay safe,” she said in Wednesday.

Where is she now, in Australia, or still in Zimbabwe?

What beans is she releasing, real beans or her private concoctions?

By A Correspondent | This is not UK, Sweden or some other foreign nation, this is her country of birth -Susan Mutami’s whereabouts have been a hot internet search code since last week Friday.

The development comes after Mutami went underground after being blocked from flying back to Australia.

The Aussie citizen was last week 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 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.”

Also commenting on the development, 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 in Harare.

It seemed convincing Mutami is playing an the aussie whistleblower, Julian Assange, hiding technique, 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.

While it could not be established at the time of writing where she is, Mutami herself had by last Saturday afternoon told ZimEye, she has now submitted her witness statement to the police and is now working towards getting a ticket.

WHERE DO YOU THINK SUSAN MUTAMI IS?

Tinashe Sambiri|Soccer fans across the country are unhappy with the donation of a replica jersey to Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa by Bulawayo giants Highlanders FC.

Mr Mnangagwa is seen in pictures circulating on social media grinning as he receives the jersey.

Mr Mnangagwa is accused of violating human rights, torturing and eliminating perceived political opponents.

Commenting on the donation, Brighton Nkompilo said:
“Misplaced priorities by our useless Chairman why waste our jerseys…”

Nella mavuso commented:
“For the why vele?? Nxaaaaa”

Delina Mutyambizi wrote:
“I have been a supporter of Bosso for years but because of this bootlicking ED I am done with Bosso.”

Itayi Tione wrote:
“Highlanders is finished. It is cursed.”

The below picture which circulated during the week of Infor Minister Monica Mutsvangwa was said to be that of a boyfriend at a river side.

Initial checks on the photo indicated that the man is not at all a boyfriend but her own brother, Daniel Parirenyatwa. Mutsvangwa is a Parirenyatwa from Mutare.

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Secretary General, Hon Charlton Hwende has described Senator Lilian Timveos’ treachery as shocking.

Senator Timveos and Hon Blessing Chebundo shocked all and sundry when they joined Zanu PF.

Timveos wrote a piece attacking Hon Hwende, in a desperate attempt to defend her decision to join Zanu PF.

See Hon Hwende’s statement below:

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

ZANU PF has continued with its protracted war of attrition against the MDC Alliance and its leadership.

The regime is using our erstwhile colleagues who have left us and joined their moribund regime to attack and destabilize the MDC Alliance through peddling malicious falsehoods and scurrilous allegations especially against my person. The intention is to weaken the MDC Alliance leadership and destabilize the party. It is not surprising as most regimes bone out of a coup entrench themselves through cooptation of opposition elements and systematic targeting of their legitimate opponents.

We are a natural target since our President won the 2018 election whose victory the regime stole from us.

While it is not in the ordinary for me to respond to ZANU PF allegations on our internal issues, I would like to address some of the concerns considering that they are intended to damage both my personal integrity and most importantly the repute of the party. First, allegations were levelled that party funds have been misappropriated.

In addition to our audit (of the party finances in the period after 2019 congress) which was successful I must state that we have tried and tested systems of deploying financial resources in the organisation which leave no room for misappropriation by any single individual.

While human beings are fallible, systems are fail-safe. I take pride in the systems we have put in place which cannot be manipulated in the manner suggested.

Second, the allegation that I have tormented people in meetings to the point of tears and even drove a few to the absurd, deplorable and treacherous act of joining ZANU P.F. is laughable. Constitutional meetings of organs of the party have continued uninterrupted since congress in the physical and virtually in instances where we are unable to meet physically due to lockdown restrictions. The organ that was singled out by ZANU PF speaking through the renegades, the Standing Committee, is chaired by the party President. In all our Standing Committee meetings, our President has ensured that meeting etiquette is observed in line with our democratic principles of tolerance, diversity of thought and freedom of speech. Should it be the case that a member feels they have been treated unfairly by another, the party has competent mechanisms to address grievances as a way of ensuring that our platforms remain safe spaces. I state here that if any member feels aggrieved by my conduct, I am personally available and willing to subject myself before organs of the party to answer to such allegations. I presented myself before congress in Gweru and had I not been elected, I was ready and willing to work with the one elected; such is my faith and confidence in the competency of our internal democracy. In the same spirit, I am open to criticism and correction. Be this as it may, I know that the current spurt of attacks is orchestrated by ZANU PF to put a wedge between the SG and the office of the President. These efforts will continue to fail dismally as I am not mistaken in the execution of my mandate to serve the institution and to give unquestionable support to our President Adv Nelson Chamisa.

For the record those who have left the MDC Alliance have done so voluntarily without any undue pressure from any quarter. No one was pushed out of the MDC Alliance.

It must astonish any right thinking citizen that those who claim to be running away from being insulted in private in the MDC Alliance are joining ZANU PF, a party which has not only insulted them publicly in the past but has maimed and killed thousands of MDC Alliance supporters. That kind of duplicity and treachery is shocking.

We all know that those who have left the MDC Alliance and joined ZANU PF have done so to benefit from ZANU PF patronage and corruption. Others have done so after failing to recover from their loss in the popularity contest during our elective congress in 2019. We will work better to give the necessary psychological support to sore “losers” as well as ideological orientation to members that in a democratic organisation like the MDC Alliance we are all winners when the best is deployed and congress must never be the basis of terminal acrimony.

Those who have decided to join the gravy train are free to do so but they should never justify their treacherous behaviour by peddling falsehoods and mudslinging those who have chosen to keep fighting and speaking for the people. Despite the odds, the people’s movement has persevered with the unwavering support of the jobless graduate, the starving pensioner, the vending mother in the dusty streets of Harare right to the support of the farmer in the last hut in Umguza. I personally will never betray the people’s cause. We are up against a ruthless enemy but we will prevail. The final call is unchanged. The journey is like a pendulum swing; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left but the final call remains unchanged, victory is certain.

Chalton Hwende
MDC Alliance Secretary General

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Tinashe Sambiri|Soccer fans across the country are unhappy with the donation of a replica jersey to Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa by Bulawayo giants Highlanders FC.

Mr Mnangagwa is seen in pictures circulating on social media grinning as he receives the jersey.

Mr Mnangagwa is accused of violating human rights, torturing and eliminating perceived political opponents.

Commenting on the donation, Brighton Nkompilo said:
“Misplaced priorities by our useless Chairman why waste our jerseys…”

Nella mavuso commented:
“For the why vele?? Nxaaaaa”

Delina Mutyambizi wrote:
“I have been a supporter of Bosso for years but because of this bootlicking ED I am done with Bosso.”

Itayi Tione wrote:
“Highlanders is finished. It is cursed.”

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly official, Hon Joana Mamombe has called for the immediate release of jailed human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Mako was violently arrested by government agents last week.

Addressing the media in the capital on Thursday, Hon Mamombe called for resignation of police boss Godwin Matanga – due to gross violation of human rights…

Watch video below:

By A Correspondent| Riot police have sealed off Harare Magistrates Court with journalists also being turned away from covering court sessions.

No explanation was given to journalists on why they were not allowed inside the court premises.

Freelance journalist and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Communications Officer, Kumbirai Mafunda was arrested together with three members of the Zimbabwe national Students Union (ZINASU) who had turned at the court to offer solidarity to incarcerated political activist, Makomborero Haruzivishe who was arrested last week and charged with kidnapping.

Posting on Twitter Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Director Roseline Hanzi her organization was disturbed by the arrest of their officer despite being an accredited journalist.

“Very disturbed and appalled that @PoliceZimbabwe have arrested our @ZLHRLawyers Communications Officer who is a registered free-lance journalist @KumbiraiMafunda. He was at Rotten Row court covering our cases,” said Hanzi.

Meanwhile, Three ZINASU students who had been arrested and detained with Mafunda who are Richard Paradzayi, Paidamoyo Masaraure and Leam Kanengoni have been taken to Law and Order section in company of their lawyers.

By A Correspondent|Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his deputy Tendai Biti have rallied behind the incarcerated activist Makomborero Haruzivishe saying he is vital cog in the struggle for freedom and justice in Zimbabwe.

Posting on Twitter, Chamisa described Mako as the true definition of courage whose fight should not be criminalised.

“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 @MakomboreroH defines courage.The fight for a just society must never be criminal,” said Chamisa.

Biti also hailed Mako as a national treasure whose intelligence and articulation of issues has resulted in countless brushes with law enforcement agents.

“Makomborero Haruzivishe is a national treasure.A quite humble intelligent articulate& brave compatriot.He has been brutalized by the regime throughout his life including multiple expulsions from University.He is not a criminal. Please do the right thing&let him go home,” said Biti.

Mako was arrested last week and charged with kidnapping employees of Impala Car Rental which is sucked in the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa by suspected state security agents.

By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance trio, Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova were among more than 50 activists who staged a protest in Harare demanding the release of their colleague, Haruzivishe Makomborero.

The picketers who were holding placards branded “Free Mako Now” and “Stop Judicial Capture,” staged a flash protest outside the Harare High Court on Thursday.

Makomborero, a pro-democracy campaigner, is being charged with kidnapping, participating in a gathering with intent to commit public violence, and breaching peace or bigotry. 

Addressing protesters after Makomborero had been denied bail Thursday, Mamombe said:

We are worried that this weaponization of law by the police and growing persecution of activists has a pernicious and gnawing effect on our ‘nascent’ democracy.

Today we send a clear and unequivocal message to this regime. We are not afraid! We will not be neutral in the face of brutality and weaponization of the law. We will not stand aside while our country is turned into a banana republic. Our resolve is unshakeable and our faith in a new Zimbabwe unbreakable.

Makomborero’s lawyers claim the former Zimbabwe National Students Union secretary-general was arrested last week at gunpoint and were probably intending to torture him.

They also claim that the security agents who took Makomborero were forced to drop him off at Harare Central police station after he screamed hysterically.

The state alleges that Makomborero, together with others, forced his way into Impala Motor Spares and detained employees whom they accused of causing the arrest of their colleague Takudzwa Ngadziore last year.

He is denying the charges.

-ZimLive

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— Mbuya Gudo from dotito (@MamoyoT) February 26, 2021

Vice President Kembo Mohadi who 2 days ago denied reports showing he has been bedding married women and approaching secondary school girls for sex, has been truly been dating a teenage girl, and one of his girlfriends is his own cousin’s daughter, his own ex wife, Tambudzani, alleges in a series of tweets since 2018.

Earlier this week, ZimEye did an undercover expose’ showing how Mohadi impregnated an A Level student. In one of the tweets below, another learner is said to also have been bedded by the Vice President. These investigations have been done in the public interest to protect current and future victims.

Government has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) from participating in Covid-19 programmes, in an unprecedented move that may have farreaching consequences in fighting the pandemic.

The Zimbabwe Independent gathered that Health and Child Care permanent secretary Jasper Chimedza, on Tuesday, ordered the international health partners to stop, forthwith, Covid-19 activities for the next three weeks.

A senior government official last night said Covid-19 vaccination was a sole responsibility of the government and cannot be outsourced to “private operators or NGOs (non-governmental organisations)”.

Chimedza dropped the bombshell on the UN agencies when the teams were preparing to monitor the ongoing vaccination of health workers by government using Chinese-donated Sinopharm vaccines.

The Health and Child Care permanent secretary and the deputy minister, John Mangwiro could not comment yesterday, as they were said to be busy.

“I am in a meeting; much tied up. Can you get in touch with me in about three or four hours,” Mangwiro said. He did not answer subsequent phone calls.

It is understood that some programmes such as the WHO Covax vaccination plans will go ahead as planned since the government has already signed the memorandum of understanding.

The European Union office in Harare confirmed this in a tweet on Wednesday: “Fabulous to see that the #Covax rollout has begun in Africa! #Zimbabwe will also very soon get 1,152 million doses under the Covax scheme, to which #TeamEurope is the biggest contributor”.

The reasons for the suspension were not yet clear as the government is said to have failed to properly communicate its message to its long-time health partners.

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa said: “We are working very closely with all our partners”.

However, high-level officials said the government was “on its own” after dumping WHO and Unicef.

“All international partners in the health sector were suspended from participating in Covid-19-related programmes. They have not been doing anything since Tuesday,” an official, who cannot be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said.

“What happened is that teams from WHO, Unicef, Crown Agents, John Snow Inc (JSI) and others had gathered at WHO offices in Harare on Tuesday morning waiting to go for an assessment of the vaccination programme, but the government ordered the organisations to suspend such Covid-19 activities.”

Another official added: “According to what was communicated to us, these organisations can continue with other programmes, but are not supposed to be involved in anything to do with Covid-19. This means we are as of now unable to train healthcare workers, support visits to health institutions, and PPE provision.

“We were told to continue doing other programmes which have nothing to do with Covid-19. We await government directive on the way forward.”

Unicef spokesperson James Maiden said the organisation will continue to play its role in partnering the government in sourcing for vaccines.

He said: “Unicef continues to play a key role in the rollout of vaccinations in Zimbabwe in partnership with the government and many other development partners.

“Unicef is central to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine globally through the Covax facility and in Zimbabwe is working with the government and other partners in preparing the country to receive and distribute vaccines.

“This role includes preparation and technical support, procurement of the Covax vaccines and behavioural change communications,” he added.

Maiden went on to say: “Unicef is pivotal in supporting many areas of the overall Covid-19 national response pillars including coordination, risk communication and community engagement, infection prevention and control, case management, education, supply and logistics.”

WHO country representative for Zimbabwe Alex Gasasira said they would also continue partnering with the government in the fight against Covid-19.

“WHO continues to work with the government of Zimbabwe and all its institutions, including the Ministry of Health and Child Care in the national Covid-19 response effort,” he said.

Unicef is facilitating supply of free Covid-19 vaccines in partnership with the European Union, Geneva-based organisation Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, which is a public-private global health partnership, whose main aim is to enable access to immunisation in poor countries, the Global Fund for Health and other donors.

According to sources in the health sector, these initiatives could actually see Zimbabwe vaccinate its entire population for free before the end of the year.

Other affected organisations, which have been working closely with the government since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March last year include the Crown Agents Ltd, a nonprofit international development corporation headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and has subsidiaries in the US and Japan.

As stated on its website, the organisation works in partnership with governments, institutions, donors, foundations, philanthropists and the private sector to tackle complex challenges, ranging from procuring and delivering PPEs and vaccines.

JSI is a US-based organisation, which has been helping the government in conducting public health research, technical and managerial assistance to public health programmes under WHO.

-Zimbabwe Independent

MDC Alliance Secretary General, Charlton Hwende has denied claims by former deputy treasurer Lillian Timveous that he harassed and conspired against party members during standing committee meetings.

In a statement titled, Setting the record straight, Hwende accused Zanu PF of using opposition colleagues to destabilise the MDC Alliance.

Below is the full statement:

MDC ALLIANCE SECRETARY GENERAL

    PRESS STATEMENT

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

ZANU PF has continued with its protracted war of attrition against the MDC Alliance and its leadership.

The regime is using our erstwhile colleagues who have left us and joined their moribund regime to attack and destabilize the MDC Alliance through peddling malicious falsehoods and scurrilous allegations especially against my person. The intention is to weaken the MDC Alliance leadership and destabilize the party.

It is not surprising as most regimes bone out of a coup entrench themselves through cooptation of opposition elements and systematic targeting of their legitimate opponents. We are a natural target since our President won the 2018 election whose victory the regime stole from us.

While it is not in the ordinary for me to respond to ZANU PF allegations on our internal issues, I would like to address some of the concerns considering that they are intended to damage both my personal integrity and most importantly the repute of the party. First, allegations were levelled that party funds have been misappropriated. In addition to our audit (of the party finances in the period after 2019 congress) which was successful I must state that we have tried and tested systems of deploying financial resources in the organisation which leave no room for misappropriation by any single individual. While human beings are fallible, systems are fail-safe. I take pride in the systems we have put in place which cannot be manipulated in the manner suggested.

Second, the allegation that I have tormented people in meetings to the point of tears and even drove a few to the absurd, deplorable and treacherous act of joining ZANU P.F. is laughable. Constitutional meetings of organs of the party have continued uninterrupted since congress in the physical and virtually in instances where we are unable to meet physically due to lockdown restrictions. The organ that was singled out by ZANU PF speaking through the renegades, the Standing Committee, is chaired by the party President. In all our Standing Committee meetings, our President has ensured that meeting etiquette is observed in line with our democratic principles of tolerance, diversity of thought and freedom of speech. Should it be the case that a member feels they have been treated unfairly by another, the party has competent mechanisms to address grievances as a way of ensuring that our platforms remain safe spaces.

I state here that if any member feels aggrieved by my conduct, I am personally available and willing to subject myself before organs of the party to answer to such allegations. I presented myself before congress in Gweru and had I not been elected, I was ready and willing to work with the one elected; such is my faith and confidence in the competency of our internal democracy. In the same spirit, I am open to criticism and correction. Be this as it may, I know that the current spurt of attacks is orchestrated by ZANU PF to put a wedge between the SG and the office of the President. These efforts will continue to fail dismally as I am not mistaken in the execution of my mandate to serve the institution and to give unquestionable support to our President Adv Nelson Chamisa.

For the record those who have left the MDC Alliance have done so voluntarily without any undue pressure from any quarter. No one was pushed out of the MDC Alliance.

It must astonish any right thinking citizen that those who claim to be running away from being insulted in private in the MDC Alliance are joining ZANU PF, a party which has not only insulted them publicly in the past but has maimed and killed thousands of MDC Alliance supporters. That kind of duplicity and treachery is shocking. We all know that those who have left the MDC Alliance and joined ZANU PF have done so to benefit from ZANU PF patronage and corruption. Others have done so after failing to recover from their loss in the popularity contest during our elective congress in 2019. We will work better to give the necessary psychological support to sore “losers” as well as ideological orientation to members that in a democratic organisation like the MDC Alliance we are all winners when the best is deployed and congress must never be the basis of terminal acrimony.

Those who have decided to join the gravy train are free to do so but they should never justify their treacherous behaviour by peddling falsehoods and mudslinging those who have chosen to keep fighting and speaking for the people. Despite the odds, the people’s movement has persevered with the unwavering support of the jobless graduate, the starving pensioner, the vending mother in the dusty streets of Harare right to the support of the farmer in the last hut in Umguza. I personally will never betray the people’s cause. We are up against a ruthless enemy but we will prevail. The final call is unchanged. The journey is like a pendulum swing; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left but the final call remains unchanged, victory is certain.

Chalton Hwende
MDC Alliance Secretary General

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started filling up the “pits of death” in Pelandaba West suburb and is employing Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to map and identify similar dangerous spots across the city.

Three people died early this month when they drowned in the pits, causing an outcry from residents and pressure groups.

The council started filling up the disused gaping holes on Tuesday which look like remnants of an open cast mine.

Earth moving machinery was deployed on site as council started rehabilitating the land which has become more of shafts due to the disused pits.

The deep holes are said to have been caused by sand poachers who took advantage of the construction of houses in most new suburbs.

A Chronicle news crew visited the site on Wednesday and found council staff rehabilitating the land by covering the pits.

Two weeks ago, Shane Ngona (20) from Pumula North drowned while taking a bath at the black spot and Nqobizitha Mhlanga (18) from the same suburb also drowned while attempting to rescue him.

The incident occurred just five days after a 15-year-old boy from Pelandaba West drowned while playing with friends at the same water body.

Ward 27 Councillor Alderman Siboniso Khumalo said it was a relief that council had acted to fill up the pits.

He said the loss of lives and rehabilitation of the environment calls for citizens to protect their surroundings.

One of the pits that was filled up with soil in Pelandaba. The pits had become a death trap in the area

“This is a problem that is caused by sand poachers. They do not understand that the city is paying a price for their irresponsible actions. Resources that could have been used to improve service delivery are now being channelled towards filling those pits. Unfortunately lives that were lost cannot be replaced. We are told that some of the pits were about five metres deep and anyone who plunged into them was at high risk of drowning,” said Ald Khumalo.

He said residents should avoid playing near similar water bodies.

Mr Khumbulani Maphosa from the Matabeleland Institute of Human Rights who was at the forefront of demanding that council should fill up the pits, commended the local authority for taking action, albeit after lives had been lost.

-State Media

IN a rare show of bravery, a quick-thinking 14-year-old girl from Bhekani Line in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province, turned into Wonder Woman when she warded off her 49-year-old grandfather, who allegedly attempted to rape her, by violently grabbing his testicles and squeezing them hard.

The Form One girl gave her grandfather a painful lesson when she reportedly gripped one of his testicles with her sharp nails as he was allegedly trying to sexually assault her in her bedroom.

After being attacked, the grandfather screamed for help while begging for forgiveness.

Circumstances of the tale read as follows:
On 8 February 2021 and at around 3pm the girl was in her bedroom cleaning her room. It is reported that her grandfather, who was peeping through the window, saw her and stormed into the bedroom and grabbed her.

While grabbing her, he forcibly fondled her breasts and took off her clothes and underwear. In the process the grandfather is also alleged to have unzipped his trousers and pulled out his manhood.

The girl is alleged to have wrestled with him and at the height of the struggle, she grabbed his testicles and squeezed them so hard that he wailed for help.

After thwarting her grandfather’s evil move, the girl is alleged to have escaped, leaving him lying helpless on the floor. She went to her grandmother’s bedroom where she narrated the nasty ordeal to her.

The matter was reported to the police leading to the man’s arrest.

For that offence of attempting to defile her granddaughter, the man was brought before the court and he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu.

He was not asked to plead to a charge of attempted rape and was remanded in custody to 23 April 2021.-B-Metro

A FAMILY from Lobengula West suburb was left speechless after they were given a wrong body by a funeral parlour and had to travel all the way to Plumtree to exhume the body of their loved one for reburial in Bulawayo.

A family insider, who requested anonymity, said a misunderstanding broke out after the late Mthokozisi Ndlovu’s family members were handed a wrong body by Falakhe Funeral Services officials.

“On Tuesday at around 8am, we left for Falakhe funeral parlour to take the body of our late relative Mthokozisi Ndlovu (34), who had died last week at Thorngrove hospital, for burial at Luveve Cemetery.

“But we were surprised to see the funeral parlour officials seeming to be too busy and dashing about. After about 20 minutes of waiting, one of our relatives approached the official, who told him to wait for some minutes,” said the insider.

A family member, who only identified herself as MaMpo, said an official approached them and explained that they had given their dearly departed’s body to the wrong family.

“The official told us that one of their drivers collected the deceased’s body and it happened that he went off duty for two days, resulting in another driver giving the Brunapeg family Mthokozisi’s body,” she said.

The insider said they had to report the matter to the police and took the body of the family in Plumtree.

“We had to go and engage the family with the help of Falakhe Parlour and they agreed to exhume Mthokozisi’s body so that we bury it here in Bulawayo,” said the source.

The source added: “We buried Mthokozisi at Luveve Cemetery yesterday (Thursday).”

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the body mix-up saga.

“I confirm we received a case where a body was swapped with another body resulting in one family burying a wrong body. The Bulawayo-based family had to travel to Plumtree to exhume the body for burial at Luveve Cemetery. It is important to do body viewing, at least one relative who knows the deceased.- B-Metro

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa took time from his busy schedule to host Bulawayo soccer giants Highlanders FC at the State House, promising to assist the club with their mining venture.

Mnangagwa, who arrived in Bulawayo on Tuesday evening ahead of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline ground-breaking ceremony, as well as the commissioning of the Epping Forest boreholes in Nyamandlovu, met Highlanders leadership led by board chairman Luke Mnkandla, executive chairman Kenneth Mhlophe, the club’s treasurer Donald Ndebele and chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube.

The Bosso head of secretariat, Dube, said they briefed the President about the progress that they have made in relation to the mining claim that was given to the club to ease its financial woes.

“It was a great pleasure to meet the President who took a break from his busy schedule to meet Highlanders FC. We were there to present to him the progress we’ve made in relation to the mine, he listened to the challenges that we’re facing and promised to assist us in the venture. He took with him our proposal and to me, he showed kindheartedness as he listened to us,” said Dube.

The Government through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development approved relevant paperwork for Bosso to start operations at their gold mining claim in Inyathi, Bubi District last December and the club has been hunting for potential partners.

The meeting with President gives hope to the club’s intended venture.

Highlanders also presented a Number-9 jersey to the President as well as another framed club replica in appreciation for the mine.

The major mine breakthrough comes at a time when Highlanders celebrates 95 years of existence and becomes a perfect present from the Head of State and Government.

Helping Highlanders is not new for Mnangagwa, as he once assisted the club getting their bus cleared at Zimra.-State media

Felix Munyaradzi, who was in remand prison for illegally parcelling out land is alleged to have been clandestinely allowed to attend his mother-in-law’s funeral in Zvimba, without being granted bail by a court.
The complaint has since been forwarded to the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) and the Police Anti-Corruption Unit (PACU) for further investigations.

Munyaradzi was arrested last year on allegations of duping people who wanted to buy stands at Sandton near Westgate in Harare before he was later freed on $55 000 bail and other stringent conditions set after spending some days in prison.

However, in new twist of events, a Harare man, Collen Mavhundutse (38) made a report to the police to investigate allegations that Munyaradzi allegedly connived with two Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officers to allow him to attend the funeral.

According to the report made, after attending the funeral, it is further alleged that Munyaradzi then went to sleep at his house in Borrowdale before returning to prison the following day.

He is also alleged to have slaughtered two beasts for the two officers before giving them about 200 chickens.

The Herald is in possession of a copy of a sworn affidavit made by Mavhundutse to the police on Tuesday.

“I wish to state that I know Felix Munyaradzi for more than 20 years. I also know him as the director of Delatfin Investment (Pvt) Ltd.

“I recall sometime on the 14th of August 2020 when I was in Zvimba, Chirau area, when Felix Munyaradzi lost his father-in-law, I was surprised to see him attending the funeral since I knew he was in custody at Harare Remand Prison.

“He was in the presence of two prison officers dressed in civilian clothes. I believe this is not proper.

“After the burial, Munyaradzi went to sleep to his Borrowdale home and then returned back to prison the following day,” read part of the statement.

“I also established that Felix Munyaradzi slaughtered two beasts for the prison officers and gave them 200 slaughtered chickens which were destined for Harare Remand Prison.

“I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing all above facts as correct.”

Circumstances leading to Munyaradzi’s arrest are that during 2015, his firm Delatfin Investments, entered into a swap deal with Mr Delish Nguwaya for the sale of stands in exchange for a Toyota Prado.

Delatfin Investments sold three residential stands – 1572, 1516 and 1471 – in Sandton Park in Mt Hampden, worth US$50 000 and Mr Nguwaya surrendered the Prado and an agreement of sale was signed on February 2, 2018.

It is alleged that Munyaradzi went on to sell the stands to other people, and when Mr Nguwaya complained, he agreed to compensate him with eight smaller stands in Sandton Park.

But then Munyaradzi allegedly went on to sell one of the stands to Tawanda Mashumba for US$30 000.

It is the State’s case that Mr Nguwaya was aware that the stand in question had already been sold, and he lost US$15 000 in the process.

On April 20, 2015, Delatfin Investments was offered 120 hectares of State land by the Ministry of Local Government to develop residential stands. The land was previously used by the police for breeding horses.

In 2016, Munyaradzi through his firm, allegedly sold a stand fraudulently to Mrs Gabaza for US$18 000, a stand in Sandton Phase 3 to Mr Dondo for US$22 000, and another stand in the same neighbourhood to Mr Makodza for US$40 000.

Mr Makodza is said to have later discovered his stand had allegedly been sold for a second time to Mrs Nyongo by Munyaradzi, forcing him to lodge a complaint with the police.- Herald