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!
Please Mary Mliswa’s PA ( Terrence Mautsi) stop calling me. I ignored your phone calls yesterday for a reason. I heard you plan on making the journalist that wrote the @ZimMorning_Post article disappear. Hupenyu ndehwa Mwari mazvinzwa. Siyanai neni. pic.twitter.com/GJQdW37RzZ
I don’t need phone calls @ 04:00hrs asking me to come to the negotiating table. Then it gets topped up death threats just because I’ve refused. You people please leave me alone, my twins deserve better.
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
Please Mary Mliswa’s PA ( Terrence Mautsi) stop calling me. I ignored your phone calls yesterday for a reason. I heard you plan on making the journalist that wrote the @ZimMorning_Post article disappear. Hupenyu ndehwa Mwari mazvinzwa. Siyanai neni. pic.twitter.com/GJQdW37RzZ
I don’t need phone calls @ 04:00hrs asking me to come to the negotiating table. Then it gets topped up death threats just because I’ve refused. You people please leave me alone, my twins deserve better.
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.
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.
Pitso Mosimane’s quest to make history in the FIFA Club World Cup is on the right track after leading Ahly to a 1-0 win over Al Duhail setting up a semi-final clash with European champions Bayern Munich in the process.
No African team has ever won the annual competition and the outspoken South African tactician is seeking to break that jinx.
“It always seems impossible, until somebody does it,” he said in an interview with CNN recently when asked if he believes he can go all the way.
Hussein El Shahat’s solitary strike on the half hour mark was all the Egyptian champions needed to set up a not to be missed semi-final clash with the Bavarians.
Mosimane, one of the continent’s most decorated coaches, joined Ahly from Mamelodi Sundowns and won the treble in a very short period of time.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp said his side was “not mentally fresh” as they lost 1-0 at home to Brighton on Wednesday.
Steven Alzate scored the only goal of the game ten minutes in the second half.
The defeat was the Reds’ second successive at Anfield after losing 1-0 to Burnley in late January.
Speaking after the match, Klopp said: It has been a really tough week with two away games, two very intense games.
“We looked really like we weren’t fresh enough, mentally and physically.
“There were a lot of moments where we gave the ball away too easily, in moments the boys looked tired mentally. I know they can pass the ball from A to B but it didn’t happen. We made it easy for Brighton, but they also did really well.
“Brighton deserved to win, no doubt about it. For me, it’s more important to find an explanation for why we lost this game and understand what happened here tonight. We didn’t look convincing.”
Liverpool are now seven points behind log leaders Manchester City, having played a game more.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
An airtime vendor who operates at Sakubva Musika was robbed of his vehicle and money by two criminals who had hired him for a trip to Dangamvura Shopping Complex.
The complainant, Edmore Muzama (35) of Devonshire, Sakubva was left in the rain after the suspects drove off in his Toyota Corolla sedan.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luxson Chananda, confirmed the incident which happened on January 28.
He said the complainant was at Sakubva Musika Bus Terminus where he was selling airtime when he was approached by the robbers in the company of a foreign currency dealer only identified as Jimmy.
Jimmy who was together with the robbers told the complainant that the suspects wanted to hire him to Dangamvura Complex. They agreed on US$15 for the trip which was paid.
“The accused persons got into the complainant’s motor vehicle. One was seated on the front passenger’s seat, while the other one sat at the back. They drove to Dangamvura and just after Mukwena Businesss Centre, the suspects told the complainant that they had reached their destination
“They ordered Muzama to surrender everything after one of them pointed a pistol on him,” said Insp Chananda.
Muzama got out of the vehicle leaving the engine running.
He wrestled with one of the robbers outside while shouting for help.
No one came to his rescue as it was raining heavily.
The robbers overpowered him and drove away with his vehicle, leaving him at the crime scene.
Muzama lost an Itel P36 cellphone, $38 500, Netone airtime recharge cards valued at $18 000, Buddie airtime vouchers valued at $27 000 and $4 500 Telecel recharge cards.
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,
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.
Please Mary Mliswa’s PA ( Terrence Mautsi) stop calling me. I ignored your phone calls yesterday for a reason. I heard you plan on making the journalist that wrote the @ZimMorning_Post article disappear. Hupenyu ndehwa Mwari mazvinzwa. Siyanai neni. pic.twitter.com/GJQdW37RzZ
I don’t need phone calls @ 04:00hrs asking me to come to the negotiating table. Then it gets topped up death threats just because I’ve refused. You people please leave me alone, my twins deserve better.
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has described the late traditional leader, Chief Nyamweda as an inspirational figure in the community.
See below the MDC Alliance statement:
The Mhondoro mubaira Community has continued to lose inspirational figures. Tino Baba Nyamweda zororai murugare.We will be part of the crowd to lay you to rest Moyo.
Again, Mhondoro has been plunged into deep mourning. We have lost Chief Nyamweda, a true leader who led us without favour. His, was a fair & level ground. Accepted everyone. Zororai murugare Zuruvi, Moyo, Sahai veMabwemachena vari Nharira…
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.”
From Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination
Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by COVID-19. It is easy to overlook other diseases, especially a disease such as leprosy that many people think is a disease of the past.
But leprosy requires our attention. There are still some 200,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide each year. Millions of people are living with some form of disability as a result of leprosy.
Both the label “leprosy” and the disability that can result if this age-old disease goes untreated can lead to social exclusion. Persons affected by leprosy continue to face discrimination, reinforced in some countries by outdated laws that make leprosy grounds for divorce, prevent people with the disease from participating in public life or place other restrictions on their activities.
As WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, I have seen for myself how leprosy has marginalized individuals. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the social and economic consequences of the disease.
Overcoming leprosy involves more than early diagnosis and prompt treatment. It also requires changing mindsets so that leprosy is no longer a source of shame or prejudice. We must remove all barriers in the way of those seeking medical care. We must eliminate the obstacles that prevent affected individuals and their families from living in dignity and enjoying all their basic human rights as full members of society.
I often talk about leprosy in terms of a motorcycle. The front wheel represents curing the disease and the rear wheel symbolizes ending discrimination. Only when both wheels are turning at the same time will we make progress toward our destination of a leprosy-free world.
As I survey the road ahead, I am confident we are moving in the right direction: the WHO’s Global Leprosy Strategy for 2021-2030 will generate renewed momentum; organizations of persons affected by leprosy are becoming more influential, and their calls for change more powerful; and the UN Special Rapporteur on leprosy is working tirelessly to see that principles and guidelines on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members are fully implemented.
I believe we will achieve a world without leprosy one day. But along the way, we need to realize an inclusive society in which everyone has access to quality treatment and services, and a diagnosis of leprosy no longer comes with a possibility of devastating physical, social, economic or psychological consequences.
Compared to other diseases, leprosy may only affect a small number of people, but we are all responsible for building an inclusive world.
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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!
Introduction Last Saturday last week marked the midway mark into Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 5-year mandate and this week, I make a citizen’s audit of what has been a stolen term of unfulfilled premises, lies and fibs.
The disputed election was held on 30 July 2018. Last Saturday it was exactly two and a half years since that last poll. Mnangagwa may have officially begun his 5-year term at his inauguration on 26 August 2018 but we may as well begin a candid midterm assessment of the man’s blood-soaked tenure thus far against his own promises to the nation and the world.
Mr Mnangagwa has been lying at every level and this week, I begin with the village lies he told my kinsmen and kinswomen when he addressed a campaign rally in my rural home area of Domboshava sometime in April 2018.
As part of his cocktail of promises to my fellow villagers in this hallowed land of my birth, the man promised to tar the 20-kilometre stretch of road that stretches from Sasa turn off, through my home area in Shumba ward three up to the Chabwino shops along Shamva Road in ward 7 of Goromonzi West constituency. Mnangagwa even told the rally that the tarred road will be called Emmerson Mnangagwa road. . Midway into his term, the road is in a sorry state. The incessant rains have caused impassable gullies and flowing rivulets across the parlous road. Vehicles can barely pass through, particularly at the steep ascent near Marimo village. Midway into his term, there are no prospects of Mnangagwa fulfilling his promise. The villagers, through a community initiative, are now planning to repair this road on their own after realising that the so-called President has led them up the garden path.
Yes, the villagers are now planning to subsidise the incompetence of a whole President who is given to telling village lies.
Mnangagwa is lucky that old men who lie like him are not knew in the village. His lying type is known in the village. The type that sits by the fireside in a winter night—and noting that there is no one of their age around —start to misrepresent those scars left on them by measles and small pox as ” gunshotwoundsleftwhenIengagedinamortalcombatwithaRhodesiansoldierduringtheliberationstrugglewhilearmedwithnothingbutmybarehands !”
To my kinsmen, Mnangagwa is a chronic liar and soon, the poor villagers will take it upon themselves to repair a State road because a whole President is stingy with the truth… anosonabhodhoro as they would derisively say in Shona.
He started with such village lies in his campaign rallies throughout the country before he elevated his own lies to the grand national scale .
This week, as we mark the midway mark into his stolen mandate, I hereby chronicle the 15 unfulfilled promises, nay the 15 lies, that Mnangagwa told the world, inhisownwords , at his inauguration at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, 26 August 2018.
Lienumber1 : Itwasaperfectelection In his inauguration speech, Mnangagwa said the 2018 election had been held not only in accordance with the country’s laws, but had been ” guidedandunformedbytheSADCprinciplesandguidelinesgoverningelectionsaswellastheAUdeclarationonprinciplesgoverningdemocraticelectionsinAfrica .”
Nothing could be further from the truth. The election was not held in line with international best practice. The other contesting parties, except Zanu PF, had no knowledge regarding the number of ballots or where they had been printed. In elections other countries in the region such as Zambia and Namibia have held , such information around ballots is not a closely guarded secret.
In our case, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission even changed its own figures a record three times, and this only after the MDC Alliance had filed an electoral petition.
Moreover, the public media did not cover all the parties and candidates equally and impartially in the 2018 election, in line with the provisions of sections 61 as read together with section 155 (2) (d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. A High Court judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire was later to issue a judgement that held that the public media was biased in its coverage of the 2018 plebiscite.
So much for the so-called “perfect election” in which Mr Mnangagwa lied at his inauguration that this had been a free and fair poll in which ” competingideaswerediscussedanddebated , freelyandopenly .”
Lienumber2 : Wearelegitimate Mnangagwa claimed in his inauguration speech to have been ” dulymandatedtoformthenextgovernment .”
His claim to legitimacy was solely premised on the verdict of the Constitutional Court, which ruled on the 24th of August 2018 that he had won the election.
In a country with a captured Judiciary and in which the judges themselves have written a public letter citing gross political interference in their work, the claim that he won the election solely on the basis of the court verdict becomes preposterous.
In any case, some of us have always argued that legality and legitimacy are not mutually inclusive, just as apartheid in South Africa was perfectly legal even though it was not legitimate and was morally represensible.
Similarly, the court verdict may have made Mr Mnangagwa’s victory legal but that does not make him legitimate as legitimacy and legality are sometimes mutually exclusive.
Moreover, there is the notion of performance legitimacy. Given the dismal failure of ED’s government in addressing pressing national questions, Mnangagwa is illegitimate in that regard as well.
Lienumber3 : WehavebirthedanewZimbabwe
In his inauguration speech, Mr Mnangagwa confidently said he had ” birthedanewZimbabwe .”
Yet his government has continued with the culture of repression and impunity that characterised the era of deposed President Robert Mugabe. The country’s human rights record has palpably gotten worse under his stewardship with lawyers, judges, journalists, MPs, councillors, human rights defenders and civic and political activists being wantonly arrested on trumped-up charges.
In short, the human rights situation in the country under Mr Mnangagwa has gotten worse. He has not birthed a new, democratic dispensation as he claimed at his inauguration.
The situation in the country is far much worse under Mr. Mnangagwa. In fact, Mnangagwa has turned out to be a Robert Mugabe on steroids!
Lienumber4 : Wehaveopenedanewera
In his inauguration speech, Mr Mnangagwa said he had ” openedanewpathfulloffreedoms , democracy , transparency , loveandharmony .”
The opposite is in fact true. The Mnangagwa regime has opened a new path and infused emasculation for freedoms, autocracy for democracy, murkiness for transparency, hate for love and acrimony for harmony.
Contrary to his promise of a new era, the Mnangagwa regime has actuated a new error in the entire body politic!
Lienumber5 : Weelectedleadersofourchoice
” Wefreelyexercisedourdemocraticrightstoelectleadersofourchoiceandthiswedid , said Mr Mnangagwa in his inauguration speech.
Nelson Chamisa was a leader of choice in the election that Mr Mnangagwa claimed people were free to make their choices.
Even by ZEC’s disputed figures, both Chamisa as President of the MDC Alliance and Mnangagwa as Zanu PF leader each surpassed the two million mark in terms of votes garnered in the Presidential poll.
Today, the people’s unfettered choice has been taken away from Nelson Chamisa, which choice the people had themselves made at the polling stations. Chamisa’s votes, his party, his party headquarters and the MP’s and councillors belonging to the MDC Alliance have all been taken away and donated to Thokozani Khupe, whose national votes garnered throughout were a measly 45 000.
Mnangagwa has tampered with the very freedom of choice that he was pontificating about at his inauguration by giving a whole party and its elected leaders to a pliable surrogate.
At his inauguration two and half years ago, Mr Mnangagwa said he would bring ” closureandfinality ” to the State orchestrated murders of 1 August 2018.
Two and half years later, there is still no closure. Mnangagwa has ignored the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry he set up himself that recommended that action be taken on the perpetrators and that the victims’ families be compensated.
Mr Mnangagwa has neither taken any action on the perpetrators of the heinous murders nor compensated the families of the victims, even though he has previously lied to diplomats that he had compensated the families.
I know for instance that Suspicious Kumire, the widow of the slain Ishmael Kumire who hailed from Matope village in my rural hood of Domboshava has not been compensated and she is struggling to send her two children to Santa Heights private school in the same Domboshava area.
In short, Mnangagwa has lied about bringing closure to the August 1 2018 murders.
Lienumber7 : Thereshallbeseparationofpowers
Mr Mnangagwa claimed at his inauguration that his government will be ” committedtoConstitutionalism , entrenchingtheruleoflaw , theprincipleofseparationofpowersandtheindependenceofthejudiciary .”
Mnangagwa has instead weaponised the law to fight his political opponents through what has now been branded lawfare. On Constitutionalism, Mr Mnangagwa instead wants to amend the Constitution instead of implementing it as what a true Constitutionalist would do. He claimed he believed in the separation of powers but the country’s judges have written a letter, now in the public domain, complaining about gross interference in their work. The courts have ruled that prosecutors seconded to the National Prosecution Authority be withdrawn by 20 February 2021 as their deployment to serve on the civilian courts was patently unconstitutional. For a regime that banks on the security sector, it remains to be seen whether this will be done in the next fortnight and whether there are sufficient mechanisms to ensure that this directive is complied with. Parliament’s oversight role has been seriously curtailed as Mnangagwa’s key ally and financier, Kuda Tagwireyi , has brazenly refused to come before a Parliamentary committee to answer questions regarding the murky Command Agriculture programme in which US$3 billion disappeared without trace.
Therefore, Mr Mnangagwa was lying when he said he believed in the rule of law, separation of powers and had unstinting faith in defending a Constitution he now wants to amend instead of implementing.
Lienumber8 : Weshallimplementrobustreformagenda
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said he would usher in a comprehensive reform agenda but to date, the country, the region and the world await political, economic, security sector and media reforms that would improve people’s lives and break the cycle of disputed elections in Zimbabwe.
All we have heard in the past two and a half years is the rhetoric of reform. We have yet to see the substance.
Lienumber9 : Zimbabweisopenforbusiness . This has largely remained a slogan. There has been no massive investment in the country because of the policy inconsistency by the Mnangagwa regime.
The gross human rights abuses and has seriously dented the mantra of Zimbabwe is open for business. A country cannot be open for business when it is not open for human life and human rights!
Lienumber10 : Weshallengageandre-engage
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said he was ” openinganewchapterinourrelationswiththeworld , underpinnedbythevalueofmutualrespect .”
The gross human rights abuses and the State-sanctioned murders have dented the purported efforts to engage and re-engage. In fact, the Mnangagwa regime, through its acts of omission and commission, has done all it can to disengage from the rest of the civilised world. The value of mutual respect, even in the region, has been seriously undermined by Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF. For example the Zanu PF director of Information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, has publicly attacked the ANC, South Africa and the country’s leader President Cyril Ramaphosa. So much for Mr Mnangagwa’s claim that his government will engage and re-engage. It has not helped matters that President Ramaphosa who was publicly attacked by Mr Mnangagwa’s party is the AU chair who recently sent a delegation to the country to explore ways of dealing with the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Lienumber11 : Weshallimprovesocialservices
At his inauguration, Mr Mnangagwa said: ” There is needforthemodernisationandrevampingofoursocialservicessectortoimproveefficiencyandthequalityofdelivery .”
In spite of this high-sounding promise, basic social services, particularly health and education, have virtually collapsed. Both teachers and health workers have very legitimate grievances which have not been addressed.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, these frontline workers have been neglected, with neither any form of government support nor the provision of the requisite PPE.
” Mygovernmentwillmovespeedilytorefurbishandreconstructhealth , education , waterandsanitationinfrastructure . Thisisapromisewewilldeliver ,” Mnangagwa said in his inauguration speech.
Sadly, and most cruelly, Mnangagwa has dismally failed to meet his own promise in this regard.
Lienumber12 : Weshallcreatejobs
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said: ” Thecreationofjobs , jobsandmorejobswillbeatthecoreofallourpolicies .”
Unfortunately, no single job has been created by this government, save for the vast “jobs” and opportunities that Mr Mnangagwa has created for his kinsmen, acolytes and cronies across the labyrinth of the country’s economic sectors.
Lienumber13 : Ishallbefairandimpartial
” AsyourPresident , Ipledgetoactfairlyandimpartially ,” Mr Mnangagwa told a bemused audience at his inauguration on 26 August 2018.
Instead, partiality, unfairness and selective application of the law have been the hallmark of Mr Mnangagwa’s tenure thus far.
For example, while corrupt goons such as Obediah Moyo never spent a night in prison, it is those who expose corruption who are arrested. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been arrested three times in less than a year while the the corrupt elite continue to freely roam the country.
Mnangagwa’s partiality has also been exposed by the fact that while his government locked down the country for the rest of the citizenry, he allowed his party’s DCC elections to proceed. Government ministers who held birthday parties and Mnangagwa’s friends who hosted lavish end-pf-year bashes in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations were not arrested while ghetto youths who did the same were incarcerated.
Mnangagwa’s government has also announced that it is now on the verge of procuring Covid-19 vaccines. Apart from frontline staff, who certainly deserve priority, the government has announced it will also prioritise government ministers and the political elite in the provision of Covid-19 vaccines.
So much for Mr Mnangagwa’s promise for fairness, non-discrimination and impartiality!
Lienumber14 : Iwillunstintinglyfightcorruption
” IntheSecondRepublic , nopersonorentitywillbeallowedtosteal , lootorpocketthatwhichbelongstothepeopleofZimbabwe,” Mr Mnangagwa said at his inauguration.
Instead, corruption has become the elephant in the living room under this so-called Second Republic. Most of the corruption has sucked in the First family while Mnangagwa’s own bodyguards have been fingered in some of the murky deals. Mnangagwa’s uncle and former Health minister Obediah Moyo, close relative Henrietta Rushwaya who attempted to smuggle 6kgs of gold outside the country with the assistance of Mnangagwa’s personal bodyguards are just but a sample that shows that corruption is deeply ingrained in the country’s political elite. If you add the cases of deputy minister Mangwiro and others, it becomes clear the country has become a kleptocracy.
Mnangagwa just can’t deal with corruption because he is the archbishop. It is instructive to note that we are still to get news of a conviction on these high profile corruption cases. Expecting Mnangagwa to decisively deal with corruption is akin to expecting a mosquito to cure malaria.
Lienumber15 : Ishallimplementdevolution
” Asperourpledge , duringthecampaign , mygovernmentwillbeimplementingtheConstitutionalprovisionswithregardstodevolutionofgovernmentpowersandresponsibilities . Provinceswillnowbeexpectedtoplanandgrowtheirprovincialeconomies ,” Mr Mnangagwa thundered at his inauguration.
Notwithstanding the boisterous pronouncement, the reality on the ground is that there is lip-service when it comes to the issue of devolution. There is no sincerity whatsoever on the part of government to implement devolution despite the clear provisions contained under chapter 14 of the national Constitution.
For example, the provincial and metropolitan councils that must run the provinces as envisaged under the devolution principle are still to be put in place, some eight years after the adoption of the new Constitution. In fact, it is a well-calculated manoeuvre that Zanu PF is using its political surrogate to recall and reverse the number of MDC Alliance elected officials in the provinces as part of a ploy to influence the political colour of these provincial councils.
To demonstrate that the regime is not committed to the notion of devolution, we heard very disturbing stories at the MDC Alliance’s Mayors’ Forum that President Chamisa hosted at the party headquarters on 28 February last year.
We heard from our councillors and mayors that there was favoritism and political bias in the disbursement of devolution funds to local authorities. Larger local authorities run by the MDC Alliance were receiving less money than smaller local authorities run by Zanu PF. For example, the larger local authority of Zvishavane that is controlled by the MDC Alliance received less money than the smaller Runde rural district council run by the Zanu PF. Similarly, the MDC Alliance-run Rusape Town Council received less money than the smaller rural district councils that are controlled by Zanu PF in the surrounding areas.
In short, notwithstanding his high-sounding statements on the issue of devolution, Mr Mnangagwa is just insincere as evidenced by the fact that his government is still to constitute the requisite provincial and metropolitan councils that must run these provinces.
Conclusion
Judged against his own words, Mnangagwa’s tenure has been a tale of outright lies. His high-sounding promises at his inauguration ceremony, as Shakespeare would say, were a piece of sublime mysticism and nonsense.
In the week that we arrive at the halfway signpost of Mnangagwa’s eventful tenure, this citizen’s audit has shown that the mammoth pronouncements at his inauguration was just but an act of mere rhetoric.
Each of the country’s 10 provinces can give you a laundry list of promises made to them by Mnangagwa during his campaign and as spelt out at his inauguration. But at village, provincial and national levels the promises remain unfulfilled as Mnangagwa has , shown an uncanny capacity to lie at every level.
For a man whose government has a penchant of concocting trumped up charges of communicating falsehoods against innocent citizens, it is ironic that the man himself is the chief protagonist in peddling mistruths to a despondent nation, as enunciated in this paper.
This audit or juxtaposition of the man’s inactions against his own words has shown that since August 2018, ours has been a strident march up the garden path. As we mark the attainment of 30 of his 60 months in office, there is no doubt that the man has dismally failed to fulfil his own promises.
And the chances of him fulfilling his promises in the remainder of his term lie somewhere between nil and zero!
Mnangagwa has simply institutionalised lying, as exemplified by his laughable allegation that those who claimed they had been abducted by State security agents were actually people who were abducting themselves so as to frame the government. Or that other fawny claim by State Security Minister Owen Ncube that Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance were bringing huge arms of war into the country in order to unseat the government.
It was astounding that a whole Cabinet Minister could sit before clicking cameras to make such serious allegations without any shred of evidence whatsoever and without arresting the alleged culprits fingered in such a treasonous act!
On Saturday, 30 January 2021, Mnangagwa completed 30 of his 60 months in this his current stolen term. As this piece has shown, and judged against his own pronouncements and promises at his inauguration, it has been a journey marked by dismal failure. The journey thus far has been a gargantuan lie.
As the scoresheet shows against his own promises, it has been zero out of 15 in this citizen’s mid-term report for Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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 Jane Mlambo| Former Zanu PF youth leader Jim Kunaka will remain incarcerated at Harare Remand Prison after Justice Tawanda Chitapi today advised his lawyer Munyaradzi Bwanya that he will convene a special court session on Thursday next week to hand down judgment on Kunaka’s bail appeal and for 5 others matters.
Kunaka has been in detention since 24 December when he was arrested and charged with inciting people to participate in an anti-government protest which was planned for 31 July 2020.
Government is about the consent of the governed. Stop rigging elections. Stop creating your own opposition. Stop looting and corruption. Stop the politically motivated arrests. Stop dividing people& harassing opposition. Stop persecuting citizens!#stopforcingthings#DemLoot
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.
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.
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.
Introduction Last Saturday last week marked the midway mark into Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 5-year mandate and this week, I make a citizen’s audit of what has been a stolen term of unfulfilled premises, lies and fibs.
The disputed election was held on 30 July 2018. Last Saturday it was exactly two and a half years since that last poll. Mnangagwa may have officially begun his 5-year term at his inauguration on 26 August 2018 but we may as well begin a candid midterm assessment of the man’s blood-soaked tenure thus far against his own promises to the nation and the world.
Mr Mnangagwa has been lying at every level and this week, I begin with the village lies he told my kinsmen and kinswomen when he addressed a campaign rally in my rural home area of Domboshava sometime in April 2018.
As part of his cocktail of promises to my fellow villagers in this hallowed land of my birth, the man promised to tar the 20-kilometre stretch of road that stretches from Sasa turn off, through my home area in Shumba ward three up to the Chabwino shops along Shamva Road in ward 7 of Goromonzi West constituency. Mnangagwa even told the rally that the tarred road will be called Emmerson Mnangagwa road. . Midway into his term, the road is in a sorry state. The incessant rains have caused impassable gullies and flowing rivulets across the parlous road. Vehicles can barely pass through, particularly at the steep ascent near Marimo village. Midway into his term, there are no prospects of Mnangagwa fulfilling his promise. The villagers, through a community initiative, are now planning to repair this road on their own after realising that the so-called President has led them up the garden path.
Yes, the villagers are now planning to subsidise the incompetence of a whole President who is given to telling village lies.
Mnangagwa is lucky that old men who lie like him are not knew in the village. His lying type is known in the village. The type that sits by the fireside in a winter night—and noting that there is no one of their age around —start to misrepresent those scars left on them by measles and small pox as ” gunshotwoundsleftwhenIengagedinamortalcombatwithaRhodesiansoldierduringtheliberationstrugglewhilearmedwithnothingbutmybarehands !”
To my kinsmen, Mnangagwa is a chronic liar and soon, the poor villagers will take it upon themselves to repair a State road because a whole President is stingy with the truth… anosonabhodhoro as they would derisively say in Shona.
He started with such village lies in his campaign rallies throughout the country before he elevated his own lies to the grand national scale .
This week, as we mark the midway mark into his stolen mandate, I hereby chronicle the 15 unfulfilled promises, nay the 15 lies, that Mnangagwa told the world, inhisownwords , at his inauguration at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, 26 August 2018.
Lienumber1 : Itwasaperfectelection In his inauguration speech, Mnangagwa said the 2018 election had been held not only in accordance with the country’s laws, but had been ” guidedandunformedbytheSADCprinciplesandguidelinesgoverningelectionsaswellastheAUdeclarationonprinciplesgoverningdemocraticelectionsinAfrica .”
Nothing could be further from the truth. The election was not held in line with international best practice. The other contesting parties, except Zanu PF, had no knowledge regarding the number of ballots or where they had been printed. In elections other countries in the region such as Zambia and Namibia have held , such information around ballots is not a closely guarded secret.
In our case, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission even changed its own figures a record three times, and this only after the MDC Alliance had filed an electoral petition.
Moreover, the public media did not cover all the parties and candidates equally and impartially in the 2018 election, in line with the provisions of sections 61 as read together with section 155 (2) (d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. A High Court judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire was later to issue a judgement that held that the public media was biased in its coverage of the 2018 plebiscite.
So much for the so-called “perfect election” in which Mr Mnangagwa lied at his inauguration that this had been a free and fair poll in which ” competingideaswerediscussedanddebated , freelyandopenly .”
Lienumber2 : Wearelegitimate Mnangagwa claimed in his inauguration speech to have been ” dulymandatedtoformthenextgovernment .”
His claim to legitimacy was solely premised on the verdict of the Constitutional Court, which ruled on the 24th of August 2018 that he had won the election.
In a country with a captured Judiciary and in which the judges themselves have written a public letter citing gross political interference in their work, the claim that he won the election solely on the basis of the court verdict becomes preposterous.
In any case, some of us have always argued that legality and legitimacy are not mutually inclusive, just as apartheid in South Africa was perfectly legal even though it was not legitimate and was morally represensible.
Similarly, the court verdict may have made Mr Mnangagwa’s victory legal but that does not make him legitimate as legitimacy and legality are sometimes mutually exclusive.
Moreover, there is the notion of performance legitimacy. Given the dismal failure of ED’s government in addressing pressing national questions, Mnangagwa is illegitimate in that regard as well.
Lienumber3 : WehavebirthedanewZimbabwe
In his inauguration speech, Mr Mnangagwa confidently said he had ” birthedanewZimbabwe .”
Yet his government has continued with the culture of repression and impunity that characterised the era of deposed President Robert Mugabe. The country’s human rights record has palpably gotten worse under his stewardship with lawyers, judges, journalists, MPs, councillors, human rights defenders and civic and political activists being wantonly arrested on trumped-up charges.
In short, the human rights situation in the country under Mr Mnangagwa has gotten worse. He has not birthed a new, democratic dispensation as he claimed at his inauguration.
The situation in the country is far much worse under Mr. Mnangagwa. In fact, Mnangagwa has turned out to be a Robert Mugabe on steroids!
Lienumber4 : Wehaveopenedanewera
In his inauguration speech, Mr Mnangagwa said he had ” openedanewpathfulloffreedoms , democracy , transparency , loveandharmony .”
The opposite is in fact true. The Mnangagwa regime has opened a new path and infused emasculation for freedoms, autocracy for democracy, murkiness for transparency, hate for love and acrimony for harmony.
Contrary to his promise of a new era, the Mnangagwa regime has actuated a new error in the entire body politic!
Lienumber5 : Weelectedleadersofourchoice
” Wefreelyexercisedourdemocraticrightstoelectleadersofourchoiceandthiswedid , said Mr Mnangagwa in his inauguration speech.
Nelson Chamisa was a leader of choice in the election that Mr Mnangagwa claimed people were free to make their choices.
Even by ZEC’s disputed figures, both Chamisa as President of the MDC Alliance and Mnangagwa as Zanu PF leader each surpassed the two million mark in terms of votes garnered in the Presidential poll.
Today, the people’s unfettered choice has been taken away from Nelson Chamisa, which choice the people had themselves made at the polling stations. Chamisa’s votes, his party, his party headquarters and the MP’s and councillors belonging to the MDC Alliance have all been taken away and donated to Thokozani Khupe, whose national votes garnered throughout were a measly 45 000.
Mnangagwa has tampered with the very freedom of choice that he was pontificating about at his inauguration by giving a whole party and its elected leaders to a pliable surrogate.
At his inauguration two and half years ago, Mr Mnangagwa said he would bring ” closureandfinality ” to the State orchestrated murders of 1 August 2018.
Two and half years later, there is still no closure. Mnangagwa has ignored the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry he set up himself that recommended that action be taken on the perpetrators and that the victims’ families be compensated.
Mr Mnangagwa has neither taken any action on the perpetrators of the heinous murders nor compensated the families of the victims, even though he has previously lied to diplomats that he had compensated the families.
I know for instance that Suspicious Kumire, the widow of the slain Ishmael Kumire who hailed from Matope village in my rural hood of Domboshava has not been compensated and she is struggling to send her two children to Santa Heights private school in the same Domboshava area.
In short, Mnangagwa has lied about bringing closure to the August 1 2018 murders.
Lienumber7 : Thereshallbeseparationofpowers
Mr Mnangagwa claimed at his inauguration that his government will be ” committedtoConstitutionalism , entrenchingtheruleoflaw , theprincipleofseparationofpowersandtheindependenceofthejudiciary .”
Mnangagwa has instead weaponised the law to fight his political opponents through what has now been branded lawfare. On Constitutionalism, Mr Mnangagwa instead wants to amend the Constitution instead of implementing it as what a true Constitutionalist would do. He claimed he believed in the separation of powers but the country’s judges have written a letter, now in the public domain, complaining about gross interference in their work. The courts have ruled that prosecutors seconded to the National Prosecution Authority be withdrawn by 20 February 2021 as their deployment to serve on the civilian courts was patently unconstitutional. For a regime that banks on the security sector, it remains to be seen whether this will be done in the next fortnight and whether there are sufficient mechanisms to ensure that this directive is complied with. Parliament’s oversight role has been seriously curtailed as Mnangagwa’s key ally and financier, Kuda Tagwireyi , has brazenly refused to come before a Parliamentary committee to answer questions regarding the murky Command Agriculture programme in which US$3 billion disappeared without trace.
Therefore, Mr Mnangagwa was lying when he said he believed in the rule of law, separation of powers and had unstinting faith in defending a Constitution he now wants to amend instead of implementing.
Lienumber8 : Weshallimplementrobustreformagenda
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said he would usher in a comprehensive reform agenda but to date, the country, the region and the world await political, economic, security sector and media reforms that would improve people’s lives and break the cycle of disputed elections in Zimbabwe.
All we have heard in the past two and a half years is the rhetoric of reform. We have yet to see the substance.
Lienumber9 : Zimbabweisopenforbusiness . This has largely remained a slogan. There has been no massive investment in the country because of the policy inconsistency by the Mnangagwa regime.
The gross human rights abuses and has seriously dented the mantra of Zimbabwe is open for business. A country cannot be open for business when it is not open for human life and human rights!
Lienumber10 : Weshallengageandre-engage
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said he was ” openinganewchapterinourrelationswiththeworld , underpinnedbythevalueofmutualrespect .”
The gross human rights abuses and the State-sanctioned murders have dented the purported efforts to engage and re-engage. In fact, the Mnangagwa regime, through its acts of omission and commission, has done all it can to disengage from the rest of the civilised world. The value of mutual respect, even in the region, has been seriously undermined by Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF. For example the Zanu PF director of Information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, has publicly attacked the ANC, South Africa and the country’s leader President Cyril Ramaphosa. So much for Mr Mnangagwa’s claim that his government will engage and re-engage. It has not helped matters that President Ramaphosa who was publicly attacked by Mr Mnangagwa’s party is the AU chair who recently sent a delegation to the country to explore ways of dealing with the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Lienumber11 : Weshallimprovesocialservices
At his inauguration, Mr Mnangagwa said: ” There is needforthemodernisationandrevampingofoursocialservicessectortoimproveefficiencyandthequalityofdelivery .”
In spite of this high-sounding promise, basic social services, particularly health and education, have virtually collapsed. Both teachers and health workers have very legitimate grievances which have not been addressed.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, these frontline workers have been neglected, with neither any form of government support nor the provision of the requisite PPE.
” Mygovernmentwillmovespeedilytorefurbishandreconstructhealth , education , waterandsanitationinfrastructure . Thisisapromisewewilldeliver ,” Mnangagwa said in his inauguration speech.
Sadly, and most cruelly, Mnangagwa has dismally failed to meet his own promise in this regard.
Lienumber12 : Weshallcreatejobs
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said: ” Thecreationofjobs , jobsandmorejobswillbeatthecoreofallourpolicies .”
Unfortunately, no single job has been created by this government, save for the vast “jobs” and opportunities that Mr Mnangagwa has created for his kinsmen, acolytes and cronies across the labyrinth of the country’s economic sectors.
Lienumber13 : Ishallbefairandimpartial
” AsyourPresident , Ipledgetoactfairlyandimpartially ,” Mr Mnangagwa told a bemused audience at his inauguration on 26 August 2018.
Instead, partiality, unfairness and selective application of the law have been the hallmark of Mr Mnangagwa’s tenure thus far.
For example, while corrupt goons such as Obediah Moyo never spent a night in prison, it is those who expose corruption who are arrested. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been arrested three times in less than a year while the the corrupt elite continue to freely roam the country.
Mnangagwa’s partiality has also been exposed by the fact that while his government locked down the country for the rest of the citizenry, he allowed his party’s DCC elections to proceed. Government ministers who held birthday parties and Mnangagwa’s friends who hosted lavish end-pf-year bashes in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations were not arrested while ghetto youths who did the same were incarcerated.
Mnangagwa’s government has also announced that it is now on the verge of procuring Covid-19 vaccines. Apart from frontline staff, who certainly deserve priority, the government has announced it will also prioritise government ministers and the political elite in the provision of Covid-19 vaccines.
So much for Mr Mnangagwa’s promise for fairness, non-discrimination and impartiality!
Lienumber14 : Iwillunstintinglyfightcorruption
” IntheSecondRepublic , nopersonorentitywillbeallowedtosteal , lootorpocketthatwhichbelongstothepeopleofZimbabwe,” Mr Mnangagwa said at his inauguration.
Instead, corruption has become the elephant in the living room under this so-called Second Republic. Most of the corruption has sucked in the First family while Mnangagwa’s own bodyguards have been fingered in some of the murky deals. Mnangagwa’s uncle and former Health minister Obediah Moyo, close relative Henrietta Rushwaya who attempted to smuggle 6kgs of gold outside the country with the assistance of Mnangagwa’s personal bodyguards are just but a sample that shows that corruption is deeply ingrained in the country’s political elite. If you add the cases of deputy minister Mangwiro and others, it becomes clear the country has become a kleptocracy.
Mnangagwa just can’t deal with corruption because he is the archbishop. It is instructive to note that we are still to get news of a conviction on these high profile corruption cases. Expecting Mnangagwa to decisively deal with corruption is akin to expecting a mosquito to cure malaria.
Lienumber15 : Ishallimplementdevolution
” Asperourpledge , duringthecampaign , mygovernmentwillbeimplementingtheConstitutionalprovisionswithregardstodevolutionofgovernmentpowersandresponsibilities . Provinceswillnowbeexpectedtoplanandgrowtheirprovincialeconomies ,” Mr Mnangagwa thundered at his inauguration.
Notwithstanding the boisterous pronouncement, the reality on the ground is that there is lip-service when it comes to the issue of devolution. There is no sincerity whatsoever on the part of government to implement devolution despite the clear provisions contained under chapter 14 of the national Constitution.
For example, the provincial and metropolitan councils that must run the provinces as envisaged under the devolution principle are still to be put in place, some eight years after the adoption of the new Constitution. In fact, it is a well-calculated manoeuvre that Zanu PF is using its political surrogate to recall and reverse the number of MDC Alliance elected officials in the provinces as part of a ploy to influence the political colour of these provincial councils.
To demonstrate that the regime is not committed to the notion of devolution, we heard very disturbing stories at the MDC Alliance’s Mayors’ Forum that President Chamisa hosted at the party headquarters on 28 February last year.
We heard from our councillors and mayors that there was favoritism and political bias in the disbursement of devolution funds to local authorities. Larger local authorities run by the MDC Alliance were receiving less money than smaller local authorities run by Zanu PF. For example, the larger local authority of Zvishavane that is controlled by the MDC Alliance received less money than the smaller Runde rural district council run by the Zanu PF. Similarly, the MDC Alliance-run Rusape Town Council received less money than the smaller rural district councils that are controlled by Zanu PF in the surrounding areas.
In short, notwithstanding his high-sounding statements on the issue of devolution, Mr Mnangagwa is just insincere as evidenced by the fact that his government is still to constitute the requisite provincial and metropolitan councils that must run these provinces.
Conclusion
Judged against his own words, Mnangagwa’s tenure has been a tale of outright lies. His high-sounding promises at his inauguration ceremony, as Shakespeare would say, were a piece of sublime mysticism and nonsense.
In the week that we arrive at the halfway signpost of Mnangagwa’s eventful tenure, this citizen’s audit has shown that the mammoth pronouncements at his inauguration was just but an act of mere rhetoric.
Each of the country’s 10 provinces can give you a laundry list of promises made to them by Mnangagwa during his campaign and as spelt out at his inauguration. But at village, provincial and national levels the promises remain unfulfilled as Mnangagwa has , shown an uncanny capacity to lie at every level.
For a man whose government has a penchant of concocting trumped up charges of communicating falsehoods against innocent citizens, it is ironic that the man himself is the chief protagonist in peddling mistruths to a despondent nation, as enunciated in this paper.
This audit or juxtaposition of the man’s inactions against his own words has shown that since August 2018, ours has been a strident march up the garden path. As we mark the attainment of 30 of his 60 months in office, there is no doubt that the man has dismally failed to fulfil his own promises.
And the chances of him fulfilling his promises in the remainder of his term lie somewhere between nil and zero!
Mnangagwa has simply institutionalised lying, as exemplified by his laughable allegation that those who claimed they had been abducted by State security agents were actually people who were abducting themselves so as to frame the government. Or that other fawny claim by State Security Minister Owen Ncube that Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance were bringing huge arms of war into the country in order to unseat the government.
It was astounding that a whole Cabinet Minister could sit before clicking cameras to make such serious allegations without any shred of evidence whatsoever and without arresting the alleged culprits fingered in such a treasonous act!
On Saturday, 30 January 2021, Mnangagwa completed 30 of his 60 months in this his current stolen term. As this piece has shown, and judged against his own pronouncements and promises at his inauguration, it has been a journey marked by dismal failure. The journey thus far has been a gargantuan lie.
As the scoresheet shows against his own promises, it has been zero out of 15 in this citizen’s mid-term report for Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa.
By Jane Mlambo| The Zimbabwe Republic Police has frowned at open corruption happening at security check points where citizens who are not part of non-essential services are gaining passage into central business districts of towns and cities.
In a statement on Thursday, police urged the public to take note that the country is still under lockdown which restricts unnecessary movement while warning those who violate restrictions that they face arrest.
“In Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Masvingo motorists are transporting commuters in open defiance of the lockdown measures. Motorists are warned against conniving with unruly security service members to gain passage at check points as they will be dealt with in terms of the law,” said police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi.
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| MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala has hit out at the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration saying it is full of greed people with unsounded thirst for ridiculous pomp and foolish adulation.
Posting on Twitter, Sikhala said the people of Zimbabwe deserve a government that feels for its people instead of the current regime which is more concerned about lining its pockets.
“We have got a regime full of people engrossed in unsounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation & selfish greed. We deserve a gvt that feels for its people. That which put people first no matter the political color. Zimbabwe belongs to all of us. It is our love,” said Sikhala.
The combative Zengeza West legislator has been in and out of prison on various charges including subversion and communicating falsehoolds prejudicial to the state.
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
It will be mandatory for Zimbabweans in certain age groups to be screened for cancers as a prevention and control strategy for the world’s second leading cause of deaths under plans now being considered and worked on.
The improved programme of screening is part of a wide range of action being taken by the Government to ensure cancer patients get quality care as early as possible.
Health and Child Care Minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga told the virtual World Cancer Day commemoration yesterday that screening and early treatment, coupled with the upgrade of Zimbabwe’s cancer treatment facilities, could cut death tolls.
Zimbabwe yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the day which is set aside to embolden the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. This year’s event ran under the theme, “I am and I will campaign for Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Cancer”.
VP Chiwenga said statistics from the World Health Organisation showed that cancer was the second leading cause of worldwide deaths after Covid-19 which recently doubled the casualty rate.
Officially launching the annual cancer awareness and screening campaign, Vice President Chiwenga highlighted some of the efforts being done to address the burden of cancer in Zimbabwe.
“My ministry is also updating the Zimbabwe Cancer Prevention and Control Strategy to make it mandatory for citizens to be screened for cancer in certain age groups, for example, prostate cancer for men aged 40 and above.
“There will also be training of oncologists and oncology nurses in Zimbabwe at the Parirenyatwa School of Nursing and College of Health Sciences and a mass immunisation programme for human papilloma virus, targeting girls aged between 10 and 14 years to protect them against development of cervical cancer,” said Vice President Chiwenga.
“We will have screening programmes for cervical cancer up to district health facility level. In the year 2020, 110 686 women were screened for cervical cancer. Out of the 5 883 who tested positive, 4 561 were treated and the treatment rate stood at 77,5 percent.”
Vice President Chiwenga said health authorities had established the cancer registry at Parirenyatwa Hospital, considered as one of the best in Africa in terms of collecting data on cancer, which together with Mpilo Hospital, has facilities for radiotherapy treatment.
“There will be roll out of the Palliative Care Programme to health facilities to ensure cancer patients have access to pain management, counselling and support services up to the rural health facility level.
“We will ensure inclusion of screening tools for cervical cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer in the electronic health records to ensure robust follow up of cancer patients,” said VP Chiwenga.
His ministry recognised all stakeholders and health care staff working tirelessly towards the successful execution of cancer programmes in Zimbabwe.
He said more effort was still required to ensure that citizens had access to world class cancer care.
He also reiterated that Covid-19 vaccine jabs will be administered for free on everyone willing to be immunised against the virus in the interest of public health.
“The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe embarked on a deliberate programme to acquire more Covid-19 vaccines.
“My fellow Zimbabweans, let me also reiterate that the Government of Zimbabwe will roll out Covid-19 vaccines for free, to all our citizens who may wish to be vaccinated,” said VP Chiwenga. “The policy is inspired by humane morals that life should not be bought.”
Vice President Chiwenga said the emergence of new strains accelerated the progression of a second wave at the close of last year and beginning of this year.
“Consequently, an upward trend in confirmed cases, active cases and deaths were recorded in Zimbabwe. In response to the growing threat to public health, the Government of Zimbabwe forged synergies with friendly states, civil society organisations, strategic partners, corporates and the generality of our Zimbabweans to combat the pandemic,” said VP Chiwenga.
“We welcome and are very grateful to the Peoples’ Republic of China for their donation of the Covid-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe. The landmark gesture will achieve a milestone in combating the pandemic.”
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
At least five goats were swept away and an unknown number of hectares of crops were destroyed after three dams near Pickstone Mine in Chegutu burst their walls on Wednesday.
One of the affected dams
The dams, Farnam, Masterpice and Maradhadi provide drinking water to more than 200 households in Chegutu district’s Wards 24 and 25.
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA)’s corporate communications and marketing manager, Mrs Marjorie Munyonga could not be reached for comment.
Chegutu Rural District Council acting chief executive officer, Mr Admire Machingura confirmed the bursts.
“The dams are used to support irrigation purposes, for livestock, human consumption and mining activities.
“At least 200 households and a number of small scale miners have so far been affected.
“We are hearing reports that the bursts have also resulted in the destruction of crops and death of livestock,” he said.
One Farnam villager, Mr Reason Chigogo said at least five goats from his village were swept away.
“Most farmers who have their fields close to the dams lost their crops when the dams burst their walls and for now, it is still early to give the number of hectares affected and that of animals killed although five goats from Farnam were swept away,” Mr Chigogo said.
Mr Machingura said while efforts were being put in place to address the challenge, the council had also acquired a transformer to help draw water from Mupfure River to Clifford Dam which also burst its walls recently.
The dam is used to support some suburbs under the council.
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| Government has once again hiked the price of fuel with petrol and diesel now selling from a previous price of US$1.26 and US$1.27 from US$1.21 and US$1.23 respectively.
In local Zimbabwean dollars petrol now costs ZWL$104.82 while diesel will sell for ZWL$105.58 from the previous price of ZWL$99.35 and ZWL$100.91 respectively.
The new prices are effective today 5 February 2021.
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
Introduction Last Saturday last week marked the midway mark into Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 5-year mandate and this week, I make a citizen’s audit of what has been a stolen term of unfulfilled premises, lies and fibs.
The disputed election was held on 30 July 2018. Last Saturday it was exactly two and a half years since that last poll. Mnangagwa may have officially begun his 5-year term at his inauguration on 26 August 2018 but we may as well begin a candid midterm assessment of the man’s blood-soaked tenure thus far against his own promises to the nation and the world.
Mr Mnangagwa has been lying at every level and this week, I begin with the village lies he told my kinsmen and kinswomen when he addressed a campaign rally in my rural home area of Domboshava sometime in April 2018.
As part of his cocktail of promises to my fellow villagers in this hallowed land of my birth, the man promised to tar the 20-kilometre stretch of road that stretches from Sasa turn off, through my home area in Shumba ward three up to the Chabwino shops along Shamva Road in ward 7 of Goromonzi West constituency. Mnangagwa even told the rally that the tarred road will be called Emmerson Mnangagwa road. . Midway into his term, the road is in a sorry state. The incessant rains have caused impassable gullies and flowing rivulets across the parlous road. Vehicles can barely pass through, particularly at the steep ascent near Marimo village. Midway into his term, there are no prospects of Mnangagwa fulfilling his promise. The villagers, through a community initiative, are now planning to repair this road on their own after realising that the so-called President has led them up the garden path.
Yes, the villagers are now planning to subsidise the incompetence of a whole President who is given to telling village lies.
Mnangagwa is lucky that old men who lie like him are not knew in the village. His lying type is known in the village. The type that sits by the fireside in a winter night—and noting that there is no one of their age around —start to misrepresent those scars left on them by measles and small pox as ” gun shot wounds left when I engaged in a mortal combat with a Rhodesian soldier during the liberation struggle while armed with nothing but my bare hands !”
To my kinsmen, Mnangagwa is a chronic liar and soon, the poor villagers will take it upon themselves to repair a State road because a whole President is stingy with the truth… anosona bhodhoro as they would derisively say in Shona.
He started with such village lies in his campaign rallies throughout the country before he elevated his own lies to the grand national scale .
This week, as we mark the midway mark into his stolen mandate, I hereby chronicle the 15 unfulfilled promises, nay the 15 lies, that Mnangagwa told the world, in his own words , at his inauguration at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, 26 August 2018.
Lie number 1 : It was a perfect election In his inauguration speech, Mnangagwa said the 2018 election had been held not only in accordance with the country’s laws, but had been ” guided and unformed by the SADC principles and guidelines governing elections as well as the AU declaration on principles governing democratic elections in Africa .”
Nothing could be further from the truth. The election was not held in line with international best practice. The other contesting parties, except Zanu PF, had no knowledge regarding the number of ballots or where they had been printed. In elections other countries in the region such as Zambia and Namibia have held , such information around ballots is not a closely guarded secret.
In our case, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission even changed its own figures a record three times, and this only after the MDC Alliance had filed an electoral petition.
Moreover, the public media did not cover all the parties and candidates equally and impartially in the 2018 election, in line with the provisions of sections 61 as read together with section 155 (2) (d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. A High Court judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire was later to issue a judgement that held that the public media was biased in its coverage of the 2018 plebiscite.
So much for the so-called “perfect election” in which Mr Mnangagwa lied at his inauguration that this had been a free and fair poll in which ” competing ideas were discussed and debated , freely and openly .”
Lie number 2 : We are legitimate Mnangagwa claimed in his inauguration speech to have been ” duly mandated to form the next government .”
His claim to legitimacy was solely premised on the verdict of the Constitutional Court, which ruled on the 24th of August 2018 that he had won the election.
In a country with a captured Judiciary and in which the judges themselves have written a public letter citing gross political interference in their work, the claim that he won the election solely on the basis of the court verdict becomes preposterous.
In any case, some of us have always argued that legality and legitimacy are not mutually inclusive, just as apartheid in South Africa was perfectly legal even though it was not legitimate and was morally represensible.
Similarly, the court verdict may have made Mr Mnangagwa’s victory legal but that does not make him legitimate as legitimacy and legality are sometimes mutually exclusive.
Moreover, there is the notion of performance legitimacy. Given the dismal failure of ED’s government in addressing pressing national questions, Mnangagwa is illegitimate in that regard as well.
Lie number 3 : We have birthed a new Zimbabwe
In his inauguration speech, Mr Mnangagwa confidently said he had ” birthed a new Zimbabwe .”
Yet his government has continued with the culture of repression and impunity that characterised the era of deposed President Robert Mugabe. The country’s human rights record has palpably gotten worse under his stewardship with lawyers, judges, journalists, MPs, councillors, human rights defenders and civic and political activists being wantonly arrested on trumped-up charges.
In short, the human rights situation in the country under Mr Mnangagwa has gotten worse. He has not birthed a new, democratic dispensation as he claimed at his inauguration.
The situation in the country is far much worse under Mr. Mnangagwa. In fact, Mnangagwa has turned out to be a Robert Mugabe on steroids!
Lie number 4 : We have opened a new era
In his inauguration speech, Mr Mnangagwa said he had ” opened a new path full of freedoms , democracy , transparency , love and harmony .”
The opposite is in fact true. The Mnangagwa regime has opened a new path and infused emasculation for freedoms, autocracy for democracy, murkiness for transparency, hate for love and acrimony for harmony.
Contrary to his promise of a new era, the Mnangagwa regime has actuated a new error in the entire body politic!
Lie number 5 : We elected leaders of our choice
” We freely exercised our democratic rights to elect leaders of our choice and this we did , said Mr Mnangagwa in his inauguration speech.
Nelson Chamisa was a leader of choice in the election that Mr Mnangagwa claimed people were free to make their choices.
Even by ZEC’s disputed figures, both Chamisa as President of the MDC Alliance and Mnangagwa as Zanu PF leader each surpassed the two million mark in terms of votes garnered in the Presidential poll.
Today, the people’s unfettered choice has been taken away from Nelson Chamisa, which choice the people had themselves made at the polling stations. Chamisa’s votes, his party, his party headquarters and the MP’s and councillors belonging to the MDC Alliance have all been taken away and donated to Thokozani Khupe, whose national votes garnered throughout were a measly 45 000.
Mnangagwa has tampered with the very freedom of choice that he was pontificating about at his inauguration by giving a whole party and its elected leaders to a pliable surrogate.
Lie number 6 : We will bring finality to the brutal murders of August 1 2018
At his inauguration two and half years ago, Mr Mnangagwa said he would bring ” closure and finality ” to the State orchestrated murders of 1 August 2018.
Two and half years later, there is still no closure. Mnangagwa has ignored the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry he set up himself that recommended that action be taken on the perpetrators and that the victims’ families be compensated.
Mr Mnangagwa has neither taken any action on the perpetrators of the heinous murders nor compensated the families of the victims, even though he has previously lied to diplomats that he had compensated the families.
I know for instance that Suspicious Kumire, the widow of the slain Ishmael Kumire who hailed from Matope village in my rural hood of Domboshava has not been compensated and she is struggling to send her two children to Santa Heights private school in the same Domboshava area.
In short, Mnangagwa has lied about bringing closure to the August 1 2018 murders.
Lie number 7 : There shall be separation of powers
Mr Mnangagwa claimed at his inauguration that his government will be ” committed to Constitutionalism , entrenching the rule of law , the principle of separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary .”
Mnangagwa has instead weaponised the law to fight his political opponents through what has now been branded lawfare. On Constitutionalism, Mr Mnangagwa instead wants to amend the Constitution instead of implementing it as what a true Constitutionalist would do. He claimed he believed in the separation of powers but the country’s judges have written a letter, now in the public domain, complaining about gross interference in their work. The courts have ruled that prosecutors seconded to the National Prosecution Authority be withdrawn by 20 February 2021 as their deployment to serve on the civilian courts was patently unconstitutional. For a regime that banks on the security sector, it remains to be seen whether this will be done in the next fortnight and whether there are sufficient mechanisms to ensure that this directive is complied with. Parliament’s oversight role has been seriously curtailed as Mnangagwa’s key ally and financier, Kuda Tagwireyi , has brazenly refused to come before a Parliamentary committee to answer questions regarding the murky Command Agriculture programme in which US$3 billion disappeared without trace.
Therefore, Mr Mnangagwa was lying when he said he believed in the rule of law, separation of powers and had unstinting faith in defending a Constitution he now wants to amend instead of implementing.
Lie number 8 : We shall implement robust reform agenda
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said he would usher in a comprehensive reform agenda but to date, the country, the region and the world await political, economic, security sector and media reforms that would improve people’s lives and break the cycle of disputed elections in Zimbabwe.
All we have heard in the past two and a half years is the rhetoric of reform. We have yet to see the substance.
Lie number 9 : Zimbabwe is open for business . This has largely remained a slogan. There has been no massive investment in the country because of the policy inconsistency by the Mnangagwa regime.
The gross human rights abuses and has seriously dented the mantra of Zimbabwe is open for business. A country cannot be open for business when it is not open for human life and human rights!
Lie number 10 : We shall engage and re-engage
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said he was ” opening a new chapter in our relations with the world , underpinned by the value of mutual respect .”
The gross human rights abuses and the State-sanctioned murders have dented the purported efforts to engage and re-engage. In fact, the Mnangagwa regime, through its acts of omission and commission, has done all it can to disengage from the rest of the civilised world. The value of mutual respect, even in the region, has been seriously undermined by Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF. For example the Zanu PF director of Information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, has publicly attacked the ANC, South Africa and the country’s leader President Cyril Ramaphosa. So much for Mr Mnangagwa’s claim that his government will engage and re-engage. It has not helped matters that President Ramaphosa who was publicly attacked by Mr Mnangagwa’s party is the AU chair who recently sent a delegation to the country to explore ways of dealing with the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Lie number 11 : We shall improve social services
At his inauguration, Mr Mnangagwa said: ” There is need for the modernisation and revamping of our social services sector to improve efficiency and the quality of delivery .”
In spite of this high-sounding promise, basic social services, particularly health and education, have virtually collapsed. Both teachers and health workers have very legitimate grievances which have not been addressed.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, these frontline workers have been neglected, with neither any form of government support nor the provision of the requisite PPE.
” My government will move speedily to refurbish and reconstruct health , education , water and sanitation infrastructure . This is a promise we will deliver ,” Mnangagwa said in his inauguration speech.
Sadly, and most cruelly, Mnangagwa has dismally failed to meet his own promise in this regard.
Lie number 12 : We shall create jobs
At his inauguration, Mnangagwa said: ” The creation of jobs , jobs and more jobs will be at the core of all our policies .”
Unfortunately, no single job has been created by this government, save for the vast “jobs” and opportunities that Mr Mnangagwa has created for his kinsmen, acolytes and cronies across the labyrinth of the country’s economic sectors.
Lie number 13 : I shall be fair and impartial
” As your President , I pledge to act fairly and impartially ,” Mr Mnangagwa told a bemused audience at his inauguration on 26 August 2018.
Instead, partiality, unfairness and selective application of the law have been the hallmark of Mr Mnangagwa’s tenure thus far.
For example, while corrupt goons such as Obediah Moyo never spent a night in prison, it is those who expose corruption who are arrested. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been arrested three times in less than a year while the the corrupt elite continue to freely roam the country.
Mnangagwa’s partiality has also been exposed by the fact that while his government locked down the country for the rest of the citizenry, he allowed his party’s DCC elections to proceed. Government ministers who held birthday parties and Mnangagwa’s friends who hosted lavish end-pf-year bashes in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations were not arrested while ghetto youths who did the same were incarcerated.
Mnangagwa’s government has also announced that it is now on the verge of procuring Covid-19 vaccines. Apart from frontline staff, who certainly deserve priority, the government has announced it will also prioritise government ministers and the political elite in the provision of Covid-19 vaccines.
So much for Mr Mnangagwa’s promise for fairness, non-discrimination and impartiality!
Lie number 14 : I will unstintingly fight corruption
” In the Second Republic , no person or entity will be allowed to steal , loot or pocket that which belongs to the people of Zimbabwe,” Mr Mnangagwa said at his inauguration.
Instead, corruption has become the elephant in the living room under this so-called Second Republic. Most of the corruption has sucked in the First family while Mnangagwa’s own bodyguards have been fingered in some of the murky deals. Mnangagwa’s uncle and former Health minister Obediah Moyo, close relative Henrietta Rushwaya who attempted to smuggle 6kgs of gold outside the country with the assistance of Mnangagwa’s personal bodyguards are just but a sample that shows that corruption is deeply ingrained in the country’s political elite. If you add the cases of deputy minister Mangwiro and others, it becomes clear the country has become a kleptocracy.
Mnangagwa just can’t deal with corruption because he is the archbishop. It is instructive to note that we are still to get news of a conviction on these high profile corruption cases. Expecting Mnangagwa to decisively deal with corruption is akin to expecting a mosquito to cure malaria.
Lie number 15 : I shall implement devolution
” As per our pledge , during the campaign , my government will be implementing the Constitutional provisions with regards to devolution of government powers and responsibilities . Provinces will now be expected to plan and grow their provincial economies ,” Mr Mnangagwa thundered at his inauguration.
Notwithstanding the boisterous pronouncement, the reality on the ground is that there is lip-service when it comes to the issue of devolution. There is no sincerity whatsoever on the part of government to implement devolution despite the clear provisions contained under chapter 14 of the national Constitution.
For example, the provincial and metropolitan councils that must run the provinces as envisaged under the devolution principle are still to be put in place, some eight years after the adoption of the new Constitution. In fact, it is a well-calculated manoeuvre that Zanu PF is using its political surrogate to recall and reverse the number of MDC Alliance elected officials in the provinces as part of a ploy to influence the political colour of these provincial councils.
To demonstrate that the regime is not committed to the notion of devolution, we heard very disturbing stories at the MDC Alliance’s Mayors’ Forum that President Chamisa hosted at the party headquarters on 28 February last year.
We heard from our councillors and mayors that there was favoritism and political bias in the disbursement of devolution funds to local authorities. Larger local authorities run by the MDC Alliance were receiving less money than smaller local authorities run by Zanu PF. For example, the larger local authority of Zvishavane that is controlled by the MDC Alliance received less money than the smaller Runde rural district council run by the Zanu PF. Similarly, the MDC Alliance-run Rusape Town Council received less money than the smaller rural district councils that are controlled by Zanu PF in the surrounding areas.
In short, notwithstanding his high-sounding statements on the issue of devolution, Mr Mnangagwa is just insincere as evidenced by the fact that his government is still to constitute the requisite provincial and metropolitan councils that must run these provinces.
Conclusion
Judged against his own words, Mnangagwa’s tenure has been a tale of outright lies. His high-sounding promises at his inauguration ceremony, as Shakespeare would say, were a piece of sublime mysticism and nonsense.
In the week that we arrive at the halfway signpost of Mnangagwa’s eventful tenure, this citizen’s audit has shown that the mammoth pronouncements at his inauguration was just but an act of mere rhetoric.
Each of the country’s 10 provinces can give you a laundry list of promises made to them by Mnangagwa during his campaign and as spelt out at his inauguration. But at village, provincial and national levels the promises remain unfulfilled as Mnangagwa has , shown an uncanny capacity to lie at every level.
For a man whose government has a penchant of concocting trumped up charges of communicating falsehoods against innocent citizens, it is ironic that the man himself is the chief protagonist in peddling mistruths to a despondent nation, as enunciated in this paper.
This audit or juxtaposition of the man’s inactions against his own words has shown that since August 2018, ours has been a strident march up the garden path. As we mark the attainment of 30 of his 60 months in office, there is no doubt that the man has dismally failed to fulfil his own promises.
And the chances of him fulfilling his promises in the remainder of his term lie somewhere between nil and zero!
Mnangagwa has simply institutionalised lying, as exemplified by his laughable allegation that those who claimed they had been abducted by State security agents were actually people who were abducting themselves so as to frame the government. Or that other fawny claim by State Security Minister Owen Ncube that Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance were bringing huge arms of war into the country in order to unseat the government.
It was astounding that a whole Cabinet Minister could sit before clicking cameras to make such serious allegations without any shred of evidence whatsoever and without arresting the alleged culprits fingered in such a treasonous act!
On Saturday, 30 January 2021, Mnangagwa completed 30 of his 60 months in this his current stolen term. As this piece has shown, and judged against his own pronouncements and promises at his inauguration, it has been a journey marked by dismal failure. The journey thus far has been a gargantuan lie.
As the scoresheet shows against his own promises, it has been zero out of 15 in this citizen’s mid-term report for Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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
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
The controversial Zimbabwean preacher who recently threatened his ex lover with revenge porn, Jacob Dube has been reportedly arrested in South Africa over immigration fraud.
Jay Israel as he is affectionately known revealed this in a short video he released while alleging that certain other prophets are behind the arrest.
Revelations on identity fraud came out in December 2020 when his former lover revealed that he is not at all 28 as he claims. She said he is 34 years old.
Below is the video snippet released by a YouTuber.
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,”
We have got a regime full of people engrossed in unsounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation & selfish greed. We deserve a gvt that feels for its people. That which put people first no matter the political color. Zimbabwe belongs to all of us. It is our love.
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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.
Please Mary Mliswa’s PA ( Terrence Mautsi) stop calling me. I ignored your phone calls yesterday for a reason. I heard you plan on making the journalist that wrote the @ZimMorning_Post article disappear. Hupenyu ndehwa Mwari mazvinzwa. Siyanai neni. pic.twitter.com/GJQdW37RzZ
I don’t need phone calls @ 04:00hrs asking me to come to the negotiating table. Then it gets topped up death threats just because I’ve refused. You people please leave me alone, my twins deserve better.
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
Again, Mhondoro has been plunged into deep mourning. We have lost Chief Nyamweda, a true leader who led us without favour. His, was a fair & level ground. Accepted everyone. Zororai murugare Zuruvi, Moyo, Sahai veMabwemachena vari Nharira @hwendec @uk_mdca @ZimEye@DavidColtartpic.twitter.com/1qE6xULIZw
Chief Nyamweda (Claudius Mandaza, 64) of the Moyo, Zuruvi clan in Mashonaland West province has died.
Chief Nyamweda reportedly succumbed to diabetes complications this morning in Norton. Leader of the Chiefs Council in the province Chief Ngezi confirmed the tragedy which comes barely two weeks after the death of Chief Mashayamombe.
“I can confirm the death of Chief Nyamweda this morning which is a great loss to the Chiefs Council in Mashonaland West province,” said Chief Ngezi.
“I got a call this morning from his wife that he had passed on. He was an easy man to work with and to us it is a great loss.”
Ironically, he said, the death comes just two days after they met to discuss the recent death of chiefs in the province.- Herald
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his 18-year-old friend to death following a dispute over a woman.
Bongani Ngulube of Mpopoma suburb allegedly stabbed Mr Siphesihle Moyo several times all over his body and sliced his intestines.
Bulawayo Provincial Spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident that occurred around 8pm on Wednesday.
The informant, whose name was not given, was drinking whisky with Ngulube and Moyo at Bango shops. On their way home between block 9 and 10 in Mpopoma, Moyo and Ngulube had a heated misunderstanding.
“The accused person pulled out an unknown object suspected to be an okapi knife from his right trouser pocket and stabbed the now deceased once below the abdomen, twice on the left hand, the lower and upper part of arm, cutting the intestines in the process. The accused person then fled from the scene,” said Insp Ncube.
Moyo was rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital where he received medical attention but later died. The informant reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of Ngulube, who is detained at Western Commonage Police Station. Insp Ncube said the trio was violating the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
“The trio violated lockdown regulation. Had they complied with the regulations and observed curfew this could not have happened. People should realise that once you break the law, a lot can follow which can be unfortunate, “As police we plead with members of the public not to take the law into their own hands and seek counselling and guidance from community leaders, church elders or visit the nearest police station for counseling. This is a life unnecessarily lost,” said Insp Ncube.-Chronicle
A HAPLESS 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
Traditional leader, Chief Nyamweda born Claudius Mandaza of the Moyo, Zuruvi clan in Mashonaland West province has died.
He was 64.
Chief Nyamweda reportedly succumbed to diabetes complications this morning in Norton.
Norton legislator (independent) Temba Mliswa posted on Twitter on Thursday expressing his sadness over the traditional leader’s death. He said:
I’ve just received the sad news that Chief Nyamweda passed away this morning at Norton Hospital after a short illness. MHDSRIEP
The leader of the Chiefs Council in Mashonaland West province, Chief Ngezi, confirmed the traditional leader’s death which comes barely two weeks after the death of Chief Mashayamombe.
Speaking to The Herald, Chief Ngezi said:
I can confirm the death of Chief Nyamweda this morning which is a great loss to the Chiefs Council in Mashonaland West province.
I got a call this morning from his wife that he had passed on. He was an easy man to work with and to us it is a great loss.
Chief Ngezi said the irony was that the death comes just two days after they met to discuss the recent death of chiefs in the province.-The Herald
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has boldly declared that he will not surrender until the people of Zimbabwe are free from oppression.
Hon Sikhala has also revealed how Emmerson Mnangagwa’s agents are tormenting his family.
Below is Hon Sikhala’s full statement.
By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala MP for Zengeza West.
I received intelligence early morning on Friday the 8th of January 2021, that the regime of Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to arrest me.
As I always know the information to reliable, I informed the world about the impending arrest. I informed my brother and friend Hopewell Chin’ono about the information and he said he will stand with me throughout. Unbeknown to me was that Hopewell was also the target for arrest on same charges. As I finished talking to him and when I was busy informing other friendly corners, the news broke out that Hopewell’s house has been raided and they have pounced on him.
I tried to inquire about the motive of the arrest and the explanation was not satisfactory. It was alleged that I posted some comments over the alleged bashing of a child to death by police on Facebook and failed to locate the day and time. It really sounded bizarre as I did not remember the issue.
I had to work a plan with friends and colleagues to avoid the usual excuses of arresting us and deny bail on the grounds of flight risk that I become part of Hopewell Chin’ono’s legal team on the day of his Court appearance. Before that, Hopewell communicated to me that he has seen my warned and cautioned statement already with the police and there were really after me. I went to the Law and Order Section at Harare Police Station and asked the Officer In Charge, Law and Order, whether they want me for whatever allegations they would want to press against me. The Officer in Charge said, “they have got no such intention.”
Hopewell was appearing in Court for his initial remand and I was part of the legal Team put in place, to represent him. I appeared for the initial hearing, only to be nabbed by the same members of the Law and Order as I was about to leave the Court.
This was the beginning of a long stay in prison from Saturday the 9th of January 2021 to the 2nd of February 2021. For 26 days I was for the first time detained in solitary confinement in Section FB2 at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. This is the section where people condemned to death sentence are housed. Hopewell Chin’ono was in his own solitary confinement in the same section. His solitary prison cell was facing directly the gallows. Whatever the motive was, is only known to the persecutors.
We were both denied bail at the Magistrates’ Court. My grounds for being denied bail was that I have the propensity to commit further offenses as I “boasted that I was arrested 65 times in 2020, and have the propensity to re-offend”. This averments by the Magistrate was manufactured evidence as nothing of that sort was either submitted in Court by either the State or the Defense. It was purely manufactured evidence and facts that the Magistrate came up with and acted upon to deny me my liberty. I am going to raise a strong protestation of this with my legal practitioners, the Law Society and the Judiciary Service Commission as no such evidence was ever led in Court by either the State or the defense. I have gone through the record of proceedings at the Magistrates Court several times to look for the the elusive declaration of 65 arrests in 2020 and failed to find this needle in the haystack.
For 26 days I was denied my liberty on the basis of the manufactured evidence by the Magistrate. Such evidence was never ever put before him. It remains bizzare where it was extracted from. I would not have issues with being denied bail based on evidence and facts presented before the Court, no matter how untrue they may, and a judicial official uphelds them. To be denied one’s liberty based on manufactured evidence and facts is unprecedented. The evidence that I boasted of 65 arrests in 2020 are not true. I am still wondering where this came from. Throughout the proceedings at the Magistrates Court, nothing of that sort was addiduced in Court by either parties as evidence and facts to be determined upon by the Magistrate.
Although Justice Chitapi touched on it at length dismissing the findings of the Magistrate over such averments, he was commenting on it based on the Judgement of the Magistrate. The integrity of our judiciary is of utmost importance so as not to undermine the administration of justice and the confidence upon it by the public. Manufacturing of evidence and facts and act upon it to deny an individual’s liberty undermines the administration of justice.
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank my Legal Team of Harrison Nkomo, Jeremiah Bamu and Paidamoyo Saurombe for the sterling job they did seeking my liberty. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) remains the beacon for justice and defending human rights. I don’t have words with which to thank my sister Rose. Heal Zimbabwe Trust, you stood with me and my family throughout my unjustified incarceration. Tree of Life, you came with your hand, so great that I don’t have word with which to thank you.
Crisis Coalition (Zimbabwe), you stood firm against persecution. Amnesty International, you heighetend our persecution to the world. A million thanks.
Individuals who spoke endlessly against our incarceration, we thank you. My brothers Brian Kagoro, Trevor Ncube, Siphosami Malunga, Mbuya Dotito, Lynn and all the people of Zimbabwe who stood with me. May God do great to you. I know my wife and children are in pain. I had 3 children sitting for their Exams at different boarding schools. I didn’t want them to know that I was arrested. I am disappointed that my daughter phoned me today that she was crying throughout on her way to the Exams after being told about my arrest by her teachers.
She is a genius at school. I hope this episode did not affect her. I know how much traumatised my family go through during these trying times but they must know that it is the will of God for me to be put through such trials and tribulations.
The people of Zimbabwe, you remain my source of inspiration. You never betrayed me. You stood with me throughout. To Hopewell who was housed right on the face of the gallows, remain strong and unwavering.
Dearly I will never surrender until freedom is achieved for all our people. Zimbabwe is too precious to be owned by a few clinch of the greedy. The future of millions has been ruined. The youth, your future is bleak. There is no hope. We the middle aged started this in our youth stages. We are doing it for you and future generations.
Our dear Lord is with us the people of Zimbabwe. I thank you all. Be blessed.
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has started charging fares in foreign currency alongside local currency, but passengers have decried the disregard for official exchange rates.
Yesterday, commuters were paying R10 or US$1 for kombis while buses were charging R5 or US$1 for two passengers per trip. The same trips cost about $50 and $30 for kombis and buses, respectively.
However, the official exchange rate for the local currency to the US dollar is 1:83, while the rand to the US dollar is 1:15.
Zupco southern division operations manager Mr Tineyi Rwasoka had by yesterday, not responded to questions sent to him on Wednesday regarding the issue of payment in multi-currencies. A Zupco conductor, who declined to be identified, said the forex fares came into effect last week.
“We have not been issued the ticket books yet but once they are issued passengers can now pay one dollar for two or R5 for the bus,” she said. A number of commuters also confirmed paying in forex.
Passengers complained about the forex charges saying they were higher than those in local currency while others said they faced challenges with change when paying in forex.
“I boarded a kombi and I paid R10. I was, however, given a ticket in the local dollar denomination,” said Miss Khethiwe Ndlovu of Mahatshula.
Mr Adam Sibanda of Nkulumane said Zupco had to look into the exchange rate because those who used the local currency were paying less.
“In local currency, a kombi is $50 and US$1 in forex. If we use the official rate, a person who pays in forex would have paid about $80. It is the same with the rand to US rate. Zupco is using 1:20 but the official rate is about 1:15.
This makes it more expensive if one uses the rand compared to the US dollar,” said Mr Sibanda.Residents have said Government should look into the forex fares issue as the forex rate is not attractive for commuters.
“These fares should be adjusted so that those who pay in forex are not short changed,” said Mrs Priscilla Moyo of Entumbane.
Some commuters observed that there is more order on Zupco buses and kombis than on privately-owned kombis that used to transport the public before the initial lockdown in March last year.
“There were abusive touts who virtually ran the kombis. They could decide on a whim to increase fares and everyone would be forced to pay.
“They insulted passengers and most of the drivers flouted traffic laws thereby endangering the public,” said Mr Ambrose Dube of Gwabalanda suburb.
“However, I think the Government should avail more Zupco buses and kombis because when the economy returns to normal, the existing fleet will be overwhelmed. Nowadays, Zupco is coping because most people are staying at home because of the lockdown and schools are closed.”
Only Zupco registered buses and kombis are allowed to transport commuters in terms of Covid-19 prevention regulations.
Authorities recently directed Zupco to enforce social distancing on buses in order to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission.
Zupco in January announced a 100 percent hike in fares which saw passengers paying $30 up from $16 for a trip within a 20-kilometre radius, with passengers travelling distances ranging between 21–30km paying $45 up from $24. Those travelling on routes within a 31km and 40km radius paid $60 up from $32. Chronicle
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. -B Metro
Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the rolling out of Covid-19 vaccines scientifically ascertained to be safe, will be State funded with all citizens set to access the doses for free as Government is finalising the National Vaccine Deployment Framework.
Government targets to initially immunise at least 60 percent of the population to achieve “population immunity”.
The first phase of immunisation is primarily targeting frontline workers, the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions.
There were recent conflicting media reports quoting Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube as having said that some citizens will have to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine, with Government only catering for frontline workers and the most vulnerable members of society.
However, addressing the nation yesterday, President Mnangagwa set the record straight, saying all citizens wishing to be vaccinated, will access the doses for free.
“Our overall National Response Strategy has reached a stage where we can now introduce vaccines as a second front preventive measure. As such, Covid-19 vaccines, which have been scientifically ascertained to be safe, will soon be introduced. These will be State funded and free,” he said.
“The National Vaccine Deployment Framework has also been finalised. The initial objective is to inoculate at least 60 percent of the population to achieve population immunity. The first phase of inoculation of the vaccine will see our hard-working front-line workers, the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions being prioritised.”
The President also commended Chinese President Xi Jimping and his government for donating 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. Zimbabwe was listed as one of the first countries set to receive Covid-19 vaccines from China.
According to the Chinese Embassy, what is now left is for Zimbabwe to collect the Covid-19 vaccine as the Asian economic powerhouse moves to ensure that the drug is accessible globally to all nations.
President Mnangagwa said the kind gesture by China is a true reflection of the cordial relations, strategic partnership and cooperation enjoyed by the two countries.
“Allow me to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt and sincere gratitude to the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency, Xi Jinping, the Government and the people of China for their kind donation of 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. We applaud China for taking a leading role in contributing to our national vaccine deployment strategy and for its consistent humane policy of treating Covid-19 vaccines as a global public goods,” he said.
“Over and above this support, the partnership under the African Union-Global Fund COVAX Facility and other bilateral arrangements will see our country secure sufficient vaccines.”
President Mnangagwa said Government has set aside the requisite financial resources for the purchase of vaccines.
He said in line with Government policy of pooling national effort and resources, his administration will also partner the corporate world and other players in the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and related consumables.
“The recent meeting, I convened with our business sector yielded notable and commendable results. Together in unison and through our actions and our deployment of scientific options and prayer for our beloved nation, there is light at the end of the tunnel; we will win this war against Covid-19. We have not lost hope for a better future, we keep moving on,” said the President.
“As Government we continue to bolster our national resolve, determination and action plan towards arresting the impact and spread of Covid-19 outbreak within our country.”
The President also paid tribute to the frontline health workers for their dedication, sacrifice and commitment in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
“The war is not yet over. We must renew our vigilance at all times so that we consolidate the current downward transmission trend through masking up, washing hands and practising social distancing. This is also keeping with the exhortations made in the Bible in Exodus 30 v 18-21 which talks of washing of hands and Leviticus 13 verses 4, 5 and 46, which talks on social distancing and Leviticus 13 verses 4 and 5 om quarantine,” he said.
President Mnangagwa said Government commended the generality of citizens for their resilience and continued adherence to Covid-19 lockdown measures and the World Health Organisation (WHO) protocols, saying their positive attitude and public health behaviour has brought about a relatively flattened curve.
“Nevertheless, the Government is aware that vaccines do not provide 100 percent protection or impart immunity. With this in mind, the present WHO public health protocols remain critical in the second phase, and must continue to be adhered to at all times, even after vaccines have been administered,” he said.
The President said Government was aware of the plight of people during the lockdown and will continue to make regular assessments of the situation to achieve the intricate balance between saving lives, livelihoods and the country economy.
“You will recall that following the first case of Covid-19 virus in March 2020, a comprehensive nationwide response strategy, which rested on drastic first front preventive measures, was deployed. This initial strategy included a national lockdown complemented by WHO public health protocols such as the washing of hands with soap under running water, and/or the use of sanitisers, social distancing and mandatory wearing of face masks. The measures were necessary and impactful,” he said.
The President said the more infectious second wave, which has touched the whole world has not spared Zimbabwe.
“For over a month now, a dark cloud hovered over our nation as we painfully endured increased rate of loss of senior comrades in the party and Government, professionals across various sectors, colleagues, friends and our beloved ones due to the pandemic. Thankfully, the spike which shot up during the festive season into January, is beginning to ease,” he said.
“Through unity and the spirit of being each other’s keeper, we survived the pandemic’s first wave with remarkably low infections and fatalities. Sadly, the second wave has been dire and more infectious.”
Amid the prevailing global public health crisis, President Mnangagwa said the scientific community is working hard, with significant breakthroughs being registered.
Globally, there are now a handful of vaccines which are already in use and a few more at different stages of development.
“This has enhanced worldwide prospects for the mitigation of the pandemic, including within our nation,” said President Mnangagwa. -Herald
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 .
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 .
I received intelligence early morning on Friday the 8th of January 2021, that the regime of Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to arrest me.
As I always know the information to reliable, I informed the world about the impending arrest. I informed my brother and friend Hopewell Chin’ono about the information and he said he will stand with me throughout. Unbeknown to me was that Hopewell was also the target for arrest on same charges. As I finished talking to him and when I was busy informing other friendly corners, the news broke out that Hopewell’s house has been raided and they have pounced on him.
I tried to inquire about the motive of the arrest and the explanation was not satisfactory. It was alleged that I posted some comments over the alleged bashing of a child to death by police on Facebook and failed to locate the day and time. It really sounded bizarre as I did not remember the issue.
I had to work a plan with friends and colleagues to avoid the usual excuses of arresting us and deny bail on the grounds of flight risk that I become part of Hopewell Chin’ono’s legal team on the day of his Court appearance. Before that, Hopewell communicated to me that he has seen my warned and cautioned statement already with the police and there were really after me. I went to the Law and Order Section at Harare Police Station and asked the Officer In Charge, Law and Order, whether they want me for whatever allegations they would want to press against me. The Officer in Charge said, “they have got no such intention.”
Hopewell was appearing in Court for his initial remand and I was part of the legal Team put in place, to represent him. I appeared for the initial hearing, only to be nabbed by the same members of the Law and Order as I was about to leave the Court.
This was the beginning of a long stay in prison from Saturday the 9th of January 2021 to the 2nd of February 2021. For 26 days I was for the first time detained in solitary confinement in Section FB2 at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. This is the section where people condemned to death sentence are housed. Hopewell Chin’ono was in his own solitary confinement in the same section. His solitary prison cell was facing directly the gallows. Whatever the motive was, is only known to the persecutors.
We were both denied bail at the Magistrates’ Court. My grounds for being denied bail was that I have the propensity to commit further offenses as I “boasted that I was arrested 65 times in 2020, and have the propensity to re-offend”. This averments by the Magistrate was manufactured evidence as nothing of that sort was either submitted in Court by either the State or the Defense. It was purely manufactured evidence and facts that the Magistrate came up with and acted upon to deny me my liberty. I am going to raise a strong protestation of this with my legal practitioners, the Law Society and the Judiciary Service Commission as no such evidence was ever led in Court by either the State or the defense. I have gone through the record of proceedings at the Magistrates Court several times to look for the the elusive declaration of 65 arrests in 2020 and failed to find this needle in the haystack.
For 26 days I was denied my liberty on the basis of the manufactured evidence by the Magistrate. Such evidence was never ever put before him. It remains bizzare where it was extracted from. I would not have issues with being denied bail based on evidence and facts presented before the Court, no matter how untrue they may, and a judicial official uphelds them. To be denied one’s liberty based on manufactured evidence and facts is unprecedented. The evidence that I boasted of 65 arrests in 2020 are not true. I am still wondering where this came from. Throughout the proceedings at the Magistrates Court, nothing of that sort was addiduced in Court by either parties as evidence and facts to be determined upon by the Magistrate.
Although Justice Chitapi touched on it at length dismissing the findings of the Magistrate over such averments, he was commenting on it based on the Judgement of the Magistrate. The integrity of our judiciary is of utmost importance so as not to undermine the administration of justice and the confidence upon it by the public. Manufacturing of evidence and facts and act upon it to deny an individual’s liberty undermines the administration of justice.
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank my Legal Team of Harrison Nkomo, Jeremiah Bamu and Paidamoyo Saurombe for the sterling job they did seeking my liberty. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) remains the beacon for justice and defending human rights. I don’t have words with which to thank my sister Rose. Heal Zimbabwe Trust, you stood with me and my family throughout my unjustified incarceration. Tree of Life, you came with your hand, so great that I don’t have word with which to thank you.
Crisis Coalition (Zimbabwe), you stood firm against persecution. Amnesty International, you heighetend our persecution to the world. A million thanks.
Individuals who spoke endlessly against our incarceration, we thank you. My brothers Brian Kagoro, Trevor Ncube, Siphosami Malunga, Mbuya Dotito, Lynn and all the people of Zimbabwe who stood with me. May God do great to you. I know my wife and children are in pain. I had 3 children sitting for their Exams at different boarding schools. I didn’t want them to know that I was arrested. I am disappointed that my daughter phoned me today that she was crying throughout on her way to the Exams after being told about my arrest by her teachers.
She is a genius at school. I hope this episode did not affect her. I know how much traumatised my family go through during these trying times but they must know that it is the will of God for me to be put through such trials and tribulations.
The people of Zimbabwe, you remain my source of inspiration. You never betrayed me. You stood with me throughout. To Hopewell who was housed right on the face of the gallows, remain strong and unwavering.
Dearly I will never surrender until freedom is achieved for all our people. Zimbabwe is too precious to be owned by a few clinch of the greedy. The future of millions has been ruined. The youth, your future is bleak. There is no hope. We the middle aged started this in our youth stages. We are doing it for you and future generations.
Our dear Lord is with us the people of Zimbabwe. I thank you all. Be blessed.
I received intelligence early morning on Friday the 8th of January 2021, that the regime of Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to arrest me.
As I always know the information to reliable, I informed the world about the impending arrest. I informed my brother and friend Hopewell Chin’ono about the information and he said he will stand with me throughout. Unbeknown to me was that Hopewell was also the target for arrest on same charges. As I finished talking to him and when I was busy informing other friendly corners, the news broke out that Hopewell’s house has been raided and they have pounced on him.
I tried to inquire about the motive of the arrest and the explanation was not satisfactory. It was alleged that I posted some comments over the alleged bashing of a child to death by police on Facebook and failed to locate the day and time. It really sounded bizarre as I did not remember the issue.
I had to work a plan with friends and colleagues to avoid the usual excuses of arresting us and deny bail on the grounds of flight risk that I become part of Hopewell Chin’ono’s legal team on the day of his Court appearance. Before that, Hopewell communicated to me that he has seen my warned and cautioned statement already with the police and there were really after me. I went to the Law and Order Section at Harare Police Station and asked the Officer In Charge, Law and Order, whether they want me for whatever allegations they would want to press against me. The Officer in Charge said, “they have got no such intention.”
Hopewell was appearing in Court for his initial remand and I was part of the legal Team put in place, to represent him. I appeared for the initial hearing, only to be nabbed by the same members of the Law and Order as I was about to leave the Court.
This was the beginning of a long stay in prison from Saturday the 9th of January 2021 to the 2nd of February 2021. For 26 days I was for the first time detained in solitary confinement in Section FB2 at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. This is the section where people condemned to death sentence are housed. Hopewell Chin’ono was in his own solitary confinement in the same section. His solitary prison cell was facing directly the gallows. Whatever the motive was, is only known to the persecutors.
We were both denied bail at the Magistrates’ Court. My grounds for being denied bail was that I have the propensity to commit further offenses as I “boasted that I was arrested 65 times in 2020, and have the propensity to re-offend”. This averments by the Magistrate was manufactured evidence as nothing of that sort was either submitted in Court by either the State or the Defense. It was purely manufactured evidence and facts that the Magistrate came up with and acted upon to deny me my liberty. I am going to raise a strong protestation of this with my legal practitioners, the Law Society and the Judiciary Service Commission as no such evidence was ever led in Court by either the State or the defense. I have gone through the record of proceedings at the Magistrates Court several times to look for the the elusive declaration of 65 arrests in 2020 and failed to find this needle in the haystack.
For 26 days I was denied my liberty on the basis of the manufactured evidence by the Magistrate. Such evidence was never ever put before him. It remains bizzare where it was extracted from. I would not have issues with being denied bail based on evidence and facts presented before the Court, no matter how untrue they may, and a judicial official uphelds them. To be denied one’s liberty based on manufactured evidence and facts is unprecedented. The evidence that I boasted of 65 arrests in 2020 are not true. I am still wondering where this came from. Throughout the proceedings at the Magistrates Court, nothing of that sort was addiduced in Court by either parties as evidence and facts to be determined upon by the Magistrate.
Although Justice Chitapi touched on it at length dismissing the findings of the Magistrate over such averments, he was commenting on it based on the Judgement of the Magistrate. The integrity of our judiciary is of utmost importance so as not to undermine the administration of justice and the confidence upon it by the public. Manufacturing of evidence and facts and act upon it to deny an individual’s liberty undermines the administration of justice.
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank my Legal Team of Harrison Nkomo, Jeremiah Bamu and Paidamoyo Saurombe for the sterling job they did seeking my liberty. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) remains the beacon for justice and defending human rights. I don’t have words with which to thank my sister Rose. Heal Zimbabwe Trust, you stood with me and my family throughout my unjustified incarceration. Tree of Life, you came with your hand, so great that I don’t have word with which to thank you.
Crisis Coalition (Zimbabwe), you stood firm against persecution. Amnesty International, you heighetend our persecution to the world. A million thanks.
Individuals who spoke endlessly against our incarceration, we thank you. My brothers Brian Kagoro, Trevor Ncube, Siphosami Malunga, Mbuya Dotito, Lynn and all the people of Zimbabwe who stood with me. May God do great to you. I know my wife and children are in pain. I had 3 children sitting for their Exams at different boarding schools. I didn’t want them to know that I was arrested. I am disappointed that my daughter phoned me today that she was crying throughout on her way to the Exams after being told about my arrest by her teachers.
She is a genius at school. I hope this episode did not affect her. I know how much traumatised my family go through during these trying times but they must know that it is the will of God for me to be put through such trials and tribulations.
The people of Zimbabwe, you remain my source of inspiration. You never betrayed me. You stood with me throughout. To Hopewell who was housed right on the face of the gallows, remain strong and unwavering.
Dearly I will never surrender until freedom is achieved for all our people. Zimbabwe is too precious to be owned by a few clinch of the greedy. The future of millions has been ruined. The youth, your future is bleak. There is no hope. We the middle aged started this in our youth stages. We are doing it for you and future generations.
Our dear Lord is with us the people of Zimbabwe. I thank you all. Be blessed.
Dear Editor- Magistrate Mambanje denied bail to our youth leaders Joana Ruvimbo Mamombe and Cecillia R Chimbiri saying it’s not in the interest of justice to release them from prison.
By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo businessman was left clutching his empty bank card after an unknown person withdrew more than $200 000 from his bank account.
Puluko Moyo, who runs a thriving farm in Matabeleland South and supplies meat to local retail shops, told B- Metro that he got the shock of his life after a till operator at a local supermarket told him that there was no money in his bank account.
“Last week on Friday I intended to buy groceries at a big chain supermarket but I got shocked after a till operator told me that there were no funds in the bank account. It was a shocker because there was more than $280 000 in the bank account,” he said.
Moyo said what shocked him more was that he had not shared his pin number with anyone.
“I’m the only one who uses the card and no one knows my pin number, even my wife does not know it. After that I had to report the matter at Bulawayo Central Police Station, but until now they have not yet apprehended the person who withdrew my money,” said the dejected Moyo.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.
“We are investigating a case of fraud where a local businessman discovered that an unknown person had withdrawn $280 000 from his bank account. Members of the public are urged to swiftly report to a bank any anomaly to their bank card or when they discover that someone has tampered with their bank account or when they have lost a pin number,” he said.
Moyo said he reported the matter to his bank.
“The bank manager checked the bank statement and confirmed that my money was withdrawn from the bank account. We then checked the CCTV and it showed a man who was wearing a worksuit and big hat which partially obscured his face buying goods. The man tried by all means to avoid the camera as such we could not recognise his face,” he said.
He said he has since had his card blocked.-statemedia
It is so disturbing to note how Church leaders are going into overdrive canvassing against the Covid 19 pandemic vaccine. May i take this time to share my thinking with regards to this matter. In the times past there has been vaccinations against different types of diseases and people have been saved form the deadly ravaging effects of these diseases. Coming closer home one way or another majority of people in Zimbabwe were vaccinated against polio at birth. If vaccines are a mark of the beast 666 as some men and women of the cloth are putting it why is it that the same men and women of the cloth are still worshipping God instead of the devil of they received the vaccine then?
Arguments based on little knowledge and lack of research are a danger to the citizens of a country. It would be very helpful if the men of the cloth keep their lane and allow medical researchers and specialists to do their work. Mankind can be spared if those at the helm of church organizations can appreciate medical science instead of demonizing it.
The same church leaders are not offering and alternative to the vaccine yet they are lambasting the vaccine and some Church leaders have suddenly become experts on virus study and micro biology when they can hardly define a cell later on label it. The issue of micro chip being inserted as a vaccine should be dismissed as a near credible hypothesis based on man’s figment of imagination and does not stand the scrutiny of serious common sense.
All of a sudden there are all these teachings concerning certain figures who are taken as agents of darkness. The print and electronic media is awash with theories and theories of why vaccines are a way the devil wants to destroy Africans. Church leaders need to recallibrate themselves and upgrade their skills and update their knowledge so that they don’t misrepresent God in the name of mysteries.
There is need to understand why the vaccine containers are labelled ‘for Africa only’. Check with medical personnel why this is do. You will be surprised as to why this is so and this may help. Understanding the times we are living in is very critical.Yes these are the last days according to the Holy Book. I am not sure of a vaccine can change and solidify upon injection into a human body. We need to understand the fact that we are in an emergency and people are dying for real and it’s not drama or some Nollywood movie.
There is no time for bickering and trying to explain what we are not competent to comment on. The house is on fire lives must be saved. The vaccine is the EU to go. Just a few years ago some Church leaders stopped people from taking HIV medication because it was a sign of lack of faith. People died from something that could have been avoided. What we are about to witness is similar to such occurrences. May I exhort some Church leaders especially those against vaccinations to do a thorough study of eschatology.
They may be surprised to realize that the mark of the beast that they are pushing as if it is happening now is actually in the future. We are in 2021. There is an explosion of information. One needs to be careful concerning what they take in as information. There is a lot of propaganda being churned and one has to judge and throw away certain do called expert information.
The issue at hand does not require a pedestrian approach but rather robust engagement to reach at meaningful and useful conclusions. Those who have great faith can exercise their faith against the pandemic without discouraging those who would like to take the vaccine. Small pox was exterminated via a vaccine. Do the same can happen to the covid 19 pandemic.Fellow church leaders I encourage you to pray hard and demonstrate healing power of God over covid 19 pandemic. Unless this is done vaccine is the way to go. In the meantime let’s sanitize, maintain social distance and mask up as we continue trusting that the Almighty will curtail the pandemic.
Elias Chakabwata PHD D. BIBLE SCHOLAR AND SOCIAL SCIENTIST
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday said Zimbabwe is now ready for a Covid-19 vaccine roll out which will be introduced soon and for free to all citizens.
Speaking during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) held at the State House in a State of the Nation Address this afternoon Mnangagwa said:
Our overall national response strategy has reached a stage where we can now introduce vaccines as a second front preventive measure. As such, covid-19 vaccines which have been scientifically ascertained to be safe, will soon be introduced. These will be state-funded and free. The national vaccination strategy will continue to be guided by the best available scientific evidence and the safety of Zimbabweans remains a priority.
He also said frontline workers, the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions are among the people who will be prioritised.
The president speaks when Zimbabwe has registered over 33 000 infections and more than 1 200 deaths since March last year.
“Happy womb escape my brother” posted the late Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona Mugabe Chikore while wishing her brother Robert junior heartfelt birthday wishes.
By Patrick Guramatunhu- I once watched a documentary on meerkats. A family group came across an ostrich egg.
A meerkat will easily crack the shell of most eggs but so with the ostrich egg. Meerkats get most of their food by digging and so one after another they moved the egg back and forth by digging round it or pushed it in the frantic effort to bite it. After a while the meerkats gave up and moved on.
It is most disconcerting when human beings start behaving worse that meerkats!
“Given conditions in Zimbabwe, dialogue is the only sensible way forward, but both MDC factions need to be involved and the dialogue needs to be transparent and even-handed,” argue Professor Stephen Chan of University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
“Having said that, formal talks might well be beneficially preceded by an informal meeting between the ‘Big Three’ – Mnangagwa, Chamisa and Mwonzora – something like a Kariba Houseboat meeting of the sort once brokered by South Africa.
This is a foolish idea because the proposal has failed to acknowledge the reality that these Zanu PF and MDC leaders are the ones who not only landed the nation into this mess but, worse still, are the ones who created the mess. They are the problem; how then can they be the solution too!
The root cause of Zimbabwe’s crisis is the country’s failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. Guess who has been rigging elections all these last 40 years – Zanu PF leaders.
The nation had its golden opportunity to implement democratic reforms designed to end the vote rigging during the 2008 to 2013 GNU. Guess who wasted the opportunity and failed to implement even one token reform in five years – MDC leaders.
Professor Chan and his fellow political meerkats’ insistence in allocating the key political roles to Zanu PF and MDC leaders is not only unworkable but must must be dismissed with contempt because it seeks to perpetuate the lie that both these parties are legitimate.
Zanu PF blatantly rigged the 2018 elections. ZEC failure to produce some thing as basic a verified voters’ roll, for Pete’s sake!
MDC leaders had no business participating in the 2018 elections knowing fully well Zanu PF was rigging the plebiscite. They participated because Zanu PF was giving away a few gravy train seats, bait they found irresistible. By participating the elections MDC gave credibility to the process and legitimacy to the result.
So, “the big three” are being allocated the principle political roles because they either blatantly rigged the elections or sold-out of the fight for reforms and free, fair and credible elections!
The real meerkats had the common sense to walk away from the ostrich egg when they realised they did not have the right tools or intelligence to crack the egg. After 40 years of corruption, breath-taking incompetence and murderous tyranny by Zanu PF thugs and their MDC acolytes, the political “meerkats” are more determined than ever to impose the same leaders as the answer to our problems. Of course, the political meerkats are insane!
It is not enough to call for free, fair and credible elections, we must demonstrate our commitment to the same by condemning those who rig elections and stop the folly of rewarding them with absolute power.
After 40 years of appeasing Zanu PF by giving in to all the thugs’ demands; the thugs demanded a foot, took yard and were back to demand even more. Zanu PF misrule has dragged us deeper and deeper into the abyss we now find ourselves stuck in. We are not going to get out by appeasing Zanu PF!
Zanu PF and their MDC vote rigging conspiratorial partners are illegitimate and must step down to allow the nation to appoint a competent and independent body that will, at long last, implement the democratic reform. Zanu PF has held this nation to ransom for 40 years and counting; this must not be allowed to continue. Enough is enough!
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.
Soldiers have run amok in Gokwe &are busy bearing up people; one of the victims, a teacher Mr Muchena who's been assaulted with the backside of a gun. Women's League Senator Mbowa, is fuming, announcing she will complain to State House. What're you doing about it @JusticeMayorW?
Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic has denied the reports suggesting that there was a rift with his players at CHAN.
The rumours emerged after the national team was knocked from the tournament. It was reported that the duo of Wellington Taderera and Denver Mukambo were not happy for not being considered for action ahead of the match against the Burkina Faso and they confronted the coach.
However, in an interview with the Herald, the coach said he never had a bust-up with any of his players, including the pair.
“There wasn’t any case, nor any incident like that, in the team. I am actually surprised,” said Logarusic.
“I did not have any problem with any player or (any member) of the technical team.
“I chose players which, in my opinion, can (show) good fundamentals to be in the future national team.”- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
Mali are through to the finals of the 2021 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating Guinea 5-4 on penalties in first semifinal clash played on Wednesday.
The game ended goalless after extra time and was decided on penalty shootout.
Guinea’s Morlaye Sylla missed his side’s final kick to give the game to Mali.
This is the second CHAN final for the Eagles, who finished as runners-up in 2016. They will face the winner from the second semifinal encounter between hosts Cameroon and Morocco on Sunday.
Guinea will play the loser of the Morocco and Cameroon match in the third-place playoff at the Reunification Stadium in Douala on Saturday.- Soccer 24 Zimbabwe
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 .
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has boldly declared that he will not surrender until the people of Zimbabwe are free from oppression.
Hon Sikhala has also revealed how Emmerson Mnangagwa’s agents are tormenting his family.
Below is Hon Sikhala’s full statement.
By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala MP for Zengeza West.
I received intelligence early morning on Friday the 8th of January 2021, that the regime of Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to arrest me.
As I always know the information to reliable, I informed the world about the impending arrest. I informed my brother and friend Hopewell Chin’ono about the information and he said he will stand with me throughout. Unbeknown to me was that Hopewell was also the target for arrest on same charges. As I finished talking to him and when I was busy informing other friendly corners, the news broke out that Hopewell’s house has been raided and they have pounced on him.
I tried to inquire about the motive of the arrest and the explanation was not satisfactory. It was alleged that I posted some comments over the alleged bashing of a child to death by police on Facebook and failed to locate the day and time. It really sounded bizarre as I did not remember the issue.
I had to work a plan with friends and colleagues to avoid the usual excuses of arresting us and deny bail on the grounds of flight risk that I become part of Hopewell Chin’ono’s legal team on the day of his Court appearance. Before that, Hopewell communicated to me that he has seen my warned and cautioned statement already with the police and there were really after me. I went to the Law and Order Section at Harare Police Station and asked the Officer In Charge, Law and Order, whether they want me for whatever allegations they would want to press against me. The Officer in Charge said, “they have got no such intention.”
Hopewell was appearing in Court for his initial remand and I was part of the legal Team put in place, to represent him. I appeared for the initial hearing, only to be nabbed by the same members of the Law and Order as I was about to leave the Court.
This was the beginning of a long stay in prison from Saturday the 9th of January 2021 to the 2nd of February 2021. For 26 days I was for the first time detained in solitary confinement in Section FB2 at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. This is the section where people condemned to death sentence are housed. Hopewell Chin’ono was in his own solitary confinement in the same section. His solitary prison cell was facing directly the gallows. Whatever the motive was, is only known to the persecutors.
We were both denied bail at the Magistrates’ Court. My grounds for being denied bail was that I have the propensity to commit further offenses as I “boasted that I was arrested 65 times in 2020, and have the propensity to re-offend”. This averments by the Magistrate was manufactured evidence as nothing of that sort was either submitted in Court by either the State or the Defense. It was purely manufactured evidence and facts that the Magistrate came up with and acted upon to deny me my liberty. I am going to raise a strong protestation of this with my legal practitioners, the Law Society and the Judiciary Service Commission as no such evidence was ever led in Court by either the State or the defense. I have gone through the record of proceedings at the Magistrates Court several times to look for the the elusive declaration of 65 arrests in 2020 and failed to find this needle in the haystack.
For 26 days I was denied my liberty on the basis of the manufactured evidence by the Magistrate. Such evidence was never ever put before him. It remains bizzare where it was extracted from. I would not have issues with being denied bail based on evidence and facts presented before the Court, no matter how untrue they may, and a judicial official uphelds them. To be denied one’s liberty based on manufactured evidence and facts is unprecedented. The evidence that I boasted of 65 arrests in 2020 are not true. I am still wondering where this came from. Throughout the proceedings at the Magistrates Court, nothing of that sort was addiduced in Court by either parties as evidence and facts to be determined upon by the Magistrate.
Although Justice Chitapi touched on it at length dismissing the findings of the Magistrate over such averments, he was commenting on it based on the Judgement of the Magistrate. The integrity of our judiciary is of utmost importance so as not to undermine the administration of justice and the confidence upon it by the public. Manufacturing of evidence and facts and act upon it to deny an individual’s liberty undermines the administration of justice.
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank my Legal Team of Harrison Nkomo, Jeremiah Bamu and Paidamoyo Saurombe for the sterling job they did seeking my liberty. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) remains the beacon for justice and defending human rights. I don’t have words with which to thank my sister Rose. Heal Zimbabwe Trust, you stood with me and my family throughout my unjustified incarceration. Tree of Life, you came with your hand, so great that I don’t have word with which to thank you.
Crisis Coalition (Zimbabwe), you stood firm against persecution. Amnesty International, you heighetend our persecution to the world. A million thanks.
Individuals who spoke endlessly against our incarceration, we thank you. My brothers Brian Kagoro, Trevor Ncube, Siphosami Malunga, Mbuya Dotito, Lynn and all the people of Zimbabwe who stood with me. May God do great to you. I know my wife and children are in pain. I had 3 children sitting for their Exams at different boarding schools. I didn’t want them to know that I was arrested. I am disappointed that my daughter phoned me today that she was crying throughout on her way to the Exams after being told about my arrest by her teachers.
She is a genius at school. I hope this episode did not affect her. I know how much traumatised my family go through during these trying times but they must know that it is the will of God for me to be put through such trials and tribulations.
The people of Zimbabwe, you remain my source of inspiration. You never betrayed me. You stood with me throughout. To Hopewell who was housed right on the face of the gallows, remain strong and unwavering.
Dearly I will never surrender until freedom is achieved for all our people. Zimbabwe is too precious to be owned by a few clinch of the greedy. The future of millions has been ruined. The youth, your future is bleak. There is no hope. We the middle aged started this in our youth stages. We are doing it for you and future generations.
Our dear Lord is with us the people of Zimbabwe. I thank you all. Be blessed.