Zimbabwe’s coronavirus cases have risen to 574 after 7 more people have tested positive for the virus.
The new cases-4 are local while 2 and 1, in that order, are from South Africa and Botswana.
Bulawayo recorded 10 new recoveries bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 152.
The country also recorded another coronavirus related death bringing the total number of deaths to 7.- Health Ministry
BINDURA mayor Carlos Tokyo yesterday said Chipadze Stadium could be renamed Biggie Zuze Stadium in honour of the town’s first football superstar.
Zuze, who hailed from Bindura, died last Thursday at the age of 55.
He was laid to rest in his hometown, at Chiwaridzo cemetery, yesterday.
Scores of locals, who spoke to The Herald, described Zuze as their football hero.
Tokyo told mourners during the body viewing ceremony at Chipadze Stadium that the council has made a special resolution to honour Zuze either by rechristening the stadium or naming a street after him.
“We have resolved with the councillors to name a place after Biggie,’’ said Tokyo.
“Even this ground could be named after him at the completion of renovations. “We can even name one of our streets after him when the time comes.’’
Former players such as Alfred Chinodakufa, Zondai Nyaungwa, Nkululeko Dhlamini, David Mandigora, Clayton Munemo, Tau Mangwiro, Nesbert Saruchera, Patridge Muskwe and Simon Chuma were part of the huge crowd which paid their last respects.
The coaching fraternity was also represented with the DeMbare technical team, led by Tonderai Ndiraya and Naison Muchekela, also bidding their colleague farewell.
Zuze was one of the assistant coaches at DeMbare at the time of his death.
The burial was also attended by officials from ZIFA, the full Dynamos executive and representatives from other clubs.
The huge turnout meant it was difficult to maintain the social distance protocol under the Covid-19 guidelines.
Mourners, most of them clad in DeMbare’s blue-and-white colours, waved the Glamour Boys flag. Officials and close family members gave moving eulogies as they narrated the life and work of the former DeMbare coach.
ZIFA Mashonaland Central chairman Gilbert Saika said Zuze’s achievements were worthy celebrating.
“To be recognised as a player, coming from a place like Mashonaland Central, you have to be very good,’’ he said.
“Biggie was that good and he did not end there.
It was Biggie’s wish that many other young players from the province also make it to the top. We are appealing to the authorities to continue to scout for more players from this region.’’-The Herald
Zimbabwe’s coronavirus cases have risen to 574 after 7 more people have tested positive for the virus.
The new cases-4 are local while 2 and 1, in that order, are from South Africa and Botswana.
Bulawayo recorded 10 new recoveries bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 152.
The country also recorded another coronavirus related death bringing the total number of deaths to 7.- Health Ministry
My Fellow Citizens,
To stand before you as your President today is an honour.
It’s an honour that fills me with unspeakable joy and immense gratitude.
It’s an honour forged in the furnace of your desire and demand for change.
It’s an honour crafted by your hand when you braved the winter chill to cast your vote.
It’s an honour that has reignited the dream of our nation’s founders for a New Malawi.
When the founders of Malawi emerged from the womb of the great struggle that birthed our Independence in 1964, the dream was not merely for us to be freed from oppression. And when their children marched against the one-party state to birth our Democracy in 1993, the dream was not merely for us to be freed from tyranny.
The dream that binds us together is for us to enjoy shared prosperity, not just freedom.
For of what use is freedom from oppression if you are a slave to starvation? Or freedom from colonialism if you are a slave to tribalism? Of what use is freedom from tyranny if you are a slave to poverty?
No! The dream was for all of us, together, to be the ones who enjoy the riches of Malawi’s soil; to be the ones who make the products of her industries; to be the ones who harvest the bounties of her fields; to be the ones who are served by her taxes, and to be the ones who raise the skylines of her cities.
Today, we too have emerged from great struggle and marched our sore feet towards this moment of victory and justice. But unlike our forebears, we have done so not just because we have a dream.
We have done so because the time has come for us to go beyond dreaming. The time has come for us to arise from the slumber of our dream and make the dream true.
Dr Chilima and I accept this challenge and task. We will pursue it, not just as servants accountable to you voters, but as stewards of the hopes of millions of children, born and unborn, who have no vote.
With your help, we will restore a new generation’s faith in the possibility of having a government that serves, not a government that rules; a government that inspires, not a government that infuriates; a government that listens, not a government that shouts; a government that fights for you, not against you.
Now, I am no stranger to the benefits of good government. Although I was raised in a poor village like most Malawians; raised without inherited riches or political connections like most Malawians; raised without electricity or running water like most Malawians; I stand here today because I had one of the blessings of God that young Malawians today do not: The blessing of growing up in a well-governed Malawi.
So I pledge to run Malawi well, for that is the surest path to Tsogolo Labwino, a path that has long been in ruins, riddled with the potholes of greed and corruption.
In making this pledge, I am accepting this call to serve you with joy and holy fear, for I am duty-bound to God and all of you to give it my best.
However, I know that there are many of you who did not vote for me in this election, and perhaps the prospect of my presidency fills you with fear and grief.
But I want you to remember one thing: This new Malawi is a home for you too, and so long as I am its President, it will be a home in which you too will prosper.
I only ask you for one thing in return: To give Dr Chilima and me a chance to earn your trust and make this win a win for all of us.
That is how we will fulfil the dream of Malawi Watsopano Okomela…
TONSE. God bless you and God bless Malawi.
Farai Dziva|Abducted MDC Alliance Goromonzi South Youth Assembly District Chairperson Davison Chamisa who was abducted by state security agents has been found alive.
However, he was brutalised and drugged.
“We have located Davison Chamisa in Norton.
He was drugged ,brutalised ,assaulted and dumped at a railway line while unconscious.
He was injected with an unknown substance and made to consume pills and was forced to drink urine. He cant walk,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
Chamisa was abducted on Sunday following an “arrest” by the police.
Farai Dziva|Abducted MDC Alliance Goromonzi South Youth Assembly District Chairperson Davison Chamisa who was abducted by state security agents has been found alive.
However, he was brutalised and drugged.
“We have located Davison Chamisa in Norton.
He was drugged ,brutalised ,assaulted and dumped at a railway line while unconscious.
He was injected with an unknown substance and made to consume pills and was forced to drink urine. He cant walk,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
Chamisa was abducted on Sunday following an “arrest” by the police.
Police in Bulawayo have shot and injured a suspected cattle rustler after he ignored orders from the law enforcement agents to stop.
The injured suspect was rushed to a local hospital in the city where he is recovering. National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.
Asst Comm Nyathi said it has become modus operandi for cattle rustlers to stash a stolen carcass under firewood and masquerade as firewood poachers.
He added that Pumula had become a hot spot for stock theft as cattle from neighbouring villages stray into the suburb, where criminals involved in cattle rustling pounce on the animals.
Most of the meat from the stolen beasts is sold in Bulawayo.
“This shooting incident involves a suspect who was transporting firewood and refused to stop. He drove away and, in the process, there was a chase and unfortunately police had to fire some shots. He got injured and is admitted to a local hospital,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
“People should not steal firewood and should not engage in criminal activities and must not flee from police officers. They must not try to evade police check points and must follow the normal procedures. It’s really unfortunate but at the end of the day the police have to do their work. The public should just appreciate that no one should engage in criminal activities.”
Asst Comm Nyathi sad police officers fired warning shots as per procedure, however the suspect did not heed the call to stop.
“So far we have established that this person was found carrying firewood and that firewood was illegally taken from the Pumula surroundings. Police officers fired warning shots, but he did not stop, so they had to do their job.
“Remember last week we had another incident where city of Bulawayo rangers were involved in a shootout with firewood poachers and possibly stock theft suspects. That area is becoming notorious for criminal acts,” said Asst Comm Nyathi. -Chronicle/state media
Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance president Advocate Nelson Chamisa has said Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind the recall of the opposition party’s MPs.
Chamisa has also accused his political rival of using bully-boy tactics in a bid to force MDC Alliance to join POLAD.
Chamisa has declared his party will not join POLAD, a discredited discussion platform.
Below is part of Chamisa’s interview with ENCA:
A high end drone can only manage 31 minutes above ground before landing- and a minister says the flying machines will be deployed to patrol the bation’s borders.
Drones will soon be patrolling the country’s borders as Government moves to address security challenges posed by border jumpers who could be spreading infections by avoiding compulsory quarantine and testing.
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said her ministry received funding for its Covid-19 support from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as well and China donated 40 trucks to the army.
This came out yesterday when Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri, who is the deputy chairperson of the taskforce against Covid-19, appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services to give oral evidence on how the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Covid-19 was handling security matters.
The committee, chaired by Cde Callisto Gwanetsa, heard that the involvement of the defence forces was allowed since they were providing assistance to the civil power.
Some of the duties of the ZDF in the enforcement of the lockdown measures included manning checkpoints within cities and on highways to ensure that only those exempted were allowed to move around carrying out their critical duties.
The defence forces and the police were also involved in joint border patrols to curb the illegal border crossings by returning residents, which have reportedly been on the increase since the closure of the official borders in March.
Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri expressed concern over policing the country’s borders to contain illegal crossings by both pedestrian and vehicular traffic into the country, and the danger of importing Covid-19 infections.
Zimbabwe has borders with Botswana (813km), Mozambique (1 231km), South Africa (255km) and Zambia (767km) adding up to a stretch of 3 066km.
“Police were given motorbikes. We were given an allocation to purchase vehicles so the police will buy some. The army does not have vehicles, but the good news is that we received some 40 trucks from China. We are using these trucks to make sure we cover as much ground as possible. They will not be adequate, but it’s better than nothing,” she said.
Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri added that although the borders would not be adequately patrolled using drones the good thing was that the use of technology had also been recommended for the monitoring of commercial vehicles transiting through Zimbabwe.
“SADC has agreed to the movement of commercial goods throughout the region to balance health needs and economic imperatives,” she said.
Further, Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri raised concern over the shortage of personal protective equipment, which branded a serious challenge affecting the security forces working in the Covid-19 frontline.
“Inadequate funding for food, transport, fuel and kitting, which became perennial after the imposition of illegal sanctions also took its toll on both the morale of troops and their effectiveness.
“The main challenge confronting the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in fighting Covid-19 is lack of resources.”
She noted that the same committee had frequently heard about the scarcity of funds for normal operations.
“While the Ministry is making frantic efforts to acquire adequate personal protective equipment, its efforts were recently complemented by a donation from the Ministry of Defence of the People’s Republic of China worth more than US$300 000.
“Temptation comes in some situations as our soldiers do not have rations. It is important that we get resources so that our soldiers will not be tempted.
“On the issue of rations, we requested for $500 million, but were only allocated $100 million, which is a drop in the ocean. It remains a concern. This is a security issue because it affects our economy. We have certain elements such as those who were in prison who may cause havoc.
“We are concerned about 170 hardcore criminals released from our neighbouring countries who escaped from quarantine centres recently. Some of them have already started causing havoc in the communities. Some do not have identity documents and it becomes difficult to trace them,” she said.
Minister Muchinguri Kashiri said those involved in supporting efforts to contain infections were also receiving risk allowance and had free health medical care.
She dismissed claims that Zimbabwean forces were in Mozambique saying these were just social media rumours.
“Zimbabwe is mindful that these issues are issues of a regional thrust. There is strength in Zimbabwe working with other countries. Zimbabwe is still chairing the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation and we know that when a neighbour is under attack we seek a regional approach to these matters.
“As a region we cannot go in to settle a problem that will overflow to other countries. We are bound by certain rules and regulations that a member cannot go in without general understanding or agreement.
“Our region is peaceful. Those are social media rumours that are dangerous and should be dismissed.” -state media/Herald
Delish Nguwaya, who is challenging the magistrates’ court decision to deny him bail, will know his fate tomorrow when the High Court is expected to deliver its ruling on his application for bail pending trial.
He is facing charges of allegedly misrepresenting to the Government that his company was a medical firm in an attempt to be awarded tenders for Covid-19 medical supplies using his companies, Drax SAGL and Drax International.
Justice Pisirayi Kwenda last week deferred the bail ruling to yesterday, but postponed it to tomorrow. No reasons were given for the postponement.
Nguwaya was denied bail by Harare magistrate, Ms Vongai Muchuchuti, prompting him to appeal to the High Court.
In denying him bail, Ms Muchuchuti ruled that Nguwaya was a flight risk.
She said the seriousness of the offence which invariably attracts a lengthy custodial sentence in the event of a conviction could induce him to skip bail.
Charges against Nguwaya arose after he allegedly misrepresented that Drax was based in Switzerland, when it was only a consulting company with no experience in the manufacturing of drugs.
Acting on this misrepresentation, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo authorised a US$2 million medicine supply deal through NatPharm.
Nguwaya allegedly did the same using Drax International and won a supply deal worth US$40 million, the court heard.
The matter allegedly came to light after a notable variance on prices charged by the companies to those prevailing on the market. -Herald/state media
Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance president Advocate Nelson Chamisa has said Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind the recall of the opposition party’s MPs.
Chamisa has also accused his political rival of using bully-boy tactics in a bid to force MDC Alliance to join POLAD.
Chamisa has declared his party will not join POLAD, a discredited discussion platform.
Below is part of Chamisa’s interview with ENCA:
Own Correspondent|Controversial Zimbabwean cleric Isaac Makomichi, has reportedly received threats from leaders of the satanic church in South Africa.
Last week the controversial preacher threatened to use his “spiritual powers” to destroy the church.
Makomichi claimed he received the threats on his social media accounts. Makomichi is the leader of Calvary Prayer Group.
” Do you have the powers to defeat us?” A member of the church allegedly asked the preacher.
“Some prophets are our agents, so don’t waste your time,” another member of the church reportedly wrote on social media.
One of the satanic church elders also allegedly wrote :
” We advise Zimbabwean prophet, Isaac Makomichi to mind his own business or he can join us. He cannot fight us as we are working with more than 50 prophets in his country,he must keep quite for his own good.”
Makomichi responded:
“I’m not afraid of them, they are sending me direct messages to my Twitter asking me to keep quite.
Pastors must unite and destroy that satanic sect.”
29 June 2020
By Wezhira Munya
Chivi North, MDC Alliance rural constituency throws its support behind President Chamisa…
Yesterday, 28th June 2020, MDC Alliance Masvingo provincial deputy treasurer, Mr Emmanuel Chidaushe had meetings with Chivi North MDC Alliance structures.
The meetings were held in Chivi North wards 2 and 3.
The main agenda of the meetings was to inform the MDC Alliance rural structures about the political current developments.
98% of Chivi North MDC Alliance district leaders, branch chairpersons and organising secretaries attended these meetings.
In addition, Masvingo women provincial treasurer Mrs Bakali was in attendance. Mrs Bakali is also a MDC Alliance councillor who in 2018 harmonised election defeated Zanu PF and MDC T led by Khupe council candidates.
Furthermore, all Chivi North 2014 ward chairpersons and 95% of Chivi North district leaders attended yesterday’s meeting. This means that MDC T led by Khupe, Mudzuri, Mwonzora and Komichi will not have Chivi North delegates at their congress slated on 31 July 2020. This a big blow to MDC T Khupe cabal.
Commenting, on the meetings Mr Emmanuel Chidaushe, MDC Alliance Masvingo provincial deputy treasurer said, “We held a highly successful meetings in wards 2 and 3 in Chivi North. I informed the Chivi North MDC Alliance structures that our President is advocate Nelson Chamisa. In addition, l explained to them about the court rulings that gave Khupe power to occupy our Morgan Tsvangirai headquarters and recall of our 13 member of parliament. Everyone at the meeting pledged support to President Chamisa and MDC Alliance party.”
Mr Joachim Chiware on behalf of Chivi North district said, “As Chivi North district we are not going to betray president Chamisa by joining MDC T led by Khupe. MDC T led by Khupe is being funded by Zanu PF. Khupe is in Polad and all court judgements are product of romantic relationship Khupe and ZANU PF are having in Polad. Therefore, we as Chivi North district refuse to join Zanu PF through MDC T.”
Also, MDC Alliance Chivi North district secretary leader Farai Zavidze said, “As Chivi North will resolved never to attended MDC T Khupe led extraordinary congress, we refuse to partake in the devil’s communion. Khupe, Mwonzora, Komichi and Mudzuri are Bishops of evil Zanu PF who are on the mission to destroy MDC Alliance. However, president Chamisa and MDC Alliance remain popular. In 2018 harmonised elections we voted for President Chamisa, President Chamisa got almost
2, 2 million votes according to rigged results announced by Zec. Khupe got 45 000 votes. How can we leave a popular President Chamisa and join rejected Khupe? “
Shadow councillor and MDC Alliance Masvingo provincial women assembly treasurer Amina Bamako said, “I pledge my full support to MDC Alliance and President Chamisa. I rest assure you that l will not betray you by joining MDC T led by Khupe.”
Mrs Mutisi, the wife of former Chivi North district chair said, “We, in Chivi North we are educating and informing our structures and support that, President Chamisa is still our President. We are also informing them that MDC T led by Khupe, Mwonzora, Komichi and Mudzuri is a proxy of Zanu lacoster, with intention to destroy MDC Alliance. ZANU PF’ s president Emerson Mungagwa is on the revenge mission after he was defeated by President Chamisa and MDC Alliance in 2018, harmonised elections.”
In Chivi North, the prices of basic commodities such as sugar, mealie-meal, cooking oil, rice have skyrocketed. The current drought has made life difficult in Chivi North. Many people are experiencing hunger.
Masvingo MDC Alliance provincial deputy treasurer , Mr Chidaushe gave $100 each to Chivi North 2018 election agents. Mr Chidaushe was not MDC Alliance candidate in 2018 harmonised elections. On paying election agents, Mr Chidaushe said, “l have paid $100 each to our election agents because they played great role in defending our President Chamisa, our councillor and our member of parliament votes. I value their hardwork.”
Currently, Mr Chidaushe has donated soccer balls to Chivi North youth. Youth in Chivi North will have soccer and netball tournaments that will be bank rolled by Mr Chidaushe.
In the next few days, Mr Chadaushe will be in other Chivi North wards educating them about difference between MDC Alliance party led by charismatic president Chamisa and unpopular MDC T led by Khupe.
Mr Chadaushe and Chivi North MDC Alliance leaders observed a minute of silence in remembering MDC Alliance cadres who were killed by Zanu PF members. The month of June brings painful memories caused by Zanu PF members who killed our Members in June 2008.
Former Finance Minister and MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has said the move by the government to ban mobile money transactions and trading at the Stock Exchange does not make sense as they were not to blame for the prevailing economic downfall.
Commenting on the issue the firebrand politician and lawyer said:
It does not make economic sense. The reason why we have a black market in the economy is not because of Ecocash or the stock exchange, it’s because we are simply not producing.
You cannot have a government that specialises in creating difficulties for its citizens. Think of the millions of people who cannot access money in banks who rely on mobile transfers.
Biti’s sentiments were echoed by Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies chairman Jacob Mutisi who also said:
This will put a dent to our crippled economy and completely shut down the nation’s biggest e-commerce platform.
The problem in Zimbabwe is not Ecocash or mobile money fraud, externalisation or pure advanced airtime sales, but the dysfunctional government policies in general and on the fiscal and monetary policies in particular.
The move by the government to suspend trading at the stock exchange and ban some mobile money transactions came on the day the ZWL reached a new low and traded $100 against a single American dollar- The Standard
Former Finance Minister and MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has said the move by the government to ban mobile money transactions and trading at the Stock Exchange does not make sense as they were not to blame for the prevailing economic downfall.
Commenting on the issue the firebrand politician and lawyer said:
It does not make economic sense. The reason why we have a black market in the economy is not because of Ecocash or the stock exchange, it’s because we are simply not producing.
You cannot have a government that specialises in creating difficulties for its citizens. Think of the millions of people who cannot access money in banks who rely on mobile transfers.
Biti’s sentiments were echoed by Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies chairman Jacob Mutisi who also said:
This will put a dent to our crippled economy and completely shut down the nation’s biggest e-commerce platform.
The problem in Zimbabwe is not Ecocash or mobile money fraud, externalisation or pure advanced airtime sales, but the dysfunctional government policies in general and on the fiscal and monetary policies in particular.
The move by the government to suspend trading at the stock exchange and ban some mobile money transactions came on the day the ZWL reached a new low and traded $100 against a single American dollar- The Standard
By A Correspondent- Another member of the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has been arrested in connection with a flash hunger protest that was launched in Warren Park on the 13th of May this year.
Three other MDC Alliance officials – Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova are now out of custody on bail after they were also arrested over the same matter.
The latest development was announced by the party via its accounts on social media platforms.
The MDC Alliance posted:
Makomborero Haruzivishe has been arrested at Mbare Magistrate court over the Warren Park Flash Demonstration. He has been taken to Harare Central CID Law and Order.
The state says those who participated in the protests violated lockdown regulations which prohibit gatherings comprised of more than 50 people.
Meanwhile, some view the latest arrests of opposition officials and human rights defenders is an indication of the state’s strategy to silence voices of dissent.
These arrests have attracted the attention of the international community which has in the recent past castigated the state.
I hear Khuphe is now claiming that she is Nelson Chamisa ..and the issue is now in court..
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By Wilbert Mukori-
Dear Grace Kwinjeh
First of all, I would like to thank you for this insightful contribution, “Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?” in Bulawayo 24.
“A pattern that continues to repeat itself, each time Zimbabweans are in desperate need of opposition leadership, an internal implosion occurs at the top, which throws the party into a state of confusion, compromising its ability to deliver change to its supporters and Zimbabweans at large,” you said.
Given the fact MDC leaders have failed to implement even one token reform in 20 years; implementing reforms remains the number task for all the opposition parties in Zimbabwe to this day; proves that confusion has reigned supreme in the MDC none stop for the last 2 decades and counting.
Former US Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 – 2007, Chris Dell, said Tsvangirai was “a flawed and indecisive character who would be an albatross to the nation, should he get into power”! He could have said the same of the entire MDC leadership and still history would have proven him right!
Lo and behold! MDC did get into power or be it in the Government of National Unity (GNU) in 2008 to 2013. Tsvangirai and company had the golden chance to implement the democratic reforms the nation has been dying for. Not even the constant nagging by SADC leaders to “follow the Global Political Agreement (GPA) roadmap!” would force Tsvangirai and company to implement even one reform in five years.
Since the GNU, Zanu PF has allowed the opposition to win a few gravy-train seats, bait to entice they participate in the elections regardless of the glaring irregularities and illegalities. By participating the opposition have given the flawed electoral process credibility and the result legitimacy.
So, the golden opportunity presented by the GNU to end the curse of rigged elections was wasted. The nation remained stuck with the corrupt, incompetent and murderous Zanu PF dictatorship that rigged elections to remain in power. And, just to rub hot chilli in our sore eyes; by failing to implement the reforms and then participating in flawed elections; MDC leaders gave the vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy!
In our effort to get rid of the corrupt, tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship, the first albatross round our necks; we risked life and limb to elect MDC leaders to implement the reforms. MDC leaders not only failed to implement the reforms but are now helping Zanu PF stay in power and thus have become the second dead-weight albatross accelerating our sinking into the abyss.
“Horrible contradictions exist, baffling for instance is that in just two years the same (MDC) leaders who endorsed the coup against the late former President Robert Mugabe, were soon in bed with him and are now working with his close allies,” you observed.
Zimbabwe politics is a madhouse! Whilst one lot of MDC leaders is having quality time with Mugabe and G40 faction, the second lot is having quality time too. The cries of innocent people shot dead for protesting rigged elections or soaring cost of living provided the romantic ambience to Mnangagwa’s “small-house” POLAD marriage!
“Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate!” (Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!) reads the inscription at the gate into Hell, according to Dante. Enter and there is no coming back!
When MDC leaders failed to implement even one reform in five years of the GNU they proved they had gone beyond the point of no return. There was nothing under the sun they would not do for selfish gain. As for implement the reforms, they had thrown them out of the window during the GNU there was no retrieving them, much less implement them.
The real tragic is, there are still a number of Zimbabweans who acknowledge MDC leaders have indeed failed to implemented even one reform in 20 years and yet they refuse to believe their own eyes even now with all the benefit of hindsight. It is these naïve and gullible voters who continue to follow MDC sell-outs blindly like sheep to the slaughter. Their blind loyalty give discredited MDC leaders credibility just as the MDC leaders themselves are giving vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy!
A naïve and gullible electorate are a curse to democracy. And as long as a significant number of Zimbabweans remain naïve and gullible there is no hope for us ever getting out of the hell-on-earth we now find ourselves stuck in. None!
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MACRAD Trust Director, Ephraim Mtombeni has been remanded in custody to tomorrow.
Mtombeni is accused of “undermining the authority of the President.”
Mtombeni appeared before Magistrate Ndlovu in Masvingo today.
The state opposed bail on the grounds that Ephraim does not have a family and a house.
JUNE 29, 2020
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) is shocked by the government of Zimbabwe’s claims that it fully complied with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of inquiry into August 1, 2018 events during which the army killed six civilians with 35 others injured.
As a Coalition, we view such an announcement, without any evidence backing it, as a refusal by the government to be accountable for human rights violations and lack of respect to the unfortunate lives lost, a situation that has hindered previous efforts on National Healing and Reconciliation.
It is evident that none of those responsible for the killings has been brought to book and convicted.
Further to that, members of the Army and Police who were in breach of their professional duties and discipline are yet to be identified for their internal investigations and appropriate sanction as again recommended by the Commission.
If in any case, the Commission recommendations had been implemented, then some of the killings, beatings and human rights violations perpetrated during the lockdown might have been prevented.
It is important to underline that there has not been any meaningful or sincere effort towards reform and transformation from the government of Zimbabwe except mere politicking.
National Healing and Reconciliation also recommended by the Motlanthe Commission continues to be a pipe dream in Zimbabwe owing to lack of sincerity on the part of authorities and this explains why results of the Commission that investigated the Gukurahundi Massacres which claimed more than 20 000 lives remains a top-secret up to now. Victims of these massacres, their relatives, stakeholders and the nation at large have waited for justice in vain for more than three decades.
As a Coalition, we have always maintained that the Motlanthe Commission was set up with an interest to absolve President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ZANU PF and the Zimbabwe National Army from the killings of civilians who were demonstrating against electoral fraud.
We reiterate that, those involved in the killings should be brought to book and that the government should fully compensate all victims of August 1, 2018 army shootings.
We recommend that the government should set up an all-inclusive National Dialogue platform and an all stakeholders healing and reconciliation platform for the country to move forward.
The minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema has said June examinations will proceed as initially planned.
The statement is issued amid resistance from teachers and learners to the proposed dates.
They argue that the dates are inconvenient since learners had no time for studies adding that some schools have not taken enough required measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic which saw studies suspended in March.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is adamant that necessary measures to ensure the safety of candidates and invigilators are already in place.
Below is Mathema’s press statement in full.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education would like to advise parents/guardians, learners and the public that the ZIMSEC June 2020 Examinations are set to commence as scheduled on Tuesday, the 30th of June 2020. The examination timetable, as announced by ZIMSEC, will be adhered to.
The Ministry would like to assure the nation that necessary measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of candidates and invigilators during the course of the examinations. To this end, thermometers, disinfectants, face masks, wash facilities and hand sanitisers have been procured for all examination centres to protect from COVID-19. Examination centres have also been disinfected in line with Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) guidelines.
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude, to His Excellency, President E.D. Mnangagwa, Her Excellency, the First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, led by Hon. Vice President K.C.D. Mohadi, the Ministry of Health and Child Care and all the other Ministries for their guidance and assistance in getting the centres ready for examinations in line with the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
By A Correspondent- The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) is shocked by the government of Zimbabwe’s claims that it fully complied with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of inquiry into August 1, 2018 events during which the army killed six civilians with 35 others injured.
As a Coalition, we view such an announcement, without any evidence backing it, as a refusal by the government to be accountable for human rights violations and lack of respect to the unfortunate lives lost, a situation that has hindered previous efforts on National Healing and Reconciliation.
It is evident that none of those responsible for the killings has been brought to book and convicted.
Further to that, members of the Army and Police who were in breach of their professional duties and discipline are yet to be identified for their internal investigations and appropriate sanction as again recommended by the Commission.
If in any case, the Commission recommendations had been implemented, then some of the killings, beatings and human rights violations perpetrated during the lockdown might have been prevented.
It is important to underline that there has not been any meaningful or sincere effort towards reform and transformation from the government of Zimbabwe except mere politicking.
National Healing and Reconciliation also recommended by the Motlanthe Commission continues to be a pipe dream in Zimbabwe owing to lack of sincerity on the part of authorities and this explains why results of the Commission that investigated the Gukurahundi Massacres which claimed more than 20 000 lives remains a top-secret up to now. Victims of these massacres, their relatives, stakeholders and the nation at large have waited for justice in vain for more than three decades.
As a Coalition, we have always maintained that the Motlanthe Commission was set up with an interest to absolve President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ZANU PF and the Zimbabwe National Army from the killings of civilians who were demonstrating against electoral fraud.
We reiterate that, those involved in the killings should be brought to book and that the government should fully compensate all victims of August 1, 2018 army shootings.
We recommend that the government should set up an all-inclusive National Dialogue platform and an all stakeholders healing and reconciliation platform for the country to move forward.
By A Correspondent- Pastor Shingi Munyeza who is a member of the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) initiated to advise president Mnangagwa has said mocked the president’s “Zimbabwe is Open for Business” mantra.
He said instead of opening the country’s doors to the international and local investors, Zimbabwe has registered an increase in the number of human rights abuses and bad governance practices. He posted on Twitter:
“ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS” Our new “BUSINESS” is now 1. CORRUPTION 2. INCOMPETENCE 3. POLICY INCONSISTENCY 4. ABDUCTIONS 5. GENERAL CLUELESSNESS
TSVAGAI CHATEMESA MUSORO VEDUWE [Address the real issues]
In 2017, when he ascended to power replacing his long time boss and mentor, President Mnangagwa announced that Zimbabwe had opened for business following two decades of isolation from the international community.
He also pledged to fight corruption which is arguably one of the issues that have seen the country’s once-vibrant economy collapsing.
The mantra resulted in the implementation of a cocktail of measures meant to engage and re-engage the international community although some argued that the measures, including economic and political reforms, were superficial.
A year later, reports of human rights violations and corruption were reported with government officials and state security forces being the main culprits.
More: Shingi Munyeza
Africa University has announced that local students with evidence that they can pay their fees in foreign currency will be permitted to pay their August 2020 Semester fees in United States Dollars.
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Oppah Muchinguri Zimbabwe today said that it was not taking lightly attempts to instigate instability in the country through spreading rumours of an imminent coup, and will bring to book those peddling the falsehoods.
Early this month, the government and security services dismissed reports of an imminent coup, saying this was part of a wider plot to destabilise the country.
This was after various online media carried claims of an imminent military coup backed by opposition and disgruntled former members of the ruling ZANU-PF party.
In dismissing the alleged coup, Home Affairs Minister, Kazembe Kazembe said not only were the rumours of a coup false, they were meant to instigate it and trigger instability in the country.
Kazembe said self-exiled former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, opposition MDC-Alliance member Job Sikhala, a number of civil society organisations and certain diplomatic missions were actively supporting and peddling the false coup narrative.
Today, Defence and War Veterans Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told Parliament that such misinformation was dangerous and purveyors of it ought to be dealt toughly.
“These are people who are bent on bringing the country into disrepute so I cannot tell you how we are going to deal with it but the net is closing in on them, I can assure you. This is not something we can take lightly,” she said.
She said the Zimbabwe Defence Forces was a professional unit, which carried out its duties in terms of the Constitution.
“We are dealing with it. We have to deal with it because they misinform (the public). We already have a bill to that effect on how we deal with people who peddle lies particularly on security situations because what we want is for our people at every given time to have confidence in their own security forces, their capacity and capability to protect the people of Zimbabwe and also for us to be able to operate and ensure that we develop our country.”
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By Dr Masimba Mavaza | It is possible in theory to distinguish revolutionary parties from those parties working within the mandate of temporal popularity. But the distinction is not always easy to make, because the same parties may sometimes make use of both procedures, either simultaneously or successively, depending on the circumstances. Africa saw the revolutionary parties taking over from the colonial masters. But terrorist and disruptive activities by the colonial puppets mobilised citizens and to demonstrate against legitimate governments.
The people’s leaders were called dictators and indeed many revolutionary parties were booted out of power in a fashion celebrated as democratic yet it was a lot of steps backwards. At the beginning of the 20th century, leftist trade unionists extolled the revolutionary general strike, a total stoppage of all economic activity that would paralyze society completely and put the government at the mercy of the chancers known as opposition.
In order for citizens to be able to make an intelligent choice of representative or president, it is necessary for them to know the real political orientation of each candidate. Party membership provides the clearest indication of this. The programs and promises of each individual candidate are not too significant or informative, because most candidates, in their attempt to gain the most votes, try to avoid difficult subjects; they all tend to speak the same language—that is, to camouflage their real opinions.
Zimbabweans were so excited by the results of the elections in Malawi where the Malawian Congress Party with the help of some few parties romped to victory. The electoral triumph of Mr Lazarus Chakwera in the Malawian presidential election re-run had sent people thinking. It is this Malawian Victory which makes Zimbabweans think very hard about their own country. Mr Chakwera won the elections with 2.6 million votes, ahead of incumbent president Peter Mutharika who polled 1.75 million followed by a little-known Peter Kuwani who had 32 400 votes. As Mr Chakwera was sworn in as the new President of Malawi, rightfully most Zimbabweans wished this was done in their own country. The only reality was that our wishes are already our horses. Mr Chakwera’s win is a statement and a stark warning to the so called progressive parties in Africa. Looking deeper in this victory Zimbabwe must learn that it is a blessing to remain with the party you know better. An evangelist, Mr Chakwera is not new to the Malawi political scene. He won the elections as a candidate for a nine-party coalition, the Tonse Alliance.
Since the departure of Kamuzu Banda, Malawi has never been better. All the opposition party leaders who ruled Malawi after Banda made the country poorer and poorer. The joy shown when MCP won the elections reflected the suffering the Malawians have under the opposition leadership. From 1994 the MCP has been out of power and Malawians experienced the worst governments and their economy crumbled.
Malawi wanted the first love to come and restore order in Malawi. That is the period the MCP has been out of power since the 1994 elections. The MCP is back to restore the country to the right path. It has been diverted from the freedoms the revolutionary fathers had fought for.
Malawi groaned under the opposition for too long and they wrote their regret with their own blood and understandably they had to fight again to get their liberators back.
During his inauguration speech, Mr Chakwera mentioned that there was good governance under MCP. “Now, I am no stranger to the benefits of good government. Although I was raised in a poor village like most Malawians; raised without inherited riches or political connections like most Malawians; raised without electricity or running water like most Malawians; I stand here today because I had one of the blessings of God that young Malawians today do not: The blessing of growing up in a well-governed Malawi.”
The revolutionary parties have demonstrated good governance. Malawi has to stand resolute to bring back sanity by voting for the original liberators and the patriots. Malawi has been plunged in great darkness by the opposition. It took courage, blood and sweating for Malawi to be steered back. The path of freedom is that of honouring the dream of the founding fathers. It took the masses to restore whatever good the MCP was originally founded upon.
The Chetechete mantra which has gripped Malawian Mtharika followers had dragged the whole nation to the grave. This Mantra is very common in the Zimbabwean political table and indeed as in Malawi it will drag the whole nation to the grave.
Mr Chakwera in his speeches he made it clear that the wind of change only changes your future for the worst.
Malawi has simply taken the country back from the regime change agents and placed it back into the hands of capable original legitimate people.
When people refer to Malawi’s struggle as a struggle to give an opposition a chance they make me squeal. Malawi made its mistake and it burnt its fingers. This vote was a vote to correct the mistakes of the born free generation which was being persuaded by money and empty words.
Although Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi were once under one administration during the Rhodesia Federation and Nyasaland, the former remains distinctively different in that zimbabwe is the only one which literally took arms to liberate itself. The only important lesson we learn from Malawi is that you must learn to trust your liberators. Do not be swayed by the Mafikizokos.
By electing Mr Chakwera, Malawians are expressing their will to end family dynasties and rediscover their soul by going back to the source.
Malawi now stands with Zimbabwe shoulder to shoulder in having the liberation parties in-charge of the administration of the nation. The message sent to us is that put your trust where your source of inspiration is. In South Africa we have ANC, Namibia (SWAPO), Angola (MPLA), Zimbabwe (ZANU PF), Mozambique (FRELIMO) and Tanzania’s Chama Cha Mapinduzi. Malawi is the latest addition to the golden pride of Africa. Zimbabwe has been given a good lesson to trust former liberation movements to govern their national affairs.
The lies by the opposition has been exposed by the people in Malawi. Zambia is looking forward to the return of liberation powers. Zimbabwe has now learnt that all that glitters is not gold. All promises by the opposition is but just promises. Realities are found in your original party.
As Malawi celebrates today let’s all join them and say it is better to stay home with the home party than to wonder away from home with the Mafikizolos.
Vazet2000@yahoo.co.uk.
EXCLUSIVE | ANALYSIS : While the MDC is “sleeping”, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces is talking, the military is planning, and the following is the Commander Valerio Sibanda detailing concerns about vote rigging:
“Why we went to the liberation struggle, why we participated in the liberation struggle, and remember this was an issue of one man, one vote.”
The last person to scream about the one man, one vote principle, is not even Emmerson Mnangagwa. It is the late Robert Mugabe and that was way back during the war days, explaining: “This is exactly what we are struggling to earn for our people, one man, one vote,” said Mugabe.
Was this achieved in the end, and if so, is it still working? Zvirikushanda here, zvichirikuita here? Tell us.
“Aiwa hazvichaita, no it’s no longer working,” says military coup tomboy, Godfrey Tsenengamu. He continues saying, “yes we wept about Chatunga and Robert junior, they were fun-lovers, but they were not thieves, but these Mnangagwa boys have turned out thieves,” concludes Tsenangamu.
While the MDC Alliance is investing time in attractive press conferences and eloquent speeches about the general subject of corruption, and even appointing a female spokesperson who’s got direct links to a top military protege, Kuda Musasiwa who assists the coup announcer, SB Moyo…
“The looters must pay back the money because corruption is killing us,” says Mahere, in her press address last week.
While all these attractive speeches are being staged out by Fadzai Mahere, the officers who shot people on the 1st August 2018, are miles ahead. They are already actioning Plan B. MDC Alliance is saying: corruption is killing us, but the military is a gear up. The soldiers say, one man, one vote has been violated. The military generals are clearer in defining Zimbabwe’s problems. How did the military generals suddenly become smarter than the MDC Alliance, a party with all its lawyers?
How did Kuda Musasiwa discover that there is an ongoing agitation to fire Nelson Chamisa’s spokesman, Dr Nkululeko Sibanda? It is an established fact that Musasiwa has been Mahere’s manager from the 2018 election period. So who is leaking Chamisa’s secrets at a sensitive time like this?
We sent out an advisory to Mahere on the 16th June 2020, which was still to be acknowledged two weeks later. – DOCUMENTARY CONTINUING – FULL PRODUCTION UNFOLDING….
Own Correspondent
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe will on Tuesday recall a yet to be established number of MDC Alliance Senators from the house according to highly places sources within the MDC-T.
The National Assembly Sat Last Week, then Adjourned until Tuesday 7th July. The Senate Will Resume Sitting This Week, on Tuesday 30th June.
At the start of proceedings on Tuesday 23rd June the Speaker announced receipt of written notification on that date from the MDC-T party that the following nine MPs had ceased to be members of the party: Amos Chibaya [Mkoba constituency], Happymore Chidziva [Highfields West constituency], Bacillia Majaya [PR Mashonaland Central], Mucharairwa Mugidho [PR Masvingo], Virginia Zengeya-Muradzikwa [PR Harare], Annah Muyambo [PR Harare], Francisca Ncube [PR Matabeleland North], Nomathemba Ndlovu [PR Matabeleland South], and Murisi Zwizwai [Harare Central constituency].
State Media
POLICE in Bulawayo have shot and injured a suspected cattle rustler after he ignored orders from the law enforcement agents to stop.
The injured suspect was rushed to a local hospital in the city where he is recovering.
National Police Spokesmen Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.
Asst Comm Nyathi said it has become modus operandi for cattle rustlers to stash a stolen carcass under firewood and masquerade as firewood poachers.
He added that Pumula had become a hot spot for stock theft as cattle from neighbouring villages stary into the suburb, where criminals involved in cattle rustling pounce on the animals.
Most of the meat from the stolen beasts is sold in Bulawayo.
“This shooting incident involves a suspect who was transporting firewood and refused to stop. He drove away and, in the process, there was a chase and unfortunately police had to fire some shots. He got injured and is admitted at a local hospital,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
“People should not steal firewood and should not engage in criminal activities and must not flee from police officers. They must not try to evade police check points and must follow the normal procedures. It’s really unfortunate but at the end of the day the police have to do their work. The public should just appreciate that no one should engage in criminal activities,” he said.
Asst Comm Nyathi sad police officers fired warning shots as per routine, however the suspect did not heed the call to stop.
“So far we have established that this person was found carrying firewood and that firewood was illegally taken from the Pumula surroundings. Police officers fired warning shots, but he did not stop, so they have to do their job. Remember last week we had another incident where city of Bulawayo rangers were involved in a shootout with firewood poachers and possibly stock theft suspects. That area is becoming notorious for criminal acts,” said Assistant Commissioner Nyathi.
“Pumula area and areas surrounding areas, police have attended to cases of stock theft, where people come at night and kill cattle from neighbouring villages near Pumula, where they load the beasts in trucks and the put firewood n top, making it appear like they are just carrying firewood. They then drive into Bulawayo CBD at night and during the day, they sell the meat. One of the complainants who was a victim of stock theft made report and police where then on a patrol in view of laying a trap for these suspects,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
Own Correspondent
MACRAD Trust Director, Ephraim Mtombeni has been remanded in custody to tomorrow.
Mtombeni is accused of “undermining the authority of the President.”
Mtombeni appeared before Magistrate Ndlovu in Masvingo today.
According to Police documents, Mtombeni addressed commuters gathered at a bus rank in the city on Friday evening and told them that they were suffering because President Mnangagwa and his sons were looting Zimbabwe’s resources.
Mtombeni insists he has never said that.
“Muri muqueue imomo nokutamba nhamo nenyaya yaMnangagwa nevana vake vari kuba (You are standing in that long queue and suffering because of Mnangagwa and his children who are stealing),” reads part of the charge sheet.
The state opposed bail on the grounds that Mtombeni does not have a family and a house.
The minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema has said June examinations will proceed as initially planned.
The statement is issued amid resistance from teachers and learners to the proposed dates.
They argue that the dates are inconvenient since learners had no time for studies adding that some schools have not taken enough required measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic which saw studies suspended in March.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is adamant that necessary measures to ensure the safety of candidates and invigilators are already in place.
Below is Mathema’s press statement in full.
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The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education would like to advise parents/guardians, learners and the public that the ZIMSEC June 2020 Examinations are set to commence as scheduled on Tuesday, the 30th of June 2020. The examination timetable, as announced by ZIMSEC, will be adhered to.
The Ministry would like to assure the nation that necessary measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of candidates and invigilators during the course of the examinations. To this end, thermometers, disinfectants, face masks, wash facilities and hand sanitisers have been procured for all examination centres to protect from COVID-19. Examination centres have also been disinfected in line with Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) guidelines.
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude, to His Excellency, President E.D. Mnangagwa, Her Excellency, the First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, led by Hon. Vice President K.C.D. Mohadi, the Ministry of Health and Child Care and all the other Ministries for their guidance and assistance in getting the centres ready for examinations in line with the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
A young music producer has sensationally accused seasoned musician Jah Prayzah of using a music beat of his without credit.
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Jah Prayzah on ChiramwiwaM21 says the beat for the track Chiramwiwa off his new album Hokoyo.
The allegation is that song was made available for use by different artists online as long as the producer is tagged.
The song came out and had no tag.
The song was released and contains a Military Touch tag.
Watch the video containing the accusation below:
Candidates registered for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) June 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations will write as scheduled, beginning tomorrow, despite calls by some unions to delay them until adequate safety measures against Covid-19 are in place.
Announcing the development at a press conference in Harare this afternoon, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema reiterated that all obligatory processes have been put in place to ascertain “the safety of candidates and invigilators during the course of the examinations”.
“To this end, thermometers, disinfectants, face masks, wash facilities and hand sanitisers have been procured for all examination centres to protect from Covid-19” he said.
“Examination centres have also been disinfected in line with Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) guidelines.”
The examinations will run from tomorrow to July 22.
Minister Mathema expressed gratitude to the First Family, the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce against Covid-19, headed by Vice President Mohadi, the Ministry of Health and Child Care and other stakeholders for making the June exams a reality through their “guidance and assistance” in readying the centres in tandem with the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
The June 2020 examination period for Ordinary Level will run from June 30 to July 20, while the Advanced Level session will begin on June 30 and end on July 23.
Freelance journalist Godfrey Mtimba who is based in Zimbabwe’s southern town of Masvingo was on 29 June 2020 charged with undermining the authority of or insulting the President. He has been charged in terms of Section 33 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
This section deals with any person who publicly unlawfully and intentionally makes any statement about or concerning the President with the knowledge or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that the statement is false and that it may engender feelings of hostility towards or cause hatred, contempt or ridicule of the President whether in person or in respect of the President’s Office.
MISA Zimbabwe understands that the charges arise from an incident which occurred on 26 June 2020 when MDC Alliance and some civic society activists allegedly addressed Masvingo residents who were waiting to board a ZUPCO bus. Mtimba took pictures and videos of the incident.
His lawyer, Phillip Shumba, who was deployed by MISA Zimbabwe, said the police recorded a warned and cautioned statement from Mtimba and that they would be advised of when the journalist would appear in court.
Own Correspondent
Godfrey MtimbaZimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice President, Godfrey Mtimba has been arrested on charges of insulting and undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mtimba was picked up while taking pictures of police details arresting MDC Alliance activists including the party’s national youth organising secretary and Masvingo councillor, Godfrey Kurauone.
According to the police, Mtimba addressed commuters at a bus rank in the city on Friday evening and told them that they were suffering because Mnangagwa and his sons were looting Zimbabwe’s resources.
More details to follow…
Own Correspondent
Davison ChamisaMDC Alliance activist, Davison Chamisa has been reportedly found dumped in a rail line in Norton after he was reportedly abducted “at exactly 1103 hours of the 28th of June 2020.”
Chamisa who is MDCA’s Goromonzi South Youth Chair was allegedly arrested by the police in connection with a whistle protest.
Womberai Nhende, the MDC Alliance’s Youth League Deputy Spokesperson announced that Chamisa had been found. Posting on Twitter, Nhende said:
“We have located Davison Chamisa in Norton after been drugged, brutalised, assaulted and dumped in a railway line whilst unconscious He was injected with an unknown substance and made to consume pills and was forced to drink the torturer’s urine. He can’t walk.”
Meanwhile, police in Norton are reportedly denying him medical attention.
Source: Womberai Nhende
Professor Gift Mugano,Acting Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) board chairman, Professor Gift Mugano, has stepped down from his role after being accused of being critical of government policies.
In a letter to Industry and Commerce Minister Sekai Nzenza, the renowned economist, who was appointed acting chairman of the defunct steel maker in September 2019 alongside other board members- Constance Zhanje, Mabel Buzuzi, Sheila Hawa Mwasa Sidambe and Timothy Phiri- to spearhead the resuscitation of the Redcliff-based steel producer, said his public comments on government policies were viewed to be in direct conflict with his role as a board member of a State Enterprise”.
Last week, Nzenza appointed additional board members – Martin Manhuwa, Demand Gwatinetsa and Edmore Tafirenyika and acting chief executive officer, Farai Karonga, as part of efforts to bring back to life ZISCO, which government said remained of paramount importance considering its pivotal role in the mining and manufacturing sectors.
Mugano said some government officials called his criticism of government policies “inappropriate for someone heading a State entity’s board of directors”.
“As a follow up to our conversations over my comments on public media on government policies which are viewed by some sections of Government as in direct conflict with my role as a board member of a State Enterprise, I took a reflection of the concerns and decided to resign from the ZISCO board,” Mugano said in a letter to Nzenza dated June 29,2020.
He added: “The decision to resign is built on a firm view that I believe that my contribution on the policy discourse is of primary importance which cannot be forfeited in favour of maintaining a micro role as the interim chairman and Board member of ZISCO.”
Mugano decided to quit the board and be on his own, writing and speaking his views on government policies “without any constraint”.
“For avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the arguments that my comments are negative and retrogressive, evidence shows that in a number of times policy makers regularly took up my submissions,” he said.
“In any way, the Second Republic, in line with the provision of the Constitution of Zimbabwe on freedom of expression, which is outlined in the Transitional Stabilisation Programme paragraph 1766, has opened the space for citizens which include commentators such as economists to freely express themselves. It is on the basis of the foregoing that I took a firm view that it is in the best interest of the country that I continue to provide uninterrupted and constructive views on various policies without any constraint for the interest of our beloved country. It is my sincere hope too that Government will remain open to divergent views on various policies and pieces of legislations.”
ZISCO stopped operating in 2008 owing to financial challenges. Efforts to try and bring it back have been futile. In 2015, an Indian investor Essar Africa Holdings pulled out of a deal to revive operations of ZISCO due to complications involving the steel maker’s global debts, effectively sealing the fate of t6he deal, which first stalled due to bickering within the inclusive government over mineral concessions. The deal later suffered from government pressure to have the Indian firm takeover all government debts.
Another deal with a Chinese investor, R and F collapsed last year.
Karim Benzema’s cheeky back heel for Casemiro to slot home the only goal of the game ensured that Real Madrid beat Espanyol to go two points clear at the summit of the table last night.
While Zinedine Zidane’s charges were far from their best especially in the first and failed to tick against bottom-placed Espanyol, they did hold on for a crucial win which sends them back on top of the Spanish top flight.
Madrid’s win is however attracting less headlines compared to what is happening in their arch-rivals Barcelona’s camp.
The Catalan giants’s title pursuit went from bad to worse after they were held 2-2 by Celta Vigo on Saturday and according to reports in Spain, there was a heated confrontation after the game between Barca players and coach Quique Setien over the 61-year-old’s tactics and substitutions.
Spanish newspaper Marca reported that Setien ‘has lost the confidence of the Barca stars’ since they surrendered top spot to Real after the resumption of LaLiga, with the publication even claiming that the players ignore the coach’s instructions durings drinks breaks and listen to those of assistant Eder Sarabia instead.
They welcome Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, in what could be a potentially decisive clash at Camp Nou-Soccer 24
South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Buti Manamela has hailed Willard Katsande, describing the midfield linchpin as ‘one of the most exciting people on social media.’
A prominent figure among Kaizer Chiefs fans in South Africa, the 34-year-old former Warriors skipper had also become popular for his eye-catching taste in fashion which has not gone unnoticed by Mananela.
“I think Willard Katsande is one of the most exciting people on social media. He has created the 9th lane and is cruising nicely in it. Keep that lane Sir!!! Appreciated,” he wrote on Twitter.
Asked in an interview with South African newspaper Times Live over the weekend about his fashion and social media pictures, the toough-tackling defender said his aim is to impact, not to impress-Soccer 24
Karim Benzema’s cheeky back heel for Casemiro to slot home the only goal of the game ensured that Real Madrid beat Espanyol to go two points clear at the summit of the table last night.
While Zinedine Zidane’s charges were far from their best especially in the first and failed to tick against bottom-placed Espanyol, they did hold on for a crucial win which sends them back on top of the Spanish top flight.
Madrid’s win is however attracting less headlines compared to what is happening in their arch-rivals Barcelona’s camp.
The Catalan giants’s title pursuit went from bad to worse after they were held 2-2 by Celta Vigo on Saturday and according to reports in Spain, there was a heated confrontation after the game between Barca players and coach Quique Setien over the 61-year-old’s tactics and substitutions.
Spanish newspaper Marca reported that Setien ‘has lost the confidence of the Barca stars’ since they surrendered top spot to Real after the resumption of LaLiga, with the publication even claiming that the players ignore the coach’s instructions durings drinks breaks and listen to those of assistant Eder Sarabia instead.
They welcome Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, in what could be a potentially decisive clash at Camp Nou-Soccer 24
Farai Dziva| Barcelona are planning to dismiss their coach Quique Setien.
Setien took the hot seat in January as a replacement for Ernesto Valverde. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Camp Nou side.
But results and performances have not improved since his arrival, and the Barca chiefs are losing confidence in him. The players have also turned against the gaffer due to “confusion at his tactics and unhappiness at his comments in the press”.
The Catalans recently surrendered their top spot to rivals Real Madrid and are two points behind.
What could save Setien’s job, however, is ending the season as La Liga or Champions League winners.
Barcelona’s European campaign will resume with a round of 16 second-leg clash with Napoli in August, having drawn 1-1 in the first game before the cup was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance president Advocate Nelson Chamisa has said Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind the recall of the opposition party’s MPs.
Chamisa has also accused his political rival of using bully-boy tactics in a bid to force MDC Alliance to join POLAD.
Chamisa has declared his party will not join POLAD, a discredited discussion platform.
Below is part of Chamisa’s interview with ENCA:
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Farai Dziva|MDC Alliance president Advocate Nelson Chamisa has said Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind the recall of the opposition party’s MPs.
Chamisa has also accused his political rival of using bully-boy tactics in a bid to force MDC Alliance to join POLAD.
Chamisa has declared his party will not join POLAD, a discredited discussion platform.
Below is part of Chamisa’s interview with ENCA:
The ZANU PF Youth like veteran leader Patrick Chinamasa have raised threats on renowned journalist Hopewell Chinono and other media outlets.
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29 June 2020
By Wezhira Munya
Chivi North, MDC Alliance rural constituency throws its support behind President Chamisa…
Yesterday, 28th June 2020, MDC Alliance Masvingo provincial deputy treasurer, Mr Emmanuel Chidaushe had meetings with Chivi North MDC Alliance structures.
The meetings were held in Chivi North wards 2 and 3.
The main agenda of the meetings was to inform the MDC Alliance rural structures about the political current developments.
98% of Chivi North MDC Alliance district leaders, branch chairpersons and organising secretaries attended these meetings.
In addition, Masvingo women provincial treasurer Mrs Bakali was in attendance. Mrs Bakali is also a MDC Alliance councillor who in 2018 harmonised election defeated Zanu PF and MDC T led by Khupe council candidates.
Furthermore, all Chivi North 2014 ward chairpersons and 95% of Chivi North district leaders attended yesterday’s meeting. This means that MDC T led by Khupe, Mudzuri, Mwonzora and Komichi will not have Chivi North delegates at their congress slated on 31 July 2020. This a big blow to MDC T Khupe cabal.
Commenting, on the meetings Mr Emmanuel Chidaushe, MDC Alliance Masvingo provincial deputy treasurer said, “We held a highly successful meetings in wards 2 and 3 in Chivi North. I informed the Chivi North MDC Alliance structures that our President is advocate Nelson Chamisa. In addition, l explained to them about the court rulings that gave Khupe power to occupy our Morgan Tsvangirai headquarters and recall of our 13 member of parliament. Everyone at the meeting pledged support to President Chamisa and MDC Alliance party.”
Mr Joachim Chiware on behalf of Chivi North district said, “As Chivi North district we are not going to betray president Chamisa by joining MDC T led by Khupe. MDC T led by Khupe is being funded by Zanu PF. Khupe is in Polad and all court judgements are product of romantic relationship Khupe and ZANU PF are having in Polad. Therefore, we as Chivi North district refuse to join Zanu PF through MDC T.”
Also, MDC Alliance Chivi North district secretary leader Farai Zavidze said, “As Chivi North will resolved never to attended MDC T Khupe led extraordinary congress, we refuse to partake in the devil’s communion. Khupe, Mwonzora, Komichi and Mudzuri are Bishops of evil Zanu PF who are on the mission to destroy MDC Alliance. However, president Chamisa and MDC Alliance remain popular. In 2018 harmonised elections we voted for President Chamisa, President Chamisa got almost
2, 2 million votes according to rigged results announced by Zec. Khupe got 45 000 votes. How can we leave a popular President Chamisa and join rejected Khupe? “
Shadow councillor and MDC Alliance Masvingo provincial women assembly treasurer Amina Bamako said, “I pledge my full support to MDC Alliance and President Chamisa. I rest assure you that l will not betray you by joining MDC T led by Khupe.”
Mrs Mutisi, the wife of former Chivi North district chair said, “We, in Chivi North we are educating and informing our structures and support that, President Chamisa is still our President. We are also informing them that MDC T led by Khupe, Mwonzora, Komichi and Mudzuri is a proxy of Zanu lacoster, with intention to destroy MDC Alliance. ZANU PF’ s president Emerson Mungagwa is on the revenge mission after he was defeated by President Chamisa and MDC Alliance in 2018, harmonised elections.”
In Chivi North, the prices of basic commodities such as sugar, mealie-meal, cooking oil, rice have skyrocketed. The current drought has made life difficult in Chivi North. Many people are experiencing hunger.
Masvingo MDC Alliance provincial deputy treasurer , Mr Chidaushe gave $100 each to Chivi North 2018 election agents. Mr Chidaushe was not MDC Alliance candidate in 2018 harmonised elections. On paying election agents, Mr Chidaushe said, “l have paid $100 each to our election agents because they played great role in defending our President Chamisa, our councillor and our member of parliament votes. I value their hardwork.”
Currently, Mr Chidaushe has donated soccer balls to Chivi North youth. Youth in Chivi North will have soccer and netball tournaments that will be bank rolled by Mr Chidaushe.
In the next few days, Mr Chadaushe will be in other Chivi North wards educating them about difference between MDC Alliance party led by charismatic president Chamisa and unpopular MDC T led by Khupe.
Mr Chadaushe and Chivi North MDC Alliance leaders observed a minute of silence in remembering MDC Alliance cadres who were killed by Zanu PF members. The month of June brings painful memories caused by Zanu PF members who killed our Members in June 2008.
Own Correspondent|Controversial Zimbabwean cleric Isaac Makomichi, has reportedly received threats from leaders of the satanic church in South Africa.
Last week the controversial preacher threatened to use his “spiritual powers” to destroy the church.
Makomichi claimed he received the threats on his social media accounts. Makomichi is the leader of Calvary Prayer Group.
” Do you have the powers to defeat us?” A member of the church allegedly asked the preacher.
“Some prophets are our agents, so don’t waste your time,” another member of the church reportedly wrote on social media.
One of the satanic church elders also allegedly wrote :
” We advise Zimbabwean prophet, Isaac Makomichi to mind his own business or he can join us. He cannot fight us as we are working with more than 50 prophets in his country,he must keep quite for his own good.”
Makomichi responded:
“I’m not afraid of them, they are sending me direct messages to my Twitter asking me to keep quite.
Pastors must unite and destroy that satanic sect.”
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By A Correspondent- Schools in Matabeleland North province are ready for the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) June exams, the Provincial Education Director Mr Jabulani Mpofu has said.
Speaking during a donation of Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) by Dingani Bookshop and Bheksaz Shalom Solutions at a local bookshop yesterday, Mr Mpofu said all the 42 Zimsec centres for the June exams have been disinfected.
“As a province we are ready for the June exams which are going to start on Tuesday and we have 42 centres that are going to be conducting the examinations.
“All the centres have been disinfected from disinfecting chemicals donated by National University of Science and Technology (Nust) while Lupane State University provided with 1000 litres of sanitisers,” said Mr Mpofu.
Mr Mpofu said most of the June candidates are private candidates with pupils who are borders expected to be at the centres by today (Sunday).
He expressed gratitude to partners for their timely donations which will go a long way in mitigating the spread of Covid-19.
“Most of the candidates are private candidates and those who are pupils and will be writing the June exams are numbering over 1000.
“We are grateful to the partners who have assisted us with donations to ensure that as schools we are ready for the examination periods. The donation of 1000 face masks by these two companies will ensure that teachers and students are equipped with PPE,” said Mr Mpofu.
Dingani bookshop owner Mr Witness Dingani said, “It is our mission to make sure we provide for the society. As a bookshop we deal with schools and there are currently facing challenges thus need the for us to assist them. They have to prepare for the exams at the same time fight against this global pandemic.”
BSS chief executive officer Mr Bhekokuhle Dube said as a logistics company working closely with Government, they felt the need to chip in with support.
“As Bheksaz Shalom Solutions together with our brand Ambassador LeeMcHoney we are happy to be part of this initiative as our income comes from the people who send parcels through us on daily basis including Government institutions, hence it is our duty to help where we can.
“Teachers play a vital role in the country hence it is our duty as community to take care of them as safety is a priority in one’s life,” said Mr Dube.
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Farai Dziva|The MDC Alliance has described Dr Lazarus Chakwera’s victory in the Presidential plebiscite in Malawi as an inspiration to democratic forces.
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The MDC Alliance extends its warm congratulations to President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and the Tonse Alliance of Malawi upon their historic victory in the recent presidential election.
Your victory represents a triumph of courage and determination to fight for a just cause. We applaud the strength and willpower of Malawians who rose to defend their electoral democracy when it was under severe threat.
We draw profound lessons from that great effort. We applaud the courage shown by Malawian institutions that defended the Constitution and democracy during a difficult time.
Progressive nations are built upon strong institutions and Malawi has shown leadership in this regard. We congratulate these institutions for being true and faithful to their constitutional mandate.
We, in Zimbabwe, are inspired by your achievements and look forward to greater co-operation, assistance and solidarity as we work towards recovering our democracy.
Our region has suffered great adversity on the path of democratisation but moments of triumph such as yours provide great hope to all democrats.
Africa has been waiting for a new generation of leaders guided by progressive politics.
We urge you to use your leadership to open a new path for the continent and to strengthen democracy while meeting the expectations of the millions who trusted you with their votes.
The MDC Alliance will continue to support President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, the Tonse Alliance and the people of Malawi as they embark on the critical task of transforming the Warm Heart of Africa anchored on the Tonse Alliance’s powerful electoral manifesto:
Servant Leadership, Unity. Prospering Together, Ending Corruption and Rule of Law (SUPER).
Fadzayi Mahere
National Spokesperson
By A Correspondent- The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has approached the regional body – the Southern African Development Community to persuade the leadership to “stand with the oppressed masses.”
Chamisa claimed that the ruling ZANU PF was abusing state institutions including Parliament and courts to force the biggest opposition in the country to come to the table.
Chamisa said:
Sadc must always seek solidarity with oppressed citizens. No single country problem is that country’s problem alone. A sneezing Zimbabwe will make the entire region catch a cold. A Zimbabwean problem, a Zambian problem, a Malawian problem ceases to be a single country’s problem.
Institutions of the State like the courts, the army, independent commissions must be professional and independent to ensure economic prosperity and political stability.
We are where we are because of disputed elections. Two years on, we have not resolved political questions.
This comes amid reports that state security forces are interfering in internal MDC affairs in which they are siding with the faction led by Thokozani Khupe.
Reports suggest that soldiers and police recently seized Morgan Tsvangirai Huse wich te MDC Alliance was using as its headquarters and gave it to the Khupe faction.
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By A Correspondent- Former MDC Alliance (MDC-A) MP for Mkoba, Amos Chibaya, has castigated MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe for expelling 13 legislators from Parliament who were voted on an Alliance ticket.
Chibaya, who is the MDC-A national organising secretary, together with 12 others, were recalled by Khupe from Parliament after they refused to dump Nelson Chamisa.
Said Chibaya:
This cowardly act defies logic and defeats the democratic will of the people who clearly voted for their preferred representatives in Parliament in the 2018 elections.
The unprecedented move by Khupe and cabal to recall us from Parliament will not deter our commitment to the people’s struggle.
We, however, remain resolute and committed to the people’s struggle and shall not sell our souls for a few pieces of silver.
The liberation of the Zimbabwean masses remains our guiding compass in the democratic struggle until we deliver a people’s government under President Advocate Nelson Chamisa.
Chibaya called on all MDC Alliance Members of Parliament, those recalled and who have so far been spared the axe, to remain vigilant and work hard in their respective party portfolios and constituencies.
He also thanked residents of Mkoba constituency for their unwavering support throughout the years he has been their representative in Parliament.
-DailyNews
My Fellow Citizens,
To stand before you as your President today is an honour.
It’s an honour that fills me with unspeakable joy and immense gratitude.
It’s an honour forged in the furnace of your desire and demand for change.
It’s an honour crafted by your hand when you braved the winter chill to cast your vote.
It’s an honour that has reignited the dream of our nation’s founders for a New Malawi.
When the founders of Malawi emerged from the womb of the great struggle that birthed our Independence in 1964, the dream was not merely for us to be freed from oppression. And when their children marched against the one-party state to birth our Democracy in 1993, the dream was not merely for us to be freed from tyranny.
The dream that binds us together is for us to enjoy shared prosperity, not just freedom.
For of what use is freedom from oppression if you are a slave to starvation? Or freedom from colonialism if you are a slave to tribalism? Of what use is freedom from tyranny if you are a slave to poverty?
No! The dream was for all of us, together, to be the ones who enjoy the riches of Malawi’s soil; to be the ones who make the products of her industries; to be the ones who harvest the bounties of her fields; to be the ones who are served by her taxes, and to be the ones who raise the skylines of her cities.
Today, we too have emerged from great struggle and marched our sore feet towards this moment of victory and justice. But unlike our forebears, we have done so not just because we have a dream.
We have done so because the time has come for us to go beyond dreaming. The time has come for us to arise from the slumber of our dream and make the dream true.
Dr Chilima and I accept this challenge and task. We will pursue it, not just as servants accountable to you voters, but as stewards of the hopes of millions of children, born and unborn, who have no vote.
With your help, we will restore a new generation’s faith in the possibility of having a government that serves, not a government that rules; a government that inspires, not a government that infuriates; a government that listens, not a government that shouts; a government that fights for you, not against you.
Now, I am no stranger to the benefits of good government. Although I was raised in a poor village like most Malawians; raised without inherited riches or political connections like most Malawians; raised without electricity or running water like most Malawians; I stand here today because I had one of the blessings of God that young Malawians today do not: The blessing of growing up in a well-governed Malawi.
So I pledge to run Malawi well, for that is the surest path to Tsogolo Labwino, a path that has long been in ruins, riddled with the potholes of greed and corruption.
In making this pledge, I am accepting this call to serve you with joy and holy fear, for I am duty-bound to God and all of you to give it my best.
However, I know that there are many of you who did not vote for me in this election, and perhaps the prospect of my presidency fills you with fear and grief.
But I want you to remember one thing: This new Malawi is a home for you too, and so long as I am its President, it will be a home in which you too will prosper.
I only ask you for one thing in return: To give Dr Chilima and me a chance to earn your trust and make this win a win for all of us.
That is how we will fulfil the dream of Malawi Watsopano Okomela…
TONSE. God bless you and God bless Malawi.
By Patrick Guramatunhu- When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc., etc.
She had played her part in establishing and retain the Zanu PF dictatorship, she had her lion’s share of the spoils of power and for 34 years she had defended the dictatorship unreservedly and with no shame.
It was only after she was booted out of the party that she saw the evil of the dictatorship; her Dotito “puppy eyes opened”, as Mai Mujuru said herself.
It is interesting to hear what Professor Jonathan Moyo has to say about Zanu PF and his former colleagues now that he, like Mai Mujuru has been booted out of the party.
“While some may see ZanuPF as a political party, it has never been one. I did not have this view before 2000, but since then I have come to understand that ZanuPF is a system or culture steeped in the military; with a tainted history, a troubled present, with no future! The fact that ZanuPF is not, and I would say has never been, a political party, in the traditional sense of the term, has far reaching implications on why it must go,” said the Professor from his fox-hole in exile.
“When I reexamined the subtitle, “why ZanuPF must go”, on the back of the view of ZanuPF as a system & culture, it became clear that it should be: “why ZanuPF has gone”. The ZanuPF system or culture has disintegrated physically & hegemonically. What remains is its caricature!
“The crisis in Zimbabwe today is from the fact that, while ZanuPF has physically & hegemonically collapsed, the military which was embedded in ZanuPF since the 1975 Mgagao Declaration, staged a coup in 2017 to seize ZanuPF; thinking it was a going concern when it was debris!”
Zimbabwe’s economic mess and political paralysis started soon after independence when it became clear that Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies were determined to impose a one-party state and they did not care two hoots about riding roughshod over the people’s freedom and rights including the promised “One man! One vote!” and even the right to life!
Robert Mugabe definitely viewed Zimbabwe as his trophy to do with as he pleased. And throughout his 37 years in power, that is exactly what he did.
“So, Blair, keep your England and let me keep my Zimbabwe.” Mugabe told his audience at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in September 2002. And judging from how he had rob the nation blind, building his palatial Blue Roof mansion, amass farms and living a lavish lifestyle whilst millions of ordinary Zimbabweans lived in abject poverty, he clearly meant it literally as well as metaphorically!
The fact that Zanu PF had no guiding principles, values and coherent ideology, other than to seize and retain absolute power at all cost and loot, does not disqualify the entity calling themselves a political party.
Professor Moyo’s claim that the November 2017 military has, somehow, made Zanu PF worse must be dismissed with the contempt it rightly deserves.
The replacement of Mugabe, Moyo and a few other G40 leaders by Mnangagwa and his Lactose supporters was no more than a black mamba shedding its old skin – it is still a deadly snake.
It is also important to note that it was none other than Professor Jonathan Moyo who sat next to Patrick Chinamasa as he announced Zanu PF had never ever blocked any reform proposals.
The fact that not even one reform had been implemented in the five years of the 2008 to 2013 GNU was not Zanu PF’s fault. Of course, Chinamasa, said that with great pride for it was one of Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF’s finest hour!
The two and half years in exile have not transformed Professor Moyo from the ruthless Zanu PF’s chief propagandist and strategist who had kept Zanu PF in power from 2000 to 2017 into a human being who now sympathised with the tragic suffering ordinary people and wanted Zanu PF to go.
Not at all! Like our Dotito puppy, Moyo wants Zanu PF to go so he can returned to Zimbabwe and resume his political shenanigans and intrigue from where he left off.
“ZanuPF is no longer viable to exZanla commanders; is not an option for exZipra now in charge of ZDF & was rejected by voters in the 2018 polls! What is to be done? The people & the military must find each other.
The people embraced the military in Nov 2017. Now the military should make amends & embrace the people by respecting their 2018 vote for @nelsonchamisa. It’s the people who must govern, not the military!” argued Professor Moyo.
For the record, Professor Jonathan Moyo backed, morally and financially, Nelson Chamisa in the July 2018 elections. Of course, Moyo KNEW with no reforms Zanu PF will rig the July 2018 elections guaranteed and still he DID NOT advise Chamisa not to participate.
One can only assume that Professor Moyo must have believed Chamisa could still win rigged elections. If Chamisa had indeed won the rigged elections he would have wanted a cunning and ruthless advisor to show him how to take full advantage of Zimbabwe’s oppressive and dysfunctional political system. And guess who would fill that bill perfectly – Professor Jonathan Moyo.
No doubt Professor Moyo is aware that Mnangagwa and his regime and under ever increasing pressure to step down as the country’s economic meltdown gets worse. The corona virus has economic and humanitarian havoc the world over; the Zimbabwe economy was already in the gutter before the pandemic it is now sinking in the sewage without a strangle.
As long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs; no one is going to help us. The pressure on Zanu PF to step down will increase as the country sinks deeper and deeper into economic abyss. Professor Moyo will fight hard to make sure “@nelsonchamisa” is the frontrunner to takeover should Zanu PF step down.
I believe Zanu PF will, in the end step down because the economic meltdown is politically and socially unsustainable. If MDC and/or Zanu PF play any part in the interim administration then it is almost certain that the democratic reforms to ensure free, fair and credible elections will not be implemented.
The two parties failed to get any reforms implement during the 2008 to 2013 GNU it is naïve to think they will do any better especially with the likes of Professor Jonathan Moyo as the chief advisor!
Farai Dziva|Abducted MDC Alliance Goromonzi South Youth Assembly District Chairperson Davison Chamisa who was abducted by state security agents has been found alive.
However, he was brutalised and drugged.
“We have located Davison Chamisa in Norton.
He was drugged ,brutalised ,assaulted and dumped at a railway line while unconscious.
He was injected with an unknown substance and made to consume pills and was forced to drink urine. He cant walk,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
Chamisa was abducted on Sunday following an “arrest” by the police.
By A Correspondent- Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will not attend the congress being organised by Thokozani Khupe and her allies Douglas Mwonzora and Morgen Komichi arguing that the congress was a “Zanu Pf baby”.
He was speaking in an interview with a South African news television channel Sunday.
Said Chamisa:
“The court ruled that the MDC-T must hold an extra-ordinary congress. We are not MDC-T, we are MDC Alliance. We have come together as the parties that had gone into different dimensions that were different and separate, you know the party that was led by Prof (Welshman) Ncube, you know the party that was led by former finance minister Tendai Biti.
All came together when there were invited by President Morgan Tsvangirai, the late. What we now have is MDC Alliance and MDC-T are two distinct political parties that cannot be joined, that cannot be confused, and that belonged separately that participated in the 2018 election separately.”
Chamisa scoffed at his rival Dr Khupe ading that it was shocking how she wanted to inherit another political outfit despite contesting against the same in the 2018 polls.
“Thokozani Khupe and MDC-T participated and got 45 000 votes, we participated and we got 2.6 million votes.
So the distinction is very clear, so what Mr Mnangagwa is trying to do is to conflate the two so that he confuses it and he forces us to be part of what he wants through the political dialogue in the POLAD.
I cannot attend a Zanu-PF congress, that is an MDC-T congress which is a separate party. Those who would want to participate are the ones who are entitled to as a voluntary association.
We are in the MDC Alliance, we are already re-tooling, and we are already regenerating our party making sure that we are ready for the next challenges and next battle. So, MDC Alliance is a stand-alone party.”
Farai Dziva|Abducted MDC Alliance Goromonzi South Youth Assembly District Chairperson Davison Chamisa who was abducted by state security agents has been found alive.
However, he was brutalised and drugged.
“We have located Davison Chamisa in Norton.
He was drugged ,brutalised ,assaulted and dumped at a railway line while unconscious.
He was injected with an unknown substance and made to consume pills and was forced to drink urine. He cant walk,” MDC Alliance said in a statement.
Chamisa was abducted on Sunday following an “arrest” by the police.
By A Correspondent- Government is set to meet with civil servants today over salaries and perks under the National Joint Negotiating Council.
The NJNC has since written to the Apex Council chairperson Cecilia Alexander advising them of the meeting, which will be held this morning.
The meeting is expected to ventilate on new issues with both the government and workers being allowed to present their side of the story.
Civil servants are demanding full US dollar-based salaries.
-DailyNews
By A Correspondent- The ZNA has dismissed reports that members of its force attacked civilians in Kwekwe and Kadoma last week.
Social media had been awash with reports that soldiers assisting ZRP officers in enforcing lockdown adherence has assaulted people in Kadoma at Hammer and Tongues and in Kwekwe soldiers had barred ZIMRA employees to get into town after they reportedly failed to produce exemption letters.
In a statement which was in bad taste, Deputy Director Army Public Relations Major Alex Zuva said dejected and disaffected people were behind the reports which he claimed were fake:
There has been of late a systematic and well-choreographed assault on the ZNA which is deliberately meant to soil and chip away the good image and reputation of the same in a bid to make citizens of Zimbabwe despondent, dejected and disaffected with the Government. It is rehearsed media violence to inflame physical violence.
Meanwhile, two journalists Munashe Chokodza and Leopold Munhende were attacked by soldiers in Harare’s Warren Park Suburb last week.
By A Correspondent- Returning Zanu-PF member Rugare Gumbo says that President Emmerson Mnangagwa need to join hands with the opposition and other social formations to end the country’s deepening political and economic crises.
Gumbo said that the dialogue mechanism is the most ideal way forward. He said Zanu-PF on its own cannot solve the current crisis.
Gumbo also said that he had not applied to rejoin the party, but he had been invited back. He is now waiting for official confirmation.
Meanwhile, opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of abusing State institutions to push his party into dialogue, pleading with Sadc and the international community to stand in solidarity with the ‘oppressed people of Zimbabwe’.
Chamisa said Mnangagwa was using the courts, Parliament, the army and police to silence and decimate the MDC Alliance by sponsoring some elements within the opposition movement as a way of pushing for a one-party State.
-Newsday
By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance activist, Davison Chamisa has been reportedly found dumped in a rail line in Norton after he was reportedly abducted “at exactly 1103 hours of the 28th of June 2020.”
Chamisa who is MDCA’s Goromonzi South Youth Chair was allegedly arrested by the police in connection with a whistle protest.
Womberai Nhende, the MDC Alliance’s Youth League Deputy Spokesperson announced that Chamisa had been found.
Posting on Twitter, Nhende said:
We have located Davison Chamisa in Norton after been drugged, brutalised, assaulted and dumped in a railway line whilst unconscious He was injected with an unknown substance and made to consume pills and was forced to drink the torturer’s urine. He can’t walk.
This comes when the investigations into allegations of abduction and torture as well as sexual assaulta of three MDC Alliance trio – Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova are not yet complete.
Meanwhile, the opposition party and some international organisations including the United Nations have since concluded that state security agents are behind these human rights abuses.
The government however has argued that the alleged kidnappings are being staged to soil the image of the president Mnangagwa-led administration.
Makomborero Haruzivishe was arrested at Mbare magistrates court over the Warren Park flash demonstration and taken to Harare central CID Law and Order section.
This is a developing story. Refresh this page for latest details.
By A Correspondent- Exiled former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly used their spouses as conduits to grab lucrative tenders in government and security establishments.
The ex-police boss, believed to be hiding in South Africa after he was hounded out of office during the November 2017 military coup which toppled the late former President Robert Mugabe, has submitted a 25-page dossier to the High Court to defend his properties which are under threat of seizure by the State over allegations of being proceeds of corruption.
He stands accused of diverting US$32 million of public funds to acquire a sprawling family business empire and properties in his 25 years as police boss.
In an affidavit filed at the High Court on Friday, which has opened a can of worms, Chihuri said there was nothing unusual about his wife, Isobel Halima Khan, through her companies, supplying goods and services to the police force as other service chiefs did the same.
Chihuri claimed Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wives Jocelyn Chiwenga and Marry Mubaiwa feasted on government tenders, supplying police and the army with reflective sleeves and serving as government’s travel agent, respectively.
Also named were senior police officers and their spouses, including former Senior Assistant Commissioner Charles Makono and his wife Abigail Makono, owners of Rewstand (Pvt) Ltd which also supplied uniform fabrics for over $10 million as part of promoting Zanu-PF’s indigenisation policy.
“I saw nothing wrong in her (my wife) supplying, as most of the service chiefs’ spouses supplied things, eg Jocelyn Chiwenga supplied ZRP
and the army with traffic sleeves, etc,” Chihuri said.
“Marry Chiwenga was a travel agent for government departments and a written instruction was given by the Office of the President and Cabinet for her to supply tickets for the entire government.”
He said a lot of senior officers across the rank and file, including his then deputy Godwin Matanga and wife, supplied “a wide range of vegetables and meat to ZRP amenities”.
“These officers supplied large quantities of beef, chicken, vegetables, fruits and goods according to their ability as a general practice in support of indigenisation,” Chihuri said.
He raised several constitutional questions about the manner in which the National Prosecuting Authority had set about hunting down his assets, and freezing them.
Chihuri said the June 12 “unexplained wealth order” which requires him to prove his innocence against alleged criminal activity violates his right to presumption of innocence until proven guilty, guaranteed by section 70 of the Constitution.
The order was granted by Justice Felistas Chatukuta following an application by Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi to force Chihuri and his spouse to explain how they acquired their vast empire, which includes immovable properties and companies.
Chihuri, however, claimed he was being hounded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as part of a protracted fight that started during the liberation struggle when the latter reportedly snatched his pregnant wife.
He added that he was being persecuted for refusing to take part in the November 2017 military coup that toppled Mugabe.
The former police boss said his firms, NodPack, Adamah, Croxile and Mastaw were subject to processes of internal tendering by Matanga, adding that during that time, the Quartermaster (the late Senior Assistant Commissioner Earnest Muchenjekwa) dealt with over 200 companies.
“Why pick on these few if it’s not persecution?” Chihuri asked rhetorically.
He said to prove that he was being politically persecuted, all service chiefs who served under Mugabe were reassigned, except him, with some now serving in Mnangagwa’s administration as Cabinet, ambassadors or permanent secretaries.
Chihuri said his persecution had been extended to his farming business, where his grain was rejected by all Grain Marketing Board depots.
“As an example of the level of persecution is that, in the harvest season of 2017/2018, I took my maize to GMB (Grain Marketing Board) Shamva depot as usual. Four big haulage trucks (gonyeti) were returned with the load of maize to us, GMB citing that was an instruction given from above not to receive our maize or any of our produce.”
He said attempts to take the grain to GMB depots in Chitungwiza and Aspindale hit a brick wall until he ended up distributing it for free.
Chihuri also questioned why there were attempts to seize his upmarket house in Gletwyn built on two adjacent stands, and yet all top service chiefs allocated stands in the area were allowed to consolidate two stands into one.
He said as a result of the sinister motive, current Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Apolonia Munzverengi, a former Senior Assistant Commissioner (SAC) in the ZRP, had grabbed records for the property.
“These records were subsequently grabbed by Ms Apolonia Munzverengi, who is the ex-ZRP SAC, and she is now minister and governor of Mashonaland East province, who claims that this ZRP housing project is hers,” he said.
“She has consolidated two stands in both phase 1 and phase 2 of the project. All this, with the concurrence of Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, because he wants to get at me.
“We are not the only ones who consolidated two stands and bought more than one stand. Apolonia Munzverengi, our neighbour, put two stands together in both phases one and two.
“ZRP ex-Commissioner Oliver Chibage has consolidated two stands. Former Deputy Commissioner-General Innocent Matibiri consolidated two stands. Farai Matsika did so too.
“Honourable Vice-President Chiwenga has two stands there and also joined two other additional stands to make one stand, which is huge because it was earmarked for a hotel on a kopje.”
“As far as Gletwyn is concerned, my persecutor and tormentor Apolonia Munzverengi is persecuting me because she stole US$77 000 from the project and her runners shared US$23 000. That is the reason why she left the ZRP.”
-Newsday
By Tafara Domboka| Underfire Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba is being accused of manipulating the minister of local government July Moyo and Harare provincial state minister Oliver Chidawu.
Sources who spoke to this publication accused Gomba of giving freebies to the two ministers in a bid to buy his freedom from the alleged corruption deeds he is being accused of.
“We have established that Mayor Gomba gave Julius Moyo a hefty amount as a protection fee so that he cannot be recalled from his position by MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.
“The same amount is also believed to also cater for the protection of his close allies Denford Ngadziore , Hammy Madzingira, Lovemore Makuruwerere,Costa Mande and Girisoti Mandere,” said one source who requested anonymity.
There are also accusations that Chidawu was rewarded with a tender by Mayor Gomba as a way to appease him.
“Gomba recently awarded a tender for road refurbishments to Bitumen world, a company which Chidawu has interests,” according to another impeccable source.
The Harare Mayor has been under the spotlight for alleged grand corruption which involves illegal parcelling out of land and investigations into the alleged theft land is being scuttled by the Mayor again.
“There are investigations into land theft being led by Municipal Police Chief Security officer Tongoona and Gomba is said to be sending emissaries to silence him. The investigations have already led to the suicide of one employee and implicate the housing director Edgar Dzehonye and Isaiah Zvenyika Chawatama,” added the source.
Efforts to get a comment from Harare Mayor Gomba were fruitless.
Recently, The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) director Precious Shumba allegedly implicated Harare Mayor, Herbert Gomba in illegal land deals that have seen housing stands being parcelled out on wetlands.
He was speaking at a breakfast meeting on wetlands management which was organized by the Harare Wetlands Trust and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
By A Correspondent- A Chinese company whose senior manager shot at an employee over a pay dispute has so far paid out US$20 000 for medical bills towards the victims’ family while the Asian national implicated in the case languishes in prison.
They have also paid out an unspecified amount as compensation to the employee for the incident
David Zhou, the leader of the Chinese business community in Zimbabwe told a press briefing on Friday that the family of Kenneth Tachiona, who was allegedly shot on the ankle by Zhang Xuelin, a manager at Reden Minehas so far been given USD$ 20 000 while all medical bills are being catered for.
“We are helping in the best possible way that we can. This is a regrettable incident and we believe that it won’t happen again. We have also assisted Wendy Chikwaira who was also shot on the arm and we are still engaging the concerned families so that we can find a solution to this,” said Zhou.
Chikwaira and Tachiona reportedly approached Xuelin to demand their unpaid wages before they got into a brawl that ended when he shot and wounded them.
Tachiona is recovering at Midlands Provincial Hospital in Gweru where he was admitted while Chikwaira was treated and discharged.
Zhou said the behaviour of Xeulin was personal and does not reflect the entire Chinese community in Zimbabwe.
The company stated that mine manager who is still in police cells fired two shots in the air but the employees, who were demanding to be paid in USD$, continued to charge towards him. Out of fear he shot the victim on the ankle.
China and Zimbabwe have long-standing friendship and cooperation but the Asian giant has often being accused of abusing the cordial relations.
Reeden Mine is located some 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) south of Gweru along the Matobo road.
-TheAnchor
By Own Correspondent| A number of anti-establishment critiques based in the diaspora have been targeted for arrest as soon as they set foot in Zimbabwe, an authoritative source within the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation revealed.
Those targeted for arrest are going to be charged with the soon to be promulgated cyber security laws, viewed by many as a nefarious agenda by the notorious ruling ZANU PF to deal with descending political voices and push for a one party state agenda.
ZANU PF and the state apparatus such as the judiciary have already been fingered as the people behind the current squabbles in the main opposition MDC in which the system is openly supporting the weaker faction led by Thokozani Khupe who garnered less than 45 000 votes in the 2018 Presidential elections.
The foreign based legion of government critiques also known as keyboard warriors have been standing toe to toe with the ZANU PF digital apologists known as Varakashi who are also resourced by the regime to drive the ZANU PF agenda on social media platforms.
During the run up to the 2018 harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa openly called for the cyber intellects within the regime to defend ZANU PF on all the social media digital platforms.
Faceless characters such as Matigari, Nicole Hondo, Charity Maodza to name but just a few have been pushing the pro-government agenda on the micro-blogging twitter.
“The yet to be gazetted cyber laws will be used against those in the diaspora who have been vehemently attacking the ruling establishment and its leadership as soon as they set foot in the country,” said the top state security detail.
“We have compiled a list with about 70 people who are based in Europe, New Zealand and the United States of America who have been openly attacking the government under the cover of immunity from arrest by virtue of being outside the country”.
He said the list will be handed over to the law enforcement agencies to ensure that all culprits based abroad who have been attacking the regime are arrested once they set foot in the country.
On the list of those targeted for arrest are fierce ZANU PF critiques such as Shepherd Yuda, Tapiwa Mazarura, Ruth Moyo and Robert Shungu to name but just a few.
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By Own Correspondent| South African based Newsroom Afrika journalist, Mweli Masilela has been shot by South African police while covering Taxi shutdown protests in Mpumalanga.
Posting on Twitter, Masilela said police fired rubber bullets while trying to disperse taxi drivers who were blocking roads leading to townships.
“Just got shot while covering the #TaxiShutdown in KaNyamazane in Mpumalanga. Police fired rubber bullets just a few minutes after arriving in the area to disperse taxi drivers who were blocking the road leading to the township,” said Masilela.
By Kennedy Kaitano- Over the weekend I was about to write an apology to Dr. Khupe after I had after I had pointed out to her that her days as Acting President of the MDC-T were numbered following the announcement by Khaliphani Phugeni, flanked by Dr. Tapiwa Mashakana at a Press Conference that Chief Justice Malaba had given a six week grace period before the implementation of the Supreme Court suggestion to hold an Extra Ordinary Congress.
However, I shelved the initiative after information I gathered from an insider who is part of the MDC-T Khupe faction leadership, and it became clearer to me what could be happening after reading the weekend story of the sudden U-turn to revert back to the original 31 July 2020 as Congress date.
The announcement shocked me, because I had followed the Supreme Court Judgement and all the developments associated with it religiously. I wrongly thought to myself that the extension might have been corruptly granted by Chief Justice Malaba, probably on the instruction of President Mnangagwa, to the extent that in my apology letter to Dr. Khupe, I was also going to argue why this extension had been kept a guarded secret, reminding her that this Judgement had attracted international attention, and everything had to be done in a transparent manner, querying why that provision had not been made public from the onset.
I apologise for my wrong thinking that some underhand acts were at play to grant Dr. Khupe and her faction’s wish for an extension of the Extra Ordinary Congress date.
Confused as I was, I was approached by a colleague who is in the leadership of the MDC-T Khupe faction who indicated to me that there was panic and confusion in the camp as Dr. Khupe’s days at the helm were numbered, and the false announcement was a response to my principled articles through which I have been pointing out that the MDC-T Khupe faction was failing to stick to the Supreme Court Judgement as they were using faction decisions, not the full 2014 structures’ decisions in the planning of the Extra Ordinary Congress.
They had also unconstitutionally expelled people who were in the 2014 structures in order to manipulate the Extra-Ordinary Congress outcome, and illegally and unconstitutionally recalled legislators from Parliament and Senate. My informant told me the announcement had been made with the hope that the faction would then persuade Government to instruct the Chief Justice to confirm the extension.
Now the words attributed to Professor Lovemore Madhuku that Chief Justice Malaba had not given the party the permission to push the congress dates come as a relief. I now see more panic and more infighting in an already divided faction, but they have to blame themselves.
These guys refused to listen to free advice, which I made sure they had as I shared with them most of my media articles, to the extent that I even had them as the addressees in my article, so they cannot deny to the media that they indeed saw the advice, but they thought otherwise. Thanks to Professor Madhuku for setting the record straight.
My message to you, Senator Morgan Komichi now is, as you take over responsibility of organizing the Extra Ordinary Congress after Dr. Khupe’s, you have very little time to convene a Council meeting of the MDC-T 2014 structures, which should discuss all the unconstitutional decisions that have been made by the Dr. Khupe faction since 31 March 2020, and reverse all these illegal and unconstitutional decisions, and then Council will start a proper plan for the Extra Ordinary Congress.
However, as it appears it is no longer feasible since the Section 6.2.6 of the Constitution requires that a notice convening an Extra-Ordinary Congress shall be sent to all members entitled to attend and to each branch by the National Council at least one month before the date of the meeting. So, please ensure that all the illegal and unconstitutional acts since March 31 2020 are reversed by 1 July 2020 to ensure that the appropriate National Council can call for the Extra Ordinary Congress to take place by 31 July 2020.
And please refer to all my previous published articles. And note that I have praised you before on your good reading of the Constitution of the party regarding quorum, and please maintain that adherence to the Constitution of the Party in implementing the Supreme Court Judgement, now that it is your turn, even though the Supreme Court made an error to call you the Chairperson.
The Court papers in which you were appellant had you as Chairperson, and the judges thought you were the chairperson at the time pf Dr. Tsvangirai’s death. Note that the same appellant papers had Advocate Chamisa as President, so both your position would have been equally affected, but I will allow you to get away with that one, but know it that the Supreme Court Judgement referred to you as Chairman of the 2014 structures by error – but that is a discussion for another day.
Parliament of Zimbabwe and Government of Zimbabwe who had openly supported the MDC-T Khupe faction should start worrying about these latest revelations, and I hope they will find it as a huge learning curve, even though this leaves them with a huge egg on their face.
If Parliament and the Government of Zimbabwe followed the rule of law, Speaker of Parliament Job Mudenda, despite his known well publicised and documented involved in the Willowgate Scandal and his counterpart in Senate, Mabel Chinomona, would have waited until the conclusion of the Supreme Court Judgement to even accept the recall letters and look at their merit before expelling legislators, and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi whould have avoided his public uttering that Government was to give the money owed to the MDC Alliance to Dr. Khupe as reported by the state media.
Maybe, if you want Senator Komichi, seriously consider Honourable Abednico’s advice to forgot about the Extra Ordinary Congress to pave way for a genuine re-unification of all the original MDC members who are still committed to the struggle
Once beaten twice shy. The world is watching. God is watching
By Jane Mlambo| Upcoming musician Sha Sha has become the first Zimbabwean to be nominated and win a BET Award after outshining three other competitors
Sha Sha whose real name is Charmaine Shamiso Mpambiro won the 2020 BET Viewers’ Choice: Best New International Act award previously won by Eddy Kenzo, Sho Madjozi, Sjava among other top Africa n stars.
She was nominated alongside Rema from Nigeria, Celeste and Young T & Bugsey from the UK, and Hatik and Sracy from France.
Posting on Twitter after winning the award, Sha Sha said;
What just happened!!! A BET THANK YOU! MY PEOPLE BACK AT HOME ALL ALL OVER THE WORLD MAN
THE government is set to meet with civil servants today over salaries and perks under the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC).
The NJNC has since written to Apex Council chairperson Cecilia Alexander and her deputy Thomas Muzondo advising them of the meeting.
“The chairperson of the National Joint Negotiating Council invites members to a meeting to be held on Monday June 29, 2020 at 1030hrs in the … Kaguvi Building,” NJNC said in the letter.
According to the letter, the meeting would ventilate on new issues, the minutes of the previous meeting, with both the government and workers being allowed to present their sides of the story.
Civil servants demanded full United States (US) dollar-based salaries after the government over a week ago awarded them a USS75 coronavirus (Covid-19) allowance and a 50 percent salary increment.
Workers argued that they were not consulted on the new salary structure, even though it was part of the agreement that any increment would be negotiated.
Apex Council said while the government had taken a step in the right direction, it was not happy that there were no negotiations through NJNC as was agreed during a meeting in January.
The government’s decision to make part payments in US dollars comes as the country’s battered economy is fast approaching the horrors of a decade ago when the Zimbabwe dollar was decimated by hyper-inflation, with the prices of most basic goods now out of reach of ordinary citizens.
The government workers have been demanding a US$550 monthly salary, which is equivalent to what they were getting in October 2017. The government had agreed to review civil servants’ salaries after every four months.
The last time the salaries had been reviewed was in January, with the next meeting having been scheduled for April. However, this was affected by the Covid-19-induced lockdown.
-Daily News
Opposition National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Professor Lovemore Madhuku has warned the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T against extending the dates of the Extra-Ordinary Congress saying any date after the 31st of July will be outside the timeframe declared by the Supreme Court.
Speaking to the Daily News, Madhuku said the Supreme Court did not give the party the greenlight to push congress dates.
“It will be wrong for them to say the Chief Justice gave them the green light to push dates forward. What they are trying to do is to take advantage of the directive he gave to suspend court activities except for urgent cases when the Covid-19 lockdown started on March 31. The directive had nothing to do with their congress so it is their own interpretation to say if some activities were prevented from happening, we also could argue that we were bound by that directive which expired on the ninth of May. However, that is subject to a different interpretation as well. Someone could argue otherwise,” Madhuku said.
Former Finance Minister and MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has said the move by the government to ban mobile money transactions and trading at the Stock Exchange does not make sense as they were not to blame for the prevailing economic downfall.
Commenting on the issue the firebrand politician and lawyer said:
It does not make economic sense. The reason why we have a black market in the economy is not because of Ecocash or the stock exchange, it’s because we are simply not producing.
You cannot have a government that specialises in creating difficulties for its citizens. Think of the millions of people who cannot access money in banks who rely on mobile transfers.
Biti’s sentiments were echoed by Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies chairman Jacob Mutisi who also said:
This will put a dent to our crippled economy and completely shut down the nation’s biggest e-commerce platform.
The problem in Zimbabwe is not Ecocash or mobile money fraud, externalisation or pure advanced airtime sales, but the dysfunctional government policies in general and on the fiscal and monetary policies in particular.
The move by the government to suspend trading at the stock exchange and ban some mobile money transactions came on the day the ZWL reached a new low and traded $100 against a single American dollar.
– The Standard
Zanu PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to be undermining his party politburo decision on expelled Chivi South legislator, Killer Zivhu after giving him the green light to continue with programmes and projects he was implementing in the constituency.
This was after Zivhu recently wrote to Mnangagwa accepting his expulsion and pledging his loyalty.
Zivhu also informed Mnangagwa about his desire to complete the projects, which he said were helping the vulnerable.
He said he would also support his successor in the constituency, and continue working to ensure that the President’s Vision 2030 of an upper middle income was achieved.
President Mnangagwa’s principal private secretary, William Gwatiringa, said in a letter addressed to Zivhu that the President had noted his positive attitude.
“His Excellency, the President acknowledges, with thanks, receipt of your letter accepting your expulsion from the party, following the decision by the Politburo at its 340th Ordinary Session, Wednesday June 10, 2020,” said Gwatiringa.
“The President learnt of your pledge of loyalty and continued support of his person. This gesture is further shown by your expression to keep up the good work by proceeding with all the projects you already started and programmes that assist a number of the vulnerable members of society.”
Gwatiringa said President Mnangagwa took note of Zivhu’s desire to continue working for the party.
“His Excellency also recognises your attitude, not only working for Zanu PF, but also by your willingness to support your successor,” he said.
“Add to this that you want to also ensure His Excellency the President’s vision of Zimbabwe becoming a middle income economy by the year 2030 is achieved, is highly commendable.
“If all that you have pledged to continue doing is fulfilled, your re-admission into the party will be both acceptable and desirable.”
Zivhu was expelled at the recommendation of the party’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC), which found merit in allegations by his home province of Masvingo that he was breeching protocol.
He was accused of pushing for dialogue between President Mnangagwa and MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa without regard to party processes and procedures.
Late Friday last week the government issued a series of orders to mobile money operators such as Ecocash as well as to the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. While everyone is affected by the “Ecocash” order, there hasn’t been a lot of talk about the government’s order telling ZSE to stop trading. The ZSE has now confirmed that there will be no trading today as they will wait on the government to tell them what to do?
By A Correspondent- A Chiweshe man who raped and bribed a 15 year old girl with biscuits and body lotion was jailed 12 years by Bindura regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna yesterday.
Bvunzai Chigwada (29) was jailed after full trial and the magistrate conditionally suspended two years.
Prosecutor Samson Chamunorwa told the court that on September 29 last year the complanaint went to the accused’s house looking for her boyfriend and was told by the accused to wait for him as he was not around.
The complanaint kept waiting until it got late and her boyfriend did not show up.
The rapist gave the minor a place to sleep in the kitchen and around midnight he came and raped her twice.
She screamed for help but no one heard her.
The following day both the rapist and the complanaint went to Jaji shopping centre, Chiweshe where he bought her biscuits and body lotion to buy her silence.
The complanaint went to her aunt’s place and divulged the rape leading to Chigwada’s arrest
Leading mobile financial services provider EcoCash has on Sunday advised that all cash-in cash-out services on its platform have been suspended with immediate effect.
In a statement to its over ten million subscribers, Ecocash said all other services on its platform remain operational.
Read the statement below:
POLICE Commissioner Godwin Matanga instructed a police constable to shoot former police boss Augustine Chihuri and burn his Greystone Park house in December 2017, Chihuri has revealed.
“My family home was burnt beyond recognition,” he said.
“The fire was started in my home office burning all files, records, 15 Bibles, etc were destroyed.
“To make sure that the records and files were destroyed, he took a 20-litre diesel container and another container with oil.
“He sprayed both in the office, the main bedroom as the major target and so he did the rest of the house except the guest wing.
“Maukazuva [the constable] is facing serious criminal charges, two attempted murder charges and one of arson and malicious injury to property.”
Chihuri accuses Matanga of doing Mnangagwa’s bidding by pursuing criminal cases against him.
Chihuri alleged Matanga systematically engaged in a strategy of harassing his family, relatives and workers, threatening and beating his workers at gunpoint.
“The harassment was made worse when my young children would be threatened by police with guns to produce their father and said that they had been sent by Matanga,” he claimed.
“My children are suffering emotional trauma and they started having nightmares, refusing to go to school as unmarked vehicles would be following them going to and coming back from school.”
Chihuri alleged Matanga was using “all tactics” to persecute him as a result of his “incompetence, which is due to lack of education”.
He claimed the police boss does not have O’Level qualifications.
“He is doing all that he can in order to secure his post,” Chihuri claimed.
“He realises that as a mere ZIPAM diploma holder on behest of ZRP (sic), having been promoted to the post of the country’s police chief is a vulnerable position because his deputies are more educated than him, with Masters and even PhD degrees,” Chihuri said.
“He does not even hold an O’ Level certificate, which is a basic requirement for a constable to join the police.
“It goes on to show that he was rewarded for being a willing participant in the coup process and not on merit.”
Chihuri said Matanga lied to then Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander and now Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga that he (Chihuri) wanted to arrest him upon his return from China at Robert Mugabe International Airport just before the coup.
“This was not so, but a blatant lie to sow the seeds of division and hate between me and the then CDF. Godwin Matanga did all this to secure his position,” he said.
At the time of the coup it was alleged that attempts to arrest Chiwenga forced the military to move against Mugabe.
Chihuri said what surprises him was that all allegations against him were to do with the administration department, which Matanga used to head.
“By way of emphasis, I bring it to the attention of this honourable court that a lot of senior officers across the rank and file and my then deputies, including Godwin Matanga and his wife, supplied a wide range of vegetables and meat to ZRP amenities,” he said.
“These officers supplied large quantities of beef, chicken, vegetables, fruits and goods according to their ability as a general practice in support of indigenisation.
“The former SAC (Senior Assistant Commissioner) Charles Makono and his wife Abigail Makono, owners of Rewstand Pvt Ltd, also supplied uniform fabrics for over $10 million to ZRP ordinance.
“This company was also chosen by Godwin Matanga as many others he chose out of the 200 companies that were cleared by the procurement board to supply ZRP.”
He said the ZRP Retention Fund was not a creation of the police, but government.
As for the source of his wealth, Chihuri said besides salaries, bonus, conditions of service and savings from foreign trips over a period of 37 years, he was also a delegate and vice-president for Africa in Interpol.
“I was remunerated in foreign currency for serving in those organisations for six years,” he said, adding that he built his empire through “hard work and diligence.”
Chihuri skipped the country after he was fired and remains in self-imposed exile.
— The Standard
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono says he was forced to print money even when he knew it would cause hyperinflation because the government was desperate to forestall a coup by hungry soldiers.
Gono, who retired in 2013, told the Mashonaland West Business Conference in Chinhoyi last week that cash was used to pacify the troops.
“If we had not done what we did printing money and allowing inflation to skyrocket, then the men and women you see in those beautiful uniforms, they were ready to get out of their barracks,” he said.
“Operation Restore Legacy would have happened much earlier, but not one that we would have been commanding ourselves.
“It would have been a ‘restore legacy’ that would have been commanded from elsewhere.
“I had the privilege to come face-to-face with hungry men and women in uniform.
“I had the privilege to visit each and every barrack in this country to come face-to-face with hunger, hunger that was affecting men and women who have nothing else but their AKs; men and women who, if we did not do what we did, could have been tempted to get out and look for some food by whatever means.”
Gono said he never had the resources to do his job during his tumultuous tenure at the central bank.
“I was given a car, which did not have fuel and expected to get to a certain destination. You drive on empty. ours was not an ordinary situation, ours couldn’t be compared to any other country or any other situation,” he said.
“Any attempt to get money was met with blockages.
“Faced with a situation that we were in, we chose to allow inflation to go the way it went as long as we preserved the lives of our people.”
Gono said most of the time they could not tell Zimbabweans the truth that the country had no fuel or medicines fearing unrest.
The MDC Alliance extends its warm congratulations to President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and the Tonse Alliance of Malawi upon their historic victory in the recent presidential election.
Your victory represents a triumph of courage and determination to fight for a just cause. We applaud the strength and willpower of Malawians who rose to defend their electoral democracy when it was under severe threat.
We draw profound lessons from that great effort. We applaud the courage shown by Malawian institutions that defended the Constitution and democracy during a difficult time.
Progressive nations are built upon strong institutions and Malawi has shown leadership in this regard. We congratulate these institutions for being true and faithful to their constitutional mandate.
We, in Zimbabwe, are inspired by your achievements and look forward to greater co-operation, assistance and solidarity as we work towards recovering our democracy.
Our region has suffered great adversity on the path of democratisation but moments of triumph such as yours provide great hope to all democrats.
Africa has been waiting for a new generation of leaders guided by progressive politics.
We urge you to use your leadership to open a new path for the continent and to strengthen democracy while meeting the expectations of the millions who trusted you with their votes.
The MDC Alliance will continue to support President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, the Tonse Alliance and the people of Malawi as they embark on the critical task of transforming the Warm Heart of Africa anchored on the Tonse Alliance’s powerful electoral manifesto:
Servant Leadership, Unity. Prospering Together, Ending Corruption and Rule of Law (SUPER).
Fadzayi Mahere
National Spokesperson
Own Correspondent
Nelson Chamisa MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa says he will not waste his time attending the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T’s extra-ordinary congress set for September.
Speaking in an interview with a South African news television channel on Sunday, described the planned event as a Zanu PF congress and nothing to do with his party.
“The court ruled that the MDC-T must hold an extra-ordinary congress. We are not MDC-T, we are MDC Alliance,” he said.
“We have come together as the parties that had gone into different dimensions that were different and separate, you know the party that was led by Prof (Welshman) Ncube, you know the party that was led by former finance minister Tendai Biti.
“All came together when there were invited by President Morgan Tsvangirai, the late.
“What we now have is MDC Alliance and MDC-T are two distinct political parties that cannot be joined, that cannot be confused, and that belonged separately that participated in the 2018 election separately.”
Chamisa added, “Thokozani Khupe and MDC-T participated and got 45 000 votes, we participated and we got 2.6 million votes.
“So the distinction is very clear, so what Mr Mnangagwa is trying to do is to conflate the two so that he confuses it and he forces us to be part of what he wants through the political dialogue in the POLAD.
“I cannot attend a Zanu PF congress, that is an MDC-T congress which is a separate party.
“Those who would want to participate are the ones who are entitled to as a voluntary association.
“We are in the MDC Alliance, we are already re-tooling, and we are already regenerating our party making sure that we are ready for the next challenges and next battle.
“So, MDC Alliance is a stand-alone party.”
State Media
Sibusiso Moyo President Mnangagwa, at the coming in of the new dispensation, pledged to fight corruption and true to his word, the Government will stop at nothing in arresting graft and dealing with economic saboteurs, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Addressing villagers and Zanu-PF supporters at Mpesi business centre in Mberengwa West yesterday, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo said the new dispensation has for the first time in the history of the country been open and transparent about dealing with corruption. “Many measures have been put in place to fight corruption and the people are now free to talk about it. Officials are being arrested and before that was taboo. Now we’re talking about it, it means it’s being solved.
“This is President Mnangagwa’s election pledge card, he pledged to fulfil the fight against corruption by 2023. He asked to be measured with regards to fighting corruption by the people ahead of 2023 elections, it’s his pledge card and he is serious about fighting this scourge that is eroding the economic fibre,” said Dr Moyo.
“Outsiders are now saying corruption barometer is higher. Yes, we are fighting the scourge and people are freely talking about it.”
Dr Moyo said it was unfortunate that some Zimbabweans had volunteered to tarnish the image of their country.
“And normally when we are going towards regional or international meetings, we are accused of human rights abuses. For example, why would the Government abduct Dr Peter Magombeyi, a junior doctor for that matter? What has he done? What does he have? About 4 000 health workers were engaged by Government recently to assist in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. Some haven’t received their first salary and are already striking. Why allow to be used by other people? You are an essential service and it affects the lives of ordinary people,” Dr Moyo said.
He called on Zimbabweans to be vigilant and be aware of the works of the country’s detractors.
Dr Moyo said the new dispensation recognises human rights and will never abduct women as claimed by the opposition and some countries pushing a regime change agenda.
“There are three other women from the opposition who said they were abducted. Abducted by who and why? Tapiwa Mashakada after fighting in the opposition revealed that Dr Magombeyi was never abducted. All these stories are aimed at tarnishing our image.
“They want to portray the country as violators of children and women rights which is not true. We are a law-abiding nation and we follow and recognise people’s human rights. We care for the people at all times because we must be together in all situations. We are a pro-people Government,” he said.
Dr Moyo also called on ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe not to get involved in matters which don’t concern them. “Even with other ambassadors, don’t take sides, stay in your lane, you have your own troubles back in your countries and we haven’t poked our nose into your internal affairs. Ambassadors please stay in your lane and don’t be involved in our internal issues. Don’t be in the cross-fire,” he said.
Addressing the same meeting, Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial chairperson Engineer Daniel Mackenzie Ncube said Government is going to assist the people of Mberengwa District with food aid and other socio-economic development programmes.
He said President Mnangagwa’s Government is involved in a lot of development programmes to improve the people’s quality of life.
“The presence of our guest of honour Dr SB Moyo is a clear indication of how the new dispensation values its people and is working on an array of programmes to improve your livelihoods.
“As Mberengwa District, you did well in the last election and we expect you to lead by example and improve in terms of voter numbers. Now you have about 17 000 registered voters for Mberengwa West. We need that figure to be increased to more than 23 000. We want to bury the opposition come 2023,” he said.
Killer Zivhu Zanu PF First Secretary and President, Mnangagwa, has given expelled party legislator for Chivi South Mr Killer Zivhu the green light to continue with programmes and projects he was implementing in the constituency.
This was after Mr Zivhu recently wrote to the President accepting his expulsion and pledging his loyalty.
He also informed the President about his desire to complete the projects, which he said were helping the vulnerable.
Mr Zivhu said he would also support his successor in the constituency, and continue working to ensure that the President’s Vision 2030 of an upper middle income was achieved.
President Mnangagwa’s principal private secretary, Mr William Gwatiringa, said in a letter addressed to Mr Zivhu that the President had noted his positive attitude.
“His Excellency, the President acknowledges, with thanks, receipt of your letter accepting your expulsion from the party, following the decision by the Politburo at its 340th Ordinary Session, Wednesday June 10, 2020,” said Mr Gwatiringa.
“The President learnt of your pledge of loyalty and continued support of his person. This gesture is further shown by your expression to keep up the good work by proceeding with all the projects you already started and programmes that assist a number of the vulnerable members of society.”
Mr Gwatiringa said President Mnangagwa took note of Mr Zivhu’s desire to continue working for the party.
“His Excellency also recognises your attitude, not only working for Zanu PF, but also by your willingness to support your successor,” he said.
“Add to this that you want to also ensure His Excellency the President’s vision of Zimbabwe becoming a middle income economy by the year 2030 is achieved, is highly commendable.
“If all that you have pledged to continue doing is fulfilled, your re-admission into the party will be both acceptable and desirable.”
Mr Zivhu was expelled at the recommendation of the party’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC), which found merit in allegations by his home province of Masvingo that he was breeching protocol.
He was accused of pushing for dialogue between President Mnangagwa and MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa without regard to party processes and procedures.
State Media
A GOLD mine employee lost nearly US$50 000 to thieves who broke into his car minutes after he had sold gold to a dealer in Bulawayo on Saturday.
West Nicholson-located Jessie Gold Mine manager only identified as Mr De Villiers (54) is alleged to have lost $46 830 to thieves who broke into his car while he had entered a shop in Belmont industrial site.
The incident occurred on Saturday between 11AM and 11:40AM.
It is alleged that Mr De Villiers had sold the yellow metal at 11AM which gave him $46 830, before conducting errands in the city centre and the industrial site.
Mr De Villers who had stashed the money under the driver’s seat of his Honda CRV, found the right front window was smashed, door unlocked and money gone upon returning to the car parked outside a shop in Belmont industrial area at 11:40AM.
He reported the theft incident at Donnington Police Station with cops initiating investigations.
Reached for comment, Mr De Villiers yesterday confirmed that the money was stolen in his car while pleading to be contacted later.
“I’m busy call me later. Call me in an hour or two,” he said.
Later, Mr De Villiers’ cellphone was no longer reachable.
The theft occured at a time when police have intensified campaigns to educate members of the public against leaving valuables in their cars.
This is due to an increase in the number of cases where residents have been losing cash, laptops, cellphones, handbags to thieves who steal from cars.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said investigations on the matter were in progress.
“We are investigating a case where a Bulawayo man lost US$46 830 which was left in a car shortly after selling gold. As police we are concerned that despite going out in full force in conducting campaigns educating members of the public against leaving their valuables in cars, people seem to ignore our messages as we continue recording similar cases,” said Insp Ncube.
He said what is more worrying about this case, is that a company did very little to secure its money.
“It is worrying that a company official would go around the city with such large sums of money without securing it. We believe he was negligent. We believe US$46 000 is a substantial amount of money that should compel companies to even hire security companies during its transportation. This is a theft case that could have been avoided if people had been more careful. This is the money where after conducting a transaction you deposit it into the bank before conducting other businesses,” he said.
Insp Ncube said cops will continue to raid the theft from vehicles syndicates.
He said criminals stealing from cars were becoming sophisticated, using chemicals to wipe off their finger prints from crime scenes.
“But this will not stop us from arresting them as has been observed by the number of arrests that we are making on weekly basis. We urge members of the public to be more vigilant with their valuables,” he said.
State Media
File Picture of members of the ZNAThe Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed media allegations that soldiers deployed in Kadoma and Kwekwe to assist the police in ensuring compliance to lockdown regulations are assaulting civilians.
In a statement issued last week, Deputy Director Army Public Relations Major Alex Zuva said the two incidents that were alleged to have happened in Kadoma and Kwekwe were fabricated.
“There has been of late a systematic and well-choreographed assault on the ZNA which is deliberately meant to soil and chip away the good image and reputation of the same in a bid to make citizens of Zimbabwe despondent, dejected and disaffected with the Government,” he said.
“It is rehearsed media violence to inflame physical violence.”
In the first alleged incident, which allegedly happened on June 17, members of the ZNA are reported to have assaulted civilians at Hammer and Tongues in Kadoma.
A ZNA team tasked to probe the occurrence established that no such place existed in Kadoma.
Major Zuva said no reports of assault by soldiers were made at any police station in the district.
In the other incident that allegedly occurred in Kwekwe on the same day, it was purported that army officers barred Zimra personnel from going into the city centre.
Major Zuva said investigations by the ZNA showed that Zimra’s head in Kwekwe did not face any challenges in accessing her office on the day in question.
The workers denied passage at first, the ZNA said, failed to produce exemption letters at a police checkpoint in Amaveni as required under lockdown guidelines.
When they returned with their letters they were allowed into the city centre without any problem.
Major Zuva urged citizens to be compliant with Covid-19 lockdown regulations, and to ignore blatant and malicious misinformation published by online media outlets.
ZBC
Cain Mathema THE GOVERNMENT says examination centres are ready to handle the ZIMSEC June 2020 examinations that start on Tuesday, amid revelations that schools used as COVID-19 quarantine centres have alternative venues for the examinations.
The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Ambassador Cain Mathema says examination centres are ready to take the ZIMSEC June 2020 examinations, with requisite materials and personal protective equipment (PPEs) having been availed to ensure that invigilators and candidates are safe from COVID-19.
The Minister spoke to ZBC News over the phone confirming that it is all systems go and clarifying that schools that were used as COVID-19 quarantine centres have found alternative venues for the examinations.
60 000 candidates have registered for the June examinations, the bulk of them being external candidates.
The financial sector has since responded to the government announcement to cushion the public service with foreign currency payments through opening automatic Nostro-accounts for the civil servants and pensioners.
The move comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says banks and large scale businesses are working on modalities to ensure civil servants and pensioners easily transact and retain value from their foreign currency allowances announced by the government recently.
The announcement by the government to pay civil servants and pensioners a stimulus Covid-19 package of 75 and 30 United States dollars respectively for the next three months, has been described by RBZ Governor Dr. John Mangudya as a huge step to cushion workers.
“As RBZ we welcome the announcement by the government, it is a stimulus package which will remain in the economy, those businesses who accept the money can use it to expand their businesses, it will also go a long way in supporting our currency, jobs and give value to the civil servant.’’
The RBZ boss added that banks and large businesses are working around the clock to put in place modalities to ensure suitable point of sale and bank cards are in place for public servants to transact in foreign currency.
“We have engaged the banks to process master cards, visa cards, and point of sales machine for the foreign currency transactions. We have also spoken to big businesses and shops to install these facilities so that civil servants and pensioners can easily transact and retain value for their money.”
State Media
Mthuli Ncube with RBZ Governor John Mangudya Whistle-blowers turning in tax dodgers can now claim a reward of 10 percent of the recovered taxes or duties under regulations gazetted on Friday by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube.
The Revenue Authority (Reward for Information) (General) Regulations, 2020, published in the Statutory Instrument 150 of 2020, covers underpayment or non-payment of income and company taxes, capital gains taxes, VAT and customs and excise duties.
Various people cannot claim reward including Zimra staff and their near relatives and the Revenue Board, or those who would have obtained the information as part of their official duties when working for Zimra or sitting on the board, and getting the information from someone who cannot claim the reward and is passing it on to someone who can.
Anyone who was involved in the under-reporting or non-payment of tax cannot be paid a reward, either, effectively barring accomplices.
The reward can only be given for information that directly leads to the recovery of revenue and is set at 10 percent of the actual amount recovered.
Zimra will do its best to keep the identity of the whistleblower secret.
But those providing false information will be in serious trouble, being guilty of an offence that leads to a maximum of a level 7 fine, $9 600 in the latest list, or two years in jail or both.
According to the regulations, any claim for reward must be accompanied by an original signed declaration under penalty of perjury confirming the authenticity of the application including any accompanying statements or documents
Barcelona coach Quique Setien was not happy with his players following yesterday’s result.
The defending champions’ quest to retain their LaLiga title hit another snag when they were held 2-2 by Celta Vigo on Saturday and Setien bemoaned chances wasted.
“They (Celta) took a lot of risks in the last few minutes and they found a goal that gave them a point.We shouldn’t have got into that situation because we were much the better team in the first half,” he said in his post-match interview.
“We had to have gone in at the break with a more comfortable scoreline. I think [football is unfair].We’re not in that moment of clarity. For example, it seems incredible that Gerard [Pique]’s [header] didn’t go in,” he added.
Despite drawing, the Catalan giants returned to the summit of the table, a point ahead of Real Madrid, who can go two points with a win over bottom placed Espanyol tonight-Soccer 24
MASVINGO – A boy doing Form 3 at Masvingo High in Masvingo has appeared in court facing charges of rape including forcing an eight-year-old girl to suck and caress his manhood.
Both the accused and the complainant cannot be named for ethical reasons. The crime was committed at 4 Brigade in Masvingo.
The case is before Magistrate Dambudzo Malunga who postponed the case to next week.
Liberty Hove who represented the State said that the complainant plays with the sister of the accused hence the latter took advantage of the situation. The accused would allegedly call the complainant into the house, into the field and behind a tree and sexually abuse her.
This is said to have happened on numerous occasions stretching from December 2019 to January 2020.
The series of alleged rape cases came to light on January 5, 2020 when the complainant revealed the incidents to the boy’s younger sister.
The two girls then narrated the case to the complainant’s mother and a report was made at Masvingo Central Police station.
Source:
Masvingo Mirror
