By A Correspondent- Local Anglican bishops have thrown their weight behind their Catholic counterparts who were recently publicly chastised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for highlighting human rights abuses in the country.

Government recently blasted local Catholic priests for releasing a hard-hitting pastoral letter outing the State’s heavy handedness on civilians.

In an equally strongly-worded pastoral letter dated August 24, 2020, the Anglican Council of Zimbabwe (ACZ) said the government should not threaten the church
for carrying out its spiritual duty of “speaking on behalf of God’s people” and calling political leaders to order when they deviate from the norm.

“We write this message to highlight our concerns and emphasise that indeed the ‘March is Not Ended’ unless and until the issues raised by the people of Zimbabwe and also echoed by the (Catholic) bishops are attended to and resolved holistically,” the Anglican bishops said.

The letter was signed by ACZ chairman Ignatios Makumbe of the Diocese of Central Zimbabwe, Godfrey Tawonezvi (Diocese of Masvingo), Cleophas Lunga (Diocese of Matabeleland), Erick Ruwona (Diocese of Manicaland) and Farai Mutamiri (Diocese of Harare).

“We wish to register our concerns to the several responses of the government which we feel were counter-productive to the efforts being made by many stakeholders including the church to unite the nation,” the letter read in part.

“ACZ notes with concern the several responses by the government of Zimbabwe to the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference which seem to dismiss the fact that the church is called to exercise its prophetic role, which can mean challenging our political leaders on their conduct of affairs, particularly if this affects the people of God.”

Mnangagwa last week told a Zanu-PF politburo meeting that the Catholic bishops had deviated from their mandate and dared them to join politics.

But government’s stance attracted backlash from regional and international Christian bodies which stood in solidarity with the Catholic priests.

“We make it abundantly clear that since time immemorial, the church in Zimbabwe has spoken against injustice and has been consistent in that regard. Any view or postulation to the contrary would be an attempt to rewrite that narrative in order to promote a negative picture of what the church stands for,” the Anglican leaders said.

They added: “The church has the biblical mandate to speak without fear or favour, particularly to a government which believes that ‘the voice of the people is the voice of God’.

“As Anglican bishops, we desire to see an engagement of all stakeholders (as requested by Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations and respect of the Constitution of the land and institutions thereof for the good of our nation and (Proverbs 11:14); victory for the nation as we, together, overcome all our challenges.”

The Anglican priets also called on the government to stop arbitrary arrests of citizens and corruption that has flourished under Mnangagwa’s watch.

Zimbabwe is currently going through an unprecedented socio-economic and political crisis which has been exacerbated by gross human rights abuses and a collapsed health delivery system, but government insists there is no crisis.-newsday

Farai Dziva|Patson Dzamara was viewed as an enemy of the Zanu PF regime and there is a possibility that he was harmed, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

The MDC Alliance leader has also revealed that during his tenure as a Cabinet Minister he never took food offered to him by the State for fear of being harmed.

President Chamisa made the remarks while addressing mourners at the Dzamara family home in Glen View on Thursday.

“For 5 years in cabinet, I didn’t even touch a cup of tea. Until Mugabe asked me:’ Who told you I practice witchcraft?” said President Chamisa.

Farai Dziva|Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa has released list of his achievements in the past two years.

However, analysts say the list is nothing but a compilation of high sounding words.

Below is Mr Mnangagwa’s “list of achievements:

Two years ago today, I was inaugurated as your President.

I vowed to serve Zimbabwe and its people so that we could move towards a more prosperous future. Here’s what we have achieved in this time.

The $4.2 billion USD Great Dyke Platinum Mine is already under construction.

Reintroduced the Zimbabwe Dollar, after 10 years of dollarization and relying on foreign currency.

The $4 billion USD Karo Resources Mhondoro-Ngezi platinum project is ahead of schedule.

Completed the Chiredzi-Tanganda Road, with the Makuti-Chirundu and Karoi-Binga roads currently under construction.

Implemented a new school curriculum, so that every student is accommodated for.

Compensation for former farm owners by 3.5 billion, ending years of disputes.
Ranked third in Africa on budget transparency by the Open Budget Survey.
1.8 million farmers trained for Pfumvudza.

Subsidized agricultural inputs for vulnerable households.

RGM Airport expansion is currently under construction
$18 billion ZWL stimulus package, to help regenerate our economy post-COVID-19.

Dam projects in Causeway, Gwayi-Shangani and Marovanyati currently under construction.

Zimbabwe is not without its challenges. But rest assured that myself and this government are fully committed to improving our great nation for the benefit for all Zimbabweans.

Thank you all and may God bless Zimbabwe.

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has reported that it has launched a WhatsApp line where citizens can report incidences of corruption.

The anti-graft body said;

“GOOD NEWS!!! We are excited that ZACC now has a Whatsapp line lets report all incidences of corruption where is happening who is doing it and how they are are doing it. Lets all play a part in the fight against corruption 0719529483.”

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has confirmed theories of food poisoning against perceived enemies of state saying during his time as a cabinet minister he never consumed food offered by the state for fear of being harmed.

Addressing mourners at the Dzamara family home in Glen View today, Chamisa says the compative activist was marked as an enemy of the state and may have been harmed.

Chamisa also spoke about his time in government and how he never ate food offered during cabinet meetings.

“For 5 years in cabinet, I didn’t even touch a cup of tea. Until Mugabe asked me:’ Who told you I practice witchcraft?” said Chamisa while addressing mourners at Dzamara funeral.

By A Correspondent- The ruling ZANU PF party has accused civic rights groups, the United States of America, the opposition MDC and “ghost” social media accounts of spreading “fake news” claiming that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe.

ZANU PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa on Tuesday told reporters that sections of the local media have also been recruited to spread “malice” about the country.

Chinamasa challenged foreign countries to seek clarity on what is happening in Zimbabwe from the government instead of relying on “faceless” organisations. Chinamasa said.

We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent| Top constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku has joined the legal team representing incarcerated opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume.

Madhuku was spotted at the High Court today where Ngarivhume’s bail appeal was set for hearing before the state requested for more time.

The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader has crossed path with the bigger opposition MDC Alliance following his decision to join the President Emmerson Mnangagwa initiated Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) which appeared to be an endorsement of the Zanu PF leader who is accused of rigging the 2018 presidential elections.

Madhuku’s coming on board raises hope for Ngarivhume who has had three bail applications thrown away by the Harare Magistrates and High Court.

Ngarivhume was arrested on the 20th of July and charged with inciting public violence after he posted on his Twitter account mobilising Zimbabweans to protest against worsening corruption levels in the country.

He together with journalist Jacob Ngarivhume have clocked 39 days in detention.

By Nomusa Garikai- Let me say from the on set that I totally subscribe to the notion of freedom of expression but in exercising one’s freedoms and rights one must always be careful not to step trade on other people’s freedoms and rights.

A fine line which, if crossed, turns yesterday’s liberator into today’s oppressor. Some people are making a habit of criss-crossing the line willy nilly.

“As MLF (Mthwakazi Liberation Front), we would like to warn Jenni (Williams) that, whether she is into the so-called Gukurahundi Resolution chamber through bedroom relations with Mnangagwa or she received bribes from Zanu, she should always bear in mind where this will all end,” said a statement from MLF.

“She must start considering a residential shift from Mthwakazi to Zimbabwe. If she wants to stay in Mthwakazi, we advise her to keep away from the gukurahundi issue because we cannot sit and watch her and her Matabeleland Collectives, a Zanu project, striving to let the perpetrators of the killings of our people walk scot free.

“For starters, Jenni is unqualified to sit in the resolution chamber, representing Mthwakazi people on basis that she knows nothing about the pain that Mthwakazi went through during the Gukurahundi era and the pain that she still reels in today.”

This is the threatening and posturing the people of Zimbabwe have heard these last 40 years from Mugabe and now Mnangagwa and the rest of the Zanu PF thugs. Anyone who dares say anything critical of Zimbabwe much less Zanu PF is labelled a traitor and a puppet and is subjected to all manner of harassment, physical abuse and many have even been murdered in cold blood.

MLF leaders have clearly learned the threatening and posturing from Zanu PF. Only MLF members know best on what to say and do on such matters as Gukurahundi and everyone else must be as silent as a grave! Dreads to think what would happen to Ms Jenni Williams and the rest of the Matabeleland Collectives members if MLF thugs had power and opportunity to act on their threats as Mugabe and Zanu PF have enjoyed all these years. Yet another massacre!

The root cause of the Gukurahundi massacre was Mugabe’s political intolerance and desire to dominate others. The same forces are at play here  MLF or be it the party has them cloaked as a burning desire for justice the Gukurahundi massacre! Mugabe had his desires disguised as drive for unity and development.

MLF members have turned a Mugabe and Zanu PF Gukurahundi crime into a crime where all the Shona are guilty, benefited and must now face retribution. Other than the consequences of the massacre itself, everyone in Zimbabwe across the board has suffered from the 40 years of Zanu PF corrupt and tyrannical rule.

After 40 years of Zanu PF blood shed, oppression, corruption, economic chaos and God knows what else besides, the people of Zimbabwe are yarning for peace, order and economic progress. But that is clearly not want MLF members want from the growing tempo of their sabre rattling!

The same intolerance and burning desire to dominate and deny others their freedoms and rights led to the Gukurahundi massacre. We do not want to be dragged into yet another senseless conflict for the same foolish reasons!

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has claimed that the Pastoral Letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August was written by MDC Alliance leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.

Addressing journalists at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Tuesday, Chinamasa said the hard-hitting letter released by Catholic Bishops could only have been written by Chamisa and Biti.

Said Chinamasa:

We dismiss these allegations with the contempt they deserve, not only as baseless but pandering to the demands of the MDCs.

We are saying to the bishops, before you speak, please ask for dialogue with our President. We are open to any dialogue on any issue that affects Zimbabweans, that affects their lives.

We will not allow any tendencies that precipitate us to violent situations or which give encouragement to noises that want to precipitate violent outcomes for our country.

In their pastoral letter, the Catholic bishops called on the government to order over human rights violations and corruption.

The government immediately responded by calling the bishops “genocidal”, “evil-minded” and a “self-righteous Ndebele minority”.

-Newsday

Two years ago today, I was inaugurated as your President. I vowed to serve Zimbabwe and its people so that we could move towards a more prosperous future. Here’s what we have achieved in this time.(1)

The $4.2 billion USD Great Dyke Platinum Mine is already under construction. – Reintroduced the Zimbabwe Dollar, after 10 years of dollarization and relying on foreign currency. – The $4 billion USD Karo Resources Mhondoro-Ngezi platinum project is ahead of schedule.(2)

Completed the Chiredzi-Tanganda Road, with the Makuti-Chirundu and Karoi-Binga roads currently under construction. – Implemented a new school curriculum, so that every student is accommodated for. -Compensation for former farm owners by 3.5 billion, ending years of disputes.(3)

Ranked third in Africa on budget transparency by the Open Budget Survey. – 1.8 million farmers trained for Pfumvudza. – Subsidized agricultural inputs for vulnerable households.(4)

RGM Airport expansion is currently under construction – $18 billion ZWL stimulus package, to help regenerate our economy post-COVID19.  – Dam projects in Causeway, Gwayi-Shangani and Marovanyati currently under construction.(5)

Zimbabwe is not without its challenges.But rest assured that myself and this government are fully committed to improving our great nation for the benefit for all Zimbabweans Thank you all and may God bless Zimbabwe

By A Correspondent- The ruling ZANU PF party has accused civic rights groups, the United States of America, the opposition MDC and “ghost” social media accounts of spreading “fake news” claiming that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe.

ZANU PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa on Tuesday told reporters that sections of the local media have also been recruited to spread “malice” about the country.

Chinamasa challenged foreign countries to seek clarity on what is happening in Zimbabwe from the government instead of relying on “faceless” organisations.

Chinamasa said.

We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has claimed that the Pastoral Letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August was written by MDC Alliance leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.

Addressing journalists at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Tuesday, Chinamasa said the hard-hitting letter released by Catholic Bishops could only have been written by Chamisa and Biti.

Said Chinamasa:

We dismiss these allegations with the contempt they deserve, not only as baseless but pandering to the demands of the MDCs.
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The language was clearly tilted. In fact, you would say that the language seemed to have been written by Chamisa or Biti, most likely Biti.

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We are saying to the bishops, before you speak, please ask for dialogue with our President. We are open to any dialogue on any issue that affects Zimbabweans, that affects their lives.

We will not allow any tendencies that precipitate us to violent situations or which give encouragement to noises that want to precipitate violent outcomes for our country.

In their pastoral letter, the Catholic bishops called on the government to order over human rights violations and corruption.

The government immediately responded by calling the bishops “genocidal”, “evil-minded” and a “self-righteous Ndebele minority”.

-Newsday

The Goverment Secretary for Information and Publicity Nick Mangwana does not know the charges laid against prominent journalist Hopewell Chinono.

Watch the video downloading below as Mangwana embarrasses himself.

 

 

Own Correspondent

Yesterday, the 26th of August marked the 2nd Anniversary of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s substantive First Term since his inauguration in 2018.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana has articulated what he calls Government achievements in the two years, in a two-minute video on Twitter.

Watch the video downloading below.

After my post earlier on the 2nd Anniversary of President @edmnangagwa's term, my Team challenged me to give Govt's achievements in the last 2 years, in 2 minutes. Well, just too many things to say in a short time and I ended up stumbling a few times. @GGuvamatanga#ED2YearsOn pic.twitter.com/cWMMTeYQFf

— Nick Mangwana (@nickmangwana) August 26, 2020

The Anglican Church Bishops have come out in support of their Collegues in the Roman Catholic Church in blasting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’sgovernment over human rights abuses.

The Bishops echoed Mnangagwa’s statement that the voice of the people is the voice of God, warning him to listen to what the citizens are saying instead of arresting them.

Below is their full statement:

“Son of man, I have made you watchman to the house of Israel; therefore, hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from Me”. (Ezekiel 3:17)

The Anglican Council of Zimbabwe (ACZ) writes in solidarity to the pastoral letter issued on 14 August 2020 by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference entitled “The March is Not Ended”.

ACZ notes with concern the several responses by the Government of Zimbabwe to the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference which seem to dismiss the fact that the Church is called to exercise its prophetic role, which can mean challenging our political leaders on their conduct of affairs, particularly if this affects the people of God.

We write this message to highlight our concerns and emphasize that “Indeed the “March is Not Ended”
unless and until the issues raised by the people of Zimbabwe and also echoed by the bishops are attended to and resolved holistically.

We wish to register our concerns to the several responses of the government which we feel were counterproductive to the efforts being made by many stakeholders including the Church to unite the nation.

We make it abundantly clear that since time immemorial, the Church in Zimbabwe has spoken against
injustice and has been consistent in that regard. Any view or postulation to the contrary would be an attempt to re-write that narrative in order to promote a negative picture of what the Church stands for. The Church has the Biblical mandate to speak without fear or favour, particularly to a government which believes that “The voice of the people is the voice of God.”

The prophetic ministry of the Church mandates it to speak for God and for His people as it is the ambassador of Christ and God is appealing through it. (2 Cor. 5:20).

As Anglican Bishops, we desire to see an engagement of all stakeholders (as requested by Zimbabwe Heads Of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) and respect of the Constitution of the land and institutions thereof for the good of our nation and (Proverbs 11:14); victory for the nation as we, together, overcome all our challenges.

We also call upon the citizens of this our beautiful nation to remain calm, pray for peace and to work
towards all that promotes peace and the common good. We also call upon all Christians and other religions to pray for our leaders and the nation at large for peace, stability and prosperity. To our brothers and Roman Catholic Church in particular, we say we are holding you in our prayers and
May the Blessing of the Almighty God strengthen you and be with you now and forever.

Amen.

+Ignatios Makumbe ACZ Chairman (Diocese of Central Zimbabwe)
+Godfrey Tawonezvi (Diocese of Masvingo)
+ Cleophas Lunga ( Diocese of Matabeleland)
+ Erick Ruwona (Diocese of Manicaland)
+ Farai Mutamiri (Diocese of Harare)

State Media

Civil servants who fall ill with Covid-19 while on duty will be fully looked after while they recover, even if there are complications that delay full recovery, with the Government now granting up to six months of sick leave on full-pay as well as paying all medical bills of front-line health staff.

Generally, civil servants are entitled to 90 days’ sick-leave on full salary if they are incapacitated by ill-health.

Although most people recover quickly from Covid-19, with the World Health Organisation’s latest protocols giving two weeks as the longest recovery period, there have been cases in other countries of people who, while no longer infectious, still suffer from complications and recurring symptoms, and this is a worry for front-line medical workers.

But, after realising the sacrifices and the risk associated with the frontline workers and essential services, the Government says over and above meeting their medical expenses, they will be given more time to recuperate if they need this.

Public Service Commission Secretary Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe, who announced the change, said the commission was looking at several adjustments to protect its workers.

“We have adjusted a lot of things to protect our workers, such as for how long can you be ill and still being paid a full salary. It has been adjusted from 90 days to 180 days. It is an adjustment of what is normal.

“There is normal coverage of the medical expenses for all civil servants, and we are also taking care of the medical expenses for frontline workers,” he said.

“We have said most Government workers should work from home. You will recall that we said 15 percent should report for their workplaces physically and that move is receiving huge support.

“But we realised that there is a need for more adjustments to cater for those who are going to work, risking their health and life to provide essential services to the people. As Government we are very grateful for the sacrifices and effort being put by our workers during this period,” said Ambassador Wutawunashe.

The negotiations are still continuing on a final agreement on improving civil servants’ terms of employment including their salaries and wages. Despite disruptions caused by Covid-19 restrictions, the Government is willing to conclude negotiations with unions representing civil servants over wages and other employment terms this month.

This follows President Mnangagwa’s authorisation of an interim salary increment and the US$75 a month Covid-19 relief allowances, paid outside the negotiations, to help civil servants while the details of a new package are being worked out. The pay rise and allowances were an interim relief measure pending the outcome of negotiations on employment packages.

Daily News

MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe is reportedly pushing for disciplinary action to be taken against the party’s secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.

The Khupe faction is accusing Mwonzora of making decisions unilaterally and fomenting violence in the Supreme Court-recreated party.

Party insiders told the Daily News on Tuesday that the recent recall of Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and five other MDC Alliance councillors by Mwonzora angered other MDC-T bigwigs. The officials said:

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The fact that standing committee members only got to know about the recall on social media did not go down well with everyone.

Khaliphani Phugeni (Khupe’s spokesperson) was very angry about this because what should have happened before the letter was written to these people was to bring the names recommended by the party structures to the national standing committee to go through them one by one, while also justifying why they should be recalled.

That did not happen and this was viewed as disrespect of the standing committee. It is a punishable offence to disrespect the standing committee.

Since the controversial Supreme Court ruling in March resurrected the MDC-T’s defunct 2014 structures, Khupe and Mwonzora have ganged up to decimate the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa by expelling from Parliament the party’s legislators.

Last week Khupe nominated herself, her spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni and 13 other MDC-T members to replace Chamisa’s MPs who were expelled from Parliament for supporting the youthful leader.

Pindula

Interim Secretary-General of the opposition MDC-T, Senator Douglas Mwonzora has said the Supreme Court was yet to grant the application for an extension of the party’s Extraordinary Congress.

Mwonzora was responding to a question by Alex Tawanda Magaisa a law lecturer in the United Kingdom and former Chief of Staff in the office of the former Prime Minister, the late Morgan Tsvangirai.

The party was stopped from holding the court-sanctioned congress on 31 July with authorities citing the coronavirus pandemic as the hurdle. Magaisa had asked:

Did the Supreme Court grant your party an extension to the 31 July deadline for the EC (Extraordinary Congress)? … Did you get an extension? It’s a yes or no answer.

In response, Mwonzora said:

The Supreme Court is yet to grant the application for an extension Doc.

The congress was premised at electing a replacement to the party’s founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai who died in 2018.

Since his departure from the political arena, the party he founded has being submerged under a serious leadership crisis that has spilt into courts.

MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa and MDC-T interim president, Thokozani Khupe have been the main contenders for the presidential post.

Meanwhile, members of the MDC Alliance say they will not attend the congress as it has nothing to do with their party.

Own Correspondent

Zimbabwe recorded 13 new deaths related to Covid-19 as the capital breached the 100 mark in fatalities according to the latest report from the Minister of Health and Child Care.

Harare surpasses 100 fatalities with 10 deaths recorded taking the city’s tally to 103 since recording of Covid-19 related deaths started on March 23. The other deaths were on Mashonaland East with 1 and Matabeleland South with 2.

The total number of Covid-19 related deaths in Zimbabwe as of 26 August now sits on 179.

There were 55 new cases, none from Harare or Bulawayo to bring the case load cumulatively to 6251.

There were 40 recoveries bringing the total in that column to 5001.

Active cases are now 1071.

ZANU PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi was on SABC TV last night and was yet again an embarrassment as he giggled and laughed when an abduction victim Noxolo Maphosa narrated her ordeal.

MDC Alliance Secretary for International Relations Gladys Hlatshwayo blasted him for his conduct.

The fact that Tafadzwa Mugwadi was laughing when Noxolo Maposa was narrating her abduction ordeal is testament to the beast we are dealing with. What happened to our common humanity? Such coldness and callousness? @mawarirej @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena #ZimbabweanLivesMatter

— Hlatywayo Gladys Kudzaishe ?? (@gladyshlatywayo) August 26, 2020

Watch the full programme on the video below.

 

https://youtu.be/KhFDmyW64jg

MDC Alliance Namibia would like to send its condolences to the bereaved Dzamara family, MDC Alliance and all Social democrats in Zimbabwe for the unimaginable loss of the youthful, vibrant and ardent fighter Patson Dzamara.

As as a party, we were hypnotised upon receiving the devastating news that Dr Patson Dzamara our National Executive Member in the Mdc Alliance is no more. May his soul rest in power and let God bless his beloved family that has gone through a lot of horror and tragedy at the hands of satanic Zanupf morons.

We have lost a gallant fighter for socio-economic transformation. He fought so hard for his brother’s justice and was arbitrarily arrested and tortured including being injected with an unknown substance in 2016. Patson Dzamara confessed that the state security agents injected an unknown substance but the Zanupf denialists accused him of alarming and stage-managing his circumstances. These are the repercussions of the unknown substance. He was technically eliminated by Zanupf since he vowed to use all his organs to force the regime to bring back his brother Itai Dzamara who was abducted in broad daylight.

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To quote him verbatim, he usually said, ‘ I will never be mute until Itai Dzamara is accounted for. I will never be silent until Zimbabwe is fixed from the Zanupf mess’. Patson Dzamara was determined and committed to confront corruption, looting, arbitrary arrests and abductions in Zimbabwe. He is the fourth person that social democrats know in the past two years who has been afflicted by some form of colon cancer including our Icon of Democracy the late Mdc Alliance leader Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, may his dear soul rest in power. The common denominator is that they were all political activists that have at one point been arrested, tortured and in some cases reporting being injected. These are the satanic repercussions of evil injections from Zanupf terrorists.

As Mdc Alliance Namibia, our message is that the deaths of ITAI AND PATSON DZAMARA shall continue to inspire all social democrats in the national democratic revolution. We will complete the fight against senseless and barefaced corruption. The people will win as usual. Thanks to all those who had been contributing to Fund our leader’s intended operation. May God bless you and your caring families. We shall forever put political and diplomatic pressure on the autocratic regime to respect people’s freedoms and livelihoods.

#Dzamaras’livesmatter
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
#ZanupfMustGo
#freewiwa
#freeallprisonersofconscience

Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya

Own Correspondent

MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Sikhala will remain in prison after Magistrate Ncube dismissed his application challenging refusal of remand. He says State succeeded in proving that there is reasonable suspicion that Hon. Sikhala committed an offence.

Sikhala is one of the latest arrested after being in hiding for weeks following police accusations that he was mobilising anti-government protests.

The latest arrests came as journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition politician and government critic, Jacob Ngarivhume, were denied bail for a third time since being arrested for agitating for protests.

The demonstrations were banned because of Zimbabwe’s anti-coronavirus measures.

Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe, and Chin’ono have been in jail since July 20 on charges of inciting public violence.

More than a dozen demonstrators who tried to protest, were detained from the streets. They were charged with inciting violence and then freed on bail.

State Media

Four people, including two minors, were killed yesterday when two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision eight kilometres outside Beitbridge town along the Masvingo-Harare Highway.

The accident occurred at around 7pm.

Those who died were in a Toyota Wish that was travelling towards Masvingo, while the majority of the injured were travelling in a Nissan Elgrand that was driving towards Beitbridge.

Police were by last night still conducting investigations and transporting the injured to Beitbridge Hospital.

Beitbridge District Civil Protection Unit representative who attended the scene, Mr Jahson Mugodzwa, said they were yet to get a full report from the police and health officials.

By late night emergency workers were still trying to retrieve the remains of a man and a woman that were trapped under thewreckage.

All the injured, who incurred mostly leg injuries, were admitted at Beitbridge District Hospital.

State Media

The gang of eight most wanted suspected armed robbers, including the notorious Musa Taj Abdul (46) and their police officer host who were arrested in a major raid in Beitbridge on Monday, is now in Harare for further investigations.

A manhunt is in progress for four other suspects who managed to escape during the raid.

The eight arrested were moved to Harare under heavy Support Unit guard on Tuesday by CID Homicide.

An application was made to the Harare Magistrates Court for a warrant to hold the armed robbers a little longer for questioning at Harare Central Police Station.

Warrants of arrest for Abdul go back to 1999, with further warrants in 2005 and 2006.

He managed to elude all attempts to handcuff him until Monday. Others have warrants outstanding from 2018 and 2019.

Of the four who escaped when a Beitbridge house was raided, Abednigo Dhlamini and Elias Mpofu, alias Jabulani or Obasanjo, are believed to have crossed into South Africa, but Brian Murape and Carlington Marasha are suspected to be still in Zimbabwe.

The gang is suspected to have committed most of its robberies in Harare.

Police have been chasing Abdul for close to two decades, but his run came to an end on Monday when he was grabbed together with a fired former Masvingo Central police officer Rudolf Kanhanga alias Tapiwa Munatsi (29), Liberty Mupamhanga (29), Prince Makodza (31), Godfrey Mupamhanga (27), Charles Lundu (47) and Innocent Jairos (32).

A silver Noringo pistol with an obliterated serial number and a magazine with 11 rounds, 19×12 bore gauge live rounds in a webbing belt placed in a black satchel stashed in a washing basket, and a pair of number plates AEX 1577 were allegedly recovered from the suspects. A balaclava was found stashed in their getaway car.

The gang has been sought in connection with a number of armed robberies, including the Mashwede case in Harare recently.

Investigations will be looking at the chain of evidence that could tie the arrested men to the robberies, with any prosecutions having to show, beyond reasonable doubt, that those in custody are the ones who committed the suspected robberies.

Sources said Abdul, who was once convicted in 1995 for tampering with a motor vehicle, is also wanted for questioning in Botswana and South Africa over robberies in those countries, and Zimbabwean police will soon advise their counterparts.

It is believed the gang owns several properties in South Africa, bought through proceeds of criminal enterprise.

In one of the recent cases, members of the gang are suspected to have been the robbers who raided Trauma Centre in Borrowdale and stole a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash and cellphones, using two rented cars in the robbery — a silver Toyota Fortuner and a Honda Fit.

The Fortuner, suspected to have been driven by Abdul (alias Musa Mahommed or Kedha), was rammed by a senior manager of the centre and was then dumped in Borrowdale, while the gang escaped in the Honda.

Investigations revealed that before raiding the medical facility, the robbers had first raided a house in Queensdale where they got away with cellphones and masks.

The arrested men are also suspected to be the gang that undertook a spate of armed robberies in Harare starting on December 20 last year when at around 3.30pm they allegedly pounced on Culdees Honye (33), Wilfred Motsi (51) and Cornelius Mutandwa at Wessec Sol Enterprises, pointed guns at Honye and ordered her to lie down before they grabbed Motsi, who was a customer making inquiries, searched him and took his Tecno Spark 4 and Samsung cellphones.

Honye then showed the robbers two safes containing US$14 000, $150 240 and R21 500.

The robbers took the two safes and loaded them into an Isuzu KB 240 single cab truck owned by Motsi.

The robbers then confronted a security guard with Fawcett Security, disarmed him of his service firearm and drove away in the stolen vehicle which was later found abandoned in the Arcturus area together with the two safes which had been forcibly opened.

The suspects are also thought to be the gang that broke into the house of Jealous Chuma 10 days later at 11pm. While inside, the robbers assaulted Chuma with logs and shovels demanding cash and valuables and after ransacking the house stole a 20 litre bucket containing $25 000, US$900 and R800, which was in a cashbox inside the bedroom and vanished with it.

A third robbery thought to have been committed by the gang took place on February 5 this year when robbers pounced on Jairos Jeke (33) and his brother, Simbisai (30) at Makoni Shopping Centre at around 2pm.

Upon arrival in a car, they fired several shots into the air from their pistols and an AK47 rifle before confronting the victims, whom they assaulted with metal bars demanding cash and valuables.

One of the robbers, who was brandishing an iron bar, broke Jairos’ motor vehicle windows and ordered him to surrender his firearm and then searched Simbisai’s motor vehicle and took a bag, which had $37 000 and a Samsung S9.

They allegedly barged into Jairos’ car and drove off at high speed following their getaway vehicle towards Dema.

In Jairos’ vehicle, the robbers took US$7 000 and two small Nokia cellphones. The total amount stolen was US$12 000 and $37 000, and nothing was recovered.

In a fourth case in which the arrested men are suspected of being involved, robbers pounced on Rodney Dangarembizi (40), Dumisani Moses Dube, Tinashe Masango (28), Faith Nyambirai (27) and Betty Chitando (22) on 26 February at around 7.50am, confronted Dangarembizi, who was standing beside his vehicle in the garage at home, assaulted him with open hands demanding cash and valuables, before taking US$3 000 from his pockets.

The robbers demanded more cash and force-marched Dangarembizi into his main house which they combed and stole US$37 000 cash, jewellery, several pairs of shoes, an Apple laptop and car keys which were in his bedroom.

They went on to open a gun cabinet where they stole a 9mm Star pistol and 120 rounds of ammunition, a Samsung AZ core and a Huawei Nova 4.

Dangarembizi was force-marched at gunpoint to his garage where the robbers ordered him into his Honda Fit. One robber took charge of a white Hyundai belonging to the businessman, and demanded to know the whereabouts of Mr Tawanda Nyambirai, the owner of the TN Holdings premises next to Dangarembizi’s home.

Dangarembizi led the gang to the TN Holdings premises where they confronted other complainants. The gang searched Dumisani Dube and stole US$250, an HP laptop and his Samsung J1.

The robbers demanded to be taken to the offices of the company’s CEO and the location of his safe.

Dube led the robbers to the CEO’s offices on the second floor, where they forced open the door and stole a Chubb safe with US$180 000 cash and an Acer laptop.

The robbers loaded the safe into the Hyundai stolen from Dangarembizi and drove away.

They later dumped the two stolen vehicles at the Mazowe Citrus kiosk along Harare-Bindura road. Dangarembizi lost US$227 250, R28 000 and two motor vehicles valued at US$10 000.

In South Africa, Abdul is thought to have been arrested several times but released with the help of his police connections.

State Media

ZANU-PF director for Information and Publicity Tafadzwa Mugwadi yesterday said the only noticeable crisis in the country was the one in opposition political parties that were haggling over leadership and were suffering from serious policy bankruptcy.

Speaking on a live SABC programme, African Perspective, Mugwadi said the challenges being faced in the country did not amount to a crisis.

He said besides being hamstrung by economic sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) for over a decade, Zimbabwe had managed to institute measures to mitigate the devastating effects of Covid-19.

The high number of recoveries indicated the effectiveness of measures being implemented by Government.

Mugwadi said opposition parties were resorting to blackmail by manufacturing spurious allegations of human rights abuses.

“There is no crisis in Zimbabwe. What we have seen as a crisis is that which is happening in opposition groups, some of which have become leaderless. We do have a crisis as a nation, we have challenges with Covid-19 just like any society across the world and we are on course to addressing that,” said Mugwadi.

Responding to allegations of abductions raised by MDC Alliance secretary for international affairs, Gladys Hlatshwayo, Mugwadi said any such cases must be reported to the police.

He gave the example of a Hurungwe MDC-A councillor, Lavender Chiwaya, whom the opposition claimed was killed by State agents saying the allegations have since been proven false.

Mugwadi said police had issued a statement ruling out foul play in the death of Chiwaya.

MDC-T interim Secretary General, Senator Douglas Mwonzora has said the 1980s massacres that were carried out by the 5th Brigade in Matebeleland and Midlands which are popularly known as Gukurahundi, were actually a genocide.

He also speaks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently met stakeholders from Matebeleland in an endeavour to address the issue that has lingered for years now.

Mwonzora speaks after a recent Facebook post in his name had teermed the massacres a civil war. Below is Mwonzora’s statement:

CLARIFICATION ON GUKURAHUNDI Press statement 26.08.20

A recent Facebook post in my name loosely referred to the Gukurahundi genocide in a way that was open to various interpretations, including that it was a “civil war” where both the perpetrators and the victims could be viewed to have had an equal responsibility.

The casually worded post was interpreted by some to suggest that the actions of the government of the day was justified.

I wish to set the record straight in line with my publicly stated view, that Gukurahundi was in itself a genocide which targeted ethnically and culturally distinct communities for indiscriminate mass killings in order to achieve political goals. More than 20 000 such innocent victims in Matebeleland and Midlands lost their lives between 1983 and 1987. a dark period of our history which only ended with the Unity Accord of December 1987.

Whilst the loose wording of the post was unintentional and a genuine blind spot. I most heartily and unreservedly apologise for the insensitivity and inaccuracy of the same, seeing that it caused anguish and pain to some people.

May I also take this opportunity to reiterate the position I have articulated in my previous posts and interviews that the Gukurahundi genocide victims have to be compensated as pan of post conflict restorative justice which must include truth telling and reconciliation.

Ngiyaxolisa kakhulu ngembanxa zolimi ezidunge imibono yami ngombhuttazwe we Gukurahundi.

Mayuyu mahlabezulu, ayilume ikhafule.

Ngiyaxolisa.

Zimbabwe recorded 55 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.

The country also recorded
13 new coronavirus related deaths bringing the total of fatalities linked to the deadly virus to 179.

Of the 55 new cases, 36 are local, 14 are returnees from South Africa and 5 are from Botswana.

The total number of known cases is now 6251.-Ministry of Health and Child Care

Correspondent | An inmate at Chikurubi Maximum Prison by the name, Albert Mugabe died of the coronavirus at the institution on Tuesday.

According to sources, Mugabe died at the prison hospital before the body was rushed out of the prison complex to Parirenyatwa hospital.

“A Senior nurse at the maximum prison hospital certified that the inmate died of pneumonia, there is panic from both inmates and officers over this pandemic which has hit chikurubi maximum prison,” they said.

Chikurubi maximum has 2500 inmates as of today who have all been placed in the radar of risk.

The ZimEye sources revealed that the inmate was brought into the D section of the prison as a Covid-19 patient.

Prominent journo Hopewell Chinono is in B hall, activist Jacob Ngarivhume, in D hall, while the Zengeza MP Job Sikhala is in C Hall. They were placed in different sections. Chin’ono is together with the Glen View murder accused, Mr. Last Maengahama.

The deceased’s relatives were informed that he died of pneumonia, not COVID-19.

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo’s Nkulumane suburb.

Mpilo Khumalo’s body was discovered by residents who alerted authorities.

He was a Form Three pupil at Nesigwe Secondary School in Nkayi.

Mpilo, who is said to have been suffering from mental illness, had visited his relatives who stay in Nkulumane suburb soon after Government imposed a national lockdown in April.

When a Chronicle news crew visited the site of the incident, police had just removed the body from the school in the presence of his relatives and local councillor Rodney Jele.
It is not clear how he managed to access the school but his brother said when they woke up on Tuesday morning he was not at home.

His brother, Xolani, said in the past few days Mpilo seemed distraught, stating that he wanted to return to his rural home in Madliwa Village under Chief Madliwa.

“He was staying with my sister in Nkulumane 12 but yesterday he came to where we stay in Nkulumane 5.

He slept over when we woke up today, he was not home. We started looking for him and failed to find him.
Later on, we learnt that someone had committed suicide at Mafela Primary School and I discovered that it was my brother,” said Xolani.

He said while he did not expect him to end his life, he seemed troubled.

“On Monday he was not chatting with anyone; he was just quiet and would only respond when asked something.

He wanted to return to our rural home having been in Bulawayo since the start of the national lockdown.

He came here to seek medical treatment for mental illness and he had seemed to be doing very well but it’s unfortunate this has happened,” he said.
Clr Jele said it was saddening that a young life had been lost.

“This is very tragic and what makes it even more tragic is that this happened at a school premises.

We urge residents to monitor the activities of their children, especially those with special needs. There should be a clear communication channel which can avert such incidents,” said Clr Jele.-Chronicle

Police in Bindura have arrested a 32-year-old Mvurwi man suspected of stabbing to death his neighbour’s eight-month pregnant wife whom he was allegedly having an affair with.

Fidelis Chido of Gallowway Farm in Mvurwi was arrested in Kanyemba after he went on the run on August 19.

Acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Fidelis Dhewu said Chido was assisting the police with investigations.

The deceased is Sharon John (33).
Asst Insp Dhewu said allegations are that on August 9, this year at around 7am, John’s husband Joseph Farau (39), who is a cattle herder at a farm in the area, went to work leaving his pregnant wife at home.

About 40 minutes later, Chido — whose affair with John was well-known — was seen walking towards the house.

A few minutes later he was seen by a neighbour — Innocent Muganhu (38) — bolting from the house, holding a blood-stained object while his clothes had blood on them.

“Muganhu alerted other neighbours who gave chase, but failed to apprehend him.

One of the neighbours Gerald Bvunza (30) went inside the house and found the deceased lying in a pool of blood,” he said.
A report was made at Mvurwi Police Station and police attended the scene.

The deceased had a deep cut on the neck suspected to have been caused by a sharp object and the body was taken to Mvurwi Hospital mortuary.
Chido was arrested on August 25 at Kanyemba Village.

Recently, a 38-year-old Concession man killed his wife over infidelity accusations, locked doors and windows of their house before committing suicide.
Their bodies were found six days later.

The wife, Christine Gwedeza (35) was found lying in a pool of blood with head injuries and a swollen face while the husband Tinashe Mbasi (38) had no visible injuries.
The police did not find any weapons or poisonous substance in the house.

Preliminary investigations indicate that Mbasi assaulted his wife and later committed suicide.

A suicide note written by Mbasi was found in the house at number 638 Housewood in Concession and it indicated that the couple had fought over Gwedeza’s alleged infidelity.

The couple was heard quarrelling at around 8pm by their co-tenant Dadirai Nyandoro.-The Herald

FOUR people among them two minors were killed when two vehicles they were travelling in collided head on, 8km from Beitbridge town along the Beitbridge-Masvingo road last night.

The accident occurred at around 7PM.

A Toyota Wish that was heading for Masvingo collided head on with a Nissan Elgrand that was going the opposite direction and the four people from the two vehicles died on the sport while 12 others were injured.

Beitbridge District Civil Protection Unit representative who attended the scene, Mr Jahson Mugodzwa said they were yet to get a full report from the police and health officials.

When the news crew arrived at the scene emergency workers were still trying to retrieve the bodies of a man and a woman that were trapped in the wreckage of one of the vehicles.

All the injured were rushed to Beitbridge District Hospital where they were admitted.-Chronicle

26 AUGUST 2020

MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA CONDEMNS ZANUPF ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF PATSON DZAMARA.

Mdc Alliance Namibia would like to send its condolences to the bereaved Dzamara family, MDC Alliance and all Social democrats in Zimbabwe for the unimaginable loss of the youthful, vibrant and ardent fighter Patson Dzamara. As as a party, we were hypnotised upon receiving the devastating news that Dr Patson Dzamara our National Executive Member in the Mdc Alliance is no more. May his soul rest in power and let God bless his beloved family that has gone through a lot of horror and tragedy at the hands of satanic Zanupf morons.

We have lost a gallant fighter for socio-economic transformation. He fought so hard for his brother’s justice and was arbitrarily arrested and tortured including being injected with an unknown substance in 2016. Patson Dzamara confessed that the state security agents injected an unknown substance but the Zanupf denialists accused him of alarming and stage-managing his circumstances. These are the repercussions of the unknown substance. He was technically eliminated by Zanupf since he vowed to use all his organs to force the regime to bring back his brother Itai Dzamara who was abducted in broad daylight.

To quote him verbatim, he usually said, ‘ I will never be mute until Itai Dzamara is accounted for. I will never be silent until Zimbabwe is fixed from the Zanupf mess’. Patson Dzamara was determined and committed to confront corruption, looting, arbitrary arrests and abductions in Zimbabwe. He is the fourth person that social democrats know in the past two years who has been afflicted by some form of colon cancer including our Icon of Democracy the late Mdc Alliance leader Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, may his dear soul rest in power. The common denominator is that they were all political activists that have at one point been arrested, tortured and in some cases reporting being injected. These are the satanic repercussions of evil injections from Zanupf terrorists.

As Mdc Alliance Namibia, our message is that the deaths of ITAI AND PATSON DZAMARA shall continue to inspire all social democrats in the national democratic revolution. We will complete the fight against senseless and barefaced corruption. The people will win as usual. Thanks to all those who had been contributing to Fund our leader’s intended operation. May God bless you and your caring families. We shall forever put political and diplomatic pressure on the autocratic regime to respect people’s freedoms and livelihoods.

#Dzamaras’livesmatter
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
#ZanupfMustGo
#freewiwa
#freeallprisonersofconscience

Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya

Farai Dziva|Jittery acting Zanu PF spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa has accused MDC Alliance leaders Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti of “authoring” the Catholic Bishops letter.

Chinamasa, quoted by NewsDay claimed that the Pastoral Letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August was written by MDC Alliance leaders Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.

Said Chinamasa :

We dismiss these allegations with the contempt they deserve, not only as baseless but pandering to the demands of the MDCs.
The language was clearly tilted.

In fact, you would say that the language seemed to have been written by Chamisa or Biti, most likely Biti.

We are saying to the bishops, before you speak, please ask for dialogue with our President.

We are open to any dialogue on any issue that affects Zimbabweans, that affects their lives.

We will not allow any tendencies that precipitate us to violent situations or which give encouragement to noises that want to precipitate violent outcomes for our country.

Farai Dziva|Acting Zanu PF spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa has claimed Zanu PF detractors are “desperate to portray Zimbabwe as a nation facing a serious crisis.”

Chinamasa made the remarks in the capital, Harare on Tuesday.

Zanu PF is persecuting its perceived opponents and several human rights activists and opposition members have been arrested.

Said Chinamasa :
We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

Farai Dziva|Acting Zanu PF spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa has claimed Zanu PF detractors are “desperate to portray Zimbabwe as a nation facing a serious crisis.”

Chinamasa made the remarks in the capital, Harare on Tuesday.

Zanu PF is persecuting its perceived opponents and several human rights activists and opposition members have been arrested.

Said Chinamasa :
We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance leader, Advocate Nelson Chamisa has described the death of human rights activist, Dr Patson Dzamara as devastating…

“I’m so devastated..Just received bad news from the Dzamaras.

The young Dr Patson Dzamara gone too soon. This has been a terrible 2020,” said President Chamisa.

Patson Dzamara, brother to missing journalist-cum political activist Itai Dzamara, passed away away on Wednesday morning before his scheduled operation for colon cancer.

Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance leader, Advocate Nelson Chamisa has described the death of human rights activist, Dr Patson Dzamara as devastating…

“I’m so devastated..Just received bad news from the Dzamaras.

The young Dr Patson Dzamara gone too soon. This has been a terrible 2020,” said President Chamisa.

Patson Dzamara, brother to missing journalist-cum political activist Itai Dzamara, passed away away on Wednesday morning before his scheduled operation for colon cancer.

Farai Dziva|The entire nation has been shaken by the untimely death of prominent human rights activist, Dr Patson Dzamara.

Patson Dzamara, brother to missing journalist and activist, Itai Dzamara, died before undergoing an operation for cancer of the colon.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of NEC member #PatsonDzamara this morning. We extend our deepest condolences to the Dzamara family on the loss of yet another pillar of the struggle for a better #Zimbabwe.

May his soul rest in peace,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.

“A brother, a fighter and a friend is gone
Rest in everlasting Peace Patson Dzamara

You did yr part brother we will not betray you we will keep the fight,” said Happymore Chidziva.

Bishop Ancelimo Magaya wrote:

I have been saddened to the core by the passing on of Patson Dzamara, a young man whose future appeared bright.

Forced into activism by the state induced dissappearance of his brother Itai, we together formed Itai Dzamara trust. If his death is human induced then Lord have mercy.

A GWANDA based cop died on the spot after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and it rammed into a tree along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road in Nsindi area.

Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed the incident which occurred on Sunday at around 8PM at the 106 kilometre peg.

He said Paul Chiwoto (45) who was stationed at Gwanda Traffic was on his way to Gwanda from Bulawayo when the incident occurred.

“I can confirm that we recorded a fatal road accident involving a member of the police force which occurred along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road.

Paul Chiwoto who was stationed at Gwanda Traffic was travelling along the said road in a Toyota Corolla vehicle.

Upon reaching the 106 kilometre peg in Nsindi area he lost control of the vehicle which veered off the road and hit a tree.

The scene was attended by the police and his body was taken to Gwanda Provincial Hospital Mortuary,” he said.

In another incident a mine worker from Gwanda died after a shaft he was working in collapsed burying him underneath.

Chief Insp Ndebele confirmed the incident which occurred on Sunday at Lerato Mine in Shape Farm.

He said the now deceased Notice Sibanda (35) was working in a 20-metre-deep shaft when it collapsed.
“I can confirm that we recorded a mine accident which occurred at Lerato Mine in Shape Farm.

Notice Sibanda was working with his colleagues when he entered a 20-metre-deep shaft to collect some gold ore samples. The shaft curved in and buried Sibanda underneath,” he said.

“His workmates dug him out and retrieved him from the shaft while he was still alive and they rushed him to Tshelanyemba Hospital where he died the following day while admitted.”

Chief Insp Ndebele urged mine owners and managers to ensure that their workers have all the necessary protective clothing when operating.

He said they also had to ensure that their mining areas were safe for workers.-Chronicle

Paul Nyathi

Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadib who last week insulted an Al Jazeera journalist, the Stream presenter Femi Oke during a live virtual debate has been deployed by the party to represent it yet again in a foreign television news channel.

Mugwadi will represent ZANUPF in an SABC News programme on Wednesday night at 9pm.

In a debate that was themed “Are Zimbabweans being silenced?”, Oke was reading the audiences’ comments, Mugwadi started laughing interrupting her and said, “This is rubbish. F*ck you.”

The live discussion included Human Rights Watch’s director Dewa Mavhinga and main opposition MDC Alliance national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere.

The emotional information officer’s utterances last week leave him highly exposed with members of the public fearing he may lose his temper yet again and utter more scary stuff.

State Media

Harare miller Wayne Moss (46), the managing director of Mr Brands, and another local company director were recently arrested on allegations of duping a city businessman of US$25 000 cash after misrepresenting to him that they had off-shore free funds in the United Kingdom.

Moss, who is jointly charged with Kudakwashe Gambanga (35), a director of Avanteguard (Pvt) Ltd, yesterday appeared at the Mbare Magistrates’ Court on fraud charges and the two were remanded out of custody to September 3.

They are alleged to have connived to defraud the businessman of the money by manufacturing fake proof of payments. The State alleged that Moss approached the businessman and introduced Gambanga in absentia, claiming that he was in urgent need of the money to pay lobola for his fiancée, Pride Gono of Borrowdale, but could not access his free funds in cash.

He further suggested that Gambanga was offering to meet any foreign obligations for anyone, who could give him the US$25 000.

The unsuspecting businessman is reported to have believed him and offered to assist on condition that Moss should present him with a proof of transfer for the money into his bank account in the United Arab Emirates.

According to the State, Moss later emailed the businessman a fictitious proof of payment for the transfer of the money from a United Kingdom Metro Bank account into the alleged victim’s bank account.

The businessman then released the money in batches of US$4 000 and US$21 000 to Moss.

However, the money never reflected in the businessman’s account prompting him to make a follow up with Moss, who then gave him Gambanga’s contact details. But the businessman allegedly failed to recover his money so he reported the deal to the police leading to the arrest of Moss and Gambanga.

Mr Zebediah Bofu prosecuted.

Farai Dziva|Acting Zanu PF spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa has claimed Zanu PF detractors are “desperate to portray Zimbabwe as a nation facing a serious crisis.”

Chinamasa made the remarks in the capital, Harare on Tuesday.

Zanu PF is persecuting its perceived opponents and several human rights activists and opposition members have been arrested.

Said Chinamasa :
We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

By A Correspondent- The ruling ZANU PF party has accused civic rights groups, the United States of America, the opposition MDC and “ghost” social media accounts of spreading “fake news” claiming that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe.

ZANU PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa on Tuesday told reporters that sections of the local media have also been recruited to spread “malice” about the country.

Chinamasa challenged foreign countries to seek clarity on what is happening in Zimbabwe from the government instead of relying on “faceless” organisations. Chinamasa said.

We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

-statemedia

I am saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Patson Dzamara. He ran his race even though it was too short. May His Departed Soul Rest in Peace. pic.twitter.com/UBukmKbPSP

— Dr Thokozani Khupe (@DrThoko_Khupe) August 26, 2020

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has claimed that the Pastoral Letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August was written by MDC Alliance leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.

Addressing journalists at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Tuesday, Chinamasa said the hard-hitting letter released by Catholic Bishops could only have been written by Chamisa and Biti.

Said Chinamasa:

We dismiss these allegations with the contempt they deserve, not only as baseless but pandering to the demands of the MDCs.

We are saying to the bishops, before you speak, please ask for dialogue with our President. We are open to any dialogue on any issue that affects Zimbabweans, that affects their lives.

We will not allow any tendencies that precipitate us to violent situations or which give encouragement to noises that want to precipitate violent outcomes for our country.

In their pastoral letter, the Catholic bishops called on the government to order over human rights violations and corruption.

The government immediately responded by calling the bishops “genocidal”, “evil-minded” and a “self-righteous Ndebele minority”.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabweans are under siege from the current administration and the human rights abuses have increased under the current regime.

Addressing the medi outside Harare magistrates court Wednesday, Chamisa said it was unbelievable that in a free country, a citizen would be denied bail basing on assumptions.

Said Chamisa:

“The human rights abuses in this country are unbealivable….In a free Zimbabwe someone is denied bail. It can’t be normal. A journalist being victimised for saying what they have seen. Zimbabweans are under siege.”

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Musician Jah Prayzah has joined the number of Zimbabweans who have taken to social media to mourn the passing away of activist Patson Dzamara.

Dzamara succumbed to colon cancer on Wednesday morning.

Jah Prayzah posted pictures of him and Dzamara and said:

“These pictures captured in 2012 and 2020 will always be a reminder of the journey we walked together tichidzidzisana nekufara pamwe. I know you can no longer read this asi moyo wakaremerwa. You were always there to guide me. Rest in Peace Dr. Dzamara you shall be missed.”

These pictures captured in 2012 and 2020 will always be a reminder of the journey we walked together tichidzidzisana nekufara pamwe. I know you can no longer read this asi moyo wakaremerwa. You were always there to guide me. Rest in Peace Dr. Dzamara you shall be missed ? pic.twitter.com/cqnyMEBTbc

— Jah Prayzah (@jahprayzah) August 26, 2020

Heartbreaking news and another crushing blow for his family and loved ones, for all of us.
RIP #PatsonDzamara https://t.co/PctyOqLcao

— Wiz Bishop (@WizBish) August 26, 2020

I am saddened to hear about the passing of Dr. Patson Dzamara. He ran his race even though it was too short. May His Departed Soul Rest in Peace. pic.twitter.com/UBukmKbPSP

— Dr Thokozani Khupe (@DrThoko_Khupe) August 26, 2020

Correspondent

Political activist Patson Dzamara, whose brother Itai was abducted in 2015 by suspected state security agents in 2015 for denouncing then President Robert Mugabe, has died.

According to his relatives, Dzamara passed away today of cancer of the colon.

A few days ago, Dzamara posted a message on Twitter thanking people for showing their support after it was revealed that he had cancer.

He said, “I am humbled at the amount of people who have shared strength with me in the past few days. The outpouring of assistance and goodwill in many forms is heartening. Together we will testify. Thank you. Mega blessings.”

Many people are paying tribute to Dzamara, who was arrested several times, for staging protests demanding the safe return of his brother.

In his condolence message, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said, “I’m so devastated..Just received bad news from the Dzamaras.The young Dr Patson Dzamara gone too soon. This has been a terrible 2020!”

Pastor Evan Mawarire said in a tweet, “Words fail me. I’m completely devastated. Rest in peace my dear friend and brother Patson Dzamara. Inga wani you said just before surgery that you’d make it nhai Patson?? He didn’t make it my friends. The young man is gone. I can’t believe it.”

Zimbabwe’s Information Secretary, Nick Mangwana said, “I learnt of the passing on of @PatsonDzamara with sadness and grief. His passing on at such a young age puts us in touch with our mortality and the feebleness of life to which we hold no control. My heartfelt condolences to the Dzamara family, his friends and colleagues. MHSRIP.”

Hundreds of people are also expressing similar sentiments on various social media platforms saying Zimbabwe has lost a fighter for freedom and justice.

Dzamara’s brother, Itai, was the leader of a protest movement, Occupy Africa Unity Square, which called for the resignation of then president Mugabe, claiming that he was failing to properly led the country.

Itai was allegedly abducted by state security agents while he was at a barbershop in Harare.

Correspondent | ZimEye.com sources have just indicated that an inmate at Chikurubi Maximum Prison by the name, Albert Mugabe died of the coronavirus at the institution on Tuesday.

According to the sources, Mugabe died at the prison hospital before the body was rushed out of the prison complex to Parirenyatwa hospital.

“A Senior nurse at the maximum prison hospital certified that the inmate died of pneumonia ,there is panic from both inmates and officers over this pandemic which has hit chikurubi maximum prison,” they said.

Chikurubi maximum has 2500 inmates as of today who have all been placed in the radar of risk.

The sources revealed that the inmate was brought into the D section of the prison as a Covid-19 patient.

Prominent journo Hopewell Chinono is in B hall, activist Jacob Ngarivhume, in D hall, while the Zengeza MP Job Sikhala is in C Hall. They were placed in different sections. Chin’ono is together with the Glen View murder accused, Mr. Last Maengahama.

According to the sources, the deceased’s relatives were informed that he died of pneumonia, instead of COVID-19.

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Magistrate Ncube said there is reasonable suspicion that Hon. Sikhala committed the alleged offence stating that there is reasonable suspicion that Sikhala was about to commit the allegations levelled against him.

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Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance leader, Advocate Nelson Chamisa has described the death of human rights activist, Dr Patson Dzamara as devastating…

“I’m so devastated..Just received bad news from the Dzamaras.

The young Dr Patson Dzamara gone too soon. This has been a terrible 2020,” said President Chamisa.

Patson Dzamara, brother to missing journalist-cum political activist Itai Dzamara, passed away away on Wednesday morning before his scheduled operation for colon cancer.

WATCH- FLASHBACK MELODY AS THE LATE PATSON DZAMARA SINGS WITH PRESIDENT NELSON CHAMISA "Mazambara ariyo ane runyararo, rudo rwaJesu rwatisanganisa…." "God is good" says the late Dzamara pic.twitter.com/AwrxRJPITe

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 26, 2020

Picture:Job Sikhala In Court pic.twitter.com/LrsinrPTRV

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 26, 2020

26 AUGUST 2020 .

Mdc Alliance Namibia would like to send its condolences to the bereaved Dzamara family, MDC Alliance and all Social democrats in Zimbabwe for the unimaginable loss of the youthful, vibrant and ardent fighter Patson Dzamara.

As as a party, we were hypnotised upon receiving the devastating news that Dr Patson Dzamara our National Executive Member in the Mdc Alliance is no more.

May his soul rest in power and let God bless his beloved family that has gone through a lot of horror and tragedy at the hands of satanic Zanupf morons.

We have lost a gallant fighter for socio-economic transformation. He fought so hard for his brother’s justice and was arbitrarily arrested and tortured including being injected with an unknown substance in 2016.

Patson Dzamara confessed that the state security agents injected an unknown substance but the Zanupf denialists accused him of alarming and stage-managing his circumstances. These are the repercussions of the unknown substance.

He was technically eliminated by Zanupf since he vowed to use all his organs to force the regime to bring back his brother Itai Dzamara who was abducted in broad daylight.

To quote him verbatim, he usually said, ‘ I will never be mute until Itai Dzamara is accounted for. I will never be silent until Zimbabwe is fixed from the Zanupf mess’.

Patson Dzamara was determined and committed to confront corruption, looting, arbitrary arrests and abductions in Zimbabwe.

He is the fourth person that social democrats know in the past two years who has been afflicted by some form of colon cancer including our Icon of Democracy the late Mdc Alliance leader Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, may his dear soul rest in power.

The common denominator is that they were all political activists that have at one point been arrested, tortured and in some cases reporting being injected.

These are the satanic repercussions of evil injections from Zanupf terrorists. As Mdc Alliance Namibia, our message is that the deaths of ITAI AND PATSON DZAMARA shall continue to inspire all social democrats in the national democratic revolution.

We will complete the fight against senseless and barefaced corruption. The people will win as usual.

Thanks to all those who had been contributing to Fund our leader’s intended operation. May God bless you and your caring families.

We shall forever put political and diplomatic pressure on the autocratic regime to respect people’s freedoms and livelihoods.

#Dzamaras’livesmatter #ZimbabweanLivesMatter #ZanupfMustGo #freewiwa #freeallprisonersofconscience

Mdc Alliance Namibia Rundu Branch Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya

Farai Dziva|The entire nation has been shaken by the untimely death of prominent human rights activist, Dr Patson Dzamara.

Patson Dzamara, brother to missing journalist and activist, Itai Dzamara, died before undergoing an operation for cancer of the colon.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of NEC member #PatsonDzamara this morning. We extend our deepest condolences to the Dzamara family on the loss of yet another pillar of the struggle for a better #Zimbabwe.

May his soul rest in peace,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.

“A brother, a fighter and a friend is gone
Rest in everlasting Peace Patson Dzamara

You did yr part brother we will not betray you we will keep the fight,” said Happymore Chidziva.

Bishop Ancelimo Magaya wrote:

I have been saddened to the core by the passing on of Patson Dzamara, a young man whose future appeared bright.

Forced into activism by the state induced dissappearance of his brother Itai, we together formed Itai Dzamara trust. If his death is human induced then Lord have mercy.

Dr Patson Dzamara funeral update:

Mourners are gathered at Number 11640 Glenview 7, Harare.
More details to follow. pic.twitter.com/9QJd3Iy3T5

— Clifford Hlatywayo MP Chipinge South (@CliffordHlatyw1) August 26, 2020

Farai Dziva|Jittery acting Zanu PF spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa has accused MDC Alliance leaders Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti of “authoring” the Catholic Bishops letter.

Chinamasa, quoted by NewsDay claimed that the Pastoral Letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August was written by MDC Alliance leaders Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.

Said Chinamasa :

We dismiss these allegations with the contempt they deserve, not only as baseless but pandering to the demands of the MDCs.
The language was clearly tilted.

In fact, you would say that the language seemed to have been written by Chamisa or Biti, most likely Biti.

We are saying to the bishops, before you speak, please ask for dialogue with our President.

We are open to any dialogue on any issue that affects Zimbabweans, that affects their lives.

We will not allow any tendencies that precipitate us to violent situations or which give encouragement to noises that want to precipitate violent outcomes for our country.

Farai Dziva|Acting Zanu PF spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa has claimed Zanu PF detractors are “desperate to portray Zimbabwe as a nation facing a serious crisis.”

Chinamasa made the remarks in the capital, Harare on Tuesday.

Zanu PF is persecuting its perceived opponents and several human rights activists and opposition members have been arrested.

Said Chinamasa :
We have noted the desire to present Zimbabwe as being in a crisis that is sponsored by civic rights groups working with the US and its allies to spread malicious fake news that Zimbabwe is in a crisis of human rights violations.

Working with the MDC and ghost social media accounts and trolls created by one person, these groups are taking every opportunity they get to spread lies against the situation in our country.

They also have recruited some sections of the local media to spread the malice, some who we know are paid to do that.

While we reiterate that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, we call upon concerned countries to seek clarity from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Information Ministry or ourselves or visit Zimbabwe and experience the beauty, love, unity, peace and stability of our nation rather than relying on faceless organisations like Tajamuka.

Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance leader, Advocate Nelson Chamisa has described the death of human rights activist, Dr Patson Dzamara as devastating…

“I’m so devastated..Just received bad news from the Dzamaras.

The young Dr Patson Dzamara gone too soon. This has been a terrible 2020,” said President Chamisa.

Patson Dzamara, brother to missing journalist-cum political activist Itai Dzamara, passed away away on Wednesday morning before his scheduled operation for colon cancer.

Opposition activist Patson Dzamara’s death has united Zimbabweans with leaders from both Zanu PF and MDC taking to social media to express grief at his passing on.

Below are messages from Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Publicity Nick Mangwana.

“I learnt of the passing on of Patson Dzamara with sadness and grief. His passing on at such a young age puts us in touch with our mortality and the feebleness of life to which we hold no control. My heartfelt condolences to the Dzamara family, his friends and colleagues. MHSRIP,” said Nick Mangwana.

Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Tuboy Mugwadi said, “I have learnt with shock, the passing on of prominent opposition activist & Pastor, Mr Patson Dzamara It is most painful to have lost him to cancer, at a time when the world is battling another vicious pandemic Our prayers are with his family in this difficult time RIP.”

Opposition MDC Alliance Deputy President Tendai Biti said, “The loss of Patson Dzamara is a huge blow to the Democracy Movement .A young passionate revolutionary, he has left us too early .We pray for his family that has gone through a lot at the hands of a callous illegitimate regime .We know one day they will be free.”

MDC Alliance Treasurer General David Coltart had this to say about Dzamara.

“Rest in peace Dr Patson Dzamara . The Coltart family is deeply saddened by your death. You will be sorely missed.”

By A Correspondent- A famous Harare preacher was arrested last week on allegations of bribery involving National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) officials.

Nixon Chibuzor Ohizu (46) the leader of Empowerment Ministries Church along Seke Road, Harare, gave US$2 000 to two high ranking NRZ officials to have them reverse the cancellation of a lease agreement between his church and the transport utility.

Ohizu reportedly met Colonel Nyabambi and Clive Ncube at the NRZ offices and tried to bribe them to reverse the cancellation of a lease agreement between his church and NRZ served on him on August 7.

The two NRZ officials reportedly accepted a bribe offer of US$2 000 during their initial meeting.

When the preacher returned to the offices with the money, the NRZ officials had already notified the police and a trap had been set for him.

He was arrested when he brought the money – the whole US$2 000 in $100 denominations. The money is being kept as an exhibit.

Ohizu was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa.

He was remanded out of custody to October 1 on $10 000 bail and was ordered to surrender his passport.

-DailyNews

By A Correspondent- Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure said the November public examinations should be deferred to May 2021 as the majority of learners will not have enough preparation time this year.

Masaraure was responding to Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa who told a post-cabinet news conference last Tuesday that schools will reopen next month with examinations for Ordinary and Advanced Level classes going ahead between November and December.

Masaraure argued that only a few elite pupils have access to online learning material while the majority of leaners are totally ill-equipped for the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) exams.

He said:

The examinations will be forced down the throats of over 650 000 unprepared learners who had no access to remote learning after COVID-19-induced schools closure of 24 March 2020.

An average of 32 000 elite learners who enjoyed exclusionary access to online learning will be ready for these apartheid examinations.

Examination candidates have lost five solid months of learning time in the critical final year of their studies.

They are likely to lose more. Traditionally, these lost months are dedicated to completing the syllabi and embarking on a robust revision process to recall concepts covered in the first academic year of the two-year course.

It is practically impossible to frog march these ill-prepared learners into the examination room and expect them to cough out good results.

Schools were closed in March this year due to the coronavirus outbreak and were initially set for reopening in July but those plans were aborted following a surge in local transmission cases.-newsday