FORMER NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje today denied allegations of criminally abusing his office when ex-board member Paradzai Mutandwa Chakona allegedly allocated him benefits without approval saying it was part of the current board’s bullying tactics.
Chakona, who is jointly appearing with Muchenje, also denied the charges saying what they did was above board.
The two also said NetOne was not a public entity as the State alleges.
Muchenje and Chakona appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro.
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to the Banana family following the death of Mr Michael Banana who passed away on Tuesday.
He was 56.
Mr Banana, who was the eldest son of the late first President of Zimbabwe Cde Canaan Sodindo Banana died in the United Kingdom.
Michael Banana reportedly collapsed and died on Tuesday
“I received with great shock and sadness news of the sudden death of Michael Banana, on Tuesday in the United Kingdom. Michael was the eldest son of our late first President Cde Canaan Sodindo Banana. What makes Michael’s end so sad and painful is that he was already scheduled for a minor procedure to correct a heart ailment.
“We remember the young Michael then for the commitment and faithful service he rendered to his country among the pioneering crop of officers of the Air Force of Zimbabwe. As a pilot, he served in Mozambique Campaign.
“On behalf of ZANU PF, Government, my family, and indeed on my own behalf, I wish to express my sincere condolences to the Banana family especially to his mother, Mama Janet Banana, our inaugural First Lady. May they be consoled by our collective prayers and grief as a nation. May his dear soul rest in eternal peace,” the President said.
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) have confirmed the plans to play the Harambee Stars of Kenya, in an international friendly, as part of preparations for the CHAN finals next year.
The competition, which is reserved only for locally-based players, will be staged in Cameroon from January 16 to February 7. Zimbabwe are in Group A and will play the hosts in the opening game before facing Burkina Faso and Mali.
As part of the preparations, the association has been working on arranging friendlies for the locally-based national team before the CHAN tournament.
Speaking to the Herald, ZIFA president Felton Kamambo said: “In terms of CHAN preparations, we are running around, as an association, to get some associations to engage in friendlies.
“As of now, we have been in touch with Kenya, and we are most likely to play them before we head to Cameroon.
“We have agreed, in principle, to play Kenya in a friendly. We are also continuing to engage other associations to book friendly matches so that we give our coach a perfect opportunity to prepare his CHAN squad.”
Kamambo also revealed the CHAN squad is expected in camp early next month to give coach Zdravko Logarusic a bit of time with the players.
“We are aiming to have an early camp for the team going to the CHAN tournament. Very soon the coach will be announcing the provisional squad to do duty in Cameroon next year.
“The team is expected to go into an early camp, to give the coach time to prepare and assess his arsenal. The team will only break for the festive holidays.
“We are determined to provide the coach with enough support for him to perform his duties in an efficient manner,” he added.-Soccer 24
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has again returned a positive test for coronavirus while on international duty with Egypt.
The 28-year-old initially tested positive last week, despite not displaying any symptoms.
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Football Association confirmed Salah had been tested again and the result was positive.
He is likely to miss the Reds’ next two games because of self-isolation rules.
Liverpool host Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday and then Atalanta in a Champions League group match on 25 November.
On Tuesday, Salah posted on social media:
“I’d like to thank everyone for the supportive messages and well wishes. I’m confident I’ll be back on the field soon.”
Liverpool did not comment on whether Salah would be available for Sunday’s game.
He remains in Egypt and the club will follow government and Premier League protocols on when he can return to action.
Salah has started all eight of Liverpool’s Premier League games this season, scoring eight goals.
Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac has tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty, the
Bosnia-Herzegovina Football Federation has announced.
Kolasinac was set to miss Wednesday’s Nations League match with Italy.
The 27-year-old played the full 90 minutes of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s defeat to the Netherlands on Sunday.
He is the second Arsenal player to test positive this week, after Egypt midfielder Mohamed Elneny.
It means Kolasinac could now miss Arsenal’s Premier League game at Leeds on Sunday (16:30 GMT) and a Europa
League tie in Norway against Molde on 26 November (17:55).
Depending on when he is cleared following a negative Covid-19 test, Kolasinac could also miss Arsenal’s home match against Wolves on 29 November.
The former Schalke defender has made seven appearances in all competitions for the Gunners this season, though only one of those has been in the Premier League.
Kolasinac’s international team-mate Ibrahim Sehic has also returned a positive test and will miss Wednesday’s clash with Italy in Sarajevo. – BBC Sport
By A Correspondent| A local apparel designer and manufacturer, Perfect Design, has gifted Olympic Lyon striker, Tino Kadewere with some of its brands including a regalia jersey.
In a statement on behalf of Perfect Designs, Friends of the Warriors secretary general Zivanai Muwashu described the gesture as an appreciation of the rapport between the lanky striker and the national men’s football team supporters.
“We have always enjoyed a cordial relationship with Tino as Supporters hence we hope this small gesture will further cement his relationship with his legion of fans back home,” Muwashu said.
“As friends of Warriors players we all treat all Warriors players the same and we appreciate the effort shown by all foreign-based players led by Captain Knowledge Musona but obviously we have ambassadors and Tino is one of them,” he said.
Friends of the Warriors and Perfect Designs officials handed Tino the gifts at the Robert Mugabe International airport as he left for France after starring for the Warriors in the 2:2 draw with African football giant, Algeria at the National Sports stadium on Monday.
Recently, Perfect Designs unveiled the Warrior’s replica jersey that is available to fans at relatively low prices
Own Correspondent| A self-styled Masvingo prophet, Zvidzai Rushiri, has reportedly apologised to members of the Makombo family after allegedly taking 500 US from them.
“Prophet” Rushiri promised to romove what he described as a bad spell tormenting the family.
“Prophet Rushiri said he would exercise evil spirits in our family.
He damanded 500 US and we gave him.
We later on saw him engaging in sinister activities and we demanded our money back.
He then took us to his house where he refunded us.
He also apologised for performing fake miracles,” said a member of the Makombo family.
Prophet Rushiri was not immediately available for a comment as his phone was not reachable.
Bournemouth defender Jordan Zemura says he got confused when he received information that he has been called for the Warriors’ back-to-back games against Algeria last week.
Zemura was part of the squad that did national duty in the Afcon Qualifiers where Zimbabwe lost 3-1 in the away game in Algiers before securing a 2-2 draw in Harare four days later. The 21-year old started in both encounters and managed to put a decent performance.
In an interview with afcbTV on Tuesday, the defender admitted the call-up came a bit out of the blue.
“I think my dad texted me because he found out (about the call-up) before me and then he just said ‘are you ready?’. I was a bit confused and then the next thing I know I’m gone, I’m at Heathrow Airport, and I’m flying 12-14 hours to get here,” Zemura recalled.
“It’s been fantastic, they’ve all been welcoming because I’m the youngest one out of everyone. It’s a bit like you’re the youngest, so you don’t want to be too out there because you don’t know everyone yet, but it’s like a massive family here, so it’s good.
“It feels good because it feels like all the hard work back down at the south coast is paying off. The coach trusted me in the first game to start me. It shows how much belief he has in me, which is perfect.”
The trip away also allowed Zemura to celebrate his 21st birthday with some of his extended family.
“I went to the Nando’s right next to the hotel,” he said.
“It was quite nice to see my auntie and uncle.
“It’s been really good to turn 21, especially in a place where my parents were born. I think it’s meant to be here so I’m really happy.”-Soccer 24
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has nominated Knowledge Musona’s brilliant free kick against Algeria, among the best goals scored during match days three and four.
The Warriors skipper’s stupendous effort on the stroke of half time to pull one back for Zimbabwe was shortlisted together with Riyad Mahrez’s solo effort during the same game, as well as Ghanaian Andre Ayew.
CAF announced via a poll on Twitter, on which users will vote for the best goal.-Soccer 24
Tinashe Sambiri|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Ugandan leader, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have perfected the art of butchering their political opponents at an alarming pace, the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has said.
In a statement, the MDC Alliance described Museveni and Mnangagwa as the worst dictators in the world.
Read full statement below :
19-11-2020
For Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his partner in human slaughter, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, human life -particularly the survival of opposition members, does not matter at all as long as power retention is part of the equation.
From Harare to Kampala, the opposition can not breath as two ruthless dictators go for the broke in pursuit of power at the expense human life.
Zimbabwe and Uganda might be thousands of miles apart, but the dictatorial tastes of the two rulers running the affairs of these two former British colonies are Siamese-like.
Clearly Mnangagwa and Museveni have gone through an apprenticeship on how to butcher opposition lives from their respective predecessors, Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Idi Dada Amin and passed with distinction.
For them, to be is to be worse than their predecessors as far as violations to basic human rights is concerned.
Just as Mnangagwa used the military to slaughter unarmed civilians on 01 August 2018, the world this week woke up to some shock images of mass murder in Kampala as Museveni employed the same script used in Harare.
For Dambudzo and Kaguta, the opposition do not have rights at all!
General elections presents a pocket to slaughter opposition members like chickens in the name of ‘safeguarding sovereignty and peace’.
If not shot with live ammunition, the opposition members are guaranteed mindless and degrading treatment in form of torture, beatings and arbitrary detention.
Just as Hon Tendai Biti was abducted at Chirundu border post under the guise of arrest, Ugandan opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi is currently undergoing through the same experience.
It is time progress movements and parties in Africa come together for the common good of extricating ourselves from this bondage of black skin, white masks.
Oppression anywhere is oppression everywhere!
Africa cries for new ideas, new politics and new leaders.
In solidarity with the oppressed beautiful people of Uganda.
#AfricanLivesMatter!
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma MDCAllianceYouthAssemblyNationalSpokesperson
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Namibia has called for nationwide protests at the persecution of prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.
The panicky Zanu PF administration is tormenting Chin’ono for exposing corruption in the so called new dispensation.
Read the MDC Alliance statement below:
18 NOVEMBER 2020
MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA FUMES OVER THE INCESSANT INCARCERATION OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO.
Mdc Alliance Namibia would like to express its serious disgruntlement in the way our captured police and courts are handling journalists and political activists in the motherland.
The further victimisation and incarceration of the innocent investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono must be resisted with equal measure.
Social democrats must stand in solidarity with those who are unearthing senseless corruption, smuggling, human butchery and gross abuse of basic human rights. Our encouragement as a district is that all progressive Zimbabweans must pent-up their outrage demanding the immediate release of Hopewell Chin’ono and other prisoners of conscience in the names of Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere.
It is quite pathetic to see Zimbabweans in the country folding their hands neglecting the one who has sacrificed it all to confront the vicious and insensitive regime that feeds on the blood of the innocent citizenry. What mesmerises us is that Hopewell is very cognisant of the murderous legacy of these Zanupf sadists who are currently in charge of our beloved country.
Zimbabweans who are scratching their heads for a single nutritious meal per day must regain their consciousness and realise that Hopewell has absolutely no appetite for personal enrichment but he has displayed varlour , mettle and nerve to fight against Zanupf shenanigans. Those who don’t have a comfortable life should come out in their astounding numbers in solidarity with our Hero.
Moreover, the arbitrary arrest and detention of Hopewell Chin’ono should be viewed by right-minded citizens as a societal malady which demands urgent attention. Citizens must gather courage to speak audibly against the abuse of basic universal freedoms enshrined in the Constitution.
The citizens must cudgel their brains to figure out the reason why Hopewell had also courageously documented horrible experiences of the political violence during the campaign for the 2008 Presidential run-off through his film , A Violence Response. These films came at a juncture when the motherland was undergoing excruciating economic and political upheavals. Only a few managed in the political leadership to pronounce the revolutionary message he has publicly said, knowing fully well the risk that he was taking by unraveling corruption in the authoritarian Zanupf regime and their surrogates.
Furthermore, fewer social democrats have solidly stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Zimbabwe as he has done.
Mdc Alliance Namibia Rundu Branch Secretary General Simbarashe Ndoda postulated that ,” our members of parliament, councillors and general membership must pledge their solidarity by demanding justice and freedom of Hopewell Chin’ono and other political prisoners. It is clear that he is fighting for socio-economic transformation, so why not flood the Zanupf sponsored courts displaying our zeal for his freedom as well as that of other prisoners of conscience who were arbitrarily arrested as way of breaking their revolutionary spirit? Lets stand in our numbers advocating for political liberty and Constitutionalism in the country. Social democrats must be reminded that Leadership is Activity and anyone can lead anywhere.
It is worth a glance to note that the offence for which Hopewell Chin’ono was initially arrested for has since been dropped. He was deliberately charged with contempt of court , for a tweet in which he categorically stated that Chief Justice Malaba had been seen at the Magistrates Court on the day he was unjustifiably denied bail during previous hearings.
Zimbabweans have to ponder the reason why this charge was withdrawn and why is Hopewell still jailed if the original charge was withdrawn? Mdc Alliance Namibia shall never cease to fight for a people’s government and corruption-free Zimbabwe. The law enforcement agents must desist from fulfilling Zanupf agendas.
Moreso, they are currently charging him for obstructing the course of justice, again for a tweet in which he announced that suspected gold smuggler, Henrietta Rushwaya would be granted bail by consent. Hopewell openly cited that he had received classified information from reliable sources in the National Prosecuting Authority.
Astonishingly, when Rushwaya the alleged smuggler appeared in court, the state did not oppose her bail since she was tipped to get a fine of about $90 000 RTGS before the inculcable- about turn was made the following morning.
It became visible that his report was authentic, for indeed , the prosecution had consented to bail under dubiously porous conditions.
The clueless rogue regime is piling pressure on Hopewell to name his sources in the NPA against his work ethics and he was also conceding his fundamental rights in Section 61(2) which states that, “Every person is entitled to freedom of the media , which freedom includes protection of the confidentiality of journalists’ sources of information”. Hopewell completely rejected to be cowed into submission. Lets fight together with him, we are social democrats, we are revolutionary fighters for justice.
To conclude, the national constitution of the country stipulates that justice delayed is justice denied. Lets not wait to celebrate when they release him at their own time. Bail is a right in Constitutional Democracy.
Mdc Alliance Namibia acknowledges that Hopewell sacrificed his dignity in defence of journalism and that is quite applausible but citizens must rise to compliment his revolutionary commitment and dedication.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | The belief that money can be made from supernatural powers is spread worldwide. Many cultures have their own belief on how to make money. In England there is what they call St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day conjures images of leprechauns and pots of gold at the end of a rainbow. Of course, the Irish aren’t the only ones with superstitions centering on money and wealth.
Many cultures have traditions centering on colors, symbols, and other harbingers of wealth and prosperity. From Turkey to Trinidad and Tobago, we’ve uncovered money beliefs from around the world.
But in Zimbabwe the death of Genius Ginimbi Kadungure exposed the belief in most Zimbabweans that there is a supernatural way of making money. So many people believe that there is a snake which can be owned and can vomit money every day. How this money can link with the reserve bank or American bank as far as serial numbers are concerned is a mystery.
It is sad that we have people in the corridors of power who believe that people prosper because of juju or some supernatural activities. This belief was more pronounced after the death of Ginimbi. Stories came up alleging that Ginimbi had snakes which spewed money every morning. Many had stories which are so absurd and perverse.
For the past few days, social media has been awash with strange theories of how and why Ginimbi and his friends died. Some believe that Ginimbi is still alive hiding somewhere. There are several conspiracy theories and speculations being put across which makes it totally surprising that this day and age we have people who believe that money grows on trees.
The sad thing is that most of the peddled theories concludes that the death of Ginimbi was not natural and self-inflicted but something to do with either spiritual forces or politically motivated assassination.
The first hashed voices pointed at the Vice President Chiwenga. People said Ginimbi was a pillar behind Mary Chiwenga and her financier. So his death could have been engineered by the Vice President out of rage. There has been a talk of two bullets halls on the car. All these conspiracies are cheap mischievous just rumour being peddled to tarnish the image of the good Vice president. Chiwenga has all beautiful ladies at his disposal. He is the one who divorced Mary so he has no tears to shed for her and he can never stoop so low as to kill a financier.
Ginimbi killed himself because of his carelessness. What do you expect. The man was at a party the whole night with girls drugs and alcohol a lot of it. He then gets in one of the most powerful cars very fast cars. In his sleep and tiredness he takes control of the fastest car on a horrible road driving at 180miles per hour. What can you expect from this. Genius was very reach he worked very hard but there were two things which came together and formed a bomb. This was money and lack of education. This indeed was a disaster and Genius was an accident waiting to happen.
In our social rumours please leave Chiwenga out of this. He is not that petty and he can never kill for a woman.
Chiwenga is blessed with handsomeness and power and can never shed blood for love. If there is anyone who could have killed will be the rejected dumped wife not Chiwenga.
When Ginimbi went out to enjoy some drinks and drugs and women with friends, drives home at high speed, what does one expect will happen.
Ginimbi has a flit of flashy fast cars if not flashiest and fastest cars in the world which in no doubt reflect his need and appetite for speed and classy. He was a heavy drinker who partied almost every day. We all saw the video in which he was leaving for the party confirming that he was going to drink heavily.
We all saw some previous videos of his reckless and speeding habits in the Zimbabwean dangerous narrow roads, always putting himself and others at risk. Ginimbi allowed reason to escape him, and people ignore all this and point fingers on the innocent VP. Ginimbi died from excitement, drunken driving, over speeding and recklessness.
“We surprisingly choose to ignore eyewitness accounts that he was speeding and tried to overtake several cars without considering oncoming vehicles, we choose to implicate other things.” Commented Garikayi Mananje. He continued to say “why do we surely think Ginimbi was a superhuman, a man who could be that reckless, break all the rules possible and get away with it entirely. Have we ever considered that his behaviour and habits on the road was just a ticking time bomb? Don’t you think we are in the right class but learning wrong lessons from this event. Instead of learning not to drink and drive, to respect other drivers on the road, to maintain stipulated speed limits and to be responsible”he continued in his rhetoric comments “What is it that Ginimbi had, to be considered as a genius on the road who can never crush no matter how fast he goes, how drunk he is and how reckless he is driving when we have seen specially trained formular one drivers, sobber and driving special cars in specially designed speed roads crushing? There are a lot of reckless and irresponsible drivers like him who will keep doing what they are doing because they are learning wrong lessons yet they are in the right class.” Concluded Mananje.
Ginimbis death is therefore not political neither was it spiritual. His money was neither spiritual nor was he using a Nigerian snake to make money. Ginimbi worked for his money and never sat down waiting for money to grow on trees.
We must learn to take every loss seriously because life of a rich man is as important as that of a poor one. Ginimbi’s juju which went viral but never seen gave us these lessons that
Many of us are creatures of mindfulness and habit who inherently create rituals in our day-to-day lives. Whether our rituals are intentional and useful or senseless and counterproductive is entirely under our control. Our rituals even have the power to attract what we want most, from a calm mind to a strong body to a fat wallet.
Ginimbi love him or hate him had followed his rituals religiously. His rituals are
1. Get up earlier than you want to. Our whole lives we’ve been told that the early bird gets the worm, so make like a bird and get that bread. Of course just waking up with the sun isn’t enough, but it sets the tone for the day. You are a focused money magnet who will do whatever it takes to stay on track today. That was Ginimbis first ritual. He believed in being in charge and most of his work he does it alone even to the extend of overriding his manager. This had nothing to do with juju or any Nigerian snake.
2. Ginimbi set his intentions through visualization. A calm mind is a clean slate where you can draw up what you want to see in life. During those sleep morning minutes, Ginimbi focused on what his ideal life looks like and how money is a part of it. Scrolling Instagram and twitter totally qualifies as visualization between so long as his feed was inspiring and a reflection of his mindset.He lived the life he wanted and he managed it.
3. Ginimbi dressed for the wealth he wanted. Wearing his most powerful clothes made him feel confident and stylish, but this was not about him. When people saw him dressed they way they assume wealthy people dress then they knew he was one of them. It’s an easy way to appear organized, successful, and affluent—even if you aren’t yet. Act as if. Ginimbi lived successful dressed successful and died successful.
4 Ginimbi created a money mantra. He attracted wealth. He will find some new opportunities to make money. He deserved abundance. Mantras focus your unconscious mind and send out the energy into the universe that will be returned.
5. Ginimbi was not jealousy and was not envious. Envy is wanting what someone else has and jealousy is fearing that you’re going to lose what you’ve got.
We must remember that Genius took time to share what’s his freely with people who aren’t as fortunate. However far-him to go on the path to wealth, someone would kill to be in his spot.
While these rituals won’t make money instantly appear in his bank account, they set him straight on the course toward wealth. Ginimbi Embraced a little bit of magical thinking and opened himself up to what the world offered him. He took the chance and made it in life. One thing we learnt from Ginimbi is that in death your relatives will be busy fighting for your wealth. Not even one will be worried about you.
So this wa Ginimbi’s juju. He treated it well. He lived his life to the full and he enjoyed it.
Tinashe Sambiri|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Ugandan leader, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have perfected the art of butchering their political opponents at an alarming pace, the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has said.
In a statement, the MDC Alliance described Museveni and Mnangagwa as the worst dictators in the world.
Read full statement below :
19-11-2020
For Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his partner in human slaughter, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, human life -particularly the survival of opposition members, does not matter at all as long as power retention is part of the equation.
From Harare to Kampala, the opposition can not breath as two ruthless dictators go for the broke in pursuit of power at the expense human life.
Zimbabwe and Uganda might be thousands of miles apart, but the dictatorial tastes of the two rulers running the affairs of these two former British colonies are Siamese-like.
Clearly Mnangagwa and Museveni have gone through an apprenticeship on how to butcher opposition lives from their respective predecessors, Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Idi Dada Amin and passed with distinction.
For them, to be is to be worse than their predecessors as far as violations to basic human rights is concerned.
Just as Mnangagwa used the military to slaughter unarmed civilians on 01 August 2018, the world this week woke up to some shock images of mass murder in Kampala as Museveni employed the same script used in Harare.
For Dambudzo and Kaguta, the opposition do not have rights at all!
General elections presents a pocket to slaughter opposition members like chickens in the name of ‘safeguarding sovereignty and peace’.
If not shot with live ammunition, the opposition members are guaranteed mindless and degrading treatment in form of torture, beatings and arbitrary detention.
Just as Hon Tendai Biti was abducted at Chirundu border post under the guise of arrest, Ugandan opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi is currently undergoing through the same experience.
It is time progress movements and parties in Africa come together for the common good of extricating ourselves from this bondage of black skin, white masks.
Oppression anywhere is oppression everywhere!
Africa cries for new ideas, new politics and new leaders.
In solidarity with the oppressed beautiful people of Uganda.
#AfricanLivesMatter!
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma MDCAllianceYouthAssemblyNationalSpokesperson
Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths.
There are an estimated 320 000 annual drowning deaths worldwide.Global estimates may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem related to drowning.Children, males and individuals with increased access to water are most at risk of drowning.
Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid; outcomes are classified as death, morbidity and no morbidity.
Scope of the problem
In 2016, an estimated 320 000 people died from drowning, making drowning a major public health problem worldwide.
In 2015, injuries accounted for over 9% of total global mortality. Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths.
The global burden and death from drowning is found in all economies and regions, however:
low- and middle-income countries account for over 90% of unintentional drowning deaths;over half of the world’s drowning occurs in the WHO Western Pacific Region and WHO South-East Asia Region;drowning death rates are highest in the WHO African Region, and are 15-20 times higher than those seen in Germany or the United Kingdom, respectively.
Despite limited data, several studies reveal information on the cost impact of drowning. In the United States of America, 45% of drowning deaths are among the most economically active segment of the population. Coastal drowning in the United States alone accounts for US$ 273 million each year in direct and indirect costs. In Australia and Canada, the total annual cost of drowning injury is US$ 85.5 million and US$ 173 million respectively.
There is a wide range of uncertainty around the estimate of global drowning deaths. Official data categorization methods for drowning exclude intentional drowning deaths (suicide or homicide) and drowning deaths caused by flood disasters and water transport incidents.
Data from high-income countries suggest these categorization methods result in significant underrepresentation of the full drowning toll by up to 50% in some high-income countries. Non-fatal drowning statistics in many countries are not readily available or are unreliable.
Risk factors
Age
The Global report on drowning (2014)shows that age is one of the major risk factors for drowning. This relationship is often associated with a lapse in supervision. Globally, the highest drowning rates are among children 1–4 years, followed by children 5–9 years. In the WHO Western Pacific Region children aged 5–14 years die more frequently from drowning than any other cause.
Global report on drowning (2014)
Child drowning statistics from a number of countries presented in theGlobal Report on Drowning are particularly revealing:
Drowning is one of the top 5 causes of death for people aged 1–14 years for 48 of 85 countries with data meeting inclusion criteria (1).Australia: drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children aged 1–3 years.Bangladesh: drowning accounts for 43% of all deaths in children aged 1–4 years.China: drowning is the leading cause of injury death in children aged 1–14 years.United States of America: drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in children aged 1–14 years.
Gender
Males are especially at risk of drowning, with twice the overall mortality rate of females. They are more likely to be hospitalized than females for non-fatal drowning. Studies suggest that the higher drowning rates among males are due to increased exposure to water and riskier behaviour such as swimming alone, drinking alcohol before swimming alone and boating.
Access to water
Increased access to water is another risk factor for drowning. Individuals with occupations such as commercial fishing or fishing for subsistence, using small boats in low-income countries are more prone to drowning. Children who live near open water sources, such as ditches, ponds, irrigation channels, or pools are especially at risk.
Flood disasters
Drowning accounts for 75% of deaths in flood disasters. Flood disasters are becoming more frequent and this trend is expected to continue. Drowning risks increase with floods particularly in low- and middle-income countries where people live in flood prone areas and the ability to warn, evacuate, or protect communities from floods is weak or only just developing.
Travelling on water
Daily commuting and journeys made by migrants or asylum seekers often take place on overcrowded, unsafe vessels lacking safety equipment or are operated by personnel untrained in dealing with transport incidents or navigation. Personnel under the influence of alcohol or drugs are also a risk.
Other risk factors
There are other factors that are associated with an increased risk of drowning, such as:
lower socioeconomic status, being a member of an ethnic minority, lack of higher education, and rural populations all tend to be associated, although this association can vary across countries;infants left unsupervised or alone with another child around water;alcohol use, near or in the water;medical conditions, such as epilepsy;tourists unfamiliar with local water risks and features;
Prevention
There are many actions to prevent drowning. Installing barriers (e.g. covering wells, using doorway barriers and playpens, fencing swimming pools etc.) to control access to water hazards, or removing water hazards entirely greatly reduces water hazard exposure and risk.
Community-based, supervised child care for pre-school children can reduce drowning risk and has other proven health benefits. Teaching school-age children basic swimming, water safety and safe rescue skills is another approach. But these efforts must be undertaken with an emphasis on safety, and an overall risk management that includes a safety-tested curricula, a safe training area, screening and student selection, and student-instructor ratios established for safety.
Effective policies and legislation are also important for drowning prevention.
Setting and enforcing safe boating, shipping and ferry regulations is an important part of improving safety on the water and preventing drowning.
Building resilience to flooding and managing flood risks through better disaster preparedness planning, land use planning, and early warning systems can prevent drowning during flood disasters.
Developing a national water safety strategy can raise awareness of safety around water, build consensus around solutions, provide strategic direction and a framework to guide multisectoral action and allow for monitoring and evaluation of efforts.
Source :World Health Organisation
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MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA FUMES OVER THE INCESSANT INCARCERATION OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO.
Mdc Alliance Namibia would like to express its serious disgruntlement in the way our captured police and courts are handling journalists and political activists in the motherland.
The further victimisation and incarceration of the innocent investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono must be resisted with equal measure.
Social democrats must stand in solidarity with those who are unearthing senseless corruption, smuggling, human butchery and gross abuse of basic human rights. Our encouragement as a district is that all progressive Zimbabweans must pent-up their outrage demanding the immediate release of Hopewell Chin’ono and other prisoners of conscience in the names of Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere.
It is quite pathetic to see Zimbabweans in the country folding their hands neglecting the one who has sacrificed it all to confront the vicious and insensitive regime that feeds on the blood of the innocent citizenry. What mesmerises us is that Hopewell is very cognisant of the murderous legacy of these Zanupf sadists who are currently in charge of our beloved country.
Zimbabweans who are scratching their heads for a single nutritious meal per day must regain their consciousness and realise that Hopewell has absolutely no appetite for personal enrichment but he has displayed varlour , mettle and nerve to fight against Zanupf shenanigans. Those who don’t have a comfortable life should come out in their astounding numbers in solidarity with our Hero.
Moreover, the arbitrary arrest and detention of Hopewell Chin’ono should be viewed by right-minded citizens as a societal malady which demands urgent attention. Citizens must gather courage to speak audibly against the abuse of basic universal freedoms enshrined in the Constitution.
The citizens must cudgel their brains to figure out the reason why Hopewell had also courageously documented horrible experiences of the political violence during the campaign for the 2008 Presidential run-off through his film , A Violence Response. These films came at a juncture when the motherland was undergoing excruciating economic and political upheavals. Only a few managed in the political leadership to pronounce the revolutionary message he has publicly said, knowing fully well the risk that he was taking by unraveling corruption in the authoritarian Zanupf regime and their surrogates.
Furthermore, fewer social democrats have solidly stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Zimbabwe as he has done.
Mdc Alliance Namibia Rundu Branch Secretary General Simbarashe Ndoda postulated that ,” our members of parliament, councillors and general membership must pledge their solidarity by demanding justice and freedom of Hopewell Chin’ono and other political prisoners. It is clear that he is fighting for socio-economic transformation, so why not flood the Zanupf sponsored courts displaying our zeal for his freedom as well as that of other prisoners of conscience who were arbitrarily arrested as way of breaking their revolutionary spirit? Lets stand in our numbers advocating for political liberty and Constitutionalism in the country. Social democrats must be reminded that Leadership is Activity and anyone can lead anywhere.
It is worth a glance to note that the offence for which Hopewell Chin’ono was initially arrested for has since been dropped. He was deliberately charged with contempt of court , for a tweet in which he categorically stated that Chief Justice Malaba had been seen at the Magistrates Court on the day he was unjustifiably denied bail during previous hearings.
Zimbabweans have to ponder the reason why this charge was withdrawn and why is Hopewell still jailed if the original charge was withdrawn? Mdc Alliance Namibia shall never cease to fight for a people’s government and corruption-free Zimbabwe. The law enforcement agents must desist from fulfilling Zanupf agendas.
Moreso, they are currently charging him for obstructing the course of justice, again for a tweet in which he announced that suspected gold smuggler, Henrietta Rushwaya would be granted bail by consent. Hopewell openly cited that he had received classified information from reliable sources in the National Prosecuting Authority.
Astonishingly, when Rushwaya the alleged smuggler appeared in court, the state did not oppose her bail since she was tipped to get a fine of about $90 000 RTGS before the inculcable- about turn was made the following morning.
It became visible that his report was authentic, for indeed , the prosecution had consented to bail under dubiously porous conditions.
The clueless rogue regime is piling pressure on Hopewell to name his sources in the NPA against his work ethics and he was also conceding his fundamental rights in Section 61(2) which states that, “Every person is entitled to freedom of the media , which freedom includes protection of the confidentiality of journalists’ sources of information”. Hopewell completely rejected to be cowed into submission. Lets fight together with him, we are social democrats, we are revolutionary fighters for justice.
To conclude, the national constitution of the country stipulates that justice delayed is justice denied. Lets not wait to celebrate when they release him at their own time. Bail is a right in Constitutional Democracy.
Mdc Alliance Namibia acknowledges that Hopewell sacrificed his dignity in defence of journalism and that is quite applausible but citizens must rise to compliment his revolutionary commitment and dedication.
Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Students Council has accused Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration of exposing learners in colleges and universities to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
This comes after seven students at Chinhoyi University of Technology tested positive for Coronavirus.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Thursday, MDC Alliance Students Council Secretary General, Rujeko Hither Mpambwa said the government should ensure the safety of learners in colleges and universities.
100 pupils also tested positive for Coronavirus, exposing the ineptitude of Mr Mnangagwa’s administration.
“The Zanu PF system is simply playing with our lives.They must address the situation before it gets out of hand.
I can say the Zanu PF administration is insensitive to the plight of students . Coronavirus is real so they have to put safety measures in place to avoid dire consequences,” said Mpambwa.
“There are no adequate facilities to protect students and lecturers from the deadly pandemic -everything is pathetic -no safety nets in place,” she added.
For Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his partner in human slaughter, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, human life particularly that of opposition members, do not matter at all as long as power retention is part of the equation.
From Harare to Kampala, the opposition can not breath as two ruthless dictators go for the broke in pursuit of power at the expense human life.
Zimbabwe and Uganda might be thousands of miles apart, but the dictatorial tastes of the two rulers running the affairs of these two former British colonies are Siamese-like.
Clearly Mnangagwa and Museveni have gone through an apprenticeship on how to butcher opposition lives from their respective predecessors, Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Idi Dada Amin and passed with distinction.
For them, to be is to be worse than their predecessors as far as violations to basic human rights is concerned.
Just as Mnangagwa used the military to slaughter unarmed civilians on 01 August 2018, the world this week woke up to some shock images of mass murder in Kampala as Museveni employed the same script used in Harare.
For Dambudzo and Kaguta, the opposition do not have rights at all!
General elections presents a pocket to slaughter opposition lives like chickens in the name of ‘safeguarding sovereignty and peace’.
If not shot with live ammunition, the opposition members are guaranteed mindless and degrading treatment in form of torture, beatings and arbitrary detention.
Just as Hon Tendai Biti was abducted at Chirundu border post under the guise of arrest, Ugandan opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi is currently undergoing through the same experience.
It is time progress movements and parties in Africa come together for the common good of extricating ourselves from this bondage of black skin, white masks.
Oppression anywhere is oppression everywhere!
Africa cries for new ideas, new politics and new leaders.
In solidarity with the oppressed beautiful people of Uganda.
#AfricanLivesMatter!
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma MDCAllianceYouthAssemblyNationalSpokesperson
By A Correspondent- In a suspected love triangle which nearly turned fatal, a Bulawayo man was allegedly hacked with a machete twice on the head, and once on the back and knee by a man who was reportedly accusing him of snatching his girlfriend.
According to information gathered by B-Metro on 8 November this year and at around 1am and at Maryland Farm in Umguza, Mkhululi Mpofu who stays in Sauerstown suburb got into a fierce argument with Arther Chikoyi (23) who stays at the farm in question after his girlfriend reportedly jumped into his car.
Although the identity of the woman at the centre of the wrangle was not disclosed, it is reported that Chikoyi who apparently feared that he had been outfoxed took away Mpofu’s car keys and went to his house.
Mpofu, in a bid to recover his car keys, followed Chikoyi to his house. When he arrived, Chikoyi came out armed with a machete which he used to strike him and left him for dead.
He gruesomely struck him twice in the head and once in the back and knee.
After the brutal attack, Mpofu who reportedly bled profusely fell unconscious. He regained his consciousness after some time and reported the matter to Sauerstown police leading to Chikoyi’s arrest.
For the offence Chikoyi appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja facing a charge of attempted murder.
He was, however, not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to November 24.
By A Correspondent- The Ministry of Health and Child Care has dismissed as false reports which say a learner at John Tallach High School in Matebeleland North died of Coronavirus.
Reports were made after it had emerged that 118 students and four teachers at the school tested positive for the coronavirus.
Commenting on death reports, the acting Matabeleland North Provincial Medical Director (PMD) Dr Munekayi Padingani urged members of the public to desist from spreading falsehoods.
Padingani said:
I heard that rumour. I called people on the ground and they told me that it is not true. That is why as a country we are updating our Covid-19 statistics every day so that people are aware of what is happening to avoid these falsehoods. If there is a death, people will be informed through our daily ministry report. We are not going to hide anything.
Padingani’s remarks come after the school’s Development Committee (SDC) representative Mr Zibusiso Ncube yesterday appealed to members of the public to desist from sending unverified information which is causing panic to pupils, teachers and parents. Ncube said:
People are putting the head under unnecessary pressure. The affected kids have parents and some of the information is causing panic. The situation is under control and we are working closely with the Government officials to manage the outbreak. Members of the public should desist from spreading falsehoods regarding the situation at the school.
Meanwhile, Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, on Wednesday called for the closure of schools saying they should not have been re-opened in the first place as the government was clearly not prepared to make learning institutions safe for both learners and teachers.
Responding to Mliswa, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said Zimbabwe needed to adapt to the new normal as it is not known when the virus is going to end.
He underscored the need to adhere to preventive measures such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday accused government of rashly reopening schools when it was ill-prepared to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks at institutions of learning after a number of students tested positive for the contagion virus at several schools across the country.
Schools opened for the final phase a fortnight ago with all pupils now set to attend classes after teachers called off their strike following a 41% pay hike.
However, rising COVID-19 cases appear to be the new threat to learning, a few weeks before some pupils sit for examinations.
John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province, recorded 100 cases and Herentals College is reported to have recorded four cases, among other schools across the country.
At Chinhoyi University of Technology, seven students reportedly tested positive yesterday.
Unimpressed MPs yesterday questioned government’s preparedness to handle the pandemic in schools and why it decided to reopen the schools when it was ill-prepared to manage the outbreaks.
“The chairperson of the COVID-19 taskforce, Oppah Muchinguri, said there are enough resources to deal with the pandemic, but it is my submission that we cannot continue, and government cannot risk people’s lives because after school, those children will go and play with other kids,” Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) said.
“Why have you gone on to open schools when we do not have enough resources? Why risk when we do not have enough resources?”
But Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who is leader of government business in Parliament, responded: “Resources cannot be enough and that is a fact, but government has channelled resources to the Ministry of Health and designated NatPharm to produce COVID-19 materials.
“We cannot then say that we cannot open schools because we do not know when the pandemic will stop. So we put in place procedures so that we continue learning in the new normal. We had to adapt and whatever resources we have, we have channelled them to this pandemic.”
Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) then asked Ziyambi to explain if schools had COVID-19 testing facilities.
This was after Ziyambi had told the House that government would not insist on schoolchildren sitting for examination where there was a danger of loss of life due to the pandemic.
“Where schools do not have testing facilities, then they must close because I do not know which school in particular has testing facilities for COVID-19,” Chikwinya said.
“Today (yesterday), Herentals College had four students that tested positive for the coronavirus and they were turned back and told to come back to school if they got COVID-19 certificates.”
Chikwinya asked: “With the failure by government to equip schools with COVID-19 testing kits, is it not prudent that government should just declare that all schools should be closed? Does government have the capacity to equip all schools with testing kits?”
Ziyambi, however, responded: “We have rapid response teams across COVID-19 centres. Where schools can make the necessary arrangements, then PCR [polymerase chain reaction] tests can be done for that particular school and the learners that test negative can continue and those positive can be isolated.
“Where it is impractical to do so, then the school should close so that we contain the pandemic and so that the virus does not spread to other learners.”
He said when government ordered the opening of schools, protocols had been put in place by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to ensure the COVID-19 regulations were complied with.
“But where there is an outbreak like the school in Bulawayo, measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of learners,” Ziyambi said.
MPs pressed the minister to reveal at whose expense the tests would be done in schools considering the high cost of conducting the tests, but Ziyambi said schools were working in collaboration with the Health ministry, with government footing the bill.
“The schools are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to take care of the costs, which are being assumed by the government through the Ministry of Health.”
Government on Tuesday announced that it would move swiftly to close any school that recorded COVID-19 cases as part of measures to curb the spread of the virulent pandemic amid reports that the country was under a second wave of the highly infectious disease.
This came as John Tallach, a Presbyterian Church-run boarding school in Matabeleland North province, recorded 100 COVID-19 cases, forcing authorities to shut down the institution.
Other schools dotted around the country have come up with timetables for different grades as part of measures to decongest schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
MPs expressed concern that there were teachers that were now charging students United States dollars for extra lessons.
Ziyambi responded: “I am not aware that there are teachers charging in US dollars because government policy is that we should use our own currency for transactions. MPs should know that teachers doing that should be reported to the Ministry of Labour which is the employer of civil servants so that they were investigated.”
By A Correspondent- A man and his wife from Pumula South suburb escaped death by luck after armed robbers pounced at their house during the night and hit them several times with an unspecified object before making off with their property.
The incident happened recently when two unidentified men armed with a machete, axe and a log descended on Weston Govera (32)’s home and attacked him with a log all over the body. They left him wailing in pain.
A source close to investigations said the robbers tied him to a bed.
“They tied him to a bed with a rope and went for his wife Levin Chiyangwa. They took turns to attack her with open hands while demanding cash. Fearing for her life Chiyangwa led them to a wardrobe and took USD$110-00 and $300-00 which she surrendered to them,” said the source.
The source went to say they sternly warned her not to scream after that they stuffed a cloth into her mouth.
The accused persons went on to ransack the house and got away with a 32-inch plasma television, four cell phones, Samsung A10, G-Tel MX4 and Mobicel R6, a television remote control and two adaptors.
Chiyangwa untied her hubby before they headed to a police station where they made a report. Govera was rushed to hospital where he has since been discharged.
Police confirmed the incident and noted that investigations were under way to bring the robbers to book.
By A Correspondent| The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has defended party Secretary General Charlton Hwende following a Twitter war in which he is being accused of defending an Ad Hoc committee report that exonerated Bulawayo Women’s Assembly chairperson Tendai Masotsha of any wrongdoing in the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa by state security agents.
Hwende has come under fire from among others ZimLive Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu and Professor Jonathan Moyo who felt he was defending the party Ad Hoc committee which they said failed the nation by exonerating Masotsha.
Posting on his official Facebook page, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Secretary General, Gift Ostallos Siziba defended Hwende saying, “Thank you Secretary General Charlton Hwende for the support you have given the youth assembly…”
Reached for a comment, Ostallos said as the vanguard of the party, they had a primary role to defend party leaders from unnecessary attacks which he said only served to derail the struggle for change in the country.
“What ever the case, we have the primary role to defend our leadership as they are a vital cog of the National Democratic Revolution, of which we are a vanguard to.”
“Our forces must remain focused, until victory,” said Ostallos.
Masotsha was exonerated of any wrong doing in the abduction of Muchehiwa by suspected state security agents in the run-up to 31 July anti-corruption protests.
The internal inquiry committee made up of Concilia Chinanzvavana, Jameson Timba and Kucaca Phulu concluded that there was no evidence that pointed to Masotsha’s involvement in Muchehiwa’s alleged abduction besides social media claims.
By A Correspondent- Police say they are following leads of human trafficking and drug dealing, and think that the arrested suspect is part of a crime ring.
Ekurhuleni MMC for community safety, Pheladi Mmoko, says the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) has intensified its war against gender-based violence (GBV) and kidnapping.
This comes after two women were on Tuesday rescued from a property in Bedfordview after their alleged kidnapping in Elsburg two weeks ago, Bedfordview and Edenvale News reported.
The EMPD said during the rescue of the two women, a wanted suspect in Ekurhuleni was arrested.
Police also found stolen items including a police cap, a motorcycle and IT equipment, which included a laptop belonging to the Gauteng provincial government.
“The police also seized drugs such as the notorious ‘mushroom’ and Liquid G commonly known as the date-rape drug.”
A firearm and numerous rounds of ammunition were also recovered by the police. “A sting operation was then conducted, leading to the arrest of the owner of the property and the alleged kingpin,” police said.
By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo man who was facing charges of assaulting his ex-lover stunned a court when he defended himself saying he committed the crime after he suspected her of having a sexual relationship with his father-in-law.
Tatu Sibanda (45), a widower from Sidojiwe Flats located in the Donnington Industrial area made the claims before Bulawayo magistrate Amanda Ndlovu where he was charged with physical abuse as read with section 3 (1) (a) of the Domestic Violence Act Chapter 5:16.
Sibanda who pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex-lover Sylvia Ncube (52) was convicted and fined of $5 000(or three months in prison).
In addition, three months imprisonment were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.
In passing the sentence the magistrate took into consideration the fact that the accused didn’t waste the court’s time when he quickly pleaded guilty to the offence.
It was proved that on 1 November 2020, Ncube who also stays at Sidojiwe Flats went to her friend’s house where she met Sibanda. The court heard that when they met an argument ensued between the two parties over an undisclosed reason. At the height of the argument Sibanda lost his temper and assaulted Ncube with fists and a stick several times on the face.
The matter was reported to the police leading to Sibanda’s arrest and his subsequent appearance in court.
Sibanda, however, caused a rumpus in court when he defended his violent actions saying he committed the offence after he suspected that his former lover was bedding his father-in-law.
By A Correspondent- A 54 year old man who was reportedly troubled by the mysterious deaths of his cattle has been arrested for allegedly raping his seven-year -old niece on the advice of a sangoma to supposedly end the problem.
The man from Dandanda area in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, sought help from a sangoma after his four cows strangely died within a week.
The incident, a source close to investigations said, raised eyebrows within the family prompting the elderly man to enlist the services of a sangoma.
The source said the sangoma told him that he had to sleep with a minor between the ages of five and 10 years so that the spell would end forthwith.
Believing what he was told by the healer he did not think twice.
“Seeing that his wife had gone to fetch firewood and the minor girl was left alone, he lured her into his bedroom hut and gave her some sweets. After that he asked her to sleep with him on the bed. The unsuspecting minor girl didn’t refuse. He played with her till she fell asleep,” said the source.
He exploited the opportunity and allegedly raped her once, said the source.
After the act the elderly man warned the minor girl not to tell anyone about the incident.
However, his luck ran out when the minor girl experienced difficulties in walking.
“The minor tried to keep the matter to herself but pain in her private parts forced her to reveal the ordeal to her mother,” said the source.
The mother reported the matter to the police leading to the alleged rapist’s arrest.
The man appeared before Lupane resident magistrate Ndumo Masuku facing a rape charge.
He was remanded in custody for routine remand.
The magistrate also advised him to apply for bail at the High Court in Bulawayo.
A former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer, John Mahlabera has vowed to continue supporting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa despite losing his job over a tweet in which he professed his undying support for the opposition leader.
“Come to Chiredzi my President”, Mahlabera tweeted in the build up to the 2018 harmomised elections.
It is this tweet that courted trouble for the prison officer who was immediately suspended and ultimately dismissed from the service but despite losing everything, Mahlabera who is now hustling in the streets of Harare says that his support for Chamisa will never die.
“My crime was supporting my president Nelson Chamisa. I lost my job because of that but I am not apologetic.
“It is who I am and now I am looking forward. There is no time to look back because no one can really change my political opinion.
“I have no fixed job at the moment and I am hustling like most Zimbabweans to provide for my family,” said Mahlabera.
A few weeks after Mahlabera’s tweet, Chamisa headed to Chiredzi and addressed one of his biggest 2018 campaign rallies in Tshovani Stadium and Mahlabera was called to the stage where Chamisa paraded him and praised his gutsy character.
Mahlabera was charged of contravening the Prisons Staff Disciplinary Regulations of 1984.
Although he pleaded not guilty to the charges, Mahlabera was found guilty of using ‘disloyal’ or ‘traitorous’ words against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and contravening Prisons Staff Disciplinary Regulations of 1984 which led to his dismissal.
Mahlabera tried to make an appeal earlier this year but it was ignored by former prisons boss Paradzai Zimhondi.
JOHANNESBURG – A Centurion property, valued at R5.5-million and owned by fugitives Mary and Shepherd Bushiri, has been forfeited to the state after the pair violated their bail conditions by leaving South Africa.
Magistrate Thandi Theledi asked for the Bushiris to be called three times at their hearing on Thursday.
This was down to record in court that the Bushiris were not present.
The couple’s legal team in South Africa said they were not informed of their movements and only know what they have seen in the media.
The magistrate ruled that the Bushiris have forfeited their property which was tied to their bail to the state.
By A Correspondent- A pack of six hyenas killed Mr Tendai Maseka (46) in his hut on Monday night and ate his torso.
Only his arms, legs and head were found the next day in Bangure Village in the Holy Cross area under Chief Chirumanzu.
The remains were buried yesterday. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) is now hunting down the pack, which has also killed more than a dozen goats and calves.
Chirumanzu District Development Coordinator Mr Vafias Hlabati, who confirmed the attack, said Mr Maseka’s remains were found by a passer-by the following morning.
“Fellow villagers say the now late Mr Tendai Maseko was last seen on Monday night leaving a business centre at Holy Cross where he was drinking beer,” said Mr Hlabati. “He left alone and is said to have walked home and went into his bedroom before falling asleep and being attacked by the hyenas.”
Police and ZimParks officers visited the homestead and found tracks indicating that Mr Maseka battled the hyenas in his bedroom before they dragged him outside.
“There is a belief that there is a pack of six hyenas and so far, they have claimed killed one person and over a dozen of livestock which include goats and some calves,” he said.
Headman Bangure said the community of Chirumanzu was still shocked by the incident.
“We have just buried the remains of the late Maseka, but this is the first time we have witnessed such an incident in the area,” he said.
“Everyone is in shock and wondering how the pack of hyenas managed to get into the bedroom,” he said.
At a Community meeting facilitated by CHRA in Kambuzuma, it emerged that residents are living with raw sewage bursts due to the failure by the City of Harare to repair them.
Engineer Musikavanhu, the head of waste water in Harare Water cited fuel challenges as an impediment to the sewer repairs.
“The challenge that we are facing as council is fuel to attend to sewer bursts timeously, we normally receive fuel on Mondays but it has not been consistent to enable us to deliver our responsibilities effectively.” Said Engineer Musikavanhu.
Residents lamented that council employees are not attending to sewer bursts exposing them to waterborne diseases.
Some City plumbers are demanding payment in United States dollars for them to attend to the bursts.
The situation has been compounded by lack of political representation.
“Our councilor has been recalled and there is no one who can represent our issues to the council. We are stuck,” said an angry old woman.
The ponds of unrepaired sewer bursts have become playing places for children. Kambuzuma section 1, 2, 4 and 6 are the most affected areas by the bursts.
This development comes at a time when council clinics have been closed.
CHRA, implores the council to take action to resolve sewer bursts and open clinics in Kambuzuma.
By A Correspondent| The late controversial businessman Genius Kadungure is believed to have registered all his assets inclusive of vehicles and properties under a trust, with his father, brother and sister set to benefit from the empire which will now be superintended by a retired army colonel, a source close to the family has revealed.
According to the source, lawyers including the seasoned Jonathan Samkange are in possession of Ginimbi’s will and will reportedly gather his family members soon to announce how his estate will be handled.
The source said Ginimbi’s father Anderson Kadungure will get 10 percent of his company shares, which will guarantee him 10 percent share of profits from the companies.
Ginimbi’s married sister who was with him when he started Sankayi Night club now Dreams will reportedly get 30 percent.
The lion’s share of 60 percent will go to his young brother who is still in university, the source told ZimEye.
As for the cars, the source said Ginimbi decided that none should be sold but used by the family for personal and business purposes.
His father is not yet aware of the contents of the will and is already preparing himself to take over the running of his businesses.
“Before Ginimbi’s burial, a retired army colonel who was managing his security company and now the overally in charge of Piko Holdings assembled all the managers running the late socialite’s companies including Dreams Night club and Pioneer Gas among others to assure them that they will continue with their current roles.
“He also took them (the managers) to the Kadungure family for introductions.
“After the CEO had introduced all the managers, Ginimbi’s father said something like, hoo saka ndo team yandinenge ndichishanda nayo iyi (so this is the team I will be working with),” said the source.
Ginimbi is believed to have clearly indicated to his lawyers that his father should only get his 10 percent share profit while at home and is not allowed to interfere in the running of his businesses.
Ginimbi and his father did not have a cordial relationship after he together with his siblings were reportedly subjected to emotional abuse when they were still young including watching their mother being forced off the bed to accommodate a girlfriend.
Ginimbi died on the 8th of November morning after his expensive Rolls-Royce Wraith collided with a Honda Fit along Borrowdale road.
Three other passengers in his car including top model Mitchell Amuli populaly known as Moana and two foreigners Limumba Karim and Alisha Adams were burnt recognition when the car caught fire after hitting a tree.
By A Correspondent- A pack of six hyenas killed Mr Tendai Maseka (46) in his hut on Monday night and ate his torso.
Only his arms, legs and head were found the next day in Bangure Village in the Holy Cross area under Chief Chirumanzu.
The remains were buried yesterday. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) is now hunting down the pack, which has also killed more than a dozen goats and calves.
Chirumanzu District Development Coordinator Mr Vafias Hlabati, who confirmed the attack, said Mr Maseka’s remains were found by a passer-by the following morning.
“Fellow villagers say the now late Mr Tendai Maseko was last seen on Monday night leaving a business centre at Holy Cross where he was drinking beer,” said Mr Hlabati. “He left alone and is said to have walked home and went into his bedroom before falling asleep and being attacked by the hyenas.”
Police and ZimParks officers visited the homestead and found tracks indicating that Mr Maseka battled the hyenas in his bedroom before they dragged him outside.
“There is a belief that there is a pack of six hyenas and so far, they have claimed killed one person and over a dozen of livestock which include goats and some calves,” he said.
Headman Bangure said the community of Chirumanzu was still shocked by the incident.
“We have just buried the remains of the late Maseka, but this is the first time we have witnessed such an incident in the area,” he said.
“Everyone is in shock and wondering how the pack of hyenas managed to get into the bedroom,” he said.
Today is International Men’s Day which is observed every year on 19th November.
‘The Six Pillars of International Men’s Day’ are objectives which are broken down to nation, society, family, marriage, community and childcare.
Achievements and contribution of men and boys in these criteria are celebrated; however, the larger aim of the day is to promote basic humanitarian rights.
Theme
Aside from the six pillars, themes have been a part of international men’s day since 2002. The theme for 2020 is ‘Better health for men and boys’.
November is a well known men’s health and awareness month where people raise awareness about mental health, suicide issues among the youth, and prostate cancer. Some opt to grow a moustache to support the cause while others may donate to the charity.
The theme for 2020 also emphasizes on removing the stigma around men’s mental health and spreading awareness on maintaining better health for men around the world.
History
The day was launched in 1992 on 7th February by Thomas Oaster. In 1999, the event was revived by Jerome Teelucksing. He chose 19th November to honour his father’s birthday and also to celebrate how on that date in 1989, Trinidad and Tobago’s football team had united the country with their endeavours to qualify for the World Cup.
Importance
International Men’s Day marks an important event. Men’s mental health has been stigmatised and according to internationalmensday.com, 3 out of 4 suicides occur among men, and 95% of men’s deaths occur at a workplace.
The day aims to educate boys about values, character and responsibilities of men in a society. Creating a fair, safe space for all genders will allow countries around the world, the opportunity to prosper and live safely.
Police in Bulawayo have issued an apology to members of the public after they erected a sign post at Magwegwe Police Station with a wrong spelling which has since been corrected.
Messages started circulating yesterday morning on social media after members of the public took a picture showing Magwegwe written as Magwegewe .
Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said the wrong spelling was a “genuine mistake” and a correction has been made.
“Police in Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that the spelling error which resulted in the name of Magwegwe Police Station being misspelt has since been rectified. This was a genuine error by one of our trusted local businessmen who willingly volunteered to print a banner for the police,” she said.
The sign post with a wrong spelling of Magwegwe
Asst Insp Msebele said the banner was immediately pulled down after the mistake was discovered.
“The error was discovered during the erection of the banner and immediately removed and corrected. Some members of the public had already taken some pictures and circulated them. We sincerely apologise for an inconvenience caused and we would like to appreciate our local business people for the continuous support,” she said.
A number of companies and some Government departments have in the past come under fire from Bulawayo residents for misspelling iSiNdebele words.
In 2014, fast food outlet Chicken Slice had a wall advert at the company’s outlet at the corner of 9th Avenue and Fort Street with the words “Umkwenyana uqobo uyabuya le Chicken Slice”, which should have read “Umkhwenyana oqotho uza le Chicken Slice.”
In 2017 Premier Optometry Services (POS) was caught up in an iSiNdebele spelling and grammar boob storm after it wrote a meaningless notice in the language. The company’s notice read: “ukhubema akuvunyezwa lapha . . . ucingo akuvunyezwa lapha. . . ukudla akuvunyezwa lapha” instead of “ukubhema akuvunyelwa lapha (smoking is prohibited here) . . . ucingo aluvunyelwa lapha (use of cellphones prohibited) . . . ukudla akuvunyelwa lapha (Eating is not allowed).
By A Correspondent| Popular traditional healer Sekuru Banda has warned controversial clerics Passion Java and Talent Madungwe against playing with the name of God saying their recent clash over whether Ginimbi was in heaven or hell was uncalled for and unnecessary.
Passion and Madungwe have proclaimed different ‘prophecies’ over socialite Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure’s after life status.
Madungwe who has made a name for his weird imagery of heaven was at it again saying Ginimbi and Moana had failed to qualify for heaven.
Passion later made his own ‘prophecy’ saying Ginimbi was in heaven and enjoying life there.
“He is in a place I never expected him to be,” said Java during an interview a local radio.
However Sekuru Banda fumed over the two’s attention seeking antics which he said should not be allowed to go unchallenged.
“They should allow Ginimbi’s soul to rest in peace, it is blasphemous to claim to know what happens in heaven, non of them can claim to be God
“Only God knows what happens in heaven, they have been allowed to get away with their controversial and false prophecies for long,” said Sekuru Banda.
“Kana munhu achinge ashayika tinofanira kunyatsotanga kufungisisa kuti pamwe ndini pamwe ndiwe urikutewera zviii zvakanaka zvavaiyita, uchatarisana seyi na Mwari iwe uri kutamba nezvisingatambike nazvo,” added Sekuru Banda.
"A clever person sees trouble coming and flee but a fool sees trouble coming and waits for it and suffers consequences," Shepherd Bushiri preaching. pic.twitter.com/cBVXvxuhI6
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday accused government of rashly reopening schools when it was ill-prepared to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks at institutions of learning after a number of students tested positive for the contagion virus at several schools across the country.
Schools opened for the final phase a fortnight ago with all pupils now set to attend classes after teachers called off their strike following a 41% pay hike.
However, rising COVID-19 cases appear to be the new threat to learning, a few weeks before some pupils sit for examinations.
John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province, recorded 100 cases and Herentals College is reported to have recorded four cases, among other schools across the country.
At Chinhoyi University of Technology, seven students reportedly tested positive yesterday.
Unimpressed MPs yesterday questioned government’s preparedness to handle the pandemic in schools and why it decided to reopen the schools when it was ill-prepared to manage the outbreaks.
“The chairperson of the COVID-19 taskforce, Oppah Muchinguri, said there are enough resources to deal with the pandemic, but it is my submission that we cannot continue, and government cannot risk people’s lives because after school, those children will go and play with other kids,” Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) said.
“Why have you gone on to open schools when we do not have enough resources? Why risk when we do not have enough resources?”
But Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who is leader of government business in Parliament, responded: “Resources cannot be enough and that is a fact, but government has channelled resources to the Ministry of Health and designated NatPharm to produce COVID-19 materials.
“We cannot then say that we cannot open schools because we do not know when the pandemic will stop. So we put in place procedures so that we continue learning in the new normal. We had to adapt and whatever resources we have, we have channelled them to this pandemic.”
Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) then asked Ziyambi to explain if schools had COVID-19 testing facilities.
This was after Ziyambi had told the House that government would not insist on schoolchildren sitting for examination where there was a danger of loss of life due to the pandemic.
“Where schools do not have testing facilities, then they must close because I do not know which school in particular has testing facilities for COVID-19,” Chikwinya said.
“Today (yesterday), Herentals College had four students that tested positive for the coronavirus and they were turned back and told to come back to school if they got COVID-19 certificates.”
Chikwinya asked: “With the failure by government to equip schools with COVID-19 testing kits, is it not prudent that government should just declare that all schools should be closed? Does government have the capacity to equip all schools with testing kits?”
Ziyambi, however, responded: “We have rapid response teams across COVID-19 centres. Where schools can make the necessary arrangements, then PCR [polymerase chain reaction] tests can be done for that particular school and the learners that test negative can continue and those positive can be isolated.
“Where it is impractical to do so, then the school should close so that we contain the pandemic and so that the virus does not spread to other learners.”
He said when government ordered the opening of schools, protocols had been put in place by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to ensure the COVID-19 regulations were complied with.
“But where there is an outbreak like the school in Bulawayo, measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of learners,” Ziyambi said.
MPs pressed the minister to reveal at whose expense the tests would be done in schools considering the high cost of conducting the tests, but Ziyambi said schools were working in collaboration with the Health ministry, with government footing the bill.
“The schools are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to take care of the costs, which are being assumed by the government through the Ministry of Health.”
Government on Tuesday announced that it would move swiftly to close any school that recorded COVID-19 cases as part of measures to curb the spread of the virulent pandemic amid reports that the country was under a second wave of the highly infectious disease.
This came as John Tallach, a Presbyterian Church-run boarding school in Matabeleland North province, recorded 100 COVID-19 cases, forcing authorities to shut down the institution.
Other schools dotted around the country have come up with timetables for different grades as part of measures to decongest schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
MPs expressed concern that there were teachers that were now charging students United States dollars for extra lessons.
Ziyambi responded: “I am not aware that there are teachers charging in US dollars because government policy is that we should use our own currency for transactions. MPs should know that teachers doing that should be reported to the Ministry of Labour which is the employer of civil servants so that they were investigated.”
Lawyers representing jailed journalist Hopewell Chinono have raised concerns at conditions at Chikurubi Prison where their client is incarcerated after a msss breakout of diseases was reported from the centre.
Lawyer Doug Coltart revealed on his social media platform that there was an out-break of diseases at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and was worried about his client’s health.
Coltart said he was informed of the out-break of bronchitis, hepatitis B and TB at Chikurubi, while his client was moved to a cell with over 46 inmates.
Wrote Coltart:
“We are concerned about Hopewell Chin’ono’s health. We’re informed there is an outbreak of bronchitis, hepatitis B and TB at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and he has also been moved to a more overcrowded cell (46 inmates in a cell with capacity for 16).
“The conditions in our prisons is unacceptable & needs to be urgently dealt with holistically by Government – not just for Hopewell but for ALL prisoners who are affected. Even convicted criminals have rights. At law, prisoners are punished by depriving liberty, NOT their dignity.”
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, is expected to present the 2021 national budget statement on Thursday next week.
The budget would lay out the inaugural 12 months long implementation tool of the Government’s newly announced five-year economic policy, the National Development Strategy (NDS1 2021-2025).
During NDS1, the economy is expected to grow by an average five percent annually to achieve the goal of transforming the economy to an upper middle-income economy by 2030.
President Mnangagwa launched the blueprint on Monday.
Prof Ncube said that NDS1 will consolidate and build on gains achieved under the short-term blueprint, Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP 2018-2020), which concludes next month, after which NDS1 takes over for the next half decade. The Treasury chief said the 2021 national budget becomes the very first year long implementation framework for NDS1 and will be presented this coming Thursday, on the 26th of November.
“Naturally, I cannot reveal what is in the budget, all I can say is that the budget will be anchored on the National Development Strategy (NDS1) and builds on the successes of the TSP,” he said.
Minister Mthuli said the 2021 budget was the first fiscal plan supporting the execution of the Government’s new economic blueprint hence serves as the policy’s first implementation tool. Earlier in the interview with ZTN TV, Minister Mthuli said TSP had been a resounding success and Government managed to tick all the boxes of targeted policy objectives under the plan.
Minister Ncube said having a local currency was a major achievement, as it meant Government had control of both legs for macro-economic stability in the form of fiscal and monetary policies. During the tenure of the TSP, the Government also made massive investments in key enabling infrastructure such as roads, bridges, dams, power, water and sanitation among others.
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued an apology to members of the public after they erected a sign post at Magwegwe Police Station with a wrong spelling.
Though the mistake has since been corrected it has left many people still shell shocked on how the “mistake” went on undetected until the sign post was erected and error discovered by members of the public some days later.
Members of the public went amok on Wednesday morning after the picture of the post showing Magwegwe written as Magwegewe circulated on social media.
Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said the wrong spelling was a “genuine mistake” and a correction has been made.
“Police in Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that the spelling error which resulted in the name of Magwegwe Police Station being misspelt has since been rectified. This was a genuine error by one of our trusted local businessmen who willingly volunteered to print a banner for the police,” she said.
Asst Insp Msebele said the banner was immediately pulled down after the mistake was discovered.
“The error was discovered during the erection of the banner and immediately removed and corrected. Some members of the public had already taken some pictures and circulated them. We sincerely apologise for an inconvenience caused and we would like to appreciate our local business people for the continuous support,” she said.
Capt. Scott O’Grady, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the next assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, killed two elephants during a 2014 hunting trip in Zimbabwe, according to documents O’Grady filed as part of his testimony before a House committee six years ago.
O’Grady, co-chair of the group Veterans for Trump, gained international attention in 1995 when his F-16 was shot down by a Bosnian Serb missile. The Air Force officer managed to survive and evade capture in hostile territory for six days before being rescued. His nomination to the Pentagon post was announced Tuesday.
In 2014, O’Grady testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service temporarily suspended the importation of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The agency, then under the Obama administration, determined that “questionable management practices, a lack of effective law enforcement and weak governance have resulted in uncontrolled poaching and catastrophic population declines of African elephants in Tanzania. In Zimbabwe, available data, though limited, indicate a significant decline in the elephant population,” according to a statement the agency released.
O’Grady argued against the suspension, noting that he had just returned from a three-week safari in Zimbabwe and could attest that “their elephant population is not only robust, but is exceeding the land’s carrying capacity.”
As part of his testimony, O’Grady submitted a letter from a Zimbabwe-based safari hunting company confirming his elephant-hunting record. The letter noted that O’Grady killed his first elephant on March 11, 2014, and his second on March 23, 2014.
The letter O’Grady submitted as part of his testimony to a House committee in 2014. The letter confirmed that he killed two elephants in 2014 as part of a hunting trip to Zimbabwe.
In his prepared statement for the committee, O’Grady described the elephant hunting trip as “an amazing experience.”
The crux of O’Grady’s testimony, a common argument made by trophy hunters, is that the fees trophy hunters pay for elephant-hunting licenses help communities in many different ways—from funding local services to helping combat poachers and wildlife traffickers.
While it’s true that some of the licensing fees for elephant hunting (and the hunting of other big game like lions and giraffes) can help local communities and conservation efforts, figuring out where this money ends up is often a difficult task. Corruption and kleptocracy often lead to a large amount of these funds lining the pockets of politicians and other local leaders.
Ecotourism—where tourists spend money to stay at hotels and pay fees to see the flora and fauna in sub-Saharan African countries—is much more helpful for conservation in the long run and much more sustainable, plus it helps the local economy.
Today, elephant hunters aren’t the reason African elephants are vulnerable. That blame lies with poaching, habitat destruction and human-wildlife conflict. Most African nations limit elephant hunting—Kenya, for example, has had an outright ban since 1977—and with licenses costing tens of thousands of dollars, there aren’t many people who can afford to do it. Additionally, most licenses only allow hunters to kill older males, not females who are critical for the survival of their herds.
But experts say allowing the hunting of elephants is a slippery slope, which leads to an increase in poaching. Additionally, the legal import of elephant trophies is often used as cover for traffickers to slip in illegal shipments of ivory.
And not all governments behave responsibly. When governments are in need of money, one of the easiest ways to raise funds is to increase the number of available elephant hunting licenses.
At the time of O’Grady’s elephant hunt, Robert Mugabe, a dictator who masqueraded as a Democratically elected president, was Zimbabwe’s leader. Mugabe, along with his wife, Grace, led a kleptocracy that ravaged the country’s economy, leading to a majority of Zimbabweans unemployed by the time he died in 2019. (Mugabe was forced to resign in November 2017.)
Mugabe and his wife treated Zimbabwe’s wild elephants like their own personal piggy bank—selling wild baby elephants to countries like China when they needed cash. Grace Mugabe was even credibly accused of using her diplomatic powers to traffic ivory.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi
Police are looking for four drivers who were involved in hit-and-run accidents, including the one in which a police officer on traffic enforcement duties near Simon Muzenda Street bus terminus (formerly Fourth Street) was killed on Monday.
If arrested, the drivers are likely to face culpable homicide charges.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi appealed for information that might assist in their investigations.
“The ZRP is still appealing for information, which can lead to the location and arrest of the driver and owner of a Mitsubishi Canter truck which was pirating near Simon Muzenda Street on November 16, 2020 at around 3:30pm,” he said.
“The motorist was picking up passengers in the middle of the road when the police officer approached.
“He ran over him and he died on the spot. The driver sped off after the incident. Anyone with information pertaining to this matter should report at any nearest police station.”
A pedestrian was also knocked down by a Toyota Granvia that was travelling along the Harare-Bulawayo Road around 6pm on Thursday last week.
The driver took the pedestrian to Shangani Hospital and dumped him at the entrance.
The pedestrian was admitted, but his condition deteriorated and he died the following day after being transferred to Mpilo Central Hospital.
In a similar case, a 28-year-old man was struck and killed by a car as he was crossing Greystone Way in Morningside, Bulawayo, around 6:25pm on Thursday last week.
“The motorist who was driving a greenish blue truck, AAC 9290, did not stop after the accident,” said Asst Comm Nyathi. “Police are looking for the drivers in all the incidents.”
The other hit-and-run incident occurred in Eastlea, Harare.
Two Harare residents lost close to US$120 000 to two suspected fraudsters who sold them non-existent stands.
The accused persons are Pauline Gutsa and Mavis Madzivanzira, who are co-directors of Segimel Investments that is said to be in the business of buying and selling stands.
The pair allegedly sold nine stands to a businesswoman Mrs Farai Chikuwa and one stand to Mr Fortune Rukara, who paid a combined figure of US$119 000.
The victims discovered that they had been duped after verifications with the City of Harare showed that the stands were not on the local authority’s data base.
Madzivanzira has since appeared in court and is already on remand while Gutsa appeared in court yesterday before regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa on fraud charges.
She was granted $30 000 bail and instructed to report once a week to the police and not to interfere with State witnesses.
She is being represented by Mr Gift Nyandoro. Prosecutor Mrs Sheila Mupindu alleged that in September last year, Chikuwa was introduced to Gutsa and Madzivanzira and the pair allegedly misrepresented that they were selling stands in Milton Park, Vinona, Logan Park and Gunhill.
It is alleged they produced Harare City Council site plans for the proposed subdivision of the said stands and acting on the misrepresentation, Chikuwa who is a director of two construction companies decided to buy three stands in Milton Park, which were going for US$15 000 each.
It is the State’s case that she bought six more stands in Vainona and Logan Park valued at US$64 000.
Between October last year and March this year, Chikuwa paid a total of US$97 450 as deposit for the nine stands into the accused’s attorney’s trust account.
Gutsa promised to deliver offer letters but nothing materialised, the court heard. The complainant, it is alleged, later approached the City of Harare to confirm the status of the stands and was told they were non-existent on their data base ,prompting her to report the matter to the police.
Chikuwa is said to have lost US$97 450 and nothing was recovered. On the other count, on June 19 this year, Rukara was looking for a residential stand and he was referred to Gutsa and Madzivanzira who confirmed they had stands for sell.
Rukara settled for a Greendale stand which was being sold for US$35 000 but he negotiated for a reduction to US$20 000 since the stand had no title deeds.
Gutsa and Madzivanzira then approached a lawyer who assisted by drafting an agreement of sale and Rukara deposited US$20 000 into the lawyer’s trust account.
As per their agreement, the complainant was supposed to sign for the release of the funds to Gutsa and Madzivanzira after having been given the deed of cession and offer letter.
However, when Rukara visited Greendale district office, the court heard, he was told it was not a residential stand.
Rukara failed to get his money back as the duo had already taken the money from the trust account and disappeared.
A pack of six hyenas killed Mr Tendai Maseka (46) in his hut on Monday night and ate his torso.
Only his arms, legs and head were found the next day in Bangure Village in the Holy Cross area under Chief Chirumanzu.
The remains were buried yesterday. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) is now hunting down the pack, which has also killed more than a dozen goats and calves.
Chirumanzu District Development Coordinator Mr Vafias Hlabati, who confirmed the attack, said Mr Maseka’s remains were found by a passer-by the following morning.
“Fellow villagers say the now late Mr Tendai Maseko was last seen on Monday night leaving a business centre at Holy Cross where he was drinking beer,” said Mr Hlabati. “He left alone and is said to have walked home and went into his bedroom before falling asleep and being attacked by the hyenas.”
Police and ZimParks officers visited the homestead and found tracks indicating that Mr Maseka battled the hyenas in his bedroom before they dragged him outside.
“There is a belief that there is a pack of six hyenas and so far, they have claimed killed one person and over a dozen of livestock which include goats and some calves,” he said.
Headman Bangure said the community of Chirumanzu was still shocked by the incident.
“We have just buried the remains of the late Maseka, but this is the first time we have witnessed such an incident in the area,” he said.
“Everyone is in shock and wondering how the pack of hyenas managed to get into the bedroom,” he said.
Some residents of Chirundu Court in Belvedere, which is owned by Harare City Council, lost all their property in a fire that was ignited by a gas tank explosion in one of the apartments yesterday morning.
The owner of the apartment, in which the fire started sustained serious burns and was taken to hospital.
The fire destroyed the entire second floor of the two-storey building.
One of residents said the situation could have been saved had emergency services responded in time.
“The response from the emergency service was not so good,” said the resident who requested anonymity.
“I lost everything, I tried to go in when the fire started but it was too late. Everything in my apartment was destroyed.”
Mr Joshua Juru, who had visited his brother at the building also narrated how it all started.
“I had come here to visit my brother who stays in the building. As soon as I parked my vehicle, I heard a loud explosion from inside the building. I rushed to the front and there were two ladies who were screaming from the second floor.
“Another woman who was on the balcony was also screaming and I asked her to jump since I was ready to break her fall, but she was scared.
“She told me there were two ladies trapped in another apartment and I then rushed up the stairs, broke the door and managed to assist both women.
“There were two vehicles which were parked outside and we had to break their windows to push them to safety. However, my brother’s property was burnt to ashes.”
Assistant Divisional Officer Fire Brigade Mr Phillip Marufu said they responded in time, but the roof had already collapsed.
“It took about four minutes for us to get here and when we arrived the fire was spreading in two directions.
“We heard it started from a gas tank explosion.
“When we arrived, the whole roof was ablaze and we started fighting the fire from one end.
“When the other fire tenders arrived, we then started fighting on the other side, but the roof had already collapsed. I am told there is one woman who was injured when the fire started and was taken to hospital.”
THE trial of MDC-Alliance vice presidents — Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi — who are accused of violating Covid-19 regulations during the lockdown period after staging an illegal demonstrations at their party headquarters in Harare, will start on January 20.
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Esthere Chivasa announced the date yesterday. The trio’s lawyer, Mr Alec Muchadehama was furnished with State papers for him to prepare for trial.
Biti and Karenyi are appearing jointly with their deputy secretary general David Chimhini, secretary for mobilisation women assembly, Vimbai Tome, deputy secretary for, corporate affairs Lovemore Chinoputsa and Gladys Hlatywayo, who is the secretary for international affairs.
The State led by Farirai Undenge had it that on June 5 police received information that MDC-Alliance members were gathered at Morgan Tsvangirai House in Harare in contravention of Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020, which prohibited the gathering of more than 50 people,.
It was alleged that they were planning to stage an unsanctioned demonstration.
The State alleges that police reacted swiftly and went to the corner of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Angwa Street where a number of the opposition party’s supporters were already gathered.
Upon seeing the police, the MDC-Allliance members allegedly started to cause mayhem, leading to the arrest of some of the participants.
In the afternoon of the same day, while monitoring the situation at the intersection, the six MDC-Alliance leadership members reportedly arrived at the scene in the company of more than 50 people.
It is alleged that they burst into a song “Kana ndafa nehondo” and allegedly blocked the roads.
Mrs Chivasa was told that the Biti and his co-accused conduct interfered with public comfort, peace and convenience.
They were then arrested before being taken to court.
A three-member tribunal led by retired judge Justice Simbi Mubako was sworn in yesterday by President Mnangagwa to inquire into the fitness of suspended High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, to hold office.
The other members are lawyers Mr Charles Warara and Ms Yvonne Masvora.
Justice Ndewere was automatically suspended two weeks ago following President Mnangagwa’s appointment of the three-member team on the recommendations of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The commission reportedly alleges slipshod work and a large batch of overdue judgments.
The proclamation setting up the tribunal was issued two weeks ago.
The Constitution provides that a judge may be removed from office only for inability to perform the functions of his or her office, due to mental or physical incapacity, or gross incompetence, or gross misconduct. Otherwise judges serve until retirement or resignation.
The process is deliberately designed to ensure judges have practical independence since ruling against the Government of the day in a judgment cannot lead to a tribunal hearing.
The Constitution further stipulates that if the Judicial Service Commission advises the President that the question of removing any judge, including the Chief Justice, from office ought to be investigated, the President must appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter. He does not have much discretion in the matter.
Addressing journalists after the swearing-in of the tribunal, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said once the President has been informed by the JSC and given the detailed reasons for their recommendation, then the due process of the law should be followed.
“This is exactly what the President has done and I believe it is very good for the judicial system,” he said.
Minister Ziyambi scoffed at claims by Justice Ndewere that the Judiciary was “captured” and that she was being persecuted for refusing to obey unlawful orders.
“The whole reason why a tribunal is being set up is for the judge to subject herself to it and explain herself. But obviously she chose to play to the gallery and go to the media when the due process is very clear,” he said.
The setting up of the tribunal, he said, did not mean Justice Ndewere had been removed from the bench but that it had been set up to inquire into the question of her suitability to remain on the bench and to explain herself.
He said at the end, the tribunal would consider all facts and come up with appropriate recommendations.
“It was not right for the judge to grandstand, but to subject herself to the due process and allow that process to be completed,” said Minister Ziyambi.
Justice Ndewere had, after the recommendation of the JSC to set up a tribunal, filed an urgent application seeking an interim interdict to stop the tribunal being appointed, pending the determination of the legality of the process charted.
So far two judges — Justices Davison Foroma and Benjamin Chikowero — have recused themselves from hearing her application, saying that they both sit with her in the same section and it would be wrong for them to be asked to rule for or against her.
If the tribunal clears Justice Ndewere, she returns to the bench; if the tribunal makes other findings and recommendations she could well lose her job.
The tribunal is not a criminal court, but can report that certain conduct is not consistent with holding judicial office.
In this case, the JSC formally advised President Mnangagwa to set up a tribunal to look into the question of whether or not Justice Ndewere was fit to hold office, reportedly for slipshod work and delayed judgments.
But she denied the allegations claiming the misconduct allegations levelled against her were victimisation for refusing to comply with “unlawful orders”.
However, such a charge is not part of the tribunal’s brief, rather it has to investigate a growing pile of judgments delayed beyond the time limits set, and at least one review judgment that implied she had not read the file.
The tribunal will also seek to establish whether Justice Ndewere interfered with the course of deliberations of the JSC concerning allegations that were being levelled against her and to consider all information submitted by the JSC to arrive at an appropriate recommendation to the President.
After a full inquiry, the tribunal will make its recommendation on what it finds out about the judge’s performance in light of the allegations against her and has to report to the President these findings within a month from the date of conclusion of the inquiry.
Justice Ndewere becomes the second judge this year to be probed for conduct that constitutes judicial misconduct, and which calls for a tribunal hearing.
POLICE yesterday fired three shots in the air to disperse rowdy residents throwing stones at moving vehicles after a failed search for the slain Murehwa boy’s head at his uncle’s house in Damofalls, Ruwa.
Scores of people, mainly Damofalls residents, thronged the street at the house owned by Thanks Makore to witness the search, after three informants told the police that the head was buried at the house.
But police confirmed last night that they had not found the skull or any other body parts during the search, despite rumours on social media.
Police have already recovered the torso, legs and arms of seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore, murdered in a suspected ritual killing in Murehwa last month.
The majority of the body parts were recovered in the Murehwa area.
Police cordoned off Thanks Makore’s house near Cream Shopping Centre in Ruwa to enable the uninterrupted search.
Thanks Makore, an uncle to the late Tapiwa Makore (Junior), is jointly charged with his twin Tapiwa (Senior) for their nephew’s murder. The pair, together with three other suspects are in remand prison pending the murder trial.
Acting on the information received, detectives yesterday took Thanks Makore from prison for indications at his house.
After a day’s search, scores of people who demanded to see the suspect, protested the police’s decision to “smuggle” him out of the house. When the Nissan Navara ferrying the suspect drove off, some people threw stones, while others attempted to scale the pre-cast wall into the Makore family house, resulting in the police firing warning shots. The residents throwing stones had running battles with the police.
When The Herald left Damofalls, police officers were still protecting the house from the rowdy residents.
The search started around 9am with the police digging in the yard without success.
Journalists were barred from entering the yard, but glimpses through gaps saw the police team digging up a concrete pavement.
While the investigators were busy searching inside, people mainly women were dancing and singing while holding placards.
Some of the placards read “Justice for Tapiwa now”, “Enough is Enough, we want Tapiwa’s head now”.
The rains that poured down in the afternoon could not deter the demonstrators and they continued singing and dancing under umbrellas, while some just braved the rains.
The numbers ballooned late afternoon, calling for the intervention of riot police.
Around 5pm, police brought sniffer dogs to the scene to assist in the search, but without success. The two dogs spent an hour in the yard, but gave no sign that they could smell human remains.
Interviews conducted by The Herald revealed that Thanks Makore and his family threw a party at their Damofalls house on October 21, which coincided with the disappearance of the boy in Murehwa.
“We were surprised because we knew about Tapiwa’s murder and we knew he was the family’s close relative,” said a neighbour.“How could someone celebrate at a time there was family bereavement.
“A big cake was delivered on the day and there were celebrations. We don’t know what the celebration was all about, whether it was a birthday party or just a party.”
Thanks Makore is married with five children. He stayed at the house with his wife, who goes to United Methodist Church and last born son who is at a boarding school doing Advanced Level. There is also a tenant at the house.
Thanks Makore and his wife are reportedly investing in Murehwa and had built a shop which is yet to open.
“They were now spending considerable time in Murehwa where they built the shop,” said another neighbour.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has again returned a positive test for coronavirus while on international duty with Egypt.
The 28-year-old initially tested positive last week, despite not displaying any symptoms.
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Football Association confirmed Salah had been tested again and the result was positive.
He is likely to miss the Reds’ next two games because of self-isolation rules.
Liverpool host Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday and then Atalanta in a Champions League group match on 25 November.
On Tuesday, Salah posted on social media:
“I’d like to thank everyone for the supportive messages and well wishes. I’m confident I’ll be back on the field soon.”
Liverpool did not comment on whether Salah would be available for Sunday’s game.
He remains in Egypt and the club will follow government and Premier League protocols on when he can return to action.
Salah has started all eight of Liverpool’s Premier League games this season, scoring eight goals.
Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac has tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty, the
Bosnia-Herzegovina Football Federation has announced.
Kolasinac was set to miss Wednesday’s Nations League match with Italy.
The 27-year-old played the full 90 minutes of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s defeat to the Netherlands on Sunday.
He is the second Arsenal player to test positive this week, after Egypt midfielder Mohamed Elneny.
It means Kolasinac could now miss Arsenal’s Premier League game at Leeds on Sunday (16:30 GMT) and a Europa
League tie in Norway against Molde on 26 November (17:55).
Depending on when he is cleared following a negative Covid-19 test, Kolasinac could also miss Arsenal’s home match against Wolves on 29 November.
The former Schalke defender has made seven appearances in all competitions for the Gunners this season, though only one of those has been in the Premier League.
Kolasinac’s international team-mate Ibrahim Sehic has also returned a positive test and will miss Wednesday’s clash with Italy in Sarajevo. – BBC Sport
There was drama at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) provincial complex here on Tuesday afternoon when one of the officials who had been cornered by undercover detectives reportedly swallowed US$60 he had received as a bribe to facilitate the issuance of a certificate of competency (driver’s licence).
Bekimpilo Sithole (46) of Rhodene allegedly received US$100 in US$20 and US$10 denominations and was arrested by undercover police detectives before he could swallow all the money.
The detectives managed to recover US$40 after wrestling him as he allegedly tried to destroy all the evidence.
The arrest resulted in a near stampede outside Masvingo Provincial Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters as driving school instructors and their bosses sought to negotiate Sithole’s release.
The arrest comes in the wake of incessant reports of corruption by VID officers who were reportedly demanding “facilitation fees” ranging from US$100 to US$150 to issue driver’s licences.
Allegations are that the officials were part of a well-knit syndicate involving driving schools, with instructors acting as the facilitators.
Most VID officers across Masvingo lead flashy lifestyles and own several properties whose value is inconsistent with their earnings.
Deputy Health and Child Care Minister Dr John Mangwiro was formally questioned by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Tuesday on allegations of applying pressure that was inappropriate, although ultimately unsuccessful, on NatPharm to buy medical supplies from a company in which the Deputy Minister had a personal interest.
The company in the end lost out in a competitive tender to other companies that quoted lower prices, although the process had started with a possible intention for direct purchase without seeking other bids before a competitive tender was floated and adjudicated.
Recently Dr Mangwiro issued a statement denying interfering in the process for the supply of the materials by Young Health Care to NatPharm, saying he only convened a meeting at night in August this year to establish what was causing delays at a time when infections were surging.
Dr Mangwiro was quoted describing the allegations that he abused office by interfering in NatPharm’s dealings with Young Health Care Limited for the procurement of Covid-19 supplies as malicious, mischievous and calculated to cause alarm, despondency and sensationalise the public.
But Zacc questioned him over the matter on Tuesday when he visited its offices in the company of his two lawyers.
Zacc spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure confirmed the questioning yesterday. “We have called him in for a warned and cautioned statement. The docket is not yet complete and we are still waiting for more vital information,” he said.
Although the details were still sketchy, The Herald understands Dr Mangwiro was questioned following a report recently compiled by Zacc that he allegedly applied what was seen by some as pressure during the tender bidding process for the supply of laboratory equipment, reagents and consumables for Covid-19 to NatPharm.
The initial investigation carried out by Zacc between August 31 and September 4, was triggered by an anonymous letter dated
August 18 to Zacc alleging that NatPharm and the Ministry may not have followed procedures during the procurement. Zacc interviewed Natpharm officials including the acting managing director and officers from National Microbiology Reference Laboratories in connection with the allegations.
“Given the extent to which the deputy minister was involved in the said tender process, indications are that he was acting on his own capacity and not on behalf of the ministry. The actions of the deputy minister signal a personal interest in the tender and this should have prompted him to declare his interest,” said the memo.
The memo recommended further investigations into the possibility that there had been criminal abuse of office and possible violation of the Public Finance Management Act through giving ministerial directives having financial implications when he allegedly demanded prepayment of undelivered goods to Young Health Care.
The memo states that initially Young Health Care was to supply the required goods under direct procurement, where there is no competitive bidding. Young Health Care quoted $5,6 million, which was coincidentally the same amount that was in the ministry coffers, suggesting that the company might have had inside information.
“When NatPharm insisted on a competitive bidding process, Young Health Care subsequently submitted a bid price of US$3,6 million for the same items. This saw a reduction of 36 percent in the price,” ZACC said.-The Herald
Self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary handed themselves over to police in Lilongwe, Malawi on Wednesday.
Times 360 of Malawi posted on its social media channels that Bushiri and his wife had handed themselves over at Lilongwe Police Station this morning.
Bushiri and his wife left South Africa under unclear circumstances last week after they were granted R200 000 bail each.
The Enlightened Christian Gathering church leader, his wife and three others are accused of fraud involving around R102 million.
On Saturday, Bushiri said that they had fled because they believed their lives were in danger in South Africa and they would not get a fair trial.
Meanwhile, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday issued warrants of arrest for the Bushiris, when it emerged they had not appeared for their Friday check-in with police.-News24
Police in Bulawayo have issued an apology to members of the public after they erected a sign post at Magwegwe Police Station with a wrong spelling which has since been corrected..
The erroneous signpost
Messages started circulating yesterday morning on social media after members of the public took a picture showing Magwegwe written as Magwegewe.
Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said the wrong spelling was a “genuine mistake” and a correction has been made.
“Police in Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that the spelling error which resulted in the name of Magwegwe Police Station being misspelt has since been rectified. This was a genuine error by one of our trusted local businessmen who willingly volunteered to print a banner for the police,” she said.
Asst Insp Msebele said the banner was immediately pulled down after the mistake was discovered.
“The error was discovered during the erection of the banner and immediately removed and corrected. Some members of the public had already taken some pictures and circulated them. We sincerely apologise for an inconvenience caused and we would like to appreciate our local business people for the continuous support,” she said.
A number of companies and some Government departments have in the past come under fire from Bulawayo residents for misspelling iSiNdebele words.
In 2014, fast food outlet Chicken Slice had a wall advert at the company’s outlet at the corner of 9th Avenue and Fort Street with the words “Umkwenyana uqobo uyabuya le Chicken Slice”, which should have read “Umkhwenyana oqotho uza le Chicken Slice.”
In 2017 Premier Optometry Services (POS) was caught up in an iSiNdebele spelling and grammar boob storm after it wrote a meaningless notice in the language. The company’s notice read: “ukhubema akuvunyezwa lapha . . . ucingo akuvunyezwa lapha. . . ukudla akuvunyezwa lapha” instead of “ukubhema akuvunyelwa lapha (smoking is prohibited here) . . . ucingo aluvunyelwa lapha (use of cellphones prohibited) . . . ukudla akuvunyelwa lapha (Eating is not allowed).” -Chronicle
one villagers who were ordered to vacate the disputed Anglican Church-owned Irene Farm in Matabeleland South have approached the High Court challenging their eviction.
The eviction of the applicants follows a High Court order under case number HC2444/03 directing them to vacate the farm following an application by the Anglican Church Diocese of Matabeleland.
Fidelis Ndlovu, Howard Madlunga, Dunmore Sithole, Lovemore Sibanda, Eleck Mdlongwa, Sakuranda Khumalo, Nkosilamandla Mkhwananzi, George Mhlanga and Mildred Sibanda, through their lawyers Vundhla-Phulu and Partners, filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court challenging their eviction from the property.
In papers before the court, Anglican Church Diocese of Matabeleland, the Sheriff of the High Court and Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka, were cited as respondents.
The applicants want an order permanently staying the execution of an eviction order and declaring it unlawful, arguing that they were allowed to remain on the farm by the Government following its acquisition by the State.
In his founding affidavit, Fidelis Ndlovu said the order obtained by the Anglican Church Diocese of Matabeleland under case number HC2444/03 was no longer extant as the disputed land has since been acquired by the State.
“This is an urgent chamber application for stay of execution and a declaration that the land in question was acquired and thus does not belong to the first respondent (Anglican Church Diocese of Matabeleland) anymore. During the initially stages of the fast track land reform programme, I and the other applicants, took occupation of Irene Farm before it was subsequently acquired for resettlement purposes by Government,” he said.
The applicants argued that the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement recognised their presence and authorised them to remain in occupation of the farm.
“In any case, we draw our locus standi from the fact that we are, as a matter of fact, being evicted as we are de facto occupying the land. Having settled in the year 2000, we cleared the land to prepare for tilling and fenced our fields,” said Ndlovu.
“We have been tilling the land since then and we have also built homesteads and moved livestock onto the land. We have also set up a vibrant community with both social and political structures.”
The applicants said on November 14 in 2014, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement published in the Government Gazette a notice that Irene Farm had been acquired by the State in terms of the Constitution.
The villagers said they contended the eviction order on the basis that Anglican Church Diocese of Matabeleland no longer owned the farm.
“The first respondent is no longer the owner of the farm and cannot use an order or writ that was obtained prior to acquisition to evict us. The order is no longer valid because only the State as the owner of the farm can lawfully evict the applicants,” argued Ndlovu.
“In the interim, we seek an order that pending the finalisation of the matter, the second respondent (Sheriff) be ordered to stay execution of the order obtained by the first respondent under case number HC2444/03.”
The respondents are yet to respond to the application. -Chronicle
Seven students at Chinhoyi University of Technology have tested positive for coronavirus following tests conducted by the rapid response team in Makonde District.
The seven students, five females and two male, four of are symptomatic.
The development was confirmed by Chinhoyi Director of Health Services, Dr William Mayabo, who added that the seven students will be taken to Mzari clinic for isolation.
This comes after 100 learners at Jones Tallach in Matebeleland North contracted the novel virus prompting the authorities to close the school.
Kwekwe Polytechnic and Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo polytechnic also suspended lectures after some of their students tested positive for the virus.
The coronavirus curve in Zimbabwe has been flattening in recent months but is starting to rise again triggering fears of a second wave.
There has been complacency around the country with the majority of the citizenry flouting coronavirus regulations including the wearing of masks and maintenance of social distancing.
As a result of new cases that are being recorded, some government officials have hinted that the government might consider reimposing the lockdown to curb the spread and transmission of the virus.
Another lockdown will likely deteriorate further the economy that is already on a downward trend for the past 24 months.-ZBC
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has described the dearth of democracy in Africa as unfortunate and catastrophic.
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, President Chamisa denounced dictatorship, election rigging and persecution of opposition activists.
Commenting on electoral processes in Uganda, President Chamisa said:
I’ve been following election campaigns in Uganda.
Alternative Presidential candidate and Brother Bobi wine is being terrorized, blocked from campaigning and access to the media.Dictatorship must go.Young people must save and serve Africa.Real change is unstoppable.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has described the dearth of democracy in Africa as unfortunate and catastrophic.
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, President Chamisa denounced dictatorship, election rigging and persecution of opposition activists.
Commenting on electoral processes in Uganda, President Chamisa said:
I’ve been following election campaigns in Uganda.
Alternative Presidential candidate and Brother Bobi Wine is being terrorized, blocked from campaigning and access to the media.Dictatorship must go.Young people must save and serve Africa.Real change is unstoppable.
Tinashe Sambiri|All dictators in Africa -including Emmerson Mnangagwa and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni are cowards and liars, social media analyst, Peter Mupondi has postulated.
Mupondi notes that dictators cannot suppress the will of the people forever.
Read his argument below:
By Peter Mupondi
About All Dictators
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa included. ..
●They dont take lessons from other fallen dictators
●They know that a revolution is coming but they are not so sure when and how.
So they invest a lot in protecting themselves and scare every grain of threat around ●They capture all the institutions and weaponize them against descending voices
●They have enablers and supporters too ●They are cowards ●They lie ●They are corrupt and they surround themselves with corrupt officials!
Tinashe Sambiri|All dictators in Africa -including Emmerson Mnangagwa and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni are cowards and liars, social media analyst, Peter Mupondi has postulated.
Mr Mnangagwa
Mupondi notes that dictators cannot suppress the will of the people forever.
Read his argument below:
By Peter Mupondi
About All Dictators
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa included. ..
●They dont take lessons from other fallen dictators
●They know that a revolution is coming but they are not so sure when and how.
So they invest a lot in protecting themselves and scare every grain of threat around ●They capture all the institutions and weaponize them against descending voices
●They have enablers and supporters too ●They are cowards ●They lie ●They are corrupt and they surround themselves with corrupt officials!
Ginimbi was a businessman or just a busy man engaged in sophisticated crime?
The man introduced at the funeral (at the weekend) as the late businessesman, Genius Kadungure’s spiritual father, Charles Motondo, is a convicted fraudster who has only just come out of prison, ZimEye can reveal.
Also, one of Ginimbi’s top business mates present at the funeral on Saturday Tazvi Mhaka, is a convicted fraudster who fled UK with GBP 1,2 million, and Ginimbi himself was described as a dealer who was in the business of cigarette smuggling together with Mary Chiwenga and Wanisani “Mahwindo” Mutandwa, the latter who at the weekend announced saying Ginimbi used to steal all the money collected Beitbridge everytime he was sent by the syndicate. She made these announcements on LIVE video during the burial function.
Ginimbi died in a car accident on the 7th November together with Malawi’s most wanted fraudster the latter who fled that country with more than 2 billion local currency money, Limumba Karim, and who was hiding inside Ginimbi’s house. Malawi police were searching for him in South Africa when all this while he was hiding in Domboshawa under Ginimbi’s protection. Where are all those billions now that the two friends are no more? The others who died in the accident were two women, one of them, the Zimbabwean (Moana) Mitchelle Amuli, who even after her departure was criticised by her own father as morally wayward, a party animal.
Who was Ginimbi then, a real businessman or just a busyman, stealing public money?
Who was Ginimbi then, a real businessman or just a busyman, stealing public money? – WATCH FULL VIDEO ON https://t.co/eY98GsdO0a
In the months running up to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s divorce, it was announced that he has all this while Mary Chiwenga’s conduit to smuggling millions of dollars of RBZ money to South Africa on Mary Chiwenga’s behalf.
News analyst, Dissent Bajila narrates as follows:
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He was the CEO of Piko Trading Group which owns four companies namely Pioneer Gases, Quick Gases, Rivonia Gases, and City Center Freight. Besides himself, no other board member of any of these companies is known.
Even after his tragic death, none of his companies has released a statement saying anything about the death of the CEO. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, it is very UNUSUAL for multimillion-dollar companies to have no known bureaucracy and to defer an opportunity to publicly mourn their CEO.
Piko Trading Group and all its subsidiaries sell products and services that are wanted by many people in the countries where they are stationed. USUALLY, for such companies to grow fast they need to have top class systems for marketing and customer support. They say “Companies do not advertise because they are big. They are big because they advertise”. The world’s richest oil and gas tycoon is Mukesh Ambani.
His companies do web, gloss, billboard, and other digital forms of marketing. Even Harare-based gas companies like Intergas, BOC Gas, Master Gas Energy, etc have these USUAL attributes of a modern business. However, Piko Trading Group and all its subsidiaries have no website, no officially designated public relations manager, and no network of depots where new and prospective clients can access the product. One wonders how they built and kept a clientele that made the millions. Again, while there is nothing wrong with this, it is very UNUSUAL.
Angitshongo ukuthi ngithini. Phela sekungaze kuthiwe sengithe mina ngingathangani.
Ousted MDC-T 2014 Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, has rubbished his dismissal from the party saying the move was not constitutionally enforceable.
The opposition party’s National Council resolved to expel Bhebhe over allegations of gross violation of the MDC-T’s constitution by supporting another political party other than the MDC T.
His expulsion came after he had attacked party bigwigs, interim leader Thokozani Khupe, acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, acting chairperson Morgen Komichi and former Energy minister Elias Mudzuri during provincial nominations held in Bulawayo recently.
Speaking to NewsDay, Bhebhe said that his expulsion was not enforceable at law. He said:
I am not aware of any constitutional and legally enforceable expulsion except what I read in the Press.
Bhebhe was expelled ahead of the party’s Supreme Court-sanctioned Extraordinary Congress scheduled for December.
Meanwhile, Mwonzora has since defended Bhebhe’s expulsion saying the National Council acted above board in accordance with the law. -NewsDay
Ousted MDC-T 2014 Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, has rubbished his dismissal from the party saying the move was not constitutionally enforceable.
The opposition party’s National Council resolved to expel Bhebhe over allegations of gross violation of the MDC-T’s constitution by supporting another political party other than the MDC T.
His expulsion came after he had attacked party bigwigs, interim leader Thokozani Khupe, acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, acting chairperson Morgen Komichi and former Energy minister Elias Mudzuri during provincial nominations held in Bulawayo recently.
Speaking to NewsDay, Bhebhe said that his expulsion was not enforceable at law. He said:
I am not aware of any constitutional and legally enforceable expulsion except what I read in the Press.
Bhebhe was expelled ahead of the party’s Supreme Court-sanctioned Extraordinary Congress scheduled for December.
Meanwhile, Mwonzora has since defended Bhebhe’s expulsion saying the National Council acted above board in accordance with the law. -NewsDay
Mostly to promote , advance and protect the needs of teachers, and as such we will not stand by and watch as some vulnerable teachers lose their jobs, or salaries, or livelihood, due to some undue pressure from unrecognized, unorganized social media groups who continue to urge you to break the LAW.
Please be warned, these groups will be nowhere to be found in your time of need.
Rising gospel artiste Fortunate Siziba has released a tribute song to the murdered for Murewa murdered boy Tapiwa Makore featuring Trevor Dongo.
Simply titled Zvipo, the inspirational song was recorded at Eternity Records, a Macdonald Macdee Chidavaenzi stable in partnership with Dongo and various artistes.
In an interview, Siziba said the song is dedicated to child abuse victims and ritual killings of minors in Zimbabwe and beyond.
“We have seen a number of kids losing their lives and this song talks about this.
“The message has to go out and sink in people’s minds that children are indeed a gift from God, so there is a need to take good care of them than harm them.
“The ritual murder of Tapiwa Makore is something which could have been avoided if people really appreciate how precious these kids are.
“There are a lot of people out there trying to have children but they cannot.-State media
On the 18th of November 1963, my beloved late parents Catherine & Fanelo gave birth to a lovely girl whom they named Thokozani, which means happiness. This girl has grown up & today she turns 57. I am very grateful to my parents for bringing me up to be the woman that I am today pic.twitter.com/rxCdYlCy1A
The Trump campaign on Wednesday filed a petition for a partial recount in Wisconsin, where President Donald Trump trails President-elect Joe Biden, the apparent winner of the state, by more than 20,000 votes.
The campaign wired $3 million to the Wisconsin Election Commission for the long-shot bid to overturn the state results. In a statement, the campaign said it was asking for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties, mostly Democratic areas in which Biden defeated Trump by large margins. Biden captured more than 75 percent of the vote in Dane and more than 69 percent of the vote in Milwaukee.
Detained political activist Hopewell Chin’ono will have to wait a little longer to know the outcome of his bail application after High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Wednesday reserved ruling in the matter to the end of the week.
Chin’ono was arrested early this month and charged with obstructing the course of justice after he allegedly violated bail conditions in another case still pending at the courts.
In the pending case, Chin’ono is facing charges of allegedly inciting public violence for mobilizing masses through his social media accounts to protest against government in a failed demonstration which had been slated for July 31st.
He was denied bail last week by the Harare Magistrate court, which ruled that he must remain in remand because he had a propensity to commit offenses.
After being denied bail, his lawyers then appealed against the decision at the High Court, arguing that the lower court had erred and misdirected itself.
On Wednesday, Justice Chitapi heard arguments from both sides, and reserved judgement to Friday.
San people look and live the way their ancestors did thousands of years ago
By MalumeCont Mhlanga
Cont Mhlanga
I ALWAYS monitor what people discuss on social media to educate myself on new ideas. This other day I was surprised when a group of Kalanga educationists said that the Mthwakazi are the Nguni and the Khumalo. They were even screaming that people of certain Kalanga surnames cannot claim to be Mthwakazi.
This line of argument and thought if not corrected will harm our children and their children destroying the achievements that their ancestors had covered in uniting the local people. Diversity does not mean division.
I worry about these educationists who did not get history from their grandmothers to juxtapose it with the history from missionaries, hunters and researchers whose source of knowledge of our continent and our past is solely based on what others have read from non Africans that have been published before them.
For the benefit of our children I share in this article what Mthwakazi is and what it means. Bazukulu I will talk about Africa south of the equator and so when I say African I mean south of the equator.
The first white people or non Africans to settle in Southern Africa were a bunch of vendors from Arabia. They are called Arabs in your textbooks. These vendors sold cloth and plastic beads to our people. This is the reason why Bazukulu, when our spirit mediums come they all request for a piece of cloth (amalembu) and some beads. This is so with prophets too. Just as much as when all of you come back as spirit mediums you will demand walkmans, cellphones and soda drinks! For the Arabs it was all about swag.
The second group of white people to settle in southern Africa was a bunch of poor peasant farmers from Holland. They brought with them apartheid. It is for this reason that today we have poor areas and rich areas of our urban cities and why we have people called liberation war veterans. For the Dutch it was all about fast food.
There are many folk stories and songs told by our grandmothers that speak to this fact. Before these two non indigenous groups, you had across Southern Africa black indigenous people.
Bazukulu not all areas of the continent were covered by people because population numbers were very low. Just as in today’s Africa you have forests where humans don’t stay. Names of places and tribes in the then African settlements were derived from the names of the eldest or most powerful people in that community.
Social power was not derived from killing or fighting only. It was also derived from many other human skills and achievements. It is only now in our wrongly educated society that recognises power as coming from political achievement and war only.
The majority of names of places and even tribes that we have inherited were once names of people. This background takes me to what I want to discuss in this article, the meaning of Mthwakazi.
Bazukulu, Mthwakazi is a name of a place. The place got the name from the first ever known indigenous people who lived in the area. Those people were the different families of the Khoisan people. Stupid white scholars called them Bushmen.
The Nguni people of the south called them AbaThwa. The Bantu coined the name Mthwa from the skilful manufacture, use and sound of the hunting bow, arrows and language sounds of the San people.
AbaThwa is not a derogative term but a heroic collective identity name given to champion hunters who did it better than any other Bantu people of the South. If it were derogative the Nguni warriors were never going to associate themselves with it because they had superior military power anyway to choose what they wanted to associate with and how.
AbaThwa left their footprint all over what we call Zimbabwe today in form of their creative fine art on rocks.
The place of Bulawayo and Matopos of today was the prime site and land of the AbaThwa where their Queen lived. Yes they had a powerful respected Queen who the Nguni called Inkosikazi YabaThwa. There are folk stories told about her land, people and herbs.
Before the AbaThwa no other known indigenous people lived here. If ever there were others it remains guess work by those whose job is to dig up history from underground and that history may not be accurate.
Bazukulu every other indigenous people, tribe and clan came to what is now Zimbabwe from somewhere at some point in time. In fact all people who are today Zimbabweans became so because of some historical coincidental movement by their ancestors except for the AbaThwa.
When the warrior King Mzilikazi and his people arrived in this part of Southern Africa many other tribes had arrived and settled here before them. King Mzilikazi being a nation builder and one who unites people under his leadership decided to give due respect and credit to the first indigenous people to have been known to stay in this part of Southern Africa and called the land the country of the people of Mthwakazi.
Bazukulu (kazi) yisijobelelo that describes gender referring to the female. In Bantu of the south indigenous religion, land is female hence when they referred to the land of the AbaThwa they called it Mthwa-kazi.
It was King Mzilikazi who popularised this name as he declared that everyone who stays within this land of the AbaThwa must give due remembrance and respect of the first indigenous people who lived in this beautiful country lest every one forgets about them by referring to everyone as those of the land of Mthwakazi.
He wanted a collective identity that would bring everyone together regardless of tribe, colour, language and social class and background to build a united strong nation while maintaining every one’s unique cultural identity.
To call everyone people from the land of Mthwakazi served that objective well and it was a very suitable selection in honour of the San people. Bazukulu any other meaning and definition of Mthwakazi that is not inclusive of all the people who stay in this beautiful part of Southern Africa is for selfish interests that divide the people and is neither correct nor desirable.
Any progressive leader would want people to be united under their leadership so that they can prosper as a collective people. Anyone or anything that points at division comes from shallow-minded people who have only read history books written by white authors.
Colonialism and its education Bazukulu continues to hurt us as a people through its wrong one sided education system that excludes Africa’s indigenous knowledge in its composition. This one sided education system motivates us as Africans to fight over petty socially unsustainable things.
We do not have to stick to the word Mthwakazi and its use but we have to stick to its values and to why King Mzilikazi introduced it.
If we are not going to use it in our time then, we have to find another word for the same united identity that is above tribe and race because that is where our ancestors want us to be as a people who call this country home.
This can be so because empires rise and fall throughout the history of man, just as today governments rise and fall. Any government in power can create its own social vocabulary but that vocabulary must be for peace, unity, security and prosperity of all people.
So Bazukulu stop yearning to be identified and be respected through empires and kingdoms that fell a long time ago to a point that you find yourselves abusing such beautiful history and heritage as Mthwakazi and what it represents for the future. Those kingdoms and empires are now in the past. Politically they don’t mean anything anymore.
Your mandate is to come together and create a new world with new identities but same old values of ubuntu. Mthwakazi was not a kingdom or empire. It was a social value of unity, peace, prosperity, security and heritage of many different peoples of this area.
No tribe or indigenous people have the right to claim more ownership of this country or land more than the other tribes or indigenous people. It is simply stupid to do so. We mislead our children. It is important to take the best out of our history and let the worst to die.
Let me end Bazukulu, by letting you know that there is a lot of wrong history that is making rounds and it is your responsibility to be vigilant. Focus on togetherness and oneness all the time from family units to communities and to the nation because this is what a Mthwakazi heritage speaks of.
"The voice of the people is the voice of God,No one is more important than the other. We are all Zimbabweans. We want to grow our economy. We want jobs.” three years on since Mugabe coup, what's your take on Mnangagwa's presidency.
Zimbabwe’s poverty datum line (PDL) for a family of five jumped 4.4 percent to $18 750 in October as the cost of living continues to go up on the back of inflationary pressures, latest data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) shows.
The PDL is the minimum amount of money that a family requires for food and other essential requirements for them not to be deemed poor.
“This means that an average household required that much to purchase both food and non-food items for them not to be deemed poor,” Zimbabwe’s official data provider said.
“This represents an increase of 4.4 percent when compared to the September 2020 figure of $17 956.87.”
Zimstat said one person required $1 521 for food alone and $3 750 for food and other essential needs.
Month-on-month inflation in October stood at 4.37 percent, after jumping from 3.83 percent the previous month, while annual inflation was 471.25 percent, down from 659.40 percent in September.
The slowdown in inflation has been largely attributed to stability in the country’s exchange rate since the introduction of the foreign currency auction system in June.
The continued rise in the cost of living comes against low wages and salaries especially at a time companies continue to battle for survival after the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be phased out by 2030, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The move brings the ban on new conventional cars and vans forward by 10 years from 2040, although sales of some hybrid vehicles will be allowed until 2035.
It aims to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles to cut climate emissions and air pollution, as part of the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’ to boost jobs and cut emissions to net zero by 2050.
The PM outlined new investment of £1.3 billion to accelerate the rollout of chargepoints in homes, streets, and on motorways, to make electric vehicles easier to charge up, and £582 million in grants for those buying zero or ultra-low emission vehicles to help reduce the costs.
Nearly £500 million will be spent in the next four years for the development and mass-scale production of electric vehicle batteries, helping to boost manufacturing bases including in the Midlands and North East, he said.
The Government will also launch a consultation on the phase out of new diesel HGVs to clean up freight transport, though no date has been set.
Elsewhere in the 10-point plan, there are moves to have the UK’s first town entirely heated by hydrogen by the end of the decade, a renewed push on nuclear power and support for restoring nature and for walking and cycling.
Mr Johnson, who has already highlighted plans to power every home in the country by offshore wind within 10 years as part of his vision, said the moves would support up to 250,000 jobs.
He will meet with businesses on Wednesday to set out planned regulatory changes and discuss their contributions.
The Government also said new investment formed part of £12 billion mobilised for the plan, though Labour said only £4 billion of the funding was new and called for a much bigger investment in a green recovery.
The UK has legal a target to cut greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050, requiring huge cuts to emissions and any remaining pollution from hard-to-treat sectors such as aviation ‘offset’ by measures such as planting trees.
There is also pressure on the UK to set out ambitious action to tackle the climate crisis as hosts of the United Nations Cop26 summit which was delayed by the pandemic and is now taking place in Glasgow in November 2021.
The widely trailed move to bring forward the phase out of petrol and diesel cars comes in the wake of guidance from the Government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change which said it should be implemented by 2032 at the latest.
The committee has also called for greater action in other areas such as cutting the carbon from heating homes, as the UK is off track to meet its climate-tackling goals. Mr Johnson said:
‘Although this year has taken a very different path to the one we expected, I haven’t lost sight of our ambitious plans to level up across the country. ‘My 10-point plan will create, support and protect hundreds of thousands of green jobs, whilst making strides towards net zero by 2050.
‘Our green industrial revolution will be powered by the wind turbines of Scotland and the North East, propelled by the electric vehicles made in the Midlands and advanced by the latest technologies developed in Wales, so we can look ahead to a more prosperous, greener future.’
Zimbabwe’s drive to lure investment has attracted the attention of Saudi Arabia, which has revealed plans to set up an embassy in Harare as well as incorporating the country into the Saudi Development Fund.
This was said by the Kingdom’s Minister of State for African Countries Affairs, Mr Ahmed Kattan, after meeting President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare yesterday.
Posting on micro-blogging site Twitter yesterday, President Mnangagwa said he was looking forward to cooperating with one of the world’s economic giants.
“It was my privilege to welcome to Zimbabwe Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Africa, Ahmed Kattan. The potential for trade between our two nations cannot be understated. I look forward to growing our cooperation and investment in the coming years,” tweeted President Mnangagwa.
The kingdom dispatched a high-powered delegation led by Minister Kattan to scout for opportunities in mining, agriculture, tourism and infrastructural development as well as strengthen diplomatic and trade ties between the two countries.
Speaking after his meeting with President Mnangagwa, Mr Kattan said his country was keen on scaling up diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe, beginning by setting up a local embassy, as well as helping the country address its humanitarian needs through the Saudi Development Fund.
The Saudi Fund finances close to 4 000 projects in more than 70 countries, and access to the fund will help Zimbabwe navigate the effects of Covid-19.
Mr Kattan said he had conveyed the greetings of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz and their warm wishes for prosperity to “the friendly people of the Republic of Zimbabwe”.
“I reconfirmed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s keen interest in strengthening its relations with the Republic of Zimbabwe in light of the Kingdom’s vision 2030, including in the areas of trade and investment.
“I assured His Excellency (President Mnangagwa) that we are ready to present to His Excellency King Salman the humanitarian and aid relief sent to Zimbabwe’s urgent humanitarian needs for assessment and to continue our cooperation through supporting development projects by the Saudi Fund for Development which included the area of communication.”
The two countries have decided to sign an agreement soon to establish diplomatic relations.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, said the visit by the Saudi delegation was a major milestone.
Dr Moyo said the two countries wish to enhance the level of cooperation and bilateral relations particularly trade and investment cooperation.
He noted that Zimbabwe is endowed with resources while Saudi Arabia was a great market.
Potential investments are also available in sectors such as agriculture, mining, tourism and infrastructure development.
“There is, for example, the Saudi Development Fund, whose function is to consider the viability of such kind of projects which Zimbabwe would consider as a priority,” said Dr Moyo.
Zimbabwe Miners Federation President Henrietta Rushwaya was recently arrested at the RGM Airport while trying to smuggle six 6kgs of gold to the Reserve Bank.
According to police reports, Rushwaya was arrested when the airport scanners indicated that her hand luggage contained suspicious objects.
Further reports from independent sources indicate that Henrietta Rushwaya was headed for Dubai in the UAE at the time of her arrest.
It was a dramatic day at Doves Funeral Parlour in Harare on Wednesday as Moana`s funeral service could not happen after her paternal and maternal families were locked in a stalemate.
Her maternal side wanted her buried at Zororo Memorial Park while the father`s family insisted on Domboshava
Her father, Mr Ishamel Amuli wants her buried in a Muslim way as he is a Muslim himself while his estranged wife says Ishamel must not be anywhere near Moana’s funeral since he had a sower relationship with the deceased.
Some family members say Moana’s biological mother abandoned her at 18 months and she was raised by her father and stepmother whom she was very close to until about two years ago when her father slapped her for venturing into the socialite lifestyle.
Moana died in a road accident with friends while coming from celebrating her 26th birthday.
Genius Ginimbi Kadungure’s Rolls Royce Wraith in which Moana and two others were passengers was involved in a head-on collision with a Honda Fit along Borrowdale road before veering off the road, hitting a tree and catching fire.
After a long meeting, it appears the families finally reached a compromise. According to Moana`s uncle (maternal) she will be buried at Zororo Memorial Park on Thursday. Her paternal side still insists it will be a Muslim burial and it seems preparations have been adjusted accordingly.
Meanwhile, there was commotion at Doves Morgans funeral parlour chapel, as Passion Java arrived for Moanas funeral service. Java’s S Class Benz suffered a cracked windscreen during the chaos. The prophet had to escape from the excited crowd abandoning the event.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in a three-member tribunal to investigate High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere’s fitness to hold office.
The tribunal will be chaired by retired Judge Justice Simbi Mubako and comprises Yvonne Masora and Charles Warara.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed the tribunal following recommendations made by Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The JSC accuses Justice Ndewere of failure to clear her workload in reasonable time and failure to properly study the file on a thief’s conviction and sentence when she set aside a jail term.
THE ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions’ leaders who were arrested for protesting against the high costs of living in Zimbabwe and the government’s imposition of the 2% transaction tax have been acquitted after the magistrate in Mutare found them not guilty.
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) in a report Tuesday revealed that Mutare Magistrate Sekai Chiundura acquitted 19 ZCTU activists who had been on trial since 2018 for allegedly protesting against the high cost of living in Zimbabwe and the imposition of a 2% transactions tax by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.
The 19 ZCTU leaders, who were represented by Passmore Nyakureba were arrested on October 11 2018 by the police and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breaches of the peace or bigotry as defined in section 37 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
During the trial, the state alleged that the ZCTU leaders had contravened the law by taking part in a demonstration organised by the country’s largest labour union to protest against the government’s disastrous economic policies.
However, Chiundura found them not guilty and acquitted them at the close of the state case indicating that the state had failed to prove a prima facie case against them.
One person was seriously injured while property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was destroyed in a fire that broke out at Chirundu Court near Divaris Shopping Centre in Belvedere, Harare this morning.
The fire, which completely destroyed the entire second floor of the City of Harare owned-double storey building, is reported to have started after a gas tank exploded in one of the apartments.
Tenants on the building said officers from the emergency services failed to respond in time and the first truck to arrive did not have enough water to put out the fire.
They said the second truck arrived when half of the floor was already burnt down.
“If the trucks had come in time and with enough water, some of the apartments could have been saved,” said an anonymous tenant.
The injured, only identified as Jenny is the owner of the apartment where the fire started.
She was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Two other residents were trapped but later rescued by a visitor to the building.
This woman was splashed with methylated spirits and set alight for stealing a packet of meat worth R25.
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean woman has been treated for burn wounds in a hospital in Musina in Limpopo after she was doused with methylated spirits by employees at a SuperSpar for stealing food worth R25.
Three people were arrested following the incident and are due back in court in January 2021. The Spar Group said the store is independently owned. The company has, however, apologised.
Mavis* spoke to GroundUp on condition that her identity be withheld. She said she sustained burn wounds on her waist, arm, leg and vagina.
She said she arrived in Musina on 2 November 2020 in search of work. The mother of five said that her husband died in 2012 and she was battling to put food on the table for her young children, two of whom still go to school.
“I was accommodated at a relative’s place but the relative was visiting her husband working in Pretoria.”
She said she had gone days without anything to eat and did not want to burden the landlord who was already caring for her relative’s three young children while she was away.
On 10 November, she said, “out of desperation I walked to Spar and stole a packet of meat worth R25. I walked out without anyone noticing me until some Spar workers approached me, requesting to know what I had bought. I never denied anything. I showed them the meat,” said Mavis.
She said though she explained her situation and apologised, the employees poured spirits onto her skirt and set it alight. “I asked for forgiveness but all fell on deaf ears. Some kicked me. I told them if they wanted to kill me then they should not make me suffer that way,” she said.
According to Mavis some Musina residents came to her rescue and called the police who responded quickly. The residents immediately demanded that the shop be closed. It re-opened the next day.
“I am not denying that I did the wrong thing, but were these workers supposed to give me such a treatment? They have made mine and children’s lives even worse. At the moment I can’t even sit down and I have to sleep on one side.”
“I am not sure when I will recover so I can work for my children. The pain is too much,” said Mavis.
Colonel Moathse Ngoepe from Musina SAPS said three people aged between 27 and 40 were arrested two days after the incident on 12 November 2020. Ngoepe said all three appeared at the Musina Magistrates Court on 13 November and were granted bail of R1,000 each.
The case was postponed to 26 January 2021.In response to questions from GroundUp, the Spar Group said the Musina Spar had confirmed that two staff members were implicated “in what appear to be illegal actions following the apprehension of a shoplifter” on 10 November 2020. The group said they had been “suspended with immediate effect, pending a disciplinary hearing”.
The Spar Group said that the store and its ownership were “shocked and saddened by these events and have offered our sincerest apology and support to the alleged victim, their family and the community.”
Former Nigeria international Christian Obodo was kidnapped on Sunday after unknown gunmen dragged him for his parked car in the southern city of Warri.
The 36-year-old, who spent over a decade in Italy’s Serie A, had stopped to buy fruits not too far from his house.
Following his release on Monday, the ex-Udinese midfielder claimed the kidnappers blamed the Super Eagles’ 4-4 draw in the Afcon Qualifiers against Sierra Leone which saw them losing a bet.
Nigeria led 4-0 after 29 minutes but threw away the advantage and settled for a draw.
“It was really discomforting locked up in a hot car trunk for hours,” he was quoted as saying on Brila FM, as cited by Goal.
“The kidnappers were even telling me about how they lost money for placing bets on Nigeria to score in the second half.
“They didn’t hurt me or intimidate me, but I can’t understand the reason for anyone to want to put me through this sort of thing over again.”
The incident is the second time Obodo has been kidnapped in his hometown, with the first taking place in June 2012 while he played for Udinese.-Soccer 24
Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi is crying foul after his side dropped points for the first time in the 2021 Afcon qualifiers when they drew 2-2 against Zimbabwe on Monday afternoon.
The Desert Foxes gave up a two-goal advantage in the first half after captain Knowledge Musona and substitute Prince Dube struck home to level the terms. The visitors took the lead in the 34th minute through Andy Delort before their skipper, Riyad Mahrez added another one four minutes later.
Reflecting on the game in an interview with the Algerian FA, Belmadi blamed the condition of the pitch and poor refereeing for the draw in Harare.
He said: “We were disadvantaged by many factors, for an example, we played at 2 pm, which certainly favoured them.
There is the issue of pitch (condition) and some complicated refereeing though I don’t like to talk about it.”
Despite the draw, Algeria sealed their place at the 2021 Afcon finals after attaining ten points from four games.-Soccer 24
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has described the dearth of democracy in Africa as unfortunate and catastrophic.
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, President Chamisa denounced dictatorship, election rigging and persecution of opposition activists.
Commenting on electoral processes in Uganda, President Chamisa said:
I’ve been following election campaigns in Uganda.
Alternative Presidential candidate and Brother Bobi Wine is being terrorized, blocked from campaigning and access to the media.Dictatorship must go.Young people must save and serve Africa.Real change is unstoppable.
Manchester City correspondent, podcast host and YouTube creator Steven Mcinerney has sensationally claimed that Riyad Mahrez shouldn’t be heaped with praise for his goal against Zimbabwe because he was playing against ‘semi-pro players.’
The Manchester City winger dazzled past Adam Chicken to score an audacious goal to double the Desert Foxes’ advantage in the 2-2 draw at the National Sports on Monday, a goal which trended on social media after the game.
Spanish media even suggested that the goal be a contender for the 2020 Puskas award while others insisted it be the reason Mahrez finds game time at City, where he has off late struggled to be in the team under Pep Guardiola but Mcinerney insists that shouldn’t be the case because he (Mahrez) was not playing against professional footballers.
”Just to elaborate. Mahrez is currently not in great form, like a few for City too to be fair. That’s not a dig. Just a fair observation. The person asked why he’s good here, and not in the PL. The correct answer is literally that. He’s playing against a semi-pro footballer,” he wrote on microblogging site Twitter.
“That’s not a dig. Just an assessment of why it may be working for him for Algeria, and not in the PL currently. I think it’s fair to say that PL defenders are vastly better & very used to how he plays. Currently Mahrez feels very predictable. He needs to shake that. Not a dig,” he added.
Ironically, Mcinerney cast a blind eye on the fact that one of the players in the Warriors squad, Marvelous Nakamba, is the only player from Southern Africa in the English Premier League while Tino Kadewere plays for Olympique Lyon, the team which knocked City out of last season’s UEFA Champions League.-Soccer 24
The man introduced at the funeral (at the weekend) as the late businessesman, Genius Kadungure’s spiritual father, Charles Motondo, is a convicted fraudster who has only just come out of prison, ZimEye can reveal.
Also, one of Ginimbi’s top business mates present at the funeral on Saturday Tazvi Mhaka, is a convicted fraudster who fled UK with GBP 1,2 million, and Ginimbi himself was described as a dealer who was in the business of cigarette smuggling together with Mary Chiwenga and Wanisani “Mahwindo” Mutandwa, the latter who at the weekend announced saying Ginimbi used to steal all the money collected Beitbridge everytime he was sent by the syndicate. She made these announcements on LIVE video during the burial function.
Ginimbi died in a car accident on the 7th November together with Malawi’s most wanted fraudster the latter who fled that country with more than 2 billion local currency money, Limumba Karim, and who was hiding inside Ginimbi’s house. Malawi police were searching for him in South Africa when all this while he was hiding in Domboshawa under Ginimbi’s protection. Where are all those billions now that the two friends are no more? The others who died in the accident were two women, one of them, the Zimbabwean (Moana) Mitchelle Amuli, who even after her departure was criticised by her own father as morally wayward, a party animal.
Who was Ginimbi then, a real businessman or just a busyman, stealing public money?
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In the months running up to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s divorce, it was announced that he has all this while Mary Chiwenga’s conduit to smuggling millions of dollars of RBZ money to South Africa on Mary Chiwenga’s behalf.
News analyst, Dissent Bajila narrates as follows:
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He was the CEO of Piko Trading Group which owns four companies namely Pioneer Gases, Quick Gases, Rivonia Gases, and City Center Freight. Besides himself, no other board member of any of these companies is known.
Even after his tragic death, none of his companies has released a statement saying anything about the death of the CEO. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, it is very UNUSUAL for multimillion-dollar companies to have no known bureaucracy and to defer an opportunity to publicly mourn their CEO.
Piko Trading Group and all its subsidiaries sell products and services that are wanted by many people in the countries where they are stationed. USUALLY, for such companies to grow fast they need to have top class systems for marketing and customer support. They say “Companies do not advertise because they are big. They are big because they advertise”. The world’s richest oil and gas tycoon is Mukesh Ambani.
His companies do web, gloss, billboard, and other digital forms of marketing. Even Harare-based gas companies like Intergas, BOC Gas, Master Gas Energy, etc have these USUAL attributes of a modern business. However, Piko Trading Group and all its subsidiaries have no website, no officially designated public relations manager, and no network of depots where new and prospective clients can access the product. One wonders how they built and kept a clientele that made the millions. Again, while there is nothing wrong with this, it is very UNUSUAL.
Angitshongo ukuthi ngithini. Phela sekungaze kuthiwe sengithe mina ngingathangani.
Giving first aid to lightning strike victims while waiting for professional medical attention can save their lives.
It is safe to touch a lightning strike victim. People struck by lightning DO NOT carry a charge.
Follow these four steps immediately to help save the life of a lightning strike victim:
Call For Help immediately.
Give directions to your location and information about the strike victim(s).
Assess The Situation
How many victims are there?Where was the victim struck?Is the storm still continuing?
Safety is a priority. Be aware of the continuing lightning danger to both the victim and rescuer. If the area where the victim is located is high risk (e.g., an isolated tree or open field), the victim and rescuer could both be in danger. If necessary, move the victim to a safer location. It is unusual for a victim who survives a strike to have any major broken bones that would cause paralysis or major bleeding complications unless the person suffered a fall or was thrown a long distance. Therefore, it may be safe to move the victim to minimize possible further exposure to lightning.
Lightning often causes a heart attack. Check to see if the victim is breathing and has a heartbeat. The best place to check for a pulse is the carotid artery which is found on your neck directly below your jaw, as shown in the picture.
Resuscitate If the victim is not breathing, immediately begin mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. If the victim does not have a pulse, start cardiac compressions as well (CPR).
Continue resuscitation efforts until help arrives. If the area is cold and wet, putting a protective layer between the victim and the ground may help decrease hypothermia (abnormally low body temperature).
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Many people are after an anointing but they are not after Jesus Christ.
That is why many have followed a cult without even knowing.
Every cult has an anointing that demonstrates power and can prophesy, so dont be fooled.Follow Jesus and you will understand the difference between a good anointing and a cultic anointing.
Dont be fooled when congregants come saying noone is perfect because many people use young girls for sex for their ministry and prophetic rituals,Some even drink alcohol.
Cults have planted this word in us children on God,we are always saying ” Noone is perfect” so they continue to increase in numbers because we deny the truth when the Lord exposes them daily.
Matthew 7 vs 20-21 20.Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
21.“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
