State Media

FOUR NatPharm board members, including the chairman and his deputy appeared in court over the weekend facing allegations of failing to retire managing director, Florah Nancy Sifeko, when her tenure of office lapsed.

Board chairman Billy Rigava, his deputy Rachael Chibaya, board members Johnson Shonhe and Harunavamwe Notburga Chifamba appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with criminal abuse of office.

They were all not asked to plead to the charges when they appeared before magistrate Victoria Mashamba, who remanded them to August 12 on $3 000 bail.

Circumstances leading to their arrest are that on June 1, 2006 Sifeku was appointed managing director for NatPharm under a renewable three-year contract.

Sifeku’s contract was renewed by the board up until her last contract, which started on June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2018.

The court heard that on July 31, 2018 former NatPharm chairman Dr George Washaya wrote a notice of retirement to Sifeku, which also said the board had taken notice of her age.

It is said the notice also outlined that Sifeku was no longer eligible for reappointment according to the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act after having served the organisation for 10 years.

The notice was also said to have served as extension of Sifeku’s contract from June 1, 2018 to November 30 of the same year.

On November 28, 2018 NatPharm received a circular from the Office of the President and Cabinet outlining procedure for termination of public entities’ chief executives who had served for more than 10 years as guided by the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act.

The court heard that the NatPharm Board chaired by Dr Washaya was dissolved leaving the pharmaceutical company to operate from October 2019 to June 2019 without a board.

Sifeku, according to the State, was reporting directly to the Minister of Health and Child Care.

On July 1, 2019 Natpharm appointed a board.

It is said on July 18 of the same year, a human resources committee meeting chaired by Chifamba was held and the issue of recruiting a new managing director was raised and captured in the minutes.

On November 30, Sifeku’s contract expired and she reportedly continued to work without a contract and President’s approval of her re-appointment.

The court heard that on November 30, 2019 NatPharm held a human resources committee meeting where the issue of recruiting a new managing director was raised and resolved that it be discussed in the main board meeting.

Accusations against the quartet are that they failed to terminate Sifeku’s employment, which was part of their duties.

During the time Sifeku continued to work, she received salaries and benefits amounting to $631 997 and US$2 865

Zanu PF youths have angrily reacted to the MDC Alliance Spokesperson Fadzai Mahere’s call for party members to go out in numbers and join the July 31 nationwide protests against corruption and the general mismanagement of the country by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ZANU PF government.

Led by youth league Secretary General Tendai Chirau, the party youth said they would defend Mnangagwa and any attempts to remove him from power would be resisted.

“We reiterate our support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and it is in this light that if there are any issues we have as a nation, we have to do it through patriotic means. There are better ways to address the issues rather than using demonstrations, especially in this time of COVID-19. It becomes a cause for concern,” he said.

Government has insisted the July 31 demonstrations are being fuelled by the West.

“The mortal fear of Africa by the West is the economic success of a self-sustainable African nation. Zimbabwe now offers that prospect after braving devastating sanctions by the West for two decades. No wonder the pandemonium being engendered by the fear of a good example,” Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said in a statement on Saturday.

She said Mnangagwa was aware of the “evil and devilish” agenda by the West.

“President Mnangagwa and his government are fully apprised on this evil agenda and devilish machinations. We will keep the course of re-engagement while safeguarding the nation from a slide to chaos,” Mutsvangwa said.

NewsDay

THE opposition MDC Alliance spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere, has urged Zimbabweans to unite and join the nationwide protests pencilled in for July 31 against the Zanu PF regime erosion of basic freedoms and confront State corruption.

Speaking to NewsDay Mahere said the only option was for Zimbabweans to take to the streets and confront the regime.

“What do we do? We take to the streets, we have to find our collective voice, and it’s not just about the 31st of July. I think that’s what I need to emphasise that’s just about one day, so it’s not as if once the 31st of July comes and goes, we sort of forget about the need to stand up and speak out against the government. There is no magic around that day.

There is need to unite. Speaking out against the government has to be a continuous obligation on each citizen,” Mahere said.

She said it was now time for Zimbabweans to unite and speak with one voice because the system had declared war on citizens.

“We have to form a broad church, nobody is safe whether it’s MDC Alliance MPs, church leaders, teachers, nurses, civic society, business, they are coming for everybody. So it’s time for us to all come together and say Zanu PF must go because the system has declared war on everybody, on all of us, so we have to find our collective voice.”

The MDC Alliance spokesperson said people needed to fight for basic rights and freedoms such as access to health and general welfare which were under threat.

“Regardless of the fact that we are hungry and the cost of living is escalating and we cannot afford public health, people should be allowed to come out on the 31st of July regardless of who is organising it and they should be able to do that on any other day. People have the right to do that peacefully, socially distanced you know, even if it’s during the time of COVID-19 people should be allowed to express themselves. There is no law on earth which says during a pandemic people cannot protest,” she said.

Despite indications that government would thwart the demonstrations before they even begin, Mahere said more was at stake for the people of Zimbabwe.

“The right to a livelihood, the right to public health, all of these rights are under threat, the right to access information. We have been asked to pay taxes in terms of the law and yet these taxes are spent on farm mechanisation, tractors, and when we ask who gets all these tractors, they arrest journalists doing their work,” she said.

“They deny these journalists bail, but yet the very people who are corrupt, the very people who are stealing COVID-19 money, the State surprisingly says no we are not going to challenge bail against you.

“When we say corruption is killing us, when we say human rights are under threat, when we say we can’t breathe, this is precisely what we mean. Human rights, freedom, Constitution all these are in existence for our security as a people.”

The MDC Alliance said Mnangagwa, politics and the clampdown on human rights were the major problems in Zimbabwe and not the economy.

“Then they say we have an economic crisis. No, that’s not where our crisis is, our crisis is political in nature. If we allow people to be free, if we allow people to breathe in an environment where they have all these freedoms, we will be fine,” she said.

“The other day, my EcoCash data was in the hands of some random police officer. How is that normal? How is that OK? I gave my records to EcoCash, I subscribed, I have a right to privacy and the next thing I know, some police officer says no, they now have my name, address, phone number. That is not freedom.”

The police on July 17 were granted an order against Econet, which has more than 11 million subscribers, to hand over details of its mobile money transactions and subscribers on EcoCash because authorities suspect its network was used in money-laundering.

Econet successfully challenged the warrant at the High Court last week saying it constituted a violation of the company and its subscribers’ right to privacy.

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On 20 July 2020, one of our staff members disclosed that they may have come in contact with a Covid 19 infected person. They were immediately sent for Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) which, however, tested negative. As a precautionary measure, all the branch staff were sent for RDT testing. Unfortunately, a member of staff tested positive and they were immediately released to go home and isolate, while further tests were being carried out.

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The central figure in a fraud case involving more than US$20m siphoned from Zimbabwe’s ministry of defence died a day before he was due in court.

Peter Muchakazi, 56, an army procurement officer, according to sources, died just a few hours after complaining of chest pains. Ministry of defence secretary Mark Grey Marongwe confirmed Muchakazi’s death to TimesLIVE.

“The family of the deceased will be in a better position to comment about how he died,” he said.

Muchakazi was suspected to be the ringleader of a well-orchestrated con whereby fake invoices were raised for services allegedly rendered to the ministry. The fraud wrap faced by Muchakazi, his co-accused Jonathan Tandangu, Dhuvai Muzenda and Maria Fungisai Chiurira in December last year drew the attention of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) as some army commanders were also investigated for being part of the rot.

ZimEye.com early this year reported that the matter involving Muchakazi was the reason behind Danison Muvandi, the director of finance and human resources, fleeing the country. His whereabouts is unknown.

Allegations of corruption at the ministry of defence investigated by ZACC implicate army officers and civilian employees. In December, army chief-of-staff quartermaster Maj-Gen Hlanganani Dube — one of the ZDF’s top five commanders — was implicated in the theft of 30 tonnes of beef from a recruitment training depot in Matabeleland South.

Dube’s driver was arrested by counterintelligence operatives and pointed the finger at his boss, who was put on forced leave pending completion of an investigation.

The commander of One Commando regiment in Harare, Lt-Col Enock Chivhima, was arrested last May and charged with stealing beef rations meant for his troops.

He and eight other soldiers were also arrested on suspicion of stealing donations for victims of Cyclone Idai.

The looting at the ministry was unearthed at a time when soldiers in barracks had to do with only one meal a day.

State Media

Senior lawyer Simplisius Julius Chihambakwe has appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing allegations of failing to declare his interests to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) where he was a board member when his law firm started collecting money owed to the authority.

Chihambakwe, of Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe yesterday charged with corruptly concealing an interest from a principal.

While collecting Zesa debts, the law firm earned US$3 098 248 commission.

Chihambakwe was not asked to plead to the charges and was remanded to 21 August for routine remand on $10 000 bail.

The State led by Ms Sheila Mupindu alleges that in January 2016, Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners started collecting debts on behalf of Zesa’s distribution arm, ZETDC, without signing a contract.

At the time, Chihambakwe was a board member of Zesa and he allegedly failed to disclose his interests.

On 31 May 2016, the law firm is said to have received US$5 000 as debt collection disbursement from ZESA Holdings.

The court heard that the matter was raised during the Zesa Holdings 36th board of directors committee meeting held on May 26, 2016.

Chihambakwe is said to have later declared his interests as a senior partner in the law firm.

It is alleged that Chihambakwe later signed the contract for debt collection on 3 June 2016 but that there was no Zesa board resolution then and none until the end of the board’s term.

The court heard that from January 2016 to December last year, the law firm was paid commissions totalling US$3 098 248.

Hopewell Chin’ono yesterday approached the High Court to appeal the refusal of a magistrates’ court to grant him bail pending trial on charges of incitement to commit public violence.

Harare regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna denied Chin’ono bail last week on the grounds that he was likely to continue posting statements on social media that have the effect of instigating public violence if freed on bail.

He was remanded in custody to August 7.

Chin’ono is being charged with incitement to commit public violence or alternatively incitement to participate in a gathering with the intent to promote public violence.

Though Chino’no argued, through his lawyer, Ms Beatrice Mtetwa of Mtetwa and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners, during the bail hearing at his initial remand, that there was no reference to violence in his tweets, Mr Nduna ruled that the interpretation of the activist’s tweets would be dealt with during trial and upheld the State fears that he was likely to re-offend once released on bail.

Charges against Chin’ono arose after he allegedly posted messages calling for mass demonstrations by any means against Government on July 31.

THE trial of Marry Mubaiwa on charges of assaulting her maid was yesterday deferred after she told the court that she cannot stand trial at the moment because of ill-health.

Mubaiwa, who is the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, made an application through lawyer Ms Beatrice Mtetwa for the trial to be moved to another date since she was still recovering and needed more time to recuperate.

During her application for deferment of the matter, Ms Mtetwa produced photographs of Mubaiwa, which she said were evidence enough to prove that her client was unwell.

Mubaiwa is facing assault charges after she allegedly attacked her former maid, Delight Munyoro.

She appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded her to September 7 to 9 on a continuous roll for trial.

The State led by Mr Charles Muchemwa and Mrs Netsai Mushayabasa consented to the application for deferment, saying they had taken Mubaiwa’s condition into account.

“Of note is that State’s witnesses had been continuously attending court without the trial kicking-off,” said Mr Muchemwa.

“We have taken note of her condition and we hope that by the next court appearance she will be in a position to stand trial.”

The incident which led to Mubaiwa’s arrest occurred at Hellenic School in Harare, at a time when she and the Vice President were fighting for the custody of their children- The Herald

The ruling party has threatened to expel US Ambassador Brian Nichols as it is accusing him of interfering with local politics.

Patrick Chinamasa said this during a press conference in Harare this afternoon.

Chinamasa laid into Ambassador Nichols and said he should be ashamed of himself and that African Americans were not treated well in America hence he didn’t have the right to talk about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and said:

I want to warn them (foreign diplomats) that it is high time to know that Zimbabwe is a sovereign Republic and we are a full sovereign state under the Montevideo Convention.

The US ambassador whom I am told is African-American, must be totally ashamed of himself.

What has the United States has to offer in terms of values and human rights observance when his own African American people are treated like rats in full view of world media and he remains an Uncle Tom used to propagate values which by themselves they do not practice on their own people.

He later on said the ruling party- but not the government -since he cannot speak on behalf of the government- would not hesitate to expel him if he doesn’t heed to their warning before calling him a thug:

He continues to engage in acts of undermining this Republic and if he does so, if he continues engaging in acts of undermining the Republic mobilizing and funding disturbances coordinating violence and training insurgency our leadership will not hesitate to give him his marching orders.
Diplomats should not behave like thugs and Brian Nichols is a thug.

We remind Nichols that he is not a super Diplomat in this country. There are several Diplomats seconded to this republic from African Union countries and the world over. They have never masqueraded and pretended to be our prefects as Mr Nichols is doing.

We have nothing to learn from the United States or from countries which impose sanctions
It is still not clear, when, how and where the US ambassador has interfered with local politics.

However, the embassy has been from time to time pointed out human right abuses that bedevil the country and target mainly opposition party members.
It is still not clear how this attack will affect relations between Harare and Washington.

Ambassador Nichols is yet to respond to the ruling party’s threats- All Africa

By Simba Chikanza | ZANU PF has hatched a sophisticated plot to arrest MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa ahead of the upcoming 31 July demonstration (not associated with the MDC Alliance party).

https://youtu.be/0_yTJcbPzFI

Since the weekend, ZimEye has perused a 33 page state security document that lays out the full plan meant to both discredit and apprehend President Chamisa. The development comes as two other plots earlier in the year, were foiled at conception after ZimEye exposed them all, one which included the state planting fake terrorists in neighbouring Mozambique to doctor trumped up charges against Chamisa.

The full 33 page document will be published on ZimEye today.

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In the military plot, a group of MDC members will be arrested and then forced to implicate Chamisa in exchange for their release.

To confirm the scheme, by Tuesday morning the state owned Herald paper had published the below yellow paper:

MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has been sucked into the latest swirl of residential stands allocation scam in the capital city, amid revelations that the opposition has been stripping the council of land to finance its subversive intentions and prepare for the 2023 harmonised elections.
Already, over a dozen Harare City Council officials, including MDC-A Mayor Herbert Gomba, human resources and former housing director Matthew Marara, the city’s town planner Samuel Nyabeze and surveyor Munyaradzi Bowa have been arrested on a string of allegations that include criminal abuse of office and corruption. 
But their arrest could just be a tip of the iceberg of the rot in MDC Alliance run councils countrywide that have been invaded by the party heavyweights to finance their fancy lives, sponsor subversion as well as set a war chest for the 2023 elections.
At the centre of the scandal are MDC councillors, Mr Chamisa himself, his secretary-general Mr Charlton Hwende, some captured persons in the justice delivery chain and the councillors who use control of the capital city to blatantly disregard the housing waiting list and milk the council of millions of dollars through undervaluing properties.
Sources inside council and in the MDC-A said there was a resolution that was passed by the opposition party last year that they needed to take advantage of controlling the country’s major cities to finance party programmes, including the planned July 31 demonstration.
Information gleaned from various sources revealed that the only two MDC-A councillors, who are not involved in stripping the city of land out of the 45, are Mr Ian Makone (Ward 18) and Ward 4 councillor Mrs Tracey Chagarisa as the party accumulates wealth in what has left the capital with no open space or land banks.
Investigations by The Herald also established that, because of the elaborate planning from the MDC-A hierarchy, a process that could take weeks or months to complete would be done in less than two hours, while council resolutions could be fast-tracked to ensure those who were sold the residential stands, often-times who jumped the housing waiting list, had their residential stands in a matter of hours.
“They agreed that the process of fundraising was both for 2023 and to fund party activities, including destabilising the country at a meeting that was held in December last year,” said an insider familiar with the illegal allocation and parcelling of stands to MDC-A kingpins and apologists.
For instance, councillor for Ward 16 Denford Ngadziore got 36 stands in the Westlea area where home-seekers would be made to pay in US dollars but the intrinsic value would be paid in local currency.
In Strathaven 30 residential stands were sold for US$30 000 and after getting the money, the MDC-A councillors paid ZW$17 000 to council.
Stands 1041-1044 in Morningside measuring 2 000 square metres were sold for US$50 000 and ZW$25 000 was paid to Harare City Council.
Apart from targeting individuals, the MDC-A web of corruption also roped in companies that were either linked to the party directly or indirectly.
“In December 2019 the MDC came up with a list of companies to give land to. Hayes Construction, whose director is Mr Charlton Hwende, was given a site to build flats in Southerton. Another company, AM Machado Construction received land and did not pay. The process of giving these companies land was done in one day and then they backdated a resolution in March this year that the companies would not pay but would choose a social responsibility programme they could support,” another top council official said.
Contacted for comment, Mr Hwende said: “I am not a director of Hayes Construction. I don’t own that company. The only company I am a director of is Twinsday Logistics based in         Namibia.
“I would  not deny it if I had properly applied for land and I am given that land.”
Notwithstanding that they were not on the housing waiting list, the party leaders were also pampered with residential stands.
“Mr Chamisa was allocated a 3 000-square-metre stand number 19740 in Gunhill. There is no record of payment. His brother Starman was allocated a residential stand measuring 2 000 square metres opposite the United States embassy in Westgate in 2019, the stand was only paid for recently, this is despite the fact that he had a stand in Sunningdale allocated on a recreational tennis court. He, however, sold the stand in connivance with Marara.
“Another beneficiary is Mr Murisi Zwizai who got a stand behind Borrowdale Police Station, again without following the council processes,” said a senior council official in the housing department.
Asked for a comment, Mr Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda said: “We need to go through what you are saying.”
With councillors playing ball, the MDC-A then compromised persons occupying positions of influence in government institutions such as the police and the judiciary.
Information gleaned by The Herald revealed that top cops, senior judicial officers including those from the Prosecutor General offices and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) were “bought by residential stands” even though they were not on the waiting list.
“Four ZACC investigators, including a commissioner, were given residential stands in Greendale. The police were also compromised, especially the law and order section, the homicide department and also the commercial crimes unit, those people were bought through the elaborate scheme so that when the situation comes to light it would be handled with friendly forces. The majority of residential stands in wetlands in Westlea were given to police officers and senior officials in the judiciary,” another councillor told this publication.
Besides giving land to councillors, the police and other key officials, the MDC corruption web also included its political activists such as Mr Mfundo Mlilo, who got a 3 000-square-metre stand opposite PetroTrade along the Bulawayo Road and Mr Pedzisai Ruhanya, who got a stand even though he was not on the housing waiting list.
Bet when Kuwadzana and White House, another suburb, that is mainly resided by MDC-A activists was created by the opposition to create an exclusive enclave for subversive purposes. About 256 stands were also created in Westlea and curiously the majority of those allocated stands there are from the police force.
Having captured some police and judicial officers and also investigators from ZACC so as to cover their tracks, the scheming MDC-A also gave residential stands to some of the country’s musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo, Peter Moyo and Brahman Chizvino, popularly known as Baba Harare.
“The musicians were targeted to ensure that they would compose pro-MDC Alliance jingles and subversive songs between now and the elections. Mapfumo got a residential stand in Glen Lorne while Moyo and Chizvino got theirs in Mufakose.”
Today Harare, once the sunshine city, is a pale shadow of its former glorious self — refuse goes uncollected, rivulets of sewage flow in the high density suburbs while the open spaces have all been sold to finance the MDC-A activities.
The city currently has no land bank as most of the land has been parcelled out to MDC-A cronies and to specific people of authority and influence in some government institutions. Herald

One hundred and ninety -two {192) cases tested psitive for COVID-19 today.

These include 189 local cases and 3 returnees from South Africa (2) and Zambia (1)who are isolated.

New recoveries were reported by the following provoncies Matabeleland South(20) Matabeleland North (2) Masvingo (2).

Today we regret to report that two (2) community deaths from Manicaland Province a female aged 34 and a male aged 30.

Today 1419 ROTScreening Tests and 1 485 PC8 diagrodc tests were done.

The cumulative number of teste done are 122 770 (67 939 RDT and 54 831 PCR)
Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak on 20 March 2020. The total number of confirmed cases is 2704, recoveries 542, active cases 2126 and 36 deaths-Ministry Of Health and Child Care

Farai Dziva|An MDC Alliance member was brutally killed by a Zanu PF activist for challenging the partisan distribution of food aid in Bulilima.

According to the MDC Alliance, the party member was killed by a Neighbourhood Watch Committee officer aligned to Zanu PF

See full statement below :

27-07-2020

MDC Alliance Youth, Mazwi Ndlovu, son to former MDC Bulilima East Ward 2 Councillor Msongelwa Ndlovu was viciously attacked and killed in cold murder by a member of the ZRP neighborhood watch for questioning partisan food distribution by a ZANU PF Councillor.

Ndlovu was killed over the weekend by a ZRP neighborhood watch, Twoboy Moyo after questioning the a known ZANU PF member, one Bhebhe over partisan food distribution from donor aid.

Matabeleland South is one of the drought prone areas and this year is not an exception hence people depend much on food relief usually donated by Non Governmental Organizations.

Sadly over the years ZANU PF abuses its influence in the province to deny opposition supporters equal access to food aid.

Under the government of MDC Alliance, equal access to food for all remains our priority.

Meanwhile, the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly will deploy peace monitors to ensure equal access to donor aid especially during this trying time when the majority are facing starvation.

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

Farai Dziva|An MDC Alliance member was brutally killed by a Zanu PF activist for challenging the partisan distribution of food aid in Bulilima.

According to the MDC Alliance, the party member was killed by a Neighbourhood Watch Committee officer aligned to Zanu PF

See full statement below :

27-07-2020

MDC Alliance Youth, Mazwi Ndlovu, son to former MDC Bulilima East Ward 2 Councillor Msongelwa Ndlovu was viciously attacked and killed in cold murder by a member of the ZRP neighborhood watch for questioning partisan food distribution by a ZANU PF Councillor.

Ndlovu was killed over the weekend by a ZRP neighborhood watch, Twoboy Moyo after questioning the a known ZANU PF member, one Bhebhe over partisan food distribution from donor aid.

Matabeleland South is one of the drought prone areas and this year is not an exception hence people depend much on food relief usually donated by Non Governmental Organizations.

Sadly over the years ZANU PF abuses its influence in the province to deny opposition supporters equal access to food aid.

Under the government of MDC Alliance, equal access to food for all remains our priority.

Meanwhile, the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly will deploy peace monitors to ensure equal access to donor aid especially during this trying time when the majority are facing starvation.

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

Farai Dziva|A specialist in beekeeping, Nyasha William Gwazemba, has vowed to join the July 31 protests.

In an interview with ZimEye.com, Gwazemba said he would provide 800 000 bees to “support the democratic process.”

Bees will ensure that people are not assaulted by soldiers and police details during the protests, according to Gwazemba.

This comes after soldiers and police officers were stung by bees in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

Read narrative below:

There came a lorry full of police details and soldiers in Kuwadzana 4 Harare so everyone ran away.

Some of the soldiers were in civilian clothes and they were just arresting everyone.

In the past you would just notice that this person who has arrested me is a soldier and a police officer and that you have been arrested and are being taken to the police truck. But today, they were just arresting everyone …so when they arrived at Kuwadzana 4 shops people ran away leaving their groceries, the ones that they were selling including their firewood.

So there were bees that came from nowhere,they just flew and went underneath a cart. The cart was like the ones that are used by vendors in towns when they are selling their wares.

No one knows what time these bees made this cart their haven but it should be today because this cart was at home last night and was taken to the shops this morning for business.

So when people ran away after seeing that the soldiers in plain clothes were arresting people and taking them to their truck, they left their wares.

So these soldiers started confiscating people’s groceries and that is when they saw the cart and they started loading the confiscated goods and firewood into that cart.

Trouble started when they started to push the cart. The bees left their haven ,underneath the cart and started biting them.They were bitten such that they left the cart and started running away.

The soldiers were bitten and they ran back to their truck and they were wailing while the swarm of bees continued biting them.

It was a swarm of bees and when these soldiers who were fleeing the bees got to their truck, the bees continued biting them and those who were inside the trucks were not spared either.

The driver of the truck sped off but this did not help, the bees continued biting them.I doubt these bees are a natural species.

They must be someone’s bees. In Kuwadzana 4 today, we witnessed a rare incident.

The soldiers were wailing and crying. Please do not take people’s property. This happened around 12pm in Kuwadzana 4, Harare.

The firewood pieces that they wanted to take belong to one granny whom we call gogo Ndunge.

In the video footage below beekeeper, Gwazemba speaks to ZimEye:

Farai Dziva|Several people were injured in Gutu town on Sunday after being assaulted by soldiers.

“Several people were injured yesterday at around 6 pm when heavily armed soldiers from 42 infantry battalion indiscriminately beat up residents of Gutu at Hwiru Shopping Centre, Mupandawana Town,” a source told ZimEye.com.

According to the source, the soldiers did not explain why they were assaulting people.

26-07-2020

Four heavily armed suspected state agents besieged MDC Alliance Bulawayo Councillor for Ward 24, Anorld Batirai Dube’s homestead last night.

The four, asked about Clr Dube’s whereabouts before getting away with valuables like laptop, 2 cellphones and money.

The break in comes hotly after another failed attempt just few days ago.

A shaken Mrs Batirai narrated her harrowing ordeal at the hands of the four who threatened to blow off her head demanding to know Clr Dube’s whereabouts.

Clr Batirai Dube is MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Deputy National Secretary for Local Governance.

As an Assembly, we believe Clr Batirai Dube is a victim of a panic stricken regime that is keen to foil the impending 31 July protests through a Night of Long Knives on opposition supporters.

We shall not be intimidated nor relent!

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

26-07-2020

Four heavily armed suspected state agents besieged MDC Alliance Bulawayo Councillor for Ward 24, Anorld Batirai Dube’s homestead last night.

The four, asked about Clr Dube’s whereabouts before getting away with valuables like laptop, 2 cellphones and money.

The break in comes hotly after another failed attempt just few days ago.

A shaken Mrs Batirai narrated her harrowing ordeal at the hands of the four who threatened to blow off her head demanding to know Clr Dube’s whereabouts.

Clr Batirai Dube is MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Deputy National Secretary for Local Governance.

As an Assembly, we believe Clr Batirai Dube is a victim of a panic stricken regime that is keen to foil the impending 31 July protests through a Night of Long Knives on opposition supporters.

We shall not be intimidated nor relent!

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

The Ministry of Health and Child Care today reported yet another huge increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country.

The Ministry reported as follows:

One hundred and ninety -two {192) cases tested psitive for COVID-19 today. These include 189 local cases and 3 returnees from South Africa (2) and Zambia (1)who are isolated.

New recoveries were reported by the following provoncies Matabeleland South(20) Matabeleland North (2) Masvingo (2)

Today we regret to report that two (2) community deaths from Manicaland Province a female aged 34 and a male aged 30.

Today 1419 ROTScreening Tests and 1 485 PC8 diagrodc tests were done. The cumulative number of teste done are 122 770 (67 939 RDT and 54 831 PCR)

Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak on 20 March 2020. the total number of confirmed cases is 2704, recoveries 542, active cases 2126 and 36 deaths.

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The central figure in a fraud case involving more than US$20 million allegedly siphoned from Zimbabwe’s ministry of defence died a day before he was due in court.

Peter Muchakazi, 56, an army procurement officer, according to sources, died just a few hours after complaining of chest pains on Sunday night.

Mark Grey Marongwe, the ministry of defence’s secretary confirmed Muchakazi’s death.

“The family of the deceased will be in a better position to comment about how he died,” he said.

Muchakazi was suspected to be the ringleader of a well-orchestrated con in which fake invoices were raised for services allegedly rendered to the ministry. The fraud rap faced by Muchakazi, his co-accused Jonathan Tandangu, Dhuvai Muzenda and Maria Fungisai Chiurira in December last year drew the attention of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) as some army commanders were also investigated for being part of the scam.

South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, on January 12 this year, reported that the matter involving Muchakazi was the reason behind Danison Muvandi, the director of finance and human resources, fleeing the country. His whereabouts remain unknown.

Allegations of corruption at the ministry of defence investigated by ZACC implicate army officers and civilian employees.

In December, army chief-of-staff quartermaster Maj-Gen Hlanganani Dube — one of the ZDF’s top five commanders — was implicated in the theft of 30 tonnes of beef from a recruitment training depot in Matabeleland South.

Dube’s driver was arrested by counterintelligence operatives and pointed the finger at his boss, who was put on forced leave pending completion of an investigation.

The commander of One Commando regiment in Harare, Lt-Col Enock Chivhima, was arrested last May and charged with stealing beef rations meant for his troops.

He and eight other soldiers were also arrested on suspicion of stealing donations for victims of Cyclone Idai.

The looting at the ministry was unearthed at a time when soldiers in the barracks had to do with only one meal a day.

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Been going through the ZESA forensic audit report. May God have mercy on this country

— Caston Matewu (@cmatewu) July 27, 2020

More Zimbabwean companies and institutions on Monday reported cases of Covid-19 infections which have seen them temporarily halting operations in a development that is expected to take a heavy toll on the economy.

Observers say the jump mainly point to a failure by the public to follow laid down regulations concerning hygiene, wearing of masks and social distancing, prompting a wildfire spread of local infections of
the disease.

As of July 26, Zimbabwe had recorded 2 512 confirmed cases of the disease which has so far killed 34 people in the country.

Local transmission accounts for 1 486 of the infections while 1 026 were imported.

On Monday, pension fund, the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (NSSA), Pick ’n Pay, Avenues Clinic and the Parliament of Zimbabwe joined the growing list of institutions that have recorded positive cases of
Covid-19.

“The results so far have revealed six positive samples amongst our
staff members,” the IBDZ said, adding it would close its office in Harare for three days to allow for disinfection.

NSSA said on employee had tested positive forcing, the closure of its Harare head office.

Two Parliamentarians tested positive, Speaker of the National Assembly
Jacob Mudenda said, while at the Avenues Clinic, at least eight staff members were said to have been infected.

A long list of firms including Econet, retailer OK Zimbabwe, Federal
Express, medical aid societies Cimas and PSMAS have already closed part of their operations after employees were affected.

Here is a list of companies and institutions that have temporarily halted operations since the lockdowns restrictions were eased  by the government to allow workers to go back to work about 8 weeks ago, after members of their stuff tested positive for COVID-19:

1. National Social Security Authority (NSSA),
2. Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ),
3. Pick’n Pay,
4. Avenues Clinic and
5. The Parliament of Zimbabwe
6. Econet,
7. OK Zimbabwe Five Avenue and Mbuya Nehanda
8. Bon Marche Mt Pleasant
9. Federal Express, medical aid societies
10. Cimas and
11. PSMAS.
12. StarAfrica Corporation

Government has tightened lockdown regulations to curtail unnecessary
citizens’ movement to reduce the spread of the disease but cases continue to spike owing largely to disregard of health regulations that have been put in place.

Police have arrested 116 047 people from March to date countrywide for violating national lockdown regulations, as the number of those that have escaped from isolation centres has also risen to 285.

On Saturday alone, police arrested 1 362 people countrywide for various offences related to contravening the regulations.

Most of them were arrested for unnecessary movement, failure to wear masks and offences related to the Liquor Act and the Road Traffic Act.

In a statement on Sunday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said Harare continued to have the highest numbers of arrests, with 24 925, followed by Manicaland with 22 028, while Bulawayo has 16 009 people arrested.

Those arrested for illegal crossing and smuggling are now 612.

By last week, police had arrested 4 382 motorists, especially errant kombi and pirate taxis operators for operating public transport without exemption.

Last Tuesday, a night curfew from 6pm to 6am for all but essential services and a retreat to 8am to 3pm working hours for exempted businesses was imposed, along with criminalisation of deliberate or reckless transmission of Covid-19.

Announcing the new measures, President Mnangagwa stressed enforcement of other present lockdown rules.

Non-working people should stay at home except for essential movement to buy food, find water or for medical reasons; masks had to be worn outside of homes; everyone screened entering public places and buildings; social distancing observed; public transport passengers screened and sanitised on boarding with buses disinfected between round trips; and intercity movement remains banned.

Businesses already formally exempted and allowed to operate, including food markets, were only affected by the shortening of the working hours by 90 minutes in the afternoons.

The curfew and other changes were the result of the rapid increase in the number of total infections, especially those within Zimbabwean communities, seen recently with local cases now greater than those among returning residents.

OK FIFE AVENUE & OK MBUYA NEHANDA -NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE

The company has drawn up a plan to test all staff members for COVID-19 even when there has been no incidence of infection at the different stores or offices. During these screening tests. a few of our staff at OK Fife Avenue were confirmed positive for the virus and have been referred for PCR testing. At OK Mbuya Nehanda a staff member who had other health conditions unfortunately passed on. As a precaution, we have closed the store for decontamination and all staff are being tested. Both stores will be opened once the health authorities clear us to re-open.

At each of the stores, arrangements are made with outside contracted specialist companies to deep clean and thoroughly disinfect the premises as a measure to ensure decontamination. We have taken these steps to ensure that the health and safety of our employees, service providers and customers is safeguarded

• Services
• Building
• Home
• Groceries

• Dating
• Jobs
• Commercial
• Health

We take this opportunity to assure all our stakeholders that the situation is under control. Thorough hygiene practices continue to be conducted at all our stores, workstations and offices and these facilities are deep cleaned as well as disinfected regularly. In addition. we have a scheduled program where we are carrying out routine RDT COVID-19 tests of all employees, customers and service providers at each of our store sites

ALL employees, customers and service providers have their body temperatures checked at entry points to our premises. have their hands sanitised and are required to wear face masks correctly at all times

We are working with City Health departments and the Ministry of Health officials for guidance as follow the required processes and hope to resume the branch operations with minimum delay after full decontamination of the stores.

Mr. A. E. Siyavora Chief Executive Officer

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Police are looking for more than a dozen opposition politicians and activists suspected to be behind plans for the anti-government protests on July 31.

Top on the police list released on Monday police said they were appealing for information leading to the arrest of MDC Alliance deputy chairman Job Sikhala among others.

Below is the full list of wanted activists:

RESPONSE ON ALLEGATIONS OF FAILURE TO ADMIT MR NORMAN MATARUKA

We have taken note of a widely circulating social media article alleging that doctors discouraged Mr Mataruka from getting admitted at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals because the hospital was poorly equipped. Contrary to the article, the facts of the matter are as follows:

• Mr Norman Mataruka was referred to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals COVID-19 Centre on the night of 26 July 2020.

• The patient was admitted into our COVID-19 Centre around 2300hrs on 26 July 2020.
• Our doctors and nurses did their best to resuscitate and stabilize the patient but unfortunately he succumbed to his illness around 0700hrs today, the 27th of July 2020.

We also wish to inform the public that amongst other equipment , our COVID-19 Centre has 7 ventilators and a steady supply of oxygen. We appeal to the general public to desist from circulating unverified information as this exacerbates staff demotivation and also reduces public confidence in public hospital services.

By A Correspondent- At a press conference in Harare today, the ruling party spokesperson former cabinet minister Patrick Chinamasa rallied his party members and urged them to get ready to defend their sovereignty, peace, property and people.

Speaking at the press conference at the Zanu PF headquarters, Chinamasa said, in case law enforcement officers were not close by, Zanu PF members must get ready to fight back should the protestors who he called all sorts of names including hooligans and mercenaries go ahead and protest on 31 July.

Said the former Cyber Security Minister:

Zanu PF calls upon our supporters, cadres and sympathisers, wherever you are, to remain alert and ready to defend yourselves, defend our people, their property and most importantly defend peace in your communities against these malcontents, these hired hooligans and hoodlums who rejoice at burning properties and looting.

They must know that when they are being attacked, law enforcement agents might not be near. In those circumstances, their first line of defence is themselves and their families. They have a legal and constitutional right to defend themselves. Don’t ask for permission from anybody, it’s your constitutional and legal right.

Don’t be intimidated by hooligans and mercenaries. Don’t be like sitting ducks as you were in August 2018, don’t be sitting ducks as you were in January 2019, phoning us (to ask what you should do). No, this time no. Use any means at your disposal to defend yourselves.

Organisers of the protests have emphasised over and over again that the protests will be peaceful, but the government and the ruling party have remained adamant that the protests will be violent to the point of calling them anarchy and arresting those who are calling for them like Jacob Ngarivhume and Hopewell Chin’ono on charges of inciting public violence.

Is there anything such as a man of God in Zimbabwe, Africa?

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 26, 2020

Baba Ezekiel Guti

— GENERAL ZIHWIRIMWE (@sorotihurukai) July 26, 2020

paul mwazha the archbishop of Africa

— Lion-Lion (@Shumbasamaz) July 26, 2020

Talent Chiwenga is one we have in Zimbabwe.Kuparidza kwake ndekwemhando yedenga.

— Chipikiri Chitiyo (@BabaVale3) July 26, 2020

Yes, Apostle Chiwenga

— Mr. Dimples (@MrDimPools) July 26, 2020

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The trial of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa was today deferred after she told the court that she cannot stand trial because of ill-health.

Mubaiwa, through her lawyer Ms Beatrice Mtetwa, told the court that she was still recovering and needs more time to heal. Mubaiwa is facing assault charges after she allegedly attacked her former maid Delight Munyoro.

She appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded her to September 7 for trial. Mr Charles Muchemwa and Mrs Netsai Mushayabasa prosecuted.

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Zanu PF spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has let out party members to fight against July 31 protestors urging them to get ready to defend their “sovereignty, peace, property and people.”

Speaking at the press conference at the Zanu PF headquarters on Monday, Chinamasa said, in case law enforcement officers were not close by, Zanu PF members must get ready to fight the protestors who he called all sorts of names including hooligans and mercenaries.

“Zanu PF calls upon our supporters, cadres and sympathisers, wherever you are, to remain alert and ready to defend yourselves, defend our people, their property and most importantly defend peace in your communities against these malcontents, these hired hooligans and hoodlums who rejoice at burning properties and looting,” said Chinamasa.

“They must know that when they are being attacked, law enforcement agents might not be near. In those circumstances, their first line of defence is themselves and their families. They have a legal and constitutional right to defend themselves. Don’t ask for permission from anybody, it’s your constitutional and legal right.

“Don’t be intimidated by hooligans and mercenaries. Don’t be like sitting ducks as you were in August 2018, don’t be sitting ducks as you were in January 2019, phoning us (to ask what you should do). No, this time no. Use any means at your disposal to defend yourselves,” he said.

Organisers of the protests have emphasised over and over again that the protests will be peaceful, but the government and the ruling party have remained adamant that the protests will be violent to the point of calling them anarchy and arresting those who are calling for them like Jacob Ngarivhume and Hopewell Chin’ono on charges of inciting public violence.

Watch Chinamasa full press conference in the video downloading below.

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By A Correspondent- Vice president Chiwenga’s ex-wife Marry Chiwenga nee Mubaiwa’s trial failed to kick off today and was deferred because Marry through her lawyers told the court she could not stand trial because of ill health.

Mubaiwa’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa told the court that her client was still recovering and needs more time to heal which prompted Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa to remand her till 7 September for trial.

Marry is in court facing assault charges after she reportedly assaulted one Delight Monyoro who was her maid at one point.

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The ruling Zanu PF party has threatened to expel the United States ambassador to Harare, Brian Nichols in a new low in diplomatic relations between Harare and Washington.

Addressing journalists at the party headquarters in Harare, acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa said the diplomat should be ashamed of himself.

“I want to warn them (foreign diplomats) that it is high time to know that Zimbabwe is a sovereign Republic and we are a full sovereign state under the Montevideo Convention. The US ambassador whom I am told is African-American, must be totally ashamed of himself.

“What has the United States has to offer in terms of values and human rights observance when his own African American people are treated like rats in full view of world media and he remains an Uncle Tom used to propagate values which by themselves they do not practice on their own people,” said Chinamasa

Without remorse Chinamasa warned Ambassador Nichols that should he continue to undermining the country’s laws Zanu PF will not hesitate to expel him.

“He continues to engage in acts of undermining this Republic and if he does so, if he continues engaging in acts of undermining the Republic mobilizing and funding disturbances coordinating violence and training insurgency our leadership will not hesitate to give him his marching orders.

“Diplomats should not behave like thugs and Brian Nichols is a thug. We remind Nichols that he is not a super Diplomat in this country. There are several Diplomats seconded to this republic from African Union countries and the world over. They have never masqueraded and pretended to be our prefects as Mr Nichols is doing. We have nothing to learn from the United States or from countries which impose sanctions” he said

The threats come at a time Government has also issued statements accusing the American embassy of funding the planned July 31 protests.

Parliament has got it the hard way after the High Court ruled against non governmental organisations that sort to block holding of public hearings during the Covid-19 lockdown time.

Two urgent chamber applications were filed by two advocacy groups seeking to stop parliament from conducting public hearings in Zimbabwe on some proposed amendments of the constitution when the country is under a coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown but Parliament challenged the move.

In an urgent chamber application filed on Thursday 11 June 2020 by Job Sibanda of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Habakkuk Trust represented by its Chief Executive Officer Dumisani Nkomo, argued that Zimbabwe is currently facing a health pandemic which had necessitated the imposition of a national lockdown, where public gatherings were virtually banned to try and curb the spread of coronavirus.

Habakkuk Trust argued that by conducting public hearings to discuss some proposed amendments to the Constitution, Parliament, Chokuda and Ziyambi were putting the health of the public at risk at a time of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two Members of Parliament, a journalist and a driver have since tested positive for Covid-19, while going on a public consultations round.

The issue has prompting Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda to immediately suspend Parliamentary activities.

The officials from the Transport committee were part of a team that had been on field visits around the country when two MPs developed symptoms, Mudenda said.

“Two members were showing some signs of infection, all members were tested and the two members tested positive, plus our driver of the bus and the reporter who had accompanied them,” Mudenda said.

“Other committees that were supposed to travel to the Eastern borders, their trip had to be cancelled,” he added.

The business of Parliament, including sittings of both Houses, committee workshops, public hearings and site visits, have been suspended with immediate effect.

“Consequently, tomorrow’s sitting for the National Assembly will be done with very limited numbers for the sole purpose of adjourning to a future date,” Parliament said in a statement.

“This will allow for deep cleaning and disinfection of the Parliament Building and contact tracing and testing of those who came into contact with the affected Members of Parliament.”

Meanwhile, MPs and officials who were part of the affected team are now in self-quarantine in line with ministry of Health guidelines.

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Reports received indicate that Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) authorities have turned away visitors who had gone to see remanded journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.

The visitors are reported to have been bringing with Covid19 essentials such as sanitisers, a toothbrush and a bathing towel for the award winning journalist.

Chinono’s visitors expressed that they were concerned that when he was arrested last Monday, he did not carry any toiletries with him.

According to the reports, the prison officer who attended to them insisted that he was not going to allow them to either see him or leave the toiletries.

Farai Dziva|An MDC Alliance member was brutally killed by a Zanu PF activist for challenging the partisan distribution of food aid in Bulilima.

According to the MDC Alliance, the party member was killed by a Neighbourhood Watch Committee officer aligned to Zanu PF

See full statement below :

27-07-2020

MDC Alliance Youth, Mazwi Ndlovu, son to former MDC Bulilima East Ward 2 Councillor Msongelwa Ndlovu was viciously attacked and killed in cold murder by a member of the ZRP neighborhood watch for questioning partisan food distribution by a ZANU PF Councillor.

Ndlovu was killed over the weekend by a ZRP neighborhood watch, Twoboy Moyo after confronting a known ZANU PF member, one Bhebhe over partisan food distribution.

Matabeleland South is one of the drought prone areas and this year is not an exception hence people depend much on food relief usually donated by Non Governmental Organizations.

Sadly over the years ZANU PF abuses its influence in the province to deny opposition supporters equal access to food aid.

Under the government of MDC Alliance, equal access to food for all remains our priority.

Meanwhile, the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly will deploy peace monitors to ensure equal access to donor aid especially during this trying time when the majority are facing starvation.

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

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— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 27, 2020

All Business of Parliament has been Suspended Until Further Notice

The Clerk of Parliament has this morning made the following announcement:

It is with a heavy heart that Parliament announces the suspension of most of its business due to exposure of some Members & Parliament to COVID-19. As at this morning, only two Members of Parliament had been confirmed positive. A driver from one of our service providers and a journalist who were part of the team also tested positive. Our thoughts and prayers are with the affected and their families. The Members were part of a team that had been on field visits around the country. Everyone who was part of that team is now in self-quarantine in line with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare guidelines This measure has been taken to safeguard the health of Members of Parliament, staff and the public who interact with the institution. Consequently, tomorrow’s sitting for the National Assembly will be done with very limited numbers for the sole purpose of adjourning to a future date This will allow for the deep-cleaning and disinfection of the Parliament Building and contact tracing and testing of those who came into contact with the affected Members of Parliament.

Parliament of Zimbabwe will continue to monitor the situation and Members of the public will be duly advised of the date of resumption of the business of Parliament. 

By A Correspondent- In the early 1960s Mildred Nhliziyo a school teacher met Edward Nyanyiwa at a church function.

This charismatic, hardworking and humble man, nicknamed ‘Mujubeki’ because he had lived in Joburg for several years, won her over with his love and respect for God.

In 1964 Edward married Mildred and together with his son Terrance from a previous relationship set out on their journey of Christian marriage and fellowship.

Ten years later, Edward Nyanyiwa was away working in South West Africa (Namibia) operating machinery in construction.

Mildred Nyanyiwa was on maternity leave from her teaching post. Her favourite subject was domestic science so she relied on her skills and love of cooking to earn an income.

TALK OF THE TOWN

She started selling tea and sadza to labourers. She was living up to her nickname ‘Pfugari’.

The word Pfugari is known to mean ‘we will feed you’. It defines ‘communal eating’ and some say it’s literal translation means ‘with this pot we will feed you till you are full’.

Mildred’s fame spread because of how she cooked and in 1974 she was interviewed by a local radio station.

The journalist who interviewed her reportedly confessed that Mildred was the talk of the town and said ‘tanzwa nemukurumbira kuti panomudzimai atanga business pano.’

Her daughter, Itai, told ZimEye that this interview was overheard by a colleague of Mr Edward Nyanyiwa’s who was on holiday from South West Africa.

On returning to work, he informed everyone there that ‘Uyu anonyebera kuti ane nhamo asi ndakanzwa mukadzi wake paradio. Ane business raanaro paMachipisa’.

Edward Nyanyiwa immediately took leave and came home and persuaded Mildred not to return to teaching but instead pursue the business as it was lucrative.

He however returned to work and left his wife operating her business. By the end of 1974, the business had grown to such an extent that Nyanyiwa saw the need to give up his job and join his wife full time, marking the couple’s turning point.

HARDWORK

In 1980 Edward and Mildred Nyanyiwa registered their company as Eddies Pfugari Private Limited- Eddies a shortened version of Edward’s name and Pfugari his wife’s nickname.

In fact, the pfugari pots have been the logo representing the Pfugari business and were in honour of Mildred Nyanyiwa.

The business was built on takeaways and expanded into butcheries and then properties.

Nyanyiwa and his family understood that the name Pfugari represented Mildred’s interests in any business venture.

Husband and wife had equal shares and responsibilities in the family business. Mildred Nyanyiwa worked day and night with her husband for over 25 years.

A devoted and loyal wife, a business partner, a loving mother but above all, a God-fearing woman, Mildred put her trust in her husband the man with whom she had set out on the journey of Christian marriage in 1964.

The couple’s first business, a café in the backyards of Harare’s Highfield high density suburb started off modest before they expanded and got space in the central business district.

Together with her husband, the couple would cook their food in black Kango pots mainly used in households and sell it throughout the day before counting their daily returns at 11pm.

They aimed bigger and always did things differently as the duo had a vision to see their empire flourish and grow.

SUCCESS

The Pfugaris business was an instant success and they moved into the CBD where they opened their first restaurant at Charge Office in 1978.

Business had expanded, assets amounting to millions of USD had been accumulated; everything they had originated from the Eddies Pfugari money.

The parent company, and other companies they later formed or bought were operating as ‘one economic unit’.

WHAT NEXT AFTER THE TRAGEDY?

Tragedy struck in 2005 with the death of Mrs Mildred Nyanyiwa. She died having built the business with her husband, equal partners with equal number of shares in their business.

The year is 2016 and what has this year have to do with Mildred Nyanyiwa who is long dead.

Yes, she is dead but on the 10th January 2016, Mr Stern Mufara was appointed as executor dative to the estate of the late Mrs Mildred T. Nyanyiwa DR 2895/15. The beneficiaries of this estate are Mr Stephen Nyanyiwa, Mrs Naume Makumbe, Miss Henrietta Nyanyiwa and Mrs Itai Collier.

Mr Edward Nyanyiwa later passed on in February 2019 with Mr Clever Mandizvidza appointed executor dative to the late Edward Nyanyiwa’s estate DR 471/19.

Beneficiaries of this estate are the two customary wives he married after the death of Mildred; Hazel Nyanyiwa and Nancy Nyanyiwa (niece to his first wife, Mildred) and his 5 children: Edward Nyanyiwa (Jnr), Stephen Nyanyiwa, Naume Makumbe, Henrietta Nyanyiwa and Itai Collier.

Unfortunately, Terrance had died in 1997.

Mildred’s beneficiaries await the distribution of her estate which is entwined with that of her husband.

Edrward and Mildred Pfugari had set out on their journey 50/50. Will their wishes be fulfilled and will the estate be distributed accordingly?

Farai Dziva|A specialist in beekeeping, Nyasha William Gwazemba, has vowed to join the July 31 protests.

In an interview with ZimEye.com, Gwazemba said he would provide 800 000 bees to “support the democratic process.”

Bees will ensure that people are not assaulted by soldiers and police details during the protests, according to Gwazemba.

This comes after soldiers and police officers were stung by bees in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

Read narrative below:

There came a lorry full of police details and soldiers in Kuwadzana 4 Harare so everyone ran away.

Some of the soldiers were in civilian clothes and they were just arresting everyone.

In the past you would just notice that this person who has arrested me is a soldier and a police officer and that you have been arrested and are being taken to the police truck. But today, they were just arresting everyone …so when they arrived at Kuwadzana 4 shops people ran away leaving their groceries, the ones that they were selling including their firewood.

So there were bees that came from nowhere,they just flew and went underneath a cart. The cart was like the ones that are used by vendors in towns when they are selling their wares.

No one knows what time these bees made this cart their haven but it should be today because this cart was at home last night and was taken to the shops this morning for business.

So when people ran away after seeing that the soldiers in plain clothes were arresting people and taking them to their truck, they left their wares.

So these soldiers started confiscating people’s groceries and that is when they saw the cart and they started loading the confiscated goods and firewood into that cart.

Trouble started when they started to push the cart. The bees left their haven ,underneath the cart and started biting them.They were bitten such that they left the cart and started running away.

The soldiers were bitten and they ran back to their truck and they were wailing while the swarm of bees continued biting them.

It was a swarm of bees and when these soldiers who were fleeing the bees got to their truck, the bees continued biting them and those who were inside the trucks were not spared either.

The driver of the truck sped off but this did not help, the bees continued biting them.I doubt these bees are a natural species.

They must be someone’s bees. In Kuwadzana 4 today, we witnessed a rare incident.

The soldiers were wailing and crying. Please do not take people’s property. This happened around 12pm in Kuwadzana 4, Harare.

The firewood pieces that they wanted to take belong to one granny whom we call gogo Ndunge.

In the video footage below beekeeper, Gwazemba speaks to ZimEye:

Farai Dziva|An MDC Alliance member was brutally killed by a Zanu PF activist for challenging the partisan distribution of food aid in Bulilima.

According to the MDC Alliance, the party member was killed by a Neighbourhood Watch Committee officer aligned to Zanu PF

See full statement below :

27-07-2020

MDC Alliance Youth, Mazwi Ndlovu, son to former MDC Bulilima East Ward 2 Councillor Msongelwa Ndlovu was viciously attacked and killed in cold murder by a member of the ZRP neighborhood watch for questioning partisan food distribution by a ZANU PF Councillor.

Ndlovu was killed over the weekend by a ZRP neighborhood watch, Twoboy Moyo after questioning the a known ZANU PF member, one Bhebhe over partisan food distribution from donor aid.

Matabeleland South is one of the drought prone areas and this year is not an exception hence people depend much on food relief usually donated by Non Governmental Organizations.

Sadly over the years ZANU PF abuses its influence in the province to deny opposition supporters equal access to food aid.

Under the government of MDC Alliance, equal access to food for all remains our priority.

Meanwhile, the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly will deploy peace monitors to ensure equal access to donor aid especially during this trying time when the majority are facing starvation.

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

26-07-2020.

HARARE—I have made a deliberate and sensible choice not to lower my expectations in life and be part of the “Stay Positive” brigade and that decision is non-negotiable.

That nonsense of being asked to stay positive when there is nothing to be positive about is what made this country the absolute Shit Hole it is today!

At a social level, this “Shinga Mwanangu” claptrap has seen our sisters live miserable marriages generation after generation, whilst being pummeled daily by bullying and horrible husbands.

This is NO different to what the Emmerson Mnangagwa regime is doing to us by refusing to fully implement Political Reforms that would set this country on a strong economic footing.

What is there to be positive about in this country and why should citizens be asked to suffer whilst smiling at the outcomes of their tormentor’s cruelty, a tormentor that does not seek to change his ways?

We have no clean running water, no electric power, no jobs, no money, no political will to Reform from Emmerson Mnangagwa, no fuel, we have CORRUPTION galore, no health care, nepotism and mismanagement of State institutions continues, looting of State and national resources also continues unabated, fraud by the political elites remains standard and yet you expect Hopewell Chin’ono and the country to be positive?

Positive about what exactly?

We have no bright future under this regime and it is deliberately killing that future for generations to come, should we be smiling to that tragic reality?

NO! I will not lower my standards and join the “Stay Positive” brigade in a hole by making life there comfortable instead of getting out and seeking a normal human existence.

My father taught me that if you are in a hole, don’t make life there comfortable, GET OUT.

The elites have been making life in our hole comfortable for themselves by buying generators, buying solar equipment installations, drilling boreholes, buying 4 X 4s, seeking medical treatment from South Africa and the list goes on.

What my father taught me is what I have chosen to do, I have chosen to be on the right side of history, I have chosen to be with the people, and that requires me to work on getting out of that hole!

I have made this choice at a time when I could have been with the tormentors making millions like what the Regime Associates do daily, but that is not how I was brought up!

I might not live to see a better Zimbabwe through natural or unnatural circumstances, but I am at peace with the decisions that I have made, and I am not afraid to die for holding those principles.

Many have asked me about that probability as a price for speaking out, I respectfully ask you not to ask me anymore.

I know the price for speaking against a gangster State, but more importantly, I also know the huge price for keeping quiet.

It is a soft genocide that we are seeing everyday as we bury our loved ones dying in hospitals without medication.

We shall all die, but it is what we leave behind that will count many centuries after we are gone, so I am at peace with any such eventuality were it to happen to me.

It has happened to many others, and it shall happen to many others too until our politics becomes civilized.

I am a product of my existence and as such, what I say and what I do with my life is a reflection of how I was brought up by my parents!

We live under an incompetent and corrupt government that hires private jets for Vice Presidents, a Government that dishes out cars to traditional Chiefs when hospitals have NO ambulances!

A government that has left the poor to die from easily treatable diseases and turned public hospitals into death traps, and yet some amongst us have the nerve to ask me to stay positive?!

We have been asked to stay positive since 1997 when this crisis began, what has that positivity yielded for our people 22 years later?

Some make these calls whilst sitting in their Range Rovers or call me from air-conditioned mansions in Harare asking me to be positive.

It shows the huge and shameful disconnect between the Haves and the Have-Nots of this country and it also shows that whilst making their millions, the elites of this country will continue being happy cohabiting with this regime’s broken moral compass!

I want to put it on the record, until this government starts doing the right things, it’s Regime Associates and Apologists should Stop asking me to be positive!

It is nonsense and it is insensitive to ask me to be positive when I am seeing compatriots die daily because of this government’s shortcomings!

I do not seek to be accommodated at the feeding trough like many amongst us, that is why I turned down the offer to sit on a parastatal board when it was made last year, what I am after is a better life for all.

A life that gives all hard working citizens of this country a fair chance to live a decent life.

They will never get it at the rate at which this government is destroying our country, they will never get these opportunities if elites continue to seek accommodation instead of CHANGE in return to keeping their business interests going!

The selfishness of the elites is only truly self evident when those opportunities are blocked for their own kids, that is only when they join the masses in protesting.

But why would they complain when they were getting forex at 1 to 1 and when they don’t spend hours in fuel queues like the ordinary citizen?

There is a name for that, SELFISHNESS!

I come from Murewa where one of the first black millionaire businessmen in Rhodesia, Mr Kanyasa of the Farai Uzumba bus service fame chose principle over money.

He died in a Rhodesian jail fighting the racist colonial regime’s oppression and racist corruption.

There were many black businessmen like him who made profit not for profit’s sake.

Those are my heroes, those are the people that I look up to because they understood that being rich on the back of regime favors in a pool of government induced poverty is the equivalent of losing your soul to the devil.

If they had taken the “stay positive” route, Rhodesia would have stayed in colonial and racist shackles forever or much longer than was necessary.

Mr Kanyasa from Uzumba and of the Wafawanaka totem had the largest fleet of buses in Rhodesia, a hard working millionaire businessman.

He also had supermarkets and land, but he chose to support the liberation struggle giving freedom fighters clothes, food and money and allowing his buses to ferry them where need be.

He paid the ultimate price for it, but today he remains an icon of our liberation struggle and to this very day those with a moral compass remember him in their thoughts.

I have no such wealth like Mr Kanyasa, so why should I reduce and recede my integrity by tacitly supporting a broken regime when a man who could have thought of saving his millions chose to do the right thing?

I have questioned myself why black millionaires of today and political elites become so insensitive to the suffering of our people to the point of losing their moral compass and expecting someone who is going to bed on an empty stomach to be sensitive!

Positive about what?

“Being positive” doesn’t fix political and economic problems, it doesn’t fix crippling power shortages, drug shortages, cash shortages, fuel shortages or water shortages.

If it did we would have been living in a better country where the citizen was happy!

It shows that we have NO decent community and business leadership when people in privileged positions in our society ask us to be positive in the midst of an uncaring Regime.

It shows that we have NO leadership when the privileged define silence against a corrupt regime as patriotism!

This government has induced a chaotic existence in pursuit of easy pickings from things like fuel cartels and forex trading at the central bank, the RBZ!

This “stay positive” brigade is shameless because they speak from their own position of privilege and they are unconcerned by why we are not positive as long as their lives remain on track and their interests are protected?

The regime is aware of this weakness so it seeks to co-opt them and pretends to sort out their economic concerns through tinkering with the economy whilst the looting continues, and the regime also gives them futile seats on the table to feel special.

When truth, justice and common sense become secondary elements to one’s existence, when decency, empathy and compassion become tradable commodities, then the “stay positive” brigade becomes NO different to our persecutors!
It is aiding and abetting the suffering of our people in pursuit of business favors from this regime.

This regime should simply implement Political Reforms and stop asking for “positivity” from citizens groaning under a political crisis that manifests itself through economics, when it is giving us nothing in return!

If you so wish to be positive about this gross incompetence, corruption, nepotism and mismanagement, please do so on your own, but don’t attempt to guilty trip us into supporting the very people who have made our lives unbearable!

Stop asking me to be positive, Ask Mnangagwa to implement Political Reforms!

HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO is an award winning Zimbabwean international Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker.

By A Correspondent| Nurses and and medical staff at Avenues Clinic are currently engaging in some kind of industrial action demanding among other things, COVID-19 tests for all workers, proper PPE and risk allowances in United States dollars.

This follows reports that eight workers tested positive for COVID-19 including one nurse who used to work from the casualty section.

The recent positive cases have forced the hospital to close its casualty section while relatives and friends of admitted patients have also been banned from visiting the medical centre.

According to a source close to the developments, workers reported for duty but refused to enter the premises, choosing to remain outside the gate while waiting for the top hierarchy to address them.

“There is a nurse who tested positive to COVID-19, she started feeling sick after reporting for night duty and was send back home for quarantine at home, but they did not test her though her symptoms were so visible,

“Her health was deteriorating very fast and she had to find a doctor on her own, took PCR tests at Harare hospital on her own. She tested positive and is currently admitted at Parirenyatwa hospital

“So workers are saying we are at risk and Avenues is not willing to take care of us when we get sick, as what happened to their colleague, they are demanding that all workers be tested for COVID-19. They also want proper PPE and risk allowance paid in USD,” said the source.

At the time of publishing, the workers were still outside Avenues clinic while the hospital administration had not acted on their requests or addressed them officially.

Efforts to get a comment from Avenues administration are still ongoing.

This is a developing story, keep refreshing for more details…

Farai Dziva|A specialist in beekeeping, Nyasha William Gwazemba, has vowed to join the July 31 protests.

In an interview with ZimEye.com, Gwazemba said he would provide 800 000 bees to “support the democratic process.”

Bees will ensure that people are not assaulted by soldiers and police details during the protests, according to Gwazemba.

This comes after soldiers and police officers were stung by bees in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

Read narrative below:

There came a lorry full of police details and soldiers in Kuwadzana 4 Harare so everyone ran away.

Some of the soldiers were in civilian clothes and they were just arresting everyone.

In the past you would just notice that this person who has arrested me is a soldier and a police officer and that you have been arrested and are being taken to the police truck. But today, they were just arresting everyone …so when they arrived at Kuwadzana 4 shops people ran away leaving their groceries, the ones that they were selling including their firewood.

So there were bees that came from nowhere,they just flew and went underneath a cart. The cart was like the ones that are used by vendors in towns when they are selling their wares.

No one knows what time these bees made this cart their haven but it should be today because this cart was at home last night and was taken to the shops this morning for business.

So when people ran away after seeing that the soldiers in plain clothes were arresting people and taking them to their truck, they left their wares.

So these soldiers started confiscating people’s groceries and that is when they saw the cart and they started loading the confiscated goods and firewood into that cart.

Trouble started when they started to push the cart. The bees left their haven ,underneath the cart and started biting them.They were bitten such that they left the cart and started running away.

The soldiers were bitten and they ran back to their truck and they were wailing while the swarm of bees continued biting them.

It was a swarm of bees and when these soldiers who were fleeing the bees got to their truck, the bees continued biting them and those who were inside the trucks were not spared either.

The driver of the truck sped off but this did not help, the bees continued biting them.I doubt these bees are a natural species.

They must be someone’s bees. In Kuwadzana 4 today, we witnessed a rare incident.

The soldiers were wailing and crying. Please do not take people’s property. This happened around 12pm in Kuwadzana 4, Harare.

The firewood pieces that they wanted to take belong to one granny whom we call gogo Ndunge.

In the video footage below beekeeper, Gwazemba speaks to ZimEye:

Farai Dziva|Several people were injured in Gutu town on Sunday after being assaulted by soldiers.

“Several people were injured yesterday at around 6 pm when heavily armed soldiers from 42 infantry battalion indiscriminately beat up residents of Gutu at Hwiru Shopping Centre, Mupandawana Town,” a source told ZimEye.com.

According to the source, the soldiers did not explain why they were assaulting people.

Just IN- Former RBZ official Norman Mataruka dies from Covid-19 Monday morning. As he deteriorated, Mangudya tried to get him admitted at Parirenyatwa but doctors said the hospital was poorly equipped. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. pic.twitter.com/xW6Sb8S1ah

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) July 27, 2020

MDC Alliance member Mazwi Ndlovu was murdered in Bulilima ward 2 in Mat South. @ZANUPF_Official members ganged & beat him up for quering a partisan maize distribution list
He was taken to Plumtree hospital where he was further reffered to UBH Bulawayo & passed on at admission.

— Citizens Coalition for Change Social Welfare (@cccwelfare) July 27, 2020

He was beaten on the 24th and he passed on on the morning of the 25th of July 2020

— Citizens Coalition for Change Social Welfare (@cccwelfare) July 27, 2020

By A Correspondent| According to former Sunday Mail editor, Edmund Kudzayi, a former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe official Norman Mataruka has succumbed to Covid-19 earlier this morning.

As he deteriorated, RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya tried to get him admitted at Parirenyatwa hospital but doctors said the medical facility was so poorly equipped he was better off staying at home.

Mataruka leaves behind a wife and two daughters.

More to follow…

By Own Correspondent| Soldiers and police details were attacked by a swarm of killer bees in Kuwadzana 4 Harare recently.

Narrated a witness to the incident:

“There came a lorry full of police details and soldiers in Kuwadzana 4 Harare so everyone ran away.

Some of the soldiers were in civilian clothes and they were just arresting everyone and for you to run away, you ended up just being arrested.

In the past you would just notice that this person who has arrested me is a soldier or a police officer and that you have been arrested and are being taken to the police truck when you saw their boots.

But today, they were just arresting everyone …so when they arrived at Kuwadzana 4 shops, people ran away leaving their groceries, the ones that they were selling including their firewood.

So there were bees that came from nowhere,they just flew and went underneath a cart.

The cart was like the ones that are used by vendors in towns when they are selling their wares. No one knows what time these bees made this cart their haven, but it should be today because this cart was at home last night and was taken to the shops this morning for it’s daily business.

So when people ran away after seeing that the soldiers in plain clothes were arresting people and taking them to their truck, they left their wares.

So these soldiers started confiscating people’s groceries and that is when they saw the cart and they started loading the confiscated goods and firewood into that cart.

Trouble began when they started to push the cart. The bees left their haven ,underneath the cart and started biting the soldiers. They were bitten so bad that they left the cart and started running away.

The soldiers were bitten and they ran back to their truck and they were wailing while the swarm of bees continued biting them. It was a swarm of bees. And when these soldiers who were fleeing the bees got to their truck, the bees continued biting them and those who were inside the truck were not spared either. They were all bitten.

The driver of the truck sped off but this did not help, the bees continued biting them.

I doubt these bees are a natural species. They must be someone’s bees. In Kuwadzana 4 today, we witnessed a rare occurence.

The soldiers were bitten so bad. They were wailing and crying.

Please do not take people’s property. This happened around 12pm in Kuwadzana 4, Harare.

The firewood that they wanted to take belonged to one granny whom we call gogo Ndunge. The soldiers were bitten so bad.”

watch the live video loading below….

SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT BUSINESS, 27TH JULY 2020

This serves to advise all Members of Parliament that the business of Parliament, including sittings of both Houses, Committee workshops, public hearings and site visits, has been suspended with immediate effect to a date to be advised.

This has been necessitated, regrettably, by the fact that two Members of Parliament have tested positive for COVID-19 while on official duty.

The suspension of business will allow us to deep-clean and disinfect the building while also guaranteeing the safety of Members, staff and members of the public who interface with the institution.

Members of the National Assembly who are still in their constituencies are advised to remain there until further notice….

Said speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda:

“Two members of Parliament tested COVID-19 positive including one journalist who was with the committee of transport while they were inspecting various ports of entry and Tollgates.”

MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Executive member from Bulawayo Takunda Madzana is battling for life after a night of horror at the hands of state agents ahead of 31 July protests.

Madzana was abducted at his home by a group of unknown assailants who gruesomely fractured his body parts before dumping him in the bush.

Since the illegitimate Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime took over through a coup in 2017 abductions have become a new norm whenever citizens raise their voices against their nervous conditions.

As an Assembly, we would like to make it clear that we are not going to be intimidated from speaking against corruption and its drivers.

Let it be known that the time is now ripe to return fire by fire especially on abductions.

#KushingaMberi!

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDCAllianceYouthAssemblyNationalSpokesperson

27-07-2020

MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Executive member from Bulawayo Takunda Madzana is battling for life after a night of horror at the hands of state agents ahead of 31 July protests.

Madzana was abducted at his home by a group of unknown assailants who gruesomely fractured his body parts before dumping him in the bush.

Since the illegitimate Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime took over through a coup in 2017 abductions have become a new norm whenever citizens raise their voices against their nervous conditions.

As an Assembly, we would like to make it clear that we are not going to be intimidated from speaking against corruption and its drivers.

Let it be known that the time is now ripe to return fire by fire especially on abductions.

#KushingaMberi!

Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson

[23/07 15:59] +263 73 417 7181: Mwonzora Backyardanozviitisawo futi. He had become a doyern of constituionalism by standing with the Supreme court ruling which sought righting wrongs but his current actions exposes him otherwise. Imagine if he then becomes president?
[23/07 16:00] +263 78 300 7150: Achigadzira mastructures e Fake ?
[23/07 16:00] +263 78 300 7150: Ngaambosuspendwa
[23/07 16:00] +27 61 162 6887: Anofanira kususpendwa haachakwikwidzi bcz hapasisina fareness
[23/07 16:01] +263 73 417 7181: That is not the point. The point is, did he follow due process?
[23/07 16:01] +263 77 355 2297: Takazviona kare kuti kwanga kusiri kuda Constitionalism but kutsiva
[23/07 16:02] +263 78 300 7150: Ko SG anogounganidza vanhu venomination president na Chairman vasikuzviziva ?
[23/07 16:03] +263 78 300 7150: Haasi ave Center of power here SG uyu
[23/07 16:06] +27 61 162 6887: Kuvunganidza vanhu venomination zvisingaziikamwi napresident nachairman
[23/07 16:06] +263 78 300 7150: Ngaadzingwe
[23/07 16:19] +263 78 300 7150: Ukupushura Mwonzora ka iwewe at all costs even to the extent yokujustifya ma fake structures
[23/07 16:19] +263 73 417 7181: Ummm, you are speaking as a Douggy guy not as an MDC guy. The issue at hand does not need short cuts. Remember the EOC is meant to correct some past wrongs and this SG seems to be walking that same paths. I think the letter from Sen Komichi serves well on tgis issue. Ko kungotevera gwara nhai. Congress yoitwa kana Mwonzora ariye anodiwa as you claim zvinongoonekwa nekuhwina kwake not kuita zvechimuhwande muhwande izvi.
[23/07 16:20] +263 78 300 7150: Matemadanda hanti aiti Mwonxora munhu wedu aribho
[23/07 16:30] +263 78 627 3178: Why maprovinces ese arikumiswa kuita nomination? Chii chikonzero
[23/07 16:33] +263 78 300 7150: Uno accepter sei maresults from fake structures ?? vanhu vanhongwawo muroad
[23/07 16:33] +263 78 300 7150: Kubirira kunonyadxisa
[23/07 16:40] +263 78 300 7150: Ko Manase anovhota sei ku Congress iye aisapo pa 2014
[23/07 16:46] +263 78 300 7150: Ko ana Misihairabwi vakutsvakei ku Congress
[23/07 16:49] +263 78 627 3178: No…komichi akapinda sei pahunational chairman
[23/07 16:49] +263 78 300 7150: Ne midlands
[23/07 16:49] +263 78 300 7150: He imposed himself
[23/07 16:52] +263 78 300 7150: Ko Komichi haana kuresigner here paakaenda ku MDC Alliance
[23/07 16:52] +263 78 627 3178: You are crying more about why harare nominated mwonzora
[23/07 16:53] +27 61 162 6887: Anominator Nani kupi
[23/07 16:53] celina: Harare did not nominate Mwonzora or anyone else. For your own information, nominations have not been done anywhere else through out the country.
[23/07 16:54] +263 78 627 3178: Why? The legal date is 31 chii chirikumisa manominations?
[23/07 16:55] +263 78 300 7150: Ko Khupe aenda kumacourts kumisa congress koz aona anogona kudyiwa
[23/07 16:59] +263 78 627 3178: Bhebhe arikuda unity nachamisa
[23/07 17:04] +263 78 300 7150: Ko nei Mwonzora ariye akurova gap filling mumadistrict
[23/07 17:05] +27 61 162 6887: Itsotsi
[23/07 17:05] +263 78 627 3178: Akaita gap filling kupi tinofanirwa kuziva
[23/07 17:07] +263 78 300 7150: Ku Ruwa ne MARONDERA NE CHINHOYI NE MHONDORO
[23/07 17:07] +263 78 627 3178: Ndoda kutozivawo kwaakaita gap filling
[23/07 17:08] +263 78 300 7150: Nei mwonzora akubuda paradio achizviti ini election renyika muchandiona achizvicompeya na chamisa khupe aripo
[23/07 17:55] +263 73 459 4318: ??? politics is a very dirty dirty dirty game, parikunyangirwa bag n power. Each n everyone has his/her own foot soldiers. I’m seeing another split – MDC-DOUGY, MDC-MUDZURI, MDC -T
[23/07 18:40] +44 7503 771439: He should just respect Thoko and Komochi, he is alledged to be positioning himself. How can he just clandestinely fast track to the Top. That’s dangerous. Ano donha ne gotsi.
[23/07 18:46] +44 7503 771439: I now understand why people are saying Chirasha should take “chimuti” If Dougie is clean he should nullify his Harare Province nomination. He should apologise to the Nation on Camera. Press conference chopas. He is under scrutiny. All those defending this allegation against him could have been paid. If you are for the truth why would one support such. Don’t bully Thoko, let’s respect women. They have a role to play in Zim politics. Aaaah!
[23/07 18:53] +263 73 459 4318: Wangu iri I delayed match, Dougy knew want he wanted from the time he became Judas to Wamba, Ana komichi mabridge ekuyambutsa vamwe, thoko has been fooled, mudzuri Ari kubhadhara vanhu kkkkk, hapana kwazvosvika izviii
[23/07 19:10] +44 7503 771439: We hear the ‘meeting’ was attended by 38 people and allegedly chaired by Mr. Simon Hove.
Even then Mwonzora rigged :
Mwonzora got 184 votes, Mudzuri 38, Khupe 0 and Komichi 0.
[23/07 21:39] +27 62 359 8289: I think maumbwe arikuitwa neteam iri ini
[23/07 21:40] +27 62 359 8289: Personally i think Alliance ndokune dhiri am not ae member ther
[23/07 21:40] +27 62 359 8289: But i support their vision
[23/07 21:42] +27 62 359 8289: I will never support Alliance but their vision ka, mukatarisa zvinoitwa nana Khuphe vacho we have lost hope
[23/07 21:45] +27 62 359 8289: Apa mdct apasisina , togara taziva hedu, vana Mwonzora ma sellouts awa, Alliance inemuono uribho bt vana Chamisa nana Biti imbavha ka idzo ??
[24/07 11:35] +263 78 300 7150: Haa hanti hanzi pane vamwe vadzokera kwa Wamba here kuMurehwa neku Goromonzi
[24/07 11:36] +263 78 300 7150: Nana Bhebhe na Chimanikire vadzokera Kwa Chamisa so I hear
[24/07 14:21] +27 60 354 3378: Do you think Dzambara and Maravanyika are not a team. Do you think dmtl leaders who are putting people to attack SG in groups like this don’t know their game plan

By Own Correspondent| The president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Peter Mutasa (PM) has hinted that workers will soon be embarking on a series of protests over poor salaries and working conditions.

He made the remarks during an interview with a local publication where he also bemoaned state brutality on workers and the citizenry.

He said:

We made a call for workers and citizens to liberate themselves through collective action. We also indicated that we are embarking on mobilisation of the workers around the country.

This is going on and we are almost there. We need all workers to unite first around uniform demands.

In the past, we had some discord, especially with some unions in public services, especially Zimbabwe Teachers Association who supported Zimdollar salaries.

Out of a nasty experience, all unions are now agreed on our demands and all are mobilising members towards collective action. An announcement of the dates and form is coming any time.

Unless our demands are met, we are proceeding with serious concerted national strikes and peaceful protest action.

Everyday will be a day of protest and every space an arena of struggle until we shrug off the oppressive chains of a brutal dictatorship.

The Zimbabwean government is now just like the colonial regime and even worse than (the late former President Robert) Mugabe’s last days.

It is sad that we ended up having such a government 40 years after independence.

A number of companies have in the recent past closed their premises over the coronavirus pandemic.

Some of them are Econet Wireless, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), OK Norton and the National Social Security Authority (NSSA).

We present below NSSA’s statement of the temporary closure of NSSA House.

NSSA management wishes to advise stakeholders of the temporary closure of NSSA House in Harare with effect from Monday 27 July 2020 to allow for deep cleaning and decontamination following the incidence of a positive COVID-19 test for one of our employees.

This decision was taken in compliance with Section 6 at Statutory instrument 174 of 2020. Public Health (COV10-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Notional Lockdown) (Amendment) Order. 2020 (No. 14).

The affected employee was lost at NSSA House on the 10th of July 2020 due to the implementation of a decongestion programme that has seen the Authority operating at one-third of its staff complement.

Management has however resolved to implement the necessary precautionary measures.

The Authority is also conducting contact tracing to facilitate testing for individuals who may have been in contact with the affected employee.

All other NSSA offices are safe and Shut continue to operate under the Ministry Of Health and Child Care COVID-I9 guidelines. We sincerely apologise for any inconveniences caused by the temporary Closure.

Stakeholders shall be kept informed Of the situation via various media channels. including our darted media platforms @nssazw on Facebook and on Twitter. as well as our website: www.nssn.org.zw.

Issued on 26 July 2020:

Tendai Mutseyekwa

Marketing and Communications Executive

Edith Opperman Maternity Clinic in Mbare over the weekend shut down leaving scores of pregnant women stranded.

The clinic shut its doors after a number of nurses (it’s not clear how many) tested positive for the virus.

Dozens of pregnant women some of them in early stages of labour were over the weekend seen standing outside the shut gates of the institution as they peered inside.

The guard at the place said he did not know when the clinic would reopen.

This is not the first time the plight of pregnant women has taken a back seat due to some crisis. For a good part of last year Edith Opperman’s maternity hospital was not taking patients due to equipment shortages and a crippling nurse strike. This forced these women to risk their lives in home births and makeshift shelters.

AUTHORITIES are considering stiffer suburb lockdowns amid a recent spike of confirmed Covid-19 cases in some high-density areas of Bulawayo.

With over 587 locally transmitted cases in Bulawayo, the government is considering clamping down on unnecessary movements in specific western suburbs which have become COVID-19 hotspots in the City of Kings.

The provincial COVID-19 taskforce chaired by Local Government and Public Works Minister Honourable July Moyo convened a special meeting this weekend and expressed concern over the surge in local transmissions in Bulawayo.

“At the beginning here in Bulawayo COVID-19 was more centred in the eastern suburbs, but now it has moved to the west where there is a concentration of people. Once we analyse that there is a concentration in one area, yes the President has announced a new lockdown system, maybe can look at particular localities so that we can isolate it and lock it down so that it doesn’t spread,” he said.

Bulawayo City Council Health Services Director Dr Edwin Sibanda said the recent COVID-19 storm calls for rapid testing and constant updating of data so that authorities make informed decisions.

“We have Cowdry Park with very high figures, also Magwegwe, Nkulumane and parts of Emganwini, the map that we are generating on a daily basis, we must update it as quickly as possible as we improve the turnaround time for specimen collection and issuing of results…,” he said.

The taskforce also appealed to the public to continue weeding out illegal returnees who are suspected to be part source of the recent upsurge.

Dismissed ZANU PF parliamentarian Killer Zivhu who claims to have remained loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he wants to meet opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.

Zivhu was fired from both ZANU PF and parliament on recommendations of the ZANU PF provincial leadership after he wrote on social media that he wanted to see Mnangagwa and Chamisa Get involved in dialogue.

Deapite his dismissal, he went on to confess his undying love and loyalty to Mnangagwa.

Last week he was heavily criticised and insulted on social media when he said that Zimbabweans should not demonstrate against Mnangagwa on July 31 but give him a chance to revive the country.

Below is his latest Tweet expressing his undying love for Mnangagwa and willingness to meet Chamisa.

Morning everybody ndinotenda nokundituka kwenyu but still give ED time. I will make arrangements to meet Advocate Nelson Chamisa, I believe in dialogue not protests. Nhaimi vaimbova ma obedience sons ava Mugabe vavazve ma obedience sons ava ED , ndipo pane problem ipapo

— Hon Zivhu (@killerzivhu1) July 27, 2020

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe has sped past the 2500 mark with the number of those who have been confirmed to have died from the disease still standing at 34.

According to the Ministry of Health update, the country recorded an astounding 78 cases with 74 being local cases.

As expected most coronavirus cases have been recorded in towns and cities although escapees from quarantines have also worked tirelessly to bring Covid-19 even to the most remote villages.

Authorities are obsessed over entry into the CBD While in the early days of March the police would regularly patrol lockdown rules were being followed that has not been the case ever since restrictions were relaxed in March.

People hold house parties, birthday parties and church services in defiance of the lockdown provisions. It is extremely rare to find people wearing masks in their neighbourhood roads in the high density suburbs at least.

The Ministry of Health has conceded multiple times that there are mysterious sources of infection they could not identify.

This line is not included in the latest publication so it’s not clear whether they have identified these sources or not.

However, the way people are acting in residential areas requires the authorities to rethink their current enforcement strategy which is too focused on the CBD.

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba has attacked MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa for taking a back seat in the run up to the July 31 protests.

In a series of tweets at the weekend, Charamba said the vibrant opposition leader was a coward for allegedly using fellow opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume as a frontman in calling for the July 31 protests.

Charamba also blasted Chamisa for appointing Welshman Ncube to act as party president during his indefinite mourning period.

In his official Twitter handle #Jamwanda2, Charamba mocked Chamisa for tactfully evading censure over the planned #31July protests.

Charamba also said Chamisa avoided appointing Tendai Biti, co-MDC A vice president, because he viewed the aggressive politician as a major threat to his job.

“Ever wondered why Nelson Chamisa chose to hand over reigns to the insipid WELSHMAN NCUBE as he grieved over loss of his dear mother? Or why the WELSH man got mired in TRUST FUNDS controversy soon after the appointment…Here we go: The US Embassy in Harare whose govt has always rooted for Tendai Biti as safe bet for American interests here, had hoped to use Ngarivhume and his pseudo-leadership of July 31 disturbances,” Charamba said.

“…to re-launch Tendai Biti as the new leader of MDC-Alliance, with the impulsive Jobho Sikhala as the TONG for handling hot pieces. Both men are America’s centurions, Biti designated to play the Philosopher-King, while Sikhala is the Hotspur of the equation.

“The choice of Ngarivhume – another of America’s men whose roots are in Chipinge – was the right face for that operation which would have consigned Nelson Chamisa to the dustbin. Previous to Ngarivhume, Americans had hoped for the Malawian cleric, Shingi Munyeza, who was later dropped for being inorganic and tainted after hopes of washing him clean by goading ED to fire him from PAC failed. The key calculation was to ensure that the well-healed insurrection be led by a political nearly-man who would not prove a runaway, thus securing Tendai Biti’s take-over.”

Charamba added, “Nelson Chamisa got wind of it, forcing him to counter that by appointing the man from Wales, while dodging brickbats of violent demonstrations under the plausible cover of ‘in mourning’.

“The young man doesn’t want risks, which is what riles Americans whose wish is confrontational politics in Zimbabwe.

“Soon after, and to checkmate this counter, the Biti group used a wing of G-40 hoping to stop the man from Wales in his tracks!!”

“Unfortunately both sides misread the macroenvironment, and scenario-build on a hesitant State. How wrong!!! It’s now back to drawing board, banking on international pressure and nursing of different projects of inspiring opposition and dissent, a fraction of which has been subcontracted to Dumisani Muleya and his Beverley Court project which will not take off zvayo!!! #handeitione!!!.”

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THE Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER stuck in Bangkok to undergo an engine change is now back in service collecting stranded South Africans and Zimbabweans to bring them back home.

The plane, under charter to Maple Aviation Limited, flew first to Kuala Lumpur after being certified as flight-worthy before flying across the South China Sea to Guangzhou in China where it collected mainly South Africans wanting to return home and bringing them back to Kuala Lumpur.

Last night it was expected to make a second trip from Kuala Lumpur to China, this time to Wuhan, to pick up more Zimbabweans and South Africans.

It will return first to Kuala Lumpur to consolidate the passenger list before flying back to Harare via Johannesburg, most likely on Wednesday.

The plane underwent its needed engine change in Bangkok on Thursday and Friday and was certified to fly again by the Thai and Zimbabwe civil aviation authorities and Boeing. The engine change was undertaken with the help of Thai and Bangkok-based Japanese Nippon Airways engineers under supervision of the two Air Zimbabwe engineers.

Ten Air Zimbabwe engineers originally supposed to undertake the refitting were refused entry into Thailand on health quarantine grounds by Thai authorities, but the Nippon Airways engineers familiar with the plane type were available.

ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa says the labour body will announce a series of dates for fresh protests after the July 31 anti-corruption march.

In an interview with NewsDay, Mutasa said the workers will demonstrate everyday until their demands are met.

“We made a call for workers and citizens to liberate themselves through collective action. We also indicated that we are embarking on mobilisation of the workers around the country. This is going on and we are almost there. We need all workers to unite first around uniform demands. In the past, we had some discord, especially with some unions in public services, especially Zimbabwe Teachers Association who supported Zimdollar salaries. Out of a nasty experience, all unions are now agreed on our demands and all are mobilising members towards collective action. An announcement of the dates and form is coming any time,” he said.

“Unless our demands are met, we are proceeding with serious concerted national strikes and peaceful protest action. Everyday will be a day of protest and every space an arena of struggle until we shrug off the oppressive chains of a brutal dictatorship.

“The Zimbabwean government is now just like the colonial regime and even worse than (the late former President Robert) Mugabe’s last days. It is sad that we ended up having such a government 40 years after independence.”

By A Correspondent| Just as ZimEye exclusively predicted early last year, ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa, has appointed is own neice, Lydia Heather Mudhari to the post of Zimbabwe consul to Scotland.

The development comes as Mnangagwa appeared as one of those encouraging Scotland to demand independence from the UK.

Last year sources inside ZANU PF UK confirmed the development to ZimEye as some threatened to “pour jecha” on Mnangagwa’s niece.

Zimbabwe is opening the consulate at a time when it is closing numerous embassies across the world, where is the logic?, ZANU PF sources fumed speaking to ZimEye.

“Mudhari has been assigned the post, and it now awaits public announcement,” an impeccable source told ZimEye back then.

For a person to be appointed an ambassador, they need to have first undergone special training for over a year and sources questioned why Heather Mudhari has been rushed to the post without the requisite training.

Our undercover investigations involved a test using a real case of a Glasgow based woman desperate for an ETD to travel for her mother’s funeral in Harare.

ZimEye has exposed how the consulate service was now already functioning by last year April and the official position was only twisted after senior ZANU PF officials noticed that ZimEye has opened an investigation.

“Where and when did she do training for the post?,” a top ZANU PF member questioned.

Mudhari was at the time contacted and her tone of voice sounded “street level, rough” while responding.

She did not deny that she now carries the title, “ambassador.”

“Can you call the embassy in London” she said in response after answering to the salutation which was repeated thrice to her ears.

She then abruplty dropped the phone while the client was still speaking.

A year later, the proof has popped out and Mudhari is now heading to Scotland.

Mudhari has confirmed to the state owned Sunday Mail all this is true as ZimEye accurately revealed in April last year.

“I was recently appointed the Honorary Consul General for the Republic of Zimbabwe to Scotland by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade,” she said.

“I have become the first Zimbabwe Representative to Scotland and joined the Zimbabwe UK diplomatic Mission led by His Excellency Colonel Rtd Ambassador Christian Katsande, Zimbabwe High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. My appointment was accepted and acknowledged by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a letter that congratulated me for the new role and I am now recognised as a member of the Diplomatic Consular Corps in Scotland.”

A 99-year-old granny from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North left villagers shocked after she moved her body just as she was about to be buried.

Mrs Nkazanyana Ncube from Kwine village under Chief Gampu who was buried yesterday, ‘resurrected’ twice as villagers attemped to bury her.

She died at her homestead and was not certified dead by a doctor.

Mrs Ncube is said to have died on Saturday at about 3AM and resurrected as fellow villagers were about to bury her the same day forcing them to take her back into the house.

Villagers who had taken her ‘body’ which was wrapped in a blanket to the grave, noticed movements as they prepared to lower the body into the grave and immediately suspended the burial.

At about 1AM yesterday, they discovered her body was ‘cold again’ and when they resumed burial preparations, she started moving her body again.

She finally passed on at around 6AM yesterday leading to her burial at around 11AM.

Relatives said they did not panic as they believed that as a traditionalist her ‘resurrection’ was being triggered by ancestors.

A Chronicle news crew visited Kwine village yesterday and villagers spoke of their shock saying nothing like that had been experienced before.

Family spokesperson Mr Thabson Ndlovu said his aunt died and ‘resurrected’ twice.

“She has been unwell for quite a long time. Besides old age, she suffered a stroke that affected her right side. The situation deteriorated a few days ago as she could no longer speak. On Saturday at about 3AM she died. We started burial arrangements, we informed the village head and burial preparations started as villagers gathered and started digging her grave. As we were about to bury her, we noticed movements of the blanket she was wrapped in. The ‘body’ had been removed from the house and placed just near the grave. That is when one of the villagers said there was movement in the blanket. She seemed breathing,” said Mr Ndlovu.

He said the body was taken into the house where she died again at about 1AM and when they resumed burial preparations, they again noticed movements of the blanket confirming she was alive.

Mr Ndlovu said at 6am they were planning to take her to the local clinic.

“We were very worried as we didn’t know what was happening. We were planning to take her to the clinic and we had even hired a car to take her to hospital from the clinic. Normally, it’s elderly women who assess and make pronouncements on deaths but following those two episodes even us men entered the house to check for ourselves. When she was pronounced dead, her body was really cold, but later you would feel that it was warm, confirming that she was alive. So, we really got puzzled,” said Mr Ndlovu.

He however said villagers did not panic when Mrs Ncube rose from the dead.

“We did not panic partly because we believe her resurrection was triggered by amadlozi as it happened when we were conducting rituals. She was a traditionalist possessed by ancestral spirits,” he said.

A villager Mrs Tede Moyo said it was her first time to hear of someone dying before rising again.

“This is really worrying. I can imagine if she was in a coffin, she could have been buried alive. This left most us shocked that someone can be confirmed dead when he or she is alive. We’ve never heard of such a miracle before. If it wasn’t for some minor works that had to be carried out at the grave before burial, she could have been buried alive,” said Mrs Ncube.

Kwine village head Mr Elijah Vundla said he was convinced that Mrs Ncube died and rose from the dead.

“We were even planning to consult sangomas because this is not something that we are accustomed to. We thought that since she was traditionalist, there were things that needed to be done. But she then died peacefully this morning but we had to delay burial just to be sure,” said Mr Vundla.

Acting Mpilo Central Hospital clinical director Dr Xolani Ndlovu, said it was difficult to express a medical opinion on such a matter because the body was not taken to a health facility.

He said medically, the person was not dead but added that in old age there may be fluctuations that may result in one not being conscious.

“So, in medical terms, we can’t say the person was dead. There is no proof. Clinically if someone is dead, there is no brain activity. Unlike the heart, if the brain stops working, it can’t be restarted,” said Dr Ndlovu.

It’s quite normal in old people and those people who suffer from liver failure or liver cirrhosis. Even people who are diabetic can suffer from the same problem due to the fluctuating sugar levels which may leave one unconscious. So, when sugar levels fluctuate, a person can easily drift into unconsciousness and consciousness. In this case probably she lost consciousness and had a very low heart beat which made her relatives and villagers believe that she was dead and then bury her. This is why we encourage that qualified doctors should be the only ones to certify deaths.”