By Patrick Guramatunhu | The Zanu PF cabinet in its collective wisdom has decided to reopen schools in two weeks time! It has announced the phased reopening after the Cabinet meeting yesterday.
“Cabinet agreed that the school calendar for 2021 starts on a slightly phased approach, with the examination classes opening on 15th March and the rest on 22nd March 2021,” announced Information Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa.
“Teachers for examination classes should therefore report for duty on 10th of March, and the rest on 17th March, 2021.”
Here we go again!
By the time schools closed last year, a number of school had corona virus cases. As we all know there have been very few cases of young people catching the virus which would suggest the viral load in our school setting must be high.
It is no secret that it is impossible to maintain social distancing and other basic corona virus preventive measures are near impossible where 40 or more student share the same washing and toilet facilities.
What measures have government put in place to ensure school are not going to be corona virus hotspots again?
Schools should be reopening after the country has vaccinated 10 million people, it target head immunity. The government is not likely to reach this target until end of 2022 because it was slow off the mark in purchasing the vaccines.
Government should ramp up its testing so it can test all the students and staff and quickly isolate those with the corona virus infection. Last year it could only test 47 out of 1 000 at Dadaya High School!
Then there is the issue of paying teachers a living wage. Has this thorny issue been resolved?
Zimbabwe is a rich nation and can afford to pay its teachers, nurses, dictators, etc. a living wage.
“We don’t need anyone’s money as we can do it on our own. Sometimes it’s just the mindset and belief to achieve that,” Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr John Mangudya told Business last week.
“Like what oil is to Nigeria, gold is to Zimbabwe. The precious mineral alone has the potential to turn around the country’s fortunes.”
The reason why Zimbabwe’s economy is in total meltdown, has been for decades now, and have failed to turn it around is because the wealth from diamonds, gold and other resources is wasted through gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube has admitted the country is losing as much as US$ 1.2 billion per year to gold smugglers.
In 2016 the now late President Robert Mugabe admitted the country had been “swindled out of US$ 15 billion worth in diamonds alone”! As we all know he never arrested even one diamond swindler nor recover one swindle dollar.
You sir, President Mnangagwa, promised “zero tolerance to corruption” when you took over following the November 2017 military coup. Well, you too have failed to arrest one diamond swindler or recover one swindled dollar!
Indeed, ever since the November 2017 military coup corruption has spread to other areas such as the procurement of fuel and gold smuggling.
Zimbabwe should not be reopening schools just because other nation in the region are do the same! Countries like SA have ramp up their tests regime, they are set to reach their target head-immunity this year, etc. We have no such system in place.
It is utterly pointless talking of reopening schools when there will be no teachers because they are incapacitated. The recent poor grade 7 results showed the pass rate has sunk to less than 40% with many school register 0% pass rate. A nation that fails to educate its young is doomed.
The root cause of our failure to address the corona virus challenges and the failure to pay teachers, etc a living wage is the criminal waste of resources through corruption and mismanagement. The nation has been stuck with a corrupt and incompetent government for 41 years and counting because Zanu PF rigged the elections.
Zimbabwe has been kicked the can of rigged elections and bad governance down the road for four decades and the nation has paid dearly for this folly as the country’s economy has sunk deeper and deeper into the abyss. The corona virus pandemic has made our economic crisis worse and thus underline the urgency of our situation. We must deal with the problem of rigged elections now.
The 2023 elections must be free, fair and credible and the democratic reforms to make this possible must be implemented now and not a year before the elections.
Zanu PF leaders will never stamp out corruption because they are the Godfathers of corruption and whilst corruption rule the roost it is naive to expect the corona virus challenges etc. to be addressed! Zimbabwe is not getting out of this hell-on-earth the nation finds itself stuck in until we deal with the curse of rigged elections and bad governance. – SOURCE: zimbabwelight.blogspot.com
CAPS United forward Ronald Chitiyo’s father has died.
The top-flight side announced the sad development on their twitter handle, sending their condolence message to the Chitiyo family.
“Caps United Football Club would like to extend its sincere heartfelt condolences to the Chitiyo family following the untimely death of Mr Chitiyo, father to our star Ronald Chitiyo.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time. May his dear soul rest in peace.”- H-Metro
By A Correspondent- Zanu Pf is today Wednesday holding a crunch politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Harare, Zanu Pf Secretary of Administration Obert Mpofu has said.
ZanuPF Headquarters
In a statement, through party Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo, Mpofu yesterday said the meeting will start at 1000am advising all politburo members to be seated by 945am.
The meeting comes on the backdrop of the immediate resignation of vice president Kembo Mohadi Monday.
Dogged by a raft of sex scandals, Mohadi issued a statement alleging that he was innocent but was a victim of “information distortion, voice cloning, and sponsored spooking and political sabotage.”
“Following the recurring dis-information and virilisation of my alleged immoral unions, dispensed through awkward slacktivism, I am stepping down as the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe in terms of Section 96(2) of the constitution of Zimbabwe (No.20) Act, 2013 with immediate effect.”
ZimEye however has it on record that 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. Last Thursday, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza organised for one of his lovers, dated 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….
BELOW IS THE RESIGNATION LETTER -fully transcribed
Resignation Press Statement to the Nation
From: Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe,
Hon KCD Mohadi
Greetings to you the Citizens of this Great Nation
I want to begin by appreciating the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa for the opportunity to serve under his grace for the past three years. I literally sat under his tutelage and tapped from his wisdom, clear eyed vision and political dexterity.
Dear citizens, it is my pleasure and privilege to leave the trust that you have bestowed upon me. I thank you for tasks that I accomplished effectively and I ask for forgiveness for the tasks that I failed to do well. I pray for humility, dynamism and the great principle to which the feathers of your trust give utterance.
I have been going through a soul searching pilgrimage and realised that I need the space to deal with my problems outside the governance chair. I have arrived at this decision not as a matter of cowardice but as a sign demonstrating great respect to the office of the President, so that it is not compromised or caricatured by actions that are linked to my challenges as an individual.
The interconnectivity with social media ecologies have been relaying viral moral panics, peddling flames of lies, creating myths, and muddling the reality of my life as a family man. I am a victim of information distortion, voice cloning, and sponsored spooking and political sabotage. Digital media, in their hybridity, have been abused by my enemies to blackmail me, but my spirit will never die. Following the recurring dis-information and virilisation of my alleged immoral unions, dispensed through awkward slacktivism, I am stepping down as the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe in terms of Section 96(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (No. 20) Act, 2013 with immediate effect.
Hard as it may be to my family, friends, comrades and cadres of my Party ZANU PF, I am taking the decision to step down as the Vice President of Zimbabwe, to save the image of my government.
My decision to relinquish the Vice President post is also a way of respecting the citizens of this Great Nation, and my Party Comrades, some of whom would have been affected by the falsehoods and character assassination in the digital ecosystems.
My resignation is also necessitated by my desire to seek clarity and justice on the matter which my legal team will pursue and deconstruct this pseudo-paparazzi and flawed espionage to achieve cheap political points. I promise to poke holes on this grand strategy from political foes.
Once again, I want to thank the President Cde E.D Mnangagwa, ZANU PF cadres, and the citizens of this Great Nation for the unprecedented support. The energy, the faith, the devotion, which you have in this government, must light your respective responsibilities and the glow from this light must truly light the world. In my political journey, I have learnt that, there are no winners or losers in governance but we are pilgrims tied to a single garment of destiny.
I wish the President of Zimbabwe well, as he continues to bear the burden of a struggle to improve the lives of Zimbabweans, to rejoice in hope and patience, in tribulation against poverty, Covid 19, and Vision 2030
REIGNING Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum have dismissed Bulawayo Chiefs’ claim for a share from the sale of striker Perfect Chikwende to Tanzanian champions Simba SC, saying they have no right to demand compensation.
Chikwende signed a two-year deal with Simba in January following a reported transfer fee of US$100 000.
Chiefs had blocked issuance of an international clearance to the player, but Zifa issued it and advised the two clubs to engage each other.
The Bulawayo side had argued that the player was on loan to the Zvishavane side and were, therefore, entitled to compensation.
Chikwende’s contract with Chiefs expired at the end of 2020, but since there was no football for the whole year the Bulawayo side believes the player’s loan agreement was still binding in the wake of a Zifa-issued guideline that contracts that were supposed to end in December last year should rollover into this year.
Responding to Chiefs’ letter of demand from club lawyers Job Sibanda and Associates, FC Platinum’s lawyers Gill, Godlonton and Gerrans Legal Practitioners insisted that the Bulawayo team misinterpreted Zifa-issued guidelines clarifying that contracts that were due to expire in 2020 would rollover into 2021.
“There is no factual or legal basis for your client’s demand. In the event that your client should institute any legal proceedings against our client then such proceedings will be vigorously opposed. At that point our client will make an appropriate claim for the resultant legal costs to be borne by your client.
“Your client’s desperate attempt to seek refuge in the Zifa and Fifa rules to suggest that Tatenda Perfect Chikwende was still its player is a transparent misinterpretation of facts which cannot be persisted on,” reads part of FC Platinum’s response.
The platinum miners stated that they signed a contract with Chikwende on January 4, 2021, after the player had turned down an offer by the Bulawayo side.
In its December 31, 2020, guidelines sent to affiliates, parties were encouraged to settle for mutual agreements that are beneficial to all parties concerned.
Zifa emphasised that the guidelines were aimed at providing a general guideline on how the contractual issues are to be governed during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.
“(a) Where an agreement is due to expire at the original end date of the season, such expiry be extended until the new end date of the season, or alternatively, in the event that the 2020 season is called off, the end date of the next ensuing season.
“(b) Loan transfer agreements which are due to expire at the original end date of the season are extended until the new end date of the season, or alternatively, in the event that the 2020 season is called off, the end date of the next ensuing season.
“(c) Employment contracts which are due to commence at the mid-season break are extended to expire at the new mid-season break to be set by the governing relevant Zifa affiliates.
“(d) Where an agreement is due to continue at the original start date of a new season, such commencement be delayed until the new start date of a new season.
“(e) Notwithstanding the aforementioned recommendations, parties are to abide by the contractual obligations in respect to payment of the agreed salaries, and other payments due to the players during the subsistence of the contract.
“The aforementioned guidelines are in line with the general guidelines made by Fifa and are amended so as to suit our season and circumstances,” the Zifa letter reads in part. — Chronicle
The government has said schools will reopen in a phased approach, writing classes will go back to school on 15 March 2021 while the rest of the students will go back on 22 March 2021. This was announced by the Ministry of Infomation and Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa who in a post-cabinet briefing said:
Schools will re-open in a phased manner with exam classes commencing on 15 March 2021. Rest of the classes will resume on 22 March 2021.
Leaners were last in school on 18 December 2020 and they were supposed to have gone back to school on 4 January 2021 but the government imposed a national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s second wave that hit Zimbabwe soon after the festive season.
The government did not give further details on when schools should close given the Easter Holiday is just 10 days away from the reopening date. Parents who commented to the Ministry Of Information Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana’s tweet about schools reopening asked the government to revise the calendar but he did not respond to any of their comments.- Pindula News
One of reggae’s most important voices, Bunny Wailer, has died at the age of 73.
The musician, from Kingston, Jamaica, was a founding member of The Wailers alongside his childhood friend, Bob Marley.
Together, they achieved international fame with reggae classics like Simmer Down and Stir It Up, before Wailer left to go solo in 1974.
He went on to win three Grammys and was given Jamaica’s Order Of Merit in 2017.
His death was confirmed by manager Maxine Stowe, and Jamaica’s Culture Minister, Olivia Grange.
The cause of death is unknown, but he had been in hospital since having a stroke in July 2020.
Tributes have already poured in for the musician, with fans and fellow musicians describing him as a legend.
“Oh man, god bless Bunny Wailer,” wrote Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea. “What a true rocker and noble man. I love him.”
“The passing of Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailers, brings to a close the most vibrant period of Jamaica’s musical experience,” wrote Jamaica politician Peter Phillips in a Facebook post. “Bunny was a good, conscious Jamaican brethren.”
The star, whose real name was Neville O’Riley Livingston, had been the last surviving member of The Wailers, following Bob Marley’s death from cancer in 1981, and Peter Tosh’s murder during a robbery in 1987.
Born on 20 April 10, 1947, Livingston spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Miles, where he was raised by his father, Thaddeus, who ran a grocery store.
That was where he first met Marley, and the toddlers soon became firm friends, making their first music together at Stepney Primary and Junior High School.
Following the death of Marley’s father in 1955, his mother, Cedella, moved in with Livingstone’s father. The boys were essentially raised as step-brothers, especially after Cedella and Thaddeus had a daughter together, Pearl.
After moving to Trenchtown in Kingston, they met Peter Tosh and formed a vocal group called The Wailing Wailers – because, Marley said: “We started out crying.”- BBC
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has lifted the ban on marriages and announced the resumption of normal court operations, including the offices of the Master and the Sheriff of the High Court following the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions by President Mnangagwa on Monday. CJ Malaba suspended all regular court operations, including solemnisation of marriages, and scaled down other courthouse activities following the announcement of the level four lockdown in January by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.
The Sheriff and Messenger of Court were also ordered to stop evictions and executions, following the extended lockdown.
Courts were operating under a special regime as the country was battling to contain rising Covid-19 cases especially after the festive season.
In a statement, CJ Malaba said solemnisation of marriages should be conducted on condition that only the parties to the marriage and their witnesses attend.
“The filing and processing of new cases, process, documents, pleadings, papers and court orders, including service and execution by the Sheriff and the Messenger of Court, shall be done in terms of the applicable Court Rules, legislation or court order,” he said.
“For the avoidance of doubt, accused persons originally remanded between 5 January 2021 and 1 March 2021, remain automatically remanded to the dates stated in Practice Direction 4 of 2021. Solemnisation of marriages shall be conducted provided that only the parties to the marriage and their witnesses shall be allowed to attend.”
Entry into courtrooms shall only be limited to litigants, their lawyers, witnesses and identified members of the Press.
In terms of admission into court premises and offices, all persons will be required to undergo temperature checks, sanitise their hands at entry, wear face masks, avoid handshakes as well as maintaining social distancing.
Members of the public who have no business at court will not be allowed to access the premises.
During the period of the extended lockdown, courts were operating under a special regime as the country was battling to contain rising Covid-19 cases especially after the festive season.
The lockdown was extended twice this year in January and February. Following extension of the lockdown, the courts were required to restrict their activities only to urgent cases such as initial remands, urgent chamber and bail applications.
Proceedings for non-urgent cases both criminal and civil matters were automatically suspended for the extended period of the lockdown which expired on Monday. -Chronicle
The message from President Mnangagwa was clear and loud, that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education must prepare to open schools in line with WHO regulations.
Dr Takavafira Zhou
But before he had even finished delivery of his speech on the relaxation of covid 19 lockdown regulations, the Ministry of Education propagandist, Taungana Ndoro, had even claimed schools were ready to open and were waiting for cabinet greenlight. In blitzkrieg fashion Cabinet also came up with warped timelines for opening of schools, viz 15 March for exam classes and 22 March for other classes.
Indeed the timelines would have been sound, if gvt was pre-occupied with urgent resolution of the welfare of teachers and prioritisation of health and safety of teachers and pupils. But knowing the gvt as we do, the restoration of purchasing power parity of teachers’ salaries before 15 March, and prioritisation of their health and safety, is next to impossible. Such arrogance of Ministry officials and cabinet ministers is out of this world.
As teachers who are nearer the schools and classrooms we want to tell the President of the country, E.D. Mnangagwa that on the current starvation wages ranging between $14000 and $19000, teachers will not be able to report for work on 15 March 2021 as they are grossly incapacitated. It is unfortunate Hon President that Ministry of Education officials misinformed your cabinet ministers into believing all is well in schools when everything is not well. We remain puzzled by the penchant of lies peddled, and wish you would summon a meeting with teacher unions, school heads and parents to get a better appraisal of the state of our schools and starving teachers. There is no need for the state to be inconsiderate by giving teachers an impossible mission of opening schools on 15 March. You have always expressed that you are a listening President, please hear teachers’ reasonable submissions.
To the Ministry of Primary Education officials we are baffled by your lies and want to remind you that you have fast degenerated into human epidemics and have become a liability to the nation through your cold and calculated educational vandalism and genocide. Lies have short legs, and soon we shall see.
To parents we want to highlight that teachers are parents too with children that are still in schools. It is unfortunate that gvt always want to portray us as mercenaries not committed to work when in essence we are committed but incapacitated. The fees that are demanded in schools where we teach are beyond our reach as parents. It is demeaning to us to offer services to other people’s children that our own children cannot access.
To our pupils we want to reiterate our commitment to effectively teach you together with our own children, but that commitment is undermined by our poverty and misery.
To all teachers there comes a time in a legitimate struggle when it is better to die on our feet than to die on our knees. Let our incapacitation unite us across the union divide. The task of opening schools on 15 March 2021 is mission impossible, unless a miracle happens. The Ministry does not value us and the gvt does not value our labour. The promises given in November 2020 to restore teachers’ salaries to US$520- US$550 or equivalence by 31 July 2021, have not been fulfilled. We, therefore, have to unite in our diversity over the issue our salaries, health and safety or else perish as fools.
Our reasoned opinion as teachers is that social dialogue produces industrial harmony and productivity. We therefore wonder why the Ministry of Education, let alone PSC are not engaging teacher unions. We also wonder the efficacy of opening schools on 15 March when it is an open secret that teachers are incapacitated, let alone when it is obvious we would have an Easter holiday in early April. Wouldn’t, it have been better to open after Easter and capacitation of teachers? Our humble submission is that we need to open schools to facilitate meaningful learning and teaching and not to fix teachers and pupils through industrial disharmony. Let those in big offices note that, they must not plan to fail or fix teachers but to enhance quality public education and an educational skills revolution in line with Agenda 2030. Having offered this professional advice even at this 11th hour, we expect those with eyes to see and those with ears to hear. Such professional advice can only be ignored at the peril of the educational system in Zimbabwe.
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.”
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has claimed that he is not a sellout and has vowed to fight-off insinuations that he has close links with the Zanu PF party. Mwonzora has also been labelled a power-hungry monster who would do anything and everything to lead the opposition MDC-T. He won the party presidency at a controversial extraordinary congress (EOC) last December, and some party members are now challenging his ascendancy to power. NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Moses Matenga spoke to Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba (LD) on several issues affecting the MDC-T.
ND: How is Mwonzora taking accusations that he is a Zanu PF appendage?
LD: He is not the first person to be accused of being an agent or a puppet of Zanu PF. Right now, if you go to the Chitungwiza Tennis Court in Unit D, there is graffiti that is more than 13 years old. The graffiti alleges that Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance vice-chairperson) is a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative and Welshman Ncube (MDC Alliance vice-president) is also CIO and a Zanu PF project. Such graffiti is all over the country. It was painted during the 2005 MDC split.
In 2013, we also saw Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance vice-president) and Elton Mangoma being accused of the same. Now, these gentlemen sit at the tip of Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance advisory table. The question now is: Have these gentlemen ceased to be CIO or Zanu PF projects? So if somebody has a divergent opinion or differs with anybody other than Zanu PF, he or she is alleged to be a Zanu PF project? I beg to differ. Mind you, the 2005 split was also along constitutional differences within the party top leadership. This is the same script today. Mind you our party constitution was not written by Zanu PF, but by us.
Secondly, one of those that were very vocal about that narrative and propaganda against Mwonzora, saying that he was working with Zanu PF is one Lillian Timveous, who then was the leader and chief principal officer of a cabal surrounding Chamisa. This was during the run-up to the Gweru congress where she was vying for the post of vice-president of the party. Just recently, the same accuser made her new political home known, Zanu PF. So who is working with Zanu PF here?
Thirdly, a Zanu PF apologist can be defined as a person who accommodates Zanu PF members. Look who is surrounding Chamisa. There is Jim Kunaka, Jeppy Jaboon, Shadreck Mashayamombe, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and Jonathan Moyo — all former Zanu PF functionaries. Look at the people who are surrounding Mwonzora, we have Tapiwa Mashakada, Paurina Mpariwa, Collin Gwiyo, Giles Mutsekwa, Gift Chimanikire, Elias Mudzuri, James Makore and many MDC founding members. Now judge for yourself.
ND: What is your 2023 target in terms of numbers seeing that the party’s presidential candidate in 2018 garnered only 45 000 votes while the MDC Alliance got over 2 million votes?
LD: We are in the middle of a restructuring exercise and we have an ordinary congress that is also coming soon, so let me respond to you about our new set target after that congress.
Secondly, our party is one seventh of the MDC Alliance partners which are the People’s Democratic Party led by Biti, Transform Zimbabwe led by Jacob Ngarivhume and four others. Our presidential candidate then who was representing the MDC-T in the Alliance was Chamisa. If you had been following events from August 6, 2014 the day of the signing of the composite political co-operation agreement known as the MDC Alliance, to the day that party founder Morgan Tsvangirai passed on, and to the Supreme Court case appeal by Chamisa, where he was arguing that he was the legitimate president of the MDC-T through his lawyer Thabani Mpofu until today, you will see that we are the MDC Alliance.
The composite political co-operation agreement was not and is not dissolution of the MDC-T formerly led by Tsvangirai. It actually concretised its independence from other political parties. In other words, we are in the MDC Alliance.
ND: The rift in your party, given what Thokozani Khupe said last week seems to be widening. What is being done to address the problems the party is currently facing?
LD: As far as everybody is concerned, there is no rift in the party. If somebody has highlighted grey areas that he or she wants to be addressed, then that is the sweetness of democracy and it shows that the party guarantees freedom to any individual to air their grievances. So this must not be mistaken for a rift.
Secondly, the president has always been meeting with members of the leadership, the deputy president included as confirmed in her tweet which is a way of resolving and ironing out any grey areas that may be there. However, details of such meetings are not for public consumption.
ND: Does the president have powers to appoint members of the national standing committee and is this not the same issue that was disputed in the courts which then nullified the appointment of Chamisa and Mudzuri by Tsvangirai?
LD: One must understand first the composition of the national council. The national council is composed of all members of the standing committee in terms of article 6.4.3. In terms of article 9.21.3 which clearly states that: “Subject to this constitution, in the event of the death or resignation of any member of the national council, the same shall elect a person to fill the vacancy pending the next congress.” The party had vacancies caused by office bearers who left the party to join the Chamisa outfit, after the latter lost his Supreme Court appeal to remain the MDC-T president.
In his report to the national council, the president highlighted that there are vacancies in the national standing committee and it was the duty of the national council to fill those vacancies and the proposal was adopted by the national council. He then proposed names of long-serving party members for the national council who are Mashakada, Mutsekwa, Khalipani Phugeni and Chief Ndlovu, among others and these names were unanimously seconded without any counter nominations. So those vacancies were filled in terms of the above-mentioned article, not the narrative that has been circulating.
ND: What is your take on the narrative by MDC Alliance supporters that the MDC-T is a party of power-hungry individuals most of whom failed to win at the Gweru congress and are now pursuing an agenda?
LD: The Gweru congress itself, if truth be told, was called by Chamisa six months before the term of office of the 2014 structures expired with members who held divergent views and did not agree in the manner Chamisa ascended to the throne. This was a way to avoid the EOC which had been ordered by Justice Edith Mushore earlier on May 8 2019.
So if anybody is to be accused of having an insatiable appetite for power, it is the other side that had no patience to follow constitutionally laid down procedures.
ND: On the issue of dialogue, what is the party position on Polad?
LD: Mwonzora has been emphasising about a national dialogue — a dialogue that is meaningful, inclusive and unconditional.
So if you look at the Polad constitutive document or its code of conduct, it is exclusive to individuals who participated in the 2018 harmonised elections and thus excludes labour, church, business, traditional leaders and other civic society groups. We, therefore, call for another forum that is inclusive of all the above-mentioned players, with a clear objective of what must be achieved and timeframes and set targets. -Newsday
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.”
Tawanda Anesuishe Muzira a form two pupil at Nyazura Adventist Mission he went missing on the 19th February 2021. Tawanda was last seen in Warren Park wearing a blue T shirt black trousers and a pair of slippers. Tawanda Anesuishe Muzira was born to the late Abison Muzira and Chenaimoyo Matambo on the 17th of September 2006 at Suburban Maternity Medical Center, Harare.At the time of disappearance Tawanda had visited his legal guardians ( Kirion Muzira- 74 Yrs & Shumirai Muzira-71 Yrs) in Warren Park.
Tawanda left his grand parents’ home in Warren Park (No 30 -34th Crescent) at around 11am, and he never returned home. His uncle and sponsor Pastor R Muzira and Mrs Muzira have requested and literally begging anyone with information to contact Warren Park Police quoting Warren Park ZRP RRB No: 4632794 Office No 4 Tel: 0242-228287 Speaking to this correspondent Pastor Muzira said “ I pray and hope that Tawanda will come home safe.”
An expert in the missing persons Dr Matimbe talking from the UK said “All loss is hard. All loss is lonely. But there is something about child-loss that puts it in a unique category.In a stroke of a moment the whole life as It is known comes to a complete halt. A person looses all hope and joy, and the worst will be yet to come. Indeed, in the early days and weeks, being able to survive the missing of a child is a nightmare”.
You may hear a lot of anger and emotions because child-loss is not fair and anger is an immense part of it — raw life-changing anger at the unfairness of it all, much more anger then is associated with other losses.” Because of this it is important that wherever you are make it your priority to help this family reunite with their son. It is difficult to put into words the pain, heartache, anger, loss of hope and emotions do to one when they lose their beloved child. Even words cannot fully come close to the way the Muzira’s lives are shattered after missing their child. “But it is my hope that more people will understand what we are going through, and how it is the worst loss of all.” Said pastor Muzira as he try to put up a brave voice. It is tough times to imagine, if you can, ever see your child again, never hearing him laugh, ever hearing the sound of his coming home Nothing – just silence, emptiness. This what you must never wish for any human being. And that is a fear you have, that as time passes you will start to lose hope. This is what it really feels like: A part of you is not home
We urge all who have seen Tawanda in the last few days to come forward. Your information will surely save this child and put back joy on Muzira family.
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|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.
An assortment of brain-boosting, blood-sugar-leveling foods may help relieve the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
By Jessica Migala Medically Reviewed by Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDCES
Seasonal depression, more formally known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is a common mood disorder characterized by low energy, hopelessness, difficulty concentrating, and sleep problems that coincide with the change in seasons, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
The cause of SAD is likely multifactorial, and may include imbalances in mood-regulating brain chemicals, as well as a lack of vitamin D (from less sunlight), and an overproduction of the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin.
Typical treatment involves light therapy, talk therapy, antidepressant medications, and supplements of vitamin D (which we normally get from sunlight, which is scarce during the winter).
Many clinicians also suggest another way to alleviate symptoms: diet.
“Nutrition habits can definitely have an impact on your mood,” says Nicole Avena, PhD, a research neuroscientist and nutrition and diet expert in New York City. “Variety and balance is important. If your eating pattern is unbalanced, it can upset other aspects of your health, including mood,” she says.
While research definitively linking a specific diet and relief of SAD symptoms is lacking, there’s good evidence to suggest that the following 10 foods support mood and brain function.
1 Salmon and Rainbow Trout Sardines and lemons in oil Offset Foods that include omega-3 fatty acids, which support brain health, and vitamin D, are a one-two punch. Salmon and rainbow trout are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, and rich in vitamin D, says the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
2 Berries blueberries in cartons Veeterzy/Unsplash Many people are drawn to high carb junk food for a feel-good fix. But the payoff is short-lived. “Eating high amounts of added sugar, which can cause highs followed by lows, can cause swings in mood or irritability,” says Ginger Hultin, RDN, the owner of Champagne Nutrition in Seattle and author of Anti-Inflammatory Diet Meal Prep, Strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries offer a sweet taste without a ton of added sugar.
3 Whole Grain Bread + Protein poached egg avocado toast Darren Muir/Stocksy Adding some fresh chicken or hummus, cheese, and vegetables to whole grain bread may be the perfect mood-supporting lunch. “Combining healthy carbs and protein can be a good way to support your mood in the winter because the protein will keep you full longer and the carbs will give your body the proper sugar it needs without the crash,” says Dr. Avena.
4 Green, Black, or White Tea pouring green tea Marti Sans/Stocksy People suffering from SAD sometimes over-consume coffee in search of a mood lift. Tea provides a dose of caffeine, but a milder one, and it has other brain benefits. Tea consumption is associated with a 31 percent lower risk of depression, according to a review published in Nutrients in June 2019. That may be because of the brew’s unique compounds, including teasaponin, L-theanine, and EGCG (in green tea), all of which affect the neurotransmitter dopamine, reduce bodily inflammation, and lessen the body’s stress response, say researchers.
5 Green Leafy Vegetables fresh kale in basket Thinkstock We’re talking spinach, bok choy, kale, collards, and other greens. These are packed with B vitamins that are also critical for brain function, says Hultin. In fact, some research in Nutrients in September 2019 suggests that an overall deficiency in this group of vitamins is associated with mood disorders in some people. Restoring those levels, therefore, may help improve mood. While the study did not find that supplementing with B vitamins decreased depression or anxiety, it was found to make a difference in lowering stress levels, which can contribute to winter angst.
6 Protein
In a study from Finland, published in Neuropsychobiology in July 2017, the percentage of people affected by seasonal affective disorder was four times higher in vegetarians compared with omnivores.
Researchers suggest that it might be the lack of certain nutrients, like B12, from animal products, as well as a greater focus on carbohydrate-rich foods (which vegetarians tend to prioritize) that led to lagging energy. If you are someone who eats animal-based proteins, make sure that you’re eating these types of foods during the winter season to keep your vigor up…
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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
By James Gwati- Anxious Masuka, the minister of Agriculture has directed members of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to investigate the theft of maize from the fields of a Chiredzi sugar company.
JOC is a military wing that comprises the Zimbabwe National Army, Zimbabwe Republic Police, Air force Of Zimbabwe, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services top bras.
The Junta wing meets every week to review the state security situation and reports to President Emerson Mnangagwa.
“Theft of one maize cob is a threat to the district, theft of another cob is a threat to the province and theft of yet another is a national security threat. So I would like you as the JOC to investigate such theft while working together with your partner, Tongaat Hulett,” minister Masuka said this last week when he was touring Tongaat Hulett fields in Chiredzi.
The fields, have 700 hectares of sorghum and over 1 500 hectares of maize planted by the Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) and is being supported by Tongaat Hulet.
His utterances come hardly a year after the MDT chairperson, Lovemore Matuke, who is also the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister, confirmed the theft of 1 446 tonnes of maize last year during a handover ceremony of winter maize by MDT to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in Chiredzi.
Although Matuke initially blamed power cuts on the increased theft of maize, he later blamed the surrounding communities for stealing the maize.
But unconfirmed reports alleged that the Zanu PF leadership in the province was responsible for the theft, which they sold for personal benefit.
Chiredzi West MP Farai Musikavanhu, who is on the technical team of the MDT committee, told Masuka that some of the maize that was harvested was delivered to various wards in Chiredzi North constituency and might not have been stolen.
Last year, MDT was forced to deliver only 1 186 tonnes of maize, instead of the projected 2 632 tonnes. This was after about 1 446 tonnes were not accounted for in suspected cases of theft.
This year, it is suspected that more tonnes of maize would be lost through theft.
There are also reports that the MDT operates without a secretariat and a bank account and yet the organisation is one of the beneficiaries of the command agriculture programme.
One of reggae’s most important voices, Bunny Wailer, has died at the age of 73.
The musician, from Kingston, Jamaica, was a founding member of The Wailers alongside his childhood friend, Bob Marley.
Together, they achieved international fame with reggae classics like Simmer Down and Stir It Up, before Wailer left to go solo in 1974.
He went on to win three Grammys and was given Jamaica’s Order Of Merit in 2017.
His death was confirmed by manager Maxine Stowe, and Jamaica’s Culture Minister, Olivia Grange.
The cause of death is unknown, but he had been in hospital since having a stroke in July 2020.
Tributes have already poured in for the musician, with fans and fellow musicians describing him as a legend.
“Oh man, god bless Bunny Wailer,” wrote Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea. “What a true rocker and noble man. I love him.”
“The passing of Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailers, brings to a close the most vibrant period of Jamaica’s musical experience,” wrote Jamaica politician Peter Phillips in a Facebook post. “Bunny was a good, conscious Jamaican brethren.”
The star, whose real name was Neville O’Riley Livingston, had been the last surviving member of The Wailers, following Bob Marley’s death from cancer in 1981, and Peter Tosh’s murder during a robbery in 1987.
Born on 20 April 10, 1947, Livingston spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Miles, where he was raised by his father, Thaddeus, who ran a grocery store.
That was where he first met Marley, and the toddlers soon became firm friends, making their first music together at Stepney Primary and Junior High School.
Following the death of Marley’s father in 1955, his mother, Cedella, moved in with Livingstone’s father. The boys were essentially raised as step-brothers, especially after Cedella and Thaddeus had a daughter together, Pearl.
After moving to Trenchtown in Kingston, they met Peter Tosh and formed a vocal group called The Wailing Wailers – because, Marley said: “We started out crying.”- BBC
By James Gwati- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, Mary said she is having torrid times from hired military personnel which Chiwenga has instructed to terrorize her.
Mary said via her Twitter handle Tuesday that Chiwenga was using state machinery to torment her.
“I want to tell my story of the abuse I am suffering at the hands of my husband who is using state machinery and the judiciary to fight me. I have been quiet for too long, I will tell my story to whoever cares to listen, “ said Mary.
The two were involved in a messy divorce last year after Chiwenga had accused his wife of plotting to kill him.
By A Correspondent- A 29-year-old St Mary’s woman said she was beaten up by local police over her husband whom the cops accused of being gay.
Joyce Veremu, told the state media that a police officer from St Mary’s police station on Sunday night assaulted her in front of her tenants after they visited her home looking for her husband, Joseph Tembo.
She said her husband, Joseph Tembo, was being hunted on allegations of admitting to being gay on a video shot to receive money from a local businessman’s organisation.
“They came at night armed and in their numbers demanding to see my husband who was not at home and ordered everyone including my tenants to open their doors and they searched in vain.
“One of the tenants was forced out of her bedroom and came out half-naked, all for a video I am still to view and was not even aware existed.
“I am now finding it difficult to stay at my house because of such allegations being levelled against my husband and the way I was treated by investigating officers in front of my tenants.
“I do not see the need to lodge a police report against the officer since I cannot easily identify him because they came at night and they were more than five.
“I feel the need to consult my church pastor for counselling because the incident has affected my faith and pride as a married woman.
“I am still to meet my husband since he is in hiding following the incident and I am still to see the said video,” said Vheremu. Tembo’s brother only identified as Given said Tembo was lured into admitting on camera that he was homosexual for money given by a local businessman “My young brother is not homosexual but he admitted to it before a camera for the love of money promised by a certain organisation,” said Given.
“He is in hiding following the search conducted by police at his house and is now in fear,” she said.
By James Gwati- Cabinet has directed schools to reopen.
In a government announcement after today’s cabinet meeting Information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said schools open on the 15th of March in phases starting with exam classes, followed by the rest on the 22nd of March.
By James Gwati- There are fears that thousands of prisoners could be silently dying in prison cells from COVID-19 with authorities sweeping the cases under the carpet.
These fears have been raised after this week the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services, said it has lost six of its staff members to Covid-19 since the commencement of national lockdown last year.
Prison officers are safer than inmates who live under squalid conditions in crowded cells.
“Six inmates and two dependents were also not spared as they were among the total 14 deaths we recorded,” said the ZPCS spokesperson, Chief Correctional Officer Meya Khanyezi, this week adding that they recorded 1137 confirmed cases and among them, 403 were officers, 564 inmates and 170 dependents.
These statistics collected from all 46 prisons across the country were released during the voluntary Covid-19 vaccination doses that saw Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu and permanent secretary of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Virginia Mabhiza leading junior and senior officers in being vaccinated in the capital on Monday.
By James Gwati- The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service said it has lost six of its staff members to Covid-19 since the commencement of national lockdown last year.
The institution which also lost its former Boss, Paradzai Zimondi to the pandemic also said inmates were not spared by the COVID-19 related death.
“Six inmates and two dependents were also not spared as they were among the total 14 deaths we recorded,” said the ZPCS spokesperson, Chief Correctional Officer Meya Khanyezi, this week adding that they recorded 1137 confirmed cases and among them, 403 were officers, 564 inmates and 170 dependents.
The statistics collected from all 46 prisons across the country were released during the voluntary Covid-19 vaccination doses that saw Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu and permanent secretary of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Virginia Mabhiza leading junior and senior officers in being vaccinated in the capital on Monday.
By James Gwati-There will be a Zanu PF politburo meeting at the party’s headquarters which is highly likely to discuss who is going to succeed the disgraced former Vice President, Kembo Mohadi.
The Politburo is Zanu PF’s highest decision-making body.
Mohadi resigned on Monday after audio recordings of him inviting some married women for unprotected sex in his office and hotels went viral on social media.
In a statement Monday, Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo announced the meeting.
Moyo, however, did not announce the agenda of tomorrow’s meeting besides urging members to be punctual.
“The Secretary for Administration Cde Dr O. M Mpofu wishes to advise all members that there shall be a Politburo meeting to be held on Wednesday 3rd March 2021 (tomorrow) at the Home of the People’s Revolution, Zanu PF headquarters commencing 1000hrs,” he said.
Speculation has it that Obert Mpofu and Simon Khaya Moyo stand equal chances of being appointed Vice President, taking over from Mohadi.
Mpofu is known for failing to account for 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 on the other hand 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.
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|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.
Manchester United right back Aaron Wan-Bissaka is reportedly set to snub England and switch his international allegiance to DRC.
The 23-year old was born in the UK to Congolese parents which makes him eligible to play for both countries.
According to The Athletic website, the former Crystal Palace defender wants to represent the Leopards because he is continually being overlooked by the Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate.
Wan-Bissaka, who played for both England and Congo at youth level, was only called up to the English senior squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Kosovo and Bulgaria in August, but pulled out due to a back injury.
The United star has not returned to the fold since and was overlooked in the October and November internationals. If Southgate snub him in the upcoming matches at the end of March, it is thought he will decide to represent Congo.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala recently opted to represent Germany despite featuring for England throughout his youth career.
The winger was born in Stuttgart, Germany but spent much of his childhood in England, playing for Chelsea’s academy.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
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 some supposed.
Soldiers from the Presidential Guard shooting passerbys under the guise of dealing with election results protesters, on 1st August 2018.
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.
On the 1st August 2018, Presidential Guard soldiers shot dead 6 people as they scared off the public so as to swiftly change the 2018 election results so that Mr Mnangagwa wins “on a magnitude bigger than the one which we did in 1980; we are going to work hard with our chiefs, we are going to work hard with our illustrious ZDF, the best army in the world,” as the Presidential Advisor announced in Mnangagwa’s presence on the 15th Dec 2017.
ZANU PF Director Of Information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi made the disclosure although without stating his (Mnangagwa’s son’s) full name.
Said Mugwadi:
“Isoja rinosvika kure iro. Major Mnangagwa Presidential guard.
“He was President Mugabe’s section gunners.
“If you think he is not, then engage him physically Simba Chikanza. Tanha dzamunosvikira. Inyika idzi”
It was not clear at the time of writing what role the man played during the operation.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic could miss AC Milan’s Europa League visit to Manchester United next week after suffering a thigh injury.
The Swede, who won the competition in 2017 with the Red Devils, suffered the strain during the weekend’s Serie A game against rivals Roma. He was subbed off in the second half and watched the end of game with an ice pack on his left thigh.
Further tests are due in around 10 days but early reports indicate that he will be out for three weeks, which would certainly rule him out of the Round of 16 clash’s first leg and almost certainly the return fixture as well.
The first leg is on 11 March while the return fixture has been set on the 18th in Milan.-Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE), Engineering Council of Zimbabwe and its partners celebrate The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development which was proclaimed by UNESCO at 40th General Conference in 2019. The World Engineering Day is celebrated worldwide on 4th March of each year.
The day offers an opportunity to highlight engineers and engineering’s achievements in our modern world and improve public understanding of how engineering and technology are central to modern life and for sustainable development.
The World Engineering Day 2021 (WED2021), with the theme “Engineering for A Healthy Planet- Celebrating the UNESCO Engineering Report”, will focus on celebrating the launch of the 2nd UNESCO Engineering Report “Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Ten years after the publication of the 1st UNESCO Engineering Report, “Engineering: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Development”, the new report highlights the crucial role of engineering in delivering the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, shows how inclusive and gender equitable engineering profession can bring about new perspectives and thus respond to the shortage of engineers, showcases of engineering innovations for implementation of the SDGs, analyses the progresses in and challenges in engineering education and capacity building, and summarizes the regional trends of engineering development.
Finally, it gives recommendations for developing engineering for the SDGs, and calls for global cooperation with multiple stakeholders to promote development of engineering for the SDGs.
World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), together with its members and partners, will celebrate the World Engineering Day on the day and will include hosting a series of webinars, Poster Design Competition, Videos Collection from Young Engineers, etc.
All engineering institutions, universities, and businesses are invited to celebrate the World Engineering Day.
Realizing the key role of engineering for humanity and its environment, UNESCO, with support of all its member countries and more than 80 engineering organizations worldwide, decided to proclaim the 4th March every year as the World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development.
This is an opportunity to engage with governments, industries, nongovernmental organizations and the public at large to address the need for engineering capacity and the quality of engineers to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Engineering plays a key role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as it utilizes the principles of science and mathematics to develop practical applications in food, water, energy, environment, sustainable cities, natural disaster resilience and other areas which are crucial to all mankind.
It is also crucial to the development of new technologies enabling the 4th Industrial Revolution such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, robotics or quantum computing, etc. Engineering is at the heart of our modern world and will shape the future, as has been the case for millennia.
The World Engineering Day can be used to promote inclusive access to engineering for women and girls, and encourage young people, especially girls, to consider engineering as a career.
Engineering has also been recognised, as a key driver for sustainable transformation of Africa, through the African Union Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024). UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa in partnership with the African Federation of Engineering Organisations (FAEO) and other partners will be hosting a webinar as part of the day’s celebrations.
The main objective of the webinar is to increase the awareness of engineering, its impact on modern life and that it is crucial to advance the Sustainable development goals as well as national and regional development and industrialisation agendas. This webinar will also provide a platform for presentation of the preliminary findings from the African component of the World Engineering Report. Another objective of the webinar is to encourage more young people especially girls and women to consider engineering as a career.
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.”
Former Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has been arrested following a raid on the club’s offices at Camp Nou on Monday.
Barca CEO Oscar Grau and Roman Gómez Ponti, the club’s head of legal, were also arrested.
The arrests are in relation to the ‘Barcagate’ scandal in which the club reportedly hired a social media company to publicly discredited staff and players.
According to Cadena SER radio, Bartomeu’s regime hired I3 Ventures to protect his reputation, while smearing the names of the likes of Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Pep Guardiola and other club legends, as well as outspoken critics of him.
The suspects are also being accused of corruption and money laundering.
Bartomeu, however, has long been denying the allegations since the investigations were started over a year ago.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
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
By A Correspondent- Zanu Pf will tomorrow Wednesday hold a crunch politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Harare, Zanu Pf Secretary of Administration Obert Mpofu has said.
In a statement, through party Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo, Mpofu said the meeting will start at 1000am advising all politburo members to be seated by 945am.
The meeting comes on the backdrop of the immediate resignation of vice president Kembo Mohadi Monday.
Dogged by a raft of sex scandals, Mohadi issued a statement alleging that he was innocent but was a victim of “information distortion, voice cloning, and sponsored spooking and political sabotage.”
“Following the recurring dis-information and virilisation of my alleged immoral unions, dispensed through awkward slacktivism, I am stepping down as the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe in terms of Section 96(2) of the constitution of Zimbabwe (No.20) Act, 2013 with immediate effect.”
ZimEye however has it on record that 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. Last Thursday, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza organised for one of his lovers, dated 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….
BELOW IS THE RESIGNATION LETTER -fully transcribed
Resignation Press Statement to the Nation
From: Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe,
Hon KCD Mohadi
Greetings to you the Citizens of this Great Nation
I want to begin by appreciating the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa for the opportunity to serve under his grace for the past three years. I literally sat under his tutelage and tapped from his wisdom, clear eyed vision and political dexterity.
Dear citizens, it is my pleasure and privilege to leave the trust that you have bestowed upon me. I thank you for tasks that I accomplished effectively and I ask for forgiveness for the tasks that I failed to do well. I pray for humility, dynamism and the great principle to which the feathers of your trust give utterance.
I have been going through a soul searching pilgrimage and realised that I need the space to deal with my problems outside the governance chair. I have arrived at this decision not as a matter of cowardice but as a sign demonstrating great respect to the office of the President, so that it is not compromised or caricatured by actions that are linked to my challenges as an individual.
The interconnectivity with social media ecologies have been relaying viral moral panics, peddling flames of lies, creating myths, and muddling the reality of my life as a family man. I am a victim of information distortion, voice cloning, and sponsored spooking and political sabotage. Digital media, in their hybridity, have been abused by my enemies to blackmail me, but my spirit will never die. Following the recurring dis-information and virilisation of my alleged immoral unions, dispensed through awkward slacktivism, I am stepping down as the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe in terms of Section 96(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (No. 20) Act, 2013 with immediate effect.
Hard as it may be to my family, friends, comrades and cadres of my Party ZANU PF, I am taking the decision to step down as the Vice President of Zimbabwe, to save the image of my government.
My decision to relinquish the Vice President post is also a way of respecting the citizens of this Great Nation, and my Party Comrades, some of whom would have been affected by the falsehoods and character assassination in the digital ecosystems.
My resignation is also necessitated by my desire to seek clarity and justice on the matter which my legal team will pursue and deconstruct this pseudo-paparazzi and flawed espionage to achieve cheap political points. I promise to poke holes on this grand strategy from political foes.
Once again, I want to thank the President Cde E.D Mnangagwa, ZANU PF cadres, and the citizens of this Great Nation for the unprecedented support. The energy, the faith, the devotion, which you have in this government, must light your respective responsibilities and the glow from this light must truly light the world. In my political journey, I have learnt that, there are no winners or losers in governance but we are pilgrims tied to a single garment of destiny.
I wish the President of Zimbabwe well, as he continues to bear the burden of a struggle to improve the lives of Zimbabweans, to rejoice in hope and patience, in tribulation against poverty, Covid 19, and Vision 2030
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:
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.
By Ashleigh Jinjika March being the women’s month, it is prudent to look at how gender inequality is stiffling development in developing countries like Zimbabwe.
That is how the societal norms and standards on women’s and girls’ human rights and gender equality provide a basis for advancing action to strengthen the vital role of women and men in achieving sustainable development.
Thus the imperatives of achieving gender equality and attaining sustainable deveopmnet for our common future should not be ingnored othewise the whole drive bocome a sync. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are important for sustanible development of any given community from grassroots level which is at household level to the national level.
There is need to reaffirm committment to ensure equal rights between men and women, equal access to opportunities for participation and leadership in the economy, society and political decision making positions.
In order to ensure that both men and women play a vitalm role in achieving sustainable development, there is need of promoting gender equality. There is also need for equal and effective participation in sustainable development policies, programmes and decision-making at all levels.
Discrimination on the basis of sex should at all cost be prohibited under all major national and international human rights instruments.
Also for pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality, those whose lives and well being are at stake must be involved in decision-making and leadingb the way, through collective action and engagement. Henceforth, achieving gender equality and realising the human rights, dignity and capabilities of diverse groups of women and men is a central requirement of a just and sustainable world.
Socialite and actor David Mubaiwa reckons celebrities can fully utilise their influence and champion community development during the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
Sabhuku Vharazipi – as the revered actor is fondly known – said it was high time real celebrities stand up and change people’s lives during such trying times.
Yesterday, the 47-year-old was among hordes of Zvamuhande villagers in Mashava’s Ward 33 area working on a road site destroyed by the heavy rains, which pounded the area.
“Right now I am busy together with other villagers working on the road site that was damaged by the rains.
“The damage is so severe that the road network had become impassable hence the need to repair it.
“In this community where I stay, I treat myself like any other villager and that is the reason why you are seeing me here working with other villagers.
“I have to take a leading role when it comes to community development and with all the fame I have, I must utilise it for the good of the community where I stay.
“In life, heroes are known by what they do for their communities and that’s why I decided to team up with fellow villagers here,” said the Ziya Cultural Theatre Club founding member.
Although Sabhuku Vharazipi could not furnish H-Metro on the progress they have made, he lamented on the lack of commitment by other villagers.
“At the moment, I can safely say we are simply working with those who are committed in this cause since others are not forth-coming.
“As you know, villagers need to be pushed a lot and some want to come on board when there are returns for the work.
“Many people here don’t want voluntary work but we will continue doing the best we can to help member of the community.
“Our road network is poor and we can’t afford to fold our hands with the status quo,” he said.
Sabhuku Vharazipi, a champion advocate against gender based violence, urged couple to resort to dialogue during such challenging times.
“We have noted a sharp increase in cases of gender based violence in most homes due to poverty and hunger but there is always need for couples to resort to dialogue.
“Since are at the height of fighting this pandemic, we can’t afford to worsen the situation as we need to pull our hands together in one direction.
“I have also noted that there is need for people to share their problems and even share the little they have so that we avoid quarrelling in most homes,” he said.
Sabhuku Vharazipi also raised his concern following a spike in the case of infidelity as some people are now taking advantage of the pandemic to exploit the vulnerable.
“I am also one person who has never defended infidelity and we urge couple to be faithful to each other and void being lured to engage into prostitution.
“If one thinks of polygamy, it has to be made clear and open to the other party so that we avoid these fights.
“We don’t want a situation where people will end up fighting as a result of concealing such marriages.
“Once the polygamous affair is not clear, we are bound to see problems such as violence, which is a manifestation of promiscuity,” he said.
Sabhuku Vharazipi urged people to devise other survival means on lockdown to keep themselves busy and avoid selling their bodies for a day’s meal.
“Like I said earlier on, we need to respect each other as well as our morals so that we avoid cases of infidelity wrecking most homes out there.
“Couples must learn to stick together and be open to each other when they face challenges in their marriages,” he added.
Sabhuku Vharazipi, who is known for his distinct Karanga tone, remains one of the influential figures for his advocacy.
Over the years, Sabhuku Vharazipi has used his influence in major campaigns like the fight against new HIV infections, gender based violence, fight against the spread of the Covid-19 the pandemic among other awareness campaigns.
Sabhuku Vharazipi has also worked with a number of corporates, individuals and the vulnerable in addressing some of the issues hurting society.
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.
Source: Everyday Health
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