By A Correspondent- Pupils have been sent home on opening day amid concern that teachers are incapacitated in Uzumba Marangwe Pfungwe Tuesday.
The Zimbabwean government announced that schools will be reopened in a phased manner for all learners this year.
The first phase targeting examination classes for the locally run Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) opened on Sept. 28, followed by non-examination classes.
Phase two saw the reopening of classes for primary school learners in Grade six and secondary school learners in Form three and five, followed by phase three which saw the rest of learners in primary and secondary schools going back to school on Nov. 9.
A source who spoke to this publication revealed that the pupils were sent back home by their headmaster at Mashambanhaka Secondary School because there are no teachers.
Said the source:
“All learners were told to go back home and the headmaster said only Form 4s are to be in the school premises. The pupils were told that it will not help their situation to waste time at a place where there are no teachers.
For the Form 4s, there is no learning that is happening but the children are just being encouraged to read on their own.”
By Farai D Hove | The embattled journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono’s application for a magistrate’s recusal has been turned down.
This morning Magistrate Ngoni Nduna dismissed Hopewell Chin’ono’s application for the recusal of Magistrate Nduna from presiding over his public violence case. That case has now been set down for trial from 7th – 9th December 2020, his lawyer Doug Coltart said.
Chin’ono will be back in court this afternoon at 2:15pm for Magistrate Gofa’s ruling on our challenge to his placement on remand in his latest case where he is charged with obstruction of justice.
If that is dismissed, the issue of bail will arise, added Coltart.
By Showbiz Reporter| One of the women in the Sunday car accident that ended controversial businessman, Genius Kadungure and Malawi’s most wanted man fraud-suspect’s lives, Michelle (Moana) Amuli, was on the run from a top Zimbabwean judge she duped of his assets.
Four people died in the horrific accident that happened on the Borrowdale-Domboshawa road, just after the local police station in the wee hours of Sunday.
Moana, as she is affectionately known, was in love with the judge, as is alleged in an audio leak back on the 26th September 2020.
Sources close to the judge confirmed the audio saying he has been bitter ever since. The judge is the respected Webster Chi******** (name redacted), formerly based in UK. He was later duped by Moana when she allegedly fled with some possessions, as alleged.
Between September and the date of her death on Sunday morning the judge has been looking for her.
When she passed on, she was travelling from a lavish birthday party organised by the late money-worshipper, Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure at his nightclub in the capital city.
She died in the accident with Ginimbi (who was driving), another female colleague, and a top most wanted criminal fugitive from Malawi, Lumumba Karim.
The other famale victim who was said to be a Mozambiquen was named as Elisha, without much further detail. The accident falls within days of Ginimbi’s cousin Marry Chiwenga being brutally kicked out of her matrimonial home by the coup general, and Vice President of Zimbabwe Constantino Chiwenga.
Meanwhile the below audio allegations were revealed back on the 26th of September 2020, and it is narrated that Moana had fled the judge after living with him for a while.
By Showbiz Reporter| One of the women in the Sunday car accident that ended controversial businessman, Genius Kadungure and Malawi’s most wanted man fraud-suspect’s lives, Michelle (Moana) Amuli, was on the run from a top Zimbabwean judge she duped of his assets.
Four people died in the horrific accident that happened on the Borrowdale-Domboshawa road, just after the local police station in the wee hours of Sunday.
Moana, as she is affectionately known, was in love with the judge, as is alleged in an audio leak back on the 26th September 2020.
Sources close to the judge confirmed the audio saying he has been bitter ever since. The judge is the respected Webster Chi******** (name redacted), formerly based in UK. He was later duped by Moana when she allegedly fled with some possessions, as alleged.
Between September and the date of her death on Sunday morning the judge has been looking for her.
When she passed on, she was travelling from a lavish birthday party organised by the late money-worshipper, Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure at his nightclub in the capital city.
She died in the accident with Ginimbi (who was driving), another female colleague, and a top most wanted criminal fugitive from Malawi, Lumumba Karim.
The other female victim who was said to be a Mozambiquen was named as Elisha, without much further detail. The accident falls within days of Ginimbi’s cousin Marry Chiwenga being brutally kicked out of her matrimonial home by the coup general, and Vice President of Zimbabwe Constantino Chiwenga.
Meanwhile the below audio allegations were revealed back on the 26th of September 2020, and it is narrated that Moana had fled the judge after living with him for a while.
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LEAKED AUDIO – MOANA WAS ALLEGEDLY ON THE RUN FROM TOP JUDGE, A LOVER – ALLEGATIONS CONFIRMEED https://t.co/do6CUqEluX
By Staff Reporter| Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation Deputy Minister Tinoda Machakaire has partnered with Nyaradzo Funeral Service Chief Executive Officer Dr Philip Mataranyika to foot for all funeral expenses for the late popular comedian Lazarus Boora widely known as Gringo.
The comedian succumbed to stomach cancer yesterday at Westview Clinic in Zimre Park.
Machakaire who is also Zanu PF legislator for Wedza South said it was important to stand with those who are grieving and he thanked Dr Mataranyika for coming on board.
“All the funeral expenses are covered because we are paying for the food, coffin transport to his rural home in Rukweza. We have also decided to buy a beast,” he said.
He said Government through his Ministry will also play its part to give the veteran actor a decent send-off.
Machakaire and Mataranyika’s intervention has come as a huge relief to the Gringo family.
Gringo’s wife Netsai Meki said it has been communicated to the family through the actor’s sister.
“They have communicated to us and we are grateful for the kind gesture. This has come as a huge relief to the family because we had nothing,” she said.
Dr Johannes Marisa who has been assisting the actor with medication said he was devastated by the death because they were hoping for the best.
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) director, Mr Nicholas Moyo, described Gringo as a rare breed of a comedian, who was propelled to fame by the 1997 ZBCtv hit drama series “Gringo” and he subsequently featured in other spin-offs of the show like “Gringo Ndiani?” and “Gringo Mari Iripi?”
He recently starred as “Gibbo” in the series “Village Secrets”.
Gringo became popular in the early 90s when he began his acting career.
By Jane Mlambo| The family of the late socialite Genius Kadungure popularly known as Ginimbi are leaving no stone unturned to fulfill his last wishes and have committed to take time to prepare his five star funeral which is now set for Saturday.
Ginimbi’s sister Juliet said the fun loving character had a plan for his funeral which he wants everyone attending to be dressed in white.
Ginimbi was famous for all white parties which he hosted at his mansion in Domboshawa.
“Genius was a fun-loving character. He had a plan and always said “ndiri big”. Take time planning for my funeral. Check my requirements well. I want everyone who will be at my funeral to be dressed in all white, no matter who,” said Juliet.
Ginimbi died on Sunday morning in a car accident after his Rolls Royce car collided with a Honda Fit.
Three other passengers in his car also died on the spot.
By A Correspondent- Four poachers who were arrested over the weekend for killing 5 buffalo and 2 kudus were this Monday sentenced in Hwange court to an effective 18 months each, plus restitution to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) of US$48 000 for the buffalo and US$ 4 500 for the kudu.
According to Bhejane Trust, the poachers were arrested after they were tracked by a combined team of Bhejane Trust Rhino Monitors, National Parks and a Painted Dog Conservation Anti-Poaching (PDC) team.
The poachers had hidden their kit and meat at their base camp hidden in the hills in the Deka Tail concession, bordering the Sinamatella area.
However, the poachers had left the camp, so the team continued to track them. For the next 5km, the poachers were anti-tracking, but when they thought they were clear, they headed straight for their home village.
The team followed, and some 28km from the base, they came to the poachers home village – by now it was getting dark.
They waited until everything in the village settled down and went to sleep, and then raided the houses – by now PDC had brought in a tracker dog to help.
They arrested four of the poachers, but another three escaped, but are known and are on the run. They recovered meat and various incriminating items.
The four poachers confessed to the poaching, led the team to their snare lines which were removed, and gave a lot of valuable information on all the poaching syndicates in the area.-statemedia
By Showbiz Reporter| One of the women in the Sunday car accident that ended controversial businessman, Genius Kadungure and Malawi’s most wanted man fraud-suspect’s lives, Michelle (Moana) Amuli, was on the run from a top Zimbabwean judge she duped of his assets.
Four people died in the horrific accident that happened on the Borrowdale-Domboshawa road, just after the local police station in the wee hours of Sunday.
Moana, as she is affectionately known, was in love with the judge, as is alleged in an audio leak back on the 26th September 2020.
Sources close to the judge confirmed the audio saying he has been bitter ever since. The judge is the respected Webster Chi******** (name redacted), formerly based in UK. He was later duped by Moana when she allegedly fled with some possessions, as alleged.
Between September and the date of her death on Sunday morning the judge has been looking for her.
When she passed on, she was travelling from a lavish birthday party organised by the late money-worshipper, Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure at his nightclub in the capital city.
She died in the accident with Ginimbi (who was driving), another female colleague, and a top most wanted criminal fugitive from Malawi, Lumumba Karim.
The other famale victim who was said to be a Mozambiquen was named as Elisha, without much further detail. The accident falls within days of Ginimbi’s cousin Marry Chiwenga being brutally kicked out of her matrimonial home by the coup general, and Vice President of Zimbabwe Constantino Chiwenga.
Meanwhile the below audio allegations were revealed back on the 26th of September 2020, and it is narrated that Moana had fled the judge after living with him for a while.
By A Correspondent- The president of the Progressive Teachers’ Union (PTUZ) Dr Takavafira Zhou has applauded “several school heads” who “failed” to report teachers who have not been reporting for duty.
Teachers refused to return to work when schools reopened on 28 September citing incapacitation. They are demanding the restoration of their 2018 salaries when they were being paid around USD520. They currently earning an average of USD30.
Revolutionary greetings comrades. We salute yesterday’s heroic incapacitation modus operandi which was a resounding success across the country.
We noted that where teaching ensued it was largely conducted by student teachers. We reiterate that student teachers have no right to teach classes in the absence of mentors and welcome all students teachers to the incapacitation struggle, more so in light of the starvation $150 allowance that they get on teaching practice.
We salute several school heads for failing to send names of incapacitated teachers to district and provincial offices. Incapacitation is real and lets not assist an exploitative system to silence our voices.
The Ministry officials must cover the length and breadth of Zimbabwe to collect the names. We stand ready to defend our members as notification to this incapacitation has been made to both the employer and line Ministry.
Our incapacitation struggle must continue with all teachers engaging a high gear against the cold and calculated educational vandalism. Anyone who thinks schools may continue to operate in the current hap hazardous meddling and muddling through without teachers would be deflated very soon.
The competence based curriculum need teachers to be in schools. The competencies are identified, inculcated, nurtured and perfected by teachers.
With the deflation of the command centre tailor-made to compile names of incapacitated teachers, we are aware that the next threat is to withdraw bonuses for teachers this month purporting that education will be paid in December.
The gvt wants to use payment of bonuses as a bargaining chip. Our humble submission is that we stand ready for meaningful dialogue as Ptuz and part of the United Front of Teacher Unions. Such dialogue may salvage something for the 2020 academic year which is fast becoming a wasted year.
The attempt to re-open schools seem to be tailor-made to entice students to pay fees than enhance meaningful learning and teaching. How students that are supposed to learn twice a week or eight times for only one month pay between $15000 and $25000 baffles logic and common sense.
While it is still puzzling how students would successfully write examination given the fact that there is no meaningful learning in schools, we want to remind Zimsec to be ready to pay invigilators if they dream of smoothy running of exams.
We also appeal to the President of the country to urgently intervene over the welfare, health and safety of teachers in order to find a lasting solution in schools. Nothing substantial may come from discredited Apex Council that has no mandate from teacher unions and whose engagement in NJNC has become a tissue of misrepresentation.
Dialogue with the United Front of Teacher Unions can in our view bring a modicum of normalcy to schools. There is danger that if no appropriate steps are urgently taken, the writing of examinations is also put in serious doubt. To be fore warned is to be forearmed. We hope gvt will take urgent steps to resolve the impasse in schools.
The best way to resolve such an impasse is an objective redress of teachers’ pathetic welfare, let alone prioritisation of teachers and pupils’ health and safety. Teachers are more than ready to report for work but are sadly grossly incapacitated. Our clarion call is therefore the capacitation of teachers so that they can report at their work places and become vital cogs of national development.
By A Correspondent- Warren Hills Golf Club is facing eviction from its premises in Warren Park after it refused to pay rentals for the premises.
A Harare property developer, Sunshine Development (Pvt) Ltd, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to evict the club.
The developer argued that the club was of the mistaken belief that the land belonged to the City of Harare whereas the land was privately owned. Sunshine Development said:
Defendant (Warren Hills Golf Club) has been in occupation of the premises by virtue of a lease agreement between it and City of Harare, the previous owner of the land, which lease of agreement expired on April 30, 2019.From April 30, 2019 to date, defendant holds no valid lease with the plaintiff (Sunshine Development (Pvt) Ltd) and has spurned all efforts by the plaintiff to sign a lease and has not been paying any rentals to plaintiff.
The developer argues that Warren Hills Golf Club is refusing to vacate the property prejudicing the company of a rental base sum of US$460 per month which is the current monthly rental value of the premises payable in local currency at the equivalent auction rate.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- Popular Zimbabwean comedian, Lazarus ‘Gringo’ Boora who succumbed to stomach cancer Monday morning is set to be buried on Thursday at his rural home in Rukweza, Rusape.
Gringo’s aunt, Mrs Esther Manheya (sister to Gringo’s mother), confirmed the funeral arrangements, saying a farewell ceremony for his Harare friends and fans would be held tomorrow before the body is taken to his rural home.
She said:
We are very saddened as a family. Gringo died around 9am yesterday when we were visiting. The funeral wake is at his brother Mr William Musakwa’s residence in Zimre Park and we have discussed as a family that tomorrow, we conduct a farewell ceremony for his friends and fans, before he leaves for Rukweza Village.
The programme on what is going to be done at the ceremony is still being worked on, but we will involve those who are relevant in it. He will be buried on Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Manheya added that the ceremony would be conducted at number 6653 Bvumba Road in Zimre Park.
Meanwhile, Dr Johannes Marisa, who had undertaken to help treat Gringo following an appeal by the family last week when his condition deteriorated, said not much could have been done as the cancer had spread to other body parts. Marisa said:
Gringo had stomach cancer which had already spread to some parts of the body. We did the scan and the results came (but were not good) and like I said, I could not share with the media before the family.
I told the family on Sunday and yesterday we had agreed to do a computerised tomography scan popularly known as ‘CT scan’. It seems he suffered a lot in the past months but did not know about his condition. It was too late for us to save him.-statemedia
By Nomusa Garikai- South Africa’s ruling party, ANC, Women League secretary-general, Meokgo Matuba, saluted United States Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris for being the first woman and woman of colour “to crash through one of the world’s highest glass ceilings”.
A historic fact VP – elect Harris acknowledged and celebrated herself. “I will not be the last!” she remarked.
“Harris as the Vice-President of the US must be the voice of reason against white supremacy, patriarchy, and male chauvinism in US and across the globe,” remarked Ms Matuba.
“Serving under President Joe Biden, she must also be at the frontline to fight against imperialism and amongst others call for an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine land by Israel, an end of sanctions against Zimbabwe, Cuba and many other countries.”
Zimbabwe is certainly one country that is in serious trouble and every thinking human being out there would ask VP elect Kamala Harris to please ignore Ms Meokgo Matuba. Zimbabwe is not in a mess because of the sanction!
The root cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and political paralysis is the country’s failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. The country has been stuck with this corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship for 40 years because the regime has blatantly rigged elections to perpetuate its stay in power.
All the nation’s other problems of gross mismanagement, rampant corruption, economic meltdown, the total collapse of basic services such as education and health, tyrannical oppression, the murder of over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans for political gain, etc., etc.; could not and can never be meaningfully addressed as long as Zanu PF remain in office.
Zanu PF has always sort to blame all the nation’s economic problems and even justify its tyrannical oppression on the targeted sanction imposed on the regime by the USA and other Western nations without ever producing and evidence to support its claim. Why should a village in the rural backwaters be denied their right to a meaningful vote because the West imposed sanctions of the regime? Why would the government punish its own people for something they have no control over?
It is bad enough that Zanu PF has used sanctions as a feeble excuse for refusing to implement the democratic reforms necessary for restoring the people’s freedoms and rights including the holding of free and fair elections. It is adding insult to injury when outsiders side with the regime and ignore the mountain of evidence to proving that sanctions are just an excuse.
SA has refused to accept that Zanu PF blatantly rigged the July 2018 elections and is therefore, per se, illegitimate. The 3 million Zimbabweans in the diaspora were denied the vote, compared to the 2.4 million Mnangagwa says voted for him to win the presidency. The regime failed to produce something as basic and fundamental for free and fair elections as verified voters’ roll. SA ignored all that and insisted the elections “went well!”
Of all people, VP – elect Harris would understand the importance of free, fair and credible elections and the critical importance of healthy and functioning democratic institutions. She can well image what a mess America would be in if President Donald Trump’s repeated call to “Stop counting the votes!” had been carried out.
Zanu PF stopped the vote counting in 2008 when it was clear the party was losing the elections. It took six weeks to count 5 million votes announce the cooked up result. Six weeks!
Why Ms Meokgo Matuba and ANC government are ignoring the cry of people of Zimbabwe for justice, freedom and human dignity and listen instead to Zanu PF lies and propaganda is a complete mystery!
Yes, the election of Kamala Harris as USA Vice President “crashed the highest glass ceilings”. It is a very important mile stone in America’s march towards creating an equal and just society, free of the old prejudices of colour, gender, religion, etc.
In Zimbabwe, we thought the country’s independence would mark the end of white colonial oppression and exploitation and restore all are freedoms and rights. How wrong we were. We remove the white oppressors only to replace them with one of our own. Ordinary Zimbabweans are still being denied their most basic and fundamental freedoms and rights including the right to a meaningful vote and even the right to life!
How ironic that Ms Matuba is agogo celebrating human progress in far away land and yet is indifferent to Zanu PF dragging a nation into the sone-age in her own backyard! Indeed, in her foolishness, she is even asking for the Zanu PF thugs to be rewarded. She wants all the sanctions imposed on the thugs for failing to hold free and fair elections lifted!
With leaders like Mnangagwa and Ms Matuba, with a knack for taking one step forward and three steps backward and view that as progress, it is little wonder Africans have remained rooted as mankind’s footstool!
Poor, poor Africa; like such breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent leaders progress out of this hell-hole we find ourselves stuck in is going to be a hard, long and painful slog. Little wonder many have all but given up the fight! Meaning, if Africans were given the chance to settle wherever they wished, within a week the continent will be completely deserted.
Still, whilst we have no choice but to call Africa home; we would do well to commit ourselves to the task of pulling ourselves out of this man-made hell-on-earth. Zimbabweans must focus everything on ensuring the next elections are free, fair and credible and ignore the fools claiming the lifting of the sanctions will change anything.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has supplied coronavirus/COVID-19 situation report as of 9 November October 2020 which shows that the number of deaths and new cases in the country are beginning to scale up again bringing down the national recovery rate.
The artisanal miners who took it upon themselves to “rescue” fellow miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Chegutu are reported to have reached to the remaining bodies but are now demanding US$250 for each of the bodies before they are brought to surface.
Goverment called off the rescue mission after over five weeks of digging claiming that it was getting dangerous and very expensive to continue with the mission.
The goverment recommendation was to shutdown the shaft and bury off the trapped miners. The artisinal miners volunteered to rescue their collegues two months after the accident. Two bodies have since been brought to surface and families have buried them.
The informal rescue team is reported to have been angered by the families who went on to bury the bodies without paying anything to them for their efforts. They have since opted to hold the remaining bodies at ransom.
Task Mine Syndicate (Pvt) Limited chairman, Timothy Masviba told media of the latest development.
“The mission to find the three artisanal miners is still on. The challenge we have is of trying to mobilise the US$250 per body that the rescuers are demanding from us and the victims’ families,” said Masviba.
“We therefore need in excess of US$750 as the rescuers need food to continue with the search for the bodies.”
It is now almost 60 days since the accident happened at the gold-rich mine situated on the outskirts of Chegutu.
The incident has exposed the country’s lack of disaster preparedness, with the ill-equipped Civil Protection Unit (CPU) and other State agencies having abandoned the rescue mission on 2 October.
The five artisanal miners were 8 September trapped after a 110-metre mine shaft they were working in collapsed.
They were identified as Crynos Nyamukanga (44), Munashe Nyamukanga (17), Shingai Gwatidzo (20), Costantino Dzinoreva (47) and Charles Mutume (31).
The technology innovator, Maxwell Chikumbutso has written celebrating the life of the late businessman Genius Kasungure, describing him as his mentor.
Ginimbi, died in an accident early Sunday morning on Domboshawa -Borrowdale road.
The late Ginimbi with Maxwell Chikumbutso
In his post published late Sunday, Chikumbutso said he had at the time of death appointed the socialite the chief executive officer of his company.
He said:
Death has humbled me today, my friend, my younger brother, one of my mentors and our CEO at Saith Group is no more. After a successful zoom meeting yesterday I updated you of the meeting and how successful it was since you failed to connect due to high turnout. I never thought that was the last time we would talk Genius. You said “Mrungu we will be the first young billionaires in Zimbabwe.”
We laughed and later you said you are off to the Club brother promising to meet on Monday for a Board meeting.
You left us Ginimbi it’s very painful to imagine that you are gone man, when we met in prison I was preaching. We spent time, talked then we become brothers we would talk about business while in Prison. You got released on bail early but you would come back to see me, bringing me food.
The day I got released from Central Remand Prison you came with Rolls Royce Ghost to fetch me home. You came the next day to fetch me at our family house in Kuwadzana then we went to Marondera to see Daniella.
Those were great moments man, later I asked you to become Saith Group CEO in USA we later traveled together we met with Foster and Kimberly Gumble in Santa Cruz.
You drove in a Tesla Model S and told me that you will import one. While in New York you bought you[me] nice pink tracksuit, you told me that I should dress well man and gave me people who would escort me shopping. We did a lot in business together man, even while you were in Prison early this year I would bring you documents to sign also working on USA PR.
When we came back from USA You asked me to design Dreams Night Life which took a lot of money and I remember when you told me “Max if people fail to come to this bar, I will use it alone wangu”. Later we redesign your home in Domboshava, you had a smart eye on finer things in life bro. I told you about 9D VR then you told me to design it for you. You would love being there always enjoying the effects. You left me with pain Ginimbi, Safe journey my guy!!
The MDC-T temporally led by Thokozani Khupe has released what it calls official results from the Bulawayo province nominations for presidential elections.
Over the weekend, media was graced with results from the same nomination that showed late entry Abednico Bhebhe emerging in the lead.
The new results, however, show that Khupe won the Bulawayo nomination. Below is the official Tweet by the party:
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister and Zanu PF legislator for Hwedza South, Tino Machakaire , on Monday pledged to buy a coffin for the late controversial businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi.
Sources close to the development said at around midday on Monday Machakaire pledged to buy a versace coffin and delivery is expected between today (Tuesday) and Thursday.
Contrary to reports going round that Ginimbi kept a coffin at his mansion, sources say suppliers of coffins yesterday showcased a gallery of available caskets and the family settled for a versace brand.
Investigations by the Zim Morning Post revealed that the versace brand coffin ranges between US$5 000 to $12 000 depending on the specifications which clients choose.
Ginimbi and three of his friends died in the early hours of Sunday morning when Rolls Royce they were traveling in hit an oncoming Honda Fit, veered off the road, crashed into a tree and caught fire.
Eye-witnesses at the accident scene say they managed to retrieve Ginimbi “who was still alive” but died a few minutes later, while the other three passengers were burnt to death when the vehicle exploded.
Ginimbi is expected to be buried on Saturday in Domboshava. His friends are arranging an all-white-farewell-party on Friday night.
Zimbabwe’s former captain Elton Chigumbura, who has decided to retire after the series against Pakistan, said on Monday that he was quitting international cricket with a heavy heart because he had gotten tired of fighting injuries in the last five years.
“Though I never stopped trying in my 16-year international career, the time has come to make a decision. My decision to retire from cricket is governed by two factors — I have gotten tired of fighting injuries and I feel my timely retirement will help youngsters get in the team and gain experience for more important events to come,” he said.
The 34-year-old Chigumbura, a veteran of 213 ODIs and 14 Tests, will be playing his 57th T20I on Tuesday (today).
The former skipper said he was leaving cricket with a heavy heart but at the same time there was a smile on his face. “I know I have contributed to the best of my abilities for my country and for my team,” he said.
“What I will miss the most is cricket, my team and my efforts to make the best use of the opportunity. I am thankful to my parents, sisters and brothers, and my fans for trusting my abilities. I am thankful to Zimbabwe Cricket for believing in my abilities as captain and a teammate. Thank you all and I hope you will accompany me on my next journey.”
Chigumbura added that it was an honour for him to represent Zimbabwe. “You cannot please everyone when you lead the team but still I tried to turn negatives into positives to support talented youngsters,” he said.
He said he wanted to contribute to Zimbabwe’s cricket in the best possible way. “I want to help and guide our youngsters to sharpen their skills. So my services are always there for Zimbabwe Cricket,” Chigumbura said.
By Showbiz Reporter | Pole dancer Bev Sibanda has broken the silence following allegations that she has tweeted attacking the late socialite Genius Kadungure.
Responding to the reports, Bev said she is not at all onbthe Twitter website.
The Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC) has threatened to take action against schools ordering learners to buy face masks from them or stipulated suppliers saying such practices violate competition regulations.
In a recent update, the CTC stated the directives being issued by schools negatively impacted the consuming public as it is anti-competitive.
“The Commission will not condone such exploitation of the vulnerable society during the Covid-19 pandemic period; will not hesitate to undertake enforcement actions against any school found to contravene the Competition Act, pre – and post – the opening of schools,” CTC stated.
In line with the regulations, the CTC also advised all stakeholders – the practice of imposing a supplier of face masks and sanitizers on schools, pupils, parents, guardians, is an anti-competitive practice prohibited in terms of the Competition Act.
China says it has taken note of Joe Biden’s declaration of victory in the US presidential election but is holding off on sending any message of congratulations.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Monday the result of the election would be determined under US laws and procedures, and Beijing would follow international practices in extending its sentiments.
China has had a fractious relationship with President Donald Trump, characterised by growing friction over trade, technology and competition for influence in Asia and the world, with the two powers sparring over issues from blame for the COVID-19 pandemic to Beijing’s human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
Analysts say Biden will likely return ties to a less contentious state, although Beijing has stuck throughout the election to a position of not commenting directly on what it says is an internal American political issue.
“I noticed that Mr Biden has declared victory of the election,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing. “We understand that the presidential election result will be determined following US laws and procedures.”
In 2016, President Xi Jinping sent congratulations to Trump on November 9, a day after the election.
China is one of only a small number of high-profile nations, including Russia and Mexico, that have yet to issue statements on the election, in which Democrat Biden emerged the winner over Republican incumbent Trump after days of ballot counting. Trump has yet to concede and is challenging counting in several districts.
“Since when does the Lamestream Media call who our next president will be?” Trump said in a tweet on Sunday.
Relations between China and the US are at their worst in decades over disputes ranging from technology and trade to Hong Kong and the coronavirus, and the Trump administration has unleashed a barrage of sanctions against Beijing.
While Biden is expected to maintain a tough stance on China – he has called Xi a “thug” and vowed to lead a campaign to “pressure, isolate and punish China” – he is likely to take a more measured and multilateral approach.
Wang Huiyao, head of the Center for China and Globalization and an adviser to the government in Beijing, said he expects more dialogue under a Biden administration.
“Biden’s election means an opportunity to re-establish relations with the US as he is more likely to uphold multilateralism. That means China and the US can start discussing issues including climate change, pandemic control and trade,” Wang said.
‘Entangled in controversy’ Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, a tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily, said in a tweet: “China hasn’t congratulated Biden on his victory as quickly as Western countries did”.
“I think it’s because China needs to keep larger distance from the US presidential election to avoid getting entangled in its controversy. This actually shows that China respects the US as a whole,” he added.
China’s view aligns both with its stated policy of non-intervention in other countries’ domestic political affairs and its desire to hedge its bets with whichever party ends up in office.
Without commenting on an election winner, Wang said Beijing would “always maintain that China and the US should strengthen dialogue and community”, expand cooperation, and “manage and control differences based on mutual respect”.
Wang added: “We hope the new US government can meet China halfway.”
HENRIETTA Rushwaya and Pakistani businessman Ali Muhamad are willing to accept stiffer bail conditions than those originally proposed while awaiting trial on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai and associated charges.
Rushwaya, through her lawyer Mr Tapson Dzvetero, said she was prepared to deposit $90 000, surrender title deeds to one of her properties as surety and report every Friday at Rhodesville Police Station, but would accept even stiffer conditions if magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna wanted to ensure she did not abscond.
She also noted that the four gold bars worth US$333 000 would be returned to her if she was acquitted, and forfeited if found guilty, so she was anxious to stand trial.
Mohamad, through his lawyer Mr Tinashe Tanyanyiwa, offered bail of $100 000 plus surety of the title deeds of his Belvedere house or any other business property and was willing to report twice a week at Milton Park Police Station.
The two are appearing along with Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives Stephen Tserai and Raphios Mufandauya plus Zimbabwe Miners Federation official Gift Karanda.
They are facing between them charges of smuggling, unlawful possession of gold, bribery, criminal abuse of office and obstructing the course of justice, all arising from the discovery of 6kg of gold in Rushwaya’s hand baggage on October 26 as she attempted to board a flight to Dubai using the VIP route at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
The finding of the gold is not in factual dispute, just the intentions and the charges.
In her bail application, Rushwaya said she wanted to clear her name and reclaim her four gold bars. She denies all charges and continues to assert, as she has done from her arrest, that she grabbed the wrong bag when going to the airport.
Rushwaya denied ever having attempted to bribe anyone and says the US$5 000 she is alleged to have offered was not found on her person when she was searched.
Mr Dzvetero said Rushwaya had more than 50 people dependent on her, including employees, and has fixed family ties in Zimbabwe.
He said she had vast businesses interests in mining and was licensed to produce and market cannabis for medication.
Muhamad, through Mr Tanyanyiwa, said he wanted to clear his name and preserve his US$50 million business empire in Zimbabwe.
He denies there was any evidence linking him to the offences and there was no indication in State papers of him having conspired to smuggle the gold outside the country.
The searches at his home revealed detailed information from Fidelity Printers, so he had no need to conspire to smuggle gold, and found no links to the charges he was facing nor to any of his co-accused. No gold was found at his home, even though he had a licence to buy gold and so could have held gold legally.
Tserai, who is represented by Mr Admire Rubaya, described the State’s allegations during the bail hearing as built on “sinking sand.”
Mr Rubaya said smuggling required proof of intention, and that proof was, he said, lacking for all accused and required Zimra to be the complainant, yet there was no statement from any Zimra official that Rushwaya, “probably in the company of Tserai and Mufandauya”, was called to declare and failed to do so. While the State alleges that Tserai was pulling Rushwaya’s bag as she went through the VIP route on the basis of CCTV evidence, the investigating officer agreed that the bag was not transparent and Tserai could not see the contents, said Mr Rubaya.
The bail hearing for the five accused continues today. Messrs Garudzo Ziyaduma and Charles Muchemwa appeared for the State.
Teachers and pupils at Nkululeko Secondary School outside Gweru are in a state of shock following the electrocution of a 15-year-old boy while doing laundry at the school.
Collen Chinyemba from Kuwadzana Extension in Harare, died on Sunday while washing his blankets at the boys’ hostel at the school.
His parents had left him at the school on Saturday ahead of the third phase reopening of schools yesterday.
Schools were closed in March as part of Government’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic and boarders started returning to their respective schools from Saturday.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said police had received a report of sudden death which occurred at Nkululeko Secondary School at the weekend.
Insp Goko said information received indicates that the now deceased was washing his blankets in a tub in the boys’ hostel.
He said Collen who was allegedly inside the tub washing his blankets tried to balance himself by holding on to a metal that was above the tub.
“He got hold of the metal which is an electrical conductor and was electrocuted and fell to the ground,” he said.
Insp Goko said Collen was rushed to Gweru Provincial Hospital by one of the teachers at the school. He said Collen was pronounced dead on arrival at the health institution.
“The scene was attended by Zimbabwe Electricity and Distribution Company workers. No foul play is suspected,” said Insp Goko.
He said the body is at Gweru Provincial Hospital awaiting to be taken for postmortem at a Bulawayo hospital. -Herald
Comedian Lazarus Boora, popularly known as Gringo, who died yesterday morning at West View Medical Clinic will be buried on Thursday at his rural home in Rukweza, Rusape. He was 47.
He succumbed to stomach cancer around 9am yesterday despite concerted efforts by doctors to stop the disease from spreading to other parts of the body.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa said in a statement yesterday that the arts community and the nation had lost a great actor.
“My fellow countrymen, this morning (yesterday), we learnt of the passing of one of Zimbabwe’s talented comic actors, Lazarus Boora, popularly known as Gringo,” she said.
“Allow me on behalf of His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa and the nation to convey my condolences to the Boora family.
“Lazarus may have left us, but he will forever be remembered as our dear Gringo, a man who brought joy and laughter in our homes. May his dear soul rest in peace.”
Minister Mutsvangwa chronicled the history of Gringo, starting from the days he attended primary school in his home area in Rusape, Manicaland, where he was born in an area called Rukweza.
Gringo then came to Harare for his secondary education. “It was during these formative years that his potential in the arts sector came to light,” said the Minister.
“He later went on to attend Mutare Teachers’ College where he studied drama. To further his education in the arts, he then enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe where he studied theatre and dance.”
Gringo then joined various theatrical groups, and rubbed shoulders with highly professional theatre gurus who helped him hone his acting skills.
“In 1997, Lazarus had his television debut when he acted a minor role as a junior policeman in Aaron Chiundura-Moyo’s popular television drama series ‘Chihwerure’,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
“The following year, 1998, Lazarus Boora was cast as Gringo in a television comedy drama series which was an adaptation of a cartoon character by Enock Chihombori.
“He became an instant hit with Zimbabwean television viewers. His co-actors also found themselves in the lime light as the Zimbabwean TV audience fell in love with the drama series.
“From then, he became known as Gringo, and this became the platform to carry out his passion, entertaining Zimbabweans and the world at large.”
In 2002, “Gringo Ndiyani”, a production fronted by Gringo won the Best TV Drama Series award at the inaugural National Arts Merit Awards, while Gringo walked away with the best Actor Award and the writer, Enock Chihombori won the Best Film and Television Script writer’s award.
Minister Mutsvangwa said this was a testament that the series was one of Zimbabwe’s finest comedies and further affirmed Gringo’s excellent acting abilities.
Gringo’s aunt, Mrs Esther Manheya (sister to Gringo’s mother), confirmed the funeral arrangements, saying a farewell ceremony for his Harare friends and fans would be held tomorrow before the body is taken to his rural home.
“We are very saddened as a family,” she said. “Gringo died around 9am yesterday when we were visiting. The funeral wake is at his brother Mr William Musakwa’s residence in Zimre Park and we have discussed as a family that tomorrow, we conduct a farewell ceremony for his friends and fans, before he leaves for Rukweza Village.
“The programme on what is going to be done at the ceremony is still being worked on, but we will involve those who are relevant in it. He will be buried on Thursday afternoon.”
She said the ceremony would be conducted at number 6653 Bvumba Road, Zimre Park.
Dr Johannes Marisa, who had undertaken to help treat Gringo following an appeal by the family last week when his condition deteriorated, said not much could have been done as the cancer had spread to other body parts.
“Gringo had stomach cancer which had already spread to some parts of the body,” he said. “We did the scan and the results came (but were not good) and like I said, I could not share with the media before the family.
“I told the family on Sunday and yesterday we had agreed to do a computerised tomography scan popularly known as ‘CT scan’. It seems he suffered a lot in the past months but did not know about his condition. It was too late for us to save him.”
In an interview yesterday from his base in South Africa, Chihombori, the man who created Gringo, said the country had lost a great character in the arts industry.
He vividly remembered his first encounter with him and said he was fun-loving, but very talented.
“We have lost a great character,” said Chihombori. “My memory with him dates back to the time we met and started shooting Gringo. He was a fun-loving and cheerful character.
“Even during the shoot when you gave him a script, he would go the extra mile being creative. He would make people feel at home by continuously cracking jokes each time he was on set.
“My experience with him in his acting career was amazing as I learnt a lot from Gringo. I will miss him dearly. Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to the funeral because I am in South Africa right now, but I salute you Lazarus.”
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) director, Mr Nicholas Moyo, described Gringo as a rare breed of a comedian, who was propelled to fame by the 1997 ZBCtv hit drama series “Gringo” and he subsequently featured in other spin-offs of the show like “Gringo Ndiani?” and “Gringo Mari Iripi?”
He recently starred as “Gibbo” in the series “Village Secrets”. “Boora will be remembered forever as the master of local television with his signature makeshift khaki short, black vest, barefoot and his witty humour which kept millions of Zimbabweans glued to their television sets,” said Moyo.
“The NACZ management and staff would like to express their sincerest condolences to Amai Boora and the Boora family, the arts fraternity and the nation at large following the passing on of one of the country’s most recognisable television personalities. May his soul rest in peace.”
Gringo became popular in the early 90s when he began his acting career. He is survived by seven children and wife Netsai. -Herald
People in Domboshava are mourning businessman and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, reminiscing on the love he had for the rural community, which was taking a new shape because of his philanthropic works.
Ginimbi was killed in a car accident, together with three others, early on Sunday along Liberation Legacy Way on his way home from an outing.
The community has described him as a saviour who helped them in all respects.
Ginimbi constructed a tarred road from Domboshava Showgrounds Shopping Centre to his house in Nyamande Village, a development which the residents said upgraded the once looked down upon village.
He connected electricity from the shopping centre to his house with all houses along the line being connected to the power lines and benefiting for free as he paid the electricity bills.
A visit to the village by The Herald Arts crew revealed that Ginimbi was being viewed as a “saviour” by the community.
Village head Mr Davis Kadungure said Ginimbi did a lot for the community and described him as a “hero”.
“I am the village head, but to Ginimbi, his father and I are brothers,” he said. “My nephew was a humble and loving person. He had an open-door policy and did not select who to assist. He has helped the Domboshava community at large as he created employment for school leavers and even those old enough to be his fathers. We have lost a leader, son and friend.”
Mr Kadungure said all people were welcome to attend Ginimbi’s funeral, but should adhere to the burial arrangements as he wished.
Esnath Muniri
Ms Esnath Muniri, one of Ginimbi’s neighbours, said she was hurt by his death.
Her husband, Succeed Bingura (35), was Ginimbi’s employee.
“He gave my husband a job and is he currently working in Mt Pleasant as a security guard,” said Ms Muniri. “I last saw Ginimbi on Saturday morning as he passed by my house. He used to hoot each time he passed, but I had never met him face-to-face.
A 22-year-old man, Tino Nyamoto, who sells his wares along Liberation Legacy Way said Ginimbi used to give them some money.
Juliet Kadungure
“Boss Ginimbi was a real boss,” he said. “He had a lovable character.
“I remember showing him my drawings of his car and he laughed, but this time he didn’t give me some money.
“The other day he passed by with some beautiful girls and said, “artist wangu ndeipi” and they bought cool drinks for US$10.
“We both laughed, I said mbinga.”
Webster Mazai from Nyamande Village said Ginimbi was a humble person, while Viola Usaihwevhu, who is in her late 50s, said because of Ginimbi, the face of Domboshava had changed.
Ginimbi will be buried at his mansion in Domboshava on Saturday.
TWO children aged three months and five-years from Maphisa area died after a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and rolled several times.
Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed the incident which occurred on Tuesday at the 103 km peg along the Bulawayo-Maphisa Road at around 7AM.
He said the driver, Mr Fortune Mlilo, lost control of the vehicle while trying to evade some donkeys which were on the road after trying to overtake another vehicle.
“I can confirm that we recorded a fatal road accident which occurred along the Bulawayo-Maphisa Road.
“Fortune Mlilo was driving a Toyota Sienta headed for Bulawayo with seven passengers on board. When he got to the 103 kilometre peg he tried to overtake another vehicle but realised that there were donkeys blocking the other lane.
“He tried to evade the donkeys and in the process lost control of the vehicle which rolled several times before landing on its roof. A three-month-old baby boy and a five-year-old girl died upon admission to Maphisa District Hospital while the other passengers and the driver sustained injuries,” he said.-Chronicle
WARRIORS skipper, Knowledge Musona, says they feel they can collect some points in the back-to-back AFCON qualifiers against Algeria.
The Smiling Assassin arrived in the country yesterday aboard the same flight with the England-based trio of Tendayi Darikwa, Adam Chicksen and Jordan Zemura.
This will be Zimbabwe’s first competitive international assignment since last November when they upstaged Zambia 2-1 in their backyard.
“It always feels good to come back home and represent the country,” he told The Herald.
“We are looking forward to the upcoming games against Algeria.
“There isn’t much to say. We just have to do it, not to talk. We have to go there and try to play the game to win and, of course, when they come here we also have to aim to win.
“So, we are going to do our best as a team. We just want to promise our fans that we are going to do everything we can to collect some points in these two games.’’
The 30-year-old forward played a leading role in Zimbabwe’s qualification in the previous two editions of the AFCON finals in Gabon and Egypt.
Musona combined twice with Khama Billiat when Zimbabwe beat hosts Zambia 2-1 in Lusaka to move second in Group H with four points.
Algeria lead the race, on six points, following wins over both Zambia and Botswana.
The Desert Foxes are unbeaten in their last 20 games in all competitions in a period stretching two years.
Their last home match, in an AFCON qualifier was a five-goal destruction of Chipolopolo in Algeria.
However, in their second match against Botswana, they showed they were human, too, as they struggled to win 1-0 in Gaborone.
Star forward, Riyad Mahrez, did not play in that match against the Zebras but is available for the duel against the Warriors.
Matches between Zimbabwe and Algeria, however, have produced interesting results with their last meeting at the 2017 AFCON finals in Gabon ending in a 2-2 stalemate.
Musona was part of the game but only lasted 12 minutes after suffering an injury.
The captain was also joined at the airport yesterday by new Orlando Pirates hotshot Terrence Dzvukamanja, who had arrived earlier from South Africa.
There was boundless joy for Zemura, who was met at the airport by ecstatic members of his family.
The 20-year-old has experienced a phenomenal rise in the last two seasons, and was recently handed his first team cap at English Championship side, Bournemouth.
This is the first time that the fullback has joined the Warriors for national team duty.
Interestingly, he will be turning 21 on Thursday when Zimbabwe play Algeria.
The rising star, who can play either right or left back, says representing Zimbabwe has always been his dream.
“Currently, I am transitioning into breaking into the first team and playing competitively,’’ he told our sister newspaper, The Sunday Mail, at the weekend.
‘’So, at the moment, I am ready and can’t wait for the opportunity (to play for the Warriors.
“It is something that I have always wanted to do.
“I received the call-up from the manager and had a good conversation with him, and now things are looking good and I want to be part of this team).’’
Scotland-based David Moyo and Adam Chicksen are also looking to have their full national team caps.
Musona said he was delighted by the commitment shown by some Zimbabwean players born and raised in the Diaspora towards playing for their mother country.
“I am glad that they are here and we welcome them. They are part of our team and they are Zimbabweans,’’ he said.
‘’So, we just want to welcome them to the team and make sure that they adapt quickly to the new environment and also to the new teammates that they are going to meet.-The Herald
Mourners who will attend businessman and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s burial at his mansion in Domboshava on Saturday are expected to wear all-white, synonymous with his trademark dressing for the lavish parties he used to host.
His family confirmed the requirement, saying it was part of his funeral plan.
In an interview with The Herald Arts, Ginimbi’s eldest sister, Juliet, said her brother used to tell them that he wanted a huge send-off.
“Genius was a fun-loving character,” she said. “He always reminded us about how he wanted his funeral to be conducted. In fact, he had a plan and always said “ndiri big”, so make sure on my funeral, you do not hurriedly bury me.
“Take time, planning for it. Check my requirements well and one of the things is that I want everyone who will be at my funeral to be dressed in all white, no matter who. Please, make sure you emphasise that, remember, I am an all-white guy. The all-white should be on the day of burial.”
Juliet said according to the plan, they will have to wait for his other friends who are abroad to arrive for the burial.
“He would say, make sure you get in touch with my other friends abroad and wait for them to come,” she said. “That is why we are saying for now the funeral will begin on Thursday and for now people are gathered at our father’s residence which is 400 metres away from Ginimbi’s mansion.
“We have set up a tent because there are lots of people coming from all walks of life and we could not accommodate them at the mansion.”
Juliet said there will be two tents pitched for the wake.
“There will be a tent for friends and fans, then a VIP tent,” she said.
“He will be buried on Saturday in his yard as he wished to. It is very difficult for us as a family and we kindly request the public to respect us and avoid spreading malicious rumours.-The Herald
Former Premier Soccer League champions Dynamos Football Club have recorded a positive coronavirus case out of the 46 people tested this Monday.
This was revealed by the club’s Marketing and Communications manager Yvonne Mangunda in a statement.
Mangunda said Ministry of Health officials have since been informed of the development and the individual will observe a period of self-isolation in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. She said:
As part of preparations for the resumption of team training, Dynamos Football Club today conducted COVID-19 tests on first team players, technical team and Secretariat.
Out of the 46 people tested, 1 tested positive of COVID-19. Relevant authorities have been informed and the club will adhere to Government and public health guidelines set for the positive individual.
The individual will observe a period of self-isolation in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming him back at work soon.
We will provide further updates as necessary via Dynamos official communication channels.
The team will start group training on 10 November 2020.
DeMbare officials and players converged at the giant National Sports Stadium in Harare early this Monday morning for COVID-19 PCR tests and a strategic meeting.
Meanwhile, club captain Partson Jaure, who has recovered from career-threatening injuries sustained in a car accident earlier this year, assured fans that he is back to his best.
Dynamos were expecting all the test results to be released this Monday ahead of their first group training this Tuesday.-ZBC News
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has bemoaned the rampant looting of State resources by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
President Chamisa made the remarks at the funeral service for the late MDC Alliance MP, Hon Kennedy Dinar in Harare on Saturday.Hon Dinar was laid to rest in Gutu on Sunday.
President Chamisa accused Mr Mnangagwa of “using the axe to intimidate children.”
He also described Hon Dinar as a man of love, humility and peace.
“Hon Dinar was a man of love, peace and humility.He was committed to the struggle for change and we will work hard to fulfil his wishes.
Unfortunately, rulers, not leaders are running the country.They don’t care about your welfare.They are busy plundering State resources.
The people of Zimbabwe are suffering because of rampant looting of State resources by the current administration.This is why people are suffering,” said President Chamisa.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has bemoaned the rampant looting of State resources by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
President Chamisa made the remarks at the funeral service for the late MDC Alliance MP, Hon Kennedy Dinar in Harare on Saturday.Hon Dinar was laid to rest in Gutu on Sunday.
President Chamisa accused Mr Mnangagwa of “using the axe to intimidate children.”
He also described Hon Dinar as a man of love, humility and peace.
“Hon Dinar was a man of love, peace and humility.He was committed to the struggle for change and we will work hard to fulfil his wishes.
Unfortunately, rulers, not leaders are running the country.They don’t care about your welfare.They are busy plundering State resources.
The people of Zimbabwe are suffering because of rampant looting of State resources by the current administration.This is why people are suffering,” said President Chamisa.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole has assured party supporters and the nation that he is out of danger.
Below is his statement:
Revolutionary salutations fellow compatriots.
Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the support, in all forms that you rendered to me following my unfortunate involvement in a road traffic accident.
I am forever indebted for the love and solidarity you extended and still extend to me. I can confirm that I am in a stable condition and recovering well from the injuries sustained.
I may be down but certainly not out, the struggle continues unabated. Zimbabwe shall be free!
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole has assured party supporters and the nation that he is out of danger.
Below is his statement:
Revolutionary salutations fellow compatriots.
Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the support, in all forms that you rendered to me following my unfortunate involvement in a road traffic accident.
I am forever indebted for the love and solidarity you extended and still extend to me. I can confirm that I am in a stable condition and recovering well from the injuries sustained.
I may be down but certainly not out, the struggle continues unabated. Zimbabwe shall be free!
Tinashe Sambiri|A young lady who claims to be the late Harare socialite and businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s daughter has described her “dad’s death as devastating.”
The young lady has posted a photo of herself with Ginimbi, claiming she is the latter’s daughter.
In the picture she is seen hugging Ginimbi and she wrote:
“Why dad….Honestly broken with some crying emojis…”
Tinashe Sambiri|A young lady who claims to be the late Harare socialite and businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s daughter has described her “dad’s death as devastating.”
The young lady has posted a photo of herself with Ginimbi, claiming she is the latter’s daughter.
In the picture she is seen hugging Ginimbi and she wrote:
“Why dad….Honestly broken with some crying emojis…”
There have been frantic efforts by Zanu PF to throw President Chamisa to political oblivion. The people in the streets especially of Harare have got one message, no matter what the party structures or the so called captured judiciary say they will continue voting for President Chamisa.
Their message is clear and that what is happening in the MDC is the work of the enemy who fears competition , who acts as if they own title deeds for Zimbabwe.
The people are suffering and Zanu PF instead of focusing on the economy it focuses on closing the little democratic space that we have in the country.
Those willing to be used by the system in enabling it to deal with President Chamisa are indeed aiding in growing brand Chamisa.
The struggle being led and driven by President Chamisa is a struggle to emancipate the people of Zimbabwe. Zanu PF has been fighting illusory wars since 18 April 1980.
It has been chasing it’s shadow which it will never catch. The admittance by one Kembo Mohadi that they were never taught how to run the country and make it great gives credence to the attempt by the so called revolutionary party to bury the opposition.
In her efforts Zanu PF will fail dismally as the MDC identify with the downtrodden and fight for their emancipation . The people of Zimbabwe know how people like President Chamisa sacrificed in order to liberate Zimbabwe.
The people will not be easily swayed ambiguous judgements. The people are indeed resolute in their pursuit of a just society which is possible in our lifetime.
Zanu PF abuse securocrats and it’s not a secret that they serve at the pleasure of Zanu PF. The ban of by-elections under the guise of Covid19 clearly indicate that the country’s intelligence reported to the authorities that their attempts to annihilate the opposition using Lawfare are indeed failing to gain traction as people are waiting to reelect MDC Alliance MPS and councillors.
And indeed the use of Lawfare has emboldened the resolve by the people to fight Zanu PF head on and vote for MDC and president Chamisa in particular whenever elections are called for.
The continuous negative media coverage of President Chamisa help him in growing the Chamisa brand. Even those who might not be interested in politics would want to dig deep why the regime’s ideological state apparatus are all pointing at Nelson Chamisa. They are definitely asking themselves questions ranging from what has he done to warranty such character assassination, Why him only is being targeted?
Rogue regimes will never target useless people, they target those threatening the thrown and President Chamisa is one such.
As 2023 fast approaches the people of Zimbabwe are indeed identifying genuine opposition leaders and masquerades.
SAD events are believed to have taken place before the tragedy that claimed Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s life on Sunday.
A sister to Ginimbi’s late mother only identified as Mai Kadungure told H-Metro that Ginimbi wanted to stay home as he was unwell but forced himself to attend the party.
“Genius was one person who did not want to disappoint his friends and that forced him to overlook his feelings about leaving Domboshava,” said Gogo Kadungure.
“He later decided to leave and I wish if he had followed his conscience we would not be at this horrible scene.
“Genius also told me his plans to organise a memorial service for his late mother on the 5th of December this year but hey zvaramba.
“He will sadly be missed by the family, Domboshava community and his friends in business,” said Gogo Kadungure in tears at the accident scene.
One of the bouncers identified only as Simbi who attended birthday celebrations of Mitchel Moana where Ginimbi was coming from said the police tried to stop the party thrice.
“We have been robbed of a loving and generous man who changed my lifestyle,” said Simbi.
“I was among the guests celebrating Mimi’s birthday and on three occasion police raided the place and forced it to close but the party continued.
“Mapurisa vakauya vakasunga vanhu vakanobhadhariswa fines vakavharisa mutambo katatu asi pakavhurwa mafaro akapfuurira mberi.
“It was the first of its kind and no one knew it would end in that way.
“Genius normally leaves the pub around 2am but this is the first time he left at around 5am. He was visibly drunk and had it not been for the fact that he was not comfortable letting other people drive his car, it was best for him not to drive,” he said.
Travellers in ZUPCO buses, Kombis and lorries used their smart phones to capture the scene.
Among the people who attended the scene was Marry Mubaiwa, her mother and father as well as Members of Parliament, who included Energy Mutodi and Tino Machakaire.
MDC T led by Khupe will hold its presidential nomination meeting today in Mat. North.
The nomination process was triggered by supreme court ruling that compelled all 2014 MDC T structures to elect president at extraordinary congress to replace late president Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.
MDC T acting President Khupe, Secretary General Mwonzora, National organiser Bhebhe, Chairperson Komichi and National member Mudzuri are battling it out to be MDC T president.
Yesterday, MDC T held it’s first nomination meeting in Bulawayo.
One 2014 MDC T provincial member in Bulawayo said, “National Organiser Bhebhe won the election, but other contestants such as Mwonzora, Mudzuri did not accept the results.”
Senator Mwonzora got 7 votes, Senator Mudzuri got zero votes and Senator Komichi zero votes.
Surprisingly, Senator Mudzuri and senator Komichi voted at the Bulawayo meeting yesterday. The question still remains, “who did they vote for?” in addition, Senator Komichi and Mudzuri had election agents. The question is, how did these agents voted for if their candidates got zero votes?
The Bulawayo nomination results were rejected therefore according to Mr Dzambara “there must be a re-run.”
Mr Warship Dumba who is senator Mudzuri’s campaign manager said “MDC T nomination meeting in Bulawayo was chaotic. Great improvement is needed.”
In addition, on the leaked chats on MDC T group Mr Dzambara attacked Dr. Khupe and MDC T leaders for not suspending honourable Bhebhe.
below are leaked chats:
[08/11 21:14] e dzambara chr: Givemore l told you that don’t trust these ….. Only trust yourself. Why didn’t they expel Bhebe. Takusiyiwa pachena vamwe can go back to Wamba [08/11 21:14] e dzambara chr: We have no leadership … Kutadza kupefzisa chinhu changa chamira… Vega havo nxaaaaaa. [08/11 21:15] +263 77 400 5117: Ldrshp ngaisvinure iwone. We told them kuti no recalls no nominations. Vakarera imbwa nemukaka, hezvo pazvasvika. Kana tichitaura imboteereraiwo [08/11 21:15] +263 77 283 7961: So painful [08/11 21:16] +27 61 662 8894: Inosvinura sei iyo iri pabasa [08/11 21:17] e dzambara chr: Maleaders aya will go back to Wamba.
MDC T Secretary General Mwonzora tried to suspend honourable Bhebhe after he demanded physical national Council, National Excutive council and standing committe meetings.
However, due to fear of 2014 MDC T structures senator Mwonzora et al refused to call for physical meeting and resorted to virtual meetings citing covid-19.
Surprisingly, MDC T is holding nomination meetings now, covid-19 is still there.
In a snap survey this morning, Derrick Amuli said, “In Mat. North majority of MDC T 2014 structures are pro-Bhebhe. Bhebhe has gained lot of support after he challenged Dr Khupe and Mwonzora in court. Bhebhe fought very hard for all 2014 MDC T members to vote. Remember SG Mwonzora expelled many 2014 MDC T members including the deceased former Masvingo provincial spokesperson Mr Dusty. In addition, Mr Bhebhe exposed $7 million dollars that was misappropriated used by MDC T Khupe and others.”
In addition, Mr Bhebhe is regarded as unifier.
This is in contrast to senator Mwonzora and Dr. Khupe who has successfully recalled many MDC Alliance members of Parliament, senators and councillors. These recalls have been perceived as “an act of vindictiveness and helping ZANU PF to have majority in parliament” said, Mr Mudzuri supporter.
Senator Mwonzora’s campaign message is centered on constitutionalism. He claims to have single-handed the success of “defeat of MDC Alliance in court.” said, Mr Tapera his supporter in Midlands who is in Mat. North campaigning for him.
Mr Kudakwashe who is campaigning for Senator Mwonzora said, ” Mr Mwonzora could have won easily. However, he went overdrive on recalls and made police to arrest youth such as Gorekore. These moves were dangerous to his presidential ambitions. “
However, Dr. Khupe’s supporter said, “It’s wrong for senator Mwonzora to claim victory in court cases alone. It was a collective.”
Dr. Khupe has some support from Mat. North. However, her disadvantage is that she is being perceived to be Zanu PF proxy after her engagement with Mnangagwa in Polad and her recent appointment as leader of the opposition in parliament by Mnangagwa.
Senator Komichi and senator Mudzuri have never campaigned in Mat. North.
Senator Komichi’s campaign message is premised on “Baba Abraham and General Tsao concepts that have failed to resonate with 2014 MDC T structures.” said, Mr Ncube.
On the other hand, Senator Mudzuri campaign team led by Mr Warship Dumba said, “Mr Mudzuri is mature and unifier. ” However, MDC T structures are asking where did Mr Mudzuri tried to unify people? Mr Mudzuri failed to stop vindictive recalls said, Mr Chigombo.
Will senator Komichi and Mudzuri get zero votes in Mat. North today?
Four poachers who were arrested over the weekend for killing 5 buffalo and 2 kudus were this Monday sentenced in Hwange court to an effective 18 months each, plus restitution to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) of US$48 000 for the buffalo and US$ 4 500 for the kudu.
According to Bhejane Trust, the poachers were arrested after they were tracked by a combined team of Bhejane Trust Rhino Monitors, National Parks and a Painted Dog Conservation Anti-Poaching (PDC) team.
The poachers had hidden their kit and meat at their base camp hidden in the hills in the Deka Tail concession, bordering the Sinamatella area.
However, the poachers had left the camp, so the team continued to track them. For the next 5km, the poachers were anti-tracking, but when they thought they were clear, they headed straight for their home village.
The team followed, and some 28km from the base, they came to the poachers home village – by now it was getting dark.
They waited until everything in the village settled down and went to sleep, and then raided the houses – by now PDC had brought in a tracker dog to help.
They arrested four of the poachers, but another three escaped, but are known and are on the run. They recovered meat and various incriminating items.
The four poachers confessed to the poaching, led the team to their snare lines which were removed, and gave a lot of valuable information on all the poaching syndicates in the area.
President Lazarus Chakwera has assured Malawians that his government will find out what is happening to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s problematic stay in South Africa.
Chakwera made the comment on Sunday night in Mzuzu while meeting with local traditional leaders.
One of the chiefs had asked Chakwera to investigate what is happening to Bushiri in South Africa and, if needs be, government must step in to help the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader return to Malawi.
In response, Chakwera said: “Thank you so much for the question. I cannot give a full response now as matters are still in court; but I can assure you that I will follow up and find out everything and inform the nation.”
Bushiri also known as ‘Major 1’ or ‘Papa’ by ECG Church worshippers was arrested on last month, kept in custody for over two weeks something which riled the Malawian public, asking government to intervene.
Some members of civil society and faith groups recently asked government to intervene in the ongoing legal battles facing South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri and bring him back home.
Malawi Watch executive director Billy Banda and Anthony Mukumbwa—a commissioner of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and a close friend of Bushiri—alleged that Bushiri was being targeted by investigating agencies and receiving unfair treatment from the legal system in South Africa.
Said Banda: “We are not saying that the Bushiris are guilty or not, that is for the courts to decide. The courts must give the Bushiris a trial in a manner that is fair, just and impartial. At the same time, they [Bushiris] must enjoy the status of being innocent until proven guilty.”
He said the Malawi Government should intervene in the saga because Bushiri holds a diplomatic passport; hence, the South African authorities were in breach of international conventions on diplomatic relations.
The ECG leader is renowned for humanitarian works in the country and recently revealed that he will scale up humanitarian works in the country, especially in food security, as part of his contribution to supporting the Chakwera administration.
Meanwhile, Malawi government has confirmed the diplomatic passport which Bushiri holds is genuine and was dully granted.
PREMIER Soccer League giants, Dynamos Football Club, have recorded a positive COVID-19 case out of the 46 people tested this Monday.
In a statement, Glamour boys Marketing and Communications manager Yvonne Mangunda confirmed the development sayiong measures have already been taken in accordance with the WHO guidelines.
“Out of the 46 people tested, 1 tested positive for COVID-19. Relevant authorities have been informed and the club will adhere to Government and public health guidelines set for the positive individual . the individual will observe a period of self isolation in accordance with COVID-19 bprotocols,” she said.
The Glamour boys began their preparations for the forthcoming Premier Soccer League season by conducting Covid-19 tests this Monday.
The Glamour Boys converged at the National Sports Stadium early this Monday morning for covid-19 PCR tests and a strategic meeting. The enterprising right-back, Emmanuel Jalai said the tests signal that football is back.
“The test is irritating, and it’s something that we are not used to, but for me having this test it means that football is close to returning and we can start preparing.
“I have been training on my own due to covid restrictions but now we can get into high-intensity training,” he said.
DeMbare Captain Partson Jaure, who has recovered from career-threatening injuries sustained in a car accident earlier this year, assured fans that he is back to his best.
“I am 100% fit now and I want to assure the fans that I will be more than ready for the season. Covid was a blessing in disguise for me as it gave me more time to heal and be ready for the season, it’s not all gloom for me,” he said.
The Harare giants were expecting all the test results to be released this Monday ahead of their first group training this Tuesday.
A 44-year-old suspected thief was fatally assaulted in Budiriro when chased after he was caught stealing cash and a cell phone in Budiriro 4 Extension.
Jonathan Bhito, who came from Epworth, was pronounced dead on arrival at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital where he had been taken by police
At around 4am, Bhito sneaked through an unlocked door into a Budiriro house and went into one of the bedrooms where he stole US$13 cash and a mobile phone.
But one of those living in the house was awakened by his footsteps and shouted for help. Bhito fled but was chased and although he used a pepper spray to try and elude the pursuit, he was caught. He was then assaulted before being taken to the police station.
Police officers then took him to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, but he was dead on arrival.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said two mobile phones and a spray were recovered.
“The man died before getting medical attention,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi has denied claims they are forcing anyone to sign deportation papers.
At least 30 people are being held at the Lindela Repatriation Centre in the West Rand.
Home Affairs has begun deporting those who are in the country illegally.
Those who don’t qualify for refugee status are also set to be deported.
They are part of a group of refugees and asylum seekers who protested outside of the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cape Town last year.
The group wanted to be moved to other countries but not their countries of origin.
Watch the video downloading below for full details.
Courts recently attempted to resuscitate a case in which a senior MDC-Alliance party official was accused of undermining authority of or insulting Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe ten years ago.
Officials at NPA based in Bindura summoned Gilbert Kagodora, a lieutenant of opposition MDC-Alliance party leader Nelson Chamisa who serves as the opposition party’s Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology and Science Development, to stand trial at Bindura Magistrates Court on Monday 2 November 2020 on charges of undermining authority of or insulting Mugabe.
Kagodora’s case emanated from an incident in which he was arrested in March 2010 in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central province by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members, who charged him with undermining the authority of or insulting the President as defined in section 33 (2) (a) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
ZRP members alleged that Kagodora denounced Mugabe during an address to party supporters at a constitutional awareness meeting held at Nzvimbo Council Hall in Chiweshe on 11 March 2010, when he said; “Mugabe mudenga, Grace mudenga, vabatanidzei, roverai pasi,” which the police deduced to mean “Mugabe up, Grace up, bring them together and drop them on the ground.”
However, in January 2015, the Prosecutor-General’s Office withdrew charges against Kagodora after his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights challenged his prosecution for lack of merit. The withdrawal of the charges by the NPA led the late former Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku to remove Kagodora’s matter off the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) roll.
On Monday 2 November 2020, prosecutors from the NPA based at Bindura Magistrates aborted prosecuting Kagodora after Bamu challenged and reminded them that the matter had been struck off the ConCourt roll by Chidyausiku in 2015 and dared them to approach the apex court if they intended to revive the matter.
In the end, prosecutors advised Kagodora and Bamu that they would liaise with the NPA officials based in Harare and advise the duo in “due course” about how they will proceed with the matter.
ZIMBABWE may be forced into another lockdown, if Covid-19 cases continue to rise at the current rate.
The chief coordinator for the National Response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Office of the President and Cabinet Agnes Mahomva said this in court papers supporting a ban on elections in Zimbabwe.
She was responding to a challenge against Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga’s Statutory Instrument 225A of 2020 indefinitely suspending by-elections citing Covid-19 regulations.
The Election Resource Centre (ERC), the Women’s Academy for Leadership (Walpe) and six other applicants have gone to court to challenge the Health minister’s order suspending elections. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and President Emmerson Mnangagwa are cited as respondents in the application.
The country is supposed to hold by-elections for over 20 parliamentary seats and 170 local government wards to replace mostly MDC Alliance MPs and councillors recalled by MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe.
Although lobby groups have accused Chiwenga of violating the Constitution by suspending elections when countries such as the US and Tanzania, among others, have successfully conducted polls during the pandemic, Mahomva said it was not possible to hold by-elections in December because of Covid-19 fears.
She said cases of Covid-19 had risen since the government relaxed regulations to curb the spread that included opening of the tourism sector and resuming domestic flights.
“Whether directly or indirectly as a result of these new relaxations, the infection rate has started to go up,” Mahomva said. “While the growth may be marginal at this stage, it has the potential to spike upwards in a manner which might not be foreseen.”
She added: “It may be that more enforcement of existing measures is required as well, but certainly should there be a sudden spike like that experienced around July 2020, then there might be need for more stringent measures such as those which are being re-introduced in Europe and the Americas.”
Some European countries have been forced back into lockdown as Covid-19 cases rise.
Mahomva said the period around December 2020 would be one of the decisive phases in the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“As such, I urge against any measures which may create uncontrolled gatherings, whether small or large, throughout the country. Such gatherings will be inimical to the country’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus and have the potential to result in high death rates,” she said.
“I, therefore, give it as my opinion as aforesaid that it is not advisable to hold by-elections on December 5, 2020 as this may create uncontrolled gatherings, whether small or large, throughout the country. The events surrounding the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are moving in a direction which justifies my position…”
She said in August, a team of global scientists from the World Health Organisation, the Africa Centre for Diseases Control and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine conducted a survey on Zimbabwe’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and their conclusion was that the country had successfully delayed the pandemic due to implementation of stringent public health and social measures enacted into law in March 2020 including a lockdown.
Last week, experts said the world was staring at a second wave of Covid-19 that could kill thousands in the country if regulations on social distancing and proper masking up were not observed.
Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro yesterday told The Standard that a possible second wave of Covid-19 would be harder to deal with than the initial outbreak.
Henrietta Rushwaya says she wants her day in court to clear her name and recover her US$333 000 worth of gold which is kept at Fidelity Printers and Refiners pending her trial and acquittal.
Rushwaya, who is being represented by lawyer Mr Tapson Dzvetero, also told the court that the State has a weak case against her, which is doomed to collapse at trial.
She said this in her submissions during bail application heard before Harare regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna.
Rushwaya maintained that she had no intentions to smuggle the gold as alleged.
“The accused person (Rushwaya) denies all the charges. She denies she ever had an intention to smuggle gold outside the country. The accused asserted this aspect on the day of her arrest to the arresting detail, Bruno Chiketo.
“She had no knowledge that the bag she had carried contained gold and that she was of the mistaken belief that the bag contained her clothes, food stuffs and other personal belongings. She states that she could not have been naive to bring gold through an airport which she fully knows has scientific detectors.
“She could have not expected freely without having been detected especially in the manner it was not even concealed. There is no mention or allegations that the first accused refused or attempted to dodge the scientific detectors for if she wanted she could have dodged that point because that would have been the pointed where she could be detected.
“The fact that there was gold in her bag at the airport on October 26 is therefore, common cause. What is in dispute relates to her knowledge and in an offence of smuggling, possession and the State would be expected not only to prove the actus bares, but also knowledge, which is a critical element. Accused gave a plausible explanation.
“She does not dispute that at her house she had and was in possession of the gold, as she is a fully fledged miner in her own right having several mines she owns through her companies one of which is Realm Technologies which has grant No.6324 42 hectare within Mupfurudza Safari areas and in other areas. It was not disputed by the State that she has a gold buying agents permit. In respect of the smuggling matter, the State had approached the court with a full docket and not on Form 242 as could be seen from the witness who was not even aware of the status of the docket which was produced in court,” said Mr Dzvetero.
Mr Dzvetero said the State’s decision to deny her bail was based on its desire to turn the matter into a political issue.
He said that was evidenced by the evidence given by investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Michael Chibaya when he took to the stand to oppose bail.
“He showed the court that he does not have any knowledge in respect of smuggling.
“He did not even think of reading the witness’ statement but concentrated on the aspects to do with politics. He was either feigning lack of knowledge or was not candid to the court.
“The State case is doomed to fail. It is a very weak case. State also shows lack of probity and appreciation of material aspects that relates to the case,” he said.
She also refuted offering a bribe to the Civil Aviation Authority official who spotted the gold at the airport.
“In respect of the bribery charge, she denies ever having attempted or offered to bribe anyone. No money was found on her even though she was searched, which indicates that she had no money at all.
“If she was found with US$5000, the State would have taken the money as it would have exceeded the maximum limit at law of US$2000.
“The alleged bribee, Owen Sibanda, gave a statement on the day in question.
“In his statement, he did not mention that Rushwaya tried or attempted to bribe him. The State could not even identify who made the allegations of bribery, where it was made and why it was not among charges when first charged on October 27. It is a misplaced allegation that they have overwhelming evidence when the Investigations Officer does not identify which evidence he is relying on. The State case is doomed to fail.
“It is clear that in its bid to turn a simple issue into a political issue, the State alleges some form of connivance in unconnected people who do not know each other.
“The State dismally tried to impute words and documents on Rushwaya, which she vehemently denies. It is difficult to comprehend how an IO who has not gone through witness statement in the smuggling case to attempt to rely on documents which he alleges were furnished to the same witness whose statement the IO did not go through. It is therefore, clear that the State case is doomed to fail.
“It is common cause that the gold is secured at Fidelity Printers and Refiners and it is submitted that the gold itself is in itself security to Rushwaya that when she is acquitted of the State ailing case, she is entitled to recover her value of US$333 000. This is why Rushwaya is not likely to abscond. She is a mother of two, she has dependents in excess of 50 including employees and has fixed family ties in the jurisdiction. She also has fixed and vast businesses interests as she has various mines and licenced gold buyer,” he said.
The bail application continues with Ali Mohamed, Stephen Tserayi, Raphios Mufandauya and Gift Karanda expected to make their bail application submissions.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s niece, Henrietta Rushwaya has demanded the court gives her a hearing date so she can after clearing her name recover her US$333 000 worth of gold which is currently being kept at Fidelity Printers and Refiners.
Rushwaya, who is being represented by lawyer Mr Tapson Dzvetero, also told the court that the State has a weak case against her, which is doomed to collapse at trial.
She said this in her submissions during bail application heard before Harare regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna.
Rushwaya maintained that she had no intentions to smuggle the gold as alleged.
“The accused person (Rushwaya) denies all the charges. She denies she ever had an intention to smuggle gold outside the country. The accused asserted this aspect on the day of her arrest to the arresting detail, Bruno Chiketo.
“She had no knowledge that the bag she had carried contained gold and that she was of the mistaken belief that the bag contained her clothes, food stuffs and other personal belongings. She states that she could not have been naive to bring gold through an airport which she fully knows has scientific detectors.
“She could have not expected freely without having been detected especially in the manner it was not even concealed. There is no mention or allegations that the first accused refused or attempted to dodge the scientific detectors for if she wanted she could have dodged that point because that would have been the pointed where she could be detected.
“The fact that there was gold in her bag at the airport on October 26 is therefore, common cause. What is in dispute relates to her knowledge and in an offence of smuggling, possession and the State would be expected not only to prove the actus bares, but also knowledge, which is a critical element. Accused gave a plausible explanation.
“She does not dispute that at her house she had and was in possession of the gold, as she is a fully fledged miner in her own right having several mines she owns through her companies one of which is Realm Technologies which has grant No.6324 42 hectare within Mupfurudza Safari areas and in other areas. It was not disputed by the State that she has a gold buying agents permit. In respect of the smuggling matter, the State had approached the court with a full docket and not on Form 242 as could be seen from the witness who was not even aware of the status of the docket which was produced in court,” said Mr Dzvetero.
Mr Dzvetero said the State’s decision to deny her bail was based on its desire to turn the matter into a political issue.
He said that was evidenced by the evidence given by investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Michael Chibaya when he took to the stand to oppose bail.
“He showed the court that he does not have any knowledge in respect of smuggling.
“He did not even think of reading the witness’ statement but concentrated on the aspects to do with politics. He was either feigning lack of knowledge or was not candid to the court.
“The State case is doomed to fail. It is a very weak case. State also shows lack of probity and appreciation of material aspects that relates to the case,” he said.
She also refuted offering a bribe to the Civil Aviation Authority official who spotted the gold at the airport.
“In respect of the bribery charge, she denies ever having attempted or offered to bribe anyone. No money was found on her even though she was searched, which indicates that she had no money at all.
“If she was found with US$5000, the State would have taken the money as it would have exceeded the maximum limit at law of US$2000.
“The alleged bribee, Owen Sibanda, gave a statement on the day in question.
“In his statement, he did not mention that Rushwaya tried or attempted to bribe him. The State could not even identify who made the allegations of bribery, where it was made and why it was not among charges when first charged on October 27. It is a misplaced allegation that they have overwhelming evidence when the Investigations Officer does not identify which evidence he is relying on. The State case is doomed to fail.
“It is clear that in its bid to turn a simple issue into a political issue, the State alleges some form of connivance in unconnected people who do not know each other.
“The State dismally tried to impute words and documents on Rushwaya, which she vehemently denies. It is difficult to comprehend how an IO who has not gone through witness statement in the smuggling case to attempt to rely on documents which he alleges were furnished to the same witness whose statement the IO did not go through. It is therefore, clear that the State case is doomed to fail.
“It is common cause that the gold is secured at Fidelity Printers and Refiners and it is submitted that the gold itself is in itself security to Rushwaya that when she is acquitted of the State ailing case, she is entitled to recover her value of US$333 000. This is why Rushwaya is not likely to abscond. She is a mother of two, she has dependents in excess of 50 including employees and has fixed family ties in the jurisdiction. She also has fixed and vast businesses interests as she has various mines and licenced gold buyer,” he said.
The bail application continues with Ali Mohamed, Stephen Tserayi, Raphios Mufandauya and Gift Karanda expected to make their bail application submissions. – Herald
Tinotenda Kadewere scored his first brace in the Ligue 1 on Sunday when Lyon beat St Etienne 2-1.
The 24-year old started on the bench and was introduced as a 57th-minute replacement for Moussa Dembele.
He scored his first goal of the day in the 65th minute, getting on the end of Maxwell Cornet’s cross.
The former Harare City striker completed his brace in the 74th minute, with a solo effort, running into the box before sliding past the keeper.
The goals has seen him becoming the first player to score 2+ goals after coming on from the bench in a Ligue 1 game between Lyon and St Etienne in the history.-Soccer 24
The Warriors team has suffered another blow ahead of the back-to-back Afcon qualifiers against Algeria this week after South Africa-based midfielder Butholezwe Ncube became the latest player to withdraw from the squad.
According to H-Metro, Ncube will not travel for the match due to medical issues. The AmaZulu player recently returned to action after a long layoff due to an injury.
Ncube joins United States-based stars Tendai Jirira and Tatenda Mkuruva who are out due to travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic in the American country.
The majority of the squad is expected to start reporting for camp today.
Here are the players expected in camp:
Goalkeepers: Elvis Chipezeze, Talbert Shumba
Defenders: Jimmy Dzingai, Alec Mudimu, Jordan Zemura, Teenage Hadebe, Divine Lunga, Tendai Darikwa, Adam Chicksen, Victor Kamhuka.
Mameldi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe has his sights set on the CAF presidency in the upcoming election, the South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed.
The mining tycoon wants to head the continental football governing body and has reportedly got the backing of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Addressing the media at a press conference this morning, South Africa’s Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa confirmed that Motsepe has thrown his name in the hat for next year’s poll, in which incumbent Ahmad Ahmad is seeking re-election.
“We’ve seen Motsepe coming out very clear in his sense of duty and patriotism. We as South African government endorse his nomination and we are grateful to those countries who have already shown their support for him,” the Minister said.-Soccer 24
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has bemoaned the rampant looting of State resources by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
President Chamisa made the remarks at the funeral service for the late MDC Alliance MP, Hon Kennedy Dinar in Harare on Saturday.Hon Dinar was laid to rest in Gutu on Sunday.
President Chamisa accused Mr Mnangagwa of “using the axe to intimidate children.”
He also described Hon Dinar as a man of love, humility and peace.
“Hon Dinar was a man of love, peace and humility.He was committed to the struggle for change and we will work hard to fulfil his wishes.
Unfortunately, rulers, not leaders are running the country.They don’t care about your welfare.They are busy plundering State resources.
The people of Zimbabwe are suffering because of rampant looting of State resources by the current administration.This is why people are suffering,” said President Chamisa.
Warriors striker Tino Kadewere says he is delighted with his match-winning performance for Olympique Lyon in the French Ligue 1 on Sunday.
The lanky striker, who prior to the match had told a French publication that he had a dream in which he scored two goals in the derby, came off the bench while Rudi Garcia’s charges were trailing through an Anthony Lopez own goal five minutes before the breather.
He scored twice (in the 65th and 74th minute respectively), both goals assisted by Maxwell Cornet, to propel Lyon to a crucial victory in the derby, a performance he was ecstatic with after the game.
“I’m very happy with my goals. It’s true that I dreamt of them. It’s incredible! It’s an important win that helps us climb the table. It’s for the fans!,” he told reporters in a post match interview.
“We have a good group and we work well together. We’re like a family. Everyone made sure I adapted as quickly as possible. Tonight, we won together. I scored twice, but it was the whole team who did what it took to win,” added Kadewere.
Tino has cemented his name in the history books by becoming the first player in the history of the derby to come off the bench and score two goals.-Soccer 24
The best defense is to avoid lightning. Here are some outdoor safety tips that can help you avoid being struck:
Do
Be aware Check the weather forecast before participating in outdoor activities. If the forecast calls for thunderstorms, postpone your trip or activity, or make sure adequate safe shelter is readily available.Go indoors Remember the phrase, “When thunder roars, go indoors.” Find a safe, enclosed shelter when you hear thunder.
Safe shelters include homes, offices, shopping centers, and hard-top vehicles with the windows rolled up.Seek shelter immediately even if caught out in the open If you are caught in an open area, act quickly to find adequate shelter. The most important action is to remove yourself from danger. Crouching or getting low to the ground can reduce your chances of being struck, but does not remove you from danger.
If you are caught outside with no safe shelter nearby, the following actions may reduce your risk:
Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges, or peaks.
Never lie flat on the ground. Crouch down in a ball-like position with your head tucked and hands over your ears so that you are down low with minimal contact with the ground.Never shelter under an isolated tree.Never use a cliff or rocky overhang for shelter.Immediately get out of and away from ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water.Stay away from objects that conduct electricity (barbed wire fences, power lines, windmills, etc.).Separate If you are in a group during a thunderstorm, separate from each other. This will reduce the number of injuries if lightning strikes the ground.
Don’t
Don’t stay in open vehicles, structures, and spaces During a thunderstorm, avoid open vehicles such as convertibles, motorcycles, and golf carts.
Be sure to avoid open structures such as porches, gazebos, baseball dugouts, and sports arenas. And stay away from open spaces such as golf courses, parks, playgrounds, ponds, lakes, swimming pools, and beaches.Don’t stay near tall structures Do NOT lie on concrete floors during a thunderstorm. Also, avoid leaning on concrete walls. Lightning can travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
Indoor Safety Tips
Even though your home is a safe shelter during a lightning storm, you may still be at risk. About one-third of lightning-strike injuries occur indoors. Here are some tips to keep safe and reduce your risk of being struck by lightning while indoors.
Avoid water Do NOT bathe, shower, wash dishes, or have any other contact with water during a thunderstorm because lightning can travel through a building’s plumbing.Avoid electronic equipment Do NOT use your computers, laptops, game systems, washers, dryers, stoves, or anything connected to an electrical outlet.
Lightning can travel through electrical systems, radio and television reception systems, and any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring. Equip your home with whole-house surge protectors to protect your appliances.Avoid corded phones Corded phones are NOT safe to use during a thunderstorm.
Do NOT use them. However, it is safe to use cordless or cellular phones during a storm.
Avoid windows, doors, porches, and concrete Do NOT lie on concrete floors during a thunderstorm. Also, avoid leaning on concrete walls. Lightning can travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
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Tinashe Sambiri|A young lady who claims to be the late Harare socialite and businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s daughter has described her “dad’s death as devastating.”
The young lady has posted a photo of herself with Ginimbi, claiming she is the latter’s daughter.
In the picture she is seen hugging Ginimbi and she wrote:
“Why dad….Honestly broken with some crying emojis…”
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa, has bemoaned the rampant looting of State resources by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
President Chamisa made the remarks at the funeral service for the late MDC Alliance MP, Hon Kennedy Dinar in Harare on Saturday.Hon Dinar was laid to rest in Gutu on Sunday.
President Chamisa accused Mr Mnangagwa of “using the axe to intimidate children.”
He also described Hon Dinar as a man of love, humility and peace.
“Hon Dinar was a man of love, peace and humility.He was committed to the struggle for change and we will work hard to fulfil his wishes.
Unfortunately, rulers, not leaders are running the country.They don’t care about your welfare.They are busy plundering State resources.
The people of Zimbabwe are suffering because of rampant looting of State resources by the current administration.This is why people are suffering,” said President Chamisa.
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) recently attempted to resuscitate a case in which a senior MDC-Alliance party official was accused of undermining authority of or insulting Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe ten years ago.
Officials at NPA based in Bindura summoned Gilbert Kagodora, a lieutenant of opposition MDC-Alliance party leader Nelson Chamisa who serves as the opposition party’s Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology and Science Development, to stand trial at Bindura Magistrates Court on Monday 2 November 2020 on charges of undermining authority of or insulting Mugabe.
Kagodora’s case emanated from an incident in which he was arrested in March 2010 in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central province by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members, who charged him with undermining the authority of or insulting the President as defined in section 33 (2) (a) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
ZRP members alleged that Kagodora denounced Mugabe during an address to party supporters at a constitutional awareness meeting held at Nzvimbo Council Hall in Chiweshe on 11 March 2010, when he said; “Mugabe mudenga, Grace mudenga, vabatanidzei, roverai pasi,” which the police deduced to mean “Mugabe up, Grace up, bring them together and drop them on the ground.”
However, in January 2015, the Prosecutor-General’s Office withdrew charges against Kagodora after his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights challenged his prosecution for lack of merit.
The withdrawal of the charges by the NPA led the late former Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku to remove Kagodora’s matter off the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) roll.
On Monday 2 November 2020, prosecutors from the NPA based at Bindura Magistrates aborted prosecuting Kagodora after Bamu challenged and reminded them that the matter had been struck off the ConCourt roll by Chidyausiku in 2015 and dared them to approach the apex court if they intended to revive the matter.
In the end, prosecutors advised Kagodora and Bamu that they would liaise with the NPA officials based in Harare and advise the duo in “due course” about how they will proceed with the matter.
As Emmerson Mnangagwa and the First family make shrill noises about the litany of corruption allegations in which they are being implicated, claiming they are just but mere victims of an avaricious, name-dropping criminal elite, one will always find it very difficult to absolve them.
It is always very difficult for a leader to dissociate himself from the criminal elite that surrounds them, for they say any leadership is defined by the very people that surrounds it. And Mnangagwa’s has been monumentally tainted by a corrupt inner circle of relatives and acolytes that has been been the hallmark of his tenuous leadership.
Take for example the recent case of the 6kgs of gold bullion found on Henrietta Rushwaya, a Mnangagwa relative, at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport. Just how do you absolve the President himself in a case that has sucked in his wife, his son Collins and his close security team that includes Stephen Tserayi, Gift Karanda and Rafius Mupandauya? Just who could have the guts to needlessly name-drop figures in the First family when they are aware of the grievous consequences that could befall them, especially given ED’s malignant character and his infamous blood-soaked legacy?
There is simply no smoke without fire and the well-choreographed airport heist certainly had a political principal behind it. If these Mnangagwa acolytes fingered in recent corruption scandals were the deacons in the well-publicised incidences of avarice and sleaze, then there certainly has to be an archbishop in this church of criminal activities.
And one just can’t absolve the First family from providing papal services to these nefarious activities. It’s so tragic for a man who rose to power after waxing lyrical about what his proxies alleged to be a corrupt and criminal G40 cabal that surrounded former President Robert Mugabe. Ironically, this has turned out to be a worse cabal, nay a corrupt coterie of close associates. Indeed, corruption has been redefined anew under the corrupt cabal of the so–called new dispensation.
A cabal can generally be defined as a group, a faction, a gang, a set, a confederacy or a junta. The Merriam-Webster dictionary refers to a cabal as the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot while the English Collins dictionary defines it as a clique, a set, a party or a league. Whichever definition one decides to pick, the underlying message is that a cabal is a malignant, corrupt clique with an aptitude for evil schemes and desires.
Ever since the militarily-orchestrated demise of Robert Mugabe in November 2017, the new administration constantly referred in disparaging terms to what it called “the G40 cabal”, a clique that it accused of holding hostage the former President. This G40 cabal was reportedly fronted by former Cabinet Ministers Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere, Patrick Zhuwao and the former First Lady and ZANU PF Women’s League boss, Grace Mugabe, among others.But the new man himself has been held hostage by an avaricious elite of a worse disposition.
The aim of this treatise is to show that notwithstanding the very valid framing of these close acolytes of the former President as a cabal, the very real and dangerously corrupt cabal is the new team now in charge as reflected by the unrepentantly corrupt, anti-democracy and long-time criminal associates that have conveniently regrouped and now make up Emmerson Mnangagwa’s so-called “new” administration.
Indeed, as this piece will show, the real corrupt cabal is this team in government; with its like-minded characters that have a long history of corruption and standing between the people and their hope for democracy. This cabal—the Mnangagwa cabal–is replete with scheming characters strewn across a vast labyrinth of sectors that range from business, the military, the criminal underworld, the civil service.
At the centre of this team has always been July Moyo, who those in the know claim has always been the chief strategist of Mnangagwa’s faction and its enduring agenda to grab power at whatever cost. He is now the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing who has himself corruptly usurped the functions of elected local authorities in flagrant violation of section 274 of the Constitution.
It is important to state from the outset that I hold no brief for Robert Mugabe and his G40 equally corrupt cohorts. I had my own issues with Robert Mugabe and his G40.
First, as the elected secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, I was the first person to take the then Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo, to court way back in 2002 when I challenged what we regarded as unconstitutional and undemocratic provisions of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), whose negative effects the media industry still feels to this very day.
As ZANU PF commissar and women’s league boss respectively, Kasukuwere and Grace Mugabe victimized and traumatized my sister, Hon. Dorothy Mashonganyika, a war veteran in her own right. The two conspired to hound her out of her elected position as ZANU PF women’s league chairperson for Mashonaland Central province. Among the reasons for their excoriation of my sister at their party meetings was her relationship to me. My relationship to Zanu PF’s Hon. Mashonganyika is that our late fathers were blood brothers. The two G40 protagonists, Grace and Tyson, mistakenly thought that Mai Mashonganyika was MDC simply because she is my sister, despite her being a staunch Zanu PF member, having been on the war front as a ZANLA combatant when Kasukuwere was still wetting his pants at the mere sound of gunfire and helicopters!
I used to tell Kasukuwere the few times we bumped into each other that ours is not a barbaric family; that my sister and I respect each other and our common parentage, notwithstanding the fact that we belong to different political parties. We value our blood relationship more than we do our party cards. We co-exist very well, despite our stark ideological and political differences.
As proud Africans, we have not allowed our different party cards to tamper with our blood bond which we both regard as more enduring and more important.
Indeed, that is the tolerant political dispensation that some of us aspire for and which she, as my sister, fought for when she spent over two years in the bush fighting for the liberation of this country.I am proud of her, as well as my other late sister, Acquelinah. The two Chiheras left Tamborenyoka village in Domboshava to join the war of liberation in the summer of 1978.
As for Robert Mugabe, I was arrested for the first time in my life on trumped up charges of criminally defaming him—during my other life as a journalist–on Friday, 19 January 2001. His government was to orchestrate several bombings on the offices and the printing press of TheDailyNews , the then audacious newspaper where I was political editor before I became the newspaper’s chief news editor, a position I left to join the MDC as the party’s Director of Information and Publicity on 28 October 2005.
So this treatise on this team now in government as the really dangerous and more corrupt cabal is in no way a vindication for G40 and its luminaries, who have all been a source of trouble for me personally and professionally over the years.
The point is I have my own issues with the G40, but I posit here that the real and more frightening confederacy is ED’s violent and corrupt cabal; this insidious alliance of callous characters now in government; indeed this closely-knit amity of personalities with a relationship that spans many years as they plotted together for the ultimate kill (both literally and metaphorically).
This piece will show how far back the alliances between the corrupt characters now in government have endured and will make obvious why the appointment of certain characters into Mnangagwa’s administration was not a mere coincidence. Cronyism and villagism are into themselves a form of corruption. The Moyos are Mnangagwa’s maternal uncles and these include Obediah Moyo, the former Health Minister currently facing charges of graft in which the First Family has once again been fingered.The other Moyos, his uncles, that Mnangagwa appointed into his government include CIO director-general Isaac Moyo and AFZ head, Air Marshall Elson Moyo. If one adds the criminal lot of the likes of Delish Nguwaya and ED’s top associate Kudakwashe Tagwireyi, who was implicated in the more than US$3 billion Command Agriculture programme and who appears to have a finger in every corrupt pie, one begins to appreciate the murky dimension of the corrupt team around the President; the team to whom he can only be the archbishop!
Perhaps the first indictment on Emmerson Mnangagwa as archbishop of corruption is the UNReportonthePlunderingoftheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongonaturalresources , a report done by the United Nations Panel of Experts (S/2002/1146). The report names what it calls an “ elitenetwork ” of politicians that was at the centre of plundering the resources of the DRC.
Named in the report are Emmerson Mnangagwa, then the Speaker of Parliament as well as Sibusiso Buso Moyo, then the director general of COSLEG, a Congo-Zimbabwe Joint Stock company that was a vehicle of the military-backed commerce involving mostly diamonds, banking and timber in the government-backed areas. The report also names Perrence Shiri, later to be appointed Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement.
The damning UN report reads in part: “ ThekeystrategistoftheZimbabwebranchoftheelitenetworkistheSpeakerofParliamentandformernationalsecurityMinisterEmmersonDambudzoMnangagwa …….. AlongtimeallyofpresidentRobertMugabe , AirMarshallPerrenceShirihasbeeninvolvedinmilitaryprocurement , andorganizingairsupportforthepro-KinshasaarmedgroupsfightingintheeasternDRC ……… Otherprominentmembersoftheelitenetworkincludebrigadier-generalSibusisoBusiMoyo , whoisdirector-generalofCOSLEG . BrigadierMoyoadvisedbothTremaltandOryxNaturalResourceswhichrepresentedcovertZimbabweanmilitaryandfinancialinterestsinnegotiationswithStateminingcompaniesoftheDRC .”
Given this association in what the UN alleges to be criminal activities in the DRC some 20 years ago, it is no wonder that Mnangagwa picked Moyo to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs in his Cabinet. This is the same Moyo who became a news anchor overnight and announced the military take-over on state radio and television in the last hours of Mugabe’s reign. The late Shiri was also a Minister in the new administration after the November 2017 coup and one begins to get a feel of what amounts to the regrouping of a really corrupt cabal.
If one adds other shadowy characters named in the UN report—personalities that are friends with Mnangagwa, among them Ahmed Said Thamer al Shanfari and the late John Arnold Bredenkamp, then the criminal elite network becomes a full cast!
The same UN report also implicates the then Minister of Defence, Sydney Sekeramayi. The report states that it was Sekeramayi who wrote a memorandum to Mugabe in 2002 proposing that a joint company between the ZDF and DRC be set up in Mauritius to disguise the nefarious and highly corrupt military activities in the Congo.
Given the revelations in the UN report and his links with this junta, it is by no means surprising that despite being touted as the G40 presidential candidate after Mugabe, Sekeramayi has been spared any form of arrest or harassment by the corrupt elite now in charge of the country. Sekeramayi, who continues to sit in Mnangagwa’s Politburo despite losing his Ministerial post, remains a troublesome but delicate irritant, more like a mosquito perched on the scrotum. You have to be careful how you squash it or else you injure yourself!
Sekeramayi knows a lot and he can’t be harassed, even though the G40 team had framed him as a presidential frontrunner after Mugabe.
Thus, Mnangagwa has an enduring relationship with the army and some of the corrupt military characters who stopped a transition in 2008. After all, the rabid war cry of “27 June vaMugabemuoffice ” when Mugabe had lost the first-round 2008 poll was a military operation fronted by Mnangagwa as the Minister of Defence and as Mugabe’s chief election agent. It is this malignant cabal fronted by Mnangagwa himself that has reunited in the current administration and that is now saddled with allegations of systemic corruption. They have waited too long for this and no can dare disturb their time to eat!
It must not be forgotten that while Mugabe was holding a press conference at State House on Friday, 30 July 2013, just on the eve of the 2013 election, it was Mnangagwa who pitched up on the State House lawn while the presser was taking place, accompanied by none other than Emmanuel Antebbi. Antebbi was the chief executive of NIKUV International, the Israeli company at the centre of the pilferage of the people’s will in Zimbabwe’s 2013 election. Mnangagwa was therefore the archbishop of that huge electoral heist, having commanded the surreptitious payments to Nikuv International.
It is anyone’s guess why Mnangagwa had brought this mysterious man to Mugabe on the eve of an election!NIKUV International had been paid by proceeds from diamonds extracted from the army’s claims given to the military by one Obert Mpofu, then the Minister of Mines. Mnangagwa was the Minister of Defence and it is no wonder that Mpofu in those heady days bought a bank for US$23 million while earning a salary of less than US$5 000 when he was Minister of Mines. Mnangagwa appointed Mpofu the Minister of Home Affairs after the coup, charged with the onerous responsibility of bringing justice to all criminals and corrupt goons.
Surely, how !could a mosquito be entrusted with curing malaria?
From 2008 to the current dispensation, there has been a sonorous chorus for media reforms as a key condition for a free, fair and credible election. For a long time the only constant human factor at the Ministry charged with the responsibility of ensuring these reforms take place was one George Charamba, my brother and totem-mate. Charanba, now the Deputy Chief Secretary (Communications) in the Office of the President and Cabinet, played hardball in implementing media reforms. Charanba, himself accused of looting well over US$200 000 in the PSMAS corruption scandal, is one man with a long history with Mnangagwa, which stretches back to the Tsholotsho debacle in 2004. It is now public knowledge that it was Charamba, then as the accounting officer and permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information and Publicity, who hired the helicopter that transported the ZANU PF chairpersons to Dinyane secondary school, the venue of the attempted putsch in 2004. His former boss, Jonathan Moyo, later told us that it was Charamba, as the accounting officer in the Information ministry who authorized the payment of $9 780 750 for the helicopter and even helped secure clearance for it.
According to Moyo, it was Charamba who authorized the hiring of the helicopter for two days after he had also reportedly written Mnangagwa’s speech, which speech was eventually delivered in Tsholotsho by Chinamasa on November 18, 2004. No wonder my brother until very recently occupied three powerful posts. Until his shunting to the OPC, Charamba was the defacto Minister of Information, the permanent secretary as well as presidential spokesperson all rolled .into one.
By dint of Charanba’s long-standing history as a Mnangagwa acolyte, it was no wonder why some of us wondered aloud whether he was a Mugabe emissary or a representative of the interests of the military junta in the Father Mukonori-led negotiations in the last hours of the former President’s tenure. Mugabe may have regarded his spokesperson as his man but Charamba could have been running with the hare and hunting with the hounds!
Also in Mnangagwa’s Office is his cousin, one Misheck Sibanda, who has continued to be the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet. Phillip Valerio Sibanda, yet another Mnangagwa cousin, is now the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. If one were to add Mnangagwa’s associates in the military, which military has gone beyond the barracks and is now in the presidium, in Cabinet, in the party commissariat and at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, among other strategic institutions, you have a full-fledged cabal that has regrouped in the so called new but very corrupt dispensation.
In short, the new administration is a regrouping of sorts, with relatives and long-time friends across the sectors re-uniting to form a formidable criminal cabal.
The multi-million dollar question ahead of the last pilfered election was: If this cabal could steal it for Mugabe when it was several feet away from real power, how far could it go in a scenario where they were set to be the immediate and direct beneficiaries?
Our consolation as a nation ahead of 2023 – – – especially in this month of November— is that if through sheer tenacity we survived and politically outlived Mugabe, then we can surely survive and outlive this regrouped criminal cabal!
Without sounding complacent, the person of Emmerson Mnangagwa has never been votable and his electoral chances will always lie somewhere between nil and zero, in the absence of electoral shenanigans and the whiff of condign power.
As ZANU PF prepares to field the archbishop again in 2023 , the MDC Alliance could mischievously consider throwing into the fray one Blessing Chebundo, the man who twice defeated Mnangagwa in Kwekwe until he sought political succour and comfort in the rural safety of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe. For Mnangagwa’s political peer in the MDC Alliance, who defeated him anyway, is Blessing Chebundo. Nelson Chamisa was always too much of an overkill.
It appears that Mnangagwa is surrounded by a criminal lot, apart from the fact that he has himself been publicly named by the United Nations as having the chief architect, nay the archbishop, in the criminal plunder of the resources in the DRC. As Robert Mugabe and his cronies plundered the country’s resources, with Mnangagwa himself as a key sidekick, the man appears to have been wallowing in silence while bidding his time to also bring his own cronies to the dinner table to plunder Zimbabwe’s milk and honey.
During the era of Mugabe, Mnangagwa appears to have been angling for the day he would bring his own family, kinsmen and associates to the fore to plunder the country.
Mnangagwa is now President, illegitimately of course. But that is a trifle matter to this criminal lot. What matters is that fate has blessed the archbishop. And true to Leonard Zhakata’s lyrics, he has now invited his family and fellow criminal congregants to partake of the country’s honeycomb!
The best defense is to avoid lightning. Here are some outdoor safety tips that can help you avoid being struck:
Do
Be aware Check the weather forecast before participating in outdoor activities. If the forecast calls for thunderstorms, postpone your trip or activity, or make sure adequate safe shelter is readily available.Go indoors Remember the phrase, “When thunder roars, go indoors.” Find a safe, enclosed shelter when you hear thunder.
Safe shelters include homes, offices, shopping centers, and hard-top vehicles with the windows rolled up.Seek shelter immediately even if caught out in the open If you are caught in an open area, act quickly to find adequate shelter. The most important action is to remove yourself from danger. Crouching or getting low to the ground can reduce your chances of being struck, but does not remove you from danger.
If you are caught outside with no safe shelter nearby, the following actions may reduce your risk:
Immediately get off elevated areas such as hills, mountain ridges, or peaks.
Never lie flat on the ground. Crouch down in a ball-like position with your head tucked and hands over your ears so that you are down low with minimal contact with the ground.Never shelter under an isolated tree.Never use a cliff or rocky overhang for shelter.Immediately get out of and away from ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water.Stay away from objects that conduct electricity (barbed wire fences, power lines, windmills, etc.).Separate If you are in a group during a thunderstorm, separate from each other. This will reduce the number of injuries if lightning strikes the ground.
Don’t
Don’t stay in open vehicles, structures, and spaces During a thunderstorm, avoid open vehicles such as convertibles, motorcycles, and golf carts.
Be sure to avoid open structures such as porches, gazebos, baseball dugouts, and sports arenas. And stay away from open spaces such as golf courses, parks, playgrounds, ponds, lakes, swimming pools, and beaches.Don’t stay near tall structures Do NOT lie on concrete floors during a thunderstorm. Also, avoid leaning on concrete walls. Lightning can travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
Indoor Safety Tips
Even though your home is a safe shelter during a lightning storm, you may still be at risk. About one-third of lightning-strike injuries occur indoors. Here are some tips to keep safe and reduce your risk of being struck by lightning while indoors.
Avoid water Do NOT bathe, shower, wash dishes, or have any other contact with water during a thunderstorm because lightning can travel through a building’s plumbing.Avoid electronic equipment Do NOT use your computers, laptops, game systems, washers, dryers, stoves, or anything connected to an electrical outlet.
Lightning can travel through electrical systems, radio and television reception systems, and any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring. Equip your home with whole-house surge protectors to protect your appliances.Avoid corded phones Corded phones are NOT safe to use during a thunderstorm.
Do NOT use them. However, it is safe to use cordless or cellular phones during a storm.
Avoid windows, doors, porches, and concrete Do NOT lie on concrete floors during a thunderstorm. Also, avoid leaning on concrete walls. Lightning can travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
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Tinashe Sambiri|Top Zimbabwean Disc Jockeys have described the late Harare socialite and business tycoon, Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure as a great mentor.
Ginimbi died in a terrible crash on Sunday morning in the capital Harare with three passengers as they were coming from a night party.The three have been identified as Moana, Elisha and Malawian Limumba Karim.
DJ Towers who could not control his emotions said Ginimbi was a great mentor and friend.
“I am at a loss for words.I have lost a great mentor and friend.I am in pain, I can’t say much at the moment,” said DJ Towers before breaking down.
DJ Tinotenda “Rimo” Marimo also described Ginimbi as an icon.
“He was my brother and a very close friend.I am devastated.
I understand my man was speeding but that’s life, you cannot avoid it (death).Nobody can run away from death.
Although it is painful, there is nothing we can do,” said DJ Rimo.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance Youth Assembly chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole has assured party supporters and the nation that he is out of danger.
Below is his statement:
Revolutionary salutations fellow compatriots.
Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the support, in all forms that you rendered to me following my unfortunate involvement in a road traffic accident.
I am forever indebted for the love and solidarity you extended and still extend to me. I can confirm that I am in a stable condition and recovering well from the injuries sustained.
I may be down but certainly not out, the struggle continues unabated. Zimbabwe shall be free!
As a male prophet says they prophesied Ginimbis death, the late's brother complains saying they want to set the record straight, even Genius already knew of this in advance, so nothing new – IS IT ETHICAL TO OMIT THE DECEASED's FAMILY'S WISHES IN NEWS HEADLINES?
To all our viewers, readers and listeners, we wish to thank you all who raised complaints raised concerning this headline late Sunday night. We would like to assure all that there has been in our view a deep family-to-community interest in this – the motive for this news analysis which was laid out over a 15 minute live session, was to help highlight a fraud- so to even stop it, perchance and this was after a certain prophet made claims of knowing of the death in advance.
It was in the interest of the deceased Genius Kadungure family that this news headline and the analysis thereof was carried. Ginimbi’s brother Timothy Kadungure made the complaint on Sunday following the throwing about of statements that they felt are hurtful.
By mid afternoon on Sunday the topic was already a major topic in the Zimbabwean community having also been published on several news sites, it was overwhelming and per judgement, unavoidable, such that the only way to fight perceptions around it the best approach was to take it head on.
We invite you to watch the review, and we will not hesitate to purge all content if this is not in the family or public interest.
Meanwhile, we have performed these type of analyses before. BRIEF BACKGROUND – Many fraudsters have gone into the practice of using the death calamity as a tool for marketing their services. This has seen several citizens later lose their lives. Over 128 have died as a result of following these prophets. One of the victims is the former MDC leader Greenwich Ndanga, who died in TB Joshua’s building 6 years ago. We are seized with the need for the nation to be alerted to these dangers. Please acquaint yourself with the live discussion over this program in which several studies are drawn. Please also check our work over the last 12 years as we have investigated these prophets and taken them head on.
We are guided by that: the principal tyrants of the Zimbabwean community who are arguably Spiritist Prophets commanding pseudo churches, are responsible for the cancerous culture of moral retrogression and these people are the chief sponsors of the political chaos. Through deception and the criminal pillars they have erected, they manipulate the people’s poverty (material and ideological) and suffering while directly sponsoring ruling politicians, as the world faces a new type of deadly Religious Extremism in which masses for instance are forced to eat poison as a religious ritual.
They are also responsible for destroying industry, severely marring government economics to facilitate their occult business – we have several live examples of collapsed industries.
These people who are a handful of mainly male occult leaders, will continue to destroy Zimbabwe and even the rest of Africa unless their acts are put to a stop now. In our position is also evidence of global criminal activities they are involved in which include money laundering, card crime, the endangering (even killing) of people en masse, and the trapping of millions of citizens under a state of terror and self defeat. This way, tyrants continue to thrive as people begin to act more like irrational animals and real humanity dissipate. In one video at a conference, for instance, a Zimbabwean preacher is seen instructing citizens to manipulate cash machines so that God can bless them. Unless this is stopped, Zimbabwe will not progress.
While we take up this role of exposing frauds and balancing opinions, we welcome all reviews and feedback that matter to our community. Sincerely – Editorial Moderators – ZimEye
Tinashe Sambiri|A young lady who claims to be the late Harare socialite and businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s daughter has described her “dad’s death as devastating.”
The young lady has posted a photo of herself with Ginimbi, claiming she is the latter’s daughter.
In the picture she is seen hugging Ginimbi and she wrote:
“Why dad….Honestly broken with some crying emojis…”
By A Correspondent | The driver of the honda fit car that was crashed into by the late businessman Genius Kadungure was discharged the same day of the accident yesterday.
The driver, Lucky Chikwanda’s nephew who is the Councillor for Harare West, Denford Ngadziore, speaks out –
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On Lucky Chikwanda the owner of the Honda fit that collided with Ginimbi’s car.
I send my uttermost condolences to the Ginimbi family, friends and Zimbabweans for the sad loss of this patriot. Other deceased Maona, Karim and Elisha, the families and friends.
Around 10am I was shocked to see a message in a family WhatsApp group that that my uncle, Lucky Chikwanda was the one driving the Honda fit which collided with Ginimbi. This afternoon l visited my uncle Lucky Chikwanda soon after being discharged from Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital.
He is the brother to my Late mother. Several checks were done at the Hospital but he still complains of some pain on both right arm and leg.
https://youtu.be/3wGyaRtWswE
Acording to Uncle Lucky, Ginimbi was overspeeding on a steep curve and he tried to at once overtake three vehicles in front of him. When he was about to overtake the third vehicle the blue Honda fit which was being driven by Uncle Lucky which was coming from the opposite direction reduced speed and stopped in the middle of the road. It was during that time Ginimbi car collided with the Honda fit and immediately off road where it hit a trea before it caught fire.
In the Honda fit Khule lucky was in the campany of his male friend.
Please note that my uncle was not sent by anyone to cause the accident and is not a member of any political party. There are accusations being peddled on social media that the tragic death of Ginimbi and three others was deliberately caused by the driver of the Honda fit who was on agenda to cause death or harm the deceased.
My uncle is a Christian family man and has no such agenda to cause harm to anyone on this Mother Earth. Though he survived, he is actually a victim of overspeeding on a steep curve.
May the souls of the deceased rest in internal peace.
By A Correspondent- National power utility, Zesa, reportedly lost close to $4,5 billion by charging uneconomic rates during the lockdown period, hence the recent decision to hike the tariffs by 150%.
Energy minister Zhemu Soda told Senate last Thursday that between March and September this year, Zesa cashflows dropped significantly as consumers’ disposable incomes were constrained.
As a result, he said the power utility owed Mozambique more than $100 million for power imports.
“People were not earning much because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The energy company lost a total of $4,5 billion. It was very difficult to rectify or fix anomalies within the power company because of lack of funds,” Soda said.
“As we speak, nothing was being done, but the government made it a point that people got electricity even during the lockdown. There was a loss in value of electricity tariffs by 337%. In March the tariffs were valued at US$0,10. Now the tariffs have risen as at November 1, 2020 for domestic use to US$6,03,” he said.
The Energy minister said they were importing electricity at US$0,90 per kWh.
He said independent power producers also sold electricity to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company at US$0,90 per kWh.
“For those who are using electricity for domestic use, the difference is being taken as a subsidy from government so that people do not pay all the money as expected from the electricity that is imported from other countries. There are also transmission costs to cover the cost of getting electricity to this country as well as distribution costs, including labour for the workers who are working in the energy industry,” Soda said.
By A Correspondent- Gogo Beaulah has revealed that two more culprits have been picked up by the police over the murder of Tapiwa Makore aged 7 in Murehwa.
Mai Lessie, is wife to one of the Makore brothers including the arrested Tapiwa Makore senior.
Her son is also a cousin to the deceased Tapiwa Makore was picked up by the police over his murder where he revealed what really transpired.
Said Gogo Beaulah, spokesperson for the family, while speaking to Tildah Moyo on TildaLive:
“Mai Lessie’s son who is in Grade 6 is the one that was sent to the garden to collect the late Tapiwa from the garden. The young boy was sent to collect the late Tapiwa Makore from the garden and he was given US$5 by Tapiwa Makore Senior to buy his silence. He was told to be quiet and never to reveal what happened to anyone.
He later told his mother about what had happened and his mother told him not to tell anyone. He gave the money to his mother who later bought a broiler which she slaughtered.
So Mai Lessie knew where the young boy was even when she embarked on the search for the missing boy. If she had reported earlier and revealed where the missing Tapiwa was, maybe he would not have been killed. What is most painful is that she was at the forefront of mourning and consoling the family yet she knew everything.
She was very very close to the deceased’s mother. This has destroyed Mai Tapiwa and she is totally torn.
Mai Lessie, it is said did not tell her husband about what happened. If only she had told someone. Maybe the little boy would not have been killed. Imagine the pain of knowing that someone concealed and sold someone’s life for a paltry US$5? This is really painful.
Please pray for our family. This is tearing us apart. We are at that point where this is now unbearable.”
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa| The 2018 presidential hopeful,FreeZim Congress leader Joseph Makamba Busha has castigated the idea of a Government of National Unity(GNU) and dialogue saying it was bordered on self-aggrandisement at the expense of the general citizenry.
The businessman-cum-politician was addressing the media after his party’s policy conference when he accused his political peers of pushing the dialogue and GNU agenda for personal gains.
“I have always been consistently saying I don’t believe in the idea of having a dialogue,GNU or any transitional authority because most of the proponents are strategically locating themselves for positions and access to wealth.
“Its a personal agenda at the expense of the majority who are starving,”the FreeZim Congress said.
His remarks comes at a time when rumours are rife that the Zanu PF government is working on another GNU with the MDC-T led by Khupe who has since assumed the role of the leader of opposition in parliament.
Meanwhile ,FreeZim Congress is already preparing for the 2023 elections and is determined to fare better this time since in 2018 elections they came third.
In its deliberations the party affirmed its value of preaching peace as a way to deal with the deep polarisation currently bedevilling this country.
“A free, open, and united society is ideal for peace and advancement of mankind,”the FreeZim President said.
He also added that the party views the knowledge economy as crucial for economic growth .The knowledge economy (or the knowledge-based economy)is an economic system in which the production of goods and services is based principally on knowledge-intensive activities that contribute to a rapid pace of advancement in technical and scientific innovation as well as accelerated obsolescence.
The party also spoke about reducing the 10 administrative provinces by half .
“Once enacted into office we intent to reduce the 10 provinces we currently have to only 5 because we believe there are too many and it will go a long way in reducing government expenditure,”explained Busha.
An internationally-acclaimed business consultant Mr Simon Kayereka who was a guest at the conference advised the party to extensively mobilise the young voters for the 2023 elections.
“Politics is a game of numbers and the youth constitute 60% of the population so if you want a fair chance of winning the elections there is the need to reach out and entice this demography,” urged Kayereka.
The policy conference was attended by the party’s delegates from across the 10 provinces.
A violent hailstorm blew off roofs of houses and classroom blocks in Chipinge and Chimanimani Districts in Manicaland while road networks were washed away.
This comes as the province in the Eastern parts of Zimbabwe has not fully recovered from the effects of the Cyclone Idai disaster which destroyed homes and also killing many people.
The hailstorm affected communities in Zamuchiya, Chisavanye and Chakohwa in Chipinge and Chimanimani districts.
Chimanimani District Development Coordinator Joseph Manyurapasi said resources had since been mobilised to help affected people.
He said:
We received a lot of rains and houses were destroyed and as the District Civil Protection Unit we have since mobilised resources as we are working with our partners who are helping with tents to ensure that people are safe.
Affected villagers narrated their ordeal to ZBC News with some saying they didn’t know if they were normal rains or another cyclone. One villager said:
Our houses were destroyed by rains we don’t know if it’s a cyclone or not but we want to thank our village head and development partners who assisted us.
We had the unfortunate incident as our house and belongings were destroyed all the foodstuffs and clothing and we were assisted by our neighbours but our village head was quick to call for assistance we want to thank him.
Meanwhile, a bridge which was constructed as part of post-Cyclone Idai restoration efforts at Zamuchiya Growth Point and linked the community and a school was washed away by the violent hailstorm.
The Civil Protection Department (CPD) response teams in both districts have been activated to assess the extent of the damage and help mobilise temporary shelter, blankets and foodstuffs for the affected people.
Manicaland is one of the regions which are prone to disasters and emergencies.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has lamented the decay in the country’s public hospitals which he described as death traps where people now die from curable ailments as the Zanu-PF government has failed to mobilise adequate drugs and motivate health personnel.
Addressing mourners at the burial of Glen View North MP Kennedy Dinar (MDC Alliance) in Masvingo yesterday, Chamisa said his party had in the past few weeks lost several top officials as a result of government negligence which has resulted in a collapsed public health delivery system.
Dinar died last week at Chitungwiza Central Hospital after a short illness.
By A Correspondent- Environment, Climate Change and tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu’s nephew was recently arrested for theft of food aid earmarked for distribution to the needy.
The suspect, identified as Brandon Ndlovu, was allegedly arrested and detained at Njube Police Station in Bulawayo two weeks ago for stealing bags of rice and was released on October 23.
The stolen rice was reportedly being kept at the home of Mangaliso’s father, Richard, a Zanu PF central committee member and former legislator for Bulilima-Mangwe North constituency, Matabeleland South province.
The minister confirmed his nephew’s arrest but declined to give further details.
“I really don’t have much to say about this, but what I can say is that he is my sister’s son and the boy has been misbehaving for quite some time now,” Ndlovu said.
“I really don’t like commenting on such issues, but I understand the boy was arrested and is appearing in court. this, however, brings shame on the family.”
Brandon, popularly known as Rambo in Njube high-density suburb, Bulawayo, where he resides, is no stranger to criminal activities, particularly theft.
Bulawayo acting police spokesperson Assistant inspector Nomalanga Msebele professed ignorance over the issue when reached for comment.
Sources claimed that the rice was sourced by the ruling Zanu PF party for distribution to the needy.
Top Zanu PF officials have often been accused of diverting or stealing food aid for personal benefit.-Newsday
#EuroFilmFestZW: The German Embassy Harare will be screening the multi-award-winning film 'Goodbye Lenin!' on the 9th of November at the Gallery Delta.
By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have impounded 127 vehicles that were pirating in defiance of the Government’s travel regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Government in March banned private public service operators as part of measures to contain the pandemic. It said all commuter omnibus operators have to register under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise to be allowed to ferry passengers.
Some of the private operators joined Zupco but others are resisting insisting it’s unfair to force them to operate under Zupco franchise.
In banning the private kombi operators, the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works said it was rationalising the public transport sector which had become chaotic.
In the past few weeks, an increasing number of kombis not registered under Zupco and pirate taxis had started to illegally ferry commuters on several routes in Bulawayo.
Zupco kombis are charging $24 per trip while pirate taxis and kombis not registered under Zupco are charging $40 or R10 per trip.
Some of the kombis impounded for operating illegally parked at Ross Camp in Bulawayo yesterday Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said police have launched an operation to arrest kombis operating illegally and pirate taxis.
“Police in Bulawayo have arrested 127 public service vehicles operating illegally and 100 are kombis, seven buses and 20 pirate taxis (Mshikashika). These vehicles were banned from ferrying passengers locally or plying the intercity routes,” said Asst Insp Msebele.
She said owners of the vehicles should comply with the law if they want their buses or vehicles to be back on the road.
“We urge them to approach relevant ministries to sort out their issues because as the police we will only allow those buses or vehicles that have the relevant papers to be on the road. Members of the public are advised to desist from boarding these vehicles to avoid unnecessary inconveniences as police will impound such vehicles,” she said.
In a statement on Friday, Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo expressed concern over the illegal operations of private kombis in cities and towns. He insisted that only vehicles operating under Zupco are allowed to ferry commuters because the Zupco arrangement has a mechanism to check on Covid-19 regulations compliance.
“The country is not yet out of the woods as we are still recording new Covid-19 cases hence the need to ensure safety measures are enforced by public transporters. The regulations that were put in place to prevent and contain the spread of Covid-19 are not meant to disadvantage those who invested in the transport business or any other sector but to save lives. We note with great concern that the operators who resist working with Zupco are usually those that do not enforce the recommended health protocols meant to curb the spead of the pandemic,” he said.
Minister Moyo said Government directed private kombis and bus operators who intend to operate in Bulawayo Harare, Gweru, Mutare, Masvingo and other towns to register and work with Zupco.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF bigwigs who include Cabinet ministers and MPs have engaged in fierce fights for top positions in the forthcoming district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections as they seek to consolidate their influence in the ruling party.
In Chikomba district, Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro is vying for the post of secretary for health, where he is pitted against Chamunorwa Tseriwa and Pardon Mudzimu. Mangwiro is also Chikomba West legislator.
In Mutoko district, Mutoko East MP Richard Musiyiwa is gunning for the district chairmanship, where he will likely face stiff competition from former DCC vice-chairperson and businessman Zano Kahuni.
By A Correspondent- One of the victims in a road accident that claimed the lives of Zimbabwean socialite and businessman Genius Ginimbi Kadungure and friends was a wanted man in Malawi over an alleged US$30 million heist.
The accident happened Sunday morning along the Borrowdale road when Ginimbi’s speeding Rolls Royce was involved in a head-on collision with a Honda Fit before veering off the road, crashing into trees and bursting into flames.
Ginimbi and friends, Moana a fitness bunny whose birthday they had celebrated the previous night, Limumba Karim of Malawi and one Elisha from Mozambique.
Malawi publication Nyasa Times reports that Karim was a fugitive from justice, wanted in connection with the country’s biggest 2013 corruption scandal known as ‘Cashgate.’
The scandal saw over US$32 million being siphoned out of government coffers and resulted in donors who bankroll the country’s budget by up to 40% pulling the plug on aid.
Karim had faced money laundering charges related to the scandal involving US$2.6 million before he escaped justice and was reportedly based in South Africa.
His bail was revoked in January 2017 and an arrest warrant issued after he failed to attend court prompting his lawyer Wapona Kita to renounce agency. He told the Lilongwe High Court:
I would like to discharge myself from this case as counsel for seventh accused person Mr Limumba Karim.
I can’t get got of him. I don’t know where he is, he is out of reach and since there is no word from him I can’t continue standing here representing him without communication when I don’t know his whereabouts.
Karim is reportedly survived by three children, one in South Africa, a newly born in Mozambique and one in Malawi.
His remains are expected to be repatriated to Malawi for burial.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s lawyer says reports that military personnel were used to dump his estranged wife’s property at her house in Eastlea were not only misleading, but a vain attempt to scandalise their client’s name by a newspaper struggling to make sales.
In fact, the Vice President hired a vehicle to deliver the personal items, which cannot be part of a divorce settlement to Ms Marry Mubaiwa after a pre-trial conference agreement that the property would be delivered.
But her family suggested it should be handed over at Ms Mubaiwa’s house, rather than her parents’ house. It was only after this delivery that a letter was received from Ms Mubaiwa’s lawyer asking for the delivery of the personal items to be delayed until Ms Mubaiwa had given her lawyer instructions on where the personal property should be sent.
The Vice President and his estranged wife Ms Marry Mubaiwa are entangled in a divorce action at the High Court, centred on a custody dispute for their three children and the usual discussions over how property should be divided.
The private weekly newspaper, The Standard, in its article titled “Chiwenga humiliates ‘seriously ill’ ex-wife Marry”, claimed that VP Chiwenga used military personnel to embarrass his estranged wife by dumping her property at her house in Eastlea on Friday.
The VP’s lawyer, Mr Wilson Manase, dismissed the report as meant to deliberately scandalise the good name of his client.
“We read with utmost dismay the report which is replete with falsehoods,” he said.
“We are studying the purport of the article in order to correctly advise our client on whether he should take an appropriate action, more particularly when they claim that military personnel were involved.
“I do believe this is a headline to sell the newspaper, more particularly in an economic environment where people are not buying their paper.”
Vice President Chiwenga, said the lawyer, never wanted to humiliate his estranged wife, with whom he has children together.
“VP Chiwenga never used military personnel to transport the property in question but hired a truck.”
To set the record straight, Mr Manase said the property alluded to in the report was delivered to Ms Mubaiwa following an arranged meeting attended by both parties in Advocate Lewis Uriri’s chambers and an agreement that purely personal property belonging to Ms Mubaiwa should be delivered to her.
Ms Mubaiwa’s lawyer, Ms Beatrice Mtetwa, and her father, Mr Kenny Mubaiwa and his wife Helga, were all present and made a request that they be urgently given immediate access to all outstanding clothing, her vehicle and her personal items, said Mr Manase.
According to the lawyer, Ms Mubaiwa had alleged that the Vice President was denying her access to clothes which are not part of the dispute over the sharing of property now before the courts.
“These sentiments were aptly captured in the pre-trial conference minutes drafted and filed with the High Court,” he said.
Initially the property was supposed to be delivered to where Mubaiwa is staying, which is her parents’ home in Folyjon Crescent in Glen Lorne. According to correspondences between the parties’ lawyers, an attempt was made to deliver the property at the agreed address, but Ms Mubaiwa’s father, Mr Kenny Mubaiwa, indicated that the goods should not be delivered there since his house was not his daughter’s home, as she had her own house in Eastlea.
Mr Manase said after delivering the goods to the Eastlea house, he afterwards received a letter from Ms Mtetwa advising them that she had not got full instructions from her client on the delivery of the property to Eastlea house.
“Without instructions from client, we are unable to respond to your letters,” wrote Ms Mtetwa to VP Chiwenga’s lawyer, requesting for stay of the delivery until she has received full instructions.
In this regard, Mr Manase said the reporter should have verified the facts from both parties to come up with an accurate and objective piece imbued with credibility.
“The article clearly insinuate that our client was abusing his position which the paper is repeating for the second time now, just to tarnish the image of the Vice President,” he said.-statemedia
To all our viewers, readers and listeners, we wish to thank you all who raised complaints raised concerning this headline late Sunday night. We would like to assure all that there has been in our view a deep family-to-community interest in this – the motive for this news analysis which was laid out over a 15 minute live session, was to help highlight a fraud- so to even stop it, perchance and this was after a certain prophet made claims of knowing of the death in advance.
It was in the interest of the deceased Genius Kadungure family that this news headline and the analysis thereof was carried. Ginimbi’s brother Timothy Kadungure made the complaint on Sunday following the throwing about of statements that they felt are hurtful.
By mid afternoon on Sunday the topic was already a major topic in the Zimbabwean community having also been published on several news sites, it was overwhelming and per judgement, unavoidable, such that the only way to fight perceptions around it the best approach was to take it head on.
We invite you to watch the review, and we will not hesitate to purge all content if this is not in the family or public interest.
Meanwhile, we have performed these type of analyses before. BRIEF BACKGROUND – Many fraudsters have gone into the practice of using the death calamity as a tool for marketing their services. This has seen several citizens later lose their lives. Over 128 have died as a result of following these prophets. One of the victims is the former MDC leader Greenwich Ndanga, who died in TB Joshua’s building 6 years ago. We are seized with the need for the nation to be alerted to these dangers. Please acquaint yourself with the live discussion over this program in which several studies are drawn. Please also check our work over the last 12 years as we have investigated these prophets and taken them head on.
We are guided by that: the principal tyrants of the Zimbabwean community who are arguably Spiritist Prophets commanding pseudo churches, are responsible for the cancerous culture of moral retrogression and these people are the chief sponsors of the political chaos. Through deception and the criminal pillars they have erected, they manipulate the people’s poverty (material and ideological) and suffering while directly sponsoring ruling politicians, as the world faces a new type of deadly Religious Extremism in which masses for instance are forced to eat poison as a religious ritual.
They are also responsible for destroying industry, severely marring government economics to facilitate their occult business – we have several live examples of collapsed industries.
These people who are a handful of mainly male occult leaders, will continue to destroy Zimbabwe and even the rest of Africa unless their acts are put to a stop now. In our position is also evidence of global criminal activities they are involved in which include money laundering, card crime, the endangering (even killing) of people en masse, and the trapping of millions of citizens under a state of terror and self defeat. This way, tyrants continue to thrive as people begin to act more like irrational animals and real humanity dissipate. In one video at a conference, for instance, a Zimbabwean preacher is seen instructing citizens to manipulate cash machines so that God can bless them. Unless this is stopped, Zimbabwe will not progress.
While we take up this role of exposing frauds and balancing opinions, we welcome all reviews and feedback that matter to our community. Sincerely – Editorial Moderators – ZimEye
By Wilbert Mukori- It was not until Friday evening 6th November 2020, three full day after the voting date, that it was finally clear Joe Biden had won the USA presidential election. I was over the moon with joy and, like millions in the free-world and billions of others aspiring for freedom, finally heaved a sigh of relief!
Four years of President Donald Trump in White House had been a nightmare and the prospect of another four years of Trump was unthinkable!
The election of Trump in 2016 was a big mistake, it was just one example when even a healthy, tried and tested functioning democratic system can get it wrong. Trump is not a democrat, he has no respect for the rule of law, justice and does not care about the best interest of the commonwealth.
The world has had a taste of what Trump meant with his “America first!” slogan. He has unpicked America’s relationship with its competitors not in the spirit of win-win but America wins and you lose. He had trading war with China and America’s western allies alike.
The Americans themselves soon learned what a ruthless operator Trump was as it became clear that “America first!” had Siamese twin “Trump first!” The shameless political shenanigan by President Donald Trump to pressure Ukraine and others to blacken his political rivals and help him win the elections has once again tarnished the office of USA President. The only other person to do the same was Richard Nixon Never with the Watergate scandal.
“Whatever may appear to have been the case before, whatever improper activities may yet be discovered in connection with this whole sordid affair, I want the American people, I want you to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that during my term as President, justice will be pursued fairly, fully, and impartially, no matter who is involved. This office is a sacred trust and I am determined to be worthy of that trust,” announced President Nixon in August 1974.
“There can be no whitewash at the White House!”
The sordid details of the scandal did come out and it was clear that he had, all along, known of the plan to gain electoral advantage over his opponents by criminal means and then hide the truth.
Nixon resigned before he was impeached. Trump was impeach but got away with it only because the Senate was controlled by the Republicans, his political party.
Richard Nixon’s August 1974 speech has been dubbed “I am not a crook!” Events proved that he was indeed a crook. President Trump’s arrogant dismissal of the whole Ukraine sordid affair and many others beside showed he really did not care. His whole demeanour said it all “I am a crook, so what!”
Trump’s presidency divided America along its fault line – race. All the work done heal the nation by the successive generations since President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery was all being undone before our own eyes. President Trump was fanning the racial war for his own political gain. “Trump first!”
A navel gazing America, much worse one at war with itself and its on allies for the last thing the free world want. The anarchists will pounce and chaos and war will rule the day.
Like it or not America is the leader of the free and democratic world. America represents justice, freedom, democracy, good governance and economic prosperity for the many. Or, as the French revolution would put, America represents “Liberté, égalité and fraternité!” Having an anarchist like Trump in White House had put all that on the line.
Knowing what a serious threat to freedom, liberty, etc. Trump had been these last four years; to have elect him for four more years would have been reckless and attempting providence. In the highest ever voter turnout, the Americans gave Trump his marching orders to vacate the White House! And the free world heaved a sigh of relief!
In its National council meeting held in Bulawayo this weekend the youth assembly launched a campaign to mobilize “ a million youth voices for change”
Ostallos with Joana, Netsai and a male cadre
Zimbabwe is at crossroads, in war with herself thanks to years of state capture, corruption and a extractive military regime. We have to mobilize news voices of change, launch a formidable fight that shall go down to history as a real harbinger of a radical different Youth assembly.
By A Correspondent- A former top official in the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has been arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office after facilitating the sale of a Borrowdale residential stand in Harare to a minor for just US$65.
The ex-chief estates officer in the Local Government Ministry – Rejoice Pazvakavambwa (46) of 5 Tungsgate Road, Mt Pleasant, Harare – was hauled before the Harare magistrates court facing charges of contravening Section 174 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9: 23 or criminal abuse of office by a public officer.
She was denied bail and placed in remand prison until November 20, 2020.
Allegations against Pazvakavambwa are that in 2008, she connived with one Taruvinga Hamura to allocate stand number 300 Carrick Craegh, in Borrowdale, Harare to the minor who was aged eight at the time.
The residential stand measures over one hectare in size.
In his affidavit, investigating officer Inspector Gilbert Manyore stated that the minor who is Hamura’s daughter had no contractual right to possess land title.
Court documents say, “Taruvinga Hamura paid US$65 to the State for the said property after valuation instead of the actual value of the stand which is US$24 384 according to a memorandum from the valuation and estates management development referenced UL/162/12 dated 5/03/09.”
Independent realtors told The Sunday Mail yesterday that at prevailing market prices, 1,2 hectares of land in Carrick Craegh can fetch over US$2 million.
The Borrowdale land belongs to the State and was developed by Arosume Property Developers in partnership with Sally Mugabe Housing Cooperative in terms of a tripartite agreement with the Ministry of Local Government dated 7 June 2007.
“The accused (Pazvakavambwa) facilitated the issuance of title deeds for the said property to Taruvinga Hamura after having given the same power of attorney despite the fact that he had no letter of declaration from the land developer Arosume Property Development.
“Hamura did not pay any developmental costs to the developer as required and in the tripartite agreement signed between the land developer (Arusome), Sally Mugabe Housing Co-operative and the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works as well as the allocation letter from the ministry dated 12 December 2008.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- The 5 300 teachers recently engaged to beef up staff at schools following Government’s decision to reduce classes to maximum of 30 pupils to allow for social distancing start work today.
The last group of pupils that include Early Childhood Development ECD A and ECD B, Grade One to Five and Form One and Two classes are reopening today.
The schools reopened in phases starting with examination classes which are Grade Seven, Form Four and Six which reopened in September and this was followed by Grade Six, Form Three and Five last month. Schools were closed in March as part of Government’s measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education director of communications Mr Taungana Ndoro said schools are ready for the reopening of the last group of pupils today. He said the Provincial Education Directors (PEDs) and their teams will be monitoring activities in schools to make sure that there is compliance to Government regulations.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education devised the Standard Operating Procedures to guide safe reopening of schools in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“As a Ministry we are ready for the third and last phase of the reopening of schools. This phase will see the last group of classes which are ECD A, B, Grades One to Five and Form One and Two reopening. It is all all systems go from the reports so far received from regions across the country. We have put in place modalities to make sure the schools reopen,” he said.
Mr Ndoro said schools that do not have adequate classrooms have been advised to have morning and afternnon classes so that they adhere to the requirements of a maximum of 30 pupils per class to allow for social distancing. He said Government has also directed PEDs to monitor teachers’ attendance and those that do not report for duty will be disciplined.
“Teachers will fill in attendance registers which will be taken to provinces before they are forwarded to the Head Office,” said Mr Ndoro.
The Public Service Commission directed the education Ministry to take action against teachers who have not been reporting for work since schools reopened in September. The PSC said the ministry should apply the principle of “no work no pay” . Yesterday parents with children attending boarding schools welcomed Government’s decision to reopen schools even for a short period.
A Chronicle news crew visited some of the schools pick up points such as City Hall Car Park where pupils showed excitement over the schools reopening.
In Gweru, schools such as Regina Mundi High School, Chaplin High School, Fletcher High School, Anderson High School and Stanley Primary School received their last group of boarders.
Although under the SOP, hugging is banned, the learners hugged each other, claiming they had not seen each other for a long time. Parents who spoke to the news crew said they were worried about their children’s education. Mr Thembani Moyo with a child a Solusi High School said it was good that the children were returning to school.
“It’s pointless for them to remain at home because time is moving while they are not attending classes.
“They should go to school even if its just for a month but the fees being demanded are too high given that they will only be there for just a month,” said Mr Moyo.
Another parent Mr Mthabisi Moyo with a child at the same school said school authorities have to be more vigilant to ensure pupils attend classes.
“These children have learnt a lot of things which are morally wrong during their extended stay at home. Our hope is that they will not try to experiment some of these ills when they are now at school. However, we feel that it is good that the children return to school,” said Mr Moyo.
Mrs Noma Sibindi said she fully supported the idea of reopening of schools though it’s only one month left.
“It’s good that schools are reopening for the last group of pupils. Lives cannot stop because we have Covid-19. It was created by us, life has to go on and we have to learn to live under the new normal with the pandemic. The children have to go back to school even for this short period,” said Mrs Sibindi.
Some of the parents said their worry was that some teachers might not report for work resulting in their children being idle when they have paid fees.-statemedia
Gringo who was admitted at Westview Hospital in Zimre park died this morning.
The development was confirmed by a close family member and the association of private practitioners in zimbabwe MDPPZA!
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing on of Lazarus boora this morning. He passed on this morning sorrounded by family members. May his soul rest in peace
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing on of Lazarus boora this morning. He passed on this morning sorrounded by family members. May his soul rest in peace
Legal changes are necessary to ensure criminals on bail who lose their appeal in a higher court do appear back in the lower court for their sentence to be effected, High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda said last week.
He said the current system had no audit mechanism to ensure those out of custody who lose their appeals were accounted for because the law did not impose express statutory obligations on the appellant or their lawyer following determination of the appeal.
While bail is terminated by losing an appeal, in practice, the unsuccessful appellant retains their freedom.
Justice Kwenda said it could be more effective for the appeals court, which dismisses an appeal for any reason to expressly order the appellant to appear before the lower court within a specified number of days for committal to prison.
He made the remarks while granting former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairman Stanley Kazhanje bail pending appeal.
After his first appeal was struck off, Kazhanje attempted to outfox the justice system by applying for bail pending appeal against a three-year jail term for corruption while in the comfort of his home.
Kazhanje had not turned himself in when his appeal against both conviction and sentence was last month struck off the High Court roll because it was defective and bad at law.
He instead filed a fresh application for bail pending appeal from his home.
The case exposed a loophole in the bail system with regards to bail pending appeal.
Only recently, the Judiciary embarked on a rigorous audit to cleanse the system of idle files involving 1 000 convicted criminals, who appealed separately at the High Court as far back as
2010, but abandoned their appeals after being granted bail.
All their appeals were thrown out and hundreds of warrants of arrest had since been issued against the convicts who have pending jail sentences imposed by lower courts so that they are turned to those trial courts and committed to prison.
Police, armed with the warrants, are now hunting down the criminals.
Scores of the convicts are walking scot-free as police struggle to serve them with the warrants and take them to court.
Between May and July this year, the court dismissed the idle criminal appeals. Most of the criminals in question were convicted of theft, robbery, fraud and traffic offences.
According to official statistics, at least 371 convicts were from Harare Province, with 130 from Mashonaland West, 74 from Masvingo, 147 from Mashonaland Central, 80 from Mashonaland East and 63 from Manicaland.
Chances are high that some of the convicts have since died, while others could have skipped the borders. Justice Kwenda said the powers of a court hearing an appeal were confined to deciding the appeal.
If the appeal was dismissed for any reason, the convicted person was supposed to be returned to the trial court for the sentence to be imposed.
“In my view the gap in the law can best be addressed by the bail court which is at large to impose any bail condition on a case by case basis,” he said.
“The bail court may, therefore, depending on the peculiarities of the particular case, impose a condition which either requires the appellant to be present at his appeal or to surrender within a specified period in the event that appeal is dismissed for whatever reason.”
The judge noted that the system also falls short in that once a convicted person is granted bail there is no mechanism to ensure that they prosecute their appeal timeously.
He said the legal provision based on utmost good faith was ancient and out of sync with current realities.
“You do not get any person handing himself or herself in after losing an appeal,” said Justice Kwenda.
Kazhanje remained unaccounted for over 10 days and the State was not even aware. Justice Kwenda said it was the responsibility of the State and not the court to follow up execution of its judgments.
“The function of this court ends with the determination of the matter,” he said.
“The State must, therefore, put in place a mechanism to ensure that the judgments of this court on appeal are executed so that the criminal appeals system does not fall into disrepute.”
However, the judge granted Kazhanje’s fresh application for bail pending appeal stating that his prospects of success on appeal are high.
Kazhanje, who was serving his sentence at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, was granted $1 000 bail by the Harare High Court last year. He was convicted of taking a US$10 000 bribe from Intratrek Zimbabwe, a company which had been awarded a US$172 million tender to build a 100 megawatt solar power plant in Gwanda.
The court heard that Kazhanje was paid the money to influence him to stop the ZPC board from cancelling the tender after Intratrek, which is owned by Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, was accused of breaching its contract.
Kazhanje claimed the money was paid for past engineering consultancy services he had performed for Intratrek. The court also heard he had not declared this information to those who were supposed to be told.
THE legal age of sexual consent came under spotlight in the High Court with two women seeking to nullify the age of consent set at 16 arguing it violates the right and protection of girls in terms of the Constitution, which sets the legal age of marriage at 18.
The discrepancy between the age of consent and the legal age of marriage has stimulated debate within the country’s legal fraternity and women’s organisations resulting in some calling for re-alignment of the laws providing for the age of sexual consent with the Constitution’s legal age of marriage.
However, there is no global uniformity as to what is the age benchmark for sexual consent as countries vary on the basis of their social and cultural standing. Zimbabwe share the same age of sexual consent with South Africa, the United States of America and 60 other African and European countries.
The age of consent was moved upward from 12 to 16 in the 19th century and early in the 20th century as part of efforts to end child prostitution in various Anglophone countries.
But Diana Kawenda and Loveness Mudzuru are now seeking an order that declares that not only is the 16 years as the age of sexual consent unconstitutional, but that age itself has unconstitutional oppressive outcomes against girls.
Ms Mudzuru is a former child bride whose successful court case led the Constitutional Court to outlaw child marriage in January 2016. In order to get the case into court for a legal ruling, the two women sued the ministers connected with enforcement or policy on the age of consent.
They thus had to sue in their official capacities the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Health and Child Care and the Attorney-General.
Legal counsel for the parties last week on Thursday argued the matter before Justice Owen Tagu who heard submissions from both parties and reserved his ruling.
The two women argued that the age of consent at 16 was indirectly discriminatory towards girls based on gender, as only girls suffer the consequences of pregnancy and related social, economic and health implications.
The current age of consent, they argued, was discriminatory towards girls as it disproportionately compromised their health, education, human dignity and best interest’s rights.”
They also argued that the present laws discriminated against teenagers aged 16 and 17. Section 70 of the Criminal Code set the age of sexual consent at 16, which they argued failed to grant the same protection to minors aged 16 and 17 that it granted to children under 16.
The General Laws Amendment Act, 2016 aggravated this age discrimination by creating a provision that subjected those aged 16 and 17 to criminal prosecution for engaging in sexual activity with children under the age of 16, while children under the age 16 are virtually free from criminal prosecution for engaging in the same activity.
The differences in law could expose those aged 16 and 17 to sexual exploitation while raising the aged of consent to 18 would at least deter men, especially older men, from engaging in relationship with girls under the age of 18, the two argued.
In their counter argument, the ministers, represented by the Attorney-General’s Civil Division, opposed the application.
It was argued that the criminal law takes into account the best interests of the child because a higher age of consent to sexual activity does not actually lead to a delayed sexual debut. Other jurisdictions like South Africa and the United Kingdom, whose laws define a child as any person below the age of 16 years, also subscribe to age of consent of 16 years. But present laws in Zimbabwe did protect even 15 and 17-year-olds by enforcing a delay to when they could legally make their own choices.
Mudzuru and one Ruvimbo Tsopodzi state they were 16-year-old girls when they were forced to marry.
At 19 and 18, they approached the Constitutional Court to seek justice for themselves and for other girls who were usually denied the right to decide when and whom to marry.
In the end they succeeded with the Constitutional Court declaring that no girl or boy may enter into marriage — including marriages recognised in traditional or customary law — before they were 18.
Their contention was that the law must be unequivocal and the court ruled that child marriage was illegal and unacceptable.
Their courageous legal challenge made waves not only in Zimbabwe but across the globe. The ground breaking judgment was handed in January 2016 by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, then deputy Chief Justice.
By A Correspondent | The driver of the honda fit car that was crashed into by the late businessman Genius Kadungure was discharged the same day of the accident yesterday.
The driver, Lucky Chikwanda’s nephew who is the Councillor for Harare West, Denford Ngadziore, speaks out –
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On Lucky Chikwanda the owner of the Honda fit that collided with Ginimbi’s car.
I send my uttermost condolences to the Ginimbi family, friends and Zimbabweans for the sad loss of this patriot. Other deceased Maona, Karim and Elisha, the families and friends.
Around 10am I was shocked to see a message in a family WhatsApp group that that my uncle, Lucky Chikwanda was the one driving the Honda fit which collided with Ginimbi. This afternoon l visited my uncle Lucky Chikwanda soon after being discharged from Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital.
He is the brother to my Late mother. Several checks were done at the Hospital but he still complains of some pain on both right arm and leg.
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Acording to Uncle Lucky, Ginimbi was overspeeding on a steep curve and he tried to at once overtake three vehicles in front of him. When he was about to overtake the third vehicle the blue Honda fit which was being driven by Uncle Lucky which was coming from the opposite direction reduced speed and stopped in the middle of the road. It was during that time Ginimbi car collided with the Honda fit and immediately off road where it hit a trea before it caught fire.
In the Honda fit Khule lucky was in the campany of his male friend.
Please note that my uncle was not sent by anyone to cause the accident and is not a member of any political party. There are accusations being peddled on social media that the tragic death of Ginimbi and three others was deliberately caused by the driver of the Honda fit who was on agenda to cause death or harm the deceased.
My uncle is a Christian family man and has no such agenda to cause harm to anyone on this Mother Earth. Though he survived, he is actually a victim of overspeeding on a steep curve.
May the souls of the deceased rest in internal peace.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure and his Mutoko district chairperson, Wellington Gweshe, were last week arrested for disorderly conduct after they allegedly insulted police officers at a roadblock along Seke Road.
They were however, released after paying a $500 admission of guilt fine each.
The two, who were reportedly drunk, were driving into Harare city centre at around 11.35pm when they were stopped at a police checkpoint near the intersection of Delport and Seke roads.
They were taken to St Mary’s Police Station in Chitungwiza, where they were released the following day after paying the deposit fines of $500 each.
The two were in a Nissan Sunny being driven by Gweshe, who is a teacher at Mutoko High School. At the roadblock, they were ordered to stop and pull off the road so that police would conduct some searches.
During the process, it is alleged that Masaraure started shouting at the police officers before Gweshe joined in.
They were immediately arrested and taken to the police station.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: “Police confirm the arrest of Obert Masaraure (36) and Wellington Gweshe (32) for disorderly conduct at a police checkpoint in Harare on November 3, 2020. The duo, who appeared drunk, insulted police officers after being asked to pull off the road. They have since paid admission of guilt fines.”
This is not the first time that Masaraure and some officials from the organisation have been arrested or involved in controversy.
In June last year, Government dismissed media reports that Masaraure had been abducted from his home and tortured by State security agents for calling on teachers to embark on an industrial action.
In December 2018, teachers who participated in a march from Mutare to Harare under ARTUZ were promised US$100 each, but were not given the money. They accused Masaraure and other leaders, Dirk Frey and Robson Chere, of misappropriating the funds. As consolation, the teachers were given food hampers.
Plans are underway for the opening up of land in natural region one, four and five where youths among others will be settled in estate farms and other planned programmes to boost food production, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said.
Speaking at a recent second edition of the National Young Champion Farmer Awards in Harare, VP Chiwenga said there was need to be cautious when resettling people to ensure their safety.
“We are in the process of developing agricultural land in regions four and five and even in other regions such as region one because of the soil texture. But we need to be careful when we resettle our people.
“We have earmarked Chimanimani so that we make it a horticulture, citrus, tea and forestry area and resettle people where they will not be affected if we have another cyclone.
“In those areas along the Zambezi Valley, the Save Valley, Runde and Limpopo where we are opening huge tracts of land, we would want to see youths also getting involved in estate farms. You start from there and we know our country is secure in terms of food nutrition and sufficiency,” he said.
VP Chiwenga said there was need for the educated to use their knowledge to boost agricultural productivity and food production rather than have Zimbabwe rely on imports.
“Let’s now take our education ability and go into every industry, starting by feeding ourselves, then going into manufacturing, in every industry. You are the youths. You are the future. Let’s see your worthiness and as Government we will give you the full support,” he said.
“Our economy is agro-based. As Government we continue to give priority to the agricultural sector through various programmes such as farm mechanisation where a certain quota is reserved for the youth,” he said.
Government has identified land for agriculture in Kanyemba with Treasury expected to finance the clearing of 300 000 hectares of land for farming and also fund water reticulation and acquisition for irrigation equipment to support the Government’s plans to turn the Lowveld into a greenbelt.
Recently Mashonaland East Minister of State Aplonia Munzverengwi said livelihoods would improve if a greenbelt was established along Rwenya River in Mudzi.
Provincial teams have already carried out a feasibility study and established that 5 000 hectares can be developed along Rwenya River.
“We want to establish a town just like Beitbridge, but we would want infrastructure that can support the development.
“We want to have a gateway to Malawi and Mozambique. Causeway Dam will soon be completed and we hope the irrigation scheme will be developed so we can produce food,” she said.
