Harare City Council Crisis- Former Mayor Ben Manyenyeni Takes On Emmerson Mnangagwa

By Ben Manyenyeni

Part II of my gripes with His Excellency E.D. Mnangagwa following his unfortunate, partisan utterances about MDCA urban local authorities.

  1. If the President’s Government allows Harare City Council to freely choose the Chief Executive to get grass cut and garbage carted the job gets done.

He who pays the piper calls the tune – Town House executives are your people.

It’s your dudes in charge, Shumba!.

Blaming the MDCA when you have the say in who can or cannot be in the TOP EIGHT at Harare City Council management shows REAL power.

Which team will win when its strikers are chosen by the opponent team coach?

This is the Gvt that denied me the chance to employ a Town Clerk who was:

a). Ex-Partner of global Big 4 audit firm

b). Past President of the Institute of Bankers of Zimbabwe

c). Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe.

d) Ex-Chief Executive of a ZSE-listed Bank.

Any capital city in the world would have been impressed enough by JUST ONE of the above credentials – but not our ZanuPF’s capital City – never!

ZanuPF solution to the crisis – ARREST THE MAYOR!

  1. If the President’s Gvt did not grant Council salary levels which are THREE times the market rates for similar jobs then money to deliver service would be there. (See old graph attached).

The total cost of this OVERPAYMENT was nearly $500m in 6 or so years.

Just 1% of this salary overpayment figure would have bought enough (47) garbage trucks to serve Harare for SEVEN years.

Now we hear there’s only 12 running!

  1. If the President’s Gvt did not write-off over $300m due to council (equivalent to 2 years revenue) council wouldn’t be so broke.

Ratepayers would still be giving to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – not this current 32%.

How many organisations – public or private – can survive without 2 whole years’ worth of revenue??

Do the maths – I have watched nearly ONE BILLION dollars abused by ZanuPF at Harare City Council in 5 years!

  1. If the President’s Gvt allowed Mayors to lead councils safely and with dignity of office and execution THE BEST brains in the country would sacrifice their jobs to serve as mayors.

In a normal country doing proper things being Mayor of the capital city should be the best job in the land with it’s fine mix of politics, community service and business management – no doubt.

If you tamper with this delicate equilibrium – as this Gvt enjoys doing – it becomes the most difficult job in Zimbabwe – very quickly!

The most recent 3 mayors of Harare have been arrested in office.

Now that mayoral abuse is standard the next election must attract someone ready for arrest or similar agony only a street-kid or stone-thrower will run for Mayor.

I have a family which freaks out at any hint of me ever serving public station again.

Harare’s premium options for Mayor are not going to lose/leave their professional, business and family lives to face certain abuse and arrests (more so for $50 per month for 5 years).

If we dont do the right things for this country nothing will come right.

To pretend that we can replace MDCA with ZanuPF’s 41-year track record of “excellence” in Gvt, parastatals, rural councils etc etc is rather generous.

The ball is in your court Mr President!

Ben Manyenyeni

Former MDC T Employees Drag Mwonzora To Court Over Outstanding Payments

Own Correspondent|Four former MDC T employees on Thursday successfully filed an urgent application for a garnishing order.

The four employees- Wilson Box, Aleck Tabe, Geraldine Sibanda and Lawrance Paganga are demanding their outstanding dues from the Douglas Mwonzora led Mwonzora political formation.

The application also cites the Ministry of Justice and Lega Affairs and BancABC.

The four former MDC-T employees are yet to receive their terminal benifits although a court ruling was made in their favour in 2014. Mwonzora was the Secretary General responsible for workers’ affairs when the ruling was made.

Mwonzora has been playing the hide and seek game since 2014.

Douglas Mwonzora

Alan Moyo Finally Granted Bail…

Tinashe Sambiri| Human rights activist Alan Moyo has finally been granted bail after spending 72 days in prison.

Alan has been granted RTGS $ 10 000 bail.

“We have secured the release from prison of Allan Moyo on RTGS$10 000 bail after he spent more than two months in jail. We thank our lawyer Obey Shava of ZLHR for investing his energy against all odds to fight for Allan’s freedom.

Now the journey for the fight for the release of
Makomborero Haruzivishe has begun.Let’s keep the fight the regime must know these are people representing the voiceless the mass,” Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said in a statement.

Makomborero Haruvizishe will spend another night in police custody and he will be back in court on Saturday at 9 am.

“The court has ordered for a further a further detention of Makomborero Haruzivishe and have his matter resume tomorrow morning at 9am
Meanwhile he remains in police custody as court has ordered an extension,” said Cecilia Chimbiri.

Alan Moyo

6 Subjects For Grade 7

By A Correspondent- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has increased the number and the format of subjects to be written by Grade 7 pupils starting this year.

Under the new Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) structure, pupils will write six subjects namely; Mathematics; English Language; Indigenous Language; Agriculture, Science and Technology and ICT; Social Sciences and Physical Education and Arts.

The development was confirmed by ZIMSEC public relations manager Nicky Dhlamini who said:

Yes, the structure is a true reflection of ZIMSEC exams. This is in line with the new curriculum. This class started the new curriculum in Grade 3 as scheduled, and in accordance with the framework, ZIMSEC has put in place the structure.

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education director of communication Taungana Ndoro said:

This exam structure is under the competence-based curriculum which the learners started on in 2017 when they were in Grade 3.

Below is the new Grade 7 examination structure:
1) Mathematics, Paper 1, Multiple Choice (60 per cent)
-Paper 2, Structured (40 per cent)

2) English Language
Paper 1, Multiple Choice (60 per cent)
-Paper 2, Structured (40 per cent). Summary added to Paper 2.

3) Indigenous Language for example Ndebele, Shona
Paper 1, Multiple Choice (40 per cent)
– Paper 2, Structured (60 per cent). Summary added to paper 2.

4) Agriculture, Science and Technology and Information Communication and Technology,
– Agriculture 50 per cent
– Science and Technology 30 per cent
– ICT 20 per cent
Paper 1, Multiple Choice (50 per cent)
Paper 2, Structured (50 per cent)

5) Social Sciences (formerly General Paper)
– Family Religion and Moral Education (FAREME) 50 per cent
– Heritage and Social Studies 40 per cent
– Guidance and Counselling 10 per cent
Paper 1, Multiple Choice (50 per cent)
Paper 2, Structured (50 per cent)

6) Physical Education and Arts
– Visual and Performing Arts 50 per cent
– Physical Education, Sports and Mass Displays 50 per cent
Paper 1, Multiple Choice (100 per cent) One paper only.

Explosion Injures Minor Girl

By A Correspondent- Police confirmed that Samantha Mudimba was playing with three other minor girls aged eight years and below when the incident occurred on Tuesday.

Samantha has since been transferred from a hospital near her home and is now admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital.

“Children were injured as a result of an explosion in Sibakwazi, Mwebe Village under Chief Hwange on February 16.

Circumstances are that at around 0900hrs, four children were playing at Siphilisiwe Mathema’s homestead when there was an explosion. One child was seriously injured, losing her right leg,” said Matabeleland North police spokesperson, Inspector Glory Banda.

He said two children were rushed to Simangani Clinic before being transferred to St Patrick’s Hospital.

The one who lost her leg was then transferred to Mpilo Central Hospital.

Insp Banda warned villagers living in the area and near border areas not to pick suspicious objects.

“Our appeal to the public is that adults and children should treat every piece of metal not common in the area with suspicion especially in areas along the borders where landmines were planted during the armed struggle,” he said.

Ms Mathema whose three-year-old daughter was among the injured told Chronicle that she was startled by an explosion behind her kitchen hut as she was attending to her chores.

“The children were playing a crawling game behind my kitchen hut when all of a sudden I heard a loud explosion and children screaming. I rushed to the scene and found my younger sister, Samantha lying on the ground moaning in pain while the other children were also crying. That’s when I noticed that flesh on her leg was in shreds.

My daughter was also injured as she sustained cuts on her head and left side of the body. We raised alarm and some villagers managed to mobilise transport to the clinic before an ambulance was called to ferry them to Hwange. I’m still in shock over the whole incident as everything happened in a flash,” she narrated.

Another villager, Mr Osino Mumpande who attended the scene said he was jolted into action by a loud explosion as he worked in his field.

“I was one of the first people to arrive at the scene and assisted in mobilising transport to ferry the injured girls.

What I saw was not a good sight. One of the girls’ leg was completely shattered by the explosion while the other children suffered cuts all over their bodies. It’s a miracle that they survived especially Samantha whose injuries were serious compared to the others,” he said.

Mr Mumpande appealed to Government to ensure that landmines in the area are removed, adding that they were also killing and maiming both people and livestock.

“There was a programme that was launched sometime in 2006 by Government to demine these areas. It appears it was suspended. We appeal to Government to intervene as these are a danger to people’s lives and our livestock. Just yesterday a landmine was discovered in Msuna by our neighbours luckily no one was hurt as soldiers detonated it,” he said.-statemedia

Mangudya Frustrates Eddie Cross Out Of RBZ Monetary Policy Committee

LEADING economist Eddie Cross has quit his role as a member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) less than two years into the role, Zimbabwe Independent reported.

The former Cold Storage Commission general manager confirmed his resignation this week but did not disclose why he had opted out during the most critical time for the RBZ, which has battled to stem an inflationary rage in the past two years and bring stability to the financial services sector.

But banking sector sources said this week the former legislator had recently complained about fatigue and frustration at the central bank.

The sources said there have been attempts at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development to gag the outspoken economist, who is known for speaking his mind.

“Yes I resigned from the MPC,” Cross said this week.

“But I would rather not say more than that,” he added.

The MPC was established in September 2019 following many years of absence after Zimbabwe adopted a multicurrency system in 2009 to stabilise the economy in the aftermath of the downturn between 2007 and 2008, which knocked off the domestic currency.

RBZ governor, John Mangudya chairs the MPC.

Cross’s frank analysis and disclosures of what would be taking place at the central bank has triggered concern within the government and at the RBZ.

For instance, he revealed in 2019 that a new currency was to be introduced, even before the RBZ was ready to announce the development.

This prompted Information ministry secretary Nick Mangwana to issue a statement denying the claims.

“We would like to make it clear that Mr E Cross does not speak for the Government of Zimbabwe,” said Mangwana at the time.

“Neither does he speak for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. His views are personal and not indicative of the government’s policy thrust,” Mangwana said.

After the fallout, Cross would also reveal that the RBZ was introducing a ZW$50, ZW$100 and ZW$200 banknotes to increase physical money supply from ZW$1,4 billion to about ZW$3 billion.

“Some time ago, we made a decision in the MPC to introduce new ZW$200 ZW$100 and ZW$$50 notes,” Cross said. “I understand that this is being dealt with by the governor working with the President because the President has to approve the designs and everything else…But I understand that the ZW$50 note will be available early in the New Year,” he said.

Mangudya later denied that the central bank would print the ZW$100 and ZW$200 notes amid fears by the market that this would stoke inflation.

Cross recently told an Alpha Media online forum, The Big Debate that the RBZ was printing ZW$1 billion (US$12,05 million) weekly, mainly to buy gold.

-Zimbabwe Independent

New Presidential Spokesperson For The MDC T Led By Mwonzora

By A Correspondent- Lloyd Damba has been appointed the new Presidential spokesperson for the MDC T led by Douglas Mwonzora.

In an interview with ZimEye, Damba confirmed the development and said:

“Yes it is true. I have been appointed presidential spokesperson with immediate effect.”

We publish below the full statement of his appointment:

Jarvis And ZIMRIGHTS Challenge Massive Hike In Deposit Fines

By A Correspondent| A human rights lawyer and Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) have filed an urgent chamber application at Harare High Court seeking an order to stop government from implementing or enforcing new deposit fines which it recently purported to have authorised.

In an urgent chamber application filed by Tonderai Bhatasara of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, human rights lawyer Sheila Jarvis and ZimRights argued that government had erred by purporting to approve increases in deposit fines which police officers manning check points and roadblocks have already begun to implement.

Government gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 25/2021 in an Extraordinary Gazette published on Monday 25 January 2021, which had the effect of increasing all deposit fines.

Jarvis and ZimRights said the enforcement of SI 25/2021 is a legal nullity and contravenes their right to equality and non-discrimination enshrined in section 56 of the Constitution.

The human rights lawyer and the human rights organisation said given the massive increases in the fines compared to the income levels of the general population, there is reasonable apprehension of
irreparable harm that will be caused to many offenders who would fail to pay the increased fines yet eventually SI 25/2021 would be set aside.

Jarvis and ZimRights contended that the law requires the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to get Parliament’s approval before increasing deposit fines levels.

SI 25/2021, Jarvis and ZimRights argued, is invalid in that it was not made in accordance with section 280(6) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act), which says “A statutory instrument may not be made in terms of subsection (5) unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of Parliament.

The human rights lawyer and ZimRights stated that with no swipe machines or ticket-books at roadblocks plus little cash available, amid the obtaining economic challenges, there is a real risk of higher fines causing real hardship and corruption.

Jarvis and ZimRights wants the respondents, who were listed as Justice, Legal  and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Hon. Ziyambi Ziyambi, Finance and  Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Hon. Kazembe Kazembe and Parliament, their subordinates and any other person acting under their control or on their behalf to be interdicted from implementing or enforcing the deposit fines purportedly authorised by SI 25 of 2021.

They also want SI 25/2021 to be set aside and be declared unconstitutional as it contravenes section 134(f) of the Constitution and section 280 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

“Allow His Fans To Mourn Soul Jah Love”: Linda Masarira

Open Letter to President Mnangagwa

Dear Mr. President

#SoulJahLove was one of the most influential Zimdancehall musicians in Zimbabwe. He inspired a lot of ghetto youths with his music, including teaching them how to fish.

I went to pay my last respects at the Musaka residence earlier today and they are not happy with how some mourners are being treated by ZRP.

They asked me to ask you to waiver the covid-19 regulations a bit to allow his fans to mourn him. The family requested that his fans should at least be allowed to stand in the road observing social distancing as they bid farewell to their Zimdancehall superstar.

Their wish is to have the hearse with his body pass through Mbare and then drive to his Msasa Park residence this afternoon.

As the first citizen of Zimbabwe, I am kindly requesting you to intervene and allow his mourners to give him a befitting sendoff.

Yours Sincerely

Linda Tsungirirai Masarira

Man Rapes Stepdaughter To Spite Cheating Wife

By A Correspondent- A man from Emthunzini suburb in Bulawayo sexually assaulted his stepdaughter to spite his wife, who was allegedly having a sexual affair with a man in the same suburb.

The man cannot be named so as to protect the identity of the 15-year-old minor.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.

“We arrested a man who raped his 15-year-old stepdaughter at a bushy area near Emthunzini suburb.

“The man told the minor that he had to rape her because her mother was involved in an extra marital affair with a man in the suburb,” said Insp Ncube.

Insp Ncube advised rape victims to seek medical attention within 72 hours after the ordeal so as to get post exposure prophylaxis.

“Post exposure prophylaxis will help in preventing one from contracting HIV and they will also get medication to prevent unwanted pregnancy,” he said.

A source said last week on Friday at around 6am, the pair went to Inyanda Farm to work in the fields in return for payment.

While they were working in the farm, the stepdad told his step child that they had to take a recess and they sat under a tree.

After a few minutes the dad said they had to look for firewood in the bushy area and the unsuspecting child agreed.

“While they were in the bush looking for firewood he said they had to rest under a tree. He then started to caress the minor and raped her.

“After the ordeal he told the minor that he raped her because he was fixing her mother who was cheating on him with a man in the suburb,” said a source close to the family.

After the act the pair went home and upon arrival the minor told her aunt that her stepfather had raped her.

Her aunt advised her to report the matter to the police and accompanied her to Nkulumane Police Station where a report was made leading to the arrest of the man.

The minor was referred to Mpilo Central Hospital for medical examination.

The man is set to appear in court.-statemedia

“Soul Jah Love’s Lyrical Prowess Legendary”: Minister Mourns The Late Dancehall Artist

By A Correspondent- The government, through Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa on Thursday sent a message of condolence to the Musaka family following the death of musician Soul Musaka, popularly known as Soul Jah Love.

The award-winning Zimdancehall musician died on Tuesday after battling diabetes for many years. He was 31.

In a statement, Minister Mutsvangwa described the late artist as a leading chanter whose music influence cut across all generations.

She said:

It is with great sadness that we have learnt the death of Soul Musaka Soul Jah Love, leading dancehall musician and a chanter who has greatly influenced the dancehall music scene in the country and across all generations.

I join you my fellow Zimbabweans in celebrating the life of a young man whose lyrical prowess was legendary, entertaining and spoke to the real-life situations as it touched on our social culture.

All the people who knew him greatly loved and will always keep the memory of a great musician. When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes the treasure.

On behalf of Government, I send our deepest condolence to the Musaka family, friends, music fraternity and his fans during this time of bereavement and may God bring you the much-needed peace and comfort till we meet again.

Bees Bite Bush Lovers

By A Correspondent- A swarm of bees ruined what was supposed to be a blissful Valentine’s Day tryst for a couple from St Peters Village near Bulawayo’s Old Pumula suburb when they were stung by bees while allegedly having sex in the bush.

It is reported that on Sunday last week the couple, who decided to have a “hot” Valentine’s Day celebration, was attacked by the seemingly “jealous” bees while having a lunchtime romp in the bush.

Reports are that the woman is married.

According to a source close to the incident, the unidentified man and his alleged girlfriend only identified as naDee, were reportedly having sex in a bushy area when they were attacked by bees.

After being attacked in the midst of their alleged love nest, the couple, which was partially naked, is said to have escaped in different directions. Their screams caught the attention of some members of an apostolic sect who were praying nearby.

“It seems before they arrived someone might have stirred the honeycomb hanging on a tree under which they were having sex. This is because the bees attacked them the moment, they started enjoying each other.

After being stung, the couple ran in different directions screaming for help. Members of the apostolic sect who were praying nearby and later helped the couple, initially didn’t realise that the lovebirds were being stung by bees as they thought that they had been busted by the woman’s husband.

“Despite the fact they were stung several times, the couple who didn’t go to the hospital apparently out of shame, are however out of danger,” the source said.

Cases of couples being attacked while in the bush having sex are not new in Zimbabwe. In 2013 a lion reportedly attacked a man and woman having sex in a bushy area situated in Mahombekombe suburb in Kariba.

In 2015 a prophet with an apostolic sect in Murayo Village under Chief Nyamondo in Mberengwa, Midlands Province was also allegedly bitten by a snake during a sex romp in the bush with a married woman.-statemedia

journalist beaten by soldiers

By A Correspondent- Six Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local journalists covering the country’s opposition leader.

The seven injured journalists were covering an effort by opposition leader Bobi Wine to file a petition on Wednesday with the United Nations against human rights abuses, when they were set upon by security forces.

The 38-year-old former popstar Wine has alleged January’s election was rigged, and his petition to the UN detailed alleged abuses such as illegal detentions, torture, forced disappearances and continued harassment of opposition groups.

Journalists were injured as military police chased his supporters away from the United Nations’ offices in Kampala.

An army statement said a disciplinary committee of the court martial had “convened and deliberated on its officers and militants who misbehaved and assaulted members of the fourth estate”.

Six soldiers were given detentions of between 60-90 days and a seventh was issued with a severe reprimand, it said.

A first statement identified four soldiers who had been jailed, but a later statement gave the names of two more.

Also on Thursday defence forces chief David Muhoozi called a press conference to apologise to the media, promising to pay for the medical care of the injured journalists.

Journalists in Uganda often face rough treatment at the hands of security forces, which soared during an election marred by the worst bloodshed in years, as well as a sustained crackdown on government critics.

Shortly before the election, when asked why police were assaulting journalists, police chief Martin Ochola said it was for their own good, and refused to apologise.

“We are telling you there’s a danger there, but you are insisting you must go where there is danger. Yes we shall beat you for your own sake, to help you understand not to go there. Yes, we shall use reasonable force to ensure that you don’t go where there’s a risk,” he said.

The head of the UN in Uganda, Rosa Malango, condemned Wednesday’s attack.

“We deplore the excessive use of force by military police which contravened the arrangements made… to ensure safe delivery of this petition”.

US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie Brown said journalists should not be attacked for doing their job: “Those who violate press freedom must be held to account.”

The incident was also widely condemned by media and civil society institutions.

“We note with concern that attacks against journalists which started during the campaigns for presidential elections continue to date and appear to have become an operational norm for Ugandan security personnel,” the Federation for African Journalists said. AFP

“Will Zimbabwe’s National Army Allow Civilian Rule?”

Zanu PF without the army is like a shell. Our government institutions are heavily militarised from Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which runs elections, government schools, hospitals, universities and district offices. 

By Leonard Koni- To cement the grip on state institutions, most intelligent officers are deployed in such areas to sniff out and monitor any malcontents and reporting on those meant to go against state governance policies.

The military in Zimbabwe drives the state machinery as compared to many other democracies around the globe who indirectly participate in running of government affairs and institutions.

We know the biggest democracies such as the USA also have military people in their government but the major difference with Zimbabwe is that in America civilians are also part and parcel of state pillars of democracy and their institutions are marinated by both professionals and fused with a few military touch personnel.

Soldiers pledge their allegiance to the country first rather than to the party which is different in Zimbabwe where allegiance seems to be to be directed to the party first and hence there does not appear to be any difference from the party Zanu PF and the state.

Zimbabwe is a heavily militarised state and only those politically connected to the military will always get the first preference when it comes to doing business with the state. 

This is the deterrent reason which is stopping Zimbabqe from attracting investment because for one to do business of course one must first go through the grill. 

Is the military ready to give power to the civilians and concentrate on the barracks and defence of the national interests of the country in the event that the opposition wins? This is a million dollar question which needs thinking outside the box.

I vividly recall in 2008 before the harmonised elections when I attended a certain Zanu PF rally in a Harare suburb. The late Robert Mugabe declared that his party was not going to be overthrown by a pen and a paper meaning that in real essence, voting overwhelming against the party was not going to guarantee a victory for the opposition. During that time every police station around Zimbabwe was manned or led by a war veteran or one with war credentials.

One can easily read from the usual Zanu PF script where sometime last year Patrick Chinamasa also declared that the 2023 election is dusted and done yet we were three years away from the harmonised elections. The question which people should ask must be – Where does Zanu PF get all this confidence from?

This week during a politburo meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa also predicted a victory and that his party was geared to sweeping all urban seats.

The only internal change which was driven by factional fights between the G40 and Team Lacoste was in November 2017 coup which removed Mugabe and his sympathisers. This did not benefit the whole country but only a few individuals and political mongers who wanted to enjoy the gravy train.

This was an indicator that a Zanu PF internal election failed to remove him and then resorted to the army.

What is the position of the opposition in such a very crude environment? Is the opposition waiting for another sham election in 2023 which the army has a grip on?

What can be done to effect that much needed change in the country? Has our democracy come of age that we can easily surrender or give power to the winner? Only time shall tell as we are closely approaching the 2023 plebscite.

India Pledges To Donate 75k Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine To Zim

By A Correspondent- The Republic of India has pledged to donate 75 000 coronavirus vaccines to Zimbabwe, with the South Asian giant granting Harare the opportunity to buy more.

In a post on his social media channels this Friday, President Mnangagwa said his government is working hard to procure more vaccines.

He wrote:

We are grateful to our Indian friends for committing to donate 75 000 Covid 19 vaccines and for the opportunity to buy more moving forward.

We are working tirelessly to obtain sufficient vaccines so we can overcome this virus and revive our economy.

Man Assaults Wife Using Horsepipe

By A Correspondent- When marriage is war, then the bedroom is the battlefield.

This came to light when a Bulawayo man, Trust Moyo (43), was arraigned before a court facing charges of brutally assaulting his wife Sehlule Ndlovu (46) all over the body with a hosepipe following a misunderstanding over a bed.

He was, however, not asked to plead to physical abuse charges as defined in Section 3 (1) (a) as read with Section 4 of the Domestic Violence Act, Chapter 5:16 when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja, who remanded him out of custody to 2 April 2021 on $3 000 bail.

It is reported that Moyo, from Hillside suburb, who seemed to have been chucked out of the house, flew into a rage and assaulted his wife after she stopped him from taking with him their matrimonial bed.

The court heard that on 9 February 2021 and at around 8am, Moyo had an argument with his wife over an undisclosed reason before the latter told him to take his belongings out of the house.

It is reported that while taking his belongings, Moyo also took their matrimonial bed and Ndlovu stopped him, saying the bed was also hers.

A heated argument reportedly arose between the two parties resulting in Moyo losing his temper and allegedly assaulting his wife with fists on the face.

As if the assault with fists on the face was not enough, Moyo went on to take a piece of hosepipe which he used to assault Ndlovu several times all over the body.

Ndlovu sustained several injuries and made a report to the police leading to Moyo’s arrest.

Mohadi Caught Pants Down With A Married Subordinate, Pleads For Forgiveness

By James Gwati- Vice President Kembo Mohadi has been caught red-handed by the husband of his married lover, Abbigal Mumpande, and pleaded for forgiveness.

This happened after the ill-looking Mohadi’s adulterous relationship with Abbigal was early this week exposed through a leaked phone call between the two.

Upon catching the two love-birds, Abbigal’s husband, Jacob Mumpande, this week confronted Mohadi for an hour at his residence in Harare, during which the vice president apologized.

Mumpande also demanded that his wife be transferred from Mohadi’s Munhumutapa Building office as the couple tries to save their marriage.

Both Jacob and Abbigal are Central Intelligence Organisation agents and work at Munhumutapa Building.

Jacob screens visitors to the building, which also houses President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, while Abbigal has similar duties upstairs in Mohadi’s office.

Before joining the CIO in 2019, Abbigal worked for a local NGO in Binga.

Another Zanu Pf Stalwart Succumbs To Covid-19

Madeyi Maswi

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF Central Committee member Madeyi Maswi has succumbed to COVID-19. She was 54.

Maswi’s death was confirmed by family spokesperson Takunda Maswi who is also her son.

Takunda said her mother died on Thursday at St Anne’s hospital in Harare after she tested positive for the coronavirus and was hospitalised for more than a week.

Maswi is survived by her husband Christopher and three children; Tanyaradzwa (26), Takunda (24) and Tinotenda (20).

Mashonaland Central ZANU PF chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, who is also the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage described the late Maswi as a hardworking cadre.

He said:

We have lost a very hard working person, she represented the party at Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) among other important bodies.

At one point she was sent to China to the China Communist Party in an exchange program.

Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye: A Nation Chasing Rats While the House Burns

By Luke Tamborinyoka| It was legendary Nigerian author and playwright, Chinua Achebe who intimated to us the West African proverb that states that a man does not chase rats when his house is on fire.

As Zimbabweans wallow under the ignominy of a gargantuan governance crisis spawned by an insidious, corrupt and illegitimate government, the citizenry has sought sanctuary in lewd sex news involving the country’s well-heeled political elite that has gone viral on the social media.

The world over, autocratic regimes love flying false kites—those kites that they may invariably throw into the sky, deliberately and for a reason. In the savannah winds that are synonymous with Africa, such kites often soar yonder–into the high sky above to become so much of a spectacle that for a moment, a despondent people may forget their earthly surroundings to gaze on the fleeting kite above them.

In Achebe’s phrase, this means that a villager may sometimes forget about the serious business of dousing the flames of his burning house to concentrate instead on chasing the rats fleeing the incendiary flames.

The import of these teachings is that people should keep their eyes on the ball and not be distracted or swayed by needless and unnecessary sideshows.

In our case, this means we must never allow cheap narratives that may invariably clog the national discourse to sway us from the key issue of Mnangagwa and his murderous, repressive regime.

First it was Themba Mliswa and Susan Mutami’s romantic fallout; a soapie that stole away a repressed people’s attention. That a troubled and hungry people suffering under a global pandemic for which their clueless government has no cogent plan could afford to peer into the dirty pants of a couple that is falling out can only be tragic. The focus must always be on this regime

Mutami is a Shona word which literally means a migrant. The online hours Zimbabweans have spent discussing the Themba/Susan nasty fall-out can run into days, if not weeks. The sideshow has made a whole nation to migrate from the mammoth crisis engulfing the nation to these sexual trysts that are now dominating discussion in the family lounges. Almost every national has become a mutami , nay a migrant settling elsewhere other than the pulse of the national challenges facing us.

Given Themba’s affinity for controversy, his close relationship with Mnangagwa as well as the reported involvement of the State Security minister and the country’s intelligence unit in this whole sordid saga, the Susan Mutami sex revelations could all be a State ploy to distract a despondent citizenry from the key issues affecting them. And Themba, a Zanu PF apologist and a Mnangagwa psychophant, may well be part of this whole plot to provide the nation with a distraction.

Indeed, it could be that the “system” has flown a false kite to make us gaze into the sky while forgetting about the ants biting our toes on the forsaken anthills where we are currently rooted. The kite in the sky could as well be a red herring; a sideshow from these biting ants around us!

A State-sanctioned aberration from our tortuous moment!

The other sideshow has been the issue of the doddering, septuagenarian vice President, Kembo “Morehard” Mohadi who has taken to doping in order to enhance his adulterous sexual escapades with his junior. A whole nation has now heard how Mohadi has taken to doping in order to stiffen a floundering physical capability.

It’s unfortunate this geriatric lot that is (mis) running our national affairs can’t dope its performance in government. It is indeed sad that in the arena of governance, a whole nation is stuck with a weary and dismal performance deficit.

Tough luck, Cde “Morehard” Mohadi and your scarfed, clueless boss. Your performance in government can’t be enhanced, even herbally by a tasteless concoction of two or more cups!

The other day, the same Mohadi was chasing his wife with an axe. A whole Vice President chasing a woman with an axe. Presumably, the esteemed VP had a whole assortment of traditional weapons including a catapult and a short assegai while chasing his former wife Tambudzani!

The Assegai crew!

Mohadi’s reputation, just like that of Constantine and Emmerson, has already hit rock-bottom and it definitely can’t fall any further. Given that we are talking of a presidium whose reputation and esteem is wallowing on the canvass, the planted sex stories may well have been a deliberate leakage to keep a restive nation at bay. The logic could be that the weather-beaten citizenry is better off discussing Mohadi’s weary bedroom antics than focus on the important business of preparing a robust response to the national crisis. Rather than focus on preparing for action, the regime might have reasoned that Zimbabweans might as well discuss the doped escapades of one of a disesteemed trio that has steered this nation to the precipice!

Yes, these could all be deliberate distractions to have a whole nation discussing sex instead of sacks. Yes, the sacks of food handouts that the nation is waiting for—food that must be doled out as part of the requisite safety nets to a crisis-weary citizenry whose plight has been worsened by this global pandemic.

It’s a theory yes but who knows? You just can’t put anything past this securocratic lot!

Fellow Zimbabweans, we are spending too much time discussing these planted sex distractions instead of plotting about the most robust way to deal with this murderous, blood-soaked regime.

Granted, there are times when troubled souls need to escape from a dispiriting moment. Mohadi, Mliswa and Susan Mutami may have been deserved commercial breaks, a hilarious hiatus in the collective sordid story of our daily grind in these tough times. It is indeed true that comical breaks may be carthatic and may be psychologically therapeutic in sad times. But they must remain that—temporary breaks— so that we quickly revert our collective energies to this decrepit, illegitimate regime that has dismally failed to deal with the grievous challenges facing the nation.

Given the monumental challenges we face, we cannot be talking about the wrinkled scrotums of geriatrics or the cleavages of harlots and their multiple partners. For God’s sake, we have a huge governance crisis that recently manifest itself through the appalling Grade 7 results. And those poor primary school results may be a harbinger of further disturbing statistics in the Ordinary and Advanced level results that are coming soon.

For me, the Grade 7 results are the report sheet of the government, which has chosen to blame everyone except itself.

Our national roads are a disaster. The economy is a disaster. The mood across the spectrum including in the civil service reflects a national disaster of huge proportions. Strained relations with our SADC neighbours, with the rest of Africa, with Europe and the United States are reflective of a huge governance disaster. Yet all the citizenry is doing is to discuss planted sideshows in the names of Mohadi, Susan Mutami and that Zanu PF apologist Themba Mliswa.

My point is: Let us as a nation forget the needless sideshows and focus our eyes on the ball.

And by the ball I mean the serious crisis facing us as a people and certainly not Kembo Mohadi’s wrinkled and flaccid twin-set.

The elephant in the living room is the corrupt, militarised but clueless and illegitimate regime that has brought a whole nation to these plumbing depths. This is no time for us to be engaging in animated conversations about Themba and Kembo’s sperm count as well as Susan’s exaggerated cleavage.

Forget about all of them—-the Thembas, the Susans and the Kembo’s of this world. To focus on them is to go after rodents when a whole house is on fire; a nation mired in a huge crisis.

Let’s “Luke” the beast in the eye.

It’s Mnangagwa stupid!

Luke Tamborinyoka is the Deputy Secretary for Presidential Affairs in the MDC Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa . You can interact with him on his Facebook page or on the twitter handle @ luke_tambo

Zimbabweans Continue to Wait For Purchased Vaccines As ED Thanks India For Another Donation

By A Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a donation of 75 000 vaccines from India taking the total number of vaccinations to 275 000 including 200 000 delivered from China early this week.

Posting on Twitter this morning, Mnangagwa said India has also offered Zimbabwe an opportunity to buy more vaccines moving forward.

“We are grateful to our Indian friends for committing to donate 75,000 COVID vaccines and for the opportunity to buy more moving forward. We are working tirelessly to obtain sufficient vaccines so we can overcome this virus and revive our economy,” said Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe is yet to announce a massive vaccination program. Besides donated vaccines, there seems to be no other plan in place to procure the life saving drug.

OPINION: Will Zimbabwe National Army Allow A Civilian Rule

By Leonard Koni| Zanu PF without the army is like a shell.Our government institutions are heavily militarised from Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which runs elections, government schools, hospitals, universities and district offices. 

To cement the grip on state institutions, most intelligent officers are deployed in such areas to sniff out and monitor any malcontents and reporting on those meant to go against state governance policies.

The military in Zimbabwe drives the state machinery as compared to many other democracies around the globe who indirectly participate in running of government affairs and institutions.

We know the biggest democracies such as the USA also have military people in their government but the major difference with Zimbabwe is that in America civilians are also part and parcel of state pillars of democracy and their institutions are marinated by both professionals and fused with a few military touch personnel.

Soldiers pledge their allegiance to the country first rather than to the party which is different in Zimbabwe where allegiance seems to be to be directed to the party first and hence there does not appear to be any difference from the party Zanu PF and the state.

Zimbabwe is a heavily militarised state and only those politically connected to the military will always get the first preference when it comes to doing business with the state. 

This is the deterrent reason which is stopping Zimbabqe from attracting investment because for one to do business of course one must first go through the grill. 

Is the military ready to give power to the civilians and concentrate on the barracks and defence of the national interests of the country in the event that the opposition wins? This is a million dollar question which needs thinking outside the box.

I vividly recall in 2008 before the harmonised elections when I attended a certain Zanu PF rally in a Harare suburb. The late Robert Mugabe declared that his party was not going to be overthrown by a pen and a paper meaning that in real essence, voting overwhelming against the party was not going to guarantee a victory for the opposition. During that time every police station around Zimbabwe was manned or led by a war veteran or one with war credentials.

One can easily read from the usual Zanu PF script where sometime last year Patrick Chinamasa also declared that the 2023 election is dusted and done yet we were three years away from the harmonised elections. The question which people should ask must be

– Where does Zanu PF get all this confidence from?

This week during a politburo meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa also predicted a victory and that his party was geared to sweeping all urban seats.

The only internal change which was driven by factional fights between the G40 and Team Lacoste was in November 2017 coup which removed Mugabe and his sympathisers. This did not benefit the whole country but only a few individuals and political mongers who wanted to enjoy the gravy train.

This was an indicator that a Zanu PF internal election failed to remove him and then resorted to the army.

What is the position of the opposition in such a very crude environment? Is the opposition waiting for another sham election in 2023 which the army has a grip on?

What can be done to effect that much needed change in the country? Has our democracy come of age that we can easily surrender or give power to the winner? Only time shall tell as we are closely approaching the 2023 plebscite.

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Vice President Mohadi in Adultery Storm With A Married Subordinate

By James Gwati- Vice President Kembo Mohadi is embroiled in an adulterous relationship with a married subordinate whom he is frequently bedding at a local upmarket restaurant.

The 71-year-old Vice President is said to be taking two cups of the concoction to stimulate his sexual organ, every time he beds the married subordinate, Abigail Mumpande.

Abigail Mumpande, is a CIO security aide at Munhumutapa offices and works in Mohadi’s office. She is married to Jacob Mumpande, also a CIO agent working at the same station.

Mohadi and Abigail’s adulterous relationship came out recently in a leaked phone call between the two.

Mohadi was recently involved in a messy divorce with his, Tambudzani Muleya.

The sick-looking Vice President after divorcing, his wife (Tambudzani) of over 30 years in 2017 moving in with another woman, Juliet Mutavhatsindi, who has since deserted him for being over infidelity.

You Have Crossed The Rubicon, Cecilia Chimbiri Tells Mnangagwa Administration …

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Youth Assembly vice chairperson, Cecilia Chimbiri has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Makomborero was arrested in the capital on Wednesday.

See Cecilia Chimbiri’s statement below:

Free our Commander

Makomborero Haruzivishe is not a criminal…

He is a young man fighting for Zimbabwe to be free from economic woes and political instability.

What do you have against the young ?
What do you have against voices ?
Why were you firing shots @ him is he Chidhumo or Masendeke Is he a murderer ? Is he a human rights violator .

Will arresting him ease all the problems we have in this country ?
You have crossed the rubicon

Enough is enough
Free Mako in good health
He is not a criminal that’s why he is not a flight risk
freeourcommander enoughisenough

Mako is a young man driven by passion
His only ambition is a double aspiration: firstly to be able to speak in a simple language, with evident and clear words, on behalf of Zimbabweans secondly to manage to also be the voice of the many disinherited people of Zimbabwe

Mako is intelligent, streetwise ,seasoned &politician that can create significant movement.
Mako has the ability to zoom in on the essence of what the majority of Zimbabweans need and connect with them. He also has the capacity to understand the bigger picture of our complex and dynamic political landscape.
He is courageous, which some might view as something else . He speaks truth to power. He challenges the status quo wherever he goes,He is a change agent, He has guts – He has strong views and is not afraid to noise it out . He promotes a cause with passion and vigour! Meanwhile he is secretary for Labor in the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly he also allows his organization and team to lead him.

Will he be more than a strong influencer and change agent? Ultimately it lies in our hands. Are we willing to take the risk? But one thing is certain, you as a leader must watch him, understand him. He is part of your big picture!
Mako is Commander that’s why this explanation of his person is penned down . We need to fight for Mako he is not a criminal.

Let’s not let Mako down
freeCommanderMako
FreeMako
freeourcommander

Cecilia Chimbiri

You Are Not Pregnant, It’s Black Magic, Woman Told

Anesu Tswangira….

A woman from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo, who thought she was pregnant because of her stomach which started swelling five months ago, was shocked when it was revealed to her by a prophet that her enormous bump was a result of witchcraft.

The truth was much worse when the woman, Anesu Tswangira (20), who mistook the bulge for pregnancy, was prophesied on by Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa of the Johanne Masowe weChishanu sect, who revealed that the swelling of her belly was caused by black magic.

Madzibaba Mutumwa sensationally revealed that one of her husband, Mthokozisi Tshabalala’s female relatives who didn’t want her to become intimate with her husband, stole her two panties and allegedly “fixed” them with juju.

He revealed this on Saturday during a donation of mealie-meal to villagers, mostly the elderly, in Sihlengeni under Chief Sigola’s area, Matabeleland South province.

Tswangira was among the people who thronged Madzibaba Mutumwa’s new shrine in Sihlengeni where he donated about 100 bags of mealie-meal.

Things came to a halt when Madzibaba Mutumwa, who apparently sensed that something was wrong with Tswangira’s “pregnancy”, went into a trance-like state and summoned her to the front and prophesied over her.

“What you’re carrying is not a baby, but you are suffering from a mysterious condition that led to uncontrollable swelling of your stomach which makes you think you are pregnant. You were cursed by one of your husband’s female relatives who didn’t want you to be intimate with him (husband).

It was after she stole your two panties which she fixed with juju. She stole the panties when she visited you and she hid them under a big rock behind your house,” revealed Madzibaba Mutumwa before he ordered four women to accompany Tswangira to her house to fetch the underwear so that he can burn them.

A deathly silence engulfed the shrine a few minutes later when the women later brought the cursed underwear which the prophet ordered to be burnt as a way of removing the curse.

In an interview with B-Metro a terrified and emotionally disturbed Tswangira said when the “pregnancy” first appeared she was excited and hoped to give birth to a baby within nine months.

“When I noticed I was gaining weight around August last year I thought I was pregnant since I had stopped menstruating. I was also shocked when I recently visited the hospital for prenatal care and nurses told me that I was not pregnant. I was confused until today when Madzibaba Mutumwa told me that I was bewitched. It’s true that the condition started the same month my two panties went missing and the suspect is one of my husband’s relatives,” explained a teary Tswangira.

She insisted that before “healing” by Madzibaba Mutumwa hers was a “pregnancy” that kept bulging and was very uncomfortable, adding that the stomach left people offering her seats on public transport and asking about her due date. -B Metro

Girl(11) Loses Leg In Landmine Explosion

A girl (11) from Mweve Village, Simangani ward in Hwange lost her leg while her three friends escaped with minor injuries when a suspected landmine exploded at their homestead as they were playing.

Police confirmed that Samantha Mudimba was playing with three other minor girls aged eight years and below when the incident occurred on Tuesday.

Samantha has since been transferred from a hospital near her home and is now admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital.

“Children were injured as a result of an explosion in Sibakwazi, Mwebe Village under Chief Hwange on February 16.

Circumstances are that at around 0900hrs, four children were playing at Siphilisiwe Mathema’s homestead when there was an explosion. One child was seriously injured, losing her right leg,” said Matabeleland North police spokesperson, Inspector Glory Banda.

He said two children were rushed to Simangani Clinic before being transferred to St Patrick’s Hospital.

The one who lost her leg was then transferred to Mpilo Central Hospital.

Insp Banda warned villagers living in the area and near border areas not to pick suspicious objects.

“Our appeal to the public is that adults and children should treat every piece of metal not common in the area with suspicion especially in areas along the borders where landmines were planted during the armed struggle,” he said.

Ms Mathema whose three-year-old daughter was among the injured told Chronicle that she was startled by an explosion behind her kitchen hut as she was attending to her chores.

“The children were playing a crawling game behind my kitchen hut when all of a sudden I heard a loud explosion and children screaming. I rushed to the scene and found my younger sister, Samantha lying on the ground moaning in pain while the other children were also crying. That’s when I noticed that flesh on her leg was in shreds.

My daughter was also injured as she sustained cuts on her head and left side of the body. We raised alarm and some villagers managed to mobilise transport to the clinic before an ambulance was called to ferry them to Hwange. I’m still in shock over the whole incident as everything happened in a flash,” she narrated.

Another villager, Mr Osino Mumpande who attended the scene said he was jolted into action by a loud explosion as he worked in his field.

“I was one of the first people to arrive at the scene and assisted in mobilising transport to ferry the injured girls.

What I saw was not a good sight. One of the girls’ leg was completely shattered by the explosion while the other children suffered cuts all over their bodies. It’s a miracle that they survived especially Samantha whose injuries were serious compared to the others,” he said.

Mr Mumpande appealed to Government to ensure that landmines in the area are removed, adding that they were also killing and maiming both people and livestock.

“There was a programme that was launched sometime in 2006 by Government to demine these areas. It appears it was suspended. We appeal to Government to intervene as these are a danger to people’s lives and our livestock. Just yesterday a landmine was discovered in Msuna by our neighbours luckily no one was hurt as soldiers detonated it,” he said.- Chronicle

Makorokoza Stone Man To Death

A man died after he was stoned by a gang of Amakorokoza who were accusing him of smashing the windscreen of their car.

A source said two men identified as Methuseli Nyoni and Freedom Tshuma told police that Omakorokoza stopped their Honda Fit after seeing Mlungisi Ncube (42) standing near Luveve Road.

“They were travelling in a Honda Fit. They stopped after seeing him and accused him of having smashed the windscreen of their car while in the company of his friends who are also illegal miners,” said Janet Ncube, sister to the deceased.

While he was trying to explain to them that he was not the one, three men jumped out of the car and manhandled him. They took turns to hit him.

Ncube tried to run away and that’s when more trouble came upon him, said a source close to investigations.

“As he was trying to flee one of the guys hit him on the head with a stone causing him to fall on the ground. Then another guy hit him again on the head with a stone and on the body causing him to bleed. They drove off leaving him writhing on the ground,” said the source.

A passerby found him lying on the ground, struggling to breath and rushed him to hospital where he was treated and discharged.

Janet said after a week he complained of a throbbing headache and memory loss.

“He was taken to Mpilo Central Hospital and died after two days,” said the source.

“The post-mortem results showed that the cause of death was raised intra cranial pressure, recent head injuries and post assault,” said Janet.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.

“We are investigating a murder case where a 42-year-old man who was assaulted by Omakorokoza at intersection of Siyepambili Drive and Luveve Road later died in hospital. We are also appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of unknown men who allegedly severely assaulted the late.

Those with information can contact any nearest police station or send a tip -off to 078 7928015,” said Insp Ncube.- B-Metro

Man Hangs Self Over “Mounting Debts”

A MAN from Waterford suburb in Bulawayo could not handle the pressure of mounting debts decided to commit suicide and left a suicide note apologising to his family.

A source, who was close to the deceased (Collin Jere, 42), a sales representative at a furniture shop, said Jere owed a lot of people money and also failed to pay his rent at his rented house in Waterford suburb.

The quagmire he found himself in forced him to cut his life short and leave behind his wife Geraldine Masawi (39) and children.

A family insider said last week on Thursday while Jere was watching a movie with his wife, he went outside and never returned.

“He went outside to get a bit of fresh air as he was saying he was feeling hot. After about 30 minutes his wife got worried after realising that he had not returned. Masawi looked for him outside the house, but could not find him and the gate was wide open,” said the insider.

Police searched for him but could not find him.

The following day a neighbour, Douglas Muyeche, came across Jere’s body hanging from a tree a few metres from his home.

“He informed his wife (Masawi) who then made a police report. Police came and took the body to United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) for post- mortem,” said the family insider.

Upon searching the deceased’s pockets police discovered a suicide note explaining why he committed suicide.

“I regret doing this, but l am overwhelmed with debts which are beyond me. I have caused unexplainable pain to my wife, kids and relatives. I have sunk beyond retrieval. For everyone going to be affected by this my sincere sorry. I am too weak to handle pressure, l have caused too much pain to my landlord. I am out C. JERE (sic)”.

Bulawayo deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the incident and advised members of the public to seek counselling from either pastors or elders in the community than to commit suicide.- B- Metro

N’anga Fails To Resurrect Boy

A traditional healer from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo tried without success to resurrect the lifeless body of a boy who drowned in a pool last week.

B-Metro caught up with Sithembinkosi Mafika (63), who is the late Paul Sibanda’s grandmother.

She said after she was informed that her grandson had drowned in Emagodini pool in Pelandaba West she informed her neighbour Sibonile Mhlanga (46) who is a traditional healer.

“We went to the pool and retrieved the body. He assured me that my grandson had not died, but he was just lying unconscious,” she said.

A close family member who requested not to be named said: “Mhlanga convinced the granny that her grandson could be resuscitated. Mhlanga and the granny took the body to a bush, Mhlanga prepared fire and burnt herbs while calling her grandson to life. But his bid to resurrect him failed.”

Seeing that his magical powers had failed, Mhlanga told the granny that the boy’s ancestors were not responding.

“He told me that the deceased’s ancestors were reluctant to resurrect the boy and that there was nothing that he could do to resuscitate him,” said the heart- broken Mafika.

After that Mafika reported the matter at Pumula Police Station. The body was taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals for post mortem.

Bulawayo deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele confirmed: “We are investigating a case where a Grade Seven pupil drowned in a four-metre deep pool in Pelandaba suburb while he was swimming.

“We would like to urge parents to always monitor their children and warn them never to play near any water body or at a water pool because they would be putting their lives at risk.”

The granny said her grandson was doing Grade Seven at Ngubo Primary School in Old Lobengula. -B Metro

Hwende Taunts Komichi For Crying For MDC Alliance Name

MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has responded to MDC-T chairperson Morgen Komichi after the latter bragged of being in control of the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House, formerly Harvest House, the original MDC’s national headquarters.

In a post on Facebook this Thursday, Hwende said at the right time, the MDC Alliance will repossess what rightfully belongs to the people.

Hwende slammed the MDC-T for using violence to take control of MRT House from the MDC Alliance last year.

The former Kuwadzana MP also hit out at Komichi for his remarks to the effect that the MDC-T has commenced a process to stop the Nelson Chamisa-led party from using the MDC Alliance name. Said Hwende:

In the fullness of time, everything that belongs to the People will be returned to the People. Thousands died fighting for democratic Change, MRT House is the revolutionary house and symbol for our resilience.

It was taken by brute force by a criminal syndicate masquerading as a political party. President Tsvangirai was a People’s President he did not own the People or MRT House.

He was selected by the People as the symbol of our Struggle he is resting in peace now and the new Symbol of Our Struggle is President Chamisa.

Zvana Komichi zvekuchemera Zita and the People is a sideshow let’s not get distracted a name is nothing we are defined and identified by our unwavering commitment to the struggle for the emancipation of our people.

While giving a speech on the third anniversary of the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai’s death on Sunday, Komichi said:

The name MDC Alliance is ours. We are going to stop those who are using the name.

We have a legal position which says MDC Alliance is our name. Anyone who is using it is misguided.

We have started the process to stop them from using the name and I cannot tell you our strategies. They must come up with a name of their own.- Pindula News

Morgen Komichi

Man Rapes Teen Step Daughter To Punish Cheating Wife

A man from Emthunzini suburb in Bulawayo sexually assaulted his stepdaughter to spite his wife, who was allegedly having a sexual affair with a man in the same suburb.
The man cannot be named so as to protect the identity of the 15-year-old minor. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.

“We arrested a man who raped his 15-year-old stepdaughter at a bushy area near Emthunzini suburb.

“The man told the minor that he had to rape her because her mother was involved in an extra marital affair with a man in the suburb,” said Insp Ncube.

Insp Ncube advised rape victims to seek medical attention within 72 hours after the ordeal so as to get post exposure prophylaxis.

“Post exposure prophylaxis will help in preventing one from contracting HIV and they will also get medication to prevent unwanted pregnancy,” he said.

A source said last week on Friday at around 6am, the pair went to Inyanda Farm to work in the fields in return for payment.

While they were working in the farm, the stepdad told his step child that they had to take a recess and they sat under a tree.

After a few minutes the dad said they had to look for firewood in the bushy area and the unsuspecting child agreed.

“While they were in the bush looking for firewood he said they had to rest under a tree. He then started to caress the minor and raped her.

“After the ordeal he told the minor that he raped her because he was fixing her mother who was cheating on him with a man in the suburb,” said a source close to the family.

After the act the pair went home and upon arrival the minor told her aunt that her stepfather had raped her.

Her aunt advised her to report the matter to the police and accompanied her to Nkulumane Police Station where a report was made leading to the arrest of the man.

The minor was referred to Mpilo Central Hospital for medical examination. The man is set to appear in court. -B Metro

Suspect Steals USD130K, Surrenders To Police

A cornered suspect surrendered to police on Tuesday in connection with a robbery which occurred in Harare sometime in September last year when he teamed up with his accomplices, manned a fake roadblock and stole US$130 000 from a motorist.
Desire Tsaurai Kupara (33) yesterday appeared at Harare Magistrate Courts charged with robbery. Kupara, who was being represented by lawyer Mr Musindo Hungwe was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Mr Sheunesu Matova.

The State led by Mrs Shambadzeni Fungura opposed bail saying he was likely going to team up with his accomplices who are still at large. Mrs Fungura asked Detective Constable Takudzwa Mutemachani to testify on why Kupara was not a suitable candidate for bail.

Det Const Mutemachani said Kupara was likely to continue terrorising communities and hinder their investigations as they were yet to conduct searches at his residence.

He also said Kupara had been communicating with some of his accomplices, which might allow him to interfere with investigations. -Herald

Zanu PF Activist Threatens High School Teacher With Unspecified Action

Tinashe Sambiri|A Zanu PF activist based in Gutu West Constituency has threatened to deal with Serima High School Teacher, Batsiranai Ngugama, for exposing rampant looting of Pfumvudza inputs.

The Zanu PF activist, Patrick Marimazhira, is reportedly involved massive looting of Pfumvudza inputs. He is also denying perceived Zanu PF opponents access to the inputs.

Ngugama, who has media background, wrote an article exposing the looting of inputs by Marimazhira and senior Zanu PF officials.

Incensed by the article, Marimazhira then threatened to deal with Ngugama. Ngugama has since report the matter to Chatsworth police.

See chats below:

[2/17, 08:30] Batsie Ngugama: iwe ndiwe wakanaka stealing?
[2/17, 08:34] Batsie Ngugama: Saka ungade kuva mutungamiri weuwori here? Kana muchiita hanti munenge muri magamba here? Vanhu vakaona vakatiudza hatiregi kunyora. Izvi zvazvatononoka because if party knows this and ndosaka pakaitwa measures amakaudzwa. Hierarchy yose knows game ramakaita.
[2/17, 20:22] Patrick Marimazhira: Ndoda umboo hwacho ,kwandiri haisi nyaya .Uye pandakaisa mbeu yacho yandakaba.
[2/17, 21:10] Patrick Marimazhira: Ini hangu ,handina kudzidza ,asi tongozoona.
[2/18, 02:26] Batsie Ngugama: sources are our blood we protect them.
[2/18, 02:28] Batsie Ngugama: pamutemo check this word ‘tongozoona’. kkkkkk i know a lot kana usingazivi zvako.
[2/18, 06:16] Patrick Marimazhira: Eeee,makasvibisa Zita rangu nokuda kwekunzwa handei mberi.Ndiri murume kwete karume
[2/18, 06:19] Patrick Marimazhira: Kungonditi mbavha kwamakaita ndokwandoda kuona ikoko.Ndoda kuona kuti akadzidza neasina ndiyani mukuru handiyi mberi.
[2/18, 06:24] Patrick Marimazhira: Wadenha Mangwiro wotogwinya,tangawabvunza munhu kuti urikuitei kana dziri politics handei choo
[2/18, 08:06] Batsie Ngugama: Remember haisi 2008. Zvamakaita tozviziva.
[2/18, 08:17] Batsie Ngugama: The government is saying NO TO CORRUPTION saka you can’t threaten me. Moda kusvibisa zita reZanu PF nehuori!

Zanu PF Activist Steals Pfumvudza Inputs

Tinashe Sambiri|A Zanu PF activist based in Gutu West Constituency has threatened to deal with Serima High School Teacher, Batsiranai Ngugama, for exposing rampant looting of Pfumvudza inputs.

The Zanu PF activist, Patrick Marimazhira, is reportedly involved massive looting of Pfumvudza inputs. He is also denying perceived Zanu PF opponents access to the inputs.

Ngugama, who has media background, wrote an article exposing the looting of inputs by Marimazhira and senior Zanu PF officials.

Incensed by the article, Marimazhira then threatened to deal with Ngugama. Ngugama has since report the matter to Chatsworth police.

See chats below:

[2/17, 08:30] Batsie Ngugama: iwe ndiwe wakanaka stealing?
[2/17, 08:34] Batsie Ngugama: Saka ungade kuva mutungamiri weuwori here? Kana muchiita hanti munenge muri magamba here? Vanhu vakaona vakatiudza hatiregi kunyora. Izvi zvazvatononoka because if party knows this and ndosaka pakaitwa measures amakaudzwa. Hierarchy yose knows game ramakaita.
[2/17, 20:22] Patrick Marimazhira: Ndoda umboo hwacho ,kwandiri haisi nyaya .Uye pandakaisa mbeu yacho yandakaba.
[2/17, 21:10] Patrick Marimazhira: Ini hangu ,handina kudzidza ,asi tongozoona.
[2/18, 02:26] Batsie Ngugama: sources are our blood we protect them.
[2/18, 02:28] Batsie Ngugama: pamutemo check this word ‘tongozoona’. kkkkkk i know a lot kana usingazivi zvako.
[2/18, 06:16] Patrick Marimazhira: Eeee,makasvibisa Zita rangu nokuda kwekunzwa handei mberi.Ndiri murume kwete karume
[2/18, 06:19] Patrick Marimazhira: Kungonditi mbavha kwamakaita ndokwandoda kuona ikoko.Ndoda kuona kuti akadzidza neasina ndiyani mukuru handiyi mberi.
[2/18, 06:24] Patrick Marimazhira: Wadenha Mangwiro wotogwinya,tangawabvunza munhu kuti urikuitei kana dziri politics handei choo
[2/18, 08:06] Batsie Ngugama: Remember haisi 2008. Zvamakaita tozviziva.
[2/18, 08:17] Batsie Ngugama: The government is saying NO TO CORRUPTION saka you can’t threaten me. Moda kusvibisa zita reZanu PF nehuori!

Fix Country’s Economy First, Former Mayor Ben Manyenyeni Tells Mnangagwa

Tinashe Sambiri|Former Harare Mayor Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa should focus on reviving the country’s economy instead of concentrating on removing MDC Alliance led local authorities.

On Wednesday Mr Mnangagwa urged Zanu PF members to work tirelessly to regain control of Urban councils.

Said Manyenyeni in a statement:
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a consistent guy.

He is an intensely partisan political figure.

That his current job is Head of State will not change that.

That urban local authorities are under his government means nothing to him.

That there are serious interventions needed to fix our municipalities is not his priority

That his 41-year old government is responsible for where this country finds itself in escapes him.

Instead of leading the national cohesion, recovery and the restoration of functional local government systems he is focused on removing MDC A from councils in 2023.

He conveniently ignores the reality that it is not just urban councils which are in bad shape but it is ZIMBABWE as a whole that must recover from 41 years of MISRULE.

Government is a ghost, parastatals are a disaster. It’s because of MDC A – I presume?

LEAD, Mr PRESIDENT.

Park the politicking, Sir, LEAD.

Mr Mnangagwa

Why Do You Hate The Young? Cecilia Chimbiri Asks Mnangagwa

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Youth Assembly vice chairperson, Cecilia Chimbiri has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Makomborero was arrested in the capital on Wednesday.

See Cecilia Chimbiri’s statement below:

Free our Commander

Makomborero Haruzivishe is not a criminal…

He is a young man fighting for Zimbabwe to be free from economic woes and political instability.

What do you have against the young ?
What do you have against voices ?
Why were you firing shots @ him is he Chidhumo or Masendeke Is he a murderer ? Is he a human rights violator .

Will arresting him ease all the problems we have in this country ?
You have crossed the rubicon

Enough is enough
Free Mako in good health
He is not a criminal that’s why he is not a flight risk
freeourcommander enoughisenough

Mako is a young man driven by passion
His only ambition is a double aspiration: firstly to be able to speak in a simple language, with evident and clear words, on behalf of Zimbabweans secondly to manage to also be the voice of the many disinherited people of Zimbabwe

Mako is intelligent, streetwise ,seasoned &politician that can create significant movement.
Mako has the ability to zoom in on the essence of what the majority of Zimbabweans need and connect with them. He also has the capacity to understand the bigger picture of our complex and dynamic political landscape.
He is courageous, which some might view as something else . He speaks truth to power. He challenges the status quo wherever he goes,He is a change agent, He has guts – He has strong views and is not afraid to noise it out . He promotes a cause with passion and vigour! Meanwhile he is secretary for Labor in the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly he also allows his organization and team to lead him.

Will he be more than a strong influencer and change agent? Ultimately it lies in our hands. Are we willing to take the risk? But one thing is certain, you as a leader must watch him, understand him. He is part of your big picture!
Mako is Commander that’s why this explanation of his person is penned down . We need to fight for Mako he is not a criminal.

Let’s not let Mako down
freeCommanderMako
FreeMako
freeourcommander

Cecilia Chimbiri

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Tragedy As Boy (13) Is Electrocuted

A 13-year-old boy from Nkululeko in Silobela, Midlands was electrocuted when he leaned against a ZESA powerline pole inside Nkululeko High Schoolyard.

Midlands provincial spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the tragic incident which occurred on Tuesday afternoon.

Mahoko said the boy, Luckmore Ngwenya, was herding cattle in the schoolyard together with his 17-year-old brother when the tragedy struck. Mahoko said:

The scene has since been attended by the police and the body was taken to Gweru Provincial Hospital awating postmortem. Officials from the ZETDC also attended to the scene and investigations are still underway.

The incident comes after another boy, Colleen Chinyemba, 15, who was doing Form 3 at Nkululeko High was last year electrocuted while doing laundry in a tub at the school hostel.

Then an 11-year-old boy was last year September electrocuted in a Bushy area near Nguboyenja flyover Bulawayo as he was searching for some wild fruits with his friends.

In the same month, a woman tragically lost her life after she was electrocuted as she was relieving herself in a ZESA substation in Bulawayo.

Then another 15-year-old girl from Nlumumani, Bulawayo was found unconscious in their family residence’s bathroom in a suspected case of electrocution in February last year.

These cases have been on the rise recently and authorities blame faulty lines.- The Herald

ED Mourns Deputy Commissioner Mpofu

Moses Mpofu

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolences to the family of the late Deputy Commissioner (retired) of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Moses Griffiths Mpofu. 

In a statement, President Mnangagwa said:

The death last week of Retired Deputy Commissioner of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Cde Moses Griffiths Mpofu, has robbed our Nation of yet another gallant son of the soil, a former freedom fighter and a strong revolutionary cadre.

While we knew that Deputy Commissioner Mpofu had not been well for sometime, to the extent that he had to be hospitalized, our prayerful expectations were for his speedy recovery.

Therefore, his untimely death came as a great shock to those of us who had lived, fought, and worked alongside him both before and after our country’s Independence.

His passing on has left a deep wound in our hearts that will be difficult to heal. We shall remember him for his strong virtues of courage, fortitude, patriotism, and integrity which he amply demonstrated before and after Independence as a senior police officer of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. The life he lived shall continue to inspire our nation.

On behalf of ZANU PF, Government, my family, and indeed on my behalf. I wish to express my deepest condolences to the Mpofu family. especially to his wife Sibonile and the children who have lost a dear husband, father and counsellor. May they be comforted from the knowledge that we are together during this hour of their deep grief.

May his dear Soul rest in Eternal Peace.

Zim Assembling 50k Units Of ICT Devices

By A Correspondent- The country has started assembling at least 50 000 units of local Information Technology Communication (ICTs) devices including laptops and I-pads annually with 800 units already assembled. Some are in the market.

Treasury has since availed funding for a second batch of 1 500 units earmarked for various Government departments.

The ICT’s a brainchild of the Office of the President and Cabinet are being assembled in Msasa, Harare by a newly registered local firm, Zimbabwe Technology Company (ZiTCO) a joint venture of Government, TelOne and Inspur.

This was revealed during Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s tour at the National Data Centre and ICT assembly plant in Msasa today while accompanied by Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere and other Government officials.-statemedia

Susan Mutami Detained At Robert Mugabe International Airport

By Farirai Madhumbe Norton MP Temba Mliswa’s ex girlfriend, | Susan Mutami claims she has been held “hostage” together with her 4-year-old son by some state agents at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport where she wants to take a flight to Dubai.

Mutami crashed social media in the past few days, excitedly gushing out tonnes of detail about her doomed love relationship with Temba Mliswa and the Norton legislator’s business and political secrets.

She has inadvertently invited interest from the country’s secret agency.

said Mutami:

Soldiers and Police Top Zim’s Human Rights Abuse List

By James Gwati-The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has recorded a high number of human rights violations perpetrated by the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police since the bigining of this year.

This sad development is happening when the Army and the Police constitutionally mandated to protect citizens.

In its January 2021 report published, Thursday, ZPP said the Police accounted for 45.05 per cent of the 271 human rights violations in January, up from 22.61 in December, while the Army contributed to 26.07 per cent of human rights violations, compared to 7.9 per cent in December.

“The police and the army are on the frontline of enforcing the lockdown and while doing that, they have harassed, assaulted and illegally detained citizens,” said ZPP.

“ZPP documented 101 cases of harassment, 44 cases of assault, and 19 unlawful arrests, most of which are attributable to the enforcement of the lockdown regulations. It is on this basis that January was a false start to 2021, a year that was hoped to provide a break from the turmoil of 2020,” ZPP said.

All these violations by the Army and the Police, ZPP said were perpetrated in the name of enforcing the COVID-19 induced lockdown.


At roadblocks, the police are demanding cash ranging from US$1 to US$5 from passengers and drivers whom they could have found travelling without government-issued exemption letters.

In high-density suburbs, the law enforcement agents are rounding up citizens gathering at local shops, arrest them and demand money for them to be freed.

“ ZPP recorded countrywide incidents where the state security agents demanded bribes in exchange for the freedom to those they would have arrested. For example, on January 5, police at Murombedzi Growth Point in Zvimba West arrested and assaulted villagers who were at the rural shopping centre before demanding bribes. The victims were accused of not properly wearing face masks and the villagers were only released after paying between US$2.00 and US$3.00 each,” ZPP reported.

Vatican City To Fire Employees Who Refuse To Take Covid-19 Jab Without A Valid Reason

bBy A Correspondent- Vatican City has told employees that they may risk losing their jobs if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination without legitimate health reasons.

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, effectively the governor of Vatican City decreed that getting a vaccine was “the responsible choice” because of the risk of harming other people.

Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, which is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, has several thousand employees, most of whom live in Italy.

Its vaccination programme began last month and Pope Francis, 84, was among the first to get the jab.

The seven-page decree says that those who cannot get vaccinated for health reasons may be given another position, presumably where they would have contact with fewer people, but will receive the same pay even if the new post is a demotion.

But the decree said those who refuse to get a vaccination without sufficient reason would be subject to a specific provision in a 2011 law on employee rights and duties which says employees who refuse “preventive measures” could be subjected to “varying degrees of consequences that could lead to dismissal”.

The decree was signed on Feb. 8 and later posted on the website of the governor’s department.

The Vatican has also made a COVID-19 vaccination obligatory for journalists accompanying Pope Francis on his trip to Iraq next month.

Bertello, who signed the decree, tested positive for coronavirus in December and went into self-isolation.

There have been fewer than 30 cases of coronavirus in the Vatican City, most of them among the Swiss Guard, who live in communal barracks.

This comes amid fears that COVID-19 vaccination could become the new passport or visa for travelling from one country to another.-reuters

Man On The Run After Stabbing Colleague At Beer Binge

By A Correspondent- A 22 year old Mwenezi man paid a heavy price for violating lockdown rules and joining other villagers to drink mukumbi traditional brew after he was fatally stabbed with a home-made knife by his cousin.

Lloyd Makura of Village 3, Darlington Farm in Maranda yesterday died after he was allegedly stabbed twice on his back with a knife by Shakemore Zunga (27) from the same village.

A gathering over mukumbi at an octogenarian’s homestead in the village ended prematurely after Makura started bleeding profusely from the stab wounds until he collapsed and died.

Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa said it was still unclear why Zunga stabbed Makura.

“The suspect appeared from the blindside armed with a home-made knife and without a word, stabbed the deceased twice on the back prompting the latter to flee.”

“After a few minutes the deceased returned at the gathering bleeding heavily before he collapsed and died,”said Inspector Dhewa.

Zunga vanished from the scene and is still on the run with a police hunt underway.

Makura’s corpse was taken to Neshuro Hospital for a postmortem.

“We still appeal to members of the public whether in urban or rural areas that the nation is still under lockdown and gatherings over beer are still outlawed,”added Inspector Dhewa warning police would descend heavily on those who violate lockdown rules.

Mukumbi is a traditional brew common in arid parts of the Lowveld that is made from amarula fruit and is notorious for being highly intoxicating.

Kazembe, Ziyambi and Mthuli Sued For Illegally Hiking COVID-19 Violation Fines

By A Correspondent – Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and an independent lawyer, have dragged the Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, and Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, for illegally hiking COVID-19 violation fines.

ZIMRIGHTS and human rights lawyer, Sheila Jarvis, on Wednesday filed an urgent chamber application at Harare High Court seeking an order to stop the government from implementing or enforcing the outrageous new deposit fines which the three ministers recently purported to have authorised.

In an urgent chamber application filed by Tonderai Bhatasara of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, human rights lawyer Sheila Jarvis and ZimRights argued that government had erred by purporting to approve increases in deposit fines which police officers manning checkpoints and roadblocks have already begun to implement.

Through the three ministers and the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Government gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 25/2021 in an Extraordinary Gazette published on Monday 25 January 2021, which had the effect of increasing all deposit fines.

Jarvis and ZimRights said the enforcement of SI 25/2021 is a legal nullity and contravenes their right to equality and non-discrimination enshrined in section 56 of the Constitution.

The human rights lawyer and the human rights organisation said given the massive increases in the fines compared to the income levels of the general population, there is a reasonable apprehension of irreparable harm that will be caused to many offenders who would fail to pay the increased fines yet eventually SI 25/2021 would be set aside.

Jarvis and ZimRights contended that the law requires the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to get Parliament’s approval before increasing deposit fines levels.

SI 25/2021, Jarvis and ZimRights argued, is invalid in that it was not made in accordance with section 280(6) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act), which says “A statutory instrument may not be made in terms of subsection (5) unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of Parliament.

The human rights lawyer and ZimRights stated that with no swipe machines or ticket-books at roadblocks plus little cash available, amid the obtaining economic challenges, there is a real risk of higher fines causing real hardship and corruption.

“ We want Ziyambi, Mthuli Ncube, Kazembe and Parliament, their subordinates and any other person acting under their control or on their behalf to be interdicted from implementing or enforcing the deposit fines purportedly authorised by SI 25 of 2021,” Jarvis and ZimRights said.

Police Officer In Soup Over US$30 Bribe

By A Correspondent- A 32 year old police officer has appeared before the courts after he was arrested for taking a bribe from an illegal beer outlet.

The cop, Charles Maruta, allegedly arrested the complainant who was operating an illegal beer outlet but upon arrival at the Police Station, he demanded a bribe in exchange for his release.

It is the state’s case that the complainant gave Maruta 30 United States dollars and was released from police custody.

The complainant, however, then filed a police report leading to Maruta’s arrest. Maruta was charged with bribery and criminal abuse of duty.

During his court appearance this Wednesday, Maruta was granted a ZW$10 000 bail and remanded to the 5th of April.

Corruption has been rampant in the country despite calls by the government for public officials and the nation at large to refrain from underhand dealings.

The incumbent case is considered petty corruption as there are reports that some senior government officials have been stealing millions of dollars at the expense of the whole nation.

Last year, then-Health Minister Dr. Obadiah Moyo was dismissed from office after he had been accused of abusing US$60 million which was set aside for the procurement of COVID-19 equipment.

It is estimated that Zimbabwe is losing about US$3 billion every year through illicit deals and the smuggling of mineral resources including gold and diamonds.-statemedia

Mnangagwa Sanctions Another Operation Murambatsvina, Orders Chiwenga To Lead The Evil Act

By James Gwati- President Emerson Mnangagwa has directed his deputy, Rt Army General, Constantino Chiwenga to lead a Taskforce which would be demolishing people’s houses in Harare and other urban centres.

Mnangagwa made this announcement during his party’s politburo meeting in Harare, Wednesday when he accused the opposition-led local authorities of failing to run the affairs of towns and cities.

“A Joint Ministerial Taskforce chaired by Vice President Chiwenga is seized with the unlawful settlements, inclusive of settlements on wetlands so that we bring relief to the people as soon as possible,” Mnangagwa told his party’s highest decision-making body.

“It has become obvious to all our people that the opposition-led councils have failed to deliver services to the people. We must vote them out of these councils.

The President incited his party structures, particularly, the Women’s League, war veterans and Youth League to grab opposition-led local authorities in the name of ensuring and promoting what he called “ the development agenda”.

“I expect that the party leaders raise their political consciousness first and foremost so that they can serve the people more effectively. We must remain with the people, like fish in water, “ he said.

Zanu PF has embarked on a hatchet project where it is discrediting all opposition-run local authorities using the state media.

The ruling party is targeting, suspending and arresting senior officials of all MDC led local authorities on trumped-up charges of corruption.

LIVE- Asked On Fake Australian Nursing Degree, Susan Mutami Says: It’s A Long Distance Degree.

By A Correspondent| Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa’s ex-girlfriend Suzan Mutami has reported state security agents have blocked her from leaving Zimbabwe on the grounds that she is a state witness.

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Posting on Twitter, Mutami said state security agents barred her from boarding her flight to Dubai as they said they wanted to call State security minister Owen Ncube for approval.

“Am being held hostage @ Harare international airport by state security agents who won’t let me board my flight to Dubai @AusEmbZim@ScottMorrisonMP@UN without no charge or anything

“They are saying I’m a state witness and I need to co-operate and they wanted to call Owen Mudha Ncube first at their office for approval @UN@AusEmbZim@usembassyharare and am with my 4year old son Tendai Hemish Jr Moyo

“They are saying the Australian embassy should contact @MoFA_ZW yet I haven’t committed any crime of being charged with any so@im not leaving the airport,” said Mutami.

LIVE- Drama At RGM As Susan Mutami Remains Detained Inside Airport

By A Correspondent| Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa’s ex-girlfriend Suzan Mutami has reported state security agents have blocked her from leaving Zimbabwe on the grounds that she is a state witness.

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Posting on Twitter, Mutami said state security agents barred her from boarding her flight to Dubai as they said they wanted to call State security minister Owen Ncube for approval.

“Am being held hostage @ Harare international airport by state security agents who won’t let me board my flight to Dubai @AusEmbZim@ScottMorrisonMP@UN without no charge or anything

“They are saying I’m a state witness and I need to co-operate and they wanted to call Owen Mudha Ncube first at their office for approval @UN@AusEmbZim@usembassyharare and am with my 4year old son Tendai Hemish Jr Moyo

“They are saying the Australian embassy should contact @MoFA_ZW yet I haven’t committed any crime of being charged with any so@im not leaving the airport,” said Mutami.

LIVE- Mliswa’s Ex Girlfriend Susan Detained At RGM Airport

By A Correspondent| Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa’s ex-girlfriend Suzan Mutami has reported state security agents have blocked her from leaving Zimbabwe on the grounds that she is a state witness.

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Posting on Twitter, Mutami said state security agents barred her from boarding her flight to Dubai as they said they wanted to call State security minister Owen Ncube for approval.

“Am being held hostage @ Harare international airport by state security agents who won’t let me board my flight to Dubai @AusEmbZim@ScottMorrisonMP@UN without no charge or anything

“They are saying I’m a state witness and I need to co-operate and they wanted to call Owen Mudha Ncube first at their office for approval @UN@AusEmbZim@usembassyharare and am with my 4year old son Tendai Hemish Jr Moyo

“They are saying the Australian embassy should contact @MoFA_ZW yet I haven’t committed any crime of being charged with any so@im not leaving the airport,” said Mutami.

Cleric Hails Power Of Collaborations In Music

By Jane Mlambo| Upcoming gospel musician and United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) cleric Rev Fredrick Thondhlana has hailed the power of collaborations in the music industry saying his partnership with Sungura maestro Tatenda Pinjisi in 2020 was a major turning point in his short career.

In an interview with ZimEye, Rev Thodhs as he is widely known said he is already in the studio working on his second album which will also feature quite a number of established musicians.

“For 2021, I have plans which includes finishing my second album which i believe will be well received by many.

“It has 10 tracks including hymns from our Ndau hymnal. I have also lined up collaborations with artists I will not mention now.

“I have seen the power of collaborations after my song with Tatenda Pinjisi titled Ndirangarireiwo,” said Rev Thodhs.

He spoke of his eagerness to build his musical brand to the levels reached by other gospel music greats like the Charambas, Baba Mechanic Manyeruke, Blessing Shumba and many others.

“I have a mission to preach the word of God and will not rest until my message reaches every corner of the world,” added Rev Thodhs.

He acknowledged the overwhelming endorsement he got from his church which he said has given him the confidence to soldier on in the music industry which he said is difficult to breakthrough.

“I am quite satisfied about how people have received my music. People are encouraging me to do more.

“My single with Pinjisi was number 27 on 2020 Diamond FM top 50.

“The song also stayed in the top 20 for quite a period in 2020. This has shown me that the future looks bright,” said Rev Thodhs.

Fix Problems In Local Authorities, Former Mayor Tells Mnangagwa

Tinashe Sambiri|Former Harare Mayor Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa should focus on reviving the country’s economy instead of concentrating on removing MDC Alliance led local authorities.

On Wednesday Mr Mnangagwa urged Zanu PF members to work tirelessly to regain control of Urban councils.

Said Manyenyeni in a statement:
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a consistent guy.

He is an intensely partisan political figure.

That his current job is Head of State will not change that.

That urban local authorities are under his government means nothing to him.

That there are serious interventions needed to fix our municipalities is not his priority.

That his 41-year old government is responsible for where this country finds itself in escapes him.

Instead of leading the national cohesion, recovery and the restoration of functional local government systems he is focused on removing MDC A from councils in 2023.

He conveniently ignores the reality that it is not just urban councils which are in bad shape but it is ZIMBABWE as a whole that must recover from 41 years of MISRULE.

Government is a ghost, parastatals are a disaster. It’s because of MDC A – I presume?

LEAD, Mr PRESIDENT.

Park the politicking, Sir, LEAD.

Tinashe Sambiri|Former Harare Mayor Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa should focus on reviving the country’s economy instead of concentrating on removing MDC Alliance led local authorities.

On Wednesday Mr Mnangagwa urged Zanu PF members to work tirelessly to regain control of Urban councils.

Said Manyenyeni in a statement:
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a consistent guy.

He is an intensely partisan political figure.

That his current job is Head of State will not change that.

That urban local authorities are under his government means nothing to him.

That there are serious interventions needed to fix our municipalities is not his priority.

That his 41-year old government is responsible for where this country finds itself in escapes him.

Instead of leading the national cohesion, recovery and the restoration of functional local government systems he is focused on removing MDC A from councils in 2023.

He conveniently ignores the reality that it is not just urban councils which are in bad shape but it is ZIMBABWE as a whole that must recover from 41 years of MISRULE.

Government is a ghost, parastatals are a disaster. It’s because of MDC A – I presume?

LEAD, Mr PRESIDENT.

Park the politicking, Sir, LEAD.

Emmerson Mnangagwa

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Health Tips: How To Control Your Blood Pressure

15 natural ways to lower your blood pressure

Medically reviewed by Atli Arnarson Ph.D. — Written by Kerri-Ann Jennings, MS, RD —

High blood pressure is a dangerous condition that can damage your heart. It affects one in three people in the US and 1 billion people worldwide (1, 2).

If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure raises your risk of heart disease and stroke.

But there’s good news. There are a number of things you can do to lower your blood pressure naturally, even without medication.

Here are 15 natural ways to combat high blood pressure.

  1. Walk and exercise regularly
    Regular exercise can help lower your blood pressure.
    Exercise is one of the best things you can do to lower high blood pressure.

Regular exercise helps make your heart stronger and more efficient at pumping blood, which lowers the pressure in your arteries.

In fact, 150 minutes of moderate exercise, such as walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, such as running, per week, can help lower blood pressure and improve your heart health (3, 4).

What’s more, doing even more exercise than this reduces your blood pressure even further, according to the National Walkers’ Health Study (5).

Bottom line: Walking just 30 minutes a day can help lower your blood pressure. More exercise helps reduce it even further.

  1. Reduce your sodium intake
    Salt intake is high around the world. In large part, this is due to processed and prepared foods.

For this reason, many public health efforts are aimed at lowering salt in the food industry (6).

Many studies have linked high salt intake with high blood pressure and heart events, including stroke (7, 8).

However, more recent research indicates that the relationship between sodium and high blood pressure is less clear (9, 10).

One reason for this may be genetic differences in how people process sodium. About half of people with high blood pressure and a quarter of people with normal levels seem to have a sensitivity to salt (11).

If you already have high blood pressure, it’s worth cutting back your sodium intake to see if it makes a difference. Swap out processed foods with fresh ones and try seasoning with herbs and spices rather than salt.

Bottom line: Most guidelines for lowering blood pressure recommend reducing sodium intake. However, that recommendation might make the most sense for people who are salt-sensitive.

  1. Drink less alcohol
    Drinking alcohol can raise blood pressure. In fact, alcohol is linked to 16% of high blood pressure cases around the world (12).

While some research has suggested that low-to-moderate amounts of alcohol may protect the heart, those benefits may be offset by adverse effects (12).

In the U.S., moderate alcohol consumption is defined as no more than one drink a day for women and two for men. If you drink more than that, cut back.

Bottom line: Drinking alcohol in any quantity may raise your blood pressure. Limit your drinking in line with the recommendations.

  1. Eat more potassium-rich foods
    Potassium is an important mineral.

It helps your body get rid of sodium and eases pressure on your blood vessels.

Modern diets have increased most people’s sodium intake while decreasing potassium intake (13).

To get a better balance of potassium to sodium in your diet, focus on eating fewer processed foods and more fresh, whole foods.

Foods that are particularly high in potassium include:

vegetables, especially leafy greens, tomatoes, potatoes, and sweet potatoes
fruit, including melons, bananas, avocados, oranges, and apricots
dairy, such as milk and yogurt
tuna and salmon
nuts and seeds
beans
Bottom line: Eating fresh fruits and vegetables, which are rich in potassium, can help lower blood pressure.

  1. Cut back on caffeine
    If you’ve ever downed a cup of coffee before you’ve had your blood pressure taken, you’ll know that caffeine causes an instant boost.

However, there’s not a lot of evidence to suggest that drinking caffeine regularly can cause a lasting increase (14).

In fact, people who drink caffeinated coffee and tea tend to have a lower risk of heart disease, including high blood pressure, than those who don’t drink it (15, 16, 17, 18).

Caffeine may have a stronger effect on people who don’t consume it regularly (19).

If you suspect you’re caffeine-sensitive, cut back to see if it lowers your blood pressure (20).

Bottom line: Caffeine can cause a short-term spike in blood pressure, although for many people, it does not cause a lasting increase.

  1. Learn to manage stress
    Listening to soothing music may help lower stress.
    Stress is a key driver of high blood pressure.

When you’re chronically stressed, your body is in a constant fight-or-flight mode. On a physical level, that means a faster heart rate and constricted blood vessels.

When you experience stress, you might also be more likely to engage in other behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or eating unhealthful food that can adversely affect blood pressure.

Several studies have explored how reducing stress can help lower blood pressure. Here are two evidence-based tips to try:

Listen to soothing music: Calming music can help relax your nervous system. Research has shown it’s an effective complement to other blood pressure therapies (21, 22).
Work less: Working a lot, and stressful work situations, in general, are linked to high blood pressure (23, 24).
Bottom line: Chronic stress can contribute to high blood pressure. Finding ways to manage stress can help.

  1. Eat dark chocolate or cocoa
    Here’s a piece of advice you can really get behind.

While eating massive amounts of dark chocolate probably won’t help your heart, small amounts may.

That’s because dark chocolate and cocoa powder are rich in flavonoids, which are plant compounds that cause blood vessels to dilate (25).

A review of studies found that flavonoid-rich cocoa improved several markers of heart health over the short term, including lowering blood pressure (25).

For the strongest effects, use non-alkalized cocoa powder, which is especially high in flavonoids and has no added sugars.

Bottom line: Dark chocolate and cocoa powder contain plant compounds that help relax blood vessels, lowering blood pressure.

  1. Lose weight
    In people with overweight, losing weight can make a big difference to heart health.

According to a 2016 study, losing 5% of your body mass could significantly lower high blood pressure (26).

In previous studies, losing 17.64 pounds (8 kilograms) was linked to lowering systolic blood pressure by 8.5 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 6.5 mm Hg (27).

To put that in perspective, a healthy reading should be less than 120/80 mm Hg (4).

The effect is even greater when weight loss is paired with exercise (27).

Losing weight can help your blood vessels do a better job of expanding and contracting, making it easier for the left ventricle of the heart to pump blood.

Bottom line: Losing weight can significantly lower high blood pressure. This effect is even more significant when you exercise.

  1. Quit smoking
    Among the many reasons to quit smoking is that the habit is a strong risk factor for heart disease.

Every puff of cigarette smoke causes a slight, temporary increase in blood pressure. The chemicals in tobacco are also known to damage blood vessels.

Surprisingly, studies haven’t found a conclusive link between smoking and high blood pressure. Perhaps this is because smokers develop a tolerance over time (28).

Still, since both smoking and high blood pressure raise the risk of heart disease, quitting smoking can help lessen that risk.

Bottom line: There’s conflicting research about smoking and high blood pressure, but what is clear is that both increase the risk of heart disease.

  1. Cut added sugar and refined carbs
    There’s a growing body of research showing a link between added sugar and high blood pressure (29, 30, 31).

In the Framingham Women’s Health Study, women who drank even one soda per day had higher levels than those who drank less than one soda per day (32).

Another study found that having one less sugar-sweetened beverage per day was linked to lower blood pressure (33).

And it’s not just sugar — all refined carbs, such as the kind found in white flour — convert rapidly to sugar in your bloodstream and may cause problems.

Some studies have shown that low carb diets may also help reduce blood pressure.

One study on people undergoing statin therapy found that those who went on a 6-week, carb-restricted diet saw a greater improvement in blood pressure and other heart disease markers than people who did not restrict carbs (34).

Bottom line: Refined carbs, especially sugar, may raise blood pressure. Some studies have shown that low carb diets may help reduce your levels.

  1. Eat berries
    Berries are full of more than just juicy flavor.

They’re also packed with polyphenols, natural plant compounds that are good for your heart.

Polyphenols can reduce the risk of stroke, heart conditions, and diabetes, as well as improving blood pressure, insulin resistance, and systemic inflammation (34).

One study assigned people with high blood pressure to a low-polyphenol diet or a high-polyphenol diet containing berries, chocolate, fruits, and vegetables (35).

Those consuming berries and polyphenol-rich foods experienced improved markers of heart disease risk.

Bottom line: Berries are rich in polyphenols, which can help lower blood pressure and the overall risk of heart disease.

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Egyptian FA Refuses To Host Kaizer Chiefs, Wydad Match

The CAF Champions League encounter between Wydad Casablanca and Kaizer Chiefs will not happen on Egyptian soil after the North African country’s Football Association said they can’t host the match.

Wydad had picked Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo as the venue for the postponed match after the Moroccan government had refused to grant the South Africans an exemption from the COVID-19 travelling restrictions.

The Group A tie was supposed to be played last Saturday in Casablanca but the logistics issue saw the date and venue changed.

According to a statement released on Wednesday, the Egyptian FA are now stating they won’t be able to host the match between the two sides.

“The EFA would like to apologise about hosting the game between Wydad and Kaizer Chiefs in the CAF Champions League that has been postponed from its original date,” the statement read.

“The EFA does not see the new date [28 February] suitable to host the match and apologises to CAF and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.”- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

Kaizer Chiefs

Mliswa’s Ex-Girlfriend Suzan Mutami Arrested At RGM Airport

By A Correspondent| Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa’s ex-girlfriend Suzan Mutami has reported state security agents have blocked her from leaving Zimbabwe on the grounds that she is a state witness.

Posting on Twitter, Mutami said state security agents barred her from boarding her flight to Dubai as they said they wanted to call State security minister Owen Ncube for approval.

“Am being held hostage @ Harare international airport by state security agents who won’t let me board my flight to Dubai @AusEmbZim@ScottMorrisonMP@UN without no charge or anything

“They are saying I’m a state witness and I need to co-operate and they wanted to call Owen Mudha Ncube first at their office for approval @UN@AusEmbZim@usembassyharare and am with my 4year old son Tendai Hemish Jr Moyo

“They are saying the Australian embassy should contact @MoFA_ZW yet I haven’t committed any crime of being charged with any so@im not leaving the airport,” said Mutami.

Lack Of Income Killing Us- Soccer Star

Former Dynamos and CAPS United midfielder Dominic Mukandi has pleaded with the authorities to enable the resumption of the local league, saying lack of income on the part of players can result in them making regrettable decisions.

Football in the country was brought to a halt in March due to government’s quest to mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 and hasn’t returned since, with blame game between ZIFA and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) the order of the day.

Mukandi, who is not attached to any club at the moment, pleaded with the authorities to usher-in the resumption of the local top-flight, as it is a source of income for many bread winners.

“Even if I train after that I need food to replenish my body. At the same time the family is looking up to me to put food on the table. I do not want to lie, my morale is very low. I’m just training because this is work, but things are not well. We are getting to a stage where some of us may end up stealing due to lack of income,” he said in video posted by the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe(FUZ)-Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

FC Platinum Arrive In Senegal For Return Match With ASC Jaraaf

FC Platinum arrived in Senegal last night for their second leg encounter of the CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage play-offs against ASC Jaraaf.

The game will be played on Sunday at Stade Lat Dior in Thiès. Kick-off time is at 6 pm CAT.

The Platinum Boys are trailing 1-0 in the tie after succumbing to a defeat in the first leg played in Harare last weekend.

They require to win the next match with a two-goal margin or settle for a scoreline that would see them qualify to the Group stages by away goal rule.

What Coach Norman Mapeza Said About The Second Leg:

Norman Mapeza said they are far from throwing in the towel and will try to overturn the deficit on Sunday.

He told reporters on Monday: “Look, this is football in the first place, anything is possible, we can turn things around, nothing stops us. We watched their games where they have lost at home.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

FC Platinum

Zanu PF Activist “Steals” Pfumvudza Inputs

Tinashe Sambiri|A Zanu PF activist based in Gutu West Constituency has threatened to deal with Serima High School Teacher, Batsiranai Ngugama, for exposing rampant looting of Pfumvudza inputs.

The Zanu PF activist, Patrick Marimazhira, is reportedly involved massive looting of Pfumvudza inputs. He is also denying perceived Zanu PF opponents access to the inputs.

Ngugama, who has media background, wrote an article exposing the looting of inputs by Marimazhira and senior Zanu PF officials.

Incensed by the article, Marimazhira then threatened to deal with Ngugama. Ngugama has since report the matter to Chatsworth police.

See chats below:

[2/17, 08:30] Batsie Ngugama: iwe ndiwe wakanaka stealing?
[2/17, 08:34] Batsie Ngugama: Saka ungade kuva mutungamiri weuwori here? Kana muchiita hanti munenge muri magamba here? Vanhu vakaona vakatiudza hatiregi kunyora. Izvi zvazvatononoka because if party knows this and ndosaka pakaitwa measures amakaudzwa. Hierarchy yose knows game ramakaita.
[2/17, 20:22] Patrick Marimazhira: Ndoda umboo hwacho ,kwandiri haisi nyaya .Uye pandakaisa mbeu yacho yandakaba.
[2/17, 21:10] Patrick Marimazhira: Ini hangu ,handina kudzidza ,asi tongozoona.
[2/18, 02:26] Batsie Ngugama: sources are our blood we protect them.
[2/18, 02:28] Batsie Ngugama: pamutemo check this word ‘tongozoona’. kkkkkk i know a lot kana usingazivi zvako.
[2/18, 06:16] Patrick Marimazhira: Eeee,makasvibisa Zita rangu nokuda kwekunzwa handei mberi.Ndiri murume kwete karume
[2/18, 06:19] Patrick Marimazhira: Kungonditi mbavha kwamakaita ndokwandoda kuona ikoko.Ndoda kuona kuti akadzidza neasina ndiyani mukuru handiyi mberi.
[2/18, 06:24] Patrick Marimazhira: Wadenha Mangwiro wotogwinya,tangawabvunza munhu kuti urikuitei kana dziri politics handei choo
[2/18, 08:06] Batsie Ngugama: Remember haisi 2008. Zvamakaita tozviziva.
[2/18, 08:17] Batsie Ngugama: The government is saying NO TO CORRUPTION saka you can’t threaten me. Moda kusvibisa zita reZanu PF nehuori!

Nakamba Likely To Miss Warriors Clash With Botswana

Warriors team manager Wellington Mpandare has given an update on the situation regarding Marvelous Nakamba and Tendayi Darikwa after the British government introduced new laws which might result in the duo failing to turn up for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia.

Nakamba and Darikwa, who are on the ranks of Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic respectively, are key members of the Warriors fold and will be named in provisional squad for the decisive Group H qualifiers slated for next month.

Their availability has been cast into doubt following UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson’s announcement that residents who will be returning from high-risk Covid-19 affected countries, such as Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana, will be forced into a mandatory ten-day quarantine.

That situation might be inconvenient for clubs, prompting the possibility of them not releasing the players for international duty in the first place.

Asked to comment on the issue, Mpandare said: “Yes we are aware of that and FIFA gave powers to clubs faced with such predicament. We are however waiting for responses from the clubs in England.”

The former Gunners official also revealed that the provisional Warriors squad for the two games, might be named today.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe

Nakamba

Watch: Nissan Unveils Fabulous All-New Qashqai Digital Premiere…

Own Correspondent|
Nissan has launched the third generation of the all-new Qashqai Digital Premiere.

14 years after creating the crossover segment, Qashqai is back with a completely renewed design inside and out, innovative technologies and electrified powertrains.

In the clip below vice president Product Planning Europe, Marco Fioravanti speaks on the
the all-new Nissan Qashqai digital premiere’s splendid functions:

RBZ To Introduce ZW$50 Banknotes

By A Correspondent- The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced that it will soon be introducing a ZW$50 banknote.

The central bank also said withdrawal limits will be raised from $2 000 to $5 000. In a Monetary Policy Statement issued this Thursday, RBZ said:

As previously advised, the Bank shall soon be introducing a ZW$50 banknote to augment the current stock of banknotes in circulation. The Bank reiterates that banknotes, new or old, do not cause inflation in an economy since they do not increase money supply.

Cash payments are an alternative to other methods of transacting and do not constitute money creation. Price dynamics are influenced by the level of money supply in an economy as opposed to its composition (electronic money, transfers, cash, etc.), hence the Bank’s firm commitment to keeping the level of money supply growth under control through its conservative or hawkish monetary targeting framework.

RBZ announced recently announced that it was working on the introduction of a ZW$50 banknote into the market for the convenience of the public.

The bank also dismissed reports that it was planning to introduce ZW$100 and ZW$200 banknotes saying there were no such plans for now.

This is happening amid the rejection of ZW$5 notes by informal traders who want larger denominations.

The rejection has been attributed to the recent surge in the prices of goods and services in the country.

Your Government Should Fix Problems In Local Authorities, Former Mayor Ben Manyenyeni Tells Mnangagwa

Tinashe Sambiri|Former Harare Mayor Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa should focus on reviving the country’s economy instead of concentrating on removing MDC Alliance led local authorities.

On Wednesday Mr Mnangagwa urged Zanu PF members to work tirelessly to regain control of Urban councils.

Said Manyenyeni in a statement:
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a consistent guy.

He is an intensely partisan political figure.

That his current job is Head of State will not change that.

That urban local authorities are under his government means nothing to him.

That there are serious interventions needed to fix our municipalities is not his priority.

That his 41-year old government is responsible for where this country finds itself in escapes him.

Instead of leading the national cohesion, recovery and the restoration of functional local government systems he is focused on removing MDC A from councils in 2023.

He conveniently ignores the reality that it is not just urban councils which are in bad shape but it is ZIMBABWE as a whole that must recover from 41 years of MISRULE.

Government is a ghost, parastatals are a disaster. It’s because of MDC A – I presume?

LEAD, Mr PRESIDENT.

Park the politicking, Sir, LEAD.

Emmerson Mnangagwa

ED Commends VP Chiwenga For Volunteering To Take Covid-19 Jab

VP Chiwenga

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga for volunteering to be the first to take a jab of the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine, Sinopharm saying he showed Zimbabwe that the vaccine is safe.

Chiwenga who doubles as the minister of Health and Child Care was the first person to be vaccinated at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare where the inaugural vaccination session took place.

Health caregivers were expected to take the shots next as they are listed among groups of people prioritised to be vaccinated.

Reacting to Chiwenga’s gesture, President Mnangagwa posted on Twitter expressing his gratitude.

He Tweeted:

Zimbabwe’s first COVID-19 vaccination 

Thank you to Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga for showing Zimbabwe that this vaccine is safe for all our people. This is a historic moment in our country’s fight against this virus.

Some Zimbabweans were afraid to take the vaccine saying lab tests have been inadequate therefore it could have major side effects.

Some even proposed that political elites be the first to receive the vaccine to boost confidence and to prove that the vaccine was safe.

Meanwhile, South Africa’s president and Health Minister, in that order, Cyril Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize Wednesday took the COVID-19 vaccine, a move that many also said was to assure the nation that the vaccine was safe.

There have been conspiracy theories that suggested that the vaccines were a weapon by “white people” to depopulate Africa.

You Have Crossed The Rubicon, Cecilia Chimbiri Tells Mnangagwa Administration …

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Youth Assembly vice chairperson, Cecilia Chimbiri has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Makomborero was arrested in the capital on Wednesday.

See Cecilia Chimbiri’s statement below:

Free our Commander

Makomborero Haruzivishe is not a criminal…

He is a young man fighting for Zimbabwe to be free from economic woes and political instability.

What do you have against the young ?
What do you have against voices ?
Why were you firing shots @ him is he Chidhumo or Masendeke Is he a murderer ? Is he a human rights violator .

Will arresting him ease all the problems we have in this country ?
You have crossed the rubicon

Enough is enough
Free Mako in good health
He is not a criminal that’s why he is not a flight risk
freeourcommander enoughisenough

Mako is a young man driven by passion
His only ambition is a double aspiration: firstly to be able to speak in a simple language, with evident and clear words, on behalf of Zimbabweans secondly to manage to also be the voice of the many disinherited people of Zimbabwe

Mako is intelligent, streetwise ,seasoned &politician that can create significant movement.
Mako has the ability to zoom in on the essence of what the majority of Zimbabweans need and connect with them. He also has the capacity to understand the bigger picture of our complex and dynamic political landscape.
He is courageous, which some might view as something else . He speaks truth to power. He challenges the status quo wherever he goes,He is a change agent, He has guts – He has strong views and is not afraid to noise it out . He promotes a cause with passion and vigour! Meanwhile he is secretary for Labor in the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly he also allows his organization and team to lead him.

Will he be more than a strong influencer and change agent? Ultimately it lies in our hands. Are we willing to take the risk? But one thing is certain, you as a leader must watch him, understand him. He is part of your big picture!
Mako is Commander that’s why this explanation of his person is penned down . We need to fight for Mako he is not a criminal.

Let’s not let Mako down
freeCommanderMako
FreeMako
freeourcommander

Cecilia Chimbiri

Deputy Health Minister Speaks On Covid-19: “We Are Ready To Manage Side Effects”

VP Chiwenga

Hon Mbondiah: The question is directed to the Minister of Health and Child Care.  Are there any measures being taken to ensure that the vaccine has no side effects and if so what compensatory plans are there?  Also is the vaccine effective against the newly discovered covid-19 variant.

THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE (HON. DR. MANGWIRO):  Any medicine or drug for that matter if it is given to a human being, might have side effects, but from the studies that have been done so far by the people who produce the vaccine, there seems to be very minimal reaction.  Like I said at the beginning, people might react.  We are ready to manage the side effects which can be just anaphylaxis reactions or localised reactions we can manage that one and it is very possible that it will not be very severe, it is something that we can take control of.

He also asked about the newly discovered South African variant.  I want to repeat that viruses mutate or they change their state for their own survival every time but there is no way a vaccine can be manufactured against each variant everyday because if you see the South African variant is only about two or three months old but in a few weeks more it will be changed.  

So what we normally do is these vaccines are manufactured for the generality of the virus but there is no way we can catch up to say everyday it mutates we make another one so the vaccine should be able to cover generally.  However, next time this variant- if people are supposed to make vaccine against it, it will take us another eight months to a year because vaccines are not made overnight.  So right now this South African variant is something that is there, we are aware of it and we are sure that people will be covered.  

 I am going to start again and say that people with cancer, HIV, diabetes mellitus and hypertension have weakened immunities.  We have no policy to say that they are not going to be vaccinated – actually, these people need the vaccine much more because they need to be protected.  These are the people we are saying, those with underlying conditions and the elderly – we are targeting people who we know have weak immunities.  The elderly have weakness in their immunity due to age – their marrow, reaction and production of antibodies is much slower now.

          So those people with those underlying conditions must get the vaccine so that they can fight the disease/virus better when they get it because their antibodies will have been enhanced from the vaccine.  We cannot discriminate and it is not correct to say that they are not going to be vaccinated.  It is clear that it is not correct – those must be just the ordinary rumours that always go round the mill.  In short, we are vaccinating them because they need the vaccine much more than those people whose immunities are okay.

FULL TEXT- “Worrisome Grade 7 Passrate”: Education Minister Responds To Parliamentarians

HON. T. MOYO:  My question is directed to the Hon. Minister of Primary and Secondary Education.  In his absence, I will direct the question to the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education.  My question is that in view of the decline in the pass rate of Grade 7 district examinations for 2020 which saw a decline from 46.9% in 2019 to 27.1% in 2020, what is Government policy towards the students and schools that performed dismally in the Grade 7 examinations?  Should they proceed to Form 1 or should they be given a chance to rewrite the examinations and what happens to the schools that performed 0% during the Grade 7 examinations?  Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir.

          THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE (HON. KAZEMBE): Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir, I would like to sincerely thank the Hon. Member for such a pertinent question. 

          Yes, indeed, the pass rate that we witnessed this time around is very worrisome in any language.  The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is seized with the matter.  They are actually investigating to find out exactly what transpired and a decision will be made – it is indeed worrisome Mr. Speaker Sir.  I thank you.

Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir, as I mentioned earlier that Government is equally worried and disturbed – investigations are on going to establish the reasons why this happened and that will then inform decisions going forward.  I thank you Mr. Speaker.

We Are Ready To Fight To The End, Hon Mamombe On Makomborero Haruvizishe Arrest

Tinashe Sambiri|Fearless MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Official, Hon Joana Mamombe has declared that after being tormented by the Zanu PF regime, she is determined to fight for freedom…

Hon Mamombe said having experienced untold suffering for over a year, she is no longer afraid of the regime.

“They do not know what they are creating by arresting us… I will leave this quote here :

“The years of imprisonment hardened me, I no longer have the emotion of fear! There is no longer anything I can fear. There is nothing this government has not done to me. There isn’t any pain I haven’t known.”

#WinnieMandela 1987
Long live the fighting spirit of #Madikizela Long live!

We will fight to the end injure one injure all…
FreeMako
FreeAlanMoyo,” Hon Mamombe wrote on Facebook.

Makomborero Haruvizishe

WATCH- ED PFEE BY SOUL JAH LOVE

Zanu PF has declared the late Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love a provincial hero.

In a letter to Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda, Zanu PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had conferred a Liberation Hero status to the late Zimdancehall star.

“His Excellency, the President and First Secretary of Zanu PF, Cde E. D Mnangagwa has conferred a Liberation Hero status to the late Cde Soul Muzavazi Musaka who passed away on 16th February 2021 at Mbuya Dorcas Hospital,” said Mpofu.

“I shall be most grateful if you would make the usual arrangements for his burial and payment of benefits to his family,” added Mpofu.

Below is Mpofu’s letter to Dr Sibanda.

Government Agents Fire Gunshots At Human Rights Activist Makomborero Haruvizishe

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance Youth Assembly vice chairperson, Cecilia Chimbiri has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release human rights activist, Makomborero Haruvizishe.

Makomborero was arrested in the capital on Wednesday.

See Cecilia Chimbiri’s statement below:

Free our Commander

Makomborero Haruzivishe is not a criminal…

He is a young man fighting for Zimbabwe to be free from economic woes and political instability.

What do you have against the young ?
What do you have against voices ?
Why were you firing shots @ him is he Chidhumo or Masendeke Is he a murderer ? Is he a human rights violator .

Will arresting him ease all the problems we have in this country ?
You have crossed the rubicon

Enough is enough
Free Mako in good health
He is not a criminal that’s why he is not a flight risk
freeourcommander enoughisenough

Mako is a young man driven by passion
His only ambition is a double aspiration: firstly to be able to speak in a simple language, with evident and clear words, on behalf of Zimbabweans secondly to manage to also be the voice of the many disinherited people of Zimbabwe

Mako is intelligent, streetwise ,seasoned &politician that can create significant movement.
Mako has the ability to zoom in on the essence of what the majority of Zimbabweans need and connect with them. He also has the capacity to understand the bigger picture of our complex and dynamic political landscape.
He is courageous, which some might view as something else . He speaks truth to power. He challenges the status quo wherever he goes,He is a change agent, He has guts – He has strong views and is not afraid to noise it out . He promotes a cause with passion and vigour! Meanwhile he is secretary for Labor in the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly he also allows his organization and team to lead him.

Will he be more than a strong influencer and change agent? Ultimately it lies in our hands. Are we willing to take the risk? But one thing is certain, you as a leader must watch him, understand him. He is part of your big picture!
Mako is Commander that’s why this explanation of his person is penned down . We need to fight for Mako he is not a criminal.

Let’s not let Mako down
freeCommanderMako
FreeMako
freeourcommander

Makomborero Haruvizishe

Mnangagwa Obsessed With Removing MDC Alliance Led Local Authorities

Tinashe Sambiri|Former Harare Mayor Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa should focus on reviving the country’s economy instead of concentrating on removing MDC Alliance led local authorities.

On Wednesday Mr Mnangagwa urged Zanu PF members to work tirelessly to regain control of Urban councils.

Said Manyenyeni in a statement:
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a consistent guy.

He is an intensely partisan political figure.

That his current job is Head of State will not change that.

That urban local authorities are under his government means nothing to him.

That there are serious interventions needed to fix our municipalities is not his priority

That his 41-year old government is responsible for where this country finds itself in escapes him.

Instead of leading the national cohesion, recovery and the restoration of functional local government systems he is focused on removing MDC A from councils in 2023.

He conveniently ignores the reality that it is not just urban councils which are in bad shape but it is ZIMBABWE as a whole that must recover from 41 years of MISRULE.

Government is a ghost, parastatals are a disaster. It’s because of MDC A – I presume?

LEAD, Mr PRESIDENT.

Park the politicking, Sir, LEAD.

Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zanu PF Activist Threatens High School Teacher With Unspecified Action For Exposing Looting Of Pfumvudza Inputs

Tinashe Sambiri|A Zanu PF activist based in Gutu West Constituency has threatened to deal with Serima High School Teacher, Batsiranai Ngugama, for exposing rampant looting of Pfumvudza inputs.

The Zanu PF activist, Patrick Marimazhira, is reportedly involved massive looting of Pfumvudza inputs. He is also denying perceived Zanu PF opponents access to the inputs.

Ngugama, who has media background, wrote an article exposing the looting of inputs by Marimazhira and senior Zanu PF officials.

Incensed by the article, Marimazhira then threatened to deal with Ngugama. Ngugama has since report the matter to Chatsworth police.

See chats below:

[2/17, 08:30] Batsie Ngugama: iwe ndiwe wakanaka stealing?
[2/17, 08:34] Batsie Ngugama: Saka ungade kuva mutungamiri weuwori here? Kana muchiita hanti munenge muri magamba here? Vanhu vakaona vakatiudza hatiregi kunyora. Izvi zvazvatononoka because if party knows this and ndosaka pakaitwa measures amakaudzwa. Hierarchy yose knows game ramakaita.
[2/17, 20:22] Patrick Marimazhira: Ndoda umboo hwacho ,kwandiri haisi nyaya .Uye pandakaisa mbeu yacho yandakaba.
[2/17, 21:10] Patrick Marimazhira: Ini hangu ,handina kudzidza ,asi tongozoona.
[2/18, 02:26] Batsie Ngugama: sources are our blood we protect them.
[2/18, 02:28] Batsie Ngugama: pamutemo check this word ‘tongozoona’. kkkkkk i know a lot kana usingazivi zvako.
[2/18, 06:16] Patrick Marimazhira: Eeee,makasvibisa Zita rangu nokuda kwekunzwa handei mberi.Ndiri murume kwete karume
[2/18, 06:19] Patrick Marimazhira: Kungonditi mbavha kwamakaita ndokwandoda kuona ikoko.Ndoda kuona kuti akadzidza neasina ndiyani mukuru handiyi mberi.
[2/18, 06:24] Patrick Marimazhira: Wadenha Mangwiro wotogwinya,tangawabvunza munhu kuti urikuitei kana dziri politics handei choo
[2/18, 08:06] Batsie Ngugama: Remember haisi 2008. Zvamakaita tozviziva.
[2/18, 08:17] Batsie Ngugama: The government is saying NO TO CORRUPTION saka you can’t threaten me. Moda kusvibisa zita reZanu PF nehuori!

Breaking: Soul Jah Love declared Provincial Hero

Zanu PF has declared the late Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love a provincial hero.

In a letter to Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda, Zanu PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had conferred a Liberation Hero status to the late Zimdancehall star.

“His Excellency, the President and First Secretary of Zanu PF, Cde E. D Mnangagwa has conferred a Liberation Hero status to the late Cde Soul Muzavazi Musaka who passed away on 16th February 2021 at Mbuya Dorcas Hospital,” said Mpofu.

“I shall be most grateful if you would make the usual arrangements for his burial and payment of benefits to his family,” added Mpofu.

Below is Mpofu’s letter to Dr Sibanda.

No More Recalls, MDC-T Says

By A Correspondent| MDC-T Spokesperson, Witness Dube has said their party has exhausted its recall of MDC Alliance legislators and councilors while insisting that Nelson Chamisa’s use of the Alliance name is illegal according to constitutive documents guiding their pact.

In an interview with an online social media platform, Dube said the recalled members were caught up in political contestations that ensued the Supreme Court ruling on the party succession following the death of the founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

‘We not going to have any more recalls, the ones we had were all that needed to be done in the context of the political contestation that happened when we had the Supreme Court judgment,’ said Dube.

He also trashed POLAD saying its limitation to participants of the 2018 presidential elections meant it no longer serves purpose as the country requires a broad process.

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Gabriel Nyoni Asks For Prayers

Gabriel Nyoni

By A Correspondent- Formers Highlanders and Caps United winger Gabriel Nyoni, who recently broke his foot while playing for his South African club, has asked for prayers from his fans, saying the pain in “unbearable”.

Nyoni was injured on Tuesday during Cape Umoya’s Glad Africa Championship match against Richards Bay.

The speedy winger, who is also battling the COVID-19, had surgery on Wednesday. He tweeted:

Having surgery today at 3 pm, broken and fractured foot and have COVID-19.

Despite the surgery being successful, Nyoni later tweeted complaining of pain and asking for prayers.

He said:

The pain is unbearable. Pray for me.

Nyoni joined the South African second-tier club, Cape Umoya in September last year from Maritzburg United, who play in the DStv Premiership.

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Parliament Unhappy With “Sluggish” ZBC

By A Correspondent- Speaker of parliament Javob Mudenda has blasted the state broadcaster ZBC over its “sluggish” coverage of parliament and senate proceedings.

Said Mudenda Wednesday:

“Hon. Minister (Monica Mutsvangwa), today is Members day just like it is tomorrow Thursday. The message from this House and the Senate must go to the people through the media.  

We are not quite happy with the sluggish manner in which ZBC in particular covers this House and the Senate.  The message must go out there; policy issues from Hon. Ministers must go out there and can only do so through the media, both public and private.  

This is the importance of the fourth estate in any country.”

MDC Alliance Will Repossess Harvest House: Hwende

By A Correspondent| MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has responded to MDC-T chairperson Morgen Komichi after the latter bragged of being in control of the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House, formerly Harvest House, the original MDC’s national headquarters.

In a post on Facebook this Thursday, Hwende said at the right time, the MDC Alliance will repossess what rightfully belongs to the people.

Hwende slammed the MDC-T for using violence to take control of MRT House from the MDC Alliance last year.

The former Kuwadzana MP also hit out at Komichi for his remarks to the effect that the MDC-T has commenced a process to stop the Nelson Chamisa-led party from using the MDC Alliance name.

In the fullness of time, everything that belongs to the People will be returned to the People. Thousands died fighting for democratic Change, MRT House is the revolutionary house and symbol for our resilience.

It was taken by brute force by a criminal syndicate masquerading as a political party. President Tsvangirai was a People’s President he did not own the People or MRT House.

He was selected by the People as the symbol of our Struggle he is resting in peace now and the new Symbol of Our Struggle is President Chamisa.

Zvana Komichi zvekuchemera Zita and the People is a sideshow let’s not get distracted a name is nothing we are defined and identified by our unwavering commitment to the struggle for the emancipation of our people.

While giving a speech on the third anniversary of the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai’s death on Sunday, Komichi said:

The name MDC Alliance is ours. We are going to stop those who are using the name.

We have a legal position which says MDC Alliance is our name. Anyone who is using it is misguided.

We have started the process to stop them from using the name and I cannot tell you our strategies. They must come up with a name of their own.

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