THREE men have appeared in court after they allegedly brutally murdered their friend outside a house in Senondo Suburb in Gwanda over an undisclosed issue.
Christopher Moyo (26), Mayibongwe Ncube (23) and Thando Masilela (25) all from Phakama Township were not asked to plead when they appeared before Gwanda magistrate, Ms Lerato Nyathi facing a murder charge.
They were remanded in custody to November 23.
Prosecuting, Ms Faith Mutukwa said the trio allegedly murdered Prince Mkhululi Moyo (22) on November 5.
“On 5 November at around 3AM at a place between Cry Mantengwane Nightclub and house number 119 Senondo Township the trio assaulted Prince Mkhululi Moyo and stabbed his once in the head, once on the left ear, once in the back and seven times on the right leg resulting in his death. They fled from the scene and in the morning residents found Moyo’s body and reported the matter to the police. Investigations were carried out leading to the arrest of the trio,” she said.
On the night of the incident residents from the area said they heard Moyo screaming and calling out for help at around 3AM but they were afraid to intervene out of fear of being attacked.
In another incident, five men have been arrested after they allegedly beat up their neighbour to death over an undisclosed matter.
Nkosithini Moyo (34, Qhubekani Sithole (34), Mbalisi Moyo (34), Mxolisi Nkala (36) and Kenneth Maphosa (36) all from Sibaba Village were not asked to plead when they appeared before Gwanda magistrate Ms Lerato Nyathi. They were remanded in custody to November 20.
Prosecuting, Mr Noel Mandebvu said the gang assaulted Peter Nyathi on November 11.
“On 4 November the accused person went to Peter Nyathi’s homestead where they assaulted him with bricks and logs until he lost consciousness. Neighbours who heard Nyathi calling for help rushed to the scene and the gang fled upon realising that people were coming. Nyathi was rushed to Filabusi District Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The matter was reported to the police resulting in the arrest of the accused persons,” he said.
THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda has indefinitely suspended learning after students and a lecturer tested positive for Covid-19 at the institutions.
Six cases have so far been recorded at the college.
The college advised students not to attend lectures until further notice.
JMN Poly Principal Dr Ngoni Moyo said the institution would await clearance from the Provincial Covid-19 Committee to resume lessons.
“We have suspended lectures until further notice to give room to testing and screening following cases of Covid-19 recorded at the institution.
“The Provincial Covid Committee is yet to give us the green light on when to resume lessons. The committee is yet to give us feedback on the total number of positive cases.
“As an institution we have done our own fumigation exercise but we are waiting for the Ministry of Health (and Child Care) to conduct their own.
“While face to face lectures are suspended, we will be conducting online lessons. Heads of various divisions have been instructed to come up with plans for their academic work,” she said.
According to a report from the Gwanda District Committee on Covid-19 dated November 11, three people have been admitted to the Gwanda Provincial Hospital isolation centre.
“. . . case is of a lecturer from JM Polytechnic College. A total of 79 contacts who comprise staff members and lecturers were traced, screened and tested at the JM Polytechnic College new and old campuses on Monday.
“Five were positive and 21 read errors and the tests will be redone. The other case is of a worker from Innscor Gwanda who was confirmed positive today on 11 November. Efforts are being made by the company to test all the contacts to the case by the company through the private sector,” read the report.
The report further stated that investigations into the JMN Poly and Innscor cases were still underway.
There was an increase of cases in the district from 47 to 58 cases within one week.
“There is an indication of the possible emergence of Covid-19 transmission pockets or hotspots in Gwanda Urban.
“There is need for enhanced public awareness campaigns. There is also need for close monitoring of all public premises in town,” read the report.
A family in Esigodini, Matabeleland South, was attacked by a gang of six armed robbers who were wielding machetes and a bolt cutter.
The attack occurred at the family’s mine and farm premises on the 9th of this month and the robbers went away with US$87 000 and R38 800 cash plus cellphones and a laptop.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is appealing for information which may lead to the arrest of the suspected armed robbers. Police said in a statement:
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating an Armed Robbery case which occurred in Esigodini on 9th November 2020 when a gang of six suspects attacked a family with machetes and a bolt cutter at a mine and farm premises.
The suspects used a bolt cutter to break burglar bars of a sitting room window and went on to tie the two complainants with an electric cable and shoelace before ransacking the house.
Complainants were robbed USD$87 000.00 and ZAR38 800.00 cash which was in a safe, four Samsung Galaxy tablet cell-phones, Samsung laptop and a 32 gig flash disk.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges business persons who include miners to be security conscious and avoid keeping large sums of money at home.
Meanwhile, police are appealing for information which may lead to the arrest of the suspects.
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AFC Bournemouth Jordan Zemura was given his debut by Zimbabwe, who also featured Baroka FC goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze and Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat.
Billiat was out blazing in the opening minutes when he had Algerian goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi producing a smart outstretched save at the near side from a point-blank effort.
Algeria battled to get going soon thereafter with Zimbabwe narrowly missing the breakthrough from the head of Tinotenda Kadewere following a free-kick by Billiat.
The Desert Foxes began to show authority as the kings of the continent with halftime nearby and had the Warriors on the edge with a free-kick from Baghdad Bounedjah, but the wall managed.
Bounedjah put the hosts ahead on 33 minutes after reacting first to a spill from Chipezeze following a rasping drive by Sofiane Feghouli for an easy tap-in.
Algeria doubled the lead five minutes before halftime when Feghouli reversed roles to send a thumping header past Chipezeze from a cross by Riyad Mahrez.
Kadewere came close to cutting the deficit in half ten minutes from the halftime interval, but was met with a wayward strike following a heavy first touch.
The Desert Foxes compounded the Warriors woes towards the final 20 minutes after Mahrez handled two challenges for a smart finish.
SuperSport United’s Kudakwashe Mahachi and Tafadzwa Rusike were thrown into the mix by the Warriors from the bench a minute later in favour of Ovidy Karuru and Jordan Zemura.
Zimbabwe did bag a consolation goal with ten minutes to go when Kadewere latched onto a smart ball for an audacious chip from close-range, as it finished 3-1 to Algeria.
BUSINESSMAN and Socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s death has sparked debate on mainstream and social media regarding the source of his wealth and his life in general.
On social media, Genius Kadungure was the boss, he was a larger than life character, with followers who adored him.
While many saw him as a party animal, his manager of seven years Shaleen Nullens says he was a hard worker, with over 200 employees in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
“Ginimbi was a hard worker, he was focused and wanted results; he was also very innovative and had a business acumen and knew which deals to strike,” she said.
His maid of 15 years, Ms Fatuma Chikowore dismissed allegations that her former boss was involved with the underworld.
“I have known Ginimbi for 15 years, he was a good boss with a good heart always ready to step in. What social media is saying about rituals is utter nonsense, there is no sacred room in this house and whenever he was around he would spend most of his time home,” she said.
The community says it has lost its anchor.
“He was our umbrella and whenever we encountered problems he would assist, he brought development our area,” said the village head man
While many will remember him as a flamboyant social media character, to the people of Domboshava he will forever be remembered as the man who brought America to Domboshava as evidenced by his expensive fleet of imported cars and his mansion.
Ginimbi is expected to be buried at his Domboshava homestead this Saturday.
FORMER cabinet minister, Nicholas Goche has been removed from remand after the state witness failed to turn up in court.
Goche’s trial in a matter in which he is accused of stock theft failed to take off after the complainant Honest Mupanedengu failed to pitch up for court proceedings. Goche was subsequently removed from remand by provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera and the state will now proceed by way of summons.
A warrant of arrest was issued for Mupanedengu.
It is the state’s case that in November 2018, Honest Mupanedengu of Mufakose bought 40 beasts from Goche and collected 22 for slaughter. Sometime in 2019, Goche allegedly disposed of the remaining 18 cattle without the knowledge of the complainant.
It is alleged that the complainant approached the accused on different occasions to collect the 18 beasts but Goche indicated he had sold them for 18 000 United States dollars.
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET.
The Office of the President and Cabinet continues to view with consternation what clearly is a sustained media campaign by NewsDay and other syndicated online news outlets against His Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, and children of the First Family.
This campaign, habitually, hooked on gold cases and mining claim disputes, including those before the courts, is falsely meant to paint the First Family as involved or associated with alleged crimes and conflicts in the mining sector. The latest in a series of such slurs and innuendos was a front-page story in today’s (Thursday, 12th November. 2020) issue of NewsDay which baldly creates the impression TARIRAI DAVID MNANGAGWA is the President’s biological son.
His Excellency would be most grateful if NewsDay can provide him and the Nation with evidence of a filial relationship between him and TARIRAI DAVID MNANGAGWA, in order to make good claims in their story . In the absence of such evidence, the Office of the President and Cabinet demands an immediate retraction of the pubh.hed and damaging falsehood as well as an unconditional apology to the President, the First Lady and the First Family. “I he Office further urges the media to refrain from publishing such malicious claims which have now become more of a norm, quite contrary to the standards and dictates of professional journalism.
Some of the fuel tankers at Beitbridge Border Post
Customs authorities at Beitbridge border post are tightening screws on the movement of commercial cargo following the interception of nine tankers carrying 360 000 litres of fuel being smuggled from South Africa.
Zimra stood to lose around US$170 000 in import duties.
Sources close to the case said the nine tankers arrived from South Africa without any clearance documents as now required.
All goods entering the country are subject to a pre-clearance process which involves the payments of levies and duties prior to their arrival at the port of entry.
However, in this case, border authorities say tankers, each carrying an average of 40 000 litres of fuel, arrived with drivers only.
“They were picked by alert security teams which enlisted the services of Zimra to identify the contents. Smugglers tend to declare that tankers are carrying zero-duty liquids, like soya oil.
Follow up investigations revealed that the owners, whose names have been withheld pending more investigations, had not declared anything and as a result the vehicles have been seized with their contents, said a border official.
The source said three tankers with 120 000 litres of diesel were destined for Bulawayo while the other six with 240 000 litres of unleaded petrol 95 were headed for a dealer in Harare.
Zimra’s spokesperson, Mr Francis Chimanda could not be reached for comment and the Beitbridge manager, Mr innocent Chikuni, was also not reachable.
The police officer commanding Beitbridge, Chief Superintendent Tichaona Nyongo, said the matter was still being handled at Zimra in line with
relevant customs laws.
The Herald understands that no arrests have been made and the seizures are dealt with by Zimra.
So far the tankers are still parked within the commercial yard pending further management of the case.
It is alleged that syndicates involved in fuel smuggling make false declarations claiming they are shipping in paraffin, Jet A1, bulk cooking oil or soya oil to evade paying import duty.
THE Office of the President and Cabinet has challenged The NewsDay to provide evidence that link the President with one Tarirai David Mnangagwa.
On Thursday, NewsDay ran a news article indicating that the President’s son is involved in a gold mine grab, prompting the Office of the President and Cabinet to demand a retraction.
“The Office of the President and Cabinet continues to view with consternation what clearly is a sustained media campaign by NewsDay and other syndicated online news outlets against His Excellency the President, Cde ED Mnangagwa, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, and children of the First Family as involved or associated with alleged crimes and conflicts in the mining sector.
“The latest in a series of such slurs and innuendos was a front page story (Thursday, 12th November, 2020) issue of NewsDay which badly creates the impression Tarirai David Mnangagwa is the President’s biological son.
“His Excellency would be most grateful if NewsDay can provide him and the nation with evidence of a filial relationship between him and Tarirai David Mnangagwa, in order to make good claims in their story.
“In the absence of such evidence, the Office of the President and Cabinet demands an immediate retraction of the published damaging falsehood, as well as an unconditional apology to the President, the First Lady and the First Family,’’ said the Deputy Chief Secretary (Presidential Communications), Mr George Charamba in a statement last night.
Mr Charamba added: “The Office further urges the media to refrain from publishing such malicious claims which have now become more of a norm, quite contrary to the standards and dictates of professional journalism.”
Several media houses have through the years published Tarirai as Mnangagwa’s son though some have indicated that he is his nephew.
Tarirai Mnangagwa is also a member of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s security team. He is believed to have been part of the team that helped Mnangagwa to escape to South Africa after he was fired by the late former President Robert Mugabe in 2017.
Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi
Thanks Makore (56) has been arrested in connection with the ritual murder of his nephew, Tapiwa Makore (Jnr), with allegations that he was given the boy’s head and arms.
Makore of Damofalls was arrested on Tuesday in Harare and has since appeared before a Mutoko magistrate, who remanded him in custody.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said police efforts were now concentrated on locating the boy’s head and arms.
Recent police investigations into the boy’s ritual murder revealed that an 11-year-old boy from Nyamutumbu Village was paid US$5 to lure Tapiwa Makore (Jnr) from his parents’ garden to his uncle’s homestead.
The uncle, Tapiwa Makore (Snr), allegedly gave the boy US$5 plus a T-shirt for the role he played, before warning him against disclosing the matter to anyone.
The boy handed over the money to his mother who kept the secret. The uncle, together with his herdsman Tafadzwa Shamba are in remand prison pending the murder trial. Police investigations have revealed that the 11-year-old was sent by both Makore (Snr) and Shamba to lure Tapiwa.
The boy later revealed what allegedly happened to his mother who told him not to tell anyone.
The mother is said to have used the money to buy chicken. The boy will testify as a witness in the murder trial.
Six armed robbers who were brandishing machetes raided a mine in Esigodini on Monday night and attacked a family which they robbed of US$87 000, R38 800 and cellphones.
The gang was armed with a bolt cutter which they used to break burglar bars to gain entry into the house. They tied two of the house occupants with an electrical cable and shoelaces before ransacking the house.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident, saying investigations were still in progress.
“The complainants were robbed of US$87 000 and R38 800 which was in the safe, four Samsung Galaxy tablets, a Samsung laptop and a flash disk,” he said.
“Police urge business persons who include miners to be security conscious and avoid keeping large sums of money at home. We are appealing for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.”
Another gang armed with machetes last Friday attacked several sex workers who were at a shopping complex in Kadoma. The gang was travelling in a Mazda 323 (ABG 9003), which has since been impounded by police.
Police went to the gang’s hideout where they fired warning shots, leading to the arrest of one of the gang members, Titus Meza (28).
“Police in Kadoma on November 6 impounded a motor vehicle which was being used by a group of machete-wielding gangsters,” Asst-Comm Nyathi said. “The gangsters assaulted women at Masimba complex in Kadoma.
“One of the suspects who was driving the vehicle was arrested while others ran away.”
Gangs armed with machetes and knobkerries recently resurfaced countrywide, targeting mines and individuals keeping large amounts of cash. This prompted police to relaunch “Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere” and “Operation No to Machete-Wielding Gangs”.
A few months ago, police restored order in mining areas after taking on the gangs, arresting large numbers and stopping a wave of violence.
Recently, police arrested two suspects who were part of a machete gang which raided a mine in Inyathi.- Herald
The ex-soldier, turned armed robber, allegedly involved in botched attempt to rob a family from Lobengula West in Bulawayo of US$23 000, is a philanthropist known for sponsoring grass roots soccer around the country and is also father to a gifted soccer player who turned out for Highlanders Football Club.
The soldiers when he was arrested
Ian Sibanda (53) of Emganwini suburb yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Shepherd Munjanja charged with attempted robbery and contravening Section 4 (1) of the Firearms Act, Chapter 10;09 (purchasing, acquiring or having in possession any firearm or ammunition without holding firearm certificate).
Sibanda is reportedly the brains behind the formation of the now defunct Emganwini’s Amazon FC which played in the lower rungs of the Zifa Southern Region leagues.
The former soldier is also the chairman of Emganwini Legends, a social soccer team which is home to ex-How Mine goalkeeper Nonjabulo Dube.
Sibanda, a well-known Highlanders fan, allegedly teamed up with Learnmore Kwari, who is still at large, to rob the Matshazi family that wanted to buy a house from Kwari’s in-laws.
Due to the nature of his alleged crime, Mr Munjanja did not ask Sibanda to plead guilty and he remanded him in custody.
Kwari is the son-in-law to the family that wanted to sell a house to the Matshazi family and is alleged to have tipped Sibanda that there were easy pickings of up to US$23 000 that could could be gained through an armed robbery, before it was delivered to his in-laws.
The duo was unaware that the family had not yet received the money from South Africa. The State’s case, as presented by the prosecutor Mr Terrence Chakabuda, is that on November 10 around 6.30PM Sibanda who was with Kwari, drove a BMW vehicle, registration number ADB 6150, and parked it near Mrs Livia Matshazi’s house.
The two forcefully gained entry into Mrs Matshazi’s house.
They allegedly went to the sitting room where the elderly woman was seated with her granddaughter Chantal Matshazi. Sibanda allegedly pulled out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at Mrs Matshazi, demanding money.
However, the complainant’s grandson, Mr Brandon Matshazi, who was in a spare bedroom, heard the noise and he allegedly armed himself with a golf club and proceeded to the sitting room where he struck Sibanda before he disarmed him. Kwari allegedly fled from the scene after seeing his colleague being overpowered.
The BMW vehicle which had its tyres deflated by angry residents was impounded and is being kept at Magwegwe Police Station as an exhibit. -Chronicle
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, November 11, 2020 — By the ICC Prosecutor
Madam President, Your Excellencies,
1. I am grateful for the opportunity to again brief the Council via video conference on my Office’s activities in relation to the situation in Libya even as the COVID 19 pandemic continues to present unique challenges across the globe including for the work of my Office. Notwithstanding, we remain resilient and productive in the face of these challenges and I am pleased to present my latest report to this august body.
2. I congratulate Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on assuming the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council and wish you, Madam President, every success in steering the essential work of this Council for the month of November.
Your Excellencies,
3. On 23 October 2020, we witnessed the signing of the ceasefire agreement by Libyan parties in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. This is indeed a welcome concrete development. We call on the parties to assiduously implement the agreement to usher in the much awaited peace and stability for the people of Libya.
4. Victims of atrocity crimes in Libya must be reassured that notwithstanding any ceasefire or future agreement, individuals alleged to be responsible for serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”) will be promptly arrested and surrendered to the Court to face charges for their alleged crimes.
5. Libya remains a high priority situation for my Office and our commitment to seek justice and accountability on behalf of the victims remains unshaken. Our investigations have significantly progressed since my last briefing to this Council in May 2020.
6. Notwithstanding the challenges posed by the COVID 19 pandemic, two crucial investigative missions were deployed to Libya to collect additional evidence to further strengthen our cases.
7. As the Council will have noted, on 22 June 2020, I issued a statement following the discovery of multiple mass graves in the city of Tarhunah and the South of Tripoli.
8. My Office is engaging with the national authorities in relation to these mass graves. So far, reports demonstrate that over 100 bodies have been recovered by the authorities involved in exhuming the graves. Many of the recovered bodies had been blindfolded and had their hands tied. I wish to take this opportunity to recognise the significant efforts and important work of all involved in preserving the evidence of these crimes, including the commendable efforts of the Government of National Accord.
9. The missions also provided an opportunity to strengthen mutual cooperation with relevant national authorities and other stakeholders. I express my gratitude and appreciation for the cooperation and support that was received from the Government of National Accord and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (“UNSMIL”). We continue to constructively coordinate our joint efforts in line with the cooperation and complementarity principles under Part 9 of the Rome Statute.
Madam President, Your Excellencies,
10. My Office continues to actively monitor the situation in Libya.
11. In this regard, we have received information indicating that the recently ended offensive on Tripoli that was carried out by the eastern-based militia known as the Libyan National Army (“LNA”) and its supporting forces, forms part of a pattern of violence that involves the indiscriminate airstrikes and shelling of civilian areas; arbitrary abduction; detention and torture of civilians; extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearances; and pillaging of civilian property, repeating a pattern of violence that has been previously reported in places such as Benghazi, Derna, Ajdabiya, Marzuq and Sirte.
12. We have also received credible information indicating the increased use of mines and improvised explosive devices against civilians. These were discovered following the retreat of forces from Tripoli and its surrounding areas.
13. Mines and improvised explosive devices are reported to have been placed in the garages, kitchens and bedrooms of civilian homes.
14. Many civilians who returned to their homes after fleeing the fighting were either killed or injured because their homes were booby trapped by such devices.
15. The threat posed to civilians by mines and improvised explosive devices and the scale of their use is deeply disturbing. Between May and July alone, at least 49 people were killed as a result of the use of mines.
16. Let me emphasize that it is a crime under the Rome Statute to use mines and improvised explosive devices as a means to indiscriminately attack civilians.
17. I encourage this Council and all Member States of the United Nations to once again convey a clear and firm message to commanders, be they military or civilian, and all parties and armed groups involved in the Libya conflict that the rules of international humanitarian law must be respected and that those who defy such rules will be held individually responsible.
18. My Office has also been following reports of the targeting of civilians that voiced opposition to militias in the east and west of Libya. In this regard, the Council is aware that UNSMIL has recently called for an investigation into the alleged use of excessive force by security forces on the 23rd of August in Zawiyah and Tripoli.
19. In addition, my Office continues to receive information regarding allegations of serious crimes being committed in prisons and detention facilities throughout Libya. In my previous report to the Council, I outlined allegations that detention facilities such as Al-Kuweifiya and Gernada in eastern Libya and Mitiga Prison in Tripoli, which is controlled by the Special Deterrence Force, were being used to arbitrarily detain civilians under inhumane conditions including allegations of torture. My Office continues to receive evidence of such allegations.
20. I urge all parties to the conflict in Libya to immediately put an end to the use of detention facilities to mistreat and commit crimes against civilians. International law and the Rome Statute prohibit the use of detention facilities in this way. I further call for international observers and investigators to be given full access to detention facilities in Libya and full cooperation in this regard.
21. My Office has also been monitoring the situation of internally displaced persons as well as crimes committed against migrants. Regrettably, migrants continue to be trafficked and subjected to crimes such as torture.
22. I am deeply concerned that despite this Council imposing sanction on Mr Ahmad Oumar Al-Dabbashi, for his involvement in crimes against migrants, he is reported to continue to commit crimes.
23. Recent positive developments in the fight to eradicate crimes against migrants are encouraging and must be intensified. In this regard, I note the imposition of sanctions by the European Union against Mr Mousa Adyab, who the United Nations Panel of Experts implicates in human trafficking, rape and the killing of refugees.
24. I also welcome the efforts made by national jurisdictions in this regard and in particular the sentencing by the Court of Messina in Italy of three individuals to 20 years of imprisonment for crimes committed against migrants in Zawiyah.
Madam President, Your Excellencies,
25. A recurring theme that I must emphasise is the issue of the failure to arrest and surrender those against whom warrants of arrest have been issued by the Court. This remains a major stumbling block preventing my Office from seeking effective justice for the victims of atrocity crimes committed in Libya. Over the years of my reporting to this Council, I have lamented the fact that individuals against whom warrants of arrest have been issued remain at large.
26. These include two arrest warrants for Mr Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Werfalli, who as a commander of Al-Saiqa Brigade, is alleged to have executed 43 civilians. On 21 September 2020, the European Union imposed economic sanctions on Mr Al-Werfalli for alleged crimes committed in Libya.
27. My Office’s request to the leader of the LNA, General Khalifa Haftar, to arrest and surrender Mr Al-Werfalli to the ICC has gone unheeded.
28. I again call on other Libyan commanders to take all the necessary steps to surrender Mr Al-Werfalli. Most recently, I specifically called upon Mr Aqila Saleh, Supreme Commander of the LNA and Mr Wanees Boukhmada, Commander of Al-Saiqa Brigade to help in this regard. My Office has since received information that Mr Wanees Boukhmada is deceased. It is nonetheless imperative that the efforts to arrest and surrender Mr Al-Werfalli must be continued and intensified.
29. Let me recall and stress the obligation imposed on commanders under article 28 of the Rome Statute to prevent or punish the commission of crimes by forces under their effective control or to submit them for effective investigation and prosecution.
30. Similarly, arrest warrants against Mr Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Mr Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled remain unexecuted. Mr Al-Tuhamy is still alleged to be in Egypt. I urge all relevant states, including the Arab Republic of Egypt to ensure that fugitives wanted by the Court are surrendered without delay.
31. The non-execution of the arrest warrants is the foremost obstacle to our collective capacities to give hope to the people and victims of crimes in Libya. I urge this Council and Member States to take effective and concrete steps to ensure that safe havens are not provided to fugitives from justice who face serious criminal charges before the International Criminal Court. Inaction in this regard allows abhorrent crimes that are alleged to have been committed in places such as Tarhunah to continue. There is a collective responsibility to ensure ICC warrants of arrests are duly executed.
Madam President, Your Excellencies,
32. In all other respects, my Office continues to receive strong cooperation from numerous States and stakeholders. In particular, our relationship with UNSMIL and authorities in Libya has strengthened, as has our relationship with EUROPOL. I would like to reiterate the pivotal importance of this cooperation in our activities and call on the Council and the Member States to collectively support our efforts to strengthen such cooperation.
33. My Office further continues to provide assistance supporting the domestic investigation and prosecution of international crimes committed in Libya in line with our Strategic Goal 6.
34. I remain committed to fulfilling my mandate with the aim of holding to account those responsible for the most serious crimes of international concern, and seeking justice for the victims in Libya.
35. This Council, as well as the international community, is once again urged to provide full support to the ICC to achieve its mandate in Libya.
36. Let me conclude, Your Excellencies, with a final reflection. As we gather here today pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) to demonstrate our joint commitment to cause of justice in Libya, I must contextualise this engagement.
37. We find ourselves in an age where powerful forces increasingly aim to undermine the cause of international criminal justice as continuation of politics by other means.
38. What is required, today, more than ever, is greater support for the ICC, its independent and impartial work and the international rule of law; not less.
39. Any act that may undermine the global movement towards greater accountability for atrocity crimes and a ruled-based international order must be avoided.
40. I count on the support of the international community, this Council and its membership to stand firmly in the defence of international criminal justice in Libya and beyond, as necessary means to ensure international peace and security, and to advance the cause of justice for the victims of atrocity crimes.
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna is today expected to make a bail ruling in which Henrietta Rushwaya, Pakistan businessman Ali Muhamad, Stephen Tserayi, Raphios Mufandauya and miner Gift Karanda are facing charges of attempting to smuggle gold.
Lawyers representing Tserayi, Mufandauya and Karanda submitted their written closing submissions on Friday last week after Rushwaya and Muhamad made theirs orally.
Mr Admire Rubaya made submissions on behalf of Tserayi, Mr Joshua Chirambwi represented Mufandauya, while Mr Dumisani Mtombeni appeared for Karanda.
Tserayi in his submissions said that the court was slowly becoming a passage to superior courts when it comes to bail applications.
He said there was a worrying trend of those appearing at the Special Anti-Corruption Courts being treated differently from those appearing in ordinary courts.
Tserayi said the trend cast a misconception that those appearing before special anti-corruption courts facing corruption or politically-related offences were bound to be denied bail. – Herald
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to stop intimidating suffering teachers.
President Chamisa also accused Mr Mnangagwa’s government of “killing” the education system in the country.
“STOP BULLYING TEACHERS!!
Education must not be allowed to sink …
Teacher’s concerns must be addressed.
Restore the dignity of the teaching profession.
Examining without teaching is a no brainier..
Taking a child to an exam without having taught is scandalous.
Rural child without access to TV, radio, computer, connectivity most vulnerable,” President Chamisa said in a statement.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to stop intimidating suffering teachers.
President Chamisa also accused Mr Mnangagwa’s government of “killing” the education system in the country.
“STOP BULLYING TEACHERS!!
Education must not be allowed to sink …
Teacher’s concerns must be addressed.
Restore the dignity of the teaching profession.
Examining without teaching is a no brainier..
Taking a child to an exam without having taught is scandalous.
Rural child without access to TV, radio, computer, connectivity most vulnerable,” President Chamisa said in a statement.
Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo has come out in support of the late socialite and business tycoon Genius ” Ginimbi” Kadungure arguing those who think he used juju to amass wealth are lost.
Chivayo dismissed claims that Ginimbi used secret rituals to acquire his wealth.
On Tuesday morning Chivayo implored Zimbabweans to let Genius’ soul to rest in “eternal peace”.
“If you don’t work hard you will be calling successful people Satanists, criminals and prostitutes for the rest of your life,” Chivayo posted on social media.
Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo has come out in support of the late socialite and business tycoon Genius ” Ginimbi” Kadungure arguing those who think he used juju to amass wealth are lost.
Chivayo dismissed claims that Ginimbi used secret rituals to acquire his wealth.
On Tuesday morning Chivayo implored Zimbabweans to let Genius’ soul to rest in “eternal peace”.
“If you don’t work hard you will be calling successful people Satanists, criminals and prostitutes for the rest of your life,” Chivayo posted on social media.
Tinashe Sambiri|Blessing Chimbowa, popularly known as Mbudziyadhura, has described Lazarus” Gringo” Boora’s demise as a body blow to the arts industry.
Mbudziyadhura, quoted by The Herald, said Gringo’s death came as a shock to the arts industry.
“Boora was a person who did not want artists to be looked down upon.”
“He was open and would speak his mind, especially when it comes to low payment of actors, that is why he did not feature in many productions. Many people used to say that Boora was a problem because of that.
The other thing is that I am begging to all those who worked with Boora, he has left a family behind and I appeal to companies that worked with Boora to help his family not financially, but even to employ his children. Let us try to support his family,” Mbudziyadhura told the publication.
Mbudziyadhura added he started working with Gringo before he became popular and he was a talented person.
Tinashe Sambiri|Blessing Chimbowa, popularly known as Mbudziyadhura, has described Lazarus” Gringo” Boora’s demise as a body blow to the arts industry.
Mbudziyadhura, quoted by The Herald, said Gringo’s death came as a shock to the arts industry.
“Boora was a person who did not want artists to be looked down upon.”
“He was open and would speak his mind, especially when it comes to low payment of actors, that is why he did not feature in many productions. Many people used to say that Boora was a problem because of that.
The other thing is that I am begging to all those who worked with Boora, he has left a family behind and I appeal to companies that worked with Boora to help his family not financially, but even to employ his children. Let us try to support his family,” Mbudziyadhura told the publication.
Mbudziyadhura added he started working with Gringo before he became popular and he was a talented person.
The late socialite and flamboyant businessman, Genius Kadungure, better known as Ginimbi’s autopsy results have been revealed.
The autopsy results showed that Ginimbi died from internal bleeding, and this puts to rest various conspiracy theories flying around about the cause of the millionaire’s death.
Family spokesperson, Darling Kadungure, told Nhau/Indaba that Ginimbi underwent a post-mortem on Tuesday and the results said Ginimbi died from “haemorrhagic shock in polytrauma”.
According to online sources, hemorrhagic shock occurs when the body begins to shut down due to large amounts of blood loss.
People suffering injuries that involve heavy bleeding may go into hemorrhagic shock if the bleeding isn’t stopped immediately.
Common causes of haemorrhagic shock include severe burns, deep cuts, gunshot wounds and trauma amputations.
Meanwhile, Ginimbi’s burial will take place on the grounds of his Domboshava mansion, as per his instructions before he died.
Ginimbi is also said to have instructed his family no to rush his burial as “many people will come from all over the world”.
The controversial businessman died on Sunday between 5 am and 6 am when his Rolls-Royce hit a Honda Fit and veered off the road before hitting a tree along Borrowdale Road.
Eyewitness accounts have indicated that Ginimbi was pulled out of the wreckage alive but died shortly afterwards. His colleagues, Malawian Limumba Karim, Mitchelle “Moana” Amuli and popular Mozambican model Alichia Adams, were trapped in the car and were burnt beyond recognition when the car burst into flames.-Nhau/Indaba
GOOGLE’S parent company, Alphabet, has partnered with the Econet Group to launch a new high-speed broadband technology, which uses laser beams instead of fibre optic cables.
In a media update, Econet said the new technology can be deployed to connect two points that are 20km apart in a matter of hours, instead of about two weeks of digging to lay fibre cables.
Currently, the technology is said to have the capacity to deliver up to 10Gbits of Internet at the ‘speed of light’ capable of streaming high-quality video.
For Econet, this is ideal for connecting small towns, mines and large businesses. It can also be used to connect areas that are unsafe to lay fibre cables.
“News of the partnership between Google and Econet, reported by Techcrunch.com and several tech news outlets, represents a massive opportunity for Econet, which has set up a new company based in Nairobi, Kenya to roll out a supporting network to Liquid Telecom’s fibre optic network business across Africa,” said the company.
Liquid Telecom is part of the Econet Group and has the largest fibre network across Africa. The new technology was developed by a company in Alphabet’s stable called X, and it looks at finding new high-tech solutions known as “Moon Shots”.
According to Techcrunch.com, X announced on Tuesday that its “Project Taara” high-speed optical wireless broadband endeavor was being rolled out across Sub-Saharan Africa through partnership with giant internet provider Econet and its subsidiaries.
“This deployment follows a series of small pilots in Kenya specifically, but now Taara and Econet are ready to start adding high-speed wireless optical links to supplement and enhance Econet service reach more broadly, starting with Liquid Telecom customers in Kenya,” Techcrunch.com reported.
“Taara is yet another approach to extending the reach of broadband networks to parts of the Earth that have typically not had access or high-speed connections, due primarily to infrastructure challenges.”-Chronicle
Emelda Marazani, who allegedly killed her four children in cold blood on Wednesday has blamed her husband for the gruesome murder of her four minor children.
Mazarani said this to Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro when he visited her at Chivhu General Hospital this Thursday where she is receiving treatment after a failed suicide attempt soon after killing her children.
Marazani said her husband, Lameck Brande provoked her when he said all the four children were not his. She told Dr Mangwiro that she regrets killing her children.
The four bodies are at Chivhu General Hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem. Marazani also revealed that she attempted to kill herself after she killed her children.
“He said all the children were not his. Anogarondiudza kuti haaite vana vasikana asi vakomana chete. This hurt me and yesterday he repeated that the children were not his. He is also a womaniser and that is hurting me.”
Marazani, who is more than six months pregnant said she will take care of her baby and protect her at all costs.
Deputy Minister Dr Mangwiro pledged to assist the family with food during the funeral and burial of the four children.
Brande said the burial of the quartet will be done once all processes have been completed. He told The Herald that he is still to come to terms with the unexpected loss of his four children.
Speaking from his Highview residence in Chivhu, Brande said he never expected his wife to harm their children although she sometimes threatened that she would leave him with nothing whenever they argued.
“We had our misunderstandings but they were petty. At one point during our misunderstandings, she told me that she would leave me with nothing.
“I never imagined that she would go to the extent of killing our children. I am in pain,” said Brande in tears. – ZBC
The Deputy Chief Secretary, Presidential Communications Office of the President and Cabinet, George Charamba has accused some sections of the local media of a sustained campaign against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family.
In a statement on Thursday, Charamba cited a story by a local daily publication which claimed that one Tarirai David Mnangagwa, who is accused of grabbing a mine, was President Mnangagwa’s son.
Charamba demanded a retraction of the story and called upon the media to desist from publishing what he called “malicious claims” against the First Family. Below is Charamba’s statement:
The Office of the President and Cabinet continues to view with consternation what clearly is a sustained media campaign by NewsDay and other syndicated online news outlets against His Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, and children of the First Family.
This campaign, habitually hooked on gold cases and mining claim disputes, including those before the courts, is falsely meant to paint the First Family as involved or associated with alleged crimes and conflicts in the mining sector.
The latest in a series of such slurs and innuendos was a front-page story in today’s (Thursday, 12th November 2020) issue of NewsDay which baldly creates the impression TARIRAI DAVID MNANGAGWA is the President’s biological son.
His Excellency would be most grateful if NewsDay can provide him and the Nation with evidence of a filial relationship between him and TARIRAI DAVID MNANGAGWA, in order to make good claims in their story.
In the absence of such evidence, the Office of the President and Cabinet demands an immediate retraction of the published and damaging falsehood, as well as an unconditional apology to the President, the First Lady and the First Family.
The Office further urges the media to refrain from publishing such malicious claims which have now become more of a norm, quite contrary to the standards and dictates of professional journalism.
Emelda Marazani, who allegedly killed her four children in cold blood yesterday said her husband is to blame for the unfortunate incident.
She said this to Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro when he visited her at Chivhu General Hospital this afternoon where she is receiving treatment after a failed suicide attempt soon after killing her children yesterday.
Marazani said her husband, Mr Lameck Brande provoked her when he said all the four children were not his. She told Dr Mangwiro that she regrets killing her children.
The four bodies are at Chivhu General Hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem. Marazani also revealed that she attempted to kill herself after she killed her children.
“He said all the children were not his. Anogarondiudza kuti haaite vana vasikana asi vakomana chete. This hurt me and yesterday he repeated that the children were not his. He is also a womaniser and that is hurting me.”
Marazani, who is more than six months pregnant said she will take care of her baby and protect her at all costs.
Deputy Minister Dr Mangwiro pledged to assist the family with food during the funeral and burial of the four children.
Mr Brande said the burial of the quartet will be done once all processes have been completed. He told The Herald that he is still to come to terms with the unexpected loss of his four children.
Speaking from his Highview residence in Chivhu, Mr Brande said he never expected his wife to harm their children although she sometimes threatened that she would leave him with nothing whenever they had an argument.
“We had our misunderstandings but they were petty. At one point during our misunderstandings, she told me that she would leave me with nothing.
“I never imagined that she would go to the extent of killing our children. I am in pain,” said Mr Brande in tears.
The denial of bail (again) for journalist @daddyhope, on grounds that he has a “propensity to commit offenses,” should concern every Zimbabwean. The constitution mandates the presumption of innocence and impartial justice – both of which have not been respected. pic.twitter.com/2QzEDBGIP8
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Tarirai David Mnangagwa is being accused of seizing gold mining claims in Gweru after the owners had invited him to invest in the project.
The gold mining claims in question are under Block 16 Quarts mining claims called Jilikin 25, registration number 12641BM whose owner, according to court papers seen by NewsDay, is Chad Cecil Mupandanyama, since 2005.
But last month, Mnangagwa filed an application with the court, alleging that he had been duped of US$4 million by Mupanganyama after he was booted out a company which he co-founded.
Mupandanyama together with his company, Swifteagle Investment Business Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd, cited Eliazel Mushiringi, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, Ruan Meats Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, Wozheri Stone Crushers (Pvt) Ltd, Registrar of Companies, provincial mining director, Mines minister Winston Chitando as co-respondents in the matter.
Mupandanyama said initially, he was partners with Mushiringi, who later roped in Mnangagwa to register a company called Wozheri Stone Crushers (Pvt) Ltd using a forged signature and other documents obtained fraudulently. As a result, Mupandanyama is seeking the High Court to issue an order declaring the registration of Wozheri Stone Crushers unlawful.
Mupandanyama is also seeking the cancellation of the memorandum of agreement entered into between Mushiringi and Mnangagwa on November 28, 2017.
“… and consequently, that the first to the fourth defendant’s (Eliazel Mushiringi, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, Ruan Meats Enterprises, Wozheri Stone Crushers) together with their sub-tenants, assignees, invitees, members and all other persons claiming occupation through them should within 10 days of service of this court order vacate from the mining claim,” Mupandanyama said in his affidavit.
According to Mupandanyama, the drama started on January 7, 2016, when he entered into a tribute agreement with Mushiringi in terms of which he (Mupandanyama) agreed to grant mining rights to Mushiringi to develop, extract, mill and treat ore from the same and dispose of the product for own account.
“In terms of the agreement first defendant (Mushiringi) undertook to pay 5% of the total gross value of gold and/or any other valuable product extracted from the said mining location,” he said.
On March 18, 2016, Mupandanyama said Mushiringi entered into another agreement with Mnangagwa in terms of which he agreed to give up his mining rights, which he was exercising by virtue of the tribute agreement with Mupandanyama, to Swifteagle.
This included installation of a granite crushing plant, payment of council fees, mine inspection fees, transport, food, accommodation, site fencing, costs of assaying and application of certificates.
“The second plaintiff (Swifteagle) paid a commitment fee of US$10 000 to the first defendant and the agreement will be expiring in March 2036,” he said.
However, around September 2017, Mupandanyama registered a company with Mushiringi to carry out mining activities at his mining claims.
They agreed to dissolve their prior tribute agreements and regularise their mining activities through registration of a new company.
On October 6, 2017 they registered a company, Ultrech Trading to be used as a special purpose vehicle to exploit the mining claim.
But, on November 21, 2017, Mupandanyama said Mushiringi misled him into signing a form to transfer his mining rights at Jilikin 25 which he alleged was necessary to effect the name change.
They also agreed to allot shares, of which Mupandanyama would get 32,5%, Swifteagle 32,5% and Mushiringi 35%.
Besides the sharing of shares, Mupandanyama said they agreed to invite investors who would get 60% shareholding upon paying a commitment fee of US$500 000 to the company.
“In pursuance of the resolution to find investors for the company, the first defendant introduced the second defendant (Mnangagwa) as a consultant who could court investors to exploit the mining claim whereupon it was agreed that if the second defendant succeeded in courting an investor he would be allocated 5% of the first defendant’s shares in the enterprise ex gratia,” Mupandanyama said.
He said Mushiringi, “and acting with deceit and in connivance with Mnangagwa”, allegedly forged Mupandanyama’s signature on the memorandum and articles of association “of the fraudulently procured company thereby unlawfully making a share allocation to themselves and to Mupandanyama” as follows Chad Cecil Mupandanyama 100 shares; Eliazel Mushiringi 300 shares and Tarirai D Mnangagwa 1 200 shares.
“The procurement of the registration of the fourth defendant, the appointment of directors therein and share allocations was null and void as there was no sanction for such acts authorised by first and second plaintiffs,” he said.
“In violation of the agreement of November 27, 2017, on November 28, 2017, the first defendant purportedly entered into yet another fraudulent memorandum of agreement with the second defendant in respect of the first plaintiff’s mining claims.”
The matter is pending.
Tarirai made headlines in May this year when he reportedly fired shots into the air repeatedly, threatening to shoot a Zesa employee deployed to take meter readings at his farm in Norton, Plot 52 Bundu Park Farm, Lydiate, about 40km west of Harare.-
Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has died in Accra Thursday morning, local media reports.
He is said to have passed on at the nation’s premier hospital, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Jerry Rawlings had been on admission at the hospital for about a week for an undisclosed ailment. There are rumors that he died from COVID-19 complications, but this has not been confirmed.
Local online news portal, Graphic Online reports that Mr. Rawlings felt sick after his mother’s burial about three weeks ago.
As a former Ghanaian military leader and subsequent politician, Rawlings led a military junta from 1981 until 1992.
He then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana from January 1993 to January 2001.
The late former president initially came to power as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup in 1979.
Before this, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government in 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place.
After initially handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on December 31, 1981 as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC).
In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the 4th Republic.
He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years. Rawlings was 73.
The Mozambican government has denied reports of mass beheading by militant Islamists in the northern Cabo Delgado province.
The governor of the gas-rich province, Valige Tauabo, said there were no recent killings in any district of the province, contrary to reports.
He added that the last known killings by the Islamists took place on 6 April.
The state media had on Tuesday reported that more than 50 people were beheaded by the militants at a football pitch in a village in Miudumbe district.
The gunmen chanted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”, in English), fired shots, and set homes alight when they raided Nanjaba village on Friday night, the state-owned Mozambique News Agency quoted survivors as saying.
Governor Tauabo said there had only been “incursions by evildoers” who were being pursued by the military.
He added that the government is concerned about the spread of armed violence in Cabo Delgado.
Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic says he is aware of the threat posed by Algeria but his charges will try to play attacking football in tonight’s meeting.
The Desert Foxes will host Zimbabwe at 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers in the Afcon Group H Qualifiers. Kick-off is at 9 pm Zim time.
Speaking to the Herald ahead of the match, the coach said: “Yes, we are cautious, but we will be offensive. We need a result, it’s simple.
“We are not going to deploy a defensive formation. We are not here for tourism, we are here for work.
“I trust my lads, and they will give their all.
“Historically, we have done better than Algeria, in recent meetings, and that should spur us on.
“We know they are the best team in Africa, but they should know that we are Warriors and mean business.”
Algeria currently lead in the pool after picking up six points while the Warriors follow in second with four.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe’s Algerian Embassy staff, led by Ambassador Vusimusi Ntonga, were cleared to attend the game.-Soccer 24
Victor Kamhuka says the Warriors are ready for tonight’s AFCON qualifier against the Desert Foxes of Algeria, morale is high and everyone is ready.
The big defender, who turns out for Myanmar side Ayeyawady United, was roped into the squad by coach Zdravko Logarusic following the ruling out of United States-based Tendai Jirira.
This is Kamhuka’s first Warriors call and the former Dynamos defender says he is grateful for the opportunity and how he has been welcomed by his teammates.
‘I’m happy and the way other players have welcomed me, that is something that has boosted my confidence. Above all, I thank God for such an opportunity to represent my mother land Zimbabwe,” he told Soccer24 today.
“The morale is high in camp and everyone is positive, we are ready,” he said.
Zimbabwe take on a rampant Algeria side who have not lost a game since October 2018 but Kamhuka said they are fully focused on their performance.
“We are just focusing on our job and doing what the coaches have told us,” he said.
The match kicks off at 21:00 Zimbabwean time.-Soccer 24
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Tarirai David Mnangagwa is being accused of seizing gold mining claims in Gweru after the owners had invited him to invest in the project.
The gold mining claims in question are under Block 16 Quarts mining claims called Jilikin 25, registration number 12641BM whose owner, according to court papers seen by NewsDay, is Chad Cecil Mupandanyama, since 2005.
But last month, Mnangagwa filed an application with the court, alleging that he had been duped of US$4 million by Mupanganyama after he was booted out a company which he co-founded.
Mupandanyama together with his company, Swifteagle Investment Business Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd, cited Eliazel Mushiringi, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, Ruan Meats Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, Wozheri Stone Crushers (Pvt) Ltd, Registrar of Companies, provincial mining director, Mines minister Winston Chitando as co-respondents in the matter.
Mupandanyama said initially, he was partners with Mushiringi, who later roped in Mnangagwa to register a company called Wozheri Stone Crushers (Pvt) Ltd using a forged signature and other documents obtained fraudulently. As a result, Mupandanyama is seeking the High Court to issue an order declaring the registration of Wozheri Stone Crushers unlawful.
Mupandanyama is also seeking the cancellation of the memorandum of agreement entered into between Mushiringi and Mnangagwa on November 28, 2017.
“… and consequently, that the first to the fourth defendant’s (Eliazel Mushiringi, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, Ruan Meats Enterprises, Wozheri Stone Crushers) together with their sub-tenants, assignees, invitees, members and all other persons claiming occupation through them should within 10 days of service of this court order vacate from the mining claim,” Mupandanyama said in his affidavit.
According to Mupandanyama, the drama started on January 7, 2016, when he entered into a tribute agreement with Mushiringi in terms of which he (Mupandanyama) agreed to grant mining rights to Mushiringi to develop, extract, mill and treat ore from the same and dispose of the product for own account.
“In terms of the agreement first defendant (Mushiringi) undertook to pay 5% of the total gross value of gold and/or any other valuable product extracted from the said mining location,” he said.
On March 18, 2016, Mupandanyama said Mushiringi entered into another agreement with Mnangagwa in terms of which he agreed to give up his mining rights, which he was exercising by virtue of the tribute agreement with Mupandanyama, to Swifteagle.
This included installation of a granite crushing plant, payment of council fees, mine inspection fees, transport, food, accommodation, site fencing, costs of assaying and application of certificates.
“The second plaintiff (Swifteagle) paid a commitment fee of US$10 000 to the first defendant and the agreement will be expiring in March 2036,” he said.
However, around September 2017, Mupandanyama registered a company with Mushiringi to carry out mining activities at his mining claims.
They agreed to dissolve their prior tribute agreements and regularise their mining activities through registration of a new company.
On October 6, 2017 they registered a company, Ultrech Trading to be used as a special purpose vehicle to exploit the mining claim.
But, on November 21, 2017, Mupandanyama said Mushiringi misled him into signing a form to transfer his mining rights at Jilikin 25 which he alleged was necessary to effect the name change.
They also agreed to allot shares, of which Mupandanyama would get 32,5%, Swifteagle 32,5% and Mushiringi 35%.
Besides the sharing of shares, Mupandanyama said they agreed to invite investors who would get 60% shareholding upon paying a commitment fee of US$500 000 to the company.
“In pursuance of the resolution to find investors for the company, the first defendant introduced the second defendant (Mnangagwa) as a consultant who could court investors to exploit the mining claim whereupon it was agreed that if the second defendant succeeded in courting an investor he would be allocated 5% of the first defendant’s shares in the enterprise ex gratia,” Mupandanyama said.
He said Mushiringi, “and acting with deceit and in connivance with Mnangagwa”, allegedly forged Mupandanyama’s signature on the memorandum and articles of association “of the fraudulently procured company thereby unlawfully making a share allocation to themselves and to Mupandanyama” as follows Chad Cecil Mupandanyama 100 shares; Eliazel Mushiringi 300 shares and Tarirai D Mnangagwa 1 200 shares.
“The procurement of the registration of the fourth defendant, the appointment of directors therein and share allocations was null and void as there was no sanction for such acts authorised by first and second plaintiffs,” he said.
“In violation of the agreement of November 27, 2017, on November 28, 2017, the first defendant purportedly entered into yet another fraudulent memorandum of agreement with the second defendant in respect of the first plaintiff’s mining claims.”
The matter is pending.
Tarirai made headlines in May this year when he reportedly fired shots into the air repeatedly, threatening to shoot a Zesa employee deployed to take meter readings at his farm in Norton, Plot 52 Bundu Park Farm, Lydiate, about 40km west of Harare.-
Staunch Warriors fan and Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association Organising Secretary Chris ‘Romario’ Musekiwa has urged the nation to rally behind the team when they take on Algeria tonight.
Zimbabwe clash with Desert Foxes in an AFCON Group H qualifier at the Stade du Juillet 1962 tonight and Romario says the support of the nation is of paramount importance as Zdravko Logarusic’s charges go into battle.
In a statement, Musekiwa said: “
We urge the entire nation to solidly rally behind our gallant Warriors as they go into battle against the against the reigning African champions tonight and the reverse fixture at the National Sports Stadium on Monday.
We encourage all soccer loving fans to use various social media platforms to motivate inspire and cheer up our boys .The Warriors are raring to go and looking forward to a great game we implore them to go into battle with a winning mentality they must not been intimidated by big name players in the Desert Foxes we have equally gifted stars who are good enough to fight to the bitter end and achieve the desired results.
We fear not it will be 11 vs 11 all our strikers should convert every scoring opportunity into goals and take control of the game. An early goal will unsettle the hosts .We have faith and confidence in the team assembled by coach Loga. Team work, dedication and staying focused will be key attributes to our success.”- Soccer 24
By A Correspondent| Motormouth legislator Energy Mutodi has announced that a Harare hotel Holiday Inn has reserved accommodation for guests who are coming to the funeral of the late socialite Genius Kadungure whose burial has been set for Saturday.
Posting on Twitter, Mutodi said;
“The Holiday Inn in Harare has reserved accommodation for guests coming for Ginimbi funeral @ USD$80 per room.”
He also refuted claims that the controversial businessman will be taken to a stadium before his burial.
“Also take note there will be no stadium occasion for Genius as has been peddled by some social media users,” added Mutodi.
Zimbabwe will face Algeria in the Afcon Qualifiers tonight.
The Warriors squad arrived in the North African country on Wednesday morning.
The team left Harare the previous night, aboard a chartered plane, and touched down around 7 am. They are camped at a hotel in Cheraga, a suburb of the city of Algiers.
Here are the details you need to know about the game.
Competition: CAF Afcon Qualifiers, Group H, Matchday 3
Date, Kick-off times & Venue 12 Nov, 9 pm CAT at 5 July 1962 Stadium, Algiers
TV & Stream Info Unfortunately, the match will not be available on SuperSport TV due to broadcasting rights issues at CAF.
Streaming services to be confirmed soon. Soccer24 will post live updates of the match.
Match Officials: Referee: Alioum Alioum (Cameroon) 1st Assistant: Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon) 2nd Assistant: Sanda Oumarou (Cameroon)
Warriors Team News: Twenty-one players travelled to Algeria for the game. The team held a full training session on Tuesday before their departure and had another one on Wednesday evening at the match venue in Algiers.
Goalkeepers: Elvis Chipezeze, Talbert Shumba Defenders: Jimmy Dzingai, Alec Mudimu, Jordan Zemura, Teenage Hadebe, Divine Lunga, Tendai Darikwa, Adam Chicksen, Victor Kamhuka. Midfielders: Ovidy Karuru, Tafadzwa Rusike, Kuda Mahachi, Knowledge Musona, Terrence Dzvukamanja, King Nadolo, Marvellous Nakamba, Khama Billiat Strikers: Tino Kadewere, David Moyo, Prince Dube.
Algeria Squad: Goalkeepers: Rais Mbolhi, Azzedine Doukha, Alexandre Oukidja. Defenders: Mohamed Fares, Youcef Atal, Aissa Mandi, Djamel Benlamri, Ramy Bensebaini, Mehdi Tahrat, Réda Halaïmia Midfielders: Mehdi Abeid, Mehdi Zerkane, Sofiane Feghouli, Adlène Guedioura, Ismaël Bennacer, Haris Belkebla, Farid Boulaya Forwards: Riyad Mahrez, Adam Ounas, Saïd Benrahma, Baghdad Bounedjah, Andy Delort, Karim Aribi, Yacine Brahimi.
Head-to-Head Stats Nothing much separates the two teams in their previous meetings. In the last four encounters, both Zimbabwe and Algeria have come out with similar sets of results.
ALGERIA vs Zim: 1 W/ 2 D / 1 L ZIMBABWE vs Algeria: 1 W/ 2 D / 1 L
Form in the last 5 games across all competitions Algeria: 3 W/1 D/ 1 L Zimbabwe: 2 W/ 3 D/ 0 L
About Group H The group is made up of reigning African champions Algeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Algeria currently lead in the pool after picking up six points while the Warriors follow in second with four.-Soccer 24
Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths.There are an estimated 320 000 annual drowning deaths worldwide.Global estimates may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem related to drowning.Children, males and individuals with increased access to water are most at risk of drowning.
Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid; outcomes are classified as death, morbidity and no morbidity.
Scope of the problem
In 2016, an estimated 320 000 people died from drowning, making drowning a major public health problem worldwide.
In 2015, injuries accounted for over 9% of total global mortality. Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths.
The global burden and death from drowning is found in all economies and regions, however:
low- and middle-income countries account for over 90% of unintentional drowning deaths;over half of the world’s drowning occurs in the WHO Western Pacific Region and WHO South-East Asia Region;drowning death rates are highest in the WHO African Region, and are 15-20 times higher than those seen in Germany or the United Kingdom, respectively.
Despite limited data, several studies reveal information on the cost impact of drowning. In the United States of America, 45% of drowning deaths are among the most economically active segment of the population. Coastal drowning in the United States alone accounts for US$ 273 million each year in direct and indirect costs. In Australia and Canada, the total annual cost of drowning injury is US$ 85.5 million and US$ 173 million respectively.
There is a wide range of uncertainty around the estimate of global drowning deaths. Official data categorization methods for drowning exclude intentional drowning deaths (suicide or homicide) and drowning deaths caused by flood disasters and water transport incidents.
Data from high-income countries suggest these categorization methods result in significant underrepresentation of the full drowning toll by up to 50% in some high-income countries. Non-fatal drowning statistics in many countries are not readily available or are unreliable.
Risk factors
Age
The Global report on drowning (2014)shows that age is one of the major risk factors for drowning. This relationship is often associated with a lapse in supervision. Globally, the highest drowning rates are among children 1–4 years, followed by children 5–9 years. In the WHO Western Pacific Region children aged 5–14 years die more frequently from drowning than any other cause.
Global report on drowning (2014)
Child drowning statistics from a number of countries presented in theGlobal Report on Drowning are particularly revealing:
Drowning is one of the top 5 causes of death for people aged 1–14 years for 48 of 85 countries with data meeting inclusion criteria (1).Australia: drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children aged 1–3 years.Bangladesh: drowning accounts for 43% of all deaths in children aged 1–4 years.China: drowning is the leading cause of injury death in children aged 1–14 years.United States of America: drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in children aged 1–14 years.
Gender
Males are especially at risk of drowning, with twice the overall mortality rate of females. They are more likely to be hospitalized than females for non-fatal drowning. Studies suggest that the higher drowning rates among males are due to increased exposure to water and riskier behaviour such as swimming alone, drinking alcohol before swimming alone and boating.
Access to water
Increased access to water is another risk factor for drowning. Individuals with occupations such as commercial fishing or fishing for subsistence, using small boats in low-income countries are more prone to drowning. Children who live near open water sources, such as ditches, ponds, irrigation channels, or pools are especially at risk.
Flood disasters
Drowning accounts for 75% of deaths in flood disasters. Flood disasters are becoming more frequent and this trend is expected to continue. Drowning risks increase with floods particularly in low- and middle-income countries where people live in flood prone areas and the ability to warn, evacuate, or protect communities from floods is weak or only just developing.
Travelling on water
Daily commuting and journeys made by migrants or asylum seekers often take place on overcrowded, unsafe vessels lacking safety equipment or are operated by personnel untrained in dealing with transport incidents or navigation. Personnel under the influence of alcohol or drugs are also a risk.
Other risk factors
There are other factors that are associated with an increased risk of drowning, such as:
lower socioeconomic status, being a member of an ethnic minority, lack of higher education, and rural populations all tend to be associated, although this association can vary across countries;infants left unsupervised or alone with another child around water;alcohol use, near or in the water;medical conditions, such as epilepsy;tourists unfamiliar with local water risks and features;
Prevention
There are many actions to prevent drowning. Installing barriers (e.g. covering wells, using doorway barriers and playpens, fencing swimming pools etc.) to control access to water hazards, or removing water hazards entirely greatly reduces water hazard exposure and risk.
Community-based, supervised child care for pre-school children can reduce drowning risk and has other proven health benefits. Teaching school-age children basic swimming, water safety and safe rescue skills is another approach. But these efforts must be undertaken with an emphasis on safety, and an overall risk management that includes a safety-tested curricula, a safe training area, screening and student selection, and student-instructor ratios established for safety.
Effective policies and legislation are also important for drowning prevention.
Setting and enforcing safe boating, shipping and ferry regulations is an important part of improving safety on the water and preventing drowning.
Building resilience to flooding and managing flood risks through better disaster preparedness planning, land use planning, and early warning systems can prevent drowning during flood disasters.
Developing a national water safety strategy can raise awareness of safety around water, build consensus around solutions, provide strategic direction and a framework to guide multisectoral action and allow for monitoring and evaluation of efforts.
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Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo has come out in support of the late socialite and business tycoon Genius ” Ginimbi” Kadungure arguing those who think he used juju to amass wealth are lost.
Chivayo dismissed claims that Ginimbi used secret rituals to acquire his wealth.
On Tuesday morning Chivayo implored Zimbabweans to let Genius’ soul to rest in “eternal peace”.
“If you don’t work hard you will be calling successful people Satanists, criminals and prostitutes for the rest of your life,” Chivayo posted on social media.
The Mashonaland East police have granted friends of Genius Kadungure the permission to hold a farewell party for the late socialite at his Domboshawa mansion on condition that they do not violate his corpse.
The farewell party is expected to start at 6pm tonight till late.
Ginimbi’s friends including Mike Chimombe had announced plans to hold a farewell party for late businessman with guests expected to bring their own champaigne.
Before he died, Ginimbi had told his family members not to rush through his funeral to allow his international friends to attend the burial.
The family appears to have taken heed as his burial will now be held on Saturday, exactly 7 days after his death on Sunday.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader, President Nelson Chamisa has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to stop intimidating suffering teachers.
President Chamisa also accused Mr Mnangagwa’s government of “killing” the education system in the country.
“STOP BULLYING TEACHERS!!
Education must not be allowed to sink …
Teacher’s concerns must be addressed.
Restore the dignity of the teaching profession.
Examining without teaching is a no brainier..
Taking a child to an exam without having taught is scandalous.
Rural child without access to TV, radio, computer, connectivity most vulnerable,” President Chamisa said in a statement.
United Kingdom based netball club, Surrey Storm have announced the signing of Zimbabwe Captain Felisitus Kwangwa for the 2021 Superleague season!
The 25-year-old Goal Defender was a standout player at the 2019 Netball World Cup with three Player of the Match performances.
She led the competition in deflections and was sixth for intercepts as Zimbabwe were named team of the tournament.
Felisitus now makes the move to the Superleague, where she will join Mikki Austin’s impressive side for the new season.
She will link up with Aussie Leah Middleton and Northern Ireland international Niamh Cooper in the Storm defence!
Thrilled with the signing, Mikki Austin said: “New to Surrey Storm for this season, we are so excited to have an athlete of Felisitus’ calibre joining our defensive end.
“As an athlete who has stood out head and shoulders for her ability to win the ball for Zimbabwe at Netball World Cup 2019, we cannot wait to see her compete again in duck egg blue.”
Felisitus is Surrey Storm’s final signing of the signing window. We are delighted to now we able to announce her following Visa approval.
Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo has come out in support of the late socialite and business tycoon Genius ” Ginimbi” Kadungure arguing those who think he used juju to amass wealth are lost.
Chivayo dismissed claims that Ginimbi used secret rituals to acquire his wealth.
On Tuesday morning Chivayo implored Zimbabweans to let Genius’ soul to rest in “eternal peace.”
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“If you don’t work hard you will be calling successful people Satanists, criminals and prostitutes for the rest of your life,” Chivayo posted on social media.
A Chivhu commercial sex worker who has just left the profession has described the 14 years that she spent changing men as the hardest part of her life.
Febie Banda said this at a function where she and her colleagues in the profession expressed gratitude for the support to start small projects that they received from Debra Tshuma Foundation.
The Foundation to which they were connected to by the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr John Mangwiro provided the 200 sex workers under the project with matemba, beans, Russian sausages and potatoes to make fresh chips which they are selling for profit.
Banda vowed that because of the success they enjoyed from their new entrepreneurship, she and her colleagues were going to kiss goodbye to the oldest profession and use their hands in business to support their lives. She said this at a function held at Liebenberg High School and attended by Dr Mangwiro, Minister of State for Mash East Apolonia Munzverengwi, MP for Women’s Quarter Tatenda Mavetera, Chief Mutekedza and senior Government officials.
“I have been a commercial sex worker for 14 years and I am not proud of it. These were the hardest years of my life. I went through difficulties that were really bad. Today I say enough is enough, I am going to leave prostitution and work with my hands and be a business woman,” said Banda.
Another sex worker, Pamela Katsonga said she started prostitution at the age of 16. Her target market was truck drivers and at that time she thought it was the best way to make quick money to survive.
She pleaded with First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa to help them with more projects.
The First Lady was represented at the function by Dr Mandas Marikanda who is the CEO of Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank.
“I encourage all the ladies here to work hard and do projects to sustain their livelihood. Don’t return to commercial sex work because there are more disadvantages there. I also encourage those who get pregnant not to abort but to keep those babies and work hard for them,” said Dr Marikanda.
She encouraged them to apply for loans for projects at the Bank. They also got bakery equipment.- Masvingo Mirror
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Tarirai David Mnangagwa is being accused of seizing gold mining claims in Gweru after the owners had invited him to invest in the project.
The gold mining claims in question are under Block 16 Quarts mining claims called Jilikin 25, registration number 12641BM whose owner, according to court papers seen by NewsDay, is Chad Cecil Mupandanyama, since 2005.
But last month, Mnangagwa filed an application with the court, alleging that he had been duped of US$4 million by Mupanganyama after he was booted out a company which he co-founded.
Mupandanyama together with his company, Swifteagle Investment Business Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd, cited Eliazel Mushiringi, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, Ruan Meats Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, Wozheri Stone Crushers (Pvt) Ltd, Registrar of Companies, provincial mining director, Mines minister Winston Chitando as co-respondents in the matter.
Mupandanyama said initially, he was partners with Mushiringi, who later roped in Mnangagwa to register a company called Wozheri Stone Crushers (Pvt) Ltd using a forged signature and other documents obtained fraudulently. As a result, Mupandanyama is seeking the High Court to issue an order declaring the registration of Wozheri Stone Crushers unlawful.
Mupandanyama is also seeking the cancellation of the memorandum of agreement entered into between Mushiringi and Mnangagwa on November 28, 2017.
“… and consequently, that the first to the fourth defendant’s (Eliazel Mushiringi, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, Ruan Meats Enterprises, Wozheri Stone Crushers) together with their sub-tenants, assignees, invitees, members and all other persons claiming occupation through them should within 10 days of service of this court order vacate from the mining claim,” Mupandanyama said in his affidavit.
According to Mupandanyama, the drama started on January 7, 2016, when he entered into a tribute agreement with Mushiringi in terms of which he (Mupandanyama) agreed to grant mining rights to Mushiringi to develop, extract, mill and treat ore from the same and dispose of the product for own account.
“In terms of the agreement first defendant (Mushiringi) undertook to pay 5% of the total gross value of gold and/or any other valuable product extracted from the said mining location,” he said.
On March 18, 2016, Mupandanyama said Mushiringi entered into another agreement with Mnangagwa in terms of which he agreed to give up his mining rights, which he was exercising by virtue of the tribute agreement with Mupandanyama, to Swifteagle.
This included installation of a granite crushing plant, payment of council fees, mine inspection fees, transport, food, accommodation, site fencing, costs of assaying and application of certificates.
“The second plaintiff (Swifteagle) paid a commitment fee of US$10 000 to the first defendant and the agreement will be expiring in March 2036,” he said.
However, around September 2017, Mupandanyama registered a company with Mushiringi to carry out mining activities at his mining claims.
They agreed to dissolve their prior tribute agreements and regularise their mining activities through registration of a new company.
On October 6, 2017 they registered a company, Ultrech Trading to be used as a special purpose vehicle to exploit the mining claim.
But, on November 21, 2017, Mupandanyama said Mushiringi misled him into signing a form to transfer his mining rights at Jilikin 25 which he alleged was necessary to effect the name change.
They also agreed to allot shares, of which Mupandanyama would get 32,5%, Swifteagle 32,5% and Mushiringi 35%.
Besides the sharing of shares, Mupandanyama said they agreed to invite investors who would get 60% shareholding upon paying a commitment fee of US$500 000 to the company.
“In pursuance of the resolution to find investors for the company, the first defendant introduced the second defendant (Mnangagwa) as a consultant who could court investors to exploit the mining claim whereupon it was agreed that if the second defendant succeeded in courting an investor he would be allocated 5% of the first defendant’s shares in the enterprise ex gratia,” Mupandanyama said.
He said Mushiringi, “and acting with deceit and in connivance with Mnangagwa”, allegedly forged Mupandanyama’s signature on the memorandum and articles of association “of the fraudulently procured company thereby unlawfully making a share allocation to themselves and to Mupandanyama” as follows Chad Cecil Mupandanyama 100 shares; Eliazel Mushiringi 300 shares and Tarirai D Mnangagwa 1 200 shares.
“The procurement of the registration of the fourth defendant, the appointment of directors therein and share allocations was null and void as there was no sanction for such acts authorised by first and second plaintiffs,” he said.
“In violation of the agreement of November 27, 2017, on November 28, 2017, the first defendant purportedly entered into yet another fraudulent memorandum of agreement with the second defendant in respect of the first plaintiff’s mining claims.”
The matter is pending.
Tarirai made headlines in May this year when he reportedly fired shots into the air repeatedly, threatening to shoot a Zesa employee deployed to take meter readings at his farm in Norton, Plot 52 Bundu Park Farm, Lydiate, about 40km west of Harare.-
By A Correspondent- A man from Matopo in Matabeleland South province is allegedly living in “hell” at the hands of his abusive wife whom he described as a “dangerous woman”.
Giveness Sikhosana who has since deserted his matrimonial home to stay with a friend in Bulawayo said he missed death by a whisker after his wife Sigezekile Ndlovu violently attacked his manhood with an iron rod causing excruciating pain.
He said he was rushed to hospital for urgent medical treatment following the brutal attack on his genitals.
Sikhosana opened up on the savage attack at the Bulawayo Civil Court where he was seeking a protection order against his wife.
He asserts that there was more to the abuse than being attacked with a metal rod on his crotch. He claims his wife also repeatedly threatened to kill him and was even sending her brothers to attack him.
“I reported a case of assault at ZRP Matopo against my wife Sigezekile Ndlovu. She used a metal object to hit me to an extent that I sought medical attention. She also hit my manhood with that metal object and I experienced serious pain. I survived after being attended at hospital. She is so dangerous.
“She is also sending her brothers to beat me up. She also uses vulgar language and is threatening to kill me. I have since moved away from our home and I’m now staying with a friend here in Bulawayo. I am no longer safe because of her violent behaviour and I’m therefore seeking a protection order against her,” said Sikhosana.
He begged the court to protect him by granting an order that bars his wife from assaulting and chasing him away from their homestead.
His wife, however, disputed the accusations. She said Sikhosana was the one who was economically abusing her and the children.
“I am opposed to his application. We had a misunderstanding because he was no longer maintaining the children.
After the misunderstanding he left home and I don’t even know where he is now staying. At the height of the misunderstanding he also assaulted me with a stick and axe handle and I retaliated.
“When he was asked by the elders what had happened, he lied that I tore his clothes. When he assaulted me, the elders advised me to report him to the police but I refused because he was going to be arrested. The elders later sat us down and reprimanded us,” stated Ndlovu.
Sikhosana dismissed his wife’s response saying she was disrespectful to him and his parents.
“I dispute the allegations of assault made against me. In fact, she is the one who assaulted me and I ended up going to the hospital. She doesn’t respect me as her husband. She doesn’t wash and cook for me. She is also not respecting my parents. She is always insulting them with obscenities indicating that she is not their daughter-in-law. It is also not true that I am not maintaining our children. I take care of them and I always send them groceries,” he said.
In her ruling presiding magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu ordered Ndlovu not to physically and verbally abuse her husband.
By A Correspondent- While some footballers seem to struggle after hanging their boots with nothing to show for their sweat, this is, however, a different case for Golden Munandi, a Cowdray Park-based sweets vendor who now rides a blue VW Polo that he purchased three weeks ago.
Munandi (35) is a former FC Platinum, Caps United, Black Rhinos, Triangle, Border Strikers and Zimbabwe Saints player, who after turning out for 19 local teams decided to hang his football boots at the beginning of the year.
“I used to be a laughing stock in the society. Some people questioned why I had ventured into the business of selling chocolate sweets. However, that did not dampen my spirits. While from football I only got fame, friends without fortune courtesy of my sweet vending venture I managed to buy a car three weeks ago,” said the easy going Munandi.
The teetotaller added: “I personally believe in hard work, a doctrine that I adopted when I was young. I go to Zaoga Church where we are continuously taught to work using our hands. My challenge to footballers is that even if their legs can still carry them, they should consider venturing into different businesses. Even if it means selling tomatoes, they should not be shy what society will say about them. For the past 18 years, I enjoyed playing local football. I was so nomadic all in search of greener pastures.”
The pint-sized former midfielder is one of the many uncelebrated players who helped Zimbabwe’s league champions FC Platinum earn Premier Soccer League promotion in 2010.
He speaks of a trail of broken dreams and broken promises by Pure Platinum Play.
“With the great work I did for the team since our days in the lower divisions, the treatment that I got from them at the end of the day was a slap in the face,” said Munandi.
He is still seething over contractual issues that he feels disadvantaged him.-statemedia
By A Correspondent- A man from Jotsholo who came home unexpectedly got the shock of his life after he caught his wife having sex with their herdboy on their matrimonial bed.
A source close to investigations said Thando Sibanda (36) from Jotsholo who is an artisanal miner based in Inyathi and who was not feeling well busted his 26-year-old wife when he unexpectedly returned home.
The source said: “He went there without phoning his wife Thelma Dliwayo. He arrived at around 11.30PM and caught his wife busy dishing out his sexual goodies to their herdboy on their matrimonial bed.”
The source said for a few minutes he froze and became weak.
However, he quickly summoned courage and confronted them.
“As he tried to hit the two, the herdboy violently pushed him against the wall and bolted out of the room. He fled and left to his parent’s home in Binga,” the source said.
Seething with anger, Sibanda reportedly stood up and battered his wife several times all over the body.
His wife tried to apologise but the fuming husband would take none of that and showed her a red card.
He then ordered her to vacate their homestead as he felt betrayed by her.
As if that was not enough, he went on to burn her clothes.
Dliwayo reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of her aggrieved husband.
Sibanda appeared before Lupane magistrate Ndumo Masuku charged with a crime of malicious damage to property.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded out of custody to Tuesday next week.statemedia
By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo man is being accused of abusing and abandoning his family allegedly as a result of his girlfriend’s powerful love.
This matter came to light at the Bulawayo Civil Court where Shamiso Table sought a peace order against her husband Bright Table, a student at Bulawayo Polytechnic.
She claimed her then faithful husband went wild the moment he started dating another woman who is also a student at Bulawayo Polytechnic.
“I am the applicant in this matter and the respondent Bright Table is my husband. I am applying for a protection order against him because since February 2020, he has been verbally, physically and economically abusing me.
“The last incident occurred on 2 October 2020 when he physically assaulted me. He started abusing me the moment he started having an extra-marital affair with another woman who is also a student at Bulawayo Polytechnic. He forcibly removed me from our bedroom,” complained Shamiso.
She insisted that before her husband engaged in extra-marital affairs, he was a caring and God-fearing man.
Bright dismissed his wife’s allegations saying she was the one who was violating his peace.
“I am shocked that the applicant has approached the court with an application premised on blatant falsehoods. I deny that I am physically and verbally or emotionally violating her peace in any manner.
“She is the one who has been violating my peace by being physically and emotionally abusive towards me. She is provocative and confrontational. I have on several occasions been subjected to emotional and physical abuse by the applicant.
“Sometime this year I arrived home to find all of my clothes thrown outside the house. Prior to that she took my car keys and this has adversely affected me because I use the vehicle for commercial purposes to earn money since I am a student. I am of the view that she made the application as a way of preventing me from demanding my car keys which she has,” he responded.
Shamiso, however, insisted that her husband was abusive adding that they purchased the car together with her contributing more money.
For the purpose of maintaining peace the presiding magistrate granted a reciprocal order which requires both parties not to verbally and physically abuse each other.
The magistrate also ordered Shamiso to return the car keys to her husband and the latter not to dispose of any matrimonial property without the knowledge of the former.-statemedia
Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has accused government of bullying teachers to force them to return to work as the deadlock continues without any sign of resolution.
Government recently announced a 40 percent salary increase which would see the lowest paid teacher taking home $18 000 but they have refused to accept anything less than an equivalent of USD520.
Posting on Twitter, Chamisa accused government of employing bullying to force teachers back to work.
“STOP BULLYING TEACHERS Education must not be allowed to sink. Engage Teachers and address their concerns. Restore the dignity of the teaching profession. Examining without teaching is a no brainer. Rural child without access to TV, radio,computer,internet most vulnerable,” said Chamisa.
By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo man has been arrested for allegedly trying to undress a woman who was sleeping at his neighbour’s house.
Gift Mayibongwe Moyo (39) employed by Bernard Plumbers as an assistant plumber was arrested after the 20-year-old victim, whose name is being withheld for ethical reasons, told police that she woke up to find Moyo taking her clothes off.
According to court records the incident took place on 16 October 2020 and at Glamour Hair Salon Cottages situated along Fife Street and between 10th and 11th avenues.
It is reported that on the day in question and at around 10pm the victim was sleeping on the bed at her friend’s place when she felt that someone was sleeping next to her.
It is yet to be proven that in the process Moyo was removing her skirt and she quickly screamed for help.
While screaming for help that is when she reportedly discovered that it was Moyo who was trying to undress her. The seemingly terrified woman reportedly told him to stop, but he did not.
It is reported that a daring Moyo started proposing love to the victim who turned him down and in a fit of pique he brutally slapped her once on the face.
The matter was reported to the police leading to Moyo’s arrest. For the offence Moyo was dragged before Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja facing two counts of assault and indecent assault.
He was, however, not asked to plead and was remanded out of custody to 9 November on $1 000 bail.-statemedia
Vigilance and Resilience Most Important in the Decisive Phase of Teachers’ Incapacitation
12 November 2020
The gvt has tried an array of methods to break teachers’ incapacitation, ranging from threats of dismissal, divisionism, unprocedural and unpalatable salary increase, to the current compilation of names of incapacitated teachers.
We reiterate our long held view that teachers are not voluntarily absenting themselves from work but have been incapacitated by the gvt that reduced their salary from US$520-US$550 in October 2018 to less than US$40 by September 2020.
At any rate it is not a crime to be absent in terms of public service regulations. What is punishable is being away without a good cause. *Incapacitation is surely a good cause and as Ptuz, we informed both the employer PSC and Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education about this.
As the United Front of Teacher Unions we have also informed the President of Zimbabwe, cde ED Mnangagwa about teachers’ predicament. Consequently, there is no way gvt can legally punish teachers after incapacitating them unless it would want to create a legal lacuna.
The futile exercise by the Ministry of Education and PSC is nothing other than intimidatory so that teachers can borrow in order to go to work and therefore sink deeper into debts.
We therefore advice teachers against borrowing but rather eagerly wait to be capacitated by gvt. Borrowing will dilute our message to gvt and weaken our bargaining power.
We urge school heads to disregard the unpalatable demand to compile names of incapacitated teachers. At any rate when the worst comes to the worst we will be readily available to defend you in terms of PSC regulations.
Gvt must abandon intimidatory tactics and engage leaders of the United Front of Teacher Unions in order to find an acceptable way forward. Gvt firefighting methods through archaic, obsolete, moribund Apex Council whose term of office has long expired has no traction.
Worse still we reiterate that salaries and conditions of service must be products of dialogue or engagement rather than the callous unilateral gvt paternalism that is an affront to trade unionism.
The time for parents and students to amplify their voices in support of teachers is now. Practical examinations are starting next week and if no solution is urgently found there would be disaster in schools.
Our commitment to dialogue must be harnessed by gvt so as to bring an end to the impasse in schools. Time is ticking away and teachers would not be blamed over whatever eventuality that may ensue and militate against the smoothy preparation of students for examibations, let alone the actual writing of examinations.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Vigilance demands that incapacitated teachers must always be resilient every time.
My heart is aching because of the injustice being visited upon Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope . His continued detention is a crass abuse of power and is a symbol of what is so wrong with Zimbabwe. Remember him in your prayers tonight. #FreeHopewellpic.twitter.com/4oDcPXGwyE
Controversial musician and politician Energy Mutodi has resurfaced at the late Genius Kadungure’s funeral and is posted a video on his Twitter account announcing funeral program while flanked by family and friends of the deceased.
By A Correspondent| Journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono will appeal against Harare Magistrate Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa’s decision to deny him bail on the grounds that he has a propensity to commit offenses.
Chin’ono’s lawyer Doug Coltart said they disagree with the ruling and will approach the High Court.
“Hopewell Chin’ono has been denied bail (again) on the basis that he “has a propensity to commit offenses”. We disagree with the ruling & are filing an appeal to the High Court. He does not have any previous convictions. Our Constitution guarantees the presumption of innocence,” said Coltart.
By A Correspondent- There is confusion in the handling of the cases of over 1 000 nurses whose suspension was ordered by government as some health institutions are reportedly reinstating them.
About 1 280 nurses were suspended by the Health Service Board and removed from the payroll pending disciplinary hearings after they failed to report for duty protesting the Health and Child Care ministry’s decision to scrap flexi working hours arrangement.
Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga and Health secretary Jasper Chimedza had directed provincial medical directors to cancel the flexi hour system and revert back to the normal working hours.
However, nurses pleaded incapacitation and lack of personal protective equipment, which they said exposed them to COVID-19.
In Bulawayo, close to 500 nurses at the city’s two major hospitals, Mpilo Central and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), are supposed to undergo disciplinary hearing.
Nurses at the two health institutions reported for the disciplinary hearing last week in the company of their lawyers, but officials reportedly suspended the process.
Mpilo has reportedly reinstated the nurses while UBH is said to have continued to issue suspension letters, some with wrong dates.
UBH chief executive Narcisus Dzvanga yesterday said: “I am not aware of that (reinstatement of nurses at Mpilo). We are all managed by the HSB and ministry.”
A source at the institution, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said their colleagues at Mpilo had returned to work, but UBH was adamant.
“They suspended hearings when we came with our lawyers last Wednesday. We had hoped that we would return to work like our colleagues at Mpilo. We were surprised to see management continuing issuing suspension letters, some of which have wrong dates,” a nurse said. Government suspended 266 nurses at UBH and 211 at Mpilo.
At Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare, it is alleged that the affected nurses were told to resume duty, but were still to receive their salaries.
“I am one of them, some were given letters and during the process, they just stopped issuing letters, telling us to return to work. We did, but there is a rumour that we were removed from the payroll,” the source said.
Another source said the issue was being treated differently from hospital to hospital, with Chitungwiza Central Hospital having “protected” its staff from suspension.-Newsday
By Jane Mlambo| State has summoned Harare West constituency legislator Joanah Mamombe to stand trial on 24 November 2020 on charges of unnecessary movement in April at a time when government imposed a national lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.
Mamombe was on Wednesday 11 November 2020 served with summons advising her to appear at Harare Magistrates Court at 8:AM on 24 November 2020 to answer to charges of contravening section 4(1)(a) of the Public health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) Order Statutory Instrument 83/2020 as read with section 3 of Statutory Instrument 110/20 for unnecessary movement during national lockdown.
Authorities claim that the Harare West constituency legislator unlawfully and without sufficient cause made unnecessary movement during the national lockdown by leading an entourage of more than 10 people and proceeded to Mukushi Compound in Tynwald North and Chichera Farm in Marlborough suburb.
Already, Mamombe, together with MDC-Alliance party youth leaders Cecelia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova are currently appearing in court answering to a cocktail of charges including participating in an anti-government protest against hunger during the national lockdown period as defined in section 37 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and for contravening section 5(3) (a) as read with section 5(1) of Statutory Instrument 99 of 2020 of Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) Order, 2020.
The trio is also answering to charges of publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state as defined in section 31(a)(ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state as defined in section 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as well as defeating or obstructing the course of justice as defined in section 184(1)(f) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Prosecutors claim that Mamombe, Marova and Chimbiri, who are victims of torture and abduction, stage managed their abduction and told falsehoods to their lawyers, relatives and friends that they had been abducted on 13 May 2020.
By A Correspondent- A 22 year old Lobengula West man in Bulawayo on Tuesday disarmed an ex-police sergeant using a golf club during a robbery attempt prompting members of the community to bash the suspect.
The young man disarmed Ian Sibanda (54), who was accompanied by Learnmore Kwari intending to rob an old woman (name yet to be revealed) after getting wind that she had sold a house for US$20 000. Neighbours told Southern Eye that the 22-year-old young hero (name not disclosed)’s action resulted in the arrest of the suspect.
Acting Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Nomalanga Msebele yesterday confirmed the arrest of Sibanda, adding that investigations were in progress.
“I can confirm that on November 10, the complainant was watching television in her sitting room with her three grandchildren,” Msebele said.
“The two robbers knocked at the back door of the house and were allowed in by one of the grandchildren. They had parked their dark green BMW vehicle in the neighbourhood.”
She added that Sibanda and Kwari were wearing caps and face masks, which partially covered their faces and they demanded cash from the old woman while holding an unregistered pistol whose serial numbers had been removed.
Msebele said the old woman fled from the room while screaming for help, and one of her grandsons came out of the bathroom and armed himself with a golf stick.
The police spokesperson said the young man used the golf stick to beat Sibanda until he dropped the gun.
The young man and Sibanda wrestled until neighbours, as well as police officers, arrived and apprehended the suspect.
Kwari managed to escape from the scene.
Police officers recovered BMW car keys which belong to Sibanda and a firearm with one live round of ammunition.-Newsday
A Facebook page propagated the below video claiming that the drivers of these race cars are friends of the late socialite Genius Kadungure, Ginimbi, who have arrived in Zimbabwe for his burial.
The video however is of an incident in South Africa from where it is traced to at least several months before. PICTURES:
By A Correspondent- Teachers have rejected the government’s 40% salary hike offer, describing it as a mockery, vowing not to return to work until their employer pays them meaningful salaries.
Government on Tuesday proposed a 40% salary hike for all its workers and a 10% risk allowance to teachers as a way of enticing them to end the job boycott that started in September when schools reopened for examination classes, throwing schools into chaos.
According to Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa during a post-Cabinet Press briefing, the 40% salary hike will be awarded to all grades below director level.
The offer came after teachers rejected a 20% salary hike last week announced through the National Joint Negotiating Council.
But teachers yesterday scoffed at the government offer that will leave them earning $18 237, which they said was grossly inadequate.
“Incapacitated teachers have rejected the 40% salary increase offered by Cabinet on Tuesday, the increase is procedurally defective and grossly insufficient in quantum,” Progressive Teacher of Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou said.
“Salaries and conditions of service are subject to bargaining between the employer and workers and not a product of employer machinations. Government attempts to render unions useless must be rejected in toto.”
He said the PTUZ was ready for meaningful dialogue with the government.
Government has been resisting increasing salaries for reachers, with Labour minister Paul Mavima, saying such a move would trigger inflation.
Schools opened on Monday for the final phase with pupils being turned away because teachers did not report for duty. The teachers are demanding US$520 per month.
“We remain worried at government’s reluctance to pay its workers in forex at a time the economy has dollarised,” Zhou said, adding the 40% salary hike would not improve the standard of living for the struggling teachers.
“The government is also silent on prioritisation of health and safety of teachers and pupils, more so given cases of COVID-19 in schools. In light of the foregoing, the best foot forward for incapacitated teachers remain the incapacitation modus operandi until we are capacitated.”
Zhou urged parents to keep their kids in the safety of their homes. He reiterated that the educators would not be intimidated by the steps taken by government to record names of absent teachers in order to dock their incomes.
“We urge school heads to resist submission of names of incapacitated teachers to any office. We urge all teachers to rise and be counted in our incapacitation struggle. The darkest hour is just before dawn,” he said.
“We implore government to engage leaders of teacher unions in order to find a holistic solution to the current impasse in schools.”
He added: “We reiterate that no amount of threats and brutality can force teachers back to their workplaces. Dialogue and capacitation are the only means available, and the sooner they are employed the better for the education system in Zimbabwe.”
Zimbabwe Rural Teachers’ Union coordinator Wonder Myapokoto also rejected the government pay offer.
“The rural teacher is doubly incapacitated as mobile money prices treble because they move further from cities. Another issue is that providers of services like transport who ply the remote, dirt roads ask for US dollar or rand.
Asked for comment, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo said he was not aware of the 40% pay offer, and would not comment on issues circulating on social media. He directed questions to the ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro, who in turn referred questions to the Labour and Social Welfare ministry.
“We cannot even speak about it because it has not come out of any negotiation, so we really don’t know anything about it because we believe that you don’t have to unilaterally announce a salary increment.”-Newsday
By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF has centralised the printing of ballot papers for its forthcoming district co-ordinating committee elections to avert cases of fraud and rigging.
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda said the move was also meant to thwart wily attempts by G40 elements to impose their candidates.
The commissariat and security departments will be in charge of printing the ballot papers.
Matemadanda said there will be no names of disqualified people and ballot stuffing.
All eyes are on MDC Alliance MPs after Hong Kong’s opposition legislators announced they are resigning today after four of them were sacked for lack of Patriotism.
Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers yesterday told journalists they would submit their letters of resignation on Thursday.
This was after China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a resolution this week saying any lawmaker who supports Hong Kong’s independence, refuses to acknowledge China’s sovereignty over the city, threatens national security, or asks external forces to interfere in the city’s affairs should be disqualified.
The Hong Kong Government has disqualified four legislators — Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung.
“Today we will resign from our positions because our partners, our colleagues have been disqualified by the central Government’s ruthless move,” Wu Chi-wai, convener of the pro-democracy camp, said at the news conference on Wednesday.
“Although we are facing a lot of difficulties in the coming future for the fight of democracy, we will never, ever give up.”
In farewell comments to reporters outside the Chamber on Wednesday, disqualified legislator Mr Kwok said he would “continue to fight for the core values of Hong Kong”.
The four had already been barred from running for re-election after authorities deemed their pledge of allegiance to Hong Kong insincere.
Commenting on the development SAPES Trust founder Ibbo Mandaza asked, “An interesting development in Hong Kong where all legislators are due to resign tomorrow in protest at 4 of their members who were sacked by the Administration for lack of “patriotism” to the Motherland. What a contrast to our opposition in Zimbabwe – compliant and obliging? ”
Responding, the MDC Alliance said in a statement on Twitter: “MDC Alliance MPs suspended participation from Parliament following the earlier recalls.
“This was pending consultation with constituents. When consulted, the constituents expressed the strong view that the MPs should remain in Parly & not hand the vote to ZanuPF on a silver plate.” – Source – ABCNews
By A Correspondent- Parents and or guardians of learners at Welton Group of Schools in Beitbridge have withdrawn their kids from the private learning institution after they disagreed on a new fee structure.
The school is charging R3 000 in tuition fees, US$80 food, and US$25 for personal protective equipment and is also demanding another R2 000 in operation fees for term two.
The latest demand did not auger well with parents who want the meals allowances scrapped and are also against the payment of term two fees.
Schools were warned by the government against demanding second term fees since there is no term two on the 2020 school calendar after schools were closed due to the coronavirus.
A parent who spoke to Chronicle on condition of anonymity said all parents had resolved to withdraw their children after efforts to reach an agreement with the school director (Mr Moyo) had yielded no results.
The parents have also jointly written to school authorities requesting a full explanation of the fees for the second term.
Reads the letter in part:
We believe that school fees are charged per term after having considered all the running expenses that apply to the school term in question.
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, everyone across the world was affected and most of the parents were not working due to the lockdown.
You have been running the school for the past years and we believe the so-called operational costs were being included in the breakdown of school fees.
In that regard, we further request that you be frank with us as your clients and give us a budget for term 3 fees adding up to the figures you want parents to pay as fees.
Meanwhile, a team to engage the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has already been set up to resolve the impasse.-statemedia
The state has summoned Harare West constituency legislator Hon. Joanah Mamombe to stand trial on 24 November 2020 on charges of unnecessary movement in April at a time when government imposed a national lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.
Mamombe was on Wednesday 11 November 2020 served with summons advising her to appear at Harare Magistrates Court at 8:AM on 24 November 2020 to answer to charges of contravening section 4(1)(a) of the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) Order Statutory Instrument 83/2020 as read with section 3 of Statutory Instrument 110/20 for unnecessary movement during national lockdown.
Authorities claim that the Harare West constituency legislator unlawfully and without sufficient cause made unnecessary movement during the national lockdown by leading an entourage of more than 10 people and proceeded to Mukushi Compound in Tynwald North and Chichera Farm in Marlborough suburb.
Already, Hon. Mamombe, together with MDC-Alliance party youth leaders Cecelia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova are currently appearing in court answering to a cocktail of charges including participating in an anti-government protest against hunger during the national lockdown period as defined in section 37 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and for contravening section 5(3) (a) as read with section 5(1) of Statutory Instrument 99 of 2020 of Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) Order, 2020.
The trio is also answering to charges of publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state as defined in section 31(a)(ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state as defined in section 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as well as defeating or obstructing the course of justice as defined in section 184(1)(f) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Prosecutors claim that Hon. Mamombe, Marova and Chimbiri, who are victims of torture and abduction, stage managed their abduction and told falsehoods to their lawyers, relatives and friends that they had been abducted on 13 May 2020.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | Zanu-PF national political commissar Cde Victor Matemadanda has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) for lacking seriousness with parliamentary business, saying many pieces of legislation were lagging behind schedule due to absenteeism. Cde Matemadanda who has become synonymous with hard work was addressing a provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Masvingo. Cde Matemadanda, who is also the Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans, said the behaviour of some Zanu-PF MPs is not commensurate with their duties in parliament. He described their conduct as “unbecoming conduct.” “As Zanu-PF, we are the majority in parliament and we do not need anybody’s support to pass any law but what is happening now is that many bills are behind schedule because we hardly have the numbers in parliament at any seating. “You give them fuel coupons today, tomorrow you don’t find them. You give them the diesel that is due to them, they take it away and use it on their farms or they use it to drive to their girlfriends and boyfriends.
“At one moment the President had to send me to talk to them but they did not change. The President then asked me if he needed to go and do the whipping duties himself and I told him what the MPs were doing was the result of the democratic space he opened up where everybody does as they please,” said cde Matemadanda.
He said reaching a quorum in parliament was always difficult despite Zanu-PF commanding a two-thirds majority. “What happens now is that we cannot pass laws as swiftly as we want because we don’t have a quorum. The MDC Alliance has realised that weakness on our part and they take advantage of that to stall the passage of laws that are ideal to our vision as the ruling party,” lamented cde Victor Matemanda.
Cde Matemadanda defended the President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the malicious attempts to link him and his good family to alleged gold smuggler Henrietta Rushwaya who was arrested in Harare recently. “So here is a President whose own police and intelligence services intercepted and arrested a gold smuggler at the airport. How then do you pin the smuggler on him and create a relationship between them? You say the smuggler is his relative, but who told you that?” said Matemadanda. “If Rushwaya is related to the president you must then be able to see that cde President is a fair man. He does not favour anyone. He allows the law to take its course.” Those who talk about nepotism must see that the president is above such nonsense”.
Cde Matemadanda said that there are many bills that need to be debated and finalised, and these include the Zimbabwe Manpower Planning and Development Bill, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) Bill, as well as the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill.
Besides the alignment of many laws to the constitution being long overdue, government is also grappling with the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 which seeks to do away with many provisions of the constitution including the contentious running mate clause which otherwise will limit the President’s powers over his Vice Presidents beginning in 2023.
Cde Matemadanda urged every member of parliament to pull up his socks or her chest in order to perform flawlessly.
Commenting on cde Matemadanda’s stance on seriousness in parliamentary business many political commentators said that the Commissariat department has become one of the well organised department and most effective arm and well oiled part of ZANU PF. All this thanks to cde Matemadanda. Cde Matemadanda’s comments on the attitude to work by MPs received a lot of commendation from all angles. “With a commissair like this one ZANU PF will become a force to recognise. -Vazet2000@yahoo.co.uk
By A Correspondent- Fifty-one (51) Zimbabweans were arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post as they were trying to illegally enter into South Africa.
The group is among 124 people who had just been deported from South Africa for violating that country’s immigration laws.
The police officer commanding Beitbridge District, Chief Superintendent Tichaona Nyongo said four crew members of a South Africa-registered bus which was carrying the border jumpers are in custody for allegedly assisting the immigrants.
A source with the Ferrets told Chronicle that the immigrants were found hiding under the bus seats to avoid detection.
The source said:
A team led by Major (George Mvura) from the army was patrolling the area when they stopped the two buses which had just dropped deportees from Lindela (in Johannesburg) at the NSSA hotel.
They conducted a physical search of the two buses, as per standard procedure leading to the discovery of 51 people hiding under the seats.
The source said after interrogations, the immigrants revealed they had paid R13 000 to bus crew members for transportation back to Johannesburg.
This comes amid reports that with the assistance of South African and Zimbabwean security personnel, many Zimbabweans have been flocking into South Africa illegally to get employment or to purchase goods for resale back home.
This is attributed to a myriad of issues in Zimbabwe including the government’s failure to produce enough passports and the collapse of the economy.
By Patrick Guramatunhu- “Chiredzi South legislator Kalisto Gwanetsa last week called a meeting with all school heads in his constituency after it recorded poor results during the 2019 Grade 7, Ordinary Level and Advance Level Zimsec examinations” reported Newsday in February 2020.
“Most of the schools performed dismally with some posting a 0% pass rate while others got 2% or 3%.”
“I have called this meeting because I am not happy with last year’s results. I know things are difficult economically, but our results are pathetic. We have room to improve. We should be seen putting more effort to improve our pass rate,” said the Zanu PF MP Brigadier-General Kalisto Gwanetsa (Retired).
Well the schools were open for only three months before they closed for the nationwide corona virus lockdown.
Officially, schools reopened on 28 September 2020 but in practice students have not been attending classes because there are no teachers. Teachers are strike. They are demanding a living wage.
One thing is certain, there will NOT be much improvement in the school results in Chiredzi South constituency. And if the truth be told this is not a problem in Chiredzi South alone, it is everywhere.
2019 was not the first time the country had posted pathetic school results, this has been going on for decades now. And, worst of all, there is absolutely no hope of education standard ever improving without first reviving the country’s comatose economy. As long as the economy remains in the doldrums there will be no money to pay the teachers a living wage and money to pay for all the other things needed to deliver quality education.
Zimbabwe’s economy has been in decline for the last 40 years, ever since the country’s independence in 1980. Four decades of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption have left the country’s once robust and promising economy in ruins.
Zanu PF, the party that has remained in office throughout the 40 years, has grudging acknowledged the economic meltdown but refused to accept it is responsible for it.
Worst of all, the party insist it has solutions to revive the economy, insisting the country is well on its way to become an “upper middle income nation by 2030, vision 2030!” The reality is Zanu PF has no clue what to do to revive the economic and the failure to provide such basic services as education and health proves the country is sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss.
The tragedy is the people are stuck with this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime for all these last 40 years. The regime has rigged the elections to secure it stay in power.
“Failure to find a lasting solution for our schools could have long-term consequences not only for education, but also for our development trajectory of the nation. Solutions must be holistic, comprehensive and inclusive. We can resolve this social contract breakdown,” commented Kenneth Mtata, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary-general.
The only holistic, comprehensive, inclusive and lasting solution to Zimbabwe’s economic and political crisis, the crisis in education is but one manifestation of the national crisis, is for the country to end the curse of rigged elections and bad governance by holding free, fair and credible elections.
Zimbabweans have known that the root cause of the country’s economic and political problems is bad governance. Even now with the nation’s very survival on the line, some people will not look Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF cronies in the eye and tell them “Zimbabwe must have a new system of government, one where everyone has a meaningful vote!”
“Find a holistic and lasting solution to the national crisis!” Yeah right! You know what that solution is but cannot speak it! Zanu PF would have never dragged us into this hell-on-earth and kept us stuck there all these last 40 years without our silent consent and passive cooperation.
Decades of poor examination results has condemned hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans to a life time of ignorance and uselessness. This cruel and criminal waste of human lives must stopped.
A nation that fails to educate its citizen is doomed.
South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is yet to release the full official results from this week’s by-elections but there is already a shocking result out, the ruling ANC has yet again been dumped by former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla district.
Since Zuma was unceremoniously kicked out of the party leadership and continuously faces alleged persecution at the hands of the ANC government, residents have decided to give their backing to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).
The IFP won 61% of the vote in comparison to the 39% gained by the ANC. A near 30-point swing has won it for the outsiders – although the IFP has controlled Nkandla in previous years.
The new council in Nkandla is now made up of a majority of IFP representatives. No other party apart from the ANC was elected to serve in this region of KwaZulu-Natal. Significant gains in eThekwini and Umlazi – as well as holding vital regions elsewhere in the province – made these by-elections a successful exercise for the IFP.
Even though counting has not yet been finalised the following are now apparent:
The ANC is on course to win 12 out of 14 available wards in Gauteng. They lost one ward to the DA in Eastern Cape.
The DA hasn’t had a great time, though. They lost a total of four wards in Gauteng to the ANC, Al-Jamaah, and Patriotic Alliance. The Blues lost a ward to the Good Party in the Western Cape, and two switched to the FF Plus in North West.
The EFF has seen its support grow in several wards across the country – but has failed to win a single seat so far.
You can count the ANC, the IFP, and the FF Plus as the night’s big winners. The DA look set for the wooden spoon.
Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) coronavirus/COVID-19 situation report as of 11 November October 2020:
New cases: 57 Locals: 33 Returnees: 24 from South Africa Deaths: 0 Recoveries: 6 PCR Tests Done: 613 National Recovery Rate: 92.8% Active Cases: 366 Total Cumulative Cases: 8 667 Total Recoveries: 8 046 Total Deaths: 255
Council demolishing houses in Zimre Park. (As the @mdczimbabwe mayor for Chitungwiza was last week arrested for blocking demolitions, investigations have revealed that it is @ZANUPF_Official that is behind all the demolitions in the country) pic.twitter.com/fq2esWwi21
We condemn & distance ourselves from Operation Murambatsvina 2 which has been launched by July Moyo & the Ministry of Local Govt. This is a time to be supporting small businesses, vendors & livelihoods of the poor – not destroying them without regard to due process. pic.twitter.com/xLb6isBAjD
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) April 25, 2020
I BELIEVE the petition by the Advocacy Core Team (ACT), seeking among other things to lower the legal age of consent to 12 years of age, is a smokescreen and a rather deceptive strategy which will destroy the lives and future of children under 18 years of age in Zimbabwe.
The people of Zimbabwe need to wake up and realise that the flow of money and donor funds to the youth, women’s movements and even to the Parliament of Zimbabwe is part of a broad political and social strategy to rupture the country’s moral fabric and social structure.
The Advocacy Core Team (ACT) and Compass Project represents a multi-sectoral coalition of 22 organisations working to promote abortion, sex work, and sexual rights (lesbian, gays, bi-sexual, transgender, queer, inter-sex / LGBTQI), and use health as an entry-point to drive this agenda among our adolescents and young people.
All the organisations — Right Here, Right Now Zimbabwe; PITCH; SAfAIDS, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Africa Trust; Youth Advocates Zimbabwe (YAZ), and Zimbabwe Young Positives are a broad coalition of movements created by civil society organisations with donor funding as channels to advance the abortion agenda and sexual rights.
The coalition’s core philosophies are deeply antithetical to the public morality of Zimbabwe as a society. By supposedly pushing a “progressive agenda”, the coalition is exploiting health as the easiest entry-point to create a social crisis and chaos for the nation of Zimbabwe, and destroy its social fabric by removing good old cultural and Christian values from the public domain, and nurturing rebellion against social authority figures.
You may want to ask, who is really funding the agenda? What is their agenda? Unless you examine the petitioning movements (organisations), and who their “paymasters” and “handlers” are, you can easily treat the petition as a genuine concern for children and their health and social issues, and thus remain deceived.
The following civil society organisations — ROOTS Africa; Youth Engage; My Age; Galz (an association of gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe); Trans Smart Trust; Justice for Children; Chiedza Community Welfare Trust; Women Action Group (WAG); Adult Rape Clinic; Population Services Zimbabwe (PSZ, an affiliate of Marie Stopes International); Katswe Sistahood; Dot Youth; Paediatric Adolescents Treatment Africa (PATA); Youth Advisory Panel; Girl Child Empowerment Zimbabwe; She Decides Zimbabwe; students and Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT), and Trans and Intersex Zimbabwe — are pro-abortion and are funded largely by key foreign donors including SIDA, DFID and actively supported by development partners such as UN agencies. Vanoda kushura nyika, kutadzisa mvura kunaya pamusana pekutungamidza matakanyanya akadaro uyezve kuti vana vedu vakure semombe dzemashanga.
Please understand the abortion, sex work and LGBTQI ecosystem and industry for what it is. It is well-funded, and was created with a clear social, political and economic agenda. It uses it financial muscle to carve out space for programming and policy influence.
As Zimbabweans, why have we given UN agencies and donors the unfettered programming and policy space in health and social sectors, particularly pertaining to the lives of children, youth and women? How have civil society organisations occupied the place of parents and families, and achieved an upper hand in matters related to children and health policy and programming?
Why have we as Zimbabweans relinquished national sovereignty and allowed these institutions to dictate to the Parliament of Zimbabwe on programming issues related to our people through the Parliamentary Programme Co-ordination Unit (PCU)? Can we claim security of the nation when its Parliament shares authority with others (development partners, proxies of development partners etc)?
Is it not time that we rethink national security in our Parliament, and moderate the powers and influence of proxies of foreign agents and donors/development partners in health. Health is a national security issue!
The Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga is right by asserting health as national security issue. If you understand biological warfare, use of health research as a “informational weapon” to engineer health and social interventions, and the export of blood samples of citizens of Zimbabwe as part of covert medical research and technologies, then you should be concerned with the drive to expose our children below the age of 16 years to health interventions such as contraceptives and “safe abortion” without parental/guardian consent.
Unless we resist the unfettered expansion of space to donors, civil society organisations and proxies interested mainly in disintegration of social order and structure, the future of our children, young people, and ultimately the destiny of our country is in jeopardy. Why are we finding it hard as a nation to see the strategic importance of health and the youth as national security issues? There is need to manage entry and players in the health and social sectors largely from a national security standpoint, and prevent deceitful strategies from disintegrating our social structure using health and youth issues as weapons. We can’t be naively complicit in the intentional process of disintegration.
The Constitution of Zimbabwe clearly articulates the right to healthcare services including reproductive health services to all, and enshrines children’s rights to education, health services, nutrition and shelter. In terms of section 81(1), every child, that is to say every boy and girl under the age of 18 years, has the right: (d) to family or parental care, to appropriate care, when removed from the family environment; (e) to be protected from economic and sexual exploitation, from child labour, and from maltreatment, neglect or any form of abuse; (f) to education, healthcare services, nutrition and shelter. Section 81(2) states that a child’s best interests are paramount in every matter concerning the child.
These constitutional provisions are clear, and, therefore, affirm that a child is child requiring family and parental care, and protection from all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation while having access to education, healthcare services, nutrition and shelter. In view of the above, why are civil society organisations and development partners pushing for “de-parenting” of children and treating parents/family as not suitable for exercising “protective duty” and duty to care for children? Are civil society organisations, movements and UN agencies fit to care for our children better than the family or parents?
Whose agenda are they driving? Who is financing them these matters, which may be opposite to public morality position in Zimbabwe? Is it why UNDP co-chairs the Parliamentary Programme Co-ordination Unit (PCU) in the Parliament of Zimbabwe? How have development partners and donors wielded and entrenched such influence over one of the arms of government of Zimbabwe?
Is this standard practice for foreign development partners, donors, and civil society organisations to actively co-ordinate programmes in European or American legislature? All these questions point to the need to question the independence of Parliament and possibilities of manipulation of various Parliamentary Portfolio Committees, primarily on HIV and Aids, and some Parliamentarians, to drive the agenda on lowering the age of consent to below 16 years.
Wake up Zimbabweans. The lowering of the age of consent to below 16 years in not about access to healthcare services; it is about destroying your greatest asset — children and young people. It is all about stripping children of all their rights and protections, including the right to family and parental care. The children will be left without defence, and predators will have a feast on our children.
Comedian Lazarus “Gringo” Boora’s co-actors in different local dramas have described him as the driving force behind the success of the productions.
They said Gringo was not just an actor, but someone who was dedicated to fighting for the rights of artistes.
Gringo succumbed to stomach cancer on Monday despite concerted efforts by doctors to stop the disease from spreading to other parts of the body.
He will be buried today at his rural home in Rusape.
Blessing Chimbowa, popularly known as “Mbudzi Yadhura” said Gringo’s death came as a shock to the arts industry.
“Boora was a person who did not want artists to be looked down upon,” he said.
“He was open and would speak his mind, especially when it comes to low payment of actors, that is why he did not feature in many productions. Many people used to say that Boora was a problem because of that.
“The other thing is that I am begging to all those who worked with Boora, he has left a family behind and I appeal to companies that worked with Boora to help his family not financially, but even to employ his children. Let us try to support his family.”
Chimbowa said he started working with Gringo before he became popular and he was a talented person. He said if one met Gringo, he would learn a lot of things from him.
William Matenga, who acted alongside Gringo as Gweshegweshe, described the late Gringo as a person who was focused and determined.
“I worked with Gringo for a lot of years dating back to the 1980s acting for Screen Talent Drama Club,” he said. “What I noticed ever since I started working with him was that he was a person with a bright future. He was very creative and would look beyond things when it comes to acting.
“It is a great loss to the arts industry. If the arts industry was in a good shape, we would have honoured him because the guy was so much hilarious and his levels were compared to none. There will be no character so versatile like Gringo.”
Another actor, Chati Butao, who also acted with Gringo, said Gringo was a humble person who would want to see other artistes proper in their endeavours.
“I did not start working with Gringo on “Gringo Troublemaker” as most of you might think,” he said. “We started working together in the early 90s in community halls. We used to do theatrical dramas there before we ventured into films. We used to visit schools doing dramas there.
“His character did not change, what he was doing back then is what he was before he died. He was a person who would want to teach others and we consulted him on a lot of things. He helped us on a lot of things in the arts industry,” said Butao.
Antony Tongani Snr said Gringo wanted professionalism in the arts industry and he will be sadly missed.
“I started knowing Lazarus Boora in 1988 when he wanted to venture into the arts industry,” he said. “We used to have drama clubs then. He was a very consistent person and wanted to do things that were straight forward.
“He fought for the rights of artistes and wanted them to be treated as people of substance. He stood with artistes, especially on payment. The gap which he has left in the arts industry will never be filled.”
Gringo died on Monday at Westview Clinic in Zimre Park and is survived by seven children and wife Netsai.
The doctor who was attending to him, Dr Johannes Marisa, said the stomach cancer had spread to other parts of the body, making it difficult to contain.
“Gringo had stomach cancer which had already spread to some parts of the body,” he said. “It seems he suffered a lot in the past months, but didn’t know about his condition. It was too late for us to save him.”
Gringo became popular in the early 90s when he began his acting career.
He studied drama at Mutare Teachers’ College before furthering his education in arts at the University of Zimbabwe where he studied theatre and dance. His first role was a junior police officer in Aaron Chiundura Moyo’s popular television drama series “Chihwerure”, before meeting Enock Chihombori who created Gringo the drama series.
In 2002, Gringo won the best actor award at the inaugural National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) for his works in Gringo productions.
He subsequently featured in other spin-offs of Gringo like “Gringo Ndiani?” and “Gringo Mari Iripi?”
He recently starred as Gibbo in the series “Village Secrets”.
Organised labour confronting organised greed and tyranny.
12 November 2020
Congratulations to the teachers of Zimbabwe for finally realising that, “the only effective answer to organized greed is organized labour.” For long we have been victims of exclusion by the ruling elites who have been appropriating our national wealth towards elite privileges at the expense of the bread of our own families. The ruling elites reached a point of feeling entitled to pamper themselves with luxuries, starving the rest of us. We felt helpless as individuals but now that we chose to unionise and organise we have emerged as an unstoppable machinery.
Yes the ruling elites are quaking in their boots. They have no answer to this unprecedented teacher action. They threatened us with job losses or salary cessations, we told them in their face, “Better to starve fighting than to starve working.” We meant it then and we mean it now. They have tried everything, caged us, tortured us , abducted us, slander us and even attempted to kill us. Our resolve as teachers remains unshaken as we demand the restoration of a minimum of USD 520 for teachers.
We note the “Father Christmas gesture” of awarding opaque salary increments outside the purview of collective bargaining. Such offers are an assault on the basic tenets of labour justice. This government is robbing us of our right to bargain for salaries, reducing us to a charitable case surviving on the benevolence of a well meaning employer. We reject such chicanery and further instruct government to treat us as workers not slaves.
The attempt to review the current mutilated salaries is an insult. The current salary should never be part to any negotiations because the salary is not a product of any negotiations. The negotiated salary stood at a monthly minimum of USD 520. The government unilaterally and systematically slashed our salaries to the current paltry USD 50 per month. We will not be forced to negotiate using the current imposed salary. We demand an urgent remedy to the illegal slashing of our salaries. Our USD 520 monthly salary should be restored.
The National Joint Negotiating Council, NJNC will reconvene on Friday 13 November. The platform has been irrelevant both by law and administration conduct. The grouping is illegal given the provisions for collective bargaining in section 65 of Zimbabwe’s constitution. The government has also openly disregarded NJNC through making unilateral salary announcements. The workers’ side has also failed to properly constitute itself. Cecilia Alexander and her cabal have hijacked and corrupted a supposed workers’ representation arm called the APEX council. It therefore follows that the fateful Friday the 13th will only produce the routine bad news.
We note that government is playing Russian roulette with the right to education of our learners. Our learners have now lost eight months of learning, public examinations are going to be forced down the throats of these unprepared learners. The government is not keen to fund safe and effective learning in our public schools. We call upon all citizens to join our #SaveOurEducationZW campaign, so that we collectively defend the right to education.
Teachers remain incapacitated but will soon take the fight to the streets.
Until Victory!
Obert Masaraure ARTUZ President. obertmasaraure@gmail.com
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The driver of the Honda Fit which was involved in a head-on collision with Genius Kadungure’s car along Liberation Legacy Way (Borrowdale Road) on Sunday morning, resulting in the death of the flamboyant businessman and three of his friends, reckons the way he and his passenger survived was a miracle.
In an interview with The Herald yesterday, Mr Lucky Chikwanda said although he is alive, he is still in excruciating pain after the accident.
“I was coming from Hatcliffe and going to Mount Pleasant with my friend when the accident occurred. I remember just seeing this car coming towards us. The car was flying,” he said.
“The car encroached into my lane and the next thing I heard a loud bang, it was so sudden and unavoidable,” he said.
He said Kadungure’s car had overtaken two cars at once and was trying to avoid a collision with his car when the accident occurred.
“Before he switched back to his lane, he hit my car. The next thing I found myself lying on the ground. Someone poured some water on me and I regained consciousness,” he said.
“It was terrible. I don’t even know how I got out of the car. I am the one who was driving. I heard my friend managed to get out of the car and also collapsed, but he managed to shout for help and some people came and assisted us. But I do not know what happened after the collision.”
“We both have been discharged from hospital, but we are still in pain. My right side still hurts.
“I thank God for saving our lives.
“Up to now I do not even know how I came out of the car. It was a miracle from God.”
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition condemns the cruel and inhumane actions by the Islamist militants who beheaded more than 50 people in the village of Aldeia da Paz outside Macomia in Northern Mozambique.
The Islamist insurgency in the Northern part of Mozambique which has stretched from 2017 is a call for collective action by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU).
The Cabo Delgado Civil war is indeed a threat to human security not only in Mozambique but the rest of the SADC region hence the need for a collective approach by SADC and the AU in dealing with the insurgents.
Since October 2017 nearly 2 000 civilians have been killed as a result of the insurgency in Mozambique while about 300 000 have been displaced and the humanitarian crisis in the Southern African country continues to worsen.
Damage to infrastructure has also affected livelihoods while internal displacements have the potential to accelerate the spread of COVID 19 given the fact that the Cabo Delgado region has the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Mozambique.
Mozambique is a signatory to the African Union Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism (1999) and is also part of the SADC regional strategy on countering terrorism developed in 2015 and this allows for support to the Mozambican government in dealing with the Islamist insurgency.
More importantly, SADC must invoke Article 6(1) of the SADC Mutual Defence Pact which considers an armed attack against a member state as a threat to regional security.
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition implores the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security to convene an urgent meeting whose objective shall be to formulate a crisis response plan and strategies for military deployment in Mozambique.
Acts of terrorism have no place in a civilised society and we stand with the people of Mozambique in condemning these cruel and cowardly acts.
Lawyer Admire Rubaya representing a CIO agent co-accused with Henrietta Rushwaya in a gold smuggling case has questioned Harare Magistrates Courts magistrate on why the courts are not giving bail to anti corruption accused as if the courts have been directed to do so.
Rubaya made submissions on behalf of Stephen Tserai who is accused of abuse of office after he illegally escorted Rushwaya through the VIP section of the airport with 6kgs of gold.
In his submissions he asserted that the Magistrates’ Court was slowly becoming a passage to superior courts when it comes to bail applications.
He said there was a worrying trend of those appearing at the Special Anti-Corruption Courts being treated differently from those appearing in ordinary courts.
Speaking on behalf of Tserai, the lawyer said the trend casts a misconception that those appearing before special anti-corruption court facing corruption or politically related offences were bound to be denied bail.
He said magistrates sitting in these courts should be mindful that the principles and laws of bail applications have not been muted by the administrative decision to create the special Anti-Corruption Courts.
“The court should be therefore slow to bask in an imagined or real zeal to advance a common euphoria associated with executive programmes of ruthlessly dealing with corruption while forgetting to abide with time honoured legal precepts governing the device of bail in a democratic society.”
“With due respect to these courts the applicant asserts that the real concern is that Magistrates’ Court is slowly being turned into a departure lounge en-route to the superior court because one is sure-footed of being denied bail by the magistrates’ court and once bail is denied he has to pray that he goes to a superior court as fast as possible where there is a belief that justice gets dispensed in a better manner and chances of being released on bail pending trial are higher,” he said.
Rushwaya, Pakistani businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation operatives — Stephen Tserai and Raphios Mufandauya — and miner Gift Karanda, will spend another five nights in custody after their bail ruling was moved to Monday.
However, there is a possibility that magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna could make the ruling before the end of day tomorrow if he manages to go through all their submissions today.
Mr Nduna said he will inform the quintet’s lawyers through the State on whether he will be able to make a bail determination before end of day tomorrow.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has gazetted vacancies for three more proportional representation National Assembly seats following the recall of legislators by the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T last month.
MDC-T has the right to nominate new members for these party-list seats, with the only restriction being that they must be held by women.
ZEC acting chief elections officer Mr Utoile Silaigwana announced in General Notice 2 846 of 2020 published in the Government Gazette.
The three seats were formally held by Ms Dorcas Sibanda from Bulawayo, Mrs Lynette Karenyi from Manicaland and Ms Concillia Chinanzvavana from Mashonaland West.
The three were part of the 10 MDC-T legislators that were recalled at the beginning of last month. Those representing constituencies can only be replaced in a by-election, and elections are at the moment delayed because of the need to avoid high risk of infection by Covid-19.
MDC-T has recalled 31 legislators in the ongoing feud within the opposition party’s ranks pitting Dr Khupe and Mr Nelson Chamisa.
Although the legislators were elected on the MDC-A ticket, the High Court has ruled that the MDC-A was an electoral pact with nominations allocated to members of the parties forming the pact, of which the MDC-T was the largest.
The feuding within the opposition followed what the Supreme Court ruled was a wrongful takeover of the leadership of the MDC-T by Mr Chamisa after the death of founding president Morgan Tsvangirai in 2018.
The High Court, backed by the Supreme Court on appeal, found in a civil suit that under the rules of the MDC-T itself, Dr Khupe and the rest of the old leadership should run the MDC-T until a new congress.
There are no laws governing political parties in Zimbabwe, so the State is never involved, but party members can sue each other in the courts as a civil matter if they feel their party is not following the party’s own internal constitution or rules.
HENRIETTA Rushwaya, Pakistani businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation operatives — Stephen Tserai and Raphios Mufandauya — and miner Gift Karanda, will spend another five nights in custody after their bail ruling was moved to Monday.
However, there is a possibility that magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna could make the ruling before the end of day tomorrow if he manages to go through all their submissions today.
Mr Nduna said he will inform the quintet’s lawyers through the State on whether he will be able to make a bail determination before end of day tomorrow.
Lawyers representing Tserai, Mufandauya and Karanda submitted their written closing submissions yesterday.
Mr Admire Rubaya made submissions on behalf of Tserai, Mr Joshua Chirambwi represented Mufandauya while Mr Dumisani Mtombeni appeared for Karanda.
Tserai, in his submissions, asserted that Magistrates’ Court was slowly becoming a passage to superior courts when it comes to bail applications.
He said there was a worrying trend of those appearing at the Special Anti-Corruption Courts being treated differently from those appearing in ordinary courts.
Tserai said the trend casts a misconception that those appearing before special anti-corruption court facing corruption or politically related offences were bound to be denied bail.
He said magistrates sitting in these courts should be mindful that the principles and laws of bail applications have not been muted by the administrative decision to create the special Anti-Corruption Courts.
“The court should be therefore slow to bask in an imagined or real zeal to advance a common euphoria associated with executive programmes of ruthlessly dealing with corruption while forgetting to abide with time honoured legal precepts governing the device of bail in a democratic society.”
The five are expected back in court on Monday for bail ruling. “With due respect to these courts the applicant asserts that the real concern is that Magistrates’ Court is slowly being turned into a departure lounge en-route to the superior court because one is sure-footed of being denied bail by the magistrates’ court and once bail is denied he has to pray that he goes to a superior court as fast as possible where there is a belief that justice gets dispensed in a better manner and chances of being released on bail pending trial are higher,” he said.
The five are expected back in court on Monday for bail ruling. Mr Rubaya said there was need for the courts to exercise their independence to maintain confidence in the justice system.
Mufandauya, through his lawyer Mr Chirambwi, said he was a suitable candidate for bail since the State failed to construct a case against him.
Mr Chirambwi told the court that the State failed to give strong grounds supported by evidence to deny him bail and offered to pay $20 000 as bail coupled with other conditions.
He said he was prepared to report to the police twice a week to allay the State’s fears that he will abscond.
“It seems clear that this matter had been misconstrued by the State and that the social media attention given to it created a false narrative of a syndicate without determining the personal circumstances of each and every individual.
“Against the 4th accused (Mufandauya), there can be no reason for an honest denial of bail. The State case was horribly weak. In fact, it was a mess,” he said.
Karanda, through his lawyer Mr Mthombeni, told the court that he was a proper candidate for bail as there was no evidence given to prove that he committed the alleged offences.
He said that no witness, including his co-accused, had ever said that the First Lady was the owner of the said gold.
“Nothing incriminating or linking applicant to any of the accused in relation to this case was retrieved from his phone after the police unlawfully seized his phone on Wednesday October 28, 2020.
“Applicant was never caught on CCTV allegedly committing any of the offences notwithstanding the fact that he had appeared and visited Henrietta Rushwaya at RGM International Airport after she was arrested,” he said.
The five are expected back in court on Monday for bail ruling. -Herald
POLICE investigations into the Murehwa boy’s ritual murder have revealed that an 11-year-old boy from Nyamutumbu Village was paid $5 to lure the now deceased Tapiwa Makore (Jnr) from the garden to his uncle’s homestead.
The uncle, Tapiwa Makore (Snr) allegedly gave the boy $5 plus a T-shirt for the crucial role he played in the murder before warning him against disclosing the matter to other villagers.
However, the boy handed over the money to his mother who kept the secret.
The uncle together with his herdsman Tafadzwa Shamba are in remand prison pending the murder trial. Police investigations have revealed that the boy was sent by both Makore (Snr) and Shamba to lure him.
It is alleged that the boy later revealed the matter to his mother who told him not to disclose the matter. The mother is said to have used the money to buy chicken.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the latest developments and said investigations were still in progress.
He said the boy will testify as a witness in the murder trial.
Two more women were recently picked up for questioning by police after they allegedly bought meat from Tafadzwa Shamba, the herdsman. The arrests came after reports that the meat bought by the two women might have been human flesh from the late boy’s thigh, which was sold to them at their homestead where they sell opaque beer and kachasu.
Shamba allegedly exchanged the meat for six containers of opaque beer with one of the women, Joina Tangirire, who sells beer at her homestead.
The meat was consumed by her whole family. Following a tip-off, police picked up Tangirire and a relative, Enia Tangirire, who are alleged to have admitted that they exchanged beer for the meat. The meat was, however, consumed by the whole family.
The developments also came after police arrested a third suspect linked to the murder of Tapiwa Makore (Junior) in Harare over the weekend and appeared in court on Monday.
Moud Hunidzarira (42) was arrested in Budiriro following a tip-off by the public and appeared before a Murehwa magistrate and was remanded in custody.
It is alleged that when the murder occurred, Hunidzarira was in Murehwa and a few days later, she was seen by some neighbours in Harare cleaning an item that had blood believed to be that of the late Tapiwa Makore.
Eventually, the neighbours tipped-off the police, leading to her arrest over the weekend.
Bulawayo city councillors have said it is better to license shebeens, rather than bottle stores calling for policies to make them legal.
According to the latest council report, councillors were debating an application for a development permit to establish a bottle store within a supermarket in Mpopoma, during a meeting of the Town Lands and Planning Committee.
Councillor Silas Chigora, in the minutes, said licensing bottle stores led to fouling at supermarkets by drinkers.
“Councillor S. Chigora supported the application. Previously similar applications had been acceded to. Fouling was one of the major challenges in most shopping centres. Council should have a policy on shebeens and relevant by-laws enforced,” read the minutes.
Cllr Felix Mhaka supported shebeens because they have adequate infrastructure for patrons.
“Councillor F. Mhaka was in support of shebeens. Shebeens had been there pre-independence and they promoted both local and international tourism. Council should have a policy with regards shebeens. He did not support standalone bottle stores. Most illegally operated shebeens had all the required infrastructure.”
Town Lands and Planning Committee deputy chairperson, Cllr Sinikiwe Mutanda, also did not support standalone bottle stores.
“She did not support the application (to establish a bottle store). A bottle store within a supermarket was not different from a standalone one. Fouling would still be experienced. Most bottle stores had turned out to be drinking spots without adequate infrastructure,” read the minutes.
“In response the deputy director of engineering services (town planning) explained that the supermarket was located at Bango Shopping Centre in Mpopoma. Council policy supported bottle stores within a supermarket. Most standalone bottle stores enjoyed existing user rights. Council was no longer in support of new standalone bottle store applications. In the CBD most supermarkets had bottle stores within. No fouling had been experienced.”
Earlier on, the committee considered the matter and Cllr Tawanda Ruzive sought clarification about the report.
He wanted to know if the applicant had started operations. It was now common for applicants to operate first without a development permit. Regularisation fees should be deterrent enough. The City at large should not support the establishment of shebeens. Shebeens were mostly associated with immoral behaviour and other criminal activities.
Council also supported the establishment of sports bars which was an improvement from standalone bottle stores.
It was resolved that a development permit to establish a bottle store on Stand 50291 Mpopoma Township be granted to Inathi Supermarket subject to full compliance with the requirements of the director of engineering services, director of health services, director of housing and community services, and any other municipal by-law requirements.
POPULAR gold dealer, Baron Dube (44) of Habane Extension Township in Esigodini has been sentenced to an effective 10 years in prison for killing a member of a rival gang following a dispute at a mine.
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva on Tuesday convicted Dube of murder after he fatally shot Prince Antony Bvundura (22) in September 2018.
In passing sentence, Justice Takuva said Dube was a bully who was motivated by greed.
“In the first place, you had no right to be at that mine which you claimed the owner tasked you to manage. There was a gold rush at the mine and you were driven there by greed because you are a bully,” Justice Takuva said.
He expressed concern over the prevalence of violence among miners saying the courts have a duty to protect the sanctity of human life through passing deterrent sentences.
“Recently violence among miners is on the rise. The court has to pass sentences that will dissuade the would-be offenders as crimes in the mining areas have become a danger to the society. People like you have to be removed from the society. A young man lost his life due to your greed. Imprisonment is the right thing for you and therefore you are sentenced to an effective 10 years imprisonment,” ruled Justice Takuva.
He reminded Dube of his automatic right of appeal against both conviction and sentence at the Supreme Court.
Dube, who was out of custody on $2 000 bail, fatally shot Bvundura in September 2018 in the heat of a fight over a mining claim at Block 13 Atlas Mine in Esigodini.
He used a Voere 458 calibre rifle.
The shooting happened at a mine belonging to Mr Tendai Musanangura and Dube said Mr Musanangura had granted him the authority to occupy it. Mr Musanangura however denied granting the authority.
Dube, who was being represented by Mr Leopold Mudisi of Mutendi, Mudisi and Shumba Legal Practitioners had told the court that the firearm accidentally discharged after he stepped on a rock and fell down while fleeing from a mob, which was throwing stones at him while baying for his blood.
“I fell down while trying to run away from the illegal gold panners who were chasing me and in the process the revolver, which was stashed in my shorts accidentally discharged after I fell into a pit. I didn’t realise that I shot a person until the following day when I was approached by police while trying to fill up the pits, which had been dug by the illegal gold panners,” he said.
Dube had denied that he opened fire at his rivals during violent skirmishes, claiming he was the victim. He also denied that there was a gold rush at the mine.
Under cross-examination, Dube failed to justify why he had to arm himself since he purported that his intention was not to fight anyone.
Upon his arrest he was found with a gun loaded with seven rounds of ammunition.
GOOGLE’S parent company, Alphabet, has partnered with the Econet Group to launch a new high-speed broadband technology, which uses laser beams instead of fibre optic cables.
In a media update, Econet said the new technology can be deployed to connect two points that are 20km apart in a matter of hours, instead of about two weeks of digging to lay fibre cables.
Currently, the technology is said to have the capacity to deliver up to 10Gbits of Internet at the ‘speed of light’ capable of streaming high-quality video.
For Econet, this is ideal for connecting small towns, mines and large businesses. It can also be used to connect areas that are unsafe to lay fibre cables.
“News of the partnership between Google and Econet, reported by Techcrunch.com and several tech news outlets, represents a massive opportunity for Econet, which has set up a new company based in Nairobi, Kenya to roll out a supporting network to Liquid Telecom’s fibre optic network business across Africa,” said the company.
Liquid Telecom is part of the Econet Group and has the largest fibre network across Africa. The new technology was developed by a company in Alphabet’s stable called X, and it looks at finding new high-tech solutions known as “Moon Shots”.
According to Techcrunch.com, X announced on Tuesday that its “Project Taara” high-speed optical wireless broadband endeavor was being rolled out across Sub-Saharan Africa through partnership with giant internet provider Econet and its subsidiaries.
“This deployment follows a series of small pilots in Kenya specifically, but now Taara and Econet are ready to start adding high-speed wireless optical links to supplement and enhance Econet service reach more broadly, starting with Liquid Telecom customers in Kenya,” Techcrunch.com reported.
“Taara is yet another approach to extending the reach of broadband networks to parts of the Earth that have typically not had access or high-speed connections, due primarily to infrastructure challenges.”-Chronicle
