By A Correspondent- Government has reviewed upwards the sitting allowances paid to Members of Parliament and councillors in the country’s 32 local authorities as well as provincial council members by between 50 and 100%.

MPs will have their allowances hiked by 100%, while provincial council members and councillors were awarded a 75% and 50% increase, respectively. The windfall will be backdated to January last year.

Local Government minister July Moyo confirmed the increment, which, however, falls way short of what the councillors and MPs have been demanding since 2019.

Moyo said he had already written to councils advising them of the development.

“We have three elected levels consisting of MPs, those in provincial councils and local authorities,” Moyo said.

“The President approved new rates for MPs, councillors and provincial council members.

“The levels of allowances are as follows: 50% for councillors, 75% for provincial council and 100% for MPs.”

In 2019, councillors and mayors around the country engaged the central government, demanding an increase in their allowances by at least 250%, citing the rise in prices of basic goods and services.

Government later approved an increase, which will see each councillor getting $5 000 from $2 000. In back pay, each councillor will pocket not less than $26 000 (US$260). According to a letter written by their umbrella association, the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz), the Local Government minister informed them through a circular of the review of their allowances.

The letter, written on January 15, was signed off by Ucaz president Josiah Makombe (Gweru mayor) and copied to Moyo and all town clerks and secretaries.

It reads: “Reference is made to the address by the Honourable Minister of Local Government, Cde July Moyo, during the 79th AGM (annual general meeting) held on December 13, 2020 at the Elephant Hills Hotel.

“He pointed out that councillors should be paid levels of allowances set out at various levels based on percentages that are paid to members of parliament. Councils need not wait for another circular as long as they have obtained reliable information on the adjustment to the salaries of MPs.

“It is against this background that the presidential committee at its meeting on January 13 2021 resolved to recommend that councillors be paid their outstanding allowances backdated from January to October 2020.

“Councils must effect the latest adjustment from December 2020 in line with the increase in allowances for Members of Parliament which is at a rate of $47 002.

“May councils implement the councillors’ allowances to the letter and spirit of circular 13 without further delay and prejudice to council’s welfare,” Makombe said.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- There is a thin line between love and hate, a Kadoma man can attest to this adage after his young wife of four years allegedly laced his cup of tea with poison intending to end his life.

Francis Khondanani escaped death by a whisker after his 24-year-old wife Tanyaradzwa Denhere served him with a cup of poisoned tea.

Tanyaradzwa packed her bags after the incident and is now on the run.

Police in Kadoma have since launched an investigation of suspected food poisoning under case number 4547203 and have sent Mr Khondanani for a medical examination. This serves to confirm that the above presented to us with a sample of tea. He suspects it might have been tempered with in an attempt to poison him.

Unfortunately, we do not have the laboratory capacity to analyse the tea. We have suggested that the sample be taken to a private laboratory for analysis, reads part of a letter addressed to ZRP Kadoma from Kadoma General Hospital.

Khondanani said he was now on the road to recovery and had been examined by doctors in Harare. I have been to Harare for medical checks and I am getting better though I have not fully recovered yet.

The doctors are currently examining a sample of the tea I drank that day ,so we are waiting for results, but meanwhile, I have opened a case at Kadoma Central Police station.

Francis narrated his heartwrenching ordeal at the hands of his beloved wife and mother of their child saying:

I don’t know what came over Mai Noku. We have been together for four years and God blessed us with a daughter Nokutenda.

We were always happy, and recently we toured the country’s resorts from Nyanga, Kariba and even Bulawayo because that’s what she loved. I took her places and she really looked happy to me.

On Saturday 23 January, she said she was not feeling well in the morning. She literally fell into my arms and looked pale and was shivering and she asked me to hold her because she felt sick. She really looked scared and when I asked her she said ‘hana yangu iri kurova’. She insisted she was okay but I had to make sure she sat down until she felt better.

I later left the house without taking breakfast and told her I would eat during lunchtime but upon coming back I was shocked to find her busy with the house chores. I asked how she was feeling and she said she was very fit. She offered me a cup of tea and I took it before leaving for work.

When I was about to leave, Mai Noku akandimhanyira akati asi munonyara kukisser mukadzi wenyu here? I smiled back ndikati ‘no ndinonyarei zvangu’ then she came closer to me and I kissed her cheek. This was the first time she did something like that but handina kuzviisa mumusoro. She stood by the gate waving at me kusvika mota yaenda,” he said.

It did not take much time before I started having stomach cramps, by this time I had reached the office. I thought it was something minor but it got worse and I postponed my 2pm meeting.

I had to drink two litres of fresh milk trying to vomit but it didn’t change. Ndaingorutsa mukaka wegawega and drove back home. I couldn’t walk straight the pain was severe and sharp.

When I got home I found Mai Noku gone, all her clothes were not there. I had a running stomach and I am sure that saved me. I later managed to go to the hospital.

-HMetro

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa believes his 43rd birthday is evidence of God’s grace.

President Chamisa turned 43 on February 2.

“43 YEARS- EVIDENCE OF GOD’S GRACE! Thank you Lord. Thank you dear friends for making this life more meaningful…God bless you.”

Commenting on Hon Biti’s conglatulatory message, President Chamisa wrote:

“Thank you Cde & brother
@BitiTendai
. You have been such a pillar in this liberation and transformation journey. We will make Zimbabwe that JEWEL again!Tinosvika chete #Godisinit.”

Below is Hon Biti’s birthday message to President Chamisa:

“Forty three years ago you embarked on a journey of liberation transformation and democratization . Let us finish this struggle . Happy birthday Comrade President…”

On the current political crisis Hon Biti argued:
“
They have pushed the reform mantra for 3 years . But we know them .They are an incorrigible recaltricient bunch of irredeemable illegitimate thugs .Being ranked 157 out of 180 on the Corruption Index confirms who they are .

Thieves thugs , killers. ZanupfMustGo FreeAlanMoyo.”

Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa has posted a statement of acknowledgement after receiving birthday messages from hundreds of Zimbabweans.

According to President Chamisa, the messages reflect genuine love.

“THANK YOU MY DEAR AND BELOVED ONES FOR ALL THE SPECIAL SWEET BIRTHDAY MESSAGES.

I RECEIVED ENCOURAGEMENT AND BEST WISHES FROM YOU INCLUDING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD & IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES!

YOU ARE AWESOME!! THANK YOU. LOVE BUILDS NATIONS. LOVE INSPIRES GENERATIONS. GOD IS LOVE!! KEEP LOVING..YOU ROCK!! GOD BLESS YOU! #Godisinit #pamabvihatibvi,” wrote President Chamisa on his official Facebook page.

Tinashe Sambiri|Sending Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri to jail is an act of cruelty, the MDC Alliance has said.

The two MDC Alliance Youth Assembly leaders were arrested at their doctor’s offices in Harare.

“In the midst of a highly infectious pandemic, it’s an act of cruelty send #JoanaMamombe and #CeciliaChimbiri to Chikurubi Prison where #Covid19 protocols are weak. Bail is a constitutional entitlement. Why crowd prisons that have no tap water
FreeJoana
FreeCecilia
FreeAlanMoyo,” MDC Alliance said in a statement on Thursday.

MDC Alliance natonal spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere also denounced the persecution of the two MDC Alliance officials.

“The Magistrates’ Court at Rotten Row has denied Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri bail. This is a travesty of justice. Bail is a constitutional entitlement. This victimization and weaponization of the law must stop!
FreeJoana
FreeCecilia
FreeAlanMoyo.”

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By A Correspondent- London| Cecilia Chimbiri’s father, Henry, and other victims have tasked British Police to arrest Zimbabweans in UK who coordinated and encouraged the abduction of his daughter, and other attacks against citizens since 1 Aug 2018 to Feb 2021. Prosecutors sitting at the Old Bailey in London received affidavits from victims of violence since 1 Aug 2018.

The development is the first since 1979 that British courts are to hear cases of terrorism committed against the Zimbabwean people.

The first case concerning Zimbabwe terrorism was briefly heard on Friday morning at the Old Bailey, ZimEye reveals.

A Zimbabwean-woman has since 1 Aug 2018 been shooting live videos instructing crimes of terrorism in Zimbabwe, while boasting that she controls the British Police who she will use against MDC Alliance members. Her activities have led to the killing of at least 25 people, raping of 50 women and large scale burnings of properties to implicate MDC Alliance members. She has also vowed that her methods will ensure her terrorism is sustained for another 50 years.

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By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) says it is experiencing technical glitches on its online platforms following an upsurge of clients seeking to process tax clearance certificates for this year.

According to the revenue collector, workers from its Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) department are hard at work trying to resolve the challenges.

In a statement today, Zimra said the high user traffic and congestion has been worsened by the fact that many certificates issued last year expired recently.

“We would like to sincerely apologize for the challenges that our valued clients have been experiencing with our E-services system in applying for the tax clearance certificates for 2021.

This has been worsened by the congestion due to high user traffic applying at the same time, following the expiry of the previously extended tax clearance submission deadline. The system is operational, and our ICT team is attending to system congestion challenges to improve the system performance,” said the revenue collector.

To address the technical challenges, the organisation said the ICT team is adding capacity to the infrastructure, which will improve the logging process on the system by taxpayers.

In addition, the team is directly engaging taxpayers who have reported their challenges and assisting them to access their tax clearance certificates.

They are working with the vendor (Microsoft) to enhance the system capacity so that it is able to handle multiple requests at the same time.

“Currently the majority of the taxpayers are able to log on and submit their requests. However, due to non-compliance, the system is not issuing them the tax clearance certificates.

Clients are advised to ensure that they are compliant in all respects before submitting their applications i.e. fiscalisation Interface, returns submission and tax payments,” said Zimra.

In the interim, compliant taxpayers who fail to get their ITF263 through the system are advised to communicate with their assigned liaison officers by e-mail so that they are assisted manually to download their ITF263 (Tax Clearances).-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo City Council is facing imminent grave shortage as a result of incessant rains that have caused flooding at Luveve Cemetery, making the graveyard soggy and unfit for burials.

This has forced the local authority to temporarily suspend the digging of graves at the cemetery and concentrate on few spaces at West Park and Athlone cemeteries.

This comes on the backdrop of high demand for graves due to COVID-19-related deaths.

Council spokesperson Nesisa Mpofu confirmed the suspension of grave digging, adding that they were working on Athlone and few available spaces at West Park.

“Luveve Cemetery has sections that are flooding, therefore, digging of graves using the backhoe has become not only difficult, but impossible as the plant sinks,” Mpofu said.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association chairperson Ambrose Sibindi said while he agreed that this was due to natural causes, the local authority should always plan for such eventualities.

“While we accept that this is due to a natural cause, council should have contingent plans, they should have other reserved areas. Athlone can also be affected, but people should not fail to bury their relatives,” Sibindi said..-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Scores of small-scale gold miners in West Nicholson, just after Gwanda town, were pleasantly surprised to get a visit from a man they least expected to take an interest in their line of work – gold mining.

The visitor was non-other than the man of the cloth, Prophet Walter Magaya of the Prophetic Healing Deliverance (PHD) Ministries.

West Nicholson is a gold rich area with hundreds of small-scale gold miners working day and night in search of the precious metal.

According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gold buying arm, Fidelity Printers, small scale miners contribute 60 percent of the gold produced by the country annually.

“We had no idea Prophet Magaya would have an interest in gold mining, especially when it comes to us omakorokoza (small scale miners) because people think we are just violent people who spend all our money on alcohol and women.

“He walked around, talking to us and asking about some of the challenges that we face and gave us advice to always work hard.

“One thing that he kept emphasising was for us to avoid violence and always work in harmony so that God can bless the fruits of our hard work and sweat,” said Sibongumusa Mlilo, a small-scale miner who has been working in the gold rich area of West Nicholson for seven years.

Prophet Magaya owns a football team Yadah FC.

He has no known business interests in gold mining.

The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has announced that the 2020 Grade Seven results are out.

In a statement, ZIMSEC said candidates who sat for the results will be able to collect their results from their centres starting Monday while online results can be accessed beginning this Saturday.

Here is how to view the results online:

Option A – Via the ZIMSEC website:

1. Visit the ZIMSEC website on www.zimsec.co.zw and you will be taken to the home page.

2. Click on view Results and you will be taken to a page that shows all the country’s 10 regions [R1-Harare, R2-Manicaland, R3-Mashonaland East, R4-Matabeleland North, R5-Midlands, R7-Masvingo, R7-Mashonaland Central, R8-Mashonaland West, R9-Matabeleland South, R10-Bulawayo].

3. Select your region where your school is located in and proceed to the instructions for registration.

Option B- Via direct access to your school’s region:

1. The application portal is accessed via the Regional access links/addresses.

2. Copy and paste on the web browser address bar the link for your region where your school is located.

Account Creation

After opening the portal link, the candidate should register using his/her candidate details and proceed to view his/her results!

The Grade 7 Results Portal will be available on the 6th of February 2021.

By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have impounded 140 vehicles including pirate taxis and a bus from Botswana, for defying the lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the second phase of operation ‘udingani Etown.’

The vehicles were impounded in a one-day blitz on Thursday.

During lockdown, members of the public are supposed to be confined to their homes and may only leave to buy basic necessities at a supermarket, food retail, fuel or gas at a fuel or gas retail outlet within a radius not exceeding five kilometres or the nearest establishment if those within the radius are closed.

Government imposed a 6pm to 6am curfew on 2 January as part of lockdown measures to curb the spread Covid19.

Under the lockdown restrictions, owners or drivers of the vehicles are liable to prosecution and no public or private vehicle is allowed to proceed beyond checkpoints and roadblocks without authorisation.

In a media briefing at Ross Camp yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said the operation implies that all motorists that are coming into the city centre are stopped at checkpoints by traffic policers  to check the purpose of going to town,

He said unauthorised vehicles will be impounded.

“All vehicles coming into the city centre are stopped at checkpoints for the purpose of verifying their movement. A total of 140 vehicles were impounded including pirate taxis that are violating lockdown regulations and as result we came up with an operation code ‘udingani Etown’, as a result the vehicle owners are supposed to pay fines,” he said.

“People who are going to be found in unauthorised vehicles risk being charged as they are also failing to comply with the lockdown regulations,” said Insp Ncube.

Inspector Ncube said members of the public are expected to shop within a 5 kilometre radius from their homes while essential service employees will be allowed to pass through checkpoints after producing exemption letters.

When Chronicle news crew visited Ross Camp, the 140 cars were parked at an impound lot while owners queued to pay fines.

Inspector Ncube warned members of the public to avoid unnecessary movements as they risk being arrested and contracting corona virus.

Police have arrested 3 236 more violaters of Covid-19 national lockdown regulations countrywide bringing to 389 944 the total number of people nabbed since the beginning of the lockdown on March30 last year.

Out of those, 1 756 people were arrested for unnecessary movements while 997 were arrested for failure to wear face masks. The arrests were made of Wednesday.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa, rattled by the recent loss of three ministers to Covid-19, is considering a cabinet reshuffle that has sparked fierce jostling in Zanu-PF and government.

Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso B Moyo and his Transport and Infrastructural Development counterpart Joel Biggie Matiza and Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba died last month from Covid-19-related complications.

Mnangagwa, insiders said, was under pressure from Zanu-PF, the military and close business associates who are lining up their proxies for ministerial posts.

He will need to deploy the skills to walk a fine line between balancing interests of the opposing fronts and bringing incompetent personnel to help steer the country out of the current economic and diplomatic mess.

The Zimbabwe Independent is reliably informed that Mnangagwa has already started the consultation process for suitable candidates.

Sources said the President instructed Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu to collect curriculum vitaes (CVs) from members of the National Assembly and the Senate.

Mpofu then delegated Zanu-PF parliamentary chief whip Pupurai Togarepi, who on Tuesday, sent SMS and WhatsApp messages to MPs, demanding the CVs.

The message reads: “Attention all members, very urgent: May you send summarised CVs on the following e-mail address (e-mail address supplied). This is an instruction from the secretary for administration’s office. It’s very urgent and confidential, of course.”

In an interview yesterday, Togarepi confirmed calling for MPs’ CVs.

“I think that is an internal party issue which I would normally not respond to, but I will just tell you that this was done to assess our legislators’ skills, qualifications and competencies for future tasks. This may have to do with moving them to different committees of parliament or other appointments; so I will keep the information in my database,” he said.

Pressed on why party leaders demanded the CVs, he said, “Oh, of course, yes, that is true. I was acting on instructions from my superiors. I draw my authority from the leadership of the party. They now have that information, but I don’t know what they will use it for.”

Efforts to get comments from Mpofu were fruitless as his mobile phone was on voicemail. Questions sent via SMS went unanswered.

It is understood that legislators are jostling to take up ministerial posts by angling to gain favour with Mnangagwa.

Some MPs even engaged consultants to prepare attractive CVs.

“It’s not a secret that there will be a cabinet reshuffle soon. The President, though keeping his cards close to his chest, has given a clear indication that he is not going to appoint gap fillers, but wants a cabinet reshuffle. He also appears to be frustrated by the incompetences of some ministers,” an official said.

A Zanu-PF politburo member chipped in: “I haven’t seen this level of interest in ministerial appointments. People have been running around trying to fix things and lining themselves up for posts. As we speak, not one MP failed to submit his or her CV.”

The final line-up of possible new cabinet members is unknown, but sources indicated that Mnangagwa has lost faith in Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry. She is likely to be replaced by her deputy, Tinoda Machakaire.

Machakaire – a close associate of the influential business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei – is angling for the top job.

“The issue here is that although the President liked Coventry in terms of the Sport and Arts portfolio, she is seen to have been found wanting in terms of the youth portfolio. Machakaire’s advantage is that he is more robust. He is seen as having the capability to mobilise youths and bring them over to the party. This is being done with 2023 general elections in mind,” a source said.

There is uncertainty about who will get the Foreign Affairs and International Trade portfolio although it’s touted that Mnangagwa is weighing up four options, including Coventry.

Checks are being made, at Mnangagwa’s behest, on the suitability of former African Union (AU) representative to the United States, Arikana Chihombori-Quao — a medical doctor and ultra-pan-Africanist.

Some members of Mnangagwa’s inner circle expressed reservations about her appropriateness given that she has frosty relations with the West because of her unbridled attacks on France’s continued milking of Francophone Africa’s resources.

In fact, she lost her ambassadorial post in 2019 after Western governments pressured the AU Commission to recall her over her strong views against France.

As such, sources said, consultations are underway with ambassador and permanent representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations in New York, Frederick Shava. There are also suggestions to bring back former Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi.

“This is proving to be a real issue now given the options being weighed. At the end of the day, the President will make his choice,” added another source.

Mnangagwa is facing problems in replacing Matiza and has reportedly made consultations with Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena.

However, questions of conflict of interest arose since he runs a transport business and has interests in some companies involved in road construction.

The National Oil Infrastructure Company (Noic) chair Daniel Mckenzie Ncube is said to be under consideration.

Zanu-PF stalwarts are pushing for former finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to take over as Information minister from the passive Monica Mutsvangwa.

Mnangagwa, although relishing the idea because of Chinamasa’s highly abrasive approach to things, is unsure of what to do with Mutsvangwa, sources said.

“The dilemma here is that, basically, there are candidates for all the other ministries and although some have suggested she can be moved to replace Gwaradzimba in Manicaland. At the same time, it would not appear too well to just drop her from cabinet,” an official said.

The military command element is pushing for the ouster of Defence and War Veterans minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri. She, however, remains one of Mnangagwa’s key factional allies.

“The only ministers who appear safe are those at Industry and Commerce, State Security, Women’s Affairs, Lands and Agriculture, Home Affairs, ICT and Tourism,” another source said.

Presidential spokesperson George Charamba said “there will be no cabinet reshuffle”-TheIndependent

By A Correspondent- War is brewing in the MDC-T camp amid allegations that members of the party aligned to vice-president Thokozani Khupe are pushing to have party leader Douglas Mwonzora and his allies arrested for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from party coffers.

Party insiders said police had already recorded statements from key witnesses who received millions of dollars to buy foreign currency on the streets ahead of the opposition movement’s extraordinary congress last December.

MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube confirmed the plot against Mwonzora in a statement, where he accused the police of behaving unprofessionally.

“We are surprised that the police are being driven by certain activists who are unsuccessfully trying to extort the organisation,” Dube said.

“Equally shocking are WhatsApp chats circulating where certain members of the police were strategising with some activists who have no locus standi to represent our party.”

Police reports seen by NewsDay show that in the run-up to the party congress, $1,8 million was transferred to one Martha Munandi and another $1,75 million transferred to a CABS account belonging to a trust, while $2,8 million was transferred to a petroleum company with links to party treasurer-general Tapiwa Mashakada.

“We also know that these allegations are meant to forestall the external audit as ordered by the congress. They are meant to frustrate our fundraising efforts. We put it on record that all monies are fully accounted for and have been legally used,” Dube said.

Party secretary-general Paurina Mupariwa could neither confirm nor deny that the MDC-T bought forex on the black market.

“Where they got the foreign currency will be said in a full audit report. We are going to have an external report, why not wait for it and it will answer all the questions,” she said.

During the congress, Khupe accused Mwonzora of stealing money from the party, while Chief Ndlovu, the deputy treasurer-general confirmed that the party bought foreign currency.

A check with the foreign currency auction system shows no foreign currency bought by the party, suggesting the party went to the illegal market.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was not yet sure if his team was working on the MDC-T fraud docket.-newsday

By A Correspondent- Bona Mugabe has advised married couples to resolve their differences amicably adding that the marriage institution calls for maturity, communication, understanding, sacrifice, dedication, transparency, patience, forgiveness and love.

In a facebook post that has sent tongues wagging on social media, the usually reserved late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s daughter said:

Dear married women, that gentleman you think is better than your husband it’s because he’s not living with you.

And to you married Men, that lady you think is better than your wife its because she’s not living with you! Marriage is a very complex institution.

Even when God blesses you with a loving partner, you will still have some bad days in your relationship.

How the two of you choose to resolve your misunderstandings is what makes you different from other couples! I can assure you that even the most admired couples have fights once in a while!

Marriage calls for maturity, communication, understanding, sacrifice, dedication, transparency, patience, forgiveness and love!

Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena (ZANU PF), has dismissed reports claiming that soldiers are brutalising citizens in his constituency in the name of enforcing the national lockdown.

Wadyajena said comments made by Indigenisation and Empowerment Parliamentary Portfolio Committee chairperson Senator Mbowa alleging military brutality on Gokwe communities are “mischievous and poisonous”.

He said:

It’s not surprising that her audio was first published by UK based online sites and well known Government critics before even being shared locally, a move calculated to bolster the UK’s defence on its imposition of sanctions on the aforementioned members of the Security Services on the basis of ‘human rights violations’.

These very damaging lies cannot and should not be ignored because of their broader implications locally and globally.

Wadyajena’s remarks follow the emergence of Senator Mbowa’s recorded phone call to Mr Govha, an official in the Office of the President and Cabinet, alleging that soldiers are terrorising the Gokwe Nembudziya community.

During the conversation, the senator threatened to call President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself if army brutality continues unabated.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said over 3 500 people were arrested yesterday for various offences related to the violation of COVID-19 control measures.

In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said 894 people were arrested for failing to wear masks while 2 095 were nabbed for unnecessary movement.

This brings to 393 504 the cumulative total number of people who have been arrested for violating national lockdown measures since the onset of the national lockdown on 30 March 2020. Police said in the statement:

The ZRP confirms that on 04/02/21, 3 560 people were arrested for COVID-19 related contraventions, 894 were arrested for ‘failure to wear masks’ and 2 095 were arrested for ‘unnecessary movements’.

Since the onset of the national lockdown on 30/03/2020, a cumulative total of 393 504 people have been arrested for violating national lockdown measures. Most of those arrested were in violation of movement restrictions.

Members of the public are urged to comply with the measures put in place by Government to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

By October last year, the government had reopened most sectors of the economy as coronavirus infection rates had fallen to manageable levels.

However, on 5 January 2021, the government reimposed strict lockdown measures for a month in a bid to contain unprecedented COVID-19 infections which were threatening to spiral out of control.

The 30-day national lockdown was subsequently extended by another 10 days to 15 February 2021.

By A Correspondent- A misunderstanding over mealie-meal nearly turned tragic when a 34 year old man from Bulawayo’s Mzilikazi high density suburb hit his 37 year old sister in law with an iron rod on the head as punishment for asking why he had opened her mealie meal and prepared isitshwala without her say so.

This was heard when Andrew Sibanda appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Stephen Ndhlovu charged with physical abuse in contravention of the Domestic Violence Act.

He pleaded guilty and was remanded out of custody to 8 March on $5000 bail for sentencing. He was ordered not interfere with witnesses.

Circumstances are that on 27 January 2021 Sibanda, who was supposedly hungry, opened his sister-in-law Caroline Mackie‘s mealie-meal without her consent and prepared isitshwala.

The court heard that this however, didn’t go down well with Mackie who then confronted Sibanda and asked him why he had opened her mealie-meal without her consent.

A misunderstanding arose between the two parties and Sibanda started insulting Mackie saying she was a prostitute. Sibanda then went out of the house and came back armed with an iron bar which he used to strike Mackie once on the head.

Mackie, who sustained some injuries, went and reported the matter to the police, leading to Sibanda’s arrest and subsequent appearance in court.-bmetro

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, has apologised to its customers in and around Harare for unplanned power cuts.

In a public notice on Thursday, the power utility said the power outage is due to fallen power lines on the feeder supplying Ruwa 33kV substation.

The areas affected are Ruwa, Zimre Park, Chipukutu, Damofalls, Sunway City, Goromonzi turn off plots, Windsor Park and Mandalay.

ZETDC said:

ZETDC engineers and technicians are working to rectify the fault. The inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted.

In another notice, ZETDC said its engineers were working to restore power to areas including Belgravia in Harare following an underground cable fault.

The notice read:

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) would like to apologise to its valued customers in Harare Region for the power outage due to an underground cable fault on the feeder supplying them.

Areas affected are Belgravia: Fountain Gardens, Avon Mews, Shalima Gardens, Mushangwe flats, and some parts of Second Street extension.

ZETDC engineers and technicians are working to rectify the fault.

The inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted.

By A Correspondent- London| Cecilia Chimbiri’s father, Henry, and other victims have tasked British Police to arrest Zimbabweans in UK who coordinated and encouraged the abduction of his daughter, and other attacks against citizens since 1 Aug 2018 to Feb 2021. Prosecutors sitting at the Old Bailey in London received affidavits from victims of violence since 1 Aug 2018.

The development is the first since 1979 that British courts are to hear cases of terrorism committed against the Zimbabwean people.

The first case concerning Zimbabwe terrorism was briefly heard on Friday morning at the Old Bailey, ZimEye reveals.

A Zimbabwean-woman has since 1 Aug 2018 been shooting live videos instructing crimes of terrorism in Zimbabwe, while boasting that she controls the British Police who she will use against MDC Alliance members. Her activities have led to the killing of at least 25 people, raping of 50 women and large scale burnings of properties to implicate MDC Alliance members. She has also vowed that her methods will ensure her terrorism is sustained for another 50 years.

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By Sindile Ncube- This week the UK government added four more Zanu “satanists” on the targeted sanctions list. We thank the British government for this move.

However, I have to say it was disappointing to see that Nick Mangwana was not on the list. Everyone knows that guy is the mouthpiece or rather an*s out of which Zanu pf spews it’s trash.

He is Zanu’s chief propaganda agent, a man that defends Zanu so much and so consistently that he probably wears Zanu branded underwear.

When the military shot people after the 2018 election, Nick denied it. He defends the indefensible. He should be on the sanctions list and the British government should also revoke his British citizenship.

And to be honest, everyone who has money and a position of influence because of Zanu pf needs to be on the sanctions list.

Anyone who supports and defends the killing and abduction of innocent men and women should be put on the sanctions list.

Like I have been saying for a long time we need to compile a list of these people and send the intel to the west. These Zanu people enjoy deriving Zimbabweans of basic human rights, it’s time they experience what we feel, it’s time they lose the right to swan in and out of the country travelling to the West where they spend the money they steal from us,

Start with Mnangagwa.

By A Correspondent- Temba Mliswa’s ex lover Susan Mutami has trashed as false reports alleging that the late Sibusiso Moyo is father to her son.

Mutami said she did not know Moyo personally neither did she receive any money from him.

She said:

“He’s not even my son’s fathernor did i ever receive money from this mannor did i know him personally. Vanhu vasanyepa. It just shows how shallow @TembaMliswa is. He is fighting with the deadwho can’t defend themselves, Pathetic Journalism.”

The development comes following reports alleging that Mutami had said the late hero and foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo was the father to her son and he had pampered her with a whooping US$40k to buy the duo’s baby preparation.

We republish below the report:

The late Foreign Affairs Minister retired Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Busi (SB) Moyo has been dragged into the fight between feuding former lovers Temba Mliswa and Susan Vivian Mutami.

Mutami who claims that she is 3-months pregnant with the MP’s twins, reportedly claims that she had a 12-year affair with SB Moyo which culminated in the birth of her now four-year-old son.

According to leaked WhatsApp chats between the former lovers, Mutami told Mliswa that the former army general had given her US$40,000 for the baby’s preparation after she fell pregnant.

Mutami revealed this to Mliswa, as she was not happy with his apparent lack of care for her wellbeing during her pregnancy.

To Mutami, the father of 18 was not showing the same level of care that she had received from the former army general when she was pregnant.

Online publication ZimLive reports that a furious Mutami told Mliswa:

“Sibusiso himself was there for Tendai’s first ultrasound. He flew me to Singapore so he could see his son, leaving his work while he was still at KG6,”

According to the report, she described Moyo as “my first love” and “the man that took my virginity.” She went on to reveal that SB Moyo was very generous and had given her US$40,000 for the baby’s preparation and sent her a helper for 6 months after the child was born.

She told Mliswa that she needed to maintain the same level of luxury for her other children. “I’m gonna need US$30k cash when I go back to Australia for preparation for the twins from you. They deserve to have nice things too and be born in luxury,” she said in one WhatsApp message.

“Tendai’s preparation cost me around US$40k. Things aren’t cheap in Australia. I need to keep that same standard for all my kids. They deserve to have the Stokke prams just like Tendai. And mamaroo’s and have everything tech-savvy. US$30k is decent enough for them. That’s an equivalent of 4 Chanel handbags.”

However, things between Mutami and Mliswa appear to have gone south, as Mutami felt neglected by the MP. One of her messages reads:

“I’m invisible to you… I have to send 60 messages for you to come home and f**** me. I’m hurt honestly. I’m going back to Australia we have no plan whatsoever for the twins. No daycare. I pay for my ultrasound and doctor’s appointment visits when you are there. Never have I seen you even contributing or even being concerned requesting for pics and all. This was a mistake Temba, and I need to fix it.”

“…bear in mind I’m only 32 and my sex drive is at its peak. I love having sex with someone that I have a connection with almost like every day.”

“One session every two weeks for me won’t do Shumba. No-one has ever f***** me the way you do. You calmed me down,”

She also repeatedly confessed her love for the MP, at one time saying:

“I’m the type of woman that would even bring another woman in bed for you to be happy and eat that ass and balls up. That’s how loyal I am to you but I am not getting that love back in return. Context being there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do for you. I’m hurt.”

However, Mliswa seems to have failed to reciprocate the feelings with the same intensity. Earlier this week, Mutami approached an online publication and made several sensational allegations against the MP.

She claimed that he was gay and had tried to bring another man to their bed. She also claimed that he is broke and that he makes his money through extortion.

Tinashe Sambiri|President Nelson Chamisa has posted a statement of acknowledgement after receiving birthday messages from hundreds of Zimbabweans.

According to President Chamisa, the messages reflect genuine love.

“THANK YOU MY DEAR AND BELOVED ONES FOR ALL THE SPECIAL SWEET BIRTHDAY MESSAGES.

I RECEIVED ENCOURAGEMENT AND BEST WISHES FROM YOU INCLUDING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD & IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES!

YOU ARE AWESOME!! THANK YOU. LOVE BUILDS NATIONS. LOVE INSPIRES GENERATIONS. GOD IS LOVE!! KEEP LOVING..YOU ROCK!! GOD BLESS YOU! #Godisinit #pamabvihatibvi,” wrote President Chamisa on his official Facebook page.

By A Correspondent- Bona Mugabe has advised married couples to resolve their differences amicably adding that the marriage institution calls for maturity, communication, understanding, sacrifice, dedication, transparency, patience, forgiveness and love.

In a facebook post that has sent tongues wagging on social media, the usually reserved late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s daughter said:

Dear married women, that gentleman you think is better than your husband it’s because he’s not living with you.

And to you married Men, that lady you think is better than your wife its because she’s not living with you! Marriage is a very complex institution.

Even when God blesses you with a loving partner, you will still have some bad days in your relationship.

How the two of you choose to resolve your misunderstandings is what makes you different from other couples! I can assure you that even the most admired couples have fights once in a while!

Marriage calls for maturity, communication, understanding, sacrifice, dedication, transparency, patience, forgiveness and love!

Dear married women, that gentleman you think is better than your husband it’s because he’s not living with you.

And to you married Men, that lady you think is better than your wife its because she’s not living with you! Marriage is a very complex institution.

Even when God blesses you with a loving partner, you will still have some bad days in your relationship.

How the two of you choose to resolve your misunderstandings is what makes you different from other couples! I can assure you that even the most admired couples have fights once in a while!

Marriage calls for maturity, communication, understanding, sacrifice, dedication, transparency, patience, forgiveness and love!

By A Correspondent- Shamwari Yemwanasikana, a girls’ rights movement, has urged parents and guardians to protect children’s rights following an increase in the cases of child abuse that are circulating on social media.

In a statement this Friday, Shamwari Yemwanasikana expressed deep concern over the safety of children during this lockdown period.

The statement read:

Following three recent child abuse cases that we have come across on social media, one of which being a four-year-old infant who was being assaulted by the mother because she was having problems with the father, another one being a man who allegedly bashed his son to death after accusing him of stealing US$10 and the third one being of a Matabeleland North man who allegedly assaulted a minor and infected her with an STI.

… As a collective body making strides towards putting to an end all forms of abuse against children, we are deeply concerned about the welfare of children which remains to be an issue especially owing to the extended lockdown period as well as poverty which is also a strong factor behind violation of children’s rights in many circumstances.

The organisation further reiterated its abhorrence of all forms of abuse against children in whatever form and for whatever reasons.

It added:

We stand against child abuse inflicted on minors in any form, verbal, neglect, psychological, sexual as well as physical abuse.

We stand against lashing out on minors and venting out negative energy on them as they happen to be a weaker and less harmful stimulus by reasons of age We stand against using brutal measures in the form of punishing children for misbehaving and bad conduct.

We always encourage the use of negative reinforcement so as to discourage bad behaviour in children.

Child Abuse of any form has dire effects on child development and will consequently affect one’s adulthood as well.

By A Correspondent- Douglas Mwonzora who reportedly ordered that the MDC T pays one of their lawyers $300 000 is reportedly still being haunted by the alleged fraud issue that surfaced in December.

Other party members are still amplifying the allegations even though then party leader Thokozani Khupe cleared her of any wrongdoing in the matter, The Zimbabwe Independent reports.

This was revealed by Mwonzora’s spokesperson Witness Dube who told the publication that:

These people are amplifying their lies with more vigour and it must be clearly known that our president was cleared on these allegations long back.

They are designed to tarnish the image of the party and that of the winner of the historic extraordinary congress President Mwonzora. The congress dealt with the issue and concluded that they were false.

Our finances were above board. We are surprised that the police are being driven by certain activists who have been unsuccessfully trying to extort money from the organisation.

Dube who urged ZRP to not get involved in intraparty fightings and urged them to refer to Thokozani Khupe’s letter dated 16 December 2020 is maintaining that Mwonzora’s rivals are still amplifying the claims that Mzonzora siphoned money from the party’s coffers.-ZimIndependent

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC), has released the 2020 Grade Seven results.

Candidates will be able to access the results online beginning tomorrow at 6 PM, ZIMSEC said.

ZIMSEC public relations manager Nicky Dlamini has confirmed the development saying further details will be released later

By A Correspondent- Owen Kuchata, currently incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Prison for attempting to bomb the late president Robert Mugabe’s Gushungo Dairy plant in Mazowe has been granted bail.

Justice Chitapi granted him $5 000 bail for illegal possession of firearms.

Judgement for money laundering was however reserved to next week Thursday 11 February in court A at 09:00hrs.

Kuchata was convicted and sentenced to nine years behind bars for a foiled attempt to bomb the former First Family’s Alpha Omega Dairy plant in Mazowe.

It later emerged that Kuchata was Zimbabwe People’s Front political party leader.

He however claimed that he was forced to admit to the crime.

Kuchata was convicted for charges of insurgency, sabotage, banditry or terrorism, at own guilty plea by Harare magistrate, Hosea Mujaya in February 2016.

He was jointly charged with Solomon Makumbe, Silas Pfupa who got former Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana fired after the latter turned them into state witnesses.

The other suspected accomplice, Borman Ngwenya was acquitted after a full trial in May the same year.

Ngwenya was a Zimbabwe National Army corporal while Makumbe and Pfupa were intelligence officers.

more details follow……

By A Correspondent- Owen Kuchata, currently incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Prison for attempting to bomb the late president Robert Mugabe’s Gushungo Dairy plant in Mazowe has been granted bail.

Justice Chitapi granted him $5000 bail for illegal possession of firearms.

Judgement for money laundering was however reserved to next week Thursday 11 February in court A at 09:00hrs.

Kuchata was sentenced to nine years for a foiled attempt to bomb the former First Family’s Alpha Omega Dairy plant in Mazowe.

It later emerged that Kuchata was Zimbabwe People’s Front political party leader.

He however claimed that he was forced to admit to the crime.

Kuchata was convicted for charges of insurgency, sabotage, banditry or terrorism, at own guilty plea by Harare magistrate, Hosea Mujaya in February 2016.

He was jointly charged with Solomon Makumbe, Silas Pfupa who got former Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana fired after the latter turned them into state witnesses.

The other suspected accomplice, Borman Ngwenya was acquitted after a full trial in May the same year.

Ngwenya was a Zimbabwe National Army corporal while Makumbe and Pfupa were intelligence officers.

more details follow……

By A Correspondent- The late Foreign Affairs Minister retired Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Busi (SB) Moyo has been dragged into the fight between feuding former lovers Temba Mliswa and Susan Vivian Mutami.

Mutami who claims that she is 3-months pregnant with the MP’s twins, reportedly claims that she had a 12-year affair with SB Moyo which culminated in the birth of her now four-year-old son.

According to leaked WhatsApp chats between the former lovers, Mutami told Mliswa that the former army general had given her US$40,000 for the baby’s preparation after she fell pregnant.

Mutami revealed this to Mliswa, as she was not happy with his apparent lack of care for her wellbeing during her pregnancy.

To Mutami, the father of 18 was not showing the same level of care that she had received from the former army general when she was pregnant.

Online publication ZimLive reports that a furious Mutami told Mliswa:

“Sibusiso himself was there for Tendai’s first ultrasound. He flew me to Singapore so he could see his son, leaving his work while he was still at KG6,”

According to the report, she described Moyo as “my first love” and “the man that took my virginity.” She went on to reveal that SB Moyo was very generous and had given her US$40,000 for the baby’s preparation and sent her a helper for 6 months after the child was born.

She told Mliswa that she needed to maintain the same level of luxury for her other children. “I’m gonna need US$30k cash when I go back to Australia for preparation for the twins from you. They deserve to have nice things too and be born in luxury,” she said in one WhatsApp message.

“Tendai’s preparation cost me around US$40k. Things aren’t cheap in Australia. I need to keep that same standard for all my kids. They deserve to have the Stokke prams just like Tendai. And mamaroo’s and have everything tech-savvy. US$30k is decent enough for them. That’s an equivalent of 4 Chanel handbags.”

However, things between Mutami and Mliswa appear to have gone south, as Mutami felt neglected by the MP. One of her messages reads:

“I’m invisible to you… I have to send 60 messages for you to come home and f**** me. I’m hurt honestly. I’m going back to Australia we have no plan whatsoever for the twins. No daycare. I pay for my ultrasound and doctor’s appointment visits when you are there. Never have I seen you even contributing or even being concerned requesting for pics and all. This was a mistake Temba, and I need to fix it.”

“…bear in mind I’m only 32 and my sex drive is at its peak. I love having sex with someone that I have a connection with almost like every day.”

“One session every two weeks for me won’t do Shumba. No-one has ever f***** me the way you do. You calmed me down,”

She also repeatedly confessed her love for the MP, at one time saying:

“I’m the type of woman that would even bring another woman in bed for you to be happy and eat that ass and balls up. That’s how loyal I am to you but I am not getting that love back in return. Context being there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do for you. I’m hurt.”

However, Mliswa seems to have failed to reciprocate the feelings with the same intensity. Earlier this week, Mutami approached an online publication and made several sensational allegations against the MP.

She claimed that he was gay and had tried to bring another man to their bed. She also claimed that he is broke and that he makes his money through extortion.

By Wilbert Mukori- “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull!” said W C Fields.

This Zanu PF government has mastered the art of baffling with bull to the t!

“Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro yesterday dispelled assertions from some quarters that Government was understating the number of deaths from the deadly pandemic. He said such reports were false, mischievous and a clear attempt to cause alarm and despondency in the country,” reported The Herald.

“Government has got representation all over the country. Our health system is well organised from the minister, it goes to the deputy minister, permanent secretary and each town has got a representative and each province has a representative called a provincial medical director,” said the Deputy Minister.

“Our systems are so well organised, well-oiled such that we collect data easily. We get accurate figures and information every time we need it.”

The official corona virus cases and deaths are only of those who would have been tested for the virus and the result was positive. And so one can keep the figures down by reducing the number of corona virus tests carried out! 

In December 2020, at the onset of the current corona virus wave, SA (whose corona virus cases will be similar to ours given the heavy human traffic, legal and illegal, across our common border) was carrying out over 44 000 test per day. Zimbabwe, with 1/4 SA’s population, should have ramped up its tests to 11 000 per day but only doing 1 500 tests, 10%, on a really busy day! Well one easy way.

Dadaya High School had corona virus cases and the powers that be send out 47 test kits when everyone of 1 000 students and staff could have been infected and therefore should have been tested. The school closed and every one was went back to their homes without ever being tested. 

The consequence of failing to test, trace and track is that infected individuals who, if tested and found to have the virus would be put into isolation, are allowed to mix with the rest, freely. And thus, they would, unknowingly, spread the virus far and wide.   

The World Health Organisation recommended that all those showing corona virus symptoms must be tested of the virus; that is common sense. The question the Deputy Minister of Health should have answered is why has Zimbabwe with it’s “well organised and well-oiled” system failed to test even those clear cut cases common sense would dictate must be tested? 

Instead of answering the pertinent question the Deputy Minister of Health is now trying to bamboozle the nation with details of the data collecting chain of command. If tests were not being carried out then there is no data to be collected and so the efficiency or otherwise of the latter is of no consequence! 

There is no doubt that Zimbabwe’s REAL corona virus cases and deaths are far higher than the official figures and it is the real figures that affect real people.

Zimbabwe was in a serious economic and political mess before the corona virus outbreak after 40 years of gross mismanagement, rampant corruption and rank lawless under this Zanu PF dictatorship. And so with its economy in total meltdown and its health care services in shambles everyone knew the country was going to be hit very hard by the corona virus. 

Now, it turns out, Zanu PF’s obsession with hiding facts to hide the regime’s blundering incompetence has turned the corona virus tragedy into a catastrophe of Biblical proportion!  

Whilst few nations, if any have been spared corona virus’s devastating economic, health and death blows; there is no denying (Zanu PF’s pathetic attempts to understate the effects must be dismissed with the contempt they deserve) Zimbabwe has been crashed! All because the country has a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical government and 40 years of misrule has left the nation economical and political weak and feeble!  

If anything positive can ever be said to come out of the tragic human suffering and deaths brought on by corona virus; then it must be that the pandemic focused Zimbabweans to finally address the nation’s number one problem of bad governance. 

By A Correspondent- An 81 year old man from Muzenda Village in Zaka, Masvingo Province, was mauled and trampled to death by a marauding hippopotamus in a bushy area while he was herding cattle.

A villager Pedzisayi Mapimbiro said the granddad, Langson Svondero Mangava was herding cattle with his grandson Wycliffe Mazhambe (29), when a hippopotamus appeared from the bush and charged at him.

“It was at around 05:30PM last week on Sunday when a hippopotamus emerged from the bush and charged at the pair. Mazhambe alerted his grandfather and took to his heels leaving him at the mercy of the wild animal,” said Mapimbiro.

He sprinted home and informed his relatives and villagers who armed themselves with axes and knobkerries and went to the scene.

“When they got there they were shocked to find him dead having been ravaged by the hippopotamus. But the hippopotamus had already disappeared,” said Mapimbiro.

Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed: “An 81-year-old man from Muzenda Village under Chief Nhema in Zaka was attacked to death by a hippopotamus. No foul play was suspected and a postmortem was waived by the magistrate.”

ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo also confirmed the incident:  “We are on the ground investigating the matter. It is very unfortunate that we have lost a life in the human-wildlife conflict. The hippo mostly came from Chiredzi River and could have returned to the river,” he said.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- A misunderstanding over mealie-meal nearly turned tragic when a 34 year old man from Bulawayo’s Mzilikazi high density suburb hit his 37 year old sister in law with an iron rod on the head as punishment for asking why he had opened her mealie meal and prepared isitshwala without her say so.

This was heard when Andrew Sibanda appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Stephen Ndhlovu charged with physical abuse in contravention of the Domestic Violence Act.

He pleaded guilty and was remanded out of custody to 8 March on $5000 bail for sentencing. He was ordered not interfere with witnesses.

Circumstances are that on 27 January 2021 Sibanda, who was supposedly hungry, opened his sister-in-law Caroline Mackie‘s mealie-meal without her consent and prepared isitshwala.

The court heard that this however, didn’t go down well with Mackie who then confronted Sibanda and asked him why he had opened her mealie-meal without her consent.

A misunderstanding arose between the two parties and Sibanda started insulting Mackie saying she was a prostitute. Sibanda then went out of the house and came back armed with an iron bar which he used to strike Mackie once on the head.

Mackie, who sustained some injuries, went and reported the matter to the police, leading to Sibanda’s arrest and subsequent appearance in court.-bmetro

By A Correspondent- A 30 year old man from Ngozi Mine squatter camp has been arrested for waylaying a 56-year-old granny and sexually assaulting her at knife point near her home.

A family member who spoke to B-Metro on condition of anonymity said the granny was walking towards her home at around 7:30PM last week on Sunday using a footpath when her neighbour Never Moyo (30) emerged from the bush and grabbed her by her neck.

The family insider said Never choked her while threatening to stab her to death if she dared to scream.

The granny whose name is withheld for ethical reasons tried to wrestle herself from his firm grip, but she failed.

It is alleged that Never used more force and pushed her to the ground.

He reached for his knife and pointed it at her while threatening to kill her if she refused to give in to his sexual demands.

Seeing that her life could be cut short, the source said the granny complied.

Never allegedly raped her once without protection. After the sexual ordeal he warned the granny not to tell anyone about the rape incident.

Lucky enough she had recognised his face and went to her home.

The following day she reported the matter at Cowdray Park police station leading to his arrest.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Bhekisisa Bhebhe has not only been bonking a number of women, but was at one time pimping out his longtime girlfriend to different men including his friends, after which he would ask her to give him intimate details of her sexual escapades with them.

Your significant other is supposed to love and protect you from the dangers of the world but Bhebhe, a rare breed of a man, did the opposite to his young girlfriend as he would identify men for her to seduce.

WhatsApp chats that B-Metro is in possession of, reveal Bhebhe to be a man who gets off from his girlfriend’s sexual exploits. Instead of discouraging her from being promiscuous, the Plumtree businessman even persuaded her to try having sexual orgies with him and his friends.

At first, the girlfriend named Sikhue, refused to do so as she said that she only wanted to be with him, but after much cajoling, the love-struck woman agreed to his requests. It is not known if the orgies happened as the chats did not reveal.

The chats also indicate that Bhebhe and Sikhue’s sexual appetite was too high as they shared sordid details of the number of partners they had slept with and were targeting to sleep with.

Bhebhe is legally married to Rebecca Bhebhe, a medical doctor based in Britain. The wife filed for divorce.

He has been in the crosshairs of B-Metro for the past three weeks as new details of his love for the forbidden keep coming in.

Guta RaMwari Zvimiso (GRMZ), the church that he goes to suspended him after he was found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a senior church member and a large number of women.

Bhebhe and Sikhue refused to comment when B-Metro reached out to them. They did not respond to numerous calls and WhatsApp messages

B-Metro could not reproduce the over 15 000 words chats but accompanying this story are a chosen few…

Bhebhe: “F*c* the monya hun kkkk”
Sikhue : “umonya ka…yisudla. I d’nt like izidudla.
Bhebhe: “Hahaha isududla simnandi hun try and taste uzobona hun.”
Bhebhe: “Try hun big is good.”
Bhebhe: “Hahaha asime sibone ukuthi uzacela love but indlela athanda ngakhona ….kangiboni ukuthi angakucabanga even lokhu”
Bhebhe : “When babe? that is sounding exciting and stunning babe …what happened my love …How did you f*c * him and where Hun?
Sikhue : “You know i f*ck* well babes even if it’s a once off i make sure the receiver knows ukuthi u Skhue ngubani mpela.”
Bhebhe: “Kwadla isdudla Sami etoilet Hun kwasichamela too much (.”
Bhebhe: Yes love sivule lonke isdudla Hun shame silichaye ig*l* Hun kuzithaphuzela love.”
Bhebhe : “Did he lick your private parts and after that you had sex (name withheld).”
Sikhue replied and said: “Yes he licked.”
Sikhue: “ Are u h**ny, come get some.”
Sikhue: “So uyangiz*k*la ngaphi love ?
Bhebhe: “ In the car love .Ok love will come f**k you.”
Sikhue said : “ Love ungithele ichocolate
Sikhue : “ Nanso imb*m*u yakho . Ifuna umnikazi wayo.
Sikhue : “Hayi babe kanti why are u encouraging this kkkk kodwa shuwa.”
Sikhue : “ Love, ukuhlala six months ungangikhweli-yikuba busy kumbe kawusangifuni, angisakwazi phela mina
Bhebhe : “Ok love I will make a plan”
Sikhue: “Oku Fa kwaphosa kwakuthathela umfazi love.”
Bhebhe : “ Kwakudla?
Sikhue : “ Let me be honest. Kwangidla on two occasions. . We were now dating. Then Mande told him to stay away cause I am yours. Wathi yena angeke adle same mganu lo Mdala.
Bhebhe : “Usile love kwakudle nga Sikhue : “At the office . On another day Kwangidlela ku bathroom floor love and eish kwayikbotha imb*mb* love khona kuyatshaya shem love akudlali njalo kkk. Satshaya two good ones he made me scream shem.”
Sikhue : “Kwasekuhlanya lakho phela love most of the days kwakungiletha ngkhaya nge quantum n Mande just had to disturb lol.” Bhebhe:  Ulamanga awukadlanga kayi two love I am sure many times love .”
Sikhue: “Hayi mina i liked it the most when he was on top so those were the ones babe plus he’s too tiny ngangingeke ngimkhwele mina kkkk Bhebhe: “What about JB. Did you sleep with him.”
Sikhue: “U Jb. Hayi ngitsho. Never lol. But nga wacela i won’t lie I’d probably have said yes. He’s a catch.”
Bhebhe: “Send him a message and f**k him. Umfazi wakhe uyimbulu.”
Bhebhe: “Omunye owamdlayo ngubani love tell just be honest.
Sikhue: “Kuthiwa ngu Givie.”
Bhebhe: “Ha ha ha what happened how and wakudla njani love?
Sikhue: “Slept over at his place on three different nights. Ah ngamchaza umfana love ama all night anytime esefuna waye phumputha kuphela ngivuke ngimnike love.”
Bhebhe: Ha ha ha how many rounds per night Hun”
Sikhue: “: Three always babes n then ma ngilala eish ngangigonwa blind kumbe wayethi ngizabaleka ebusuku yini eish..”
Bhebhe: “U TK ufuna ukukudla love.
Sikhue: “Wafuna kudala lo but wayevele ekwazi ngingo wakho n oku Saru made sure to remind him engenza ama funnies.”
Bhebhe: “Manje u Blee umudla nini my love.”
Sikhue: I loved doing it with a Kalanga . Uthwele love. Wathi ma imile iyafika 17 cm so ngiyesaba mina”
Bhebhe : “Bathini love bakuz*k* nini Hun?
Sikhue: “Umkhalanga i deleted his number babes. Ble kakatsho. Fa I dnt talk to him lol.”
Bhebhe : “So oku FAA love akuzake kucele futhi Hun lamanje.
Bhebhe : “Who else did you date love?
Sikhue : “ A police officer based at Central police station.”
Bhebhe : “Was it at the station Hun.”
Sikhue: “We booked somewhere.”
Sikhue : Mina I f**ked a Senegalese love and he had a tiny dick
Bhebhe : “ Yeah kwakuyi marathon
Bhebhe: “But they are big Hun those guys though.
Bhebhe: One friend of mine f**ked Nomsa until she fainted lol
Sikhue : Not that one lol
Sikhue : Hahahaha akekho strong u Cc Nomsa.
Bhebhe: Nomsa can f**k love but she fainted
Sikhue: U say she can f**k like you’ve fucked her love
Bhebhe: Yes love we fu**ed shame big time love and a lot.”
Bhebhe: “Wanted a f**k”.
Sikhue: “Manje am on my monthly love . Next week.
Bhebhe: “Hope and trust ipholisa kumbe ikhalanga love liyabe lingakangidleli kumbe lomalayisha Hun okungo FAA Hun.”
Bhebhe : Need that pu**y Hun.”
Sikhue : “Pu**y needs you too love. One day ngizakwenzela I lap dance and shake this booty for you.”
Bhebhe : “Ngin*antsha khonapho love. Vele luhle lume mpo
Sikhue : “Wena un**ntsha ungavele ubone isdudla sakho sinqunu love kkkk.You get aroused when you see my naked body.”
Sikhue : “Phela love wena ungumtshina I swear I come three times in one round?kuyabe kumnandi shem.
Bhebhe : “Lawe love kuyafiwa Hun.
Bhebhe: “Then we do a deal babe in meantime we f**k Hun and then a week or so three some you me and one friend of yours Hun.”
Sikhue : “I have no friends in zim love all my girls’ r out of the country hey.”
Bhebhe: Layala ideal Lina love legang sex shame usuthi lowo .
She was going to get the best f**k of her life and she refused
Bhebhe: You will be surprised and bet you he will Hun lets bet kikiki
Sikhue: Wayala ngoba lawe wawuphakathi kwe deal kkkk love???
Sikhue : Hahaha love akungiyekele am way too old for him kkkk
Bhebhe: So what love that is what spices up gang sex Hun people you know and you drink and smoke and f**k and enjoy and period Hun .
She was a coward and missed out Hun
Sikhue – Bhekisisa Bhebhe: Ben 10 love plus monya versus sdudla Hun .
He will ask for a f**k Hun watch babe
Sikhue : Lol kkkk that is true. Let’s have a there some??
Sikhue : Haha ah kodwa shuwa babes
Bhekisisa Bhebhe: Ha ha ha threesome you mean
Sikhue: Yes i meant that
Bhekisisa Bhebhe: Will you f**k him Hun if he does becos he will trust me .
Bhebhe : Just once and taste him and f**k his nuts out Hun
Sikhue: Not the ben 10 hun he’s not my type i dnt do izdudla kkkk
Sikhue: Whom shd i f**k lol love r we still talking abt monya or abt the American
Bhebhe: Ha ha ha love Moe is a Ben 10 babe ….
Sikhue: U Mo kaso sdudla babes kkkk
Bhebhe: F**k the monya Hun kikiki
Sikhue: U Monya ka Nobu yisdudla honey
sikhue: Hayi angifuni kkkkk he’s too big hahaha nga wambona
Bhekisisa Bhebhe: She can f**k love and she is good hey babe
Sikhue: Yep and she has a big ass?
Bhebhe: Ha ha ha isdudla simnandi Hun try and taste uzabona Hun
Bhebhe: Try Hun big is good babe .F**k his brains out love
Sikhue: Hayi babe kanti why are u encouraging this kkkk kodwa shuwa
Bhebhe: So what is plan for three some Hun ….
Sikhue: Hayi uzangihlupha mina kangfuni ma problems??
Sikhue: U mean the american?
Bhebhe: Ha ha ha uyabe usumenzeni love usum*k* like crazy Hun .f**k him once and tell him it is once Hun and that is it babe kikikik
Bhebhe: American is in jhb and then bots so end of October Hun yes fine .Want to watch you fuck him big time love .
Sikhue: Ah babe uthi enga understand mina sengimtshela ukuthi yi once off yena se tastile wezwa ukuthi ziyakhupha uyabe ezangihlupha
Bhebhe: Then we do a deal babe in meantime we fuck Hun and then a week or so three some you me and one friend of yours Hun .
Sikhue: Kkkk ok love hahaha u will get horny big time from watching love
Bhebhe: You tell him Hun once and that is it period babe .uzavuma Hun ….you will be surprised and enjoy it like crazy Hun .
Sikhue : That you will never regret babe ….try it Hun
Sikhue: I have no friends in zim love all my girls r out of the country hey
Bhebhe: Yes after that I will f**k you Will watch you f**k him hard and then I will do my thing after him Hun
Sikhue: ??hahaha umuntu uyabe eyabuya esuthi over nge langa lakhona babes
Sikhue: Mna ngamtshela wayala ngathi sizadakwa yena wala
Bhebhe: Ok heish problem is my own car Hun but would love to f**k you babe
Sikhue : Kwakuyakuya njani esezo vela u Karol abone nanso i ex yakhe sizothatha umnawakhe o finish. Wanted kids n all. Hmmm i cldnt be that bad of a sister lol???
Bhebhe: Ha ha lol Hun when did you f**k him babes

Chats to continue next week

-satemedia

By A Correspondent- A murder victim’s spirit testified to family members about its own heartless death and revealed that its body was killed by its brother who removed the heart and a finger and gave to an nyanga after the callous act.

The shocking incident happened last week during a church service in Manamike Village, Gokwe Midlands Province.

The spirit spoke through the murderous brother, William Ngara.

William has not led a peaceful life since 2002 after he allegedly killed his younger brother Andrew Ngara in Zambia and removed the heart and cut off his finger and gave it to an nyanga who had advised him to do so in order to be rich.

To get rid of the troubling spirit, William sought help at a church led by Prophet Takawira. During a church service the spirit spoke through him (William) saying he killed his younger brother (Andrew) in Zambia.

After coming out of the trance, William did not deny that he killed his brother.

The village head of Manamike Village accompanied William to his father Thomas Ngara to confess and ask for forgiveness.

A family spokesperson, Joseph Ngara told B-Metro that his brother William Ngara arrived home carrying a cock.

“During the meeting that was attended my father and other family members William confessed to the family that he killed our sibling Andrew Ngara in Zambia after he consulted an nyanga to gain wealth and have a lot of cattle. The nyanga told him to bring a heart and finger of a family member thereafter he will have a lot cattle,” he said.

Joseph added: “He asked for forgiveness. He then asked my father to fine him while vowing that he would pay to appease him. But the father said he had to bring the bones of the late from Zambia after that they can talk about appeasement.”

He said they reported the matter at Manoti police station.

“Police asked him (William) to explain what happened but he stammered and fell in trance-like state saying forgive me and started to roll on the ground.

“The police ordered us to return home. We would return after the enforced lockdown and hopefully we will get assistance so that we will travel to Zambia because we want closure to this matter,” he said.

William was not reachable on his mobile phone.

Efforts to get a comment from Midlands police spokesperson Chief Inspector Joel Goko were fruitless as his mobile number was not reachable

By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo man has been arrested for allegedly defiling three minor girls including his sister after he tied each girl’s hands and legs with a shoelace and placed them on his bed where he took turns to rape them.

It is reported that the 24-year-old alleged rapist from West Somerton suburb invited the three minor girls who were playing outside his house into his room claiming he wanted to give them sweets.

Following his arrest, it also emerged that he had been bedding one of the girls aged 12, who is also his neighbour, since 2017 when she was eight-years-old.

Allegations against the accused are that the girls were playing outside his house when he called them to his room saying he wanted to give them sweets.

It is reported that the seemingly unsuspicious girls rushed to enter his room as he always gives them sweets whenever he called them to his room.

It is alleged that when the three minor girls entered his room, he immediately locked the door and took three t-shirts from his wardrobe and placed them on his bed. It is further alleged that he then tied each victims’ hands and legs with shoelaces. To stop them from screaming for help he is said to have covered their mouths with the t-shirts.

After he tied them tightly, he then commanded the minor girls to lie on the bed facing upwards. He then stripped them naked before he allegedly raped them one by one.

The matter however, came to light on 20 December 2020, after one of the girls, who had been sexually abused since 2017, reported the matter to her sister.

This was after the accused on the day in question forcibly dragged the girl into his room where he later tried to strip her naked while threatening to stab her with a kitchen knife.

The minor girl reportedly screamed attracting the attention of her sister who quickly came to the accused’s room and found him struggling to remove her underwear. He reportedly bolted out of the room and fled.

The matter was reported to the police leading to the arrest of the alleged rapist.

Following his arrest, it was also discovered that sometime in 2019 when she was 10-years-old, the accused sexually abused her after she was sent by her grandmother to call him so that he can drive her to the clinic.

When she arrived at his room, the accused is alleged to have forcibly pushed the girl into his room and raped her once.

The alleged rapist, who was not asked to plead to three counts of rape and one charge of indecent assault, is languishing in remand prison after Bulawayo magistrate Stephen Ndhlovu remanded him in custody to 8 March 2021.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- A harpless cop sprinted to a police station to ask the law to protect him from his wife who had turned him into a punching bag for allegedly cheating on her with his colleague. Sophia Mazhindu (27) got wind that her husband constable Panganayi Matura (34) was slicing a woman that he works with. However, that did not sit well with her.

The court was told that the furious Sophia strapped her little child on her back and headed to his work station at Ross Camp and found him glued on the computer.

The prosecutor Hardlife Mhaka said:

“She asked him to go home since he had dismissed from work and her husband said he was busy researching towards his studies as such he will come later. Sophia put the little child on the floor and left in a huff going home.”

Surprised by the awkward behaviour that was displayed by his wife, Matura picked the child and followed Sophia while begging her to take the child while he remained behind, but his wife was unmoved, the court heard.

“When they got to their place, it is said, his angry wife turned on him and punched him all over the body with fists and head-butted him once on the forehead.

When he tumbled on the floor, his wife dashed to the kitchen and armed herself with a kitchen knife. Matura quickly picked himself up and ran to a police station to report his marauding wife. Sophia appeared before Tredgold magistrate courts.- B-Metro

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF’s Proportional Representation legislator Lisa Singo (47) has died.

The legislator is reported to have died this morning at a local private clinic, where she had been rushed to after collapsing.

Beitbridge Senator Cde Tambudzani Mohadi confirmed the death of the legislator this afternoon.

“This is devastating news. Everyone is still shocked,” said Senator Mohadi.- The Herald

POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Mudzi man, Shame Chimbwanda (46) who allegedly bashed his son Messiah (13) to death whom he accused of stealing his US$10.

After allegedly stealing the money, Messiah disappeared from the homestead on January 23 and re-surfaced on February 1, where he was greeted by an angry father who grabbed a horse pipe and severely assaulted him all over the body.

He also banged the son against the wall and he sustained serious injuries.

His wife and mother of the deceased boy Mrs Chimbwanda attempted to intervene but she too was assaulted.

After realising that the son was dead, Chimbwanda disappeared from their homestead.-The Herald

The drama between Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa and his estranged lover Susan Vivian Mutami has threatened to take a nasty turn. This comes after Mutami sensationally claimed that she is in posession of the legislator’s nudes and bedroom tapes.

However, the 32-year-old health care professional who says that she is 3 months pregnant with Mliswa’s twins said that she would not release the adult material for the sake of her unborn twins. Mutami who has been setting social media ablaze with her sensational allegations wrote on Twitter:

“I have Temba nudes and sex videos but I will not post them here because I need to protect the integrity of my unborn twins Temba Mliswa needs professional help,”

Following what seems to have been an acrimonious breakup, Mutami and Mliswa have been engaged in a heated battle with both of them making damning allegations against each other. Mutami claimed that she dumped Temba after he tried to bring another man into their bed. She also sensationally claimed that the firebrand MP is gay and that he is in the habit of sleeping with his subordinates.

In response to the allegations, Mliswa claimed that Mutami is a “bitter slay queen” who is being used by his political rivals to tarnish his image.

Speaking to ZimLive, Mliswa said:

“Miami’s allegations are false, if she had my private videos she would be circulating them by now but what we are witnessing is only her nude videos and pictures circulating on social media,”

Mliswa also slammed Zimbabweans for showing undue interest in his bedroom issues while cheerfully neglecting important national issues like corruption and development.

“I am worried about the psyche of Zimbabwean citizens to show keen interest over private matters instead of issues of national development and corruption. It really shows we need more psychiatrists in this country.

“We should be worried and querying modalities, practicality, and accessibility of the vaccine for example. Mutami is a bitter slay queen fabricating falsehoods with the aid of state agents associated with some cabinet ministers who harbour bad blood because I expose their corrupt dealings,” Mliswa charged.

Mliswa also called for the arrest of the journalist who first published his issues with Mutami, accusing the scribe of publishing falsehoods and of being unethical.

“I am concerned about the journalistic ethics by a journalist who ran an unbalanced article bent to soil my image as a public official.

“I was never reached for a comment being vocal as I am. If the likes of Hopewell Chin’ono can be arrested for publishing falsehoods the same principle should also apply to the unethical journalist who colluded with Mutami to publish false fabrications,”

By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has announced the new price of fuel. According to the statement by ZERA which stated that the price increase will be effective today 5 February 2021.Show 102550100 entriesSearch:

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police is reportedly anticipating the upcoming 2023 polls to be violent due to the country’s political instability since the last elections in 2018, Newsday reports.

This was reportedly contained in a strategizing document by the ZRP code-named the ZRP Horizon 2025 which maps the organization’s plan for the next 5 years and uses the document to request for money from the government.

The document reads in part:

The period 2021 to 2025 is anticipated to be punctuated by political (in)stability even though the 2018 harmonised elections left some sections of the society disgruntled.

Consequently, polarisation and tension remain evident as they continue to dominate the social and mass media. Therefore, since the planning period ahead also has harmonised elections slated for 2023, an increase in tension and political contestation is expected.

According to the publication, Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe reportedly said the government is aware of the requirements of the police:

Police officers need to have modern tools of the trade and resources at their disposal if they are to outmanoeuvre criminal propensity and sophistry.

Similarly, concerted efforts will relentlessly be made by the government to avail the requisite resources which include modern policing technology gadgets and equipment in order to operationalise this strategy.

The publication spoke to one of the junior police officers who said the document did not cater to the welfare of the police officers which might lead to some bad policing like taking bribes among other things in order to improve their welfare.

ZRP has over the past few years brutally dealt with the public especially when dispersing crowds of protestors or people who are found on the other side of the law for one reason or another.

More: Newsday

By A Correspondent- Lightning reportedly struck 25 brahmans belonging to Chipinge prominent farmer Dawie Joubert yesterday, ZBC News reports.

According to the publication, the incident occurred last night:

Prominent Chipinge farmer Dawie Joubert loses 25 brahman cattle to lightining, this happened yesterday evening

Joubert is also Chipinge’s largest macadamia nuts producer and he is on record saying China is the biggest market for macadamia nuts